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Richmond City Council approves two plats, equipment purchases and a fire-truck repair in unanimous votes
Summary
City Council adopted Bill 25-01 (Bamman Addition final plat), approved Bill 25-02 (Whitmer's Addition replat), authorized emergency battery purchases for police radios, accepted a quote to rebuild Pumper 5 and approved 10 new computers for police and administration. All recorded votes in the minutes registered as unanimous.
The Richmond City Council on Jan. 14, 2025, approved a series of land-plating and equipment items by unanimous roll-call votes.
Land-plats: The council approved Bill 25-01, the final plat for Bamman Addition (405 E. Lexington Street). City Clerk Saige Mason read the ordinance by title; Councilor Ron Peterson moved first and second reading and later moved adoption (seconded by Councilor June Paige). The minutes record the adoption vote as 7-0.
The council also approved Bill 25-02, a replat combining Lot 23 in Whitmer's Addition. The motion to approve was made by Councilor Deanna Guy and seconded by Councilor June Paige. The minutes record the motion as approved and show an entry recording approval (text in the minutes includes the roll-call listing "AYES: Guy, Paige, Williams, Brash, Hardwick, and Bond; NAYS: None" and a subsequent line referencing a 3% pay enhancement and a 6-0 approval that appears inconsistent with surrounding entries). Because the official minutes contain inconsistent roll-call lines for this item, the record here notes the council recorded the motion as approved in the Jan. 14 minutes but does not attribute an individual "aye" to an absent member.
Equipment and repairs: Council approved an emergency purchase of replacement batteries for police portable radios, not to exceed $1,714.55, with staff reallocating a portion of the expendable-equipment line and using an unspent $1,000 line-item balance. The purchase was approved on a roll call (motion by Councilor Ron Peterson; second by Councilor Rob Kinnard).
The council accepted Feld Fire's low quote of $19,795.50 to rebuild the pump/transmission assembly for Pumper 5 (a 1998 Freightliner, the department's second-run pumper), with the FY25 budget allocating $30,621 for that line item. The motion was made by Councilor Bob Bond and seconded by Councilor Ron Peterson; the minutes record approval.
The council also approved purchase of 10 new computers (nine for the Police Department and one for administrative support) from Micro Center at a total not to exceed $5,900. Councilor Bond moved the motion; Councilor Peterson seconded and the motion passed.
At the meeting's close Councilor Deanna Guy moved to adjourn at 6:55 p.m.; Councilor Barb Hardwick seconded and the motion carried on a recorded 7-0 vote.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the Jan. 14 minutes): - Bill 25-01 (Final Plat, Bamman Addition): Adopted, recorded roll-call "AYES": Peterson, Paige, Guy, Hardwick, Williams, Kinnard, Bond. Outcome: approved 7-0. - Bill 25-02 (Replat, Whitmer's Addition): Recorded as approved in the minutes; the minutes include inconsistent roll-call text for this item (see body). Outcome: approved (minutes record approval). - Emergency purchase — police batteries: Approved; not to exceed $1,714.55 (roll call recorded as approved). - Pumper 5 repair (Feld Fire): Approved; purchase not to exceed $19,795.50 (roll call recorded as approved). - Police/Admin computers (Micro Center): Approved; not to exceed $5,900 (roll call recorded as approved).
Why it matters: these actions finalize local land-plating steps that clear the way for property development and allocate municipal funds to maintain public safety equipment and IT infrastructure.
The council packet and minutes contain the formal motions and the roll-call results as cited; where the minutes themselves contain inconsistent lines (Bill 25-02 roll call and an inserted line about a 3% pay enhancement), this article flags that inconsistency for the public record.
