Your World Today – Wednesday, July 22, 2015
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NEWS: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
The Planning & Zoning Commission held a meeting Monday night. President of the Board, Jerry Craig reported that the last official map adopted by the City of Salem was back in 1987. The Board had reviewed a preliminary city map for accuracy and reported that three descrepencies had been found and have since been corrected. The Board then addressed annexation improvements and the steps to accomplish being annexed into the city as the City will be annexing into the city limits west of Missouri Avenue. Properties to be annexed in will be west on Highway 32/72 from Missouri Avenue, north on Highway 72 to Franklin, east on Franklin to Dillworth Lane and north on Dillworth Lane to J Highway. The Planning & Zoning Board has a simple and easy 5-step procedure for the annexation. The Board then addressed the marking and tracking of zones and continuing the current mapping program. Lastly the Board proposed three resolutions for presenting to the City of Salem Board of Alderman. The first proposed resolution recommends that the City Council adopt the presented map with notations, as the official map of the City of Salem as soon as its acuracy is verified. The second proposed resolution recommends that the City Council direct the City Administrator to negotiate a working agreement with the same company, IntrinsiCorp, currently being used by the Dent County Assessor to create maps for the city on an as needed basis. And the third proposed resolution recommends that the City Council direct the City Administrator to obtain a copy of the property description for the Al Brown Fields, which was missed in the annexation before and begin the process to annex this property into the city limits and that the city use proper notification to all persons who own property touching the current city limits what the process is to annex into the city and request that all who desire to do so to apply at the City Administration Building by September 30th. The Planning & Zoning Commission meeting was then adjourned. The City of Salem Board of Alderman then held their regular meeting Monday night. After approval of the agenda and in unfinished business, City Clerk Mary Happel presented the application for the Mobile Home Park at 701 East Center, which has been brought into complicance for the Board's approval and they approved that license. The trailer park at 101 North Park still has not filed an application and has not been brought into compliance, to which the Board suggested sending a letter to the owner. The Planning & Zoning Commission President, Jerry Craig presented the three proposed resolutions from the meeting held prior and the Board approved the proposed recommendations. City Administrator Ray Walden then reported that the a new sign was up for the 9-hole Golf Course and that the City Pool will start being open longer with more hours. He stated that the Parks & Recreation Department will conduct a meeting on Wednesday at noon at the Community Center @ the Amory. He also talked about draftingordinances regarding building codes for the City of Salem. Mayor J.J. Tune reported that he recieved a letter about opening the back entrance to the City Park, which will be looked into as far as foot traffic at this point. Tune then addressed holiday pay for city employees and after some discussion, the matter was tabled. City Clerk Mary Happel then presented to the Board a letter from Ron Hedley requesting to annex his property into the city limits as it already has city water, sewer and electric and the Board approved setting a Public Hearing date for that purpose. In new and miscellaneous business, City Animal Control Officer, Jarred Brown, requested that the Board consider and look into updating the current ordinance to better define what is allowed, that can be inforced, regarding exotic and/or wild animals in the city. The Board approved looking into the matter futher. Walden then presented several bills for the Board's approval that were over $3,000 each and the Board approved the bills. Walden then presented budget adjustments, which the Board approved. The Board then voted to go into closed session for the purpose of discussing contracts and litigation. The meeting was then adjourned.
In closed session last Thursday evening, the Salem R-80 Board of Education hired Derek Freeman for Middle School Football and Chelsie Tune for High School Social Studies. The meeting was the adjourned.
Correcting a story previously printed in Your World Today, dated Friday, July 17th. The Dent County Commission decided to take sealed bids on the old Treasurer’s safe located in the courthouse foyer. Those bids will be due by July 30th at 10:00 am. If mailed, bids should be addressed to the Dent County Clerk, 400 North Main Street in Salem; or you can drop them off in her office during normal business hours or before 10:00 in the morning on July 30th. Again that address is 400 North Main Street in Salem. Thank you.
As mid-Missouri feels the effects of summer, rising temperatures bring increasing chances of pavement blow-ups on area highways. A pavement blow-up occurs when heat causes the roadway surface to expand at a crack or joint where moisture has seeped in. The crack, which weakens the roadway, combines with the heat to cause the pavement to buckle and warp. Motorists are advised to be on the watch for buckling pavement and report roadway concerns by calling MoDOT's toll-free customer service center at 1-888-ASK-MODOT (275-6636) or online at www.modot.org.
SPORTS [TOP]
Matt Holliday smacked a grand slam and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-5 in the opener of a brief two-game set. Mark Reynolds cracked a solo homer and Yadier Molina went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI for the Cardinals, who have won three of their last four games. Michael Wacha (11-3) struck out eight, but allowed five runs on four hits and two walks to register the win. Trevor Rosenthal blanked the White Sox in the ninth for his 28th save of the season. The Cardinals play the White Sox tonight at 7:10 on KSMO Radio.
Jarrod Dyson's single brought in two runs in the eighth inning to break a scoreless contest and lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Alcides Escobar added an RBI base hit for the Royals. The Royals play Pittsburgh tonight at 7:10.
OBITUARIES [TOP]
Interment for Blanche B. Burrus (Hutson) of Salem, age 87, will be held this morning at 10:00 at the North Lawn Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Children’s Heart Foundation. All arrangements are under the direction of the Hutson Funeral Home in Steelville.
Memorial services for Charlene K. Barnicle of Cuba, age 58, will be held tonight at 7:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from 5:00 until service time.
Funeral services for Sonya Sue (Woolf) Schultz, of Ozark, formerly of Salem age 71, will be held Friday at 11:00 at the Wilson Mortuary in Salem. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Project Win or DCAWS.
WEATHER [TOP]
Today..40% chance of showers, high 80.
Tonight..60% chance of showers, low 68.
Thursday..60% chance of shower, high 83.
Thursday Night..40% chance of shower, low 70.
