HANNIBAL — The Hannibal City Council approved an adjustment to the contract with the police union to better compensate members for their time.

Published 1:15 am Wednesday, May 20, 2026

HANNIBAL — The Hannibal City Council approved an adjustment to the contract with the police union to better compensate members for their time.

The contract adjustment will increase pay for officers on holidays from $100 per holiday to $200. The annual salary increase for officers will also see an increase from 1% per year to 1.5%.

City Manager Andy Dorian said this will bring the police union’s contract more in line with the current contract with firefighters. Dorian also noted that other union contracts, including those for the fire department, are currently going through discussion processes.

The purchase of a new outdoor warning siren for the Oakwood neighborhood was approved.

Jacob Nacke, in his last meeting as Hannibal’s police chief, told the council that the siren has failed to sound in multiple recent tests. He said this particular siren was already sceduled to be replaced in the next year, so while the authorization from the council will get the process started for the order, the payment won’t be made until delivery, which will be part of the next fiscal year budget.

The new siren will be purchased from Blue Valley Public Safety, Inc. for $32,819. Nacke noted that this cost does include both the installation of the new siren as well as the removal and disposal of the old unit.

A request from the Hannibal Nutrition Center for $18,357 for operational funding was tabled until the June 2 meeting.

Third Ward Councilman Robert Koehn said that the operations for the nutrition center have been reduced to less than five days per week, and he believes the amount contributed from the city should be reevaluated based on the actual services being provided.

Dorian said he will reach out to the staff at the center and ask them to provide an update on operations at the June 2 meeting.

In one bit of housekeeping, the council authorized Mayor Darrell McCoy to execute the deed of sale and other documents to complete the sale of property at Lakeside Technology Park to the Missouri Joint Municipal Electic Utility Commission.

The council approved the sale last year, but City Attorney James Lemon said a change in attorney on the part of the Commission led to the paperwork not being finalized. He noted that he could have simply had the documents finalized based on the previous approval, he thought it was more appropriate to have the new council give approval for the mayor to sign.

With he initial budget proposal presented to the council, a public hearing on the budget was set for 6:45 p.m. on June 2, ahead of the regular council meeting. The intention is to give the budget a first reading at that night’s meeting with a final vote planned for the June 16 meeting.