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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-19 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, March 19, 2024 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, March 19, 2024. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Dawn Cockrell, Nathan Cretsinger, Jason Draut (arrived at 6:09), and Steve Palma. Alderman Rob Milner was absent. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, HR Manager Amy Strough, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, City Engineer Travis Hoover, and City Attorney Paul Campo. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Beck 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, 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 Cockrell. Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Palma, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 4-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Beck moved at 7:00 p.m. to adjourn closed session CLOSED @ 7:00 P.M. with action taken, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Beck, Palma, Cretsinger, Cockrell, and Draut. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Kathy Rose called the Regular Session Meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Dawn Cockrell, Nathan Cretsinger, Jason Draut, Rob Milner, and Steve Palma. 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, HR Manager Amy Strough, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Capital Projects /Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion, Finance Director Erika Benitez, IT Manager Jason Ketter, Accounts Payable Clerk Zach Siliski, and City Attorney Paul Campo. 1 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, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 03-05-2024 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the March 5, 2024, meeting, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 03-07-2024 Alderman Beck moved to approve the minutes of the March 7, 2024, meeting, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. COURT REPORT Alderman Beck moved to approve the court report for the month of February 2024, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-028 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-028 Janitorial Services Contract extending the janitorial services to Town & Country Building Services and approving execution of a contract for 2024-2025 in connection with the provision of such services, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-029 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-029 Declare Surplus Property declaring certain equipment to be surplus and authorizing its disposal, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-030 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-030 Recruitment Incentive approving the City Recruitment Incentive and Retention Program Policy, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-031 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-031 Park Board Appointment appointing Chad Blomberg to the Park Board of Riverside, Missouri, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cretsinger, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. 2 REGULAR AGENDA BILL NO. 2024-013 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-013. House Bill 7 Funding-Soccer Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained that this bill allows us to access $3 million that was allocated to the City last year. Moving this forward this fiscal year toward repayment to the City for a portion of the $7 million the City put toward the Soccer Project in the beginning. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-013 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Draut, Cretsinger, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-013. Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2024-013 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger. Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Palma, Milner, Cockrell, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2024-014 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-014. KCATA Agreement City Administrator Brian Koral addressed the Board and stated this bill will continue the IRIS Program for the remaining nine months of this year with no price increase through 2024. Alderman Cretsinger moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-014 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Milner, Palma, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-014. Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2024-014 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cretsinger. Yes: Beck, Cretsinger, Cockrell, Milner, Draut, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2024-015 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-015. PHS SRO MOU 2024-2025 Chief Chris Skinrood explained that this is the annual agreement with Park Hill School District for the School Resource Officer Matt Westrich. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-015 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Palma, Beck, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-015. Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Bill 2024-015 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Cockrell, Milner, Cretsinger, Draut, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. 3 BILL NO. 2024-016 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-016. EH Park Signage Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion reported that this is the agreement for the EH Young Park entry sign allowing the Levee District to review the drawings and place the sign partially on their property. Alderman Cretsinger moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-016 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Cretsinger, Beck, Draut, Cockrell, Palma, and Milner. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-016. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2024-016 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Draut, Cretsinger, Beck, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-032 Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion stated that Magellan/Vivion Rd Trail this agreement is to move some Magellan Pipeline test stations that the Vivion Road Trial will be encroaching upon. Magellan will move them but at our expense since it is our project at an estimated cost of$5,000. Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-032 authorizing approval of the reimbursement agreement with Magellan Pipeline Company for the Vivion Road Trail, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Beck, Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Cretsinger, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-033 City Engineer Travis Hoover announced that the houses are down HECO Inc C01 and it is looking much better on the demolition area. He is working with tree trimmers now and there was one change order necessary for asbestos removal for$3,300. Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2024-033 approving change order 1 to the agreement with HECO, Inc, for demolition of Karen Blvd Structures Project resulting in a revised contact amount of$54,300.00 for such purposes, second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Milner, Beck, Cockrell, Cretsinger, Palma, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-027 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-027 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds for fiscal year 2023-2024 for weeks ending March 8th and March 15th in the amount of $1,322,032.12, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Beck, Palma, Cockrell, Milner, Draut, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Korai announced that Google Fiber installation is underway. The Easter Egg Hunt is at Renner Brenner Park on March 30'h at 10 a.m. 4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy stated that there is an illegal dumping issue on NW Gateway, just north of the townhomes and the property manager has hired a contractor to clean up the area. City staff will keep an eye on this concern and when it is cleaned up there will be barriers placed there to avoid this issue until a more permanent fix as part of the street maintenance program. ENGINEERING City Engineer Hoover responded to signage and street lighting questions from the Board. FINANCE Finance Director Erika Benitez shared a PowerPoint presentation showing that we are at 66.7% through the fiscal year and right on pace with the budget. Benitez explained a variety of Revenue, Expenditure, and Investment details. FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston reviewed the February 2024 monthly reports that were included in the packet and answered questions about the planning and execution of the training at the old Red X building. POLICE Police Chief Chris Skinrood explained details of the February 2024 reports that were in the packet. We have had a few events at the High School, so the SRO officer has been busy. The license plate campaign has been going very well. PUBLIC WORKS Nothing to report. LEVEE BOARD City Engineer Travis Hoover commented that the next meeting is April 17th MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose stated that she has sent out information to the Board on the sponsorship/partnership opportunities for the Northland Workforce Development Center. I would like to get a recommendation from the Board for a dollar amount that could be plugged into the upcoming budget for 2024-2025. The presentation at our last meeting was very good and informational. Red X demo is causing a parking issue for Larry's Nursery for this season and the Board discussed options for this concern. Last week a group of us presented to the NRCC Planning and Development Committee and about 70 others including Zoom viewers about a transit plan and boarder transportation thinking. We have had a resident that has taken ownership of some goats and that is against our ordinances. This resident has requested consideration of amending the City Code for this purpose. Discussion among the Board and staff was held. Community Development Director Duffy added information and there may be a public discussion time at a future meeting. The library will be having a ribbon cutting sometime in May 2024. The KCCurrent game we were able to attend over the weekend and that was a very exciting time. I had the pleasure of meeting actor Eric 5 Stonestreet at the game, and he commented that he loved the Red X. I am so happy for the Longs and the great venue for their team. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Milner— I appreciate the opportunity to go to the KCCurrent game and it was a lot of fun. I also wondered if we could get a skate park update when possible. City Administrator gave a quick timeline update. Parks Manager Bennion added brief information on the bidding possibilities for the skate park. Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report. Alderman Draut— Nothing to report. Alderman Cretsinger—We were taking a walk at EH Young Park, Public Works was out there working and keeping everything looking very nice out there. We will need an idea of what dollar amount the Mayor is thinking of in regard to our annual service agreements. Mayor Rose said that this is a one-time opportunity. Alderman Beck— Nothing to report. Alderman Palma — Nothing to report. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Palma moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m., second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Palma, Beck, Milner, Draut, Cockrell, and Cretsinger. Motion carried 6-0. Robin Kincaid, City Clerk 6