Planning Committee held its regular August meeting on the 14th and it was one of the most well attended planning meetings in recent memory. It was nearly standing room only, and that was after adding several rows of chairs to the rear of the chambers! The major item on the agenda that had the residents […]

City Council met for its first regular meeting of July on 7/11/2018.  This was a rescheduled meeting originally for the 4th of July – moved due to the holiday.  The agenda was light with the key item to highlight and comment on: PUD Update for Princeton Plaza PUD Update for Princeton Plaza For some time […]

City Council met for its first regular meeting of June on 6/6/2018.  The agenda had a couple topics that generated discussion, primarily Resolution No. R8-2018 Opposing HB 175 by the Ohio General Assembly which relates to Urban Farming – though the primary concern by City Council is that this action would preempt local control of […]

City Council met for its second regular meeting of May on 5/16/2018.  The big news on the agenda related to the old Sheraton Hotel site where all the work to prepare and market the site has finally reached an offer that makes a lot of sense for the City!  In addition to the property sales […]

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 […]