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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF
BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI
MAY 16, 1995
A r^egular^ rneetir,g c+f the Erc~ard cf Alder^rner, of the City
cif Riverside, Ihissour^i. was held in the City Hall in
River^side, Misso~_rri an May 16, 1'355, at 7:30 p. rn. °~hose
present were A.ldermer, Rylett, Teter^s, Ai_rst, Marshall, Beard
ar,d Ower,. Mayer Betty Lour^ch called said rneetir,g tc~ order^.
It was decided to dispense with the reading of the
Mi.r,utes of April il, 18 and May ~, 1955 for the present time.
F_rwir•, Gar^d, X115 Southwest Briyhtcrr, Court, Blue
Spr:ir,gs, Missouri of B~_rfor^d Surveying, said he had brought a
s~_rb-divisi.c~n plat for Br^iar f:liff Hills to the planning
C~_~mrnission ~.r, April 15, 1555, which was appr^oved subject to
appr^aval lay the City Engineer. This matter was discussed.
Alder^rnar, Teter^s moved to place Bi 11 No. 55-~5 or, its
first reading, seconded by Alder^marr Beard, this Bill larovides
fc~r^ the appr••oval of the prel irninar^y Sub-division Flat of
Briar C1i•Ff Hi11s. The vote wale Alderman Aylett, Aye,
Alderrnar, Owen, aye, Alderman Teters, aye; Alderman Bear^d,
ayc•=; Alder^rnr_an A~_rst, aye; ar•,d Alderman Marshall abstained due
t... cor,fl.ict of inter^est.
Rider^man Beard moved to place Bill No. 55-25 on its
second reading, seconded by Alderrnar Aylett, the vote wale
Alderman Aylett, aye; Alderrnar Ower, aye; Alderrnar Teters,
aye; Alder^rnan Beard, aye; Alderrnar, Aust, aye; and Alderrnar
Marshall abstained due to r_anfli.ct ...f interest. Upr_,n the
)=rill having beer, made available for p,_rblic inspecticm prior
to consideration of the Board r_,f Aldermen, Bill No. Sv-~5 was
passed.
Dave Lyter, 13650 NW Waukortis, Kansas City, MO 64154,
presented applicat:ic~n for business license for Cer,tirnark at
:;403-1 /2 NW Vivian Street (for^rnerly Alexander's building).
This is for ind~_rstrial and cornrnerc:ial roofing. No materials
wi1.1 be or, the outside of the building. This will be used
pr^irnar^ily fc~r affir_e and warehouse. This is a cement
b~_rilriing and has nc~ sprinkler system. Mr. Lyter said he has
talkec:l to Fire Chief Mike Shelton. Mr. Lyter^ said they have
d~_unpster^s or, site far any debris and nothing is brought back
to •the wareho,_rse unless it is ~_rsable and that will be kept on
the inside r_,f the building. Mr. Lyter is to talk to
Chief Bayless and Fire Chief Shelton about the storage of
combustible mater^i.als. This license was approved subaect tc~
Mr. i._yter getting appr^oval from the Fir^e Chief and payment
of the fee.
Mayer^ Be.rrch said that Mr^. Rick Wyrick and Mr. Nor^rnar,
Beaman cif the Misso~_rr:i State Highway Department are here to
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F+age ~_', Mir+. of reg. Meetir+g, May 16, 1995
1 i.s•ten to ar+d make any r_ornrnents with regard to Messrs.
P+,arse.ll and Tririible's prr_+pc+sed developments.
Mr. Seaman sa:i.d that there has been a lot of disc~_~ssit:+n
r^egarding ir+stallaticrr+ +.+f traffic lights at Missouri Nc+. 9
Highway and Nc+rthwor_,d Road. He said their staff has lc+oked
a•t •F.his intersectic+n and many cc+mplaints from the industr^ial
par^4c busir•+esses saying they cane+.+t get o+_rt and diffic~_rlt in
getting ire, as well as a few r^esidents cc+rnplained that they
c+.+~_ild nc.t get in and o+_rt at this intersection. He said they
know that they^e have been many trucks frcrrn Northwc+c+d Rc+ad
hai_rling dirt and turning at this intersection. He said i:he
nor^th bound left turn lane was built by the developer and
this was fc+r^ the big trucks.
Mr^. Searnar+ said they had lc+c+ked at this ir+tersectic+r+
last year, and traffic figures did not warrant tr^affic ~
1 fights.
Mr. Seaman said they have na objection to the City
annexatic+n c+f Mr. P+_rrsell's pr^+_+perty west r_+f Nr_+rthwc+od Rc+ad.
Sho+_ild it get annexed is the City's business. Mr^. Seaman
said he would asl~ that before the development starts that the
develc+per^ get a traffic study, a study that is acceptable by
the City as well as the state and what the recomrner+datic+ns
are and agreed upc+r+ and if the agreement be signals and these
are requested, they are tc+ be prr_+vided by the developer. Mr.
Seaman said the way their^ funds are, we are always behir+d the
c~_ire c+r+ solving the pr..+blerns. We consistently ask the
clevelc+per^ tc+ dc+ this. Mr. Searnar+ said they were asked tc+
cr_,rrie tr_+ the meeting by the Mayc+r.
Maycn^ Surch said the City recc+gni~es that Northwood Road
is the or+1y thr^augh street to No. 9 Highway from I-~9 ire
F+la•tte County and we know that if this is improved the
traffic will be great. Mayc+r Surch said that the City has
asFced fc.r^ sc+rne i^oad restr^ict ic+r+s and maybe Messrs. Seaman and
Wyr^ick. we+uld liFce tc+ stay to hear what the City req~_lests r_,f
Mr. F+ur^sell.
City Attc+rney Dc+r+ Witt said it seems to him that this a
~.aniq+ae sit+_ration and this is when tr^+_~cks are traveling and
when the tr^i_rcks are not me+ving.
Mr. Seaman said we should gc+ c+i_~t and take actual count.
We ignored the trucks, because we knc+w they are curly
tempc+rar^y. We +_+nly co+s»t the r_ar^s« He said that signals
cause accidents.
Mayc+r Rurch said at one time when Sutherlar+d Lumber^ was
in b+_~siness in Riverside, people complained of nc.t having
signals at that intersection.
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Page .3, Min. of Reg. Meeting., May 1F~, 199r
Mr^. E+eanrar~ saicl this intersection does war^rant traffic
signals. P!_rt this is low can the State wide priority list.
Messrs. F't.rrsell and Gunn spoke to the Mayor and E+oard.
Mr^. Gunn said about ten days ago he sent an agreement to Mr.
Witt and felt these were distributed to each of the F~oard
rnernbers. He said that in eight years the street will be
c~_~mpleted ar~d he hoped that the City could approve this
agreement t~_~night.
City Attorney Don Witt said he wanted the Mayor and
E+oard tc~ be aware of the amount of the perfcmrnance bond for
the street. He said the City Engineer quoted hirn a price of
~4t30,0Q!0 as the cost of eonstr~_rcting the street. Mr, pursell
said carne of the cost of the str^eet should be deducted
heca~_tse he is dc~natir~g the land. Mr. Witt said he felt that
to his knowledge that the str^eet was to be built ire
accordance with City's specs.
Mr^. pursell said that the grade of the street is now 1E,:4
and they will make it a 1~!~ grade.
Another item is the 1Q~' easement or building set back
from the 60' right of way. The agreement should set aut that
the street will be built according tc~ the AF'WA specifications
which are in existence at the time of the construction of the
s•t r^eet .
A recess was called. Meeting r^econvened and those
present were Aldermen Aylett, Teters, Aust, Marshall, Esearri
and Owen. Mayor Purch pr^esided over the remainder c.f the
meeting.
it was decided to change the amount of the canstructicm
band to +b4iZ!0, ~Z!!Z!0, the 1Q!-foot setback is to he referred to as
par^k way and the street is to be built in accordance with
the APWA sper..s in existence at the time of the construction
r_, •F the street.
Alderman Aylett
ar_cept the agreement
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a lcrr~g ter^rn deal.
Alder^rnan Marshall moved to place E!i l l No. 95-26 on its
first reading, seconded by Alderman Teter^s, this Dill
authorises the appr^oval of an agreement with Darnon F'ursell
Construction Cc~mparry. The vote was: Alderman Owen, aye;
Alderman Aylett, nay; Alderman Teters, aye; Alderman Bear^d,
aye; Alder~rnan Aust, Nay; Alder^man Marshall, aye.
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F~age 4, Min. of Reg. MP_et ing. , May 16, 1995
Alderman Mar^shall rnr_wcad to place Bill No. 95-~E, on its
second reading, seconded by Alderrnan Teters, the vote wale
Rldc~+rrnan Owen, aye; Alderman Aylett, nay; Alderrnan Teters,
aye; Rlderrnan Beard, aye; Rlderman A~_tst, Nay; and Alderrnan
Mar~-shall, aye. Upon the Bill Raving been made availahle
f~.~r^ p~_t61ic inspection prier to consider^ation c,f the board of
Alder^rnen, Bi 11 No. 95-:~6 was passed.
Mayor Bur^ch spoke to Mr. Beaman about Borne per_,ple
r^eca~_testing traffic co~_tnts at different places in the City and
asked if the State could do this and Mr. Beaman said he would
be glad to get this done. The Maycm will write Mr. Wyrick a
letter setting out the locations where traffic co~_ints would
be desired and they will go from there. Mayor Burch also
asked Mr^. Beaman if they had the traffic counts before the
199._, flood and wr_~uld like to compar^e it to the traffic counts
to be dr_,ne. Mr. Beaman said he could pr^c~vide the 199.;
traffic counts or whatever that had before the 199?, flor_,d.
Mr^. Beaman wanted to point out that under the State's
c~_mrent regulations they enter into an agreement with the
gaming casinos telling people how to get there. Under^ their^
cttr^r^ent r^egulations the State can r_,n1y show the dir^ectic~ns on
ore highway. The casino selects the highway. The State also
controls the size of the signs. On interstates car main
highways the sign is lar^ger, however^, on secondar^y tr^affic
ways, they are the smaller signs.
The minutes c.f Rpril 11, 1995, were r^ead. Alderman
Aylett nr~_~ved that the Min~_ttes cif Apri 1 11, 199..°, be approved
as read with the rninc~r ec,rrecticm~s made, seconded by Beard,
the vote wale Aldermen Aylett, Teters, A~_rst, Marshall,
Beard and Owen, yes.
The Mint.ttes c,f Apri 1 18, 1995, were read and approved as
ror^rected.
Mr. Br^uce Colley, the City Auditor spoke to the Mayor
and Board regarding his a~_tdit of the City's books, ending
June 3Q~, 1994. The Mayor^ and Board were furnished with a
book setting cut the a~_tdit.
Mr. Colley said that the Use Tax is still in a separate
account; ther^e is a considerable investment amount in the
savings account; the flood had only a minimal impact on the
finance. Mr. C~_t11ey said that he has done everything
r~ecessar^y to cornp7.y with the Single Audit Act ar~d everything
seams to be looking gr_,od.
Alder^man Aylett brought up the long term debt and Mayor
Burch explained that the sewer bonds cannr.,t be paid off
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page 5, Mi. n. of Reg. Meeting., May 16, 1995
be•Fore eight years.
Rider^rnan Aust moved tr_. accept the City's Audit ending
,J~_ine 3~, 1994•, seconded by Alder^rnan Teters, the vote was
Alder^rnen Owen, Beard, Marshall, Rust, Teters and Aylett, yes.
Alderman Marshall moved to place Bill No. 95-27 on its
fir^st reading, seconded by Alderman Rust. This Bill provides
fr_,r^ the authorizat ion to take bids on ~6, 4~D0, 0~~. 0~ and
a~_rthorize the creation of an additional City depositor for
the highest and best bids. The vote was: Alderman Aylett,
aye; Alder^rnan Owen, aye; Alderman Teters, aye; Alderman
Beard, aye; Alderman Aust, aye; and Alderman Marshall, aye.
Rldermar~ Marshall moved to place Bill No. 9v-27 on its
SPCOnd r^ending, seccmded by Alderman Beard, the vote was:
Alderman Aylett, aye; Alder^rnan Owen, aye; Alderman Teters,
aye; Alderman Beard, aye; Alderman A~_ist, aye; and Alderman
Marshall, aye. Upon the Bill having been made available fc~r
p~_iblic inspection prir_m to consideration of the Board of
Aldermen, Bill No. 95-27 was passed.
Chief Bob Bayless gave a copy of his annual report tc.
the Mayor and Board c.f Aldermen and also the information
requested by Alderman Beard which he s~_irnrnarized the items
therein.
Chief Bayless alsr_~ gave a copy of the residents living
in the apartrner~t complexes which totalled 2,611 people.
Alder^rnar~ Beard asked what needed to be done to get the
Beard of police Cornrnission ar_tive.
Chief Bayless said that he would like to have the
meeting once a month.
Chief Bayless said that he can get a grant far ~1504~ for^
over^tirne for the public Safety Department, if the Board
wanted to do this. It was the consensus of the Mayor and
Boar^d not tc, accept the grant.
Chief Bayless said that he would like permission
to purchase a drum for the printer, costing X225.00; Cr_~le
p~_~blications Cross-Reference Directory, costing X222.50; and
Officer^s Janes and Archibald tc~ r~_tn ire the Missouri Special
Olympics, costing X200 for the two.
Alderman Marshall moved that the City authorize the
public Safety Department to purchase a drum for the printer^,
casting X225.00; a Cole Publication Cr^css-Reference
Director^y, costing X222.50; and allow Officers Jones and
Archibald to r~_tn in the Missouri Special Olympics cost
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F~age E, Min. cif Reg. Meeting, May 16, 1995
X200.00 fnr the twr_~, sec=ended by Rr_rst, the vote was:
Alder^rnen RylE>tt, Teters, Rust, Mar^shall, Beard and Owen, yes.
Chief Bay 1 ess r^eq r_rest ed permission t c. emp 1 oy Reserve
Officer^s Chr^istc~pher^ Skirrr^oc~d, Michael Costarr~o and Ver^onica
Pennington, this is subject to their passing a physir_al and
psyr_hc~lc~gical test.
Alderman Aust moved to place Bill No. 95-28 orr its first
reading, seconded by Alderman Beard, this Bill provides for^
the ernployrnent of Chr^istopher^ Skirrrood, Michael Costarr~o
acrd Veronica Perrningtc~n as Reserve Officers. The vote was;
Alderman Mar^shall, aye; Alderman Beard, aye; Alderman Aust,
aye; Rlderrnan Owen, aye; Alderman Aylett, aye; and Alderman
Teters, aye.
Rlderrnan Beard moved to place Bill No. 95-28 on its
second reading, seconded by Alderrnarr Marshall, the vote was:
Rlderrnan Marshall, aye; Rlderrnan Beard, aye; Alderman Aust,
aye; Rlderrnan Owen, aye; Alderman Aylett, aye; and Rlderrnan
Teter^s, aye. Upon the Bill having been made for public
irrspectir_,rr pr^ior to corrsideratir_~rr crf the bear^d of Aldermen,
Bill No. 95-28 was passed.
The following bids were r^eceived on a mower;
Kubota B7100HSD John Deer Ford 1215 Honda
MNS~
Stanley Equipment X10,200
Har^r^isorrville Equip. 10,550
O°Dells 10,550
Clay County Equip. 9,750
Olathe Ford
Ba11 Power & Lawn
Leisure Lawn
Hen 1 y Mr_,t ors
X11, 800 X12, 500
11, 139
12, 994
1 1, 490
~9, 175
Alderrnarr Aust moved that the City accept the bid of
Clay County Equipment for the Kubota B7100HSD for the Burn of
X9,750, seconded by Rlderrnan Teters, the vote was: Aldermen
Aylett, Teters, Aust, Beard and Owen, yes; Alderrnarr Marshall,
nc ~.
Mayor Burch said the garage roof is leaking and two
request for bids were sent out and only one reply was
received as follows:
G?uality Roofing Co.
~ 17, 958
Sr_rnlife Roofing did not want to bid on the pra~ect.
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Alderman Beard rnoved that the City accept the bid of
G!~_,ality Rc~ofir,g Co. ir, the Burn of X17,958, seconded by
Alderman Teters, the vats was: Alderman Aylett, aye; Alderman
Owen, aye; Alder^rnan Mar^shall, aye; Alderman Heard, aye;
Alderman Teters, yes and Alderman Aust, yes.
It was decided tc~ gr_, out for bids or, the staking out of
Hillside and South Drive Streets.
Mayor^ E+ur^ch said the Delta Dental Ins~_trance was going up
a small arnaunt.
The Fear^k Hoard recommended to the Maycm and Hoard cif
Aldermen to employ a park employee to work on week-ends,
i. e. Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. This would be a
part-tune employee. This employee would work at the parks
and other miscellaneous City work.
Mayor H~_rrch said she has pulled the applications on
thr^ee people for Rr,irnal Control Officer. She and Alderman
Owen will get together tc~ chosee one of the applicants, this
would be or, the weekends and other days chosen at random.
The reviewing of the Master plar, for Riverside was
tabled.
Mayor Hur^ch requested perrnissian to ,;oin the AF~WA and
asked if anyr_,ne could gc~ to their meetings.
Mayc~r^ Hurch said that there are thr^ee applicants
chosen for City Manager and would like to interview two
of them or, Saturday afternoon, x:30 and 3:30. Alder^rnan
Teters thought she co~_rld be here; Alderman Aust said maybe;
Rlderman Aylett, no; Alderman Heard, perhaps and Alder^mar,
Owen, maybe.
Alderman Teters rnoved to place bi 11 Nc,. 95-~9 or, its
first reading, seconded by alderrnar, Aylett, this Hill
provides for the payment of bills as listed therein for
cer^tain ir,debtedr,esses. The vote was: Alderman Marshall,
aye; Alderman Teter^s, aye; Alderman Aylett, aye; Alderman
Aust, aye; Alderman Heard, aye; and Alderman Owen, aye.
Alderman Marshall rnoved to place bill No. 95-~9 cm, its
second reading, seconded by Alderman Heard, the vote was:
Alder^rnar~ Marshall, aye; Aldermar, Teters, aye; Alderman
Aylett, aye; Alderman Rust, aye; Alderman Heard, aye; and
Rlder^rnan Owen, aye. Upon the bill having been made
available for p~_,b1ic ir,sper_tior, prior tc~ consideration of
the Hoard of Aldermen, Hill No. 95-~9 was passed.
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~~age 8, Min. ...f Reg. Meeting, May 16, 1995
'fhe rninutes o•F May c, 1995 were read and approved as
corrected.
The rninutes of May 9, 199: wer^e read and approved as
Corr^ect ed.
Alderman Aust moved that the rneeting gc, into closed
Se551on in accordance with Missr_,uri Statute 610.021, seconded
by Alderman Bear^d, the vote was Alder^mer, Aylett, Teter^s,
Aust, Marshall, Beard and Owen, yes.
Mayc,r Burch recornrner,ded that Aldermar, John Marshall be
Mayr_,r proTern ir, her absence.
Aldermar, A,_ist moved that Johr, Mar^shall be Mayor^ PraTern
ir, the absence of Mayor Burch, seconded by Alderman Aylett,
the vote was Aldermen Rylett, Teters, Aust, Marshall, Beard
and Owen, yes.
Mayor Burch announced that there will be a Board of
Aldermen rneeting c,n May 30, 1995 at 7:30 p. rn.
There being r,o fur^ther business to carne before the
Board, upon rnotic,r, duly made, seconded and passed, rneeting
ad,7 ourr,ed at 1 1:30 p. rn.