Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Stow council will hold first talks on proposed tax hike for school resource officers
The 0.25 percent income tax increase Mayor Sara Drew proposed in April to put police officers in Stow schools will have its first review by Stow City Council Thursday. Council is scheduled to talk about the issue Thursday and the suggestion, which came from Drew and the Stow Safety Task Force, to put the tax increase on the Nov. 5 ballot. The measure, if placed on the ballot by council and approved by voters, would generate between $1.6 million and $1.7 million annually based on the city's existing collections. That money would be earmarked specifically for law enforcement spending to hire nine school resource officers. The measure likely would include some flexibility so money collected from the increase can be used to pay for personnel, …
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Friday, April 12, 2013
Stow Mayor Sara Drew presented the findings of the Stow Safety Task Force Thursday
Stow residents may decide in November whether or not to raise the city's income tax rate from 2 percent to 2.25 percent to put full-time cops in Stow schools. Stow Mayor Sara Drew made that recommendation Thursday at Stow City Council as she presented the findings of the Stow Safety Task Force, which was formed earlier this year to consider the issue of school, and community, safety. "It must be the community that determines if this is the correct solution," Drew said. The mayor gave a lengthy presentation on the findings and research of the task force that included input from Stow Police Chief Louis Dirker. Stow-Munroe Falls City Schools Superintendent Russell Jones, though present, did not comment publicly. Drew said ultimately the …
Stow Safety Task Force recommends a 0.25 percent income tax increase for school resource officers
Stow Mayor Sara Drew presented the recommendations of the Stow Safety Task Force Thursday — chief of which was a 0.25 percent income tax hike to hire nine new school resource officers. If Stow City Council agrees with the task force recommendation, the earliest voters could see the issue is during the Nov. 5 election. Click here to see what city officials have to say about the proposed tax increase. If approved by voters, the tax increase would raise Stow's income tax collection rate from 2 percent to 2.25 percent. The increase would not raise taxes on Stow residents who work outside the city in communities with the same 2.25 percent tax rate. Take our poll below and tell us if you would vote for or against the tax increase. And tell us …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Stow Safety Task Force sought $30,000 grant for training
Officials with the Summit County Emergency Management Agency have denied a request for a $30,000 training grant from the Stow Safety Task Force. Munroe Falls Police Chief Rick Myers and Dave Licate, both members of the task force, had submitted an application to the county EMA office asking for the grant money to train teachers, staff, police officers and others to identify "at-risk" or suspicious behavior by students of Stow-Munroe Falls Schools. The risk assessment training is a security method the task force talked about in February when Stow psychologist Dr. Alfred Grzegorek presented the idea to the group. Robert Ross, chair of the Summit EMA executive committee, said the grant request was denied in part because of a larger …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Stow Patch readers react to proposal raised at Stow Safety Task Force
Stow Mayor Sara Drew raised the possibility of a ballot issue tax to pay to hire police officers specifically to staff Stow-Munroe Falls School buildings this week. And Stow Patch readers had plenty to say about the idea. Here's what some readers have to say: Melissa Bysura — "How about we remove the stigma and start properly treating people suffering from mental health issues first? Did armed officers in the schools prevent the Columbine shootings? No. This is a knee jerk reaction..." Ryan — "Placing officers at schools is an extreme overraction to a terrible tragedy. It would create an unneeded financial burden on the residence of Stow..." Dave B. — "I am all for security in the schools to prevent future tradgedies. However, I think that…
Friday, March 8, 2013
Stow Safety Task Force talks about idea of a levy or other ballot issue to pay to hire police officers to staff school buildings
Members of the Stow Safety Task Force briefly talked about the idea of a levy or some kind of ballot issue as a means to hire full-time police officers to staff each of the Stow-Munroe Falls Schools Thursday. Stow Law Director Brian Reali read a statement from Stow Mayor Sara Drew to the task force — Drew was in Columbus Thursday — in which the mayor broached the idea of using a ballot issue to provide a revenue source to pay for the hiring of officers specifically to staff the community's seven school buildings. "The city of Stow does not possess the financial reserves to hire officers that would be needed to provide security in school buildings on a permanent basis," Drew said. Drew suggested that one of the task force's recommendations …
Stow Mayor Sara Drew's Safety Task Force discussed the idea of a ballot issue to raise money to hire more cops to put in schools
At Thursday's meeting of Stow's Safety Task Force Mayor Sara Drew broached the idea, via a written statement, of a ballot issue tax to raise money to hire new police officers specifically to staff Stow-Munroe Falls Schools buildings. Police chiefs for both the Stow and Munroe Falls departments said they would need extra officers to provide a full-time presence in the schools. The task force has been charged with finding ways to improve security in the community and to make recommendations to Stow City Council and the board of education. Drew said that one of the task force suggestions might be for a levy or ballot issue. Click here to see what city and school officials said about the idea. Take our poll below and tell us if you would …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Online survey quizzes residents of Stow, Munroe Falls on safety in public buildings
At the most recent meeting of the Stow Safety Task Force Mayor Sara Drew reminded residents that the city and school district is still seeking their input on security measures. Drew declined to give specifics but said "several hundred people" had responded to the online survey. "To me that’s very encouraging," she said. Click here to take the online survey. The survey results will be used by the task force in determining the recommendations it makes to Stow City Council and the Stow-Munroe Falls Schools. Drew said the SurveyMonkey poll should be up for at least a week longer. "And maybe a little longer," she said. RECENT COVERAGE:
Monday, February 25, 2013
Munroe Falls police chief wants to apply for training for risk assessment team
Members of the Stow Safety Task Force are looking to nab a $30,000 grant to help train local police and school officials to watch out for possible security threats in public buildings. Munroe Falls Police Chief Rick Myers, a member of the task force, told the committee Thursday that he notified the Summit County Emergency Management Agency of the task force's intent to apply for a grant through the agency that can be applied to personnel training. "That specifically relates to threat assessments by schools, teachers, principals, police officers, administrators, anybody involved in the school environment," Myers said. "If a student is exhibiting behavior which could be viewed as perhaps ‘at-risk,’ then the training targets those kinds of …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Parents charged with making meth after teacher, school resource officer acted on anonymous tip
Members of Stow's Safety Task Force, charged with making security recommendations in light of the Sandy Hook shootings, took a moment Thursday to credit a Stow teacher and police officer for helping uncover a meth lab this week. Stow police, along with the Summit County Drug Unit, uncovered a meth lab Tuesday after a tip came anonymously from a caller who informed a Kimpton Middle School employee that a Stow student might be living in a meth house. School administrators determined the tip was in reference to the 12-year-old who lived at the home in question, and it was then Lakeview staff that informed police of the alleged drug activity. Stow-Munroe Falls Schools Superintendent Russell Jones said school administrator's took the teacher'…
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