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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPW-01-24-83MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETING JANUARY 24, 1983 The meeting of the Board of Works was called to order by Mayor Reiman at 4:30 P.M. on January 24, 1983. Board members Billy Walker and Fred Swift were present. Also present was City Attorney, Dave Coots and Clerk-Treasurer, Dottie Hancock. Mayor Reiman made a motion to approve the minutes of December 30, 1982 and January 10, 1983. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. New Business Certification of Completion, Water Tower - Mr. Don Silvey of HNTB presented the Board with the Certification of Completion papers for the water tower. Mayor Reiman asked if the lettering was as big as it was before. Mr. Silvey said he thought so, but would check. Mr. Silvey stated that the warranty would cover the painting until December 1, 1983 and that he would recommend draining the tank in early November so that we could give proper notice under warranty if anything was not satisfactory. Mr. Walker made a motion to accept the Certification of Completion. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Bond Release - Wood Acre Park - City Engineer, Tom Welch appeared before the Board and recommended the bond for monuments and markers be released for Wood Acre Park. Mr. Swift made a motion to approve the release and pass Resolution 1-24-83-1 so stating. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. Police Insurance - Chief Lowe and Dottie Hancock explained to the Board that an insurance policy for the police in lieu of social security had matured and the department had since changed policies. The officers were now requesting that they get the money from the policy. Mrs. Hancock stated that the policy and payment checks were in the name of the City and that she would like to have authorization to sign same if it was the Board's desire to do so. Mr. Walker stated that this policy was purchased by the City in lieu of Social Security for a retirement plan and suggested that perhaps instead of a cash payment to the officers, the money due should be put into the current policy. The Board requested research be done on the policy and payments and bring the information to the February 14th meeting. Streetlights - Inngate Apartments - Mayor Reiman stated that the owner of the Inngate Apartments had requested streetlights in the complex due to some incidents which have happened recently. The Board indicated that these were public streets and perhaps should be surveyed for lighting. Mr. Walker made a motion to get a survey done by Public Service Indiana and the information brought back to the Council with a recommendation and the Board would made a 01/24/83 Page 2 decision taking into consideration the budget and priority areas. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Truck Bids -The Board was in receipt of bids for a dump truck for the Street Department as follows: Speedway International Trucks Inc. $21,371.42 Jerry Alderman Ford 20,862.32 Tom Wood Pontiac & GMC 20,096.49 W. Hare & Son, Inc. 20,689.00 Dan Young Chevrolet 20,911.82 Pearson Ford 20,310.52 The bid from Dan Young Chevrolet had a bond that was not signed. Mr. Coots asked if there was representative from Dan Young who could sign same. There was and a representative from Dan Young signed the bond. Mr. Walker made a motion to refer the bids to Mr. Reddick for review and recommendation at the next meeting. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Discussion of Solicitors Licenses - Mrs. Hancock stated that she was having an increasing number of applicants for solicitors licenses, upon record search by the police department, show that they have records. The ordinance states that she has the sole discretion of granting the license. She asked Mr. Coots what legally the applicant could do if she did not grant the license on the finding of a record. The procedure is that an applicant must have a search run by the police department then come to her office for the license. She has not been awarding licenses to persons with a prior record and telling them that they could go to the Board of Works for a determination which usually they did not do. Upon discussion, it was decided that Chief Lowe and Mr. Coots would work on a form to be filled out by the police department either recommending that they be awarded a license or that one not be awarded and setting out the procedure for having the decision overturned which would be given to the applicant. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was duly adjourned at 5:40 P.M. APPROVED: JANE REIMAN, MAYOR ATTEST: DOROTHY J HANCOCK, CLERK-TREASURER