The Carl. Junction City Council meti inr regular session on' Tuesday April 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM at City Hall. Mayor Mark Powers called the meeting to order witht the following present: LaDonna Allen, Rick Flinn, Bobl McAfee, Roger Spencer, Mike Burns and Hollie LaVigne. Mark Satterlee and. Jim Gozia were absent. Also present were City Administrator Steve Lawver, City Clerk Alaina Wright  and City Administrator Assistant Crystal Winkfield.  AGENDA  Roger Spencer motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Hollie LaVigne seconded. All in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the consent agenda. Hollie LaVigne seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. David Pyle was present to speak about the ordinance amending Ch 125. He feels changing that ordinance two weeks after a contested election would be ill advised. Steve Lawver said that ordinance violates Missouri state law and the First Amendment. LaDonna Allen motioned toj put "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THECITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI, BY AMENDING TITLE I. GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 110: MAYOR, BOARD OF ALDERMEN, BOARD MEETINGS, BY ADDING NEW ARTICLE VII. CODE OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, TOE ESTABLISH A CODE OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS" on first reading by title only. Roger Spencer seconded. All Discussion: LaDonna Allen said there is a typo in one section of the ordinance. She said sections 110.505, 110.560 and 110.600 refers to elected officials and members of boards and/or commissions and asked if the code committee was going to look at doing thes same for members of our appointed committees. LaDonna Allen said section 110.595 says candidates for an election need to sign something acknowledging they received the code, and asked if we would be providing copies oft the code prior to being elected. Rick Flinn asked if the ordinance should be tabled until Mike Talley is back. LaDonna Allen said the ordinance could be passed and amended later if necessary. Steve Lawver said he could find a code of ethics for appointed officials if the council wanted Mike Burns asked ifsection 110.600 meant aldermen had the power to remove another alderman. Steve Lawver said yes and Roger Spencer motioned to put it on second reading by title only. LaDonna Allen seconded. All in favor. No opposed with Hollie LaVigne motioned toj put it on final passage. Rick Flinn seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaVigne-yes, McAfee-yes, Flinn-yes, Spencer-yes, Allen-yes, Burns-yes, Satterlee-absent, Gozia-absent. Motion on Ordinance #23-19 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 LaDonna Allen motioned to put' "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PD, WATER WORKS, WWTP, GO BOND, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023" on first reading by title only. Rick Flinn seconded. Discussion: Steve Lawver said this balances our old budget and we do it every year to be in compliance with thes state auditor LaDonna Allen motioned toj put it on second reading by title only. Hollie LaVigne seconded. All in favor. No opposed with LaDonna Allen motioned to puti it on final passage. Rick Flinn seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaVigne-yes, McAfee-yes, Flinn-yes, Spencer-yes, Allen-yes, Burns-yes, Satterlee-absent, Gozia-absent. Motion on Ordinance #23-20 was approved by roll call vote, signed by thel Mayor, attested by the City Clerk and made a part of the permanent records of the LaDonna Allen motioned to put "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI, BY AMENDING TITLE II. PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE BY REPEALING CHAPTER 233: SENIOR CITIZEN COMMITTEE TO ELIMINATE THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CREATED TO ASSIST THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE NEEDS OFTHE SENIOR CITIZEN FACILITY" on first reading by title only. Hollie LaVigne seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed Discussion: Steve Lawver said several weeks ago there was aj joint meeting between public facilities and the senior citizens committee and they are recommending this removal. He said there are several parts that we have never been able to comply with and Mike Burns asked who was on the senior citizen committee and Steve Lawver said Richard Garrett, Jason Wright and Bob  PUBLIC FORUM ORDINANCES  inf favor. No opposed with two absent.  Steve Lawver said we would.  one. He also said those committees have by-laws and we can check and see ifthose need to be amended.  that power is already in two absent.  Discussion: There was no further discussion.  City of Carl Junction.  All in favor. No opposed with two absent. and state of Missouri. two absent.  Discussion: There was no further discussion.  City of Carl Junction.  with two absent.  they wanted the ordinance removed.  McAfee.    LaDonna Allen motioned to put it on second reading by title only. Roger Spencer seconded. All in favor. No opposed with LaDonna Allen motioned to put it on final passage. Bob McAfee seconded. All in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaVigne-yes, McAfee-yes, Flinn-yes, Spencer-yes, Allen-yes, Burns-yes, Satterlee-absent, Gozia-absent. Motion on Ordinance #23-21 was approved by roll call vote, signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk and made a part of the permanent records oft the LaDonna Allen motioned to put "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE I. GOVERNMENTCODE, CHAPTER 125: PERSONNEL POLICY, BY REPEALING SECTION 125.280: POLITICAL ACTIVITY" on first reading by title only. Roger Hollie LaVigne motioned to put it on second reading by title only. LaDonna Allen seconded. All in favor. No opposed with LaDonna Allen motioned to put it on final passage. Roger Spencer seconded.. All in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaVigne-yes, McAfee-yes, Flinn-yes, Spencer-yes, Allen-yes, Burns-yes, Satterlee-absent, Gozia-absent. Motion on Ordinance #23-22 was approved by roll call vote, signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk and made a part of the permanent records oft the  two absent.  Discussion: There was no further discussion.  City of Carl Junction.  Spencer seconded. All in favor. No opposed with two absent. Discussion: There was no discussion.  two absent.  City of Carl Junction. REPORTS  Treasurer's report - No discussion. COMMITTEE REPORTS line item on the next agenda to amend those salaries.  Budget/Finance: LaDonna Allen said we noticed there was at typo in the police department salaries and there will need to bea LaDonna Allen said we made the decision toward the end of last year to have Jasper County collect the city taxes in hopes it would raise the collection rate. She said we've already collected over $873,000, sO even after payments we have collected 96% of our Human Resources: Roger Spencer said there was a meeting with Police Chief and City Administrator about staffing of the Public Facilities & Planning: Mike Burns asked about some of the handouts for the old business and ift there needed to be a public facilities meeting. Steve Lawver said we didn'thave: a separate committee meeting for these items since there has been SOI much  taxes.  Code/ Nuisance: Rick Flinn had nothing to report.  police department. No votes were taken. discussion on them already.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS the other flags ift the American flagi isn'tup.  LaDonna Allen asked if the flag poles were fixed and Steve Lawver said the flag at the Community Center was repaired, but now thel PD flag pole has broken andi needs tol be fixed. He also said the other flags weren't flying because out of respect, you don'ti fly  Mike Burns asked about thel ball park lighting, Steve Lawver said we still haven'treceived the lights yet.  Crystal Winkfield said we received al letter from FEMA that the last oft the reimbursement for the damages from 2019 willl be Steve Lawver said he had made a new list of rental fees for the rooms at the Community Center and said this was at the recommendation from the senior citizen & public facilities committee. He said there is a typo on one of the cleaning deposits and it should say $50 instead of $25. He also said there has been discussion and thinks it would be better to remove the application fee and Mike Burns asked about the number ofresidents and non-residents renting rooms and said he would liket to see more ofaj price difference between those prices. Steve Lawver said we could take the application fee away for citizens and roll the application fee into the prices for the non-residents. Mayor Powers and LaDonna Allen thought we: should drop the application fee entirely and double the Mike Burns asked about getting the deposit back after thei inspection and if the process has been changed at all. Steve Lawver said the only suggestion had been to make sure the warming kitchen was on the checklist also. LaDonna Allen said the refrigerator was Rick Flinn asked ift the situation has been addressed with employees not signing off on cleaning and Steve Lawver said yes. Mike Burns asked ift the fees were being raised arbitrarily and Steve Lawver said no, that the fees needed to be raised. Roger Spencer motioned to implement the new: fee structure as discussed. LaDonna Allen seconded. Alli ini favor. No opposed  coming soon and the project is closed out.  just add the amount to the hourly fee.  rates for non-residents.  full andi it needs to be available for people that rent the warming kitchen.  with two absent.    Steve Lawver said we received three bids for the fencing around thes splashpad and it is time sensitive and is coming from the ARPA funds. Hes said Nelson Enterprises, MW Fence, and Miller fence put in the following bids: Nelson Enterprises at $15,780 fora four-foot fence; MW Fence at $18,190.60 forai four-foot fence and $21,921.44 fora a six-foot fence; and Miller Fence at $24,483.40 for as six-foot fence. Steve Lawver said a 4four-foot fence would look better in the neighborhood and there will be no standing water sO there won't be a safety concern. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the bid from Nelson Enterprises for a four-foot fence. Roger Spencer seconded. Mike Burns asked ifthere was a difference int time tables fort the bids. Steve Lawver said Nelson was the fastest and  can get started as soon as the supplies come in. All in favor. No opposed with two absent.  Public Works report- - No discussion.  Police Department report- - ChiefMcCall said Officer Conway went through all thes schools transmitting to see ifther new radio works and there is a problem inside the high school administrative offices. Chief McCall said normally this would be addressed with an in-car repeater, but that causes issues with the vehicle battery life. He said he is checking on another repeater to install inside the  high school.  APPROVE CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULTS Spencer seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. Mayor Powers declared that we were SI-NE-DI. SWEAR INI NEWLY ELECTEDOFFICIALS  LaDonna Allen motioned to certify the results oft the April 2023 election as presented by Jasper County Clerk's office. Roger  SI-NE-DI  Hollie LaVigne, Bill Maguire, Rick Flinn, David Pyle, LaDonna Allen and Mark Powers were sworn into office. Mayor Powers said he put one alderman from each ward on each committee so that every ward is represented.  ELECT MAYOR PRO-TEM  David Pylenominated Mike Burns. Holliel LaVigne nominated LaDonna Allen. Roger Spencer motioned to cease nominations.  Rick Flinn seconded.  Rick Flinn, Roger Spencer and David Pyle voted for Mike Burns.  Hollie LaVigne, Bob McAfee, LaDonna Allen and Bill Maguire voted for LaDonna Allen  NEW BUSINESS  David Pyle asked to review the comprehensive plan and to discuss the relocation of the Frank Dean Sports Complex. Mike Burns said there willl be aj public facilities meeting soon and he will have that on the agenda. A meeting was set for 5:00 PM on Tuesday Mayor Powers said on Saturdays when there iss soccer att the soccer fields in Briarbrook hei is concerned about vehicles speeding. He would like to have a flashing speed light for when soccer is going on to slow traffic down and he would like the public facilities committee to talk about that at the meeting. Rick Flinn asked if we have a speed trailer that could be set out there and Steve Lawver  April 25. said yes. wants to attend.  Hollie LaVigne said we should consider expanding thep parking where the pavilion is going to be.  Alaina Wright said the MML Elected Officials Training Conference is scheduled for. June 8 & 9 in Columbia for anyone that Alaina Wright said that MML and other websites are having issues with people re-using email addresses ands suggested getting Steve Lawver said there is a problem with al brush rotor at the WWTP in the ditches. He said we got a quote from G&G for $38,500 to remove and install a new rotor. Stevel Lawver said one rotor is $147,000 or two rotors and would be $245,000. Steve said we do have that money in reserves. Jay Morton said it's not an emergency right now but definitely needs to be fixed. Mayor Powers asked ifhe preferred one or two rotors and. Jay Morton said he would rather get two and we could store one ifneeded. LaDonna Allen Mike Burns asked ifito could be repaired at all or had tol be replaced and Steve Lawver said it had to be replaced. Mike Burns asked about the original agreement including the shelter and playground and Steve Lawver said the playground design had been removed to make it cheaper. Mike Burns asked to get a copy oft the contract with Bartlett & West. LaDonna Allen motioned to adjourn the meeting. Rick Flinn seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed. Meeting adjourned at 8:10  aldermen email addresses like the employees have. There was a consensus that would be fine.  said its should be on the agenda for the next meeting to give people time to look intoi it. Steve Lawver said we have to go out for bid for the playground at Lakeside Park.  ADJOURNMENT  PM.   Caw MAYOR  CITY  DH