September, 2026 City of Waynesville, MO City Council Meeting

The September 2026 Waynesville City Council meeting featured an economic-development presentation on a planned Pilot travel center at the former Whitmore Farms site. The project is expected to include a convenience store, restaurant and food options, separate car, truck and RV fueling areas, truck parking and a scale, showers, and Route 66/community heritage displays. The presenter projected more than 100 jobs and additional visitor spending; groundbreaking was anticipated within roughly one or two months, with opening targeted for August or fall. Final design, traffic circulation, utility coordination, and a geotechnical report were still pending, with October 5 identified as a target for completing several items. Pilot/Eagles Nest and possible food tenants—including Southern Chef, Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts, and Baskin-Robbins—were mentioned. No contract award, procurement vote, or project budget amount was reported.

The city administrator also reported utility committee discussion of water and sewer availability-fee and rate increases, including a 5-cent-per-thousand-gallon sewer rate increase for in-city residential and commercial customers; the transcript does not establish that these changes were approved. A draft 2027 budget was expected to come to council the following month, followed by a final budget in November, and the city received its auditor’s report. Other discussion covered street and emergency-service updates, upcoming community events, homecoming traffic impacts, and the planned regional airport ribbon cutting. No spending-related motions or votes were identifiable in the transcript.