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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. APRIL 25, 1991
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session April 25, 1991, at
2 the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with Ms. McFarland
3 and Mr. Smith in attendance. Absent: None. Media in attendance: WKBV and the Palladium Item. The
4 following business was had to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 18.1991
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8 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,seconded by Mr. Smith and
9 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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13 Mr. Smith moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 763,388.68, seconded by Ms. McFarland and
14 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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16 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT
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18 Use of Public Right of Way-Ed Tucker
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20 Mr. Ed Tucker appeared before the Board requesting use of certain public right of way for his food cart. Mr.
21 Tucker reminded the Board that they allowed a ninety (90) day permission in 1990 and he would request
22 temporary approval for one year for 1991 or until such time as the City adopts permanent regulations for these
23 activities.
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25 Mr. Metzger said he is taking a wait and see attitude about this type of business and if they are not successful in
26 this community he did not want to do anything permanent with an ordinance to regulate them.
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28 Ms. McFarland asked Mr. Tucker how long he believed he should be open for business and Mr. Tucker told the
29 Board he still was not certain since he was forced to close the business earlier last fall than he intended due to
30 the death of his father. He said that even now with the warmer weather,there is not enough business to support
31 the operations but he needed to make an appearance so the public would know he would be there in the
32 summer.
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34 Lt. Randy Kolentus told the Board that had been no problems with the operations last year.
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36 Mr. Smith said he felt the arrangements worked well last year.
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38 Ms. McFarland moved to grant a one (1)year temporary use of public right of way for use by Mr.Tucker for his
39 mobile food cart,seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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41 TABLED ITEMS
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43 None were presented.
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45 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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47 FIRE DEPARTMENT
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49 Use of Fire Station No.1 for Walk America
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51 Chief Sticco requested permission from the Board for the use of Fire Station No. 1 for a check point for the Walk
52 America to be held on April 27, 1991. Chief Sticco said this has been done in the past and he recommended
53 approval.
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55 Mr. Smith moved to approve the use of Fire Station No. 1 as a check point for Walk America, seconded by Ms.
56 McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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58 PUBLIC WORKS
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60 Engineering Study for Twentieth Century Bridge Approaches
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62 Mr.Wiwi requested the Board to approve an agreement between the City and Butler, Fairman and Seufert for an
63 engineering study to determine the conditions of approaches to the Twentieth Century Bridge for scheduled
64 repairs. Mr. Wiwi said these repairs would not just be a minor job and the Council has allocated the funds for
65 the study.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
April 25, 1991
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1 Ms. McFarland commented that she thought bridges were county and state responsibility and Mr.Wiwi indicated
2 bridges were the responsibility of the County, but when this bridge was constructed the City, County and railroad
3 shared the cost and maintenance in the past has also been shared. He said that he and Mr. Metzger are
4 meeting with the County next week for further discussion of the matter.
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6 Mr. Metzger said it is the duty of a County that has a Cumulative Bridge Fund to maintain and repair bridges. He
7 said the question with this bridge is where does the bridge start and end and why was the agreement for sharing
8 the costs done in the first place.
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10 Ms. McFarland asked if the County would assist with the cost of the engineering study and Mr. Metzger said he
11 felt they should pay for entire cost, but on prior occasions the City has done work on this bridge without the
12 participation of the County.
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14 Ms. McFarland inquired if the County was responsible would Mr. Wiwi see that they share the cost and if the
15 Board approved the Agreement now would they make certain that some of the costs be reimbursed.
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17 Mr.Wiwi told the Board he would and that he had also contacted the railroad.
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19 Mr. Smith asked how soon Mr. Wiwi needed approval of this agreement and Mr. Wiwi indicated as soon as
20 possible since they would need to mill down the deck material to do a better analysis.
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22 Mr. Smith said he felt like there were a lot of unanswered questions.
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24 Ms. McFarland asked if it would hinder the project if the matter were tabled for one week until after the meeting
25 with the County.
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27 Mr. Wiwi said he was not certain that meeting would result in any answers and if the delay is too long he was
28 afraid the study would not be competed in time for the appropriate funding in the 1992 budget. He said that
29 maybe one week would not hurt, but probably there would not be any agreement between the City and County in
30 that amount of time. Mr. Wiwi added the County indicates this is the responsibility of the City, but they could
31 possibly participate in it.
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33 Mr. smith moved to table the agreement for the engineering study for one week, seconded by Ms. McFarland
34 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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36 North 22nd Street Fire Hydrant
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38 Ms. Hauptstueck reminded Mr. Wiwi that the Board approved a removal cost not to exceed 150.00 for the Fire
39 Hydrant on North 22nd Street and now the costs are higher.
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41 Mr. Wiwi said the estimates are 262.00 for the removal and 100.00 for the sidewalk repair and Mr. Metzger
42 informed the Board they would revise their original motion by amending it.
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44 Ms. McFarland moved to amend the motion of the Board for removal costs of a Fire Hydrant on North 22nd
45 Street with the total cost of the removal and sidewalk repair not to exceed 400.00, seconded by Mr. Smith and
46 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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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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57 Carrie N. Hauptstueck, President
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63 ATTEST:
64 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk
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