Thursday, December 11, 2025

Agenda posted for Joplin City Council meeting



 JOPLIN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2025
5th FLOOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS
602 S. MAIN ST. JOPLIN MO
6:00 P.M.

1.

Call To Order

Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America
2.

Roll Call

3.

Presentations

1.

Boards And Commission Recognition 

2.

Thrive Joplin Project Kick Off 

3.

Semi-Annual Oversight Committee Report

4.
5.

Zora & Duquesne Roundabout Beautification Options 

4.

Finalization Of Consent Agenda

5.

Reports And Communications

1.

News From The Public Information Office 

6.

Citizen Requests And Petitions

1.

Amanda Bearden Requested To Speak On Homelessness

2.

Schuyler Carr Requested To Speak About Hopeful Bites

3.

Rosalyn Jourdan Requested To Speak About Targeting The Community And Its Members

7.

Public Hearings

8.

Consent Agenda

1.

Minutes Of The December 1, 2025, City Council Meeting 

2.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-152

AN ORDINANCE approving the City of Joplin to enter into an agreement with R.E. Smith Construction Company in the amount of Four Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Five Hundred Thirteen and 00/100 dollars ($499,513.00) for construction of the East Town Sidewalks 2025 project and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin and setting a date when the Ordinance shall become effective.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-152.PDF
3.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-154

AN ORDINANCE approving the issuance of a Purchase Order to Tri-State Truck Center, Inc., in the amount of One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Five and 00/100 Dollars ($157,405.00) for the purchase of a 2025 Mack GR64F Chassis with mDRIVE Transmission; and, setting a date when this ordinance shall become effective.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-154.PDF
4.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-155

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to enter into an agreement with Mercury Voice and Data, L.L.C. d/b/a Optimum Communications  (“Optimum”) for the purpose of Optimum installing, maintaining and operating facilities for communications related capabilities within the City’s Rights-of-Way and ensuring compliance with the City’s requirements of such use of City property; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute the same by and  on  behalf of the City of Joplin and setting a date when this Ordinance shall become effective.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-155.PDF
5.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-285

AN ORDINANCE approving the voluntary annexation by the Council of the City of Joplin, Missouri, of property generally described as approximately 328 acres at the Southwest corner of 7th Street and Old Scotland Rd, Jasper County, Missouri.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-285.PDF
6.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-288

AN ORDINANCE providing to vacate a drainage easement, located at 2139 E Nashville St, City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-288.PDF
7.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-289

AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2022-119, passed by the Council of the City of Joplin, Missouri, August 1, 2022, by removing from District R-1 (Single-Family Residential) and include in District C-3 (Commercial) property as described below and generally known as 3508 N Range Line Rd, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-289.PDF
8.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-623

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to issue a purchase order to Don Brown Chevrolet in the amount of Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Dollars and No Cents ($285,470.00) for the purchase of five (5) Chevy Tahoe Police vehicles; authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin and setting an effective date.

Documents:
  1. CB2025-623.PDF
9.

Resolutions

10.

Ordinances - Emergency

11.

Ordinances - First Reading

1.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-153

AN ORDINANCE - approving the issuance of a Purchase Order to Southern Bus & Mobility, Inc., in the amount of Two Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Thirty-Four and 00/100 Dollars ($224,034.00) for the purchase of a two (2) light duty cutaway vehicles, 2026 Ford E450 Diamond Coach with Americans with Disabilities (ADA) compliant lifts; and, setting a date when this ordinance shall become effective.

2.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-156

AN ORDINANCE approving Amendment 1 to Work Authorization OLS-WIL-02 with Olsson in the not to exceed amount of Six Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand and 00/100 dollars ($647,000.00) for professional engineering services for the Willow Branch Improvements project and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin; amending the Annual Budget of the City of Joplin for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 as adopted by Ordinance 2025-143 on October 20, 2025; and setting a date when this Ordinance shall become effective.

3.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-554

AN ORDINANCE    repealing Section 30-121, License Classifications and Fees, of Article III, Licenses, Division 2, Schedule of Fees, of Chapter 30, Businesses, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Joplin and enacting in lieu thereof a new Section 30-121, License Classifications and Fees, of Article III, Licenses, Division 2, Schedule of Fees, of Chapter 30, Businesses, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Joplin to implement certain classification changes; and setting a date when this Ordinance shall become effective.

4.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-555

AN ORDINANCE    amending the Annual Budget of the City of Joplin for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 as adopted by Ordinance 2025-143 on October 20, 2025, to adjust appropriations; and, setting a date when this Ordinance shall become effective.    

5.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-624

AN ORDINANCE approving a Purchase Order to be issued to Turn-Key Mobile, Inc., to cover the purchase of replacement mobile data computers for the Police Department and Animal Control Officers as budgeted in the Annual Budget of the City of Joplin for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 as adopted by Ordinance 2025-538 on October 20, 2025; and setting an effective date.

6.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-625

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to enter into an agreement with Mid-America Sports Construction for the purpose of removing and installing synthetic turf at Joe Becker and Wendell Redden Baseball Stadiums and installing synthetic turf on four fields at the Gene Bassman Softball Complex for the not to exceed price of One Million Five Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-One Dollars ($1,589,851.00); authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin; and, amending the Annual Budget of the City of Joplin for the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 as adopted by Ordinance 2025-143 on October 20, 2025.

7.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-627

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to enter into an agreement with OMNIA Partners Cooperative for the purchase of a Groundsmaster 4000-D Rough Mower through Professional Turf Products, L.P. for the not to exceed price of One Hundred Five Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Twenty-Seven Cents ($105,749.27) and authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin.

12.

Ordinances - Second Reading And Third Reading

1.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2025-017

 AN ORDINANCE approving a Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement (MOU) by and between the City of Joplin, Missouri, a Municipal Corporation, and Friends of Joplin Memorial Hall, a not-for-profit corporation, for the purpose of renovating Memorial Hall.

                               


Documents:
  1. CB2025-017.PDF
13.

Unfinished Business

14.

New Business


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