Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
The Hyde Park Neighborhood Council meets Tuesday night to vote on new trustees, hear an update on the Erie Avenue road-diet project slated for 2027 construction, and discuss a proposed city ordinance targeting safety on mixed-use trails like Wasson Way.
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Cincinnati City Council passed a second flood measure on Aug. 5 directing the city and MSD to pursue green infrastructure and watershed-based flood planning for Hyde Park, Oakley and Mount Lookout, separate from the $2 million relief fund approved the same day.
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Cincinnati City Council passed a resolution Aug. 5 honoring Jonathan Young, the 46-year-old road worker killed by a Metro bus on the Norwood Lateral in July, as his family and co-workers filled the chamber and Vice Mayor Kearney described how Young pushed colleagues out of harm's way.
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Cincinnati City Council approved millions in emergency flood relief for east-side residents on Aug. 5 and advanced a green infrastructure motion, acting on its last day before a five-week recess as more than 1,800 households reported sewer backups from July's storms.
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Cincinnati City Council approved the Mt. Lookout Fall Festival's special event permit at its Aug. 5 session, giving the Mt. Lookout Community Council the go-ahead to stage the annual neighborhood celebration at Mt. Lookout Square this fall.
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CPS Board President Brandon Craig warned that if voters reject the 7-mill property tax levy on Nov. 3, the district will close schools and lay off classroom teachers, escalating beyond the 111 positions already cut this summer.
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Cincinnati City Council votes Wednesday afternoon on $1 million in flood relief for east-side residents and a motion to create a green infrastructure task force, with federal FEMA aid ruled out and nearly 2,000 properties reporting water intrusion since July's storms.
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Chamberlain University, the nation's largest nursing school, opens its 25th campus at the Kenwood Collection in Sycamore Township on Aug. 20, with BSN classes starting Aug. 31 amid a regional nursing shortage.
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Hamilton County commissioners voted 2-0 on Monday, August 3, to place a 38% children's services property tax increase on the November ballot, adding about $39 per year per $100,000 of home value for Hyde Park and Oakley homeowners.
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Cincinnati's Public Safety committee unanimously advanced an emergency ordinance extending the city's chronic nuisance law to bars and commercial businesses; the full council votes Wednesday, Aug. 5.
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Mount Lookout residents packed a nearly two-hour meeting with four council members on Monday, August 3, demanding zoning changes, green infrastructure, and long-term investment after two July floods; a full council vote on recovery funding is set for Wednesday, August 5.
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Cincinnati's Public Safety committee unanimously advanced an emergency ordinance on Aug. 3 that would extend the city's chronic nuisance law to bars and commercial businesses for the first time and codify protections for domestic violence victims; a full council vote is set for Wednesday, Aug. 5.
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Cincinnati's Budget Committee voted August 3 to transfer $2.3 million from the East Walnut Hills Equivalent Fund toward the 1520 Madison Road Redevelopment, a $45 million, 168-unit apartment project by Uptown Rental Properties on the Madison Road corridor near Oakley.
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