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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Avon City Council Places Ads For Road Repair Bids

Council puts levy renewals for police, fire departments on upcoming ballot

After various seat changes were made to Avon City Council, the members put forth several measures that will be on the August ballot and resolved to advertise for road repair bids at Monday’s meeting. The city began its 2012 Road Program advertising on Tuesday, and contract documents can be picked up at City Hall on Thursday, city engineer Robert Knopf said. The city will advertise bids for its 2012 Road Program for asphalt repairs on Chester, Riegelsberger, Veterans Memorial Park Roadway and State Route 83, along with parking lot resurfacing on Schwartz and Veterans Memorial Park Roadway. Concrete repair bids will be taken for work on Evergreen Drive, Camelot Subdivision, Creekview Subdivision, Deerfield Drive, Century Lane and the Briar …

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Berges selected to Avon City Council and City of Avon City Hall

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Fire, Police Levies Could be on August ballot

Renewal levies to be voted on by City Council next week

Renewal levies for the Avon police and fire departments could be put up for a vote in the August special election. Avon City Council will be voting in the April 9 meeting on submitting the levies to the Lorain County Board of Elections. Council discussed the levies during Monday's work session. "The quality of services we get from these departments with no increase in these levies in years is impressive," said councilman Bryan Jensen. The levies would be voted on in the August 7 special election. The fire levy is for .5 mills for five years, and will generate about $273,447 per year. The police levy is for .5 mills over five years, and will generate about $369,511 per year. The levies are for what is called "capital assets," such as …

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City of Avon City Hall, Clerk of Council, Avon Police Department, City of Avon Fire Department, and 1 more ›

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Is a New Middle School Really Necessary?

That was the question of the night at a forum to discuss school levies

Avon's board of education and supporters of the $32 million bond issue to build a new middle school aren't reaching all the voters, said some who attended Monday's forum on the bond issue and the renewal levy that are on the March 6 ballot. Gregory Levan, an Avenbury Lakes resident, said there needed to be more in-person outreach to older residents. "They need to have the facts and numbers right there in front of them," he said, urging board members and levy supporters to set up a forum in his development to talk with residents. "The biggest problem the school board and the district have is communicating with all the residents." Treasurer Kent Zeman and board member Heather Mahoney agreed that would be a good idea, as well as connecting …

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Middle School Bond Issue Going on March Ballot, School Board Talks Levies, School Calendar, Avon Senior Center, and 8 more ›

Kris

7:50 am on Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Why don't they just put a second story on the middle school...that was the plan in the past if we ever had this prob....they just want to build new so its more of a (campus atmosphere)   more ›

Thursday, January 19, 2012

City Putting Police, Fire Levies Up for Vote

Renewal levies will probably be on August ballot

Renewal levies for the Avon police and fire departments are being planned for later this year. The police levy up for renewal is .50 mills, and generates about $380,000 per year. The fire levy is also  .50 mills and generates about $275,000 per year. Both levies would be for five years. Finance director Bill Logan said the effective millage rate could be lower. Currently, the police levy collects at .48 mills and the fire levy collects at .36 mills. These levies are not part of the daily operations budget for the police and fire departments, Logan said, but for equipment such as police cars, fire hoses and other "capital assets." Logan is getting the preliminary work done to get the millage rate certified by the Lorain County Auditor's …

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Avon Police Department, City of Avon Fire Department, and City of Avon City Hall -- Finance Director

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Avon, Avon Lake Voters Will See JVS Levy on March Primary Ballot

Levy attempt in November failed

Avon and Avon Lake voters will see a renewal operating expense levy on the March Primary Ballot. The Lorain County JVS Board of Education recently voted to place a smaller, five-year school levy for operating expenses on the March 6, 2012 ballot after the November 2011 levy failed. This levy is a renewal of three-quarters of one mill (0.75 mill) and an increase of one-half of one mill (0.50 mill). The current JVS 0.75 mill-operating levy, which accounted for 23 percent of the school’s operating budge, expired in December of 2011. The March levy will be smaller than the levy that was on the November 2011 ballot. A levy placed on the Nov. 8, 2011 ballot was defeated 43,367 against and 34,186 in favor. That levy was a replacement of the …

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Lorain County JVS Seeking Replacement and Additional Millage Levy, Avon High School, and Avon Lake High School (in Avon Lake Patch)

Jim Lloyd

6:08 pm on Wednesday, January 4, 2012

That's a good question that needs answered by the Avon City government people.   more ›

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Middle School Bond Issue Going on March Ballot

Some at meeting angry over no public comment before vote

The $32 million bond issue to build a new Avon Middle School will be on the March primary ballot after the Board of Education approved it at a special meeting Wednesday at Heritage North. The bond issue was defeated by less than 200 votes -- 3,903 to 3,726 -- in the Nov. 8 election. Ohio's primary election is March 6, 2012. In order to be on that ballot, the bond issue must be filed with the Lorain County Board of Elections by Dec. 7. The bond issue would cost homeowners an additional $38.29 per year for every $100,000 in home valuation. Some residents who came to the meeting were angry that there was no opportunity for public comment or discussion before the vote. Former superintendent Bob Barnhardt said after the vote and before the …

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Avon Board of Education, Avon Heritage North Elementary School, and Avon Middle School Levy Suffers Narrow Defeat

Glen Heitkamp

11:30 am on Saturday, December 3, 2011

Nick, you are right $12m is a lot but a new school provides more flexibility for the school district and would reduce long term operating costs compared to the alternative; as far as more money being taken out of your paycheck, to be the best cost money but the kids are our future; I would concentrate your effort in pressuring politicians in reigning in entitlements like medicare and social …   more ›

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

School Board to Decide on Middle School Levy

Special meeting to decide whether to put $32 million levy on March ballot

After the narrow defeat earlier this month of Issue 8, the $32 million levy to build a new middle school, Avon's Board of Education has a decision to make. And the decision has to be made right away. The board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Heritage North Elementary School to decide whether or not to put the levy on the March 2012 primary ballot. If the levy is going to be voted on in March, it must be filed with the Lorain County Board of Elections by Dec. 7. The levy was defeated by less than 200 votes -- 3,903 to 3,726 -- in the Nov. 8 election. Now the board needs to decide if the voters will be more receptive to the idea of a new middle school so soon after voting it down. The numbers in the levy would not …

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Avon Middle School Levy Suffers Narrow Defeat, Avon Board of Education, and Avon Heritage North Elementary School

Glen Heitkamp

9:30 am on Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Yes go for it and combine all the operating levies that will be expiring soon; the voters are getting fatigued from all these levies.   more ›

Friday, November 11, 2011

School Board Talks Levies, School Calendar

Two levies to be combined into one

Wanting to avoid what interim board president Kevin Romanchok described as "voter fatigue" with school levies, the Avon Board of Education approved a plan at Thursday's meeting to combine two operating levies set to expire into one. The now-single levy received a unanimous vote for a resolution of necessity, which is needed to submit to the Lorain County Auditor to determine millage. The board would have to approve submitting it to the voters by Dec. 7 to get it on the ballot for the March primary vote. 'This way, we're not putting one on the ballot and then coming back six months later asking for another one," Romanchok said. The levies would be 10-year levies. Since these are renewal levies, said treasurer Kent Zeman, there would be no …

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Avon Board of Education, Avon Village Elementary School, Avon East Elementary School, and 4 more ›

Glen Heitkamp

9:24 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011

I think the middle school should be on the March Ballot. In addition, the March Ballot should include an additional levy to pay for updating Avon's Educational Tools and Equipment, better teacher pay, more teachers, extend the school day, make gym mandatory for everyone every quarter and expand extracurricular activities. Just because Avon is rated an Excellent School does not mean there is not a…   more ›

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Avon Middle School Levy Suffers Narrow Defeat

Issue 8 loses by less than 200 votes

Issue 8, the $32 million levy to build a new middle school, was rejected by Avon voters Tuesday. With 100 percent of the votes in, 3,726 (48.84 percent) voted for the levy and 3,903 (51.16 percent) voted against. Levy supporters gathered at in the library at Avon Middle School left quickly after the results. "It's disappointing," said acting school board president Kevin Romanchok. Avon Middle School principal Craig Koehler said that part of his job for now remains helping figure out a way to fit more than 600 children in a school built to hold 500. "Look at the class sizes coming up," he said. "This isn't going away." The Avon Board of Education asked for the levy after deciding the existing Avon Middle School could not be expanded to fit …

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Avon Middle School, Avon Heritage North Elementary School, Avon Heritage South Elementary School, and 2 more ›

Elizabeth Langford

1:07 pm on Wednesday, November 9, 2011

I highly doubt my house value will go down because Avon didn't pass (for once in 25 years) their school levy and because the school looks like crap. Every community is not fortunate enough to have all brand new schools, but they seem to make due. If the school board would not have been so greedy with the amount and length of the last operating levy, maybe the citizens would have voted differently…   more ›

Friday, November 4, 2011

Poll: How Will You Vote on Issue 8?

A levy to build a new Avon Middle School is on the ballot

One of the biggest issues facing Avon this election season is Issue 8, a proposed $32 million levy to build a new middle school. The Avon Board of Education concluded that the existing Avon Middle School is too small to support the growing student population, is already overcrowded, and that it is more cost-effective to build a new building. If the levy passes, it would be for 1.25 mills over 32 years. It would cost homeowners an additional $38.29 per year for every $100,000 in home valuation. The new school would be built on 46 acres of land the district already owns on Long Road. It would would open its doors in the 2014-15 school year to 1,200 sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. At maximum capacity, the school would hold 1,600 …

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School Board Talks New Middle School Levy, Avon Middle School, Middle School Levy Discussed at Forum, and 1 more ›

Kristin L.

5:23 pm on Friday, November 4, 2011

Not surprised, the "enlightened" of us are all on here LOL. My daughter is currently in the middle school. What a crammed mess! They're making do. My youngest will be out of the MS when this new building is completed, but I'd still vote for it. I want the school district to be the very best. The taxes are nominal when you figure them out per day. Cents!! and Sense :-)   more ›

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