09/25/89 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING SEPTEMBER 25 1989 289 ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 38-1989 - DISPOSAL OF SERVICE REVOLVER - POLICE DEPARTMENT Mr. Leszczynski stated that Police Chief Ronald G. Marciniak has advised that Sergeant Thomas C. Kazmierczak has retired, in good standing, from the South Bend Police Department, effective September 29, 1989 after twenty-seven and one-half (27 1/2) years on the Department. In keeping with Section 2-124 of the South Bend Municipal Code it is requested that'the Board declare Sergeant Kazmierczak's service revolver as surplus property no longer useful to the City. Chief Marciniak noted that this declaration by the Board will authorize the presentation of the firearm to Sergeant Kazmierczak as a tribute for his service to the City. Therefore, Ms. Humphreys made a motion that the Resolution as submitted be adopted. Mrs. DeClercq seconded the motion and the following Resolution No. 38-1989 was adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 38-1989 WHEREAS, I.C. 36-9-6-1 gives the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend the right and duty to have custody of, control of, use of, and dispose of in accordance with Indiana statutes, all real and personal property owned by the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend passed as amended on January 11, 1988, Ordinance No. 7847-88, which mandates the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend to determine that the service revolver of a police officer who retires in good standing is surplus property and no longer useful to the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, Sergeant Thomas C. Kazmierczak has retired from the South Bend Police Department after twenty-seven and one-half (272) years of service and the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend has determined that he has retired in good standing; and WHEREAS, I.C. 36-1-11-6 permits and establishes procedure for disposal of personal property which is no longer needed by the City and which is unfit for the purpose for which it was intended; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend that service revolver Serial No. 252K291 a .357 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, is no longer needed by the City and is unfit for the purpose for which it was intended and has an estimated fair market value of less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said property be disposed of and removed from the City inventory. ADOPTED this 25th day of September, 1989, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND s/John E. Leszczynski s/Patricia E. DeClercq s/Katherine Humphreys ATTEST: s/Sandra M. Parmerlee, Clerk