The Friday Newsflash - May 15, 2026
Dates To Remember
- Board of Aldermen Meeting: May 19
- Work Session: 5pm
- Financial Audit Presentation
- FY2026 6-month Budget Update
- FY2027 Departmental Budget Presentation
- Regular Session: 7pm
- Work Session: 5pm
- Parks Committee Meeting: May 28
- Sports – REGISTER HERE
- Fall sports online registration opens July 1! – youth soccer, little kickers soccer clinic, youth volleyball, t-ball
- Programs & Events – REGISTER HERE
- SPR at Farmers’ Market: May 20 | FREE
- Splash Pad opens for the Season: (Memorial Day Weekend) May 25
- Diamond Crest Park Ribbon Cutting: coming soon!
- Pickleball Lessons June session: May 29, June 12, June 19, June 26
- WildHERness Camp & Craft: May 30-31
- Let’s Learn Mahjong: June 6
- SPR at Farmers’ Market: June 10 | FREE
- wildHERness Women’s Hike (16+): June 20 | FREE
- Let’s Learn Mahjong: June 27
- Challenger Sports Smithville Soccer Camp: June 8-12
- Clay County under the stars & stripes / America 250: July 4 | FREE
- Parks and Recreation Month in July! | FREE
- Mondays: Books & Bites (registration required)
- Tuesdays: Mini Makers (registration required)
- Wednesdays: Popsicles at the Pad
- Thursday: Yoga at the Courtyard
- Friday: Picnic on the Playground
- Saturday: Story Walk
- SPR at Farmers’ Market: August 19 | FREE
- Smithville’s Haunted Campground: October 24 | FREE
- Learn more about the City's Strategic Plan and take the Community Survey HERE!
- SPR Sponsorship Opportunities are here! For more information visit www.smithvillemo.org/sponsor
- Sign up for our Parks & Rec monthly newsletter HERE
- The Smithville Kiwanis Club is sponsoring bingo and a hotdog cookout on Tuesday 5/19
- Health screenings with NKC health on Friday 5/22 from 8:45-11AM
- There was a great turnout for Monday’s birthday celebration with 65 in attendance.
- The falls prevention presentation was Wednesday, and the speakers discussed ways to reduce the risk of falls.
- Southern Bank sponsored Bingo for this week.
- Friday is our monthly cookout with 60+ people planning to attend.
- May Activity Calendar
Project Updates
Current projects can be found on our website at Smithville, MO.
Maintenance Updates
- Parks
- Crew dug up and repaired 3 leaks at the campground this week.
- Repaired shower heads at campground bath house
- Brush mowed ditches at Smith’s Fork in preparation for Memorial Day
- Trimmed bushed at City Hall, Activity Center, and Remembrance Park
- Cleared gutters at City Hall
- Streets
- Jetted 19517 Mulberry outfall
- Filled dumpster with debris from street sweeper
- Cleaned up glass at 210 N Bridge St
- Cleaned up gravel on 134th St in preparation for dust control spraying
- Spread 20 tons of ¾” rock around basins at the Water Treatment Plant
- Prepared areas for asphalt and concrete work
- Shut down the road and prepared Marcus Rd for asphalt work
- Placed 20 tons of asphalt
- Conducted culvert inspections at 14700 Mt Olivet and 14723 Emerald Ct
- Completed mowing around the city
- Total Drinking Water Production 6,705,000 gal
- Completed all testing required at the WTP
- Conducted weekly chemical level checks at the WTP for ordering
- Backwashed filters 1,2,3,4 and 5 at the WTP
- Continued working on project high service pump room rehabilitation at the WTP. Sanding pipes to prep for new paint
- Installed a new feed pump for bleach
- Continue installing SCADA wiring in the chemical building
- Completed 22 work orders
- 70 locates completed
- Completed all testing required at WWTP
- Treated 4,435,000 gallons of wastewater
- Completed weekly checks of all booster station and towers in the distribution system
- Repaired a water service leak at 208 Ashmont Ct
- Completed adding sewer chemicals to gravity sewer mains
- Completed the total replacement of the fire hydrant in front of Packs Hardware
- Cleaned sewer main at 314 East Meadow
- Collected 3 E-coli samples and delivered to Kansas City Labs
- Collected 5 bac-t samples and delivered
- Emptied the excess flow basin and washed down