Council debates Easter event
Staff Reports A planned non-denominational revival on Easter Weekend will be relocated across the street to the grass lot next to Cumberland Presbyterian for part of the event so the…
Jefferson City Council OKs JEDCO earnest money
Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute Tuesday night’s City Council meeting was mostly routine business with Council giving the go ahead to JEDCO to spend $15,000 for earnest money on purchasing 16.507 acres…
Council talks planning, Quiet Zone
V. Hugh Lewis II Jefferson Jimplecute Development, construction, and thinking ahead were top of the Jefferson City Council agenda Tuesday night. Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker provided updates on the two…
City Council meeting consumed by public comment, discussion
Staff Reports Consent Agenda items which were moved to Action Items, presentations, and public comment took up over 90 minutes of the two-hour Jefferson City Council meeting Tuesday night. Council…
Jefferson City Council discussions splinter into heated exchanges
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Old habits die hard, and Tuesday night’s lengthy, and sometimes hostile, discussions of agenda items proved that fact. Ward 3/1 Alderman Richard Turner kicked off…
City Council meeting canceled
V. Hugh Lewis II/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson’s final City Council meeting of the year was cancelled Tuesday afternoon after Mayor Rob Baker became aware there would not be able to form…
Jefferson City Council percolates on a new coffee pot
Staff Reports For almost an hour the fate of whether or not the City would have ornaments for its outdoor Christmas tree; whether the transportation center would have usable tables;…
Jefferson City Council looks at changes to employee handbook
City Council received an overview how to rework the Employee Handbook from Joanne Stacey during a workshop following the special Council meeting on Wednesday. “You need an employee handbook,” Stacey…
Paddlefish distinction made official
Hugh Lewis/Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson and Marion County has a new mascot – of sorts. Marion County Judge Leward LaFleur, County Commissioners, and Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker all proclaimed the Paddlefish…
Council OKs new event
Staff Reports Football, Food Trucks and Cornhole is coming to Jefferson on September 24 after council approved the special event application during Tuesday night’s brief meeting. The Krewe of Hebe…
Jefferson City Council gives pay raises
Staff Reports Jefferson City Council made short work of Tuesday night’s agenda which consisted of mostly housekeeping actions. The Oct. 4 special council meeting will be moved to Wednesday, Oct.…
Jefferson PD upgrades equipment
Staff Reports Jefferson Police Chief Tino Perez arrested a continued shortage of equipment at JPD by using surplus funds in his 2021-22 budget during Tuesday nights Council meeting. Council authorized…
Council ‘parks’ Titus street truck issue
Staff Reports The Jefferson City Council decided to again table a request from Ward 3/2 Alderman Robin Moore to address a semi-truck parking issue on Titus Street by Master WoodCraft…
Jefferson City Council says ‘no’ to railroad quiet zones
Staff Reports Resident and tourist safety, but not comfort, took center stage during Tuesday nights City Council meeting. Aldermen approved reimbursing a tourist after a limb from a Bradford Pear…
City of Jefferson renews free lease with the Marion County Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute City Council voted to update their lease with the Marion County Chamber of Commerce during Tuesday’s regular meeting, agreeing to have the lease renew on the…
Council OKs Mardi Gras plans
Jennifer Perry Middleton Jefferson Jimplecute The City of Jefferson’s City Council approved the final street closings for the Krewe of Hebe’s 2022 Mardi Gras Upriver Parades during their regular meeting…
Jefferson Police Chief gets raise
Staff Reports Jefferson Police Chief Tino Perez will be getting a raise along with his other officers after Council approved a $6,000 immediate lift in salary and an additional $1,000…
JPD gets pay raise in 2022
Jennifer Perry Middleton/Jefferson Jimplecute Officers with the Jefferson Police Department will ring in the new year with a raise, thanks to action taken during Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Members voted…
Town Halls set for upcoming Council meetings
Jefferson Mayor Rob Baker opened Jefferson’s regular City Council meeting with a moment of silence for Jefferson resident Jessie Mae Walker who passed away this week. Walker was a “very…
Our Town Jefferson
Magnolia Place EOM Named Magnolia Place’s employee of the month for August is Ashley Young, a CNA. Ashley is a very dedicated CNA. She is always willing to help out,…