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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />DIVISION OF ENGINEERING <br />1. The resident is being charged $1.18 per month for the coverage (South Bend Municipal <br />Code, Chapter 17, Article 7, Section 17-56, et seq.). <br />2. If the City takes what the customer is saying as being true, the customer did not become <br />aware of the existence of the program until informed by their neighbor following <br />completion of the work. <br />3. Per the Municipal Code, all funds collected under the program are be used solely to <br />address repair/replacement of failing private sewer connections, along with program <br />administrative and inspection cost. <br />4. The City's website contains very little information about the availability of the fund <br />�.s��„ut1)���"„ndirl g, e�/k�� v�✓I gW :W�� W /a uc„l / u ,,,, ICA-04,53.I�). It is therefore <br />reasonable to believe that the customer did not know about the existence of the program <br />and/or the process to be followed prior to engaging a contractor to perform the work <br />necessary to repair the customer's private sewer failure. <br />5. The customer happened to engage the services of one of the City's pre -qualified <br />contractors (i.e., Niezgodski Plumbing, Inc.); and it appears that Niezgodski contractor did <br />not inform the customer about the existence of the program. <br />6. If the City takes what the customer is saying as being true, the customer did not become <br />aware of the existence of the program until informed by their neighbor following <br />completion of the work. <br />After extensive review by City Legal, Niezgodski Plumbing, and Public Works, all are in agreement <br />that this work would have been covered by the Sewer Insurance Reimbursement Program, if the <br />owners had been aware of the program. I am available to answer any questions. <br />Thank you. <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />Gary A. Gilot, President <br />Elizabeth A. Maradik, Member <br />Joseph R. Molnar, Member <br />Therese J. Doran, Member <br />Jordan V. Gathers, Member <br />ATTEST: <br />�2izz�a GEfartix <br />Linda M. Martin, Clerk <br />