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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-07-06-92CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JULY 6, 1992 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS/ONE CIVIC SQUARE The meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order by Mayor Ted Johnson. Council members in attendance were Jim Quinn, Frank Fleming, Tom Kendall, Alan Potasnik, Luci Snyder, Chris Painchaud, and Tim Story. 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. Mayor Johnson recognized the RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING CITIZENS: accomplishments of the following citizens: Mayor Johnson declared Christy Proudfit Day in the City of Carmel in recognition of Ms. Proudfit having been chosen as a semifinalist in the Scholastic Kids Caucus Contest. Mayor Johnson pronounced July 6, 1992 as Amanda Borthwick Day in honor of Ms. Borthwick representing Carmel as the City Queen of the Miss Junior American Pageant. Councilman Quinn eulogized Mr. Harvey F. Lorenzen of Carmel noting his active participation in community services and received unanimous consent of the Council for the City of Carmel flag to be flown at half staff for at least one hour during the week of July 6, 1992. Mayor Johnson extended his sympathy to the family of Mr. Lorenzen. Quinn made a motion to approve the MINUTES: JUNE 15, 1992: minutes of June 15, 1992 as submitted. The motion was seconded by Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. RECOGNITION OF CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL: Jean Pock representing the Indiana Federation of Communities for Drug-Free Youth addressed the Council concerning the Red Ribbon Campaign for a Drug-Free America. Pock asked the Council for their active support of local programs encouraging Carmel youths to remain drug-free. Pock distributed literature outlining suggested activities to heighten public awareness. Discussion of community involvement regarding drug-free awareness ensued among Council members. 1 Quinn made a motion to approve the claims of 6/11/92 in CLAIMS: the amount of $354,005.37, 6/16/92 in the amount of $7,138,177.63, 6/22/92 in the amount of $97.64 and 6/23/92 in the amount of $358,690.59. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Kendall stated the Utilities Department was using an incorrect chart of accounts, causing a discrepancy in the "print-out" description on the claims docket. Kendall stated the claims were actually paid from the correct account by the clerk-treasurer's office. Kendall stated unnecessary additional research was made because of the incorrect chart of accounts used by specific departments and asked all departments to take more care by submitting claims with the proper chart of account numbers. Call for the question. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Painchaud reported the Budget Committee met on COMMITTEE REPORTS: Wednesday, July 1, 1992. Painchaud stated the Budget Committee would meet again on Tuesday, July 14, 1992 from 12:00 noon until 5:00 P.M. to discuss the Court budget and budgets regarding joinder agreements related to the Township including the Park Board, Fire Department and Communications Center. Painchaud stated the meeting was not a public hearing, but would be open to the public. OLD BUSINESS: TRAFFIC STUDY RESULTS, WOODLAND TRACE STOP LIGHT REQUEST: Lisa Durnil representing Woodland Trace Apartments appealed to the Council to consider the safety of the residents and vote to approve a stoplight on 116th Street to alleviate the danger of entering and exiting the complex due to traffic volume and speed. Shep Cutler representing Woodland Trace Apartments asked the Council to not place cost on the value of a life and asked them to consider voting yes for a traffic signal. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding traffic light costs, the traffic study, Woodland Trace residents, and driving habits on 116th Street. Story and Potasnik asked the Council to request the City Engineer to study the section between Keystone and Rangeline including the shopping center to determine the actual road safety based on all factors affecting traffic not just a traffic count and to determine, if possible, the positive and negative aspects that would be created by placing a light at the shopping center. Potasnik asked the police and the city engineer to place particular attention to illegal use of the yellow painted islands along 116th Street while studying the problem. 2 Further discussion of the problem ensued among Council members. Johnson stated further study would be conducted as directed by the Council and consideration would be given to reviewing "shared costs" between the petitioners, the shopping center and the City. PUBLIC HEARING: ORDINANCES D-806, D-807 and D-808 / REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS / CONSULTING, HYDRANT RENTAL, POLICE TRAINING: Johnson requested emergency approval of Ordinances D-806, D-807 and D-808. Quinn made a motion to introduce Ordinances D-806, D-807 and D-808 and to dispense with the reading with an explanation to be provided prior to the public hearing . The motion was seconded by Kendall. Johnson opened the hearing to the public. Johnson stated Ordinance D-806 was a request for an additional appropriation for accounting and consulting required by the clerk- treasurer, Mayor and Council for 1992 totaling $35,000. Johnson stated Ordinance D-807 was a request for an additional appropriation for the Board of Public Works and Safety for hydrant rental totaling $6,214 from Indianapolis Water and $1,075 from Carmel Utilities. Johnson stated Ordinance D-808 was a request for an additional appropriation for the law enforcement education fund for $2,000 which would be drawn from court fines not additional tax dollars. Hearing no request from the public to speak, Johnson closed the public hearing. Quinn made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinances D- 806, D-807 and D-808. The motion was seconded by Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding services to be provided by the fiscal consultants Katz, Sapper and Miller. Kendall asked the record to reflect the services provided, to date, by Katz, Sapper and Miller were not intended to be paid from this appropriation. Call for the question. All members voted aye. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: RESOLUTION CC-7-6-92-1 / REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS / CLERK- Jones stated Resolution CC-7-6-92-1 was a request to TREASURER: transfer $2,000 in funds from stationery and printing into office supplies. Jones stated it had been difficult to predict the volume of supplies needed by requests generated by the Council and asked the Council's consideration to allow her to replenish the office supply fund. Quinn made a motion to introduce Resolution CC-7-6- 92-1. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Call for the question. All members voted aye. Motion carried. ORDINANCE D-809 / AN ORDINANCE CONTROLLING USE OF PRIVATE EMERGENCY Potasnik made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-809 ALARM SYSTEMS: and to dispense with the reading pending an abbreviated 3 explanation. The motion was seconded by Quinn. Potasnik stated Ordinance D-809 initiated criteria for private emergency alarm systems in the City of Carmel. Potasnik stated enactment of the ordinance would substantially reduce the sixty percent of system malfunction false alarms particularly chronic system malfunctions helping make Carmel a safer community. Potasnik stated Ordinance D-809 had the full support of Carmel Fire Chief Couts and Carmel Police Chief Conn. This item will appear on the next regular City Council meeting agenda for a second reading. Johnson stated Ordinance ORDINANCE D-804 / 1992 SALARY ORDINANCE: D-804 had been modified since the first budget meeting to include a new position in the Water Department entitled Distribution/ Collections Systems Manager. Painchaud made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-804 which included the Distribution/Collections Systems Manager and dispense with the reading. The motion was seconded by Potasnik. This item will appear on the next regular City Council meeting agenda for a second reading. RESOLUTION CC-7-6-92-2 / A RESOLUTION TO DISCOVER THE ASSESSED VALUATIONS OF PROPERTY IN BOTH CLAY TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY OF Story withdrew Resolution CC-7-6-92-2 from CARMEL, INDIANA: consideration. ORDINANCE D-810 / A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Kendall made a motion to introduce Ordinance D- IN MOTOR VEHICLES: 810 and to dispense with the reading in favor of a short summary. Johnson stated Ordinance D-810 was intended to prevent the use of open alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles. Quinn made a motion to suspend the rules and act on Ordinance D-810. The motion was seconded by Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Ordinance D-810. City Attorney Brown stated the Council might consider clarifying several lines of the ordinance that may be easily challenged in court. Quinn made a motion to allow the City Attorney to make changes he considered necessary and place this item at the end of "Other Business" on the agenda. The motion was seconded by Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. RESOLUTION CC-7-6-92-3 / TRANSFER OF FLOWING WELL PARK TO THE Brown stated Resolution CARMEL CLAY BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION: CC-7-6-92-3 was a transfer of the Flowing Well Park from the City of Carmel to the Carmel Clay Board of Parks and Recreation by the request of the Council. Brown stated the resolution and quitclaim would settle the transfer and one minor adjustment concerning right-of-way had been added to the deed to clarify to the Park Board that City of Carmel right-of-way would go through the property. Quinn made a motion to introduce Resolution CC-7-6-92-3. The motion was seconded by Potasnik. Call for the question. All members voted aye. Motion carried. 4 The original quitclaim deed was taken by City Attorney Steve Brown to be signed by the Parks Board officials. Brown will return a copy of the signed original to the office of the Clerk-Treasurer for City record of this transaction. ORDINANCE D-811 / AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, SECTION 157 OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE REGARDING PROHIBITED SMOKING IN CITY HALL: Quinn made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-811 and to dispense with the reading in favor of a short explanation. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Quinn stated Ordinance D-811 was written to establish a safe working environment for City employees from the environmental toxins of second-hand smoke by eliminating smoking from all City of Carmel buildings. This item will appear on the next regular City Council meeting agenda for a second reading. OTHER BUSINESS: REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION / CARMEL Quinn made a motion to direct the Clerk- COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: Treasurer to advertise for $4,950 for the Communications Center emergency medical dispatch training and to withhold discussion until the public hearing. The motion was seconded by Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried. By consensus of the CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE CHANGE IN SEPTEMBER: Council, the first regular meeting in the month of September was changed from Monday, September 7, 1992 to Tuesday, September 8, 1992 at 7:00 P.M. Quinn asked if the Park Board would pay rent PARK BOARD DIRECTOR: for the space occupied by the new Park Board Director in City Hall. Johnson stated they would. Johnson stated the first pre-construction GRAY ROAD INTERSECTION: meeting would be scheduled within two weeks for the Gray Road intersection when parameters and dates would be established for construction with appropriate signs to be posted to advise citizens of the expected dates and delays concerning road closing. Johnson stated a letter had been sent to the STUDENT RECOGNITION: schools requesting lists of students to be recognized for academic excellence. Johnson stated the Police SPEED LIMITS IN THE CITY OF CARMEL: Department Road Commander would present a report within the next 30 days regarding recommendations for speed limit changes on specific streets in the City of Carmel. Johnson advised the Council to be aware STREET ASPHALT RECYCLING: of the street asphalt recycling project procedure. Johnson stated 5 citizens may be concerned that the process is inadequate, since they are unaware of the 1" cap surface to be laid on the street after the process is completed. Johnson stated the surface after completion is excellent. Quinn stated he intended to POTENTIAL PARK SITE / KERRY ROAD: submit a proposal regarding the potential park site on Kerry Road before the next Council meeting. Kendall requested resurrection of the cellular CELLULAR TOWERS: tower issue to resolve what he believed was a interim ordinance passed regarding cellular tower usage in residential areas. Potasnik, Story and Painchaud stated they believed the cellular ordinance was in its final form. Johnson stated the Council should define the parameters of where and how towers were to be placed because the communications companies would be able to obtain variences which he felt would slip past public notice and cause additional problems in the future. ORDINANCE D-810 / A NEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Brown explained the new revisions to proposed IN MOTOR VEHICLES": Ordinance D-810. Discussion of Ordinance D-810 ensued among Council members. Quinn made a motion to amend Ordinance D-810 as suggested by Brown. The motion was seconded by Kendall. All members voted aye except Painchaud who left the room. Motion carried. Discussion among Council members ensued regarding Ordinance D-810. Painchaud made a motion to postpone this item until the next meeting to allow the City Attorney and Council members time to research pertinent questions regarding Ordinance D- 810. The motion was seconded by Fleming. All members voted aye. Motion carried. There being no further business before the Council or ADJOURNMENT: requests from the public to speak, the meeting was duly adjourned. Respectfully submitted, _______________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer ________________________________ T. E. Johnson, Presiding Officer ATTEST: _______________________________ 6 Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer _______________________________ ATTEST: T.E. Johnson, Mayor _______________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer 7