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Official Unofficial Minutes of the Weatherby Lake Board of Alderman Meeting, October 8th


I'll do my best to summarize over two and half hours of discussion last night. I'll break the notes into smaller pieces over the next week. About 10 citizens were in the audience, lots of competing events last night.


Support the Troops

Mayor Bos and Don Birmingham gave their update of the presentation of gifts to the 23 members of F Detachment at Fort Riley. Each soldier was given $250 cash and a contribution of $1250 was given to the Army Emergency Relief fund. A reciprocal visit to WL by members of the detachment is planned for Nov 6th, including a pontoon tour of the lake and a reception at the CC.


Airport Information Committee

Committee Chair Carol Hornung reported flyovers had been declining, but recently the committee has noted an increase in complaints about flyover noise. The charter for the committee was approved by the BOA with a 5 year sunset provision. They will meet on a "as needed" basis.


Web Page

The City has been approached by a vendor to improve/change the current web site. The company currently provides services to Smithville( http://www.smithvillemo.org/). Cost for the redo, $4,200 plus $100 a month maintenance. Although the Smithville site is ok, I think a little more due diligence could be done, there are a number of great municipal web sites in MO. See MML listing http://www.mocities.com/MemberCitiesLinks.html


Another Committee formed

MS4 Committee to execute and maintain renewal responbilities for storm water. Members include Armand Matthews, Joe Ennett, Jo Gruenwald, Rich Torkelson and Nancy Mueller. Alderman Vic DeJong is the liason.



And Another

Weatherby Lake 75th Anniversary Fund/Committee is organizing a number of events to raise $50,000 for the celebration scheduled in 2011. A Chili Cookoff/Supper and Texas Hold-EM Poker Tournament are two fund raisers being held by the Committee on November 7th at the CC. Interesting article in KC Star yesterday regarding fund raising poker. http://www.kansascity.com/504/story/829526.html

The City Attorney was not consulted prior to the launch of this City sponsored event...maybe we need a committee to watch the committees?



Speaking of Committees...

The committee organized to raise money for new entrance monuments to the City is hosting their first fund raiser (Octoberfest) on Sunday October 19th at the CC, 3 to 6 PM. The eventual goal is to raise $400,000. Concurrently at the CC, the WL Park Board is hosting a recycling awareness event, celebrating the arrival of the Recycling Bins at City Hall and the CC.



And there is more, much more.