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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12-27-1990 • BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. DECEMBER 27. 1990 1. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session December 27, 2 1990 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with Ms. 3 McFarland and Mr. Smith in attendance. Absent: None. Media in attendance: Palladium Item. The following 4 business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 20.1990 7 8 Mr. Smith moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by Ms. McFarland and 9 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 Ms. McFarland moved to approve claims in the amount of $22,705.99, seconded by Mr. Smith and on 14 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT 17 18 Residential Handicapped Parkin_a 19 427 South 13th 20 21 Captain Ponder informed the Board the residence had a two car garage and other parking area available at the 22 rear of the property. He recommended denial of the request. 23 24 Mr. Smith moved to deny a request for a reserved residential handicapped parking space at 427 South 13th 25 Street, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 26 27 Curb Cut Request for Greenwood Apartments-South 15th Street 28 29 Mr. Bob Wiwi explained to the Board that he had been contacted by Mr.Gene Spicer of the Board of Greenwood 30 Apartments regarding a curb cut off of South 15th Street. Mr. Wiwi said the Board had given preliminary 31 approved in 1988 for this curb cut and Mr. Willis had committed to investigating improvements for South 15th 32 Street. Mr. Wiwi told the Board that South 15th Street is narrow and in need of repair, but no funds would be 33 available for repairs until 1991. He recommended to the Board that he item be tabled until funds are available 34 for the repair work. He added that the preliminary curb cut approval had been approved by the Planning 35 Department, but the improvements need to be made to line up the curb cut with the street. 36 37 Mr. Smith moved to table the curb cut request for Greenwood Apartments for further repair and funding 38 information,seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 41 42 PLANNING. PERMITS AND INSPECTION 43 44 Set Date for Unsafe Building Hearing-1235 Sheridan Street 45 46 Ms. Sarah Braxton requested the Board to set January 3, 1991 for an Unsafe Building Hearing on premises 47 located at 1235 Sheridan Street. 48 49 Ms. McFarland moved to set January 3, 1991 for an Unsafe Building Hearing for 1235 Sheridan Street, 50 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 FIRE DEPARTMENT 53 54 November Monthly Report 55 56 The November Monthly Report showed 144 inspections made by Fire Prevention and three investigations. 57 58 Mr. Smith moved to accept and file the November Monthly Report, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on 59 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 PURCHASING OFFICE 62 63 Reject Gasoline and Fuel Oil Bids and Re-advertise 64 65 Ms.Annie Planck recommended to the Board that they reject all bids received for gasoline and fuel as not / © Board of Works Minutes Cont'd December 27, 1990 Page 2 1 meeting specifications. Ms. Planck informed the Board that New Paris Oil did not meet specifications due to 2 substitution of #1 fuel oil with additives for diesel premium and they would not be able to use it in stationary 3 diesel motors and Warfield could not meet the octane level in regular gasoline. 4 5 Mr. McFarland asked if the current bid will be extended until new bids could be awarded and Ms. Planck said 6 she had checked and it would be extended. 7 8 Mr. Smith moved to reject all bids received for gasoline and fuel and to reset bidding for January 17, 1991, 9 seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 12 13 Increase Rates for Advertising on Buses 14 15 Ms. McFarland informed the Board that a $5.00 per month increase was being proposed for adverting on the 16 outside of the buses. She explained this was the first increase since 1984 and was needed due to increasing 17 costs of operation. 18 19 Mr.Smith asked if this would cause the loss of any of the advertisers and Ms. McFarland stated it would not. 20 21 Ms. McFarland moved to approve a$5.00 per month increase for advertising on the outside of city owned buses, 22 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 23 24 LAW DEPARTMENT 25 26 Acceptance of Deed of Dedication 27 28 A Deed of Dedication for right of way for Industries Road extension from A&D Excavating was presented to the 29 Board for their acceptance. 30 31 Mr. Smith moved to accept and execute the Deed of Dedication from A&D Excavating, seconded by Ms. 32 McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 33 34 BOARD OF WORKS MISCELLANEOUS 35 36 1991 Agreement between the City of Richmond and Firefighters Local 1408 37 38 The 1991 agreement for salaries and working conditions was presented to the Board for approval. Mr. Jerry 39 Purcell, President of Local 1408, told the Board the major changes in the contract were in education incentives 40 for promotion and a 5%increase in wages in line with other city personnel. 41 42 Ms. McFarland moved to approve and execute the 1991 Agreement between the City and Local 1408,seconded 43 by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 44 45 1991 Agreement between the City of Richmond and the FOP 46 47 Mr. Mark Smith presented the 1991 agreement between the City and the FOP. Mr. Smith noted that two 48 changes needed to be made to the contract as presented. Article 16. Wages needed to be changed to show 49 the base salary as 22,354 and the language in the new Article 34. FOP Insurance Fund was changed to 50 accommodate the City Controller to better facilitate the article. Mr. Smith said the language change was fine 51 with the FOP. 52 53 There being no further comments, Mr. Smith moved to approve and execute the 1991 Agreement between the 54 City of Richmond and the FOP, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 55 carried. 56 57 ADJOURNMENT 58 59 There being no further business, on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 60 61 62 63 64 Carrie N. Hauptstueck, President 65 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk