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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-01-04-88MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CARMEL CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 4, 1988 CITY MEETING HALL The meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order at 7:00 P.M. on January 4, 1988 by Mayor Hancock with Council members, Miller, Doane, Johnson, Fleming, Lonzo, Potasnik and Irwin present. Also present were City Attorney Steve Andrews and Clerk-Treasurer Susan Jones. Invocation was given by Miss Doane followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Fleming made a motion to approve the minutes of December 21, 1987. The motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and all members voted aye. Motion carried. Swearing in of New Police Chief - Mayor Hancock swore in the new police chief Gary Barney. Election of President Pro Tem - Mr. Fleming made a motion to nominate Councilor Jim Miller as President Pro Tem of the City Council. Mr. Johnson then moved that the nominations be closed. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Appointments to Plan Commission - Mr. Miller made a motion to appoint Frank Fleming, Ted Johnson and Alan Potasnik to one year terms to the Carmel Plan Commission. The motion was seconded by Tom Irwin and all members voted aye. Motion carried. Appointments to Board of Zoning and Appeals - Mr. Fleming made a motion to appoint Tom Irwin to the Board of Zoning and Appeals. Mr. Lonzo seconded the motion and all members voted aye. Motion carried. Appointments of the City Council by Mayor - Mayor Hancock appointed Councilor Minnie Doane as Council Chaplin and Councilor Lee Lonzo as Parliamentarian. Page 2 Minutes of the City Council January 4, 1988 1988 Budget - Mayor Hancock presented a letter to the Council concerning the budget for 1988 and the result of the appeal by the State Tax Commissioners. Mayor Hancock stated that the budget would have to be cut in the amount of $110,313.00. A motion was made by Mr. Fleming to cut one police car in the amount of $17,291.00 and the remainder of the cut $93,022.00 would come from street repaving. Mr. Potasnik seconded the motion and all members voted aye. Motion carried. Appointments to Council Committees - TV Committee - A motion was made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by Miss Doane to appoint Jim Miller to the TV Committee. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Insurance Committee - A motion was made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. Fleming to appoint Lee Lonzo, Tom Irwin and Jim Miller to the Insurance Committee. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Utilities Committee - A motion was made by Mr. Johnson and seconded by Mr. Lonzo to appoint Frank Fleming, Minnie Doane and Allan Potasnik to the utilities committee. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Letterhead - The new letterhead for the city council was approved by the Council. COIT - COIT information was distributed to Council members for their review by Mayor Hancock. A motion was made by Ted Johnson to adjourn. The motion was seconded by Jim Miller. All members voted aye. Motion carried. APPROVED: Dorothy J. Hancock, Mayor ATTEST: Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer January 4, 1988 To: Carmel City Council Members From: Dottie Hancock Mayor/Former Clerk-Treasurer Dear Members: During budget meetings last summer the Council at that time decided to appeal the tax levy. We received word last Wednesday that a portion of our request had been granted. We appealed for $960,313 and received $850,000. Upon determining that an appeal would be made~ the Council added $200,000 to the Street Repaving~ budget (1987 budget was $100,000 - 1988 had already been raised to $200,000) and $34,582 to the Police budget for 2 unmarked police cars. We now need to cut $110,313 from the budget. We need to have direction on how you wish to make the cut. If the full $110,313 is taken from Street Repaving, it would mean a repaving budget of $289,687, or $189,687 over the 1987 budget and $89,687 over the original 1988 budget. If the two police cars are removed in the sum of $34,582 and the remainder taken out of Street Repaving, that would leave $324,269 in Street Repaving. I would appreciate a vote on this item this evening so the Clerk- Treasurer and Department Heads can proceed with their plans for 1988. Sincerely, Dorothy J. Hancock Mayor DJH/bjc 40 EAST MAIN STREET CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/844-6433