05/31/88 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MAY 31, 1988 RESOLUTION NO. 14-1988 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, Bill D. Wells has retired from the South Bend Police Department after twenty (20) 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. 251K315 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 31st day of May, 1988. 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 APPROVE OFFERS TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE - NILES AVENUE Ms. Ann Kolata, Deputy Executive Director, Department of Economic Development, submitted to the Board for approval two (2) separate Offers to Purchase, in the amounts of $20,500.00 and $38,125.00, to be presented to Rose Fuel & Materials, Inc., 513 East Madison, South Bend, Indiana, for two (2) parcels of property needed for the Niles Avenue widening project. Ms. Kolata stated that the offers include compensation to cover the cost for removal of fencing by Rose Fuel. Ms. Kolata informed the Board that the properties are located on Niles Avenue between LaSalle and Cedar and are needed to widen the right-of-way along Niles Avenue in order to provide perpendicular parking as well as curb and street improvements which will take place later this summer. She advised that each parcel is twenty (20) to twenty-one (21) feet wide and that they are located on the east side of Niles Avenue and separated by a street. Upon a motion made by Ms. Humphreys, seconded by Mrs. DeClercq and carried, the Offers to Purchase were approved and executed.