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Home My WebLink About2015-01-20 Regular Meeting MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, January 20, 2015 6:45 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, January 20, 2015. Mayor Rose called the regular meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Ron Super, Art Homer, Brad Cope, Chet Pruett, Aaron Thatcher, and Mike Fuller. Also present were City Administrator Greg Mills, and City Clerk Robin Littrell. Also attending was City Attorney Paul Campo. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Homer moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 6:45 P.M. session pursuant to 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, Thatcher, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Homer moved at 6:47 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:47 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Homer, Thatcher, Cope, Fuller, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Art Homer, Mike Fuller, Brad Cope, Chet Pruett, Aaron Thatcher, and Ron Super. Also present were City Administrator Greg Mills, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance Director Donna Oliver, Fire Fighter Karen Holland, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, and Police Major Chris Skinrood. Also present was City Attorney Paul Campo. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Rose welcomed Tyler Brown with Cub Pack 330 who is visiting and here to learn and earn a badge. PUBLIC COMMENT Bill Bright, 4411 NW Pawnee Drive, Riverside, Missouri addressed the Board of Alderman regarding the Healthy Initiative Program and the list of Board approved fitness centers in the program. 1 PRESENTATION Connie Wuebben with Park Hill South High School gave a PowerPoint presentation 2015 Platte County Park and Recreation Outreach Grant and requesting the City of Riverside to support and partner for an improvement to the tennis facility. The City was asked for support in the amount of$2,500 and a list of other contributors were mentioned. City Attorney Campo explained the need for a structured joint use agreement that will be presented at a future meeting if the Board is in agreement to partner on this issue. Following discussion, Alderman Thatcher moved to authorize City Attorney Paul Campo to structure a service agreement with the Park Hill South School District to partner for the 2015 Platte County Park & Recreation Grant in an amount not to exceed $2,500, second by Alderman Pruett. Yes: Thatcher, Pruett, Fuller, Super, Homer, and Cope. Motion carried 6-0. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Cope moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Fuller, Pruett, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 01-06-15 Alderman Cope moved to approve the minutes of the January 06, 2015 meeting, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Fuller, Pruett, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. DECEMBER 2014 Alderman Cope moved to approve the December 2014 Court Court Report Report, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Fuller, Pruett, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2015-002 Alderman Cope moved to approve Resolution 2015-002 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2014- 2015, for weeks ending January 9'" and January 16'" in the amount of$210,316.79, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Cope, Homer, Fuller, Pruett, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Rose asked the public hearing to consider a request for a MOTION TO CONTINUE Special Use Permit for outdoor storage at the location of 4600 NW 41sT Street, Riverside, Platte County, Missouri, be continued until February 3, 2015. Alderman Cope moved to continue the public hearing until February 3, 2015, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Cope, Thatcher, Homer, Super, Pruett, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. 2 BILL NO.2015-002 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2015-002. Public Works New Hire- Behle Public Works Director Tom Wooddell explained that this is the employee discussed at the last meeting. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2015-002 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Super, Fuller, Homer, and Pruett. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2015-002 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Cope, Thatcher, Pruett, Fuller, Super, and Homer. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2015-003 City Clerk Robin Littrell gave first reading of Bill No. 2015-002. Pilot Payment MDA- Finance Director Donna Oliver stated that this Bill is to follow the Riverside Horizons, LLC guidelines set out in the Master Development Agreement with NorthPoint. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2015-003 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Thatcher, Cope, Homer, Pruett, Fuller, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill 2015-003 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Cope, Thatcher, Pruett, Fuller, Super, and Homer. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Greg Mills reported that the candidate filing for the April 7th Municipal Election closed at 5:00 p.m. today and the list of candidates include Al Bowman, Aaron Thatcher, and Frank Biondo. Scheduling of special strategic planning meetings was discussed along with the inquiry if town hall meetings were still desired. The Board would like to continue the special meetings. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy reminded the Board of partnering with Parkville on a planning sustainable places grant through MARC and announced that it was awarded to Parkville. Riverside was supporting them for$15,000. Duffy detailed improvements that will be seen with the grant money, including improvements at the intersection of Mattox Road and Hwy 9 and extending the bluff trail along Hwy 9. We will be holding another Riverside Horizons Meet and Greet on Thursday, February 19th at Argosy's Crazy Olives from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. ENGINEERING Nothing to report. 3 FINANCE Finance Director Donna Oliver gave a Gaming Revenue Update with December 2014 numbers. Also, the Auditing RFP was sent out last week and Alderman Pruett and Alderman Thatcher have agreed to help with preliminary interviews with the auditors. PUBLIC SAFETY Police Chief Greg Mills explained that Fire Fighter Karen Holland is now the director for the FPAL program and is doing a great job. She is here this evening to share activity information with you. There are approximately 60 active participants on our roster now. She explained what membership entails and reviewed recent activities that have been completed. The Alfred E. Sauer, Jr. FPAL College Scholarship Fund has been established through our FPAL program and will be unveiled at the end of this month. A Sock Hop is scheduled for Valentine's Day. Mayor Rose thanked everyone that helps with FPAL because it helps the children in Riverside. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD Alderman Super shared a few handouts that discussed a Stream Gage that will be maintained on the Missouri River. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Rose told about the Pickle Ball Dink Tournament that was enjoyed at the Community Center last week. Many that have never been to Riverside had the opportunity to visit our city. Today was the Community Blood Drive at the Community Center. Trails over the weekend were very busy. It was great to see so many people out enjoying the great weather. The months of February, March and April there will be a dementia class the first of each month and there will be a free lunch served at each meeting. I spoke at the Northland Leadership Group for the Northland Chamber last week. This last Saturday evening was the Northland Regional Chamber Annual Banquet that was well attended and very nice. The Fairfax Bridge demolition, the section that will fall in the river, is scheduled for Saturday, January 24, 2015. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Homer— Nothing to report. Alderman Thatcher—My son saw the bridge demo and that is all he has talked about. We were on the trails and it was good seeing so many people out and enjoying them. I am excited for the Jumping Branch Trail to be completed. Alderman Super—Nothing to report. Alderman Fuller— Nothing to report. Alderman Cope— Nothing to report. 4 Alderman Pruett— Nothing to report. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Thatcher moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:56 p.m., second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Thatcher, Homer, Cope, Fuller, Super, and Pruett. Motions carried 6-0. ��L Robin Littrell, City Clerk 5