The Carl Junction City Council met in regular session on Tuesday February 07, 2017 at 7:00 PM at City Hall. Mayor Michael Moss called thei meeting to order with the: following present: Bob Cook, Don Marshall, Richard Zaccardelli, Mark Powers, Roger Spencer, Wayne Smith and Mike Burns. Alderman LaDonna Allen was absent. Also present were City Administrator Steve  Lawver, City Clerkl Maribeth Matney and City Attorney Mike Talley.  AGENDA  Mark Powers motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed. Mark  Powers motioned to approve the consent agenda. Don Marshall seconded. All in favor. No opposed.  PUBLICFORUM There wasi no one: for public forum.  REQUEST FROM ZACH ENDICOTTTOHOOK ONTO UTILITIES WITHOUT ANNEXING  Mr. Endicott addressed the council about building a house on North Roney. Iti is currently noti in city limits. His dad isi in the city and has water and sewer to his house and thel lines run across the property he gave Zach to build on. The water is on the edge of his property and the sewer linei is in the middle ofl Roney Street. Part ofhis land isi in city limits but not all ofit. Thej portion thati isi in the city limits has the water main on it. Mark Powers asked if! he realized that the rate is 2 %1 times the rate for residents. Zach said yes. Initially they were going to annex. Ifit gets too high they may reconsider annexing into the city limits. Mark Powers motioned toa allow their request tol hook onto our city water and sewer. Richard! Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed. APPROVALOF HIRINGOFPPOFFICER - AMOSI BINDEL-SWEARINGI INOFOFFICER  Chief Haase introduces Amos Bindel. He lives in Joplin and graduated from the Academy awhile back. He said that the department has had an opening for awhile now and would like to hiré Amos Bindel. Mayor Moss agreed and would like to appoint Officer Bindel to the Police Department. Mark Powers motioned to approve the Mayor's appointment of Officer Amos Bindel.  Richard Zaccardelli seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed. City Clerk Matney swore in Officer Bindel.  REVIEW AND APPROVALOF EQUIPMENT BIDS  City Administrator Lawver presented the bids received on a new skid steer. We would like to replace the one we have. We received 3 bids: Legacy Farm & Lawn (Loader-S43,000; Mulcher-$26,000); Victor L Phillips (Loader-$57,800, Mulcher-528,800); Fabick (Loader $55,500; Mulcher $31,450). Steve Lawver is recommending we approve the bid from Legacy Farm & Lawn for both pieces ofe equipment. Mark Powers motioned to approve the City Administrator recommendation of Legacy Farm & Lawn. Richard  Zaccardelli seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed.  ORDINANCES  Mark Powers motioned to put "AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI AND CREWS CONSTRUCTION, INC., TO CONSTRUCT ROCKY LANE LIFT STATION REHABILITATION FOR THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS, FOR THE SUM OF $37,000.00; PROVIDING THE' TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE SAID AGREEMENT FOR. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CARL. JUNCTION, MISSOUR!" on first reading by title only. Richard Zaccardeli seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Mike Talley explained that he put the City Administrator as the signer oft the agreement. Mark Powers motioned to put iton second: reading by title only. Roger Spencer seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed. There was no discussion. Mark Powers motioned toj put it on final passage. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Cook-y, Marshall-y, Zaccardelli-y, Powers-y, Spencer-y W Smith-y, Allen-absent, Burns-y. Motion on Ordinance #17-02 was approved by roll call vote, signed by the Mayor, Mark Powers motioned to put "AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION AND THE MISSOURI HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION PROVIDING FOR THE. ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 450 LF OF ADA COMPLIANT CONCRETE SIDEWALK ON ROUTE Z/PENNELL STREET, THAT WILL EXTEND FROM MILLER STREET TO GRIMES STREET" on first reading by title only. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Mike Talley pointed out that this has to be read 31 times. Mark Powers motioned to put it on second reading by title only. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. Alli in favor. No opposed. There was no discussion. Mark Powers motioned toj put it ont third reading by title only. Don Marshall seconded. Allin favor. No opposed. Mark Powers motioned to put it on final passage. Bob Cook seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Cook-y, Marshall-y, Zaccardelli-y, Powers-y, Spencer-y W Smith-y, Allen-absent, Burns-y. Motion on Ordinance #17-03 was approved by roll call vote, signed by thel Mayor, attested by the City Clerk andi made aj part ofthe permanent records ofthe City ofCarl Junction The council reviewed the Administration report. Steve brought to the council's attention 1203 Cambridge. Tim Smith is here int the audience about it also. Steve said that the retaining wall was put in about 27 years ago andi iti is on city right of way. Part ofit is falling into the street. Jimmy has had to push some RR ties off oft the street. Wel have talked to the property owner and we have met with our engineer to see what can be done. If we take out the wall we will have to cut down the slope. It will take an  attested byt the City Clerk andi made aj part oft the permanent records oft the City ofCarl Junction.  REPORTS  1    estimated 400 cubic yards off fill. There was discussion about thet trees on the property and ift they could be saved. Steve said that the property owner agreed to foot] part oft the bill, somewhere in the $1500 range. Steve said it could take $4000-$5000 to do this project. Richard asked about our liability if we didn't repair it. Steve said there is some. The loti is 125' x 125'. Tim Smith said they put in the wall 25 years ago and now the owner has had a job offer in St. Louis. He said the wall won't last much longer. There was talk about repairing the wail or replacing the wall. It was stated why we don'tj just fix the wall instead of tearing it out and sloping the ground. There are: 291 ties that need replaced and they would cost $580. Steve said that is temporary fix and they would rot out and we would be in thes same boat. Steve reported that we. had sent al letter to the homeowner to fix the wall. He contacted us after receiving the letter. There was a lot of discussion about the wall and replacing the whole thing or fixing the area that is falling. Mike Burns suggested concrete walls instead of taking out the trees. The council thought it was a good option. Mike Talley stated that no matter what we did we: needed an agreement with the land owner. After al lot of discussion it was stated that Steve needed to get some prices Richard Zaccardelli asked about the traffic study. Steve reported that the Joplin Special Road District is noti interested. He PW report - there was nothing to add. Mike Burns asked about the parking lot at Frank dean. Jimmy said it was South ofthe  on different options and get back with the council. willl be going to the county and APD this month.  Tballi field. Itist not asphalted. Also the #91 tower painting is being done by Utility Services as part of our contract.  Police report - there was nothing to add. Building Inspector- -1 there was nothing to add. COMMITTEE REPORTS  Budget/Finance - Mark Powers reminded the budget committee that we willl have ai meeting Wednesday at 3:301 PM. Steve  also asked for another one: for 2/15/17 at 3:301 for the auditor to go over our new audit.  Code/Nuisance -Don Marshall hadi nothing to report. Human Resources - Roger Spencer had nothing to report Public Facilities &1 Planning. Wayne Smith had nothing toi report.  Senior Citizens- Richard Zaccardelli said they are looking for help with] Meals With Wheels.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS No unfinished business. NEW BUSINESS Noi new business. ADJOURNMENT  Mark Powers motioned to adjourn the meeting. Roger Spencer seconded. Alli linfyor. No opposed. Meeting adjourned at  7:50PM.  MAYOR  2Aa  Meg  2