CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
August 12, 2008
The Council of the City of Fulton, Missouri, met in regular session and held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 18 E. 4th Street. Present and presiding were Charles M. Latham, 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 Latham at 7:30 p.m. Roll call was taken by the City Clerk and members of the council present were Benton; Bill; Digh; Gohring; Harris; Moore; Pautz and West. Also present were Darrell Dunlap, Superintendent of Utilities; Les Hudson, Code Enforcement Officer; Dean Buffington, Fire Chief; Kathy Holschlag, Chief Financial Officer; J. C. Miller, Solid Waste Manager; Sharon Cleveland, Purchasing Agent; Clay Caswell, Parks & Recreation Director; Sherri Redmon, Human Resource Director; Matt Harline, Assistant to the Director of Administration; Greg Hayes, City Engineer; Clyde Hopsecker; Blanche Hopsecker; Dennis Dungan; Fay Dungan; Teresa Cloud; Naomi Healy; JoAnn Wetherell; Langston A. Simmons; Kevin Schoolcraft; a reporter for The Fulton Sun; Jeremy Polston and Justin Dean, Audio/Video.
INVOCATION:
Invocation was given by Mayor Latham.
COMMENTS FROM VISITORS:
Mayor Latham 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. There were none.
PUBLIC HEARING:
The purpose of this hearing was to consider the proposed rezoning of three (3) tracts of land known as Lots #4, #5, and #6 of Chestnut Heights Subdivision in Fulton. These tracts of land lie on the south side of West Chestnut Street beginning approximately 350 feet East of the intersection of West Chestnut and Old Jefferson City Road.
Mayor Latham declared the Public Hearing open at 7:31 p.m. There were three (3) calls for anyone wishing to speak in opposition of the matter being considered.
Dennis Dungan, 7880 Street, Portland, spoke on behalf of his mother who lives on West Chestnut, would like to know what kind of apartments are being planned to build and who will they rent to?
Teresa Cloud, 705 West Chestnut, asked what kind of apartments as there are a lot of older people living in this area and she considered it a safety issue.
Naomi Healy, 717 West Chestnut, asked if these apartments would be for families?
Mayor Latham said there will be three (3) calls for anyone wishing to speak in favor of the matter being considered.
Kevin Schoolcraft, 530 Old Jefferson City Road, was the person requesting the rezoning and said there were no definite plans on what type of apartments would be constructed as he wanted to rezone the property so he could sell it.
Mayor Latham declared this hearing closed at 7:40 p.m.
SUBJECTS OF DISCUSSION:
a) Golf Course RFP.
A copy of the RFP was included in the council packet and they were asked to review and if they had any proposed changes, they should be addressed at this time.
Matt Harline, Assistant to the Director of Administration, said that previously some councilmembers had suggested some amendments which will be added to the final RFP before being let out to the public. He will make these modifications and it will be in the packet for the next meeting.
RESOLUTIONS:
Resolution 3015 was presented and read by Councilman Moore.
Resolution 3015 - A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the C.O.F., to enter into an Agreement with Missouri Department of Transportation to program STP Funds for the Signal Replacement Project at the Intersection of Bluff Street and St. Louis Avenue (Copy is included in the official Resolution Book).
Motion was offered by Councilman Moore and seconded by Councilman Harris to adopt Resolution 3015 at this council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Resolution 3016 was presented and read by Councilman Bill.
Resolution 3016 - A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the C.O.F., to enter into a Contract with Steve & Associates, Fulton, MO., for the construction of Phase Five of the Stinson Creek Walking Trail STP-2700 in the amount of $208,887.33 (Copy is included in the official Resolution Book).
Motion was offered by Councilman Bill and seconded by Councilman West to adopt Resolution 3016 at this council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Resolution 3017 was presented and read by Councilman Benton.
Resolution 3017 - A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the C.O.F., to sign all necessary documents with The Energy Authority (TEA) for Financial Gas Purchases and Natural Gas Basic Purchases (Copy is included in the official Resolution Book).
Motion was offered by Councilman Benton and seconded by Councilman Pautz to adopt Resolution 3017 at this council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
ORDINANCES:
Bill No. 1243 was presented for first reading by Councilwoman Digh.
Bill No.1243 - An Ordinance fixing the tax rate and levying taxes for the calendar year 2008, on all taxable property in the C.O.F., and establishing an effective date.
Motion was offered by Councilwoman Digh and seconded by Councilman Moore to place Bill No. 1243 for second reading at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Bill No. 1244 was presented as an Emergency Ordinance for first reading by Councilman Harris and read in its entirety.
Bill No. 1244 - An EMERGENCY Ordinance authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the C.O.F., to sign all necessary documents to purchase 160 acres, more or less, of real estate located on Highway H, west of existing city limits (Copy is included in the official Ordinance Book).
Mayor Latham said this property is owned by the Jatho's and the asking price is $950,000.00.
Motion was offered by Councilman Harris and seconded by Councilman Pautz to place Bill No. 1244 for second reading at this council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Bill No. 1244 was read for the second time as an Emergency Ordinance in its intirety by Councilman Harris.
Motion was offered by Councilman Harris and seconded by Councilman Moore to place Bill No. 1244 as an Emergency Ordinance for third reading at this council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Bill No. 1244 was read for the third time as an Emergency Ordinance in its intirety by Councilman Harris.
Motion was offered by Councilman Harris and seconded by Councilman Moore to place Bill No. 1244 as an Emergency Ordinance for final passage at this council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Roll call vote of members of the council was as follows: Digh, yes; Gohring, yes; Harris, yes; Moore, yes; Pautz, yes; West, yes; Benton, yes; and Bill, yes. Bill No. 1244 as an Emergency Ordinance, having received the affirmative vote of all eight members of the council, was declared passed by the President of the council.
Bill No. 1245 was presented for first reading by Councilman Pautz.
Bill No. 1245 - An Ordinance declaring the Old Wren Property to be Surplus Property and declaring an effective date.
Motion was offered by Councilman Pautz and seconded by Councilman Moore to place Bill No. 1245 for second reading at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
Bill No. 1246 was presented for first reading by Councilwoman Gohring.
Bill No. 1246 - An Ordinance re-classifying under the zoning ordinance certain land in the C.O.F., and establishing an effective date.
Motion was offered by Councilwoman Gohring and seconded by Councilman Bill to place Bill No. 1246 for second reading at the next regularly scheduled council meeting. Motion failed with seven members of the council voting against and one councilman (Harris) voting in favor. Bill No. 1246 was declared defeated by
the President of the council.
APPOINTMENTS:
Mayor Latham asked the council for approval of the appointment of Heather Heath to the Park Board.
Motion was offered by Councilman Harris and seconded by Councilwoman Gohring to approve the appointment of Heather Heath to the Park Board. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Reminder of the MML Conference in Springfield, Missouri on September 7 - 10th, 2008.
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
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 Councilman Pautz and seconded by Councilman West to adjourn this meeting. Motion carried with all eight members of the council voting in favor and the meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m.
Charles M. Latham, Mayor
Carolyn L. Laswell, CMC/MRCC
City Clerk