A badge-pinning ceremony for Patrol Officer Anthony Mosley was held at the beginning of the Webb City Council meeting on Monday.
A 2019 graduate of Joplin High School and a 2024 graduate of the police academy at Missouri Southern State University, he has served for six months as a probationary officer on the force.
He said he is “committed to carrying out the mission of the Webb City Police Department with integrity, dedication and faith.
After being introduced by Police Chief Don Melton, he was pinned by his father, Eddie Mosley Jr. and sworn in by City Clerk Peggy England.
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Normally, it would be illegal to shoot fireworks after July 4th in Webb City, but because of it being the United States’ 250th Anniversary, it will now be legal to shoot fireworks on July 5.
Selling and discharging fireworks can begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 1, and must end by 11 p.m. Sunday, July 5. Daily hours are 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Fire Chief Andrew Roughton recommended the change based on requests he’s received from fireworks vendors.
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The renovation of Cardinal Towers took another step forward Monday as the council passed a resolution stating the city’s intent to issue industrial development revenue bonds for the project.
The bonds will be paid off solely with revenue derived from the project by Cardinal Towers Preservation II, an arm of DW Real Estate, of Dodge City, Kan.
Also approved was first reading of a council bill rezoning property on Prairie Flower Road for a large apartment complex. The rezoning request is from the property owner, Nick Gratton.
The rezoning matter was passed on to the council without descent during the June 15 meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission.
The cost of paving parking lots the city will receive for municipal purposes for 20 years in exchange for paving them was amended from $27,000 to $55,350.
The lots include the one across from City Hall on Main Street that is south of the Nexus Event Center and the lots south of the Webb City Post Office.
On June 8, the agreement with Paul Taylor, of Apple Healthcare, was approved. However, the original estimate did not include all of the lots.
City Administrator Carl Francis said the funds are available since the other street paving projects done this year have come in under budget by $90,000.
The council received the following report of recent building permits:
