prior to
REGULAR MEETING
of Parkville Board of Aldermen
June 6, 2006
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Kathryn A. Dusenbery called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. in the Administration Conference Center on the upper floor of City Hall.
Ward 1 Alderman Jack Friedman - ABSENT, ILL - joined by phone at 6:30 p.m.
Ward 1 Alderman Deborah Butcher - ABSENT, ILL
Ward 2 Alderman David McCoy - present
Ward 2 Alderman David Rittman - present
Ward 3 Alderman Marvin Ferguson - present
Ward 3 Alderman Jeff Bay - present
Ward 4 Alderman Marc Sportsman - present
Ward 4 Alderman Brian Atkinson - present
ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Joe Turner
Police Chief Bill Hudson
Police Lt. John Moyer
Community Development Director Sean Ackerson
Project Manager Dan Koch
MEDIA PRESENT: Nancy Jack for Parkville Luminary
Kim Bui for Kansas City Star
Emergency Preparedness. Mr. Turner reported on Emergency Preparedness. An amending ordinance will be prepared for the June 20th board meeting naming a Police Department officer to the post of Emergency Preparedness Director.
Master Plan. Mr. Ackerson distributed copies of the Master Plan completion schedule. He said the Board of Aldermen has the final say on this document. It will go to the Planning Commission and then to the public and the Board. He gave some tentative dates - August 29, October 31, November 14. Each meeting will last about 1-1/2 hours. Mr. Rittman asked if we need to discuss this with Jack Campbell, reminding aldermen that the Master Plan constitutes hard and fast law once it's passed. Mr. Ackerson agreed it needs to go to Mr. Campbell.
Mr. Ackerson noted the Master Plan is a policy guide, and he will bring it back every year to see if anything has changed.
ALDERMAN FRIEDMAN JOINED THE CONVERSATION BY PHONE AT 6:30 P.M.
Community Policing. Mr. Turner said we need to make sure that everyone shares the same definition of community policing. After considerable discussion, no definition was forthcoming. There was discussion about parking in the park, and giving warnings instead of tickets. Chief Hudson said every year the officers give at least as many warnings as they do tickets, and the number is given in the annual report. Mr. Sportsman asked that the department identify needs and direct services to those areas. He said community policing takes on different definitions for different people. It also gets the community involved in support of the Police Department.
Mr. Sportsman said we all believe we have one of the best small police departments in the area, maybe in the midwest, but he was just trying to suggest we could all do better.
The meeting adjourned into open session at 7:07 p.m.
Submitted by ________________________________________
City Clerk Barbara J. Lance - 6/16/06