By MATT PIKE
During it's meeting on Monday, the St. Joseph City Council is set to vote on repairs to the Krug Park bridge, as well as a project at the Noyes Pool, and the donation of retired police vehicles to Missouri Western State University.
Krug Park is undergoing renovations, officials with the city say the bridge needs repairs to ensure the park can safely reopen and fully operate. The bridge work is not part of the current construction project, however the city wants to begin planning repairs now to help avoid delays in reopening Krug Park. The council plans to vote on an ordinance that would allow the City to hire GFT Infrastructure, Inc. and spend $72,442.87 to design repairs for the bridge.
The agenda for Monday's meeting also includes a vote on an ordinance that would allow the city to hire KW Services Dirt Work and Excavation LLC and spend $20,625 from the Capital Projects Fund to repair sidewalks at Noyes Pool. After the Noyes Lap Pool was demolished, the old sidewalk was removed. Staff have raised concerns about transporting chemicals from the storage building to the pool's filter room and the project would build a new sidewalk connecting the existing storage building to the filter room.
Lastly, the Council will seek to approve the St. Joseph Police Department to donate two retired patrol vehicles to MoWest for law enforcement training. The vehicles would be used for conducting practical exercises, including traffic stop scenarios and other vehicle-based law enforcement training. It would also allow academy instructors to replicate realistic law enforcement scenarios that students will encounter in the field.
St. Joseph's City Council meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m., Monday, May 11th, in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
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