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Rolla council approves grants, accepts land-lease bid and handles routine business; minutes show one recorded dissent
Summary
The council approved three City Sales Tax Committee grants, accepted a 3-year bid for 64 crop acres, extended building permits, appointed a cemetery caretaker and approved other routine measures. Minutes record a single "Nay" on the Mt Pleasant playground grant while also noting the motion "carried unanimously," an internal inconsistency in the minutes.
At its April 15 meeting, the Rolla City Council approved a series of grants, contracts and personnel actions moved by council members and recorded in the unofficial minutes.
Grants: The council approved three grants recommended by the City Sales Tax Committee: $7,500 to the Rolla Archery Club, $10,000 to the City of Rolla, and $10,000 to the Mt Pleasant School Playground Committee. The minutes record that Councilmember Willie Fritz voted "Nay" on the Mt Pleasant grant while Clarence Booth, Deanna Counts, Alex Albert, Paul Frydenlund and Damond Schemmel voted "Aye." The minutes also include a contradictory line stating the motion "carried unanimously." The recorded roll call indicates the motion passed with five recorded "Aye" votes and one "No" vote; the minutes should be read with that recorded tally in mind.
Land lease and permits: One bid was accepted for 64 crop acres in SW 21-162-69. The council accepted Dillon Slaubaugh's bid of $42.00 per acre for a three-year lease. The council also approved a one-year extension on two incomplete building permits from Booth Inc. (Permit #2023-2 and Permit #2024-3).
Appointments and hires: The council appointed Chris Cahill to the Forestry Committee and voted to hire Tory Danielson as cemetery caretaker for 2026.
Other approvals: The council approved a gaming site authorization for Mulligans on Main for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and authorized up to $10,000 for curb and street painting to be spent at Public Works Director Cliff Rush's discretion.
Several motions passed on roll call with recorded unanimous "Aye" votes; where the minutes record both a dissenting roll-call vote and a statement that the motion "carried unanimously," readers should rely on the roll-call entries for vote tallies.
