New designs for a possible expansion of the Plain City Aquatic Center were shown to council last week. The one pictured above was a favorite among residents surveyed during a feasibility study. Visitors will note several changes including an expansion of the existing pool with the addition of a second, stand-alone pool with lap lanes. Two additional areas of parking were also added to the north and west sides of the grounds. (Graphic submitted)

Pictured above is an interior rendering of a Winans Coffee & Chocolate. A version of the operation will be coming to Marysville and locating on Emmaus Road. (Graphic submitted)

Marysville City Council member J.R. Rausch took time during Monday night’s city council meeting to dispel a rumor that apartments currently under construction on the former Kroger plaza on West Fifth Street, pictured above, were being built by the city to house Haitian immigrants from Springfield. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell)

Editor's note: This is the second in a week-long series of stories detailing local issues and candidates appearing on the Nov. 5 ballot.

A medical waste hauler is asking permission to develop a sterilization facility inside the building at 14711 Industrial Parkway, highlighted in blue. The company, Sterile Waste Solutions (SWS), received state funding to move out of Westerville and relocate in a rural county to create jobs. The company currently runs its office in the building, but hauls waste to a sterilization facility in Cincinnati, but wants to be able to sterilize the waste locally. (Graphic submitted)