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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 1 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. 2 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 3 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 4 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. 5 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 MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1992 ________________________________ T. E. Johnson, Presiding Officer ATTEST: _______________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer _______________________________ T.E. Johnson, Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ Susan W. Jones, Clerk-Treasurer 6