Westerville Fire Department Opens Its Doors for Fire Prevention Week
The Westerville Fire Department welcomed residents to its West Main Street station Sunday afternoon for an open house celebrating Fire Prevention Week.
Families climbed aboard fire trucks, toured emergency vehicles and watched firefighters demonstrate vehicle extrication techniques. Visitors also had opportunities to learn CPR, practice handling a fire hose and meet MedFlight personnel and their helicopter.
The afternoon mixed hands-on fire safety education with plenty of activities for children, including a chance to meet Sparky, the department’s firehouse mascot, as he celebrated his 75th birthday.
Repair Cafe Correction:
The location for this year’s Sustainable Westerville’s Repair Cafe is Saturday October 10 at the Otterbein University Campus Center, 100 West Home Street, not The Point as published. The FACT tree pickup will be in conjunction with the Repair Cafe.
Westerville Mayor’s Court Docket
Westerville Mayor’s Court is scheduled to convene Wednesday morning after 106 cases were filed between Sept. 17 and Oct. 5, according to the court’s public records.
City income-tax cases made up the largest share of the filings. Forty-one cases involved failure to file city income tax, including 38 against resident individuals and three against organizations. Four additional cases were filed for failure to pay city income tax.
Traffic-related filings included seven traffic control device violations, six cases involving expired license plates, five assured-clear-distance-ahead violations, and five driving-in-marked-lanes violations.
Three cases each were filed for speeding in a 20 mph zone, driving without an operator’s license, and failure to yield the right-of-way while turning left.
Two cases each involved theft, speeding in a 35 mph zone, failure to yield at a stop sign, failure to yield at an intersection, and improper starting or backing of a vehicle.
Single filings included a dog running at large, an open-container violation, driving with an expired operator’s license, passenger and driver seat-belt violations, speeding in a 25 mph zone, an improper turn at an intersection, improper display of license plates, driving under suspension, and failure to signal before changing course.
Parking-related cases included six violations involving areas where signs prohibit parking, along with individual cases for obstructing traffic, parking within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, and parking in a handicap-only space.
Of the 106 filings, 49 were classified as criminal cases, 49 as moving violations, and eight as parking cases. No OVI cases were filed during the period.
Mayor’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. The court generally convenes on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.
The figures reflect cases filed by Monday, October 5 and do not represent the court’s hearing docket or case outcomes.
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