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…

(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…

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…

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…

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:…

Below is the info I have gathered. 

1.  Amphitheater 101
2.  List of Contemporary Amphitheaters.
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1. Built for economic growth
2. Location
3. Population in Urban

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…

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?

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…

I realized the other day that there have been no committee discussions about possibly raising the income tax.  The DDN tells us council was thinking about it. Council would have to vote at a council meeting to do this and it would have to be done prior to Feb 6th if they wanted it to appear on the May ballot.  The only regularly scheduled council meeting before Feb 6th is on Jan 28th.   
 
Administration…

I received a call from the Board of Elections yesterday.  The correct date for filing petitions to run for Mayor or City Council is Feb 6, 2013.  I do not know why the date was moved 15 days earlier than the first date that was put out but I heard it may have been a calculation error by one of their employees (as opposed to the state moving the date). 


Also in an earlier post I wrote that…

Award of the $12 million Building Package Sept 23, 2013