NEWS: Board officers are re-elected for 2014-2015 term

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• July 3rd, 2014
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On July 3, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees re-elected Darnell Brown as President and Ronald D. Sulik as Vice President. The Board has also elected Walter O’Malley as Secretary. Brown was first appointed to the Board by former Cleveland Mayor Michael White in 2001 and...

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UPDATE: Storm clean-up, costs, communities, and why a regional #StormwaterProgram is critical

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• May 16th, 2014
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Storm debris clogs the Cuyahoga River under Alexander Road in Valley View May 13, 2014. Could $20 million in inaccessible funds have helped local communities respond to storm damage following Northeast Ohio’s torrential downpour earlier this week? That’s a question we raised here May 13. Communities are facing storm...

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TRUSTEES: Mayor DeGeeter sworn in, O’Malley and Sulik reappointed

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• March 1st, 2012
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Timothy J. DeGeeter, Mayor of Parma, has been appointed to the Sewer District‘s Board of Trustees by Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald. In addition, Ronald D. Sulik and Walter O’Malley have been re-appointed for additional five-year terms by the Suburban Council of Governments and City of Cleveland Mayor Frank...

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UPDATE: Tunnels going down, building going up, and progress goes on and on

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• October 6th, 2011
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Since August, crews at the Nine Mile Creek shaft site—the starting point of the 18,000-foot-long Euclid Creek Tunnel project—have excavated an additional 75 feet, bringing the total depth of the shaft to 110 feet as of today. The finished tunnel will lay 250 feet below the surface. This afternoon,...

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Brown, Sulik, DePiero are re-elected for 2011-2012

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• July 7th, 2011
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(L to R) DePiero, Brown, and Sulik are sworn in at this afternoon’s Board of Trustees meeting Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees re-elected Darnell Brown as President, Ronald D. Sulik as Vice President and Mayor Dean DePiero as Secretary for the 2011-2012 year. Brown...

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Report on public meetings’ turnout provided to Trustees this week

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• May 17th, 2011
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During April and May, six public meetings provided customers opportunities to hear and react to the Sewer District’s proposed 2012-2016 rate schedule and new affordability program. More than 490 residents attended, and a summary report will be provided to District Trustees this week. The report summarizes the attendance figures,...

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Trustees OK improvement plan to reduce sewage discharges

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• December 2nd, 2010
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Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) Board of Trustees agreed to enter into a consent decree with the federal government, which details the long-term plan for reducing raw sewage overflows into the environment, by a 5-2 vote. Mayors Dean DePiero and Gary Starr cast dissenting votes. The...

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Public meeting in Parma tonight, Board presentation tomorrow

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• November 17th, 2010
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About 40 residents attended last night’s public meeting at the Gunning Park Rec Center, and a larger crowd is anticipated tonight in Parma for the District’s sixth public meeting regarding rates and Project Clean Lake. A similar presentation of the consent decree and project details will be given to...

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Board President Brown issues response to Mayor Starr statement

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• November 10th, 2010
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Today, the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees released a statement expressing its disappointment with fellow Board member Mayor Gary Starr’s press conference (held without the Board’s knowledge), in which he expressed his personal views rather than follow the public process observed by the entire Board. The...

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