Springfield City Council

Housing issues played a big role at Monday night’s Springfield City Council meeting.

In office for six weeks, Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag delivered his first State of the City address on Thursday. Clad in jeans and an orange short-sleeved button-down, Schrag strongly contrasted with his jacket-and-tie predecessor, former Mayor Ken McClure.

With airplane engines roaring, Springfield City Council on Wednesday met in a spacious conference room at Midwest Premier — also known as the city-owned charter plane terminal of the Springfield-Branson National Airport.

At a special meeting today, Springfield City Council approved the hiring of a new city manager: David Cameron, who will be paid $350,000 per year. The outcome shows Council is divided on the best approaches for improving Missouri’s third-largest city.

You could count them on one hand: In a city including more than 170,000 residents, five people turned out at Monday night’s Springfield City Council meeting to comment on Council’s proposed choice for city manager: David Cameron, current city administrator for Republic.

City Council chose current Republic City Administrator David Cameron for the position.

City Council selected David Cameron, Republic's current city administrator, to be Springfield's 14th city manager. Cameron has been Republic's top employee since 2016. Working for Springfield, he'll be paid $350,000 per year as his contract begins.

A resident of the Chimney Hills neighborhood in southeast Springfield has filed a lawsuit against City Clerk Anita Cotter linked to City Council's recent approval of a subdivision plat near Mimosa Street and Arcadia Avenue — and Cotter's rejection of a voter signature petition trying to block the proposed residential development.

With last month's city elections wrapped up, Springfield leaders are turning toward developing a budget for next fiscal year.

With a split vote last night, Springfield City Council selected an official to serve as the mayor's backup.