If City Council approves the appointment

Having stability back in that job is good for the city, Mulligan said. mid town has not seen any of that in years

“The stability is a factor, having someone that will be able to work through the issues and help move us forward,” the mayor said. “There are a lot of challenges, certainly, we’re currently dealing with and a number of projects on the horizon.”

Tadych, who makes $82,029 annually as assistant city engineer, will earn $85,888 a year as the director of the Public Works and Utilities Department.. wow you think he might have a little something to do now..  nice to have in-laws helping ya out...

More of the story that I found amusing...

But Middletown City Manager Judy Gilleland won’t be involved in the appointment or evaluation process of Scott Tadych, who is the son-in-law of her fiance, Sam Ashworth. .

Gilleland sent an email to City Council stating she would not be including herself in the process even though Law Director Les Landen told The Journal that she would not have a legal conflict.

“The state ethics commission has said, even an in-law, is not considered related unless they live in the same house, which they don’t,” said Landen.

While the city’s policy states a person cannot recommend, appoint or vote to appoint a relative, Landen said Tadych and Gilleland, in the eyes of the law, are not related. He said, the city’s hiring policy also states it is not intended to prevent people from being considered for promotion or other jobs.

MIGHT NOT BE NEOPOTISM LES, BUT IT SURE IS "ALL IN THE FAMILY" AND REAL "COZY" BEHIND THE WALLS OF THE CITY BUILDING.

“Council made it clear they didn’t have an issue with Mr. Tadych’s candidacy and the policy shouldn’t be an impediment to that,” he said

COUNCIL NEVER HAS A PROBLEM WITH WHAT THE CITY DOES. JUST THERE TO RUBBER STAMP THE DEALS. NO QUESTIONS ASKED, NO INVESTIGATION, NO REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE EITHER.

AND IN KEEPING WITH THE "ALL IN THE FAMILY" THEME.....

There were 37 people that applied for the director’s position. Interim Public Works and Utilities Director Preston Combs and Senior Personnel Manager Noah Powers III narrowed the list to 10. On May 23, four finalists were brought in for a half-day assessment

NOAH POWERS III IS THE SON OF NOAH POWERS, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND NOW JUDGE.

“We have a very thorough process that we went through and in terms of making that selection,” said Mayor Larry Mulligan. “Scott came out on top of that. He has a long history with the city.”

Tadych has been with the city since 2000

TADYCH WAS ALREADY "PRE-DESTINED" FOR THE CHOICE. IS 13 YEARS A "LONG HISTORY WITH THE CITY" LAWRENCE?

LESLIE AND LAWRENCE MAKE THINGS LAUGHABLE SOMETIMES.

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Yes sir, everything down at City Hall is just duckie

Time for the city manager to go....to bad there's no leadership on council to get rid of her!!

Richard Saunders wrote: Murdock wrote: Time for the city manager to go....to bad there's no leadership on council to get rid of her!! No leadership on council now, and no leadership on the slate of candidates running this November. Please, someone, run for council with the PEOPLE's best interests in mind!

JOSH LAUBACH RAN WITH THE PEOPLE'S BEST INTEREST IN MIND. I BELIEVE HE STILL HAS IT BUT HAS BEEN SUBDUED BY THE COUNCILMEMBERS AROUND HIM THAT ARE MMF PUPPET PEOPLE DOING THE BIDDING OF THE SMALL FACTION PULLING THE STRINGS. I WOULD IMAGINE JOSH IS VERY FRUSTRATED. HAD GOOD INTENTIONS BUT THE MULLIGANS, MORT, PICARD AND PEOPLE LIKE BECKER ARE TOO MUCH TO OVERCOME. GOTTA HAVE LAUBACH STAY, SCOTT-JONES SHOW SHE IS ON THE PEOPLE'S SIDE ALL THE TIME, NOT OCCASIONALLY, AND FILL AT LEAST TWO OTHER COUNCIL POSITIONS WITH CANDIDATES WHO CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND ARE STRONG ENOUGH NOT TO BE INFLUENCED NOR BULLIED BY THE MMF PEOPLE. HARD ROAD TO SHIFT THE BALANCE ON COUNCIL TO THE PEOPLE'S SIDE. ARE THERE TWO PEOPLE IN MIDDLETOWN THAT DEMONSTRATE THEY WON'T TAKE CRAP FROM THE CONTROLLING FACTION? TOO BAD MIKE P AND THE SPIDER AREN'T AVAILABLE. WOULD MAKE A GREAT TANDEM TO COMPLIMENT LAUBACH AND PERSUADE SCOTT-JONES PERHAPS. WOULD GREATLY HELP THE CITY IF LAWRENCE MULLIGAN, PICARD AND MORT WERE GONE. THEY, THE CITY MANAGER AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF HER STAFF ARE A CANCER TO THIS CITY. JURY STILL OUT ON JOE MULLIGAN. STILL NEED TO SEE HIM DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN AGREEING WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE.

Reading through the council meeting notes from July 2nd on the promotion of Amy Schenck for Clerk of Council, replacing Betsy Parr.

She is now being paid $2086.84 BIWEEKLY for this position. Wow, 4 grand a month for secretarial work. A tad bit high for this position perhaps? The public sector does pay well at times, doesn't it.