City Council Agendas

CITY OF BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI MINUTES OF COUNCIL MEETING - #1 April 21, 2025 A meeting of the City Council of the City of Blue Springs, Missouri, was held on Monday, April 21, 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 Assistant City Administrator Dennis Dovel, City Attorney Jennifer Baird, and City Clerk Erin Ford. PLEDGE Councilmember Culpepper 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. • Minutes of the April 7, 2025 City Council Meeting. • Declare and accept election results of the April 8, 2025 General Municipal Election for one Council seat in Districts 1, 2, and 3, as well as five proposed Charter amendments. 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 3c & 3d- Councilmember Ericson requested Item 3c - Resolution No. 23-2025 RESOLUTION 23-2025 approving a Funding Agreement for review of a Chapter 100 bond FUNDING AGREEMENT issuance, Community Improvement District (CID) and other possible WITH GRIFFIN RILEY & incentives with Griffin Riley Property Group, LLC the developer of the 23 RESOLUTION 24-2025 acres of land generally located at the southeast intersection of Adams FUNDING AGREEMENT Dairy Parkway and R.D. Mize Road and Item 3d - Resolution No. 24- WITH F&C 2025 amending Resolution No. 17-2025 which designated Flaherty & DEVELOPMENT Collins Properties as the developer for City-owned property south of W Main Street and generally east of SW 14th Street - 1308 and 1304 W. Main Street (also known as the Lumberyard Site) by correcting the entity name to F&C Development, Inc., and authorizing the City to enter into a Funding Agreement for review of a Chapter 100 bond issuance and other possible incentives with F&C Development, Inc. for the property be pulled from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and vote.  April 21, 2025 City Council Minutes Page 2 Councilmember Ericson moved to approved Item 3c - Resolution 23- 2025 and Item 3d - Resolution 24-2025. Motion seconded by Councilmember Culpepper and carried unanimously. PRESENTATION - Mayor Lievsay and Council recognized Blue Springs South High School PROCLAMATION FOR senior Alyssa Mainard as the first female diver in the Blue Springs School ALYSSA MAINARD District to win a state title. RESOLUTION 25-2025 - Councilmember Ericson moved to approve Resolution 25-2025 2025 NEIGHBORHOOD approving a contract in the amount of $6,822,004.00 with ldeker, Inc. for STREET PRESERVATION the 2025 Neighborhood Street Preservation (street overlay), Project ST- PROGRAM 06 Bonds. Motion seconded by Councilmember Culpepper and carried unanimously. INTRODUCTION AND Councilmember Kaylor introduced Bill No. 5305 adopting amendments 1ST READING - BILL NO. to the Blue Springs Home Rule Charter approved by the voters of the 5305 - ADOPT CHARTER City of Blue Springs in the April 8, 2025 General Municipal Election. City AMENDMENTS Clerk Erin Ford made the first reading of Bill No. 5305 by title; copies of the proposed Bill having previously been made available to the public. Councilmember Culpepper moved to approve Bill No. 5305 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. 5305 by title. NO. 5305 Councilmember Edomondson moved to adopt Bill No. 5305 upon its second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 5408, with a copy attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Brummel 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. 5306 adopting amendments 1ST READING - BILL NO. to various sections of the Code of Ordinances, City of Blue Springs, 5306 - ADOPT CODE Missouri, to have consistency between newly approved amendments to AMENDMENTS FOR the City Charter and the Code. City Clerk Erin Ford made the first reading CONSISTENCY WITH of Bill No. 5306 by title; copies of the proposed Bill having previously CHARTER been made available to the public. Councilmember Culpepper moved to approve Bill No. 5306 upon its first reading and proceed with the second reading. Motion seconded by Councilmember Brummel and carried unanimously.  April 21 , 2025 City Council Minutes Page 3 2ND READING - BILL Ms . Ford made the second reading of Bill No . 5306 by title . NO. 5306 Councilmember Edmondson moved to adopt Bill No . 5306 upon its second reading and give it ORDINANCE NO. 5409, with a copy attached hereto and made a part of the minutes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Ericson and carried with the following vote : Brummel - Aye Culpepper - Aye Ericson - Aye Kaylor-Aye Edmondson - Aye Tholen -Aye Mayor Lievsay - Aye PRESENTATION - 2024 Senior Director of RSM US LLP Kristen Hughes presented the City's AUDIT financial year 2024 audit report. PRESENTATION - Mayor Lievsay and Council recogn ized Councilmember Susan PROCLAMATION FOR Culpepper for her years of service to the City of Blue Springs. SUSAN CULPEPPER MAYORAL Mayor Lievsay and the Council expressed best wishes and recognized ANNOUNCEMENT this as the last Council meeting for former City Clerk and current Assistant to the City Administrator Sheryl Morgan, as she retires on April 30, 2025. ADJOURNMENT At 6:40 p.m. , there was no further business to come before the Council , Councilmember Kaylor moved the meeting be adjourned . Motion seconded by Councilmember Brummel and carried unanimously. ATTEST