The Carl Junction City Council met in regular session on Tuesday March 3, 2009 at 7:00 PM at City Hall. Mayor Mike Moss called the meeting to order with the following present: Richard Zaccardelli, Don Marshall, Carl Skaggs, Mark Powers, Pat Smith, Dee Lynn Davey, Walter Hayes and Wayne Smith. Also present were City Administrator Steve Lawver, City Clerk Maribeth Matney and City Attorney Mike Talley.

AGENDA

Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the agenda. Pat Smith seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the consent agenda. Pat Smith seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

PUBLIC FORUM

June Chenot, 128 Forest Drive, stated that on the agenda #12 the ordinance regarding Section 500.020 affected property at 403 N Grimes. She stated that a stop work order had been issued by the building inspector on the footings. She wondered how that property would be affected by this ordinance. Also during the meeting of 2/24/09 with Mr. Flatt, he referenced Garden City Kansas as subsidizing their golf course. She said it was a wonderful city with a population of 28000 and an assessed valuation of $137,585,000. Lastly she asked for a copy of the proposed budge of 2009-2010.

LaDonna Allen, 255 Leisure Lane, said that they are planning their Vintage Classic Family day. They need volunteers to help with the planning and they will be meeting Monday at 5:30 at the Fire Department. She also asked the City to think about what they might want to contribute toward the fireworks show this year. Due to the economy they are trying to think of family activities that will be inexpensive this year.

Steve Frederickson, 905 E Pennell, said that he would like to recommend approval of the footing code for 403 N Grimes. He also questioned the bond amortization for the golf course. It looks like it is on a balloon note. He also questioned the growth of the city. He does not think it will sustain a 5% growth. It also looks like the bond amortization is 7% growth rate. If that is true the numbers need to be clarified on the tax levy.

Ron Brewer, 402 Sunnybrook, questioned the cash flow projections. The golf industry is down and the growth rate is flat. He also said that the members are used to paying $1800/year for fees now and we are suggesting they go to $1100/annually. We also are projecting that for a house valued at $100,000 it will cost the resident $26.00 a year. He then asked about the back taxes due to the City and the school and what our plan was on collecting them.

Mayor Moss pointed out that the taxes due to the school was out of our hands. We are 2 different taxing entities.

SAPP ARCHITECTS-INTERIOR DESIGN PRESENTATION

Tammy McCune the presented her ideas on the interior design and materials she is suggesting we use for the Community Center. She said she would get us a copy of the design once she has a duplicate.

APPROVAL OF ENGINEER’S NEW RATES

Steve explained that we clarified the mileage rates to coincide with the IRS rate. Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the new rates. Don Marshall seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

APPROVAL OF CITY FLAG DESIGN

Pat Smith said that they had received 197 votes. The flag that won was the one with the State of Missouri and the star. Jane Mitchell designed it. Pat Smith motioned to approve the flag as our city flag with 78 votes. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

RECOMMENDATION & APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT BANKING SERVICES

Steve stated that he has advertised for RFQ’s for our bond issue if it is passed in April. We received 2. One was Edward Jones and the other was Oppenheimer. Steve is recommending Edward Jones due to their performance with our Community Center Bond. Richard Zaccardelli motioned to accept the RFQ for Edward Jones. Dee Lynn Davey seconded. 7 (Zaccardelli, Marshall, Skaggs, Powers, Davey, Hayes, W Smith) in favor. 1 (P Smith) opposed.

RECOMMENDATION & APPROVAL OF ELECTONIC BIDS FOR COMMUNITY CENTER

Steve Lawver then went over our electronic bids for the Community Center. He stated that only 1 bid on all 10 items. He is recommending Total Electronics Corp to be awarded the contract. Pat Smith motioned to accept the bid from TEC. Steve said it came in $21,000 less then we had expected. He also said that the PD recommended them highly. Carl Skaggs seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

PRESENTATION OF PROPOSED 2010 BUDGET

Dee Lynn Davey then presented our 2010 budget. We are ahead of schedule. She asked the council to look at it for the next couple of weeks and we will pass it at our next meeting if it is OK with the council. It is a balanced budget.

ORDINANCES

Mark Powers said after reading Mr. Talley’s e-mail regarding the ordinance waiving fees he doesn’t think we should pass the ordinance. Carl Skaggs agreed. Mike Talley said it was on the agenda and they could strike it off if they did not want to pass it. Carl Skaggs motioned to strike the ordinance waiving the Board of Adjustment fees off of the agenda. Don Marshall seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

The next ordinance amends Section 500.020 – footings. Steve Lawver explained that this would allow pole buildings in the City without the footings that are required with our current code. Pole buildings do not need footings since the walls on supported by the poles in the ground and not on the footing. This would take care of the stop work order for 403 N Grimes. There was some discussion about the floors and the foundations. Don Marshall motioned to put “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE V: BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 500: GENERAL PROVISIONS BY AMENDING SECTION 500.020, RESIDENTIAL CODE ADOPTION, BY AMENDING SUBPARAGRAPH B. 2 TO PROVIDE THAT POLE BARNS AND LAMINATED POLE TYPE STRUCTURES ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PERIMETER FOOTING THAT PROVIDES 30 INCHES OF FROST PROTECTION, THAT A FLOATING FLOOR IS ACCEPTABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF BUILDING, AND THAT THIS EXEMPTION IS RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 1, 2008” on first reading by title only. Pat Smith seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on second reading by title only with a roll call vote. Pat Smith seconded. Zaccardelli-y, Marshall-y, Skaggs-y, Powers-y, P Smith-y, Davey-y, Hayes-y, W Smith-y. Motion on Ordinance #09-10 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 some discussion regarding the sidewalks being poured.

Public Works report – there was nothing to add.

Police Department report – it was stated that Doc’s Bulldog Carwash had come in for their demolition permit. He is also considering rezoning it to commercial. Delmar stated that he had the bids in on his vehicles. He is not getting much of a trade in on his old vehicles and wants to sell them outright so we can get more out of them. He only received one bid and that was from Carthage Ford. He will check the state bids on the cars also.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Nuisance Committee had nothing to report.

The Public Facilities Committee had nothing to report.

The Park/Pool reported that they are working on the Veteran’s Memorial yet.

The Code Review Committee had nothing to report.

The Budget/Finance Committee reported that they had met with all the department heads and asked that the council review the budget so that it can be passed at the next meeting. Wayne Smith asked that we be pro-active on the Briarbrook issue. If it passes we need ideas about the golf course. We need a pro-forma and where the money will come from if we have to subsidize it. We need to be proactive. Steve said he would have it by the next meeting.

Human Resource Committee asked that the rest of the council turn in the evaluation for the City Administrator ASAP. Mike Talley will do the review again.

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

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Richard Zaccardelli asked that we look into the flood light issue in the back yard along Iron Tree. Wayne said that the Nuisance Committee had met and did not think that we needed to pass an ordinance for 1 issue. Wayne said he would get with the Chief and they would look at this issue again. Don Marshall asked why this didn’t fall under our nuisance code. There was some minor discussion regarding his issue. Wayne Smith said he would go out and take a look again.

Don Marshall asked if we had #3 well up again. It was responded no that we are going out for bids to replace the pump.

Steve Lawver reported that he has turned in 4 projects to Bond & Blunt for consideration of the incentive money.

NEW BUSINESS

Pat Smith said that she is considering a Bluegrass Meeting 3/9/09 at 6:30 PM. She also asked about putting our agenda on the website. Steve said that he is working on it.

ADJOURNMENT

Wayne Smith motioned to adjourn the meeting. Carl Skaggs seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM.

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CITY CLERK                 MAYOR