City Council - Regular Meeting

And good evening. Welcome to this regular meeting of the Joplin City Council for September 8th. Madam Clerk, the invocation, please.

Okay. Anything else? Thank you, Mayor. I appreciate you. Thank you very much, Mr. Tuttle. Madam Clerk.

Mr. Johnson, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, sir. Counsel, any questions? Mr. Moran.

Okay. Anybody else have any questions or comments?

Consensus? Okay. Very good. Thank you all very much for your time. Nice presentation. Finalization of consent agenda. Council, does anyone have anything for the consent agenda? Does the public have anything for the consent agenda? Seeing none, I deem the consent agenda finalized. Reports and communications.

Any questions? Cassie, thank you very much. Thank you. Citizen requests and petitions.

any questions for Tyler no thank you and the applicant would like to speak I need to open the public hearing those wishing to speak in favor please approach the podium state your name for the record you'll have five minutes please

Mrs. Price, did you have a question? Okay. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to speak in favor of this resolution? Does anyone wish to speak in opposition to this resolution? I see none. I'll beam this public hearing closed. May I have a motion?

I'll second that. We have a motion by Mr. Bard, a second by Mr. Jackson, that resolution number 2026015 be approved. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you very much. Consent agenda. The chair will entertain a motion. Mayor.

We have a motion by Mr. Dittar, second by Mr. Cortez to approve the consent agenda as finalized. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you very much.

All right, any questions? Mr. Robine. Mr. Koppel.

OK. Anyone else? Any other questions of Mr. Robine? Any comments? Okay, Mr. Cortez.

Okay. That's one name. Do we have additional names?

Okay. Any other names at this point? So we have three names. For two slots, is there, since this is an ad hoc committee, I would turn to the city attorney, is there any...

They might not. So, since the resolution specifies five, do we need to amend the resolution?

Pending acceptance. Should we make the motion to be up to six members? Pending acceptance. Is that acceptable?

Second. Okay. We have a motion by Mr. Jackson, a second by Mr. Koppel to amend resolution number 2026-016 to go up to six members, including the three names already specified, plus the three additions presented by council. Please vote on this amendment. Okay, nine in favor. Now, do we have a motion to pass the resolution as amended?

Okay, motion by Mr. Bard. I'm sorry, motion by Mr. Jackson, seconded by Mr. Bard to approve resolution number 2026-016. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you very much. Anything else, Mr. Robine? No, thank you. All right, Madam Clerk.

And welcome back immediately. Thank you, sir.

Any questions for Mr. Robine? Okay, any comments? None? I see none. Excellent, thank you. Thank you very much. The chair will entertain a motion. Mayor.

I have a motion by Mr. Cortez, a second by Mr. Dittar. Now, resolution number 2026-017 be approved. Please vote. Nine in favor. Ordinances expedited. Madam Clerk.

Okay. Any questions? Mr. Bard. Thank you, Mayor.

Okay. Any other questions for Mr. Belander? The chair will entertain a motion. Mayor. Mr. Dittar.

I have a motion by Mr. Dittar, second by Mr. Bard, that Council Bill 2026-354 be approved on an expedited basis. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you. Madam Clerk.

Okay. Any questions? I see no questions. Thank you very much.

I have a motion by Mr. Cortez, second by Mr. Bard, that Council Bill number 2026-619 be approved on an expedited basis. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you. First reading.

And Ms. Hodge, you'd like to take on 520 because of the relationship?

Okay. Any other questions? Comments? Okay. Thank you very much, Ms. Haas.

Okay, motion by Mr. Koppel. I'm sorry, who had the second? Mr. Jackson? Mr. Bard. Thank you, sir. Okay, motion by Mr. Koppel, second by Mr. Bard, that Council Bill number 2026-519 be passed on first reading and advanced to second and third. Please vote. Nine in favor. Now we can take up 2026.520. I'm sure we'll entertain a motion.

Thank you, Mr. Bard. Yes. We have a motion by Mr. Cortez, second by Mr. Bard, that Council Bill number 2026-520 be passed on first reading, advanced to second and third. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you. Madam Clerk.

OK. Mr. Tuttle, we have people who wish to speak on this item before we have staff presentation. Is that correct, Madam Clerk?

Please approach the dais. state your name for the record. You will have five minutes. Mr. Booth, welcome.

Mr. Booth, thank you. Are there any questions?

They're quiet at this point, Mr. Jackson. Please maintain decorum.

Okay. Mr. Booth, thank you very much. Thank you for your time. Ron Birch. Madam Clerk. Please maintain decorum, folks.

Thank you. I appreciate that. Mr. Jackson, thank you. Mrs. Price, I believe you had a question.

Thank you. Any other council members? Questions or comments? Okay. Mr. Birch. Thank you. Thank you.

Mr. Garrison, welcome. Please state your name for the record and you'll have five minutes.

Any questions from the council? Nope. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Madam Clerk.

Good evening, Dante. How are you? I'm doing all right. How about you? Good. Thanks for being here.

So thank you. And I open for questions. Mr. Shankles, thank you. Any questions? I see none. Thank you for being here this evening. Thank you. OK, any any additional discussion or comments by Council? Now we get to Mr Tuttle.

Any other discussion? We have a motion by Mr. Cortez, a second by Mr. Dittar, that Council Bill number 2026-616 be passed on first reading and advanced to second and third. Please vote. We have eight in favor and one abstention, as previously noted. Thank you all very much. Ordinances, second and third.

unfinished business we have none new business Christopher Wayne Swanton Good evening. Mr. Swanton, welcome. Please state your name for the record, and you will have five minutes.

Thank you, sir. Okay. Before we continue with new business, we usually try and take a break around 8 o'clock, but we have several items up to council if you want to take a break now or continue on. Continue on. All right. Council.

The second, Mr. Dittar. Okay, we have a motion by Mr. Barr, the second by Mr. Dittar to declare surplus property for the annual City of Joplin auction on September 19th, 2026. Please vote. We have nine in favor. Next item, please.

Okay. Are there any questions? Any additional discussion? I see none. Thank you. Okay. Chair, we'll entertain a motion. Mayor. Mr. Dittar.

We have a motion by Mr. Dittar, second by Mr. Jackson to approve case number 006-26. Please vote. Nine in favor. Thank you. Next item, please.

Okay. Any council discussion at this point? Mr. Dittar.

Council at this point. Mr. Bart, are you comfortable with kind of letting this go say through budget session when we're talking about priorities and then Pick this up when we get into our deeper priority discussion.

Consensus on that? Council direction? Mr. Barr just indicated he'd like this to be added to the list so he doesn't have to bring it up for the future that it's within our list of priorities for consideration.

Okay. All right. That good with everyone at this point? You have direction, Mr. Edwards, for this? Okay.

Okay. Anyone else? All right. Madam Clerk, closed session.

Mr. Dittar. I move to go into closed sessions for all the things the city clerk said. Second. We have a motion by Mr. Dittar, second by Mr. Bard to go into closed session. Please vote. Nine in favor and nine opposed. We are adjourned to closed session.