MIDDLETOWN CITY COUNCIL
Negotiations under way to hire new city manager
Gilleland, currently Pickerington's city manager, would be first woman to hold Middletown's top job.
By Ed Richter
Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
MIDDLETOWN ?— Middletown apparently has identified its next city manager.
Mayor David Schiavone confirmed Tuesday the city has entered into negotiations with Judith A. Gilleland to become the next city manager and the first woman to serve in that position.
Gilleland, 46, has been city manager of Pickerington, a Columbus suburb, since June 2004. She previously served as Centerville's assistant city manager and Lebanon's assistant to the city manager.
Schiavone said it is the council's hope that negotiations will be completed in the next few days so Middletown City Council will be able to approve Gilleland's appointment at its meeting on Tuesday. She could be on the job in early January, he said.
Schiavone and several other
council members and council members-elect traveled to Pickerington on Tuesday to visit with city department heads, its mayor and chamber of commerce to learn more about Gilleland, who earns $105,000 a year and whose contract was recently renewed.
Schiavone said Gilleland was the ''top choice'' of the two finalists, which included James Marquette, city administrator of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Negotiations under way to hire new city manager
Gilleland, currently Pickerington's city manager, would be first woman to hold Middletown's top job.
By Ed Richter
Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
MIDDLETOWN ?— Middletown apparently has identified its next city manager.
Mayor David Schiavone confirmed Tuesday the city has entered into negotiations with Judith A. Gilleland to become the next city manager and the first woman to serve in that position.
Gilleland, 46, has been city manager of Pickerington, a Columbus suburb, since June 2004. She previously served as Centerville's assistant city manager and Lebanon's assistant to the city manager.
Schiavone said it is the council's hope that negotiations will be completed in the next few days so Middletown City Council will be able to approve Gilleland's appointment at its meeting on Tuesday. She could be on the job in early January, he said.
Schiavone and several other
council members and council members-elect traveled to Pickerington on Tuesday to visit with city department heads, its mayor and chamber of commerce to learn more about Gilleland, who earns $105,000 a year and whose contract was recently renewed.
Schiavone said Gilleland was the ''top choice'' of the two finalists, which included James Marquette, city administrator of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
