HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-03-2008THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF
THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JANUARY 3, 2008
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5:00 P.M.,
Thursday, January 3, 2008, in the Community Room at the Municipal Building, 50 North 5th
Street, Richmond, Indiana. In attendance were Board Members Vicki Robinson, Dian Lawson
and Mary Jo Flood. Also attending were City Attorney Walt Chidester, Police Chief Kris
Wolski and Human Resource Director Bill Harris.
The following business was conducted:
CALL TO ORDER
Robinson called the meeting to order and noted for the minutes that all board members and legal
counsel were present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Robinson made a request to the board to approve the minutes for the December 27, 2007
meeting. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was
unanimously passed.
CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
Robinson made a request to the board to approve the claims for payment for December 28, 2007
in the amount of $5,639,565.57. She explained that of that total $5,516,931.25 was paid to First
Merchants Bank for pay back of a temporary loan and to pay bills. There was a payment of
$28,860.94 to Harvest Land for gasoline and fuel. Lawson asked if the temporary loan was what
the City had to borrow because of the taxes being received late and Robinson told her yes.
Lawson made a motion to approve with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously
passed. Robinson then made a request to the board to approve the claims for payment for
January 4, 2008 in the amount of $83,238.83. She explained of the total $24,517.20 was paid to
Marsh USA for the first quarterly payment of the City's Worker's Comp Policy and $15,285.00
was paid to Ocean Systems for a Forensic Image & Audio Clarification System for the Police
Department. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was
unanimously passed.
REQUEST
A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Human Resource
Director Bill Harris for the approval of the City of Richmond Employee Policy
Manual. He explained that this policy would replace the one that was approved in
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1997. It was also explained to the board that this policy could change at any time.
Lawson asked if there were any major changes and Harris explained that one area in
particular was personal conduct in Section Six that explains what kind of conduct that
isn't acceptable and what type of disciplinary action the supervisors are to take. In
the area of Business Expenses instead of one price for a day for meals it has been
broken down in amounts for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lawson made a motion to
approve with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed. City
Attorney Walt Chidester told the board that Mr. Harris has spent a lot of time on this
policy to update it.
B. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Police Chief Kris
Wolski for the approval of Justin Scheiben for the position of Probationary Police
Officer with the Richmond Police Department. Flood made a motion to approve with
a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed.
STREET LIGHT REQUEST
Robinson explained that there were two street light requests on the agenda for approval but the
board felt that there was not enough information submitted so it was decided to table these two
requests. Lawson made a motion to table the requests until the board could receive more
information with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed.
CHANGE ORDERS
A. Robinson made a request to the board to approve Change Order No. 1 to Contract No.
43 -2007 between the City of Richmond and P.A.M. (Programming & Micros, Inc.)
concerning the City's website in the amount of $240.00. She explained that the
money is for additional training that is needed for the website administrators. Flood
made motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously
passed.
Robinson took this time to thank Kenyatta Cox for her service with the City and wanted to say
how much she will be missed.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed unanimously. The
meeting was adjourned.
S/S Vicki Robinson
Vicki Robinson, President
ATTEST: S/S Monica Burns
Monica Burns, Deputy Clerk