October 11 Housing Committee Meeting – Less Competitive Housing, Healthy...
The October 11 meeting started with a discussion of our less competitive housing in Middletown. I’ve talked before about the concept of a balanced housing stock. The theory is that most of us go...
View Article4th Quarter and Year End Departmental Reports for 2018
Staff has turned in their departmental reports for the fourth quarter. As always, I’m amazed at how much work gets done quietly and without fanfare throughout the city. During the Fourth Quarter of...
View ArticleCity Park Updates
During the Great Recession, the City cut back on so many services. The upkeep and modernization of our city parks was one of the early cuts on the expenditure chopping block. For the past decade, we’ve...
View ArticleSmart Cities and Downtown WiFi
The City of Middletown has spent several months looking at Smart City concepts and their potential applications to our city. The possibilities are almost as endless as the number of apps available for...
View ArticleFirst Quarter 2019 Departmental Reports
Staff has turned in their departmental reports for the first quarter of 2019. As always, I’m amazed at how much work gets done quietly and without fanfare throughout the city. During the First Quarter...
View ArticleCity Summer Events
It’s going to be a busy summer in the City with events happening regularly around town. There’s a community calendar on the City website: City Community Calendar to submit your own event and scope out...
View ArticleCode Enforcement and Downtown Vacant Properties
As we work on finalizing our new city Master Plan and develop priorities and new goals for the city, code enforcement and occupancy of vacant buildings continues to move up the priority list for City...
View ArticlePACE Energy Financing at the Community Center
CBI Middletown has for several years operated the Robert Sonny Hill Community Center. Under our operating contract with CBI, the City maintains responsibility for any maintenance to the building that...
View ArticleCivil Offense & Fines (also referred to as Civil Penalties)
City Council recently approved Ordinance No. O2019-35 enacting Chapter 214 (Code Compliance: Civil Offenses & Fines) and amending Sections 1436.06 (Remedial Action) and 1436.99 (Penalty) of the...
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Dayton Business Journal: Focus on Middletown
The Dayton Business Journal has focused on Middletown for the month of July with a large string of articles promoting the great things happening in the City. And there’s a lot to talk about! Since...
View ArticleMid-Year 2019 Departmental Reports
Staff has turned in their departmental reports for the second quarter of 2019. As always, I’m amazed at how much work gets done quietly and without fanfare throughout the city. During the Second...
View ArticleHousing Policy
Over the past year, the housing committee has worked on a new policy for the future of housing in the City of Middletown. After each meeting, the video of the discussion and the presentation for that...
View ArticleLong Term Control Plan
I have blogged on several occasions over past three years about the EPA mandated Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) necessary to reduce Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) into the Great Miami River. The...
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Housing Policies
As part of the updated City Master Plan process, the city will be completing a comprehensive review of our housing stock and the policies surrounding housing in 2018. I spent a lot of 2017 talking...
View ArticleHousing Meeting May 24th
Our first housing committee meeting was May 24th in City Council chambers. Committee members include: Doug Adkins City Manager and Facilitator Steve Bohannon...
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Paving Update
If there is one area that dominates the resident’s and Council’s perception of the city and their desires, it is street paving. I’ve talked about this a few times here, but I received updated...
View ArticleAnimal Control Officer in Middletown
During the recession, the Animal Control Officer was one of the earlier positions eliminated to save money. We’ve relied on the Butler County Animal Control Officer for the past decade or so, but they...
View ArticleHousing Meeting June 14th – Tax Delinquent Housing
Our Housing Committee meeting on June 14th focused on Tax Delinquent Property within the City of Middletown. According to the Butler County Auditor, there are 1276 parcels in Middletown which are...
View ArticleJune 28 Housing Meeting – Vacant Residential Housing
The Housing Committee met again on June 28th to discuss vacant residential housing. According to the US Census, Middletown still has over 3,000 vacant housing units as of 2016 (the last numbers...
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July 12 Housing Meeting – Vacant Residential Land
The July 12 Housing Committee meeting focused on vacant residential land. Through the housing and foreclosure crisis and the recession, homes went abandoned and after sitting empty for several years,...
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