South Russell is home to approximately 4,000 residents and is located at the western edge of Geauga County, Ohio. The 4 mile long by 1 mile wide village is a residential community with unique character and rural “at home” charm. South Russell students attend the highly acclaimed Chagrin Falls School System.
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Council Meetings
South Russell Village Council Meetings are streamed live on YouTube when possible. Tune in to our YouTube channel to stream meetings live, and to view past meetings. For a list of upcoming meetings, please see the Village website calendar. Meetings are currently being held in person and are open to the public. If you would like to be added to the meeting agenda, please contact the Fiscal Officer by phone 440-338-6700 ext. 221 or email fiscalofficer@southrussell.com no later than the Wednesday before the meeting. Individuals wishing to address Council must appear in person. Comments made in the YouTube channel chat box are public comment only.
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Important Information
Maintenance/Laborer Position
The Village of South Russell is accepting applications for a full-time Maintenance/Laborer. The qualified candidate will have experience in building, property and lawn maintenance; ditching and culvert pipe replacement; repairing potholes; operating heavy equipment; and maintenance of Village roadways with snow removal equipment and tree trimming. Candidates must have a Class B CDL from the State of Ohio, and be service-oriented, have good communication skills and enjoy working with others. Qualified candidates can submit resumes to: fiscalofficer@southrussell.com.
NOPEC
Continuing its commitment to providing price stability for residents and small businesses, NOPEC has announced that it will hold its electric Standard Program Price (SPP) steady for another six-month period from the June through December 2025 meter read dates at 8.929 cents/kWh. That price is expected to be below the utility’s Standard Service Offer (SSO) pricing over that time. This price stability follows a 12-month period where we held our Standard Program Price steady from June 2024 through May 2025.
For those customers that prefer even longer periods of predictable pricing, NOPEC recently updated its fixed term product prices. These prices are in line – and largely below – what is currently being offered on the Apples to Apples shopping website and come without the hidden charges and strings attached to many retail offers. This means having NOPEC’s product variety, flexibility, no early termination charges, and no risk terms for up to 2 years. More information about these rates and programs is below. Customers may also call NOPEC’s Customer Care Center at 855-667-3201, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
At the NOPEC General Assembly meeting in November 2024, it was discussed that the increase in prices is primarily driven by a huge spike in capacity prices from NOPEC’s electric grid operator, PJM, and is outside of NOPEC’s control. That pass-through cost applies to all Ohio electric customers.
Volunteers Needed
The Village is looking for volunteers to serve on the following boards and committees. Inquiries should be made to mayor@southrussell.com.
Geauga County Erosion Special Improvement District Program
The Geauga County Auditor’s Office has created an Erosion Special Improvement District (ESID) to help residents creatively finance their often-expensive erosion control projects. Such projects include dredging and repair of privately owned lakes as well as a variety of storm water related issues. Involvement in an ESID is voluntary and may be a single resident or groups of residents. The property owners who elect to engage the ESID are obligated to repay the project costs via a special assessment placed on their tax duplicate by the County Auditor. The amortization period is typically between 15 and 20 years. What is unique about an ESID is that property owner(s) can sell their property with the assessment in place and the obligation would then be assumed by the new owner. Although the projects are subject to local and State permitting, the residents are responsible to engage the contractors and engineers, thus alleviating the mandated expenses associated with a municipal project. This represents a significant cost savings to residents. For more information, please refer to the Council meeting minutes of 07-11-2022 available on southrussell.com under the Government tab or email fiscalofficer@southrussell.com.
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LEGAL NOTICE
In accordance with Ohio Revised Code Section 721.15 (D), the Village of South Russell passed Resolution No. 2025-03 expressing its intent to sell personal property, including motor vehicles acquired for the use of municipal offices and departments, and road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, which are not needed for public use, or is obsolete or unfit for the use for which it was acquired, by internet auction. Pursuant to the terms of the Resolution, internet auctions will be conducted according to the rules and regulations of GovDeals and eBay. Interested bidders may view property placed for auction and may place bids for such property by going to the GovDeals website at www.govdeals.com or eBay at www.ebay.com. Any such auction will remain open for bidding for a period of not less than fifteen (15) consecutive days, including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. Information about bidding on GovDeals may be obtained from GovDeals, Monday – Friday, 8 am – 6 pm ET at (800) 613-0156.