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CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. AUGUST 8. 1996
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5 p.m. Thursday, August 8,
2 1996, in the Municipal Building in said City. President Robert Goodwin presided with Robin Henry, Bruce
3 Metzger and Assistant City Attorney Steve Rabe in attendance. The following business was had to-wit:
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5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 25 AND AUGUST 1. 1996
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7 The minutes of the meetings of July 25 and August 1, 1996 were approved on a motion by Metzger, second by
8 Henry and the motion was approved on a unanimous voice vote.
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10 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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12 Claims from the Controller's office were read by Henry who noted that they totaled $413,279.45 and moved to
13 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. Captain John Farmer of the Traffic Safety Division said he had reviewed requests for handicapped
18 parking spaces for Dame J. Wilson at 421 West Main Street and Debbie L. Ellison at 1415 South E
19 Street and recommended approval. Metzger so moved, second by Henry and the motion was carried
20 on a unanimous voice vote.
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22 B. President Goodwin said the request by Renee Oldham, director of Main Street Inc., would be
23 rescheduled to a later date.
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25 C. Fire Chief Michael Allen reported the retirement of Lt. Phillip Michael whose hire date was January
26 29, 1968. He noted that Lt. Michael's first major fire was the downtown explosion which was in April of
27 1968, soon after his joining the force. Chief Allen read from a prepared statement about Lt. Michael's
28 very high rewards in fighting successful fires and the very low defeats such as the deaths of two
29 children. He expressed his appreciation for his 281/2 years of service to the department. President
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Goodwin added his words of appreciation. Metzger moved to accept the retirement, second by Henry
and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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33 D. Chief Allen reported that Brian Duane Benedict had successfully completed all departmental testing
34 and requirements and asked the Board for approval to hire him as a probationary firefighter subject to
35 P.E.R,F.'s acceptance of his application. Henry so moved, second by Metzger and the motion was
36 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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38 E. Chief Allen also submitted a hiring list, noting that he had been working off of a list of 14 candidates
39 which was established in 1995 and expires June 30, 1997. However, he said, that list is nearly
40 exhausted because the past year has been an exceptional one with its retirements and resignations.
41 He said he has been working on an updated process and when it is finished he will ask for this Board's
42 acceptance. He noted the process is a lengthy one with applicants going through agility tests, written
43 aptitude tests, oral interviews and background checks. Then, if they are successful in all of these, they
44 move into physical, psychological, hearing and eye exams. He said until the new process is completed
45 he has to ask for additional candidates to select from. He said these are from the original list and will be
46 added with Board approval to the hiring list and be good through June 30, 1997.
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48 City Attorney Bob Bever explained that he and Chief Allen had gone over the exact procedure to utilize
49 on hiring and he had encourged him to get a better defined process procedure before hiring June 30,
50 1997. He said this Board accepted a hiring list of 14 names June 27, 1995 stemming from some testing
51 the department had done at that time. He added that the Fire Department was prepared to use at least
52 28 names but this Board wanted only 14, hoping that would cover the needs through June 30, 1997,
53 but that was not the case. Metzger moved to approve the additional 14 candidates identified in the
54 memo of August 6 to this Board and add them to the hiring list expiring June 30, 1997, second by
55 Henry and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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57 OTHER MATTERS
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59 ADJOURNMENT
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61 There being no further business, on a motion duly made seconded and passed and carried on a unanimous
62 voice vote,the meeting was adjourned.
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Robert Goodwin, President
ATTEST:
Norma Schroeder, Clerk