Tonight, at the bi-weekly meeting of the Joplin City Council we’ll get an update, on among other topics, from the Sales Tax Oversight Committee.
KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
A consistent refrain for residents in nearly any community is the lack of oversight, especially on government finances.
Those interested in learning where citizen-approved special sales tax funds are used will want to attend or watch online, tonight's Joplin City Council meeting. The Committee oversees the revenues expenditures of the special sales taxes as compared to the promises made to the voters.
We’ll also get an update on projects that are in progress such as the Tin Cup Trail which is estimated to cost Joplin 1.15 million dollars. We’ll also receive an update on the 32nd Street Widening from Schifferdecker to Central City, a project estimated to cost 15 million dollars, up from the project's original costs of 12.2 million dollars.
Also, construction is nearly completed on Joplin’s 7th fire station located near the intersection of Interstates 44 and 49. According to a spreadsheet on the city's website, the cost for the new station has nearly doubled since it was first bid from 1.325 to 2.7 million dollars.
The formal portion of the Joplin city council meeting gets underway tonight at 6.
For 89 9 KRPS News, I’m Fred Fletcher-Fierro
