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The City of Parkville, in conjunction with the Veterans’ Memorial Committee, sought public input for designs for the Monument at the Veterans’ Memorial Campaign from October 27 through November 22, 2017. The campaign provided an opportunity for citizens to honor Veterans by submitting design concepts for a future memorial to be located in English Landing Park. The public voted on the top candidates at a booth inside the American Legion (11 Main Street) at Christmas on the River and through the City’s website.

Updates will be available on the City’s Facebook (@CityofParkville) and Twitter (@parkvillemo) pages using the hashtag #MonumentVeteransMemorialPKV and on the City’s website. The winning design will be displayed at City Hall for public viewing until the monument is completed.

The committee will work with the top 3 designs (A, D & E below) based on the public vote. After a plan is developed, fundraising will begin.

Note: To view the full details about each design, click on the Design (PDF) links above the photos below.

Design A (PDF)

Design B (PDF)

Design C (PDF)

Design D (PDF)

Design E (PDF)

Design F (PDF)

The effort to develop a Veterans’ memorial is being led by the Veterans’ Memorial Committee made up of members of veterans’ service organizations and other community members. For more information about the Monument at the Veterans’ Memorial Campaign, contact Assistant to the City Administrator Anna Mitchell at (816) 741-7676.

The City of Parkville is seeking public input for the Monument at the Veterans’ Memorial Campaign. The campaign provides an opportunity for citizens to honor Veterans by submitting design concepts for a future memorial to be located in English Landing Park.

Design concepts can be submitted in PDF format by e-mail to Assistant to the City Administrator Anna Mitchell or can be dropped off at Parkville City Hall, 8880 Clark Avenue. Submissions are due by Wednesday, November 22, 2017.

Top candidates will be chosen for the public to then vote on a favorite design at a booth at Christmas on the River in downtown Parkville on Friday, December 1. The event begins at 6:00 p.m. and the public can vote throughout the festival.

The winner will be announced on Monday, December 4^th on the City’s Facebook (@CityofParkville) and Twitter (@parkvillemo) pages using the hashtag #MonumentVeteransMemorialPKV and on the City’s website. The winning design will also be displayed at City Hall for public viewing.

For more information about the Monument at the Veterans’ Memorial Campaign, contact Assistant to the City Administrator Anna Mitchell at (816) 741-7676.

The City is pleased to announce that, with the help of the Friends of Parkville Nature Sanctuary (FOPNS), the Bob Fluchel Memorial Butterfly Garden in the Parkville Nature Sanctuary is ready for visitors. The Nature Sanctuary has an impressive history of offering a remarkable, but simple, nature retreat. The Bob Fluchel Memorial Butterfly Garden is an accessible and visible addition to the Sanctuary.

On February 21, the Board of Aldermen named the garden The Bob Fluchel Memorial Butterfly Garden in honor of the late Bob Fluchel who passed away in 2015. His passion was the intersection of nature conservation and education. After retiring from the Missouri Department of Conservation, Fluchel continued his life’s work as the director of the Nature Sanctuary. Bob’s wife Barbara gave her blessing for the name and mentioned that in addition to his work at the nature sanctuary, Bob helped several schools establish butterfly gardens.

FOPNS is a non-profit friends group that was incorporated in 2015 to supplement existing support from the City and fundraising for future programming, maintenance and development of the nature sanctuaries in Parkville. FOPNS wanted to honor Bob Fluchel, who was the primary driver for creation of the group, by completing a project that was manageable for a first major project. The momentum gained from a completed project will help drive future projects and donations.  

Mayor Johnston said, “The City is extraordinarily thankful for the work of Bob Fluchel, the volunteers and FOPNS. We extend a special thank you to Embassy Landscapes. The boulder/rock elements in the original design were removed from the final design due to the cost constraints and Embassy Landscapes donated the labor and materials to complete the original concept.  The results of Bob’s passion and hard work will be part of the lasting gift to the citizens who enjoy the Parkville Nature Sanctuary.”

A dedication ceremony, hosted by the City of Parkville and FOPNS, was held on Monday, June 12.

For more information contact Nature Sanctuary Director Joe Ryan at (816) 741-7676 or by e-mail.

Parkville City Hall is closed Monday, May 26th in honor of Memorial Day.

The City of Parkville will host the 3^rd Annual Northland Law Enforcement Appreciation Day event on Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Platte Landing Park in downtown Parkville. The event is free and open to everyone!

Over 30 law enforcement agencies from the northland will participate in the event that will start at 11:00 a.m. The honor guard flag parade will start at 11:30 a.m. and will be led by the Kansas City, Missouri Mounted Patrol, along with police ATV’s, bicycles and bagpipes. The parade will start at the intersection of Main and McAfee streets and end in Platte Landing Park.

The event will also include the Fallen Officer Memorial, police car row, demonstrations, special operations and tactical vehicles and personnel from both land and water, and many kid-friendly events. Children can participate in a road course in a Parkville power car and driving-aged teenagers and adults can drive the DWI education pedal car in a course simulating impaired driving.

For more information about the event, contact the Parkville Police Department at (816) 741-4454.

The City of Parkville published its expanded 2019 Budget document. In December, the Parkville Board of Aldermen adopted the fiscal year 2019 budget and 2019-2024 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) ordinance. The City’s budget includes 16 governmental funds and totals approximately $11 million. In addition to the operating budget, the 2019 CIP, totaling approximately $3.1 million, prioritizes capital projects and establishes a financing strategy for completing each project in 2019.

The expanded budget document provides additional information, beyond the budget ordinance, that helps communicate to the public not only the City’s revenues and projected expenditures for the upcoming year, but a vast amount of additional information. In addition to being a financial plan, the document is a policy document, an operations guide and a communication device for the benefit of taxpayers.  

In 2018 for the third year in a row, the City received a Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the City of Parkville 2018 Annual Budget. It is the highest form of recognition and the only national awards program in governmental budgeting. Only 15 municipalities statewide received the award in the first three quarters of 2018, putting Parkville among the top two percent of its peers for excellence in municipal budgeting.

The budget is the most significant document that the City prepares each year and is organized to convey the services being delivered to the community in 2019. The Board of Aldermen held a strategic planning session in August 2018 to review community priorities and set organizational goals. The Board identified five critical success factors to achieve the City’s mission: basic services, infrastructure, economic development, parks and finances. The 2019 budget maintains essential services at current levels and directs limited additional resources toward the five critical success factors, of which the 2019 budget focuses on addressing.

Highlights of the 2019 budget include:

• Year-end expense savings in the General Fund primarily due to personnel and legal services savings, as well as CIP projects that were postponed to 2019.
• The Board continues to strategically maintain reserves beyond the minimum target of 25 percent, in accordance with adopted Neighborhood Improvement District Financing Strategy, in order to make the payment of bond principal, interest and fees to the Brink Meyer Debt Service Fund and Brush Creek Debt Service Fund.
• The entirety of the 2019-2024 Capital Improvement Program includes $9 million of capital improvements, with a 2019 budget of $3.1 million; large projects to be done this year include completion of the English Landing Park low water crossing, beginning construction on the Route 9 street project and completing priorities identified in the 2008 Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Study and subsequent closed circuit television inspections.
• The 2019 Debt Service includes the second payment toward the increased street maintenance program which allowed for the repair of 40 streets and an increase in the overall street rating; the City will continue to pay interest and fees annually through 2022.
• A new fund was approved for the 2019 budget. The Veterans Memorial Donation Fund will be used to house donations given for the construction of the planned Veterans Memorial to be placed in English Landing Park.

Mayor Johnston said, “I want to thank the City staff who worked hard to prepare the annual budget that will guide City operations this year. I appreciate the effort of the staff each year to analyze budget recommendations and respond to questions from the Board of Aldermen. We are proud of the budget document, its purpose of promoting transparency in government and the opportunity to better communicate with our residents how we proposed to spend their tax dollars.”

The 2019 budget became effective January 1, 2019. The final budget document is available on the City website at https://parkvillemo.gov/download/Final2019Budget.pdf.

For more information about the budget document, please contact Assistant to the City Administrator Anna Mitchell at (816) 741-7676