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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJuly 11, 2011 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA July 11, 2011 The Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana met in regular session in Room 101, City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, Indiana, at 6:30 P.M. on Monday June 20, 2011. Mayor Tom Galligan, with Chief Deputy Clerk Treasurer Suzy Bass at the desk, called the meeting to order at 6:45 P.M. Also present were City Attorney Darren Wilder and Council Attorney Mickey Weber. Mayor Galligan welcomed all in attendance, asking all those present to stand as Councilperson Samuel gave the invocation. Mayor Galligan then led all those present in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The roll was called and those present were; Councilpersons Mike Smith, Fd Zastawny, Connie Sellers, Barbara Wilson, Wayne Carter and Nathan Samuel. Absent: Councilperson Keith Fetz. Councilperson Samuel made the motion to approve the agenda as presented, second by Council President Smith, passing on a vote of 6 -0. Mayor Galligan presented the minutes for consideration. Councilperson Wilson made the motion to approve the minutes of June 20, 2011 (5:30 P.M.) as presented, second by Councilperson Sellers, passing on a vote of 6 -0. Councilperson Wilson made the motion to approve the minutes of June 20, 2011 (6:30 P.M.) as presented, second by Councilperson Carter, passing on a vote of 6 -0. Chief Deputy Bass presented the claim list for consideration by the Council. Council President Smith asked to remove the claim to Budget Printing because it is much higher than the bid. Events Coordinator Sam Schutz is researching it. Following discussion, the motion was made by Council President Smith to approve the remaining claims as presented, second by Councilperson Samuel, passing on a vote of 6 -0. PUBLIC COMMENT: Pat Barrow appeared before the Council concerning claims for Chester Hicks and Larry Wilder. According to the claims list it says the total payment is for the lawsuit with the City and cited items on the invoice that have nothing to do with that case. July 11, 2011 2 Councilperson Samuel said that the claims list only allows for a brief description of everything on a claim. Chief Deputy Bass said that all claims are available for inspection in the Clerk- Treasurer's Office. Vicki Burkett appeared before the Council and said that the air conditioning was out at one of the rooms at the animal shelter. She and her husband were going to pay to have it fixed but she called the Mayor and Councilperson Sellers and it has been fixed. Director Wilder noted later that the thermostat was broke, not the air conditioner. She also asked about getting speed bumps installed on Kingsfield St. The Mayor said that he will add it to his list if money for asphalt holds out. Kelley Curran appeared before the Council questioning several claims that were on the previous claims list. Again, it was explained that the detail on the list was very limited and the original claim could be accessed in the Clerk Treasurer's Office. Joe Hubbard, FOP President, told the Council that he believed there was a deal on the table but when he took it back to the body, they voted it down. One of the issues was the wording in regards to the merit board. They have not adopted their rules and regulations on disciplinary procedures. He also stands behind removing the physical fitness section as he feels it is an administration call as to the physical fitness requirements. Attorney Mike Gillenwater appeared before the Council to ask the Council to attend the settlement meeting on Friday. He said that his client wants to settle and discussed several options of settlement. COUNCIL COMMENT: There was no Council comment. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: There were no Department Head reports. AGENDA ITEMS: The motion was made by Councilperson Samuel to table 2011- OR -32, second by Councilperson Sellers, passing on a vote of 6 -0. Attorney Weber told the Council that he will have the Ethics Commission appointments ready for the next meeting. July 11, 2011 3 Attorney Weber asked to go on record saying that despite the fact that many things Attorney Gillenwater spoke on earlier stating that he was sure Attorney Weber agreed with, he in fact does not agree. Attorney Weber was asked to look into ways the City can receive more money from traffic fines written by the JPD. He told the Council that the officers need to write the tickets as an ordinance violation. Mayor Galligan said he will talk with the JPD Tuesday morning about this. Attorney Weber said that he believes that July 7' was the deadline to have all benches removed within the City. Mayor Galligan asked that he confirm this and he will have the Street Department to begin removing them. Mayor Galligan informed the Council that this was a public hearing concerning the following additional appropriation requests: Chief Deputy Bass said that the following three ordinances were previously approved and were sent to the paper for advertisement. Unfortunately, the advertisements were not published 10 days prior to approval so they have to be approved again. Mayor Galligan presented 2011 -OR -35 (previously 2011- OR -28), an additional appropriation from the Gaming Fund. The motion was made by Council President Smith to suspend the rules in anticipation of passing the ordinance on all three readings, second by Councilperson Wilson, passing 6 -0. The motion was made by Council President Smith to pass 2011 -OR -35 on all three readings, second by Councilperson Wilson passing 6-0. Mayor Galligan presented 2011 -OR -36 (previously 2011- OR -27), an additional appropriation from the General Fund. The motion was made by Councilperson Samuel to suspend the rules in anticipation of passing the ordinance on all three readings, second by Councilperson Sellers, passing 6 -0. The motion was made by Councilperson Samuel to pass 2011 -OR -36 on all three readings, second by Councilperson Wilson passing 6-0. Mayor Galligan presented 2011 -OR -37 (previously 2011- OR -26), an additional appropriation from the LOIT Fund. The motion was made by Councilperson Samuel to suspend the rules in anticipation of passing the ordinance on all three readings, second by Councilperson Sellers, passing 6 -0. The motion was made by Councilperson Samuel to July 11,2011 4 pass 2011 -OR -37 on all three readings, second by Councilperson Wilson passing 6-0. Mike Hutt asked why this was not put into the original budget and the Mayor explained that because of the Circuit Breaker, it was cut from the budget. Mayor Galligan presented 2011- OR -38, an additional appropriation from the EDIT fund. Council President Smith made the motion to table 2011- OR -38, second by Councilperson Zastawny passing 6-0. Council President Smith said that he wants to make sure this has been paid in the past before he agrees to pay it this year. Mayor Galligan presented 2011- OR -39, an additional appropriation from the LOIT fund. Council President Smith made the motion to approve 2011 -OR -39 on the 1" and 2 " reading, second by Councilperson Sellers passing 6 -0. Bethany Mull appeared before the Council asking permission for Director Wilder to purchase heartworm and parvo testing kits to help prevent the diseases from spreading so quickly. She said according to the printouts she received, there is plenty of money in the donation and other animal shelter funds to pay for these kits. They are only asking to keep about 100 test kits on hand. Councilperson Sellers said that she has been researching the tests and talking with vets in the area and would like to discuss this further with Director Wilder before recommending buying the tests. The parvo tests kits run about $10.00 — $25.00 per test and the heartworm tests are about $5.00 but they should be administered by a vet tech. Council President Smith asked the Council to approve moving forward with the City venturing into a grant with local communities to purchase tasers and refills. This is a no match grant and Clarksville will be administering the grant. The motion was made by Councilperson Zastawny to approve the request, second by Councilperson Sellers, passing 6-0. Councilperson Samuel said that August 2 is National Night Out. He is encouraging all neighborhood associations to take part in this. Director Hulse is working to make neighborhoods aware of this event. Councilperson Wilson said that she attended the Community Garden dedication. She also said that the concert Friday was wonderful. Councilperson Zastawny said that the kids' triathlon this past weekend was a huge success with almost 200 participants. He said the Parks Department did a great job. July 11, 2011 5 Council President Smith said that the LOIT money received from the County Auditor was cut 25 %. He said the Auditor took it upon himself to distribute it 75% - 25%. Council President Smith said the he supports funding the 911 system but feels the distribution is completely out of line. He read that Mr. Snelling said he has gotten no opposition from any communities for his actions. Council President would like the Council to instruct the Council Attorney to send a letter to Mr. Snelling informing him • that the City feels the distribution was not acceptable. The motion was made by Councilperson Wilson to approve the request, second by Councilperson Zastawny, passing 6 -0. Council President Smith said he would like to have an Executive Session on Friday July 15`" at 1:00 pm on the 3 floor in the Council Conference Room. Attomey Weber will advertise. Mayor Galligan said that he recently visited Oklahoma City to look at their canal. He said met with the Mayor and was very impressed with all he saw. He talked to many people and that the reason they originally created the canal was to make their City a better place to live and make it so businesses will want to settle there. The built a ball park and made the canal along an area that was nut down. The canal was not built because of drainage issues. It is thriving and the community is continuing to grow. Ile said it was a great experience. As there was no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:20 P.M. 40/ ,r Art ! , THOMAS R. GALLIC ! f YOR LEST: As er PEGGY W ILDER, CLERK AND TREASURER