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October 8, 2007
7:30 p.m.
The Governing Body of the City of Edwardsville, Kansas met in regular session on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers.
The following Councilmembers were present with Mayor Heinz Rodgers presiding:
Chuck Adams Craig Crider
Doug Danner Patrick Isenhour
Bob Lane
The following staff
members were present:
Reed Walker, City Attorney
Michelle Bounds, City Treasurer
Jim Moore, Interim Police Chief
Cliff Lane, Fire Department Chief
Mayor Rodgers: I call the City Council Meeting for the City of Edwardsville to order at 7:35 pm. The first order on the agenda is to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Minutes of September 24, 2007
Councilmember Isenhour: I make a motion to approve the minutes, Mayor, for September 24, 2007.
Councilmember Crider: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to approve the minutes from September 24, 2007, is there any discussion?
Councilmember Danner: Mayor, the main thing that was done was a few grammatical corrections that were made to the minutes as we have been doing on the last few minutes.
Mayor Rodgers: And those have already been made to your satisfaction?
Councilmember Danner: Yes, sir and there was one clarification on a comment that Councilman Adams had made regarding his suggestion that we have a work session one meeting a month.
Councilmember Isenhour: Okay, then I will make my motion to approve the minutes as revised.
Mayor Rodgers: Now, we will take a roll call vote.
Councilmember Isenhour, yes
Councilmember Lane, yes
Councilmember Adams, yes
Councilmember Crider, yes
Councilmember Danner, yes
Motion carried.
Statement of Bills - $183,432.02
Mayor Rodgers: That brings us to the payment of bills totaling $183,432.02.
Councilmember Lane: Mayor, I make a motion to pay the bills.
Councilmember Isenhour: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to pay the bills as detailed in your packet, is there any discussion on that? I just wanted to clarify, the KDHE second payment; that was a sewer bond payment, correct?
Treasurer: Yes.
Mayor Rodgers: If there is no further discussion, then would you please call roll?
Councilmember Isenhour, yes
Councilmember Lane, yes
Councilmember Adams, yes
Councilmember Crider, yes
Councilmember Danner, yes
Motion carried.
Mayor Rodgers: That brings us to Request or Comments from the Public. Before we get started on that, I think it is important to note, I didn’t get a chance to see the news tonight, but, I was here this morning at city hall to receive an application for consideration of a casino and there was a press release to that effect. For the public’s sake, you should know the process of that is that now it will go for consideration to the planning commission on November 19, 2007. There will be a public hearing at that time and then after it has had a chance to be reviewed by staff and the planning commission then that recommendation will come to the city council for consideration of endorsement to the state, or not. Just so everybody is clear on what that process is and we are not to that point yet, but the application has been received and I think everyone should know that.
Requests or Comments from the Public
Edith Leising: 610 Edwardsville Drive. I’m not sure if you can answer this or not. Can you tell us if Lloyd Beth is one of the six applicants that you have interviewed for the Chief’s position?
Mayor Rodgers: No, I can’t tell you that.
Edith Leising: Well, I know when the position was first taken away from him, because he had to be certified, the impression I got and I think others got as well is that once he was certified, he would get his job back. I also heard that one of the qualifications for the new chief’s position was a college degree. Can you confirm that?
Mayor Rodgers: Yes, that was in the posting, a bachelor’s degree.
Edith Leising: Does experience go toward that? Like can you have the experience and not have the bachelor’s degree? I’m just curious as to why that was put into place when all the past positions, it was not there?
Mayor Rodgers: To the contrary, that was the job description for that job and has been on record for the city for quite some time for that job description. So all we did during the posting of that position was to reinterate the job description as it exists in the city and has for at least quite some time.
Edith Leising: So that pretty well rules out that Lloyd Beth would ever get that position again, if he doesn’t have that degree?
Mayor Rodgers: I wouldn’t say that. I’d say that all the applicants have been considered by the committee based on their qualifications rated against each other and I will say quite a few applicants, to my recollection, did meet those minimum qualifications.
Edith Leising: My next question is what is the Ordinance 853?
Mayor Rodgers: Ordinance 853 is just as it states in the agenda that you’ve seen on line and that you have tonight. That is the ordinance that establishes the boundaries of the I-435 Overlay District. There was a public hearing, reviewed by the planning commission during their meetings and recommended to approve by them to be forwarded on to the council for review.
Edith Leising: The 854 seems likes it is saying the same thing.
Mayor Rodgers: It is similar to the other zoning overlay districts that exist in the city. One of which was established years ago, the Riverview Avenue Overlay District and a few years ago there was another one passed that established an overlay district along K32. There is one ordinance that establishes those boundaries and another ordinance that establishes those guidelines that apply to that, so it looks like the planning commission just followed suit for that with this next overlay district.
Edith Leising: What is the Ordinance 855?
Mayor Rodgers: Ordinance 855 is a separate ordinance that amends the zoning ordinance of the city, which is basically the zoning rules and regulations of the city, because they found that there wasn’t a current method to get a permit or to have an application for anything other than what the current height restrictions were, which obviously would preclude the building of anything over four stories. In our city currently and has been at least since the middle 80’s, if not farther, but that is as far back as my records go, there is a height restriction in all commercial districts, C-1, C-2 and C-3 of 45 feet and there is a different height restriction for all the residential areas, R-1, R-2 and R-3 are limited to 35 feet. There was not a provision for an exception to that.
Edith Leising: I know I saw folks here for the Tornado Tower, and I wasn’t here for their meeting, is that on again or off again?
Mayor Rodgers: There was a work session tonight about that and there is a planned meeting with the secretary of commerce concerning that project. But currently, the status of that is: the secretary of commerce has rescinded their conditional approval that they made previously.
Edith Leising: Okay, we heard that last meeting. I thought Adams, didn’t you say something about sending off a letter or something to them?
Councilmember Adams: We did send a letter to the state letting them know that we wanted to meet with them and we met with the development team and our bond council to strategize for the meeting and gather information. The meeting takes place this Thursday.
Edith Leising: Okay, that is all I have.
Richard Carter: 629 South 4th Street. Mr. Mayor and council members, at the last meeting you and the council were asked if you knew who the members of the economic development committee were. And you Mr. Mayor, responded by saying you didn’t know, but that you would find out. Some of the other council members said that they knew some of the members but did not know them all. Well, I have a list of the names on that committee. I would like to read them to you: Tom Horner, Jr., Stuart Maffrey, Ron Williams, Heinz Rodgers, and an Ex-Officio Member. Does anybody know who that ex-officio member is and when they were appointed to that committee? Or is that position still open?
Mayor Rodgers: I’m not sure where you got your list. It does sound pretty close to accurate, although it also includes the City Administrator, the Mayor, four businessmen from the community on that. It actually is listed in our employee directory that we have. And there has been a recent change to that, because one of the companies has dropped out and Herff Jones is coming on board and sending a representative to that board. So that is close to accurate.
Richard Carter: We still don’t know who the ex-officio member is?
Mayor Rodgers: I don’t know who that is.
Richard Carter: This is just speaking for myself, I believe this committee should be consisted of all businessmen approved. There should be no business personnel other than listed without a personal interest to the city. I also believe two or three Edwardsville residents should be a board member on this committee, due to the fact that there could be a conflict of interest from some of the business personnel that are on this committee already. I also believe that the Mayor of Edwardsville, not just pertaining to you, but any Mayor that may be of Edwardsville, should not be on any of these types of committees due to the same reason of conflict of interest. I thank you.
Mayor Rodgers: Thank you. We will look into that suggestion.
Councilmember Danner: Mayor, in the booklet, I don’t believe there is any ex-officio member listed.
Michael Clarrey: 2048 South 98th Street. I am here tonight, I’m usually here complaining about my creek problems. But I’m giving you guys a break. I’m here about a serious security problem. I don’t know if everybody is aware of it, but we had a drive-by shooting, September 29th, a little after midnight, two doors down from my house, 2100 South 98th Street. When I came up and asked and talked to the police last week, they first didn’t want to talk to me and finally gave me a detective because I wanted to know what was going on and they are telling me they maybe have a few possible leads. I’m not happy about this. It was a rental house the people weren’t even in it a month. And this comes about when I have an 18 month old grandson, he just happened to stay with me and my wife that night. I’m real upset. I also have a house right across from me, I won’t mention names, but I can give you the address, if you want. I have been complaining about it for a couple of years. We are basically 100% sure that it is a drug house, when you see fairly new model cars and trucks come and go and leaving for five minutes or so in and out, sometimes you see little bags in their hands. I have been to the police and quite frankly, one of them is a Mexican and the other is Black and they tell me if they don’t find the drugs when they go in, then they will holler discrimination and then you guys will be sued and that has been the excuse I’ve heard from the police department for the last couple of years. I don’t know if that has anything to do with the drive-by, but it is a problem. And somebody needs to do something about it.
Mayor Rodgers: Okay, Chief will you see to that?
Police Chief Moore: Come see me.
Pat Roland: 2026 Orchard Lane. I just want to add to what that gentleman said. I live behind you. I live at 2026 Orchard which is right off of 94th. So 94th street when you go up Orchard make the corner, than you are coming down 98th street and it kind of makes a circle back out onto K-32. And I can guarantee you that for the last eight years there has been way too much traffic for the houses that are up there. So they are doing something. It would be worth checking into. I think we do have a problem. I don’t know whether you realize it or not, we were burglarized, we lost close to $10,000 worth of tools. One of your neighbors was burglarized, also in the construction business and lost quite a few and Jesse that lives just off of K-32, the same week only two days before ours, was also burglarized and lost a lot of tools. They did have one person that they charged with ours because they found some of our tools in his trunk at the tow yard. So they do have one.
Mayor Rodgers: That happened when?
Pat Roland: The Monday after Labor Day.
Mayor Rodgers: So this year?
Pat Roland: Yes, this last September. That is not what I came to talk about. But, I’m glad he brought that up. Because the more we are aware of what is going on in our community, the more we can do about it. And I do call the police if I don’t think they should be out there. I had a police officer come and check a van that didn’t have any writing on the side, well come to find out, they were with the state and they were taking pictures of our properties for the reevaluation of the properties. But, he said don’t ever hesitate to call. I would rather come out and check five that are supposed to be here than miss one that is not supposed to be here.
Okay, what I am here tonight about is of course, for the after school program for the kids and the fund raiser that is going to be going on Saturday: A city wide garage sale at the Edwardsville Christian Church and Chris Cakes with all you can eat pancakes. I have tickets for $5 and coupon books from Price Chopper for $5 which has a $5 coupon in it. You get your money back and we get $4 to keep and promote this program. We now have eight people signed up to have garage sales. That may not sound like much. I don’t know what the difference is between our population and Bonner Spring’s population. When they had theirs, they had 25 garage sales. So if we could get ten, I think that is not too bad for our population. We start at 8am and I will be hanging around after the meeting to get your money.
Councilmember Lane: Are you going to be selling at the church? I was thinking we could drop things off.
Pat Roland: Yes, if you want to donate something for the garage sale, we started accepting donations last week. If you have something you would like to donate for the sale, if you would bring it sometime this week we will be down there several nights pricing things. Also we are collecting used cell phones and ink cartridges out of your personal computers, we can get money for those, so if you want to donate those, we will have boxes at the church on Saturday for that too.
John Williamson: 10601 Kaw Drive. I have been up here off and on for two years. I just don’t understand why the city doesn’t enforce its grading permits? If it is work that was done without a permit, what can the city to about that? As you know, I have a lawsuit against Lois Roberts. Because she trespassed on my property, she built a rock wall and diverted water from K-32 onto my property. She came in and moved the rock wall without a permit. When I questioned the city, to see if she had a permit they said she had a court order. The police came up and talked to me and told me there was nothing they could do; there is a court order stating she can be on your property. We did not have a court order, we had a settlement agreement. This is the court order which the city had. I went to get a copy of it. I got it from Barbara Stafos, she wouldn’t sign for it, but this is the copy the city had. They’re saying there was a court order that she could come on to my property, remove the rock wall and reinstate the swell. According to the settlement agreement she was supposed to connect a pipe to discharge the water from 32 to the back of her property, which was not done. All work will be performed in compliance with all applicable codes. I’m assuming she had to get a permit to do this. My understanding was she was working off of an old permit. When I asked the city to produce the permit that she originally had, they have not been able to give me a permit. The permit I did receive is not for my property or for the property she owns on that side. The property was for 103 N 4th and 201 N 4th. I’m assuming that is the corner lot at 4th and 32. So she was never supposed to be on my property. There are eleven things that are supposed to be required: sketch of the area, a boundary line survey, a plan of the site at a scale of 1 to100 or larger, existing and proposed topography at a maximum of five foot contour intervals, location of any existing or structural natural features on the site and the land adjacent to the site within 50 feet of the site boundary, (which I think that my property is within 50 feet of hers.), location of any proposed additional structures or development on the site, elevations, dimension, location extend and the slope of all proposed grading, plans for all drainage provisions and devises (as per City of Edwardsville, ordinance #529), soil investigation and classification report, method of soil erosion control. I don’t know that she did any of this.
Councilmember Crider: Is that a court order?
John Williamson: No, there is no court order. I had a settlement agreement.
Councilmember Crider: A settlement agreement that she is supposed to do all this stuff?
John Williamson: The city came to my property. When she brought her dozers out, and she started to remove the rock wall, I called the city and asked them if she had obtained a permit. They said she was working off an old permit. Well, she moved the dirt two years ago. I don’t know how long a permit is valid. But I’m not sure you can use a permit that is two years old.
Councilmember Crider: Is everything done up there, that needs to be done?
John Williamson: This permit that was given to me was dated May 18 and the completion date was May 20 of 2004. She didn’t even start the moving of the dirt until I went on vacation.
Councilmember Crider: And there is more stuff that needs to be done there?
John Williamson: Yes, in my opinion there is. The water that still comes from 32 is being diverted. I don’t know how much dirt she moved, but from the front to the back of the property it is approximately 380, 400 feet, from side to side maybe 200 feet. On the north side of the property she brought the dirt up 5 or 6 feet high.
Councilmember Crider: So it is building a pond in the back by the tracks?
John Williamson: It is still accumulating around my building and that is the concern that I have.
Councilmember Lane: You have a lawsuit now?
John Williamson: Well, we have a settlement agreement. But the concern that I have is the city allowed her to come into my property with a court order that no one can read. But I don’t understand how the city can allow her to come on to my property. When I told them I don’t want her on my property without the proper permits. The city said she is working off of an old permit.
Councilmember Crider: Reed, can she work off of an old permit?
Reed Walker: Yes, the question is, though, it sounds like is Dr. Williamson proposes or has posed for years is, whether or not she has complied with the terms. My concern in listening to the Doctor, tonight, is whether she has breached the terms of her agreement. That he doesn’t want to characterize as a court order but it sounds to me like it may have been incorporated into a judgement. And I’m happy to look into that and see if she has breached it. Although I think he had counsel, in that matter, a lawyer representing him, and if she has breached the agreement then he may have a cause of action against her.
John Williamson: I do have a cause of action against her. My concern how can the city allow someone to work without a permit when I have brought this up to their attention pretty much two years prior to this? And what can the city do to fix the problem?
Councilmember Adams: Can we notify her that all outstanding permits are revoked? All outstanding permits are revoked immediately. So she does not act on any further permits or any outstanding permits. And that she needs to come down to city hall before she moves any more dirt.
Mayor Rodgers: I think it is important to note there are conditions that require a permit, in other words, when you go out to your yard to plant a tree, you do not need a permit.
Councilmember Adams: I think she’s done a little bit more than that on a couple of lots in town.
Mayor Rodgers: Not recently. I think that is the key here. I don’t know that anybody has done any work in our town of moving dirt that would require a grading permit at least since this administration has taken office. And I can guarantee you that nobody is going to be issued a permit until they comply with the requirements of that. I can’t address the concern of work that was done two years ago or whenever that was.
Councilmember Adams: Well if it is true that a permit goes on into perpetuity, is that true, Mr. Walker?
Reed Walker: Sure, but you have to comply with it, and whether or not she has complied with it according to what Dr. Williamson is telling her, she may not have complied with the permit, then the city may have something to look into.
Mayor Rodgers: I was going to direct city counsel to look into that, if you guys agree.
John Williamson: I asked the city for a permit, I was unable to get a permit. If they did have a permit and if she did have a permit, I would like to see that she met the eleven conditions.
Mayor Rodgers: I can tell you that I personally looked into that and I have not found any other permits in her name.
John Williamson: But the city keeps telling me she is working off of an old permit.
Mayor Rodgers: When you say working, I don’t know what that means.
Reed Walker: When is the last time she did work there?
John Williamson: I don’t know. I can look into that. I know I could find the day.
Reed Walker: Do you anticipate asking her to do future work, to correct the problem you just identified?
John Williamson: I am, according to the settlement agreement, the law suit is still pending. I don’t understand why the city can’t enforce the permit she has been working off of. In a letter from the city attorney, I asked if it had been inspected and it was stated that it was brought back to the way that the property was prior to the movement of the dirt. It said that the city engineer and/or inspector had inspected the swell and approved the final grading. I had spoke to Jack Peters prior to the grading and I asked him if he would be inspecting it and he said he is not qualified to do the inspection and then I get a letter stating that he inspected it and approved it. So, I don’t know.
Councilmember Adams: Mr. Walker, you are going to look into this?
Reed Walker: Give me the date that she last did work and I will report back to the council the next time you meet.
Mayor Rodgers: Okay, so Mr. Williamson will you supply him with the date when you get the chance?
John Williamson: That shall be very easy to find.
Reed Walker: I can go to the courthouse, if that is unreadable, I’d better go to the courthouse and get it.
John Williamson: I’d like to find out if you have a clear copy here. It’s the date of last construction or last movement of dirt.
Reed Walker: The last time she did work of any kind maybe that is the last work she did but if you could let me know that I would appreciate it.
Councilmember Lane: How are you going to find that out now? How are you going to know when she did the last work?
John Williamson: There was somebody in my chair that saw her moving dirt.
Councilmember Lane: Who is that person, do you know?
John Williamson: HEPA violations. (General comments regarding protecting patient information followed from multiple unidentified speakers in the crowd.)
Perry Parks: 1920 S 98th St. Have we heard anything about the improvements over there on the projects supposed to be going on?
Mayor Rodgers: If you want to know what the status of the apartment complex, is that the question? They are not scheduled to begin work until the end of this year. I do know that the city is working diligently on some projects related to that project. In other words, the city has been working on the sewer improvements, storm water retention area, because we saw that as a high priority based on some of the flooding issues that we have there. And it is my understanding that that has been designed, that storm water retention area, actually since it is a regional thing we felt it was important to go ahead and proceed with that project. The engineering has been done on that and it has been filed with KDHE, and I think it is getting ready to go out for bids. It is a project that is within the capability of a few local contractors and the city has an interest in that part of the project being completed fairly quickly because we are hoping it will help alleviate some of the flooding problems down by where you live and where Mr. Clarrey lives.
The current status of the sewer project, the way I understand it, is the surveys have been done, the alignments have been done, and they are preparing to go out and actually stake out on peoples property so that the people involved will actually see where they will go, so that is the status of that part of the project.
The outer road on the north end is still in the design process. The timing of these projects affect the timing of the apartment complex project, and it is also subject to the weather.
Perry Parks: I have diligently helped Edwardsville develop this area. I’ve put my all into it. People can ask me, where do you live? I live in Edwardsville. I’m proud to be in Edwardsville. When you make progress, it brings progress.
Rebecca Carter: 629 S. 4th Street. Has Southwest Commercial Realty been dissolved?
Councilmember Isenhour: I can answer that. I got some information in regards to that. There is a website, and I know I put a copy in the mayor’s and everybody’s box. Through the state of Kansas it is nonexistent, which under council comments I was going to ask for a work session. In my opinion as far as those apartments go, the development agreement that was with Southwest Realty is null and void.
Rebecca Carter: That was my question, how could they go forward if the original contract is null and void with that company being dissolved?
Councilmember Isenhour: It is something I have been looking into and I have talked to several people about and my research is nowhere near done, that is why I’m going to request the council approve a work session to discuss that exact subject.
Rebecca Carter: And you will let us know what happens?
Mayor Rodgers: A work session is public
Councilmember Isenhour: I would encourage you to come.
Rebecca Carter: Thank you very much, we will probably be here.
Proclamation Recognizing October 14 through 20, 2007 Family and Community Education Week
Mayor Rodgers: That brings us to item number four on the agenda which is a proclamation that was a request to the city for a proclamation, I will read it to make it official. (Please refer to item A attached.)
Consider Planning Commission’s Recommendation to Adopt Ordinance #853 Establishing the I-435 Zoning Overlay District
Mayor Rodgers: Item number five is to consider the planning commission’s recommendation to adopt ordinance #853 establishing the I-435 Zoning Overlay District. I believe there is a staff report on that, is there not, Reed?
Reed Walker: There is, I can highly summarize that, 853, 854 and 855: staff has reviewed these and recommended that they all be approved and adopted as written. Mr. Webb was in touch with Mr. Van Petten. And Mr. Van Petten has worked through what the Planning Commission has done. We all, including me, have gone over this language and it complies with our prior ordinances. We need to make the amendments that we have suggested and if it is the city’s objective, as you outlined earlier for example, to be able as 855, (the potential of a gaming facility), or to have structures that exceed 45 feet in height, these changes have to be made and the other changes have to be made with regard to the overlay district, all of which has gone through the planning commission and the city planner.
Mayor Rodgers: Okay, these are separate items so even though that staff report was for all three, we still have to take each one separately.
Councilmember Lane: I make a motion to approve and adopt Ordinance 853.
Councilmember Adams: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to adopt Ordinance 853, is there any discussion?
After discussion, Mayor Rodgers requested a roll
call vote.
Isenhour, yes
Lane, yes
Adams, yes
Crider, yes
Danner, yes
Motion carried.
Consider Planning Commission’s Recommendation to Adopt Ordinance #854 Establishing the Regulations for I-435 Zoning Overlay District
Mayor Rodgers: Moving on, that brings us to Ordinance 854 which gives the actual guidelines for those zoning regulations. So I will entertain a motion at this point.
Councilmember Lane: Mayor, I make a motion to approve and adopt Ordinance 854.
Councilmember Isenhour: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to adopt Ordinance 854 as recommended by the planning commission, is there any discussion? None appearing, Michelle will you please take roll on that.
Isenhour, yes
Lane, yes
Adams, yes
Crider, yes
Danner, yes
Motion carried.
Consider Planning Commission’s Recommendation to Adopt Ordinance #855 Amending Article E, Section 47 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Edwardsville, KS
Mayor Rodgers: That brings us to Ordinance 855 which is an ordinance amending article E, Section 47 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Edwardsville, Kansas.
Councilmember Isenhour: Mayor, I make a motion to approve Ordinance 855.
Councilmember Lane: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to adopt Ordinance 855 as recommended by the planning commission, is there any discussion?
After discussion, Mayor Rodgers requested a roll call vote.
Isenhour, yes
Lane, yes
Adams, yes
Crider, yes
Danner, yes
Motion carried.
Advisory Reports
City Administrator
No items.
City Attorney
Reed Walker: No items, Mayor.
Mayor Rodgers: That’s good to know, although I would ask that you address or investigate this issue with the legalities of the Southwest Commercial Realty situation, assuming there are no objections from the council, I would like Reed to look into that and give us legal advise on that.
Reed Walker: I will do it.
City Engineer
No items.
Council and Mayor Comments
Councilmember Crider: On Tuesday, the 2nd, I received a letter from a lady in Independence, MO and I’m sure everybody on the council received a copy of this letter. It was dated 9/6/07, I’m not sure when the city got this letter. But I got it on the 2nd of October. This lady wasn’t really too excited about this Landmark Tower coming in. She was very vocal saying that she was not for it and didn’t know why the city would spend any time on this. I don’t know, has anybody done a follow-up on this? I did do a followup, I called and talked with this lady. Again, she thought that this was a tower with a whistle on top of it, a warning tower. I went to informing her of what this project was and what it does for the city. She is from Kansas. She has relatives in Kansas. I called the Overby’s to see if they would send her information about this and they did. I did another follow-up call just on Friday. She was overwhelmed with this project. She is writing me a letter of support, thinks this is the greatest thing Kansas will ever have. I would have liked to have had that letter tonight, but as you know the mail did not run today. So I’m hoping at the next meeting I can have a letter from this lady who is now very, very approving of the Kansas Landmark Tower. And it is just that sometimes the people just don’t know what is going on. And I urge the council, and the mayor and anybody else who may get a letter like this, to please follow up on this. This is the future of Edwardsville. Like I said, she would have been very much against this, if I hadn’t of done a follow-up.
Councilmember Isenhour: I just have one thing real quick, well two, the first is in regards to Mrs. Carter’s comment. There is some information through the State of Kansas, that I received, that I found very interesting. I got a copy of the development agreement and there are a couple areas I have some very big questions about. I would like to request that we have a very short work session at the next council meeting from 6 to 7. Do I have to make a motion for that?
After discussion:
Councilmember Isenhour: I make a motion to have a work session before the October 22, 2007 council meeting from 6:30 to 7:20 pm.
Councilmember Crider: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to have a work session before our next council meeting from 6:30 to 7:20 pm. Is there any discussion on that, none appearing, would you please take roll?
Isenhour, yes
Lane, yes
Adams, yes
Crider, yes
Danner, yes
Motion carried.
Councilmember Isenhour: Mayor, the other thing is, can you confirm who is going on Thursday, so I know who to bug over the weekend?
Mayor Rodgers: I can tell you that I am, Mike, Scott Anderson, Dustin Avey from Piper Jaffrey is going, Mr. Adams has confirmed and Mr. Crider.
Okay, is there anybody else? If not, I just have a few quick things. The Thursday before the races, I had the opportunity to attend the Parade of Heroes which was the first year for this parade and they did it up at the Legends. It was a big success and had a nice presentation and was very interesting. It was honoring all veterans and specifically targeted disabled veterans. We had at least a presence of Edwardsville in the parade and afterward we got a chance to meet a lot of really interesting veterans and so next year I encourage everyone to check it out. They had over 200 entries in the parade. It was quite a big deal.
Also, I won at a Chamber of Commerce meeting, a paid entry fee for a team to participate in the second annual Dodgeball Open held in the Community America Ballpark. I have a previous engagement, so if anyone in the city wants to put together a dodgeball team, it is a $200 entry fee. They have rewards for the best dressed team. It will be held October 13, so if anybody wants to go do dodgeball, here is your ticket. It is a free team entry. It is a benefit for the American Red Cross. I just thought I would mention that. So, if there is nothing else, I will entertain a motion to adjourn.
Adjournment
Councilmember Lane: I make a motion to adjourn.
Councilmember Isenhour: Second.
Mayor Rodgers: It has been moved and seconded to adjourn, all in favor say I. Motion carries and the meeting is adjourned at 8:50 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Michelle Bounds
City Treasurer
Municipal Court
