The Carl Junction City Council met in regular session on Tuesday April 6, 2010 at 7:00 PM at City Hall. Mayor Michael Moss called the meeting to order with the following present: Richard Zaccardelli, Don Marshall, Carl Skaggs, Mark Powers, Steve Daniels, Dee Lynn Davey and Walter Hayes. Alderman Wayne Smith arrived at 7:25 PM. Also present were City Administrator Steve Lawver, City Clerk Maribeth Matney and City Attorney Mike Talley.

AGENDA

Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the agenda as presented. Dee Lynn Davey seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Carl Skaggs motioned to approve the consent agenda. Steve Daniels seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

PUBLIC FORUM

Richard Burrows, 410 N Cowgill, addressed the council about the Community Center. He discussed the issues about the foundation and stated that the council should get a hold of the old project manager and get his records to review. He has concerns about the ground water problem. He also asked what would happen during a storm. It was supposed to have a storm shelter but with the design and the glass in the building there is no place for shelter. He also asked that the council ask for a state audit if we have nothing to hide before the petition gets to the state auditor’s office. (see attached memo from Mr. Burrows)

June Chenot, 128 Forest, wanted to share information about Carl Junction to make them proud of Carl Junction. She reported that Randy Karst’s step son has a photograph being shown at the Spiva Arts Center exhibit. It is quite an honor to have a photo accepted for display. She also stated that Toby Teeter’s son had 3 photo’s being displayed there. She then commented that when she was coming into Carl Junction this evening our US Flag was flying beautifully in our new entrance garden. Lastly she reported that her husband is now a U-Tube star on his car he had been building. She made sure that he stated he was from Carl Junction Missouri, so we now are being advertised world wide.

MARY SCHILLACI – COMMUNITY CENTER BUDGET

Mary Schillaci, 706 Springhill, then addressed the council. She 1^st stated that it had been a hard 2 months and that she had felt she had no choice in the manner that it happened. But she decided that she did have a choice and that she had hurt Maribeth in the process and apologized to her. She then asked if Steve had received her information. Steve replied he received it at 3:00 PM today. She stated that according to her figures we are way over budget by $639477.88 compared to the bond amount passed and we are not finished yet. Steve said that he has not had a chance to go over her figures yet but we had been keeping a spreadsheet on the project. He will go over Mary’s figures and get a response back to her. Mary questioned the HVAC and electrical because that should have been in the original contract. Those are her concerns. Steve said he would review her questions and respond back to her.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT

Gary Stubblefield addressed the council and reported they continue to have new people and organizations join our Chamber. They have 21 Chamber ambassadors. He also reported at their 4/1/10 they gave $1500 back to the community. They donated $500 towards the Family Fun Day on 6/26/10 and they also gave $1000 to the City to help pay for the Senior Center kitchen equipment. Their annual banquet will be 4/29/10 and they are accepting nominations for individuals, businesses and organizations for the annual awards. The deadline to submit a name is 4/15/10. Our annual city wide rummage sale is 4/24/10 this year and they estimate it will bring 3000 visitors to Carl Junction. They put together a map and if you want your location on the map they need it by 4/20/10 so that they can get them printed and distributed by 4/23/10. On 4/27/10 St John’s Mobile Mammography unit will be here in town from 8:00 to 4:30 at the CJFD. No appointment is necessary and they can process 27 people. Last October they processed 27 people and had 2 detections and 3 financial referrals. Their next meeting will be 5/6/10 at the new Community Center.

COUNCIL REVIEW OF LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION – SUMMER FRESH

The council reviewed the application for package liquor from Summer Fresh. The manager from Summer Fresh stated that he has several requests for them to sell package liquor. They do not have any immediate plans on carrying it any time soon but want to be ready when they make that decision. They want to deep dollars here in Carl Junction. Carl asked if they had an agreement with Deem’s Liquor. He said yes and that was why they had no immediate plans. We have 4 licenses now and the code allows for 7. Mark Powers motioned to approve the application. Don Marshall seconded. All in favor. No opposed. It would include Sunday sales which includes an extra fee. Wayne Smith is now at the meeting.

RESOLUTION FOR SUPPORT OF THE JOPLIN AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO BUILD IN CJ

The council read the resolution and Steve reported that the school was going to do away with the building trades program due to the economy. This will allow them to keep the program and partner with Habitat for Humanity to provide affordable well built homes. It is a good partnership. He has provided a list of vacant lots for consideration. Mayor Moss then read the resolution. Mark Powers motioned to approve the resolution. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed.

COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF OUR FALL PROTECTION PROGRAM

This helps us comply with MIRMA requirements. It will become part of the employee handbook. MIRMA will come down and do some training for the 1^st time and then we will do refresher training with videos. Steve Daniels motioned to approve the Fall Protection Program. Don Marshall seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Steve also reported that our last evaluation from MIRMA went well. We were at 85% and we scored 95% this year. We should be getting a credit towards our premiums next year.

ORDINANCES

The next ordinance is for change order #8 with Larry Snyder & Company. This incorporates all the changes that were discussed at the last meeting. Carl Skaggs motioned to put “AN ORDINANCE APPROVING CHANGE ORDER #8 TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI AND LARRY SNYDER & COMPANY, TO CONSTRUCT A NEW RECREATION CENTER, CITY HALL, AND SENIOR CENTER FOR THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI, SAID CHANGE ORDER # 8 BEING TO REVISE LOBBY SOFFIT & FIXTURE, REVISE CONCRETE INTERSECTION, REQUEST USE FOR GEO-GRID, ADD WELL FIELD CASING, CASEWORK MODIFICATIONS, SCREEN WALL, BENCH MASONRY AND TO ADD 28 WEATHER DAYS FOR AN ADDITIONAL NET COST OF $58,283.00 AFTER CONTRACT ALLOWANCES, AND INCREASING THE TOTAL CONTRACT COST TO $4,319,410.99; AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE SAID CHANGE ORDER FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION, MISSOURI” on first reading by title only. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on 2^nd reading by title only. Dee Lynn Davey seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Mark Powers motioned to put it on passage. Steve Daniels seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Zaccardelli-y, Marshall-y, Skaggs-y, Powers-y, Daniels-y, Davey-y, Hayes-y, Smith-y. Motion on Ordinance #10-14 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.

The next ordinance was to approve the new fiscal year budget. Dee Lynn Davey motioned to put “AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE 2011FISCAL YEAR BUDGET” on first reading by title only. Carl Skaggs seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on 2^nd reading by title only. Walter Hayes seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Walter Hayes motioned to put it on passage. Carl Skaggs seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Zaccardelli-y, Marshall-y, Skaggs-y, Powers-y, Daniels-y, Davey-y, Hayes-y, Smith-y. Motion on Ordinance #10-15 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.

The next ordinance was to approve the wage schedule for the new fiscal year. Carl Skaggs motioned to put “AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SALARIES FOR CITY EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2010” on first reading by title only. Steve Daniels seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on 2^nd reading by title only. Steve Daniels seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on passage. Dee Lynn Davey seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Zaccardelli-y, Marshall-y, Skaggs-y, Powers-y, Daniels-y, Davey-y, Hayes-y, Smith-y. Motion on Ordinance #10-16 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.

The next ordinance was to appoint officers for the new fiscal year. Dee Lynn Davey motioned to put “AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING CITY OFFICERS TO THE CITY OF CARL JUNCTION TO SERVE THE ENSUSING YEAR UNTIL NEW OFFICERS ARE DULY APPOINTED” on first reading by title only. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Dee Lynn Davey motioned to put it on 2^nd reading by title only. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. Mayor Moss asked for discussion. There was no discussion. Carl Skaggs motioned to put it on passage. Richard Zaccardelli seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Zaccardelli-y, Marshall-y, Skaggs-y, Powers-y, Daniels-y, Davey-y, Hayes-y, Smith-y. Motion on Ordinance #10-17 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 nothing new to report.

Public Works report – there was nothing new to report.

Police Department report – there was nothing new to report.

Court report – there was nothing new to report.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Nuisance Committee had nothing to report.

The Long Range Planning Committee stated that they have a meeting scheduled for 4/24/10 at 9:00 AM at City Hall for public comments.

The Budget/Finance Committee had nothing to report.

The Human Resource Committee had nothing to report.

The Public Facilities Committee had nothing to report.

The Code Review Committee had nothing to report.

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

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

Chief Haase reported that they had their siren control fixed and that everything was working properly.

NEW BUSINESS

Mark Powers reported that the Carl Junction American Legion was having a golf scramble at Schifferdecker to help support the baseball teams. It is $50/person. Entry deadline is 4/12/10 and you can contact Charlie Long if you have any questions.

Mayor Moss reported we had received a resignation letter from Ron Forbis from our Senior Committee. He is moving back to northern Missouri to be closer to family. He suggested we combine our Citizens for Better Life and Senior Committee. Steve and Richard both think that is a good idea and will look at reorganizing those committee’s. We will leave that position vacant until then.

Steve reported that he had a discussion with Pat Smith about someone taking over her position as Chairman of the Bluegrass Committee. She has run it for 13 years and has done a tremendous job. She would like someone to shadow her this year to prepare for next year. Steve and Pat have both reached out to people and organizations to see if they would be interested in it. She will be sorely missed. That position takes a lot of commitment.

Chief Haase reported he will be out of office this Friday.

ADJOURNMENT

Carl Skaggs motioned to adjourn the meeting. Steve Daniels seconded. All in favor. No opposed. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM.

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CITY CLERK                                                                     MAYOR