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Home My WebLink AboutCC SEPTEMBER 4, 2018 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA SEPTEMBER 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 Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Council President Gill along with City Clerk Conlin called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Mr. Bobby Campbell 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 White, Councilperson Zastawny, Councilperson Jahn, Councilperson Maples, Councilperson Hawkins, Council President Gill, Councilperson Owen, Councilperson Ellis, and Councilperson Samuel. MINUTES TO BE APPROVED: August 20, 2018 Regular Proceedings—Councilperson Zastawny made a motion to APPROVE the minutes from the August 20, 2018 regular proceedings with Councilperson Samuel seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the agenda with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. CLAIMS TO BE APPROVED: Assistant Controller Yvonne Dowd presented the General Claims in the amount of$249,984.47. Council President Gill asked if all claims were in order and Ms. Dowd responded they were. Council President Gill asked that Ms. Dowd check on a claim on page 6 in the amount of$2898. She thought the last payment was supposed to be the end of that. Ms. Dowd will check on that. Councilperson Zastawny made a motion to APPROVE the claims with Councilperson Jahn seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. Assistant Controller Yvonne Dowd presented the Parks Claims in the amount of$82,819.46. Council President Gill asked if all claims were in order and Ms. Dowd responded they were. Councilperson Owen made a motion to APPROVE the parks claims with Councilperson Jahn seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. REPORT OF THE CLERK: None at this time. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 1. Lisa GiII/Vicki Conlin—2018-OR-51 An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds within the Same Department Police Merit Commission -Passed 1st and 2nd 8/20/18—There have been no changes since the first reading. Councilperson Maples made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-51 on the third and final reading with Councilperson Hawkins seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. 2. Lisa Gill/Nathan Samuel—2018-OR-52 An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds within the Same Department Public Arts Commission - Passed 1st and 2nd 8/20/18—Councilperson Samuel presented 2018-OR-52. There have been no changes since the last reading. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-52 on the third and final reading with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. 3. Lisa Gill/Heather Metcalf- PUBLIC HEARING 2018-OR-53 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation -Passed 1st and 2nd 8/20/18—Assistant Controller Yvonne Down presented 2018-OR-53. There have been no changes since the last reading. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:05 PM and as no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson White made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-53 on the third and final reading with Councilperson Maples seconding. A roll call was requested. Roll Call- Councilperson White—Yes Councilperson Zastawny-Yes Councilperson Jahn-Yes Councilperson Maple-Yes Councilperson Hawkins—Yes Councilperson Owen—Yes Councilperson Samuel—No Councilperson Ellis- No Council President Gill—Yes Final Vote, PASSED 7-2 with Councilperson Samuel and Councilperson Ellis voting against. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Lisa Gill/ Les Merkley—Public Hearing 2018-OR-54 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a certain Tract of Property Located at Stacy Road & Hwy 62 From R3 to M2— Council President Gill advised this will be presented with the next one however they will need two separate votes. City Attorney Merkley presented 2018-OR-54. This comes from the Planning Commission with a favorable recommendation. It will need to be rezoned twice for the end result to be a PD. American Village Properties is the petitioner and Mike Speedy was present to answer any questions. Council President Gill said at the Planning and Zoning Meeting people spoke for this and it has a lot of nice amenitites and will be nicely done. Councilperson Jahn advised this will be around 256 units. Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:09 PM and ad no members of the community came forward to speak for or against the matter the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Zastawny said this is exactly what Jeffersonville needs. Councilperson Hawkins made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-54 with Councilperson Maples seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. 2. Lisa Gill/ Les Merkley—Public Hearing 2018-OR-55 An Ordinance Changing the Zoning Map Designation of a certain Tract of Property Located at Stacy Road & Highway 62 from M2 to M2-PD—Council President Gill opened the Public Hearing at 7:11 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-55 with Councilperson Hawkins seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. 3. Lisa Gill/ Heather Metcalf-2018-OR-56 An Ordinance Transferring Certain Funds within the Same Department( Parks Activity Aquatic)—Assistant Controller Yvonne Dowd presented 2018-OR-56. This is for the Parks Department. Councilperson Samuel said he appreciates the transfers as opposed to an additional appropriation. Councilperson Samuel made a motion to APPROVE 2018-OR-56 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Ellis seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. 4. Lisa Gill/Larry Wilder—2018-OR-57 An Ordinance Rescinding Ordinance 2007-OR-50 And Replacing with 2018-OR-_-Councilperson Jahn presented 2018-OR-57. She asked if there were any comments. Councilperson Ellis asked if this could control those lanterns as well as the fireworks, it will not. Councilperson White asked what would happen if people do not pay their fines, they will be filed in Circuit court. Councilperson Jahn made a motion to APPROVE 2018- OR-57 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Zastawny seconding, PASSING on a vote, 9-0. 5. Lisa Gill Heather Metcalf—2018-OR-58 An Ordinance of Additional Appropriation (Public Meeting September 17, 2018)—Council President Gill said she sent out an email regarding this. It was sent out to bids but for legal reasons the lowest bid was not able to be accepted and the next bid up requires and additional $20,000. Councilperson Ellis asked City Attorney Merkley if there was any reason the legal issues could not be discussed with the Council and Mr. Merkley said he would rather not discuss it publically since it is pending litigation. Councilperson Samuel inquired about the need for additional fuel funding. Mr. Caldwell said they recently upgraded to a better quality of fuel to prolong the life of the vehicles as well as the increase in vehicles in the City. In regards to Overtime they had someone resign as well as someone on FMLA. They may be able to go with a smaller amount now that they have those issues resolved. Councilperson Maples made a motion to AMEND 2018-OR-58 to reflect 5,000 for overtime with Councilperson Owen seconding, PASSING on a vote, 8-1 with Councilperson Ellis voting against, Councilperson Maples made a motion to APPROVE the amended 2018-OR-58 on the first and second reading with Councilperson Hawkins seconding, PASSING on a vote, 7-2 with Councilperson Samuel and Councilperson Ellis voting against. DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS: Nothing at this time. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ATTORNEY Council Attorney Larry Wilder not present at the meeting. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Nothing at this time. COUNCIL COMMENTS: Councilperson White—Nothing at this time. Councilperson Zastawny—He is glad that it's NFL time and the Browns are back and better than ever. Councilperson Jahn—Nothing at this time. Councilperson Maples—Nothing at this time. Councilperson Hawkins—Steamboat nights was absolutely fantastic and very pleasant. He also did the farmers market and it was great, took in the tree walk and it was great as well. All great contributions to Jeffersonville and all very well done. Councilperson Owen—Julie Moreman from Communities and Schools contacted him inquiring about a sponsorship, he would like to continue to advocate for that program because they do a good job. It is a nonprofit, mentoring for younger students, and she would love to come and present to the Council again. Also he would like to meet with the Council to discuss possible litigation and needs to schedule an Executive session. Executive session will be Wednesday 9/12/18 at 4:30 with a Budget Workshop to follow. Councilperson Ellis—Nothing at this time. Councilperson Samuel—He recently sent out an email with a large document from Dawn Spyker showing where City of Jeff is applying for the Arts and Cultural district. This has been a lot of work from the Administration. Would like to ask Dawn to come to the next meeting. Council President Gill—There were lots of people who were disappointed with Friday, but everyone was pleased with Saturday and Steam Boat Nights. Thanks to Parks and Police and Fire department for all of the hard work. Additionally she received a Thank You note from Steve Webb from when the Council sent the spirit ball in memorial of his father. ADJOURNMENT: Councilperson Samuel made the motion to ADJOURN and the meeting adjourned at 7:37 P.M. APPROVED BY: AL'S7( 154: / Scott � LiDkius .Vice Vicki Conlin, Clerk