HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-13-2011THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF
THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JANUARY 13, 2011
The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5:00 P.M.,
Thursday, January 13, 2011, in the Council Chambers 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 Assistant City Attorney Kim Vessels, Director of
Metropolitan Development Tony Foster, Director of Human Resources William Harris, Fire
Chief Mike Crawley, Battalion Chief Jerry Purcell, Firefighter Doug Gardner, RHS students
Tommy Brown, Joan Jordan, David Comiso, Danny Jayoruriya and Josh Sprague.
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 January 6, 2011 meeting.
Flood moved 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 January 14, 2011 in
the amount of $291,696.92. She explained of that total $18,326.00 was paid to Newberry
Construction for the repair of City owned railroad spur; $86,926.09 was paid to Bank of America
for the semi annual loan payment for energy projects and $99,701.25 was paid to Star
Development for NSP Grant. Lawson moved to approve with a second by Flood. The motion
was unanimously passed.
ADDENDUMS
A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Director of
Metropolitan Development Tony Foster for the approval of Addendum No. 2 to
Contract No. 5 6-20 10 with AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. for the
Environmental Remediation in the Starr - Gennett area of the Whitewater Valley
Gorge. Flood moved to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion was
unanimously passed. Flood moved to authorize Vicki Robinson as President of the
board to sign the addendum with a second by Lawson. The motion was unanimously
passed.
Board of Works Minutes
January 13, 2011
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CONTRACTS
A. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Assistant City
Attorney Kim Vessels for the re- approval of Contract No. 113 -2010 that is a
Memorandum of Understanding with the Help Shelter with clarifying language that
has been inserted into the original contract. Lawson moved to approve with a second
by Flood. The motion was unanimously passed.
B. Robinson brought to the board request that was presented by Director of Human
Resources William Harris for the approval of Contract No. 3 -2011 with the
Richmond Professional Firefighters, Inc International Association of Firefighters
AFL -CIO Local 1408. Harris did a brief summary of some of the changes that were
in the new contract. Flood moved to approve with a second by Lawson. The motion
was unanimously passed.
C. Robinson brought to the board a request that was presented by Metropolitan
Development Director Tony Foster for the approval of Contract No. 4 -2011 with
Donna Spears for the position of NSP Realtor. Flood moved to approve with a
second by Robinson. The motion passed with Lawson abstaining.
Robinson took this time to have the students from the Richmond Senior High School
Government class introduce themselves. Their names are listed above.
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