Kelly Zacharias Parma City Council Ward 4

🚒 ATTENTION RESIDENTS 🚒

Starting Tuesday, September 3rd, our Fire Department will begin hydrant flushing throughout the community. This process is essential to ensure the proper functioning of our hydrants.

📅 Stay tuned for updates on affected streets and times.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we work to keep our community safe!

🚒 Ruck with the Best of the Best! 🚒

As we continue celebrating 100 years of service, we invite you to join your Parma firefighters for a family-friendly ruck (walk) around our great city!

A ruck is a walk with a weighted backpack, but don’t worry—you’re welcome to join us with or without the weights. It’s all about getting out and moving! We’ll cover about 14.8 miles, but feel free to do just 1 mile or whatever your fitness level allows.

📍 Start Location: Station 2 (State and Snow)
📅 Date: Friday, September 20th
🕣 Time: We step off at 0830

We’ll walk by each fire station in the city, with water and light snacks available at each stop. The pace is entirely up to you! The average distance between stops is about 3 miles.

Whether you’re rucking with a full pack or just out for a stroll, this is a great way to connect with our community and celebrate our centennial.

Please note: As with any physical exercise, there is a remote chance of injury. The Parma Fire Department is not liable for any injury sustained.

Come ruck with us and be part of this special event! 💪

The kids are heading back to school which means that the school zones will be active again soon so please slow down. Below is the schedule which shows the times when the school zone lights will be activated. The times highlighted in yellow are the school zones that have photo enforcement cameras present.

Program Registration for the City of Parma's Learn to Skate for Session 1 is NOW OPEN. See you on the ice!

Sign up NOW!! Girls Youth Volleyball!!

Don't miss out!

See the attached flyer for more information.

At the Safety Fair this past weekend, residents could chat with members of the Metropark’s Mounted Unit, obtain free Child ID Kits, explore police cars and motorcycles, watch a cooking demonstration with a real fire, and meet with the people that make up our local safety system

School is starting for most students this coming week.
Please be on the lookout for students walking to school and school
bus stops. And remember school zones are 20 MPH speed limit.

Interested in going solar? Join us for a Solar 101 Info Session with Solar United Neighbors to learn about the process and benefits of going solar!

When: Wed, Aug 28 - 6-7pm
Where: Village of Oakwood, 23035 Broadway Ave

Take charge of where your energy comes from, help our communities reduce power outages and save on energy bills. Solar = Energy Freedom! Registration for is open! Join for FREE at https://bit.ly/SolarSwitchCuyahogaCounty.

Happening today!

See you all there! 🐾

We all play an important part in making electricity safe and reliable. This fact sheet contains general ownership guidelines. For more detailed information, visit www.firstenergycorp.com/builders-contractors, or call 1-800-589-3101

🐶We are full! Full of friends waiting for you to take them home!🐱

Visit our adoptables online https://northeastohiospca.org/adoptable-pets or stop into our shelter and take a look at all our new friends!

We are open Monday, Wednesday- Saturday from 10a - 7p and Sunday, Tuesday from 10a - 4p. 💗

Sign up NOW for Girls Youth Volleyball! See the attached flyer for more information.

It’s time to Clear the Shelters !

Clear the Shelters is an annual campaign dedicated to promoting animal adoption across the country. This incredible initiative partners with local animal shelters and rescue organizations to not only encourage pet adoption but also to raise much-needed funds for animal welfare.

In celebration of this paw-some campaign, we are offering adoption specials all month (August 10-September 10) long!

🐾August 16-18: Adoptions fees are WAIVED for ALL adult animals and kittens fees are reduced to $50.

🐾Every Wednesday (August 14, 21, 28, & September 4): Adoption fees are reduced to $10 for all adult animals and $50 for kittens.

Thank you to and campaign partners Greater Good Charities, WeRescue, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Together, we can Clear the Shelters!

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank serves thousands of people each week through our 1,000+ partner agencies - and this week is no exception. If you or someone you know needs food after last week's storms, we are working around the clock to ensure you have what you need! Call us at 216.738.2067 or find a list of emergency food sites near you at buff.ly/3eQFv5Q.

If you receive an unsolicited text message claiming to be from USPS, please delete and report it. These messages have no affiliation with USPS and can put your personal data at risk if you click the message.

Learn more at https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/smishing/

🐾 FREE Pet Vaccine Clinic!

Our next FREE Pet Vaccine Clinic is coming up on Saturday, August 17 a The Salvation Army - East Cleveland from 2pm-5pm! This is a fantastic opportunity to keep your furry friends healthy and happy.

✨ What to Expect:

• Free pet vaccinations (Distemper/Parvo combo for dogs, FVRCP for cats, and Rabies for cats/dogs) in partnership with Petco Love.

• Microchips for dogs thanks to Cleveland Animal Care & Control in partnership with Friends of CITY DOGS Cleveland.

• Informative pet care resources and friendly veterinary staff

• Treats and giveaways

No appointment needed. First-come, first-served basis. Be sure to bring your pet's vaccination records if available. Let's come together to ensure our pets live long, healthy lives!

Power has been restored to 98% of the approximately 310,000 Illuminating Company customers impacted by last week's storm. Nearly all of the less than 7,000 customers who remain without power are expected to have service restored by 11 p.m. tonight.

Work to restore power to a very small number of customers in areas with more extensive damage may continue beyond this evening. To view the current individual estimated restoration times for your particular outage, log into your account at www.firstenergycorp.com, text STAT to 544487 or view the outage map: http://spr.ly/OHOutageMap. While final equipment numbers are still being tallied, as of Sunday, Aug. 11, outage response crews have repaired or replaced:

1,795 pole crossarms
400 poles
195 transformers
189,253 feet of wire and cable – that's enough wire and cable to cover 526 football fields laid end to end

We want to offer our sincere gratitude to everyone who has come together to make our communities whole again after this historic event, and to the thousands of FirstEnergy employees, contractors and neighboring utilities – representing 17 states – who have worked tirelessly to turn the lights back on in northeast Ohio. And to our customers – thank you for treating our crews with kindness by offering snacks, drinks and so many words of encouragement to help them through those 16-hour shifts. Stay safe!

NEWS: Thanks to around-the-clock hard work by more than 7,500 storm responders, nearly all Illuminating Company customers will have power restored much sooner than the original global estimate of Wednesday, Aug. 14. To date, power has been restored to nearly 90% of Illuminating Company customers, with less than 35,000 remaining without service.

Find updated Estimated Times of Restoration (ETRs) by community in impacted counties here: http://spr.ly/6181Yx7vD

Mayor Tim DeGeeter and Parma City Council have secured a temporary dumpster available for Parma (only) residents who need to throw away spoiled food and general trash. (No bulk or yard waste.) A Dumpsters.com dumpster will be available at 11699
Brookpark Road with driveway entrance from Chevrolet Boulevard, as shown on map.
Dates and Times:
7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10
7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11
7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, Aug. 12
Storm damage debris should be placed on tree lawns for Parma Service Department crews to start collecting next week.
Note: Rumpke is continuing its regular garbage collection.