Regular Meeting

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI

July 10, 2001

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor William M. Quitmeier called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room of City Hall.

ROLL CALL

Ward 1 Alderman Jack Friedman - present

Ward 1 Alderman Charlie Poole ABSENT WITH PRIOR NOTICE

Ward 2 Alderman David McCoy - present

Ward 2 Alderman Dave Rittman - present

Ward 3 Alderman Marvin Ferguson - present

Ward 3 Alderman Linda Arnold - present

Ward 4 Alderman Frank McCoy - present

Ward 4 Alderman Marc Sportsman - present, LEFT AT 8:15 p.m. WITH PRIOR NOTICE

ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Pat Hawver

Director of Public Works Jeff Rupp

Superintendent of Streets Alan Schank

Tom Hutsler for Parkville Riverfest, Inc.

Gary Merritt for American Telephone & Telegraph Wireless (AT&T Wireless)

Deborah Butcher for Parkville Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Parkville

Jim Allen and Tony Borchers for The National

MEDIA PRESENT: Nancy Jack

Marte Zirschky for Platte Dispatch

Ed Gault and Shan Johnson for Channel 2

7^th PLAT OF THE NATIONAL

Mr. Borchers said this was an extension of the 4^th plat, and included two roads that were stubbed there. They are extending them in this plat. All 36 lots are under contract to build more affordable homes.

Mayor Quitmeier asked Mr. Ferguson to report on the Planning Commission=s recommendation. Mr. Ferguson said it was approved with two abstentions and two nay votes; the nay votes were because of objections to the 7.5' side yard setbacks. Mr. Borchers said that still gives 15' between homes. Some cities are allowing 6' side yards. Mayor Quitmeier said Thousand Oaks (in unincorporated Platte County) allows 7.5' side yards. Discussion ensued on one 5' variance elsewhere in The National. Mr. Borchers said that particular house was an award winner in the Parade of Homes. The mayor said these homes are offset rather than being set in a row, right? Mr. Borchers affirmed that. They are also trying to vary facades and offsets to avoid looking like one (same) home after another.

Mr. Ferguson asked if the smaller side yards are because they=re trying to squeeze more homes in than originally planned. Mr. Borchers said no, because of the market today. They haven=t squeezed any more homes in, but the builders in some instances want to build wider homes. The density in The National is still very low.

BILLS AND ORDINANCES

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1973, APPROVING THE FINAL PLAT OF THE NATIONAL=S 7^th PLAT, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1973 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1973 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE 1958; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

Above bill was posted 7/6/01.

Mr. Allen told the Board of Aldermen that they would be glad to give any of them a tour of The National, and asked them to call.

SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AT&T WIRELESS

Mayor Quitmeier asked Mr. Merritt to speak. Mr. Merritt said his appearance was based on an ordinance that requires review on any antennae to be added to any existing tower. AT&T=s four antennae are proposed for an existing tower in the Bell Road Industrial Park, to be located 120' up on the existing 220' tower. There will be an additional equipment cab, 10' x 12' in size. It will be situated similarly as other equipment there.

Mr. Merritt said AT&T is using new technology. Their new service will include local, long-distance and home Internet access. At this point Parkville would be one of the first cities in the area scheduled to go on line in mid-fall. Residential users would be able to have simultaneous telephone and networking systems.

Mr. Hawver said the Planning Commission also talked about making the determination of the addition of additional antennae to existing towers a ministerial duty rather than one which has to come before the Board of Aldermen. Mr. Merritt said that would shorten the time (i.e., that it would take wireless service providers to install service facilities). He also said that with the proliferation of wireless phones some Missouri cities are passing ordinances to require taxes on such service (rather than just on ground line telephone service). He distributed copies of an ordinance to do that in Parkville, to be considered at the next meeting. Mr. Merritt was asked whether wireless service would eventually replace ground line service. He said it was hard to tell, but it does appear to be a trend. Mr. Hawver said if ground line service diminished so would our existing franchise fee amount, which is needed in our annual budget, hence the need to consider fees on wireless service.

BILLS AND ORDINANCES (resumed)

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1974, AUTHORIZING AT&T WIRELESS TO INSTALL FOUR ANTENNAE ON THE POLE ERECTED BY WIRELESS RESOURCES, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1974 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN RITTMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1974 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE 1959; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

Above bill was posted 7/6/01.

Mayor Quitmeier asked for any citizen input.

DEBORAH BUTCHER

Mrs. Butcher, as president of the Chamber and chair of Economic Restructuring on the Main Street Steering Committee, said she has been meeting with Linda Arnold, former Main Street program manager, and Cami Davey, director of student development at Park University, to discuss assessing the needs and wants of the city (residents, merchants, property owners, Park University, and City representatives, civic groups, and churches) through meetings with focus groups. Mrs. Butcher presented a report on these preliminary meetings to those present. A copy is attached to and made a part of these minutes. She said that focus groups had been under discussion for a while, and there has been concern that the focus group meetings have not been held yet. She said the planning time was necessary to figure out how to get opinions of focus group participants in a relatively non-biased format.

She said if you get people who are out front on local issues, there is too much opportunity for bias, hence the need for a facilitator who would be unbiased. Ms. Davey got her master=s degree on focus groups. No-one has been contacted to attend these focus group meetings yet. The groups will be divided out by geographic area, in regard to residents and businesses. The entire community will have representation. They will do an initial meeting with a purposeful focus group of ten people selected from the community. It is hoped that all the focus groups will have met and the data collated by the end of August. Each group will include 10-12 individuals, and a participant may attend only one focus group meeting.

Mayor Quitmeier asked Mrs. Butcher what she was asking from the Board. Mrs. Butcher said this was information only, and the Chamber and Main Street simply wanted the board to know of the progress of the focus groups.

In the interim, she said, Main Street is without a program manager. More calls are coming in all the time on the Parkville Information line, which is jointly sponsored by the City and the Chamber. Some of these calls need to be answered at the depot to relieve City staff. A travel writer was to arrive the next day, and they had to make special arrangements for someone to meet him. As a taxpaying citizen, she said, she would like to suggest some part-time plan to hire someone on a part-time basis until the end of August. This person could answer the phone and greet people who stop by. Mrs. Arnold interjected that she picked up the calls every day and answered them at night at home. Now that she is not an employee, she is working as a volunteer for Main Street and the Chamber.

Mrs. Butcher said we need to support the downtown. There are many questions coming into the city that a part-time person could answer. Mayor Quitmeier asked who would hire the temporary person? Mrs. Butcher said we should look at what we can do on a short-time basis among all the entities involved, but it is not her decision to make.

Mr. Sportsman asked if thought had been given to including the areas proposed for annexation in the planning, i.e., he said, some of the people out west. Mrs. Butcher said they certainly can be open on that. Ms. Davey put in the list of participants an item called Aothers.@ That category would also include, she said, people who were not invited but want to give input. Mr. Sportsman asked how Ms. Davey is going to include the forward thinking as to how the area out west is going to develop. Mrs. Butcher said she didn=t think Ms. Davey was going to make any assumptions on that. She is looking at some basic assumptions such as Adefine Parkville,@ and Adescribe Parkville,@ etc. She is going to begin by focusing on some of the issues facing us now. Mrs. Butcher thinks Ms. Davey will make an effort not to make any assumptions on how the area will develop but ask people what they see, what they want, so we can utilize that information for future planning.

Mr. Sportsman asked if it doesn=t make sense to see what direction to take. Mrs. Butcher said she agreed, and we will be able to look at Aoutcome issues.@ Ms. Davey=s focus will be gaining information from participants of focus groups as to what they see. She will not be giving information out on what she believes will happen. Maybe later there will be another group to do that.

Mayor Quitmeier said Platte County had focus groups on land use. It is a little bit vague now B a lot depends on homeowners. He said the people they met with earlier (people in the area proposed for annexation) said AYou don=t have a planner B the County does.@ He thinks these issues need to be studied by City employees, not the Chamber. Mrs. Butcher said she will suggest to Ms. Davey that Mr. Sportsman be part of the initial focus group. Mr. Sportsman said he was just thinking the future should be taken into consideration. Mrs. Butcher said maybe information can be put in packets. Mayor Quitmeier said the Land Use Steering Committee would have information which could be given out.

TOM HUTSLER

Mr. Hutsler said he wanted to talk briefly about what Mrs. Butcher just said. He thinks all of Parkville would like to see a full-time Chamber of Commerce, yet the last few years we have had a very inactive Chamber of Commerce. We have had a very active Main Street program under the Parkville Community Development Corporation (PCDC). Mr. Hutsler said he told Tim Rice, president of PCDC, that it was time to do something. Mr. Rice said if Mr. Hutsler could drum up support for Main Street he would support it. Mr. Hutsler said he had a meeting a month and a half ago. He thinks everyone came out thinking we need the Main Street program, the Chamber of Commerce, and economic development. Same person, same office, he said. They decided focus groups would be a good idea.

Property owners thought let=s get behind the Main Street program, Mr. Hutsler said, let=s support it. Sixteen merchants and property owners showed up and supported a full-time Main Street program. We welcome everyone to attend. They feel it imperative that the Main Street program should continue. They also feel a strong Chamber is important. We need one person to do all three. He welcomed all those present to attend a meeting the next night.

Mayor Quitmeier asked what he wanted from the City on the Main Street program. He asked Mr. Hutsler why he didn=t hire a person. Mr. Hutsler said Main Street handles several things, one of them festivals. It is the feeling now more than ever that we need a strong and continued tradition. The city has allocated money for that program for six or seven years. There is money allocated this year. Now we know the direction we=re going to go, he said; now we have a good strong support group.

The mayor asked if the merchants were asking us to fund the salary for this person. He wondered whether (1) the City can legally do that, and (2) wouldn=t it be best before we go ahead with this decision to see how the focus groups feel about their tax dollars going to fund this? Mr. Hutsler said there are a lot of things that a full-time person could be doing right now. Unfortunately, he said, we=re having to handle all the phone calls now. Mrs. Arnold said he is doing some things, but she has the same announcement on the phone at Main Street and is answering those calls. Mrs. Butcher is doing some things.

Mr. Hutsler said he is trying to dissolve Parkville Riverfest, Inc., and have all festivals under one salaried person. He also wants to get behind the Chamber and economic development person. He said they do need $15,000 for the salary toward this full-time person, he said. They need a new job description. Mr. Hawver suggested we have a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Mayor Quitmeier asked then what do we do with the focus groups? Mr. Hutsler said continue things. We=re very flexible, he said. We need someone in the office and also volunteers.

Mr. Hawver said he is in favor of the focus groups. Mr. Hutsler said he is really in a hurry to get that person so he/she can help out with public relations. He was thinking the aldermen could be one focus group. They need to be the decision maker as a group. Mrs. Arnold asked if he were going to dissolve Parkville Riverfest, Inc., before or after Parkville Days. Mr. Hutsler he is trying to have all festivals under one person. He wants festivals to come under the auspices of Main Street. Parkville Days is under way. If this happens faster, they could certainly merge it into PCDC.

Mr. Friedman said Mr. Hutsler said his group would support it, but have they defined support? He was not clear on what support is. Mr. Hutsler said what they=re finding is that they didn=t actively pursue coming to meetings, etc. These people have pledged to get involved. He thinks the people who show up tomorrow will be your new Main Street Committee.

Mr. Sportsman said that person you=re looking for as a short-term person may be completely different than the person you=re looking for as a long-term person. He said the Board asked Mr. Hutsler for specific accounting on events he has run, and they still don=t have those figures. He said even though we need something short-term, let Mrs. Butcher and the focus groups do their thing. Hire the right person and get this thing on track.

Mr. Hutsler said that was a very good point. We should not have a short-term person, we should not have a part-time person. We want a full-time Main Street director. It is up to us, he said, to get a personnel committee together and hire a full-time person. We have a job description in place for Main Street; we need to make changes and alterations. We are going to put together a personnel committee at this meeting. We have one objective: to start looking for that right person for a very minimal salary.

Mayor Quitmeier said his question is whether three heads are going to work. Main Street has downtown, Parkville Chamber of Commerce has others, and the City needs a planner. We need this person to look at zoning codes, development of the I-435 corridor, and to deal with developers. There should be one boss B the Board of Aldermen. Mr. Hutsler said that=s why we need a personnel committee, maybe five people. We have to show you there=s support for this. We do have to have that money allocated. Mayor Quitmeier said support means financial, too. Mr. Hutsler said Main Street has a net profit from Jazzfest. There is money left over from Linda Arnold=s salary.

Mr. Ferguson said Mr. Hutsler wanted $15,000 from the City, and asked how much is committed from merchants? Mr. Hutsler said they need the City=s $15,000 plus $5,000 in the Main Street account. Mr. Ferguson asked where is the participation from everyone else? Mr. Hutsler said one phase of Main Street is fund-raising. Mr. Ferguson asked why not have the Steering Committee do the fund-raising, and said they are putting the cart before the horse. Mr. Hutsler said the festivals, etc., are all ongoing. Volunteers are taxed. They can=t handle any more. Mayor Quitmeier said one of the aspects of Main Street, we were told, is that malls were doing good and Main Street was not doing good because malls had managers. He didn=t think cities could pay any of that salary. Mr. Dave McCoy said it is hard to commit $15,000 while they are still studying. Mr. Hutsler said if the Main Street program has worked and the City has supported it financially, then you should continue.

Mr. Hawver said he thinks the focus groups will arrive at the same conclusions but you want to make these decisions tomorrow night. Mr. Hutsler said the Chamber of Commerce has done very little in the last five years yet Deborah Butcher remains president. There has been an active Main Street. Mayor Quitmeier said yes, it squeezed out the Chamber. Mr. Hutsler said no-one squeezed out the Chamber but the Chamber has to reactivate itself. We wish the Chamber well, he said.

Mrs. Arnold asked why don=t we wait until we see how your group goes tomorrow? Mr. Ferguson said he knew Gary Worden contributed substantial money to this in the beginning, and now you=re saying no-one wants to contribute financially. Mr. Hutsler said one way is the NAP credit program. The second way is membership dues. The third way is to make a profit on festivals. We did just make a profit on one festival. That money can be used to fund the salaried person. But these people need to pay membership dues.

REVIEW OF MINUTES

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 19^th MEETING.

City Clerk Barbara Lance said after the minutes were distributed she learned she made a mistake in showing the date of the Friends of the Animal Shelter fund-raising at the Farmers Market as August 26^th; it should have been August 25^th. Mayor Quitmeier asked if the spokesperson asked for the wrong night, and Mrs. Lance said no, she misunderstood the date as spoken.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 19^th MEETING WITH THE CORRECTION THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE PARKVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER RECEIVED PERMISSION TO HOLD A FUND-RAISING IN THE PARKVILLE FARMERS MARKET ON AUGUST 25^th; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

MAYOR=S REPORT

MEETINGS: The mayor said he had attended several meetings recently, one on economic development.

ANNEXATION: We have completed and submitted the answers to the interrogatories put to us by Attorneys William Lay and James Farley in the matter of the westward annexation. There were 70 questions, and the answers took many hours of time on the part of the mayor, city attorney, city administrator, city clerk, and director of public works. These two attorneys took exception to the named defendants in the class action suit filed by the City. On this annexation (the westward annexation set for November 14^th) the mayor said, he thinks we have come to an understanding with the developers, the Barth brothers.

The Court recently ruled the named defendants in the class action are appropriate representatives. Mr. Rittman asked the time line on annexation. Mayor Quitmeier said the court date set for this annexation is November 14^th, but it could be moved up. The commercial annexation may proceed as a voluntary annexation after some more discussions with property owners.

DEVELOPMENT: The mayor and Mr. Hawver met with David Barth. He has a contract to purchase land on the west side of Highway 9 and wants to put in a sports facility there. It would be a break-even project for him, but it is something he wants to do for the city. That matter will be coming to the Planning Commission. It is in the correct zoning.

ELLERMAN: The City has reached a settlement with Richard Ellerman on the sidewalk.

SIDEWALKS ON TOM WATSON PARKWAY: Our grant application for $500,000 for sidewalks on both sides of the highway and beautification of the median was approved; now it advances to the Mid-American Regional Council=s Total Transportation Policy Committee.

TRAIN DERAILMENT IN WESTON: This is the same track where Parkville had a train derailment in 1999. The mayor contacted Steve Forsburg of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF). There are heat sensors for Parkville so that wreck would have been caught in time before it happened B the sensor has been installed since our derailment. The mayor wanted more assurances. Mr. Forsburg convinced him. Mr. Hawver and Mayor Quitmeier will take a trip with Mr. Forsburg to see. The Federal Railroad Administration will be out in two weeks to study the way the cars rock through town; there is a significant drop. He noted there is a water line by the railroad tracks.

Mayor Quitmeier asked Mr. Hutsler whether there was a flagman here July 4^th; Mr. Hutsler said yes; Parkville Riverfest is being billed $25 per hour.

The mayor will invite Mr. Forsburg to address the board on railroad issues.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR=S REPORT

MISSOURI AMERICAN WATER COMPANY (MAW) SEWER SERVICE BILLING: Mr. Hawver said at the end of August MAW will begin billing our sewer customers. Our last billing will have to be double because we=ve always been two months behind. We will be sending a letter to everyone explaining that.

SEWER LINE REPAIR: Mr. Hawver said we wanted to start this job last week, but the lead man for the contractor was in a serious auto accident. We expect to start next week. There are two dips in the sewer line roughly behind the postoffice. Mayor Quitmeier said the Kansas City Star is doing an article on the problem. Mr. Hawver said we=re not alone with this problem; he has driven through Riverside, by the Armco plant in Kansas City, and through Richmond; all have problems of a similar nature. Mayor Quitmeier said we have a tremendously aging infrastructure system in downtown Parkville.

ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN LEFT AT 8:15 p.m. WITH PRIOR NOTICE.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

CHANNEL 2: Mr. Rittman said the proposal for Website changes has been redone, and was in packets. The suggestions have been incorporated into the policy. The policy is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes.

ALDERMAN RITTMAN MOVED THAT THE NEW POLICY FOR THE WEBSITE BE ADOPTED; ALDERMAN DAVID McCOY SECONDED.

Mayor Quitmeier reminded that it is a living document and subject to revision.

ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

FARMERS MARKET: Mr. Friedman said the painting appears to be really close if not done. It looks very good. The market is in full swing.

FINANCIAL REPORT: Mr. Ferguson said the report for May appears to be in order, and income continues good. Everything is pretty much within budget. The insurance budget, however, was $18,500, and we have spent over $33,000. That=s over by $14,000. Mr. Hawver said it just hasn=t been reallocated where it belongs. Mr. Ferguson said street construction was over budget. He asked if that was for equipment we approved outside of the budget. Mr. Hawver thought it was the truck. The truck was budgeted, but was not put in the right account, perhaps. Mr. Hawver will check on it.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE THE MAY FINANCIAL REPORT.

Mr. Friedman asked if our sales tax revenue had decreased because of the economic downturn. Mr. Ferguson said not yet. It looks like we=ll exceed our budgeted amount. Mayor Quitmeier said consumer spending remains strong, but it (the downturn) may impact us yet. Mr. Frank McCoy asked if we are doing bioxide now? Mr. Hawver said no, not now. If we continue at the same level we=ll exceed our budgeted amount by far.

ALDERMAN DAVID McCOY SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

MAIN STREET/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Mrs. Arnold said Christmas on the River meetings are continuing. There would be a meeting Wednesday. Invitations were sent out to the golf tournament, which will be a fund-raiser for Christmas on the River. Jane Watson is a great chairman, she said. Mr. Hawver asked Mrs. Arnold if Jazzfest 2002 would be the third weekend of June; Mrs. Arnold said yes.

ALDERMAN FRANK McCOY MOVED TO APPROVE THE THIRD WEEKEND IN JUNE FOR JAZZFEST 2002; ALDERMAN RITTMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

Mr. Hawver said Mr. Hutsler would make his request for 4^th of July 2002 at the next meeting. Mr. Hawver asked that the retroactive contract for this 4^th of July be disregarded. Mr. McCoy asked why we need an ordinance covering contracts for events, and Mayor Quitmeier replied for indemnification.

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 30, CONTRACTING WITH PARKVILLE RIVERFEST, INC., FOR PARKVILLE DAYS 2001, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 30 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 30 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE C/A 30; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

Above bill was posted 7/6/01.

NATURE SANCTUARY: Mr. David McCoy said the Nature Sanctuary continues to get more financial support. The Day Camp ran two weeks instead of one, and made money. Donations are being received. Labor continues to be donated by Eagle Scouts.

PARKS: Mr. Hawver said the Park Committee is very active in the development stage. They propose to take money from special funds and their budget and make improvements to Watkins Park and to a trail to go around it. The kids want to skateboard there. They propose a 5' trail to go around the park. They also propose a half-court basketball court. Our engineers recommended not putting a neighborhood basketball court there. It is very close to houses. There is some confusion about the size of a half-court. Mr. Rupp said a half-court would take up almost the entire sum of the trail area. A smaller court would not affect anyone too much.

ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN MOVED TO APPROVE $10,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

PLANNING: A request for voluntary annexation of a small parcel was received from The National. A public hearing will be held July 24^th.

Mr. Ferguson said some of the planning issues were covered earlier in the meeting. The Planning Commission had a public hearing on June 26^th. One of the items covered was the creation of an OT (Old Town) zoning district. The meeting was continued until next Tuesday. Then on July 24^th the Board of Aldermen will consider approval of the new zoning district, and then we can rezone.

The Board of Zoning Adjustments had a public hearing on a request from Gary Worden for a longer period of time for mini-golf than two years. The Board did approve a two-year extension but recommended the Old Town district include an area for miniature golf, and then this would not have to come back to them.

There will be a meeting next Tuesday.

TREE BOARD: No report.

BILLS AND ORDINANCES (resumed)

Mr. Hawver said the law requires that a budget be amended if there are significant changes. He has tried to keep the changes to a minimum.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1975, AMENDING THE 2001 BUDGET, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1975 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN DAVID McCOY SECONDED.

Mayor Quitmeier asked that it be reflected in the minutes that the money for the sewer repairs being transferred from the general fund to sewer services is only a loan, and will be repaid in the 2002 budget.

ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 1975 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE 1960; ALDERMAN RITTMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

Above bill was posted 7/6/01.

CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS (resumed)

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 31, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE PLATTE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN DAVID McCOY SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 31 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 31 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE C/A 31; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ALDERMAN RITTMAN, WHO ABSTAINED BECAUSE OF HIS CONNECTION WITH THE PLATTE COUNTY EDC; MOTION CARRIED 5-0 WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

Above bill was posted 7/6/01.

The mayor asked for any citizen input.

MISSOURI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MEETING: Mr. David McCoy asked Mr. Hawver if he would be attending the annual meeting again this year. He noted there was a session on redistricting. Mr. Hawver said yes, he thought he would attend, and noted that Board members are encouraged to attend.

TOM HUTSLER: Mr. Hutsler said he would like to talk briefly about July 4^th. He passed out the preliminary budget for the event. He thanked Karen Montgomery for bringing it to the meeting. At the next meeting, he said, he would have a final budget analysis for them. Mayor Quitmeier asked if it looked like Parkville Riverfest, Inc., would be able to recoup some of its losses. Mr. Hutsler said approximately $6,000 of Tomkat LLC=s money and Dave Williams= money was still owing to himself and Mr. Williams, but they=re not worried about it. He thanked numerous people for their help with the 4^th, including Bill Grigsby, Rebecca Brooks, Linda Arnold, Karen Montgomery, the city crew and others. He said the shuttle worked real good. He thanked Old Navy for the $2,000 donation, plus the $10 they gave to the local library for every child who rode in the bike brigade. He thanked Park University, particularly Pete Sturner and his staff. Mayor Quitmeier thanked Mr. Hutsler for his efforts.

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO ADJOURN; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

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City Clerk Barbara J. Lance - July 13, 2001