MEDIA ALERT The 17-member Mayor’s Task Force on Crisis Sheltering will present its recommendations to Mayor Bob Stephens and members of City Council at a special Council lunch meeting at noon, Monday, Feb. 29 in the Busch Municipal Building’s fourth-floor conference room. Mayor Stephens announced the formation of the task force last fall. He described the numbers of people in need of immediate shelter in Springfield as “mind boggling,” and said the lack of crisis shelter facilities has reached a crisis level. For more information, contact: Cora Scott, Director of Public Information & Civic Engagement, 417-864-1009 (office) | 417-380-3352 (cell), [email protected]