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Residents press Loveland council on appointments vetting, water filtration timeline and ICE policy request
Summary
Three residents spoke during open forum: Kent Blair urged council to keep a previously recommended bridge route on the city’s goals list; Todd Osborne raised concerns about council’s vetting of appointments and adherence to charter residency/deadline rules; Jim and Cindy Dalmire urged swifter water‑filtration upgrades and requested a council resolution declaring local limits on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and rejecting 287(g) agreements.
During the Jan. 14 open‑forum segment of the council meeting, several residents pressed council on long‑term projects and procedural and public‑safety concerns.
Kent Blair, a resident and former council member, urged council to retain a northern alignment for the proposed bridge over the Little Miami River in upcoming goal planning, referencing a prior traffic study that favored a northern route. Blair framed the bridge as a long‑term infrastructure priority and asked council to ‘‘make that a continued part of your goal planning.’’
Todd Osborne, speaking as a resident and former councilman, raised procedural concerns about the appointments process and compliance with the charter’s residency and deadline requirements. Osborne said the charter specifies ‘‘appointments shall be made by the mayor with the approval of a majority vote of council’’ and alleged that several applicants were appointed despite missed deadlines or unclear residency documentation; he asked council to withhold votes when necessary or to provide fuller vetting of applicants.
Two residents, Jim Dalmire and Cindy Dalmire, raised separate but significant concerns. Jim Dalmire asked the council to accelerate water‑filtration improvements after citing tests showing elevated readings from well six and suggested exploring funding options including a ballot measure to raise rates to retire borrowing costs; he urged staff to provide a clearer timeline than the one currently in the CIP. Cindy Dalmire asked council to pass a resolution directing the Loveland Police Department to require judicial warrants before Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) entry onto private property, to refuse racial profiling, and to decline any 287(g) agreement that would deputize local officers for immigration enforcement.
Council members acknowledged the comments; Vice Mayor Baitman said he ‘‘trusted the established process’’ in response to the appointments concern, and city staff noted ongoing design work and CIP scheduling for water projects. There was no formal council action or vote on any of these public‑comment requests at this meeting.
