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Resident raises FirstEnergy concerns; council presses ARL and staff on delayed school-zone lighting
Summary
A resident urged more civic-education materials and raised FirstEnergy-related historical concerns; separately, council members pressed staff and contractor ARL to expedite school-zone lighting at Hamedown Christian Academy after months of delay.
During public comment, Norton resident Glenn Yasko addressed the council on Nov. 17 about FirstEnergy, citing historical outages and enforcement actions, and urged the city to publish an explainer video about how Norton's local government bodies operate to improve civic understanding.
Later in the meeting, council members returned to a safety issue: an ordinance (46 20 25) authorizing school-zone lighting for Hamedown Christian Academy had been approved in May and state plans were cleared in August, but installation had not been scheduled by contractor ARL. Council members said there are about 100 children who use that school zone and described multiple attempts to get the work scheduled. One council member said ARL told them the work had not been on the contractor's schedule; staff and council signaled they would follow up and pursue temporary signage/lighting while awaiting permanent installation.
Council president said the city engineer has a meeting scheduled the next day to prioritize the item, and council members requested staff provide an update to the council. The transcript records the lead scheduler at ARL as "Jeff" when members asked whom to contact.
What happens next: staff to meet with the city engineer and contact ARL to arrange either temporary signs/lighting and to schedule installation for the permanent school-zone equipment.
