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Cape Girardeau council honors former Mayor Harry Rediger, renames roadway and TTF committee
Summary
The City Council honored former Mayor Harry Rediger with a proclamation, unveiled a sign renaming the Century Casino roadway entrance 'Rediger Parkway,' and formally renamed the Transportation Trust Fund Committee the Harry Rediger Transportation Trust Fund Committee.
Cape Girardeau — The City Council honored the late former Mayor Harry Rediger on [date of meeting] by unveiling a roadway sign and issuing a proclamation recognizing his decades of municipal service.
Mayor Stacy Kinder announced the renaming of the roadway entrance to the Century Casino at Main and Spanish Streets as Rediger Parkway and presented a plaque commemorating Rediger’s service. "Harry Rediger, his visionary leadership connected the city of Cape Girardeau from tradition to tomorrow," Kinder said as she unveiled the sign and read the proclamation.
Former colleagues who served with Rediger described his civic leadership. John Maynard, former Cape Chamber president, said Rediger was "tremendously" dedicated and "a tremendous leader" who often worked behind the scenes. Former Mayor Al Spradling credited Rediger with steadying the city through contentious projects and cited Rediger’s central role on the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) committees. Former Mayor Jay Knudson called Rediger a visionary whose trustworthiness shaped long-term planning. Former Mayor Bob Fox noted Rediger’s regional work with organizations such as the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative and said that Rediger helped secure a roughly $1,000,000 grant that funded floodwall improvements.
As part of the tribute, Mayor Kinder read and enacted a proclamation renaming the Transportation Trust Fund Committee the "Harry Rediger Transportation Trust Fund Committee," citing Rediger’s service on Vision 2000, the Planning & Zoning Commission, and consecutive TTF committees. The proclamation recited the history of the city’s transportation sales tax program and noted that, since the tax was initially approved in 1995, the city has collected more than $130,000,000 to fund transportation improvements. The proclamation also summarized prior voter approvals of the TTF extensions.
The council session included remarks from members of the Rediger family and several former mayors, and concluded the presentation portion of the meeting before moving to routine business.
