census to secure grant money for Roads
Grant money for Shady Lane
Village of Ookvlew
6404 N. Locust St.
Oakview, MO 64118
(816) 436-9150
November 13, 2025
Dear Oakview Resident,
The Village is asking for your help by completing the enclosed survey. We are
working to understand the needs tor improvements in our community, including
public facilities, infrastructure, and roads. By filling out this survey, you can help
us qualify tor federal funding that will support these improvements — like the
much-needed repairs to Shady Lane Dr, Lindberg Dr, Maple Dr, Circle Dr,
Harrison Streets, and the culverts / bridges located on Maple Dr. and Lindberg
Dr.
Why We Need Your Help:
• This survey asks about your family size and income. This information is
important because it helps us qualify for funding thaf can be used fo
address various community needs.
• The more people that respond, the better chance we have of securing
the funding necessary fo moke these improvements.
Your Privacy Is Important:
• Your answers will be kept private. We will only use them to help determine
eligibility for funding.
• The survey is voluntary, but your participation is greatly appreciated and
will help the entire community.
Methods to Submit Your Survey:
It's easy to return your completed survey-
• Email it to citv@oakviewmo.ora.
• Drop off at the Village Office, 6404 N. Locust Street, Oakview, MO 64118.
• Call the Village Office af (816) 436-9150 and we'll pick it up.
• Call the Village Office (816) 436-9150 and complete the survey by
telephone.
• Moil to the Village Office, 6404 N. Locust Street, Oakview, MO 64118.
• Request door-to-door assistance for all survey-related needs.
Village of Ookview Survey
November 13, 2025
Poge 2
Date Due:
Please complete and submit your survey as soon as possible, or by November
21,2025.
If you have any questions or need assistance with the survey, feel free fo
contact us at (816) 436-9150 or city@oakviewmo.org.
Thank you for your time and participation. Your response helps build a better
Oakviewl
Sincerely
Laura Russell
Chairperson
How to Complete the Survey – Step-by-Step
To make sure your response is counted and valid, please complete the form fully
and carefully:
• Include your address.
• Check your response method (Method of Distribution).
1. Household Information
Indicate how many families reside at your address. A family includes
individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Unrelated roommates
count as separate one-person families.
List the total number of people living in the home.
2. Family Size and Income
For each family, indicate:
The number of people in that family.
The total gross annual income from all sources (wages, Social Security,
disability, pensions, etc.).
Select only one income range that matches the income level for that
family.
3. Demographic Information
You must write the number of individuals at your address who meet the
following criteria:
• Female Head of Household
• Children under age 6
• Individuals over age 60
• Persons with disabilities
��� Do not just check the boxes—write the number of people in each
category to ensure your survey is valid.
4. Race and Ethnicity
Indicate how many people at your address are:
• Hispanic or Latino / Not Hispanic or Latino
Then, indicate how many individuals belong to each racial category
(e.g., White, Black, Asian, etc.).
��� Again, please write in the number of people, not checkmarks.
5. Final Details
Write the date the survey was completed.
Signature is optional, but helpful.
���������� How to Return the Survey
Please return your completed survey by November 21, 2025 using one of
the following options:
• Email it to city@oakviewmo.org.
• Drop off at the Village Office, 6404 N. Locust Street, Oakview, MO
64118.
• Call the Village Office at (816) 436-9150 and we’ll pick it up.
• Call the Village Office (816) 436-9150 and complete the survey by
telephone.
• Mail to the Village Office, 6404 N. Locust Street, Oakview, MO
64118.
• Request door-to-door assistance for all survey-related needs.
Thank you for your time. Your response counts and helps improve Oakview!
office hours
City Hall is back to regular office hours/Court
Except Tuesday September 2, City Hall will be closed.
Monday thru Thursday 10am to 4pm
Court Day
Phones will close at noon on court nights.
Ordinance to be adopted in January 2026
Short Term Rentals
Bill # 778 Ordinance #2025-8
An Ordinance to define and ban Short Term Rentals (STR)
WHEREAS, The Board of Trustees of the Village of Oakview, MO acknowledges there are no existing Short-Term Rental units as of the effective date of this Ordinance.
Definitions:
1. Short Term Rental means a homeowner/rental property company that is renting out/occupying for a total of less than 183 days per calendar year.
THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Board of Trustees for the Village of Oakview, Clay County, Missouri as follows:
Short Term rentals are strictly prohibited in the Village of Oakview, Mo.
Read, posted and passed on this 13th day of January, 2026
Laura Russell, Chairperson
Jacob Bielenberg, Attorney
Meeting moved to dec 11, 2025 6pm!!!
Meeting moved to December 11, 2025 6pm
Board Meeting: Thursday, December 11, 2025 @ 6:00 PM
Held by the BOARD OF TRUSTEES for the VILLAGE of OAKVIEW
6404 N. Locust St. Oakview, MO 64118 at City Hall in the Municipal Court Room
P: 816-436-9150 C: 816-704-0167 E: city@oakviewmo.org
Posted: December 4, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.
Cell Tower
Computers/IT
Move Domain Name
PERMITS:
New Business:
Old Business:
Shady Lane Bids
CITY BUSINESS:
New Business:
Street Signs
UBER HUB / Gas Station
Work Session Meeting
Minutes: 11/12/2025
(open)
Board Responsibilities
Proposed Fee Increases
Specific to Permits /
Licenses
Home Based Business
Employee bonus
Old Business:
Human Resources (HR)
Accounting
Quickbooks
Asset Audit
MOPERM Training
Short-term rentals
Long-term rentals
Variance Board
Bank
Security cameras
Vehicle Logs
PUBLIC WORKS:
Old Business:
Potholes
Water Department
Snow Bids
New Business:
BUILDING MAINTENANCE:
Old Business:
Ceiling Tiles
New Business:
VILLAGE CLERK’S
UPDATE:
Old Business:
BTBP, Bank Acct Info,
Financials + Purchasing
Logs
Parking in yards
Notary
New Business:
COURT CLERK’S
UPDATE:
Old Business:
Court Reports
Court Monthly
Comparison
Records Retention
Court BailiƯ
New Business:
Court Dates for 2026
POLICE DEPT. UPDATE:
Old Business:
Uniforms
Fleet
Stats
RMS System
Axon Equipment
New Business:
Stop Sticks
Police Patches
Livescan
CLOSED SESSION
Pursuant to, RSMo 610.021, Subsection (1) Legal actions, causes of action or litigation involving a public
governmental body and any confidential or privileged communications between a public governmental body or its
representatives and its attorneys and Subsection (3) Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting of particular
employees by a public governmental body when personal information about the employee is discussed or
recorded.
Trash Changes this year
Trash Changes
Trash, Recycling, & Brush/Yard Waste
Trash: All trash should fit into the polycart. Trash polycarts / trash must be at the curb before 7 a.m. on Thursdays for pickup. Trash stickers for additional bags are available at City Hall for $1 each.
Bulk Items: GFL will collect bulk items at $10 per item. The $10 bulk sticker is available at the Village Office. At least 24-hours before pickup, residents must call GFL at (816) 380-5595 or kccustomercare@gflenv.com to schedule and confirm bulk item pickup. Bulk items could include residentially generated household items and must be readily moved by two people, including mattresses, couches, box springs, chairs, dressers, desks, doors, windows, and other household furniture. *GFL will not collect excluded items (see “Excluded Bulk Items”)
Excluded Bulk Items: Appliances, computers, monitors, and other electronics waste, hazardous waste (paint, solvents, lawn chemicals), tires, automotive parts, and construction materials.
Recycling: All recycling should fit into the polycart. Visit https://oakviewmissouri.com/ for a copy of GFL’s Recycling Guide; also, the Recycling Guide is available for pickup at the Village Office.
Brush / Yard Waste: Pickup is available from March 1st to November 30th. GFL service includes up to seven biodegradable paper bags or tied stick bundles (4’ x 2’ wide) per week.
No Collection occurs on the following holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1st), Thanksgiving, Christmas Day. Services will be one day delayed for the week. *If these holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday, then Services will be collected as normal. The holidays resulting in a one-day delay are subject to change.
For additional GFL information, please visit https://gflenv.com or call (816) 380-5595.
newsletter
October 2025
We’re excited to have you as part of our community!
This flyer provides a quick overview of essential
services, local guidelines, answers to frequently asked
questions, and contacts to help you settle in smoothly.
Oakview is a small municipality with approximately 395
residents and 20 businesses, a Police Department,
Municipal Court, and City Hall. Oakview is governed
by five Board of Trustees who meet monthly at the City
Hall Meeting Room. All residents are welcome to
attend the meetings!
Oakview has a city-wide trash pickup paid through
your real estate tax bill that is collected by Clay County
by December 31 of each year. GFL, the trash
company, provides two polycarts – one for trash and
one for recycling – both limited to what fits in each
polycart (not to exceed 40 lbs.).
Additional information is as follows:
- Trash: All trash should fit into the polycart. Trash
polycarts / trash must be at the curb before 7
a.m. on Thursdays for pickup. Trash stickers for
additional bags are available at City Hall for $1
each.
Bulk Items: GFL will collect bulk items at $10 per
item. The $10 bulk sticker is available at the Village
Office. At least 24-hours before pickup, residents
must call GFL at (816) 380-5595 or
kccustomercare@gflenv.com to schedule and
confirm bulk item pickup. Bulk items could include
residentially generated household items and must
be readily moved by two people, including mattresses, couches, box springs,
chairs, dressers, desks, doors, windows, and other household furniture. *GFL will
not collect excluded items (see “Excluded Bulk Items”).
- Excluded Bulk Items: Appliances, computers, monitors, and other electronics
waste, hazardous waste (paint, solvents, lawn chemicals), tires, automotive parts,
and construction materials.
- Recycling: All recycling should fit into the polycart. Visit
https://oakviewmissouri.com/ for a copy of GFL’s Recycling Guide; also, the
Recycling Guide is available for pickup at the Village Office.
- Brush / Yard Waste: Pickup is available from March 1st to November 30th. GFL service
includes up to seven biodegradable paper bags or tied stick bundles (4’ x 2’ wide)
per week.
- No Collection occurs on the following holidays: New Year’s Day (January 1st),
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day. Services will be one day delayed for the week. *If these
holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday, then Services will be collected as normal. The
holidays resulting in a one-day delay are subject to change.
- For additional GFL information, please visit https://gflenv.com or call (816) 380-5595.
- Electricity: Provided by Evergy. For billing and service inquiries, contact (816) 471-5275.
- Gas: Provided by Spire. For billing and service inquiries, contact 1-800-582-1234.
call [Phone Number] to set up service.
- Water & Sewer: Managed by Kansas City Water Department (816) 513-1313. For billing
and service inquiries, contact (816) 513-1313.
- Internet & Cable: Various options are available: Google Fiber Direct TV, AT&T, Spectrum,
EarthLink, and others are in the area.
- Please do not park vehicles on the street during snow or ice storms. Your vehicle
could be towed!
- Oakview has adopted ordinances regarding noise, parking on the street overnight,
and maintaining your property (grass heights, unusable items left in yard, etc.).
- Ordinance No. 2023-12, Section 15, prohibits “the owning, keeping or harboring of
any Wild Animals / Non-domesticated Animals, Livestock or Fowl within the Village.”
“Wild / Non-domesticated Animals” include chickens, rabbits, turkeys, geese, ducks,
chickens, hens, roosters, cows, goats, pigs, horses, mules, livestock and fowl - this list is
not all inclusive – see Ordinance 2023-12, Section 1, for a complete definition. If you
have any questions, contact City Hall.
- If City Hall receives a complaint, it could result in a cordial warning letter requesting
corrective action be taken. If the matter is not resolved, costs, penalties, and lien(s)
could result. Nuisances include, “but is not limited to, or the scattering over the
premises of any of the following” [Bill No. 725 / Ordinance No. 2018-2]:
High weeds, grass, etc.,
Junk, trash, debris,
Unlicensed / non-operating motor vehicle,
“Accumulating…leaves for more than 48 hours”,
Outside storage of household items, and/or
Brush piles that attract vermin.
- Please don’t wait too long to pick up the pile of tree limbs/sticks, brush, leaves. Do
not blow the leaves, grass, debris into the street, which could result in a Nuisance
Violation; leaves, grass, debris clog up the Village storm water drains. Let’s all do our
part keeping our community at its best!
If you have questions, contact City Hall.
- Waste Disposal: Please clean up after your pets.
- Ordinance No. 2023-12 requires owners of dogs and cats over six months of age to
have their animals immunized against rabies and licensed. The owner must submit a licensed veterinarian’s certification that the animal has been immunized against
rabies to the Village clerk. The rabies certification must be always kept current with
the Village Clerk. Failure to comply will result in automatic refusal to issue or
revocation of the pet registration. The current pet registration fee is $5 per pet.
- Ordinance No. 2023-12, Section 10, provides, “[n]o owner, family or household shall
own, keep, or harbor more than four (4) dogs and cats (total) over the age of four
months.”
- Pets running at large must be under control with a gated fence, leashed, or securely
tied up. Pets without proper pet registration(s), could result in citations / fines.
Ordinance No. 2023-12, Section 16, provides, “total fines and court costs of up
to…$200.00 for the first violation in a year…[increasing] to $450.00 for the fourth and
any subsequent violation in a year. Each day a violation…continues in effect shall
constitute a new and separate violation.”
- Please help the Village keep your pets safe. If they get out, pet tags could help bring
them home safely!
- Business Licenses: Required for operating any business within Village limits.
- Home Improvements: Oakview permits are required for any new construction or project
(decks, sheds, fences, garages, patios, or any add-ons to your existing house).
- The Village Office often gets calls related to whether projects require an Oakview License
and / or Permit. If you have questions, please contact City Hall. Visit
https://oakviewmissouri.com for Oakview’s License and Permit forms; also, these forms are available by hard copy at the Village Office.
- One of the first steps for a construction or electrical project should be a permit
application. The Board of Trustees enforces zoning and building ordinances. Oakview
permit applications are reviewed at Board Meetings held on the second Tuesday of
each month (subject to change). Permit applications received at the Village Office no
later than noon on Thursday before a Board Meeting will be added to the agenda.
- The Board of Trustees may have questions during the permit approval process. The Board
of Trustees encourages the property owner(s) and the contractor(s) to attend the Board
Meeting. Also, contractors performing work within the Oakview limits require
Occupational Licenses issued by the Village of Oakview. For example, you’re replacing
a roof, your contractor is located from Kansas City, MO, the contractor must secure a non-Oakview Occupational License before beginning any work on your home. If you
have any questions, contact City Hall.
Ensure your projects get their approval prior to starting them to avoid double the fees and fines.
-The Board of Trustees holds meetings each month. You are invited to attend the –
- Board Meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m.
- Work Session Meetings held last Thursday of the month at 6 p.m.
*Be sure to check your emails for the agenda, date, and time of meeting because
they are subject to change, e.g., holidays.
- The Village Office shares the Board Meeting Agenda with Oakview residents and
businesses by email, posting at the City Hall’s Bulletin Board, and the agenda may be
requested in hard copy at the Village Office.
- Agenda Items: You may request Agenda Item(s) be posted. Send the Village Office
your request and provide any attachments to associate with the agenda item being
requested. Send your request by email to the Village Office or call the Village Office
no later than noon on Thursdays before the scheduled meeting. *If an agenda item is
not posted on the Agenda, the Board of Trustees cannot discuss it.
- If you do not work in Kansas City, your employer should not withhold the 1% Kansas
City, MO earnings tax. A great benefit of living in Oakview!
- Register / license your vehicle for Oakview, Missouri. Your tax dollars stay within your
community!
Another great benefit of living in Oakview is Residence Checks. Email the completed
Request Residence Check or submit the form in-person at the Village Office. The
Police will keep an eye on your home while you are away!
- The Village Office accepts checks, credit cards (subject to a transaction fee), and
cash. If you pay with cash, please bring exact change.
Do not miss out…the Village Office emails special news, meeting agendas, and
newsletters. Please take a few minutes and email city@oakviewmo.org with your current
contact information. Please be sure to include:
Name
Address
Telephone Number(s)
For any questions not addressed, please contact the Village Office.
Welcome Home to the Village of Oakview!
What do I do in an Emergency?
Emergency
If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 911. If it is a non-emergency, please call 816-792-4254.
building permit vs occupational license
Building Permit or Occupational License or Both?
An occupational license is for the professional(s) doing the work for a project. This could be any project like a new roof, adding on to your home, working on your heating and cooling system, replacing your deck etc.
A building permit is required when you are changing the dimensions of something or building something new.
You might need both for a project or only one of these for a project. Please call CIty Hall if you have questions.
school bus stop signs
Stop for school buses, it's the law
If a school bus is stopped with their stop sign out, Missouri law states you must stop on two lane roads until the stop sign is down. No matter what direction you are traveling.
Downloads/ forms
You may download these forms and drop off at City Hall or download, copy and paste in the Contact US section and fill it out there to email directly to the City Clerk.
Contact Us
Send us a message with any questions or concerns, and we'll get back to you with answers as soon as we can. 816 436-9150
Oakview Missouri
6404 North Locust Street, Oakview, Missouri 64118, United States
City Clerk: 816 436-9150 city@oakviewmo.org Court Clerk 816-642-8387 court@oakviewmo.org Fx: 816-436-2671
Open today | 10:00 am – 04:00 pm |
About Us
Board of Trustees Monthly Meeting
On the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM, the Board of Trustees meet to handle village business. These meetings are open and the public is encouraged to attend. Work sessions are usually held on the last Thursday of month , unless otherwise scheduled. The meeting is held in the Oakview City Hall, 6404 N Locust St. Oakview, MO 64118.
Oakview Municipal Court
Municipal Court is held the third Wednesday of each month, unless rescheduled due to holidays.
Ordinances
Copies of specific ordinances of the village are available upon request. Contact the clerk at 816 436-9150, MON-THURS, 10 AM to 4 PM.