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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MARCH 29, 1984
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in
2 regular session March 29, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Building
III 3 in said City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein present.
4 The following business was had to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 22, 1984
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8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting with the
9 following addition: In the section titled " Placement of trailer on easement
10 at Richmond Recording Corporation" state that the trailer is the property
11 of the local union representing the PRC employees and not the property of the
12 City of Richmond, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion
13 was carried.
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15 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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17 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of $125,543.43 for payment,
18 seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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20 TABLED ITEMS
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22 BUS BENCH ADS
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24 Mr. Stan Davis representing Bench Ad of Indiana was contacted by the City Clerk
25 and asked to attend the meeting. Mr. Davis is currently out of the City and
26 will attend a later meeting of the Board of Works.
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28 PLACEMENT OF TRAILER OF PRC EMPLOYEES ON CITY EASEMENT
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30 Ms. Maness stated that the City Attorney is out of town and that the Board is
31 waiting on an Attorney's Opinion before making final decision on this request.
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33 Ms. Silberstein moved that the Board take this request under advisement until
34 the legal opinion can be issued and that the trailer not be placed on the easement
35 until the legalities of the situation can be decided, seconded by Mr. Brown and
36 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 RELOCATION OF POST OFFICE DROP BOXES
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40 Ms. Maness read replies received from Swayne Robinson and Western-Cullen-Hayes
41 regarding the relocation of the drop boxes on North A Street near the Third
42 Steet intersection. Both businesses indicated this would not interfere with
43 their daily business, but that the area under consideration is difficult area
44 for traffic and this relocation will make the area more congested.
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46 Captain Wogoman stated this is an.unknown situation and difficult to estimate
47 how much it would increase the traffic in this area, but stressed that the
48 area is badly designed to handle heavy traffic and the added traffic could cause
49 some congestion at some of the intersections involved in exiting the area.
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51 Ms. Silberstein commented that there other locations of drop boxes in the City
52 that can be used besides the ones located in the Post Office parking lot and
53 that the Post Office must be experiencing a traffic problem since they wish to
54 move the boxes out of their lot.
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56 Ms. Silberstein moved to deny the request of the Post Office to relocate the.
57 drop boxes on North A Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on a unanimous voice
58 vote the motion was carried to deny the request.
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60 APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER FOR PARK DEPARTMENT
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62 Police Chief Nimitz asked that this request be striken from the agenda.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
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1 ADDENDUM TO CORTA EMPLOYEES AGREEMENT
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3 Ms. Maness stated that she had talked with Mr. David Leff el of the local union
4 for the CORTA employees and he had requested that this item remain tabled until .
5 the next meeting to give them more time to consider the request.
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7 Ms. Silberstein moved to leave the Addendum to Corta Employees Agreement tabled
8 until a representative can be present, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice
9 vote the motion was carried.
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11 COMMITTEE REPORTS •
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13 Ms. Maness reported that the Insurance Committee and the Wrecker Committee had not
14 met yet. The Committee for the 911 Coordination'with the County has met and is
15 still working on any agreement that might be made.
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17 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS
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19 POLICE DEPARTMENT
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21 Police Chief Nimitz read the following letter to the Board.
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23 Dear Board Members:
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25 Attached find a copy of the letter of retirement from Capt, Charles R, Chris,
26 effective March 31, 1984.
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28 I recommend acceptance of Capt. Chris' retirement as he has exceeded the
29 minimum 20 years service requirement for retirement.
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31 Capt. Chris will have served the City of Richmond for twenty two years and
32 four days.
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34 I further recommend he be placed on the retired roll as of April 1, 1984.
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36 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz
37 Chief of Police
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39 Mr. Brown moved to accept: the retirement of Capt. Charles R. Chris. effective March
40 31, 1984, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
41 carried.
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43 Ms. Silberstein requested Chief Niinitz to relay the thanks of the Board of Works
44 for Capt. Chris' long service to the City of Richmond.
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46 Chief Nimitz also requested permission from the Board of Works to place athletic
47 equipment in the Squad Room to be used by the members of the Richmond Police
48 Department and other employees in the building and other law enforcement officers.
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50 The Chief stated the funds to purchase the equipment is in the budget and that
51 this will not be a required activity, but will be available for the officers and
52 others to take advantage of for physical fitness.
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54 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request to place athletic equipment in the Squad
55 Room of the Richmond Police Department, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous
56 voice vote the motion was carried.
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58 FIRE DEPARTMENT
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60 Fire Chief Larry Bosell requested permission from the Board for David White,
61 Inspector and Robert Goodwin, Fire Prevention Specialist to attend Tactics
62 School conducted by the State Fire Marshall's Office and to reimburse the $25,00
63 registration fee to these individuals.
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65 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to attend tactics- school and reimburse
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1 Mr. White and Mr. Goodwin the $25.00 registration fee for the schooling,
2 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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4 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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6 Ms. Maness stated that Mr. Mervin Sheets of 1107 Sheridan Street had received
7 written correspondence from the Office of the City Attorney regarding
8 cleaning up his property at that address. If compliance is not net with
9 this request the Board will act on the enforcement at the April 5th meeting.
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11 PUBLIC WORKS
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13 Ralph- Willis, Public Works Director, told the Board that the State of Indiana
14 would like to relinquish control of Route 40,which includes West Main Street
15 and S.W. 5th Street, to the City of Richmond. -Mr. Willis stated that if the
16 City had control of the route they would be able to control parking, traffic
17 'and maintenance of the area. He suggested that the City accept this if the
18 State will bring it to an acceptable level of maintenance by paving and
19 striping the route.
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21 Ms. Maness asked Mr. Willis to present the Board guidelines in writing to
22 present to the State telling the State the conditions that the City would accept
23 Qontr-ol of the route under,
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25 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the request of the State to relinquish Route 40
26 to the City until such time as Mr. Willis can present the guidelines for
27 acceptance to the Board, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the
28 motion was carried.
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30 COUNCIL REQUESTS
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32 Mr. Robert Hankosky, Distribution Engineer for Richmond Power & Light, presented
33 a request to the Board approved by the Street Light Committee of Common Council
34 for approval of street lights as follows:
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36 East Main Street, 3rd to 5th St.
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38 Remove 12 - 400 Watt Pendants @ $10.89 = 130.68
39 Install 9 - 250 Watt Sodium Pendants @ 9:65 = 86.85
40 Decrease. in Monthly Billing 43.83
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42 Straightline Pike
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44 Install 4 - 150 Watt Sodium Pendants @ $ 5.84 = 23.36
45 Remove 1 - 250 Watt Mercury Pendant @ 6.69 = 6.69
46 Increase in Monthly Billing 16.67
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48 Mr. Brown moved to approve the Street Light request on East Main Street from
49 3rd to 5th Street and Straightline Pike, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on
50 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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52 Mr. Hankosky also reported that the lighting projects on Backmeyer Road- and
53 South Q Street had beenccompleted.
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55 PUBLIC REQUESTS
56 57 Mr. Norman Miller requested the Board to designate a handicapped parking space
58 at 121 North 15th Street for his father, Frenda Miller. Mr. Frenda Miller is
59 blind and 91 years of age and must be transported to the doctor frequently.
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61 Mr. Brown moved to take this request under advisement until the Board is
62 able to establish guidelines for the establishment of handicapped parking in
63 residential areas, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the
64 motion was carried.
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1 DEPARTMENT HEAD COMMENT
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3 Fire Chief Bosell told the Board that there will be a tactics school locally
4 so that more men from the local Fire Department will be able to attend.
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6 The Fire Chief also stated that they had received the funding for EMT
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9 Ralph Willis reminded the Board about the Saturday trash pick ups in April
10 in connection with Clean Up Month. He told the public to call 962-2828 to
11 arrange for these special pick ups. Mr. Willis also stated that the land
12 fill will not be open to the public on Saturdays during this time.
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14 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed
15 the meeting was adjourned.
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17 Cathy Maness
18 President
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20 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse
21 Clerk of the Board
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