Purdy mayor Bo Prock resigns from position
January 15, 2020
Charlea Estes-Jones
Purdy mayor Bo Prock officially resigned from his position at the city’s council meeting on Tuesday, January 14. Prock, who has been the mayor for almost three years, cited moving outside of city limits as the reason for his stepping down. There is still one year and three months left in his term after being reelected in April 2019.
Prock said, “We made a decision as a family to buy a farm down at McDowell.”
His seat will be filled by mayor pro tem Brian Bowers unless the city finds someone to fill the position until the next election in April 2021.
Overall, Prock said he is proud of the work the council accomplished since being elected in April 2017. He initially pursued the position in local government in hopes of making a difference in the lives of citizens. He’d resided in Purdy since 1998 and is a Purdy High School alumni. Prock went to Crowder College for two years before returning to Purdy to take a position with Eagle Logistics trucking to run logistics.
He said, “I had some things I wanted to see happen in Purdy, and I wanted to try my hand at trying to make it happen. I knew everyone who worked for the city at the time, and thought it would be a good time to try it.”
One of the biggest projects the city moved on during Prock’s tenure as mayor was the sewer system change. After being out of compliance with the Department of Natural Resources for a number of years, the city’s citizens approved a bond to have infrastructure built to have the city’s wastewater sent to Monett to be processed in their large wastewater facility. The city is also advancing on further sewer studies and moving city hall to a new location.
Prock said, “Finishing the sewer project was 30 years coming. I got to do that under my mayorship, and I’ll be exiting just before we get our long-term water and sewer plan in place, unfortunately. That was one of my biggest pushes when seeking election. We have just got to the point to where we can make that happen.”
Now that the city’s wastewater is processed in Monett, there is a study underway to test and run video footage of the sewer system to get a 20-year year-by-year plan for improvement at the end of the study.
Prock said that even though he will no longer reside within the city limits, he will still volunteer with the Purdy Fire Department as assistant chief, instead of as chief. He said, “I’m going to continue on at the fire department, and I’m also going to look at projects we can do locally on a personal basis to help Purdy, grow Purdy and make it a better place to live.”
Prock explained one project he wants to continue with, “I’ve been working on the tiny house movement as mayor, and I want to continue with that. I have some leads with builders and want to see that come through. We would like to do some more community-minded events, too, to put more eyes toward Purdy and advertise Purdy’s benefits.”
Prock said he will also be focusing on a new business he and a few partners started last year. Their company, Ozarks Sportsman’s Box, is a monthly subscription service that mails boxes loaded with seasonal, Ozarks-made products for avid outdoorsmen.
He said, “I want to spend some time focusing on other business opportunities that have come out.”
Prock will reside in the rural McDowell area with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Chloe Jo, 10.
Charlea Estes-Jones
Purdy mayor Bo Prock officially resigned from his position at the city’s council meeting on Tuesday, January 14. Prock, who has been the mayor for almost three years, cited moving outside of city limits as the reason for his stepping down. There is still one year and three months left in his term after being reelected in April 2019.
Prock said, “We made a decision as a family to buy a farm down at McDowell.”
His seat will be filled by mayor pro tem Brian Bowers unless the city finds someone to fill the position until the next election in April 2021.
Overall, Prock said he is proud of the work the council accomplished since being elected in April 2017. He initially pursued the position in local government in hopes of making a difference in the lives of citizens. He’d resided in Purdy since 1998 and is a Purdy High School alumni. Prock went to Crowder College for two years before returning to Purdy to take a position with Eagle Logistics trucking to run logistics.
He said, “I had some things I wanted to see happen in Purdy, and I wanted to try my hand at trying to make it happen. I knew everyone who worked for the city at the time, and thought it would be a good time to try it.”
One of the biggest projects the city moved on during Prock’s tenure as mayor was the sewer system change. After being out of compliance with the Department of Natural Resources for a number of years, the city’s citizens approved a bond to have infrastructure built to have the city’s wastewater sent to Monett to be processed in their large wastewater facility. The city is also advancing on further sewer studies and moving city hall to a new location.
Prock said, “Finishing the sewer project was 30 years coming. I got to do that under my mayorship, and I’ll be exiting just before we get our long-term water and sewer plan in place, unfortunately. That was one of my biggest pushes when seeking election. We have just got to the point to where we can make that happen.”
Now that the city’s wastewater is processed in Monett, there is a study underway to test and run video footage of the sewer system to get a 20-year year-by-year plan for improvement at the end of the study.
Prock said that even though he will no longer reside within the city limits, he will still volunteer with the Purdy Fire Department as assistant chief, instead of as chief. He said, “I’m going to continue on at the fire department, and I’m also going to look at projects we can do locally on a personal basis to help Purdy, grow Purdy and make it a better place to live.”
Prock explained one project he wants to continue with, “I’ve been working on the tiny house movement as mayor, and I want to continue with that. I have some leads with builders and want to see that come through. We would like to do some more community-minded events, too, to put more eyes toward Purdy and advertise Purdy’s benefits.”
Prock said he will also be focusing on a new business he and a few partners started last year. Their company, Ozarks Sportsman’s Box, is a monthly subscription service that mails boxes loaded with seasonal, Ozarks-made products for avid outdoorsmen.
He said, “I want to spend some time focusing on other business opportunities that have come out.”
Prock will reside in the rural McDowell area with his wife, Katie, and daughter, Chloe Jo, 10.