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BOARD OF PJBLC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA.
JANUARY 6. 1994
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session on Thursday,
2 January 6, 1994, In said City. Chairperson Hibner presided with Earnest Jarvis and Dennis Grimes in
11. 3 attendance.The following business was had to-wit:
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5 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
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' 7 Chairperson Hibner moved to nominate Jarvis for Chairperson and Grimes for Vice Chairperson for 1994.
8 Grimes seconded the nomination of Jarvis and Jarvis seconded the nomination of Grimes. Both motions were
9 carried on a unanimous voice vote. Chairperson Hibner declared the nominations closed. Jarvis presided over
10 the remainder of the meeting.
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12 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 30,1993
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14 The minutes of the previous meeting were approved on a motion by Hibner, second by Grimes and carried on a
.15 unanimous voice vote.
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17 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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19 Claims submitted by the City Controller for payment totaled $1,336,884.83 of which $136,884.83 was for
20 supplies and contractual services and a payment of $1,200,000 was made to Richmond Sanitary District as a
21 repayment of a temporary loan. Grimes moved to approve the claims, second by Hibner and the motion was
22 carried on a unanimous voice vote. .
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24 REQUESTS
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26 A. Two requests for handicapped parking spaces were read by Hibner. The first was made by Steve
27 Cochran to move his handicapped sign from 1112 Butler Street to his new residence at 916 Sheridan
28 Street. Hibner moved to approve the move, second by Grimes and the motion was carried on a
29 unanimous voice vote. A new request by Loretta Stowells at 221 South 6th Street was approved on a
30 motion by Hibner,second by Grimes and was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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32 CONTRACTS
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34 A. Grimes noted that Kr 1sr & Associates had completed as of December 13, 1993, its right of way
G5 survey staking on Industries Roar►•rom iJorth West 5th to Chester Boulevard and presented a bill for
6 $9,940 for those services. He said that money would go on to Star Bank serving as trustees for the
37 redevelopment for the Dana•Parkway/Industries Road T.I.F. bond project. Grimes moved to approve
SS the paymeni,second by Hibner and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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42 A. Rich Cody, General Manager of TCI, presented a check in the amount of$50,000 as TCI's quarterly
43 payment, per the franchise agreement. He said he received a filing the City had made for a Form 328
44 filed with the FCC to verify TCI's rate structure.TCI has filed back with the City a Form 393, Cody said,
45 which outlined how the current rate structure came about. He noted TCI's lateness in filing and
46 apologized for any inconvenience it might have caused the City, adding that he felt accuracy was more
47 important than timeliness. He said looking at the Form 393 filing, TCI is within the compliance
48 established by the FCC. He said the guidelines established show permitted rates and actual rates and
49 for the most part TCI's rates are below what Is permitted.
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51 Hibner commented that TCI had met the requirements and at this point in time the City is ready to work
52 with Cody in terms of any additional changes TCI wishes to make and any regulations as far as rates.
53 Cody said he will meet with the Telecommunications Council to discuss any rates that fall within the_
54 regulatory limits of the FCC and he will keep the City posted on those that are unregulated.
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56 Cody noted new services to be offered by TC; will include a premium service called Stars which is an
57 in-house format at TCI and will be initiated in February. Also to be introduced will be a digital music
5b express with a satellite-delivered format of music ganging from jazz,to blues to rock. He explained that
59 will be available to customers as an added service. He said TCI is also looking at some other things
61..= such as adding some programming format but some of that is contingent upon meeting with the
61 Telecommunications Council because it will have some effect on the rate structure that is in the Form
62 393. He said the rate structure has a basic and expanded basic package based on a per channel
6S charge and it Is a matter of recalculating all the rates when channels are added or anything is done to
ti4 change the channel lineup as far as the number of channels.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
January 6, 1994
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1 Cody said TCI is looking at doing some ala carte programming which means adding channels that the
2 customer would have an option of receiving over and above the basic and expanded basic to receive
3 channels on an ala carte basis and to pay for a channel or a group of channels at a particular price. He
4 said plans are to take the pay services such as Cinemax, Showtime and possibly Encore, and moving
5 them Into higher channels, possibly a 50 or 60 range, putting them on an in-house addressability
6 computer which will secure the services. He added that HBO is secured in a different way and TCI is
7 not looking at doing anything there. He said TCI has a lot of work ahead in the first quarter of this year..
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9 Jarvis commended Cody and his installation crews for going under the streets to get their work done_
10 rather than cutting into them. He noted his appreciation, noting the extra expense for TCI to do that for
11 the City.
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13 In answer to a question by Grimes about the progress on the rebuild, Cody said the deadline had been
14 pushed back because of weather and equipment delivery, among other things. He said TCI is pushing
15 for February 1, 1994,as its completion date.
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17 B. Major John Farmer of the Richmond Police Department reported on the sobriety check point which
18 occurod over the New Year holiday weekend,stating that officers began stopping vehicles at 10 p.m. in
19 the 2500 block of East Main Street and ended at 2 a.m. He noted that every fifth vehicle was checked •
20 resulting in a total of 107 vehicles with seven arrests made. The average detention time per vehicle,
21 Major Farmer said, was about three minutes. He said six alcohol sensor tests were given in cases of
22 suspected alcohol involvement but nine were in excess of the legal limit with the highest test at.06 and
23 the lowest at .03. There were no breathalizer tests given nor any DWI charges made. He said six
24 officers were assigned to the project and 23 hours were logged. Five of the seven arrests, Major „,„
25 Farmer said, were for seat belt violations, one was for driving while suspend on a misdemeanor from
26- Rush County and another was for violation of a learner's permit.
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28 Major Farmer said it was a successful operation, noting that citizens are cooperating and there is some
29 reduction in driving while intoxicated, at least when they know a check point has been set up. However,
30 he added,Wayne County and the Richmond area still continue to be one of the higher ones in the state
31 for these offenses. In answer to a question by Hibner as to why that is true, Major Farmer said he is not
32 quite sure. He said as a result of those findings,this check point project is funded by a state grant and it
33 is based on a study done by the Department of Highway Safety. A total of $35,000 in grant money.is
34 . designated for Richmond and the Wayne County area for this enforcement activity.
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36 The awarding of that grant, he said, is based on the number of accidents which have 'involved
37 intoxicated persons. He added that for some unique reason, Wayne County and Richmond had an
38 exact split, with an identical number of accidents involving intoxicated drivers. Although he could not
39 give a reason for this, Major Farmer said he has always speculated that this area's proximity to Ohio
40 has a lot to do with it. He said it is the thoroughfare for some of the younger adults who can go to Ohio
41 and get alcohol easier, however that has slowed down for the past few years since Ohio increased its
42 drinking age. Major Farmer said Richmond is the first Indiana town for people coming from Dayton,
43 Ohio where they have gone for entertainment and recreation and might have consumed some alcohol.
44 He pointed out that-usually after individuals have had their last drink they will reach their highest point of
45 intoxication approximately one hour later and considering the travel time, by the time they reach
46 Richmond they are at their highest point.
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48 ADJOURNMENT
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50 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned.
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58 Earnest Jarvis,Chairperson
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64 Norma Carnes, City Clerk
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