Dover named nation’s 30th Best City to Live

Dover named nation’s 30th Best City to Live
Kyle Valentini

Dover has been named America’s 30th Best City to Live by the online-only financial news and opinion company, 24/7 Wall Street.

                        

Mayor Richard Homrighausen announced during the Jan. 21 city council meeting that Dover has been named America’s 30th Best City to Live by the online-only financial news and opinion company, 24/7 Wall Street. In its analysis of more than 30,000 cities, towns and villages, the company considered affordability, home values, safety and cost of living in making its top-50 choices.

“Dover is a very proud community with many attractions and activities,” Homrighausen said. “We are an extremely safe community, and our cost of living is very low compared to some of the other communities selected. We constantly strive to make Dover better for our residents and those who come to visit.”

In other council business, service director David Douglas announced Hickory Lane will be open for the opening of the new Dover High School at the beginning of March. He said temporary traffic signals will be installed and will be activated March 1.

Permanent lights will be installed when the second phase of the signal program begins in 2022. Douglas said when first opened, the street will be used only for buses dropping off and picking up students.

City safety director Gerry Mroczkowski said the reason the street will initially be used for buses only is the city cannot paint traffic lines until the arrival of warmer temperatures in April. He said Hickory Lane will be a one-way street from Walnut Street to Tuscarawas Avenue, where turning lanes will route traffic to the north and south.

Ordinances passed and heard

Council passed two emergency ordinances during the meeting. The first was to approve a new contract with Dover firefighters, represented by Local 324 of the International Association of Firefighters, for fire protection until Feb. 16, 2023, at a pay increase of 2.3 percent.

Council also passed an emergency ordinance to contract with the Joint County Public Defender’s Office to provide legal counsel to indigent persons for the year 2020 at a cost not to exceed $18,000.

Council heard the first reading of an emergency ordinance regarding attachment to city utility poles and voted to hold it for a second reading.

The next regularly scheduled council meeting will be Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Council Chambers.


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