Middletown Budget Draft Seeks Deep 2005 Cuts
City Manager Ron Olson outlines a three tier plan with priority one moves to reduce costs. Proposed actions include trimming workers compensation, shifting funding, cutting specific staff across several departments, and shortening Community Center operations for an estimated 726000 in savings.
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Public Works Department
City weighs 1.8 million in cuts after tax setback
Olson says balancing the 2005 budget requires 1.8 million in cuts if no new revenue. City Council spurned a 0.5 percent income tax proposal that could have raised nearly 6 million, leaving officials to craft painful reductions. Priority cuts target social services and certain departments, with deeper cuts proposed to city management and public safety, then more drastic steps if needed.
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Mother pushes fence rules after toddler drowning in pond
Odessi Steinmetz urges residential pond fencing after her child Abi died in a pond. The Bereaved mother recalls the tragedy as investigators from the sheriff and Butler County Coroner’s Office probe the incident. It follows two prior toddler drownings in two months in the area.
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Odessi Steinmetz
Emi
Abi
Sheriff's Office
Butler County Coroner’s Office
Shawn Bhatti
Women find empowerment in nontraditional ONOW program
Mary Robinson and Nicole Sneed narrate how nontraditional jobs through ONOW help women, many previously on public assistance, to gain better careers. Suding’s program motivates students, who wear ONOW shirts and praise her guidance. Funded by Department of Jobs and Family Services and Butler Tech, next session starts Oct 11. contact (513) 785-5823.
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Fatal motorcycle crash ends lives of Cantwells near Great Miami River
Deputies report Christopher Cantwell was eastbound on 122 just before a bridge when his cycle left the road and struck a guardrail. Virginia Cantwell remained in a drug induced coma Saturday night with broken bones and head trauma as family members describe their lives and routine. The couple, Middletown natives, left behind two children and a grandchild while neighbors recall their kindness as investigators continue the sheriff's office inquiry.
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Great Miami River
Cantwells
Vickie Spencer
Virginia
Hazelgreen
Spencer
Jenny
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