Blue Springs Mayor Chris Lievsay, right, congratulates retiring Mayor Carson Ross while other council members applaud after the council announced that the city's Fieldhouse and soon-to-open Blue Surf Bay Water Park would be part of the Carson Ross Community Recreation Complex. Lievsay, a former council member who won the mayoral election last month, took the oath of office Monday shortly after Ross presided over his final meeting as mayor. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net Officially, Carson Ross’ last City Council meeting as Blue Springs mayor was a short one – about 20 minutes. The next…