Steelville City Council on Oct. 6 approved digitizing the city’s ordinances; however, the project was later delayed after the mayor suggested waiting until the next fiscal year. Ordinances were codified in 2021 but have yet to be made available online. 

Interim Comptroller Steffanie Rogers offered to digitize ordinances online. “This is just to start the discussion to put the information electronically,” said Rogers

The city has its ordinances updated, but due to unorganized paperwork, they have not been able to update its ordinances electronically. The council mentioned going through City Attorney Brooks Kenagy for services to get their ordinance paperwork organized for digital submission.  Rogers mentioned using General Code, LLC, as a potential company for the city to put its ordinances in an electronic format. 

According to Rogers, the city of Rolla uses General Code to keep its city ordinances digitally updated on its website. Several years ago, Police Chief Mike Sherman approached the city council to have ordinances digitized by General Code.

Alderman Jason Ward stepped in as mayor pro tem as Mayor Terry Beckham was not present at the meeting. An estimated cost of digitizing the ordinances was not discussed or provided. 

“We’re not online, we’re behind on time,” said Jamey Griffith, when referring to digitizing city ordinances. A code book can be viewed at City Hall during regular business hours. The ordinances are open to anyone because they are a public record.

The board voted 4-0 to allow Rogers to proceed with the updates. 

However, Beckham had a later conversation with City Clerk Jamey Griffith to delay digitizing ordinances until the start of the fiscal year. The project has since been delayed.

Officials hired Rogers in February to help the city become audit-ready. The contract was expected to end in June; however, she stayed on for an extended period to finish the work. Steelville has not had an audit in seven years. 

The city expects Regina Slovensky to step in on Oct. 20 as the new comptroller.

In other business, Jeramy Rulo from Three Rivers Travel and Events, LLC., was tentatively approved with a 4-0 vote to use the City Park on Aug. 8, 2026, for a celebration of nations festival. Rulo hopes for the festival to be a celebration of all things travel and all things world culture. Three Rivers Travel will be working with All Wheels Up, an organization that helps people in wheelchairs semi-permanently or permanently, and gives them the ability to travel. Rulo mentioned that all proceeds will be shared between All Wheels Up and Three Rivers Travel and Events, LLC.

Kylie Livesay was approved with a 4-0 vote to receive a 2026 family season pass to the Steelville City Pool. Livesay plans to raffle the pass at the volleyball “Pink Out” game in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.