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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-12-1984 8q BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, APRIL 12, 1984 II/ 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in 2 regular session April 12, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein present. 4 The following business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 5, 1984 7 8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as received, 9 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of $546,292.44 for payment, 14 seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 TABLED ITEMS 17 18 South L Street Appraiser 19 20 Ms. Maness explained that this request will remain table until action is taken 21 by Common Council on a request for funding. 22 23 Relinquishment of Route 40 to City 24 25 Ms. Maness explained that this request will remain tabled until a reply is received 2 27 Mr. Willis is able to attend the meeting. Mr. Willis is out of town. 28 from the State Highway Commission regarding the terms of acceptance and until 29 Handicapped Parking Request of Mr. Norman Miller 30 31 Ms. Maness stated to the Board that she has been told Mr. Miller is moving and she 32 has requested them to resubmit their request. Ms. Silberstein stated that the 33 guidelines for granting residential handicapped parking areas are almost complete 34 and that she is getting some comments from the Community Council on Disability 35 Awareness and the Traffic Division. Ms. Maness noted that the most important 36 part of the guidelines is that-the person requesting residential handicapped parking 37 areas must have the placard or license plates issued by the Indiana Bureau of 38 Motor Vehicles. 39 40 COMMITTEE REPORTS 41 G2 Mr. Brown stated that the committee studying Wrecker Service will be meeting 43 on April 17, 1984 at 6:30 p.m. 44 45 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS 46 47 Police Department - 911 Concept 48 49 Police Chief Nimitz read a letter to the members of the Board regarding a meeting 50 with Steve Williams, Government Communications Analyst for General Telephone and 51 Sheriff Dusty Davis. Chief Nimitz suggested that the City of Richmond adopt the 11/ 52 911 Concept. Chief Nimitz explained that the governing body of the City needs 53 to present a letter asking for the service to Mr. Williams. The letter should 54 also state that the City agrees that calls outside the corporate limits of 55 the Richmond exchange, that the Richmond Police Department will collect information 56 and them give this information to the responding agency, be it the Wayne County 57 Police Department, Indiana State Police, Richmond Fire Department or Aid Ambulance. 58 59 Chief Nimitz stated the decision to adopt the 911 concept needs to be made soon 60 in order for the information to be printed in the directory. 61 62 Ms. Silberstein asked the Chief about the cost of installation and the Chief stated 63 he is expecting the information regarding the installation and costs soon. 64 65 Ms. Maness recommended that the decision be delayed until the Committee of the Whole qo . Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 12, 1984 Page 2 1 meeting scheduled by the Common Council on April 25th. The Council will be discussing 2 the placement of the communications equipment and can express their opinions on the 3 adoption of the 911 concept. 4 5 Ms. Silberstein movdd to table the decision on the 911 concept until all the 6 information is gathered and the Common Council has had a chance to discuss the 7 matter, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 8 9 Police Department - Request to Remove Flasher at School Crossing on Chester Blvd. 10 11 Traffic Captain Dan-_Wogoman requested permission from the Board to remove the 12 flasher lights on either side of Crestdale Drive on Chester Boulevard. A letter 13 from Tim Jackson of the Richmond Community Schools was included in the request. 14 Mr. Jackson's letter was regarding the traffic hazards at this intersection and 15 the decision of the school to remove the crossing guard and to offer bus service 16 to the children in this area. 17 18 Ms. Siberstein asked Capt. Wogoman why he wanted the flashers removed. Capt. 19 Wogoman explained they are no longer working since he pulled the fuses and since 20 this is no longer going to be considered a school zone by the State the flashers 21 will be a roadside hazard. 22 23 Ms. Silberstein told the Board she had contacted Mr. Jackson and Mr. Jackson indicated 24 that he had not intended for the flashers to be removed, but that rather his letter 25 to the police was a statement regarding the crossing guard. Mr. Jackson told Ms. 26 Silberstein that children are not required to be bussed from all the area and some 27 children still have the option of walking and crossing Chester Boulevard. 28 29 Capt. Wogoman reminded the Board that Chester Boulevard is a State Highway and he 30 feels the State may remove the flashers regardless of the decision of the Board. 31 He stated the State will be removing the School Zone signs and Captain Sanford 32 will not replace the crossing guard at this intersection. 33 34 Ms. Silberstein commented on the apparent lack of communication between the Traffic 35 Division, the School system and the State of Indiana. 36 37 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the request to remove the flashers for clarification 38 between the Traffic Division, the Schools and the State, seconded by Mr. Brown and 39 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 40 41 Public Works Department - Declaration of Obsolete Items 42 43 Ms. Maness read a letter from Street Supervisor Bill Hillard requesting the Board to 44 declare scrap material accumulated at the Street Department obsolete in order for 45 this scrap to be sold and the money receipted back to the City. The Street Department 46 accumulates a truck load of this scrap approximately every two (2) to three (3) months. 47 Mr. Brown moved to declare this scrap obsolete and for sale, seconded by Ms. 48 Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 49 50 Fire Department - Request to reset bid opening date for Fire Alarm System 51 52 Fire Chief Bosell requested the Board to reset the bid opening date for the Fire 53 Alarm System from April 12, 1984 to a later date. The Chief stated that during 54 the pre-bid conference it was noted the companies bidding needed clarification 55 on some items and an addendum will also have to be added to the original bid. 56 57 Ms. Silberstein moved to reset the bid opening date for the Fire Department Fire 58 Alarm System to May 10, 1984 at 9:00 a.m. , seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 59 voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 Fire Department - Retirement of William Meinsen 62 63 Fire Chief Larry Bosell read the following letter to the Board: 64 65 I would like to be placed on the pension rolls effective April 1, 1984. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 12, 1984 Page 3 1 I have been happy to serve the City of Richmond since my appointment on October 2 1, _1954. 3 4 /s/ Lt. William M. Meinsen 5 6 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the request of Lt. William Meinsen effective 7 April 1, 1984 for retirement and expressed the thanks of the Board for his 8 long service to the City, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the 9 motion was carried. - 10 11 Fire Department —Attendance at State Fire School 12 13 Fire Chief Bosell requested permission for the following men to attend State 14 Fire School at I.U.P.U.I. for a total cost of $210. 00 which is budgeted in the 15 training account. 16 17 Those men attending are: David White- Inspector, Robert Goodwin-Specialist, 18 Ed Haller-Firefighter, Mike Allen-Firefighter, Robert Hamilton-Firefighter, 19 and Larry Bosell-Fire Chief. Dates of the schooling are April 14 and 15 and 20 April 28 and 29. 21 22 Mr. Brown moved to approve attendance at the State Fire School for the named 23 personnel of the Fire Department, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous 24 voice vote the motion was carried. 25 26 Fire Department - Request to Approve Tactics School to held locally 27 28 Fire Chief Bosell told the Board that special arrangements have been made with the 29 State Fire Marshall's Office to conduct a tactics program locally on April 10-11, 30 17-18 and 23-24. This will be more cost effective to hold :: the classes here 31 rather than to send so many personnel out of town. The school will be a 50 hour 32 course and there are 28 locally that have expressed interest and five (5) from 33 Connersville. 34 35 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the tactics school and the attendance of local 36 personnel of the Fire Department at the school, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 37 unanimous voice vote the motion carried. 38 39 Ms. Silberstein commended the Fire Chief for all the training this year. 40 41 Planning and Economic Development - Building Division Montly Report 42 43 The Monthly Report from the Building Division of the Planning and Economic L4 Development Department was submitted to the Board for acceptance. The report 45 showed 68 permits had been issued, . 123 inspection had been made, 2 buildings 46 wrecked and 3 unsafe buildings were declared for the Month of March, 1984. 47 48 Mr. Brown moved to approve and accept the Monthly Report, seconded by Ms. 49 Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 50 51 Planning and Economic Development - Finding of Fact and Order on Unsafe Buildings at 52 1002 Butler Street and 316-318 North 18th 553 Mr. Dennis Bronston presented the Finding of Fact and Order to the Board for 55 unsafe building at 1002 Butler Street. He stated that the City Attorney had 56 approved the order and the Board needs to accept and sign the Order. 57 58 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the Finding of Fact and Order on 1002 Butler Street, 59 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 Mr. Bronston presented the Finding of Fact and Order on 316-318 North 18th Street 62 and stated that the City Attorney had approved the Order. 63 64 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the Finding of Fact and Order on 316-318 North 18th 65 Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 12, 1984 Page 4 1 PUBLIC COMMENT 2 3 Richmond Farmers Market on North 7th Street Parking Lot 4 5 Mr. Charlie Springer presented a request to the Board to again use the 6 parking ,lot on North 7th Street from dawn until noon on Saturdays from June 30, 7 1984 to October 27, 1984 for the Richmond Farmers Market. Each vendor 8 will sign an agreement regarding liability and clean up and a $1.00 fee is 9 charged which is used for mailings and related materials. 10 11 Mr. Springer stated there were 150 participants in 1983. 12 13 Ms. Silberstein moved to table action on this request until the next meeting of 14 the Board to enable the City Attorney to look over the Agreement signed by 15 Vendors regarding libaility, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the 16 motion was carried. 17 18 Post Office Request for Assistance to Relocate Drop Boxes 19 20 Donna Fortner, Acting Postmistress, asked the Board why the request to relocate the 21 drop boxes on North A Street was denied. 22 - 23 Ms. Maness stated that much study had gone into this request and due to the traffic 24 congestion in that particular area along with the area being unfamiliar to many 25 residents the Board had denied the request. 26 27 Ms. Fortner requested assistance from the City in finding a place to relocate these 28 drop boxes from the parking lot to help alleviate traffic and congestion problems 29 there.. 30 31 Ms. Maness suggested Ms. Fortner meet with the Police Department and the Board will 32 entertain anotherr request from the Post Office for relocation of these boxes. 33 34 Chief Nimitz stated his department would assist. 35 36 Work Progress on South L Street Project - Frances Daniels 37 38 Frances Daniels asked the Board why there was no work in progress on South L Street 39 while the weather was good. The road is currently closed to traffic during the 40 construction from South 9th to South 23rd. 41 42 Ms. Maness stated she will direct this inquiry to Ralph Willis, Public Works 43 Director to see when the work will begin. 44 45 ADJOURNMENT :.. . 46 47 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 48 meeting adjourned. 49 50 Cathy A. Maness 51 President 52 53 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 54 Clerk of the Board 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65