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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDI.ANA, JANUARY 20, 1977
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond,
2 Indiana, met in regular session January 20 , 1977 at the hour of 9:00
3 a.m. in the Municipal Building of said City. Mr. Meredith presided
4 with Mr. Reinke and Mr. Webb present. The following business was
5 had, to-wit:
6
7 Mr. Reinke moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting,
8 seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
9 carried.
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11 Mr. Reinke moved to approve the request of Ms. Bobbi Webb for the
12 Indiana State Teachers Assc. to sponsor a Ride-A-Bike for retarded
13 children to be held at 1 :00 p.m. April 24 covering an area of 20
14 miles and starting and ending at Clear Creek Park, seconded by Mr.
15 Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
16
17 Mr. Webb moved to approve the recommendation of Police Chief Chris to
18 accept the bid of Raper Plymouth in the amount of $58,432.53 for
19 thirteen (13) mid-size cars as their's was the lowest bid in all
20 categories , seconded by Mr. Reinke and on unanimous voice vote the
21 motion was carried.
22
23 The City requested that both First an,d Second National Banks bid on
24 doing payroll processing for the City. This was part of the plan
25 devised by the Citizen 's Computer Committee appointed by Common
26 Council that the payroll be to one of the local banks to free
27 the City Computer Programmer so he can work on new computer program-
28 ming. First National could not offer a bid for the payroll and stated
29 they wOuld. appreci.ate future opportunity to bid on payroll processing.
30 Second National presented a proposal and contract which has been
31 submitted to the State Board of Tax Commissioners and they have
32 approved same. The City Attorney has examined the contract and found
33 it satisfactory with the exception of putting City of Richmond in
III 34 lieu of "Customer". The contract can be terminated by the City at
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36 any time, and is on a monthly charge basis.
37 Mr. Reinke moved to approve the contract with Second National , seconded
38 by Mr. Webb: and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
39
40 Mr. Reinke moved to approve the request of City Controller Don
41 Meredith to carry funds over from 1976 to the 1977 budget for items
42 that were either budgeted or under contract in 1976 and were designed
43 to be taken out of that budget but the transaction was not completed
44 in 1976, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion
45 was carried.
46
47 Mr. Webb moved to approve the report of the Street Light Committee
48 as to the street lights that have been put in , noting work is still
49 being done on No. "F" , So. "C" , So. 13th, and No. 36th, seconded by
50 Mr. Reinke and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
51
52 Mr. Reinke moved Don Meredith be the Board of Works representative
53 on the Plan Commission , seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice
54 vote the motion was carried.
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56 City Engineer George Webb gave the following report:
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58 1 . Word has been received from the Indiana State Highway
59 Commission that the work completed on Williamsburg Pike
60 has been thoroughly inspected and complies with all
61 regulations.
62
63 2. Word has been received from Indiana State Highway
64 Commission that the curb cut at North 12th & "J"
65 Street was inspected and complies with the required
66 regulations.
67
68 3. On January 4, a certificate of compliance was filed
69 with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources ,
70 which requires a registered professional engineer
71 certify that the dam has been built in accordance
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January 20, 1977
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1 with approved plans 'and specifications. The
2 final inspection: for this project was held on
3 November 4, 1976.. The' construction was found
4 to meet the requirements of the plans and
5 specifications.
6
7 The City Engineer and Assistant attended the .4th annual Concrete
8 Construction Conference at Purdue last Tuesday.
9
10 Director of Transportation Jerry Haynes reported the following:
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12 1 . Snow removal is: being completed today in the
13 downtown area ..which has been from No. and So.
14 5th to No. and So.. 12th from North "A" to South
15 "A". Mr. Haynes wished to thank the citizens ,
16 the Richmond Police Department and the members
17 of his department- for .their: cooperation.
18
19 2. Mr. Haynes reported' the' church sign on North-
20 west 5th Street has been removed from the City
21 pole. Permission for installation of a sign
22 was originally 'given by the City but during
23 reconstruction of N:GI`. 5th the original post
24 was removed. The. Street Department will re-
25 place the sign as •soon as weather permits.
26
27 3. Mr. Haynes reported a new break was discovered
28 at the "G" Street bridge this morning so the
29 bridge will no't be open to traffic until at
30 least next Monday.
31
32 City Council approved an appropriation for Community Aloohol
33 Rehabilitation and Education Services (CARES) and the City, in
34 order to fund this , has to enter into a contract with CARES. Mr.
35 Meredith announced this contract is being prepared for signatures.
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37 Mr. Nepote reported on the status of our application for extension
38 , of the Mall that he was advised last evening by Congressman
39 Sharp's office that there were 186 applications in the state in
40 the upper 70% category. These applications were sent to
41 Washington and put through a computer. The last application
42 funded was number 59th and out number was 72. There was only a
43 difference of 1% between the last number funded and ours. There
44 is now a committee formed to appropriate more funds.
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46 Mr. Meredith recessed the meeting until preparation of the CARES
47 contract is completed.
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49 The Board reconviened. Mr. Reinke moved entering into and
50 signing the contract with CARES, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous
51 voice vote the motion was carried.
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53 There being no further business on motion duly made , seconded and
54 passed the meeting was adjourned.
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56 Donald E. Meredith
57 President
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59 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
60 Clerk of the Board