Moberly has taken close to a sixty thousand dollar hit this month because of Mamtek, the failed artificial sweetener plant.
Throughout April, the city has spent that sum in legal fees due to the Mamtek fiasco.
These legal costs include attorneys’ fees that Moberly is paying in their fight against Mamtek in court.
The spent funds will take away from money that could have gone toward other departments in the city, such as the police and fire departments. That’s according to City Director of Finance Greg Hodge.
The revamped Moberly City Council didn’t wait long to begin making changes to their city.
The council recently approved an ordinance to put close to thirty thousand dollars toward repairs to city hall. The damages to the building occurred when mid-Missouri was hit by large amounts of snow back in February.
Doctor David Fleming of the University of Missouri’s School of Medicine is the new president-elect of the American College of Physicians, the nation's largest medical specialty organization.
Fleming was elected to the post Thursday, and will spend the rest of the year as president-elect until his official term begins in 2014. He says he is already planning for what will be the most pressing aspects of his term.
