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Votes at a glance: council approves tennis bid, DRB appointment, police policy update and warrants
Summary
At its meeting the Fort Thomas City Council approved a tennis‑court construction contract, appointed a Design Review Board member, adopted a police policies/manual update, and approved finance warrants for disbursements. Several ordinances and first readings were also taken up.
The Fort Thomas City Council recorded several formal actions during the meeting. The key outcomes below are drawn from motions, roll calls and municipal orders taken during the session.
Votes at a glance
- Terrapart tennis court improvements — Approved. Council approved the low bid from Queen City Blacktop (approximately $412,000) for milling, asphalt resurfacing of upper and lower courts, replacement fencing, striping (lower court remain multi‑use for pickleball), and pathway improvements. Construction is scheduled to start July 7; estimated on‑site duration two to three months. Motion and second recorded during meeting; vote recorded and passed.
- Municipal order MO 07/2025 — Appointment of Damien Scope to the Design Review Board — Approved. Council approved the municipal order appointing Damien Scope during the meeting by voice vote.
- Municipal order adopting updated Police Department policies and procedures manual — Approved. Council approved a municipal order repealing prior policy and adopting an updated manual that includes K‑9 and taser policies; council approved by voice vote.
- Finance committee warrants/disbursements (Feb. 6–Mar. 7, 2025) — Approved. The finance committee recommended approval of warrants (numbers listed in the committee report); council approved the disbursements (total cited: $920,951.65 across funds as presented in the finance report).
- Several ordinances and readings — Taken. Council conducted first and second readings for ordinances to align City code with the new Unified Development Ordinance and to process zone changes; several measures were voted on by roll call in second reading and carried. Specific ordinance numbers and wording are recorded in the meeting packet and minutes; staff indicated they will verify cross‑references for UDO/DRB appeal language for clarity.
Notes and next steps
- For the Terrapart contract, staff will hold a preconstruction meeting, post closure dates for tennis courts and provide project updates during construction.
- The Midway streetscape project received two bids and staff will return with a full vetting and recommendation before any award.
- For the DRB process and the UDO, members of the public requested that consultant reports and candidate résumés be posted to agendas earlier; staff said it would follow up on posting and clarifying language.
The meeting record lists the formal actions above; mover and seconder names were not consistently recorded in the public audio transcript for every motion and are shown as “not specified” in supporting documents when absent from the record.
