City Council - Regular Meeting

Welcome to the March 2nd, 2026 regular city council meeting. Would you please rise and say the pledge of allegiance? I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Roll call. Becky here. John here. John Fer. Yep.

All right. That takes us to our very first public participation this evening. If you'd like to talk to us, be sure and come up to them. You're welcome to come to the the podium. Be sure to sign in your name and your address. And you have five minutes to us or us? To us. Sometimes we'll get it started. All right, that takes us to our consent agenda, shall we? Item A, motion to approve the minutes of the February 23rd, 2026 regular event. I will entertain a motion to pass the consent agenda. Second. All those in favor? I oppose.

Five in favor, zero opposed. That takes us to appointments. Uh we don't have any. We do now have three openings on the park board and two on the code board of appeals that we need to fulfill. And I think the next one coming up is there's a renewal on the tip board that we should have the next few years. Is that one on the board? Yes, we've had one more. Yeah. Scott Texas moves us on to the city manager's report. Scott,

thank you, ma'am. Um, so we were just here last week, so the report's not been seen long, but um, we still have not received any updates to the city attorney from PST. I haven't gotten any plans or any updates. Um, so we're going to meet next Monday and kind of discuss that and see what our next suggestions are regarding that. Um the Genwick project, we had a meeting um I that was the same night as the last meeting last Monday. Um they did have CGM Smith, Chad Johnson was here. Um the USDA staff was here. Shauna Barnes, she's our specialist and program manager. Um and so they did um set a deadline of this Friday to have all of our submissions turned in. So we'll get those all in. and they said it takes roughly 45 to 90 days to get final approvals to take you to your loan. So, we're prepared to give them everything we need to do. Um, they did do their outstanding punch list completed on January 5th. Um, so those have all been addressed and Chad Johnson has finalized that and submitted for uh we've gone from substantial completion to final completion. So, we're at the point where we're just waiting on them to issue the use permit which to allow us to transfer and sell water. Um I don't usually publicly like to say that, but one of their staffs that does that is out until after Friday.

Yeah. Her vacations this week. No, you know. Oh, that's

so it's hard it's hard to get your issuance when the staff people are out of town. Um but we expect that to be coming shortly momentarily. Um so we're still awaiting the the final permit. Um once that's been done, um we will have clearance to begin utilizing water. Um we'll keep you praised for any updates or milestones as they occur, but it looks like we're kind of at that end. So um we also met with the fireworks committee. So staff met with the chamber, Main Street, the friends of the firework groups. Um they the current vendor that we used last year, they used um is not able to do the July 4th on the 4th of July. They have the second and the third open. Um they are investigating other options with vendors. Um not sure if that is optimal or not. Everyone kind of decided the third would be best with all the scheduled concerts and events that are going on in town. Um so we'll get back to you on that. The chamber was going to go ahead and do all of the notoriization and all that. So there's still some discussion on that, but I wanted you to have an update in case you hear anything. Um that's all I have. Any questions for Scott?

Can we talk about city hall later? Is that I think that was taken off. I took it off after last meeting. You had a question. I thought we were going to have it on every meeting. We did until last week. Well, and it's always on. Okay. And I talk about it. Sure. Or ask about it. Um, so, so we've been through all of this. It doesn't seem like we're getting any. We're We don't even have a plan. And the plan is just wait till they concede. And I I I'm not big on that. And I wonder, why why can't we just go ahead and start fixing things?

We are. Well, I know we are, but but um just to make that the plan. And is is there any anything that we can't do, anything that needs to be without the without an engineering stand because we talked to all of these builders around here and they told us there's nothing here

that they would have to worry about that they build houses, they build buildings, they build, you know, commercial buildings and the the brick work that's not a problem. The roof we decided wasn't a problem. And you know, we're all kind of sitting around on our hands for fear of making a mistake. But I, you know, we're kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. And I would I would like to really get down to a punch list of saying what's is there anything that we can't fix ourselves? Yes. Well, what is it? And and is that coming from you or is that coming from

No, it's just that I' I've listened to these and

Well, I've listened to them too, but they've changed their attitude in in the time that we've talked about it and and I would like to know what it is and why. So, because just like we said, and I think John would agree with that, we talked to these builders that they would be happy to fix it and and I don't think that's I think the only thing that I remember hearing about needing the engineering report um was that if if something was in there, they might need to do an engineering report for a specific thing, but we wouldn't necessarily know about it ahead of time, which is fine. I mean, we get in there and get as much work done as possible. That's why I pushed for the roof. Let's get as much

I appreciate that. Well, at one time we were going to do a a work that made it engineering work. So that's why Well, there was thought on that. I don't think it was ever I I don't remember it ever being that that's what they that's what they had in the uh drawings at first was the hip roof in the very beginning. That's what they put in the that's what they put in the drawings. That's why the engine

and that was the big hangout. Yes. Now we're not doing a hip rope. Right. And so and and I I cannot, you know, I I'm no spring chicken and I've had buildings that we've had to work on that sort of thing. I don't see anything in there that, you know, we put a a French drain in or whatever. If the if the walls are are um getting saturated, we can we can pour a brick mold footer to do the brick on the outside. I correct me if I'm wrong, but or whoever's Tad. You're Tad.

That's Tad's deal. So, I I just think we're being held hostage and I I don't see this end in sight. And I don't want them to think that we're just sitting here at their mercy and we're going to for we paid our dues. And I think if we had to go to court, I think that a judge would say, "Well, you did everything you could do." you know, they're the ones, you know, and u and I I I really question whether we need an engineering report. Scott and I, we talked about maybe having somebody just to come and look at at the windows. Yeah.

And tell us, are they really put in backwards like claims they are? And and and here we are talking about windows. That's that's kind of basic. You know, you can go wherever and buy windows and have them replaced. You don't need to have a engineer come here to look at them. It be it'd be nice. So, you don't have to replace them, but it's not brain surgery. Um, you know, as far as the window, it's not brain surgery, but the only thing that concerns me is to do everything in the right order. And I and I don't know that. Well, don't you think some of these builders would? More than I would. Yes.

Well, I see what you mean, but I just don't want to get something out of order. Fix something. Then you're saying, "Well, you should have done this first instead of I don't know."

I know cuz you and I talked about windows versus the the brick facade and and and which comes first. So, well, you tear the brick off and then you look at the windows because some of them have a brick mold around it. You have to position that a certain place and um you know, I just I don't see it. I don't see because from a legal perspective, we and and u we were told this by our attorney, it might be two or three years before this goes through court. I'm really not interested in waiting that long. So unless unless Patrick and unless you have a solution that's going to be six months or something like that, I don't want to go another summer and doing nothing and being held hostage and um and having to look at that thing and nor does any taxpayer in Cameron. Well, and you also have to remember we we have additional cost because we have to have our staff up at a building.

Yeah. You know, so I mean a lot of additional cost. Absolutely. And the rent for all the lease on furniture. So even if they cost us a few dollars to bring somebody I think we're good to that. The reason there had to be an engineer is because they're taking out the restrooms that's in the city hall. that all had to be redesigned along with the entrance way with the concrete because it separated. So that is where from my understanding is where the engineering had to come in because it's going to be all new different. So if worse came to worse, you could hire a different engineer and say, you know, we need a restroom engineer and a foyer engineer because that can't be

$750,000. You know, I think the brick ledge on the front was Yeah. Big issue is structural. Anybody that's built a building knows that you can you could pour a footer and put a brick there doing just fine. That's not the 2x4s are doing just fine. Yeah. I I think keeps Ross, we don't want to get too into it, but just to respond, I think um they did a lot of architectural and design work, which wasn't necessarily engineering. Engineering would be, hey, we're changing out the headers, the structural components. That's true. It's more like general contractor type services, right? I think that's where I,

you know, we've we've all kind of talked, but I think one of the more expensive components is going to be the doors and windows. And so if we can get some estimates and some professional commercial window door people to give us quotes and and inspect it and look at it at least then we kind of know, yeah, we do need to do that or don't need to do that. And once until you're I mean I've had construction projects that they were not dried in and they didn't have a roof and they started doing drywall and the contractor's like, "Well, we can put some stuff in and get started." and they, you know, pulled out $80,000 worth of drywall and the contractor takes that on their own risk, but I think

I think, you know, you want to be dried in. You want to make sure the roof is done and the windows are done. And if that requires the brick, the only thing that I've seen in talking with staff and walking and looking at it is there's also permeation through the foundation. So, I don't know if that means there's there's some kind of sealing that needs to be done on excavating and sealing in the foundation. Um, those are things you would want to do before you get your external components and make the interior remodel is is pretty efficient, pretty quick. But I think where you're sitting now is the brick, the windows and doors and the foundation issues and and I think a general contractor um those are general services. because I think all of those things probably need to be done. But I think where we sit with discussions with the council, city count uh counselors is is I think we're at that precipice where we don't think they're going to perform. So, we need to initiate something. But I think outside of that, we still need to have an action plan to start commencing on some of this work,

right? We need get a punch list of things and do our best to get in order. We can consult with other people and and work on that. As far as that foundation, surely a a French drain would any kind of water. It has a foundation. Oh, it does see when they put the fire line in and it's working. So there I didn't actually see a Spencer seam the foundation drain. That was your gutter drain. Gutter that was your gutter drain. We didn't get far enough down to see a foundation drain. I know that the waterproofing did not go all the way up to grade when we cut that out. That's concerning.

So drain wouldn't fully fix it. You would need to rewaterproof. Well, on my house, that's what they did. I just had them go. They dug clear down below the the footer and then they cleaned the wall. They sealed the wall, fixed every crack, and they um filled it. filled it all with gravel and but that wouldn't even have been on the just Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt. No, that's not even on the engineers report, I don't think, was it? Didn't they say it was fine? If I remember correctly, what I thought I think Tad said this is something they've been noticing lately, right?

Well, I think it's been since last summer. We had a heavy rain since the everything's off. You can see it seeping through in place. Well, before it was even torn off down in the basement when you and I went down there, the you could tell it had been wet in that that was where it was coming in Zach's office and grinded down the wall down. It's it's it's challenging because the scope of work they were supposed to do and the reports and all we should have answers to all that for the amount of money that cities paid.

Exactly. And so I and that's where it comes back to, you know, once it gets to the attorney's level, I I think we're in a position where that will be kind of a separate resolution than actually moving forward because um we don't have those answers and they haven't provided those answers. So well, I don't want to wait three years to get that resolved through legal. I don't think we're going to Well, that's what Patrick said. He said it could take two to three years a give us some ideas on this stuff. He was talking about the I know. Let's put a resolution in to get a general contractor in here to to give us some information.

I like that. This may have been before I got off city hall group still meeting or I have not seen we have I don't have to make because we don't have any answers. Yeah, we didn't have any answers to meet. We met to get decisions and we don't it's a great group. No, but in this case they would be telling us what we need to review. So cross-section contractors that

I think I think this works two ways too. One, we understand it better. We end up with a better resolution even if we go through through the engineer. Um and and also we're able to fix things and save a lot of money if if we wanted to. And uh it also puts pressure on the engineers if they start thinking, hey, they're just going to ignore us. I don't think they care. No, I don't think they I don't think they care.

I agree with you. I don't think I mean I I have experience in water plants, city halls, airports. I I would say that the billings you've received and the performance of work they've done is is extremely efficient compared to even places like Olen Stante, some Jacobs Engineering.

It's it's they they charge, you know, a lot of some of the days they came, they charge $9,000 for meetings to be here for a day. That doesn't seem in line with normal practices. But I wasn't hearing, you know, some of the directives they got about, you know, the air scrubbers and mitigating mold and some of those things are not cheap services. But I feel like for what you've spent, we really still don't have answers to the basic questions of what they were scoped to do. And that's that's a problem. Um, I don't, in my opinion, I think when you get to that resolution with any any performance contract, it's time to say we definitely don't want to pay them more funds to keep doing what we've received from them to date. Um, I think that's up to the council if they wish to to to give a recommendation to council. We can certainly discuss this uh this evening. I don't want to Yeah. I mean, all this is a midpoint if our legal counsel would say, "Well, that's going to be over in six or nine months anyway." But I don't think that's going to come. So,

not when they won't even answer us. No, it is frustrating. I've been here that long. This is only my ninth week. I'm frustrated with them and and the process as well. I think we need to talk about that tonight. Okay, I'll yield the floor. Anyone else have any questions?

That takes us to unfin business. So, we'll go to new business. Bill 2026-3, an ordinance authorizing the city of Cameron, Missouri to enter into contract with the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office to provide dispatch services amended. Okay. So, this is a full reading. I will entertain a motion to pass bill 2026-14 on a first on a full on a full first and second. What am I looking at? Should be 2026. Oh, because it was me. It's covered up

stamped. It's disguise. Maybe I'll use this one. I'll make that motion. 2026-30. We're going to just bypass you. Just jump in and help. Yeah. First and second. Yep. All right. Discussion.

Mayor, council, thank you. Um the as you know back in May of 24 we went live with dispatch consolidation. Uh our dispatch center takes care of dispatching for all the services in Pwell County. Um it was a year contract so it the contract actually expired in May of 25. Um, so we started getting this going once uh our director and assistant director uh left. Um, we uh got this all completed, got it through uh Caldwell County, all three of their commissioners signed it. Um, the president and let's see, Missy, she's the board secretary. So, they've all signed it. Um, this is a three-year. The first one was a year contract. This is a three-year contract to expire in March of 29. Um, they'll be locked in for the 516,12468 a year or 43,10.39 a month. Uh, this is just for the sheriff's department themselves. Um after if if this is approved tonight um then we have to go back and get contracts from each entity, police departments, fire departments, etc. which we will bring them back to you guys. Um we're requesting a full reading on this tonight due to we have the signatures and that we have not had a contract in a year with these guys.

Any questions? When this was presented to us a year, year and a half ago, I was told by the city manager and the camera police department that when we went in this direction that we would go down in the big building and basement that has storage. It's not being used right now. and that this was going to be a no cost to anybody. It was going to be seamless and it was going to be a good deal, which is fine. Is that still the plan?

Well, the plan for that was if we brought on more than just Caldwell County at this point. Uh the police department is not out begging or asking for any other agency to come on board with us. Um if somebody if one of the agencies come to us and wants us to dispatch, we will entertain that and we will sit down and discuss their options. But at this point uh we we did come back in previous meetings and say right now we're comfortable here. Uh we we are able to have four dispatchers in this center right here. Um and uh we're taking care of both agencies or all the agencies for Cameron and Cowell County out of this center right here. And the only reason we wanted to secure that over there is because at the time when we consolidated, we had two to three other agencies that wanted to come on board and we wouldn't have any room in here for that. That's why we asked to move over there. But at this time, nobody else is knocking at our door. And uh so we are comfortable right where we're at for now.

Well, I I know things changed, but I was told at that time, and that's one of the reasons, not all, that I voted to to uh go into city hall and to refurbish it because I was told that this dispatch situation was going to get bigger and that we had space to go over there seamlessly. And like you said, things do change. And again, we had three counties that were on board with this. And once we got going and command staff has changed at some of these agencies, they backed out. So, where we're at is Caldwell County and the city of Cameron at this point.

Well, I'm sitting up here in this chair and I'm saying it's going to be seamless. And I specifically asked the previous city manager, "Are we going to have to build anything or lease anything?" Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. He leaves and I hear these voices of a 35 to $50 million new public safety building over there. And now I hear a 50 by 100, 360,000 public safety deal over here. I I don't see a new public safety building costing 35 to $50 million. Uh that's not the point. The point is I was told that we could seamlessly do that and move it right into the a year ago. Okay? And like everything else up here, I'm told one thing and miraculously it changes. Do you think you could get more people on board once we do get over there and have this space?

That's one of the issues. I'm assuming you're waiting. That's one of the issues is city hall is the way it is right now. Okay. That's what I was kind of So, at this point, we're comfortable in our own dispatch center right here. And if if we do continue to grow, yes, we would love to have that room in the basement of city hall that's not being utilized. And that would work perfectly. And you wouldn't have to have it's underground. It's underground like what uh they requested.

It was like a bunker style type deal with the balls and all the things you So right now we're in the situation of city hall is the way it is. So we can't move anywhere. We have to stay where we're at. But what I'm saying is we're comfortable here right now. So yes, if we grow and we bring on more people, then yes, we want that room under there and all this stuff would transfer seamlessly right over to the basement over there and it won't cost anything and we wouldn't need a new safety building. Well, I wouldn't go that far. Well, not at this point for this. Not for this, but that's what I'm saying.

But Michael and I, you know, last meeting, we are out of room in this building. So, um, we're we're we've split up offices in here to make offices and, uh, he's cramming everything back here. So, not this not at this time are we going to ask for one, but down the road we are going to have to have a new public safety bill. And I'm not saying in the next two or three years, but you know, it could be five to seven years we may come and ask, but that's why we're trying to come up with a temporary plan now, which will help us out until that day comes that we do come to you guys and say, "Hey, this this is where we're at." So, we're making it work right now.

This this building when it was built in 1996 was built for the 12 police officers that they had at the time. it it was supposed to have a second floor on it and a basement in it. Those plans were cut to build city hall across the street. So, this is this is what uh was left for those folks at the time. This wasn't built for the future. This was built for at that time. And so, now we're out of room, but we are making it work. Like Mike said last week, we're not going to come to you in two years and say we need a public safety building. It could be five to seven years down the road, but we are going to ask for a building because we are out of room, but we're going to make it work right now.

As I, as I understand it, the highway patrol has office space in here.

They do. How much how much rent do we get off of them? Not very much because um let's see. We we run off of their mule system. Mules, you guys know what mules is? It's the Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System. So, uh, that's how we run our criminal histories. We run our traffic stops, our license plates, and people. Um, we do criminal histories, we do training and everything through that. So, that's usually about $5,000 a month that we would have to pay the highway patrol to have this system here. So, we give them that space on the back of the building and they've cut what we owe them down significant significantly. So, um for us using their system, they have a lower rent back here.

So, and they they also provide us stuff throughout the year at no expense from the highway patrol to our facility due to them having a zone office in our building. So is some of the reason that you're outgrowing the space because the two entities have become larger and taking in more of a region and having more responsibilities.

It's not just taking in another region. It's just it's the city of Cameron itself. We Mike explained last week all the big equipment that he has back here. We, you know, we we've hired, when I started here, there was 12 police officers. Now we're up to 18. That's due to the crime in the town. So, we we've grown substantial in the 22 years that I've been here. Grown in what respect? Because we've shrunk in some respects. So, we have more police officers due to the crime. So, we have more people in different areas of this building that Yeah.

You know, we have people sitting on top of people So, well, you know what I'm getting at is like as where's the population of Cameron? It's I know it's hard to factor in because of the prison flat and so it's just so it's just flat. The the population in your city is in the rural area. I'm serving total somewhere around 18,000 18,500 people and I was serving about 14,000 when we started. Okay. So it's grown significantly out there. Has the geographic area grown or just the population?

144 square miles has not changed for my fire district other than my mutual aid. My automatic mutual aut So neither entity has taken on more work. The population's grown in the rural areas significantly. Okay. Will the Missouri kicking anything on this building? the one across the street that Mike's on for the store. Possible. They're not going to use it. They're They're not going to be Yeah, they're not going to be in it. No, it'll be the They have their zone office back here in the Where's their zone office at? Back I don't know where the ambulance used to be. Back on the southwest corner. Okay.

I think as far as long range goals, that would be something to start looking at even if it's 10, 15, whatever years and figuring out how to fund it. So, any other questions? All right. All those in favor of passing bill 2026-3 on a first reading, say I. I. Oppos?

No. It passes. Four in favor, one opposed. I will entertain a motion to suspend the rules and pass bill 2020 6-3 on a second read by roll call. So move second. Discussion. John Breenidge. Yes. John Fer, yes. Mark Carr, yes. Ross Worth, yes. Becky Curtis. Yes.

All right. That takes us to resolution 2026-14. Shelly. Resolution 2026-14. A resolution for the city of Cameron, Missouri, authorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with True Voy for the purchase of the citywide VO phone system. I will entertain a motion to pass resolution 2026-14. Second. So moved. Did somebody jump? He jumped again. You can't you can't do backwards discussion.

Well, I guess I'm up again. So, um this is we had Ryan Rose here last week to help uh answer questions on the uh citywide VO telephone system. Um, since the fire in June of 25 at the building up here, uh, the phone service has been very crappy. I'll put it nicely, I guess. Um, so we decided to, the police department decided to start looking at the Vo system. Um, when I went up to city hall as interim, we uh, started talking to city staff about that. Uh, so we're so we decided to do a citywide. Um, got with Carmen. She said that uh we were paying $24 $2,500 a month for uh Brightspeed uh service. Uh so we uh we got three different bids. We decided to go with the true void. Um let's see the the total do signing. So the upfront cost is 12,14750. That's a onetime charge. then we will save about $1,100 a month going to this system. The uh the monthly fee for the whole city would be 140750. So that's about 11 $1,100 savings a month for this system. Um so just to give you a little bit more information, we talked about this last week. So, you guys know that I I uh helped dispatch three days this week. So, while I'm sitting in there, um Bright Speed that we would get a ROOC call, we'd hang up and then the next line would ring and same thing. Then the next line, then it would come in on the fire department's line and the ambulance

line in dispatch. I'm going to say we the whole three days this week, I'm going to say we had no less than 500 ROOC calls in that call center compared to the actual calls for service. And so I had a contact at Bright Speed. So I emailed him when I was in dispatch and uh um he emailed me back and basically said it's not our problem. So um There was some more discussion this morning at our staff meeting and uh I don't think that they want to help us. I think they want to try to sell right speed vo to us and absolutely not. So we're recommending that uh we get a phone system that actually works because city hall's phones are not even working and ours are half working. So,

how come such a high setup speed um or setup fee? I uh I had voice for a while and it was literally just a box with that attached into my computer. These are going to be actual telephones. Um it'll be actual desk telephone which will will uh they can send voicemails to email and stuff like that. Sure. But that's all just in the computer. So I'm trying to figure out I mean not that it's a huge amount, but I'm just trying to figure out why the the setup. So it looks like some of it is the E911 system, which would be which would be us.

I didn't see that. Um and then the fax. So like right now our fax machine isn't even working because it is a bright speed uh service. Look at that. Um, looks like they're estimating 60 60 units at $179 a piece. That's what 60 telephones. Yep. That was our estimate. Now, we we may not That may come down because we may not have the 60 phones, right? We went through How many did you come up with, Phil? On We were right at around 50 or so uh phones whenever we were when we went around the whole city.

We we just did an estimate of 60 phones just to be on the safe side. So that that number could come down because I don't think we're going to need 60 phones. Um so that was what we put on the bid for all three. So all three companies have the same I got you same information. So u that number will most likely come down. Okay, that's all I have. Any other questions?

Sounded like a great idea yesterday. All those in favor of passing resolution 2026-14 say I

oppose passes. Five in favor. That takes us to resolution 2026-15. Resolution 2026-15, a resolution of the city council of the city of Cameron, Missouri, supporting a Missouri Department of Natural Resources matching grant application for playground scrap tire surface material. I would entertain a motion to pass resolution 2026-15. So move second discussion.

Thank you, Mayor Council. This is uh something of a project that the park board's wanting to do. It is a piece of the playground next just directly west of the new piece of playground that we just installed. It's a roughly 109 by 50. Still got some of the old PE gravel on it and whatnot. And we've been finding out a lot of that gravel is coming down on the new rubber surface that we just installed and whatnot. So try to keep uh keep the park updates and stuff and the park board wants to just basically update that by taking that gravel out and putting down place rubber. Um, by having this and just asking permission to move forward with filling out a grant, DNR has come out with a grant that we could possibly get up to $75,000. Not no matching, no nothing like that. We may fill it out and only get 20,000 of it, but project is going to be significantly pretty high to do regardless. Park board voted and they want to spend their their fund 12 to make this update to the park. So, um I was presented with this and so I figured we just try to get some free money where we can save say save cost the entire thing park. So, this is just the first step asking to start the application process.

What's our cost going to be if if um let's say we do get to 75 what what is park board's cost going to be? Well, with this size of project, I didn't really jump the gun, but I had Echosurface come out. They're the ones that did the for place rubber service on the new piece playground. Kind of gave me kind of a quote, kind of getting that general idea. Yeah, that's and the project's going to be about $100,000. Oh, okay.

But to do it fair and I wanted to get some more pricing on it, maybe we can get it cheaper. Uh, I've got with Shel. We're going to actually put it out in paper on our website to get get bids out on it. So, yeah, if we uh get the full amount DNR 75,000 it would only cost you know 30 grand to actually install why is that so expensive is is there a lot of infrastructure work or drain stuff before you there's drainage and it has to be certain as far as playground safety standards and stuff for fall heights and stuff because it still has playground equipment on it and we're not placing any of that at the time but it is such a it's a bigger area than what the other piece of playground is also.

How thick is it then? Um, I want to say it's like 18 inches. But, you know, me thinking about it's shredded up tires and they removed bead wire and that's that's it. That's But they pour it down. It's almost like it's all together and stuff, too. But it's all one flat surface through there. So, and it'll last a lifetime. Oh, so it's not loose. No. Oh, okay. It's molded. It's molded. Old story. I'm thinking old school tire mulch. Yeah. So, well, like I said, it's just a project at the park. That's right.

They want to update. They still want to update Recre Park. They're this park board isn't they're concerned about Somerville and updated it as well, but they still want to update the rest of our park. So, yeah, it was just a grant that came across my lap and I thought free money is free money and get some help. How long does that last? my 20 years. I mean, forever. That's forever for me. Yeah, for me, too. Is there any uh use for the pea gravel? Like, today try to save some of that pee gravel and move it around.

Actually, the old pear gravel that we removed from the the new piece of playground, we have it in a stock pile down there by the animal shelter, and we've actually reviewed some of it already. Joan from the library asked me had that little circle area up there where the rock is where they re to the kids and stuff in the summer whatnot. It was all missing and stuff. So, we took two truck loads up there and replaced it. Nice. I also used some of it down at the dog park and stuff where around the fences where the dogs run and it's getting muddy. Yeah. Clay went down there last summer and put a border around it. We just put the feed gravel in there. So, we're trying to find places. Okay. Great. Thanks.

Yep. This is all driven by our insurance provider. They may just take out that other playground equipment that's about 25 years old with this insurance driven.

Well, yeah. I mean, in this and this for place rubber stuff, it's got a fall height ratio a lot greater than gravel. And they've added to that over the last 500 years. The park's been out there and it's 12 in to 20 in thick gravel. So, uh the And we that I'm requiring on the bid that I did not do that I learned from it is the bid's going to include a 6ft barrier fence all the way around the area because we didn't have that in specs last time and we're just learning from it. When they pour that stuff, it's got to set for a good 18 to 16 hours where nobody can be on it. I had to have clay go down there because kids were jumping over the snow fence and I didn't want to get to this actually fence all the way around. That's temporary.

Yeah, it's temporary. Back in the day, my generation, you know, we drank out of hoses and didn't wear helmets and went down 40ft slides that were 110°, you know, all rusty. It was more than 100. Maybe 120. I was going to say icebergs. I mean, that made us made us dumb and tough. Now, nowadays, everybody wants to sue you because you don't have the correct ball. Yeah. Or that's why they don't like mers. Yeah. It doesn't kill you. It makes you tough. All right. Any other questions?

Any questions? No. All right. All those in favor of passing a resolution 2026 say I. I. Passes. Five in favor. Repost. That takes us to resolution 2026-16. Resolution 2026-16, a resolution of the city of Clark, Missouri authorizing the city manager to enter into a contract with JR Co, Inc. for roof repairs at Cameron City Hall. I will entertain um I will entertain a motion to pass resolution 2026-16. So move second. Whatever discussion like that.

Thank you, Mayor Council. This is just to enter into an agreement with JR company for a PO flat for city hall. The lowest bid, we did have nine bids. The lowest bid was JR and company of 102,981. Uh there will be additional expenses after they remove the existing roof because we don't know what the wood decking will be, how bad it will be. Um that would be at $7.85 per square foot at 100 square foot minimum. So Spencer and I we discussed that we should also add an additional walk pad to be installed from the from the HVAC into the drains for the because they get up there at least once a year to check the HVAC. Once twice a year we get to check the HVAC and then we also they also come and inspect the roof at $600 a year for 25 years. You have any other questions for me?

So, we talked before about the drainage. One of the problems was of like a 4 in rise before it got to the gutters. So, is that going to be repaired at that time? So that will also be repaired whenever they put new roof on. There will be new gutters and down spouts put on the building at that time. I don't there will be replacing the down spouts on the west side as well as the gutters on that west side. They're going to replace all the coping cap around all the parapits. Everything that is involved with the drainage of the roof will be replaced.

So now then when we redo the brick that all has to be redone, right? It depends on how it's done and it may possibly be able to be put back up under there. But the main thing we want on that coping cap is to get it to slope back to the roof. Right now there's ridges and ledges all over it. Places for water to get it to slope back to the roof. Yes. Back to Yeah. We don't want it to slope down onto the Yeah. So it's going to slow back to the roof where they're where the proper drainage is. Yeah. Okay. And they will be incorporating all the existing roof drainage systems. Like I said, replacing the one gutter, upsizing it, upsizing the down spouts, and making sure that we're able to shed that water properly without it backing up.

Yeah, that'll make me feel pretty good about solving a problem. And they also said that after the 25 years that if we need to come in and see what they can put a ceiling over top of it, which we could probably get another additional 20 years out of that. Well, really in 25 years you spent $100,000. That's not that much money, you know. So if you ever had to redo it 25 years from now, I'm guessing by the time they do the additional walkway and the wood, I'm guessing 130. Yeah. But still, you know, 25 years, you think, wow, that was a long time ago. Mhm.

Still, and the 25 year warrant, the standard is a 20-year warranty. So the 25 year warranty of some of the flashings and requirements from the manufacturer. So, one year warranty on the work. I saw that in the contract. You're saying 25 years on the materials. I think that's all that I think it's I thought it said it's in sin.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have wrote that down unless I saw it somewhere in there, but I just want to I do want to verify that. So, it's 25 manufacturer paper material warranty, two-year workmanship warranty. Okay, I'll take that. That's even better. So, um what's the completion date requirements on this? June 1st. June 1st. They said it has to be 40° the temperature has to be 40 degrees in every day to do it.

Okay. In order to heat weld everything, we did do a addendum in the uh bid specs because of that several people that were getting scared off because if we give them 60 days to do it, 90 days. Yeah, we 60 days. They was afraid that the weather was going to turn cold again and that was pushing that to get it done in that 60day period. So Spencer and I discussed it and we bumped it up to completion date and then $100 a day if they don't. Is that what it was?

Yeah. Um and and then the additional cost. So we know for sure there's it's going to cost more than 102. Absolutely. Um worst case scenario of what would the with the 785 per square foot for the wood decking and the 2750 additional rather than each on the high end I'm going to say range 130 to 150 like total out the door. Okay. Right. I guess we

it really just depends on what they come up as as they take off the roof and get to the the roof deck, the structural deck. We're trying to maintain as much of that as possible. However, if there are issues there, you got to replace it. And also on the coping with all the wood nailers and everything that's underneath. Really depends on what's there. No, that's fine. I just wanted to know what we could be looking at on the high side. So, look at thickness that I decided to go with. It's thicker than what the original roofing is. This here, we still will not have to mess with any of the drains or the HVAC. So, the Hback sticks up above the roof where we'll have enough clearance. All right.

Any other questions? All right. All those in favor of passing resolution 2026-16 say I. All oppose passes. Five in favor. Zos. I appreciate all the work you've done looking into that. Let's take time. We've been working on this for at least what almost two years now with me. I know it was it's been two years so maybe longer than that.

All right. That takes us to our second public participation. We'll move on. Next is our miscellaneous comments from the staff. Scott, do you have anything? I do not. Nothing for me.

Thank you, mayor. Um, Mike and Ted and I all went to the precon pre-construction meeting for the Bob at Griffin Road today. That's going to start April 6th. uh PNZ. Our next M meeting is next Monday. We're working on the definitions chapter as well as the C1A, which is the downtown area. And we've got the council on there looking over our we've got a couple things that are changed. Um and as we go along with the definitions, we have found Spencer and I have had conversation with contractors and we need to we need to make it easier for everybody to understand and there are things that we're missing in it that would clear up a lot of these the issues that we have. Um I've also got the fishing regulations to the Department of Conservation so we can get that finalized um Alec Lander. I got that sent to him last day. So we're waiting for them to get back with our agreements. And that at that point in time, we found out that our fishing agreement with them for the reservoirs um needed to be renewed from they went from 2021 to or 2021 to 2024.

And so we haven't done any new ones yet. So it just basically says they're going to restock it and they have the they have all the rights on the fishing and they make all the regulations. So, the biggest things that we knocked out of that was no ice fishing and the rest of it pretty well. And yeah, and the signs are um Why aren't they allowing ice fishing? Once again, Merma doesn't really ice fishing and I worry about the liability because first thing that's going to happen is if somebody goes through the ice

staff doesn't want I don't think it's more I like survival that's fittest if they want to do it. I just I mean I've seen I've seen pictures out there on Facebook and stuff where they are out there doing it. So I enjoy ice fishing going on that big of a go do it. All right.

Um John Oaks did come in Friday and we he paid for the property. So, the Mac Wayne property is now sold officially. So, that's a done deal. I'm also working on the other property sales um right now is with council to get their blessing. I mean, the contract says what it's going to be and we've gone over that in the past. So that's going um lots of meetings with kicking it in Cameron and then I'm also working with Ira on this uh on the grants and that that DNR grant for the park is due by the end of March. So we'll be getting it once I get all the planning and zoning stuff all then I'm start getting that. There's also another one too for

region. Yeah, for region D and that's for park benches. And if we get this one done, we'll hit that one out, too. So, that's a little little insight into what I'm up to. Okay.

Um, myself and the park board have started diving in on revamping the park board bylaws. We started on that last week. Um, the new park board that we have are we're are working together really well on that. I did up front and honest with them. Once we we started on them, once we finish them, I will be getting it to our city attorney for Patrick to look at to get their blessing from if there's anything we need to change or add to it. Then once we do that, the park wants to take it to you guys and make sure you guys are okay with it. Just that everybody on the same page with it. A little bit different happening going that way. So, we started working on that. Uh the guys are revamping remodeling the two bathrooms out for park as well. They were pretty shoddy shape over the last couple years and the homeless have done a number up there. So, the guys have went in and repainted everything from the ceiling to the floor and we're going to replace some of the not water fountains, sink sink fixtures in there. And then we're going to have electricians supposed to be coming in this week. We're going to put a new lighting fixture in, new exhaust fan, and we're going to get the power working back to the automatic door locks that will build automatically lock. So, thought that might be a good thing for the community, especially with summer coming up with the band and farmers market. They were you can actually go in there, use the restroom, not think that you need a tetanis shot after you get out of there. So, guys been busy with that. Um, I had a somebody email me about if I could re kind of revamp the disc golf down there. The basket stuff, all the paint was off. So, the guys went down and fixed all that, spray painted all the baskets down there, and we're going to order order some new flags and fiberglass poles to go in there. So, that look like brand new for disc golf people. Um, why the

weather was nice there. Last week, couple weeks ago, we started working on repairs on the pool. There's a lot of cracks. We got two part epoxy and we sealed up all the cracks went up through there. Did some touchup work. Put some fixed the bumpers again for the slide area down through there. So guys been busy doing that. Then we've been slowly getting in applications for lifeguards. We're probably in the mid30s with lifeguards that signed up for certifications and reertifications. Definitely not a final number like last year. Some of them signed up and they didn't pass or they didn't decide wanted to do it. But that's where we're at with applications on life set a lot better than were last year. So that is about all I got right now. So you guys got

with the pool. Is there any sort of warranty for all the cracks? You're saying that there's a lot of cracks in it. Well, not a lot of cracks. more paint chipping away, John, where they look like cracks. I guess they're not a big open crack or nothing. It's more of just the paint after three years the pool's been there. It's starting to strip away like around where one of the mushrooms is in the kitty area and stuff like that. It was all fiberglass and plastic and stuff and it's just flaked off. So, we're just trying to keep the look on little fresh paint every time. I just No, I shouldn't said crack. It's not opening up like Man, we just bought this thing. Rephrase that. It's just paint. Okay.

You're not checking out and having a million gallons of water. Yeah. We're not losing any millions of gallons. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Yeah,

he's just last Wednesday, Eric and I, we went we got a our airport project got a board for the Kansas and Missouri concrete association. So I Decker and city we represent city of Cameron and CG was the engineering firm. We all went down there and we got an award for that for our project. So I was on the aviation side. I meant to bring a plaque to show you guys but I forgot on my test. So, and then the street crews are out finishing up putting up the rest of the street signs and ones that are missing, ones be updated to the new high prim,

high visibility, high visibility. Uh, just a reminder, Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. we're having coffee with the cop down at Kingdom Coffee. So, only two of you at a time if y'all come down. Everybody else, you're welcome to come for

I spend a lot of my time going over all the city hall stuff lately. Just trying to get those bids in line. make a good observation on that. Um, we should have a building permit done and issued for the Travel America. We're going to be starting breaking ground soon within the next couple weeks. Um, George is ramping up to get ready to start doing her trap release program again as it gets warmer. Trying to take care of the community cats and minimize population there. That's something that she's getting ramped up ready to do kind of where we're at right now. Okay. Nothing cheap.

No ma'am. Water guys. You don't That's you. I do the dirty side.

Really nothing to report. Wastewater plant. Things have been things have been going good. No issues there. Um guys got some training coming up but uh but no news is good news there. Um, as far as genuine goes, um, on the operations side, we're ready to go. We're just we're just waiting on that final okay from from DNR. Um, the engineer and DNR did come back with a few few items on their final construction inspections. We addressed those for the engineering staff so we got those taken care of for them. So, again, we're continuing to do to do what we can do to help out. But yeah, we're just uh we're just waiting for that that go ahead to uh to start moving water.

Oh yeah, that's me. Um I will be um out of the office next week, Monday afternoon through um Thursday for the clerk's conference. Carrie and I will be going to that. Um the next meeting is on March 16th and we will have 5:00 pm meeting uh joint meeting with the reported that. Okay. Um, and that's it. Okay. All right. I guess that goes to you, Clark.

I just had a question for Dan. So, when we had the fire down here, I brought some stuff down um for all the workers. And when I walked in the PD, I noticed that everything's mirrored. When you walk in the door, it's all mirrored. And that's really disconcerting. It's when you walk in and for one, there was nobody answering me at first. And then I didn't know if that's the way it is during the day, too. That is so that wall is not bulletproof. That glass is not bulletproof. when they built this building.

Yeah. Below, so half of the wall down, the officers that were here took old um bulletproof vest and they're they're in that wall the wall. Oh my goodness. That film that we put on that window is bulletproof. Um so that's why that is mirrored like that. It would really be nice if you could see who you're talking to, even if it was somebody on a TV screen. You know what I mean? We we're talking about that. Okay. And and I wanted to do that with the record side also because that too is a safety concern for my employee that's sitting in the records office. But uh

yeah, the the main thing is these folks sitting in this office here answering the phones of 911. That that is a huge and that's only been done like a month. Yeah. Um but it's for safety now. Yeah. To let us come up with a better plan later. And it hasn't always been that way. No. I was going to say, you know, I'm not a frequent flyer at the police department, but it it's just been a month. Um that that is and and another another safety concern is at night when you drive by out here. Yeah. You can see straight in. You can see the ladies and gentlemen that are in dispatch at night. That's also a safety concern. So that's why that window is like that for now.

Oh, I can see that. It'd be nice if you had a bulletproof glass. That's all I had. Just have that question.

Nothing for me. Oh, wow. Kind of tight today. didn't all out last time. Well, I don't have anything to say except for tonight at 2 to 3:00. What's going to be outside? Red moon. I thought you were going to say the stairst step satellite or the stairstep.

Are you going to go out the red? sent me a picture. Okay, with that I will um entertain a motion to uh go into executive. So move second for attorney communications real estate and negotiating contract. John Fer, yes. Mark, yes. Rossworth, yes. Thank you. Yes. Thanks for