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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, APRIL 20, 1978
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in
2 regular session April 20, 1978 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Building
3 in said City. Mr. Meredith presided with Mr. Anderson and Mr. Webb present. The
4 following business was had, to-wit:
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6 Mr. Webb moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded
7 by Mr. Anderson and on unanimous voice vote, the motion was carried.
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III 9 Mr. Matt Stegall, representing Old Richmond, Inc. , appeared requesting Old Richmond,
10 Inc. , be permitted to hold a Street Fair. He stated there will be vendors in the
11 curb lines with flea markets, arts, and crafts. There will be no activity on
12 South 4th Street to provide passage of motor vehicles and safety for pedestrians.
13 Also included will be musical entertainment and walking tours. Cutter Corner
14 Food Coop will have refreshments for sale. There will be recepticles for trash
15 and there will be a clean-up of the area before and after the Street Fair.
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17 Mr. Anderson .moved _to approve the request of Old Richmond, Inc. to hold a Street
18 Fair on May 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and to block off one-half of South "D"
19 from the intersection of South 4th to the intersection of the alley between South
20 4th and 5th leaving a corridor for emergency traffic, seconded by Mr. Webb and on
21 unanimous voice vote, the motion was carried.
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23 Mr. Webb moved .to..approve.the request from the Street Light. Committee for
24 installing 36 post-top .175 watt mercury vapor street lights from S .W. "F" to Lin
25 Kay Place between Abington Pike and S .W. 1st Street, seconded by Mr. Anderson
26 and on unanimous voice vote, the motion was carried. This request includes
27 S .W. "F", S .W. "H", S .W. "I", S .W. "J", Lin Kay Place and S .W. 1st at a cost
28 of $205.00 per month.
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30 Mr. Webb moved. to approve the request of Mr. Ronald Coleman, 3503 Glen Hills
31 Drive, for a curb cut at 1800 North "F" to provide access to a new business,
32 seconded by Mr. Anderson and on unanimous voice vote, the motion was carried.
33 Plan Director Bob Goodwin stated this area is honed industrial and Mr. Coleman
III34 will open a machine shop.
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36 Richmond Police Detective Charles Brown read his letter of resignation from the
37 Police Department to be effective April 21, 1978. Chief of Police Charles Chris
38 requested this resignation be accepted.
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40 Mr. Webb moved for acceptance of Det. Brown's resignation, seconded by Mr.
41 Anderson and_ on unanimous voice vote, the motion was carried.
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43 Chief Charles Chris read a letter from Capt. Kenneth Christmon, Director of
44 Security of Earlham College, requesting the appointment of. Ms Linda Shaffer as
45 Special Police Officer. The Chief recommended this appointment be made effective
46 April 20, 1978, with powers limited to the boundaries of Earlham College.
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48 Mr. Webb moved to approve the recommendation of Chief Chris, seconded by Mr.
49 Anderson and on unanimous -voice vote, the motion was carried.
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51 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed, the
52 meeting was adjourned.
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54 Donald E. Meredith
55 President
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57 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
III 58 Clerk of the Board