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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 16, 1984
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
2 met in regular session Febraury 16, 1984, at the hour of.9:00 a.m.
3 in the Municipal Building of said City. Vice President John Brown
4 presided in the absence of President Cathy Maness with member Susan
5 Silberstein present. The following business was had to-wit:
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7 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 9, 1984
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9 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the February 9, 1984,
10 meeting as presented, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote
11 the motion was carried.
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13 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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15 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve claims in the amount of $55,355.96
16 for payment, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the
17 motion was carried.
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19 REQUEST OF RICHMOND POWER & LIGHT
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21 Mr. Robert Hankosky of Richmond Power & Light presented a request to
22 the Board for blanket approval for the balance of the project to convert
23 the street lights in the City of Richmond from mercury to sodium vapor.
24 He stated that out of a total of 6,000 lights 1,000 had been completed
25 and the project could take five (5) to six (6) years to complete. The.
26 conversion has been in progress six- (6) months.
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28 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the blanket request of Richmond Power
29 & Light for this conversion project and asked that progress reports
30 be given to the Board as sections are completed, seconded by Mr. Brown
31 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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33 REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY STREET CLOSING
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35 Mr. Olive Baptist Church presented a request to the Board to close North
36 H Street between llth and 12th Streets on Sunday, February 19, 1984
37 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. for the laying of a corner
38 stone.
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40 Captain Wogoman commented this was no problem for his Department and
. 41 that is the Church would contact the Street Department they would furnish
42 barricades for traffic control.
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44 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of Mt. Olive Baptist Church
45 for the temporary street closing on Sunday, February 19, 1984, seconded
46 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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48 TRAVEL APPROVAL FOR CITY EMPLOYEES
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50 City Attorney, Ken Barden, explained to the members of the Board that
51 for insurance purposes including liability and workman's compensation
52 that it needs to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Board
.53 of Public Works and Safety that approval has been given for City Employees
54 to be out of town on City business.
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56 Mr. Barden presented the following list of out of town travel to be
57 approved by the Board:
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59 Ralph Willis and Ken Barden to Indianapolis for a meeting with the Army
60 Corps of Engineers on February 9,. 1984. (Retroactive approval)
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62 City Controller, Cathy Maness and Marge Sweet to an IACT Training Session
63 in Muncie on February 16,1984
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65 City Attorney Barden to Indianapolis for pre-trial conference in Federal Court.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
February 16, 1984
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1 Mayor Frank Waltermann, City Clerk Mary Merchanthouse, City Attorney Barden,
2 Lynn Johnstone, Controller Cathy Maness and Marge Sweet to IACT Conference
3 in Indianapolis on February 29, 1984.
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5 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the above listed travel requests and to
6 put all Department Heads on notice that approval must be given by the
7 Board of Public Works and Safety for employee travel out of the City on
8 City business and it must be noted if the employee is using a private or
9 City vehicle, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion
10 was carried.
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12 FIRE DEPARTMENT
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14 Fire Chief Larry Bosell presented a request to the Board of Works to approve
15 the schooling of three (3) members of the Fire Department and the reimbursement
16 of a $15.00 registration fee to these three (3) persons.
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18 Don Atkins, Robert Goodwin and David White attended 'a Staff and Command
19 educational seminal in Indianapolis on February 15, 1984.
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21 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of the Fire Chief and approval
22 the schooling of the above named retroactively and to reimburse these men
23 the ti15.00 registration fee, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice
24 vote the motion was carried.
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26 APPOINTMENT OF PLAN COMMISSION MEMBER
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28 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the appointment of a Plan Commission Member
29 from the Board of Public Works and Safety until President Maness is present,
30 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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32 PUBLIC C0PM7ENT
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34 None
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36 COMMENT FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS
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38 Ralph Willis reminded the Board members that the solid waste pick-up for
39 February 20, 1984 would be made on February 21, 1984 and requested that
40 the customers on these routes have their trash out one hour earlier than
41 usual for pick-up.
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43 ADJOURNMENT
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45 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed
46 the meeting was adjourned.
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48 John Brown
49 Vice President
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51 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse
52 Clerk of the Board
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