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HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-27-1986 ,aa- BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MARCH 27, 1986 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular ag 2 session March 27, 1986 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said 3 City. Mr. Brown opened the meeting with Ms. Silberstein and Mr. Willis in attendance. 4 Mr. Willis was appointed by Mayor Frank Waltermann to replace Ms. Cathy Maness. 5 The following business was had to—wit : 6 2• 7 REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY 8 9 Mr. Willis nominated Ms . Silberstein as President of the Board of Public Works and 10 Safety and Mr. Brown as Vice President of the Board of Public Works and Safety, 11 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 13 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 20, 1986 . 14 15 Mr. Brown moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded 16 by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion carried. 17 18 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 19 20 Ms. Silberstein stated the claims due for approval at this time will be incorporated 21 into the claims approval the following week. 22 • 23 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 24 25 Planning Department _ 26 ' 27 Curb Cut Request at West Main and Salisbury Road 28 ' 29 Mr. Dennis Bronston presented the curb cut request of Faith Trinity United Methodist 30 Church. The curb cut would be located 360 feet north of the intersection of West 31 Main and Salisbury Road and would be located on Salisbury Road. Mr. Bronston stated 32 the cut would be for immediate use as an access road for new construction and would 33 later be improved as a drive. Mr. Bronston stated approval of the curb cut had 34 been given by the Traffic Division and the Engineer. 35 36 Mr. Willis moved to approve the curb cut request of Faith—Trinity United Methodist 37 Church for a curb cut on Salisbury Road per request, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 38 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 Final Report on Unsafe Building at 1215 North A Street 41 42 Mr. Bronston informed the Board that both the owner of record and the contract 43 purchaser had been duly notified of the modified order of the Board issued on February 44 13, 1986. Mr. Bronston said that to his knowledge the order has not been complied 45 with as of this date. Mr. Bronston requested the Board to author-ize` the- Plan 46 Department to carry out the Order to secure the building and remove the debris. 47 48 Mr. Willis asked if this was an unsafe building, why was it not being demolished 49 and Mr. Bronston explained that the Board had decided it:'was a structure that could 50 be rehabilitated. 51 52 Ms. Silberstein stated the premises was in line for tax sale. _ 53 iill 54 Mr. Willis expressed that in his opinion it a bad policy look for means to 55 rehabilitate structures when they have been declared unsafe. 56 57 Mr. Brown stated that in light of the previous order of the Board, he moved to 58 authorize the Planning Department to take the necessary steps to secure the unsafe . 59 premises at 1215 North A Street and to remove the debris. 60 61 Mr. Willis indicated that he would second the motion if Mr. Brown would amend it 62 to add a specific time period for sale and if not sold to be demolished. 63 64 Mr. Brown amended his motion to add the property to be sold for rehabilitation by 65 September 1, 1986 or at that time to be demolished. Mr. Willis seconded the amended Board of Works Minutes Cont 'd March 27, 1986 Page 2 1 motion and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 2 3 Purchasing Department 4 5 Set Bid Date for Fire Department Breathing Apparatus 6 7 Purchasing Director Rita Stout requested the Board set April 17, 1986 at 9:00 A.M. 8 to receive bids for a complete breathing air system and 26 complete pressure demand 9 self contained breathing apparatus with 83 facepieces . 10 11 Ms. Stout stated that this request had been approved by the Capital Equipment 12 Committee and that other priorities had been established by the committee and other 13 bids would be forthcoming. 14 15 Mr. Brown moved to set April 17, 1986 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time to receive 16 bids for Fire Department breathing apparatus, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous 17 voice vote the motion was carried. 18 19 Tree Removal Contract 20 21 Ms. Stout informed the Board that the time alloted for the tree removal contract 22 was now complete and that the City would need to investigate the best method for 23 tree removal. Recommendations will be forwarded to the Board in order that another 24 contract can be bid. 25 26 In response to questions by the Board, Ms. Stout stated there were many trees still 27 remaining to be cut and the City would continue to cut trees that were dangerous 28 or in the way of construction or in utility lines until another contract could be 29 bid. Ms. Stout reminded the public that there since there are currently no111 30 authorized persons cutting trees for the City, they should contact her office or 31 the City Attorney if they have questions regarding persons cutting trees in the 32 public right-of-way. 33 34 Fire Department 35 36 Revised Physical Agility Test 37 38 Fire Chief Harbin requested the Board to delete the previously approved agility 39 test for candidates for the Fire Department and adopt a physical agility test 40 consisting of four (4) points instead of the eleven (11) included in the prior 41 test. Chief Harbin stated the newly proposed agility test is one currently being 42 used by the Indianapolis Fire Department and the activities are more job related. 43 44 The proposed agility test includes a 12" hose carry and 21z" hose pull up, raising 45 and lowering the top fly of a 35 foot extension ladder, a twenty foot straight ladder 46 one person raise and an aerial climb. 47 48 Chief Harbin stated that all active Richmond Fire Department personnel would participate 49 in the testing in order to establish a standard deviation curve for acceptance or 50 rejection of candidates. He indicated they would also like to use the stair wells 51 of the Municipal Parking Garage for the testing site. 52 53 Ms. Sue Roberson, Director of Administrative Services , requested the Board in include '' 54 the taking of heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate before the testing 55 and after step three of the testing and to also establish the length of time it 56 takes for a candidates heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate to return 57 to normal after the physical exertion. 58 59 Ms. Silberstein indicated she would like to see the heart rate, blood pressure and 60 respiratory rate checking implemented with the guidance of a physician and asked 61 if there were trained personnel on the department to perform the checking. 62 She suggested the Pension Board physician might be contacted for guidance. 63 64 Chief Harbin stated he would rather not use the Pension Board physician, since they 65 would be included in the pension and disability requirements. I(214 Board of Works Minutes C'ont'd March 27, 1986 Page 3 :,,., ? 1 The Chief indicated since all active Fire Department personnel would be utilized 2 to establish a norm for the testing, that this could possibly become a pension matter. 3 He said they could use a doctor or paramedics with AID Ambulance to be present _ 4 when testing. 5 6 Mr. Willis asked the Chief to expand on the norm to be established. 7 8 Chief Harbin stated that the norm would be established by testing all active Fire 9 Department personnel and a deviation curve would be devised to grade candidates . 10 He said the curve would be on the low side and applicants falling well below the 11 norm would not be considered for hiring on the department . He said they did not 12 expect an applicant to be able to do more than the active firefighters do. 13 14 Mr. Willis stated he would expect a young applicant to be able to do more than a 15 person ready to retire from the department. 16 17 Ms. Silberstein asked the Chief if others using the test judge applicants against 18 the active members of the department or if there were other measurements available. 19 20 Chief Harbin stated they all use local standards which can deviate a lot from 21 location to location. 22 23 Mr. Willis stated that he felt 78 people was not a large enough number to get mean 24 and that it would be mathematically be creating some weaknesses. 25 26 Ms. Silberstein asked if it would be possible to get some information from 27 Indianapolis on their testing that could be incorporated into this testing to help 28 establish a norm and Chief Harbin stated that would not be possible to use their 29 information since they have a mandatory physical fitness program for the active 30 personnel. _ - :, 31 ' 32 Mr. Willis stated that if a candidate would not at least measure to the norm 33 established, you would probably not want that candidate. He said he felt the City 34 would want candidated measuring in the high end of the curve. 35 36 Chief Harbin stated that the local curve could eventually be upgraded with a mandatory 37 physical fitness program established for active personnel . 38 39 Mr. Brown stated he had no problem with establishing a norm for a starting point, 40 but he would like to see a decision made on the testing of the heart rate, etc. 41 and who would be responsible. He asked the Chief to investigate information from 42 such sources as Indianapolis on that point and respond back to the Board the 43 following week. 44 45 Ms. Silberstein agreed with Mr. Brown and stated although Indianapolis is different, 46 the information would be interesting and that it would also be interesting to see 47 the mandatory physical fitness test for making comparisons. 48 49 Mr'. Brown asked how long it would take to test all the active personnel and Chief 50 Harbin stated three (3) days. ----.. 51 52 Ms. Roberson added the she felt the Board would be remiss if they did not get the 53 information from Indianapolis . 54 55 Mr. Willis stated that in order to allow testing of the active firefighters to begin 56 and a starting point to be established, he would move to approve the Revised 57 Physical Agility Test with the addition of the checking of the heart rate, blood 58 pressure and respiratory rate included, seconded1by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 59 vote the motion was carried. 60 61 Ms. Silberstein reminded the Chief that he would need to make arrangements with 62 the Off Street Parking Manager for ,use of the parking garage stair wells. 63 64 General Order No. 1-1986 , 65 Board of Works Minutes Cont 'd March 27, 1986 Page 4 1 Ms. Silberstein asked Chief Harbin what the status was on the inventory of the outer- 2 gear as required completed by the Board in General Order No. 1-1986 issued on March 3 13, 1986. She stated the Board had not yet received the information requested. 4 5 Chief Harbin stated that he felt there were points of clarification necessary and 6 had held up the Order for decisions that will need to be made by the, Board, Local 7 1408 and the Chief regarding exactly what is considered station dress . Chief 8 Harbin stated he had notified the Board and asked for a meeting. 9 10 Ms. Silberstein stated that she had not been notified and neither had Mr. Brown 11 and that the inventory was not referring to station dress or monthly inspections, 12 only the outergear. 13 14 Chief Harbin stated he would perfer to do the inspections all at one time and would 15 like the inspection forms to be in triplicate. 16 17 Ms. Silberstein stated that the inventory reqested on the outergear was to establish 18 a beginning point for the monthly inspections and to be placed in the records to 19 be maintained by the City for OSHA. She stressed that the inventory for the outer- 20 gear was a totally separate function from the station dress and that they would 21 be continued as separate functions in order that separate records could be maintained. 22 23 Mr. Willis stated that he felt the information requested on the outergear could 24 be made available to the Board in two (2) weeks . 25 26 The Chief stated this could not be done, that he would need a month since the general 27 order was not clear. 28 29 Mr. Willis stated the requirements were clear and two (2) weeks was ample time. 30 31 Ms. Silberstein again clarified that the inventory on the outergear is a beginning 32 point for new records on the OSHA equipment and was a totally separate function 33 from the,_monthly'_inspections. r, i 34 35 Police Department 36 37 Ms. Silberstein read the following request from the Police Department: 38 39 Board of Public Works and Safety 40 41 Upon request of Gwen Schroeder, Recreation Division Director of the Department 42 of Parks, I recommend revocation of the police powers of James Downs . 43 44 This action is due to a new program established by the Park Department 45 designating personnel as Park Rangers whereas police powers are unnecessary. 46 47 Request this be effective immediately. 48 49 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz 50 Chief of Police 51 52 Mr. Brown moved to revoke the police powers of James Downs, effective immediately, 53 seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 54 55 Planning Department 56 57 Unsafe Accessory Building Hearing-1018 Butler St. - Date Set 58 59 Mr. Brown moved to set April 17, 1986 at 9:00 A.M. for an unsafe building hearing 60 on an accessory building at 1018 Butler Street, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous 61 voice vote the motion was carried. 62 63 ITEMS UNDER ADVISEMENT 64 65 Grievances Filed by Local 1408 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd March 27, 1986 Page 5 • 1 Ms. Silberstein stated that the Board had anticipated taking some action on Grievance 2 No. 25 and 26-1985 and No. 2-1986 at the meeting of March 27, 1986, but that with 3 a new Board member she suggested delaying any formal response for one (1) week. 4 Mr. Silberstein said this time period will allow Mr. Willis to become familiar with 5 the Grievances and to decide if he wished to participate in the action or abstain. 6 She asked the indulgence of Local 1408 in this matter to insure a proper resolution 7 of the grievances. 8 9 Mr. Barden indicated the Board could set another executive session to acquaint Mr. 10 Willis with the grievances. 11 12 Mr. Brown moved to set March 31, 1986 at 9:00 A.M. for an executive session of the 13 Board of Public Works and Safety for discussion of personnel matters, seconded by 14 Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 Ms. Silberstein stated that only the members of the Board need be in attendance 17 and the Board would contact any witnesses if they were needed. She said the Board 18 would make a final resolution on the grievances on April 3, 1986. 19 20 Miscellaneous Information 21 22 Ms. Rita Stout presented the Board a copy of correspondence, directed to her, from 23 Chief Harbin and noted that the original had been sent to Ms. Maness on March 17, 24 1986. The correspondence did address General Order No. 1-1986 and requested a 25 meeting with the Board for clarification. 26 27 Ms. Silberstein stated that the correspondence was never received by any of the 28 Board members in the absence of Ms. Maness. ' III 29 30 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 31 32 South 4th Street Fair 33 34 Gertrude Ward, Centerville, Indiana, presented the request from the Neighborhood 35 Preservations Services for the use of South 4th Street from the intersection of 36 South B Street to the intersection with South E Street for the Fourth Street Arts 37 and Crafts Fair in October. Ms . Ward stated the Fair would be on October 4th and 38 5th with October llth and 12th as rain dates. Hours of the Fair would be from 39 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Ms. Ward said that all residents of the area will be 40 notified and are encouraged to participate in the Fair. 41 42 Ms. Ward also asked permission for a horse drawn carriage ride going from South 43 4th and B to 4th and D and then to South 3rd Street back to B Street and to the 44 point of origin. 45 46 Ms. Ward stated that in the past the Richmond Park Department and the Richmond Street 47 Department have been very helpful by providing barricades and trash containers. 48 49 Traffic Captain Farmer stated there were no problems with the Traffic Division and 50 requested Ms. Ward to have the owners of the horse carriage contact the Police 51 Department to make certain the carriage is properly marked. 52 1111 53 Ms. Silberstein reminded Ms . Ward that proof of insurance must be filed with the 54 City Clerk thirty (30) days prior to the event. 55 56 Mr. Brown moved to approve the use of South 4th Street from South B to South E between "`'' 57 the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on October 4, 1986 and October 5, 1986 with 58 rain date to be on October 11, 1986 and October 12, 1986 for the; Fourth StreetL.Fair 59 and to also approve the horse carriage route, subject to the filing of proof of 60 insurance, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 61 62 Residential Handicapped Parking Designation - 1012 N.W. D Street 63 64 The renewal application of Everett Mayer for a residential handicapped parking space 65 at 1012 N.W. D Street was presented. Captain Farmer recommended the approval of • Board of Works Minutes Cont 'd March 27, 1986 Page 6 1 request, since it continued to meet the guidelines. 2 3 Mr. Brown moved to approve the renewal request of Everett Mayer for a residential 4 handicapped parking space at 1012 N.W. D Street, seconded by Mr. Willis and on 5 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 6 7 Residential Handicapped Parking Designation - 133 South 12th Street 8 9 The request of Gladys Wyatt for a residential handicapped parking space at 133 South 10 12th Street was presented. Captain Farmer stated the request meets the guidelines 11 and recommended approval. He indicated that Ms. Wyatt had a designation prior and 12 had moved out of the City and had now returned to Richmond. 13 14 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request of Gladys Wyatt for a residential handicapped 15 parking space at 133 South 12th Street, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous 16 voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 Removal of Parking - 1100 and 1200 Blocks of South 0 Street 19 20 Captain Farmer presented a petition from three (3) of the four (4) residents residing 21 in the 1100 and 1200 blocks of South 0 Street to remove the parking on the north 22 side of the two (2) block area. Captain Farmer stated that the residents on the 23 north side of the street have off street parking available to them and this would 24 prevent drives being blocked and help to open up a street that can become very 25 congested. 26 27 Mr. Brown moved to remove the on street parking on the north side of the 1100 and 28 1200 blocks of South 0 Street, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote 29 the motion was carried. 30 31 ADJOURNMENT 32 33 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 34 meeting was adjourned. 35 36 37 Susan Silberstein, President 38 39 40 ATTEST: 41 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 `: 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65