Ordinance of the City of South Bend Concerning the Financing and Construction of Sewage Treatment Works

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ORDINANCE NO. c_9ft_-0_/ An Ordinance of the Cit3,o£ South Bend concerning the financing and construction of sewage treatment works for the use of said City and its inhabitants, WHEREAS, the Stream Pollution Control Board of the State of Indiana, acting under the provisions of Chapter 214, of the Acts of the General Assembly of Indiana of 1943, on the 14th day of December, 1945, issued a final order to the City of South Bend to cease polluting the streams and water- courses in and about said City and to provide a sewage treatment plant sufficient to correct or abate such pollution, and said Board is now demanding that the City install such sewage treat- ment works without further delay; and WHEREAS, the City, acting pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 61 of the Acts of 1932, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, has heretofore caused to be prepared plans, specifications and estimates for the construction of said works; and WHEREAS, the estimated cost of such sewage treatment works together with intercepting sewers, river crossings and lift stations and appurtenances thereto is Nine Million Three Hundred and Twenty -five Thousand Dollars ($9,325,000.00), and the Council finds that it would be expedient and for the best interests of the City to determine the cost of construction prior to authorizing the issuance of such revenue bonds in any given amount and fixing the terms and conditions of such bonds., now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE 001MON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: Section 1. That the City of South Bend establish, con- struct, equip, own, operate and maintain sewage treatment works, includingthe necessary intercepting sewers, river crossings, lift stations and such other equipment and appurtenances as I DEC n1953