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City of Covington Taps High-Powered Administrator to Lead Finance Department

COVINGTON, KY - On the heels of recent departures within the City of Covington’s finance department, Covington City Commission voted Tuesday to appoint William “Bill” Moller as the interim finance director to guide the city through its upcoming critical budget period. Moller’s extensive municipal finance and management experience, including serving two-years with the City o...

City Seeks Applicants for Finance Director Position

The City of Covington is currently seeking a Finance Director to join its Finance Department. This position assists the City Manager with implementing the strategic activities necessary to accomplish the City’s mission and goals. The Finance Director serves as Chief Financial Officer of the City; plans, organizes, directs, controls and evaluates the activities of the Finance Department. Supp...

Mayor & City Commission Authorize the FY 16 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Presents Allocation of $4.7M in Carryover Funds

COVINGTON, KY – Tuesday evening, the Mayor and City Commission accepted the Fiscal Year 2016 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (FY 16 CAFR) and were presented with the allocation matrix for the $4.7 million in carryover funds as authorized by the Fiscal Stability Ordinance. Director of Finance & Operations Lisa Desmarais gave the presentation summarizing the specific allocation of ca...

Preliminary Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Presented at Commission Meeting; Payroll Receipts Up $1,568,298; Includes $4.7 Million in Carryover Funds

COVINGTON, KY – On Tuesday evening, the Board of Commissioners Legislative meeting featured a presentation on the City’s Fiscal Year 2016 (FY 16) preliminary Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), highlighting $4,700,737 in carryover funds from the previous fiscal year. Presented by the Lexington based accounting firm RFH, PLLC CPAs and Consultants, the CAFR consists of the City...

Commission Highlight: Board of Commissioners Keeps City’s Property Tax Rate Same as Last Year; Increase in Property Values Yields Additional Revenue

COVINGTON, KY – On Tuesday evening, the Board of Commissioners approved the City’s 2016 property tax rate, keeping it the same as 2015.  City staff recommended maintaining the same property tax rate as last year since increased property values will result in additional revenue. At the meeting, Assistant Finance Director Dave Mathews presented on the property tax rate explaining th...

Major Employer Clinical Trial & Consulting Services (CTI) Moves Headquarters to Covington RiverCenter; Estimates 500 New Kentucky Resident Jobs Filled by 2027

COVINGTON, KY – Clinical Trial & Consulting Services will be relocating their global headquarters to Covington, Kentucky. Earlier this morning, Governor Matt Bevin made the announcement that the pharmaceutical and biotechnology organization confirmed its move into the RiverCenter Towers. This news comes from almost 10 months of collaboration between the following: Corporex Companies, LLC...

Covington Launches Interactive Transparency Platform

COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington announced today the launch of a new digital platform powered by OpenGov that provides the public unprecedented access to the city’s financial and operational information. In its first release, the city is including its financial data. The OpenGov platform displays the city’s financial data in an interactive, digital format that enables bette...
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Covington Rids Itself of 40-Year Old Borrowing Habit

  COVINGTON, Ky. – The City of Covington has finally freed itself from the need of a $3.5 million short-term loan, relied on for the last 40 years. At Tuesday night’s meeting, Covington Mayor and Commissioners voted not to renew the City’s annual short-term loan known as a Tax Anticipation Note (TAN). Every year since 1976 the City has used the TAN to pay its payroll, employ...

Covington Presented with $2 Million Budget Carryover

COVINGTON, KY – Covington’s Board of Commissioners were presented with relatively good news during their meeting Tuesday night in the form of a $2.19 million carryover from the previous fiscal year. A presentation on the City’s Annual Financial Report by the accounting firm Clark Schaefer Hackett revealed that the carryover from the previous fiscal year to be approximately $2,190...

Covington Presents Fiscal Stability Ordinance; Strategic Plan for Use of City Funds

COVINGTON, KY – City Manager Larry Klein and Interim Finance Director and City Operations Director Lisa Desmarais presented Covington’s Board of Commissioners with an overview of a proposed Fiscal Stability Ordinance last night. The ordinance is the result of an anticipated budget carryover from the City’s previous fiscal year and outlines how City carryover funds can be used res...
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