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REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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,
March 21, 2023.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy
Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Dawn Cockrell, Sal LoPorto, Steve Palma, Rob Milner, and Nathan
Cretsinger (by Zoom).
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike
Duffy, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, HR Manager Amy Strough,
Finance Director Erika Benitez, and City Attorney Paul Campo.
MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Milner moved to enter closed session pursuant to
CLOSED @ 6:03 P.M. RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, RSMo 610.021 (2)
Leasing, purchase, or sale of real estate by a public governmental
body where public knowledge of the transaction might adversely affect
the legal consideration thereof, RSMo 610.021(3) Hiring, firing,
disciplining, or promoting a particular employee, when personal
information about the employee is discussed, RSMo 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 Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Palma, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 6-0.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman `Palma moved at 6:47 p.m. to adjourn closed
CLOSED @ 6:47 P.M. session with no action taken, second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Palma, Milner, LoPorto, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Beck.
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 Dawn Cockrell, Jill Beck, Sal
LoPorto, Steve Palma, and Rob Milner.
Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy,
City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Police Chief Chris Skinrood,
Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Human Resources Manager Amy
Strough, Finance Director Erika Benitez, and City Attorney Paul Campo.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMENT None.
CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Milner moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0:
MINUTES OF 03-07-23 Alderman Milner moved to approve the minutes of the March 7,
2023 meeting, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
MINUTES OF 03-14-23 Alderman Milner moved to approve the minutes of the March 14,
2023 special meeting, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
COURT REPORT Alderman Milner moved to approve the Court Reportfor February
2023, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-034 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2023-034
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2022-2023 for
weeks ending March 10th and March 17th in the amount of
$264,132.89, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-035 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2023-035
Surplus Fire Equipment declaring certain Fire Department equipment to be surplus, and
authorizing its disposal, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Rose announced; the public hearing to consider rezoning
Rezoning GP-1 to PD property located at 1000 Intercon Drive from GP -I to PD, in the
1000 Intercon Drive City of Riverside, Missouri.
Community Development Director Mike Duffy asked the Board for
a motion to continue the public hearing to the April 3rd meeting,
there are a couple areas needing correction in the exhibits to
make them consistent with the Planning Commission
recommendations. Mayor Rose then explained that the public
hearing remains open, and I need a motion.
Alderman Beck moved to continue the public hearing to the April
3, 2023 regular meeting, second by Alderman Palma.
Yes: Beck, Palma, Cockrell, Milner, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 5-0
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BILL NO.2023-013 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No, 2023-013.
Full Time Fire Hire - Rulon Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-013 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, LoPorto, Milner, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-013.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2023-013 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Palma, LoPorto, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
BILL NO. 2023-014 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-014.
Levee Agreement City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that this is for the Line
Creek Trial connector at Renner Brenner Park. This is a small trac
of land owned by the Levee District and this is an agreement with
them to have the trail on their property.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-014 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-014.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2023-014 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Palma.
Yes: Beck, Palma, Cockrell, Milner, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 5-0.
BILL NO. 2023-015 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-015.
MOU with PHSD Agreement Chief Chris Skinrood reviewed the purpose of this ordinance and it
is the annual agreement for the SRO Officer Westrich at the
district for his annual salary.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-015 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, LoPorto, Beck, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave the second reading of Bill No. 2023-015.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2023-015 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
BILL NO. 2023-016 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-016.
Fire Dept. Grant Approval Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston stated that this is a grant they applied
for through Cares Act Funds that will be used for a new gear
extractor and a drying rack. It is a 50/50 matching grant for
$15,000.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-016 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
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Yes: Milner, Beck, Cockrell, Palma, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-016.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2023--016 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Palma.
Yes: Beck, Palma, Milner, Cockrell, and LoPorto.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-036 Community Development Director Mike Duffy commented that this
Communities of All Ages is a program that MARC is encouraging communities to participate
in to help us understand all the resources available to all the age
specific groups and to work and learn from what other
communities are doing. We are fortunate here in Riverside, we do
have programs and activities for all ages from children to our
seniors. This will help us to improve and get more specific and
targeted to make sure we are doing all we can to support our
residents of all ages.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-036
acknowledging and supporting the KC Communities for all ages
and Mid -America Regional Councils' communities for all ages
initiative, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, LoPorto, Milner, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-037 City Engineer Travis Hoover reported that task order 12 is for the
McClure Task Order 12 art in front of EH Young Park. This will be the foundation,
subgrade, working with the Levee District, etc. This is the planning
stages and RFQ will go out soon.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2023-037
approving task order number 12 with McClure, second by
Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, LoPorto, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-038 City Engineer Travis Hoover updated the Board on the changes
Crossland ,CO16 included within this change order, noting also it included a few
deductions.
Alderman Palma moved to approve Resolution 2023-038
approving change order 16 to the agreement with Crossland
Construction Company, Inc. for additions & renovations Riverside
Public Safety resulting in a revised contract amount of
$4,935,099.87 for such purposes, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Palma, Cockrell, LoPorto, Beck, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Koral shared some photos of the Public Safety
Renovation and reminded the Board that they will have a tour on
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April 31. The end of the project is nearing and is coming in under
budget. Another topic that I want to make you aware of and give
you time to think of the direction you would like to proceed, is our
City Code of Ordinances and our limited number of liquor licenses.
There may be projects on the horizon that would cause us to look
at raising the cap or consider if the cap is necessary to continue.
Again, this is only to think about and will be brought to you for
further discussion in the future. Just a reminder that the General
Municipal Election will be on April 4th so our next regular meeting
will be held on Monday, April 31
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy gave an update on
the comprehensive plan progress. The consultant team has been
here the last two days, one pre -meeting with the library, then the
steering committee meeting last night, and the community meeting
to kick the process off. We held two roundtable discussions with
businesses within our city this morning. Everyone involved is very
excited about what this is going to mean to our community.
ENGINEERING Nothing to report.
FINANCE Finance Director Erika Benitez showed by PowerPoint
presentation at the 66.7% mark of our fiscal year budget. She
highlighted the funds and balances for income and expenses and
the investment portfolio. Questions from the Board were
answered.
FIRE Fire Chief Fowlston reviewed the numbers for their February
activities report and noted that Fire activity/calls have increased
30% each month, higher than last year at this time. Our new truck
has begun to be built; we are happy about that. We are hosting a
Child Car Seat Technician Class this week with Children's Mercy.
We have people from around the entire area and some of our own
folks attending this class. This is a service to help our residents
install their new car seats and we have some available through a
Platte County Grant if someone is in need of a car seat.
POLICE Police Chief Chris Skinrood reviewed the February 2023 stats. We
really have little change from last month's numbers. We are
beginning to get busier, mainly because of accidents due to the
strange weather popping up in the last month.
PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report.
LEVEE BOARD Nothing to report.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose stated that the Northland Chamber held their
Youth Leadership and Adult Leadership this month and the adult
class truly loved the day that they spent here, blown away with the
professionalism of everyone and everything that was done here,
that speaks to who we are, and it makes me very proud! Thank
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you to all staff for doing that. The youth leadership class includes
two Juniors from 17 different high schools in the area. This year's
group was very involved, they asked very good questions and I
hope they grow and move on to stay interested in city
government. They were very disappointed they did not get to see
the PS Renovation, but I invited all of them to come back and tour
it at our open house. Today I went to the NRCC monthly
luncheon and Katherine Holland with the KC Sports Commission
spoke to a sold -out crowd and she did a fabulous job talking about
the World Cup and the NFL Draft. There is going to be a huge
impact on Kansas City and Riverside. We have less than 4 years
to get everything in place, but it is going to be a big deal. The Park
Board is looking for the Skate Park RFQs, have we received those
yet? Hoover responded that they have. Mayor Rose commented
that there are some very excited kids that want to be a part of that
process. The Comprehensive Plan meeting last night had a nice
and powerful group. I am so excited about what comes out of
these meetings! Mike, Brian, and I attended the Mid -Continent
Library Board meeting this evening. They just texted us that the
Board voted 10-2 to approve our library project, with ground
breaking in June and done by May 2024.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman LoPorto — Congrats to all that took time and efforts into
getting the library project for Riverside.
Alderman Cockrell — Are we having a shredding event this year?
Brian responded that it is going to be scheduled.
Alderman Milner — I really enjoyed the strategic planning meeting
last night. A lot of people had compassionate opinions about some
things. It is really exciting to see the ideas for the future of
Riverside and looking forward to seeing some of those coming to
fruition. Also, in the month of April, my wife will be launching her
business, Marriage Foundation of Hope, a counseling business
and all will be receiving an invite for that launch date.
Alderman Palma — Congratulations on getting the library project
across the line. I also want to thank Fire, Police, and Public Works
for all they do to keep us safe and protected.
Alderman Beck —Also, congratulations on getting the library
across the line, that will be an asset to Riverside for decades to
come. Yes, a very good planning meeting last night with at theme
that seemed to be "bring the river back to Riverside". Lots of
conversation, lots of ideas that were interacting with the river. The
river is an amazing resource, and we should use it more.
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MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Palma moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:14 p.m.,
second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Palma, Cockrell, LoPorto, Milner, and Beck.
Motion` carried 5-0.
Robin Kincaid, City Clerk
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