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National Old Stuff Day, March 2, is the day to clean out your closets & garages, rediscover old treasures, & declutter lives. But you don’t have to stop at things — maybe you want to change an old habit or try a new activity. Get creative with new ways to organize, appreciate, or get rid of ‘old stuff’ in your life!

Monday, Noon - Hospital Board of Trustees; 6PM - Planning & Zoning

Tuesday, 6PM - Parks & Recreation

Thursday, 6:30-8PM - Home Repair Assistance Open House @ Community Center

Friday, 7:30AM - Council Work Session; 9AM-3PM Better Together 2022 Northland Prevention Virtual Conference; 4-7PM Parade of Hearts Exclusive Kickoff

City Council approved board appointments to HPC & Hall of Waters, ambulance billing service change, treadmill purchase, change order w/Lamp Rynearson, Service Agreement w/Capital Electric, On Call Agreements w/Luebbert, Lamp Rynearson, & McClure, 353 Incentive Policy amendment, adoption of 2018 Technical Codes, appropriations & discussion on purchase of Golf Cart Fleet.

Hospital Board of Trustees will hear Officer, Financial & Department reports, Policy Review.

Planning & Zoning considers SUP for short-term vacation rental @ 608 Benton, amendment to 300 Milwaukee large equipment storage SUP & text amendment to consider SUP revocation procedure.

City Council on 3/7 will hear annual reports from DEP & PZ; consider board re-appointment to MU Extension, notification to consider property & liability insurance policy change, personnel policy amendments regarding holiday leave, compensation plan policy, & add Wellness Plan benefits; itemized documents to be shredded, Public Hearing & 353 Redevelopment Plan @ Casa De Vite, accept Pullman bid for structural repairs @ Hall of Waters, PZ business items, on call agreement w/Bartlett & West, lagoon pump repair, repairs to driveway apron @ Fire Station, & appropriations.

Celebrating Work Anniversaries - Lead Animal Control Officer Kristina Baxter, 19 years; Animal Control Officer Melissa Davis, 17 years; Finance Accounting Clerk Marla Ellison, 7 years; Police School Resource Officer Samantha Nash-St. John, 3 years; CC PT Building Monitor John Schindler & PT Lifeguard Lance Brown, 2 years; Police Officer Gregory Brown, 911 Communication Officer Marissa Gregorwich, & CC PT Child watch Attendant Emily West, 1 year.

Public Works received well deserved accolades for keeping our streets cleared from ice & snow. Temperatures have experienced wide swings this month, snowing one week, melting the next. Our snow removal crews have been called into action several times since Christmas & are greatly appreciated for working around the clock. THANK YOU!

• Open House, 3/3 @ Community Center - If you struggle to make affordable home repairs, you may qualify for assistance from one of our nonprofit partners. Come inquire about eligibility - Rebuilding TogetherKC, Clay County Senior Services, USDA, MARC, Good Sam's & Christmas in October will all be present.
• Save the date for several upcoming events - Piccadilly 4/2, Earth Day Clean-up 4/23; Community Health Fair 4/30, HHW coop event w/Lawson & Richmond @ ExSpgs 10/8.
• MARC received funding from WJ Brace Trust to pilot program to identify pathways for cities to connect their 60+ residents to MARC’s Area Agency on Aging services, as well as other community resources serving older adults. ES, Independence & NKC agreed to serve as pilot sites. Activities will develop referral services, listening sessions/surveys to obtain feedback on needed services, programs, & methods of communication, promotion of AAA services.
• Kickoff meeting w/Fishing River Watershed Master planning Team is set for 3/9.
• Discussion underway to formulate grant/loan program to assist homeowners unable to afford the cost to replace water or sewer service lines & are experiencing high water bills due to faulty service lines or collapsed sewer service lines polluting adjacent property owners.
• Water rates reduced 1/1 were reflected on February bills. New base rate $16 was reduced 9% & new per 1,000 gallon rate $7.30, reduced 2.5%.
• Planning is underway for National Communities of Excellence Spring Conference to be held @ Elms 4/21-22. This is a perfect opportunity for community volunteers to learn ways communities strive for excellence.
• Parade of Hearts will unveil this week which locations will receive a Heart. ES has been notified that the city was selected to receive a Heart to be located in the vicinity of the Elms Hotel.
  

"We visited Fence Stile as part of a winery tour out of KC and it was one of our favorite stops. The grounds are beautiful, wine selection is diverse and unique, and the staff was wonderful. I hope we get to visit again some day!" read it on trip advisor.

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