Sealed bids for the City of New Melle, Missouri, Foristell Road Pavement Maintenance Project (hereinafter “Project”) will be received by the City of New Melle, 145 Almeling St., New Melle, Missouri 63365, until 1:30 p.m. CST, on September 18, 2019, where they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Signup opened in late July for the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to assist farmers who continue to suffer from damages because of unjustified trade retaliation from foreign nations.

By Ida M. Hoffmann-Randall

The meeting was called to order with the Mayor, three commissioners and the city clerk in attendance. The agenda was approved as written, 4-0-0.

The minutes of the July 2 meeting were approved, pending the correction of a typographical error in the fourth sentence.

New business, featuring two public hearings, was next.

State Reps. Bryan Spencer, Justin Hill, and Jeff Porter are proud to announce the winners of the Glory of Missouri Award for 2019.  

The Glory of Missouri Awards were created to recognize students who display virtuous qualities both as students and as citizens. Each student honored represents one of the virtues of good government engraved on the walls of the House Chamber. The virtues include knowledge, liberty, equality, law, justice, fraternity, education, progress, honor, truth, virtue, temperance, enterprise and charity. 

Below is a link to the St. Charles County Planning and Zoning meeting on Sept. 18th. Of interest in our area may be a rezoning request for 52 acres southwest of the intersection of Routes F and 94, from Parks and Recreation to Agricultural zoning; and a preliminary plat for Kohler Estates, 4019 Hwy. D, on the southwest corner of the intersection of Hwy. D and Benne Road, involving 117 acres being developed into thirty 3-acre lots.

The New Melle Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing and regular meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 at 7 p.m. An additional hearing that was posted has been cancelled pending a Board of Adjustment hearing and meeting.

The New Melle Board of Aldermen met Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at City Hall. The Mayor and three aldermen were present along with the City Clerk, City Engineer. (Alderwoman Karrenbrock was absent.)

The City of New Melle will hold a regular Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 145 Almeling Street, New Melle, MO.

The posted agenda contained the following information:

With the recent presidential Federal Disaster declaration, businesses in St. Charles County affected by flooding or by long-term road closures due to flooding may be eligible for financial assistance through the Small Business Adminstration (SBA). This is separate from FEMA Individual Assistance.