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<strong>December</strong> 2-15, <strong>2018</strong> www.columbusmessenger.com Vol. XXXVI, No. 13<br />
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<strong>Messenger</strong> photos by Rick Palsgrove<br />
Red and Black<br />
Night <strong>2018</strong><br />
James Fields (with the ball above),<br />
drives past several defenders including<br />
Tra’ Waymon, Trayon Cassie, and<br />
Jonathan Clark, to score during the<br />
Cruiser alumni basketball game at<br />
Groveport Madison High School’s<br />
third annual Red and Black Night, held<br />
at the school on Nov. 17.<br />
In addition to the annual alumni game,<br />
the event also featured a girls varsity<br />
and junior varsity scrimmage, a boys<br />
varsity and junior varsity scrimmage,<br />
a freshman scrimmage, cheerleader<br />
performances, the Cruiserettes, a<br />
three point shooting contest and<br />
more. Shawn Cleary, a Groveport city<br />
councilman and a 1978 graduate of<br />
Groveport Madison High School, was<br />
the oldest participant in the alumni<br />
game.<br />
At right, Cruiser Scotty Lomax flies<br />
high for a dunk during the boys varsity<br />
and junior varsity scrimmage.<br />
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Classroom addition is<br />
needed at new high school<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
1,773 for the high school and 6,103 for the<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Editor<br />
district.<br />
“We are having an enrollment projection<br />
study done now to see what our enroll-<br />
The Groveport Madison school district<br />
is growing and officials state this growth<br />
ment projections will look like for the next<br />
means an addition must be built on the<br />
five years,” said Ogden.<br />
new high school.<br />
Ogden said the addition to the high<br />
“When the high school was approved to<br />
school would include four classrooms.<br />
be built with 53 percent of the funding coming<br />
from the state, we had to use the enroll-<br />
“As of right now, they would be general<br />
classrooms,” said Ogden. “What we will<br />
ment numbers the Ohio Facilities<br />
place in them will be determined, but they<br />
Construction Commission had in 2014,” said<br />
will be built as general classrooms.”<br />
Groveport Madison Schools Superintendent<br />
She said the addition would be placed<br />
Garilee Ogden. “We did anticipate growth,<br />
on the east wing of the high school and be<br />
but the state funding requirements mandate<br />
that you use current numbers. At the<br />
two stories tall.<br />
Ogden said the construction of the addition<br />
would be funded by existing money<br />
time, the high school was projected to be at<br />
approximately 1,420 students. The high<br />
generated from savings from the original<br />
school was built to meet the enrollment<br />
high school construction project.<br />
needs in 2014, as funding allows.”<br />
See ADDITION, page 3<br />
Ogden said the current enrollment is<br />
Water rates to increase<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Editor<br />
Groveport City Council approved a<br />
water rate increase in 2019 for customers<br />
on the city of Groveport’s water system.<br />
“With expenses continuing to increase<br />
due to inflation, a small increase of 3 percent<br />
is recommended for 2019 to stay at<br />
least current with our balance in the Water<br />
Fund,” according to Groveport City<br />
Administrator Marsha Hall.<br />
Hall said it is better to have small periodic<br />
water rate increases rather than go<br />
years without an increase only to then face<br />
a large rate hike later to meet expenses.<br />
The Groveport water rate increase, will<br />
be effective with the first billing cycle in<br />
2019 and first be reflected in customers’<br />
April 1, 2019 billing, according to Hall.<br />
When asked what the average dollar<br />
amount increase will be for the average<br />
water bill, Hall said, “A 3 percent increase<br />
would be $8.34, bringing the new average<br />
bill for the past 12 months to $286.32.”<br />
There was no Groveport water rate<br />
increase in <strong>2018</strong> and the last water rate<br />
increase for those on city of Groveport<br />
water was a 3 percent hike in 2017.<br />
Part of the city is on the Groveport<br />
water system and another part of town is<br />
on the Columbus water system. According<br />
to Hall, there are 1,213 Groveport water<br />
system accounts and 921 Columbus water<br />
system accounts in Groveport.<br />
Hall said the City of Columbus Sewer<br />
and Water Advisory Board is recommending<br />
Columbus City Council enact a 2 percent<br />
water rate increase in 2019 for<br />
Columbus water customers. Additionally,<br />
the city of Columbus provides sanitary<br />
sewer service to Groveport and Hall said,<br />
“Columbus is currently going through the<br />
process of approving a 3 percent sewer<br />
usage rate increase for 2019. This will be<br />
passed on to all of our customers.”<br />
Hall said, “While we are currently holding<br />
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By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Editor<br />
Groveport Madison Schools officials held public meetings on<br />
Nov. 13, 14, and 15 at locations around the district to share information<br />
and obtain community feedback on proposals to build new<br />
schools to replace the district’s elementary and middle schools.<br />
In October, the Groveport Madison Board of Education directed<br />
Superintendent Garilee Ogden and Treasurer John Walsh to prepare<br />
to place on the May 2019 ballot a 6.68 mill permanent continuing<br />
operating levy to fund the district combined with a bond issue of a yet<br />
to be determined amount to fund potential new school buildings.<br />
At the public meeting held on Nov. 15 at Middle School Central,<br />
Ogden said that, in 2012, the Ohio Facilities Construction<br />
Commission recommended the district replace all of its schools<br />
because the cost to renovate them would exceed the cost of building<br />
new. (The high school has already been replaced.)<br />
“To bring the schools up to current standards the cost to renovate<br />
the schools would be $78 million,” said Ogden. “We could renovate<br />
them, but we’d still be in old era buildings.”<br />
She added that, if the district opted for new buildings, it could<br />
save up to $22 million over 10 years in building system repairs,<br />
according to Dynamix, the company the district contracts with for<br />
utility and HVAC maintenance services.<br />
Ogden cited student overcrowding, an inability to provide students<br />
with access to programs, building conditions, leaky roofs, old<br />
technology, and buildings that cannot be retro-fitted with modern<br />
safety measures as other reasons the schools need replacing.<br />
She noted the open classroom concept built into Middle School<br />
North and Middle School South in the 1970s poses safety and<br />
learning issues.<br />
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Groveport Madison’s<br />
elementary and middle schools:<br />
•Asbury Elementary - Built in 1963 with additions in 1968 and<br />
1969. Enrollment, 435. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Dunloe Elementary - Built in 1967 with additions in 1968 and<br />
1969. Enrollment, 433. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Glendening Elementary - Built in 1968 with addition in 1974.<br />
Enrollment, 480. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Groveport Elementary - Built in 1923. Enrollment, 424.<br />
Functional capacity, 425. Placed on the National Register of Historic<br />
Places in 2009.<br />
•Madison Elementary - Built in 1967 with additions in 1968 and<br />
1969. Enrollment, 383. Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Sedalia Elementary - Built in 1969 with addition in 1974.<br />
Enrollment, 672. Functional capacity, 446.<br />
•Middle School North - Built in 1975. Enrollment, 499.<br />
Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Middle School South - Built in 1975. Enrollment, 453.<br />
Functional capacity, 425.<br />
•Middle School Central - Built in stages as a high school<br />
between 1952-56. Enrollment, 452. Functional capacity, 425. Placed<br />
on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.<br />
(Functional capacity is 85 percent of original design capacity and<br />
reflects modern requirements for classroom space and programming.<br />
Source: Groveport Madison Schools.)<br />
latest trends, such as the open classroom concept that was popular<br />
in the 1970s,” said Ogden. “We must build to meet long term needs.”<br />
Ogden said there are 22 modular classrooms in use in the district’s<br />
elementaries to combat overcrowding - four at Asbury, four<br />
at Dunloe, two at Groveport, and 12 at Sedalia.<br />
Community members at the Nov. 15 public meeting told school<br />
officials these factors are important when considering new schools:<br />
safety issues, good classroom environment, schools close to where<br />
students live, good school libraries, handicap accessibility, and<br />
access to academic programs for all students.<br />
The current five year 6.68 mill levy was passed in May 2014<br />
and is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2019. Walsh stated the levy needs<br />
to be renewed in 2019 for collection to continue in 2020 to maintain<br />
fiscal stability for the district.<br />
Walsh said if the levy fails in May 2019 the district would not<br />
“be destitute in 2020,” but the district’s revenue would fall dramatically<br />
after that year.<br />
To place the levy and bond issue on the May 2019 ballot, the<br />
board must approve two resolutions in January declaring its<br />
intentions and file for the ballot by Feb. 6, 2019.<br />
Walsh said the district most likely would still need new money<br />
in a few years and would have to place an operating levy on the<br />
2023 ballot. If the 2019 levy is approved, the 2023 levy could be for<br />
a smaller amount.<br />
The levy would be combined with a bond issue of a yet to be<br />
determined amount. The bond issue would provide funding, coupled<br />
with funding from the Ohio Facilities Construction<br />
Commission, to build new schools to replace the district’s six elementary<br />
schools and three middle schools.<br />
If a bond issue is approved, the OFCC would provide 53 percent<br />
of the funding and the district would fund 47 percent of the proposed<br />
projects. Groveport Madison is currently 34th on the<br />
OFCC’s priority list for funding.<br />
The district is forming a facilities planning team that will consist<br />
of community members, parents, and district staff members.<br />
This team will study the district’s various possible building<br />
options and make a recommendation for the board of education’s<br />
consideration at the board’s January meeting. The facilities planning<br />
team will meet privately in three meetings in <strong>December</strong>.<br />
“The facilities planning team will make a decision and recommendation<br />
based on what they find to be the most fiscally responsible<br />
and most educationally conducive school configuration plan,”<br />
said Ogden.<br />
Other decisions regarding a building plan include potential<br />
land purchases, developing a plan for sequenced construction<br />
using swing spaces, and realigning attendance boundaries.
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Continued from page 1<br />
our own for our projected balance (contingency) in<br />
the Water Fund for operations of our water plant, our<br />
projected expenses for 2019 are also less than <strong>2018</strong><br />
expenses, so any unforeseen large expense would<br />
result in a much lower balance going into 2020.”<br />
Since water expenses for 2019 are projected to be<br />
less than in <strong>2018</strong>, then why is a water rate increase<br />
necessary?<br />
“The projected expenses are lower in 2019 due to a<br />
lower estimate of contract services,” said Hall. “As<br />
warranties at the new plant drop off, we will have<br />
additional maintenance contracts in future years.<br />
Ohio Senate Bill 2 now requires that all water systems<br />
develop an Asset Management Plan that includes fiveyear<br />
funding to adequately fund our water assets. We<br />
will need to have available revenue to cover increased<br />
contract services and to cover any emergencies that<br />
may arise in the operations of the water system.”<br />
Future water department expenses<br />
Groveport City Engineer Steve Farst said some<br />
future water expenses will include replacing the old<br />
existing 4-inch water lines that remain in some neighborhoods<br />
with newer, larger water mains.<br />
Farst said 4-inch water lines on the following<br />
streets could be addressed sometime in the next five<br />
years: Elm Street, Center Street, and West Street west<br />
of College Street; and Elm Street, Walnut Street, and<br />
Grove Street east of College Street.<br />
He said streets with 4-inch water mains on the<br />
city’s long range outlook that will eventually be<br />
replaced due to their age and condition when funded<br />
and warranted are Cherry Street from West Street<br />
east to Wirt Road; Crooked Alley from Main Street to<br />
Cherry Street; Crow Avenue from West Street to its<br />
end; and Naomi Court.<br />
Other future water system improvements within<br />
the long range outlook include water tank maintenance<br />
and a new elevated water tower storage tank<br />
(which would give Groveport two water towers again).<br />
“With regard to tank maintenance, this is ongoing<br />
in our annual tank maintenance program,” said Farst.<br />
“The existing tank is in good condition and is undergoing<br />
annual inspections and repairs as necessary.”<br />
Farst said the cost of a new water tower tank has<br />
not been confirmed and is subject to further study.<br />
“This project is shown in our five year plan with<br />
preliminary engineering to begin in 2022,” said Farst.<br />
“The new tank provides more water in elevated storage<br />
per an Ohio EPA recommendation and the new<br />
tank would also provide for added flexibility in maintaining<br />
the existing elevated storage tank, which is 50-<br />
years-old.”<br />
Farst said the preliminary engineering work will<br />
determine size, estimate cost, and location of a new<br />
tank. An updated schedule for its construction would<br />
be estimated at that time.<br />
ADDITION<br />
When asked why a second water tower would be<br />
needed because Groveport maintains an emergency<br />
connection to city of Columbus water lines, Farst said,<br />
“Columbus restricts the use of the connection to emergency<br />
supply only. Maintenance of elevated storage<br />
tanks in Columbus’ view, does not qualify as an activity<br />
to allow use of the emergency connection.”<br />
Farst said other future water expenses include<br />
maintenance and eventual replacement of various<br />
components in the city’s water plant and well field,<br />
such as, but not limited to, pumps, motors, vessels,<br />
electronics, piping.<br />
“Motors and pumps have an expected useful life and<br />
will expire sooner than vessels and piping,” said Farst.<br />
“The long range outlook will address these replacement<br />
items as appropriate.”<br />
Farst said customer meters were replaced in 2013<br />
and they have an estimated useful life of 20 years.<br />
“These will eventually be plugged into the long<br />
range outlook for replacement,” said Farst.<br />
The $2.5 million Groveport water plant opened in<br />
2015. Hall said the water debt is a 30 year debt service.<br />
City council viewpoints<br />
Councilwoman Jean Ann Hilbert, who voted<br />
against the 3 percent water rate increase, feels the<br />
likelihood of the city adding new Groveport water customers<br />
to help share in the system’s costs is “slim to<br />
none.”<br />
“We only have about 1,200 customers on the<br />
Groveport water system and they have to pay for all<br />
this,” said Hilbert in an interview. “Every time there<br />
is an added cost the same small number of people have<br />
to pay. The EPA forces us to add more and more costs,<br />
which are then passed on to the customers.<br />
Unfortunately that’s the future from now on.”<br />
Councilwoman Becky Hutson believes there is<br />
potential to add more customers to the Groveport<br />
water system and that these additional customers<br />
would help share in the costs of maintaining the system.<br />
She cited the construction of Groveport Senior<br />
Village on Hendron Road as a recent example of customers<br />
being added to the Groveport water system.<br />
“There’s more growth to come,” said Hutson in an<br />
interview. “There’s a lot of viable properties for growth<br />
in Groveport and once they are developed they will use<br />
the city’s water system. These are commercial properties<br />
that, once developed, could use, and pay for, a lot<br />
of Groveport water.”<br />
For examples, Hutson cited the future potential<br />
development of properties on Main Street including<br />
the former used car lot at College and Main streets,<br />
the open parcel next to Ace<br />
Hardware, and the open parcel<br />
beside the Groveport Animal<br />
Hospital.<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
“We believe that the addition should not exceed the balance of the project money saved<br />
from the initial build, and the co-funded amount, which is just over $2 million.”<br />
When asked when the addition would be built and what is its anticipated completion<br />
date would be, Ogden said, “We are still awaiting approval from the OFCC. We have submitted<br />
our request, and provided them all of the requested documentation. They recently<br />
requested our current enrollment to use, which is at 1,773.”<br />
As to where the growth is coming from in the Groveport Madison school district,<br />
Ogden said, “We did get a few new students from the closing of ECOT last spring, but<br />
most of the students are new students moving to the district.”<br />
Ogden said the new high school is capable of taking on more additions in the future if<br />
necessary.<br />
“We would have to work with the architects to design that based on what future addition<br />
needs would be, but there is space to add on more rooms if needed,” said Ogden.<br />
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former Scioto Valley Traction Line (electric<br />
interurban railway) tracks on Groveport’s<br />
Blacklick Street.<br />
The Scioto Valley Traction Line opened in<br />
Groveport and Canal Winchester in 1904 and<br />
provided the towns’ residents with a swift<br />
way to travel throughout Central Ohio. The<br />
SVTL’s cars could reach speeds of up to 60<br />
mph enabling people to take the five mile trip<br />
between Groveport and Canal Winchester in<br />
mere minutes instead of the much longer<br />
time necessary to get there by horse and<br />
wagon or canal boat.<br />
The tracks embedded in the bricks of<br />
Blacklick Street are well over a century old,<br />
but are still in good condition and serve as a<br />
tangible reminder of what was once a popular<br />
form of transportation in the days before cars<br />
multiplied and filled the roads.<br />
In Canal Winchester, the SVTL depot,<br />
located near Stradley Park in the city’s downtown,<br />
was recently restored and is another<br />
physical reminder of the interurban railway’s<br />
heyday. Groveport’s SVTL depot, now long<br />
gone, was located on the northwest corner of<br />
Brook Alley and Blacklick Street.<br />
The interurban tracks ran straight<br />
through the Canal Winchester’s downtown<br />
near the Ohio and Erie Canal. The path is<br />
marked with paving bricks on Canal<br />
Winchester’s South High Street. (In fact, the<br />
interurban right of way ran near the canal for<br />
much of the distance between Groveport and<br />
Canal Winchester.) These brick pavers in the<br />
street give one a good view of how the tracks<br />
and the canal passed through Canal<br />
Winchester.<br />
The interurban’s<br />
path in Groveport<br />
was different than in<br />
Canal Winchester in<br />
that the SVTL tracks<br />
did not pass through<br />
Editor’s Notebook<br />
Groveport’s downtown.<br />
The interurban<br />
tracks came into<br />
Groveport from the<br />
west along Groveport<br />
Road from Obetz.<br />
Originally, the tracks<br />
were then supposed to<br />
go directly down<br />
Groveport’s Main<br />
Street. However, during<br />
the planning of the<br />
interurban’s route in<br />
the early 1900s,<br />
Rick<br />
Palsgrove<br />
Groveport Village Council decided the SVTL<br />
tracks should be diverted slightly to the north<br />
as they entered town near what is today<br />
Hendron Road, then run along what were<br />
once fields near what is now Holton Street,<br />
and then extended east down the middle of<br />
Blacklick Street. (People of my generation<br />
and older still refer to this path that is parallel<br />
to and north of Holton Street as “the<br />
tracks” even though the rails were removed<br />
from this section long ago.)<br />
One of the reasons given by town officials<br />
of the time for diverting the right-of-way for<br />
the electric railway from Main Street to<br />
Blacklick Street was to lessen the potential<br />
danger to traffic and people on Main Street. I<br />
wonder what the people of Blacklick Street<br />
thought of this decision at the time?<br />
It’s not like there was a lot of traffic on the<br />
unpaved Main Street in 1904, though on a<br />
residential street like Blacklick Street there<br />
was certainly less traffic activity than on<br />
Main Street. So the tracks were laid in the<br />
dirt of Blacklick Street and the depot built.<br />
(Blacklick Street was not paved with brick<br />
Our Pictorial Past by Rick Palsgrove<br />
until 1923.)<br />
The decision to run the interurban rightof-way<br />
down Blacklick Street is one of the<br />
main reasons the steel rails of the SVTL<br />
tracks still exist for us to see in Groveport<br />
today. It seems likely that, if the tracks had<br />
been laid down Main Street in the early<br />
1900s, they would have been removed long<br />
ago after the interurban stopped running in<br />
the 1930s and would be only be a distant<br />
memory today.<br />
The Blacklick Street tracks have been a<br />
fascination for adults and kids alike over the<br />
years. Many times I have seen people, young<br />
and old, balance themselves on the rails as<br />
they walk down the street. Sometimes I’ve<br />
seen couples walk hand-in-hand with each<br />
other as they each balanced on one of the two<br />
rails. Over the decades kids on bicycles have<br />
tried to see how far they could ride on the<br />
rails before losing balance. (They also had to<br />
take care their bicycle tires did not get<br />
wedged between the rails and the bricks<br />
because that would lead to a certain crash.)<br />
Some people don’t like the roughness of<br />
driving over the tracks, yet others enjoy having<br />
the unique sense of place provided by the<br />
historical nature of the tracks embedded in<br />
the street in front of their homes.<br />
The interurban tracks have a historical<br />
significance all their own, much like certain<br />
old buildings do, as they represent people<br />
who were here before us. Today, the tracks on<br />
Blacklick Street serve as a visual and tangible<br />
historical reminder of a transportation<br />
system that helped Groveport gain easier<br />
access to the world beyond its city borders<br />
and to enter the 20th century with a modern,<br />
electrified outlook.<br />
But they are more than that. The tracks<br />
are a right-of-way into the past.<br />
Rick Palsgrove is editor of the <strong>Southeast</strong><br />
<strong>Messenger</strong>.<br />
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grass. In this view looking north, the old scoreboard can be seen in the background. Also, in those days,<br />
the running track did not encircle the playing field. Note how the area beyond the stadium was not yet<br />
built up with commercial buildings.
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Table top Christmas trees<br />
delivered around city<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Editor<br />
Groveport city employees were like<br />
Santa’s elves on Nov. 27 as they made<br />
Christmas a little brighter for some of the<br />
city’s house bound and elderly residents.<br />
City staff decorated and delivered 106<br />
table top Christmas trees to residents at<br />
Greenfield Place, Groveport Senior Village,<br />
and others in the community who could use<br />
some extra love this holiday season, according<br />
to Jessica Reeves, Groveport public<br />
relations and communications coordinator.<br />
“The trees were decorated by city of<br />
Groveport staff members with traditional<br />
Christmas decorations donated by the<br />
staff,” said Reeves. “Each 24 inch tree was<br />
decorated with 10 miniature bulbs, jingle<br />
bells, garland, and a bow tree topper.”<br />
Reeves said the deliveries were made on<br />
Nov. 27 as part of “Giving Tuesday.”<br />
“Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after<br />
Thanksgiving, is a movement to create an<br />
international day of giving to kick off<br />
Christmas and the holiday season,” said<br />
Reeves.<br />
Reeves said City Administrator Marsha<br />
Hall came up with the “awesome idea” for<br />
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city staff to decorate and deliver the table<br />
top Christmas trees.<br />
Hall said she was looking for a way for<br />
city staff to give back to the community.<br />
“The elderly and house bound are often<br />
forgotten during the holidays,” said Hall.<br />
“Providing table top Christmas trees to<br />
them gives the staff the opportunity to let<br />
the community know that we care.”<br />
Added Mayor Lance Westcamp, “I feel it<br />
is great that the employees have pride in<br />
the community where they are employed.<br />
The day is about caring and paying it forward.”<br />
Reeves said the staff was excited to give<br />
back to the community by making someone’s<br />
holiday a little brighter.<br />
“One of the police officers, Josh Gilbert,<br />
contacted me to say he’d like to do some<br />
deliveries personally to represent our<br />
police department and the senior transportation<br />
department volunteered vehicles<br />
and drivers to chauffeur our delivery ‘elves’<br />
around town!” said Reeves. “I feel very fortunate<br />
to work for a place that cares so<br />
much about the community. We have a<br />
staff of amazing people with big hearts."<br />
Reeves said the recipients of the trees,<br />
who are Groveport residents, were selected<br />
based on a list compiled through local<br />
churches and Groveport’s Senior<br />
Transportation Coordinator Lisa<br />
Zurbriggen.<br />
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Photo courtesy of the city of Groveport<br />
Groveport Director of Parks and Facilities Management Tom Byrne (left) and Public<br />
Relations/Communications Coordinator Jessica Reeves load table top Christmas<br />
trees into a truck to be delivered to some city residents as part of “Giving Tuesday”<br />
on Nov. 27.<br />
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Cruiser softball fields’ location and State Route 317<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Editor<br />
As workers complete the finishing<br />
touches to the landscaping, parking lot,<br />
and softball fields in front of the new<br />
Groveport Madison High School, some community<br />
members have wondered about the<br />
perceived close proximity of one of the softball<br />
fields to State Route 317.<br />
Groveport Madison Schools Deputy<br />
Superintendent James Grube said the two<br />
new softball fields were located with a professional<br />
surveyor to align with the site<br />
design.<br />
“The softball fields are being installed<br />
where they have been shown on the site<br />
drawings ever since the site plan was solidified,”<br />
said Grube.<br />
Grube said the varsity softball field is<br />
the one farthest away from State Route 317<br />
and the junior varsity field is the one closest<br />
to the road.<br />
“The outfield fence for the junior varsity<br />
field is 190 feet from home plate,” said<br />
Grube. “The edge of State Route 317 is<br />
about another 50 feet beyond this, or about<br />
240 feet from home plate.”<br />
Grube said a junior varsity softball<br />
home run ball traveling 240 feet is not<br />
impossible, but it is “very rare.”<br />
“If this proves to be a problem, a section<br />
of netting could be added to protect the<br />
road from home run balls,” said Grube, who<br />
added the district is investigating costs to<br />
add the netting to protect balls from reaching<br />
State Route 317.<br />
The high school’s original two softball<br />
fields were once located behind the old high<br />
school and had to be removed when the<br />
new high school was built. For the past two<br />
seasons the varsity and junior varsity softball<br />
teams played their games on the softball<br />
fields located at Groveport<br />
Elementary. The teams will begin play on<br />
the two new softball fields at the high<br />
school this spring for the 2019 season.<br />
Cost of living increase<br />
Groveport City Council approved legislation<br />
to set an annual cost of living<br />
increase of 2.8 percent regarding compensation<br />
for city employees.<br />
The action adjusts the city employee pay<br />
scale’s minimum and maximum levels.<br />
Groveport City Administrator Marsha<br />
Hall said the city’s compensation plan is on<br />
a three year calendar basis.<br />
“The first year the city does a salary survey,<br />
which was done in 2017,” said Hall.<br />
“The other two years the city determines<br />
whether there is a cost of living adjustment<br />
based on any number of factors.”<br />
She said <strong>2018</strong> included a 2 percent cost<br />
of living increase.<br />
“Social Security, one of our factors used,<br />
announced that there is a 2.8 percent cost<br />
of living increase for 2019.”<br />
Hall said that is the reason for the recommended<br />
2.8 percent increase to the city’s<br />
employee pay scale for 2019. The ordinance<br />
states that the maximum pay for all pay<br />
grades would be increased by 2.8 percent.<br />
Income tax revenue<br />
The city of Groveport’s year to date<br />
income tax revenue as of October <strong>2018</strong> is<br />
3.13 percent higher than October 2017.<br />
Income tax revenue as of October <strong>2018</strong> is<br />
$15.01 million compared to $14.55 million<br />
at the same time last year.<br />
Groveport news<br />
Haunted Park a success<br />
The Groveport Blacklick Haunted Park,<br />
held Oct. 26-27 in the city’s Blacklick Park,<br />
raised $2,386 for the Groveport Food<br />
Pantry and Greater Groveport Human<br />
Needs.<br />
Hendron Ditch dredging<br />
According to Groveport City Engineer<br />
Steve Farst, work to clean the Hendron<br />
Ditch of sediment is substantially completed.<br />
The sediment is staged and secured to<br />
dessicate until spring when it will be graded<br />
out and seeded in place south of the ditch.<br />
The Groveport Public Works Department<br />
also completed maintenance on the pump<br />
station, entry gates, and pumps.<br />
Groveport Police statistics<br />
October <strong>2018</strong> crime statistics for the city<br />
of Groveport, according to the Groveport<br />
Police Department: 22 accidents, 4<br />
assaults, 2 burglaries, 4 criminal<br />
mischief/trespassing, 4 domestic disputes,<br />
9 domestic violence, 3 OVI and alcohol<br />
issues, 1 fight, 3 disorderly conduct, 13<br />
thefts/robberies, 1 missing persons/juveniles,<br />
1 weapon related call, 7 narcotic<br />
related offenses, 12 general complaints, 3<br />
school related incidents, 0 identity theft, 2<br />
suspicious vehicles/persons, 16 parking, 3<br />
threats, 2 vandalism, 47 traffic citations, 1<br />
sex related crime, 3/1 suicide<br />
attempts/DOA.<br />
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New library manager<br />
The Columbus Metropolitan Library<br />
hired Cindy Cawley as manager of its<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Branch. She began her new role<br />
on Nov. 18.<br />
Cawley, who’s been with CML for 23<br />
years, previously served as customer services<br />
manager at its Northside, Whetstone<br />
and Karl Road branches.<br />
“Cindy knows this organization inside<br />
and out,” said CML Chief Customer<br />
Experience Officer Alison Circle. “We<br />
know she’ll bring her passion for customer<br />
service to the <strong>Southeast</strong>-side community.”<br />
The previous manager of the <strong>Southeast</strong><br />
Branch, Sandee Wagle, was hired as<br />
CML’s security manager earlier this year.<br />
The <strong>Southeast</strong> Branch library is located<br />
at 3980 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport.<br />
New running club<br />
The Groveport Recreation Center, 7370<br />
Groveport Road, is forming a new local<br />
running club called Just Run Groveport.<br />
Membership to Just Run Groveport is free<br />
and will enable runners to meet other runners,<br />
stay motivated to exercise, provide<br />
safety in numbers, and more. For information<br />
call Amy Van Huffel at 614-836-1000<br />
ext. 1505 or email<br />
avanhuffel@groveport.org.<br />
Leaf pick up<br />
The Groveport Public Works<br />
Department will pick up curbside leaves.<br />
Residents are asked to rake their leaves<br />
close to the curb, but not in the street.<br />
Leaves in the street cause issues with<br />
water flow and sanitary sewers. Debris<br />
other than leaves, such as twigs, rocks<br />
and trash, will not be picked up. Avoid<br />
parking vehicles in front of or behind leaf<br />
piles. For information call 614-836-3910.<br />
Griefshare support group:<br />
Surviving the Holidays<br />
Groveport United Methodist Church,<br />
512 Main St., Groveport, will offer<br />
GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays, from<br />
1-3 p.m. on Dec. 8. The program is a seminar<br />
for people facing the holidays after a<br />
loved one’s death. It features video interviews<br />
with counselors, grief experts and<br />
others who have experienced the holidays<br />
after a death. Refreshments and workbook<br />
provided. Registration is not<br />
required but helpful.<br />
Contact 614-836-5968 or email groveportgriefsharegroup@gmail.com.<br />
Constitution Hawks<br />
The Constitution Hawks, a group of citizens<br />
looking to advance knowledge of the<br />
United States Constitution and related<br />
matters, meets the second Tuesday of<br />
each month in the Peace Free Lutheran<br />
Church Christian Center, 28 Elm St.,<br />
Canal Winchester, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.<br />
around Groveport and Madison Township<br />
<strong>Messenger</strong> holiday<br />
publication schedule<br />
The <strong>Southeast</strong> <strong>Messenger</strong> will alter its<br />
publication schedule for the upcoming holiday<br />
season. The <strong>Messenger</strong> will publish<br />
print editions of the newspaper to be delivered<br />
to your home on Sundays on Dec. 2,<br />
Dec. 16, and Jan. 13. Thanks for reading<br />
the <strong>Messenger</strong>!<br />
Opioid information series<br />
The Groveport Madison Opiate Task<br />
Force will present information sessions to<br />
help those impacted by opioid addiction:<br />
•Voices of Faith—Jan. 22, 2019, 7 p.m.<br />
Faith & Outreach. At Groveport Madison High<br />
School, 4475 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport.<br />
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On stage at GMHS<br />
The Groveport Madison High School<br />
Cruiser Theatre Company’s <strong>2018</strong>-19 performance<br />
schedule is as follows:<br />
• “Almost Maine,” Jan. 11 & 12 at 7 p.m.<br />
• Play-in-a-day: “The Nine Worst<br />
Break-ups of All Time,” Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.<br />
• “Shrek: The Musical,” April 11, 12, 13<br />
at 7 p.m. and April 14 at 2 p.m.<br />
All performances at Groveport Madison<br />
High School, 4475 S. Hamilton Road,<br />
Groveport. Tickets: $5 for students and<br />
senior citizens and $7 general admission<br />
except for “Shrek: The Musical,” which are<br />
$7 for students and senior citizens and $10<br />
general admission.<br />
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information.<br />
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OBITUARIES<br />
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Dana D. “Ike” Parsons II<br />
1979-<strong>2018</strong><br />
Dana D. “Ike” Parsons II, age 39, of Groveport,<br />
died Tuesday, November 20, <strong>2018</strong> at Grant<br />
Medical Center.<br />
He was born January 26, 1979 in Columbus,<br />
OH. Ike was a 1997 graduate of Groveport<br />
Madison High School. He was most recently a<br />
member of Obetz United Methodist Church and<br />
a longtime member of Groveport United<br />
Methodist Church. Ike was a member of Groveport<br />
Lodge #240 F&A.M. also a member of the<br />
Order of Eastern Star #440, and had been<br />
elected as Junior Warden for Lodge #240. He<br />
was a past Master Counselor of Groveport<br />
DeMolay.<br />
Preceded in death by his mother, Brenda<br />
(Peck) Parsons; grandparents, James and<br />
Majean Peck, David and Thelma Parsons. Ike<br />
is survived by his father, Dana D. Parsons, Sr.;<br />
step-mother, Rev. Sherry Parsons; step-brother,<br />
Jaison Jamison, Butler, PA; step-grandmother,<br />
Hazel Tatman, Groveport, OH; several aunts,<br />
uncles and cousins.<br />
A memorial service, officiated by Rev. Dallas<br />
Tatman, will be held at 4:00pm on Sunday,<br />
<strong>December</strong> 2, at the Groveport United Methodist<br />
Church, 512 Main St, Groveport, OH 43125;<br />
Order of Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge<br />
services will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations<br />
in Ike’s memory can be made to the American<br />
Diabetes’s Foundation, 471 E Broad St # 1630,<br />
Columbus, OH 43215, or to the National Kidney<br />
Foundation, 2800 Corporate Exchange Dr,<br />
Columbus, OH 43231. Online condolences at<br />
www.spencefuneralhome.com<br />
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Happy Holidays<br />
Madison Township’s<br />
Santa Parade<br />
The annual Madison Township Santa<br />
Parade will take place on Dec. 8 throughout<br />
the Blacklick Estates area.<br />
The parade starts at the intersection of<br />
Harbor Boulevard and Hamilton Road and<br />
ends at Groveport Madison Middle School<br />
North, 5474 Sedalia Drive, at approximately<br />
2 p.m. with goodie bags for children,<br />
refreshments and free activities.<br />
Doors open at 1:30 p.m.<br />
Visi twww.madisontownship.org for<br />
information.<br />
Lego Town<br />
The popular Lego Town exhibit will<br />
return to Groveport Town Hall, 648 Main<br />
St., from Dec. 3 through Jan. 4. For information<br />
call 614-836-3333.<br />
Get out of the house and ring in 2019 at a New<br />
Year’s Eve party that is rated one of the best in<br />
Columbus.<br />
The Crowne Plaza Hotel, 6500 Doubletree<br />
Ave., will host Mike Albert and The Big “E”<br />
Band at this 13th annual New Year’s Eve bash.<br />
Albert is an award winning “Elvis Presley<br />
impersonator.” His wardrobe, voice and amazing<br />
wit makes for a wonderful show.<br />
You can get a full service dinner, drinks, room,<br />
hats and horns, champaign toast at midnight<br />
along with a full breakfast New Year’s Day for<br />
“BEST NEW YEARS PARTY IN TOWN”<br />
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Per Couple Prices<br />
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Party Only Packages - $235<br />
Single Overnight - $199<br />
Lunch with Santa<br />
Have lunch with Santa at the Groveport<br />
Recreation Center, 7370 Groveport Road,<br />
on Dec. 9 from 1-3 p.m. Cost is $6 per person.<br />
Register by Dec. 3. For information<br />
contact Juli Pintz at 614-836-1000 ext.<br />
1513 /or email jpintz@groveport.org.<br />
Town Hall gives<br />
Participants in Groveport Town Hall’s<br />
Tuesdays@One program worked on items<br />
to be given to those in need. These items<br />
include wheelchair blankets, walker<br />
pouches, adult lap covers, heart pillows,<br />
tissue holders, and hand towels. The items<br />
will be distributed to Bixby Living Skills<br />
Center, Greenfield Place, Hendron Road<br />
Senior Living (all in Groveport); and possibly<br />
Altercare in Canal Winchester.<br />
PAID ADVERTISING<br />
Ring in the new year with<br />
Mike Albert’s Elvis tribute show<br />
only $299 per couple. There is also a party package<br />
for $235 per couple or $135 per single.<br />
Tickets are limited. For reservations, call (614)<br />
792-3135.<br />
Early check in is at 1 p.m., ballroom doors<br />
open at 7 p.m. Draft beer and wine (included in<br />
the price) will be available until midnight, with<br />
dinner at 7 p.m. The show kicks off at 9 p.m.<br />
“Mike’s New Year’s Eve show is like no<br />
other,” said promoter Doug Henry. “He interacts<br />
with the crowd, which makes for a fun time.”<br />
14 th Annual<br />
Mike ALbert<br />
and<br />
The Big E. Band<br />
Prices include Dinner, Drinks, Room, Party favors,<br />
Full Breakfast<br />
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Crowne Plaza • 6500 Doubletree Ave. (formerly Marriott North)<br />
One of the great cinematic delights of<br />
2012 was “Wreck-It Ralph,” a nostalgiafilled<br />
animated feature starring the “bad<br />
guy” of a popular arcade game who was on<br />
a desperate quest to change his reputation.<br />
When the film had its theatrical run, it<br />
didn’t exactly light the box office on fire but<br />
a strong word of mouth — as well as an<br />
Academy Award nomination for Best<br />
Animated Feature — gave it legs throughout<br />
the years and it has since come to be<br />
viewed as one of the best animated features<br />
to come from Disney in the modern<br />
era.<br />
To the surprise of many, the studio that<br />
is not known to greenlight sequels to their<br />
popular animated films greenlit a sequel to<br />
this popular animated film. The only question<br />
was could it live up to the greatness of<br />
the original.<br />
The answer to the question is both yes<br />
and no. “While Ralph Breaks the Internet”<br />
does excel in some areas visually, it is not<br />
as engaging as its predecessor nor does it<br />
have its charm. With that being said, however,<br />
it still is a really cute movie with a<br />
great message.<br />
It begins six years after the events of<br />
Wreck-It Ralph with best friends Ralph<br />
(voiced by John C. Reilly) and Princess<br />
Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman)<br />
still basking in the glow of having found a<br />
true partner. For as long as they have been<br />
coded, they struggled to find someone who<br />
could love them for who they are which<br />
makes it hard for them to break away from<br />
the other, even when it comes time to playing<br />
in their respective games.<br />
During a typical morning at Litwak’s<br />
Family Fun Center and Arcade, something<br />
atypical happens when Mr. Litwak (Ed<br />
O’Neill) installs WiFi (or “Wee-Fee,” as<br />
Holiday safety tips<br />
With the holiday season on top of us, the<br />
staff of the Groveport Police Department<br />
wanted to provide a few safety tips.<br />
While shopping:<br />
•Keep your car doors locked. Keep packages<br />
out of sight and locked in the trunk.<br />
Consider covering the packages with a<br />
blanket to prevent someone from seeing<br />
what you just bought.<br />
•When shopping always consider where<br />
you are. We recommend you park in welllit<br />
areas where there are other people.<br />
Don’t park far from the store, as you<br />
become an isolated target for thieves!<br />
•Pay attention the possibility that the<br />
vehicle following you may follow you to<br />
your home. It is not unusual for thieves to<br />
prey on holiday shoppers.<br />
•Always try and shop with a friend, the<br />
old adage, safety in numbers remains true<br />
today. If you do go out by yourself be sure<br />
to let family members know, where you are<br />
shopping (at least the general area) and a<br />
time you would be returning.<br />
holiday entertainment<br />
some of the arcade<br />
characters pronounce<br />
it) as a gaming option.<br />
While curious about<br />
this great unknown,<br />
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the characters stay away after being<br />
warned of its potential dangers.<br />
As they days go by, this magical WiFi<br />
becomes an afterthought to the arcade<br />
patrons, but when an accident befalls<br />
Sugar Rush and puts the life of the game in<br />
jeopardy, Ralph and Vanellope brave this<br />
new world when they learn the Internet<br />
has the part to revive it. While there, they<br />
discover newfound interests and jealousies<br />
that could tear their friendship apart.<br />
After a slow start, the film picks up<br />
steam when the duo finally make it to the<br />
expansive world of the Internet but it<br />
comes with a mixed bag of ideas and wayward<br />
plots. Like the web itself, there is so<br />
much to see and experience visually (and<br />
so many product placements!) that it<br />
makes it somewhat harder to pay attention<br />
to the differing stories of Ralph and<br />
Vanellope as they grow and regress in this<br />
new realm. This, I thought, was the big<br />
mistake of the movie as they truly are the<br />
beating heart of this franchise.<br />
While “Ralph Breaks the Internet” is definitely<br />
a dazzling and entertaining film to<br />
watch, it lacks the warmth of the original. It<br />
won’t be for everyone, but it’s a good option<br />
if you’re looking for a sweet family film with<br />
a nice message about personal growth.<br />
Grade: B<br />
Dedra Cordle is a <strong>Messenger</strong> staff writer<br />
and columnist.<br />
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xClassified Services<br />
INFORMATION<br />
DON’T<br />
BE<br />
LEFT OUT!<br />
Deadline Is<br />
Tuesdays by<br />
5pm<br />
For Following<br />
Mondays Paper<br />
614-272-5422<br />
APPLIANCE REPAIR<br />
Washer, Dryer, Stove &<br />
Refrig. Repair 875-7588<br />
BRICK AND BLOCK<br />
All American<br />
Masonry Co.<br />
20 yrs. exp. - Lic & Ins.<br />
Brick, Block, Glass Block<br />
Decks, Retaining Wall,<br />
Foundation, Tuck-pointing<br />
Natural Stone,<br />
Cultured Stone, Chimneys<br />
614-805-7741<br />
CARPET CLEANING<br />
Dirt Busters Tile/Floor-Any<br />
3 Rms - $44.95. Pet odor<br />
treatment. 614-805-1084<br />
CLEANING<br />
Cleaning, 20 yrs. exp.<br />
Call Judy 614-946-2443<br />
Haleys Cleaning Service<br />
10 yrs exp. Resid. & Business<br />
Srvs!! Email/Txt only<br />
614-962-4362 or 614-973-<br />
1140 haleybcleaningservice@gmail.com<br />
Looking for Mrs. Clean?<br />
For excellent cleaning<br />
services at reas. rates<br />
w/great refs, depend.<br />
10% Sr. Disc. Gwen<br />
614-226-5229 Free Est.<br />
CONCRETE<br />
AJ’s Concrete,<br />
Masonry<br />
Good Work - Fair Prices<br />
Block Foundations<br />
Driveways • Sidewalks<br />
Epoxy/Overlay Floors<br />
Bonded-Ins. • Free Ests.<br />
Now Accepting Credit Cards<br />
614-419-9932<br />
ELECTRICAL<br />
HAHN’S ELECTRIC<br />
Affordable, Quality<br />
Work For 31 Yrs.<br />
614-237-3524<br />
Cell 614-517-9699<br />
Licensed • Bonded • Insured<br />
Free Estimates • Lic. # 20240<br />
GUTTERS<br />
Low Price-Great Service<br />
5 & 6” Seamless gutters,<br />
covers, siding, gutter clng.<br />
Bill 614-306-4541<br />
12/9 A<br />
1-6 A<br />
HEATING<br />
HEATING<br />
Complete System Clean & Check<br />
$49.95<br />
Free Carbon<br />
Monoxide Testing<br />
Gas-Oil-Electric Heat/Pumps<br />
All Makes • All Models<br />
43 yrs exp. • Sr. Discount<br />
614-351-9025<br />
614-351-9005<br />
HOME<br />
IMPROVEMENTS<br />
SINCE 1973<br />
Phil Bolon Contr.<br />
Windows & Siding<br />
Decks, Kitchens, Baths<br />
Room Additions,<br />
Flooring, Roofing<br />
Bsmt Waterproofing<br />
Deal With Small Non-Pressure Co.<br />
45 Yrs. Exp. - Refs. Avail.<br />
Lic.-Bond-Ins.<br />
12/9<br />
A/M<br />
Free Est. - Financing Avail.<br />
Member BBB Of Cent. OH<br />
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or 614-863-9912<br />
LG<br />
REMODELING<br />
Interior & Exterior<br />
Full Service Remodeling<br />
• Bathrooms • Kitchens<br />
• Tile • Drywall • Flooring<br />
• Roofing • Siding • Etc.<br />
NO JOB TO SMALL<br />
A+ BBB Rating<br />
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614-488-8377<br />
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C&JHandyman<br />
Services LLC<br />
Minor Plumbing &<br />
Electric<br />
Install Hot Water Tanks,<br />
Dishwashers & Disposals<br />
Also Fencing &<br />
Interior/Exterior Painting<br />
Free Est. ~ 18 Yrs. Exp.<br />
Accepting Visa/MC<br />
614-284-2100<br />
12/9 A<br />
12/9 A&M<br />
12-9 A<br />
HOME<br />
IMPROVEMENTS<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENT<br />
Electric-Drywall-Decks<br />
Painting-Flooring-Trim<br />
Licensed-Bonded-Insured<br />
w/refs - 614-774-1472<br />
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MAINTENANCE<br />
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Misc. Int. Repairs<br />
Int. Painting<br />
Call Joe 614-235-6883<br />
35 Years Exp.<br />
Retired Finishing Carpenter<br />
for all your extra home<br />
repairs. over 40 yrs. exp.<br />
Sonny 614-325-1910<br />
LAWN CARE<br />
LET US MAINTAIN<br />
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Mulching, Hauling,<br />
Garden Pond &<br />
Home Maint.<br />
Free Ests. Low Rates<br />
$20 & Up<br />
Kevin - 614-905-3117<br />
MOVING<br />
Aaron Allen Moving<br />
Local Moving Since 1956<br />
Bonded & Insured<br />
614-299-6683, 263-0649<br />
Celebrating 60 yrs in business<br />
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PAINTING<br />
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A Job Well Done Again<br />
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12/9 A&M<br />
PAINTING<br />
Painter Over 30 Yrs Exp.<br />
Free Est. Reas Rates<br />
Daniel 614-226-4221<br />
PEST CONTROL<br />
Anthony Pest Control<br />
Eliminate Your Pest For<br />
Less $$. 614-600-8841<br />
PLUMBING<br />
All About Drains & Plumb.<br />
Will snake any sm drain<br />
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ALL IN ONE<br />
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We repair gas, water &<br />
sewer lines, snake & all<br />
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614-949-6719<br />
BBB accredited Business<br />
1/16/19<br />
ROOFING<br />
Robinson roofing & repairs<br />
30 yrs. exp. Lifetime Cols.<br />
resident. Lic./bonded/Ins.<br />
Reas rates. Member of<br />
BBB. Dennis Robinson<br />
614-330-3087, 732-3100<br />
SEWING MACHINE<br />
REPAIR<br />
REPAIR all makes 24 hr.<br />
service. Clean, oil, adjust<br />
in your home. $39.95 all<br />
work gtd. 614-890-5296<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
Brewer & Sons Tree Service<br />
• Tree Removal<br />
• Tree Trimming 12-9<br />
A&M<br />
• Stump Grinding<br />
• Bucket Truck Services<br />
Best Prices • Same Day Service<br />
614-878-2568<br />
Joe’s Tree & Yard Work<br />
Trim, thin, shape bushes,<br />
hedges, stump grinding,<br />
hauling. 614-598-6247<br />
BURNS TREE SERVICE<br />
Trimming, Removal &<br />
Stump Grinding.<br />
614-584-2164<br />
12/9 A
PAGE 12 - SOUTHEAST MESSENGER - <strong>December</strong> 2, <strong>2018</strong><br />
www.columbusmessenger.com<br />
Groveport’s 2019 budget focuses on big projects<br />
Projects include road<br />
work, big traffic signal<br />
upgrade, bike and pedestrian<br />
path, and more<br />
By Rick Palsgrove<br />
<strong>Southeast</strong> Editor<br />
Groveport City Council approved the<br />
city’s 2019 budget at its Nov. 13 meeting.<br />
The general fund revenue for 2019 is<br />
estimated at $16.1 million, which is up<br />
from the estimated $15.9 million in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
The bulk of this funding comes from<br />
Income tax revenue, which is projected to<br />
be $14.54 million in 2019 compared to<br />
$14.50 million in <strong>2018</strong>. Other revenues<br />
include $350,000 from property taxes and<br />
various amounts in other city fund categories<br />
that include grants, taxes, fees, and<br />
permits.<br />
“Although the budgeted numbers for the<br />
general fund represent no increase in<br />
income tax revenue, the 2019 appropriations<br />
budget still maintains progress<br />
toward several city council objectives:<br />
increasing the balance in the rainy day<br />
fund, increasing the general fund balance<br />
by another 20 percent, and setting aside 20<br />
percent of all income tax collection for debt<br />
service,” wrote Groveport City<br />
Administrator Marsha Hall in her budget<br />
report to Groveport City Council.<br />
The rainy day fund reached $1.5 million<br />
in <strong>2018</strong> and is expected to rise to $1.6 million<br />
in 2019 with the goal of reaching $2<br />
million in the next few years.<br />
Projects<br />
Projects proposed in the 2019 budget<br />
are:<br />
•East Bixby Road pavement rehabilitation<br />
(from near Ebright Road to U.S. 33),<br />
$348,000 from street fund and $92,000<br />
from storm water fund;<br />
•West Main Street curb ramps, $34,000;<br />
•Annual street maintenance program,<br />
$450,000 from street fund and $105,000<br />
from storm water fund. Includes resurfacing<br />
work on Main Street from College<br />
Street to Front Street (which was reconstructed<br />
in 1989-90) and on Main Street<br />
from Front Street east (which was reconstructed<br />
in 2003) to a point near the<br />
Groveport Recreation Center. Other<br />
streets to be included for work in 2019 and<br />
beyond are still to be determined.<br />
•Hamilton Road/Firehouse Lane traffic<br />
signal upgrade, $542,000 total grant project,<br />
local match of $68,100 from street<br />
fund;<br />
•Generator for Bixford pump station,<br />
$75,000;<br />
The rainy day fund reached<br />
$1.5 million in <strong>2018</strong> and is<br />
expected to rise to $1.6 million in<br />
2019 with the goal of reaching $2<br />
million in the next few years.<br />
•Sanitary sewer force main replacements,<br />
$50,000;<br />
•Master Parks Plan review, emphasizing<br />
Groveport Park, $40,000;<br />
•Bixford Green bike/pedestrian path,<br />
$180,000 from parks fund.<br />
The project involves the construction of<br />
an 860 to 920 foot Bixford Green shareduse<br />
path to connect the Bixford Green subdivision<br />
to the Blacklick Creek Greenways<br />
Trail in Three Creeks Metro Park.<br />
Hall announced the city received a<br />
$70,782 Ohio NatureWorks grant that will<br />
help fund the construction of the path.<br />
Hall said the Ohio NatureWorks grant<br />
funds can only be used to help fund construction<br />
of the portion of the path that is<br />
not on Metro Parks property.<br />
•Neighborhood parks development,<br />
$75,000; and<br />
•Sidewalk replacements, $50,000.<br />
Purchases<br />
The city plans to make the following<br />
purchases in 2019:<br />
•Replacement of front entrance barn at<br />
The Links golf course, $250,000;<br />
•Two police cruisers to replace two 2008<br />
cruisers, $120,000;<br />
•Banquet room air conditioning at The<br />
Links golf course, $100,000;<br />
•Additional leaf vacuum, $96,000. (It is<br />
noted in the budget this is required<br />
because after Kurtz Brothers moved from<br />
the area the time and cost of transporting<br />
leaves has “increased dramatically.” The<br />
new system will have a larger capacity for<br />
hauling leaves.)<br />
•17 police body cameras, $74,314;<br />
•Starcraft Allstar 12+2 vehicle for<br />
transportation department, $62,200;<br />
•Ventilation system for filtration room<br />
at the indoor pool at the Groveport<br />
Recreation Center, $42,170;<br />
•Replace windows at municipal building,<br />
$40,000;<br />
•Replacement truck for the facilities<br />
department, $30,000; and<br />
•Replacement fence at KidSpace,<br />
$6,000.<br />
Other budget highlights<br />
The proposed 2019 general fund appropriations<br />
are estimated at $18.4 million,<br />
which is down from $18.6 million in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Funding for festivals in 2019 includes<br />
$50,000 for the Fourth of July, $18,650 for<br />
the Christmas - A Heritage Holiday, and<br />
$16,000 for Apple Butter Day.<br />
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