HomeMy Public PortalAbout015-2015 - Recommending Common Council to appropriate money for Solid WasteBOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS OF
THE RICHMOND SANITARY DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO. 15 -2015
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RICHMOND, INDIANA, PASS AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATION TO THE RICHMOND SANITARY DISTRICT'S
601 SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT
WHEREAS, The Board of Sanitary Commissioners (hereinafter "Board ") for
the Richmond Sanitary District (hereinafter "RSD ") is assigned,
and charged with, and is responsible for the annual collection of
leaves for the City of Richmond, Indiana (hereinafter "City ") and
WHEREAS, The Street Department of City (hereinafter "Street Department "),
and not the RSD, has, for many years, used its employees and
equipment to annually clear Richmond's street and sewers of
leaves, thereby dramatically reducing the cost RSD would have
incurred were it to do the leaf collection with its own employees
and equipment; and
WHEREAS, Employees of the City, including employees of the Richmond
Sanitary District and the Street Department, have gone without any
pay raises for at least seven (7) years and over that same period of
time have only been granted two (2) stipends of Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) each, with one in 2013 and the other in 2014;
and
WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the RSD that the City does not
currently have, nor does it anticipate having, an operating cash
surplus in its 2015 budget in which to grant City employees any
stipends for 2015; and
WHEREAS, The Board of RSD believes it is in the best interests of the Board
of RSD and the Common Council (hereinafter "Council ") of the
City for the Board of RSD to pay the Street Department for the
Street Department's work for its leaf collection work on behalf of
RSD, with said payment to be made to the Street Department's
Motor Vehicle Highway fund (hereinafter "MVH); and
WHEREAS, There are not sufficient funds at the present time in RSD's 2015
budget in its 601 Solid Waste fund to make a payment to the City's
Street MVH account for stipends for City employees for 2015; and
WHEREAS, RSD believes that there are sufficient cash assets available in its
601 Solid Waste account that could help assist and augment the
Street Department's MVH account for the purpose of granting all
City employees stipends for the year 2015, all of which would not
impair RSD's ability to operate its Solid Waste program or to meets its
obligations thereto; and
WHEREAS, The Board of RSD recommends that its payment to the Street
Department's MVH fund be in the amount of $248,000, which
amount is the estimated cost of the equipment used, miscellaneous
expenses and the payment for the wages of Street Department
employees to do the City's annual leaf collection; and
WHEREAS, RSD approves, recommends and encourages Council to make an
additional appropriation of $248,000 to the 2015 budget of RSD's
601 Solid Waste account in order for the City to subsequently
make a payment of those funds to the Street Department's City's
Motor Vehicle Highway account.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Sanitary Commissioners of the
Sanitary District of Richmond, Indiana, that said Board, having reviewed and discussed
the Whereas set forth above, but expressly subject to formal approval by the Common
Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, approves the additional appropriation by the
Common Council of $248,000 to the Richmond Street Department's Motor Vehicle
Highway fund account for the purpose of providing stipends in 2015 to City employees
from the 2015 City budget.
Passed and Adopted this /d 4 A day of November, 2015, by the Board of Sanitary
Commissioners of the Richmond Sanitary District of the City of Richmond, Indiana.
BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS
OF THE RICHMOND SANITARY DISTRICT
Sue Miller, President
it Klose, Vice President
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Greg Stiens, Member