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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-06-1983 cmito • • PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON. COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 6,- 1983 1 The Common Council of the City of. Richmond,. Indiana, met ,:in .regular 2 session June 6, 1983 .at the hour of 7:30 p.m. in the 'Coun_ cil Chambers 3 in the Municipal Building in said City. President Mills presided with 4 the following members present.: . Messrs. Elstro,. Williams, Ms. Henry, 5 Welch, Parker, Carter and Paust. Absent: . Hankinson. The following 6 business was had, to-wit: , 7 8 DEVOTIONS 9 10 Councilman Carter gave devotions. . • 11 _ :. .12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 16 & MAY 17, 1983. 13 14 Councilman Welch moved to approve the minutes of the last regular meeting 15 and special meeting as prepared, seconded by Councilman Paust and on 16 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18- -APPEARANCES . 19 • 20 Mr. Allen Moore, 6870 Guy Murray Road, New Paris,.-Oh.io, .representing 21 Chemical Workers Local 623, asked. why Resolution. No. 7 does .not appear on 22 the agenda. President Mills s'tated, Resolution No. 7 was passed at the 23 last meeting. He explained that the matter of, Economic Development bonds 24 for Procom mow goes back to. the Economic Development .Commission for them 25 to held a public hearing. .If .their recommendation. is favorable, an ordi- ill26 nance will come before Common Council. ..On .second reading this ordinance 27 will be on public hearing for anyone to speak for or against. Mr. Moore 28 stated they were under the impression that the bonds would be for an 29 empty building arid ,the building is not empty. .Procom is running the lines. 30 President Mills stated the resolution-was an inducement resolution for 31 economic development bonds. ' Mr. .Moore--requested.the minutes of the meeting 32 concerning this resolution.be read. President Mills read that portion 'of 33 the minutes._ Councilman.Williams stated the Council does not have juris- 34 diction over what they do .wi.th that building, but they do have jurisdiction 35 over the bonds. Mr. Moore was told to watch the paper or call to find out 36 when this .issue may be coming back to Council. 37 - 38 RESOLUTION -NO.. 10-1983 39 40 . Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Resolution No. 10-1983 41 ' by title only, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice vote 42 the motion was carried. - • - . 43 44 -. The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 10-1983 - A RESOLUTION._AUTHOR= 45 IZING ASSIGNED SERVICE AREA AGREEMENTS BETWEEN RICHMOND .POWER & LIGHT AND . 46 PUBLIC SERVICE:'COMPANY OF INDIANA, INC. AND 'BETWEEN RICHMOND POWER & LIGHT 47 AND WAYNE 'COUNTY REMC AND MATTERS RELATED THERETO. 48 . . • 49 Councilman Welch explained the purpose of this resolution is to authorize 50 the general manager of RP&L to 'enter into an agreement with Wayne County III51 REMC and Public Service Company of Indiana over territories that will be 52 served by the utilities and to sign agreements with those companies for - 53 - the service territories mapped out and agreed to by those utilities. 54 -_ 55 Councilman Paust moved for adoption of Resolution No. 10-1983, seconded by 56 ' Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the 'motion was carried. 57 . 58 • REPORT FOR THE BOARD OF WORKS 59 • . 60 .Councilman.Parker stated he noted in the Board of Works minutes that the 61 state- had requested removal of the stop light at 16th and National Road 62 West and the Board had rejected this request. He noted he also is against 63 the removal of this light and would like to be kept informed of the status ,64 of this request. Common Council Minutes Cont'd. • June 6, 1983 Page 2 1 Councilman Elstro has set next Monday night at 6:00 p.m. for Council to 2 tour the Sanitary Department. 3 . 4 ORDINANCES ON.-1'ST READING 5 6 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance Nos. 21-1983 7 I through 27-1983 on first reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 8 • Parker and. on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. ' 9 • 10 ORDINANCE NO. 21-1983 - 11 12 Councilman Carter stated that Ordinance No.. 21-1983 has to do with Heritage 13 Regency, Inc. and the bonds that have been issued pertaining to the con- 14 struction of that facility. He has a financial interest in_ that facility 15 -_ -. and will not be making any_ comments or voting on this issue. President 16 Mills requested approval of Council and on unanimous voice vote the approval 17 was given. 18 • 19 , The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No.. 21-1983 AN 20 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE Na. 4-1983 TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 21 INDIANA, TO ISSUE, .UPON SURRENDER FOR EXCHANGE,- "CITY OF RICHMOND ECONOMIC 22 DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES A (HERITAGE REGENCY, INC. PROJECT)" IN 23 ' COUPON FORM, AND AUTHORIZING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT THERETO. 24 • 25 Councilman Welch moved .to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 21-1983 26 - on second reading, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice 27 vote-the motion was carried. . - 28 • 29 The Clerk read on second .reading Ordinance No. 21-1983. 30 31 President Millsaannounced Ordinance No. 21-1983 is on public hearing. 32 Speaking for this Ordinance was Attorney Kent Klinge, representing Heritage 33 Regency, Inc. 'and -Merchants National Bank. This bond issue was approved in 34 February -and-closed in March. When bond counsel ordered the bonds, they 35 ordered bare bonds which is a single form bond. When Merchants Bank, as 36 . trustee, sold the bonds to investors, the investors preferred to have 37 coupons on the bottom of the bonds. This ordinance provides for this. - 38 39 Councilman Welch moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Paust and 40 ' on unanimous voice vote the motion-was carried. - 41 42 Councilman Weldh moved to suspend- the rules and read Ordinance No. 21-1983 43 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Parker 44 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 45 _ . 46 'The Clerk read on third reading. by title only Ordinance No. 21-1983. 47 48 Ordinance No. 21-1983 was adopted .by the following vote: 49 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Welch, Parker, Paust and Mills (7) 50 NOES: None (0) 51 ABSENT: Hankinson • 52 ABSTENTION: Carter 53 54 ORDINANCE NO. 22-1983 - 55 56 - , The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 22-1983 - AN 57 .ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE FEDERAL .REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND. - 58 • 59 - President Mills announced Ordinance No. 22-1983 has to be advertised. 60 61 ORDINANCE NO. 23-1983 • . 62 63 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 23-1983 - AN 64 I -ORDINANCE TO. APPROPRIATE FROM, THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND. 65 - . - 66 President Mills -announced Ordinance No. 23-1983 has to be advertised. • cptiqJ Common Council 'Minutes .Cont'd. June. 6, 1983 . - Page 3 .... ' 1 ORDINANCE NO. 24-1983 2 . III 3 The Clerk read on. first .reading .by title only Ordinance No. 24-1983 - AN 4 ORDINANCE:..AMENDING: CHAP.TER:154. OF_THE MUNICIPAL CODE, 'BEING -ORDINANCE NO. 5 2325-1968,...COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE .ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 6 INDIANA, PROVIDING..:FORTHE. REZONING-OF PROPERTY-LOCATED AT 2001 U.S. 27 7 SOUTH.FROM C-2. COMMERCIAL DISTRICT :TO C-2Su COMMERCIAL SPECIAL USE DISTRICT 8 AND AUTHORIZING THE SPECIAL-USE OF SAID PROPERTY AS A NURSING HOME. 9 . 10 Councilman'Welch..moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 24-1983 11 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice . 12 vote- the motion was carried. • 13 . 14 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 24-1983. 15 • 16 • President .Mills announced Ordinance No. 24-1983 is on public hearing. 17 Speaking for this Ordinance was Attorney Robert Burton, 25 No, '7th' Street,. 18 . representing Knoblers, owners of the property. The Golden Rule Nursing 19 Home has 110._beds and desire to .add on- another 66 beds for which they have- 20 - State Board of Health approval. .. The addition would be-to the south of the 21 existing building-. - .He-.presented a letter. from the Wayne County Sheriff 22 - concerning traffic: Surveyor John Beals, Contractors Don and Ron Chance • 23 and Al- Knobler were-present to. answer'any. questions. Also -speaking in 24 favor of this Ordinance- was :Dr. Francis Warrick noting the need for further 25 nursing home care. He has had patients at Golden--Rule and can attest to 2.6 the fine care they-have: received. He urged Council. to. consider favorably II/ • 27 this Ordinance. .. Also .speaking was .Mr. Sam Knobler, .management of u Golden 28 _ Rule for the. past eight . (8) years, who noted the project also is for dining 29 room space,..physical & speech therapy and educational & recreational areas. 30 He noted they will cooperate with the neighbors. . . 31 32 'Speaking against -Ordinance No. 24-1983 was Mr. Arthur. Clouse., 2297: Straight- , - 33 line , Pike, stating the neighbors had put in a sanitary sewer under the 34 Barrett Law.. At that -time the' neighbors tried to get the nursing home .to • 35 ego on it with them, and the nursing home said they didn't need it. When 36 they built. the second building, they hooked, onto the sewer. He further ' 37 stated the nursing home built a' s,ewer- across the road and is running all 38 of their water into the ditch. There is a water problem in the area. All 39 this should be corrected and, if they hook onto the Barrett Law sewer this • 40 time, he feels they should pay their share. 41 - - - . 42 Councilman Williams moved for engrossment of Ordinance No, 24-1983, -se=` 43 • conded by Councilman Elstro and on, unanimous voice vote the motion was 44 carried. 45 . 46 Councilman Williams moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 24- 47 1983 on third and final reading by title only,. seconded by Councilman 48 Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. . • 49 50 Councilman-Williams noted stipulations were put on this recommendation 51 from the Plan Commission. The -Clerk read the stipulations In the Ordinance. _ 52 53 Councilman Williams moved ,to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 24- 54 1983 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman - :- 55 Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 56 • 57 Ordinance No. 24-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 58 AYES: Elstro,, Williams, Henry, Welch, Parker,Carter, Paust, Mills (8) 59 NOES:- None : (0) . 6.0 , 61 ORDINANCE NO. 25-1983 '62 - . . 63 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 25-1983 - AN 64 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 65 2325-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN. AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF •RICHMOND, 66 INDIANA, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF PROPERTY LOCATED -AT 96 AND 98 WEST 3 �36 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. June 6, 1983 Page 4 1 MAIN STREET FROM R-3 ONE-TO-EIGHT FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO C-2 2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. 3 4 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No.. 25-1983 5 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice 6 vote the motion was carried. 7 8 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 25-1983. 9 10 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 25-1983 is on public hearing. 11 Speaking for this Ordinance was Attorney Bob Bever, 400 First National 12 Bank, representing Rodefeld Co. , Inc. , noting this is a sliver of land 13 which was left out of the master zoning plan and is surrounded by com- 14 mercial zoning. He stated Mr. Bob Rodefeld is present to answer any 15 questions. 16 17 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance-No. 25-1983, 18 seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion 19 was carried. 20 - 21 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 25- 22 )983 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 23 I Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 The Clerk read on third and final reading by title only Ordinance No. 25- 26 1983. 27 28 Ordinance No. 25-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 29 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (8) 30 NOES: None (0) 31 32 ORDINANCE NO. 26-1983 33 - 34 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 26-1983 - AN 35 ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE., BEING ORDINANCE NO. 36. 2325-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 37 INDIANA, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF TWO SEPARATE AREAS, AREA .1 BEING 38 GENERALLY BOUNDED BY SOUTH"A" STREET, SOUTH 20TH STREET, SOUTH "B" STREET, 39 AND SOUTH 17TH STREET AND AREA 2 BEING GENERALLY BOUNDED BY SOUTH "C" 40 STREET, SOUTH 16TH STREET, SOUTH "E" STREET AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN SOUTH 41 15TH AND 16TH STREETS FROM R-3 ONE-TO-EIGHT FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT TO 42 R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE DISTRICT.- - 43 - 44 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 26-1983 is referred to the Plan 45 Commission. 46 47 ORDINANCE NO. -27-1983 48 - 49 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 27-1983 - AN 50 ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL SALARIES OF ALL ELECTED OFFICERS OF THE CITY 51 OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. 52 53 - President Mills announced Ordinance No. 27-1983 has to be advertised for. 54 thirty (30) days. He noted the amounts can be raised or lowered by 55 Council. 56 57 ADJOURNMENT 58 59 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed 60 the meeting was adjourned. 61 62 Kenneth Mills 63 President 64 65 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 66 City Clerk