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Insurance session, budget, zoning before council
While the main item on the agenda Monday for the Maryville City Council is passage of a $32 million budget for fiscal 2017-2018, the city’s governing board will also take up a lengthy list of other issues ranging from land-use matters to procurement policies to cabin and recreational vehicle rental fees at Mozingo Lake Recreation…
Read MoreDisaster response exercise returns to Mozingo Lake
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University will host the fifth annual Missouri Hope disaster response field training exercise Oct. 13-15 at Mozingo Lake. The three-day domestic disaster simulation is required for students pursuing degrees or minors in emergency and disaster management at Northwest and takes place at the Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area located…
Read MoreCouncil sets stage for 2018 budget approval
The Maryville City Council on Wednesday concluded budget deliberations for the approaching 2017-2018 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. During a special study session held prior to a brief regular meeting at City Hall, the council listened to a presentation by City Manager Greg McDanel, who went over projected revenues and expenditures for the Water…
Read MoreCouncil set for 2nd special budget session
The Maryville City Council will take up an abbreviated agenda Wednesday evening during a rare midweek meeting rescheduled due to the absence of local officials attending the Missouri Municipal League conference at the Lake of the Ozarks. However, the regular session, scheduled for 7 p.m. at City Hall, will be preceded by a special budget…
Read MoreThe reel deal
Repeated weather delays cut into the turnout for Saturday’s Maryville Optimist Club Kids Fishing Tournament at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, which is usually held over July 4 weekend. But apparently the fish didn’t care and were biting anyway. About 30 youngsters and their families turned out for the event, which produced a good catch consisting…
Read MoreCapital spending highlights 2018 city budget
Meeting for more than three hours in a double-barreled session that included both regular business and an early evening budget workshop mapping out spending for fiscal 2018, the Maryville City Council took an initial step this week toward approving millions of dollars in capital improvement spending. During the special budget portion of Monday’s meeting, the…
Read MoreMozingo panel tours center, considers budget
The Mozingo Lake Advisory Committee met this week for a tour of the new conference center/golf course clubhouse currently under construction at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. The tour of the 28,000-square-foot facility, now mostly enclosed and roofed, was followed by a preliminary budget presentation from City Manager Greg McDanel covering proposed Mozingo spending for the…
Read MoreMaryville council to vote on budget goals
The Maryville City Council on Monday will consider the adoption of four major strategic goals that will guide spending during the 2018 budget year, which begins Oct. 1. In a special session last Monday, the council listened to a presentation by City Manager Greg McDanel setting forth a lengthy list of suggested budget items that…
Read MoreBusiness scholarship honors Blackwells
MARYVILLE, Mo. — A newly established scholarship at Northwest Missouri State University honors the memory of a former faculty member and his wife. The Dr. Dale J. and Rheva A. Blackwell Business Scholarship was established by Roger Blackwell, the couple’s son, with a gift of $100,000 to the Northwest Foundation and an additional amount bequeathed…
Read MoreMaryville council sets sights on 2018 budget
The annual series of late-summer budget sessions leading to the Maryville City Council’s adoption of a spending blueprint for the new fiscal year got underway with a literal bang this week as council members took part in a deadly-force police training exercise at Maryville Public Safety headquarters. Administered via interactive computer gear and a large…
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