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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-03-20-89CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 20, 1989 7:00 P.M. CARMEL CITY MEETING HALL The meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order by Mayor Dorothy J. Hancock. Members in attendance were Minnie Doane, Alan Potasnik, Ted Johnson, Lee Lonzo, David Adams, Frank Fleming, Tom Irvin. City Attorney Steve Andrews and Clerk-Treasurer Susan W. Jones were also in attendance. The invocation was given by Councilor Doane followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Hancock welcomed the new District 4 representative David Adams to the Council. Councilor Fleming made a motion to approve the minutes of MINUTES: March 20, 1989. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik and all members voted aye. Motion carried. President Lee Lonzo presented the 1988 Girls and Boys Hoosier State Representatives plaques for outstanding achievement. Mayor Hancock presented each department head with a key to the City. She also presented a key to her assistant, Terri Hiatt. The Mayor WAGE AND HOUR SURVEY/ELECTED OFFICIALS/STATUS REPORT: stated she had been in contact with Jeff Birk and the survey would be sent to President Lee Lonzo within the next two weeks or at least before the next regular meeting of the City Council. The Mayor stated the poles 116th STREET IMPROVEMENTS/STATUS REPORT: were in for the lights and would be installed within the next 60 days. TRI-COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH/RESOLUTION 3-20-89-l/ENDORSEMENT OF NEW John Holmes who is a member of the executive FACILITY IN CARMEL: board of Tri-County Mental Health and also of the county council addressed the city council on this resolution. Mr. Holmes along with executive director Larry Birch explained their project and asked for an endorsement from the city council. Both Mr. Holmes and Mr. Birch assured the City Council that they were in no way asking for funds for the project. They were merely asking for support on an economic development issue that was now before the State Senate for a $6 million dollar facility to be located within the Meridian Corridor. Councilor Ted Johnson made a motion to introduce Resolution 3-20-89-1 and amend the resolution so that the word support would become endorse and in the last sentence the word organization would be changed to community and to suspend the rulesfor reading the same and to act on this Resolution tonight. Councilor Lonzo seconded the motion and all members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Hancock called for the vote. All members voted aye. Resolution 3-20-89-1 passed unanimously. ANNEXATION ORDINANCE C-139/LOTS 10,11 & 12/THORNHUR8T Councilor Potasnik made a motion ADDITION/HARRY ELLIOTT PETITIONER- to introduce Ordinance C-139 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Lonzo. All members voted aye. Motion carried. This ordinance would annex lots 10, 11 and 12 in the Thornhurst Addition and are owned by Harry Elliott. Mr. Elliott is wanting water and sewer availability and was granted that availability contingent upon annexation. Councilor Johnson made a motion to suspend the rules and act on C- 139 tonight. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Hancock called for the question. All members voted aye. Ordinance C-139 passed unanimously. Clerk-Treasurer Susan Jones asked for RECODIFICATION COMMITTEE: volunteers from the City Council to serve on the recodification review committee. The members are as follows: Steve Andrews, Lee Lonzo, Ted Johnson and Alan Potasnik. The first meeting will be held after the next Council meeting on April 17, 1989. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION/PUBLIC HEARING/ORDINANCE D-599/LOCAL ROADS Councilor AND STREETS FUND/$69,203.00/GENERAL FUND/$5,003.70: Lonzo made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-599 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Irvin. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Hancock opened the hearing to the public calling for questions and or objections. Hearing none, the Mayor closed the public hearing and opened it to the Council for questions and/or objections. Councilor Johnson stated he was diabolically opposed to paying the bill for a project that happened so many years ago. He said he had no problem with the special census bill but the large bill owed to the highway department for a project that was completed years ago he thought was ludicrous especially since one State Agency had ordered the money transferred and now another State Agency says we owe. Councilor Johnson wondered if at some point we wouldn't receive a bill for something that happened in Carmel during the Civil war. The Clerk-Treasurer asked if terms of payment were negotiated with the State Highway that again this type of a payment would deplete our operating capital. The Mayor stated it was not and that the Highway had threatened to go to the Attorney General's office for collections. Councilor Irvin made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-599 tonight. Members Doane, Potasnik, Lonzo, Adams, Fleming and Irvin voted aye. Councilor Johnson voted no. This ordinance will come back to the Council on April 17th for a second reading since it takes a unanimous vote to suspend the rules. Councilor Potasnik ORDINANCE D-600/CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-600 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Doane. All members voted aye. Motion carried. City Attorney Andrews explained that under current State statute that Carmel would fall under the control of the County Redevelopment Commission unless Carmel had it's own committee. He said appointments did not have to be made but that the committee, through this ordinance, would be put in place and would remove Carmel from the County control. Councilor Johnson made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-600 tonight. The motion was seconded by Councilor Irvin. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Hancock called for the question. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Hancock read her State of the City STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS: Address to members of the public, press and City Council (See attached copy). Councilor Potasnik asked the Mayor if he could ANNUAL REPORTS: received annual reports from the various Departments. The Mayor stated she would direct the Department Heads to provide them to theCouncil. There being no further business before the City Council, the meeting was duly adjourned. APPROVED: Dorothy J. Hancock, Mayor ATTEST: Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer STATE OF THE CITY--SEE ORIGINAL MINUTES