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CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA, NOVEMBER 1. 1990
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session November 1,
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, WKBV and
4 WHON. The following business was had to-wit:
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6 BID OPENING FOR DUMP TRUCK WITH SNOW PACKAGE
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8 Ms. Hauptstueck opened the bidding for one dump truck with snow package for the Street Division. Having
9 received all bids, Ms. McFarland moved to close the bidding , seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice
10 vote the motion was carried.
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12 The Proof of Publication was presented and found to be in order. Ms. McFarland moved to accept and file the
13 Proof of Publication, seconded by Mr.Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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15 Ms.Annie Planck opened the following bids:
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17 1. Carlson Ford Trucks of Fortville, Indiana. The bid was presented on the proper form, signed and
18 notarized and accompanied by a bid bond. An amended bid had been presented in a timely fashion.
19 The total amended bid price for both the cab and chassis and the snow package was 42,791.63.
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21 2. Kenworth of Indianapolis. The bid was presented on the proper form, signed and notarized and
22 accompanied by a bid bond. The total unit price for both cab and chassis and snow package was
23 45,644.00.
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25 3. Brown Equipment of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The bid was presented on the proper form, signed and
26 notarized and accompanied by a bid bond. The bid included one Ford cab and chassis at 36,728. an
27 alternate of one international cab and chassis at 34,932.00 and the snow package bid separately at
28 10,978.00.
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30 4. Wabash Truck Sales. The bid was presented on the proper form, signed and notarized and
31 accompanied by a bid bond. The bid was for the total unit including cab and chassis and snow
32 package at 43,514.00.
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34 5. Deans Equipment Company of Lawrence, Indiana. The bid was presented on the proper form,
35 signed and notarized and accompanied by a bid bond. The bid was for the snow package at
36 11,563.82.
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38 6. Studebaker Buick of Richmond, Indiana. The bid was presented on the proper form, signed and
39 notarized and accompanied by a bid bond. The bid was for one cab and chassis at 34,942.27, one
40 snow package at 11,718.00 and an alternate snow package at 11,326.00.
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42 Having opened all bids, Ms. McFarland moved to refer the bids to the Purchasing Department and the Street
43 Division, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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45 ALARM PERMIT HEARING-J.C. PENNY
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47 Ms. Hauptstueck opened a hearing to revoke an Alarm Permit issued to J.C. Penny. The Proof of Notification of
48 the hearing was presented and found to be in order. Ms. McFarland moved to accept and file a return receipt
49 certified mail as Proof of Notification, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
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52 Ms. Judy Newport was present to represent J.C. Penny. Ms. Newport informed the Board that the problems
53 happened during the time of installation of a new alarm system. She said a letter of explanation had been sent
54 to the City Attorney on September 26, 1990 explaining the problems.
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56 Mr. Bruce Metzger informed the Board that since he had received the letter, two additional false alarms had
57 been received without explanation.
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59 Ms. Newport said the false alarms had been caused by the error of a new employee and the other is
60 unexplained, but they have adjusted the system to be less sensitive.
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62 Mr. Metzger recommended the permit be revoked with a total of nine false alarms this year. He stated that J.C.
63 Penny needs to address the problems and relieve the burden being placed on the Police Department.
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65 Mr. Smith agreed this was an excessive number of false alarms, but expressed concerns that revoking the
permit was not the answer. He suggested time be allowed for corrections.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
November 1, 1990
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1 Mr. Metzger told the Board that the first violation was in April and he received no responses until September.
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3 Mr. Smith asked if the system was also for fire and Ms. Newport said it was not. She added that seven of the
4 nine alarms were during the installation period for the new system.
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6 Ms. McFarland asked if the installer had been contacted and Ms. Newport said they had.
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8 Ms. Hauptstueck asked if the Board could allow additional time to see if the system has been fixed and Mr.
9 Metzger indicated that was the discretion of the Board. Mr. Metzger suggested if the Board wanted to allow
10 time,they table the item for thirty days.
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12 Mr. Smith moved to table the Alarm Permit Hearing for J.C. Penny for thirty (30) days, seconded by Ms.
13 McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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15 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 25,1990
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17 Mr. Smith moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by Ms. McFarland and
18 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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20 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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22 Ms. McFarland moved to approve claims in the amount of 84,691.79 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous
23 voice vote the motion was carried.
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25 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT
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27 Placement of Scaffolding on North 10th Street
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29 The Board received a request from Beard Masonry to place scaffolding at 8, 10, 12 North 10th Street starting
30 November 8, 1990.
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32 There was discussion concerning the length of the placement, but Mr. Smith stated he did not feel there was a
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35 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the placement of scaffolding at 8, 10, 12 North 10th Street, seconded by Mr.
36 Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 Food Festival Requests
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40 Ms. Sarah Braxton presented the Board an initial request for assistance needed for the first annual Food Festival
41 to be held on May 24, 25, and 26, 1991 at the South 10th Street Park. The request included security, traffic
42 control, infrastructure improvements, parking lot use and transportation.
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44 Ms. Braxton told the Board the theme of the Festival was "Pig Out'91" and she asked the support of the Board
45 to communicate with other departments. Ms. Braxton said she had made some contacts and this is not a
46 complete lists of needs and she welcomed ideas or suggestions.
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48 Mr. Smith moved to approve the requests presented by Ms. Braxton for assistance for the First Annual Food
49 Festival,seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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51 Sound Variance-Earlham College
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53 Mr. Michael Boomershine, Dorm President at Earlham Hall, requested a variance to the Noise Control Ordinance
54 on November 6, 1990 from 8 PM to 10 PM for a DJ and loud music in front of the dorm.
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56 Ms. Hauptstueck informed Mr. Boomershine that if approved and complaints are received, the Police would
57 request the noise to be quieted.
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59 Ms. McFarland moved to approve a sound control variance on November 6, 1990 from 8PM to 11 PM,seconded
60 by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
November 1, 1990
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1 TABLED ITEMS OR CONTINUED
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3 Freedom Fountain Maintenance
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5 The Board noted that the maintenance and incidental repair costs had not been presented.
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7 Ms. Marge Sweet, City Controller, informed the Board the item needs to be budgeted and with the current
8 budget restrictions it is impossible to assume additional expenses. She said this will need to be a budget item
9 for 1992.
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11 Mr. Smith asked if various departments wanted to supply general maintenance from their budgets would that be
12 fine and Ms. Sweet said that would be acceptable.
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14 Ms. Annie Planck informed the Board that if the Veterans bring the fountain up to standards, it should be like
15 new and there should not be much expense this coming year. Ms. Planck said the problem with furnishing the
16 Board maintenance and supply costs, is that the costs have come from various budgets and there is no good
17 record as to who did what.
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19 Ms. Sweet said it would be a good idea to keep figures for each fountain separate to determine costs and to also
20 determine who is responsible.
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22 Mr. Metzger determined for the Board that the City did own the fountain and there were no indications of any
23 other ownership.
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25 Ms. Hauptstueck suggested the item be stricken from the agenda until final details and costs could be presented
26 to the Board and for it to then be brought back for Board action.
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28 Ms. McFarland moved to strike the item regarding the Freedom Fountain from the agenda until definite requests
29 and cost figures are presented,seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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31 Ms. Hauptstueck requested the item remained tabled for an additional week for additional information on costs.
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33 Mr.Smith agreed that the Board needed to see the specific costs of a maintenance program.
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35 Ms. McFarland move to table the item for an additional week for the Purchasing Department and the Park
36 Department to present costs of maintenance, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion
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39 Sale of Property at 838 North 12th Street
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41 Ms. Hauptstueck indicated that a couple of people had expressed an interest in the purchase of the property and
42 asked Mr. Metzger how to proceed with a second attempt to sell the property.
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44 Mr. Metzger informed the Board they would need to publish another Notice of Sale in order to be able to accept
45 bids for less than 90%of the appraised value.
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47 Ms. McFarland moved to set November 21, 1990 to receive bids for the sale of the property at 838 North 12th
48 Street,seconded by Mr.Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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50 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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52 FINANCE OFFICE
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54 Set Date for City Auction
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56 Ms. Sweet informed the Board she was requesting departments to submit lists of obsolete items and would like
57 to set December 8, 1990 as the date to sell all unusable items. She said both the Police auction for confiscated
58 articles and the City auction would be the same day with the Police auction at 9 AM at the Police Garage and the
59 City auction at 12 noon at the Street Garage.
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61 Ms. McFarland moved to declare items as submitted obsolete and useless and to set December 8, 1990 to hold
62 the auction for obsolete items and confiscated articles, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the
63 motion was carried.
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Board of Works
November 1, 1990
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1 FIRE DEPARTMENT
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3 Agility Test and Aptitude Test
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5 Assistant Fire Chief Pierce presented a letter from Chief Sticco requesting the Board adopt the current
6 procedures for agility testing to replace any previous tests and to also adopt the Test of Adult Basic Education tc
7 be administered by IV Tech as aptitude testing. These tests have been reviewed and approved by the
8 appropriate Firefighting personnel.
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10 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the adoption of the Agility and Aptitude testing as presented, seconded by Mr.
11 Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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13 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
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15 Re-Set Bid Date for Park Vehicles
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17 Ms. McFarland moved to set November 21, 1990 to receive bids for two trucks for the Park Department,
18 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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20 HUMAN SERVICES
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22 Release of Mortgage for Juanita Burns
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24 A Release and Satisfaction of Mortgage for Juanita Burns was presented. The mortgage was a Home Equity
25 Loan and was paid in full.
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27 Ms. McFarland moved to accept and execute a Release and Satisfaction of Mortgage for Juanita Burns,
28 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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30 ADJOURNMENT
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32 There being no further business, on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned.
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