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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-17 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, December 17, 2019 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, December 17, 2019. Mayor Rose called the regular meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Mike Fuller, Al Bowman, Aaron Thatcher, Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto, and Jill Hammond. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, HR Manager Amy Strough, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Police Chief Chris Skinrood and Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner. Also present were City Attorney Paul Campo and Special Counsel Joe Bednar. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Thatcher moved that the meeting go into closed CLOSED @ 6:00 P.M. session pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, RSMo 610.021 (2) Leasing, purchase or sale of real estate where public knowledge might adversely affect legal consideration, and RSMo 610.021(3) Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting a particular employee, when personal information about the employee is discussed, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Thatcher, LoPorto, Fuller, Bowman, Hammond, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Thatcher moved at 7:02 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 7:02 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Bowman, Cretsinger, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:04 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Aaron Thatcher, Jill Hammond, Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto, Al Bowman, and Mike Fuller. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, City Engineer Travis Hoover, HR Manager Amy Strough, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston and Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner. Also present was City Attorney Paul Campo and Special Counsel Joe Bednar. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. 1 CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, Fuller, LoPorto, Bowman, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 12-03-19 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the minutes of the December 3, 2019 regular meeting, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, Fuller, LoPorto, Bowman, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. COURT REPORT Alderman Thatcher moved to approve the November 2019 November 2019 Court Report, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, Fuller, LoPorto, Bowman, and Cretsinger. - Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2019-123 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2019-123 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2019-2020 weeks ending December 6th and December 13th in the amount of $1,576,029.26 second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, Cretsinger, and Bowman. No: None. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2019-061 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Ch. 100 Doorlink 2019-061. Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained that due to weather Doorlink is requesting to extend their Ch. 100 Bonds and the amount. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-061 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cretsinger Yes: Thatcher, Cretsinger, Hammond, Bowman, Fuller, and LoPorto. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Bill 2019-061 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: LoPorto, Hammond, Bowman, Fuller, Cretsinger, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2019-062 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. KCATA Contract 2019-062. City Administrator Brian Koral explained that this is the City's annual renewal contract with KCATA. Future bus routes 2 and fees were briefly discussed and will be evaluated in more detail for the next renewal. Alderman Cretsinger moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-062 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Thatcher Yes: Cretsinger, Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Bill 2019-062 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. Yes: Hammond, Thatcher, Fuller, Cretsinger, LoPorto, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2019-063 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. CO 1 - Hoy 2019-063. City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that due to the high water table we have had to relocate the water and sewer lines for this project. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-063 on second and final reading, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Thatcher, LoPorto, Hammond, Fuller, Bowman, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Bill 2019-063 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: LoPorto, Hammond. Cretsinger, Thatcher, Bowman, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2019-064 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. CO 2 - Beemer 2019-064. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-064 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, Bowman, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Bill 2019-064 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger. Yes: Hammond, Cretsinger, LoPorto Thatcher, Bowman, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2019-065 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. MDA 2019-065. Alderman Thatcher moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2019-065 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, Bowman, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Bill 2019-065 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Thatcher. 3 Yes: Hammond, Thatcher, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Bowman, and Fuller. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2019-124 Alderman Thatcher moved to approve Resolution 2019-124 CO 1 to Mega Industries approving change order 1 with Mega Industries for the Jumping Branch Trail Project second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, Cretsinger, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral announced that the ribbon cutting for the Jumping Branch Trail will be this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the trailhead at NW 50th Street. The "Fit for Duty" employee exercise area will have a grand opening on Thursday at 3:00 p.m. and the City will be doing a "Biggest Loser" challenge beginning in January. Several "Upstream from Ordinary" stories were shared. City Engineer Travis Hoover was able to help a new resident get water turned on. City employees took part in Shop with a Cop/Firefighter. The Senior Dinner had over 160 attendees and the nursing home residents will have their gifts delivered on Friday. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy informed the Board that City staff has been in contact with the City of Kansas City regarding sewer bill issues. Several residents have not been getting billed. Staff is trying to set up a meeting with KCMO as well as Missouri American Water to try and resolve this issue. ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that the City is doing some controlled crumbling of some of the rocks above the water feature at NW West Plate and NW Riverway. New streets light will be going in on Argosy Casino Parkway. These will be decorative LED lights that are part of Evergy's lease light program. New stop signs were put up in Montebella and the Palisades. FINANCE City Administrator Brian Koral presented the monthly financial report by PowerPoint presentation. FIRE Nothing to report. POLICE Nothing to report. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD Travis reported that the Levee District will be working on a new project behind the Public Works Facility installing relief wells. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Rose stated that she would like staff to make it a priority to look into ways to keep water in Line creek. She thanked Amy for all the work she did on the Employee Christmas Party and noted 4 how much her great-grandson enjoyed it. The Senior Dinner was great. She saw many neighbors who look forward to this event every year and the food was the best. April did a fabulous job on the Chamber Christmas Party. There were lots of new Chamber members and it was very exciting. Finally, last Saturday there was an issue with the Spectrum fiber line being cut. We need to look into other options for service providers and redundant service. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman LoPorto—The tree lighting was phenomenal and the employee dinner was great. Thank you to everyone. Alderman Thatcher— Enjoyed all of the excitement for the holiday party. His 16-year-old daughter even made it a point to attend which just shows that it transcends generations. The trail opening is super exciting. Thank you to staff and the Board for making this happen and I hope to see everyone at the opening on Saturday. Finally, this is my 10th full year on the Board and I am so happy for all that we have accomplished. I'm not sure if the Board 10 years ago would have been able to do all that we have. I am very energized to get things done. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. Alderman Fuller— I also had issues with Spectrum last week and tried to help neighbors troubleshoot. Alderman Bowman —The traffic light at NW Vivion and NW Gateway will not always change when you are in the left turn lane to turn from NW Vivion onto NW Gateway. Travis noted the issue and will get Capital Electric out to look at it. Alderman Hammond — I would like to echo all the comments on how awesome staff is. I'm excited about the trail opening this weekend. I appreciate all that staff is doing to address the sewer billing issues. When we go to renew our next contact with KCATA I'd like to explore the idea of covering the cost for Riverside residents to ride. I would also like staff to look into getting covered benches for the bus stops. Alderman Cretsinger— I would like to echo the comments regarding how incredible staff is. I am very intrigued and impressed with what everyone contributes. I appreciate how respectful we all are of different viewpoints. I appreciate all the % support and have a Merry Christmas. Also Monteballa will be having an event at the Club House with Chief Skinrood and Brian Koral to address some safety issues and discuss crime prevention. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Thatcher moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:15 p.m., second by Alderman Hammond. 5 Yes: Thatcher, Hammond, LoPorto, Fuller, Cretsinger, and Bowman. Motion carried 6-0. s; archWagner,. eputy C i 6