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CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA.
MARCH 11. 1993
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session on Thursday,
2 March, 11, 1993 in said City. Janet Hibner presided with Earnest Jarvis and Dennis Grimes in attendance. The
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5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 4.1993
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7 The minutes of the previous meeting were approved on a motion by Jarvis, second by Grimes and carried on a
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10 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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12 Claims were submitted by City Controller Dennis Grimes totaling $123,461.65 most of which were for supplies
13 and contractual services with $39,819.70 of the amount paid to Indiana American Water Co. for the monthly
14 charge for the fire hydrants; also $681,166.36 most of which was for payroll and payroll taxes; also a claim for
15 $12,000.83 which included$10,190 payable to Star Bank for bond coupons payable 1974, 1980 and 1981 issue.
16 Grimes moved for approval, second by Jarvis and the motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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18 REQUESTS
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20 A. Prior to submitting requests for handicapped parking spaces, Jarvis read the guidelines which the
21 Board is required to go by when ruling on those requests. These included the following: The person
22 asking for the request must own a vehicle which has been issued a handicapped license plate or a
23 placard from the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles; must not have off-street parking available at the site
24 of the proposed handicapped parking space; must either (a) be handicapped himself or herself (b)
25 reside with a handicapped person and be responsible for his or her transportation (c) not reside with
26 the handcapped person but be primarily responsible for his or her transportation.
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28 Six of the eight requests were granted through a motion by Jarvis, second by Grimes and carried by a
29 unanimous voice vote.These were made by Betty Hole at 443 South 7th Street; Keith Jack at 22 North
30 21 st Street;Zelma Jarvis at 919 South 7th Street; Buster Poindexter at 521 South 11th Street; Deward
31 DeFevers at 120 South 13th Stret and Kathleen Asfalg at 432 South 5th Street.
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33 The request for a renewal of a handicapped parking space made by Palmer Walter was accompanied
34 by a report by the Traffic Safety Division that the residence has a garage which is of sufficient size for
35 two vehicles. The report carried a recommendation for denial since the residence did not meet the
36 ordinance guidelines. Walter appeared before the Board saying he had been in contact with John
37 Stinehart, a state social worker trained in the administration of the American Disabilities Act in the
38 Department of Justice. He said Stinehart told him he had a valid claim because, regardless of off-street
39 parking, it boils down to whether he can reasonably utilize that property. Walter said he is waiting on
40 additional information from A.D.A. because he wishes to appeal. Jarvis suggested the Board hold the
41 request until that information is received.
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43 An additional request made by Frank Walker was read by Jarvis along with the recommendation of the
44 Traffic Safety Division stating that the residence has a garage at the rear large enough to house a car,
45 however it is in disrepair. Les Godsey,son-in-law of Walker, told the Board that Walker will soon be 84
46 years old, is hard of hearing, has one eye and one arm, and is unable to walk any distance because
47 he has emphysema. Sgt. Janice Passmore told the Board that the garage doors are chained and the
48 garage is full of articles and the property has an extremely long yard in the back with slick bricks
49 making it difficult to walk.This request was also held until the receipt of the A.D.A. information.
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51 B. Jarvis read a letter from Mel Bruns, director of operations at Richmond Community School,
52 requesting the posting of No Parking signs March 17 and March 19 on the east side of North and South
53 10th Streets enabling the loading and unloading of six to 10 buses carrying students attending special
54 productions of Junior Players. A letter from Sgt. Passmore accompanied the request noting that this
55 had been done in the past with no problems, adding that the signs would allow for a safer and more
56 convenient loading and unloading of the students. Jarvis moved to approve the request, second by
57 Grimes and the motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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59 CONTRACTS
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61 A. Chairperson Hibner recommended approval of a three-year contract for Jerry Geier, a part-time
62 insurance consultant for the City. She noted that he is a retired insurance agent and had been
63 contracted through March 1 of this year at a salary of $500 per month. She said he has provided a
64 valuable service and she personally feels he has improved communications not only with the insurance
65 adjusters but with carriers and the public. She moved to approve the contract through December 31,
1995,second by Jarvis and the motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
March 11, 1993
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1 B. Chairperson Hibner presented the fiscal plan for the southeast area annexation, noting that it was
2 the same as presented at the last meeting but with a slight modification. She moved to accept the
3 modified verson,second by Grimes and the motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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5 OTHER MATTERS
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7 A. Grimes read the February 1993 Fire Prevention Report submitted by Wayne Jackson, Fire
8 Prevention Chief. Information included a total of 232 inspections had been made resulting in 165
9 violations. The number of violations corrected totaled 118. Activities throughout the month included-a
10 fire safety class given to a youth group at St. Paul's Church ofthe Nazarene,fire extinguisher classes
11 given to employees at Richmond State Hospital and Amcast;a general fire safety class to Jenkins Hall
12 employees;and a fire safety class for baby sitters to students at Dennis Middle School.
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14 B. Chief Dennis Rice submitted the February Crime Report for the Richmond Police Department,
15 explaining it is the same report given to the FBI each month. He pointed out that this is a new method
16 of reporting, noting that it is a more comprehensive one that has been issued in the past, bringing
17 attention to the seven-category break down. Information included the number of assaults, value of
18 property stolen, and number of people arrested according to ace and race. He also invited questions
19 about the annual report submitted to the Board last week, noting a mistake on Page 100 in the number
20 of E 9-1-1 calls. He corrected the figure to read 29,508, adding that his department had handled about
21 79 percent of those calls.
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23 - Chief Rice also reported that he had been in touch with the Indiana Department of Transportation in
24 Greefield about the problem with traffic signals on South A Street and was advised that Richmond was
25 No. 1 on the priority list to take care of the problem. Chief Rice said he was prepared to call Senator
26 Allen Paul if he did not hear anything by noon today.
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28 ADJOURNMENT .
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30 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned.
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