Annexing Vicnity of the St Joseph County Airport

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BCTIQPi 3. It is now Hereby declared and established that it 1 i ,, he p:,a cy of ;he City of South Bend to furnish to said territory a.y.thln a p +riod of tnree (;) years governmental and proprietary services substantially equivalent in standard and scope to the govern - mantal and proprietary services furnished by the City to other areas of the City which have characteristics of topography, patterns of lend utilization and population density similar to said territory, and that such services, among others, shall include street maintenance, traffic control, street lighting, sanitation service and sewer service. SECTION 4. The Board of Public Safety now establishes the following; timetable for the furnishing of such governmental services: A. Police protection will be furnished immediately upon the effective date of the annexation ordinance by the existing police force and equipment of the City of South Bend. It is estimated that based upon the ratio of policemen to population currently in effect in the City of South Bend that 8.3 additional squired to be added to the Policemen would be = 'I police force of the City. The additional 9 policemen which would be required could be hired within 90 days of the effective date of the annexation ordinance and would go into training at the date of the next police academy training school which would be during the calendar year 1975 and would result in graduation and full employment by the force during the present calendar year. B. Fire protection would be provided to the territory immediately upon the effective date of the annexation. All alarms would be answered by the existing fire force of the City. It is proposed that a new fire station would be built. Five additional pieces of equip- ment would be required to service the area and 10 additional firemen would be required. The firemen are provided for in the present City budget and could be on active duty after the training period. The additional fire station could be provided within 18 months of the effective date of the annexation if population growth and development within the area would require. Additional equipment could be purchased to service the area within approximately 6 to 9 months of the effective date of the annexation. SECTION 5. The Board of Public Safety now establishes and adopts the ol�g fiscal plan for the furnishing of such services: A. Cost of salary and equipment for one additional policeman In the City of South Bend is $14,000. Estimated annual cost of provic- ing 8.25 policemen as estimated in the cost analysis for this annex- ation is $115,584. The first two years of this cost of additional policemen would be funded from revenue sharing funds which are avail- able to the City for such purpose. Thereafter, the police department budget would include from the general tax revenues of the City and /or from the tax revenues realized from the annexation of this territory, sufficient funds to finance this expenditure. -2-