HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-22-1997 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 22, 1997
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5 p.m.Thursday, April 22, 1997,
2 in a special meeting in the Municipal Building in said City. President Robert Goodwin presided with Robin Henry,
3 Bruce Metzger, Assistant City Attorney Steve Rabe and City Attorney Bob Bever in attendance. The following
4 business was had to-wit:
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6 RENEWAL OF ANIMAL WELFARE CONTRACT
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8 City Attorney Bob Bever explained the contract, noting that in the past years the Animal Welfare League has had
9 the contract and H.E.L.P. is not interested. He said the City wanted a one-year contract and the League wanted
10 a four-year contract and this contract is the result of a compromise and is for two years, retroactive to the first of
11 1997. The amount was left blank, but the amount proposed was $21,000 a year and increasing $1,000 each
12 year. (In 1996 they received $20,000). Bever said studies have been made and the City felt four years for the
13 contract is too long.
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15 Counsel for the League, John Sayre and Bever agreed that the contract should be for 1997 and 1998 with
16 payments made the third of each month. Bever said there is a new paragraph in Chapter 13 of the contract
17 recommended by the new committee on which the League has a member and it stated that the contract is a
18 compromise and no one else is providing services. That addition will be made to the City Code Book, Bever
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21 In answer to a question asked by Metzger about the functions of the new committee, Bever said the County has
22 five representatives and the City has four.The purpose of the committee is to see to the current needs of shelter
23 care and to discuss a combination of things and make recommendations to the City and County. He said in
24 previous years different views have been expressed and hopefully this will help clear up many things.
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26 Bever said at the request of the League, an insurance certificate and Item 6 on page 13 (concerning the renewal
27 of the contract) be made a part of the contract. Metzger moved to accept the contract,second by Henry and the
28 motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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30 ADJOURNMENT
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32 There being no further business, on a motion duly made seconded and passed and carried on a unanimous
33 voice vote,the meeting was adjourned.
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38 Robert Goodwin, President
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43 ATTEST:
44 Myra Miller, Deputy Clerk
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