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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA., MARCH 2. 1987
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session March 2, 1987
2 at the hour of 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers in said City. President Brookbank pre-
3 sided with the following Councilmembers present: Williams, Elstro, Whitesell, Parker,
4 Hutton, Morris and Theobald. Absent: Hankinson. The following business was hahad to-
5 wit:
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7 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 17. 1987
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9 Councilmember Hutton moved to approve the minutes of the previous meetings as pre-
10 pared, seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
11 carried.
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13 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR
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15 Mayor Waltermann is attending the National League of Cities Conference in Washington
16 D.C. this week.
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18 REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
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20 Police Department
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22 Susan Silberstein reported the retirement from the Police Department of Lt. Denzel Wil-
23 liams and the approval of advancement to Patrolman of Officers Richard D. Thalls, Andre
24 L. Gordon and Rick L. Ervin.
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26 The Board also adopted newly revised Police Dept. Rules and Regulations. The most recent
27 revision was in 1972.
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29 Other
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31 The Board. agreed to petition the Plan Commission to change the name of No. 10th Street
32 from No. G to Sim Hodgin Parkway to "Chester Boulevard" in order to eliminate confusion
33 with the already existing No. 10th Street. This request came from Councilmember Parker.
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35 The Board will receive bids for street materials and bituminous material and 4 mini-
36 trucks for the motor pool on March 26, 1987, bids for a street sweeping contract will be
37 received on April 2, 1987.
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39 The Board affirmed an order to remove an unsafe accessary building at 338 Pearl Street
40 and set April 9, 1987 for unsafe building hearings at 1826 E. Main St. , 105-107 So. 13th
41 St. and 218-220 No. 14th St.
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45 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES
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47 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
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49 Councilmember Whitesell announced the following tentatively set meetings of the Commit-
50 tee of the Whole to tour various City Departments and review their operations:
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52 Street Department- March 9, 1987, 7:00 P.M.
53 Housing Authority - April 16, 1987 at 7:00 P.M. at Sycamore Square
54 Park Department - April 18, 1987 at 9:00 A.M.
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56 Happy Birthday
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58 At this point in the meeting, a person entered Council Chambers (dressed in an old hat,
59 sunglasses, leopard striped pants, a tattered sweater and painted face) carrying a bunch of
60 large balloons and proceeded to the rear of Councilmember Hutton and proceeded to ask
61 everyone to join in singing "Happy Birthday" to Sally Hutton.
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Common Council Minutes Cont'd
March 2 , 1987
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2 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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4 President Brookbank welcomed students from Centerville High School Government Class.
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6 Street Tree Commission
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8 Mr. Carl Reynolds, 1124 Salisbury Rd. So., Chairman of the Street Tree Commission, ad-
9 dressed the Council stating that he is disappointed in a proposed amendment to the Street
10 Tree Ordinance, being Ordinance No. 7-1987. He stated that this amendment has not been
11 presented to the Street Tree Commission for any input.
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13 Mr. Ken Barden addressed the complaint stating that there has been a communications
14 problem with the Commission and that he has spoken with Attorney Robert Delaney con-
15 cerning the proposed amendment. He stated that revisions will be made and presented to
16 the Commission. Mr. Barden also stated that the Street Department is presently imple-
17 ! menting a program of tree cutting on city streets.
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19 Mr. Reynolds stated that the next Street Tree Commission meeting is March 25, 1987 at
20 7:00 P.M. in the Board of Works Room in the Municipal Building.
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22 ORDINANCES
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24 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING
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26 ORDINANCE NO. 10-1987
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28 Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 10-1987 on
29 first reading and read by title only, seconded by Councilmember Williams and on a unani-
30 mous voice vote the motion was carried.
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32 The Clerk read on first reading ORDINANCE NO. 10-1987_AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
3 3 CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, COMMONLY
34 KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, PROVIDING
35 FOR THE REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1201 NORTH "E" STREET FROM M-1 LIGHT
36 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO M-1 SU AND PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL USE OF SAID PROP-
37 ERTY AS A COMBINATION SERVICE STATION, CONVENIENCE STORE AND CAR WASH.
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39 President Brookbank assigned Ordinance No. 10-1987 to the Plan Commission.
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41 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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43 Councilmember Whitesell reminded the Council that Mayor Waltermann is supposed to
44 present a report on the clean up of problem properties. He requested that the Mayor be re-
45 minded of this and expects a report at the next meeting.
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47 Ken Barden stated that the Sanitary Board had a special meeting concerning this problem
48 and a report would be forthcoming.
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50 ADJOURNMENT
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52 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed, the meeting
53, was adjourned.
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58 Jane R. Brookbank, President
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64' Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk
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