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HomeMy Public PortalAbout19720807 LrC)�`j Mayor Christy presided. Prayer was offered by Mayor Christy. , Councilmen present: Borgmeyer, Gordon, Hager, Nacy, Ortmeyer, 'i Roll Riner, Scrivner, Seaman, Strong and Woodman. Call Councilmen absent: None. A quorum was declared present. ;Approval of iThe minutes of the meeting of July 17th were approved as received. Minutes w The following bids were received for repair work on the City Hall Opening Building: of Bids . E.G. (Duke) Linhardt Const. Co. , Inc. , $ 5,490.00 Wilbur Ridenhour 1,100.00 Councilman Strong moved that the low bid be accepted. Motion passed. - - IA card of appreciation was received from Melinda Sears, Miss 'Card of Jefferson City, for the flowers that the Council sent for the 'Appreciation Miss Missouri Pageant. (The application of Robert Wesley Mahaney, 412 Lafayette Street, ,Application Jefferson City, Mo. , for the position of bus driver, was presented 'Bus Driver. to the Council for approval. Councilman Ortmeyer moved that his appointment be approved. Motion passed. The following was presented to the Council by Mayor Christy: Appointments Library I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your consent and ' Board, approval, the following appointments to office: Mrs . Cullen Coil, Mr. James A. Davis and Dr. T. D. Pawley, vice reappointment as members of the Thomas Jefferson Library System for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Respectfully submitted, /s/ John G. Christy, Mayor. Councilman Borgmeyer moved that the appointments be approv(.,d. ' Motion passed. - - - - - _ - - - - _ A request to rezone the 600 block of Belmont, starting on the south'' at Ker-Mac and extending north alon& the west side of Belmont to ;; Planning the end of the 600 block, from "A-1 to "C" , and that a special ii and permit be granted allowing Mrs . R. A. Leonard to operate a ,Zoning one-operator type beauty salon. Commission The request was referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission. - _ - _ - _ - - _ - _ Mayor Christy presented a request to the Council from Bob Nilges, 11J.C.Babe Manager of the Jefferson City All Star Babe Ruth Baseball Team, for' Ruth financial help to send the Team to Monroe, North Carolina, for the lAll Star Tournament of Champions. Team Councilman Strong moved that a check in the amount of $250.00 be given to the Team. Motion passed. i A Resolution adopted by the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce, 'iChamber of commending the Special Committee on Trafficways of the Greater ��Commerce. Jefferson City Committee, was_ presented sented to the Council. i Councilman Seaman moved that the Workable Program be submitted. )iWorkable Motion passed. IjProgram. The following report of the Public Utilities Committee was 'Public presented to the Council by Councilman Nacy, Chairman of the Utilities Committee: , Committee Report f 497 RegulAx_.Council ..Meeting, August PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMITTEE REPORT on !{ Municipal Waterworks System Feasibility Study. !' A meeting of the City Public Utilities Committee was held on 11July 21, 1972 , in the City Council Chambers . Present were Mr. Jack �IRiner, Second Ward Councilman, Dick Nacy, Jr. , Fifth Ward Councilman ,; and Chairman of the Committee, Byron Kinder, attorney representing ;; Ranson & Co. , Inc. , of 206 Century Plaza Building, Wichita, Kansas , ! ;Jack Ranson, and Bob Schwermann, both of Ranson & Co. , Inc. The 1; purpose of the meeting was to proceed with the Public Utilities ; Committee's investigation of the possibility of the city's I acquiring a municipal water works system. I Public Utilities !' Ranson & Co. is a group of investment bankers . Their function;; Committee ; is to assist cities for a fee to buy utilities . They are also in j Report . . the bond brokerage business . They are the firm which underwrote $1 ,250,000 worth of bonds for Public Water Supply District # 2 here`1 �jin Cole County. Since these were second lien bonds , the Water ; Supply District tried unsuccessfully to find financing. Finally, 1Ranson & Co. were called into the case and they succeeded in �! 1; obtaining the issuance of the bonds . They have had wide experience M; in the field of acquiring of water works by cities . In addition to laiding the cities in determining whether it wants to acquire the ; system, they can do the negotiating for the city, they can work outs jthe bond sale, and handle the sale itself if the city wants that Cdone. They can even provide management for the city when the city ;; determines to acquire the water works . H While they do buy and sell municipal bonds , Ranson Co. 's ii principal activity is working with municipalities in utility , acquisitions , and in utility matters generally. They work in a number of states , including Texas , Kansas , Missouri, Iowa, and ; Louisiana. They underwrote the Hermann, Missouri, and New Haven, ;;Missouri, gas systems . Also one in Montgomery City. They were then iprimaryy investment bankers acting as financial advisers to the City ] ! of Wichita, Kansas , when Wichita acquired its water system in 1957. 1 ' Thal was a $30 million acquisition. They were the financial '. ! advisers when Hutchinson, Kansas , a town of about 35,000, acquired tits water system from a private company. They handled a number of I� !) company acquisitions in Texas , handled the Fake Charles , Louisiana, ! �iacquisition for $90 million, and a large number of much smaller communities , including Elkhart, Kansas , Leabo, Kansas , and others . Capital City Water Company is owned ultimately by Internation- al Utilities of Philadelphia. International Utilities is a holding ) company owning 100% of the stock of General Waterworks of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, which in torn owns Capital City Water Co. Inter- national owns water companies all over the country, including California, Illinois, and owns sewer systems and other utilities in many places. Concerning the q uestibn of total price. It is difficult to fix such a price. The filings of Capital City Water Co. at the PSC show original cost of $4.5 million. Depreciation is about $500,000. One way of appraising a utility is original cost less depreciation. Replacement cost is another way. Inflation causes replacement costs to be higher than original costs. Replacement would probably be several million dollars more. Physical condition+ of the system is very important. This is where a consultant engineer firm can be most helpful. We think there is a fair chance of reaching agreement with the company about the sale. It was pointed out that the present system - Capital City WatEt Co. - is blocked in and has gone as far as it is going to go. It is blocked all the way around by public water supply systems. j There is no way to hook up Capital City Water Co. to the water districts , because the statutes under which the water districts were created prohibits such hook-up. 'International 's last financial report indicates they are in a divestiture situation, and' they are more willing than most utilities to sell the system. In their 1969 report, they make the statement that divestiture is one of their policies. Schwermann gave us a broad outline of what the city ought to do at this point. 1. Hire Ranson & Co. They can help us evaluate ) lour financial position. They can also be of great assistance in ,helping us negotiate with the company. 2. Analyze the rate case and see how slowly or quickly they may move and see what the chances I are of their getting the rate increase) then meet with the company and try to establish a price or price range. The city will have to !!, decide through the Council what price it is willing to pay and whatIl that price may be depends on what they are willing to sell for and ii what we are willing to buy for. No other price is important, but we must have either a price or a price range, and that can be got Ithrough negotiation with the company. When that is gotten, then !!Ranson & Co. can make a financial evaluation for the city, the ji Iquestion being whether it would pay out for the city and generate ai" reasonable return so we can up-grade the service to the city. It ( must also be determined whether the city can up-grade the system. , Public iAfter all this info nnation is procured, then Ranson & Co. can make ,Utilities 1the financial evaluation and the city can make its decision. committee Report Rans on s fees are contingent. They don' t get paid unless we li issue bonds and acquire the system. After the first two preliminary steps have been taken, then the city would need a consulting engineer. The engineering fee ii would not be contingent and the city would have to decide how much it wants to pay one. But the engineer can help in determining the ,1physical condition of the system. We need an independent analysis of the water supply situation and we need an appraisal of the 11replacement costs today less their estimate of the depreciation that has actually taken place. That would give us a basis on which !' to decide about the price and whether or not we would want to go 11 ahead with the election. After all the foregoing, then we would have the election, and these are usually a big selling proposition. The bonds to be iissued would be revenue bonds , not tax bonds . Before the election) a purchase contract must be entered by the city and the water company, and after that and the election, the only thing to (to is to issue the bonds . In approaching the election it is best to get a committee composed of people who are not councilmen but who represent many idiverse groups , such as labor, finance, businessmen, etc. , who can review all the information collected for the purpose of helping with the campaign to vote municipal ownership. Getting back to the question of overall price, Ranson has analyzed the water company's PSC filing and their operating costs look high. The figure is about $4 per meter, and that looks high compared with the running of other systems . Assuming those same operating costs if the city ran the system, however, there would be distinct savings . There would be no federal income taxes paid by the city. Depreciation is a cash flow item which would be availabli for debt service to pay off principal and interest. Interest they pay on their securities would become an income item. All in all, the city would have about $325,000 available for debt service. This could support a bond issue in the $4 to $4k million range. If they get their rate increase, the $325,000 figure will go up. The present gross is about $800,000. Thus , a 10% rate increase would gross an additional $80,000. That would represent about a 30% increase in net. The water company has about 8300 connections . Elevated storage. There is no elevated storage in Capital Water Co. 's system other than that on West Main. Water movement is accomplished electrically, for the most part, and if there is a power failure there simply is no way the water can be required to 11 move, This becomes important during fires , tornadoes and the like. !1 On the other hand, if the Water Co. were owned by the city, the it city can hook u to Water Districts 1 and 2, and those two Districts each gave elevated storage facilities . District # 2 is presently building a 10500,000 gallon elevated storage tank. In 1! addition, there is already storage for 700,000 gallons in the two 4 idistricts at present. The Water Company is going to have to build soon an elevated storage facility of unspecified gallonage, and I! 1;this will cost $300,000 to $400,000. The site will be where Ellis ;Boulevard intersects Highway 54 South. The bonds to be issued would be water revenue bonds payable N 'out of the net revenue of the waterworks system. If the operation I;! lof the system produced enough revenue and the price of the system 1! 11were right, we would probably get an A rating on the bonds, which (;would carry 5 3/4 % interest. The interest might be slightly hxigber, I f Jf figured a year from now, the time it would take to get the i 1purchase arranged. These would probably be 25 to 30 year bonds . It would probably be best to issue the bonds on a sealed bid sale Hbasis . Whoever buys them then turns around and re-offers them for Public 1,1sale to the public. Utilities Committee J Employees . After purchase of a private water company by the Report !city, the employees normally prefer to go to work for the city-ownMe 1;company. It is also probable that the city would have to set up a I i';water commission or utility board. This would be directly under the City Council. Rates. Because of the tax advantages, depreciation and 11interest, the city can probably charge lower rates than the ;privately owned company. Furthermore, when it becomes a municipanJ owned water system, federal programs become available which are noti available to private companies. But such grants are not available i 1 for the original purchase. After the city owns the system, these fl 1programs are available for i6provement , expansion, towers and the Ilike. These grants also assist in keeping the water rate down. li grants are not, however, available for initial feasibility Istudy, Cost of study. The initial feasibility study, if made by '! Ranson & Co. , would not cost the city anything. Ranson & Co. wouldl 1, provide a financial feasibility study and a preliminary engineering(i iistudy, all on a contingent fee basis , at no cost to the city. If ; the city is definitely interested following these studies , it would '� bc up to the city to hire an engineering firm to do a detailed i, study of the system. If an election, the issue would be whether or not to issue the!! { revenue bonds for the purpose of purchasing the Capital City Water 11 ifCompany. It is not a condemnation proceeding. It s the same 'Iprocedure. followed when the revenue bonds were voted to build the 1; Cheesebrough-Pond building. The vote takes a two-thirds majority Itin order to win. The agreement to buy, however, has already been ii worked out with the water company prior to the election, and is contingent upon approval by the voters . You don' t even call an election, however, unless you know what your purchase price is going to be. Ranson & Co. would present a written proposal to the full Council, then Ranson & Co. would do some work with the utility, following which Ranson could give the city a financial analysis 1based on the rates the company ends up with, and based on what 1price they would sell for. This would be presented to the Council, iwhich would then make the decision as to whether they want to go +! ahead with further study. Then the engineer would have to be picked for the detail study. it The fee which Ranson would charge would be between two and three percent of the amount of the bond issue, out of which they would pay their bond attorney, and such other expenses as they would have. The contingency would be the approval at the election by the voters . It would not include the engineering cost, cost of the election, nor advertising. The success of the election has to depend on others than Ranson & Co. This means the local people. Ranson's roll in the election is to help present things to the people. About $50,000 is the amount of federal taxes involved with this water company. Another $120,000 is listed under the heading of Other Taxes . roo Mee_tn ,_ Water District # 1 has 1700 other users and Water District #2 has between 500 and 600 users . /s/ Richard R. Nacy, Jr. , Chairman. Councilman Nacy moved that the report be approved. Motion passed. + w The following report of theStreet Committee was presented to the Council by Councilman Strong: Street Committee Meeting began at 7:05 with Vice-Chairman Riner presiding. Also Report. present were Councilmen Fred Seaman, Darrel Gordon, Jim Strong and Forrest Scrivner, and Ed Rackers and Jerry Keene. It was moved that Karen Street be widened to accomodate flow of traffic; it can be done with City Street Department workers . Passed unanimously. Bill. No. 39 regarding agreement with Highway Department, recommended do pass" . Recommend approval of Bob Gangwisch 'to replace Marvin Talken as Technician No. 2 . Approved. Recommend that Street Department take over the maintenance of ' Park Board streets and parking lots within the City for a two year period. In turn, Park Board will furnish their share of curb and guttering on West Main Street. Moved that authorization be given to receive bids on T V inspection and repair work for sewer system. Motion passed. Motion made that salary study of- street workers be referred to [ the Street and Sewer and the Accounts , , Claims and Per sonnel. �) Councilman Strong moved that the report be approved. Motion passed Councilman Riner, Chairman of the Fire Department Committee, presented the following report : Due to the medical retirement of Assistant Fire Chief Carl Chapman, the following names are suggested for promotions : Lateral transfer of Chief Fire Inspector Clarence Beck Fire to Assistant Fire Chief. (same pay grade) . Department Captain Roy flogg to Chief Fire Inspector �lCommittee 11cut. Fred Kelsey to ,Captain � �Report-. Alarm Operator Allen Beck to Lieutenant• Driver George Lammers to Alarm Operator Fireman Paul Johnson to Driver Promotions to be effective August 1, 1972. Motion made and carried that these promotions be approved. Motion made and carried to send 'Fire Chief to Cleveland, Ohio, ) for a six-day workshop to learn new procedures in fire fighting. Motion made and carried to appropriate $300.00 to cloth the new fireman. Councilman Riner moved that the report be approved. Motion passed. r - Councilman Nacy, Chairman of the PublicUtilities Committee, Public presented the following report: Utilities Committee The Public Utilities Committee of the City Council recommends the Report. following: 1. Install the necessary 6800 lumen mercury vapor lights in the 1400block of Satinwood. 2. Install 6800 lumen mercury vapor light at 213 Jackson Street. Respectfully submitted - /s/ Richard R. Nacy, Chairman. Councilman Nacy moved that the report -be approved. Motion passed'. Councilman Nacy, Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, presented the following report: A meeting of the Committee of the Whole of the City of Jefferson was held in the City Council Chambers at 7:30 P.M. , July 31, 1972. Present were Councilmen Hager, Gordon, Seaman, Strong, Riner, Nacy, Ortmeyer, Borgmeyer and Scrivner. Also present were Mayor Christy and Ted Herron, Executive Director of the Housing Authority. Regular...Council. Meeting. August 7.,. 1972,_ ._ .. 50 The purpose of the meeting was to consider purchase by the city of certain real estate located between East McCarty Street and the Expressway and Jackson Street and Monroe Street for future city purposes . During the course of the meeting, and the discussion held, it was brought out that in 1968 the city and the Housing Authority entered into an agreement under which the land in question was! designated for public use, and the School Board was given the first right to purchase the land for the use of the schools . Shortly thereafter, the School Board wrote a letter of intent to the Housing Authority which stated that it wanted the land for School Board use.: !There has not, however, been any further action on the part of the ! . School Board, since the letter of intent, for the purpose of taking the steps necessary to acquire the property. The School Board, however, is not a party to the contract �) between the City and the Housing Authority. It follows that if the �� City wishes to purchase the land in question it may, by proper pro- 1 Icedures , alter the contract as to the public use to which the property would be put, and redesignate it as property for city use. In the opinion of Mr. Herron, such a change in public use is not a major change, but a minor change only because the purpose of use is still a public purpose. Such a change would, among other require- ments , involve a public hearing. Committee of the All Councilmen were furnished with two maps of the land area Whole involved. Map No. 1 outlined in red those portions of blocks 44, Report 45 and 63 which were principally discussed during the course of ! this meeting. Map No. 2 outlined in orange those portions of the same blocks which the Housing Authority recommends as an alternate f to the areas shown on Map No. 1. The land involving School Board use is the dark shaded area of Blocks 44 and 63. Mr. Herron reviewed the work which the Housing Authority is accomplishing on these shaded areas , includin g some $200,000 spent on relocating the creek. Valuation of the land for 11 purposes of purchase by either the School District or the City is +presently fixed at $80,000 (41� per square foot) , and it was made clear that such price is only a fraction (probably 25%) of actual i market value, available for public use only because HUD is furnish- , ing 3/4 of the funds in acquiring said property. The total pprice for all the property shaded in red on Map No. 1 is $153 000. Ttiis price does not include the northwest corner of block 4�, since the City presently owns that and maintains the police station there. It does , however, include the Pelster property, located on the northeast corner of block 45, which is now for sale. Mr. Herron urges the City to purchase this property before it may be sold to speculators . He also urges the City to i purchase the two apartments immediately to the west of the Pelster property. Mr. Herron also outlined the boundary of the proposal for a civic center as submitted by the Bartholomew Report. This would include the west half of the north half of block 44, the north half ' of block 45, and the south half of block 46, with an overpass extending across East McCarty Street and connecting the land in . Block 45 and 36. There was further discussion of the purposes to which the land in question might be put by the City if owned by the City. No definite conclusions were reached in this regard, but the Committee was of the opinion that if this property were to be purchased for the future, the time to purchase is probably now, because of the great value to be acquired for such a low purchase price. A motion was made by Councilman Scrivner that the School Board be notified that the City is considering changing the designated use of the land in question in the plan agreement the City has with HUD and advising the School Board that the City would like to meet witA the School Board to discuss such change in plan. Upon further discussion of the motion, and upon vote thereon, the motion was unanimously passed. 502. __-_ -Regular. Counc l,l_._Mee.tl,ng,__.Augus It was further understood that notification of the lSchool � Board will follow presentation of this report to the City Council ') at the next Council meeting. /s/ Richard R. Nacy, Jr. , Chairman. Councilman Nacy moved that the report be approved. Motion passed. - - - - - - - - - - - - The following report of the Parking Authority was presented to the Council for approval: The Parking Authority met on Thursday, July 27th, 7:45 A.M. , with ii the following members not present: Mike Riley, Ralph Hammond, who ( Parking was excused, and Ed Rackers , who was out of the City. ;Authority ;,Report 1. The Authority requests approval to install 260 Duncan meters , such meters to be used as replacements for the present meters j on Jefferson, Madison and Monroe Streets , and for Parking Lot h No. 8, which is located in the 100 block of East High Street. The Authority, by the same token, recommends that Duncan meters ;: be used throughout the City under an extension of the original ' contract previously approved by- the City Council, and under the!; same terms and conditions as noted in the original contract. Ij This recommendation is being made after reviewing reports from Dallas , Texas , and Memphis , Tennessee, which were quite compre-i hensive insofar as those cities were concerned and the use of i the Duncan meters . The meter officers of the Parking Authority! testified at the meeting that the Duncan meters on High Street have caused no maintenance problems and for this reason the ! Authority recommends the continuation of that particular meter. +; This motion was made by Robert Schulte and seconded by John Hahro 2. In connection with the 1972-1973 Budget of the Parking Authority,;; the Chairman will have a meeting with Jim 14nmacher and Jim Hartley to discuss and make recommendations to the City Council on behalf of the Authority on salaries for the employees of the'i, Authority for consideration by the City Council. 3. Mr. John Mahn recommended to the Authority that steps be constructed leading from Lot No. 8 into Jefferson Street, for the convenience of the public , and that the Public Works Department be requested to draw up specifications for a six j foot wide step with a railing in the center of the stairwell. �! This motion was approved by the Authority. Ij 4. Robert Schulte moved that the Parking Authority resubmit for if consideration the previous recommendation of the Parking I Authority that the City enter into a contract with Sam Andersonj for the purpose of cleaning all parking lots that are under the! ,jurisdiction of the ParkingAuthority. Mr. Strong seconded the motion. Attached to this report is a copy of the On-and-Off Street meter receipts and comparisons between 1970-1971-1972, and also the report of receipts from the Parking Garage. These, are being sent to you in order to keep you advised of the progress being made by the Authority. Respectfully submitted - /s/ Larry Haake, Chairman. Councilman Strong moved that the report be approved. Motion passed) The recommendation of the Sub-Committee of the Firemen's Retirementf� Fund that a direct appropriation of $35,000 be paid from General i� Finance Revenue Funds to the Firemen's Retirement Fund in this fiscal year Committee ending October 31, 1972, and that a similar amount be included in the City's 1972-1973 Budget, was referred to the Finance Committee. Bill No. 39, introduced by Councilman 'Scrivner, entitled: iBi11 39. "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, authorizing and ;Agreement directing the Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute a written with Mo. agreement with the Missouri State Highway Commission relating to State transfer of maintenance on Business Route 50, Old Route 63, and a ljHighway section of High Street, Whitton Expressway, and Missouri Rivdr I�Commissio Bridge." ' Read first and second time by title and ordered distributed to members of the Council. - - - - - - - - - - - 503. ..Council Meeting, .Augus.t .7,_.1972. _.. ...... Bill No. 40, introduced by Councilmen Seaman and Borgmeyer, entit "An Ordinance providing for the improvement of Swifts Highway from ++ Southwest Boulevard to Myrtle Avenue in the City of Jefferson, i' iMissouri." Bill 40. !Read first and second time by title and on motion of Councilman ImprovementlBorgmeyer, the rules were suspended and the Bill was read the third �i of Swifts �ltime by title and placed on final passage and was passed by the Highway. !Efollowing vote as Ordinance No. 8485: ;'Councilmen voting Aye: Borgmeyer, Gordon, Hager, Nacy, Ortmeyer, !j Riner, Scrivner, Seaman, Strong and WoodmanJ� i� Councilmen voting Nay: None. ;Councilmen absent: None. I ^ Bill 41. !Bill No. 41, introduced by Councilman Seaman, entitled: Vacating , "An Ordinance of the City of Jefferson, Missouri, vacating and dis_ !, certain 11continuing for public use certain rights of way for public streets il public land alleys , and reserving to the city where necessary easements for !; streets 'the maintenance and repair of sewers and sewer facilities and the and "facilities of public utilities in the City, and authorizing and alleys, '1directing the Mayor and Clerk of the City to execute any instrument �j ,required to confirm in the abutting property owners their j 'reversionary rights in the vacated areas ," ) 1iRead first and second time by title and ordered distributed to �4 limembers of the Council . j - - - - - - - - - - - - !lCouncilman Nacy, Chairman of the Public Utilities Committee, (_ ;introduced the following Resolution: �{ Resolution r Street BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council, City of Jefferson, Lights Missouri, that the Missouri Power and Light Company make the !'1 following installations in accordance with recommendations presented to the City Council by its Committee on Public Utilities , and !adopted by said City Council on August 7, 1972: i ' 1. Install the necessary 6800 lumen mercury vapor lights in the 1400 blocic of Satinwood. `�2. Install 6800 lumen mercury vapor light at 213 Jackson Street . IiAdopted August 7, 1972 /s/ John G. Christy, it President of the Council. :Councilman Nacy Nacy moved that the Resolution be adopted. Motion ,,pass ed. West ;!Councilman Borgmeyer presented a communication from the West Side Side IiBusiness Association, requesting that they be notified in regard to Businessijthe status of No-Parking along Missouri Boulevard, bus service, Association 'lchange in zoning, additional traffic lights , and the installation (of sidewalks . ��Mayor Christy was instructed to notify the Association in regard to ' ,the above matters . - - High communication was received from-Wesley J. -Farris , District (l Street ilanager, Missouri Power & Light Company, in regard to replacing the Viaduct light fixtures on the High Street Viaduct, with no additional cost Lighting1to the City. Councilman Borgmeyer moved that Mayor Christy notify Mr., Farris to proceed in replacing the lights -Motion passed. Street ,Councilman Seaman presented a petition from property owners Committee requesting the City to widen, curb and gutter Kansas Street, from ,St. Mary's Boulevard to Missouri Boulevard. !The petition was referred-to the Street-Committee. Budget !Councilman Strong referred the improvement of Greenberry Road, West Committee ) in Street, and Swift's Highway, to the 1973 Budget Committee, to be included in the Budget_ - - - - - - - - - Repair ,Councilman Scrivner stated that the curb at the northwest corner of of Lafayette and High Streets is in a dangerous condition and requeste Curb that the property owner be notified to repair same. - - - - - - - - - - - - ,Councilman Riner moved that the Council adjourn, under the rules, r Adjournment. �rotion passed. - - - - - - I