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Home My Public Portal About07-05-1985 1411 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICH JD, INDIANA, JULY 5, 1985 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular 2 session July 5, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. 3 Ms. .Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein in attendance. The following 4 business was had to-wit: 5 6 9:00 A.M. BID OPENING FOR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT 7 8 Ms. Maness requested all bids be turned in for Protective Clothing for the Fire 9 Department. Having received all bids, Ms. Silberstein moved to close the bidding, 10 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 11 12 Ms. Maness examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. Ms. 13 Silberstein moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Mr. 14 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 The following bids were received: . 17 18 1. Cronk Fire and Safety. The bid was on proper form, signed and notarized 19 and accompanied with t bid bond in 10% of the total bid. The bid was for 20 13,808.33. 21 22 2. Midwest Fire and Safety Equipment Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. 23 The bid was on the proper form, signed and notarized and accompanied by a bid 24 bond in 10% of the total bid. The bid was for 13,245.80. 25 26 3. Hoosier Fire Equipment Corporation of Valpariso. The bid was on the 27 - proper form, signed and notarized and accompanied by a bid bond in 10% of the III 28 total bid. The bid was for 14,525.00,.not including letters of names, 29 . which would be individually priced. . 30 31 Ms. Silberstein moved to refer the bids for Protective Clothing for the Fire DepaLLulent 32 to the Purchasing Director for tabulation, evaluation and recommendation, seconded 33 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 34 35 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 27, 1985 36 37 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, 38 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 . 40 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT . 41 42 There were no claims presented for payment. _ . 43 44 REPORT ON RESIDENTIAL PARKING DESIGNATION REQUEST FOR SOUTH 6TH STREET 45 46 Ms. Silberstein reported that the report made no recommendation regarding the request 47 to become a residential parking. district. _The. surveys. conducted by Captain Woganan 48 indicated that the area did not appear to meet the standard set out by Ordinance'for 49 75% useage of all available spaces. . . 50 51 Ms. Silberstein stated that the report recommended the encouragement of Downtown 52 employees to be courteous to the residents living in the downtown area and that III53 the City should make efforts to encourage the use of downtown parking facilities 54 to help alleviate the problem of parking in the residential areas. 55 56 The request will be presented to the Common Council in Ordinance form for the Council 57 to make final decision on the request. 58 59 Ms. Silberstein moved to adopt the report on the Residential Parking Designation for 60 the 100 Block of South 6th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 61 vote the motion was carried. 62 63 IMPARTMENT REQUESTS AND CATS 64 65 Purchasing DepaL Lment • 06 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd July 5, 1985 Page 2 1 Set Date to Receive Bids for Resurfacing of Whitewater Boulevard and Reconstruction 2 of S.W. 2nd Street 3 4 Set Date to Receive Bids for Two (2) Trucks, One (1) Snowplow and One (1) 5 Salt Spreader for Street DepaLdaent 6 7 Mr. Brown moved to set August 1, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time to receive 8 bids for the resurfacing of Whitewater Boulevard, the reconstruction of S.W. 2nd 9 Street, two (2) trucks, one (1) snowplow and one (1) saltspreader, seconded by 10 Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.- 11 12 Planning DepaL Lnent 13 14 Set Date for Inoperable Vehicle Hearing 15 16 Mr. Brown moved to set July 25, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. for inoperable vehicle hearings 17 at 1002, 1006 and 1008 Butler Street, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous 18 voice vote the motion was carried. 19 20 Finding of Fact on Unsafe Building at 410 North 16th Street 21 22 The formal Finding of Fact on unsafe premises located at 410 North 16th Street on 23 property owed by Odis and Mary Mildred Lady was presented for execution. The .24 Finding of Fact showed the Board held public hearings on May 30, 1985 and June 6, 25 1985 at which time the Board affirmed the order on the property. 26 27 Ms. Silberstein moved to adopt and execute the Finding of Fact on the unsafe 28 premises located at 410 North 16th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 29 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 30 31 Public Works - Rose View Transit 32 33 Addendum No. 5 between the City of Richmond and Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1474 34 35 Ms. Janet Sams, Manager of Rose View Transit System presented the agreed upon Addendum 36 to the Professional Negotiation Agreement between the City of Richmond and 37 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1474. The Addendum sets the per hour rate of pay 38 for 1986 and changes the section on clothing allowance to allow- the City to purchase 39 specified amounts of uniforms for the drivers., The Addendum has been executed by 40 representatives of Local 1747. 41 42 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve and execute Addendum No. 5 between the City of 43 Richmond and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1474, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 44 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 45 46 Fire Department 47 48 Hiring of New Firefighter - Larry Groff 49 50 Assistant Fire Chief Don Atkins presented the following request: 51 52 I respectfully request the appointment of a new firefighter, Larry Groff, 53 effective Saturday, July 6, 1985. 54 55 Larry Groff has met the physical requirements and was approved 56 by the Local Firemen's Pension Board, subject to the acceptance by 57 P.E.R.F. 58 59 /s/ Don Atkins 60 61 Ms. Maness stated the minutes of the Pension Board meeting held on June 28, 1985 62 show were attached to the request and showed acceptance of Larry Groff into the 63 Pension Fund. 64 65 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the appointment of Larry Groff as a Probationary Board of Works Minutes Cont'd July 5, 1985 Page 3 1 Firefighter, subject to final approval by P.E.R.F., efective July 6, 1985, seconded 2 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Mayor Frank H. Waltezmann administered the oath of office to Mr. Groff. 5 Congratulations of the Board were extended to Mr. Groff. 6 7 Use of Fire Trucks for M.D. "Fill the Boot" 8 9 Assistant Fire Chief Don Atkins presented the following request: 10 11 Request permission to use the fire trucks for the annual "Fill-the-Boot" 12 campaign in the fight against Muscular Dystrophy, July 19, 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. 13 and July 20, 12:00 Noon to 9:00 P.M. On and off duty personnel would 14 man the trucks at entrances to the major shopping centers and all trucks • 15 would stay in service. 16 17 /s/ Lt. Wayne Jackson 18 Muscular Dystrophy Chairman 19 20 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to use fire trucks for the M.D. 21 Fill-the-Boot campaign on July 19, 1985 and July 20, 1985, seconded by Mr. 22 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 23 24 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 25 26 Residential Handicapped Parking Designation - 304 North 18th 27 III 28 The request of Mr. Floyd Laurence of 304 North 18th Street for a residential 29 handicapped parking designation was presented to the Board. Mr. Laurence has 30 Handicapped Permit No. 13764. 31 32 Ms. Silberstein moved to table this request due to the absence of a representative 33 of the Traffic Division at the Board meeting, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 34 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 36 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 37 . 38 Rate Increase Request by Clearview Cable TV 39 40 Ms. Maness read the formal request received on June 27, 1985 fran Clearview Cable 41 TV for a rate increase. The requested increase is for $3.00 raising the rate from 42 $8.30 to $11.30 and is connection with a proposal to increase the channel 43 capacity by the addition of fifteen (15) channels. 44 45 In accordance with the Franchise Agreement, Ms. Silberstein moved to set a joint 46 meeting with the Telecommunications Council and the Board of Public Works and Safety 47 for the informal discussion of the proposed rate increase to determine if this 48 increase is fair to the public and does not allow an unduly high rate of return to 49 Clearview Cable on Tuesday, July 9, 1985 at 7:30 p.m. in the Board of Works Room, 50 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 Grievances No. 14, 15, and 16-1985 filed on behalf of the Firefighters III 53 54 Mr. Jim Sticco, Grievance Chairman for Local 1408 presented Grievances No. 14, .15 55 and 16-1985 regarding clothing allowance. 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