Regular Meeting

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI

August 20, 2002

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

Mayor Charles E. Kutz called the meeting to order at 7:02 in the Board Room.

 

     ROLL CALL

 

Ward 1 Alderman Jack Friedman      - present

Ward 1 Alderman Charlie Poole      - present

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 Marc Sportsman      - present

Ward 4 Alderman Kathy Dusenbery      - present

 

              ALSO PRESENT

 

City Administrator Pat Hawver

Police Chief Bill Hudson

Director of Public Works Jeff Rupp

Superintendent of Streets Alan Schank

For Main Street, Inc.:  Tom Hutsler, Angelo Gangai, Colleen Brenner

Boy Scouts William Brown and Matt Eckert, Troop #333

Resident Nancy Jack

MEDIA PRESENT: Martha Zirschky for Platte Dispatch

                              Ed Gault and Shan Johnson for Channel 2                       

 

     REVIEW OF MINUTES

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 6, 2002, MEETING BE APPROVED AS PUBLISHED; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

BOY SCOUTS

 

Scouts Brown and Eckert came to the podium at the mayor=s request and said they were working on their Citizenship in the Community badges.

 

CITIZEN INPUT

 

4^th OF JULY.  Mr. Hutsler said he wanted to give a 30-second report on the 4^th of July.  Addi­tional income of $175 had been received, making a total of $14,594.50, and a net profit of $1,351.

 

PARKVILLE DAYS.  Mr. Hutsler said everything is going really well.  More applicants for the Little Mr. and Little Miss Parkville contests are needed; parents should call Maxine McKeon at 741-1603.  She is accepting applications for ages 3-5 and 6-8.  The parade is going really well.  The grand marshal will be Mayor Charley Kutz.  Van Chevrolet is lending them a red Corvette for the mayor.  Thoroughbred Ford is also lending convertibles for the parade.  Colleen Brennan said they sold 91 vendor spaces for Parkville Days.  They need volunteers.

 

Mr. Hutsler said Angelo Gangai is the chairman of Main Street and he was there to ask for approval for the dates for Parkville Days 2003.  Mr. Gangai said he also wanted to give the board an update on what=s going on.  The Parkville Community Development Corporation met.  At that meeting they had great support from PCDC, which funded Main Street with $12,500 to keep the current Main Street Parkville Association set and running.  That will help them set up their office space over in the depot after they had some equipment failures.  He said they have been busy with brochure distribution B they have developed a new tri-fold color brochure of downtown.  It has gone to 105 different hotels.  They=ll continue to fund that, the pocket park brick program and the gift certificate program. 

 

Main Street Director Karen Montgomery tendered her resignation due to personal reasons, he said, but she will continue to volunteer for events.  They went through a pretty good search for a new manager, and he met with other Main Street program managers in Leavenworth, Kansas, and Lee=s Summit.  They came to an agreement with Colleen Brennan, and she has taken on the position of program manager of their current Main Street Parkville Association.    

 

Mrs. Dusenbery said the Mid-Continent Public Library in Parkville has a rack where Main Street could put its new brochures. 

 

Mrs. Arnold asked Mr. Gangai about the 501(c)3 status, which she knew they had been working on, and asked if when that is accomplished they would be changing from Main Street Parkville Association to Main Street, Inc.  Mr. Gangai said probably they would have all that paperwork done and get all that changed over.  He had spoken to Mr. Rittman in a recent meeting about the bylaws; as she knew, he said, they had a computer loss, and all the files were on that computer.  They=re in the middle of restoring those on new computer software.  When all that is done they will be changing over from Main Street Parkville Association to Main Street Parkville, Inc., and they will be applying for Missouri not-for-profit status as well.  They=re looking to tie all that up by the end of the year and probably roll things over into 2003. 

 

Mayor Kutz asked if they wanted to set the date for next year.  Mr. Gangai said yes, for the Jazz & Fine Arts Festival 2003.  Mrs. Arnold said no.  Mayor Kutz said he thought Mr. Hutsler said Parkville Days 2003.  Mr. Hutsler said he thought what he and Mr. Hawver talked about was setting the dates for next year, but then there would be discussion with Mr. Hawver about the sponsorship of those events.    

 

Mr. Hawver said he thought the date (for Parkville Jazz & Fine Arts Festival, i.e., Jazzfest) was established already, and the issue of who=s going to be the sponsor was not for that night=s meeting.  The dates June 20-23, 2003, were mentioned by Mr. Gangai.  Mr. Hutsler said the most important date (to consider that night) was for Parkville Days, 2003.  Mrs. Arnold said she thought they were not going to do Jazzfest that night.  Mr. Hutsler said not the sponsorship, but he thought by ordinance they were supposed to set the date a year ahead. 

 

There was discussion about which dates and which events were being considered.  Mr. Hutsler said they=d like to be approved for Parkville Days for next year, but if they (the aldermen) felt it necessary they could just approve all the dates for next year.  He said they would like to have the last weekend in August for Parkville Days, Athe weekend before Labor Day.@  A look at the 2003 calendar indicated the last weekend in August is Labor Day Weekend; that is not the date requested, Mr. Hutsler said.  They would like to have the dates of August 22^nd, 23^rd and 24^th, 2003, reserved. 

 

ALDERMAN RITTMAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE DATES OF AUGUST 22^nd THROUGH 24^th FOR PARKVILLE DAYS IN 2003; ALDERMAN McCOY SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

Mayor Kutz asked if anyone else had audience input.  Mr. Hawver  asked Mr. Hutsler if he had revised financial statements for the City.  Mr. Hutsler brought a document to the table for Mr. Hawver. 

 

        MAYOR=S REPORT

 

RIBBON-CUTTING FOR JERRY ISRAEL OF THE EDWARD JONES COMPANY.  Mayor Kutz said he took part, along with Chamber of Commerce President Deborah Butcher and Alderman Linda Arnold, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for this new office in Parkville Heights.

 

The mayor asked everyone to tell their neighbors about Parkville Days.

 

                CITY ADMINISTRATOR=S REPORT

 

Mr. Hawver said he has researched the West Nile virus and has ordered 2,000 brochures.  The crew will spray the park right before Parkville Days and try to eliminate the pockets of water. 

 

           POLICE CHIEF=S REPORT     

 

Chief Hudson said the other night in the pouring rain Officer Brian Bradley, assisted by Officer Eric Sligar, stopped a car that contained over a pound of methamphetamine, a fully loaded 32 automatic, and $6,000 in cash in the pocket of the driver.   The driver, a Mexican national in this country illegally, is now in Platte County jail.   The chief said it was a good bust and would have been easy to overlook in the rain. 

 

Mr. Poole asked if that meant the money would go into our fund, and the chief said they turn it over to Metro; if they confiscate it, it goes to the State for schools.  That goes for the car as well, if it is confiscated.  The gun went into the property room and will ultimately be destroyed. 

 

Two coin machines have been robbed; one theft involved a burglary.  The suspect will be in possession of several hundred dollars worth of coins.

 

Sergeant Kevin Davis has been accepted into the February class at the Southern Police Institute.

 

    COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

CHANNEL 2/WEBSITE.  No report.

 

COMMUNITY CENTER.  No report.

 

FARMERS MARKET.  Mr. Friedman said AJust keep going down.@

 

FINANCIAL.  Mr. Ferguson said the semi-annual financial report was included in the packets.  It varied in some respects from the June report (which included cumulative figures) they received at the last meeting, but was acceptable. 

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED TO APPROVE THE SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH IT; ALDERMAN McCOY SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

MAIN STREET/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.  No report.

 

NATURE SANCTUARY.  Mr. McCoy said they met the previous day to discuss the Nature Center.  One of the things helpful to him in this discussion was information about what the Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary has done.  The committee decided to move forward with the project, but they have broken it into two phases.  They made it very clear they would not be supportive of any plan that would make the City liable for any amount of money that can=t be raised by the center. 

 

PARKS.  No report.

 

PLANNING & ZONING.  Mr. Ferguson said a meeting was scheduled for the previous Tuesday; only three members attended, so they carried matters over until September.

 

       BILLS AND ORDINANCES           

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2051, AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF THE QUESTION OF A GUEST ROOM TAX ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, BE PLACED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2051 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 2051 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE 2033; ALDERMAN McCOY SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Bill 2051 was posted August 2, 2002.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2052, EMPLOYING KEVIN SCHANK AS TEMPO­RARY WASTEWATER PLANT OPERATOR, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

Mr. Friedman asked if there would be three operators down there, and Mr. Hawver said no, Leonard Johnson entered the hospital that day for rotator cuff surgery; he is expected to be off for a matter of weeks.  Mr. Schank will assist Al Kennedy on a temporary, part-time basis until Mr. Johnson is able to return to work.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2052 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 2052 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE 2034; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Bill 2052 was posted 8/16/02.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2053, ESTABLISHING THE TAX LEVY AMOUNT FOR 2002, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2053 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED;

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL 2053 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE 2035; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Bill 2053 was posted 8/16/02.

 

    CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 62, CONTRACTING WITH LATHROP AND GAGE FOR LEGAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 62 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 62 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE C/A 62; ALDERMAN SPORTSMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Bill C/A 62 was posted 8/16/02. 

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 63, CONTRACTING WITH KELLY BATCHELLER FOR ARCHITECTURAL WORK ON THE PROPOSED NATURE CENTER, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL C/A 63 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 63 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE C/A 63; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Bill C/A 63 was posted 8/16/02.

 

     ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-700, TO PAY LISTED SALARIES AND ACCOUNTS, BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT BILL A-700 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 A-700 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE A-700; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL; MOTION CARRIED 8-0.

 

Bill A-700 was posted 8/16/02. 

 

            OTHER BUSINESS

 

ACTIVITIES REPORT.  Mrs. Arnold expressed appreciation for the regular Activities Report received from the Community Development Department.