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REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
7:00 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,
March 1, 2022.
There were no Closed Session items for discussion this evening as anticipated, Closed
Session therefore was not held.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy
Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Mike Fuller, Dawn Cockrell, Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto, and
Rob Milner were in person.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy,
Finance Director Nate Blum, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Police
Chief Chris Skinrood, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston,
Human Resources Manager Amy Strough, and City Attorney Paul Campo. Firefighters Scott
Stubler, Joe Sapp, and Devin Johnson were also in attendance.
PUBLIC COMMENT None.
CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Milner moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Fuller, Cockrell, LoPorto, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 6-0.
MINUTES OF 02-15-22 Alderman Milner moved to approve the minutes of the February
15, 2022, meeting, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Fuller, Cockrell, LoPorto, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-017 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2022-017
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2021-2022
weeks ending February 18th and February 25th in the amount of
$210,585.79, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Fuller, Cockrell, LoPorto, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-018 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2022-018
Surplus Property declaring certain police and community development equipment to
be surplus, and authorizing its disposal, second by Alderman
Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Fuller, Cockrell, LoPorto, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 6-0.
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REGULAR AGENDA
BILL NO. 2022-005 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-002.
Appoint Special Counsel City Administrator Koral explained that this group is being hired for
two issues, a landowner/tenant issue and they will serve as a
hearing officer for a personnel issue coming to the board later in
the month.
Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2022-005 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cockrell, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2022-005.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2022-005 and enact
said bill as ordinance. second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cockrell, Fuller, Cretsinger, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 6-0.
BILL NO. 2022-006 Mayor Rose stated that this next ordinance has been a long time
Sale and Lease -Library coming. It has been worked on for several years and I am so
happy to be passing this ordinance for our community, this will be
grand, and our community is going to be very proud to use and
enjoy.
City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-006.
City Administrator Koral gave further information regarding the
library, including pictures of the newest concepts that will be
considered for our site. He then introduced Jake Wimmer, Capital
Improvements Project Manager with Mid Continent Library and he
shared the excitement to get the new library built near the clock
tower and how helpful the access from trails will be for residents
and users. He also stated that no two libraries are built exactly the
same, each is unique. He then answered questions from the
Mayor and Board.
Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2022-006 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
LoPorto.
Yes: Beck, LoPorto, Cretsinger, Milner, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2022-006.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2022-006 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Milner, Cretsinger, Beck, Fuller, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 6-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Koral reported that the Public Safety
Renovation project will be going out for bid and construction will
begin this year, so we hope to have information for you in the next
month or two. I wanted to show you the recruitment video that has
been recently completed for the Fire Department. Very positive
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responses were shared by the Board and Mayor Rose
commented that you, Fire Department, are all superstars and
thank you for your very kind remarks.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy updated the Board
that there is a PCEDC meeting at 11:30 a.m. this Friday for lunch
and an airport update. Let Robin know if you would like to attend.
We are partnering with Orange EV on Friday, May 13th we will be
hosting a ride and drive event at EH Young Park and hope you will
put this on your calendar to attend.
ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover stated that there are a few projects
going on around town. Concrete replacement project began today
right outside on High Drive, and we will be working our way up to
Hillside, South, Northwood Acres, all those areas this week and
into next week and then hope to be done with concrete work for a
while. The asphalt project will be coming up in a couple of months
and will be on High Drive, Woodland and Mattox Road.
FINANCE Nothing to report.
FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston reported that we had a big fire
recently and I want to give kudos to the detectives and Fire
Marshal Payne for their work on that incident. We also had a small
fire in Gatewoods that involved a person charging their radio-
controlled car battery, which is a lithium battery. The homeowners
were very grateful for the help from the Fire Department. There
also was a small water heater fire at El Chaparral apartments that
was caught early and resulted in little damage.
POLICE Nothing to report.
PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report.
LEVEE BOARD City Representative Travis Hoover gave an update on the slope
stabilization project and the next project will be the relief well
project behind Public Works.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose stated that a group went down to Jefferson City
for the Argosy re-licensing, and it went very well. They even
commented that they can see the City and Argosy have a great
partnership. Next Friday, March 4th is the Parade of Hearts Kick-
Off Event. Riverside will have two hearts, one at EH Young and
one at the Welcome Plaza. They will be on display for a couple of
months. Mike and Noel presented at the Riverside Chamber
monthly meeting last week, discussing the new splash pad and
pool area and the charrette with Olsson. Pat Cline at the airport is
offering a private tour for the Riverside Chamber and would
include any of the City Department Heads as well, we only need to
pick a date and time, so we will be getting that scheduled.
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BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman LoPorto — Great job on that video. Thank you to the
Police Dept. that helped with the very unfortunate incident that
recently happened in our neighborhood, it was handled with
tremendous care, and I appreciate that.
Alderman Milner— I want to thank Brian for his consistent
communication and always keeping us up to date on City
happenings. I also want to give my condolences to our Riverside
family that have lost loved ones. Also, I want to add that I am very
excited about the new library, it will be a great part of Riverside.
Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report.
Alderman Fuller— I am curious as to who maintains the charging
station that is at EH Young Park. Mike Duffy said that it was
placed by Evergy, and he would find out details on its
maintenance and report back to the Board.
Alderman Beck— I also am very excited for the library project and
that it will be used a lot, with our young ones in the community and
all residents.
Alderman Cretsinger—Asked Police Chief Skinrood about support
for those involved following a traumatic event or incident. The
Chief reviewed that there are contacts and procedures in place.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Beck moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:42 p.m.,
second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, LoPorto, Fuller, Cretsinger, and Cockrell.
Motions carried 6-0.
Robin Kincai , City Clerk
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