Council approves emergency powers / Langfelder plans to declare state of emergency Wednesday

Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder said he plans to formally declare a local state of emergency Wednesday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.The move comes after the Springfield City Council voted Tuesday to codify Langfelder’s emergency powers, which now include the ability to set a curfew, make individual purchases of up to $100,000 without city council approval and sign off on previously-appropriated expenditures.Langfelder would have to notify the council of such […]