The Carl Junction City Council met inr regular session on' Tuesday July 11, 2023 at' 7:00P PM: at City Hall. Mayor Mark Powers called the meeting to order with the following present: LaDonna Allen, Mike Burns, Bill Maguire, David Pyle, Roger Spencer, and Hollie LaVigne. Bob McAfee and) Rick Flinn were absent. Also present were City Administrator Steve Lawver, City Attorney Mike  Talley, City Clerk Alaina Wright and City Administrator Assistant Crystal Winkfield.  AGENDA  Roger Spencer motioned to approve the agenda as presented. David Pyle seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaDonna Allen motioned to approve the consent agenda. Roger Spencer seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. Staci Smith-712 Remington Circle-She said there is ap pool at 805 Summerlyn that she doesn't feel iti is properly contained. She said she has spoken to the building inspector but nothing has been done. She also spoke about at topic of conversation from the Coffee  PUBLIC FORUM  and Donuts regarding lifting the current dog breed ban. She doesn't feel that the breed ban should be reviewed.  ORDINANCES  LaDonna Allen motioned to put "AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH KIMBERLY AND DANIEL GAU TO RESOLVE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI, RELATED TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM BY PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF $4,000.00 AND THE COMPLETION OF SANITARY SEWER REPAIRS ATA A COST OF: $47,500.00, IN EXCHANGE FOR. Al RELEASE OF THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI' on first reading by title only. Roger Spencer seconded. All in favor. No opposed with two absent. Discussion: Steve Lawver said this claim came in more than a year ago and there were two houses back-to-back that made claims. He said we turned it over tol MIRMA and they worked with the engineering on getting as settlement for the claim and this ist the LaDonna Allen motioned toj put it on second reading by title only. Hollie LaVigne seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with LaDonna Allen motioned toj puti it on finalj passage. Roger Spencer seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed with two absent. LaVigne-yes, McAfee-absent, Flinn-absent, Spencer-yes, Allen-yes, Burns-yes, Maguire-yes, Pyle-yes. Motion on Ordinance #23-29 was approved by roll call vote, signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk andi made aj part of thej permanent records oft the  product oft that. Stevel Lawver said this claim is not a result of any city errors.  two absent.  Discussion: There was no further discussion.  City ofCarl Junction.  DISCUSSION OF FORMING Al BUSINESS COMMITTEE  Hollie LaVigne said she thought it was a good idea to form a committee to try to get more businesses in town and see if there are any barriers tol businesses coming into town. Billl Maguire asked ifit was thej job oft the council was to form this, or ifit thej job of the chamber of commerce or an economic developer. LaDonna Allen said she liked the idea of forming a committee to more in developing businesses in town. Billl Maguire said there would need tol be al lot of coordination between the committee and Mayor Powers asked how the committee would have tol be formed. Mike Talley said the mayor. just has to create one.  involved the city administration. Powers  get Mayor  said he would look ati it and1 have a proposal for the next meeting.  REPORTS  The Council reviewed the Administration report. Alaina Wright said in. June she has found eight fraudulent checks that were passed through the City's Combined! Expenditures account for at total of$12,400. She said the checks looked to have been copied from ap physical check that was sent to a legitimate vendor back in December. Alaina Wright said the bank has replaced the money in the account, and an affidavit of forgery was filed with the bank, as well as a police report and a claim with MIRMA. She also said that account. had been closed and ai new account was opened, SO no more checks could bej passed through the old account.  Treasurer'si report - No discussion. awater line. Jay Morton saidi it depends on whoi is at fault. Police Dept. report- - No discussion. COMMITTEE REPORTS  Public Works report- - Mike Burns asked whoj paid for any accidents that happen, such as when a crew laying fiber optics cuts  Budget/Finance: LaDonna Allen said there was aj public facilities' meeting and the budget committee needs to see about the LaDonna Allen said so far this year we' ve had around $18,000 we' ve had to pay engineers for sewer inspections and askedi if our current rate structure covers those expenses. Steve Lawver said those costs are covered by sewer rates for current customers. LaDonna Allen asked why our building fees didn't cover the costs for the builder to put in those sewer mains. Mike Talley said Duquesne requires developers to reimburse the city for any engineering fees that are incurred by the city fort thej project tol be completed  possibility ofl hiring seasonal workers inj public works.  and that hel believed the City already had a similar codel butl he would need to research it.  Code/ Nuisance: Rick Flinn was absent. Human Resources: Roger Spencer had nothing to report.    Public Facilities & Planning: Mike Burns said there was aj joint meeting yesterday with public facilities and budget to get an update on1 the ongoing projects. Hollie LaVigne said she received an email from a resident requesting somel kind ofl landscaping tol help  with all thei noise that occurs at the splashpad. UNFINISHED BUSINESS  Alaina Wright said after the. June 6th minutes were approved, she noticed part ofa sentence was incorrect and needed to be amended. She said the sentence currently reads "Bill Maguire asked ift the meetings in. July would be back-to-back since the July 4th meeting was pushed back a week and Mayor Powers said no" and with the council's approval, it needs to be amended to say "Bill Maguire asked if the second meeting in July would be pushed back since the July 4th meeting was pushed back a week and Mayor Powers said no". LaDonna Allen motioned to amend the. June 6th minutes to the corrected wording. Roger Spencer seconded. Allin  favor. No opposed with two absent. NEW BUSINESS  Roger Spencer said he has been approached by some gentlemen in his ward that would like al basketball goal put into Four Oaks Park. Steve Lawver said it was added to the list of upcoming projects that public facilities reviewed. Mike Burns said the committee believed it was a worthwhile project, but they would like to complete some oft the already in-progress projects. Crystal Winkfield said there was a resident at Second Tuesday that was very complimentary of thes splashpad and the work the LaDonna Allen motioned to adjourn ther meeting. Roger Spencer seconded. Alli inf favor. No opposed witht two absent. Meeting  city is doing around it. ADJOURNMENT adjourned at 7:55 PM.  MAYOR  apehn  DDalp