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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-04-19 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, April 19, 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 Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Mike Fuller, Dawn Cockrell, Robert Milner. and Sal LoPorto. Alderman Nathan Cretsinger was absent. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, HR Manager Amy Strough, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, and Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston. City Attorney Paul Campo was also present. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Fuller moved to enter closed session pursuant to CLOSED @ 6:07 P.M. 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 Beck. Yes: Fuller, Beck, LoPorto, Cockrell. and Milner. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cockrell moved at 7:01 p.m. to adjourn closed session CLOSED @ 7:01 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Fuller, LoPorto, and Milner. Motion carried 5-0. 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, and Sal LoPorto. Alderman Nathan Cretsinger was absent. 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, and Human Resources Manager Amy Strough. 1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT Terry Bullard, 4415 NW Pawnee Drive, made comments regarding the work that Missouri American Water is doing in their neighborhood and thanked staff for answering his questions prior to the meeting. BILL NO. 2022-012 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-012. 2022 Election Certification Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. 2022-012 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2022-012 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Fuller, Beck, and LoPorto. Motion carried 5-0. Mayor Rose commented that it was wonderful to talk with so many residents, give hugs, laugh, cry, and share many conversations about the city, and not one negative comment about our city. Great to hear and see that people are recognizing what our Board is accomplishing. She feels very blessed and honored to serve as Mayor for two more years. Alderman Milner responded that it was cool to see all those out at the poles and the set up for voting was very nice in the community center. City Clerk Robin Kincaid administered the oath to Mayor Kathleen L. Rose. City Clerk Robin Kincaid administered the oath to Alderman Marilee Dawn Cockrell and Alderman Jill Hammond. PRESIDENT PRO TEM Alderman Milner moved to appoint Alderman Jill Beck to serve as President Pro Tem for a one-year term. second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Fuller, and LoPorto. Motion carried 5-0. PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for Older Americans Month - May 2022 with Debra Gwin from Platte County Senior Fund present to receive the proclamation. Debra thanked the City for their support. PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for National Bike Month 2022. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Beck moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Beck, LoPorto, Cockrell, Milner, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 04-04-22 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the April 4, 2022, meeting, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Beck, LoPorto, Cockrell, Milner. and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. COURT REPORT Alderman Beck moved to approve the court report for the month of March 2022, second by Alderman LoPorto. Yes: Beck, LoPorto, Cockrell, Milner, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2022-031 Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2022-031 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2021-2022, for weeks ending April 8th and April 15th in the amount of $1,230,201.51, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: LoPorto, Cockrell, Fuller, and Milner. No: none Abstain: Beck. Motion carried 4-0-1. RESOLUTION 2022-032 Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2022-023 Satellite Shelters, Fire Dept, approving the rental of modular buildings from satellite shelters, Inc., second by Alderman Beck. Yes: LoPorto, Beck, Fuller, Milner, and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral congratulated the re-elected officials, Mayor, and Board members. The MCPL Board unanimously approved to construct the next Riverside public library just south of the Welcome Plaza. We had a great turnout for the annual Easter Egg Hunt and that was followed by ribbon cuttings and dedications for the hearts that are placed at the Welcome Plaza and at E.H. Young Park. The artists were present at each and there was good participation at all the events. A staffing update remains as it was at the last meeting, but we do expect to fill some of those positions in the coming weeks. Brian then shared an Upstream Story from the Police Department that came as an email and a thank you note, where officers used their crisis intervention training and helped a young lady receive the help she needed. Her family was very appreciative. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Nothing to report. ENGINEERING Nothing to report. FINANCE Interim Finance Director Brian Koral reviewed by PowerPoint presentation with the April 2022 financial status with 75% of the year passed. He highlighted the funds and balances. 3 FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston reviewed the Fire Department reports of the March 2022 activities. POLICE Police Chief Chris Skinrood explained the March 2022 report and added that it shows things are about the same as the previous month, just a slight increase. Chris answered a few questions from the Board. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD Nothing to report. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose reported on last weekend's event. There were 5,000 eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt, and I want to thank all those that helped make that happen. Those kids were so happy with 15-20 eggs in their baskets and their parents gave great feedback. The Teal Mobile with KC Current was present and popular as well. It was kind of like a progressive dinner, we moved from the egg hunt to the Welcome Plaza for the ribbon cutting for the "Heart" placed there. The artist and the Parade of Hearts coordinator spoke it was very personal and meaningful. We left there and went to EH Young Park for second artist speaking and ribbon cutting. There were about 50 participants present for that event. I am very proud to have a staff that could pull such an event together and I thank you all for that. Next week I will be attending the Beyond the Bell final picnic and to meet the kids and hear what they have been doing. Today I attended the NRCC Youth Leadership Graduation, the youth and their parents were all there, and they were inspiring. There is great hope for our youth. Tomorrow I will be at a special event where the owners of The Current soccer team are giving an award to someone, they are making a video for the presentation of the award, and I was asked to be in the video. It has been an exciting time. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman LoPorto — Nothing to report. Alderman Beck — It was great to be re-elected. I thoroughly enjoy serving this community and I am grateful to be beginning my third term with all the opportunities moving forward. I appreciate the Board, staff, and this community for making serving such a great experience. I am very happy the events on Saturday went so well. Alderman Milner— Congratulations again Mayor, Jill, Dawn, and Nate, I am proud of you guys, and I love being here in Riverside. Alderman Fuller— I want to take a moment, with it being National Bike Month, to commend the Board and the amount of effort put into our trails. You can have a $50,000 dollar bike or a $2.00 bike, it doesn't matter, you can get on the trails or just walk them. The beauty and pleasure to see all generations out and enjoying 4 nature, family, and friends. Then looking at our neighborhoods and seeing the elderly, the turnover, it is sad, those that have been there for 20-25 years, and they move on. Then you have new families move in with little children. I saw a few kids get off the bus today, those moments, you see that as a community, we are rebirthing and thriving. It is a change, but it is a wonderful thing. Alderman Cockrell — Thanks for having the last two years and I am excited about the next two. We have a lot of good things happening. I am excited about bike month too; I just got a new bike. Mayor Rose invited everyone to stay around have a cookie and visit following our motion to adjourn. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman LoPorto moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:41 p.m., second by Alderman Milner. Yes: LoPorto, Milner, Fuller, Cockrell, and Beck. Motions carried 5-0. Robin Kincaid, City Clerk 5