City Council met for its first regular meeting of May on 5/2/2018. With only 1 item on the opening agenda (related to a PUD modification to allow some limited car storage in one of the Mall garages) at a glance the meeting looked like a light one. There was however a great deal of discussion […]
City Council met for its second regular meeting of April on 4/18/2018 and had a much higher attendance than recent meetings. First let me apologize that this update is coming in later than usual, I have had the interesting opportunity to serve these past 2 weeks on grand jury duty for Hamilton County – full […]
City Council met for its first regular meeting of April on 4/4/2018. The meeting kicked off with a very interesting presentation by Police Chief Mathis on the new body camera program the department has been investigating. There were a number of first readings of proposed ordinances including: Grant Request to Fund Three New Full-time Firefighters […]
City Council met for its second regular meeting of March on 3/21/2018. The meeting kicked off with the introduction of 2 new city employees – Lisa DellaTorre – Administrative Secretary, Police Department Nathan Chaney – Maintenance Worker, Public Works Department I was impressed with both the departments introduction and the new team members enthusiasm for […]
City Council met for its first regular meeting of March on 3/7/2018. The meeting started out with several commendations from the police department and the city related to public safety as well as several financial and purchase related items. I was especially impressed by the presentation the Police Chief gave to several officers where the […]
City Council met for its second regular meeting of February on 2/21/2018. There were a number of repeat items on the agenda with a heavy emphasis on zoning requests forwarded from Planning Committee that had first readings on 2/7 that were up for action. Items and discussions of note included: Zoning Request (first reading) for […]
City Council met for its first regular meeting of February on 2/7/2018. There were a number of items on the agenda with a heavy emphasis on zoning requests forwarded from Planning Committee. Items and discussions of note included: Zoning Request and Action for 11905 Kenn Rd (Calvary Pentecostal Church) Zoning Request (first reading) for 11345 […]
At the most recent council meeting (February 7, 2018) there was significant discussion related to the use of Emergency Clauses attached to ordinances – how and when to use them. The topic came up during the discussion around Ordinance 5-2018 to authorize an agreement with the City of Montgomery to allow the housing of some […]
City Council met for it’s second regular session for January. The agenda included a special presentation from the Better Bus Coalition as well as two ordinances for consideration: Jake Sweeney Place Rehabilitation Project Updating the method for electing City Council officers Better Bus Coalition Several members of the Better Bus Coalition attended the council meeting […]
Some of you may know I grew up in Springdale’s Heritage Hill subdivision and my parents still live there. A few times a week I find myself driving by the former GE Park (now Springdale Commerce Park?) and even being on City Council I have a lot of open questions about the development. Since any […]