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Board of Commissioners Legislative Meeting Agenda 3/8/2022

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

A label that makes sense

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is another in a series of recycling tips from the City of Covington's Neighborhood Services Department, Solid Waste & Recycling Division.) COVINGTON, Ky. – You don’t have to “chase arrows” any longer. There is a new clear, consistent, and concise recycling label system that makes sense. As seen at https://how2recycle.info/, the differe...

1½ tons of ‘dead’ holiday lights

Almost 100 trees also recycled during effort to save landfill space COVINGTON, Ky. – Nearly 100 discarded trees and almost 650 pounds of non-working lights from Covington were kept out of landfills this past holiday season – and when you include the “dead” strands of lights collected by the City’s partners across Northern Kentucky, that number expands fivefold. ...

Parks & Rec ’22: Old favorites, new fun

Mailed program guide includes youth soccer, Halloween walk, Easter egg hunt, Fishing Derby, softball & hoops (EDITOR'S NOTE: The ages for the youth soccer league have expanded to ages 4 to 7 since this release was published. That has been changed in the text below.) COVINGTON, Ky. – The 2022 Covington Parks & Recreation Guide will be landing in your mailbox soon, and it...

No-tolls pledge a ‘win’ for City, region

Flanked by their chief transportation advisers, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, seated at left, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sign the Brent Spence Bridge project agreement. That’s Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks at far left, and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Sec. Jim Gray at far right. City praises Beshear, DeWine after joint Brent Spence announcement COVINGTON, ...

Covington gains 5 police officers

From left to right: Covington Police Chief Rob Nader, Jeffrey S. Tolliver, Steven E. Willis III, Kennedy R. Sizemore Jr., Ryan Wielgus, Michael Martinez, and Covington Mayor Joe Meyer. New hires include military veterans, transfers from law enforcement agencies COVINGTON, Ky. – Before Mayor Joe Meyer administered the oath of office to five new police officers today, he encouraged them ...

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.
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