{"id":9830,"date":"2013-03-04T14:21:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=9830"},"modified":"2013-03-04T14:21:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T20:21:38","slug":"florissant-to-contract-for-umpires-at-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=9830","title":{"rendered":"Florissant to Contract For Umpires at Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Supports Old Town Drainage Project<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Carol Arnett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Florissant City Council decided to contract out\u00a0softball umpiring this summer. At the last council meeting, the council passed an ordinance authoring $40,000 to be used to contract with St. Louis Metro Softball Umpires Association to provide umpires for the summer and fall softball leagues. In previous years, the city has hired umpires.<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Pat Stinnett said he supported the measure, but he questioned if there was any way that Florissant residents who have served as umpires in the past could be hired by the Umpires Association.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Tom Schneider called that Stinnett\u2019s idea a \u201cnoble effort,\u201d but said that the city \u201ccannot force the association to hire anyone,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Councilman Joe Eagan also weighed in. \u201cI would rather have a good umpire than a Florissant umpire,\u201d he said. \u201cIf there are two equally qualified, I would rather have a resident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stinnett noted that if the umpires passed a qualifying\u00a0test, they should be hired. \u201cI know people who have passed the driver\u2019s test, but they aren\u2019t very good drivers,\u201d Eagan responded.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider said that he had no preference on the bill, but that \u201cthis is how leagues are going.\u201d He said that the parks department suggested this \u201cWe used to hire our own, but we though this was a way to get better qualified people,\u201d he said. The measure passed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In other matters,<\/strong> the council passed a bill that\u00a0appropriates $10,300 for the purchase of fleet management software. Stinnett asked if the new software would work with other software and hardware the city used. He also asked if the city\u2019s IT Director had signed off on the bill. He also asked if the software would work over multiple platforms and if the price included updates. He said he would like to postpone the bill and ask the IT director to provide more information.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider replied that he would be happy to accommodate Stinnett\u2019s request for more information.\u00a0 The council voted to postpone the bill until the March 11 meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The council passed a resolution<\/strong> supported the city\u2019s\u00a0application to the East-West Gateway Council of Government Transportation for Old Town Street and Storm Water Drainage Improvement Project. City Engineer Tim Barrett told the council that he was applying for a grant that would be reimbursed 80%.<\/p>\n<p>The project would cover a portion of Lafayette St., from\u00a0Washington to Lindbergh. In this half mile, Barrett said, there are few storm sewers and few sidewalks. The project will address the drainage and make the sidewalks compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The cost estimate is just under $2 million, which would leave the city paying approximately $400,000, with the grant paying the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supports Old Town Drainage Project By Carol Arnett The Florissant City Council decided to contract out\u00a0softball umpiring this summer. At the last council meeting, the council passed an ordinance authoring $40,000 to be used to contract with St. Louis Metro Softball Umpires Association to provide umpires for the summer and fall softball leagues. 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