The City of Festus was incorporated in 1887 originally as a fourth class city with a Mayor and Board of Aldermen.  During the 1930's, the City elected to change to a third class city with a city council form of government.  Council members serve two year terms and the Mayor, who is elected city-wide, serves a four year term.  In 1976 the city again reconstituted itself, electing to establish a Mayor/Council/Administrator form of government.  The City of Festus has eight city council members serving four wards.

The City of  Festus offers numerous municipal services:

• Police Department
• Fire Department
• Water and Sewer
• Street Maintenance
• Parks and Recreation
• Library
• Airport
• Municipal Court

Additionally, a new sewage treatment plant, a new drinking water plant and a Corps of Engineers levee were built in recent years.  The City of Festus has a strong reputation for being progressive and has continued to live up to that reputation throughout its 120 year history.

STREET IMPROVEMENT UPDATE

The street improvements on Lee Avenue and Walnut Street are nearing completion.  Over the past few months, City of Festus workers have been replacing water lines, sanitary sewer mains and storm sewers.  in addition, new sidewalks have been built to make the streets more "pedestrian friendly."

All of this work had to be completed before the streets would be repaved.  The new asphalt work is scheduled to begin in early September.  The work will be done by Jokerst Paving, the successful bidder for the 2008 street paving contract.  You can see a complete list of all of the street improvements scheduled for this year by clicking What's New and then Projects on the bar below the City of Festus logo at the top of this page.