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Home My Public Portal About04-15-2010THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, APRIL 15, 2010 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5:00 P.M., Thursday, April 15, 2010, 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, Lieutenant Kevin Wampler, Sanitary District Assistant Engineer Elijah Welch, Director of Public Works and Engineering Greg Stiens, Director of Information Technology Doug Goss, Director of Human Resource William Harris, and Ivy Tech student Rachell Gruell. 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 April 8, 2010 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 April 16, 2010 in the amount of $140,185.76. She explained of that total $75,437.80 was paid to Richmond Power & Light for electric cost including street lights and $12,926.00 was paid to Clark Dietz for preliminary engineering of South "E" Street. Lawson made a motion to approve with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed. ROAD CLOSURES A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Lieutenant Kevin Wampler and Sanitary District Assistant Engineer Elijah Welch for the closure of Reeveston Road, between South 23rd Street and SE Parkway, beginning April 19, 2010 through April 30, 2010 for the SE Basin Sanitary Interceptor Relief Sewer Contract A to be completed. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. B. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Lieutenant Kevin Wampler and Sanitary District Assistant Engineer Elijah Welch for the closure of SE Parkway, between Reeveston Road to Avon Lane beginning on April 26, 2010 Board of Works Minutes April 15, 2010 Page 2 of 3 through July 23, 2010 for the SE Basin Sanitary Interceptor Relief Sewer Contract A to be completed. Mr. Welch explained that the entire road would not be closed during that time but would be closed a section at a time. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. RIGHT- OF-WAY ACQUISTIOINS A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Director of Public Works and Engineering Greg Stiens for the approval to purchase parcels 1 & 6 from Doherty, Inc in the amount of $33,192.25. Lawson made a motion to approve with a second by Flood. B. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Director of Public Works and Engineering Greg Stiens for the approval to purchase parcel 12 from Donald E. Winget in the amount of $32,569.50. Lawson made a motion to approve with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed. C. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Director of Public Works and Engineering Greg Stiens for the approval to purchase parcel 10 from Everett Lee Warren Jr. and Roberta Kathleen Warren in the amount of $20,000.00. Lawson made a motion to approve with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed. CONTRACTS A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Director of Information Technology Doug Goss for the approval of Contract No. 36 -2010 with Recovery Consulting, Inc for conducting an audit, preparation of Request for Proposals and providing assistance to the City, not to exceed $20,000.00. Flood made a motion to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously passed. EMPLOYEE POLICY MANUAL A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented Director of Human Resources William Harris for the approval of revisions to the Employee Policy Manual with it being retroactive to January 1, 2010. He explained that the revisions would make portions of the policy clearer and also updated it so that the City building employees would be more in line with some of the Union employees. Lawson made a motion to approve with a second by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed. Robinson took this time to introduce Rachell Gruell who was attending the meeting for her Office Administration Class at Ivy Tech. ADJOURNMENT Board of Works Minutes April 15, 2010 Page 3 of 3 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