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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-02-05--~ ,.' ~"~ .3 3~ MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD "" id ~~` OF ALDERMENT OF CITY OF ..•-~~ .z . ~ - ~o /~~.` ~/ 5~~ RIVERSIDE, MO. z ~ i~ Z J ~ February 5, 1974 /~~ ~" 3 ~`~p A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, /~`~ Missouri was held in the City Hall in Riverside on February 5, 1974, ~~' ' at 7:30 p.m. and upon a roll call, aldermen Fries, Grogan, Swetnam, /„~-3~ Vulgamott and West were present, Bailey absent, said meeting was called to order by Mayor Czamanske. /~ 2~ The minutes of January 15, 1974, were read and approved as written, read and corrected. Mayor Czamanske reported for the Board's information, on January 18, 1974, a consent judgment was taken against Warren Brenner on the trailer courtrsuit and Judge Yeaman enacted an order to prohibit the use of the trailer court until it complied with the ordinances, there was no trial, it was a consent judgment. Robert Peyton, 1031 Woodland Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64118, presented application for license to operate White City Hotel, he purchased same from Wayne and Blanche Harris. Mr. Peyton advised there were 18 rooms and approximately 14 rented. It is an old fashioned hotel, and he has done quite a bit of cleaning up. He stated there were 10 rooms with two baths and showers which are usually rented weekly and 4 rooms rented as hotel rooms. Mr. Peyton advised he purchased this hotel in May, 1973. The Board approved the application subject to the paying of $60.00 for 1974 license and $30.00 for one-half year license in 1973. Ted Heater, 5109 Northwest Coves Drive, Kansas City, Missouri presented application for license to operate a used car sales, this would be operated in the same place as Trader Mobile Home Sales. Upon the payment of the license fee, the application was approved. Donald M. Shegred, 3407 NW 58th Ter., K. C., Mo. presented application for occupation license for ContinentalDisc. Corporation (Light Manufacturing, in the new Brown building. This is a safety valve type of equipment, presses and ]~hes, there would be 15,000 square feet of area. There would also be some spot welding. It was estimated there would be about 30 employees. The application was approved upon the payment of $315.00 for license for one year. It was brought up that Mr. Brown is to be notified of cleaning ~" up the area surrounding the building and do some landscaping. Hobert Bernard, 4513 No. Oakley, Kansas City, Missouri 64117 and George Hensel, 4510 North Brighton, K. C., Mo. 64117, presented application for Auto Crafts, (Minor body and paid shop) in the building which was previously Phil'._s Body Shop. They advised that they will have a dumpster to put their trash in. The Board approved the application subject to the following: (1) will have access to bathroom facilities in adjacent Minutes of Meeting February 5, 1974 Page 2 building and (2) there will be a trash conta~er for thedebris on the east side of building and the trash there will be removed, also the driveway and parking area will be graveled, the license fee being $60.00 per year. Charles McDowell, 9729 Slater Lane, Overland Park, Kansas, presented application for occupation license to operate an air conditioning and heating business, in Brown's building (Blue building). There is an area of a little less than 4,000 square feet. The Board approved the application subject to license fee of $175.00, for 1974 and one- half year for 1973 ($87.50) be paid. Eugene Wirth, 3606 N.E. 48th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, presented application for William Knapp Company to demolish a bd.lding on the Knapp 's property, about 300 feet south of the building. The Board #~ranted permission for the demolition of they.building which is to be completed within 90 days. Mr. Edmonds of Greens Trailer Park inquired with regard to occupation license, and he was advised that the license could not be issued until ~-- the park complied with the ordinances. It was brought out that the owner and the bank had executed an agreement thatthey would comply to certain ordinances and to date this has not been done. Mr. Peyton brought out the fact that he has an agreement to do the electrical work in the park, pending their getting a license to operate. John Blogin wanted to know if something could be done about Sodth Road where it has washed away in front of the mail boxes close to his house, and Don Jack is to check this situation and the road in general. Vulgamott moved that Bill No. 74-5 being bill repealing Chapter 15.1 of the code of the City of Riverside, Missouri, dealing with bill$rd and pool tables, regulations for keepers of and providing penalty for violation and enacting a new chapter 15.1 in lieu thereof, be placed on its first reading, seconded by West, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, absent; Frie s, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West aye; said bill was accordingly read. ~__ West moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 74-5 be placed on its second reading, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey-absent; Grogan, Fries, Vulgamott, Swetnam and West voted aye; said bill was accordingly read. Minutes of Meeting February 5, 1974 Page 3 Fries moved that rules be suspended and ffi11 No. 74-5 be placed on its third reading and upon passage of same, become Ordinance 74-5, ~°" seconded by West, the~roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey- absent; Fries, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West voted aye; said bill was accordngly read, approved by Mayor Czamanske, attached hereto and made a part hereof and became Ordinance No. 74-5. Mr. Witt advised the he has Hohn's sewer dedication papers. Mr. Witt also advised that he had received no replies from the utility companies with regard to the C7rty Tax. A recess was called and meeting reconvened. Don Jack reported that he had been asked to look into a compre- hensive sewer plan for Riverside, and this would evolve funding from the state and federal governments. Mr. Jack also advised that he is going on his third year working for the City and his fee has been $18.00 per hour and that the fee has gone up, he would like to be granted an increase to $20.00 per hour. Mr. Jack stated that the EPA Sewer Program allows $20.00 per hour for engineers and would like the increase before the contract is entered into with the EPA Sewer Program. West moved that Don Jack's salary be increased to $20.00 per hour beginning July 1,1974, seconded by Grogan, the roll was called and all present voted in favor, Bailey absent. With further reference to the main interchange sewer, Mr. Jack advised that we could get 90% of the costs by federal and state funds for this and he didn't know how much more funds could be gotten for the other lines. Before proceeding, it is necessary to have an engineering contract with the State and Federal Governments. Then after applying for a grant, the City can then apply for the a ' fee. It may not be necessary to go into a supplementary report, the firat report "A" may be sufficient and this would probably entail $3,000 to $4,000 enginee~g fees, of which 90% will be paid by_the government. ~ ~_ `--- Vulgamott moved that the City authorize Don Witt to proceed with report "A", the approximate amount being between $3,000 and $4,000, seconded by West, the roll was called and all present voted in favor, Bailey, absent. (It is understood that 90% of the engineering fees will be received within 90 days after the application is sent in). Grogan inquired with regard to the City's truck being taken out _. Y Minutes of Meeting February 5, 1974 Page 4 of the City to help other communities. The Board agreed that the fire truck should not be taken out of the City until Don Witt checks to see what liability we have. Mr. Witt is also to get an airsal photograph of the City. in With regard to Katz Body Shop and Jack Miller's place, it was decided the police department should serve them notice of their being in violation of the nuisance ordinance. The driving behavior of the police officers was~~brought up and it was announced that the date and time should be remembered and reported to Chief Hohimer. It was requested that Ruth Collier prepare a list of the businesses who havenot paid their occupation license. The matter of Phil's Body Shop moving to a different location withoat permission should be looked into. The Board decided not to patch the short strip of street just off of Vivian Road to Old No. 9 Highway, and barricades should be placed at the location, as" well as on St. Joe Boulevard. It was reported that Mattox Road was badly in need of gravel and this should be ordered. There being no further business, upon motion made, seconded and passed, meeting adjourned.