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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-07-1982 • 227 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 7, 1982 1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular 2 session June 7, 1982 at thechour 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 6 following business was had, to-wit: 7 8 DEVOTIONS 9 10 Councilman Hankinson gave devotions. 11 12 . APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 17, 1982 13 14 Councilman Hankinson moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting 15 as prepared, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote 16 the motion was carried._ 17 18 RESOLUTIONS 19 RESOLUTION NO. 4-1982 20 21 President Mills announced Resolution No. 4-1982 - A JOINT RESOLUTION 22 CREATING THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, was discussed'' 23 at the County Council this morning and was taken under advisement. 24 Councilman Carter, Liaison to the Airport Board, reported the County is 25 willing to meet with City Council to see if there is some other approach 26 that might be taken to appropriate enough money to put in an ILS system 27 and make ongoing improvements over the next few years. ' President Mills 28 announced the County Council will meet next Monday. 29 - 30 Councilman Carter moved to table Resolution No. 4-1982, seconded by 31 Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 32 33 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY 34 35 Councilman Williams noted weeds are a problem and every year it seems to 36 be the same people who do not cut their weeds. 37 38 Mr. Meredith stated there is a weed enforcement officer and, if there 39 are specific locations, she can be contacted in the Bureau of Buildings. 40 41 Councilman Elstro reported a problem with a compost pile at 1501 South 42 "L". The odor is offensive to the neighbors. City Attorney Ed Anderson 43 will research to see if there is an ordinance concerning compost piles. 44 45 In response to Councilman Elstro's question concerning who will give 46 final approval to the repaving of streets in conjunction with the sewer 47 separation project, City Engineer George Webb stated the engineer will 48 approve the job with the contractor. When he is satisfied, he will 49 recommend them to the Sanitary Commissioners, who will accept them. All 50 work will be bonded for one' (1) year after date of final acceptance. 11/ 51 Mr. Webb stated residential streets will be paved curb to curb, which is 52 approximately eighty percent (80%)' of. the total system; however, most of 53 the on system streets lie within the downtown area and will be repaired 54 the trench width only. 55 . 56 REPORT OF WAYNE COUNTY REFUSE DISPOSAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 57 58 Councilman Welch, Council's representative to the Disposal Advisory 59 Committee, reported the committee has had a series of meetings discussing 60 the direction the City and County should be exploring for solid waste. 61 One problem submitted to date is that existing landfills be updated and 62 continued in use with future consideration for additional landfill 63 areas in the County with establishment of a joint City-County operation. 228 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. June 7, 1982 Page 2 1 LETTER TO COUNCIL 2 3 President Mills read a letter from Betty Wilson, 817 North "J" Street, 4 inviting Council members to tour North Richmond with the Neighborhood 5 Advisory Council. 6 7 President Mills turned the request over to the Transportation, Community 8 Development & Community Services Committee and requested Chairman 9 Hankinson set a date and time for the tour. 10 11 ORDINANCES ON 1ST READING 12 13 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance Nos. 20- 14 1982 through 24-1982 on first reading by title only, seconded by Council- 15 man Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 ORDINANCE NO. 20-1982 18 19 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 20-1982 - 20 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING. ORDINANCE 21 NO, 2325-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF 22 RICHMOND, INDIANA, PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS RELATIVE TO 23 MANUFACTURED HOMES PURSUANT TO I.C. 36-7-4-1106. 24 25 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 20- 26 1982 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous 27 voice vote the motion was carried. 28 29 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 20-1982. 30 31 Chairman of the Committee of the Whole reported his committee met on 32 this Ordinance and noted the Plan Commission voted 9-0 to recommend 33 to Council that this Ordinance:be passed. Manufactured housing would 34 require a special use authorization in R-1 and R-2 areas; whereas, it 35 allows the placement of manufactured housing in R-3, R-4, C-1 and C-2 36 areas. 37 38 City Planning Director Bob Goodwin noted the only change in the Ordinance 39 from the work session is the inclusion of a section which provided for 40 banning mobile homes in historic districts as they currently exist and 41 any that Council may provide for in the future. 42 43 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 20-1982 is on public hearing. 44 There being no one speaking for or against this Ordinance, Councilman 45 Elstro moved for engrossment, seconded by Councilman Parker and on 46 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 47 48 Councilman Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 20- 49 1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 50 Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 The Clerk read on third reading, by title only Ordinance No. 20-1982. 53 54 Ordinance No. 20-1982 was adopted by the following vote: 55 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 56 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 57 NOES: None (0) 58 59 ORDINANCE NO. 21-1982 60 61 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 21-1982 - 62 AN ORDINANCE TO TRANSFER WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. 63 64 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and move Ordinance No. 21- 65 1982 to second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous 229 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. June 7, 1982 Page 3 1 voice vote the motion was carried. 2 3 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 21-1982. III 45 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 21-1982 is on public hearing. 6 Speaking for this Ordinance were Police Chief Charles Chris, Fire Chief 7 Paul Mullin and City Controller Don Meredith. 8 9 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 21-1982, 10 seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 11 carried. 12 13 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 21- 14 1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 15 Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 21-1982. 18 - 1. Ordinance No. 21-1982 was adopted by the following vote: 20 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 21 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 22 NOES: None (0) 23 24 ORDINANCE NO. 22-1982 25 26 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 22-1982 - 27 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SPECIAL USE IN A R6-3 ONE-TO-EIGHT FAMILY III 28 RESIDENCE DISTRICT FOR A DENTAL OFFICE ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 212 29 SOUTH 16TH STREET PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 48 AND 22.01 OF CHAPTER 154 30 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN 31 AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.- 32 - - 33 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 22- 34 1982 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Parker and on unanimous 35 voice vote the motion was carried. 36 37 The Clerk read onsecond reading Ordinance No. 22-1982. 38 ' 39 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 22-1982 is on public hearing. 40 Speaking for this Ordinance was Mr. Joe Chamness, Vice President of 41 Second National Bank. Plan Director Bob Goodwin noted the Plan Com- 42 mission voted 10-0 to recommend passage of this Ordinance. One letter 43 was received in opposition to this zoning as a neighbor wanted the 44 neighborhood kept residential with no businesses in the area. 45 46 Councilman Carter moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 22-1982, 47 seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 48 carried. . 49 50 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 22- 51 1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 111 52 Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 53 . 54 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 22-1982. 55 56 Ordinance No. 22-1982 was adopted by the following vote: 57 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 58 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 59 NOES: None; (0) 60 - - - - 61 ORDINANCE NO. 23-1982 62 . 63 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 23-1982 - 64 AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING CHAPTER 130 OF: THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF Common Council Minutes Cont'd. June 7, 1982 Page 4 1 RICHMOND, INDIANA, OFFENSES AGAINST PEACE, BY ENACTING SECTION 130.28 2 RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF NOISE. 3 4 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 23- 5 1982 on second reading, seconded by Councilman Elstro and on unanimous 6 voice vote the motion was carried. 7 8 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 23-1982. 9 10 Committee of the Whole Chairman Larry Parker stated his Committee met 11 with Police Chief Chris, officers of the Kokomo Police Department and 12 a representative of Cities and Towns. A demonstration was held to show 13 how the decibel meter works. 14 15 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 23-1982 is on public hearing. 16 Speaking for this Ordinance was Police Chief Charles Chris. Mr. Irving 17 Huffman pointed out that some industry may exceed the decibel level at 18 certain frequencies. 19 20 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 23-1982, 21 seconded by Councilman Welch and-on unanimous voice vote the motion 22 was carried. 23 24 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 23- 25 1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 26 Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 28 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 23-1982. 29 30 Ordinance No. 23-1982 was adopted by the following vote: 31 AYES: Elstro, Henry, Hankinson, Welch, 32 Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (8) 33 NOES: Williams (1) 34 35 ORDINANCE NO. 24-1982 36 37 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 24-1982 - 38 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR ELECTRIC.> SERVICE 39 RENDERED BY RICHMOND POWER & LIGHT, THE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY 40 SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA AND MATTERS RELATED THERETO. 41 42 President Mills announced a public hearing would be held two (2) weeks 43 from tonight on a public rate increase. 44 45 ORDINANCES ON 2ND READING 46 ORDINANCE NO. 7-1982 47 48 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 7-1982 - AN ORDINANCE 49. AMENDING CHAPTER 154 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, 50 ESTABLISHING A HISTORIC DISTRICT BUREAU, PROCEDURES FOR ESTABLISHING 51 HISTORIC DISTRICTS, AND DEFINING THE ROLE OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT BUREAU. 52 53 The Clerk read the following letter from Attorney Gregg O'Maley: 54 55 Dear President Mills: 56 57 I have recently discussed the above-referenced ordinance with 58 many of the individuals who have been instrumental in developing 59 and promoting the Ordinance. On behalf of these individuals, 60 primarily members of the Historic Preservation and Restoration 61 Committee of the Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce, I would 62 respectfully request that the proposed Ordinance be withdrawn 63 from consideration by the Common Council at this time. It is 64 our sincere hope that another ordinance of similar concept 231 Common Council Minutes Cont'd June 7, 1982 Page 5 1 will be considered by this legislative body in the future. 2 In the meantime, we will be striving to address those concerns 3 and areas of dispute which have been presented by the Common 4 Council and the City Planning Commission. 5 6 I thank you for your continued cooperation and patience in 7 this matter. 8 9 : Sincerely, 10 11 /s/ Gregg M. O'Maley 12 13 Councilman Hankinson so moved, seconded by Councilman Welch and on 14 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 _ 16 ORDINANCE NO. 14-1982 17 18 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 14-1982 - AN ORDINANCE 19 TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND. 20 21 City Attorney Ed Anderson examined the proof of publication and found 22 it to be in order. Councilman Elstro moved the proof be accepted and 23 filed, seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the 24 motion was carried. 25 26 Councilman Elstro moved to cut out $3,000 from Engineering for a copy 27 machine, seconded by. Councilman Williams and on a call of the roll the III 28 following was recorded: AYES: Elstro, Williams, Hankinson, Carter, 29 Paust. NOES: . Henry, Welch, Parker, Mills. The vote being five (5) 30 ayes and four (4) nays. 31 32 Councilman Hankinson moved to delete $9,800 from the Fire Department 33 for an automobile, seconded by Councilman Paust and on a call of the 34 roll the following was recorded: AYES: Hankinson, Paust. NOES: 35 Elstro, Williams, Henry, Welch, Parker, Carter, Mills. The vote 36 being two (2) ayes and seven (7) nays. 37 38 Councilman Williams moved to cut $50,000 from the Motor Vehicle Highway 39 for summer help salaries. The motion died for lack of a second. 40 41 President Mills announced Amended Ordinance No. 14-1982 is on public 42 hearing. Speaking for this Ordinance were City Controller Don Meredith, 43 Assistant Fire Chief Bill Smith, Superintendent of Parks Don McBride, 44 Director of Transportation Jerry Haynes, 'City Plan Director Bob Goodwin, 45 and Mr. Doug Cross, representing the Indiana Department of Transportation. 46 47 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment 'of Amended Ordinance No. 14-1982, 48 seconded by Councilman Hankinson and on unanimous voice vote the motion 49 was carried. 50 51 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Amended Ordinance 52 No. 14-1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by 53 Councilman Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 54 55 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Amended Ordinance 56 No. 14-1982. - 57 58 Amended Ordinance No. 14-1982 was adopted by the following vote: 59 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, .. 60 Welch, Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (9) 61 NOES: None (0) 62 63 ORDINANCE NO. 15-1982 222 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. June 7, 1982 Page 6 1 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance:No. "15-1982 - AN ORDINANCE 2 TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE FEDERAL.REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND. 3 4 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 15-1982 is on public hearing. 5 Speaking for this Ordinance were Edward Peterson, Executive Director 6 of the United Way of Wayne County; Mr. Frank Pumerville, 128 So. 22nd 7 Street;. Mr. Darrell Beane; and Dr. Dave Fulton, President of the United 8 Way for 1982. 9 10 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 15-1982, 11 seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion 12 was carried. 13 14 Councilman Williams moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 15- 15 1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 16 Elstro and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 15-1982. 19 20 Ordinance No. 15-1982 was defeated by the following vote: 21 AYES: Elstro, Williams, Welch, Parker (4) 22 NOES: Henry, Hankinson, Carter, Paust, Mills (5) 23 24 ORDINANCE NO. 16-1982 25 26 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 16-1982 - AN ORDINANCE 27 TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND. 28 29 Presidnet Mills announced Ordinance No. 16-1982 is on public hearing. 30 Speaking for this Ordinance were Mr. Hugh Ronald, member of the Beard 31 of Directors of the Art Association of Richmond and Mrs. Hazel Pumerville, 32 Vice President of the Art Association of Richmond. 33 34 Councilman Hankinson moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 16-1982, 35 seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion 36 was carried. 37 38 Councilman Williams moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance 39 No. 16-1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by 40 Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 41 _ 42 The Clerk read on third reading by title 'onlyOrdinance No. 16-1982. 43 44 Ordinance No. 16-1982 was defeated by the following vote: 45 AYES: Williams (1) 46 NOES: Elstro, Henry, Hankinson, Welch, 47 Parker, Carter, Paust, Mills (8) 48 49 ORDINANCE NO. 17-1982 50 51 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 17-1982 - AN ORDINANCE 52 TO APPROPRIATE FROM THE. FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING TRUST FUND. 53111 54 President Mills announced Ordinance No. 17-1982 is on public hearing. 55 Speaking for Ordinance No. 17-1982 were Director of the City Energy 56 Program Jock Pitts and City Plan Director Bob Goodwin. 57 58 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 17.-1982, 59 seconded by Councilman Welch and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 60 carried. 61 62 Councilman Welch moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinance No. 17- 63 1982 on third and final reading by title only, seconded by Councilman 64 Parker and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 233 Common Council Minutes Cont'd. June 7, 1982 Page 7 1 The Clerk read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 17-1982. 2 3 Ordinance No. 17-1982 was adopted by the following vote: III 4, AYES: Elstro, Williams, Henry, Hankinson, 5 Welch, Parker, Paust (7) 6 NOES: Carter, Mills (2) 7 8 ADJOURNMENT 9 10 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and 11 passed the meeting was adjourned. 12 13 Kenneth Mills 14 President 15 16 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 17 City Clerk 1 1