HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM-02-16-99 Special Meeting CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999 - 8:30 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER
CLAIMS
· Payroll
· General Claims
· Retiremere
OTHER
a. Deletion of Outstanding and Unpaid Checks; Clerk-Treasurer Diana Cordray
EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS
4. ADJOURNMENT
CARMEL CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1999 - 8:30 A.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUARE
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor James Brainard; Council President Luci Snyder; Councilors Jim
Miller, Robert Battreall, Norm Rundle, Ron Carter and Billy Walker. Deputy Clerks Cindy Sheeks and
Rebecca Martin also attended. Councilor Kevin Kirby arrived late.
Mayor Brainard called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
CLAIMS: Councilor Rundle moved to approve claims in the amounts of $213,290.24, $9,343.84,
$167,271.65 and $402,999.25. Councilor Snyder seconded. Claims were approved 6-0.
Councilor Battreall moved to approve the Deletion of Outstanding and Unpaid Checks, as requested by
the clerk-treasurer in accordance with state statute. Councilor Carter seconded. Councilor Rundle stated
Deputy Clerk Cindy Sheeks had explained that these checks could be reissued if the person to whom
they were addressed decided to cash them. The request was approved 6-0. Councilor Kirby arrived.
OTHER: Councilor Snyder read the list of council appointments to various boards and committees and
discussed them with the council.
Councilor Snyder stated someone had asked her if the council would give money to the education
scholarship fund. Councilors discussed whether to contribute money to organizations asking for
donations and talked about ways other cities handled donations.
Councilor Kirby talked to the council about the Regional Transit Alliance. He explained he planned to
place a resolution approving the City's participation in the alliance on the next council agenda.
Councilors discussed the possible need for public transportation in Carmel.
Councilor Carter stated his wife had called BFI trash services because of complaints the company
wasn't picking up recyclables. He said the woman at BFI emphatically stated BFI employees always
picked up recyclables, and that she had asked those who disagreed to send letters to BFI stating their
concerns.
Councilor Carter asked what progress had been made toward establishing a council office in City Hall.
Councilors talked about possible rooms for the office and discussed what had been accomplished to
reorganize storage on the fourth floor of the building. The mayor stated he would have Joe Staehler, the
director for the Department of Administration, submit a report about the storage situation to the council
for the next meeting.
Mayor Brainard stated the City had closed on more than 80 properties for the Monon Trail, about 40 of
which had occurred after the holidays. Councilors discussed the progress of the trail.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:52 a.m.
Attest:
Clerk-Treasurer Diana L. Cordray, IAMC
Respectfully submitted,
Clerk-Treasurer Diana L. Cordray, IAMC
Approved,
Mayor James Brainard