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directive is primarily to not hesitate to seek medical advice if you feel there is any risk <br />and to exercise particular attention to all hygienic matters. <br /> <br />Updates from the Missouri Municipal League: <br /> <br />? <br />DNR SETS PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR STIMULUS FUNDS – <br /> One of the key <br />features of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Recovery Act of <br />2009, is money for infrastructure, including wastewater and drinking water <br />projects. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources invites citizens to <br />provide public comments on a draft plan to award approximately $38 million for <br />drinking water infrastructure projects and approximately $108 million for <br />wastewater infrastructure projects. <br />The meetings will be held on May 27, 2009, at the <br /> <br /> <br />Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Dr. in Jefferson City. <br /> <br />? <br />LEGISLATURE WILL ADJOURN ON MAY 15 … <br /> Between now and the May 15 <br />adjournment, the Missouri General Assembly will consider a number of bills of <br />municipal interest including: Sunshine Law, liability for delinquent water and <br />sewer bills, red light cameras, and other issues. Please stay alert to e-mailed <br />legislative alerts and updates. If you are not on our e-mail legislative alert <br />system, please send your e-mail address to. <br /> info@mocities.com <br /> <br />? <br />SUPREME COURT LIMITS WARRANTLESS VEHICLE SEARCHES … <br /> The <br />U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police need a warrant to search the <br />vehicle of someone they have arrested if the person is in a patrol cruiser and <br />poses no safety threat to officers. The Court’s 5-4 decision in a case from <br />Arizona puts new limits on the ability of police to search a vehicle immediately <br />after the arrest of a suspect, particularly when the alleged offense is nothing <br />more serious than a traffic violation. Justice John Paul Stevens said in the <br />majority opinion that warrantless searches still may be conducted if a car’s <br />passenger compartment is within reach of a suspect who has been removed <br />from the vehicle or there is reason to believe evidence will be found of the crime <br />that led to the arrest. “When these justifications are absent, a search of an <br />arrestee’s vehicle will be unreasonable unless police obtain a warrant,” Stevens <br />said. Justice Samuel Alito, in dissent, complained that the decision upsets police <br />practice that has developed since the Court, 28 years ago, first authorized <br />warrantless searches of cars immediately following an arrest. <br /> <br />? <br />A.G. OPINION ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING … <br /> Attorney General Chris <br />Koster issued that negotiations between a city and a union <br />Opinion No. 83-2009 <br />on a memo of understanding (contract) may be closed under the Sunshine Law. <br />However, when the written proposals are subject to adoption, modification, or <br />rejection by the governing body, the meeting can no longer be closed. You may <br />obtain a copy of the opinion from League headquarters. <br /> <br />? <br />ELECTED OFFICIALS TRAINING CONFERENCE … <br /> The League’s premier <br />training Conference offers a nuts and bolts review of the important issues <br />municipal officials need to be familiar with – Sunshine Law, budgets, <br />parliamentary procedure, taxes, conflicts of interest, planning and zoning – these <br /> <br />