Lee’s Summit Mayor Bill Baird Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency Thursday, April 16, 2020 | Views: 15566 | Categories: City of Lee's Summit Press Releases Lee’s Summit Mayor Bill Baird has issued a proclamation extending the City’s state of emergency through May 15 in response to COVID-19. The initial 30-day state of emergency declaration was set to expire April 16. The declaration allows the City to expedite emergency response efforts, quickly procure needed resources and alter policies and processes in order to protect public health and safety. “I’m so proud of the way our City has come...
Public Invited to Review Colbern Road Preliminary Design Thursday, April 9, 2020 | Views: 14434 | Categories: Public Works Press Releases Public Invited to Review Colbern Road Preliminary Design The City of Lee’s Summit is hosting an online public meeting to introduce the preliminary design for the Colbern Road improvements and allow the public to comment on the project from April 11 through May 11. An overview of the project, exhibits and materials will be available at ColbernRoad.TransportationPlanRoom.com along with a comment form, which may be submitted by mail, email or online by May 11. The improvements will be made to Colbern Road from M350...
Business Damaged by a Truck Fire Inside the Building Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | Views: 10989 | Categories: Fire Department Press Releases LEE’S SUMMIT, MO— On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 4:16 a.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to 1150 SE Hamblen Road for an automatic fire alarm. When crews arrived, they found the service garage at Sutton Trucking filled with thick smoke and upgraded the incident to a structure fire. Crews entered the smoke-filled service area and located a fire in a commercial truck. The sprinkler system had activated over the truck and...
Fire Damages South Lee’s Summit Home Wednesday, April 8, 2020 | Views: 10872 | Categories: Fire Department Press Releases LEE’S SUMMIT, MO— On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at 6:30 p.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to 3900 Block of SE Doc Henry Road for a reported structure fire. The caller reported a fire under the siding of the house and in the basement. The house was being evacuated. When crews arrived, there was nothing visible from the outside of a two-story, single-family home. The occupants had extinguished the fire on the outside of the house....