Welcome to Lawson MO!
Lawson, Missouri is located just north of the Kansas City metro and with around 2500 residents, we are a desirable size town.
We don’t hide the fact that we’re small. Indeed, we embrace and celebrate it. We enjoy a community where family values, quality education and community pride create the ideal place to live, work and play.
And yet, we strive to develop strategies that allow us to achieve purposeful and deliberate growth. Around here, we dare to dream big, and then we roll up our sleeves and get to work making it happen. Just take a look around town at all of the improvements over the past decade – a brand new Splash Park, upgrades to our City Pool, improvements to our City Lake complex with the addition of the Lakeview Event Center and Lakeview Campground and RV Park, the new Barker Center on the high school campus, and many more projects that are coming down the pike.
While we have no intention of being the next big city, we won’t ever settle for less when it comes to improving the quality of life for our residents. We are proud to be a small town with big dreams!
We are searching for our next City Administrator! Job description and application details are here: lawsonmo.gov/human-resources/
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CITY ADMINISTRATOR ACCEPTS NEW POSITION WITH MISSOURI AMERICAN WATER
After serving the Lawson community for the past six years as City Administrator, Matt Nolker has accepted a role with Missouri American Water as their Director of Business Development. Matt intends to stay with the City through mid-November and assist the Mayor and Council with their search for a suitable interim and/or long-term replacement.
Nolker shares, “Having grown up here, I truly appreciate the opportunity I have had to serve our community, and I am proud of the accomplishments that we have been able to complete and set in motion for the future. I plan to continue to be a Lawson resident and stay active in the community, and look forward to supporting the next person selected to fill the role as City Administrator.”
The Mayor and Council are actively searching for an interim to keep our progress on track and will begin their search for a permanent replacement as soon as possible. City staff is more than capable of continuing city services uninterrupted.
Mayor Greg Taylor said, “On behalf of the City Council and myself, I want to personally thank Matt Nolker for all that he has done for the City of Lawson. We have seen significant growth in the community as well as support from local, state, and federal levels due to his involvement on numerous committees as well as contacts that he has made on behalf of Lawson. We wish nothing but the best for Matt and his family and look forward to working closely with him during his transition from public office to public utilities with Missouri American Water.”
Lawson City Hall will be closed Monday, October 14th in observation of Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. We will reopen normal business hours on Tuesday, October 15.