BOT-06-25-74 MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
JU~ 25, 1974
The reg,!ar meeting of the Board of Trustees was called to order at 7 p.m. by
President Fred Swift, who presided. Trustees McFadden and Hinshaw were not
present. T~n Manager and Attorney Steve D~ns were present also.
Trustee Stevens moved to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the last
regular meeting and approve them as received, Mr. Beach seconded it and it
passed unaz~Lmomsly.
Ordinance #B52: proposed Ord. #B-52~ transfering funds l~i~ the ~ldg. ~,.,
~n Court~ General and MVH budgets. ~r. Beach moved to adopt Ord. #B-52 as
read, 1~. Stevens seconded it and it p~ssed un~zimously.
Trustee Hinsh~w arrived at 7:05 p.m.
C~%T~ Monthl~ rate increase: l~. Swift read proposed resoluti~ #1-52874 increasing
Hamilton County CATV monthly rates from $5.00 to $6.00, and the request from
Hamilton County CATV Inc. for approval of amended schedule of rates. Mm. Stevens
moved to approve the amended schedule, Mm. Beach seconded it and it passed
unanimously.
Neighborhood P~rk: Upon the recommendation of Trustee Sw~_ft, Mr. Sw~Lft moved to
request T~wn Manager submit a letter to Hamilton County Park Board, fnformi~g
them the Board of Trustees requested the Park Beard to consider developing a
neighborhood park on the land ~,xed by the Town of Carmel, behind Car~l Hills
Apartments and would be open to suggestions regarding the possibility of leasing
the land. ~. Beach seconded it and it passed unanimously.
Dog Pound: Mr. ~ft announced that the Mayor of Noblesville had approached
him about the need f~r Carmel to contribute to the new city-county dog pound to
Be constructed. County Commissioners had offered to pay $5~O00.00, ar~i the
City of Noblesville would contribute $7,500.00. Mr. ~ift stated Carmel's
share should be less than that ~mount~ and our contribution should be in line
with the percentage of useage. Trustee Hinshaw moved Clerk-Treasurer direct a letter
to the Mayor of Noblesv~l]e stating the Trustees of the T~n of Carmel are x*llling
to consider giving an amount to the construction of a dog pound in the county for
county dog removal purposes, and request them to contact us for a proposition.
Mr. Beach seconded it and it passed unanimously.
New Firemen: Upon the recommendation of acting Fire Chief, Jim ~rtin~ Mr. Beach
moved to approve the hiring of Richard Carl Bufek and ~Mridith Eugene Lilley as
new Firemen, Mm. Stevens seconded it and it passed ur~n~ously.
Robert Lancaster: ~M. Lancaster appeared before the Board to verii~y the Town's
poli~y of hold_Trig a property ~ner responsible for a delinquent sewer bill run
up by a renter. Beard stated it was not only the To~.m' s policy, but a State law,
and was also the policy of other Comm~mities. Board stated we Just didn't have the
problems in the past as we do no~% ~.~ith the gr~.rbh of the
Street Li~_hts out: F~. S~fift stated there were still four str~et lights out on
Main Street and"requested T~rn Manager contact Puhlic Service and inform them of
that mud to ask them to check other areas for possible replacements needed.
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Jun~. Car Ordiu~uce: Mr. S~*lft stated ~r. Fells at the Phillip 66 Station at the
point ~..~as concerned about the amende,~ j~n~ car ordin.~ce and wanted to kno~ if the
clause referring to junk cars on private property would apply to him. ~r. Fell~
had s~id the pc~ce departrent brings the cars ~.~hich have been wrecked to his
property and he would just as soon quit stordng them. Mr. ~ift suggested ~,~ cheek
for room near the north se~,:age plant: ~,,.~e ~ight store the~{ there~ and the T~n collect
the storage fees. ~r. Hinshaw didn't feel we should do it~ ~e to the flood plane
~rea there, and didn't think the ord~n~ace affected Mr. Fells. Bo~d agreed to table
the discussion ~u~til net meeting.
Don Funderli~c: C!~e E. ~,~i.ll~ams & ~Tssoc.: Mr. Don Funder]~ic appeared before the
board' 'and st,,ted he had two copies o~ p_~mt ~pecificatior~ o~ad plans for the
Inter~u Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion of the North Plant. ~r. Funderlic
requested Board's approw~,l to~ive Mr. ~,~Yi.lfong one copy. Board requested him to
give both copies to JS~ Dougherty and Fred Hohl for their review and recommendations
at next regular ~eting. Copy to be given ~. h~ilfong after that meeting.
Brookshirc b~ater Plant: Jim Dougherty, Utilities Manager: stated that the tank ~.~here
the iron fil'ter back v;ashes into a basin, essentially in a baseraent there~ a large
concrete tank, where the iron is filtered out of the filter ends up in that tank and
wonld stick to the pump. He recommended a different kind of pump that ~-rould be easier
to clean: ~*ith a larger capacity that wouldn't have to be cleaned as frequently.
l~r. FunderLic submitted a proposal from ~,sms Constr~ction Co., Zuc. quotf~ prices
for ~lter~.ate p~umps (1) Revise existing bas~n_decmnting puz~ ~I%h. ne~el~ impeller and
dis~h~ge assembly ~--$1,392.00. (2) Remove existing pump smd co%~r and install a
Barnes Model SE20h %rlth basfm cover, 200 G.P.M. @ 1~' TDH, 2 H.P. motor~ pu3_l chain~
disch, pipe and revise existing piping as needed. ---f~l ,269.00. M~. Dougherty re-
commended alternate #2 (the submer~ one). ~-¥. Einshs~ moved to accept alternate
~j~2, ~h~. Stevens seconded it, and it passed ur~c~tsly.
?Iater ~[aster Plan: l~h~. Funderlic stated the Public Service Commission could not
~ccept any material in the l'iater Master Plan for the July 2nd hearing, ~n!ess the
Tm*n Board adopts it, or certain sections of it. Mr. Stevens moved to adopt the
C~rmel, Indiana Water System ~ster Plan thru 1995~ (dated March 19711.), ~-~th the
e~ception of Section LX, Distribution Syste~ and ,amds to Const~qtion Costs, and
items ~2 and~.~3 in Section X_ri. i~M. Beach seconded it and it passed unanimously.
k~eeds: I~r. Schmeltekop stated the o~naer of the property of the lot across from the
Post Office k%d told h~ the lot ~ould be m~-~ed ne~t ~,;eek. ~,h~. Sch~ltekop stated
the letter he had sent to l~r. Arnold, o~mer of another lot needing m~.;ed, had come
back mar~ed addressee unkm~n. ~.~r. S~ift instructed Yin. Schme!tekop to have the street
departr.~nt m~m.; it and send the b~].] to the ~ounty Treasurer,s office to be added to his
taxes. ~h% ~rift also instructed T~n ~un:~ger cents, ct the o~mer of the property north
of Arnolds and advise hi~a to mow the section from the sidewa~ to the street.
Fa~ Bureau Prop~r~y (Gera~e area for To~m~: Tc~.m ~Lanager stated ho had been contacted by
~r. ~Jilliams of P~sha~.~ Realty x~ho advised h~, they would be ~illing to sell the ground
described in the plat given to the Bo~d at last meeting, and to include the s53.os.
Their wi]25~gness to cora~ider a proposal including sale of silos ~.~ould be contingent on
a lo~j?term $1.00 a year lease of the silos. The ~Hamilton County CATV has s~ranged
to lease the privilege of ~stalling a t~enty foot tm~er atop the silos and a small
bull ~ding on the gromud at a rental fee of $125.00 per month. Their origin~l price
to the Town of Carmel w~.s $55,~000.00 ~d did not include the silos. Board instructed
T~,m Manager find out ~.~hat the t~ base is, to have a basis for what kind of offer to ~
make and report at next meeting.
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Address Chan~.~: Union St~ T~m Man~ger submitted a letter from Union State Ba~c
recuesting an exception the ne*~ street and number change or a one year extension.
N~J Hin~h~ moved to grant Union State B~* the period of one year to change their
advertising and make effective date of address change January 1, 1976. ~. Stevens seconded
it and it passed 3-0. ~. Swift abst~~ined.
~painase Ditch: T~n Manager stated that beginning at Mohawk Apts, ar~t Keystone Squ~re
ping Center, cross, ns Keystone running S.E. behind the riding stables barn and
crossing 116th Street, into ~oodland Springs and I'Joodlands Lakes So. and East beh~
Woodlanda Clubhouse and across Lakeshore Dr. East and on to White River was a big
problem dnri~g last weekend's heavy rain. The pipe beneath 116th Street is too
to h~ndle the water. Also, So. and F~st of I,~oodlands Clubhouse there is only one
about 36'~ pipe to c~m~y water beneath the streets to cause overfly; floo~ng. Board
instructed T~.~ ~&~n~ger write the involved parties to see if they wo~ld be ~,~lLling to
share in the cost of e ~Ltw~Lnating the problem. T~n Manager ~,~s of the opinion the
T~m sho~tld not share in any way in the cost~ Fred Hohl to obtain a cost figure.
No Risht Turn on Red: Trustee S~,ift read recor.~endation frc~ State prohibiting~ ~
on red afte~ July 1, at the intersections of Main Street and R~ngeline Read, Ke~tone
Ave and ~tu St, Keystone and 126th Street, Keystone and 116th Street~ and Keystone
and 106th Street. Bo~rd agreed to accept these recon~endations and petition for others.
~. Hiush~ moved to authorize ~r. Sh, ift to sign the official action agreement to
allow State to post no right turn signs at intersectione. I~. Beach seconded it and
it passed unanimously.
New Police Officer: Upon the reco~uendation of Police Commissioners, Mr.
moved to approve Hichnrd Rasse~l as replasemant officer for John Lindamood. ~.
Beach seconded it and it passed
~-~e o-~-,~-~-~. Upon the recommendation of Town Engineer, Mr. Beach moved to
~pprove change orders for additio~ of right turn lanes to c~m~rcial drive approaches
to Keystone Square Shopping Center Lt. Increase in cost - (A) $5,504.40; (B) $1,240.00,
2.~. ~ghaw seconded it and it passed unanimously. Cost to T~m should be O, in-
asmuch as this is a federally funded (70%) project and people at Keystone Square wLll
put up the 30% b~lance.
Chanse order #C: Upon the recommendation o~ Town Engineer, ~. Beach moved to approve
change order #C on 116th street project, substituting hot applied thermoplastic
pavement mark~ for the cold plastic. No change in price. Items 25 thru 29 in
contract. ;,Lt. Hir~w seconded it and it passed unanimously.
Char~ order ~D: Upon the recoz~endation of Town E~gineer: Mr. Beach moved to
authorize ~. S~evens sign change order for additional paver~ent msrk-ings at an
creased cost of $4,143.75. ~. Hinsha~ seconded it and it passed 3-1. ~r. S~ift
voting nay.
Newark Villase Chzn~e order: Upon the recommendation of Tc~,rn Engineer~ Mr. Hinshaw
~ved to authorize ~.~r. SwiI~ sign change order lo~ering pipe and re~rking side ditch
appro~imately 75ft. north and 1OO ft south increasing cc~tract ~0.O0. Mr. Beach
seconded it and it passed unanimously.
106th Street Bid~: Upon the recoz~endation of T~n Engineer, Mr. Hinshaw moved to
award the 106th Street contract to l~ bidder, ~lvco Construction Co. The full depth
bitu~,~ous pavement for $223,521.70. Mr. Stevens seconded it and it passed
cnimously. ~r. SwLft asked if ~. Tho~son had ~ade his contribution and instructed
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~lerk-Treasurer follow up on asking for it.
Chan~e order #1: Upon the rec~:~ndation fo To~m E~gineer, Mr. Beach moved to approve
Chs~ge order ltl reducing the above contract $33,284.50 by chang~ the seed mixture,
closing the street to through traffic, changing pipe material: and change shoulders
from 11" wide, 6" deep aggregate base to dirt shoulders, Mr. Stevens seconded it and
it passed 3~1. Mr. Hi~.~h~7 voting nay. New contract price $190,002.20.
~s: To~m Manager presented some preli~tinary figures for the 1975 budget. A
ion on the possibility of providing uniforms for To~ e~ployees was held.
To~m M~ger was instructed to look into cost. A suggestion to check with Max
Colev~ e w~s made. Board agreed to a general increase in To~m Employee s~laries
of 6% plus retirement program, and 10% increase to police and fire department.
Beard agreed to apply for an e~tension for spenching deadline of Revenue Sharing.
money. A discussion on possible weekly trash collection by the Town was held. Clerk-
Treasurer to check on whether or not that amo~t x~7ottld be included in the frozen rate.
There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 10:50 p.m.
Fred T. S~ift, ~~