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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-11-02-87MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CARMEL CITY COUNCIL November 2, 1987 The meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order at 7:00 P.M. on November 2, 1987 by Mayor Reiman with Council members Miller, McMullen, Doane, Johnson, Garretson, Fleming and Badger present. Also present were City Attorney Andrews and Clerk- Treasurer Hancock. Invocation was given by Miss Doane followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Reiman presented the City with a framed photograph of the fire station which she took. Mr. Fleming made a motion to approve the minutes of October 19, 1987. Motion seconded by Mis~ Doane and passed unanimously. Old Business Ordinance D-534, 4-Way Stop Sign at 1st Street NW & 2nd Ave NW - Mr. Fleming made a motion to intro1luce Ordinance D-534 and dispense with the reading of same. Motion seconded by Ms. McMullen. The ordinance was a result of discussion at the October 19th meeting and Mr. Miller made a motion to suspend the rules and Ict on Ordinance D-534 this evening. Motion seconded by Mr. Badger and passed unanimously. Vote was taken on Ordinance D-534 which passed unanimousLy. New Business Resolution 11-2-87-1, Transfer of Funds - Fire Department - The Council was in receipt of a request from Chief Couts for a transfer of funds within the budget of the Fire Department. Mr. Johnson made a motion to introduce Resolution 11-2-87-1 and called for the question. Motion seconded by Ms. McMullen. Vote was taken on Resolution 11-2-87-1, transfer of funds within the Fire Department, and passed unanimously. Public Hearing - Ordinance Z-223, Proposed Rezone Marriott Corporation - Mr. Steve Brown and Mr. Douglas Church, attorneys for the Marriott Corporation, Mr. Barry Dixon, engineer and Mr. Bill Ridgway of the Marriott Corporation appeared before the Council and presented their petition for rezone of property at the southwest corner of 103rd Street and Meridian Street. Following the presentation, Mr. Johnson made a motion to introduce Ordinance Z- 223. Motion was seconded by Mr. Badger. Mayor Reiman opened the meeting for public hearing. There was no one from the public who wished to speak to the proposed rezone. Mayor Reiman closed the public hearing. Following discussion by the Council, Mr. Johnson made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance Z-223 this evening. Motion seconded by Mr. Badger and psssed unanimously. Vote was taken on Ordinance Z-223 which passed unanimously. Ordinance D-535, Amendment to Ordinance D-519, Restricted Parking - Mr. Johnson made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-535 and dispense with the reading of same. Motion seconded by Mr. Garretson, This Ordinance was a result of discussion held at the October 19th meeting when Mr. Johnson stated that the parking restrictions were working well on streets around the school but that Albert Court and David Place had been omitted from the Original ordinance. Mr. Garretson made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-353 this evening. Motion seconded by Mr. Badger and passed unanimously. Vote was taken on Ordinance D-535 which passed unanimously. Ordinance D-533A, Establishing Salaries for Elected City Officials and Advisory Committee Members - Ordinance D- 533A was prepared after the Council budget meetings and had been published according to law. Mr. Badger made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-533A and suspend the rules to act on said Ordinance this evening. Motion seconded by Mr. Fleming. Mr. Garretson raised the question of whether the per diem should also apply to the Mayor and Clerk- Treasurer since these were evening meetings which they attellded in addition to their regular days. Discussion ensued and it was also noted tha: the Board of Public Works members were not mentioned in the Ordinance. The City Attorney was requested to prepare an amendment to include the mayor and clerk-t.easurer in the per diem and the clerk-treasurer was requested to prepare an amendmen: to include the members of the Board of Public Works. Mr. Fleming made a motioll to table action on Ordinance D-533A until the next regular meeting of the Council. Motion was seconded by Mr. Garretson and passed unanimously. 116th Street Widening - Pennsylvania/College - Mr. Don Silvey, Commonwealth Engineers, presented the plans for the widening of 116th Street between Pennsylvania and College. Mr. Silvey stated his estimate of the costs of the project would be somewhere in the vicinity of $700,000. The Clerk-Treasurer stated there were sufficient funds in the Local Road and Street Fund to pay for the project. Following discussion, Mr. Badger made a motion to authorize Mr. Silvey to proceed with the bidding of the project with plans for street lights included in the project. Motion seconded by Mr. Johnson and passed unanimously. Other Business Mayor Reiman tendered her resignation as Mayor effective 7 :00 P.M. on November 30, 1987 to Council President Johnson. Mr. Johnson read the resignation. Mayor Reiman distributed copies of the official census report from the special census conducted this past summer which shows our official census figure of 23,137. Kris Smelser of 804 F Schoen Court, Carmel asked if she could address the Council. Ms. Smelser expressed her concern that the environment of the city was at risk due to all the development. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was duly adjourned at 8:45 PM. APPROVED: ATTEST: