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Home My WebLink About09-18-1995 MINUTES OF THE BOARU'o~PUB~f~'WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CItY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA ..... -~ ._ ~,~ ~¥ ~ ~ ....... MO~)~A~pTE'MBE~'~i~8 ,~ ~i995· Parker Jr. called t~e meet%ng to 6rder at 9:30 A~M.~, and on call of the roll those members present were Mayor Raymond J. Parker Jr., Personnel and Safety Director Harold Lakeman, 'and Sewage Collectiof ~0ffice Dlr~6tor Jim Matra. Also present were: Building Commissioner Bill~'G~gin,'City Engineer Bob Miller, Street Commissioner George Trembly, City Attorney Mike Gillenwater, Sewage Office Manager Bob Goldman, Police Chief Charles Elder, Fire Chief Jerry Dooley, Maintenanc9 Manager Mike Ewton, Animal Shelter Director Ed Voyles, City Services Coordinator Leslie Kavanaugh, Parks Superintendent Rick Elliott, Administrative Assistant Donna Baird, Wastewater Treatment Plant 'Director Kendall Coleman, Councilperson Andrew Williams and Councilperson Donna Frantz, and Clerk Alice Davis. Director Lakeman made the motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of September 11, 1995 as presented, sec0nd~d by Director Matra and carried unanimously. ~' Director Lakeman made the motion to approve the claims~as presented, seconded by Director Matra3 ~nd carried ~nani~ously. DirectOr Lakeman made the Motion~fo appr0~e the payr'olls as presented, ~geeo~hded by"Director M~rra '~nd 6~ied Unanimously. LOUISVILLE BARREL-S~WER~'TAP"~ PERMIT Wastewater Treatment Plant Dir~6'r Kendall Coleman reported on the sewer tap in permit for Louisville Barrel. Director Coleman said he could 'not deny this permit after"~hecking with Metropolitan Sewer DistriCt, there was no significant violations there, 'his only concern is what is being discharged through the sewer system. Director Coleman recommends giving Louisville Barrel a sewer tap in permit. Louisville Barrel repres'entatlve Debbie McDonald said the company will abide with ail necessary guidelineS. Mr. Herman Sommerville of Sommerville Distribution and Supply Co. Stated his opinion against Louisville Barrel moving into the Industrial Park With all the problems theyhave had in L6utsville. Councilperson Frantz asked ~Attorney Glllenwater queStions,~nd then she s~at~d she would continue to fight against the business. Mary Grimes, owner of Air Compressor -Dist'fibutors, Inc. asked questions and discusSed-'them with Attorney Glllenwater. Mike explained the requirements of the law. Mayor Parker said he wants to make s statement after this is voted on. Dlrector Matra made the motion to approve the~ in p~rmit' oH~y at this time for Louisv~lle Barrel, seconded by Director Lakeman, and ~:~ar~ied ~nahimousi~.' ' ~ay~"~ark~ sala' ~the statement that he would like to make is he thinks it originates around the comment that Mrs. PAGE 2 SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 McDonald made at the first meeting, "are we doing anything different on this investigation on the sewer tap contrary to the others in the past". And yes we have, because this is a very highly sensitive, technical tap in as you'all know obvious by the number of people that have responded by Attorney being hired, by a consultant being hired, we did do a more thorough ingestigation. That is because, we Want everyone to be treated fair and imparticial. We ordered our Director at the Wastewater Treatment Plant to do a thorough investigation, I ordered him to do so and respond in writing which he has, I had our Attorney to do a thorough investigation, we do have an obligation, we do have a moral obligation but, we also have a legal obligation to make sure that we do not make the City liable. I for one, took the initiative to monitor and register all complaints that came in. We have petitions in the amount of over 300 that were sent to this office, signatures against] I have a stack 6f letters here, of 413 infact requesting the City to deny for odor reasons and various other problems. We have an obligation you know, its tough for this Board especially for me as the Chief Executive an elected official for people of this City. And I for one would like to say that, I am not against economic development, we will do and work hard in this City to get economic development in this Community, even though this technically speaking is not in the City limits of Jeffersonivlle, it is in the 2 mile fringe which the City has Jurisdiction over. And we do have a strong Ordinance which We are making Stronger to monitor odors. Now what we OK'd today was Just the tap in. Now if there is a problem after the various other hoops that Louisville Barrel has to Jump through we are going to strongly monitor the Ordinance like Mrs. Frantz stated, we are in a law suit at the present time with people on an odor problem and violation and it means something to our people here, over and above an economic development, the quality of life is something to us and the quality of life is something these people here, which I most certainly respect. And I hope you can appreciate what we've done we've tried to be thorough. You heard our Attorney respond to say that we could not legally deny this, even though we gave it some thought, but we wanted to be legally right representing the tax payers of the City of Jeffersonvllle we hesrd a report from like I previously said from the management of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, we let people respond, we heard from the general public, we monitored, we did everything humanly possible, and again I want to go on record that "The Quality of Life means something to us" so therefore, what I ~.~ saying to Louisville Barrel is you are going to be monitored, highly monitored, because we do not want anything in our Community similar to what we have how, but, we had no other choice but to OK this, but we will be monitoring Louisville Barrel. WHEEL LOADER BID AWARb City Engineer Bob Miller recommends that the Wheel Loader Bid be awarded to: PAGE 3 SEPTEMBER18, 1995 WHAYNE SUPPLY COMPANY P.O. BOX 35900 .... -~ - .:-_o~i~!~.~LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY 40232-5900 ..... - .. ~ !,?=-~Bld: $81,929.00 '. .... 5yr~ Warranty 2,100.00 Director Matra made'themotion ko approve the Wheel Loader Bid to Whayne Supply Company and also the 5yr..warranty for 82,100.00, on the power train, seconded by Director Lakeman, and carried unanimously. SWEEPER BID OPENING City Attorney Gillenwater opened the Sweeper bid with three choices from: ............... ~.~ - NORTHERN EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 16465 W. LINCOLN HWY. . ~ ~ ~ ~ _~.. ........ PLYMOUT~H, IN. 46563 ......... ~-,. 1995 TYMCO MODEL 600 ~g~erative Air on a 1995 Fo~d model. LN7000 with 170 h.p. diesel with 8~ hp John Deere diesel engine on a 1995 Ford, model CF-7~0 cab-over chassis with Cumins d~esel eDgine Sweeper engine - - Total delivered price: $91,500.00 with options NEW 1995 TYMCO MODEL 600BAH '~ with 80 H.P. John Deere diesel engine ona 1995 Ford Model CF 7000 cab=over chassis with Cumins diese'l engine -~ ~. Total delivered price $96.930~00 Mayor Parker~ said they~wlll take~'the bids underadvisem~t and bring the recommendation back to the. Board next week. PAGE 4 SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 PROBLEMS WITH NEIGHBORS Floyd Harvey, 922 Watt Street has problems with neighbors, Mrs. Harvey spoke in his behalf. Mrs. Harvey said and several neighbors have come to the Board with complaints about their next door neighbors and one who lives across the street. Ms. Harvey explained the problems they are having, and when they call the Police they do respond. Mayor Parker asked if they have filed complaints in the Prosecutors Office~ Chief Elder said he has talked with Mr. Harvey about the complaints, and he will get a report made and take to the Prosecutors Office. Chief Elder said for them to keep calling in the complaints because this is logged in and is a permanent record. Mayor Parker asked~Chief Elder to have extra patrols in their neighborhood. EVENT OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 BY SUNSHINE PROMOTIONS Marc Elfenbaum, representing Sunshine Promotions is appearing before the Board to discuss the Concert by K C & the Sunshine Band, on Saturday September 30, 1995 at 3~00 p.m. Mr. Elfenbaum explained the different things that needs to be done, and the time of 8:00am to close the streets, and he also presented a '~ertlficate of insurance. Mayor Parker said he thinks they need to have more advertising for this Concert. Administrative Assistant Donna Baird said she will be working with Marc on this. Director Lakeman made the motion to approve the September 30, 1995 concert from Sunshine Promotions at Riverside Drive and Spring~ Str~e~ and~als~ the cl0sing of the streets, seconded by Director Matra, and carried unanimously. HUMANE SOCIETY DOG WALK-A~THON ~. .~ ~ ~ Mrs. Faye Schoen, representing the Humane Society, is requesting to use Riverside Drive on October 14, 1995 for a dog walk-a-thon from 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m. Mrs~ Schoen said they will be using the sidewalks only, and will not require street closings. They will also clean up after the walk-a-thon is over. Also would like to use the overlook for registration.", The proposed route will be down one side of Riverside Drive for about 2 miles at the most. Mayor Parker said he would like for Mrsl Schoen to work with Mrs. Baird for this event. Director Matra made the motion to approve the Humane Society dog walk-a-thon from 9=00am-3:00pm on ~Saturday October 14, 1995, seconded by Director Lakeman, and ca'tried unanimously.' ..... ~ ~i CONTRACT City Attorney Mike Gillenwater has prepared a contract, A Consent To Enter, between the City and Kempf's who own the property on 10th Street at the railroad viaduct. Director Matra made the motion to approve the contract, seconded by Director Lakeman, and carried unanimously. Ed Voyles reported that our first SaturdaY of being open at the Animal PAGE 5 SEPTEMBER 18, 1995 Shelter was a success and would like to thank the Advisory Board and members of the Humane Association for helping to make it a success. REMINDER Street Commissioner George Trembly wants to remind everyone that the City Auction will be on Saturday September 30, 1995 at 10:00a.m. over at EMC. ROADBLOCK SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1995 Police Chief Elder reported the DUI roadblock on Saturday September 16, 1995 from midnight 'til 4:00am netted 10 arrests at the Second Street Bridge, there were a total of 40 arrests made during that time with the State and County Police Departments. Chief Elder wants to thank the Fire Department for providing the lights to make it safer. Wastewater Treatment Plant Director Coleman announced that on October 9, 1995 the Southern Indiana Chamber of Commerce will be touring the Plant at 12:30p.m. and want to extend an invitation to the Board and anyone else who wants can come. There being no further business to come before the Board of Public Works and Safety, Director Lakeman made the motion to adjourn 10:lSa.m., seconded by Director Matra, and carried unanimously. ATTEST MAYOR' at