Just glancing at Gilleland's Report for July 27 on the city's site. Noticed that the Council meeting, airport commission meeting, Board of Health meeting, Planning Commission meeting and most other meetings were in the evening hours, making it possible for citizens to attend if desired. Also noticed that the Council Housing Meeting is routinely scheduled for 8 AM on a workday. Something to this perhaps? Can the general public attend the Council Housing meetings or are they "off limits" for the common folks? Wonder why this one meeting is scheduled differently than the rest?    

Mr. Adkins what about the meeting Minutes for the Middletown Public Housing Agency, which is basically the City Council?  It is my understanding that they have now been meeting monthly, yet I have been unable to find any Minutes from their meetings.

On another note who now makes up the Housing Committee?

Mr. Adkins:

Viet Vet,

Mr Adkins - I would like to thank you for answering questions on this forum.  I think it is very important for city management to stay in contact with the general public to see what is important to them.  With the economy the way it is right now, it is even more important then what it was a few years ago.  When things get bad, is when people come out of the woodwork and start throwing stones. 

Mike,

My position was part of a restructuring of the City departments last year.  I oversee all housing functions, HUD programs, Section 8, Weatherwax Golf Course, Building Inspection, the Community Center, diversity, Code Enforcement, and the transit (bus) system.

The new prosecutor is just a fill in while Carrie Carpenter is out on maternity leave.  My position came open at the same time she was getting ready to deliver her baby.  It has caused some confusion and disruption of the Prosecutor's Office over the summer.  Carrie is due back mid-August and the Law Dept will make some decisions regarding a new Asst. Prosecutor and things should calm back down and become more routine again.

Mr. Adkins- I fortunately have not had much interaction with the city of Middletown's criminal division with the exception of a minor traffic violation or two, but I always found you to be extremely fair, balanced, and willing to resolve issues; I therefore was disappointed to see you leave that position. However, by you making such an earnest attempt to participate in this forum demonstrates you have carried that same spirit of cooperation and balance with you to the new position, which is quite commendable. Your response is perfectly normal; you would properly defer legal questions to the person having that responsibility for the city. I can't comment on name calling (as I have no knowledge of what has transpired), but I can state I have always felt both you and the former Springboro prosector, Mr. Sharts, were the most tempered and equitable prosecutors in the area. I would hold anyone with any problem associated with compliance would find Mr. Adkins very fair and reasonable to work with. I state this with the upmost in objectivity and dealings with him previously when he was always responsive, respectful, and polite.