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Bonne Terre considers adding parks director position

Yard sale signs, parks and wastewater treatment among items on regular session agenda

By PAULA BARR
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Bonne Terre City Council on Monday discussed the creation of a parks director position and pondered solutions to abundant yard sale signs.

The Council also decided to request an itemized list of reasons for a proposed $4,800 increase in the monthly rate for wastewater treatment before acting on a contract with Alliance.

The regular monthly meeting opened with a proclamation from the city for Habit for Humanity in recognition of  the Oct. 6 World Habitat Day. Mayor Fritz Gower presented the framed proclamation to Linda Dickerson, executive manager for the local Habitat group.

During the visitor’s session, Harold Leventry asked the city to provide recognition of his business and help him bring more traffic into his restaurant’s store.

“They just drive by,” he said. “But the Space Center, the library, the Wellness Center, a bed and breakfast – they’re all in that neighborhood.”

Gower raised the issue of the yard sale signs in new business, saying the paper signs were unsightly and were put up all over the city. People often fail to remove them once their sale  is over.

Cindy Driemeier, the Ward 3 representative, suggested  that the city establish a billboard sign where all yard sale announcements could be placed under Plexiglas. It would reduce indiscriminate placement of signs and allow people to know where all the sales are with just one stop, she said.

Several members of the Council suggested that the city needs a parks director to schedule all the events and services offered. Gower and Barton said they would get together with the parks department to put together a job description.

In other business, City Administrator Larry Barton explained that recent discolored water or reduced pressure was due to a 12-inch main from the #3 well that split Thursday night. Water should be back to normal, he added. He said that paving projects are still planned for this month.

“We’d better cross our fingers and hope that it gets done this month,” Barton said. “With the oil prices going up, and the (resulting) increase in asphalt, we might not get as much bang for our buck.”

The Council also voted to write an ordinance that will allow them to confirm members of a board of adjustment committee. That ordinance is expected to come before the Council next week.

 

Paula Barr is a reporter for the Daily Journal and can be reached at 573-431-2010, ext. 172 or at pbarr@dailyjournalonline.com.

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