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 sign...
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 mo...
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...
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 gene...
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 i...
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 slippa...
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 b...
COVINGTON, Ky. – Annual fees related to trash 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...
Covington keeps rate the same 5th year in row
COVINGTON, Ky. – Property tax bills for the 2021 calendar year will be sent to Covington residents next week and payment is due by midnight Oct. 15.
Residents have five different ways to pay:
Online: HERE.
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Covington’s property tax rate will remain the same for the fifth year in a row.
City freezes assessment for 5th year in a row
COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington’s property tax rates for calendar year 2021 will remain the same for the fifth year in a row.
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