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Home My WebLink About2021-02-02 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, February 2, 2021 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 2, 2021. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Al Bowman, Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto, Dawn Cockrell, Jill Hammond, and Aaron Thatcher (by Zoom). Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Police Chief Chris Skinrood and HR Manager Amy Strough. Also present was City Attorney Paul Campo. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Cretsinger moved to enter into closed session CLOSED @ 6:30 P.M. pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, RSMo 610.021(3) Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting a particular employee, when personal information about the employee is discussed, RSMo 610.021 (13) Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employee or applicant for employment and 610.021(18) Operational guidelines, policies & specific response plans developed, adopted, or maintained by any public agency responsible for law enforcement, public safety, first response, or public health for use in responding to or preventing any critical incident which is or appears to be terrorist in nature & has the potential to endanger individual or public safety or health. Financial records related to the procurement and the public interest in nondisclosure outweighs the public interest in disclosure of the records, second by Alderman Bowman. Yes: Cretsinger, Bowman, LoPorto, Thatcher, Hammond, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Bowman moved at 6:59 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:59 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Bowman, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Hammond, LoPorto, and Thatcher. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. 1 Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose Aldermen Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto, Al Bowman, Jill Hammond, and Dawn Cockrell. Alderman Aaron Thatcher was absent. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Finance Director Nate Blum, HR Manager Amy Strough, Fire Chief Gordy Fowlston, and Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion. Also present was City Attorney Paul Campo. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Bowman moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 01-19-21 Alderman Bowman moved to approve the minutes of the January 19, 2021 regular meeting, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 01-25-21 Alderman Bowman moved to approve the minutes of the January 25, 2021 special meeting, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 01-26-21 Alderman Bowman moved to approve the minutes of the January 26, 2021 special workshop, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-011 Alderman Bowman moved to approve Resolution 2021-011 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2020-2021 weeks ending January 22nd and January 2911 in the amount of $173,318.37, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-012 Alderman Bowman moved to approve Resolution 2021-012 RC Slope Mower Purchase authorizing the purchase of a 2020 RC TK-60XP Remote Control Slope Mower for the Public Works Department in an amount not to exceed $48,995.00, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-013 Alderman Bowman moved to approve Resolution 2021-013 Perm. Easement MAW approving the grant of a permanent water line easement from the City of Riverside to Missouri American Water Company in connection with Horizons XI, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond LoPorto, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA BILL NO. 2021-005 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2021-005. Red X Blighting Conditions Community Development Director Mike Duffy reviewed the memo in the packet and that this is a standard component of the CID process and that Red X Development LLC will work with Red X CID. Alderman Cretsinger moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2021-005 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Cretsinger, Hammond, Cockrell. Bowman, and LoPorto. Motion carried 5-0. Alderman Bowman moved to approve Bill 2021-005 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, LoPorto. Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-014 City Administrator Brian Koral reminded the Board of the process Selection of Architecture Firm of an RFQ issued last fall for several city projects including the renovation of the public safety building. Four firms came and made presentations to a staff team and this is the recommendation of the firm staff would like to move forward with design work for the project through WSKF. A scope of work and contract will be brought back to the Board. Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2021-014 selecting an architectural firm, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: LoPorto, Cockrell, Bowman, Cretsinger, and Hammond. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-015 Finance Director Nate Blum explained the need for the Budget Amendment FY2021 amendment to the budget for totaled police vehicles and computer replacement for very outdated equipment for two employees. Alderman Hammond moved to approve Resolution 2021-015 amending the fiscal year 2020-2021 Budget for the Capital Equipment Fund of the City of Riverside, Missouri, second by Alderman Cretsinger. Yes: Hammond, Cretsinger, Cockrell. LoPorto, and Bowman. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-016 Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion reported that this task order McClure Task Order#3 is for the structural engineering work for the Tremont Trafficway Sculpture. Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2021-016 approving task order number 3 with McClure, second by Alderman Hammond. Yes LoPorto, Hammond, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Bowman. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2021-017 Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion informed the Board that this Line Creek Trail Connector is an application DNR for funding for the construction of Phase 1 Grant Application of Line Creek Trail connector and answered questions of the Board. Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2021-017 endorsing application to the Recreational Trails Program for Funding of the Line Creek Trail Connector Phase 1, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: LoPorto, Cockrell, Hammond, Cretsinger, and Bowman. Motion carried 5-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral reviewed COVID-19 update for Platte County and our own staff. Vaccine availability was discussed. An Upstream Story was shared regarding Officer DlGeronimo, her compassion and professional manner in caring for one of our residents and their appreciation. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy gave an update on the homeowner who had a sewer issue at their home and the progress NNI getting involved, evaluating the situation and moving forward with assistance. Duffy added that the City plans to waive the permit fee for the repairs as our contribution to assisting the situation. ENGINEERING City Engineer gave a report on the CIPP pipe spraying project along with pictures to see the lining work. Street overlay and pothole work was discussed. FINANCE Nothing to report. FIRE Nothing to report. POLICE Nothing to report. PUBLIC WORKS Public Works Director Tom Wooddell discussed the trash issue that occurred this previous Friday pickup and assured the Board that the issues were addressed with V\/CA management. LEVEE BOARD Nothing to report. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Rose commented that the NRCC Annual Banquet was done virtually last Friday and other than not getting to be with 4 everyone, it was the most memorable event yet. The 2020 Northlander of the Year this year were healthcare workers from Liberty Hospital, North Kansas City Hospital, St. Luke's Hospital. I also received the award for the membership drive that was held last summer. Next week is the MML Legislative Conference and I will be attending that virtually. Last week we held our first Public Safety Informational Committee meeting, everyone was in attendance. Brian did an excellent job and we will reconvene in two weeks to create an informational handout. Would staff check out the construction work cones on Gateway for safety of the area and drivers? The Home Docks Association is working hard on the VLT issues and we received a call from KCEDC with their support against VLTs. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report. Alderman LoPorto — Nothing to report. Alderman Cretsinger— Thank you for sharing the information earlier about the NRCC annual event. Alderman Bowman — Nothing to report. Alderman Hammond — It looks like there have been good questions and discussions on our Facebook page about the Public Safety Sales Tax. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Bowman moved to adjourn the meeting at 7A6 p.m., second by Alderman Hammond. Yes: Bowman, Hammond, Cretsinger, LoPorto, and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. i n� Robin Kincaid, City Clerk 5