Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Madeira City Council votes Monday, July 27, on an emergency ordinance to lease a city-owned house at 6930 Shawnee Run Road that was purchased for $465,000 in 2025 for a future road-safety project not expected to begin until 2030 or later.
Local Government
MSD has received more than 1,800 sewer backup reports since the July 17 flooding, with over 900 qualifying for free cleaning, and is fast-tracking 10 infrastructure projects while Hamilton County assesses whether damage meets the $4.2 million FEMA threshold for state and federal aid.
Local Government
Madeira City Council approved demolition of a blighted Camargo Road building to create temporary public parking at no cost to the city's general fund, while advancing a $20,000–$25,000 traffic officer proposal and disclosing a sidewalk delay into 2027.
Local Government
Sycamore Township's Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 11, at 5:30 p.m. on Zoning Case ZC-2026-7, a PUD II rezoning request for the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church property at 7701 Kenwood Road, marking the third scheduled hearing on the case.
Local Government
Mariemont's new dog ordinance, O-10-26, requires leashes in all public spaces, bans dogs from the Dogwood Park Tot Lot, and creates a $50 off-leash registration program at the South 80 Acres administered by the Mariemont Police Department.
Local Government
Sycamore Township Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Rich was promoted to lieutenant at the Tuesday, July 21 Trustee Meeting, with Board Chairman Tom Weidman administering the officer's oath at the Township Administration Building.
Local Government
Sycamore Township's 2026 cape seal pavement preservation project begins the week of Monday, July 28, bringing lane restrictions and temporary street closures to about 30 streets over five work days.
Local Government
Sycamore Township trustees hold a public hearing on a proposed PUD II development at 7701 Kenwood Road on Tuesday, July 21, followed by a regular board meeting that may address storm-recovery business.
Local Government
ODOT closed the I-71 northbound exit to Second Street in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday, July 16, as part of the Brent Spence Bridge Corridor project, forcing east-side village commuters onto a Fifth Street detour through at least 2028.
Local Government
A statewide air quality alert is in effect Thursday, July 16, covering Indian Hill, Madeira, Mariemont, Terrace Park, and Sycamore Township as smoke from more than 180 Ontario wildfires drifts into the region, compounded by a forecast heat index in the upper 90s.
Local Government
Hamilton County Public Health warned residents on Wednesday, July 15, to avoid Dry Run Creek near SR-32 and 8 Mile Road in Anderson Township after a sewage discharge contaminated the waterway, with the permanent fix still in progress.
Local Government
Monthly volunteer testing of the North Branch of Sycamore Creek in Montgomery's Pioneer and Dulle Parks found "Unacceptable" E. coli levels after April rains, prompting the city's Environmental Advisory Commission to urge park visitors to avoid direct water contact.
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