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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAUGUST 17,2015COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA AUGUST 17, 2015 The Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana met in regular session in Room 101, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, Indiana at 7:00 pm, on Monday, August 17, 2015. Council President Gill, with Vicki Conlin, City Clerk, called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. President Gill asked those in attendance to stand as Counciiperson Samuel gave the Invocation. Council President Gill introduced members from Boy Scout Troop 149 from First Christian Church. The boys led the Pledge of Allegiance and took a photo with the Council members. The roll call was conducted and those present were: Councilperson Smith, Councilperson Zastawn,', Councilperson Wadsworth, Councilperson Sellers, Councilperson Webb, Council President Gill, Councilperson Julius, Councilperson Owen, and Councilperson Samuel. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: Councilperson Julius made a motion to APPROVE the August 3, 2015, Council Regular Proceeding minutes, with Councilperson Webb seconding, PASSING on a vote of 9-0. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Council President Gill stated we would again TABLE items 1 and 2 under UNFINISHED BUSINESS. Councilperson Smith made a motion to APPROVE the agenda with the changes, with Councilperson Julius seconding, PASSING on a vote of 9-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: General Claims: Controller Amy Deering presented the general claims list in the amount of $788, 413.07. Council President Gill stated there are a list of claims that are going to be contingent on receiving the needed contracts with the appropriate signatures. Council President Gill stated this will be the last time these claims are held in a contingent status and moving forward they will be pulled until the necessary paperwork is in order. The claims in contingent status are: pg. 12- $190.00 (Party Central); pg. 14- $170.00 (Dave Simpson), $170.00 (Dave Simpson), $425.00 (Dave Simpson), $5000.00 (Louisville Crashers); pg. 16- $300.00 (Jason A. Smith), $300.00 (Louisville Dolls Music), $400.00 (James Harvey Allen), $425.00 (Dave Simpson), $425.00 (Dave Simpson), $650.00 (Party Central), $700.00 (100% Poly), $1564.00 (Party Central), $1800.00 (Endless Summer Band), $3400.00 (Dave Simpson). Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE noting the claims in contingency status with Councilperson Sellers seconding, PASSING on a vote 8-0-1 with Councilperson Julius ABSTAINING. REPORT OF THE CLERK: City Clerk Vicki Conlin did not have anything to report at this time. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1 1. Scott Lewis — 2015 -OR -39 VETO OVERRIDE — AN ORDINANCE OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION- This is a certificate of override for an override of the Veto on Ordinance 2015 -OR -39. This is the first meeting since the Veto for there to be any action taken on this matter. According to Indiana law this will need two thirds of the vote to pass the override, so we will need 6 votes to override. Councilperson Owen stated he did not think the Mayor was vetoing the whole Ordinance, just the line items mentioned in the Veto. Councilperson Owen asked if any members of the Council had met with the Mayor to discuss the veto. Voting for the override went as follows: Councilperson Smith: yes, Councilperson Zastawny: yes, Councilperson Wadsworth: yes, Councilperson Sellers: yes, Councilperson Webb: yes, Councilperson Julius: yes, Councilperson Owen: No, Councilperson Samuel: yes, Council President Gill: yes. Official vote was 8-1 PASSING Veto Override for 2015 -OR -39. 2. Les Merkley — 2015-R-9 A Resolution Regarding the Amendment of the Falls Landing Redevelopment Plan (TABLED July 6, July 20, 2015, and August 3, 2015) TABLED when Agenda was approved. 3. Les Merkley — 2015-R-10 A Resolution Regarding the Amendment of the Inner City Road Redevelopment Plan (TABLED July 6, July 20, 2015, and August 3, 2015) TABLED when Agenda was approved. 4. Scott Lewis — 2015 -OR -40 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2007 -OR -45 (Requiring All Jeffersonville City Owned Vehicles to Display Vehicle Identification Stickers) (Passed 1St reading August 3, 2015)- Attorney Scott Lewis noted there was a slight change in the ordinance noting that the decal was not to be magnetic. This has been in effect since 2007 however the ordinance now covers department equipment along with vehicles. Councilperson Julius made a motion to APPROVE 2015 -OR -40 on the Second and Third Readings with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 5. Vicki Conlin —2015 -OR -41 An Ordinance to Transfer Certain Funds within the Same Department (Passed on 1st and 2nd reading August 3, 2015) - City Clerk Conlin stated this is for the Third reading, this copier and printer will be used in the Clerk's office and the Drainage Department will also have access to this and there will be a mobile application where Council Members will be able to print from their phones. The current copier is approximately 15 years old and parts are hard to come by. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to PASS 2015 -OR -41 with Councilperson Owen seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 2 NEW BUSINESS: 1. Rachele Cummins — PUBLIC HEARING — 2015 -OR -42 An Ordinance Granting Petition to Vacate a Public Way in the City of Jeffersonville. (Clark Memorial Hospital 127) Ms. Cummins stated this property has been maintained by the Hospital since purchase however now to tie up loose ends it is requesting that it be officially vacated. Ms. Cummins provided maps showing where the area was located. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:28. No members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter. Councilperson Owen made a motion to PASS 2015 -OR -42 with Councilperson Julius seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 2. Rachele Cummins — PUBLIC HEARING — 2015 -OR -43 An Ordinance Granting Petition to Vacate a Public Way in the City of Jeffersonville. (Clark Memorial Hospital BLOCK 144) Again, the hospital has been maintaining the property since the time of acquisition. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:30 PM. No members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2015 -OR -43 with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 3. Rachele Cummins — PUBLIC HEARING — 2015 -OR -44 An Ordinance Granting Petition to Vacate a Public Way in the City of Jeffersonville. (Clark Memorial Hospital 10' ALLEY BLOCK 131) Again, the hospital has been maintaining the property since the time of acquisition. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:31 PM. No members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter. Councilperson Julius made a motion to APPROVE 2015 -OR -44 with Councilperson Webb seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 4. Rachele Cummins — PUBLIC HEARING — 2015 -OR -45 An Ordinance Granting Petition to Vacate a Public Way in the City of Jeffersonville. (Clark Memorial Hospital BLOCK 1 INGRAM ADDITION) Like previous areas the hospital has been maintaining the property since the time of acquisition. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:31 PM. No members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2015 -OR -45 with Councilperson Sellers seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 5. Rachele Cummins — PUBLIC HEARING — 2015 -OR -46 An Ordinance Granting Petition to Vacate a Public Way in the City of Jeffersonville. (Clark Memorial Hospital BLOCK 132) This is the last area needed to be officially vacated. Council President Gill opened the P.ublic Hearing at 7:32 PM. No members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter. Councilperson Julius made a motion to APPROVE 2015 -OR -46 with Councilperson Webb seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. 3 6. Lindsey Neeley - Adam Fields — Presentation on the Pat Harrison Resource Center Norton Health Care. Ms. Neeley and Mr. Fields outlined the project details for the new Norton Cancer Institute Pat Harrison Resource Center at Clark Memorial Hospital. This center is free of charge to cancer patients and their families and provides therapy, resources, and other services completely free of charge. The company requires a 1,739,800 startup fee which includes all renovations and 3 years of maintenance along with the salaries of the personnel. After the 3 years, Norton's absorbs the center and operates it 100%. There are three different • contribution pledge levels to be considered: $50,000; $30,000; and $25,000. The members of the Council agreed that they would like to look into these options through a Finance Committee meeting and will follow up with Mr. Fields or Ms. Neeley if they have any further questions. 7. Dennis Julius — Guidelines and Principles for Consideration of Property Tax Phase -In (Tax Abatement) in Jeffersonville, Indiana Councilperson Julius stated Matt Hall from One Southern Indiana was present and had been working in a joint effort on making a scaling system for tax abatements. This system can lay the ground work to give greater benefits to those companies bringing more to Jeffersonville. Mr. Hall went over the detail of the scaling system. It assigns points for different benefits such as salary, continuing education, and daycare incentives as well as health and retirement benefits. Councilperson Julius stated he would like input from the rest of the Council and if there are any changes or suggestions he would be happy to talk about those. Councilperson Julius requested that the City Clerk put this on the agenda for the next Council Meeting. 8. Scott Lewis — Ohio River Greenway Monuments and Memorial Policy This is something that the Ohio River Greenway is requiring. This is not being asked for approval tonight because there are some last minute changes. We are asking to make changes since we have a Public Arts Authority, we do not want to give blanket authority to the Greenway Commission in our portion of the Greenway but we will be committed to communicating with them. Mr. Lewis requested that this matter be carried forward to the next Council Meetings Agenda. 10. Nathan Samuel — 2015 -OR -47 An Ordinance Allocating Annual Edit Funds to the Jeffersonville Public Arts Non -Reverting Fund- This ordinance has gone before the Finance Committee and has been passed on to the Council Meeting for approval. The ordinance is allocating annual Edit Funds to the Jeffersonville Public Arts Non -Reverting Fund. This is establishing a policy that the City Council shall allocate Annual Edit Funds to the Jeffersonville Public Arts. It is requested that 5% of the revenue generated by the Annual Edit Funds be committed to the Jeffersonville Public Arts funds to use for maintenance of Public Art. Councilperson Samuel stated the City is great at creating things, but not as great maintaining them. Councilperson Julius questioned if we should maybe cap this amount since the growth is progressively getting larger so if we needed the additional money 4 elsewhere it won't need to be appropriated. Councilperson Smith stated he would like to see a representative from the Public Arts Fund come and give a breakdown of the maintenance cost. Councilperson Julius stated maybe capping the amount is not the way to proceed, he just wants to make sure it is monitored annually. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE on the first reading with Councilperson Webb seconding, PASSING on a vote 9-0. CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY REPORT: Nothing at this time. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORT: Nothing at this time. PUBLIC COMMENT: Nothing reported. COUNCIL COMMENTS: Councilperson Mike Smith: Nothing at this time. Councilperson Ed Zastawny: In regards to the drainage issues we have it seems as though over the years we get these new developments and after they are finished we require the water runoff to be the same and it cannot be any faster. What ends up happening is the ditches aren't maintained or something breaks and then it doesn't work out the way it was planned. It's a great plan in theory but realistically it does not work out. Is there a way to revisit these ordinances or policies to require that the runoff actually be slower than where it was before the project started? Council Attorney Lewis stated this is actually already being revisited and the City has been meeting with officials to go over policies and see what needs to be amended to be up to date with current recommendations from the state. Councilperson Wadsworth: Nothing at this time. Councilperson Sellers: Not present. Councilperson Webb: As far as the project at Woehrle Park goes, it is a controversial project. It doesn't matter if it is in the right spot or if it should have been moved either way- Jeffersonville owns it and it is up to Jeffersonville to finish the project. Councilperson Julius: Again on the Woehrle project, Councilperson Julius received multiple emails and phone calls supporting the completion of the project and only one individual who was against it. 5 Councilperson Owen: One year ago today the News and Tribune ran an article about the park and the opening of football practice. The vote today isn't saying it's not a good project because it is a good project. Additionally- Lifepoint and Norton's coming into this area is a huge deal and Councilperson Owen is excited to see how this effects Jeffersonville's future. Councilperson Samuel: Councilperson Samuel had a short presentation to give using the overhead. This consisted of a few photos of the flood wall vandalism. We need to look at getting the wall sealed. The sealant alone is going to be $1500 but it should be no more than $5000 to do the wall in total and does the Council want to move forward with that project. Ms. Dawn Spiker has done a great job restoring the murals to their original state and is not charging the City to do so. Councilperson Samuel expressed he does not feel that is right since she has put in so much time and effort. There will be a future claim for the paints needed to restore the artwork. Council President Gill: Council President Gill stated she would like to do some sort of Certificate of Recognition for Dawn because she goes above and beyond for the City. There will be a Council Workshop for the Widening 10th Street Project. A representative from INDOT and KIPDA and Duke will all be present. Also there will be a short presentation from the Coalition for.the Homeless. In regards to the Veto concerning public safety Council President Gill would like to express that she feels as though the public safety officers and the City Council work well together and they know that they have the support of the City Council. The Council supports the public safety officers and thanks them for their service as they provide "top notch" service for our community. ADJOURNMENT: Council President made a motion to ADJOURN at 8:01 pm with Councilperson Owen moving the motion. Vicki Conlin, City Clerk APPROVED BY: Lisa ill President es dent 6