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REGULAR MEETING
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
Tuesday, May 7, 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, May 7, 2024.
Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy
Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck, Staci Bundy, Dawn Cockrell, 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, City Planner Sarah Wagner, City Attorney Paul Campo, and Special
Counsel Joe Bednar.
MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Palma 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 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: Palma, Cockrell, Bundy, Beck, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cockrell moved at 6:57 p.m. to adjourn closed
CLOSED @ 6:57 P.M. session with no action taken, second by Alderman Milner.
Yes: Cockrell, Milner, Beck, Bundy, and Palma.
Motion carried 5-0.
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 Jill Beck, Staci Bundy, Dawn
Cockrell, 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 Captain Gary McMullin,
Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, HR Manager Amy Strough, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance
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Director Erika Benitez, Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion, City Planner
Sarah Wagner, City Attorney Paul Campo, and Special Counsel Joe Bednar.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Rose welcomed everyone in attendance and announced
that there are 12-13 people signed up to speak on the small
livestock topic where each will have not more than 5 minutes to
share their thoughts. City Administrator Brian Koral introduced
City Planner Sarah Wagner that will give a brief overview of the
research of the small livestock and the current city code Chapter
205 —Animal Regulations.
Stephanie Gunter-4912 NW Montebella — Read a statement of
concerns regarding an LOI between Gunter and the City on 40
West Lot properties.
Christina Gunter, President of Gunter Construction — Echoed
Stephanie's concerns and urged the City to investigate the issue.
David McNicholas —2330 NW Riverview Drive —Stated negative
opinion on small livestock in the city.
Dennis Frees —4021 NW South Drive— Stated positive opinion on
small livestock in the city.
Nick Conforh — 2171 NW Scenic View Drive — Stated negative
opinion on small livestock in the city.
Sarah Gasten — 5113 NW Belton Ct— Stated positive opinion for
chickens in the city.
Erin & Slawik Pech —4613 NW Klamm Road — Stated positive
opinion for small livestock in the city.
Sheryl Dunham — 5100 NW Gower Ct— Stated positive opinion for
chickens in the city.
Terry Buller— 4415 NW Pawnee Dr— Stated negative opinion for
small livestock in the city.
Soshi Monthrevchi —4170 NW Palisades Point— Stated negative
opinion for small livestock in the city.
Laura Fellows — 2430 NW Riverview Dr— Stated negative opinion
for small livestock in the city.
Mark Hawk—4171 NW Palisades Dr— Stated negative opinion for
small livestock in the city.
Lowell Mitchell — 2110 Palisades Dr— Stated opinion against small
livestock in the city.
May Hefner—4421 NW Indian Lane — Stated positive opinion for
small livestock in the city.
Mayor Rose thanked all those attending and speaking this
evening. The Board will discuss this issue and will come back with
a decision soon.
PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for National Building Safety
Month May 2024 and presented it to Community Development
Director Mike Duffy.
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PROCLAMATION Mayor Rose read the proclamation for National Public Works
Week, May 19-25, 2024 and presented it to Public Works Director
Tom Wooddell.
CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Milner moved to approve the consent agenda as
presented, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Bundy.
Motion carried 5-0.
MINUTES OF 04-16-2024 Alderman Milner moved to approve the minutes of the April 16,
2024 meeting, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Bundy.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2024-044 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2024-044
Tyler Technologies approving an agreement amendment with Tyler Technologies,
Inc., second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Bundy.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2024-045 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2024-045
McClure- Riverway Blvd. approving a supplemental agreement to the contract with McClure
for Riverway Boulevard Improvements, second by Alderman
Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Bundy.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2024-046 Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2024-046
CO1 Monarch Build, LLC approving Change Order 1 to the Agreement with Monarch Build,
LLC for soccer Road & Parking Lot Project resulting in a revised
contract amount of$814,040.34 for such purposes, second by
Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Bundy.
Motion carried 5-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
BILL NO. 2024-029 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-029.
LLE3 & LHM Agreement Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained the
purpose of this bill and that all parties are part of Block Real
Estate Holdings to the Board.
Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill
2024-029 on second and final reading, second by Alderman
Palma.
Yes: Milner, Palma, Cockrell, Bundy, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-029.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2024-029 and enact
said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Palma, Bundy, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
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RESOLUTION 2024-047 City Engineer Travis Hoover explained that this is the concrete bid
2024 Street Maint. -Concrete discussed a few weeks ago and that Snelling was the only bidder,
but they have done work for us previously and have no concerns
about the bid and we are ready to move forward.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2024-047
awarding the bid for construction of the 2024 Street Maintenance -
Concrete and approving the agreement between the City and
Terry Snelling Construction, Inc. for construction of such project,
second by Alderman Beck.
Yes: Milner, Beck, Bundy, Palma, and Cockrell.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2024-048 HR Manager Amy Strough gave a brief overview of the benefits
Insurance Benefits 2024-25 for health, dental, and vision plans along with other volunteer
products for our employees. Our expenses are remaining fairly flat
and great benefit offerings for the employees.
Alderman Milner moved to approve Resolution 2024-048
designating an agent and accepting certain employee insurance
benefits beginning July 1, 2024, second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Bundy, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
RESOLUTION 2024-043 Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-043
Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City treasury of the
City of Riverside for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 weeks ending April
19th, April 26th, and May 3rd in the amount of$988,314.08, second
by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Palma, Bundy, and Milner.
Motion carried 5-0.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral thanked HR Manager Amy Strough
and Finance Director Erika Benitez for their work in shopping the
benefits for this upcoming fiscal year. The Upstream Story relates
to our Public Service Recognition Week, we honor all of our
employees and begin the week with a highway clean up on
Tullison Road, and then had lunch each day. An update on the
IRIS services was shared with graphs showing usage.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT No report.
ENGINEERING No report.
FINANCE No report.
FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston apologized for the issue with sirens
being sounded by KC, MO last night. Chief Payne is addressing
the concern since we were not actually in the warning area. We
are looking forward to the leadership training all day tomorrow that
will be taking place in this room.
POLICE No report.
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PUBLIC WORKS No report.
LEVEE BOARD City Engineer Travis Hoover stated the Levee Board meets next
Wednesday.
MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose commented that she was glad to have had the
public hearing tonight, that we have codes and need to make
them count. The codes have been addressed and we will discuss
the issue. We need to keep all our codes enforced. Illegal parking
on South Street needs to be watched. Reaching Riverside Events
are coming up and I am very excited for these to begin. I went
over to the Beyond the Bell picnic at Renner Brenner tonight and it
is such a great program that we, as a City, partner with for so
many children in our community. Shred and electronics is coming
in June, 2024.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report.
Alderman Milner—Announced that he is moving from Walden
Middle School to Park Hill South High School as Assistant
Principal there. I love being in this community and it was great
seeing our students at the Beyond the Bell picnic tonight.
Alderman Beck— Mentioned an area over by Argosy on a trail
where there was a pothole that needs attention. Thank you for the
support on Gatewoods neighborhood issues. Our Reaching
Riverside event is on May 31 sc
Alderman Bundy— I appreciate the Fire Department coming to our
subdivision a few weeks ago and hold a CPR class for those
wishing to attend.
Alderman Palma — Shout out to Amy and Erika for their work on
the insurance benefits, it is a lot of work, but well worth it for the
more services, more options, and keeping costs down. Thanks to
Police and Fire for all you do, and I want to thank the public for
their candid comments this evening. It is appreciated.
MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Milner moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:28 p.m.,
second by Alderman Cockrell.
Yes: Milner, Cockrell, Bundy, Palma, and Beck.
Motion carried 5-0.
• Robin Kinca. , City Clerk
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