The Council tabled the phase-one water-system request indefinitely, 3–0.
Still open:Will the request come back, and on what terms?
TabledWater
Council shelves Rainbow Hills water request
Aldermen voted 3–0 on Oct. 15 to table the request indefinitely. They did not vote to accept the Rainbow Hills phase-one water system.
Tabling sets a request aside without deciding it. The minutes set no date to bring this one back, and list no cost or contract with it.
The same meeting sent two data-center ordinance options to Planning and Zoning and kept housing-code changes under review. All four decisions are listed under At City Hall.
Water on the City’s record in 2026
Sources for each date- The state announces a $37,500 grant for a Reeds Spring drinking-water engineering report.
- The 2025 water quality report is dated. Its lead and copper samples are from 2021–2023.
- The Council approves water-main and sewer engineering plans for Horn Estates.
- The City posts a notice about lead service-line notifications.
- The Council tables the Rainbow Hills water-system request.
What we’re watching
AnsweredA public record answers it.- PendingWaiting on a public body.
No record yetWe haven’t found the record that would answer it.
TabledTwo data-center ordinance options went to Planning and Zoning for review.
Still open:What will Planning and Zoning recommend to the Council?
In reviewThe City says the donated Silverado was taken out of police use, stripped of police markings and assigned to Public Works.
Answered:Why is the old police pickup with Public Works?
AnsweredVoters passed the public-safety tax question, 147–74, in the April 7 election.
Answered:What did voters decide?
AnsweredThe state announced $37,500 for Reeds Spring to pay for a drinking-water engineering report.
Still open:Is the report finished, and where can residents read it?
No record yetThe police chief’s hourly rate went from $25 to $27 and the city clerk’s from $25 to $26.
Answered:What did Resolution 2025-20 change?
AnsweredFrom the record
Public safety
Why is the old police pickup with Public Works?
The City took it out of police service, removed the markings and gave it to the Public Works crew, according to a Sept. 30 notice.
Water
The 2025 water report is newer than some of its numbers
It is dated March 31, but its lead and copper results come from sampling in 2021 through 2023.
Public safety
Voters passed the public-safety tax
The certified April 7 result was 147 yes to 74 no. Collections and spending require separate records.
Around town
Parents as Teachers Group Connections Event
Parents as Teachers Group Connections Event at 257 Elementary Rd, Reeds Spring, MO 65737, USA. Nov 4, 9:00 AM–Nov 4, 10:30 AM (local time). Check the organizer for attendance details.
Reeds Spring school campus. From Organizer.
School-campus postal location; municipal boundary is not asserted.
Storytime
Storytime at Blue Eye Library. Nov 4, 10:00 AM–Nov 4, 11:00 AM (local time). Check the organizer for attendance details.
Blue Eye. From Stone County Library.
Activity Hour
Activity Hour at Galena Library. Nov 4, 10:30 AM–Nov 4, 11:30 AM (local time). Check the organizer for attendance details.
Galena. From Stone County Library.
Wednesday Walk in the Park
Wednesday Walk in the Park at Crane Library. Nov 4, 1:00 PM–Nov 4, 1:30 PM (local time). Check the organizer for attendance details.
Crane. From Stone County Library.
Recent story, Oct. 29: The Branson Globe reports that the October 24 Bonnie and Clyde Days at City Field brought reenactments, more than 30 vendors and live music back downtown. The Events Committee is planning more community events. Read the original story
Then and now
More local history
The spring behind the town’s name
A 1927 booklet and later recollections, with what they don’t settle.
Illustration based on a 1940s postcard
Where the train met the tomatoes
Rail, timber and farm produce in the early 1900s.
Illustration, not a historical object
An old school, a new chapter
Volunteers and the old rock school, as reported in 2017.
Illustration based on a 2017 photo