Schools change monthly Board meeting times
The North Royalton Board of Education has changed the schedules of their monthly work sessions and regular meetings, after decades of a fixed schedule. For more than thirty years, the regular School Board meetings took place monthly, on the second Monday of each month, at 7 p.m. The following is the new schedule, which changes the meetings to mostly Thursday, but at 5:30 p.m. Regular Meetings School Board regular meetings are held in the North Royalton High School Community Room, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, February 15; Wednesday, March 13; Thursday, April 11; Thursday, May 16; Thursday, June 20; ....
North Royalton again changes General Assembly District
North Royalton has again changed Ohio General Assembly Districts, after a new map has been approved by the Ohio General Assembly, as adopted by the Ohio Redistricting Commission. The new district will be in effect for the upcoming March 19 primary election. The Ohio redistricting process normally takes place after each census. In 2022, the process was affected by anti-gerrymandering rules that were approved in 2015, plus lawsuits that were filed against the maps that were previously drawn. It took several attempts for the Ohio Supreme Court to adopt the newly created district map that identif ....
Council adopts new sewer rate increase schedule
The North Royalton City Council approved legislation that will increase the five-year sewer rates, beginning this year. The measure was introduced at the November 21 City Council meeting and then passed unanimously at the December 19 City Council meeting. The plan, formulated by the Raftelis Financial Consultants, Incorporated, included recommendations for proposed rates for the next five years for the sewer enterprise fund, in order to support the revenues to support the sewer system. An enterprise fund is a government fund that is self-supporting by selling goods and/or services to the publ ....
Volunteers and Veterans take part in Wreaths Across America
The custom of laying a wreath in remembrance of fallen heroes is centuries old. Wreaths Across America continues this tradition on the third Saturday in December. In 1992 the Worcester family in Maine had a surplus of holiday wreaths from their evergreen farm. Mr. Morrill Worcester arranged for the extra wreaths to be placed in Arlington National Cemetery in an area that had few visitors to honor the sacrifices of those whose resting places are marked with a white stone. What began as one family’s gesture of remembrance has become Wreaths Across America. It now has over 1300+ participating l ....
Council adopts Marijuana legislation
The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted a measure at its December 5 City Council meeting that would prohibit cannabis operations within its municipal jurisdiction. The ordinance, introduced by Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz, was introduced at the November 21 City Council meeting. On November 7, the Ohio electorate passed a law that, among other things, legalized recreational marijuana. The law took effect on December 7. The Ohio legislature is currently in the process of tweaking that law. The possible changes are yet to be seen as of the writing of this article. This leaves municipalit ....
