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

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and WHEREAS, the City is authorized by Chapter 61 of the Acts of the Indiana General Assembly for the year 1932, as amended, to issue revenue bonds to obtain funds to pay the cost of a sewage treatment works, which bonds under said Act are payable solely from the revenues of said sewage treatment works; and the Board of Public Works and Safety now finds that the cost of said sewage treatment works should be financed by the issuance of revenue bonds issued pursuant to said Act; and WHEREAS, the Board deems it expedient to take construction bids prior to the adoption of a bond ordinance by the Council, in order to determine with greater certainty the amount of bonds required to be issued to finance said project and the rates and charges for sewage treatment service; now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend that the plans, specifications and es- timates heretofore prepared and filed by Consoer, Townsend & Associates be and the same are hereby approved. FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of South Bend be requested to authorize the Board of Public Works and Safety of said City to advertise for and receive bids on the construction of a sewage treatment works for said City in accordance with said plans and specifications; that a copy of this resolution be filed with the City Clerk for presenta- tion to the Common Council for such purpose. FURTHER RESOLVED that the form of ordinance drawn for such purpose by Russell C. Kuehl, the Special Counsel employed by the City, which form of ordinance is hereby approved, be sub- mitted to the Common Council with the request that the same be adopted. Adopted this / -7 day of ��Gtcct�e�t , 1953. Tr�D_EC 7- 9953 MAYoMT DU MONT CLFRK F. ._ .