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Local Government
Gov. Mike DeWine formally asked President Trump on Sept. 2 to declare a major federal disaster for 23 Ohio counties, including Hamilton and Clermont, after August storms destroyed or damaged more than 1,300 structures; approval would unlock housing grants, rental assistance and SBA loans for local residents.
Local Government
Hamilton County is holding two public hearings on Wednesday, Sept. 23 to gather resident input on its next five-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, which will shape county economic spending and development priorities.
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Milford will pump non-toxic smoke through downtown sewer lines on Monday, Sept. 14, to find cracked pipes and illegal stormwater connections; residents and businesses from the Little Miami Brewing Company Event Center to Garfield Avenue must pour water into all drains by 8:30 a.m. to keep smoke out of their buildings.
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Clermont County commissioners will vote Sept. 2 on expanding how $500,000 in federal ARPA funds can be spent on the Bach Buxton Roundabouts project and on about $278,680 in supplemental sheriff's office funding.
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Clermont County commissioners voted Thursday, Aug. 20 to formally support the Loveland Police Department's application for federal COPS Office grant money to purchase a police drone, with EMA Director Shawn Riley having executed the county's letter of support on Aug. 10.
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Loveland City Council on Aug. 25 awarded a right-of-way consulting contract for the $2.76 million SR-48/Butterworth Road sidewalk project, sold a conservation easement along Riverside Drive to the Little Miami Conservancy, and appointed John Rost to the Finance Commission.
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Gov. Mike DeWine asked FEMA and the SBA to begin assessing storm damage in Clermont County and five other Greater Cincinnati-area counties after the Aug. 10 derecho, a step that could lead to a presidential disaster declaration and federal aid for Loveland and Milford area property owners.
Local Government
Milford Police Chief D. Jamey Mills publicly defended the city's nine Flock license-plate reader cameras at the Tuesday, Aug. 18 council meeting, citing a solved break-in and calling for felony-level misuse penalties, while residents Adam Hyott and Anne Guthrie demanded the $27,000 system be removed.
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Symmes Township will hold a public open house on Wednesday, Sept. 2, for residents to weigh in on land use planning, though the township has not detailed what topics will be discussed.
Local Government
Loveland's Law and Ordinance Committee meets Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6 p.m. at City Hall, weeks after council approved a major zoning code rewrite and with the short-term rental moratorium set to expire in early September.
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The Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 2, on a height variance for an existing over-height accessory structure on Day Circle and multiple variances for a new business on Bridge Street in Branch Hill.
Local Government
Milford's Committee of the Whole meets Aug. 18 to review a proposed property maintenance code carrying $100 daily fines, a $7,500 funding request from Valley View Nature Preserve, and a $170,860 lagoon-cleaning contract.
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