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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-09-18Minutes of Regular Meeting Board of Aldermen of City of Riverside Missouri September 18, 1973 A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri, was held in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri, on September 18, 1973, at 7:30 p.m. and upon a roll call, aldermen Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West were present, Fries absent and Mayor Czamanske calling said meeting to order. Minutes of September 4, 1973, were approved as read and corrected. Mr. George Bernard representing J. C. Wilson Company, 477 N. Seneca, Wichita, Kansas presented application for remodeling of Standard Service Station for their business. The Board approved said application and upon payment of $50.00 permit No. 73-20 was issued to Mr. Bernard. Mayor Czamanske brought up the matter of dust on Mattox Road and a letter was written to Stewart Sand and reply was received from its attorneys. It appeared that Stewart Sand was not in the process of doing business at its location on Mattox Road and Gary Hohimer received word that they were taking equipment in and wanted the area patrolled more often. The letter from Stewart Sand's attorneys was to be copied and a copy sent to Robert Gieseke. The gest of the letter being that Stewart Sand was not using the road in connection with their business and it would have to be other people using the road which caused it to be in the condition it is in. The matter of the laundromat in the Jones building not having occupation license was discussed. The party operating the business was to be present at the meeting this evening. A letter was written by Dr. Jones to the City with regard to the improvement of High Drive, advising that h~ would not incur any expense toward the changing of the entrance to his property. It was decided to summons the Laundromat people to appear in court for not having occupation license. With regard to the occupation license of S & K Cleaners, Gary Hohimer advised he went in to see them and that they called their main office in Chicago, and that the main office advised that the license had been paid. This matter is to be checked into. With regard to Cross Roads having paid their occupation license, this matter is to be checked into. Reg. Meeting Page 2, 9-18-73 Mayor Czamanske brought up the matter of the seminar at UMKC on Uniform Building Code, one night a week for 13 weeks and the sessessions would be three hours long; they would begin September 24, 1973 and end December 17, 1973. Bill Bright, a member of the Manning Commission and would be interested in attending the seminar. The cost would be $80.00. Vulgamott moved that the City pay the fee of $80.00 for Bill Bright to attend the Uniform Building Code Seminar at UMKC, seconded by West, the roll was called and all present voted in favor, Fries absent. Don Witt advised that it would be necessary for the City to advertise for bids in one paper for two consecutive weeks if improvements exceed $10,000. It was decided to advertise for bide to improve High Drive from its intersection with the west right of way of I-635 to its intersection with Northwood Road. The bids would be opened at 7:30 p.m. on October 9, 1973, in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri. The Board approved payment of Seal-©-Matic's bill for the improvement of Hill Side, Merrimac and South Road to pay 90% of said bill. Mayor Czamanske aldvised that the City had received the first bill from Seal-O-Matic with regard to improvement of High Drive and that since this will need to be paid as closely to the next 30 days as possible, it was necessary to transfer funds from the Time Deposit account to the General account in order to cover this amount of money. It takes 30 days within which to draw any money out of the Time Deposit_ account and $100,000 would be drawn out wit 'n the next 30 days. Seal-O-Ma d of its bill. ~- ~-`d The ayor requested M ox to wri 77r. N ee inq ring if they have sold any dog license for the City. Vulgamott moved that Bill No. 73-3~ 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 West, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West voted ayes Fries absent, said bill was accordingly read. Grogan moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 73-3~ be placed on its second reading, seconded by Bailey the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West voted aye; Fries absent; said bill was accordingly read. Reg. Meeting Page 3, 9-18-73 West moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 73-~ be placed on its third reading and upon passage of same become Ordinance, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, Grogan, Swetnam, Vulgamott and West voted aye; Fries Absent; said bill was accordingly read, attached hereto and made a part hereof, approved by Mayor Czamanske and became Ordinance No. D-73-~~ 3 Vulgamott was excused from the meeting at 10:30 p.m. Swetnam presented his report on sewers as chairman.of the Cannitt~ Swetnam advised that he and Mr. Jack drew up a description for Seiner District No. 18 and would like to see this followed through. A discussion of the procedure to be followed Was had and Don Witt is to write all the property owners in the proposed sewer district of the City's intentmon to form Sewer District 18, giving the property owners the chance to first put in the sewers at their own expense and then turning same over to the City. The City would have to have a reply on whether or not the Owners wished to put in the sewers or whether they wished the City to do this and then bill each property owner accordingly. The City would want its answer by October 8, 1973. Grogan reported on the animal control and advised they have an opportunity to purchase one of Garney's trucks, 1968 @hevrolet Panel truck for $300.00 and the City was i.n favor of this as it seemed quite reasonable. The matter of Cable Television would be discussed at the October 2, 1973, meeting. Grogan advised that the EEA was putting some pressure on the employee they are funding on our police department, namely Carter, they are paying $575.00 monthly for his salary and the EEA would like to see us put him on full payroll or to find him another permanent job. Grogan thought thgt we could use another person full time to repair streets, salt streets in winter, mow weeds, etc. This matter was discussed further. West moved that authority be given to apply under the Division of Employment Security Office fox' a policeman, solely payable at the salary of $575.00 per month this to be a policeman trainee, seconded by Bailey, the roll was called and all present voted in favor, Fries absent. Reg. Meeting Page 4, 9-18-73 Grogan reported on the building of the dog kennel and that he would furnish the labor; West stated that he would furnish the material, Bailey reported that he was going to get bids for snow removal on the streets for this coming winter. Bids were opened for the improvement of Strathberry Street and were as follows: Columbia Park Asphalt Company Permaseal Asphalt Co. $2,640.00 2,287.00 Swetnam moved that the City accept the bid of Permaseal for the sum of $2,287.00 for the improvement of Strathberry Road, seconded by Bailey,_the roll wad cal~~ed,and all ,voted in f~avc~r, Fries absen Gary Hohimer reported that he had ordered an IBM F~ectric Typewriter for the sum of $585.00 There being no further business, upon motion made, seconded and passed, meeting adjourned.