City Council

MINUTES OF THE LAFAYETTE COMMON COUNCIL June 4, 2012 REGULAR MEETING The Common Council of the City of Lafayette, Indiana met in regular session on Monday June 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 20 North 6th Street, Lafayette, Indiana. President Meyer called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. The Pledge of Allegiance was given to the flag of our Country. The following members were present: Present: Klinker, Reynolds, Campbell, Brown, Ahlersmeyer, Downing and Weast-Williamson, and Meyer Absent: Heide City Clerk Cindy Murray and City Attorney Ed Chosnek were present The City Clerk stated that there was a quorum present. Councilman Campbell moved to approve the minutes of May 7, 2012 meeting, Councilman Brown seconded. There were no additions or corrections. Minutes approved by unanimous voice vote. The Clerk stated there were no Claims, Petitions or Communications. The Clerk stated the following reports are available in the City Clerk’s Office: Clerk’s Office Monthly-April Fleet Maintenance/Motor Vehicle Department Monthly-April Water Works Department Monthly-April Water Pollution Control Department Monthly-April Police Department Monthly-April Ordinances for Second Reading: The Clerk read Ordinance 2012-07 (An Ordinance to amend and Include New Sections of Chapter 7.07- Bicycles to Address Abandoned Bicycles) by title only on second and final reading. Councilwoman Weast-Williamson moved for passage, Councilman Downing seconded. Ordinance 2012-07 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on second and final reading. Ordinances for First Reading: The Clerk read Ordinance 2012-08 (An Ordinance to Amend the Zoning Ordinance of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, to Rezone Certain Real Estate from NB to GB) MJ Village, Petitioner-Southwest corner of Earl Avenue and Ferry Street by title only on first and final reading. Councilman Campbell moved for passage, Councilwoman Weast Williamson seconded. Andy Gutwein, Attorney for the Petitioner spoke regarding the Ordinance. Ordinance 2012-08 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first reading. The Clerk read Ordinance 2012-09 (An Ordinance for Appropriation for Local Option Highway User Tax-Fund #249) by title only on first reading. Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer moved for passage, Councilman Klinker seconded. Jenny Miller, City Engineer spoke and shared with Council that all funds for the year 2012 were being allocated to the North Street Reconstruction Project. Ms. Miller also shared the following website with updates for project, www.lafayettenorthstreet.com . Ordinance 2012-09 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first reading. Councilman Campbell moved to set a public hearing for Monday July 2, 2012 at 7:01 pm, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance 2012-10 (An Ordinance Annexing Certain Lands into the City of Lafayette, Indiana-Lafayette Annexation 2012-Area 1) by title only on first reading. Councilman Klinker moved for passage, Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer seconded. Councilman Brown moved to consider Ordinance 2012- 11 and Ordinance 2012-12 with Ordinance 2012-10, Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer seconded. Mayor Roswarski spoke on the Annexation and the impact on community. Perry Barbee, 3700 Redbud spoke regarding the Ordinance. Ordinance 2012-10 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first reading. Councilman Campbell moved to set a public hearing for Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 5:01 pm, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance 2012-11 (An Ordinance Annexing Certain Lands into the City of Lafayette, Indiana-Lafayette Annexation 2011-Area 2) by title only on first reading. Ordinance 2012-11 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first reading. Councilman Campbell moved to set a public hearing for Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 5:02 pm, Councilman Klinker seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance 2012-12 (An Ordinance Annexing Certain Lands into the City of Lafayette, Indiana-Lafayette Annexation 2012-Area 3) by title only on first reading. Ordinance 2012-12 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first reading. Councilman Campbell moved to set a public hearing for Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 5:02 pm, Councilman Klinker seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Resolutions: The Clerk read Resolution 2012-12 (A Resolution Approving a Deduction for Tax Abatement in an Economic Revitalization Area (ERA) for Tax Abatement-Subaru of Indiana Automotive) by title only on first and final reading. Councilman Brown moved for passage, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson seconded. Tom Easterday, Executive Vice President, Subaru Automotive spoke regarding the Resolution. Resolution 2012-12 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first and final reading. The Clerk read Resolution 2012-13 (A Resolution Adopting a Summary & Fiscal Plan and Definite Policy Regarding the Annexation of Certain Lands into the City of Lafayette, Indiana-Lafayette 2012 Annexation –Area 1) by title only on first and final reading. Councilman Klinker moved for passage of Resolution 2012-13, Resolution 2012-14 and Resolution 2012-15 Councilman Reynolds seconded. Mayor Roswarski spoke regarding the Resolution. Resolution 2012-13 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first and final reading. The Clerk read Resolution 2012-14 (A Resolution Adopting a Summary & Fiscal Plan and Definite Policy Regarding the Annexation of Certain Lands into the City of Lafayette, Indiana-Lafayette 2012 Annexation –Area 2) by title only on first and final reading. Resolution 2012-14 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first and final reading. The Clerk read Resolution 2012-15 (A Resolution Adopting a Summary & Fiscal Plan and Definite Policy Regarding the Annexation of Certain Lands into the City of Lafayette, Indiana-Lafayette 2012 Annexation –Area 3) by title only on first and final reading. Resolution 2012-15 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first and final reading. The Clerk read Resolution 2012-16 (A Resolution Adopting an Anti-Nepotism Policy Consistent with IC 36-1-20.0 and 36-1-21) by title only first and final reading. Councilwoman Weast-Williamson moved for passage, Councilman Downing seconded. Ed Chosnek, City Attorney spoke regarding the Resolution. Resolution 2012-16 passed 7-0 on a roll call vote on first and final reading. There were no Reports of Standing Committees. Reports of Special Committees: President Meyer announced there would be a Special Council Committee meeting to review the Council Redistricting Maps and the Clerk’s Office will send out a memo regarding the time and date. Report by the Mayor-deferred to Jenny Miller, City Engineer and Andy Milam, IT Director Jenny Miller, City Engineer gave an update on the recently completed Depot Platform Project. Andy Miller, IT Director gave the following Department Update: Network Administration: New Work Convergence -System Administration: Servers, Systems, Applications and User Administration -Recent Projects: New UPS, Parks POS, New building setup, Social Media, Ongoing Research for new software & technologies and end user training -Statistics: Email, Service Desk and Action Center Miscellaneous and New Business: Compliance of Benefits-Various Manufacturing: President Meyer stated the Council will need to review the Companies as listed on the Memo from the Redevelopment Commission and then vote on them individually. Councilman Campbell moved consider all real estate and personal property statements as provided in the Memo, Councilman Brown seconded. Mayor Roswarski spoke regarding the various companies and thanked the Council for sticking with them during the hard times, which has enabled most companies to be in compliance or close to it for 2012. *Castle Coch-Mark Castell reported that there has been more activity in 2012 with several proposals still active, but to date the building does not have a tenant. Councilman Klinker moved to find Castle Coch Development in compliance, Councilman Brown seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. *Coleman Cable for Real Estate and Personal Property, Councilman Downing moved to find Coleman Cable in compliance, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Historic Jeff Center for Real Estate and Personal Property, Councilman Campbell moved to find Historic Jeff Center in compliance, Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *JAK Partners (Kirby Risk) for Real Estate, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson moved to find JAK Partners in compliance, Councilman Downing seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *McKinney Corporation for Real Estate: Jody Hamilton, Greater Lafayette Commerce, stated McKinney Corp was unable to attend and read the following letter into the record. McKinney Corporation has made great strides forward since the devastating downturn experienced in late 2008 and in 2009. 2009 was a very difficult year; one where we needed to make very tough decisions related to our employment levels. 2010 showed much improvements but still very much a struggle carried over from 2009. 2011, however, showed much better results. Sales and profits both increased to to put our bottom line back in the black. A reason for this is that our planned diversification effort came to fruition; we are doing a much more significant business with several local manufacturers. While the racecar business is steady, the numbers are significantly down from 2008 and prior. Our diversification effort was much necessary to replace lost business. As a result we have hired back 2 full time positions. In addition to this we have two regular part time positions working as needed on some of the special projects in place with local manufacturers. Additional positive news to report is that 2012 has started very favorable. We are very optimistic that 2012 will be a strong one for us. We realize that current numbers reported are still down vs, the original plan- but we are approaching them by showing improvement each year. We ask that you take this into consideration when reviewing the numbers presented on our behalf. Sincerely, Lawrence McKinney, President Councilman Klinker moved to find McKinney Corporation in compliance, Councilman Reynolds seconded. The motion passed on a voice vote with 2 ayes and 0 nays. Discussion ensued. Councilman Campbell requested Dennis Carson or Jody Hamilton contact McKinney Corporation and require them to communicate with Mayor Roswarski within the next 30 days for further discussion. No public comment was heard. *Oscar Winski Inc. Co. for Real Estate and Personal Property, Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer moved to find Oscar Winski in compliance, Councilman Downing seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *SIA for Real Estate 12,13,14,15 and Personal Property 3-5, 6, 7,8,9,10,11, Tom Easterday was present and had given previous reporting on the progress of the company. Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer moved to find SIA in compliance, Councilman Brown seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Wabash National for Real Estate 6 and Personal Property 2, 3, 4, Eric Demerly, Senior Tax Manager reported significant improvement in the company’s employment and projects. Councilman Campbell moved to find Wabash National in compliance, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Caterpillar-Councilman for Personal Property, Councilman Klinker moved to find Caterpillar in compliance, Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Liquid Spring for Personal Property, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson moved to find Liquid Spring in compliance, Councilman Downing seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies for Personal Property, Councilwoman Ahlersmeyer moved to find Nanshan America Advanced Aluminum Technologies in compliance, Councilwoman Weast-Williamson seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Rea Magnet Wire for Personal Property-Councilman Campbell moved to find Rea Magnet Wire in compliance, Councilman Klinker seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Tate & Lyle for Personal Property-Councilman Campbell moved to find Tate & Lyle in compliance, Councilman Reynolds seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. *Toyota Motor Manufacturing for Personal Property-Councilwoman Weast-Williamson moved to find Toyota Motor Manufacturing in compliance, Councilman Downing seconded. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. No public comment was heard. There were no Reports of Council: Public Comment: Lloyd Wells, 3717 Rawlings Dr. spoke regarding the Compliance of Benefits for McKinney Corp. Perry Barbee, 3700 Redbud spoke regarding the Compliance of Benefits for McKinney Corp. Councilman Campbell moved to adjourn Councilman Downing seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm Minutes prepared by Cindy Murray, City Clerk Complete audio of meeting available in the City Clerk’s office or at www.lafayette.in.gov