Village Administrator I am very proud to introduce Greg Sturgill as the new Village Administrator. Since moving to the village in 1995 Greg has been a very active member of the community. He currently serves as chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission as well as treasurer of the Museum Board. Greg is also a long-time member of the Library Board. As you may recall Greg begin serving all of us in the village office 4 years ago volunteering to scan and upload all Village documents, a task that to this day requires several hours a week to keep up with. Greg is retired from Columbus City Schools where he worked in IT for most of his life in the position of Systems Analyst. He now feels he is ready for a new challenge working for the village as Village Administrator. Beginning January 3rd, the Village office will be open from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday or by appointment. Water Billing I think for the most part the transition to the new billing system went smooth, however there have been some instances of over billing and payments not being applied. There have also been some cases of payments not being received by the village, I can’t take credit for all of that as we received a phone call from the city of West Alexandria, letting us know they put some bill payments back in the mail that were somehow delivered to them. You residents have been great at letting us know when there are problems. I always advise people to pay what you know is your normal bill and to put a note with the payment explaining why you removed the penalty portion that was improperly applied, or didn’t pay the full $13,000 the system thought you owed. : ) Greg hit the ground running to repair all these issues and ensure that we are properly billing! This month’s water bill, January 2022 will be an estimate. Greg is taking the entire system offline to go through every address one by one and ensure that each address is properly entered and programmed in the system. In addition, he has created a village email address for our water clerk Jaclynn Randolph. You can direct water billing questions to [email protected], or leave a message at the village office 740-924-ALEX (2539) which Greg will return Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 1 to 5: PM. Maintenance Person / Equipment Mike Atwood a fulltime employee of KCeps auto repair accepted our part-time position as maintenance person. Mike owned a landscape business for 15 years and brings a lot of knowledge of street and landscape work. At this time, we can only afford to pay him for 10 hours a week but that is 10 hours a week you will not see this old man plowing and mowing, and I am sure he will do a better job! I know you are all aware of the fiasco when we couldn’t get the 20-year-old village truck running to pick up leaves. That was annoying, but to have someone injured because we couldn’t plow snow is not acceptable in any way! To ensure this doesn’t happen we purchased a new plow truck. We were able to do this through the state bid process and municipal financing which does not require any payment until December 2022. So, when you see a young man plowing snow this winter in a new truck, know that he is part of team Alexandria! Here is to a great 2022 for all of us! Sincerely: Mayor Jim Jasper Village of Alexandria [email protected] 740-739-0698
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Leaves
The leaf equipment is almost ready, I am hoping to finish up in the next few days and began leaf pickup early next week. This is a difficult time of year as once you set the truck up for leaves you can’t use it for anything else, and the setup is quite a chore. With that in mind we wait until there are a good amount of leaves on the ground then get them as quick as we can. because in as short time we have to switch into snow removal. However, it’s safe to start raking your leaves, get them as close to the curb as possible, or near or in a driveway if we can back the truck into them. Leaves - Part 2 (November 9, 2021) The leaf equipment is ready and running, however when we pulled the truck out last Saturday to begin pickup the transmission on the old town truck went out. Our friends at KCeps are trying to expedite repair to the truck and I have been looking for someone to pick up what is raked out asap. I haven’t had any luck yet; I have a call into Mr. Hardy, if you know of anyone else that might be interested, please let me know. Crosswalk I had a meeting earlier this week with O.D.O.T. engineers just to be certain that we can’t get any help from the State on our crosswalk issues. While they couldn’t offer any assistance at this time, they witnessed our concerns firsthand and agreed to take our problem back to the table and see if they could find a way to help. Crosswalk/Bus 67 I also had a meeting this week with Northridge School Treasurer/Transportation Director, Britt Lewis and Transportation Supervisor, Travis Walton. After carefully reviewing all the concerns and options we agreed that the safest solution for now is to pick the students up on Main Street at the crosswalk. Beginning Monday Morning November 08, 2021, students should not cross Main Street until the school bus arrives. If you live South of Main Street have your student wait on the South side of Main Street at the crosswalk. If you live on the North (Library) side have your student wait on the library side near the crosswalk, the bus will not turn in front of the library. Bus 67 will stop on Main Street ahead of the crosswalk at the regular time. After the bus driver has made certain that traffic in all directions has completely stopped, the bus driver will motion the students to cross the street and board the bus. The students do not step into the street until they see the bus driver signal that it’s safe to cross. It’s easier than I made it sound and the students are taught the procedure, the entire loading or unloading process takes less than a minute. School Buses are the safest form of transportation today and we practice and train to make sure that our students are safe getting on and off the bus and during their ride to and from school. Veteran's Day - November 11, 2021 I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all our veterans! Freedom isn’t free, the cost to our veteran’s is high, in too many cases they pay with their lives. Thank you is never enough for the sacrifices you had to make, but please know that you are appreciated and will never be forgotten. Enjoy this beautiful fall weather! Mayor, Jim Jasper. Village of Alexandria 740-739-0698 Please share this with any friends or neighbors that may not receive this alert. If you know of anyone that would like to receive alerts or be removed from them email me at voa.mayor@outlook.com Active Shooter, those words strike terror in everyone’s heart, especially if you have children or grandchildren in school. We believe that we are safe out here in the sticks, we believe that our children are safe at our little school in the middle of nowhere, and we are. We are because the people we trust to keep us safe, know that we are not, and they plan for the worst. I am proud to share that our Licking County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Northridge Local School District and the Village of Alexandria will be conducting extensive Single Officer Response to Active Threats, or S.O.R.A.T. training here in Alexandria. Beginning Monday November 1 ,2021 Licking County Sheriff Deputies and various other local agencies will be training at the old Northridge Primary school building. It will be a 3-week training course from 7:AM to Midnight specifically designed to give officers the skills needed to respond to an active threat in a school. During this time expect to see emergency response vehicles and unmarked vehicles arriving at the old elementary school. We will hear gun shots as officers undergo extensive training with special non-lethal paintball type training weapons. I am very grateful to the Sheriffs Office for undergoing this training and the Northridge School District for making the building available, we will all be safer because of it.
Mayor, Jim Jasper. Village of Alexandria 740-739-0698 I think most of you have heard of our problems getting people to stop for the children crossing Main Street at the library. Some may have noticed the Stop signs we put in the street which did help, until they were ran over. We are working on funding to put up lighted stop signs at the crosswalk. In the meanwhile, I have mounted holders and crossing flags on both sides of the crosswalk. If you would help teach our young people to hold a flag in front of them to get motorist attention, once all vehicles have stopped, carry the flag across the street and put it in the holder on the opposite side of the road. I believe for the most part that drivers do not notice the pedestrians waiting to cross, I hope that by calling attention to them with the flags it will make them safer.
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December 2023
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