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Home My WebLink AboutCCM-09-07-93CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES September 7, 1993 6:00 P.M. Council Chambers/One Civic Square The Carmel City Council meeting was called to order by Mayor Johnson. Members in attendance were Frank Fleming, Tim Story, Alan Potasnik, Tom Kendall and Luci Snyder. Chris Painchaud arrived late and did not vote on any of the business before the Council. Councilor Quinn was absent. City Attorney, Gordon Byers and Clerk-Treasurer Susan W. Repp were also in attendance. The invocation was given by Councilor Story followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilor Story made a motion to approve the APPROVAL OF MINUTES: minutes of the regular session of August 16, 1993 as submitted . The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Councilor Fleming made a motion to approve the minutes of the special session of August 23, 1993 as submitted . The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. All members voted aye. Kendall made a motion to approve the following claims: CLAIMS: 8-13-93 for $7,500,000.00, 8-18-93 for $364,513.01, 8-25-93 for $563,590.35, 8-27-93 for $4,800,000.00 and 8-30-93 for $5,000,000.00. The motion was seconded by Story. All members voted aye. NEW BUSINESS: RESOLUTION CC-9-7-93-1 / A RESOLUTION REQUESTING TRANSFER OF FUNDS Councilor Potasnik made a OF THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TREASURER: motion to adopt Resolution CC-9-7-93-1, a resolution transferring funds of the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer: $1,500 from #475 (Insurance) $2,500 from #405-02 (City Attorney - Other Departments) $1,000 from #300 (Official Forms) Into #400 (Legal Fees) The motion was seconded by Snyder. City Attorney Gordon Byers, encouraged Council members to withhold consideration of expending sums on specialized legal opinions until the State Board of Accounts and the Indiana Department of Insurance was given the opportunity to reply to his letters of explanation 1 pertaining to the City's franchise policy which, in his opinion, was "group", by definition, under the general insurance statutes. City Council September 7, 1993 Byers stated his opinion was supported by the fact that employees were covered by the policy, who might not necessarily be eligible to be covered as individuals, whether it was due to pre-existing conditions, age and/or income. Byers stated the Board of Public Works and Safety would probably be making a decision pertaining to continuation of the policy which would render the entire debate as moot. Story asked Byers if the City was waiting for a letter from the Indiana Department of Insurance which would or would not concur with the City's position and confirmation, in writing, from the State Board of Accounts concurring receipt of the City's legal opinion and if no argument was made by the State Board of Accounts, it would be surmised they did not differ from the opinion. Byers affirmed Story's summation and restated his desire to hold consideration of additional legal counsel until the City was in receipt of those letters. Upon inquiry from Councilor Story, Clerk-Treasurer Repp agreed to wait an additional thirty days pending a reply from the two state agencies contacted by Byers. Resolution CC-9-7-93-1 was duly postponed for thirty days. RESOLUTION CC-9-7-93-2 / A RESOLUTION REQUESTING TRANSFER OF FUNDS Potasnik made a motion to adopt OF THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR: Resolution CC-9-7-93-2, a resolution transferring funds of the Office of the Mayor: $3,100 from #302 (Office Supplies) into #632.01 (Capital Outlay/ Computer Equipment Hardware) The motion was seconded by Story. All members voted aye. RESOLUTION CC-9-7-93-3 / A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CARMEL UTILITIES Kendall made a motion to adopt Resolution 1993 WATER BUDGET: CC-9-7-93-3, a resolution amending the Carmel Utilities 1993 Water Budget. From: Account # 334.M $10,000 To: Account # 620.6J $10,000 2 The motion was seconded by Story. All members voted aye. City Council September 7, 1993 OTHER BUSINESS: Story stated he was anxious to have the COMPUTER COMMITTEE: Computer Committee begin deliberations and stated he believed the necessity of a city-wide computer network was still an open question as to actual necessity. Story expressed concern about affordability of such a network and hoped the committee was not comprised to form a wish list. Kendall stated he, Jim Quinn and with the Mayors approval, Jim Dougherty and Jerry Lowe would be on the committee. Kendall stated the first order of business would be to determine what data is stored by each department and how much of that data needed to be shared from one department to another. Kendall stated if a cost savings could be determined by time saved processing and accumulating data and cost of expansion, and hardware along with accessibility to the network, it would be so presented to Council. Story asked for specific examples to be brought to the Council by the computer committee pertaining to cost savings rather than prescribe to theory when presenting the proposed project. Potasnik stated it was his desire to have at least two individuals with expertise in the area of computers from the general public on the committee. Potasnik added he believed an invitation should be extended to the Judge and Clerk-Treasurer to represented, if they so desired, on the committee. Kendall stated it was his preference to have Jim Dougherty represent the City Hall building who would work out the needs of the Clerk-Treasurer's Office and the City Court and then present them to the committee. There being no further business before the Council the meeting was duly adjourned. Respectfully submitted, _______________________________ Susan W. Repp, Clerk-Treasurer Approved: _______________________________ 3 Mayor T. E. Johnson ATTEST: ______________________________ Susan W. Repp, Clerk-Treasurer 4