Fiscal Plan for VOCO, Inc. Annexation Area in Penn Township

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Inc. Annexation Area E. Environmental Services 7 Solid waste service is financed by a user fee and will be offered as needed. Current rates are $8.00, $10.50, $13.00, and $15.00 per month for one, two, three, and four -unit dwellings respectively. There is a discount for senior citizens. Businesses desiring to use the City's sanitation service may do so at their request. The current rate is $10.00 per month. F. Administrative Services The City of South Bend provides a wide range of services other than those noted above, such as Animal Control, Weights and Measures, Junk Vehicle, Unsafe Building, Legal Department, Youth Services Bureau, etc. The 1999 Operating Budget for the balance of these services was $11,351,193. This provided services over an area of approximately 39 square miles, resulting in a cost per square mile of approximately $291,056. These services are available upon the effective date of the Annexation. Full and dedicated response will be in place within one year of the effective date of the Annexation. The incorporation of the Annexation Area will not effect the provision of other services currently provided to this property on a county -wide basis. The St. Joseph County Health Department, the St. Joseph County Public Library, the Area Plan Commission and the St. Joseph County /South Bend Building Department are some of the county -wide agencies that will continue to provide the same type and level of services to the Annexation Area. County -wide services will continue to be supported by the County and Township tax rates that will remain in effect. SECTION IV. FISCAL IMPACT I ) Essential city services and facilities are or can be made available to the residents of the Annexation Area. 2) The city is financially able to support city services to the territory sought to be annexed. 3) Certain improvements will be made by the petitioner and /or owner. Improvements must be made according the development standards of the City of South Bend. All figures are estimates. Final cost of capital expenditures, if any, will not be determined until bids are publicly solicited, contracts are awarded and projects are closed out. Property tax revenue estimates are based on 1999 payable 2000 tax rates, taxes paid in previous years by a comparable development, estimates of units built, and no tax abatements or adjustments. Tax rates are subject to change every year. Other revenue estimates are based on revenue received in 1999.