Wednesday, March 6, 2013
City Council approved about $970,000 in contracts for the repair program
Orange barrel season will soon be in full swing, and two Northeast Ohio firms will take care of the work in Mentor. City Council on Tuesday approved three contracts for two firms — Stow-based Karvo Paving Co. and A & J Cement Contractors of Euclid. The three contracts, collectively worth about $970,000, are part of a larger construction season that will cost the city about $1.8 million, City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said. Mentor will pay Karvo $709,268.80 to provide asphalt pavement resurfacing on a combined 3.5 miles of the following streets: Karvo's second contract, for $67,285.10, is a change order for paving Clearair Drive. The city expects Karvo's work to be completed by Sept. 27. A & J's $193,500 contract calls for full-depth …
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Culling could begin as early as Tuesday in Morton Park
The city of Mentor received permission from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to begin culling deer Friday. And the city -- using Mentor police officers as sharpshooters -- may begin culling as soon as Tuesday in Morton Park, Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said. The city has permission to cull 150 deer between now and March 31. It intends to focus its efforts on five specific properties within Mentor: Morton Park, Mentor Lagoons, Veterans Park, Black Brook Golf Course and the city-owned property around City Hall. Filipiak said the city has been awaiting approval from ODNR and is ready to begin culling the deer population in Mentor. "We have been ready to go for quite some time," he said. Filipiak added that city could receive …
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Council also thanked Chief Daniel Llewellyn for his service, voted to put cameras in police cruisers during its meeting Tuesday evening
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- Jason Lea
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Mentor City Council voted in favor of an agreement during its meeting Tuesday night that will allow it to share public works equipment with Painesville, Painesville Township and Madison. The pact is part of a pilot program for the state of Ohio and it leaves room for other municipalities in Lake County, as well as the county engineer's office, to join. In addition to loaning out its public works equipment, this means the city of Mentor could also receive additional help from neighboring communities in time of need, Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said. "We can choose to participate at whatever level we see fit," Filipiak said to Council. He added that the agreement was "very open ended." "We have a structure in place to allow us to …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Capt. Kevin Knight will replace Mentor Police Daniel Llewellyn when he retires in January
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- Jason Lea
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak announced that Mentor Police Captain Kevin Knight will succeed Police Chief Daniel Llewellyn when he retires in January. "I am confident that Knight's vision for the police department, his leadership style and his ethical standards coincide with the vision and standards of this department, the administration, City Council and our residents," Filipiak said in a statement. Knight will be sworn in as chief on Jan. 4 and take office Jan. 5. "I've worked with Kevin Knight for more than 25 years and I have all faith and confidence in him as a law enforcement official," Llewellyn said. "He'll maintain the professionalism of this police department and move forward." Llewellyn added that he supported Knight's …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Cleveland Clinic has asked that 47 acres be rezoned as a "medical campus"
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
The Cleveland Clinic's interest in Mentor may extend beyond the physicians' offices it will be opening soon on Wayside Drive. The Clinic has requested that 47 acres at the southeast corner of Norton Parkway and Center Street be rezoned from a "lifestyle center" designation to a "medical campus." The item is on the Planning Commission's agenda for its meeting this upcoming Thursday at Mentor City Hall. "We are currently in a due diligence process which could position us to acquire land in Mentor," said Heather Phillips, the director of corporate communications for the Clinic. "At this time, no specific decisions have been made regarding potential uses of the land. We look forward to the City Planning Commission’s review later this month." A…
Friday, July 6, 2012
Twenty-five people from across the globe celebrated the Fourth of July by becoming citizens of the United States of America
Twenty-five people. They came from 20 different countries and four continents -- leaving the Ukraine, Zambia, the Phillipines, Iran, Pakistan and more -- to gather Friday at James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor. And today they are all Americans. These 25 people became U.S. citizens during the park's annual Fourth of July naturalization ceremony. Ohio State Rep. Ron Young was one of the government officials who congratulated them Friday. "You've come to a country where you have the opportunity -- in fact, not just the opportunity but the challenge, if you will -- to pursue your highest an most noble goal," Young said. "Whether that's to be an artist, a business leader, a government leader -- whatever your goal is, America …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The city suggests legalizing bow hunting in certain parts of Mentor
Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak presented an ordinance to City Council Monday night that would, if passed, legalize the bow hunting of deer in Mentor. The deer population has been a popular and occasionally divisive subject in the city for awhile. Earlier this year, Council gave the city administration permission to pursue the permits needed to get a Deer Management Plan approved by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This latest ordinance is only part of the city's ultimate plan and not its totality, Filipiak explained. "This is our first step in reducing the deer population in the city," Filipiak said. Council did not vote on the ordinance Monday night. Instead, they will discuss it more during a work session before their next…
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The people behind the community garden at Wildwood Cultural Center "broke soil" Wednesday morning
The three organizations behind Mentor's community garden -- the city of Mentor, Lake County General Health District and Kaiser Permanente -- gathered Wednesday morning at Wildwood Cultural Center to open their joint project. They planted a trio of tomato plants to officially open the city's first community garden. The garden was the idea of Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak. However, it took a grant from Kaiser Permanente, for which LCGHD Health Educator Tori Sinclair wrote the application, to make it happen. Kaiser Permanente pediatrician Dr. Andrea Zets said the garden symbolized what Kaiser stood for -- staying health through prevention and proactiveness. "The family can come out here together, garden, get some exercise and breathe …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Council members discuss whether such an ordinance would be necessary
Mentor City Council and administration discussed the possibility of amending the city's noise ordinance so it addressed ATVs, dirt bikes and similar vehicles during a work session Tuesday at City Hall. While no final decisions were made Tuesday, City Manager Kenneth Filipiak wanted to gauge the council members' opinions on the topic. Filipiak said that while the city does not get a lot of complaints about ATVs and other small vehicles, those who do call about it tend to be very frustrated. "We receive these complaints on a regular basis," he said. "We've been frustrated over the years because we don't have a great way to address them." While the city code does not allow people to drive motor scooters, ATVs and the like on Mentor streets, …
Monday, May 14, 2012
Mentor's Finance Department received the Award of Excellence with Distinction for Financial Reporting for the seventh consecutive year
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost visited Mentor City Hall Monday to give the city's Finance Department an award. They received the Award of Excellence with Distinction for Financial Reporting for the seventh consecutive year. "The award only goes to entities that have a substantially clean audit," Yost said during the award presentation. The school districts and municipalities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a clean audit report, according to the Auditor's web site: Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said the city takes good financial management as seriously as it takes any of its responsibilities, including public safety. "It's good financial management that allows us to be ble to provide all the other services that we have …
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