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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-11-29~d~ ' r ~ ~ (// MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF '`. CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI NOVEMBER 29, 1988 A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of City of Riverside, Missouri was held in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri on November 29, 1988, at 7:30 p.m. Those present were Aldermen Burch, Kuhlman, Karr, Wedua, and Shepard; Eckard absent and Mayor Betty Burch called said meeting to order. It was decided to dispense with the reading of the Minutes of November 15, 1988 for the present time. City Attorney Don Witt was present for the meeting. City Attorney Don Witt explained and discussed the different financing of the proposed City Sewers. 1- The State Revolving Fund - It is a proposed fund to finance the water projects as result of the voters proposal - about 48 paid rate - 208 Bond. The people are going to finance the project over a period of 20 years, otherwise there will be big competitors for the money. Legislation on this will change sometime next year. 2- Block Grant - The most reliable is the economy program. For the most part, the City should be of low income, moderate to low income. A ~' grant of that nature could qualify us for an amount up to $550,000, if we ~.. qualify for the grant to get on the list. 3- The other type is vote bonds. The banker sells the bonds and pay for the bonds over a period of years. 4- The lease option is that of the Oppenheimer's bid. They build the system for a certain amount of money and they get 408 of what they save and we get 608. The City will pay for the sewers over a period of years and the sewer is conveyed over to the City. The term "Underwrite" agrees to purchase the bonds and sell them and you underwrite the issue. The City has received three traditional bids: McLiney - $1.00 Zaner - $1.72 Baum - $1.95 Don Witt said the City had expressed the desire that Don Witt try to negotiate with Baum, which he did and the figure he has come up with is $1.65 and the fee would be: $54,450 - McLiney - $33,000 and Zaner - $58,000. F f f Min. Reg. Meeting ~... Page 2, 11-29-88 Don Witt said that he has a grading process which he has walked the bids through which got the following results: McLiney - 408; Baum - 718 and Zaner - 858 The advantage of Baum is that it can give us good grant help. It also is a good company and does a good job. McLiney appears to discourage a grant. Zaner is a good company and believes it does good work, however, it is believed it is not quite as good in helping for grants as Baum. A lot of the cost depends on the interest rate at the time of the letting of the bid. Another big fob is for the City to sell the residents on the sewers and get them to vote in favor of them. Need to do some selling fobs. Don Witt said we have the Lease Purchase vs Traditional. Karr was in favor of the traditional system. Burch said that he was quite in favor of the lease, however in reading ~-- over the material provided by Oppenheimer, he thought that the traditional system would be the better. Wedua was in favor of the traditional way. Kuhlman and Shepard could not say because they have not had an opportunity to read the bids. The Mayor and Aldermen agreed to have the representatives of Baum and Zaner to speak at the Board meeting on Dec. 6, 1988 - 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. A discussion was had concerning the bidding of the engineers fees and it was decided that Don Witt will ask Mr. Vaughn if his company would be interested in bidding. Another matter discussed was whether or not to have the inspection done by someone other than the engineers and it was the consensus that if the City could find one fitting the qualifications of its wishes, they would rather have an individual do the inspection than the engineers. The matter of Sherer Trucking Company using its property as storage was discussed and it was decided that Don Witt will write them a letter agreement between the City and Sherer of what is expected by each. F Min. Reg. Meeting Page 3, 11-29-88 The budget for July, Aug. Sept. and October 1988 was discussed. It appeared that the Engineer's, Attorney's, Public Safety, Communications and Fire departments were over the budget. A letter from City Attorney Witt was read pertaining to the Certification of Public Safety people. This was discussed and it was thought that Mr. Witt should advise the Mayor and Board whether he feels quite safe concerning a couple of the employees with their qualifications. Concerning the cleaning up of certain properties in the City, Don Witt is going to continue on the Vaughn, James, Lorraine and Green Terrace properties. Concerning James' properties, Karr suggested that one of the barns be one of the Fire Department's projects - However, since this is such an expense to the City, it was thought that someone should approach James to see if he would contribute to the overtime paid the firemen. Concerning the Scott's property, it was reported that there were two or three bids on the property. `.- A discussion was had concerning radar being used on I-635. It was decided to have the AIDS' screening of new employees. It was decided that new employees have a physical examination. Mayor Burch was absent (Mayor Protem Karr presided over the meeting) and Alderman Burch did not participate in this portion of meeting during the discussion of passing an ordinance pertaining to giving the Mayor an allowance for expenses incurred, such as meals, auto expense, etc. Kuhlman moved to place Bill No.88-69 on first reading, said Bill provides for an annual allowance for the Mayor to cover certain expenses incurred (as set out herein), the sum being $600.00 per annum, seconded by Shepard, the vote was as follows: Burch did not participate, Kuhlman, Karr, Wedua and Shepard voted aye; Eckard absent. Shepard moved that Bill No. 88-69 be placed on second reading, seconded by Wedua, the vote was as follows: Burch did not participate, Kuhlman, Karr, F P r Min. Reg. Meeting ~- Page 4, 11-29-88 Wedua and Shepard voted aye; Eckard absent. Whereupon the Bill having been read two times by title and copies of the Bill having been made available for public inspection prior to consideration of the Board of Aldermen, Bill No. 88-69 was passed. There being no further business to come before the board, upon motion duly made seconded and passed, meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. ~ C. Secretary to Board l ~'