MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
GLADSTONE,
MISSOURI
REGULAR
MEETING
MONDAY, JUNE
11, 2001
Mayor Anita Newsom called
the Regular June 11, 2001 City
Council Meeting to order in the City Council Chambers at 7:30 p.m.
PRESENT: Mayor Anita Newsom
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross
Councilman Dan Bishop
Councilman Shirley Smith
Councilman Les Smith
City Manager Kirk Davis
Assistant City Manager Laura
Gay
City Clerk Marilyn Ahnefeld
Item 3. on the Agenda. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Anita Newsom welcomed Scout Troop 447 from Nashua Baptist Church who presented the color guard and led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag in which all joined.
Mayor Newsom thanked the scouts and commented that it is always nice to have scouts here and see familiar faces from her former elementary school.
Item 4. on
the Agenda APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross moved to approve the Regular May 29, 2001 City Council Meeting
Minutes as submitted. Councilman
Les Smith seconded the motion. The
vote: All “aye” – Councilman Les Smith,
Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross,
Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Item 4a. on
the Agenda PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
Mayor Anita Newsom stated that we have a very
special presentation of certificates to the first group of graduates of the
Gladstone Public Safety Citizens Academy.
This academy is something that Public Safety has been trying to work
through for almost a year. It is
something that is very beneficial experience for Public Safety and especially
our citizens. This is one of the first
outreach efforts of our community oriented government and community oriented
policing. She then asked Sgt. Richard
King if he had any comments he would like to make about the Academy.
Sgt. King stated that it has been an educational
experience not only for our citizens, but members of the department at the same
time. We have gained a better
understanding of our community, the place where we live and work every day, and
the citizens we serve to the best of our ability.
To that extent, we have created partnerships that
will go on for many years to come that will enhance our ability to serve and
better understand the needs of the citizens of Gladstone. At the same time we conclude this wonderful
experience for ourselves and the folks that have participated with us, we are
preparing to embark on an even newer expansion with an alumni association where
the folks that complete this program will be able to remain together in
communication with members of the Public Safety Department and meet at least on
an annual basis so that we can maintain an open line of communication with the
residents that have been through this program and continue to field their
concerns and have input from them to better guide and direct us every day as we
perform our duties.
Sgt. King stated that he is very pleased that
Director Bill Adamo gave him this opportunity to work with this program to meet
these people and to move forward in this outreach effort of the department as
it relates to what the City staff is doing with the community oriented
government program at the same time.
Sgt. King thanked the citizens who participated and
congratulated each of them and said he them friends and supporters of this City
and the Public Safety Department.
Mayor Newsom, with the assistance of Director Bill
Adamo and Sgt. King presented the certificates, a picture of the graduating
class, and a City logo pin to each graduate and thanked them for participating
in the Citizens Academy. She asked if
any members of the academy wished to make any comments.
Mr. Don Harper thanked his classmates and stated
that he has a deep appreciation of the entire Public Safety Department,
especially Sgt. Richard King and all the fine people who came out on Monday
nights, devoting their time, their dedication and pride in their job which was
evident the entire time. He stated that
they have learned a lot from it and hopes that we can take it out to the community
and invite a lot more people with go through the classes.
Item 4b. on
the Agenda PROCLAMATION
FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEGACY MEMORIAL
Mayor Newsom read a proclamation recognizing the
dedication of the African-American Legacy Memorial and Fountain on Friday, June
15th, 2001 in Liberty Square.
Mayor Newsom stated that she will be carrying this
proclamation to the dedication ceremony on Friday, scheduled for 11:00 AM on
the Liberty Square. The public is
welcome to this event and Governor Holden will be the keynote speaker.
Item 4c. on
the Agenda PROCLAMATION
FOR NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
Mayor Newsom read a Proclamation recognizing the
second anniversary of the Gladstone Neighbors Helping Neighbors
organization.
Ms. Newsom stated that Executive Director, Mr. Art
Hammen is here this evening to present a report. She thanked Mr. Hammen for all he has done and the time and
effort for our City.
Mr. Art Hammen thanked the Council, staff and
citizens of Gladstone for their support of Neighbors Helping Neighbors on
behalf of the Board of Directors and all volunteers, especially the people that
they serve.
Mr. Hammen stated that he is here to report on the
$5,000 grant from the City that was issued to their organization for
weatherization efforts that would help those in our community who can least
afford the sky-rocketing utility prices.
He said they began by researching the needs of our
community and found that 75% of winter heat loss and summer heat gain is
through the attic. Because of that,
they negotiated an agreement with a commercial insulator, Kansas Home
Insulation Company, to add insulation to the attics as the first phase of the
program. They have gone into 21 homes
and have blown fiber glass insulation with an R-value of R-19. They have substantially reduced the cost of
this effort through the negotiations with Kansas Home Insulation, in fact,
saved about 53% over their regular price to do this work.
There were originally 26 applications for
weatherization assistance, and they approved 22 of them based on current state
income guidelines. One later withdrew
after getting help from another source.
Today they have completed 20 of the 21 attics that remain. The last home is expected to be completed
this week.
A typical home that they have provided service to is
45 - 50 years old, and they determined that they have tripled the amount of
insulation in the average home they have serviced. The attic area equals collectively approximately two/thirds of an
acre or the same as three building lots.
For all the football fans, if you stood on the 38 yard line at Arrowhead
Stadium and looked to the opposite end, you would see insulation about 8 inches
deep that is equal to what has been put into these 21 homes.
The total value of the insulation installed is
$13,471. They will begin phase two of
the weatherization program whereby volunteers will be installing weather
stripping, caulking and other energy-saving devices. The estimated cost of these supplies will be another $2,000.
In addition, through the cooperation of Director
Adamo and the Public Safety Department, while volunteers are in the homes, they
will install new smoke detectors in any home without adequate working smoke
detectors provided by the Public Safety Department.
The total value of weatherization improvements is
expected to exceed $15,000 to Gladstone residents, but all the work is being
done at no cost to the recipients. In
addition to the City’s generous grant of $5,000, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
has drawn upon their own resources and are currently seeking other funding to
complete the weatherization project.
They will continue to receive applications as long as funding is
available.
Mr. Hammen thanked the City Council, City staff and
all citizens of Gladstone who have helped pay for this project. You can all feel very proud of what we have
accomplished together. We are providing
long-term relief for reduced energy consumption, both winter and summer for
Gladstone residents.
Mayor Newsom stated that there will be an
anniversary celebration for Neighbors Helping neighbors on June 30th. It will be a picnic celebration for the
volunteers and all Council members are invited. She thanked Mr. Hammen for all of his work.
Item 5. on
the Agenda CONSENT AGENDA
Following the Clerks reading, Councilman Les Smith
moved to approve the Consent Agenda as read;
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross seconded.
The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman
Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita
Newsom. (5-0)
CONSENT AGENDA DETAIL
Councilman Les Smith moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R-01-42, accepting
Temporary Construction Easements and a Permanent Easement from property owners
for the Prospect Plaza Improvement Project , Phase II. Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross seconded. The vote:
All “aye” - Councilman Les
Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross,
Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Councilman Les Smith moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R-01-43, accepting a Bill of Sale from TUF Flight Inc.
and Vaughan Mechanical, Inc. conveying water line and fire hydrant built to
serve Caroline’s House Day Care, 7260 NE Antioch Road to the City for
maintenance. Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross
seconded. The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan
Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Councilman Les Smith moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R-01-44, authorizing execution of a contract with
Metro Asphalt, Inc. in the amount of $189,878.15 from the Transportation Sales
Tax Fund for the 2001 Full Depth Asphalt Replacement Program. Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross seconded. The vote:
All “aye” - Councilman Les
Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross,
Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Councilman Les Smith moved to adopt RESOLUTION NO. R-01-45, authorizing
acceptance of work under the Wilson
Plumbing Contract for Brooktree Circle
Drainage Improvements and authorizing final payment in the amount of $17,102.12
from the Capital Improvements Sales Tax Fund.
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross seconded.
The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman
Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita
Newsom. (5-0)
Councilman Les Smith moved to approve the ANNUAL LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS for Hen House Stores, 6475 N
Prospect, for Package Liquor License and Quik Trip Corporation, 2590 NE 72nd
Street, for Package Liquor License.
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross seconded.
The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman
Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita
Newsom. (5-0)
REGULAR AGENDA
Item 6. on
the Agenda COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE AUDIENCE.
Mary Abbott,
5905 N. Broadway, thanked the Council for the Household Hazardous Waste event held last
Saturday. It was a job well done by the
Solid Waste Committee.
She also wanted to thank the Council profusely for
the money and support in getting the 59th Street project on Broadway
almost completed. With all the bad
rains during the last week, if the bridge had not been taken care of, they
would have been flooded and there would have been water in the basements. Both of the culverts were roaring and almost
full but the improvements worked.
Ms. Abbott said she knows everyone is impatient with
the reopening of Broadway, but if people realized the problems in the past,
they would be happy to know that it is a tremendous improvement to the City of
Gladstone. She gave her thanks to the
staff and Council, and stated that their neighborhood does appreciate it.
Barbara
Bowers, 7257 N. Indiana, stated that she wished she could echo Ms. Abbott’s appreciation. She wants to know the status of 72nd
Street reconstruction project.
City Manager Kirk
Davis stated that there is no one more ready to see this project
completed than the Council and staff.
Last week he met with City Counselor David Ramsay and Assistant City
Manager for Development Scott Wingerson, who had met with the contractor that
same week. Ultimately, one resident’s
retaining wall needed to be changed before the asphalt was completed. There is a domino effect here regarding some
issues with the equipment to be used with the retaining walls that would tear
up the asphalt if the walls were not finished first. The contractor would not warrant the asphalt if we switched the
sidewalk and roadway completion schedules.
Last week, we asked if restoration could begin on
the east side of the project. One of
the retaining walls had been held up by a concern of a resident until last
Friday. They finally gave an approval
on how they wanted the retaining wall to look.
Meanwhile, we asked the contractor to mill the road
and overlay it. They wanted to overlay
all at one time, without seams, because that is where water collects and
seamless makes the street last longer. To help speed up the process, we asked to
mill, overlay, and bring equipment in at a slightly greater cost to the City,
but it is equipment that will not tear up the road and allow those retaining
walls to be built after the road is open.
We also said we would help work with them with the
protection of their employees because the retaining walls are very close to the
road. And we would work with them on
street closings and things like that which would allow at least the two middle
lanes of the road to be open.
The contractor indicated that they were as
interested in getting this project done as we are. This is the route he will take and is in fact milling 72nd
Street now. With a little bit of dry
weather, we should have our sidewalks done in a couple of weeks and the asphalt
completed. The retaining walls might
take a bit longer since we flipped the priorities. Restoration should occur anytime now, beginning on the east
side. Those are the four remaining
issues: sidewalks, retaining walls,
restoration and the mill and overlay.
Mayor Newsom asked if we could target a red-letter
date on the calendar. Mr. Davis replied
that he has marked many already, but hopes to have it open in the next two or
three weekends, but the restoration work should be occurring simultaneously
with that. The catch is what happens
with the retaining wall and the sidewalk as those are related.
Mayor Newsom stated that the wet weather has not
helped either.
Mr. Davis said it has been a long and difficult
project with the moving of water, sewer, and gas utility lines. We cut the hill almost 20 feet in two
locations. The size of the retaining
walls, the number of retaining walls, and the impact on property owners has
been pretty significant. We are hopeful
that we will have a nice road when it is done.
Mayor Newsom asked Ms. Bowers if this has answered
her questions. Ms. Bowers replied yes.
The Mayor told her Mr. Davis would help her with any
questions she may have in the future on this project.
Item 7. on
the Agenda COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
Councilman Les
Smith
asked the City Manager about the curb and sidewalk replacement within the
City. He asked if we ever analyzed the
cost and benefits of mud-jacking versus replacement.
City Manager Davis stated that yes, the savings of
replacement is in the set-up cost and ability to do long stretches of sidewalk
at a time versus jacking here, then setting up again and mud-jacking
again. With the volume we do, it is
cheaper to do the sidewalk.
Mr. Smith also wanted to comment on the Household
Hazardous Waste event last Saturday at Antioch Middle School. It was another job well done by Assistant
City Manager Laura Gay. City Employees
David Ramsay and Diane Whitaker were also there along with members of the Solid
Waste Committee. It is another job well
done.
Councilman
Shirley Smith wanted to congratulate the academy graduates. She says she envies them, she has always
wanted to take that class. It is
fabulous that we have a City where citizens come forward to participate in the
classes.
Councilman Smith stated that she went to a MARC
luncheon on Friday and the speaker discussed cities surrounding a metro
area. She noted that some of the work done by Mayor Bishop
last year puts us ahead of some cities and even Kansas City, Missouri on some
of our projects.
Ms. Smith thanked the City Clerk for the coverage of
the budget conversations in the minutes.
They were comprehensive and became a point of reference in and of
themselves. She thought it was a very
concise piece on what was discussed and will be helpful in the future in
referring to the budget and goals that we discussed.
She thanked City Counselor David Ramsay for his memo
on the tax issue and would like to request at least a study session on it or
some kind of activity where we can review and get it in motion.
Councilman
Bishop also
congratulated the graduates of the Public Safety Citizens Academy. It is really outstanding to have so many
citizens willing to participate for ten weeks every Monday night. He was talking with some of the graduates at
the reception and asked what the attendance was on a weekly basis. He was told there was full attendance most
of the time.
The graduates had very positive things to say about
the academy. The Public Safety
staff who conducted the study sessions
also enjoyed it and the opportunity to tell the story of what they are doing on
a daily basis in Public Safety.
He congratulates the graduates and asks them to go
out and tell the community the good word about what is being done here in the
Public Safety Department. He
appreciates their involvement.
Mayor Pro Tem
Bill Cross
concurred with the rest of the Council on the academy. It was interesting to visit with the
graduates and see how much they learned.
It sounds like we would all benefit from such a course and he
appreciates the department holding it. .
Mr. Cross asked Counselor David Ramsay how many cars
went through the hazardous waste event.
Mr. Ramsay replied about 200.
Mr. Cross stated that he thought he would go early and get in, but there
were 42 cars ahead of him before it even started and they even opened up
early. It was marvelous to see the
efficiency and the number of staff that were there working.
Mr. Cross also thanked Mr. Art Hammen for the
wonderful job Neighbors Helping Neighbors is doing in our City.
Mayor Anita
Newsom stated
that currently there are two vacancies on the Recycling and Solid Waste
Committee. Don Horton, from the
Carriage Hills neighborhood has come forward to volunteer his time and efforts
for one of the positions. With the
concurrence of the City Council, she would like to appoint Mr. Horton to the
Recycling and Solid Waste Committee.
She asked for a motion.
Councilman Bishop stated that he does not
necessarily disagree with the appointment of Mr. Horton, but suggests that the
past practice of the Council has been to put together a memo carrying over the
names of people interested in an appointment but who were not appointed to a
position the last time appointments were made. That way we are considering all the folks who may be interested.
At this point, he does not remember with any specificity, Council’s
conversation in December and January when e made our last set of appointments. He would like to be refreshed on his
recollection of those conversations and what the status of the Boards and
Commissions are and the citizens who desire to serve.
Mayor Newsom stated that we had touched base with
those citizens who were not appointed and no one else came forward who wanted
to participate on this committee at this time.
Councilman Bishop asked who made the contacts. Ms. Newsom replied that she made the
contacts.
Mr. Bishop said he would be in favor of postponing
the appointment until he had a chance to review that and who was available and
who was appointed. He feels this is
sort of unprecedented the way it is being handled and being rushed through.
Mayor Newsom stated that she is trying to get it
filled because we have two vacancies and have Recycling and Solid Waste
Committee meetings coming up and Mr. Horton has volunteered his time and
expertise.
Councilman Les Smith asked if all the other interested people had been
contacted and had no interest in this committee. Ms. Newsom replied yes, that is correct.
Councilman Smith stated that perhaps we should
appoint Mr. Horton since he is interested, and he recommends that we do so, in
fact he will move that we do. We still
have another position on this
committee open, and the point is well
made by Councilman Bishop, that we look at that list. We have someone willing to serve and this is actually a very
important year for that committee, so he suggests we get him on board and get
going.
Motion: Councilman Smith moved that we appoint Mr. Don Horton to the Recycling and Solid Waste
Committee (term to expire December, 2001).
Mayor Newsom stated that some of the expertise that
Mr. Horton brings forward is negotiating a contract with the homeowners
association for solid waste removal in his neighborhood. That brings some extra expertise to the
committee.
Councilman Bishop stated that he appreciates
that. When we were going through the
interview process last year, he thought one of the things that was so significant was the number of
people who expressed an interest in serving, and we tried to avoid duplicating
appointments of citizens who were already serving on two, three or more
committees. In fact, we did not reappoint someone to a committee when his term was up because he was already serving on several committees.
Mr. Bishop stated that although he is sure the
nominated individual has the expertise, this does fly in the face of that
desire not to appoint someone to more than one committee, because Mr. Horton is
already on the Parks and Recreation Board.
Mayor Newsom clarified that Mr. Don Harper is on the Parks Board, we are talking about Mr. Don Horton who lives in Carriage
Hills.
Mr. Bishop asked if he (Don Horton) is on a committee right now. Mayor Newsom said no he is not.
Councilman Shirley Smith moved to second the motion
on the appointment of Mr. Don Horton to the Recycling and Solid Waste
Committee. She said she does not know
Mr. Horton, but agrees this committee has a big job ahead of it this year. If we do have someone who wants to be on it
with the upcoming meeting very soon, without being unreasonable, she would love
to see the other position filled by then.
If we cannot, fine, but it would be great to have a full committee.
Councilman Bishop stated that it is important to
fill those spots and he is in favor of appointing Don Horton, but thinks that
we do have openings occurring from time to time and we do need to beef up our
list of citizens who are interested so we can consider those people in the
future when these openings occur.
Mayor Newsom stated that past practice has been that
we usually have more citizens who apply for Boards and Commissions than we can
appoint in January and February and that we work from that list to make
appointments throughout the year as vacancies occur so we do not have to
re-advertise and re-interview again.
Mr. Bishop asked if Don Horton had expressed an
interest last December to serve on our boards and commissions. He did not remember interviewing him.
Mayor Newsom replied, no he did not. Mr. Cross made the contact, they had a
conversation and Don Horton volunteered his time.
Mayor Pro Tem Cross
commented that he did visit with him and asked if he would be interested
in serving, but he did not make him an offer.
Mr. Cross said Mr. Horton advised he would be more than happy to serve and Mr.
Cross told him he would pass on his interest and they would talk about it
before an appointment would be made.
Councilman Bishop stated that he has been contacted
by citizens who are interested in serving on boards and commissions. He would like to have all options considered
before we start making appointments. He
feels that the way it has been handled tonight does not allow that to
happen.
Mayor Newsom advised Councilman Bishop that she is trying to get a full complement of
people with folks that are interested.
She was not aware that he had
other inquiries from citizens who were interested. She suggested that if Councilman Bishop will share those names
with us, then we can move forward and do something with those folks.
Mayor Newsom said she understands that there has
been a motion and a second to appoint Mr. Horton to the Recycling and Solid
Waste Committee. The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan
Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Mayor Newsom asked that we notify Mr. Horton
regarding the meeting on Thursday. He
had said he was available should the appointment take place.
Mayor
Anita Newsom stated that last week she
attended the Clay County Older Adults partnership with Director of Parks and
Recreation Steve Buschor. The group is
putting together a survey to assess Clay County residents, 60 years and
older. Part of the committee is trying
to solicit information that would be helpful to the group as they are thinking
of putting a tax initiative forward.
Something that we had talked about as a Council was
the ability to provide greater services to our older citizens. This was a Council goal within our
City. Director Buschor and she had
talked about the opportunity to utilize the survey they are putting together
and getting more disaggregated specific information for our City. The
survey is anonymous but they ask for a
zip code and age and other questions.
If we could convince the consortium to add not only
the zip code, but the city where the residents live, then the group that is
putting the data together could pull out Gladstone information and utilize that
information also. We would not presume
to ask that group to do that without some sort of participation on our part as
a City. The Mayor said because it was
not a huge sum of money at the time, She offered to possibly cover the cost of
postage to the Gladstone residents if they would add the city to the survey so
we could pull that information out and
utilize it, that way we would not be
duplicating services.
With the Council and City’s blessing, she would like
to challenge the other municipalities within Clay County, such as the Clay
County Coordinating Committee, to do the same thing. This group really does not have the funding sources to come up
with their mailing money to get the information out before they would even put
a tax issue together. She asked if
Council has some thoughts or discussion on this.
Councilman Shirley Smith stated that this is a
really important area and she thinks since we have an opportunity to join with
others to do a wider program that would include us, we should do everything we
can to cooperate with them, especially since we would get information that is
useful to us.
Councilman Les Smith commented that this has been an
issue in this community for many, many years.
He totally concurs.
Mayor Newsom stated that the survey packet talked
about not only transportation issues, but getting meals to folks that may not
have the right nutrition at the right time and other services that would enable
older citizens to stay in their homes for a longer period of time. With Council’s concurrence, she would like
to challenge other Clay County municipalities in conjunction with the committee
to step to the plate and at least pay for postage to get the survey out.
The company that is gathering data and
disaggregation from the survey is donating their services. It would help the committee to move forward
with this.
Mr. Cross acknowledged his concurrence.
Ms. Newsom thanked the citizens of the Public Safety
Citizens Academy for participating and sharing your time and asked them to tell
others about the committee. The next
Academy will start in the fall on Wednesdays and she has already signed up.
Item 8. on
the Agenda COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE CITY MANAGER.
City Manager Davis stated that Duane “Ossie” Sederburg passed away after a long battle with cancer. He had been with the City for over ten years in the Parks Department.
Blues Fest is this weekend
at Oak Grove Park Friday and Saturday night and we look forward to seeing
everyone there.
Manager Davis introduced our
new Economic Developer Coordinator, Lynn McClure. Today was his first day and he wanted to introduce him to the
Council.
Item 9. on the Agenda RESOLUTION
01-46, adopting the Annual
Operating Budget for the City of Gladstone, Missouri, for the Fiscal Year
beginning July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2002, authorizing the expenditure of
funds; and amending the Position Classification and Compensation Plan.
Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross moved to adopt Resolution R-01-46; Councilman Dan Bishop seconded.
Discussion.
Councilman Les Smith stated that the budget was discussed at length in the last Council meeting and this was the first budget he has worked on in many, many years and it is refreshing to see a very responsible budget and refreshing to see the Council work very well together to fine tune the budget. He said Councilman Bishop had asked some tough questions about how it related to Council goals that needed to be asked and he hopes the type of analysis we received will be forthcoming on a regular basis in years to come.
We also talked a lot about
traffic enforcement and this has been taken to heart with the traffic patrol
that we presently have and will expand upon.
He is pleased with the
compensation plan that we are able to provide
for our employees. It was a fine
experience working on this budget.
We are able to do a lot of
things in this community: we have the
academy graduates here, the community oriented government, Blues Fest,
Gladfest, and all those things that are quality of life issues. All of those things play out in what we do
with our budget each year.
Mayor Newsom stated that the staff has worked very diligently to put together a prudent budget in these interesting economic times. It is a good tool to work from.
The vote:
All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman
Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Item 10. on
the Agenda CONTINUED
PUBLIC HEARING: on a request to
rezone property at 5800 N. Oak Trafficway from C-2 to CP-3. Applicant:
Auto Trend, Inc. (File #1148). (Continued from 5/21/01).
Mayor Newsom opened the Public Hearing and announced
it is recontinued to the June 25, 2001 City Council Meeting at the request of
City staff.
Item 11. on
the Agenda FIRST
READING BILL 01-28, amending
Section 1. of Ordinance No. 3.138 to
revise the fee for Water Bacteria Testing performed at the Gladstone Water
Treatment Plant and amending the Schedule of Fees and Charges to incorporate
such change.
Councilman Les Smith moved to place Bill 01-28 on
First Reading; Councilman Bill Cross
seconded. The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman
Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita
Newsom. (5-0) The Clerk read the Bill.
Councilman Les Smith moved to accept the First Reading of Bill 01-28, Waive the Rule and place the Bill on Second and Final Reading; Councilman Bill Cross seconded.
Discussion.
Mayor Newsom commented that this does more closely resemble the actual costs of performing the test. The current $5.00 fee did not cover the cost.
City Manager Davis stated that the $5.00 fee was very inadequate to cover our costs. It is not a fee that is paid by the citizens, but by other commercial users and other water departments that use our lab.
Mayor stated that we are not recouping our fees, then we are not spending citizens dollars prudently. Manager Davis said that was correct.
The vote: All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0) The Clerk read the Bill.
Councilman Les Smith moved to accept the Second and
Final Reading of Bill 01-28, and enact the Bill as Ordinance No. 3.798;
Councilman Bill Cross seconded.
The vote: All “aye” - Councilman
Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem
Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Item 12, on
the Agenda APPROVAL
OF BUILDING PERMIT for White
Chapel Memorial Gardens for construction of 3,440 sq. ft. Mausoleum, 6600 N
Antioch Road. Applicant: Jonathan O’Rear, Architect. Owner:
S.E. Acquisition K.C. (BP
#01-0386)
Councilman Dan Bishop moved to approve the Building
Permit for White Chapel Memorial Gardens, 6600 N Antioch Road. Councilman Les Smith seconded.
Discussion.
Mayor Newsom
asked if everything was in order. Codes
Supervisor Alan Napoli agreed it was. .
The vote:
All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman
Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
Item 13. on
the Agenda APPROVAL
OF BUILDING PERMIT for tenant remodeling of 6,000 sq. ft. space for Central
Western Buffet, 6000 N Antioch Road in Meadowbook Shopping Center. Applicant: George Fiao. Owner:
Clayco Properties, Inc. (BP#
01-0324)
Councilman Dan Bishop moved to approve the Building
Permit for tenant remodeling for Central Western Buffet, 6000 N Antioch Road in
the Meadowbrook Shopping Center.
Councilman Les Smith seconded.
Discussion.
Mayor Newsom asked where this is going within the Meadowbrook Shopping Center.
Codes Supervisor Alan Napoli noted that it will be
located where the old Key Rexall Drug was on the east end facing Antioch
Road.
Mayor Newsom
asked about signage.
Mr. Napoli stated that signage will be on the
building, but he is not sure about the
group sign at this time.
The vote:
All “aye” - Councilman Les Smith, Councilman Shirley Smith, Councilman
Dan Bishop, Mayor Pro Tem Bill Cross, Mayor Anita Newsom. (5-0)
There was no further business to come before the June 11, 2001 Gladstone City Council Meeting, and Mayor Anita Newsom adjourned the Regular Meeting.
Respectfully submitted:
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Marilyn F. Ahnefeld, City
Clerk
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Anita
Newsom, Mayor