12-10-90 Council Meeting Minutes

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l36 - - - - -- -- -- - -- - __ -_... _. _.- nar_ur a- n- _nrtFFmT -nrr_ ______ _.__ _— —..__— I1F.�EMRFR- (1__._.9-gq 2. That the purpose of each of the above - listed funds of the City of South Bend, Indiana has been met. 3. That the above - listed funds should be closed, and any monies on deposit therein should be, and the same hereby are, transferred into the General Fund of the City of South Bend, Indiana. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the Council and approved by the Mayor. Member of the Common Council A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Katie Humphreys, City Controller made the presentation on the bill. She indicated that the resolution requests that certain funds be closed with the balances transferred to the General Fund. She stated that during the most recent audit, the State Board of Accounts reviewed dormant funds and recommended that the City eliminate several of them. She stated that the total amount to be transferred as miscellaneous revenue into the General Fund is $8,601.16. Council Member Coleman made a motion to adopt this resolution, seconded by Council Member Luecke. The resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of nine ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 1829 -90 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL DETERMINING, AFTER INVESTIGATION, THAT THE LEASE /PURCHASE ACQUISITION OF A MUNICIPAL SERVICES FACILITY IS NEEDED. WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana (Board), on December 3, 1990, received a petition signed by fifty (50) taxpayers, of the City of South Bend, requesting that the Board acquire a vehicle maintenance facility by entering into a lease /purchase agreement with Liberty National Leasing Compnay, of Louisville, Kentucky, for a term of ten (10) years, with the cost of land acquisition and renovation of said facility by said corporation not to exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) and WHEREAS, the Board also received, on December 3, 1990, a certificate of the St. Joseph County Auditor, certifying that the verifier of the petition and the signatories of the petition are taxpayers of property located within the corporate limits of the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, I. C. 36- 1- 10 -7(2) requires, prior to the Board of Public Works entering into a lease /purchase agreement for a structure, that the Common Council, after investigation, determine that the structure is needed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the Common Council has conducted a public hearing on this resolution, and has heard persons desiring to speak in favor and opposed to the adoption of this resolution. 2. That the Common Council finds that the current municipal services facility located at 701 West Sample Street, in the City of South Bend, is plagued by structural and operational problems, the most serious of which is an inadequate ventilation and exhaust system which contributes to a substandard work environment for the City's equipment services personnel, and is otherwise inadequate to serve the needs of the City's vehicle maintenance division. 3. That the most efficient and cost effective allocation of resources warrants the relocation of the City's vehicle repair and maintenance operations from said vehicle maintenance facility to a new facility that