Joplin

Perhaps the Joplin City Council was looking for an experienced placeholder when the body selected former council member Anthony Monteleone to serve until April of 2023. Monteleone served a two-year term on the council from 2020 to 2022, choosing not to run for reelection.

Joplin Police announced through social media and a press release the alcohol compliance checks would take place ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Four seats, two general and two zone seats are up for reelection next April. All four are for four-year terms.

Regardless of which option is selected, the construction will continue to reshape downtown Joplin with the addition of a new fire station on the north side. In addition to the 2022 opening of the Cornell Complex on the southside of downtown Joplin and the refurbishment of the former location of Pearl Brother’s Hardware on Main St.

According to data compiled by Sharity, children are the most affected group of homeless individuals in Joplin at 65%, or 460 children. While adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years old are the second largest group of homeless individuals at 34% or 189 people.

The examination of Joplin’s financial records and management practices won’t get underway until, at the earliest next summer and could take as long as a year to complete.

In August 2015, the Missouri State Auditor's Office found several violations which resulted in the lowest rating possible, poor.

If approved, it would be the second time Joplin residents have re-authorized the Capital Improvement Projects tax after it was first approved in 2004, going into effect the following year. Recent tax increases have been a mixed bag. Proposition Public Safety in August of 2022 and the Memorial Bond in April of the same year failed.

This year, on average Joplin is paying 112% of the Overall Market Average, or 12% higher salaries than nearby cities for similar positions.

City officials estimate that if the 3/8 cents Capital Improvement Sales Tax is approved next year it could raise as much as 48 million dollars over the ten year period.