City to increase jail rates for 2023
The North Royalton City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance that will raise the charges for both annual and per diem rental of the City’s jail cells for 2023. According to the ordinance, “the annual rate to be charged for 2023 be fixed at Sixty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($63,875) per jail cell bed and that the per diem rate be fixed at Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) per jail cell bed.” Currently, the City has the cities of Parma Heights, Broadview Heights, Brecksville and Berea under contract. Those contracts expire at the end of this year. The ordinance was ....
School Board News
The September meeting of the North Royalton Board of Education took place on September 12. The Board approved the 2022-23 appropriation adjustments. The Board approved the following transfers: 401-9022 Auxiliary Services - St. Albert to 401-9023 Auxiliary Services - St. Albert’s, $28,823.87; 401-9022 Auxiliary Services - Royal Redeemer to 401-9023 Auxiliary Services - Royal Redeemer, $13,578.33. Assistant Superintendent Melissa Vojta presented a report on enhancements to the advanced/gifted programming. A resident addressed the Board about what parents think about education in conjunctio ....
Good healthy info and fun at Health Fair & Family Expo
The weather was perfect for the annual Health Fair & Family Expo with the 5K Bear run and one-mile Wellness Walk on September 10. Runners gathered around the starting arch waiting for the official and timed start of the 5K. Age groups for the race went from 10 and under to 70 and older. Check in was 8 – 9 a.m. for an entry packet and a T-shirt. There were some people who walked in and signed up on the spot. This year the 5K Bear Run and one-mile Wellness Walk was coordinated by Hermes Cleveland Sports and Events. Nearly 50 runners participated in this year’s 5K, and many did the Welln ....
Fundraiser aids RhizoKids awareness and research
RhizoKids Ohio, Night at the Races 2022, Kickin’ It for a Cure is back on Saturday, October 8, from 6 to 11 p.m. at St. Adalbert Keller Hall, 66 Adalbert Street in Berea. Enjoy an evening of action-packed horse-racing excitement with appetizers, dinner, dessert, free beer, wine & soda. There will be raffles, a silent auction, 50/50, and great fun for those trying their luck for a Big Win (18 years+), all for $75 per person. Each year the participation has grown; the deadline for purchasing tickets is October 1. RhizoKids was founded by the parents of Jake Cirner, who was diagnosed with ....
Harvest Fest canceled, will be part of Halloween Madness
Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz recently announced that the annual Harvest Festival that was scheduled for Sunday, September 18, has been canceled. He added that the Halloween Madness event, scheduled for Saturday, October 22, will not only go on, but be enhanced with some of the events that would have been included with the Harvest Fest. The Harvest Fest has taken place for many years, sponsored by the Holiday Lighting Committee. The event started as a fund-raiser to help pay for the holiday lights on the City Green. With Covid, the event had not taken place for a couple of years, just as other cit ....
