Tuesday, February 26, 2013
City wants control over placement of oil and gas wells within city limits
Members of Stow City Council continued their push for control over oil and gas drilling Monday by acting on proposed legislation that would urge the state to give local communities authority over the industry. Council's public improvements committee voted to put the resolution on Thursday night's regular council agenda for a vote. The legislation reads, in part, that the city is "requesting that Gov. John Kasich and the Ohio state legislature move swiftly to return reasonable and necessary local control to municipalities pertaining to the placement of oil and gas urban drilling." Specifically, the resolution seeks to give local officials authority to determine placement of oil and gas wells within city limits. Councilman John Pribonic said…
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Fracking appears to have started at a well at the Church of New Hope and the city is looking at options to stop the operation.
Stow City Council decided in August that it would not accept a contract to lease mineral rights for eight-tenths of a piece of city land needed to make a PEP Drilling hydraulic fracturing well deeper at the Church of New Hope. But the current well that was already dug prior to council's decision remained on the property and it seems as if the drilling company has decided to begin fracking despite council's decision in August. Law Director Brian Reali said he found out last week that the state of Ohio approved a new application for the driller. He said it was obtained because the company got leases from property owners on Ritchie Road. The application was also obtained because PEP Drilling is now claiming that the city merely owns the …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Residents packed City Hall at the end of July to express their opposition to a hydraulic fracking well at the Church of New Hope.
Click here for the updated story. There are many items on City Council's agenda Monday evening, but perhaps the one residents from Stow and beyond are most interested in is if Stow will lease mineral rights to PEP Drilling for a hydraulic fracturing well at the Church of New Hope. Councilman Mike Rasor, who was in charge of negotiating a contract with PEP, said the topic would come back up during the August meeting. The entire agenda for the Aug. 6 meeting at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall is attached to this post in the form of a .pdf. On July 23, City Council had a public hearing to get feedback from the community on whether it should lease three-tenths of an acre to PEP Drilling for a gas well already drilled on the Church of New Hope's …
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Several people from Stow and a nearby community came to Monday's meeting to voice their concerns about fracking. The church, however, would like to see the gas well completed.
A very small piece of city-owned property is causing a pretty big stir in Stow over a gas and oil well on church property. On Monday, City Council had a public hearing to get feedback from the community on whether it should lease three-tenths of an acre to PEP Drilling for a gas well already drilled on the Church of New Hope's property. Councilman Mike Rasor has been in talks with Bill Marks of PEP Drilling to come up with a contract to present the city. Rasor said the latest and probably final offer is $20,000 plus royalty money. Nothing has been agreed to by the city — in fact, as of July 26, a draft of a contract had not been drawn up yet. The well in question is already drilled at the church. Marks came to council when he found out…
Melissa Bysura
10:52 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
All the people who fought so hard against the well being drilled in the first place have been vindicated. This is a black eye for the city council. more ›