Note:  These minutes should be considered a draft until they are approved by the Board of Aldermen.

 

Regular Meeting

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

CITY OF PARKVILLE, MISSOURI

July 3, 2007

 

 

Ward 1 Alderman Jim Brooks            -    Present

Ward 1 Alderman Deborah Butcher   -    Present

Ward 2 Alderman David McCoy       -    Absent w/prior notice

Ward 2 Alderman Gia McFarlane      -    Present

Ward 3 Alderman Marvin Ferguson   -    Present

Ward 3 Alderman Jeffrey Bay           -    Present

Ward 4 Alderman Gerry Richardson  -    Present

 

 

ALSO PRESENT:               City Administrator Joe Turner

                                             Community Development Director Sean Ackerson

                                             Public Works Director Dan Koch

                                             City Collector Loretta Stevens

                                             Chief Hudson and Lt. John Moyer       

                                             City Clerk Claudia Willhite

                                             Administrative Asst. Deb Hammond

 

 

MEDIA PRESENT:            Jared Hoffman, Sun Publications

                                                            Nancy Jack for The Parkville Luminary

                                             Andy Hyland for The Kansas City Star

                                             Alan McArthur for The Landmark

                                             Andrea Horine for Channel 2

 

 

REVIEW OF MINUTES

 

Approval of Minutes

 

           IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 5TH SPECIAL MEETING AND THE REGULAR MEETING AND WORK SESSIONS OF JUNE 19TH; ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

          

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) - 1

 

Mayor Dusenbery read the consent agenda items which were as listed below:

 

1.   CA Ord. w/Mid-America Power Systems & Services for budgeted maintenance of Lift Station Generators

 

         IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR JULY 3rd AS READ; ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

 

CITIZEN INPUT

 

Resolution in Support of Slate of Officers for Old Towne Market District CID

 

         IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN BUTCHER AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PARKVILLE OLD TOWNE MARKET COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN; ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

 

Note:  A copy of the proposed Parkville Old Towne Market Community Improvement District Board of Directors as submitted in the meeting packets is attached to these official minutes.

 

MAYOR

 

Mayor Dusenbery extended invitation to all to attend the Open House scheduled for Saturday, July 7th from 10 a.m. to Noon. 

 

She also reported that Alderman Brian Atkinson had submitted his resignation from the board on July 2nd due to his family having moved to a new home located in a different ward in Parkville.  She said a replacement appointment for this Ward 4 vacancy would be discussed at the next board meeting.

 

CITY ADMINISTRATOR

 

City Administrator Joe Turner reviewed the June Sales Tax Reports submitted in the board packets.

 

POLICE

Chief Hudson and Lt. Moyer distributed material about the new police department website, www.parkvillepolice.org created by Officer Byrum and Officer Hampton to increase communication and education resources within the community.  They explained that the website offers information on Parkville Police services and mission statement, crime prevention and safety education, frequently asked questions, helpful links and basic Municipal Court information.                                                                                    

                                                   

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

 

No report.

 

                                                                    PUBLIC WORKS

 

C/A Ord. w/Hunter Drape for City Hall window blinds 

 

Public Works Director Dan Koch reviewed the need for this order for window blinds for the new city hall windows.  He said this non-budgeted expense would be paid from the general fund’s contingency fund.  Chief Hudson requested that the window in the interrogation room be added to the order.

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY TO ADD BLINDS FOR THE INTERROGATION ROOM TO THIS ORDER.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY THAT BILL CA 224, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH HUNTER DRAPE FOR CITY HALL WINDOW BLINDS; BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY THAT BILL CA 224 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY.  ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY THAT BILL CA 224 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE CA 224.  ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL VOTE.   MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

 

Bill CA 224 was posted on 06/29/07.

 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY THAT BILL A-817 BE APPROVED FOR FIRST READING, ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY THAT BILL A-817 BE APPROVED ON FIRST READING AND PASSED TO SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY, ALL AYE, MOTION CARRIED.

 

IT WAS MOVED BY ALDERMAN FERGUSON AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN BAY THAT BILL A-817 BE APPROVED ON SECOND READING TO BECOME ORDINANCE A-817, ALL AYE BY ROLL CALL VOTE.  

        

            MOTION PASSED 6-0.

          

Bill A-817 was posted on 06/29/07.

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

 

Animal Shelter  – Mr. Bay reported on future FOPAS fundraisers.  August 3rd, he said, will be Family Fun Night at the Platte County Resource Center and on September 22nd the Paws in the Park Festival will be held in English Landing Park.  In closing, he reminded that volunteers are always needed.

 

Chamber of Commerce/Tourism/Main Street Assoc.– Mrs. Butcher reported that the 3rd Thursday of each month is the Chamber’s Business After Hours event and she’ll have details on the next one at the next board meeting.  She also reported working on rack card versus brochure design and cost options with Cheryl Thorp.   She also reported building a photo library for Parkville promotion opportunities that sometimes require a quick turnaround.  Having signed releases on file for all pictures in our photo library, she noted, will facilitate the process.  Todd Boussard, she said is working with her on this project, pulling from many good photos he has on the www.parkvillemo.net website.  Mrs. Butcher also reported working with KCPT on a 30-second video montage that says, “Come to Parkville”.

 

Channel 2 and Website – Mrs. Butcher reported that she and Sean have reviewed a variety of websites and Sean has a very definite idea on how to proceed but this project had to take a backseat in order to focus on developing the Parkville logo for our stationery.  Mayor Dusenbery reported that Mike Horine and Anna Jaffe have been working very hard with Time Warner Cable to address the Channel 2 connection issues and Channel 2 is expected to be up and running within approximately three weeks. 

 

Community Land and Recreation Board  – No report.

 

Economic Development Committee – Mr. Richardson reported there has been some activity though no committee meeting yet due to initial focus on the legal and structural issues.  He explained that rather than placing Parkville business people on the EDC, the recommendation is to create an adhoc advisory panel that will not operate under the auspices of the city and therefore not be required to meet the specific aldermen guidelines.  Mr. Richardson said if the board is amenable to that, then he anticipates this adhoc group will create an outline for a proposed strategic plan with no anticipated potential for conflicts of interest.  The goal end result, he said, will be a report to the board to be considered and amended or adopted as the board sees fit.  Mayor Dusenbery noted some board members are interested in attending those meetings and Mr. Richardson said he would provide notification to the board of when and where those meetings are scheduled to take place.

 

Farmers Market – Mrs. McFarlane reported that the Farmers Market would not be held this Wednesday due to the July 4th holiday events.  She said the market would be held on Saturday as usual.  August 4th, she said, will be the next planned event, with the chef from the Blue Stem Restaurant at 9 a.m. to share recipes and give cooking demonstrations.  Mrs. Butcher suggested that Ida Lake should let her know when special activities will be taking place at the market so she can add them to the Parkville events calendar.

 

Financial Report – No report.

 

Nature Sanctuary – No report.

 

Railroad Museum – Mr. Ferguson reported that he had a court schedule conflict with the museum committee meeting so Mrs. Butcher graciously attended on his behalf.  Mrs. Butcher said it was a good meeting and a couple who are active in the Kansas City Chapter of the Railroad History group has offered to help research grants and develop standards for Parkville’s new museum.  She added that they may also know of people willing to help staff the museum and pointed out that it was the signage in front of the depot that helped them to become aware of Parkville’s Railroad Museum. 


MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FROM THE BOARD

 

Mayor Dusenbery reported that board members will find information on the July 19th Missouri Municipal League dinner meeting in their packets.  She said that this year’s nomination for Parkville Civic Leader is Joe Miller from Miller’s Nursery, for their donated staff and time to help repair English Landing Park following the recent flooding. 

 

Alderman Brooks reported that there is strong renewed interest in preserving and rebuilding Banneker School and the committee to achieve this is working with the Neighborhood Assistance Program to develop an organization chart and to establish non-profit status.  Mayor Dusenbery requested that this be added to the regular agenda committee reports with Jim Brooks as committee liaison.

 

There being no further business:

 

ALDERMAN FERGUSON MOVED THAT THE MEETING ADJOURN; ALDERMAN BUTCHER SECONDED; ALL AYE; MOTION CARRIED 6-0.

 

The meeting adjourned at approximately 7:36 p.m.

 

 

Submitted by: ________________________________

                       City Clerk Claudia Willhite, 07/11/07