Appropriating $42,975.00 Federal Assistance Grant for the River Bend Plaza

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Department of Public Parks Administration Building St. Louis Boulevard at Wayne Street South Bend, Indiana 46617 PHONE: 1219) 284 -9401 December 7, 1976 Roger Parent, President South Bend Common Council County City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Dear Mr. Parent: Enclosed is the proposed 1977 maintenance budget for the River Bend Plaza. I have added additional accounts in the 1977 budget to conform with accounting procedures prescibed by the State Board of Accounts. In preparing the 1977 budget proposal I reviewed expenditures to date in the 1976 budget, consulted with the Plaza staff, estimated in- flation cost and necessary costs for 1977 to establish the proposed budget: The major item in the 1977 budget proposal as it was in the 1976 budget is electric current. The estimated cost for electric current in 1977 is $17,000.00 down $6,250.00 from the 1976 budget. The reduction in the electric account was made because expenditures to date show about $14,000.00 spent out of the budgeted figure of $23,250.00. The'overall 1977 Plaza budget proposal is $8,115.00 lower than the 1976 budget but I feel the 1977 budget proposal is adequate to properly maintain the Plaza. The labor for the Plaza is paid from C. E. T. A. funds except the Park Department provides a foreman to supervise the Plaza maintenance employees. The foreman is paid from the park budget. Your approval of this budget is requested so that the River Bend Plaza can be properly maintained. cc: William C. Gilkey Very truly yours, PARKS rks