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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJUNE 20,2016COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA JUNE 20, 2016 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, June 20, 2016. Council President Owen along called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Mr. Campbell gave the Invocation and Council President Owen asked those in attendance to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL: The roll call was conducted and those present were: Councilperson White, Councilperson Zastawny, Councilperson Jahn, Councilperson Gill, Council President Owen, Councilperson Hawkins, Councilperson Samuel and Councilperson Rodriquez. Councilperson Maples was absent from the meeting as he was out of town. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: Minutes from the Council Regular Proceedings on June 6, 2016 — Councilperson Gill made a motion to APPROVE the minutes with Councilperson Rodriquez seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Councilperson Samuel stated above 1 under Unfinished Business there needs to be an addition for the Interlocal Agreement presented by Greg Fifer. Replace the current number 1 as it needs to be tabled. Councilperson Gill asked if it made a difference putting that before the Override. Council Attorney Lewis stated it could be done this way. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE the Agenda as amended with Councilperson Jahn seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: There is a claim for $750 on page 10 for "Jesus Christ, Superstar" that needs to be pulled. There is no signed contract for this and they are working on that now. The new total is $2,335,677.29. Councilperson Gill reminded the Council to be mindful of watching how Departments are spending money. They will be coming before the Council soon requesting Additional Appropriations and some departments are not spending their current budgets going based off of their needs as opposed to their wants. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE the claims as amended with Councilperson Gill seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. REPORT OF THE CLERK: The Homeless Taskforce would like to come before the Council on July 5 to provide an update. City Clerk Conlin recently attended the ILMCT training where she gained her first set of certifications and asked to serve as the Resolutions Chair again on the Executive, Legislative, and Education Committee of the league. Also tomorrow Nicole Barton is coming down if any of the Council would like to meet her. She is the Clerk for Bloomington, Indiana. 1 AGENDA ITEMS: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Les Merkely — 2016 -OR -23 An Ordinance Establishing an Ordinance Violation Bureau (Passed on 1st reading 3/21/16, Passed on 2nd reading 4/4/16, Tabled 4/18/16, Tabled 5/2/16, Tabled 5/16/2016, Tabled 6/6/2016) — Tabled during Approval of Agenda. 1. Greg Fifer — Interlocal Agreement — 2016-R-13 This is regarding the Agreement for the Airport. It has very few changes from the original. The date has changed, Sellersburg's contribution has been removed, and the City of Jeffersonville's contribution has changed from $400,000 to $250,000. Both Charlestown and Sellersburg will be contacted about seeking additional funds. Another change is the source of funds. The funds will now come from EDIT. Councilperson White asked if this should read up to $250,000. Mr. Fifer stated if there is any overage in money it will be proportionally returned to the City. This will be solely used for Runway Improvements. PUBLIC COMMENT: Mr. Kent Lanum — 1805 Elk Pointe Blvd. — Mr. Lanum is the President and CEO of the Paul Ogle Foundation. They are a 65 million dollar foundation located in Jeffersonville that was founded in 1979. They feel strongly that the only way to porosper as a region requires cooperation between community organizations and elected officials to address issues that the community faces every day. The Foundation is offering $100,000 to contribute alongside of Jeffersonville's $250,000 contribution. A similar offer has been made to Charlestown as well. It is important for everyone to get involved in this to make sure that it a success. This is a small price to pay for such a great future potential for the area. Councilperson Gill stated this is still not a priority for her district. She had people who were flooded out of their homes and her district needs updated infrastructure. She will not be supporting the contribution. Councilperson Rodriquez stated Greater Clark County Schools has an Aviation Program that is ran through Shawnee that approximately 70 students graduate from annually. This is a great thing for them to be able to have the option to return to. Councilperson White stated he was under the impression that when additional funds were located that would reduce the amount that Jeffersonville contributed. Councilperson Zastawny stated this would be the case as any additional money would be returned proportionately to the contributing municipalities. Councilperson Owen stated he has had varied feeling about this. Mayor Moore made it clear this wasn't the direction he wanted to go in and that he wanted to upgrade the City's roads. He agrees with the Mayor and additional work was put in and something structured differently arose from the compromises. Bringing the contribution amount down allows the money to be taken from the EDIT fund. Thank you to everyone who played a role in putting the new resolution together and he is glad this is going to be able to happen. Councilperson Jahn stated she is glad this is going to be funded and Holman's lane will still be uninterrupted. 2 Councilperson Zastawny stated this is a great project for the region and he is glad everyone came together to work out a solution. This new Resolution would never have been drafted if it weren't for the debates over the previous Resolution. Councilperson Samuel thanked the Ogle Foundation for stepping up and making this a reality. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2016-R-13 with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-1 with Councilperson Gill voting against 2016-R-13. 2. Scott Lewis — 2016 -OR -35 An Ordinance Establishing a Fund for the Receipt of Special LOIT Distributions Pursuant I.C. 6-3.6-9-17 (Tabled 6/6/16) — Council Attorney Scott Lewis presented 2016 -OR -35. This is for the special LOIT money that is coming in. We have received the money and it is important for this to be passed quickly in order to assign it to a fund. Councilperson Gill made a motion to SUSPEND the rules and APPROVE 2016 -OR -35 on all three readings with Councilperson Rodriquez seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 3. Matt Owen — 2016-R-11 Veto Override — A Resolution Approving an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement — Council Attorney Lewis advised if there is a lack of a motion then the Veto Override dies. Council President Owen thanked Mayor Moore for reaching out and working with the Council on this matter. No motion was made, Veto stands. 4. Heather Metcalf — PUBLIC HEARING — 2016 -OR -36 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Passed on 1St and 2nd reading 6/16/2016) — This is for the Street Department to purchase additional trashcans. Council President Owen opened the Public Hearing at 7:33 PM and seeing as no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2016 -OR -36 with Councilperson Gill seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 5. Heather Metcalf — PUBLIC HEARING — 2016 -OR -37 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Passed on 1St and 2nd reading 6/16/2016) —This is for the Performance Increases. Council President Owen opened the Public Hearing at 7:34 PM and as no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Gill made a motion to APPROVE 2016 -OR -37 contingent on those who are paid from multiple funds only getting the increase on the General Fund portion of their pay. Councilperson Samuel seconded, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. New Business: 1. Les Merkley — PUBLIC HEARING — 2016 -OR -38 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at 1611 E Tenth Street and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from C2 to IS (One Reading) — This comes before the Council with an 3 unfavorable recommendation from the Planning and Zoning however since that vote a lot has changed. This does not affect 1620 E. 10th Street. This will be used by Greater Clark County Schools as a professional development learning center. This will not be used for a bus depot or transportation station. This is also part of the deal where Greater Clark gets 10% of the new TIFs and this is the final step in that agreement. This has to be voted on tonight as the 90 days will expire soon to take action. Councilperson Gill stated she felt as though this is not going against Planning and Zoning Authority as so much has changed since the initial recommendation. Councilperson White asked if anything could prevent them from changing the restriction. City Attorney Merkley stated the restriction would always be associated with that parcel now. Councilperson Rodriguez asked if they could come back later and ask for a variance. This restriction stands with this property. Councilperson Hawkins asked what would take the covenant off and City Attorney Merkley stated it will always be marked on that property. Council President Owen opened the Public Hearing at 7:43 PM. Dr. Melin of Greater Clark County Schools came forward to speak. He appreciates all of the work put forth by the City Attorney and the Mayor and the Council to help make this deal happen. It is a win for everyone. This is something everyone can be proud of and utilize. City Attorney Les Merkley also mentioned that if this is not followed the 10% deal can be revoked. Councilperson Hawkins made a motion to APPROVE 2016 -OR -38 with Councilperson White seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 2. Les Merkley- PUBLIC HEARING- 2016 -OR -39 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located on 3800 Block of # Tenth Street and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A From C2 to C2 -PD (One Reading) —This comes from Planning and Zoning Authority with a favorable recommendation. This is the Nickles Development. Councilperson Gill thanked Mr. Nickles for being so gracious to the surrounding residents. Part of the development will be the new Kroger. This is a very classy and well done project. Council President Owen opened the Public Hearing at 7:49 PM and as no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Gill made a motion to APPROVE 2016 -OR -39 with Councilperson Jahn seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 3. Heather Metcalf — 2016 -OR -40 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Public Hearing July 5, 2016) — Councilperson White stated this is for the Urban Enterprise Zone. Councilperson Gill stated she will be voting against this as she feels this is outside of the Councils' duties. Councilperson White made a motion to APPROVE 2016 -OR -40 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Jahn seconding, PASSING on a vote, 6-2 with Councilperson Gill and Councilperson Zastawny voting against. 4. Heather Metcalf — 2016 -OR -41 An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds Within the Same Department — This is for Planning and Zoning to get new workstations. Their current workstations are running on Windows XP and it is no longer supported by our server. Councilperson Gill stated this is a much needed request and not just a want. 4 Councilperson Gill made a motion to APPROVE 2016 -OR -41 on the first and second with Councilperson White seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. Department Head Reports: Nothing at this time. City Council Attorney Report: Nothing at this time. Public Comment: Everything was addressed during the meeting. Council Comment: Councilperson White — Councilperson White applauded everyone who worked on the Interlocal Agreement for the Airport. A good deal is always better than a weak fight. He appreciates all of the work that was done on that. Councilperson Zastawny — Councilperson Zastawny stated this is a big day for Ohio. Congratulations on having a Championship team. Councilperson Jahn — Nothing at this time. Councilperson Gill —Councilperson Gill asked City Attorney Les Merkley where he was on the Ordinance concerning repairing City roads. City Attorney Merkley stated the City Engineer is currently out of the country and he will meet with him as soon as he gets back. Councilperson Gill stated she has been working with the Street Department on roads that are not collecting revenue. Also Councilperson Gill stated she does not like things being handed out at the meeting. It makes it difficult to review the information. Councilperson Hawkins — Nothing at this time. Councilperson Samuel — Congratulations to the Clerk on her certifications and elections. It is good to have a Clerk who represents Jeffersonville well. Thank you to Councilperson Gill for her diligence on the claims, which is a big part of our role. This Friday night there is "Illuminate Claysburg". The artist will be present to make some comments and then the art will be lit up. Councilperson Rodriquez —Councilperson Rodriquez stated the Fairness Ordinance is still being worked on. Council President Owen — The Sewer Board will have an Executive Session and are requesting the Council Members to attend if possible. Friday there is a Finance Committee Meeting with the Police Department in the Council Conference Room. Also Planning and Zoning Director Nathan Pruitt is requesting a Workshop for Monday, June 27 at 6:00 PM. Our next scheduled Council Meeting falls on the holiday (Fourth ofJuly), meeting will be held July 5th at 7 PM. Also we are only 6 months into a term 5 MINUTES COUNCIL REGULAR PROCEEDINGS JUNE 20, 2016 with new Council Members. We have done a lot in 6 months, more than normal. Congratulations on getting so much accomplished. Adjournment: Councilperson Jahn made a motion to ADJORN at 8:30 PM APPROVED BY: Vicki Conlin, Clerk 6