Thursday, April 18, 2013
Whether you're a student going to class or a citizen visiting a grocer, the city hopes you'll wear Cardinal red tomorrow
If you have a Mentor Cardinals t-shirt, a red polo or any other red garment, there won't be a better time to break it out than Friday, April 19. Mentor City Council has declared Friday Cardinal Pride Day. The announcement was made earlier this week when council formally recognized the boys basketball team for bringing home a Division I state championship after defeating Toledo Rogers in March. The championship represents the fourth state title in school history, accompanying 1994 boys soccer, 1985 boys cross country and 1933 boys track. Read a draft of the city's proclamation for Cardinal Pride Day by clicking 'PDFs' to the right. Plan on taking pics of your Cardinal Pride on Friday? Share them with the community by posting them to Patch! …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Lt. Tom Powers and dispatcher Linda Hulderman are this year's winners
Mentor City Council began its regular meeting Tuesday by honoring two people members believe did their jobs the best over the past year. In a joint celebration, city council helped the Mentor Police Department present the Officer of the Year award to Lt. Tom Powers, and the Civilian of the Year to communication technician Linda Hulderman. Lt. Powers has been with Mentor Police since 1979. Last year, he began a supervisor role with the city's detective bureau. "He is known to be a professional and contentious officer, representing the department in a positive way," Chief Kevin Knight said. Powers has been part of the Mentor Police Athletic Association for years, and is known to service the Cops and Kids program and an annual children's golf…
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, March 5, 2013
The regular council meeting begins at 7 p.m. tonight
Mentor City Council will consider an ordinance tonight that would award a contract to a Northeast Ohio company for the remainder of the 2013 road repair program. If approved, Stow-based Karvo Paving Co. would receive the contract for an amount not to exceed $702,268.80. According to a memo from city engineer David A. Swiger, Karvo submitted the lowest bid amount. The work to be done includes resurfacing on several streets, including Munson Road, Market Street, Blackbrook Road and Hart Street. The final completion date is Sept. 27. The meeting begins tonight at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Sales finished strong in both Mentor and Lake County
Last year ended with strong home sales in both Mentor and Lake County. Data in Mentor City Council's most recent memo shows that residential sales for the final quarter of 2012 grew by 21 percent in Mentor when compared to the previous year's fourth quarter. The county's sales rose by 11 percent during the same period. The average Mentor home sale price during 2012's fourth quarter was $143,322, a 9 percent increase. The county's average sale price jumped by 17 percent to $147,995. The amount of days homes remained on the market in Mentor dropped by 47 percent, compared a 13 percent decrease for the entire county. The city's memo said Mentor Realtor Todd Crockett of Howard Hanna supplied the data.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Apollo Manufacturing will soon move to Enterprise Drive
Apollo Manufacturing is making a move from Willoughby to Mentor with the help of a grant from the latter city. The maker of precision components for the aerospace, energy and automotive industries will soon purchase and renovate 7911 Enterprise Pkwy., the former home of Fredon Corp. In all, the move will cost Apollo more than $2 million, but a Mentor Incentive Grant will return some funds back to the firm over the next several years. Apollo will receive nearly $71,000 in seven years for choosing Mentor. The company expects to pay $257,440 in new payroll taxes to Mentor during the time period. Current payroll is just over $1.5 million and will increase to $2 million by 2018. "Mentor just made a lot of sense, they've really been working well…
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Filipiak talks about the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and the cost associated with President Barack Obama's visit
Following the passage of ordinances regarding inter-fund transfers and road projects near centerpiece properties, City Manager Ken Filipiak offered reflections on a hectic week in Mentor. "With the remnants and impact of Hurricane Sandy — it certainly had an impact on Lake County and the City of Mentor — as well as the presidential visit last Satruday, it's been a very busy week in Mentor," Filipiak said. "We just wanted to thank the public for their patience and community spirit shown. "There were a great number of inconveniences that our residents had to incur as a result of both of those events." During the city manager's report Monday at the Mentor City Council meeting, Filipiak said no deaths or major injuries were reported during the…
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Monday, November 5, 2012
The meeting begins tonight at 7 p.m.
With the year winding down, the city will ask its governing body to approve a slew of inter-fund transfers and appropriations at tonight's Mentor City Council Meeting. The fiscal revisions on tonight's agenda include: An ordinance authorizing the infrastructure improvement of a few properties to be a "public purpose" is also on the agenda. Because the city believes the commercial improvements would produce jobs and more income revenue, a public purpose would make these properties exempt from taxation. However, the owners would need to pay semiannual service payments for the same amount as the real property taxes would have been. Under this agreement, the school district and library district would receive a portion of the service payments …
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Council is also slated to discuss proposed limits on garage sales in Mentor, as well as the paving of State Route 306
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Mentor City Council will have a full agenda during its work session at 5:30 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at City Hall. Council is slated to recognize Sgt. Mark T. Smykowski (who passed away while serving in Iraq in 2006,) discuss putting limits on garage sales in the city and vote on a grant for an expanding local business. Mentor native Smykowski died at the age of 23 after the Hummer in which he rode hit a roadside bomb in June 2006 in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. In recognition of his sacrifice and service, Route 84 from Broadmoor to Chillicothe Road was renamed in his honor. The new road signs were unveiled last week. However, State Representatives Kenneth Yuko and Ron Young, as well as State Senator John Eklund, will be at the…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Mentor City Council also approved an economic development grant for a local business during its meeting Tuesday
Mentor City Council approved the sale of one of its land-bank losts during its meeting Tuesday night at City Hall. The lot is in the Heisley Road Commerce Park off Hamilton Drive. Heron & Sons Decorative Concrete and O'Connor Plumbing have offered to purchase the lot for $35,000. Both businesses rent property in the city but they would rather co-own the Hamilton Drive property. "They see this as an opportunity to make an investment and solidify their roots in the community," said Ron Traub, the director of economic development for the city of Mentor, before the Council meeting. This is the first land-bank lot in Heisley Road Commerce Park the city has sold in more than 10 years. Mentor used to have 23 lots in the area and only five remain…
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4:23 pm on Friday, April 19, 2013
Because the only thing that matters is football or basketball. Nothing else. This city/school district is so full of themselves. Please make it stop already. Enough about the basketball team winning. Let's move on people. But, when you can't win one and you finally do after years of saying how good all your teams are and all the hype, I guess you have to milk it for months. more ›