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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12-27-2007THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, DECEMBER 27, 2007 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5:00 P.M., Thursday, December 27, 2007, in the Community Room at the Municipal Building, 50 North 5th Street, Richmond, Indiana. In attendance were Board Members Dian Lawson and Mary Jo Flood. Also attending were Assistant City Attorney Kenyatta Cox, Fire Chief Mike Crawley, Mayor Sally Hutton, Fire Fighters Chris O'Neil, Doug Gardner, Chuck Kirkman, Eric Holmes, Tim Parrott, and Christopher Todd Sticco. The following business was conducted: CALL TO ORDER Lawson called the meeting to order and noted for the minutes that two members and legal counsel were present which constitutes a quorum. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Lawson made a request to the board to approve the minutes for the December 20, 2007 meeting. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT Lawson explained that she had no claims for payment so that there would be two for the next meeting. REQUEST A. Lawson brought to the board a request that was presented by Fire Chief Mike Crawley for the approval to promote Firefighters Rick Bolen, Chris Chappel, Donnie Black, Doug Dillman and Joe Buckler from Firefighter to Engineer. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. Lawson took this time to congratulate these Firefighters on their promotions. B. Lawson brought to the board a request that was presented by Fire Chief Mike Crawley for the approval to promote Firefighters Don Pope, Dennis Risk, Harold Erbse, and Jared Rudy from Engineer to Lieutenant. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. Lawson took this time to congratulate these Firefighters on their promotions. C. Lawson brought to the board a request that was presented by Fire Chief Mike Crawley to address the issue of Christopher Todd Sticco's appointment from Board of Works Minutes December 27, 2007 Page 2 of 2 Engineer to Lieutenant with the Richmond Fire Department and to receive the Fire Chief's recommendation. Crawley explained that that Christopher Todd Sticco had the seniority to receive a promotion but since he has a disciplinary action pending he felt that his promotion should be tabled pending the out come of the action. If the action rules in Sticco's favor then he would receive his promotion and everything would be retroactive. His other recommendation, since there will be a lot of moving within the department, was to put Mr. Sticco on Administrative Leave pending the outcome of his hearing. Flood made a motion to table the promotion of Christopher Todd Sticco with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. Flood made a motion to place Christopher Todd Sticco on Administrative Leave pending the outcome of the disciplinary action with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned. S/S Dian Lawson Dian Lawson, Vice President ATTEST: S/S Monica Burns Monica Burns, Deputy Clerk