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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973-06-19 Minutes of Regular Meeting of Board of Aldermen of City of Riverside, Mo. June~~, 1973 A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside, Missouri, was held in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri,June 19, 1973, at 8:30 p.m. -Upon a roll call, aldermen Bailey, Fries, Swetnam, Vulgamott were present, Grogan and West were absent, Mayor Czamanske calling said meeting to order. The reading of the minutes of June 5, 1973, were deferred until the next meeting of June 26, 1973. The Minutes of the special meeting of June 12, 1973, were read and approved as corrected. Mr. Beecham of the Swap & Shop at the Drive-In Theatre, applied for business license - Commonwealth Theatres Amusement Corp. d/b/a Swap & Shop. The cost of the license was $78.75 for the remainder of the year, and the amount was paid and Mrs. Nelson is to issue license for said business. Lloyd Brown (Elea Enterprisey,Inc.) presented plans for a warehouse to be built, Don Jack advised the plans as presented were in order, however,. they were lacking the mechanical and sewer plans, which should be prepared and sent to him for his approval. This is a Double T type building rather than the brick front. Also Mr. Brown advised that the building would have a sprinkler system and they would paid the fins on the outside to make it more attractive. The matter of getting the other draw- ings to Mr. Jack was discussed an d Mr. Brown andhis engineer stated they would get this to Mr. Jack just as soon as they had them Completed. Fries moved that the Board approve the building construction application for Elca Enterprise, Inc., at 4800 West Riverside Drive, subject to the mechanical and sewer drawings being furnished to Don Jack for his approval, seaannded by Vulgamott, the roll was called and all present voted in favor. Grogan and West absent. Betty Lamkin's application for residential house in Seven Oaks at 3401 Cerrito Lane were presented for approval. Fries moved that the plans. and application be approved subject to her paying $405.00 for paving of street and $73.00 for building permit, seconded by Vulgamott, the roll was called and all present voted in favor, Grogan and West Absent. Bill Woodside of Woodside Construction Company spoke with regard to the procedure taken at the last council meeting concerning the bids on High Drive Street improvement. He stated he thought he had the bid at first as he was low bidder and then later he found that it was awarded to one of the other construction companies which was higher bidder than he, but had shown less days for completion of the project. Page 2, Req. Minutes - 6-19-73 Mr. Woodside was of the .opinion that the contract for bid did not designate that days of completion was one of the main factors; that nay of the contractors could ask for an extension of time within so many days and would be granted the extension of time. Mr. Noodside also brought out the fact that 80% to 85% of the work would be done by his own forces and a possibility that some of the paving may be done by his own forces, and that sometimes they - the construction people trade work with one another. He asked the o,uncil to recon- sider the bids. He also brought out that if they should run into rock on the construction of the road, he was also low bidder on this; which could possibly run into thousands of dollars and that he was low bidder on this portion. Woodside stated he did not want to get into a discussion on this matter, he was surprised that he did not get the bid as were other contractors who bid. He said after evaluating this he thought that there might have been some misunderstanding. He said he was in business in the City and was a property owner and has been involved in the community activities. He also brought out that if a person who bids low does not get the bid, then it would discourage bidding on the jobs. Bailey gave his opirion on the above matter and he thought the 150 days compared to 350 days was part of the reason why he voted as he did; and also the fact that Woodside did not list his sub- contractors. Mayor Czamanske thought that the matter should be tabled unless the aldermen wanted to state why they voted as they did. Fries felt that the work done on Woodland Avenue was not satis- factory. With regard to this, Woodside stated he had aleays gone back and fixed the road, this wasrnt-under legal obligation, but he did it under moral obligation. Swetnam did think that the 350 days was what he didn't like about the bid. Don Witt should have opportrxiity to read over the bids and research the law, which he advised he would do and report back to the Board. It was stated by Mayor Czamanske that the contract will not be signed for at least one c®ek. - Bill Grigsby and Ralph Miller were present, stating that they had just come from a meeting at Platte City concerning the Platte County Communication System, They explained that the Federal and State Governments would contribute toward the Communication Program for the County, and what they vie trying to do is have the system so that all the Cities would be able to communicate with one another in short time, including the Sheriff's office and the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Page 3, Reg. Minutes - 6-19-73 They realized that Riverside already has its own communicatin system and that they were receiving money from the Federal Government on certain portions of the system. However, they advised that they_~had been given word from the Court that they had enough money for this project and that they did not need money from Riverside, since it had already spent a large sum getting the equipment and staff it had, all they wanted from Biverside was its co-operation and that it be connected with the other parts of the County, so that all communities could be contacted in case of emergency and the services of other communities were needed. Don Witt was of the opinion that he didn't see. how the operation would work as most of the towns and cities do not have the streets marked or the houses numbered and it was rather difficult to find a person by the name especially for someone who was not familiar with the area. Mr. Grigsby advised that they had hoped to have someone well enough trained and familiar with the areas that this would solve this problem. Chief Hohimer thought it would be a good idea if it would work however he wanted to keep the communication system which Riverside has and if they could tie in with the other cities he thought this would be satisfactory. Vulgamott moved that the City of Riverside, Missouri, endorse the County Communication System, but at this time do not propose to allocate any funds toward it, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and all present voted in favor, Grogan and West absent. The matter of High Drive Right of way was discussed and the Mayor would advise Homer McKehan that the City will not seal and chip the three driveways on the North side of H3ghdrive and they will have until next Tuesday within which to get their signatures on the papers regarding the right of way. Bailey moved that Bill No. D-73-21 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 hterein be placed on its first reading, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, Fries, Swetnam and Vulgamott voted aye; Grogan and West Absent; said bill was accordingly read. Swetnam moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. D-73-21 be placed on its secadd reading, seconded by Fries, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, Fries, Swetnam and Vulgamott voted aye; Grogan and West absent, said bill was accordingly read. Vulgamott moved that rules be suspended and said bill be placed on its third reading and upon passage of same become Ord. No. D-73-21, seconded by Fries, the roll was called and votes were as follows: Bailey, Fries, Swetnam, and Vulgamott voted aye; Grogan and West absent, said bill~,as accordingly read, approved by Mayor Ozamanske and became Ordinance No. D-73-21. . ~ '. Page 4, Reg. Minutes of 6-19-73 Mayor Czamanske advised the Solid Waste Disposal Plan for the City of Riverside would be handled by the Commissioner of Public Property. Since Mr. Ellerman was not at the last two meetings with regard to ~- the drainage of his property on South Road, it was suggested that a .subpoena be issued. The matter of Edwards Rentab was discussed and Chief Hohimer advised he had gone up to the area and that some of the place had been cleaned up, it was agreed that the vacant buildings which were deteriorating is what did not improve the looks of the place. Mayor Czamanske advised that $4600.00 of the Revenue Sharing Funds would be drawn out and put in the General Funds to cover the pIIrchase of the Fire Truck. Vulgamott moved meeting adjourn, no further t}usiness, meeting adjourned at 11:46 p.m.