Pittsburg City Commission Meeting Recap – May 24 | City of Pittsburg

PITTSBURG, KS – The next actions have been taken on the Pittsburg Metropolis Fee assembly held on Tuesday, Could 24, 2022:

PUBLIC INPUT:

• Mark Chambers addressed the fee and requested for attendees to hitch him in second of silence to recollect those that misplaced their lives within the Uvalde, Texas faculty taking pictures. Following the second of silence, Rev. Chambers shared a prayer of invocation.
• Mayor Cheryl Brooks shared a proclamation that June 7, 2022 is State Farm Day in Pittsburg, recognizing the corporate for its 100 years in enterprise. Lori Ann Spachek acquired the proclamation on behalf of State Farm Insurance coverage.
• Mayor Brooks shared a proclamation to acknowledge Pittsburg Lions Membership in honor of its centennial anniversary, proclaiming June 3, 2022 as Lions Membership Day in Pittsburg. Lori Horton and different volunteers accepted the proclamation on behalf of the Lions Membership.

CONSENT AGENDA:

• The Could 10, 2022, Metropolis Fee Assembly minutes.
• Ordinance No. G-1336, amending Part 78-75 of the Pittsburg Metropolis Code to vary the directional move of visitors on East twelfth Road between Broadway and Joplin Road from east certain move of visitors to west certain move, with visitors exiting onto North Broadway.
• Ordinance No. G-1337, amending Part 78-116 of the Pittsburg Metropolis Code to ban parking on the North Facet of East fifth Road from Locust to Elm.
• Approval of the applying submitted by Kyle Michael to resume the Dance Corridor License for The Pitt, situated at 516 North Broadway.
• Approval of the Appropriation Ordinance for the interval ending Could 24, 2022, topic to the discharge of HUD expenditures when funds are acquired.

THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION:

• Commissioners thought of employees advice to rent Double S. Filth Works, LLC, on an hourly foundation for the transportation of fill filth from the brand new FedEx facility to the location of the brand new Wastewater Remedy Plant, for an approximate price of $150,000. Public Works & Utilities Director Matt Bacon stated the town is receiving free filth from the FedEx job website, which is able to assist present some, however not all the fabric wanted for the development of the town’s new Wastewater Remedy Plant. The price solely covers the price of transportation, not supplies. Following the dialogue, commissioners voted to approve the agenda merchandise.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION:

• 2021 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR) – Stacey Hammond of BT&Co. P.A., the town’s auditing agency, introduced the outcomes of the town’s annual monetary statements and audit. The town’s auditing agency conducts an audit of the town’s general monetary statements on an annual foundation to verify they’re freed from errors or misstatements. Hammond shared that the town acquired an “unmodified audit opinion,” the perfect consequence a metropolis can obtain, which suggests there have been no errors. She additionally shared that accounting practices and insurance policies have been being adopted, and the town’s finance employees have been clear and useful all through the method.

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:

• REAL ESTATE SALE CONTRACT – Commissioners accepted a Actual Property Sale Contract wherein TalonX Holdings, LLC. The corporate is buying roughly 26 acres of land, situated at 00000 East 520th Avenue, from the Metropolis of Pittsburg for the full buy value of $130,000.

NON-AGENDA REPORTS & REQUESTS:

• Commissioner Stu Hite requested for an replace on the code enforcement considerations that have been introduced up underneath public enter on the earlier fee assembly. Director of Housing & Neighborhood Growth Quentin Holmes stated that his workforce met with the property proprietor and adopted up to verify the problem was remediated. He additionally confirmed that the codes enforcement workforce will control the property the place the violations occurred to examine that the state of affairs doesn’t regress. Holmes defined the method that the nuisance code enforcement workforce has to observe based on metropolis ordinances.
• Commissioners and Metropolis Supervisor Daron Corridor additionally mentioned excessive grass and responding to those complaints. Corridor talked about that metropolis division employees are very busy this season with mowing, and stated the town may look into hiring a non-public firm subsequent yr to assist with mowing so as to liberate employees time to raised tackle points like potholes, excessive grass, and numerous nuisance code violations.
• The dialogue then moved to the city-wide cumbersome merchandise effort. The town supervisor talked about that this yr’s bulk pick-up occasion can be barely totally different than in 2021, with dates put aside for particular objects. Public Works and Utilities Director Matt Bacon stated his division is contemplating the third week in July.

Metropolis Fee Conferences:

The Pittsburg Metropolis Fee meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm, contained in the Beard-Shanks Regulation Enforcement Middle courtroom. Members of the general public are inspired to attend. To be taught extra concerning the Pittsburg metropolis authorities, metropolis commissioners, or to view assembly agendas and minutes go to pittks.org/city-government/city-commission. Metropolis fee conferences are broadcast reside each second and fourth Tuesday on the Metropolis’s native authorities entry channel (Cox channel 6) and on YouTube. To subscribe to the Metropolis’s YouTube channel, go to www.pittks.org/youtube.

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