At its May meeting, Fort Thomas city council held the first reading of the city’s 2024-2025 fiscal year budget. Finance committee chair Ben Pendery shared some highlights. The bottom line is that the city’s tax rates will not change in the coming fiscal year. General fund revenues for the city are expected to exceed expenditures […]
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Fort Thomas passes budget as talk turns to communication, recreation
The month of June is city budget month for Fort Thomas, which passed the city’s Fiscal Year 2023-’24 budget. The road to passage went smoothly with few questions or concerns about the budget plan. Public comment centered on three issues: communication, transparency and recreation projects. Budget reflects modest increase Overall, the city has completed or […]
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City of Fort Thomas Passes Budget, Continues Community Plan Implementation
City passes FY 2020-21 budget, drawing on reserves to fund ongoing community plan projects. by Robin Gee, city council beat editor It’s fiscal year budget time again, and the Fort Thomas city council held a public budget hearing just prior to its July council meeting. At the meeting itself, members passed the budget for Fiscal […]
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Fort Thomas Adjusts as City Business Continues
Visitors can drop off things and pick up forms available in the lobby of the city building, but public contact with city staff is limited at this time. The city looks to adjusting restrictions as guidelines from the state and federal government allow. By Robin Gee, city council beat editor Staff and officials for the city […]
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2017 Proposed Tax Rate Approved
Fort Thomas property owners will see a 2.4 percent hike in their 2017 property tax bill. A proposed overall tax rate of .412 per $100 of property was approved by the city council in a four-to-two vote at its September 18 meeting. The new tax rate includes the compensating rate plus a four percent city […]
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Fort Thomas City Council Candidates Debate One Last Time
L to R: David Cameron, Jeff Bezold, Ken Bowman, Sam Shelton, Lisa Kelly, John Slawter, Roger Peterman, Chuck Thompson and John Muller. FTM file. By Robin Gee Street maintenance fees, safety concerns, city budget and housing stock were among the issues discussed Tuesday night during the second Fort Thomas City Council candidate debate and public […]
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Why Fort Thomas will not be Stockton, CA (BANKRUPT)
By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM Fort Thomas Matters Reporter Stories about cities going bankrupt have grown more common in the news over the past couple years. Cities like Stockton, California and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania among other cities have done that. But City Administrative Officer Don Martin said Fort Thomas is not in that boat, nor is he […]