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Home My WebLink About2016-02-16 Regular Meeting MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, February 16, 2016 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, February 16, 2016. 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, Frank Biondo, Aaron Thatcher, Chet Pruett, and Al Bowman. Also present were City Administrator Greg Mills, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, and City Engineer Travis Hoover. Also present were City Attorney Paul Campo and Special Counsel Joe Bednar. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Homer moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 6:45 P.M. session pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, and RSMo 610.021 (2) Leasing, Purchase or sale of real estate, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Homer, Biondo, Bowman, Pruett, Super, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Biondo moved at 6:59 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:59 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Thatcher, Super, Homer, Pruett, and Bowman. 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, Frank Biondo, Al Bowman, Aaron Thatcher, Chet Pruett, and Ron Super. Also present were City Administrator Greg Mills, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Major Chris Skinrood, and Finance Director Donna Oliver. Also attending was City Attorney Paul Campo. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. 1 PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the Proclamation for the Shen Yun Performing Arts, April 1, 2, & 3, 2016 and presented it to Barbara Gay, a volunteer for the Falun Dafa Association of Kansas City, MO. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Biondo moved to approve the consent agenda as amended by correcting the spelling of Jerry Pietsch in the February 2"'Workshop Meeting minutes, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Thatcher, Bowman, Homer, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 02-01-16 Alderman Biondo moved to approve the minutes of the February 1, 2016 meeting, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Thatcher, Bowman, Homer, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 02-02-16 Alderman Biondo moved to approve the minutes of the February 2, 2016 meeting, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Thatcher, Bowman, Homer, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. COURT REPORT Alderman Biondo moved to approve the January 2016 Court Report, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Thatcher, Bowman, Homer, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2016-004 Alderman Biondo moved to approve Resolution 2016-004 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2015-2016, for weeks ending February 5th and February 12`h in the amount of $385,937.74, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Thatcher, Bowman, Homer, Pruett, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA BILL NO. 2016-013 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2016-013. Final Plat Paulhe Homestead Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained the purpose of this bill. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2016-013 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Super, Biondo, Homer, and Pruett. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Pruett moved to approve Bill 2016-013 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Pruett, Biondo, Homer, Super,Thatcher, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. 2 BILL NO. 2016-014 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2016-014. Biking Trail Easement Agmnt City Development Director Mike Duffy stated that this is an agreement authorizing the Mayor to sign the easement and we will provide trail maintenance to this portion of the trail within the city of Riverside. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2016-014 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Thatcher, Biondo, Super, Bowman, Homer, and Pruett. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Pruett moved to approve Bill 2016-014 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Pruett, Bowman, Homer, Biondo, Thatcher, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2016-015 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2016-015. Houston Excavating Agmnt City Engineer Travis Hoover reminded the Board that this the bill discussed at the previous meeting regarding fill dirt for Horizons. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2016-015 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Thatcher, Biondo, Bowman, Pruett, Super, and Homer. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Biondo moved to approve Bill 2016-015 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Pruett. Yes: Biondo, Pruett, Homer, Thatcher, Super, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2016-016 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2016-016. Amend City Code City Attorney Paul Campo explained that these changes are the 2015 legislative changes. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2016-016 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Thatcher, Biondo, Pruett, Bowman, Homer, and Super. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Homer moved to approve Bill 2016-016 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Homer, Biondo, Super, Bowman, Pruett, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2016-005 City Administrator Greg Mills stated that Resolution 2016-005 will 2016 Street Maintenance be pulled from the agenda and presented at the next regular meeting. 3 CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Greg Mills announced that the city had spent approximately $1,400 from street maintenance to install a crosswalk at Northwood Road for the safety of the children walking to Park Hill South High School. Dr. Dale Longenecker had mentioned this concern and is very pleased that the city had worked diligently to respond to the concern and safety of our children. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy had handouts for each Board member to review. First, a memo to MARC explaining the projects proposed for funding in their 2019-2020 fiscal year and our next step is to approach MoDot for their funding and oversight. Following discussion Alderman Thatcher moved to authorize staff to pursue MARC funding for 2019-2020 fiscal years with the recommended conditions as stated in the memo and progress towards improving the cost benefit ratio, second by Alderman Biondo. Yes: Thatcher, Biondo, Pruett, Homer, Super, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. Duffy also explained the letter that was provided as a Letter of Support for the City of Parkville Grant Application for Route 9 that will be sent to assist Parkville, as they have done for us in the past, per the Board's motion approving this action. Alderman Thatcher moved to send letter of support for the City of Parkville to use in their grant application for Route 9, second by Alderman Homer. Yes: Thatcher, Homer, Super, Biondo, Bowman, and Pruett. Motion carried 6-0. Duffy then discussed the third memo in the packet detailing pervious conversations and explanation of the sidewalk code. ENGINEERING Nothing to report. FINANCE Nothing to report. PUBLIC SAFETY Nothing to report. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD Alderman Super commented there was communication from the Corp of Engineers stating they have $1 million for repair to Q1. An annual inspection rating had been received from the Corp of Engineers and it was an acceptable rating. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Rose commented that 2016 has turned into an exciting year: RFPs will be evaluated, we have more new homes being built in the area, discussions of downtown redevelopment and a possible CID. It behooves all the Board to stay focused, I understand in the past we have had some people forget some things that have recently been said. It is important for us to try and remember what is said, what happens, and what goes on. 4 We have other things going on with sunshine requests, criticisms and distractions and as we all know, the decisions and the choices that we make sometimes, we can't please everyone. As I have heard in the past, we continue to do things in the best interest of the city. With that said, with the workshops and town halls that we have had just recently, which have been a lot, I have failed to hear from the Board, the information that was necessary for those workshops and town halls. We had a budget meeting on Saturday and we had no on show up for that meeting. It was a very open discussion about the million dollars of budget that we will be preparing and I needed input from all of you. We had the workshop on the bond refinancing and the workshop on the health insurance and again, it was done in a very spiteful way and I did not appreciate it at all, it was very self-serving. But as we move forward, if we could be focused and have open communication and not the "back door" politics at its best, we will all be in a better position. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Super— Nothing to report. Alderman Thatcher— Nothing to report. Alderman Biondo—Asked if there was any report from staff on the donation boxes around the city. Community Development Director Mike Duffy gave report on review to this point. Property owners are being contacted to see if they are aware of the boxes on their property. One has been removed from the carwash lot. We currently have six in the community. We are continuing to look at our options and will report back to the Board. Alderman Bowman — Nothing to report. Alderman Pruett— Nothing to report. Alderman Homer— Perhaps in the future we will have a little bit more open discussion and won't have to be making accusations about people being at fault for not remembering what has been said. That is all I have to say. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Biondo moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:35 p.m., second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Biondo, Bowman, Thatcher, Super, Homer, and Pruett. Motions carried 6-0. Robin Kincaid, City Clerk 5