HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-12-05 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
6:00 p.m.
The Board of Aldermen for the City of Riverside, Missouri, met in regular session in the
Aldermen Chambers at 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday, December 5,
2023.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:04 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 City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy,
Police Chief Chris Skinrood, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, City Attorney Paul Campo, and Special
Counsel Joe Bednar (by Zoom).
MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Beck moved to enter closed session pursuant to
CLOSED @ 6:04 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 (9) Preparation, including any discussions or
work product, on behalf of a public governmental body or its
representatives for negotiations with employee groups, and
RSMo 610.021 (13) Individually identifiable personnel records,
performance ratings or records pertaining to employee or
applicant for employment, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Palma, Milner, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 5-0.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cockrell moved at 6:48 p.m. to adjourn closed session
CLOSED @ 6:48 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Palma, Cretsinger, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
REGULAR SESSION Mayor Kathy Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order
at 7:02 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 City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy,
City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Police Chief Chris Skinrood,
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Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance Director Erika Benitez, IT
Manager Jason Ketter, Fire Captain Adam Ellis, and City Attorney Paul Campo.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMENTS None.
CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Beck moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
MINUTES OF 11-21-2023 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the November
21, 2023 meeting, second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-166 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-166
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City treasury of the
City of Riverside for Fiscal Year 2023-2023 weeks ending
November 24th and December 1st in the amount of$211,664.85,
second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2023-167 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2023-167
Purchase 2023 Durango authorizing the purchase of a Dodge 2024 Police Durango for the
Police Department through Landmark Dodge off the Mid America
Regional Council Government bid for Cooperative Fleet Pricing in
an amount not to exceed $57,100.00, second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
BILL NO. 2023-071 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-071.
1St Amend to RedX MOU Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained that this is
a first amendment to the MOU passed earlier and is detailing how
the stormwater improvement expenses will be billed and then paid
out.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-071 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Cretsinger, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-071.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2023-071 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Beck, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
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BILL NO. 2023-072 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-072.
Platte Co. Transportation Tax City Administrator Brian Koral reported this agreement is between
the City and Platte County regarding the road tax that was
approved for a ten-year period, and this is governing the City will
receive those funds and how they may be used.
Alderman Cockrell moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-072 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Palma, Milner, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-072.
Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2023-072 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger.
Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Milner, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
BILL NO. 2023-073 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2023-073.
Sale of Property to KC WFC Community Development Director Mike Duffy stated that this Bill
is the next sales on the soccer ground and commercial ground for
KC WFC Training, LLC. This is following the development plan,
and these sales should close prior to the end of the year. There
were slides shown of the area being considered and Duffy
answered questions from the Board.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2023-073 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Cretsinger.
Yes: Milner, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Palma, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2023-073.
Alderman Cretsinger moved to approve Bill 2023-073 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Milner, Palma, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral shared a video Park Hill Proud as
an Upstream Story about the Park Hill South School District. Koral
then shared photos from recent Upstream from Ordinary Service:
Tree lighting ceremony on November 30th, Shop with a Cop and
Firefighter on December 3rd, and Riverside Senior Luncheon
served at the Community Center by Police, Fire, Public Works,
and City Staff on December 5th. Today was also the first day to file
for the 2024 General Municipal Election and will close December
26th at 5 p.m. We will have our Celebrating Service Luncheon on
Thursday, December 14th at noon to recognize all colleagues for
hitting those 5-year milestones.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT No report.
ENGINEERING No report.
FINANCE No report.
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FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston announced that Santa will be out on
the fire truck on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, December
13th & 14th. We have a "Santa Tracker" app that people can follow
this year to know his arrival in their Riverside neighborhoods. The
information is going to be available on Facebook and on the City
website.
POLICE No report.
PUBLIC WORKS No report. Mayor Rose commented that the Public Works Crew
did a good job on the snow event.
LEVEE BOARD Hoover reported there is a meeting next week.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose tagged on to City Administrator's comments,
that we have had a lot going on. The tree lighting was much
smaller but everyone there was so happy, appreciative of what we
did, and glad to be there. Shout out to Tom and his crew for all the
beautiful lights and that new tree is just gorgeous, so thank you for
that. Next year we hope to partner with the library and look
forward to all that. Shop with a Cop and Firefighter was a huge
success and a great event. The Senior Dinner was a good crowd
with wonderful food. The Riverside Chamber Christmas Party is
on December 14m, let Robin know if you want to attend.
Remember our City Christmas Party is Sunday, December 10th, at
5:30 p.m. at Argosy. Commissioner Dagmar Wood called me and
then I met with the Platte County Mayors last evening and I am
happy to announce that we have been awarded $1 million toward
the park at the soccer training facility. I am very excited that the
training facility has awarded naming rights to KU and having their
presence in our city is amazing to me. It would be fantastic to
someday have a medical facility with their name on it in that area.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Palma — Shout out to Public Works for snow removal
and all the work on the tree and lights, it was beautiful.
Alderman Beck— Nothing to report.
Alderman Cretsinger— Tom and your crew, all the lights, tree, all
of it, looks really beautiful.
Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report.
Alderman Milner— I want to say great job to Public Works as well,
just this picture on the screen alone is Halmark worthy. Really
grateful for all you guys and the hard work you put in.
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WORKSHOP At 7:34 p.m. City Administrator Brian Koral reviewed the
Employee Handbook proposed updates through PowerPoint
slides and discussion. This will go before the Board of Aldermen
for their consideration at the next meeting, to be effective January
1, 2024. Mayor Rose thanked Amy, Department Heads, Brian,
and Paul for their work getting this update prepared.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Palma moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:14 p.m.,
second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Palma, Beck, Cockrell, Milner, and Cretsinger.
Motion carried 5-0.
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Robin Kincai , City Clerk
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