Approving an Interlocal Fee Sharing Agreement between the City & St. Joseph County Health Department

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RESOLUTION NO. M2- -© A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL FEE SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, the City of South Bend has enacted an ordinance providing for the licensing of tattoo, body piercing, scarifying and branding establishments and personnel, and for their inspection and regulation, i.e., Chapter 13, Article II, Sections 13 -123 et seq. of the South Bend Municipal Code (hereafter "The Tattoo Ordinance "); and WHEREAS, The City does not have the medical and related technical expertise or personnel to conduct the inspections necessary for the licensing and regulating of tattoo, body piercing, scarifying and branding establishments and personnel; and WHEREAS, the Health Department has the skill, expertise and personnel necessary to conduct the City's inspections required by the Tattoo Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City has enacted a fee schedule for the various inspections and licensing procedures required by the Tattoo Ordinance, a portion of which fees should be shared with the Health Department in consideration for the time and services which the Health Department agrees to render to the City in furtherance of the City's enforcement of the Tattoo Ordinance; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City of South Bend and the St. Joseph County Health Department that the Interlocal Partnership Agreement between the City and the County Health Department, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A ", should be approved by this Common Council and then duly executed by South Bend Mayor Stephen J. Luecke. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AS FOLLOWS: Section I. The Interlocal Partnership and Fee Sharing Agreement between the City of South Bend and the St. Joseph County Health Department, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A ", pertaining to the City's licensing of tattoo, body piercing, scarifying and branding establishments and personnel is hereby approved. Section II. South Bend Mayor Stephen J. Luecke shall sign the original of Exhibit "A" on behalf of the City of South Bend upon the Common Council's enactment of this Resolution. Section III. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect upon the from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor. PRESENTED 9-Z;)-O� NOT APPROVED ADOPTED r -t7 " Member, South Bend CommoA Council Filed In Clerk's Office AUG 2 22009 LORETTAJ. DUDA CRY CLERK, 80. BEND, 9N.