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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-21-1984 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 21, 1984 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in 2 regular session June 21, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Mr. Brown presided with Ms. Silberstein in attendance. Ms. Maness 4 was absent. The following business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF CORRECTED MINUTES OF JUNE 14, 1984 7 8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting with the 9 following correction: Page 2, line 59 regarding the Townsend Center request, 10 change the date of June 27, 1984 to July 27, 1984, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 11 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 13 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 14 15 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 78,227.37, 16 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 TABLED ITEMS 19 20 Approval of Massage Parlor Permit for the Body Shop - 534 Promenade 21 22 Mr. Barden told the Board that all investigations had been completed for the 23 permit for a Massage Parlor to operate at 534 Promenade and he recommended the 24 Board approve the permit subject to the-facility being in compliance with Section 25 115.12 of the Code of Ordinances dealing with certain necessary equipment and 26 plumbing. 27 . 28 Ms. Hancock and Mr. Brown, applicants, felt they could meet these- standards within 111 29 six (6) months of this date. . 30 31 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the application of the Body Shop' at 534 Promenade 32 to operate as a massage parlor specializing in myotherapy subject to the facility 33 meeting the requirements of Section 115.12 of the Code of Ordinances within six 34 (6) months from this date, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the 35 motion was carried. 36 - 37 Withdrawal of request of Townsend Center to close North H Street for Summer Programs. 38 • 39 Mr. Brown read the following from a letter sent by- Rev.- Eugene Spicer, Director 40 of Townsend Center: _ 41 42 I would like to at this time withdraw my request .to. have North H Street 43 closed during .the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, .from June 18th 44 through July 27th. 45 46 As we continue our efforts to provide the community with educational and 47 _recreational experience, we- have decided at this point not to use the city 48 streets of Richmond. - . 49 - 50 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS - 51 . 52 City Attorney . . . 53 54 Awarding of Bus Bench Advertising to Indiana Football Hall of Fame 55 - - 56 Mr. Barden presented the following outline on the bids for the Bus Bench Advertising: 57 58 Bidder Term of Offer % paid to City Other .Details 59 .. . . . 60 Bench- Ad of May 10, 1984 to . 25% of all gross City to maintain, repair 61 Indiana .- . May 9, 1986 sales ... and upkeep of benches 62 63 Indiana Foot- July 1, 84 to June 30% of all rentals Bidder to maintain, 64 ball Hall of 30, 87 or July 1, 84 received repair benches at its 65 Fame to June 30, 85 expense. / ;0 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1984 Page 2 1 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the bid of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame 2 to sell advertising on City owned bus benches for the period of July 1, 1984 3 to June 30, 1987 with a 30% return paid to the City on all rentals and to 4 authorize the City Attorney to prepare the necessary contracts for execution 5 asre(fuired, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 6 was carried. 7 8 Bids for demolition of Unsafe Buildings at 1002 Butler Street and 316-318 North 18th 9 10 Mr. Barden told the Board that he had contacted the State Board of Accounts regarding 11 the bids submitted for the demolition of the unsafe buildings and that under Home 12 Rule the Board could treat the bids received as quotes and award it to the best 13 quote or they could require new bids be submitted. Currently the Planning and 14 Economic Development Department does not have the funds to award the bid and Mr. 15 Barden recommended the Board table this item until the funding is located. 16 17 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the awarding of bids for the demolition of unsafe 18 buildings at 1002 Butler Street and 316-318 North 18th Street until the funding 19 is located, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 20 carried. This item will be tabled until the next meeting. 21 22 Approval of Standardized Contract for mowing services for enforcement of City Weed 23 Ordinance 24 25 Mr. Barden presented a standardized Contract by and between the City of Richmond 26 through the Planning Department and outside contractors to provide mowing services 27 to assist the City in the enforcement of the Weed Control Ordinance. This 28 contract requires liability insurance and aisa the indemnification of the 29 City for any damage or injury to person or property. Mr. Barden also recommended 30 the Board establish a maximum hourly rate to be paid for the services provided 31 by the contractors of 30.00 per hour. 32 1111 33 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the execution of the standarized contract by 34 the Board of Works and to authorize the Planning Department to use this contract 35 for mowing services with a maximum amount of 30.00 per hour to be paid for labor 36 furnished by the contractor, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the 37 motion was carried. 38 39 Police Department 40 41 Lt. Ron Williams of the Traffic Division presented a recommendation from the 42 State of Indiana Department of Highways regarding the intersection of US 40 43 and S.W. 5th Street. The State is recommending, as a response from the local 44 Traffic Division for a turn arrow for West bound traffic at this intersection, 45 to restrict westbound to southbound movement during the hours of 3:00 to 6:00 P.M. 46 by the posting of a NO LEFT TURN 3-6 PM. 47 48 Lt. Williams stated this no left turn 3 to 6 pm daily would create a hardship for 49 Cox's Market and would make violators of the motorists using this intersection. 50 The Traffic Division has requested the State to reconsider and a State Traffic 51 Engineer will talk to the City. There have been seven (7) accidents at this 52 intersection this year with three (3) of them being personal injury accidents. 53 Lt. Williams feels the State will be objective and stated the traffic signal is 54 already wired for a left turn arrow. 55 56 In a letter to the Board Captain Wogoman recommended that the Board not sign the 57 concurrence form, and the State be advised to leave the intersection as it is, 58 until the traffic volume meets the warrants for the Turn Arrows. 59 60 Ms. Silberstein moved to not execute the concurrence form and ask for reconsideration 61 by the State Highway Division on their recommendation to restrict the West to South 62 ;turn movement from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 40 and S.W. 5th, 63 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 64 65 /30 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1984 Page 3 1 Retirement of Captain Dudley G. Goodwin from the Richmond Police Department 2 . 3 The following letter was read to the Board: 4 5 Dear Board Members: 6 7 Attached find a copy of the letter of retirement from Capt. Dudley G. Goodwin, 8 effective June 27, 1984. 9 10 I recommend acceptance of Capt. Goodwin' s retirement as he has exceeded the 11 minimum 20 years service for retirement. 12 13 Capt. Goodwin has served the City of Richmond for twenty one years, three 14 months and 27 days. 15 16 I further recommend he be placed on the retired roll as of June 28, 1984. 17 18 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz 19 Chief of Police 20 21 22 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the retirement of Dudley G. Goodwin effective June 23 27, 1984, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 The Board extended their best wishes to Mr. Goodwin and thanked him for his years 26 of dedicated service. 27 • 28 Advancement of Charles R. Fitzgerald to Patrolman 29 30 The following letter was read to the Board: 11111 31 32 Dear Board Members: 33 34 I recommend that Officer Charles R. Fitzgerald be advanced from the rank of 35 Probationary Patrolman to that of Patrolman on the Richmond Police Department. 36 37 This officer has successfully completed his probationary period as required. 38 39 Request that this be effective June 20, 1984. 40 41 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz 42 Chief of Police 43 . L4 Ms. Silberstein moved to advance Officer Charles .R. Fitzgerald from the rank of L5 Probationary Patrolman to Patrolman effective June 20, 1984, seconded by Mr. Brown L6 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 47 . 48 Fire Department 49 . . 50 Fire Chief Larry Bosell presented the May Monthly Report to the Board and requested 51 the following letter be entered into the minutes: 52 • . . 53 RE: NFPA Educational Training Project 54 . 55 Dear Board Members: 56 57 Our Department had the unique opportunity to participate in the production of 58 of a training program for the National Fire Protection Association. Thanks is 59 extended to the following persons and organizations who helped with this 60 project: -- 61 . 62 1. The Indiana State Fire Marshall's Office . 63 2. Connersville Fire. Department • 64 3. George Clinton and Associates 65 4. George Sowers, Attorney at Law /31 . Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1984 Page 4 1 5. Richmond Glove Company 2 6. Mike Delucio and Son Excavating 3 7. Rax Roast Beef Restaurant 4 8. Lamp Post Restaurant 5 9. Richmond Gas Company 6 10. Richmond Water Works 7 11. Richmond Power & Light 8 12. Aid Ambulance 9 13. Richmond Police Department 10 14. Richmond Street Department 11 15. Mosey Manufacturing Company, Inc. 12 16. Richmond State Hospital 13 17. Mr. and Mrs. David Wingate 14 18. Barker's Fireplace Shop 15 19. Mayor Waltermann's Office 16 20. Ken Barden, City Attorney 17 18 An educational audio visual slide presentation will be produced by the NFPA 19 entitled, "Engine and Ladder Company Operations" . The production company here 20 consisted of five people who took over 2,500 slides as the Richmond Fire 21 suppression personnel went through various firefighting operations. 22 23 The men of platoon "A" and "C" that participated in the program are to be 24 commended for the excellent cooperation and patience during the entire operation. 25 The NFPA has called to thank our personnel for their excellent cooperation. 26 The project was very educational for our personnel, but at the same time was 27 difficult and hard work. We reported two minor injuries during the filming, 28 one being a strained muscle of the forearm, and the other was a minor burn to 29 the lower part of the eye lid. The entire staff of the Fire. Department was 30 used for support personnel to make sure things went smoothly. 311/1 32 As Fire Chief, it was an extremely proud moment for me to accept the 33 compliments from the NFPA personnel about the excellent cooperation and work 34 of the Richmond Community and the Fire Defense personnel. Therefore, it would 35 be pleasing also to make this report a part of the record of the Board of 36 Public Works and Safety. 37 38 /s/ Larry H. Bosell 39 Fire Chief 40 41 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and file the Monthly Report of the Fire Department 42 and to make the letter to the NFAP a part of the record of the Board of Public Works 43 and Safety, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 44 45 Recognition of Firefighters attending Tactic School 46 47 Fire Chief Bosell presented the following names to the Board for attendance at 48 Tactics School: Harold Wayne Jackson, Michael J. Allen, Bill N. Jackson, Michael 49 C. Parks, William E. Haller, Gayle L. Cross, Vincent E. DeVito, Michael A. Foust, 50 Kevin Jay Harrell, Donald L. Kemper, Richard Longer, John E. Meredith, James M. Perrin, 51 Floyd A. Potter, John L. Rantanen, William E. Russell, David Stout, Oscar R. Abner, 52 and Alan L. Ward. David H. White and Robert Goodwin attended Instructor School. 53 54 Ms. Silberstein extended the Board' s thanks to these Firefighters.. 55 56 Planning & Economic Development 57 58 Approval of Driveway & Curb Cut Petition for Rax Restaurant-215 National Rd. West 59 60 Mr. Dan Dooley presented the Driveway and Curb Cut Petition for Rax Restaurant 61 located at 215 National Road West for two (2) curb cuts on National Road and one (1) 62 on S.W. 2nd Street. The State Highway Commission has approved the curb cuts on 63 National Road West and the Traffic Division, Engineering Department and Planning 64 Department have all approved these curb cuts. 65 /3•* Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1984 Page 5 1 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the Driveway and Curb Cut Petition of Rax 2 Restaurant for curb cuts on National Road West. and S.W. 2nd Street, seconded by 3 Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 4 5 Committee Formed to study Traffic Visibility Problem at N.W. 5th and Pearl Streets 6 7 Mr. Dennis Bronston brought to the attention of the Board a traffic visibility 8 problem at the intersection of N.W. 5th and Pearl Streets caused by shrubs owned 9 by Mr. William Williams of 202 N.W. 5th Street. Mr. Bronston has contacted Mr. 10 Williams to try and resolve the problem and recommended to the Board that Mr. Williams 11 be invited to a Board meeting at some future date to discuss this problem. 12 13 Mr. Brown suggested that in keeping with other action by the Board that a Committee 14 be formed consisting of Ralph Willis, Mr. Brown, a member of the Traffic Division, 15 Mr. Bronston and a citizen member if possible to study the problem and recommend 16 the appropriate action to be taken. 17 18 Ms. Silberstein moved to form a .Committee consisting of Mr. Brown, Ralph Willis, 19 Dennis Bronston,-_a Police Representative and a citizen member if possible to 20 make recommendations to the Board in two (2) weeks regarding the traffic visibility 21 problem at N.W. 5th and Pearl Streets, seconded by Mr. Brown• and on unanimous voice 22 vote the motion was carried. 23 24 Status Report on unsafe building at 321 N.W. E Street - Mrs. Rhonda Lawrence 25 26 Mr. Bronston reported that Mrs. Lawrence had obtained a wrecking permit to remove 27 a structure at the rear of the property and that no other permits have been issued. 28 29 Mr. Martel Winburn of the Wayne County Health Department reported that he had made 30 several inquiries to get help for Mrs. Lawrence and all responses were in the negative. 31 He hasn't notice any ernest effort on the part of Mrs. Lawrence to clean up the 32 property and has not been able to contact Mrs. Lawrence. 33 34 It was noted that after being in contact with Mr. John Sayre, Attorney for the 35 estate selling the property to Mrs. Lawrence on contract, that it appears the property 36 may revert back to the deed owner. 37 38 Ms. Silberstein commented that the extension of time for improvements to be made to 39 this property was July 1, 1984 and at that time the unsafe building hearing would 40 be brought back for-consideration. 41 42 Public Works Department _ 43 44 Approval to change the naive of the CORTA Bus Service 45 46 Ralph Willis told the members of the Board that the name City of Richmond Transit 47 Authority (CORTA) was a misnomer since no transit authority exists and this causes 48 confusion and the name has become a problem. It is the recommendation of Mr. Doug 49 Cross of the Indiana Department of Transportation to change the name of the bus 50 service. Mr. Willis suggest that the City have a contest and let the riders of the 51 buses decide on the new name of the bus lines. 52 53 Ms. Silberstein questioned the cost of the name change. Mr. Willis indicated that 54 they currently are redesigning route maps in connection with the studies and possible 55 routes for school children and funds in the amount of 2,800.00 has already been 56 scheduled for this. They are also taking steps to sell advertising 'on the outside 57 of the buses and this would be a very appropriate time to change thejname of the bus 58 lines at very little cost to the City. The deadline for these changes is August. 59 60 Mr. Silberstein stated it would be nice to tie the name change in with the Rose 61 Festival Activities, but noted this would be short notice to accomplish that. 62 She also suggested several prizes be awarded to make more interest in the contest. 63 64 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the name change for the CORTA Bus S'ervice .with the 65 name being determined byLa _contest to be arranged by Mr. Willis, seconded by Mr. Brown 66 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. i /33 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1984 Page 6 1 Permission to study bus route extensions for school students and to offer students 2 a Student Discount Pass for a Half Price Ride to and from school 3 4 Mr. Willis told the Board that the City is working with the Richmond Community 5 Schools to modify routes into residential areas identified by the Schools 6 to assist the schools in transportation to and from the new four (4) year 7 high school and the middle schools. These routes would only be offered twice 8 daily to and from school. Mr. Willis also indicated that they would like to offer 9 a Student Discount Pass for a half price ride and the cards would be issued through 10 the Office of the City Clerk similar to the discount passes for the elderly and 11 disabled.' 12 13 Mayor Waltermann told. the Board that he had initiated contact with the schools regarding 14 this transportation and that he and the Clerk have worked closely with Don Petro 15 and Dr. Tim Jackson to assist the transportation problem of the schools and to 16 increase ridership of the bus lines. This arrangement would be beneficial to both 17 parties. 18 19 Mr. David=Leff el, president of the union representing the bus drivers requested that 20 the drivers be contacted regarding input into the route extensions. 21 22 Ms. Silberstein moved to grant permission to work with the school system and to 23 extend routes identified by the school to assist in the transportation of school. 24 children twice daily with the input of the drivers and to bring the routes back 25 to the Board for approval and to also grant permission to issue student passes 26 for a half price ride for these two trips daily, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 27 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. - 28 29 Board of Works 30 _ - 31 Approval of CORTA Wage Agreement for 1985 32 33 Addendum No. Four to the CORTA Employees Contract was presented to the Board for 34 their consideration. The Addendum outlines the wage agreement between the City 35 of Richmond and Local 1474 representing the bus drivers. The offer includes an 36 increase in wages to 7.00 per hour (3.6% increase) , changing the requirement for 37 additional vacation days from two (2) years to one (1) year and increasing the 38 the maximum days. to 23, the addition of: two (2) personal days, changing the 39 bereavement days to add mother/ and or father in law and increasing the life 40 insurance to 10,000.00. 41 42 Mr. David Leffel, President of Local 1474 thanked the City for the good negotiations 43 and recommended the Board approve the Addendum. 44 45 Ms. Maness, in a memo to the Board, also requested the Board accept the Addendum. 46 L7 Ms. Silberstein...moved to accept Addendum No. Four to the Agreement between the 48 City of Richmond and Amalgamated Transit Union, Local Union No. 1474 for the year L9 1985 for wages, personal days, bereavement days, vacation and life insurance, 50 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 Approval of Police Contract for 1985 53 54 Mr. Brown outlined the offer for the Police for 1985 that has been accepted by 55 the Police and was, negotiated by the City and the FOP Bargaining Unit Wage 56 Committee as presented by Ms. Maness in a memo to the Board: 57 58 A 4% wage increase to base Patrolman, 5 additional vacation days, inclusion of 59 longevity in the computation of all compensation items, computation of Court 60 ' time at time and one-half, recognizing the John Henninger Lodge as the Bargaining 61 Unit, 1 additional day to those not covered by the 5-day week, 3 additional 62 personal days, increase in shift differential pay to 400.00 for both 2nd and 3rd 63 shift and a change in longevity pay from a set amount per year of service to 64 .5% / man/ year of base pay. . 65 /31( Board of:_Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1984, Page 7 1 Ms. Maness also recommended that the Board of Works approve and sign the 1985 2 Contract subject to ratification by Council and passage of necessary Ordinances 3 regarding the longevity pay. 4 5 Mr. Brown expressed his pleasure at having served on the Negotiating Team and 6 congratulated the members for a fine job. 7 8 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and sign the Contract for the negotiated offer 9 between the City and the Police for the year 1985, subject to ratification by Council 10 and other necessary Council action, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 11 vote the motion was carried. 12 13 Mr. Marc Smith, President of the FOP thanked the City Negotiating Team and commented 14 on the good working relationship. 15 16 Councilperson Lynn Morris, member of the City Negotiating Team thanked the Police 17 for their creativity and professionalism in the negotiations. 18 19 ADJOURNMENT 20 21 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 22 meeting was adjourned. 23 24 John Brown 25 Vice President 26 27 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 28 Clerk of the Board 29 30 31 111 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 59 60 61 62 63 64 65