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10 I NEWS I • 24 Hour Professional Towing November 13, 2019 WEST NEWSMAGAZINE • High Quality Parts Used for All Repairs • Late Drop Off and Pick Up • No Job Too Small • Rental Cars Available • Latest Diagnostic Equipment & Training • 30 Point Inspection TIME FOR HOLIDAY TRIP CHECKS! Celebrating Over 20 Years Serving West County! • AAA Approved Auto Service Center • Service To Commercial Fleets with Fast Turn Around $ 4 00 OFF $ 29 50 $ 20 00 OFF OIL CHANGE & LUBE 24-POINT INSPECTION Applies to most cars, with coupon. Not valid with any other offers or prior service. Expires 12/23/19 TIRE ROTATION & COMPUTER SPIN BALANCE (Aluminum Wheels Extra) With coupon. Not valid with any other offers or prior service. Expires 12/23/19 ANY SERVICE OVER $200.00 With coupon. Not valid with any other offers or prior service. Expires 12/23/19 $ 49 50 MOST CARS MAINTENANCE CHECK Cooling System, Belts & Hoses, Suspension & Steering, Brakes, Tires, Engine With coupon. Not valid with any other offers or prior service. Expires 12/23/19 16109 Manchester Road (Auto Plaza Plus) Just West of Walgreens in Ellisville 636.230.5115 Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30am - 6:00pm NEWS BRIEFS, from page 9 An informational meeting is Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. MANCHESTER New employees introduced Several new employees were introduced at the Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting on Oct. 21 by their respective department heads. On Oct. 1, Steve Kirkman began working as a code enforcement officer, replacing Dave Fox. The code enforcement position became available after Fox was hired as an information technology technician for the city. Ellie Schmidt was introduced as the communication specialist in the Parks, Recreation & Arts Department by Director Kat Douglas. Schmidt was hired after serving as a summer intern. Beginning Oct. 21, Shawn Sieve began his employment in the Finance Department as an accountant, working with Director Don Yucius. Sieve has been in the public accounting sector since 2003. Channel restoration contracts approved The Manchester Board of Aldermen has approved two contracts with Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc. The first contract for $60,000 is for the Channel B Stream Improvement Project at 1521 Mautenne Drive. The second is for the Channel D Stream Improvement Project at a cost of $150,000. Both contracts include engineering services, construction plan, design, permitting and bidding services by Stock & Associates. The Channel D stream project includes the channel that runs from Briarhurst to Hanna roads and is parallel to Brookvale Drive. Due to advanced erosion affecting residential properties, the project, which was originally budgeted for 2021, has been moved up for design work in 2019 and project completion in 2020. Police department sees personnel changes As the Manchester Police Department said farewell to one retiring sergeant, two other officers received promotions. Sgt. Gerry Johnson retired after a 41-year career in law enforcement, with 35 years in Manchester. With Johnson's retirement, Acting Sergeant Meredith Absolon has been elevated to full sergeant. During the promotion ceremony, Chief Scott Will said Absolon has done an outstanding job of handling the @WESTNEWSMAG WESTNEWSMAGAZINE.COM Sgt. Gerry Johnson at his retirement party. [Manchester Police photo] difficult position of being an acting supervisor. She has 11 years of experience. Lt. Craig Smith was promoted to captain and is now the deputy chief of police. Smith has been with Manchester since 1997. He was promoted to sergeant in 2011 and lieutenant in 2014. He served as acting chief in 2018-2019 while the city was interviewing candidates to replace the retiring chief of police. Smith is currently the department's accreditation manager and commander of the office of professional standards. City to remove invasive trees along Howard George Drive A resolution accepting a grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation [MDC] will assist Manchester in the removal of invasive trees. At its Oct. 21 meeting, the Board of Aldermen approved acceptance of the $25,000 Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance [TRIM] grant. The TRIM program is a competitive, cost-share program designed to provide financial assistance for the management, improvement and conservation of community forests. In Manchester, the grant will subsidize costs associated with tree removal and replacement on Howard George Drive. In July, the city acquired Howard George Drive at the road’s south terminus at Enchanted Parkway to the state right-ofway line near 1021 Howard George Drive. That stretch of road previously was owned and maintained by MoDOT. The project area is about 1,400 feet long and located on the South Outer Road/ Howard George Drive along Route 141 between Dennison Estates and Mandalay drives. Thirty-five mature Bradford pear trees and a hillside full of invasive hybrid Callery pear sprouts will be removed. The trees are invasive and pose a safety risk for pedestrians and motorists due to the ease
FACEBOOK.COM/WESTNEWSMAGAZINE WESTNEWSMAGAZINE.COM with which they lose limbs. Because the city of Manchester received its Tree City USA designation earlier this year, the city is eligible for a 75/25 costshare split for in-kind match program, rather than the usual 60/40. The city is required to pay the lesser amount. In total, the cost of the project is $41,956. In accordance with ANSI A300 planting standards and consistent with MDC TRIM grant planting guidelines, 20 native trees, including swamp white oak and blackgum, will be planted at a 50-foot spacing along the Howard George Drive corridor. Areas with existing evergreen trees [white pine and arborvitae] will be left open to minimize shading and promote the success of the established trees. A three-year maintenance plan is included in the grant. It is anticipated that by year three, the trees will be self-supporting. The city’s contract arborist will monitor the health of the new trees and recommend water or other treatments as necessary. The removal of the existing trees will take place between now and March 31, 2020. The planting of new trees will take place in spring 2020, but before the agreement ends on June 30. ST. LOUIS COUNTY Loop Trolley stays on track for now The Loop Trolley Company was thrown a much-needed lifeline when it received a $90,000 loan that will keep the maligned trolley on track through the end of the year. The loan came from the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District, the same entity which provided sales revenue to help with the original construction of the project. But the needed influx of cash wasn’t the only good news for the Trolley this week. The Bi-State Development Agency is said to be looking at the viability of the project and how the agency might be a part of a long-term solution. The possibility of Bi-State, who operates the Metro and Metrolink system in Illinois and Missouri, completely taking over the trolley project appears to be one option on the table. “We are grateful to Bi-State and the members of the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District Board for committing to work together to preserve this valuable asset and we look forward to assisting them in any way we can,” Loop Trolley Company President John Meyer said. “We are thrilled to be able to continue running the Trolley through the upcoming holiday season and we welcome all riders.” Officials with the Loop Trolley Company, including Meyer, have been making the rounds lately looking to garner additional financial support that they claim is needed to keep the $50+ million project afloat. Last month, the St. Louis County Council passed a resolution asking federal officials to audit the Loop Trolley Company accusing its leaders of mismanagement. MISSOURI Watching for ‘zombie deer’ Chronic wasting disease [CWD] – popularly known as "zombie deer disease" – has been reported in at least 24 states in the continental U.S., including Missouri. In its late stages, this always-fatal neurodegenerative disorder produces symptoms in infected deer including a drooping head and ears, drooling, tremors, lack of coordination and excessive weight loss … hence the “zombie” designation. Once a deer becomes infected, the incubation period before symptoms occur may be as long as 18-24 months, so deer that have the disease may appear perfectly healthy. Although cases found in Missouri have been relatively rare to date, the disease is slowly spreading, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. The department is working to find deer with CWD and limit its transmission, since it has the potential to greatly reduce the number of healthy deer available to the state’s nearly 500,000 deer hunters and millions of wildlife watchers. Over the coming weekend, Nov. 16-17, Missouri hunters who harvest a deer from certain counties located in the Department of Conservation’s CWD Management Zone are required to take it to a state-operated sampling station to have it tested for the disease. Counties near St. Louis included in the zone are Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Perry, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, Warren, and Washington. Currently, there have been no cases of CWD transmission reported in humans. However, scientists say that more research is needed to understand whether or not people could potentially become infected. Health authorities stress that the utmost precaution should be taken to prevent human exposure, in order to mitigate any possible transmission risks. A deer with chronic wasting disease. 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