Main Street, Warriors will be on city's water tower
Everyone came out a winner Monday evening when Peabody City Council approved the lettering on the Peabody water tower to include "1880s Main Street" and "Warriors," the Peabody-Burns High School mascot.
Peabody State Bank offered to pay 50 percent of the costs with the other half being paid through fund-raising efforts by Peabody Main Street Association and USD 398.
There was no total cost estimate for the project.
In other business:
— Public hearings for seven nuisance properties resulted in the council determining the properties were nuisances.
The properties are 407 N. Plum, 111 S. Olive, 710 N. Walnut, 209 S. Olive, 606 N. Olive, 213 N. Plum, and 508 N. Sycamore. Individual deadlines were set for abatements.
— The monthly newsletter sent to water customers that recaps the minutes of council meetings, "Minutes in a Second," will be reformatted.
Guest articles by council members and city officials will be included in an attempt to educate the community and address various issues and concerns which the council faces.
— Reports were provided by department heads Tammy Whiteside, health and safety officer; Darren Pickens, public works superintendent; Bruce Burke, chief of police; and Jeff Benbrook, city administrator.
— Curtis Gray, public works maintenance worker, resigned, effective Oct. 5.
The position will be advertised.
— The city will begin a project of trimming trees and brush along alleys to provide a free and clear access for emergency vehicles.
— Four executive sessions were held to discuss personnel issues. Three of the sessions included Burke and one was with Pickens.
