Ravenna Fire Department Statistic for April 2009

I find it very interesting that the majority of the calls that the Ravenna Fire Department responds to are EMS related. Over the years as fire prevention has increased the average number of true fire calls has decreased. The Ravenna department is still very busy responding by ambulance to EMS type situations. For the month of April of 2009 the Ravenna department responded to 165 EMS calls which equated to 83% of the incident counts for April. Fire calls made up 10% with the remaining 7% filled by False Alarm calls. The Fire Department breaks the calls down by percentage for each ward in the City. 

Ward 1                                                         47.7%  

Ward 2                                                         23.1%

Ward 3                                                         17.0%

Ward 4                                                           6.5%

Charlestown & Mutual Aid                              5.5%

With those EMS runs the City fueled up the two Horton Ambulance units with over 123 gallons of fuel.

Thought you would like to know.

Recycling Fees

 

Residential Water Bill

 

On May 4^th City Council will vote on a new contract with Portage County Solid Waste Management District for a new five year contract for the City’s recycling services. The new contract would increase the current fee from $1.55 per household to $1.90 in 2010 and $2.25 in 2011. For the remaining three years of the contract the fee would remain at $2.25.

On your water bill the fee is listed on type of service as “recycle” and the amount is $4.00 per month.

 

What does this $4.00 cover in City Services?

§         The cost of the curbside recycling

§         The cost of City wide compost collections

§         The cost of free lawn & leaf bags

§         The cost of City wide recycling tubs

§         The cost of City wide spring cleanup (once a year removal of items from the curb)

 

The $4.00 per month fee generates ~$251,500.00 in revenue. The overall cost for the programs is ~$211,500.00 per year. This surplus would allow the City to absorb the rate increase from Portage County Solid Waste Management District for at least the 2010 year.