The announcement was first made at the city s Independence Day festival last weekend.
At the special city council meeting on Tuesday, Councilman Dave Shafer said that the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association had a donation jar at a booth during the festival, which added $1,001 more dollars to the till.
Money is still coming in, he said.
Meanwhile, council listened to a presentation on the county-wide reevaluation of zoning, a project dubbed Z21.
Planning & Development Services of Kenton County Principal Zoning Official Krista Martin and Senior Planner Patrick Denbow presented the program which aims to reduce the current number of zones from 26 to 16.
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