The Spickard and Galt boards of aldermen met last week, with the Spickard board hearing a request from the Grundy County Commission and the Galt board hearing an engineering report.
Spickard
The Spickard Board of Aldermen met Thursday, Jan. 13, discussing a request from the county to use the city water tower for an antenna.
According to information provided by City Clerk Amy Chapman, First District County Commissioner Don Sager was present at the meeting to request that the city allow the county to place an antenna on the city tower to improve the radio communications for emergency services. The board discussed the issue and will hold a special meeting to discuss the request. No date was announced for that meeting.
A water loss report for December showed 8.51 percent, with water loss for all of 2021 coming in at 8 percent.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Feb. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Galt
The Galt board of Aldermen met Jan. 12, hearing an engineer’s report on the city’s plan for water system improvements.
According to City Clerk Ashley Bonnett, representatives of Benton and Associates Engineers presented their draft Preliminary Engineering Report for the city’s water system improvements. The council approved their draft report to be submitted to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for future water improvements related to low water pressure and other recommendations and improvements.
Filing has closed for the April 2022 election and with the same number of open positions and candidates, no election will be needed. Those filing by the Dec. 28 deadline were incumbent Jay Blackburn, alderman at large- for a two-year term, and Lewis Berry, alderman at large, also for a two-year term. Berry had been appointed to fill a vacant position until the election.
The next meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 16.
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