[0:00] Monday, April the 27th, 2026. I'll call
[0:03] the meeting to order and ask for the
[0:04] roll call, please.
[0:06] >> Council member Baker,
[0:07] >> present.
[0:07] >> Council member Barber,
[0:08] >> present.
[0:09] >> Council member Burke,
[0:10] >> present.
[0:10] >> Council member Ciro,
[0:11] >> present.
[0:12] >> Council member Ingret,
[0:13] >> present.
[0:14] >> Council member Hullman,
[0:14] >> present.
[0:15] >> Council member McDonald,
[0:17] >> present.
[0:17] >> Council member Row,
[0:18] >> present.
[0:19] >> Mayor Turbo,
[0:20] >> present. We have a quorum. Would you
[0:21] please rise and join me in the pledge of
[0:22] allegiance?
[0:25] >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the
[0:27] United States of America. and to the
[0:30] republic for which it stands. One nation
[0:32] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:35] justice for all.
[0:41] » Thank you.
[0:59] As is our annual custom, we want to
[1:02] recognize Arbor Day uh for the good work
[1:04] that our parks department does and
[1:06] ensuring that our trees are kept healthy
[1:09] and new ones are planted every year. So,
[1:12] are you going to accept Mr. Mine?
[1:14] >> All right. Tree board member.
[1:17] >> All right. Excellent. Well, if they
[1:19] would like to join us as well, come on.
[1:21] >> I don't know if I told them they would
[1:22] have to come up.
[1:23] >> Yeah.
[1:26] Now they know.
[1:29] All right. Well, I'm going to go ahead
[1:30] and read this. It says, "Whereas in
[1:31] 1872,
[1:33] J. Sterling Morton proposed to the
[1:36] Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a
[1:38] special day be set aside for the
[1:39] planting of trees." And whereas this
[1:42] holiday called Arbor Day was first
[1:44] observed with the planting of more than
[1:45] a million trees in Nebraska and is now
[1:48] observed throughout the nation and the
[1:50] world. And whereas trees can reduce the
[1:53] erosion, cut heating and cooling cost,
[1:56] moderate the temperature, clean the air,
[1:58] produce lifegiving oxygen, and provide
[2:01] habitat for wildlife. And whereas trees
[2:04] are a renewable resource, giving us
[2:07] paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our
[2:10] fires, and countless other wood
[2:11] products, and increase property values,
[2:14] enhance the economic vitality of
[2:16] business areas, and beautify our
[2:18] community.
[2:19] Now therefore, I, Christopher P. Turbo,
[2:21] mayor of the city of Raymore, do hereby
[2:23] proclaim April 28th, 2026 as Arbor Day
[2:27] in the city of Raymore, and do hereby
[2:29] encourage all citizens to celebrate
[2:32] Arbor Day by planting a tree in support
[2:34] of efforts to protect our trees and
[2:36] woodlands for future generations, and
[2:39] witness whereof I have here unto you set
[2:41] my hand, and cause the seal of the city
[2:43] of Raymore to be affixed this 28th day
[2:46] of April, 2026. So, thank you for your
[2:48] efforts. We really appreciate it.
[2:53] Mike, you want to say anything?
[2:56] >> No words. Okay. All right. Well, I just
[2:57] give you
[2:58] >> We'll just go. It's all line up here.
[3:02] >> Close.
[3:07] Appreciate it. Thanks, sir.
[3:22] Okay, we have no personal appearances
[3:24] this evening. So, we'll move on to staff
[3:26] reports. Mr. Furborn.
[3:27] >> Thank you, your honor. I would ask Mr.
[3:28] Salsbury to make a report. Mr. Perry to
[3:31] make a report for public works. My
[3:34] apologies, Mr. Perry.
[3:35] >> It's okay. Thank you, Mr. Fearborn.
[3:36] Mayor, members of the council has
[3:38] submitted a written staff report. Um, I
[3:41] would like to highlight a few of the CIP
[3:43] projects. Most of our road improvement
[3:45] projects are under contract or out to
[3:48] bid. Phase one of the Dean Avenue curb
[3:50] replacement project will finish up this
[3:52] week. They just have to backfill the the
[3:54] asphalt wedge along the new curb. Uh,
[3:57] the Willow Hill Storm Culver Replacement
[3:59] Project has completed their scope of
[4:01] work. The annual curbon ramp replacement
[4:03] program is underway. They started on
[4:05] Bridge Drive. They're currently on
[4:07] Brmpton Lane. and our annual street uh
[4:11] preservation program is scheduled to
[4:12] begin the week of May 11th weather
[4:15] dependent. That concludes my staff
[4:17] report and I'm happy to answer any
[4:18] questions.
[4:19] >> Thank you, Mr. Perry. Does anybody have
[4:20] any questions of Mr. Perry this point?
[4:24] >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Fearbornne.
[4:28] » Thank you, Mr. Perry. I would ask Mr.
[4:30] Mustin to make a report for parks and
[4:32] recreation.
[4:37] » Thank you, sir. Mayor, members of the
[4:39] council, I've submitted a written staff
[4:40] report. I got a couple of items that I'd
[4:42] like to highlight for you this evening.
[4:45] Uh first of all, this week on Friday
[4:48] evening, we have our uh Park in the Park
[4:50] movie night. This is at Hawkidge Park at
[4:53] the amphitheater uh from 6:00 to 9:00.
[4:56] So, we will be uh all our K9 friends and families here in town. Uh come on
[5:02] out to Hawkidge Park at six o'clock.
[5:05] And secondly, I want to uh highlight the
[5:09] fact that uh this particular April,
[5:11] we've done a uh veterans brick drive
[5:13] online uh in promotion of our bricks and
[5:17] uh our bricks and block party coming up
[5:19] for the 250th uh anniversary of America.
[5:22] I wanna as we come to the end of the
[5:25] month um we've gotten as of today we've
[5:29] got right around 140 veteran bricks
[5:32] submitted for that and with uh combined
[5:36] with our veterans day p last November we
[5:39] will be installing around 170 veteran
[5:42] bricks to honor our veterans. So we're
[5:43] pretty excited about that. That's I
[5:45] think that's fantastic. really excited
[5:48] for uh just to be able to honor those heroes of ours. Tomorrow night is
[5:54] the park board, our April park board
[5:56] meeting. We have a large agenda. Uh a
[5:59] lot of things that we're looking at
[6:00] approving a couple contracts that will
[6:03] be approved tomorrow night and then uh
[6:05] the council will see them in May. We'll
[6:08] be doing a work session immediately
[6:10] following just our our first initial
[6:12] look at uh this year's budget process.
[6:14] And then immediately following that work
[6:16] session, we'll have a treeboard uh work
[6:18] session and uh we'll do our arbor day uh
[6:22] kind of a ceremony there with the tree
[6:24] board and take some photos. We planted
[6:25] three trees at Center View this year for
[6:27] our our uh um Arbor Day trees. So, we'll
[6:31] do that tomorrow night. And then
[6:33] finally, I normally don't add
[6:35] attachments
[6:37] to my staff report, but I did want to uh
[6:40] highlight my athletic department and my
[6:43] uh recreation coord uh superintendent
[6:46] Todd Brennan's here, and this is just a reflection of his leadership and his
[6:50] staff. But the sheets that I've attached
[6:53] are a comparison of what we do
[6:55] year-toear. The first uh the first form
[6:58] is a a year-to-year comparison of
[7:01] ourselves all the way back to uh 2020
[7:04] and just showing you where our numbers
[7:06] are and how we continue to increase and our programs continue to grow. And
[7:11] then the other three sheets are
[7:14] comparisons of our communities, our
[7:16] sister communities that we share games
[7:18] with and and where our numbers are in
[7:21] comparison to other numbers. So, when we
[7:24] have uh some grumbling about parking and
[7:29] space and all of those things, those are
[7:31] problems that we want because that means
[7:32] we're doing a fantastic job on our side
[7:35] of of the of the ball, so to speak. So,
[7:39] um I wanted to share those with you just
[7:41] to give you an idea of flag football. We
[7:44] have 32 teams and Harris, uh Belton has
[7:48] 18. They're the second highest number.
[7:50] So, we're almost doubled on on just flag
[7:53] football teams. Uh the same with
[7:55] volleyball, we have 21 teams and
[7:58] Harrisonville has 13.
[8:00] Soccer, we have 36 teams, and Belton has
[8:04] 22 teams. So, our numbers are are really
[8:07] high. And space is a premium, practices
[8:10] are a premium, and uh we just uh we hope
[8:14] that our families and our participants,
[8:17] we feel like they're enjoying our
[8:18] programs based on the numbers. So, I
[8:21] just wanted to give some uh credit to
[8:22] the athletic department. Nick and Todd
[8:25] do a great job and obviously our
[8:26] maintenance guys for providing fantastic
[8:29] fields and facilities. So, that
[8:31] concludes staff report.
[8:32] >> Thank you, Miss M. Anybody have any
[8:34] questions? Miss Mine, I will say my
[8:36] daughter did want me to point out that
[8:39] on the parking situation,
[8:41] just the turnbos alone will take up five
[8:45] parking spots to see one grandchild
[8:47] play. So, I mean, I can see how the
[8:49] spots fill up, trust.
[8:50] >> So, I can blame the mayor.
[8:52] >> Well, yeah, if you want to, I guess. So,
[8:54] >> perfect. Thank you.
[8:57] >> All right. Thank you, sir, and Mr.
[8:59] Fearborn.
[9:01] >> Thank you, Mr. Mustin. I would ask Miss
[9:02] Harmer to make a report for the
[9:04] communications department.
[9:06] >> Thank you, Mr. Fearborn. And good
[9:07] evening, mayor and members of the
[9:08] council. I submitted a written report in
[9:12] the agenda packet, but I wanted to touch
[9:14] on the flash vote survey. our new
[9:16] resident community resident survey
[9:18] program that we just put into place. Um,
[9:21] and we just put out our first survey a
[9:24] little while ago. So, as of April 14th,
[9:26] there were 344 participants that had
[9:29] joined our panel. The survey went out to
[9:31] those participants on April 14th via
[9:33] their preferred method of delivery. They
[9:35] could choose text, email, or phone call.
[9:37] They had 48 hours to take the survey and
[9:40] 212 people ended up taking the survey in
[9:43] that time frame. The topic for the first
[9:45] survey was a broad topic on priorities
[9:47] with five questions. So a summary of the
[9:50] key findings. Community direction.
[9:53] Residents are cautiously optimistic
[9:55] about the city's trajectory. 44% feel
[9:57] the city is headed in the right
[9:58] direction. 27% say wrong direction. 30%
[10:02] unsure. Community strengths. When asked
[10:05] to identify the city's greatest
[10:06] strengths, residents selected parks and
[10:09] recreation programs and facilities most
[10:10] frequently at 66%, followed closely by
[10:14] physical safety and security at 63% and
[10:16] overall community appearance at 47%.
[10:20] And then we move to priority areas. When
[10:22] asked which aspects of life matter most,
[10:24] residents prioritized physical safety
[10:27] and security at 84%.
[10:30] followed by condition of streets and
[10:31] sidewalks at 64%, ease of getting around
[10:34] town at 56% and parks and recreation
[10:36] programs and facilities at 35%. And then
[10:39] this is where um the survey shows a the
[10:42] results show a comparison of importance
[10:44] versus satisfaction with those two
[10:47] questions. So for instance, physical
[10:49] safety and security were high importance
[10:51] and pretty high satisfaction.
[10:54] condition of streets and sidewalks was
[10:55] ranked as high importance but didn't
[10:57] have such a high rating on satisfaction.
[10:59] Um, and as you know, we continue to
[11:01] invest a lot into our street maintenance
[11:02] programs and explore new ways to stretch
[11:04] our available funds. Um, such as the new
[11:08] hot and place recycling program that was
[11:10] just uh talked about um at a recent city
[11:13] council meeting and the crack sealing
[11:15] program this summer.
[11:17] And then parks and recreation programs
[11:18] and facilities ranked lower on
[11:20] importance but high in satisfaction
[11:22] which suggests that our investment in
[11:24] those things is well regarded by our
[11:26] residents.
[11:29] And then future challenges looking ahead
[11:31] 10 years residents identified traffic
[11:33] congestion 91% maintenance of roadways
[11:36] 63% and housing affordability 55% as a
[11:39] top anticipated challenges facing
[11:41] Greymore. And then every survey ends
[11:43] with an open-ended question. This one
[11:45] asked for comments or suggestions about
[11:46] community priorities or needs in
[11:48] Raymore. So you can view the full
[11:50] results of these surveys of this survey
[11:52] at www.ramore.com/servey
[11:55] and residents can sign up at that link
[11:56] as well to take future to be part of the
[11:59] panel to take future surveys. So that
[12:02] concludes my report questions.
[12:04] >> Anybody have any questions of Melissa?
[12:07] >> Okay. Thank you Mr. Fearborn.
[12:10] >> Thank you Miss Harmer. I would ask the
[12:11] city clerk to make a report.
[12:14] Thank you, sir. Good evening, Mayor and
[12:15] Council. The city regularly adopts an
[12:17] ordinance establishing procedures to
[12:19] disclose potential conflicts of
[12:21] interest. This ordinance calls for the
[12:23] chief administrative officer, which is
[12:25] Jim Furborn, and the chief purchasing
[12:27] officer, which is Kim Quatti, to file
[12:29] financial disclosure statements annually
[12:31] before May 1st. Both statements have
[12:34] successfully been filed with the
[12:35] Missouri Ethics Commission and are on
[12:37] file and available for inspection in the
[12:39] city clerk's office. That concludes my
[12:41] staff report. I can answer any
[12:43] questions.
[12:43] >> Thanks, Miss Hill. Anybody have any
[12:45] questions of Miss Hill?
[12:47] >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Fearborn.
[12:49] >> Thank you, Miss Hill. I would I would
[12:51] ask Mr. Murdoch to make a report on the
[12:53] justice center.
[12:54] >> Good evening, mayor and members of the
[12:56] council. Um, going forward at each
[12:58] legislative meeting or routinely we are
[13:00] going to provide you updates with how
[13:02] the concept design is going with PGAV
[13:05] architects. Um we hope that that will
[13:08] give an opportunity to share any
[13:10] feedback that we get because we will
[13:11] obviously be having um routine meetings
[13:13] with that particular firm. We're going
[13:16] to do this a couple of different ways.
[13:17] Not only will you get updates through
[13:19] this through these particular meetings,
[13:21] um we do now have a live link on the
[13:23] website as well under the residents tab.
[13:26] Um you'll see a thing that says justice
[13:27] center there that residents are free to
[13:30] click on and we will update through a
[13:33] timeline format of every meeting that we
[13:36] have with the firm including the topics
[13:38] that are discussed and then kind of what
[13:40] the next steps are going to be in that
[13:42] particular process to make sure that
[13:44] residents are also informed about this.
[13:46] Um we will also do a a little bit of
[13:48] periodic social media engagements as
[13:50] well um to make sure that we are keeping
[13:53] everybody as up to date as possible. The
[13:55] highlights so far on April 13th, the
[13:57] city council did approve the concept
[13:59] design contract. Um, and then over the two weeks leading up to yesterday,
[14:04] um, excuse me, to today, um, we provided
[14:07] PGAV with a ton of information about
[14:10] this particular facility, primarily
[14:12] obviously about downstairs and the
[14:13] facilities that the police department
[14:15] uses. Um, and then they also had access
[14:18] to previous staffing studies and the
[14:21] space design, uh, the space analysis
[14:23] that we did a couple of years ago. Last
[14:26] Friday, Chief Wilson and I participated
[14:29] in the kickoff meeting with PGAV
[14:31] Architects and their team um, via a
[14:34] Google Meets call um, where we outlined
[14:36] the steps and calendar that we are going
[14:38] to be going through um, with them over
[14:41] the next couple of months to produce
[14:42] those renderings that everyone will get
[14:44] to see.
[14:45] The cool part about this is is tomorrow
[14:48] and Wednesday um PGAV's entire team is
[14:51] going to be here in our building um and
[14:53] we are going to be meeting with them in
[14:55] essentially a workshop format um where
[14:57] they are going to tour our facilities
[14:59] downstairs. They'll tour the site out
[15:01] off of 58 highway. Um we're going to go
[15:04] through the staffing needs including
[15:06] looking at growth in the city, growth in
[15:09] the police department. um and starting
[15:11] to make some of those particular
[15:13] decisions so that they can um begin that
[15:15] process of evaluating how they would put
[15:18] together that particular facility um
[15:20] over on 58 highway. When those meetings
[15:22] are done, including meeting with
[15:24] multiple parts of the police department,
[15:26] including communications, we'll meet
[15:28] with emergency management. Um we'll meet
[15:30] with court. Um once all of that is done,
[15:33] we will post the update to the website
[15:35] for everybody to see what was
[15:36] accomplished during those two days. Um
[15:38] and then as the first little sketches
[15:40] and drawings and stuff like that start
[15:42] to come out, we will post those
[15:43] immediately. Um even if we haven't had a
[15:45] chance to update the council yet um on
[15:47] that particular thing, we we'll continue
[15:49] to post as we have meetings um with
[15:51] PGAV. We do anticipate after the
[15:53] workshop that we'll have um weekly calls
[15:55] with them and then bi-weekly meetings as
[15:57] well as we as we go through this
[15:59] particular process. So we're excited to
[16:01] get it started here over the next couple
[16:02] of days. Um that concludes staff report
[16:04] and I'm happy to answer any questions
[16:06] about that.
[16:07] >> Thank you, Mr. Murdoch. Anybody have any
[16:08] questions?
[16:10] Okay, hearing none. Mr. Verhorn.
[16:13] >> Thank you, Mr. Murdoch. Uh, next week's
[16:15] work session, uh, staff has had a
[16:18] request to review one element of the
[16:20] sign code. So, that will be on the
[16:22] agenda. Um, and then the mayor is going
[16:27] to be making some statements because we
[16:29] are actually
[16:30] getting pretty close to the process for
[16:34] uh establishing the charter review
[16:36] commission which will be meeting in 2006
[16:39] 2007 to make our 10-year deadline. So,
[16:42] the the mayor is going to have some
[16:44] comments as we begin that process. And
[16:46] then following the meeting, we will be
[16:49] having our annual Raymore Foundation
[16:52] meeting and the board for the F
[16:54] foundation for the new members uh is the
[16:58] group who is actually sitting up here.
[17:00] So at the beginning of the foundation
[17:02] meeting, we will actually be choosing
[17:03] officers for the next year. That
[17:05] concludes staff reports tonight, sir.
[17:07] >> Okay. Thank you. Does anybody have any
[17:08] questions of Mr. Fearborn at this time?
[17:12] Okay. Seeing none, we'll move on to the
[17:14] next phase of our agenda, which is the
[17:16] consent agenda. Under the consent agenda
[17:18] that we have three items uh there this
[17:20] evening, two of which are meeting
[17:22] minutes for the April 13th uh special
[17:25] meeting and regular meeting as well as
[17:28] our um um Blue Shield community uh
[17:32] designation resolution. So, I would
[17:35] entertain a motion to um dispose of the
[17:39] consent agenda or portions thereof. Mr.
[17:42] Mayor,
[17:43] >> Mr. Holman,
[17:44] >> sir, I move that we approve the consent
[17:45] agenda as presented to include item A,
[17:49] the city council regular meeting minutes
[17:50] from the meeting of April 13, 2026,
[17:54] the item B, the city council special
[17:56] meeting minutes from the meeting on
[17:58] April 13, 2026, and item C,
[18:02] establishment of Raymore as a blue
[18:03] shield community under the safer
[18:05] Missouri initiative launched by Governor
[18:08] Kho. It's referenced under resolution
[18:10] 2623.
[18:12] Thank you, sir. Is there a second?
[18:13] >> I'll second the motion.
[18:14] >> Thank you, Mr. Barber. Motion's been
[18:16] made and seconded to approve the consent
[18:18] agenda as provided. Any further
[18:20] discussion?
[18:23] Hearing none, all those in favor of the
[18:24] motion? Motion carries unanimously. 8-0.
[18:27] Thank you.
[18:30] We'll now move on to unfinished
[18:32] business. Could I please have the second
[18:33] reading of bill 4030 by title only?
[18:37] >> The second reading of bill 4030 by title
[18:39] only. An ordinance of the city of
[18:40] Raymore, Missouri, authorizing the city
[18:42] manager to enter into an agreement with
[18:44] JM Feahhee Construction Company for the
[18:46] Dean Avenue, Missouri 58 access
[18:49] modifications, city project number
[18:51] 26-437-201
[18:54] in the amount of 1,18,440
[18:57] and authorizing the city manager to
[18:59] approve change orders within established
[19:01] budget constraints.
[19:02] >> If there are no further questions, I'd
[19:04] entertain a motion to dispose of this
[19:05] item.
[19:06] >> Your honor, Mr. Homeman.
[19:08] >> Sir, I move that we approve bill 4030,
[19:10] which is award of contract to JM Fehee
[19:12] Construction Company for the work to be
[19:15] done at Dean Avenue and Missouri 58
[19:17] access modifications.
[19:19] >> Thank you, sir. Is there a second?
[19:20] >> I'll second the motion.
[19:21] >> Thank you, Mr. Barber. Motion's been
[19:23] made and seconded to approve the second
[19:25] reading of bill 4030.
[19:27] Any further discussion?
[19:30] Hearing none. All those in favor of the
[19:32] motion? Motion carries unanimously. 80.
[19:35] Thank you.
[19:37] Could I please have the second reading
[19:38] bill 4031 by title only?
[19:41] >> The second reading of bill 4031 by title
[19:43] only. An ordinance of the city of
[19:44] Raymore, Missouri, authorizing the city
[19:46] manager to enter into an agreement with
[19:48] Pavement Management LLC for the crack
[19:50] seal project city project number
[19:52] 26-483-202R
[19:56] in the amount of $114,800
[19:59] and authorizing the city manager to
[20:00] approve change orders within established
[20:02] budget constraints.
[20:04] >> Thank you, ma'am. There's no further
[20:06] questions. I'd entertain a motion to
[20:07] dispose of this item.
[20:09] >> Your honor,
[20:09] >> Mr. Olvin. Sir, I
[20:10] >> move that we approve bill 4031,
[20:13] award of contract to Pavement Management
[20:15] LLC for the crack seal project.
[20:17] >> Thank you, sir. Is there a second?
[20:19] >> I'll second the motion.
[20:20] >> Thank you, Mr. Barber. Motion's been
[20:21] made and seconded to approve the second
[20:24] reading of Bill 4031. Any further
[20:26] discussion?
[20:29] Hearing none. All those in favor of the
[20:30] motion? Motion carries unanimously. 8 Z.
[20:33] Thank you. Could
[20:36] I please have the second reading of bill
[20:37] 4032 by title only?
[20:40] >> The second reading of bill 4032 by title
[20:42] only. An ordinance of the city of
[20:43] Raymore, Missouri, approving the
[20:45] Eastbrook at Creekmore Fifth Final Plat,
[20:47] a subdivision of land located in the
[20:49] southeast quarter and southwest quarter
[20:51] of section 4, township 46 north, range
[20:54] 32 west in Raymore Cass County,
[20:55] Missouri.
[20:57] >> Thank you, ma'am. If there are no
[20:59] further questions on this item, I'd
[21:00] entertain a motion to dispose of it.
[21:03] >> Your honor,
[21:04] >> Mr. Holman.
[21:05] >> Sir, I move that we approve bill 4032
[21:08] Eastbrook at Creekmore Fifth Final Plat.
[21:10] >> Thank you, sir. Is there a second?
[21:12] >> I'll second the motion.
[21:13] >> Thank you, Mr. Barber. Motion's been
[21:14] made and seconded to approve the second
[21:17] reading of bill 4032. Any further
[21:19] discussion?
[21:22] Hearing none. All those in favor of the
[21:23] motion? Motion carries unanimously. 8-0.
[21:26] Thank you.
[21:29] We'll now move on to new business. As
[21:31] you know, this is the time of year where
[21:33] we select a mayor prom. I'll
[21:36] uh like to read this statement to you.
[21:38] In section 3.4 of the city charter, the
[21:41] mayor promides
[21:43] the council shall elect annually from
[21:46] among its members a mayor prom. The
[21:49] mayor prom shall assume the powers and
[21:51] duties of the mayor during the absence
[21:53] or disability of the mayor or if a
[21:55] vacancy occurs. While assuming the
[21:58] powers and duties of the mayor during
[21:59] the physical absence in person or
[22:01] disability of the mayor until and if the
[22:04] seat is declared vacant, the mayor prom
[22:06] shall retain his or her vote as a
[22:08] council member but shall not possess the
[22:10] additional mayoral voting power provided
[22:14] by section 4.4
[22:16] subsection A and shall not possess the
[22:19] mayoral veto power provided by section
[22:22] 4.4 subsection 2. While assuming the
[22:26] powers and duties of the mayor following
[22:28] a vacancy, the mayor prom shall possess
[22:31] the mayor's the mayoral veto power
[22:35] provided by section 4.4
[22:38] subsection C and the mayoral voting
[22:40] power provided by subsection 4 by
[22:43] section 4.4 subsection A butel not
[22:47] retain his or her vote as a council
[22:49] member. And with that in mind, are there
[22:52] uh I would open it up for discussion and
[22:55] or uh nominations for the position.
[22:59] >> Mr. Mayor.
[23:00] >> Yes, Mr. Row.
[23:01] >> I'd like to nominate Councilman Don
[23:03] Baker from Ward One.
[23:05] >> Thank you, sir. Councilman Don Baker has
[23:08] been nominated. Are there any other
[23:09] nominations? Mr. Burke.
[23:12] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'd like to
[23:13] nominate Thomas Ciro for mayor prom.
[23:16] >> Thank you, sir. Council member Tom Ciro
[23:19] has also been nominated for mayor prom.
[23:21] Are there any other nominations?
[23:26] » Do each nominees accept those
[23:27] nominations?
[23:28] >> Um, yeah. I'll
[23:31] do you accept that nomination,
[23:33] gentlemen?
[23:34] >> Yes, I do.
[23:36] >> Okay. Thank you. All right. With that in
[23:38] mind, the first nomination, uh, are
[23:40] there any other nominations? I'll ask
[23:41] one more time.
[23:44] There no further nominations. will vote
[23:46] one one each. Uh so the first one was uh
[23:49] Councilman Baker. All those in favor of
[23:52] Councilman Baker.
[23:55] I have three votes. All those in favor
[23:57] of Tom Ciro.
[23:59] I have five votes. Five votes prevail
[24:02] for Councilman Tom Ciro Ward two to be
[24:05] the next Mayor Pro Tim for the following
[24:07] year. Congratulations Mr. Ciro.
[24:11] And now we'll move on to governing body
[24:13] members on planning and zoning
[24:14] commission. Um for the 10 years that
[24:18] I've served here, I I provided uh the
[24:21] representation from the council on the
[24:24] planning and zoning. I would agree to do
[24:27] that again, but as you know, there's an
[24:29] opportunity for a council member to also
[24:31] serve on that uh which has to be
[24:34] nominated and voted on uh for purposes
[24:36] of service on the planning and zoning.
[24:39] As I said, I I plan to continue to serve
[24:43] on the planning and zoning commission.
[24:45] Are there any nominations or is there
[24:47] any discussion about anyone else from
[24:49] the body to serve on the planning and
[24:51] zoning commission? Mr. Burke,
[24:53] >> I would like to nominate that you stay
[24:55] our representative. It's worked out very
[24:57] well for the last decade and it's it's
[25:01] good how you're able to come back and
[25:02] give us updates. Okay.
[25:04] >> Thank you, sir. Any further discussion?
[25:10] Okay. Well, that matter is resolved.
[25:12] I'll continue to serve to represent the
[25:14] council and the government as on the
[25:15] planning and zoning commission. Uh that
[25:18] um is the official business for this
[25:21] evening. Um we now move on to public
[25:23] comments. If anyone from the public
[25:25] would care to address the council at
[25:26] this time, please step forward, state
[25:28] your name and address for the record,
[25:30] and try to keep your comments to five
[25:32] minutes or less.
[25:38] Seeing no one come forward, I'll go
[25:40] ahead and u close the public comment
[25:43] section and open the mayor council
[25:45] communication. And um Mr. Ingerard, I'll
[25:48] start with you this evening, sir.
[25:52] >> Thank you very much. I have nothing
[25:54] today. I'm about to lose my
[25:56] >> Okay. All right. Thank you, sir. Mr.
[25:58] Holman, I'll yield my time, sir. Thank
[26:00] you. Thank you, Mr. Burke.
[26:01] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to say
[26:03] it's good that we're all here. We're not
[26:04] we haven't floated away. We haven't
[26:05] blown away. And most of the things in
[26:08] our yard are still there. And uh no one
[26:10] that I know of was was injured. So
[26:12] that's that's the most important part.
[26:15] >> Thank you, sir. Mr. McDonald,
[26:18] >> just one thing for me tonight. Just a uh
[26:20] special happy birthday to my wife whose
[26:22] birthday is today and uh has allowed me
[26:26] to uh leave her for the evening to serve
[26:28] the community. So appreciate her and her
[26:30] support and happy birthday.
[26:32] >> Happy birthday to her as well. Thank
[26:33] you, sir. Mr. Baker,
[26:36] >> thank you. U excellent job, Mr. Mine,
[26:38] with all the the the goings on the park
[26:41] department and and and all that uh parks
[26:43] and wreck. Um obviously acknowledging
[26:45] the parking problem, that is a good
[26:46] thing and and and something that that
[26:48] means that we do have a lot of interest
[26:49] in that. I will say the honor brick um
[26:52] the online form is good until April
[26:54] 30th. So, we have a few days I take to
[26:56] add if if we have anyone out there who's
[26:58] a veteran. So, uh please take part in
[27:00] that. And I think that block party will
[27:02] be awesome on June 25th so we can unveil
[27:04] all that and see the veterans we have in
[27:06] our community. Thank you.
[27:07] >> Thank you, sir. Mr. Ciro,
[27:12] » there we go. Turned on now. Uh I'd like
[27:15] to say again to Mine. Yeah, the veterans
[27:17] bricks are is fantastic. And we got a
[27:21] few more days. I'm going to try to get a
[27:22] few more bricks in of some family
[27:24] members who served well. Thank you for
[27:27] that for all you doing. parks, the
[27:29] trees, you guys are doing a great job.
[27:32] Keep that going. I appreciate that. Uh
[27:34] emergency response, we did fantastic. I
[27:37] mean, we had a couple of different
[27:38] events over the last what, 8, 10 days.
[27:40] Emergency response going off. The PD was
[27:42] out there. Everybody was working for the
[27:45] city to keep us as safe as they could,
[27:47] getting information out. So, and our
[27:49] text coming across our phones. It was
[27:51] fantastic. Thank you for all that.
[27:53] Otherwise, uh again, thank you for
[27:55] electing me a mayor pro Tim for this
[27:57] next year. I appreciate that from all
[27:58] who voted. Thank you very much.
[28:00] >> Thank you, sir. Mr. Barber.
[28:02] >> Thank you, your honor. Um, I'd just like
[28:05] to make a couple of comments. Um, number
[28:07] one, um, I I've been born and raised
[28:10] here my whole life, and this historic
[28:12] weather event we just had is the first
[28:15] time that I can remember ever a tornado
[28:18] touching down in this area. The closest
[28:20] it's ever gotten, I think one got on
[28:22] Richard's Gabbar and went down the uh,
[28:24] flight line, but that's Kansas City,
[28:25] Missouri. Belt and Raymore, we've been
[28:28] pretty blessed about not having that
[28:30] kind of weather. And fortunately, it was
[28:31] just a small one. If you're going to
[28:33] pick one, I guess that's the one to
[28:34] have. And uh damage was minimal. And um
[28:38] so I'm just happy that we all made it
[28:40] through that. And we hope it's behind
[28:42] us. Um
[28:44] I'd like to also make a comment about uh
[28:46] the parks department, Mr. Mine. One of
[28:49] the things too to remember, we all need
[28:50] to remember is all those teams have
[28:52] volunteer coaches and most of those
[28:55] teams have more than one coach and I
[28:57] think that speaks highly too of your
[28:59] program that people are willing to take
[29:01] their time and volunteer uh and become a
[29:04] part of your uh parks and rec program.
[29:06] So I think that speaks highly of your
[29:08] staff and um and our amenities and
[29:11] everything else and we can work on the
[29:14] parking. We can get that fixed at some
[29:15] point. So thank you. Oh,
[29:17] congratulations, Tom. Thank you.
[29:20] >> And Mr. Row,
[29:22] >> congratulations, Tom. I'm gonna echo
[29:24] your comments on parks and wreck. My
[29:25] family, all of my kids, uh, went up
[29:28] through those programs. Awesome. Some of
[29:30] them are college athletes today, and I I
[29:32] owe a good part of that to where they
[29:34] started here in Raymore. Uh, the other
[29:36] part I wanted to call out is our
[29:38] emergency and first responders,
[29:39] emergency management group that sent out
[29:41] all the alerts. And I know we all got to
[29:44] the point even this morning where we
[29:46] were like, "This is it over yet?" Uh, so
[29:49] again, you guys did a great job and I I
[29:51] appreciate it. I was also happy to see a
[29:53] lot of pictures of some of our first
[29:55] responders helping out over in Beldum,
[29:57] too. I thought that was pretty great.
[29:59] So, thank you.
[30:00] >> Thank you, sir. Um, and I can only echo
[30:03] what was said up here tonight and and
[30:05] offer my congratulations to Mr. Ciro on
[30:08] his selection as the mayor pro Tim. Tom,
[30:10] congrats on that. And um I will uh hold
[30:15] my comments to that and ask for a motion
[30:18] to go into executive session.
[30:20] >> Your honor,
[30:21] >> Mr. Holman.
[30:22] >> I motion that the Raymore City Council
[30:24] move into executive session to discuss
[30:26] litigation matters as authorized by the
[30:29] revised statute state of Missouri
[30:31] 610.021 subsection 1.
[30:33] >> Thank you, sir. Is there a second?
[30:34] >> I'll second the motion.
[30:36] >> Thank you, Mr. Barber. Motion's been
[30:37] made and seconded to move into executive
[30:39] session. Any further discussion? Hearing
[30:42] none. All those in favor? Oh, sorry. Got
[30:44] to do a roll call on executive session.
[30:46] I apologize. Roll call vote, please.
[30:49] >> Council member Baker,
[30:50] >> yes.
[30:50] >> Council member Barber,
[30:51] >> yes.
[30:52] >> Council member Burke,
[30:53] >> yes.
[30:53] >> Council member Ciro,
[30:54] >> yes.
[30:55] >> Council member Ingert,
[30:56] >> yes.
[30:56] >> Council member Hullman,
[30:57] >> yes.
[30:58] >> Council member McDonald,
[30:59] >> yes.
[30:59] >> Council member Row,
[31:00] >> yes. Motion carries unanimously and upon
[31:03] the completion of the executive session,
[31:05] we will come back to regular session for
[31:07] adjournment. Thank you.