Approving & Authorizing an Agreement with St. Joseph County for Consolidation of Building Department & Establishing Consolidated Building Board

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RESOLUTION NO. /9a 7-'? / A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH ST. JOSEPH COUNTY FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHING THE CONSOLIDATED BUILDING BOARD WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana (City), and St. Joseph County (County) desire to consolidate their Building Departments in order to provide better service to the citizens of South Bend and St. Joseph County by providing for the consistent interpretation and implementation of building codes and zoning administration; and WHEREAS, the City is willing to assume the responsibility for the day -to -day operation of the Consolidated Building Department and to accept the transfer of all current County Building Department employees to the City payroll; and WHEREAS, the efficiencies of administration resulting from such a consolidation will produce cost savings for both the City and the County; and WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36 -1 -7, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, authorizes one or more governmental entities to exercise, jointly or by one entity on behalf of the other, powers that may be exercised by such units severally; and WHEREAS, in conformance with the requirements of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, the City and County are prepared to enter into an agreement consolidating their respective Building Departments into one Building Department under the day -to -day control of the City; and WHEREAS, such agreement establishes the Consolidated Building Board, which shall provide policy direction and fiscal oversight to the City in the operation of the Consolidated Building Department; and WHEREAS, a substantially similar resolution to this will be approved by the County Council of St. Joseph County. NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to South Bend, Indiana, under I.C. Cooperation Act, be it resolved as follows: the authority granted to the City of 36 -1 -7, the Indiana Interlocal by the Common Council of South Bend Section 1. That the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, has considered and hereby approves the establishment of a Consolidated Building Department, which will serve the needs of the City of South Bend as well as St. Joseph County, and the establishment of the Consolidated Building Board, which will provide policy direction and fiscal oversight to the City in the operation of the Consolidated Building Department. Section 2. That the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby authorizes the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana, to enter into an agreement consolidating the Building Departments of the City of South Bend and St. Joseph County and establishing the Consolidated Building Board, in form and substance the same as or similar to that of the agreement attached hereto.