City of Lakeside Park 2/9/26 Council Meeting Minutes
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Markgraf called to order the regular meeting of Lakeside Park City Council at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, February 9, 2026, in the Lakeside Park City Building located at 9 Buttermilk Pike. Those in attendance were Mayor Markgraf, City Clerk Teresa Bruck and City Attorney Greg Voss. The council members present included Tom Bernheimer, Dennis Landwehr, George Best, Mary Ann Thaman, and Brian Waite. Absent from the meeting was Councilman Dave Wolfer.
AGENDA
With no changes or corrections to the Agenda, Mr. Bernheimer made the motion to adopt the agenda of February 9, 2026, as presented, and Mr. Best seconded the motion. Voice vote was taken. 5 Aves. O Nays: motion carried.
MINUTES
With no corrections or changes, Mr. Waite made a motion to adopt the minutes of January 12, 2026, and Ms. Thaman seconded the motion. Voice vote was taken. 5 Ayes. O Nays: motion carried.
Guest Speaker
Honorable Kris Knochelmann provided updates to Kenton County, Kentucky programs. He mentioned that his sister was a former Mayor, Karen Gamel. He advised about a new dispatch center for police department; that the county joined the Code Red program; they went to the most sophisticated CAD system and both Boone and Campbell Counties will be on this same system; the radio system is now data point showed only 3% of calls were dispatched to Lakeside Park and this indicates that Lakeside Park is a very safe community; the Detention Center program run by Mark Fields is working well; the county does assist with the local police departments in helping with our drone team, crimes against children team and accident reconstruction team; he also spoke about the Homeland Security program run by Steve Hensley; their public works department during the snow removal; their animal control program; the Countywide initiatives include assistance with abandoned properties; they are finalizing the new UK medicine and law school; their helping with economic development from the Covington Spark House for business owners; and a new park is being developed at the old Fox Run golf course with a variety of hiking and obstacle courses to help with green space.
The mayor thanked the snow crew and Steve Hensley for providing the weather briefing meetings.
CITIZENS ADDRESSING COUNCIL No citizens were present.
MAYORS REPORT:
The mayor started with his appreciation to the residents that removed their cars, the snowplow drivers, and Steve Greer for helping during our recent snow emergency; he said the snow removal budget may need to be amended this year with the significant snow fall that accumulated; he advised next Monday the office would be closed for Present’s Day; he thanked Blessed Sacrament school for sending thank you notes to the office and advised they could be read on the doors coming into the chambers; he advised that we now have photos of the current council members and mayor, as well as a few pictures hanging up of the past mayors in our entrance hallway; he said he and Mrs. Bruck attended a cybersecurity seminar on January 20th at the NKADD office with presenters from Department of Homeland Security, Northern KY University and US Army; he would like to schedule a goal planning session before starting our budget for the year; he mentioned the recent topic of manufactured homes but advised it will be discussed later by Resolution; lastly, this 4th of July will be the Nation’s 250th Birthday and he would like an ad hoc committee to discuss celebration ideas.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT:
Mr. Voss conducted the first reading of Ordinance No. 01-2026, setting compensation for the Mayor’s salary.
He then conducted the first reading of Ordinance No. 02-2026, amending the Lakeside Park Zoning Ordinance, adopted as Ordinance 01-2024, regarding Manufactured Homes and Related Zoning.
Mr. Voss proceeded to conduct the reading of Municipal Order No. 02-2026, re-appointing members to the Board of Adjustments.
The mayor advised that this was an oversight as we had one member, Frank Edelen of the Board of Adjustments term expiring December 31, 2026, and thought all others expired on the same term. However, it was discovered that all other members besides Mr. Edelen had been termed in December of 2025.
Ms. Thaman made the motion to adopt Municipal Order No. 02-2026, and Mr. Waite seconded the motion. Voice vote was taken of 5 Aves, O Nays and O Abstain.
Mr. Voss concluded with the reading of Resolution 02-2026 opposition of HB 276 and any action the Kentucky General Assembly to pre-empt control of local issues.
With no discussion on the initially presented Resolution 02-2026, Mr. Landwehr made the motion to adopt the resolution as presented and Mr. Bernheimer seconded the motion.
The mayor then advised that the House has passed this bill, and it has now been sent over to the Senate for consideration, where the Senate would have to consider it, they may make modifications and decide if they want to bring it to the floor. He suggested an amendment to this Resolution to include distribution to the members of the Senate Leadership as well as the Senate of Local Government committee.
Mr. Bernheimer made a motion to amend the Resolution 02-2026 to include distribution to Senate Leadership and Senate of Local Government committee, and Mr. Waite made the second motion.
Ms. Thaman inquired if the amendment was to include distribution to the Senate because it passed at the House level and the mayor confirmed. Voice vote on the amended Resolution was taken of 5 Aves. O Nays and O Abstain.
CITY CLERK/TREASURER
Ms. Bruck reported as of today only 2 delinquent property taxes as of today; delinquent notices went out February 2nd and advised deadline February 28th before turning over to city attorney for processing; she sent out W-2’s and 1099’s the last week of January, the six (6) Ordinances from 2025 were sent to American Legal Publishing for codification; there has been a delay from the auditor and she hopes they will come present at our next meeting; and last, she gave the council a copy of the new NKADD Older Adults guide and asked council to let residents know it is available at the city office if anyone would like a copy to stop by the office or contact her.
The mayor added that this is KLC appreciation week, and there will be free webinar events that he encouraged the staff and council to participate. He advised KLC City Day’s in Frankfort is coming up soon and he will be getting the information for this event out to the council.
FIRE/EMS:
Assistant Fire Chief Jansing advised that the call sheet figures provided to council were transposed and that Lakeside Park actually had 19 runs last month. He then summarized his report and advised that the,Fire Department will be using a new system soon. He thanked residents for keeping snow cleared around the fire hydrants and said they did not have any problems getting to residents due to the snow cönditions.
PUBLIC WORKS:
Mr. Landwehr provided a status update of the public works projects that included Dixie Highway sidewalk joint venture with Crestview Hills; Bellemonte Avenue resurfacing and curb replacement; 5-year street plan with assistance from the new program of Infrahub we are now using; the Joint Crack Seal program; the topic of leaf removal will be a large undertaking and very expensive but Mr. Greer is still looking at options for the residents; the Radar sign has been a valuable asset and is now located on Marian Drive, but may be moved soon to Arcadia or another street; the snow removal this year was more intensive than other years, but the county did a great job; the crosswalk stamping is still under review; and last, the land bridge on West Lakeside will have brush cleaning for line-of-sight issues in the near future.
POLICE AUTHORITY
Mr. Waite said the Police Authority met last Monday evening, and the change of chairman seating occurred so that
Crestview Hills has the majority members. The 5 members this year will include Chairman Mayor Bill Dorsey, David Kramer, Ed Wise of Crestview Hills and for the Lakeside Park side will include himself and Mayor Markgraf. They entered an interlocal agreement with Northern Kentucky Squad. He talked about some of the officers’ training and completed programs. Last, he said that Police Clerk Heather Marcus was awarded the IIMC (International Institute of Municipal Clerks) scholarship to attend the clerks conference.
PDS:
Mr. Waite said the council did not meet last month, so there was no report.
FINANCE:
Mr. Waite said he reviewed the bank statements as well as the credit card statements and everything was good.
MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT LEAGUE OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY (MGLNK):
Mr. Landwehr advised that MGLNK group’s first meeting is scheduled for next month, and future meetings are already planned as well for this year.
RECREATION:
Ms. Thaman reported she received a great report from our new Recreation Director, Tracy Hart. She said the first event this year was the Perfect North Slope tubing event that was well attended. Other upcoming scheduled events, including the 19th of February, will be the Garden Club at 7pm here in the city building, and on February 26th a Meet & Greet event with our new Recreation Director to find out what activities the citizens want to see hosted. Tracy has been networking with other companies as well as other cities to see if we can partner on some of our programs. The last thing she mentioned as a scheduled event is the annual senior luncheon in April. She advised residents to look on our website and social media platforms for additional upcoming event information.
The mayor added that we need resident volunteers to help with some of these programs.
OLD BUSINESS No old business.
NEW BUSINESS
No new business.
COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL:
Mr. Landwehr said he was having general service on his home heating/AC unit and the repair man mentioned to him that he detected a small reading of carbon monoxide and recommended that he get a detector. He felt this should be conveyed to all and he hopes that everyone has this type of detector.
The mayor said he was told the life expectancy of a CO detector is 10 years and should be replaced when due.
ADJOURNMENT:
At 7:57PM Ms. Thaman made the motion to adjourn the meeting, and Mr. Landwehr seconded the motion. Voice vote taken 5 Ayes, O Nays: motion carried.