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…

(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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Here are some of the notes I took from the Administration Committee yesterday 20 Aug 2013

The Music Center project manager started the meeting showing council some renderings (pictures) of some of the architectural features.  I missed the absolute beginning of the presentation so I wasn't in the meeting when it was stated definitively but I gather from subsequent comments that the plan is to…

You can now download the Music Center Validation Study Report. 

I've been campaigning for 8 months to get any of the council members to request city staff post the reports done in preparation of building the Music Center on the city's website either as news or better yet as part of a meetings agenda or minutes.  I've asked them to make the original report done by the city finance and…