Council Approves $3,780 Wall Repair on West Main

Some of the highlights of the three-hour Sedalia City Council meeting held Monday night include:

A storm water improvement project at 28th and Quincy is now finished and a final charge order deduction of $11,668 was submitted by Poort Excavating, LLC, for Area #21.

The project is part of a DNR ARPA grant. The change order was approved by the DNR, it was noted. President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, a federal stimulus bill to aid public health and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 11, 2021.

A lease agreement with landowner Lynn Staus who owns land near the Nucor rail spur was renewed Monday night. Farm land will be leased to the City for another year at a cost of $2,196. The lease is now good through Dec, 1. 2025.

The land is 1340 by 580 feet bound by Cedar Drive on the east, and the southern boundry is about 750 feet north of Reine Avenue.

A retaining wall in the 100 block of West Main was once again damaged by an unknown vehicle. The wall separates the sidewalk from a city parking lot. A quote of $3,780 to repair the wall by Fred Yates was approved by Council.

First Ward Councilman Tom Oldham asked if anyone knew who hit the wall and City Administrator Kelvin Shaw responded no, but area surveillance footage is being examined to see if the culprit can be identified.

Furthermore, staff plans to install bollards next to the wall to prevent future damage.

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Sedalia Fire Chief Matt Irwin requested authorization to submit a 90/10 grant application to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to pay for a new vehicle exhaust system for the SFD’s headquarters on West 16th. The current systems uses filtration to scrub the air in the bay area, and is not efficient, Irwin told the Council.

The new “Plymovent” system would take the exhaust fumes and remove it from the bay altogether by venting it to the outside.

The Plymovent system can provide a virtually 100 percent source capture performance, meeting various regulations. The Grabber® connects to the tailpipe, capturing and eliminating virtually all exhaust fumes, according to their website.

Council quickly approved Chief Irwin to submit an application for the grant.

Council approved a special event liquor license for Paige Shearer dba The Local Tap, 700 South Ohio, for an event at Yeager’s Cycle, 3100 South Limit, from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20.

During the Good & Welfare portion of the program, Sherry Harris demanded that stop signs be placed at Wing and Skyline to slow down traffic in the area. Harris, who lives at 2518 Wing Ave., said she has been on a quest for two-way stop signs since July 2 when she approached Mayor Dawson and Councilwoman Foster about the situation. That led to her appearance at Council Monday night.

“We have traffic turning off of 65 (highway), coming down 32nd, and they come up Clarendon Road and onto Southwest ... they speed through there, and it’s just getting worse every day,” she said, citing concerns for families and children in the area.

Nancy Sims, 422 W.T. Morris Avenue, complained about lack of progress on sidewalks in her area., noting that it was March 2023 that a grant specifically designed for sidewalk rehabilitation was announced by the City of Sedalia.

“I keep seeing emails about bids for sidewalks … I mean, how long is the grant going to be good for?” she asked. “Is that something we were told was going to happen, then it goes to the wayside?” Sims said, adding that she has to keep asking these questions.

On a positive note, Sims praised CBO Bryan Kopp’s presentation concerning code enforcement.

“That is about the best thing I have heard from code enforcement in I couldn’t tell you how long,” Sims said. “I am so sick of hearing about citations, with very few days to fix stuff. I just want to tell you that I hope you all pay attention to that gentleman.”