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Elyria Chronicle Telegram (Newspaper) - May 21, 2015, Elyria, Ohio able. He listed several projects
throughout the townships that
would cost roughly $ 275,000
that funding is being sought
for.
“ We have a lot more need
than we have resources,” he
said.
Commissioner Matt Lundy
said he believes the money will
be put to good use dealing with
stormwater and flooding
issues.
“ I would hope we’re looking
at it as an investment that
needs to be made,” he said.
Not everyone who attended
the meeting was convinced.
Rick Carlson, a Grafton
Township resident who represents
the Lorain County Farm
Bureau on a committee that
advises the commissioners on
stormwater issues, said the
program appears to focus far
more on the northern end of
the county than the south.
“ I think it’s terrible,” he said
after the vote.
Carlson said that Grafton
Township has only had one
project funded by the district
since the fee was collected and
that was done in conjunction
with Eaton Township.
Grafton Township Trustee
Carl Wesemeyer said he backs
the increase because it will
allow the townships to deal
with the ongoing issue of
flooding.
“ I do support it because it’s
going to be a lot more money,”
he said.
Pittsfield Township Trustee
Mark McConnell said his township
also has only had one
project, but based on what he’s
seen of the district’s expenditures,
the money has been
spread out around the county.
“ That’s a hefty fee increase,”
he said after the meeting. “ I
hope we get some of it back ( in
project money).”
The commissioners also
approved a 3 percent increase
to the fee that will be implemented
in 2017 and each of the
next several years. They also
voted to stop collecting ditch
maintenance fees that some
property owners have been
charged.
Commissioner Lori Kokoski
said that was only fair because
those landowners shouldn’t be
charged both the maintenance
fees and the stormwater fee.
Stormwater fees have generated
controversy around the
county in recent months.
North Ridgeville is considering
imposing a fee that could cost
property owners between $ 3
and $ 10 per month, while
Elyria has put a stormwater fee
on hold because of issues with
how to collect it and opposition
from the business community.
Contact Brad Dicken at 329- 7147
or bdicken@ chroniclet. com.
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“ The same money today
doesn’t buy what it did yesterday,”
he said.
The district’s deputy
director, Don Romancak,
said the district has been
limited in the projects it
could do because there is
only so much money avail-
RISES
From A1
Lisa Roberson
The Chronicle- Telegram
ELYRIA— A promise by school officials
not to seek new operating revenue from
taxpayers until at least 2019 seems to be
holding up, according to district Treasurer
Katie Henes, who Wednesday delivered
the district’s five- year forecast.
Six months ago, when school officials
were in the midst of teacher contract
negotiations, they were adamant they
had no plans to go back to the ballot for
additional operating revenue.
But just as they hinted to in October,
Wednesday night also saw school officials
talk of a possible return to the ballot
for new schools.
Next year is the district’s best window
of opportunity, Henes said.
“ It really would be a wise year to go out
that year if we are ever going to do it. It
fits into our levy cycle with a bond issue
in 2016 and a renewal levy in 2018 and
2024,” Henes said. “ Of course, it’s up to
the community. But 2016 would be the
best time to ask the community if it
would support something like this.”
The board is likely to go for the bond
issue. The state is offering Elyria about
67 percent in matching funds of the cost
of a building project, which far exceeds
the 39 percent given to the district to
build Elyria High School.
Multiple buildings, including the two
oldest buildings in the district — Ely Elementary
and McKinley Elementary —
need to be replaced.
If any new buildings are built, they will
have to be built to projected enrollment
numbers.
Henes said Elyria is losing roughly 252
students per year. This year, the district
has 6,150 students. By 2019, enrollment is
expected to drop to 5,678 students.
Financially speaking, Elyria is in a relatively
good position.
The district is positioned to be in the
black through 2019, with predictions
showing a slight increase in revenue from
more funding for special needs students
and to meet the needs of the growing
low- income population in the district.
But the district also has to mindful of
its spending, Henes said. Salaries, benefits,
building upkeep and maintenance,
as well as materials and services are
climbing in costs.
According to the forecast, the district
begins deficit spending in 2018 to the
tune of $ 276,083 and $ 2.3 million in 2019.
Henes said fiscal year 2015 will end
with a balance of $ 15.4 million, which
will climb to $ 17.8 million in 2016 and
$ 19.2 million in 2017.
Contact Lisa Roberson at 329- 7121
or lroberson@ chroniclet. com.
Backs, who joined Ridge Tool in 1981,
was one of six applicants to fill the
vacancy. All were interviewed by the
board earlier this month. Backs’ appointment
was unknown until Wednesday,
when the board members met in executive
session to discuss their selection.
“ It was very helpful to us to be able to
have such a good pool of candidates who
applied for the right reasons,” said board
President Kathryn Karpus.
Backs’ appointment brings the board
back up to five members including Karpus,
Elek, Croft and Mike Gebhardt. But
the future makeup of the board will be up
to voters as Gebhardt and Karpus are up
for re- election. Elek will have to run for
his first elected termand Backs will be on
the ballot for the remainder of France’s
term, which ends Dec. 31, 2017.
Backs said he applied for the position
because watching his own son and
daughter go through Elyria Schools gave
him a good perspective of the quality of
education in the district.
“ Both kids were used to getting pretty
good grades, but they got an awakening
when they got to The Ohio State University
and saw how tough it can be,” Backs
said. “ Both had a good foundation in
education, but it was the other things
they learned in Elyria that helped them
most. They learned how to respond as
people when things got tough.”
Backs has been involved with the Elyria
High School Pioneer Marching Band
Boosters, EHS Pioneer Club and Elyria
City School Endowment Fund as well as
Elyria Rotary and United Way of Greater
Lorain County.
After the meeting, Backs said he knows
Elyria will face some tough decisions in
the near future — particularly in regards
to its aging buildings and the state’s
pledge of 67 percent in matching funds
for building costs if the district pursues
another building project — and he plans
to handle them much as he handed his
professional career.
“ What worked well for me then and
what I think will work well for me now is
knowing that when you are dealing with
people’s lives you have to talk to them
and be as open as possible,” he said.
Backs was not the only appointment
made Wednesday night.
Windsor Elementary Principal Tim
Brown was promoted to principal of
Elyria High School during the meeting.
Brown has been at Windsor since 2009.
Before that he was principal of now shuttered
Erie Elementary School, Northwood
Junior High School before that.
Before coming to Elyria Schools, Brown
was an assistant high school principal in
Madison.
“ It’s very rare that someone has administrative
experience at all levels and Tim
brings that to the job,” said Superintendent
Paul Rigda, who is retiring.
Elyria High School Principal TomJama,
tapped to replace Rigda as superintendent
Aug. 1, said Brown was hired only
after several interviews and focus groups
with Elyria High teachers, staff, parents
and students.
Brown said the students proved to be
the best group because they were just as
interested in telling him who they were as
he was in selling himself to them. In the
end, he got the students’ nod.
“ Basically, they said if you’re good
enough for Dr. Jama, you are good
enough for us,” Brown said.
Contact Lisa Roberson at 329- 7121
or lroberson@ chroniclet. com.
BOARD
Lorain police From A1
Saturday, May 16
7: 45 a. m. — 900 block W. 22nd
St., Christopher Flowers, 25,
homeless, arrested and charged
with burglary and vandalism of a
public entity. A resident said
Flowers kicked in his door during
an argument with the resident’s
sister over drugs. Police said
Flowers broke a phone in the
Lorain City Jail holding cell after
being booked.
9: 40 p. m. — 200 block W. 25th
St., a woman who police said had
several dog bite marks on her face
and on her left hand and arm said
she was attacked by a loose pit
bull that ran across the street and
attacked her collie. She said the
dog owner cursed at her after
stopping the attack. Police said
they plan to file several charges
against the man for allowing a dog
off a leash.
Tuesday, May 19
1: 50 p. m. — Lorain Police
Department, 100 W. Erie Ave., a
woman said she was sitting on a
bench at Reid Avenue and West
Seventh Street, when a woman
she knows choked her before she
was able to escape.
2: 10 pm. — 1800 block E. 36th
St., a resident said her home was
burglarized with entry through a
window. She said her home was
ransacked and $ 1,200 in cash was
stolen. She suspects her brother
who she said is evicting her from
the home.
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School officials might seek
return to ballot in near future
Brad Dicken
The Chronicle- Telegram
ELYRIA — The
Lorain/ Medina Community
Based Correctional Facility
has received more than $ 1.1
million from the state to add
50 beds to the facility.
Executive Director Mike
Willets said it hasn’t been
decided how many of the
beds will be dedicated to
men and how many will be
used by female inmates. Currently,
the CBCF has housing
for 60 men and 19 women.
He said there is a waiting
list of people to get into the
facility, which is near the
Lorain County Jail on Murray
Ridge Road, where judges
can sentence low- level
inmates with substance
abuse and other issues to
learn skills to become productive
members of society.
The grant, awarded by the
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation
and Correction, will
cover both the cost of designing
the expansion to the facility
and the construction
costs.
It’s the second expansion
that the facility has had since
it opened its doors in 1997.
The most recent expansion
came in 2005 with the addition
of the wing for female
residents.
Willets said he’s hoping the
design of the addition will be
completed this summer and
that construction will be
done sometime next spring.
He said he anticipates
adding at least 15 full- time
staff members to oversee the
new wing. They will join
30 staffers and some parttimers.
The Lorain County commissioners
approved accepting
the funds from the state
during their meeting
Wednesday.
Contact Brad Dicken at 329- 7147
or bdicken@ chroniclet. com.
Lorain/ Medina correction facility
adding 50 beds with $ 1.1M grant
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