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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-05-21 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING AND WORKSHOP BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, May 21, 2019 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, May 21, 2019. Mayor Rose called the regular meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto, Jill Hammond, Mike Fuller, Aaron Thatcher, and Al Bowman. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral and City Clerk Robin Kincaid. City Attorney Paul Campo was also present. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman LoPorto moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 5:30 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 Thatcher. Yes: LoPorto, Thatcher, Fuller, Bowman, Cretsinger, and Hammond. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cretsinger moved at 6:00 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:00 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Cretsinger, Hammond, Fuller, Thatcher, LoPorto, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. Mayor Rose called the Work Session to order at 6:04 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Al Bowman, Sal LoPorto, Mike Fuller, Aaron Thatcher, Nathan Cretsinger, and Jill Hammond. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Finance Director Donna Oliver, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, City Planner Sarah Wagner, Capital Projects and Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion. Also present was City Attorney Paul Campo. 1 BUDGET WORKSHOP City Administrator Brian Koral gave a high level overview of the budget for the 2019-2020. PowerPoint presentation began with the past year in review, the budget process, staff priorities, background, and budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020. BREAK FOR PHOTO Mayor Kathy Rose called for a break at 6:39 p.m. RETURN FROM BREAK Mayor Kathy Rose called the Work Session back to order at 6:48 p.m. Finance Director Donna Oliver began reviewing the General Fund requests, Capital Equipment Fund, Capital Improvements Plan, Capital Improvement Fund, Community Development Fund, Debt Service Fund, and Tourism Fund budgeted items. BREAK @ 7:02 P.M. Mayor Rose called for a break from the Work Session at 7:02 p.m. to move into the regular open session. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen AI Bowman, Sal LoPorto, Mike Fuller, Aaron Thatcher, Nathan Cretsinger, and Jill Hammond. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Finance Director Donna Oliver, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, City Planner Sarah Wagner, Capital Projects and Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion. Also present was City Attorney Paul Campo. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Kathy Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the Proclamation celebrating 2019 Emergency Management Services Week—May 19-24. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 05-07-19 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the minutes of the May 7, 2019 meeting, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. 2 COURT REPORT Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the court report for the month of April 2019, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2019-044 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2019-044 Re-Appoint Winter reappointing Deana Winter to the Park Board, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2019-045 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2019-045 Vehicle Tow Bid Award awarding the bid for vehicle towing and storage services to Glad Rents Inc., second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2019-046 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2019-046 Group Insurance Benefits establishing group insurance benefits beginning July 1, 2019, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Thatcher, Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2019-043 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2019-043 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2018- 2019, for weeks ending May 10th and May 17th in the amount of $206,251.96, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller. No: None Abstain: Bowman. Motion carried 5-0-1. BILL NO. 2019-022 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill 2019-022. Mutual Aid with Platte County Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2019-022 on second and final reading, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Thatcher, LoPorto, Cretsinger, Bowman, Fuller, and Hammond. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Bill 2019-022 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger. Yes: Hammond, Cretsinger, Bowman, Thatcher, Fuller, and LoPorto. Motion carried 6-0. 3 BILL NO.2019-023 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2019-023. Public Works New Hire-Willis Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-023 on second and final reading, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Thatcher, LoPorto, Hammond, Cretsinger, Fuller, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Bill 2019-023 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Cretsinger, Hammond, Fuller, Bowman, LoPorto, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2019-024 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2019-024. Conflict of Interest Alderman Fuller asked questions about the filing date and reporting of conflicts. City Attorney Paul Campo will review and have information at the next meeting. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-024 on second and final reading, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Thatcher, LoPorto, Hammond, Bowman,Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Bill 2019-024 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Hammond, Bowman, Thatcher, Fuller, LoPorto, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2019-047 City Engineer Travis Hoover reported to the Board this change CO 3 Street Maintenance 2017 is concrete work being added to the agreement. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Resolution 2019-047 approving CO 3 to the agreement with Metro Asphalt, Inc. for the 2017 Street Maintenance Project resulting in a revised contract amount of$1,055,480.00, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, Bowman, Cretsinger, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral shared an upstream story recognizing Police Officer James Turk for helping a resident and letting them know their garage door was open. The resident was very appreciative. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Nothing to report. ENGINEERING Nothing to report. FINANCE Nothing to report. FIRE Nothing to report. 4 POLICE Nothing to report. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD City Engineer Travis Hoover stated there is a meeting tomorrow. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Rose reported that the Greater Kansas City Chamber has notified her of their regional trip to Nashville September 22-24 this year and have offered a $1,000 dollar grant towards the $3,000 registration. The Board gave general consensus approving the Mayor Rose to go on the trip. The Northland Chamber's DC Trip is set for September 9-11 and the two that were attending last year before the trip was cancelled, may think about trying to go again this year. We attended the joint luncheon with Platte County EDC, Clay County EDC and Northland Chamber Legislative wrap-up. Our own Mike Duffy was the master of ceremonies and did a great job. It was a good luncheon meeting. The Home Dock Cities and hiring of the Lobbyist was money spent that turned out very positive. He is working to get a report out to the cities that participated along with a strategy for next year because it is very likely VLTs will be back. There is a Meet & Greet at Argosy on May 30th and we are partnering with the Fairfax district as well. This is at the Lucky Taco at Argosy from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. City Planner Sarah Wagner said that it is a networking event and all the Board and staff are invited to attend and meet the business owners. Summer Kick Off was last weekend. Lori Boji and her team did a fabulous job. I met many new residents, it was all set up inside, and was a wonderful event. June 15th is Loud and Local event by the Riverside Chamber. I want to point out and bring to the Board's attention that there were some misrepresentations on social media last week particularly regarding me. The first topic was about the lack of wildlife in Indian Hills. I am sure with Palisades being built up there, that has moved them at least temporarily. The City does not have anything to do with making the wildlife disappear. The Levee District discussed something at one time but again, it was not the City. Another issue that was misrepresented and taken completely out of context, was that I am in favor of HOAs, I only mentioned them was in conversation with residents in Indian Hills and challenges they were facing with some of their neighbors, so I mentioned they could form one and take some type of control of some of those concerns. That conversation got turned around that I was demanding they form an HOA. Here again, the city does not mandate any HOAs. The third misrepresentation made was about the Mayor's agenda for incentives and that my agenda is to give away City money. At the end of the day, the six of you Board of Aldermen are the voting power here and I have visions and goals and you all have the vote. I wanted clarify all those issues. 5 BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Bowman - Nothing to report. Alderman Hammond— Nothing to report. Alderman Cretsinger— Nothing to report. Alderman LoPorto— Nothing to report. Alderman Thatcher— Nothing to report. Alderman Fuller—The trail going up Woodland, could there be some of the foliage cut back? There was discussion of the safety in that trail area. City Engineer Hoover will review the issues. Alderman Thatcher left the meeting at 7:36 p.m. Alderman Cretsinger brought up an issue in the Montebella entry with the water feature and lighting. Community Development Director Mike Duffy stated that he would contact Barth, we want to have current phases successful before future phases begin. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cretsinger moved to adjourn the regular legislative session at 7:40 p.m. and resume the workshop, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Cretsinger, LoPorto, Hammond, Fuller, and Bowman. Motions carried 5-0. Finance Director Donna Oliver resumed the budget workshop and discussion of requests made by each department. The five-year outlook was also reviewed. Alderman Thatcher returned at 7:53 p.m. Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion introduced Delores Silkworth from Confluence to discuss the E.H. Young Park statistics and recommendations. Lengthy discussion was held regarding the bids, citizen input, options presented, options with reductions, playgrounds, items to include, and flood plain issues. Alderman Thatcher moved to direct staff to get the $3.1 million package and to include the $260,000 infrastructure improvements and bring to the Board for approval at the next meeting, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, Bowman, Cretsinger, and LoPorto. No: Fuller Motion carried 5-1. 6 MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Hammond moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:58 p.m., second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Hammond, LoPorto, Thatcher, Bowman, Fuller, and Cretsinger. Motions carried 6-0. Robin Kincaid, City Clerk - LTi PN 7