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An exciting addition to the Crystal City Underground development will take visitors back to prehistoric times. Guy Darrough of Lost World Studios has proposed a visitors’ center and museum to house dinosaurs and other prehistoric artifacts.

Former Festus Postmaster Teresa Tremusini was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for her role in a mail fraud scheme that resulted in a loss to the U.S. Postal Service of approximately $3.8 million. She is the third of four accomplices to be sentenced in the case. Tremusini, 40, of St. Louis appeared Aug. 26 for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel.

Jefferson County Director of Administration Steve Stoll announced that he will retire at the end of February, after nearly a lifetime of public service. Even though Stoll is a high-profile Democrat, he was able to thrive with the nearly all Republican county council and a Republican county executive. “I’m sure Ken (Waller) had certain pressure to replace me,” Stoll said. “But he decided it was best for his administration to keep me on.”

Jefferson County Recorder of Deeds now has an electronic recording agreement with Mobilis Technologies of Blue Springs that will allow the office to electronically receive real property and other documents for electronic recordation, in lieu of conventional paper-based documents.

Former Festus City Administrator Terry Draper is suing the city of Festus, Mayor Michael Cage, and seven of the City Council members in their individual and official capacities for his termination on May 4.

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A few residents who did not concede to a proposed Neighborhood Improvement District in Fenton were still hit with assessments of $16,637 each. A public hearing was held for the Mark Drive Sanitary Sewer Extension Project, which will provide a sanitary sewer system for 34 properties along Mark, Bow and Short drives.

The residents who petitioned to form The Village of Old Town Byrnesville have now asked the Circuit Court for a judicial review. The Jefferson County Council rejected the request for incorporation at its meeting May 23. The vote was 4-2 to deny the petition.

Features as obscure as a box culvert can be located on a map using a GIS system. The County Assessor’s office gave a demonstration of the Enterprise GIS system to county council members and the public on Aug. 15. A GIS (Geographic Information System) allows the user to view and analyze data in ways that show relationships and patterns through maps, reports and charts, said Sandra Cadenhead, GIS Administrator.

The Festus Fire Department plans to form a committee to discuss the feasibility of developing a fire protection district. At the City Council meeting Aug. 10, Fire Chief Chuck Boyer told the city council there was enough interest in the department to explore the idea. Rather than being under the jurisdiction of the municipal government, a fire protection district would have control over the district and be able to hire employees and adopt bylaws.

The prospect of adding 42 jobs to a plant far outweighed any potential health risks from a mosquito infestation as the Jefferson County Council approved Tire Shredders Unlimited application for the rezoning of eight acres from CC2-Non-Planned Community Commercial to PI-Planned Industrial Aug. 8. Tire Shredders is located in Jacob Industrial Park, east of Little Brennan Road and north of Highway 30 in High Ridge. It is surrounded by single-family residences to the north, commercial and industrial land uses to the east and south, and vacant ground to the west.

Improvements to the Northwest Sports Complex near House Springs are expected to reduce operating costs and expand the potential for revenue generating capabilities. That’s among the items the Jefferson County Department of Parks and Recreation has listed as part of the $1.2 million Five-Year Capital and Strategic Plan for 2011-2016.