Appropriating $3,800.00 Federal Assistance Grant Fund Various Public Safety Programs

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ORDINANCE NO. 5546 -73 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $3,800.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, TO BE ADMIN- ISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (AS AMENDED) STATEMENT OF PURPOSES AND INTENT The Federal Government has provided general revenue sharing funds to the City of South Bend beginning in the year 1972, and the Federal Government has indicated that this program shall continue for a period of five years. This fund is legally known as the Federal Assistance Grant Fund. The Mayor of the City of South Bend and the South Bend Common Council has conducted town forum meetings in all of the councilmanic districts of the City to obtain information and recommendations from the citizens in regard to the programs and priorities which should benefit from these funds. Detailed investigations and consultations have been conducted by all the councilmen, the Mayor and all cabinet departments in regard to all of the recommendations made before, during, and after these town hall meetings. This parti- cular ordinance appropriates funds received from the Federal Government for the years 1972 and 1973. No appropriations are included in this ordinance which involves federal money for 1974. This appropriation is intended as an authorization to the Department of Public Safety to commit and spend the full amount of this appro- priation ordinance. The total amount of this ordinance was arrived at by consensus of agreement in regard to the various safety pro- grams in the Department of Public Safety which programs collectively totalled the figure of $3,800.00. This ordinance limits the total expenditure by the Department of Public Safety to the $3,800.00 amount. Budget line items have been established by the various safety programs in the Department of Public Safety to be under- taken by the Department of Public Safety with the money appropriated under this ordinance. If adjustments need to be made to transfer funding from one program budget to another program budget within the total ordinance appropriation, such budget adjustments must receive approval of the Common Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION I. That the appropriated sum of $3,800.00 be distributed as set forth below: Program FA23 "Remodel Radio Room" Account Description Amount Services 262 Remodeling for new Equipment $3,800.00 Contractual Total FA23 $3,800.00