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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-05-02MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI MAY ~, 1989 A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MIS50URI WAS HELD IN CITY HALL IN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI ON MAY 2, 1989 AT 7:3C~ P.M. ROLL CALL WAS ANSWERED BY ALDERMEN TETERS, k:ARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON. SAID MEETING WA5 CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR BETTY BURCH. AL BOEDING, 2913 N E 59TH TERRACE, # 4, GLADSTONE, MO. PRESENTED AN APPLICATION FOR A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR AV TECH, 436 N W BUSINESS PARK LANE, RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI 6415C>. AV TECH DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURE5 SIMULATORS AND TRAINING AIDS FOR AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN SCHOOLS. AT THIS TIME AV TECH HAS 2,OC~u SQUARE FEET. THIS WAS APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE FEE. PRESTON WILLIAMS AND MIk;E O'DELL OF HOLIDAY SAND & GRAVEL WERE PRESENT TO UPDATE THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN ON THE PROCEEDINGS. THE RAILROAD CROSSING WILL BE AN ELECTRICAL SIGNALIZED CROSSING WITH THE APPROACHES TO THE CROSSING BUILT UP. THERE WILL ALSO BE A METAL GATE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRACKS TO ELIMINATE PERSONS ENTERING THE AREA WHEN THE BUSINESS IS CL05ED. THE ENGINEERING PLANS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT DF CONSERVATION HAS GIVEN THEIR APPROVAL ON THE SITE AND THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS APPROVED THE ROAD SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. MR. WILLIAMS AND MR. O'DELL AGAIN STATED THAT THE TURNER, k;ANSAS OPERATION IS BEING PHASED DUT SINCE THE CORP5 OF ENGINEERS HAVE PUT RESTRICTIONS TO REGULATE THE DREDGING ON THE KAW RIVER. THE TENTATIVE DATE FOR BEGINNING OPERATIONS IS THE SPRING OF 1991. THE SIZE AND AVAILABILITY OF THE WATER LINE IS TO BE CHECKED OUT AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A FIRE HYDRANT BE INSTALLED FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. JIM MARTIN, OF MARTIN FIREWORKS, 1171C1 E. 4C>TH STREET, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI PRESENTED HIS APPLICATION FOR A FIREWORKS LICENSE AT 192G N W PLATTE RD., RIVERSIDE, M0. 6415r_~. THIS WA5 APPROVED AND THE LICENSE OF ~ 5~7U.C~0 AND THE CLEAN UP BOND OF :~ 1 , C~C~C~. OCR WAS PAID. MR. CRYSTAL AND MR. JOHN MORIARITY WERE PRESENT TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE LIGHT F'OLE TO BE SET AND REPAIRING THE REPLACING OF THE OTHER LIGHTS FOR THE BALL FIELD. MAYOR BURCH STATED THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED A BID OF ~ 2,2UC~.DC~. IT WAS DECIDED TO GET ANOTHER BID AND THEN POLL THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN BY F'HONE TO GET APPROVAL BECAUSE OF 7HE BASEBALL r MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING PAGE 2, ~-2'89 SEASON STARTING THIS MONTH. FRED WILKEN IS TO GET WITH MR. LUDWIG ON THIS. MR. ALAN CALDWELL, OF A. S. CALDWELL & ASSOCIATES, 8601 RIGGS, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS 66212, COMMENTED DN THE POTENTIAL RECREATIONAL VALUE OF THE RIVER FRONT. HE SUGGESTED THAT PERHAPS HOLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL COULD MOVE THE LOCATION OF THEIR PLANT A LITTLE WEST. CALDWELL STATED HE BELIEVED THAT BEFORE TOO LONG THERE PROBABLY WOULD BE SOME DRASTIC CHANGES ON THE RIVER FRONT. HE ENGOURAOED THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN TO KEEP THE OPTION OF RIVER RECREATION OPEN. MAYOR BURCH ASKED IF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN STILL WANTED TO HAVE A FLOAT IN THE PLATTE COUNTY PARADE AT THE 154 YEAR PLATTE COUNTY CELEBRATION ON JULY 1, 1989. THE FEELING OF THE BOARD WAS TO HAVE ONE EVEN WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CELEBRATION THE SAME DAY. MAYOR BURCH SUGGESTED IT WOULD BE NICE FOR ALL THE ALDERMEN TO PARTICIPATE. FLOYD BEST APPEARED IN BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO ASK [PERMISSION TO USE THE CITY'S TENT AT THEIR JULY 1ST CELEBRATION. THIS WAS APPROVED WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE TENT BE RETURNED IN AS GOOD OF CONDITION AS WHEN THEY PICKED IT UF. A RECESS WAS CALLED. THE MEETING RECONVENED AND ROLL CALL WAS ANSWERED BY ALDERMAN KUHLMAN, TETERS, KARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON. MAYOR BURCH PRESIDED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 18, 1989 MEETING WERE READ AND APPROVED AS CORRECTED. MAYOR BURCH STATED THAT SINCE ED RULE WAS ELECTED AS ALDERMEN IN WARD III, HE IS NO LONGER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT A REPLACEMENT WILL NEED TO BE NAMED. RULE STATED THAT k;RIS AUST AND DON GRAM DO NOT COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS VERY OFTEN, AND THAT PERHAPS THEY SHOULD BE REPLACED. TWO NAMES EMERGED, THAT OF JOE McWILLIAMS AND RAY BEARD FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALDERMAN RICHARDSON STATED HE WOULD TALK TO McWILLIAMS. CHIEF McDANIEL STATED THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HAVING ~. MINUTES OF REG. MEETING PAGE ~, 5-2-89 RADIO PROBLEMS FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND AT THE PRESENT THEY ARE RENTING A TRANSMITTER FROM COMUNICOM. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WORK TOWARD AN AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH PLATTE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO USE THEIR NEW RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, WHICH COULD BE MOVED TO RIVERSIDE CITY HALL, AND SHARE THE EXPENSES DF MANNING THE RADIOS, SO BOTH ENTITIES COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS ARRANGEMENT, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE. McDANIEL STATED THAT RADIO EQUIPMENT IS IMPROVING AT QUITE A RAPID PACE. SINCE THEY ARE RENTING THE TRANSMITTER, THE RECEPTION IN THE PATROL CARS IS BETTER. McDANIEL ALSO STATED, THAT COMUNICOM LOANED THE TRANSMITTER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR TWO MONTHS PEFORE THEY STARTED CHARGING RENT. IT WAS THE FEELING OF THE BOARD FOR CHIEF McDANIEL TO START NEGOTIATIONS WITH SOUTH PLATTE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. CHIEF McDANIEL ALSO ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION OF GERALDINE BUTLER'S TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT. ALDERMAN KARR MADE THE MOTION TO EXTEND BUTLER'S TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. KUHLMAN SECONDED SAID MOTION WITH THE VOTE AS FOLLOWS: k:UHLMAN, TETERS, k:ARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON VOTED AYE. CHIEF McDANIEL ALSO ASKED FOR DENNIS CLIFFORD TO $E PUT ON FULL TIME STATUS. ALDERMAN KARR MOVED THAT PILL N0. 89-~9 BE PLACED ON ITS FIRST READING, SAID BILL EMPLOYS DENNIS CLIFFDRD AS FULL TIME PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI, SECONDED BY SHEPARD, THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: KUHLMAN, TETERS, KARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON VOTED AYE. ALDERMAN k;ARR MOVE THAT BILL NO 89-29 BE PLACED ON ITS SECOND READING, SECONDED BY RULE. THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: KUHLMAN, TETERS, KARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON VOTED AYE. WHEREUPON, THE BILL HAVING BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, BILL N0. 89-~9 WAS PASSED. BILL N0. 89-3C~, BEING A BILL TO PROMOTE KENNETH K. SOPER TO CORPORAL AND INCREASING HIS PAY BY ~ ~O.OD PER MONTH. MOTION WAS SECONDED BY ALDERMAN RULE. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FOR: k:UHLMAN, TETERS, KARR, SHEPARD, AND RULE. AGAINST: RICHARDSON. ALDERMAN k;ARR PLACED BILL N0. 89-~0 ON ITS SECOND READING, SECONDED, BY ALDERMAN SHEPARD, THE VOTE WAS AS MINUTES OF REG. MEETING PAGE 4, ~-2-89 FOLLOWS: k:UHLMAN, TETERS, k:ARR, SHEPARD, AND RULE VOTED AYE; RICHARDSON VOTED NAY. WHEREUPON, THE HILL HAVING BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PRIOR TO CONSIDERATIONS OF THE HOARD OF ALDERMEN, HILL N0. 89-aU WAS PASSED. ALDERMAN k~ARR PRESENTED HILL NO. 89-~1, BEING A HILL TO INCREASE THE SALARY OF PATRICk: FARRENS WHO JUST FINISHED HIS ONE YEAR PROBATION. ALDERMAN k;UHLMAN SECONDED SAID MOTION, AND THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: k;UHLMAN, TETERS, k;ARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON, AYE. ALDERMEN KARR PLACED BILL NO 89-31 ON ITS SECOND READING, 5ECONDED HY RULE, THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: k<UHLMAN, TETERS, k<ARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON, AYE. WHEREUPON THE BILL HAVING BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, BILL NO. 89-~1 WAS PASSED. MAYOR BURCH STATED THAT JASON WHITE HAS BEEN HIRED A5 A TEMPORARY STREET DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE. ALDERMAN k;ARR PLACED BILL NO 89-32 ON ITS FIRST READING, SECONDED BY ED RULE, TO HIRE JASON WHITE AS A TEMPORARY STREET DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE. THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: FOR: kvUHLMAN, TETERS, k;ARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON. AGAINST: NONE. ALDERMAN k;ARR PLACED BILL N0. 89-32 ON ITS SECOND READING, SECONDED BY ALDERMAN SHEPARD. THE VOTE WAS AS FOLLOWS: FOR: KUHLMAN, TETER5, k;ARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON. WHERE UPON, THE BILL HAVING BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN, BILL NO. 89-~+2 WAS PASSED. MAYOR BURCH ANNOUNCED THAT THERE HAD BEEN 30 SETS OF PLANS GONE OUT TO CONTRACTORS FOR THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING, AND FIVE MORE SETS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. THE BIDS ARE TO OPENED AT 3:C~~ P.M. AT CITY HALL ON MAY 16TH, 1989. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED 70 ATTEND THE OPENING. RICHARDSON STATED THE OFFICERS SHOULD GIVE MORE TICk;ETS FOR NO CITY STICk;ER5. h:UHLMAN SAID SHE THOUGHT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE GOOD RADIOS AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT THAT IT WAS TO HAVE THE NEW MAINTENANCE BUILDING. RULE SAID THERE IS NO END TO SPENDING MONEY UNLESS WE CONTROL IT. MAYOR PURCH URGED ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY AS IT IS CLOSE TO THE YEAR END r MINUTES OF REG. MEETING PAGE 5, 5-2-89 AND NOT MUCH MONEY LEFT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. MAYOR BURCH REPORTED THAT MR. PULLEY OF PETRO TRUCKING CO. IN. HAD HAULED ABOUT 4GC~ TONS OF ROCk; AND PUT ON VAN DE POPULAIR ROAD AT NO COST TO THE CITY. THE ROCK WAS GIVEN BY FORDYCE. THE ROAD HAS BEEN GRADED .AND CROWNED, BUT WILL NEED MORE WORK DONE. MAYOR BURCH ALSO STATED THAT MO-KAN CONTAINER HAD GIVEN THE CITY iS FEET TO WIDEN THE ROAD. WE WILL NEED TO 7HINk:: ABOUT MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS AND WIDENING THE ROAD. MAYOR BURCH APPOINTED ALDERMAN SHEPARD AND ALDERMAN RULE TO SERVE ON THE POLICE BOARD. ALDERMAN k:ARR MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALDERMAN SHEPARD AND ALDERMAN RULE TO SERVE ON THE POLICE BOARD. ALDERMAN KUHLMAN SECONDED SAID MOTION. MOTION CARRIED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FOR: KUHLMAN, TETERS, KARR, SHEPARD, RULE AND RICHARDSON. AGAINST: NONE. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD, ALDERMAN KARR MOVED WE ADJOURN, SECONDED BY ALDERMAN SHEPARD. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 1U:2~ P.M. Acting Secr to y r