City Council Meeting Minutes - 4/4/2011
COMMON COUNCIL
APRIL 4, 2011 7:00 P.M.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS GIVEN BY EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.
PRAYER WAS GIVEN BY DALE COLE, MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH..
MAYOR SMALL OPENED THE MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
ROLL CALL:
SANDY YORK PRESENT
ANGIE GOODMAN PRESENT
JAMES KIDD PRESENT
MARY MALONE PRESENT
MARK KOGER PRESENT
VAUGHN REID PRESENT
RICHARD HAHN PRESENT
MINUTES WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.
MAYOR SMALL READ A PROCLAMATION, PROCLAMING THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2011, AS MONTH OF THE YOUNG CHILD. THE WEEK OF APRIL 10 TO APRIL 16, 2011, IS PROCLAMED AS THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD.
MAYOR SMALL SAID HE WOULD NOT SAY THAT WATER IS IN TROUBLE, BUT, THE UTILITY WOULD HAVE LOTS OF MONEY IF FEES WERE RAISED. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT AT THIS TIME. WE ARE TRYING REDUCTION IN FORCE AND OTHER MEASURERS.
MRS. DISHMAN SAID WHEN TOM NIPP WAS MAYOR; HE HAD TO RAISE THE RATE. HE HAD TO. SHE SAID SHE WAS ALL FOR THAT. COUNCIL WAS TO REVIEW EVERY FOUR YEARS. WE PAID $35,000.FOR A STUDY. SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT IF COUNCIL RAISED THE RATE, IT MIGHT HAVE TO BE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. SHE DISCUSSED THE SALARY SPLIT IN THE WATER OFFICE AND DIDN'T THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE, COMING FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
IT JUST PORPORTIONATES THE EXPENSE BASED UPON THE USERS OF THAT SERVICE.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID THEY SEND OUT ALL THE BILLINGS.
IF THEY COULD PROVE HIM DIFFERENT. HE SAID HE DIDN'T THINK AN ORDINANCE ON ETHICS WHICH WAS PROPOSED BY JOHN NIPP WASN'T NECESSARY. HE SAID THE STATE IS GOOD AT THAT. THEY RUN A TIGHT SHIP. THERE IS ENOUGH REGULATIONS.
MR. BOLES ALSO COMMENTED ON HAVING SOMETHING TO HONOR OUR NEW CASTLE GRADUATES THAT ARE PLAYING BASKETBALL TONIGHT AS THE" BUTLER BULLDOGS."
ROLL CALL VOTE: SEVEN VOTES AYE PASSED ORDERED.
PRESIDENT YORK MADE THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND READ ORDINANCE #3620 ON THIRD AND FINAL READING. COUNCILADY MALONE: SECOND
ROLL CALL VOTE: SEVEN VOTES AYE. SUSPENDED
ROLL CALL VOTE: SEVEN VOTES AYE. PASSED AND ORDERED.
COUNCIL REPORTS:
PRESIDENT YORK%u2026%u2026.SAID SHE HAD A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WHERE SHE WANTED TO BUILDING COMMISSIONER TO TAKE A LOOK AT. ON THE CORNER WHERE GRAND AVE. AND A AVE. AND 18TH ST COME TOGETHER, THERE IS A LITTLE APARTMENT BUILDING THERE AND IT IS OPEN NOW AND SHE WAS AFRAID OF PEOPLE GETTING IN THERE AND SOMEONE GETTING HURT. IT IS VACANT AND IN BAD SHAPE. SHE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS ABOUT THE OLD TWILIGHT ON 19TH ST.
DEMOLISH LIST. SAME WITH THE HOUSE RIGHT BEHIND THE OPEN ARMS CHURCH.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER ASKED PRESIDENT YORK TO CALL HIM. HE SAID HE HAD SEVERAL LAW SUITS PENDING. HE WILL CHECK AND GIVE AN ANSWER.
COUNCILMAN KIDD%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026SAID THERE WAS A VERY LOW SPOT ON MICHIGAN STREET AND WATER STANDS.
COUNCILMAN REID SAID HE LIVES ALONG THIS STREET AND BELIEVES THERE IS A STORM SEWER AT THE BASE OF THE DIP AND HE THOUGHT IT GETS CLOGGED UP A LOT OF TIMES. NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT. HE SAID IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. HE SAID THE VACTOR TRUCK DOES COME THERE 3 OR 4 TIMES A YEAR. HE BELIEVED IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT.
COUNCILMAN KIDD SAID THERE ARE SOME PINE TREES AND THAT MIGHT BE WHAT IS CAUSING THE SINK HOLE TO FILL UP.
COUNCILADY MALONE%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026SHE SAID THERE IS A HOUSE THAT SITS ON THE CORNER OF OHIO ST. AND 25TH ST. AND A DUMPSTER HAS SET THERE ALL WINTER. NOW THERE IS A SECOND DUMPSTER. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT HOUSE? SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CITY WAS PAYING RENT ON THOSE DUMPSTERS.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID NO PAYMENT WAS BEING PAID FOR THOSE DUMPSTERS. HE SAID SOMEONE WOULD CHECK THIS OUT.
COUNCILMAN KOGER%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026.MAIN AND BUNDY, ON THE EAST SIDE, THE HOUSE NORTH OF THE APARTMENTS, IS THERE A DRAIN THERE. WATER IS STILL STANDING AFTER FOUR HOURS AND THE HEAVY RAIN. SOMEBODY WILL CHECK.
COUNCILMAN KOGER SAID HE THOUGHT THE DRAIN WAS COLLAPSED.
COUNCILMAN REID%u2026%u2026%u2026.NORTH 16TH STREET, ABOUT ALONG SPRING ST., THERE IS A STORM DRAIN... FOR A WHILE IN DIDN'T HAVE A TOP ON IT, JUST A BIG HOLE. IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A MONTH OR TWO WITH BARRICADES. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS DAMAGED. HIS CONCERN WAS WITH THE SPRING RAINS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS DOWN THERE. SOMEBODY COULD GET HURT.
ALSO, THE DOWNSPOUT AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BROKEN STRAPS.
COUNCILMAN HAHN%u2026%u2026%u2026..WISHED BUTLER BEST OF LUCK. HE THOUGHT SOME THING SHOULD BE DONE TO SHOW OUR BACKING OF THESE 3 ROLL MODELS. NEW CASTLE IS MENTIONED CONSTANTLY OVER THE TV BECAUSE OF THEM.
PUBLIC:
CAROL GOODWIN, 214 RILEY ROAD, ASKED IF ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES MENTIONED TONIGHT, WERE THEY IN THE AUCTION.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID THEY COULD HAVE BEEN. MOST HAVE DELINQUENT TAXES. HIS SUSPICIONS, THEY WERE IN THE AUCTION. DEMOLITION IS INDEPENDENT OF THE AUCTION. IF SOMEONE BUYS IT AT AN AUCTION AND TEARS IT DOWN, THAT TAKES CARE OF IT
SHE ASKED ABOUT THE ORDINANCE ON THE CEMETERY FOUNDATIONS.
TOM WILLIS%u2026%u2026%u2026%u2026.SAID DRAINAGE ON N. 20TH STREET WAS VERY BAD. HE SAID SINCE CLOUSE PUT IN THAT ADDDITION, ACROSS FROM WILBUR WRIGHT SCHOOL, THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND STANDS FOR A LONG TIME. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK THIS OUT.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE WORKING. HE SAID THERE WERE SO MANY PROBLEMS; IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. HE SAID TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. HE SAID HE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION. HE SAID THEY HAD MET WITH THE COUNTY SURVEYOR, TALKED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. THE BRIDGE IS THE BIG PROBLEM. IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED. THEY DID SOME WORK ON THE ROAD. WE HAD SOME PLANNING WORK DONE TO EXTEND SEWERS TO THOSE HOMES THAT ARE IN THE CITY LIMITS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE NOT ON SEWERS. YES, THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. A QUICK FIX IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
COUNCILMAN REID: SECOND