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Votes at a glance: Loveland council adopts multiple administrative and funding resolutions
Summary
Council approved minutes, hazard mitigation plan, OPWC application authorization, purchases for water interconnect, tax amounts/rates and a then-and-now certificate; adopted items were unanimous unless noted. The municipal compensation schedule received a first reading.
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Loveland City Council approved a set of administrative and funding measures. Key votes and actions at a glance:
- Minutes: Council approved the minutes from the Sept. 9, 2025 meeting by a 6-0 roll call.
- Resolution 86 — Warren County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (5-year update): Council adopted the county’s hazard mitigation plan by a 6-0 vote. Staff noted the requirement that communities adopt an up-to-date mitigation plan to be eligible for federal mitigation funding after disasters; the plan was described as 169 pages and staff provided selected excerpts.
- Resolution 87 — OPWC application authorization: Authorized the city engineer to prepare and submit an OPWC application for Loveland Madera Road Phase 2 and execute required contracts (6-0). (Details are summarized in a separate story.)
- Resolution 88 — Purchase parts and supplies for improved Clermont County emergency water interconnect: Authorized purchase of parts and supplies (estimated $37,952) for PRV replacement and interconnect testing (6-0). (See separate story for details.)
- Resolution 89 — Accept amounts and rates as determined by the Hamilton County budget commission and authorize tax levies (Ohio Revised Code 5705.34): Council reviewed county estimates of property-tax receipts for funds that receive property taxes (general fund and fire levy funds) and adopted the resolution by voice/roll call (6-0). Staff said Hamilton County estimates show about a 7% increase in general fund property taxes and about a 5% increase in fire funds.
- Resolution 90 — Then-and-now certificate for CivicPlus invoice: Council authorized the director of finance to issue a then-and-now certificate for payment of various expenditures, including an invoice from CivicPlus that exceeded $3,000; council adopted the resolution 6-0.
- Ordinance (first reading) — Schedule of municipal compensation for nonunion/noncontract employees: Council held the first reading of an ordinance establishing the schedule of municipal compensation (three-year increments) and indicated the proposal would set a 3% increase for each of the next three years for nonunion/noncontract employees; no final vote was taken (first reading only). Staff said the increase is intended to help with retention and align with collective bargaining cycles.
All roll-call votes recorded in the meeting were unanimous (6-0) on adopted resolutions. Several items were described as housekeeping or required by statute (for example, tax certification and then-and-now certification).
