Street planning for Lake Ozark

The City of Lake Ozark has put together a long-range plan to have better streets, which includes making sure they have funds in place to perform the work. In June voters passed a use tax question which will allow the city to recover taxes on internet sales, and they passed a $6-million dollar bond question. Lake Ozark Mayor Gerry Murawski tells us that before the city can get the bonds they have to prove they can pay for them…

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He said that will pay for a bond of a million dollars which will allow them to get the engineering. For the additional needed funds, the Mayor said a group is also trying to get together a transportation improvement district, which would allow them to put a voter-approved sales tax in place on the strip, and he said there is a chance that they have a slight increase in property tax. With the funding mechanisms in place, Lake Ozark will be able to repair failing streets, including Bagnell Dam Boulevard.