[0:09] Good evening everyone.
>> 1597th
[0:14] regular meeting of the board of alderman
of the city of St. Missouri being held
[0:18] at city hall tonight on Monday January
5th 2026 to 7 p.m. Alderman Sparks can
[0:24] you lead the board pledge of allegiance
please?
[0:31] To the flag of the United States of
America to the stands, one nation under
[0:38] God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:51] » Reminder,
use your microphones for the residents.
[0:55] I want to inform the audience of the
agendas of public speaker cards
[0:58] available in the back room. If a
resident would like to address the board
[1:02] during the public comment section of the
agenda, please fill out a speaker card
[1:06] and have it ready. I want to remind
everyone that this is a meeting of the
[1:09] board and that public comments will be
entertained during specific times set
[1:14] aside on the agenda.
[1:18] Um, speaking of which,
we are now entertaining public comments
[1:23] for agenda items only. Does anyone have
public comment for any of the agenda
[1:29] items?
[1:37] Introduction of bills.
[1:41] First reading of bill number 3527, an
ordinance authorizing the administrator
[1:47] to negotiate or renew an agreement with
the US Marshall Service for Prisoner
[1:54] Housing.
Second [snorts] reading of bill 3527, an
[1:59] ordinance authorizing the city
administrator to negotiate renew an
[2:03] agreement with the US Marshall Service
for Prisoner Housing. Matt.
[2:09] » Yep. So, this is our contract we have
with the Marshalss to hold federal
[2:13] prisoners. So, we're going to try
negotiated to get them to pay a little
[2:18] bit more peris.
[2:28] [clears throat]
[2:34] Does the board have any questions?
[2:40] » All right, we need a first and second
motion, please.
[2:42] » So move second. Rollinger.
>> Hi
[2:48] » Marino.
>> Hi
[2:49] » Russell.
>> Hi
[2:50] » Sparks.
>> Yes.
[2:51] » Murphy.
>> Yes.
[2:53] » Jim.
>> Yes.
[2:54] » Crony.
>> Yes.
[2:55] » Sh.
>> Yes.
[2:57] » Thank you. Bill number 3527 becomes
ordinance number 3431.
[3:05] First reading of bill number 3528. An
ordinance authorizing the city
[3:10] administrator to purchase three police
vehicles.
[3:14] Second reading of bill number 3528, an
ordinance authorizing the city
[3:19] administrator to purchase three police
vehicles.
[3:23] » So these are the these are three
vehicles. Two were in the budget for
[3:27] this year. Uh the third one is actually
the vehicle that was
[3:32] so
[3:41] trade in.
[3:50] somebody that hit them had insurance.
>> Well, it's the vehicle's replacing that
[3:57] one, but it's not that we haven't got
the insurance yet.
[4:01] » Okay. [clears throat]
>> Yes.
[4:07] » Question.
Does anybody else have any questions?
[4:14] First and second motion, please.
>> So moved.
[4:17] » Second.
[4:20] » Hi.
>> Maria.
[4:21] » Hi.
>> Russell.
[4:23] » Hi.
>> Sparks.
[4:24] » Yes.
>> Murphy.
[4:25] » Yes.
>> Jim.
[4:26] » Yes.
>> Crony.
[4:27] » Yes.
>> Sh.
[4:28] » Yes.
>> Thank you. Bill number 3528 becomes
[4:32] ordinance number 3432.
>> Thank you.
[4:38] First reading bill number 3529, an
ordinance authorizing the city
[4:42] administrator to adjust certain user
fees.
[4:47] Does the board want to do anything with
that?
[4:51] » No adjustments.
Amendments
[5:00] » you want to adjust on.
>> Yeah.
[5:03] » Something you had in mind or something.
No, but you guys discussed
[5:09] having something that having
>> I think I think Tim did a good job.
[5:14] » I think Tim did a good job of
researching other cities and comparing
[5:18] and so I'm I'm comfortable with that
price.
[5:22] » I know last guy last time you guys
discussed having a larger variance for
[5:26] residents and residents. So just wanted
to make sure it got mentioned. And then
[5:31] the other thing we need to do need to
make a slight change on the ordinance
[5:37] in the ordinance
[5:42] authoriz.
[5:59] » Okay.
Second reading.
[6:05] Second reading. Bill number 3529, an
ordinance authorizing the city
[6:09] administrator to adjust certain user
fees.
[6:16] » So, so these are these are just user
fees uh that um
[6:23] we charge for uh using the park system.
That's the second largest second largest
[6:29] uh source of revenue to fund the park
system is user fees beyond the sales
[6:33] tax. Uh also there's fees we charge for
street opening
[6:42] permits for utilities open up our
streets. And then the other one is the
[6:49] setting [clears throat] the
[6:57] rental
[7:10] that
>> it's the it's the fee that we're
[7:14] charging for the inspection. for the
properties.
[7:19] » Remember last year we authorized
creating a program to do the annual
[7:24] inspection of all properties. So this
actually sets the fee to
[7:31] go out and the property.
[7:36] » No, actually the we'll be doing the
exterior inspection. So the ordinance
[7:42] that you guys passed
states that we will inspect the rental
[7:48] properties every year exterior,
>> right?
[7:52] » Regardless of whether or not there's a
change in the occupancy,
[7:56] » okay?
>> So, so this sets the fee that the
[7:59] property owners will have to pay for us
to come out and inspect the property.
[8:04] » Okay.
>> Why would we change and raise it?
[8:08] There's been no change in the
>> Well, we we haven't had this fee. This
[8:13] is a new fee.
>> We didn't we didn't fee because we
[8:16] didn't have a program for for inspecting
all properties on basis. So this this
[8:25] allows us to start that inspection
program this year.
[8:29] » So when they do have a change in the
>> No, no, no. This is this isn't this
[8:32] isn't that's still the when there's a
change, there will still be an
[8:36] inspection when there's a change.
>> Right.
[8:39] » This this covers the ordinance that we
have. We passed a separate ordinance
[8:43] last year.
that um we will inspect all you you
[8:50] could have been out sick when we did
this. I think you were
[8:55] » I think you were I think you were under
the weather. So we passed we passed the
[8:58] ordinance that inspects every well
property exterior only
[9:05] » once a year. So you go so every so hire
another inspector and then that
[9:12] inspector will go out and check every
rental property once a year
[9:16] » and he'll be an employee of the city.
>> Correct.
[9:20] » Just but it's just exterior. It's not
interior.
[9:23] » The county doing it. Yeah.
>> Well, the county will still do the
[9:27] occupancy occupancy. We're not changing
this. This is just an additional,
[9:33] » you know, because have
rental property that somebody had been
[9:39] there for five years and this program
authorizes us to go in and check the
[9:48] outside and then the cost associated
with that inspection.
[9:55] » Okay, thanks.
>> Any other questions?
[10:03] [clears throat]
[10:06] Aser.
>> Hi
[10:07] » Marino.
>> Hi
[10:09] » Russell.
>> Hi
[10:10] » Sparks.
>> Yes
[10:11] » Murphy.
>> Yes
[10:12] » Jim.
>> Yes
[10:13] » yes.
>> Yes.
[10:16] » Thank you. Bill number 359 ordinance
number 3433.
[10:22] » I need a first and a second on approval
of monthly reports and warrant list.
[10:28] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[10:30] » Any opposed?
>> Thank you.
[10:34] Okay, ladies and gentlemen, at this
time, public comments for non-aggenda
[10:38] items are
to be heard.
[10:58] » Hi. Um Oh, that's kind of loud. Barry
Lighten. I'm a 20 year resident. I just
[11:04] wanted to speak about the uh waste
connection contract coming up for
[11:07] renewal. I understand that's coming up
to be business in front of the board and
[11:13] uh don't know where we're at in the
process of renegotiating it, but myself,
[11:18] I'm a senior and I heard a uh rumor that
perhaps the senior discount was going to
[11:24] go away with them. I'm not in favor of
that at all. speaking for myself
[11:29] personally and I know there's a lot of
other seniors that live in this area
[11:34] that enjoy that discount and it helps
people, you know, meet their bills and
[11:39] and uh do what they're doing when you're
on a senior and you're on a fixed
[11:42] income. You don't want to have to pay
any more than you have to pay. Um so I'd
[11:49] like to see that continue. If if they're
not going to do that to me, that's a
[11:52] deal breaker for us renewing their
contract. I I'm trusting you guys to
[11:57] negotiate the best deal you can with
them, but uh I cannot see that going
[12:03] away. I would not like to see that go
away. Um
[12:08] » it's a deal breaker for me.
>> Okay. Thank you. [laughter]
[12:12] Um I've talked to you several years ago.
I wanted to bring up one other point and
[12:17] you you and I know about this, but I
don't know if the rest of the board
[12:21] knows about it. One thing I would point
out is is that in our contract with them
[12:26] that we currently have, there is no
regulation for late fees for them. They
[12:32] can charge whatever late fee they want
to the residents. I ran a foul of that a
[12:36] few years ago. I got some bad advice. I
had a uh late fee for a bill and I got
[12:42] some bad advice about how to deal with
that and that's my fault. But, uh, when
[12:47] I was trying to negotiate with them, uh,
they pretty much can demand whatever
[12:51] they want out of you as a late fee.
There's no regulation by that at all in
[12:56] our contract. They can charge you
whatever they want. And I ended up
[13:00] paying a late fee that was actually more
than what I owed in my bill. So, I
[13:04] wasn't too happy about that. But, I'm a
big boy. It it what it is what it is.
[13:09] So, but I just want to point out that
that's something that is not regulated
[13:13] in our contract. [clears throat] So,
maybe that's something we can negotiate.
[13:17] If not, we can at least point that out
to them in our negotiations
[13:21] and uh keep the uh senior discount in
there. I really appreciate that. As far
[13:26] as the the drivers coming around picking
up the trash service, I have no problem
[13:30] with them. They do a good job on my
street. So, I just wanted to bring that
[13:34] up and appreciate letting me come up and
speak my piece. Thank you.
[13:40] » Thank you for speaking.
>> Thank you,
[14:00] I don't know about this guys. First time
I talk from city council. Bear with me a
[14:04] little. I'm Ry Leon. I created Real
Tournament Solutions.
[14:09] Real Tournament Solutions is called
Profit Nonprofit Connection. What does
[14:13] it do? We take funding games and turn it
into a nonprofit collection for the
[14:19] community for your charities in your
community.
[14:23] The money that's donated in this
community stays in this community.
[14:27] That's one of the bylaws that I run
into. As we look for things and ways
[14:32] that we can help one another, this helps
us find funding doing something that
[14:37] gets us together. What I'd like to pitch
is like a community fun event sometime
[14:42] in the middle to the end of April. Uh
kick into spring or whatever. Doesn't
[14:47] matter what the business is or what the
game is. I have got through the Parker
[14:53] Jackson Foundation due to us losing his
grandson to cancer. We went ahead and
[14:58] set up the almost famous dart tournament
which is a national event that goes from
[15:02] a zip code to a county to a state to a
region to a national aspect. This goes
[15:08] out nationally. Well, actually it is
nationally now. I start promoting it
[15:12] nationally. The 13th I will have
meetings in uh Dorsy Center down in
[15:19] Vine. is one there may be one coming
there may be negotiations for one to be
[15:24] up here somewhere doesn't matter it's uh
business to business in other words
[15:30] anybody that donates any money goes
directly to the charities in this
[15:34] community if you're a county or bigger
char if you're a county or bigger
[15:38] company you pay a fee for like the
county we can get rid of a lot of fees
[15:43] we charge our people if we do this and
do it through a nonprofit aspect how
[15:48] much money we can raise depends on how
much the people want to spend, how much
[15:52] they have to spend. Unity is something
that this country has lost and I think
[15:56] this will help us get it back, guys.
That's pretty much what all I got to
[16:00] say. We got the hope, the Parker Jackson
Foundation and Hope Camp. It was just a
[16:05] job training program that I put together
that got changed. This was just to help
[16:11] train the trades. Well, I met my wife
and we got married about seven years
[16:16] ago. When we got married, she was in
corporate America and had been for 25,
[16:20] 30 years. So, she knew how to put the
numbers with
[16:25] from corporate America onto the same
thing that I use for the trades to help
[16:31] increase the trades. And I think I can
get all of us to six figures with this
[16:35] program. Trinity program is something I
think we all want. It's something that I
[16:41] think we all need. And no, the equations
are not simple. I wish they were, but
[16:46] they're not.
Um, as far as the tournament aspects,
[16:52] tournament aspect goes somewhere in the
community. St. An's got a zip code 63047
[16:58] » 074
>> 074. Well, it's close. I'm a little
[17:01] dyslexic. Leave me alone for just a
second. Uh, but that's what I propose. I
[17:07] promised Mary that I would bring this
for you and J would get the first shot
[17:11] at it. I've done that, Mary.
So you guys make your decision. I'll
[17:18] leave this with you.
>> Leave it with Tim.
[17:26] » We've met any good or bad. [laughter]
>> Tim is the community center director and
[17:32] he can help you get
>> Well, it's just a community event. It's
[17:36] what the businesses [clears throat] want
to do. It ain't even got nothing to do
[17:39] with me. I put together some unique
formats for darts.
[17:43] is a unique game because they can play a
board game, a board tournament. It just
[17:47] means that you run from the best to the
worst all in one board and you pay them
[17:51] out accordingly. The the the cool thing
about the high score qualifier is it
[17:57] qualifies you for your local tournament,
it qualifies you for the if you win the
[18:01] c if you win the local, the county, the
state, the region, and the nation, you
[18:05] qualify for five tournaments all for
winning one week. So that's how we get
[18:10] to the 256 tournaments that we will have
somewhere in the St. Louis area once a
[18:15] year.
>> Cool.
[18:18] » I mean that's 26 25 probably over 3,000
people to the community every year all
[18:24] with a business ties and the things of
that nature because it from what I just
[18:29] explained to you realize we can work
from one zip code to a national aspect.
[18:33] If you can get those companies in the
middle to combine, we don't have to
[18:37] worry about what we're paying people and
get people that are qualified for what
[18:40] they're doing.
>> So, we're talking about a national event
[18:44] that could attract multiple thousands of
people to the area.
[18:48] » Oh, yes.
That's what it was designed for.
[18:52] » Tim, can you look at present to the
board?
[18:57] » If you guys want to take it on, I'll let
you guys be the center hub. Contact the
[19:01] rest of the
I would appreciate that.
[19:06] » Yeah, I met Rally at a boxing tournament
in the community center a couple years
[19:09] ago.
>> Ours was a year ago, I think. The boxing
[19:13] camp.
>> Yeah, you're right. We only had one
[19:18] Christmas. [laughter]
>> Thanks, brother. Thanks, guys.
[19:24] » Thank you.
[19:36] All right.
[19:39] » Just because it's been a while since
we've had a meeting, does anyone on the
[19:43] board have anything?
[19:53] Um,
>> somebody approached me uh from the
[19:58] United States Handball Association
>> and I guess they have a the National
[20:04] League Championships every year and they
were they got flooded out in
[20:08] Springfield, Missouri
>> and he somehow he heard about our
[20:12] facility. There's a large facility in
the Hazwood too and uh they want to come
[20:18] here in February for the I guess the
collegiate championships along with uh
[20:24] the city of Hazwood. Uh so I wanted to
see uh there there'll be over 200
[20:29] players, several different universities
uh throughout the country and I told him
[20:36] yes. I was going to see if I could get
the board approval. They're going to
[20:39] fill the ports for three days if we
could do a uh $10 rate for them which is
[20:45] in essential the resident rate and uh go
from there. They might even do rent a
[20:51] room and do some catering too. So
>> absolutely.
[20:55] » As soon as I get the official flyer,
I'll send it to you guys.
[20:59] » Do we know the date?
>> Yeah, it's February 18th through the
[21:02] 22nd.
[21:05] » Sound good?
>> If this goes, do you think it'll be
[21:09] annual? I don't know if it it will be
handle or not. Uh I [clears throat] know
[21:14] that they're going to start they're
going to have a home base in St. Louis.
[21:19] That's awesome.
>> So, uh he's originally from Kansas City,
[21:22] which didn't go over well being the
Raider fan,
[21:25] » but started off poorly, but we were able
to mend things. [laughter]
[21:31] » But, uh yeah, I think it could turn into
some future events.
[21:37] » Well, then the the bicycle that we had
last year contacted us today, too.
[21:42] » So, he's setting up another bicycle
event as well.
[21:50] » Cool. Cool.
[22:02] » All righty. So, with Chris, uh, we had
a, you know, obviously a good Christmas.
[22:06] Um Scott Klet here, a longtime St. An
resident, been a a part of uh the
[22:13] community for a long time. He does a
lot. Uh he's one of our police
[22:16] commissioners. Um
uh Christmas time, we we go out hand out
[22:21] hand out presents to the kids, get uh
food for the the families in need, and
[22:26] Scott Cler is a big part of that. Um he
does um the that he does the home run
[22:31] derby, the cops for kids, sets all that
up. him and Billy Billy Mayho with USCL
[22:36] Sports. They they do so much for this
community and we just want to recognize
[22:39] them like we do every Christmas time
because it went so well uh as it does
[22:44] every year. Uh so I just we just want to
say thank you for what you do for the
[22:48] community uh the people in our community
and uh the police department and the
[22:52] cities. Thank you.
[applause]
[23:04] » [laughter]
[23:07] » Yeah, I appreciate this. Um, be honest.
Actually, this year, man, I was uh the
[23:12] last couple years it's been kind of a
struggle to get the stuff together to do
[23:17] it. Seems like more stuff comes in the
way that actually helps, you know,
[23:21] [clears throat] and uh every year it's a
struggle, but when we hand that first
[23:23] present to that first,
>> that [clears throat] makes it all worth
[23:27] it. So, Um there's a huge need in this
community and uh taking care of people
[23:32] is kind of like my calling and I think
God called me to do that. I think
[23:37] success is when you could take care of
yourself, your family, and your
[23:40] community. So now we're focusing on a
community. We have been for years. Um
[23:45] the toys in the streets is a huge we had
I mean the people that were there seen
[23:50] it. We had hundreds and hundreds
[clears throat] of kids come out
[23:52] throughout St. This year
>> this year you added for
[23:56] » and this year we did so we do several
communities. Um I started it in St. Any
[24:01] but after Ferguson I felt it was
necessary to bring it to other
[24:05] communities. Part of this program is so
that people see the police in a
[24:09] different light instead of just them
running calls to their house at the
[24:12] worst time of their lives. They're
getting an opportunity to interact. So
[24:15] what we do is we have the police
interact with the community, hand the
[24:19] toys, bring the kids to the trailers
where we have all the toys, and then we
[24:22] have our girls and the toys, hand them
to the police, and they they get to
[24:26] spend time with the people in the
community, and that's that's the biggest
[24:28] part of it.
>> STL's sports outreach, we need to
[24:32] recognize Billy, we will, and they get
the toys. Scott Patil facilitates this.
[24:38] He's done this for now 12 years. Is this
12 years?
[24:40] » Yeah, 12 or 13.
>> 13. And I can tell you that there are a
[24:44] lot of people in need and we see it out
there when we're going there. And then
[24:49] just even watch now that the fire
department is getting hold of
[24:52] Commissioner Colette and asking and
stuff and and watching them come in. We
[24:56] actually were able to help a couple
people the other day and the fire
[24:59] department came. So, it's just
>> I actually on my phone I got a text
[25:03] literally as I was walking in the door
and the text was kind of funny, but it
[25:07] was a kid that asked Santa for a bike
and the mom couldn't afford a bike and
[25:12] the mom didn't really read through the
list. She just kind of you know how moms
[25:16] do it.
And um the kid was like all upset and
[25:21] she he was crying like, "Mom, I put a
bike on the list for Santa, but I didn't
[25:25] get one." You know, and uh so somebody
Actually, a doctor at a hospital, he
[25:30] reached out to me. He was like, "Hey,
can we get this kid a bike?" I'm like,
[25:32] "Yeah, of course." You know,
>> and so this isn't even done just now.
[25:36] Usually throughout the whole year where
they they're hold the toys and bikes and
[25:41] stuff like that. So, we don't want to
give everything out all at once, but
[25:45] then Scott and a couple others, they're
able to really kind of bless people
[25:48] throughout the year, too.
>> And we've done Christmas in the streets
[25:51] in July where we went to the city with
the city police department. We went with
[25:56] um Chief Ukana and North County co-op
and did Christmas in July with him which
[26:00] is all the municipalities that border
the city. So we've been able to reach a
[26:04] lot of people and I mean we couldn't do
this without the help of the community
[26:07] because the community is where we get a
lot of the toys and not to mention the
[26:11] volunteers. I mean there's hundreds and
hundreds of hours that go into making
[26:15] this happen and that lots of people help
out. So
[26:19] » um big thing the home run derby man
that's been huge. if you guys get a
[26:23] chance this summer to come to it. We've
been asked to bring the home run derby
[26:27] to um TR Hughes the stadium there. We
were asked two years ago to bring that
[26:32] to them, but I denied them because I
like doing it at ABC. And we found out
[26:37] that the first year we did at ABC. So,
we don't ask for any money on this. Um
[26:41] it's just a community outreach and talk
about thousands. That's what we have. I
[26:45] mean, you can't even get to ABC. All the
fields are full, the parking lot's full.
[26:49] It's police first kids. Um
the first year we did it at ABC, ABC
[26:55] informed me that they were going to
close down for their soccer season, but
[26:59] they raised so much money from the
community or from the uh concession
[27:02] stand that they were able to stay open.
So I think it's important to keep it
[27:06] there and keep it in our community and I
love the old ballparks that are still
[27:10] around. So um I would love for the kids
to be in the stadium and play, but
[27:14] there's something special about being at
ABC. We all grew up playing there, so uh
[27:18] that's a big thing. While I'm up here, I
want to mention we do have the mouse
[27:23] races coming up.
>> Um, every year we do mouse races for the
[27:28] police department. Over the last 10
years, we've raised over a half a
[27:32] million dollars. That money has helped
SAPA. Um, that money has helped police
[27:37] officers to get hurt and they're waiting
for payment from workman's comp or
[27:41] whatever it may be. We've sent that
money to other police departments. We
[27:44] use the money for DARE. Uh the state no
longer funds any of the DARE programs.
[27:49] So we use that money at Drummond
Elementary to help out with what we do
[27:53] up there. So
>> the seniors for the Golden Club,
[27:56] » the seniors for the Golden Club, we
donate a check to them every year. So
[28:00] the money goes a long way to help the
community. So the mouse races are on
[28:04] February 7th at the community center. So
if you guys need information on that,
[28:08] just get a hold of me.
>> One more time.
[28:12] » I'd like to help you.
>> All right.
[28:14] » I've got a company called Mr. Liquidate.
Mr. Liquidate is a place that you can go
[28:18] on there and put that on and let let
everybody in the community bet on a nice
[28:28] [applause]
[28:32] » They've really made this grow over the
years.
[28:35] » Yeah,
>> it was my first year. I think it was the
[28:37] second year for that and it was only
maybe seven, eight, nine cars and trucks
[28:44] and
I don't know how many it is now, but
[28:47] goes on forever. It seems like
>> a lot.
[28:53] » Thank you.
>> Mike Edison, please come up to the
[28:58] front.
>> So, if y'all y'all don't know Mike, he
[29:02] is our evidence tech. He does so much
for this this place. He uh he goes out
[29:07] to every crime scene. Uh and and he
keeps keeps track of all the evidence uh
[29:13] back in the vault, which is extremely
hard to do, especially nowadays with CLA
[29:17] standards, and you know, we hold
ourselves to the highest standard. So,
[29:20] it's a ton of work. Uh but he's he does
it does it phenomenally does a
[29:25] phenomenal job. Uh this past this past
winter uh city their their city had
[29:31] folded or the police department had
folded um and uh North County Co-op came
[29:36] and took that patrol over for their
city. Well, their evidence was a mess.
[29:41] Uh and I don't know I think the city
police chief got indicted and he did. So
[29:46] So it it they needed a professional to
come in and figure out their their
[29:50] evidence room and that's so they they
asked Mike to. So I Mike Mike Mike went
[29:55] over there started I think he he was
over there for 15 days. It was over over
[29:59] like 1500 hours I think you were over
there for. So it was a long time. Uh but
[30:04] but he did it he he did it perfectly. Uh
they were super happy with the job he
[30:08] did. Um and we just want to recognize
him for for that. [clears throat]
[30:12] » I want to say something before you say
that. Um I've known this kid since he's
[30:16] in first grade by the way. I was his
dare officer and um and actually then
[30:22] taught him dare in fifth grade. But um I
actually saw him down at St. Louis
[30:26] County. How long ago?
>> You were working down there in the
[30:28] maintenance years.
>> So nine years ago I said you're working
[30:32] here. I was like absolutely not Mike.
You're going to come work and sure
[30:34] enough within one month he came. We
hired him on. He's done an awesome job
[30:38] in evidence where uh we get audited by
Kala which is the gold standard for
[30:43] certification for law enforcement
agencies. The FBI has been here before
[30:47] needing uh information, all that. We
never had a case that's anything that's
[30:51] been missing or gone or anything like
that. So, he does an incredible job. And
[30:55] I just want to tell you why we're doing
this also is that um we have a contract
[31:00] with the North County Co-op. They have a
a ton of calls. So, we are monopolized
[31:06] by helping the North County Co-op
against better together. So, that once
[31:11] we defeat them one last time, hopefully
that'll be gone. But that being said is
[31:15] that uh I mean he does everything from
downloading videos for the city
[31:20] administrator when he needs them at an
instant. Uh with I mean with no time
[31:25] when we need this stuff the FBI's needed
stuff before [clears throat] and uh and
[31:28] he's always there. He comes in, he lives
in town. He's invested here. Never
[31:32] complains, never talk about a freaking
raise or anything like that literally or
[31:36] what's next or anything. He just keeps
plugging away. And that's why he's going
[31:40] to be successful especially under me for
the next three years that I have left
[31:43] here. You're an incredible human being.
You do a really good job, Mike. Knowing
[31:46] you for a long damn time. And that time
that he took over there, I am telling
[31:50] you, is countless number of hours that
we needed to pay them back.
[31:54] [clears throat] They did our officer um
or OIS, officer involved shooting when
[31:59] our two detectives got into a shooting
and uh and people did not like that. Um
[32:05] and so because they didn't think that it
was going to be transparent. And I mean,
[32:08] he did an awesome job. He went back over
there. I don't how many hours?
[32:12] Seriously?
>> Over [clears throat] four months. Five
[32:15] months.
>> Yeah, it was like four or five months.
[32:16] » So, and he was there basically every
day. And I'm not talking about eight
[32:19] hour days. I'm talking about 10 hour, 12
hour days. So, and then we even had a
[32:22] couple of the other detectives go to
transport firearms, little stuff like
[32:26] that. But he did a really good job.
Congratulations.
[32:29] Deserve a huge applause.
>> [applause]
[32:38] » On the 5th day of January, 20126,
presenting evidence technician Michael
[32:45] Edison in recognition of your
exceptional diligence and
[32:48] professionalism in conducting the
evidence audit for the North County
[32:52] Police Cooperative. Your hard work and
attention to details strengthen
[32:56] accountability and trust in the
community. Thank you.
[33:01] » [applause]
[33:12] » Sage, come on up.
>> You can do it.
[33:16] » Um, I could stand up here all night and
talk about uh everything that Sage has
[33:20] done for the animal community and
everybody uh including Sappa and um just
[33:25] our animal control. She's the best
animal control officer we've ever had.
[33:28] I've been here for 12 years. uh I stand
on that. Uh she cares about animals and
[33:34] she takes uh a lot of pride in what she
does and she has uh hands down helped uh
[33:39] Sappa in many ways. Um whether it's
volunteering time and finding shelters
[33:45] for animals that um it was difficult to
do so. Um she does everything she needs
[33:50] to do and she's highly respect in this
community and does a lot of networking
[33:54] with other agencies. Um, she even got a
she got a animal control truck donated
[34:00] to the city which was massive. Um, it
couldn't have been and it couldn't have
[34:04] come at a better time. So,
>> this truck was probably valued at
[34:07] $64,000 and it only had how many miles
on it? 80 80 some thousand miles,
[34:12] something like that.
>> A lot less. Okay.
[34:15] » Yeah.
>> 50 something,000 miles. So, that is the
[34:18] kind of stuff I'm going to interject one
more time, but keep going. Awesome.
[34:22] » Very good job.
>> Yep. This is going to be presented to uh
[34:24] Amtra Sage Eubinger. Um did I say it
right?
[34:28] » I always pronounce it wrong.
>> Sure.
[34:29] » Eubinger.
>> Eubinger. I always want to soft G. I
[34:33] don't know what's I don't know what I'm
[laughter] doing. In recognition of your
[34:36] outstanding dedication and hard work
with the Saint animal pet adoption
[34:40] agency. Your compassion and commitment
have changed countless lives both animal
[34:44] and human. Thank you for making a
lasting difference.
[34:48] » Good job.
[applause]
[34:53] JUST WANT TO add a few more things real
quick to um let you know about Sage that
[34:58] many times I it's literally 24 hours a
day. She literally does not take off.
[35:04] You're an incredible female, incredible
human being. You know [clears throat] so
[35:08] much. I learn from you all the time.
Literally, you are helping everyone
[35:12] every single day. You're just an
incredible person. Uh her husband
[35:15] recently w um got hired as a patrolman.
So he is now out on the streets the mean
[35:21] streets of San as officer um uh Pana.
There you go. And so when you see Roger
[35:28] out there hopefully he'll be introducing
himself to you. But they are a really
[35:32] good couple. They're looking to move
into over in uh Oland right now. And I
[35:36] will tell you just want to add something
where people want to talk about their
[35:39] own towns and yada yada. Well, I find it
interesting that still that we are asked
[35:44] of our public services that she's been
over to Overland, Edmonson, Woodson
[35:49] Terrace, North County Co-op, and now
even St. Louis County just asked us and
[35:53] requested for her to bring some reptiles
and stuff for a show for them. So, this
[35:57] is how much she donates her time, not
just an 8 hour day, I'm telling you. And
[36:02] she did so much for Sappa. They
literally and I don't want to really go
[36:06] there about the volunteers, but um when
they had literally no volunteers, it
[36:10] started off they had hundreds and so she
literally will leave her house all the
[36:14] time covering shifts. It was uh you're
an amazing person. Seriously. And thank
[36:19] you. I speak with passion all the time
and I mean it. And congratulations. You
[36:22] do an awesome job. [applause]
[36:34] I'm super
[36:39] good.
How long you been here now?
[36:44] » A year and a half.
>> Year and a half. And where'd you come
[36:45] from?
>> Uh, I was in the civilian corporate
[36:48] world before.
>> Oh, that's right. I thought you were.
[36:52] All right. So, Matthew Buckeye, he's one
of our one of our better patrolmans
[36:55] here. Uh, he does a does a great job for
us. Uh he's recently part of the part of
[36:59] the SWAT team. Um and we are going to
award him with officer of the month of
[37:04] December 2025. Uh and we got so this is
actually really funny. So this thing
[37:10] right here. Okay. So he's out on patrol.
Uh sees a suspicious vehicle. Uh stops
[37:16] the vehicle,
>> sees some some suspicious people inside
[37:20] the vehicle and uh you know, okay, these
these these guys are some some dope
[37:25] fiends or something like something's
going on here. So ask ask permission to
[37:28] search the vehicle. He's able to uh hey
oh yeah there there's nothing in in our
[37:33] car. Go ahead and search it. So he's
searching. Sees in the in the back of
[37:36] the trunk. He sees one of these laying
in the trunk and he's like that's kind
[37:40] of weird. It's just ran all around. So
he takes it, opens it up. Lo and behold
[37:44] he finds 7 and 12 ounces of
methamphetamine in in this thing. Uh and
[37:49] that's that's a lot. So we usually know
that's not just personal use. So that's
[37:53] that's about $10,000 $10,000 street
value. Uh so it was it was probably one
[37:59] of the one of the bigger drug seizures
for a patrolman in St. An in quite some
[38:04] time. So uh we want to recognize him for
for that. Uh it was a phenomenal case.
[38:09] Uh very well written, very well
investigated. Uh and you know we're able
[38:13] to contact the correct people and this
case is actually going further further
[38:17] and further. We can't really talk about
it, but uh but yeah, it's it's great for
[38:22] great for the city and it was a very
good uh very good police action. So,
[38:26] congratulations.
>> Yeah, before you read that, hold on real
[38:29] quick. I just want to tell you heard
some rumblings soon. And once again, uh
[38:33] had a great career here. Can't wait. Um
this guy obviously I'm grooming him to
[38:37] be the next chief. Um I've heard this
stuff about um raises and all this kind
[38:41] of stuff and people not getting money
and so on. And so I can tell you that um
[38:45] these guys next year we're finally going
to be able to get a raise. It's going to
[38:48] be substantial. We're having to do some
move around, but moving money around and
[38:52] so on and losing a couple positions, but
I want you guys to know that uh it's
[38:56] officers like this that aren't here for
the money. Uh not being negative. I'm
[39:01] just not putting up with that. I don't
need to. I don't need anybody's votes
[39:03] anymore in my last three years. So, I'm
going to set the record straight. These
[39:07] are the officers that we want work in
the street here. If they're about more
[39:10] money, go get your job somewhere else.
Thank you for your service here. I put
[39:15] in 27 years now here. um through thick
and thin through other everybody else
[39:19] that's been here and I can tell you
these are the kind of officers that we
[39:22] want that are going to come out here
gonna work not not complain and so
[39:27] on. I speak with passion all the time
just like Scott has and uh what he does
[39:30] for the community I'm the same exact
way. So I put I've had some bad times
[39:34] here when the malls closed and so on
where we didn't see raises for years but
[39:38] I can tell you that this board has
always done a really good job. This is
[39:42] one of the strongest boards right now
that I've seen. Strongest mayor that
[39:46] we've ever had. That's no disrespect to
anybody else who's been on this board
[39:49] before, but I can tell you that we're
going to get through this year. Once we
[39:52] do that, we're going to have more stuff
inside. We're definitely going to take
[39:56] care of them later. But there's $100 in
here to take your family to a nice
[39:59] little small meal in here. Just wanted
to tell you, we want to try to do that
[40:02] for you guys once a month, especially
until I'm on my way out. You deserve way
[40:06] more than that. I am sorry that we can't
do that, but do not give up what you're
[40:10] what you're seeing here. I just want to
add one more thing. While certain people
[40:14] are bitching and complaining, there's
probably 75% of the department that's
[40:18] doing really good. They're out there.
They don't care. They're not talking
[40:21] about all that stuff. They're they're
working towards their goal. It took me a
[40:26] long time to get where I was going.
Nothing happens overnight. But I've seen
[40:29] hard people work really hard, own
successful businesses, and so on. And
[40:34] so, um, while we take note of who's
doing what out there, believe me, those
[40:37] people won't last long. These are the
people that we want want to work here.
[40:41] you you do an awesome job. We have
contracts coming up. Uh the St. Louis
[40:45] County um board raised all of the police
contracts for dispatching. So, we have
[40:51] numerous amount of calls right now.
There are municipalities that
[40:53] unfortunately are not going to make it.
So, we're out there. We're going to help
[40:57] them. But when we do that, we're getting
money brought in here like we do. We
[41:00] continue to bring money into the city.
And when we start combining helping one
[41:05] one another, I can promise you then this
will be one of the highest paid places.
[41:09] It's just going to take a little bit. So
congratulations. You do a freaking
[41:12] phenomenal job and way to get the drugs
off the street. Matt, great job.
[41:15] [applause]
[41:25] » Excellent job everyone. Thank you chief.
>> Thank you.
[41:30] We have a close session tonight
[41:37] and a second to go to close session for
[41:55] » motion and second for
>> German.
[41:58] So that's okay.
>> All right.
[42:02] » We are now.
>> Thank you for coming out everyone.
[42:11] » I love that by the way.
together. So,