Kirkwood Nominations Now Open For Annual Denis Hart Award

The Kirkwood Human Rights Commission is now accepting nominations for its annual Denis Hart Award for Excellence. The deadline to apply is Nov. 14.

The award is presented to an individual or group who embraces and exemplifies the spirit and intent of the commission and has worked to promote respect for the awareness and appreciation of diversity, encouraged positive human relationships within the community, and eliminated discrimination. Anyone who has lived or worked within the city of Kirkwood during the past three years is eligible to be nominated for the award. The award is in honor of the late Denis Hart, who served on the commission.

Nominations may be submitted by mail to the Kirkwood Human Rights Commission, 139 S. Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122, or by email to Jessica Winter at winterja@ kirkwoodmo.org. Nominations are due no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 14.

made it very clear they do, over and over again. The issue in front of you is: Are there additional conditions you want to put in place?” City Attorney Graville said.

Following Alderman Pound’s requests from previous meetings, the board approved several small changes to the language of the conditional use permit, including adjusting Root 66’s closing time from 10 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The changes were not enough to assuage Pound, who voted against the conditional use permit. The remaining aldermen — James Osherow, Jim Kleinschmidt, Patrick Barrett and Sean Concagh — voted yes, but not before making it clear they were doing so only to avoid litigation. Alderman Dean Fitzpatrick was not present at the meeting.

“This is the strangest vote I’ve ever had to make,” said Alderman Concagh. “Based strictly on the advice of the city attorney, I’m a yes.”

The vote clears the way for Root 66 to begin moving into the building at 12095 Manchester Road. Should recreational marijuana become legalized in Missouri, Root 66 must apply for an additional permit in order to sell it.