The Ohio Development Services Agency is now distributing $100 million in federal funding to help low-income Ohioans who do not own their own home: pay their rent, water, sewer, wastewater, electric, gas, oil and/or trash removal bills.
 
The state of Ohio, working with local Community Action Agencies, will help eligible Ohioans on rent, mortgage, and water and/or sewer utility bills catch up on past payments back to March 13, 2020, and provide additional assistance through December 31, 2021.
 
Eligible Ohio households must:  

• Be at or below 80% of their county’s Area Median Income (varies by county and size of household);
• Have experienced a financial hardship due to COVID-19; and
• Demonstrate a risk of experiencing homelessness or housing instability.  

The funding, which was approved by the Ohio Controlling Board for distribution, will be divided among Ohio’s 47 Community Action Agencies. Ohioans can apply for assistance by contacting their local Community Action Agency.

For more information and to find contact information for your local Community Action Agency visit: https://businesshelp.ohio.gov/home-relief-grant.html

ORWA recommends that all Water & Wastewater Utilities notify their customers with mounting bills of this opportunity to get caught up.

The Village of Mechanicsburg is monitoring updates from the Champaign County Health District to help minimize the community spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).  For factual information please refer to the Champaign County Health District website: http://www.champaignhd.com/, Facebook, and Twitter.  Their site and social media are updated throughout the day.  As of yesterday there were no known cases in our area.   

For now the best practices are wash your hands, stay home if you are sick, cover your cough, social distancing, and avoid large crowds.  Be safe out there.  We will update you with any future cancellations as they happen.   

The Village of Mechanicsburg is accepting applications for a full time Maintenance position for Street, Water and Sewer Departments. Must have a high school diploma or equivalent; valid Ohio driver’s license; be able to perform a variety of skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled and manual labor tasks to maintain village facilities, streets, curbs, gutters, waterlines, catch basins, sewers, etc.; operates heavy equipment, hand and light power tools to perform construction, maintenance, and repair activities; performs repairs and adjustments on equipment operated. 

​Pay range is Minimum wage to $18.00 per hour Plus benefits.  A complete job description and application for employment are available at the Mechanicsburg Municipal Building, 18 N Main St Mechanicsburg OH. Applications will be accepted until 5pm December 20, 2019.  Mechanicsburg is an EOE.

​The 2019 Village of Mechanicsburg Community Yard Sale dates will be June 7-8 from 8am-5pm.