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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICBMOND, INDIANA, OCTOBER 31, 1985
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular
2 session, October 31, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said
3 City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein in attendance.
III4 The following business was had to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 24, 1985
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8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,
9 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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13 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 182,678.68, seconded
14 by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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16 TABLED ITEMS .
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18 Petition for Vacation of South 4th Street
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20 Mr. Barden explained to the Board that for the vacation of South 4th Street between
21 Main and A Streets, the Board must initiate a Declaratory Resolution to vacate the
22 Street and then it will be procedurally handled by Ordinance of the Common
23 Council and public hearing and recommendation of the Plan Coiiuuission.
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25 Mr. Barden stated that collateral agreements on the vacation of the street such as
26 snow removal, street lights, traffic and parking control and maintenance can be
27 addressed in ordinance form at the Common Council level rather that the Board of
I28 Works address these issues in the Declaratory Resolution.
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30 Mr. Barden stated there were no objections from the utilities as long as the
31 easements were preserved.
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33 Mr. Dennis Bronston of South 17th Street stated that he uses South 4th Street between
34 Main and A Streets as a public right-of-way on his way to and from work and
35 questioned why this street needed to be vacated if there were no contemplated
36 changes in parking, traffic or signal pattern.
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38 Mr. Barden stated the request arose out of the City Engineer's Office and also to
39 address the issue of the County owning the property on both sides of the street
40 and personnel crossing the street. The vacation will also allow control of this
41 portion of the street to be in the hands of one body for decisions such as special
42 uses for Rose Festival, etc.
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44 Ms. Silberstein asked about references to structural maintenance of the bricks and
.45 Ms. Maness indicated she would prefer that this reference to maintenance and
46 responsibilities be incorporated into the Resolution.
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48 Mr. Barden stated that the Declaratory Resolution is a petition to initiate the
49 vacation process and that other concerns can be addresses at the ordinance level.
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51 Ms. Maness asked about the portion of the Resolution stating "the Board of Public
52 Works and Safety hereby agrees to assist the Wayne County Commissioners in
III53 maintaining said vacated portion in conjunction with its other normal street
54 maintenance activities." Ms. Maness inquired if the Plan Cunuuission knows who is
55 responsible for what and Mr. Barden stated that the Plan Commisison would refer to
56 Mr. Willis for specifics of who pay for what.
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58 Mr. Gregg O'Maley, County Attorney, informed the Board that he liked the idea of
59 maintenance responsibilities being addressed in the Resolution for at least
60 preliminary information. Mr. O'Maley stated the County has no intent to close
61 the street nor has held no discussion on the use of the property, but are •
62 reacting to a request by the City to vacate the street.
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64 Mr. Barden stated that currently he has been unable to cone up with satisfactory
65 language for all parties involved and felt it would be best for the Council to
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1 address the maintenance responsibility issues in ordinance. He stated the Council
2 must notify all abutting property owners of the public hearing and at that time
3 the County Commissioners would have to address the issue.
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.5 Ms. Silberstein asked if the the Resolution could be amended to clarify it by
6 stating "however, the Board of Public Works and Safety hereby agrees to assist the
7 Wayne County Commissioners in maintaining said vacated portion in conjunction
8 with its other normal non-structural street maintenance activities".
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10 Mr. Barden stated these issues should be addressed in public hearing before the Plan
11 Commission and the Common Council and the Board of Works as the petitioner can
12 address the issues at that time.
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14 Ms. Silberstein asked if the Board could withdraw the petition if they are not
15 satisfied with the division of maintenance responsibilities and Mr. Barden stated
16 they could withdraw their petition.
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18 Mls. Silberstein moved to adopt the Declaratory Resolution to Vacate South 4th Street
19 from Main to A Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on a voice vote with Ms. Maness
20 voting no the motion was carried.
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22 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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24 Law Department
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26 Joint Meeting of Board of Works and Police Merit Commission
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28 Ms. Silberstein moved to set a special meeting of the Board of Public Works and
29 Safety with the Police Merit Commission on December 10, 1985 at 7:00 P.M. in the
30 Couuuunity Room in the Municipal Building, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous
31 voice vote the motion was carried.
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33 Fire Department
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35 Advancement of Scott Simmons to First Class Firefighter
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37 Fire Chief David Harbin informed the Board that Probationary Firefighter Scott
38 Simmons had successfully completed his probationary year and Mr. Harbin recommended
39 the advancement of Mr. Simmons to First Class Firefighter effective October 29, 1985.
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41 Mr. Brown moved to approved the advancement of Scott Simmons to .First Class
42 Firefighter, effective October 29, 1985, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on
43 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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45 Approval of Fire Department Personnel to Attend Training Seminars
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47 Chief Harbin requested permission from the Board for certain personnel of the Fire
48 DepaiUiient to attend courses offered by IUPUI on Fire and Building Code
49 Technology. He stated that only two persons would be attending any one session.
50 He said the courses would be on the 1985 Indiana Building Codes which have
51 recently been updated and on Fire Prevention. The Chief said that starting in the
52 Spring of 1986 it was the plan of the Fire Department to use fire suppression
53 personnel to do pre-planning inspections of all commercial and industrial
54 buildings along with voluntary home inspections.
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56 Ms. Silberstein asked Chief Harbin if it was his intention to send the
57 appropriate personnel to the appropriate conference such as Fire Prevention personnel
58 to the Fire Prevention Courses. Chief Harbin stated that primarily Fire
59 Prevention personnel and the Assistant Chief would be attending the courses and
60 that personnel attending the courses would be communicating with other personnel
61 at the stations.
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63 Mr. Brown asked if this meant they would be explaining the materials in the courses
64 to other firefighters and Chief Harbin said that after the courses all personnel
65 would be attending joint in house meetings to explain what to look for in violations.
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1MS. Silberstein cutmented on the large dollar amount for the couses with a direct
2 benefit to so few employees and would funds be available for basic training of all
III 3 fire department personnel the remainder of 1985.
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5 Chief Harbin stated the cost of the couses would deplete his 1985 training budget,
6 but that other funds were available for basic training costs.
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8 Ms. Silberstein requested Chief Harbin furnish the Board with the schedules of what
9 personnel would be attending which course.
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11 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request of the Fire" Department- for designated personnel
12 to attend the training courses as specified, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on
13 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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15 Mr. Brown asked Chief Harbin about the voluntary house inspections and how these
16 would be accomplished. Mr. Harbin explained that the Fire Department would
17 utilize the media and would be inspecting for items such as wiring, heating, .
18 storage of materials and smoke detectors. There would be no official citings,
19 but recommendations or answers to questions.
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21 Purchasing Depailiuent
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23 Award Bid for Resurfacing of South 3rd Street .
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25 The Purchasing Director, Rita Stout, recommended to the Board that the bid be
26 awarded to Stone Valley Paving at a cost of 3,225.00 for the resurfacing of
27 South 3rd Street from A to B. Ms: Stout stated the other bid was from CUI and was
I28 for a price of 3,366.75.
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30 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bid for the resurfacing of South 3rd Street from
31 Main to A Street to Stone Valley Paving at 3,225.00, seconded by Mr. Brown and
32 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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34 Sale of Trees at Landfill
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36 Ms. Stout explained to the Board that the Sanitary District needed area cleared of
37 trees for use at the landfill.
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39 Ms. Maness asked why the contract was before the Board of Works and not the Sanitary
40 Commissioners and why they had chosen Browning Logging Company.
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42 Ms. Stout explained it was being handled through the Board of Works due to the
43 Resolution designating that power to the Board and it was being handled by
44 contract for liability purposes. Ms. Stout stated that Browning Logging Company
45 was the only response to inquiries and they would be paying the City per board
46 foot not per tree.
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48 MS. Maness asked if the value of the trees were more than $500.00 and if so they
49 would have to be declared surplus property to be sold.
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51 Ms. Stout stated that in her professional opinion the trees would not be worth more
52 than 500.00.
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54 Ms. Maness requested the contract be tabled for one week to check on the value of
55 the trees. The contract for the sale of trees at the landfill will return on the
56 November 7, 1985 agenda.
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58 Removal of Trees on City Right-of-Way
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60 Ms. Stout informed the Board that over 300 trees had been reported to the City to
61 be cut and that all trees reported in the future would be placed on the list for
62 1986 unless there was an emergency situation involved.
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1 Controller's Office
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3 Ms. Maness presented two (2) more items for sale at the 1985 City Auction. The
4 items were a chair and desk located in the City Building.
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6 Ms. Silberstein moved to declare one (1) chair and one (1) desk obsolete and for
7 public sale, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
8 carried.
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10 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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12 Sale of Land to Trinity Broadcasting
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14 Ms. Maness read the following memo into the minutes for clarification on the
15 proposed sale of property by the City to Trinity Broadcasting:
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17 From: Kenneth E. Barden
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19 From a discussion with Mr. James Puckett, attorney for Trinity Broadcasting,
20 on October 16, 1985, Kings Title and Abstract conducted a title search at the
21 subject property and discovered that the City apparently only owns the right-
22 of-way interest and not fcc simple title to the subject property. Apparently,
23 the fcc simple title belongs to the State of Indiana. Mr. Puckett indicated
24 that he will confirm the accuracy of this opinion and in the event that the
25 City does not own more than just the right-of-way, apparently the sale will
26 not be necessary. Mr. Puckett did state that if Trinity Broadcasting
27 subsequently acquires the property they may petition the City for vacation of
28 the right-of-way at sane point in the future.
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30 ADJOURIT
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32 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the
33 meeting was adjourned.
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36 Cathy A. Maness, President
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40 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk
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