Village Council met Monday evening and conducted some routine business.
We engaged Chagrin River Watershed Partners to review our Hillside Protection Ordinances. We also left the budget on readings, continued our contract for legal services with Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan, and passed a change order for road construction.
The Safety Committee will meet Monday evening, November 10 at 6:30 pm in Council Chambers at Village Hall.
I want to hit the ground running in 2026, so at Monday’s meeting we’ll be discussing our priorities for the coming year.
I’ve kept a running list of issues brought up by community members or that I’ve noticed as I’m out and about in the village. There are far too many items on this list to tackle at once, so I’m hoping we can narrow it down to the most impactful changes where we believe we can make some progress. Have a concern that’s not on this list? Get in touch or join us Monday night.
The November Parks Commission meeting was canceled.
The Committee of the Whole Council will meet Monday evening, November 3 at 7:00 pm in Council Chambers at Village Hall.
Village Council will meet Monday evening, November 3 at 6:30 pm in Council Chambers at Village Hall.
Village Council met Monday evening to repeal some code, approve some festivities, and get our first look at the 2026 budget.
Council passed Ordinance 2025-56 which repeals Codified Ordinances Chapter 959, a well-intentioned but never-implemented plan from 2008 to create a Volunteer Senior Citizens Help Line.
Village Council will met Monday and renewed our contract with CVFD for three more years.
The internet domain name migration process I mentioned at the last meeting has begun. Village email addresses now follow the pattern firstname.lastname@chagrinfallsoh.gov (mine is brian.drum@chagrinfallsoh.gov). No word yet on when the village website will be updated, but for the time being both new and old email addresses should continue to function.
The Committee of the Whole Council met Monday night to review the Village contract with Chagrin Valley Fire Department covering fire and emergency medical services from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.
| Monthly Contract Rate | Monthly Contract Amount Increase | Annual Increase | Estimated Ambulance Reduction* | Total Increase & Reduction | Cumulative Increase & Receipts Reduction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | $41,372.62 | $226,000.00 | ||||
| 2026 | $47,853.69 | $6,481.07 | $77,772.84 | $75,333.33 | $153,106.17 | $153,106.17 |
| 2027 | $53,596.14 | $5,742.45 | $68,909.40 | $75,333.33 | $144,242.73 | $297,348.91 |
| 2028 | $60,027.67 | $6,431.53 | $77,178.36 | $75,333.33 | $152,511.69 | $449,860.60 |
| 3 Year Totals | $223,860.60 | $226,000.00 | $449,860.60 |
* Actual costs vary – this estimate is based on current call volume & rate of collection on ambulance billing.
The Parks Commission met Wednesday morning, but I was unable to attend as I was dealing with a family matter (my kid got skunked on the way to school!).