05-13-74 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MAY 13, 1974 GULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) PORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: Your committee on the inspection and supervision of the minutes, would respect- fully report that they have inspected the minutes of the April 22, 1974, regular meeting and found them correct. They, therefore, recommend that the same be approved. s/ Peter J. Nemeth ouncilman Taylor made a motion that the report be accepted as read and placed on file and the inutes be approved, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried. REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Councilman Taylor made a motion to waive the reading of the report of the Committee of the Whole, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried by a roll call vote of nine ayes (Councilmen Serge, Szymkowiak, Miller, Parent, Taylor, Kopczynski, Horvath, Newburn and Nemeth). REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Mr. Rollin Farrand Director of the Department of Public Works, made his quarterly report to the Council. He introduced Mr. James Meehan, the new manager of vehicle maintenance at the Municipal Services Facility. He talked about the building improvements and gave credit for that to Mr. Stanley Przybylinski. He stated that floor drains to eliminate the problem of water at the Municipal Services Facility had been installed. Theft problems have been reduced and keys dis- tributed in the equipment and tool room. Mr. Farrand further stated that there have been some organizational changes within the department. Additional personnel have been assigned to the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shifts and small labor and repair work is being done within the facility. The slurry machines were rebuilt during the winter months and several vehicle components were being rebuilt. In comparing January through April of 1973 and 1974, the outside repair account was down 53.9 %, repair parts were down 38.9% and other parts were down 32.6 %. He complimented Mr. Meehan for his work done on the vehicles. Councilman Newburn wondered if there was a program of checking the patrol vehicles before being taken out on the streets. Mr. Meehan stated that the inspection of the vehicle is left to the driver of the car. In the event oil is needed, the Municipal Service Facility would add"it. Mr. Meehan also indicated that oil has been made available to the officers at the station for their use on weekends. Councilman Newburn stated that some vehicles, in an emergency run, have run out of gas. He questioned this and felt this should be the responsibility of the driver to make sure the vehicle had a full tank of gas, enough oil, etc. Mr. Meehan stated that in an emergency run, running out of gas cannot be prevented. He indicated that Councilman Newburn was correct in saying that the responsibility of the cars was up to the Police Department. Councilman Kopczynski questioned certain claims submitted to the city for purchase and adding of it to the city -owned vehicles. He felt the cars should not need that much oil, and he wondered by there was so much oil consumed. Mr. Farrand stated that the city has secured warranty service when needed on the cars. Councilman Kopczynski wondered if the fleet of vehicles in the Police Department was adequate. Mr. Meehan was reluctant to generalize. He stated that the detective cars are in excellent shape, and the marked cars were in fair shape. He mentioned that each driver rives a car differently and not all cars were, therefore, in the same condition. Councilman Kopczynski wondered if the new program at the Municipal Services Facility would help to prolong the life of the vehicles, and Mr. Meehan expressed hope that it would. Councilman Szymkowiak could not understand why the police officers did not check their cars for gas, oil, water and air in the tire before each run. He felt that was the responsibility of the driver of the car as Councilman Newburn had stated. Councilman Parent felt the impression that the officers do not check the cars as wrong. Councilman Horvath stated that the average mileage on the vehicles was 24,000. He. indicated that this does not mean that the car has been driven to full mileage capacity at the resent time. He felt there would be many more miles driven by the present vehicles. Council resident Nemeth thanked Mr. Farrand and Mr. Meehan for their presentation. ETITIONS TO AMEND ZONING ORDINANCE I(We), the undersigned, do hereby respectfully make application and petition the Common Council of the City of South Bend to amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as hereinafter requested, and in support of this application, the following facts are shown: 1. The property sought to be rezoned is located at 3027 McKinley Avenue, South Bend, Indiana. 2. The property is owned by Larry L. Nifong. 3. A legal description of the property is as follows: Lot Numbered 50 as shown on the recorded Plat of McKinley Terrace Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana. 4. It is desired and requested that the foregoing property be rezoned from "A" Residential Use and "A" Height and Area District to "B" Residential Use and "A" Height and Area District. 5. It is proposed that the property will be put to the following use and the following building will be constructed: principal office of realtors. 6. Number of off - street parking spaces to be provided: six. 7. Attached is a copy of (a) an existing plot plan showing my property and other surrounding properties; (b) names and addresses of all the individuals, firms or corporations owning property within 300 feet of the property sought to be rezoned; (c) site development plan.' s/ Jack C. Dunfee, Jr. Attorney for Petitioner