Gregory A. Larison will serve another term as Boone County surveyor after filing unopposed as a Republican in the Nov. 3 general election.
In a questionnaire submitted to the Florence-Union Journal, Larison said he is seeking the office because of his depth of local knowledge. He said he has performed land surveys in Boone County for 38 years and has "the most experience in boundary retracement within Boone County than other licensed surveyors that reside in the county."
Candidate information
- Office sought: Boone County Surveyor
- Party: Republican
- Education: Bachelor's in construction management, Northern Kentucky University (1991)
- Family: Married 34 years to Meredith Larison. Daughters McKenna, a chemical engineer in Hebron, and Danielle, who works in IT in Michigan. Son Coleman is a firefighter and paramedic with the Walton Fire Department.
Larison attended Simon Kenton High School in Independence.
Experience and public service
Larison has served as Boone County surveyor in two stints: 2002 to 2010 and 2023 to the present. He has been chief operating officer of Viox & Viox, a civil engineering and surveying firm, since 1998. Before that, he worked at T.R. McNeely Land Surveying Company from 1988 to 1998.
He also serves as a board member of the Northern Kentucky Port Authority, vice chair of the Boone County Archive Commission and chair of the Boone Conservancy. He is a past chair of the Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors.
In his questionnaire response, Larison cited corridor mapping for about 65 miles of water main and sanitary sewer, thousands of land surveys of private and public properties, and on-call surveying contracts with CVG, Sanitation District No. 1, Northern Kentucky Water District and multiple cities.
On the issues
Conflicts of interest: Asked how he handles potential conflicts between his county role and his position at Viox & Viox, Larison said his county surveys have never conflicted with his firm's work. He said his firm declined to bid on two Northern Kentucky Port Authority projects that could have posed a conflict. He said he would follow written conflict-of-interest policies and recuse himself from any official action if a potential conflict arose.
Fees and oversight: Larison said his fees are reviewed internally several times a year and compared to industry standards. He reported the county paid $7,830 in surveying invoices in 2025 and $20,205 so far in 2026.
Growth and priorities: Larison said he expects the county will need help with right-of-way acquisition for road widening and parcel acquisition for parks expansion or public facilities over the next four years. He noted that public property records are maintained by the Boone County Clerk's office.
As reported by LINK nky, the county surveyor in Boone County serves at the direction of the fiscal court, handling tasks such as surveying right-of-way parcels, acquiring land for parks, identifying future road construction sites and ensuring the accuracy of land boundaries and plats.
Larison said he anticipates right-of-way work for road widening and land acquisition for parks will top the office's workload in the coming term.
