Board of Education meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and are held in the Inscho Conference Room in Riverside High School. http://www.painesville-township.k12.oh.us/BoardofEducation.aspx Board of Education Meetings: Tuesday, April 24th Tuesday, May 22nd Tuesday June 26th Tuesday July 24th Tuesday, August 28th
Concord
Citizen’s Guide to Reducing Local Tax Burden
We have been asked on several occasions what can be done to reduce local real estate taxes, and specifically the Riverside School levies. Well, thanks to one of our Lobbyists for informing us about a legal aid group known as… Read More ›
Letter to Morris Beverage Pres of Lakeland CC
We will be starting to look at the financials of Lakeland Community College. Here is a letter we sent to Mr. Beverage, President of the college. March 18, 2018 Mr. Morris W. Beverage, Jr. EDM President Lakeland Community College 7700… Read More ›
Concord’s Fire Department….expect some changes
Facility Assessment and Fire Station Location Analysis for the Concord Township Fire Department by The Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association March 2017 The following are excerpts from a March 2017 report by the Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association on Concord Township’s Fire Department:… Read More ›
Riverside School’s lawsuit settled
Thanks to our Nextdoor.com neighbor for the heads up on the lawsuit being settled. Here is the information from the school’s website. Settlement agreement reached with Concord Township The Riverside Local School District Board of Education and Concord Township Trustees… Read More ›
Riverside School District Map….
We have been asked several times about the area covered by the Riverside School District. Here is a link to a map that provides the geographic area of the Riverside School District. Open the link, and then scroll down the… Read More ›
Riverside Schools….and the district’s wealth factor
We were curious about the State of Ohio payments to the Riverside School District. In the State’s desire to ensure total “equality and adequacy” in public education, they adjust the standard payment per pupil by the “wealth factor” of the… Read More ›
Riverside School College Credit Plus Program
We wrote to the Riverside School official asking for the cost of the College Credit Plus program to Lake County taxpayers. Here is the response. Hi Brian, We are currently in the third year of the College Credit Plus… Read More ›
The Big Lie….we only possess never own our home…
From the book “Sustainable” by Tom DeWeese… “We have been conned into believing we are ‘owning’ property, when, in fact, and by law, we’re only in ‘possession’ of property utilizing it as a renter or tenant would. So long as… Read More ›
College Credit Plus…..ever heard of it?
A big thanks to one of our Kirtland Lobbyists for the heads-up on a program that costs all Lake County taxpayers. We have not heard of this before. Here is a link to their website: https://www.ohiohighered.org/content/college_credit_plus_info_students_families College Credit Plus 2017-18:… Read More ›
Concord’s JEDD….
We were asked by a neighbor on Nextdoor.com to provide information the Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) that was formed by an agreement with Concord and Painesville officials. The relocation of the hospital from Painesville to its current location in… Read More ›
Concord Voters By Age Groups……a lot playing the back nine of life..
We contacted the Lake County Board of Elections and were given a link to their registered voter files. We wanted to determine the age of the Concord voters to see if the issue of real estate taxes would resonate with… Read More ›
Lobbyists for Citizens’ Meeting Scheduled
LOBBYISTS FOR CITIZENS ANNOUNCING MEETING FOR ALL LAKE COUNTY RESIDENTS WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14TH, 2018 FROM 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM WHERE: AUBURN CAREER CENTER ROOM 106, 8221 Auburn Road, Concord Township, 44077 (ACROSS THE STREET FROM MAIN SCHOOL) PRESENTER:… Read More ›
Auburn Career Center availability….
Here is the response from the representative of the Auburn Career Center: Good morning, Brian and (redacted).. Depending on the number of attendees, Auburn has several rooms available. In the Technology Learning Center (TLC), there are 2 rooms, one holding… Read More ›
Availability of Concord Community Center….
In the interest of totally transparency, here is a very professional response from a Concord official about the availability of the Concord Community Center: Mr. Massie, Thank you for your response. Just to clarify, we do allow some free usage… Read More ›
Lake County Community Info….thanks to Kim
A big thanks to Kim Collise for this handy website guide for Lake County residents: Lake County Ohio Community Information 2017: ************************************************************************ Concord Township website: http://www.concordtwp.com Elected Officials: http://www.concordtwp.com/Elected-Officials-Staff-Contacts Meetings Guide: http://www.concordtwp.com/Township-Government/Public-Meetings Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConcordTownshipLakeCounty Twitter: https://twitter.com/concordtwplake Events Calendar: … Read More ›
Ohio Bd of Education…action required..
Thanks to one of our Lobbyists for this action item: Oppose HB 512 Oppose Removing Transparency from Ohio’s State Education System 02-20-2018 UPDATE: Just last Wednesday, Representative Reineke announced legislation that would combine the Ohio Department of Education, Ohio Department of Higher Education, and Ohio… Read More ›
May 8th Ballot Issues…want to know your annual costs?
As a continued service to Lake County taxpayers, we believe that it is important that taxpayers know what their annual costs will be if ALL of the proposed levies in their taxing districts on the May 8th, 2018 ballot are… Read More ›
Lake County R.E. Taxes …by taxing district & political sub-division ..part 3
In continuing the project comparing real estate taxes billed for 2018 vs 2008, we are reporting the changes for every political sub-division in each taxing district. Madison Township Taxing District #1: Madison Twp TD 1 Madison Village… Read More ›
Lake County School Funding….part 2
We have been working on calculating the average spend per student for each school district in Lake County. We must say that there are some very startling numbers….. Here is the average $ spent per student for CY 2018 vs… Read More ›
Update on new proposed Concord School…can you imagine the legal fees?
Well, it appears the fiasco will be decided on March 16th by Lake County Common Pleas Judge Richard L. Collins, Jr. It will be a non jury trial. When this is over, we will be asking how much legal fees… Read More ›
Real Estate Tax Bill Received Today…you better be sitting when you open it..
Just saw our real estate tax bill for the first half of 2017…..increase of $874.77 (8.834%) for the year. Well if this does not reinforce what we have been saying about pricing seniors and others living on fixed incomes… Read More ›
Riverside – Concord School Debate – part two….
There were four “Lobbyists for Citizens” at a meeting today (1/19) with Mr. Jim Kalis, Superintendent of Riverside Local School District, and Mr. Gary Platko, CFO of Riverside School. The meeting was requested by us with the expressed purpose of… Read More ›
Dave’s Market for Concord….
Just heard that a Dave’s Market will be taking place of the closed Reider’s Market….not sure of a date… https://www.davesmarkets.com/
Concord Residents….do we need another Fire Station?
Thanks to a Concord resident on the “heads up” on the this report on Facility Assessment & Fire Station Location Analysis, and the following information on the police and fire services in Concord. Concord-Twp.-Facility-Study-2017 This newly released report which was… Read More ›