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Votes at a glance: Fort Thomas council approves minutes, park entrance paving, zoning change, police policy repeal and interlocal dispatch move
Summary
The Fort Thomas City Council approved a set of routine and substantive items, including park entrance paving, a Midway reconstruction authorization for next-year funding, a Pearson Street zoning change, repeal and adoption of a police policy manual, and a county dispatch relocation resolution.
The Fort Thomas City Council took several formal actions during the meeting. This roundup lists each formal item as recorded on the meeting record.
- Approval of minutes: Council approved the minutes for the March 13 Public Safety Committee and the March 17 regular council meeting (verbal aye votes recorded).
- River Road entrance (Tower Park) — contract award: Council approved a staff-recommended contract to widen the River Road entrance into Tower Park. Staff reported the low bid was $85,065 from Eden Asphalt and said the widening will allow large vehicles to enter without damaging park walls or property.
- Midway/Tower Park reconstruction — contract authorization and budget inclusion: Council authorized the city to proceed with a major reconstruction contract for the Midway corridor and Tower Park area. Staff described the project as a large streetscape, sidewalk and utility reconstruction and cited a contract amount in staff materials of approximately $4,079,581; staff said the contract will be included in next year's budget and that a preconstruction meeting will set sequencing and timing.
- Ordinance (Pearson Street zone change) — second reading and adoption: Council held the second reading and adopted an ordinance amending the official zoning map to change the zoning of specified lots on Pearson Street (referenced as an R-1C to R-1-TC change in staff materials).
- Ordinance repealing prior police policy manual (O0052025) — adoption: Council adopted an ordinance repealing ordinance O12-2019 and adopting the current policies and procedures manual for the Fort Thomas Police Department as presented in the meeting packet.
- Finance/disbursements: The finance committee recommended and council approved warrants numbered 26809 through 26926 covering multiple funds. The finance report listed total disbursements of $312,096.59 for the period cited in the packet.
- Resolution (Campbell County consolidated dispatch) — adoption: Council approved a resolution consenting to relocation of the Campbell County consolidated dispatch center from the Newport Municipal Complex to the Campbell County Public Safety Building and supporting county funding for improvements at the county facility.
- Municipal orders (appointments and reappointments): Council approved several municipal orders reappointing members to local boards including the Board of Ethics, Design Review Board and Board of Adjustment; names and terms were recorded in the municipal orders passed at the meeting.
Votes and procedural notes: Many items were approved by voice vote or roll call; the meeting record shows unanimous or majority aye votes for the items above and routine second motions when required. The meeting packet included exhibits and staff reports for several items (for example, the police policies and procedures manual exhibit and the Midway project bid documents). Where full roll-call tallies or mover/second names were not included in the verbal record, the minutes show the actions were taken and will be reflected in the official minutes.
If readers need more detail (exact ordinance language, full contract documents, the police policy exhibit or the complete bid tabulation), the meeting packet and staff exhibits filed with the city record should be consulted.
