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CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 13, 1975
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana,
2 met in regular session November 13, 1975 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in
3 the Municipal Building in said City. Mr. Burton presided with Mr.
4 Judge and Mr. Willis present. The following business was had to-wit:
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6 Mr. Judge moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting, seconded
7 by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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9 Mr. Burton moved to grant permission for Major Chesnut to attend the
10 Indiana Attorney General 's Conference with the Prosecuting Attorney,
11 Gerald E. Surface, December 3 & 5, 1975 at the Marriott Inn, in
12 Indianapolis, seconded by Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice vote the
13 motion was carried.
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15 City Attorney, Robert Burton, examined proof of publication for Declara-
16 tory Resolution No. 7-1975 to vacate an alley and found it to be in
17 order.
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19 Mr. Burton moved to accept and file proof of publication for Declaratory
20 Resolution No. 7-1975, seconded by Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice
21 vote the motion was carried.
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23 John Harlan, Attorney, representing Oberle-Jordre appeared for the
24 vacation stating they intend to fence in this area which lies west of
25 the 700 block of Sheridan.
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27 Mr. Willis moved to adopt Confirmatory Resolution to vacate the alley
28 located west of the 700 block of Sheridan, seconded by Mr. Judge and
29 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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31 Mr. Burton moved to reserve seven spaces in the North 10th Street parking
32 lot for General Telephone Company trucks at the rate of seven dollars
33 ($7.00) per month per stall , 24 hours per day with notice to be posted,
34 "violators will be towed away" during the period of construction of
35 the new General Telephone Building, seconded by Mr. Judge and on unani-
36 mous voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 Leslie Hiller's request to sell fruit on the promenade was referred to
39 the Park Board. Mr. Hiller is to call Mr. Burton after the Park Board
40 meeting in order for his request to appear on the agenda for next week.
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42 Mayor Charles A. Howell appeared before the Board to request an addi-
43 tional appropriation for the excavating, landscaping and fencing of a
44 detention basin on South 16th Street. He said Wernle Home has agreed
45 to deed over to the City 27.38 acres that could be used for recreation
46 after the land scaping is finished. There would be enough land for
47 180 parking stalls , two tennis courts, a full size football field and
48 two softball diamonds.
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50 Mr. Willis explained the basin would be landscaped to allow for a
51 60 ft. high ski slope.
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53 Mr. Judge moved to submit to Council an ordinance appropriating $244,000.00
54 from the Cumulative Storm Sewer Fund and $229,000.00 from the Cigarette
55 Tax fund for this improvement, seconded by Mr. Burton and on unanimous
56 voice vote the motion was carried.
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58 Mr. Burton moved to sign an agreement with John E. Simons, Architect,
59 to construct a pedestrian skywalk over South 8th .Street from the
60 Richmond Parking Garage to the Knollenberg Dept. Store, seconded by
61 Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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1 Knollenberg's will pay 50 percent of the cost.
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3 Mr. Burton moved to sign an agreement with John E. Simons, Archi-
4 tect, to construct a pedestrian skywalk over South 7th Street from
5 the Richmond Parking Garage to the Elder-Beerman Dept. Store,
6 seconded by Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
7 carried.
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9 Elder-Beerman will pay 50 percent of all costs.
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11 Mr. Burton moved to approve dedication of land extending South
12 29th Street, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the
13 motion was carried.
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15 Mr. Burton moved to approve sale of the following unused test
16 equipment for radio repair which is in storage, seconded by Mr.
17 Judge and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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19 1 - S1052B DC VTVM Voltmeter $ 135.00
20 1 - Triplet model 850 VTVM 10.00
21 1 TU546 Test Set 122.00
22 1 - TEK lA Tone Generator 20.00
33 1 - Electro model PS 30 Power Supply 20.00
24 1-Bird model 43 Wattmeter with 2 Elements. 28.00
25 . 1-Eico model 950 Capacitor Analyzer 10.00
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27 $ 345.00
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29 Mr. Willis moved to sign contract modification Agrement No. 2 regarding
30 the 20th Street Bridge in the amount of $10,866.60, the City to pay
31 50 percent of the amount, seconded by Mr. Burton and on unanimous
32 Voice vote the motion was carried.
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34 Claude E. Goins , Building Commissioner, presented the following
35 report for the month of October:
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37 November 6, 1975
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39 Board of Public Works and Safety
40 50 North 5th Street
41 Richmond, Indiana
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43 Gentlemen: '
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45 The following is a report from the Bureau of Buildings for the
46 month of October, 1975.
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48 Month No. of Dwellings Evaluation Total Permits
49 October 1975 2 $ 55,900.00 90
50 October 1974 6 183,000.00 175
51 September 1976 5 126,600.00 118
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53 Total Cost
54 October 1975 $329,462.00
55 October 1974 448,519.00
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57 Total Permit Fees for October 1975 $456.00
58 Total Permit Fees for October 1974 931 .00
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60 Total number of inspections made by this department in the month
61 of October 1975, 263.
62 Richmond Systematic Housing Survey Inspections totaled 75 this
63 month.
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1 Building Commissioner's letter cont.
2 Dwellings condemned in October 1975 - 0
3 Outbuildings condemned in October 1975 - 0
4 Number of Dwellings Razed in October 1975 - 2
5 Number of Outbuildings Razed in October 1975 - 0
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7 ' Respectfully submitted,
8 /s/ Claude E. Goins
9 Building Commissioner
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12 Mr. Judge moved to submit to Council an Ordinance to transfer
13 $1 ,450.00 in the Fire Department Budget, seconded by Mr. Burton and
14 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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16 Mr. Judge moved to submit to Council an ordinance to transfer
17 $5,940.00 in the Board of Works Budget, seconded by Mr. Burton and
18 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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20 Mr. Judge moved to submit to Council an additional appropriation
21 in the amount of $32,200.00 in the Board of Works budget, seconded
22 by Mr. Burton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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24 Mr. Judge reported ordinances will be sent to Council to appropriate
25 the following from Revenue Sharing Funds: $22,000 for Rose City
26 Bus Lines , $64,000 for Police Salaries and $30,000 for Street Materials.
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28 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and
29 passed, the meeting was adjourned.
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32 Robert Burton
33 President
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35 ATTEST: Margaret Mellen
36 Clerk of the Board
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