Work Session
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
March 9, 2004
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Richardson called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m. in
the Administrative Conference Area.
PRESENT: Ward 1 Alderman Jack Friedman
Ward
1 Alderman Charlie Poole
Ward
2 Alderman Dave McCoy
Ward
2 Alderman Dave Rittman
Ward
3 Alderman Linda Arnold
Ward
3 Alderman Marvin Ferguson - NOT
PRESENT
Ward
4 Alderman Kathy Dusenbery - ARRIVED AT 7:45 P.M.
Ward
4 Alderman Marc Sportsman - NOT PRESENT
ALSO
PRESENT:
City Clerk
Barbara Lance (present until commencement of second executive session)
Public Works Director Jeff Rupp (present
as shown)
Attorney
Terry Satterlee of Lathrop & Gage (present for first executive session)
Attorney
Janet Garms of Stinson, Morrison & Hecker (bond counsel) (present as
shown)
Steve Goehl
of Kirkpatrick Pettis (bond underwriters) (present as shown)
DISCUSSION
OF HIRING OF NEW CITY ADMINISTRATOR
Procedure for hiring a new city administrator was
discussed. It had been agreed that
Mayor Richardson would go through all the resumes and choose the finalists;
aldermen would review his list later in this meeting. He will notify the finalists by phone (which would essentially be
an initial interview). The finalists
will be advised of former City Administrator Pat Hawver’s salary so they will
have a more realistic view of what the City would pay an incoming administrator. After the telephone interviews applications
will be mailed to the finalists. When
applications are returned, receipt will be acknowledged by phone and in-person
interviews will be scheduled. The City
will pay for travel for non-local candidates, plus hotel expenses if trips
require overnight stays.
When all interviews have been conducted (on the dates of
April 7,8,12,13,14,15,16 and 17) aldermen will select three finalists. We will obtain permission for background and
drug checks on these three, but will initially do them only on the candidate who is the top choice.
It was agreed the interviews would not be held until after
the April 6th election so the candidates would know who will be the
mayor. Both mayoral candidates Kathy
Dusenbery and Charlie Poole will be available on the dates shown above. Mr. Rittman offered to send letters to all
the non-finalist candidates. There was
general agreement that May 17th would be the start date for the new
city administrator. It was agreed that
he/she would not start until the drug test had been passed.
ALDERMAN DUSENBERY ARRIVED AT 7:45 P.M.
REGISTRATION
OF VOTERS IN POCKET PARK
Mrs. Lance presented to aldermen the question of allowing
voter registration in the pocket park between now and October 6th. Parkville resident Kathy Hopper of the
Republican Women’s Club had offered to recruit and schedule trained volunteer
registrars to do this. They will
register any Platte County residents who are of age. (Political parties are not listed on Platte County voter
registration records.)
ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN MOVED TO PERMIT VOTER REGISTRATION IN THE
POCKET PARK AT ANY TIME BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 6TH WITH THE
PROVISION THAT MRS. HOPPER WILL NOTIFY CITY HALL IN ADVANCE OF THE DATES AND
APPROXIMATE TIMES REGISTRARS WILL BE
THERE; ALDERMAN ARNOLD SECONDED; ALL
AYE; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
TO DISCUSS LITIGATION
ALDERMAN ARNOLD MOVED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO
DISCUSS LITIGATION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF RSMo 610.021(1); ALDERMAN DUSENBERY
SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
Ms. Satterlee and Public Works Director Jeff Rupp were
present for this session. Discussion
ensued.
ALDERMAN DUSENBERY MOVED TO PREPARE A DOCUMENT TO ADDRESS
THE ISSUE UNDER DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT MEETING; ALDERMAN RITTMAN SECONDED; ALL
AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN MOVED TO RETURN TO OPEN SESSION; ALDERMAN
POOLE SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
Open session resumed at 8:30 p.m.
DISCUSSION
WITH BOND UNDERWRITER AND BOND COUNSEL
Mr. Goehl explained about bonds in general, and the
different types. He and Ms. Garms went
over information for the June ballot issue.
Ms. Garms reviewed her proposal for services to the city. Documents they provided are attached to and
made a part of these minutes. Ms.
Garms and either Charlie Zitnik or Mr. Goehl of Kirkpatrick Pettis will be at
the March 23rd Board meeting.
ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN MOVED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO
DISCUSS PERSONNEL UNDER AUSPICES OF RSMo 610.021(3); ALDERMAN McCOY SECONDED;
ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
It was decided to hold the executive session until later.
ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN MOVED TO RETURN TO OPEN SESSION; ALDERMAN
DUSENBERY SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
DISCUSSION
OF POTENTIAL DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REGULATIONS
Mr. Rupp alerted aldermen to the cost of potential new
regulations from the DNR. Discussion
ensued. He asked permission to go to
Jefferson City and meet with DNR officials.
It was granted. Mrs. Dusenbery
asked that Mr. Rupp obtain a copy of the proposed regulations, and suggested it
might be better to prepare to comply with them
than to contest them. She asked
if the new regulations were unrealistic.
Mr. Rupp said he would try to obtain a copy, and said the Missouri Municipal League should get involved. Mr. Friedman said he should call Gary
Markenson, executive director of the MML
Mr. Rittman suggested Mr. Rupp approach the Platte County Regional Sewer
District because they would be facing the same issues. Mr. Rupp will call Chuck Reineke there.
DISCUSSION OF
TREES IN ENGLISH LANDING PARK
Mr. Rupp said they are having constant problems with the
trees in English Landing Park. When
they identify an emergency situation, i.e., a tree in danger of falling over
and hitting someone, they have to come to the Board of Aldermen for permission
to cut the tree down. This is after
Helene Miller and others with the Department of Conservation have agreed the
tree poses a threat. Mayor Richardson
suggested that item be tabled until the next regular meeting. Mr.
Rupp left.
DISCUSSION ON TOWN
HALL MEETING MARCH 24th
It was decided to separate the two meetings – the City’s and
the South Platte Fire Protection District’s.
The City’s will be from 7-8, and the SPFPD’S will start at 8. Mrs. Dusenbery and Mrs. Arnold would meet
the following Friday to work on plans for it.
It was agreed the City would not endorse the Fire District tax levy
increase and not ask the Fire District to endorse ours. Channel 2 should be notified to cover both
meetings.
ALDERMAN McCOY MOVED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS
HIRING OF PERSONNEL UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF RSMo 610.021(3); ALDERMAN ARNOLD
SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
Mrs. Lance left.
Aldermen went into executive session at 10:42 p.m.
Discussion ensued.
ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN MOVED TO RETURN TO OPEN SESSION; ALDERMAN
DUSENBERY SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
There was nothing to report coming out of executive session.
ALDERMAN ARNOLD MOVED TO ADJOURN; ALDERMAN POOLE SECONDED;
ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 11:30 p.m.
Submitted
by _______________________________________
City
Clerk Barbara J. Lance - March 18, 2004
Enc:
Documents from Stinson Morrison
Hecker and Kirkpatrick Pettis
Work Session
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI
March 23, 2004
PRESENT: Mayor Gerry Richardson
Ward 1 Aldermen Jack
Friedman and Charlie Poole
Ward 2 Alderman Dave
Rittman
Ward 2 Alderman McCoy
gave prior notice that he could not be present
Ward 3 Aldermen Marvin
Ferguson and Linda Arnold
Ward 4 Aldermen Marc
Sportsman and Kathy Dusenbery
ALSO PRESENT: City Clerk Barbara Lance
ITEMS OF DISCUSSION: DEER OVERPOPULATION
STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT
B-4
ZONING
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
DEER OVERPOPULATION
Aldermen
discussed whether a deer kill is necessary this year: Mr. Rittman is not convinced of validity of report and wants more
information. Board has bigger and more
important things to do – it’s not a wise use of our resources at this
time. Area of kill is limited to
southern part of Nature Sanctuary. Mrs.
Arnold asked how much the population has grown in the last few years, and Mr.
Poole suggested waiting a year to see how much it has grown then. Mr. Sportsman said if we don’t do anything
the problem will get worse.
Mr. Sportsman
suggested a debate in open forum after the April 6th election. Mr. Richardson suggested a small task force
to look into it, waiting until after June to do that.
The question
arose whether the deer population is increasing or whether their natural
environment is shrinking.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Mr. Friedman
said the board passed an ordinance a while back in which there are specific
rules on this issue, but they can be waived by the city administrator. He asked that the board think about amending
that to require any waiver to be the prerogative of the Board of Aldermen. Mayor Richardson suggested that could be
accomplished by setting up an appeals process to the Board. There was general agreement.
B-4 ZONING
Some
discussion was held on whether it was a burden for the Board of Aldermen to
consider each change requested in B-4 zoning.
There was no conclusion to this discussion.
ALDERMAN
ARNOLD MOVED TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR DISCUSSION OF LITIGATION AND REAL
ESTATE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF RSMo 610.021(1) and (2); ALDERMAN FERGUSON
SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED.
Aldermen went
into executive session at 6:35 p.m.
Discussion
ensued.
ALDERMAN
DUSENBERY MOVED TO RETURN TO OPEN SESSION IN THE BOARD ROOM; ALDERMAN RITTMAN
SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION SECONDED.
The executive
session was concluded at approximately 7:10 p.m. After a slight recess aldermen went into the regular meeting in
open session in the Board Room.
Submitted by __________________________________
City Clerk Barbara J.
Lance - 3/29/04