CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
July 11, 2006
The Council of the City of Fulton, Missouri, met in regular session on Tuesday, July 11th, 2006, in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 18 E. 4th Street. Present and presiding were Robert W. Craghead, Mayor; William Johnson, Director of Administration; Carolyn L. Laswell, City Clerk; and Steve Myers, Chief of Police. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Craghead at 7:30 p.m. Roll call was taken by the City Clerk and members of the council present were Benton; Chailland; Gohring; Harris; Moore; and Wilkinson. Absent were Councilmembers Bill and McCall. Also present were Patrick Bonnot, Assistant to the Director of Administration; Darrell Dunlap, Superintendent of Utilities; Les Hudson, Code Enforcement Officer; Sherri Redmon, Human Resource Director; Clay Caswell, Parks & Recreation Director; Jane Hubbard, Chief Financial Officer; J. C. Miller, Solid Waste Manager; Dean Buffington, Interim Fire Chief; Sharon Cleveland, Purchasing Agent; Greg Hayes, City Engineer; Doris Klosterman; Bonnie Maddox; Elton Maddox; Norman St.Romaine; June St.Romaine; Brian Hoselton; Carole Hoselton; Karl Starmer; Ernest Overstreet; Robert Fischer; Betty Fischer; Patricia Beyer; Wilma Hobbs; Ron Baldwin; Jon Hetzel, reporter, for THE FULTON SUN; Jeremy Polston and Justin Dean, Audio/Video.
INVOCATION:
Invocation was given by Mayor Craghead.
COMMENTS FROM VISITORS:
Mayor Craghead asked if there was anyone present who wished to address the council that was not listed on tonight's agenda to please come to the podium and state their name, address and area of concern.
Brian Hoselton, 8255 County Road 415, the Chiropractor who has asked for this re-zoning, addressed the council once again. He said the residents should have no worries about the property as he intends to stay 20 - 30 years, set up borders and would put restrictions on the rear of his property.
He thanked the council for their attention to his request.
SUBJECTS OF DISCUSSION:
a) Discussion of the proposed idea of dedicating the City Hall fountain in memory of Rev. Raymond McCallister.
Mayor Craghead spoke with his wife and she thought it was a good idea and said that September 6th would be the anniversary of his death.
After some discussion, motion was offered by Councilman Moore and seconded by Councilwoman Chailland to place a plaque on the fountain in honor of Rev. McCallister. Motion carried with six members of the council voting in favor and two members (Bill and McCall) absent. A committee consisting of Councilmembers Gohring, Moore and Wilkinson will meet on Monday, July 17th at 9:00 a.m. in the Mayor's office.
b) Further discussion by Mayor Craghead on the proposed name change of Seaman Field.
Much discussion followed as to whether the complex could be called Erwin Complex and leave Seaman Field as is or Erwin Field and Seaman Complex.
More research will be done and this will be discussed again at the next meeting.
c) Update on natural gas prices.
Bill Johnson said that natural gas prices have not raised substantially, therefore, he recommended that rates remain the same.
Motion was offered by Councilman Harris and seconded by Councilman Moore that gas rates remain at $9.25 per unit and the rates for our citizens remain the same. Motion carried with six members of the council voting in favor and two members (Bill and McCall) absent.
d) Update on the Fire at Tanglewood.
Patrick Bonnot, Assistant to the Director of Administration, said a fire occurred at the golf course on May 30th in the equipment storage area and smoke damage in the cart storage area. He showed slides of the fire site.
Dale Nichols would like to move the cart storage closer to the club house. More information will be given later.
The replacement cost of the storage shed by the insurance company would be to replace the equipment at the same value as was in the shed at the time of the fire.
The question as to repair in the existing area or relocate and re-build is being considered. More information will be given later.
Patrick reported on the Risk Management Conference that he attended in Las Vegas. He received a scholarship from MIRMA that covered 80% of the costs of the conference.
Patrick said that Westminster College would like to do a land swap whereby the college would take the land on 8th Street after the city takes down the water tower and the city would receive a lot on Northwest Street. With permission from the city, this land would be used to erect a T-mobile cell phone tower. The reason being that reception for cell phones on the Westminster campus and William Woods University has not been good.
Councilmembers Benton and Harris asked if the city could control the number of towers within the city. Research will be done by the administration to bring back to the council.
RESOLUTIONS:
There were none to present at this meeting.
ORDINANCES:
Bill No. 1149 was to be read for the second time by Councilman Harris.
Bill No. 1149 - An Ordinance changing the zoning of a tract of land known as 710 Business 54 South from its present zoning classification of R-1 Residential to C-2 Commercial.
Mayor Craghead presented a petition with over twenty citizen signatures objecting to this proposed zoning change.
After some discussion, motion was offered by Councilman Harris and seconded by Councilman Moore to table Bill No. 1149 for further review. Motion carried with six members of the council voting in favor and two members (Bill and McCall) absent.
APPOINTMENTS:
Mayor Craghead stated there were no new appointments to be presented at tonight's council meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
There were none.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Mayor Craghead said there was no need for an executive session at this council meeting.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business to come before the council, motion was offered by Councilwoman Chailland and seconded by Councilman Wilkinson to adjourn this meeting. Motion carried with six members of the council voting in favor, two members (Bill and McCall) absent, and the meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
Robert W. Craghead, Mayor
Carolyn L. Laswell, CMC/MRCC
City Clerk