Medina moves Village Board meetings to Ridgeway Town Hall

Photo by Tom Rivers

MEDINA – The Medina Village Board meets on Monday in the Ridgeway Town Hall. From left the board members include Jess Marciano, Debbie Padoleski, Mayor Marguerite Sherman, Mark Prawel and Diana Baker. Near them in front are Village Clerk-Treasurer Jada Burgess and attorney Matt Brooks. Jason Watts, the DPW superintendent, is at right and Police Chief Todd Draper has his back to camera.

The board has shifted the meeting locations from the Senior Center at 615 West Ave. to the Ridgeway Town Hall at 410 West Ave. The board had its first meeting at the town hall on Aug. 12. Ridgeway is making the town hall available at no charge to the Village Board.

Mayor Marguerite Sherman said the town hall has a better sound system for the public to hear the board members and the meeting space doesn’t have to be set up with tables and chairs, and then torn down the following morning.

At the Senior Center, DPW staff had to set up the tables and chairs before the meeting and then be there the following morning to put things back.

The senior center is a bigger space, and Sherman said many people who attended the meetings said it was difficult to hear the board members and other speakers.

The Village Board also recently changed the start times from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m.