The Kirkwood City Council took the following formal actions at its Aug. 7 meeting.

• Substitute bill 11084 (West Jewell Avenue parking restrictions): Approved. The ordinance amends Chapter 14, Article 8 of the Kirkwood Code of Ordinances to add no‑parking zones and to prohibit stopping/standing/parking for school drop‑off on the 500–700 blocks of West Jewell Avenue; it also adds a school‑hours no‑parking designation (8 a.m.–4 p.m. on school days) for portions of West Jewell. Approved by roll call (unanimous). (See separate article.)

• Bill 11085 (police drone purchase): Approved. The council appropriated $58,423.40 from the equitable sharing fund to the police department machinery and equipment account and accepted a single‑source quote from Axon for a Skydio X10 drone. Roll call vote recorded unanimous approval.

• Bill 11086 (conflict‑of‑interest disclosure procedure): First reading approved. The ordinance readopts a procedure for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest and substantial interest for certain officials as set forth in Chapter 2, Article 1, Section 2‑5 of the Kirkwood Code of Ordinances. The council approved first reading by voice vote.

• Bill 11087 (intergovernmental cooperation agreement for Citywide Transportation Development District): First reading approved. The council approved first reading of an agreement outlining procedural interactions among the city, the Downtown Kirkwood Special Business District and the Kirkwood Citywide TDD (transportation development district). The document frames how incoming TDD funds would be handled and authorizes administrative procedures; council approved first reading and requested clarification on some reimbursement and allocation provisions.

• Resolution 72‑2025 (DH Pace overhead door services): Adopted. Contract for overhead door maintenance, repair and installation accepted for an initial 12‑month term with optional renewals; staff reported multiple solicitations produced limited responses and recommended single source vendor acceptance.

• Resolution 73‑2025 (Doppler incident response for water department): Adopted. Single‑source proposal of Doppler Inc. accepted for incident response management services for the water department in the amount of $49,750 for an initial 12‑month term with options to renew.

• Resolution 74‑2025 (Fiber LLC Park Kirkwood sensors): Continued. Council discussed a proposed expansion (listed in the agenda as $102,590) and extensive vendor and staff testimony; council voted to continue the item to the Sept. 4 meeting to allow the police department and staff to provide additional enforcement, cost and comparative‑jurisdiction information.

• Resolution 75‑2025 (Hometown Grid AI front end service): Adopted. The council authorized entering into an agreement with Missouri Public Utility Alliance/Missouri Electric Commission for an AI front end service to improve call/incident intake for the electric and water departments at an initial cost of $37,100 for year one, with recurring cost reported as $22,100 thereafter.

• Consent agenda: Approved (voice vote). The meeting record shows routine items passed under the consent agenda prior to substantive item discussion.

Votes are recorded in the meeting transcript for adopted items where roll call votes were used; where the transcript shows a voice vote the outcome is stated as “passed” in the official minutes.