Village of Oaks, Missouri
BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Trustees serve the Village without compensation because of their concern for the welfare of the Village.
The Board meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 PM for approximately one hour. Village meetings are held using cloud-based video conferencing tools. See the Village Meetings section for details.
Each trustee accepts a specific assignment for such responsibilities as road maintenance, ditch clearing, and contact with electric and gas companies when needed.
Members of the Board of Trustees are: Peter Nielsen (Chair), Scott Jones (Vice Chair), Terry Vaughan, Ryan Hicks and Jon Cates
BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT:
Members to the Board of Zoning Adjustment serve without compensation. They meet as required for zoning issues related to Ordinance 5 - Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oaks, Missouri. They serve staggered five year terms.
Members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment are: Terry Vaughan (Chair) - 2025, Ronda Jones - 2024, Robin Martinez - 2028, Susan Nielsen - 2026 and Joe Nichols - 2027.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission serve without compensation. They performs research, planning, hearings and propose changes to Village Board of Trustees for village zoning or village planning. They meet as required. There are seven members, five citizen members, the Chair and one additional member from the Village Board of Trustees. The citizen members serve staggered four year terms.
Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission are: Jomel Nichols, Jon Cates, Peter Nielsen, Monica Pierce, Dona Hicks, David Wainright and Garett Sukup
Zoning is covered in Ordinance 5 - Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oaks, Missouri. All issues related to zoning are worked through the Village Planning and Zoning Commission or the Board of Zoning Adjustment. For additional questions contact the Planning and Zoning chair or the Board of Zoning Adjustment chair.
The Village of Oaks is zoned single family residential only.
Village financial statements are emailed or mailed to Village residents. To follow the guidelines of the Missouri Sunshine law, financial statements are public records and available through a Sunshine Law request to the Village Clerk.
If you request a financial statement, please note that there will be a small fee for research, copying and mailing.
Meeting minutes are taken at each Board of Trustee meeting. The previous meetings minutes are read and approved at the following board meeting.
To follow the guidelines of the Missouri Sunshine law, approved meeting minutes are public records and available through the Village Clerk.
The Village Clerk is the Custodian of Record. The Village Clerk email account is copied on all Village related emails.
If you request a copy of the meeting minutes, please note there is a charge for copying, mailing and research time.
The Village of Oaks Sunshine Law policy is to follow the requirements identified at the Missouri Attorney General website and Chapter 610 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
(from www.visitkc.com)
"The Kansas City area has been home to the American Indian community thousands of years, the region’s oldest ethnic population.
Until 300 A.D., the Hopewell tribe hunted the area around Kansas City. The Mississippi tribe occupied the area between 760 and 1290 A.D. These tribes, which were stationary, were joined by the tribes of Kansa, Osage, Otos and Missouri. They spread over the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska and depended on the large supply of buffalo and wild game for their sustenance.
In 1825, the federal government forced the Kansa and Osage tribes to give up their land along the Missouri River and move to reservations in Central Kansas. There are no reservations in Missouri; in Kansas, the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie tribes have federally recognized reservations.
The Wyandot tribe, whose original lands extended along Lake Ontario, had steadily moved west following a bloody conflict with the Iroquois. In 1842, the Wyandot were removed from their lands in Ohio with the lure of 148,000 acres of free land west of the Mississippi. The promise was an empty one. The Wyandot eventually were awarded a tract of land by the Delaware tribe at the mouth of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. The tribe bought additional acreage and platted Wyandot City, which later became Kansas City, Kansas."
1845 - Thomas and Jane Martin traveled in a covered wagon from Kentucky and settled on 50 acres of land west of Telephone Road (now Flora Street), Kansas City, Missouri. They built a log cabin and started farming. Later they bought another 50 acres. One child was born in Kentucky and three daughters and two sons were born in the log cabin.
1852 - The Martins bought 240 acres, part of which is now the Village of Oaks and the Village of Oakwood (located north of the Village of Oaks). Thomas and Jane died in the 1890s.
1920 - A farm house built by a daughter, Emma Martin Barnes and her husband, William, is owned by Mrs. Andrew Kardash, 5907 North Oak Trafficway. Emma Martin Barnes died in 1930.
September 1925 - 30 acres between Englewood Road and Barnes Avenue east of Jefferson Highway platted into 29 tracts (two later divided). First house built in 1925.
1926 - 33 tracts to the east added.
1928 - The Hodge Realty Company distributed a brochure stating:
"Oakwood is a highly restricted tract, Hundreds of Old Forest Trees, Beautiful Blue Grass Tracts and Springs, Minimum Cost. Now $6000."
1933 - By-Laws of the Greater Oakwood Improvement Association mailed to all residents.
1942 - By-laws revised, name changed to Oakwood Improvement Association.
May 1952 - Village of Oakwood incorporated.
August 1952 - 64 tracts incorporated as Village of Oaks.
1972 - New by-laws adopted and name changed to Oakwood Community Association.
The Historic Hernandez Home
Their home is made from red cobblestone from the original Clay County Court House (circa 1934). Click here to see an image of the Resolution of the Clay County Co
