| Middletown City Manager Update To City Council October 7, 2009 |
| Thursday, October 8, 2009 10:23:36 AM - Middletown Ohio |
Weekly Update to City Council
from the City Manager
October 4, 2009
Nuisance Abatement Money
As you may recall, our original budget for nuisance abatement and weed mowing was $75,000, and we’ve spent it all. We came to Council a couple of months ago to request an additional appropriation of $15,000 (staff originally asked for $25,000 and I lowered the request to $15,000 in an attempt to be mindful of the budgetary situation). We will be requesting another $7,500 in the form of an emergency appropriation at the October 20th meeting for work through the end of the year. We are still receiving a lot of high weed complaints. All in all, spending less than $100,000 this year in nuisance abatement to keep our community tidy, is not bad.
Golf Course Greens
Unless I hear otherwise from majority of council, I am not planning on approving an $86,000 project to improve 4 greens at the golf course. This project was not planned in the capital budget this year, but we will be including it in the requests for 2010.
The greens could be lost if we do not take action this year to renovate them. This could cripple the golf course in terms of play, but these are the types of decisions that we are faced with given our budgetary situation. The greens in question are: #5 Woodside, #5 Meadows, #9 Valley View, #4 Highlands.
Upcoming Events
October 5 Park Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Conference Room 2C (CANCELLED)
October 6 Middletown City Council meeting, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers
October 7 Candidates Forum, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers
October 9 Farmers Market, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Central & Broad St.
October 14 Third Ward Town Hall meeting - 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., Senior Citizens Center
October 14 Planning Commission Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers
October 16 Farmers Market, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Central & Broad St.
October 20 Middletown City Council meeting, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers
October 23 Farmers Market, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. - Central & Broad St.
November 3 Middletown City Council meeting, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers
November 3 Election Day
Links for additional information:
City Manager’s Weekly Update: www.cityofmiddletown.org
Middletown Community Calendar: http://www.calendarwiz.com/middletowncalendar
Pothole Patrol: www.cityofmiddletown.org or call 727-3691 (Option 2
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