Arnold City Council Approves $4,000 Toward 9/11 Memorial

Arnold City Council members voted to approve $4,000 toward completing the city’s 9/11 Memorial that will be built at the Arnold Recreation Center at 1695 Missouri State Rd.

Parks Director Susie Boone asked for the money be taken from the parks general fund during Thursday's city council meeting at City Hall, at 2101 Jeffco Blvd.

The council must approve any tax money spent on projects. 

The money would pay for electricity, plants and casters at the 9/11 memorial, Boone said at a separate tourism meeting. 

Arnold will receive steel from of New York City’s World Trade Center towers that were destroyed when terrorists flew two 767 passenger planes into the office buildings on Sept. 11, 2001.

“We want people to see it (the steel), touch it and ponder,” Boone said. 

The Arnold Jaycees paid for shipping the artifact from New York to Arnold, and the River Trails Boy Scouts have donated a flagpole, Boone said.

She said, Arnold Planning and Zoning Commissioner Todd Teuscher volunteered his skills to create an emotionally moving memorial to the people who died on that day. 

Ward 3 Councilman Phil Amato asked Boone if she and members of the memorial commission would continue to ask for donations after City Council released the requested funds. 

Boone said, yes, she and the committee would request donations from local business, organizations and citizen.

The donations could be used to reimburse the parks’ general fund.

The council approved the $4,000 memorial expense in a 7-0 vote. Ward 2 Councilman Bill Moritz was excused from the meeting.

Arnold’s 9/11 memorial will be unveiled at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Arnold Recreation Center.