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Home My WebLink About2010-12-21 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, December 21, 2010 6:00 p.m. The Board of Aldermen for the City of Riverside, Missouri, met for a regular session in the Board of Aidermen Chambers at City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday, December21, 2010. Mayor Rose called the workshop to order at 6:05 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Ron Super, Mike Fuller, David Hurt, Aaron Thatcher, and Brad Cope. Alderman Bernie Bruns was absent. Also present were City Administrator David Blackburn, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Finance Director ponna Resz, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck, Public Safety Director Greg Mills, and Attorney Joe Bednar. Capital Projects Report Finance Director ponna Resz introduced Darren Hennen of And CIP Discussion Olsson and Associates to the Board. Darren reviewed the advantages and value of construction observation with projects that the city has scheduled. A tentative timeline for each project was shown and discussed. Donna reviewed the 2012-2016 CIP through a power point presentation. City Engineer gave input where needed on specific project questions. The Mayor and Board were given time for questions throughout the presentation. Alderman Thatcher moved to table the CIP discussion at 7:03 p.m. until the end of open session, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Thatcher, Fuller, Super, Hurt, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Brad Cope, Mike Fuller, David Hurt, Aaron Thatcher and Ron Super. Aldermen Bernie Bruns was absent. 1 I Also present were City Administrator David Blackburn, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck, Finance Director ponna Resz, Capital Projects Engineer Travis Hoover, Public Safety Director Greg Miils, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, and Attorney Joe Bednar (arrived at 8:20 p.m.) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Hurt moved to adopt the Consent Agenda, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTE5 OF 72-06-10 Alderman Hurt moved to approve the minutes of December 6, 2010, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 12-07-10 Alderman Hurt moved to approve the minutes of December 7, 2010, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 72-14-10 Alderman Hurt moved to approve the minutes of December14, 2010, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. Motion Approve Court Alderman Hurt moved to approve the November 2010 Court Report November 2010 Report, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. Resolution 2010-095 Alderman Hurt moved to approve Resolution 2010-095, Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City Treasury for weeks ending December 10' and December 17' second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. Resolution 2010-096 Alderman Hurt moved to approve Resolution 2010-096, Rules on Excessive Force establishing rules and regulations regarding excessive force during non-violent civil rights demonstrations, including physically barring access to a facility or location which is the subject of such demonstration and providing penalties for violation thereof, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. 2 Resolution 2010-097 Alderman Hurt moved to approve Resolution 2010-097, Patek & Associates Agreement authorizing agreement with Patek and Associates, LLC for consultant and lobbyists services, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. Resolution 2070-098 Alderman Hurt moved to approve Resolution 2010-095, Town & Country Contract accepting the proposal as cooperatively bid by the City of Kansas City, Missouri and authorizing execution of contract, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Hurt, Fuller, Super, Thatcher, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA Resolution 2010-099 Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained the Greenfield Investments, LLC pricing on this resolution. Following discussion, the Mayor and Board directed staff to look at other bids. Duffy stated that there is a time issue involved with this decision and hauling costs take a significant increase as the distance increases, but he wili let the Board know his findings and bring this matter back to the next meeting for the board to ratify the findings. Bill No. 2010-075 City Clerk gave First Reading of Bill No. 2010-075. City Engineer Cooperation Agreement Travis Hoover explained that this is the next portion of the Quiet MoDot and BNSF Zone Project. Board asked questions that will have to be answered by Sabin Yanez with Cook, Flatt, & Strobel. Board decided to have second reading of Bill No. 2010-075 at the next meeting. Bill No. 2070-076 City Administrator David Blackburn stated that this contract is for KCATA Contract basically the same pricing as the previous year. The KCATA will prepare a study in the coming year to evaluate costs prior to next year's contract. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2010-076 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Hurt. Yes: Thatcher, Hurt, Cope, Super, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2010-076 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Cope, Thatcher, Fuller, Hurt, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. 3 CITY ADMINISTRATOR No report. ADMINISTRATION No report. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy delivered to each Board member and discussed the Final Report from Alvarez & Marsal with the revision suggestions from staff following their Board presentation. Tullison Access concerns were discussed. Mayor Rose reported the new bridge to Argosy Casino has made a noticeable difference to a more steady flow of services to those entering the casino and hotel. ENGINEERING No report at this time. FINANCE No report at this time. PUBLIC SAFETY No Report. PUBLIC WORKS No Report. PARKS & RECREATION Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck passed out a report with the statistics on the play and performance from the Fair Based Productions. LEVEE BOARD REPORT No report. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Alderman Super and I attended a strategy meeting with Dr. Fisher. A no tax increase bond initiative is being discussed for an upcoming ballot. The last Mayor's Caucus met last week for 2010 and will meet to begin 2011 on January 4� to set and plan target initiatives. MARC Solid Waste Annual meeting was last week and the City of Riverside received an award for the accomplishments with the Recycle Challenge for 2010. I also want to thank staff for the flyer to all residents on the new solid waste program and guidelines. We are receiving a lot of positive responses from residents. Meredith Hauck asked the Board to be aware of residents in their ward that need hefp getting bins to the curb for pickup. The Board may remind them to bring a doctor's note into city ha�l and they will be placed on a list for assistance. Mayor Rose thanked Meredith and other staff that helped with this new program. 4 u BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Fuller — Wished to reiterate his thoughts for looking at COMMENTS projects with more quality at a cheaper price including, including trails projects. Alderman Cope — No comments this evening. Alderman Thatcher— He attended another Northland Leadership Class that included a 5 member Superintendent panel to discuss a number of topics. The discussion was very interesting, but I would like to comment on how fortunate we are to have Dr. Fisher in our area and his knowledge and encouragement toward economic development. Riverside seems to receive many positive comments at these meetings. I also wondered if a discussion could come back to the speed limit in Gatewoods, so a decision could be made. Alderman Hurt — No report. Alderman Super — Wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a healthy and Happy New Year. Mayor Rose went to the Victory Bell Celebration ground breaking at the high school. She reviewed the history and goal of this event. Alderman Fuller mentioned the Park Hill South students presented a community project they were working on that centered around abuse of prescription drugs, that has evolved into looking at funding for prescription drug drop offs, outreach, and education. I I wondered if they may come and do the presentation here and we possibly come up with a grant or funding to help incentivize the program. Alderman Hurt excused himself from the meeting at 7:49 p.m. Capital Projects Report Finance Director ponna Resz began the CIP discussion where it And CIP Discussion ended prior to regular session beginning. City Engineer Travis Hoover gave input as needed. Infrastructure, maintenance, maintenance software, project planning, parks, signage were a few of the items discussed along with CIP plans and goals. �onna will take comments from the Mayor and Board, tweak the report and bring back a revised presentation. BREAK @ 8:50 P.M. Alderman Thatcher moved to have a break at 8:50 p.m., seconded by Alderman Fuller. � Yes: Thatcher, Fuller, Cope, and Super. j Motion carried 4-0. 5 MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Fuller moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 9:03 P.M. session pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal actions, litigation, or privileged communications, RSMo 610.021(2) Leasing, purchase or sale of real estate by a public governmental body, RSMo 610.021 (12) Sealed bids and related documents, until the bids are opened and contract is executed, or all are rejected, and RSMo 610.021 (13) Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Fuller, Thatcher, Super, and Cope. Motion carried 4-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Fuller moved that closed session be adjourned at CLOSED @ 9:58 P.M. 9:58 p.m. with no action taken, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Fuller, Thatcher, Super, and Cope. Motion carried 4-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Super moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:59 p.m., second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Super, Thatcher, Cope, and Fuller. Motion carried 4-0. . . � � , . . . _ " �� ., i�" �� . � . . . � �-,=; � , _ � ---��,�.. �� J � �: r� Robin Littrell, City Clerk + _. J '�� . � . , . . 6