• An Option for Galion?

    by  • January 27, 2012 • 0 Comments

    This week has been a busy one in the continuing saga of the soon-to-be defunct North Central Conference — and it seems a good time to catch up with reports and rumors.

    When last we posted on the subject, Upper Sandusky had voted to withdraw from the NCC in favor of joining the Mid Ohio Athletic Conference, a league composed of Marion, Morrow, Delaware, Knox, and Morrow County Schools. With the arrival of new members, this league will now be splitting into East and West Divisions. This decision by Upper left Galion, Ontario, and Lucas without a sports home starting with the 2014-2015 school year, as a three-team conference is not a viable scenario.

    Fast forward to this week. According to unconfirmed reports, the athletic directors of seven schools within … Read the rest

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    Looking at Rates and Perceptions

    by  • January 27, 2012 • 1 Comment

    The second part of Thursday’s City Council Finance Committee meeting started with a simple question, and ended with a set of motions fixing the next step in the City’s consideration of electric rate increases. In the middle was a good amount of dialogue, including a few rather stark differences of opinion.

    The initial question was raised by one of those gathered to listen to the Finance Committee meeting:

    In the 2011 Revenue Requirements (the amount needed to be obtained to operate the electrical utility) shared by Sawvel and Associates, some $296,668 was added to total expenditures with a caption of “Uncollected Billing Revenue and Other.” If this is correct, the questioner posed, why should paying electric customers be paying for those who do not pay their bill, and does this … Read the rest

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    City Reexamines Electric Rates

    by  • January 26, 2012 • 0 Comments

    NOTE: The lengthy City Council Finance Committee meeting on Thursday was quite long and full of open dialogue. GalionLive will present our coverage of the meeting in two installments — first looking at the presentation by the City’s electric rate consultants, and then looking at the engaging conversation which occurred after that presentation was finished.

    The room was full on Thursday morning as the Finance Committee of Galion City Council conducted its long-anticipated review of the City’s proposed electric rate increase. And, while there was no resolution of that issue, it is evident that it will be some time before that increase will be enacted — if ever.

    The meeting followed a brief, eight-minute session of the Galion Financial Planning and Supervision Commission, which is assigned the duty of … Read the rest

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    Jobs at Your Fingertips

    by  • January 26, 2012 • 0 Comments

    While GalionLive concentrates on sharing the latest information about Galion and the immediate area, we also occasionally bring our readers updates about more general news that can directly impact the lives of Galionites. News about one such item was received this week from Ohio Job and Family Services, and we share it below.

    Ohioans can now use their smart phones to assist in job-hunting efforts.

    The new OhioMeansJobs mobile phone application allows Ohioans to search, save and apply for jobs from their iPhone, iPad or Android device. The app combines unique data from the state of Ohio with advanced search tools and filter technology from Monster. Job seekers can use the app to view their resumes and search tens of thousands of job openings by job title, keyword and location.… Read the rest

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