The Carl Junction City Council met in regular session on Tuesday April 20, 2010 at 7:00 PM at City Hall. Mayor Michael Moss called the meeting to order with the following present: Richard Zaccardelli, Don Marshall, Carl Skaggs, Mark Powers, Steve Daniels, Dee Lynn Davey and Walter Hayes. Alderman Wayne Smith arrived at 7:04 PM. Also present were City Clerk Maribeth Matney and City Attorney Mike Talley.

AGENDA

Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Walter Hayes seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Walter Hayes motioned to approve the consent agenda. Carl Skaggs seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

PUBLIC FORUM

Mayor Moss called twice with no response for public forum. No one spoke during public forum.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT

Gary Stubblefield was not in attendance to give a report.

CONSIDERATION OF RECOMMENDATION OF JANITORIAL SERVICES FROM CITY ADMINISTRATOR

City Clerk went over the recommendation of the City Administrator. We received the amount from Area Agency of Aging for the restroom cleaning and it was quoted at $1000 a month. (Wayne Smith is now in attendance) We will be pursuing other avenues for this service. The physical fitness equipment fund raiser is going well. Steve needs permission to begin purchasing the additional needs list. After some discussion about codes it was explained that this was not all coming from one vendor and that we would abide by our purchasing codes. Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the purchases on the additional needs list. Dee Lynn Davey seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

ORDINANCES

The ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2010 budget was reviewed. Carl Skaggs motioned to put “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND, WATERWORKS FUND, WWTP FUND, GO BOND FUND, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AND CREATING AN I&I ABATEMENT FUND BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2010” on first reading by title only. Mark Powers seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. City Clerk stated that this copy is revised from the one that went out in the packet. After additional review of the budget today there were some items in the Waterworks Fund that needed amended (electricity and chemicals were 2 of them). She also explained that we were creating an I&I Abatement budget after discussions with our auditor stating we should have a budget for that fund. Mark Powers motioned to put it on 2^nd reading by title only. Carl Skaggs seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on passage. Steve Daniels seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Zaccardelli-y, Marshall-y, Skaggs-y, Powers-y, Daniels-y, Davey-y, Hayes-y, Smith-y. Motion on Ordinance #10-18 was approved by roll call vote, signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk and made a part of the permanent records of the City of Carl Junction.

REPORTS

The council reviewed the Administration report. There was nothing new to report.

Public Works report – Jimmy added that a sewer line on Rustic Ridge has collapsed and will need to be replaced. City of Joplin brought over equipment that cleared it (sucked up all the gravel in the line) and then ran a camera through it so that we could see what needed to be done. Utility Services hand painted #3 tower and they have installed the agitator. They should finish up by the end of the week. The Public Works Department is also digging up soft spots on North Windwood for repair.

Police Department report – there was nothing new to report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Nuisance Committee had nothing to report.

The Long Range Planning Committee stated that they had to reschedule their meeting scheduled for 4/24/10 at 9:00 AM due to the City Wide Rummage Sale. It has been rescheduled for 5/22/10 from 9:00 AM to noon at the new Community Center.

The Budget/Finance Committee had nothing to report.

The Human Resource Committee had nothing to report.

The Public Facilities Committee reported that the architects gave a report tonight and stated we were $40413 under budget. We are about 2 weeks out on moving into the new building.

The Code Review Committee had nothing to report.

The Citizen’s for Better Life had nothing to report.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Steve Daniels wanted to make sure that it was on record that there were other sources of revenues for the Community Center that were included in the budget and that we have not exceeded what was originally planned.

ACCEPT ELECTION RESULTS

The council reviewed the election results from Jasper County Clerk, Bonnie Earl. Richard Zaccardelli motioned to accept the election results as presented. Walter Hayes seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

SI-NE-DI

The Mayor then stated that we were si-ne-di. The City Clerk swore in the new elected officials. Mayor Moss then opened the floor for Mayor Pro-Tem nominations. Mark Power nominated Walter Hayes. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. There were no other nominations. Mayor Moss then closed the nominations. The council unanimously voted Walter Hayes as Mayor Pro-Tem.

NEW BUSINESS

Mayor Moss then announced that the annual Chamber awards were 4/29/10 at 6:00 PM at the High School commons area. Bravo’s Italian Restaurant will be catering. You need to have your responses in by this Friday. We also received a thank you letter for our Proclamation on Turn Off TV Week. The Transportation District 7 is having a transportation needs meeting on 4/26/10 from 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM.

City Clerk Matney asked if the council had reviewed Steve’s spreadsheet on the Community Center. She would answer any questions if they had any. The council said it was self-explanatory.

Chief Haase said that they would be doing testing this Saturday for a new police officer and that he has ordered their police car.

ADJOURNMENT

Carl Skaggs motioned to adjourn the meeting. Steve Daniels seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Meeting adjourned at 7:27 PM.

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CITY CLERK                                                                    MAYOR