HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-06-15-92CARMEL CITY COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
JUNE 15, 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 Tracy Orberson, Rachael Parkhurst and
Carol Wyatt Day in the City of Carmel in honor of their efforts in
apprehending an intoxicated driver.
Mayor Johnson proclaimed Ted Branam Day in the City of Carmel in
honor of his effort of taking custody of a burglary suspect.
Heidi Lovett was honored for her participation on the Carmel High
School Hoosier Academic Super Bowl State Championship Team. Mayor
Johnson proclaimed June 15, 1992 as Hoosier Academic Super Bowl
Champs Day.
Mayor Johnson presented the first City of Carmel Employee of the
Month award to Officer Nancy Zellers of the Carmel Police
Department for work commended as above and beyond the line of duty
in response to a 911 call for emergency medical service.
Quinn made a motion to approve the
MINUTES: JUNE 1, 1992:
minutes of June 1, 1992 as submitted. The motion was seconded by
Kendall. All members voted aye. Motion carried.
RECOGNITION OF CITIZENS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL:
Carmel resident Jack Barron asked the Council to consider relief of
the northbound right-turn lane at 116th and Keystone. Barron
stated Carmel Police harass residents by issuing citations instead
of relieving traffic congestion during peak hours. Barron appealed
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to the Council to seek State aid by extending the turn lane in
order to relieve the traffic build-up at rush hours. Barron asked
for the Police Department be instructed to help instead of hinder
traffic congestion.
Johnson stated the City had requested lane extension for 116th and
Keystone, which would be considered after the State had done
testing for weight tolerance of the street.
Discussion ensued among Council members regarding Barron's request.
Kendall made a motion to approve the claims of 5/28/92 in
CLAIMS:
the amount of $345,399.37, 5/29/92 in the amount of $31.99, 6/4/92
in the amount of $188,385.42 and 6/8/92 in the amount of $5,231.96.
The motion was seconded by Quinn. All members voted aye. Motion
carried.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Councilman Story and Task Force
CIVIC SQUARE CENTRE TASK FORCE II:
member Mike Comparato presented the final report prepared by the
Civic Square Centre Task Force II. Council members thanked the
Task Force composed of, Timothy J. Story M.D., James Garretson,
Mike Comparato, Fran Shoup, Rick Wood, and William Ernst, Ex-
Officio for their efforts and diligence by completing the complex,
and controversial project. Story stated, for the record, the Task
Force was "fact-finding" in nature, with no desire or intent of
making a recommendation to the Council. A copy of the Task Force
Report on the Civic Centre will be available with the official
minutes of the meeting in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer and a
copy will be filed with the Carmel Public Library.
Councilwoman
HAMILTON COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT:
Snyder gave a presentation and written report of the committee of
the Hamilton County Solid Waste Management District.
Johnson advised the Council of an experimental
MEETING PROCEDURE:
procedure that would begin affecting how future meetings would be
conducted. Johnson stated new ordinances would be introduced and
described by the author. Johnson stated an emergency ordinance
would be identified at the time of reading by the author. Johnson
stated an emergency ordinance would be discussed and the rules
would be suspended to act on the ordinance. Johnson stated if
there was not an emergency need to pass the ordinance, all
discussion of the ordinance take place at the second reading.
Johnson stated the procedure was introduced in order to move the
meetings along without the necessity of repeating each of the
Council members thoughts regarding an ordinance twice. Discussion
of the procedure ensued among Council members.
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OLD BUSINESS:
SECOND READING: RESOLUTION CC-6-1-92-2 / A RESOLUTION TO ENCOURAGE
NON-SMOKING AREAS IN ALL RESTAURANTS IN CARMEL, INDIANA:
The following residents appealed to the Council to vote against
Resolution CC-6-1-92-2:
Jim Bagnoli, Carmel Clay Chamber of Commerce.
Deeter Puska, Glass Chimney and Deeter's Restaurants.
Tom Fiedler, Union State Bank.
Noel Callahan, Callahan's Seeds.
Doug Kemp, Dooley O'Toole's Restaurant.
John Livengood, Indiana Restaurant & Hospitality Association.
The following citizens encouraged the Council to vote in favor of
Resolution CC-6-1-92-2:
Stuart Carter, American Heart Association.
Michael Wiemann, MD, American Cancer Society.
Discussion regarding the Resolution ensued among the Council
members and members of the public. Fleming made a motion to
indefinately table Resolution CC-6-1-92-2. The motion was seconded
by Snyder. Snyder, Potasnik and Fleming voted aye. Story,
Painchaud, Quinn, and Kendall voted nay. Motion defeated.
Potasnik made a motion to suspend the rules to allow the Chamber of
Commerce to offer the input requested by the Council from the
previous meeting of the Council. The motion was seconded by
Snyder. Six members voted aye. Quinn voted nay. Motion failed.
Further discussion ensued among Council members regarding
Resolution CC-6-1-92-2. Call for the question. Story, Painchaud,
Kendall and Quinn voted aye. Fleming, Postasnik and Snyder voted
nay. Motion carried.
SECOND READING: ORDINANCE D-800 / AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CITY
Painchaud made a motion to approve
COUNCIL TERM LIMITATION:
Ordinance D-800. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Discussion
of Ordinance D-800 occurred among Council members. Quinn made a
motion to amend Ordinance D-800 to include the Mayor, Judge, and
Clerk-Treasurer. The motion was seconded by Story. Story, Quinn
and Kendall voted aye. Fleming, Potasnik, Snyder and Painchaud
voted nay. Motion defeated. Call for the question. Story, Quinn,
and Kendall voted aye. Fleming, Potasnik, Snyder and Painchaud
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voted nay. Motion defeated.
SECOND READING: ORDINANCE D-801 / AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8,
ARTICLE 7, SECTION 8-91, OF THE CARMEL CITY CODE REGARDING TRAFFIC
Story made a motion to approve Ordinance
VIOLATION PENALTIES:
D-801. The motion was seconded by Kendall. Story reviewed the
specifics of Ordinance D-801. Call for the question. All members
voted aye. Motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARING:
ORDINANCE D-803 / REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE
MVH FUND / STREET DEPARTMENT BUDGET / STREET PAVING:
Johnson requested emergency approval of Ordinance D-803. Quinn
made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-803 and to dispense with the
reading. The motion was seconded by Potasnik. Johnson stated
Ordinance D-803 was a request for an additional appropriation for
street paving to the MVH Fund totaling $250,000 which would be
taken from existing tax money which was put in the 1992 operating
balance, not new additional tax dollars. Johnson opened the
hearing to the public. Hearing no request to speak, Johnson closed
the public hearing. Quinn made a motion to suspend the rules and
act on Ordinance D-803. The motion was seconded by Story. All
members voted aye. Motion carried. Call for the question. All
members voted aye. Motion carried.
None.
NEW BUSINESS:
OTHER BUSINESS:
REQUEST FOR LICENSING FOR EIGHT (8) YELLOW TAXICABS / INDIANAPOLIS
Jones asked the Council for approval to license
YELLOW CAB, INC.:
8 Yellow Cab, Inc. taxicabs in the City of Carmel. Quinn stated
the insurance papers submitted by Yellow Cab did not meet city code
insurance requirements. Quinn made a motion to approve the license
for Yellow Cab, Inc. contingent upon receipt of proper insurance
documentation conforming with city code. The motion was seconded
by Snyder. All members voted aye. Motion carried.
Kathy Pellman
SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES OF HAMILTON COUNTY:
representing the Senior Citizens Services of Hamilton County gave a
presentation of the services provided to senior citizens in
Hamilton County, the City of Carmel and Clay Township by Senior
Citizen Services of Hamilton County and appealed to the Council to
continue financial support of the program. Pellman stated Hamilton
County did have a contractual agreement with her organization
whereby funds were provided in exchange for desperately needed
services. Pellman stated the Council may want to consider similar
contractural arrangements. Discussion concerning funding of the
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program ensued among Council members. Quinn requested an audit
explaining how monies were distributed throughout the organization
prior to the Carmel City budget hearing.
REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION / BPW -GENERAL
Quinn made a motion to combine agenda
FUND / HYDRANT RENTAL:
items 12C and 12D to direct the Clerk-Treasurer to advertise for
additional appropriations to the BPW General Fund for $7,289
covering hydrant rental and $2,000 for the Police Continuing
Education budget. The motion was seconded by Painchaud. All
members voted aye. Motion carried.
REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION / CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Motion to advertise was passed
/ CONTINUING EDUCATION FUND BUDGET:
as indicated on the previous agenda item.
Press Secretary, Rick Myers presented the
COUNCIL NEWSLETTER:
estimate for a quarterly City Council newsletter. Painchaud,
Snyder, and Story stated they would prefer Council coverage be
maintained by the press and continued televised coverage, without
resorting to the additional costs of a publication. Kendall stated
there were many things he had learned about the City which he would
like to share with the public. Story suggested important
information learned by Council members could be added under "Other
Business" or "Announcements" on the agenda.
REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION / FISCAL CONSULTANTS:
Johnson requested approval to advertise for an additional
appropriation of $35,000 for 1992 fees of the City's fiscal
consultants. Story so moved. The motion was seconded by Quinn.
Six members voted aye. Potasnik voted nay. Motion carried.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Johnson stated the initial budget had been presented
1993 BUDGET:
to the Council earlier in the evening. Johnson advised Council
members they were authorized to discuss budget questions they may
have with each department head, but asked the Council to refrain
from discussing policy matters with the department heads. Johnson
stated any questions Council members had regarding policy should be
made directly to him. Discussion ensued among Council members
regarding the dates of the budget meetings. Painchaud canceled the
meeting of July 9th, to be re-scheduled at a later date. Jones
stated the first reading of the salary ordinance would be Monday,
July 6, 1992 and the second reading would be Monday, July 20, 1992.
Jones stated the salary ordinance must be passed by August 1,
1992.
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There being no further business before the Council or
ADJOURNMENT:
requests from the public to speak, the meeting was duly adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
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Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1992
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T. E. Johnson, Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
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Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer
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T.E. Johnson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer
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