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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CI-T-Y-OF-RIGHMOND:INDI-ANAEI UL-Y-6-1-992
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session at 7:30 p.m. Monday,July 6,
2 1992, in the Council Chambers in said City. President Elstro presided with the following Councilmembers
3 present: Lundy, Brookbank, Donat, McBride, Parker,Allen, Dickman and Hutton.The following business was
4 had to-wit:
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6 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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8 PRAYER-COUNCILMEMBER MCBRIDE
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10 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OFJUNE 1.1992
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12 Councilmember Brookbank made a motion to approve the minutes of the June 1, 1992 meeting as prepared,
13 seconded by Councilmember Hutton and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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15 COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR
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17 Mayor Cornett noted that it was indeed the good old summertime in Richmond, Indiana. He commended all
18 those citizens who have helped with and attended the White River Games, Richmond Area Rose Festival,
19 the July 4 Fireworks and the Gus Macker tournament, all of which were exceptionally successful. He added
20 that he thought the interest shown was a real good sign that the spirit is up in this community and noted that
21 the citizens should all be proud of the success of these events.
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23 PRESENTATIONS OF REMONSTRANCES. PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS
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25 City Attorney Thomas Milligan advised the Councilmembers that the proof of publication is in order for
26 Vacation Petition No.3- 1992 and Vacation Petition No.4- 1992.
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28 Councilmember Parker made a motion to accept the proof of publication, second by Councilmember Hutton
29 and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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31 Daniel Stamper, petitioner for Vacation Petition No. 3 - 1992, appreared before the Board and said he was
32 available to answer questions. There being none, President Elstro declared the Petition on public hearing.
33 Milligan explained that the Petition automatically goes to Planning.
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35 Councilmember Lundy, acting as agent for the petitioners for Vacation Petition No.4-1992, said they would
36 like to have the alley behind their properties vacated. The area is between North H and North I Streets.
37 Milligan said the various petitioners with the exception of Victor Conti, all live on North 11th Street. Their
38 rear yard lines butt the alley which has never been improved. Conti owns the entire east side of the
39 unimproved alley.
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41 President Elstro declared the Petition on public hearing. With no one speaking for or against, the Petition
42 automatically goes to Planning.
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44 REPORT FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS
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46 None presented.
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48 REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
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50 Councilmember Hutton said she had received calls from residents on South West First and South West E
51 Streets asking about the two-hour parking. They were not included in Ordinance No. 21 - 1992 that was
52 adopted May 4, 1992. Milligan noted that in all the discussion about the area those two streets were not
53 included because residents had no problem with parking. Hutton said since the other areas have the
54 two-hour parking, it has created parking problems in those areas and there are many senior citizens living
55 there who are having trouble getting in and out of their driveways. Milligan said the Board of Works can
56 consider any petitions from those property owners if they want to submit them.As the Chairman of the Board
57 of Works, he said he would like to see how the two-hour parking restriction is working in the area before
58 expandingt it.The signs will be installed as soon as the notification process is completed which means they
59 will be up before school starts in August.
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61 Councilmember McBride asked Milligan what the time frame was on hearing from the railroad about the
62 terrible state of the crossings. Milligan said he had heard from one representative who said it was definitely
63 not his responsibility. Milligan said the City will try to work with the railroad's maintenance people to find out
64 the specifications for repairing the crossings, then tell them the City's maintenance people will do the work
65 then bill the railroad. He also suggested that their inspector would be invited to check the work once it is
done.Jarvis will continue to establish contact with the railroads.
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Councilmember McBride said he persuaded someone to ride with him to conduct his own experiment on the
2 roughness of the crossings. He said it was not possible to go over the crossings even at 10 miles an hour
without spilling a glass of water.
Milligan assured Councilmembers that the City's approach would be what he had suggested earlier-that the
City will go in and do the work according to the railroad's specifications so there won't be a problem from the
insurance angle then sign off what meets their requirements and bill them for it.
REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
1 Councilmember Brookbank reported that at the last Reid Hospital Board meeting discussion included talking
1 about the new doctors coming to Richmond. She said the hospital has been successful in luring doctors
1 here because of several factors which included the Board working closely with the staff and medical
1 students coming here for the summer and residents opening their homes to them.
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17 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
1 Councilmember Allen asked City Controller Dennis Grimes if the City is out of dog licenses. He answered
2 that only four were left. Additional ones ordered were supposed to have arrived last week but will be
2 shipped Friday.
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2 REPORTS FROM OTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEES
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Councilmember McBride noted that all of the Councilmembers had received a letter from Robert Delaney,
2 president of the Street Tree Commission. He said all of the trees the City had received under the grant had
2: been planted and that more requests had been received than trees and the City was delaying buying any
2° additional trees until fall.
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3 ORDINANCES
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3, ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
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3° Councilmember Brookbank made a motion to suspend the rules and read on first reading by title only
37 Ordinances No. 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41, second by Councilmember McBride and carried on a
3: unanimous voice vote.
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40 ORDINANCE NO.34-1992
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4 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 34 - 1992 - A SPECIAL ORDINANCE VACATING A PORTION OF ELM
4 PLACE LOCATED EAST OF NORTH 10TH STREET BETWEEN NORTH D AND E STREETS
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4 President Elstro announced Ordinance No.34- 1992 would go to the Planning Commission.
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4 _ORDINANCE NO.35-1992
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5 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 35 - 1992 - A SPECIAL ORDINANCE VACATING AN ALLEY IN WILLIAM
5 BAXTER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND
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5 President Elstro announced Ordinance No.35- 1992 would go to the Planning Commission.
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5 ORDINANCE NO.36-1992
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57 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 36 - 1992 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL
5 COMPENSATION OF ALL ELECTED CITY OFFICERS FOR 1993
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6 President Elstro said he had had a couple of telephone calls at home with questions about the City Clerk
6 receiving an $11,000 increase. He explained that the newspaper article had been incorrect. Milligan pointed
6 out that the Clerk's salary is the same as in 1992 and no increase had been proposed. He said that in the
6 1992 salary ordinance the Clerk's salary appeared in three different places in the budget which included the
6, responsibilities of the clerk as clerk of the Board of Works and Telecommunications Council and as
6 secretary/clerk for Richmond Power& Light. To come up with the actual salary of the clerk one would have
to look in three different places to find that the total salary is $36,574 which is the current salary of the clerk
and has been since 1991.
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2 In answer to a question from Councilmember Hutton, Milligan said Council will vote on this salary ordinance
3 and the salary ordinance for the City employees at the same time which will be the August 3 meeting. This
4 particular ordinance, he said, is the only one that has to be advertised prior to adoption.
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6 ORDINANCE NO.37-1992
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8 The Clerk read Ordinance No.37- 1992-A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP IN THE
9 1900 BLOCK OF STRAIGHT LINE PIKE
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11 President Elstro asked who the petitioner was and when Milligan answered that it was Richard Terwilliger,
12 Elstro said Terwilliger had tried unsuccessfully three times to get a zoning change. Elstro said he had talked
13 with the neighbors down there only recently and they still hadn't changed their minds.
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15 President Elstro announced Ordinance No.37-1992 would go to the Planning Commission.
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17 ORDINANCE NO.38-1992
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19 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 38 - 1992 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 1992
20 BUDGET
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22 Grimes explained that the first item of $1,102.23 was for contractual services, along with $1,380.77 for
23 supplies in the engineering division budget of the Public Works department. Both were being deleted and
24 combined for a total of $2,483.00 to be used to purchase additional computer equipment to satisfy their
25 needs in the engineering department. The second item is the deletion of $2,560.00 for other supplies and
26 added to the office equipment line item for the purchase of a Xerox copier for the street department which is
27 also in the Public Works Department. He said the purpose is an effort on the part of the City Controller's
28 office to budget the money exactly where it is going to be spent.
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30 Councilmember McBride made a motion to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 38 - 1992 on second
31 reading by title only,second by Councilmember Hutton and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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33 The Clerk read Ordinance No.38-1992 on second reading.
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35 President Elstro declared Ordinance No. 38 - 1992 on public hearing. There being no comments for or
36 against, Councilmember Parker moved for engrossment,second by Councilmember Hutton and carried on a
37 unanimous voice vote.
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39 Councilmember Brookbank made a motion to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 38 - 1992 on third
40 and final reading by title only,second by Councilmember Parker and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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42 The Clerk read Ordinance No.38-1992 on third reading.
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44 Ordinance No.38-1992 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
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46 Ayes: Lundy, Brookbank, Donat, McBride, Parker,Allen, Dickman, Hutton and Elstro (9)
47 Nays: None
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49 ORDINANCE NO.39-1992
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51 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 39 - 1992 - A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP AT
52 THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH SALISBURY ROAD AND WEST MAIN
53 STREETS
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55 In answer to a question by President Elstro, Milligan noted that the owners of the land are Lucille, Clarence,
56 Florence and Ethel Toschlog and they had designated David I. Mullins as their agent. He is the prospective
57 purchaser and proposes to develop the land for a family-type recreation.
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59 President Elstro announced Ordinance No.39-1992 would go to the Planning Commission.
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61 ORDINANCE NO.40-1992
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63 The Clerk read Ordinance No.40- 1992-A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF A
64 STATEMENT OF BENEFITS FOR A PROPERTY OWNER APPLYING FOR DEDUCTIONS UNDER I.C. 6-
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In his explanation of the ordinance, Milligan said it involves an industrial applicant for the special benefits for
equipment under the tax abatement over a five-year period. He said that in order for Ralston Purina Mills to
4 obtain the tax requirement and meet the various deadlines the application had to be filed before the end of
June and he had asked Councilmember Lundy to sign the approval since most of the other Councilmembers
were out of town attending a Council-related event. Milligan said Councilmember Lundy signed the approval
i subject to the understanding that he would ask for the approval of the Council at the July meeting. Milligan
called it a retroactive type of ordinance which confirms an act that took place prior to tonight. He said it was
an unusual procedure and he would not use this except in an extraordinary situation.
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1 Councilmember Hutton made a motion to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 40 - 1992 on second
11 reading and read by title only,second by Councilmember Brookbank and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
1¢ President Elstro announced Ordinance No. 40- 1992 was on public hearing.There being no response either
1 for or against, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember McBride and
1 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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1 ; Councilmember Lundy made a motion to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 40 - 1992 to third
1 and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Brookbank and carried on a unanimous
2) voice vote.
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2? The Clerk read Ordinance No.40-1992.
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24 Ordinance No.40-1992 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
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2 Ayes: Lundy, Brookbank, Donat, McBride,Parker,Allen, Dickman, Hutton and Elstro (9)
2 Nays:None
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3 ORDINANCE NO.41 -1992
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3' The Clerk read Ordinance No. 41 - 1992 - AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY
3 OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE DONATIONS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE
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35 Milligan said this ordinance would allow the City, if it decides to accept donations to eliminate the step of
3E appropriation and to accept them with the condition of how they're going to be spent. In the past, Milligan
37 noted,donations were simply accepted and there may have been some confusion as to how the money was
36 to be spent. With the passing of this ordinance, the City's acceptance of the donation will authorize the
3 expenditure. Milligan added that there are an increasing number of individuals wanting to give property or
4 cash to the City for a specific purpose.
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4 Grimes said the ordinance is a result of an internal audit of the Super Park donation and donations by TCI
4 for WCTV as well as two others. He said the city had a donation of$2,500 for the purpose of paying utilities
44 for the Design Center where the Tast Force Committee for the Greater Richmond Progress Committe is
4 operating out of for the remainder of the year. He said the ordinance would have to be amended to read
46 "paying utilities" rather than "paying rent and utilities." The $3,657 mentioned in the second portion
47 represents donations solicited by Widowed Persons Service where individuals are approached and asked for
4j $200 donations asking to supplement grant funds to provide the service to the community. These are
4 solicited, Grimes said, with the condition that they are tax deductible.
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Councilmember Hutton made a motion to amend the ordinance by deleting the word "rent," second by
Councilmember Parker and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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5, Councilmember Brookbank made a motion to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 41 - 1992 to
56 second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember McBride and carried on a unanimous voice
I5 vote.
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5 The Clerk read Ordinance No.41 -1992 on second reading.
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61 President Elstro declared Ordinance No. 41 - 1992 on public hearing. There being no response from the
6 public either for or against, Councilmember McBride moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember
6� Brookbank and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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6, Councilmember Brookbank made a motion to suspend the rules on Ordinance No. 41 - 1992 and send it to
6. third reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Lundy and carried on a unanimous voice
vote.
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2 The Clerk read Ordinance No.41 - 1992 on third reading.
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4 Ordinance No.41 -1992 was adopted on the following call of the roll:
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6 Ayes: Lundy, Brookbank, Donat, McBride, Parker,Allen, Dickman, Hutton and Elstro (9)
7 Nays: None
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9 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING
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11 None
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13 ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING
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15 None
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17 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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19 President Elstro asked what classes were attending from the high school and was told it was the senior
20 government students in summer school classes.
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22 Councilmember Hutton requested an update on Central Garage which brought comments from Earnest
23 Jarvis, director of the Department of Public Works. He said bids were being received on the possible
24 renovation of the garage at the sanitary district. He added that it depended on what those bids look like as to
25 what kind of work can be done. The proposal is to modify the 10-bay garage that is there now and to build
26 another parking facility at the sanitary district in which to park the equipment for winter use. Those five bays
27 on the east side will be turned into the central garage.
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29 He said his department is looking at a modular-type structure to be used for the transporation division office
30 located next to the new bus storage facility. He explained that when the bids came in they were about twice
31 the amount they expected which caused them to look elsewhere. The modular unit which is completely
32 finished can be purchased for about$20,000 less than the lowest bid received, he said.
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35 Milligan said if the City proceeds with moving the location of the central garage to the sanitary district, he
36 will be in touch with Stewart Nibley who handled the legal end of the City's compliance with the E.P.A. and
37 will make sure the grant has been closed out and audited.
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39 Councilmember Lundy said she will call a Committee of the Whole meeting on G.I.S. when she gets all the
40 information together.
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42 Councilmember McBride requested on behalf of the Council that the Mayor be authorized to issue a letter of
43 commendation to the organizers of the Gus Macker Tournament. All agreed it would be a good idea.
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45 ADJOURNMENT
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47 - There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourned.
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52 Howard J. Elstro, President
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56 ATTEST:
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58 Norma Carnes, City Clerk
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