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MEETING MINUTES
AUGUST 19, 1991
7:00 P.M.
ONE CIVIC SQUARE/COUNCIL CHAMBERS
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Dorothy J. Hancock.
Council members in attendance were Frank Fleming, Tom Irvin, David
Adams, Annabelle Ogle and Lee Lonzo. Absent were Councilors Alan
Potasnik and Minnie Doane. City Attorney Steve Andrews and Clerk-
Treasurer Susan W. Jones were also in attendance.
Councilor Ogle asked the Clerk-
MINUTES OF AUGUST 5, 1991:
Treasurer to obtain a copy of the video and review the section on
page 9 of the written minutes where the audio tape broke to include
additional comments between the Council, Councilor Lonzo and Tom
Kendall. Councilor Lonzo moved to table the minutes in order to
allow the clerk the opportunity to review the video and amend the
text of the minutes. The motion was seconded by Councilor Fleming.
All members voted aye. Motion carried.
TRANSFER COUNCIL BUDGET/GENERAL FUND/RESOLUTION 8-19-91-1: Lonzo
made a motion to approve a transfer in the amount of $892.64 from
Office Equipment #640 to Travel #250 within the Council budget. The
motion was seconded by Councilor Adams. All members voted aye.
Motion carried.
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS
FUND AND CUMULATIVE CAPITAL SEWER FUND: Councilor Irvin moved to
introduced Ordinance D-721 and dispense with the reading of the
same. The motion was seconded by Lonzo.
Mayor Hancock stated the additional appropriations were for the
City's share of traffic signal costs in the amount of $3,336.51,
the City's share of engineering costs for 96th Street in the amount
of $123,744.50 and for phase II of the downtown storm sewer project
in the amount of $403,000.00 from the Cumulative Capital Sewer
Fund.
The mayor then opened the hearing to the public calling for
comments, questions and/or objections. Hearing none the mayor
closed the hearing to the public and opened it to the Council for
the same. There were no questions and/or objections from the
Council.
Irvin moved to suspend the rules and act on D-721 tonight. The
motion was seconded by Fleming. All members voted aye. Motion
carried.
Mayor Hancock called for the question. All members voted aye.
Ordinance D-731 passed unanimously.
The clerk-treasurer attested to the fact that the advertisements
were done correctly and in the proper amount of time.
ORDINANCE C-l59/ANNEXATION/PUBLIC HEARING/4306 EAST 136TH STREET:
The clerk-treasurer stated this annexation was published correctly
and in the proper amount of time.
Councilor Adams moved to introduce Ordinance C-159 and dispense
with the reading. The motion was seconded by Lonzo.
The mayor opened the hearing to the public calling for comments,
questions and/or ob;ections. Hearing none the mayor closed the
hearing to the public and opened it to the Council for the same.
The mayor stated this property is surrounded by city property and
these homeowners are wanting city utilities.
Adams moved to suspend the rules and act on C-159 tonight. The
motion was seconded by Lonzo. All members voted aye. Motion
carried.
Mayor Hancock called for the question. All members voted aye.
Ordinance C-159 passed unanimously.
CIVIC SQUARE FINANCING/REPORT FROM BOND
COUNSEL AND FISCAL
CONSULTANTS: Mayor Hancock stated the City Attorney had been
working with both bond counsel and the fiscal consultant but were
unable to bring them all together this evening. The mayor stated
she is calling a special session of the Council on August 26, 1991
at 5:45 P.M. for this purpose. The mayor directed the clerk-
treasurer to notify the press about this special session.
CIVIC SQUARE CENTRE NEXT STEP PROPOSAL/DR. TIM STORY: Lonzo stated
he was the Councilor that asked that Dr. Story be put on the agenda
and basically stated that from now on he would like to know if it
i6 the Council, the mayor or the clerk-treasurer that sponsors
items on the agenda. Lonzo stated that according to the home rule
ordinance that no one from the public can be placed directly on the
agenda but must be sponsored by either the Council, the mayor or
the clerk-treasurer. He stated in the past items have appeared on
the agenda without asking who sponsored them and he said from this
point on he would like to have that stated for the record.
At this point Dr. Tim Story, Republican candidate for City Council-
at-large addressed the Council with what he considered to be the
next step in purchasing or not purchasing the Civic Centre
building. (Written text attached to the minutes.)
Lonzo said he endorsed everything Dr. Story mentioned this evening
L and complimented him for stating it for the record. Lonzo said
while he may disagree this is a good sound investment that decision
should be made on fact and hard numbers. Lonzo said he hoped he
didn't let the Council down because he thought this type of data
and costs on the building fell outside of the building use
committee's agenda. Lonzo said the use committee has some of those
numbers which he will be glad to pass on to the Redevelopment
Commission. Lonzo stated he thought the concept should be approved
prior to number crunching. Lonzo thought this was now the
appropriate time to begin this process and thought Story's
proposition on using the Redevelopment Commission was the right
vehicle to do that.
Councilor Fleming also thanked Dr. Story and stated the Council
needs to really get a handle on what it is going to cost to finish
this project. Fleming referred to the Communications Center and
how it started out at $400,000 and it is already up to $500,000.
Fleming said things can cost so much more than what is originally
planned for in a project like this.
ADDITION TO AGENDA: Adams moved to add Resolution 8-19-91-2 to the
agenda. The motion was seconded by Lonzo. All members voted aye.
Motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER CLAIMS Fleming made a motion to approve the
following claims for the Communications Center.
Markey's Audio Visual $2,344.25
Best Locking Systems $ 155.40
The motion was seconded by Ogle. All members voted aye. Motion
carried.
ORDINANCE A-64/AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE A-64 l991 BUDGETING
EXPENDITURE FOR THE OPERATING AND DEPRECIATION FUNDS FOR THE WATER
UTILITY: Ogle made a motion to introduce Ordinance A-64 and
dispensed with the reading of the same. The motion was seconded by
Lonzo.
The mayor explained that with utilities the process of an
additional appropriation used in dealing with tax money was not the
same with utilities. The mayor explained the additional monies
needed in the Depreciation accounts for the Water Fund. An
additional $3,475.00 was needed in account #343.1 Tools and an
additional amount of $1,350.00 was needed in account #343.2.
The mayor asked the Council if they had any questions. Hearing
none, Irvin moved to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance A-64
this evening. The motion was seconded by Adams. All members voted
aye. Motion carried.
Mayor Hancock called for the question. All members voted aye.
Ordinance A-64 passed unanimously.
The clerk-treasurer read the following
PUBLIC HEARING/1992 BUDGETS:
ordinance numbers, funds and amounts.
Ordinance D-710 General Fund $10,403,583
Ordinance D-711 MVH Fund 1,405,725
Ordinance D-712 Police Pension 142,280
Ordinance D-713 Cum Cap Sewer 20,000
Ordinance D-714 Cum Cap Dev. -0-
Ordinance D-715 Law Enforcement 6,000
Ordinance D-716 Fire Pension 58,187
Ordinance D-717 Lease/Rental 1,304,000
Ordinance D-718 Debt Service 144,582
Ordinance D-719 Enforcement Aid 243,150
Total $13,727,507
Lonzo moved for the introduction of the budget ordinances D-710
through D-719 and to dispense from reading of the ordinances. The
motion was seconded by Adams.
Mayor Hancock opened the meeting to the public for questions,
comments and/or objections.
Rick McKinney, 50 Wilson Drive questioned the decision on giving
Judge Hughes, an unopposed candidate for City Judge, a raise from
$23,000 to $45,000 and to allow him to go from a part-time city
court to a full-time city court without the approval of the
Council.
McKinney asked the Council to consider cutting the Judge's raise
back to a 5% increase so it would be in line with the 5% increase
allocated for all other elected officials for next year.
McKinney also asked about the revenue for the Court.
The mayor asked the clerk-treasurer to elaborate on the revenue of
the court. The clerk-treasurer stated she did not bring the figures
with her but that she thought she sent out approximately 1/3 of all
the revenue received by the court back to the State and to the
County. The clerk stated she couldn't remember off hand of the
total amount of revenue generated to the General Fund by the court.
Irvin responded to McKinney by saying that he served as Council's
liaison on budget matters to the court. He said he investigated
revenues, salaries, the hours spent by the Judge and the need for
the court to go full-time and felt all requests by the Judge were
necessary. Irvin stated it was the decision of the Council to allow
the court to go full-time, 5 days a week.
McKinney asked if the Judge will retain his law practice. Lonzo
stated he didn't know but the Council had no jurisdiction over his
keeping a law practice.
Adams also stated that the Judge had tracked his hours over the
past year and it was calculated out that he was making somewhere
around $13.00 per hour and to have a lawyer sitting on the bench at
that cost was not in line with what a practicing attorney would
normally make.
The clerk-treasurer stated that only the money had been
appropriated and the salary had yet to be set by ordinance. The
council had until December 31st to pass a salary ordinance for
elected officials.
Dr. Tim Story, Mohawk Crossing, stated that the tentative increase
in the budget is 10%, almost 11% this year over last year and that
adds up to over a million dollars. Story suggested that there are
economic factors at work which may make that rate of increase both
undesirable and impossible to sustain. Story felt many people in
the community have on-going fears of revenue shortfalls with
respect to COIT money and some things like that. Story said
taxpayers in the community are having tremendous concerns over,not
only the city, both other taxing units within the community that
make up the total tax rate. Story cautioned those departments that
came through with large increases that this will not be an
automatic amount of increase that will be sustained. Story hoped
there would be some members of the current Council that would not
disagree with that.
Irvin said he was glad the clerk-treasurer brought up that point
and also said he wasn't too happy with the fact that after the
Council met at a budget committee meeting and proposed a 5.5%
increase in salaries to see in the paper the next day where the
Council had passed on the salaries. Irvin cautioned that the State
Tax Commissioners have yet to approve the budget and there maybe
some cuts made later on this year. Irvin said the 5.5% increase is
only a proposal.
Adams also stated that the Tax Commissioners won't be meeting until
November 25th to approve the budgets 80 no one will know what the
real numbers are until later on this year.
Irvin agreed and cautioned the next Council to be aware that the
interest on COIT that is being distributed this year is only a one
time windfall and don't over spend next year because that windfall
won't be there in 1993.
Lonzo then made the observation that only 15 people were in
attendance for the budget hearing on a $13,000,000 budget and that
of those 15, all but one person fell with the categories of press,
Council candidates and families of Council candidates. The mayor
stated that was a good observation.
The clerk-treasurer attested to the fact that the budget was L
advertised correctly and in time.
The mayor stated that final action on the budget will take place on
August 26, 1991, 7:00 p.m.
RESOLUTION 8-19-90-2/A RESOLUTION PETITIONING THE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
TO RELINQUISH AUTHORITY OVER CITY OF CARMEL FOR SPECIAL BENEFIT
TAXES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION: Adams moved for the introduction of
Resolution 8-19-91-2. The motion was seconded by
councilor Irvin.
The clerk-treasurer read the resolution.
Fleming moved to suspend the rules and act on Resolution 8-19-91-2
tonight. The motion was seconded by Ogle. All members voted aye.
Motion carried.
NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS: The next City Council meeting will be
held on Tuesday, September 3, 1991 at 7:00 P.M.
Andrews stated the next building corporation meeting will be held
on August 29, 1991 at 6:00 P.M.
There being no further business before the Council the meeting was
duly adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved,
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