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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AUGUST 20, 1981
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met
2 in regular session August 20, 1981 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal
3 Building in said City. Mr. Anderson presided with Mr. Webb present. Mr.
4 Meredith was on vacation. The following business was had, to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 13, 1981
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8 Mr. Anderson moved the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as re-
9 ceived, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
10 carried.
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12 REQUEST FOR USE OF OLD WAYNE DAIRY LOT - Dale Sharits
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14 Officer Sharits requested use of the Old Wayne Dairy Lot for the Richmond
15 Police Department Explorer Post 95 and Richmond Reserve Police Department
16 to bring in the Jimmy Chanos Shows September 10 to September 19. He pre-
17 sented a certificate of insurance in the amount of $1,000,000. for liability.
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19 Mr. Anderson moved to authorize the use of the Old Wayne Dairy lot for the
20 purpose of a Jimmy Chanos Show for the Richmond Police Department Explorer
21 Post and Richmond Reserves during the period of September 10 to September
22 19, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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24 PROGRESS REPORT ON UNSAFE BUILDING HEARING FOR 106 S. W. "F" STREET - Roberts
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26 Charles Roberts reported there has been no progress on the above property.
27 The property was sold at a tax sale August 10 of this year. Mr. Roberts
28 noted the order issued July 16 was to give the owner thirty (30) days to
29 begin repair work and, if this was not done, action was to be taken by the
30 Building Commissioner for repair. Mr. Roberts recommended the matter be
31 taken under advisement due to the tax sale.
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33 Mr. Anderson moved the matter be taken under advisement, seconded by Mr. Webb
34 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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36 Mr. Tdberts reported the owner of the property at 95-97 Ft. Wayne Avenue is
37 painting the structure, so he is making an effort.
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39 RADIO MAINTENANCE REPORT FOR JULY 1981
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41 This report had been held over at the last meeting. Mr. Webb moved the
42 Radio Maintenance Report be accepted and placed on file, seconded by Mr.
43 Anderson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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45 REVIEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AGREEMENT - George Webb
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47 Mr. Anderson noted an agreement was executed for the modernization of city-
48 wide traffic signals with the State of Indiana. There were two (2) changes
49 the Board wanted to make. The agreement was executed with these changes
50 and returned to the Indiana Department of Highways. Mr. Webb noted the change
51 on local public agency paying electric was dropped from the contract. The
52 other change dealt with funding. There have been no substantive changes from
53 the Board's amendments to the contract. Mr. Webb finds the agreement as re-
54 vised by the Indiana Department of Highways satisfactory and in accordance
55 with the Board's intent of executing the original agreement and so moved to
56 accept the revisions, seconded by Mr. Anderson and on unanimous voice vote
57 the motion was carried.
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59 AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS - George Webb
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61 Mr. Anderson noted the contract just approved above is to do the project.
62 The agreement presented now is for the State to do the construction. It
63 was noted Sieco did the design engineering.
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Board of Works & Safety Minutes Cont'd.
August 20, 1981
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1 Mr. Webb recommended taking this agreement under advisement inasmuch as they
2 have, as they did in the previous contract, included maintenance of all signals
3 and the major portion of the signals in the project are on State highway. He
4 stated he feels the State should maintain the signals on State highway as
5 they have in the past. Mr. Anderson noted this refers to Page 4 Item 7 of
6 the agreement.
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8 Mr. Webb moved the matter taken under advisement, seconded by Mr. Anderson and
9 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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11 ADJOURNMENT
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13 There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
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15 Edward Anderson
16 Acting President
17 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
18 Clerk of the Board