[0:00] Here we go.
>> All right.
[0:02] » Good evening everyone. We're going to
call this meeting to order. Please join
[0:05] me in the pledge of allegiance.
[0:10] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:15] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:22] justice for all.
[0:26] » Roll call, please.
Alderman George
[0:30] » here.
>> Alderman Collins
[0:31] » here.
>> Alman Rucker
[0:32] » here.
>> Alderman McCay
[0:33] » here.
>> Alman Hoffman
[0:35] » here.
>> Mayor Ross
[0:36] » here.
>> Alderman Ostein.
[0:39] » All right. Next item on the agenda is
citizens communication. This is a time
[0:43] set aside on the agenda for citizens and
visitors.
[0:48] Oh, okay.
[0:54] » Might need a little maintenance on that.
on
[0:57] a squeaky voice there all of a sudden.
>> We're going to start over. Citizens
[1:02] communications.
We we done there, April. All right.
[1:07] Citizen communications is time set aside
on the agenda for citizens visitors to
[1:11] address the mayor and board on any topic
that is not a public hearing. For those
[1:15] here in person, speakers will be
restricted to 3 minutes unless otherwise
[1:18] permitted. Minutes may not be donated or
transferred from one speaker to another.
[1:23] Any questions or comments for the mayor
and board may also be sent to the city
[1:27] clerk at tberethoage.org
no later than 10:00 a.m. on the board's
[1:33] meeting day, which is the first and
third Thursday of each month. Submitted
[1:38] questions and comments may be read
during the citizens communication
[1:41] section of the agenda. The board of
alderman will not take any action on any
[1:46] item not listed on the agenda, nor will
it respond to questions, although staff
[1:50] may be directed to respond at a later
time. The mayor and board of alderman
[1:54] welcome and value input and feedback
from the public. Is there anyone here in
[1:58] person who would like to address the
board?
[2:02] All right, seeing none, we'll move on.
Next item is approval of consent agenda.
[2:07] If the board desires, the consent agenda
may be approved by a single motion.
[2:11] Tonight on the consent agenda, we have
the minutes of the board of alderman
[2:14] meeting July 1st, 2026 and the bills
list from July 16th, 2027. Are there any
[2:19] questions or comments from the board?
Motion to approve.
[2:24] » Alderman Collins. Do I secure a second?
>> Second.
[2:28] » Alderman Hoffman. All those in favor? I
>> opposed. Motion carries.
[2:34] » Next item is financial update.
>> Um I believe we we were going to
[2:39] » Yeah. Did you get the second amended?
>> No, this is the one that was on my desk.
[2:44] » Okay.
>> Sorry I didn't print it off.
[2:48] » Thank you, Carrie. I appreciate it.
[2:53] All right. So, the I'm sorry. Liquor
license renewal was on there from
[2:58] Bullmore Lanes. So, do we need to step
back and re go through the consent
[3:03] agenda motion process?
>> On the consent agenda. It's approved,
[3:05] but Okay. You can ask Alderman McKay if
it's
[3:08] » Yeah. Was everything in order, Alderman
McKay?
[3:09] » Yes, it was.
>> Were there any questions or concerns
[3:12] around that since I didn't speak about
it? Okay. So, we can move forward. All
[3:16] right. Next item is unfinished business.
Bill 2675, an ordinance of the city of
[3:23] Osage Beach, Missouri, authorizing the
mayor to sign a contract with Prime
[3:26] Rinse Water LLC for water tower cleaning
in amount of $31,435.
[3:33] This is second reading, I believe. Jeff
Fischer, public works director.
[3:36] » Thank you, mayor. I don't have anything
in addition the last time.
[3:40] » Okay. Any questions or concerns from the
board? Alderman Hoffman. Uh what's the
[3:46] uh when when's the start and end date on
this?
[3:49] » Uh I was trying to remember that just
for the meeting. It's going to happen in
[3:52] August. It won't take but a oh maybe a
few weeks.
[3:56] » Okay. Thanks.
>> And if I recall, weren't they did you
[4:00] coordinate this with some of the other
cities?
[4:02] » We did. We make it a we made it a
cooperative.
[4:05] » Okay. So it depends on how we're going
to land in the schedule probably when
[4:07] they get to town.
>> Mhm.
[4:09] » Okay. Very good. Any other questions
from the board?
[4:14] Just looking for a motion.
>> Motion to approve.
[4:17] » Alderman Rucker. Do I hear a second?
>> Second.
[4:21] » Alderman McKay. I think barely beat her.
All those in favor?
[4:24] » I wait for a roll call.
>> It's roll.
[4:26] » Oh, that's a second reading. Roll call.
Thank you.
[4:29] » Roll call.
>> Alman George.
[4:30] » Yes.
>> Alman Collins.
[4:31] » Yes.
>> Alderman Rucker.
[4:32] » Yes.
>> Alman Kay.
[4:34] » Yes.
>> Alman Hoffman.
[4:35] » Yes.
>> Alman Ostein.
[4:38] » Motion carries.
>> Next item. Make sure I'm on the right.
[4:43] is a
>> presentation for the city's full year
[4:47] 2025 annual comprehensive financial
report audit.
[4:51] » Mayor, what
>> your motion to appoint um if you go by
[4:55] your new agenda.
>> Okay. The blue sheets I don't have. So I
[4:59] apologize.
>> That one doesn't have a blue sheet for
[5:01] it. So
>> okay.
[5:02] » Okay.
>> Apologize folks.
[5:08] So we are on
>> the presentation. Is that right? No
[5:13] business is a
>> the motion to appoint April Wright is
[5:16] April White.
>> Okay, so that's not the right one
[5:18] either. Okay, I got the right one in
front of me. Sorry, I'm finally getting
[5:21] lined out. I apologize, folks. So, we're
on new business. First item, motion to
[5:25] appoint April White, interim city
administrator.
[5:30] Are there any questions or
from the board? Then I'm just
[5:34] » motion to approve.
>> Alderman Rucker. Do I hear a second?
[5:38] » Second.
>> Alderman Hoffman. All those in favor? I
[5:40] » I
>> opposed. Motion carries.
[5:43] Congratulations, April. We look forward
to
[5:46] » working. You've done a great job.
>> Thank you, April.
[5:50] » All right. Next item on the agenda is a
presentation of the city's fullear 2025
[5:56] annual comprehensive financial report
audit from Hooden Associates CPA, PC,
[6:02] Michael Keenan, CPA. This is Carrie
Bell.
[6:07] » Yes. Um, mayor and board of alderman.
Um, Michael Keenan will be presenting
[6:12] your um, annual financial report this
evening.
[6:17] » Come on up. Thank you, Michael.
>> Make sure that's turned on, please, with
[6:22] a red light. There we go. Very good. You
may have to kind of lean forward into
[6:26] that one sometimes.
>> Can you hear me?
[6:28] » That sounds good.
>> Uh, good evening, mayor and members of
[6:31] the board. Again, my name is Michael
Keenan. I'm with the auditing firm of
[6:35] Hood and Associates and we're here to
present the results of the financial and
[6:40] compliance audit for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2025. To my left is
[6:47] the manager that was on the job, Colin
Seco, and he's actually going to do the
[6:52] presentation and then after we do that,
there's a PowerPoint. I thought maybe
[6:56] that elaborate thing coming down was
just for us, but apparently not.
[7:04] but he'll go through that PowerPoint
presentation. We believe in your packet
[7:07] you've been provided three documents.
The annual comprehensive financial
[7:11] report, the single audit that relates to
your expenditures of federal awards and
[7:16] then our required communications and
management letter and our PowerPoint
[7:20] will kind of summarize those three
reports and then we'll open the floor to
[7:25] any questions you may have. Colin,
>> thank you.
[7:29] » Hello everyone.
[7:51] Sorry about that.
[7:58] » A little bit about Hood and Associates.
Um, we serve Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
[8:03] and Texas as well as being licensed in
those states. Uh, we have a peer review
[8:08] every 3 years. Uh, we have been awarded
the highest rating given as a result of
[8:13] our peer review. We are members of the
American Institute of Certified Public
[8:18] Accountants, otherwise known as the
AICPA, and we have a member on the
[8:23] Government Audit Quality Center.
[8:28] The scope of our audit
uh we were performed
[8:33] uh in an annual comprehensive financial
report which is the thickest packet you
[8:37] have as well as the single audit which
uh relates to the grants uh given to the
[8:44] airport.
The city participates in the government
[8:48] finance officers association's
certification and achievement and
[8:51] financial reporting. The 2024 report was
the 26th consecutive year they've been
[8:58] awarded that honor which is a
significant achievement and we believe
[9:01] the 2025 report uh will meet the same.
[9:10] Some of our responsibilities as the
auditor we conduct our audit in
[9:14] accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards, government auditing
[9:18] standards and uniform guidance which
relates to the single audit. We plan and
[9:23] perform our audit to obtain reasonable
not absolute assurance that the basic
[9:27] financial statements are free of
material misstatement. Um we do not
[9:32] provide uh absolute assurance because we
take a risk based approach in our audit
[9:37] and test certain uh items based on their
risks. And since we don't test
[9:41] everything, we cannot provide absolute
assurance.
[9:51] The auditing standards board of the
American Institute of Certified Public
[9:55] Accountants recommends that we
communicate the following matters to the
[9:57] governing board. Illegal acts. None came
to our uh our attention as a result of
[10:03] performing our audit procedures. If any
had uh popped up, we are required to
[10:10] report those to the governing body.
Uh next we have changes in significant
[10:15] accounting policies. There were no
changes in significant accounting
[10:18] policies during 2025. However, as
discussed in note 14 of the uh annual
[10:24] comprehensive financial report, there
was a change in the reporting entity as
[10:28] the water and sewer fund uh are now
separate in the report.
[10:34] There were no difficulties or
disagreements with management and we had
[10:38] full cooperation access to books and
records.
[10:45] Financial and compliance audits address
three basic questions. Question one is
[10:50] are the financial statements free of
material misstatement? We have issued an
[10:54] unmodified opinion otherwise known as a
clean opinion that the financial
[10:58] statements are fairly presented in all
material respects.
[11:02] The next question is are internal
controls over financial reporting
[11:05] adequately designed and operating
effectively. We did not identify any
[11:09] deficiencies in internal control that we
consider to be material weaknesses.
[11:14] Did the city of Osage Beach, Missouri
comply in all material respects with the
[11:18] finance related laws and regulations?
Uh, no. Non-compliance was noted with
[11:22] the finance related laws and regulations
governing the city's operations.
[11:30] Next, we have other management letter
comments. This can be found in the
[11:33] required communications report.
[11:38] These are suggestions for best practices
and possible improvements in internal
[11:43] controls noted in the conduct of the
audit.
[11:46] First one we have business continuity
and disaster recovery preparedness as
[11:50] well as cyber security and other
matters. Um
[11:54] these are just plans to have these
controls in place. Um I believe Michael
[11:59] could uh explain them better than I
personally.
[12:05] out of it.
>> Yes.
[12:08] » Uh again, put put those recommendations
and it's really
[12:12] uh
disaster recovery, cyber security,
[12:17] different things that cities are exposed
potentially to if a disaster or
[12:23] something occurs. And we're recommending
and management has responded that you do
[12:28] have plans, policies, and procedures. So
if that type of an event occurs, then
[12:34] the city will be able to continue
operating business and continuing uh to
[12:41] operate as as normal. It's just good to
have those plans is just in case
[12:45] something happens. Uh but we have seen
before with that just in case and they
[12:50] were not ready. Uh you can kind of look
back to when COVID came that was
[12:57] something that really wasn't anticipated
by a lot of individuals
[13:03] state local and so there was people had
to adapt and really no one had those
[13:09] type of plans in place. So we understand
we made that recommendation the city
[13:13] indicated from management that you do
have those plans in place.
[13:17] » Okay. Does that help? Any questions on
that specific item?
[13:23] Thank you, Michael.
>> Yep.
[13:28] » We're good to go to the next slide.
[13:32] » Uh we appreciate the opportunity to
serve as the auditors for the city of
[13:35] Osage Beach, Missouri. We want to give
thanks to Carrie Bell, city treasurer,
[13:40] as well as uh Torren Shirts, um
accounting specialist. They were a great
[13:46] help in our audit, and we look forward
to next year. Thank you very much, guys.
[13:52] » Thank you. Um, I'll just take a quick
minute and say I got a chance to sit
[13:56] down during this audit at the end of it,
I believe, with Michael and I
[13:59] appreciated your questions and your
thoughts and you all have done a great
[14:03] job working with Carrie and her group
for quite a few years and we appreciate
[14:06] all that you do. Are there any questions
from the board or comments?
[14:11] Okay, thank you all for being here. Oh,
sorry, didn't see one. Sorry, Kevin
[14:15] » Carrie. I thought that on the capital
assets that we changed that threshold.
[14:22] They're bringing out the fact that our
threshold is at $2,000 and I thought we
[14:26] had upped that to 5,000.
[14:32] » In the report from uh uh requirement
communications under capital assets
[14:38] under um uh recommendation
>> I believe that's under prior year
[14:44] comments.
Let let me let me verify that was
[14:50] implemented and the change was to
$5,000,
[14:53] » right?
>> And I need to look. I believe that was
[14:56] » All right. You now you mentioned it that
the top title is prior.
[15:00] » Top title says prior year comment.
>> Yeah. So that is
[15:04] I just got this two minutes before the
meeting and I just skimmed it real
[15:07] quickly and I caught that.
>> I was going to go something's not right.
[15:10] » No, that Okay. That's prior years. Okay.
I'm okay then. Let's see. Yeah, I
[15:14] thought we had changed it to the five,
but we changed it prior to
[15:17] » also I think
>> also I think you had made the
[15:20] recommendation of wanting to see the
water and sewer fund broke out
[15:24] separately
>> and we remembered that and we did that.
[15:27] » I was going to compliment you on that.
It was very nice to see that separation
[15:31] there and be able to from from my
perspective and and responsibility I
[15:35] feel I have it was much easier to look
at it and see the numbers and
[15:40] » yeah and and that's you know when we
look at this this is the city's
[15:44] financial statements
>> the only part that we have of the
[15:47] auditors is our opinion certainly we
assist in the preparation of those but
[15:52] how you want those to look and what you
include in them
[15:56] » is the responsibility of management and
So we remembered that Harry remembered
[16:01] that let's do that because it makes
things a lot easier when you do rate
[16:06] studies all kinds of things. You already
budget that way and so you might as well
[16:11] report that way. And so we did listen to
you and I I think it does make an
[16:16] improvement on the ability to identify
and evaluate how did the water fund do,
[16:22] how did the sewer fund do when they're
not combined.
[16:26] » Very good. Any other questions or
comments from the board?
[16:30] » Again, thank you all for being here and
appreciate the great work.
[16:32] » Uh, and we appreciate Thank you very
much for your professionalism and also
[16:36] the staff. Hey, April. April used to be
on this side when we used to ask her a
[16:42] bunch of questions. Uh, I still thank
you and if there's any questions later
[16:47] on at any point during the year, don't
hesitate to reach out. Carrie will
[16:52] provide you my information. and I'm more
than happy to answer those questions or
[16:57] or anything else that we can do uh as
your auditors. We certainly appreciate
[17:02] the opportunity. Thank you. Have a good
evening.
[17:04] » Thank you. Appreciate you being here.
>> All right. Next item on the agenda is
[17:10] bill 2683, an ordinance of the city of
Oage Beach, Missouri establishing a
[17:15] procedure to disclose potential
conflicts of interest and substantial
[17:19] interests for certain municipal
officials. First reading. Tara Barrett,
[17:22] city clerk. Thank you, mayor, members of
the board. This ordinance comes up every
[17:25] year at the same time. It has to be um
approved and sent to the state by
[17:30] September. So, uh all it is is it allows
you guys not to have to file your
[17:34] financial disclosure statements. It's a
conflict um just a basic conflict of
[17:39] ordinance. It's one we do every single
year. I recommend approval.
[17:43] » Okay. Are there any questions or
thoughts from the board?
[17:47] Seeing none, I just need a motion.
>> Motion to approve. Alderman Collins. Do
[17:52] I hear a second?
>> Second.
[17:54] » Alderman Hoffman. All those in favor?
>> I
[17:57] » opposed. Motion carries. All right. Next
item on the agenda. Motion to appoint a
[18:04] member to the Deerberg's Transportation
Development District, TDD, by Mayor
[18:08] Ross. This is mine. I wanted to appoint
Bill McCay. It's in his uh ward. Um is
[18:13] there any questions or thoughts from the
board?
[18:18] Just looking for a motion.
Motion to approve.
[18:21] » Alderman Collins. Do I hear a second?
>> Second.
[18:24] » Alderman Rucker. All those in favor? I
>> I
[18:27] » opposed. Motion carries. Thank you. Next
item. Motion to direct staff to proceed
[18:34] with changes necessary to sunset the
ghost meter program. April, are you
[18:39] going to take this one? Go right ahead,
please.
[18:42] » Thank you, mayor, members of the board.
The staff has reviewed the ghost meter
[18:46] program recently in response to
questions from some citizens and new
[18:51] board members. And just to give you a
little history, ghost meters were
[18:55] created during past water extension
projects where property owners who
[19:00] decided not to hook up right away uh
secured their future water rights by
[19:05] paying a monthly fee rather than the
upfront impact and meter fees. So these
[19:11] accounts have always been voluntary.
owners can discontinue them at any time
[19:15] if they sign a water waiver
uh which not only ceases their billing
[19:20] but also also re uh relinquishes their
water rights. So we currently have 119
[19:27] active ghost meter accounts and those
generate about $42,000
[19:33] annually.
So, with today's hookup fees, um, if
[19:37] someone were to just come in and hook
into City Water, residential would be
[19:41] $1,460.
Um, at the current monthly rate, it
[19:47] would take a little over four years for
that for those ghost meter payments to
[19:51] equal the standard hookup cost. But
historically, that monthly rate was much
[19:56] lower. So, and some of those accounts
have been active over 20 years. Um, so
[20:02] they have paid far more than the cost of
a standard hookup. So staff is
[20:07] recommending that the city sunset the
ghost meter program. In that scenario,
[20:12] all those existing accounts, the ones
that are in good standing, would retain
[20:16] their water rights indefinitely and
future hookup fees would be waved. So
[20:22] tonight, staff is just seeking direction
from the board on whether to proceed
[20:27] with um preparing all of those ordinance
changes that were would be needed to
[20:32] formally discontinue that program.
>> Very good. Questions or thoughts?
[20:37] Alderman George?
>> Um I I feel strongly about sunsetting.
[20:42] It is something that I had many
questions about and my constituents when
[20:46] I was knocking on the doors um were very
confused about cuz they were paying this
[20:51] fee that a lot of times didn't really
understand what it was. So um I think
[20:55] it's awesome that you guys reviewed that
and I would definitely be in support of
[21:01] sunsetting that.
>> Very good. Anything? Alderman Rucker?
[21:06] » Uh couple of questions. um the ghost
meter program that was set up and the
[21:11] way it's written and in the ordinances
etc. residential only or commercial and
[21:16] residential.
>> We have both commercial and residential
[21:21] accounts. So I was
>> that are ghost meter.
[21:24] » So so
>> mostly residential naturally.
[21:27] » So the the commercial people that are on
the ghost meter account their their
[21:33] their fee has been higher or has their
ghost meter fee been the same?
[21:37] » It's based on meter size. So, those with
larger ghost meters, which are very
[21:41] rare, the majority of them are 5/8 inch
meters. Um, here I have it. I forgot I
[21:47] had it here.
So, 110 of those 119 accounts are 5/8
[21:54] inch meters. So, that's like 28 bucks a
month. Um, but we do have three 1-in
[21:59] meters, and those are actually
residential. Um, three, no, we have six
[22:04] 1-in meters, I'm sorry. one one and a
half inch and two two inches. So now
[22:09] like a two inch go meter is $78.67.
So their their monthly charges are
[22:14] greater than a residential account
>> and their impact fees would be greater
[22:18] as well.
>> Right.
[22:20] So the the I'm assuming that uh your
your recommendation is going to be to
[22:27] sunset all ghost meters and would we be
maintaining
[22:32] uh records so that when somebody who was
on ghost meter would come back
[22:38] 20 years later from now they would be
given the same size meter. They wouldn't
[22:43] be able to say well I want a 1 inch
meter. No you you were a ghost meter at
[22:47] 58.
>> Correct. the intent of how we would
[22:50] write it.
>> Yes. And Car's department would keep
[22:52] those records. And historically, like
we've had instances where someone has
[22:58] been paying for a 5/8 inch ghost meter,
but then when they're ready to hook in
[23:01] or say it was a vacant lot and then they
built something and they want a 1-in
[23:04] meter, they've just had to pay that that
difference
[23:07] » the differential.
>> Okay.
[23:10] Um
[23:16] we've we have we done with from from the
original conception of the ghost meter
[23:21] program um we have uh continued to raise
that as the rates have been raised. Is
[23:28] that how that has went up?
>> Yes sir.
[23:30] » Okay.
So, what is the uh recommendation for
[23:37] the uh how we will substitute that that
that $40,000?
[23:43] We're going to be taking $40,000 worth
of income away. So, we will just uh
[23:50] » budget accordingly.
>> Bump up bump up the the rates by a penny
[23:53] or so or whatever it takes to to get the
revenue back up to take care of that
[23:57] expenditures because we've been spending
that much.
[23:59] » True.
>> We have a rate study coming. M
[24:03] » okay.
>> Um
[24:07] I thought there was something else I had
to make sure for clarity.
[24:12] » Go ahead and I may come back.
>> All right. Are there any other comments
[24:15] or questions from the board?
[24:20] Alman Rucker, are you going to have
anything else then?
[24:24] » I have a quick question. Are we keeping
the records by address? Is that what
[24:27] this comes down to?
>> Thank you.
[24:30] » Yes. There's a few vacant lots left. So
those would be kept by partial number is
[24:34] how we do it now.
>> Be by partial. Okay. Okay.
[24:37] » Lot and parcel number. Yeah.
>> All right. So it would transfer. So let
[24:41] let's just play this out. This address
has been paying a ghost meter. It quit
[24:45] paying a ghost meter. They sell their
house a year from now. Two years from
[24:49] now the new owner comes down there. That
address is still historically held as a
[24:54] ghost meter without the uh meter fees
and impact fees. I guess right. That's
[25:00] how I would recommend it. Unless you
think it stays with the property.
[25:04] » Yeah. So that's where so it'll follow
the lot, not the person. Right.
[25:08] » Right.
>> That's that's how we've done it
[25:11] historically because say a house sells
sometimes somebody will get that new
[25:14] bill and they'll be like they'll call in
what is this?
[25:16] » And so those some of those people have
signed the water waiver because they're
[25:19] like even though that you know whoever
they bought it from it may be paid for 5
[25:22] years, 10 years whatever they decided
they didn't want it and they've signed
[25:26] the waiver and their charges cease.
>> Right. Well, it it sounds like the
[25:30] board's comfortable with what we just
discussed. Am I missing anything? Okay,
[25:34] go ahead, Kevin.
>> Um, this subject came up some time back
[25:39] within the last couple years and I
thought my memory, which is not always
[25:45] the best, but I thought I thought the
number was $80,000 in income is what we
[25:49] were getting from ghost meters and now
it's 40,000. I don't know if the 80,000
[25:55] is correct or if I misunderstood it or
can you shed any light on that?
[26:00] » Yeah, a previous staff member had given
us some estimates and of course when I
[26:05] was preparing this agenda item, I wanted
to make sure I was giving you the right
[26:09] number. So, um, we ran some reports and
and yeah, I'm not sure where that number
[26:15] came from.
>> I mean, naturally,
[26:18] » that tells me my memory is still good,
>> right? it. Some people over, you know,
[26:24] in that time frame have probably either
hooked in or um have signed the waiver.
[26:29] So, I mean, but that's not a $40,000
difference. So, I think it was just a
[26:32] miscalculation from a previous staff
member.
[26:37] » I I do have something else.
>> Anything else? Alderman George.
[26:41] » Um just out of curiosity, we don't
anticipate putting in any more ghost
[26:47] meters, right? Or do we? like those
things that's been something of the past
[26:51] and
>> that was that was only done when we put
[26:54] the new system in. It was kind of a deal
that
[26:57] » the mains going down this road
>> and people were like well I don't know
[27:01] if I want to or don't want to and that
was how it was accommodated. So I can't
[27:05] board the future but that's how why it
was done. I think at that time, you
[27:10] know, we put a water system in and I was
here then and everybody was on a well
[27:16] and some people wanted city water and
some didn't and some didn't know if they
[27:19] wanted it yet. And so this was a way to
help incentivize them. It it helped us
[27:24] with revenue at the time to be quite
honest to help pay the bonds back
[27:27] because it gave the the the folks that
weren't sure yet an ability to because
[27:31] if you went ahead and signed up, they
waved all those fees at the original
[27:35] time, the original hookup. So, this gave
those people that weren't sure yet an
[27:39] ability to pay $20. I think the number
started out around 12 or 18 a month. So,
[27:45] that uh what was it?
>> 148.
[27:48] » Okay. $15 a month. And they could hedge
their bets for three or four years.
[27:51] Okay. Now, if they weren't paying
attention after about 10 years, it they
[27:55] didn't really hedge any bets. Okay. And
that's how the whole thing got started.
[27:58] And I think it is a good time to sunset
it. So,
[28:00] » absolutely.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And we discussed the, you
[28:03] know, there's very few little pockets in
the city that what we call unwatered or
[28:08] aren't serviced by city water. And we
talked through that, Jeff and Carrie and
[28:11] I, and Jeff recommended that we do that
on a case-byase basis, probably with a
[28:17] petition process like we do with other
things in the city, but that would be
[28:21] » I realized we had unwatered areas, so
that's news to me. I knew we had a
[28:23] couple unseeded areas.
>> That's rare. It's they're very
[28:26] » We'll talk about that another time.
>> Okay. Does staff have the direction that
[28:30] they need to move forward?
>> Yes.
[28:33] » Okay. All right. Anything else on this
subject? All right. We'll move on to
[28:37] staff communications.
>> It has a we have it as a motion.
[28:39] » Do we need a motion this?
>> Pardon me.
[28:41] » Wouldn't we need a motion this?
>> Oh, it is a motion. I thought it was a
[28:44] discussion. I apologize.
Okay. So, I looking for a motion. It is
[28:48] a motion. My apologies. Going to be a
rough night.
[28:51] » Motion to approve.
>> Alderman Hoffman.
[28:53] » Second.
>> Alderman Collins. All those in favor?
[28:57] » I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All
right. Now, we'll move on to staff
[29:02] communications.
We're going to start with Ty Dinsdale,
[29:06] airport manager. Hey, Ty.
>> Oh, thank you, sir. Nothing.
[29:11] » Make sure you're awake over there.
>> Yeah.
[29:15] » Nothing to add this evening. Thank you.
>> Thanks for being here, Billy. Official
[29:18] Ron White. I would like to take just a
moment to say thanks to um Mitch
[29:23] Phillips and Rob Long and the street
department. Following our uh freak
[29:27] windstorm
uh on the holiday weekend, we had a lot
[29:31] of damage to some trees here on the
grounds of city hall and I was contacted
[29:37] that following Monday and asked if uh we
needed some help. Well, it may not have
[29:41] been Monday. asked if we needed help
cleaning that up and they brought a crew
[29:44] over, identified trees that were not
going to be salvageable, uh cut
[29:49] everything up, removed it from the
property. That saved us uh my department
[29:53] a lot of time and uh the city some
expense on that. So, just a a big shout
[29:58] out to them to say thank you for their
efforts.
[30:00] » Great. Thank you. All right. Public
works director Jeff Fischer.
[30:04] » Thank you, Mayor. I would like to report
on sort of the status of our sewer
[30:08] investigation. Um, we did determine that
the technology options that are out
[30:15] there are not viable. Uh, we weren't
confident that we could spend money to
[30:21] put something in that 24in interceptor
and get good data from it. So, we're
[30:27] going back to old school. We're going to
cut it open a couple of times and take a
[30:32] look inside and then report back on what
we find from that. Um and uh as we're
[30:39] working through the rates too. So we're
we're uh concurrently working on those
[30:43] efforts. Uh I should know something in
the next couple of weeks on what our
[30:49] recommendations going to be. So I will
report back soon. But it's it's going
[30:54] well. Sands in the system and as a whole
uh so far this summer it seems to be
[31:00] working well. We've only had odor a
couple of three times and uh we just
[31:06] tightened up uh the transducers and
sands a little bit this week and that
[31:11] went well. So uh the hope there is that
uh the couple of times that we smell
[31:18] sands here recently we can reduce that
even further. I don't think we'll ever
[31:22] be in that world where we don't ever
have a smell, but uh so far it's went
[31:27] really well and Chris's team's done a
lot of work. So I want to commend them.
[31:33] All right, that's all I got. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Jeff. City planner Kerry
[31:36] Patterson. Can I
>> steal your mic? See, I'm just going to
[31:40] follow up a little bit on what Ron said.
You know, one of the great parts about
[31:43] living in the city is every once in a
while, uh, the folks that live close to
[31:48] me, who know what I do, uh, don't mind
stopping by the house and letting me
[31:51] know what's going on. And after the
storm that we had, which was was kind of
[31:56] crazy, uh, three trees on Malibu Road
fell down across Malibu Road and made it
[32:03] impassible. Um, and the next day when I
was out cleaning up my yard and and
[32:10] helping some neighbors, uh, we had some
folks that walked up the street and they
[32:13] made a a point of stopping and letting
me know that after that storm, the first
[32:18] vehicle that they saw come down Malibu
Road was a city vehicle that was coming
[32:22] down to clear that road. And I already
mentioned that to Jeff and to tell his
[32:27] guys, thank you. But, you know, it's
it's it's great to get those kind of
[32:30] reports from just citizens who come up
and say, "Man, it was great to see. We
[32:35] couldn't believe it when we saw it, you
know, that they were the absolute
[32:38] first." And they got Malibu, uh, cleared
off within about 2 hours, but it was it
[32:44] was three very large trees, a couple of
them out of the cemetery down there. So,
[32:48] uh, that was really appreciated. So,
>> great. Thank you, Police Chief Todd
[32:53] Davis.
Mayor, members of the board, um first
[32:56] I'd like to recognize Haley Scott for um
being awarded employee of the quarter.
[33:01] Um Haley stepped up when we had to take
the power down to city hall that evening
[33:06] to replace the generator. Um her
supervisor had a family emergency come
[33:11] up and Haley stepped up and stuck
around, left here probably 9 or 10:00
[33:16] and was back in at 3:00 or 4 in the
morning to help bring the system back
[33:20] up. um she's just does all kinds of
stuff like that. But then I'd also like
[33:25] to recognize our our 911 center for uh
the 4th of July. They they literally got
[33:32] their butts handed to them. Um
normally on a on a regular day, they
[33:39] average about 10 911 calls a day. They
had 76. Um, not only that, when our 911
[33:46] center, our car calls start rolling over
to Camden County, but we also receive
[33:51] Camden and Millers. So, theirs was
rolling over. So, they were trying to
[33:56] transfer the calls back, but those
agencies were full. So, they were
[34:01] actually the call was rolling back over
and coming to back to Lexi and Haley.
[34:06] They were answering each other's calls
when they would try to transfer. But not
[34:10] only them, but our the whole first
responders, public works, everybody
[34:15] stepped up, got what needed to be done
when that freak storm came through. So
[34:20] they had a uh they stepped up and it was
it was Haley, Reagan, Lexi, and Gracie.
[34:26] Um the night shift, they they actually
dayshift worked overtime trying to catch
[34:32] everything back up to get all the calls
come in. So that they rocked it. Um,
[34:37] also our we're in the middle of our move
for the comm communication center
[34:40] downstairs. Um, they hope to be up and
running back in there tomorrow morning.
[34:46] Um, so they've taken the last 3 days and
re putting it all together, moving
[34:52] things from upstairs to downstairs. So
once it's up and running, we'll uh give
[34:56] you guys a tour.
>> So I've got Thank you, Todd. Yep. City
[35:01] clerk to our breath.
>> Thank you, mayor, members of the board.
[35:04] I don't really have anything other than
I registered everybody for the MML
[35:08] conference in September. I just sent out
an email to see if you want to attend
[35:12] the banquet on Tuesday night the 5th.
Please shoot me back an email and if
[35:16] you're going to be bring a guest, I'll
get that everybody set up for that. All
[35:20] right, that's all I have. Thank you.
>> Thank you. All right, we'll start with
[35:25] Alderman George.
>> Did I miss somebody?
[35:28] » Bell and me.
>> Did I miss Carrie Bell?
[35:30] » I am so sorry.
>> And April. No, I think I just didn't do
[35:34] that the right way. I apologize. And
this is your night too with the audit.
[35:38] So, I apologize, Carrie.
>> And that's Yeah, and that's what I was
[35:41] going to say. Obviously, um I was going
to thank um some of my staff, Torren
[35:46] Church, and Selena Franklin for all
their help with the audit. Um this is
[35:51] this was just Torren's second year, and
he really stepped it up. I think April,
[35:56] she she wouldn't hardly let me catch
catch her, but I think she was still a
[36:00] support for him. But um he's really
picking up on on all of that and um and
[36:08] your support the technology for the
financial system and support of having
[36:14] quality auditors makes a huge difference
and I I appreciate that support. Um and
[36:21] then I don't know if April you going to
say anything about budget software. We
[36:24] had our we had our first me we had our
first um group meeting with the
[36:29] departments and all the managers that
are going to actually put um the the
[36:34] numbers in. April organized the whole
training was here in this room and I
[36:40] thought it went very well. I think
people were really positive and um you
[36:45] know it was just the it was the first
step and there was a lot of things that
[36:50] but we took our first baby step with all
the departments. I thought went really
[36:54] great.
>> Very good.
[36:57] And now, city administrator April Way.
>> Thank you, Mayor.
[37:02] Chief sold some of my things, but
congrats to Haley Scott for being
[37:06] awarded employee of the quarter for
second quarter. Definitely wanted to
[37:09] recognize the police, the dispatch, the
transportation department for working
[37:13] through that crazy pop-up storm. Like
Fourth of July weekend isn't crazy
[37:16] enough for them. Um, also wanted to
recognize Ty for all he rangled that
[37:21] weekend. little minor airport storm
damage and some other other uh
[37:26] unexpected hurdles.
And heart of the Lake Freedom Fest this
[37:30] past weekend was spectacular. Thank you
to Eric Gregory. He couldn't be here
[37:34] tonight. And all his staff and all the
city hall staff who pitched in this um
[37:38] pitched in as well. Mayor, sorry about
attempting to dunk you. Can't believe I
[37:43] missed seven times.
I was a catcher, not a barn.
[37:49] » I used to throw down to second, I
promise. But and thank you for being the
[37:53] first step in the dunk tank and everyone
else who was in the dunk tank. It was a
[37:56] great event. The fireworks were amazing.
Only a few bug bites at the end of the
[38:01] night. So, uh Eric also since he
couldn't be here, he wanted me to remind
[38:05] everyone that tomorrow night um is the
movie in the parks. They're showing
[38:11] Zootopia. Movie starts at dark, so
roughly around 8:45. And then since
[38:16] they're already going to have the park
open after dusk, they've decided to do
[38:19] another um bark park after dark event.
So the lights will be on at the dog park
[38:24] until 10 p.m. And then lastly, I just
wanted to extend best wishes to previous
[38:30] city administrator Devon Lake. I really
enjoyed getting to know her and learning
[38:35] from her and developing a lifelong
friendship. So I will miss her dearly.
[38:41] » Thank you. Okay, Alman George.
Um,
[38:47] thank you Carrie Bell and Torin and your
team. That's I mean I can't imagine it
[38:51] not. It's very fun to go through. So,
um, and to see that we passed it with
[38:56] flying colors just proves how excellent
your team is. Um, I want to thank
[39:01] everybody in the city that worked at the
uh, Freedom Fest and did what you did.
[39:07] My kids absolutely loved it. The food
was awesome. The vendors were great. Um,
[39:12] I I almost I and I've said it to a
couple other people is that I almost
[39:16] think that we should just always do it
the weekend after because the amount of
[39:20] people there was tremendous and didn't
hear anything negative from anybody.
[39:26] Thanks for directing the traffic,
getting people in and out of there. It
[39:29] was awesome. Um, I think I was out of
there in 10 minutes or something, so it
[39:34] was it was pretty awesome. So, thanks
for that, Chief. Um, and then, uh,
[39:39] lastly, April, I I just want to say
thank you very much for picking up the
[39:43] extra slack. I know it's going to be a
lot of hard work for you. Um, and I and
[39:47] I think that, you know, speaking with
the board and everybody, you're going to
[39:51] do just a great job. And if you need any
support, we're all here to help you. Um,
[39:56] I have nothing but great things to say
about you. I think you're going to do
[39:59] awesome. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Alderman Collins.
[40:05] So, I've heard from everyone that
Freedom Fest was a fantastic event. I am
[40:10] sorry I missed it. My grandson's fourth
birthday was on the same day in Kansas
[40:15] City. Um, I pulled into my driveway just
in time to see fireworks from my
[40:20] backyard and they were fantastic. Um, so
I'm really sorry that I missed it and I
[40:26] hope that I can attend next year. Um,
thank you to everybody involved in the
[40:31] storm response. I've also been hearing
from everybody how quick it was. Um,
[40:37] everybody having issues outside of Osage
Beach. Um, and we we were pretty
[40:42] fortunate that you all were on top of it
and everybody stayed safe and got
[40:48] streets cleared quickly. And I also want
to say thank you to April. Um, yeah, I
[40:54] think you're going to do a great job and
and you absolutely have my support and
[40:58] if there's anything I can do, don't
hesitate to ask. And that's all I've
[41:02] got.
>> Thank you, Alderman Hoffman.
[41:08] » I too want to
thank uh Devin for her two years of
[41:14] service here. Um I enjoyed working with
her. I think we did get a lot of things
[41:18] accomplished and I wish her nothing but
the best. I think Warsaw and her are
[41:21] gonna be a really good fit and I wish
her the best. And April, I echo what
[41:27] everyone else is saying. You're awesome.
We love you. Thank you for stepping up.
[41:30] We're all here to help you in any way we
can. Um, and lastly, yeah, Freedom
[41:35] Freedom Fest. I'm just I want to thank
the public for for coming out. We
[41:41] obviously I want the staff did a great
job pivoting. Eric and his team,
[41:45] everyone in in in the city stepped up.
But it was just great to see all the
[41:50] people or I wasn't there. It was great
to hear that all the people showed up. I
[41:55] didn't get home till 9:00 p.m. that
night myself like Rebecca. Uh but but
[41:59] thank you everyone for for coming out
and and and turning what could have been
[42:03] a real negative into a real positive.
That's all I got.
[42:07] » Thank you, Alderman McKay. Um I I just
basically want to say I'm proud to
[42:11] represent the city uh through the
adversity of the storm damage and
[42:15] getting the emails and the updates. Uh
the adversity of the Freedom Fest
[42:20] getting pushed back a week. What a great
event. I have never seen that many cars
[42:24] getting out of there. And again, the
police department even getting them out
[42:27] quickly and blocking the roads and all
that. That was fantastic. Uh Carrie,
[42:31] nice job with the report. I'm trying to
read it and it's it's a lot of work.
[42:35] Kudos to you on that. Um and April, nice
job. Thanks,
[42:42] » Alderman Rucker.
>> Yes. Uh I will warn you ahead of time. I
[42:46] have quite a few items. Um first of all,
the Freedom Fest. Um, number one,
[42:53] it's unfortunate that we had to postpone
it, but it was God telling us we didn't
[42:59] need to have it because if we would have
had that, think of what would have that
[43:03] would have looked like at 3:30 in the
afternoon with all those tents and all
[43:07] those vendors set up and
wherever those tents would have landed.
[43:12] So, there there was there was a message
there. Um, and I will just tell you uh
[43:18] the Freedom Fest uh down at the park was
great during the daytime, but uh I will
[43:24] tell you all that there was a whole
bunch more people because there was at
[43:27] least another hundred cars with me up at
the outlet mall because that's where we
[43:32] were at the outlet mall and they were I
pulled in. I thought, well, there won't
[43:36] be anybody here cuz I'm not going to
make it back down to the park. I was
[43:40] amazed at all the cars that were sitting
there and and people outside the cars
[43:46] and paying frisbes and doing all the
stuff beforehand and and and then
[43:50] watching the fireworks. It was a good
view up there. It was you missed about
[43:54] 5% of the stuff that didn't go up, but a
lot of people there. So, when Eric's
[43:58] thinking about who how many attended and
now I hear we have a couple people that
[44:02] didn't make it to the park, it was in
their backyards. So, I I think it's
[44:06] unbelievable the amount of folks that
attended it. Um, just give you a little
[44:10] hint. My motion is going to be not allow
fireworks display next year and to put
[44:16] money in the budget and have a fireworks
display at the park. Put our money and
[44:20] efforts and have a safe place down there
rather than having kids shooting them.
[44:24] But that's here for another meeting to
talk about. Um, Chief, I wonder if you
[44:29] could double check Senate Bill 975.
Um I didn't get a chance to review it
[44:36] completely but it talks about the
ambulances and stuff and just where do
[44:40] we fall with the ambulance? Do we fall
under some of the litigate some of the
[44:44] laws for the ambulance districts or just
what with us being city ambulance
[44:49] » is that the one is that I'm not sure
what that is that one for the training
[44:55] for
>> exactly one for the training for the
[44:58] board of directors
mandatory or is it
[45:03] » I didn't
>> I'll do some research
[45:06] » on it too it's not Senate Bill 975 I
didn't get a chance to go into it but I
[45:11] just wanted make sure uh because it
wasn't and and then that made me start
[45:16] thinking well you know this this is not
tied to ambulance districts where do we
[45:21] fall in so I'll let
>> I'll look into it
[45:24] » open that up um
uh hats off to the alderman that took
[45:29] the challenge uh I reviewed the sites uh
uh there's uh almost everybody's is
[45:36] there but I will just give you a little
hint you might want to go back and
[45:39] double check what's on the site because
I know I had conversations with at least
[45:44] two aldermen that think their phone
number's there and it's not. So, you
[45:47] might want to double check what you put
in and double check it's what it's
[45:52] supposed to be and anyway. So, but uh
thank you for that. Uh because I do know
[45:57] people do look in there and and get
phone numbers and if all you guys have
[46:00] yours, I won't get all the phone calls.
So, that'd be great. Um,
[46:07] on a sad note,
uh, Colonel
[46:12] Ron Schmidt
>> passed away. For those of you who don't
[46:15] know who Colonel Ron Schmidt is, Ron
served this country for 30 years
[46:21] in the armed service as and and was a
colonel. Ron served this city for 10
[46:27] years as an alderman in Ward One with
me. Um, Ron came on the year before I
[46:34] was elected. Uh, Ron was put onto this
board, I believe, in a very unique way
[46:41] and maybe the only person that has ever
been put on the board. And that was
[46:48] a very short time before the election,
Ron put his name in the hat to be a
[46:53] ridein and passed business cards out to
make sure everybody had this correct
[46:57] spelling of his name and and and so Ron
was elected as a ridein voter or as a
[47:04] write-in candidate. So, uh, for those
that are interested, there will be, uh,
[47:08] services or celebration of life on the
28th of July at Lake Ozark Lions at
[47:16] 5:00.
So, we miss Colonel Ron. Uh, he was he
[47:22] was a he was a trooper.
Um,
[47:28] lastly, uh, I just want to let the
citizens know out there that this board
[47:34] has quite a bit of responsibilities in a
lot of ways in some ways maybe you're
[47:38] not aware of. Uh, the board has the
responsibility to take on committees
[47:45] such as the planning and zoning, tiff
board, board of appeals, board of
[47:50] adjustments. uh after the mayor has
suggested candidates to approve those
[47:55] folks, then we have the responsibility
to fill those positions
[48:00] when they become available, either by
the term expiring or by someone having
[48:06] to step away from those boards.
It's also our responsibility to do the
[48:11] same in the event that any of the
elected officials step away, such as the
[48:16] mayor, myself, or any other alderman. We
have the responsibility to appoint
[48:21] somebody to that position until the next
election. I say all this because I'm
[48:26] looking for my file that I have kept for
over 20 years is empty. I always would
[48:32] drop names in it when someone would say
to me or I would think they would be a
[48:36] good candidate for any one of these
positions because we have to fill them
[48:40] at the drop of a hat, so to speak. We we
don't always can't plan that months in
[48:45] advance. So, if anybody out there is
interested in being any of those
[48:50] positions, please seek us out. Look us
up on the internet. There's information
[48:54] there. Please, you can call me. I'll be
happy to visit with you, try to give you
[48:58] what the responsibilities are so we can
put your name in the hat. So, whenever
[49:03] we have that besides just the normal
nutri uh people that step away, but but
[49:08] uh we need to have those names and we
need have those available to us so that
[49:12] we can do our job. And if you're
interested, you can attend some of these
[49:16] meetings, some of these boards, and see
what goes on with it. Uh start out and
[49:20] in and as Mr. McCay did uh many years
ago when I asked him to be on planning
[49:25] and zoning and he liked it enough that
he decided to step in to be an alderman
[49:30] and there he is. So, and I'm I'm proud
to say that I I had asked Bill to to be
[49:36] on planning and zoning and brought his
name forth and and now he's serving as
[49:40] an alderman. So, if anybody is out there
and and has that desire in the future,
[49:45] because I will tell you, I'm telling you
right now, April of 2028, I will not be
[49:53] running.
I will not. So, there will be a vacancy
[50:00] at least then.
>> Starting to really like Florida, aren't
[50:02] you?
[50:06] » So, with that, um, have a safe time out
there. Uh the storm response response by
[50:13] all the all the first responders uh was
fabulous. I know there was a lot I've I
[50:21] nature of my business was emergency
response. So I understand what go what
[50:24] happens in those times and and and Jeff
thanks for the updates. The update you
[50:29] gave the alderman was very helpful when
when I had people call me and ask me
[50:33] well what this and like oh this is
what's going on. So I thank you for
[50:36] that. With that that's enough. Thank
you. All right. Thank you, Alderman
[50:40] Rucker. All right. I got a few things.
Um, Alderman Rucker talked about Ron
[50:45] Schmidt. Ron Schmidt was uh one of my
favorite people to be quite honest and
[50:50] um I will miss him. Um, I'll miss
talking to him as he was president of
[50:54] the board for a while too. Thought he
provided some great leadership at that
[50:58] time and uh our hearts go out to my
heart to uh Darlene and his family. He
[51:04] will be missed. Um, I want to say thank
you to all the public works employees
[51:09] and first responders on July 4th due to
my family situation. We were not in
[51:13] town. I think I fielded about two or
three texts and basically got told
[51:17] everything's under control and we're on
top of it. And um, that was as nice a
[51:22] July 4th gift as I could have had um
because I got to focus on my family and
[51:27] I can't thank you all enough who all I
don't know who all was involved but
[51:30] there was a whole bunch of people and
they did a fantastic job. And um the
[51:34] public has also told me about how great
a job you all did. So, thank you very
[51:38] much. Um Freedomfest. Um yeah, I was
down there for a while. I was in a dunk
[51:42] tank for 30 minutes and there's some
kids just love to run up and hit that
[51:45] bullseye that April can't hit. Um but it
was fun. Um the fireworks show was
[51:50] awesome, but I want to thank all the
employees that took their day to come
[51:53] down and and help with that because uh
they made a great event out of it. And I
[51:58] think that we may have started
something. I believe in planting a seed
[52:01] and watching it grow. And I think that
we planted an awful good seed and we may
[52:05] have some we may have hit on something
and uh we'll decide how to do it again
[52:09] even better next year. Um I want to
thank Alderman Collins and Alderman
[52:12] Hoffman for some work they did
yesterday. It was very helpful at a time
[52:16] that it was needed and I could not step
in and and I can't thank you two enough.
[52:20] Um Jeff Fiser um your work over at LC
fine and trying to make keep that moving
[52:26] um with the airport. uh we're trying to
avoid some situations of of gaining um
[52:33] easements or those kinds of things
without spending a lot of the money and
[52:36] you you've stayed on that and helped out
and I appreciate that and the work that
[52:40] you and your group are doing over there
with the uh sewer spill. You've done a
[52:43] great job. Thank you very much. Um I do
want to mention since MMO was brought up
[52:48] earlier that there's going to be a
welcome to Oage Beach event on Monday. I
[52:52] don't know the se of during the uh MML
event and I don't know the exact date.
[52:56] Is it the 10th? Does that sound right?
>> 14th.
[52:59] » It's 14th.
>> 14th. Thank you. I'm off a few days, but
[53:02] uh um I'm proud of what the that
everyone has put together. And uh
[53:06] hopefully uh all the folks that might be
out there from other cities will come. I
[53:10] think has anybody heard the latest? Do
we are we over 100 yet?
[53:14] » 126.
>> 126.
[53:16] » Just a few minutes ago and I looked.
>> That is awesome. You guys did a great
[53:19] job. Thank you. Um I do want to thank
Devon Lake for her service and wish her
[53:23] well in her next chapter. Um, and uh, we
we'll be watching and hoping that she
[53:28] does great. And then last, I saved the
best for last in April. Thank you for
[53:34] all you've been doing. Um, I look
forward to working with you. Um, this
[53:37] city is in great hands and uh, can't
thank you all enough for everything
[53:41] you've been doing recently and and all
the years before that. So, thank you.
[53:45] With that said, that's all I have. There
was an item on the agenda for executive
[53:49] session. There's no need for that at
this time. So it
[53:54] » we what
>> do we need it? Yeah, we need it.
[53:57] » I wasn't aware of that. I no one
communicated to me. So I guess we're
[54:01] having executive session. So notice is
given that agenda includes a roll call
[54:04] vote to close the meeting as allowed by
RSMO section 610.021
[54:10] parenthesis 3 hiring, firing,
disciplining, or promoting a particular
[54:14] employees by a public governmental body
when personnel personnel information
[54:18] about the employees discussed or
recorded. So, I need a motion.
[54:23] » Motion to go into executive session.
>> Alderman Collins. Do I hear a second?
[54:27] » Second.
>> Alderman George. Roll call, please.
[54:31] » Alderman Hoffman,
>> yes.
[54:33] » Alman Rucker,
>> yes.
[54:34] » Alderman McCay, yes.
>> Alderman Collins, yes. Alman George,
[54:37] yes. Alman Ostein.
>> All right, we'll move in executive
[54:41] session. Anybody needs a bio or
something?