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County commissioner outlines funding stack, timeline for regional safety complex; groundbreaking set for Oct. 25
Summary
Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Treehouse told the Lincoln Heights council the county and partners have assembled Phase 1 financing for a regional safety complex and awarded the first-phase bid; a groundbreaking is scheduled Oct. 25, with Phase 1 expected complete in October 2025.
Hamilton County Commissioner Denise Treehouse told the Village of Lincoln Heights council on Sept. 23 that the county and partner governments have assembled the financing package for phase one of a regional safety complex and awarded the first construction contract.
"We have righted the ship," Treehouse said, summarizing county fiscal improvements and partnership work. She described the Phase 1 "financial stack" as roughly $20,000,000 from the county, $4.25 million from the City of Cincinnati, a $4,000,000 federal earmark and $3,000,000 from the state, and said the phase-one bid was awarded to Monarch Construction in August 2024.
Treehouse told council the first phase covers site development and creation of a temporary firing range so the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office can train while the permanent range is rebuilt. She said construction will begin with a groundbreaking scheduled Oct. 25 and estimated Phase 1 completion by October 2025. "Phase 2 will start after that," she said, describing later work to build classrooms, offices, separate county and city range lanes and other facilities; she added an overall completion target of April 2026.
Treehouse emphasized minority-business participation on the project and local partnership benefits: "More than $1,000,000 of that first phase ... is going to MBE companies," she said, and she praised Lincoln Heights for successfully applying for multiple county grants, including a one-time $975,000 community impact grant awarded earlier.
Council members asked brief follow-up questions about related county work and legislation. Treehouse also noted county operational changes intended to bring services nearer to villages, including relocating emergency management and 911 operations to Springdale.
Next steps outlined by Treehouse include distributing a formal groundbreaking invitation to local governments and partners and continuing public updates as construction progresses. Treehouse offered to follow up on other state- and federal-level items when requested by council.
The council did not take ordinance or appropriation votes on the project at the meeting; Treehouse’s presentation was an informational update.
