10-11-71 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (Cont.) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MINUTES OCTOBER 11, 1971 Your Committee on the inspection and supervision of the minutes would respectfully report that they have inspected the minutes of the September 27, 1971 regular meeting of the Council and found them correct. They therefore recommend that the same be approved. /s/ Robert O. Laven Isl Janet S. Allen 7-s7-Albert E. Palmer There being no objections, the report was accepted as read and placed on file. CITIZENS REQUESTS - MISECLLANEOUS MATTERS Mrs. Jane Swan, 2022 Swygart Avenue, South Bend, Indiana spoke about what she considered misuse of Fire Department Equipment, Criticizing Chief Zurat. Councilmen Janet Allen and Reinke dis- agreed with Mrs. Swan concerning this matter. Councilman Janet Allen presented petitions from various organizations, stating that she also had received many letters and phone calls on the same matter, dealing with possible violations of the obscenity laws. The Morris Auditorium is a tax supported facility and citizens have a per- fect right to file such petitions concerning performances which might violate such laws. These petitions were all opposing the presentation of the stage production "Hair" and Councilman Allen requested these petitions to be filed in the City Clerk's Office and made a matter of record. She further asked that the Board of Public Works be notified of the filing of such petitions and that the enforcement of obscenity laws be brought to their attention. Mr. Bickel announced that his office, too, had received such communications and all had been file stamped and he would turn such copies over to the Clerk for the files. ORDINANCES, THIRD READING ORDINANCE NO. 5340 -71 AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $89,200.00 TO ACCOUNT MVH -42, "STREET AND ALLEY MATERIALS" IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE HIGHWAY FUND. This ordinance was given third reading. Councilman Craven moved for passage of the ordinance, seconded by Councilman Raymond C. Zielinski. The ordinance was passed by a roll call vote of 9 ayes (Councilmen Laven, Allen, Reinke, Craven, Grounds, Szymkowiak, Wise, Palmer and Zielinski), 0 nays, 0 absent. ORDINANCE NO. 5341 -71 AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO ACCOUNT H -214, "TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH ", IN THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY BUDGET, SAID ACCOUNT BEING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. Councilman Craven moved for passage of this ordinance, seconded by Councilman Palmer. Council- man Janet Allen requested of the Clerk to please see that a directive be sent to Mr. Forrest West, Building Commissioner, requesting that 6 of 8 telephones be removed from the Council Complex. The ordinance was passed by a roll call vote of 9 ayes (Councilmen Laven, Allen, Reinke, Craven, Grounds, Szymkowiak, Wise, Palmer and Zielinski), 0 nayes, 0 absent. Councilman Janet Allen made a motion for the removal of 6 of the 8 phones from the Council Com- plex leaving one phone in the Council Caucus Room and one in the office of the At- Large Council- men. The motion was seconded by Councilman Palmer. Councilman Szymkowiak commented that prob- ably he, more than any of the other councilmen, conducted the most business from his office by phone and requested that a phone be left in his office rather than the Council Caucus Room which is-right down the hall. Councilman Craven made a motion to amend the previous motion by leaving 2 phones in the Council Complex, one in Councilman Szymkowiak's office and one in the At -Large Office. This motion was seconded by Councilman Szymkowiak. President Laven asked for a show of hands from those in favor of the amendment. Motion carried. Council President Laven instructed the Clerk to ask for the removal of the phones. Councilman Reinke requested that, in the interest of saving money, Mr. Bickel take a survey with the'.City area of'the County -City Building to see what phones could be removed and report back to Council on October 25, 1971. Mr. Bickel agreed. City Clerk Kathryn L. Blough informed the Council that she had 4 telephones removed from her office since the recent removal of the traffic violations bureau from her office area.