You have recently [January 17] published a letter from Mr. Jamie Hall, the village administrator of Ada. I have attempted to resolve several issues I found in that letter. I have addressed them with you and the administrator and cannot get clear answers. I did get a document that included a memo with rates. This led to the discovery that commercial accounts are getting a generous discount on water. I have posited that perhaps the budget shortfall could be addressed by making residential rates and the commercial rates the same. I am going to address some potential arguments.
The Village of Ada held its January 21 meeting in the expansive meeting room of Community Health Professionals at 1200 S. Main, hoping for a larger than usual number of attendees because the subject of raising Village utility rates was on the agenda. With temperatures hovering around zero that evening, there were seven total guests in person and on Zoom, including media.
PROPOSED UTILITY RATE INCREASES
Visitors asked questions about four proposed ordinances that would provide for water, sanitary sewer and storm water rate increases to cover anticipated operating expenses, capital improvements and debt payments.
The Village of McGuffey experienced a water main break on Courtright St. on Wednesday, January 22. As a result, there has been a boil water advisory issued on January 23.
The Viilage announced on Facebook that in order to fix the break, it would shut off water to the east side.
Provided by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services
COLUMBUS__Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that Washington and Monroe counties are the first in the state to fully implement Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1). Governor DeWine made the adoption of NG9-1-1 across Ohio a priority of his 2024-2025 Executive Budget to improve emergency response times and ultimately save lives.
