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Local auto shop owner urges city action after repeated Main Street floods
Summary
At public forum, Keith Farmer of Trax Edge Motors said three recent flash floods damaged his business, costing about $40,000 in one event and flooding eight cars in April 2025; he asked the city to consider buying his property for a retention pond. City leaders said departments are responding but cannot control intense rainfall.
Keith Farmer, owner of Trax Edge Motors at 715 Main St., told the Scott City Council that recurring flash floods have severely damaged his business and property. He reported that a first recent flood cost him about $40,000, that water reached roughly 4 feet on his lot during one event, and that in April 2025 eight cars were flooded inside his building. Farmer said traffic was detouring around posted road closures and driving through his parking lot during flooding.
Farmer proposed the city purchase his Main Street property and build a retention pond to reduce flood impacts. Mayor Rick Brashear and city staff responded that Scott City experienced three flash floods within 30 days, that Public Works, Police and Fire worked during the events, and that the city will continue mitigation efforts while noting it cannot control rainfall intensity. Mayor Brashear said the city is aware and working on flood-related issues and has met with affected residents.
