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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-07-1983 90C) • PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 7, 1983 1 The Common Council of the' City` o•f Richmond'; Indiana;me.t in regular session 2 , February 7,. 19.83 .at .the hour of 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the 3 Municipal Building in paid -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 Councilman Carter gave devotions. • 11 ' 12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 17, 1983 13 14 ' Councilman Hankinson moved for approval of the minutes as published, 15 seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion 16 ' . .was carried_. 17 • 18 PETITIONS 19 . 20 - -Counncilman Hankinson presented a petition from residents on South "C" 21 : Street"--and South "C" Court for street lights to Councilman Parker. 22 - III23 'COMMUNICATION FROM THE.MAYOR 24 25 Mayor Clifford Dickman 'informed Council that the Department of Transpor- 26 tation -is now under -the direction of Bill Davis. • 27 • - 28 _ The Mayor_noted he supports Ordinance No. 6-1983 on the South "L" Street 29 pr.oj-ect. ' 30 • 31 The Mayor informed. Council:of a letter to• Bob Goodwin, Director of Com- • 32 munity Development; 'from the State Department of Commerce notifying him 33 that Richmond's Community Improvement application for Economic Develop- 34 ment has been tentatively awarded a grant in the amount of $417,263 35 through the- State administered Community Development Block Grant program. 36 This is the N. W. 11th Street project, which has a local in-kind match 37 of $36,050, which has already been done; Council appropriated $110,000 38 a few months ago, making the total $563,950. 39 40 RESOLUTIONS • 41 • . 42 'Councilman Welch moved 'to suspend the rules .and read Resolution No. 3- 41 1983 by title only, seconded by, Councilman P'ailst and on 'unanimous voice 44 votethe motion was carried. 45 46 The. Clerk read by title-only Resolution No. 3 198'3 - A RESOLUTION 47 • AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF'AN APPLICATION WITH THE STATE OF INDIANA, ' 48 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, FOR SMALL CITIES:COMMUNITY-DEVELOPMENT BLOCK III49 GRANT FUNDS UNDER THE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (REMP) 50 AS .PROVIDED IN THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 51 . P.L. 93-383, AS AMENDED. 52 - • - 53 Director of Energy Jock Pitts noted the grant is non-competitive and 54 there is no local match required. Richmond should be in good shape to 55 win this .money as they are the only city in the state with an estab- 56 lished energy program, which is a requirement. He noted he is applying 57 for. $200,.000. 58 . 59 Councilman Welch moved for adoption' of- Resolution No. 3-1983, seconded 60 - by- Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 61 62 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS • 300 • • • • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. ' February 7, 1983 • Page 2 1 Councilman Elstro reported he will be setting .up a calendar for the 2 • following year on the off Monday night every two (2) months for a 3 tour of departments by Council. He will get out a memo. 4 5 Councilman Parker suggested Council should look. at the proposed ordinance 6' for an internal auditor again and agreed to work with Mr. Meredith in 7 writing and- sponsoring such an ordinance. 8 9 ORDINANCES ON 1ST READING 10 11 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and' read Ordinance Nos. 12 • 3-1983, -4-1983, 5-1983,- 6--1983 and 77.1983 on first 'reading .by title 13 only, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice vote the 14 motion was carried. 15 16 ORDINANCE NO. 3-1983 . . 17 . 18 ' The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 3-1983 - AN 19 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE CUMULATIVE STORM SEWER FUND. 20 ' 21 • .President Mills announced Ordinance No. 3-1983 has to be advertised. 22 23 ORDINANCE NO. 4-1983 • 24 •' 25 Councilman Carter stated- he will not be making comments or voting on . 26 Ordinance No. 4-1983 as he-owns-one-seventh. (1/7th) interest in Heritage 27 Regency, Inc. President Mills noted .by :statute Councilman Carter cannot 28 ' vote and his abstention is-accepted. 111 29 30 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 4-1983 - AN 31 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING, THE CITY OF -RICHMOND, ' INDIANA, TO ISSUE ITS "CITY 32 OF RICHMOND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT' REVENUE BONDS, SERIES A (HERITAGE 33 REGENCY, INC. PROJECT)", LEND THE PROCEEDS THEREOF TO HERITAGE REGENCY, 34 INC. AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT.THERETO. 35 - 36 . Councilman- Welch moved-to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 4- 37 ' 1983 on second reading,',seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous 38 voice vote the motion' was carried. 39 ' 40 The Clerk read on second -reading Ordinance No. 4-1983. ' .41 . 42 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 4-1983 is on public hearing. 43. • Speaking for-this Ordinance was Attorney Tom Milligan, representing 44 Heritage Regency, Inc. . He presented proof of-publication of this 45 . ,hearing to -.City Attorney Ed Anderson who found it to be in order. 46 Councilman Parker moved-it be accepted and filed, seconded by Council= 47 man Welch.'and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. Mr. , 48 , Milligan noted one of the seven owners Is Robert W. Reed, President of 49 Robert W. Reed Construction, who will be constructing the facility. 50 • He presented a letter from Mr. Reed stating he will be accepting bids 51 from subcontractors of Wayne County on the construction. Mr. Reed will 52 . be purchasing materials locally and will be using local laborers and 53 building trades persons. Mr. James E.F. Carter and Attorney Ron Cross 54 ' were present to answer any questions. ' 55 56 Speaking against Ordinance'No. 4-1983 'were Ed Brumbaugh, President of the 57 Richmond Building Trades Council; David Parkhurst, Vice President of East- 58 ern Indiana Central Labor Council; Walter Meyers, Secretary-Treasurer 59 Richmond Building Trades -Council; Jerry Hogg, local contractor of ex- 60 . , cavating _and landscaping; Ted Rice', Business Manager .of 1047 Richmond; 61 John Burke;. President 5163, United Steel Workers of America. They stated 62 they are not .opposed to this Ordinance; however, they are .opposed to an 63 'out of town general contractor not employing local people. • Common Council Minutes Cont'd. February 7, 1983 Page 3 1 Councilman Hankinson:moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 4-1983, 2 seconded by Councilman Elstro and 'on unanimous voice vote the motion 3 was carried. 4 5 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 4- 6 1983 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 7 Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 8 . 9 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 4-1983. . 10 11 Ordinance-No. 4-1983 was adopted by the following vote: . 12 AYES:. Elsto, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 13 Welch, Parker, Paust, Mills (8) . 14 NOES: None (0) 15 : ABSTENTION: One (1) _. 16 17 ORDINANCE NO. 5-1983 . • 18 19 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 5-1983 - AN 20 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 30-1982 COMMONLY .KNOWN AS THE SALARY 21 AND'POSITION ORDINANCE -OF ,ThE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA ADOPTED 'JULY 194983. 22 . 23 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules' and, read Ordinance No. .5-1983 24 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice 25 vote the motion was carried. 26 ' 27 • The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 5-1983. 28 ' 29 • 'Mr. Meredith explained this Ordinance noting $400 was. inadvertently • 30 - dropped from the salary of the Inspector of Weights and Measures and 31 this is an ordinance to correct that. 32 • - 33 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 5-1-983 'is: on public hearing. • 34 There being 'no one speaking for or against this Ordinance, Councilman 35 Carter moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 36 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 Councilman Welch moved to suspend .the rules and move.Ordinance No.' 5- . 39 i 1983 to third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 40 . Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. • 41 42 The Clerk read on third reading by.title only Ordinance No. 5-1983. 43 44 Ordina_nce No. 5-1983 was adopted, by the following vote: 45 AYES;' • Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, ' 46 . Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 47 NOES: .None - (0) . 48 . 49 ORDINANCE NO. 6.-1983 . 50 • . 51 ' ' The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 6-1983 - AN 52 ORDINANCE -TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND. 53 . 54 President Mills announced Ordinance No. _6-1983 has to be advertised. 55 • 56 ORDINANCE NO. 7-1983 57 . 58 The, Clerk .read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 7-1983 - AN 59 ' ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE WITHIN. THE GENERAL FUND. 60 • 61 .President Mills announced Ordinance No. 7-1983 has to be advertised. 62 • 63 ' CHANGE OF MEETING DATE 302 • Common,Council Minutes Cont'd. February 7,- 19'83 Page 4 1 Clerk JoEllen'Trimble noted the nextregularly.;scheduled meeting of 2 Common Council will be. on Monday, February 21. Since this .is:.a 3 holiday for the City, she suggested the meeting be held on Tuesday, 4 February 22. 5 _ .. 6 Councilman Welch so moved, seconded. by Councilman Parker and on 7 unanimous -voice vote the motion was carried. : 8 9 ADJOURNMENT 10 _. .. _ 11 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and 12 , passed the meeting was adjourned. 13 14 Kenneth Mills 15 President 16 17 ' ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 18 City Clerk