City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, next we'll have comments from visitors. If you want to come up please to the microphone and give us your name and address. And you'll have three minutes to express your comment to the council. The council would not address you tonight, but anyone wanting to come forward, please do. Okay, seeing no one come forward, we'll move on to the approval of the consent agenda.

Mr. Mayor?

I'll entertain a motion.

I would ask that we remove item B from the consent agenda for discussion.

Which one?

B.

All right, if we could get a motion for the remaining items, unless there's anything else council would like to pull off the consent agenda.

I make a motion to approve the consent agenda without item Bravo.

Second.

Okay, we've got a motion and a second for the rest of the consent agenda. All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Very well. And again, I want to remind everybody that I still have some hearing problems, but I think we'll work through them tonight with the help of these two ladies.

all right well councilwoman railton you requested to remove that item for discussion i'm going to turn it over to you for whatever you would like to discuss thank you since it seems my no vote on the tanglewood food truck has become an issue i think it appropriate for me to address the council and the chamber many of you think that i voted no just to be a troublemaker or to be hateful and if you really know me you know that's not the case The reality is that my no vote had nothing to do with making people happy or making people angry. Rather, it had everything to do with doing my job as a city council person and upholding the rules we have ourselves placed into our city code. It is a fact that on February 27th, 2026, this council minus Dr. Coward and myself voted in city ordinance number 1709-26 that prohibited food truck sales in residential areas of the city. I don't know the rationale for that decision, but obviously there was a reason or it would have never come before council. As stipulated in Section 58-4, temporary food operations shall not be conducted from residential properties except as part of a city-approved special event. Section 120-125B, titled Residential Property Prohibition, reads, Commercial food service activities shall not be conducted on residential property regardless of the duration, frequency, or regulatory of operation except as part of a city-approved special event. and yes we all know the council has the power to make exceptions and we have for the upcoming city countywide fourth of july celebration that is generously open to the public according to section fifty eight dash one the city can make exceptions for i quote Occasional or infrequent ventures by a nonprofit, charitable, religious, or civic organization that occur no more than four times a year. A nonprofit, a charitable, a religious, or civic organization. If I'm not mistaken, this particular request from Tanglewood does not fit that criteria. So now before us, we are being asked to make a different kind of exception for a private neighborhood celebration. And many of you are probably saying, okay, Marlene, come on. It's just a food truck in the grander scheme of life. It's just a food truck. Well, it is a food truck for now. But who knows? Several weeks down the road, we as a council may be asked to make an exception for Herring subdivision to have a private block party and a street dance with food trucks because we did it for Tanglewood. Or a request for a street closure on Westminster Avenue to have a private family reunion with a band and food trucks because we did it for Tanglewood. or even a street closure with fireworks and a band and food trucks for a private wedding rehearsal in Clewood because we did it for Tanglewood. My point is the list may never end with exceptions. The city ordinance specifically indicates what kind of exceptions can be made with regard to food trucks. I believe it is incumbent upon us as council people to uphold and enforce those ordinances that we have voted in by not always making exceptions to the rule because once you make one exception that falls outside the guidelines, it's hard to deny any exception after that. It is also my hope that we may as a council review this ordinance again to see if an amendment should be added or if this ordinance should be tweaked in some way to accommodate certain arising occasions. But at this time, it's my belief that we as a council as a complete united body maintain the guiding principle with regard to food trucks as voted in and outlined in city ordinance number 1 7 0 9 dash 26. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I yield.

All right. Thank you, Councilwoman. Is there any other discussion on this item?

I have a question. This one is a special event request. So being a special event, that would give us the opportunity to... based on the ordinances written like if we have a special event we can actually prove it to be a special event and therefore allow flexibility in that.

That is correct Councilwoman Railton is correct in her language that is contained in the ordinance but you are also correct in that the City Council has the authority to make an adjustment and allow for this event if you so desire.

Well then wouldn't every request be a special event?

If we have a special event form that they're required to fill out, we get to approve or deny special events. I mean, we've got three or there's three of them on here currently. So we'd have the opportunity to do that. There can be other things that we don't approve for that. But I also know there are food trucks that set up in other residential areas right now too, that aren't asked to move because they're on private property.

Okay.

All right. Is there any other discussion on this item? Or do we have a motion?

I might just say we close, with all due respect, we close streets all the time and we have food trucks on those streets in our parks and they make money all the time. I personally, I can't see any difference here. Would you explain that please?

I'm just saying, we passed an ordinance that prohibited food trucks in residential areas, and every time, if we approve Tanglewood, every time some individual or some group wants to get together and have a food truck and a celebration, we will have to always make the exception to the rule. Always, if we say yes to them.

Okay.

I know the... And I'm okay. I'm okay if we change this ordinance.

If we were really concerned about that, we wouldn't have a street fair either.

So what was the ordinance written for them? What was the rationale for the ordinance? How did it come before the council? What was the reason?

Okay, do we have a motion? Hang on.

Kathy, would you like to give a little bit of explanation as to what brought that ordinance forward?

I can. So we have received in the past food trucks operating in residential areas and open tent-sided cooking that was not meeting specifications for sanitation and other concerns such. We've had our special event policy in place for quite some time, and the council has approved it. All I can really say on this is as long as the council does approve any special event, we move forward with what you say. The charitable organization, you were right. It is in there and Mr. Combs brought that to our attention last time. He said, what if the high school wants to have an event and they don't meet the specifications of the ordinance. And so we included that portion of it so that that way we would not be excluding charitable organizations that wanted to host an event as well. And because they would not always, they were not in the same, condition as someone who set up a permanent commercial food sale where it was a temporary.

Okay. Does Tinklewood HOA fit into that category in your mind?

That would be something you guys would have to decide. That is my political answer for the first time ever.

Okay, so the reason why we made that rule was because there were food trucks that were being done that were not controlled. They were not licensed. They were not in the interest of the health and welfare and safety of the public. As long as we maintain the health and welfare and safety of public, that's what we want to do. Now, maybe that wording needs to be reworded again. And I would not disagree with that. But we have the ability to approve things. We have an oversight to the health and welfare of the public. So I feel it is okay in my point.

Thank you.

I think we need to revisit this. Thank you. Mr. Mayor, I think we need to revisit this, possibly tweak it some more. I think there's some very valid points to be made or that have been made, and we don't want it to get out of hand. And I think that's the concerns that when we pass this, it's coming back to me now. But I think we need to look at adjusting this a little bit. Obviously not tonight. We're not going to do that, but it's going to be up to us to make that decision. With that, unless somebody else has something, I call the question.

Thank you. I personally think that we need to revisit the ordinance. All right.

With no further ado, ladies and gentlemen, unless there are any other comments or questions, am I hearing any? We have a call for the question. I would ask for someone to make a motion to either affirm this request by approving it or to deny this request.

A motion to approve this request?

We have a second. Seconded.

Very well. We have a motion and a second to move this to the next meeting, the agenda.

Apologize to approve it. What? To approve the request. To approve it.

Yeah.

Yes, tonight.

Yeah, oh.

To approve it tonight.

Were they moving it tonight?

We're not. Oh. It's okay.

Okay, I'm sorry. Again, I apologize for not being here real well. Okay, we have a motion and a second to vote on this tonight. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor?

She's right. If you approve one thing for one group, you have to do the other. But I'm in favor of approving this, but we need to make a change and amend it.

I agree with that.

All right, Mr. Mayor, please go ahead and call that question.

With the food truck? Yes.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

No?

No.

Madam Clerk, would you do a roll call vote, please?

Mr. Calvert?

Yes.

Ms. Hanson? Mr. Hinchey? Yes. Ms. Railton? No. Ms. Recluse? No. Mr. Washington?

Yes.

Mr. West?

Yes.

Mr. Combs?

Yes.

Five vote.

Five no.

Five yes.

Oh, five yes. Okay.

All right, five.

We have five yeses. Motion passes. Okay, we'll move on to The next page. Mr. Mayor, we can then agenda.

We approve the consent agenda, but I don't know that we stated what was on at this time. I think we skipped that part and I read it for you for the folks at home.

If you don't mind, I'm going to read it very quickly since we've already done it.

Okay. Consent agenda. Did we do it? I didn't remember hearing us do it.

I'm not sure we did. On tonight's consent agenda that was approved, we've approved the city council meeting minutes of May 26th and June 9th. We've approved now as well the Tanglewood HOA Independence Day celebration request, a special event request for Fulton State Hospital Family Fun Day, a special event request for the Peace Festival at Carver Park, and a consideration of an excused absence for Councilwoman Hanson through September 8th, 2026. And Mr. Mayor, I'll turn it back over to you for the DOA report.

Okay, we've already discussed the consent agenda. We'll have the presentation and acceptance of the May DOA report.

Thank you, Mayor. Again, May was a very productive month for the city as we worked on a lot of strategic initiatives. One of the things I want to highlight is on our agenda here in just a few moments, and that is some negotiation with the Fulton Fire Department. local 2945 for a CBA amendment. So we're going to discuss that a little bit further here momentarily. And I want to say that I really appreciate the group's efforts to get that across the finish line. We also were very, very grateful to accept a generous donation of $11,408 and some change from the Missouri Christmas City Fulton group to assist us with the replacement of canine unit bow so we're looking forward to bringing that to fruition as well and then we had a lot of economic development discussions again so uh while i can't discuss those uh in great detail at this moment a lot of exciting things still to come for the city of fulton as always our staff is here and available to answer any questions you might have from this month's doa report okay thank you mr mayor

On page 11, I think it's in the utility, we're talking about gas maybe? One of the bullets is under the projects completed in May is continued on Hatton Walk Survey. Is that like we're walking the line or something?

Yes, that is correct. We are walking the line to happen. Okay. Looking for any washouts or anything like that that might endanger the line or the people around it. So yes, we walk it, I believe, yearly.

Okay. That's what I thought. Thank you. So... Is there any possibility we could do some of that with a drone or something of that nature, or do you need to be on the ground to really see it?

You need to be fairly close to see it. If you could get, I guess, at bird height, you might be able to. It's a small drone, but it's... It's something we do every year. We walk and make sure all the ditch crossings are still in good shape. We go up there and bush hog the spots that have grown up so we can see them. Yeah.

How many miles are we talking? I believe it's 22. Go marathon. Yeah, there you go. Okay. All right. Well, thank you. That's all I want.

And what are you specifically looking, just for an education purpose, what are you specifically looking for when you do that?

Well, if you see any dead vegetation, that is one sign of a leak. But a lot of it is erosion. We're looking for erosion. Something that's uncovering the line.

Thank you, Mr.

Thank you, Darrell. Any other concerns?

Move for acceptance. I have a May DOA report. Second. Sorry, Bill.

Okay, we have a motion and a second to approve the DOA report. All in favor, please say aye. Aye.

Opposed?

Next we'll have the presentation of the

Andy Johnson, CFO. City of Fulton recorded four months of sales tax in 2026. Collections are up 1.74% from fiscal year 2025. Used tax is down 14.67% from fiscal year 2025. May included three payroll cycles. Overall year-to-date financial performance remains consistent with budget expectations. You guys have had a chance to look at your statement.

Do you have any questions?

Yes. I wanted to call attention to one thing. On our loans, 1303 Westminster, I see our balance as the end of May was $33,333. I think that's our monthly payment, is it not?

Yeah, we paid that off June 1st.

Awesome. So pretty exciting. So the warehouse is free and clear.

Yes.

That's great. Thank you. When are we going to have a mortgage burning?

We talked about it.

Thank you. I move that we approve the financial report.

Second. Move a motion and a second.

Okay, and thank you, Candy.

We have a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Thank you. We will move on to unfinished business and there is none tonight. We're going to new business. And we're very happy to have a representative from William Keepers here tonight and to go over our audit. And I understand it turned out to be a pretty good one.

yes i do have a good report to share so thank you mayor myers good evening everyone i'm amanda schultz i'm an audit partner at williams keepers in columbia and we recently completed our audit of the city's financial statements as of and for the calendar year that ended december 31st 2025 so i will be going over our summary report this evening like i've done in the past it just hit the highlights of the individual reports that we issued as a result of the audit um feel free to stop me at any time if you have questions um otherwise there should be time at the end as well so the first report is the annual comprehensive financial report the gfoa the government officers association of the united states and canada awards a certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting to entities for their acfrs that are submitted to and approved by the organization so this type of report is a sign of excellence in financial reporting because it contains a lot more information than that required by generally accepted accounting principles or GAP. So the GFOA, again, deems this a sign of excellence in financial reporting, the type of report that the city prepares. The city has received the certificate for many years on this report and expects that it will on the 2025, the current year report as well. It contains the following information listed in the summary report. The introductory and statistical sections are additional requirements for that certificate program. The financial section is the only gap requirement, generally accepted accounting principles. So that's really the focus of the financial statement audit and our presentation this evening. So moving on to the financial statements, which is the financial section of that ACFR, we issued an unmodified or a clean opinion on the city's financial statements again this year. In our opinion, they are presented fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP, generally accepted accounting principles. That is the best opinion that the city can receive on its financial statements, and it means that the users of the city's financial statements can rely upon them. Management of the city is ultimately responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the audited financial statements. We prepared as independent auditors. We prepared the city's financial statements again this year. It is a common practice for us to do so as part of the audit process, but they were reviewed and approved by management before they were issued just a week or so ago. Just a reminder that anytime we perform a financial statement audit, um, we use our judgment and deciding where to apply our audit procedures or where we perform the most detailed testing. Um, so we perform a risk assessment process each year as part of the planning phase of the audit. And we take a look at any significant changes within the organization during the year. Um, take a look at balances transactions. processes and controls and make a determination of again where to apply audit procedures in areas that are the highest risk of material misstatement at the financial statements. So that means we do not audit everything that's included in these audited financial statements, but we do enough work in those higher risk areas to be able to give that unmodified or clean opinion on the financial statements. The financial statements themselves include two different sets of financial statements. The first set on pages twelve and thirteen are the government wide financial statements. Those are full accrual and include all of the city's funds as well as all of the city's long term assets and liabilities that are required to be reported for a governmental entity in these type of financial statements. Following those government-wide financial statements are fund financial statements, which are separated into governmental funds on pages 14 through 17 and proprietary funds, essentially the utilities on pages 18 through 21. So that's where you'll find the detailed information on each of the city's major funds that are required to be reported in these financial statements. You'll find a lot of detailed information there. There is a table here in the summary report that summarizes the highlights from those government wide statements where everything for the city is put together as of and for the years into December 31st, 2025 with comparative information for 2024. There is a section in the ACFR that annual comprehensive Financial report titled the management's discussion and analysis on pages 4 through 11. that really goes into a deep dive on the reasons for the changes in the various categories that are presented in this summary. You may notice that the 2024, the prior year comparative column in this summarized table indicates not restated for restatements made during 2025. We do have a footnote about this in the audited financial statements. There was a little over $160,000 of error corrections in the electric funds that were identified by the city that related to prior years. So the prior year was restated for that. But again, that was something great that the city recognized on their own and made an adjustment for. That did not come up as a result of our audit procedures, but there's more information on that in note 17 on page 49 in the audited financial statements. All right, so moving on to the single audit section of the summary report, the city had expenditures of federal awards exceeding $1 million during 2025. I apologize, the summary report indicates $750,000, which was the threshold in prior years. But the new threshold requiring a single audit is $1 million of federal expenditures. And the city had federal expenditures of about $1.6 million during 2025. So a single audit was required again this year. We issued two additional reports as a result of the single audit. The report on internal control and compliance related to financial reporting reported no material weaknesses and no instances of noncompliance. That's on pages 93 and 94. And then on pages 95 through 97, there is a report on internal control and compliance related to major federal programs. that includes an unmodified or a clean opinion on compliance and does not have any findings the major program so where we focused the majority of our testing in the single audit was on the ARPA grant so the receipt and expenditure of those funds during 2025 Moving on to the last page of the summary report, page three, this covers our auditor's communication letter. So this is a separate report. You all have complete copies of all the reports that I'm discussing this evening, but everything until this point has been included in that annual comprehensive financial report. But this auditor's communication letter is a separate document. This letter consists of comments about the audit process that we are required by our professional standards to communicate to the governing board of an auditee. So the city council serves that role for the city of Fulton. Just a few highlights here. We didn't note any transactions that we considered both unusual and significant. There was a new Gatsby governmental accounting board, accounting standards board statement 102 that was required to be implemented by the city during 2025. It was really a disclosure only type item, but it did not have an impact on the notes to the financial statements for the city of Fulton. Next year, the city will have to implement Gatsby Statement 103 financial reporting model improvements. So we will work with Candy and her team to make sure that those changes are made to the financial statements and we'll discuss those at a high level next year. There's also Gatsby's 104 and 105, which should not have significant, if any, impacts on the city. As part of our audit, we found the accounting records to be in good order, but we did propose a few adjustments as a result of our audit procedures. Those are listed in the auditor's communication letter. Nothing of concern. A lot of those, if not all of those, were expected adjustments that we knew as your independent auditors going into the annual financial statement audit that we would need to assist management with making, or we were waiting on reports or information from third parties to actually make those adjustments for purposes of the audit. We did not have any disagreements with management on accounting or auditing issues and felt we received full cooperation from everyone at the city that we worked with during the conduct of our audit. So big thanks to Courtney and Candy and their team for another smooth audit this year. Last but not least, our auditor's communication letter concludes with a section on internal control. And it's mostly a reminder that in performing a financial statement audit, we are not providing an opinion on internal controls. We really just perform limited work in that area. But if we identify any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control, we would report them in a separate letter or otherwise bring them to management and the council's attention. But based on the limited procedures we performed on internal control and our financial statement audit, we did not identify anything that rose to the level of requiring your all's attention related to internal control. All right. Any questions about the summary report specifically or the audit process in general? Anything I can answer for the council this evening?

Maybe I just thank you for the time you spent before the meeting going through this and helping me understand some of those reports. And I was hung up on the retirement thing. You know that. So we got that cleared up. Thank you very much for that. Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for that.

Any other questions or comments?

Anyone else? I just wanted to thank you, thank Williams Keeper and yourself. Did you have any help or was it just you?

I had a lot of help. They're just not here this evening. There's a supervisor and a manager that are also involved in this engagement and then a team of associates.

Thanks to the team for that and for our financial department as well for a good, clean report. So thank you. With that, I move for acceptance of the audit.

I'll second that.

All right, we have a motion and a second on the floor to approve the comment. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you very much. All right, thank you all for your time. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I would just echo again, thank you so much to Amanda. Thank you to Candy and Jill and everyone that was part of this process. We certainly appreciate everyone's effort and it takes a long time to get to this point. So thank you very much to you and your team, Amanda, for getting us there. Appreciate it. I would just also say if there are any questions, just bear in mind that this is a starting document it's going to be used as part of the operating budget compilation. So if you have any questions on items certainly reach out to myself or Sam we're happy to answer those for you. And my statement that I normally say, but I apparently forgot is just because it's in this document doesn't mean it's guaranteed and just because it's not in this document doesn't mean that it won't be added so. Again, I want to thank our department heads and supervisors for taking the time to get that squared away and looking to the future, not only for next year, but for the following three years as to what we might be needing when it comes to capital. So with that, Mayor's right, there's no action on this tonight.

Well, can I just say, after reviewing it, I feel like every department needs a new truck.

Okay, we'll move on to council liaisons and boards. Councilman Henchey.

Yes, Mr. Mayor. We've had no public safety commission meetings. I would also like to express a thanks to all our city workers, the fire department, and police officers, and all the people doing the utilities. We've had a lot of bad weather. We've had a lot of unfortunate situations with the weather and the heat. So I'd like to give a thanks for that. And I'd also like to give a shout out. I saw a Trash barrel that got knocked over by the automatic machine, and the trash collector in front of my house could have just left it sit there, but he got out of the truck, picked up the trash barrel, and got back in the truck. It's little things like that that really improves how people look at our community, and I'd like to say thank you to everybody that does little things that a lot of times people don't even notice. So thank you very much. That's all I have, Mayor.

Thank you. Councilwoman Meryl.

I have no concerns, but I would just like to say that after reviewing the operating statement for May, I was extremely glad to see that the revenue for the rec plex from last year was up. The membership was up. The rental space is being used and good programs are being offered and that it's still affordable for the citizens of Fulton. So I was really pleased to see that.

Is that all you have?

That's all I have.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Reclu.

Good evening, everyone. I'd just like to say I was gone the last two weeks on vacation to go see family, and it was nice to be away, but it's nice to be back, and I don't have any other concerns. Thank you.

Thank you. Councilman Washington.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I want to give a shout out to the Parks and Rec and Charlene for the grand opening. It turned out really well. And I thank you for that and your team and those that were involved. And at this time, I have no other concerns. And it was brought to our attention about the basketball court. So hopefully we can get with the park board and see if they can come up with something, get a letter as it was suggested. Thank you. That's it.

Right. Okay.

Yes. Oh, thank you. Um, the human rights commission has not met since our last meeting. Uh, I want to echo, uh, what. Councilman Washington's stated about the, um, Harvard park is a great addition to the community and, uh, everybody in the community to go check it out. It's very nice. Very nice facility. This coming Saturday, there's going to be at Guiding Light Missionary Church at 3 o'clock is going to be a screening of a movie, Juneteenth, Faith and Freedom. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend that, but I encourage anyone that can to make that. Then on Sunday, June 28th, again, Guiding Light Missionary Baptist Church, starting, well, there's going to be Fellowship Fun and Shave Ice at 2 p.m., and the program starts at 3 p.m. for the Juneteenth celebration. And let me see who the speaker is real quick. I'm sorry. The keynote speaker is Dr. Wanda Brown, so it should be a very, very good event. So I invite everyone to come on out. And I'd also like to one more thing or a couple of more things is, you know, we have Independence Day coming up. It's our 250th. So I think everybody is really looking to to maybe celebrate more than normal. So let's be safe out there. Fortunately, we've had a lot of a lot of rain, so we should be able to shoot fireworks off in town. But let's be safe with that. I also like to recognize all of our Personnel that were involved with the building class over here on nickel street. Fortunately, no 1 was injured or, or, or worse. Um. It's something with aging infrastructure we had to deal with every now and then, but let's not have another 1 of those for a long, long time. So, anyway, thank you. That's all I had.

Thank you. Captain hall comes.

Yes, Mr. Mayor. I was going to echo what Councilman West said about the support and the staff assisting with the building collapse that we had and just how that was handled. Everybody stayed safe. But also I wanted to mention, I know there was the Uh, local data center, uh, former, I forget what it was actually called. Um, well, last Monday, um, and I know we had a fire staff there and we had police staff there. Um, and they just went above and beyond in, uh, caring for the people that were there. and things like moving chairs and stuff that were not really a part of their job. It just continues to set a good example for the people of how much they care for the citizens. So I want to make sure I copied that.

Okay. Councilman Calhoun?

The Utility Committee met this week and The major report was from Anna on the sewer project, and the drawings have been submitted to the state, and they're optimistic that they'll start in January, I believe, before we finally came to. And there was also a little bit of sigh of relief getting the gas project off the ground and getting that ready to go and working through that. And then just as a side note, Dr. Brown, the speaker this weekend, is a Fulton High School graduate and has spent most of her time teaching in Columbia and Columbia School Administrator. Thank you.

Okay Councilwoman Hanson couldn't be with us this evening. We'll move on to resolutions. Councilman West, would you read resolution 3613 please?

With great pleasure. Thank you. Resolution 3613-26, IAFF Local 2945 CBA Agreement. A resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the City of Fulton, Missouri to execute an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Fulton and Fulton Professional Firefighters Local 2945 and establish an effective date. I move for acceptance of approval of Resolution 3913-26 at tonight's council meeting. Second.

Very good. Mr. Strimpey, would you like to come on down? I would like to just take an opportunity really quickly. I know I've kept the Council kind of looped into these negotiations, but formally, I just want to say thank you to the IAFF 2945 leadership. You guys were incredibly professional and wonderful to work with. I think we had excellent negotiation sessions. And I think you represented your members very, very well. So kudos for that. I also want to give a kudos to Chief Bayless and Chief Singh and our HR manager, Amy Miller, that also represented the city of Fulton on that negotiations team. I think we can all think back to a not too distant time. where the city of Fulton and the fire union maybe weren't on the best of terms. And it gives me a lot of pride to know that those days are behind us. I think that we come to the table every single time with mutual respect and we recognize what you gentlemen, I believe we have any ladies in the group, but what you gentlemen do on a day-to-day basis to keep our community safe. So I appreciate you being here tonight. I appreciate leadership being here. And again, I very much appreciate the way that you all handle this negotiation. And it is my pleasure to formally RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.

I HAVE PREPARED A LITTLE SPEECH HERE. I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT NICE AND SHORT. Good evening, mayor, councilmen, members, city administration, and members of the community. My name is Davis Trimke. I am the president of Local 2945. On behalf of Local 2945, I would like to express our sincere gratitude for consideration of the 4896 work schedule. This decision represents more than just schedule change. It reflects your trust and dedication to the men and women who serve this community every day and night. We appreciate the time, consideration, and thoughtful decision that went into evaluating this proposal. We especially want to thank the Mayor and City Council for your continued support throughout this process. The 4896 schedule has been shown to improve fire fighter wellness, increase family time, and enhance overall morale. By supporting this schedule, you are helping create a healthier and more sustainable work environment for the personnel who protect our citizens. We are committed to ensure the transition is accessible and the highest level of service to our residents is not only expected and will continue. Public safety remains our highest priority. The schedule is a positive benefit for both our members and the community we serve. We would also like to thank the city administrator and our fire chiefs and everyone involved in the process for their collaboration. Their commitment to open communication and problem solving helped make the negotiations productive, efficient, and successful. Your willingness to engage role in open dialogue, review the details carefully and work cleverly played a vital role in reaching this outcome. The professionalism, patience, and commitment shown by the city administration helped ensure the process remained constructive and focused on the best interests of both members and the community. The support shown by the city council, city administrator, and our fire chiefs demonstrates a strong commitment to effective public service and the well-being of employees who provide For that, we are deeply grateful. Thank you for your confidence, your partnership, and continued support of Local 2945 and the fire service professionals who proudly serve the city.

Thank you. Okay, Mike, you want to continue to read that?

I think we actually have a motion.

Oh, we got a motion already? I'm sorry.

You have a second, I'm sure.

We do. Okay, do we have all in favor of passing Bill 3613? Please say yes. Yes. Opposed? I want to thank all you guys, not only for the hard work you do for the city and for the citizens of the city, but on your professionalism and the courage you show every day. I want to thank all of you for working so hard. Thank you.

You're welcome to stay if you want, but you don't have to stay the whole time. Thank you guys very much for coming. Thank you.

Have a great night.

Okay. We'll move on to bill number. I think I'm on the right page. Yeah. Bill number 1783. Councilwoman Rick clue. Would you read that for us, please?

It's right here.

i actually just to clarify i believe councilwoman you presented this for first reading but there was not a motion to move it forward to second reading it was simply that's okay it was simply um postponed to this meeting right so in order for us to have discussion and vote on that i would ask for there to be a motion to move bill number 1783 for second reading at tonight's meeting i i make a motion that's okay

make a motion we remove it from we postponed it last meeting that remove it from postpone and do their second reading tonight that's my motion all right excellent so we have a motion and a second is there any discussion on this item to move it forward Okay. I moved to postpone because last meeting we didn't have a second. It was going to die for like a second. I wanted a chance. We had comment from a visitor. So I went by and looked at it. I thought it was pretty benign at first. But then when I drove by and looked at the neighborhood, all the homes on that side of the street where this is, single-family homes and I my feeling is that we should not rezone this to R2 that we should keep it R1 to be in be in compliance with the rest of the neighborhood and that's my opinion and why I'm gonna vote the way I'm going to vote do we have any other discussion

This came from the Planning and Zoning Commission to rezone, is that correct?

That's correct. I'm sorry, Kathy, can you confirm their recommendation, please?

I was going to just say yes. The Planning and Zoning Commission did make the recommendation, and the council moved this forward and passed it for the rezoning.

I have some concerns about this because It is actually listed as an island in the form that was made up. And unless we have really good reason, I don't particularly care for a zone being an island in a larger area. So that's my concern.

I'm a little torn on this one because overall we've done stuff similar to this in other places. Most recent over on Churchill, one side of the road, we made one R2 over R1. I do understand the citizen's concern. Um, and respect 100% respect that. I think for me, it goes back to our. Plan or what I've kind of deemed like old plan. And we do have some from what I've been told, like. Our changes reflect what our plan is for the future. Not. Necessarily where things are at now. Um, and so it's very conflicting for me. It's like, I know we need, I know we need more housing. Um, but I'm also wanting to respect neighborhoods. And the people that live there well, well, also not. Um, causing problems for the people that already live there. So it's a hard decision either way. Um, I can't I can find justification both ways. Well.

If I may, and to be honest, I don't see where going from an R1 to an R2 is really that big of a change, but it's still, unless it's on our plan or someone's going to buy up the entire side of the street and change them all, I don't see or would have consensus from the rest of the neighbors. I don't see that.

Well, I'm true if you just caution that we want to make sure that all we're discussing is zoning appropriate for the parcel. Right? I agree. That's simply not what future use would be. If you said that buying up the property that that doesn't is a contingent sure.

With respect to me, to me, it's making an island. So I'm.

pretty I think that's yeah I appreciate that well I did my job too and I drove by and and it looks like they're all single dwelling homes I'm wondering how many are rented homes and how many are actually owned homes and there are extra lots that have no houses on them so I I'm like you Alan I'm a little torn about this one

So when we vote for a zone, we cannot look at the in use. What we have to look at is the zone and is it appropriate for the zone. And one of the things that is a key factor is if a zone happens to be an island, we have to look at that to determine is that acceptable or not acceptable.

I would agree with that, but I also say that we've had that conversation before a little bit to where, yes, the, does it make sense? Does it make sense with our plan? And once we change the zoning, I've been told that that changes our plan. Like we can't look at the 10 year plan because we've changed a lot and there's a lot that doesn't fit there and so that's where i still sit torn because if we're writing this in the plan are we actually planning or are we just responding to someone's requests and does it make sense training i've been to two different trainings on planning and zoning and one of them said don't ever spot zone don't change islands and the other guy was like you can do it it's okay and so it's you get conflicting information just to make sure it sounds right like it makes sense and what you're doing and if it's going from residential to r3 where you can put in you know triplex or bigger that would definitely be a that would be a concern exactly yeah and that's why is this this is a little bit more because i'm like i can see both ways

question of the hour so is there any additional discussion on this motion to move it to second reading at tonight's meeting yes all rezoning requests would come from the property owner fiber Corp LLC I believe

Fiber Corp LLC is requesting the rezone.

Okay, we have a motion and a second on Bill 1783. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? No.

No. No.

Just do a roll call. We'll do a roll call vote on that.

Let's start with Ms. Hanson. Mr. Henge?

No.

Ms. Railton?

Yes.

Ms. Reclu? No. Mr. Washington? No. Mr. Wett?

No.

Mr. Combs? Yes. Mr. Calvert?

Yes.

We have four noes, three yes.

Okay, motion failed. We'll move on to bill number 1788. the bridge rehabilitation on 54. Councilman Henschey, would you read that for us?

Yes, Mr. Mayor. Bill number 1788, bridge rehabilitation over Route 54. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the City of Fulton, Missouri to execute an agreement with the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission for the State of Missouri to perform work on City Right-of-Way and Route F bridge over Route 54 in Fulton. Missouri to sign all necessary documents in relation to the set agreement and establishing effective date. I Make a motion to place bill number 1788 for second reading at this council meeting Second Okay, but motion in a second on 1788 You want to say anything about that?

So, as I've kind of... We're in quite a few sessions with MoDOT. Go ahead.

That's okay. Thank you. No, you're fine. Absolutely. So, as kind of mentioned, Mayor and Daryl and Sam and I have had a lot of discussions with MoDOT over the past year, year and a half, and this is going to involve the of that overpass and the contract that you guys are being asked to agree to tonight also has to deal with aesthetic components. So there will be some embossing that says the city of Fulton on that bridge on the side of it. And I believe that will be on both sides. I think we're still waiting on confirmation from MoDOT for that. So I do not have a timeline that's firm just yet, but I do know they're getting ready to go out to bid for this. And that's why we are presenting this to you tonight.

Will we see a conceptual drawing or any of this? Because I'd like to see more of what we're doing here, to be honest with you.

I will talk to MoDOT about that, Mike.

Thank you. Can we have that by next meeting, maybe?

I will talk to MoDOT.

Okay, we're going to have a second reading of that bill.

We have to vote on it first.

Oh, I'm sorry. All in favor of that, please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Okay. Now, will you read it again for us?

Yes, Mr. Mayor. Bill number 1788, bridge rehabilitation over Route 54. An ordinance authorizing the mayor on behalf of the city of Fulton, Missouri, to execute an agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the state of Missouri to perform work on city right of way at Route F bridge over Route 54 in Fulton, Missouri, to sign all necessary documents in relation to said agreement and establish an effective date. I make a motion to place bill number 1788 for third reading at the next regular scheduled council meeting.

Very well. Do we have any other discussion? Seeing none, all in favor of bill 1788, please say yes.

Yes.

Opposed? No? Thank you. All right, we'll move on to Bill 1789. And that is the budget amendment.

Councilman Combs, would you read that for us, please? Yes, Mr. Mayor. Bill 1789, fiscal year 25, budget amendment. An ordinance authorizing amendments to the City of Fulton budget for fiscal year 2025 as outlined in Article 8, or 13, 8. Financial Procedure Section 8.8, amendments after adoption. Paragraph C, transfer of appropriations. of the Fulton City Charter in establishing an effective date. I make a motion to place bill number 1789 for second reading at tonight's meeting.

Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second. Do we have any discussion?

I would just reiterate that now that we have adopted, or I'm sorry, accepted our annual audit, this is simply to shore up from last year's budget to where the actual landed. So Candy's provided that information to you very clearly. And I would say if you have any other questions, please feel free to reach out again to myself or Sam, or we can get Candy involved as well.

Okay, seeing none. All in favor of Bill 1789, please say yes.

Yes.

Opposed? Okay, we're going to have a second reading of that bill tonight as well.

uh bill 1789 fiscal year 25 budget amendment an ordinance authorizing amendments to the city of fulton budget for fiscal year 2025 as outlined by article 8 financial procedures section 8.8 amendments after adoption paragraph c transfer of appropriations of the fulton city charter and establishing an effective date i make a Motion to place Bill 1789 for third reading at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

Second. Very well, we'll have a motion and a second on Bill 1789. Do we have any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor please say yes.

Yes.

Opposed, no. Very good. I will move on to 2nd, reading. Councilman Western, you really read Bill 1786 for please. Yes, sir.

Bill number 1786, ordinance number blank, rezoning 1003 Jefferson Street, an ordinance reclassifying attractive land located at 1003 Jefferson Street in Fulton, Missouri, from M1 Industrial to R1 Residential, under the zoning code of the City of Fulton, and establish an effective date. I move. I make a motion to place bill number 1786 for third reading at this council meeting.

Very well. We have a motion and a second on Senate Bill 1786. Do we have discussion?

This really makes sense because, you know, this actually is being rezoned into what it should be. And I think it's just a very straightforward bill.

Yep.

Okay, any further? Seeing none, all in favor of Bill 1786, please say yes.

Yes.

Opposed? Very well. Read that a 3rd time for us.

Yes, sir. Yes. Mr. Mayor bill number 1786 ordinance number blank. Rezoning 1003 Jefferson street. An ordinance reclassifying attractive land located 1003 Jefferson street in Fulton, Missouri from industrial to R1 residential under the zoning code of the city of Fulton and establish an effective date. I make a motion to place bill number 1786 for final passage at this council meeting.

Okay, we have the bill number 1786 read for the third time. All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Clerk, would you want to do a roll call on that for me?

Mayor, Mr. Hinchy?

Yes.

Ms. Railton? Yes. Mr. Flew? Yes. Mr. Washington? Yes. Mr. West? Yes. Mr. Collins? Yes. Mr. Cowherd? Yes. Mr. Hinchy? Yes. All council members are present.

Very good. Thank you. Okay, we'll move on to Bill No. 1787. Councilman Washington, would you read that for us, please?

Yes, Mr. Mayor. Without any objections, I'd like to do a second and third. Bill number 1787, voluntary annexation of 4930 State Road HH known as incorporating certain territories known as 4930 State Road HH into corporate city limits of the city of Fulton, Missouri and establish an effective date. I make a motion that we move 1787 for third reading at tonight's council meeting.

Very well. We have a motion and a second to move 1787 for third reading tonight. All in favor of that, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Very well.

Do you want to read that a third time for us, please? Yes, I will. Bill number 1787, voluntary annexation of the 4930 State Road HH, an ordinance incorporating certain territories known as 4930 State Road HH into a corporate city limits of the City of Fulton, Missouri, and establish an effective date. I make a motion that we pass Bill number 1787 for final passage tonight.

Okay, Councilman Rattleton, did you have a question? Okay, I was a little quick there maybe. All right, very good. We have a third reading on Bill number 1787. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Madam Clerk, would you do a roll call vote, please?

Yes, Mr. Mayor. Ms. Railton? Aye. Ms. McClue? Yes. Mr. Washington? Yes. Mr. West? Yes. Mr. Crump? Yes. Mr. Calvert? Yes. Mr. Nitchin?

Yes.

How many affirmative were there?

Seven. Seven all.

OK. Okay, we'll move on to third reading of bill number 1784, and that's the marijuana facilities. Councilman Cowherd, would you read that for us? Sure.

Bill number 1784, code amendment marijuana facilities. An ordinance amending chapter 22 of the code of ordinance of the city of Fulton, Missouri. by repealing Article 8 and enacting a new Article 8, marijuana facilities, to regulate marijuana facilities consistent with Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution and establishing an effective date. I make a motion to place Bill No. 1784 for the final passage at this council meeting.

Second.

Very well. We have a... Motion and second on Bill number 1784. Do we have discussion?

We made a little bit of a modification to that. Madam DOA, could you discuss that, please?

We actually kept it consistent with 1,000 feet, if that's what you're talking about. Okay, very good. So there was some question about whether it should be 1,000 feet from an established school, church, or daycare, and this ordinance does read 1,000 feet.

That's in line with state statute.

Okay, seeing no further discussion, all in favor of Bill 1784, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, Councilman, would you read that bill again for us? We'll have a third reading. Yeah, we do roll call now. Please.

Let's see. Ms. McClue? No. Mr. Washington? No. Mr. West?

Yes.

Mr. Combs?

Yes.

Mr. Cowherd?

Yes.

Ms. Hanson? Mr. Hinge?

Yes.

Ms. Railton? Yes. Five council members affirmative.

Five.

Okay. Thank you. We do have a few announcements. City Hall and Solid Waste and Legends will be closed on Friday, July the 3rd. In observance of the independent day, emergency services will remain in operation. The next council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July the 14th at 6.30. Didn't seem right. Okay. All right, I do have a need for an executive session tonight before we do that direct rule.

Thank you mayor before we move into executive session items. I do want to clarify that while city hall solid waste and legends will be closed for the 4th of July. Legends will be available for 24 hour access for those members. I think it was already mentioned, but reminder that there is the upcoming community fireworks display that's hosted by the VFW, and there will be a corresponding road closure that the city council approved at a previous meeting. I do want to also point out that the city issued a press release earlier today regarding the Nickel Street building collapse. We are continuing to work with that private property owner as they address their property issue. And I appreciate their cooperation to make sure that that's done in a timely manner. A 10-day debris removal order was issued for the site. And I also just want to take a moment to say that our thoughts are with the tenants and the neighbors and the property owner. That was a very shocking experience. And I think it's times like these that bring a community like Fulton really closely together. We are so fortunate, again, to have good people that care for one another. We're fortunate to have city staff members and experts that stood in in emergency response, and everyone just did a wonderful job of coming to the aid of everyone. So thank you to everyone involved in that process. And then I also just want to say thank you to City Council staff, community members for attending the NPUA groundbreaking that we hosted back at the beginning of the month, as well as the Carver Project ribbon cutting. So those are two, again, wonderful milestones for this community. There's even more to come, lots of things to celebrate. lots of successes as well. So we look forward to bringing those to the forefront and talking about what's still to come. Thank you very much.

And I'd like to add a shout out to the president of the BRIC district and the whole membership of the BRIC district on how they came together and helped those individuals with the collapsed building. They made arrangements for them so that they can keep their businesses going and things like that. And I think it's just a wonderful thing that they all stuck together like that.

i also should clarify i forgot to mention that nickel street is now open uh the nickel street parking lot is also open but there is still going to be a perimeter around that piece of property just to make sure that no one's getting too close to the debris so we ask members of the community to please avoid getting too close to that area we're going to let those private property owners address that area so please just use caution when you're down there what's the condition of the adjoining buildings

Okay, do we have a motion to move into executive session?

We will, yes, in just one moment. What I can say, Councilman West, is that, again, it is a private property, and we are working with those private property owners. They secured a structural engineer, and we received an initial assessment, and that's why the road was reopened. So until we get that final assessment, I'm not going to be able to speak on that just yet.

Understood.

And I move that we move into executive session.

To discuss legal?

To discuss legal. Okay.

Thank you. Second. Okay.

All in favor, please say yes.

Yes.

Okay. Thank you.