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Hamilton County lays out 2025 work plan, timelines for EMA/911 center, Mercy Bond Hill and other major capital projects
Summary
County administrator Jeff Alito presented a high-level 2025 work plan that lists large capital projects — including a new EMA/911 center in Springdale, Mercy Bond Hill renovations, Regional Safety Complex construction and Hillcrest upgrades — and invited commissioners to request staff meetings for deeper briefings.
County administrator Jeff Alito told the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 14 that the administration is providing the board and the public with a high-level preview of the county’s planned work for 2025.
"This is just a good opportunity to provide a high level summary for the public as to what some of the major projects, major activities of the county are gonna be over the course of this year," Alito said, emphasizing the presentation was not an exhaustive inventory.
The presentation highlighted several multi-year, high-cost capital efforts. Alito said the county plans to move into a new EMA/911 center in Springdale, with a move-in slated for December 2025 and construction to be completed in the fall. Mercy Bond Hill renovations are scheduled to commence in May 2025 to consolidate services for departments including JFS, veterans services, public health and addiction response. The first phase of the Regional Safety Complex site work is expected to be complete by October 2025, with phase two design under way and building completion targeted for April 2026. Alito also noted that the board has already approved a construction contract for renovations at Hillcrest to update cottages, the dining hall and security fencing.
Alito outlined concurrent work at the county’s animal-shelter properties, saying due diligence on a property acquisition should be finished by March and renovations at the Dane shelter are expected by July 2025; the county will temporarily house animals at the record center during improvements. He described additional smaller projects — court technology upgrades, elevator replacements, a Forest Park satellite office due by March, and a planned website migration — and said the Duke Energy Convention Center project is about 20% complete and remains on schedule for a Jan. 1, 2026 opening.
The presentation also covered stadium-related studies and leases: the county will commission a facility-condition assessment at Great American Ballpark and continue work on Bengals lease and Paycor renovations. Alito carefully framed the county’s role on an arena as still under discussion, saying the county had not taken a formal policy position.
Alito closed by inviting commissioners to request staff meetings for deeper dives on any item and highlighted upcoming grant rounds and community events, including the OneOhio local funding grant (applications due Feb. 14) and several tourism and veterans events scheduled for spring and summer.
Next steps: administration said it will provide more detailed reports, timelines and RFP materials to the board on request and schedule follow-up staff briefings for items commissioners flagged.
