Serving approximately 19,800 water and sewer customers in Wood, Hancock & Sandusky counties.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, – The Northwestern Water and Sewer District’s Board of Trustees approved officers for 2019 and selected a consulting firm to conduct a District-wide rate study at the Thursday, January 10 Board of Trustees meeting.
Mark Sheffer was reelected to serve as Board Chairman. This will be his fourth consecutive year as chairman. Mr. Sheffer resides in Weston and serves as a municipal appointment. His current board term will expire in December 2021.
Steve Arnold was elected to serve as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Arnold lives in Bloom Township and serves as a township appointee. His term expires in December 2021.
Melinda Kale was elected to serve as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. Kale is a resident of Rudolph, Ohio, and is a township appointee whose term expires in 2020.
The board also adopted a resolution selecting the consulting firm of Raftelis, who have partnered with Greeley and Hansen and Jones & Henry Engineers, LTD., to provide services to conduct a comprehensive rate study. The study will begin later this month and is scheduled to be completed by late 2019.
The Northwestern Water and Sewer District’s board members are appointed three each by the townships, municipalities, and Wood County Commissioners. They serve approximately 19,800 water and sewer customers in Wood, Hancock & Sandusky counties.
With over $230 million in assets, The District maintains over 440 miles of water distribution pipe, 8 water towers and over 3,800 fire hydrants. Sewer maintenance includes 355 miles of collection pipe, 12 wastewater treatment facilities and over 5,000 manholes.
NB finding additional ways to bring peace of mind for parents and teachers in its district.
North Baltimore Schools Implement Product to Help Increase School Safety and Communication
January 15, 2019 – As schools across the country grapple with finding ways to keep students and teachers safe during the school day, one Wood county school is committed to finding additional ways to bring peace of mind for parents and teachers in its district.
Superintendent Ryan Delaney of North Baltimore Local Schools is partnering with the DriveMind Group of North Canton, Ohio, a school safety consultant, to implement a new communication product that will help to increase the safe operations of the school district.
The district has implemented the ‘Alertus’ program, available through DriveMind, to help with safety and communications efforts in an emergency. Delaney says the program is making a difference.
Communicating quickly with students, teachers and parents in the time of an emergency is vital. Alertus is an emergency response communication system that ensures everyone can receive critical information, regardless of where they are and what they’re doing, during an emergency. Notifications can be sent through traditional means of phone paging systems, email notification and text messages, but can also include pushing emergency messages to digital signage, desktop computers, PA systems, and fire alarm panels using equipment that the school already owns – something that is not available with many other products on the market.
After reviewing other systems for North Baltimore, Delaney chose Alertus for his district. “We knew it was important to be proactive in our communication approach. Families expect that we will communicate with them quickly in a crisis, and Alertus helps us to do that more effectively. And working with an industry leader, like DriveMind, helps us to implement it seamlessly into our current systems.”
Because school safety is so important, DriveMind has made it a focus of their business. In addition to schoolSAFEid and Alertus, DriveMind Group is also known for its promotion of the Bolo Stick door barricade system, a lockdown device can be deployed under the most stressful of situations, and by anyone at any age. From building safety to curriculum enhancement, DriveMind prides itself on recommending solutions that can empower and protect school leadership, teachers and students.
Reineke Family Dealership partners with Local Schools and Organizations to raise more than $75,000
Reineke Family Dealership partners with Local Schools and Organizations to raise more than $75,000
NORTHWEST, OH– Reineke Family Dealerships is excited to announce that during the 2018 year, the dealership group partnered with local schools and non-profit organizations to help raise $75,957.15, which has gone directly to each school and organization’s specified fundraising project.
Funds are raised during test-drive events held at various Reineke Family Dealership locations in conjunction with The Ford Motor Company (Drive 4 UR School, Drive 4 UR Community) and The Lincoln Motor Company (Driven to Give).
“This program has allowed our dealership to work closely with our local communities,” said Tom Reineke, “and at the same time, help the schools and organizations to complete a project that needed additional funding, or purchase new playground equipment that was in need of replacement.”
Since the program’s inception in 2011, Reineke Family Dealerships have helped various schools and organizations raise more than $350,000. “The money raised is making a difference in our communities and it all starts with a five-minute test drive,” said Dan Reineke.
If you or your group have interest in an event of this type, please contact Levi Heldman for more information.
2018 Participating Groups:
American Cancer Society (Lima)
Arcadia Local Schools
Awakening Minds Art
Findlay City Mission
Clinton Township Fire Department
Columbian High School
Cory-Rawson Schools
Tiffin Community YMCA
Fostoria City Schools
Hopewell Loudon High School
Liberty-Benton School
Lima Bath High School
Lima Senior High School
Lima Junior Golf Association
Lima Midget Football Program
Lima Shawnee Athletic Program
Lima Symphony Orchestra
New Riegel High School
Project Lifesaver – The Lion’s Club
Tiffin Calvert High School
Van Buren Local Schools
Veterans Food Pantry of NW Ohio
Washington Preschool (Findlay)
Wesley Center & Daycare
ABOUT: Reineke Family Dealerships, founded in 1960 by William F. Reineke, Sr., is a family owned organization that sold more than 7,000 cars in 2018 and employs approximately 500 full and part-time employees. Known for strong customer loyalty and high sales and service ratings, Reineke Family Dealerships operates in Fostoria, Tiffin, Lima, Upper Sandusky, Findlay, North Baltimore, and sells Ford, Lincoln, Nissan, Honda, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and RAM vehicles, and most recently, Reineke RV, in Toledo and Tiffin.
