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City Offices closed for Election Day

Monday, November 4, 2024

The City of Goshen Offices will be closed on Tuesday, November 5, for Election Day. All trash and recycling services will continue as normal. more

Retiring Goshen Fire Chief Dan Sink Honored with State EMS Director’s Award

Friday, November 1, 2024

Goshen Fire Chief Dan Sink with Travis Clary from the Indiana State EMS Commission Retiring Goshen Fire Chief Dan Sink received Indiana’s State EMS Director’s Award on Thursday, recognizing his 43 years of service with the department. Travis Clary, EMS manager for State EMS Districts 1 and 2,... more

City of Goshen introduces new golf cart and off-road vehicle regulations

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Beginning Nov. 1, 2024, new regulations governing the operation of golf carts and off-road vehicles (ORVs) on Goshen’s streets take effect under recently approved Ordinances 5192 and 5184. These regulations are designed to enhance safety and ensure compliance with local traffic laws. Ordinance 5192... more

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Downtown Goshen Economic Improvement District

Thursday, November 7, 2024, 7:45am

The regular meetings of the Downtown Goshen Economic Improvement District Board will take place on the first Thursday of each month, excepting July, as set forth in the schedule below. The meetings will be held in the conference room located in Goshen City Hall at 202 South 5th Street, Goshen, Indiana. All meetings of the Goshen Downtown Economic Improvement District Board are open to the public with the exception of an executive session that may be held as authorized by Indiana Code §5-14-1.5-6.1. The Board may schedule meetings in addition to those listed above as necessary, subject to public notice requirements.

Board of Works

Thursday, November 7, 2024, 4:00pm

To join the webinar please copy and paste this link on your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88469251269

Letters to Santa

Friday, November 8, 2024

Fire Job Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in testing for the City of Goshen Fire Department. We have a standardized process that we use to select the most qualified candidates.

The requirements for the City of Goshen Fire Department are as follows;

  1. Age 21 by Date of Hire in 2025
  2. You must have a High School diploma or GED.
  3. Ages 21 - 40 or Currently a member of the 1977 Pension Fund

 Being a Firefighter is very physically and mentally demanding. Please follow the following steps:

Step 1: Fill out an application, by either stopping by the Human Resource Department at 204 E. Jefferson St. Goshen, Indiana 46528, or filling out the online application. We test every year for a hiring pool that we will select qualified applicants out of for the following year. 

Step 2: You will participate in the physical agility test. The physical agility test will evaluate your physical strength and endurance. 

Step 3: Is completion of a written test. 

Physical Agility Description

Step 4: Is a comprehensive oral interview. You will be interviewed in front of the Fire Chief and members of our pension board. After this step, you will be ranked by a point system, and we will hire from this pool for the next year. You will not know the order in which you are ranked. If you are not selected and hired from the testing pool the next year, you will have to re-apply during the next testing process.

  • Physical Agility will be held at: The Chief Danny Sink Regional Training Facility, 2109 Caragana Ct., Goshen, IN 46526
    • Agility Walk-Through/Optional Test Date = August 13, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.
    • Agility Testing = August 17, 2024 08:00 a.m.
  • Written Testing = August 20, 2024 - Online
  • Interviews = August 28, 2024 - Times TBD

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

It is the policy of the City of Goshen to provide equal opportunity to its employees and all candidates for employment. Accordingly, the City will not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, physical appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or the known association with a known disabled individual.

THE CITY USES E-VERIFY

The City of Goshen participates in the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all new employees.  The E-Verify program compares information from an employee's Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration records to confirm employment eligibility.