09-23-46 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING - c ORDINANCE NO. 3571 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING METHODS OF DESIGN AND INSTALLATION OF WARM AIR, WINTER AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, AND OF GRAVITY WARM AIR HEATING SYSTEMS AND REGULATING THE ALTERATION, REPAIR, REMODELING AND REPLACEMENT OF SUCH SYSTEMS OR PARTS OF SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF: REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH. The Ordinance was given Third reading and passed by a roll call vote of 9 ayes - 0 nays. ORDINANCE N0. 3572 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2331, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. (Lots 187, 188 &'189- ?forth Main Street) (Lots 17, 18 & 19 - East North Shore Drive) The Ordinance was given Third reading and passed by a roll call vote of 9 ayes - 0 nays. ORDINANCE INANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2331. (Lots 184 & 185 - Park Place- S.E. Corner of N. Eddy & Chalfant) The-Ordinance was given first and second reading. Councilman Richardson made a motion t hat the Ordinance be set for Public Hearing on October 14th, 1946, at 7 :30 P.M. Councilman Mirocha seconded the Motion. Action carried. ORDINANCE A"- ORDINANCE REGULATING THE MSE BY VEHICLES OF PROPERTY OWED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA; PROVIDING RULES ND REGULATIONS COVERING SUCH USE: PROVIDING PENALTIES. The:.0rdinancer was given first and second reading. Councilman Mirocha made a motion that the Ordinance be held in the Council Councilman Bishop seconded the motion. Motion carried. RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE TRANSFER OF $115,000.00 FROM AND OUT OF THE BARRETT LAW FUNDS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN ACCOUNTS KNOWN AS "RECOVERIES DUE CITY% AND "CITY LIABILITIES "`, TO THE JUDGMENT FUNDING ACCOUNT OF S AID CI TY FOR ME YEAR 1946; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, THAT; 1. The sum of,$p115,00000 be transferred, and the proper City Officers-are hereby authorized to'make such transfer, from and out of The Barrett Law Funds. in "acco;ants known as "Recoveries Due City ", and "City liabilities".. to the Judgment Funding Account, for the uses snnd purposes of said Judgment Funding Account, as is- provided in the Budget ofthe City of South oend, for the year 1946. 2:. The interest payments and the principal payments upon the bonds, covered by the appropriation for such Judgments Funding Account, become due and payable on or about October 1, 1946, therefore, an emergency exists requiring this transfer to be made forthwith. 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect, from and after its passage by the Common Council and its approval by the Mayor. (Signed Melton 0. Brannan) Member of the Common Council Councilman NcCarthy made a motion to adopt the Resolution. Councilman Bishop seconded the motion. Motion carried. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, a sewage treatment plant is, proposed to be erected by the City of South Bend as a means to end the alleged polution of the St. Joseph River and to purify its water, and 111EREAS, the erection of a sewage treatment plant of the types -, kinds and specifications heretofore proposed is in itself no assurance that the purpose of such coizstruetion and erection, namely, the purification of the St. Joseph River will follow automatically, and WHEREAS, the vast sum necessary to construct and' erect the proposed facility' mall have been wasted, if after its completion the proposed plant does not prevent the'.polcttion of the river, but leaves its waters in a state of impurity and unhealthfullness; NOWT, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that any engineer or firm of engineers eventually selected to design a sewage treatment plant or sewage disposal plant for the City of ;South oend be required as a condition precedent to their employment for this purpose to post a bond with collateral or sureties to be approved by the majority vote of this body in an amount equal to the entire compensation and or commission which will be payable to such engineer or engineering firm for their services in designing and or supervising the construction of such plant, such bond to be payable to the City of South end and conditioned upon the efficiency of such plant in producing an effluent having the following characteristics: 1. A 95% reduction in the B yo- Chemical oxygen demand of the treated sewage, I* The Oxygen content of the effluent shall be at least six parts of free oxygen to each million gallons of effluent.