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Thursday, May 15, 2008
County blames Hamilton for lost jobs
The Butler County Department of Environmental Services announced the cut of 22 1/2 positions on Thursday, May 15. You can read Dave Greber’s blog about it.
The reason it also ends up here on the city blog is that the department suggests one of the key culprits for the cut is the city of Hamilton Water Department.
In an address to the county commissioners, the department’s Director Sue Vance said “We’ve exhausted all efforts to negotiate with the city of Hamilton to lower our costs of purchased water to no avail. We’ve therefore had some very difficult decisions to make, particularly as they involve our employees and jobs.”
Josh Sweigart will have more on the issue Friday, but do you agree with Vance? Are the city’s water rates too high or is the county department just looking for a scapegoat?
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Additions to welcome signs?
At City Council Wednesday evening, Councilman Ed Shelton suggested that the City of Hamilton signs should bear the mayor’s name on them. Mayor Don Ryan wasn’t at the meeting; he was out of town.
Shelton’s argument was that lots of other cities have the mayor’s name on their welcome signs and that Ryan deserves it.
“I don’t think anybody sitting up here behind this area (where council sits) would say he isn’t one of the best mayors we’ve ever had,” Shelton said.
City Manager Mark Brandenburger will request the Hamilton Community Foundation to install such signs. Shelton suggested plaques that can be attached to the current signs. The signs will be removable and can be switched as new people become mayor.
What do you think? Should people know who Hamilton’s mayor is as they drive into town?
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