Museum Hours Revisited, Again!
Due to illness of our faithful worker, Grace, the Museum will be open only on Monday from 1-3, Wednesday from 2-5 and Friday 2-5 until further notice. We wish her well in her treatment and recovery.
Council Meeting Highlights
April 7, 2014The first reading of Ordinance 141 regarding charges for meter repairs was approved. The second reading will be at the next scheduled council meeting.
Members of the Russell Community Club were in attendance to discuss the sewer dump station at the campground. According to city ordinance, The Community Club is responsible for all sewer lines from their property line plus 100’.
The Chariton Schools did not hire a bus monitor for Russell. Jay will take on the bus stop project and come up with an acceptable site by the beginning of next school year.
A property line issue was determined to be a civil issue, not a city issue. A resident was instructed to call the law center with any dog issues. There is complaint of a semi-trailer and signage on his property. He was asked to bring all his permits and licenses to city hall so the city can be assured he has the correct documentation to act as a business.
A resident wants to move a 1948 Kaiser from their garage so they can have room for their business. Resident was instructed that the car needs to be licensed before it can be parked outside.
Cody Carroll was approved as a member of the fire department.. Jim Carroll will be retiring from the department after 54 years of service. The city sincerely thanks him for his dedicated service to the community.
Larry is working to repair the streets. It was approved to hire Stan McDonald to work on getting our gravel streets into better shape.
Gene Wright’s higher bid for the hay ground was approved.
The election to determine how our local option will be disbursed is on Tuesday May 6. Be sure and vote!
Council members in attendance were Susan Beecher, Duane Bedford, Crystal Moore, Dana Blue and Jay Pierschbacher . Others in attendance were city employee Larry Mitchell and Fire Chief Craig Alexander. Visitors in attendance were Clare Davis, Robert and Sharon McCurdy, Deb Mason, Sarah Peek, Larry Templeton, Karen Werts, Brain Beaty and Jesse Clark, along with Mayor Ed Scheel and City Clerk Wendy Nickell.
Please note that the next council meeting will be on Tuesday May 13 at 7pm.
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Saturday, May 3rd, Russell Clean-up Day, 8 a.m. to noon, $15 for car or pick-up load. There will be a scrap person taking these items at cleanup day. He will accept for free: washer and dryers, refrigerators (must be empty of all food), air conditioners, small propane tanks, water heaters, stoves and computer towers (no monitors or TV's).
Country trash will take TV’s $10.00 each, computer monitors $10.00 each and standard size tires $5.00.
Saturday, May 3, 7:30 to 10 a.m. The Museum will be holding a breakfast fundraiser at the Museum to help pay for repairs on the the furnace/air conditioner. Items available will be pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice, coffee and rolls. This is a free-will offering. Come enjoy the meal and fellowship on your way to the Russell Clean-up Day that morning.
Country trash will take TV’s $10.00 each, computer monitors $10.00 each and standard size tires $5.00.
Saturday, May 3, 7:30 to 10 a.m. The Museum will be holding a breakfast fundraiser at the Museum to help pay for repairs on the the furnace/air conditioner. Items available will be pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, juice, coffee and rolls. This is a free-will offering. Come enjoy the meal and fellowship on your way to the Russell Clean-up Day that morning.
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