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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-22-1983 „,,f6, • PROCEEDINGS OF THE. COMMON COUNCIL OF THE - . - CITY OF. RICHMOND, -INDIANA, FEBRUARY 22, 1983 1 The...Co.mmon Council-of the .Ci.ty .of Richmond, Indiana, met _.in regular • 2 session February 22 .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. followin.g 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 Elstro gave devotions: - 11 • . 12 • , APPROVAL OF -MINUTES OF FEBRUARY:'7,. 1983 ' 13 ... 14 Councilman Hankinson moved the minutes of the previous meeting be approved . 15 . as received, .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 No. 4-1983 21 - by title only, seconded- by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice . 22 vote the motion was carried. 23 • , 24 .The Clerk read by title only Resolution No. 4-1983 - A RESOLUTION APPROV- 25 INC AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ACTIONS AND- PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT TO 26 CERTAIN PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS. 27 - 28 .Speaking -for Resolution No. 4-1983.was Attorney Gayle Gardner, repre- 29 senting Amedco, Inc: Also present representing Amedco were President - '30 , Bob-York and Controller Tony Wright.' In response to Councilman Welch's 31 .,question, Mr. York stated the bonds will be for purchase of the Johnson 32 -Sheet Metal plant, including tooling, presses and rolling stock. In , • 33 response to. Councilman Elstro's question, Mr. York stated Amedco did not 34 terminate any employees. The employees were terminated by the Overhead 35 Door Company. • There is- no •union. there. : The employees who were hired 36 , back are making more than they were when Amedco took over; however, they 37 did.lose their longevity as this is a new company. Councilman Williams 38 stated he -will not be voting for •this resolution due to the company not 39 ' hiring minorities. Mr. York stated they now employ sixty-five (65) 40 people, sixty-two - (62) 'of which are Wayne County residents. • 41 42 Councilman Paust moved .for adoption of Resolution No. 4-1983, seconded 43 by,Councilman Welch. On voice vote the motion was carried with Council- 44 man Williams voting no. - - 45 46 - LETTER FROM.BOB GOODWIN REGARDING MANDATING WORK UNDER ECONOMIC 47 DEVELOPMENT BONDS. - - 48 • . 49 - . -At our Council meeting of February 7, 1983, the question was III 50 - raised .as to whether or not -a local unit of government could • 51 mandate- a certain percentage of work on an Economic Develop- 52 _ - ment-Bond project to be performed by local contractors and -- 53 local labor. 54 - 55 ` At your request I presented -that• question to Mr. Brian Long, . 56 Assistant Director of the -Indiana Association of Cites and 57 :Towns (IACT) . Mr. Long" informed me _that IACT has researched • 58 • . . this question for other communities and it is not legal for 59 . a local unit of government to attach such conditions to a . 60 - - bond request. 61 - - 62 . COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR - - . ' 63 - ' _ -- 64 Mayor Clifford Dickman stated, concerning Ordinance No. 6-1983, the 04 • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. • February 22,. 1983 Page 2 1 improvement of "L" is a. part of. the City. Master Plan approved by Council 2 in 1968. This was also recommended by the City and County Engineering 3 . Departments after a study of .the South "E"- and Backmeyer traffic problems 4 'in 1975. . It. was put into. the Federal Aid Urban Program. for matching 5 • . funds in. 1976. The preliminary .engineering study,was approved by the 6 Board of Works and Council in 1976 at .a cost of $20,000. Additional funds 7 for engineering were appropriated by the Council in 1977_ totaling $30,000. 8 The official formal hearing was held in 1979 by the .State Highway. The 9 environmental impact and route location was approved in 1980 by the State 10 . and Federal .government. Council approved an appropriation for $150,000 in • 11 1980 for design. The field check was made and approved in 1981. -There 12 .was no .Federal Aid money available in 1982 as the State had no matching 13 .funds. The new five cent (50- gasoline tax brought this up' recently. 14 ,Funds are now available by July land contracts can possibly be .let in 15 June. We are in a 'position where the engineering has been done and ready 16 to go for a project approval by the State. 'The State _contacted .us to 17 .-put us in the program. The agreement -between the Board of Works and the 18 State is ready for signature upon approval of this appropriation.' • 19 20 The area for approval this summer is between 8th and 23rd on South "L". 21 This will be a great improvement for the City.. This will be a four lane 22 road with the rest of the road, as scheduled, being a two -lane road with 23 right-of-way for four lanes. 24 . 25 REPORT FROM- BOARD OF WORKS • • • 27 - .Councilman- Carter noted a problem with loose gravel.a.t intersections in 28 the Hidden Valley Drive and Hidden Valley' .Lane areas. '.Mr.. -Meredith 29 • noted the street sweepers have been out and will continue to be cleaning. 30 31 Councilman Elstro noted a manhole at South 8th and. "L" has dropped 2" 32 - to 3". Mayor Dickman stated the State has been notified. . The resident 33 at 930 South 10th pulled a limb from the street and would like it removed. 34 35 • Councilman Parker .requested the City Engineer check repairs to N. W. and 36 S. W. 18th Street where the Water Works. is doing work to be sure it is 37 ,put back properly. Mayor Dickman stated it is the. Gas Company and. they 38 . are mixing with cold mix which will come out when hot mix can be applied. • 39 40 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS - 41 • . 42 Councilman Williams, concerning North Richmond,.' tated articles in the 43 newspaper appeared that things hadn't been reported, as articles have 44 . been cut. He praised Building Commissioner Charles- Roberts for checking 45 , on situations reported to him. 46 47 - . Councilman -Elstro noted the first visitation to. a City Department by the 48 Council will be March 14th. He will present' a schedule for the year at 49 the next meeting. ' 50 . 51 ORDINANCES ON 1ST READING • 52 • , . 53 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance Nos. 54 - 8-1983' and 9-1983 on first reading by 'title only, seconded by Councilman III 55 Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 56 57 ORDINANCE NO. 8-1983 V 58 - 59 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 8-1983 - AN ' 60 ORDINANCE CORRECTING .THE 1982 S-2 SUPPLEMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 72-1980, 61 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CODE OF ORDINANCES 'OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. 62 - _ . 63 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 8-1983 64 on' second reading, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous voice 65 • vote the motion was carried. jJ Common Council Minutes Cont'd. February 22,. 1983 Page 3 1 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 8-1983. 2 3 President Mills announced Ordinance No.. 8-1983 is on public hearing. 4 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance, Councilman 5 -Welch moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Paust and on 6 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 7 8 Councilman Welch moved to -suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 8-1983 9 - on third and final reading by title only? seconded by Councilman Elstro 10 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 11 12 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 8-1983. 13 14 Ordinance No. 8-1983 was adopted. by the following vote: 15 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 16 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills - (9) 17 NOES: None (0) 1.8 19 ORDINANCE NO, 9-1983 20 21 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 9-1983 - AN 22 ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 23 24 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 9-1983 25 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous 26 voice vote.,the motion was carried. 27 . 28 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 9-1983. 29 30 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 9-1983 is on public hearing. 31 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance, Councilman 32 Welch moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on 33 unanimous -voice vote the motion was carried. 34 35 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 9-1983 36 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman Hankinson 37 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 38 39 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 9-1983. 40 - - - 41 Ordinance No. 9-1983 was adopted by the following vote: 42 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 43 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 44 NOES,: None , ' (0) 45 _ 46 ' ORDINANCES ON 2ND READING 47 48 City Attorney Ed Anderson examined proof of publication for Ordinance 49 - Nos. 3-1983, 6-1983"and 7-1983. He noted, an error in the Cumulative 50 Storm- Sewer.:Fund, which should read $8,280.07_and _reads $8,280.67 in the 51 total, The line item has the correct amount. This error can be waived 52 as it is a typographical error in the newspaper. Mr. Anderson recom- 53 mended approval of the proof. Councilman Welchmoved it be accepted and 54 filed, seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the - 55 motion was carried. - 56 57 ORDINANCE NO. 3-1983 . 58 59 The. Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 3-198;3 AN ORDINANCE TO 60 APPROPRIATE FROMTHE CUMULATIVE STORM SEWER FUND. 61 62 City Controller Don Meredith noted money has been in this fund for at 63 least the last seven (7) years.' There is nothing 'specific for this fund 64to be used for at this time; however, if an emergency should arise, the • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. February 22, 1983 Page 4 . 1 ' funds would be available without taking it out of another line item. 2 Mayor Dickman suggested .this money should be used to raise manholes. 3 , 4 . President Mills announced Ordinance No. 3-1983 is ,on .public hearing. . 5 There being no one speaking for:or• against this Ordinance, Councilman 6 Welch moved for engrossment,- seconded by Councilman Elstro and on 7 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 8 9 Councilman Welch moved to suspend .the rules and .read' Ordinance No. 3- 10 H 1983 on third and final- reading by title only, seconded- by Councilman 11 . Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was .carried. 12 13 . The Clerk read on third reading by title, only Ordinance No. 3-1983. 14 15 Ordinance No. 31983 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. 6-1983' 21 . 22 . The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance-No. 6-1983 - AN ORDINANCE TO 23 APPROPRIATE FROM THE LOCAL ROAD' AND'STREET FUND. 24 . 25 President:-Mills .announced Ordinance No. . 6-1983. is. on:public hearing:. 26 Speaking against this Ordinance was Mrs. Margorie Sharp, 981 Breckenridge • 27 Dr. , stating she has always been against- this project.: She-stated-she; 28 . is not opposed to the extension between 8tth and 23rd.but has a problem II 29 . with Elks. Road extended to Hodgin. She also is opposed to truck traffic. 30 She recommended putting ..a route further south. . 31 32 ' In response to Councilman Carter's question concerning a timetable to the 33 starting of--the extension from Hodgin to Main, ,Mr. Fred Burgner, repre- 34 senting" the-engineering firm of Butler,. Fairman, and Seufert, stated this 35' is dictated by 'when the federal funds become available. The program has 36 • ! , been seven years-in getting the first section into construction; however, 37 • , the 5 gas tax has made additional' funds available to the state. This 38 is a four (4) year program. .'Aa the right-of-way is secured, which is a 39 requirement of eligibility for funding for construction; the project can 40 proceed' as funds become available. • 41 .• 42 Councilman Carter -questioned the legality of the. city building a road in 43 the county, as. Hodgin Road •east- of Hunter's ',Pointe and the extension from 44 Hodgin to .Main Street are mostly in the county. City Attorney Ed Anderson. 45 stated .he .will look up the statutory citation: He noted the city does 46 have the right of annexation. Council was given maps showing the area 47 the city has' jurisdiction over for federal urban funds. . 48 49 "'Councilman.Williams recommended the Mayor and Council 'get together to 50 put some control on construction being done to keep it local as much as 51 possible. ' 52 . - 53 . H _ Councilman Carter. stated he Objects to the extension. from Main to Hodgin 54 . and will be voting against this ordinance. . 55 ' .. . ,56 Councilman.:Elstro' stated he objects to four (4) lanes from' 8th to 23rd4. 57 Mr. Burgher noted the four (4)- lanes will be done on existing-right-of- . 58 ! way. 59 . 60 Councilman -Welch moved; for .engrossment, 'seconded:by' Councilman -Paust. . 61 On a •call` of the roll: AYES:, .Henry, .Hankinson, 'Welch, Parker,. Paust.-and _62 Mills. NOES: Elstro,• Williams• and- Carter: Six ayes', three nes. City 63 ' ! Attorney Ed Anderson stated this Ordinance takes five (5) votes to. pass. 64 . 65 President Mills announced Ordinance' No. 6-1983 will be back on _third 66 reading at' the next meeting. 07 Common Council Minutes Cont'd February 22,. 1983 Page 5 - 1 ORDINANCE NO. 7-1983 II/ , 3 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 7-1983 AN ORDINANCE TO 4 APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND 5 . 6 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 7-1983 is on public hearing. 7 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance, Councilman 8" Elstro moved for engrossment:, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 9 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 Councilman Welch moved to ..suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 7-1983 12 ;, on third and final reading, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous 13 voice vote the motion was carried. 14 . 15 'The Clerk read on third .reading-by title, only Ordinance No. 7-1983. 16 17 , Ordinance No.. 7-1983 ,was adopted by the following voter 18 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 19 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 20 NOES: None (0) 21 - 22 ADJOURNMENT - 23 ' 24 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed 25 the meeting was adjourned. III 26 27 Kenneth Mills 28 President 29 30 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 31 City Clerk - 32 33 * -President Mills read the following letter from City Engineer 34 George Webb regarding the South "L" Street project,-dated,February 18. 35 _ 36 - _ I will be attending the annual Professional Engineers' meeting 37 on the above date. . ' 38 39 . The South "L" Street project will be on second reading and as 40 . always, I am in favor of it.. As the southeast side of the 41 City continues to grow, we must plan for the future, and we 42 must always be mindful of the total safety and well being of 43 the City. 44 . 45 In matters like this, we must not be so naive as to think 46 - that any special interest group, that normally Would remon- 47 strate, would have the best interests .of the City as their 48 main -concern., To be sure, it is my feeling that the concerns 49 that have been expressed in the recent past have caused 50 . innocent -parties to be damaged by •the'reluctance of people to 51 purchase homes along the subject streets. Also, it is my 52 feeling that in the end, the people in the affected areas will 53 be thankful for the improvements to be accomplished by this 54 project. In fact, I would hope that the City could have these . 55 - streets. constructed 'before we; are in -dire need, o.f them - con- 56 - sidering the time it takes to move these project's through all 57 . the public hearings, reviews and formal preparations before 58 - .. construction. 59 60 In closing, we have several choices: We -can stop development .in 61 -this area;.-we can continue to place higher traffic loads on 62 -streets that were planned during the, 19th century, or we can 63 - plan for the future.- I-would hope that we have the fortitude 64 _ to plan for the future. . 9. )8