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HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-17-1983 • Oid PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, OCTOBER 17, 1983 1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session III 2 October 17, 1983 at the hour of 7 :3Q p.m. in the Council Chambers in the 3 Municipal Building in. said City. President .Mills presided with the fol- 4 lowing members present: Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Ms. Henry, Hankinson, 5 . Welch, Parker, Carter and. Paust. Absent: None. The following business . 6 was had, to-wit: 7 8 DEVOTIONS ' • 9 10 Devotions were given by Councilman James Carter.. 11 12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES' OF OCTOBER 3, 1.983 AND SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 10, 1983 13 14 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting 15 and the special meeting as. published, seconded by Councilman Welch and 16 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 WELCOME BY THE PRESIDENT 19 ' 20 President Mills welcomed the journalism class from Earlham and government 21 classes from Centerville. 22 23 REMARKS FROM THE AUDIENCE 24 - . 25 Councilman. Carter stated he has two (2) men in the audience who live on 26 North "A".between 12th and 13th Streets with a parking problem. Mr. 27 Larry Wallace, 1212 North "A", stated there is. no parking on the south 28 side of North "A' within this block. They have to park by the museum or 29 down toward 13th Street. He has been parking in the alley and told by 30 the police he will be ticke.ted:if this. continues. He would like to change 31 North "A" .down to two lanes of traffic and put a parking area on the south 32 side. President Mills referred this to the Board of Works along with the . 33 Traffic Department to get back with Mr. Wallace. 34 . • 35 RESOLUTIONS 36 . 37 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules, and read Resolution No. 22- 38 1983 by title only, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous voice 39 vote the motion was carried. - 40 41 RESOLUTION NO. 22-1983 42 43 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 22-1983 - A RESOLUTION OF THE 44 CITY OF RICHMOND TO INDUCE PALLADIUM PUBLISHING CORP. , AN INDIANA CORPORA- 45 TION ("APPLICANT") , TO EITHER ACQUIRE, CONSTRUCT OR EQUIP AN ECONOMIC 46 DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AND TO UNDERTAKE TO SELL AND DELIVER REVENUE BONDS 47 TO PAY THE COSTS THEREOF (Palladium EDC Bond Inducement) 48 49 . Speaking for Resolution No. 22-1983 was Attorney Andrew Cecere, 101. So. . 50 10th Street,. representing the Palladium Publishing Corp. , requesting the ill 51 inducement resolution for seven million dollars in Economic Development 52 Bonds forth`e construction and equipping of a 25,000 square foot building 53 ' for publishing and printing at 1175 North "A": This morning the Richmond 54 Economic Development Commission met and recommended this resolution be 55 presented to this body. This expansion will create twenty-three (23) 56 new jobs , Mr. Wilbur Thomas, President of EDC was present to answer any 57 questions. . Also speaking for this resolution was Ms. Pamela Meals, 58 Publisher of the Palladium-Item, 720 Keyser Lane., stating this' will be 59 the regional location for printing USA Today. serving Dayton, Cincinnati 60 and Indianapolis. They have made a commitment to use local contractors 61 for construction. Mr. Vaughn Clarke,. Director of Corporate Finance for. 62 Gannett, Rochester, N. Y. , explained that the press would cost between 63 31/2 to 4 million dollars, the .building 2 to 22 million and equipment such 64 as data processing, etc. would be purchased with the remainder. • • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. October 17, 1983 Page 2 • 1 Councilman Paust moved for adoption of Resolution No.. 22-1983, seconded • 2 by Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 ORDINANCES ON 1ST READING 5 6 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules on Ordinance Nos. 47-1983, 7 48-1983, 49-1983, 50-1983, 51-1983, 52-1983 and 53-1983 and read on first 8 reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous 9 voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 ORDINANCE NO. 47-1983 12 13 .The Clerk read on first reading.by title only Ordinance No. 47-1983 - AN 14 ORDINANCE TO REDUCE WITHIN THE POLICE PENSION FUND. 15 - 16 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 47-1983 17 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice 18 vote the motion was carried: 19 20 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 47-1983. 21 22 Expla rI.. gthis'Ordinance was City Controller Don Meredith noting the money 23 had been appropriated due to men eligible to retire during the year who 24 chose not to. 25 26 President Mills .announced Ordinance No. 47-1983 is on public hearing. 27 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance Councilman - 28 Paust moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unani- 29 mous_,voice vote the motion was carried. 30 31 Councilman.Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 47-1983 32 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Parker 33 and on unanimous voihe vote the motion was carried. 34 35 The Clerk read on third reading. by title .only Ordinance No. 47-1983. 36 • 37 . Ordinance No. 47-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 38 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 39 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 40 NOES: None (0) 41 42 ORDINANCE NO. 48-1983 43 44 - The Clerk read. on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 48-1983 - AN 45 ORDINANCE TO REDUCE WITHIN THE FIRE PENSION FUND. 46 47 Councilman Welch moved to .suspend the rules and- read Ordinance No. 48-1983 48 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice 49 vote the motion was carried. 50 51 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 48-1983. 52 53 Explaining this Ordinance was City Controller Don Meredith- noting the 54 money had 7-been appropriated due to men eligible to retire during the 55 year who chose not to. 56 • 57 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 48-1983 is on public hearing. 58 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance Councilman 59 Hankinson moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on. 60 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 61 • 62 Councilman Welch moved to -suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 48-1983 63 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Williams 64 and- on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 9C I Common Council Minutes Cont'd. . October 17, 1983 Page 3 1 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 48-1983. 2 III3 Ordinance No.. 48-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 4 AYES: Elstro, Williams,..Henry, Hankinson, 5 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 6 NOES: None (0) 7 8 ORDINANCE NO. 49-1983 9 V 10 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 49-1983 - AN 11 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE. WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FUND. - 12 13 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 49-1983 has to be advertised. 14 _ 15 ORDINANCE NO. 50-1983 V 16 17 The Clerk read on first reading by--title only Ordinance No. 50•--1983 - 18 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO ISSUE ITS. "ECONOMIC, DEVELOP- 19 MENT. REVENUE.BONDS, 1983 SERIES B..-(WAYNE DAIRY PRODUCTS, INC. PROJECT)" 20 AND APPROVING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT THERETO. (Wayne Dairy EDC Bonds) 21 V 22 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and. read _Ordinance No.. 50-1983 23 on second reading; seconded by. Councilman Elstro and on unanimous voice 24 vote the motion was carried. 25 • 26 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 50-1983. 27 • 28 Speaking for Ordinance No. 50-1983 was Attorney Andrew Cecere, 101 So. 10th, 29 representing Wayne Dairy, requesting $350,000 in Economic Development Bonds. 30 Mr. Wilbur.Hockerman, General Manager, stated they are now producing 4000 31 to 5000 gallons of ice cream per day .and'wish to expand to produce 8000. . 32 to . 9000•'per :day. 'This will' create 6 to 8 additional jobs. The project 33 will be constructed by local contracting firms. V 34 ' 35 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 50-.1983 is on public hearing. 36 There being no one. speaking. against.,this Ordinance, Councilman Hankinson '37 moved for engrossment;' seconded by Councilman Welch andon unanimous V 38 voice vote the motion was carried:' • ' 39 , 40 Councilman 'Welch moved to suspend' the rules..and read' Ordinance No. 50-1983 41 on,third and final reading by title only, seconded.by Councilman Elstro 42 and on unanimous-voice vote the motion was carried. 43 44 The Clerk read on third and final 'reading"by title= only Ordinance No. 50-1983. 45 46 Ordinance No. 50-1983 was adopted by the following vote: V 47 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, . • 48 Welch, Parker., Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 49 ' , NOES: None I (0') 50 51 ORDINANCE NO. 51-1983 ' 52 V 53 The Clerk read on .first•reading by: title' only Ordinance No. 51-1983 - AN 54 ORDINANCE TO AMEND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO._ '12-1983 TO APPROPRIATE FROM 55 THE. LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND. (N.W. llth Street Project) 56 57 Councilman Welch moved Vto 'suspend the rules and read Ordinance No... 51.1983 58 on ,s`ec'on.d reading, seconded by'Coun'cilman Elstro and on unanimous •voice 59 vote the' motion was' carried.' 60 61" The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 51-1983. 62 . 63 Explaining Ordinance No. 51-1983 was City Controller Don Meredit1i noting 64 that when the bids came in. for'N. W.' llth Street they`.were under the. es-- 65 timates so there are' some funds available. The project will be broadened Common Council Minutes Cont`d. ' October 17 , 1983 Page 4 1 to include reconstruction of N. W. "T", paving of Sheridan and ditching 2 and drainage on Rich Road. 3 • 4 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 51-1983is on public hearing. 5 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance Councilman 6 • Hankinson moved for ..engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 7 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 8 9 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and. read Ordinance No. 51-1983 10 on third and final reading by title only., seconded by Councilman Williams 11 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 - 13 The Clerk. re'ad on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 51-1983. • 14 15 Ordinance No. 51-1983 was adopted by the following .vote: 16 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 17 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 18 NOES: -None (0) 19 20 ORDINANCE NO. 52-1983 21 . 22 The. Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 52-1983 - AN 23 ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE. GENERAL FUND. 24 25 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 52-1983 26 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice • 27 vote the motion was carried. 28 29 The Clerk read on• second reading Ordinance No. 52-1983. 30 31 President Mills announced Ordinance-No.. 52-1983 -is on public hearing. 32 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance Councilman 33 Elstro moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 34 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 • 36 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No.. 52-1983 37 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Williams 38 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 52-1983. 41 42 Ordinance No. 52-1983 was, adopted :by the following vote:. 43 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry,- Hankinson, 44 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills " (9) 45 NOES: None (0) 46 , 47 ORDINANCE NO. 53-1983 48 • .. • 49 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 53-1983 AN 50 ORDINANCE TO TR,ANS;FER WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 51 52 Councilman Welch' moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 53-1983 53 on second .reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice 54 vote the motion was carried. 55 56 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 53-1983. 57 . . 58 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 53-1983 is on public hearing. 59 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance, Councilman 60 Elstro moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Paust and on 61 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 62 63 Councilman Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 53-1983 64 on third and final ,reading -by ,title only, seconded by Councilman Welch 65 and on unanimous .voice vote the ,Motion was carried. P • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. October 17, 1983 Page 5 • 1 The Clerk read on third and final reading Ordinance No. 53-1983. 2 3 Ordinance No.. 53-1983 was adopted by the following vote: ill 4 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 5 Welch, •Parker, •Carter; Paust, Mills (9) • 6 NOES: -None- (0) 7 8 ORDINANCES ON 2ND READING • • • 9 ORDINANCE NO. 41-1983 . 10 - . 11 The Clerk read on second reading. Ordinance No. 41-1983 - AN ORDINANCE 12 PROHIBITING THE THROWING OR DEPOSITING. OF LITTER IN PUBLIC PLACES, 13 REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL HANDBILLS;. 14 CONTROLLING THE DEPOSITING OF LITTER ON PRIVATE PREMISES; PROVIDING A. 15 LEIN .FOR CITY CLEARANCE, AND PRESCRIBING' PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION. 16 OF ITS PROVISIONS_THEREOF IN THE CITY .OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. 17 . . . . . • 18 Committee of the. Whole Chairman Parker. stated his committee met on October 19 10, 1983 and. discussed Ordinance No. 41-1983. He read the following re- 2.0 .commended changes: ' 21 • 22 Section I, Definitions, (13) 23 • • • 24 "Refuse" is all 'putrescible and nonp.utrescible solid wastes, 25 including garbage; rubbish, ashes, -street cleanings) dead 26 ..animals, abandoned automobiles, .solid market and industrial , III 27 wastes,..human:body wastes and animal wastes. Animal means 28 cattle, .calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, .. 29 • . cats poultry or other- birds, and any animal canine, feline - 30 or avian species-, whether domestic, pet or, wild." 31 32 Councilman. Par-ker' so moved, seconded .by Councilman Welch and:on unanimous 33 voice vote the motion was carried. 34 35 Section XIII, "Posting Notices Prohibited" 36 • 37 "No person shall post or affix any notice, poster, or other • 38 paper or. device, calculated to attract the attention of the 39 public, to any public -lamp post, public utility pole, or 40 shade tree on any public property or right-of-way, or upon 41 any public structure or building, except as may be authorized 42 or required by law.". 43 • 44 Councilman Parker -so moved, 'seconded by -Councilman Carter and on unanimous 45 voice vote the motion was carried:' , 46 47 Section XI, "Prohibiting Distribution of Handbills Where 48 Properly Posted", add (a) 49 ' 50 "Exemption for Mail and Newspapers. The provisions of this 51 Section 'shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the III 52 • United States, nor to newspapers (as defined herein) except • 53 that newspapers shall be placed on private property in- such 54 a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by 55 . the elements upon .any street, sidewalk or other public place 56 or upon private property." 57 58 Councilman. Parker so moved, -seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous 59 voice vote the motion was carried. - 60 • - 61 President Mills announced Amended Ordinance No. 41-1983 .is .on -public '62 hearing. • Speaking for this Ordinance was Mr. Bob Brown, -4390. South '.'C" 63 Street, President of the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce, supporting 64 this Ordinance as amended for the Chamber.. Chief of Police. Charles Chris, 65 in response to a question concerning juveniles, stated they can be cited 6? • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. October 17, 1983 Page 6 • 1 through probation. . The ticketing procedure is difficult with juveniles. 2 It was -suggested doing an education program through the schools on 3 littering.. 4 • 5 Councilman Carter moved for engrossment of Amended Ordinance No. 41-1983, 6 seconded by Councilwoman Henry and on. unanimous voice vote the motion 7 was carried. 8 9 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Amended Ordinance 10 No. 41-1983 on third and final reading by.title only., seconded by Council- 11 man Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 13 - The Clerk read on third reading by title only Amended Ordinance No. 14 41-1983. 15 16 Amended Ordinance No. 41-1983 'was adopted by the following vote: 17 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, • 18 Welch, Carter, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) • 19 NOES: None - . (0) 20 .. - 21 ORDINANCES ON 3RD READING 22 ORDINANCE NO. 44-1983 23 • . 24 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 44-1983 25 on third reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Parker and on 26 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 28 The Clerk .read on third reading by .title only Ordinance No. 44-1983. 29 30 Councilman Williams stated he will not be voting for this Ordinance as 31 he does not like the State -telling him: he shall .do..something. 32 33 Ordinance No. -44-1983 was adopted by the following vote: • 34 _ . AYES: Elstro, Henry, Hankinson, 35 .Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (8) 36 NOES: Williams (a) 37 38 . MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 39 40 President Mills read the following letter from- City Controller Meredith: 4t - 42 .I checked with Bill Davis, Director .of. Transportation, concerning 43 the street sweeping of south 9th Street. 44 - 45 He informed me that South 9th Street has,been swept three times 46 this year and will be swept again within the month, 47 . 48 Mr. Davis informed the news media that he .was going to sweep 49 South 9th Street and the residents still did not move their 50 automobiles. 51 52 I trust this answers -the question raised at the Council meeting. 53 54 ADJOURNMENT - • 55 • 56 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed 57 the meeting was adjourned. 58• 59 Kenneth Mills 60 President 61 62 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 63 City Clerk