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THE CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA,MONDAY,MAY 17,1999
The Common Council of the City of Richmond,Indiana met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Monday,May
3, 1999, in the Council Chambers in said City. President Bing Welch presided with the following
Councilmembers present: Howard "Jack" Elstro, Etta Lundy, Robert Dickman, Sarah "Sally" Hutton,
Dennis R. Rice Sr., Bruce Wissel and Larry Parker. Geneva "Gene" Allen was absent. The following
business was conducted:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRAYER BY COUNCILMEMBER DICKMAN
ROLL CALL
Eight present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Councilmember Wissel moved to approve the minutes of the May 3, 1999 meeting on a motion, second by
Councilmember Rice and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
PRESENTATION OF REMONSTRANCES, PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, INTRODUCTIONS,
MOTIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
President Welch announced that in this time frame, he had scheduled Debra Garcia, representative of
AFSCME union.He asked her if she was designating herself as the primary speaker. She answered that she
and the staff attorney for AFSCME would be speaking on behalf of the Sanitation and City employees. She
said there are other labor people who would also be speaking. President Welch then said, in keeping with
his promise made at the last meeting, he would grant her the time to make her entire presentation and that
would also hold true with the attorney. He said he would allow any additional speakers only 5 minutes and
he would not allow any redundant statements.
Garcia said the Sanitation and City employees had contacted AFSCME earlier this year and they had talked
with them several times and found there was some real interest. Within a week, she said, over 90 percent
signed in the sanitation, up to 99 signed in the street division. She said the employees had come to
AFSCME in a big urgency, worried about their job security, health and safety issues and working
conditions.She said the process was explained to them in that Indiana does not have a collective bargaining
law that allows public employees to organize, but also those public sector employees are not allowed to
strike or work a slow down,etc.
She said she did do some research before petitioning the Mayor March 1 and found Ordinance No. 2557—
1971 and according to that ordinance it is their interpretation that parts of that allow the employees to
organize as stated in Sections 2 and 4.However,she said,since then she has received a copy of a letter City
Attorney Bob Bever wrote to the Mayor, in which he stated that the ordinance had been repealed and
replaced with Richmond Code 33.04.In reviewing that,she said,it is their interpretation Section A,Section
33.04 c and d as giving the right to organizations. Not only that, she added, here in the City there are
firefighters,police offices and transit workers that are organized. She said on behalf of AFSCME, Council
62,she is asking for recognition for the street and sanitation workers.
Susan Jennifer Neeley,AFSCME staff attorney,said she had been with AFSCME for 5 years and conceded
there is no statewide bargaining law. However, she said, the City has an ordinance that states the union
chosen by the majority of members in a department shall be the exclusive bargaining representative and
that is what she feels they have here. Giving Gary as an example, she said that City had an ordinance much
like Richmond's and AFSCME has been bargaining with them for some time with much success. She also
stated that Indianapolis has no ordinance but AFSCME has established what is known nationwide as one of
the most successful labor/management union cooperative management and won awards for that. She said
AFSCME does not want to fight but wants to work with the City.
Others speaking on behalf of the City employees included Tom Bucella,4154 Highland Drive,president of
the Carpenter's union;Mike Toschlog,5054 Leadline Road, also representing the Carpenter's Union;Fred
Davis, 637 Western Avenue in Winchester, representing UAW and the CAP chairperson for Wayne and
Randolph Counties;Kenneth Holland,representing UAW;Nancy McCormick,6551 S.Base Road in Lynn,
representing Local 1073 UAW as well as a former worker at Manville and former AFL, CIO community
services person in Richmond;Jeff Terry, 151 N.Washington Street in Hagerstown, working for the Indiana
Coalition on housing and homeless issues whose initial interest was because of the Housing Authority
workers who,he said, deserve the right to organize;David Leffel, 319 Mulberry Boulevard in Centerville,
president of Local 1474 Amalgamated Transit Union for the City of Richmond Roseview Transit; Linda
Ard, executive director of AFSCME, Council 62; Willard Brown, 1177 Kellam Road, president of the
union at Silgan Containers now affiliated with Local 5163 Steel Workers.
Common Council Minutes Cont'd
May 17, 1999
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In her closing remarks, Garcia asked for cooperation between the City and AFSCME and expressed her
appreciation to Council for affording them an opportunity to be heard. She stated that she is not an outsider
coming into the City, saying she lives on College Avenue and her father is Bruce Corman who is a local
person. In response to a request by Garcia, those in the audience from the street and sanitation department
stood in order to be recognized.
Commenting briefly, President Welch stated that Council is the Legislative arm of the City and approves
the budget and passes the laws, it is not the management agency for the City. Power is separated, he said,
into the Legislative branch and the Executive branch. He said Council wants what is best for this City and
will strive to see that is done, adding that Council will remain open to hearing from AFSCME and would
like to know the true concerns of the employees. He said it was not necessary to come to Council in a
public forum,but they could come to individual Councilmembers.
COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR
Speaking directly to the issue, Mayor Dennis Andrews thanked Garcia for meeting with him in his office
today to talk about some of the correspondence they have had over the past two months.He said he felt the
meeting was a good start for some of the follow up conversations in the upcoming weeks.He said he would
like to draw some distinction between some separate unionization efforts that have taken place in City
government in the last few months.
He said the first correspondence his office received from Garcia was about the sanitation department and he
talked with her on the phone shortly after receiving that and that request went to the Department of Law
shortly after receiving it. In regard to sanitation, he said, which is a completely separate taxing unit from
the City, it has a separate Board and essentially the Board fixes the salaries and the compensation for the
employees.He added that,in part,the information he received from the Department of Law was that it was
that Board where the authority was vested to whether or not recognize a union. The next step,he said, was
a correspondence that included a reference to streets and since there is no separate Board and it is part of
the City taxing unit, it falls into a different category. He said he was also ultimately advised by the Law
Department that it is a unit that would be one in relation to where the recognition decision would be made
by the City executive,or the Mayor,in this case.
The Mayor said there was some reference earlier to the initial correspondence that he gave back after
receiving legal advice from the Department of Law which essentially stated that he had no legal standing
and no intention of recognizing a union.He said that correspondence at that time pertained, exclusively, to
Sanitation. He said it was after that correspondence that he received word back from Garcia that the street
employees were also pursuing organization.
In stating the above, Mayor Andrews said his remarks will pertain exclusively to the Street Division, but
that does not mean that the City won't be interacting and doing additional inquiries and taking additional
steps for the other departments,because it will.
The Mayor said there are two areas that come to mind. The first is, that his office had not received any
issues, concerns, complaints, grievances, etc. from anyone in the Street Division during the entire time he
has been in office. He added that he had known many of the folks that work in the Street Division for
many,many years, so he was very surprised that there was a unionization effort underway.He said he read
in Sunday's Palladium-Item that there were two issues that surfaced,adding that one was job protection and
the other was health and safety issues.
In the case of job protection, the Mayor said, nobody has been terminated at the Street Division in all the
time he has been in office, adding that there actually has been zero turnover. He said the last time that
someone left was in the fall of 1997. And, he said, in the case of health and safety, it was just March 10 of
this year that the Safety Committee had readopted policies and procedures that were actually included in
the proclamation that he did at the UAW recently where the focus was essentially on worker safety.He said
it came as a surprise to him to hear that those things had been lifted up as issues and concerns of the
workers,adding that certainly if there are issues there the City obviously wants to get at them.
The Mayor stated that the administration and members of Council for the past several years have made
strides in both the levels of compensation where raises far exceeded the rate of inflation, added wellness
benefits to the health insurance, added life insurance and added significant amounts of capital purchases to
try to get better and safer equipment as well as making improvements to the building itself. He said he felt
it was safe to say that entering into this conversation initially the people on this side of that little wall felt
like they were doing very well and things were going very well.
Where that leaves him at this point, he said, having been told that if there is to be an organized collective
bargaining unit or a union at the Street Division, that it is the Mayor's decision as to whether or not that
will occur. He said that he could say, with some certainty, that until such time as he knows what the issues
are that presumably a union would be recognized to address, he is not going to feel comfortable making
that decision.
Common Council Minutes Cont'd
May 17, 1999
Page 3.
The Mayor said he plans to meet personally in the next several weeks with each of the members of the
Street Division. He added that he still expects to rely on the leadership in the administration to oversee
streets, which includes Bill Smith as Street Division Manager and Bob Wiwi as Director of Public Works.
He said since this is not an emergency, he expects it to take a few weeks to have informative discussions.
He added that the fact that there is some significant interest in organizing is not anything he is offended by
because that tells him that there are issues and communications that need to be had. He said he wants to
know what those are, personally, if he is expected to make a decision on recognition, adding that he will
make that decision, but he will be better informed than what he is now. He stated that he would start
tomorrow setting time aside to look at the issues.
In his response, Bever said it now appears that everyone agrees that Indiana law does not require any
guaranteed right for municipal employees to bargain or even require discussion regarding that bargaining.
He said only permissive bargaining is allowed in Indiana and who,in the City administration,can choose to
have that. He said in his letter he indicated that it is the City executive because, by law, it is the City
executive who sets the salaries for the City employees except for those organizations where there are
separate bodies such as Sanitation.
Bever said there has been some question about the fact that the City has already placed into practice a
requirement of collective bargaining, and references were made to the ordinance in 1971. He added that
other speakers recognized that that ordinance was repealed when the City codified all its ordinance which
means that now the similar provisions are found in Richmond Code 33.04 which, he said, has been taken
out of context. He said that ordinance was put in place for a couple of things, adding that when it talks
about no right to strike, that was how the first paragraph started and it went on to say that this ordinance
does not prohibit permissive bargaining. He added that that is a lot different than saying that it requires
permissive bargaining.
Bever said the second part is within the fact-finding, adding that for those departments where permissive
bargaining is granted, this is how the rules are followed and it only applies once a department is granted
permissive bargaining.He said even in the title of the 1971 ordinance,it talks about an ordinance regarding
"certain civil city departments."Bever said he had talked with the president of the Council at the time that
ordinance was adopted and also talked to the person who served as City Attorney at that time.He said both
confirmed that it was their understanding of the interpretation "not to create collective bargaining for all
departments."He said it is still the Mayor's prerogative to grant or not to grant permissive bargaining.
Bever said codification occurred in the early 80s in conjunction with all the Richmond Code on December
2, 1991 and was later revised by Ordinance No. 54 — 1994 and in the Richmond Code in the general
provisions.He said you could read from that where it was repealed and the City is now working out of the
revised 1994 Richmond Code.
REPORTS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS
Fire Chief Michael Allen reported the progress as of today of the three goals set by the Richmond Fire
Department for 1999.
Addressing the first goal, Chief Allen said that is to upgrade computer technology, and to achieve that the
department has become actively involved with the City's computer technology committee, which also is •
working with G.I.S. He said this has great promise of helping the fire service of this community in giving
quick access to valuable information for emergency and non-emergency use. Currently, he said, they are
pursuing fire reporting programming for paperless reporting for the future and also anticipating the
installation of the visions dispatch fire management programming at central dispatch as well as fiber
communications being installed at No. 6 Fire Station. He added that No. 1 is currently the only one with
that connection. He said once that installation is complete it will enable them to evaluate and trouble shoot
any problems prior to linking all the stations. He said it will also allow them to evaluate the value of direct
fiber link and central dispatch for use of dispatch printers, dispatching of alarms and other important
dispatching information.
Another goal, he said, is to evaluate the fire department's service to the community, evaluate the quality
and meeting the needs. He said they have been comparing the level of service now, which is considered to
be standard across the state, for example: water rescue, hazardous materials, confined space rescue and
emergency medical services. He said the local department has a very good quality with its fire prevention
and public education programs as well as its fire suppression division. And, he said, in looking at water
rescue, that unit is partnered with the Richmond Police Department and is presently doing well. He said
there is a need to work toward additional training in handling hazardous materials to develop a more in-
depth program for the firefighters and this community. In the area of confined space rescue, he said, the
department had just last week been in touch with its training provider and is planning on acquiring the
training in October of this year which will put them in compliance with O.S.H.A.'s requirements for
confined place rescues.
Common Council Minutes Cont'd
May 17, 1999
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He said in emergency medical services it was found that the department's first responder quality needs
some work and they are presently nearing completion of getting that in order as far as training, equipment,
reporting systems and protocols.
The third goal,Chief Allen said,is improved communication.In attempting to reach that goal,he said, they
have been conducting monthly shift meetings to help keep the firefighters informed, give them an
opportunity to ask questions and to get their input. He said written memos have been distributed regularly
to all the stations with special information and they have been recording meetings and distributing minutes,
which had not been done previously.
President Welch commented about the water safety team that has received contributions from citizen
groups, adding that he is not sure those groups are getting the thanks they deserve. He added that he hopes
that the equipment purchased with those contributions is being put to good use. Chief Allen responded that
if it weren't for those contributions there probably would not be a dive team today, commenting that they
certainly are appreciated.
REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
The minutes of the meeting of April 15,22 and 29, 1999 were in the Council packets.
REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
There were none.
REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
There were none.
REPORTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinances No. 41, 42 and 43 — 1999 on first
reading by title only, second by Councilmember Parker, and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice
vote.
ORDINANCE NO.41-1999
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No. 41 — 1999 — A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
ZONING MAP FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED EAST OF CHESTER BOULEVARD,
APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET NORTH OF INDIANA UNIVSERSITY EAST'S MAIN ENTRY DRIVE,
RICHMOND,INDIANA
Bob Goodwin,director of planning,gave a brief description of what is occurring here,explaining that it is a
trade of property between the new Meijer store and Indiana University East. He said this would give us
some of the frontage that Meijer had planned on previously for use as a gasoline station in exchange for
which they would receive some land a little bit east of Chester Boulevard. That, he said, would allow for
moving the actual structure of the Meijer store itself further toward the south which is a little closer to the
campus than what it would otherwise be.He said it deals with a total of 1.29 acres.
Goodwin said what Meijer is receiving is zoned residential and, they would need to have a commercial
zoning classification in order to landscape and prepare it the way they had agreed to with IU East. He
explained that is the purpose for this ordinance, adding that from the standpoint of the administration a lot
has been done to make this a much better project than what it was in the past.
President Welch commented that he wanted that information imparted because he wanted the
Councilmembers to understand that this cooperative effort between Meijer and IU East is going on, along
with the City's cooperation, in trying to make that developed property more attractive and compatible with
the existing area.He said Ordinance No.41— 1999 would be referred to the Planning Commission.
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ORDINANCE NO. 42—1999
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No.42— 1999—A GENERAL ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
58 OF THE RICHMOND CODE REGARDING LANDFILL FEES
Common Council Minutes Cont'd
May 17, 1999
Page 5
Bever stated that Councilmembers had received a letter in their packets explaining this. He said it regards
the landfill fees that Richmond Code has charged with the Richmond Sanitary District kind of overseeing
that. However, he said, state law requires that any change to be made by the fiscal body, which is this
Council,in regards to landfill that is controlled by the Sanitary District, there would be a public hearing at
the second reading to Council.He added that this is only on first reading tonight.
Bever said that over the last few years it has become apparent that some of the local companies were being
unduly punished on special waste.He explained that the real intent of this is on special waste and when you
looked at what they were paying on rates for special waste in comparison with the rates of other landfills
around the state,the current sum is a flat rate of$60 per ton for residents and$65 per ton for non-residents
found in the code.Instead of having that highest possible rate,the new structure would add a special waste
surcharge of$5 per ton for residents and$10 per ton for non-residents.In looking at the different categories
underneath that,he said,materials with average density and materials with high density that are currently
$10,$15 and$35,you can see by just adding a surcharge on that does not bring it up to the current$60 and
$65 rates which are being required.So,he added,it is how special waste is treated that is the most
important aspect of this change.
The second change,Bever said,is the new availability of$7.50 per ton for any materials,which are
allowed by IDEM for use for the daily cover in the landfill.He said where the landfill is getting the
advantage of this kind of coverage,they wanted to put something that is reasonable for assisting the City in
getting that kind of material that has allowed the daily cover.The third change,he said,is a slight increase
in the per tire fees with an additional charge for tires with rims.He said they have found that people will
bring tires in still on the rim and someone has to remove those rims which takes time and effort for the
employees which is the reason for a little additional charge.Bever said the final change is a clarification
that when special waste is mentioned,it is the special waste as defined by IDEM.He said the ordinance
goes on to second reading and there will be specific public notice for that since the fee is being changed.
In answer to a question by Councilmember Wissel,Craig Cordi,director of Sanitation,said there is a
balance of what the fees should be for out-of-district and in-district and the landfill is basically for the City
and the Sanitary District to use.He said they try to discourage out-of-district waste being brought in.The
balance of the fee structure,no matter how high or how low it is,the Sanitary,as the authority of the
landfill,has the right to deny any of the out-of-state or out-of-district waste from coming to that landfill.
Cordi said in looking at the landfills around the state,especially around this area,they have found that
some of those have been drastically higher and Sanitary is trying to bring some of the costs back into
perspective in order to attract better business to the community.He said they do not advertise or petition for
out-of-state waste and do discourage it as much as possible.He said they are comfortable with the$5 fee
service.He said they are charging the same fee structure that they charge for everything else,but the only
thing additional is there has to be an administrative cost because of the extra paper work that has to be done
for IDEM.
Cordi said the minimum fee has always been$4.50 and that doesn't add up to tonnage.Councilmember
Parker asked about yard waste and grass clippings.Cordi responded that these are considered recyclables
now and are part of the recyclable program.He said they try to discourage out-of-district bringing of those
materials. Councilmember Parker asked about someone cleaning out their garage or basement,and if they
are subject to those fees.Cordi said they are not if they are inside the Richmond Sanitary District,adding
that it depends on what they are bringing.Bever said that basically all the fee schedule is for is for those
who are in the district and for non-residents.Cordi said the basic fee is$4.50,which is the minimum,even
if they have half a ton.
Cordi re-stated that the landfill is free to the residents of the City of Richmond.Household trash,he said,is
free and if it is anything else that doesn't add up to a ton,it is$4.50.Because the wording in the ordinance
was questioned,Bever said it needs to be made clear,adding that some good points are being made.He
said the Sanitary District needs to clarify that whatever it is they are not charging for ought to be made into
a separate section so it is clear to residents or non-residents if there is something you can take out there that
has no fee attached to it.
President Welch said that list needs to be brought forth at the public hearing at Council's meeting on June 7
and the ordinance amended.He said the list needs to be included before the ordinance is engrossed.
ORDINANCE NO. 43—1999
The Deputy Clerk, with permission of Council,read only the number of Ordinance No. 43 — 1999 because
of the length of the entire title.
President Welch said the ordinance needs to be amended, with Bever explaining that the final loan
approved is $2,700,000 in lieu of$2,750,000 shown on the introduced ordinance. Councilmember Wissel
moved to amend the ordinance, second by Councilmember Rice and the motion was carried on a
unanimous voice vote.
Common Council Minutes Cont'd •
May 17, 1999
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Councilmember Hutton asked if this is the same procedure Council went through with Marvel Industries.
Bever answered that it is exactly the same,adding that he would also report that the EDC passed Resolution
No. 2 — 1999 which was final authorization on the report for it, then turns that over to Council for its
prerogative. Councilmember Wissel said he thinks everyone on Council understands this ordinance, but
since it involves $2,700,000, he felt someone should give an explanation for those in the television
audience or present in Council Chambers.
Attorney Bob Delaney briefly summarized the ordinance for the Elevator Equipment Corp. He said this is
for a 62,500-square-foot manufacturing addition and 7,000 square foot office addition to a facility presently
existing at 2230 North West 12th Street. He said the purpose of this is to increase the manufacturing of
elevator components, which this company makes, and to fulfill a need for this company to greatly expand.
He said since the ordinance was introduced they have added two more employees and presently are trying
to hire 8 more including 2 engineers,2 clerical and four office people.
Delaney said their sales are booming and they have orders stacked up for three months and they need this
facility in which to expand and to fulfill this additional manufacturing capacity. He said this has been
approved by the EDC and since the cap for permission to use this amount of tax exempt bond money does
terminate June 3, he is asking to hopefully complete this approval tonight. In answer to a question by
Councilmember Wissel,Delaney said the City is at no risk and has no responsibility at all, adding that this
is just a vehicle for making this tax exempt. He said no taxpayer money is involved whatsoever and Bank
One is the one which guarantees this project.
In further explaining about the loaning of the money, Bever said he had further reviewed all the financial
documents and it goes on to say this is never to be considered a general obligation of Richmond. The only
thing the City would ever have to pay over to the bond holders, which is Bank One, he said, would be
proceeds from this loan the City is making with the Elevator Equipment Corp. He said the City is simply a
conduit.
Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No.43— 1999 to second reading
and read by title only, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice
vote.
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No.43—1999 on second reading.
President Welch declared Ordinance No. 43 — 1999 on public hearing. There being no further comments
either for or against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by
Councilmember Rice and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
Councilmember Rice moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 43 — 1999 to third and final
reading,second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No.43—1999 on third reading.
Ordinance No.43— 1999 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
Ayes:Elstro,Lundy,Dickman,Hutton,Rice,Wissel,Parker and Welch(8)
Nays:None
Absent:Allen
ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND ENGROSSMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 39—1999
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No. 39 — 1999 — 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
Councilmember Parker explained that this ordinance deals with the Richmond Baking Co. and its request
for a 10-year abatement for $100,000 for the purpose of increasing automation in some areas of its
operation. He said Councilmember Allen had toured the factory with Dean Fleenor and reported that the
money would give the company automation equipment in the blending system processes, which would lead
to their increased efficiency. He said other areas of automation is planned in the bagging and packaging
processes and the$100,000 increase of efficiency in this plant will help them remain competitive as well as
to acquire new customers. He said they now have 101 employees, which they plan on retaining as well as
providing some additional jobs in the future. The company always provides good salaries and benefits, he
said, adding that this company is one of the few locally owned businesses left in the Richmond area. He
said the tax abatement committee recommended the approval of the request.
Common Council Minutes Cont'd
May 17, 1999
Page 7
President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments for or against
the ordinance, Councilmember Lundy moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Elstro and the
motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
Councilmember Rice moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 39 — 1999 to third and final
reading,second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No. 39 on third reading.
Ordinance No. 39— 1999 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
Ayes:Elstro,Lundy,Dickman,Hutton,Rice,Wissel,Parker and Welch(8)
Nays:None
Absent: Allen
ORDINANCE NO.40—1999
The Deputy Clerk read Ordinance No. 40 — 1999 — 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
Councilmember Parker said Councilmember Allen said there is some question about this request. He said
he would like to hold this until that contact is made and some information is clarified and asked that it be
held on second reading until the next meeting of Council. Councilmember Rice asked Bever to do some
legal research on this and Bever responded that he is afraid this does not fall within the statutory guidelines
by not showing who the user is or showing any applicable wages or employees. He said he would talk to
the applicant to see if this can be held off until more information is available.
ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING
There were none.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Councilmember Hutton brought to the attention of President Welch that State Representative Richard
Bodiker was in the audience. Bodiker responded that he had been sitting there quietly,just observing"the
workings of good government." Councilmember Rice commented that he appreciated the program on the
public access channel, which was aired, adding that he feels the information is beneficial to residents
helping them to understand what is going on in the legislature in Indianapolis.
CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourned.
Bing Welch,President
ATTEST:
Norma Schroeder,Clerk