Amending Chapter 13 of New article 8 entitled Offenses Realated to Unlawful Taking of Recyclable Matrials

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SpUTH 8h11I' City of South Bend I; % .� Common Council County-City Building • South Bend, Indiana 46601 11�'11��\186 a_�� July 18, 1990 (219) 284-9321 Thomas Zakrzewski Members of the Common Council President 441 County-City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Loretta Duda Vice-President Sean Coleman Fellow Council Members : Chairman. Committee of the Whole When the Near Northwest Neighborhood, Inc. and Hope Rescue Mission announced a pilot curbside recycling program, they were concerned about unauthorized per- Stephen Luecke Sons collecting the recyclable materials before Hope' s First District truck got to them. The attached bill attempts to address that concern. Donald Niezgodski Second District The bill would provide protection for recyclable items William Soderberg which are placed for collection by a designated agency. Third District Any unauthorized person who would take such materials could be fined $50.00 for the first offense and $500. 00 Ann Puzzello for subsequent violations. There is a companion bill Fourth District to include the initial fine within the Ordinance Vio- lations Bureau. Linas Slavinskas Fifth District Since a citywide recycling program is not established Thomas Zakrzewski yet, this bill is written broadly to allow for several Sixth District possibilities including curbside or drop-off programs run by the City or by private agencies which have reg- Sean Coleman istered with the Controller. We can support the ef- At Large forts of those volunteers and organizations that have taken on the challenge of recycling even as we conti- Loretta Duda nue to debate what role the City should play in the At Large task of resource recovery and reducing the waste John Voorde stream. I look forward to discussing this matter with At Large you and hope you will give it favorable consideration. Sincerely, Stephen Luecke Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand p Council Attorney