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Ordinance No . c(q 0 ~'~ <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, <br />INDIANA, APPROPRIATING $43,500.00 FROM COUNTY OPTION INCOME TAX <br />(COIT) FUND # 404 TO PROVIDE RENT SUPPLEMENT TO THE FAMILY <br />VIOLENCE/SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br />The Family Violence/Special Victims Unit (FV/SVU) is currently housed on the second <br />floor of the Family Justice Center Building at 711 E. Colfax Avenue in South Bend, and it is a <br />cooperative program through the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office and the police units of <br />South Bend, St. Joseph County and Mishawaka which assists victims of crime. Among other <br />things, the FV/SVU helps hundreds of violent crime victims obtain civil orders of protection, and <br />it is a valuzble community resource. <br />Through December 2008 the FV/SVU Program was funded under the federal Family <br />Justice Center grant program, and it has secured another grant which covers certain 2009 <br />program expenses, but not rent. <br />To assist the FV/SVU, both St. Joseph County and the City of South Bend have partnered <br />cooperatively to share the 2009 rent expense of the FV/SVU, with each unit paying one half the <br />rent, or $43,500.00 each. <br />This Ordinance authorizes appropriation for South Bend's contribution to FV/SVU 2009 <br />rent costs after the County has paid its one half share. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA as follows: <br />Section I. The sum of Forty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($43,500.00) be and <br />hereby is appropriated from the County Option Income Tax (COIT) Fund # 404 to pay the City <br />of South Bend's agreed one half share of the Family Violence/Special Victims Unit (FV/SVU) <br />2009 rent in the building at 711 E. Colfax, South Bend, Indiana. <br />Section II. This appropriation shall be payable after St. Joseph County has paid its one <br />half share of the FV/SVU 2009 rent. <br />Section III. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by <br />the Common Council, approval by the Mayor. <br />Member, South Bend Common Council <br />