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Home My Public Portal About04-01-2002PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2002 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2002, in the Council Chambers in said City. President Bruce Wissel presided with the following Councilmembers present: Howard "Jack" Elstro, Etta J. Lundy, Karl Sharp, Bing Welch, Larry Parker, Paul Combs and Sarah "Sally" Hutton. Phil Dickman was absent. The following business was conducted: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRAYER BY COUNCILMEMBER COMBS ROLL CALL Eight present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the March 18, 2002 meeting were approved on a motion by Councihnember Parker, second by Councihnember Welch and carried on voice vote. PRESENTATION OF REMONSTRANCES, PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, INTRODUCTIONS, MOTIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS President Wissel recognized a member of the Richmond High School government class in the audience and asked her to step forward and introduce herself. She did so, saying her name was Kate Wissel (his daughter). COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR City Attorney Bob Bever stated that the Mayor was with her family on spring break in Florida. REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY President Wissel said the minutes of the meeting of March 7, 2002 were in their packets. REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES Councilmember Combs had a question about the Public Safety Committee. Councilmember Hutton said the committees were established to funnel ordinances into that pertain to that particular topic and usually only those things that are controversial or needs a lot of detail are referred to that committee. REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES REPORTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS President Wissel announced that next Monday will be Larry Cash's last day in the Planning Department, inviting Councilmembers to stop by. He also said there is a nomination of Kathy Khamis for the Human Rights Commission to be considered and asked for discussion. Councilmember Welch moved to approve the nomination, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. President Wissel said that Khamis is replacing Mary Alexander who has resigned and Council is preparing a resolution thanking Alexander for her 12 years on that Commission and that will be presented at Council's next meeting. He added that there is also another opening on the Human Rights Commission and Councilmembers were given a nomination form which is a request for reappointment of Gene Roop which will also be acted upon at Council's next meeting. President Wissel said he had also received the annual report of the Wayne County Convention & Tourism Bureau and invited other Councilmembers to feel free to look at it. Councilmember Sharp stated that Councilmembers had received in their packets all of the CF-1 reports for tax abatements for the current year which were prepared by Tony Foster. He said it was encouraging that everyone had reported and in quickly reviewing them he said it looked like they had met the number of employee increases that they projected when they applied for the tax abatements. Common Council Minutes Cont'd April 1, 2002 Page 2 No action was taken on a statement made by Councilmember Combs about a situation on South O Street. He had cited some examples of a resident who was being disruptive and might very well be in violation of some City ordinances and that it was of great concern to him. President Wissel said this issue could be handled outside of a Council meeting. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Councilmember Elstro-moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinances No. 26 and 27 - 2002 by title only, second by Councilmember Lundy and the motion was carried on a voice vote. ORDINANCE NO. 26 — 2002 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 26 — 2002 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE AREA 9 AGENCY Explaining the ordinance was Tony Foster of the Community Development office who stated that this is a request for a grant from the Area 9 Agency for $40,719. He said the funding, if received, will be used to pay the salary of two paratransit drivers. He said a local match of $13,342 is required and would be easily made up through the donations that people provide when riding as well as through the Roseview operating budget. He said this is a grant that has been received for the past several years and it helps the City to have a larger than normal paratransit fleet to help keep the seniors and disabled out and about in the City. Councilmember Welch moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 26 — 2002 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. President Wissel declared Ordinance No. 26 — 2002 on public hearing. There being no comments either for or against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 26 — 2002 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 26 — 2002 on third reading. Ordinance No. 26 — 2002 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 27 — 2002 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 27 — 2002 — A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITYOF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS Explaining this ordinance was Ron Chappell, director of the Human Rights Commission, who said the contributions received through this ordinance would be used to defray the cost of a community wide training day that will be hosted through the Human Rights Commission. Councilmember Welch moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 27 — 2002 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. President Wissel declared Ordinance No. 27 — 2002 on public hearing. There being no comments either for or against the ordinance, Councilmember Lundy moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 27 — 2002 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 27 - 2002 on third reading. Ordinance No. 27 - 2002 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND ENGROSSMENT ORDINANCE NO.25 — 2002 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 25 — 2002 — A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF A STATEMENT OF BENEFITS FOR A PROPERTY OWNER APPLYING FOR DEDUCTIONS UNDER I.C. 6-1.1-12.1 Common Council Minutes Cont'd April 1, 2002 Page 3 Explaining the ordinance was Councilmember Sharp who reported on the meeting of the Tax Abatement Committee with Mark Harrington at Vandor Corp. He said Vandor wants to build a new building in the Midwest Industrial Park for an estimated value of 33,500,000 and plan to move out of their present location on Rich Road. He said they plan to eventually expand and add 12 to 25 employees and they want to get started as quickly as possible. He moved for approval of the request. City Attorney Bever stated that he felt that there is one unique characteristic of this request and that is the fact that the petitioner is not yet quite sure as to which lot it is in Midwest Industrial Park. He suggested that Council might want to make that a part of its record that this request would apply to either Lot 9 or 12, depending on which one they take from the Economic Development Corp. Councilmember Sharp said he would include that in a part of the recommendation that he made for approval. President Wissel declared Ordinance No. 25 — 2002 on public hearing. Mark Harrington of Vandor spoke in favor of the ordinance, stating that his company is excited about expanding in the Richmond area. There being no further comments for and none against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councihnember Hutton and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Welch moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 25 — 2002 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 25 - 2002 on third reading. Ordinance No. 25 - 2002 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed, the meeting was adjourned at 8 P.M. ATTEST: Norma Schroeder, Clerk Bruce Wissel, President