Charter Committee

At their Sat. retreat, Council discussed giving the Charter Review Committee a topic of raises for Councilmembers. The article stated that Charter changes must be voted on by citizens. Suggestion to the Charter Committee- don't waste too much time on the raise topic. It won't pass the citizen vote. Also discussed, according to the Voner, were Section 8, watching the city's finances, economic development, roads and attracting people to town. Wow, the brainstorming was running rampant in the old Chamber of Commerce building today!               

......Well, I think the City needs to take care of their own property maintenance issues first...and I known just the property that needs their tender loving care...hasn't been touched in over 60 years.......vivianmoon

And what property would that be? I"m very curious? Especially since my business is downtown.

So what happened to the grant money for the vault?

What a waste! You would think they would want to preserve that piece of Middletown history.
What does Sam Ashworth think about that? Would this type of project fall in with the Middletown Historical Society?

First let me state that anytime within the last 60 years if the City had repaired the roof and gutters of the vault we would not be having this conversation...
To restore the stone work requires a specialized skill. Houston Bros in Cincinnati, are the very best at this kind of restoration. They will number the stones as they are removed at each corner and then put it all back together. Then clean all the stone work.
The vault at Miltonville Cemetery is smaller, built later but by the same stone mason.
After I get the stonework completed I will need to replace the slate roof, copper gutters and cupola and then have new steel doors made.
Here is the link to the Miltonville Cemetery photo:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmidcem/cm-MiltonvilleCemetery.htm.
I hope to make a small addition to the great works of Mr. George Crout.
Mr. Crout wanted Roger Miller to take over the Middletown Historical Society...so do I.

And why is that? Isn't the Pioneer Cemetery, historic?

Vivian- Seems there is a trend here. This is not the first time that Kohler's name has been mentioned along with money being re-directed. He seems to have his hands in alot of "money taking an altered course" in projects around the city, and, rumor is, the money ends up in his own little projects. For the good of the city, it sounds like Mr. Kohler needs to go away. He seems to be inhibiting progress. How does he do this without Rusty Carolus knowing about it? OR, is the Finance Dept. looking the other way?    If true, perhaps we can put Kohler and Carolus on the same Greyhound bus out of town. Heck, I'd like to fill that bus with some of these clowns down at city hall!   

OK- Just reading the agenda items from the 5/19 date -- Specifically the Charter Committee get togethers. Looks like Mr. Nagy and Mr.Nenni had a disagreement on Council members meeting at Frisch's. Nenni asked if he was there and if not, the info. was just hearsay. In the May 4th meeting, Picard said he wanted the statements in the record as the statements were accusations against the city staff.( So what Picard) Mr. Soppanish said to leave the personal things out of the meeting. Wow- sounds like a little trouble a brewin' and some tension among the troops. We have all indication that there are divisions on this committee and it is rather obvious who the club members are, but we won't mention names will we Picard, Nenni and Scorti? How about Scorti making the statement that he trusts Council??? What would possess one to make a gullible statement of denial like that? Is he seeing what we all are seeing or has he been "blinded by the light"? The struggle continues between the people and the oppressors.