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Wooster council to consider pool contract

Thu, 02/02/2012 - 7:43am

At their upcoming meeting on Monday night, council members in Wooster are expected to consider a contract with a Georga-based pool company that would manage all three of the city's outdoor swimming pools. If it's approved, the $145,000 contract with USA Pools would include opening and closing the pools for the season, as well as water quality control, repairs and maintenance and personnel staffing. According to Wooster officials, the contract would save the city more than $14,000 a year.

Commissioners approve juvenile attention budget

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:56pm

Wayne County Commissioners have unanimously approved this year's operating budget for the Multi-County Juvenile Attention System. The approved budget for the 5-county organization contains about $10.7 in spending, with the counties covering nearly $7 million of that. Wayne County's portion this year will be just over $960,000, which is the same amount that the county contributed in 2011.

Water rates may be on the rise in Orrville

Wed, 02/01/2012 - 5:54pm

Orrville City Council will likely hear the second reading of a resolution on Monday night that would give the city's public utilities board the authority to raise water rates. The proposed resolution calls for rates to go up six percent a year for the next three years, meaing an 18 percent hike in water rates by 2015. Orrville officials say the increase is needed to offset rising costs in the water utility industry.

Green Local needs to trim budget

Tue, 01/31/2012 - 4:59pm

The Green Local School District has been informed that its k-12 building project is currently about three percent over budget. The project's general contractor told the board of education about the budget this week and said it would need to be reduced before it could be approved by the Ohio School Facilities Commission. Once the budget is trimmed, the district says the plan is to open up the bidding process next month, with contracts being awarded in April and construction work beginning in May.

Pair sentenced in Holmes County

Mon, 01/30/2012 - 11:53am

Two area residents were sentenced Thursday for a string of burglaries that occurred last year. 22-year old Reuben Troyer and 21-year old Natasha Urconis were each sentenced on multiple counts in Holmes County Common Pleas Court. Troyer received nearly five years in prison on five seperate counts of burglary, while Urconis was given four years behind bars for the five counts against her.

New county map approved

Sun, 01/29/2012 - 11:31am

Wayne County Commissioners have approved a new map of the county's roadways. The map, which was requested by the county's engineer, was needed because of several changes around the village of West Salem where some land had recently been annexed. With the updated map, West Salem is now eligible to receive its portion of the county's permissive tax funds. The new map includes changes to five different roads in and around the village.

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