Reiboldt explains new laws

(From Rep. Bill Reiboldt, R-Seneca)

On August 28, more than 100 pieces of legislation approved by Missouri’s General Assembly became law. These bills covered a wide range of topics and received the Governor’s signature. In all,139 pieces of legislation were approved by the General Assembly during the 2016 session. The Governor vetoed twenty bills, some of which the legislature will attempt to override when the House and Senate convene for the annual Veto Session on September 14. It is obvious there are many constituents following some of the vetoed bills, as I am currently receiving numerous contacts from concerned individuals voicing their opinions on the override attempts. However, in this week’s Capitol Report, I want to take a closer look at three of the bills that took effect in August.

Senate Bill 607 will allow the state to more efficiently verify applicants and recipients of welfare programs. The bill will authorize the Missouri Department of Social Services to hire an outside service provider to conduct the verification process for applicants of the state’s various welfare programs. In addition to screening applicants, the independent company will also re-verify current enrollees. This provider will work to ensure that the recipients and the applicants are, in fact, eligible for programs, such as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Childcare Assistance Program (CAP), and Missouri HealthNet. In cases where the service provider finds or suspects fraud, it will then notify the Department, which will begin an investigation.

SB 607 legislation is meant to help the Department of Social Services ensure the accuracy of the distribution of welfare benefits, a process in which the Department has readily admitted to falling behind in when performing their duties. The new law has the potential of saving the State an estimated $20 million over the next three years by just eliminating waste and fraud from the system. Other states have passed third-party vendor legislation to help in screening their welfare programs and are showing good success with it. As a result of the programs, their taxpayers have saved millions of dollars.

Another bill that took effect of August 28 is House Bill 1550, the Shared Parenting Law. This legislation seeks to equalize custody and visitation rights for divorced parents with children and is meant to address the fact that some courts in our state routinely award less parenting time to fathers. The legislation will ensure that the courts do not presume a parent is more qualified to be a guardian simply based on gender. In effect, the law will put the best interest of the child first, so that the child may maximize their time with both parents.

Supporters of HB1550 have maintained that shared parenting is important for the healthy growth and development for young people from broken homes. They also noted that federal statistics show single parent homes account for 63% of teen suicides, 70% of juvenile incarceration in state facilities, 71% of high school dropouts, and 85% of children in prison. With this new law courts will now begin custody proceedings with the assumption that parents should share custody and parenting responsibilities of raising their children.

The legislature also approved additional funding for the Amber Alert system. State and local law enforcement agencies will soon be able to get Amber Alerts out more quickly because additional money budgeted to the Highway Patrol—the ones who issue Amber Alerts—is to be used to improve the present system. The goal is to allow local law enforcement agencies to enter information into only one system and not have to enter it into multiple systems (as is currently required), thus saving precious time. It was noted that when a young Springfield girl was abducted in February of 2014, it took almost two hours before an alert went out, and, unfortunately, it was then too late.

While it is questionable if all vetoed bills will be brought up for an override attempt, there are ongoing efforts to determine which ones have the necessary two-thirds majority votes from both the House and the Senate in order to even begin the process. After September 14, that question will be answered.

Lawyers contribute more than $11,000 in Jasper County judge race

The details escape me, but several years ago, the Joplin Globe combed through the election financial disclosure forms for an investigative piece on the number of Jasper County lawyers who were contributing to a campaign in which an incumbent judge was receiving a primary challenge.

The articles quoted experts, including lawyers, who decried the practice of lawyers giving money to the campaigns of judges, who are supposed to remain impartial in the cases that are brought before them.

And all of this occurred back before our legislature defied the will of Missouri voters and removed all campaign contribution limits.

The evidence of that change can be seen in the campaign finance documents for the Jasper County Division 2 race.

Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Dankelson and Judge Stephen Carlton received $11,200 from lawyers or people working at local law firms, with Dankelson receiving $7,450 and Carlton $3,750.

Dankelson received the largest contributions, $2,000 from both the Glades Law Firm and Stilley Law, LLC. He also received $750 from Norman Rouse, who has worked for him in the prosecuting attorney's office.

Carlton's largest contributions were $500 from Phillip Foster, an attorney from Camden, Arkansas, and not surprisingly, $400 from Morrison, Webster, and Carlton.

Dankelson received $2,850 in contributions after the election, including the $2,000 from the Glades Law Firm, which was received August 23, according to the Missouri Ethics Commission records, $250 apiece from Charles Sticklen, Bishop and Hayes, and R. Daryl Edwards, and $100 from Bruce Secrist.

Out of Dankelson's $7,450, $6,400 came from Jasper County attorneys.

Carlton received $2,500 out of his $3,750 from Jasper County attorneys.

Carlton raised $25,147.30 during the election period and spent $24,538.39.

Dankelson raised $38,800 and spent $37,857.72.

The candidates' contributions from lawyers or law firms are listed below:

DANKELSON CONTRIBUTORS

 $100 Bruce Secrist

$250 Charles Sticklen

$250 Bishop and Hayes

$250 R. Deryl Edwards

$2,000 Glades Law Firm

$250 Kurt Benecke, Joplin

$250 William Peterson, Joplin

$100 Amy Fite, Christian County attorney

$100 Matthew Adrian, Joplin

$250 Jacob Skouby, Newton County prosecuting attorney

$500 McCulloch for Prosecutor Committee, St. Louis County

$2,000 Stilley Law LLC

$750 Norman Rouse

$250 Graves Garrett LLC, Kansas City

$100 Jon Bhend

CARLTON CONTRIBUTIONS

$400 Morrison, Webster, and Carlton

$100 Bruce Secrist

$125 Edward Hershewe, Joplin

$100 Nicole Carlton, Carlton and Williams

$200 William Lasley, Carthage

$500 Phillip Foster, Camden, Arkansas

$250 Eugene Bramblett, Camden, Arkansas

$250 Mark Davis, Little Rock, Arkansas

$250 Patti Julian, North Little Rock, Arkansas

$100 Ron Mitchell, Joplin

$300 Sarah Reeder, Joplin

$100 Walter Williams, Joplin

$350 Karl Blanchard, Joplin

$300 Tracey Martin, Joplin

$300 Tina Longnecker, Joplin

Lawsuit magnet Mike Johnson "retires" from Joplin R-8 School District

The Joplin R-8 Board of Education officially accepted the "retirement" of Mike Johnson, the lawsuit magnet who former Superintendent C. J. Huff put in charge of the most expensive buildings project in district history.

The action was taken during an August 23 closed session.

An advertisement for Johnson's position, director of facilities,was posted on the district website the day after the vote on his departure.

The district settled three lawsuits that accused Johnson of racial discrimination, sexual harassment, and firing a union leader who had taken complaints about Johnson to Huff.

The sexual harassment lawsuit, in which Johnson was accused of making gay slurs against an employee and claiming he would like to bend a former Stapleton Elementary principal over her desk and have his way with her, was settled in February 2015, just before it was scheduled for trial.

The district paid $276,000 to Urban Metropolitan, which filed a lawsuit accusing Johnson of racial discrimination, including making defamatory racist remarks about minorities.

Another lawsuit, filed by former union leader James Tucker,claimed Tucker was fired after he relayed union members' complaints about Johnson to Huff. The district also settled with Tucker, who had worked for Joplin R-8 for 26 years.

More details about the lawsuits can be found at this link.

Huff and Johnson also forced other people out of their jobs, including whistleblower Luther Hunt, an environmental control/utility worker who wrote a 10-page letter to Huff in 2011, detailing problems with Johnson, including explosive temperamental outbursts, purposeful ignoring of safety laws and regulations, telling a story about the death of a child that never happened and making references to "morons, idiots, retards, and savages."

According to Hunt, Johnson also routinely punished principals he did not like by delaying work orders.

After the letter, despite assurances from Huff and Human Resources Director Tina Smith nothing was done about Hunt's complaints, Hunt began having problems at work and eventually quit. The complete text of Hunt's letter can be found at this link.

Smith, despite her role as the attack dog for Huff and Johnson, was later promoted to chief operations officer and resigned in June.

Recently, Johnson was subpoenaed to the Polsinelli law offices in Kansas City for a deposition in yet another lawsuit in which he has played a major role. The district filed this lawsuit against the electrical contracting firm that handled the Joplin High School building project, the P1 Group. However, the lawsuit was only filed because district officials were aware the company was planning to sue for more than $6 million it says Joplin R-8 owes it for extra work and overtime in connection with Huff's ultimately unsuccessful effort to open the high school on time in August 2014.

The P1 Group filed a countersuit.

Links provided to top Turner Report/Inside Joplin posts for this week

This week should have put to rest the theory that the Turner Report would fall apart once C. J. Huff "retired."

There are other stories that need to be covered and this week both the Turner Report and Inside Joplin have been dominated by one of those stories- the events stemming from the arrest of two men for an armed robbery at 7th and Moffet.

An examination of the dropping of charges against Ace Mohr (pictured) on two earlier armed robbery charges, as well as a detailing of the seven felonies for which he is currently awaiting trial in Jasper County Circuit Court, was the most visited post for the week.

Following closely, was the decision by Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Dankelson to charge the other man allegedly involved in the most recent armed robbery Steven Prall, 25, Joplin, on a felony possession with intent to distribute drugs, while at this point, no charges have been filed against Mohr.

The third top post featured the revelation that the Glades Law Firm, which has represented Ace Mohr, contributed $2,000 to Dankelson's successful campaign for judge three weeks after the election.

Obviously at that time, there was no way the firm knew that its client was a week away from being arrested for armed robbery.

The problem, which will be explored in a post later today, is the idea that lawyers contributed thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Dankelson and Steven Carlton, a concept that raises questions about the prized and absolutely necessary quality of judicial impartiality.

This is not a new problem, but it is one that deserves to have a spotlight shined on it every time it happens.

The 7th and Moffet armed robbery also provided the number one and five posts this week for Inside Joplin.

Sadly, this week's Inside Joplin Obituaries list is filled with the obits of people who were in their forties and younger, with three having just barely entered life.

The lists and links to each post:

The Turner Report

1. Prosecutor dropped earlier armed robbery charges against Carthage man

2. Dankelson files felony charge against Prall, nothing against Ace Mohr

3. Criminal defense gave Dankelson $2,000 three weeks after election

4. Substitute teacher charged with selling drugs to students

5. Joplin R-8 blocks media from attending meeting with McKinley parents

6. Motorcyclist who injured Joplin policeman released after posting $5,000 bond

7. Carthage businessman sentenced to 10 years on child porn charge

8. Spongebob plea fails- Neosho man sentenced to eight years in prison

9. Reader: There is more to the seduction of Roy Blunt

10. Joplin R-8 to take bids on Irving Elementary property

Inside Joplin

1. Joplin, Carthage men arrested for 7th and Moffet armed robbery

2. Three arrested at Carthage hotel with 400 pounds of methamphetamine

3. Joplin police officer injured by escaping motorcyclist

4. Joplin Police Department Weekend Arrests 

5. Suspects captured after armed robbery at 7tn and Moffet

6. Jasper County Marriage Licenses

7. Jasper County Dissolution of Marriage Petitions

8. Joplin Police Department Arrests August 31-September 1

9. Joplin Police Department Arrests August 29-30

10. One arrested for DWI during Joplin Police weekend checkpoint

Inside Joplin Obituaries

1. Lucas Glover

2. Austin Russell

3. Reese Nuckles

4. Baby Belle

5. Blake Moser

6. Kim Smith

7. Jeff Smith

8. Mae Bandy

9. Melinda Stribling

10. Lee Campbell

Inside Springfield

1. Springfield motorcyclist killed in two-vehicle collision

2, Police: Springfield man kidnapped, tazed woman

3. Springfield Police searching for endangered, possibly suicidal, missing person

Billy Long: Our children deserve more than public schools

(From Seventh District Congressman Billy Long)

There are many reasons I support school choice, but the most important one is that it works. On April 29, 2016, I voted in favor of the Scholarship for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act (SOAR). This piece of legislation, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a 224-181 vote, reauthorizes the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to allow parents to have more choice and control over their child’s education – something all parents should have control over.

School choice works and there are studies and data to back that up. A Johns Hopkins University study found that school choice programs saved local and state taxpayers $444 million from 1990 - 2006. Though saving taxpayer’s money is important, the competitive aspect of school choice incentivizes schools to take important steps to improve and become just as competitive.

The impact this has on student success is undeniable. Students participating in the Opportunity Scholarship Program have a 90 percent graduation rate, compared to an overall graduation rate of 58 percent in D.C. Additionally, the scholarship program has strong parental and community support, with 85 percent of parents reporting they are happy with their child’s current participating school and 74 percent of community residents supporting the program.

Sadly, that is not the case for Missourians. While many states are passing legislation that allows for different types of school choice options, Missouri has yet to pass legislation that addresses this issue. In 2014, Governor Nixon, for the second year in a row, vetoed school choice legislation in Missouri. Just as recently as 2016, the Missouri General Assembly tried and failed to pass school choice bills.

So why is there so much controversy? Powerful special interests and labor unions seem to think it is okay to dictate where our students, which are often disadvantaged, can and can’t go to school. Instead of looking at the facts and data presented to them, they would much rather fall in line with outdated thinking that is only hurting students.

I believe a good education begins with active, engaged parents that are allowed to make decisions at the local level. As the school year begins, we should all work to give students and families the options they want and deserve. Politics should never get in the way of a great education that each and every child is deserves.

Mike Pence to join Greitens at Springfield, St. Louis rallies

We are so excited to welcome Governor Mike Pence, the next Vice President of the United States, to the state of Missouri. Gov. Pence and Eric Greitens will be rallying supporters in Springfield and St. Louis on Tuesday. Details are below:

Tuesday, September 6th - Springfield and St. Louis Events with Gov. Mike Pence 

Springfield Mike Pence Town Hall
10:30 AM
Springfield Expo Center
635 East St Louis Street
Springfield, MO 65806
Register for the Springfield Town Hall

St. Louis Mike Pence Town Hall 
1:30 PM
Doubletree Hotel Chesterfield
16625 Swingley Ridge Road 
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Register for the St. Louis Town Hall

Criminal defense firm gave Dankelson $2,000 three weeks after election

One of the biggest contributions to Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Dankelson's successful campaign for District 2 Circuit Court judge came three weeks after he defeated Steve Carlton.

A 30-days-after-election report filed today with the Missouri Ethics Commission shows that the Glades Law Firm, which specializes in criminal defense cases,contributed $2,000 to Dankelson's campaign August 23.

On the same day, the Dankelson campaign paid Choice Marketing of Joplin, which handled its advertising, $4,500, leaving the campaign with only $24.28.

The timing of the contribution was unfortunate, since the Joplin Police arrested one of the firm's frequent clients, Ace Mohr, 23, Carthage, for an armed robbery at 7th and Moffet just one week later. At this point, though Mohr's alleged accomplice, Steven Prall, 25, Joplin, has been charged with felony intent to distribute a controlled substance, the prosecuting attorney has yet to charge Mohr.

This is the third time Mohr has been arrested for armed robbery. On each of the previous occasions, Dankelson dropped the charges.

The prosecuting attorney has seven felony charges pending against Mohr, according to Jasper County Circuit Court records, including possession and trafficking in heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine.

Another Glades Law Firm client, Paul Haney, who was awaiting trial on a felony drug charge, was charged with assault on a law enforcement officer August 27 after allegedly riding a motorcycle through Joplin at 124 miles per hour, then later dragging Sgt. Rusty Rives, after Rives attempted to arrest him at a stoplight.

Haney is free on $5,000 cash bond.

Northpark Mall owners sell Pennsylvania mall

(From CBL & Associates)

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (NYSE: CBL) and affiliates of High Real Estate Group LLC, its 50/50 partner, today announced that it closed on the assignment of 100% of the partnership ownership interest in High Pointe Commons in Harrisburg, PA to Unison Realty Partners. 

High Pointe Commons is a 355,000-square-foot community center anchored by Target and JCPenney. The partnership received total consideration of $33.8 million. Proceeds from the transaction were used to retire existing secured loans aggregating $17.4 million with CBL’s share of net proceeds used to reduce outstanding balances on the Company’s lines of credit.

“This transaction is the latest example of our ability to raise attractively priced capital through dispositions of high-quality community centers,” said Stephen D. Lebovitz, president & CEO. “The excess proceeds from these asset sales furthers our progress reducing leverage, improving our credit metrics and strengthening our balance sheet.”

CBL & Associates owns Northpark Mall in Joplin.

Joplin R-8 blocks media from attending meeting with McKinley parents

The media were barred from covering a meeting with McKinley Elementary parents this evening in the school library.

The district's director of communications Kelli Price relayed the message to media after they arrived to cover the meeting. Reporters for the Joplin Globe, KZRG, and the local television stations waited outside as school officials talked with approximately 30 parents who were concerned about a school bus incident that occurred Tuesday afternoon. 

The meeting was scheduled after students were kept on a bus in 90-degree heat just a block and a half from the school for 45 minutes.

The district released the following statement after word of the incident hit the streets:

This afternoon, there was an incident involving a school bus near McKinley Elementary School. Shortly after picking students up at McKinley Elementary at the end of the school day, the school bus driver pulled over to address student behavior on the bus. The principal was then called to help address the situation. 

When the principal arrived, he boarded the bus. The principal, along with a School Resource Officer, then escorted all of the students off the bus and walked them a block and a half back to the school where parents were called to pick up their students. 

Teachers and staff remained with students until they were picked up. Student safety is a top priority at Joplin Schools. This includes safe transportation to and from school. 

To protect student and staff confidentiality as required by law, we are unable to share specific details. We will fully investigate the incident and review any and all safety procedures related to the matter.

While the news release cited the holy grail of "student and staff confidentiality," there is nothing that would have prohibited district officials from releasing what they knew about the specifics of the case without mentioning any names.

That and keeping the media from attending the meeting appear to be in direct contrast to the transparency that district officials have been trumpeting.

Agenda posted for Tuesday Joplin City Council meeting

COUNCIL AGENDA
September 6, 2016
6:00 P.M., Council Chambers

1.

Call To Order

Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance of the United States of America

2.

Roll Call

3.

Presentations

1.

Proclamation Recognizing September As Life Insurance Awareness Month

2.

Presentation By Council Member Colbert-Kean

Council Member Colbert-Kean to brief Council on observation from recent Court visit.

4.

Finalization Of Consent Agenda

5.

Reports And Communications

1.

Report From Rob O’Brian President Of The Joplin Area Chamber Of Commerce On Economic Development

6.

Citizen Requests And Petitions

1.

Request To Address Council

Request to address Council from Janus Lazarus and Jared Wicklund, 2922 E. 15^th, regarding the Joplin Table Tennis Regional Fall Championship on November 5, 2016. 

2.

Request To Address Council

Paul Teverow, requests to address Council regarding the Pedestrian/bicycle issue, especially street crossings on Frisco Greenway Trail accessibility of Landreth Park from North Main.

7.

Public Hearings

1.

PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES

2.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-273

AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2004-256, passed by the Council of the City of Joplin, Missouri, November 15, 2004, by removing from District R-1 and District C-3 and including in District C-3-PD property as described below and located at the northeast corner of Main Street and 27th Street in the City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

Documents:

1. SUMMARY SHEET CB 2016-273.PDF
2. COUNCIL BILL 2016-273.PDF
3. SUPPLEMENTAL CB 2016-273.PDF

3.

RESOLUTION NO. 2016-019

A RESOLUTION granting a Special Use Permit (First Request) to Blake Webster and AmyKay Cole for the operation of a medical office located at 505 West Second Street, in the City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

Documents:

1. SUMMARY SHEET RES 2016-019 .PDF
2. RESOLUTION 2016-019.PDF
3. SUPPLEMENTAL RES 2016-019.PDF

4.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-274

AN ORDINANCE authorizing, approving, and accepting a transfer of land from the City of Joplin, Missouri, to the City of Webb City, Missouri, pursuant to RSMo., Section 71.011, 2003 as amended, providing for the giving of notice thereof, and establishing an effective date.

Documents:

1. SUMMARY SHEET CB 2016-274 .PDF
2. COUNCIL BILL 2016-274.PDF
3. SUPPLEMENTAL CB 2016-274.PDF

8.

Consent Agenda

1.

Minutes Of The August 15, 2016 Joplin City Council Meeting

Documents:

1. AUG 15 MIN.PDF

2.

Minutes Of The August 29, 2016 Joplin City Special Council Meeting

Documents:

1. AUG 29 MIN.PDF

3.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-408

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to enter into a Sub-Recipient Agreement with the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($2,470,000.00) to purchase and install furniture, fixtures and equipment as required for the development and execution of the proposed training programs/classes. 

9.

Resolutions

1.

RESOLUTION NO. 2016-006

A RESOLUTION ratifying the First Amendment and Restated By-Laws of the Joplin Sports Authority, Inc.

Documents:

1. RS2016-006-SUMMARY SHEET.PDF
2. RS2016-006 -JSA PROPOSED BY-LAWS.PDF
3. RS2016-006.PDF

2.

RESOLUTION NO. 2016-016

A RESOLUTION granting a Special Use Permit (First Request) to Yvonne Vonderosa for the operation of a day care home located at 2306 Xenia Street, in the City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

Documents:

1. SUMMARY SHEET RES 2016-016 .PDF
2. RESOLUTION 2016-016.PDF
3. SUPPLEMENTAL RES 2016-016.PDF

10.

Ordinances - Emergency

1.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-138

AN ORDINANCE approving the contract between the City of Joplin, Missouri and Midwest Transit Equipment Inc. in the amount of One Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($182,157) for the purchase of (3) three light duty cut-a-way vehicles per the specifications of Bid #2016-06; and containing an emergency clause.

Documents:

1. SUMMARY SHEET CB 2016-138.PDF
2. COUNCIL BILL 2016-138.PDF
3. BID TABULATION CB 2016-138.PDF
4. VEHICLE DRAWING CB 2016-138.PDF

2.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-139

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the acceptance of a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Public Transit Operating Assistance Grant Agreement for state funds to be used for operating assistance for the Metro Area Public Transit System (MAPS), and containing an emergency clause.

Documents:

1. SUMMARY SHEET CB 2016-139.PDF
2. COUNCIL BILL 2016-139.PDF
3. GRANT AGREEMENT CB 2016-139.PDF

3.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-371

AN ORDINANCE approving an Agreement between the City of Joplin, Missouri, and the Economic Security Corporation generally pertaining to FY2014 and FY2015 HOME funds for the new construction of housing; authorizing the City Manager or his designee, the Director of Planning, Development, and Neighborhood Services to execute same on behalf of the City, and containing an emergency clause.

Documents:

1. CB 2016-371 SUMMARY.PDF
2. CB 2016-371.PDF
3. ESC_NEWCONSTRUCTION_CONTRACT2014_EDITED.PDF
4. ESC_NEWCONSTRUCTION_CONTRACT2015_EDITED.PDF

4.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-372

AN ORDINANCE approving an Agreement between the City of Joplin, Missouri, and the Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity that pertains to 2015 HOME housing developer funds; authorizing the City Manager or his designee, the Director of Planning, Development and Neighborhood Services of the City of Joplin, Missouri to execute same on behalf of the City; and, containing an emergency clause.

Documents:

1. CB 2016-372 SUMMARY.PDF
2. CB2016-372.PDF
3. JAHFH 15 AGREEMENT_FINAL.PDF

5.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-454

AN ORDINANCE approving a Program Services Contract by and between the State of Missouri, Department of Health and Senior Services, and the City of Joplin, Missouri, for a term commencing October 1, 2016 and running through September 30, 2017, for the amount of up to Six Hundred Seventeen Thousand, Six Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars and no Cents ($617,652.00), to enable the Health Department to provide nutritional assistance and education to residents of Jasper County, authorizing the City Manager to execute the same by and on behalf of the City of Joplin, Missouri; and containing an emergency clause.

Documents:

1. CB2016-454-SUMMARY SHEET.PDF
2. CB2016-454-COUNCIL BILL.PDF
3. CB 2016-454 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM.PDF

6.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-519

AN ORDINANCE amending the Annual Budget of the City of Joplin for the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 as adopted by Ordinance 2015-168 on October 19, 2015, to adjust appropriations and containing an emergency clause.

Documents:

1. CB 2016-519 SUMMARY FY 2016 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT.PDF
2. CB 2016-519 BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE.PDF
3. CB 2016-519 SCHEDULE A BUDGET AMENDMENT SEPTEMBER 2016.PDF

11.

Ordinances - First Reading

1.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-455

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the City of Joplin to enter into a Pharmaceutical Services Agreement by and between the City of Joplin, Missouri, and Pharm Joplin Acquisition, LLC, a MO LLC, dba The Medicine Shoppe, providing generally for the utilization of The Medicine Shoppe pharmacy as the City Health Department’s pharmaceutical provider; and authorizing the City Manager of the City of Joplin, Missouri, to execute the same by and on the behalf of the City of Joplin, Missouri.

Documents:

1. CB2016-455 COUNCIL BILL.PDF
2. CB 2016-455 SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM.PDF
3. CB2016-455-SUMMARY SHEET.PDF

12.

Ordinances - Second Reading And Third Reading

1.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-006

AN ORDINANCE approving, affirming and ratifying the vacation of an alley that was originally vacated by Ordinance No. 21202 on March 6, 1951, by the City Council.

2.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-271

AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 2004-256, passed by the Council of the City of Joplin, Missouri, November 15, 2004, by removing from District R-1 and District C-3 and including in District C-3-PD property as described below and located at the northwest corner of 26^th Street and Main Street in the City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.

3.

COUNCIL BILL NO. 2016-272

AN ORDINANCE providing for the vacation of a 20-foot wide public utility easement located at the northwest corner of 26^th Street and Main Street in the City of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri.  

13.

Unfinished Business

14.

New Business

1.

Declare Excess Surplus Property For The Annual Auction.

2.

NEWS FROM THE PIO