City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. I'd like to w call the meeting to order. Tonight is February 24th. It's the Alvette City Council meeting at the council chambers at the city center at Alvette at 1140 Dealman Road in Alvette, Missouri, 63132. Roll call, please. Chairman Prom here. Council member Solomonov here. Council member Pashan Helman present. Council member Lewis present. Mayor Clark is absent with an excuse. Next item, please. Uh we have no written communications. Okay. Then next item, city manager report. Thank you.

All right. Good evening everyone. Share my screen. Okay, so I have some uh very exciting news. Uh Brass Tap is officially going to open March 2nd. So that is Monday, March 2nd at 11:00 a.m. So this is straight from their Facebook page. Um, so they have put it out uh that um that their doors will open March 2nd. So I would uh encourage everyone to stop by um and see uh see see what they have to offer at uh at Brass Top. Um and on that note, we are taking nominations for your favorite business and your favorite restaurant uh to do our awards for the ette business and restaurant of the year. So you can uh follow the QR code um and I do believe you can nominate up to three of your favorite businesses and three of your favorite restaurants. So if you've not had an opportunity to do that, we would encourage you to do that and I think we are taking nominations through March 23rd. Uh open mic night. Um this is actually become kind of a popular event up at um Five Oaks to display our the talent of members of our community. So that is happening this Thursday at 7:15. Um it's free. They got the piano tuned today. So, if you happen to have skills playing the piano or or can sing while someone else plays the piano, uh we'd encourage you to come on out uh for open mic night or just come to hear the talent that uh

that is in all of uh Holy Holy Festival is va fastly approaching. It is March 7th. Um it's going to be at Stacy Park as it always is. Uh the event starts at 10:00 a.m. Um if you have not been, it is a lot of fun. It is the Festival of Colors. Um and so do not wear something that is really uh valuable to you because it is going to get um colored with uh colored like uh corn starch. Uh so the uh the important thing to note this year is that there will be no parking at Stacy Park. So we have um gotten permission from the owners of the um former US Bank building, what will be become the Mercy Pharmacy to use their parking lot um back here. And there are several hundred spaces back here. So, we believe it will be great um facility and certainly way more parking that is than is available on the fields um at Stacy Park. And one of the reasons that we're not having parking this year is because the event is so early in the spring. We are concerned that the fields will still be wet or um and parking all those cars will damage the fields and that we will need for baseball. So, um we're doing event parking and then we have secured uh buses which will um take people from the location here, come down Olive, drop everybody off, and then they can come back either up Dealman or um up North Price. We expect the shuttles to run about every 15 minutes or so, give or

take. Um, so this is the first year we are running a shuttle, but we do think that it's going to to um, one, help with parking at Stacy Park, help with, you know, there's still going to be no parking in the neighborhoods. Um, and make it easier for people to get into the park. You said no parking in the neighborhoods. I mean, what's the like all the streets? Are they going to put up no like Yeah, we put up no parking signs. uh police officers will be around. Now, can I guarantee that everybody will obey the no parking sign? I cannot, but we will certainly let folks know that they are not allowed to park there.

Is the shuttle is that I know since Holy Festival is kind of a separate thing, it just takes place in our in our It's actually a partnership between us and Fusion STL. So we work together. Um and so we have been coordinating with Fusion STL. They are pushing out on their social media. We are pushing out um that there's there's no parking in the park. So and they um they have generously agreed to pay for the shuttles um to help get the folks there.

Is the school parking lot open? Sorry if you said that. I missed it. Um, we tend to use the school parking lot for emergency vehicles, for uh the vendors who come because there are food vendors uh and they need a place to put their vehicles um and volunteers. So, uh, and I think we're also using it for accessible spaces as well as the turnaround for like, uh, ride shares that come because we really want people not to stop and let folks out of the car on Old Bottom because that just backs up traffic. So,

um, we're going to direct them to the school to use the turnaround, drop people off. They can cross the street. Um, there'll be police officers there. Um, so, okay. You said 10:00 a.m. till when?

Is there a 10 a.m.? Um, it goes until 5. Last shuttle. We're going to start calling for the last shuttle at about 4:15. It'll probably be later than that, but you know, is uh understanding traffic stops. I think this is about like the fourth or fifth time we have offered this program. It's really popular uh with new drivers to come and just a little bit of classroom learning about what a traffic stop is, what it isn't, why officers do them, and then practical experience. Um they do traffic stops in stationary cars um in the parking lot so that um new drivers get an experience of kind of going through that. Um, and just a side note, uh, I think I told you this, uh, last time, we have nominated this for an innovation award for the municipal league. So, um, I think they're going to do those announcements in May. So, if if we get it, I will certainly let you know. Um, and then the firefighter and the U. Police officer of the year have been named. They were nominated and chosen by their departments. So, uh, police officer Jason Bagsby has been, uh, not honored as this year's police officer of the year. And then, um, Lieutenant Jacob Guthrie has also been named as the firefighter of the year. So, they will both be honored at an event at the the chamber on March 13th. Um, and so they and their families will be there and and uh will be honored by their chiefs. Um, and I will be there and so will uh Sydney. And then of course, as usual, I just encourage everybody to sign up for the weekly newsletter, um, the Olivet

weekly. And if there's anything else that I can answer for you. Any questions? Next item, I believe. Uh, we have staff reports.

All right. Staff reports. Oh, well, here are your upcoming meetings. Uh, just a note that the March 3rd work session for the council has been uh cancelled. And then staff reports starting with the fire department. So they have been doing a number of training drills really to um help them use their SCBA. Those are the self-contained brea breathing apparatus. Um and they need to learn their air consumption rate. So using the device when they're at rest is going to use less air than using the device when they are actively working a fire. And so the department set up a number of drills to get the firefighters um some practice time with their SCBAs. So, the warm-up drill was to take the ladder off the truck and then carry it um several feet and then they went to different stations. Um and so they had four different five different stations. I only have pictures of four, but they had to drag a mannequin, 100 190 lb mannequin, and they had to drag it. Then they had to This picture simulates um cutting a hole in the roof. So if they take a sledgehammer and they hit the the tire, it simulates the exertion necessary to cut a hole in the roof and then they had to drag a charged fire hose, essentially one that is full of water. Um, and then they had to lift uh 50 lbs from the ground to a fourthstory window. So all of those things are of course getting their heart rate up and their breathing rate up. and so allowing them to practice those skills. Um the parks and wreck um I'm happy to

report that we have this new partnership with the city of creore. This is the um reciprocal agreement between um the city of Crecor and the city of Alvette. Um Alvette residents will be able to use the golf course and the ice arena in Crecore at the resident rate. And then Crevecore residents will be able to join uh Five Oaks at the resident rate or um make reservations, you know, for rooms and things um also at the resident rate. the partnership. It was on the CRECORE agenda last night for a first reading. Um, and other than just a couple of um minor questions, there were no no real objections and they uh will put it on for second reading at their next um their next meeting. So, the Department of Planning, I just wanted to pull these numbers out from Carlos. Um I know that we do talk a lot about the big projects that uh planning does but they also do a lot of smaller projects. Um and just wanted to show you know this year alone they've issued 204 residential permits. Now the vast majority of those have been roof permits probably from the hail from the storm uh last May. But they have had a number of um interior renovations. So people reinvesting in their homes and doing interior renovations. It seems to be, you know, kind of on trend. Um as well as building access accessory structures um and some additions to the homes. And then commercial units, again, a number of tenant finishes uh is about double what we've seen the last two years. So again, businesses either new businesses um that are taking existing space or other commercial businesses that are,

you know, re reinvesting in their own space. And then just one new new construction permit for uh one of the buildings across the street. So just some information about what uh what planning does and the impact that they have. the police department uh every year Special Olympics uh does polar bear strutt or the dive into Crevecore Lake when it's very cold out. So it is this Saturday, February 28th um at Crevecore Lake Park at 10:00 a.m. and um police officer Octavia Herren, she has formed a team with uh Officer Wcman and Officer Payich um to participate in the polar bear strut. And I'm happy to say that as of today, their team was in second place behind St. Peters as far as having raised the most money uh to date. So, I think that's pretty good since I'm pretty sure St. Peters is a magnitude uh much higher than us. So, um, if you would like to donate or if you would like to participate on their team, um, you can certainly scan the QR code, um, and either donate or participate or if you just want to be at Creor Lake Park at 10:00 a.m. on the on the 28th and cheer them on, um, they would certainly appreciate that. So, they are, this also happens to be one of the biggest fundraisers for Special Olympics uh, every year. And then public works, they are, as the weather allows, um they are continuing to do work on the sidewalk project on the east side of Hilltop, uh working south from Chisum Court. And then Bruce is also having a pre-construction meeting for the work that's going to happen at Olive and Price and Olive and Dealman Industrial making those lane

improvements um to those intersections. So that's been uh a number of a number of years in the making getting all of that uh taken care of. So that's all I have unless you have any other additional questions. Okay, then we will move on to item number five.

Uh good evening Mayor Pro and council members. We have our uh 7-month year to date into the end of January uh for tonight that we'll look at and uh happy to report some good news as we go into our budgeting. Uh revenues are up 120 some odd thousand above where we thought and then or sorry 87,000 and then uh expenditures are just below at 41. So if we're on a 101 million budget, we're within 41,000 bucks to end in January. That's kind of that's really good as we look into our budgeting. Uh no department no particular um no particular department or kind of categories outstanding or kind of standing out as something. Um I will note that our that workers comp there was about $87,000 less than we thought which is um a little bit rare. Uh so that's contributing to that 41,000 under. So uh net favorable of 129,000. Uh the real standout here is in our sales taxes and use taxes. Property taxes are behind. We're going to look at those sales use taxes here in a second. Uh well within reserve policy. Property taxes behind. We did get the money for the what they called the fourth distribution of December. We got it in December or sorry February 20th. So that validates with those numbers. We won't see them here today, but we do get uh validation for our budgets and they're we're in good shape there. utility taxes. Uh they're they're mixed, but overall uh in about where we uh expect them to be as a category. Again, good news as we go into our budgets budget season. Um some really positive news uh as we look into January for in the parks and wreck uh department. Uh made up some real ground in our memberships uh compared to where we were in the last uh really through this whole fiscal year. Um, now they're lower budgets, but at least we're kind of meeting our our targets, which is a a new new thing that we've are developing. We'll have some more looks at that. I'm going to talk with uh parks and recck

director and really what that means for for the future. Uh let's go to the next uh page here and we can see use taxes. Um the top chart is looks is the same format we see in our sales taxes and you can and we're the orange line in FY26 and you can see orange is doing well. Now, uh, what drives this is, uh, a lot of things. Uh, for one, you do get a sneak peek here in February. So, this isn't an anomaly. We're just looking at reporting through January, and it's still doing very well. This is, uh, in February, we're going to see a whole another kind of jump here. Uh, annual filers, uh, uh, which is, uh, an entity that files annually, once a year, gives their does their, uh, filing in January. when they file in January, we get the money in February. And that's why you see usually a spike there in that February collection. So, um there was some uh very notable and big uh use taxes there. Some of the stuff we've talked about before, some of the annual filers you wouldn't really expect to see in there, but we'll uh however they file it is is just fine. So, what does that mean for our budgeting? And that's always kind of what does it mean for our future? First off, it seems to look pretty positive. Now, it's hard to tell what this uh trend looks like when you look at it in seven years because you have to know what colors are supposed to be for what. But overall, uh that orange line is is, you know, look looks good for for the future. Then if we look at that uh that bottom chart, this goes uh back to I think it's uh 19 I can't read really great. This is I think the enacting of of Wayfair was like that date. And this is when this chart starts and we can see a really good trend upwards. And you can definitely see uh one it's going up and two it's a little erratic. So uh for budgeting we never know really what we're going to get. We've had years where we underdo it and then other years where we overdo it. So I think we can strike a balance as we as we go forward. We'll be talking about it about what we're comfortable with as far as our

budgeting and uh how we would would spend going forward. I will note here there's a really goofy looking thing that does get a little always a little caveat in that that trough you see there in I think it's the end of 2021 on the bottom chart. Yeah, it is right there too. Yeah, it's red right there and you see and then it shows up right there. Um this was that particular case we didn't get any use tag. We didn't receive any money. This is just cash we receive. We didn't get any money because Missouri American water water did a big project about two years before this and then filed a refund for their sales for all their use tax that they paid there. There it was an exempt project but they paid it going in and then they filed a a refund for it and so we didn't get not get money for 3 months. It's like truncated one month and then no money at all for two months. Uh I don't know if anybody's noticed any utilities going on work are going on around here but that poses kind of a real risk for the our future. There is one thing and uh city attorney may be more familiar with the dates at at the time this was done. Two years was a statute of limitations to do a refund. I think it's four years now or five.

It was three three it's longer than it was before and so they keep you know the utility companies lobbied and got this thing to get their uh refunds in a row. It's always a possibility that this thing we could get two or three months of of of no money. That'll ruin a budget. And so, you know, what does it mean overall? It looks good. Uh it really means that if you're really aggressive, you could support your number. If you're really conservative, you could also support your number. And that's why we'll have to talk about what we're comfortable with uh going forward and and uh that'll be something we look at in the next couple months. So, that's all I have for the finance report, though. Are there any questions for Mr. Manning? Start down here.

Thank you. Next item, please. City Council leaison reports. I'll start over here with Council Member Solom. I can't say it tonight. Solomon. No report for today. Council member Lewis. Uh PCDC met last Thursday, but uh no specific item to call out a report. They're still looking at their um comprehensive plan and kind of voting on things that they're going to bring back to the council on what their priorities are that we can then assess accordingly, but still work in progress. Council member Pashan Helman

uh met with the EDC last night and they are um taking the questions that we discussed at a previous meeting for uh getting some survey questions out to businesses. They're working on uh getting those sent out by via email, via postcard, and then also using the commissioners to go and um reach out specifically to businesses as well to really try and get as much feedback from businesses as possible.

Very good. Um today I attended the housing the Alivet Housing Authority meeting through um St. Louisis County. Um and for our for our our facilities or our our our um we are at 100% occupancy. Um our finan they did our financials for 2025 and and they do a scoring system and we we're at 25 out of 25 for 20 for the year 2025. So that was good. Um the next meeting is not until April and there'll be an updated scoring for this first quarter. Um they also did their annual meeting discussion or voting and the chairman will continue to be um Nikia Ingram who actually lives um lives there and is a resident and so that's a plus um as far as the the the commission there the this board working and then Ellen Shapiro who is um a member has been the co-chair the assistant um for the last few years and she is remaining as well. So there is definitely continuity there which is great. So um there's any other questions for any for one another. Okay. Very good. Um we'll move on to item number six.

Uh we are on uh hearing from citizens. If there's someone in the audience or in on Zoom that would like to online that would like to um speak just raise your hand and uh we'll call on you. Okay. I don't see any. So we will continue. Okay. Item number eight. Uh bill 3057 an ordinance amending section 215.1550 of the municipal code relating to Halloween restrictions on registered sex offenders. second reading. Okay. And Miss Yakley, you're going to tee this up for us.

Thank you. So, this is the um ordinance that you reviewed uh two weeks ago. Uh we are staff is recommending a change to the existing ordinance regarding the rules that reg registered sex offenders uh have to follow on Halloween. Uh and we're we're requesting this because uh in January the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that uh one of the rules is that uh these individuals have to post a sign on Halloween uh that there was there's no candy available at their residence and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that that requirement is unconstitutional and so um it's in the city's best interest that we remove that requirement um from our city code. Uh it should be noted that all of the other requirements is listed um that uh registered sex offenders must avoid all Halloween related activities with children. They must remain inside their residence between 5:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Halloween. Um and that all of their outdoor lighting on their residents must remain off after 5:00 p.m. are still uh will still be in the code. and that this bill just removes the requirement about the sign.

Are there any questions? I'll be happy to entertain a motion. I'll make a motion. Motion to approve bill 3057, an ordinance amending section 215.1550 of the municipal code relating to Halloween restrictions on registered sex offenders. Second. Call for the vote, please. Council member Lewis. Yes. Council member Pashan Helman. Yes. Council member Solomonov, yes. Chairman Promile, yes. The motion is passed. Bill 3057 becomes ordinance 2827. Thank you. Next item.

Bill number 3058, an ordinance establishing local regulations on hours of operation of businesses licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail by for consumption on the premises for the duration of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament. first reading.

Would you like me to explain, please? Okay. Um, so again, this is just a first reading. Uh but in July of last year, Governor Kho uh signed legislation uh that would allow uh businesses that have a essentially uh retail by the drink uh license to one stay open 24 hours a day and two sell alcohol between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and then 5:00 a.m. the next day. um and only during the time that uh the FIFA World Cup will be in the United States. So from June 11th through July 19th and so cities can either uh can choose can opt in um do nothing and and opt in or cities can opt out. And so again, uh staff pulled our uh applicable liquor license holders and we received comments from two that you know they would be interested and uh related to council discussion uh last time before staff drafted the ordinance. there were some concerns about um existing uh businesses that also have a special use permit and sell uh alcohol. And so Carlos provided some um information and he provided a memo um and essentially there are 11 businesses um that would fall under this overarching legislation and three of them have special use permits which limit their hours of operation. um and that's attached uh in this in this memo. And then the eight other businesses don't have any limitations on their hours of operation. And so if you want to know specifically who has limitations,

uh it is Chevy's great heart brewing and then uh I love Mr. Sushi. Those are the businesses that have restricted hours according to a special use permit. Um the others either don't have a special use permit um or their special use permit does not address hours of operation. So, in drafting this particular legislation, um it has been drafted to allow all applicable businesses to sell uh liquor from 6:00 a.m. to 5 a.m. the next day during the World Cup tournament. And then the bill also exempts the three businesses with specific operating hours um from those hours for that same time period. And the reason we have done that is that um the law is is pretty clear that if you are going to allow business if you're going to, you know, do an exemption, you either allow them for the times that are currently in state law, which is 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., or you allow them the essentially 23 hours or something between those, but you can't do something less, right? And so the concern is if you make each one of these special use permit folks come before uh staff and then the planning and zoning commission and then council and a public hearing and two two readings at council. um there's going to be you know uh the the risk that um you know the recommendation might come and it and it doesn't fall within those you know those parameters and it's a lot of work and

you know time frames. So the idea is we would write this we would exempt them treat them like everybody else. There was also concern by by the council, did we have to go all the way to the 23 hours? Um, and the answer is no, you do not. You could just go to the 6:00 a.m. to the 1:30 a.m. and allow um, you know, everybody, you know, to do that. You could also say, you know, I don't want to go to 1:30. I want to be a little more generous and go to say 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. You can't be less generous, but you can be more generous and it needs to be applicable to all of um all the businesses. You can't pick and choose. So, we have drafted it this way. You are certainly welcome to provide additional feedback if you want to see something else or you know or make amendments but um as a first shot we thought we would kind of be the most expansive based on your feedback originally.

Go ahead.

I think this is just my opinion but I think 1:30 feels plenty late for all of like it's not central west end or downtown or something. So, and the tournament, all the games will be done by no later than I would assume 10:00 p.m. So, that's plenty of time for people to party and celebrate afterwards. So, I would I would say 1:30. I mean, I I'm thinking about this like 5 just seems crazy to me, but like in the sense that the West Coast games, you know, farthest west might start at like 8:00 p.m. and finish at 10, 10:30. So, that's 12:30 here. So, I tend to agree that 1:30 seems generous. be open to a 2 or 2:30, but I don't see five. I also think about the impact of the police department. Are we going to need more officers at that time because we have more people potentially drunk disorderly or do we have more concern on the roads or things like that? So, have the businesses expressed a desire to go past 1:30?

We only had the two people respond. I mean, again, we poked everybody. They said, "Yes, we'd like to stay open more," but they didn't say kind of what? No. Yeah. Nobody really I just have struggle to see. I mean if the bars here unless breath tap like none of them are known is it's we're not talking about like the Amsterdam Tavern or something where it's like a soccer known bar where people speaking it out. Um, I don't know. 1:30 feels fine to me. It'd be open to 2 or 2:30, but yeah.

I guess I also have the question, and I apologize that I am not a I am a soccer novice. So, I don't know like with these with the World Cups, I wonder if some of the exemption is so that it like if the businesses typically don't open until 11 or three. I'm just looking at the ones that have the special times or noon that it allows them to like if you want to come and watch. There could be games at like Yes, there might be games at like 8 in the morning. So, but the six starting at six o'clock in the morning would cover that. I'm just I'm just curious if there's a sense of like most of it is going to be the daytime or most of it's going to be the nighttime. And I don't

at the beginning it'll be all hours of the day. Towards the end it'll be mostly night for prime time. But I agree the six to cover six will cover that. It's in the North America. I don't see them starting before 6:00 a.m. Yeah. But and it will be on all coasts. Yeah. It will be on all coasts and multiple countries. Canada, US, Mexico. Oh. Oh. So, same time, but all all the poor time all the poor times. Yes. So, I I'm okay with 6:00 to 1:30. Does anyone have any? I'm good with 6:00 to 1:30 also. Should we go to 2 or 2:30? 2 o'clock or making an evening or and does the police chief have an opinion on this?

Yeah. And so, we brought in the fact that you will be um having a police literally. Good evening, council. Uh Beth Andreski, chief of police. So, uh myself and the city manager did talk about this a little bit and uh honestly from police department's point of view, we don't have any major concerns. Like you guys kind of discussed, our um restaurant bars here are not really like the late night party type of places. So, um you know, Olive can be kind of a ghost town even on the weekends after especially past midnight other than people passing through. So, it's not it has not been a big concern of ours. however late they stay open. So,

what what happens if like and I don't know if this is true, but I'm thinking of like if um not all of Crossing, but all of um where Sugar Fire in um Price Crossing Price Crossing. Do they sometimes have ordinance where you know, Mr. Yawitz would say like, "Well, if you're going to have a business here, we're not going to let you be open past midnight or something like that." Are we superseding that? Is that an issue at all ever? Or can they do that? You can't. Okay. Well, the landlord could dictate um the hours of operation for their businesses in their lease. So, that would be a completely private matter. So, our ordinance would not trump that. Still have to abide by whatever private um restrictions are in their lease.

That's what I was curious about is like if they said, "I'm not going to allow anyone in my shopping center to be open past midnight. We could put this law." And they're like, "But that's okay." So, all right. What's the latest of business is open now that today outside of the World Cup time frames? Is it I mean is anyone open midnight? Yeah. Right. 11. Special use chart here. It looks like Chevys is open until 1:30. No, that's what they're allowed to be open to. It doesn't mean they are. Yeah. Is open to more saying that even 130 feels 130 a major extension. I agree. I I think we're okay with 130 is

I think 13. So, um I will take that direction. So, again, is tonight's just a first reading. Um I will take that direction and you will have an amended bill before you. Thank you. Two weeks. Next item, please. Uh city council authorization for MDOT grant application.

Good evening again, council. Beth Andreski, chief of police. Um this is just um our MD mod grant for uh hazardous moving violations. We've brought it to council for many years going on now and um the last handful of years we've also requested $5,000. Um, if you're not familiar, this uh grant is through the Missouri Department of Revenue and it's specifically for uh law enforcement overtime to focus on hazard hazardous moving violations um like speeding, careless and imprudent driving, driving the wrong way, things like that. Uh we typically go through um all of the funding and uh it's voluntary for officers to sign up to work the overtime. So um again this is uh been part of our grant request for several years now. So we are just requesting it again and the uh grant window is open now but it runs full. So we are currently we're currently in the process of spending those funds for uh this calendar year. So, I would just ask uh for a motion to authorize the city of Alvette to enter into one traffic enforcement grant with the um Missouri Department of Transportation, namely for hazardous moving violations. And there is a city council authorization form and the grant application.

Are there any questions for Chief Andresy? Are we just saying that we're not able to staff those that right now within a normal budget and we need to have overtime for some?

So it's just so for part like we participate in different grants you know throughout the state and sometimes um participating in uh different grants we will have like access to different things available within the yeah within uh that are available through the state. Um, so this is just again it's like a little chunk of money that our officers can use up in overtime versus the city money to do kind of some of that traffic enforcement that we'd be doing anyway. So, um,

yeah. Okay. Just a little little bit of extra funding for that OT. So, might also allow for say if they wanted to do a particular weekend to do extra enforcement. Um, I'm sure you have seen some of the click it or ticket uh weekends. So if they wanted to do again like a a a push for a certain time, this could also help for those things as well.

Um I saw and you know this is new to those of us who are new to the council even though it's been something that it sounds like has um been presented to the council over many years. Um I saw that in the um application there's a focus on some of the intersections where the majority of accidents occur. How does the um policing how is that different in those intersections than say elsewhere?

So a lot of times the our major intersections where we see accidents there's a lot of uh red lights issues. So um you have of course collisions and t-bones with people running the red lights. So, um, sometimes that's focused there. We also with some people working the grants, like if we're getting, um, particular, you know, complaints or concerns from residents about certain areas, um, Price and Dealman, of course, our big ones, uh, where we get a lot of issues with people speeding up and down kind of those main roadways. Uh, we will have officers who are working the grant kind of focus on some of those areas, too. also similar to those intersections where we see more accidents.

Okay, thank you. Are there any more questions? I would be one more. Sorry. Is 5,000 the max amount that we can get as part of this grant or could we go? We you can ask for more. Um I don't know offhand what the maximum amount is. Um but 5,000 we have seen seem to go through pretty comfortably. uh we just try to avoid of of course um asking for too much and then not spending it because then the state kind of questions your application the next year, right? So, uh $5,000 seems to be kind of a a comfortable amount for um our officers who want to work kind of this type of overtime

and we spend it every year. Okay, we do. Yes. Would anyone like to make a motion? Make a motion to authorize the city of Alvette to enter into one traffic enforcement grant with the Missouri Department of Transportation, namely hazardous moving violations. Second. Call for the vote, please. Council member Lewis, yes. Council member Pashan Helman, yes. Council member Solomonov, yes. Chairman Prom, yes. Motion is passed. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. I think that might be up again for Beverly. Uh, picnic license for the 2026 Holy Festival. Oh. Welcome back.

Yes, I am just stepping in for the parks and recck director, Beverly Tucker Knight, but uh involves us anyway, so it worked out. Uh this is just uh the council is being asked to approve a picnic license for the Holy Festival of Colors event. It's at Stacy Park on March 7th, 2026. Uh, the Holy Festival is a city event co-sponsored with FusionCTL and this year's alcohol sales will be conducted by Bowling Enterprises LLC doing business as Pure Chill. Um, Bowling Enterprises LLC has a current liquor license from the state and they've completed a a application for that was submitted to all police department and the police department completed the background check. I did it personally so it's fine. Um, and there was no irregularities. So the with approval, Bowling Enterprises LLC will obtain a one-day license uh from the state of the Missouri for the event. So the recommended action of course is approval of the Holy Festival picnic liquor license for March 7th, 2026 at Stacy Park. There's no funding request.

I'm just curious how often we've given liquor licenses for anything at Stacy Park. Um I'm all in favor of it. I'm just curious. Yeah, I it really just depends. So, Holy Festival, of course. I'm trying to think of some other ones. Uh, usually the park. Party on the park. Party in the park. What am I missing though? Turkey trot. Okay. Turkey trout. That's right. If sometimes, right? Serving and selling. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Sometimes. It's good to know it's allowed in the parks. Okay. Yeah. Not too many. Any other questions? I'll entertain a motion.

I'd like to make a motion for approval of the Holy Festival picnic liquor license for March 7th, 2026 at Stacy Park. Second. Call for the vote, please. Council member Lewis, yes. Council member Pashan Helman, yes. Council member Solomonov, yes. Chairman Prom, yes. Motion is passed. Thank you. Next item, please.

Hearing from citizens part two. Okay. Um this is last call for hearing from citizens. Um if anyone in the room don't see any um the participant on online if you would like to raise a hand if you want to have questions or speak please let us know. Okay we will move on then. Next item please. Review and acceptance of minutes. Did anyone get any changes? I'll take a motion. I'll make a motion to accept the minutes from uh February 10th, 20126.

Second. Call for the vote, please. Council member Lewis, yes. Council member Pashan Halman, yes. Council member Solomonov, yes. Chairman Prom, yes. Motion is passed. Thank you. Uh, city attorney's report, please. I have no report this evening. However, during our earlier discussion, we talked about the um refund time frame for use tax uh claims for refund and um um it used to be three years and the statute has been amended. I did just check the statute on my phone and now it's 10 years that they can request a refund. Wow. Yes. 144.190.

Mr. Man has a big smile. They well they could save them up and then

all their paperwork. Very good. Is there a need for close session? Okay. I'll take a motion for close session. That would be under 61021 subsection 1 to have confidential communications with the city attorney. Make a motion uh to move to executive session pursuant to the revised statutes of the state of Missouri to discuss attorney client privilege matters pursuant to section 610.021 section 1. Second offer the vote please. Council member Lewis. Yes. Council member Pashan Halman. Yes. Council member Solomonov. Yes. Chairman Prom. Yes. Motion has passed.

Thank you. We'll come back afterwards and like to make a motion to adjurnn. Second. So be it. Good evening.