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REGULAR MEETING MAY 24, 1971
<br />Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in the Council
<br />Chambers in the County City Building on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 8:15 P.M. The meeting was called
<br />to order by Council President Robert O. Laven. The invocation was given by Reverend J. Robert
<br />Clark, Grace United Methodist Church, 3012 So. Twyckenham Drive, South Bend, Indiana.
<br />ROLL CALL
<br />PRESENT: Councilmen Laven, Allen, Reinke, Craven, Grounds,
<br />Szymkowiak, Palmer and Zielinski
<br />ABSENT: Councilman Wise
<br />RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
<br />Council President Laven entertained a motion to resolve the Council into the Committee of the
<br />Whole on the state of the City to consider the items listed on the agenda for the consideration
<br />of the Committee of the Whole. Councilman Craven so moved and Councilman Allen seconded the
<br />motion. Motion carried. Time: 8:20 P.M.
<br />COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING
<br />Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in the Council
<br />Chambers of the County City Building on Monday, May 24, 1971, at 8:21 P. M. The meeting was
<br />called to order by Chairman William Grounds, who presided.
<br />ORDINANCE
<br />AN ORDINANCE FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT
<br />OF $12,500.00 FROM "SERVICES PERSONAL" TO "SERVICES
<br />CONTRACTUAL" IN THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF CITY
<br />CLERK, ALL BEING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND
<br />This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and
<br />opponents were given an opportunity to be heard thereon. The Council authorized the transfer
<br />of $12,500.00 in the budget of City Clerk, Kathryn L. Blough, from "Services Contractual" to
<br />provide for the recodification and printing of the City's Ordinances. City Attorney Shepherd
<br />Crumpacker explained the book was last brought up to date in 1967. Dozens of ordinances have
<br />since been passed and the general public is not able to find them; copies are not readily avail-
<br />able. Estimates have been secured for the cost of the recodification and reindexing of these
<br />obsolete ordinances that are no longer constitutional. The current price for printing alone
<br />will run 10 to 15 dollars per page; 600 pages would be 6 to 9 thousand dollars for printing alone,
<br />without recodification. The National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, Washington, D.C. has
<br />set up a special program of codifying municipal codes in which they were aided initially by a
<br />grant from the Ford Foundation and later on have been helped by Model City funds in a number of
<br />cities. Funds for this purpose are available as surplus because of the termination of City Court,
<br />resulting in the reduction of personnel in the City Clerk's office. Miss Virginia Guthrie, ex-
<br />ecutive secretary of the Civic Planning Association expressed appreciation of the City Clerk's
<br />giving of the excess funds and inquired if the amount of $12,500.00 would cover the total cost
<br />and how many copies were anticipated. Mr. Crumpacker replied that the amount would be sufficient
<br />for 200 copies and thought they could be offered for sale. Mr. Roman J. Kowalski, 802 Birchway,
<br />South Bend, inquired if this work could be done locally. Mr. Crumpacker replied that it is
<br />a specialized field that requires specialists. He knows no one in this vicinity except himself ani
<br />Jay Nimtz, Attorney who might be qualified. However, he could hot.do it because of his other
<br />duties and also funds for recodification are not in the present budget. City Attorney Crumpacker
<br />answered various questions from the councilmen.
<br />Councilman Allen made a motion, seconded by Councilman Zielinski that the ordinance go to the
<br />Council as favorable. Motion carried. 8 ayes, 0 nayes, 1 absent (Councilman Wise)
<br />ORDINANCE
<br />AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN
<br />THE AMOUNT OF $22,800.00 FROM ACCOUNT XX -261,
<br />"OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ", TO THE FOLLOWING
<br />ACCOUNTS, ACCOUNT XX -12 "TEMPORARY HELP" $20,000.00,
<br />ACCOUNT XX -215 "TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE ", $550.00,
<br />ACCOUNT XX -37 "OTHER SUPPLIES ", $500.00 AND ACCOUNT
<br />XX -722 "MOTOR EQUIPMENT ", $1,750.00, IN THE SANITATION
<br />DEPARTMENT, ALL BEING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND
<br />This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and
<br />opponents were given an opportunity to be heard thereon. City Engineer Lloyd S. Taylor explained
<br />the funds trans fer is an attempt to try to alleviate the pressing problems in the area one of
<br />which is a rat problem that we had not had in the past. Under the control of the Board of Pub-
<br />lic Works and Safety, there would be a summer trash program set up with 3 or 4 teams consisting
<br />of one inspector - supervisor, one truck driver, one laborer and 4 youths. The inspector- supervisor
<br />using his own transportation and paid mileage will tour his assigned area of the city to identify
<br />problem areas of trash accumulation such as viaducts, railroad right -of -ways, vacant lots, streets
<br />and alleys, and residences that do not have trash pickup. Those residents will be given a warn-
<br />ing ticket with 7 days to comply and if not obeyed, will be given a citation carrying a $5.00
<br />fine. Miss Virginia Guthrie, executive secretary of the Civic Planning Association inquired if
<br />this would encourage people not to have,their trash picked up. Mr. Taylor replied that he did
<br />not think so, that undoubtedly those people could not afford to pay for trash pickup. Mrs. F. S.
<br />Wlodarski, 1869 Riverside Drive, South Bend, objected because she felt that since she pays for
<br />her trash to be picked up, she would be paying double and suggested that perhaps along the rail-
<br />roads, it should be the railroad's responsibility. Councilman Grounds stated that although there
<br />has been trash dumped along the roads, there has not been one case filed concerning citizen's in-
<br />volvement, that it is necessary to go down and file a warrant and it is not good enough to call
<br />a policeman. Mrs. Faith Martin, 336 Birchway, South Bend, asked what brought about this condition
<br />that did not exist before? Mr. Taylor replied.that it was probably the new no burning ordinance
<br />and even though a summer program would not lick the problem, it would be better than nothing. 1.
<br />Mr. F.
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