07252017 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 25, 2017 227 WHEREAS, as a result of the vast array of activity involving the City's Public Works Department, staff of the City's Public Works Department receive frequent requests to perform administrative functions on behalf of the department, including but not limited to, executing the transfer of title to personal property, the submission of forms to other various entities, the certification of the senior citizen rate for refuse, and the execution of documents related to the ownership and maintenance of property; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to expressly authorize the department's Director to take such administrative acts and to execute such administrative documents as necessary to provide for the proper maintenance and management of its property interests. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Board of Public Works as follows: 1. Mr. Eric Horvath, in his capacity as Director of the City of South Bend's Department of Public Works is authorized to perform, on behalf of the Board, administrative acts related to the department's transfer of title to personal property, the submission of forms to other various entities, the certification of the senior citizen rate for refuse, and the execution of documents related to the ownership and maintenance, of property. For purposes of this Resolution, an administrative act is one in which the Director determines, upon the advice of legal counsel, that said act occurs within the normal course of owning, operating, or managing department property and does not adversely impact an interest of the Board. 2. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect after its adoption. ADOPTED at a meeting of the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana held on July 25, 2017, at 1308 County -City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana 46601. CITY OF SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS s/ Gary A. Gilot s/ Elizabeth A. Maradik s/ Therese J. Dorau s/ James A. Mueller ATTEST: s/Linda M. Martin, Clerk ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 28-2017 — A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON DISPOSAL OF UNFIT AND/OR OBSOLETE PROPERTY Upon a motion made by Ms. Maradik, seconded by Ms. Dorau and carried, the following Resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Works: RESOLUTION NO. 28-2017 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON DISPOSAL OF UNFIT AND/OR OBSOLETE PROPERTY WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Board of Public Works that the following property is unfit for the purpose for which it was intended and is no longer needed by the City of South Bend: 2003 Pierce Enforcer Fire Truck WHEREAS, Indiana Code 5-22-21-6(4)(B) permits and establishes procedure for disposal of personal property which is considered worthless, has no market value, or if the value of the property is less than the estimated costs of the sale and transportation of the property. This equipment is no longer needed by the City.