An order that will change tax assessing procedures on new residential construction in Platte County is being met with a mixed response from parties on either side of the tax assessment divide. Though they voted the idea down in 2006, on Monday Platte County commissioners approved the order to implement Section 137.082 of the Missouri Revised Statutes, which specifies that taxes for new homes shall be assessed upon owner-occupancy rather than by the current system in which the builder pays taxes on a new home until it is purchased.
For more than 100 Parkville, Riverside and Platte City kids, the term “blue Christmas” took on new meaning this year as each one was treated to a Walmart shopping spree compliments of the boys in blue. Shop With a Cop, a police-sponsored benefit for kids who, in some cases, may not have had any Christmas at all, took place last weekend at the Walmart store off of Barry Road.
A 602 ft. sewer line installed by Platte City public works employees in November was tested this week and “passed with flying colors,” said Jason Metten, city administrator, at a meeting of the Platte City Board of Aldermen Tuesday night.
The Stanley and Lynn Anderson family of Kansas City in Platte County recently spent some time on the beach in Hawaii, and so did their copy of The Landmark.
