04/22/85 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 22, 1985 The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was convened at 9:35 a.m. on Monday, April 22, 1985, by President John E. Leszczynski, with Mr. Leszczynski, Ms. Katherine G. Barnard and Mr. Michael L. Vance present. Also present was Assistant City Attorney Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer. APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM CLERK Mr. Leszczynski stated that in the absence of Sandra M. Parmerlee, Clerk of the Board of Public Works, he would like to appoint Maryrose Putz as interim Clerk effective April 17, 1985 until further notice. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Vance and carried, Maryrose Putz was appointed interim Clerk of the Board of Public Works. APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Ms. Barnard, and carried, the minutes of the April 15, 1985, regular meeting of the Board were approved. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 13-1985 - WRITE-OFF OF UNCOLLECTIBLE AMBULANCE SERVICE ACCOUNTS Chief Brassell sent a letter to the Board requesting permission to write off ambulance accounts in the total amount of $69,467.40 as follows: 1982 - $33,179.75 1983 - 7,089.13 1984 - 29,198.52 In accordance with the procedures for ambulance billing, accounts which have not been paid after three notices, and have been sent on to our collection agency and the Legal Department with no results, are to be written off by the Board of Public Works. Assistant Chief Richard Switalski was present and stated that these are not current accounts, but are accounts which are at least one year old. He also stated that even though they are being written off, they will still inactively pursue them. Upon a motion made by Mr. Vance, seconded by Ms. Barnard and carried, the following Resolution No. 13-1985 was adopted: RESOLUTION NO. 13-1985 WHEREAS, the City of South Bend through its Emergency Medical Services Department, charged the persons listed on the attached documents for ambulance services; and WHEREAS, the charges have not been paid to the City of South Bend after at least three notices were sent to the person who received the services; and WHEREAS, Midwest Collection Agency and/or the Legal Department of the City have made every attempt to collect the aforementioned charges, and have not been successful; and WHEREAS, on February 22, 1982, the Board of Public Works adopted and approved an E.M.S. User Fee Collection Procedure. WHEREAS, the City of South Bend by and through its Board of Public Works desires to write off the accounts listed on the attached documents; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend that the accounts listed on the