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Front Page Local News U.S. & World Sports Health News Financial News AP Video Archives Classified Ads MoDeals Place an Ad Photo Gallery Dear Abby Lottery Local Links General Info Contact Us Home Delivery News Tribune California Democrat	Posted: Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 - 11:42:17 am CDT Email this story Printer friendly version Fulton land transfer passes first reading By KATHERINE CUMMINS The Fulton Sun It was business as usual at Tuesday night's Fulton City Council meeting, with aldermen passing first readings on a number of bills, including one transferring city property to Fulton Commons. Bill No. 1250 authorizes Mayor Charlie Latham to transfer land at Tennyson Road and Business 54 - which the council previously had declared surplus property - to Fulton Commons, LLC. to be used as a storm water detention basin. “We had advertised for proposals for future plans for the property, and this is the only bid we received,” said Director of Administration Bill Johnson. “It's important for them to get this property to relocate its existing storm water retention basin, allowing them to use that location for the construction of an Orscheln Farm and Home Supply store.” In addition to creating more retail space, Johnson also noted that the city's Tennyson property - which already has a natural hole - would “be a natural location” for storm water retention. Fulton Commons LLC.'s bid $6,000 for the parcel. The council unanimously passed a first reading of the bill, with a second reading scheduled for the Sept. 16 meeting. Also Tuesday night, council members approved a request from the Kingdom of Callaway Civil War Heritage Foundation to place an interpretive panel in Hockaday Park. Foundation representative Martin Northway said the panel - one of seven planned for Callaway County - would be part of the Missouri Civil War Heritage Foundation's Gray Ghost Trail. “The intention of these panels is to tell the history of the Civil War in Callaway County and draw the attention of citizens and visitors to what Missouri's role was,” Northway said. “(This panel) will tell the story of president Jefferson Davis' major historical speech at the Callaway County Fair.” He said Hockaday Park was selected as the panel's location because Davis stayed at the Hockaday House while in Fulton for the event. In other business, Ward 1 representative Leroy Benton gave an update on Monday's Utility Board meeting. He called the council's attention to the electric wholesale system production budget for fiscal year June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009, for the Sikeston Power Plant. “One thing I really want to point out about our contract with Sikeston is our rate is based on their production cost plus 10 percent,” Benton said. Due to the upcoming expiration of Sikeston's locked-in coal transportation price, he said that cost is expected to increase dramatically starting in 2012. “(Sikeston's director) is forecasting in 2012 that our cost will be right at $40-$42 ... and by 2014 it will jump to $66, over $70 by 2016,” Benton said. “The bottom line is, (based on) what we see in the future is a humongous cost increase from the Sikeston plant, which is not any different from industry-wide. “The future of electricity is going to continue to go sky-high on us.”
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