Aurora City Council Agenda
Aurora City Hall
City Council Chambers
2 W. Pleasant
Aurora, Missouri
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - 6 P.M.


1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

PRAYER AND PLEDGE

3.

ROLL CALL

Mayor Jason Lewis
Chairman Pro Tem Tony Kennedy
Councilwoman Dawn Oplinger
Councilman Doyle Ferguson
Councilwoman Theresa Pettit

4.

PUBLIC COMMENT

A citizen desiring to speak on an item not on the agenda may do so at this time. Each citizen is limited to three minutes and the Council will not take action or discuss items at this time. Discussion should be limited to matters of City business and public comment is not permitted in regard to personnel matters or on pending legal matters. Items introduced under “Public Comment” may become agenda items at a later date.

5.

COUNCIL FORUM

Council Forum provides an opportunity for Council Members to share information with the rest of the Council regarding communications with constituents, meetings attended, request items to be put on the agenda, make requests of staff, or direct questions to staff regarding issues that are not on the agenda.

6.

CONSENT AGENDA

Items listed on the 'Consent Agenda' are considered routine and shall be enacted by one motion of the City Council with no separate discussion.  If separate discussion is desired by a member of the Council, that item will be removed from the 'Consent Agenda' and placed on the regular agenda as a final item under 'New Business'.

6.I.

Approval of Minutes - City Council Regular Session Minutes December 13, 2022

6.II.

December 2022/January 2023 Appropriations

7.

OLD BUSINESS

8.

NEW BUSINESS

8.I.

Oath of Office and Pinning of New Police Officer

8.II.

Oath of Office and Pinning of New Police Officer

8.VIII.

First Reading of Ordinance No. 2023-3275 FY2022 Budget Amendment

8.IX.
8.XI.

Community Development Annual Presentation

8.XII.

Discussion - Emergency Leave

9.

Discussion - Vacant City Council Seat

10.

STAFF REPORTS/ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS


1.  City Manager Report
2.  Economic/Community Development Report

11.

CLOSED SESSION

Pursuant to RSMo 610.021

(1) Legal actions, causes of action or litigation involving public government body and any confidential or privileged communications between a public governmental body or its representatives and its attorneys.

(3)  Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular employees by a public governmental body when personal information about the employee is discussed or recorded.  However, any vote on a final decision, when taken by a public governmental body, to hire, fire, promote or discipline an employee of a public governmental body shall be made available with a record of how each member voted to the public within seventy-two hours of the close of the meeting where such action occurs; provided, however, that any employee so affected shall be entitled to prompt notice of such decision during the seventy-two-hour period before such decision is made available to the public.  As used in this subdivision, the term "personal information" means information relating to the performance or merit of individual employees;

(13)  Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings or records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment, except that this exemption shall not apply to the names, positions, salaries and lengths of service of officers and employees of public agencies once they are employed as such, and the names of private sources donating or contributing money to the salary of a chancellor or president at all public colleges and universities in the state of Missouri and the amount of money contributed by the source;

12.

ADJOURNMENT