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CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. JANUARY 9. 1992
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session at 9 a.m.
111 2 Thursday, January 9, 1992, in the Municipal Building in said City. Prior to the meeting three new permanent
3 members were sworn in by Mayor Roger Cornett. They were Thomas Milligan, Dennis Grimes and Earnest
4 Jarvis. Miligan assumed the role of temporary chairman. Absent: None. Media in attendance: Cable 16, the
5 Palladium-Item and WKBV.The following business was had to-wit:
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7 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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9 Minutes of the meetings of December 26 and December 30, 1991, and January 2, 1992, were approved by a
10 motion by Jarvis and a second by Grimes.
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12 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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14 Claims for payment of salaries, contract services and supplies for the ordinary operation of the city government
15 through December 27, 1991, submitted by the City Controller in the amount of $635,596.68, were approved
16 through a motion by Jarvis and a second by Grimes.All three board members signed the claims.
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18 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT
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20 Residential Handicapped Parking
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22 602 South 6th Street-New
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24 310 North 19th Street-Renewal
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26 In looking over the two requests for handicapped parking, Milligan said he was unfamiliar with the process.
27 Capt. Dan McClure of the Richmond Police Department spoke from the audience, explaining that his department
28 had checked both places and they had met the requirements for a reserved parking spot to be marked with the
29 proper sign.Grimes made a motion both applications be approved and the motion was seconded by Jarvis.
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31 TABLED ITEMS
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33 None were presented.
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35 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENT.
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37 ROSE VIEW TRANSIT
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39 Route Change
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41 Greenwood Apartments
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43 The Board received a request from Terri Quinter, operations manager of Rose View Transit, for approval to
44 extend Route No. 2, which is East Main/South 13th Street, Fifth&Q Street and Route No.4, which is South 8th
45 & Country Club Apartments/National Road West K-Mart, to go to the entrance of the Greenwood Apartment
46 complex on South 16th & N Streets. However,she withdrew her request for Route No.4, explaining that after a
47 survey she determined that route was already overloaded.
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49 She said she had been contacted by Greenwood to extend Route 2 if a turnaround was constructed at the
50 apartments.She had no problem honoring the request especially since the cost was going to be taken care of by
51 the apartments. She added that the construction of the turnaround should be completed in two months. She said
52 and average of about 15 to 20 individuals are picked up there and feels that number will be much larger with the
53 extension of the route.
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55 Grimes made a motion the request be approved and it was seconded by Jarvis. Milligan instructed Quinter to
56 inform Spicer of the action.
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58 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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60 Monthly Reports and Invoices
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62 City Engineer Robert Wiwi briefed the board on the invoices he was submitting, saying they were for November
63 and December and outlined the work accomplished by the street department and engineering divisions to keep
64 the board advised as to where the projects stand.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
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1 In his overview, Wiwi explained that the city has an agreement to construct a road where the Hill's Pet Food
2 plant is to U.S. Highway 27. The work is 92 percent completed and the plan involves services to build a road to
3 North West Fifth Street or Union Pike at the Hill's plant to Chester Boulevard.
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5 Explaining the work completed by the engineering division on the Twentieth Century Bridge, Wiwi said it involves
6 a four-lane road going into a new bridge across the Whitewater River. He said the engineering should be
7 complete within three months so plans would be ready for construction. He added that there is no money for
8 construction at this time.
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10 Wiwi said the engineering study done on the Twentieth Century Bridge involves looking only at the condition of
11 the approaches on each side.
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13 In bringing the board up to date on the Central Garage project, Wiwi said the pads are ready for two buildings.
14 These are the bus building and the one to house the police and motor pool. Both contracts have been awarded
15 for construction and should be started in the near future. Plans for the central garage and street department
16 building have not yet been completed, which means one more contract will be awarded and this board will be
17 involved in letting that contract.
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19 Reporting on the extension of Industries Road, going west off Williamsburg Pike on the northwest side of the city
20 near Dana, Wiwi explained the project to the new board members. He said the city has awarded a construction
21 contract to widen and improve the road. As part of that project the city had to acquire the right-of-way to make
22 the two-lane road into a four-lane road and relocating a portion of it.
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24 Wiwi said the city has gone through a series of hearings to establish and make awards to the property owners
25 for the additional property to be acquired. Upon completion of the hearings the city had acquired one tract of the
26 15 it is going to need to get the work done. Milligan explained that the January 2 meeting was for the sole
27 purpose of closing the city's acquisition of the Dorothy Havens property. Since Havens had to be relocated the
28 city wanted to move ahead with those plans and the board approved the property settlement which also included
29 payment of moving expenses. Havens has moved to Interfaith Apartments.
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31 The invoices Wiwi asked to be approved at this meeting had to do with those expenses. The board approved
32 bills from Havens amounting to $151.39; Haisley's Van Service, $318.25; Baker & Daniels Counseling Service,
33 $91.63;and Thomas Dickman for appraisals, $300.
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35 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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37 HELP the Animals Inc.bill for extra services.
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39 Director Marcia Vanderbeck explained that the bill for $1,315 represented charges for services above the
40 required minimum stated in the shelter's 1991 contract with the city.
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42 After much discussion with some input from Major Farmer of the Richmond Police Department, the board
43 members decided they needed more information. Grimes made a motion that the request be taken under
44 advisement and Jarvis seconded it. Milligan asked Vanderbeck to have Carolyn Blakey, HELP's President,
45 contact him to provide additional information and talk about interpretation of the contract.
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47 Request for dumpster
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49 Captain McClure said a request had been made for a dumpster to be placed on Sixth Street near the 600
50 Building because of some remodeling being done. He said the traffic division had no problem with authorizing
51 the use. Milligan questioned as to whether these types of requests should come before the board. He said he felt
52 it would be the board's position that if the request was approved by the traffic division it did not need to be
53 brought before the board.
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55 ADJOURNMENT
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57 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned.
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61 Thomas Milligan, Chairman
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65 Norma Carnes, City Clerk