Engaging ‘rather than complaining,’ Mayor Charlie Cleves leads Bellevue’s growth to 154th birthday – NKyTribune
By Andy FurmanNKyTribune reporter Politics was never in his future. “The only running I did was on the cross-country and track teams for Northern Kentucky University,” Charlie Cleves, the now five-year Mayor of Bellevue explained to the Covington Rotary Club this week. “I joined the Ocelots back in 2014,” he told the Northern Kentucky Tribune. […]
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Bellevue P&Z befuddled by downtown overlay assignment from City Council | Bellevue | #citycouncil
The Bellevue Planning and Zoning Commission reacted with frustration and confusion on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the face of an assignment from the Bellevue City Council to address wide-ranging options for a proposed downtown overlay district designed to increase the city’s stock of affordable housing. “Why throw this in our laps when we don’t have […]
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Bellevue City Council approves $85K for new rescue boat | #citycouncil
Later this year, Bellevue first responders will be better able to respond during water emergencies along the Missouri River. On Tuesday, the city council approved $85,000 to spend on a 22-foot Clark Dura sport boat that will benefit both the police and fire departments. The boat will be purchased from Clark Boat Company, which is, […]
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Indoor water park coming to Bellevue in 2026, pending city council vote | #citycouncil
Bellevue is making a $60 million splash. If the city council approves that bond Tuesday, three hotels and a 100 thousand square foot water park will be built northwest of the Highway 34 and Highway 75 interchange.Mayor Rusty Hike says it’ll be modeled after a Dallas, Texas park: the fourth largest indoor park in the […]
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Chris Johnson elected Bellevue mayor | Bellevue
The Bellevue City Council elected Chris Johnson as mayor in a unanimous vote on Monday. The two-term city councilman was sworn in during Monday’s regular meeting to replace outgoing Mayor Kathryn Goldman, who resigned from office this month. “The city has been facing a lot of challenges over the recent years. I appreciate the council’s […]
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Bellevue city council ‘yes’ on plan suggesting closing parks | #citycouncil
The Bellevue City Council votes yes on a master parks plan — the first time in over 15 years.The plan recommends de-commissioning eight parks, an issue packing council chambers and leading to more than an hour of public comment Tuesday night.”Whatever time you spent in our park was clearly not enough. Our park is used […]
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Bellevue City Council to consider change to area of city impact boundary Monday | Bellevue | #citycouncil
Bellevue leaders are expected to confirm on Monday a plan the City Council recently agreed upon that would cede significant acreage in its area of city impact (ACI) to the city of Hailey to accommodate the Oppenheimer family’s goal of annexing 228 acres of farmland into both cities. Currently, Bellevue’s ACI contains the entire area […]
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