City Council Meeting – June 13, 2022
| Ken McClure, Mayor | |
| Zone Councilmembers | General Councilmembers |
| Monica Horton, Zone 1 | Heather Hardinger, General A |
| Abe McGull, Zone 2 | Craig Hosmer, General B |
| Mike Schilling, Zone 3 | Andrew Lear, General C |
| Matthew Simpson, Zone 4 | Richard Ollis, General D |
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ROLL CALL.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES. MAY 31, 2022, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDAS. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK TO OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDAS MUST DO SO AT THIS TIME.
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CEREMONIAL MATTERS.
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Council Bill 2022-144 (City Council)
| A resolution recognizing and honoring the life of former Councilman Denny Whayne for his exemplary service as a member of the Springfield City Council and his strong advocacy for justice and equal rights in Springfield and beyond over his 77 years. |
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CITY MANAGER REPORT AND RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED AT THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE. Citizens Have Spoken. May Be Voted On.
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Council Bill 2022-124 (McGull)
| A special ordinance approving a Petition to Establish the Cottle’s Range Community Improvement District; authorizing the City Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement between the City of Springfield, the Cottle’s Range Community Improvement District, and Buc-ee’s Springfield, LLC; and directing the City Clerk to notify the Missouri Department of Economic Development and the Missouri State Auditor of the creation of the District. (Staff recommends approval.) |
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Council Bill 2022-125 (Horton)
| A special ordinance granting Conditional Use Permit No. 462 for the purpose of permitting an automobile service garage to operate as a conditional use within the GR, General Retail District, generally located at 2808 North Kansas Expressway. (Staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval.) (By: Take 5 Properties SPV, LLC; 2808 North Kansas Expressway; Conditional Use Permit 462.) |
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Council Bill 2022-126 (Schilling)
| A special ordinance granting Conditional Use Permit No. 463 for the purpose of permitting a self-service storage facility to operate as a conditional use within the GR, General Retail District, with Conditional Overlay District No. 78, generally located at 543 West Old Weaver Road. (Staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval.) (By: Burning Tree Consulting, LLC; 543 W. Old Weaver Road; Conditional Use Permit 463.) |
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Council Bill 2022-127 (McGull)
| A general ordinance amending Section 1-9 of the Springfield City Code, ‘City Limits,’ and amending Section 46-1 of the Springfield City Code, ‘Boundaries of wards, precincts and council zones,’ for the purpose of annexing approximately 9.5 acres of private property, generally located at 1610 and 1620 North Le Compte Road, and referenced as Annexation A-1-2022, into the City of Springfield. (By: Larry B. Clark Trust; 1610 & 1620 N. Le Compte Road; Annexation A-1-2022.) |
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Council Bill 2022-128 (McGull)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Section 36-306, ‘Official zoning map and rules for interpretation,’ by rezoning approximately 9.5 acres of property generally located at 1610 and 1620 North Le Compte Road from County A-1, Agriculture District, to IC, Industrial Commercial District, with Conditional Overlay District No. 210; establishing Conditional Overlay District No. 210; and adopting an updated Official Zoning Map. (Staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval.) (By: Larry B. Clark Trust; 1610 & 1620 N. Le Compte Rd.; Z-6-2022 w/ COD #210.) |
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Council Bill 2022-129 (Schilling)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Section 36-306, ‘Official zoning map and rules for interpretation,’ by rezoning approximately 10.68 acres of property generally located at 820 West El Camino Alto Drive from O-1, Office District, with Conditional Overlay District No. 78, to GR, General Retail District, with Conditional Overlay District No. 211; establishing Conditional Overlay District No. 211; and adopting an updated Official Zoning Map. (Staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval.) (By: RW Developments LLC et al; 820 West El Camino Alto Drive; Z-7-2022 w/COD #211.) |
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Council Bill 2022-130 (Schilling)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Section 36-306, ‘Official zoning map and rules for interpretation,’ by rezoning approximately 0.5 acres of property generally located at 567 West Old Weaver Road from R-SF, Single-Family Residential District, to GR, General Retail District; and adopting an updated Official Zoning Map. (Staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval.) (By: Williams Natural Gas Company; 567 West Old Weaver Road; Z-8-2022.) |
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Council Bill 2022-131 (Schilling)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Section 36-306, ‘Official zoning map and rules for interpretation,’ by rezoning approximately 2 acres of property generally located at 2200 West Battlefield Road from R-MHC, Manufactured Home Community District, to IC, Industrial Commercial District, with Conditional Overlay District No. 213; establishing Conditional Overlay District No. 213; and adopting an updated Official Zoning Map. (Staff and Planning and Zoning Commission recommend approval.) (By: Milestone Homes, LLC; 2200 W. Battlefield Rd.; Z-9-2022 w/COD #213.) |
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Council Bill 2022-132 (Hardinger)
| A special ordinance setting a preliminary tax levy on real and personal property for current expenses and debt retirement of the City of Springfield, Missouri, and its boards and agencies, for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023; and declaring an emergency. |
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Amended Council Bill 2022-133 (Lear) (Public Hearing Continued On Amendment Only)
| A special ordinance adopting a budget for the City of Springfield, Missouri, for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023; providing that certain amounts shown in the budget document are appropriated for the various departments specified in said budget; and declaring an emergency. |
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Council Bill 2022-134 (Hardinger)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Memorandum of Understanding Between the State of Missouri and Its Political Subdivisions on Proceeds Relating to the Settlement of Opioid Litigation to facilitate acceptance of the City’s share of settlement proceeds from the national opioids litigation. |
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Council Bill 2022-135 (Horton)
| A special ordinance creating an exception to the Comprehensive Housing Assistance Program boundary for the Maplewood Villas development, generally located at 550 North Duke Avenue; and authorizing the Department of Planning and Development to approve a $300,000 loan for the Maplewood Villas development with a reduced interest rate from the rate established in the Comprehensive Housing Assistance Program Rules. (Staff and Loan Committee recommend approval.) |
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Council Bill 2022-136 (Lear)
| A special ordinance amending the Park Board’s Fiscal Year 2021-2022 operating budget by increasing both revenue and expenses in the amount of $2,612,892.13 to allocate $1,800,000.00 of revenue and associated offsetting expense items from Parks 2001 and 2006 Sales Tax Funds, $662,892.13 in reimbursements from insurance claims, and $150,000.00 of revenue and associated expense items within the Golf Fund, respectively. |
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Council Bill 2022-137 (Simpson)
| A special ordinance approving the Third Amendment to the July 1, 2021, Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the Springfield Police Officers Association, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 22 (“SPOA”), the Exclusive Representative of a certain Bargaining Unit within the Springfield Police Department, representing the result of wage reopener negotiations; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver the Third Amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Exclusive Representative. |
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Council Bill 2022-138 (Hardinger)
| A special ordinance approving the Third Addendum to the July 1, 2021, Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Southern Missouri Professional Fire Fighters Local 152 (“IAFF”), the Exclusive Representative of a certain Bargaining Unit within the Springfield Fire Department, representing the result of wage reopener negotiations; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver the Third Addendum to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Exclusive Representative. |
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Council Bill 2022-139 (Lear)
| A special ordinance approving a Collective Bargaining Agreement to be effective July 1, 2022, and by and between the City and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO Local Union Number 753 (“IBEW”), the Exclusive Representative of a certain Bargaining Unit within the Crafts, Trades, and Labor Employee Group; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute and deliver the Collective Bargaining Agreement on behalf of the City to the Exclusive Representative. |
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Council Bill 2022-140 (Simpson)
| A special ordinance approving the Third Amendment to the July 1, 2021, Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO Union Number 753 (“IBEW ”), the Exclusive Representative of a certain Bargaining Unit of limited employees within the Professional, Administrative, and Technical Employee Group, representing the result of wage reopener negotiations; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver the Third Amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Exclusive Representative. |
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Council Bill 2022-141 (Ollis)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield City Code, Section 2 -92, known as the “Salary Ordinance,” by making provision for eight new titles within the Professional, Administrative and Technical Non-Union and Unclassified Schedules and deletion of three job titles from the Professional, Administrative and Technical Non-Union Schedule; by making provision for one new job title within the Crafts, Trades, and Labor Union Schedule and deletion of one job title from the same schedule; by providing pay adjustments for non-bargaining unit employees on the following salary schedules: Crafts, Trades and Labor, Professional, Administrative, and Technical (Non-Union and Unclassified), Fire Protection, and Law Enforcement; by providing for increases to shift differential pay; by providing the City Manager the administrative authority to establish rules regarding shift pay differential; by incorporating pay improvements impacting bargaining unit members that were negotiated and tentatively agreed to; and amending the Occupational Series Market Adjustment Program. |
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Council Bill 2022-142 (Hosmer)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Surface Transportation Block Grant Program Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the purpose of using grant funds to partially reimburse the annual base salaries of up to six City employees who operate and manage the Transportation Management Center. |
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Council Bill 2022-143 (Ollis, Hosmer, McGull, Lear)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield City Code, Chapter 98, ‘Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places,’ by enacting Article VIII, ‘Micromobility Device Rental Program’ and amending Article VII, ‘Encroachments on City Property,’ to allow for approval of certain encroachments for use by micromobility devices; amending Chapter 106, ‘Traffic and Vehicles,’ Article I, ‘In General,’ to allow and regulate the use of micromobility devices on public streets and rights-of-way; amending Chapter 106, ‘Traffic and Vehicles,’ Article VI, ‘Stopping, Standing and Parking,’ Division 10, ‘Springfield Parking System Parking Regulations,’ to regulate the operation and use of micromobility devices in the City’s parking system; and amending Chapter 106, ‘Traffic and Vehicles,’ Article VIII, ‘Bicycles and Motorized Bicycles,’ to regulate the use of micromobility devices. |
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RESOLUTIONS. Citizens May Speak. May Be Voted On.
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Council Bill 2022-145 (Hardinger)
| A resolution authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for State American Rescue Plan Act Water Infrastructure Community Grant Programs grant funds, in the Stormwater and Wastewater grant categories, up to $5,000,000 per project, from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, for the purpose of partially funding stormwater and wastewater infrastructure projects. |
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EMERGENCY BILLS.
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PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
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GRANTS. Citizens May Speak. May Be Voted On.
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Council Bill 2022-146 (Simpson)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to accept an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Community Health Worker Initiative grant from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, through the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, in the amount of $365,420 for use by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, and to enter into necessary agreements to carry out the grant; amending the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget in the amount of $365,420 for the purpose of appropriating the additional grant funds; and declaring that this bill qualifies for approval in one reading. |
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AMENDED BILLS.
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COUNCIL BILLS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
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FIRST READING BILLS. Citizens May Speak. Not Anticipated To Be Voted On.
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Council Bill 2022-147 (Ollis)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with the Greater Springfield Area Sports Commission, Inc., for the purpose of promoting the attraction of sporting events to the community. |
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Council Bill 2022-148 (Lear)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc., for the purpose of promoting travel and tourism within the City of Springfield. |
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Council Bill 2022-149 (Hosmer)
| A general ordinance amending the Springfield City Code, Chapter 2, Article III, Division 1, Section 2-91, known as the Merit System Rules and Regulation (“Merit Rules”), by amending portions of the Merit Rules for multiple purposes, including but not limited to the following: amendments to further the City’s diversity and inclusivity goals, to clarify certain provisions within the Merit Rules and assure internal consistency as well as consistency with the City’s Code and Charter, to update the City’s policy regarding hiring of relatives of employees, to correct a previous scrivener’s error, and to amend the Merit Rules on vacation and sick leave. |
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Council Bill 2022-150 (Ollis)
| A special ordinance approving the Fourth Amendment to the July 1, 2021, Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the Springfield Police Officers Association, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 22 (“SPOA”), the Exclusive Representative of a certain Bargaining Unit within the Springfield Police Department, representing changes requested by the SPOA regarding payroll deductions; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver the Fourth Amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Exclusive Representative. |
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Council Bill 2022-151 (Lear)
| A special ordinance approving the Annual Maintenance Contract for Traffic Signals for Fiscal Year 2022-2023; accepting the bid of Ewing Signal Construction, LLC, in the amount of $209,988.50; and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with such bidder for the purpose of maintaining the City’s traffic signal infrastructure. |
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Council Bill 2022-152 (Hosmer)
| A special ordinance adopting the HOME-American Rescue Plan Allocation Plan to utilize the HOME-American Rescue Plan grant of $3,805,703; amending the Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Action Plan to incorporate the HOME-American Rescue Plan Allocation Plan; and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into any necessary agreements and exercise any necessary power to select and implement projects for funding pursuant to the HOME-American Rescue Plan Allocation Plan after the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development approves the plan. |
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Council Bill 2022-153 (Schilling)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with the Springfield Regional Arts Council, Inc., for the purpose of promoting the visual and performing arts in Springfield, Missouri. |
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PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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NEW BUSINESS.
| As per RSMo. 109.230 (4), City records that are on file in the City Clerk’s office and have met the retention schedule will be destroyed in compliance with the guidelines established by the Secretary of State’s office. |
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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CONSENT AGENDA – FIRST READING BILLS. See Item #3.
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Council Bill 2022-154 (Ollis)
| A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a James River Basin Partnership 319 Grant in the amount of $35,000, from the Environmental Protection Agency through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, to support construction of the Art Museum North Parking Improvements Project at the Springfield Art Museum; and amending the budget of the Springfield Art Museum for Fiscal Year 2020-2021 in the amount of $35,000. |
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CONSENT AGENDA – ONE READING BILLS. See Item #3.
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Council Bill 2022-155 (Hardinger)
| A resolution confirming the appointments of Cara Walker, Jonathan Barratt, and John Hamra to the Airport Plaza Community Improvement District Board of Directors. (Staff recommends approval.) |
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Council Bill 2022-156 (Lear)
| A resolution confirming the appointments of Brenda Guffey, Bryan Pendleton, and Lee Ann Thessing to the Glenstone Marketplace Community Improvement District Board of Directors. (Staff recommends approval). |
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CONSENT AGENDA – SECOND READING BILLS.
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END OF CONSENT AGENDA.
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