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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-09-25 Regular Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:30 p.m. The Board of Aldermen for the City of Riverside, Missouri, met in regular session in the Board of Aldermen Chambers at City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday, September 25, 2012. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 5:31 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Ron Super, Mike Fuller, Brad Cope, Seth DeRose, Art Homer, and Aaron Thatcher. Also present were Interim City Administrator Greg Mills, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, and Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Thatcher moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 5:31 P.M. session pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, RSMo 610.021 (2) Leasing, Purchase or sale of real estate, RSMo 610.021(3)Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting a particular employee, when personal information about the employee is discussed, RSMo 610.021(12) Sealed bids and related documents, until the bids are opened; and sealed proposals and related documents or any documents related to a negotiated contract until a contact is executed, or all proposals are rejected, and RSMo 610.021(13) Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Thatcher, Homer, Cope, Super, DeRose, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Thatcher moved at 5:50 p.m. to adjourn closed session CLOSED @ 5:50 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Super, Homer, Fuller, and DeRose. Motion carried 6-0. WORKSHOP @ 6:00 P.M. Tourism Commission and BOA Joint Workshop — Jason Rule, Deana Winter, and Dirk van der Linde were present from the Tourism Commission. Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck explained what was provided in the packet for the Board to review about the Tourism Commission. There was an opportunity for the Board of Aldermen and the Tourism Commission to discuss the budget for the Commission, their goals for the Commission, and the direction the Board and Commission want to work toward. The funding guidelines will be reviewed and the Commission will look at possible capital project planning, and creative planning to possibly realize more of a benefit from 1 the funds being spent. The Commission wants to know if the Board wants them to go out and look for events, wait for the events to come to us, or is the Board open to the Commission going out further for new endeavors. It was agreed that this meeting was very beneficial for all involved by opening communication among the Board and Commission. The two boards will meet together again after the Tourism Commission has time to work on the direction given by the Board. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Brad Cope, Mike Fuller, Seth DeRose, Ron Super, Art Homer, and Aaron Thatcher. Also present were Interim City Administrator and Public Safety Director Greg Mills, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Capital Projects Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance Director ponna Resz, Norman Buescher, Public Works Dept., Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck, Fire Chief Gordy Fowlston, Police Captain Gary McMullin, and Police Captain Chris Skinrood. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the Consent Agenda without the September 11, 2012 Minutes, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Homer, DeRose, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 09-04-72 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the minutes of the September 04, 2012 meeting, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Homer, DeRose, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2072-127 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2012-127, Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2012-2013, for weeks ending September 7�", September 14'�, and September 21 in the amount of $1,077, 229.74, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Homer, DeRose, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2012-128 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2012-128, Proxy for Levee District approving a proxy for the annual meeting of landowners of Riverside — Quindaro Bend Levee District, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Homer, DeRose, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. 2 RESOLUTION 2012-129 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2012-129, HHW with MARC authorizing and approving participation in the MARC solid waste management household hazardous waste program, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Homer, DeRose, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2012-730 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2012-130, MAWC Phase 3& 4 approving a company install water main extension agreement with Missouri-American Water Company for installation of a new water main for the Horizons Development Project, Phase III and IV, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Homer, DeRose, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA MINUTES OP 09-11-12 Alderman Super asked that the minutes of 9-11-2012 be removed from the consent agenda so he would not vote on minutes for a meeting he had not attended. Alderman DeRose moved to approve the minutes of the September 11, 2012 meeting, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: DeRose, Cope, Thatcher, Fuller, and Homer. Abstain: Super. Motion carried 6-0-1. BILL NO. 2072-060 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2012-060. Horizons Ind. III Final Plat Brent Miles from NorthPoint explained ordinance and location of the lots to accommodate Horizons Industrial III. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2012- 060 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Super, Fuller, DeRose, and Homer. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2012-060 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Cope, Thatcher, Homer, DeRose, Fuller, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2012-061 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2012-061. Landscape,Signage & Obelisk Community Development Director Mike Duffy reported the modifications made to the plans following the directions given by the Board after the presentation by NorthPoint at the last meeting. Bid opening for this project will be on October 16 Following questions of the Board, Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2012-061 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, DeRose, Super, Fuller, and Homer. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2012-061 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. 3 Yes: Cope, Thatcher, Homer, Fuller, Super, and DeRose. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2072-137 City Attorney Thompson explained the purpose of this resolution. Purchase of Lot 1 Horizons Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2012-131, Industrial III East from IDA authorizing purchase of Lot 1 of riverside Horizons Industrial III East from the IDA and authorizing the IDA to transfer and sell such property to the City, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Super, Homer, Fuller, and DeRose. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2012-132 City Attorney Thompson explained that this resolution is Consent to Lease Horizons a requirement of Marlen International, LLC. Industrial I and Marlen Int. Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2012-132, authorizing execution of consent to lease between the City, Horizons Industrial I, LLC and Marlen International, Inc., second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, DeRose, Homer, Fuller, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2012-733 City Engineer Hoover stated this resolution is to formalize the Cobra Contractors Bid Award discussion held at the last meeting and that this will be a 60 day For the Interurban Bridge projeCt. Alderman Homer moved to approve Resolution 2012-133, awarding the bid for construction of the Interurban Bridge and trail bank stabilization project, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Homer, Fuller, Cope, DeRose, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR Interim City Administrator Mills stated that the Riss/Riddle/Edwards Expense Reimbursement Discussion is removed from the agenda for this evening. Mills then explained that a LAGERS Employee Representative for the City was selected by vote of the employees and that representative at the annual meeting will be Officer William Moore. The Capital Projects Coordinator position was explained to the Board. There was information included in the packet and staff feels it is a critical issue that needs to be discussed and moving forward on as soon as possible. Possible salary and needs of this position was discussed. The Board asked if this was a long term or short term position. It was explained that this is a long term issue that will help with the back office work with the contracts, go to meetings, and assist Travis. Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the job description and authorize advertising for this position, second by Alderman DeRose. Yes: Thatcher, DeRose, Cope, Homer, Fuller, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. 4 ADMINISTRATION Nothing to report. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Nothing to report. ENGINEERING Capital Project Engineer Travis Hoover stated that SKW will come to the next regular meeting and give the Board an update. We will have our quarterly update at the end of October also. The Vivion Road Bridge over Line Creek update included picture updates and they continue to be on schedule for an early to mid October completion date. There will be some change orders coming to the Board from the contractor for the additional work they pertormed due to errors in design. It has been beneficial that MoDot is managing this project. The change orders and work done was discussed by the Board and staff. STP funding for this project was reviewed. Barcus has done good job. FINANCE Finance Director ponna Resz presented a concern to the Board about policy for the use of personal vehicles for City travel and the use of city vehicles. Following discussion of the issue, direction was given by the Board to have a more specific written policy that would include requiring prior approval for personal vehicle use and that approval be given by the Administrator. This will come back to the Board in a few weeks. PUBLIC SAFETY Public Safety Director Chief Mills reviewed the memo in the packet of the request from Northmoor for any surplus computer equipment. The city is declaring surplus property and would like to dispose of such property to Northmoor. Alderman Thatcher moved to approve disposition of surplus property to the City of Northmoor, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Thatcher, Fuller, DeRose, Cope, Super, and Homer. PUBLIC WORKS Norman Buescher with Public Works gave an update on Mattox Road. Things seem to be moving along well. PARKS & RECREATION Community Relations Director Meredith Hauck has been contacted for a second Boss Cross event on October 27 and 28 in the E.H. Young Park. Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the second Boss Cross event on October 27'� and 28 at E.H. Young Park, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Homer, Super, DeRose, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. LEVEE BOARD Alderman Super remarked that Levee Assessments will be out soon. 5 MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Last week at MML Annual Conference I attended the Home Docks meeting. There was discussion of Intemet Caf� Gambling. All Home Dock Cities are talking with their gamers to see if this is something they support. Last week I attended the SIOR Show that NorthPoint had a booth at this show. It was greatly attended and Riverside Horizons and NorthPoint was the "big talk" of the show. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Homer — Nothing to report. Alderman Thatcher — I have information on the Gatewoods HOA. There is a proposal by GG Realty that includes the fact that they would like to convey the trail property to the City. We just want the Board to be aware of this information and ask if the Board would be amenable to this proposal. There are more steps to be taken, but I just want the Board to be kept updated on the process. City Attorney Thompson added some information regarding the covenants. I also was able to attend the Northland Regional Chamber luncheon and Gov. Nixon spoke. He highlighted the City of Riverside as a great example of development in the state. Alderman Super — Asked what the result of the tax sale? Community Development Director Duffy reported that all lots were paid except two and that we did not bid on any lots. The information that was supplied at MML was very useful information. Alderman Fuller — I would like to suggest that Meredith and the Tourism Commission work with the Boss Cross event in the park as we discussed in the workshop earlier, to use funds to do anything that might help make it even better. Alderman Cope — Nothing to report. Alderman DeRose — Nothing to report. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Super moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:11 p.m., second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Super, Homer, Fuller, Cope, DeRose, and Thatcher. Motions carried 6-0. c n tJ P , ' Robin Lit� ell, City Clerk 6