Lorain council committees ruled illegal by law director
Law Director Michael Scherach says Lorain City Council committees were appointed legally but their meetings are invalid under the open meetings law. He recommends remedies including a full council committee, a 12 member committee, or a lottery to form new committees. Council members defend actions and plan to proceed.
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Lorain
Michael Scherach
Scherach
Wilfredo Lozano
Déth Ward
Lozano
Ohio
Woody Mathna
Blair assumes presidency of county commissioners
Betdy C Blair elected president of the three member Board of Commissioners in Elyria replacing prior leaders. The 1990 entrant noted 1993 prior term, 23 year clerkship in Carlisle Township, and will chair advisory and records bodies while praising county financial stability since 1994.
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Blair
Elyria County
Betty C. Blair
Board of Commissioners
Blair Blair
Carlisle Township
Herbert Jacoby
Mary Jo Vasi
Jacoby
Vasi
Investment Advisory Committee
Solid Waste Advisory Board
Board of Revision
The
Records Commission
Vas
Perforner l
Virgil J. Muntean
Roxann Blair
Betty Blair
Explosion injures two at Case Western Reserve lab
An explosion at a Case Western Reserve University bio chemical laboratory injured two people and blew out windows. Occupants were evacuated for possible contamination though no contamination was found. A graduate student and a woman with a ceiling tile injury sought treatment.
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Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Chas Withers
Withers
Rockwell Officials Tackle Budget And Leadership
Rockwell reports the superintendent earns 73000 dollars as Treasurer Susan Bement notes. The 1996-97 budget is about 186 million, down 7 percent from this year, with expenditures rising 1 percent and salaries up 0.8 percent. The district ends next year about 182734 in the red due to awaited funds from a 9.8 mill levy. The board unanimously elected East as president and David Traut as president pro tem.
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Rockwell
Susan Bement
Bement
East
David Traut
Seven Amherst property owners appeal sewer line extension plan
Amherst Township residents including William Donges appealed county commissioners decision to build a sewer line extension. The court filing with Probate Judge Frank Horvath lists an unset hearing. Donges would pay about 47000 under the original plan but under a revised plan the burden shifts toward commercial properties.
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Elyria
Amherst Township
Frank Horvath
William Donges
Donges
Avon Officials Push Third Income Tax Hike With Campaign
The Committee for Avon's Future plans a March drive to approve a 0.3 percent city income tax expected to raise about $900,000 annually. Mayor James Smyth and Police Chief John Vilagi back the effort, aiming to fund a $3 million police station behind City Hall and other capital projects. Community meetings and fundraising letters will solicit private donations, with a Feb job deadline and several open houses in March to show residents the current station condition.
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AVON
Committee For
Avon's
James Smyth
John Vilagi
Shirley Doss
3Rd Ward
City Hall
Detroit Road
Doss
Graczyk
Jackie Scott
Mapleview Lane
Lorain man goes on trial in bar fight death
Nel Dean Tait, 22, of Lorain, is scheduled for trial in Lorain County Common Pleas Court on murder and related charges in the July 19 death of Ron Griebe, 28, after a Mangine's Cafe fight. Prosecutors say Tait blacked out after hitting Griebe twice.
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Lorain Man
Elyria
Lorain
Lorain County
Lara
Ron Griebe
Kosma J. Glavas
Griebe
Tait
Mangine
Colorado Avenue
Extension agent hosts garden start tips at Lorain library
Lorain Public Library System hosts a program on early garden planning led by Frances Blank of Ohio State University Extension Service. The session begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 18, at the Domonicas Branch, 4123 E. Lake Read, Sheffield Lake.
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Lorain
Frances Blank
Ohio State University Extension Service
Domonicas
E. Lake Read
Sheffield Lake
Garden seeds and tutoring offered by public library
The Public Library System hosts a free gardening discussion to help beginners start seeds and grow plants. For Learn ing Through Intensive Training and Effort Project LITE volunteers, adults 18 and older are needed to train to teach reading and tutor students for about three hours weekly.
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Lorain
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