1. ROLL CALL.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
2.1. Approval of Minutes. August 19, 2024, City Council Meeting, August 27, 2024, Special City Council Meeting, and September 3, 2024, Special City Council Meeting.
3. FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDAS.
CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK TO OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDAS MUST DO SO AT THIS TIME.
4. CEREMONIAL MATTERS.
5. CITY MANAGER REPORT AND RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED AT THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
6. SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE.
Citizens Have Spoken. May Be Voted On.
6.1. Council Bill 2024-173 (Carroll)
A special ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget to appropriate $461,000 from the Marijuana Sales Tax Fund; and reducing by five the authorized full-time equivalent positions of Police Officer.
7. RESOLUTIONS.
Citizens May Speak. May Be Voted On.
7.1. Council Bill 2024-178 (Simpson)
A resolution initiating the rezoning of approximately 5.4 acres of property generally located at 817 West El Camino Alto Drive from R-LD, Low-Density Multi-Family Residential District with Conditional Overlay District 214 to O-1, Office District and establishing a Conditional Overlay District.
8. EMERGENCY BILLS.
9. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
10. GRANTS. Citizens May Speak. May Be Voted On.
10.1. Council Bill 2024-179 (Carroll)
A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to accept an Airport Terminal Program Grant from the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to the City of Springfield, Missouri by and through the Springfield-Branson National Airport Board, in an amount of $5,357,143, for the purpose of providing funds for the construction of five passenger boarding bridges at Springfield-Branson National Airport; requiring the Airport to provide matching funds in the amount of $281,954.90; amending the budget of the Airport Board for fiscal year 2024-2025 in the amount of $5,539,097.90; and declaring that this Ordinance qualifies for approval in one reading pursuant to City Charter Section 2.16(25).
11. AMENDED BILLS.
12. COUNCIL BILLS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.
13. FIRST READING BILLS. Requiring One Reading.
14. FIRST READING BILLS. Requiring Two Readings.
Citizens May Speak. Not Anticipated To Be Voted On.
14.1. Council Bill 2024-180 (Hosmer)
A general ordinance amending the Springfield City Code, Section 2-92, known as the “Salary Ordinance,” relating to salary grades for various job titles within the City service as contained in the Professional, Administrative and Technical Non-Union Schedule by adding two new job titles and deleting one job title.
14.2. Council Bill 2024-181 (Lee)
A special ordinance approving the Third Amendment to the July 1, 2022, Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Springfield, Missouri and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO Union Number 753, the Exclusive
Representative of a certain Bargaining Unit within the Crafts, Trades, and Labor employee group; and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Third Amendment.
14.3. Council Bill 2024-182 (Horton)
A special ordinance granting an exception to the Comprehensive Housing Assistance Program (“CHAP”) boundary for the Maplewood Villas Phase II development located at 3905 West Maple Street; and authorizing the Department of Planning and Development to approve a $525,000 loan for the Maplewood Villas Phase II development with a reduced interest rate from the rate established in the CHAP Rules.
14.4. Council Bill 2024-183 (Carroll)
A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to enter into a Cost Apportionment Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, Greene County, and Ozarks Transportation Organization to share costs associated with various quality of place and other aesthetic improvements over and under Interstate 44 between Kansas Expressway and Glenstone Avenue and on New Melville Road over Interstate 44; and amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget for the Department of Public Works in the amount of $2,250,000 to appropriate $2,200,000 of federal Surface Transportation Block Grant – Urban funds and $50,000 of 1/8-cent Transportation Sales Tax fund balance reserves for this project.
14.5. Council Bill 2024-184 (Lee)
A special ordinance approving the 2024-2028 1/4-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax (“CIST”) and the 2025-2029 1/8-cent Transportation Sales Tax (“TST”) projects and programs; and amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget of the City of Springfield, Missouri, in the amount of $11,000,000 to appropriate CIST and TST reserves for the same.
14.6. Council Bill 2024-185 (Hosmer)
A special ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget for the Department of Environmental Services in the amount of $1,600,000 to appropriate retained earnings from the Clean Water Fund for the Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant Ozone Generator Restoration.
14.7. Council Bill 2024-186 (Carroll)
A general ordinance approving the City Utilities’ Fiscal Year 2025 Operating Budget for its Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2025.
14.8. Council Bill 2024-187 (Hosmer)
A general ordinance approving revisions to natural gas rates charged by City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, and related terms and conditions.
14.9. Council Bill 2024-188 (Hardinger)
A general ordinance authorizing revisions to transit rates charged by City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri, and related terms and conditions.
14.10. Council Bill 2024-189 (Hardinger, Hosmer, Carroll, Lee)
A general ordinance repealing City of Springfield Code Chapter 74 – NUISANCE AND HOUSING CODE, Article VI. – RENTAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION.
14.11. Council Bill 2024-190 (Hardinger, Hosmer, Carroll, Lee)
A general ordinance amending City of Springfield Code Chapter 26 – Buildings and Building Regulations, Article III. – Dangerous, Blighted and Nuisance Building Code, sections 26-62, 26-74, 26-77, 26-79, 26-80, 26-82, 26-83, and 26-84.
15. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES AND COMMUNICATIONS.
15.1. Tim Havens wishes to address City Council.
15.2. Brian Paschall wishes to address City Council.
16. NEW BUSINESS.
16.1. 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.
16.2. The Mayor recommends the following appointment to the Springfield-Greene County Public Library Board: Mar'Ellen Felin with term to expire October 1, 2025.
16.3. The City Manager recommends the following appointment to the Art Museum Board: Steve Kirks with term to expire June 1, 2027.
16.4. The City Manager recommends the following appointment to the Art Museum Board: Christina Pike with term to expire June 1, 2026.
16.5. The City Manager recommends the following reappointments to the Art Museum Board: Amanda Stadler and Lindsey Kelsay with terms to expire June 1, 2027.
17. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
18. MISCELLANEOUS.
19. CONSENT AGENDA – FIRST READING BILLS. See Item #3.
19.1. Council Bill 2024-191 (Carroll)
A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to accept funds in the amount of $36,500 from Mercy Hospital Springfield, through The Bobby Allison Fund, for use by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department’s Family Connects Program; and amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget in the amount of $36,500 to appropriate the grant funds.
19.2. Council Bill 2024-192 (Lee)
A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to enter into a Municipal and Cost Apportionment Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to share costs associated with quality of place and other aesthetic improvements on new lighting and signal poles located at the northbound and southbound US Highway 65 ramps at Evans Road.
20. CONSENT AGENDA – ONE READING BILLS.
21. CONSENT AGENDA – SECOND READING BILLS. See Item #3.
21.1. Council Bill 2024-174 (Jenson)
A special ordinance authoring the City Manager, or designee, to enter into a License Agreement with Missouri State University, for the purpose of allowing the installation and maintenance of a public shuttle shelter onto City right-of-way at 901 East Elm Street.
22. END OF CONSENT AGENDA.
23. ADJOURN.