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Votes at a glance: Washington council approves appointments, easement, fire agreement and parks master plan
Summary
At its Oct. 20 meeting the Washington City Council approved multiple ordinances and resolutions, including changes to appointment notice rules, a fire protection services agreement, a sanitary sewer easement, a contract for two fire pumpers, park master plan support, and several personnel appointments and reappointments.
The Washington City Council on Monday approved a package of ordinances and resolutions on second reading, confirmed a police promotion and school resource officer reappointments, and voted to go into a closed meeting under state law.
Ordinances and resolutions passed by voice or roll call included: an amendment to Section 110.13 of the City Code governing notice for mayoral nominations to boards and commissions (ordinance 7a); an amended fire protection service agreement with the Washington Community Fire Protection District increasing the city’s share of district tax revenue from 20% to 25% while removing a $100,000 capital stipend from the formula (ordinance 7b); acceptance of a proposal by McQueen Equipment LLC for two Pierce pumpers (ordinance 7c — see separate story for details); a sanitary sewer easement facilitating development at Northcrest (ordinance 7d); and a resolution formally supporting the Parks and Recreation Master Plan (resolution 7e).
Personnel actions: Council approved promotion of corporal Matt Cooper to sergeant following an internal promotion process and approved reappointments of two school resource officers, identified in the packet as SRO Garrett and SRO Hudson. The promotion motion was moved from the dais and seconded; the council approved it by voice vote. The SRO reappointments were similarly approved on motion and second.
Executive session: The council voted to hold a closed meeting under Section 610.021, RSMo., to discuss personnel, legal and real estate matters; the roll call on the public vote to close the meeting recorded affirmative responses from members present.
Votes and key detail highlights (selected): - Ordinance 7a (appointments/reappointments notice, second reading): Passed (unanimous roll call). Recorded roll-call names during the vote included Peltzil, Heydrich (Heidrich), Brakes (Briggs), Baier, Maier, Hackie and Solentruck. - Ordinance 7b (fire protection service agreement): Passed (unanimous roll call). Staff described clarifications to ownership/title of trucks and a change to the revenue share noted above. - Ordinance 7c (accept McQueen proposal for two Pierce pumpers): Passed (unanimous roll call); see separate article for discussion of financing and delivery timelines. - Ordinance 7d (sanitary sewer easement with Clover Valley Properties LLC): Passed (unanimous roll call). Staff said the easement aligns the recorded easement to the actual sanitary main to allow building permits for lots on Northcrest. - Resolution 7e (Parks and Recreation Master Plan support): Passed by voice vote; Parks & Rec Commission had unanimously approved the plan after public meetings and an online survey.
Several consent agenda items were approved at the start of the meeting, including treasurer/investment reports and final-payment requests tied to local capital projects. Council also heard a brief public comment from Nathaniel Hammond of Missouri House Vacation Rentals, who read guest reviews and noted visitors’ positive experiences in town.
The council recorded no dissent in the meeting minutes for the items that reached a final vote on Monday.
