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O'Fallon schedules July 3 'America 250' festivities, details water‑meter replacement and recent capital purchases
Summary
City Administrator Grant Litkigan outlined July 3 America 250 events (parade, Community Park activities, fireworks and Liberty Tree dedication), described an ongoing water‑meter replacement program (demonstration shows 5–10 minutes per meter; city said roughly 12,000 meters will be replaced) and defended an emergency purchase of a brush hog for right‑of‑way mowing.
City Administrator Grant Litkigan updated the council on several operational items during the June 15 meeting. He said the city's July 3 "America 250" celebration will begin at 9 a.m. with a parade and continue with events in Community Park through 5 p.m., culminating in fireworks over O'Fallon at sundown and a Liberty Tree dedication at the sports park.
Litkigan directed residents to the city's notification system (www.ofalon.org — click Alerts and Notifications) and provided the city's phone number (618‑624‑4500) for assistance signing up.
On utilities and capital projects, Litkigan reported the city is replacing its water meters and showed a demonstration where replacing one meter took about 5–10 minutes. He said the program will involve a large number of replacements (the transcript cites a figure of 12,000 meters). He also described recent capital work at the sports park (fields 9 and 10 and field 2) and explained that the large payment to Hanks Construction in the warrant packet related to the Woodstream bypass and North Cherry projects. He said the brush hog purchase was an emergency acquisition for mowing interstate right‑of‑way that was not in the annual budget but was procured in accordance with the purchasing manual and reported to council.
Litkigan also explained that energy costs posted under Direct Energy include most city facilities and street lights, and that the sewer plant and street lights are among the city’s largest electricity users.
The updates were informational; no new policy decisions were adopted at the meeting. The city will continue to post meetings and project status information on its website and via the notification system.
