The Carl Junction City Council met in regular session on Tuesday February 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM at City Hall. Mayor Mark Powers called the meeting to order with the following present: LaDonna Allen, Mike Burns, Rick Flinn, Bill Maguire, David Pyle, Roger Spencer, and Hollie LaVigne. Bob McAfee was absent. (Amended 3/5/24: Unfinished Business) Also present were City Administrator Stevel Lawver, City Attorney Mike Talley, City Clerk Alaina Wright and City Administrator Assistant Crystal Winkfield. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Roger Spencer seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one absent. Hollie LaVigne motioned to approve the consent agenda. LaDonna Allen seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one absent. Carole Wofford-207 Verbryck-She says she has been here for the meetings for the last several months and for most of those meetings she has been the only person in attendance. She said she knows the Board works hard and she would like to thank them for Heather Jensen-County Road 270, Webb City-She said she didn't livei in town, buti ist the wife of Corporal Jensen. She said the city has neglected the streets, the police departments and the families of the police department. She said the city has solar panels and the electric bill for the Community Center shouldn'tbe $40,000. Heather also said that the city budgets too much for health insurance and that she believes the city is misappropriating funds. She also spoke about the city cutting the number of officers from 121 to 1lin LaDonna Allen said at one point we did budget for 12 officers, but we didn't! have 12 officers for several years and so it went down to 11 officers. She said there has been bad information on Facebook about salaries for the officers. She said an officer making $14.18 per hour in 2012 is now making $19.66 per hour. She said that for an officer with his whole family on the city's insurance, the city pays over $1,800 per monthi in benefits for thate employee. LaDonna Allen said regarding thet times forb budget meetings, ther meetings have to be held when the budget committee members are available. She said the budget is not approved in those meetings; they are simply work sessions that resulti in the budget committee making recommendations for the whole council. LaDonna Allen said nobody on thel Board wants any officers to be on patrol alone, but we have four open positions and there is nobody applying for those positions Chevelle Lawyer-Locust-She wanted to thank the council and staff for working for the city and she thanked the police department for working to keep the city safe. She feels that getting correct information out to the public regarding the use tax and how it can help the police department is important and she is willing tol head a volunteer committee to help get the word out. She said she will be at the Community Center at 7:001 PM on Thursday February 8 for anyone that would like tol be involved with the committee. Shelly Albright-222 Fairway Drive-She wanted to confirm the pay rates shel heard earlier and said she would not stay ataj job APPROVAL OF BID FROM G&G CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.INC. FOR WWTP IMPROVEMENTS Steve Lawver said there' sal letter from Allgeier Martin in thej packet and G&G Construction is the apparent low bidder with a base bid of $587,670.00, plus an additional $49,250.00 in alternate bid items. Goins Enterprises, Inc. had al base bid of $591,220.00 with $91,400 in alternate bidi items, and McClanahan Construction Company, Inc. had al base bid of $600,000.00 with $130,000.00 in alternate bid items. Steve Lawver said Allgeier Martin is recommending approval of thel bid from G&G Construction. LaDonna Allen askedi ifthere was any part of the amount that could be paid with thel I&I budget. Stevel Lawver he wasn'tsure LaDonna Allen motioned to accept the bid from G&G Construction Company for the WWTP improvements. Rick Flinn APPROVAL TO DECLARE PD EQUIPMENT AS SURPLUS AND AUHORIZING THE DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS ChiefN McCall said all the equipment is outdated and rusty and they need the room in the police department to get stuff out of the hallway. David Pyle motioned to declare the equipment as surplus and authorize the disposal of the surplus equipment. Roger APPROVALOFI DESTRUCTIONC OF RECORDS: 2021 BUSINESS LICENSES AND RETURNED MAILC OCTOBER Alaina Wright said this is paper copies of2021 business licenses that have been scanned in. She also said when mail is returned itisl kept with the forwarding address on the old envelope sO there'sat trail of where ther mail was sent. Alaina said this mail goes back LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the destruction oft the records. David Pyles seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with one The Council reviewed the Administration report. Steve Lawver said the results oft the RFQ: arei included in thej packet. He also said he is asking Dr. Pyle to abstain from voting since he was listed as a reference forl Midentral Technology. He said he would  AGENDA  PUBLIC FORUM  their hard work.  the past few years.  right now.  where ap person received only a $5.00 per hour increase in 12 years.  but he could ask the engineers.  seconded. Alli ini favor. No opposed with one absent.  EQUIPMENT  Spencer seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with one absent.  2016-JANUARY 2021  to October 2016, and she would like to destroy it from October 20161 through. January 2021.  absent.  REPORTS    recommend MidCentral because they are local and have local employees. Steve Lawver said the approval of the RFQ would bring Holliel LaVigne asked ift there are any estimates from anyone and Stevel Lawver saidi not at this time. LaDonna Allen motioned to accept the RFQ from MidCentral Technology. Roger Spencer seconded. Hollie LaVigne, Rick Flinn, Roger Spencer, LaDonna Hollie LaVigne asked Steve Lawver ifl he knew when he might hear back from MODOT on the crosswalk for Walnut and he said the design that was in the packet was the result ofN MoDOT working with OWN, Inc. He said it does qualify for a TAP grant, but Public Works report - Mayor Powers asked if Optic Communications. had cut anymore water lines and. Jay Morton said no. Police Dept. report - LaDonna Allen said: she found out this week there are people trying to message the police department's Facebook messenger and said that is not the way to contact the police department for an emergency. ChiefMcCall said anytime there  MidCentral on board and they would begin looking at everything that needs tol be upgraded.  Allen, Mike Burns, and] Billl Maguire werei in favor. No opposed with David] Pyle abstaining and one absent.  those max out at $500,000 and the city would be responsible for an additional $169,000.  Treasurer's: reports - No discussion.  iss something inj progress, people need to call the police department at that time.  COMMITTEE REPORTS  Budget/Finance: LaDonna Allen said there is a meeting at 4:15 PM on February 71 for water and wastewater. LaDonna Allen also said the plan is to use the interest accrued in one of the money market accounts to begin the technology upgrades. She also said February 14 at 4:151 PM to discuss thej police budget and reminded everyone budget decisions would: not be made at that meeting.  Code/ Nuisance: Rick Flinn had nothing to report. committee chose 4:001 PMI February 13 for thei meeting.  Human Resources: Roger Spencer said there is a closed session later to discuss personnel.  Public Facilities & Planning: Mike Burns said he would like tol have a meeting to discuss the future of Bulldog Beach. The Economic Development: Hollie LaVigne said Retail Strategies are going through and gathering their data right now and working on our market guide. She said they willl be int town in about a month for anyone who would be available and want to meet with  them.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS  Mikel Burns said striping of Angel Lea was approved ai few meetings ago and the road isi in such! bad shapei it would essentially Hollie LaVigne said the Chamber of Commerce give back day is this Saturday. She said they are also looking for snack Steve Lawver said Miracle Recreation submitted a layout for the Lakeside Park project. He said it is just over budget from what wej planned but thel layout looks very nice. Mayor Powers said the company was based out of] Monett, MO. LaDonna Allen said the company got very good reviews from RE: Smith. Hollie LaVigne asked how adaptive the equipment is and he said the whole thing isi inclusive. David) Pyler motioned to approve thej playground design from Miracle Recreation. Holliel LaVigne seconded. Alli ini favor. Steve Lawver said Emory Sapp did the asphalt work at Rainer Farms and they missed their target from 1/8-1/4" in thickness. They said they will give the city a check for $5,000 to make up the difference in the thickness of the roads. Mike Talley said Kurt with Allgeier Martin asked ifa anything prohibited us from asking for $5,000 and he is unaware of anything that prohibits us from accepting this since they didn't do thej job as it was supposed tol be done. Hes said ift they accept the money, there is an implied acceptance that we accept the work they did. Mike Burns said he believes thisi is one oft those issues where a decision shouldn't bei made immediately after receiving information. Steve Lawver said our code allows a' %" inch variance in the thickness, and thisi is less than that. Mayor Powers  be striping potholes and suggested that the road be repaired beforei iti is striped.  sponsors.  Hollie LaVigne asked if Stevel had spoken to the Girl Scouts about the's seed library and he said no.  No opposed with one absent.  said it should bej put it on the agenda for thei next meeting.  NEW BUSINESS There was noi new business.  CLOSED SESSION PER RSMO 610.021 (3): HIRING, FIRING, DISCIPLINING OR PROMOTING OF PARTICULAR EMPLOYEES BY A PUBLIC GOVERNMENTAL BODY WHEN PERSONAL INFORMATION Roger Spencer motioned to goi into closed session. Hollie LaVigne seconded. Roll call vote: LaVigne-yes, McAfee-absent, LaDonna Allen said the meeting thats should be on February 20 will need to be rescheduled because there will not be a quorum available because several of the aldermen willl be out oft town at the legislative conference. David Pyle motioned to move the meeting scheduled for February 20th tol February 13-"at7:00PM. . Hollie LaVigne seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with one absent. Mike Burns said since there would be ai regular meeting at 7:00, he would change the Public Facilities Committee meeting tol February 13tat  ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE IS DISCUSSED ORI RECORDED  Flinn-yes, Spencer-yes, Allen-yes, Burns-yes, Maguire-yes, Pyle-yes. Council went into closed session at 7:511 PM.  Council meeting reconvened at 8:27. PM. No votes or action was taken.  6:00P PM.    ADJOURNMENT adjourned at 8:30 PM.  Roger Spencer motioned to adjourn the meeting. David Pyle seconded. All in favor. No opposed with one absent. Meeting  Dlaime CITY  MAYOR  AA02  ay