Council updated on water tower replacement
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – At Minster Council meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 16, members heard about the plans to replace the Ohio Street water tower.
Village Administrator Don Harrrod led a discussion on CDM Smith’s Preliminary Design Report for the Ohio Street Water Tower Replacement Project.
He said CDM had created a schematic that showed the two best places to situate a new 1.25 million gallon water tank that would ensure even distribution of water pressure, controlling water age, and other considerations.
The two sites are on Seventh Street and on Fourth Street. Also discussed was the idea to approach Danone about the possibility of the yogurt company building their own water tower, since Danone consumes approximately 70% of daily water supply.
Board of Education approves virtual learning for snow days
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
NEW BREMEN – To avoid potential staff shortages and an extension of the school year, the New Bremen Board of Education approved a measure that will have teachers go to virtual learning in the case of cancellations. Another measure allowed the temporary hiring of substitute teachers without teaching degrees.
Superintendent Jason Schrader said since the five calamity days have already been used this school year, he recommended to the board approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Bremen Teachers Association requiring teachers to report for duty from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on days where school is closed due to inclement weather.
Council updated on water tower replacement
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – At Minster Council meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 2, members heard about the plans to replace the Ohio Street water tower. Village Administrator Don Harrrod led a discussion on CDM Smith’s Preliminary Design Report for the Ohio Street Water Tower Replacement Project.
He said CDM had created a schematic that showed the two best places to situate a new 1.25 million gallon water tank that would ensure even distribution of water pressure, controlling water age, and other considerations. The two sites are on Seventh Street and on Fourth Street. Also discussed was the idea to approach Danone about the possibility of the yogurt company building their own water tower, since Danone consumes approximately 70% of daily water supply. Following the discussion, the matter was turned back over to the Utility Committee for further action. If approved the new tower would cost $2.3 to $2.9 m
Auglaize sheriff starts road advisory levels
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WAPAKONETA – Auglaize County Sheriff Michael Vorhees announced Jan. 25 that the county had put in place a three tier standardized winter road condition advisory levels.
“These new condition levels bring Auglaize County in line with other Ohio counties in reporting road conditions,” Vorhees said. “It helps people coming in or out of the county to understand traffic conditions here.”
Since taking on the role of sheriff Jan. 1, Vorhees said he has been evaluating all procedures before considering any changes, including official road advisories. However, the impending storm this week caused him to update the road advisories method as the first alternation to department procedures.