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Cape Girardeau council calls April election for Transportation Trust Fund extension, approves consent agenda and discusses water main break
Summary
Council approved first readings to call a special election for Ward 5 and to place a one-half percent Transportation Trust Fund extension (TTF 7) on the April 1, 2025 ballot (with clarified ballot language), passed the consent agenda including several infrastructure contracts, discussed a Dec. 9 water main break and a server timestamp issue, and moved to closed session on real-estate matters under state statute.
Cape Girardeau — The City Council moved the city closer to a spring vote on transportation funding and approved routine contract and land-use measures during its meeting.
On first reading the council approved Bill 24142, calling an April 1, 2025 election to extend the city’s one-half of one percent transportation sales tax (Transportation Trust Fund 7). Staff said the bill calls the election and sets the ballot timing; councilmembers proposed and adopted an amendment to clarify the ballot language by adding the sentence that "the sales tax will provide revenue for the Transportation Trust Fund 7." Mayor Stacy Kinder said the city will run public information about the initiative in the…
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