SYCAMORE — Mohawk Local School District will have more money to work with beginning in 2019 after a report from the treasurer at the Mohawk Board of Education meeting Tuesday. Mohawk Treasurer Rhonda Feasel reported income tax for October 2018 is higher by over $31,000 compared to October of last year and is up over $118,000 overall compared to 2017.

Upper Sandusky City Council discussed the $23.7 million bid for a new water reclamation facility during its regularly scheduled meeting Monday. When asked how the project will be funded, City Auditor Mark Droll said the project will be paid for out of the wastewater treatment fund.

CAREY — Carey Village Council on Monday untabled and approved an emergency ordinance approving, authorizing and directing Village Administrator Roy Johnson to enter into a contract with American Municipal Power, the vendor for the automated meter information system.

With a price tag of nearly $2 million for all of the district’s buildings to get air conditioning, the Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District is considering other options to keep students a little bit cooler, including shortening the school year.

PARADISE, Calif. — As the huge Camp Fire roared through Paradise, California, Merleen Barnes waited by her phone in Kenton to hear an update on her sister and family who were directly in the path of the deadly flames. “Kathy had sent me a video, but then we lost communications with them for about three hours,” Barnes said. “Things were a little tense.”

Firelands Counseling and Recovery Center Site Director Michelle Clinger has a message for Wyandot County residents: “We’re here to help.” “As of the beginning of October, every position has been filled at Upper Sandusky Firelands,” Clinger said.

The Wyandot County Board of Developmental Disabilities heard public feedback for its 2019 Action Plan on Thursday. Angeline School Superintendent Todd Dilley reported that those in attendance were specifically interested in the plan to comply with federal Medicaid requirements for 2024, specifically asking that the board carefully consider what this will mean to individuals who do not receive Medicaid waiver services.

MARSEILLES — Marseilles Council voted at its meeting Tuesday night to increase the mayor’s salary by $100 per year beginning in January 2020. In old business, flags in the village have been taken down, and council reviewed the October bank statement and reconciliation.

The Upper Sandusky Service Committee accepted a $23.7 million bid for a new water reclamation facility during a special meeting this morning. Bid openings for the new water reclamation facility began Thursday and the city of Upper Sandusky received two bids.

While there are national prescription drug take-back days twice a year that Wyandot County law enforcement participates in, the Upper Sandusky Police Department now has a method to drop off medication at any time. USPD Chief Dan Ross says became aware of a Rite Aid program two months ago which gave police departments in Rite Aid service areas the opportunity to have their own safe medication disposal unit.