Mark Your Calendars

Friday, July 4th, 2025

Independence Day

Happy 4th of July

Administration Offices Closed

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

Back to School in Kenton County

Please Drive Safely!

Monday, Sept 1st, 2025

Labor Day

Administration Offices Closed

Fri & Sat, Sept 5th & 6th, 2025

Community Fall Yard Sale

Saturday, September 20th, 2025

Community Shred Event

9 am to Noon at City Hall

Friday, October 31st, 2025

Halloween - Trick or Treat

6 pm to 8 pm

Duke Energy

Track and Reduce Your Energy Consumption for Lower Bills

Duke Energy reminds customers that they can track and reduce their energy consumption. This helps to adjust your useage habits around your home to help reduce your monthly bill.

To learn more click HERE.

"FREE"

RECYCLING CAN

Call 1-800-828-8171

RUMPKE of NKY

All Residents are encouraged to contact Rumpke of NKY, your local waste collection and recycling vendor, to receive your "FREE" 65 Gallon Green Recycling Can for use when recycling household products. To learn more about the Rumpke Recycling Program you can click HERE.

Your FREE Green Recycling Can is part of our negotiated contract for services between the City of Fort Wright and Rumpke. This larger capacity recycling can will be delivered directly to your home and features a lid to contain trash and wheels for easy maneuvering.



Go Green Today!

Commemorative Community Bench Program - Limited Opportunity!

A commemorative bench is the perfect way to beautify and functionally accent our community while providing a special place of acknowledgement for a loved one, or group. Inscribe one of our commemorative benches with a message of kindness, love, recognition, or hope providing a lasting tribute to the special people in your life. To learn more about this limited opportunity program please click HERE..

Vacation Check Program

Sign Up Now!

If you are going on vacation and would like to participate in our FREE Vacation Check Program facilitated by the Fort Wright Police Department (FWPD), please complete a Vacation Check Form The form lists important information, such as how the FWPD can contact you or another designated person in the event of an emergency. The provision of telephone numbers for alarm companies are helpful too. The FWPD will then keep an "extra eye" on your home while you are traveling and can advise you on essential precautions to take before you leave home in an effort to better secure your property.

Please email your completed form to the FWPD rgriffin@fortwrightky.gov or submit them in person at City Hall, located at 409 Kyles Lane during normal business hours.

Fort Wright Fire Dept

Historical Photo Location - 115 Kennedy

The City of Fort Wright serves as a Passport Acceptance Agency in conjunction with the U.S Department of State, and staff can help you process your new passport application by APPT ONLY.

To learn more about the Passport Process please click HERE. To schedule an appointment to file your application please contact us at 859.331.1700.

Flag Retirement Drop Box

Located at City Hall

Rules on how to properly fly the flag were established in June 1923, when the National Flag Conference met in Washington, D.C. Its members created the Flag Code, which states that "the flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing."

The US Flag is considered a sacred symbol and as such care should be given to its disposal. Anyone wishing to dispose of a US Flag that is torn and/or worn and thus no longer servicable can drop if off at City Hall in our new Flag Retirement Drop Box. Staff will then properly and respectfully dispose of them.

Welcome to the City of Fort Wright!

UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS

The Fort Wright City Council meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 pm. Meetings are held at City Hall in the Council Chambers, located at 409 Kyles Lane. All meetings are open to the public.

Wed - July 2nd, 2025

City Council Meeting - POSTPONED until 7/16/25

Wed - July 16th, 2025

Special Legislative Meeting

Haven't been tuned into your local government's activities lately? No worries, you can catch up quickly and get up to date information by visiting our website, and/or any of our social media pages.

South Hills Civic Club

Small Event Venue

South Hills Civic Club, located at 10 Bluegrass Avenue, is renovated and available for rental. The facility accommodates up to 80 individuals seated and is the perfect place to host your family and friends.

To learn more about rental availability and fees visit our website by clicking HERE.

The City of Fort Wright requires a Yard/Garage sale permit be acquired in advance of any sales held within the community.

Permits can be obtained by completing and returning to us the APPLICATION in person or via email for review and approval.

The City of Fort Wright organizes two "City Wide Yard Sale" weekends each year. Those sales are held at individual residences but coordinated by the City for promotion in print media, on the City website, and City-run social media accounts. The City Wide Yard Sale permit is different than the permit referenced above and will become available as we approach the weekends on which the sales are held. 

All Permits are "Free of Charge" to Residents. Time & Annual Quantity Restrictions do apply. For more information please contact us.

The Kentucky RX Card

The Kentucky RX Card is a free statewide discount prescription program launched to help both insured and uninsured Kentucky Residents afford their medical prescriptions.

You can print, text, save or email cards free of charge from their website. The cards are completely confidential; no personal information will be collected, sold, shared, or distributed.

To learn more about this program please click HERE.

The Kentucky RX Card is proudly sponsored by the Kentucky League of Cities. For program highlights please click HERE.

Lithium Battery

Recycling Program

The City of Fort Wright has partnered with the Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub and now offers Lithium Battery Recycling at the Fort Wright Fire/EMS Department. Lithium Batteries can pose a Fire Hazard and proper disposal is essential.

To learn more about this Fire Safety Program please click HERE.

Earn Green,

Keep Our County Clean

Trash for Cash Program

Utilizing the Kentucky Division of Waste Management, Litter Abatement Grant Money, the Kenton County Solid Waste Division will pay approved 501(c)3 organizations $100 per mile (both sides of road) to pick up trash off of approved roadways within Kenton County.

This program runs from April 1st through September 30th each year.

Interested groups must be a federally-recognized 501(c)3, nonprofit organization, to apply. For more information click HERE.

CITY OF FORT WRIGHT

2025 ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

As standard policy and procedure related to all road replacement or resurfacing projects, the City of Fort Wright collaborates and coordinates with all local utility companies on all upcoming and future road re-construction projects. This provides an opportunity for us to partner with the various Utility Companies who then evaluate their infrastructure in these areas so that they can perform any necessary repairs and/or upgrades to their infrastructure prior to the roadway's completion. This process yields a long term cost savings to our tax payers. As a result of this effort, the Northern Kentucky Water District (NKWD) is replacing the water mains on General Drive and Pickett Drive in advance of the start of our 2025 Street Resurfacing Project. Earlier this year Duke Energy also replaced several gas services in the area as well.

Rector Excavating was awarded the bid by NKWD and has already replaced the main on General Drive with all existing services tied back in as well. Rector is currently working on replacing the main on Pickett Drive and anticipates having this work completed by the end of June. The new water main will ultimately be tied in, and final service connections will be made. This work can take some time given the amount of rock in the area. Rector anticipates completion of the project by mid-July, well ahead of their allowed completion window.

In February 2025, the City of Fort Wright awarded the bid for road resurfacing to Riegler Blacktop, and General Drive, Pickett Drive, Pickett Court, and George Huser Drive will be milled and repaved this year.

The contract price for the 2025 project is $649,342.25. This cost includes milling and paving, as well as, all necessary concrete repairs. Riegler Blacktop will begin replacing areas of concrete sidewalk and spot curb repairs in August of this year Once the concrete repairs are completed each roadway will be milled before the final surface is installed.

We anticipate milling and paving to take place in September. As with any construction project, the timeline is subject to change due to weather and/or material availability which from time to time impedes progress.

Please remember to exercise caution when driving, walking, and/or bicycling in all construction zones for the safety of our staff, our contractors, and the protection of your own life and property.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to our Public Works Director Jeff Bethell at jbethell@fortwrightky.gov.

To learn more about our 5 Year Street Program including future projects, historical data, pavement condition ratings, and much more please click HERE.

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