City of Ava
GEM Award to Ava Police Department
The Ava Police Department was presented a Chamber of Commerce GEM Award at the monthly luncheon meeting Tuesday. The award was presented for the month of May when the Business Appreciation Cookout was held on the square and no formal meeting was held. Accepting the award on behalf of the Police Department is Chief Reggie…
Read More$1 Million Airport Renovation Project Will Begin This Month
City Adopts Budget for 2018 Fiscal Year An elaborate million dollar renovation project at Ava’s Bill Martin Memorial Airport is scheduled to begin the last week of June, Ava Mayor David Norman told the Ava City Council Tuesday night. The airport upgrade, 90 percent of which is funded by a grant through the Missouri Highways…
Read MoreFire at Brookview Apartments Contained In One Room
In the photo above, Ava fireman Dwight Dammon extinguishes a fire in a laundry room at Brookview Apartments on East Washington Ave. in Ava Monday morning. The picture at right shows the damaged clothes dryer that was responsible for the fire.
Read MoreKC Post Office Identifies Mailing Issues; City Council Promotes Police Officer
By Sue Curry Jones This week, as the street renaming project gets underway, and numbered street signs are being swapped-out for customized names, Mayor David Norman reported to council Tuesday evening that the regional post office in Kansas City has deemed some of the new address names as incorrect for mailing purposes. Norman noted his…
Read MoreCity Cancels Council Meeting
The standard Board of Alderman meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 9, was canceled on Monday of this week. According to City Clerk Suzanne Welsh, the next regular meeting will be held Tuesday, May 23. The aldermen normally meet on a bi-monthly schedule, with business meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The…
Read MoreAirport Improvements, Street Renaming Project to Begin Soon; Council Hires New Police Officer
By Sue Curry Jones Mayor David Norman provided several project updates during the Ava Board of Alderman meeting on Tuesday, April 25. With the renaming of city streets, and the airport expansion project, two big projects now in the works for the City of Ava, Norman says both projects are moving forward and the work…
Read MoreCity Finalizes Paperwork for Airport Runway Project, Okays Contract with Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
By Sue Curry Jones The oath of office was the first order of business Tuesday, as Mayor David Norman, along with East Ward Alderman Burrely Loftin, and West Ward Alderman Noel Dye were all re-elected in the municipal election held on April 4. The three candidates ran unopposed, and each one was sworn in during…
Read MoreCity of Ava Releases New Street Name Map (Updated 4.6.17)
Click Here For Full Size Map A large printed version is available in the April 13th, 2017 issue of the Herald.
Read MoreCouncil Finalizes Street Naming Project, Commits to Rebuilding Airport Runway
By Sue Curry Jones Five ordinances were unanimously passed by Ava Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, March 28, with two of the five granting authorization for Mayor David Norman to contract work for the municipal airport improvement project. For the project, Ordinance 1015 allowed the Mayor to sign a contract with Pace Construction LLC, the…
Read MoreCity Considers Changing Electric Rate Structure, Advances Street Numbers to Names Project
By Sue Curry Jones Ava City Council members were instructed Tuesday evening on the benefits of changing the city’s current retail electric rate structure to align more closely with the whole-sale rate structure, which is the rate the city pays for electricity. According to information provided by Verbal Blakey, vice president with BHMG Engineers, Inc.,…
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