Council to hold planning meeting

Editor's Note: The story below was changed to reflect the correct meeting time.

The Cape Girardeau City Council will meet for a special planning session at 6 p.m. today.

The agenda includes a discussion about fiscal discipline. The fire sales tax and the projects it could fund likely will be among the topics of conversation.

The question to extend the one-eighth-cent portion of the fire tax initially was planned to go before voters in August. The council voted last month to repeal the ordinance after Gov. Jay Nixon announced the three-quarter-cent state transportation tax measure also would appear on the August ballot, citing concern for voters to have adequate time to research both issues.

The council now must begin the process of calling the election in November.

Pertinent address:

401 Independence St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.