CALL TO ORDER – MAYOR JAN MUSKOPF CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.

ROLL CALL – ALDERMEN PRESENT:  DOUG BICE, DIANE ARTEAGA AND TOM JOHNSON.  ABSENT: DARLA GREEN.  ALSO PRESENT: CHIEF AARON BURKEMPER, CITY CLERK JUDY ANDERSON AND A REPORTER FROM THE BOONE COUNTRY CONNECTION.

DISCUSSION OF MARKING POLICE CAR – CHIEF BURKEMPER STATED THAT MARKINGS COULD BE PLACED ON THE FORD POLICE CAR FOR ABOUT $300.00. THE DEPARTMENT HAS A LIGHT BAR WHICH CAN BE PLACED ON THE TOP OF THE CAR.  ALL THE BOARD AGREED TO PROCEED WITH HIS SUGGESTION.

DISCUSSION OF POLICE TAKE HOME VEHICLES – AN ANOMONOUS LETTER WAS RECEIVED BY TWO ALDERMAN WHICH STATED CONCERNS ABOUT THE COSTS OF THE POLICE CHIEF TAKING THE POLICE CAR TO HIS HOME WHILE OFF DUTY. CHIEF BURKEMPER STATED THAT HE HAD CALLED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE CAR IS COVERED IF TAKEN HOME.  THEY ALSO STATED THAT NO STOPS FOR PERSONAL USE WOULD BE COVERED.  SINCE THERE IS NOT 24 HOUR POLICE COVERAGE, CHIEF BURKEMPER STATED THAT HE NEEDS THE CAR AT HIS HOME TO COVER EMERGENCIES WHEN AN OFFICER IS NOT ON DUTY.  THE BOARD AGREED TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO RESEARCH MISSOURI STATUTES TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS A STATUTE PROHIBITING A TAKE HOME VEHICLE.  THE BOARD AGREED THAT IF THERE ARE NO STATUTES PROHIBITING IT, THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO COVER EMERGENCIES.

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF STORAGE SHED – ALDERMAN ARTEAGA STATED THAT SHE HAD CONTACED A BUSINESS OWNER IN ST CHARLES THAT IS INTERESTED IN REMOVING THE STORAGE BUILDING. SINCE THE BUILDING IS HISTORIC, MAYOR MUSKOPF STATED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD ADVISED HER TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE BUILDING, DOCUMENTING THAT THE BUILDING IS IN NEED OF REPAIR AND IS A LIABILITY INSTEAD OFAN ASSET TO THE CITY. A DECISION WILL BE MADE IN A FEW WEEKS CONCERNING THE BUILDING AFTER MORE DETAILS ARE FINALIZED.

SULLIVAN PUBLICATIONS REVIEW – TITLE I – CHAPTERS 125 – 130 AND TITLE II – CHAPTERS 200 TO CHAPTER 210 – REVIEWED AND ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS INSERTED IN TEXT.

PAYMENT OF BILLS- BILLS WERE REVIEWED AND CHECKS SIGNED.                                       

ADJOURNMENT – ALDERMAN JOHNSON MADE A MOTION, SECOND BY ALDERMAN BICE TO ADJOURN.  ON A CALL BY THE MAYOR FOR THE AYES AND NAYS THE MOTION PASSED 3-0.  THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 9:00 P.M.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED                                       ACCEPTED

JUDITH A ANDERSON, CLERK                                       JAN MUSKOPF, MAYOR