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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-05-05.. __ May 5s 1964 Regular rleeting of Board of Aldermen of City of Riverside, Missouri A regular meeting of the board of aldermen of City of Riverside, Missouri, was held in the City Hall in Riverside, Missouri - on May 5,1964 at 8:00 p.m. and upon a roll call, Aldermen H. Brenner Clark, Majors,Swetnam were present, W. Brenner absent for roll call and Young absent; Mayor Filger calling said meeting to order. Minutes of meeting of April 21,1964 were read and accopted as read. Mr. Chandler requested permission to ha ve a new and used furniture business w est of Skelly Service Station at Jct. 45 and 7~ on Mo. 45, and he would put up a e ar port; however he did not have a building there so was unable to grant permission. Mra. Shelley inquired whether the u]ater Company could give a littlenotice before they close off the eater to install new lines as just r scantly they turned it off without any warning an d e veryone in that area was without water completely. " H. Brenner moved that the City accept Wales and Webb~s application for bu1Y]ing permit, seconded by Clark, the roll was cal-:ed and votes were as follows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Clark-zye; Majors-aye; Swetnam-aye; Young-absent; Bill Wilton and John Kimbm ll inquired with regard to obtaining permit to run a teen town at Riverside Downs in the upstairs part. They stated they would have adults as supervisors and c::uld have a police officer or reserve policeman, they thought they would be open Friday, Saturday and perhaps Sunday, from a bout 8 to 12 mid- night; the council advised that a letter would be isritten to them setting out the requioements for their operating a t eentown and that the cost would be 10.00 every fourmonths only on a trial or temporary basis and if any trouble was had, the license would be rejected. Swetnam moved that perm 9_t fee for the Irlater Company to hoof up each service wil r"~o L' QQ each and the permit wo uld be obtained from the Mayor,~~secon~ed by Clark, the roll was c alled and votes wore as follow s: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye with the tinderstanding this was only on a temporary basis until the council agreed upon an ordinance to cover same; Clark-aye; Swetnam-aye; Majors-eye; and Young- ~bsent;. Mr. Brown spoke with regard to water systems in other counties and townships, as he >3Eis worked on s ome of the problems in - such towns, Cities, etc. and has given the problems some study. State Riversides problems were typical of cities of this type. He stated that our problems were getting larger as the city was growing and more and more apartment buildings were being built as well as residents being more and Wore. He slated there are more apartment projects being built and they are building treatment plants and then run the water into the river. The solution Board, ofcousse in interested in this portion of the treatment plants. Howeger this was all right for now, but pretty soon having these treatment plants all over the area, would bring problems as these don't run for ever. He thought now would be the time to start planning on sewers, a s there are slot of complaints on these sewage plants on a ccount of the odors. Kansas City and K. C., Kansas are charging the people for their sewers on the water bill, the more water used, the higher their sewers cost them; however in both instances, the Cities own the water plant, and in Riverside, this could not be done. He stated Wyandotte township has about 15 to 17 thousand people and 5500 paying customers, their water rates run about 4 to 6 dollars a month. They sell revenue bonds and the revenue from selling the water is what pays off the bonds. All the profit is used to pay off the bonds. in 1960 their system had a net income over and above the expense of purchasing the water andrepair to the lines (have about 6 or S people - in waterd apartment) per customer X23.00; in 1961, over 31.00 and in 1962, 22.00, which amounts to about X100,000, per yew . (Rivers ides average cost to customers is from 7.00 to 17.00_),.. Quandario has some 20 to 25 t!::ousand people, ar.d 7 to 8 thousand customers. They were purchasing their water from. K. C.K. also and the had a squabble with K.C.. with regard to the rat and they were no~ getting as muchUnter as hey needs , they told K. .,Kansas. f Meeting of May 5, 1964 - Page 2 they wanted to get more water or they would go to the river and get their own. If K. C.~ K. lost them as a customer, the Kansas rate would have - to increase, so Kansas accordingly had to get facilities to get Quandario more water w hieh it did. In 1961, the comsumers avers ed ~ 700 c. ft. of water and the rate accordingly was; K.C.,K. 1.7~; Quandario X3.75; Wyandotte Co. 4.25; Bonner Springs; X3.38; Johnson County 6.15; anal Parkville 8.35. Mr. Brown stated In the townships and cit~res in Kansas, when a person has to pay somuch for hook ups or cost of nznning water to their houses, when other people hook up on the line, the party is reimbursed up to 90,E of what it originally cost hin. He stated that whenever there is a large project, bonds are sold and the profit fr:~m the water is used to pay these off; thereby costing the City not a dime. He sited the water system in Cities controll the fire insurance rate; says that in Kansas City Kansas the last two years the ~fansas fire rate dropped from class 7 t o class 6, saving the average person's Ins. from 10.00 to 15.00 per year; The hydrant rentsl is charged back to the customers or the area as a whole, s o much a year. Mr. White contractor or representative of Parkvilb Water 8ompany stated that the F~ville Water company was now working it so that the customers were going to get back about 90 per cent of what they pay the company f or hook-ups and also that there were several other changes in favor of Riverside which were taking F3a lce. Mr. White obtained a copy of the registered letter which was sent each utility company with copy of ordinance pertaining to their posting bond before any holes could be made/ in the Ci~~~r~ece~t~_~ ~ ~ ) ~ ~. ~ f1-~-.,- ~~ ~~C' 7~ ~ " -~~. i11QQ,,JJN``wo.350 being bill providing for all pe/r/son~s-, J ~-~~ companies, ete.to board up buildings which have burned or destructed~~~-a in other manner so as to keep them from being hazardous and providing ~~r for penalty therefor, upon motion by Hwetnam, and seconded by W. Brenner that said bill be placed on its first reading, the roll was ~> called and votes were as faliows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Clark-aye; Majors-aye; Swetnam-aye; and Young-absent; Said Bill was accordingly read. H. Brenner moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 350 be placed on its second reading, seconded by Clark, the roll was called and votes were as follows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Clarisaye; Majors-aye; Swetnam-aye; and Yung-aye; Bill No. 350 was accordingly read. Clark moved that rules be suspended and Bill No. 350 be kplaced on its third reading and upon passage of same Bill No. 350 become Ordinance No. 350, seconded by H. Brenner-the roll was ca ]led and votes were as follows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Clark-aye; Majors-aye; Swetnam-aye; Young-absent; Bill No. 35o was accordingly read, approved by Mayor Filger and became Ord. No. 350. Mayor Filger announced that a special meeting would be held in the City Hall Tuesday evening, May 12, 1964. H. Brenner moved that Bill No. D-64-g being bill prod iving for teh 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 W. Brenner, the roll was called and votes were as follows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Swetnam-aye; Clark-aye; Majors-aye; Young-absent; Bill No. D-64-g was accordingly read. rules be suspended and Clark moved that~Bill No. D-64-9 be placed on its second reading, seconded by Swetnam, the roll was called and votes were as follows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Clark-aye; Swetnam-aye; Majors-aye; Young-absent; and Bill No. D-64-g was accordingly read. Clark moved that rules be sspended and Bill No. D-64-9 be placed on its third reading and upon passage of same become Ord. N0. D-64-9, seconded by H. Brenner, the roll was called and votes were as follows: H. Brenner-aye; W. Brenner-aye; Clark-ale; Majors-aye; Swetnam-aye; l 4 Meeting of May 5, 1864 Page 3 Young-absent; Bill No. D-64-9 was accordingly read, approved by Mayor Filger and became Ord. No. D-64-9. H. Brenner moved meeting adjourn, seconded by Swetnam, meeting adjourned. Minutes read and approved as read this day of May, 1964.