Covington commissioners approve broad consent agenda including new city hall contract, promotions and façade agreements
March 28, 2026 | Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
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The Board of Commissioners of the City of Covington voted unanimously March 24 to approve a multi-item consent agenda covering contracts, promotions, hires, incentives and programmatic agreements.
The approvals included authorization for the mayor to execute an agreement with Global Business Solutions, Inc., for construction and technology integration work related to the new City Hall (Commissioners’ Order No. ORD-062-2026); promotions in the Public Works Department elevating William Matteoli to director and Brad Schwenke to assistant director, both effective March 25, 2026 (ORD-063-2026; ORD-064-2026); and a jobs development and payroll incentive agreement with Marfofma Corp. (ORD-065-2026).
The Board also agreed to undertake issuance of industrial building revenue bonds at the appropriate time to pay or reimburse costs of an industrial building and related improvements, as permitted by Chapter 103 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, and approved a related payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement and preliminary actions (ORD-066-2026). The minutes record that the order references Chapter 103 KRS as the enabling statute.
Other consent items approved included forgivable façade agreements with Chewlu LLC and the Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society (ORD-067-2026; ORD-068-2026), a commercial rent incentive with Dice on Draft, LLC (ORD-069-2026), and a series of hires and personnel actions: the hire of Curtis Czirr as a laborer in Public Works (ORD-070-2026), Jeremie Ring as a Covington police officer (ORD-071-2026), and Garrett Koenig as a clerk typist in the Police Department records section (ORD-072-2026). The Board accepted the retirement of Lonnie Johnson, Light Equipment Operator, effective March 31, 2026 (ORD-073-2026), and approved the hire of Jack Monts de Oca as executive director of the Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority, effective April 13, 2026 (ORD-074-2026), together with a loaned personnel agreement for his services (ORD-075-2026).
The commission approved a programmatic agreement with the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office for administration of certain community development programs (ORD-076-2026) and a memorandum of agreement with the same office authorizing demolition of 1038 Jackson Street (ORD-077-2026). It also made several board and committee appointments, including Travis Gysegem to the Board of Architectural Review and Development for a four-year term (ORD-078-2026) and appointments of William Matteoli and Sebastian Torres to the Intermodal Coordinating Committee of the Ohio–Kentucky–Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) (ORD-079-2026; ORD-080-2026).
Where recorded, each listed order was moved by Commissioner Tim Acri and seconded by Commissioner Tim Downing and was approved by unanimous voice vote (Acri, Downing, Smith, Toebbe, Washington). The minutes do not provide substantive debate text for these items beyond the formal readings, motions and approvals.
The minutes contain a transcription numbering inconsistency: after ORD-070-2026 the approval line references ORD-059-2026; the commission minutes otherwise record that the listed item was approved by unanimous vote. The minutes also list the presentations noted on the agenda but provide no substantive content from those presentations.
Mayor Ronald L. Washington adjourned the meeting at 6:38 p.m. The minutes were subsequently marked approved April 14, 2026.
The approvals included authorization for the mayor to execute an agreement with Global Business Solutions, Inc., for construction and technology integration work related to the new City Hall (Commissioners’ Order No. ORD-062-2026); promotions in the Public Works Department elevating William Matteoli to director and Brad Schwenke to assistant director, both effective March 25, 2026 (ORD-063-2026; ORD-064-2026); and a jobs development and payroll incentive agreement with Marfofma Corp. (ORD-065-2026).
The Board also agreed to undertake issuance of industrial building revenue bonds at the appropriate time to pay or reimburse costs of an industrial building and related improvements, as permitted by Chapter 103 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, and approved a related payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement and preliminary actions (ORD-066-2026). The minutes record that the order references Chapter 103 KRS as the enabling statute.
Other consent items approved included forgivable façade agreements with Chewlu LLC and the Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society (ORD-067-2026; ORD-068-2026), a commercial rent incentive with Dice on Draft, LLC (ORD-069-2026), and a series of hires and personnel actions: the hire of Curtis Czirr as a laborer in Public Works (ORD-070-2026), Jeremie Ring as a Covington police officer (ORD-071-2026), and Garrett Koenig as a clerk typist in the Police Department records section (ORD-072-2026). The Board accepted the retirement of Lonnie Johnson, Light Equipment Operator, effective March 31, 2026 (ORD-073-2026), and approved the hire of Jack Monts de Oca as executive director of the Covington Motor Vehicle Parking Authority, effective April 13, 2026 (ORD-074-2026), together with a loaned personnel agreement for his services (ORD-075-2026).
The commission approved a programmatic agreement with the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Office for administration of certain community development programs (ORD-076-2026) and a memorandum of agreement with the same office authorizing demolition of 1038 Jackson Street (ORD-077-2026). It also made several board and committee appointments, including Travis Gysegem to the Board of Architectural Review and Development for a four-year term (ORD-078-2026) and appointments of William Matteoli and Sebastian Torres to the Intermodal Coordinating Committee of the Ohio–Kentucky–Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI) (ORD-079-2026; ORD-080-2026).
Where recorded, each listed order was moved by Commissioner Tim Acri and seconded by Commissioner Tim Downing and was approved by unanimous voice vote (Acri, Downing, Smith, Toebbe, Washington). The minutes do not provide substantive debate text for these items beyond the formal readings, motions and approvals.
The minutes contain a transcription numbering inconsistency: after ORD-070-2026 the approval line references ORD-059-2026; the commission minutes otherwise record that the listed item was approved by unanimous vote. The minutes also list the presentations noted on the agenda but provide no substantive content from those presentations.
Mayor Ronald L. Washington adjourned the meeting at 6:38 p.m. The minutes were subsequently marked approved April 14, 2026.
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