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Council member Gallagher answers community questions at monthly coffee
Community members filled the meeting area at Precision Coffee Thursday morning for the monthly Coffee with the Mayor event. Mayor George Knox could not attend the event, so filling in for him was Nevada City Council Member Carol Gallagher. Also present to help answer questions was Nevada City Council Member Lyndon Eberhard.
Starting off, a citizen asked Gallagher about the status of Walton Aquatic Center. The pool has been closed this summer due to need of repairs. Gallagher noted the City is waiting on the person who is supposed to help find the leak.
Gallagher stated that there is one person in this area who does this work and, due to it being summer, he is extremely busy this time of year. Nevada Parks and Recreation Manager Richard Brockman clarified that the repair person would be there that same day (Thursday).
On to the next topic, Gallagher stated, “In the community there’s been a lot of conversation about a fundraising effort towards outdoors pickleball, basketball and tennis courts. It’s a three-way partnership between the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, the City of Nevada, and the Nevada R-5 School District.”
“This is no money coming from the city,” Gallagher stressed. “The city is not paying for any of this. It was an initiative of the Parks Board Five-Year Plan.”
Onto the issue of trash trucks causing damage to roads, Gallagher noted that the City’s ordinance allows for 18,000 pounds, “Typically, our community’s trucks run 60,000 to 70,000 pounds,” she stated. “Weekly. On our streets — four companies. That does not help our asphalt stay for the long-term.”
Gallagher added that most municipalities in the area have one trash company.
Further discussion included talks about the Long-Term Care Board and economic development.