LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

CALCIUM HYDROXIDE SLURRY

These bids are to be in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety-Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

CATIONIC COAGULANT

These bids are to be in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. $/pound (freight included)

2. Bulk tanker shipment

3. 100-ft. pumping capability

4. Must be able to connect to 3" male/cam/groove fill connection fitting on tank

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety-Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

LIQUID CALCIUM NITRATE 66%

(Calcium Nitrate Tetrahydrate Solution)

Ca(NO₃)₂ * 4H₂O

These bids are to be in accordance with Specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director, They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid, and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. $/pound (freight included)

2. Bulk tanker shipment

3. 75' pumping capability

4. Must be able to connect to 2" male cam/groove fill connection fitting on tank.

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the Bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or all bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

LIQUID POLYMER

The City of Celina is requesting sealed bids for Liquid Polymer, approximately 18,400 pounds/year, for screw press dewatering of aerobically digested wastewater sludge. Polymer jar testing and performance testing must be completed prior to bidding. The jar testing must be completed by the polymer supplier at the Celina Wastewater Treatment Plant with the assistance of Wastewater Treatment Plant personnel. Following jar testing, polymer suppliers must provide a 5-gallon pail of choice polymer(s) (maximum of two) to be bided to the Celina Wastewater Treatment Plant to allow City personnel to complete performance testing. Pails of polymer must be received no less than FIFTEEN (15) days prior to the bid date.

This bid is to be in accordance with Specifications on file In the office of the Safety Service Director. All bids will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms. furnished with the Invitation to Bid, and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the Bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety.-Service Director reserves he right to waive informalities, to reject any or all bids, or to accept the bid that wlll serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina

is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

SODIUM ALUMINATE SOLUTION, 38% SOLIDS

Na₂Al₂O₄

These bids are to be in accordance with specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m. local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. All bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. $/pound (freight included)

2. Bulk tanker shipment

3. 100-ft. pumping capability

4. Must be able to connect to 3" male/cam/groove fill connection fitting on tank

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety-Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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LEGAL NOTICE

The City of Celina

is requesting sealed bids for the following chemical:

SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE

These bids are to be in accordance with Specifications on file in the office of the Safety Service Director. They will be received in the office of the Director, which is located in the City Administration Building, 225 N. Main Street, Celina, OH, 45822. Bids will be accepted until 11:00 a.m., local time, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, and at that time and place will be publicly opened. Contracts will be for a period of one (1) year from the date of Contract with option for renewal.

Each bid must be enclosed in an appropriately marked and sealed envelope and must contain the full name of every person or company interested in the same. Al bids shall be made on Bid Forms furnished with the Invitation to Bid, and must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or Certified Check in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid as a guarantee that, if a bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a Contract. On bids for services, or where quantities are not determined, a bid security of five hundred dollars ($500.00) will be required. A Performance Bond may be required on Contracts for professional services.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. 12-1/2%-15% Solution

2. 4,000 gallon loads (average six loads annually)

On bids that are rejected, the bid security will be promptly returned to the bidder. The bid security will be returned to the successful bidders upon proper execution of the Contract.

The Safety Service Director reserves the right to waive informalities, to reject any or al bids, or to accept the bid that will serve the best interests of the City of Celina, Ohio.

CITY OF CELINA

Thomas Hitchcock

Safety-Service Director

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON THE SOUTHWEST MERCER FIRE DISTRICT BUDGET

Notice is hereby given that on the 17th day of June, 2026, at 8:00 o'clock p.m., a public hearing will be held on the Budget prepared by the Southwest Mercer Fire District Trustees of Mercer County Ohio, for the next succeeding fiscal year ending December 31, 2027.

Such hearing will be held at the office of the Southwest Mercer Fire District, 111 S. Main St., Fort Recovery, OH 45846.

Pamela A. Hicks, Clerk

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

AEP ENERGY, INC., Plaintiff,

vs. WAYNE IGA, INC., Defendant.

CASE NO. 25-CIV-130

JUDGE MATTHEW K. FOX

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

WAYNE IGA, INC.,

You are hereby notified that you have been named as Defendant in a legal action entitled AEP ENERGY, INC. vs. WAYNE IGA, INC. This action has been assigned Case Number 25-CIV-130 and is pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Mercer County, Ohio.

The object of the complaint is to pursue payment for the outstanding balance on AEP Energy Acct. No. 3024652425.

Plaintiff demands judgement (a) against Defendant, the amount of $35,878.24 as of October 17, 2025, together with pre-judgment and post-judgment interest at the contract rate off 18% per annum; (b) against Defendant, reasonable attorney's fees and costs of suit; and (c) such other and further relief as the Court deems just, equitable, and proper.

You are hereby required to answer the Complaint within twenty-eight (28) days after the last publication of this Notice, which will be published once each week for six (6) successive weeks, pursuant to Ohio Civ. R. 4.4(A)(1). The last publication will be made on 6/4/2026 and the twenty-eight (28) days for answer will commence on that date. 

In case of your failure to answer or otherwise respond as required by the Ohio Rules of Civil Procedure, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Date: April 28, 2026

Calvin Freeman,

CLERK OF COURTS

Mercer County Common Pleas Court

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP

by Garrett R. Marshall,

Attorney for Plaintiff, 

41 S. High St., 29th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215

(614) 227-2000

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LEGAL NOTICE

The St. Henry Village Council passed the following:

Ordinance 1175 - adopting amendments to sewer use Ordinance for the Village of St. Henry, Ohio. 

Ordinance 1178- confirming the Mayor's appointment of an Assistant Fiscal Officer for the Village of St. Henry, Ohio. 

The entire content of the above listed legislation can be viewed at the Village Office located at 371 N. Linn St., Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

The Celina Tree Commission is holding its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 27th at 4:00pm at the Richardson Bretz Building in Celina. The primary items for discussion is a recap of the April meeting review of the Celina Tree Ordinance and planning for summer tree siting work.

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