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Home My WebLink AboutCCM-10-01-90CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 1, 1990 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS/ONE CIVIC SQUARE The meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order by Mayor Dorothy J. Hancock. Council members present were Minnie Doane, Lee Lonzo, Annabelle Ogle, Alan Potasnik, David Adams, Frank Fleming and Tom Irvin. Clerk-Treasurer Susan Jones and City Attorney Steve Andrews were also in attendance. Councilor Potasnik offered an amendment to the minutes MINUTES: changing the amount of the claim to Vasey from $4,500 to $8,500. Councilor Potasnik then moved to approve the minutes as amended. The motion was seconded by Councilor Ogle. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Doane made a motion to approve TRANSFER OF FUNDS: Resolution 10-1-90-1 which approved the transfer of funds in the Board of Public Works budget to cover long term debt from office equipment both in sewer and water funds. The motion was seconded by Councilor Ogle. All members voted aye. Councilor Potasnik made a motion to add the ADDITION TO AGENDA: approval of two claims for the communications center to the agenda. The motion was seconded by Councilor Adams. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Hancock pointed out PROPOSED ORDINANCE/DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE: that according to the previous minutes, this item was to be on the October 15, 1990 agenda. ORDINANCE D-674/AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING SMOKING IN CARMEL CITY Councilor Potasnik made a motion to introduce Ordinance D- 674 HALL: and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Adams. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Steve Andrews stated the ordinance has to be published because it carries a fine. Steve Andrews also stated that he had been approached by several employees who smoked and asked for a designated area. Mr. Andrews explained that he could not include such an amendment because that was not what he was directed to do by the Council. Councilor Potasnik stated that if the Council was going to provide a truly completely smokeless building then that is what the Council should do. Councilor Potasnik said the State Board of Health doesn't allow smoking in their building and the American United Life building doesn't allow it either. Councilor Fleming thought the smokers had a right to smoke and a place should be provided. Councilor Fleming was concerned about additional health risks in employees standing outside during bad weather. Councilor Adams expressed very strong feelings concerning the no smoking issue and said regardless of how the Council ruled tonight that if we were going to error in one way or another we should error on the side of those who want a smoke free environment. Councilor Potasnik suggested that a fine of up to $100.00 be included in the ordinance. Councilor Potasnik stated he had read the ordinance from Ft. Wayne and that is the amount they had used. Councilor Irvin worried about being consistent in all of the public buildings. He felt that since smoking was allowed in the Fire Department and the Police Department that City Hall should also have a designated area. Councilor Ogle asked about smoking at the schools. It was stated that teachers are allowed in designated area but students were prohibited totally. Councilor Ogle said she felt that we send mixed messages by saying it is a health hazard on one hand but then designate an area and encourage it on another. Mayor Hancock stated there were several areas in the building that were not being used and that special filters could be installed to eliminate the smoke. Councilor Potasnik objected to spending taxpayers money on special filters so a few employees could smoke. Councilor Adams felt this ordinance could be expanded in the future to carve out designated areas but right now the issue was to put some "teeth" into the Resolution that the Board of Public Works had already passed. Councilor Potasnik made a motion to address this ordinance as it stands without a designated smoking area and to include the fine of up to $100.00. The motion was seconded by Councilor Adams. Councilors Doane, Lonzo, Ogle, Potasnik and Adams all voted for the motion. Councilors Fleming and Irvin voted nay. Motion carried. Councilor Irvin stated he will not support the ordinance without a designated area. Councilor Potasnik made a motion to limit the writing of citations to only officers of the Carmel Police Department. The motion was seconded by Councilor Lonzo. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Potasnik made a motion to suspend the rules and act on D- 674 tonight. The motion was seconded by Councilor Ogle. Councilor Fleming voted nay. Ordinance D-674 will be up for a second reading on October 15, 1990. The Council directed the Clerk-Treasurer to publish this ordinance before the next meeting. PUBLIC HEARING/ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION/$200,000/SIDEWALK Councilor Doane made a motion to introduce Ordinance CONSTRUCTION: D-672 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Before the Mayor opened the hearing to the public the Clerk- Treasurer stated that according to the minutes of the previous minutes that the appropriation was to take place in the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund and not the Cumulative Capital Development Fund. The Clerk stated that is the way the minutes were approved and that is the way the advertisement was done. After discussion of the Council it was agreed the money for sidewalks should come out of the Development fund rather than the Improvement fund. Councilor Lonzo made a motion to direct the Clerk to re-advertise the additional for the 15th of October. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. All members voted aye. Motion carried. SECOND READING/ORDINANCE D-673/ESTABLISHMENT OF PARKS AND Councilor Lonzo offered an amendment to Ordinance D- 673 RECREATION: as follows: Part II, B. The Mayor shall appoint one (1) member from the Carmel Clay School Corporation Board. Such appointee shall serve as an ex officio member of the Carmel Parks and Recreation Board. Councilor Lonzo made that in the form of a motion and it was seconded by Councilor Ogle. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Potasnik called for the question. All members voted aye. Ordinance D-673 passed unanimously. Steve Andrews stated he would have it re-typed and sent to the Mayor of signature. Councilor Potasnik made a motion to table ANNEXATION/WOODFIELD 7A: this item (Ordinance C-145) until the Ordinance was in proper form and each Council member was provided a copy. The motion was seconded by Councilor Adams. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Lonzo made a motion to introduce ANNEXATION/TIMBERCREST: Ordinances C-146 and C-147 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Ogle. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Adams asked the record show that he would be abstaining from this issue. Councilor Potasnik made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinances C-146 and C-147 tonight. The motion was seconded by Councilor Irvin. All members voted aye. Councilor Adams abstained from the voting. Motion carried. Councilor Potasnik called for the question. All members voted aye. Councilor Adams sustained from voting. SURPLUS PROPERTY/ADDRESSING LONG-TERM USE FOR CITY OWNED PROPERTY Councilor Adams asked the Council for their NOT BEING USED: permission to hire a real estate appraiser to look at the property before making any decisions. Councilor Adams stated that Don Silvey would be examining the property from an engineering standpoint but wanted the opinion of an appraiser. Councilor Adams said he thought there was a provision in either the Council budget for budget for Board of Public Works that could handle this expense. The Mayor said she would check. Councilor Adams stated he would proceed if he heard no objections from the Council. Fire Chief Couts addressed REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION: the Council and explained his need for more overtime money for his department. The request was originally for $50,000 but asked for an additional $3,825.00 at the suggestion of the Clerk-Treasurer for the city's portion of social security. Councilor Irvin so moved. The motion was seconded by Councilor Ogle. All members voted aye. Motion carried. The Clerk-Treasurer was directed to advertise for this appropriation in the amount of$53,825.00 for the October 15, 1990 meeting. Councilor Potasnik made a motion CLAIMS FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER: to approve a claim from Dictaphone in the amount of $288,544.00 for equipment that has been delivered to the Communications Center. The motion was seconded by Councilor Lonzo. All members voted aye. Motion carried. This would come from the $500,000 equipment line item in the Council budget. Councilor Potasnik also made a motion to approve a claim in the amount of $1,662.00 from E.J. Prescot for the renovation of the Communication Center. The motion was seconded by Councilor Doane. All members voted aye. Motion carried. This claim would come from the $150,000 renovation line item in the Council budget. At this time President BOY SCOUTS/VISIT TO COUNCIL MEETING: Potasnik acknowledged Boy Scout Troop, Den 8 that was attending a Council meeting in order to earn a merit badge. The troop leaders were Bill and Claudia Nash. Councilor Irvin asked this matter be placed TRAVEL EXPENSE POLICY: on the next Council agenda. Councilor Potasnik SPECIAL MEETING CALLED FOR RE-DISTRICTING: called for a special meeting of the full council for the purpose of re-districting. The meeting was set for October 29, 1990 at 7:00 p.m. in City Hall. There being no further business before the Council the meeting was adjourned. APPROVED: Dorothy J. Hancock, Mayor ATTEST: Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer