One of the first orders of business at Bellevue’s January council meeting was the promotion of two police officers. Lieutenant Alanna Bass “I have a couple of promotions to do tonight. They were well-deserved,” Bellevue Police Chief Jon McClain said. He then introduced Alanna Bass, who was being promoted from sergeant to lieutenant. She has […]
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City Council Roundup 1-5-15
Mayor Eric Haas. FTM file. The first meeting of the new year brought in a new mayor for the first time since 1999 and three new members of City Council. New Mayor, Eric Haas, presided over his first meeting of council and Adam Meier, John Muller and Jeff Bezold all got new chairs at the […]
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 […]
Ft. Thomas City Council Notes (How to Handle the Imperial Apartments)
By Pat Lafleur, FortThomasMatters City Beat This week’s City Council meeting showed the first Ft. Thomas resident to address council since I began covering these meetings months ago: Mrs. Andrea Patrick, who lives on N. Crescent, addressed council regarding the Imperial Apartments complex located at the intersection of S. Ft. Thomas Ave. and Grand Ave. […]
City Council Notes 3/5/12 (by Ben Petracco)
As previously noted Fort Thomas Matters is going to attend the city council meetings throughout the year and relay the important topics to the public. I attended the meeting on Monday, March 5th; the following are issues that were covered: JC Morgan, the Campbell County Library Director, spoke to the council members regarding a proposal […]
Ft. Thomas City Council Notes (by Jessica Duke)
A new feature of Fort Thomas Matters going forward will be a summary of the newsworthy items from the Fort Thomas City Council meetings. I have lived in Ft. Thomas for 26 years and, prior to Monday February 13, had never attended a council meeting, all of which are open to the public and quite […]
Rain Dampens Ft. Thomas Couples’ Retirement (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Editor’s Note: Before we get to Ben’s article, I just wanted to point out that FTM will be covering council meetings going forward. With a stable of talented and competent writers at our disposal, Darrin and I don’t have to be everywhere at once. With that, this week Jessica is compiling a list of noteworthy […]
VA Homes Receive 3 Letters of Interest
The city received three letters of interest after soliciting responses from developers in November. The three developers which submitted initial plans to potentially bid were Ashley Development Company out of Edgewood, Kennedy Homes our of Ft. Mitchell and David Hosea. Mick Kennedy, President of Kennedy Homes, was the only developer to address council. He has […]
Fort Thomas Divided into Three
I went to the council meeting tonight and I’ll get some notes out tomorrow, but just wanted to do a quick post about an item that I thought to be interesting. Assistant City Manager, Jay Treft and Debbie Buckley of the Renaissance Board are working on finalizing designs for pole banners, which fly on the […]
Noise Ordinance & Impact on the Midway
The picture on the left (top) was taken at 9:57pm tonight and the picture on the right (bottom) was taken at 10:01 pm tonight just outside the Midway Cafe. This is the impact of the current noise ordinance that renders the recent Midway streetscape useless. I happened to be seated at the table in the foreground and […]

