Local Businessman Decides to Kick In $16,800 to Make Water Tower Logo Project A Reality
After reading a story about Sedalia City Council voting down the water tower logo project Monday night, local businessman Russell Childers decided to step up and donate the remainder of the cost ($16,800) to make the project a reality.
Childers notified KSIS Radio of his decision just before 7:30 Thursday morning.
Childers said he read a story on KSIS Radio Tuesday morning and another story, which was an editorial by Rob Creighton on Wednesday before deciding it was the right thing to do through his RAC-JAC company.
He contacted John Meehan with the Sedalia Lions Club to notify him of the good news. The Lions Club raised $40,000 to pay for roughly half of the cost. The City had agreed several month ago to pay the other $40,000 of the $80,000 project.
In the meantime, Viking Painting, LLC, offered to place three logos (and taglines) on the west water tower, located just off West 16th Street, and two more on the City's downtown Watertower on East Main Street.
The vendor quoted a price tag of $57,500 to do that, in which case only $16,800 would be needed to complete the now five-logo project.
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