Separate storm water fee due as usual by March 31
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington homeowners will have more time this year to pay the annual fee for curbside collection of trash and recycling.
In past years, the City included the fee on the same bill that included the annual storm water fee, which was mailed to residents last week.
This year, the trash collection portion of the bill is b...
Webb named ‘Finance Officer of the Year’ in Kentucky, elected president of statewide GFOA
COVINGTON, Ky. – Less than 15 months after becoming the City of Covington’s Finance Director, Steve Webb is earning statewide recognition.
On Friday in Bowling Green, Webb was:
Named the Kentucky Government Finance Officers Association “Finance Officer of the Yea...
COVINGTON, Ky. – With the Oct. 15 deadline for payment falling on a Sunday this year, Covington property owners will have until the end of the day Monday – Oct. 16 – to pay their 2023 property taxes.
Residents can pay their taxes online, by mail, by phone, or in person during business hours at City Hall, 20 W. Pike St. Payments sent in the mail must be postmarked Monday or bef...
City weighing options to fill payroll tax shortfall
COVINGTON, Ky. – The work-from-home trend pervading America’s office culture since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 has crashed down on the City of Covington’s tax revenues.
Covington leaders are faced with filling significant holes in the City’s General Fund budget caused by decreases in payroll tax revenue as ...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Annual fees related to trash and recycling collection and storm water service are due to the City of Covington by March 31.
For most homeowners, the combined bill includes:
$152.52 for annual curbside residential waste and recycling collection.
$54.48 (or $4.54 a month) for storm water management, which funds the ongoing work to make sure that the collection of st...
New report helps the public understand City’s budget, spending
COVINGTON, Ky. – Year in, year out, the City of Covington’s Finance Department receives an award for its financial reporting, courtesy of the Government Finance Officers Association.
But the document that wins the award – the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report – is 177 pages long and filled t...
Wall Street affirms Covington’s financial stability
COVINGTON, Ky. – The City has received an A1 credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service for the third year in a row.
The A1 rating is one of the highest ratings a debt issuer can receive, classifying Covington’s general obligation bonds as investment grade and subject to low credit risk. The rating strengthens the ...
New rate likely a historical low
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington officials have sharply cut the rate at which the City taxes real property to its lowest point in modern history.
After freezing the rate for five years in a row, the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night voted to slice it by 17 percent.
The new rate translates to $2.71 per each $1,000 in assessed value of real...
Some 56 percent of the General Fund is allocated to public safety.
Among investments: IRS site, Farmers Market, City Hall, affordable housing
COVINGTON, Ky. – Continued work to develop 23 vacant acres downtown. A permanent building for the Covington Farmers Market. Work to address slippage on the Licking River levee. Recruiting help for the police and fire departments. Progress toward ...
Muhammed Owusu on his 2017 pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca.
Owusu moving back to Virginia to be with wife, family
COVINGTON, Ky. – A month shy of his fourth anniversary with the City of Covington, Finance Director Muhammed Owusu is returning home to Virginia – not to take another job but to retire.
“It’s time to hang up my boots,” Owusu said. “I’m tir...