AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Split Session of Outgoing and Incoming City Council
APRIL 9, 2007
Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.
1st
SESSION
I.
CALL TO ORDER
The
first session of a split session of outgoing and incoming City Council of the
City Council of the City of Liberty, Missouri was held in the Council Chambers
of City Hall on April 9, 2007 with Mayor Robert T. Steinkamp presiding. Mayor Steinkamp called the meeting to order
at 7:00
p.m.
II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The
invocation was given by Council Member Anna Marie Martin, who then led the
pledge of allegiance.
III. ROLL CALL
Roll
call was answered by Coni Hadden and Harold Phillips, Ward I; LeRoy Coe and Anna Marie Martin, Ward II; Juarenne Hester
and John Parry, Ward III; and Nick King and Bill Parker, Ward IV. Also in attendance were Curt Wenson, City Administrator; Cynthia Boecker, Assistant City
Administrator; Steve Hansen, Public Works Director; Gary Birch, Fire Chief; Mike
Snider, Deputy Fire Chief; Craig Knouse, Police Chief; James Simpson, Deputy
Police Chief; Linda Tyree, Finance Director; Marcella McCoy, Finance Manager;
Diana Adams, Special Projects Manager; Steve Anderson, Planning &
Development Director; Jonna Wensel,
Preservation Planner; Tony Sage, Information Services Director; Brian Hess,
City Engineer; Shawnna Funderburk,
Assistant to the City Administrator; Sara Cooke, Public Relations Coordinator;
Jane Sharon, Deputy City Clerk; Jason Noble, The Kansas City Star; Angie
Borgedalen, Liberty Tribune and 41 members of the public.
IV. APPROVE MINUTES AND SUMMARIES
A.
SPECIAL SESSION
MINUTES OF MARCH 26, 2007
Council Member Coe moved to approve the minutes as
distributed. Council Member Hadden
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
B.
FIRST EXECUTIVE
SESSION MINUTES OF MARCH 26, 2007
Council Member Hadden moved to approve the minutes as
distributed. Council Member King
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
C.
REGULAR SESSION
MINUTES OF MARCH 26, 2007
Council Member Phillips requested that the minutes be
corrected to reflect his was one of the three votes in opposition to the motion
to continue the 2007 budget amendment to April 23, 2007. Council
Member Martin moved to approve the minutes as amended. Council Member Hester seconded the motion,
which carried unanimously.
D.
SECOND EXECUTIVE
SESSION MINUTES OF MARCH 26, 2007
Council Member Coe moved to approve the minutes as
distributed. Council Member Hadden
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
V. CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION – None.
VI. MEETING SCHEDULE
VII. ORDINANCES, CONTRACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
A. APPROPRIATION
OF FUNDS FROM MARCH 16, 2007 THROUGH MARCH 30, 2007 – ORDINANCE
Document No. 6657 was read. Council Member King moved to approve the
ordinance. Council Member Coe seconded
the motion.
Vote on the motion was as follows: Council Member Phillips – yes; Council Member
Martin – yes; Council Member Hester – yes; Council Member Parker – yes; Council
Member Hadden – yes; Council Member Coe – yes; Council Member Parry – yes;
Council Member King - yes. The motion
carried unanimously; it was approved by the Chair and inscribed in Ordinance
No. 9116.
VIII. OTHER BUSINESS
A.
CERTIFICATION OF
RESULTS OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION APRIL 3, 2007 – MOTION
Council Member King moved to acknowledge receipt of
the certified results. Council Member
Martin seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
B.
OATH ADMINISTERED
TO ELECTED OFFICIALS
The oath of office was administered by Deputy City
Clerk Jane Sharon to the following elected officials:
Robert
T. Steinkamp, Mayor
Paul
Jenness, Council Member, Ward One
Greg
Duncan, Council Member, Ward Two
Lyndell Brenton, Council Member, Ward Three
Fred
Foster Council Member, Ward Four
C.
Jane DeWees, City Clerk
Jeff
Roe, City Auditor
Randy
Eggleston, City Treasurer
Ms. Sharon stated that Harvey Seely,
Constable, would be sworn in at a later time.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
OF 1ST SESSION
The first session adjourned
at 7:24 p.m.
2nd SESSION
I. CALL
TO ORDER
The second session of a
split session of outgoing and incoming City Council of the City Council of the
City of Liberty, Missouri was held in the Council Chambers of City Hall on April 9, 2007 with Mayor Robert T. Steinkamp presiding. Mayor Steinkamp called the meeting to order
at 7:26 p.m.
II. ROLL
CALL
Roll
call was answered by Paul Jenness and Harold
Phillips, Ward I; Greg Duncan and Anna Marie Martin, Ward II; Lyndell Brenton and John Parry,
Ward III; and Fred Foster and Nick King, Ward IV. Also in attendance were Curt Wenson, City Administrator; Cynthia Boecker, Assistant City
Administrator; Steve Hansen, Public Works Director; Gary Birch, Fire Chief; Mike
Snider, Deputy Fire Chief; Craig Knouse, Police Chief; James Simpson, Deputy
Police Chief; Linda Tyree, Finance Director; Marcella McCoy, Finance Manager;
Diana Adams, Special Projects Manager; Steve Anderson, Planning &
Development Director; Jonna Wensel,
Preservation Planner; Tony Sage, Information Services Director; Brian Hess,
City Engineer; Shawnna Funderburk,
Assistant to the City Administrator; Sara Cooke, Public Relations Coordinator;
Jane Sharon, Deputy City Clerk; Jason Noble, The Kansas City Star; Angie
Borgedalen, Liberty Tribune and 41 members of the public.
A. RESOLUTIONS
OF APPRECIATION TO OUTGOING ELECTED OFFICIALS
CONI
HADDEN
Mayor Steinkamp read the resolution for Coni
Hadden. Council Member King moved to
approve the resolution. Council Member Jenness seconded the motion, which carried unanimously and
is inscribed in Resolution No. 2288.
Mayor Steinkamp also presented a plaque to Mrs. Hadden noting her
service.
Mrs. Hadden stated she had enjoyed serving with four
mayors and numerous council members during her tenure in office. She noted she had worked with several city
administrators expressed appreciation for the opportunity to work with and
learn from the professional staff.
LEROY
COE
Mayor Steinkamp read the resolution for LeRoy Coe. Council
Member King moved to approve the resolution.
Council Member Parry seconded the motion, which carried unanimously and
is inscribed in Resolution No. 2289.
Mayor Steinkamp also presented a plaque to Mr. Coe noting his service.
Mr. Coe stated he had enjoyed his time serving on the
City Council and expressed appreciation for the staff.
JUARENNE
HESTER
Mayor Steinkamp read the resolution for Juarenne
Hester. Council Member Brenton moved to approve the resolution. Council Member Martin seconded the motion,
which carried unanimously and is inscribed in Resolution No. 2290. Mayor Steinkamp also presented a plaque to
Mrs. Hester noting her service.
Mrs. Hester noted she had been involved in city
government as the spouse of a council member and later serving on the council
for almost twenty years and had enjoyed her service.
BILL
PARKER
Mayor Steinkamp read the resolution for Bill
Parker. Council Member King moved to
approve the resolution. Council Member
Parry seconded the motion, which carried unanimously and is inscribed in
Resolution No. 2291. Mayor Steinkamp
also presented a plaque to Mr. Parker noting his service.
Mr. Parker stated he had enjoyed his time serving on
the City Council and offered encouragement for the new council members just
beginning their terms on the Council.
Mayor Steinkamp then invited council members to
address the outgoing members of City Council.
Council Member Phillips thanked Mrs. Hester for
mentoring students, he being one of them.
He thanked Mr. Coe for providing transportation during the parade and
especially for modeling support for “the little guy”. Mr. Phillips thanked Mr. Parker for his
interest in his constituents’ needs. Mr.
Phillips stated that hired political hacks had painted Mrs. Hadden as a career
politician, but she has a lifetime of public service, which she shared as a
member of the City Council.
Council Member Martin echoed Council Member Phillips
comments and stated she had enjoyed serving with all the outgoing council
members and it would not be the same without them. She thanked them for their service and for
their friendships, adding their voices would be missed on Monday nights.
Council Member Brenton noted
the outgoing council members had 55 years of institutional knowledge serving on
the City Council. He stated he would
covet the knowledge they had shared with him in the future and cherished them
as members serving on the Council and as true friends.
Council Member Foster stated he had big shoes to fill
and thanked the outgoing council members for their service to the City.
Council Member Jenness
thanked the council members for their service, adding that he respected Coni
Hadden and honored her service.
Council Member Duncan echoed what had been said. Mr. Duncan said he had enjoyed getting to
know Coni Hadden as she represented the City around the State. He noted it would be hard to keep her representation
going. Mr. Duncan thanked Bill Parker
for his participation with the Parks Charitable Fund, Juarenne Hester for
providing her wisdom and LeRoy Coe for all that he
had done during his 20 years of service.
Council Member Parry stated he had learned a lot in
the two years he had served with the outgoing council members, adding that Mrs.
Hester had been his teacher for a long time.
Council Member King stated that Coni Hadden and
Juarenne Hester had been more than colleagues, by opening their hearts, being
caring mentors to him. He stated all
four are caring and giving and have shared with the citizens during their
public service. Mr. King thanked LeRoy Coe for his common sense. He thanked Bill Parker for his dedication to
the residents in Ward IV, adding that he had been particularly impressed with
Mr. Parker when he first ran for office and had gone door-to-door introducing
himself as a candidate for Council. Mr.
King stated all four outgoing council members would be long remembered for
their service to the City. He expressed
gratitude for what they had done.
Mayor Steinkamp stated that he too was impressed by
the number of years of service of the four outgoing council members and thanked
them for that service. To Coni Hadden,
Mayor Steinkamp expressed appreciation for representing the City with the
National League of Cities, Missouri Municipal League and the Mid-America
Regional Council. He thanked her for her
passion and for being Liberty’s representative, also for her participation in
Historic Downtown Liberty, Inc. and supporting the downtown. He thanked her for serving as Mayor pro tem
during the last year. Mayor Steinkamp
thanked LeRoy Coe for his service generally; for
serving as Mayor pro tem the previous year; for looking out for the little guy
and for being genuine. Mayor Steinkamp
noted that he and Juarenne Hester had been on opposing sides of an election
once, but were friends before and had worked well together since. He thanked her for her persistence with the
establishment of an arts council and for her interest in the downtown. He expressed appreciation for the opportunity
to serve on the Council with her. Mayor
Steinkamp thanked Bill Parker for his insistence that the City participate in
the International Council of Shopping Center conferences, which had introduced
CBL to Liberty and would now bring the city a quality project. Mayor Steinkamp expressed appreciation for
Mr. Parker’s representation of his ward and wished him the best.
B. EASEMENTS
– OAKWOOD BUSINESS PARK
1. DISCLAIMING
AND ABANDONING WATER MAIN EASEMENT – ORDINANCE
Document No. 6658 was read. Council Member King moved to waive the rules
and consider the ordinance on first reading.
Council Member Martin seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
Council Member King moved to approve the
ordinance. Council Member Parry seconded
the motion, which carried unanimously.
It was approved by the Chair and is inscribed in Ordinance No. 9117.
2. ACCEPTANCE
OF EASEMENTS – ORDINANCE
Document No. 6659 was read. Council Member Martin moved to waive the
rules and consider the ordinance on first reading. Council Member Phillips seconded the motion,
which carried unanimously.
Council Member King moved to approve the
ordinance. Council Member Martin
seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
It was approved by the Chair and is inscribed in Ordinance No. 9118.
3. ACCEPTANCE
OF EASEMENT ENCROACHMENT BY AQUILA, INC. – ORDINANCE
Document No. 6660 was read. Council Member Martin moved to waive the
rules and consider the ordinance on first reading. Council Member Phillips seconded the motion,
which carried unanimously.
Council Member King moved to approve the
ordinance. Council Member Parry seconded
the motion. Council Member King asked if
there could be problems related to the City’s utilities in this easement in the
future. City Engineer Brian Hess stated
that the agreement includes requirements for Aquila
to pay for any repairs due to damage by that utility within the easement. The motion carried 7-0-1. Council Member Brenton
abstained due to a potential conflict of interest. It was approved by the Chair and is inscribed
in Ordinance No. 9119.
C. AMENDMENT
TO CONTRACT WITH TREKK DESIGN RELATED TO SANITARY SEWER CLEANING – ORDINANCE
Document No. 6661 was read. Council Member Martin moved to waive the
rules and consider the ordinance on first reading. Council Member Phillips seconded the motion,
which carried unanimously.
Council Member Phillips moved to approve the
ordinance. Council Member Martin seconded
the motion. Council Member Brenton asked what additional neighborhoods would be
added. Mr. Hess stated they are still
being identified based on the data already provided, though it is anticipated
they will be in the older neighborhoods with clay pipes.
Council Member King thanked the staff for clarifying
the funding sources for the project.
Council Member Duncan asked if any results are available from the data
that has been collected. Mr. Hess stated
that the analysis is being done by a subcontractor to Trekk
Design and that the results aren’t yet available. Council Member King asked when the reports
were expected. Mr. Hess stated that some
data is expected in the next month or so and that it could come to Council in
late summer.
The motion carried unanimously; it was approved by the
Chair and is inscribed in Ordinance No. 9120.
V. OTHER
BUSINESS
A. APPOINTMENTS
1. REAPPOINTMENT
OF KEVIN WILLIAMS TO A TERM EXPIRING
05-01-2010 ON THE LIBERTY COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE COMMISSION – MOTION
Council Member King moved to approve the
appointment. Council Member Jenness seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
2. REAPPOINTMENT
OF NEAL FARNSWORTH TO A TERM EXPIRING 04-01-2012 ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS – MOTION
Council Member Foster moved to approve the
appointment. Council Member Jenness seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
MATTERS FROM CITY ADMINISTRATOR
City Administrator Curt Wenson
noted a new council orientation on Wednesday, April 11, would begin at 7:00 a.m. The
Partnership for Community Growth & Development and the Chamber of Commerce
were hosting a presentation at the Community Center on the City’s sign
regulations on April 12. A survey
regarding sign regulations would be available on-line from April 10 through
April 30. The Citizen Strategic Planning
process is tentatively scheduled for a kickoff meeting on May 17. The Liberty Citizen in its new format would
be distributed in the next two weeks.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS
MATTERS FROM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
Council Member Phillips congratulated the new council
members on their election.
Council Member Martin asked about the slogan for the
strategic planning process. Assistant
City Administrator Cynthia Boecker stated the initiating committee had decided on,
“Liberty… For All”.
Council Member Brenton
stated he was looking forward to serving with this Council.
Council Member Foster stated it was a pleasure to
serve.
Council Member Jenness
expressed appreciation for the graciousness of his opponent in the election and
looked forward to serving on the Council.
Mayor Steinkamp congratulated the new council members
on their election. He requested that
staff post a meeting notice for the April 12 gathering regarding sign
regulations. Mayor Steinkamp talked about
the ward coffees that would begin May 8 with Ward I at the Garrison School. He stated
that he and council members for that ward would be attending. Ward II is scheduled for June 6. Mayor Steinkamp stated that the City is
hosting the April 26 Clay County Coordinating Committee dinner
meeting and encouraged all council members to attend.
Council Member Parry asked how citizens are being
notified of the ward coffees. Mayor
Steinkamp stated there would be information in the newspapers and on the City’s
website. Once the dates are confirmed,
he said emails could be sent and door hangers distributed. He stated the purpose is to provide an
opportunity for the Council to hear what the citizens have to say.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
OF 2ND SESSION
The second session adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
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Mayor
Attest:
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Deputy City Clerk