HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-10-06Minutes of Re:ular Meetin
of Board of Alder~r,en
City of Riverside,
Missouri
October 6, 1. i0
A re,ular :~eetin of the Board of Alderrcen of the City of Riverside,
Misso ri was held in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri on Oct. 6,
1-,70, at x:00 p.r~!. and upon a roll call, alderrr:en Bailey,Layton,
Shelton, Swetnaro, and Vul_~a~~ott were present, Brenner absentk and
Mayor Fil,~er callin~~: said neetin; to order.
E. I. Meyers spoke with re,ard to the ~.neetin with the Hi;hway
Co~:~:~ission at Jefferscn Eity on ~a~nb~r15, 1~i70, and thou_ht what
world be expected and that anyone who could shculd be there, this
was with re ,a rd to requestin 50th Street to re:Main open and not
beco~~e a dead end street. ~ ~,
Mr. Wilson spot:e with re hard to the suit on Cereto Lane in Tn
~ and wondered if this could not be settled as the .ratter was
oin; on for set,~eral years. It appeared that what needed to be
done was to pay the person who put in the first part of the street
and then pay the others who had bills pendin_; for supplies for the
street, after a discussion was had, it developed that this r:~atter
should be settled and upon °r:otion by Layton that all the outstandin
bills, incl~adin_:; labor, :,aterial, etc. bills for the construction
of Ceretc Lane be paid, not to exceed X3400.00, and that all the
cases be dis ~!issed aad e~ erytthin. , settled ,~.nder the supervision of
Mr. Witt, seconded by Ba~.ey, the roll was called and allpresent voted
in favor, Brenner absent.
P. K. Gentry's applicatinn for a. house in Indian Hills was approved
and per.nit D'c . (017 i;,~>~?ed .
Mr. Shear (Han) spoke with re:-;ard to the asphalt plant and stated
that he was in operation 38 days in 1!6~, 5G days in 16,.
and 13 days th~..zs far in 1_:7G, all ~ hour days, he wanted tc Iz:now
if he could operate his plant sore, he had coved out the other aachinery
and rnovad ~n new, he stated that the polution people inspected his
plnat while in operation and that also t:^is new machinery was approved
by the same people who approved the plants si:~ilar in Los An ;eles.
The council ad ised that if there were no co !:plaints that it wo~<ld
be in order for hip:! to operate.
David Brenner inq"ired with re and to property taxes, and wanted to
know whether the City was oin to started levinL; property tax.
He wanted to know if tree crn;~d without a •iote of the people. He
was ad-ised by the co~.ncil that they had nc intention of puttin_, a
tax on the people, it was ,ust bro°~-;ht i.~p at one of their ~reetin ;s
as ,atter of ccm~eraation, With re.ard to levin~ a tax without the
ote of the people, he was advised tY;at they thought a city co~.:ld
le~~.~ey a cebtain amount without the vote of the people. Mr. David
Brenner and Wilson requested that the City let the people :now before
they levied a tax so that they coLad ha:e a ,:eetin_ and discuss the
atter.
Shelton :no~aed that Nir. Witt check into all the sewer ne otiaticns
where the sewers were $nstalled and see whether the people should
pay the bills, which should be assessed a,ainst the property
o~.arers., seconded by Layton, the roll was called and all present
voted in favor, Brenner absent.
Pa:e 2, Mirn~tes of Re,_. Meetin „ Oct. 6, 1~(0
The matter of placing the City's savin,s in other places where
it would earn none interest.
Swetnan r;o,%ed that Mr. Witt ha•e autbori to s d a 1 tt r to
Kali gas re ,ardin the unpaid sewer servi~~l't~~af~~f~al~~y~5a~e~ie be
iven 30 days within which to pay, or the water will be closed off,
seconded by Shelton, the roll was called and all present voted in
favor, Brenner absent. '
Faile~~ ~:.c ec that Bi,ll_ P?c. D-70-1$ bein_, Lil_1 rres;i.d r:g
1cr• tre appropriation of :coney out vi' the ~_eneral fund of the City
of Riverside, Missouri for tae paynent of certain. iddebtedness ~.~
a.s listed therein be placed on its first read in secc:_ded k,y
Shelton, the roll was called and Bailey,Shelton,Layton,Swetna~n and
Vu 1:-,~ar~ott voted aye; T3renaer absent, Bill No. D-70-1~ was accordin,ly
read.
Bailey ;coved that rules be s~.~soende~3 acd F'.ill !~'r, ;.~-''C-~.~' to ".aced
o: '±:: ';c=ccu c _'ea~ _: g; ,: c: i, : '; ; ;;-,slton, the roll was called
and votes were as fcll;,ws : ~~ :icy , Shelton,Layton, Swetnam, brul jabot
~~oted ayel Brenner absent, B311 No. D-'70-1cbwas accordin;ly read.
Bailey moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. D-70-18 be placed
on its third readin,~ and upon passage of same become Ord. No.
D-?0-lam, seconded by Shelton, the roll was called and votes were
as follows: Bailey, Shelton,layton, Swetna~~, Vulga:nott doted aye;
Brenner, abeaet, Bill No. D-70-18 wgas accordin_,ly read, approved
by mayor ~'ilt~er and beta ~e Ord . N,.. D-70-10.
There bean no further business, upon motion duly!nade, seconded
and passedn the ~~eetin; adjo.rned.
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