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Warrenton staff report 2025 accomplishments; building permits, pool memberships and festival lineup announced
Summary
City Administrator Brandy Walters and Director of Operations John Strukoff summarized 2025 departmental accomplishments—demolition of a dangerous building, infrastructure acceptance in new plats, staffing and training milestones, and building/permit activity—and announced the fall festival’s main stage headliner.
City Administrator Brandy Walters and Director of Operations John Strukoff presented department highlights from 2025 to the Warrenton Board of Aldermen on Feb. 17, including infrastructure acceptances, staffing progress and building and inspection activity.
Walters told the board the city demolished a dangerous building on Walnut in 2025, continued work on a collective bargaining agreement with the police union, and restarted the pool management contract in January 2025. She reported 27 interviews and eight new hires in 2025, increased retirement benefit levels to level 3 for employees, held the third annual employee benefits summit and several team training sessions, and posted a summary of department accomplishments online for board access. Walters also said the city accepted sewer lines for Westwood Farms plat 1 and accepted street, water and sewer lines for Woodland Heights, and that the city signed an agreement with MoDOT for grant funding related to a Highway 70 work zone.
Walters confirmed the aquatics department sold 152 pool memberships (an alderman asked whether that number represented new memberships and Walters confirmed it). She said the pool management contract began in January and that board members had expressed satisfaction with the contractor.
Strukoff reported building and permitting statistics for 2025: 62 new family home permits were issued; 49 single‑family permits were closed and finaled in 2025; 10 multifamily permits were issued and 24 multifamily permits were closed; the department issued 783 total permits and completed 2,888 total inspections (including 544 residential inspections). He said several projects completed or under construction included a Fairgrounds concession stand, Dobbs Tire, Dollar General, and the Hampton Inn (expected to complete mid to late summer). Strukoff also noted that ELS completed 107 multifamily units (79 in Creekside, 28 in Parkview) and that software enhancements were implemented for inspection checklists and better record keeping.
Strukoff announced the fall festival main‑stage entertainment will be the Marshall Tucker Band, scheduled for Sept. 19.
Why it matters: The reports provide year‑over‑year operational data that inform development trends, staffing needs and capital maintenance. Permit and inspection totals indicate continued residential and commercial building activity in Warrenton.
What’s next: Department accomplishments and the planning meeting action items are posted in the board’s miscellaneous folders and online; several planning and zoning items (code change, Park Hills phase 2 final plat, Warren County 911 site plan/vacation) were listed for the March P&Z agenda.
