Written with the help of AI from the Middletown City Council agenda, Tuesday, October 27, 2026 and the meeting video.
Meeting overview
This recap is based on the meeting video and the agenda. Middletown City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, called for an executive session (a closed meeting) and a budget work session. Mayor Slamka and council members West, Mulligan and Lawley answered the roll call. Council member Carter was absent, and the clerk of council said she had spoken with her beforehand.
Votes taken
Council voted 4-0 to excuse Ms. Carter. It then voted 4-0 to receive and file the special meeting documents, which puts them on the official record.
The agenda lists a legislation-approved document for the meeting, but no ordinances or resolutions were discussed or voted on in the portion of the meeting captured on video.
2027 budget discussion
Council changed the order of business and took up the 2027 budget first. The mayor asked whether council members had questions or needed clarification from the city manager. None came up at first, and the city manager said the time was meant to catch any last-minute questions before the budget hearing next Tuesday.
Before closing the discussion, one participant said council had talked about the possibility of adding three patrol officers and a full-time deputy clerk, and that those items could be looked at as well. The video does not show a decision, cost figures or a vote on either position. Council said residents and members can raise anything else with the city manager before the hearing.
Executive session
Council voted 4-0 on a roll call to enter executive session under Ohio Revised Code 121.22(G)(8). That section allows a closed meeting to consider confidential information tied to a request for economic development assistance, including negotiations with other political subdivisions. The motion said a unanimous quorum of council had to find the closed session necessary to protect the applicant’s interests or the possible investment of public funds.
The agenda and video do not name the project or applicant, and no action was reported afterward.
Public comment and next steps
No public comment was heard in the recorded portion of the meeting. The next step on the budget is the hearing on the 2027 budget scheduled for next Tuesday.
Source: Middletown City Council agenda, Tuesday, October 27, 2026. Meeting video: watch on YouTube.
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