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HomeMy Public PortalAbout07-15-1991 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA,JULY 15, 1991 1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session on July 15, 1991 at the hour 2 of 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers in said City. President Hutton presided with the following 3 Councilmembers present: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, and Paust. Absent: 4 Morris. Representatives of the following media were in attendance: WCTV CABLE 16, WKBV/WFMG, 5 WHON/WQLK and Palladium Item. The following business was had to-wit: 6 7 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 8 9 SILENT DEVOTIONS 10 11 EXCUSED ABSENCE OF COUNCILMEMBER 12 13 President Hutton announced that Councilmember Morris was not in attendance due to being out of town. 14 15 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 1, 1991 16 17 Councilmember McBride moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by 18 Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 19 20 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 21 22 Mayor Frank Waltermann reported on the 4th of July celebration and parade sponsored by Harry Ray Post 23 65 and the excellence of the events. He also thanked all the City departments involved and added that there 24 was good citizen participation at the events. 25 26 PRESENTATION OF REMONSTRANCES, PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS 27 28 None were presented. 29 30 REPORTS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS 31 32 None were presented. 33 34 REPORTS FROM OTHER OFFICES 35 36 None were presented. 37 38 REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY 39 40 Ms. Carrie Hauptstueck reported to Council that the building on North 10th Street did have an unsafe order 41 issued and affirmed by the Board of Works. She said the next step was to file action in Court. 42 43 Ms. Hauptstueck informed Council that Mr. Metzger is working on fees and fee structures for support of 44 animal control and sheltering. 45 46 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES 47 48 None were presented. 49 50 REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES 51 52 None were presented. 53 54 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COUNCIL COMMITTEES 55 56 None were presented. 57 58 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 59 60 Council Comments or Complaints 61 62 Councilmember Elstro asked about the rezoning ordinance that was vetoed by Mayor Waltermann and the 63 veto overturned by Council. He said he had received calls that Planning was stating the the rezoning was 64 not in effect. 65 66 Mr. Dan Dooley explained that the ordinance in question granted preliminary approval for a Planned Unit Development and now the Council had to act on an ordinance for final approval for the Planned Unit Common Council July 15, 1991 Page 2 1 Development. Mr. Dooley said this is a two step procedure and will be acted on by Plan Commission later 2 this month and then returned to Council for final action. 3 4 Councilmember Brookbank commented on the new paving on South E Street and how grateful the residents 5 were. 6 7 Councilmember Parker commented on no sidewalk work starting yet and asked when the City would start 8 repairing sidewalks. 9 10 Mr. William Smith, Street Department Manager, informed Council they had been repairing sidewalks since 11 early spring. 12 13 Councilmember Parker requested a list of repairs and Mr. Smith said he would furnish that information. 14 15 RESOLUTIONS 16 17 Councilmember Brookbank moved to suspend the rules and read Resolution No. 13-1991 by title only, 18 seconded by Councilmember Lundy and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 19 20 RESOLUTION NO.13-1991 21 22 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 13-1991 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN 23 OPERATING ASSISTANCE GRANT UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION 24 ACT OF 1964,AS AMENDED. 25 26 It was clarified that this authorized the filing for Section 18 funding for Rose View Transit. 27 28 There being no discussion, Councilmember Hankinson moved for adoption of Resolution No. 13-1991, 29 seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 30 31 ORDINANCES 32 33 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING 34 35 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read on first reading by title only Ordinances No. 37 36 and 38-1991, seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 ORDINANCE NO.37-1991 39 40 The Clerk read on first reading by title only, Ordinance No. 37-1991 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 41 CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2326-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN 42 AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA PROVIDING FOR THE 43 REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 2400 AND 2500 BLOCK OF CHESTER BOULEVARD, ON 44 THE EAST SIDE FROM R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT AND A C-2 COMMERCIAL 45 DISTRICT TO C-2SU COMMERCIAL SPECIAL USE DISTRICT; AND ALSO AUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL 46 USE OF SAID PROPERTY AS A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT PROJECT. 47 48 President Hutton assigned the ordinance to the Plan Commission for public hearing and recommendation. 49 50 TRANSFER ORDINANCE NO.38-1991 51 52 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 38-1991 - AN ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER 53 WITHIN THE PARK FUND. 54 55 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 38-1991 to second reading, 56 seconded by Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 57 58 The Clerk read Ordinance No.38-1991 on second reading. 59 60 President Hutton announced the Ordinance was on public hearing. 61 62 Speaking in favor was Mr. Mark Gasche, Assistant Park Superintendent. Mr. Gasche explained this was a 63 transfer of funds from Personal Services to Capital Equipment for mowing equipment for the non-park 64 mowing. He said they would be able to cover the cost of the labor from the seasonal budget and this will 65 provide the additional equipment. 66 Common Council Minutes Con't July 15, 1991 Page 3 1 There being no further discussion, Councilmember Hankinson moved for engrossment, seconded by 2 Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Councilmember Brookbank moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 38-1991 to third and final 5 reading and read by title only, seconded by Councilmember Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion 6 was carried. 7 8 The Clerk read Ordinance No.38-1991 on third and final reading by title only. 9 10 Transfer Ordinance No.38-1991 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 11 12 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, Paust and Hutton (8) 13 Nays: None 14 Absent: Morris 15 16 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING 17 18 ORDINANCE NO. 27-1991 19 20 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 27-1991 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 154 21 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 22 ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF 23 PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1520 NORTH A STREET, FROM R-3 ONE TO EIGHT FAMILY RESIDENCE 24 DISTRICT TO R-43 SU ONE TO EIGHT FAMILY RESIDENCE SPECIAL USE DISTRICT AND 25 AUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL USE OF SAID PROPERTY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN 26 ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUSINESS OFFICE OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. 27 28 President Hutton announced the ordinance was on public hearing. 29 30 Speaking in favor was Mr. Donald Simkin, 25 North 7th Street, Attorney at Law representing the petitioners 31 Rollie and Peggy North and Hubert and Helen Byrd. Mr. Simkin informed Council that the North's own the 32 house and the Byrd's own the vacant lot at the intersection of North 16th and A Streets and they propose to 33 sell the properties to Rick and Carol Webb for a Prudential Insurance Office. He said the house would be 34 used for office space and the lot for parking and asked the Council to approve the special use zoning for the 35 office and off street parking. 36 37 Mr. Simkin said they would only be using a portion of the house for the office and would improve the lot 38 complying with all regulations for parking lots. 39 40 Mr. Rick Webb informed the Council that he was available for questions. He said hie investment would 41 improve the property and it would be very nice looking when he was completed. 42 43 Mr. Hubert Byrd, 2501 Willow Drive, supported the commercial zoning and commented that he did not 44 understand why this property was residential when it was zoned commercial all around. 45 46 There being no further discussion, Councilmember Brookbank moved for engrossment, seconded by 47 Councilmember Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 48 49 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 27-1991 to third and final 50 reading and read by title only, seconded by Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the 51 motion was carried. 52 53 The Clerk read Ordinance No.27-1991 on third and final reading by title only. 54 55 Transfer Ordinance No.27-1991 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 56 57 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, Paust and Hutton (8) 58 Nays: None 59 Absent: Morris 60 61 ORDINANCE NO.28-1991 62 63 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 28-1991 - AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL 64 SALARIES OF ALL ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. 65 i Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 15, 1991 Page 4 1 The Proof of Publication was presented and found to be in order. Councilmember McBride moved to accept 2 and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the 3 motion was carried. 4 5 President Hutton announced the ordinance was on public hearing. 6 7 Councilmember Elstro moved to amend Ordinance No. 28-1991 by decreasing the proposed 1991 salaries 8 to the rates established for elected officers for 1990, seconded by Councilmember Broobank and on 9 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 There being no further discussion, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, seconded by 12 Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 13 14 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 28-1991 to third and final 15 reading and read by title only, seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the 16 motion was carried. 17 18 The Clerk read Amended Ordinance No. 28-1991 on third and final reading by title only. 19 20 Amended Ordinance No.28-1991 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 21 22 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, Paust and Hutton (8) 23 Nays: None 24 Absent: Morris 25 26 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO.30-1991 27 28 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 30-1991 - AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE WITHIN 29 THE CUMULATIVE CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND. 30 31 The Proof of Publication was presented and found to be in order. Councilmember Brookbank moved to 32 accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Councilmember Parker and on unanimous voice vote 33 the motion was carried. 34 35 President Hutton announced the ordinance was on public hearing. 36 37 Councilmember Brookbank felt the ordinance was self explanatory, dealing with construction of the central 38 garage. 39 40 Councilmember Elstro inquired as to when they would be breaking ground on the project and Mayor 41 Waltermann said they currently have people working on the project awaiting the appropriation. He said they 42 also had to get approval from the State on the purchase of the property and had just received that approval. 43 44 There being no further discussion, Councilmember Hankinson moved for engrossment, seconded by 45 Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 46 47 Councilmember Brookbank moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 30-1991 to third and final 48 reading and read by title only, seconded by Councilmember Lundy and on unanimous voice vote the motion 49 was carried. 50 51 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 30-1991 on third and final reading by title only. 52 53 Ordinance No.30-1991 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 54 55 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, Paust and Hutton (8) 56 Nays: None 57 Absent: Morris 58 59 ORDINANCE NO.36-1991 60 61 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 36-1991-AN ORDINANCE SETTING TOTAL REGULAR 62 WAGES AND POSITIONS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 63 INDIANA EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS, FOR 64 THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1992 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1992, APPROVING 65 THE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN APPOINTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY,OTHER THAN GOVERNMENTAL WHO PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE CITY, WHICH SERVICES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY OR FUNCTIONS. Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 15, 1991 Page 5 1 President Hutton announced the Ordinance was on public hearing. 2 3 Prior to discussion, Councilmember Brookbank thanked the persons responsible for preparation of the 4 ordinance and for putting it in the format requested by Council making it easily understandable. 5 6 Mayor Waltermann requested Council to adopt the ordinance as presented. 7 8 Councilmember Brookbank stated that it was wonderful having the Human Services functions broken down 9 for the Councilmembers, but felt it was unfortunate they did not have the information prior. She said the 10 information contained a lot of good material to explain how much work really goes into the jobs providing this 11 service. 12 13 Human & Environmental Services 14 15 Councilmember Elstro stated amendments to the ordinance by moving to reduce the Birth to Five Director 16 position by 3,000.00. 17 18 Councilmember Parker commented that the funds allocated for that position were grant dollars and asked for 19 an explanation of the salary as proposed. 20 21 Ms. Merchanthouse explained this was not the proposed pay, but rather a maximum amount of dollars as set 22 by the Birth to Five Board of Directors,for this position in 1992. 23 24 The motion died for lack of a second. 25 26 Finance Department 27 28 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the pay for 1992 for the Deputy Controller at 25,171., for the Payroll 29 Manager/Receipt Clerk at 17,673. and the Accounts Payable/Computer Operator at 16,538. Councilmember 30 Brookbank seconded the motion. 31 32 Councilmember Paust asked for comment from the Department Head. 33 34 Ms. Sweet explained that she had requested the positions in her office be re-evaluated because of 35 vacancies she was experiencing. She said the reclassifications were the recommendation of the firm doing 36 the personnel evaluations. 37 38 Councilmember Paust asked specifically about the Deputy and if that persons assumes the Controller's 39 duties in her absence. 40 41 Ms. Sweet told Council that position was currently not filled and that one of her staff and one temporary 42 person were assisting with that work. She said she had not had time to adequately analyze the needs of the 43 position and also was complying with the directive of the Mayor to not spend excess funds this budget year, 44 due to the budget deficits. 45 46 Councilmember Paust asked if a qualified applicants could be found at the 25,000.00 rate and Ms. Sweet 47 said she felt it would be hard to find someone qualified for that amount. 48 49 Councilmember Parker asked about the Computer Programmer ad Ms. Sweet said that position had not 50 been filled in 1991 because she was waiting on the outcome of the GIS program and would like to find 51 someone capable of handling all the City's computer needs. 52 53 Councilmember Parker asked how these needs were currently being addressed and Ms. Sweet explained 54 through contracted services already budgeted. She tried again to explain to Council the need to not spend 55 dollars approved for expenditure in 1991 due to the budget deficit. 56 57 Mayor Waltermann told Council that the City has committed to the GIS system and that the County and 58 RP&L are also interested in participating in the GIS. He asked Councilmember Brookbank for an update on 59 the project. 60 61 Councilmember Brookbank told Council there is a Pilot Program now being operated for the GIS system. 62 63 Councilmember Parker said he hated to fund a position not being used. 64 65 12 Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 15, 1991 Page 6 1 Ms. Sweet said if the position is not filled the funds can be transferred to where they are needed. 2 3 Mayor Waltermann commented that he felt the GIS system would be on line shortly after the first of the year. 4 5 Councilmember Lundy asked how responsibilities were being met for the unfilled positions and Ms. Sweet 6 said other staff were sharing those responsibilities. 7 8 Councilmember Lundy asked if that could continue and Ms. Sweet commented that was not fair to the rest of 9 her staff. 10 11 Councilmember Lundy asked why these positions had not been filled and Mayor Waltermann stated that Ms. 12 Sweet was not filling the positions due to budget restraints and also due to the election this year and not 13 knowing the future of a person holding the position of Deputy Controller she felt it advisable to leave it open. 14 15 Councilmember Elstro said he felt the city employees should go back to a 40 hour week. 16 17 Councilmember Paust asked that each position be given individual consideration and not lumped together in 18 one motion. 19 20 Councilmember Elstro agreed to that and the motion and second to reduce salaries in the Finance Office 21 were withdrawn. 22 23 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the salary for the Deputy Controller at 25,171., seconded by 24 Councilmember Brookbank and on the following call of the roll the motion was passed. 25 26 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker and Hutton (7) 27 Nays: Paust 28 Absent: Morris 29 30 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the salary for the Payroll Manager/Receipts Clerk at 17,673., seconded 31 by Councilmember Brookbank and on the following call of the roll the motion was passed. 32 33 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, Paust and Hutton (8) 34 Nays: None 35 Absent: Morris 36 37 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the salary for the Accounts Payable/Computer Operator at 16,538., 38 seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was passed. 39 40 Planning, Permits and Inspections 41 42 Councilmember Brookbank moved to set the salary for the Senior Building Inspector at 25,171. The motion 43 was seconded by Councilmember McBride. 44 45 Mayor Waltermann explained to the Council that this position and the Secretary position should have been 46 paid at this rate in 1991, but due to the lateness of the request he did not allow the inclusion in the 1991 47 salary ordinance. Mayor Waltermann said these positions have now been properly handled and the request 48 for the rate increase handled in a timely fashion and he supports these increase in rates for 1992. 49 50 Councilmember McBride stated that a developer had called him and complained about the Planning 51 Department being the worse in the area and that he was getting very little cooperation. 52 53 Mayor Waltermann stated that our Planning Department does have integrity and will not break laws even 54 when they have been asked to do so. Mayor Waltermann added he refuses to have his employees break 55 any laws. - 56 57 Councilmember Brookbank said she also received a call from a developer regarding the inspectors being 58 uncooperative. 59 60 Mayor Waltermann said the City must stick to the letter of the law or become liable. He said other 61 communities tend to be very lax and developers must adapt to changes in codes. 62 63 The motion to reduce the salary of the Senior Building Inspector was passed by unanimous voice vote. 64 65 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the salary for the Secretary at 16,001.00, seconded by Councilmember 66 Lundy and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 13 Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 15, 1991 Page 7 1 Councilmember Elstro asked about temporary salaries and Ms. Sweet explained she put it in this ordinance 2 in total form and it will be shown in the budget ordinance by department. 3 4 Police Department 5 6 Councilmember Elstro moved to delete one of the positions of Dispatcher. Councilmember Parker seconded 7 the motion. 8 9 Councilmember Paust asked for comment from Chief Rice prior to vote. 10 11 Chief Rice explained to Council about the need for an additional dispatcher due to vacation times and the 12 need sometime to work a dispatcher twelve hours a day. He said that in the first six months of this year 13 17,471 calls were handled by the dispatchers with 14,347 of those being E911 calls. Chief Rice explained 14 the continuos stress level for a dispatcher and there were times they were not even able to take a lunch or 15 bathroom break. He told Council it was important for their well being to have another dispatcher. 16 17 Councilmember Paust asked about the cooperation between the City and the County and Chief Rice 18 explained that he had spoken with Sheriff Andrews about his people being certified for the IDACs system 19 since the Richmond Dispatchers are now the only ones certified to make the computer entries. He did state 20 that the Council dispatchers are very good with the City dispatchers. 21 22 Councilmember Elstro said he would be comfortable allowing either the dispatcher or animal control officer 23 as a new position,but not both. 24 25 Chief Rice informed Council that the Police could continue to do animal control at a cost of 27,000.00 26 annually in salaries or pay a civilian 17,000.00 annually in salaries. 27 28 Councilmember Elstro commented that the City went to 911 to save time and people and Chief Rice 29 suggested the criminals be told they were not allowed to commit crimes this year since there was no money. 30 31 Councilmember Paust stated that since we do pay 60% of the county taxes we should ask the County to 32 provide an additional person from the County. 33 34 Chief Rice said he was not certain the Sheriff would pay for a city employee. 35 36 Councilmember Paust suggested our time on the IDACs system for the County be reimbursed. 37 38 The motion to delete one dispatcher position was defeated on the following call of the roll: 39 40 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, and Parker (4) 41 Nays: Hankinson, McBride, Paust and Hutton (4) 42 Absent: Morris 43 44 Park Department 45 - - 46 Councilmember Elstro moved to delete the position of Special Events Coordinator, seconded by 47 Councilmember McBride and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 48 49 The position of Bookkeeper was questioned and Ms. Sweet explained that has been a full time position and 50 the ordinance is reflecting it correctly as full time. 51 52 Department of Transportation 53 54 Councilmember Elstro moved to delete the position of Director of Department of Transportation, seconded 55 by Councilmember McBride and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 56 57 Airport 58 59 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the salary for the Administrative Manager at 19,017. Councilmember 60 Brookbank seconded the motion. 61 62 Prior to vote, Councilmember Parker explained that the Manager's position had been split into positions who 63 handle the duties with total dollars allocated for pay being less. - 64 65 14 . Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 15, 1991 Page 8 1 Councilmember Lundy asked for further explanation and Mayor Waltermann told Council the Airport Board 2 had made the decisions on staffing requirements and eliminated the positions of manager and secretary and 3 created the two new positions at a cost of 33,778.00 verses 50,667.00. He said there will be a 20,000.00 4 savings and still be manned with four persons. 5 6 Councilmembers Elstro and Brookbank withdrew their motion and second to reduce the pay of the 7 Administrative Manager. 8 • 9 Councilmember McBride moved to set the salaries of the Administrative Manager and the Operations 10 Manager at 19,017 for both positions. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and was 11 defeated on the following call of the roll: 12 13 Ayes: Elstro, Brookbank, Hankinson and McBride (4) 14 Nays: Lundy, Parker, Paust and Morris (4) 15 Absent: Morris 16 17 Temporary Help 18 19 Councilmember Elstro moved to set the total rate for Temporary Help at the 1991 rate. The motion died for 20 lack of a second. 21 22 Economic Development 23 24 Councilmember Brookbank moved to delete the position of Secretary. The motion was seconded by 25 Councilmember McBride. 26 27 Councilmember Brookbank pointed out that the position was not currently filled. 28 29 Councilmember Hankinson stated that the position had not been filled for the past three weeks and was still 30 not filled. He said it has only been filled for a very short time and the employee holding the position had 31 recently taken another job after discussion of her work performance. 32 33 Mr. Metzger clarified that the current secretary left that position because she accepted the position as 34 Manager of the Credit Union and there had been a persons prior that left the position because her husband 35 was transferred out of town. He said this position had been filled for over a year. 36 37 Councilmember Paust said he was hesitant about eliminating the position without a representative of the 38 Department being present. 39 40 Councilmember Hankinson commented that the Board had not discussed the elimination of the job, and had 41 not made up their minds if the position should be filled or not. 42 43 Mr. Metzger told Council that the Department is now using temporary help since no one is currently in the 44 position and they are planning to fill the position prior to the end of the year. 45 46 Councilmember Hankinson said he believed the temporary help had been hired for a special project. 47 48 Being no further discussion,the motion to delete the Secretary position carried with Councilmember McBride 49 voting no. 50 51 Councilmember Brookbank moved for engrossment of Amended Ordinance No. 36-1991, seconded by 52 Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 53 54 Councilmember Brookbank moved to suspend the rules and move Amended Ordinance No. 36-1991 to third 55 and final reading and read by title only,seconded by Councilmember Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the 56 motion was carried. 57 58 The Clerk read the ordinance on third and final reading by title only. 59 60 Amended Ordinance No.36-1991 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 61 62 Ayes: Elstro, Lundy, Brookbank, Hankinson, McBride, Parker, Paust and Morris (8) 63 Nays: None 64 Absent: Morris 65 15 rommon_Council-Minutes-Cont'd July 15,1.991 Page 9 1 ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING 2 3 None were presented. 4 5 ADJOURNMENT 6 7 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed, the meeting was 8 adjourned. 9 10 11 12 13 14 Sarah Hutton, President 15 16 17 18 19 ATTEST: 20 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 is