News – Monday, December 30th 2024

The Salem Board of Aldermen have called a special meeting of the board tonight at 5:30 at the Old City Hall Auditorium. At their meeting, the board will do the first and second reading of Bill #3636 that would approve the change order #2 for the City Sidewalk Tap Grant project. The cost of the change order is for $10,807 which will be the cost to tear out and replace the heated sidewalk areas from Main to Washington Street on the south side of the road. The replacement portion from the original plans was for the apron only, but this change order also moves the snow-melt systems into the ADA compliant sidewalk as well. The original total for the project from prior years funds was $73,409.84. With the two new change orders adding $1,943 from Change Order #1, and $10,807.00 from Change Order #2, the total cost from prior year’s funds would be $86,159.84 if MoDOT approves Change Order #2. The board will also discuss and hold the first and second readings of Bill #3637 that would amend items A and B from Section 710.330 regarding sewer billing to make these items applicable to all utility accounts, and remove items C, D, and E. The meeting will then be adjourned. The special meeting of the City of Salem Board of Aldermen tonight is open to the public. 

Filing for the April 8th Municipal Election is wrapping up, people can sign up for any open position through 5:00 tomorrow. Available positions in three alderman seats for the City of Salem with one two-year term for the East and West wards, plus a one-year unexpired term for the East Ward due to the resignation of Kala Sisco. Candidates for aldermen must be at least 21 years of age, be a U.S. citizen, and be a resident of the city for at least one year before the election in the ward in which they which to serve. Candidates may not be in arrears of any charges owed to the city and must be a registered voter. The filing fee is $25.00 and signups are held at the city administration building. The City of Bunker has two two-year positions available for alderman and signups are with the city clerk at the Bunker City Hall. There will three director positions open for the Salem Memorial Hospital with different service lengths. Available are a one-year term for the District 6 Director, a three-year term for the District 3 Director, and a full six-year term for the District 1 Director. Candidates must be 30 years of age, U.S. citizen, live in the election district of which they want to be a candidate and reside within the state for one-year preceding the election. Signups are in the hospital administration offices, where they have maps to help you determine in which district you reside. The Dent County Health Center Board of Trustees has one four-year term available, and filing can be done at the health center. For school boards, Salem R-80, Oak Hill R-1, Green Forest R-2, Dent-Phelps R-3, Northwood R-4 and the Bunker R-3 School District all have two three-year board positions available. School board members in Missouri must be a U.S. citizen, be at least 24 years old, a resident taxpayer of a district or voter, and be a resident of Missouri and their respective district for at least one year. Anyone wishing to sign up for a school board position must also be current on state and local taxes, have not been found guilty of or pled guilty to a felony under Missouri or federal law, have not registered or been required to register as a sex offender, and have filed required campaign documents for all previous campaigns, if any. Contact the school or taxing entity you are interested in serving to see when signups for the available positions are held at the individual offices. Signups end tomorrow no later than 5:00 and some offices may close earlier that day.