Home Care In North Royalton, OH

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio – The city has sold two parcels of land, totaling close to 2 acres, to a North Royalton home developer.

Quinn Management Group has purchased the property – off the east side of West 130th Street, about 1,000 feet north of Ohio 82 – for $58,000.

James Quinn of Quinn Management Group told cleveland.com that he will probably sell the property to a third party, who would build a house on the land.

Meanwhile, Quinn is continuing to build a townhome subdivision to the north, off West 130th south of Sprague Road, in North Royalton. The subdivision will consist of five buildings with eight living units.

“We will finish those up within the next month or so,” Quinn told cleveland.com.

Tom Jordan, North Royalton’s community development coordinator, said a house once stood on one of the West 130th properties close to 82. More than 10 years ago, the house was subject to several building code violations, and the landowner stopped paying property taxes.

The city tried unsuccessfully to convince the property owner to repair the house, Jordan said. Eventually, the city condemned the property.

In 2013, the city received a $25,000 grant from Cuyahoga County to demolish the home. The city obtained one parcel in 2016 and the other in 2018, and placed the properties in North Royalton’s landbank.

“The property has a lot of wetlands on it, a stream actually,” Jordan said. “It will require work on developer’s side.”

Both parcels were appraised at $35,600 for a total value of $71,200. The city advertised the land for sale and received two offers. Quinn’s was the highest.

“It is the opinion of the Community Development Director (Jordan) that further efforts to attempt to sell the two parcels will not result in a bid in a higher amount,” said an ordinance that City Council approved in October.

Jordan said, “The individual parcels are not developable but together they can be built on. He (Quinn) will consolidate the lots.”

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio – The city has sold two parcels of land, totaling close to 2 acres, to a North Royalton home developer.

Quinn Management Group has purchased the property – off the east side of West 130th Street, about 1,000 feet north of Ohio 82 – for $58,000.

James Quinn of Quinn Management Group told cleveland.com that he will probably sell the property to a third party, who would build a house on the land.

Meanwhile, Quinn is continuing to build a townhome subdivision to the north, off West 130th south of Sprague Road, in North Royalton. The subdivision will consist of five buildings with eight living units.

“We will finish those up within the next month or so,” Quinn told cleveland.com.

Tom Jordan, North Royalton’s community development coordinator, said a house once stood on one of the West 130th properties close to 82. More than 10 years ago, the house was subject to several building code violations, and the landowner stopped paying property taxes.

The city tried unsuccessfully to convince the property owner to repair the house, Jordan said. Eventually, the city condemned the property.

In 2013, the city received a $25,000 grant from Cuyahoga County to demolish the home. The city obtained one parcel in 2016 and the other in 2018, and placed the properties in North Royalton’s landbank.

“The property has a lot of wetlands on it, a stream actually,” Jordan said. “It will require work on developer’s side.”

Both parcels were appraised at $35,600 for a total value of $71,200. The city advertised the land for sale and received two offers. Quinn’s was the highest.

“It is the opinion of the Community Development Director (Jordan) that further efforts to attempt to sell the two parcels will not result in a bid in a higher amount,” said an ordinance that City Council approved in October.

Jordan said, “The individual parcels are not developable but together they can be built on. He (Quinn) will consolidate the lots.”

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- The city plans to stabilize a stream bank that, because of erosion, is eating into residential properties on Ohio 82 near North Akins Road.

Toward that end, the city has applied for and received an $84,075 federal/state grant that will help pay for the project’s surveying and design.

Construction is scheduled for next year and is estimated to cost between $213,000 and $355,000.

“The erosion is causing the stream bank to get close to homes,” city Engineer Justin Haselton told cleveland.com in an email.

The total cost of the surveying and design is estimated at $92,925. The city will contribute $8,850 toward the design work. An engineering firm has not yet been hired, Haselton said.

The grant money is coming from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, administered by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency.

Haselton said the trouble spot is on the south side of Ohio 82, about 500 feet east of North Akins. North Akins is between York Road to the west and Bennett Road to the east.

According to an official document provided by Haselton, the city in 2021 asked officials from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to inspect the site.

The sewer district, according to its report, found that erosion was occurring along about 355 linear feet of a tributary to the East Branch of the Rocky River and was affecting about four residential properties.

“The erosion is very near one home, reduces the amount of usable lawn space on the properties, has destabilized one footbridge and is a safety concern to the residents,” the sewer district said in its report, dated July 8, 2021.

Looking at aerial photos, the sewer district determined that the stream’s alignment hasn’t changed for the most part since 1951. However, the stream has been impacted by the development of homes and apartment buildings over the years.

The stream channel has deepened, widened and degraded. Loosened soil, rock material and debris have accumulated, and the stream’s meandering pattern is changing, the sewer district reported.

“The complete adjustment could take decades and would result in considerable damage to private property and excessive sediment loading downstream,” the sewer district said.

The sewer district said the stream can be stabilized in place to hinder future erosion and damage to private property. It can be done by accelerating the evolution of the stream channel to a certain depth and/or width, then lining the channel with riprap, or strategically placed rocks.

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio – Residents here like their current leadership – at least that’s what they expressed in last week’s election.

Mayor Larry Antoskiewicz and City Council President Paul Marnecheck both were elected to second four-year terms by convincing margins on Nov. 7.

Meanwhile, Ward 2 Councilwoman Linda Barath, the only member of City Council to face an election challenger, won another two-term, collecting more than 70% of the vote.

Antoskiewicz said he wasn’t surprised by his commanding win.

“I felt that the last four years we have made a lot of progress in North Royalton, and from what I’ve heard, a lot of people liked the direction I was taking the city,” Antoskiewicz told cleveland.com.

Antoskiewicz said he plans to finish projects the city started during his first term. These include infrastructure improvements – like the construction of sewers along Abbey Road – converting a former school building into a new senior center and upgrading North Royalton Memorial Park.

“We’ve been doing a lot of things to make it easier to do business in the city and let people know we’re open for business,” Antoskiewicz said.

Marnecheck said that in his second term he will focus on keeping North Royalton a premier community in which to live, work and raise a family.

“I will continue to be a vigorous champion for investment in our roads and stormwater systems,” Marnecheck said. “I want North Royalton to diversify our tax base through responsible economic development and sensible residential development that does not burden our first responders or Service Department.”

According to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Antoskiewicz defeated his opponent, political newcomer Diane Sacha, with 63% of the vote, or 6,922 votes to 4,151 votes.

Marnecheck bested his opponent, Ward 4 Councilman Jeremy Dietrich, by winning 59% of the vote. The vote count was 5,980 to 4,196.

Barath in Ward 2 beat her challenger, former mayoral candidate and Councilman Gary Petrusky, 1,220 to 494. Barath captured 71% of the vote.

Council members John Nickell, Joanne Krejci and Michael Wos – in Wards 1, 3 and 6, respectively – all were unopposed for fresh two-year terms.

Councilwoman Heidi Webber – appointed to the Ward 5 council seat in March to replace Dawn Carbone-McDonald, who moved to Florida – won her first election Nov. 7. She also ran unopposed.

Finally, Mary Gorjanc, a retired physician making her first bid for public office, was unopposed for the Ward 4 council seat. She replaces Dietrich, who gave up the Ward 4 seat to run for council president.

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio -- Residents here are voting this fall on Issue 57, which if approved would lengthen City Council terms from two years to four years.

Council voted 6-1 in June to place the issue on the Nov. 7 ballot. If approved by voters, the new four-year terms will take effect in January 2026, after the November 2025 election.

All seven council members are up for re-election this year, although five are running unopposed. In most cases, if they’re re-elected this November, they would serve another two-year term.

Then, if the current council members are still on council in 2025 and again seek re-election, they would run for a four-year term for the first time.

Paul Marnecheck, who as council president is serving a four-year term, was the only council member who opposed the measure.

“I’m not opposed to four-year terms, but why do we need to change the current system?” Marnecheck told cleveland.com in July. “For 10 years, I ran for council every two years, and it was not much of an inconvenience. It keeps you close to the residents.”

Marnecheck said the city’s Charter Review Commission, a group of citizens appointed and assembled every four years, should decide whether to place a council-term amendment before voters. It’s the city charter that calls for two-year council terms.

Also, if a council member leaves office early in his or her term, and council appoints a replacement, the replacement might serve for three years or more without a vote of the people if council terms last four years, Marnecheck said.

“What’s the burden on residents?” Marnecheck said of the current two-year terms. “I haven’t had a sizable number of residents mention this to me as a problem. If it was a big deal, it would have come out of the Charter Review Commission.”

Councilman Michael Wos disagreed. He said residents have questioned him about the two-year council terms.

“When I campaign every other year, many community members express surprise and skepticism, questioning the rationale behind the present short-term council terms,” Wos told cleveland.com in a July email.

“It is our responsibility to listen to the concerns of those we represent and consider their desire for stability in governance,” Wos said.

Wos said term limits of 12 years would remain in place with four-year terms. Instead of six two-year terms, council members would serve a maximum of three four-year terms “while reducing the disruptions caused by continuous election campaign cycles.”

However, under the proposed charter amendment creating four-year council terms, council service prior to January 2026 would not be counted toward term limits.

“It (the change to four-year terms) allows elected officials to develop a deeper understanding of complex issues, learn from their experiences and effect lasting positive change,” Wos said.

“By granting council members a four-year term, we empower them to formulate comprehensive strategies and implement meaningful policies that will have a lasting impact on our community,” Wos said.

Wos said it’s only fair, considering that the mayor and council president serve four-year terms, that the rest of council have that same opportunity.