Dougie booted Hamet on Friday!!

Never met her but never heard anything good about her.
Must have been a hire of Miss Judy.

Nice lady
Matt will be good
Anyone else?

Matty would be a disaster. Hopefully Dougie has more sense than to hand job to Matty.

Matt is NOT the guy!

Judy was over her head from the beginning. Marty should have been sent packing long ago. Just look at his track record. Talk about running business away. JMO

What happened to prompt Adkins to say goodbye to some long time inner circle friends of the city? This was not in the Journal. Why is he just now making elimination decisions on people that he supported in the past?

I agree, Kohler has gotten away with murder for many years under Gilleland. He wore out his welcome many years ago on this forum. Did he finally try city hall's patience too? Like Lebanon, they should have gotten rid of him long ago.

What about Landen? Is he next to go or is it about retirement time for him?

Middletown looking to ‘part ways’ with economic development director
City manager says Denise Hamet’s weaknesses offset strengths

By Ed Richter
Staff Writer
MIDDLETOWN —
Middletown could soon be parting ways with its economic development director.

Denise Hamet, who has been with the city’s economic development department since 2008 and its director since 2012, has been placed “on paid administrative leave pending final separation from the city,” said City Manager Doug Adkins.

The city sent out a short press release Monday stating that it had parted ways with Hamet on Oct. 30. But Adkins offered further clarification Tuesday, saying the separation had not yet been finalized. He declined further comment.

Hamet, whose reported annual salary is $85,055, declined to comment when asked about her job status.

Matt Eisenbraun, one of the city’s two assistant economic development directors, has been appointed as the acting economic development director in the interim, according to the city manager’s office.

The Journal-News obtained a copy of Hamet’s personnel file which detailed some of the performance issues that concerned Adkins and might ultimately result in the two sides parting ways.

In an Aug. 11, 2015 performance evaluation letter, Adkins took Hamet to task for “a lack of attention to detail and/or a lack of organizational skills.” The letter stated that she also showed a “lack of willingness to comply or change behavior when you do not agree with the objectives set by City Council and the City Manager.”

Hamet was praised for being able to see the big regional picture and the ability combining seemingly unrelated persons, organizations or ideas into a complex strategy for new business or into mutually beneficial partnerships that were not readily seen, according to her evaluation. However, Adkins wrote those strengths were offset by her weaknesses.

Those weaknesses “are egregious enough that if they cannot be overcome and corrected, it could jeopardize your current position and/or your employment with the organization,” Adkins wrote.

While noting that Hamet was genuinely liked as a person by her fellow department heads, they “do not want to work with her on any project,” Adkins wrote.

Among instances cited were complaints from department heads and her subordinates that she had a lack or organization and/or lack of ability to complete tasks; the appearance of a lack of understanding as to how city government is required to operate under Ohio law; involving the city in matters that were not requested by the parties; and publicly advocating for taking control of or purchasing property in violation of City Council’s clear directive.

In the Aug. 15 letter, Adkins acknowledged that Hamet had not received an evaluation from the city manager since 2011 and that his predecessor, Judy Gilleland, had communicated some of the same performance concerns about Hamet to him. Adkins said he wanted to develop his own evaluation of her skills and effectiveness on a day-to-day basis since he had not overseen her before.

Last August, Hamet was to submit a written personal plan to Adkins by Aug. 31 with goals to be completed by Oct. 31. That plan was not in her personnel file and neither was a termination or resignation letter.

In previous evaluations in 2011 and in 2010, in the eleven areas, she had ratings of mostly outstanding and exceeds standards and had few ratings of meeting standards.

Her last overall rating was unsatisfactory with few ratings of meeting standards or outstanding.

Hamet was appointed as an economic development program manager on Nov. 11, 2008. She was elevated to acting department director on Feb. 1, 2011 and was promoted to the position on May 16, 2012.

Hmm...What did Bill Murphy and Mike Robinette accomplish during their employment with City Hall? I would love to read their files in the Journal.
If Judy did not think she was quantified why was Hamet promoted to director?
It seems to me that Hamet is now the scapegoat for the failure of the economic development of Middletown.
We beeter pray that the next director has a magic wand in his back pocket.

This is just more dirty laundry flapping in the breeze for everyone to see.
No vision and no leadership …