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HomeMy Public PortalAbout07-07-1986 6C) PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JULY 7, 1986 _1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session 2 July 7, 1986 at the hour of 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers in said 3 City. President Bodiker presided with the following Councilmembers in 4 attendance: Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, 5 Hutton and Morris. Absent: None. The following business was had to-wit: 6 7 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 8 9 SI_LENT DEVOTIONS 10 11 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 16, 1986 12 13 Councilmember Morris moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, 14 seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion 15 was carried. 16 17 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 18 19 Mayor Waltermann reported that the Rose Festival had scheduled a meeting 20 on July 15, 1986 for comments on the 1986 Rose Festival. Mayor Waltermann 21. requested any one having compliments or complaints to turn them into his 22 office by June 12, 1986 in order that he can forward the comments. 23 24 REPORTS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS 25 26 Street Department 27 28 Mr. William Hillard, Street Commissioner, gave the Council an update on 29 the Street Sweeping Program. Mr. Hillard stated that the job had been 30 shabby to date due to equipment problems . He said that two (2) of the 31 older sweepers have been given up and currently one 1976 Pelican is running 32 with breakdowns. Mr. Hillard said that they are now trying one on a 33 trial basis and it is capable of doing the work of two (2) of the old 34 sweepers . He added that now they are trying to do catch up work. 35 36 Mr. Hillard informed the Council that each zone of the City had been swept 37 one this year with the old equipment and the rental sweeper is now 38 starting in Zone 1 and they were able to complete the zone in one day. 39 He said the sweeping will be done on a three (3) trick schedule with swing 40 shifts for the balance of the summer. Mr. Hillard said that Clarence 41 Toschlog is in charge of the sweeping crews and with the new sweeping 42 equipment he is also freed up to help with other things in the department. 43 44 Councilmember Brookbank asked about the cost of the equipment and Mr. 45 Hillard indicated about $80,000.00. 46 -4 7 48 Councilmember Whitesell commented that he felt they were trying to do 49 a good job and he felt an awareness program,yould hel.p to gpt residents 50 51 to:move 'ther-cars when their zones are being cleaned. 52 REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY 53 54 Board President, Susan Silberstein reported that the Board had held Unsafe 55 Building Hearings at 640 South llth and 1431 South I. She said thata 56 the contract had been awarded for weed removal and bid dates had been 57 set for street improvements and re-roofing of Fire House No. 1. Ms. 58 Siberstein added that the Board had authorized the City Attorney to 59 further investigate the sale of city owned property on North 20th Street. 60 61 Councilmember Elstro asked about the railroad box cars still on the tracks 62 63 from a wreck over a year ago. 64 Mr. Barden indicated the next step was to notify the Public Service 65 Commission since he had already notified the C&O Railroad. 6)70 Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 7, 1986 Page 2 1 President Bodiker asked if the Board handles problems related to junk 2 cars and Ms. Silbertein explained that the Board conducts inoperable 3 vehicle hearings . 4 5 President Bodiker stated it was on on street vehicle and Mr. Barden indicated 6 that they can be tagged as abandoned and towed after a certain time 7 period and should be reported to the Police. 8 9 REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES 10 11 Committee of the Whole 12 13 Councilmember Brookbank reminded the Council of the Committee of the Whole 14 set for July 10, 1986 at 7:00 P.M. in the Board of Works Room for the Cat 15 Control Ordinance and the Human Relations Commission Ordinance. 16 17 REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES 18 19 Reid Hospital 20 21 Councilmember Brookbank reported that patient revenue was up 11% and there 22 was a new Doctor in house which is a cancer specialist . 23 24 Plan Commission 25 26 Councilmember Morris announced a special meeting of the Plan Commission on 27 the Master Plan and added that if there were any area of interest the Council 28 would like to see included they should get the information to her prior to 29 the meeting. 30 31 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 32 33 President Bodiker announced that there would be a meeting scheduled with the 34 Economic Development Director prior to the second Council meeting of each 35 month. The meeting would be at 6:30 P.M. and held in the Council Office. 36 37 Police Merit Commission Appointment 38 39 President Bodiker stated that there needed to be two (2) appointments to the 40 Police Merit Commission. He indicated that Mr. Jack Portzline would like 41 to be re-appointed retroactively to January 1, 1986 for a three (3) year tern 42 and that the other appointment was to replace Reverend Bell and would need 43 to come from the Clergy. 44 45 Councilmember Whitesell moved to appoint Mr. Jack Portzline to the Police 46 Merit Commission effective January 1, 1986 for a three (3) year term, 47 seconded by Councilmember Hutton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 48 carried. 49 50 President Bodiker requested the Council submit names for Rev. Bell 's 51 replacement. 52 53 ORDINANCES 54 55 ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING 56 57 Councilmember Whitesell moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinances No. 58 57 and 58-1986 on first reading by title only, seconded by Councilmember 59 Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 ORDINANCE NO. 57-1986 62 63 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 57-1986 - AN 64 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 61-1985 RATIFYING THE SALARIES, WAGES, AND 65 POSITIONS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE RICHMOND SANITARY 371 Common Council Minutes Cont`d July 7, 1986 Page 3 1 DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1986 AND ENDING 2 DECEMBER 31, 1986 AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF SANITARY COMMISSIONERS. 3 4 Councilmember Morris moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 5 57-1986 to second reading, seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on 6 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 7 8 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 57-1986. 9 10 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 57-1986 was on public hearing. 11 12 Mr. Ralph Willis, Public Works Director, explained that it was to upgrade 13 a mechanic apprentice electrician to the appropriate level after the 14 completion of training. 15 16 There being no further comment, Councilmember Hankinson moved for engrossment, 17 seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion 18 ' was carried. 19 20 Councilmember Morris moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 21 57-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded by 22 Councilmember Hutton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 23 24 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 57-1986 on third and final reading by title 25 only. 26 27 Ordinance No. 57-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 28 29 Ayes : Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 30 Morris and Bodiker (9) 31 Nays : None 32 33 TRANSFER ORDINANCE NO. 58-1986 34 35 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Transfer Ordinance No. 36 58-1986 - AN ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND - Police Department. 37 38 Councilmember Morris moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 39 58-1986 to second reading, seconded by Councilmember Williams and on unanimous 40 voice vote the motion was carried. 41 42 The Clerk read Transfer Ordinance No. 58-1986 on second reading. 43 44 President Bodiker announced that Ordinance No. 58-1986 was on public hearin• . 45 46 Speaking for Ordinance No. 58-1986 was Major Don Ponder of the Richmond 47 Police Department. Major Ponder informed the Council that the transfer 48 was for the purchase of a Cushman three wheel Police Vehicle for downtown 49 parking control and also assistance in other area. He said the vehicle 50 would allow the number of passes in the downtown area to be increased. 51 52 President Bodiker asked if there would be a safety problem with the size 53 of the vehicle for the personnel and Major Ponder indicated there would 54 be no problem. 55 56 There being no further comments, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment 57 of Ordinance No. 58-1986, seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on 58 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 59 60 Councilmember Williams moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 61 58-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded by 62 Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 63 64 The Clerk read Transfer Ordinance No. 58-1986 on third and final reading 65 by title only. 372 Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 7, 1986 Page 4 1 Transfer Ordinance No. 58-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 2 3 Ayes: Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 4 Morris and Bodiker (9) 5 Nays : None 6 7 ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING 8 9 ORDINANCE NO. 47-1986 10 11 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 47-1986 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 12 CHAPTER 97 OF THE RICHMOND CITY CODE REGULATING THE PLANTING, MAINTENANCE, 13 CARE AND REMOVAL OF TREES WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. 14 15 Mr. Barden examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. 16 Councilmember Morris moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, 17 seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion 18 was carried. 19 20 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 47-1986 was on public hearing. 21 22 Speaking for Ordinance No. 46-1986 was Mr. Lorrie Foust of 505 West Eaton 23 Pike. Mr. Foust informed the Council that the ordinance was not concerned 24 with the removal of dead trees, but rather with the planting of new trees 25 in order to prevent trees from dying. He said the town has needed this to 26 control dying trees and sidewalks being torn up and it provides a solution 27 with the proper. planting and care of trees in the proper areas . 28 29 Councilmember Elstro commented that it would be up to the• administration to 30 incorporate tree and stump removal into the Street Tree Program, but first 31 the town needs the proper plantings. 32 33 Councilmember Parker asked funds would be generated for brochures and 34 leaflets on the program and Councilmember Elstro stated he hopes sto earmark 35 some funds for the Commission in the future. 36 37 There being no further comment, Councilmember Williams moved for engrossment, 38 seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion 39 was carried. 40 41 Councilmember Williams moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 42 47-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded by 43 Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 44 45 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 47-1986 on third and final reading by title only. 46 47 Ordinance No. 47-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 48 49 Ayes : Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 50 Morris and Bodiker (9) 51 Nays : None 52 53 ORDINANCE NO. 48-1986 54 55 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 48-1986 - AN ORDINANCE 56 AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, 57 COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, 58 PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY LCOATED AT THE JUNCTION OF I-70 59 AND U.S. 40 FROM A-1 AGRUCULTURAL DISTRICT TO C-4 GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. 60 61 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 48-1986 was on public hearing. 62 63 Councilmember Morris reported from the Plan Commission that the property wil_ 64 be used for recreational vehicle dealership and that part of the property 65 is in Indiana and part in Ohio and the Ohio portion is already zoned properly. G Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 7, 1986 Page 5 1 Councilmember Morris reported that the Plan Commission unanimously approved 2 the rezoning. 3 4 There being no further comment, Councilmember Hankinson moved for engrossment 5 seconded by Councilmember Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion 6 was carried. 7 8 Councilmember Morris moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 9 47-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded by 10 Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 11 12 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 48-1986 on third and final reading by title 13 only. 14 15 Ordinance No. 48-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 16 17 Ayes : Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 18 Morris and Bodiker (9) 19 Nays : None 20 21 ORDINANCE NO. 49-1986 22 23 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 49-1986 - AN ORDINANCE 24 FIXING THE ANUAL SALARIES OF ALL ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 25 INDIANA. 26 27 Mr. Barden examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. 28 Councilmember Morris moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, 29 seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion 30 was carried. 31 32 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 49-1986 was on public hearing. 33 34 There being no comment, Councilmember Hankinson moved for engrossment, 35 seconded by Councilmember Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion 36 was carried. 37 38 Councilmember Brookbank moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance 39 No. 49-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded 40 by Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 41 carried. 42 43 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 49-1986 on third and final reading by title 44 only. 45 46 Ordinance No. 49-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 47 48 Ayes : Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 49 Morris and Bodiker (9) 50 Nays: None 51 52 Councilmember Whitesell stated thay he supported the ordinance as presented, 53 but feels the position of Mayor deserves more money. 54 55 ORDINANCE NO. 52-1986 56 57 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 52-1986 - AN ORDINANCE 58 AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, 59 COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANE OF TH CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, 60 PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE 3800 BLOCK OF SOUTH 61 A STREET FROM R-4 MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO R-4 SU MULTI-FAMILY 62 SPECIAL USE DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL USE OF SAID PROPERTY 63 AS A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT PROJECT. 64 65 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 52-1986 was on public hearing. 374 Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 7, 1986 Page 6 1 Councilmember Morris reported from the Plan Commission that the Council had 2 granted this apartment project preliminary approval and this is final 3 approval for expansion of the project by Cardinal of Indiana. She stated 4 the project will be screened from Backmeyer Trace subdivision and that it 5 has been a successful apartment unit and they are pleased with the 6 expansion. 7 8 There being no further comment, Councilmember Williams moved for engrossment , 9 seconded by Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion 10 was carried. 11 12 Councilmember Williams moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 13 52-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded by 14 Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 52-1986 on third and final reading by title only. 17 18 Ordinance No. 52-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 19 20 Ayes: Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 21 Morris and Bodiker (9) 22 Nays: None 23 24 ORDINANCE NO. 53-1986 25 26 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 53-1986 - AN ORDINANCE SETTING 27 TOTAL REGULAR WAGES AND POSITIONS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF 28 THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA EXCEPT FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE AND FIRE 29 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNITS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1987 30 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987, APPROVING THE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN 31 APPOINTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY, OTHER THAN GOVERNMENTAL, WHO PERFORM SERVICES 32 FOR THE CITY, WHICH SERVICES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE 33 MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY OR FUNCTIONS. 34 35 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 53-1986 was on public hearing. 36 37 Councilmember Whitesell moved to amend Section 1 to read as follows: That 38 for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1987 and ending December 31, 1987, 39 the following appointed officers and employees of the City of Richmond may 40 receive the following maximum regular wages allowed for the positions 41 established. 42 43 Councilmember Morris seconded the motion to amend Section 1 and on unanimous 44 voice vote the motion was carried. 45 46 Councilmember Whitesell moved to amend the salary of the Economic Development 47 Director from 55,000. to 51,250. , seconded by Councilmember Hankinson and 48 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 49 50 Councilmember Morris moved to amend the salary of the Purchasing Director 51 from 30,250. to 26,522. with 17,509. from Central Stores and 9,013. from 52 Sanitary District, seconded by Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous.voice 53 vote the motion was carried. 54 55 Councilmember Morris moved to amend the salary of the Chief of Police from 56 29,700. to 31,800. to reflect the longevity pay, seconded by Councilmember 57 Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 58 59 Councilmember Hankinson moved to amend the salary of the two (2) positions 60 of Major in the Police Department from 25,782. to 27,882. to reflect 61 longevity pay, seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and on unanimous voice 62 vote the motion was carried. 63 64 President Bodiker indicated that the longevity pay for these positions is 65 included in the salary ordinance since they are not members of the bargaining � d5 Common Council Minutes Cont 'd July 7, 1986 Page 7 1 unit. 2 3 Councilmember Brookbank moved to add the position of ILS Maintenance 4 for the Municipal Airport at 6,000. , seconded by Councilmember Parker 5 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 6 7 Councilmember Morris moved to delete three (3) dispatcher positions from 8 the Police Department leaving four (4) at 13,240. , seconded by Councilmember 9 Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 Councilmember Williams moved to add a Temporary Help budget to the Public 12 Transit Division in the amount of 5,616. , seconded by Councilmember 13 Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Councilmember Hankinson moved to add a Temporary Help budget to the Board 16 of Works in the amount of 3,000. , seconded by Councilmember Whitesell 17 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 18 19 City Controller, Marge Sweet explained that the Temporary Help was used 20 for additional help throughout the City Building offices. 21 22 Councilmember Morris moved to add a Temporary Help budget to the Department 23 of Planing, Permits & Inspections in the amoount of 7,000. , seconded 24 by Councilmember Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 25 carried. 26 27 The Temporary Help in Planning will be used for weed enforcement. 28 29 Councilmember Morris moved to amend the title of Ordinance No. 53, 1986, 30 to read in part "except for members of the Police, Fire and Transit Union 31 Collective Bargaining Units, seconded by Councilmember Whitesell and 32 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 33 34 Councilmember Parker moved to amend the salary of the Chief of. the Fire 35 Department from 29,700. to 31,800. , the position of Assistant Chief from 36 25,479. to 27,579. , and the positions for three (3) Battalion Chiefs 37 from 21,630. to 23,730. to reflect longevity pay, seconded by Councilmember 38 Whitesell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 Councilmember Morris moved to amend the position of Skilled Maintenance 41 in Off Street Parking from 3,737. to 3,626. , seconded by Councilmember 42 Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 43 44 Councilmember Williams moved to amend the salary for the position of 45 Park Superintendent from 30,250. to 29,700. , seconded by Councilmember 46 Elstro and on a .voice:.vote:,.with Councilmember Whitesell voting no the 47 motion was carried. 48 49 Councilmember Morris moved to add a Temporary Help budget to the Parks 50 and Recreation in the amount of 51,000. , seconded by Councilmember WhiteseIl 51 and on a voice vote with Councilmember Hankinson voting no the motion 52 was carried. 53 54 Councilmember Elstro moved to amend the salary of the Controller from 55 31,600. to 29,700. , seconded by Councilmember Parker and on a voice vote 56 the motion was defeated. 57 58 Mayor Frank H. Waltermann informed the Council that six (6) months of 59 preparation had gone into the salary ordinance as originally proposed 60 and he had hoped the Council would be able to support the proposed ordinancte. 61 He stated they had followed the position description for over 300 employe 62 and the employees and Department Heads make Richmond unriveled. 63 64 The Mayor commented that the overall percentage increase was 1.3% andi:the 65 balance of the budget will absorb this small increase. He added that 376 ommon ounce inutes ont 'd July 7, 1986 Page 8 1 the Department Heads had managed to find wage increases for their departments 2 through inovative means. 3 4 Councilmember Morris stated she was concerned with the clerical positions 5 earning less that 11,000. and she would like to see increases in these positions 6 in the future along with other discrepencies in job positions and pay taken 7 care of before next year's ordinance is presented. 8 9 Councilmember Williams commended the administration for a good salary 10 ordinance and he found only three (3) or four (4) out of line. He added 11 it was also good since it did not skyrocket. 12 13 There being no further comment, Councilmember Hankinson moved for 14 engrossment, seconded by Councilmember Williams and on unanimous voice vote 15 the motion was carried. 16 17 Councilmember Williams moved to suspend the rules and move Amended Ordinance 18 No. 53-1986 to third and final reading and read by title only, seconded by 19 Councilmember Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 20 21 The Clerk read on third and final reading by title only Amended Ordinance 22 No. 53-1986 - AN ORDINANCE SETTING TOTAL REGULAR WAGES AND POSITIONS FOR 23 APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA EXCEPT 24 FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE, FIRE AND TRANSIT UNION COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT , 25 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 1987 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1987, 26 APROVING THE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN APPOINTED OFFICIALS OF THE 27 CITY, OTHER THAN GOVERNMENTAL. WHO PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE CITY, WHICH SER ICES 28 ARE CONNECTED WITH THE OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY OR FUNCTIO S. 29 30 President Bodiker commended the Council for the performance of their duties 31 and thanked Councilmember Brookbank for her assistance in his absence. 32 33 Councilmember Elstro stated that he could not support the Ordinance over 34 the pay of the position of Controller and he would also like to see the 35 administration get away from percentage increases . 36 37 Mayor Waltermann commented that the City has now operated under the position 38 description system for one year and have fine tunned the system and are now 39 ready to implement incremental increases in the future. 40 41 Amended Ordinance No. 53-1986 was adopted on the following call of the roll: 42 43 Ayes: Williams, Brookbank, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, Morris and Bodiker (7) 44 Nays: Elstro and Hankinson (2) 45 46 APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 55-1986 47 48 The Clerk read on second reading Appropriation Ordinance No. 55-1986 - AN 49 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 50 51 Mr. Barden examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. 52 Councilmember Whitesell moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, 53 seconded by Councilmember Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 54 carried. 55 56 President Bodiker announced Ordinance No. 55-1986 was on public hearing. 57 58 Councilmember Hutton asked what the appropriation was for and City Clerk 59 Mary Merchanthouse explained that it was to be added to the transfer within 60 the Police Department for the purchase of the Cushman police vehicle. She 61 explained that appropriation was from excess revenue from parking fines and 62 the total cost of the vehicle if 6,000. 63 64 In response to Councilmember Parker, Major Don Ponder explained that this 65 vehicle was more manuverable than an automobile and can be used from either ��9['77 Common Council Minutes Cont'd July 7, 1986 Page 9 1 side of the vehicle for marking vehicles for parking control. He added 2 that the vehicle would enable the output of tickets to triple. He also 3 added that the vehicle would be used in all weather conditions . 4 5 There being no furtherdiscussion, Councilmember Williams moved for engrossment, 6 seconded by Councilmember Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion 7 was carried. 8 9 Councilmember Williams moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 10 55-1986 to third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilmember 11 Brookbank and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 13 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 55-1986 on third and final reading by title 14 only. 15 16 Appropriation Ordinance No. 55-1986 was adopted on the following call 17 of roll: 18 19 Ayes: Elstro, Williams, Brookbank, Hankinson, Whitesell, Parker, Hutton, 20 Morris and Bodiker (9) 21 Nays : None. 22 23 ADJOURNMENT 24 25 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed 26 the meeting was adjourned. 27 28 29 30 Richard Bodiker, President 31 32 33 ATTEST: 34 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk 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 3 78 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 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