Council - Regular Meeting

Ice flag of the United States of America and for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. So Lord come to you today to make the best possible decision for the end by this council. Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you. together. Davis here. Young here

citizens comments. Do we have anybody? Okay. Approval of the minutes of the December one council minutes. any adjustments then they will stand as submitted. There are no consent items. Presentation of accounts claims on page six ordained by the council of the city of Boomville as follows. Section one for the purpose of paying salaries and various accounts against the city of Boomville which have been allowed by the council at the regular meeting thereof on December 15th 2025 the sum of 416,585.17 general fund $28,39962 sanitation $69,331.73 CIP tax $38,56322 Waterworks 30 $41,189.33 capital projects $0 wastewater $25,19453 tourism $18,93248 gaming $8,2794 Parks and water $6,69522 2 cent and for sales tax $0 economic development project $0. Section two, the accountant is hereby authorized and instructed to draw checks on the respective city bank accounts in favor of the persons whose salaries and accounts have been allowed as above amounting to $416,585.17, meaning the total amount of money being appropriated. Section three. This ordinance shall take effect and be enforced from an afterwards passage. First reading December 15, 2025. Read

for the second time this December 15, 2025 since a copy was made available prior to the meeting. Second reading title only. Ordinance appropriating money. Mayor, I move we approve this ordinance appropriating money. Thank you. Is there a second? I'll second. Okay. Questions or comments? Roll call. Yes. Yes. Davis, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Passes. Presentation of accounts and claims. It's on page six. I just did that one. Just did it. We just did that. Yeah.

You're right. And I didn't check it off. Got to get with it. Unfinished business. Second reading of bill number 2025-029 amending the solid waste collection fees portion of the administrative fees appendix G in the code of general ordinances item B first okay an ordinance of the city of Bville Missouri amending solid waste collection fees portion of the schedule of administrative fees appendix G in the code of general ordinances providing an effective date therefore for and repealing parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance.

Mayor, I move that we approve this ordinance. I'll second. Thank you. Have a motion in a second. Any questions or comments? Roll call. Elbert, no. Yes. David, yes. Yes. Yes. Coward, yes. Yes. passes. Item B, second reading of bill number 2025-030, approving an agreement with Black Flock LLC. Easy for you to say. Page 11.

An ordinance of the city of Louisville, Missouri approving a commercial lease and operating agreement with Black Flock LLC and Josh Black individually for management of Hail Road Golf Course. May I make a motion we approve this ordinance? The motion is there. I'll second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Questions or comments? Roll call. Elbert, yes. Yes. Davis, yes. Be yes. Young, yes. Coward, yes. Yes.

Motion passes. It may business. Consider resolution 2025-17 authorizing and approving an agreement with environmental works for phase one site assessment sub page 24. A resolution of the city of Boomville, Missouri, authorizing and approving an agreement between environmental works and the city of Boomville, Missouri pertaining to phase one site assessment at FT Kimber Park in compliance with CD BG requirements and providing an effective date. Therefore, whereas the city of Boomville has solicited and received proposals for this project determined that environmental works represents the best proposal pursuant to the purchasing code set forth in section 2-20 of the city of Boomville code of ordinances. And whereas the phase one site assessment is required for CDBG funding which was awarded to the city of Booneville for academic hall renovations at FT Kimber Park. Therefore, be resolved by the city council of the city of Booneville, Missouri as follows. Section one that a certain agreement between environmental works in the city of Booneville, Missouri, relating to phase one site assessment, a copy of which is marked exhibit A is attached here two and made a part here of is hereby approved. Section two, the city administrator and city clerk are hereby authorized to execute and test agreement on behalf of the city of Boomville. Section three. This resolution shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval passed the 15th day of December 2025 by the city council of Benville, Missouri. We have a motion.

I'll make a motion we approve resolution 2025-17. A second. I'll second that. Have a motion. There's a second. Any questions or comments? Uh just one. So phase one identifies contamination or anything of that sort, remediation necessity. Do we have a funding strategy for phase 2 or remediation? Well, we really don't think there's anything there. So we have several other assessments of asbestous that have always been negative. It's just that the time frame from when we did them last CDBG requires them. Obviously any lead paint you're going to repaint. Yeah, sir. So So this is a repeat of what we've done before. We didn't find anything.

Yeah. So, we've done there's been two site assessments at Keer and Academic Hall I'm sorry. Yeah. Academic Hall has always come clean and the other ones that have been hot are hot and this one has always been clean. So, I have no reason to think it wouldn't be. Um if it if it is if there is a speestous then it would be remediated and we can either add that we can add that. You should go back to CVG for some more funding or else we'll clean it up and we have to clean it up. That's the answer. Okay. Good question. Any other questions? Roll call. Gilbert, yes. Yes. David, yes. Beal, yes. Yes. Howard, yes.

Yes. Resolution passes. Item B. Consider resolution 2025-1818 authorizing and approving an agreement with Missouri Department of Economic Development for CDBG funding. Page 25.

A resolution of the city of Boomville, Missouri authorizing and approving an agreement between the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the City of Boomville, Missouri pertaining to community development block grant CDBG program providing an effective date. Therefore, whereas the city of Boomville applied for CDBG funds to support the construction of a roundabout on Main Street Route B in Americana and whereas the city council approved resolution RF 2025-11 approving and authorizing the application for funding and committing matching funds for the project. And whereas the city of Boomville has been notified that their application was successful on December 8, 2025. Now therefore, be it resolved by the city council of the city of Boomville, Missouri as follows. Section one, the assertain agreement between the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the city of Boomville, Missouri relating to community development block grant agreement, a copy of which marked exhibit A is had is attached hereto and made a part hereof is hereby approved. Section two, that the mayor and city clerk are hereby authorized to execute and attest set agreement on behalf of the city of Boomville. Section three. This resolution shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval passed the 15th day of December 2025 by the city council of Boonville, Missouri. Is

there a motion? May I'd like to make a motion we approve this resolution. Thank you. I have a motion second. Seconded. Okay. Have a motion and a second. Any questions or comments? No. Yes. Yes. David, yes. Yes. Young. Yes. Coward. Yes. And

yes. Motion passes. Item C. First reading bill number 2025-631 approving a final site plan for AECI utility services at 2415 Mid American Mid America Industrial Drive. It's on page 56. An ordinance of the city of Boouville, Missouri, approving the final site plan for AECI utility solutions 2415 Mid America Industrial Drive, Booneville, Cooper County, Missouri, providing an effective date therefore in repealing all ordinances in conflict with this ordinance.

Thank you. Item nine, reports of standing committees planning and zoning on page 81. Any questions or comments? site. You have anything to say about it? No, it we just uh went over the final site plan review for the 2415 Mid American Industrial Drive. Uh it was a unanimous approval. Uh one issue was brought up about storm water. U everything else had been addressed by the city engineer, but uh we went ahead and approved it as a committee. So,

and I'll just note that it was we heard from Miko today. So, the outstanding item has been fixed and so they're done. Anybody got questions for sir? Okay. Item B, airport board September 4. Uh, yeah, I'll do B and C together. Um, September 4 um minutes are in the packet. Speak up just a bit.

September 4 minutes are in the packet. There was some discussion regarding the uh the improved taxiway. The December 4 meeting was canceled due to lack of agenda items and that is also noted in the packet. I I was a little confused by the uh who's paid on the extension. Well, it was a grant that we paid 10% and the federal whatever moda pay the other 90. So it was about a $1.2 $2 million project. Nice. And it's complete. So, all concrete.

Our tax dollars are actually doing something. Somebody's all right. Let's go over here. I'm no comments. Um, so I did provide a quarter 3 project update and I'll just pause there if you guys have any questions. It starts on page 89 and then you can ask any of the department heads if you have any questions or about progress or updates on those things. The um items that are in light green are obviously done and then the items in pink I assume are going to be carried over to the fiscal the next fiscal year most likely. So, uh, with that, do you guys have any other questions on those?

This is just a high level question, probably not pertaining to this particularly, but where are we at with all the city the street stuff that we did last school year? I know it was a multi-year project, but we have Fourth Street. Oh, that's the project they're working on right now. And we just got an update today that they're on Fourth Street and they're not bowling alley. And what are they? Putting a water line. Okay. Yeah, I noticed that they were digging. I I assume that was all part of it. And they're and they finished over their own paving greens. Yeah. When's the

overlay? Yeah.

Yeah. It's probably one of those things if you do it right now, it's probably not going to it's probably better to do it in the spring anyways. Okay. Thanks. Um Okay. So, just a little bit on fiscal year 2627 budget comments. Um, I provided you with um a quick overview on the general fund revenues, kind of letting you see what we were last year, where we are this year, and what our budget was. Um, I do I do think we're going to get where we need to get. I think almost all of them are looking on track. The only one that's not going to make it, but that's okay because we didn't know what we didn't know is probably the marijuana tax. But it's also in part because it's a little bit goofy how they pay us. They only pay us every quarter and that's the only sales tax that we get like that. So you really end up missing a couple months in their fiscal year. So like I said, we'll get a payment in January and then we won't get another one until April. So it's really the last payment of our fiscal year. It's a little bit strange. Um, and this year we'll have a lag. Next year you'll kind of get like a whole year, but this year it's kind of, but we also really didn't know what we would get. So, you know, again, it's not a primary source of our revenue, but it's it's of course nonetheless helpful. So, what we what we'll get, we'll use. Um, and then the rest of them, I think, are coming on track. Um, the next thing is is I just put a note in there about health insurance. Um, so the city for new people who haven't heard, we're self-funded and we've we've been that way for as long as I've been here and I think for some time before then. So, um, the a couple years ago we embedded Big Tree into our program to modify uh to help modify our cost just cuz primarily it was on our prescription medication. And so we're able to get to pay the the membership fee to Big Tree

and then we get all the sort of maintenance medication for free um for the employees and then it kind of keeps it off of our books and so it helps it helps when they go out to put our insurance to bid every year. Um we also have to have an like kind of an aggregate deductible on our insurance right now is 79%. They'd like for you to be at 80. That's just the reserve fund. So, in case the catastrophic happened and everything went wrong, um you know, you hope that never happens, but um you're supposed to have enough to cover they like to see at 80%. We do have a little bit of a reserve fund here in the city as well as with uh GBH. So, we're a lot we're closer than that, but anyways, for those re I think that was a slight reason why our insurance kind of went up a little bit. So, I did do a a moderate increase for the employees. It was between $2 and $5 a month. So, it's $52 if you're an employee only if you're per month. If it's employee, spouse,

I don't know about all that. I just know the number. The $455. That's right. So, 455, right? That's I think employee ch employee plus children. Mhm. I don't know the

employee spouse I think is like 500. And then families like about 600. So those went up $5 the contribution on their end. Um and then we also increased our contribution $5 as well. So we donate well we don't we give $1,20 each month per employee for insurance or per per member. So if it's a family um other insurance information, I provided the renewal quote from First State. I told you it was kind of a mixed bag. The big the big problem is the general liability policy went up 12%. Which it dwarf or it is grossly larger than any of our other insuranceances that went down. So So we're we're still going to owe more. I did ask for some information. Um it's a it's a couple of factors. A lot of it is external things that we continue to not be able to have any control. Floods, tornadoes, they said terrible weather in Missouri this year, I guess with the tornadoes. So those sort of things, but also we get dinged in the insurance agency generally because of, you know, things that happen in Florida. Just

the main policy with Tokyo Green looks like it went up 20%. Um, it went from that 297. He told me 12, but I guess I didn't check his math, but yeah, and I'll double check that. 63,000. Yeah, I'll double check that number with him because that looks like 20% to me. That's

Yeah. And then um the other thing is that I've been slowly doing is when we first started with Tokyo Marine and First State, our total insured value of the city was like 56 million, which again you hope the whole world doesn't get destroyed, but 56 million would certainly not cover very much. So, I have been slowly increasing our total insured value on items each year, but every time you add more value, it goes up in price. So, I that's something I've just been doing. Um I think we're at like 86 million now, so we're still probably wfully un underfunded, but again, um

Okay, that how often do we and I don't want to open a Pandora's box here, but how often do we let that out? like do we put that out for they bid this one this year again for us. So we've been with first date for several years and we have bid out our insurance like the middleman the carrier but these guys did bid out this year our insurance and they do several and then they and just the same with our health insurance. Our health insurance is bid out every year as well. Um and Tokyo Marine still is looks like our best offer. So and we'll probably do honestly to bid out the insurance again next year.

Okay. on the on the the provider. So, um it's it's unfortunately kind of it is what it is. You really don't have much control over it. They just tell I mean you guys all know you have car insurance and health insurance, too. So, um the next thing is workers comp. I've yet to receive a number, but we have had an excellent year again. So, thanks to all the employees for their their really conscientious work. Um, so I think we should continue to keep our our E- MODOD low. If you remember last year, we we dropped down below the I think we're 86 and I think we should stay there this year. Sim something similar. Anything below one is excellent. So I think we should be doing good there. Um, and then also on Loggers, we haven't quite received the increase on that. Loggers, for those of you who don't know, that's the city's retirement. Um, it's a defined pension plan. And we last year uh elected to raise our contribution rate till they're at the 2% modifier, which is is a is a big deal. It's it's a good appeal to keep people here. Um, and I think, you know, not very many people have a defined pension benefit plan, so it's kind of a nice thing for all the employees to have. There will be an increase because there's an increase every year. I think it won't be as significant as last year cuz we had to buy up all the way to the the two modifier, but I anticipate it still being somewhere in the five to six 7% probably. Um, so that's kind of where we are on the insuranceances and those of course affect all of the all of the budgets across the board. Um, and you know, other than the the general liability insurance, it's it's certainly doable and I think we can absorb it with our continued growth. So, I am uh I didn't include it, but I was looking today. Um,

I feel for like the first time in several years, I can see the growth in the city. Our water and sewer revenues are coming in um higher than I than we anticipated. So, um, sort of heartening to see because as we get more people, then it's there's more people to help spread the the necessary improvements over. So, hopefully that one day we can help lessen the increases as they come across. So, I'm happy to answer any questions about those. I think next week you'll start actually seeing some number number budget stuff. So, we're going to talk about economic development. and that'll be Jim and um I'll have the admin budget ready for you, debt service and the airport. So, but I'm happy to answer any other questions if you guys have any.

Any concerns about uh where the year numbers are going to come in?

No, I mean the year numbers are going to be what they're going to be. I have some concerns about all of the capital costs that we have acrewing over the next 2 or 3 years and making sure they fit. Um there are things that we've obligated ourselves to obviously whether by passing temporary sales taxes to do improvements or committing to do improvements. But um that again I I do think we're kind of getting near the end of those imp improvements, those capital projects that we have to do, particularly at Keer. Um obviously getting the $500,000 on the roundabout will really help cuz that's more money that we can put in at Keer. Um but also we're hearing in a couple years we're going to have paid off several coops. So some of the things that we maybe need to be improving like parking and infrastructure on the back side of camper to accommodate some of that growth um will have freed up some coop some debt money that we're no longer spending. The soccer field and the INI basin will be freed up. So that will also help with some new sewer projects. So I think a lot of it will come in at the right time. It's just going to be hoping the construction and the and the bidding takes about what I think it's going to take. But where we are in the revenues, I think they're okay. I mean, you always wish you were going to see a little more growth, but um there is some growth, so that's good. Um, and I and I'm also excited to kind of see what this year generally will be a good year for general revenues to see what happens in our next fiscal year between um the addition of uh the ball fields there at Brady Ballpark um the stuff with America 250, the World Cup. I'm sure we'll get some spin-off ancillary from all of those big events. So hopefully next year we'll see some more growth and whether it's sustained in the long term, we'll find out.

Kate, have we have we done any financial modeling potentially for tax revenue from the new ball fields? Do we have an idea of what that might look like? No, it's it's very hard to tell. And you can do I mean like Jim can has been done some modeling for us on some things. Um which ball fields the the new soccer that we ballpark central. I was going to say cuz I know Brady had mentioned that she had modeled out the benefits to the city for for the for the baseball field. So I have always found sales tax a very tricky

number to chase because it just makes no sense. Like you you would think they'll come in and you're like, "Oh, it's 100 or it's 100. It's 100. Oh, it's Christmas, so now it's 300." But then all a sudden there's like 8,000 and you're like I I don't I don't know what happened and they don't give you any information. So is it a oneoff? Are they paying back taxes you don't know about? I mean you don't you just see a line item

and um I've I used to track every month and in several businesses to try to see if I could find the magic thread, but I never found it. So I kind of just gave up. And I mean, as long as I kind of keep each watching each month, as long as they're steadily similar or slowly or trend in the right direction, um, you know, that's good. So, and yes, they do modeling, but I've I'm yet to ever see a model and they'll be like, "Ah, yes, here it is in our sales tax revenue." It just doesn't work that way. And um but again I I think the nice thing too for the city is thanks to the support of the citizens we are you know well diversified with our revenue sources. So we're really fortunate in that you know there's money for parks, there's money for storm water, there's money for capital projects. So I know of course gaming. So we have a lot of other pots. If we didn't have those things and we were just talking like general fund and CIP and there was no gaming I think it would be a very different city. So, we're we're able to do a lot of things because of that. So, any other questions?

City council, you got anything? Oh, me? Um, actually I do. Um, city clerk, sorry. Um, I just want to give an update on the filing for the November or November, gosh, April election. Um, four people have filed so far. Two for mayor, which is Morris Carter and Mike Conway. Um, Sai Harville has filed for Ward 4 and Andrew Coward has filed for W three. No one has filed for one or two. And the filing period ends December 30th. Does know anyone? Send them to send them my way. That's it.

Now I've got a report. Um, I'll try to be brief so we can move on. Um, but before you all get any phone calls from your constituents, I'd like to go ahead and address the council. Um, city of Bundo made the news tonight because earlier today we initiated demolition on the two houses at 806 and 810 Third Street. Um, we have been in regular coordination with Grace and with Mr. Hey at the building department, but I want to give you a quick timeline in case you catch phone calls and if nothing else so I can preserve this timeline for the record in case anybody at home is watching. Um, if you'll recall on April 21st, we had a city council meeting here where property owners signed a consent order that they would agree to obey all dangerous conditions no later than August 1st. And in that order, it stated specifically that if those dangerous conditions continued to exist, the city reserved the right to demolish those buildings. August 1st came and went with no complete abatement per the repair plan that was in the order. Property owner appeared before the council the following Monday at the August 4th council meeting and ask for more time. And the council was gracious enough to authorize one week for a property owner to secure a building permit and to immediately abate the dangerous conditions to the satisfaction of the building inspector no later than September 4th. On September 15th, our building inspector did an on-site investigation and inspection, then circled back again on October 21st with photographs to show that no compliance of the abatement of the dangerous conditions had been satisfied. Thereafter, I drafted a letter to the property owner informing him that the city was moving forward with the order from April 21st that the buildings were going to be demolished to remove any personal

property therein. The city was moving forward. Shortly after the service of that letter, Department of Natural Resources contacted us because someone had expressed concern about the potential of asbestous in those properties. The city has employed Gim Environmental. We did our samples. We submitted them to Department of Natural Resources, came back to where no deficiencies were found. We've secured the proper demolition permits and initiated demolition this morning. It made the news tonight because someone called the local television stations. So, I want to make the council very aware should you get any phone calls or concerns from your constituency that the city has done everything. You all I believe everyone was here at the April 21st meeting.

Mhm. We have documented documented information that this was agreed upon that property owner was going to obey the dangerous conditions by a deadline. We even extended that deadline multiple times and the properties are now in the process of being demolished and cleaned up by the city per the order. Any questions? Has any of this information been shared with media? And if not, should we proactively do so? I if they want I can draft a public release just I was watching the news before I came up here. Yeah. We made the news

again. Um, but one of the things that I was doing prior to the meeting was making sure that I had the documentation on the city's behalf in order someone request it. Obviously, it's a sunshinable. I'm happy to disclose it to any media outlets that want it. Um, because we have written consent orders from property owners that we weren't going to be in this situation. So, but I I anticipate some someone out there is going to call one of you all and say, "What's going on with those buildings?" So now we've got this recorded timeline.

Have they called you? I mean, I'm just reading their story and it says they they tried multiple times to reach Booneville officials. I mean, have they tried to call city hall? I did. Okay. I choose not to do that. And and if if for what it's worth, I had municipal court this morning. Yeah.

And um I didn't I wasn't in my office, so I don't even know if they tried to contact my office. But back to what Ter said, I think the best course of action at this point is if they want some information, I'm happy to provide anything and everything cuz all it does is solidify the city's position that this goes back to April 21st of this year when there was an agreement that these dangerous conditions were going to be abated. And if you'll see in the article makes no reference to the fact that the buildings were declared dangerous. Mhm. Yeah. And I mean it it's so well documented this I can just go through many many logs of of and now you can watch our YouTube video and they probably won't. Yeah. So the story the story that I saw was a bit one-sided. Oh yeah.

About preservation of log cabins. Exactly. Um they did not talk about the fact that the sides of the houses weren't there. So but if any of your constituents have any questions or concerns are welcome to reach out to me as well. Thank you for doing that. Yeah. So, Brad, just one thing in the in the article, uh, the the owner states that the permit wouldn't expire in 2026, February 7th of 2026.

So, that so he's he's referencing I didn't read the the online article. I watched I just watched it. He's he's referencing the building permit and that's the building permit was what we supposed to secure by August 11th, 7 days after our August 4th meeting. and that building permit would be good for six months. But the agreement on record was he was going to abate the dangerous conditions within 30 days first and then finish that and then I just want clarity about that.

Yeah. Because I made the comments prior that if he got the dangerous build the dangerous conditions abaded, we don't care if he takes 2 years and continues to renew his building permits. It was the danger conditions that were the concern for the safety and wellbeing of citizens of Boomville. Yeah, I think I think that's a big important distinction there is having a building permit is one thing, but having a dangerous building hearing is a least by paying for a six-month building permit did not give him 6 months and and he was well aware of that because if you recall, I addressed him specifically at the council meeting on August 4th and I said, "You understand no more continuences. This is it." And unfortunately, September 15th, on-site inspection, October 21st on-site inspection, Mr. A, who had the authority, directed the demolition, and we gave proper notice to him. Okay. Thank you. Well done, sir. Thank you, R. All right. All right. See, public works monthly report for November 2025.

Just in the packet for reference. Any questions or comments on it? So, it passes. Is that what we're saying? Okay. Is there a motion? Motion to second. I know how to do that. It's almost like you have some practice motions in seconds.