Blue Springs parks
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Blue Springs city leaders have decided to first ask voters to renew the sales tax dedicated to parks before another try at the use tax to boost street maintenance. The City Council voted Tuesday to ask voters on the April 6 ballot to renew the half-cent sales parks sales tax, with no sunset. In addition to park maintenance, funds would be for one and eventually two new parks on the city’s south edge, as well as a new aquatic center adjacent to the Fieldhouse. Voters initially approved the tax for five years starting in 2017, giving the city about $15 mi...