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Votes at a glance: Gladstone council approves ordinances on election vacancy, SRO, rezoning; consents include contracts and change order
Summary
A roundup of votes from the April 28 Gladstone City Council meeting: Ordinance 4.695 (election vacancy) enacted; Ordinance 4.696 (SRO agreement) enacted; Ordinance 4.697 (rezoning) enacted; Consent agenda and resolutions R-25-22 and R-25-23 approved.
The Gladstone City Council on April 28 approved multiple items by roll-call and voice votes. Key outcomes follow.
Ordinance 4.695 (Bill 25-11): Declared no candidate elected to the April 8 municipal council seat because the top vote recipient was in arrears on city taxes when the polls closed, creating a vacancy to be filled by council appointment. Final roll call recorded four ayes and one abstention (Councilman Davis, Council member Spalo, Mayor Pro Tem Moore and Mayor Smith voted yes; Councilman Garnos abstained). Effective: April 28, 2025.
Ordinance 4.696 (Bill 25-12): Directed the city manager to execute a cooperative agreement with North Kansas City School District to provide a school resource officer at Antioch Middle School. Final roll call: unanimous ayes. Effective: April 28, 2025.
Ordinance 4.697 (Bill 25-13): Approved rezoning 8.83 acres of city-owned property at 6880 and 6900 North Oak Trafficway to commercial C-3. Final roll call: unanimous ayes. Effective: April 28, 2025.
Consent agenda: Approved routine permits, events and updates including special event permits (Linden Square celebration May 9; brush drop off May 2–3; document shredding May 17) and the monthly financial update for March 2025. The consent agenda also included Resolution R-25-22, authorizing a time-and-materials contract with Dyster Company Inc. not to exceed $32,800 for a water treatment plant bearing replacement project (WP 2492G); consent approved by motion and voice vote.
Resolution R-25-23: Adopted a change order (Change Order No. 1) in the amount of $106,290 to the contract with Fleshman Construction Inc. for the Northeast 76th Terrace storm drainage and parking improvements project (CP2531). Council moved and seconded adoption; vote recorded by voice as aye.
The council announced it will develop and publish a transparent process for appointing a successor to the vacated council seat; no appointment timetable was set at the meeting.
