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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-05-204~ ~~~ Minutes of Regular Meeting of Board of Aldermen City of Riverside, Mo. May 20, 1975 A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri, was held in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri, on May 20, 1975, at 7:30 p.m. and upon a roll call, aldermen Best, Grogan, Swetnam, Scudder, Vulgamott and West were present, Mayor Czamanske calling said meeting to order. The minutes of May 6, 1975, were approved as written, read and corrected. Norma Sparks, 4223 Chaumiere Road, Kansas City, Missouri, 64417, presented application on behalf of Al Stock for the sale• t of Fire Works on NW Gateway, s®uth side of Jockey Club. TheX Aould have a trailer to store the fire works in at night and. a 30' x 20' tent to sell the fire works from. There were no objections to the application and the Board approved same subject to the payment of the license fee of $250.00 and the requisite payment of the bond. Wilbur Martin, .24822 E. Nickell, Independence, Missouri, presented application for the sale of Fire Works at 1920 West. Platte Road in a tent 40' x 20', -- East side of building previously being Dog 'N Suds. There were no objections, the application will be approved subject to a location check by • the Acting Fire Chief V. Keating and the payment of the fee of $250.00, plus the requisite bond. t Gregg Dean, 9103 West 81st Terrace, Overland Park, Kansas, presented application to sell fire works at 1910 West Platte Road, his tent being 30' x 60'. There were no objections and the Board approved the application subject to the payment of the fee of $500.00, and the requisite payment of the bond. \ 1 Mr. Bufford~showed the Mayor and Board of aldermen his.. proposed additirn to his building he has been remodeling and .using as a rest home. He was advised that he should present these plans to the Planning Commission on the following ;Thursday, ~~' and then it would be necessary to come before- the Board... `• '' ~~ a ,;, Mayor Czamanske reported that Mr. Heller contacted him•with regard to placing a free standing sign at his place of business: on West Pla tte Road (Tire and Auto Supply). This matter was discussed and it was decided that he should appear before the Planning Commission for his request for a free standing sign. ._ _ ;~; ;,;;, Page 2 Minutes of Meeting May 20, 1975 ,» , , Mrs, Collier to call Heller and explain to him that he should ,' • appear before the Planning Commission and then before the Board of aldermen with regard to his free standing sign. The matter of "Clean-Up Week" was discussed. West moved` that the week June 2, through June 7, 1975, be designated as ~ ' Riverside Clean-Up Week; that on Friday and Saturday, residents can bring refuse to deposit in containers at the City Hall, free of charge; on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, residents can secure a pass to take their discarded matters to the Parkville Dump, free of charge -- this should include':;: any large items which the residents want to discard -- The Police Department of Fire Department will supervise the trash deposits at the City Hall. A pass to dum~n t e ~a k '1 e~, Dump may be secured from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, rom t e Cit -Clerk and after those hours, same may be obtained from the ~.. Dispatcher; West advised he would be the alderman from Ward I, `$_ '~, to supervise the cleaning up of the streets in his ward; "' Scudder and Best will supervise the cleaning up of the streets in Ward II; and Grogan will supervise the cleaning.. _ ;.r` ,..; , up of the streets in Ward III; the City will expend up to $300 for this project, seconded by Scudder, the roll was ~; ~'~~~:; ' called and votes were as follows: Best, Grogan, Scudder, Swetnam " - and West voted aye; Vulgamott voted nay. A letter is to be written to the people who have trash businesses in Riverside to see if they can participate in this. clean-up, by each donating a dumpster or two orhowever many they can. Mayor Czamanske advised the Board that Fleming and Babcock, were at the Planning Commission and presented preliminary plans for. their building and wanted the Board to be aware of several ~, things which were discussed at length - Surface of parking ,,~~`,, x- . 'area; drainage, etc. '~~ With regard to money the City received from the federal government for damage suffered by the most recent flood, the proper notice was placed in the paper for bids to be received y, Page 3 Minutes of Meeting May 20, 1975 to repair the damage. The bids were to be opened on May 15, 1975 at 2:00 p.m. There were two bids received one from 4 Mr. Alexander in the sum of $6,994.23 and one from Mr. Woodside in the sum of $9,440.75. Mrs. Collier is to write these two contractors that they will be hearing from the City i~efore thirty days with regard to the bids, since their bids were taken under advisement. In the meantime, Don Jack is to look over this matter. ~~, ItFas agreed by the Board and Mayor to use the Federal Revenue Sharing fund for Public Safety, for 1975 and 1976 fiscal year. ~v~xcc~iw The Board ~ that hereafter the items purchased from Jim's Thriftway be itemized and that a purchase order should be secured from either Mrs. Collier or Gary Hohimer for the purchase of items from Jim's Thriftway Store. Each aldermen is to inspect the mowing in their respective - ward and if there is some question with regard to this, they are to contact Best and he will go around with Glen Hohimer and explain what is wrong. West moved that Bill No. 75.15 being bill providing for ' the appropriation of money out of the general fund of the City of Riverside, Missouri, for the payment of certain indebtedness as listed therein be placed on its first reading, seconded by Scudder, the roll was called and votes were as fillows: Best, Grogan, Scudder, Swetnam, and West voted aye; Vulgamott voted nay; said bill was accordingly read. Grogan moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 75-15 be placed on its second reading, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Best, Grogan, Scudder, Swetnam and West voted aye; Vulgamott nay, said bill was accordingly. read. West moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 75-15 be placed on its third reading and upon passage of same become Ordinance No. 75-15, seconded by Best, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Best, Grogan, Scudder, Swetnam, and West voted aye; Vulgamott nay; said bill was accordingly read, attached hereto and made a part hereof, approved by Mayor Czamanske and became Ordinance No. 75-15. f r Page 4 Minutes of Meeting May 20, 1975 A recess was called. Meeting reconvened. WEst brought up the fact that all the utilities except the telephone company have, doubled their tax. It was brought out that this matter is still being investigated with the tele- phone company. Don Witt advised that a Cabaret Tax can be licensed if there is entertainment. in the places of business - this would be separate and dpart from the liquor license. Don Witt advised that the Twin Bridges is the Missouri State Highway Department's property. Vulgamott said he had talked with a member of the Missouri. Highway Department and was advised that it would be quite some time before West Platte Road could be resurfaced. Swetnam brought up the matter that the residents on High Drive were short on water now and wanted to know how they -- should approach the subject. Don Witt advised there were several ways to go in this matter;' 1. File the Complaint through the Missouri Public Service Commission; 2. The City may decide to obtain its own water system and purchase the existing lines; 3. Let the Citizens file their own complaint; or 4. Go to the Water Company and lodge the complaint.. Scudder moved that Don Witt be authorized to file a complaint with the Missouri Public Service Commission regarding the water pressure in Riverside, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and all voted in favor. Mayor Czamanske advised that he presently was representit}g the Water Company in two cases which have nothing to do with the City of Riverside and he ,would have to 1 on the... << Grogan advised that the committee chosen to go over the . fire truck specifications had met two nights and he explained what they had come up with in regard to getting bids for a new fire truck. These specifications were gone over and discussed. West moved that the City Clerk is to advertise for bids for a new fire truck and to contact by registered letter all -: . Page 5 Minutes of Meeting May 20, 1975 Fire Equipment Manufacturers and Sales Company possible requesting sealed bids to be opened at the Meeting of the Board on July 1, 1975; this includes the City Attorney to review the specs for any legal discrepancies, seconded by Grogan, the rollwas called and votes were as follows: Best, Grogan, Scudder, Swetnam, and West voted aye; Vulgamott nay. West went over the proposed budget and since all the Board members had copies it was suggested by the Mayor that the budget be studied and that there will be a meeting to go over the budget for the year 1975-1976 on Tuesday, May 27, 1975, at 7:30 p.m, and any other items necessary to discuss will be brought up. Best advised that Bill Hedgecock wanted to put a curbing on his side of the street along his property on 50th Street, the same time he was having his drive-way poured. This matter was discussed and it was decided that he could go ahead and paur his own drive-way now but he is to wait for the return of .the City Engineer before the curbs are started. James Hodges, 3220 East 49th Street, Kansas City, Missouri presented application for "B" and "C" class liquor license at the Fondue, since he was going to purchase it. Gary Hohime~ advised that the police check showed no record on James Hodges. Mr. Hodges was agreeable to work out any parking arrangement with Bushes or anyone else necessary. The Board approved the application for liquor license subject to the payment of the fee and the City Clerk is authorized to write the Missouri State Liquor Bureau advising of the City's position in the matter. There being no further business, upon motion made, seconded and passed, meeting adjourned. Mailed copy to Mayor Dan Czamanske May 21, 1975. - Box 12148, Parkville, Mo. 64152.