The Sedalia City Council passed an ordinance Monday, Dec. 1 restricting the use of intermodal shipping containers in residential areas of the city.

Council members approved both readings of the ordinance, which will ban the use of shipping containers as accessory structures on residential-zoned properties. City administrator Matthew Wirt…
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Wirt notes that temporary uses, including for storing construction materials during a project, would still be allowed. He adds that the ordinance only applies to accessory structures and not if someone wanted to use shipping containers as the basis for their home. However, he says both uses would require the proper permits.

Also Monday night, the Sedalia City Council entered into an agreement with Yonder Contracting for the installation of 12 wayfinding signs around the city, and accepted a proposal from RS Electric for new wiring and breakers at the water filtration plant totaling $41,388. The council also agreed to increase by $35,000 the contracted amount with Drop Collaborative for technical and regulatory support for the city’s Industrial Pre-Treatment Program. The increase came about in part after the Missouri Department of Natural Resourves sought a detailed local limits evaluation.

The transition for the Sedalia Firefighters Retirement Fund into the Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System continued Monday with the passage of a pair of ordinances, allowing LAGERS to assume full administrative and investment responsibility of the fund.