02-15-37 Council Special Meeting Minutes

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SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 15th. 1 MINUTES Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in the Special Session in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, Monday evening, February 15th, 1937, at the hour of 8 :07 P. M. All members were present. President Fish presided. SPATE OF INDIANA ST. .JOSEPH COUNTY SS: CITY OF SOUTH BEND -To the Members of the Common Council of the City cf,South Bend, Indiana: CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF 'COMMON COUNCIL You are hereby notified that under end by virtue of the authority by lew vested'in me as Mayor of the City of South Bend, of the State of Indiane, a special meeting of the Common Coun- cil of said City is hereby called to be held at the hour of 7 :30 o'clock p.m. or Ps soon there- after as convenient, on Monday evening February 15, 1937, in the Council Chambers in s'sid City for the purpose of considering: The annual message of the Mayor. The report of committee on sewerage'disposel plant. Dated this 13 day of February, A. D., 1937• George W. Fre ermuth Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Countersigned: Mary B.' L. Taylor City Clerk (OFFICIAL SEAL) This within call came to hand this 13 day of February, A. D., 1937 which I Nerved by reading the same to each councilman, upon the date designated as follows: Mrs. Geo. F. Hull on February 13 1937. Geo. W. Goetz on Februarys 1937 William Bierwagen on February_D1937 J. Palicki on February_3_ 1937 Wm. E. Rasmussen on Februarys 1937 •Howard. L. Chembers Mrs. H. L. C. on February 1 19.37 ,Fred G. Kerner Mrs. Richard Kerner on Februarys 1937 Mrs.-W. S. James on February- 1937 _ Guy A. Fist on Februarys 1937 Dated this 13, day of February, 1937 Paul McCarron Member of Police Department South Bend, Indiana The report of the Cell of Special Meeting of the Council was accepted by the Council and order- ed to be pleced on file. Motion carried. C I T Y The Common Council, City of South Bend, South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen: OF SOUTH BEN1D OFFICE OF THE MAYOR I N D I A A A February 15, 1937 Your honorable body requested the Mayor and the Board of Public Works to consider the advisabili1 of providing the city with a sewage disposal plant so that the beautiful St. Joseph River may be.made sanitary and its banks more inhabitable and valuable. The Mayor end the Board of Public Works have visited several cities where sewage disposal plsnts have been built and obtained much valuable information. The plant at Goshen, Indiana, is for primary treatment only rhich is satisfectory for that city. The plant at Michigan City is for both primary and secondary treatments which requires a. much larger plant. A plant of thin: type is naturally much more effecier_t and destroys about 90% of all germs end bacteria. This is necessary at Michigan City as the discharge from the plant empties into Lake Michigan from which the water supply of the city is obtained. The cities visited seem well satisfied with the plant:; they have built Various methods are used to finance such projects, the most popular of which seems to be the eewer..connection rental system. In this cese the entire plant is financed by the issuance of revenue bonds which are not a, direct charge against the city. The bonds are redeemed and inter- est paid by revenues derived from rentals collected for sewer connections. This method is in use at Goshen, Michigan City and many other municipalities in Indiana, and also is used by over forty cities and towns in Ohio and has proven satisfactory in most cases.