STAYING IN TOUCH WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ROYALTON RECORDER DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
March 16, 2020 North Royalton - The North Royalton Chamber of Commerce and Royalton Recorder remain available to serve you even though our offices will be closed to the public for the time being while we all deal with the Coronavirus emergency situation. The North Royalton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has made the following adjustments based on recommendations from the Ohio Department of Public Health. These changes are effective immediately and will remain in place until further notice. 1. All face-to-face meetings and events have been cancelled or postponed. Alternative meth ....
Girl Scouts celebrate World Thinking Day
In the Girl Scout World, February 22 represents World Thinking Day, also known as World Friendship Day. It’s a day that Girl Scouts take the time to get to know and honor other cultures and countries. Last Saturday, the North Royalton Girl Scouts did exactly that with 16 troops and approximately 265 girls. The North Royalton Middle School was filled with food, music, dancing and plenty of worldly education on a wide variety of countries. Girls learned how to Polish dance, speak the Egyptian language and heard Fairy Tales from Belgium just to name a few highlights. This event is ....
Residents pedaling toward forming local chapter of Bike Cleveland
The wheels are turning for a group of residents interested in forming a local chapter of Bike Cleveland, an advocacy group promoting bicycling and safe transportation. Resident and cyclist Chris Brasdovich led a meeting last week at the North Royalton Branch of Cuyahoga County Public Library to introduce his focus, exchange ideas with those gathered and discuss what it takes to sign on with Bike Cleveland. Since its formation in 2011, Bike Cleveland has worked to improve policy, infrastructure and legislation that makes roads more sustainable and equitable for people commuting with two wheels ....
New legislation reduces deer damage permit fee
The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted legislation at their March 3 meeting which will cut the Municipal Deer Damage Control Permit fee in half. Previously, the fee was $150 and thought by many to be too high, prohibiting hunters to participate in the program. As in previous years, Police Chief Ken Bilinovich gave City Council an update on the 2019 deer season statistics at the January meeting of the Council Safety Committee. At that time, Ward 4 Councilman Jeremy Dietrich stated that he thought the cost of the hunting permit should be reduced. “They are doing a favor for t ....
Council passes 2020 $44 million budget
The North Royalton City Council adopted the city’s 2020 budget at their March 3 meeting. Although Council has until March 31 to adopt the city’s budget, City Council has, in the past few years, adopted it before year’s end. This year, however, since there is a new Mayor and a new Council President and most City Council members, it was pushed into 2020, so all the new members could discuss and decide. “It’s the first time Council did it on this timetable,” said Council President Paul Marnecheck. The measure was unanimously adopted. The 2020 budget has a total of just over $43,9 ....
