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Some of the best messaging in the world comes out of Madison Avenue. But as the following link will show, commercial advertising has become an art form that is not exclusively an American enterprise.
We did some shopping on the web this past week and found the following link as our gift to you this Christmas.
They are ten of the best commercials we found packaged up for you on the wonderful world wide web. One last note . . . be sure to have a box of tissues nearby --- some of these are real tearjerkers.
Our favorite is
the last one. (no spoilers here, you will have to watch) Which is your
favorite?
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| BY PAUL LIVIUS |
The Paul Livius Report
Raytown Board of Aldermen Meeting
December 19,
2017
Brian Morris told the
Board the current law states residents making public comments are required to give
their name and address. He said this
tells people the speaker isn’t home. It
could create a dangerous situation. He
asked the Board to change the law so speakers are required to give their name
and ward number. The address could still
be recorded on the sign-up sheet. Kathie
Schutte said in October, the Raytown Volunteers in Police (RViP) received their
Articles of Incorporation. The RViP will
serve as a bridge between the police department and the community. Their first fund-raiser will be on January
10. It will be called “Stone Soup under
the Bridge”. More information will be
posted on social media. Alderman Steve
Meyers thanked Mayor Mike McDonough for all the time he spent representing
Santa during the month of December.
The Board passed an
ordinance authorizing an intergovernmental agreement with the Jackson County Board
of Election Commissioners to utilize city hall as a polling place for the 2018
calendar year This is a request for a cooperative agreement with Jackson County
to provide a polling location for two precincts that serve the City. Under
state law, public entities are required to provide polling locations to
election authorities free of charge and City Hall has been used as a polling
location for many years. The attached contract specifies the rights and
responsibilities of the parties with respect to such use.
The Board passed a
resolution until December 19 for the continuation of an agreement for inmate
security housing services with Johnson County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Office. Alderman Steve Meyers said the Board had been
told Chief Lynch would be available to answer questions, and he wanted to table
this until the Chief was present. Alderman
Meyers said three civilians have been rehired to staff the jail. On July 1, 2017 the City entered into a
contract with Johnson County Missouri Sheriff’s Department to provide housing
for our inmates. The contract will terminate on June 30, 2019. The Police
Department is requesting approval to provide payment of invoices to the Johnson
County Missouri Sheriff’s Department for fiscal year 2017-2018.
The Board passed an ordinance
authorizing an agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
for intersection improvements at MO-350 and Raytown road. Before the Public
Works department can put this 350 Highway and Raytown Road Project out to bid,
an ordinance must be executed by the City to agree to enter into this grant
agreement with Mo DOT. Also, part of accepting the grant is to pay MARC a small
project fee of about $3,187.50. This
will allow the city to receive approximately $630,000 in grant money from the
State.
The Board passed a
resolution amending the fiscal year 2017-2018 budget relating to transportation
and capital sales tax. This amendment is due to the delay in last fiscal year’s
financing plan. Current staff began to review and analyze the need of debt
issuance to fund needed transportation projects throughout the City. After much
discussion, we believe it would be a more advisable solution to self-fund the
projects through utilization of current Transportation Sales Tax and Capital
Sales Tax monies. The change in budget would allow Public Works to complete the
83rd Street Bridge and 350 HWY Interchange projects this fiscal year. The Blue
Ridge Overlay would come off the list of projects being completed this year.
Maintenance will also be at a minimum this year but future years will have full
utilization for Transportation Sales Tax dollars instead of making up to a
$620,000.00 annual debt service payment.
The Board passed a
resolution approving an agreement for legal services with Kapke & Willerth
for city attorney and special counsel services and approving the expenditure of
funds with Kapke and Willerth in excess of $15,000.00 but within budgeted
amounts for fiscal year 2017-2018.
The Board passed a
resolution approving a prosecutorial service agreement with Ross C. Nigro, Jr. The
City has had a contract with Ross C. Nigro Jr. since February 2001 to provide
prosecuting attorney services. A history of compensation: 2001 - $19,000.00,
2002 - $20,387.00, 2011 – $28,000.08, 2013 - $28,840.00 and the proposed
increase for 2017 is $31,724.00. Mr. Nigro’s duties have significantly
increased; especially in the administrative area, due to Senate Bill changes.
This agreement was also approved in the fiscal year 2017-2018 budget.
The Board passed a
resolution amending the budget by transferring $757,514.00 from un-appropriated
surplus to various funds to accommodate prior year encumbrances which were
approved in fiscal year 2016-2017 but not expended during such fiscal year. The
City has several roll-over encumbrances from 2016-2017 that should be added to
the 2017-2018 budget. The attached exhibit lists in detail the encumbrances
that will be added to the FY 2017-2018 budget, if approved. The funds are
coming from unappropriated surplus since these were authorized in fiscal year
2016-2017, but not spent. Requesting the following appropriation:
Transportation Sales Tax
Fund $590,193.31
Capital Sales Tax Fund $62,719.70
Public Works Department $42,150.00
Parks Fund $32,344.00
Storm Water
$30,106.38
The Board passed a
resolution authorizing the continuation of an agreement with Tyler Technologies,
Inc. for maintenance of windows-based software provided by Interactive Computer
Designs in an amount not to exceed $123,150. The City currently utilizes INCODE
and is implementing EnerGov software, a division of Tyler Technologies, Inc.
INCODE houses all financial, purchasing, utility, payroll, human resources,
cash collections, courts and customer service functions. EnerGov hosts
permitting, licensing, inspections, and code enforcement. INCODE and EnerGov
are essential in the day to day operations of our city by keeping the updates
and functionality of these resources provides efficiency for our City.
The Board passed a
resolution authorizing an agreement with Independent Salt Company for the
purchase of salt for the purpose of treating roads and bridges in inclement
weather in a total amount not to exceed $60,000. In May of 2017, Independent
Salt Company submitted the low bid for 700 tons of salt at $60.88/ton resulting
in a total bid amount of $42,616.00. The contract, approved by the Board of
Aldermen on June 20, 2017, includes the option to purchase additional salt at
the same unit price of $60.88 through March 31, 2018. Staff recommends the
purchase of 700 tons from Independent Salt Company to be delivered prior to
March 31, 2018 to replenish salt levels that are anticipated to be used through
this winter season. Additionally, up to 1000 tons of additional salt may be
purchased from the City of Kansas City through material transport as a back-up
source of salt in the event of unseasonable levels of snowfall from Independent
Salt prior to March 31, 2018.
The Board passed a
resolution approving the professional services of storm water infrastructure
repair in Raytown from D&D Custom Construction and approving project
expenses for Woodson Road and Little Blue for a total amount not to exceed
$30,000. On Sunday, August 6th, 2017 the City of Raytown was informed the stone
retaining wall on the west side of Woodson Road near The River Church had
partially collapsed. Monday morning, August 7th. Public Works Department crews barricaded the
area and began to remove the clogged debris from the 2 culverts crossing under
Woodson Road. PWD reached out to Jerry Wiedenmann of Wiedenmann Inc., Jimbo
Leath of Leath & Sons, and D&D Custom Construction to make a site visit
and begin the process of writing an estimate for the repairs. PWD received a
response from all 3 contractors. Two contractors submitted proposals as
attached, and Wiedenmann Inc. declined. After reviewing the estimates, response
time frame and internal discussion, it was determined to move forward with the
D & D Custom Construction proposal. The proposal will include the
repair/relaying of the stone wall along with raising the wall eighteen inches
for additional safety and installing scuppers for drainage along the wall.
The Board passed a resolution
authorizing the city administrator to enter into an agreement with Pyramid
Contractors Inc for the 83rd street bridge project in a total amount not to
exceed $1,578,110. The Public Works Department received 4 sealed bids that were
opened on Tuesday, October 24. Pyramid
Contractors Inc. is the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder with a base bid
of $1,434,644.69 and is being recommended for approval. MO DOT has completed
their review of the bid as well and has given the City concurrence on the award
to Pyramid Contractors Inc. The base bid was in the amount of $1,434,644.69.
Staff is requesting purchasing authority up to $1,578,110 to accommodate for
potential change orders. This is approximately 10% of the base bid total cost.
This amount is within projected amounts and leaves adequate room for
construction services within the project cost projections.
The Board passed a
resolution declaring certain property owned by the city of Raytown as surplus
and authorizing disposition of such property by auction. Multiple vehicles have
been taken out of service due to the purchase and operation of new vehicles.
Public Works has evaluated the vehicles that were taken out of service and it
was determined that these vehicles are not well-suited for continued use by the
City and should therefore be deemed surplus and disposed of in accordance with
the purchasing policy.
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Andy Whiteman
Congratulations to the Raytown Police Department's Detective Greer and Sgt. Rogers for receiving SUPER BOWL tickets from KC Chief's player Kareem Hunt!
We are proud of you!
5:21
Go to the the Raytown Police dept's Facebook page or to the Raytown Unleashed FB page. The whole story is there plus a video of Kareem Hunt presenting the tickets. It is very cool!
These two officers were also honored previously at a Chiefs game for being Hometown Heroes.
Also, several of the local TV stations showed the video of Kareem Hunt presenting the tickets as well last night.
12:12 PM
HA!
Probably like crow! :)
It is important to mention that these officers who were certainly heroic in their actions, were utilizing publically paid for and issued equipment while working not only off-duty, but outside of the confines of the City of Raytown. This would be the equivalent of two public works employees taking a backhoe home over a weekend to install swimming pools on the side. If these Officers heroic actions result in injury litigation is the City on the hook for their liability just as the County was earlier in the year when a Sheriffs Deputy shot and killed someone while working off-duty at the Raytown Walmart? I realize Chief Lynch has proven he is above the law, but when is enough going to be enough?
You know what? No body cares any more. Someone got something for nothing. Get used to it.
You sound like a grinch. You turned a heartwarming story into a tale of corruption and woe that no doubt requires wearing a tin foil hat to believe. Way to go spinning a positive into a negative.
Be sure to include cookies, donuts, pizza, other food etc to the Police that they receive all year long.
So should we tell business, community groups to quit giving gifts?
Give me a break
Who cares 4:08
4:08 pm
I bet if you were that person that they saved (or that man's wife or his child) you would think differently.
Finally some GOOD news regarding our police dept and of course it has to get dismissed and downplayed.
I'm sure they will do what they have to do to make this legal.
They did not ask for the award and they cannot give the Chiefs anything nor are they beholden to Chiefs for anything in anyway. The stadium is owned by the Jackson County taxpayers including Raytown residents. So all your rhetoric about codes and state law are null
They did a good thing, Chiefs /NFL honored them
4:08 get over it.
Nobody cares. A life was saved, but you want to count beans.
Yes, there is an "uncle scrooge" faction of the Republican party....
I don't believe in socialism, so I have nowhere else to go... These folks drive me crazy and I strongly dislike being aligned with them politically.
Again! Ridiculous
And that was done at the request of the Chiefs organization
That would not equate to a freebie for a violation by most cops I know of.
Drink a beer.
Andy Whiteman
Key Word EXPECT.
Let's say everyone is correct. The officers should not have accepted the gift. What are you going to do about it? Are you so naïve as to think they will make a post on this blog claiming they gave it back?
It doesn't affect the finances of the city, so why is it even any of your business? Perhaps you need to get a life so you have something else to think about other than other people's lives.
If you had taken the Citizen's Police Academy this fall you could have gotten to know these two fine officers who got the tickets.
I get the daily incident reports from the RPD and crime is really down in this cold weather. That's a good thing--plus no spiders and no mowing!
Do you need seed money? We could create a go-fund me account if you do. Maybe if we had that place, they could all gather there and leave the rest of us alone!
Let the whole thing be worked out by the powers to be. Why are you all so intent to cause problems for anyone.
Some people are not content unless they have caused trouble for someone else.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Blahaha! LOVE it. Of course you can't see me right now, but if you could, you would see that my thumb and forefinger are clasping a tiny gold statuette. For you, my love.
A couple suggestions, however. Ixnay on the soapbox. Instead, install a "dais". And make certain that someone randomly blurts out "DAIS!" at least 12 times per hour. Everyone could do a smoothie shot at each utterance.
And it's doubtful that ANY of these people need microphones. (Cost savings there.)
You'll need a FT event coordinator/mediator and WiFi for "Confrontation Hour", "Neophyte Corner" (with a diaper dispenser), "Keyboard Warrior Ward"...
And how about reserved parking? I would say one space for "The Chief" and another space for "The Mayor", but it's doubtful that they'd both be there at once because they probably don't want anyone knowing that they hang. One spot will do. The parking placard could say "For Crockett -OR- Tubbs".
And there should be some namesake dishes on the menu.
(I wouldn't however trust what might end up in the food.)
Happy 2018.
9:49 AM -> BOOM!
Alderman, hereby requesting the formulation of a more stringent ethics policy to address any future maladaptive behaviors such as the one above (if indeed substantiated that this incident or any variation thereof did occur) in order to more cogently focus on some rather dire issues at hand.
Any elected official that stoops to a similar level in the future either needs to resign or be jettisoned from office immediately.
12:16 pm
Thank you and so true!
Anonymous postings contribute greatly to the nastiness. Some posts don't even get published if the blog owners don't agree with them.
IMHO, if we had to sign our names the vitriol would disappear.
Then DON'T! Problem solved.
Chief Lynch did NOT keep 50% of the money from the REAP tournament. Half of the money was prize funds to the golfers and half of the money went to REAP.
Besides the one entry fee thing was between one person and another. NOT city business and nothing to do with either charity
12:32 pm
Why so nasty? Are you having marriage, money, job, or health troubles?
I wish you peace and prosperity in the new year. It takes a lot of energy being mean. Put out positive, uplifting vibes and it will come back to you.
We are all energy beings in a human body at the moment. Don't stifle your soul.