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SCITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK year we had about one (1) dozen homes that were deemed unsafe due to fire, structure or things like that. Code Enforcement deemed them a safety hazard and put them out to contract for demolition. Part of the grant money we use to do that requires us to pay that. By doing that, we overdrew the budget line item for that and now we've received the money back in, we are asking to re-appropriate those funds back into the line item. Councilmember Broden asked, Circling back to the Solid Waste operations, the land fill site is different, right? That contributed to wear and tear? My question is, one (1), if that is a correct understanding and two (2), how often is that evaluated in terms of where we are taking out materials. Jitin Kain, Deputy Director of Public Works with offices located on the 13th floor of the County- City Building,replied, We intended to evaluate the change of the landfill. The landfill we use right now is about a forty-five (45) minute drive one (1)-way. It is dirt road and we don't have ideal conditions for some of the new vehicles we have. The wear and tear on the vehicles have been largely due to the drive and the conditions of the landfill. We had intended to review that and look at making a change earlier this year but we had a change in leadership. Kelly Smith is now our new Director and we have since then taken a look at using a different transfer station which is a shorter drive.The GreenTech Transfer Station is about a fifteen(15)minute drive and it is in South Bend. We intend to change our landfill starting in January. We just finalized a contract that we will take to the Board of Public Works at our next meeting. We did the calculation and we figure that over ten (10) years there are substantial savings, even though the tipping fees may be higher for the closer transfer station, over ten (10) years the maintenance cost will be substantially reduced. That is something we intended to do a little earlier in the year that we are now doing. Councilmember Broden followed up, And that transfer station, they will have the determination on where the final destination is? Mr. Kain replied, We take it to the transfer station and the transfer station then takes it to the landfill so we are not making a trip to the landfill as the transfer station has much better conditions. It is much better for our vehicles. Councilmember Broden then asked, I would assume that this has some impact on the Solid Waste Management District in terms of tipping fees? Mr. Kain replied, It does have some impact because there is an agreement that there is a certain fee that goes to the Solid Waste Management District and as we take this to the Board, we will reach out and let them know. Councilmember Broden stated, Thank you. As a member serving on that, that would be good to be appraised. Committee Chair White then turned the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. There were none. She then turned the floor back to the Committee for further comment or main motion. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION j EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.92211f 574.235.9173 I 11)574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 8