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Home My WebLink About2024-06-04 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, June 4, 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, June 4, 2024. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Staci Bundy, Dawn Cockrell, Jason Draut, and Steve Palma. Aldermen Jill Beck and Rob Milner were absent. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, HR Manager Amy Strough, City Attorney Paul Campo, and Special Counsel Joe Bednar (arrived at 6:36 p.m.) MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Draut moved to enter closed session pursuant to CLOSED @ 6:03 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 Palma. Yes: Draut, Palma, Bundy, and Cockrell. Motion carried 4-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cockrell moved at 6:58 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:58 P.M. session with no action taken, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Cockrell, Palma, Bundy, and Draut. Motion carried 4-0. 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 Staci Bundy, Dawn Cockrell, Jason Draut, and Steve Palma. Aldermen Jill Beck and Rob Milner were 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, 1 Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, HR Manager Amy Strough, 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 COMMENTS None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Cockrell moved to approve the consent agenda with Resolution R-2024-060 pulled and may be heard at the next meeting, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Cockrell, Palma, Draut, and Bundy. Motion carried 4-0. MINUTES OF 05-21-2024 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2024 meeting, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Cockrell, Palma, Draut, and Bundy. Motion carried 4-0. RESOLUTION 2024-056 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Resolution 2024-056 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City treasury of the City of Riverside for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 weeks ending May 24th and May 31 St in the amount of$341,932.00, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Cockrell, Palma, Draut, and Bundy. Motion carried 4-0. REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2024-057 HR Manager Amy Strough explained that we received a quote this Withdrawal from MPR Ins. Spring from an insurance pool MIRMA and following review of coverages and comparison with our current provider MPR, we determined that a move to MIRMA would be beneficial to the City and detailed many points. This resolution is the official withdrawal from our current provider MPR, and the next resolution is approving the purchase of property, liability, and workers compensation from MIRMA for the 2024-2025 year. Alderman Palma moved to approve Resolution 2024-057 authorizing the withdrawal from the Midwest Public Risk of Missouri coverage pool, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Palma, Cockrell, Bundy, and Draut. Motion carried 4-0. RESOLUTION 2024-058 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Resolution 2024-058 Property, Liability, Work Comp. approving the purchase of Workers' Compensation, Property, and Liability coverage, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Cockrell, Draut, Bundy, and Palma. Motion carried 4-0. 2 RESOLUTION 2024-059 City Administrator Brian Koral stated that this is an update to our Williams &Campo Agmnt annual agreement and moving forward, this will have an automatic renewal annually with an adjustment to the State Tax Commission CPI. Alderman Palma moved to approve Resolution 2024-059 approving updated engagement terms with Williams & Campo, P.C., second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Palma, Draut, Bundy, and Cockrell. Motion carried 4-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral announced an opportunity for the City Board of Aldermen, Mayor and employees to have an early tour prior to the grand opening of the library tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., we hope to see you there. The Fire Department celebrated their Push-In for the new Fire Truck 81, the first in over a decade. It was a great event and also the swearing in of nine firefighters and promotions. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Mike Duffy reminded the Board that it is June, which means fireworks sales will begin on June 20th. Tents will begin going up in the near future and sales will run until July 5th. We continue to work diligently at code enforcement issues. We have abated three parties that have not mowed and have a couple of others coming up soon. We have gotten a lot of compliance too on those code issues. ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover reported that we have several projects underway. We just finished up work on Apache and Apache Court in Indian Hills and will do Strathbury and Merimac tomorrow. Mattox Road will have work done Saturday. Concrete work will begin toward the end of next week. FINANCE No report. FIRE No report. POLICE No report. PUBLIC WORKS No report. LEVEE BOARD No report. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose commented that she has been on vacation, it was a fabulous trip, and I am ready to hit the ground running. I was able to get back for the Fire Department promotions and the traditional "Push-in" of the truck. It was exciting and great to see the families that attended. Assistant Chief Jason Snarr was the M.C. for the event and did a great job. Zeke Young called and said that he was having an event on Monday morning at 9 a.m. and he made the first strike on the old Red X building. I just received a text from Commissioner Dagmar Wood that the City of Riverside 3 has received two grants: the skate park for $30,000 and the 9 Highway Connector Trail for $30,000. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Palma —Talking about the demolition of Red X brings back many great childhood memories and I would like to give Lori Boji kudos for the well-organized bike ride event that was at EH Young Park sponsored by Platte County. Alderman Cockrell — I want to thank the City for the beautiful street! They did a fabulous job. Alderman Draut— Nothing to report. Alderman Bundy— I want to thank the Police and Fire Departments for coming to our subdivision for last day of school event a few days ago. She also inquired as to any type of communication platform that police could use to get information to the residents when there is an issue within a neighborhood or within the city. Chief Skinrood shared pros and cons of platforms and will do some research on the options. BREAK @ 7:23 P.M. Break was taken to set up the room for the work session. RECONVENE @ 7:31 p.m. Mayor Rose reconvened the meeting for the Budget Work Session at 7:31 p.m. BUDGET WORKSHOP City Administrator Brian Koral reviewed the PowerPoint Fiscal Year 2024-2025 presentation. Group discussion was held regarding the 2024-2025 Budget. Koral and Finance Director Erika Benitez reviewed where we were in the beginning of FY2024, detailed numbers and fund balances for all funds, including staff priorities, and budget proposals for the coming year. Questions were asked by the Board and staff responded with further information. The 2024 - 2025 Budget will be on the agenda for consideration at the next regular meeting after all comments and questions are fully addressed. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Draut moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:37 p.m., second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Draut, Palma, Cockrell, and Bundy. Motion carried 4-0. Robin Kincdid, City Clerk •