entering into a contract. 16 . The 1998 amendment to section 71.288 added “size” as an additional subject that could be more restrictively regulated by municipalities, and deleted reference to the need for a city engineer or similar official to be a participant in the process. 17 . Because proposition that a municipality can “substantially comply” with the requirement imposed by section 432.070 that contracts not exceed the scope of the municipality's powers. Cases in Missouri which specifically address and apply the doctrine of substantial compliance to the requirements described in section 432.070 do so almost universally with respect to the authorization and writing requirement. See, e.g., Pub. Water Supply Dist. No. 16 v. City of Buckner, 44 S.W.3d 860, 864-65 (Mo. App. W.D. 2001) (<HOLDING>). The statutory requirement described in
holding that absence of minutes did not render agreement entered into by public water district invalid as a matter of law as compliance with section 432070s re quirements regarding municipal entitys execution of a contract can be substantial rather than complete holding that it may be decided as a matter of law holding that as a matter of contract no party can be forced to arbitrate unless that party has entered into an agreement to do so holding that substantial compliance with notice is sufficient holding that standard of review is a matter of procedural rather than substantive law