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City offices closed Monday

Keep Covington’s First Responders safe this 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.   As we all know, Labor Day honors the American worker, was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 189...

City Hall to open (4!) hours late Tuesday

UPDATE: The delay has been extended until noon. We apologize for the inconvenience. COVINGTON, Ky. – City Hall will open at 10 a.m. instead of 8 a.m. on Tuesday so the fire suppression system can be repaired.   Since all water will be turned off to the building during that time, the building will be closed to employees and the public.   Normal office hours – 8 a.m. to 4:30 p...

Courage & sacrifice

City Hall closed Wednesday for holiday   COVINGTON, Ky. – City Hall will be closed Wednesday in honor of Veterans Day and will reopen Thursday morning. Technically, this site in Devou Park honors the fallen heroes who gave their lives while fighting for this country, and thus would be more appropriate for Memorial Day. But we think the solemnity of this site – the distanced v...

Wi-Fi ‘hotspot hosts’ needed

See the small, white dome-shaped device above the mural at left? That's a wireless access point, and this building on Madison Avenue already has one installed. City seeks properties to attach tiny devices for digital equity project   COVINGTON, Ky. - The City of Covington is looking for "hotspot hosts" to help its schoolchildren learn and their families "get ahead."   All that's ...

Voting 2020: New options, polling locations

COVINGTON, Ky. - Voters will have three different ways to vote this year as elections officials react to challenges posed by COVID-19.   Please see the chart above for important information from Kenton County Clerk Gabrielle Summe, which has been updated from an earlier chart with locations of drop box locations for absentee ballots.   In addition, Summe has compiled an easy to chec...

Interacted with City Hall? Tell us about it

COVINGTON, Ky. - Here's an ongoing reminder: If you've interacted with City Hall employees, we want to hear about it.   The City's website has a link to a short Customer Satisfaction Survey that includes a couple of questions, a numerical rating, and a place for comments.   Some 130 people have used the survey so far to rate responsiveness to issues and concerns raised during phone cal...

City appoints coronavirus response coordinator

Spread out to reduce contact, City managers meet this morning for a briefing on COVID-19 and the City's response. COVINGTON, Ky. - Covington Mayor Joe Meyer appointed a Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the City today to bring urgency and efficiency to efforts to protect residents, businesses, visitors, and staff from the COVID-19 pandemic. A day after declaring a formal State of Emergency, t...

Meet the 'help desk'

Among the duties of new executive assistant Liz Glass is to help residents navigate City Hall. New hire Liz Glass to improve City’s interaction with public  COVINGTON, Ky. - If you call City Hall with a question, there’s likely a new voice on the other end of the phone line.   Meet Liz Glass, whose arrival at the City of Covington is another tangible manifestation of an ongoi...

City gets $137K to digitize property records

State grant to begin project to protect, organize files   COVINGTON, Ky. - The Kentucky Department of Library and Archives is awarding the City of Covington $137,000 to begin digitizing records now stuffed in file cabinets and boxes stacked on rows and rows of metal shelves throughout the basement of City Hall.   The goal?   To not only protect and preserve the records but also...

Ongoing survey seeks customer service

COVINGTON, Ky. - Here’s a reminder: The City of Covington wants feedback on interactions you’ve had with employees of City Hall.   The City’s website has a link to a short Customer Satisfaction Survey that includes a couple of questions, a numerical rating, and a place for comments.   Well more than 100 people have used the survey so far to rate the City’s respons...
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