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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-12-15-80 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER 15, 1980 The meeting of the City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Jane Reiman at 7:30 P.M. cn December 15, 1980. Council members Shepherd, Fleming, Mc Mullen, Garretson, Walker, Johnson and Kerr were present, as was Clerk-Treasurer. Invocation was given by Mrs. Kerr and followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Garretson stated he would like to amend the minutes of the December 1st meeting as follows: on page two, first full paragraph strike "and passed unanimously. Vote was taken on Ordinance D-283 which failed on a vote of 5-2" and insert the words"motion failed", on page four following transfer for the police department add "Mr. Garretson stated that he desagreed with the policy of departments considering the accumulative department budget as all theirs to spend. This runs counter to Council's vote to budget line items. He called upon the Council and Mayor to work together to present to the department heads a policy statement on use of budgets." and under announcements regarding the committee for Cable TV to mention that Dave Rutledge has been appointed by the Chamber of Commerce, Tom Allebrandi by the Mayor and Jane Merrill by the Library Board. Mr. Garretson made a motion to approve the minutes as amended. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Mr. Garretson made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 5th special meeting of the Council. Motion seconded by Mr. Fleming and passed unanimously. Old Business Public Hearing-Ordinance S-38 - Mayor Reiman opened the meeting to a public hearing on Ordinance S-38, Sewer Rate Increase, at 7:40 P.M. There was no one from the public who wished to address the proposed ordinance and the public hearing was closed at 7:45 P.M. Mrs. Kerr and Mr. Johnson stated that they had expected a detailed report from Mr. McCullough setting out the deficit and expected revenue. Mr. McCullough was on hand at the meeting and gave Mrs. Kerr and Mr. Johnson a report which had been distributed at the November 24th special meeting. Discussion insued and Mr. Garretson had pointed out that with out the increase the Sewer Utility could not meet its proposed budget for 1981 and that he, Mr. Fleming and Mr. Walker had spent a great deal of time with Mr. Dougherty and Mary Ann Sheeks in preparing a realistic budget. Mr. Fleming made a motion to adopt Ordinance S-38. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed 6-1, Mrs. Kerr voting nay. Mayor Reiman stated that The people representing the trash collectors in the City had been waiting for quite a while and that they were ninth on the agenda under new business. Mr. Garretson made a motion to suspend the rules and move to item 9 - Carmel Collection Services. Motion seconded by Mrs. Kerr and passed unanimously. Mr. Jerry Schnitzius of Acme Disposal stated that the haulers were willing to work with the City to limit the number of days for trash pick-up in the City but that it would be a great expense to the haulers to change their scheduling and would take a great deal of time to wouk out. He asked that the Council come up with an ordinance or something to make the haulers not involved at this time to conform to the same rules. If not, he pointed out, someone new could come in and haul when they wanted and pick up business now being done by those haulers wiling to work with the City on establishing a schedule. Discussion City Council Meetinq December 15, 1980 Page Two ensued and Mrs. Kerr stated she felt the City in doinq this was attempting to legislate the freedom of the homeowners to have their trash picked up when they wanted and would damage the free enterprise system. Mr. Johnson stated that he was in favor of some sort of control and scheduling as it was, was unsafe to have the trash trucks on the streets every day. Mr. Garretson stated that perhaps the City could charqe a franchise fee and haulers wishing to do business in the City could obtain a franchise which would regulate the days of pick- up. Terry Litvan, 1215 Fairbanks, stated she had tried to get the people in her neighborhood organized so that they would have trash pick-up on one day a week and that everyone thought it was a good idea as long as it was on the day they wanted it. The idea finally was abandoned. After further discussion, Mr. Garretson made a motion to advertise for a public hearing the first meeting in February and have Mr. Pearce draw up an ordinance to have trash hauling on Monday and Thursday, a license fee of $50 a year with $500 fine for violation of the ordinance for each violation to pertain to residential only. There was no second to the motion. Mrs. Kerr stated that since there was no second to the motion, she felt the Council should leave well enouqh alone. Mrs. McMullen made a motion to table the item indefinitely. Motion seconded by Mrs. Kerr and passed 6-1, Mr. Johnson voting nay. Mr. Johnson stated he felt this needed to be addressed and had three more years to work nn a solution. The trash haulers stated they would be willing to work with Mr. Johnson and/or the City when they were requested to do so. Mr. Garretson left the meeting. Ordinance D-283 - Sewer Utility Budqet - Mr. Fleminq made a motion to adopt Ordinance D-283. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed 5-1, Mrs. Kerr abstaining. A Ordinance D-286 - Water Utility Budget - Mr. Walker made a motion to adopt Ordinance D-286. Motion seconded by Mr. Fleminn and passed unanimously. Ordinance D-283(A) - Additional Appropriation for Free- Standing Building Mr. Walker made a motion to approv e Ordinance D-283(A). Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and passed Mrs. Kerr abstaining. Mr. Shepherd left the meeting. Ordinance C-72 - Annexation Woodfield Acres - Mayor Reiman stated she had talked to Mr. Hufford of the County Highway nepartment regardinq the repair of Gray Road up to the Woodfield Acres development and had been assured that they would work with the City to upqrade the road in the sprinq. Mr. Walker stated he felt the aqreement should be writing and made a motion to table action on Ordinance C-72 until the January 5th meeting or until written agreement had been received from the County Highway Department. Motion seconded by Mrs. McMullen and passed unanimously. Ordinance C-73 - Annexation of Fidelity Center - Mr. Walker asked if the ordinance before them had the corrected legal description and it was decided that the ordinance had not been corrected as to the number of acres proposed for the annexation. Mr. Walker made a motion to table action on this ordinance pending a cor rected legal description. Motion seconded by Mrs. Kerr and passed unanimously. City Council Meetinq No~ember 15, 1980 Pa~e T~ree Ordinance Z-168 - Amendment of Zoning Ordinances - Ordinace Z-168 allowing more time for the recording of a final plat came before the Council for final action. Mrs. Kerr amde a motion to adopt Ordinance Z-168. Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and passed unanimously. Ordinance D-285 - On Street Parking - Mrs. Kerr stated she felt this Ordinance would create more problems that it would solve and that there was no good solution. Mr. Walker stated he felt this was a problem akin to a domestic problem, with two neighbors arguing and was a no- win situation. Mr. Fleming made a motion to adopt Ordinance D-285. Motion seconded by Mrs. Kerr and failed 0-5. New Business Ordinance B-186 - Transfer of Funds Plan Commission - Mrs. McMullen made a motion to introduce Ordinance B-186. Motion seconded by Mr. Fleming. Mr. Walker made amotion to suspend the rules and act upon Ordiance B-186 tonight. Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and passed unanimously. Ordinance B-186 was passed unanimously. Ordinance B-187 - Transfer of Funds City Court - Mr. Walker made a motion to introduce Ordinance B-187. Motion seconded by Mrs. McMullen. Mr. Walker made a motion to suspend the rules and act upon Ordinance B-187 toniqht. Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and passed unanimously. Ordinance B-187 passed unanimously. Ordinance B-188 - Transfer of Funds Building commissioner - Mr. Johnson made a motion to dispense with the reading of all transfer ordinances. Motion seconded by Mrs. Kerr and passed unanimously. Mr. Walker made a motion to introduce Ordinance B-188. Motion seconded by Mrs. McMullen. Mr. Johnson made a motion to suspend the rules and act upon Ordinance B-188 tonight. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Ordinance B-188 was passed unanimously. Ordinance B-189 - Transfer of Funds Board of Public Works - Mr. Johnson made a motion to introduce Ordinance B-189. Motion seconded by Mrs. McMullen. MRS. McMullen made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance B-189 tonight. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Ordinance B-189 passed unanimously. Ordinance B-l90 - Transfer of Funds MVH - Mr. Johnson made a motion to introduce Ordinance B-l90. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker. Mr. Johnson made a motion to suspend the rules and act upon Ordinance B-l90 tonight. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Ordinance B-l90 passed unanimously. Other Business - Mayor Reiman distributed a proposed ordinance for the regulation of dance halls and massaqe parlors and asked that it be added to the agenda. Mr. Johnson made a motion to add ordinance D-287 to the aqenda. Mr. Fieminq seconded the motion. Mr. Walker stated the rules of the Council state that an item to be added to the aaenda must be presented before the start of the meetinq and felt that introduction of the Ordinance at this time would be contrary to their rules. Following discussion, Mr. Johnson withdrew his motion. Mayor Reiman stated that this would be considered information on a proposed ordinance to be introduced at a later date. City Council Meeting December 15, 1980 Page Four Announcements Mayor Reiman stated that Chief Swails had purchased two more warning sirens and one would be installed on Fire Station #3 and asked the Council to come up with some recommendations as to where would be the best place to put the other warning siren. Mayor Reiman stated that the paramedic program would be in operation as of January 1st and that anyone withing information should be informed that the number for emergence ambulance service would now be 773-HELP. The citizens usina the paramedic proqram would have the choice of the hospital they wish to be taken to althought the ambulance service is operated by Riverview Hospital and wished to stress that the ambulance would be cominq from Carmel and not Noblesville. rlr. Walker made a motion that a special meeting be scheduled for the Council for Thursday, December 18th at 5:30 for the introduction or Ordinance D-287. Motion seconded by Mrs. McMullen and passed unanimously. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was duly adjourned at 10:10 P.M. APPROVED: ATTEST: