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Mayor Miller highlights newsletter with AI podcast, cleanup day, dog park and two small grants
Summary
In his report Mayor Miller highlighted a new quarterly city newsletter with an AI-generated podcast, outlined a city cleanup and tire collection day, provided an update on the Struthers Unleashed dog park, and said the city received an $18,548 grant under a H2Ohio rivers chloride program for salt-application equipment.
Mayor Miller used his report to promote a quarterly city newsletter that includes an AI-generated audio podcast, described community events including a citywide cleanup and a tire-collection drive, and announced several small grants and community-project updates.
On the newsletter, Miller said the Rotary Club is covering a significant portion of printing costs and that the newsletter is available in a digital format with an AI audio version. “The audio podcast is AI generated… it’s about 16, 17 minutes long,” Miller said, adding limited paper copies are available at City Hall and local businesses and that a QR code links to the digital edition.
Miller outlined the citywide cleanup scheduled for Saturday, May 31, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Stroller Street garage. He said tires will be collected for $1 each (residents must show proof of residency), appliances will be accepted through a Southside Recycling drive, Habitat for Humanity will collect furniture and Basista Dumpster will provide a dumpster for large items. He noted TVs will not be accepted.
On parks, Miller said Struthers Unleashed’s sausage sale proceeds will support the dog park and that the park has new banners, seeded turf, added seating and camera recording; concrete work and poop stations were also added and the mayor said the park is scheduled to open in May. He also said the MetroParks are continuing supplemental fish stocking at Yellow Creek Park and reminded anglers to follow Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) rules.
The mayor announced the city was awarded $18,548 from a H2Ohio rivers chloride program administered through state funding, saying the grant will be used toward salt-application equipment and storage to reduce environmental impacts. “We were the only ones in the county to receive this funding,” Miller said. He described the H2Ohio program as an expansion of a statewide initiative first launched in 2019 and said the funds would buy specific equipment listed in the city’s plan.
