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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-07-20MINUTES REGULAR MEETING BOARD OF ALDERMEN RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:00 p.m. The Board of Aldermen for the City of Riverside, Missouri, met in regular session in the Board of Aldermen Chambers at City Hall, 2950 NW Vivion Road, Riverside, Missouri, on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Mayor Rose called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Bernie Bruns, Brad Cope, Mike Fuller, David Hurt, and Ron Super. Alderman Thatcher was absent. Also present were City Administrator David Blackburn, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Director of Communications Meredith Hauck, Public Safety Director Greg Mills, Capital Projects Engineer Travis Hoover, and Finance Director Donna Resz. MOTION TO ENTER INTO Alderman Fuller moved that the meeting go into closed session, CLOSED @ 6:02 P.M. pursuant to RSMo 610.021 (1) Legal Action and litigation, RSMo 610.021 (2) Real Estate, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Fuller, Cope, Super, Bruns, and Hurt. Motion Carried 5-0. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Bruns moved that the closed session be adjourned at CLOSED @ 6:41 P.M. 6:41 p.m. with no action taken and take a short break, second by Alderman Fuller. Yes: Bruns, Fuller Cope, Hurt, and Super. Mayor Rose called the Regular Session meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Those in attendance were Mayor Kathy Rose, Aldermen Ron Super, Mike Fuller, Brad Cope, Bernie Bruns, and David Hurt. Alderman Aaron Thatcher was absent. Also present were City Administrator David Blackburn, City Attorney Nancy Thompson, City Clerk Robin Littrell, Community Development Director Mike Duffy, Capital Projects Engineer Travis Hoover, Finance Director Donna Resz, Public Safety Director Greg Mills, Public Works Director Tom Wooddell, Director of Communications Meredith Hauck, and Fire Chief Gordy Fowlston. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Rose led the Pledge of Allegiance. PUBLIC COMMENT None. CONSENT AGENDA Alderman Cope moved to adopt the Consent Agenda with R- 2010-038 removed for further discussion, second by Alderman Bruns. Yes: Cope, Bruns, Fuller, Super, and Hurt. Motion carried 5-0. MINUTES OF 07-06-10 Alderman Cope moved to approve the minutes of July 6, 2010, second by Alderman Bruns. Yes: Cope, Bruns, Fuller, Super, and Hurt. Motion carried 5-0. Motion Approve Court Alderman Cope moved to approve the June 2010 Court Report, Report .tune 2010 second by Alderman Bruns. Yes: Cope, Bruns, Hurt, Super, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA Resolution 2010-038 Following discussion by the Board concerning the Northland Bill Pay Regional Leadership program and process of application, Alderman Bruns moved to approve Resolution 2010-038, authorizing the expenditure of funds out of the City Treasury for weeks ending July 9th and July 16th, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Bruns, Cope, Hurt, Fuller, and Super. Motion carried 5-0. Mayor Rose declared a conflict of interest, asked Mayor Pro Temp Bruns to proceed, and recused herself concerning Resolution 2010-039. Resolution 2010-039 Discussion and clarification was shared by City Engineer Hoover Sub grade Stabalization Bid and Public Safety Director Mills. Alderman Cope moved to approve Resolution 2010-039, awarding the bid for sub grade stabilization in connection with construction of a communications tower to WMI Construction Inc., second by Alderman Super. Yes: Cope, Super, Hurt, and Bruns. No: Fuller Motion carried 4-1. Bill No. 2010-048 Alderman Hurt moved to accept first reading and place Bill No. Condemnation Proceedings 2010-048 on second & final reading along with the amended new attachment, second by Alderman Cope. Yes: Hurt, Cope, Super, Fuller, and Bruns. Motion carries 5-0. Alderman Cope moved to approve Bill No. 2010-048 and enact said bill as ordinance, second by Alderman Hurt. Yes: Cope, Hurt, Fuller, Super, and Bruns. Motion carries 5-0. 2 CITY ADMINISTRATOR City Administrator Blackburn explained the detailed memo provided in the Aldermen packets regarding care and maintenance of Right-of-Ways. ADMINISTRATION No Report. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Community Development Director Duffy discussed recent concerns with power outages and reports that are available through KCPL to review locations of outages. Please look at the memo provided in your packet that was provided by the Platte County EDC and includes over two years of detailed economic information. Finally, the pre-proposal meeting for the Horizons RFP was held on July 8th and there were about 20 that attended along with several staff members. We are hopeful for 4 to 5 good proposals and they are due on July 30th ENGINEERING City Engineer Travis Hoover reported that he had approved Change Order Number 4 on the Argosy Casino Parkway North Project because it was well below the 10% of total project cost. He also shared information on traffic signals at Vivion Road and AA and at West Platte and Riverway. He also reported that the old public safety building project is complete. FINANCE Finance Director Donna Resz presented information regarding Springstead, a company that may offer advisory services during the Horizons RFP review process. Following discussion of Mayor, Board and staff, there will be a resolution presented at the next meeting for a Board decision. PUBLIC SAFETY Active Shooter Scenarios will be held at the Park Hill South High School next week and will involve all our police officers. PUBLIC WORKS No Report. PARKS & RECREATION The reading program is going so well that it will be continued in the fall. Science program will also be continued and there will be evening sessions available also. The Clothing Closet will be available again this year and they are in need of underwear, socks and high school boys boxers. The city has also been approached again by a production company to use our community center. Other cities have contracts for this type of project and would like Board approval to put out an RFP for community theater services. Following discussion the Board formed a general consensus approving an RFP to see what options will be presented. LEVEE BOARD REPORT No Report. MAYOR'S DISCUSSION Celebration items. Alderman Super, Alderman Hurt, City Attorney Nancy Thompson and I attended a celebration for Senator Kit Bond. The MML dinner where the Radio Committee was honored was very nice and the committee seemed very appreciative. Honoring the citizens of the community is so special and important. We had a group of 19 there to represent our city. I also attended the Riverside Rehab and Nursing Home, under new management, and the activities for families and children. Hats off to Public Safety for hosting a great golf tournament last week. We have received great feedback on the organization of the event and the quality of the gifts. Accepting of Prosecuting Attorney resumes closed last Friday and we received close to fifty for review. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Alderman Bruns inquired as to when the post Blast assessment COMMENTS meeting will be held. It will be Aug. 9th. He would like to offer input concerning the fireworks presentation for next year. He also asked if there is a need for youth volunteers for the Reading Program? Meredith will look into that inquiry. Alderman Fuller wondered if there is access to the walking area on the levee in the downtown area. Discussion followed. Alderman Super asked if there was an update on the census and Community Development Director Duffy responded that we have not received official counts but would check to see when that information will be made available. Alderman Super also gave kudos to Chief Mills for great gifts, drawings, and overall excellent job with our golf tournament. He also inquired if Riverside participated in the Northland Chamber Golf Tournament. Response was given that we did participate. Alderman Hurt had no comments. Alderman Cope had no comments. MOTION TO ADJOURN Alderman Bruns moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 p.m., second by Alderman Super. Yes: Bruns, Super, Cope, Hurt, and Fuller. Motion carried 5-0. ,,. .. .~ _' : ~ Robin Littrell, City Clerk x R 4 ..