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REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Tuesday, July 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,
July 19, 2022.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy
Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Dawn Cockrell, Robert Milner, Sal LoPorto, and Nathan Cretsinger.
Alderman Steve Palma was absent.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Community
Development Director Mike Duffy, and City Attorney Paul Campo. Dane Martin with Graves
Garrett was also in attendance.
MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Cockrell moved to enter closed session pursuant to
CLOSED @ 6:01 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, 610.021(12) Sealed bids and related documents,
until the bids are opened; and sealed proposals and related
documents or any documents related to a negotiated contract
until a contract is executed, or all proposals are rejected, and
RSMo 610.021 (13) Individually identifiable personnel records,
performance ratings or records pertaining to employee or
applicant for employment, second by Alderman LoPorto.
Yes: Cockrell, LoPorto, Milner, Beck, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 5-0.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman LoPorto moved at 7:08 p.m. to adjourn closed session
CLOSED @ 7:08 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: LoPorto, Cretsinger, Beck, Cockrell, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
REGULAR SESSION Mayor Kathy Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at
7:13 p.m.
Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Dawn Cockrell, Jill Beck, Rob Milner,
Sal LoPorto, and Nathan Cretsinger.
Alderman Steve Palma 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,
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Police Captain Mike Costanzo, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, Human Resources Manager Amy
Strough, Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion, Finance Director Erika Benitez,
and IT Manager Jason Ketter. City Attorney Paul Campo was also present.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MOMENT OF SILENCE Mayor Rose asked for everyone present to remain standing to
observe a moment of silence in honor of the North Kansas City,
Missouri police officer that lost his life today in a tragic shooting.
PUBLIC COMMENT None.
CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Beck moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
MINUTES OF 07-05-22 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the July 5, 2022
meeting, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
COURT REPORT Alderman Beck moved to approve the court report for the month of
June 2022, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-080 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-080
CO 2 Star Sign, LLC approving Change Order 2 to the agreement with Star Signs, LLC
for the 2021 Wayfinding Sign Project resulting in a revised
contract amount of $148,825.00 for such purposes, second by
Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-084 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-084
Communications Furniture authorizing the purchase of six (6) Motorola Consolettes and three
(3) desk sets for the communications unit off the Johnson County
Kansas Cooperative Bid Pricing in an amount not to exceed
$60,156.11, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
BILL NO. 2022-041 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-041.
Logistics Centre Bldg 2 Community Development Director Mike Duffy and Sarah Granath
with Gilmore & Bell explained the modification that was done in
May 2022 for this Chapter 100 project and now they are bringing a
slight modification again regarding the name change. Questions
were answered as well.
Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2022-041 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Cockrell, LoPorto, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2022-041.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2022-041 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Milner, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 5-0.
BILL NO. 2022-042 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-042.
Police Compensation Plan HR Manager Amy Strough reported that this formalizing the Pay
Range Scale change for the Police Department, it is a 5% cost of
living adjustment as all other employees received.
Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2022-042 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2022-042.
Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Bill 2022-042 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Cretsinger, Cockrell, Milner, LoPorto, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
BILL NO. 2022-043 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2022-043.
Amend CA Agreement Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2022-043 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Milner, LoPorto, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2022-043.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2022-043 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, LoPorto, Cretsinger, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-079 Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2022-079
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2021-2022 and
2022-2023 for weeks ending July 8" and July 15`h in the amount of
$473,140.31, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: LoPorto, Cockrell, Cretsinger, and Milner.
No: None.
Abstain: Beck.
Motion carried 4-0-1.
RESOLUTION 2022-081 Finance Director Erika Benitez reported that this is a one time
RSM US LLP Addendum amendment asking the auditors to do the bulk of financial
reporting for the 2021-2022 year, while we are getting our staff
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trained, filling gaps, and they will help us make sure that we have
all reporting done and finalizing year-end requirements all met to
the State Auditor by December 31, 2022. This is a one-time
request for up to 60 hours of work.
Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2022-081
approving an addendum to the agreement with RSM US LLP for
external auditing services, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: LoPorto, Cretsinger, Beck, Milner, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-082 City Administrator Brian Koral announced the National League of
NLC Sponsorship Cities is being held in Kansas City, Missouri this year and we want
to be a sponsor in support of this annual conference in the amount
of $5,000. This also includes the option to send two delegates to
the conference.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2022-082 approving
a sponsorship for the National League of Cities Annual City
Summit Conference to be held in Kansas City, Missouri in 2022,
second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, LoPorto, Cockrell, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2022-083 Capital Projects/ Parks Noel Challis Bennion showed a slide of the
Task Order#2 Waters Edge project and explained the funds that are being requested in this
Task Order being presented this evening to keep the project
moving along.
Alderman LoPorto moved to approve Resolution 2022-083
approving Task Order Number 2 with Waters Edge Aquatic
Design, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: LoPorto, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Milner, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral shared that Candy Gram will be
retiring after 40 years of service with the City. The Board is invited
to attend on August 5th here at City Hall at 11 a.m. She will
continue as a part-time employee. The Public Safety Renovation
Project is underway and there will be pictures posted to keep
everyone updated on the progress. Reaching Riverside Event at
the Waterfall was held on July 14th and it was an excellent event.
The heart from the Parade of Hearts that the City purchased was
on display there and now has been moved into our lobby. Our
Upstream Story this evening shows pictures of our Junior Police
Academy being held this week for sophomore and junior students
encouraging them into a career of public safety service.
Graduation will be on Friday at noon. This program is a great
opportunity to build relationships and possible career paths.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy handed out a
brochure and discussed an Economic Development Program that
will be held next week. Mike explained the free program and
encouraged anyone interested to sign up and attend.
ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover announced that they are in the next
round of CIPP storm water pipe improvements and the areas for
this project, also, the street maintenance project for asphalt
overlay plan and announced the streets for those projects. Bid
packets will be going out soon for both these projects.
FINANCE Finance Director Erika Benitez showed by PowerPoint
presentation the June 30, 2022 financial status with 100% of the
budget year passed. She highlighted the funds and balances for
income and expenses with a few special line items that are over
and gave the explanation for these. The investment portfolio was
shown and opportunity for questions was offered.
FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston reviewed the Fire Department reports
of the June 2022 activities. They are officially moved into the
trailers for the renovation period of Public Safety. Notice was
given that 29% of the calls were overlapping and have been
handled well, credit to our crews for that.
POLICE Police Captain Mike Costanzo reviewed the June 2022 activity
report. Our summer numbers are increasing as they normally
seem to do.
PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report.
LEVEE BOARD Nothing to report.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Rose commented on how busy the EH Young Park is, even
in the early morning hours and she also thanked the Public Works
Department for taking down all the dead trees and how beautiful it
looks. The heart is here in the lobby, I would really like for it to be
a "traveling heart," but we are going to have to figure out a way to
stabilize it and keep it safe in the various locations. Everyone
loves it and it represents who we are so well. Thank you to the
Police Department and staff for all the work for the Junior Police
Academy, I love seeing all the pictures, the great experience
those teenagers get, and I will be proud to be at the graduation on
Friday. The Reaching Riverside event last Thursday night was
wonderful and had so many residents engaged. The FPAL golf
tournament held last Friday was a huge success. It was well
attended, and I can't wait to hear the numbers from that event to
help our FPAL kids. We will be attending the MML West Gate
meeting next week for the Civic Leadership Banquet and we will
be honoring the Beyond the Bell program so representatives of
the English Landing Elementary School including Therapy Dog
Steve will be attending with us to accept their award.
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BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Cretsinger— Want to first brag on the Park Hill South
Cheerleaders, my daughter is one of them, they have been
holding a cheer camp for young children to attend, and they are
having a lot of fun. I am so impressed with the responses from the
Reaching Riverside events and want to thank those involved in
them, hats off to all those making that happen, and I certainly
hope to attend one of them. I continue to have residents
concerned about the debris that is setting in the way on
Montebella Drive, we are weeks maybe months into this issue,
know there is a plan for it, but they are very eager to have this out
of their way, thank you for working on that. Lastly, Senate Bill 820
removes the limit ability of a HOA to prevent solar panels. Koral
responded to the solar panel questions asked.
Alderman Milner— Great job on the Reaching Riverside event. I
was unable to be there and am anxious to hear more about it. I
am also encouraged to see the process and progress on the
townhomes in the Gatewoods area.
Alderman Beck— I simply want to say that my heart goes out to
the family of the officer from North Kansas City.
Alderman Cockrell — Thank you to city staff, Fire, Police, and
everyone that helped with the Reaching Riverside event. I got an
opportunity to meet many people I had never met before from
Palisades and the entire area. It really did bring us together and
these events really do make a difference. It was awesome.
Alderman LoPorto — Nothing to report.
City Administrator Koral mentioned a couple updates to the Board
before closing: 1. That the City is scheduled to close on the library
tomorrow. 2. Due to spacing crunch in the old Public Safety
Garage with the renovation project, the Building Inspector Craig
Slaughter who lives close, has been asked to drive the city vehicle
home each evening as there is no place to park it inside.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Beck moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 p.m.,
second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Iviilner, Cockrell, and LoPorto.
Motions carried 5-0.
Robin Kincai , City Clerk
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