School District holds special meeting to discuss future of bond issue
Voters within the North Royalton City School District may see the return of a bond issue on the May 2 ballot. In a special meeting held Jan. 4 at North Royalton High School, more than 200 people – including teachers, parents with and without children in the district, school employees, retirees and older adults, and civic leaders – gathered in the main cafeteria to hear district representatives share available options following the failed Nov. 8 bond issue that called for the construction of one centralized elementary school, and renovations to the middle school and high school including t ....
Ward 5 Councilman resigns, creates vacancy
Ward 5 Councilman Steve Muller announced his resignation at the December 20 City Council Meeting. Muller said that he was moving out of the city because he was recently married and moving closer to his wife’s job. The position was officially vacated on January 1, 2017. City Council is now looking for a replacement of the Ward 5 position, which is in effect until the end of this year. Muller was in the middle of his third term. The last time City Council had to make an appointment was in 2013, to fill the term of Ward 3 Councilman Don Willey, who passed away in office. Dan Langshaw was th ....
Look for increase in your sewer bill
This year, residents will again see an increase in their sewer bills. This is the final increase in the city’s rate schedule, that was adopted in 2012. The new rate goes from $81.45 to $84.71, starting this year. The sewer rate schedule was based on results from a $15,000 sewer rate study done by wastewater consultant, Montgomery Watson Harza. At that time, the rate was $52.52 per 1,000 cubic feet of water (MCF) It was agreed at that time to form the new sanitary sewer rates, per MCF, to be $67.67 for 2012, $73.41 in 2013, $75.30 in 2014, $78.32 in 2015, $81.45 in 2016 and $84.71 in 2017. T ....
Use tactics to help keep your New Year’s resolutions
Lose weight. Quit smoking. Spend more time with friends and family. Cut back on spending. Many Americans ring in the New Year with a resolution to improve some aspect of themselves. Statistically, more than half of the United States population makes a resolution each year, but the percentage of Americans who actually make good on their resolutions is too bleak to even report. So what are some tactics for keeping your New Year’s resolution so that by midway through 2017 your gym shoes aren’t collecting cobwebs in the garage or your credit card statement doesn’t continue to blindside you ....
Reward offered in gun shop robbery
North Royalton Police and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are working to solve a recent robbery at the Accurate Arms and Ammunition, located at 6834 Bunker Road. The theft took place at about 4.15 a.m. on Tuesday, December 27. Surveillance video shows the burglars smashing their way into the store with what is believed to be a sledgehammer. Seven rifles were taken from Accurate Arms, which is a federal firearms licensee, according to the ATF. They then fled in a stolen car. Less than a week later, on Monday, January 2, at about 4:14 a.m., police, who wer ....