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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MARCH 25; 1976 .
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond,
2 Indiana; met in regular session March 25 , 1976 , at the hour of
3 9:00 a.m. , in the Municipal Building in said City. Mr. Reinke
4 presided with Mr. Meredith and Mr. Webb present. The following
5 business was. had, to-wit:
6
7 ' Mr. Meredith moved to approve the minutes of the. previous meet-
8 ing, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion .
9 was carried.
10
11 Mr. Art Hinrichs, a representative of General Telephone , report-
12 ed to the Board on a study conducted by General Telephone on long
13 distance phone bills. This study shows what type service would
14 be beneficial to the City Building. After presenting figures on
15 - the study to the Board, Mr. Hinrichs recommended the installation
16 of two (2) WAT lines through the City Building switchboard. ,
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18 Mr. Meredith moved. to take this matter under advisement to discuss
19 with Department Heads, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice
20 vote the motion was carried.
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22 Mr. Hinrichs also reported on coin telephones located on City
23 property. Permission had been requested by the Telephone Company
24 to install a coin phone on the Promenade at 10th Street. He .
25 reported it would be difficult engineeringly to have this install •
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26 ed without tearing up sidewalk in the Promenade. There are ten
27 (10) telephones located on City property which are in the name of
28 the City. (See attached sheet. ) The city will not receive in-
29 come on the telephone located at the Airport as there is not
30 sufficient usage. There are four (4) telephones located on City
III31. property which the City does not now receive income from (See
32 attached sheet). The Board of Works will make contracts for City
33 telephones'not now under contract. The Board should receive these
.34 within a week. or two. The City will start receiving checks on
35 these four phones. The Telephone Company has received a request
36 to remove a telephone wire from the building at 9th and Promenade
37 which is connected to a telephone booth located there. Mr. Hin-
38 richs would like permission to'replace- this -booth by .putting a-
39 telephone back to back to one already existing in this vicinity.
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41 Mr. Webb moved the telephone be moved subject to approval of Park
42 Department Board, seconded by Mr. Meredith and on unanimous voice
43 vote the motion was carried. The Park Board should make the
44 determination whether this be a wheel-chair or stand-up heighth.
45 .
46 The Clerk will notify Mr. McBride of the Park Department of this
47 approval subject to approval of the Park Board.
48
49 . Sheriff Catey of the Wayne County Sheriff's Department and Jerry
50 Haynes, Transportation Director, appeared before the Board to dis-
51 cuss cooperation between the City and County for use of gas and
52 oil for County cars. The City has available 24 hour gas pumps.
53 The Sheriff estimated his yearly gas cost at $20,000 and this
54 would provide an estimated $4,000 savings for the Sheriff's Depart-
. . 55 ment. There is no objection for this request from the Trans
III56 portation or .Police Departments. Sheriff Catey and Mr: Meredith
57 will work. out an agreement for this request.
58
59 Richmond Power and Light requests Board approval to relocate a
60 pole on the south side of 7th Street which is in the way.of the new
61 skyway. This Resolution should be sent to Mr. Robert Rees. The
62 cost would be shared by the City and'Elder Beerman with the City
63 assuming 1/2 and Elder Beerman 1/2. The estimated cost being . .
64 $200 to $500.
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Board of Works Meeting Cont'd
March 25, 1976
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1 Mr. Meredith moved relocation of the pole , seconded by Mr, Webb
2 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
3
4 Mr. Reinke reported a Declaratory Resolution was prepared stat-
5 ing the City intends to vacate a portion of S.W. "D" Street and
6 legal notice has been filed. A Confirmatory Resolution now needs
7 to be passed by this Board.
8
9 Mr. Webb moved adoption of the Confirmatory Resolution , seconded
10 by Meredith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
11
12 Captain Scott Loper reported there was no opposition from resi-
13 dents on a survey conducted to convert the 500 block of North 18th
14 Street to one-way southbound and. the 1800 block of Railroad
15 Street to one-way westbound.
16
17 Mr. Meredith moved to establish a guard rail on the north side of
18 Railroad Street from the alley that runs between 19th and 20th
19 to 18th Street as soon as possible, seconded by Mr. Webb and on
20 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
21
22 Chief Louis Gibbs, Chief of Police, recommended the appointment
23 of Mark Allen Smith as a Probationary Patrolman on the Richmond
24 Police Department.
25
26 Mr. Webb moved the appointment of Mark Allen Smith effective March
27 31 , 1976, seconded by Mr. Meredith and on unanimous voice vote
28 the motion was carried.
29
30 Mr. Tim Ryder, Community Development, requested approval of
31 appraiser's contracts signed by Mr. Ryder with two (2) appraisers.
32 These contracts concern a Bicentennial Park on Bridge Avenue and
33 a curb on "J" Street north of the 20th Street Bridge. The city is
34 already committed to these projects and they have been under way
35 for several months.
36
37 Mr. Meredith moved acceptance of a resolution ratifying and
38 confirming making and entering into contracts with Joseph Gray
39 and Kenneth Chitwood for appraisals , seconded by Mr. Webb and on
40 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
41
42 Mr. Bill King, 37 South 7th Street , came before the Board stating
43 that his real estate business at the above location no longer has
44 public access to their back parking lot. The alley is block from
45 them for busses only.
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47 Mr. Meredith moved to take this matter under advisement to take a
48 look at the situation , seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice
49 vote the motion was carried.
50
51 Mr. Bob Goodwin reported that Mr. Tom Raper contacted him and
52 asked that his curb cut request be presented at the April 1st
53 Board meeting.
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55 Mr. Meredith moved approval of a traffic study as set forth in a
56 proposed contract with American Consulting Engineers, Enc. , second-
57 ed by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
58
59 Mr. Meredith moved that the Board approve change order No. 6 in
60 contract WP-1-75 concerning Williamsburg Pike with McGaw Construc-
61 tion providing an amount of $10,506.49, seconded by Mr. Webb and
62 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
March 25, 1976
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1 Mr. Meredith moved approval of contracts with contractors of
2 Crestdale Subdivision #1O,submitted by the subdividor providing
3 for construction of streets, sewers, and other public improve-
4 ments, provided that such contracts be amended to have an
11/ 5 October 1 , 1976 completion date and provided the subdividor
6 provide or furnish an acceptable easement for storm sewers
7 acceptable to the City Engineer, seconded by Mr. Webb and on
8 unanimous voice votemthecmotion:wascarried.
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10 There being no further business , on motion duly made , seconded
11 and passed, the meeting was adjourned.
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13 Robert L. Reinke
14 President
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16 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble
17 Clerk of the Board