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GREENCASTLE COMMON COUNCIL
Regular Session
December 12, 1995
The Greencastle Common Council regular session was scheduled for Tuesday, December
12, 1995 at Tzouanakis Intermediate School at 7:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order bv_ Mayor
Mike Harmless at 7:50 pm. On the call of the roll the following members were found to be present:
Councilor Mark Hammer, Councilor Charles Miles, Councilor Sue Murray, Councilor Tom Roach.
and Councilor Mike Rokicki. Also present were City Engineer Chris Barnes: Citv Artomev John
Zeiner; and three members of the Citizens Advisory Commission for Industrial Development
(CACFID), which had just concluded an earlier meeting.
Mavor Harmless called the three CACFID members torward: Nelson Ford, Bill Marlev and
David Murray. The Mayor publicly recognized these civic leaders for their years of meritorious
service to the Greencastle community. (He indicated that he will give similar recognition to Robert
® Hutchings and Alan Stanley, who were absent.) Mavor Harmless read a statement proclaiming
today "CACFID Day' and presented Peeler City Seal plaques to each honoree. A commemorative
photograph was taken.
Mavor Harmless called attention to the fact that two retinniz Councilors- Sue Murrav and
Mike Rokicki, have served for 8 years and three Councilors have served for 4 years: The late J. D.
Calbert, Charles Miles, and Tom Roach. The Nfavor publicly recounized these leaders for their
respective years on the Council team. He read a statement proclaiming tomorrow as "Murray,
Rokicki. Calbert, vliles. Roach Day" and presented Peeler City Seal plaques to each honoree. (He
indicated that he would later present J.D.'s seal to his widow.) A commemorative photograph was
taken.
There were no public petitions or comments.
Approval of Minutes:
Minutes for the November 14 Executive Session, the November 14 Regular Session and the
November 21 Special Session had been distributed to the members. Councilor Roach asked for a
change in the interpretation of a statement he had made at the November 14 Regular Session.
Councilor Murray moved approval of all three sets of minutes, the November i4 Regular set "as
amended" and Councilor Miles seconded the motion. The motion passed on an aye unanimous vote.
Department Reports:
Written reports were received from all departments. All department heads. except Fire Chief
O'Hair (who was on a fire call), made brief comments regarding their reports.. Fire Chief Mike
O'Hair reported that the two new firefighters took their PERT physical exams vesterday. Street
Commissioner Jim Wright reported that the annual leaf pick -up was concluded last Friday; total cost
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o f t h e o p e r a t i o n t h i s y e a r w a s 5 3 5 . 1 6 3 . C i t y A t t o r n e y Z e i n e r r e p o r t e d t h a t h e h a s o p t i o n s o n b o t h
p a r c e l s o f l a n d n e e d e d f o r t h e A i r p o r t E x p a n s i o n p r o j e c t ; c o s t i s u p 1 8 % f r o m o r i g i n a l e s t i m a t e s .
C i t y E n g i n e e r B a r n e s r e p o r t e d t h a t h e h a s i n h a n d 3 6 o f t h e 3 9 e a s e m e n t s n e e d e d f o r t h e I S T E A
s i d e w a l k p r o j e c t . H e a l s o r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e K r o g e r p r o j e c t h a s h a d a n i n t e r r u p t i o n : t h e c o n t r a c t o r
d o i n g c o n c r e t e w o r k h a s t i l e d f o r b a n k r u p t c y .
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T h e p u b l i c h e a r i n g r e g a r d i n g C o u n c i l R e s o l u t i o n N o . 1 9 9 5 - 2 2 w a s c a l l e d t o o r d e r b y M a y o r
H a r m l e s s a t 8 : 2 0 p . m . T r u d v a n d G r e g S e l v i a w e r e i n a t t e n d a n c e . S e v e r a l o w n e r s a n d o p e r a t o r s
o f b u s i n e s s e s l o c a t e d o n t h e s o u t h s i d e o f C o u r t h o u s e S q u a r e w e r e a l s o i n a t t e n d a n c e ; i n c l u d e d i n
t h i s g r o u p w e r e : E r n i e a n d L i n d a F o r d ( F i n e P r i n t B o o k s t o r e ) , K i m a n d S t e v e M a s o n ( M a s o n
J e w e l e r s ) . A n n e C l a r k ( A n n e ' s F a s h i o n C o m e r ) a n d L e s l i e H a n s e n ( B r i g h t F u t u r e s ) . G i v e n t h e
o p p o r t u n i t y t o c o m m e n t , t h e s e b u s i n e s s p e r s o n s i n d i c a t e d t h e y h a d c o m e t o h e a r t h e C o u n c i l
d i s c u s s i o n . N o o t h e r m e m b e r s o f t h e l a r g e a u d i e n c e c h o s e t o s p e a k .
T h e p u b l i c h e a r i n g w a s c l o s e d .
R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s a n d R e q u e s t s f r o m O f f i c e r s a n d D e p a r t m e n t s :
R e s o l u t i o n N o . 1 9 9 5 - 2 7 , A R e s o l u t i o n R e a f f i r m i n g R e s o l u t i o n N o . 1 9 9 5 - 2 2 , w a s p r e s e n t e d
a n d r e a d i n i t s e n t i r e t y b y M a y o r H a r m l e s s . C o u n c i l o r M u r r a y m o v e d t o a p p r o v e t h e r e s o l u t i o n a n d
C o u n c i l o r N l i l e s s e c o n d e d t h e m o t i o n . R e f e r r i n g t o t h e S t a t e m e n t o f B e n e f i t s ( S t a t e F o r m 2 7 1 6 7 )
" w h i c h i s a p a r t o f t h e R e s o l u t i o n , C o u n c i l o r R o a c h a s k e d w h y p r o j e c t e d n u m b e r s o f e m p l o y e e s a r e
n o t s h o w n . T m d v S e l v i a r e s p o n d e d t h a t t h i s f o r m a c t u a l l y a p p l i e s o n l y t o a n e c o n o m i c
r e v i t a l i z a t i o n a r e a , s u c h a s C r o w n . A f o r m s p e c i f i c a l l y f o r a n e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t t a r g e t a r e a .
s u c h a s t h i s p r o j e c t , i s n o t a v a i l a b l e . F o r m 2 7 1 6 7 i s b e i n g u s e d a s a s u b s t i t u t e . S h e t h e n d e s c r i b e d
t h e e m p l o y m e n t a n t i c i p a t e d i n t h e i r n e w b u i l d i n g : A p h a r m a c i s t , h e l p e r . o n e o r m o r e r e t a i l c l e r k s ,
o n e o r t w o a t t o r n e y s , a n d o n e o r t w o o f f i c e p e r s o n n e l . A l e n g t h y d i s c u s s i o n e n s u e d : i t i s t y p i f i e d
b _ v t h e s e c o m m e n t s :
C o u n c i l o r R o k i c k i : I h a v e f o u r r e a s o n s t o b e o p p o s e d : ( 1 ) M a n y p e o p l e h a v e d e v e l o p e d
p r o p e r t y w i t h o u t t a x s u b s i d v . ( 2 ) T h i s w o u l d b e s e t t i n g a p r e c e d e n t . ( 3 ) A b u s i n e s s s h o u l d o n l y
b u i l d i f i t c a n b e a r t h a t e x p e n s e a n d s t a v i n b u s i n e s s . ( 4 ) T h i s w o u l d p u t a s u b s i d i z e d b u s i n e s s i n
c o m p e t i t i o n w i t h n o n - s u b s i d i z e d b u s i n e s s e s .
T r u d y S e l v i a : G r e e n c a s t l e n e e d s m o r e a t t o m e v s . W e a r e l o c a l o w n e r s . T h e r e a r e n o o t h e r
h o l e s o n t h e S q u a r e . T h i s i s a u n i q u e s i t u a t i o n : a d d i t i o n a l e x p e n s e r e q u i r e d t o m a k e t h e n e w
b u i l d i n g f i t i n t o t h e H i s t o r i c D i s t r i c t .
B i l l D o r y : T h e r e q u e s t i s t o a b a t e t a x e s o n j u s t t h e b u i l d i n g , n o t t h e b u s i n e s s o r i t s
i n v e n t o r y . T h e p r o p e r t y h a s n o t b e e n g e n e r a t i n g a n y t a x w h i l e M a i n S t r e e t o w n e d i t .
C o u n c i l o r M u r r a y : I t ' s a u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y t o r e s t o r e t h e D o w n t o w n .
C o u n c i l o r R o a c h : P e r h a p s l e s s t h a n m a x i m u m a b a t e m e n t i s m o r e a p p r o p r i a t e .
C o u n c i l o r R o k i e k i : I c a n ' t v o t e f o r t e n y e a r s , b u t I c o u l d v o t e f o r s i x .
T h e S e l v i a s : W e a r e a s k i n g f o r t e n y e a r s .
M a r y F r a n c e s S n v d e r : W h a t a r e t h e l o n g - t e r m p r o s p e c t s f o r t h e a d j o i n i n g b u i l d i n g s
( e x p o s e d b r i c k f a c i n g , e t c . ) ?
K e n E i t e l : T h e r e i s a l r e a d y a p r e c e d e n t : T h e D o w n t o w n D i s t r i c t i s a p r e c e d e n t .
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Ernie Ford: Yes, you are setting a precedent if you say "No!"
Percy Snyder: As the Mayor says, Courthouse Square is our front porch. We have a hole
in our front porch. This proposal is a good way to get it fixed.
Del Brewer: I'm a competitor. I've built my own building. But I'm supporting this proposal.
The question was called. Councilor Hammer indicated that he would abstain since the Selvias are
clients of his accounting firm. There being a tie vote. the Mayor cast the deciding vote. Resolution
1995 -27 was passed and adopted on a 3 -2 -1 vote as follows:
AYE
Councilor Miles
Councilor Murray
Mayor Harmless
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NAY
Councilor Roach
Councilor Rokicki
ABSTALN
Councilor Hammer
Ordinance No. 1995 -21, An Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Columbia Street East of
College Avenue and Vacating an Alley North of Lots 168 and 185 of the Original Plat of the
Town of Greencastle, was presented to Council on First Reading. In answer to a question. City
Attorney Zeiner stated that the agenda notation is correct: This is First Readinu Mr. Zeiner then
read the Ordinance in its entirety. Just as discussion was beginning, Mr. William A. Phillips
identified himself as the owner of one of the adjoining properties: the house with no garage. He
expressed concern that by vacating the alley there would remain no means for a vehicle to gain
access to the rear of his property: there is not sufficient space between houses for a driveway. Mr.
Phillips did not receive Certified Notice of the earlier (Plan Commission) meeting
; he is here tonight
as the result of such notice. After extensive discussion. Mayor Harmless suggested that, rather than
delay the matter unduly by sending it back to the Plan Commission. the following steps be taken:
(1) Council pass it on First Reading tonight. (2) The affected parties meet privately and agree on a
workable arrangement. (3) The parties report such arrangement at the Council's vear -end Special
Session. Councilor Murray moved that the Ordinance be passed on First Reading and Councilor
Roach seconded the motion. Councilor Hammer indicated that he would abstain from votine due
to client relationship. The motion was carried and Ordinance No. 1995 -21 was passed on First
Reading by a 4 -0 -1 vote as follows:
AYE NAY
Councilor Miles
Councilor Murrav
Councilor Roach
Councilor Rokicki
ABSTAIN
Councilor Hammer
Ordinance No. 1995 -18, An Ordinance Authorizing an Interlocal agreement between
the City of Greencastle and the Town of Fillmore for Waste Water Treatment. had been tabled
• on First Reading at the November 14, 1995 regular session. Councilor Murray moved to remove
it from the table. Councilor Roach seconded and the motion carried on an ave unanimous vote.
" C o m m o n C o u n c i l M i n u t e s - 1 2 / 1 2 / 9 5 - P a g e 4
P r e s e n t f o r t h i s c o n s i d e r a t i o n w e r e : P a m K e n d a l l ' , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e F i l l m o r e T o w n C o u n c i l a n d
s e v e r a l o t h e r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f F i l l m o r e ; D e l B r e w e r , a t t o r n e y r e p r e s e n t i n g F i l l m o r e , a n d L a r r y
W i l s o n , a t t o r n e y r e p r e s e n t i n g G r e e n c a s t l e . C i t y A t t o r n e y C h r i s B a r n e s d i s c u s s e d t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s
t h a t h a v e b e e n r e s o l v e d t o m u t u a l s a t i s f a c t i o n : ( 1 ) A f l o w v o l u m e c a p t h a t t h e G r e e n c a s t l e w i l l
a c c e p t : 3 6 , 0 0 0 g a l l o n s p e r d a y a s a n a n n u a l a v e r a g e , w i t h 7 5 , 0 0 0 g a l l o n s p e r d a y a s a p e a k , ( 2 ) A
s e p t i c i t y m a x i m u m a l l o w e d , w i t h a p p r o p r i a t e m e t e r i n g a n d s p e c i f i e d m e a s u r e s t h a t F i l l m o r e i s t o
t a k e t o r e d u c e t h e s e l e v e l s i f n e c e s s a r y ; ( 3 ) T o w n o f F i l l m o r e w i l l e s t a b l i s h a S e w a g e D e p a r t m e n t
r e s p o n s i b l e f o r m a i n t a i n i n g t h e i r s y s t e m ; a n d ( 4 ) F i l l m o r e w i l l a s s i s t t h e G r e e n c a s t l e S e w a g e
D e p a r t m e n t i n l o c a t i n g s i t e s f o r l a n d a p p l i c a t i o n o f s l u d g e .
A t t o r n e y L a r r y W i l s o n c o m m e n t e d r e g a r d i n g c o s t s t h a t u p d a t e d n u m b e r s h a v e s t i l l n o t b e e n
r e c e i v e d f r o m J o h n S e e v e r ( H . J . U m b a u g h a n d A s s o c i a t e s , C P A s ) ; t h e 1 9 9 4 r a t e w a s 5 2 . 2 2 p e r
h u n d r e d c u b i c f e e t . H e a d d e d t h a t G r e e n c a s t l e ' s i n t e r e s t s w i l l b e p r o t e c t e d b y i m p o s i n g f a i r c h a r g e s
f o r ( 1 ) t r e a t m e n t a n d ( 2 ) a l l o c a t i o n o f c a p a c i t y . I t w a s p o i n t e d o u t t h a t a n y r e v e n u e a b o v e e x p e n s e s
g o e s i n t o t h e S e w a g e D i s p o s a l I m p r o v e m e n t F u n d . C o u n c i l o r R o a c h m o v e d t o a p p r o v e O r d i n a n c e
N o . 1 9 9 5 - 1 8 o n F i r s t R e a d i n g ; C o u n c i l o r t N f u r r a v s e c o n d e d t h e m o t i o n , a n d t h e m o t i o n c a r r i e d o n
a n a y e u n a n i m o u s v o t e .
R e s o l u t i o n N o . 1 9 9 5 - 2 8 , A R e s o l u t i o n a u t h o r i z i n g A d d i t i o n a l T r a n s f e r o f A p p r o p r i a t i o n
B e t w e e n C l a s s i f i c a t i o n s o f A p p r o p r i a t i o n s i n t h e 1 9 9 5 B u d g e t o f t h e C i t y o f G r e e n c a s t l e , w a s
p r e s e n t e d t o C o u n c i l a n d r e a d i n i t s e n t i r e t y b y M a v o r H a r m l e s s . C o u n c i l o r H a m m e r q u e s t i o n e d
t h e t r a n s f e r s f r o m a c a p i t a l o u t l a y i t e m ( P o l i c e 4 4 2 ) t o n o n - c a p i t a l i t e m s . T h e C l e r k - T r e a s u r e r
" a g r e e d t o a m e n d t h e R e s o l u t i o n b y s t r i k i n g t h e s e t w o l i n e s . C o u n c i l o r R o k i c k i m o v e d t o a c c e p t t h e
R e s o l u t i o n a s a m e n d e d . C o u n c i l o r M u r r a v s e c o n d e d t h e m o t i o n a n d i t c a r r i e d o n a n a y e u n a n i m o u s
v o t e .
R e s o l u t i o n N o . 1 9 9 5 - 2 9 , A R e s o l u t i o n a u t h o r i z i n g t h e T r a n s f e r o f F u n d s A d m i n i s t e r e d
. J o i n t l y b y t h e C o m m o n C o u n c i l a n d t h e C i t i z e n s A d v i s o r y C o m m i s s i o n F o r E c o n o m i c
D e v e l o p m e n t ( C A C F I D ) t o t h e P u t n a m C o u n t y F o u n d a t i o n , w a s p r e s e n t e d t o C o u n c i l .
C o u n c i l o r M u r r a y m o v e d t o t a b l e t h e r e s o l u t i o n . C o u n c i l o r R o k i c k i s e c o n d e d a n d t h e m o t i o n t o
t a b l e c a r r i e d o n a n a y e u n a n i m o u s v o t e .
O r d i n a n c e N o . 1 9 9 5 - 1 4 , A n O r d i n a n c e F i x i n g t h e S a l a r i e s o f E l e c t e d O f f i c i a l s o f t h e C i t y
o f G r e e n c a s t l e f o r t h e Y e a r 1 9 9 6 , w a s p r e s e n t e d t o C o u n c i l o n F i n a l R e a d i n g . T h i s o r d i n a n c e h a d
p a s s e d o n F i r s t R e a d i n g a t t h e S p e c i a l S e s s i o n o n J u l y 1 8 , 1 9 9 5 . C o u n c i l o r R o k i c k i m o v e d t h e
a d o p t i o n o f t h e o r d i n a n c e o n f i n a l r e a d i n g . C o u n c i l o r Y t i l e s s e c o n d e d a n d O r d i n a n c e N o . 1 9 9 5 - 1 4
w a s p a s s e d a n d a d o p t e d o n a n a v e u n a n i m o u s % o t e .
O r d i n a n c e N o . 1 9 9 5 - 1 9 , A n O r d i n a n c e A d o p t i n g a P e r s o n n e l P o l i c y a n d P r o c e d u r e
M a n u a l f o r t h e C i t y o f G r e e n c a s t l e , w a s p r e s e n t e d t o C o u n c i l o n F i n a l R e a d i n g . T h i s o r d i n a n c e
w a s p a s s e d o n f i r s t r e a d i n g a t C o u n c i l ' s r e g u l a r s e s s i o n o n N o v e m b e r 1 4 , 1 9 9 5 . M a y o r H a r m l e s s
n o t e d t h a t S h a w n R a v e r , t h e B o n n e r S c h o l a r w h o h a s w o r k e d o n t h i s p r o j e c t d u r i n g t h e s e m e s t e r ,
h a d b e e n i n a t t e n d a n c e e a r l i e r i n t h e e v e n i n g ; t h e M a y o r t h a n k e d h i m p u b l i c l y f o r h i s g o o d w o r k .
T h e M a y o r p o i n t e d o u t t h a t t h e o r d i n a n c e d o e s n o t i n c l u d e A p p e n d i x A , p o l i c y a n d p r o c e d u r e s
r e l a t i n g t o P o l i c e a n d F i r e D e p a r t m e n t s . T h e o r d i n a n c e w a s l e a d i n i t s e n t i r e t y b y t h e M a y o r .
C o u n c i l o r M i l e s m o v e d t h e a d o p t i o n o f t h e o r d i n a n c e a n d C o u n c i l o r M u r r a y s e c o n d e d . O r d i n a n c e
" N o . 1 9 9 5 - 1 9 w a s p a s s e d a n d a d o p t e d o n a n a y e u n a n i m o u s v o t e .
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Ordinance No. 1995 -22, An Ordinance Creating a Violations Bureau for the City of
Greencastle, was presented to Council on First Reading. The ordinance was read in its entirety
(except for the "Code" section) by City Attorney Zeiner. After brief discussion, Councilor Roach
moved passage of the ordinance on first reading and Councilor Rokicki seconded. The motion
carried on an aye unanimous vote.
Ordinance No. 1995 -23, An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 1992 -3, Defining
Powers of the Department of Redevelopment, was presented to Council on First Reading. The
ordinance was read in its entirety by the Mayor. During the discussion that ensued, the specification
of the time -frame of a long term lease as "more than 10 vears" was questioned. By consensus, the
resolution was amended to specify "more than 4 vears." Councilor Murray moved to accept the
resolution, as amended, or first reading. Councilor Hammer seconded and the motion carried on
an ave unanimous vote.
Mayor Harmless polled Council members regarding a time for a special session during the
final week of the year. A late lunch (around 1:00) on the 27th or 28th seemed best. Council will
be informed as soon as time and place are set.
Adjournment:
With no further business, Councilor Miles moved for adjournment and Councilor Hammer
seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 1025 pm. / /
Michael ML Harmless, Mayor
ATTEST:
Donald L. Weaver. Clerk- Treasurer
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