City Council Adopts Rental Registration Program

During its regular meeting on August 14, City Council adopted legislation that was the culmination of the Rental Registration Ad Hoc committee meetings. This legislation establishes a Rental Dwelling Registration Program in the city.

As a part of the new p...

Ohio Building Project Awarded Ohio Historic Tax Credits

The Ohio Department of Development has announced that Woodard Development has been awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits in the amount of $1.8 million. 

The Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program provides a tax credit to leverage t...

Demolition of Former Wagner Facility Marked with Ceremony

On June 26, 2023, the Shelby County Land Reutilization Corporation (Land Bank) held a ceremony to mark the beginning of the long-awaited remediation of former Wagner Manufacturing property, located at 440 Fair Road. 

Funding for the over $4 millio...

Neighborhood Pride Grant Funding Awarded

The Citizens Peer Review Board recently met and awarded the 2023 Neighborhood Pride Grant. 

Those properties awarded funding for exterior property improvements include the following:

• 214, 224 and 225 Franklin 
• 805, 809-811 and 813-815 Forak...

Grass and Noxious Weed Notice

Not only are unmanaged grass and vegetation unsightly, they can cause respiratory problems, especially in children. People can suffer serious allergic reactions, such as dermatitis and rhinitis or asthma from contact with plants and their pollen. In addit...

City Awarded CHIP-LAP Funding

The Ohio Department of Development’s Office of Community Development (OCD) has recommended funding for the city’s Program Year 2022 Community Housing Impact and Preservation Lead Abatement Program (CHIP-LAP) application. Sidney&rsq...

2022 Residential Beautification Awards

The City of Sidney is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Residential Beautification Awards. The award is given to recognize exterior improvements to residences. Improvements can include exterior renovation and rehabilitation, general clean up, land...

Structure Fire at 630 Foraker Avenue

At 10:59 p.m. on August 6, 2023, crews from the Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services were dispatched to 630 Foraker Avenue, Sidney, Ohio for a structure fire.  

On arrival, firefighters found a two-story, single-family residence with h...

Structure Fire at 1624 Holly Place

At 11:41 p.m. on July 13, 2023, crews from the Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services were dispatched to 1624 Holly Place, Sidney, Ohio for a structure fire.  

While crews were responding, a well-involved structure fire was confirmed and...

Structure Fire at 519 Fourth Avenue

At 5:11 p.m. on July 2, 2023, the Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services was dispatched to 519 Fourth Avenue on a report of a structure fire. 

Upon arrival, firefighters found a two-story, single-family residence with smoke showing from ...

Machine fire at 2000 Schlater Drive

At 12:12 a.m. on June 23, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to Auria of Sidney at 2000 Schlater Drive for a machine on fire. 

Upon arrival, firefighters found light smoke issuing out of plant from ventilation units and an overhead door on ...

Structure Fire at 359 Windsor Parke Drive

At 4:07 a.m. on June 17, 2023, firefighters were dispatched to 359 Windsor Parke Drive on a report of a structure fire. On arrival, firefighters found a two-story, home with fire showing in the rear of the residence. 

Upon investigation the fire w...

Structure Fire at 1283 Wapakoneta Avenue

At 8:38 p.m. on May 24, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 1283 Wapakoneta Avenue for a structure fire. 

Sidney Fire was dispatched on the initial alarm. A box alarm was called to recall off-duty Sidney firefighters, as well as Lockingto...

Hazmat Called to 300 East Parkwood

At 7:22 p.m. on May 22, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 300 E. Parkwood for a chemical reaction in the basement.  The original call stated that the chemical was 10 ounces of Chlorine poured into a 40-gallon tank of Sulfuric Acid crea...

Chemical Spill at 1905 Progress Way

At 9:04 a.m. on May 2, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 1905 Progress Way on a Chemical Spill with an employee exposed. The original call stated that the chemical was Hydrochloric Acid. 

Upon Sidney Fire Department arrival, they found ...

2022 Firefighter of the Year Announced

The Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services has announced that Scott Marchal has been named Firefighter of the Year for 2022. 

Marchal has been with the department for 15 years and has distinguished himself as a strong leader with a solid...

Structure Fire Rekindles at 1703 Letitia Drive

At 11:02 p.m. on April 10, 2023 Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 1703 Letitia Drive for a structure fire. 

Sidney Fire was dispatched on the initial alarm. A box alarm was requested to recall off-duty Sidney firefighters, Lockington Fire, An...

Structure Fire at 1703 Letitia Drive

At 12:55 a.m. on April 9, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 1703 Letitia Dr. for a structure fire. 

Sidney Fire was dispatched on the initial alarm. A box alarm was called to recall off-duty Sidney firefighters, as well as Lockington Fi...

Fire at 2000 Schlater Drive

At 10:39 a.m. on March 6, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to Auria of Sidney at 2000 Schlater Drive for a dumpster fire. Upon arrival firefighters found a fully involved semi-trailer fire. The trailer was full of material from the manufacturing ...

Structure Fire at 3293 Knoop-Johnston Road

At 2:20 p.m. on February 21, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 3293 Knoop-Johnston Road for a structure fire. Along with Sidney Fire, Lockington Fire, Port Jefferson Fire, and Anna Fire were dispatched on the initial alarm. 

Upon arriva...

2022 Fire & EMS Annual Report Available

The 2022 Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services Annual Report is available online. Below are some highlights from the report:

• Total calls for service (Fire and EMS) for the seventh straight year have exceeded 4,000 calls (3,001 EMS and 1,126 Fire...

Structure Fire at 528 South Main Avenue

At 2:42 PM on February 4, 2023, the Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services were dispatched to 528 S. Main on a report of a structure fire. 

A two story duplex with smoke showing from the attic space was found upon Sidney Firefighter arri...

Structure Fire at 751 Campbell Road

At 12:45 AM on January 30, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 751 Campbell Road for a structure fire. 

Sidney Police officers were in the area checking on a possible breaking and entering and saw smoke coming from the apartment. ...

Fire at 204 Forest

At 11:39 p.m. on January 11, 2023, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 204 Forest on a reported structure fire. 

While fire units were responding Sidney Police Officers on scene advised of a fully involved camper fire extending into a garage. T...

City Awarded MARCS Grant

Late last week, the city was notified of its successful Ohio Department of Commerce, State Fire Marshal 2023 MARCS grant application. The city was awarded $41,723.78 as a part of the program.

With the funding, the city anticipates purchasing 11 additional ...

Structure Fire at 228 South Miami Avenue

At 4:48 p.m. on December 27, 2022, Sidney firefighters were dispatched to 228 S. Miami for a reported structure fire, with a person trapped inside. 

Upon Sidney Fire Department arrival, they found a two-story duplex with a large amount of fire com...

Fire and Police Departments Awarded Grant Funding

The Sidney Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Sidney Police Department have been awarded $46,500 through the Ohio First Responder Recruitment, Retention and Resilience program. The funding will be used to implement a program called &ldq...

Hollinger Earns Ohio Fire Chief's Association Credentials

Sidney City Manager Andrew Bowsher announced earlier today that Fire Chief Chad Hollinger was notified by the Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association (OFCA) of his successful completion of the organization’s uniform credentialing program.&nb...

Japan-American Grassroots Summit Guests Arrive

On Thursday morning, September 21, 2023, Mayor Milligan and City Manager Bowsher welcomed six guests from Japan as a part of the Japan-America Grassroots Summit. The travelers arrived at City Hall at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday via charter bus fr...

City Manager's Newsletter

The City Manager’s newsletter for September 22, 2023, is available online.

For an archive of City Manager newsletters, click here.

Tire Recycling Day Planned

On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, there will be a tire collection event for the residents of Shelby County. Pre-registration and payment in person is required prior to September 25, 2023. This can be done at the Shelby Soil and Water Conservation District...

Japanese Friendship City Meetings Continue

The third virtual meeting with officials from Ichihara City was held on Tuesday, August 8. City of Sidney staff members met via Zoom with representatives from Ichihara City to educate the Ichihara team about Sidney. 

During the meeting, staff shar...

Sidney Selected for EV Charging Stations

Governor Mike DeWine, along with Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jack Marchbanks, DriveOhio Executive Director Preeti Choudhary, and Federal Highway Administration Deputy Administrator Andrew Rogers, recently announced that more than $18...

Clean Sweep Event a Success

The annual Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River event took place this year on Friday, July 14, 2023. Approximately, 900 pounds of trash including eight tires was removed.

This year, 47 volunteers and various types of equipment collected trash, including mu...

City Receives Tree City USA Growth Award

Street Superintendent and City Arborist Brian Green was recently notified of the city’s successful Tree City USA Growth Award application. The Tree City USA Growth Award is presented by the Arbor Day Foundation to participating Tree City USA com...

Tree Board Plans Annual Tree Sale

The Sidney Tree Board is excited to announce that the 2023 Tree Sale is underway. There are eight trees selected to be a part of the sale this year. Details about each can be found on the order form.

Orders are due no later than noon on October 6, 2023. Tr...

City Charter Amendment to be Proposed to Local Voters

As the labor market continues to change, the City must act with increasing speed and agility if we are to recruit and retain the best talent.  To ensure that our current and future workforce needs can be met, City Council has proposed the moderni...

City Manager Named to Forty Under 40 List

Sidney City Manager Andrew Bowsher was recently named to the Dayton Business Journal’s prestigious Forty Under 40 list. The award presentation banquet was held May 18 in the Apollo Room at Wright State University.

This marks the 26th year the Day...

Door-to-Door Solicitors Providing False Information about City's Electric Aggregation Program

It has come to the city’s attention that IGS Energy solicitors are going door-to-door and suggesting that the city’s electric aggregation supplier, Energy Harbor, is filing for bankruptcy or doing so is imminent. This is a fal...

City Earns Second GFOA Award

The city was recently informed by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) that it had been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its annual comprehensive financial repor...

City Earns GFOA Award

The city was recently informed by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) that it earned the GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget. 

The award represents a significant achievement by the entity. It refle...

Solar Eclipse Coming to Shelby County

A total solar eclipse is a rare and spectacular event. On average, one happens somewhere on the Earth once every 1.5 years and only 21 solar eclipses have crossed the lower 48 in the entire history of the United States. On April 8, 2024, the centerline fo...

New Emergency Mass Notification System for Shelby County

The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has announced a new mass emergency notification system that will be utilized for local emergencies beginning March 1, 2023. Civic Ready will be the new platform; Hyper-Reach was the old platform.&nbs...

McDonough Selected to be Sidney's Next Police Chief

Earlier today, Sidney City Manager Andrew Bowsher announced that Mark McDonough has been selected to be Sidney’s next Chief of Police. McDonough most recently served as the Chief of Police for Whitehouse, Ohio. Prior to serving the community of ...

City Earns Prestigious Auditor of State Award

Ohio Auditor of State Keith Faber recently presented Finance Officer Renee DuLaney with the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction for the audit of year ended December 31, 2021.

Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a &ld...

Japan-American Grassroots Summit

The Japan America Grassroots Summit is an annual large-scale exchange of Japanese and American people, held alternately in Japan and America. Ohio will play host to the summit in 2023. Sidney will host a local session September 21 through September 23.&am...

City Awarded Transportation Alternative Program Grant Funding

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently announced that the city was awarded Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) funding for the DH Morrison Bowstring Bridge Renovation & Relocation project. An 1874 David H. Morrison Bowstring Arch B...

Funding for Remediation of Former Wagner Facility Announced

On June 17, 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted announced state support for 112 brownfield remediation projects that will help clean up contaminated properties in Ohio to make way for future economic development. Included in those ...

City Accepts Park Land Donation

On Monday, July 10, 2023, City Council officially adopted Resolution 60-23 to accept the donation of five parcels of land for development as a new park. The five parcels (01-18-25-453-008, 01-18-25-453-009, 01-18-25-453-010, 01-18-25-453-011, 01-18-25-453...

Canal Feeder Trail Update

In late December 2022, the contract for Phase V of the Canal Feeder Trail development was awarded to Jutte Excavating of Fort Recovery Ohio. A pre-construction meeting is to be scheduled in the coming months, with construction expected to begin in early s...

City Awarded Urban Canopy Restoration Grant Funding

The city had been awarded a 2022 Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Urban Canopy Restoration Grant to purchase and plant 100 trees in locations throughout Tawawa Park and Graceland Cemetery. ODNR will be funding $25,000 with the required cash mat...

Narcotics Search Warrant Served

On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at approximately 11:49 a.m. investigators from the Sidney Shelby Narcotics Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 200 N. Pomeroy Avenue, Sidney Ohio.

Recovered during the search were suspected fentanyl, drug par...

North Carolina Man Arrested for Murder

On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at 11:22 a.m. the Sidney 911 Center received a call in regards to a man down in the parking lot at 1630 Ferguson Court (Angstrom Fiber) possibly struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival of police personnel, it was discovered that a...

Sidney Police to Host House of Worship Training

The Sidney Police Department will be hosting a House of Worship Security & Risk Management Training workshop on Thursday, November 9, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Police Department.

Houses of Worship can be extremely vulnerable to active sh...

Check Fraud on the Rise

Due to a significant rise in the theft of checks that are being sent through the mail, it is being recommended that businesses and individuals look at other forms of payment when paying bills or mailing paychecks.  

Please contact your bank to fin...

Arrest Made in Homicide Investigation

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, at approximately 2:24 a.m. Emergency Medical Services were summoned to 1023 N. Main Ave, Sidney in regard to a child not breathing. Upon arrival of law enforcement a 3 year old boy was discovered recently deceased.  Em...

Pursuit Involves Driver with Outstanding Warrants

On June 12, 2023, Lt. Burmeister was running traffic radar in the 1000-Block of North Main Avenue when a silver Ford F-150 went northbound and sped up to 51MPH.  Lt. Burmeister turned on the vehicle and activated the cruiser’s emergency...

Sidney Police Sergeants Graduate from Supervisor Training

Sidney Police Sergeants Robert Hurd and Ethan Brown graduated from STEP on May 17, 2023.  The STEP training process is designed to develop newly promoted officers, or about to be promoted officers, into highly effective first line supervisors wit...

Sidney Police Department Earns Lexipol Gold Award

The Sidney Police Department was recently recognized by the Lexipol Connect Program for achieving the Lexipol Connect Gold level for consistently and effectively disseminating policies to officers, issuing timely policy updates as laws change, and ensurin...

Traffic Stop Leads to Fentanyl/Meth Seizure

On April 30, 2023, Sidney Patrol Officer Hayden Bronne, working in conjunction with the Sidney Narcotics unit, executed a traffic stop leading to an arrest of a Sidney resident who was in possession of approximately 8 grams of Methamphetamine and 6 grams ...

Sidney PD Receives Grant to Help Children

Drug addiction impacts a community in many different ways.  Unfortunately children who have a parent that is struggling with drug addiction can be the ones who are often most affected.   Children witnessing drug addiction are too young a...

Vehicle Pursuit

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 8:06 p.m. Sidney Police Department patrol units were involved in a vehicle pursuit that started on I-75 northbound near the 93 mile marker.  

The suspect vehicle, registered out of Alabama, was observed committing a ...

Stolen Vehicle Police Pursuit

On Monday, November 14, 2022, at approximately 9:26 a.m., Sidney Police received a stolen vehicle alert via the City’s FLOCK camera system.  The alert indicated a vehicle that was possibly stolen was westbound on Court Street at Harvard...

Fall Hydrant Flushing Schedule Announced

The City of Sidney Water Department’s fall hydrant flushing schedule will begin on Monday, September 11, 2023. Flushing of the City’s fire hydrants will be done between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The program will continue for...

City Receives Grant for Wastewater Project

The Ohio Department of Development recently announced that the city will receive a $1,077,407 grant for Phase I of the Brooklyn Avenue Sewer Diversion project. This grant is a part of the fifth round of the Ohio BUILDS (Broadband, Utilities, and Infrastru...

City Announces Summer Yard Waste Collection to Begin

Effective May 1, 2023, the City’s solid waste contractor, Republic Services, will begin summer yard waste collection service. Republic has announced that yard waste will be collected on each residents regular trash collection day.

Republic will u...

2022 Consumer Confidence Report Available

In 1998, Congress made changes to the Safe Drinking Water Act which requires entities that produce "potable" water, supply their consumers with a report on the quality of their water. This report is called the "Consumer Confidence Report&qu...

2023 Street Resurfacing Program

The city is again preparing for its annual street paving program. This spring you will notice contractors repairing and replacing curbs and gutters throughout the community in advance of the annual street resurfacing program. Streets that will be resurfac...