Remarks by Mayor Kevin King
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Yes. The amendment to 26-099 passes six yeses and zero noes.
All right. This brings us to council member comments.
Thank you. I will just say this. You've listened to several council members up here talk about the cleanup, and you can see this is very important to all of us as a council to try to help our citizens get their area cleaned up and everything to hopefully make a better Independence. I had the opportunity, and I really appreciate it. I attended the Three Trails Behavioral Health with Councilmember Wiley and Councilmember Atkinson. I got the pleasure to speak there, and it's encouraging to have a place like that because I think it can benefit our ARCH program and have another opportunity for…
I have one more thing just to add because I forgot to do this, but me and Council Member Stewart will be having a town hall slash listening session for anybody that wants to attend that wants to possibly make changes to the UDO language that we went through last time because that was one of the things we heard from the people that spoke is we would like an opportunity to possibly maybe change some of the language. So we want to give them the opportunity to bring that up, and that will be September 23rd this Wednesday at 6 o'clock in the Santa Fe and Oregon room. Okay.
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Six yeses and zero noes. I want to thank everybody for coming out tonight, and we'll see you next time.
Good evening. Welcome to the Monday, August 3rd, 2026 City Council meeting. Our invocation will be provided by Laura Dean Wiley at the Vision Church KC. please stand for the invocation and remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Start off with the resolution here. Whereas the service recognition program recognizes outstanding performance and exemplary acts of service by employees of the city of Independence. And whereas an employee committee selects the I-Star Independence, service and teamwork above responsibilities. award recipient for exhibiting the qualities and ideals that best represent public service. And whereas the Service Recognition Committee has selected Krista Fala Te Wai. Building Maintenance in the Parks and Recreation Department as the I-STAR award recipient for August 2026. Now, therefore, be it…
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Yes. 26-759 is passed with seven ayes and zero nays. All right. Today... We are recognizing Krista for her outstanding dedication and commitment to George Owens Nature Park. Krista consistently arrives ready to help in any way she can. She takes great pride in making sure the park's restrooms, lobby areas, nature center, and lodge are clean, well-stocked, and welcoming to the public. She works to maintain these spaces to the highest standards so visitors feel comfortable and cared cared for during their time at the park. Chris is dependable, considerate of her coworkers, and always pleasant…
Now, we have a few citizen awards to give out. So, citizen recognition. So I'm gonna start here and we'll kind of work through this. Citizens awards for Derek Young and Charles Lister. Officer Bloomquist recommended these two guys for their assistance when a lady, Sheila Clark, stopped breathing at Pizza Ranch. Derek observed Sheila choking, ran over and performed the Heimlich on Sheila who was choking on her denture. Her family said she was not breathing and her lips were turning blue. Derek's efforts at the Heimlich were successful and he and Charles Lister assisted Sheila to the ground and…
Next with citizen recognition is citizen Clara A. Anson. Detective Winans recommends Clara for a citizen's award in recognition of her exceptional persistence and concern for the welfare of a child living in dangerous conditions. After twice requesting a welfare check without knowing the child's address or information, Clara refused to give up. Through her determination and resourcefulness, she located the residents and provided the information to law enforcement. Officers responded and rescued the child from deplorable living conditions. Clara's perseverance and commitment to protecting a…
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Thank you. Next speaker. is Darlene Pollard. Please state your name and your address, and you have five minutes. Thank you.
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Thank you. This brings us to our consent agenda.
Got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Would anybody like to pull anything off the consent agenda?
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Yes. Consent agenda passes six with yeses and zero noes. All right. At this time, I'm going to turn it over to Council Member Vought for item number 18.
Got a motion and a second to approve item number 18. Any further discussion?
Just a quick question. I know this has been discussed a lot and, and maybe I just want to clarify a couple of things with city manager. If we vote yes or no, what's the options here? If we vote this down, can we direct municipal services to go and give us different ideas looking at this moving forward?