Truesdale city officials are prioritizing a list of capital improvement projects that have been considered for some time. Mayor Murray Bruer presented the list of projects to aldermen and asked them to rank them in order of priority to help determine how the city should proceed with each at last Wednesday's meeting. He anticipates the board will discuss the results at the next aldermanic meeting on March 10. "I want to have the board tell me where our projects lie in the city," he said. "They can add on to it or not." The projects on the priority list include: * Proposed city hall expansion to provide more space for the police department and storage; * Fixing the stormwater drainage problem at the intersection of Laura Street at Conrad Circle; * Widening West Street and install culverts on at least one side; * Widening South Street; * Widening North Depot from Market to Smith streets.; and * Widening Market Street and move to the north. "It's priorities of what I've seen around town and areas that need to be addressed," Bruer said. The project that has received the most scrutiny has been the expansion of city hall. Recently, Bruer presented a plan to construct an approximately 1,000-square-foot addition, about 36 foot by 30 foot, to the west of the existing structure. He believes the expansion can be completed for around $150,000. The city has $250,000 budgeted for the project. Though Bruer and Alderman Shalene Blackwood have expressed support for an expansion, the remaining board members have questioned the need and cost. Having disputed the proposed project for months, aldermen voted 4-0 in September to delays any plans until Bruer renewed discussions last month. "I think the need is still there," Bruer said. Bruer said he wanted aldermen to prioritize the projects after learning that two grant applications were denied by the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The city had sought $441,755 to fix the drainage problem at the Laura Street and Conrad Circle intersection and $2,870,000 for a small business incubator/technology campus project. Both Community Development Block Grant applications were an attempt to receive some of the approximate $80 million the state had available in federal stimulus funds.