{"id":10407,"date":"2024-06-21T16:23:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?p=10407"},"modified":"2024-08-07T22:30:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T02:30:43","slug":"jeff-howes-contract-posted-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/21\/jeff-howes-contract-posted-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Howe&#8217;s Contract Posted Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10407\" class=\"elementor elementor-10407\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fdf772 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2fdf772\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-031ee5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"031ee5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">After MRC Director Jeff Howe refused to provide a copy of his contract to members of the Redevelopment Commission, the contract in question has been <a href=\"https:\/\/rbradking.wordpress.com\/open-government\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">posted online<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">This comes after an MRC meeting last month, where Howe not only told commission member Andrew Dale he would need to get a copy through City Hall rather than him directly, but grew defensive on the topic.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Local community advocate Brad King posted Howe&#8217;s contract and several other of his own public documents requests on his own blog. The contract states that Howe is paid on a monthly basis.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">He previously was an appointed commissioner and president of the MRC, and his current<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">&nbsp;role was held by Mayor Dan Ridenour prior to February.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-046298c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"046298c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2771c3f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2771c3f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690865a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"690865a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA0MDksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9tdW5jaWVwb3N0ZGVtb2NyYXQuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI0XC8wNlwvSmVmZi1Ib3dlLUNvbnRyYWN0LWZvci1FY29uLURldl9QYWdlXzEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10409\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Jeff-Howe-Contract-for-Econ-Dev_Page_1-scaled.jpg 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9001d5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9001d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Page 1 of &#8220;Professional Services Contract.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a576430 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a576430\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f14085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f14085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Andrew Dale on the May 16th meeting asked Howe if his compensation was full-time or part-time and how he was compensated, which led to Howe answering &#8220;I get paid to do the job.&#8221; After a few minutes of escalation, commissioner Zane Bishop asked Howe not to overwhelm Human Resources by pushing Dale to make it a formal request, and to instead forthrightly provide a copy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Another MRC meeting was held yesterday morning, comparatively more polite. Isaac Miller went on to say he was frustrated that the council didn&#8217;t see the commission as transparent, shortly thereafter Mr. Dale suggested Miller be more proactive in providing updates to the council.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a65121d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a65121d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2644f0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2644f0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Brad King is also advocating for a new ordinance for better transparency, with a presentation titled &#8220;Open Government&#8221; available that outlines the draft.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">The proposed ordinance is advocating for a transparency hub\/dashboard portal, improved prior notice of public meetings, and codifying FOIA\/APRA requests.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: var(--text-align); color: var(--ast-global-color-6);\">King writes: &#8220;Because of the combative nature of the City of Muncie has with sharing information with all citizens, (even elected officials and members of the City&#8217;s board and commission have had to APRA request public documents) I have drafted an ordinance to mandate a duty to share public data, documents, and 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