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qiT Tlt3 8 r4 it CITY OF SOUTH BEND STEPHEN J, LUECKE,MAYOR DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE GREGG D.ZtENTARA CONTROLLER December 7, 2011 Mr. Derek Dieter 6)'o P,) - President South Bend Common Council Ott'Floor, County-City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Ordinance of the Common Council Appropriating monies for Illegal Dumping Clean-Up in Calendar year 2012 Dear President Dieter: At the Council meeting of November 14, 2011, Ordinance 10130-11 was passed by Council appropriating monies to fund illegal dumping clean-up in the City of South Bend during fiscal year 2011. The ordinance passed provided funding up to December 31, 2011. City Administration informed Council during the committee discussion and at the Council meeting, the 2012 budget adopted by Council did not contemplate monies to fund the illegal dumping clean-up crew in fiscal 2012, and therefore, Council action on a new appropriation would be required to fund the continuation of the illegal dumping clean-up in 2012. As such, City Administration now presents the attached spending appropriation bill to the Common Council to appropriate additional funds to enable clean-up of certain illegal dumping within the city footprint during the 2012 budget year, commencing on January 1, 2012. The City requests with this appropriation, the sum of $130,000 for the funding of 2, 2-man crews within the Solid Waste Department operation, to perform the clean-up activities. The monies appropriated will cover personnel costs for the crews, equipment operation costs (fuel and repair), landfill tipping fees and other miscellaneous expense. This appropriation will provide funding to operate the additional crew through the end of June 2012. The clean-up program will be evaluated by City Administration and the Council during the second quarter 2012, to make determination of program success, and to determine whether the program will continue in the second half of 2012. The funds will be appropriated from the General Fund, Code Enforcement Department, and reimbursed to the Solid Waste Fund, whose employees will perform the clean-up activities. County-City Building 227 West Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana 46601-1830 Phone: 574/235-9216 Fax: 574/235-9928 TDD: 574/235-5567 "