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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more