[7:15] Good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the Kirksville City Council. Glad to have folks

[7:19] here with us tonight and of course those who are watching online. We've got of course many people

[7:25] participating but you'll notice that council member Walston is not here with us today. Also,

[7:29] we're waiting for the online arrival of our city attorney, James Klahr. And if we have to pause

[7:34] for a moment to bring him in digitally, we'll work on that one. We'll go ahead

[7:38] and start our meeting tonight with our vision and mission statements. Our vision statement,

[7:42] the city of Kirksville will create a welcoming and thriving community as northeast Missouri

[7:47] center for education, commerce, health, recreation, and culture. Our mission statement,

[7:54] the city of Kirksville offers opportunities for building quality of life and meaningful community

[7:59] through ethical and responsible government. I now ask that you join me for a moment of silence.

[8:25] Thank you very much. I now ask that you join me for the pledge of allegiance.

[8:34] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which

[8:41] it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much.

[8:54] Let's go ahead and review the order of tonight's agenda. Mari, are there any recommended additions

[8:59] or changes this evening? So, I do want to bring one change to your attention that's

[9:02] on item number three. Um, it refers to it as the transportation assistance program. It's actually

[9:08] the transportation alternatives program. Uh, the city clerk does have a corrected resolution

[9:14] to that effect. Okay, very good. Anything else recommended, Mari? That is it. Okay. Well, seeing

[9:21] nothing else, I'll entertain a motion and second to approve the order of tonight's agenda. So, move

[9:25] so. Council member Bansal, second from council member Steele. Any discussion? All those in favor,

[9:31] please raise your hand and say I. I. All those opposed. The order of the agenda is approved.

[9:36] Let's move on to approval of our minutes. I'll entertain a motion and second to approve

[9:40] our minutes for our regular session meeting held on the 9th of February, 2026. So moved,

[9:45] council member Gardner, second from council member Steele. All those in favor, please raise your hand

[9:50] and say I. I. All those opposed. The minutes are approved. Going to move into our information,

[9:56] presentations, and public hearing section tonight. And I have a proclamation that I'd like to read

[10:01] uh regarding National Engineers Week. Whereas engineers use their specific their scientific

[10:07] skills rather and specialized knowledge and skills in creative and innovative ways to

[10:12] fulfill society's needs. Engineering has been called the invisible or stealth profession

[10:17] because of everything around us and things we use every day have been engineered in some way. Yet,

[10:23] we may not see the engineers behind the scenes or know much about engineering. Founded in 1951,

[10:29] National Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering

[10:35] workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.

[10:42] Eweek is a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies

[10:48] with more than 50 corporations and government agencies dedicated to raising public awareness

[10:53] of engineers positive contributions to quality of life. E-Week promotes recognition among parents,

[11:00] teachers, and students of the importance of a technical education and a high level of math,

[11:06] science, and technology literacy. and motivates youth to pursue engineering careers in order to

[11:12] provide a diverse and vigorous engineering workforce. The city of Kirksville would like

[11:17] to acknowledge engineers across the city of Kirksville in honor of National Engineers

[11:21] Week observed February 22nd through the 28th. And now I'd like to bring forward some of our

[11:28] own engineering staff as we get together for a photo on this. While they're coming forward,

[11:33] I want to highlight um had a opportunity to go out to the public meeting that we had about the

[11:39] Mill Street improvements, where we had our own engineering team out there to talk about it.

[11:43] We had some of our contracted engineers on site as well. And one of the great things about being

[11:48] able to tell a story through good engineering about what's going to happen, what's going to

[11:52] occur. Uh one point a local citizen turned to me and said, "Oh, well, I've got questions,

[11:57] but you're not an engineer. Clearly, what can you do?" And I said, "Well, it just so happens we've

[12:00] got one right here." So it worked out pretty great to be able to have somebody to share the story

[12:04] what's going to be happen in our community. So I want to thank you both and your whole department

[12:08] for the good engineering work that happens here in the city first. So one of these here.

[12:17] All right. Thank you all very much.

[12:34] We'll now move into our action items this evening, which will start with action item number one,

[12:39] city clerk reading of bill number 2024- or 2026-04. Ordinance of the city council of the

[12:47] city of Kirksville, Missouri, authorizing the city manager to execute a colllocation agreement with

[12:54] the Kirksville area chamber of commerce updating the reimbursement payments for the administrative

[13:00] assistance time for monthly to quarterly. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second

[13:05] to approve on first reading? So move second. Council member Steele, second from council member

[13:11] Bansal. Our staff report tonight will be with Mari Macomber, our city manager. Good evening,

[13:14] Mary. Good evening, mayor and council. So, the city council has already authorized a collocation

[13:20] agreement with the chamber. Um, they had been occupying 304 South Franklin, which is just kind

[13:25] of kitty corner, caddy corner from us. Um, they relocated into our economic development alliance

[13:31] at 315 South Franklin. And, um, what we have discussed here is the chamber has requested that

[13:38] they reimburse for the administrative assistant on a quarterly basis as opposed to monthly. Um,

[13:43] and the other thing is that we took the first year to figure out how many hours. Um, so what

[13:50] where we've landed is that each entity down there will have 10 hours of the administrative

[13:54] assistance time. Um, as far as fiscal impact over the course of the the calendar year, fiscal year,

[14:02] uh, the chamber will pay about 15,500, uh, which equals about 3,800 quarterly. Um, and so that's

[14:09] basically most the the biggest thing was just a change in how we charge them for the services.

[14:16] Mari, thank you for the report. Any questions or comments from council this evening? Any citizens

[14:21] input on the matter tonight? And we'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor, please raise your

[14:26] hand and say I. I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved on first reading. So I now call for city

[14:32] clerk reading of bill number 2026-04. Ordinance of the city council of the city of Kirksville,

[14:40] Missouri, authorizing the city manager to execute a colllocation agreement with the Kirksville area

[14:47] chamber of commerce updating the reimbursement payments for the administrative assistance time

[14:53] from monthly to quarterly. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second to approve

[14:58] on second reading? So moved. Second, Gardner. Second from council member Steele. Any additional

[15:02] council discussion? Any additional citizens input? We'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor,

[15:09] please raise your hand and say I. I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. I'll go ahead and

[15:16] note that our city attorney, James Klahr, has been able to join us. James, good evening. Glad to have

[15:20] you here with us tonight. We'll go ahead. We'll go ahead and move on to action item number two,

[15:26] which will be city clerk reading of a resolution. Resolution of the city council of the city of

[15:32] Kirksville, Missouri. accepting the proposed scope of work from ArchImages, Inc., St. Louis,

[15:39] Missouri, and further authorizing the city manager to execute the contract for services needed for

[15:45] the police and fire stations. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second to approve?

[15:50] So moved, council member Gardner, second from council member Steele. Staff report is with Mari.

[15:54] So um good evening again, mayor and council. Uh the city entered into an agreement with Arc Images

[16:00] back in 2023 after doing a competitive request for proposal process. Um ArchImages focuses largely on

[16:08] um emergency services facilities. Uh they have done quite a bit of the work for the police

[16:14] station. Um a little bit of the work on the north end, but with the um the change in the focus of

[16:20] how um you know from one station to two stations, some additional work is needed. Um and so

[16:27] um we're asking the council to continue that relationship with ArchImages. Mari,

[16:32] thank you for the report. Any questions or comments from council tonight? Any citizens input

[16:37] on the matter? And we'll go ahead and take it to a vote. All those in favor, please raise your

[16:42] hand and say I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. Move then to action item number three,

[16:49] city clerk reading of a resolution. Resolution of the city council of the city of Kirksville,

[16:57] Missouri, approving the bid of Eminem Utilities LLC, Chilikathy, Missouri, for the construction of

[17:04] the flats trail head connector project tap 3700214 funded in part with the Missouri Department of

[17:13] Transportation Transportation Alternatives Program Grant and subject to the approval of the granting

[17:21] authority. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second to approve? So moved, council,

[17:26] second from council member Bansal. Staff report tonight will be with Adam Dorrell, our public works

[17:30] director. Good evening, Adam. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Um, so this is the first of a few

[17:34] I've got tonight. Um, so this is the uh the Flats Trail Head Connector sidewalk, the one that's

[17:39] going to run down Washington Street and tie to the uh the Flats Trail Head Park. Um, we did get three

[17:44] bids for the project. Uh, the lowest is Eminem Utilities out of Chillicothe, Missouri. We've not

[17:50] They've bid on a few of our projects. This will be our first project with them. They did come

[17:53] pre-qualified from MoDOT and uh we checked with some references and uh by all accounts they're

[17:59] uh capable of doing the work. So we recommend awarding the project. Adam, thanks for the report

[18:04] and for the research on that one. Any council comments on the matter? It'll be excited to get

[18:08] this underway. I think we've been talking about this for a while, so it'll be good to see it in

[18:12] action and finished shortly. Absolutely. Any citizens input on the matter tonight? We'll go

[18:19] ahead and vote. All those in favor, please raise your hand and say, "I." I. I. All those opposed.

[18:24] Motion is approved. Let's move then to action item number four, city clerk reading of a resolution.

[18:32] Resolution of the city council of the city of Kirksville, Missouri. Authorizing the city manager

[18:38] to approve the purchase of a 2026 Caterpillar PM312 coldplaner with options and attachments

[18:47] from Altorfer for CAT Hannibal, Missouri, using the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing program. Thank

[18:53] you for that reading, Diane. Is there a motion and second to approve? So move. Council member Steele.

[18:58] Second. Second from council member Bansal. Staff report is again with Adam. All right. Good evening

[19:03] council again. Um, so this is uh the purchase that we've been discussing with the milling

[19:07] machine. We've rented one or leased one for three or four months every summer for the last four or

[19:12] five years. One nice thing about leasing it um even though we are going to go ahead and purchase

[19:17] one now is we got to try out a lot of different machines which was actually very good. So we

[19:22] kind of knew what we wanted when we went into this and knew what uh manufacturers that we liked. So

[19:27] um this project or this uh purchase is coming in under budget. Uh we had 750,000 budgeted for the

[19:34] purchase. Uh purchase price as quoted was 589,000 in change. So that leaves a little over $160,000.

[19:42] Um and uh any questions? I ask you approved. Adam, thank you for the report. Questions or

[19:48] comments from council? How long does it take to get this type of item? Don't know what the

[19:54] lead time's going to be. Um, they did I believe they had a one that we could get fairly quickly,

[19:59] but that was back in probably December when we were talking to them about that. So, yeah. Well,

[20:06] I guess we'll see. You're open. I'd like to say thank you for getting something coming in under

[20:11] budget. I appreciate that. Don't thank me yet. We got another one to go. We're going to use

[20:16] those savings for something else here in a minute. Any citizens comment on the matter this evening?

[20:22] We'll go ahead and take it to a vote. All those in favor, please raise your hand and say I. I. I. All

[20:27] those opposed. Motion is approved. It's going to bring us then to action item number five,

[20:33] city clerk reading of a resolution. Resolution of the city council of the city of Kirksville,

[20:39] Missouri, authorizing the purchase of a 2026 Caterpillar AP655 asphalt paper with options

[20:48] and attachments from Altorfor CAT, Hannibal, Missouri using the source well cooperative

[20:54] purchasing program. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second to approve? So moved.

[21:00] Council Gardner. Second from council member Steele. Staff report is with Adam. All right. So, this is

[21:05] the purchase of a new PA to replace our existing one. It was a used machine when we purchased it,

[21:09] I believe, six years ago. So, we've gotten our our money's worth out of that one. Um, this one we did

[21:15] have 550,000 budgeted. The cost of it came in at 580,000. So, we are a little bit over budget, but

[21:22] based on the savings from the uh from the milling machine, they're in the same budget line, so that

[21:27] will uh work itself out. Excellent. So, the two together is still under budget. Oh yeah. 131,000.

[21:36] Yeah. Any council discussion on the matter? Any citizens input? We'll go ahead and vote. All those

[21:43] in favor, please raise your hand and say I. I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. Let's move

[21:51] then to action item number six. City clerk reading of a resolution. Resolution of the city council

[21:57] of the city of Kirksville, Missouri, authorizing the purchase of a 2026 Gorman Rub 6 in submersible

[22:06] pump and power unit from Hydrokinetics Corporation St. Louis, Missouri for the wastewater treatment

[22:13] plant. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second on approval? So move Steele.

[22:18] Second from Council Member Gardner. Staff reports with Adam. All right. So, this one is a uh a pump

[22:24] that we use to pump down our clarifiers at the wastewater treatment plant. If you've seen those,

[22:27] they're about 18 feet deep. The pump that we have out there isn't really suited for that purpose.

[22:31] It's a lot easier to push water up that high than it is to try to draw it up or suck it up

[22:36] with the pump. This is a submersible pump, so the pump itself will be lowered down into the

[22:40] basin. It's powered by a a power unit that stays up on top. It's hydraulically powered, and so

[22:46] um it'll be able to push the water a lot better. will be a lot more efficient and uh we won't wear

[22:50] out seals and gaskets and and a bunch of other problems that we've had with the current pump.

[22:54] Um this power unit is we can move it around and use it for different pumps. So the plan is in

[23:00] 27. We have a similar situation at the water treatment plant with our clarifiers out there

[23:04] that we have to pump them out. They have a pump that they've been getting by with but also isn't

[23:07] ideal for the purposes to purchase just a pump at the water plant and then we can use the same

[23:13] uh power unit for each one of them. It was noted um when we gave our presentation before that the

[23:19] existing pump that we have now will be traded in. It doesn't have a lot of hours on it. It's fairly

[23:23] new. We haven't had a lot of success selling pumps like that on Purple Wave and they gave us a pretty

[23:28] good trade in value for it. Very good. Adam, thank you for the report. Any council questions

[23:34] or comments? Any citizens input on this matter? We'll go ahead and vote. All those in favor,

[23:41] please raise your hand and say I. I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. Take us then

[23:48] to action item number seven. City clerk reading of a resolution. Resolution of the city council

[23:53] of the city of Kirksville, Missouri, authorizing the purchase of a 12in diesel-driven pump from

[24:00] Hydrokinetics Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri for use at the Northeast Lift Station. Thank you

[24:06] for the reading. Is there a motion and second for approval? So moved. Second. Council member

[24:10] Bansal. Second from Council Member Gardner. Staff report is with Adam. All right. Well, I'm sure you

[24:14] recall about two years ago, we had an emergency lease of a pump for the Northeast Lift Station

[24:19] um after the uh the transfer pumps had failed. We're still using that rental pump. Um it's we're

[24:26] thinking we're going to need it at least for a few more years. At this point, then it become it makes

[24:30] more sense for us to not lease it anymore and just purchase a pump. So, we reached out to the uh the

[24:35] supplier that that brought in the rental pump and got a quote from them. was a little higher than

[24:40] we were expecting. So, we reached out to another supplier and found a another pump that they had

[24:44] actually sitting there ready to go um down in St. Louis that uh that's pretty much meets the exact

[24:51] same hydraulic conditions and uh will be a good fit. That one came in significantly cheaper than

[24:56] the uh than the pump, the existing one that sat there. So, we have 172,330. That's for the pump,

[25:03] startup services, hoses, um valves, a few other things that we need. We had budgeted 205,000 for

[25:10] the pump. So, I don't believe we'll need anything else for the pump, but once it gets here and it

[25:14] starts operation, if there is anything else that we need for its operation, we'll take it out of

[25:18] that line. Very good, Adam. Thank you for that report. Any questions or comments? Is it the same

[25:24] same quality, same manufacturer? Uh, it's Yeah, Gorman Rup. It's a really nice pump actually. So,

[25:29] um probably a better brand, you know, in the market than the than the current one that's

[25:34] sitting there, but got a better rate. So, that's a good thing. Yeah. Yeah, it was a good and part

[25:38] of the reason we got a much better rate on that one was that it somebody else had ordered the pump

[25:42] and then didn't get it and so it was sitting down there so they needed to move it. So, they gave us

[25:46] a pretty good price on it. Thank you. Any citizens input on this matter? We'll go ahead and vote. All

[25:53] those in favor, please raise your hand and say I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. It's

[26:01] going to move us then to action item number eight this evening. City clerk reading of a resolution.

[26:05] Resolution of the city council of the city of Kirksville, Missouri, authorizing the purchase

[26:11] of crushed rock and sand for the 2026 fiscal year using the pricing agreement from Central

[26:18] Stone Company provided funds are available. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and second

[26:24] to approve? So moved. Council member Gardner and then council member Steele with the second.

[26:28] Staff reports with Adam. All right. So this is a rock that we use for lots of different purposes.

[26:34] Asphalt machine. uh or the asphalt plant to back fill for water manes just kind of allpurpose

[26:40] rock. Um you can see there's a bunch of different types of rock. They all come from Central Stone,

[26:45] but they come from different quaries. Different quaries have different types and they produce

[26:48] different things. Central Stone owns pretty much all of the quaries around. So there isn't really

[26:53] anybody else to even get a uh to get a quote from. So uh if any questions, I'd ask that you approve.

[26:59] Adam, thank you for that report. Any questions or comments from council? Any citizens input on the

[27:04] matter? We'll go ahead and take it to a vote. All those in favor, please raise your hand and say I.

[27:10] I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. Move to our final action item of this evening. Action item

[27:16] number nine, which will start with city clerk reading of a resolution. Resolution of the city

[27:22] council of the city of Kirksville, Missouri, authorizing the use of city funds as needed for

[27:28] these deliveries of rock and sand products for the 2026 fiscal year to GooGri Trucking for KCO1 Edina

[27:37] QR and RV products only and Fountain and Suns Trucking for KCO1 Edina CS01 Huntington products

[27:47] CS90 Taylor Lrange products and hourly hauling. Thank you for that reading. Is there a motion and

[27:53] second to approve? So move. Council member Steel. Second. Second from Council Member Gardner. Adam,

[27:58] go ahead and take us home. All right. So uh for my final uh final offering this evening,

[28:03] uh this is our hauling services for a rock that we purchased from uh from Central Stone. Uh we

[28:08] started doing it this way last year, I believe, where we broke it up into each individual quarry

[28:13] location basically that they will haul from and individual material. So you can see GooG's

[28:18] trucking was the low bidder for one item uh or for two items and uh Fountain and Suns was the

[28:23] low bidder for the other one. That way we can kind of break them up a little bit and get the

[28:26] the best bang for our buck. I should have noted it on the other one. Uh but I'll note it here that we

[28:31] do include a lot of other budget lines, not just stuff at public works, but also parks and other

[28:35] departments that could use stone so that they are able to utilize uh both of these contracts

[28:40] for stone and for the hauling. We also use the hourly hauling. Um we've used it for some of the

[28:46] uh paving equipment um from time to time or if we have something large that we need to move that we

[28:51] may not have the trailers for then we have uh we have used that hourly hauling from time to time.

[28:56] Very good. Adam, thank you for that report. Any questions or comments from councel? Any citizens

[29:02] input on the matter this evening? Seeing none, we'll go ahead and take it to a vote. All those

[29:07] in favor, please raise your hand and say I. I. All those opposed. Motion is approved. Adam, thank you

[29:13] very much. That concludes our action items this evening, which means we'll move into our citizens

[29:18] participation component of the meeting. This is an opportunity for anyone who would like to come

[29:22] forward and address the council on any topic that hasn't been previously talked about on tonight's

[29:27] agenda. You're welcome to do so for up to five minutes time. I do ask that you introduce yourself

[29:32] before you begin speaking. And with that, the podium is open. Okay, people. My name is Maggie

[29:38] Wilmolina. I got married Friday and Dominic got down. I thought he had leg problem but he asked

[29:47] me to marry. So we got married Smy Friday. So my name is Maggie Rolino. Congratulations Mrs. Woman

[29:56] Mina. Thank you. Um I was looking around. They got these apartments empty. you know, we open

[30:03] them up and help the homeless and let the money go through the city. That way the city had a little

[30:11] bit more money to help other people like police station, uh, city hall and stuff like that. Uh,

[30:19] I heard on the TV or the radio I don't that the chair coffee got brand new jail house and a brand

[30:28] new police station. What? We could do that for the police station. Get these PE places open for the

[30:36] homeless. Let them get a job, support the self. Then the city get the money cuz they they by the

[30:44] police station is open. They nailed it down. We could reopen up. They're not apartments. I've been

[30:52] in them. We could open up. help the homeless and people that got conn out of the money and

[31:00] everything. We could really help people out and then it would say, "Oh, cook for help homeless.

[31:06] Help everybody out." And that's what we want to hear and and everything and get these drug

[31:12] dealer out. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Are there others who'd wish to speak this evening?

[31:22] We'll go ahead and move on then to our next section which is council comments. Are there

[31:26] any comments the council members would like to share this evening? I'll note that uh last week I

[31:32] had the opportunity to or rather this week no I'm getting all my dates confused. Last week I had the

[31:36] opportunity to attend event on just serve for our community u which was introducing members of our

[31:43] community to this platform. um talked about some of the different member agencies who are utilizing

[31:48] this already to uh solicit folks who want to volunteer. I just want to encourage people to

[31:53] think about how they might serve in our Kirksville community and to consider utilizing Just Serve and

[31:58] registering on that platform. I think as we get more and more organizations that begin listing

[32:03] service opportunities on there, um we have a a better concerted effort to bring forth some good

[32:09] and positive community service. Also a wonderful opportunity to meet and engage with people. So,

[32:13] I hope that's something that folks will consider. If there's nothing further, I'm going to turn

[32:17] it over to Mari for a newsletter review this evening. Good evening, Mary. Good evening again,

[32:21] Mayor and Council. So, I did want to mention that I've modified the newsletter again. Uh

[32:26] hopefully the bullet points are a little more helpful for you to read. Um and then two items

[32:32] that I wanted to bring to your attention on the board and commission banquet that will be

[32:36] uh that will take place on March 30th. Um don't really have a lot of time between now and then.

[32:41] Um, are you agreeable with the same format you followed last time? Yes. Okay. And so talking

[32:46] points and what have you will provide you what? Okay. All right. Wanted to just make sure on that.

[32:52] We appreciate the good good work on that one. It was a well done event last year and I think if we

[32:55] stick with that plan it will continue to be. Okay. And the other thing I wanted to mention is that

[32:59] business licenses um they um we have sent those out to all businesses. Um they are due on March

[33:08] 2nd. After that they'll be delinquent. So, just wanted to um put a plug out there that they're due

[33:14] March 2nd. Mary, have we made any progress on the ability for those or dog licenses or anything else

[33:22] to be online? So, I don't know if you remember the last conversation we had with the finance

[33:28] director. So, I think why don't we bring that back in March and get an update. Okay. Uh because it's

[33:33] to be honest with you, it's moving slow for all of us. Okay. Sounds good. Thank you. So,

[33:38] we'll bring it back in March. That's all I had on the newsletter. All right. Our next council

[33:43] meeting will be on March 9th, 2026 right here at 6 o'clock in the council chambers. At this time,

[33:49] I'm going to entertain a motion and second to adjourn into executive session pursuant to

[33:54] revise Missouri statute 610.021, section one for legal matters and section two for real estate. So

[34:03] moved. Council member Gardner with the motion. Second from Council Member Steele. Because it's

[34:07] going into executive session, this will be a roll call vote by the clerk. Council member Bansal I.

[34:14] Council member Steele I. Council member Gardner I. Mayor Burden I. With that we are adjourned into

[34:20] executive session. Thank you all very much for attending. I hope you have a very good evening.

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