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BOARD OF PUBLICWORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND.INDIANA.OCTORER 16.1997
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana,met at 5 p.m.Thursday, October 16,
2 1997, in the Municipal Building in said City. Chairperson Bob Goodwin presided, with Bruce Metzger, Robin
3 Henry and Assistant City Attorney Steve Rabe in attendance. The following business was had to-wit:
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5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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7 The minutes of the October 9, 1997 meeting were approved on a motion by Metzger, second by Henry and
8 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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10 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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12 Claims for payment submitted by the City Controller's office were read by Henry who noted they totaled
13 $151,729.74 and moved to approve,second by Metzger and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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15 REQUESTS
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17 A.City Engineer Bob Wiwi reported that a request had been received from Sharon Kurtz,on behalf of
18 the property owners on Fort Wayne Avenue, for the placement of four park-like benches and three
19 banners on the new sidewalk and new light fixtures recently finished on both sides of Fort Wayne
20 Avenue between North D and North E Streets. He said funds for this are available as a result of
21 donations to the Urban Enterprise Zone by Charles Mosey and Eleanor Van Middlesworth in the
22 amount of$3,000.Captain John Farmer of the Traffic Safety Division said he had reviewed the request
23 and believes it will enhance the area.Wiwi said Kurtz said the property owners have agreed to maintain
24 the items If the Board approves this request.Henry moved to approve the request,second by Metzger
25 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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27 B. Fire Chief Mike Allen asked the Board's approval of the temporary promotion of Mike Seal to the
28 rank of lieutenant effective October 10, stating he will serve a six-month probationary period before
29 being placed on permanent status.Henry moved to approve,second by Metzger and the motion was
30 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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32 C.Fire Chief Allen also brought before the Board a request by Sue O'Conner on behalf of Hey Hoosier
33 Neighbor to be held Saturday, October 18. He said she asked that a fire truck be in attendance
34 between 4 and 6 p.m.at the event at Kuhlman Center. Henry moved to approve,second by Metzger
35 and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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37 D.Captain Farmer said he had a request from Ron Murphy,director of education at Wernfe Children's
38 Home, for a community service project for the students to raise money for the Leukemia Society of
39 America.He said they have been involved in this project for the past several years,noting that this year
40 there is a change in location to the entrance of South 37th Street off of East Main Street.He said there
41 is a median there and no more than two students at a time will be there wearing shirts from the
42 Leukemia Society.He said they have asked permission to be there on Fridays between 3:15 p.m.until
43 dusk from October through November. Metzger moved to approve, second by Henry and the motion
44 was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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46 BID AWARD
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48 A. Chairperson Goodwin said the bids received for the tree removal Phase II had been reviewed by
49 Vicki Stevens,purchasing manager,and Bill Smith,manager of the Street Division,and Larry Fitzwater
50 Tree Care, whose bid was $11,740, was selected as the lowest, most responsive and responsible
51 bidde.Henry moved to approve,second by Metzger and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice
52 vote.
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54 BID OPENING
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56 A.Chairperson Goodwin said three bids had been received for the electrical work for the City Building.
57 He read the bid received from George Electric Inc.stating its hourly rate was$35 with a charge of$40
58 for the first hour;Henry read the bid made by Melling Electric for$40 per hour with a minimum charge
59 of$40 per hour;Metzger read the bid made by Cummins Electric which was for$42 per hour with a
60 minimum charge of one hour.Chairperson Goodwin said the bids would be submitted to Wiwi and Vicki
61 Stevens for review and recommendation.
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63 CONTRACTS
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65 A. Wiwi explained that he is presenting to the Board the consultants agreement with Bonar &
Associates for the Northwest Industrial Park infrastructure design.
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2 Giving the background,Wiwi said the City is pursuing the development of what is commonly called the
3 State Hospital ground between Salisbury Road and Round Barn Road south of the Interstate.He said
4 they had submitted an application to the Economic Development Corp.of Wayne County for funding of
5 an infrastructure design and the application was approved.As a result of that approval, he said,they
6 sent out proposals to interested engineering firms to do contractual work as far as consulting.
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8 Wiwi said responses were received from 12 firms and four of those were selected for interviews
9 resulting in the selection of Boner.He said the reasoning was that it was felt that company would give
10 the required type of project they were looking for and it was within the budget. He said the selection
11 committee was comprised of Goodwin,Jim Hizer and himself.He said Bonar was asked to provide the
12 City with a contract which had been reviewed by Rabe and is before the Board for its consideration
13 tonight.He said it is a proposed contract for the design of a road and sanitary sewer in the Northwest
14 Industrial Park area in the amount of$133,300 and not to exceed$135,300.He said the range is there
15 because they are not certain of what they are going to find during the soil investigation and they may
16 have to do some extra boring. Rabe said he had reviewed the contract and recommended approval.
17 Metzger so moved,second by Henry and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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19 B.Rabe said the Board last week had approved the settlement of the last major parcel for the Industries
20 Road project and only one small parcel remained.Since then, he said,the appraisers had submitted
21 their report in the condemnation suit and the Court has given an order as far as paying the appraisers'
22 fees of$900 and the property had been evaluated at$12,000.He asked the Board to accept the letter
23 of explanation as an invoice to appropriate$12,900 for the last remaining parcel of property.He said
. 24 the money will be deposited in Wayne Circuit Court and as soon as that is done,the City will be able to
25 take posession of the property and begin work on Industries Road. Wiwi said the proceeds will be
26 coming from the redevelopment commission budget from money appropriated in 1997.Metzger moved
27 to approve,second by Henry and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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29 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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31 Chariperson Goodwin said the time for the October 30 meeting, which is the traditional Beggar's Night for
32 Halloween,will be moved up one hour,to 4 p.m. Henry moved to approve,second by Metzger and the motion
33 was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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35 ADJOURNMENT
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37 There being no further business, on a motion duly made seconded and passed and carried on a unanimous
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