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Loveland appoints new Director of Finance

Loveland, Ohio – At the December 15 City Council meeting, Mayor Kathy Bailey issued the oath of office to the City’s new Director of Finance, Mark Medlar.

Medlar, who was hired by the City Manager, began his employment began on December 14.

Medlar comes to the city via Butler County where he oversaw all financial functions of their water and sewer departments. He also served as a Management Analyst for the City of Cincinnati, where he provided financial analysis for various city departments.

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Loveland Finance Director submits letter of resignation

Dec 26, 2020
Loveland Finance Director submits letter of resignation

Loveland, Ohio – “I’ve reached a point where I want to re-shift my focus to my family and the next stage of our life,” Michelle Byrde told Loveland Magazine. “I will miss my team and co-workers and wish everyone the best.”

Loveland’s Director of Finance, Michelle Byrde, has submitted her letter of resignation. Her resignation is effective no later than December 30 according to City Manager Dave Kennedy in his weekly up-date to Council on October 2.

Loveland City Manager Dave Kennedy

Kennedy said in the memo, “Michelle has worked tirelessly during her time with the city which began in October of 2012, and that effort continued following her appointment as the city’s Director of Finance in September of 2018.”

Byrde also told Loveland Magazine, “In my eight years with the City, I have had the opportunity to learn about government operations and am lucky enough to have met and worked with a number of very good people.”

Kennedy added, “I have always been impressed that no job was too great or too small for Michelle to tackle, and for always being receptive to my constant interruptions to ask questions about an invoice, budgeting, or the myriad of other items we worked on together.”

Byrde expressed appreciation to all those who mentored her in her three different roles at City Hall.

“On behalf of all of us with the city, we want to thank Michelle for her service to the Loveland community. I only wish that her beloved Reds could have scored at least one run for her in the play-offs,” said Kennedy.

The process for filling the Director of Finance position was to have begun last week.

Oct 12, 2020
Loveland Magazine Directory of local government leadership in 2020
Loveland City School District

Dr. Kathryn Lorenz President

Ned Portune Vice President

Art Jarvis – Member

Michele Pettit – Member

Eileen Washburn – Member

Dr. Amy Crouse – Superintendent

Kevin Hawley Treasurer/CFO

City of Loveland

Kathy Bailey – Mayor

Robert Weisgerber – Vice Mayor

Andy Bateman – Member

Ted Phelps – Member

Tim Butler – Member

Neal Oury – Member

Kent Blair – Member

Dave Kennedy – City Manager

Michelle Byrde – Finance Director

Symmes Township

Jodie Leis – Board President

Kenneth N. Bryant – Vice-President

Phil Beck – Trustee

Joseph C. Grossi – Fiscal Officer

Kimberly A. Lapensee – Administrator

Miami Township

Ken Tracy – Chairperson

Mary Makley – Vice Chair

Karl Schultz – Member

Eric Ferry – Fiscal Officer

JEFF WRIGHT – Township Administrator

Hamilton Township

Darryl Cordrey – Trustee

Joseph Rozzi – Trustee

Mark Sousa – Trustee

Jim Hunter – Fiscal Officer (On April 1, Kurt Weber will become Fiscal Officer.

Brent Centers – Administrator

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Lelle Lutts Hedding – Vice President of Board of Trustees

Jim Siciliano – Trustee

Dan Corey – Fiscal Officer

Eric Reiners – Township Administrator

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LISA EVANS – Vice-Mayor

KIM CHAMBERLAND – Member

ANET COOPER – Member

TED HASKINS – Member

SANDY RUSSELL– Member

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MICHAEL DOSS City Manager

Patricia Wirthlin – DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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Gerri Harbison – Council Member

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Jan 19, 2020
City appoints Michelle Byrde as Director of Finance

Michelle Byrde (on left) taking the oath of office on September 11

Loveland, Ohio – City Council has appointed Michelle Byrde as the City’s new Director of Finance. Byrde has been with the City of Loveland since
2012 and was appointed as Assistant Finance Director in February of 2015. She has also served as Acting Director of Finance multiple times. Mayor Bailey who administered the Oath of Office to Michelle said, “Michelle has served the City with commitment over the last several years as our Assistant Finance Director, this new position is a natural transition and we all look forward to working with her in this new capacity.”

Byrde’s annual base salary will be $80,000. Council agreed to purchase and to pay the premiums on a term life insurance policy equal to three times her base salary. Council also agreed to continue to provide hospitalization, surgical and comprehensive medical insurance for Byrde and her dependents as well as make required premium payments on behalf of Byrde for insurance policies for life, accident, sickness, major medical and dependents coverage group insurance covering her and her dependents. Coverage shall be the same as that provided to all other non-union employees.

Byrde replaces Peter Rancatore who resigned on August 14. Rancatore was being paid a base salary of $90,000.

Background: Peter Rancatore, Jr. resigned as Loveland’s Finance Director after 68 days on the job.

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Sep 29, 2018
City of Loveland announces launch of Ohio Checkbook
Treasurer Josh Mandel Announces Launch of the City of Loveland Checkbook on OhioCheckbook.com

Loveland, Ohio – Treasurer Josh Mandel announced on April 11 the launch of the City of Loveland’s online checkbook on OhioCheckbook.com. In December 2014, Treasurer Mandel launched OhioCheckbook.com, and for the first time in Ohio history put all state spending information on the internet.

The Ohio Treasurer’s office was joined at the announcement by Loveland Mayor Kathy Bailey, Vice Mayor Robert Weisgerber and City Councilmembers Angie Settell, Ted Phelps, Tim Butler, Neal Oury and Kent Blair.

Loveland is the ninth city in Hamilton County to post their spending on OhioCheckbook.com. Loveland’s online checkbook includes over 33,000 individual transactions that represent more than $89 million of total spending over the past five years.

“I believe the people of Hamilton County have a right to know how their tax money is being spent, and I applaud local leaders here for partnering with my office to post the finances on OhioCheckbook.com,” said Treasurer Mandel. “By posting local government spending online, we are empowering taxpayers across Ohio to hold public officials accountable.”

“We’re excited to allow our residents to take a closer look at how the City spends its’ taxpayer dollars,” said Loveland Acting Finance Director Michelle Byrde.

Mayor Kathy Bailey added. “The City is proud to join the Ohio Checkbook Program, and welcome the financial transparency it offers for interested residents”

OhioCheckbook.com displays more than $644 billion in spending over the past ten years, including more than 173 million transactions. The website includes features such as:
- “Google-style” contextual search capabilities, to allow users to sort by keyword, department, category or vendor;
- Fully dynamic interactive charts to drill down on state spending;
- Functionality to compare state spending year-over-year or among agencies; and,
- Capability to share charts or checks with social media networks, and direct contact for agency fiscal offices
For more information view Loveland’s Checkbook, Loveland.OhioCheckbook.com .

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