Point of View

Every step you take, is a step away from where you used to be. -- Brian Chargualaf, What does that mean? Each day, we move. We take steps, we evolve, we change, we learn. Each of those steps changes us in some small way. Each step makes us a little different than we were before.

Monday, Noon - Hospital Board of Trustees

Tuesday, 6:00 PM - Parks/Recreation Via ZOOM

Thursday, 10:00 AM - Housing Authority

Friday, 7:30 AM - Council Work Session;

Friday, May 1st - May Day

Saturday, National Fitness Day

City Council approved five Chapter 353 Redevelopment Agreements attracting $450K in private investment to downtown redevelopment area. [Funding: loss of property taxes at blighted value] WHY? To attract private investment, eliminate blight, increase taxable value of property; Approval of tower agreement w/MoDOT to install equipment on city tower. [Funding: N/A] WHY? To improve response time for traffic signal operations & maintenance by changing from manual adjustments to radio controlled monitoring; Approval of Refuse Contract w/Republic Services of KC, our current hauler [Funding: Trash Rates] WHY? Continuation of service agreement for collection & disposal of residential trash. Agreement for initial 5 yr. term, 3 optional 3 yr. renewals; longer term necessary to amortize equipment used for service delivery.

Gratitude to our Administrative Professionals; for they bring order to our work and are the face of our organization. They are very much appreciated. Thank you to Susan Conyers (City Manager's Office), Lisa Morgan (Community Development), Barb Eckles (Police), Sara Davis (Fire), Janet Morehead (Parks), Debbie Willimetz, and Kathy Twitchell (Public Works).

Anticipating budget shortfalls from business closures/loss of sales tax, discretionary spending was cut; plus10% pay cuts for all city employees. (see Blog on website for more info) WHY? Early budget impacts will not be known until July due to typical 2-month lag in receiving sales tax. We turn our attention to Economic Recovery activities working w/State + Regional Partners. WHY? Partnership connect local businesses with resources to speed return to normal. Pre-exit interview with State Auditors regarding petition audit recommendations provides early first look at comments, more later. WHY? Audit team presents recommendations for discussion, next will begin report preparation. CCPHC announces Stay At Home Order to be lifted May 3rd, looking forward to taking a step forward. WHY? Re-opening will come in phases to prevent relapse. COVID-19 assistance planning will begin this week w/Clay County & Cities as we assess how best to use resources to aid health and economy. Municipal Court Amnesty during May provides active ES warrants holders opportunity to resolve charges w/o fear of arrest. Upon surrendering, bonds will be lowered to $100 Cash.

We were sad to see the hotel close and excited to see your drawing to win an overnight stay. Welcome back! The Elms Hotel & Spa is offering three overnight stays, drawing will be Monday at 5pm. There are 4.3K likes, 3.5K Comments, and 2.8K Shares. What a way to reopen. Excelsior Springs has missed you!

Email: mmcgovern@excelsiorsprings.gov
Website: cityofesmo.com
Location: Hall of Waters, 201 E. Broadway, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
Phone: (816)630-0752