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Home My WebLink AboutCCM-10-19-92CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES October 19, 1992 7:00 P.M. Council Chambers/One Civic Square The Carmel City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Ted Johnson. Members in attendance were Jim Quinn, Tom Kendall, Alan Potasnik, Frank Fleming, Chris Painchaud, Tim Story and Luci Snyder. City Attorney Steve Brown and Clerk-Treasurer Susan W. Jones were also in attendance. The invocation was given by Councilman Quinn followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING CITIZENS AND EMPLOYEES: Mayor Johnson presented a proclamation to Carmel Police Chief Roger C. Conn, declaring the month of October 1992 as Crime Prevention Month. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Councilman Kendall made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular session of October 5, 1992 as submitted. The motion was seconded by Councilman Painchaud. All members voted aye. Painchaud made a motion to approve the claims of 10-7-92 CLAIMS: for $855,179.35, 10-8-92 for $1,200,000.00, and 10-9-92 for $78,281.23 and to add and approve the payroll claim dated 9-30-92 for $337,305.07. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Six members voted aye. Councilman Story abstained. Motion carried. AGENDA ADDITIONS: Kendall made a motion to add the State PERF resolution expanding the City's PERF participation to the agenda under New Business. The motion was seconded by Painchaud. All members voted aye. OLD BUSINESS / SECOND READINGS: UTILITY DEPARTMENT ORDINANCES D-842, D-863, D-864, D-840, D-848 AND ORDINANCE D-845 AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CARMEL CITY CODE Quinn made a motion to approve Ordinances D-863, D-864, CHAPTER 9: D-840 and D-848 amending various sections of Carmel City Code, Chapter 9. The motion was seconded by Story. Kendall made a motion to postpone discussion of Ordinance D-842 until the City Attorney arrived to answer questions concerning the ordinance. The 1 motion was seconded by Councilman Potasnik. All members voted aye. Call for the question. All members voted aye. ORDINANCE D-865 / REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR $13,000 AND $6,485/ CARMEL FIRE DEPARTMENT / PURPOSE: PURCHASE OF INSPECTION/INVESTIGATION VEHICLES AND REPLACEMENT COPY MACHINE: Painchaud made a motion to approve Ordinance D-865, a request for an additional appropriation totaling $13,000 for the purpose of Fire Department purchase of inspection/investigation vehicles and $6,485 for purchase by the Fire Department of a replacement copy machine. The motion was seconded by Potasnik. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Ordinance D-865. Call for the question. Five members voted aye. Potasnik and Quinn voted nay. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCE D-869 AN ORDINANCE REQUESTING $90,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY BUDGET FOR PAYMENT OF CIVIC Story made a motion to introduce SQUARE CENTRE BUILDING DEBT: Ordinance D-869, an ordinance requesting a $90,000 additional appropriation from the General Fund-Board of Public Works and Safety Budget for payment of the Civic Square Centre Building debt. The motion was seconded by Painchaud. Johnson opened the hearing regarding Ordinance D-869 to the public. Hearing no request from the public to speak, Johnson closed the public hearing and opened discussion to Council members. Painchaud made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-869. The motion was seconded by Story. All members voted aye. Painchaud made a motion to approve Ordinance D-869. The motion was seconded by Story. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Ordinance D-869. Call for the question. Five members voted aye. Fleming and Kendall voted nay. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: ORDINANCE D-854 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 9-48 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE ENTITLED "SPECIFICATIONS FOR METER Quinn made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-854 and PITS": dispense with the reading in favor of a brief explanation. The motion was seconded by Painchaud. Lee Dolen of Carmel Utilities explained the changes regarding Chapter 9, Article 2, Section 9-48 for specification requirements of meter pits. Quinn made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-854. The motion was seconded by Councilman Fleming. All members voted aye. Call for the question. All members voted aye. ORDINANCE D-868 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 2-21 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE ENTITLED THE CARMEL CABLE TV Kendall made a motion to postpone discussion ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 2 of Ordinance D-868 until the arrival of the City Attorney. The motion was seconded by Quinn. All members voted aye. RESOLUTION CC-10-19-92-1 / REQUEST TO TRANSFER FUNDS OF THE OFFICE Clerk-Treasurer, Susan W. Jones stated the OF THE CLERK-TREASURER: monies requested in Resolution CC-10-19-92-1 were to cover the $5,000 necessary to pay Katz, Sapper and Miller to continue negotiating with the Internal Revenue Service concerning payroll taxes affected by social security and deferred compensation. Quinn made a motion to approve Resolution CC-10-19-92-1 transferring $5,000 for #101 Full-Time Salary into #407 Consultation. The motion was seconded by Story. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Resolution CC-10-19-92-1. Call for the question. All members voted aye. ORDINANCE D-866 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8, SECTION 8-53, PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE REGARDING PARKING AT THE Kendall made a motion to CITY OF CARMEL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: introduce Ordinance D-866 and dispense with the reading in favor of a brief explanation. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Snyder. Carmel Clay Communications Director Lowe stated Ordinance D-866 was created to correct the City Code identification of employee and public parking spaces which had been newly redesigned by the Street Department. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Ordinance D-866. Kendall made motion to delete paragraph three from Ordinance D-866. Motion died for lack of a second. Further discussion concerning D-866 was withheld until the second reading. ORDINANCE D-867 AND ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8, SECTION 8-47, PARAGRAPH (A) OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE REGARDING PARKING AT THE CITY Kendall made a motion to OF CARMEL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: introduce D-867 and to dispense with the reading in favor of a brief explanation. The motion was seconded by Quinn. Carmel Clay Communications Director Lowe stated Ordinance D-867 was created to bring public parking spaces in line with the 3-hour limit designated by City Code for other parking spaces in the area. Fleming asked the Council's consideration to exclude the 3-hour limit for public parking in the area described in the ordinance, due to lack of available parking for merchants and their employees in the area. Further discussion concerning D-866 was withheld until the second reading. RESOLUTION CC-10-19-92-2 / REQUEST TO TRANSFER FUNDS OF THE CARMEL Kendall made a motion to approve CLAY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: Resolution CC-10-19-92-2, a request to transfer funds of the Carmel Clay Communications Center. The motion was seconded by Potasnik. Communications Director Lowe stated the $8,000 requested was to 3 cover the purchase of a replacement copier for the Communications Center. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding the transfer request. Call for the question. Painchaud and Fleming voted aye. Quinn, Potasnik, Kendall, Snyder and Story voted nay. Motion failed. RESOLUTIONS CC-10-19-92-3, CC-10-19-92-4, CC-10-19-92-5, CC-10-19-92-6, CC-10-19-92-7 CC-10-19-92-8 / REQUEST TO TRANSFER Kendall made a motion to FUNDS OF THE CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT: approve Resolutions CC-10-19-92-3, CC-10-19-92-4, CC-10-19-92-5, CC-10-19-92-6, CC-10-19-92-7, and CC-10-19-92-8. The motion was seconded by Snyder. Carmel Police Chief, Roger C. Conn gave a brief explanation of each of the resolutions transferring the following funds: Transfer of $4,000 from #101 Full Time Salary to #120 Overtime Salary to cover cost for estimated overtime to be incurred through the end of 1992, $9,000 from #101 Full Time Salary to #642 Other Equipment for cost of tactical vests, earmuff conversion kits, and special non-lethal weaponry for the Emergency Response Team, $1,500 from #101 Full Time Salary to #358 Other Supplies for traffic flares, video and audio tapes, $2,000 from #101 Full Time Salary to #471 Equipment Repair for equipment and automobile repairs necessary through 1992, $1,000 from #442 Telephone to #466 Water and Sewer for additional monies needed to pay the November and December 1992 water and sewer bill, and $5,000 from #402 Car Washes to #640 Office Equipment for replacement copier machines. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding the resolutions. Call for the question. All members voted aye. OLD BUSINESS / SECOND READINGS - CONTINUED: ORDINANCE D-842 / AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 9-76 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE ENTITLED "RATES FOR JUMPERS": City Attorney, Steve Brown stated the blanks in Ordinance D-842 indicating the appendix number and cause number would not be filled in until the ordinance was reviewed and approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Brown recommended Council approval subject to the Indiana Regulatory Commission filling in the appendix and cause blanks in Ordinance D-842. Kendall so moved. The motion was seconded by Story. All members voted aye. NEW BUSINESS - CONTINUED: ORDINANCE D-868 / AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, SEC. 2-21 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE REGARDING THE CARMEL CABLE TELEVISION ADVISORY Kendall made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-868 and COMMITTEE: dispense with the reading in favor of a brief explanation. The motion was seconded by Painchaud. Kendall stated Ordinance D-868 was created to allow residents of Clay Township to become members of the Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee and to expand the focus 4 of the committee to include resolution of complaints other than Carmel residents, to those complaints of citizens of Clay Township and any other subscriber to service provided by Jones Intercable Inc., of Carmel, Indiana. City Attorney, Steve Brown stated adding a Clay Township resident would be gratuitous, however, Brown stated the Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee should limit their focus to the complaints of Carmel residents and should not exceed their bounds of authority by including residents of other jurisdictions with separate franchise agreements with Jones Intercable. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Ordinance D-868. Kendall asked Council President Painchaud to send a letter to the Carmel Clay Chamber of Commerce asking them to replace their appointment to the Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee if their designated appointee has moved from Hamilton County. Further discussion of Ordinance D-868 was withheld until the second reading. RESOLUTION CC-10-19-92-9 / A RESOLUTION ENLARGING CITY OF CARMEL PERF PARTICIPATION BY APPROVAL OF A STATE OF INDIANA RESOLUTION TO Story made a motion to ENLARGE PARTICIPATION BY THREE EMPLOYEES: approve Resolution CC-10-19-92-9 approving a State of Indiana resolution to enlarge City of Carmel PERF participation by the following three positions: Administrative Assistant to the Council and Clerk-Treasurer, Director of the Carmel Clay Communications Center and City of Carmel Press Secretary. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Call for the question. Six members voted aye. Potasnik voted nay. Motion carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Johnson advised Council President Painchaud to set REDISTRICTING: up a committee for redistricting in order to pass the redistricting ordinance which is required to be passed by year end. Johnson stated the special SPECIAL MEETING OCTOBER 26, 1992: meeting called for October 26, 1992 may have to be cancelled. Johnson stated he would advise Council members within several days if cancellation was necessary. Painchaud directed REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SEEK COPIER QUOTES: the Clerk-Treasurer to seek quotes for a copier which was budgeted by the Council in 1991 for purchase in 1992. Painchaud MEETING OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 2, 1992: called a meeting of the Budget Committee for November 2, 1992 following the regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council for 5 the purpose of establishing priorities to take to the tax commissioners upon presentation of the tax budget in mid November. Quinn asked the Clerk- PER DIEM PAYMENTS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Treasurer to write a letter to the chairman of the Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee advising him that a member had been ineligible for per diem payments and request repayment. Jones stated such a letter should be written to her by the committee chairman. Discussion ensued among Council members, the City Attorney and Clerk-Treasurer regarding the Carmel Cable TV Advisory Committee. Brown stated he would discuss the matter with Carmel TV Committee Chairman Tom Allebrandi. Potasnik asked for discussion to discontinue until facts concerning the matter were properly investigated. There being no further business before the Council the meeting was duly adjourned. Respectfully submitted, ______________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer Approved: _______________________________ ATTEST: Mayor T. E. Johnson _______________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer 6