[LFC Comments: We are providing a forum for Concord Township’s Administrator, Mr. Andy Rose, to respond to the article written by Mr. Bob Sanderson, Treasurer of the Affordable Concord Taxes citizens’ group. Here is the original article to which Mr…. Read More ›
I was made aware of a special meeting being held today of the JEDD. So what is the JEDD? https://concordtwp.com/business/concord-painesville-jedd/ Unfortunately, I was too late for the meeting and entered during their Executive Session, and was not permitted to… Read More ›
Written by Brian Massie 6/17/20 The Concord Trustees held a meeting last night at the Quail Hollow Inn allowing citizens to express their views on the proposed fire stations. This is a legacy issue that was started by the… Read More ›
Attend this important Stakeholder Meeting and provide input on building two affordable fire stations June 16 at 7:00 p.m. Quail Hollow Resort Hotel 11080 Concord Hambden Rd., 2nd floor ballroom 1) Participate in person OR 2) Participate via video and/or phone (Details at the… Read More ›
Thanks to Andy Rose, Concord Township Administrator, for giving us the link to their website page (that I could not find) covering the garage sale rules mandated by the State of Ohio Health Department. I must admit to having the… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: This article was written by the members of the Affordable Concord Taxes group. We hope that the Concord Township officials have not adopted the philosophy of “never letting a good crisis go to waste”. We applaud the Concord… Read More ›
We have previously written about the State of Ohio’s drastic cuts in public school funding: https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/05/10/state-budget-cuts-for-public-schools/ Looking for answers, we sent the following email to Dr. james P. Kalis, Superintendent, and Mr. Gary A. Platko, CFO of the Riverside school… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Concord Township continues to do an excellent job of communicating with the residents. We see that they are following the rules of the recently passed H.B. 197, and will be offering residents not only a chance to view… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: Thanks to the law firm Brickler & Eckler for writing this article giving their opinion on H.B. 197 as it applies to the Open Meetings Act.) (Emphasis in article added by LFC) (Unfortunately, those citizens that do not… Read More ›
From the desk of Brian Massie of Concord Township… Residents living in the Nature Preserve South subdivision were very curious about the clearing of trees taking place on the large parcel of land between Timberlane and Rainbow Drive this weekend…. Read More ›
The State of Ohio redistributes funds to the 88 counties in the State. These distributions are known as “Local Government Funds”. Former Governor Kasich used these funds to create a surplus for the State coffers by short-changing the local governments…. Read More ›
We complimented Concord’s Administrator, Andy Rose, and Finance Director, Amy Dawson, for their first class publication known as the Grapevine. We were curious about the cost to publish, and asked for information. The cost summary provided is below. LFC added… Read More ›
We attended the Concord Township Trustee meeting last night (2/3) to hear the arguments for and against the proposal for high density housing in the township. The land developer, Mr. Ralph Victor, a Mentor resident, purchased a former horse farm… Read More ›
On Monday, February 3rd at 7:00 the Trustees will hear a proposal to rezone 26 acres on Prouty Rd, next to Rt 44, (the horse farm) from regular residential, R-1 to multi-family, high-density homes, R-3. On January 7th, the Zoning… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We wanted to illustrate what is happening to public school finances, and why we believe that they are pricing seniors and those living on fixed incomes out of their homes that they have worked all their lives to… Read More ›
(LFC Comments: We wanted to share with our readers the correspondence between LFC and the Lake County Riverside School District. We would like to thank Mr. Gary Platko, Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Belinda Grassi, School Board Member, for their… Read More ›
A Concord lobbyist made us aware of this disaster in the making… Do you want to live near high-density rental units? Up to 200 rental units, 4 times the current allowed density. A developer is asking the Zoning Commission and Trustees to… Read More ›
PRO FIREFIGHTERS • PRO CONCORD • PRO TAXPAYERS _______________________________ Concord Citizens Form Advisory Panel to Work With Township Officials in Revising its Fire Station Plans and Funding Options Panel and team of subject matter experts seek to provide informed input… Read More ›
We found the recent ruling by the Ohio’s Eleventh Appellate District to be VERY, VERY interesting. Concord Township Open Meeting Act Violation 11th Circuit Case No. 2018-L-116 deals with Mr. Douglas Bode and Concord Township. Mr. Bode was a part-time… Read More ›
Open note to Concord Township Trustees, Fire Chief and the Township Administrator: You may want to review the attached link that shows a 24,000 square foot fire station in North Carolina being built for only $4.2 million. We are going… Read More ›
