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<br />REGULAR MEETING
<br />OCTOBER 8, 1984
<br />APPROVE GUARANTY AGREEMENT - CENTER CITY ASSOCIATES, INC.
<br />(CONEY ISLAND, INC.)
<br />Assistant City Attorney Eugenia S. Schwartz submitted to the Board
<br />for approval a Guaranty Agreement from Center City Associates,
<br />Inc. to lst Source Bank. Ms. Schwartz advised that pursuant to the
<br />Community Development Program Contract with Center City Associates,
<br />Inc., Center City Associates has funds for certain activities in
<br />the downtown area and.this Guaranty Agreement is to provide a
<br />loan guarantee for Coney Island, Inc. Further, as Community
<br />Development funds would be utilized, the City must be a part of
<br />this Agreement. It was noted that Center City Associates, Inca
<br />by virtue of a Promissory Note in the amount of $10,000.00
<br />guarantees the loan to Coney Island, Inc. by 1st Source Bank.
<br />Upon a motion made by Mr. Vance, seconded by Mr. Leszczynski and
<br />carried, the above Guaranty Agreement was approved and executed.
<br />APPROVE CONTRACT FOR COLLECTION SERVICES -
<br />CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT
<br />Board Attorney Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer submitted to the Board for
<br />approval a one-year Contract for Collection Services with Morris
<br />L. Morrison d/b/a Federated Collection Agency, 502 Chamber of
<br />Commerce Building, South Bend, Indiana, as the collection: agent
<br />for past due environmental clean-up accounts, demolition accounts
<br />and/or other accounts for the.Department of Code Enforcement.
<br />Ms. Pfotenhauer advised that these accounts are too small for
<br />the City Attorney's office to spend the time to collect. The
<br />contract indicates that Federal Collection Agency shall be
<br />reimbursed at the rate of thirty-five percent (35%) of each
<br />account collected, however, if an account is referred to
<br />another collection agency outside of St. Joseph County., the
<br />percentage shall increase to fifty percent (50%). The contract
<br />further indicates that Federated Collection Agency shall provide
<br />the City with:a written statement consisting of a summary of
<br />activity on each account as collected not less than one (1) time
<br />each month. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by
<br />Mr. Vance and carried, the above Contract was approved and
<br />executed.
<br />AWARD BID - FIFTY-FIVE (55) SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING
<br />APPARATUS UNITS FOR THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT
<br />Fire Chief Timothy J. Brassell, advised that after carefully
<br />reviewing all bids received for the purchase of fifty-five (55)
<br />self-contained breathing apparatus units and twenty-five (25)
<br />spare tanks, said bids received and opened by the Board on
<br />October 1, 1984, the Fire Department recommends that the Board
<br />accept the low net bid of OK Safety Supply, Inc., P.O. Box 564,
<br />4647 Henry Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 46325 for a total of
<br />$40,700.00 with trade-in. Chief Brassell advised that the bide
<br />received on October 1, 1984, were the second set of bids for
<br />this equipment and as a result of rejecting the first bids
<br />received on September 4, 1984 and readvertising for the new
<br />bids received on October 1, 1984, the Department was able to
<br />realize a savings of $17,000.00 in the cost of this equipment.
<br />ACCEPTANCE AND APPROVAL OF EASEMENT - MARTIN'S REALTY COMPANY
<br />Mr. Leszczynski advised that Martin's Realty Company, has sub-
<br />mitted an Easement granting to the City of South Bend the right
<br />to enter upon a tract of land
<br />in the northwest quarter of Section
<br />2, Township 37 North, range 2
<br />East, Portage Township, City of
<br />South Bend, more particularly
<br />described in the legal description
<br />contained in the easement, to
<br />grade, level, fill, maintain and
<br />repair storm water retention
<br />facilities embraced within the
<br />easement as may be reasonably
<br />necessary for storm sewer
<br />purposes. Upon a motion made
<br />by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded
<br />by Mr. Vance and carried, the
<br />above Easement was accepted
<br />and approved.
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