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Home My WebLink About2011-01-04 MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, January 4, 2011 6:00 p.m. The Board of Aldermen for the City of Riverside, Missouri, met for a regular session in the Board of Aldermen Chambers at City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday, January 4, 2011. Mayor Rose called the regular session to order at 6:04 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Mike Fuller, Bernie Bruns, Ron Super, David Hurt, Aaron Thatcher, and Brad Cope. Also present were City Administrator David Blackburn, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Finance Director ponna Resz, Community Development Assistant Sarah Wagner, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, and City Engineer Travis Hoover. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Thatcher moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 6:05 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, and RSMo 610.021 (12) Sealed bids and related documents, until the bids are opened and contract is executed, or all are rejected, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Super, Hurt, Fuller, and Bruns. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Thatcher moved the closed session be adjourned at CLOSED @ 6:59 P.M. 6:59 p.m. with no action taken and to continue closed session following open session, second by Aiderman Bruns. Yes: Thatcher, Bruns, Super, Cope, Hurt, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Bernie Bruns, Brad Cope, Mike Fuller, David Hurt, Aaron Thatcher and Ron Super. 1 Also present were City Administrator David Blackburn, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Capital Projects Engineer Travis Hoover, Public Safety Director Greg Mills, Community Development Assistant Sarah Wagner, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, and Finance Director ponna Resz. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT No comments. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Super requested Resolution R-2011-001 be removed for further discussion. Alderman Hurt moved to adopt the Consent Agenda, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Hurt, Thatcher, Fuller, Super, Cope, and Bruns. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 12-21-10 Alderman Hurt moved to approve the minutes of December 21, 2010, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Hurt, Thatcher, Fuller, Super, Cope, and Bruns. Motion carried 6-0. Resolution 2011-002 Alderman Hurt moved to approve Resolution 2011-002, Embassy Landscape awarding bid for landscaping on Argosy Casino Parkway North, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Hurt, Thatcher, Super, Cope, Bruns, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA Resolution 2011-001 Discussion was held concerning the Alvarez and Marsal payment, Bill Pay opinions of their work, and final report. Alderman Fuller moved to approve Resolution 2011-001, authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City Treasury for weeks ending December 24 and December 31 second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Fuller, Thatcher, Super, Cope, Hurt, and Bruns. Motion carried 6-0. Resolution 2010-099 Community Deve�opment Director Mike Duffy explained his Greenfield Investments,LLC findings since the last meeting and the price quoted from Briarcliff for fill dirt and the positive news that actual numbers are going to be better than predicted. Following discussion from Mayor and Board, Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2010- I 099 approving Greenfield Investments, LLC to supply and deliver fill dirt, second by Alderman Hurt. � Yes: Thatcher, Hurt, Super, Cope, Fuller, and Bruns. Motion carried 6-0. 2 Bill No. 2010-075 City Engineer Travis Hoover explained this was brought back Second Reading for second reading and that Sabin Yanez with Cook, Flatt, and Strobel is present to answer questions and costs. Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Bill 2010-075, and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Thatcher, Fuller, Cope, Super, Bruns, and Hurt. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR No report. ADMINISTRATION No report. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT No report. ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover reported the answers to questions asked by the Board at the previous meeting on the Northwood Road Project. The Board wondered if there could be any value engineering or other cost savings considered. Travis explained the additional costs to this point that were huge costs. The contract was approved in November. It was agreed that everyone wants this project. The Board would like to see more details and justification why this project is over budget. Travis will review the project numbers for the Mayor and Board. FINANCE No report. PUBLIC SAFETY No report. PUBLIC WORKS City Administrator David Blackburn passed out a report to the Board produced by the new public works software that will be invaluable to the Board during the budget process. PARKS & RECREATION No report. LEVEE BOARD REPORT Alderman Hurt stated there will be a meeting on Jan. 21 at noon. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION The Park Hill School District will honor the City of Riverside as the 2010 Partner of the Year at the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on January 30 BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Hurt — No comments this evening. COMMENTS Alderman Super — No comments this evening. 3 Alderman Fuller — The residents have given some feedback on the trash. If we give the facts and talk to them it is going to be a smooth transition. Alderman Bruns — Good to see everyone back from the holidays! Alderman Cope — No comments this evening. Alderman Thatcher — Happy New Year to everyone! Hope it was a time for everyone to rest and recoup. There were many still working over the break and I certainly appreciate that. Have a great 2011. BREAK @ 7:52 P.M. Alderman Fuller moved to have a break at 7:52 p.m., seconded by Alderman Bruns. Yes: Fuller, Bruns, Cope, Hurt, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. BACK FROM BREAK @ 8:07 P.M. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Hurt moved that the meeting go back into closed CLOSED @ 8:07 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 governmentai body, and RSMo 610.021 (12) Sealed bids and related documents, until the bids are opened and contract is executed, or all are rejected, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Hurt, Thatcher, Super, Bruns, Fuller, and Cope. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Fuller moved that closed session be adjourned at CLOSED @ 8:15 P.M. 8:15 p.m. with no action taken, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Fuller, Thatcher, Bruns, Super, Hurt, and Cope. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Thatcher moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:16 p.m., second by Alderman Hurt. Yes: Thatcher, Hurt, Bruns, Fuller, Cope, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. _ _ :� � ., • . � '� � . . � �,�'ti' �. �1_e P �. � Robin Littrell, City Clerk 4