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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-07-1990 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA.JUNE 7. 1990 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session June 7, 1990 at 2 the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with Ms. McFarland and 3 Mr. Smith in attendance. Absent: None. Media in attendance: WKBV and Palladium Item. The following 4 business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 31,1990 7 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. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 . 13 Ms. McFarland moved to approve claims in the amount of 441,956.34 seconded by Mr. Smith and on 14 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 TABLED ITEMS 17 18 No items remained on the table. 19 20 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT 21 22 Use of North 7th Street Parking Lot for Farmer's Market 23 24 The Board heard a request from Charlie Springer, representing the Farmer's Market. Mr. Springer explained to 25 the Board they would like to request the use of the North 7th Street Parking Lot as in the past as an alternate 26 plan to the Depot Area. Mr. Springer told the Board they are hoping to use the Depot Area for the Farmer's 27 Market, but the completion of the area is contingent upon weather and they would like to use the parking lot until 28 they can relocate at the Depot Area. Mr. Springer stated they did not foresee having to use the parking lot for 29 the whole season, but would like to have it approved as an alternate place. 30 31 Mr. Smith clarified that they would be using the depot area as soon as it was ready and would be moving the 32 market operations to the depot area. 33 34 Mr. Springer verified that was correct and added they hope to be at the Depot by June 10, 1990, but it if is not 35 ready they do need a place for the market since the vendors depend on the market for their livelihood. 36 37 The Off Street Parking Manager told the Board there was no problem utilizing the lot on the temporary basis. 38 39 There being no other comment on the request, Ms. McFarland moved to approve the use of the North 7th Street 40 Parking Lot for the Farmer's Market from June 30, 1990 through October 27, 1990, with the Market to be 41 re-located to the Depot upon completion of the designated area, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous • 42 voice vote the motion was carried. 43 44 Alternative Routes for DAD'S Day Diabetes Campaign 45 46 Mr.Tom Bucella, representing the Carpenters and Joiners of America, presented the Board alternative locations 47 for the DAD's Day Campaign for Diabetes. Mr. Bucella requested, at the suggestion of Officer Virgil Shaw, the 48 following locations to enter the road way for fund raising: South 5th and E and North 12th and J. 49 50 Sgt. Kolentus recommended the Board deny the alternative locations since they have five other locations and he 51 did not feel there would be enough Police Officers available to monitor seven locations. 52 53 Mr. Bucella said he put in for the alternative locations at the suggestion of Officer Shaw who did indicate he 54 needed to check about them being approved. He told the Board they would possibly not have enough 55 volunteers to man all the sites, but if the Board would approve the seven locations they could choose the best 56 locations for traffic volume and safety measures. 57 58 Mr. Smith asked Mr. Bucella if he could take a look at the locations and decide on five definite sites. 59 60 Sgt. Kolentus told the Board if they would choose five our of the seven that would be fine and the two proposed 61 alternative locations were fine. Sgt. Kolentus asked the Board that he be notified of the final five locations. 62 63 Mr. Smith moved to approve the alternative locations for the DAD's Day Campaign, with five of the seven 64 locations to be used and the Traffic Division to be notified of the final five locations, seconded by Ms. McFarland 65 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. ) Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 7, 1990 Page 2 1 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 2 3 FIRE DEPARTMENT 4 5 Engineer Promotion- Firefighter Joe Pierce 6 7 Assistant Chief Pierce presented a request from Chief Sticco recommending the promotion of Firefighter Joe 8 Pierce to the position of Probationary Engineer on B Shift, Company 1 to fill a vacancy left by the voluntary 9 transfer of Engineer Vince DeVito. It was requested the promotion be effective May 29, 1990. 10 11 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the promotion of Firefighter Joe Pierce to the probationary rank of Engineer, 12 effective May 29, 1990,seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 13 14 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT 15 16 Set Date to Receive Bids for Paving Projects 17 18 Ms. Planck requested the Board to set June 28, 1990 as the date to receive bids for street paving projects. 19 20 Mr. Smith moved to set June 18, 1990 at 9:00 AM to receive bids for paving projects, seconded by Ms. 21 McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 23 PUBLIC WORKS 24 25 L Street Change Order 26 27 Mr.Wiwi presented the Board a Change Order for L Street Extension for a total increase of 6,854.00. Mr. Wiwi 28 explained the change order was to cover the removal of unsuitable materials east of Hodgin Road and the 29 replacement of stone in the area to give a suitable base for paving. Mr. Wiwi said the order also decreased the 30 amount of B-Barrow needed for the project, thereby giving the total increase in the project cost. He told the 31 Board the funds were in place for the additional money. 32 33 Ms. McFarland moved to approve and execute the Change Order for the Extension of South L Street for an -- - 34 additional 6,854.00 cost to the project, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 35 carried. 36 37 Temporary Closing of South A Street from 22nd to 23rd 38 39 Mr. Wiwi presented the Board a request from Delucio & Sons Contractors to temporarily barricade South A 40 Street from 22nd to 23rd for work being done at Test School. He said the work would be from June 11, 1990 for 41 a one to two week period and would involved a bus drop off area being constructed on school property along 42 with other improvements. 43 44 Sgt. Kolentus had no problems with the request and agreed that the improvements were necessary for safety of 45 the children. 46 47 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the temporary closing of South A Street from 22nd to 23rd beginning June 11, 48 1990 for construction improvements to Test School, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the 49 motion was carried. 50 51 Public Works Monthly Report 52 53 Mr.Wiwi presented the Board a Monthly Report for May for the Department of Public Works. The report showed 54 work completed on street projects and engineering projects. The Engineering projects reported a June 30th 55 completion date for the L Street Extension and 29% of the East Main Street completed as of May 31, 1990. It 56 also reported that 44%of the G Street Bridge renovation was completed. 57 58 Mr. Smith moved to accept and file the May Monthly Report of the Public Works Department, seconded by Ms. 59 McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 Rose View Charter Discount-Wayne Vincent 62 63 A request was presented from Rose View to allow a discounted rate for a group going to Indianapolis for a 64 reception at the Capital. The request to charter the bus had been previously approved by the Board. The 65 discount rate was for 50.00 for the use of the bus. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 7, 1990 Page 3 1 Ms. McFarland informed the Board she had spoken with the new Rose View Operations Supervisor and they did 2 not recommend allowing the discount. She said the charter rate is established by the Board and the 3 recommendations are to follow the charter rate as established. She added that the time the bus is needed is 4 very busy for Rose View and if they desire to use the bus on a Saturday, it should be at the full rate. 5 6 Ms. McFarland moved to deny the discounted charter rate and refer Mr. Vincent to Rose View to make 7 arrangements for use of the bus at the full rate as established, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice 8 vote the motion was carried. 9 10 ADJOURNMENT 11 12 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Carrie N. Hauptstueck, President 20 21 22 23 24 ATTEST: 25 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 111 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 •