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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-19-1976 109 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, I:NDIANA, APRI:L 19, 1976 1 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in III 2 regular session April :19, 1976, at the hour of 7:30 p.m. in 3 the Council Chambers in the Municipal Building in said City. 4 President Mills presided with the following members present: 5 Messrs. Ahaus, Austerman , Carter, Cornett, Elstro, Merchant- & house., Paust and Williams. Absent: None. The following 7 business was had, to-wit: 8 9 Councilman Carter said he was on vacation at the two previous 1O meetings. 11 12 Councilman Merchanthouse moved to approve the minutes of the 13 previous meeting, with an amendment to lineh.l0, page 3, 14 seconded by Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the . 15 motion was carried. 16 17 The. Clerk read Resolution No. 14-1976 - A RESOLUTION TO . 18 AUTHORIZE THE. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY TO SELL CERTAIN 19 PERSONAL PROPERTY AFTER PUBLICATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW.. 20 21 Councilman Cornett moved for adoption of Resolution No. 14- 22 1976, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous voice • 23 vote the motion was. carried. 24 25 Mr. Don Meredith reported from the Board of Works that the 26 installation on $o. :'..L between 20th and 22nd Streets is 27 completely finished and the south side of the road is graded to 28 permit off-street parking. Mr. Elstro stated the area to be 29 on South 22nd, south of "L" , which will be studied by the Board. 30 31 Concerning gasoline fumes in area of No. I and H, Mr. Meredith 32 reported that Mrs. Nellie Harris first reported the odor on 33 March 29 and on March 30 the Fire Department checked and found 34 gasoline odor in the sewer with the explosion reading very low. 35 The sewers were flushed four (4) times after this date. Joe 36 Barker, owner of a filling station in this area was contacted 37 and he had already pumped out one tank and had discontinued 38 this tank. This tank was re-lined and the other two (2) tanks 39 there will be re-lined. Mrs. Harris reported there has been . 40 no odor since April 9. 41 42 Councilman Williams requested the City Engineer to check the 43 south corner of No. 18th and "J". . 44 45 Councilman Cornett asked if anything was being done to check 46 mosquito growth. Mr. George Webb reported he had contacted 47 Bob Clark, Soil Conservation and State Engineer, Bob Wiwi. 48 They are all in agreement that the size of tile used in basin 49 has been checked and is proper. Mrs. Shirley Rodgers , who 50 had contacted Councilman Austerman , has been informed and is 51 completely satisfied. 52 53 ]n answer to Councilman Ahaus ' inquiry as to the completion of 54 N.W. 5th, Mr. Webb stated the schedule date for completion is 55 July 1 and the ,contractors say they will beat that schedule. 56 • . 57 Councilman Elstro reported that the Sanitation Department only 58 worked four (4) hours on Good Friday and all of the trash was 59 not picked up. The Sanitation Department had planned to start 60 ' - early enough to pick up all the. trash rather than pay time and 61 a half for working longer hours; however, all the trash did not 62 get picked up. Councilman Elstro requested Mr. Longer of the 63 Sanitation Department attend the next Council meeting. 1 10 Common Council Minutes Cont'd - April 19, 1976 Page 2 1 Councilman Cornett moved to suspend the rules and read on first 2 reading by title only Ordinance No. 3073-1976, seconded by 3 Councilman Carter and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 4 carried, 5 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No'. 7 3073-1976 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, 8 COMMONLY` KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE ,CITY OF RICHMOND, 9 ]NDI'ANA, ADOPTED JUNE 3, 1968.= 10 11 President Mills announced this ordinance will go to the Plan 12 Commis'si;on for study and recommendation. 13 14 Counci'lman Cornett moved to suspend the rules and read on first 15 reading by title only Ordinance No. 3074-1976, seconded by 16 _un-ei-lman Williams and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 19 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 3075- 20 1976 - AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A "SPECIAL USE" IN A M-1 LIGHT 21 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, OF ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968 COMMONLY KNOWN 22 AS :THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ADOPTED 23 JUNE 3, 1968: 24 25 President Mills announced this ordinance will go to the Plan 26 Commission for study and recommendation. 27 28 The Clerk read on first reading Ordinance No. 3076-1976 - AN 29 ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FOUR'=THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED 30 FORTY ONE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENTS ($4,841 .70) FROM REVENUE 31 SI ARTNG TRUST FUND TO WAYNE COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES INDUSTRIALIZATION 32. CENTER, TINC. 33 34 President Kills announced this ordinance has to be advertised. 35 36 Councilman Cornett moved to suspend the rules and read on first 37 reading by title only Ordinance No. 3076-1976 , seconded by 38 Councilman Austerman and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 39 carried. 40 41 The Clerk read on first reading by title only Ordinance No. 307t7; 42 1976 - AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT. UNLAWFUL FOR CLAIRVOYANTS, FORTUNE 43 TELLERS, PALMISTS, ASTROLOGERS OR OTHERS FOLLOWING SIMILAR OCCUPA- 44 TI:ONS OR BUSINESS TO PRACTICE THEIR PROFESSION OR CARRY ON SUCH 45 BUSINESS WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A LICENSE PROVIDING PRACTICES 46 THEREFORE AND MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO. 47 48 President Mills "referred this ordinance to the Committee of the 49 Whole. 50 51 The Committee of the Whole will meet on April 26 at 6:30, will 52 meet with the Building Trades Union at 7:30 and with the Plan 53 Commission at 8:00. President Mills requested Mr. Meredith 54 attend the meeting to also discuss his Mini Computer. 55 56 Mrs. Lee Kellner, 2245 So. "B Street spoke on the ordinance. 57 58 The. Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 3069-1976 - AN 59 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 60 THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ADOPTED 61 JUNE 3, 1968. SUPPLEMENT TO COMMON COUNCIL MINUTES APRI:L 19, 1976 18a. The Cierk read on .fist reading by title. only Ordinance No. 3074- b.. 1976 - AN ORDINANCE: AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2325-1968, COMMONLY c. KNOWN AS TE[E .ZONING ORDINANCE: OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ADOPTED d. JUNE: 3, 1968. e. f. President Mills announced this ordinance will go to the Plan Commission g: for study'°and recoMMendati on. h. i:. Councilman Cornett moved to suspend the rules and read on first reading j. by title only Ordinance No. 3076-1976, seconded by Councilman Merchant- hose and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 111 Common Council Minutes Cont'd April 19, 1976 Page 3 1 The Clerk read a letter from the Department of City Planning 2 - stating their vote of six (6) to zero (0) to approve the 3 rezoning. 4 5 _. --.: Speaking for the ordinance was Don Alexander, 248 So. 22nd. 6 7 Councilman Merchanthouse moved for engrossment of Ordinance 8 No. 3069-1976, seconded by Councilman Williams and on unanimous 9 voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 Councilman Williams moved to suspend the rules and read on 12 third reading by title only Ordinance No. 3069-1976 , seconded 13 by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 14 carried. 15 16 The Clerk read on third reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 17 3069-1976. 18 19 Ordinance No. 3069-1976 was placed on final passage or rejec- 20 tion and on a call of the roll the following was recorded: 21 Ayes: Ahaus, Austerman , Carter, Cornett, Elstro, Merchanthouse, 22 Mills, Paust and Williams. Noes: None. The vote being nine (9) 23 to zero (01 in favor of passage of Ordinance No. 3069-1976. 24 25 _ The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 3071-1976 - AN 26 QRD NANCE: TO APPROPRIATE TUE SUM OF THIRTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS 27 ($35,000.00) FROM THE CUMULATIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND 28 (MARETTE TAX FUNDI TO COLLEGE CORNER AND SALISBURY ROAD SEWER 29- RRQJECT. 30 31 Councilman Williams moved to accept and file proof of publication , 32 seconded fiy Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the 33 motion was carried. 34 35 Speaking against Ordinance No. 3071-1976 was Elmer Toschlog, 36 4 No. Salisbury. 37 38 Councilman Cornett moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 3071- 39 1976, seconded by Councilman Paust and on a call of the roll , 40 the following was recorded: Ayes: Austerman , Carter, Cornett, 41 Elstro, Merchanthouse, Mills , Paust and Williams. Noes: Ahaus. - 42 The vote being eight (8) to one (1 ) in favor of passage of 43 Ordinance No. 3071-1976. 44 45 Councilman Cornett moved to suspend the rules and read on 46 third reading by title only Ordinance No. 3071-1976, seconded 47 by Councilman Merchanthouse. Councilman Austerman voted no. 48 49 The Clerk read on second reading Ordinance No. 3072-1976 - AN IIIEl ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND, SEVEN HUN- 51 DREI ,FORTY,.TKO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($12,742.50) FROM CUMU- 52 . LATI`VE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND (CIGARETTE TAX FUND) TO OUTDOOR 53 PER'FORMtNQ ARTS CENTER. 54 55 . Councilman Williams moved to accept and file proof of publication , 56 seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote the - 57 .motion was carried. 58 59 Speaking for Ordinance No. 3072-1976 were Mr. Don McBride , Park 60 Superintendent and Mr. John Garman , 414 So.20th St. 12 Common Council Minutes Cont`d April 19, 1976 Page 4 1 Councilman Elstro moved for engrossment of Ordinance No. 3072- 2 1976, seconded by Councilman Paust and on unanimous voice vote 3 the motion was carried. 4 5 Ordinance No. 3072-1976 was placed on final . passage or rejection 6 and, on a. call of the roll the following was recorded: : Ayes Ahaus , 7 . - Carter, Cornett, Els_tro, Merchanthouse, Mills , Paust and Williams. 8 Toes; Austerrnan.. The vote being eight (8). to one (1) in favor 9 of passage of Ordinance No.- 3072-1976. • - 10 . 11 - Councilman Cornett moved to suspend the rules and read on third 12 reading by title only Ordinance No. 3067-1976', seconded by 13 Councilman Els-tro and on unanimous voice .vote the motion was . 14 carried. ' 15 16 The Clerk .read on third reading by title only Ordinance No. 3067- 17 .1976 .AN' ORDINANCE. TOESTAB.LTS�[ TKO. (2) MORE. FIREFTGRTERS. AND 18 ' TO TRANSFER FOURTEEN•TE[gl1S'AND ONE KUNDRED AND TURTY -EEGF[T DOLLARS 1,9 AND FORTY FOUR CENTS ($14,138.44) FROM MAYOR' OFFrCE, SERVICES 20 RERSQNAL, SALARY' ADMTNrSTRATTVE ASSISTANT:, TO DEPARTMENT..OF 21 , POKIC -SAFETY FIRE DEPARTMENT, SERVICES PERSONAL, FTREFTGHTERS, 22. .. TO ESTA[1148U SALARIES FOR 'ME REMAINING CALENDAR YEAR 197.6. OF 2.3-- TIP-[2} ADOTTTONAL-FTREFTWTERS. - 24 . • 25 • Councilman Merchanthouse read an "Opinion on Ordinance No. 3067 - 26 -- an'd Report- of Public -Safety Committee" signed by Councilman - • 27 - . Merchanthouse:, Counc.ilman Elstro and Councilman gill-tams,: which 28. ryas filed-with-the City. Clerk• ` The statement .was' in. opposition , 22 to the ordinance. 30: - . . 31 Speaking in favor of Ordinance No. 3067-1976 were Councilmen 32 Cornett, Carter, Paust and Austerman. . 33 - -34 Ordinance No. 3067-1976 was placed on final passage or rejection - 35 and on a call of the roll the following was recorded. Ayes: Ahaus , 36 Aus:te.rman, Carter, Cornett, Mills , Paust and Wi`l l i ams.. - Noes.: 37 Elstro and Merchanthouse. The vote being seven (7): to,two:(2) 38. - in favor of passage. 39 40 . There being no. further business, on motion duly made, seconded 41 and passed, the meeting was adjourned. ' 42 43 Kenneth Mills • 44 President 45 46 ATTEST::: JoEllen Trimble ' 47 City Clerk. '