Wyman Elementary students tour Rolla City Hall during field trip

Eighty energetic Wyman Elementary School students and their teachers toured Rolla City Hall, the Rolla Public Library, Reader’s Corner and Phelps County Bank on Tuesday, April 26 as part of Wyman’s annual field trip to downtown Rolla.

    During their tour of City Hall four groups of second grade students were greeted by Scott Grahl, Communications Officer, and John Butz, City Administrator, who gave the students an overview of City government and the many services the city provides the residents of Rolla. The students asked a variety of questions while visiting with Mr. Butz and City staff in the Administration, Public Works and Municipal Court Departments.

  The 3^rd floor outdoor patio provided a panoramic view of the City’s Downtown Festival Park, including the bandshell, tree-line park, and historic Frisco Caboose picnic area, where such events as Rolla’s Downtown Farmer’s Market, Public Works Celebration Day (May 14) and Rolla’s Sesquicentennial Celebration and Route 66 Summerfest will be held (June 4).

   “City staff always looks forward to hosting City Hall tours with our schools, colleges and universities,” said Butz. “It gives us an opportunity to introduce students to our employees, receive feedback, and show them the many projects and services we are involved with on a daily basis.”

   If your school, college or organization would like to take a tour of Rolla City Hall or other City facilities, please contact Scott Grahl, at 426-6943 or at sgrahl@rollacity.org.

John Butz, Rolla City Administrator, (left) answers questions from Second Grade students who attend Wyman Elementary School. The tour was part of an annual field trip to City Hall, Rolla Public Library and Phelps County Bank on April 26.

David Forshee, GIS Supervisor in the City of Rolla’s Public Works Dept., (right) explains how to read and interpret digital mapping with 2^nd Grade students from Wyman Elementary School.

Jolene Carson, Administrative Assistant in the City of Rolla’s Public Works Department (left), provides an overview of the Streets, Sewer and Engineer Divisions that make up the department.

Rita Duval, Municipal Court Clerk, (left) and Relauun Smith, Deputy Court Clerk, (right), discuss the many aspects of the Rolla Municipal Court with 2^nd Grade students from Wyman Elementary School who were touring Rolla City Hall on April 26.