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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12-16-1996 285 1 • Q,ROCEEDING —OF THE CO11A FTHE l ..v{�,��..a/11►�4� 1 rTITG CITY—orPICHIGIONIXTVIANICTIVIONDATITECEMBEWT6-111g5 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Monday, December 16, 1996, in the Council Chambers in said City. President Geneva"Gene"Allen presided with the • following Councilmembers present: Howard "Jack" Elstro, Etta Lundy, Bruce Wissel, Sarah "Sally" Hutton, Bob Dickman,Alan Stamper, Bing Welch and Larry Parker. The following business was had to-wit: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRAYER BY COUNCILMEMBER LUNDY 11, ROLL CALL. 1 1• Nine present. 1 1, APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 2,1996 1' 1: Councilmember Wissel moved to approve the minutes of December 2, 1996, second by Councilmember 1 Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 1:; 1' President Allen asked for a motion to open the agenda and add Ordinance No. 141 - 1996. Councilmember 21 Hutton so moved,second by Councilmember Wissel and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 2 2- COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 2 2, Mayor Dennis Andrews said he had been informed by Paul Helmke, Mayor of Fort Wayne and President of 2- the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns, that he will be serving on the legislative committee and 2: encouraged Councilmembers to let him know if there are things they would like for him to carry to the 2 organizational meeting tomorrow. He said all Councilmembers should have received a letter from him which 2: is a summary of the budget which was approved but will be certified on January 15, 1997. 2. 31 The Mayor said he had not heard from the I.U.R.C. about the fire hydrant ordinance, but it has to go before 3 i the Commission which has not acted on it and until such time the$500,000 could not be deleted and will be 3- deleted by a reduction ordinance if it is approved. He also noted that he had received notice that IMPA will 3 be hosting a meeting January 14, 1997 for elected officials, Mayors, Board members and Councilmembers 3, which will be dealing with deregulation and retail wheeling. He said he has not ruled out going to that and 3- asked if any Councilmembers were interested in going. 3: 3 The Mayor also invited Councilmembers to join in the Christmas pitch in for all City employees at noon 3: Wednesday, December 18, in the City Building. He thanked the Councilmembers for the the work they have 3• shared with him, noting they generally have disagreed on good terms, and added that he looked forward to 41 good communications from Council in the new year. 41 4- PRESENTATIONS OF REMONSTRANCES.PETITIONS. MEMORIALS OR PUBLIC COMMENTS REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY 4: 4 Minutes of the November 27 meetings were distributed to Councilmembers in their packets. 4:. 4* REPORTS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS 51' 51 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES 5- 5 . REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES 5• 5- REPORTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS 5; 5 Councilmember Wissel reported on the meeting of the Economic Development Commission meeting of 5:+ December 2, stating that most of the discussion centered around the new contract being introduced by the 5• County. He said the Commission decided to meet today, but that meeting had been postponed until 61 December 18. He said there was some discussion about possibly withdrawing from the E.D.C. if that 61 contract is passed. 6 6 • Mayor Andrews remarked that the City supports the position that the County Commissioners have taken in 6, relation to their contract negotiations with the E.D.C., adding that this administration has shared all of the 65 communications it has had with E.D.C.and the County with Councilmembers,keeping them all informed. 286 Common Council Minutes Cont'd December 16, 1996 Page,2 . • • . • • 1 He said it was important to the City that the contract it has with the County not be a forever contract witho t 2 a term, noting the current contract the City has with the County does not have a term. He said there h 3 been several meetings between the City and the County to see that the contracts are consistent with eac 4 other. He said the effect of that should be, for example, if the County has a one year contract with E.D.G, 5 the City would do the same. He added that there have been other issues that have come up during th 6 course of the contract negotiations between the County and E.D.C.but the City's contract is with the Coun 7 not E.D.C. He said the City relinquishes almost$600,000 a year to the County, not to E.D.C. and noted th t 8 one of the critical issues is the question of discretionary spending. He added that he has not taken a positio 9 as to what that dollar figure should be and there are some other issues related to that. He said the Ci 10 certainly supports the continuation of the contract with E.D.C. and believes in the concept of the Econom 11 Development Corporation where appointments will be made to that Board and involve expertise fro 12 different areas of the County and that is something, he said,that should be continued. 13 14 City Attorney Bob Bever responded to the statement made by Councilmember Wissel, noting that as of no 15 the City has not signed the contract with the County because it was going to tie into the term of the contra 4 16 between E.D.C. and the County. Consequently, he added, until that is signed the City would not be signin 17 its contract with the County. He said, assuming there is that contract,the Mayor has indicated he is ready t 18 proceed with the contract between the County and the City. 19 20 Councilmember Hutton commented that when the countywide economic development was started they, -s 21 Councilmembers, were told that somewhere down the line they would be voting again to make sure th- 22 wanted to continue it. She asked if that is in the ordinance, and if so, when is that going to be done. Bev:r 23 said he was not sure, but by statute it is the executive municipality that controls the money that comes in o 24 the E.D.I.T. with no expiration. He said the City did not like that provision and it is now to the point wher- 25 there would be an ending term. He added that ultimately the Mayor has the sole discretion over the E.D.I. 26 funds and he thinks they, at that time, because of closing down the City's economic developme t 27 department asked for Council input and there was an ordinance. Councilmember Hutton said that wa 28 supposed to be at the end of the first three year term and that is already over. Councilmember Elstr• 29 agreed that he understood Council would be voting on that issue again, re-evaluating the situation wit 30 E.D.C.-President Allen said if it is an ordinance,they should be able to find it.She directed her remark to th- 31 Clerk. 32 33 President Allen asked Councilmember Elstro for a report on the Adopt A Street project and he commente, 34 that he did not realize that there was so much read tape to get it done. He assured her that he and the Cle 35 were working on it and he would get something done after Christmas. 36 37 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 38 39 Mary Walker, executive director of the Wayne County Convnetion and Tourism Bureau, appeared befor- 40 Council to give an update on what the bureau has been doing and what it is looking at in 1997. Sh 41 distributed a booklet to Councilmembers which, she said, contained the Bureau's marketing plan an. 42 budget. She said there are three marketing segments which include convention and tournaments, speci-1 43 events motor coach and leisure market. She said also included in the booklet are her goals and objective-. 44 She said the Bureau tried to be a goal driven, result oriented organization. 45 46 She said 1996 is the first year the welcome center has been in a full year of operation. She reminded 47 Councilmembers that the Bureau is funded by tax on the hotel, motels and campgrounds of Wayne Coun , 48 noting there are only three ways revenue can be generated.And, that is to build more, sell more or charg- 49 more for--the rooms. She said the year end revenue has,gone up, noting that projected results show a 7.• 50 percent increase. She also reminded Council that this is a team effort of lodgings, restaurants, attraction 51 and festivals which all help bring tourism to Wayne County. She said when you look at marketing strategic 52 the Bureau is on somewhat of a limited budget, adding that 52 percent of the budget is promotion. 53 54 She said the Bureau is here to sell Wayne County and to produce results and this year in the leisure marks 55 alone they had more than 17,000 inquiries generated through its marketing techniques. She added th t 56 advertising is very expensive and the niche they latch on to is Indiana's famous antique alley, noting that 57 2-inch ad like that generates the kind of inquiries mentioned above. 58 - 59 Walker gave some statistics to show the difference the Welcome Center has made and commented on th 60 free publicity received through an article in Midwest Living featuring the Lantz House in Centerville which i 61 a Bed and Breakfast. She said that type of advertising costs no money but takes a lot of time working wit 62 them..Looking ahead at 1997,1 Walker said,the tourism industry is growing by leaps and bounds and one 63 the things the Board felt, as well as people within the industry, was that there has to be a ready made work 64 force to apply to those needs as they come along. Thus, the development of a program to address th- 65 need. - F '-> -1 1 287 Common Council Minutes Cont'd 13eeember-1$714996 Pago 3 1 She said there are only two such program in existence in the state and those are at Purdue Univeristy and 2 the other is I.U.P.U.I. With that, she stated that a program which is being patterned off of those two is being 3 started at I.U. East,January 13, 1997,with a maximum enrollment of about 30 students. She added that the 4 Bureau will attempt to be a facilitator, with the idea of creating day care for the industry because they will all 5 have workers who have children. Board member Dana Weigle spoke in favor of the program. 6 7 ORDINANCES 8 3 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING 1) 11 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinances 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 12 139, 140 and 141 - 1996 on first reading by title only, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was 13 carried on a unanimous voice vote. 14 15 ORDINANCE NO. 131 -1996 13 17 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 131 - 1996-A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF 13 A STATEMENT OF BENEFITS FOR A PROPERTY OWNER APPLYNG FOR DEDUCTIONS UNDER I.C. 13 6-1.1-12.1 2) 21 Councilmember Stamper said he had not talked with Purina Mills and asked that the ordinance be held and 2? brought out on second reading at the next meeting. 2 21 25 ORDINANCE NO.133-1996 23 27 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 133 - 1996 - AN APPROPRIATION' ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE 23 RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE A BUREAU OF JUSTICE 23 ASSISTANCE GRANT 30 31 Speaking in favor of the ordinance was Police Chief Bill Shake who explained the department plans to 32 purchase a piece of equipment which will allow the officers to be available more on the street for patrol 33 duties. He stated this is a dictation system to allow officers to take reports in the field and call them into the 1 3 department, thus saving traveling time and stay in the area where he or she is needed. He added that it will 3 have tremendous benefits enabling the officer to do telephonic search warrants, recording them on a 3 dictation system which will later be recorded by typists keeping the officers out on the street where they can 3 do more good for the public. 3 3 Chief Shake named those serving on a Citizens Advisory group who attended a recent meeting and gave a 4 non-binding recommendation to use the funds to purchase this system. Among those in the group were 4 Kathy Wetzel, a member of the Neighborhood Clearing House Board, and Freddie Bragg, a member of the 4 Fairview Neighborhood Association Committee. 4, Showing her support for the purchase of the system, Wetzel said there is good communication between the 4 neighborhood groups and the Police Department resulting in a good exchange of ideas. She said the key 4° things they as a committee hear,are everyone wants the City to become more together and to share come of 4 the concerns throughout the neighborhoods. She said all folks say to her they would like to see the police out 4: on the streets and this would free officers to do just that. 4° 50 Councilmember Dickman moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 133 - 1996 to second 5 reading,second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 5. 5 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 133- 1996 on second reading. 5, 5• President Allen declared Ordinance No. 133-1996 on public hearing.Also speaking in favor of the ordinance 5. was Bragg,who said this will present a great opportunity to free up an officer's time and not take two hours to 5' make a report. He added that, in a prior meeting, it brought out all the aspects of what this grant would do for 5: the City. He said he feels sure it would mean a better Police Department in the future. 5° I60 Hearing no further comments for and none against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for 6 engrossment,second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 6 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 133- 1996 to third and final 6• reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous 6' voice vote. • 288 • . Common Council Minutes Cnnt'd • December 16, 1996 • . • Page-4. , • • • 1 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 133-1996 on third reading. 2 3 Ordinance No. 133-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 4 5 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 6 Nays: None 7 8 ORDINANCE NO.134-1996 9 10 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 134 - 1996 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE ESTABLISHIN ei A 11 NON-REVERTING INFRASTRUCTURE FUND 12 13 Clay Miller of the Finance Department, explained that this ordinance concerns companies and busines es 14 receiving tax abatements. He said half of the donations received will be used for a sidewalk and c rb 15 infrastructure fund and the remainder would be used for the infrastructure. Councilmember Dickman said he 16 other half would go into the Revolving Loan Fund to loan back to the businesses in the communit . 17 Councilmember Wissel asked Miller what amount of funds is projected annualy and Miller responded that he 18 does not have that figure. The Mayor commented that the way it has been invoiced previously, a letter as 19 been prepared which clearly articulates what it is used for and where it would go and there is no wa to 20 calculate what to expect.When it gets to that point, Miller said, he can give Council the information about he 21 amount of money requested. He estimated that would be about six weeks from now. 22 23 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 134 - 1996 to se •nd 24 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanim•us 25 voice vote. 26 27 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 134-1996 on second reading. 28 29 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 134- 1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either fo or 30 against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hu on 31 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 32 33 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 126 - 1996 to third and fi al 34 readinn:^nd read by title only,second by Councilmember Lundy and the motion was carried on a unanim•us 35 voice vo..q. 36 37 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 134-1996 on third reading. 38 39 Ordinance No. 134-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 40 41 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton,Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 42 Nays:None 43 44 ORDINANCE NO.135-1996 45 46 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 135- 1996-AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT 0 47 EXCEED $920,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVEN E 48 BONDS, SERIES 1996 (PRODUCTIVITY FABRICATORS, INC. PROJECT)OF THE CITY OF RICHMO D, 49 INDIANA, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH SHALL BE LOANED TO THE JON R. ODOM TRUST AND T E 50 CONNIE E. ODOM TRUST TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION A R D 51 EQUIPPING OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITY FOR LEASE TO PRODUCTVVI1( 52 FABRICATORS, INC.; PROVIDING FOR THE PLEDGE AND ASSIGNMENT OF REVENUES FOR T E 53 PAYMENT OF SAID BONDS; AUTHORIZING A BOND PURCHASE AND LOAN AGREEMENT WITH 54 RESPECT TO THE BONDS AND LEASE AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE PROJECT; AND 55 AUTHORIZING OTHER ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS 56 57 Representing the Odoms was Attorney Robert Delaney who explained that Dan Cox of Peoples Loan -1 d 58 Trust which is the financier, was present in the audience as well has John Kirkwood, bond counsel. He s-id 59 Council had approved an inducement resolution earlier in a public hearing. He stated they they did not -sk 60 for a final resolution because at that time,.the economic development revenue bonds that can be issu:d 61 were oversubscribed because there is'a cap on the amount that can be issued. However, he said, he go, a 62 call two weeks ago from the Indiana Finance Authority, telling him that some of the subscriptions had be:n 63 returned and that made them eligible, but he had to let them know in three days if it could be done this ye:r. 64 He said all the documents have been done and it is the same project except for the alternate site that h-s 65 been put in there. He asked that Council take this through all three readings and adopt it tonight or lose it. 289 Common Council Minutes Cont'd December 16, 1996 Page 5 1 Councilmember Dickman asked Bever for his comments and he responded,saying that he had reviewed the 2 documents and the Economic Development Commission had passed this resolution today which was a 3 requirement for this ordinance. He said he had worked with Kirkwood and although there was some question 4 about the two different facilities it is still identified an economic development facility so there is no legal 5 hurdle to that. He said he was comfortable with it and would leave it to Council's discretion. He added further 6 that the legal perimeters are all satisfactory. 7 8 Councilmember Dickman moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 135 - 1996 to second 9 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Wissel and the motion was carried on a unanimous o voice vote. d1 2 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 135-1996 on second reading. 3 4 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 135-1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or 5 against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton 6 and the motion was carried on'a unanimous voice vote. 7 8 Councilmember Dickman moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 135 - 1996 to third and 9 final reading and read by number only, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a 0 unanimous voice vote. 1 2 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 135- 1996 on third reading by number only. •3 4 Ordinance No. 135-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 5 6 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel,Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen(9) '7 Nays: None 8 9 0 ORDINANCE NO.136-1996 1 2 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 136 - 1996 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1996 3 BUDGET 4 5 City Engineer Bob Wiwi explained this ordinance provides the means to obtain a truck and snow plow for the 6 Street Division which means it will enable that division to properly remove snow from several streets that 7 they weren't able to take care of properly last winter. Councilmember Wissel questioned deleting $4,000 8 from the streets, alleys and curbs category, noting that he gets more calls from residents about curbs and 9 sidewalks than any other item throughout the year. Wiwi said this is being taken out of the 1996 budget and 0 these are funds that cannot be spent this year. Councilmember Wissel asked why they weren't used during 1 the summer and Wiwi responded that he assumed Street Division Manager Bill Smith did the best he could 2 but did not have enough staff to complete the work. Councilmember Wissel asked Wiwi if this had to be 3 passed and Wiwi said it is needed as soon as possible. 4 5 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 136 - 1996 to second 6 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous 7 voice vote. 8 9 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 136- 1996 on second reading. `0 '1 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 136-1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or -2 against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment,second by Councilmember Welch and -3 the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. `4 -5 -6 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 120- 1996 to third and final '7 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous -8 voice vote. -9 •0 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 136-1996 on third reading. :1 Ordinance No. 136-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: Z4Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel,Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) Nays:None 9 • • Common Council Minutes Cont'd • December-1fi, 1-99C Rage 6 • 1 ORDINANCE NO.137-1996 2 3 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 137- 1996 -AN APPROPRITION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CI 4 OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES TO BE RENDERED TO RICHMOND POW R 5 &LIGHT IN 1997 6 7 City Controller Shelley Miller said she wished to address Ordinance No. 137- 1996 through Ordinance o. 8 140 - 1996. She explained that part of the 1997 budget process looked at all the services that vari us 9 departments within the general fund provide to the other funds and evaluated those services. She said th re 10 are a couple of theories which were not to transfer any money, however, it had already been establishe in 11 some of those funds that a dollar contribution did exist so she looked at the aprticular method and applie it 12 to all the funds that receive City services. She said she looked at the size of the funds, number of 13 employees, size of the budget and set percentages according to that. She said she took a new approa h, 14 looking at off-street parking, noting that fund is not doing very well, and eliminated the contribution to t e 15 general fund to help that fund. She said she looked at services provided to RP & L, and felt that it was riot 16 appropriate to take a portion of the salaries of the Human Resources Director and Benefits Secretary,to hp 17 provide the RP & L payment, and she took a clear look at that and came up with new percentages. S e 18 added that she came up with appropriate amounts for contributions and those amounts will go into e 19 general fund for the appropriations in that fund. 20 21 Councilmember Hutton asked if the extra money taken from the Parks and Recreation Department would ut 22 that department in any deficit and Miller assured her that she had worked closely with Superintendent S an 23 Lambert to make sure that it would not have a large adverse impact. She added that she had tried to e 24 consistent in all the funds and that had been done as part of their budgeting. Councilmember Elstro as d 25 about the RP& L budget and if it would make it equal and Councilmember Hutton said they will be savin a 26 little. Miller said there was a larger contribution made to the general fund by RP & L last ye r. 27 Councilmember Parker asked what the City Engineer does for the rest of the City other than the four entit es 28 mentioned, noting that that is 90 percent of his salary. Miller said the remainder of his salary comes from e 29 general fund and is used for the administration of his department. Councilmember Parker said he still did of 30 understand and Miller explained that 90 percent of the City Engineer's time is spent with the Sanit ry 31 Department, RP & L, the Street Division and the Parks. She said he also works with the airport, wa er 32 company,gas company and the public transit.She stated that it is a judgment call, adding that when takin a 33 broader look it gets difficult when it is broken up into many small pieces. She said the allocation is do e 34 according to the services they provide to the other departments. Councilmember Welch said he was looki g 35 at the next four ordinances and the salary, of the City Engineer totals around $66,000 and Miller said he is 36 looking at the benefits as well as salaries. 37 38 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 137 - 1996 to seco d 39 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Lundyl and the motion was carried on a 40 unanimous voice vote. 41 42 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 137-1996 on second reading. 43 44 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 137- 1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or 45 against the ordinance, Councilmember Wissel moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Dickm;n 46 and the motion was carried on'a unanimous voice vote. 47 48 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 129-1996 to third and fi al 49 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Wissel and the motion was carried on a 50 unanimous voice vote. 51 52 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 137-1996 on third reading. 53 54 Ordinance No. 137- 1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 55 56 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton,Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 57 Nays:None 58 59 ORDINANCE NO.138-1996 60 , 61 The.Clerk read Ordinance No. 138-1996-AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY 62 OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES TO BE RENDERED TO THE RICHMO D 63 SANITARY DISTRICT IN 1997 64 65 President Allen explained that Miller had already explained this ordinance as well as the next two. • uss Jai IVU. ,o0- I aao was adopted'on the following°call of the roll: 18 19 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 20 Nays:None 21 22 ORDINANCE NO.139-1996 23 24 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 139 - 1996 -AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PAYMENT 25 FOR SSERVICFS FRO E—MOT-GR-VE- H{CLE-FH 26 =•ncilm r Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 139 - 1996 to second '8 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous >9 voice vote. :0 :1 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 139- 1996 on second reading. :2 :3 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 139- 1996 on public hearing. There being no comments either for or .4 against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton .5 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. .6 .7 Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 139- 1996 to third and final 8 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a unanimous 9 voice vote. 0 ,1 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 139-1996 on third reading. •2 ,3 Ordinance No. 139-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: . Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton,Dickman, Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen(8) 46 Nays:None 4: ORDINANCE NO.140-1996 4- 5. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 140 - 1996 -AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY 5 OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES TO BE RENDERED TO THE DEPARTMENT 5' OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN 1997 5: 5, Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 140 - 1996 to second 5 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous 5. voice vote. 5` 5: The Clerk read Ordinance No. 140-1996 on second reading. 5° 60 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 140- 1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or 6 against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Wissel 6. and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 6 6 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 140 - 1995.to third and final 6-, reading and read by title only,second by Ccunciim`rnber Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 292 • 9 - • • , . Common Council Minutes Cont'd December-1-6-,4996 PagR 7 , • 1 Councilmember Hutton, moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 138 - 1996 to second 2 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous 3 voice vote. 4 • 5 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 138- 1996 on second reading. 6 7 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 138- 1996 on public hearing. There being no comments either for or 8 against the ordinance, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Wissel 9 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 0 1 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 138 - 1996 to third and final 2 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Lundy and the motion was carried on a unanimous 43 voice . 15 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 138-1996 on third reading. 6 17 Ordinance No. 138-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 8 9 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) •0 Nays:None -1 -2 ORDINANCE NO,139-1996 -3 -4 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 139 - 1996-AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PAYMENT -5 FOR SER7ES FROM THE MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND IN 1997 -6 -7 Councilmem er Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 139 - 1996 to second -8 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous -9 voice vote. 0 1 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 139- 1996 on second reading. 3 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 139-1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or • against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. d6 , 37 Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 139- 1996 to third and final ''...8 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a unanimous ,-...9 voice vote. 410 1 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 139-1996 on third reading. 4 Ordinance No. 139- 1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (8) 4 Nays:None ORDINANCE NO.140-1996 5 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 140- 1996 -AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY 5 OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES TO BE RENDERED TO THE DEPARTMENT 5 OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN 1997 5 5 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 140 - 1996 to second 5 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous 5 voice vote. 5 5 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 140- 1996 on second reading. 5 6 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 140-1996 on public hearing. There being no comments either for or 6 against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Wissel 6 and the motion was carried on;a unanimous voice vote. 6 6 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 140 -1996 to third and final 6. reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. i • i _ 294 • Common Council Minutes Cont'd December 16, 1996 Pag 1 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 140-1996.on third reading. 2 3 Ordinance No. 140-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 4 5 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 6 Nays:None 7 8 ORDINANCE NO.141 -1996 10 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 141 - 1996 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1996 11. BUDGET 12 13 City Controller Miller came forward to explain that this is the final ordinance this year for amending the 1996 14 budget. She said she waited to make sure the City got current on the RP & L accounts, and taxes and 15 insurance had been covered,then looked through the Board of Works budget and found$45,600.She asked 16 for the transfer of that money into the capital outlay of the budget, with $25,000 going for the Glopal 17 Information Service (G.I.S.) and the remainder to be used for improvement of furniture and fixtues 18 throughout the building. 19 20 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 141 - 1996 to seccnd 21 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmbmer Elstro and the motion was carried on a unanimous 22 voice vote. 23 24 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 141 - 1996 on second reading. 25 26 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 141 - 1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or 27 against the ordinance, Councilmember Lundy moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton 28 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 29 30 Councilmember Dickman moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 141 - 1996 to third and 31 final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried or a 32 unanimous voice vote. 33 34 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 141 -1996 on third reading. 35 36 Ordinance No. 141 - 1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 37 38 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton,Dickman, Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 39 Nays: None 40 41 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING 42 43 ORDINANCE NO.116-1996 44 45 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 116 - 1996 -AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW SCHEDULE OF RATS 46 AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY THE CITY OF RICHMOND'S MUNICIPAL ELECT IC 47 UTILITY,RICHMOND POWER& LIGHT 48 49 President Allen said the rate case has not been settled which means the rates will be approved a a la er 50 time and this ordinance will be held on second reading. 51 52 53 ORDINANCE NO-125-1996 54 55 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 125 - 1996-A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL F 56 A STATEMENT OF BENEFIT FOR A PROPERTY OWNER APPLYING FOR DEDUCTIONS UNDER I C. 57 6-1.1-12.1 58 59 Councilmember Stamper explained this ordinance is for Spartech Plastics which is adding to five vario s 60 lines to improve quality control and quality of the products produced there. He added that the$700,000 they 61 are adding to the Richmond community is,appreciated as well as the 129 jobs they are retaining. 62 63 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 125-1996 on public hearing.There being no comments either for or - 64 against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton 65 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote. 5 Common Council Minutes Cont'd • December 16, 1996 Pago-9 1 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 125- 1996 to third and final 2 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a unanimous 3 voice vote. 4 5 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 125- 1996 on third and final reading. 6 7 Ordinance No. 125-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 8 9 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy,Wissel,Hutton, Dickman,Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9) 0 Nays:None 1 2 ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING 3 4 There were none. 5 6 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 17 8 Clerk Schroeder said Ordinances 131 and 116 are left and will be read at the next meeting. 19 -0 Councilmember Hutton reminded Councilmember Lundy there was a song to be sung and the entire Council •1 joined in singing"We Wish You A Merry Christmas." -2 -3 ADJOURNMENT -4 -5 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourned. 6 7 -8 0 1 2 Geneva"Gene"Allen, President �6 ATTEST: 4,0 Norma Schroeder, City Clerk 1 4141 4 50 5 5• 5c 5, 5. 5. 5r 5: 5! 111 6. 6 6 6c 6, 6.