Joplin city department heads on Wednesday detailed sales tax spending for their projects to residents who serve on the city’s Capital Improvement and Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee.
Joplin city officials in November are expected to put together a list of street and bridge projects that would be done during the next 10 years if voters next year
Joplin city officials are working to fund a number of infrastructure, public safety, public wellness and other projects with money from federal, state and private grant programs.
A $179 million proposed budget for the city of Joplin s next fiscal year is a $29 million increase in expenditures that will involve spending on capital projects largely funded by