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gency dispatch center by the end of the year; Fiscal Court is hoping that all cities in the county will end up under the same roof. Erlanger is responsible for 911 services for 10 cities in the county including Fort Wright and Fort Mitchell. Knochelmann said that although he initially seemed to agree to using utility bills to collect emergency dispatch fees, he changed his mind because the first reading of the per parcel fee ordinance didn’t occur. Knochelmann said he also is interested in alternatives electric companies can offer. “I wanted to give Duke (Energy) a chance to come forward and actually bring a solution to the table,” he said. “Instead of saying no.” But, he said, the funding issue will be resolved. “We are very unified in the fact that we will find a solution to fund this,” he said. “None of it’s fun. None of it’s 100 percent ideal.”
Crescent Springs hosts tasty event By Amy Scalf ascalf@nky.com
CRESCENT SPRINGS —
Food, music, games and a free movie brought hundreds of people together for the Taste of Crescent Springs on Aug. 4. “This is awesome. We’re very pleased with how it turned out,” said Paige Rabe, president of the Crescent Springs Business Association. “We’re a relatively new organization, and this is our first time trying this. I hope it brings more members. This is a great way to promote local businesses and give back to the community.” Rabe owns Jimmy Johns Gourmet Sandwiches in Crescent Springs, and two other locations. The event also included a bake sale and grilled items to benefit the city’s 9/ 11 Memorial, as well as booths by Bank of Kentucky, The Card and Party Shop, Crescent Springs Garden Club, Erlanger Special Response Vehicle, Jimmy John’s, Ken’s Service, Little Red School House, Remke Markets, Sweet Basil Restaurant and Sushi Bar and Sweet
Crescent Springs/Villa Hills Fire Department firefighters Crissy Willman, Todd Valetti, Chief Jeff Wendt, Lori Bentley, Joe Schutzman and Zack Smith grill food during the Taste of Crescent Springs to raise funds for the 9/11 Memorial. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Community groups and local restaurants hosted games and sold food during the Taste of Crescent Springs on Aug. 4, before a free movie was presented in the park. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
Frog Yogurt. Music was performed by The Skin Tones, a fourmember cover band. Following the Taste of
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Crescent Springs was the second annual Movie in the Park, featuring “Cars 2,” which was sponsored by Crestville Drugs.
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Averdick said he’d like to see a proposal that would generate “at least $500,000” instead of the $250,000 expected annually from the vehicle fee. City leaders expect the annual cost to maintain city streets is approximately $750,000. Nienaber said that failed attempts to institute a street tax, whose funds would specifically go to road maintenance and improvement, have left leaders with fewer options to generate the money needed to fix city streets. “By enacting this ordi-
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At that time, Brandon Michael Ford, 34, was arrested and transported to the Kenton County Detention Center and charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools, according to www.jailtracker.com. “I didn’t lose anything. It was a busted window; $450 for a double-pane window he threw a rock through. I wasn’t worried about myself but I didn’t want him to get anyone else,” said Works. “I was a
Paige Rabe, Crescent Springs Business Association president, adds a little sauce to her fried rice from Sweet Basil Restaurant’s booth at the Taste of Crescent Springs event on Aug. 4. AMY SCALF/THE COMMUNITY RECORDER
nance, we are no longer asking for permission from the citizens of Fort Wright to levy taxes or engage in the conversation,” he said. “We’re taking steps that say it would be fiscally irresponsible on behalf of those of us sitting here to not offer solutions to this problem, and it’s probably not going to make some people happy.” Nienaber said another option would be to increase the payroll tax or raise property taxes. City Council member Dave Hatter said the property tax would have to be increased by eight times to generate enough money to fund the roads, and then, “it’s not guaranteed to go for what we’re saying we
want it to go for. “We are trying to be as transparent as possible. It’s not our money,” said Hatter, gesturing to the council members. “It’s our money, all of us collectively, right? All of our neighbors and residents who live in the city.” Hatter also said he still finds the vehicle fee “distasteful” because it “could be spent by any future council on anything they want because it goes into the general fund, but it’s the best option we have available right now. I’m not going to sit here and continue to spend at a deficit. It does not make any sense.”
little concerned about other people waiting in the woods, but overall, I’d do it again.” Possible waiting accomplices are among the potentially dangerous situations Works could have encountered, according to Steve Castor, Erlanger Police Department public information officer. “It is understandable that you would protect yourself and your property when someone is trying to break in, but when the danger no longer exists and the intruder is fleeing, that is a job for the police. To continue that pursuit is something we would not recom-
mend. Firing of a warning shot is against police policy of any department I’m aware of,” said Castor. “For an average citizen or any citizen to do this, it had a very positive outcome. We’ve all seen stories where the followup action causes the victim/suspect situation to turn.” If the intruder had not run, Castor said circumstances would have been different. “If someone broke in and was in the residence, the homeowner should take any means necessary to protect himself, his family and anyone in the residence until the person was gone,” said Castor. “Maybe he has done things like this before and has not been caught. Maybe we have taken a burglar off the street, but if this happened 10 times, I’m not sure that all 10 times it would turn out like this.”
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