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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF~
BOARD OF' ALDERMEN OF THE CI"fY OF RIVERSIDE, MO
JANUARY 1~, 1993
A reg~_ilar meeting of the beard ..f Aldermen of the City
cif Riverside, Misso~_ir^i was held in the City Hall in
River^side, Misso~_rr^i on Jan~_iary ic', 1993, at 7:30 P. M. "fhr_,se
pr^esent wer^e Alder^rnen Teter^s, Karr, Shepar^d, R~_tle and
Marshall, Wed~_ia, absent. Mayor Betty Bur^ch called said
meeting to order^.
It was decided to dispense with the reading of the
min~_ites of January 5, 1993 for^ the present t irne.
City Attorney Dan Witt presented a rnemar^andi_irn tr_, the
Mayor and Board which suggested an outline far the agenda and
he said he dust wanted the City to try this o~_itlir~e c~~_lt and
see if it helps. He said some of the other cities he
represents d... follow this type ...f agenda. He ~~_rst wanted
the City to experiment with this agenda at this meeting and
perhaps try it at the next meeting.
Kansas City, Misso~_iri's r^ecipr^ocal sewer agr^eernent was
discussed and it was decided to have City Attorney Don Witt
try to negotiate with Kansas city. In the meantime, Mayor^
B~_~rch will keep trying to find a school for the Str^eet
Department to attend to learn about testing of the sewer^
discharge and qualify far^ the testing, r^ather than have
Kansas City, Missour^i dc. the testing, ~.inder^ the EFTA
reg~_rlat ions.
Karr moved that Mayor Burch ccrr~tinue tc~ search far a
school the Street Department employees can attend to
qualify them to rnonitcrr~ our sewers, seccrr~ded by Teters, the
vote was Mar^shall, Teter^s, N.ar^r^, Shepard, and r^~_ile, yes;
Wedua, absent.
The subject ..f Missouri Cities negotiation an agreement
with the City of Riverside, cancer-Wing Ridge W:~od Estates
entering into our^ sewer system was disc~_rssed. City Attorney
Don Witt said that the par^t of the Agreement which Misso~_ir^i
Cities Water^ Carnpany was ~ apposed to appeared tr_. be of ari
insignificant matter and feels the Water Carnpany should
comply. This matter was disc~_~ssed.
Marshall moved that the City advise Misso~_~r^i cities
Water Carnpany that it roust provide a system satisfactor^y to
the City of Riverside for it to get the sewer billing
information and far Missr_,uri Cities tc~ absr_~r^b futur^e
significant cost incr^eases as a condition of a contract t...
eliminate the sewer^ treatment plant for Ridgewr_~r_~d Estates,
seconded by Karr^, the vote was Mar^shall, Rule, Shepar^d,
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Kar^r and Teter^s, yes; Wedua, abser•~t.
Regar^ding the annexation cif pr^operty west of the City's
limits, after a disc~_tssian, it was decided to wait for the
Michael Purcell law suit tr_. be dismissed and then have a
meeting with the people in the err^ea to be annexed, finding
out what they would expect of the city.
Regar^ding the Cer^tificate of Deposit in the S~_rrn of
~45~,~~~D in the Merchants Pank it was decided an
January 04, 199?,, to sec~_rre the ~45~ , Q~@~, together^ with
interest.
Mayc,r Porch said now that all the sewer^s have been
c~~nstructed, there were s~~~me easements obtained which will
not be necessary ar~d the City plans to r^elease these.
Hr_,wever^, ther^e are bout 3Qi~ easements necessar-y to keep which
are in the for^m of a blanket easement. It appear^s now :it
will be necessary to prepare legal descr^iptior~ of each
easement far^ the pe~~ple involved. This will be researched t~~
see what pr^c~ced ~_rre t o fo 11 ow.
Karr moved that City Attar^ney Dan Witt pr^epar^e an
appr^opriate ~ryr^dinance far the City designating that the
sewers are now properly canstr~_icted land release all.
properties not within the easement, seconded by Rule, the
vote was, Teters, Shepard, Mar^shall, Kar^r^ and R~_~le, yes;
Wed~_ra absent.
Concerning Riverm~ ant and Shryc~ck. Lawsuits, wher^ein they
want to change their apartments inter condominiums. This
matter was disc~.rssed and it appeared Gity Attorney Don Witt
will tr^y to get the taw suits dismissed.
The matter of par^k.ing lots be har^cl sur^faced was
discussed and the subject of Terry Hannah's prr_~per^ty was
brought up. This is the prr_~perty located east of the r^amps
to Fairfax Pridge, where Peter Kewitt had parked their
trucks. This matter was discussed and it was br^~~ught a~_it
that heavy constructicm eq~_iipment wo~_ild demolish arty hard
surface, however, tr~_rcks and trailers, according to the
err^dinance should be parked an hard s~_rrface.
Marshall rn~lved that the City Attorney or^ the City Zoning
Enforcement Officer make an apprr_~priate investigatis.n to
deter^rnine whether err nc~t there has been a legal rn~rr
ccm~forming ~_rse which has been abandoned on the Hannah's
property, seconded by Kar^r^, the vote was: Marshall,
Shepard, Karr and Teters, yes; Rule, no; and Wed~_ia absent.
The matter of collecting an extra X1.00 co~_rrt cost fee
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for^ SafeHaverr was discussed. It appeared that all
SafeHaven's applications have been completed arrd it is nc~w irr
or^der to pass arr Ordinance, if the City so desir^es.
Rr_rle moved that Bill No. S3-:~ be placed on its first
reading, said Bill provides for the city to collect arr extra
~1. ~~ court cost fee for SafeHaverr, secr_rr,ded by Marshall, the
vote was Teter^s, marshal 1, Karr, rule, and Shepard, aye;
Wedua absent.
Shepard moved that bill No. 93-: be placed orr its second
reading, seconded by Karr^, the vote was Teters, Mar^shall,
Kar^r, Rule and Shepard, aye; Wr:+dua, absent. Whey^e~_rpon, the
Bill having been made available for^ public inspection prior
to the consider^atiorr of the board c.f Alder^merr, Bill No. 93-
was passed.
The nuisances, violating the r_,r^dirrarrces in Riverside,
wer^e discussed.
The pr^operty;, owned by the Breederrs, ,lust nc,rtheast r_,f
the ~urrctir_~n of ,°ii_rrd Street and Nor^thw~~od Rr_,ad was discr_rssed.
Since this property is out of the City limits, it would have
to be handled by an irr~urrctiorr. It appears this will be
br^or_ight to court and Mayor^ Bur^ch said that she will attend
the cor_ir^t hearing.
Orr the Edgell property which had beery partially
destroyed by fire arrd Mr. Edgell star^ted to r^epair^ the
building, and since has stopped the repair, it was decided to
have City attorney Don Witt handle after appropriate notice
was given to Mr. Edgell.
Marshall moved that the city Attorney is author^ized to
take action after appropr^iate notice to the citizen to abate
this nuisance is given, seconded by Karr, the vote was:
Kar^r^, Teters, Shepard, Rrile arrd Mar^shall, yes; Wedr_ia absent.
Regarding sewer bills riot being paid by the fcrllowing,
McNutt, Benny Fr^ies, Duncan, Conley, Robert Clark and William
Clark, it was decided to let the City Attar^rrey handle the
matter.
Regarding the fence cif Wirrterrnu•tes orr the r^ight of way
property, the Briar^d agreed t~~~ get a letter agr^eemerrt from
them stating that if, at any time, the fence needs to be
tak.err dawn, or any cornplairrts ar^e made concerning the fence,
the Wirrterrnutes will mr_,ve the fence at their^ expense and
will hold the City hay^nrless. Mayor^ Burch is to write the
1 et t er^.
Gr~ncernirrg the gas Franchise Qrdinarrce, after a
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discussion of this subject, Marshall proved that City
Attorney Dan Witt be authorize d to negotiate the best terms
f~~r•• a gas franchise and with any other ~_itility company cc,rning
due, seconded by Kar^r, the v~_~te was Shepar^d, R~_ile, Marshall,
Karr and Tetei^s, yes; Wedua absent.
Mayor Burch said that aba~_it two or^ three meetings ago,
Fred Wilken asked that Rich Hedgecr_,ck's sal.ar^y be increased
by .S~ per hc?ur^. She said she pulled the files and that
Rick Hedgecack. had gotten the .=X incr^ease and that the b~_idget
did not allow for any ~~~ther increase this year, however,
she would recommend a .~5 per^ ho~_ir incr^ease. This matter
was discussed.
Rule rn~~ved that Bill No. 9~-3 be placed on its first
r^eading, said Bill pr^~~vides Rick Hedgecr_,ck's solar^y to be
increased by .25 per^ hr_,ur, seconded by Mar^shall, the vote
was: Mar-shall, Rule, Shepard, Kar^r^ and Teters, aye; Wed~_ia
a bser~t .
Marshall rnaved that Bill Na. 9?,-3 be placed on its
second reading, secr_mded by Karr^, the vc,te was Marshall,
R~_ile, Shepard, Karr and Teters, aye; Wed~_ia, absent.
Whereupon the Bill having been made available far^ public
inspect ion pr^iar^ to the consider^at ion of the beard of
Aldermen, Bill Nc.. 9?-3 was passed.
Mayor- B~.ir^ch said the Chamber of cc,rnrnerce is getting
together a directory and she woi_ild like to see the city of
Riverside have the twc~ inside pages in color^, this wr_~i_ild cost
about 3550. QiO.
Karr moved that the City purchase the twr_~ inside pages
of the Chamber ~~f Cornmer^ce Director^y far^ the sum of
35500.00, seconded by Teters, the vote was Teters, Kar^r,
5hepar^d, Rule and Marshall, yes; Wedua, absent.
Mayor Burch said that she has dust received the
Municipal Co~_irt Clerk's report far^ the month of November
and December 19.
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There being no f~_ir^ther business to came before the
Berard, upon motion d~_ily made, seconded and passed, meeting
adjourned at 10:00 p. m.
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