Residents of Washington Avenue met with city council member, Ken Bowman, City-contracted Engineer, Rob Hans, and General Services Director, Kevin Barbian. FTM file. By Robin Gee After meeting with residents, Fort Thomas city council approved a change in plans concerning Washington Avenue at its May council meeting. Residents who live on the street petitioned council […]
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Fort Thomas City Council Round-Up (10-19-15)
By Amanda Dibiaso FTM file photo. The Fort Thomas City Council held their monthly meeting Monday, Oct. 19, with all council members present. Here’s your round up: Hiring of Ron Dill as City Administrator The council unanimously voted in favor of hiring Ron Dill as the city’s new City Administrator. Dill, who has been with […]
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Fort Thomas City Council Notes (6-15-15)
Kat Disney (Recreation Director) and Kevin Barbian (Building Inspector) are introduced by General Services Director, Ron Dill. Council met for the second time in June on Monday. Council meetings, are normally held on the first Monday of the month, but the amended budget for last year and the budget for 2015-2016 were presented to council […]
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Fort Thomas City Council Moves Forward with Street Repair Program, Paves Way to Replace Program (5-18-15)
Fort Thomas City Council. FTM file. The biggest bit of news that came out of Monday’s council meeting was that the city has selected a developer for the VA homes through a Request For Qualifications process. Aside from that, there was a lot of business on the agenda, with council approving three ordinances. Two were […]
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City Council Roundup: VA Homes, Tax Incentives, Meeting Changes & More
The VA homes were a topic of further discussion at Monday night’s city council meeting./FTM file The VA homes and a possible tax incentive program dominated discussion at Monday night’s city council meeting. Smoking in city parks, Red Bike Stations and a council meeting change were also discussed. Councilman Roger Peterman was not present.
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City Council Round-up: Cell Tower, Dog Ordinance, Speed Limits
The Fort Thomas City Council was busy Monday night discussing changes to the city’s dog ordinances, the proposed cell tower in the north end of town, city speed limits, an injured officer and much more.
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Ft. Thomas City Council Notes 6-17-13
Not a whole lot going on at Council this week. Honestly sometimes I hope for fireworks like the Covington City Council. Definitely great for news junkies and new media outlets, but not so much for the continuity and progress of the city. Our buddies at The River City News do a great job chronicling the […]
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City Council Notes 4.15.13 (Including Update on Police Chase)
By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters City Beat April 15, 2013: a day of looming headlines. The U.S. files its taxes. Cesar Chavez’s chosen successor is elected to the Venezuelan presidency, to mixed global response. Background checks for U.S. gun purchases remain hung in limbo. Violence erupts in Iraq, and a mysterious, horrific pair of explosions rocks […]
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City Council Meeting Notes 3-17-13 (VA Homes Timetable, FTPD Annual Report)
By Pat Lafleur Fort Thomas Matters, City Beat Writer Mayor Mary Brown put in her closing remarks, this was a busy meeting. One might consider it, however, more of a busy-work meeting. Much of it was rather procedural, including re-readings of ordinance amendments and role-call votes on a number of expenditure-related issues. But here are […]
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Get to know your City Council
With election day nearly upon us, we at Fort Thomas Matters wanted to take the time to get to know our elected local government officials, the City Council. While the six members are running unopposed, it is still important to see their thoughts on the issues facing Fort Thomas. I asked the following five questions […]