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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC APRIL 15, 2019 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA April 15, 2019 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, April 15, 2019. Council Vice President Lisa Gill along with City Clerk Conlin called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Mr. Bobby Campbell gave the invocation. Council Vice President Lisa 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 White, Councilperson Payne, Councilperson Maples, Councilperson Hawkins, Councilperson Owen, Councilperson Ellis and Council Vice President Gill. Councilperson Samuel and Council President Zastawny were absent from the proceedings. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: April 1, 2019 Regular Proceedings—Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the minutes with Councilperson Payne seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Councilperson Owen made a motion to AMEND the agenda by moving number 11 to the bottom making it number 17 A with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the agenda as amended with Councilperson Payne seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: City Controller Heather Metcalf presented the General Claims. There is one deletion on page 8. There was a duplicate$50 charge that will be taken off. Council Vice President Gill asked if the POs were signed and the Travel Claims had the agendas that were needed that were missing, those were prepaid but those are State Board of Accounts requirements. Controller Metcalf said those were resolved. The new total is 1,896,210.95. We are moving $1,000,000 in the Health Insurance. Councilperson Hawkins made a motion to APPROVE the claims with Councilperson Payne seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. City Controller presented the Parks Claims in the amount of$80,090.82. Council Vice President Gill asked if all claims were in order and Controller Metcalf stated they are. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the Parks Claims as presented. Council Vice President Gill said she is still getting old invoices, from here on out they will be pulled. Councilperson Hawkins noted that we rented a stump grinder for$1100 and he thinks the cost of one wouldn't be much more than that. Councilperson Payne seconded the motion, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. REPORT OF THE CLERK: Thursday morning the Port will be here doing their annual meeting if anyone would like to attend. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Ed Zastawny/Sarah Green 2018-OR-67 An Ordinance Amending 2016-OR-11 Which Amends 2006-OR-14 Ordinance Regulating the Treatment and Keeping of Domestic, Dangerous, and/or Vicious Animals Within the City Limits—Tabled until May 2019 No Action Needed 2. Ed Zastawny-Les Merkley—2018-OR-77 An Ordinance Amending The Jeffersonville Zoning Code(2000-OR-61) For Purposes of Establishing Regulations for Non-Commercial -Tabled until May 2019 No Action Needed 3. Ed Zastawny/Heather Metcalf—2019-OR-13 An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds within the Same Department—City Controller Heather Metcalf presented 2019-OR-13. There have been no changes since the last meeting. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2019- OR-13 on the third and final reading with Councilperson Hawkins seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Dustin White/ Karen Guttman, Exec. Director- YMCA—During the budget session the Council created a line for the YMCA however it is currently unfunded. He has asked Ms. Guttman to come and request funding for the YMCA. Karen Guttman discussed new programs. She overviewed the YMCA's mission and who was targeted through their program. The campaign that they are asking for a donation to fund ensures that no community member is turned away due to inability to pay. They goal at the Clark county YMCA is$83,000. 2. Ed Zastawny/Larry Wilder 2019-R-2 Resolution Committing Funding to Reconstruction of Cane Run Pump Station—Council Attorney Larry Wilder presented 2019-R-2. There has been a change to the funding needs for this project. This project has been going on for many years to mitigate the flooding issues. The initial rough estimate was 4-5 million dollars. Council Vice President Gill said if this passes it can go out to bid correct? It can then go to bid. If this is passed this evening it will be before the Clarksville Council tomorrow. Councilperson Hawkins said that he believes if this comes up being on the short end on the budget he thinks the City should get some of that money back. Councilperson Maples asked what happened if it came back more than what was budgeted. It would have to be renegotiated. He is concerned because currently the City is the highest stakeholder, he agrees the project needs to be completed but the Council needs to protect the City's best interest. The unknown of this is scary. Councilperson Ellis made a motion to APPROVE 2019-R-2 with Councilperson Payne seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. 3. Ed Zastawny/ Dustin White—2019-OR-14 An Ordinance Repealing and Replacing 2012-OR-47 For Purpose of Establishing Fair Housing Policies in Compliance with State and Federal Law— City Attorney Les Merkley presented 2019-OR-14. This will make us compliant with minimum requirements for federal and state laws. We are in the process of applying for a grant and this will be looked at. There is a deadline Friday for the grant. Councilperson Maples made a motion to SUSPEND the rules in anticipation of it passing on all three readings with Councilperson Hawkins seconding, FAILING on a motion 6-1 with Councilperson Ellis voting against. Suspending the rules has to be unanimous. Councilperson Maples asked how much this would save the City, about$600,000. A special meeting will be held April 22, 2019 at 4:00 PM. Councilperson Payne made a motion to APPROVE 201119-OR-14 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. 4. Ed Zastawny/ Nick Creevy River Hills—Public Hearing CDBG Main Street Revitalization Program—Nick Creevy was present to discuss the project. This is for streetscape improvements on Spring Street. Mr. Creevy is with River Hills at 300 Spring. This is part 2 of 4 of the project discussed last year. This grant is basically doing part 2. Council Vice President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 8:09 pm. Richard Eklund —1608 Flintlock Dr.—He is reluctant to sign the clipboard without knowing what it is. It is just showing that he was here. The public hearing was closed as 8:10 pm. Councilperson Payne made a motion to enter this into public record with Councilperson Owen seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-0. 5. Ed Zastawny/Michael O'Brien—Vehicle for Vehicle Maintenance—Michael O'Brien was present to request funding for a service vehicle. Their current vehicle is currently a 1994 Chevy 3500 and is a take home vehicle. This vehicle is support for the fire department. The estimate for the vehicle is$47,500 and he will outfit it through his budget. Councilperson Ellis asked if the Fire Department would appropriate money towards this and they are able to trade in some vehicles towards this cost. Council Vice President Gill stated she appreciated that his due diligence in this. Mr. O'Brien went over the specs of the vehicle and discussed the plans for it. There is agreement for the go ahead to put on the additional appropriation for the next meeting. 6. Ed Zastawny/Heather Metcalf—2019-OR-15 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation—City Controller Heather Metcalf presented 2019-OR-15. This is for land. The public hearing is on 5-9- 19. This won't be developed. Councilperson Maples made a motion to APPROVE 2019-OR-15 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Hawkins seconding, PASSING on a vote, 6-1 with Councilperson Ellis voting against. 7. Ed Zastawny/Heather Metcalf—2019-OR-16 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation—City Controller Heather Metcalf presented 2019-OR-16. This is for overtime money for the Parks Department. It is appropriating money received from flood control. The second one is for the request for the YMCA. The third is the $3000 for planning and is current revenues that is in there. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2019-OR-16 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Payne seconding, PASSING on a vote, 6-1 with Councilperson Ellis voting against. 8. Ed Zastawny/Larry Wilder—2019-R-3 A Resolution Implementing Procedures for Approving Additional Appropriations for the Remaining Calendar Year of 2019 Until Further Approval by the Common Council—Council Attorney Larry Wilder presented 2019-R-3 which regulates procedures for additional appropriations. This would mean that additional appropriations would have to go through the Finance Committee. It reduces the number of requests that come to the meeting. Councilperson Payne said she feels like this is unnecessary. Councilperson Maples said he likes hearing them at the meeting due to the varying background of the Council and gathering everyone's input. No action was taken on this matter. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: Nothing at this time. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ATTORNEY Nothing at this time. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Michael Chesser-100 Spring Street- Recognized the City's efforts for Thunder. He appreciates that. There was a group that assembled during Thunder and he felt the comments were inappropriate. His neighbors contacted the Mayor's office and there's no real regulations to stop this from taking place. He is looking for the elimination of the amplification system because there is no escape from it at that point. COUNCIL COMMENTS: Councilperson White— Councilperson Payne—Happy Tax Day and Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates. Enjoy the festivities. Councilperson Maples—Until the Public Comment (which was very valid) he heard nothing negative about thunder. Zero arrests in the arena for Thunder and only one vehicle was towed. Special Meeting will be on April 22, 2019 at 4:00 PM. Councilperson Hawkins—Happy Easter, great Thunder, congratulations to Mrs. Payne. He would love to see the Council get behind Dogs Helping Heroes next year. It was awesome. They raised a ton of money. Councilperson Owen—In the Special Meeting we talked a lot about the taxes, in the City we an increase. When we break down the number and look at the trends year over year the rate has gone down every year. Higher assessed value leads to higher taxes. Our rates are either staying level or decreasing. Councilperson Ellis—Happy Easter and may God bless our City and everyone in it. Council Vice President Gill—Shout out to our first responders for Thunder, you guys did a phenomenal job. It takes close to a year of planning for that. ADJOURNMENT: Councilperson Owen made the motion to ADJOURN and the meeting adjourned at 8:59 P.M. AP"RIVED B : i ' �� •_t 'Es Zastaw y, Pref'.-nt ATTEST: Vicki Conlin, Clerk