Retiring school assistant superintendent hopes to regain same position in early 2019
The North Royalton City Schools’ Assistant Superintendent Jim Presot is set to retire at the end of this year. His current contract was set to expire July 31, 2019. The Board of Education will be voting on whether to offer a new contract to Presot early next year. According to Ohio law, the North Royalton School District posted a Legal Notice on November 8, stating that James J. Presot, currently employed as the assistant superintendent, will be retired and seeking re-employment with the district in the same position, following his retirement. The Board will hold a public hearing on the iss ....
City to receive tax incentive on senior development
North Royalton will be receiving additional tax revenue from a new senior housing development. City Council recently approved legislation that would allow the city to receive tax money that would normally go to Cuyahoga County. At their November 20 meeting, City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance that establishes Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Royalton Place, the senior development on York Road, near Route 82. The TIF program is established through the Ohio Revised Code. According to the Ohio Development Services Agency, a TIF “is an economic development mechanism available to loca ....
City looks to decrease energy costs
City Council recently selected Leopardo Companies, Incorporated to prepare an energy conservation report for the city. The measure was unanimously adopted at the November 20 City Council meeting. Ultimately, the city is looking to reduce operating costs through energy conservation improvement projects. “We’re always looking to reduce our energy costs,” said Mayor Bob Stefanik. At a Mayors and Managers meeting earlier this year, Stefanik learned about an opportunity through a presentation that was made by Leopardo Companies, Incorporated. The company offered a free energy audit, in which ....
Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church serves more than 1700 Thanksgiving Day Care and Share dinners
It started back in 1989 when volunteers at Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church at the corner of Royalton and Abbey Roads began the Care and Share Community Dinner. On that Thanksgiving Day nearly 30 years ago, volunteers served 100 dinners. In 2018, hundreds more volunteers prepared about 1,700 Thanksgiving Day dinners to be taken to shut-ins and to be served at the church. “Our preparations to serve the hundreds on Thanksgiving Day began on Tuesday, two days before,” said Paul Martin, a member of the Committee that oversees the dinner. “We prepared about 900 pounds of turkey plus all the f ....
Holiday Lighting adds a warm hometown feeling
Motorists and pedestrians traveling past the North Royalton City Green are once again being greeted by a tradition now 18 years in the making. The Annual Holiday Lighting and Christmas Parade took place Nov. 25 with a large crowd enjoying festive floats, visits with Santa, a commemorative gift, free hot cocoa and donuts, special performances and a turn with Mayor Robert Stefanik “flipping the switch” to illuminate the City Green and officially kick off the Christmas season. Mother Nature even threw in a nice surprise for event-goers – a near 50-degree day capped with sunny skies. “It ....
