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Covington council adopts millage and budget amendments, adjusts procurement threshold and confirms appointments
Summary
At its June 2 meeting the Covington City Council adopted the 2026 millage rates, approved a budget amendment to repave streets, adopted an amended procurement-threshold ordinance, introduced multiple ordinances, and confirmed appointments to the Board of Adjustments and Recreation District 10.
The Covington City Council met June 2 and completed multiple formal actions, including adopting property millage rates for 2026, approving a budget amendment to fund street repaving projects, adopting an amended ordinance to align professional-services procurement thresholds, and confirming several local appointments.
Under the consent calendar the council introduced ordinances to add private water-service provisions to the Code (item 2026-06-01), amend utility definitions (2026-06-02), authorize the mayor to sell a portion of South Monroe Street right-of-way (2026-06-03), and amend the 2026 operating and capital budget (2026-06-04).
During unfinished business the council held a public hearing and adopted item 2026-05-01, levying the city’s 2026 millage rates; the mayor emphasized the action does not increase property taxes. The council also adopted an amendment to the 2026 operating and capital budget to repave multiple street segments, with Councilman Roberts describing the projects as needed investments in infrastructure.
A previously tabled ordinance (2026-03-02) revising the city code’s professional-services procurement threshold was amended in meeting (bringing consistency to a $50,000 threshold across sections) and adopted as amended.
On new business the council confirmed Jan Butler’s reappointment to the Board of Adjustments (resolution 2026-12) and appointed Mark R. Johnson and Blake Bushnell to Recreation District 10 (resolution 2026-13); the appointees were sworn in. The council also adopted a one-year selection of the city’s official journal (resolution 2026-14).
Votes at a glance: City roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript show the listed measures adopted by recorded affirmative roll calls; one abstention was recorded for Councilman Bushnell on the Recreation District 10 appointment. The council indicated the ordinances introduced on the consent calendar will be posted on the city website.
Why it matters: The budget amendment directs city funds to road repaving projects residents and council members cited as priorities; the procurement-threshold change standardizes the city procurement process; the appointments restore membership on local boards and enable upcoming recreation-district planning.
Next steps: The introduced ordinances will be posted and proceed through the required legislative process; the repaving work will be scheduled by public works and finance staff per the adopted budget amendment.
