Updates to municipal codes, a road closure, and board appointments were among the items approved by the board of alderman at City of Perryville’s July 7th meeting.
A request to close part of College Street between Campus Drive and Edwards Street through August 17 was approved. According to Buereck’s notes, District #32 would like to close the street during the demolition of the old high school that was damaged during last year’s tornado. All homes in the area will still be accessible during the closure. The street closing will make for a faster and safer demolition process.
The purchase of a new 2027 dump truck was approved. According to city administrator Brent Buereck the bid for the truck came in several thousand dollars under budget.
A bid was accepted for the Perry Park Center pool building roof replacement project and award to Meinershagen Roofing & Sheet Metal. According to Buereck’s notes, staff worked through bids and recommended going with the regional company Meinershagen Roofing as they were thought to be the lowest and most responsive bids.
The board approved the mayor’s appointments of several board members. Jason Buchheit, Patrick Sutterer, Randy Leible, Alex Armbruster, Brian Cooper and Luis Talamantes were appointed to four year terms on the planning and zoning board. Brian L’Hote was appointed to a five year term on the board of adjustments. Tyler Wengert and Dean Elder were appointed to five year terms as alternates. Brenda Nelson was appointed to a three year term on the cablecast board. Francis E. Robinson was appointed to a six year term on the Perry County Industrial Development Authority board. Mayor Larry Riney and Alderman Seth Amschler were appointed to two year terms on the Perry County Economic Development Authority board. Frank Wideman was appointed to a 3 year term on the Advisory Council of the Perryville Higher Education Center.
A request to sell some public works items on purplewave.com, an auction website, was approved. Items being sold include an enclosed trailer that was replaced with new trailer, an ammo carrier trailer that is unserviceable, and an old tractor that was replaced by the recently purchased Kubota tractor.
An amendment to Title 10 of the Perryville municipal code was approved, adding new rules meant to help ensure pedestrian and motorist safety by not allowing people to sit, stand, or loiter in highway medians, rights-of-way, and roundabouts within city limits.
An amendment to the municipal code relative to educational and job-related travel was passed. According to Buerck’s notes, the ordinance would allow any full-time city employee who is also a ranking officer at the fire department to attend fire training at the city’s expense without the use of accrued paid time off. provided the absence from regular city duties is preapproved by their supervisor or department head and not unduly burdensome to city operations. provided the absence from regular city duties is preapproved by their supervisor or department head and not unduly burdensome to city operations. The change removes the requirement that the employee be a ranking member of the Fire Department, extending this opportunity to all personnel levels of the Fire Department.
An amendment to Title 5, Chapter 5.04 relative to Business Licenses Generally was brought up for first reading. According to Buereck’s notes, this This concept was presented to the Board roughly 18 months ago and will greatly streamline the City’s business license process eliminating license fees for specifically identified businesses, many of which exist in the city ordinance are no longer part of today’s economy, and instead creating a tiered system based on more general business types.
