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Fort Thomas introduces three ordinances on pay classification, design-review qualifications and park race safety
Summary
Council placed three ordinances on first reading: a pay/classification amendment affecting nonunion positions, a design-review-board qualifications change to reinstate professional experience requirements, and a parks ordinance requiring a written safety plan and city-administrator approval before racing events.
The Fort Thomas council heard first readings of three ordinances the city plans to advance for subsequent readings and action.
Ordinance O052024 is an amendment to the personnel pay-classification plan adding nonunion lease-partner positions and new pay ranges, effective Sept. 1, 2024. Staff said the change is largely administrative and will support accounting after the police department terminated an employment agreement that previously codified pay ranges.
A separate ordinance (presented as "Ordinance 0062024" in the reading) would amend the design review board ordinance to reinstate certain professional-experience qualifications for board membership. Committee members said the DRB will have an expanded role under the proposed zoning ordinance update and recommended restoring specified experience requirements for four of five positions.
A third ordinance (called "Ordinance 0072024" during reading) would amend the parks code to require applicants to submit a written safety plan and obtain written permission from the city administrator prior to any racing events in city parks. The change responds to organized time trials and other events and adds a process the city administrator must approve before races proceed.
All three ordinances were read for the first time at the meeting; no council vote on adoption was required at first reading.
