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iiUUlLXl£SL \\ .AJAKUI I. I9(.'M M!U»to1The Sikeston City Council last rnght authorized City Manager W. Ravmert Miller to apply for a Neighborhood Facilities grant to purchase thebuilding formerly used by the First Baptist Church for religious services and education.The council voted after Mrs. Hope Terrell, representative of the Council on the Arts, explained that funds areavailable for the program, andthe city may not have to invest any money.The grant would cover two thirds of the building s cost, andthe First Baptist Church may donate the remaining one thirdfrom the purchase price of the structure, Mrs Terrell said.She asked the city to acquire and renovate the building, because only a public body, such as he city, can apply for theNeighborhood Facilities grant. “If present plans materialize,there should be no direct cost tothe city,” Mrs. Terrell said.However, she noted, the city would be responsible for the management and maintenance of the building She added that the Sikeston Jaycees have agred to assist in the management and maintenance.Mayor Kendall Sikes asked if the center would not duplicatethe services to be offered in the new community center included in the building program of the Sikeston Housing Authority.Mrs. Terrell said some of theforCiVICCenterfunctions to hi' served by the center might be similar, hut the Community Center will be used primarily by the elderly, while the proposed center would be for young and middle aged persons.Both centers would he open to all ages, she added.Several grants can be applied for the operation of (he renter after it is opened, she said, citing a similar renter in Columbia, which recently received a$30,000 grant for three years operations. ^Miller is to contact C. K.Odor, representative of the StateDepartment of CommunityAffairs, to apply for the grantand plan for the center's uses.The center would be planned to seat about 380 to 100 persons for assemblies, meetings andperformances. It. also, could beused for cultural enrichmentprograms, study center, social services.The city would not be required to make any outlay or acquire the building, until after the application for funds iscompleted and approved. Thecity then has an option toproceed, or stop, Miller explained.A representative of theAirport Board appeared at thecity council meeting last nightand asked eouncilmen to approve the spending of $11,910 for the construction of a new airport terminal building#Ralph Boy ei, represent mg the airport board, explained that a revised hid by the Brown Construction Co. now brought the construction cost to$33,8 M), and there is $2f .8 JO in the air port fund He asked that money held Jointly hy the city and the Sikeston IndustrialDevelop me nt Cor p or at ion,received from the sale of the Anchor Toy building, be used for payment of the $1 1,910# Mayor Kendall Sikes asked Boyer to contact the SIDC and the Chamber of Commerce on the proposal. The council tabled the proposal.In other action, the council passed a resolution authorizingthe mayor and city clerk toenter i nto contracl w it h t he Layne Construction Co. ofStuttgart* Ark., for the budding of a well and pump at m cost of$32,877.A n other r e s o lutionauthorizing the mayor and cityclerk to enter into contract withthe Jackson Kxcavation Co for the expansion of the water treatment plant at a cost of$19?Jji?7 19 was passed,Rids have been received for the expansion oi the sewage treatment plant, construction of force mams, and lifting stations but the consulting engineer hat not made a recommendation onthe bids, K. R. Inman, directorof the rHy light and watef company said.The council held a public hearing on the rezoning of a tract of land at ( layton and Malone, then tabled the matteruntil the next regular meetingAn ordinance was passed following a public hearing to change the zoning of the south side of Tanner Street tret ween Taylor and Moore Streets from multi family to commercialOnly one property owner* Lynn Waggener, objected to thesed change#A three * block tract on thenorth side of Tanner St.,between Pram* and TaylorStreets, |iIsof was rezoned byordinance from two * family status to multi * Family*An ordinance calling for theconstruction of l| inch asphaltatop a b 1 nch sod rement hasp on Ltnn Street from Lillian Drto 100 feet east was passed, Th# work i§ to be paid bv ihrissuance ot tax billsprop* rt vow nersA 1*2 per cent beer licensewan approved for Proffer* s Be Rite Grocerv.Ravmert Miller received approval of the council to attend the annual business meeting of the city managers assofiation March 13 and 11 in Columbia.Figni t h eSenate Rejects I tilitvaxRillJEFFKRSON (TTY ( AP) TheMissouri Senate beat down today a proposed 4 per rent tax on the gross receipts of utilities.The vote was 9-24.Sen. Karl H. Blackwell. DHillsboro, President Pro Tomof the Senate and sponsor of the bill as part of a $110 million taxpackage, immediately shelvedthe bill in order to take up oneindustries and Missouri's industrial expansion.Sen Albert M. Spradlin#, IK'ape Girardeau, said the proposed utility tax actuallywould cost the consumer more than a one-cent increase in the sales tax.Early in what looked like a Ion# argument, Blackwell saidfirms like ' Ni il’imrt:. Alumni.. 1Blackwell said his tax package, with accompanyingbills to boost cigarette, beer, wine and , liquor and corporatefranchise taxes would produce enough to carry the state through two years without another tax increase.He said his estimates were predicated on the belie! that $10-12 million could be trimmedLouis and Jackson counties to arrest persons on suspicion of misdemeanor and was laid over The lull drew opposition from legislators who claimed it would give police unequalledharassment privileges.R e p. K e n R ot h ma n.I) Clayton, sponsor, defended the hill saying now St. LouisCountV t)o I ice make arrest* forAllow county courts appoint as many election judg*as necessary.Make ,ifl local election* in SLouis Countv fall on the fir9-'Tuesday in AprilThe Hollar a Iso re wived do/. $*n new bills includir proposals to tRain* the tax on liquor by !inti.
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Sikeston Daily Standard
Sikeston, Missouri, US
Tue, Mar 04, 1969
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