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REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Monday, April 4, 2022
6:00 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 Monday,
April 4, 2022.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy
Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Mike Fuller, and Dawn Cockrell. Nathan Cretsinger, Sal LoPorto,
Rob Milner.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Community
Development Director Mike Duffy, HR Manager Amy Strough, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, and
City Attorney Paul Campo.
MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman LoPorto moved to enter closed session pursuant
CLOSED @ 6:03 P.M. to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, and RSMo
610.021 (2) Leasing, Purchase, or sale of real estate, RSMo
610.021(3) Hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting a particular
employee, when personal information about the employee is
discussed, and RSMo 610.021 (13) Individually identifiable
personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to
employee or applicant for employment, second by Alderman
Milner.
Yes: LoPorto, Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Fuller, and Beck.
Motion carried 6-0.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Beck moved at 6:46 p.m. to adjourn closed session
CLOSED @ 6:46 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
REGULAR SESSION Mayor Kathy Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at
7:00 p.m.
Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Mike Fuller, Dawn Cockrell, Jill Beck,
Rob Milner, Sal LoPorto, and Nathan Cretsinger.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy,
City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, City Engineer Travis Hoover,
Police Chief Chris Skinrood, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, Human Resources Manager Amy
Strough, IT Manager Jason Ketter, and City Attorney Paul Campo.
PUBLIC COMMENT None.
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CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Beck moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Milner, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
MINUTES OF 03-15-22 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the March 15,
2022 meeting, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Milner. Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
MINUTES OF 03-21-22 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the March 21,
2022 meeting, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Milner, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-027 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-027
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2021-2022,
for weeks ending March 18th, March 25th, and April 1st in the
amount of $283,918.61, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Milner, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-028 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-028
SJR Park Use Agreement approving a park use agreement with SJR Media Group, LLC.
second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Milner, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-029 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-029
Declare Surplus Equipment declaring certain Public Works and Fire Department equipment to
be surplus, and authorizing its disposal, second by Alderman
Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Milner, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
BILL NO. 2022-011 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-011.
Lease of Property — Sign Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained the need
for this agreement for a sign at the soccer complex on ground that
belongs to the City until they acquire that parcel in accordance
with the development agreement.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2022-011 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Cretsinger, Fuller, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 6-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2022-011.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2022-011 and enact
said bill as ordinance. second by Alderman LoPorto.
Yes: Milner, LoPorto, Fuller, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Beck.
Motion carried 6-0.
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RESOLUTION 2022-030 City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that this change order to
CO 1 Concrete Street Maint. the contract for concrete work, this is final change order to take
care of the overruns and changes, but it is still within the budget
for this year. Travis answered questions from the Board.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-030 approving
Change Order#1 to the agreement with Phoenix Concrete, LLC
for 2020 Street Maintenance — Concrete resulting in a revised
contract amount of$1,387,581.29 for such purposes, second by
Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Fuller, Cockrell, and Milner.
Motion carried 6-0.
Liquor License Approval Alderman Beck moved to approve the picnic not-for-profit
Everybody's Fav — 06.10.22 liquor license contingent upon State of Missouri approval for the
Everybody's Favorite Barbeque & Hot Sauce Festival, Managing
Agent Richard Spaulding, event dates — June 10-12, 2022, at EH
Young Park, second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cockrell, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Fuller.
Motion carried 6-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Koral reminded the Board of election day
tomorrow and the polls are open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., we encourage
everyone to get out and vote. Koral reviewed information on
staffing shortages article from the KC Business Journal, Riverside
current staffing numbers, incentives available for hiring, and
streamlining our hiring process. The board will still approve all new
hires, but staff could extend offers prior, making the process more
efficient. City Wide garage sales are this Friday and Saturday, the
Easter Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 16th with ribbon cuttings at our
Hearts from the Parade of Hearts that same day.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained the RFQ
for the comprehensive plan is out and we have had six firms
respond so far. We are also pulling together conceptual ideas for
how our outreach needs to be structured to be more inclusive with
all of our community. We will be forming a steering committee for
the selection process of the Comprehensive Plan RFQ.
ENGINEERING Nothing to report.
FINANCE Nothing to report.
FIRE Nothing to report.
POLICE Nothing to report.
PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report.
LEVEE BOARD City Engineer Travis Hoover reported that the project under 1-635
and East of Horizons Parkway is finished up and now they are
moving to the project behind Public Works.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose added to the comments Brian made earlier,
that she has reached out to the artists of the Hearts on display in
Riverside and they will be attending the ribbon cutting first at
10:45 a.m. at the Clock Tower/Welcome Plaza and then at EH
Young about 11:45 a.m. for ribbon cutting at that Heart display.
April with the Riverside Chamber and Lori Boji with the
Community Center will have hot dogs and ice cream treats and
various other things for all to enjoy. The "Teal Mobile" will be there
from KC Current, along with a police vehicle and a fire truck. I
have had communication with the new apartment complex
manager for the now called Riverside Heights and Riverside View
apartments in Ward 3. They are owned by the same group and
the manager for both complexes is just wonderful. She is excited
about getting the Crime Free program going up there and they are
making upgrades to the apartments. We also discussed having
one of our ice cream events for the residents and getting some of
the tenants involved in our diversity and inclusion meetings as
well. Brian, Mike, and I will be going to Jefferson City next week
for the NRCC Legislative Days and we are looking forward to that.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman LoPorto — Nothing to report.
Alderman Milner— Nothing to report.
Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report.
Alderman Fuller— Nothing to report.
Alderman Beck— I hope that everyone able to attend the events
on April 16th, will go and enjoy the morning, I am not able to
attend, but I do hope there is a great turnout.
Alderman Cretsinger— I believe I heard that we are in the
endemic? Mayor Rose commented that she was not sure of that,
but it is reported that there are zero Covid patients in the hospital
at this time. Nathan stated that it is very exciting news.
Mayor Rose reminded everyone to go vote tomorrow.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Beck moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:26 p.m.,
second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, LoPorta, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Fuller.
Motions carried 6-0.
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Robin Kinc id, City Clerk
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