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PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JULY 19, 1982
1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular
2 session July 19, 1982 at the hour of 7 :30 p.m. in the Council Chambers
3 of the Municipal Building in said City. President Mills presided with
4 the following members present: Messrs. Elstro, Williams, Ms. Henry,
5 Hankinson, Welch, Parker and Paust. Absent: Carter. The following
6 business was har ,to-wit:
7
8 DEVOTIONS
9
10 Councilman Larry Parker gave devotions.
11
12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 6, 1982
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14 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous
15 meeting, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the
16 motion was carried.i
17
18 PRESENTING OF PETITIONS
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20 Councilman Hankinson presented a petition for street lights. on South
21 45th, 47th and 48th and in the first block of Kensington Drive off
22 "E". The petition was presented to Councilman Parker.
23
24 REPORT ON HISTORIC RICHMOND, INC.
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26 Mr. Matt Stegall, 222 North 10th, representing Historic Richmond, Inc.
27 spoke regarding the old railroad station on North "E" Street. The
28 station .is to go into the hands of Norfolk &Western following sale
29 of some track from the former Pennsylvania Railroad. The final purpose
30 of the building has not been decided, but if designated as an historic
31 site,, there would be a tax advantage.to the neighborhood for being
32 listed in theNational' Register of Historic Places.
33
34 LETTER FROM WAYNE COUNTY DISPOSAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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36 President Mills read the following letter regarding the landfill site
37 and encouraged members of Council to offer any ideas or suggestions:
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'39 - Dear: Mr. -Mills:
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41 This is to inform you that the Wayne County Refuse Disposal
42 Advisory Committee, which has been meeting for the past seven
43 months, met on July 12, 1982. It was the consensus of this
44 Committee that a future landfill site, leased or purchased
45 by local government, will be necessary in Wayne County if we
46 are to be totally self-dependent in our future refuse disposal
47 program.
48
49 At this meeting, our Committee adopted the following recom- --
50 mendation: "We recommend that City and County officials 'a
51 proceed, as soon as possible, to cooperatively develop plans
52 for the obtaining of one (1) landfill site in Wayne County
53 that call be available to all thecitizens of Wayne County.
54
55 Our Committee was organized to explore and offer recommendations
56 to City and County officials which may eventually result in
57 a cooperative long range refuse disposal program for Wayne
58 County. We understand that the above recommendation is merely
59 the basic foundation in the possible development of a unified
60 program in the future; and our Committee will continue to
61 build upon this foundation until we are informed otherwise.
62
63 Please advise if you have any suggestions or recommendation
64 for our Committee. If we do not hear from you in the near
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1 future we will proceed to investigate plans and recommen-
2 - dations for financing, time schedule, site selection, etc.
3
4 Sincerely,
5
6 /s/ Ray'.H. Gauthier
7 Chairman
8
9 BOARD OF WORKS
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11 Councilman Elstro expressed concern that new streets being paved are
12 . leaving from two (2) to ten (10) inches from the curbs but the specs
13 call for six. (6) to eight (8) inches from curbs on South "H", "J",
14 "C" and 7th streets. He presented a photograph to the Councilmen of
15 curbs on South "H" Street and questioned the inspector's activities.
16
17 Councilman Williams stated he wished to know the contents of the storage
18 tanks on North "F"'.
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20 City Controller Don Meredith stated that. the Fire Department has re-
21 ceived the first Hahn truck that was rehabilitated. The rehabilitation
22 costs just under :$30,000 apiece and a new truck would have cost at least
23 $125,000 a-:year ago-. The chassis, cab and motor are basically the same
24 - but completely cleaned and overhauled. The aluminum saves in several
25 ways.
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27 Councilman Welch answered Councilman Elstro saying that the original
28 specs called for just- the width of -the ditch to be repaired or paved.
29 . ' Through the efforts of the Board, Mr. Webb and' the consulting engineer,
30 they did get full width paving in residential streets.
31
32 President Mills read a letter to. Councilmen Hankinson and Williams from
33 Betty Wilson, President of the Neighborhood Advisory Council, 817 North
34 "I", again inviting members to' tour the neighborhood of north Richmond.
35 He suggested... the two councilmen get together and let Council know if
36 they are to tour or if he should write an answer.
37 •
38 Councilman Williams said he had informed Betty Wilson that he'would tell
39 Council tonight of her request. He said-:`'.she wants them to. see what has
40 and has not been done. North Richmond has had everything but housing.
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42 ORDINANCES ON 1ST READING •
43
44 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules' and read on first reading
45 by title only Ordinance Nos. 25-1982, 28-1982, 29-1982 and 30-1982,
46 seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous -voice vote the motion
47 was carried.
48
49 AMENDED ORDINANCE NO. 25-1982
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51 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Amended Ordinance No. 25-
52 1982 - AN ..ORDINANCE- TO ANNEX TO THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, CERTAIN
53 CONTIGUOUS TERRITORY, ADJACENT'AND ABUTTING THERETO, DESCRIBING THE * Ill
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54 SAME, PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION THEREOF, AND FIXING THE TIME WHEN
55 THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT.
56
57 President Mills announced he understands there now may some opposition
58 to the Ordinance and will send the Ordinance to the Committee of the
59 Whole. -
60
61 Councilman Parker : T. -next Monday night, July 26th., at 7 :00 p.m. in the
62 Board of Works Room 'for the Committeeof the Whole meeting.
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1 ORDINANCE NO. 28-1982 .
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3 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 28-1982 .-
4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ON THE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF
5 ABANDONED VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
6 BEING ORDINANCE NO.' 3-1982.
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8 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance.No. 28-
9 1982 on second reading,' seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous
10 voice vote the motion was carried. -
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12 The Clerk read on second reading- Ordinance No-. 28.-1982. -
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14 President Mills read Section 4 of the Ordinance, stating that he felt
15 the word "may" should be changed to "shall". The City can then go out
16 ' of the- impoundment business and the Board of WOrks must enter into a
17 ` contract on a bid proposal. •
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19 - City Attorney Anderson suggested the word "public" be inserted in front
20 of the word "agency".
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22 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 28-1982 is on public hearing.
23 . -
24 City Controller Meredith stated -that in making it mandatory. that the
25 Board of Works accept,bids, they could be in the position of accepting
26 - bids which were unsatisfactory and the Board intends to have bids.
27 •
28 Attorney•Andrew Cecere, 101 South loth; asked if.-the wording of the
29 Ordinance meant that there would be separate contracts for the removal
30 ' and for the storage.
31
32 Mr. Meredith replied that they had mostly verbal contrac.ts .regarding
33 towing. 'If only one "person had the towing, there may be no choice at
34 the scene of an accident plus they would have to be large enough to be
35 manned constantly and to handle morethan one accident at -a time:
36 '
37 DaleStanton;_'.1526 National Road West, representing S & S Towing and
38 Recovery, said he would like to see it stopped at_the impoundment
' 39 ',area -and does not want anyone taken off the.,present list.
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41 .Councilman Welch said he would like to see Section 4 amended to read:
42 the word "public"_before "agency",• and "bid" before "contracts" and •
43 . "removal":-out ofc:,the' second .line.', -It would: now read "The Board :of
44 - Public Works and Safety_shall be the public .agency responsible for
45 the storage and disposal of abandoned vehicles and may enter into bid
46 contracts as' necessary for-the purpose' of storage and disposition of
47 abandoned vehicles." Councilman Welch moved that Section 4 be amended
48 to read as he just read, seconded•-by_ Councilman Hankinson and on unani-
49 mous voice vote the motion was carried.
50
51 Councilman Williams moved for engrossment of Amended Ordinance_No. 28-
52 1982, seconded.iiby Councilman Parker and on unanimous. voice vote the
53 motion wa's carried.- _ -
54
55 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and- read Amended Ordinance
56 No. 28-1982 on- third and final reading by title. only, seconded by Coun-
57 Gilman Parker and on unanimous voice vote the. motion.was'. carried.
58
' 59 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Amended Ordinance .
60 No. 28-1-982.-. - ' . . =
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62 Amended Ordinance No. 28-1982 was adopted by the following vote:
' 63 AYES: 'Elstro, Williams, "Henry, Hankinson,
64 Welch, -Parker., Paust', Mills • (8) -
65 NOES: - None (0)
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1 ORDINANCE NO. 29-1982 •
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3 -'The Clerk read on first reading by title .only Ordinance No. 29-1982 -
4 AN ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FUND.
5
6 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 29-
7 1982 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous
8 voice vote the motion was- carried.
9
10 The. Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 29-1982.
11
12 President Mills announced -Ordinance No. 29-1982 is onrpublic hearing.
13 Explaining this Ordinance was City Controller Don Meredith.
14
15 Councilman Welch moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 29-1982,1.
16 seconded by Councilman_ Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion
17 was carried. :
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19 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and. read, Ordinance No. 29-
20 1982 on third and final reading.by title only, seconded by Councilman
21 Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.. .
22
23 The Clerk -read on third and final reading by title only- Ordinance
24 No. 29-1982.
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26 Ordinance No. 29-1982-,was adopted-by the following vote:
27 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, . •
28 -Welch, .Parker,• Paust,-'Mills . , (8) • •
29 ,NOES: None (0)
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31 ORDINANCE NO. 30-1982
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33 ' The Clerk read on first reading bytitle only Ordinance No. 30-1982 -
34 AN ORDINANCE FIXING SALARIES AND .POSITIONS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS AND
35 EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY_:_OF. RICHMOND, INDIANA- FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGIN- ..
36 _ NING JANUARY. 1, 19.83 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31,. 1983 AND APPROVING. THE
37 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO CERTAIN APPOINTED OFFICIALS .OF THE CITY, ..
38 OTHER THAN GOVERNMENTAL, WHO• PERFORM SERVICES FOR THE CITY, WHICH
39 SERVICES -ARE CONNECTED .,WITH THE OPERATION OF MUNICIPALLY-OWNED UTILITY
40 -OR..FUNCTIONS.
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42 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules on, Ordinance No. 20-1982
43 and read on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on
44 .-- unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
45
46 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 30-1982. _
47 .
48 President.Mills announced Ordinance No. 30-1982 is on public hearing.
49 • -
50 Explaining this Ordinance was City Controller Don Meredith. It was
51 noted the increases for any elected officials. was. established by .
52 Ordinance No.. 8-1979 and there is no additional increase. This is a..
53 2.9% increase for all employees with exceptions of additional. increases111
54 to some employees in the Department of Finance, .Civil City Engineering,
55 Department of Law, .Park •Department and a!reduction in the Department of
56 Public Transit. The figure for the Park Department should be $602,989
57 instead of -$591,189.
58
59 Councilman Hankinson moved to change the total in the Park Department
60 from $591,189 to $602,989, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unani-
61 mous voice vote the motion was carried.
62 •
63 Speaking against the Ordinance was William Caudill,. 212 North 17th,
64 employed by the Street Department. He suggested that the spread was
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1 too great between .some of the employees by giving a percentage raise
2 instead of a dollar raise. -
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4 Councilman.Elstro moved- to cut the $961. salary of the Airport Secre-
5 tary. The. motion died for lack of a second.
6 •
• 7 Councilman Williams moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 30-1982,
8 seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion
9 was carried.
10 •
11 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 30-
12 1982 on third and final reading by..title only, .seconded by. Councilman
13 Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
14
15 . The Clerk read on third, and final reading by title- -only-Ordinance No. 30-
16 30-1982. . '
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18 OrdinanceNo. 30-1982 was adopted by the following vote:
19 AYES: Williams, Henry, Hankinson, (7)
20 Welch, Parker, Paust, Mills
21 - NOES: Elstro , (1)
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23 ORDINANCES ON 2ND READING •
24 ORDINANCE NO. 26-1982 •
25
26 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance:No.. 26-1982 - AN ORDINANCE
27 AMENDING CHAPTERS 153 AND 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND ADDING A NEW,
III . 28 CHAPTER 53 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS AND REQUIRE •
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29 MENTS RELATIVE TO FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT. •
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31 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 26-1982 will be sent to the
32 Committee of the Whole meeting set for July 26.
33 .
34 ADJOURNMENT
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36 'There being no- further business, on motion duly. made, seconded and
• 37 passed the-meeting was adjourned.
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39 • Kenneth Mills
40 President
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42 ATTEST: . Nancy V. Beach
43 Deputy Clerk
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