Council approved May 20th minutes and also approved the bills.
The 2014 Chain of Command was presented to Council and was approved. Eight Resolutions No’s 412 – 419 were approved and these resolutions took former City Administer Mark Arbuthnot off the bank account and put new City Administrator Larry Tucker on the signature card.
Larry Tucker expressed his gratitude to the Mayor and Council for selecting him as Butler’s new City Administrator. He further stated that one of his goals was to keep an open door policy regarding concerns or ideas on how everyone can make Butler a better place to live.
Mr. Tucker has scheduled a meeting with the Community Development Council Committee on June 4th and invited Joe Lauber to return and discuss economic development. He will also help with planning and setting goals for the city that should help Butler down the road.
Mr. Tucker asked Police Chief Randy Beshore to look into security or video devices that will be available to officers while on duty. The use of these devices will protect the City from any disputes or litigation claims that might arise.
Mr. Tucker is also in the process of locating an outside consulting firm, knowledgeable in planning and goal setting to come to Butler and conduct a workshop for the Mayor and Council.
Finally, Mr. Tucker plans to work the local media to present information regarding City business, plans and goal setting so the public will be aware of what the local government is doing, as well as helping citizens to get to know the local officials.
City Clerk Casey Koehn informed the Council that 27 out of the 37 properties slated for demo have asbestos issues and waiting on the OK from Kaysinger and other agencies to bid on removing the asbestos. It could be 2 months before the houses could be demolished. Council then asked if the 10 properties without asbestos could begin demolition. Casey stated it shouldn’t be a problem since it will be two separate bids for demolition.
Councilman Weil asked what was going to be done with the vacant lots after the demolition and how can we improve them and were there any incentives for the owners of the property. Nothing was decided at this time.
There was a discussion regarding the frustration regarding home owners/renters that are not mowing their lawns and what to do about it. Two suggestions were discussed with Council. The first was placing an orange placard on the door knob notifying the occupant their yard needed to be mowed. The second suggestion was to get more aggressive and just mow the lawns that are a nuisance with weeds. Mr. Tucker has spoken with officials in Harrisonville and told Council Harrisonville gives the occupant 5 days to mow their lawn and then they contract someone to mow the grass and bill the owner for the cost of mowing as well as an administrative fee of $25.
Tom Addleman, City Attorney, stated an ordinance was already on the books that would handle the problem for Butler. There was discussion on how the cost of mowing the lawns would be passed back to the owners of the land and Mr. Addleman is going to look further as to what can be done in that instance.
Trent Diehl, Public Works Director informed Council that work was progressing on the resurfacing of West Pine.
Mayor Don Malan informed the Council he OK’d an AA meeting at the Old High School on Sunday’s.
Council also expressed their appreciation to Casey Koehn for the great job she did as Co-interim City Administrator during the process of finding a new City Administrator.
Marla Kash, fm92 news
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Butler City Council Meeting, June 3, 2014
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