The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
June 1
During the EAG Advisory Committee report by Jim Miller, Alderman Finn asked the City Attorney whether the EAG Infrastructure sub-committee meetings have to be posted according to the "Sunshine Law". It was his opinion that proper notice and posting of the agenda is required by law. Ooops. The meeting was not posted 24 hrs prior and the agenda handed out that morning (8AM) was handwritten the night before and distributed at the meeting. [No small thing, the participants at the meeting could be subject to personal fines, not covered by the City. The defense "we didn't know" won't work, the statute deals with that as well]
The Infrastructure sub-committee is now in talks with the lone bidder to determine if their bid can be substantially reduced. If this is accomplished and the design materially changes does a new RFP bid process have to be initiated? Stay tuned.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
New WL Logo Adopted by BOA
The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
June 1
Since the beginning of the Bos mayorship, "Life is Great" then "Life is Good" have become the unofficial slogan of Weatherby Lake. Missing has been a logo. The current official logo, as you can see, is a stylized picture of the lake with a sailboat and fish. Seeing that logo doesn't really match the slogan, the Mayor recommended and BOA adopted the pic of Alfred E Newman as the new logo. Fitting, I think, because AEN's slogan is "What, Me Worry?"
Friday, June 4, 2010
Pray For No Tornadoes
The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
1 June
The BOA was presented with a Resolution to adopt the regional multi-hazard mitigation plan. This was done 5 years ago and is an update to the plan. I couldn't tell if the aldermen had just received the hard copy of the plan and didn't have time to read it...or didn't understand it or both. In any event, Alderman DeJong expressed his angst over voting for something he hadn't read. Decision by BOA to shelve the item until next month. Odd. One would think they would call a special meeting after giving themselves time to digest the plan, but not wait a month.
Net result, if we are unfortunate to have a disaster between now and then, we do not benefit from the County multi-hazard plan. Say an extra prayer on Sunday.
1 June
The BOA was presented with a Resolution to adopt the regional multi-hazard mitigation plan. This was done 5 years ago and is an update to the plan. I couldn't tell if the aldermen had just received the hard copy of the plan and didn't have time to read it...or didn't understand it or both. In any event, Alderman DeJong expressed his angst over voting for something he hadn't read. Decision by BOA to shelve the item until next month. Odd. One would think they would call a special meeting after giving themselves time to digest the plan, but not wait a month.
Net result, if we are unfortunate to have a disaster between now and then, we do not benefit from the County multi-hazard plan. Say an extra prayer on Sunday.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Barry Road Culvert To Open End of August!
The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
June 1
Mayor Bos during his comments mentioned the projected completion of the road connecting to Amity. When questioned on details, there weren't many...contact with KCMO is scant. Public Works Director pointed out they used to get a monthly report from KCMO, that ceased a couple of months ago. I imagine most of the information discussed was readily available in the KC Star recently (as pointed out here). The lack of meaningful dialog makes the Star the best source.
Mr and Mrs Vlamis (8315 Hillside) made an appearance to ask the projected completion date for the Hillside intersection...there was no information available from either the Mayor or George. That intersection will be one of the more interesting "fixes" as the project moves forward.
Platte County has been more communicative about the progress of the piece of Barry west of Potomac..."they don't know". Right of ways have not been secured completely, utilities, ATT specifically, have not finished relocating. The original idea was to start the project as soon as school finished (Hawthorne) so as to minimize disruption of school traffic. There is the possibility of delaying the start of the project until May 2011 to accommodate the school issue. Oops.
Unrelated
40,000 and counting: Yesterday marked 40,000 hits on the blog. Subtracting the 37,000 hits by my family, well ok me, that leaves a meaningful 3,000 hits from interested parties...which means you, of course. Friend or not so much you click...and I am amazed.
June 1
Mayor Bos during his comments mentioned the projected completion of the road connecting to Amity. When questioned on details, there weren't many...contact with KCMO is scant. Public Works Director pointed out they used to get a monthly report from KCMO, that ceased a couple of months ago. I imagine most of the information discussed was readily available in the KC Star recently (as pointed out here). The lack of meaningful dialog makes the Star the best source.
Mr and Mrs Vlamis (8315 Hillside) made an appearance to ask the projected completion date for the Hillside intersection...there was no information available from either the Mayor or George. That intersection will be one of the more interesting "fixes" as the project moves forward.
Platte County has been more communicative about the progress of the piece of Barry west of Potomac..."they don't know". Right of ways have not been secured completely, utilities, ATT specifically, have not finished relocating. The original idea was to start the project as soon as school finished (Hawthorne) so as to minimize disruption of school traffic. There is the possibility of delaying the start of the project until May 2011 to accommodate the school issue. Oops.
Unrelated
40,000 and counting: Yesterday marked 40,000 hits on the blog. Subtracting the 37,000 hits by my family, well ok me, that leaves a meaningful 3,000 hits from interested parties...which means you, of course. Friend or not so much you click...and I am amazed.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Let Go
The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
June 1
It doesn't pay to be critical of the Bos, there will be consequences, as witnessed last night at the monthly BOA meeting. How so? The annual appointment/reappointment to the City's various Boards and Commissions occurred last night. Target #1? Yours truly. My term on the Planning Commission expired and I expressed my desire to be reappointed (I've been on Planning since 2003). Jerry indicated his desire to give me the boot in a face to face meeting about three weeks ago, and reaffirmed that intention (in a City Hall discussion) last week. His rationale? He has a rule that limits family appointments to no more than three...at least that is how this started last year. Wife Lisa (Park Board) was up for reappointment last year (She has been on Parks for ten years) when Jerry started this nonsense. My two appointments (BZA/Planning) put our family over Jerry's two per family rule. When faced with sticky, an uncomplimentary battle, Bos relented, agreeing my resignation from one of my two appointments was not necessary to accommodate Lisa's reappointment.
Fast forward to last night. As documented here, I have been critical of Bos on some of his actions or lack thereof from time to time. One of the more recent situations was the ridiculous construction of a home clearly built outside of city code in the West Ridge subdivision. I documented and discussed during the last Planning Commission meeting (See "The Answer Is" post on March 3rd.) The Mayor didn't seem to enjoy the discussion at the time, nor did he own up to the situation...he let George take the hit instead. Nice.
Jerry did allow me to comment during the proceedings last night. Here is a condensed version.
June 1
It doesn't pay to be critical of the Bos, there will be consequences, as witnessed last night at the monthly BOA meeting. How so? The annual appointment/reappointment to the City's various Boards and Commissions occurred last night. Target #1? Yours truly. My term on the Planning Commission expired and I expressed my desire to be reappointed (I've been on Planning since 2003). Jerry indicated his desire to give me the boot in a face to face meeting about three weeks ago, and reaffirmed that intention (in a City Hall discussion) last week. His rationale? He has a rule that limits family appointments to no more than three...at least that is how this started last year. Wife Lisa (Park Board) was up for reappointment last year (She has been on Parks for ten years) when Jerry started this nonsense. My two appointments (BZA/Planning) put our family over Jerry's two per family rule. When faced with sticky, an uncomplimentary battle, Bos relented, agreeing my resignation from one of my two appointments was not necessary to accommodate Lisa's reappointment.
Fast forward to last night. As documented here, I have been critical of Bos on some of his actions or lack thereof from time to time. One of the more recent situations was the ridiculous construction of a home clearly built outside of city code in the West Ridge subdivision. I documented and discussed during the last Planning Commission meeting (See "The Answer Is" post on March 3rd.) The Mayor didn't seem to enjoy the discussion at the time, nor did he own up to the situation...he let George take the hit instead. Nice.
Jerry did allow me to comment during the proceedings last night. Here is a condensed version.
- I have served Planning since 2003
- City Code 400.010 allows up to 15 members on Planning, with my appointment there are still openings to be filled with "new blood"
- My holding two appointments BZA/Planning is not unusual nor is our family "three".
- Examples of others with two or more appointments (# of appts noted first) include:
4-Lyle Phillips, EAG, Parks, MS4, Curfew/Alcohol
2-Jeff Goodwin, Planning, Plans Review
2-Kristy Lawrence, Historical, EAG
4-Marianne & Joe Ennett, Historical, Treasurer, EAG, MS$
2-Bert Woods, Plans Review, Codes Enforcement
3-Carol & Bill Hornung, Airport, Audit, EAG
2-Jim Miller & Ursula Terrasi, EAG
2-Lyne Hinkle, EAG, Airport
2-Tony & Pat White, EAG
2-De & Ron Surma Parks, EAG
2-Augie & Pam Grasis EAG
Who appointed all these people in violating Jerry's own appointment rule anyway? In each case, with the exception of the Moratz, it was...Jerry.
Jerry's newest version of the rule was that I am on "important" committees which makes it different. Oops, sorry folks to those on lesser committees. Who is taking my vacated seat? POJ (Pal of Jerry) Dave Folkdahl. (The vote was 3-1, Finn dissenting on the Planning appointments)
As MasterCard says, "Priceless".
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