From the VIEW HILL 2020-2021 Resource Magazine
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Current Resident from the VIEW HILL 2020-2021 Resource Magazine COVER STORY If the World had a Front Porch Page 33 Karon Shewmaker Jody Shewmaker Angela Allard Barb Kuritz Becky Moreland Braye Jones Broker/Owner Broker/Owner REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® 816-365-7578 816-365-7579 816-898-8831 816-651-2832 816-588-9184 816-719-3792 Brenda Dummer Cheryl Miller REALTOR® REALTOR® 816-835-1355 816-682-2382 Please submit your vote (address or name only if you don’t have a picture) Debbie Jones Monica Hamilton REALTOR® on Facebook @https://www.facebook.com/ReeceNicholsShewmaker/ for REALTOR® 816-820-3086 your hero or yard of the month. 816-853-6196 PREVIOUS WINNERS OF YARD THE MONTH AND HERO OF THE MONTH: Lori Green Kristin Stark REALTOR® REALTOR® 816-490-2685 816-616-2474 Office: 816- 540-5555 2201 N. State Rt. 7, Suite A Charity Rushly http://reecenicholsshewmaker.com/pleasanthill Pleasant Hill, MO 64080 REALTOR® 816-365-5348 Sandy Green Shannon Whited Wilma Brown Shelby Black Karli Whited Lindsey Lamming REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® REALTOR® 913-636-4365 816-365-7380 816-728-9485 660-734-2528 816-394-3032 816-288-0198 View from the Hill • 2020-2021 - 1 - - 2 - View from the Hill • 2020-2021 Table of Contents Times Person of the Year 3 Map of Pleasant Hill 4 Cass County Government 6 Pleasan Hill City Council 7 Pleasant Hill City Hall 8 Pleasant Hill R-III Schoold District 10 Pleasant Hill Police Department 12 Pleasant Hill Fire Department 14 Animal Control 16 Honey & Wine 17 Civic Organizations 18 Pleasant Hill Historic District Map 23 Civic Volunteer Boards 26 Pleasant Hill Park System 28 Church Directory 32 Cover Story (If the World had a Front Porch) 33 Sporting Events Surrounds Plesant Hill 34 Local Sports 36 Local Arts 38 Nationl Weather Service 41 Unfair 42 How the Paper is Put Together 44 Important Numbers All Emergencies 911 Pleasant Hill Police Dept. NON-Emergency & Animal Control 816-987-9149 Pleasant Hill Fire Department 816-540-9108 Cass County Sheriff 816-380-5200 City of Pleasant Hill including Water & Sewer 816-540-3135 Evergy Electric Services 816-471-5275 Spire (formerly MGE) 1-800-582-1234 Before YOU DIG 811 Public Works 816-540-9130 PWSD #5 816-540-2249 Pleasant Hill Post Office 816-540-3312 View from the Hill • 2020-2021 - 3 - Person of the Year The Pleasant Hill Times is proud to announce the in and kept on top of the news that was coming in. She first annual Person of the Year pick for our View from went the extra mile to educate herself up front about the Hill annual magazine. Our pick for 2020 is Lisa what the businesses could do and how to keep people’s Nichelson, who is the president of the Pleasant Hill money safe. Community Bank which can be found while traveling The community watched her as she made sure north out of town on 7 highway on the left-hand side. businesses got the loans they needed from the Cares COVID took everyone off-guard and many businesses Act and helped them to make it through the storm. We went into a panic in one day. People were worried about felt that this year was pivotal for our country and Lisa what was going to happen to their money in the banks has served our small community well. and what the future held. Lisa Nichelson jumped right View from the Hill • 2020-2021 - 4 • Community Bank 163rd St. of Pleasant Hill Henley Dr. Intermediate School • Nuts & Bolts • ReeceNichols • St. Bridget Industrial Dr. Shewmaker Catholic Church • Meridian MO • Goppert VV Finacial Bank (North) • Pleasant Hill Sugarland Dr. Chiropractic Wild Wood Dr. • Pleasant Hill Medical Clinic MO Pleasant Hill Matthes Ln. Cemetery 7 Boardman Rd. Boardman Lexington Road Lexington Maple Ln. Loch Leonard Timber St. Country Club Dr. Elementary School Primary Middle School School Myrtle St. High School Cedar St. MO Pine St. 58 Broadway Sports and Recreation Complex MO 58 MO 7 163rd St. Henley Dr. Intermediate School Industrial Dr. MO VV ViewSugarland Dr. from the Hill • 2020-2021 Wild Wood Dr. MO Pleasant Hill Matthes Ln. Cemetery 7 Boardman Rd. Boardman • HIS Church • Riki & Pam Team Twice the Ice • • Hop In 1020 Wilmoth’s Basement • Lexington Road Lexington Maple Ln. < Dogwood Energy Loch Leonard Timber St. American Family • • Sonic Pleasant Hill Animal Clinic • • Wallace Funeral Home Country Club Dr. Elementary • McDonalds School Primary Middle School School Myrtle St. Grants Custom Homes • • Yennie & Jones High Insurance School • City Hall Cedar St. • Post Office • Goppert Financial Bank (south) • Pleasant Hill MO Police Dept. Pine St. • Land Real Estate • Steve & Broadway 58 Anthony’s TLC • Pleasant Hill Sports and Fire Dept. Recreation Complex • Whistle Redi-Mix MO 58 MO 7 - 5 - 6 - View from the Hill • 2020-2021 Bob Huston Jimmy Odom Monty Kisner Jeff Fletcher Chris Molendorp Roger Raffety Presiding Commissioner North Commissioner South Commissioner County Clerk County Collector County Assessor Rick Brattin Ben Butler Melody Folsom Mike Medsker Steve Cheslik Jeff Weber County Auditor Prosecuting Attorney Public Administrator Recorder of Deeds County Treasurer Sheriff Cass County Elected Officials Cass County government is under the direction of a 3-member coordinating the annual financial audit. County Commission that are elected to 4-year terms and nine other The Prosecuting Attorney is responsible for charging and prosecuting office holders who are also elected to 4-year terms. misdemeanor and felony cases in Cass County, providing assistance to The County Commission is the executive body of Cass County victims of crime, collection of bad checks, collection of taxes for the operating under guidelines established by state statute. The Director of Revenue, and enforcement of child support obligations. commissioners enact ordinances, resolutions and policies, supervise The Public Administrator serves as a court appointed guardian, the activities of county departments, adopt the annual budget, provide conservator, and personal representative for wards, protectees, and for construction and other services and conduct hearings on planning decedents of the state. and zoning matters. The C ission directly oversees and/or works The Recorder of Deeds is the repository for all Cass County land with the Public Works Department, Planning & Zoning Department, transactions. The recorder’s duties include reviewing, processing, Building Codes Department, Health Department, County Maintenance, recording, and delivering back to the submitter all transfers of property University Extension, Human Resources and Cass County 911. and related documents in a timely manner. The Recorders office also The County Collector is the elected official responsible for handles marriage licenses and records military discharge papers at collecting and disbursing in excess of $96 million annually in current no charge. and delinquent property taxes for various political subdivisions within The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for law enforcement the county which have authorized property tax levies, such as school, in unincorporated parts of the county not served by a municipal police library, city, road and bridge and fire districts. The collector also department, management of the county jail, investigating crime, court collects special assessments and merchant license fees. services, oversees neighborhood watch, and DARE programs. The County Clerk is responsible for Elections, Campaign Disclosures, The Cass County Treasurer is responsible for managing the county’s Archives of County Records, Taxes and Fees, Data Processing, Voter checking account, cash accounting for 57 different county funds, Registration and Operator Information. disbursement and reconciliation of all county checks, receipt of all The primary duty and responsibility of the Cass County Assessor is money received by the county, with the exception of property taxes, to assess all real property within the assessor’s jurisdiction including investment of monies, inform the commissioners of the county’s residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural classes of property. financial status, administration of payroll, time and attendance, human Real property is revalued every two years. resources and benefits, processing and paying employee insurances, The Circuit Clerk is responsible for all Circuit Court records for civil savings plans, and other benefits. The treasurer’s office is also the cases, criminal cases, domestic relations cases, adult abuse cases, jury custodian of Cass County School Funds, tracks Justice Center selection and child support. Revenues and Trust Accounting, and is Custodian of County The County Auditor is responsible for establishing, implementing, Unclaimed Fees. and monitoring the accounting and budgeting system. The auditor is responsible for preparing the county’s financial statements and View from the Hill • 2020-2021 - 7 - Mayor Council-at-Large Councilman (20) Councilman (21) Councilwoman (22) Mark Guffey Scott Todd John King James Hanes Tria Cartner Mayor, Council keep city on the move Pleasant Hill is governed by a mayor and a 4-member City & Recreation/Facilities Director Justin Wieberg, Assistant City Council with the help of a full-time city administrator and City Administrator Kristen Ayers, Finance Director Amy Johnson, Hall staff. Police Chief Robert Driscoll, and Public Works Tony Bakken. City Council meetings are held at City Hall at 203 Paul Street in A volunteer Planning & Zoning Commission, Historic p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month. Preservation Board, Parks & Recreation Board, Recycling & Solid Pleasant Hill City Hall can be reached at 816-540-3135, Waste Management Board, and Community Betterment Board 816- 987-5141 (fax) or by e-mail at [email protected] The appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council assist public can also e-mail the mayor at [email protected]. the City Council and City Hall staff. The City Hall building has been expanded twice in recent years The city is protected by a 24-hour-a-day 911 emergency dispatch to meet the growing needs for office and meeting space.