HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-26-1975 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 26, 1975
1. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met
2 in regular session June 26, 1975 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal
3 Building in said City. Mr. Burton presided with Mr. Judge and Mr. Willis
4 present. The following business was had to-wit:
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6 Mr. Willis moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting., seconded
7 by Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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9 Mr. Burton moved to approve plat of Hidden Valley East with the stipulation
10 the owner is to provide maintenance bond to the City after completion,
11 seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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13 Mr. Burton moved to grant permission upon the request of Mike Harold to
14 block off Idlewild Drive in Crestdale for a block party to be held July 4th,
15 1975 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. , seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous
16 voice vote the motion was carried.
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18 Mr. Burton moved to take under advisement until next week condemned dwelling
19 located at 1400 North "F" Street owned by Glen Hall and to have Claude E.
20 Goins, Building Commissioner, to report back at that time regarding this
21 dwelling, seconded by Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
22 carried.
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24 Claude E. Goins, Building Commissioner, requested Harold McFarland, Jr. ,
25 appear before the Board regarding condemned dwelling at 1012 South 5th
26 Street. He stated there was a fire in 1973 at this dwelling and a building
27 permit was obtained at that time and to date no work has been done on the
28 property.
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30 Mr. Burton moved to direct the Clerk to send a letter to Mr: McFarland
31 requesting him to appear on July 10, 1975 at 9:00 a.m. to show the Board
32 cause why condemnation proceedings should not be carried out regarding this
33 dwelling, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion
34 was carried.
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36 Mr. Burton moved to grant permission for the Shriners to use the Western
37 portion of the City Building Parking lot for parking vehicles to set
38 7-Up refreshment stand for the Shriners Parade August 16th subject to the
39 Shriners presenting a parade route to the Traffic Division of the Richmond
40 Police Department, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the
41 motion was carried.
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43 Mr. Judge moved to install two or three lights on existing wooden poles as
44 needed on South 23rd Street, south of South "L" Street, seconded by Mr.
45 Burton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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47 Mr. Judge mentioned as a matter of record that request to transfer funds
48 in the Police Department Budget in the amount of $3500.00 is to be from
49 gasoline to Garage and Other Motor Supplies to be presented to Council
50 July 7, 1975.
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52 Mr. Willis moved to authorize installation of mercury vapor street lights
53 on aluminum poles with underground wiring as engineered by Richmond Power
54 & Light for the Williamsburg Pike project on Industries Road South to N.W.
55 "T" Street, seconded by Mr. Judge and on unanimous voice vote the motion
56 was carried.
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58 Mr. Willis moved to relocate two fire hydrants on Williamsburg Pike, seconded
59 by Mr. Burton and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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61 City Engineer Ralph Willis announced the intersection at North 20th Street
62 and Glen Court will be closed and there will not be access to Glen Court.
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Board of Works Minutes
June 26, 1975
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1 Mr. Judge moved to submit a resolution to Council to transfer $100.00
2 in the City Engineer's Budget from travel to telephone and telegraph,
3 seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
4 carried.
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6 Mr. Willis moved to advertise for bids to be received on Thursday
7 July 10th at 9:15 a.m. for removal of pavement on Northwest 5th
8 Street and Richmond Avenue to West Main Street, seconded by Mr. Burton
9 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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11 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and
12 passed, the meeting was adjourned.
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15 Robert G. Burton
16 President
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19 ATTEST: Margaret Mellen
20 Clerk of the Board