The Friday Newsflash - March 13, 2026

Dates to Remember  

• Board of Aldermen Meeting: March 24 (MOVED FROM MARCH 17)
• Sports -  REGISTER HERE
  • Spring sports online registration is officially open! – youth soccer, little kickers soccer clinic, youth baseball, youth softball, youth t-ball
  • AYSO Little Kickers Soccer Clinic: until full
  • Youth Baseball: March 15
  • Youth Softball: March 15
  • Youth T-Ball: March 29
• Programs & Events – REGISTER HERE
  
  • Let’s Learn Mahjong (FULL): March 28
  • Smith’s Fork Campground Opens for the Season!: April 1
  • Adult Egg Hunt: April 3
  • Chamber of Commerce’s Community Egg Hunt: April 4 | FREE
  • Pickleball Lessons May session: May 1, 8, 15, 22
  • KC Symphony in the Park: May 3 @ 6:00 | FREE
  • Pickleball Lessons June session: May 29, June 12, June 19, June 26
  • wildHERness Women’s Hike (16+): June 20 | FREE
  • Challenger Sports Smithville Soccer Camp: June 8-12
  • Clay County under the stars & stripes / America 250: July 4 | FREE
  • Smithville’s Haunted Campground: October 24 | FREE
  • Parks and Recreation Month details coming soon! | FREE
    • Mondays: Books & Bites
    • Tuesdays: Mini Makers
    • Wednesdays: Popsicles at the Pad
    • Thursday: Yoga at the Courtyard
    • Friday: Picnic on the Playground
    • Saturday: Story Walk
  • SPR at Farmers’ Market coming soon! | FREE

• The Annual Police Department Report can be found HERE
• February/March 2026 Citizen Newsletter HERE
• SPR Sponsorship Opportunities are here! For more information visit www.smithvillemo.org/sponsor
• Sign up for our Parks & Rec monthly newsletter HERE
• Over the coming months, Mid-America Reginal Council (MARC) will begin soliciting project submissions for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), Connected KC 2050. While this is not a request for funding, inclusion in the MTP is a required step before any project can later be considered for financial support. The City intends to submit two proposed projects, planned for fiscal years 2029–2030 and we would like you to share your feedback on these projects! 
  smithvillemo.org/feedback

• March Lunch Menu & Activity Calendar
• Bunko group on 2^nd Wednesdays at 1pm is growing. New players are welcome!
• Continued planning for Spring Fling party 3/25 and pool tournament 3/27.
• Worked on evaluating Meals on Wheels program documents for needed updates.
• We have welcomed 25 new guests to the senior center since the beginning of the year!

Project Updates
Current projects can be found on our website at Smithville, MO. 

Maintenance Updates

• Parks
  • Prepped and painted campground walls, showers, and calked around windows
  • Painted soccer fields and replaced all soccer nets
• Streets
  • Sharpened blades on brush hog, boom mower, John Deere mower and replaced battery.
  • Flushed out brine sprayer and removed brine tank from Truck
  • Cleaned multiple storm drains around town and used the street sweeper to clean storm box inlets at Forest Oaks, Downtown area, Liberty Rd, E Woods St, Highlands Ave, E Brasfield and E Meadow.
  • Filled potholes at N Virgnia & NE Amory Rd, W Second St, Liberty St, Eagle Parkway & Lakeland Cir, NE 183^rd St, 180^th, First St at Bridge St and Maple Ave.
  • Repaired and reinstalled street sign at Onyx Ct and Emerald Ct.
    Began crack sealing operations in Harborview.
  • Cut up and removed fallen tree on N Main St.
  Utilities
  • Total Drinking Water Production 6,016,000 gal.
  • Completed all testing required at the WTP and WWTP
  • Conducted weekly chemical level checks at the WTP for ordering.
  • Backwashed filters 1,2,3,4 and 5.
  • Installed new VFD on high service pump #2 at the WTP.
  • Continue running new conduit and wires for SCADA upgrade in the chemical building.
  • Collected 5 Bac’t samples and delivered.
  • Back washed filters #1,2,3,4 and 5.
  • Installed new chemical containment skids in the WTP chemical building.
  • Installing new conduit for plug-ins in the WTP basement.
  • Completed 11 work orders and 53 locates completed
  • Completed 2 new water service connections.
  • Treated 5,035,000 gallons of wastewater
  • Completed weekly checks of all booster station and towers in the distribution system.
  • Tested valves, hydrants and locate wire in Clay Creek Meadows.
  • Prodded water main on Amory Road for a utility locate. Line does not have locate wire. Took measurements and currently working to use the Trimble to put the coordinates on GIS.
  • Completed the monthly sample for the WWTP and delivered to Pace Analytical.
  • Installed tow mirrors on the utilities truck used to haul heavy equipment.
  • Had oil changes conducted on all the utilities department trucks.