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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-06-06-94CARMEL C ITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 6, 1994 7:00 P.M. CARMEL CITY HALL/ONE CIVIC SQUARE/COUNCIL CHAMBERS The meeting of the Carmel City Council was called to order by Mayor Ted Johnson. Council members in attendance were Frank Fleming, James Quinn, Alan Potasnik, Christopher Painchaud, Tim Story, Tom Kendall and Luci Snyder. Clerk-Treasurer Susan Jones and City Attorney Gordon Byers were also in attendance. The invocation was given by Council James Quinn followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Mayor stated the City was in a Level WATER EMERGENCY LEVEL II: II water emergency and explained some of the policies and ordinance requirements regarding this emergency. Council Kendall made a motion to approve the minutes of MINUTES: May 16, 1994. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Councilor Kendall made a motion to approve the following CLAIMS: claims. The motion was seconded by Councilor Painchaud. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Claims dated 5/19/94 in the amount of $1,338,330.76 Claims dated 5/15/94 in the amount of $ 194,607.60 Claims dated 5/16/94 in the amount of $ 392,191.87 Claims dated 5/23/94 in the amount of $6,000,000.00 The Mayor passed out the 3 volumes of budget COMMITTEE REPORTS: information and back-up materials for the proposed 1995 budget. The Mayor deliberately did not give a copy of the documents to the Clerk-Treasurer stating she did not need the information in the work she does for the budget and a copy of said materials are in the Office of the Mayor and the public library. The Mayor stated the actual budget figures were given to the Clerk today and that was all she needed. Councilor Kendall asked the Mayor about a copy being made available for the public to review in the Clerk's office. The Mayor said the public could come to his office if they wanted to see the budget. Discussion followed concerning possible meeting dates. Councilor Snyder stated the Clerk was the only person who had told her that she could not meet on Thursday and unfortunately two of the meetings got scheduled on Thursday so the meetings were going to have to be changed to Wednesday. No dates were set for budget hearings and Councilor Snyder asked for the cooperation of the Council in selecting dates for budget meetings within the first three days of this week. Councilor Painchaud made a ADD-ON/AGENDA ITEM/ORDINANCE D-1082: motion to add Ordinance D-1082 to the agenda. The motion was seconded by Councilor Story. All members voted aye. Motion carried. SECOND READING/ORDINANCE Z-290/YOUNG'S ASPHALT REZONE FROM R-1 TO Councilor Kendall called for immediate approval of Z-290. B-1: The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. Jim Zacolla of Coots, Henke and Wheeler asked for this item to be tabled pending a settlement on the injunction filed by the City against Young Asphalt. After a brief discussion concerning a settlement between Young Asphalt and the City, Councilor Potasnik called for the question. All members voted nay. Ordinance Z-290 was defeated by a unanimous vote. FIRST READING, ORDINANCE Z-292/PUBLIC HEARING/RE-ZONE OF ESTRIDGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, INC/FROM S-1 TO B-2/29.01 ACRES IN WESTERN CLAY TOWNSHIP, NORTH OF AND ADJACENT TO WEST 106TH STREET AND EAST Councilor Quinn made a motion to OF AND ADJACENT TO US 421: introduce Ordinance Z-292 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. James Nelson, attorney for Estridge Development, presented the rezone to the Council. After the presentation the Mayor opening the meeting to the public for a hearing, calling for questions and/or objections. Hearing none, the Mayor closed the hearing. A second reading will be done at the next regular meeting of the Council. FIRST READING/ORDINANCE S-58/PUBLIC HEARING/INTERCEPTOR AND TRUNK Councilor Story made a motion to introduce SEWER CONNECTIONS: Ordinance S-58 and suspend the rules for reading of the same. The motion was seconded by Councilor Kendall. Gordon Byers explained the Council had recently passed a similar ordinance in May, S-57, and this ordinance simply corrected the calculation of the gallons per acre for the purpose of determining a hook-on fee. Byers asked for consideration to suspend the rules and act on S-58 tonight because the City has already lost money on the fees collected to date and there is potential to lose even more unless the new ordinance is passed. Councilor Quinn reviewed the process of the S-57 being added to the agenda at the April meeting. Quinn said at the time the Mayor told the him (Quinn) that if he didn't allow the ordinance to be added to the agenda then he (Quinn) would cost the City a great deal of money. Quinn asked Byers exactly how much the Mayor has cost the City by this mistake. Byers said there has been lost revenue but he didn't know how much. Councilor Quinn said he would not vote for a suspension of the rules and the Mayor could use the next two weeks to double check S-58 to be sure there weren't more mistakes. A second reading of S-58 will take place at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Council. REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION/$120,000/CUMULATIVE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND Councilor #203/CITY HALL ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE AND PARKING LOT: Story made a motion to advertise for a public hearing for the above stated amount and project. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Councilor Quinn asked the Mayor to provide the exact costs for the project, including the cost of the land, for the public hearing. The Mayor quickly stated he was unable to find out how much the land cost. The Clerk-Treasurer said she would provide that amount to the Council. Councilor Story asked the Mayor to provide a report on the traffic impact on Range Line. The Mayor said the hearing would be held as soon as it could be scheduled. REQUEST FROM CARMEL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE ADDITIONAL CIVILIAN Councilor EMPLOYEE IN RECORDS/TRANSFER RESOLUTION CC-6-6-94-1: Story made a motion to approve Resolution CC-6-6-94-1. The motion was seconded by Councilor Painchaud. Police Chief Roger Conn asked for one (1) additional civilian employee and a transfer of funds to pay for this employee along with providing clothing items to the mechanics in the amount of $260 and $900 for ground maintenance costs. Conn spelled out the job duties of the new employee and stated one of his civilian employees is now used by other departments throughout the City and he is running 4 to 5 days behind in keeping up with records. Conn said the money to pay for this employee would come from the difference in the salaries of a civilian and a Major's position that had been vacated this year. Conn also said the new employee was included in the 1995 budget estimate. The Mayor then stated the packets only included one resolution and the other requests to transfer funds were omitted. The Clerk stated this was the only resolution she had received from the police department. Councilor Quinn made a motion to amend CC-6-6-94-1 to include a transfer of $512 from line item #100 into #230-02, a transfer of $900 from line item #504 into #389 and a transfer of $260 from line item #100 into #260 along with the already stated transfer of $746 from line item #100 into #210. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Councilor Potasnik voted nay. All other Councilors voted aye. The motion carried by a majority vote. Councilor Quinn asked Conn if he would be returning to the Council for another transfer since uniformed salaries and civilian salaries were separate in the budget. Conn replied yes. Mayor Johnson then called for the question. Councilors Potasnik and Quinn voted nay and all other Councilors voted aye. Motion carried by a majority vote. Councilor TRANSFER OF FUNDS/CARMEL-CLAY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER: Kendall moved to approve the transfer of funds in the amount of $500 from #100 into #490, a transfer of $112 from #100 into #501- 01, a transfer of funds in the amount of $312 from #100 into #610 and a transfer of funds in the amount of $750 from #100 into #509. The transfer requests were presented by Director James Kinder. Mayor Johnson called for the question. All members voted aye. Motion carried. RESOLUTION CC-6-6-94-3/TRANSFER OF FUNDS/BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS: Councilor Story made a motion to approve Resolution CC-6-6-94-3. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. The resolution called for a transfer of $600 from line item #690 into #420 for the cost of postage. All members voted aye. Motion carried. ORDINANCE D-1084/AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW POSITION IN THE CARMEL Councilor Painchaud FIRE DEPARTMENT/CIVILIAN TRAINING DIRECTOR: made a motion to introduce Ordinance D-1084. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. Fire Chief Couts explained the new civilian position to the Council and said he wanted to hire the civilian rather than a new fireman. Couts explained his 1994 budget allowed him to hire six new firemen and this position would take away one of the new firefighters. Councilor Kendall asked if he had discussed this with the township board. The Chief said he had not talked to the full board but did discuss the matter with the trustee and he was in favor of the new civilian position. Councilor Potasnik moved to amend Ordinance D-1084 changing the salary listed from $1,494.44 to $1,384.34 as requested by the Chief. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. Councilor Story voted nay and all other Councilors voted aye. Motion carried by a majority vote. Councilor Potasnik asked the Chief if this new civilian position would eventually need an administrative assistant. The Chief replied no. A second reading on this ordinance will be held at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Council. Clerk-Treasurer Jones ANNUAL RENEWAL OF YELLOW CAB TAXI LICENSE: stated she would like to have the renewal contingent upon all of the driver's being licensed. Jones said she talked with Yellow Cab several months ago and then alerted the Mayor's office, via a memo, that none of the drivers are licensed. The drivers objected to the fee increase. The Mayor stated he didn't know anything about a memo and couldn't enforce the ordinance if he didn't know there was a violation. The clerk said she gave the memo to the Deputy Mayor. The Mayor said that wasn't the same thing as giving him the information. Alan Potasnik asked the Mayor if he would meet with Roger Lewis from Yellow Cab concerning the problems. Councilor Quinn made a motion to table this item until the next meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. All members voted aye. Motion carried. ORDINANCE D-1083/AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING LAW ENFORCEMENT AID IV Councilor Quinn made a motion to introduce Ordinance D- FUND #908: 1083. The motion was seconded by Councilor Story. Councilor Quinn moved to suspend the rules and act on D-1083 tonight. The motion was seconded by Councilor Potasnik. All members voted aye. Motion carried. Mayor Johnson called for the question. All members voted aye. Ordinance D-1083 passed unanimously. ORDINANCE D-1082/AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A 4-WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF WOODFIELD DRIVE NORTH AND JEFFERSON ROUNDABOUT AND Councilor Quinn moved to introduce Ordinance D- WOODFIELD DRIVE: 1082. The motion was seconded by Councilor Snyder. A second reading will take place at the next regularly scheduled Council meeting. There being no further business before the Council the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, __________________________ Approved, ___________________________ ATTEST: _________________________________