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The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in a special session at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
• September 26, 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,
Robert Dickman,Alan Stamper, Bing Welch and Larry Parker.The following business was had to-wit:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRAYER BY PRESIDENT ALLEN •
la ROLL CALL
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11 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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1: PRESENTATIONS.MEMORIALS.REMONSTRANCES.INTRODUCTIONS.MOTIONS. RESOLUTIONS
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20 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
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2= Mayor Dennis Andrews commented that for the purpose of clarification he wanted to re-focus Council's
2: attention on CCDF, explaining that the fund is currently in the budget and was prepared in conjunction with
2 the request for emergency for a transfer of funds from an electric utility. He said there had been many
2' conversations about that and it had been covered in meetings of the Committee of the Whole,but he wanted
2: to bring it up so there is no chance of that amount not being amended or that Council will not be aware that it
2 was prepared in that way. He added that he felt that any action on that would not be binding on the utility
2: anyway because that obviously has to occur by authorization of the RP& L Board of Directors.
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30 He said another point pertains to CCDF which has nothing to do with the general fund or nothing to do with
3 balancing the budget. He added that it is a separate rate unto itself and is just for capital purchases. He
3: noted that the amount of money that is requested over and above that transfer would allow for the purchase
3 of 15 police vehicles and firefighting equipment that is not in the budget. He said he wanted to mention that
3, regardless of what Council does on that particular fund and on that particular request previously given to the
3' RP&L Board, it will not have any effect on the budget being balanced.
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3 REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS
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41 REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
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REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
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4 REPORTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS
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4• MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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51 ORDINANCES
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5 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
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5- There were none.
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5 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING
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5•' ORDINANCE NO.86-1996
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61 Executive Coordinator Debbie Berry, sitting in for Clerk Norma Schroeder, read Ordinance No. 86 - 1996-
6 AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE 1997 BUDGET
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6, President Allen asked City Controller Shelley Miller to step forward to explain the material distributed prior to
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Common Council Minutes Cont'd
September 26, 1996
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1 Miller said the packets she'distributed to the Councilmembers contained an entirely new set of forms for tie
2 tax commissioners which contained changes based on the recommended amendments. She said Courcil
3 may make further changes if needed, but she felt preparing these would prevent confusion as to whii4ch
4 pages needed to be changed, so she had made a completely new set for each Councilmember. She also
5 noted that the packet contained a spread sheet which contained a summary of the changes and pointed •ut
6 that only seven pages had been changed. She added that these changes related to the pending sale of
7 Carpenter Manufacturing, the reduction of a position in the Parks Department and the elimination o` a
8 project in the CCIF bringing up$68,000 to roll into the general fund.
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10 Councilmember Stamper said when he looked at the net amount to be raised by the tax levy it goes down .y
11 $460,000 instead of$500,000. Miller explained that that is on form 101 A which is for the general fund, noti g
12 that another change was made to the Parks Department and that is a separate point. She directed him to
13 move down to 19A, form 4B and note the line item changes; down to the change on line 16 and anot er
14 $40,000 is in that line as well which would bring the total up to the$500,000.
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16 President Allen declared Ordinance No. 86-1996 on public hearing.
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18 Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Wissel and the motion w:s
19 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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21 Councilmember Dickman moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 86- 1996 to third readi g
22 and read by title only, second by Councilmember Welch and the motion was carried on a unanimous voi,e
23 vote.
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25 Berry read Ordinance No. 86- 1996 on third reading.
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27 City Attorney Bob Bever pointed out the ordinance needed to be amended and should not have be-n
28 engrossed. He apologized for not catching that earlier.
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30 Councilmember Dickman moved to withdraw his engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and t'e
31 motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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33 Bever explained that engrossment means that an ordinance is ready for a final vote and that is why it m st
34 be amended before it is engrossed.
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36 Councilmember Hutton moved to amend the budget as presented tonight by Miller, second by
37 Councilmember Wissel and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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39 Bever answered a question posed by Councilmember Hutton about the ordinance having to do with t e
40 salaries for elected officers, noting that has been advertised and will come before Council for a final vote
41 October 21, 1996.
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43 Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion w-s
44 carried on a unanimous voice vote. •
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46 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 86 - 1996 to third readi g
47 and read by title only, second by Councilmember Wissel and the motion was carried on a unanimous voi
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50 Berry read Ordinance No. 86- 1996 on third reading.
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52 Ordinance No. 86-1996 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
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54 Ayes:Elstro, Lundy,Wissel, Hutton, Dickman, Stamper,Welch, Parker and Allen (9)
55 Nays:None
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57 ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING
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59 There were none.
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61 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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63 ADJOURNMENT
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65 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourneo.
Geneva"Gene"Allen, President
ATTEST:
Debbie Berry, Executive Coordinator