Minutes of the Wayne County Council April 3, 1996
APRIL 1996 TERM
The Wayne County Council met in special session in the County
Council and Commissioners' Chambers in the Wayne County
Administration Building in the City of Richmond on April 3, 1996,
at 8:00 a.m.
Present: Chris Beeson Russell Hersberger
David Bullerdick Kenneth Paust
Sara Davis Marjorie Sharp
Absent: Paul Banning
Vice-president Beeson called the meeting to order. Mr. Paust
moved, seconded by Mrs. Sharp, approval of the minutes of the
meeting of March 6, 1996. The motion passed unanimously.
AMOUNT AMOUNT
REQUESTED APPROVED
ENHANCED 911
Information Systems
Account #445-Computer Equipment $65,000.00 $65,000.00
WAYNE COUNTY CONVENTION & TOURISM BUREAU
Capital Outlay $20,000.00 $20,000.00
Max Smith, President, County Commissioners, requested
reappropriation of $65,000.00 from Enhanced 911 Funds to Account
#445-Computer Equipment, Information Systems budget, to cover the
cost of updating software and computer equipment for 911. Mrs.
Sharp moved, seconded by Mr. Paust, to approve the request. The
motion passed unanimously. Mr. Smith noted that the 911 system
now serves the entire County.
Mary Walker, Executive Director, Richmond-Wayne County Convention
and Tourism Bureau, requested an additional appropriation of
$20,000.00 from her previously approved budget funds for a
Capital Outlay to cover the cost of informational highway
signage. Mrs. Sharp moved, seconded by Mr. Paust, to approve the
expenditure from the Bureau's budgeted funds. The motion passed
unanimously.
Ms. Walker also noted that the Bureau will be holding an open
house on May 8, 9 and 10, 1996, at their new facility on the east
edge of Richmond.
Joseph Kaiser, Auditor, requested transfers within the budget of
the Auditor as follows: 1) Transfer from Account #120-Plat Room
Clerk - $15,863.95 to Account #122 - Part-time Help; 2) Transfer
from Account #126-Exemption Clerk - $11,783.34 to Account #120-
Plat Room Clerk; and 3) Transfer from Account #122-Part-time
Help - $10,000.00 to Account #126-Exemption Clerk. Mr.
Hersberger moved, seconded by Mrs. Sharp, to approve the request.
The motion passed unanimously.
Ben Ross, President and CEO, Wayne County Economic Development
Corporation, presented his quarterly report:
--Prospects continue to be processed;
--Matters involving expansion and retention are on hold until
a replacement is named to head that phase of the operation;
--That their office is working with education facilities;
--Work continues regarding future development along the
I-70, State Route #1 Corridor;
--The possible use of the World-Wide Computer Web as a
marketing tool;
--The Corporation's involvement with committees regarding
efforts toward the redevelopment of downtown Richmond;
--and the Corporation's plans for participation in the Detroit
Auto Trade Show.
Mrs. Davis reported on a State Transportation Seminar she
recently attended. Indiana is located at the Crossroads of
America, with its ports, roads, airports and railroads. Wayne
County was singled out as having great growth potential in
transportation.
County Attorney Robert O'Maley reported that future use of the
State Hospital property for economic development would involve:
1) Following Statutory provisions for use of public money for
acquisition or lease of land; 2) The need for outside
consultation regarding issuance of bonds and/or other provisions
of payment for acquisitions; 3) that it would be essential that
the County Council and County Commissioners be informed about
terms of financing of an industrial park; 4) that expenditures
in connection with the development of an industrial park would
have to be negotiated by Council and the Commissioners; 5) it
would be necessary to have Title Insurance; and 6) that Council
and Commissioners would have to be furnished with full
information of the terms of acquisition.
Mr. Ross noted that, beyond the Feasibility Study, to date no
commitments have been made regarding development of the I-
70/State Road 1 area; however, a complete engineering analysis
will be made.
County Attorney O'Maley then reiterated that County Council and
the Commissioners should be advised of any and all costs that
would be incurred for development of the I-70/State Road 1 area,
prior to any planning by the Economic Development Corporation.
Max Smith then reported--that the lease for the 911 software will
be expiring in September and that investigation is currently in
progress regarding purchase/lease and update/replacement for
equipment; that the cost for the land recently purchased for the
Wayne County Youth Center was $61,000.00; that a portion of I-70
will be replaced this summer, using a contractor who will
guarantee completion of the work in a timely manner; gave an
update on the efforts to control employee parking in the vicinity
of the Court House and Administration Building in order that
parking will be available for the public; that aerial photography
for the GIS Project will soon be completed; that the three-mile
Union Pike Project is being re-evaluated; and presented an update
of the Cardinal Greenway Project and its need for funding.
Mr. Beeson congratulated cable television cameraman Jim Russell
and JoEllen Trimble, Clerk, on recent stories in the Palladium-
Item covering their careers.
At 9:18 a.m., Mr. Hersberger moved, seconded by Mr. Bullerdick,
to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
