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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-04-01 Regular Meeting MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, April 1, 2014 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, April 1, 2014. Mayor Rose called the regular meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Ron Super, Art Homer, Brad Cope, Chet Pruett, and Mike Fuller. Alderman Aaron Thatcher was absent. Also present were City Administrator Greg Mills, City Attorney Paul Campo, and City Clerk Robin Littrell. Special Counsel Joe Bednar with Spencer Fane Britt and Browne and Matthew Gist with Ensz & Jester were also present. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Homer 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, and RSMo 610.021(3) Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting a particular employee, when personal information about the employee is discussed, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Homer, Cope, Fuller, Super, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION TO CONTINUE Alderman Fuller moved at 6:53 p.m. to continue closed session, CLOSED @ 6:53 P.M. following open session, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Fuller, Homer, Super, Pruett, and Cope. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:02 p.M. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Brad Cope, Mike Fuller, Ron Super, Art Homer, and Chet Pruett. Alderman Aaron Thatcher absent. Also present were City Administrator Greg Mills, City Attorney Paul Campo, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Community Development Assistant Sarah Wagner, City Planner Jackie Carlson, Administration Director Meredith Hauck, Finance Director Donna Resz, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, Police Captain Gary McMullin, and Major Chris Skinrood. Special Counsel Joe Bednar with Spencer Fane Britt & Browne was also present. 1 1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT Dan Sturdavent and Diane Pepper, members of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. They are planning on holding their annual national convention at the Argosy in August of 2015. They are asking for support and sponsorship for this convention possibly by incentivizing the event with $5,000 sponsorship. Mayor Rose directed the organization to Administrative Director Meredith Hauck as a contact for this event. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Cope moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Super, Fuller, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 03-18-14 Alderman Cope moved to approve the minutes of the March 18, 2014 meeting, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Super, Fuller, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 03-25-14 Alderman Cope moved to approve the minutes of the March 25, 2014 meeting, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Super, Fuller, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2014-019 Alderman Cope moved to approve Resolution 2014-019 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2013- 2014, for weeks ending March 21ST and March 28TH in the amount of$113,114.64, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Super, Fuller, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA PUBLIC HEARING @ Mayor Rose acknowledged the open Public Hearing to consider 7:09 PM vacating a portion of Right-of-Way generally located at 4438 NW Gateway, in the city of Riverside, Missouri. Mayor Rose asked that this public hearing be continued until April 15, 2014. Alderman Cope moved to continue the public hearing until April 15, 2014, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Cope, Fuller, Homer, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. 2 BILL NO. 2014-020 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2014-020. TCE- MoDot for HWY 69 Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained that this ordinance is for a temporary construction easement MoDot has requested from us during construction of the new Hwy 69 bridges over the Missouri River. Alderman Cope moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2014-020 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Super, Pruett, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2014-020 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Fuller, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. BILL NO.2014-021 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2014-021. Houston Exc. & Demo. Fill Dirt City Engineer Travis Hoover explained the agreement in regards to the fill dirt in the Horizons area. Alderman Cope moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2014-021 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Pruett. Yes: Cope, Pruett, Homer, Super, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2014-021 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Pruett, Super, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. BILL NO. 2014-022 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2014-022. New Hire McClaran Alderman Cope moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2014-022 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Pruett. Yes: Cope, Pruett, Homer, Fuller, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2014-022 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Fuller, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR Nothing to report. ADMINISTRATION Administration Director Meredith Hauck announced to the Board the results of the marketing RFQ and that staff would like to bring a resolution recommending LynchPin for our on-call marketing at our next meeting. Our employee health insurance will be taking approximately a three percent increase for the next year with no increase on dental or vision coverage. Staff will be bringing that before the Board at the next meeting with actual rate breakdowns 3 for approval. Mayor Rose, Community Development Director Mike Duffy and I had a meeting with Missouri American Water last week. It was a very productive meeting and discussing many of our billing issues. We now have a direct contact to work with to coordinate education and to contact regarding issues for our residents. They have even offered to host a workshop in the fall with the city and our residents to help educate them on how to check for leaks, etc. We hope to work with our sewer service next by first getting a main contact and schedule a joint meeting as we did with the water service. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT City Planner Jackie Carlson reported on the Breakfast in Business event that was hosted at city hall. There was a small turnout, but we feel there was a huge success rate. ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that KCMO has come back to us and have proposed a joint project with Gladstone to build a trail that will connect the Interurban Bridge Trail and go east into Gladstone. This would be a partnership among the three entities, from Interurban Bridge to Belleview. The initial grant process will move forward soon, but funding will not come to us until 2017- 2018. Consensus of the Board was to continue conversations and keep this project rolling. FINANCE Finance Director Donna Resz we just did the wire transfer for the 2007 A and B Debt Service and for the first time, our TIF revenues have risen enough that our transfer was $1.2 million less than it would have been without those additional revenues. For the eighth year in a row, we have received the C.A.F.R. for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report by the GFOA. Resz introduced Kelsi Spurgeon with Columbia Capital, to present a proposal on our investment policy and suggested financial recommendations for the city. Alderman Cope moved to engage Columbia Capital for a one-time fee of$1,500 to help develop our investment policies, second by Alderman Pruett. Yes: Cope, Pruett, Fuller, Homer, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. PUBLIC SAFETY Nothing to report. PUBLIC WORKS Public Works Director Tom Wooddell reported on the Linear Park fountain and its use during the summer, that necessitates the posting of signage to alert the public that the water is not intended for human contact. Two sign options were shown and the Board gave general consensus to post sign option #1. LEVEE BOARD Alderman Super reported that there will be a meeting on April 91" MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Nothing to report. 4 BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Homer—There will be a new ramp to the river at Parkville and on Sept. 6t', 2014 there will be a dedication of a marker showing the location of the sinking of Steamboat Arabia. Be sure to vote next Tuesday. Alderman Super— Kudos to Public Works for the design and construction of the benches around the trail at E.H. Young Park. The park is in very good shape for this time of year. Alderman Fuller— Commented that he was riding the Line Creek Trail the other day and I want to thank staff and the Board for the trail systems that we are creating and connecting for the community. Alderman Cope— Nothing to report. Alderman Pruett— Nothing to report. MOTION FOR BREAK Alderman Super moved to take a 5 minutes break at 7:51 p.m., second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Super, Homer, Cope, Fuller, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION TO RETURN TO Alderman Cope moved that the meeting return to closed CLOSED @ 7:55 P.M. session pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, RSMo 610.021(2) Leasing, Purchase or sale of real estate, and RSMo 610.021(3) Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting a particular employee, when personal information about the employee is discussed, second by Alderman Super. Yes: Cope, Super, Homer, Fuller, and Pruett. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cope moved to adjourn closed session CLOSED @ 8:10 P.M. with action taken at 8:10 p.m., second by Alderman Super. Yes: Cope, Super, Pruett, Fuller, and Homer. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Homer moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:11 p.m., second by Alderman Pruett. Yes: Homer, Pruett, Super, Fuller, and Cope. Motions carried 5-0. r Robin Littrell, Ciq Clerk 9 Y 5