City Council Agendas
Regular MeetingBlue Springs, MO · February 3, 2025
Minutes
CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI
MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING
February 3, 2025
A meeting of the City Council of the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, was held on Monday, February
3, 2025, 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building, 1100
SW Smith Street, Blue Springs, Missouri with Mayor Chris Lievsay presiding.
COUNCILMEMBERS IN Jerry Kaylor Galen Ericson
ATTENDANCE Katie Tholen Kent Edmondson
Nick Brummel Susan Culpepper
Also present were City Administrator Christine Cates, City Attorney
Jennifer Baird, and City Clerk Erin Ford.
PLEDGE Mayor Lievsay led in the pledge of allegiance.
CALL MEETING TO Mayor Lievsay called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. The City Clerk
ORDER AND confirmed a quorum of the Council was present.
CONFIRMATION OF
QUORUM
CONSENT AGENDA Councilmember Edmondson moved to approve the Consent Agenda and
the motion was seconded by Councilmember Ericson. Councilmember
Kaylor requested to remove item 3e from the Consent Agenda before
Council approval of the following items:
• Minutes of the January 21, 2025 City Council Meeting.
• Liquor License for Buckets Bar & Grill, LLC located at 1331 SW
Westbound 40 Highway, Blue Springs, MO 64015 to sell intoxicating
liquors by the drink for consumption on premises (weekdays only)
and Sunday Sales.
• Resolution No. 09-2025 approving the disposition of Information
Technology and Finance department records which have met the
required retention period as prescribed by the Blue Springs Records
Retention, Management, and Destruction Policy dated November 28,
2016 and in accordance with the Missouri Secretary of State's
records retention guidelines.
• Resolution No. 10-2025 approving a contract in the amount of
$76,792.00 with Nuco Pump Sales and Service, LLC for replacement
of Adams Pointe Golf Club irrigation pump.
• Resolution No. 11-2025 approving a two-year contract with Tyler
Technologies, Inc. for the migration of Tyler's Enterprise Permitting
and Licensing software on City servers to a Software As A Service
(SaaS) Agreement for Tyler to host the software remotely in the
cloud, implementation of Saas, implementation of eReviews for the
online management of development project, building permit, and
business license applications, and Tyler Assist Complete services.
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The Consent Agenda was approved with the following vote:
Kaylor-Aye Ericson- Aye
Tholen-Aye Edmondson - Aye
Brummel - Aye Culpepper - Aye
Mayor Lievsay - Aye
ITEM 3E - TYLER Councilmember Kaylor requested Item 3e- Tyler Technologies Software
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Services be pulled from the Consent Agenda for separate vote to discuss
citizen concerns regarding the contractor.
After Council discussion, Councilmember Kaylor moved to approve Item
3e - Tyler Technologies Software Services. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Ericson and carried unanimously.
INTRODUCTION AND Councilmember Kaylor introduced Bill No. 5290 rescinding Ordinance
1ST READING- BILL NO. 5354 and approving the corrected Final Plat for Dutch Bros Coffee (PF-
5290 - DUTCH BROS 06-24-9178), located at 701 NW MO-7 Highway. City Clerk Erin Ford
COFFEE FINAL PLAT made the first reading of Bill No. 5290 by title; copies of the proposed Bill
(PF-06-24-9178) having previously been made available to the public.
Councilmember Culpepper moved to approve Bill No. 5290 upon its first
reading and proceed with the second reading. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Tholen and carried unanimously.
2ND READING - BILL Ms. Ford made the second reading of Bill No. 5290 by title.
NO. 5290 Councilmember Edmondson moved to adopt Bill No. 5290 upon its
second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 5395, with a copy attached
hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Ericson and carried with the following vote:
Tholen-Aye Edmondson - Aye
Brummel - Aye Culpepper - Aye
Ericson - Aye Kaylor-Aye
Mayor Lievsay - Aye
INTRODUCTION AND Councilmember Kaylor introduced Bill No. 5291 approving a hold
1ST READING - BILL NO. harmless agreement with Blue Springs school district for gym use for
5291 - HOLD HARMLESS youth basketball programming. City Clerk Erin Ford made the first
AGREEMENT WITH reading of Bill No. 5291 by title; copies of the proposed Bill having
BLUE SPRINGS SCHOOL previously been made available to the public.
DISTRICT FOR YOUTH
BASKETBALL Councilmember Culpepper moved to approve Bill No. 5291 upon its first
reading and proceed with the second reading. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Tholen and carried unanimously.
2ND READING - BILL Ms. Ford made the second reading of Bill No. 5291 by title.
NO. 5291 Councilmember Edmondson moved to adopt Bill No. 5291 upon its
second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 5396, with a copy attached
hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by
Councilmember Ericson and carried with the following vote:
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Brummel - Aye Culpepper - Aye
Ericson - Aye Kaylor -Aye
Edmondson - Aye Tholen -Aye
Mayor Lievsay - Aye
PRESENTATION - BUY Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce President Lara Vermillion
BLUE SPRINGS introduced the 2024-2025 Chamber LEADership Class and Trish Totta
presented the Buy Blue Springs/Discover Blue Springs Task Force
program updates.
COUNCIL COMMENTS Counci lmember Edmondson : Welcomed the Chamber LEADership
Class and expressed gratitude for their attendance and involvement.
Councilmember Culpepper: Cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs in the
Super Bowl.
MAYORAL • Billboard with greetings from Mayor and Council is visible from
ANNOUNCEMENTS Interstate 70.
• Presidents ' Day is February 17 and City offices will be closed .
• February is Black History month. Negro League Baseball
Museum in Kansas City provides free admission for the full month
of February.
• Angleman 's Syndrome Day is next week.
ADJOURNMENT At 6:25 p.m., there was no further business to come before the Council,
Councilmember Kaylor moved the meeting be adjourned . Motion
seconded by Councilmember Ericson and carried unanimously.
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