Minutes of Regular Meeting

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI

January 8, 2002

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Mayor William M. Quitmeier called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

 

ROLL CALL

 

Ward 1 Alderman Jack Friedman                - present

Ward 1 Alderman Charlie Poole                  - present

Ward 2 Alderman David McCoy - ARRIVED AT 7:09 P.M.

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

 

ALSO PRESENT:

City Administrator Pat Hawver

Police Chief Bill Hudson

 

MEDIA PRESENT:

Nancy Jack

Martha Zirschky for Platte Dispatch

(Also a Board member of Northland Health Care Access)

Jewel Gopwani for KC Star

Ed Gault and Shan Johnson for Channel 2

 

                                               PICNIC LIQUOR LICENSE FOR OAK HILL DAY SCHOOL

 

Information had been provided in packets about a fund-raising event Oak Hill plans to have at Park University on St. Patrick=s Day.  Permission had already been granted by the university to have a cash bar, contingent upon the City=s approval.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE A PICNIC LICENSE FOR OAK HILL DAY SCHOOL FOR A CASH BAR AT PARK UNIVERSITY ON ST. PATRICK=S DAY; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

 

                                                                                  REVIEW OF MINUTES

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE 12/18/01 MEETING AS PUBLISHED; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 7-0.

 

                                                                                     MAYOR=S REPORT

 

The mayor said he had attended a MARC TTP (Total Transportation Policy) Committee meeting.  There was nothing to report coming from that meeting.

 

                     CITY ADMINISTRATOR=S REPORT

 

AUDIT: Mr. Hawver distributed copies of the final version of the auditor=s report.  According to the auditor, this version is unchanged from the draft report.

 

NORTHLAND HEALTH CARE ACCESS: Mr. Hawver said a representative of this entity spoke to the Board.  It is a not-for-profit organization to help local people who don=t have health insurance.  They requested a donation of $5,000.  The Board could look at any level of participation.  His concerns are:

 

1.                  People would be subsidizing social services.  

 

ALDERMAN McCOY ARRIVED AT 7:09 P.M.

 

2.                  It would help if we could identify how many people in Parkville benefit from this program.  He could probably come up with that number and pursue a contract. 

 

Mrs. Zirschky said the facility is physically located on Vivion Road, and is available to Parkville people.   She said no-one is ever turned away.  The clinic is run by Swope Parkway Health Center, which also carries liability insurance for the clinic.  It takes half a million dollars a year to run the clinic.    Riverside gave $25,000.  It was noted that Riverside has its own zip code, 64150, so it is simple to ascertain which patients live in Riverside.  That is not the case in Parkville, which shares the zip code 64152 with almost everyone in southern Platte County.  

 

City Clerk Barbara Lance reported that she would complete the update of the Parkville address list in a few weeks, and a copy could be given to Northland Healthcare Access to check against its patient records.  (City staff can=t check the patient list; that would violate patient privacy.) 

 

Mr. Sportsman said potentially there could be a lot of people who come to the City with very important causes.  If there were a way to identify how many Parkville people benefit, that would help him in making a decision.  Mayor Quitmeier said maybe that could be incorporated into a policy to be used for all requests of this nature. 

 

Discussion ensued.  Mr. Friedman said he didn=t think there is anything more basic for people than health care for those who don=t have health insurance. 

 

The mayor said we could always sign a contract and then have them come back at the end of the year to tell us how many Parkville people they served.  Mrs. Zirschky said they had 14,000 patient visits in 2000, and over 20,000 in 2001.  

 

The mayor said maybe Mr. Hawver could have an ordinance for the next meeting. 

 

CHRISTMAS TREE DROP-OFF: Mr. Hawver said the drop-off of live trees, located on the south side of 6th Street on the Park University campus, ends January 15th.  Trees will be shredded and distributed along the Nature Sanctuary trail. 

 

AUDIT: Mr. David McCoy apologized for coming in late, and asked about additional information requested from the auditor.  Discussion ensued.  Mr. Hawver distributed an additional letter from the auditor, saying most of the things recommended by the previous auditor have been accomplished, or are part of the new Incode program. 

 

                                                         POLICE CHIEF=S REPORT

 

Chief Hudson said 2001 slipped away pretty quietly and so far 2002 has been quiet.  On New Year=s Eve they didn=t have a single call between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.  He reported that preliminary figures seem to show that the crime rate in 2001 was about the same as in 1999, a relatively low-crime year. 

 

 

 

                                                           COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

CHANNEL 2: Mr. Rittman said the committee was talking about adding a couple of website addresses onto the existing site.  Cost would be very minor, probably under $200.

 

Mr. Hawver said he would be meeting with the contact person at Park University on January 17th B they are looking at Channel 2 as well as the website.  He said we lost our student who was working on the daybook.  Mr. Rittman asked if there were someone on staff who could do Power Point.  Mr. Hawver said Emily Ritter took a class.  We did have a two-week period of outdated material on Channel 2. 

 

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: No report.

 

FINANCIAL REPORT: None this meeting.

 

MAIN STREET/PARKVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Mrs. Arnold said Main Street met earlier that evening.  Gift certificates are available at Home Embellishments. 

 

NATURE SANCTUARY: Mr. David McCoy said they are updating the website for the sanctuary.  A hike in the winter woods is coming up. 

 

PARKS: No report.

 

PLANNING AND ZONING: Mr. Ferguson said there would be a meeting the following Tuesday.  The only issues to be considered are B-4 zoning regulations, and rezoning in the annexed area. The  issue of an office building adjacent to Pinecrest has been tabled until February 12th.  The cell tower in English Landing Center has also been tabled.

 

Mayor Quitmeier said when the cell tower issue comes up he would like to have residents in Ward 1 notified. 

 

TREE BOARD: Mr. Frank McCoy said the meeting was going on concurrently with the Board meeting because of the schedule changes this month. 

 

                                                    BILLS AND ORDINANCES (none)

 

                                                   CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 44, CONTRACTING WITH PLATTE COUNTY FOR DIGITAL MAPPING INFORMATION, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED. 

 

There was discussion on costs.  Mayor Quitmeier said the County cannot charge us for the information, only for the cost of reproducing it, so there is no cost.  The contract says the County does not guarantee the accuracy of the information.  Mr. Friedman said the contract says we agree to provide the assessor with a digitalized base map; is that something we can do?  Mr. Hawver says IF we come up with an address map, we will provide it.  We don=t know yet whether we can do that; if we can, we will.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 44 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 44 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE C/A 44; ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

                                                                  OLD BUSINESS

 

CABLE TV: Mr. Friedman said he learned that the cable company is ready to phase out the existing boxes that we have, and thinks the boxes will become standard service with no additional service, and in order to get additional services customers will have to buy new digital boxes.  Discussion ensued on digital service and when Parkville would get it. 

 

Mr. Rittman said he hoped they would enhance the strength of the signal in some areas of the city.  Mayor Quitmeier suggested a meeting with Time Warner representatives.  He complained that whenever a Time Warner commercial comes on the volume comes up.  He hits the mute button at that point. 

                                                            ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-685, TO PAY LISTED SALARIES AND ACCOUNTS, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-685 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-685 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE A-685; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Mrs. Arnold said there was  a reference to Acomputers,@ but she found only computer being bought. Mr. Hawver said actually two computers were purchased B one for Ed Gault and one for Alan Schank.  There were questions about the page numbering sequence, going from Page 1 to 20, and later back to Page 1.

                                                                  NEW BUSINESS

 

11TH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET: The mayor asked City Clerk Barbara Lance to report on this event.  She said it would be at the main clubhouse at The National.  The banquet manager has agreed to a special deal for us, providing a complete meal with salad and dessert for $25 each.  Entree choices will be grilled pork chop with roasted red pepper jelly and hard cider glaze, or linguine noodles with seared large shrimp, fresh tomatoes, spinach, caramelized onions, sweet vermouth, fresh herbs and Parmesan cheese.  The pork chop dinner will be accompanied by heart-healthful side dishes.  The event will be held at the main clubhouse on March 22nd, on a Friday night.   The mayor asked if this time would work for everyone, and it was agreed it would.  The mayor also asked that letters go to the special people usually invited, in addition to the entire population of the city.  The city clerk said she would do that.  Seats are limited to 125. 

 

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

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.

 

 

Submitted by    _________________________________

City Clerk Barbara J. Lance - 1/11/02