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OP City Council Action Summary - Dec. 9, 2002

  1. Held public hearing regarding the petition for the exclusion of land from the boundaries of the City, in the vicinity of the northeast corner of 167th Street and Nall, and scheduled further consideration of this item by the City Council on March 10, 2003, subject to the approval of this request by the Johnson County Board of Commissioners.

  2. Appointed Kim Sorensen to the Planning Commission.

  3. Reappointed the following persons to the Convention and Tourism Committee: Richard Carrothers, Jack Curtis, Link Kittrell, David Lindstrom, David Lovetere, Richard Merkel, and Brad Wiens.

  4. Appointed the following persons to the Convention and Tourism Committee: George Camalier, Mike Prekel, and Judy Hohn.

  5. Heard report from the Committee-of-the-Whole meeting held December 9, 2002, and in accordance with their unanimous recommendation following a discussion of the 2004-2008 Capital Improvements Program, authorized staff to schedule a public hearing to be held on December 16, 2002, on the advisability of passage of Ordinance No. STE-2409, which calls for an election to authorize the City to adopt a new one-eighth of one percent City Retailers’ Sales Tax that would begin on April 1, 2004, the day following the expiration of the existing one-eighth of one percent City Retailers’ Sales Tax, and would end on March 31, 2009; and directed the City Clerk to publish notice of the public hearing in The Overland Park Sun on Thursday, December 12, 2002.

  6. Heard report from the Committee-of-the-Whole meeting held December 9, 2002, and in accordance with their unanimous recommendation, approved the 2003 State Legislative Program, as presented.

  7. Approved the following Consent Agenda items:

    FINANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: STAFF ITEMS:

    1. Confirmed investments in the amount of $6,500,000 in certificates of deposit;
    2. Approved Capital Projects Expenditure Ordinance No. 12A – Outlining the expenditures from the Capital Projects Funds for November 28 through December 4, 2002;
    3. Approved three applications for renewal of Cereal Malt Beverage Licenses and one application for renewal of Drinking Establishment License, as listed on the agenda.

    PUBLIC SAFETY: STAFF ITEMS:

    1. Approved one application for renewal of Massage Therapy License, as listed on the agenda.

  8. Announced that the regularly scheduled December Public Works Committee meeting has been rescheduled to be held on December 17, 2002.

  9. Accepted low bid from Pyramid Contractors, Inc., in the amount of $351,764.50, for the Willowbrook Bank Stabilization Project.

  10. Approved Resolution No. 3306, granting the authority to award the contract and to commit City funds, in the amount of $2,136,637.97, for the improvement of the 119th Street and U.S. 69 interchange.

  11. Announced that the regularly scheduled December Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee meeting has been rescheduled to be held on December 16, 2002, at 6 p.m.

  12. Accepted low bid from The Envelope Man Plus, in the amount of $8,090.99, for the quantitative purchase of stationery.

  13. Approved one application for new Drinking Establishment License, contingent on receiving Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, as listed on the agenda.

  14. Approved four applications for renewal of Drinking Establishment Licenses, contingent on receiving state licenses, as listed on the agenda.

  15. Approved one application for renewal of Drinking Establishment License and Caterers License, contingent on receiving state license, as listed on the agenda.

  16. Accepted the following bids for police vehicles:
    1. Olathe Ford Sales, Inc., in the amount of $145,838 for seven vehicles;
    2. Olathe Ford Sales, Inc., in the amount of $84,080 for four vehicles;
    3. Shawnee Mission Ford, in the amount of $19,052, for one mini passenger van.

  17. Accepted bid from Kustom Signal, in the amount of $10,485, for speed measuring equipment (three hand held lasers).