City of Blue Ash - Council Meeting - April 9, 2026

April 10, 2026·1 hr 24 min·7 clips

A fifth-grade robotics team from Blue Ash reveals how they built a robot to compete at the World Championship.

April 9, 2026 begins formally. Mayor Jill Cole calls the City of Blue Ash council meeting to order, leads the pledge, and moves into roll call. Six members are present. Council excuses Vice Mayor Katie Schneider, with congratulations to her family on welcoming Ethan James Schneider. The agenda passes without dispute. A special presentation and proclamation follows for a local student robotics group, then the meeting settles into regular business. Resolution 2026-42 passes by roll call. It authorizes the sale of a surplus police vehicle to the Village of Cleves, described plainly as equipment the city no longer needs. Miscellaneous business does most of the work here. Council hears from American Structure Point on Blue Ash's Safe Streets for All action plan, a federal grant project tied to a comprehensive traffic safety study. Gaurav Kashyap begins the presentation. He says he leads the traffic team in the state and notes Craig Littmer's roadway role. The work began last August. Staff presents this as a status report before a later council meeting where the plan is expected to come forward for approval. The room stays procedural, in the way council meetings usually do. Questions and comments are not treated like drama. They are part of how a public body works through engineering details. Near the end, the tone loosens a little. Council remarks turn to foot traffic, places to eat, enjoying nature, and thanks for the study. Students are thanked for staying. The meeting ends with another round of congratulations to the Schneider family, a motion to adjourn, and a dry hope that Katie is not watching from home.

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A formal Blue Ash meeting that still finds lift in a robotics salute and a detailed safety plan.

Blue Ash's April 9 council meeting moves through the usual civic business first: roll call, agenda approval, an excuse for Vice Mayor Katie Schneider, and congratulations to her family on the arrival of Ethan James Schneider.

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