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Home My Public Portal About05-16-1983 • PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MAY 16, 1983 III1 The .Common Council_ of. the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular 2 session May .16, 1983 at the hour of 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers 3 in the Municipal Building in said City. President Mills presided with 4 the following members - present: Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Ms. Henry, 5 Hankinson, Welch, Parker, Carter and Paust. Absent: None. The following 6 business was had, to-wit: 7 8 DEVOTIONS 9 10 Councilman Williams gave devotions. • 11 12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 2, 1983 • 13 14 _ Councilman Hankinson moved the minutes of the previous meeting be approved 15 as published, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the 16 motion was carried. 17 18 RESOLUTIONS 19 • 20 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Resolution Nos. 7-1983 21 and 8-1983 by title only, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous 22 voice vote the motion was carried. 23 24 RESOLUTION NO. 7-1983 25 III26 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 7-1983 - A RESOLUTION OF THE 27 CITY OF RICHMOND TO INDUCE CLAUDE CASON,. JR, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND 28 CLAUDE T. CASON, SR. , PRODUCT COMPONENTS. INC. , A FLORIDA CORPORATION 29 DULY ADMITTED AND QUALIFIED TO DO BUSINESS. IN THE STATE. OF INDIANA, OR 30 ANY OTHER CORPORATION OR PARTNERSHIP .TO BE FORMED OF WHICH CLAUDE CASON, 31 JR. AND/OR CLAUDE T. CASON, SR. •WILL BE A GENERAL PARTNER OR PRINCIPAL 32 SHAREHOLDER, HEREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "APPLICANT" TO 33 ACQUIRE AN .ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AND.MAKE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS 34 AND IMPROVEMENTS THERETO AND ACQUIRE..CERTAIN. MACHINERY. AND EQUIPMENT, AND 35 TO UNDERTAKE TO SELL AND DELIVER REVENUE BONDS TO PAY THE COSTS THEREOF, 36 AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO. 37 38 Speaking for Resolution No. 7-1983 was Attorney Andrew Cecere, representing 39 Claude Cason; Jr. and Procom, which is located at 308 N. W. "F". They 40 employ 65 people in a facility that is leased on a month to month basis. 41 They waht .to expand and grow and employ more people, but they-need a new 42 facility. Atlas Plastics, located at .4815 Woodside Drive, has two build- 43 ings available, which Procom would buy along with some .equipment. They 44 are not buying the business. The estimated growth should be 40 to 45 45 additional employees. The estimated cost is $1,400,000, Atlas is going 46 to close whether or not Procom purchases the facility. Union .members 47 appeared at the Economic Development meeting for employees of Atlas 48 Plastics. Procom has no control over these employees: 49 . 50 . Also speaking for this Resolution was Art Vivian, 3587 Wernle Road, repre- III51 senting the. Economic Development Commission, stating they received an 52 application .from Procom. to- consider passing _.an inducement resolution to 53 provide them with the money to acquire an empty building. The Economic 54 Growth Group b.rought Procom here as a little company that has grown. The 55 Economic Development- Commission-suggests., with provided additional employ- 56 ment and additional tax base plus .taking a building that was going to be 57 empty, passage of this resolution. In response to Councilman Williams 58 question,. Mr. Claude Cason, Jr. 3101 Woodgate Way, stated they have at 59 least two (2) blacks employed. 60 61 Speaking against this .Resolution was Mr.- Allen Moore, 6870 Guy Murray Road, 62 New Paris, .Ohio, President of ICW Local 623., a former employee of Atlas. 63 He noted the Atlas plant was closed last Friday after the Economic Develop- 64 ment Commission meeting. As soon as the Economic Development Resolution 32ti Common Council Minutes Cont'd. May 16, 1983 - Page 2 1 was passed a notice was put up saying. the Atlas plant was going out of 2 business. Atlas employed 61 with 31 working as of. last Friday with the 3 remainder -laid off on.Feb. 5, 1983. Procom is non union and Atlas is 4 union but has never had .a strike since their beginning in 1955. Atlas 5 and Procom make the same products. 6 7 Also speaking against this Resolution was Mr. James Wallace, 2470 Rich 8 Road, who is a 282 year employee of Atlas Plastic. 9 10 Also speaking against this Resolution was Mr. James Bryant, President of 11 Eastern Indiana AFL-CIO Central Labor Council, 1606 South 7th Street, 12 pointing out 2 issues (1) economic impact on community and (2) right of 13 free enterprise. He noted it was a sad day as the Atlas employees have 1-4 lost their jobs. Richmond will be looked upon as a blighted area be- 15 cause it will be a place where one can get cheap labor. Is it right for 16 - a company to recognize another 'company's problems and offer them a deal 17 they can't refuse? 18 19- Councilman Welch noted this is just an inducement resolution and there 20 will have to be a hearing and an Ordinance to Council before this issue 21 is finalized. 22 23 Councilman Welch moved for adoption of Resolution No, 7-1983, seconded by 24 Councilman Paust and on a call of the roll the following was recorded: 25 Ayes: Elstro, Henry, Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust and Mills. Noes: 26 Williams and Hankinson. Resolution No. 7-1983 adopted.seven (7) to two (2) . 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 8-1983 29 30 The Clerk read by title only Resolution No.. 8-1983 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING 31 THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION WITH THE STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF 32 COMMERCE, FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT EMERGENCY JOBS PROGRAM, 33 THE CITY OF RICHMOND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNTY OF WAYNE, FOR THE 34 CONSTRUCTION OF A DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM FROM RICHMOND STATE HOSPITAL 35 TO E. G. HILL GREENHOUSES. 36 37 Speaking for Resolution No. 8-1983 was Mr. Jock Pitts, City Energy Program, 38 noting this is an opportunity to help finance a project to supply E. G. 39 ,Hill greenhouses with excess boiler capacity from Richmond State Hospital. 40 Through the Emergency Jobs Bill funds there is an opportunity to help 41 finance this.project. He requested the City in conjunction with Wayne 42 County apply for this grant. The County passed this request this morning. 43 The project will cost 1.1 million and the grant request is for $500,000. 44 45 Councilman Paust moved for adoption of Resolution No. 8--1983-, seconded by 46 Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.. 47 48 REPORT TO THE BOARD OF WORKS 49 - 50 The Board of Works was requested to investigate the synchronization of the .: 51 stop lights on South and North "A" Streets. Councilman Elstro also re- 52 questedo.they look at the light on S. W. 1st and National Road heading east. 53 54 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 55 56 President Mills announced there will be a special Council meeting on- 57 May 17, 1983 at 8:15 p.m. here in Council Chambers to consider a Reso- 58 lution for the filing of an application with the State of Indiana Depart- 59 ment of Commerce for small cities Community Development block grant funds 60 under the emergency jobs program for a sewer from Springwood Park to 61 Industries .Road. -- 62 63 CAUCUS OF COUNCIL 64 65 President Mills announced there will be a- meeting of Council immediately 66 following this meeting in Council Chambers to discuss elected official's jLc' Common Council Minutes Cont'd. May 16, 1983 Page 3 1 salaries. - 2 3 ADJOURNMENT 4 5 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed 6 the meeting was adjourned. 7 8 Kenneth Mills 9 President 10 11 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 12 City Clerk 330 1 1