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November 30, 2005 Interview on KWMU

Subject: Clayton - Richmond Heights Merger
A discussion about the possible merger or consolidation of services of the cities of Clayton and Richmond Heights.

Guests:
Ben Uchitelle
Mayor, City of Clayton; Attorney, Husch and Eppenberger

Betty Humphrey
Mayor, City of Richmond Heights

KWMU (90.7 FM) Interview

Mayors Humphrey and Uchitelle will be interviewed on KWMU (90.7 FM) tomorrow, Wednesday, November 29th, at 11:00 a.m. regarding the Merger Study.

You can listen live HERE.

New Online Forms Available

A new and easy online form has been developed to be user-friendly for those who want their comments to be published independently.  It is titled Publication Request Form and can now be found on the Quick Links.   This form authorizes the Merger Study Web Site Administrator to post your comments for you, usually within 24 hours.  You do not need to have a Blogger.com account membership.

NOTE:  Existing blogger.com members may still continue to post independently without this form, if they are already registered to this web site. See the sidebar for details.

Another new form called General Feedback Form has also been added on the Quick Links located on the sidebar for your convenience.

Summary Report on Louisville KY Workshop

A summary report has been written by Lenore Toser-Aldaz, Clayton Assistant City Manager, and Amy Hamilton, Richmond Heights City Manager, after attending the Metro Louisville, KY “Lessons on Merger” Workshop, held on November 8-9, 2005.

Click HERE for their report.

JSC Meeting Agenda

November 30, 2005 - JSC Meeting Agenda

Inaccuracy of 10/26/2005 JSC Minutes

The minutes of the October 26, 2005 meeting of the JSC state: "Public meetings were held by both cities to involve the residents as much as possible in discussing the merger concept."

The minutes accurately record what was said. However, the statement is untrue. There have been no specific forums in either city offering opportunities for the public to comment at an open microphone.

JSC Meeting Minutes

October 26, 2005 JSC Meeting Minutes

Updated JSC Member Listing

CITY OF CLAYTON
Carl B. Barnes
Wendy Bell
Sally Cohn
Charles J. Cook
Robert Denlow
Loren Ettinger
Vivian Eveloff
Lee E. Hanson
Claire Halpern
Daniel L. Human – Co-Chair
Richard A. Hyde
VACANCY – To be filled
John P. McCormick
Alan Richter
Alderman Jill Belsky
Alderman Alex Berger III
Alderman Linda Goldstein
Alderman Judy R. Goodman
Alderman Steven E. Lichtenfeld
Alderman Beverly A. Wagner
Ex-Officio:
Mayor Ben Uchitelle
Gary Feder
(Chamber of Commerce)
Web Coordinator:
Cheryl Verde

CITY OF RICHMOND HEIGHTS
Jerome Bollato – Co-Chair
Susan Culican
Lori Fiegel
Doug Fluchel
Marcus Holmes
Sally Kopman
Mark Livingston
Joan Newman
Alice Provaznik
Thomas Smallwood
Jim Thomson
Joyce Walsh
Kathy Wright
Council Member James Beck
Council Member Timothy Gallagher
Council Member Camille Greenwald
Council Member Michael Jones
Council Member Paul Lore
Council Member Gina Mitten
Council Member Connie Williams
Ex-Officio:
Mayor Betty Humphrey
Council Member Lillian Underwood
Kay Basta
(Chamber of Commerce )

Mixed Message Re: School Districts

From Dr. J. Martin Rochester (Clayton)

I gather that the merger website now shows maps of the school districts [Master File Archive/Statistics]. The mayor and others pushing for this merger have to make up their minds: whenever I have said that the hidden agenda here is to merge the school districts, I have been told in no uncertain terms that the school districts have nothing to do with the municipal merger issue, yet here we see that someone decided they are a part of the discussion. Which is it? Bottom line: to the extent a merger of the Clayton and Richmond heights cities is intended to smooth the way for a merger of the school districts, think again -- it will be a cold day in hell if you think Clayton citizens are going to vote for this. Including school district maps in the discussion makes it even harder to countenance a merger of the two municipalities. --Marty Rochester