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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA. AUGUST 17.1987
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session August 17, 1987 at the hour of
2 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers in said City. President Brookbank presided with the following
3 Councilmembers present: Elstro, Williams, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, Morris and Theobald. Absent:
4 Hankinson. The following business was had to-wit:
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6 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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8 SILENT DEVOTIONS
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10 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 3,1987
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12 Councilmember Williams moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by
13 Councilmember Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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15 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
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17 Mayor Waltermann informed the Council that he would have a formal presentation on his trip to Russia at a
18 later date.
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20 REPORT FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS
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22 Street Department-Presentation to Howard Horton
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24 Street Commissioner Bill Hillard presented Mr. Howard Horton to the Council. Mr. Hillard informed the Council
25 that Mr. Horton was a forty (40)year employee of the Street Department and would be retiring at the end of
26 the month.
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28 Mr. Hillard presented Mr. Horton with a plaque showing the appreciation of the City for his many years of
29 service.
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31 President Brookbank stated it was an honor to be able to meet Mr. Horton and have him present at the
32 Council meeting.
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34 Mr. Horton shared some of his many experiences with the Council and thanked the City.
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36 President Brookbank also thanked the Street Department for their efforts in the Neighborhood Clean Up
37 Project.
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39 REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
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41 President Silberstein informed the Council that the Board would be receiving bids for the paving of South G
42 Street on August 27, 1987 and for a pumping station at Highland Lake Golf Course on September 3, 1987.
43 The Board also approved the promotion of Ron Purcell to the rank of Lieutenant with the Richmond Fire
44 Department.
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46 Ms. Silberstein said the Board has set September 10, 1987 for Unsafe Building Hearings on properties
47 located at 295 South Q Street,203 North 15th Street and 2445 National Road West.
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49 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
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51 Committee of the Whole
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53 Councilmember Whitesell announced the Committee of the Whole has met on August 12th and 13th, 1987 for
54 budget review. He stated the Council appreciated the cooperation of the Departments and the assistance
55 from the City Controller. Councilmember Whitesell stated the Council make no recommendations for
56 changes in the 1988 budget as proposed.
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58 REPORTS FROM OTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEES
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60 Capital Equipment Committee
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62 Purchasing Director, Rita Stout reported to the Council on the Capital Equipment expenditures to date as
63 approved by the Capital Equipment Committee. Ms. Stout said that 518,282.00 had been spent on capital
64 equipment purchases to date with some of that being Revenue Sharing Funds. She said purchases
65 remaining are the rescue truck for the Fire Department, exhaust fans and furniture for the Fire Department,
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1 leave remover and two snow packages for the Street Department and file cabinets for the Controller.
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3 Ms. Stout stated the savings to date amount to 50,000. to 60,000. by combining the like purchases and
4 using competitive bidding.
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6 Councilmember Williams commented on the amount of funds being spent on equipment and a need to curtail
7 spending and Ms. Stout explained these purchases were made from appropriated funds for equipment and
8 all expenditures were approved by the Capital Equipment Committee, which has representatives from
9 Council on the Committee.
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11 Human Relations Ordinance Committee
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13 Councilmember Williams stated this proposed ordinance had been under consideration for a long period of
14 time and he intended to bring it to vote at the next regular meeting of the Council.
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16 Councilmember Morris stated she had been keeping the Council updated on the work being done by the
17 Committee appointed by Council to investigate the Human Relations Ordinance and they will have a
18 recommendation for Council in September.
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20 President Brookbank stated that this committee had indeed worked very hard and there had been very
21 fruitful meetings.
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23 RESOLUTIONS
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25 Councilmember Morris moved to suspend the rules and add Resolution No. 8-1987 to the Agenda,seconded
26 by Councilmember Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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28 Councilmember Whitesell moved to suspend the rules and read Resolutions No. 7 and 8-1987 by title only,
29 seconded by Councilmember Hutton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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31 RESOLUTION NO.7-1987
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33 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 7-1987 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF
34 RICHMOND TO MAKE FULL APPLICATION FOR A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANT,AND
35 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN AND SUBMIT SUCH FULL APPLICATION TO THE INDIANA
36 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
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38 Speaking for Resolution No. 7-1987 was Mr. Dan Dooley. Mr. Dooley explained the grant was for the
39 downtown renovation through the Main Street Program. He said the 300,000. being applied for would be
40 used for upgrading infrastructure in the downtown area. Mr. Dooley explained there would be a revolving
41 loan fund created for downtown businesses for renovation of buildings and one eligibility would be job
42 creation and job retention.
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44 Councilmember Whitesell asked about the matching funds and Mr. Dooley explained that Ordinance No. 45-
45 1987 addresses the matching funds.
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47 Councilmember Whitesell questioned what area was considered downtown and Mr. Dooley stated from South
48 3rd to 12th from A to A Streets and the project was being handled under the umbrella of the Richmond
49 Community Development Corporation. He said there has been discussion of extending the area to 18th
50 Street from B to B.
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52 Councilmember Whitesell asked if other funds were available for businesses owners not located in this area
53 and Mr. Dooley stated the City's Revolving Loan Fund has many pools of funds to assist businesses.
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55 Councilm ember Elstro asked if there were plans to develop10th to 12th like the rest of the Promenade area
56 and Mr. Dooley said there not any at the present.
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58 Councilmember Morris asked what stipulations were on the redevelopment funds that would be transferred
59 to be used as match and Mr. Dooley stated the funds were surplus funds from sale of redevelopment
60 properties primarily in the downtown area and the law is very unclear on the uses. He said the State Board of
61 Accounts stated they could be used if the Common Council declared them as dormant funds and transferred
62 them to another fund.
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64 Councilmember Parker asked if this would go through the Economic Development Loan Fund Board and Mr.
65 Dooley said it would.
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1 Councilmember Williams asked about the interest rate on the loans and Mr. Dooley said they would be one-
2 half of prime.
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4 There being no further discussion, Councilmember Morris moved for adoption of Resolution No. 7-1987,
5 seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried;
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7 RESOLUTION NO.8-1987
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9 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 8-1987 - A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN
10 OPERATING ASSISTANCE GRANT AND A CAPITAL ASSISTANCE GRANT UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE
11 URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1964,AS AMENDED.
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13 Speaking for Resolution No. 8-1897 was Janet McFarland, Manager of Rose View Transit. Ms. McFarland
14 explained the resolution authorized the City to file a grant with the Indiana Department of Transportation for
15 the 1988 operating funds and for capital assistance to purchase new vehicles. She said she has asked for
16 three new buses.
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18 There being no further comment, Councilmember Elstro moved for adoption of Resolution No. 8-1987,
19 seconded by Councilmember Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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21 ORDINANCES
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23 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
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25 Councilmember Morris moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No.45-1987 on first reading by title
26 only,seconded by Councilmember Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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28 ORDINANCE NO.45-1987
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30 The Clerk read on first reading by title only, Ordinance No. 45-1987-AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THAT
31 THE REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOND FUND IS A DORMANT FUND,WITH NO USES TO BE MADE OF
32 SAID FUND AND TRANSFERRING ALL FUNDS WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT BOND FUND TO
33 THE ACCOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
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35 President Brookbank announced Ordinance No.45-1987 would be advertised for public hearing.
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37 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING
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39 ORDINANCE NO.44-1987
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41 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No.44-1987-AN ORDINANCE FOR APPROPRIATIONS AND
42 TAX RATES.(1988 BUDGET)
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44 President Brookbank announced Ordinance No.44-1987 was on public hearing.
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46 Councilmember Whitesell asked if the Ordinance should be engrossed tonight and Mr. Barden stated
47 engrossment closes the public hearing.
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49 Mr. Barden examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order.
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51 Councilmember Elstro moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Councilmember Hutton
52 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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54 Councilmember Elstro commented this was a big budget and asked if any proposed changes should be
55 brought up first or it should be gone through all the way.
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57 President Brookbank stated the Ordinance had been gone through by Department and line item in the
58 Committee of the Whole meetings and she did not recall any proposed changes.
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60 Mayor Waltermann stated the budget as presented is only 20,100.00 over maximum allowable levy and they
61 would like to take it to the State Board of Tax Commissioners a little over levy to protect the City. He added
62 that in the past the budget has gone in many of thousands of dollars over levy, but that has been cut the
63 past two years and the budgets have been right at allowable levy. Mayor Waltermann stated the budgets
64 have been pared to perfection and requested the Council to not cut more than the 20,100. if they proposed
65 any changes. He added there might be an additional appropriation requested for insurance and to bring the
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1 budget up.
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3 Councilmember Hutton stated she was prepared to amend the budget to add additional funds for Economic
4 Development and Mr.Jim Kinnett explained the budget as presented at 150,000.was correct.
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6 Councilmember Whitesell commented since the Council deals with salaries and capital equipment
7 separately,there are few dollars left in the operating budgets and after review the budget is good for 1988.
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9 Councilmember Morris reiterated what Councilmember Whitesell stated and commented the budget was well
10 done considering the loss of Revenue Sharing and the increase in insurance costs.
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12 There being no further comment, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance No.44-1987,
13 seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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15 Councilmember Parker asked about the City giving consideration to self insuring with the rising costs of
16 insurance and Mr. Barden stated they had started looking at it, except for liability. He said there are certain
17 area where the insurance can be dropped.
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19 Councilmember Parker asked why the City did not do away with all insurance but liability and Mr. Barden
20 explained our biggest expense is liability. He said he did request a quote from the new state fund and with
21 being self insured a large chunk of funds would have to be set aside to pay claims from and the fund should
22 be allowed to increase and roll over and not revert back to the general fund.
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24 Mr. Barden stated that insurance is now easier to get and he feels it will be easing up.
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26 Councilmember Parker said the City should give consideration to self insuring on certain things.
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28 Mr. Barden said it might be worth while to set up a risk management office to advise of area of possible loss
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31 TABLED ORDINANCES
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33 ORDINANCE NO.13-1987
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35 Mr. Barden requested Ordinance No. 13-1987 regarding smoke detectors, be stricken from the agenda.
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37 Councilmember Whitesell moved to strike Ordinance No. 13-1987 from the agenda, seconded by
38 Councilmember Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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40 ADJOURNMENT
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42 There being no further business, on a motion duly made,seconded and passed,the meeting was adjourned.
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47 Jane R. Brookbank, President
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50 Mary Merchanthouse,City Clerk
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