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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-02 Regular Meeting MinutesMINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, September 2, 2025 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, September 2, 2025. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Those in attendance were, Mayor Kathy Rose, Alderman Jill Beck, Staci Bundy, Dawn Cockrell, Jason Draut, Steve Palma, and Rob Milner. Also present were City Administrator Brian Koral, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner, City Engineer/Public Works Director Travis Hoover and City Attorney Paul Campo.. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Cockrell moved to enter closed session pursuant to CLOSED @ 6:01 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 Milner. Yes: Cockrell, Milner, Beck, Draut, Palma, and Bundy. Motion carried 6-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman. Milner moved at6:47 p.m. to adjourn closed CLOSED @ 6:47 P.M. session with action taken, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Milner, Bundy, Draut, Palma, Cockrell, and Beck. 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, Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner, Fire Chief Gordon Fowlston, City Engineer/Public Works Director Travis Hoover, HR Manager Amy Strough, Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy O'Brien,. 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 as presented, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Cockrell, Bundy, Draut, Milner, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. MINUTES OF 08-19-2025 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve the minutes of the August 19, 2025, meeting, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Cockrell, Bundy, Draut, Milner, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2025-140 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Resolution 2025-140 Bill Pay authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City treasury of the City of Riverside for Fiscal Year 2024-2025- and 2025-2026- weeks ending August 22nd and August 29'^ in the amount of $755,078.02, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Cockrell, Bundy, Draut, Milner, Palms, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2025-141 Alderman Cockrell moved to,approve Resolution 2025-140 TCE Kansas City approving a temporary construction easement from Kansas City, Missouri, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Cockrell, Bundy, Draut, Milner, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2025-142 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Resolution 2025-142 LGERS Communications providing for public inspection of cost information for proposed changes in retirement benefits, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Cockrell, Bundy, Draut, Milner, Palma; and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2025-143 Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Resolution 2025=143 Drone Insurance approving the purchase of liability insurance for unmanned aerial systems, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Cockrell, Bundy, Draut, Milner, Palma, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. REGULAR AGENDA BILL NO.2025-064 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Amending Fireworks Code 2025-064. City Planner Sarah Wagner explained that this ordinance reflects the changes that we discussed at the last meeting. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2025- 064 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes:. Milner, Draut, Cockrell, Palma, Bundy, and Beck. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-064. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2025-064 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Milner, Bundy, Cockrell, Beck, Draut, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2025-065 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Employ Logan Kennell 2025-065. Alderman Cockrell moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2025-065 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Cockrell, Draut, Bundy, Beck, Milner, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-065. Alderman Milner moved to approve Bill 2025-065 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Beck, Bundy, Palma, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2026-066 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Employ Joseph Peterson 2025-066. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2025-066 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Bundy, Beck, Cockrell, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. - Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-066. Alderman Bundy moved to approve Bill 2025-066 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Bundy, Palma, Beck, Draut„ Milner, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2025-067 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Employ Melissa McChesney 2025-067. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill' 2025-067 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Bundy, Beck, Cockrell, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-067. Alderman Draut moved to approve Bill 2025-067 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Draut, Milner, Beck, Bundy, Palma, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2025-068Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Employ Jack Draper 2025-068. Alderman Beck moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2025-068 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Beck, Palma, Bundy, Draut, Milner, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-068. Alderman Palma moved to approve Bill 2025-068 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Bundy. Yes: Palma, Bundy, Beck, Draut, Milner, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO. 2025-069 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. Amend Purchasing Policy 2025-069. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill 2025-069 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Bundy, Beck, Cockrell, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-069. Alderman Draut moved to approve Bill 2025-069 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Milner. Yes: Draut, Milner, Beck, Bundy, Palma, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. BILL NO.2026-070 Deputy City Clerk Sarah Wagner gave first reading of Bill No. AMR Contract 2025-070. Fire Chief Gordy Fowlston explained that this is very similar to what was discussed at the last meeting. AMR director for our area Paul Lininger was also present and answered questions from the Board. Alderman Milner moved to accept first reading and place Bill. 2025-070 on second and final reading, second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Milner, Draut, Bundy, Beck, Cockrell, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. Deputy City Clerk Wagner gave the second reading of Bill No. 2025-070. Alderman Beck moved to approve Bill 2025-070 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Palma. Yes: Beck, Palma, Milner, Bundy, Draut, and Cockrell. Motion carried 6-0. RESOLUTION 2025-144 Finance Director Erika Benitez explained to the Board that this is Budget Amendment the first amendment to this year's budget. Several projects and purchases that were budgeted out of last year's budget were carried over to this years budget. We also have a considerable increase in cost for ambulance services due to .the new contract with AMR. Alderman Cockrell moved to approve Resolution'2025-144 amending fiscal year 2025-2026 annual budget, second by Alderman Beck. , Yes: Cockrell, Beck, Bundy, Milner, Palma, and Draut. Motion carried 6-0. CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Biran Koral expressed his excitement about having four new hired on the agenda this week. We will also be ramping up our ambulance service with AMR over the next few months. He remined everyone that the next Board of Aldermen meeting will be September 231. We have the groundbreaking for Variety KC on Thursday and the Homecoming, Parade for Park Hill South will be Saturday. The City has been in discussion with other Northland cities regarding transit. The City of Gladstone has moved away from Iris and is not working with GEST. Liberty, North Kanas City, and Parkville are also looking at utilizing GEST: Riverside hopes to have something worked out by the end of the year. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT No report. No report. FINANCE No report. FIRE No report. POLICE No report. PUBLIC WORKS No report. LEVEE BOARD Meeting September 24th at noon. Alderman Draut asked for an update on the Highway 9 project. City EngineerHoover said that the last update he received was that it was supposed to be complete by the end of October. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Mayor Kathy Rose noted that the transit discussion that the City is having is a very valid discussion and we are hoping to get something that will be beneficial for our residents. She elaborated on her trip to the Live National venue in Indianapolis. It was a great experience. The Police and Fire Departments were able to see how things were run in real life, and we are very excited for this project to open in Riverside. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Draut — Commented on the groundbreaking for the workforce development center. What they are doing is really awesome and will be the first of something that will likely catch on across the nation Alderman Milner — Commented that he is very excited about the parade on Saturday. He'd love to see everyone make it a priority to come out and support the school. Alderman Beck — Commented that she is very pleased to see the City looking into long term solutions to transportation for our residents. Alderman Bundy — Commented that she was excited to see the improvements to the High School are complete. Alderman Palma — Echoed the comments on transportation. Alderman Cockrell — Nothing to report. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Bundy moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 p.m., second by Alderman Draut. Yes: Bundy, Draut, Milner, Cockrell, Beck, and Palma. Motion carried 6-0. Sarah Wagner, Deputy Clerk