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From May Hoy's email update on the BOA, Feb 2nd

"We raised the non-resident rental fee for weekends for the Community Center
from $350/day to $450/ day to keep us in line with other venues. We defeated
an ordinance approving a contract for City Hall management."

Must be the use of the imperial we. Just to reiterate, the vote for the service contract with Shawna Payne was:
Finn-Yes
DeJong-Yes
Hoy-NO
Bossert-Absent
Need three votes to pass

So I think it is fair to say...Mary torpedoed the contract with her NO vote, not "we". Furthermore, she did not offer a reason, at least in public, why she voted no. If she were a man I would tell her to Man Up...is there such a thing as Woman Up?

More Grinders

The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
Feb 2 Mtg

Public Works
During George's Report...

• More Grinders...no, not sandwiches, grinders that pump (for most of us) your #1&2 to the sewer. George came across a deal for used grinders, 152 to be exact for $10,000 plus around $1,000 for shipping. 12 will be used for parts, the rest put into service as needed. According to George this should save the City a substantial amount of money. According to the G-Man we spend about $20,000 a year to rewind the motors.
• KCMO Water Meeting on 25 Feb @ 1PM. We will found out the new water rate.
• The manholes for Pleasant Ford and Westside have been delivered and will be installed pending weather.
• The developers of WestRidge have been in discussion on placing "screening" plantings as agreed upon.
• A storm water grant has been submitted ($20,000) to Platte County for potential work at Potomac and Wayland.
  

Jerry Speaks

The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
2 Feb Mtg

Mayor's Comments

• SWAT (Supporting Weatherby's Adopted Troops) members attended a farewell @ Ft Riley for deploying troops
• SWAT is sponsoring a Talent Show, you don't have to be a WL resident to compete
• April 17th, WL will host the Boy Scouts of America 100th anniversary Community Service Event, with around 470 scouts working on three projects in WL. Organizational meeting @ 7:30 AM on the 10th at City Hall.
• 28 Feb, Fishing Club Wild Game Dinner
• Mayor's prayer breakfast Feb 23rd @ Hyatt
• Torkelson resigned from MS4 Committee. Jerry nominates Lyle Phillips to take his place, confirmed by BOA.

Harvey Property

• The Harveys can pursue a request to vacate the road.
• Process to vacate will be followed to include public hearing and publication of notices in Landmark.
• May be complete on or before next BOA.
  

Smile, You're On WLPD Camera

The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
Feb 2 Mtg

Gary announced the Police have received a Justice Department Block Grant of $8,721. A camera system with 6 cameras and 1 server will be purchased to cover the interrogation room, Town Hall (for Court) and front service window. It won't pay to be a bad actor (sorry couldn't help myself) now that the proceedings will be caught on camera.

Thanks for the Comment

I do read all the Comments, but usually don't comment to/on a Comment. However the post with the comment "Who's on First" got me to thinking...so I went to YouTube and sure enough the routine was there...pretty funny, click her for your enjoyment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M