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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-09-1996 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF-PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9~ 1996 Safety Director Anthony Harrod called the meeting to order at 9:30 A.M., in the absence of Mayor Thomas R. Galllgan, and on call of the roll those members present were: Personnel Director Harold Lakeman~ and Police Chief Mike p~Vey filled in for Safety Director Anthohy Harrod. Also present were: Deputy to the Mayor Phil McCauley, Street Commissioner George Trembly, City Engineer Bob Miller, City Atsorney Anne Marie Sedwlck, Sewage Office Manager Bob Goldman, Fire Chief Mike Smith. Assistant Fire Chief William Davis, Vehicle Maintenance Foreman Mike EwtOn, Animal Shelter Dfre6tor Jim~ Gillenwater~ Parks Superintendent Rick Etliott, Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager Kendall Coleman, Wastewater Treatment Plant Assistant Scott Timmerman, and Clerk Alice Davis ............. Director Lakeman made the motion to approve the minutes of of September 9, 1996 as corrected, seconded by Member carried unanimouslY. the meeting Pavey~ and Director Lakeman made the motion to approve the payrolls as presented, seconded by Member Pavey a~d carried unanimously. TENT REVIVAL IN HENRY LANSDEN PARK Debra Car~gr is requesting tO have a tent revival in Henry Lansden Park September 22-28, 1996 and the hours will be everyday except Saturday and that time will be 11:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M. Parks Superintendent Rick Elliott sa%~. hg. will be bringing this up at the Parks Board meeting today it's for the~NAACP[~' Dlrect0r Lakeman made the ~o~ion.to approve the tent revival, seconded by Member Pavey, and carried unanimously. · STOP SIGNS IN ELKE POINTE Bob Doman of Elke~Point~e Subdivision requested Signs for stop signs in Elke Pointe, did not appear before th Board.' SPEED LIMIT SIGNS AND NO OULET SIGNS IN FOXBORO Sandy Locke reported that in Foxboro Subdivision stop signs have been put up a~d STOP was ~ Painted on the gro~d ~t the intersection of Georgian Way and Lakewood Blvd., but. other places needs to be painted. Mrs. Locke is also requesting 2 speed limit Signs and 2 no outlet signs because there are no speed limit signs in the Subdivision, the poles will be ~provided~.' M~s. Locke said the entrance needs stripes painted to section off lanes to help eliminate accidents. Commissioner Trembly will tak~ a 100k ~t this ~hi~f Pavey said ~h~re should be 25 MPH signs put up. Director Lakeman made the motion to approv~~ the2 0~let and 2-25 MPH speed limit, signs, seconded by Member Pavey, ~nd carried unanimous, y. PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 9, 1996 DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION HALLoW~E~ PAR~Y David HaCkel, representing the Downtown B~sihess ASsociation reported that the.Ha~lowegn ~_rtY and costume' contest is being moved from Warder Park to Preservation statlon. Mr. ~Kei is r~q~%sting to have Spring Street and the streets a~d alleys that CrOS~ be closed~ Parks Superintendant Rick Etliott said he would like to have Market Street closed from Wall to Peerl Street for safety° Rick suggested that Ann's on the Rlver come across Market Street and hand out thlngs at Preservation St~ti°n ~d'~n0t ci6~e 'Ma~k~' S~t~ ' C~mmissioner Trembly said that Would be bett~'~ l~ if~ d6h~i~that QaYl a~d asked Mr. Hackel to let him know the outcome. Fire.Chief.Smith ~asked if they could hand out fire preventi6n~materiai~ ~a~d cOI6tf~g bOoks Director Lakeman made the motion to apProve the street Closings, seconded by Member Pavey, and carried unanimously. ...... ~ 1997 SCHEDULE OF HOLIDAYS City AttorneyAnne ~arie Sedwlck ~ented the 1997 Schedule of Holldays with 1997 not belng an electlon yearj the 2 election days wlll be changed, one will be Columbus Day, Monday October 13, 1997 and the other election day wlll be eliminated for i997.~ Director Lakeman made the motlon to approve thei99~6h~d~ie~'6~ Ho_idaysi'se~6~ded by Member Pavey, and carried unanimously Mayor Ga!llgan arrived at the meeting at 10:05 A.M. and releaved Safety Director Harrod and he re{urn~d as DireQ~0[ releaving Member Pavey. i ADDiTiONAL EMPLOYEE TO SEWER DEPARTMENT WORKFORCE City Attorney Anne Marie Sedwick ~ep0rted the sewer D~partment work crew has added one new member bringing the tOtal to foUr members, we need approval from the Board for that which was effective last week~ we will need retroactive approval for last week and this week as well as approval for the future. Director Lakeman madethe motion to approve the additlonai'i~mp~ye'e tO %he SeWer DeP'artmentW~rkfOrce, seconded Director Harrod, and carried ~nan'lmOUsly. AUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS TO 1996 EMPLOYEES ...... City Attorney Anne Marie Sedwick is requestih% the'B6~rds approval to have the salaries tha~ have been Paid to all th~ empIdy~es in the sew~r~ bepart'~n~ r~'~6~Ct~ ~ t6~jan'uaf~ '1,"1996. Director Lakeman made th~...~otioB, tq approve the salaries retroactive to January 1, 1996~ seconded by Director HarrOd~ and carrf~d unan'im0usly. MONEY FROM PAR~G~AT THE~'~ sTEA~BOAT'~AYS .... .~i,,~,.i ~:. ! .,.~.~,~ Mayor Galllgan ~reported that~ R6YRichardson" ~ .... parking at the Steamboat Days Festlvat -t0 be t~rned over to 'the Clerk-Treasurers Office. Mr. Richardson m~de PAGE 3 SEPTEMBER 9, 1996 UPDATED VERSION OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN Assistant Wastewater Treatment Plant Manager Scott Timmerman presented the Board with an updated version of the Emergency Response Plan. Mr. Timmerman said if there are any questions give him a call. RATE FOR POLICE REPORTS Police Chief Mike Pavey is requesting rate changes for all reports with the exception of hand gun permits. The reports will be $5.$0 and the hand gun permit with stay $10.00. Director Lakeman made the motion to approve the rate changes~ seconded by Director Harrod, and carried unanimously. ST PAUL INSURANCE Mr. Larry Atwood, representing St. Paul Insurance Company introduced himself and explained that recently they picked up the Insurance package for the City of Jeffersonville. Mr. Atwood said he would like to meet with the Department Heads to go over how the Department is set up and what the policies procedures are, and safety issues. STEAMBOAT DAYS FESTIVAL Fire Chief Mike Smith reported that Riverpointe Plaza was not accessible, and the hydrants were blocked during the Steamboat Days Festival. Street Commissioner George Trembly said he offered the Festival 25 plastic roll off containers for refuse, they refused them they used the cardboard containers and after the rain the cardboard containers fell apart. There being no further business to come before the Board of Public Works and Safety~ Director Lakeman made the motion to adjourn at 10:15a.m., seconded by Director Harrod~ and. carried, unanimously. MAYOR CL~k AND TREASURER y '