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The City of Republic is proud to introduce a new tool helping it accomplish its mission of being “aggressively progressive through Processes, Relationships, and Trust.”  In November, City Hall launched its new Citizen Transparency Portal. The program allows Republic citizens to more easily view their local government’s financial records.  This project meets the goal set by city staff and leadership of increasing transparency while  giving timely data to any person who has a stake in the community (residents, businesses, and the many visitors to the Republic community.) The program, known as the Citizen Transparency Portal, was launched Tuesday, November 27. It gives citizens and prospective businesses/residents a look inside the up-to-date financials of the city.  The year-end audit will still show the financial statements and address issues such as depreciation, assets and interest accounts from a governmental accounting standard.The portal allows you to track spending of each city department, with a feature allowing searches by category, fund, and vendor.  Data will be updated every other Friday, and will include the city’s expenses, revenues, and vendor payments.   Expansions to the program are expected in the coming weeks.  On January 1, 2019, the payroll data link will go live and will show the gross and net payroll for the year of all employees.  The information is public record and now will be easily accessible to the public.  The State of Missouri has been providing similar data on their site mapyourtaxes.mo.gov.The link to the Citizen Transparency Portal will be on the City of Republic website or can  be found at TinyURL.com/RepublicFinances

June 20, 2018FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEStreet Closures & Event Parking Guidance for 

The City of Republic’s 22nd Annual Have-A-Blast Patriotic Celebration Scheduled for Friday, June 29, 2018REPUBLIC, MO – The City of Republic will host the 22nd Annual Have-A-Blast Patriotic Celebration on Friday, June 29, 2018 at J.R. Martin Park (300 E. Hines) from 6:00 - 10:15 p.m.  The event will require the temporary closure of East Hines Street from Hampton Ave. to the Republic Middle School, Park Road, the Republic Middle School access road north of Harrison & south of Middle School, and portions of Boston Lane from 5:30 p.m. to approximately 10:45 p.m.  Advanced notice of the road closures will be marked with roadside signs; however, no detour routes are available.  Through traffic is advised to avoid the noted streets.  Questions or comments concerning these road closures may be directed to Andrew Nelson, Public Works Director, at 732-3400.

 Multiple parking areas have been reserved for the event and include:  Republic Middle School (Donations Accepted by the Republic Band Boosters), Garoutte Field (Donations Accepted by the Boy Scouts), Schofield Elementary and Price Elementary (Donations Accepted by the Boy Scouts), McCulloch Elementary, and Lyon Elementary.   The accessible parking area for the event, located at The Amp and tennis court parking lot, is available only by displaying an accessible parking tag to the barricade attendants located at the intersection of Hines Street and Hampton Avenue.  

For more information on the event, please visit www.republicmo.com or contact the Republic Parks & Recreation Department at 732-3500.  

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For more questions or media inquiries, contact:

Andrew Nelson, Public Works Director at 417-732-3400

Jennafer Mayfield, Community Outreach Superintendent at 417-732-3500

Mike Landis, Public Information Officer at 417-732-3149

Map of planned road closures: /DocumentCenter/View/2100