04/12/06 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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r.. _ ~_ ~ . REGULAR MEETING APRIL 12, 2006 ~~'HF.REAS. there has been submitted to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an Ordinance and a petition by all (100%) property owners which proposes the annexation oI- real estate located in Clay Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is more particularly described at Page 14 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately .77 ' .;~r~~ ;.f ~;tcant, unimproved land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits. i.e., approximately 18% contiguous, generally located to the east of Willis Avenue approximately 440' north of Vaness Street. It is anticipated that the annexation area will be !lnveloped as a residential subdivision. This residential use will require a basic level of municipal public services, including the provision of police and fire protection; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and ~;tabl ish a drfinitc policy showing: (1) the cost estimates ofpolice and fire protection to be furnished to the territory to be annexed; (2) the method (s) of financing those services; (3) the plan for the organization and extension of those services; (4) that those services will be provided to the annexed area within one ~1) year alter the effective date of the annexation, and that they will be provided in the same manner as those services are provided to areas within the corporate boundaries of the City of South Bend, regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density, and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures and planning criteria; and (5) the plan for hiring the employees of other governmental entities whose jobs will be eliminated by the proposed annexation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1"f RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: 'Section 1. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be ' annexed that the real property described more particularly at Page 14 of Exhibit "A" attached hereto Section Il. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the ity of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Safety, to furnish to said territory police and fire services within one (1) year of the effective date of annexation in a manner equivalent in standard and scope to similar services furnished by the City to other areas regardless of similar topography, patterns of land use, or population density and in a manner consistent with federal, state and local laws, procedures, and planning criteria. h~ annexed to the City of South Bend Section III. 'I he Board of Public Safety shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal flan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and made a part hereof, most particularly those provisions pertaining to police and fire protection at pages 6 and 7 of Exhibit "A", for the furnishing of said ,gin ire, to rile territory to be annexed. Adopted 12`x' day of April, 2006. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA s/Juanita Dempsey s/Donald Alford ' s/Patrick Cottrell Attest: s/Angela Jacob, Clerk FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVE PROMOTION - DARRELL EILER '..:,': ;!:; ;, the i3;,tu d- Chief Taylor requested that the above firefighter be promoted to the rank of Engineer. effective April 1.2006. Firefighter Eller was reinstated by the Board on March I, 2006 and has successfully completed his thirty (30) days as referenced in Resolution 03-2006. Chief