Introduction of the New City Manager

By far....the vastly superior candidate to be city manager.  Welcome aboard Ms. Howington.

Don't blow it council.

  

Not a chance on Adkins. Please, get real.

i'll bet ya that they WILL blow-it !!! and pick the lying one!!

Did Les play Norm in Office Space?

  I second this motion....she is the most qualified of the group

Won't surprise me, given past decisions, that they choose either Landen or Adkins......

Will surprise me if they make the correct choice in Howington. If so, I hope she will be strong enough to stand up to the inner power circle of influence. Daunting task to take down what has been in place for so long.

I believe they will keep it all in the family and select one of their own. Howington may not fall in line with the city agenda or, as she will have access, discover some hidden agenda items not meant for public scrutiny and stop some of the internal practices currently in place. Hopefully, given time, she may discover what has been revealed on this forum and some city building residents may be fast tracked on the way out. Let's hope so. We shall see.

Did any one else think in Doug's speech that he pretty much threw council and especially Judy under the bus. He said he just does what his boss tells him to do. That's Judy!! Oh well since she's leaving I guess he figured he could throw her under the bus. It might be kind of funny if she fired him before he could become city manager.LOL

Middletown Public Housing Agency Meeting Minutes June 29, 2010 complete the abatement, the unit is in violation of HQS standards until the reduction is complete and no HAP payments will be made until the abatement is complete and passes lead based paint clearance is submitted.  F. HQS INSPECTIONS ‐ consider moving initial HQS inspections away from the Inspection Group and have City of Middletown Building Inspectors complete initial HQS inspections.  Pros       Provides a check and balance on lead based  paint law compliance and property   maintenance code compliance  Cons A property can pass the HQS inspection but fail the Int’l Property Maintenance Code Additional load of about 20 inspections per  month on the City Inspector. Mr. Adkins explained that Tom Huiet, City Inspector is certified to do these types of inspections.  He recommends moving the initial inspections away from The Inspection Group and have City inspectors complete initial HQS inspections.  Ms. Scott Jones wanted a breakdown of how much Mr. Huiet would be paid if these were brought in house.  She voiced concerns of needing both The Inspection Group and City Inspectors and stated we should be able to get rid of one.  She asked for a comparison of everything The Inspection Group currently does and a comparison of what would be taken away.  She would rather have somebody in house if they have the expertise.  Discussion ensued.  Ms. Scott Jones asked to see what The Inspection Group is currently doing, what would bringing it in house take away from them and what Mr. Huiet would be paid.  Recommendation: Move the initial inspections away from The Inspection Group and have City of Middletown Building Inspectors complete initial HQS Inspections.  G. TENANTS – There are currently 111 Section 8 tenants that owe the City water bills.  The current policy calls for termination of assistance for participants who violate the family obligations under the program.  The problem in the past has not been with terminating violators, it has been with finding violators and notifying CONSOC of the violation Pros        Cons Middletown Water Billing Dept. will collect past due Section 8 water bills or tenant will be removed from HCV program. Computer scanning already in place to find criminal/ program violations. Discussion ensued regarding Tenant/Landlord responsibilities for water bills.  

Before all this is over the Ohio Bar will have a full detailed report on any attorney with knowledge of this malicious abuse of power you can hide behind the city and point fingers all you want come clean boys.

Meet the new boss.....

sj....I agree. The new boss is Adkins, just like the old boss, Gilleland, just like her old boss, Husemann, just like his former peer, Becker. Funny Mr. Mulligan says CHANGE in his state of the union, but there will be the need to have "secrets" protected by changing to a city manager that is hush hush.

This council makes many miss even Schiavone, Williams, and gang.

Ms. Howington deserves better.     

I would be more concerned if any of these suggestions I have read, with nothing coming to fruition, that something amiss came out of the section 8 audits. If Adkins needs a job, council will make him city manager just so he has a job for doing their bidding on reducing section 8.
HUD vs MPHA is still an on going legal case therefore I can not obtained any records under the Freedom of Information Act until this case is completed.
MPHA has 1662 Section 8 Vouchers…period…Adkins has not reduced anything…he simply did not allow another tenant to move in when a unit became available.

When HUD moves all 1662 voucher to Warren and Butler counties they will once again open the voucher program and fill all 1662 vouchers…NOTHING HAS BEEN REDUCED…NOTHING HAS CHANGED…the only thing that will change is where the HUD checks will be sent the first of the month and that will be to Warren and Butler counties. The only other thing that has changed is the balance of the checkbook at City Hall where they had to pay out for all these attorney fees  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Although the damage to Middletown's reputation has already occurred, and the city is tarnished, even if they had 0 vouchers.

I suspect there are a lot of secrets council doesn't want out, hence, disqualifying Ms. Howington. The other two outsiders just are not adequately experienced. Finally, on Ms. Howington, she also was given an offer within the past month, she rejected. I disagree with your assertion she was not qualified. On the contrary, she is the only one whom is.

If Adkins gets it, it will because of what is stated above. 

An awful lot of talk about Adkins and the HUD review, but the fact he is in the final selection seem to demonstrate the city has a different recollection of events than what is stated about it being moved, and the final outcome.  I am starting to feel this is a Shakespeare play called "Much Ado About Nothing", as there is nothing to show section
8 has been moved, nor that Doug Adkins was negatively impacted by the audit.
HUD will not make a statement, if they even do it then, about what has occurred here in Middletown until this legal case is resolved. HUD does not want to have their name in the paper associated with all this negative press coverage that they have received from Middletown.
However we do know that the contract with Chase Construction, who conducted the inspection of the Section 8 units, has not had their contract renewed.
I would presume the final date of this massive transfer would be on or before June 30, 2014              

I am confused. Are you stating the 1662 vouchers will go to Warren and Butler or the ADMINISTRATION?

The city of Middletown makes less than $150,000 yearly on administration.

If you are stating the 1662 vouchers go.....isn't that a win for Adkins and city council?   If that is the case, then its obvious why Adkins is in the running for city manager, as many wanted the voucher reduction.

From what you are stating, Adkins will be city manager before the HUD change.