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HomeMy Public PortalAbout11-21-1983 3Js3 • PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 21 , 1983 1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session 2 November 21, 1983 at the hour of 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the 3 Municipal Building in said City. President Pro Tem Parker presided with 4 the following members present: Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Ms. Henry, 5 Hankinson, Welch, Carter and Paust. Absent:. Mills. The following business 6 was had, to-wit: 7 8 DEVOTIONS 9 10 Councilman Hankinsongave devotions. 11 12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 7, 1983 13 14 Councilman Hankinson moved the minutes of the previous meeting be approved. 15 as prepared, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice vote 16 the motion was carried. 17 18 PETITIONS 19 20 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read the petition by title 21 only, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice vote the 22 motion was carried. 23 24 The Clerk read by title only - PETITION TO THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY 25 OF RICHMOND, INDIANA FOR THE VACATION OF PUBLIC WAYS. 26 III27 This petition was advertised for public hearing at this meeting. City 28 Attorney Ed Anderson examined proof of publication and found it to be in 29 order. Councilman Welch moved the proof be accepted and placed on file, 30 seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion 31 was carried. 32 33 The petition was brought by the Redevelopment Commission and is for por- 34 tions of North "J", North 13th and the 20' alley between Lots Nos. 55 35 and 56 in the Perry Addition. 36 37 President; Pro Tem Parker announced the petition is on public hearing. No 38 one spoke for or against this petition. 39 40 President Pro Tem Parker announced the ordinance for this petition will be f. 41 on, first reading later this evening. 42 • 43 REPORT FROM DEPARTMENTS 44 45 City Controller Don Meredith reported concerning the excess levy On which 46 he appeared at the Local Government Tax Control Board which was held at 47 the State Board of Tax Commissioners office in Indianapolis November 18. 48 He was successful in obtaining the reallocation of the property tax re- 49 placement credit in the amount of $171.652. When the assessed value was 50 set for the property in Richmond and -the income was reestimated, the only 51 cut that was necessary in order to meet the maximum levy was $32,478. He III 52 recommended this be taken out of: the Board of Works budget in the general 53 category of other services and charges in line item of street lights. This 54 would leave a balance in that line item of $634,522. Nothing can be done 55 with the budget until it becomes effective 1-1-84. 56 . 58 In response to Councilman Williams question concerning Community Develop- 59 ment. land sold recently, Mr. Meredith and City Plan Director Bob Goodwin 60 both noted that the land remains under the current zoning until it is re- 61 zoned by the Plan Commission and by Council. The sale was made with no 62 zoning requests. or requirements. t.A Common Council Minutes Cont'd. November 21, 1983 Page 2 1 RESOLUTIONS 2 3 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Resolution Nos. 23 4 and 24 by title only, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous 5 voice vote the motion was carried. 6 7 RESOLUTION NO. 23-1983 8 9 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 23-1983 - A RESOLUTION 10 AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE STATE OF INDIANA 11 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, FOR SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK 12 GRANT FUNDS UNDER THE INVESTMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 13 14 Speaking for Resolution No. 23-1983 was City Plan Director Bob Goodwin 15 noting this resolution and also 24,4983 concerning application for grants 16 for the Leland Hotel renovation. A public hearing was held earlier this 17 evening with no objections from the public. The state has given approval 18 of the IIP grant. He urged Council pass these resolutions. 19 20 Councilman Elstro moved for adoption of Resolution No. 23-1983, seconded 21 by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 23 RESOLUTION NO. 24-1983 2425 The Clerk read by title only. Resolution No. 24-1983 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZ- 26 ING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 27 DEVELOPMENT, FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANT FUNDS, AS PROVIDED IN 28 TITLE I OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT 197,4, P.L. 93-383 AS AMENDED, 29 30 Councilman Welch moved for adoption of Resolution No. 24-1983, seconded 31 by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 32 33 ORDINANCES ON 1ST READING 34 35 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance Nos. 66-1983 36 through 72-1983 on first reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 37 Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried, 38 39 ORDINANCE NO. 66-1983 40 - 41 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 66-1983 - AN 42 ORDINANCE ,VACATING CERTAIN PUBLIC WAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 43 BEING THOSE PORTIONS OF NORTH "J" STREET, NORTH 13th STREET, AND THE ' 44 (TWENTY FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS NOS. 55!AND 56 IN THE PERRY ADDITION. 45 46 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 66-1983 is referred to 47 the Plan Commission. 48 49 ORDINANCE NO. 67-1983 50 51 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 67-1983 - 52 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF-RICHMOND TO ISSUE ITS "ECONOMIC DEVELOP- ----- ---- --- - _.-- ----- --- --- ----- 53 PENT REVENUE BONDS" AND APPROVING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT THERETO. 54 (Palladium Publishing Corp. EDC Bonds) 55 56 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 67-1983 57 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice 58 vote the motion was carried. 59 60 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 67-1983. 61 62 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 67-1983 is on public 63 hearing.. Common Council Minutes Cont'd. November 21, 1983 Page 3 1 Speaking for Ordinance No. 67-1983 was Attorney Andrew Cecere, 101 2 South 10th Street, representing the Palladium Publishing Corp. There will 3 be construction of a 25,000 square foot facility at 1175 South "A" Street 4 and located south of the present facility. The Economic Development 5 Commission met this morning and found the financing should be approved. 6 Ms. Meals, publisher and Vaughn Clarke, financial officer, were also present, 7 8 Councilman Williams moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 67-1983, seconded 9 by Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 Councilman Williams moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 67- 12 1983 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 13 Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 67-1983. 16 17 Ordinance No. 67-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 18 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson 19 Welch, Carter, Paust, Parker . (8) 20 NOES: None .. (0) 21 22 ORDINANCE NO. 68-1983 23 y. 24 The Clerk read on first. reading by title only Ordinance No. 68-1983 - 25 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO ISSUE ITS "ECONOMIC DEVELOP- 26 MENT FIRST.MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1983 (AHAUS TOOL CO. , INC. 27 PROJECT)" AND APPROVING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT THERETO. (Ahaus Tool EDC III 28 Bonds) 29 30 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 68-1983 31 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous voice 32 vote the motion was carried. 33 . 34 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 68-1983. 35 36 Attorney Kent Klinge, ..representing Ahaus Tool Co.., stated Ahaus is plan- 37 ning.to construct 10,800 square feet additional manufacturing space with 38 $300,000 economic revenue bonds. Mr. Rick Ahaus was also present. The 39 Economic Development Commission gave approval of this request this morning. 40 41 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 68-1983 is on public 42 hearing. _ 43 44 There being no one speaking for or against Ordinance No. 68-1983 Councilman 45 Elstro moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous 46 voice vote the motion was carried. 47 48 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 68-1983 49 on third and final reading by title only, secnnded by Councilman Elstro 50 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 The Clerk read on third and final reading by title only Ordinance No. 68-1983 53 54 Ordinance No. 68-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 55 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 56 Welch, Carter, Paust, Parker (8) 57 NOES: None (0) 58 59 ORDINANCE NO. 69-1983 ' 60 61 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 69-1983 - AN 62 ORDINANCE AMENDING NO. 4-1983 AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBSTITUTION:-OF-HERITAGE 63 REGENCY OF RICHMOND FOR HERITAGE REGENCY, INC. AS BORROWER OF THE PROCEEDS 64 OF THE "CITY OF RICHMOND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES A 65 (HERITAGE REGENCY, INC. PROJECT)" AND AUTHORIZING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT 66 THERETO. (Change of name for Heritage Regency, Inc. EDC Bonds) Qtx Common Council Minutes cont'd. November 21, 1983 Page 4 1 Councilman Carter stated since he is one of the owners of Heritage Regency, 2 he willnot be making any comments regarding this ordinance and will 3 refrain from voting. 4 5 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 69-1983 6 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous voice 7 vote the motion was carried. 8 9 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance NO. 69-1983. 10 - 11 Attorney Kent Klinge, representing Heritage Regency, Inc. , stated this is 12 a corporation with seven (7) shareholders. The corporation finds -it in 13 their interest to convert to a partnership. That is all this ordinance 14 is about. The statute required any change in structure has to be approved 15 by the governing body. The ordinance does not affect the financing or 16 substance of the bonds. The Economic Development Commission met today 17 and adopted a resolution approving this request . 18 19 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 69-1983 is on public 20 hearing. 21 - 22 There being no one speaking for or against Ordinance No. 69-1983, Council- 23 man Williams moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 24 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 25 26 Councilman Williams moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 69- 27 1983 on third and final reading-by title only, seconded by Councilman 28 Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 29 30 The Clerk read on third and final reading by title only Ordinance No. 69- 31 1983. 32 33 Ordinance No. 69-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 34 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, 35 _ Hankinson, Welch, Paust, Parker (7) 36 NOES: None (0) 37 ABSTENTION: Carter (1) 38 - 39 ORDINANCE NO. 70-1983 40 41 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 70-1983 - AN 42 ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. - 43 44 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 70-1983 45 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice 46 the motion was carried. 47 48 I The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 70-1983. 49 50 Explaining this transfer:was City Controller Don Meredith. 51 52 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 70-1983 is on public 53 hearing. 54 - 55 There being no one speaking for or against Ordinance No. 70-1983, Council- 56 man Elstro moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 57 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 58 59 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 70-1983 60 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Elstro 61 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 62 - 63 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 70-1983. 97 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. November 21, 1983 Page 5 1 Ordinance No. 70-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 2 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 3 Welch, Carter, Paust, Parker (8) _ 4 NOES: None (0) 5 6 ORDINANCE NO. 71-1983 7 8 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 71-1983 - AN 9 ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY FUND. 10 11 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 71-1983 12 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice 13 vote the motion was carried. 14 - 15 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 71-1983. 16 17 Explaining this transfer was City Controller Don Meredith. 18 19 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 71-1983 is on public hearing. 20 21 There being no one speaking for or against Ordinance No. 71-1983, Council- 22 man Welch moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on 23 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 71-1983 26 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Elstro 27 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 28 29 The Clerk read on third and final reading by title only Ordinance No. 71-1983, - 30 31 Ordinance No. 71-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 32 AYES Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 33 Welch, Carter, Paust, Parker (8) 34 NOES: None (0) 35 36 ORDINANCE NO. 72-1983 37 38 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 72-1983 - AN 39 ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FUND. 40 41 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 72-1983 42 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote 43 the motion was carried. 44 45 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 72-1983. - 46 47 Explaining this transfer was City Controller Don Meredith. 48 49 President Pro Tem Parker announced Ordinance No. 73-1983 is on public hearing 50 - 51 There being no one speaking for or against Ordinance No,. 72-1983, Council- 52 man Welch moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on 11/ 53 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 54 55 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 72-1983 56 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Williams 57 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 58 59 The Clerk read on third and final reading Ordinance No. 72-1983. 60 61 Ordinance No. 72-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 62 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 63 Welch,- Carter, Paust, Parker (8) 64 NOES: None (0) 3( 8 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. November 21, 1983 Page 6 1 WELCOME TO GOVERNMENT CLASS 2 3 Councilman Welch welcomed Mr. Bob Zinkan and his government class from 4 Richmond Senior High School to the meeting tonight. 11/ 6 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS 7 8 Councilman Elstro expressed concern as to City liability during the 9 construction of South "L" Street between 8th and 23rd. 10 11 ADJOURNMENT 12 13 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and 14 passed the meeting was adjourned. 15 16 Larry Parker 17 President Pro Tem 18 19 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 20 City Clerk