Mayor’s Corner by Mayor Michael Wheeler

Summer is here!!  I wish everyone safe and fun travels.

Father’s Day is on Sunday, June 16.  I encourage everyone to do something special with their father.  Great memories are one of life’s treasures.

The Mayors One Million Step Challenge saw 21 teams aggregately travel over 22 million steps.  This was great fun and exercise.  We are hopeful that next year we will have many more teams.

We are currently taking applications for part-time positions in our zoning, service, fire and police departments and our dispatch center. The complete job descriptions and applications are available on our website.

The timber-frame shelter on the Green is complete and ready to go for the first summer concert of the year on June 8.  If you haven’t already, I invite you to stop by to take a close look at the facility.  It really is an amazing structure.

The new tennis and pickleball courts are under way and expected to be finished by September 19, 2024.

On May 31, FirstEnergy’s Ohio electric companies – Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison – filed an application with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to adjust the companies’ base distribution rates. These rates have not had an increase since 2007. It appears that the utility is asking for at least a 25% increase in the base distribution rates. If you have questions, concerns or comments, please contact me, or my executive assistant, at 330-659-9201, ext. 234, or email me at mwheeler@richfieldvillageohio.org.