City council prioritizes special fund projects

After weeks of rigorous discussion during the passage of the 2020-2021 budget, the Cameron City Council made a few special fund projects a priority during a special meeting Monday evening.

As part of Monday’s discussion, the city council, Cameron Chamber of Commerce, Cameron Missouri Main Street and a variety of other not-for-profit entities came to a consensus for the first round of projects, which Mayor Denny Clark estimated at $116,000.

“We’re looking for ways we can bring more value to our community for our schools, our parks and also bring more value to help our businesses be more successful,” Clark said.

Among the items tentatively approve to go before the city council were a collaborative project involving the city and Cameron Regional Medical Center in creating a massive $40,000 flag post at the location of the new city park located along I-35 received, $40,000 to pave a parking lot at the Cameron Community Center, $30,000 for city image improvements, $10,000 for improvements at the Cameron Reservoir and $1,000 to kill weeds along city streets. The discussion came with a bit of controversy after the city council split 3-2 over approval of the budget with former Mayor Darlene Breckenridge and Councilwoman Becky Curtis seeking to split the $232,000 set aside special projects fund and distribute half of the funds to fixing city roads.