12/15/1980 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 15, 1980 to depend on welfare. He advised that 'he had moved the truck from the above location as requested and, over the weekend, the truck had been vandalized and the gasoline had been siphoned. He stated that this had happened on Fillmore Road where he had stored the truck for the weekend, Mr. Hill stated that the only issue was the location of where the truck had been parked and the parking of the truck in a residential.area was clearly a violation of the Municipal Code. Mr. Weymon stated that he had received permission from a representative of Martin Tool & Die on Indiana Avenue to park his truck on its property. He stated that many other trash haulers are also guilty of parking their partially full trucks in residential areas, and he wondered why they were not cited for the offense and he had been. Mr. Hill advised Mr. Weymon that, if there were.other violations of trash haulers, the Board would appreciate knowing about them. Mr. Weymon stated that he did not feel it would be proper for him to inform the Board of these trash haulers. Mr. Hill stated that he appreciated Mr. Weymon's comments and acknowledged that the Board probably did not know of every violation which took place, but, if a complaint was received, the complaint would be checked out as what had happened in Mr. Weymon's case -. Mr. Weymon asked if he could park his truck at Martin. Tool & Die, and Mr. Hill stated that the city would have to make a check into that. He cautioned Mr. Weymon that the business could fall under the non- conforming use provision of the Municipal Code and it may be possible the truck could not be parked there even if permission was given by the owner. He stated that the Board wanted Mr. Weymon's assurance that the trucks would no longer be parked at the Williams Street address. Mr. Weymon wondered what the city would do for him concerning the vandalism done to his truck while it was parked on Fillmore Road. Mr. Hill expressed concern over Mr. Weymon's situation, but advised him that the city had no control over that. He stated that the city had an obligation to see that Mr. Weymon did not park his truck in a residential area in violation of the Municipal Code. Mr. Weymon asked for the city's support in trying to obtain more police protection for the storage of his truck. Mr. Hill stated that he would personally be willing to communicate Mr. Weymon's problem to the County Police, but he suggested that Mr. Weymon contact them himself. He stated that there was no guarantee that Mr. Weymon would not have further problems in that regard. Mr. Weymon advised the Board that he has moved the truck as he had been ordered to and further that it would no longer be parked at the 1620 S. Williams Street address. Mr. Hill informed Mr. Weymon that he would contact the Sheriff's Office and discuss the vandalism problem with them. Upon a motion made by Mr.. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the action to suspend Mr. Weymon's license was revoked based on Mr. Weymon's representation that he would not park the truck in the residential . area any longer. SEWER COMPLAINT - CLEARVIEW PLACE Mrs. Jeanette Gundeck, 725 Clearview Place, stated that she was the spokesman for her neighbors concerning the problems they had experienced for the last four years with annoying sewer gas and finally the collapse of the sewer over the weekend. She read a letter concerning the problems and cited three different occasions when problems had been experienced because of what she claimed was faulty sewer construction. Mr. McMahon assured Mrs. Gundeck that the Board would look into the matter and report back to her. He asked Mr. John Leszczynski, City Engineer, to check into the matter. Mr. Leszczynski advised that the cave -in had occurred on Friday, December 12, 1980, and that the Sewer Department was now in the process of replacing the line.