 |
Crystal Lake Park |
||||||||
|
Home | Calendar | City Officials | Meeting Minutes | Municipal Codes | Planning & Zoning | Quarterly Newsletter | Comprehensive Plan |
|||||||||
|
MINUTES Of the City of Crystal Lake Park, Missouri Regular Meeting of the Board of Alderpersons October 8, 2007
Mayor Balcer welcomed everyone to the meeting and asked that roll call be taken.
ROLL CALL:
Mayor and Alderpersons: Present: Mayor Matt Balcer, and Alderpersons Bonnie Taylor, Jim Gehringer, Jim Leonard and Dennis Nahnsen.
City Officials: Present: City Attorney Howard Paperner, City Clerk Lois La Driere, Chief of Police Steve Sood and Street Commissioner Jim Cooper. Absent: City Treasurer Ann Bradley.
Mayor Balcer
asked for a vote to approve the meeting Agenda for October 8, 2007.
Alderperson Gehringer asked to add a discussion of a letter from resident
Amy Cislo to the
ORDINANCES:
Mayor Balcer indicated that Planning & Zoning Chairman David Evans said that the Commission had proposed the hiring of Building Commissioner Jim Littlefield on a month to month basis. He introduced Bill #424 and made a Motion to read the bill by title only for the first time. The Motion was seconded by Alderperson Leonard and unanimously approved. Attorney Paperner read the bill by title for the first time.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE PARK TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH JOHN W. LITTLEFIELD, PRESIDENT OF LITTLEFIED ARCHITECTURE, TO ACT AS BUILLDING COMMISSIONER.
A Motion was made by Alderperson Leonard, and seconded by Alderperson Taylor to read Bill #424 by title only for the second time and declaring it adopted as Ordinance #398. The Alderpersons voted as follows: Alderperson Gehringer - aye; Alderperson Taylor - aye; Alderperson Leonard - aye; and Alderperson Nahnsen - aye. Attorney Paperner then read the bill for a second time by title only.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE PARK TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH JOHN W. LITTLEFIELD, PRESIDENT OF LITTLEFIED ARCHITECTURE, TO ACT AS BUILLDING COMMISSIONER.
A Motion was then made by Alderperson Leonard, and seconded by Alderperson Taylor to approve Bill #424, Ordinance #398. The Alderpersons voted as follows: Alderperson Gehringer - aye; Alderperson Taylor - aye; Alderperson Leonard - aye; and Alderperson Nahnsen - aye.
Mayor Balcer then declared Bill #424 Ordinance #398 passed. He requested that the fee proposal submitted by Littlefield and approved by the Board by added to the ordinance as Exhibit A.
The next ordinance, Bill #425, to approve a settlement agreement of $4,288.88 with Verizon Wireless Services, was explained to Board members by attorney Paperner, who also provided background information on the litigation which led to the settlement. He further explained that the City should decide whether or not to also approve allocating a percentage of the settlement of the $4,288.88 to the St. Louis County Municipal League. Those monies, typically five percent of each City’s settlement amount, would be used by the League to further legislation on behalf of all cities in St. Louis County. A discussion ensued concerning the pros and cons of allocating the monies to the League. Attorney Paperner then informed the City that if they chose not to allocate a percentage of the settlement monies to the League at this time, the City could chose to do so in January or February of 2008 instead. After further discussion, it was unanimously agreed by Board members to postpone a vote on the allocation until the later date. There being no further discussion, a Motion was made by Alderperson Leonard to read Bill #425 by title only for the first time. The Motion was seconded by Alderperson Nahnsen and the Alderpersons voted as follows: Alderperson Taylor - aye; Alderperson Gehringer - aye; Alderperson Nahnsen - aye; and Alderperson Leonard - aye; the Motion was approved and Attorney Paperner read the bill by title only for the first time.
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH VERIZON WIRELESS.
Alderperson Leonard then made a Motion to read Bill #425 by title only for the second time and adopting it as Ordinance #399. The Motion was seconded by Alderperson Nahnsen and the Alderpersons voted as follows: Alderperson Taylor – aye; Alderperson Nahnsen – aye; Alderperson Gehringer – aye; and Alderperson Leonard – aye.
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH VERIZON WIRELESS.
A Motion was made by Alderperson Taylor, and seconded by Alderperson Leonard to approve Bill #425, Ordinance #399. The Alderpersons voted as follows: Alderperson Gehringer - aye; Alderperson Taylor - aye; Alderperson Leonard - aye; and Alderperson Nahnsen -aye. Mayor Balcer then declared Bill #425 Ordinance #399 passed.
Street Maintenance: Street Commissioner (SC) Cooper reported that he and attorney Paperner had written a Request for Proposal (RFP) to repair certain residents’ driveways and street curbs. The RFP, he said, would be mailed to seven street contractors in order to obtain proposals for the repairs. He further stated that he would conduct a walk-thru with interested contractors on October 26 and that the deadline for receipt of proposals was November 9, 2007. In addition, he said the proposals would be submitted to Board members for review in advance of the November 12, 2007 Board meeting. An Intent to Participate form would be due by November 19, 2007.
Alderperson
Taylor asked SC Cooper when he thought the repair work would begin. SC
Cooper replied that each company would outline its project timeline in
their proposals. Alderperson Leonard noted that conceivably the work
could be completed by year end since the area is expecting a warmer than
normal winter. Alderperson Taylor asked SC Cooper if he intended to
oversee the work on the project, to which he replied yes. There being no
further questions, Alderperson Gehringher made a Motion to approve the RFP
as submitted by SC Cooper. Mayor Balcer asked for a vote of those in
favor of the approval, which was unanimous.
Financial Report: Next on the Agenda was a presentation of the financial report. City Treasurer Bradley not being present, Alderperson Leonard presented the report. He announced that the amount of the City's cash on hand was $126,546.00. In addition he said, $74,000.00 was invested in Certificates of Deposit in the City’s account at U. S. Bank, and that other City funds totalled $6300.00. He recommended that City Treasurer Bradley close out the City’s Bank of America account and deposit those funds in the City’s account at Reliance Bank. Attorney Paperner recalled that he had suggested in the past that the City develop an investment plan and promised to look into the matter for the City.
City Clerk: City Clerk LaDriere said that she was attempting to obtain a $25,000.00 performance bond from The Bar Plan as required by St. Louis County Public Works relative to their administration of the Sewer Lateral Line Repair program. She also said that four residents on Putter Lane would be holding a joint garage sale the coming weekend.
Police Chief: Police Chief Steve Sood stated that he had been working with the Chief of Police of Frontenac to develop a Neighborhood Watch Program for our City. He indicated that he would put more information in the next City newsletter to apprise residents and ask for volunteers to participate. He also said that Frontenac police will have a greater presence in the City in the future to control speeding. Initially speeders received warnings from the police he said, but he has now asked the police to start issuing citations. Sood added that another program he would like to initiate is the Kids Corner. It would encourage the City’s children to become familiar with Frontenac police and firefighters he said. The program would include tours of the fire station and appointing children as Junior Police Officers. All Board members greeted the ideas with enthusiasm and told Sood to continue the excellent work as Police Chief of the City.
Park Maintenance: A letter from resident Amy Cislo expressing her concerns about the mulch currently being used in the City Park playground was introduced by Alderperson Gehringer. The letter stated that she had recommended in the past that the City replace the mulch with a rubber surface as a precautionary measure to protect children from harming themselves. Attorney Paperner said that the use of rubber mulch is now standard for most cities playgrounds. A discussion ensued and it was proposed that City prepare an RFP to mail to companies which provide such services. Attorney Paperner indicated that he would obtain a list of vendors to which to send RFPs so that the City can obtain bids on the project.
Alderperson Taylor then said that she was concerned about the age of the trees in the City Park and recommended that after the City completed repair of the driveways and curbs that it look into hiring an arborist to assess the park trees.
VOTE TO CLOSE THE MEETING: There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
NEXT MEETING: Mayor Balcer then announced that the next meeting of the Board was scheduled for Monday, November 12, 2007.
MINUTES RECORDED BY:______________________________________________ City Clerk, Lois La Driere
ATTEST:_______________________________________________________________ Matt Balcer, Mayor
|
|
||||||||
|
|||||||||