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RESOLUTION NO. CC-04-15-02-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARMEL, iNDIANA, TO AUTHORIZE A TRANSFER OF FUNDS
BY THE STREET DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the Carmel Street Department is responsible for the year-round, day-to-day
upkeep and maintenance of the City's infrastructure which includes streets, rights-of-way,
intersections, storm drains find grounds surrounding the City buildings, and
WHEREAS, the City has made an investment with taxpayer dollars in excess of Two
Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to purchase more than 50 pieces of heavy machinery, vehicles
and major equipment to perform these services, and
WHEREAS, the Street Department will take delivery of an additional five (5) new
vehicles and other heavy machinery with a price tag in excess of $350,000.00 later this year in
anticipation of expanded areas of service due to projected annexation, and
WHEREAS, the current facility provided by the City for the Street Department
Administration, Operations, Maintenance and Equipment and Materials storage is deplorable and
inadequate, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City and its taxpayers to provide a healthy and
safe work environment and adequate and appropriate sheltered storage facilities to protect and
maintain the significant financial investment already existing in'vehicles, machinery, equipment
and personnel, and
WHEREAS, the current City Council has expressed its displeasure and concern regarding
the condition of the Street Department facilities and taken action within its statutory authority to
appropriate the initial funding for the purchase of land and the construction of a new facility, and
WHEREAS, Mayor Brainard has refused to move this project forward and has failed to
recognize the importance that such a facility provides for the maintenance of the City's key
infrastructure and protects the taxpayers' multi-million dollar investment in valuable machinery
and equipment, and
WHEREAS, the Street Department has had the free use of an inside storage facility
provided by the Carmel Redevelopment Commission for the years of 2000 and 2001, which
facility has now been sold for City Center Development, and
WHEREAS, the Street Department entered into a five (5) month lease for inside storage
of only one-third of its vehicles and equipment for the winter of 2002 and with that lease having
now expired and the sale of that facility imminent, and
WHEREAS, the Street Department desires to extend the rental period on its current
facility on a month-to-month basis, at $2,750.00 per month, until such time as they are ordered to
vacate said facility, and
WHEREAS, an amount of $24,750.00, which said additional amount was not budgeted
for 2002, is needed to cover said rental expenses in the Street Department's Line Item #525
Building Rental, and
WHEREAS, the Street Department has funds in the amount of $24,750.00 in Line Item
#504 Contracted Grounds Maintenance,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Carmel, Indiana, that the Street Department is authorized to transfer:
$24,750.00
from
Line Item # 504 Contracted Grounds Maintenance
into
Line Item #525 Building Rental
At the rate of $2,750 per month, not to exceed $24,750.00
I~ASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana this ~ r~ ~tay of
(.~--/f~-~_~, ,2002, byavoteof ~-- ayesand .3 nays.
COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
ing Officer ~ · ~ ~.
Wayne Wi[son, Pr~esident Pro Tempore
Robert E. ~Battreall
Ron Carter
ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Cl~easurer
e~ted
by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana the ~ day of
,2002, at//~9~' o'clock-qrM.
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, ~ler~-Treasurer
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this __
day of
,2002, at o'clock P.M.
J~mcs Brain~.rd, Mayor
ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Cle(kTCasurer
Prepared By:
John R. Koven
Councilman, District Two
CITY OF CARMEL