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Home My WebLink About2023-07-18 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, July 18, 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, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday, July 18. 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, Nathan Cretsinger, Rob Milner and Steve Palma. Alderman Jason Draut was absent. Also present were Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner and City Attorney Paul Campo. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Beck 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, RSMo 610.021 (12) Sealed bids and related documents, until the bids are open; 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 Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cockrell, Palma, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Beck moved at 7:05 p.m. to adjourn closed session CLOSED @ 7:05 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cockrell. Palma, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Kathy Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck. Dawn Cockrell, Nathan Cretsinger, Rob Milner, and Steve Palma. Alderman Jason Draut was absent. Also present were Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, Fire Chief Gordon 1 Fowlston, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance Director Erika Benitez, IT Manager Jason Ketter and City Attorney Paul Campo. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Beck moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma, Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 07-05-23 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the July 5. 2023, meeting, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma. Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. JUNE 2023 COURT REPORT Alderman Beck moved to approve the June 2023 Court Report, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma, Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2023-099 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-099 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, for weeks ending July 7`h and July 13" in the amount of $742,751.24, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma, Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2023-100 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-100 Tannenbaum Tree authorizing the City of Riverside to purchase a Tannenbaum Tree through Manneco, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $38,500.00. second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma, Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2023-101 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-101 NEOGOV approving an agreement with governmentjobs.com Inc. DBA NEOGOV, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma, Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION 2023-102 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-102 Blue Valley Public Safety approving a maintenance agreement with Blue Valley Public Safety, Inc., second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Palma, Cretsinger and Cockrell. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA CITY ADMINISTRATOR Nothing to report. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy said that the Reaching Riverside events have been going well. The next events are Thursday at Fieldhouse Townhomes and Saturday at the Riverside Townhomes. The recent budget adoption provided funds for a managed deer hunt through the City's Animal Control Officer. Staff will begin making purchases and scouting areas for the upcoming season. ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover said that the City will be requesting RFQs for design services to begin a remodel for City Hall and Public Works. FINANCE Finance Director Erika Benitez went over the financial monthly report and noted that they are finishing up numbers for the end of fiscal year 2022-2023. FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston went over the monthly report for the Fire Department. Calls are up slightly from last month. Mutual aid needs have increased as well as EMS calls. Staff have also increased their training in-house this month. POLICE Police Chief Chris Skinrood went over the monthly report for the Police Department. There has been an increase in citations and arrests which is not unusual for this time of year. There has also been an increase in thefts from Quik Trip. Police Chief Skinrood also noted that the Junior Police Academy is going on this week. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD Nothing to report. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose commented that the Reaching Riverside events have been going great. We had one last week at Homestead and it was very well attended. El Chaparral was Saturday with Chick-Fil-A which was a huge hit. The next events are July 20' at Fieldhouse and July 22nd at the Riverside Townhomes. There will be an event at the skatepark on July 24'h. The Strategic Planning Committee will meet for the Comprehensive Plan will be on July 31st. The FPAL golf tournament was last week. We had a great turn out. We had 82 people here at City Hall for a World Cup Soccer meeting hosted by the Northland Chamber. The City was presented the Victor Gragg Library Champion Award last Friday for our partnership with the Mid-Continent Public Library. Finally, we have National Night Out on August 2"d and Reaching Riverside on August 3rd BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Palma — Nothing to report. Alderman Beck — Commented that she will do her best to be at some of the Reaching Riverside events. Alderman Cretsinger— Noted that he is excited about the success of the Reaching Riverside events and all the input the City is receiving. He also noted that the Montebella fountain is working. Alderman Cockrell — Mentioned that there is a family of foxes living in her neighborhood. Alderman Milner— Noted that he will be at the Reaching Riverside event on August 3rd MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Milner moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:37 p.m., second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 5-0. ' '' 1-* A '' Sara Wagner, Deputy City Clerk I •s • i 4