Reward yourself!

Did you know that using a smart thermostat can help you not only reduce energy use but also earn a reward? Once you have an eligible, Wi-Fi-connected thermostat installed, you can earn $55 by enrolling your thermostat in the City of Columbiana Electric Department’s Community Energy Saving Program.

The City of Columbiana is participating in Community Energy Savings: Smart Thermostat Program, a voluntary program designed to help reduce the cost of electricity. The cost of some electric bill components, like transmission, are based in part on the periods of highest energy consumption in the prior year. Reducing the demand for electricity during those peak periods translates into lower costs for everyone in the community in the following year. By enrolling your smart thermostat in this program, you agree to let the City of Columbiana Electric Department make brief, small adjustments to your thermostat during these times of high electric demand.

Enroll Today

Here’s how the program works:

• Purchase an eligible smart thermostat if you don’t already have one. Currently eligible smart thermostats can be found here: https://enrollmythermostat.com/faqs/amp-community-energy-savings.
• Electric customers of the City of Columbiana Electric Department, which participates in Efficiency Smart®, are eligible for up to a $100 rebate on qualifying smart thermostats: https://www.efficiencysmart.org/columbiana-ohio
• Install and enroll your smart thermostat. Go to https://enrollmythermostat.com/amp-community-energy-savings to confirm your eligibility and enroll.
• Receive a $55 e-gift card after you’ve successfully enrolled in the program.
• The City of Columbiana Electric Department may call brief, limited events where your thermostat is automatically adjusted. This will only occur from May 1 through Sept. 30, and we will adjust your thermostat by no more than four degrees for fewer than four hours during times of high demand.
• You can conveniently opt out of an event by changing your thermostat settings.
• Maintain your enrollment in the program and you will be entered for a chance to win a $250 e-gift card at the end of each summer season.

 Help your community.

By enrolling in the Community Energy Savings program, you are helping to decrease the demand for electricity during times of peak usage, lowering not only your energy costs, but the costs for everyone in your community.

Sign up now

If you have additional questions about the program, please visit our FAQ page or contact us at [email protected].

UPDATE: June 19, 2023

Road repairs took place today, June 19, 2023 in the Cimarron Development in preparation for paving to begin tomorrow, June 20, 2023 and will continue through the end of this week.

Delays are possible on the above roadways during hours when crews are working.

UPDATE: June 9, 2023

Crews will pave Bittersweet Drive on Tuesday June 13, 2023 and Wednesday June 14, 2023.

Paving on Howard Street will take place on Thursday, June  15, 2023.

Paving in Cimarron Development will begin on Friday, June 16, 2023 and then resume on Tuesday, June 20th through Friday, June 23, 2023

Delays are possible on the above roadways during hours when crews are working.

UPDATE:

Paving will begin on South Main Street and Duquesne Street on Monday, June 6th and will continue into Tuesday.

Paving on 6th Street will begin on Wednesday and continue on Thursday.

Delays are possible on the above roadways during hours when crews are working.

Milling is set to begin on May 23 & May 24, 2023. The streets included are as follows:

1. Cimarron Development to include Cimarron Lane, Hawkins Lane, Pueblo Lane, Apache Lane and Cherokee Lane.
2. S. Main Street -south of Norfolk Southern railroad tracks to Woodland Avenue.
3. 6th Street/ Edgewood Drive  from Firestone Avenue to the dead end.
4. Bittersweet Avenue  from Fairfield Avenue to the dead end.

Paving will begin after Memorial Day. The above streets along with the ones listed below will be paved.

1. Duquesne Street from South Main Street to Fairfield Avenue
2. Howard Street from South Main Street to Fairfield Avenue

Delays are possible on the above roadways during hours when crews are working.

At 11:44 AM this morning the Columbiana Police Department received a call of a possible incident, a train had jumped the track near East Friend Street crossing.

Officers responded and found that two Youngstown & Southeastern Railroad (Y&S) cars had several wheels that jumped the track south of East Friend Street. The Y & S employees stopped the train and decoupled the last three cars at the Friend Street crossing.

We have been advised that the cars were empty. The crossing will be closed until Y&S can clear the cars and complete some minor repairs.

No injuries or damage have been reported.

William Myers
Chief of Police

Click here for project details  Columbiana Betterment Info Mailer

In light of the Train Derailment that occurred in the Village of East Palestine, the City of Columbiana has been fielding calls this week from our city residents and business owners regarding the safety of our drinking water.  We are in contact with the Ohio EPA and the US EPA, as they regulate water, soil, and air contamination.  We have a good partnership with both agencies, in order to provide our residents with clean safe drinking water.  So far, we have been advised that there is no threat to our source water and air quality tests indicate no cause for concern.

We obtain our water from 11 wells throughout our community before treating the water at a state of the art water treatment plant.   Our wells are in completely separate aquifers from where the incident occurred and our wells are not directly impacted by surface water so we have no reason to believe that our source water has been impacted by this incident.  Out of abundance of caution, we have increased our sampling regime to ensure that we have not been negatively impacted by the incident.

Our local EPA representative offered the following information that may be helpful in answering other related questions.

Taggert Rd. Incident Hotline (234) 542-6474

US EPA has been performing air monitoring in response to the derailment. Information specific to the derailment, including air monitoring results, is available on their webpage:

Site Profile – East Palestine Train Derailment – EPA OSC Response

Efficiency Smart Program Deals for the City of Columbiana

UPDATE: October 7, 2022

On Monday, October 10, 2022 sidewalks and driveway approaches will be replaced starting at Walnut Alley and going East to the Cemetery. This will take approximately 3 weeks to complete.

The construction company will be reaching out to the  affected residents to discuss the removing of driveways and sidewalks.

UPDATE: May 24, 2022

Milling will begin on Heck Road on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 and then continue on Springfield Rd. and East Park Avenue and should take approximately 3 days to complete. Roads will remain open. Delays are possible.

UPDATE: May 18, 2022

Heck Road will be closed 1/2 mile east of Nulf Drive on May 19, 2022 from approximately 7am – 5pm for pipe installation.

UPDATE: May 11, 2022

Springfield Rd at the Way Station will be closed tomorrow Thursday May 12, 2022 for a culvert replacement. Closure will begin at 7am and will re-open by 5pm.

UPDATE: May 9, 2022

Starting today, May 9, 2022 thru Thursday May 12,  2022 Heck Road will be closed between Sponseller Road and Rt. 7 for culvert installation and ditch cleaning.

The road will close at 7am each morning and re-open after 5:30pm each day.

Starting April 13, 2022 the East Park Avenue/Springfield Rd./ Heck Rd. Resurfacing Project will begin. Check back here for project updates as they become available.