Round the Horn

The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
Jan 3rd

Open Mic-Aldermen Comments:
Mary-Questioned the status of the repair/replacement of the boat lot fence (this has been lingering for months). George responded he was considering a "shadow box, wood" replacement".  He forecasted Spring, "if we want to spend the money"

Time out for editorial comment...I have two boats in the storage lot and pay plenty ($110x2) for the privilege.  The City took in $24,000 in 2011 for boat storage.  Where does the money go?  Into the general fund.  Prior to Jerry the funds were segregated for improvements to the lot...not anymore.  Not hard to understand why folks would rather keep their boats in their yards when the City fails to maintain the boat yard.

Mary mentioned the Pachyderm meeting (tonight) with Van Loh from the Airport Authority.

Dave pointed out,despite their communication when the contract was finalized, Allied Waste (Republic) did not pick up on Friday as anticipated...assume pick up will occur on Saturday this week as well.

Tanya suggested Van Loh be invited to a public meeting @ CC to discuss the airport plans...wouldn't cost $15 like the meeting at the Pachyderm club.

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Jerry's comment on Tanya's comment (still following?)...began with an analogy of Fenway Park and the small seats (Attorney Scott confirmed they were 14" wide)...Jerry's round about way of saying some things were "sacred" and the airport plans should reflect "common sense".  Apparently he is not a fan of the new terminal plans, but he added because we didn't live in KCMO it wasn't our fight...must not be aware that all of us will pay because the revenue for the airport comes from "users".