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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19750616 340. Regular Council Meeting, June 16 , 1475. Mayor Hyder presided . ±t Prayer was offered by Mayor Hyder. Councilmen present: Barry, Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, Manes , ` McDowell, Ortmeyer, Whitecotton and Wildhaber. Councilmen absent: None. A quorum was declared present. Approval ; of Minutes The minutes of the meeting of June 2nd were approved as received. : A Public Hearing was held on the rezoning of 6.62 acres on the west `' Public side of Southridge Drive, known as the Schubert Property, from RS-2 !. Hearing to C-2 General Commercial District , for the purpose of relocating the N. H. Scheppers Distributing Co. , Inc. , and the Al Scheppers Motor Company, to this location. There was no opposition. Public A Public Hearing was held on the rezoning of the entire tract of Hearing land owned by the Baptist Convention, located on Christy Drive, from RS-2 to C-2 General Commercial District. There was no opposition. Relocation Roman Renkemeyer, 308 Rus:sell , and Charles Kuensting, 1301 Monroe, of Russell appeared in opposition to the relocation of Russell Street, as Street. approved by the Committee of the Whole. - - - Parking Councilman Borgmeyer referredarequest from Edward H. Wekenborg, and owner of Mid-West Implement Company, for the removal of the "No Traffic Parking" signs from the east side of the 400 block of Brooks Street; Commission. from West Miller north for about 250 feet, to the Parking and Traffic Commission. Mr. Wekenborg requested that he be notified of the meeting. Lions Mayor Hyder read a letter From Mae Benson, in which she objected to Club the peanut sale which was recently held by the Lions Club, The Peanut .letter was referred to Councilman Borgmeyer and he was requested to ;. Sale.`advise Ms . Benson as to how the Club uses the proceeds . Councilman Whitecotton, C:hni niian cif the Police Committee, presented the following report : Subsequent to the oral report of the Police Committee as of June 2nd , the Committee met immediately following the adjournment of the Police Council. All members were present . Also Chief Patton. Committee Following a review of Ordinance No. 5023 defining, regulating, Report. and licensing peddlers, and providing penalties for violations , which was ordained by the Council May 4, 1948, the Committee ;adopted a motion by Mr. Gordon seconded by Miss McDowell , calling ; for a strict enforcement of alf of the provisions of the ordinance. i The Committee, Mr. Mayor, was well aware of the provisions of the ordinance, which contains no exemptions for service clubs, ,, fraternal , religious , educational or non profit organizations . ; There appears to have been some laxity in the enforcement of certain provisions of the ordinance, due to the alleged unconsti- !` "tutionality of these particular provisions . ti Also approved application of Robert Glen Williams , California, Mo. , for a cab operator permit. There being no further business the Committee was adjourned. i Respectfully submitted, /s/ Thomas E. Whitecotton, Chairman;! 'ICouncilman Whitecotton moved that the report be filed. Motion :;passed. Councilman Gordon moved that the ordinance regulating and ?'licensing peddlers be referred back to the Police Department ;;Committee and that the City Attorney prepare an ordinance with a especial provision for service clubs for the Committee. Motion d passed. - - - - - - - - - - ;Councilman Wildhaber, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented !$the following report: [!The Finance Committee met June 12th, 7:00 o'clock P .M. , in the ;Council Chambers. A quorum being present, the Committee made the !; following recommendations : I! ii !I 341. .._._.__._.__Regular_Co_unciL.Meeting._.June._16,__1Q7.5_.__ That a supplementary appropriation of $2000 .00 be made to they Transit Authority for salaries . This would a low a man to be hiredl, to handle overtime and vacation time. The Committee also recommended that the City purchase Christmm' decorations not to exceed $15,000.00 ; that purchases be made , through a bid let by the City; that a Committee, composed of a ';Member of the City Council, Fire Chief, Chief of Police, a member ! from the Missouri Power & Light Company; Presidents of the follow ling organizations - Chamber of Commerce, Down Town Business , East 1 Side Association, South Side Association, Missouri Boulevard Association. This Committee is to draft specs for decorations , to I ? allow for bidding by City. 1Finance A request from Cole County Deputy's Wives Auxiliary was held i:Committee over until a later date. IlReport. Respectfully submitted, /s/ K. V. Wildhaber, Chairman. 1 ! Councilman Wildhaber moved that the report be filed. Motion passed.s! I� Councilman Wildhaber moved that the City contract with Mid-Missouril Regional Planning Commission for six months , and after that time bel� on a month to month basis . Motion passed. Councilman Gordon, Chairman of the Fire-Department Committee, ,!Fire stated that the architect has plans ready for new fire station, to j!Committee be located on East McCarty Street, and moved that his Committee !{Report. have power to act to authorize issuance of specifications and proposals for bids. Motion passed. Councilman Barry, Chairman of the-Committee of the Whole, presented the following report: Committee )J of the The Committee of the Whole Council met on Monday, June 9, 1975 , at ;;Whole 7:30 P.M. , and held a public hearing on the location of the 1Report. proposed extension of Stadium Drive. After the hearing, upon ,, motion by Councilman Borgmeyer, the Committee voted to withdraw itslj prior approval for the location and to recommend that the location of the proposed street follow the present route of Russell Street. I) There being no further business the meeting adjourned. ?! Respectfully submitted, /s/ James L. Barry, President Pro Tem Ij Councilman Barry moved that-the-report be filed. Motion passed. The following report of the Planning and Zoning Commission was ;Planning presented to the Council: ±! and i! Zoning The Jefferson City Planning & Zoning Commission regular meeting , Commission was held on Thursday, June 12, 1975, in the board room of the ;;Report. Chamber of Commerce with the following business being conducted. ! 1. Request from Sheldon Gentry to rezone land along Ellis Blvd. from RS-2 to RA for the purpose of development of ! multiple Tamil units was discussed and held over for the ' July meeting when a representative of the State Highway Commission would be invited to the meeting and questioned if changing the zoning would effect the purchase price of right- of-way for the proposed Rt. B which would run through this tract of land. 2. New Officers as follows were elected: Thomas Benton, Chairman Richard Caplinger, Vice Chairman Fred Rost, Jr. , Secretary. i 3. Hadley Irwin was appointed to represent the Planning & !! Zoning Commission on the Jefferson City Environmental '! Commission he replaces William Natsch former member of the City Planning & Zoning Commission. �) Sincerely, /s/ Bert Koester, Chairman. Councilman Barry moved that the report be filed. Motion passed. !I - Bill No. 21, introduced by Councilmen Barry and Brant, entitled: Bill 21 "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing the Quit Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute a quit claim deed to Mrs. Claim Betty Cooper for Lots 303, 304, 305 and 306, located on California ) Deed - Street, Wolfrum's Subdivision." ;) Mrs. Betty Read first and second time by title and ordered distributed Cooper. to members of the Council. - - - - - - - - - - 342. _ _.__.._ .._.._..._.. . . .... . Regular .Council Meeting,. June ..16., ].97.5. ___.__ _ __.___�_ Bill 22 ;Bi.11 No. 22 , introduced by Councilmen Barry and Brant, entitled: Quit iAn Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing the Claim 'Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute a quit claim deed to Mrs . Deed Mary Baldwin for Lot 302 located on California Street, Wolfrum's Mrs.Mary .;Subdivision." iI Baldwin. ,' Read first and second time by title and ordered distributed to members of the Council. - - - - - - - I Bill 23 )Bill No. 23 , introduced by Councilman Borgmeyer, entitled: Agreement "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing and Mo. State .;directing the Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute a written Highway agreement with the Missouri State Highway Commission relating to Commission;'Route B relocation." Route B Read first and second time by title and ordered distributed Relocation to members of the Council. - - _ - - - - Bill No. 24, introduced by Councilman Brant, entitled: Bill 24 An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, amending Amending ;Ordinance No. 8177, The Parking and Traffic Code of the City of Parking'iJefferson, by prohibiting parking on the south side of Moreland and 'Avenue for a distance of 325 feet starting at a point 470 feet from; Traffic ':the east curb of Moreau Drive." �I Code. Read first and second time by title. Councilman Brant moved II� that the rules be suspended and the Bill be read the third time by I ,'title and placed on final passage. Councilwoman McDowell objected. �� - - - - - - _ _ _ _ Bill 20i;Bill No. 20 , introduced by Councilmen Borgmeyer and McDowell, Tax �Ientitled: Bills !,!,"An Ordinance levying and assessing a Special Tax Bill against the Tanner {dots or tracts of land fronting and abutting on the roadway of Bridge ;'i Tanner Bridge Road from Ellis Boulevard to Monroe Street in the II Road. ;City of Jefferson, Missouri, for the improvement of said roadway." I On motion of Councilman Borgmeyer, Bill No. 20 was read the third time by title and placed on final passage and was passed by the following vote as Ordinance No. 8737: i Councilmen voting Aye: Barry, Borgmeyer, Brant , Gordon, Hager, Manes , McDowell, Ortmeyer, Whitecotton and Wildhaber. :;Councilmen voting Nay: None. j Councilmen absent: None. 'Mayor Hyder submitted the following to the Council for approval: i Mayor's it Appointments ;'Villiam A. Ott , Sr. , member of Police Personnel Board, to succeed it ';George Rozier, effective July 1, 1975 . ;;Lucille Geary, member of Library Board, to succeed Mrs . Marge i�Blosser, resigned. 1 McKinney, Clean Water Commission, for vacancy - City ;Official. '!Councilman Brant requested that the Library appointment be delayed, since there was some controversy. Councilman Whitecotton moved that the appointments be sustained. iMayor Hyder asked for a second to the motion. There was no second. !; - - - - - - - - - - 1!Councilman Wildhaber stated that he was disappointed in the selection of the route for the extension of Stadium Blvd. , for a ;►main thoroughfare, since it would carry a heavy traffic load and Resolution;iwould be dangerous with a lazy S curve. He requested that the Stadiumi�pproposed route be withheld or postponed and the street should be Drive!!built without a curve or offset. f Iil The following Resolution was introduced by Councilmen I ;jBorgmeyer and Barry: I i; WHEREAS, the City does desire to proceed with the easterly ''extension of Stadium Drive; and � WHEREAS, the Committee-of-the-Whole has conducted a Public ;Hearing to discuss route locations ; and WHEREAS, the Committee-of-the-Whole has recommended that !;Route "G" be selected, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council, that the , Engineering Department be authorized to proceed with design plans band necessary appraisals for right-of-way acquisition for Plan "G" -gas recommended by the Committee-of-the-Whole . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution supersedes and ?� :rescinds all previous Resolutions relating to the extension of �! Stadium Drive. Adopted this 16th day of June, 1975, City Clerk Mayor 343. �Regular_...council-M.eeting,....J_urke The Resolution was adopted by the following vote: + Councilmen voting Aye: Barry, Borgmeyer, Brant, Gordon, Hager, ! Manes and Whitecotton. Councilmen voting Nay: McDowell, Ortmeyer-and Wildhaber. I� - - - - I Mayor Hyder read the following veto message of Bill No. 19: I am returning herewith Bill No. 19 passed by the Council Ion Monday, June 2, 1975, bearing my veto. The Bill contains some excellend provisions and I am issuing a directive under my statutor3 authority as Mayor to all Department Heads to adopt certain policies with respect to vacation, sick leave and other policies ,! where confusion has existed. I cannot approve the Bill for severald reasons, among which are the following: 1. The rules and regulations which are a part of the Bill were obviously copied from those promulgated in a city not of the Third Class, as is Jefferson City. Some inconsistencies are: (a) Section 77.450, R. S.Mo. , authorizes the Mayor to iveto appoint both elective and appointive officers . ,!Message, Section 9.3 (b) apparently transfers this authority i�Bill 19. to the Director of Personnel. (b) Section 77.340, R.S.Mo. , provides for the removal from office any appointive officer of the city at will by the Mayor and majority of the Council. The proposed Ordinance, in my opinion, would abrogate this right. 2. Section 3.3 provides for the retention in office of all present personnel, as though appointed under the merit system. Such a provision entirely eliminates any immediate substantial benefit from the passage of the Ordinance. 3. The classification of positions on the basis of work performed has, in instances with which I am familiar, caused extreme increase in salaries . We should delay the adoption of the ( proposed rules, or those properly modified, until we receive the ( proposed classifications and salary ranges. Section 5.9 of the proposed regulations requires a salary I increase of one step at the end of each year of service for those receiving an average rating or better. Without full knowledge of the amount of this "one step increase" , we cannot intelligently act upon this provision. 5. Section 3.4 provides that if an employee in the classifieds service is appointed to the unclassified service, which includes elected officials and all heads of departments , and if such ; employee shall later be removed from such position, he must be reinstated in his former position with all rights which he would have had had he remained in the original position. In such case, the employee's former position would have undoubtedly been filled by another at an equivalent salary and we would then have two people drawing the same salary with work requiring only a single employee. Such a provision is not in the public interest. 6. As you are aware, the Ordinances of the City are now in process of compilation in such manner that we can determine those which relate to present conditions of employment. Are of the present time there is no means by which we can satisfactorily determine those which relate to the subject covered by this Bill. We are purpporting to include in the merit system those assistants appointed by elective city officials, particularly the City Collector. I am advised that this revision of Ordinances is more than one year overdue and is expected momentarily, and I believe such. information is necessary to a proper consideration of this subject matter% l Many other unsatisfactory provisions are present, but the above I believe to justify this action. /s/ Robert L. Ryder Dated: June 5, 1975. Mayor Mayor Hyder put the question pending before the Council "Shall the Bill pass, the objections of the Mayor, thereto, notwithstanding?" The veto was sustained by the following vote: Councilmen voting Aye: Barry, Brant and Manes . Councilmen voting Nay: Borgmeyer, Gordon, Hager, McDowell, , Ortmeyer, Whitecotton and Wildhaber. + i 344. Regular auacit_Meeting,_June_16- JLQ75 IMayor Hyder requested that his appointments to the Police Personnel ! Board, Library Board and Clean Water Commission be reconsidered. ;,After some clarification and discussion by the Mayor, in regard to ;1the Library Board Appointment, Councilman Whitecotton moved that the appointment of William A. Ott, Sr. , to succeed George Rozier ±; on the Police Personnel Board, and the appointment of Chester Reconsid-i�McKinney, Clean Air Commission, be approved. The motion was erationiseconded by Councilman Borgmeyer. Motion passed. of + Councilman Whitecotton then moved that the appointment of Mayor's Lucille Geary as a member of the Library Board, to succeed Mrs. Appointments Marge Blosser, resigned, be approved. The motion was seconded by ICouncilwoman McDowell. Motion was passed by the following vote: a Councilmen voting Aye: Barry, Borgmeyer, Gordon, Hager, Manes, ` McDowell, Ortmeyer, Whitecotton and Wildhaber. Councilman voting Nay: Brant. 4th of iCouncilwoman McDowell requested permission of the Council to have July the 100 and 200 blocks of East Capitol Avenue, and the 100 blocks Festivities of Jefferson and Madison Streets , roped off for the 4th of July Festivities to be held on the northwest corner of Jefferson and High Streets, parking lot at Lohman's Landing, and the Governor's Garden. Councilman Whitecotton moved that the request be approved. Motion passed. - - - - - - - - - - The following budget was approved for the 1975-76 fiscal year for Revenue Sharing Funds: Prior Committments $ 2759000.00 Public Works Grader 17,500.00 Box culvert 40,000.00 Microfilm 15,000.00 Airport 50,000.00 Health Department Vehicles 16,050.00 Police Department Land acquisition 20250.00 Line recorder 12,000.00 Revenue ; Transit Authority Sharing ' Bus 51,000.00 Budget.' Sewer Revolving Fund 50,000.00 ! Park Board Road - Binder Lake 25,000.00 j Handball Court 25,000.00 I Street Overlay 539930.00 f TOTAL: $ 632,730.00 - - - - - - - - - - Adjournment.j ouncilman Hager moved that the Council adjourn, under the rules. otion passed. E fi it ! i f�E i+