2010-01-05 Regular City Council Agenda

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Bill 9057 became Ordinance 6802 K. NEW BUSINESS BILLS Introduced by Mr. Price 1. BILL 9058 – An ordinance calling a General Obligation Bond Election in the City of University City, Missouri and authorizing certain actions in connection therewith. L. CITIZEN COMMENTS Jan Adams, 7150 Cambridge Ms. Adams spoke in opposition to Bill 9058 stating that it is least likely to pass in the April election in light of the current administration. The concerned citizens expect an answer to their audit petition in approximately six months. She thought that would give the City time to get their house in order. Ms. Adams stated an example of the City Manager giving representation to the City Council during the, August 31, 2009 meeting regarding compensation Ordinance 9046. She stated that Councilmember Ricci was right when she said that the Civil Service Board had not issued a recommendation for this ordinance and the City Charter requires a recommendation before the City Council votes on it. Ms. Adams stated the City Manager challenged Ms. Ricci’s statement and represented to the Council that the ordinance had been approved by the Civil Service Commission at its August 3 meeting which was attended by Ms. Watson.Councilmember Glickert inquired why the Commission’s recommendation was not included in the material to the Council. She stated that Ms. Feier assured the Council that there were minutes showing the Council’s approval. Ms. Adams stated that there are no such minutes, that the Board declined to make a recommendation until such time it was provided with additional supporting documents. She stated that no documents have been produced hence no recommendation has been made. Ms. Adams stated that if the State Auditor determines that there has been a misappropriation of funds as a result of this Council’s vote, each member will be held accountable. She suggested this ordinance be placed on the agenda again to correct the mistakes. Paulette Carr, 7901 Gannon Ave Ms. Carr is against the Bill 9058 as it stands right now. She stated that there is an upcoming pending election and the City will have a new Mayor and some new Councilmembers. Ms. Carr said it would be well advised to wait to after the election for the new Council to take action of this bill. She felt no bond issue should be on the ballot until the state audit provides a new blueprint on how to proceed. Lawrence Taylor, 7472 Stanford Mr. Taylor rose to the timing of this ordinance. He stated that the residents will be unclear of the constitution of the Council, unclear of the budget requirements for the coming year and they remember the clear defeat of Proposition S.His concern is if the City needs the bond issue and it is defeated then the City is zero for two and would not set up well for it to appear again in the fall. Mr. Taylor suggested waiting till the fall for a bond issue. Brittany Woods Middle School, 8125 Groby Rd. gave an update of their double-decker bus project. They were picked to proceed in the competition which is scheduled for January 2010. They have since talked to Metro and the Loop Business District and have considered different avenues of funding. The group is asking the Council to support them in order to bring the pilot bus to University City in February 2010.