NRSD deals with bomb threat, later deemed a hoax
On Sunday, December 10, the North Royalton School District was one of many Ohio school districts that received bomb threats via email. In the end, there was no indication of a threat, but a case of swatting. Swatting is the practice of making a prank communication, such as a call, email, or text, “to emergency services in an attempt to bring about the dispatch of a large number of armed police officers to a particular address,” according to Oxford Languages. In these cases, the communication was sent to schools. The North Royalton School District joined other local districts, such as Nor ....
Illuminated City Green brings Christmas Cheer
North Royalton welcomed Santa Claus and the Holiday Season to the City on Sunday November 26th with the 22nd Annual Christmas Parade and Holiday Lighting Ceremony on the City Green. It had been raining all day, but that did not dampen the spirits of residents and their children. They came to see the parade and excitedly waited for Santa to arrive on the big red fire truck. He did arrive with his elf and they made their way to the gazebo to help with the lighting before making their way to Santa’s Red and White House to welcome the children and have a chat. Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz and a gr ....
Council looks at Marijuana legislation
The North Royalton City Council is discussing a measure 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 legalizes recreational marijuana. The law takes effect on December 7. The ballot language for the law that was passed, is to “enact Chapter 3780 of the Ohio Revised Code, which would: • Define adult use cannabis to mean marijuana as defined in Section 3719.01 of the Revised Code and establish the D ....
Area chaplains to offer support services to safety forces
On November 21, the North Royalton City Council unanimously approved the appointments of four chaplains that will be serving the North Royalton safety services. The four were introduced at the Council Safety Committee meeting before being approved at the City Council meeting, later that evening. An ordinance was adopted at the November 8 meeting which amended the City’s codified ordinances to include a new section that created the volunteer position of Chaplain of the Safety Forces. The ordinance which amended the City’s ordinances adds the following: “230.07 CHAPLAIN OF THE SAFETY FORC ....
City Council eyes new sewer rate schedule
A presentation was given to the City Council Finance Committee at their November 21 meeting on the proposed sewer rates. The presentation was given by Raftelis Financial, which conducted the five-year rate study. The management consulting firm has been working on the study for about fifteen months. The plan includes recommendations for proposed rates for the next five years for the sewer enterprise fund, in order to provide 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 public for a fee. The la ....