At tonight's Fulton city council meeting, councilors will pick back up where they left off Nov. 12.
The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at 18 E. Fourth St.; visitors are welcome and may also watch via livestream at fultonmo.org.
Discussion of the agreement between the City of Fulton and the Callaway Chamber of Commerce dominated the most recent meeting. Chamber Executive Director Tamara Tateosian pointed out the city's 2020 budget lowers the city's monetary support.
Ever since the chamber merged with the Fulton Area Development Foundation and Show-Me Innovation, the city has contributed $88,000 per year toward its operations. The 2020 budget draft offers $78,000.
Several council members noted the decrease in funding was not intended to be a slight against the chamber's work. Rather it reflects the city's increased expenses for 2020 - including the $4 million put aside toward the city's $9 million recreation center construction project.
Resolution 3358 (a service agreement between the city and chamber) and Bill 1563 (the 2020 budget) were tabled while council members discussed potential solutions. The two items are back on the agenda for today.
Mayor Lowe Cannell will dedicate part of the meeting to thanking the Fulton Garden Club and Gary Blackburn Jr. for their role in creating the Fulton Community Christmas Tree - the giant lighted tree currently gussying up the roundabout. He'll also dedicate the tree, which is new as of this year.
The council will contemplate swapping several yield signs along Court Street with stop signs. The yield signs that may be replaced include those at Court Street's intersections with St. Louis Avenue, East and West Seventh streets, and East and West Eighth streets. The suggestion stems from a community member's suggestion at the Oct. 24 traffic commission meeting.
Also of note: The meeting will feature the second or third reading of several bills authorizing the sale of the city's surplus property, including the nuisance properties at 607 and 609 Bluff St.
For a full agenda, visit Fulton City Hall.