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School Levy - Yes or No

I'm sitting down about two weeks before election day for the school levy and thought I would write out the reasons I see for and against the levy. 
 
At first glance it would seem that there couldn't be anyone more likely to vote for the levy than me.  I have four kids in Huber Heights City schools and another about to enter.  I have the resources to send them to private school but I keep…

School Levy Election day was Tuesday Aug 6th.

From the WDTN website:

Huber Heights Schools Levy
Updated: about a minute ago | Precincts reporting: 100%
  Percent Votes
Against  60% 3,462
For 40% 2,287



Hello All,

Remember the special election for the School Levy is on the ballot for August 6th.  Early voting ended Friday so now you have to vote on elections…

Door to door - Tree cutters

I made the mistake of hiring "All Trees" to cut down the Ash tree that was in front of my house. Bryant came to the door soliciting work for the company.  The two other times I had tree cutters do work in my yard I put everything in writing and I made them give me copies of their insurance.  With this company, I was sloppy in having him write out the work - and even then they didn't do what…

Trash Hauling update - Jun 24th Council Meeting

The agenda and read ahead for the Jun 24th council meeting is available:  The meeting contained an update to the Trash Hauling implementation.   If you missed it you can watch the video available on the city's website.  Trash hauling presentation starts about 4 minutes into the video.  See what day your trash is being picked up.  Section 1 is Monday, 2 is Tuesday etc. 

Recycling is cost…

Trash Hauling Presentation at Monday's Council Meeting -  Jun 10th

July 1st all the single family residents in Huber Heights will be required to use Republic Waste Services as their garbage collector.  One of the first agenda items (last) Monday will be was a presentation to provide information on the transition.  I watched the first portion live via the city's website.  For some reason there was a lot of buffering this past week.   If you miss it Monday you…

Huber Heights Community Open House  Saturday, May 18, 2013  

Saturday, May 18, 2013   11 am to 5pm

The Kroger Aquatic Center 8625 Brandt Pike Huber Heights, OH
  • Save the date for this fun event. More details will be posted on the City's Facebook Page  as they are announced.
    Free Admission, Free Food, Contests, Meet Community groups and partners
    - Pool Safety Day at the YMCA 2-4PM
    -Tours of the YMCA faciltiy 2-4 PM

Public Hearing on Music Center & who is going to talk about the Hea…

Sorry, I'm late posting about tonight's City Council Meeting.  This will be a quick note as well.
 
The  agenda and read aheads   include the city incentives to Good Sports.
 
The full downloadable .pdf packet is also available.
 
Here are a couple of the interesting things I see:
 
Citizen Comments - I wonder how many people will come and speak about the Heat Nightclub.
 
Item 11B is a Public…

Heat Nightclub Shooting

Judge rules to allow City of Huber Heights to keep Heat Nightclub closed    WDTN Report  28 May 2013 

State responds to "heat" from police  WDTN Report 28 May 2013

Court orders nightclub closed for next 2 weeks  WHIO May 14

City to proceed with a statutory nuisance process against the Heat Nightclub Huber Heights Courier May 13, 2013
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There was a…

Human Trafficking Growing At Alarming Rates!

In light of the recent events that have put Ohio in the national spotlight, I would like to take a moment and share with you information about Human Trafficking that I learned at an in-service just over a year ago from Dr. Anthony Talbott  an Associate Professor, Department of Political Science at UD . Though, let me make very clear that I am in NO way involved with this case and I do NOT know any facts, other than what the main stream media is putting out there.

PSA Montogomery County Prosecutor Office

  • Posted 7th May 2013, 6:52 am
  • By Janell

http://www.mcohio.org/Prosecutor/press_releases.cfm

Please take a minute and look at the upcoming events for our county.  Thank you!

ACTION ALERT! - Music Center, Tues. May 7- Admin Committee

There will be an Administration Committee Tues, May 7, at 6:00 pm. On the agenda will be the upcoming Music Center. There is a concern that the process to find a contractor to build the music center may follow the same pattern of the Aquatic Center: Project Manager Tim Conaway would talk to two or so companies he thinks may do a good job and have them submit packages to him. He then evaluates them and recommends his pick to the council. Conaway's company apparently would get a percentage of the settled-on price…

Big money for Music Center and Thomas Cloud on Council agenda

The agendas for the City Council Meeting 7pm Monday April 22, 2013 and the City Planning Commission 7pm Tuesday April 23, 2013 can be found on the city's website.  I can't attend either this week because I will be in meetings for work.  I appreciate your participation on our behalf. 

The major item Tuesday at the Planning commission is a Public Hearing about the Basic Development Plan and…

Jobs in Huber Heights Office's

  • Posted 19th April 2013, 8:20 am
  • By loveisha

Is there a place to see jobs that are open in our Huber Heights City?

Participate in Huber Heights City Government - Heat Nightclub discu…

(Update: Committee meeting agenda's added below.  Interesting stuff planned for Admin Meeting)

It has been a while since I advocated for you to get involved in city government. 

Here is my reminder for you to go to the source in order to stay informed.  One of the sources is the City's website for upcoming and past meetings.  There you can find the read aheads for committee meetings and the…

National Retail Federation

Originally posted by Janell

I stumbled upon this and thought I might share!
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1513

Montgomery County 2013 Candidates List

  • Posted 3rd April 2013, 8:51 pm
  • By Janell


Montgomery County 2013 Candidates List

Music Center Cost Analysis

The first analysis of the costs associated with the Music Center Management Agreement can be found in the issues section "The Heights and the Music Center".  My initial calculations using the least costly way to manage the project would have saved the city more than $120,000 per year of the projected $315,000 per year management cost. 


    














When council announced…

Thomas' first blog post

This is a neat way to write out my thoughts

Music Center no bid and trash hauling Contracts available for review.

Tonight City Council will approve two contracts during the Council Meeting.

The no bid / no solicitation contract between the city and Ken Conaway LLC is available as a read ahead.  The fees involve include a .95% Project Management Fee (expected to total .0095 * $16,500,000 = $156,750) plus a Project Service Fee of $16,466.67 a month in order to gain rights to Mr. Conaway's time for at least…

Post Committee meeting notes Mar 20, 2013

Here are the meeting agenda's and links to the read aheads.  I've added some post meeting notes.    In last weeks Council meeting there was a presentation on the music center.  You can watch the video recording of the meeting

1   Name of Body:              Administration Committee
 
 
2   Date:                           March 20, 2013
 
 
3.  Time:                           6:00 PM
 
 
4. Place:

Trash Contract and Spending $18 Million on Thursday's Council Meeti…

Council to vote to borrow $18 million for Music Center and to offer Republic the city wide trash collecting contract during Thursday's Council meeting.   I encourage you to let your council representative know what you are thinking.   I also encourage you to attend the meeting at city hall 6131 Taylorsville Road.  The meeting starts at 7 pm.  In the video I show you how to use the city's website

Research for Music Center

Below is the info I have gathered. 

  1.  Amphitheater 101
  2.  List of Contemporary Amphitheaters.
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I started looking through this list and found it difficult, at best, to find the exact same conditions that this city wants.  I asked for info from just those who built their amphitheater with these key components in mind.
  1. Built for economic growth
  2. Location
  3. Population in Urban

Administration Committee Meeting Mar 5th includes links to post mee…

Koodo's to The Huber Heights Courier.  On Feb 13 they started to publish the Administration Committee agenda on their website.

I had posted the link but it is no longer available.  They did get it out and posted on Wed - the day the city sent out the notice via email.  This was before it showed up on the city's Meeting information / Audio page http://agendaquick.hhoh.org/agenda_publish.cfm#ReturnTo0

School Levy Thoughts - March School Board Meeting

The school board decided Mar 7th to take tax levy off the May ballot.  The next school board meeting is on March 21, 2013.  The public will be able to speak on this subject during the public comments part of the meeting.  Read the article in the HH Courier: School Board votes to pull 

Date: March 21, 2013

Description: The Regular Board Meeting has been moved to 3/21/13 at 6:00 p.m. The…

Notes from:  Administration / Public Works and Arts and Beautificat…

Post Meeting Notes added 20 Feb 2013:  For the Feb 19th Administration / Public Works Committee meetings.   

To look for the agenda's yourself go to www.hhoh.org then go to City Council and look for Meeting Information & Audio/Video.  Official city minutes will be published there in a few weeks.  I've {   } post meeting notes.  My summaries of the read aheads are italized, commentary written…

Music Center

NOTICE:
$18 MIL AMPHITHEATER
Committee Meeting
Tues. Feb. 12, 2013
7:00pm City Hall Taylorsville Rd
 
Please Attend and Educate Yourself!
 

  • How will the noise affect the area?
  • Find out the location of the Music Center.
  • What will it do to traffic?
  • Will it devalue our property?
  • Will our taxes go up?
  • Who’s paying the 18 mil & how will it affect us?
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Member's blog entries now display

I figure out how to get member posts to show up without my intervention.  If you create a profile you can post to a lot of different sections of the site without me having to approve comments.  Obviously, the desire is productive comments that will lead to better government.  Everyone can post comments as a guest but I have to look at those first.

 Let me know if you are signed in but the post does not show…

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Executive Session - School and City - When are they appropriate?

Saturday Feb 2, 2013 the school board will hold an executive session probably to discuss the upcoming negotiations with the teacher's union.  Is this appropriate?  Both the city and the school board always go into executive sessions for employment discussions. The school and the city are allowed to hold these discussions in executive sessions.  Read ORC 121.22 you'll see they are not required…

Traffic Signal Study requested

  • Posted 29th January 2013, 9:16 am
  • By Janell

I was ruled out of order in last night's city council mtg! I asked whose campaign I needed to contribute to in order to get a study done for a traffic light at Charlesgate and Old Troy. With that said an older man can get up and say I hate all foreigners and he thinks they should all be thrown out of the US in last month's council meeting, yet THAT'S not out of order. Mayor said that we should just "overlook" his statements.

New City Manager & other agenda items for Jan 28th council meeting

The agenda for Monday's Council Meeting is posted on the city's website on the Meeting Information and Audio page  Don't forget you can watch the meeting live over the internet (the link only works during the meeting) or you can watch a recording once it is posted a couple days after the meeting. Of course you can always go to city hall Monday night and participate.

As the article title tells…