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KIRKSVILLE, MO -- The Kirksville City Council and the Adair County Commissioners met Tuesday afternoon to find ways to improve their communities.

On the agenda were two major issues, one was the zoning of the northern end of the Alternate Route 63 between the city and the county limits.

"It's a very small piece of ground. There's not much. But we are going to look at it and see what we need to do and help the country in that particular instance," said Kirksville City Mayor Richard Detweiler.

The second issue was the possibility of a new special use tax on items such as boats and cars purchased outside of the state and then brought back into the state for licensing and registration. The special use tax would help local businesses, and the city, who are losing money due to the out of state purchase.

"Someone can go to Ottumwa or Quincy and buy a car there, bring it back to Kirksville and doesn't have to pay additional tax, so it puts our merchants at a disadvantage," Detweiler said. "This will help make a level of a playing field for our merchants for our businesses."

The city council and the commission are waiting for Governor Jay Nixon to sign a bill to allow the city and county officials across the state  to put the special use tax on the ballot. The city may put it on the November ballot.