Casey Koehn went to Jefferson City to oppose House and Senate Bills that would remove control of right-of-ways, pole attachments and fees, and other local business, out of the hands of Butler and many other Missouri towns. The bills have moved forward from both house and senate committees.
City Clerk Koehn testified before both house and senate committees, but the hope of the cities affected doesn’t look promising. The communities don’t
understand why the Missouri Legislature is against cities handling their own affairs. The present system has worked well for 40 years, and while the state
doesn’t like federal interference, and for the same reasons, our towns see no reason for the state to have interference over them.
You may have noticed the pipe line running across Bates County north of us. It’s to move oil from Illinois to Oklahoma as part of a longer oil line. Damon
McGuire, who owns property west of the railroad and south of Highway 50, has asked the Council for permission to let equipment of that company, be stored on
his property while the work is going on. The Council gave that permission, and gear should be showing up there shortly. Work on the line in our area should continue for a year or so.
The Butler Chamber of Commerce has invited Butler Mayor Don Malan and the City Council to its annual Awards Banquet on Thursday evening, March 27th at the Elks Lodge.
Butler will soon get getting additional equipment designed for personal protection at fires. Bids were taken, with “Felt Fire” Company having the low bid and
getting the nod to supply the equipment. This should be on hand soon, as money has been accumulating through the fire tax for about a year.
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