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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJUNE 4, 2018 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA June 4, 2018 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 4, 2018. Council President Gill along with City Clerk Conlin called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Councilperson Ellis gave the Invocation and Council President Gill asked those in attendance to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL:The roll call was conducted and those present were: Councilperson Zastawny, Councilperson Maples, Councilperson Hawkins, Council President Gill, Councilperson Owen, Councilperson Ellis, and Councilperson Samuel. Councilperson White arrived at 7:05 PM and Councilperson Jahn was absent from the proceedings. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: May 21, 2018 Regular Proceedings—Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote, 6-0-1 with Councilperson Maples abstaining as he was not at the proceedings on May 21, 2018. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Council President Gill advised that number 11 under Unfinished Business would need to be tabled due to not being advertised. Councilperson Maples made the motion to APPROVE the agenda as with the changes with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: Yvonne Dowd, Assistant City Controller presented the General Claims List. Council President Gill said that on page 1 there is a claim that needs to be pulled. The claim is for$585 for meals and travel. The new total is 2,242,054.72. Council President Gill asked if the training agenda was obtained for the training that was still needed and Ms. Dowd said it was. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE the general claims with the noted changes with Councilperson Ellis seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. Yvonne Dowd, Assistant City Controller presented the Parks Claims List.There are no changes. Council President Gill asked if the Claims were in order and all of the contracts signed and Ms. Dowd said they were. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE the Parks Claims with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. REPORT OF THE CLERK: Nothing at this time. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Lisa Gill/Callie Jahn— 2018-OR- Ordinance regarding Non- Profit Donations (No attachments)—Council Attorney Larry Wilder said he has a template for this, however he would like Councilperson Jahn present so he can have her input as well. And for that matter, he would really like to have a formal workshop to gather the input from all of the Council on how they would like to see this matter address to move forward. The Council has a broad expertise for not for profits and he would like to use that knowledge when developing this ordinance. Councilperson Ellis agreed he would like to see a workshop on this matter. Councilperson White asked if there needed to be a formal workshop or if it could be a committee of those Council members who had input on the matter. It was decided it would be added to the Workshop agenda for the June 18, 2018. Clerk Conlin asked that this matter be removed from the table until it was time to revisit. Councilperson Owen made a motion to REMOVE this matter from the table with Councilperson Ellis seconding, PASSING on vote, 8-0. 2. Lisa Gill/—2018-OR-29 An Ordinance Repealing Ordinances 2015-OR-23, 2013-OR-8, 2011-OR-6, 2010-OR-27, and 2009-OR-29 And Authorizing the City Officials to Use City Credit Cards for Official Government Purchases and Establishing a Credit Card Usage Policy—There have been no changes since the last reading. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-29 on the second and third reading with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote,8- 0. 3. Lisa Gill/ Heather Metcalf-2018-OR-30 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Public Hearing 6/21/18)—TABLED during Approval of Agenda. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Lisa Gill/ Les Merkley—PUBLIC HEARING 2018-OR-32 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at 3719 Charlestown Pike and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from R1, R2 and M1 to PD—City Attorney Les Merkley presented 2018-OR- 32. The petitioner is JT Development. Mr.John Kraft was present on their behalf to answer any questions. Mr. Kraft advised that the Council had the incorrect Staff Report in their Council Packets. The petitioners did meet with the neighbors ahead of time and addressed concerns they brought to their attention. Councilperson Maples said he had sat down with Mr. Blankenbaker a couple of months ago and one of the concerns was regarding traffic and it had been addressed however he would like to see that area to be on the list to be widened after the Holman's Lane project is completed. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:21 PM and as no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-32 with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 2. Lisa Gill/ Les Merkley—PUBLIC HEARING 2018-OR-33 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at 3440 Charlestown Pike and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from R1 to Ml-City Attorney Les Merkley presented 2018-OR-33. This comes with a favorable recommendation. Councilperson White advised this was zoned as M1 while in the county, and then changed when it was annexed. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:23 PM Public Hearing and as no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed at 7:24 PM. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-33 with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on vote, 8-0. 3. Lisa Gill/ Les Merkley—PUBLIC HEARING 2018-OR-34 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at 5314 Highway 62 and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from R1 to C2- City Attorney Les Merkley presented 2018-OR-32. The petitioner here is the City. For whatever reason, when this was filed the front part of the property was filed as R1 while the back half was filed as C2. Rezoning this will get the whole property to C2. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:28 PM and 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 2018-OR-34 with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ATTORNEY Nothing at this time. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: Nothing at this time. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Nothing at this time. COUNCIL COMMENTS: Councilperson White—Nothing at this time. Councilperson Zastawny—Just a little insight for the non-profits, each Council handles those differently. So we can do an Ordinance, but after the next election it will be up to the new Council if they wish to continue with what this Council decides. It's based on Council's will at the time. He doesn't see a need for it and probably will not support what comes out of it for that reason. Councilperson Maples—He will not be here next meeting, however there will be a car show June 30, 2018 to benefit the Clark County Youth Shelter from 11 AM—4 PM. It will be at 1730 Williamsburg Dr. in Jeffersonville. Councilperson Hawkins—He would like to remind everyone that on June 7th there will be a community meeting at Utica Elementary for the New Chapel Park discussion at 6:30 PM. Councilperson Owen—He is excited to see the project on Charlestown Pike, they have a great reputation. Also has there been any discussion for the lack of contribution from River Ridge for the Fire Department and how that will be addressed. Councilperson Ellis— He would like to see something concrete for the non-profits. He had proposed years ago that each Council be given a sum of money to distribute to causes in their districts. Councilperson Samuel—Nothing at this time. Council President Gill—They need to have an Executive Session in July. July 16th at 5 pm. It will be with Wastewater and Drainage as well. Also she has been contacted about the decals on the City vehicles. Some of them are magnetic and are being removed. Some of them are so dark they cannot be seen on the vehicle. May need to revisit the ordinance and revise it so that it is clear what the expectations are. Also some of the window tinting is very dark, so dark that she's not even sure that it's legal, but regardless she's not sure the taxpayers should be paying for that. ADJOURNMENT: Councilperson Ellis made the motion to ADJOURN and the meeting adjourned at 7:42 P.M. APPROVED BY: Lisa ill, President ATT ST: Vicki Conlin, Clerk