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Home My WebLink About2024-10-01 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, October 1, 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, October 1, 2024. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Jill Beck (arrived at 6:07 p.m.), Staci Bundy, Dawn Cockrell, Jason Draut, Rob Milner, and Steve Palma. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, City Clerk Robin Kincaid, HR Manager Amy Strough, Court Administrator Shayla Jones, Police Chief Chris Skinrood, City Attorney Paul Campo, and Special Counsel Joe Bednar (arrived at 6:15 p.m.). MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Palma 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, 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, Milner, Draut, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Cockrell moved at 6:41 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:41 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Cockrell, Milner, Palma, Beck, Bundy, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. 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, 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, City Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance Director Erika Benitez, Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion, IT Manager Jason Ketter, and City Attorney Paul Campo. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. 1 PUBLIC COMMENTS None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Draut moved to approve the consent agenda as presented, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Draut, Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Beck, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 09-17-2024 Alderman Draut moved to approve the minutes of the September 17, 2024 meeting, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Draut, Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Beck, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2024-116 Alderman Draut moved to approve Resolution 2024-116 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City treasury of the City of Riverside for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 weeks ending September 20th and September 27th in the amount of$652,182.33, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Draut, Milner, Cockrell, Palma, Beck, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA BILL NO. 2024-059 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-059. Final Plat Lot Split Lot 14 Community Development Director Mike Duffy explained this is a the first of two ordinances on this project. This is a final plat of Lot 14 splitting it into two parcels, showing pictures of the split. Alderman Cockrell moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-059 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Bundy, Milner, Draut, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-059. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2024-059 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Cockrell, Bundy, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2024-060 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-060. Final Development Plan Community Development Director Mike Duffy stated that this ordinance is for the development plan of the hotel they are proposing to be located on this lot. Showing renderings and giving further details on this project. Concerted effort was made to replicate designs of the training facility and will open early 2026. Alderman Cockrell moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-060 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Cockrell, Draut, Milner, Bundy, Beck, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-060. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2024-060 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Bundy, Cockrell, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. 2 BILL NO. 2024-061 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-061. Final Plat Amphitheater Community Development Director Mike Duffy announced that right across the street from the new hotel will be we are replotting approximately 16 tracts, and he shared the details of them. This plan went to Planning and Zoning Commission last Thursday and unanimously recommended approval of this plat. Alderman Cockrell moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-061 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Beck. Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Draut, Palma, Milner, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-061. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2024-061 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Milner, Palma, Bundy, Beck, Cockrell, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2024-062 City Clerk Robin Kincaid gave first reading of Bill No. 2024-062. Police Hire- Rogers Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2024-062 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Draut, Bundy, Milner, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. City Clerk Kincaid gave second reading of Bill No. 2024-062. Alderman Draut moved to approve Bill 2024-062 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Draut, Palma, Bundy, Milner, Cockrell, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2024-063 Mayor Rose stated Bill No. 2024-063 is pulled from the agenda Amend Ground Lease for this meeting. RESOLUTION 2024-117 Capital Projects/Parks Manager Noel Challis Bennion reviewed Bid Award Horizons Trees the results of the bidding for the tree project in Horizons with four received and recommend going with the lowest bidder, Rosehill Gardens. Slides were reviewed and questions were answered. Alderman Beck moved to approve Resolution 2024-117 awarding the bid for the Horizons Trees and approving the agreement between the City and Rosehill Gardens Inc. for such project, second by Alderman Cockrell. Yes: Beck, Cockrell, Palma, Milner, Draut, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Brian Koral explained the need for policy direction from the Board regarding Chapter 600 of our City Code and liquor licensing restrictions that currently exist. Our code is above and beyond the State Statute and with the amphitheater along with other businesses coming into our city, we have options of removing or increasing the number of licenses available. Discussions were also held with the Board of Aldermen regarding the buffer from schools and churches. Consensus of the Board was to come back with an ordinance to increase limits on licenses. 3 There will be a Reaching Riverside Event in Palisades on October 5" from 4-6pm. The Fire Department will have their Open House on October 5th from 10 am to 2 pm. The CARVED is going to be two days this year on October 18 & 19 and then Trunk or Treat will be on October 19th. The first meeting in November will be on Monday, November 4th because of the election on Tuesday, November 5th. An Upstream Story was shared how our Fire Department was responding to a lift assist call, the gentleman they were helping, was upset about his flag being in poor condition and the A Shift Fire Crew decided to purchase a new flag and replace the American flag for the gentleman. It is awesome that we have people in our organization that care and provide Upstream from Ordinary service. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Director Mike Duffy followed up on the Comprehensive Plan discussion and said that the Planning & Zoning Commission unanimously approved the Plan unanimously last Thursday evening at their meeting. The Board discussed the process for the Comp Plan and Duffy answered questions. ENGINEERING No report. FINANCE No report. FIRE Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston announced the Flu Shot Clinic is tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 2nd from 4-6 pm. We received a letter today with a check in the amount of$5,000 corporate contribution from the Bedford Foundation and Victaulic to the Fire Dept. to advance the mission of supporting the enhancement of the community where their employees work and live. Our department is very thankful and will be looking at ways to best invest those funds that may help with community outreach. POLICE No report. PUBLIC WORKS No report. LEVEE BOARD City Engineer Travis Hoover stated that there is a meeting on the 16m MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose stated that she has received notice letters from Yanfeng with 441 jobs and Adient with 200 jobs informing the City that both businesses are closing. Very sad news and we hope to get businesses to fill the vacant buildings and get these people back to work. It has been a busy travel month as we have done the DC Fly-In, MML Conference, and to Minnesota with the KC Chamber. The trip to Minneapolis was fabulous. There were 170 of us on a chartered flight, we got to learn so much about the city, their economic development councils and chambers, along with their downtown and its struggles. A great learning experience and making a lot of connections. Those on the trip are very excited 4 about all that is going on in our City with LiveNation. Tomorrow, we have a meeting to discuss the Northland's role in the World Cup for 2026. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Palma — I was able to go on the Washington DC trip. It was a great time, met a lot of great people and enjoyed seeing the rich history there with the Northland Chamber group. I really appreciate the opportunity to go on the trip. The round-a-bout is being reconfigured up in our neighborhood and we appreciate the work being done there and thank you to Travis and anyone else helping with that project. Alderman Beck— Nothing to report. Alderman Milner— Nothing to report. Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report. Alderman Draut— Nothing to report. Alderman Bundy— Nothing to report. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Draut moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:41 p.m., second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Draut, Milner, Cockrell, Beck, Palma, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. "'+ Robin Kincaid, City Clerk 1'. s •.•• 5