Board of Works Meeting Minutes - 2/16/2010
BOARD OF WORKS
FEBRUARY 16, 2010 10:00 A.M.
MAYOR SMALL OPENED THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF WORKS AND SAFETY.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS GIVEN BY ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
PRAYER WAS GIVEN BY BUD AYERS.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS DAVIS MOVED TO APPROVE ALL CITY, WATER, SEWER AND PAYROLL CLAIMS DATED FEBRUARY 8, 2010, THRU FEBRUARY 12, 2010. MAYOR SMALL: SECOND AYE VOTE: 2-0
JERRY CASH AND JOHN PIERSON, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD WITH A REQUEST TO EXPAND THE PARKING LOTS AT MAPLEWOOD TERRACE, FORREST KNOLL AND THORN CROFT APARTMENTS. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WERE DISCUSSED.
ASSISTANT SUPT. OF WASTEWATER BOBBY YORK AND BUILDING COMMISSIONER HALL WILL INVESTIGATE THIS AND IF EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER, THEY WOULD SIGN OFF ON IT AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD BY NEXT WEEK.
DIRECTOR DAVIS MADE THE MOTION TO TAKE THE REQUEST UNDER ADVISEMENT. ATTORNEY COPENHAVER: SECOND MAYOR SMALL: AYE AYE VOTE: 3-0
DOUGLAS RECKART AND STEVE BIGGERSTAFF OF CINERGY METRO NET, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD, TELLING THE BOARD THAT CINERGY METRO NET WAS COMING INTO NEW CASTLE TO INSTALL FIBER OPTIC CABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NEW CASTLE. THIS WILL PROVIDE HIGH SPEED INTERNET, CABLE TV AND TELEPHONE SERVICE. MR. BIGGERSTAFF SAID THEY WERE HERE TODAY FOR APPROVAL TO INSTALL IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS. 15% OF THE INSTALLATION WILL BE UNDER GROUND. THERE WILL BE ABOUT 15 MILES OF FIBER. HE SAID THEY HAD NOT COMPLETED THEIR DESIGN HERE IN NEW CASTLE YET. THIS SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND THEN WE WILL KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING.
HE SAID THEY WERE HERE TO INFORM THE BOARD OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING. HE SAID WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO WAS TO SEEK A BLANKET PERMIT FOR THAT UNDERGROUND WORK. EVERYTHING WILL BE LAID OUT AND COPIES OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING MAPS, WILL BE PRESENTED. WE ARE ASKING FOR A BLANKET PERMIT TO COVER
EVERYTHING AND ANY QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED. HE SAID THEY WOULD INSTALL ABOUT 50 CABINETS IN THE CITY.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID THE CITY HAD A POLICY FOR WORKING IN THE RIGHT A WAY. HE SAID IT WAS DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE HITTING OTHER UTILITY LINES. GET YOUR MAP DONE; MEET WITH THE BUILDING COMMISSIONER AND ED HILL. YOUR BOXES ARE A LITTLE MORE PROBLEMATIC. GET THEM LOCATED, THEN MEET WITH US ABOUT IT. THAT IS THE WAY TO GO BEFORE YOU START ANY CONSTRUCTION.
MAYOR SMALL CONGRATULATED MR. BIGGERSTAFF FOR HIS FORTHRIGHTNESS AND PROACTIVITY. HE SAID THIS WAS THEIR 4TH TIME HERE TO THE BOARD OF WORKS TO TALK WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS.
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER SAID FOR THEM, BIGGERSTAFF AND RECKART TO CONTACT THE BUILDING COMMISSIONER. HE SAID THE POLICY WAS TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH OUR WATER AND SEWER LINES. HE SAID THE BOXES WERE NOT TO CREATE A VISUAL IMPACT PROBLEM.
A CONTRACT FOR THE F O P WAS PRESENTED
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE F O P CONTRACT PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. DIRECTOR DAVIS :SECOND MAYOR SMALL; AYE AYE VOTE: 3-0
ATTORNEY COPENHAVER MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT.
DIRECTOR DAVIS: SECOND
