Board of Commission Meeting Minutes 08/23/2022

WE REMEMBER: With their suddenness, violence, and scope, the horrific events that transpired 21 years ago tomorrow traumatized America. Even here in Covington, 650 miles from the collapse of the Twin Towers after a coordinated terrorist attack, residents found personal connection to the tragedy beyond just the newly discovered sense of national vulnerability: Some of us knew a victim of the 9-1...

New tax rate a historical low for Covington COVINGTON, Ky. – Property tax bills for the 2022 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: PAY TAXES HERE. By mail: P.O. Box 122655, Covington, KY 41012-2655. By phone: Call (859) 292-2180 and choose “option ...

COVINGTON, Ky. – As weekends go, this weekend looks like a mighty good one, with plenty to do by way of a festival with ample good beer (and more), a party and a market with lots of local art to peruse and purchase, celebrities to celebrate, authors telling good stories, and musicians making good music. So, get out there and enjoy yourself. Prost! If you think the weddings are lavis...

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

Covington’s Historic Licking Riverside Neighborhood – seen in blue – encompasses the northeastern sliver of the city. Civic Association proposing revisions to permit parking COVINGTON, Ky. – The Covington Board of Commissioners is considering changes proposed by residents of the Historic Licking Riverside neighborhood to an existing residential parking permit program....

  COVINGTON, Ky. – Covington is looking for an architectural firm to design a new City Hall. The City issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) on Sept. 1 for a “qualified, competent, knowledgeable, and experienced architectural firm” to design a new City Hall that will be a vibrant and open space, accessible to community residents – and that would end local gove...

The Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. has been cancelled.

Let’s keep Covington’s First Responders safe this holiday weekend COVINGTON, Ky. – Note that offices at City Hall at 20 W. Pike St. will be closed Monday for the federal Labor Day holiday but will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday. We all know that Labor Day was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century as a day designated to honor the American worker and became a feder...

Outgoing Covington Public Works Director Chris Warneford, dressed up for a staff portrait. (Photo taken by Katie Woodring). Leadership praised for making ‘customer service a watchword’ COVINGTON, Ky. – Chris Warneford stepped into the interim role as the City of Covington’s Public Works director in fall 2019 fully intending to stay only long enough for the City to fin...