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The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Monday, August
2 1, 1994, in the Council Chambers in said City. President Larry Parker presided with the following
Councilmembers present: Howard "Jack" Elstro, Etta Lundy, Jane Brookbank, Mary Ellen Donat, Don
McBride, Gene Allen, Bob Dickman and Sally Hutton. The following business was had to-wit:
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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PRAYER BY COUNCILMEMBER BROOKBANK
1 ROLL CALL
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1 Nine present.
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1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 18, 1994
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lq Councilmember McBride moved to approve the amended minutes of July 18, 1994, second by
17 Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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1' COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
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2 PRESENTATIONS OF REMONSTRANCES, PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
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2 Belinda Yoke of 1404 Boyer Street appeared before Council as a representative of the Fairview
2, Neighborhood Association noting that she is a member of a committee formed July 20 to address the
2 problems at the railroad crossing on North West I Street east of North West 5th Street. She said she had
2. contacted Norfolk & Southern Railroad in New Castle and spoke to Rick Coleman who told her he had been
27 in contact with City Engineer Bob Wiwi because of the concerns over several crossings in Richmond. She
12 said they were going to pull a crew from Muncie to come to Richmond July 25 to start repairs. She said she
2 talked with Wiwi and Mayor Roger Cornett on July 22 and they told her they would meet on July 25 to decide
3 which crossings were the most important and they confirmed that the one at North West I Street was one of
31 the worst.
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3 Yoke said a crew did arrive July 25 and worked on the electrical boxes, leaving on July 27. She said she
3 contacted the Mayor the next day on July 28 and he said he would check to see what had happened. He
3 called her back the next day and said the railroad had changed its plans and were supposed to begin work
3 again either tomorrow or Wednesday and there should be some demolition on the tracks at that time. She
3 said the purpose of her appearance was to see if each Councilmember could help by seeing Wiwi or see
3 what could be done.
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At the request of Councilmember Hutton, Yoke explained that the Fairview Neighborhood Association is
441 looking into some kind of clean up project on the tracks, noting that many newspapers have been dumped in
4 the area. Councilmember McBride said he had been trying to get something done about those tracks for the
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44 past two years, adding that as late as last week he had been assured the railroad would be doing something
and they had come in and put in a new signal box but never touched the tracks. Earnest Jarvis, director of
45 the Department of Public Works & Safety, said he had left messages with the railroad office today but his
4E calls had not been returned.
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4811 Councilmember Allen commended Yoke and the members of the Fairview Neighborhood Association, noting
49, that it is those kinds of activities that really help. Councilmember Elstro said he had been trying to get
50 something done at the crossing on South L Street for the past 10 years.
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9 President Parker noted that the railroad crossings had been an ongoing problem and a point of discussion
53 by Council on several occasions. He said he felt the best thing to do is to continue to call the railroad with the
54 complaints and also suggested that perhaps those people who use the railroad services could bring some
55 pressures to bear by using trucks instead of the railroad.
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5/I Jarvis said there really isn't much that can be done since the railroads are protected under federal law. He
58 also noted that he took exception to the statement Yoke made about Wiwi not doing anything, adding that
59I he and Wiwi have spent a lot of telephone time talking with the railroad. He said the best thing to do is to
60 continue to harrass the railroad by sending letters and calling. He added that Councilmember McBride has
611 called him on various occasions about the problem, noting that it is not that they, as citizens, are not being
6. heard, it just seems the railroad is ignoring the problem.
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6• Councilmember Lundy said the whole city has the same problem, noting that the crossings on North 8th and
65 North 12th Streets also need some work.
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Common Council Minutes Cont'd
August 1, 1994
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2 REPORT FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS
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4 REPORT FROM OTHER OFFICES
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6 REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
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8 Minutes of the July 14 and July 21 meetings were in the Council packets. •
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10 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
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12 REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
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14 REPORTS FROM OTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEES
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16 ORDINANCES
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18 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
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20 Councilmember Brookbank moved to read Ordinance No. 53 - 1994 in its entirety and to suspend the rule
21 and read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 54 - 1994, second by Councilmember McBride and th-
22 motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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24 ORDINANCE NO. 53 - 1994
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26 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 53 - 1994 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CI
27 OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE DONATIONS
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29 "WHEREAS the City of Richmond, Indiana, has the option of accepting or rejecting donations for a specifi
30 purpose, and
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32 "WHEREAS the acceptance of a donation for a specific purpose constitutes the appropriation of suc.
33 property for the intended purpose,
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35 "NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that th-
36 following donations are hereby accepted with the heart-felt gratitude of the citizens of Richmond:
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38 A. Big Blue Store by James Black, Manager, a donation of 2 Jon Boats to the Parks and Recreatio.
39 Department valued at $798.00.
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41 B. Richmond Lodge Number 167, Loyal Order of Moose, a donation of $2,500 to the Richmond
42 Police Department K-9 Unit."
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44 Councilmember Hutton moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 53 - 1994 to seconG
45 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember McBride and the motion was carried on
46 unanimous voice vote.
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48 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 53 - 1994 on second reading.
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50 President Parker announced the ordinance was on public hearing.
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52 Councilmember Hutton asked Stanton Lambert, the new superintentendent of the Richmond Parks
53 Recreation Department, to step forward as several Councilmembers said they had not met him. Lambe
54 expressed his appreciation for the donation, stating that the boats would be used at Middlefork Reservo r
55 and would bring the number of boats to six that would be available to rent for either pleasure or to go fishing
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57 There being no further comments in favor or against the ordinance, Councilmember Dickman moved fir
58 engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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60 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 53 - 1994 to third and fin.l
61 reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember McBride and the motion was carried on
62 unanimous voice vote.
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64 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 53 - 1994 on third reading. President Parker expressed his appreciation f•r
65 the donations.
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Common Council Minutes Cont'd
August 1, 1994
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2 Ordinance No.53 - 1994 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
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4 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Donat, McBride, Allen, Dickman, Hutton and Parker(9)
5 Nays: None
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7 ORDINANCE NO.54-1994
9 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 54 - 1994 - A GENERAL ORDINANCE REVISING AND UPDATING THE
10 RICHMOND CODE AS OF AUGUST 1, 1994
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1 Councilmember Hutton requested that Councilmembers be given a list of all the changes and corrections as
1 soon as possible so they would be able to check them out thoroughly before the next meeting. President
1 Parker asked the Clerk to relay that message to the City Attorney.
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16 President Parker announced that the ordinance would remain on second reading until the next meeting.
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1 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING
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2q There were none.
2 ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING
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There were none.
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2. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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2: President Parker recognized two Boy Scouts in the audience who were working on their Merit badges. At his
23 request they stood an introduced themselves as Sean Woodruff of Troop 100 and Chris Dixon of Troop 113.
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3 Councilmember Allen moved that the budget items which had been prioritized at the recent retreat be posted
3' on the walls in the Council chambers so that everybody could see them and make comments if they chose to
3: do so.The motion received a second by Councilmember Brookbank.
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3. Reiterating the comments she made at the last Council meeting, Councilmember Donat reminded her fellow
3. Councilmembers that the retreat had not been an official session and the prioritized items were given to them
3r as something to work on as a practice session. She noted that there are many concerns in the City which
3: were not even talked about.
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4. She stated that one of the number one issues was the dangerous condition of the Twentieth Century Bridge
4 and nothing has been done. She said at the time of the retreat, in April, the Mayor emphasized how
4' dangerous it was and that has been several months.
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4, Jarvis stepped forward to state that the bridge is totally safe for traffic. He said the engineering is complete
4. on the repair work, noting that the funding has been requested from the state and the county will help,
4. making it a three-pronged process which will be handled within the next year.
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4: Councilmember Hutton agreed with the comments made by Councilmember Donat, noting the retreat was
4: not an open meeting and there had been no public input. Councilmember Allen said the idea to post the
5' budget items was to let the public know what kind of items Council will be dealing with. Councilmember
5 Dickman said he saw no harm in posting something on the wall since most of the items were budget related. •
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5' Councilmember Donat said it was the idea of the facilitators to post the items because they were interested in
5, promoting their services. She said if the items are posted she feels it will give an unfair advantage to some
5. programs while penalizing others. However, she said she feels the public should be made aware of what is
5. being considered on the budget, especially the elimination of funding for Birth to Five which is a human
5' services type of program.
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5° The motion was defeated on the following call of the roll:
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6 Ayes: Brookbank, McBride, Allen and Dickman (4)
6 Nays: Elstro, Lundy, Donat, Hutton and Parker(5)
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6, ADJOURNMENT
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There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourned.
Larry Parker, President
ATTEST:
Norma Carnes, City Clerk
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