05-08-33 Council Meeting Minutes

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( Continued ) The local press has carried the results obtained from this visit and also excerpts froin the Attorney General's opinion affecting the specific problem of abolishing the boards. How- ever, to furt her clarify the issue and to eliminate any possibility that members of* Vie Common Council have not had direct access to-the Attorney General's opinion, I will state he has held the Common Council has had the right and power since March 9, 1933 to abolish the Board of Public Works and the Board of Public Safety and toe create a new_ board to be known as the Board of Public Works.and Safety composed of the City Controller, the City Engineer and the I City Attorney. Also that, effective immediately upon the passage of such ordinance abolishing said boards the new members of said new board shall automatically by placed upon the.,new schedule of salaries provided for in said act. In view of the City's absolute need for additional economies, that the immediste pressure is for funds to meet the most necessary functions of government, and further., that this law makes the abolishment of these.boarclB,x mandatory at a later date,, I recommend to the Common Council, of the City of South Bend that an ordinance be prepared'_ immediately and, adopted for the purpose of abolishing these boards and creating the new board*" I further recommend to the Common Council that the statutory - salaries be set in,,accord ance with those provided in HB 529 for the statutory officers of the City of South Bend effect- ive Immediately and under the same rules and regqlations as would be provided for as of January 1p 19340 1 can assure you that I personally, and all of my appointees, shall conform a toxm ZZk such new salaries. To release additional funds for the purpose of meeting the necessities of'municipal government I have ordered the present Board of Public Works to dispense with the salaries for the track elevation engineer and track elevation clerk' This will make an additional savingz of $5376• - The City Treasurer is quoted in the local Sunday papers as stating that the'total tax . delinquency for the spring collection approximates 50- If this is true an emergency face6 the municipal city of South Bend such as it has never previously experienced* 7It will require the simplification of all governmental agencies and direct action for the purpose of meeting the emergency, to be placed in the handa -of the ex4outive department of this city. I pledge to you that every possible economy that can., will be placed in effect,,and I further recommend to' your body that in all those expehditures over which you exercise control, you take immediate steps to bring them to a minimum. The exigencies of the situation demand that every city emplo from the 1nowest to the highest shall make' fullest sacrifice to assure a continuance of the necessary functions'of South Bend's municipal government. Respectfully Submitted, W. R. Hinkle W. Riley Hinkle, Mayor of the City of South Bend.' Councilman -Gripe makes a Motion that the Mayor's Report be accepted. Councilman Goetz makesa - Motion to amend said Motion that the Report be referred to the Committee of the Whole. Council- maka man Ga6te mates a motion for Roll Oall:; xkj:mkxixxxaazx"d on said amendment.whloh was seconded and the following is the vote by Roll Call Nelson, Whiteman, Rokop, Goetz, Jaworski, Altfeld, Hiss, and Grzeskowiak voting Aye, Hull, OaLey, Cripe and Gustin voting Nay. Ayes 8, Nays 4. Ameindadment to Motiot carried. 'Call Councilman Cripe makes a Motidn for a Rollnon the Original Mption as amended, which is-as followsL Nelson, Whitstanp *Rokop,, Goetz, Hull, . Jaworski, Altfelds Hiss, Oakley, Grzeskowiakp Cripe, and Gustin, Ayes 12' Nays-O. Motion-m-carried as amended and Report goes to the Committee of the Whole. X0UMMx0azes'- REPORT OF THE CITY PLAN COMMISSION.