Ballot Question Reviewed

Community Bridge Toll-Free Day: Today, April 30th, 2024 is Community Bridge Toll-Free Day in Lake Ozark.On May 1, 1998, the Lake of the Ozarks Community Bridge opened to traffic and began collecting tolls to repay the bridge construction. Today, 26 years later, the final toll was collected to pay off the bridge and it is now free for all traffic.A ceremony commemorating this occasion was held overlooking the bridge today, with a proclamation delivered by Mayor Newberry naming today as Community Bridge Toll-Free Day. Comments were heard from Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe, the Missouri Highway Commission, and representatives from the Community Bridge Board of Directors.The City is thankful for the visionary leadership that conceived of this project decades ago, and is looking forward to a new era of impact this bridge holds as a toll-free facility, soon to be maintained by the State of Missouri.

Posted on October 24, 2022, Edited October 24, 2022 by harrison

On November 8, Lake Ozark voters will have the opportunity to respond to a ballot question about the way currently-collected tax dollars may be spent in the future. Lake Ozark Question 1 reads:

“Shall the revenue generated by the existing one-half of one percent (1/2%) sales tax levied by the City under authority of the qualified voters of the City in 2005 and codified in Code Section 130.280 be made available for water and road infrastructure improvements and maintenance in addition to sewer improvements and extensions? YES – NO”

To inform voters about the ballot issue, the Board of Aldermen has prepared the fact sheet available below.

Voters in the Miller County portion of Lake Ozark may vote at Mt. Carmel Church at 755 Bagnell Dam Boulevard. Those Lake Ozark voters who live in Camden County should appear at the Lodge of Four Seasons at 315 Four Seasons Drive.

Fact Sheet Available Here