SIKESTON -- There was a time Sikeston's streets looked like a million bucks.
Among the topics volunteers with Sikeston to the Third Power will be providing information on as they visit with voters is how new revenue from a proposed sales tax would be used to get streets back into shape.
"We currently spend about $600,000 per year on contracted street maintenance," said Jon Douglass, city manager. "We used to spend more than that, but as costs have gone up over time, we have done more in-house work with our own crews on minor repairs, which means less money for the larger, contracted repairs."
Less money because the city's revenue has stayed pretty much flat even though costs have climbed.
If the proposed half-cent sales tax is approved by voters Nov. 3, about $350,000 of the projected $1.4 million in new revenue would be used for street and drainage projects, according to city officials.
For the full story, see Wednesday's edition of the Standard Democrat.