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Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 02/08/2022

Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 02/08/2022

Cruiser purchase aimed at ‘catching up’

Doug Meyung, a Fleet mechanic with Covington’s Public Works Department, works on a since-retired cruiser in this file photo. $500K budget amendment earmarked for badly needed cars COVINGTON, Ky. – A Covington police officer recently started to follow and pull over a driver who appeared to be impaired – but then the cruiser’s lights and siren malfunctioned. &ld...

Mardi Gras, 'naked' trees & trivia

COVINGTON, Ky. – Did you know that the first recorded Mardi Gras street parade in New Orleans took place in 1837? Decades later, six men organized a rather clandestine Mistick Krewe of Comus and held a parade with the theme, “The Demon Actors in Milton’s Paradise Lost” and held a lavish ball. Demons on parade. Now that’s something to behold. Some theories maintain ...

Board of Commissioners Caucus Meeting Agenda 3/1/2022

Draft Agenda Please note, the AIRs & Backup Docs are now being provided in PDF Portfolio format.  If the file does not display in your browser, right-click on the file name and save it to your computer.  Double-click on the saved file and it will open in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.

As the river rises, crews ‘plug’ the floodwall

COVINGTON, Ky. – It’s all hands on deck as a City of Covington Public Works crew began assembling the floodgate at Madison (Avenue) Overlook at 8 a.m. this morning. Crews prepped the area yesterday, cleaning out footer holes for the gate’s anchors to be installed today. This morning, a crane began lifting the first of the many metal pieces into place. The effort to keep out...

Branding firm, law office in line for help through City’s Small Business Program

COVINGTON, Ky. – New space and jobs for a downtown branding firm and the renovation of a building on a highly visible corner in Lewisburg for a law office are on tonight’s agenda of the Covington Board of Commissioners. The Commission’s consent agenda includes three rent and façade improvement incentives through the City’s award-winning Small Business Program. City offic...

City Government of the Year a ‘team effort’

Covington Mayor Joe Meyer, left, shares the “City Government of the Year” award with the City’s volunteers. At right is Kentucky League of Cities Executive Director J.D. Chaney. League crowns Covington at reception for volunteers COVINGTON, Ky. – Six months after being named “City Government of the Year” in Kentucky, the Covington received its “troph...

New signs mark historic Lewis & Clark trail

Floyd Ard, with Public Works’ Right-of-Way Division, installs a historic marker on East 4th Street. 4,900-mile route draws tourists to 16 states COVINGTON, Ky. – Three new street signs featuring the silhouettes of two buckskin-clad explorers signal Covington’s inclusion on a historic route that stretches almost 5,000 miles through 16 states and retraces one of the most famo...

‘Black’ wines, Sara Mackie & Pysanka

COVINGTON, Ky. – The Super Bowl is over. Too soon for March Madness. Valentines’ Day came and went. The weather, in a word, is gloomy. The ground’s too frozen to till, and the water is too cold to paddle (for most of us). However, there’s no need to despair at home. Here in the The Cov, even a light weekend calendar has fun to be had, starting tonight: 'Black&#...

Board of Commissioners Legislative Meeting Agenda 2/22/2022

Draft agenda, legislation, and minutes from the previous meeting.
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