Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 20, 2017 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA MARCH 20, 2017 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, March 20, 2017. Council President Gill along with City Clerk Conlin called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Council President Gill took a moment before beginning the Council Meeting to publicly thank Councilperson Rodriquez for his service to his constituents and to thank his family. The meeting was dedicated in his honor. Mr. Bobby Campbell gave the Invocation and Council President Gill 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 Maples, Councilperson Hawkins, Council President Gill, Councilperson Owen, and Council Vice President Samuel. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: Minutes from the Council Regular Proceedings March 6, 2017—Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE the minutes with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Councilperson White asked to add the CASI Lease under New Business as number 15. Councilperson Owen made a motion to AMEND the agenda with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: Heather Metcalf, Controller presented the General Claims List. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the General Claims with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. Heather Metcalf, Controller presented the Parks Claims List. Councilperson Samuel asked how much longer the employee who is now on staff will still be getting commission. Some of those contracts were signed before he became an employee. Controller Metcalf will get a list of those. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the Parks Claims with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. REPORT OF THE CLERK: Thank you all for the beautiful plant and the understanding for our office. Also thank you to Nathan, Lisa, the Mayor, and Josh Rodriquez for keeping in contact with me and making sure we are okay. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Heather Metcalf-2017-OR- 13 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Public Hearing April 3, 2017) (PASSED on 1st Reading)—Council President advised the Council that this needs to be passed on the second reading only. The paper did not advertise in time for the Public Hearing. Controller Metcalf advised the only chance was this is now coming out o the Cum Capital Development fund as requested by the Council last meeting. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE 2017-OR-13 on the second reading with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 2. Heather Metcalf—2017-OR- 14 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Public Hearing April 3, 2017) (TABLED on 3/6/2017)—This is for the refund for the permit. No changes since the last meeting. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2017-OR-14 on the first and second reading. Motion FAILED for a lack of a second. The refund will not be issued. The Council discussed needing to have a policy for this. Councilperson Zastawny stated this has never been asked before. City Attorney Merkley said he is not aware of any policies that would allow a refund. Councilperson Hawkins said he would like to see a time frame that a refund could be requested, maybe within the first couple of days. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Les Merkley—2017-R-3 A Resolution Approving 2017 Employee Benefits Section of City of Jeffersonville Policy and Procedure Manual—City Attorney Les Merkley presented 2017-R-3. This is the employee benefits section of the handbook. Councilperson Hawkins made a motion to APPROVE 2017-R-3 with Councilperson Owen seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 2. LES MERKLEY-2017-OR-15 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at Town Center Blvd. Between Veterans Blvd. and Charlestown New Albany Pike and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from C2 to C2-PD—This is for the Jefferson Town Center. There is finally a good set of momentum for this project and the applicants wanted to make sure it was done correctly. There are 77 acres that are going to be developed into anywhere between a half of a million and 750,000 square feet of retail space. There were 15 usages that the developer omitted for the property. This will only be the highest and best uses of the property. This will set the tone for the South side. Councilperson Zastawny stated that nobody spoke against this project and the height of the signs were discussed. Council President Gill 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 Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2017- OR-15 with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 3. LES MERKLEY-2017-OR-16 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at 100 Technology Way and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from 11 to C2—John Walling was present from Koetter Development. This is part of the previous project that was just presented. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:37 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 2017-OR-16 with Councilperson White seconding, PASSING on a vote,8-0. 4. Les Merkley-2017-OR-17 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a Certain Tract of Property Located at 100 Technology Way and Fully Described in Attached Exhibit A from C2 to C2-PD—This is the same property as 2017-OR-16 and is just taking it from the C2 to the C2-PD. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:37 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 2017-OR-17 with Councilperson White seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. 5. Dustin White—CASI lease—Councilperson White passed out copies of the CASI Lease. They are on a time crunch because of their funding source. After a rent analysis the rent is decreasing to $7500 a month with a 3% increase over 10 years. Councilperson White would like for this to be considered today and it will be contingent upon Redevelopment accepting it as well. Councilperson Owen made a motion to ACCEPT the lease with Councilperson White seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-0. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ATTORNEY None at this time DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: None at this time PUBLIC COMMENTS: None COUNCIL COMMENTS: Councilperson White—Thanked the Council for approving the CASI Lease. Councilperson Zastawny—We need to look at the Ordinance that was passed by Redevelopment and tabled and then pulled from the agenda as the Council Meeting a couple of weeks ago in the event that if it does not have any action taken the recommendation would stand. City Attorney Merkley stated for the record the Administration is not asking the Council to take any action on this matter. Councilperson Jahn—She attended the service for Councilperson Rodriquez. It speaks volumes that there was only standing room at his service. He always fought for what he believed in and she would like to remind the Council to do the same. Councilperson Maples—Glad that the project on Veterans Parkway passed. Councilperson Hawkins—Nothing at this time. Councilperson Owen—He would like to extend his condolences to the Rodriquez family. The President of the Parks Authority was asked to be here tonight but it was decided to do a workshop instead. He would like to have an Executive Session prior to the next Council Meeting to discuss the purchase of property. Council Vice President Samuel-Thank to the administration and police for their show today putting on a class act for honoring a fallen councilperson. The City went above and beyond. For the Utility boxes project- please email your preferences. It will be a month or so before we do this project. Planning on doing a minimum of 9 maximum of 12. Please get back to him. Parks advisory committee, Scott Edwards is in Pheonix for spring break he was hiking and had extreme heat exhaustion, is in ICU. Trending positively. Good to have the Clerk with us tonight, appreciate her making an effort to be here. Council President Gill—went out a week and a half ago for the sidewalks and identified the two areas for the bench and the artwork. Neighbors like what they are seeing. JPD honor guard did not skip a beat. It was a very unique to Josh service. Happy to be a part of that and it was very well done. Also, welcome back our City Clerk. Councilperson Rodriquez name plate will stay up until that seat is no longer his, but as of now it is still his. She too would like to leave a legacy of doing what is right for the community ADJOURNMENT: Councilperson Owen made the motion to ADJOURN and the meeting adjourned at 8:00 P.M. APPROVED BY: Lisa ill, President A S : Vicki Conlin, Clerk