03-28-11 Council Agenda & Packet

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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING $219,942 FROM THE GENERAL FUND ( #101) IN 2011 FOR THE OFFICE OF ENERGY STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT On September 21, 2009, the City of South Bend was awarded a $1,046,800 federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) from the United States Department of Energy (Award No. DE- SC0002273). On October 15, 2009, the City received its initial installment of grant proceeds in the amount of $250,000 which have been budgeted and are being used over a two year period for strategic planning development. These proceeds have been used to hire a'Municipal Energy Director and to pay for professional consulting services to develop an energy conservation plan. On September 13, 2010, the City received a second installment of grant funds in the amount of $654,372. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant provides for 100% federal stimulus funding with no funds matching requirement on the part of the City. Of the total grant proceeds received to date of $904,372, a total of $684,430 has been spent, encumbered or set aside in the 2011 budget for energy office expenditures. A total of $219,942 in grant funds have been received but have not been appropriated by Council for energy project expenditures. The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate the remaining $219,942 in grant funds in the Office of Energy department in the General Fund during 2011 for various energy conservation projects, including installation of a 45K W hydroelectric turbine at the South Bend Dam and installation of energy efficiency upgrades in selected municipal buildings. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I: The sum of Two Hundred Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty - Two Dollars ($219,942) is hereby appropriated in the fiscal year 2011 and ordered set apart from and within the Office of Energy Department in the General Fund ( #101) for expenditure. SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.