[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.

City Council Meeting 4/27/2026

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