Reorganizing the Structure the Executive Brnach of goverment of City of South Bend

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ORDINANCE NO. 5390 -72 AN ORDINANCE REORGANIZING THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES AND INTENT City government is the level of government which ultimately must deliver most of the public services to the people. In the past decade the public has markedly increased its demands for governmental services -- both the quality and quantity of such services. Government has thus become increasingly complex. In the City of South Bend, as in most cities, however, the machinery for delivering such services is not geared to meet such demands or to deal with such complexity. The primary defect in the machinery is fragmentation of authority resulting in critically inadequate planning, coordination, and accountability, the three ingredients necessary to an efficient and effective government which is responsive to the needs and demands of the people. In sum, the responsibilities of city government have increased tremendously, but the structure, authority and tools with which government officials are provided are woefully inadequate to meet those responsibilities. Additionally, the cost of providing government services has increased in direct proportion to the increasing complexity of govern- ment. Yet at the same time public willingness to pay the increased costs has waned because of the waste and inefficiency resulting from archaic governmental machinery. Therefore, the Common Council concludes that public demands for more and better governmental services require a substantial and fundamental streamlining of governmental machinery in order to deliver better services and at a cost which the public is willing to pay. The City of South Bend is authorized by IC 1971, 18 -1 -6.5 (enacted February 18, 1972) to reorganize its executive branch of government, and accordingly the Common Council determines that, in order to effectively and economically meet its increasing responsi- bilities, the City must establish a departmental form of executive government as provided in this Ordinance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: SECTION 1. Articles 4 through 6, Division 1 of Article 7, Article 8 and 9, Articles 12 and 13, and Article 15 of Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Articles 10 and 11, Article 14, and Articles 16 through 19 of Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, are hereby redesignated as Articles 8 through 14, respectively. Divisions 2 and 3 of Article 7 of said Chapter 2 are redesignated as Divisions 1 and 2, respectively, of Article 15 of said Chapter 2. The section numbers of said Articles shall be re- designated to correspond sequentially with the other sections of said Chapter 2. SECTION 3. Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following new Articles 4 and 5: