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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-22-1989 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORK AND SAFETY4F THE E CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA.JUNE 22, 1989 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session June 22, 1989 2 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with Mr. Willis in 3 attendance. Absent: Mr. Barden. Media in attendance: Palladium Item, WKBV/WFMG and WHON/WQLK. 4 The following business was had to-wit: 5 6 RECEIVE BIDS FOR DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS 7 8 Ms. Hauptstueck opened the bidding for infrastructure in the downtown area. Having received all bids, Mr. 9 Willis moved to close the bidding, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 10 carried. 11 12 Ms. Hauptstueck examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. Mr.Willis moved to accept and 13 file the Proof of Publication,seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Ms. Rita Stout, Purchasing Director, opened the following bids. 16 17 1. J.S. Sweet Company. The bid was on the proper form, signed, notarized and accompanied by a 18 bidders bond and financial statement. The total bid price was 298,984.50 with alternates attached. 19 20 Ms.Stout informed the Board that rather than read the alternates publicly,they would be available for inspection 21 immediately following the bid opening. 22 23 2. Stone Valley Paving. The bid was on the proper form, signed, notarized and accompanied by a 24 bidders bond and financial statement. The total bid price was 199,519.64 with alternates attached. 25 26 Having opened all bids, Mr.Willis moved to refer the bids to the City Engineer, Planning Director and Purchasing 27 Director for evaluation and recommendation, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the 28 motion was carried. 29 30 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 15,1989 31 32 Mr. Willis moved to approve the minutes of the previous meetings as prepared, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck 33 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 34 35 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 36 . 37 No claims were presented. 38 39 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 40 41 People's Federal Savings Association-Horse Drawn Carriage Rides 42 43 Representing People's was Mr. Bill Jackson. Mr. Jackson told the Board that in celebration of People's 100th 44 Anniversary, they were planning special events between July 25th and July 27th and would like to offer horse 45 drawn carriage rides as part of the celebration. He said the rides would load on 8th Street next to their building, 46 and they would need the use of three parking spaces, one being handicapped parking, for the loading. Mr. 47 Jackson said then they would proceed south on 8th Street to South B Street, west on B Street to 7th Street and 48 north on 7th Street to Sailor Street returning to the loading area. 49 50 Lt. Marshall Smith informed the Board there were no problems with the request and that he had spoken with Mr. 51 Jackson and they had decided that July 26th would be the date during the hours of 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM. 52 53 Mr. Willis moved to approve the request of People's Federal Savings Association for horse drawn carriage rides 54 on July 26, 1989 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on the route proposed and to temporarily remove parking in three 55 spaces on the west side of South 8th Street to accommodate loading of the carriage, seconded by Ms. 56 Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 57 58 Use of Municipal Parking Garage for Lions Club Flea Market 59 60 A letter to the Board from Mr. Kevin O'Neill, 1989 Chairman of the Lions Club Flea Market, requested permission 61 to use the Municipal Parking Garage on July 23, 1989 from 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM for their annual Flea Market. 62 63 Mr.Willis moved to approve the use of the Municipal Parking Garage on July 23, 1989 from 5:00 AM to 7:00 PM 64 for the Lions Club Flea Market, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 65 carried. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 22, 1989 Page 2 1 Petition to Designate a Residential Parking District-400 Block of S.W.4th 2 3 The Board received a petition from the residents of the 400 Block of S.W.4th Street requesting to designate that 4 block a Residential Parking District. 5 6 Ms. Hauptstueck acknowledged the receipt of the petition and announced the Board must hold a public hearing 7 on the matter prior to any decision and recommendation. 8 9 Mr.Willis moved to set July 20, 1989 at 9:00 AM to hold a public hearing on a petition requesting the 400 Block 10 of S.W. 4th Street be a Residential Parking District, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote 11 the motion was carried. 12 ' 13 TABLED ITEMS 14 15 Use of Public Right of Way for Awning Support Posts-Esmonds Shoes 16 17 The item had been tabled for investigation by Mr.Wiwi, Public Works Director. Mr. Wiwi informed the Board that 18 he had no problems with the request as long as the one support post was no nearer the fire hydrant than three ft. 19 (3'). 20 21 Chief Trotter said he had it investigated and they had no problems. 22 23 Mr. Willis moved to approve the use of the public right of way for the erection of support posts, seconded by Ms. 24 Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 25 26 Handicapped Parking for Customers-Esmonds Shoes 27 28 The request of Esmonds Shoes for a handicapped parking place near their store in the 100 Block of South 8th 29 Street was returned for action. 30 31 Lt. Smith informed the Board he had no problem with the request. 32 33 Mr.Willis moved to approve the request for handicapped parking in the proximity of Esmonds Shoes, seconded 34 by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 36 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 37 38 FIRE DEPARTMENT 39 40 Lieutenant Promotion 41 42 Chief Trotter requested the Board to approve the promotion of Training Officer W. Joseph Pierce to the 43 probationary rank of Lieutenant on Rescue, effective Thursday,June 22, 1989 and Engineer Curt Dillman to the 44 probationary rank of Lieutenant on Rescue, effective Wednesday,June 21, 1989. 45 46 Mr. Willis moved to approve the promotion to the probationary rank of Lieutenant for W.Joseph Pierce, effective 47 June 22, 1989 and Curt Dillman, effective Wednesday, June 21, 1989, with the promotions subject to having 48 obtained the certification for the rank of Lieutenant (Fire Officer 1) as set out in General Administrative Rule 655 49 Indiana Administrative Code 1-1 for the State of Indiana, Section 6 Master Firefighter Strategy and Tactics 50 Qualification, subsection (a) through (j) (4) within the six month probationary period, seconded by Ms. 51 Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 52 53 PARK DEPARTMENT 54 55 Temporary Closing of East Entrance to Glen Miller Park 56 57 Mr. Dean Bostrom, Park Superintendent, explained to the Board that the Trans-America Bike-A-Thon in planning 58 to stop in Richmond on July 11th and July 12th and would like to utilize Glen Miller for overnight 59 accommodations, which has been approved by the Park Board. He said in order to accommodate the support 60 vehicles, the east entrance to Glen Miller will need to be closed from 12 noon on July 11, 1989 to 12 noon on 61 July 12, 1989. 62 63 Mr. Willis moved to approve the temporary closing of the east drive to Glen Miller Park from 12 noon on July 64 11th to 12 noon on July 12, 1989 seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 65 carried. GPO Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 22, 1989 Page 3 1 POLICE DEPARTMENT 2 3 Resignation of Officer Martin Hurst 4 5 Acting Chief of Police, Donald Ponder presented the following letter to the Board: 6 7 Attached please find a copy of the letter of resignation from Patrolman Martin D. Hurst, effective June 8 16, 1989. 9 - 10 Officer Hurst's resignation is due to moving out of the State of Indiana and accepting other employment. 11 12 I recommend acceptance of Officer Hurst's resignation from the Richmond Police Department. 13 14 /s/ Donald R. Ponder 15 16 Acting Chief Ponder told the Board that Officer Hurst had been a very good traffic officer. 17 18 Mr. Willis moved to regretfully accept the resignation of Patrolman Martin Hurst, effective June 16, 1989 and 19 thank him for a job well done, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 20 carried. 21 22 PUBLIC WORKS/ROSE VIEW TRANSIT 23 24 Extension of Leave of Absence-Elmer Ouinter 25 26 Public Works Director, Bob Wiwi requested the Board to withdraw the item from the Agenda, since Rose View 27 now has a vacancy for Mr.Quinter with the transfer of an employee to SWAG Transportation. 28 29 PLANNING PERMITS AND INSPECTION 30 31 Curb Cut Request at 300 North 10th 32 33 A curb cut request for Richmond Day Nursery at 300 North 10th was presented to the Board. 34 35 Mr. Dennis Bronston told the Board the request had been approved by Engineering, Traffic and Planning and 36 recommended approval by the Board. 37 38 Mr. Willis moved to approve a curb cut request at 300 North 10th for Richmond Day Nursery, seconded by Ms. 39 Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 40 41 ADJOURNMENT 42 43 There being no further business, on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 44 45 46 47 48 49 Carrie N. Hauptstueck, Vice President 50 51 52 53 ATTEST: 54 Mary Merchanthouse,City Clerk 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65