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D
B
E
E
A
A
Okay,
we'll
go
back
personal
appearances
on
her
way,
so
we'll
go
back
to
the
ordinances,
a
motion
approving
the
final
reading
of
Bill
2022-67.
D
F
G
Yeah
we
actually,
we
do
have
a
new
human
resources
person
on
staff
that
we've
hired
recently
she's
hit
the
ground
running
and
doing
outstanding,
and
this
is
hopefully
going
to
formalize
that
we
have
this
this
as
an
actual
Department
as
it
is.
The
position
exists
as
underneath
finance,
and
we
think
that
for
human
resources
to
do
its
job
adequately
and
efficiently
and
effectively
that
it
needs
to
be
a
standalone
department
so
that
there's
no
influence
from
other
parts
of
the
organization
at
all.
G
So
they
can
have
so
employees
can
feel
secure
and
having
those
conversations
that
sometimes
need
to
be
had
with
human
resources.
And
so
that's
why
we're
trying
to
make
create
a
department
by
itself.
F
B
I
A
B
K
Yep,
these
are
UDC
tax
amendments
to
accommodate
comprehensive
adult
use,
marijuana
to
comply
with
amendment
3,
which
was
approved
by
Missouri
voters
on
November
8th.
This
does
add
the
amendment
is
included
in
the
packet
for
reference.
This
does
add
four
sections
or
amends
four
sections.
In
the
code
section
one
includes
the
general
definitions,
which
would
add
new
and
revised
definitions
for
comprehensive
and
micro
business
facilities,
as
well
as
minor
amendments
to
the
existing
medical
marijuana
definitions.
K
Section
40-415
amends
the
conditions
that
currently
apply
to
medical
marijuana
facilities
to
include
comprehensive
and
micro
business
facilities,
as
well
section
40-1h
adds
comprehensive
and
micro
business
facilities
as
uses
subject
to
conditions
in
the
same
zoning
districts
as
comparable
medical
marijuana
facilities
and
then
section
18-8
adds
medical,
medical,
comprehensive
and
micro
business
marijuana
facilities
to
the
same
zoning
districts
in
the
north
Scott
overlay
District,
as
allowed
elsewhere
in
the
city
facilities
that
are
allowed
in
industrial
zoning
districts
will
be
allowed
in
the
FCI,
which
is
the
flex
commercial,
industrial
zoning
district
and
the
north
Scott
overlay.
K
D
So
and
40.
I
gotta
go
back
down
to
it,
40-4
it's
talking
about
church
and
it
says
permanent,
so
that
would
rule
out
any
church
that
may
be
operating
it's
on
well,
I
was.
B
D
To
go
Jordan
so,
in
other
words,
a
church
that
is
renting
out
someplace
would
not
be
classified
as
permanent.
L
No,
that
is
not
correct.
The
definition
of
church,
which
comes
directly
from
the
amendment
permanent
modifies
the
building,
not
the
congregation
so
it'd,
be
it's
a
permanent
building,
primarily
and
regularly
used
as
a
place
of
worship.
So
if
a
church
is
running
out
of
space
and
is
using
that
space
primarily
and
regularly
for
church
services,
it
would
be
considered
a
church
under
Amendment
Three
and
under
your
UDC,
okay
and.
D
Then
is
talking
about
schools,
but
then
it
rules
out
private
schools.
L
L
F
F
K
Least
on
my
page,
oh
that
so
the
actual
section
two,
which
was
the
amendment
that
approved
comprehensive
marijuana,
starts
at
the
bottom
of
that
page.
So
you'll
see
section
two
everything
before
that
the
first
18
pages
of
that
document
were
amend
the
amendment
that
was
adopted
in
2019
or
2018
for
medical
marijuana.
So
we
didn't
include
that
because
nothing
was
changed
in
that
Amendment.
Okay,.
F
Stuff
is
starts
with
section
two
correct,
okay
and
then
on
paid
well,
this
is
just
in
general
where,
where
do
the
police
fit
in?
Do
we
have
to
have
a
ordinance
on
the
the
code
of
ordinances
that
outline
when
they
can
or
cannot
arrest
people,
or
they
just
they're
enforcing
this
stuff?.
F
And
then,
finally,
it
it's
unclear
to
me:
I
mean
particularly
since
later
we
talk
about
drugs
in
the
workplace
and
stuff
like
that,
but
is
this
defined
as
a
drug
I
mean
it
says,
someplace
where
you
can
only
smoke
marijuana
in
non-public
places,
and
then
it
also
says
you
can't
smoke
it
in
comprehensive
facilities.
F
So
I
guess
you
can
smoke
it
in
your
home,
but
if
I'm
just
walking
down
the
street
and
some
guys
smoke
a
marijuana,
it's
not
like
he's
smoking.
A
cigarette
right,
I
could
call
the
police
and
say
hey
that
guy's
smoking
marijuana.
What's
the
deal.
L
F
L
A
comprehensive
facility
would
still
be
considered
a
public
place
again
under
dhss
regulations.
So
unless
the
city
council
adopted
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
use
of
marijuana
in
those
places,
you
cannot
use
marijuana
in
those
places.
Okay
and
then
also
I
apologize
to
councilmember,
White
I
didn't
have
the
definition
of
Elementary
or
secondary
school
pulled
up,
but
it
does
include
any
private
school
giving
instruction
and
a
grade
or
grade
it's
not
higher
than
12th
grade.
J
Go
ahead
only
that
there
was
a
lot
there
to
read:
I
didn't
get
through
it
all,
because
there
was
just
so
much
there
that
it
was
pretty
complicated.
I
did
think
a
little
ironic
for
something
you
would
get
thrown
in
jail
for
when
I
was
in
college.
We're
now
passing
the
city
levels
to
grow
it.
So
it's
kind
of
a
bit
a
long
Circle.
A
All
right,
no
questions
what
I'm
good!
Okay,
all
in
favor,
any
opposed
any
opposed,
exactly
pushing
carries.
K
Yep,
this
set
of
UDC
tax
amendments
are
to
accommodate
several
code
amendments,
most
Odin.
Compliance
with
State
statutes
following
is
a
quick
summary
on
the
Planning,
Commission
and
board
of
board
of
zoning
adjustment.
Sections
in
chapter
two
are
proposed
to
be
amended
to
clarify
membership,
the
conduct
of
meetings
and
powers
and
duties
to
be
consistent
with
State
statutes.
K
The
revised
statutes
limits
what
cities
can
and
cannot
regulate
staff
has
worked
through
numerous
drafts
to
create
a
set
of
home-based
businesses
and
occupation
standards
to
operate
that
we
believe,
complies
with
the
intent
of
the
statutes.
This
would
allow
businesses
to
operate
with
minimal
regulation
or
oversight,
while
still
protecting
residential
neighborhoods
from
businesses
that
may
have
a
negative
impact
on
public
health,
safety
or
certain
nuisances.
K
Since
there
were
numerous
and
significant
changes
to
the
home-based
business
and
operation,
our
occupation
standards,
a
Redline
version
of
the
changes
were
included
in
the
packet
for
reference.
Planning
Commission
held
the
public
hearing
on
these
amendments
on
November
7th,
at
which
no
one
spoke
in
favor
or
in
opposition
to
the
Amendments.
The
commission
voted
unanimously
to
recommend
approval
of
the
tax
amendments
and
staff
also
recommends
approval.
D
Ahead,
I
was
having
a
hard
time
finding
it
so,
where
I
found
something
I'm
assuming
it's
in
this,
but
we'll
see
when
it's
referring
to
home
business.
It
indicates
that
people
can
work
in
the
in
their
yard
or
store
things
in
their
yard.
K
Well,
I
think
that
was
directly
from
the
state
statutes
some
of
those
changes
as
long
as
it
wasn't
visible
from
the
street.
So
if
you
are
in
a
corner
lot,
you
would
have
to
have
a
privacy
fence
if
you're
doing
certain
things
now
that
doesn't
mean
that
you
can
disregard
the
nuisance
regulations
if
we
have
other
nuisance
regulations
of
certain
storage
of
materials,
Vehicles
those
sorts
of
things
that
all
would
still
apply,
regardless,
if
you're
attempting
to
screen
that.
D
But
when
you're
on
a
corner
lot,
your
building
line
is
back
different
and
so
it
you
know
like
it
I'm
on
a
corner
a
lot
and
my
building
line
would
cut
out
half
my
yard,
and
so
it
makes
it
very
difficult
to
have
a
privacy
fence
eight
foot,
because
you
have
to
be
back
because
because
of
the
corner
lot,
you
can't
build
your
fence,
and
so
it
does
restrict
people
on
a
corner
lot
from
having
home
businesses.
Well,.
K
L
The
primary
structure
and
other
accessory
structures
not
visible
from
the
street
are
not
required
to
seek
any
permits
or
licenses
from
the
city,
and
the
city
is
in
fact
prohibited
from
requiring
any
of
them.
So
it
does
not
prohibit
that
sort
of
use.
It
would
just
transfer
you
from
a
no
impact,
home-based
business
that
is
not
required
to
seek
any
pre-approval
from
the
city
to
an
impact,
home-based
business
that
would
be
required
to
seek
pre-approval
from
the
city.
Thank.
D
K
F
K
That
would
all
be
interior.
F
Okay
and
then
page
50
well
on
several
at
least
two
places
and
I'm
kind
of
like
Perry
I've
had
following
all
the
different
things
that
are
going
on.
I
probably
should
have
read
the
ordinance
itself,
but
it
mentioned
several
times.
It
can't
be
over
the
occupancy
limit
for
the
residents.
F
K
F
F
Okay,
okay
and
then,
finally,
if
you're
in
an
HOA
area
and
the
HOA
prevents
home
businesses
like
some
of
these,
for
instance,
it
limits
in
in
home
daycare
or
something
what
has
precedence,
the
HOA
or
the
cities.
K
J
Ahead
on
page
66
in
the
daycare
center
I
just
noticed
years
ago,
when
I
was
on
Planning
and
Zoning,
they
talked
about.
It
was
a
big
issue
about
calling
something,
a
daycare
or
not
a
daycare,
and
they
established
the
number
because
you
had
people
taking
care
of
someone's
kids
through
the
day
and
according
to
this
definition,
now
removing
any
number.
If
you
took
care
of
two
kids
or
someone
while
they
worked,
you
are
a
home
business,
then,
and.
K
For
the,
for
the
purposes
of
these
changes
only
day
cares
that
are
required
to
be
licensed
by
the
state
will
need
to
be
licensed
by
us
and
go
through
the
special
use
permit,
which
would
be
commercial
day,
cares
and
any
in-home
daycare
with
six
or
more
children.
So
anybody
under
that
would
no
longer
be
required
to
get
a
license
from
us
and
they
are
not
regulated
by
state.
Okay,.
K
C
F
C
C
M
F
G
If
you
had
a
a
complaint
you
could,
you
could
send
it
to
staff
and
staff
often
attends
or
as
part
of
these
meetings,
or
at
least
as
has
Communications.
The
meetings
are
taking
place.
Okay,
so
if
there's
I
mean
Mark
is
involved
in
a
lot
of
different
areas,
and
so
if
there
was
something
specifically
that
you
had
to
complain
about
and
that
you
need
to
take
the
mark,
I'd
recommend
I
mean
you
can
go
about
it.
G
F
A
G
Essentially,
with
this
yeah,
what
this
bill
would
do
is
allow
us
or
would
put
on
the
ballot
a
three
percent
sales
tax
for
recreational
use
of
marijuana.
Only
so
you
know
medical
would
be
exempt
from
this
and
it
wouldn't
affect
any
other
items
that
anybody
else
would
buy
in
our
community.
It
just
literally
recreational
marijuana
would
be
taxed
at
three
percent
if
it
got
passed
by
the
voters,
and
so
this
is
allowing.
G
This
is
telling
essentially
saying
that
on
April
4th
2023,
we
would
hold
a
general
municipal
election
with
that
question
on
the
ballot
and
yes,
councilmember,
Clark
you're
100
correct
all
pretty
much
all
the
cities
around
us
are
going
to
be
going
and
asking
the
same
question
of
their
voters
and
I
would
expect
almost
I,
don't
want
to
say
all
of
them,
but
I
would
expect.
There
will
be
very
few
cities
in
the
state
that
don't
go
to
the
voters
and
ask
for
this.
E
G
Well,
what
this
would
say
if
you
pass
this
bill,
as
is
it
would
be
a
general
use
so
urgent
or
general
tax,
so
it
wouldn't
be
earmarked
for
anything.
Specifically,
we
don't
Envision.
This
be
a
terrible
amount
of
money
until
the
high
amount
of
money,
but
we
could
see
this
potentially
us
having
some
expense
potential
expenses
for
in
the
policing
area,
but
yeah
we
would
like
to
have
the
ability
to
to
utilize
it.
L
L
No,
the
the
way
that
Amendment
Three
is
written.
It
appears
that
counties
are
only
considered
a
local
government
for
this
section
with
regulatory
or
taxing
Authority,
when
it
is
in
the
unincorporated
part
of
the
county.
So
if
there
was
a
dispensary
in
unincorporated
Cass
County,
then
it
would
appear
that,
yes,
the
county
would
be
able
to
apply
this
tax,
but
the
dispensaries
within
the
city
of
Belton.
It
does
not
appear
based
on
the
language
of
amendment
3,
that
their
tax
would
be
applicable.
L
So
they
were
originally
prior
to
this
amendment.
The
selection
was
based
on
like
a
rating
criteria,
but
if
anybody
at
all
followed
that
process,
there
was
a
significant
number
of
lawsuits
from
people
who
did
not
receive
a
license
essentially
saying
that
the
criteria
was
not
applied
evenly
so
now
under
Missouri
law
and
the
amendment
all
Awards
of
dispensaries
or
any
other
type
of
license
or
via
Lottery,
the
to
the
24
congressional
districts.
B
L
F
B
G
I
can
give
you
a
little
bit
of
feedback
on
this
and
and
essentially
what
A
and
B
both
resolutions
are
are.
Is
we
have
some
companies
that
are
trying
to
keep
their
staff
employed,
and
so
we
had
one
specific
company
come
to
us
and
say
Hey.
You
know
we're
the
airport's
done.
We
had
some
Crews
on
that,
but
if
we
want,
we
don't
have
any
work
right
now.
G
We'd
love
to
have
some
work
on
on
your
potential
Bond
projects
that
you
would
normally
be
letting
out
next
year
and
you
can
sell
the
bonds
next
year,
like
you're
planning
to
and
we'll
essentially
float
them
and
and
they
would
cover
the
costs
up
front
and
then
we
would
reimburse
them
when
we
sold
our
bonds.
So
we
had
to
do
an
RFP
process
to
allow
us
to
do
that,
to
make
it
an
open,
open
bidding
process
and
and
two
two
companies
came
to
us
and
they
were
represented
A
and
B
on
these.
G
G
They
said
that
they
give
us
a
better
deal
by
doing
that
and
so
yeah,
so
when
we
bid
it
out,
we
feel
like
we
got
competitive
rates
by
doing
it.
This
way.
A
She
told
me
today
that
one
of
the
companies
came
to
us
to
do
this,
but
we
put
it
out
for
a
bit
and
the
other
one
agreed
to
the
terms.
G
And
so
we
opened
that
up
to
anybody
who
was
willing
to
meet
those,
because
you
know
as
an
open
process
to
allow
that
you
know
make
it
fair
for
everybody
right
and
yeah.
So
another
company
saw
that
and
said
yeah
we're
willing
to
do
that
because
again
same
same
rationale.
We
want
to
keep
our
employees
busy
and
working
and
not
lose
them
to
someone
else.
D
A
B
A
I
For
Parks
the
park
Department
co-sponsors
operation
Santa
with
the
Belton
Welfare
Association
this
week,
Park
staff
unloaded
food
and
toys
and
prepared
packages
for
the
about
70
families
who
are
in
need
and
distribution
will
be.
This
Saturday
at
Memorial
Station.
I
Also
Midwest
Pool
responded
to
Park's
demand
of
a
22
500
credit
be
applied
to
the
final
balance
for
a
refund
caused
by
their
breach
of
contract,
and
they
agreed
to
that
so
some
good
news,
as
we
have
taken
Aquatics
operation
back
in
house
and
and
there's
a
manager
of
the
Aquatic
Center,
who
also
see
outdoor
water
park.
Lifeguard
Staffing
Etc
this
coming
summer
that
Sparks.
A
Right
anybody
else,
Council
Communications,.
A
One
thing
I
got
is
that
we
collected
another
thirty
five
hundred
dollars
and
donated
it
to
The
Welfare
Association.
We
presented
that
check
on
Monday
or
yesterday
I
believe
so
that
was
more
good
news.
So
that's
all
I
have
I.
F
Will
say
one
thing
which
I
was
asking
Andrea
and
Matt
about
earlier
after
a
five-year
search
for
a
contractor
to
do
it.
We
finally
found
somebody
who's
going
to
start
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
putting
a
Ada
compatible
ramp
in
front
of
the
Old
City
Hall.
We
just
have
too
many
visitors
who
say
they
can't
even
get
up
those
steps.
So
hopefully,
if
you
see
construction
going
on
in
front
of
Old,
City
Hall,
that's
what
it
is.
I
Rob,
do
you
know
what
the
design
will
be
like
we'll
need
switchbacks
to
get
up
that
steep.
F
Yeah,
as
of
last
about
a
year
ago,
our
architect,
to
her
credit,
realized
she'd,
made
a
mistake,
and
now
we
need
to
switch
back,
which
means
more
concrete,
more
railing,
More,
Everything,
more
money.
I
J
I
will
say
too
that
Diane's
here
she
held
the
Gathering
of
the
staff,
the
city
council
and
her
staff,
and
we
had
a
nice
gathering
at
the
meet
me
on
Main
and
I
enjoyed
the
evening.
Had
some
good
food.
B
I
guess
I
forgot,
we
went
to
the
fire
department.
Had
a
nice
little
Christmas
dinner,
the
other
night
we
enjoyed
ourselves
now,
I
didn't
stay
around
for
the
gingerbread
making,
but
but
it
was
a
nice
event
and
looking
at
the
young
kids
get
their
badges
for
the
first
time
was
pretty
cool.
So
I
was
always
good
to
go
to
those
type
of
events
and
see
our
employees.
G
I
have
a
couple
things
just
a
couple:
things
I
want
the
the
public
to
know
about,
but
also
for
you
you
folks,
on
the
council.
You
should
already
know
this
that
we
had
a
meet
the
city
manager,
video,
that's
on
our
website.
Now,
if
anybody's
interested
in
I
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
city
where
I
came
from
and
there's
a
lot
of
other
interesting,
some
people
might
find
interesting
information
in
that
video
about
just
just
who
I
am
I've
only
been
here
for
a
few
months.
G
I
am
now
officially
a
resident
of
Belton
as
of
last
night,
so
and
then
rental
inspection
program
for
those
who
are
interested
in
that
potentially
coming
down
the
pike
which
it
is
going
to
go
through
a
process.
There
is
an
information
sheet.
That's
on
our
website
now
about
kind
of
a
rough
draft
of
what
a
potential
program
would
look
like
and
so
we're
looking
for
feedback
on
that
there's
also
a
survey
on
our
website.
Those
are
both
in
the
community
in
what's
the
section
Matt,
it's.
G
You
go,
you
can
find
all
that
information
and
take
that
survey
and
then
also
look
at
the
proposed
program.
We're
going
to
have
some
public
hearings
on
that
and
have
a
whole
process
on
that.
That's
not
even
not
a
done
deal
by
any
means.
I
just
wanted
the
public
to
know
that
we
are
looking
at
that
and
and
wanting
some
feedback
on
that.
That's
all
I've
got.
N
Good
evening
items
A
and
B
are
going
to
be
similar
a
we
currently
have
mutual
Aid
contracts,
with
every
Cass
County
fire
department
and
a
few
outside
of
Cass
County,
including
Grandview
and
Lee
Summit,
and
some
in
Johnson
County,
most
of
those
go
back
to
sometime
in
the
early
90s.
So
we
felt
like
it
was
kind
of
time
to
refresh
those.
That's
the
first
part
of
it.
So
they'll
really
look
exactly
the
same,
just
just
making
sure
that
all
the
wording's
still
proper
and
updating
those
will
also
carry
an
element
of
automatic
Aid.
N
We
currently
do
automatic
Aid
with
a
handful
of
departments,
meaning
that
as
soon
as
we
get
a
fire,
our
dispatch
contacts
Theirs
to
send
us
more
resources.
The
new
computer-aided
dispatch
system
that
the
ESP
has
purchased
and
is
currently
being
built
out.
The
requirement
to
be
able
to
do
auto
Aid
is
that
it
needs
to
be
in
writing
and
I
couldn't
find
any
of
those
contracts
in
writing.
N
N
So
most
of
that's
just
fairly,
you
know
just
just
a
little
bit
of
house
cleaning
stuff.
Those
will
come
to
you,
probably
scattered
out,
depending
on
how
quickly
we
get
done
with
each
Fire
Department.
The
second
one
is
with
Western
Cass
fire
department.
N
Since
October
1st,
without
calling
us,
however,
we
we
still
didn't
feel
that
it
was
good
business
for
the
city
to
continue
our
old
contract.
Now
we
will
still
help
them
as
long
as
they're
responding
to
their
own
calls.
But
they'll
have
to
give
us
reports
and
they
have
to
make
a
certain
percentage
of
their
calls,
or
this
new
contract
will
initiate
a
charge
per
call
that
we
have
to
take
care
of
when
they
don't
show
up
for
their
own
fires
and
if
they
do
that,
for
a
prolonged
amount
of
time.
N
It'll
just
cancel
the
contract
again,
because
we
would
you
know
if
we're
going
to
have
to
do
it.
We'd
rather
have
a
full
contract
like
we
do
with
Mount
Pleasant
than
try
to
cover
their
Fires
for
them
when
they're
being
paid
to
do
it,
go
ahead.
B
I,
don't
know
how
to
word
this,
but
I
think
they
feel
like
they
don't
have
adequate
staff
and
training
and
I
don't
know
if
that's
where
I
don't
know.
If
we're
going
to
be
in
a
situation
where
they're
not
trained
or
they're
of
you
know,
I,
don't
know
what
how
that
works.
B
When
you
go
to
a
voluntary
fire
department
like
this,
because,
typically
when
you're
dealing
with
South,
Metro
or
Grandview,
we're
not
dealing
with
volunteers
like
this,
so
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out
when
I
bring
all
these
people
in
or
are
they
actually
trained?
Are
we
going
in
there
to
help
them
we're
going
to
be
putting
our
firefighters
in
a
position
to
be
harmed?
I
guess
my
question.
N
So
there's
a
lot
to
that
question
and
there
are
many
times
in
volunteer
departments.
The
standards
for
training
don't
meet
our
standards.
I
do
know
that
they
are.
They
have
the
desire
to
train
their
people,
they're
doing
in-house
training
right
now
and
they're
going
to
require
them
to
be
certified.
State
Certified,
like
everybody
else,
but
honestly
in
my
whole
time
here,
their
lack
of
training
and
lack
of
responders
have
been
a
problem.
We
always
send
a
supervisor
with
our
folks,
so
there's
a
battalion
chief
or
myself
or
the
training
chief.
N
That
goes
so
that
we
can
monitor
the
safety
of
the
of
the
call.
We've
never
really
had
a
problem
with
them.
Relinquishing
you
know
most
of
them
feel
over
their
head
when
they
get
there
anyway,
and
it
ends
up
being
our
Chiefs
that
are
directing
the
the
crews
anyway,
and
so
we
would
never
leave
our
folks
in
an
unsafe
position
and
so
at
the
point
that
it
deteriorates
to
that
we
would
just
withdraw
and
come
home.
B
Okay,
I
just
you
know
you
start
reading
about
stuff
going
on
down
there
and
lawsuits
and
you've
got
Department
of
laborers
after
them
for
doing
some
stuff
and
it
just
kind
of
started
questioning
it's
like
I,
don't
know,
I
just
want
us
to
be
cautious,
I'm
moving
forward
with
this
Mutual
Aid
agreement
until
they
got
their
stuff
together.
My
my
opinion
personally
and.
N
We've
been
monitoring
that
closely
and
so,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
I
had
the
same
thoughts
that
we've
been
kind
of
I've
been
slow.
To
put
this
together,
I
really
thought.
By
the
time
we
got
to
the
first
meeting
in
January.
They
were
going
to
be
through
their
first
round
of
their
first
case
date,
but
they've
extended
that
and
I
don't
even
know
when
it
is
so.
We
are
watching
that
carefully.
The
contract
does
still
have
an
easy
out
for
us.
N
We
can
opt
out
of
it
with
with
60
days
notice
at
any
time
or
if
they
breach
the
contract.
We
can
get
out
of
it
instantly.
So
yeah
we're
watching
that
closely
because
I,
it
has
been
a
lot
of
drama
and
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions.
B
N
Did
not
they
chose
at
that
point,
that's
when
they
hired
a
new
fire
chief
who
has
guaranteed
that
they
would
get
enough
people
in
to
run
their
own
calls,
and
so
that's
why
we
went
ahead
and
terminated.
N
Did
they
have
to
wait
for
us
to
get
there?
I
know
that
they
talked
a
lot
about
the
lack
of
maintenance
on
some
of
their
equipment,
and
they
have
been
working
on
that
again
when
we
respond
we're
taking
our
own
equipment
as
well.
So
if
we
feel
like
that,
that's
an
issue
we're
just
going
to
utilize
ours.
If
we
happen
to
be
on
the
scene,
yeah.
F
N
N
On
a
structure
fire
down
there
in
there,
with
or
without
them
and
and
probably
two
years,
two
and
a
half
years,
so
it
simply
doesn't
happen
often
for
them,
so
that's
good
and
bad
so
to
they
certainly
won't
have
enough
Personnel
to
handle
their
own
structure
fire
and
that's
what
we'd
fully
expect
them
to
call
Mutual
aid,
but
all
of
their
small
call
I
mean
we
were
doing
everything
from
smoke.
Detector
checks
to
picking
people
off
the
ground.
F
G
Just
give
the
council
an
update,
John,
the
chief
and
I
have
talked
about
this
quite
a
bit
and,
and
we
want
we're
staying
out
of
the
drama
so
to
speak,
that's
going
on
down
there,
but
we're
just
trying
to
be
a
good
neighbor
and,
as
we
would
hope,
anybody
else
would.
If
we
had
our
own
issues
that
we
were
dealing
with
and
make
sure
that
the
people
in
that
area
don't
necessarily
pay
that
price.
And
so
that's
why
we
haven't
just
thrown
our
hands
up
and
said
heck
with
it.
G
You
do
it
yourself,
because
we
feel
like
that,
we're
you
know
we're
just
kind
of
being
neighborly
and
and
providing
what
we
can
to
support
while
at
the
same
time
making
sure
that
we're
one
being
as
efficient
as
we
can
with
our
own
taxpayer
dollars
and
two
making
sure
that
our
our
own
employees
are
not
at
risk.
B
Well,
I
mean
I,
I
100
agree
because
I
mean
I
feel
sorry
for
the
residents
of
that
fire
district
that
aren't
being
properly
covered
and
I
blame
the
Fire
District
board
for
not
taking.
You
know
you
ran
for
a
position
and
it's
your
job,
just
like
the
nine
of
us
do
up
here
that
you
were
in
a
position
to
take
care
of
that.
B
Those
people
and
I
think
that's
where
my
frustration
with
them
is
I
mean
if
you
got
rid
of
a
fire
chief,
you
got
to
go,
find
a
new
fire
chief
I
mean
we
have
to
do
that
here.
So
it's
just
I
want
to
help
them
out,
but
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
I,
don't
like
the
word
I
like
the
word,
enable
I
mean
I,
think
we
were
enabling
them
for
the
last
year
or
so
to
not
worry
about
their
fire
district
and
we
took
care
of
it
and
I.
G
With
us
terminating
the
old
agreement,
we've
we've
stopped
the
enablement
so
to
speak.
It
to
use
your
term
and
now
we're
just
going
essentially
to
make
sure
that
that
it's
handled
at
least
above
board
for
us
for
our
own.
From
our
own
perspective,.
G
A
A
N
That
is
true:
I
just
want
to
be
able
to
evaluate
again
I
I
want
if
I
bring
them
in
here
and
I
want
to
know
what
I'm
bringing
and
so
I
I
envisioned
first
thing
that
I
might
start
using
them
for
once.
They've
proven
that
they
are
they're
keeping
their
people
as
their
training
is
is
a
tanker
for
me
is
going
to
be
the
biggest
you
know.
Biggest
asset
I
could
call
them
for,
but
as
of
this
time,
I'm
not
going
to
include
them
in
any
automatic
Aid
agreements.
Yet
all
right
just
keep.
N
November
we
put
out
an
RFP
for
painting
of
the
fire
stations,
specifically
the
bay
areas
where
we
park
all
the
vehicles
that
gets
kind
of
grimy
and
dirty
that
hasn't
been
paid
in
in
a
very
long
and
then
any
exterior
parts
of
the
stations
that
have
paint
on
them
will
be
repainted
and
freshened
up.
We
received
two
qualifying
bids
that
we
took.
A
look
at
the
one
we
chose
is
with
a
company
called
on,
or
impact
painting
who
has
a
history
of
working
for
some
other
cities.
N
That
I
was
able
to
talk
to
and
was
very
happy
with
their
work,
so
they
came
in
both
lowest
bid
and,
and
you
know,
lowest
and
best
bid.
So
once
we
get
that
approved
in
January,
they'll
they'll
get
started
sometime
after
that
as
weather
permits,
and
hopefully
finish
that
before
spring,
so
I'll
have
that
bid
put
into
the
packet
for
you
guys
review
for
the
next
meeting.
Any
questions.
N
N
Even
the
small
vehicles
have
been
quite
difficult,
and
so
we
went
through
all
the
process
picked
everything
we
needed
on
trucks
and
turned
them
in
hoping
that
the
power
of
purchasing
more
together
was
going
to
be
helpful.
Only
to
find
out
that
Ford
allotted
one
super
duty
vehicle
for
the
entire
city
of
Belton,
so
I
don't
know
how
many
he
was
ordering
I
needed
two.
So
we
went
ahead
and
reached
out
and
got
bids
from
GMC
and
Chevy
as
well
to
see
who
could
give
us
the
best
prices
in
the
and
the
quickest
delivery.
N
N
It
seems
there's
still
a
lot
of
arpa
money
floating
around
to
give
away
so
I
believe
it
was
10
million
allotted
through
the
division
of
fire
safety
for
fire,
Services,
10
million
for
EMS
services
and
20
million
for
police
departments.
It
kind
of
seems,
like
almost
a
formality
to
me,
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
submit
for
those
bids.
It's
for
those
grants.
It's
a
maximum.
N
So
it
will
essentially
be
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
Grants
to
us
with
really
no
additional
money
out
of
our
pocket
and
they
do
allow
us
I
thought
it
was
kind
of
strange,
but
since
we
run
the
EMS
we're
going
to
be
able
to
apply
for
both
and
so
on,
the
fire
side
we're
applying
we're
applying
for
Monies
to
help
purchase
more
bunker
gear.
Next
year,
we
already
currently
buy
contract
with
local
42
Supply,
our
members
with
two
sets
of
gear,
and
we
would
give
them
a
new
set
every
five
years.
N
Bunker
gear
expires
every
10
years,
and
so
that
keeps
them
with
fresh
gear.
So
it'll
offset
our
cost
of
Gear
that
we
were
already
going
to
buy
next
year.
On
the
EMS
side,
the
grant
proposal
is
for
some
training,
for
it's
a
certified,
not
Advanced.
It's
it's
an
advanced
training,
though,
for
our
paramedics
that
we
want
to
do
a
pilot
program
on
and
what
we
can
do
when
we
have
these
particular
certifications.
N
With
our
paramedics
on
some
of
the
calls
out
of
the
hospital,
we
can
actually
charge
more
to
Medicare
and
receive
more
for
those
calls
for
patients
that
are
on
multiple
drugs
drips
or,
if
they're,
on
ventilators,
and
things
like
that
we'd
be
able
to
charge
a
little
extra
on
those.
So
we
want
to
do
that
as
a
pilot
program
and
there'll,
be
a
few
pieces
of
equipment
and
bags
that
we're
requesting
in
that
Grant
as
well
to
help
fund
that
any.
K
Yep,
the
Planning
Commission
Now,
the
public
hearing
last
week
for
the
partial
vacation
of
existing
unimproved
right-of-way
south
of
1100
Main
Street
as
part
of
the
vacation
there
is
a
utilities
meant
that
will
need
to
be
reserved
under
that
area,
as
there
currently
are
utilities
within
that
unimproved
right-of-way
and
then
additionally,
there
is
inadequate
right
away.
Along
the
Main
Street
Frontage
of
1100
Main
Street.
That
would
be
dedicated
as
well.
So
all
three
of
those
items
are
anticipated
to
become
before
council
at
the
next
meeting.
G
I'm
not
sure
I
want
to
slow
down
the
timeline
on
G,
so
what
I
would
anticipate
is
doing
because
Greg
had
a
personal
emergency.
He
had
a
10-2,
as
we
could
put
together
a
more
detailed
full
staff
report
and
get
it
all
to
you
to
you
guys.
So
that
way,
you're
prepared
to
ask
questions
and
and
maybe
even
act
on
it
for
in
January
yeah.
G
Same
thing,
I
believe
it's
about
a
sixty
thousand
dollar
change
order.
This
is
the
the
Cambridge
West
Culvert
project
that's
been
dragging
on
and
on
and
on,
and
on
that
our
our
residents
have
probably
have
been
tired
of
for
months
that
everybody's
tired
of
I
I.
We
had
that
delay
with
the
utility
relocation
in
that
area
for
a
long
time
that
project
just
to
give
you
an
update
on
that
since
we're
talking
about
it
anyway
and
I.
G
Think
I
told
everybody
here,
but
the
public
needs
to
know
that
we
will
be
opening
that
street
or
that
road
it
won't
be
paved
and
finalized,
but
we
should
have
it
open
in
the
next
week
or
two
and
then
it'll
it'll
be
gravel,
I
think
until
the
spring,
when
it's
warm
enough
to
do
the
final
pavement
on
that.
O
We'll
be
bringing
to
the
council
at
the
next
city
council
meeting
some
equipment
that
we
are
looking
to
purchase
under
the
fiscal
year
23
budget
we
were
demoing
some
equipment.
This
fall
and
have
received
some
pricing
on
that.
So
we're
going
to
move
forward
with
bringing
that
to
you
for
your
approval
at
the
next
council
meeting.
C
And
2-219
of
the
code
of
ordinances,
we
list
the
reasons
authorized
by
rsmo
610.021
for
closed
meetings
and
closed
records.
Section
2-2,
not
219
of
our
code,
has
not
been
updated
since
2014
and
there
have
been
five
rsmo
updates
since
that
time.
So
this
will
be
coming
to
the
next
council
meeting
to
amend
this
section
of
our
code
to
bring
it
into
compliance
with
the
statute.
Changes.
M
Not
on
thank
you,
the
study
hasn't
gone
out
to
bid
for
health
insurance
broker
for
at
least
10
to
13
years,
and
so
there's
an
opportunity
now
to
try
to
go
out
look
for
qualified
Brokers.
That
would
help
us
not
only
with
the
service
compliance
but
cost
mitigation,
so
we
can
make
the
best
choices
for
the
city,
so
that
is
going
to
go
out
in
the
very
near
future,
with
the
expectation
that
we
would
have
bids
back
by
the
end
of
January
and
to
then
make
changes
prior
to
the
fiscal
year,
starting
April
1st.
M
B
I
guess
I
go
back.
What
is
our
insurance
renew?
Is
it
January
one?
Yes,
okay,
that's
good
part
of
the
process.
I
always
like
this
to
be
done
before
the
renewal
process.
That
way,
these
people
are
actually
doing
the
work
of
making
the
money
where
the
last
agency
right
now
basically
had
to
do
the
renewal
and
now
we're
going
to
take
them
off
the
thing
and
I
guess.
My
next
question
is:
are
we
doing
this
with
the
Property
and
Casualty?
Also.
B
Well,
one
time,
I
I
know
we
used
to
have
some
outside
insurance
through
an
agency
out
of
Harrisonville
for
the
city
and
I.
Don't
I
didn't
know
if
we
still
had
that
or
not
because
we
never
talk
about
it.
So
right.
G
G
Yeah
I
wanted
to
get
this
on
start
this
conversation
publicly
to
see
what
kind
of
feedback
there
is.
What
kind
of
concerns
there
might
be
staff
is
going
to
prepare
and
bring
to
the
council
the
an
idea
to
add
a
public
art
development
fee
to
new
development
in
the
city,
which
would
allow
us
to
add
a
public
art
component
to
a
lot
of
different
things
throughout
our
community.
G
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
public
art
to
begin
with
here
in
Belton
and,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
studies
that
showed
that
quality
of
life
is,
is
enhanced
with
public
art
and
it
can
lead
to
economic
growth
and
all
kinds.
You
know
resident
satisfaction,
all
of
those
those
issues
can
be
impacted
with
with
public
art,
and
so
the
idea
is,
is
the
the
concept
that
we're
we're
playing
with
now
and
again.
This
is
still
conceptual
right.
G
Now
is
one
percent
development
fee
that
would
go
into
a
fund
that-
and
we've
talked
about
previously
about
doing
a
public,
Arts
commission
or
a
public
Arts
Council
that
they
could
dedicate
potentially
or
recommend
for
the
council
to
dedicate
monies
for
public
art
projects
throughout
the
city.
I
think
it'd
be
especially
useful
in
areas
that
we're
doing
Redevelopment
such
as
downtown
and
North
Scott
and
then
any
other
new
development
areas
to
add
the
public
art
component.
G
So
I'd
love
to
I'd
love
to
have
any
feedback
you
guys
might
have.
Now
and
again,
it's
not
a
done
deal
by
any
means
and
I'll
be
bringing
you
some
information
on
what
in
other
communities
and
what
they're
doing
and
and
I'll
get
you
some
of
the
the
data
that
I've
seen
on
on
how
public
art
can
be
a
benefit
to
our
community.
J
J
G
G
Our
last
work
session
item
and
it's
the
heavy
lift
of
the
whole
group,
so
I'm
gonna
pass
out.
G
G
What
you're
getting
is
the
copy
of
the
ordinance
that
was
proposed,
I
believe
in
November
that
was
tabled
just
so,
you
can
look
at
what
the
actual
ordinance
would
say,
and
essentially
what
we
would
be
doing
with
this
ordinance
is
taking
our
Personnel
code
is,
is,
if
you
look
at
our
code
of
ordinances,
we
have
our
Personnel
policies,
are
essentially
codified,
they're
under
a
Personnel
code
and
now
having
a
Personnel
code
is
required
by
our
Charter,
but
it
doesn't
have
to
all
of
our
policies.
G
Don't
have
to
be
included
within
that
code
we
can
and-
and
it's
not
generally
best
practiced
to
do
so,
because
it
makes
it
a
very
unpliable
there's
and
it's
it's.
It
requires
literally
an
ordinance
to
change,
and
so
the
idea
is
that
we
take
the
Personnel
policy
out
of
code
and
not
necessarily
change
overwhelmingly
everything.
But
then
there
are
some
things
since
we're.
G
If
we're
looking
at
doing
that,
that
that
leads
to
some
conversation
and
some
discussion
of
what
makes
sense
and
what
would
look,
what
would
be
best
for
us
to
propose
in
a
new
Personnel
policy,
because
if
we
were
to
take
the
codified
portion
of
our
policy
out
of
code
and
and
create
a
policy,
would
have
to
do
it
in
conjunction
with
actually
adopting
a
policy
that
would
be
in
place
for
our
employees
and
so
essentially,
I
would
like
to
I
open
up
the
floor
for
any
discussion
or
questions.
G
I
I
can
go
through
and
list
most
of
the
changes
you
guys
should
have
received
a
I
know.
You
did
receive
way
back
in
November
kind
of
a
redlined
version.
It
kind
of
goes
through
our
existing
existing
Personnel
code
and
and
list
the
changes
and
I
know
that
in
the
packet
you
guys
have.
What
we
have
is
our
proposed
policy
I've
identified
about
how
a
dozen
and
a
half
things
that
are
that
are
the
big
changes.
G
Most
of
the
changes
are
going
to
be
in
just
trying
to
clean
up
the
language
and
make
it
simpler
and
and
kind
of
reorganize
it
to
make
it
more
fluid
and
make
sense,
but
I'll
I'll
point
out
some
of
the
big,
the
big.
What
I
consider
the
bigger
changes?
One?
Is
we
added
non-discrimination
to
the
EEOC
section?
So
we
think
that's
a
welcome
change.
We
changed
comp
in
overtime
so
that
we
essentially
are
eliminating
comp
time
for
exempt
employees.
G
I
think
exempt
employees
salaried
employees,
don't
they
can
use
flex
time
if
they
need
to,
because
so
our
employees
get
to
I
mean
they.
They
don't
have
the
same
restrictions
that
non-salar
employees
do,
and
so
we
don't
think
that
the
need
for
a
comp
time
exists
for
salaried
employees.
G
There's
updated
language
to
mirror
the
Missouri
Commission
on
human
rights,
for
genetic
information,
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
again
trying
to
to
be
more
inclusive.
We
look.
We
took
life,
disability
and
temporary
disability
insurance
out
of
the
policy
as
it
exists.
Those
are
those
are
rights
that
the
the
the
staff
has
that
we
include
those
in
our
benefits
package.
G
That
doesn't
mean
we
want
to
take
that
out
of
the
benefits
package,
I'm,
not
saying
that
we
need
to
get
rid
of
the
life
insurance,
disability,
insurance,
temporary
disability
insurance
offerings
that
we
have
in
our
benefits
package.
I.
Just
don't
think
that
it's
necessary
to
codify
it
or
even
have
it
as
a
as
part
of
our
actual
policy
eligibility.
G
We
took
out
almost
everything
in
the
eligibility
Clause
of
of
the
Personnel
code,
with
the
exception
of
that
we
want
the
best
qualified
candidates
to
be
considered,
and
one
key
change
in
that
and
I
want
to
bring
this
to
your
attention.
So
there
aren't
any
surprises
when
we,
when
we
get
to
this,
is
there's
it
would
eliminate
the
department
head
approval
provision
from
the
city
council.
G
One
part
of
that
eligibility
part
is
that
the
city
council
has
the
approval
of
department,
heads
and
and
and
in
the
proposed
one
that
one
has
been
taken
out
so
residency
requirements
in
the
proposed
Personnel
policy,
we've
eliminated
the
department
head
or
the
police
chief
Fire,
Chief
and
Public
Works
director
residency
requirements.
Obviously,
there's
a
residency
requirement
now
for
those
three
and
myself
mine
would
still
be
there.
G
Those
three
that
I
know
I
recognize
that
there
currently
is
a
an
allowance
for
you
guys
to
make
exceptions
to
that
residency
policy.
I
just
I
would
point
out
that
two
of
our
three
folks
that
are
currently
supposed
to
have
residency
requirement
we
have
given
an
exception
to
so.
If
it's
something
that
we
don't
think
is
is
super
important
and
I
think
that
maybe
we
should
just
take
it
out
of
the
policy
and
that
way
it
opens
it
up
for
future
applicants.
L
Only
staff
members
that
are
mentioned
in
the
charter
is
the
city
manager,
the
City
attorney
the
city
clerk
and
used
to
be
the
police
chief.
J
G
The
and
and
I.
Don't
I
think
we
should
probably
try
to
incentivize
living
in
the
city
even
without
this
requirement,
but
there
are
ways
to
do
that
without
actually
having
a
requirement.
You
know
there
are
things
we
could
do
like
you
know:
bonuses
or
extra
pay
rate
or
something
based
on
if
you
have
a
re,
if
you
live
within
the
city
limits
and
so
I
just
wanted.
The
reason
against
having
these
requirements
is
that
it
does
limit
your
candidate
pools.
Sometimes
that's.
J
G
Out
this
would
take
them
out
if
we
in
this
policy
and
again
all
these
changes
I
want
I
I
want
to
make
this
point.
All
of
these
changes
are
proposed,
I
mean.
If,
if
you
like
a
lot
of
the
policy,
that's
in
here
and
some
of
these
changes,
you
don't
want,
then
I
mean
I.
I
would
I
would
ask
that
you
not
vote
this
down
just
because
you
don't
like
one
or
two
things
in
here.
G
Let's,
if
you
want
to
try
to
amend
this,
that
to
me,
that's
the
best
way
to
to
try
to
handle
that
if
there's
one
or
two
things
that
you
think
you
don't
agree
with,
then
amen
amend
what
we've
got
and
then
then
adopt
it.
That'd
be
my
recommendation,
but
anyway
the
other.
There
are
some
other
ones
that
I
want
to
make
sure
you
guys
are
aware
of
one
bereavement
pay
right
now.
G
It
says
that
if
we
have
an
employee
that
dies
while
employed
that
we
would
pay
up
to
ten
thousand
dollars
of
burial
expenses
and
we
we
that's
been
ten
thousand
dollars
for
like
20
years
20,
some
years,
it's
I'm,
pretty
sure
I
looked
at
the
there's.
Not
there
has
been
an
update
on
that
for
a
while.
G
Yeah
we're
asking
for
15.
I
mean
it's:
it's
not
a
a
crazy
amount
and
he
yeah
when
I
went
that
last
time
it
happened.
It
hasn't
happened
recently.
I'll
tell
you
that,
there's
a
transfer
provision,
that's
in
the
policy
I,
don't
know
that
we
need
to
have
it.
Have
a
an
actual
policy
for
transfers.
G
I
think
that
we
can
handle
transfers
internally
without
having
a
policy,
if
that
makes
sense,
there's
an
appeal
process
for
probationary
employees
in
there
I'm
not
sure
that
we
want
to
have
the
appeal
process
for
probationary
employees,
regardless
of
how
you
feel
about
the
appeal
process,
any
appeal
process
for
other
employees.
G
G
Think
a
lot
of
those
things
are,
you
know
legal
issues
and
things
that
you
would
fire
someone
for
and
so
I
I
just
again,
I'm,
not
sure
we
need
to
I
mean
and
then,
when
you
list
something,
there's
always
going
to
be
something
that
you
didn't
list
that
might
come
up,
and
the
last
thing
I
want
to
do
is
is
is
have
that,
so
we
just
took
that
out
of
the
policy
altogether.
G
We
added
a
drug-free
workplace
component
to
it.
We
cleaned
up
the
sick
leave
pool
language.
Bereavement
leave
counts
as
hours
worked
for
overtime
purposes.
That's
a
change
we
made
in
there
nepotism.
We
took
out
all
the
provisions
for
nepotism.
The
state
has
ethics
laws
in
place
that
handle
nepotism
already.
G
We
don't
need
to
be
more
restrictive
than
that.
We
don't
believe
if
you
look
at
the
state
ethics
laws
that
exist,
they're
they're
there
and
they
they
do
have
some
limits
for
nepotism
and
I.
Think
that
they're
reasonable.
Obviously
we
can't
be
looser
than
the
state
regulations
anyway,
so
we
just
feel
like.
If
we
took
it
out,
then
we
wouldn't-
we
wouldn't
have
to
worry
about
it,
because
it's
already
being
handled
by
the
state
ethics
laws,
lunches
and
breaks.
There
are
literally
things
about
lunches
at
lunch.
G
How
much
time
for
lunch
and
and
break
information
is
in
the
Personnel
code.
I
think
that
we
should
leave
that
up
to
departments
to
decide.
If
you,
you
know,
if
you,
for
instance,
it
says
45
minute
lunches
in
there
and
I'm,
not
sure
that
anybody
follows
that.
I
think
that
we
do
launches
as
we
need
to
do
lunches
and
they're
generally
about
an
hour
and
and
I
mean
I
I
again.
I
think
we
should
just
clean
that
up
by
taking
that
out.
Pecuniary
is
a
funky
word.
G
We
changed
it
to
financial
and
it's
generally
in
regards
to
conflicts
of
interest
and
then
lodging
and
meals.
We've
updated
that
quite
a
bit
and
kind
of
trying
to
go.
There's
a
lot
of
older
stuff
in
there
when
we're
trying
to
kind
of
go
to
just
following
the
federal
per
diem.
They
have
literally
the
federal
per
diem,
has
a
list
of
areas
and
it
gives
the
per
diem
based
on
the
cost
of
living
in
those
areas,
and
so
we
would
follow
that
essentially
If
This
Were
approved
and
then,
of
course.
G
Last
but
not
least,
is
the
appeals
process
for
terminations
and
emotions,
which
is
something
we
I
actually
feel,
like,
probably
should
be
removed
for
a
number
of
reasons
wanted
it
allowing
the
appeals
process
for
those
who
are
unfamiliar
at
home.
G
If
you
might
be
watching
this,
it
essentially
says
that
any
any
termination
or
demotion
can
be
appealed
up
to
the
city
council
for
a
hearing,
and
we
think
that's
not
the
best
practice
most
other
Missouri
cities
do
not
have
the
appeal
process
in
their
policies,
mostly
because
their
charters
do
not
allow
it,
and
you
can
potentially
make
the
argument
that
our
Charter
doesn't
allow
it
either.
It
puts
all
employees
into
unnecessarily
uncomfortable
situations
for
fear
of
being
called
to
participate
in
an
appeal
process.
G
G
To
put
staff
in
it
introduces
a
political
component
to
routine
staff
decisions
as
long
as
the
council
holds
final
Authority
for
all
staff,
employment
decisions
and
staff
members
are
not
responsible
for
fulfilling
their
job
duties
if
they
have
five
votes
politically,
that's
essentially
what
that
says,
and
then
I
think
like
I
said:
I
think
that
it
that
there
you
can
make
a
pretty
strong
argument
that
it
does
contradict
the
the
city
Charter
to
have
an
appeal
process
in
there.
G
So
that's
my
report,
I'd
love
to
hear
any
feedback
concerns
Something,
That,
We're,
Not
that
you
saw
in
here.
You
didn't
like
that,
I
didn't
mention,
or
they
that
you
did
hear
that
you
would
like
to
change
or
something
not
in
here.
You
want.
F
I've
just
questions
several
times
you
say
full-time
or
a
couple
of
times
say:
full-time
employment.
What
is
full-time
employment?
Is
there
a
definition
or
is
it?
Are
you
just
hire
somebody
say:
okay,
you're,
full-time
you're,
part-time.
F
G
Well,
yeah,
it's
generally,
it's
generally
an
hours
per
week
thing
and
it
and
it
it
actually
is
not
consistent,
because
certain
types
of
jobs
have
different
full-time
schedules.
If
that
makes
sense
like,
for
instance,
you
know
in
on
Public
Safety,
sometimes
they
have
different
work
shifts
and
work
hours.
They
might
work
48
Hours
instead
of
40,
and
then
of
course,
the
you
know
there
are
federal
federal
regulations
are
what's
considered
full-time
for
when
it
comes
to
like
offering
benefits
and
those
sorts
of
things,
and
so
we
have
to
abide
by
those
as
well.
F
So
at
some
point
it
says
1875
hours
per
year,
which
would
cover
people
who
have
weird
shifts,
but
it
wasn't
unclear.
It
wasn't
clear
to
me
because
I'm
usually
don't
worry
about
these
things,
whether
they
had
that
includes
their
vacation,
includes
their
sick
days
and
I
mean
if
a
full-time
employee
who
has
five
or
six
weeks
of
vacation,
isn't
going
to
work
18.75
hours
a
year
generally.
G
In
a
most
regular
employees,
I
must
say
regular
in
a
loose
term
are
going
to
work.
40
hours
a
week
is
going
to
be
considered
full-time
that
when
we
hire
someone
it's
for
a
full-time
position,
it's
generally
40
hours
a
week
unless
it's
in
public
safety,
where
they
have
the
shifts
where
they
require
the
48
hours
or
whatever.
B
F
F
And
now
that
we
have
again
marijuana
from
our
previous
discussions
and
I,
don't
know
if
it's
defined
as
a
legal
drug
or
not,
but
there's
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
in
there
about
drug
policy
and
everything
is
I
assume
if
some
well
I
may
I
shouldn't
assume.
If
somebody
shows
up-
and
it's
obvious
that
just
before
they
came
into
work,
they
were
drinking
alcohol,
then
the
super
Fighters
are
going
to
have
something
to
say
about
that
right
and
that's
in
this
policy
sure
and
also
under
the
effect
of
drugs.
G
F
Okay-
and
this
is
final
trivial
thing,
but
at
one
point
it
does
say
who
who
how
you
can
be
disciplined
and
I.
Think
I
asked
you
before
the
word
disloyal
is
in
there.
Do
you
have
any
idea
what
that
means.
G
F
I
You
mentioned
something
about
city
council
approval
of
department
heads
wanting
to
remove
that.
Can
you
kind
of
color
in
your
thought
process
there
yeah.
G
Absolutely
absolutely
article
3
section
three
five
of
the
city
Charter
says,
except
for
it
says
it
says
as
part
of
it.
Neither
the
city
council
nor
any
of
its
members
shall
in
any
manner
dictate
the
appointment
or
removal
of
any
City
administrative
officers
or
employees
whom
the
city
manager,
the
city
manager
subordinates,
are
empowered
to
appoint.
G
But
the
city
council,
as
a
group
May,
express
its
views
and
fully
and
freely
discuss
with
the
city
manager
anything
pertaining
to
appointment
and
removal
of
such
officers
and
employees.
And
so
it
is
my
opinion
that
that
that
would
cover
department,
heads
and
even
the
appeals
process.
So.
G
G
In
the
Personnel
code,
currently
it's
the
the
council.
Has
the
authority
to,
or
it
says
the
council
can,
appoint,
department,
heads
or
approves
apartment
heads
I,
appoint
the
department
you
have
to
approve
them,
that's
how
it
exists
in
the
current
Personnel
code,
something
about
a
termination.
The.
L
Department
has
too
so
for
both
termination.
That's
right
termination.
It
specifically
states
that
any
termination
of
a
department
head
has
to
come
to
the
city
council
as
of
right
now
and
then
for
the
appointment
of
department.
Heads
in
I
just
forgot
this
section,
but
it
it's
not
even
100
clear
exactly
what
the
determination
is
supposed
to
be.
But
my
interpretation
in
the
prior
interpretations
of
my
predecessors
has
been
that
the
city
council
doesn't
approve
the
appointment.
The
city
council
just
doesn't
say
no
to
the
appointment.
I.
B
L
B
L
Our
approval
so
I
know
for
the
one
time
that
I've
been
brought
into
that
situation.
You
were
all
specifically
consulted
on
the
final
decision
to
select
Matt
Wright
as
the
community
development
director.
B
Now
I
just
I
mean
just
going
back
in
my
time
here,
I
mean
yeah.
I
was
here
for
almost
every
appointment
in
front
of
me,
so
yeah
I,
only
remember
being
in
that
room
one
time,
and
that
was
fire
chief
and
but
I
thought.
That
was
because
of
the
two
internal
candidates,
one
living
in
a
district,
one
not
living
in
District,
and
we
had
to.
B
B
Think
the
department
has
for
a
long
time
should
have
lived
in
the
city
and
we've
always
had
that
approval
to
allow
them
not
to
live
in
a
city
but
to
counter
that
as
if
they
ever
move
again,
they
have
to
move
into
the
City
and
that's
the
requirement
of
our
current
program
with
Mr
wilcoos
or
Mr
Sapp.
If
they
do
move
from
their
current
residence,
it
has
to
be
into
the
city
of
Belton
and
me
personally,
I.
B
B
J
B
What
I
don't
think
it's
on
Joe
either
I
mean
well
someday
Joe's
not
going
to
be
here
and
then,
who
is
that
next
person
I
mean?
Are
we
sitting
the
future
Community
up
I
mean
we
talk
about
other
stuff
about
setting
a
future
counselor
for
failure,
because
we've
changed
some
rules:
the
Nelson.
It's
a
personality,
conflict
and
I,
just
I
I.
G
B
But
I
mean,
as
a
city
council
person
I'm
going
to
sit
here
and
look
at
you.
Joe
like
I,
have
past
city,
council
people
or
past
city
managers,
and
they
said
I
want
to
hire.
You
know,
whoever
that
name
is
you
guys
did
all
the
interviews
sure
all
I'm
doing
is
say:
okay,
Joe,
I,
I
agree
with
you.
G
G
E
B
G
B
I
mean
I,
think
we've
had
multiple
discussions
over
a
year
six
months
here
or
whatever
about
the
Personnel
policy
and
sure,
and
what
I
just
said
about
a
personality:
conflict
I
just
when
you
get
that
at
will
sudden
someone
could
be
terminated
just
because
someone
doesn't
like
someone
and
and
I
think
we
have
to
have
some
type
of
protection
and
for
some
of
that
stuff
and
I
don't
know
if
that's
mediation
that
comes
at
you
and
you
determine
that
or
or
how
that
works.
B
A
E
H
That's
why
we
just
hired
and
appointed
an
HR
director
so
that
they
can
make
sure
that
everything
is
done
correctly
and
it's
not
just
a
city
manager
having
an
issue
with
a
specific
person
and
then,
if
at
any
time,
any
Council
ever
has
concerns
that
their
city
manager
is
personally
having
issues
with
Personnel.
I
would
say
that's
time
to
get
rid
of
the
city
manager.
A
G
I
will
add
that
I'm
this
is
this
is
neither
here
nor
there,
but
it's
it's
because
it's
not
100
related
to
this,
but
the
the
addition
of
an
HR
Director
was
or
was,
was
a
big
important
thing
for
me,
because
I
wanted
to
ensure
that
proper
processes
were
followed
and
that
that
that
you
know
if
there
were
terminations
there
were
for
cause,
and
it
was
well
documented
and
and
had
gone
through
the
the
adequate
and
appropriate.
You
know
policy
essentially
to
allow
you
know
for
correction
of
action
and
the
whole
nine
yards.
G
We
want
to
actually
have
a
fair
disciplinary
process
all
the
way
through.
So
that's
part
of
it.
J
J
A
G
Yeah,
a
lot
of
the
stuff
is
philosophical
in
nature
and
I
and
to
be
perfectly
Frank,
we
shouldn't
need
most
of
it
at
all.
Anyway,
especially
I
mean
I
I
would
I
would
hope
that
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
an
appeals
process
throughout,
because
we're
one
we're
treating
our
employees
correctly
and
two
that,
if
there's
any
type
of
termination
that
has
to
take
place,
then
they've
gone
through
the
proper
disciplinary
processes
that
that
have
given
them
chance
to
correct
and
that
you
know,
and
it's
been
handled,
100
fairly.
A
Oh
all,
right,
that
being
said,
I'd
entertain
a
motion
dinner
and
executive
session.
Discuss
managers
retained
the
legal
actions
according
to
Missouri
state
statute.
610.021.1
to
discuss
matters
pertain
to
the
leasing
purchase
of
cell
real
estate.
Accordia
Missouri
State
Statute
six
10.21.2
to
discuss
meters
tend
to
hiring
firing
discipline,
the
promotion
of
personnel
according
to
Missouri
State
Statute
610.21.3,
discuss,
managers
retaining
and
negotiated
contracts
according
to
Missouri,
State,
Statute
610.21.12
and,
at
the
record,
be
closing
the
meeting
adjourned
from
there
I
moved.