City Council - Regular Meeting

good evening welcome to the september 2nd 2026 city council meeting please rise and we will say the pledge of allegiance Thank you. The clerk will call a roll.

Councilmember Thornburg?

Here.

Councilmember Sattel? Here. Councilmember Weschy? Here. Councilmember Bezada? Here. Councilmember Shear? Here. Councilmember Luther? Here. Councilmember Norris? Here. Councilmember Patel?

Here.

All council members are present. Do I have a motion for agenda approval? So moved. Second. Motion made by council member Luther, second by council member Bezzato for the approval of tonight's agenda. Are there any changes, deletions? I see none. All in favor of the approval of tonight's agenda, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? I hear none. Tonight's agenda is approved. Public comments? I do not see any cards, so we'll go on to the next. approval of the minutes i'm going to ask for uh consent approval of uh all three dates there august the 18th the mere mid-year budget uh minutes and august 18th work session minutes and also the august 19th so council minutes so move motions made by council member satele second number by council member patel council member weshey

Yes, sir. I was only at, I was not at the first two meetings that you mentioned, so how would I vote for that if we do them all together?

You can still vote. You don't have to be there. Okay. Thank you, sir. Okay. Thank you. All right. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? I hear none. All the minutes are approved for August the 18th, both sessions and also August 19th city council minutes. We're moving on. We're going to recess for public hearing. It's the annual property tax rates, public hearing 26-PZ-11. I'm going to call to the microphone our city administrator, Mr. Bookout.

Thank You mayor notice of this hearing was advertised in the August 13th 2026 st. Louis County in the notice was posted at City Hall the Recreation Center and the Bridgeton trails library for public view on August 20th of 26 for the year 2026 tax rate ceilings are based on the assessed valuation of real property in the city as a as of July 16 2026 and As provided by the Collector of Revenue for St. Louis County, this levy is subject to change pending action by the Board of Equalization and or the tax rate certification by the state. The proposed tax rate ceiling is 13 cents per $100 of assessed value for residential property and 19.6 cents per $100 of assessed value for commercial property. The city of Bridgeton has not in the past years by city council choice levied a tax on personal property and agricultural property. The city has also traditionally chosen to roll back the residential property tax rate to 16 cents per $100 of assessed value. As the current rate ceiling is below 16 cents, there would be no voluntary reduction for 2026. The assessed valuation of residential and commercial property for the previous year, 2025, was $606.9 million. The assessed valuation of utilities is $597.4 million, a decrease of 1.6 from 2025. Provided to the council was a list of the subclass valuations. Residential is $198 million. Commercial is $398.8 million. Agricultural was 163,990. Personal property is 140.8 million, totaling 738.4 million. These assessed valuation figures dated July 16, 2026 for Bridgeton from St. Louis County constitute the basis for the assumptions and resulting hearing declarations. Revisions to St. Louis County's figures will be revisited and adjusted if necessary. St. Louis County, by St. Louis County, by state statute, reassesses property valuations every odd-numbered year. as a result the city can expect to receive approximately one million nineteen thousand seventy seven dollars from real party property taxes assuming a 100 percent collection rate for use by the city in 2026. this is up six thousand seventy seven dollars from the budgeted revenue for 2026. the formula used by the collector's office is designed to ensure that there is no major windfall or shortfall to the city's revenue source as a result of the changes in the valuation of the property classes the property tax revenues at the suggested rates will still constitute approximately four and a half percent of the city's estimated general fund revenues for the city i'll entertain any questions that you may have council

Council Member Luther? Yes. City Administrator Bookout. Can you compare the projected, the proposed rates versus the existing rates and let us know if there have been any changes in those?

So the rates from the last fiscal year to this year, now when you say the rates, they're going to fluctuate based on state law and where the assessed values are, and they're going to roll back the rates based on the assessed values.

Right, but the 13 cents and the 19.6 cents, is that different than a different rate than we're using this year? Or last year, I should say. Am I saying that right?

Yeah, you know, off the top of my head, I don't know.

I thought it was 13 last year.

I think it was 13 or slightly more. I was thinking 13.2. Yeah, I thought it was pretty close.

So it's not considerably more. That is correct. Correct. Absolutely. And it's based on the sales value.

Any further questions from Council, Mr. Booker? I see none. Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor.

Is there anybody in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in favor of these tax rates? I see none. Is there anybody in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in opposition of these tax rates? I see none. We will close this public hearing. Thank you. Next item on the agenda, we have emergency legislation. Oh, we do have another one. OK. We do have another public hearing, 26PZ-11. Mr. Greitens.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This public hearing is for application 26-PZ-11. This is a rezoning request. The request is The property owner the petitioner is requested to rezone the northern portion of the property located at one three one four five, Missouri Bottom Road The property itself is two acres They're asking to rezone one point four acres from our one single-family dwelling district to the m1 manufacturing district limited This went to the Planning Commission at their August 10th 2026 meeting for a public hearing and a recommendation the Planning Commission recommended in favor by a vote of ten to zero and I've got some slides that show a couple maps and a few pictures and the site plan. This highlighted in yellow, this is the subject property, 13145 Missouri Bottom Road. As I mentioned, it's approximately two acres. It's currently undeveloped, mostly wooded with a few open areas. It is surrounded by agricultural land use to the west, some undeveloped land to the south, mostly wooded. To the east and north is Missouri 370 right-of-way, MoDOT right-of-way. That red line a little bit further to east, that's the municipal boundary between Bridgeton and Hazelwood. As I mentioned, the request is to rezone the northern portion from R1 to M1. The southern approximately .6 acres is already zoned, M1, Manufacturing District Limited. So that cross-hatched area is where the rezoning request applies to. In terms of surrounding zoning, to the south is mostly M1. A little bit further south in your St. Louis Mills circle is zoned B2. The property to the west on the other side of Missouri Bottom Road, it is zoned M1. When this map was made for the Planning Commission, it had not been updated yet, but you can see the note so this area was rezoned from r1 to m1 passed by city council on july 15th As I mentioned, this subject property is currently undeveloped. The southern portion is already zoned M1. The applicant stated in their application material that eventually they are hoping to develop it for some sort of commercial use. Regarding the comprehensive plan, their recommendations in the comprehensive plan include to create new opportunities for industrial development. The future land use map shows this area Light industrial logistics and utility for future land uses. The proposal is consistent with the goals and objectives of the plan and the future land use map. The M1 allows for a mix of commercial, industrial, and manufacturing uses, so the proposed district would be consistent and compatible with the surrounding zoning and land uses. In terms of any potential impact, any future industrial or manufacturing development would require applicable review by city staff, other agencies, review of traffic impact, and potential impact on stormwater and any other development activity if and when we were to get a development proposal in the future. This is a screenshot from the site plan that was prepared by the applicant's engineer showing the area proposed for rezoning. A few pictures of the site. As I mentioned, it's undeveloped. It's never been developed. This is from Missouri Bottom Road looking back towards the south. It's on the left-hand side. And then the intersection of Pruitt Farm Road and Missouri Bottom Road looking back towards the north. And this is from Google Maps looking down the property from Missouri 370. But that concludes my slides. Are there any questions for me?

Council, any questions of Mr. Graydon's? I see none. Thank you.

Thanks.

Is the applicant in the audience? Would you like to come forward? Please state your name and address to the city clerk.

Greg Clearloggie, 1749 Chandler Way, St. Charles, Missouri, 63033. So we're proposing just to make all the zoning match in the area. We've been here before, obviously. I agree with everything that Mr. Greitens said. And that's it.

Council, any questions of the applicant?

Council Member Sotillo. Yes, thank you, Mayor. I saw the small sliver or maybe a previous map. Is there anything that can actually be put on that at all? That's the question, isn't it? The only thing I could possibly think is if it got zoned commercial, which this does, it's probably a billboard. Is that about the only use? Well, there is no use.

There's nothing out of the floodplain right now. where the levy goes across on the creek there, that would be the new layer, but we don't have the engineering for that yet. And then we would probably be asking for some kind of right-of-way, something or other. You can only build a building 50 feet from the edge. We'd probably look for something. This isn't going to happen right away. This is like step one, so that's where we're at. We haven't really been through the engineering yet, so I don't know what it is.

It's just to make all the land the same zoning. Pretty much.

So that way you could see, obviously I'm more concerned with the other acreage, but that way when all those trees are removed, you can see right through without having that jumbled mass of stuff.

And Missouri Bottom kind of runs pretty straight right through there.

Yeah, right.

One purpose might be if you're trying to develop something is maybe shift the road over to utilize this piece of sliver just to make more.

Actually, my thought process was I know that there's existing plans to raise that bridge It almost got done a long time ago or a couple years ago. So my idea was is that if I own both sides of that road, there wouldn't be anybody to deal with but me. If that bridge were to get raised or we controlled the intersection or something, that would streamline everything. That way you only have to agree with one person. And so, I mean, obviously later on we'd like to have the bridge raised so that it's no longer a flood issue, right? Because really that bridge is the gateway to developing that whole area. And it's not made for a lot of semi trucks right now and my my intersection is very very angular right there. So I mean I'm going to later on I will end up squaring that road off so you can come to a stop sign and go my bike down that strip right there.

It's nice to do it nice and slow. We can see everything on both sides. Let's stick to the topic council members until.

That's all any further questions from Council. I see none.

Thank you, Mr. Fleuraghi.

Is there anybody in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in favor of this application? I see none. Is there anybody in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in opposition to this application? I see none. We will close public hearing for application 26PZ-11. Now we move on to emergency legislation.

Council Member Shearer? I move to approve the emergency repair and replacement of approximately 350 lineal feet of the Natural Bridge stormwater pipe, utilizing Aaron's contracting as a subcontractor to Public Works to perform the required hydro excavating to expose and dig around the existing failing metal stormwater pipe in the amount not to exceed $19,200. Second.

Motions made by Councilmember Shearer, seconded by Councilmember Norris to approve the emergency legislation. Discussion? I see none. The clerk will call the roll. Councilmember Norris?

I'm sorry. I got too many buttons here, going here. Yes, sir. Is this a temporary fix or is this going to fix it?

This will be a permanent fix.

Permanent fixed. All right. Thank you.

Any further questions? Sorry. Okay, the clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Sattel?

Aye.

Council Member Weshe?

Aye.

Council Member Bozada?

Aye.

Council Member Shearer?

Aye.

Council Member Luther? Aye. Council Member Norris? Aye. Council Member Patel?

Aye.

Council Member Thornburg?

Aye. By a vote of eight to zero, the emergency legislation for the approval of the subcontractor for the Natural Bridge Road stormwater pipe replacement passes. Thank you. Next item, perfection of bills. First is bill number 6559, Council Member Norris.

Yes, sir, thank you. Move for a second reading of bill number 6559. Second.

Motions made by Councilmember Norris, seconded by Councilmember Shearer. For second reading of bill number 6559, all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Please continue.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri amending chapter 205 offenses, article six offenses against public order section 205330 harassment in the City of Bridgeton code of ordinance. Move that bill number 6559 become ordinance number?

26-37. Is there a second? Second. Motion is made by Council Member Norr, seconded by Council Member Shearer that bill number 6559 become ordinance 26-37. Discussion? Council Member Luther.

Thank you, Mayor. I wonder if we could have Chief Lovell tell us about the need to amend these. Chief?

Yes, so our current ordinance does not, you can't commit the crime of harassment by ordinance unless a telephone is involved. That's the way it's worded currently. The new wording would actually mirror the state statute for harassment and allow us to more evenly enforce the harassment ordinance.

Thank you.

Very good, thank you. Any other questions? I see none. The clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Weshe?

Aye.

Councilmember Bezada?

Aye.

Councilmember Shearer?

Aye.

Councilmember Luther?

Aye.

Councilmember Norris? Aye. Councilmember Patel?

Aye.

Councilmember Thornburg?

Aye.

Councilmember Sotelo?

Aye. By a vote of eight to zero, bill number 6559 becomes ordinance 26-37. Next item, perfection of bill 6560. Councilmember Shearer?

Move for a second reading of bill number 6560.

Second. Motions made by Councilmember Shearer, seconded by Councilmember Norris for second reading of bill number 6560. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Please continue.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri authorizing the mayor and the city clerk to execute a surface transportation block grant agreement substantially in the form attached here to with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission associated with the replacement of the existing Natural Bridge Road bridge. Move. I move that bill number 6560 become ordinance number 26-38.

Second.

Motions made by Councilmember Shearer. Seconded by Councilmember Sattel. That bill number 6560 becomes ordinance 26-38. Discussion? Councilmember Luther?

Yes, thank you, Mayor. I wonder if I could ask City Engineer Robert Gunn to describe the funding structure for this and also the time frame, timetable.

All right, pertaining to the budget, this is what we talked about several years ago. The council went ahead and we approved the engineering and design a couple years ago, so we've been working on that. We did that 100% of the city expense. Now what happens when you do that is you're able to kind of project yourself a little bit higher on the list because the city's automatically funding this, the design part of it, Plus, it shows that there's already a need for it because we know that the bridge needs a little love. It's been several years since the MODOT put any money into it. This year, we did get acknowledgement that it was degraded one more notch, which helped our packet out. So even though this sounds really wordy, this is the last step we need to enter into the grant process to get reimbursed when we put a shovel in the ground. So the good news is we got money from MODOT or East West Gateway for the bridge replacement.

And how much was that?

It's gonna be right around two million dollars.

And the project total is?

About three million dollars.

Okay and the location of this for people that might not know?

It is by the Big G. Let's see I got a map right here. It's right between the old McDonald's and Big G. Thank you. And as far as timeline goes, let's see. It got a little blurry for some reason, but we're looking at having everything out for bid in 2028, and then all the construction would take place then. Right now we're projecting it to be completed by December of 2028. Sometimes that might slide a little bit into 2029, but the important thing is we have the grant, and the engineering is about halfway done right now, so we're right on schedule with everything.

Congratulations, thank you.

Council Member Norris. Yes, Robert. So what's the share that Bridgeton will have to pay? So it's going to cost $3 million?

Of the construction, we're going to pay 20%. But we've already done the engineering. So when we shake out the engineering and we shake out the property acquisition, we're looking at $1 million for the city and $2 million from the grant. So that's why you come up with the $3 million total.

Yes, sir. Will that affect anything in our budget for replacement of roads?

I don't believe so.

Okay, thank you.

Any further questions? I see none. The clerk will call the roll.

Council Member Bozzetta?

Aye.

Council Member Shearer?

Aye.

Council Member Luther?

Aye.

Council Member Norris? Aye. Council Member Patel? Aye. Council Member Sotel? Aye. Council Member Thornburg?

Aye.

Council Member Wesche?

Aye. By a vote of eight to zero, bill number 6560 becomes ordinance 26-38. Next item on the agenda, consideration of new bills. First, bill number 6561, Council Member Shearer. I move for a first reading of bill number 6561. Second. Motion is made by Councilmember Shearer, seconded by Councilmember Norris for first reading of bill number 6561. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Please continue.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute an agreement substantially in the form Attached here to with John Knoll construction company for the animal shelter replacement salt dome electrical equipment replacement and the repairs to the public works maintenance facility pavement grates in the amount of $283,000 Which amount includes a project contingency in the amount of $18,982.

Move to table.

Second.

Motion is made by Councilmember Shearer, seconded by Councilmember Norris to table bill number 6561. All in favor say aye.

Aye. Nay. Do we want a second reading on this?

Yeah, tabling is not debatable. Thank you. All in favor, say aye. Said aye. Council Members Sattel said nay. So by a vote of seven to one, bill number 6561 is tabled. Next item on the agenda, first reading of bill number 6562. Council Member Patel.

Thank you, Mayor. Move for first reading of bill 6562. Second. motions made by council member patel seconded by council member thornburg for first reading a bill number six five six two all in favor say aye aye any opposed please continue an ordinance of the city council of the city of bridgeton missouri establishing the annual rate of tax levy for the 2026 tax year on all real property within the boundaries of the city of bridgeton providing for the extension of said property tax on the books the collector by the county clerk and authorizing the st. Louis County collector to collect said taxes move to table bill 6562 second

Motion is made by Councilmember Patel, seconded by Councilmember Thornburg to table Bill No. 6562. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Bill No. 6562 is tabled. Next item, first reading of Bill No. 6563, and that is Councilmember Bezada.

Move for first reading of bill number 6563.

Second. Motions made by Councilmember Bezzato, seconded by Councilmember Luther for first reading of bill number 6563. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue.

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bridgeton, Missouri, application 26PZ-11 to rezone 1.43 acres of land located at 13145 Missouri Bottom, northern portion of parcel from R1 Single Family Dwelling District to M1 Manufacturing District Limited. Motion to table bill number 6563. Second.

MOTIONS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER BIZZATTO, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LUTHER. TO TABLE BILL NUMBER 6563. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I HEAR NONE. COUNCIL MEMBER WESHEY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER THE TABLING OF 6561. SECOND.

Motions made by Councilmember Weschy, seconded by Councilmember Sotil for reconsideration of Bill 6561. For tabling Bill 6561. Yes. For removing from the table? I would like to remove it from the table, yes. Okay. All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed? Nay. It fails. Okay. No discussion items. Next item on the agenda is the attorney's report.

I have nothing, Mayor. Thank you.

Council Communications, Council Member Thornburg. Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to report that I recently received calls from two residents concerning some code violations in their subdivision. And I went to the homes to take a look at the possible violations. And after seeing what they were dealing with, I took some pictures and reported what I found to Mr. Gunn. And Mr. Gunn is going to send some letters to the property owners. These violations are really affecting the quality of life for these residents nearby. And I believe that everyone should have the right to be able to sit in their own yard without being worried about things that could be a health hazard. So, Mr. Gunn, I appreciate you checking that out for us, and thank you very much. And then I would also like to mention, some of you may have seen this before, but Ms. Hardy, who's on our beautification committee, she has recently, she has a monarch butterfly garden in her backyard. And she has recently spotted a white monarch butterfly. And the last time one of those have been spotted in Missouri is 1903. So kudos to her for having that garden. And kudos to her for everything that she brings to the beautification committee. I think if we see her, we should let her know what a nice job she's doing, what a good thing she's doing. and then finally i have uh one last thing tomorrow is the last concert in the park it's that 80 80s band is performing and music starts at 7 p.m and that's all i have here thank you thank you council member patel thank you mayor i have nothing

Council member said to yes, thank you mayor.

The only thing I want to bring up is an announcement exactly are what our Council meetings going to be. Later this month, because we were making some changes. So if you can make an announcement is on Thursdays at the following Wednesday, whatever it is, so we all know. Thank you.

Council Member Weschke. Thank you, Mayor. A couple things. First thing, I wanted to let everybody know on the 12th, we're going to be having a fall plant giveaway up at the community center. At 9 a.m., we're going to be handing out mums. Later that day, if you're there and you feel like taking your dog up to the pool to swim, that's going to be at 1 p.m. All the details for that can be found online or you can call up to the community center. You have to have them all vaccinated and all that fun stuff. On the 23rd, we are gonna be having a speaker series up at the community center. They are gonna have somebody in talking about the native wildflowers in Missouri and ways that you can end up changing around your yard if you wanted to. And finally, on October 2nd, we are having my birthday party, a.k.a. the fall festival at BMAC at 6 p.m. And fireworks will be around 8.30. So hopefully I'll see you all there. Mayor, back to you.

Thank you. Council Member Bezzata.

Thank you, Mayor. Nothing to report.

Council Member Luther.

Thank you, Mayor. Well, happy birthday a little early. And thanks for the good report of all great things happening here in the city. Thanks to everyone who's here. Thanks to everyone who's participating. You're participating here, whether you're online or serving on a board or commission. I do want to mention that we are probably going to have a work session, a council work session, to look a little more closely, a lot of information that the Chief and Major Dick Herber have provided for us regarding non-traditional vehicles on bridges and roads. That's my new invented term. So there was a lot of discussion when we talked about this a little earlier this month, and I think we think it warrants a little more discussion. So more to come on that. If that's of interest to you, I think we've got some wonderful templates to use. Thank you very much for providing that, and I'm sure we'll do the right thing.

Thank you. Council Member Shearer. Thank you, Mayor.

It's hot out there. I want to say a special thanks to our police officer, our public works people, our parks people. I work out in the heat. I spent all day today driving job sites, distributing water, Gatorade. Stay safe, be cool. That's all I got, thank you.

Thank you. Council Member Norris.

Thank you, Mayor. I was honored on last Sunday, August the 30th, I represented the city of Bridgeton, myself and Nancy Hogg. It was an honor and a privilege to attend the 250 celebration with our Hindu temple family right next door. Our experience was wonderful. They greeted and a guide was provided, assigned to us throughout the ceremony. The presentation included testimonials from speakers explaining their immigrant journey to America. It made me understand why they want to come and why we should be so very proud. America provided religious freedom and opportunities to succeed. They understood education was the answer to success and, of course, hard work. all came with nothing but a suitcase and a dream listening to these stories made me realize what we have what we take for granted also part of the opportunity is giving back to the community this year the temple raised 34 000 for the coleman walk so that's part of their uh to give back to their country um but just a personal note i know Not to be, this was very serious, very heartwarming, but I was a little nervous to go what to wear, did not want to disrespect, wanted to look nice, and I was fussed about my shoes. but that did not matter because they took my shoes and put them away, so that's just part of the respect. Also had dinner, they insisted for us, and I know it was spicy, so I told our guide, not so much. I took a little bit, but oh baby, that was still a kick. I just want to say very proud to share this 250 celebration with our neighbors. So thank you mayor for letting me go. It was a great experience I think we all need to go to their next celebration that's going to be in October and also I want to remind us see all September 10th for the Commission's dinners for our wonderful volunteers and Also, see you at the convention. So, thank you very much. I

Thank you. Staff, I'll start with Brendan Cain, Parks and Rec Director.

Just a quick follow-up on the Beautification Commission's fall plant giveaway. We just ask that people bring a canned food item or non-perishable food item to that event and their resident ID card. And contrary to popular belief, you do not need to get there at 7.30 a.m. for the 9 a.m. start. You can get there at 9.15, 9.30 a.m., and you don't have to wait in line. But if you want to get there early and wait, that's fine, too.

any questions of mr kane i see none mr gunn public works director on the dais there is the roll up for august our code enforcement summaries we're down a little bit from previous months we're down to 141 new code violations and through looking at the different trends that's probably because one it's pretty hot outside and grass is kind of slowed down and two The words out, you don't want the city to cut your grass. So basically, people are getting either a letter or they're noticing the signs and they're calling up and pretty much begging for a day or two to get their husbands out there to cut the grass. So I thought it was pretty funny the last couple of days. We got a A lot of unhappy people asking for just one or two more days, and we've been granting that. As long as you're engaging with us, that's not a problem. We just can't have people not cutting the grass for weeks on end. So basically this has been pretty successful. We saw a significant drop over the last several months, especially when it comes to grass cutting, which is great. Also, in the very back, the last two pages is a summary. CJ finished up mailing out 20 letters to people. There's two of them for Meineke, so I know there's only 19 addresses, but we did send two letters out for Meineke. and some of their signs need a little bit of work. So keep our fingers crossed and see what happens with that going forward. Also, you might notice that by the Big G in front of the apartments, Public Works started grading for the Fill in the Gap sidewalk project we've been looking at. So over the next several days, you'll be noticing we'll be up on Natural Bridge where we're doing the hydro excavation for the pipe replacement project, along with filling in some sidewalk down in front of Big G and the apartment complexes. So depending on your questions, that's all I have.

I see none. Thank you. Police Chief Bryce Lovell.

Thank you, Mayor. The police department's going to have officers at the Bridgeton Schnucks for a Special Olympics t-shirt event. It will be Friday the 11th from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday the 12th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. And the only other thing I have is just to put on your calendars, October 6th, starting at 6 p.m. this year, will be National Night Out.

Any questions of the Chief? I see none, thank you. City Administrator Kevin Bucow.

I just have one thing, Mayor. I have been in talking with the Missouri Municipal League and they were asking for names of council members that are going to join the Mayor and I on the stage accepting the award for the Innovation Award that we're receiving. So I'm giving them the names of Councilmember Sattel and Councilmember Norris, essentially because they were on the council and voted on it. If there's any others that would like to go on the stage with us, you're more than welcome. Just let me know and I'll turn your name in because they're going to call out the names of the folks that are going to be going up. So that's all I have, Mayor. Thank you.

Thank you. Mayor's report. Thank you to all that are in attendance or will be watching later via YouTube. I attended, along with Captain Black, the quarterly Bridgeton clergy meeting and luncheon last Thursday hosted by New Life on Mark Twain Lane. The community will once again host a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, November 26th at the Gateway Central Church of the Nazarene on Old St. Charles Road. Congratulations to our part-time receptionist, Gail Hassler, who retired last Thursday after working for the city in different capacities for nearly 30 years. A big thank you to Crystal Hilton, our executive assistant, who organized a luncheon for Gail's retirement held in the multipurpose room. I felt a little out of place because I entered the room and I was the only male there, but they took it easy on me. Don't forget that the Municipal League of Metropolitan St. Louis is sponsoring the annual golf tournament in conjunction with the St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association and the St. Louis City Management Association on Thursday, October 1st at 8 a.m. at the Florissant Golf Club. The tournament will benefit Project 1078, This project provides assistance and support to police officers and their families during times of crisis and need. And as Public Works Director Robert Gunn said, CJ did mail out over 20 letters yesterday to property owners that have obsolete signs. Also, after my pictures of taking these obsolete signs and other property violations, approximately six notices of violations were sent out on July the 15th. Our city attorney is currently researching the legality of establishing fees for excessive police calls for service by certain types of businesses. And also we're researching merchant license fees in reference to food and drink establishments that sell liquor by the drink. Currently our merchant fee for these establishments is based only on food sales and not on liquor sales. Their actual liquor license fee includes their retail sales of liquor, beer, and wine by the drink. I think that maybe we're missing out on some revenue. So we're taking a look. I believe that the liquor license fee they currently pay should be only for the privilege to sell and that the actual merchant license fee should capture the monetary sales. Look for the fall banner coming out in the next couple of weeks. It's at the printer right now. Officer Stone, along with Captain Dick Herber, Public Works Inspector Brian Young and City Clerk Bridget Waters and Executive Assistant Crystal Hilton conducted the annual hotel and motel training for those hotels and motels that had a certain number of calls for service. These operators, managers were provided the Bridgeton Police Criminal Trespass Program, which allows them to deny lodging in certain instances. So big shout out to those that participated in that. Happy birthday to Crystal Hilton on September the 10th. That's our boards and commissions dinner. So if you see her that evening, please wish her a happy birthday. Our next council meeting is not the 16th. It is on September 23rd for two reasons. We have a municipal league conference that's being held at the Lake of the Ozarks that week. And then also, we don't ever receive the annual tax rate affirmation back from St. Louis County until that week. So it's not possible to have the second reading on the 16th. So therefore, our next council meeting will be Wednesday, September 23rd at 7 p.m. I believe the final concert in the park is tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. And that ban is the 80s ban, is that correct? Okay, 7 p.m. Okay, thank you. And then let's don't forget September 11th and those that lost their lives on such a treacherous day. And veterans in the audience, I want to thank you for your service to our country and the armed forces. Thank you. That's all I have, unless anybody has any questions of me. Is there a motion for adjournment? So moved. Second. Second.

Motion's made by Councilmember Luther, seconded by Councilmember Patel.

All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? We're adjourned, thank you.