City of Medina

Medina City residents will be voting on whether or not to rezone the property adjacent to Medina General Hospital on East Washington Street from residential to commercial.

A petition to change the zoning was initiated by some residents who admit they want to sell their property to a “major medical group.”

Some in the group have been accused of leading the community to believe the Cleveland Clinic Foundation was considering the property.

Representatives, however, from the Cleveland Clinic deny any interest in putting a branch across from Medina’s hospital.

A citizen’s group has formed in opposition to the rezoning proposal.

Medina City residents will also consider the Sunday sale of alcohol at Drug Mart on Harding Street.



City of Brunswick

There are two charter amendments on the Brunswick City ballot. Molly Sielatycki was the charter review secretary on the issues and shared with The Messenger an explanation on both.

“The Charter One Amendment is only clarifying our charter on the point of suspending rules.

“We went to court with a case and ran into trouble with what we had worded in the charter on suspending rules.

“We have seven city council members. If the issue passes, it would take six members of council to vote to suspend the rules. 

“If the rules are suspended the ordinance is effective immediately. 

“Charter two has to do with city purchases. Right now, if a purchase if $5,000 or up we have to send it to bid and advertise in the papers for three weeks. With everything going up in cost, this is hard to do. The issue would raise the figure to $7,500.”

Brunswick has local options on Sunday alcohol sales at Center Oil and Equinox Inc.


City of Wadsworth

Mayor Caesar Carrino of the City of Wadsworth recently spoke with The Messenger to give Wadsworth voters an idea of what to expect on election day.

Rezoning on Reimer?

Three issues face Wadsworth voters, one of which could open the door for large, commercial “box” stores on Reimer Road. 

To begin with, there is a zoning referendum which raises the question of rezoning a piece of property from residential to commercial. The property is on Reimer Road, near Clarks Corners (Route 94 intersection), north of the city.

According to Carrino, between 700 and 800 residents carried a petition to change the zoning to accommodate a developer who would like to use the property to put in 220,000 square feet of box stores. Carrino says this is the equivalent of five football fields.

“The city has not taken a stance on the issue,” Carrino says, “one way or the other. The old city council approved the rezoning or referendum. If the issue is overturned and council agrees to pursue a zoning change, they would have to start from square one.”

Since the debate began, says Carrino, developers have changed hands and he is unsure, at this point, who is set to use the property. The proposed stores have not been made public.

Council Terms

At present, Wadsworth City Council members hold terms of two years each. 

Council voted unanimously to ask voters whether the terms should be raised to four years.

If the issue passes, four-year-council-terms would begin with council members who are voted in the next election.

Then, only at-large council members would be eligible for four-year-terms. Other, future, council members would be eligible afterwards at staggered times to avoid having all council members with identical terms. 

Another issue up for vote is whether the President of Wadsworth City Council should have a 4-year-term.  Two council members have publicly opposed the issue.
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City of Wadsworth Replacement fire levy, 1.1 mills for five years.
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Local option on Sunday alcohol sales at the Galaxy.
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Wadsworth City School District (Ella M. Everhard Library). Bond issue for remodeling, renovating at .92 mills for 22 years.
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The Townships

Chatham Township
Local option on Sunday alcohol sales at the Chatham General Store.

Granger Township
Additional 1.5 mills fire levy for five years.

Guilford Township
One mill replacement fire levy for five years.

Harrisville Township
One mill roads renewal levy for five years.

Lafayette Township
Replacement and decrease fire levy, .5 mill, continued period time.
Replacement and decrease rescue levy, .5 mill, continued period of time.
Township police district, replacement and increase, 4 mills, continued period of time.

Litchfield
Fire renewal levy, 1.5 mills, for five years.

Liverpool Township
Police renewal, 1 mill, for five years.

Montville Township
Replacement and increase roads levy, 1.5 mills, for five years.

Sharon Township
Replacement fire levy, 2 mills, for five years.

Lodi Village
Replacement levy, current expenses, 5 mills, for five years.
Local option for Sunday alcohol sales at Legends.

Gloria Glens Park Village
Renewal of fire and EMS levy, 3 mills, for five years.
Renewal of current expenses, 11 mills, for five years.