Norwood in Nine: December 7 Special Meeting of City Council

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It was a special meeting, indeed.

Following up on the contentious November 24th meeting, Mayor Schneider scheduled this session to discuss Norwood’s Dispatch. More specifically, the purpose of this gathering was to inform the Council and the public about why the mayor is looking to contract with the Hamilton County Communications Center, which would eliminate the need for Norwood to have its own Dispatch center.

In a meeting that lasted nearly three hours, emotions ran high, patience was tested, and many left feeling disappointed — like the whole thing was a charade. But what else would you expect from a meeting that saw more than 430 comments on the Facebook broadcast?

This edition of the show dives into:

  • Key takeaways from Police Chief Kramer, Fire Chief McCabe, and the Director of the Hamilton County Communications Center.
  • Biggest areas of concern among Council members.
  • Impassioned speeches from Mayor Schneider, Auditor Stith, and others.
  • The cost savings of such a move… and much more.

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P.S. sorry, but there’s no Jess in this episode. All of her yelling about council contained expletives, so none could remain in the final draft. It was that kind of night.

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5 thoughts on “Norwood in Nine: December 7 Special Meeting of City Council”

  1. Last night the city Auditor Jim Stith mentioned that this city is facing a potential $2 million dollar short fall in tax revenues. This is a result of the current work from home situation created by COVID-19, where all the workers who used to commute to various offices, like Paycor, are now working from home. Income tax is collected from the place were the person does the work, which means that none of those people would be paying income tax to Norwood, except for an emergency law passed last spring.
    However that law is being challenged by a two bills in the Ohio legislature and a pending lawsuit. In any of those challenges succeeds, Norwood is going to in a worse position than it’s been in in a decade or so.
    Dependence on local income tax revenue could be trouble for Ohio’s six largest cities, new study warns

  2. Thanks,
    One thing: I didn’t get the idea that everyone who works at Norwood dispatch would have a job, what I heard is the Norwood folks could apply, but it wasn’t a guarentee.

    • Fair. I don’t think they have a job tomorrow, automatically. I think that they’ll be preferred candidates who will get hired if they apply and pass the test.

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