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CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JANUARY 8, 1976
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
2 met in regular session January 8, 1976 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the
3 Mbnicipal Building in said City. Mr. Willis called the meeting to order.
4 The following business was had to-wit:
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7 Mr. Willis made a motion to nominate Mr. Robert Reinke as President of
8 the Board of Works, seconded by Mr. Meredith and on unanimous voice vote
9 the motion was carried.
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11 Mr. Willis moved to approve minutes of the previous meeting, seconded
12 by Mr. Meredith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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14 The agendas for the. Board of Works & Safety meetings are to be prepared
15 by the Controller's secretary. Anyone wishing to appear before the
16 Board should report to the controller's office by 4:00 P.M. Wednesday
17 any items to be brought before the Board. Mr. Meredith designated Janet
18 Drew as the contact in his office.
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20 Mr. Meredith moved acceptance of the appointment of Mr. Paul Mullin
21 as Fire Chief; seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the
22 motion was carried.
23 Mr. Mullin presented the following to the Board:for the good of the
24 department:
25 1. Recommend combining office of Assistant Chief and Fire Marshall,
26 effective January 8, 1976.
27 2. Recommend that Assistant Chief Marion Williams be re-assigned to
28 the rank of Lieutenant, effective January 8, 1976.
29 3. Recommend that Claude Loudy be promoted to rank. of Assistant Chief
30 and Fire Marshall, effective January 8, 1976.
31 4. Recommend that Platoon Capt. Robert Demps be re-assigned to the
32 rank of Lieutenant, effective January 8, 1976.
III 33 5. Recommend that Chief John Newland be re-assigned to the rank of
34 Lieutenant, effective January 8, 1976.
35. 6. Recommend that Lieutenant Irvin Perkins be promoted to the. rank
36 of Platoon Captain, effective January 8, 1976.
37 7. Recommend the rank of Platoon Captain be abolished and reinstated
38 as Battalion Chief.
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40 Mr.. Willis recommended that V7 and V6 be switched.
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42 Mr. Willis moved that this action be accepted, seconded by Mr. Meredith
43 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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45 Mr. Tim Ryder, Director of Community Development, submitted for approval
46 the professional contract with Quadratec, Inc. This action was tabled
47 until later in the meeting for further study by the Board.
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49 Robert Rees of Richmond Power and Light presented a proposal for street
50 lights to be installed on existing wooden poles in the Abington Pike
51 area. This proposal had been presented as a petition to Council.
52 Suggested procedure is to write a letter to Council suggesting in what
53 areas they want new lights installed.
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55 The bids for two 1976 Police Equipped Solo Motorcycles that were pre-
56 sented to the Board at their December 31, 1975 meeting and had been
III 57 taken under adv isement were rejected by Mr. Willis as they were not on
58 bid form 95 and there was no bid bond or certified check accompanying
59 either bid.
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Board of Works Minutes
January 8, 1976
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1 Mr. Meredith announced that the following holidays had been estab-
2 lished for the calencbar, year 1976 and New Year's Day 1977. Offices
3 of the City N micipal Building will be closed as follows:
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5 Noon April 16 - Good Friday
6 May 4 - Primary Election Day
7 May 31 - Memorial Day
8 July 5 - Observance of July 4 Independence Day
9 Sept. 6 - Labor Day
10 Nov. 2 - General Election Day
11 Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day
12 Nov 25-26- Thanksgiving
13 Dec. 24 - Christmas
14 Jan. 3, 1977 - New Year's Day
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16 On unanimous voice vote the above calendar was passed.
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18 The City Engineer is automatically a member of the Plan Commission
19 by virtue of his office. Mr. Willis moved that Don Meredith be
20 appointed a member of the Plan Commission, seconded by Mr. Reinke and
21 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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23 Mr. Meredith moved appointment of Louis Gibbs as Chief of Police,
24 seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
25 carried.
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27 The city has received notice from the Public Service Commission
28 Richmond Water Works has filed a petition for rate increase. N .
29 Meredith stated that we owe it to the citizens of- this community to
30 look after their interests in this regard. Mr. Willis moved that the
31 city intervene in this matter, seconded by Mr. Meredith and on unani-
32 mous voice vote the motion was carried. Any citizens who wish are
33 encouraged to express their concern to the Mayor' office.
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35 Mayor Clifford J. Dickman presented a plaque to the Park Department
36 representing the National Gold Medal Award of Merit. The plaque was
37 accepted by Don McBride.
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39 A motion was presented by Mr. Reinke to recess to study the contract
40 by Quadratec.
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42 Reconvened at 11:25 A.M.
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44 Mr. Ryder presented contract with Quadratec. The Board, having reviewed
45 the contract with Mr. John Simons and Mr. Richard Freeman, changed
46 page 2, paragraph .2 Time of Performance, line 4 to read as follows:
47 . . .expeditious :completition and compliance with the purposes of this
48 contract; . . .Mr. Meredith approved making of contract, seconded by Mr.
49 Willis.
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51 The Board established the meeting time for the Board of Works & Safety
52 to be at 9:00 a.m. Thursday mornings as moved by Mr. Meredith, seconded
53 by Mr. Willis, and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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55 Mr. Willis recommended to approve change order for Dailey Construction
56 for the Parking Garage in the amount of $6701.77.
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58 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and
59 passed, the meeting was adjourned.
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61 Robert L. Reinke
62 President
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64 Al'1'EST: JoEllen Trimble
65 Clerk of the Board