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RESOLUTION NO. 19-2021 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA <br /> BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS ON THE DISPOSAL OF UNFIT <br />AND/OR OBSOLETE PROPERTY <br />FIREFIGHTER FIRE HELMET AND BOOTS <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. 36-9-6-1 et. seq., the Board of Public Works ("Board") has <br />the duty and authority to have custody, control, use, and to dispose of real and personal property <br />owned by the City of South Bend, Indiana; and <br />WHEREAS, IC 5-22-22-6 permits and establishes the procedure for disposal of personal <br />property which is no longer needed by the City and which is unfit for the purpose for which it was <br />intended; and <br />WHEREAS, on April 11, 2021, Firefighter David Powell retired from the South Bend, <br />Indiana, Fire Department after twenty-five plus (25+) years of service, and the Board of Public <br />Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana has determined that he has retired in good standing; and <br />WHEREAS, Chief Carl Buchanon has advised the Board that this Firefighter’s fire helmet <br />and boots (“Property”) are of no further use to the Department, are of no practical value, and have <br />an estimated market value of less than one-thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and <br />WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the Property is worthless as that term is defined <br />in I.C. 5-22-22-8(b); and <br />WHEREAS, I.C. 5-22-22 permits and establishes procedures for the disposal of personal <br />property which is either unfit for the purpose for which it was intended, no longer needed by the <br />City, or property which is deemed worthless. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works of the City of <br />South Bend, Indiana, as follows: <br />1.The Property is no longer needed by the City of South Bend, is unfit for the purposes <br />for which was intended, and has an estimated value of less than one-thousand dollars <br />($1,000.00). <br />2.The Property may be demolished, junked or otherwise disposed in a manner determined <br />by the Fire Chief, including donation to the Firefighter as a token for his years of service <br />to the City of South Bend. <br />ADOPTED at a meeting of the City of South Bend, Indiana, Board of Public Works held <br />on May 11, 2021, at 1308 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, <br />Indiana 46601.