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Home My WebLink About06/01/05 Board of Public Safety Minutesy i PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION JUNE 1, 2005 The Board of Public Safety met in the Public Agenda Session at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, -2005 with President Jesusa Rodriguez and Board Members Wesley Taylor, Juanita Dempsey and Donald Alford present. Also present were Police Chief Thomas H. Fautz, Fire Chief Luther Taylor and Board Attorney Thomas Bodnar. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13th Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. - Minutes Mr. Bodnar stated the minutes had been reviewed. - Resolution No. 39-2005 -Fiscal Plan/LT Leasco Mr. Bodnar stated this is a voluntary annexation in the area of U.S. 31 and Kern Road. Request for Promotions -Police Department Mr. Bodnar stated the promotions are in conjunction with satisfactorily completing one year on the job, and also for completing three (3) years on the job. 1 1 - Quarterly Training Report -Police Department Chief Fautz stated this report covers January through March 2005. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, President Rodriguez declared the meeting adjourned at 8:06 a.m. T ~ ST: ~(~~ Angela K. cob, Clerk (~~ - EXECUTIVE SESSION Wesley .Taylor, ., ember l ~i~!/ uanita Dempsey, Member JUNE 1, 2005 The Board of Public Safety met in Executive Session on Wednesday, June 1, 2005, at 8:11 a.m. The meeting was held in the Mayor's Conference Room, 14th Floor, County City Building, South Bend, :Indiana, for the purposes specified in I.C. 5-14-1.5-6.1 (b) (2) (B) and (b) (6) (A) and adjourned at 8:55 a.m. Board members did not discuss any subject matter other than the subject matter as specified in the Public Notice. ARD OF PUB C Jesu a odriguez, Pr Donald L. Alford, Membe '~~ Donald L. Alford, M er ~~ `~~: ii EXECUTIVE SESSION ATTEST: ~~ Angela Jacob, Cler REGULAR MEETING JUNE 1, 2005 The Board of Public Safety met in the regular meeting at 9:01 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2005, with President Jesusa Rodriguez and Board Members Wesley Taylor, Juanita Dempsey and Donald Alford present. Also present were Police Chief Thomas H. Fautz and Assistant Fire Chief Rick Switalski. Fire Chief Luther Taylor was not present. Also present was Board Attorney Thomas "Bodnar. The meeting was held in the Board of Public Works Meeting Room, 13`h Floor, County City Building, South Bend, Indiana. APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS President Rodriguez advised that if there were no objections by members of the Board, the minutes of the Public Agenda Session, Executive Session, and Regular meetings of the Board held on May 11, 2005 would be accepted. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 39-2005 - ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP (LT LEASCO ANNEXATION AREA) Upon a motion made by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Alford and carried, the following Resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Safety: RESOLUTION N0.39-2005 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, ADOPTING A WRITTEN FISCAL PLAN AND ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO AN ANNEXATION AREA IN CENTRE TOWNSHIP (LT LEASCO, LLC ANNEXATION AREA) WHEREAS, 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 of real estate located in Centre Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, which is described more particularly in Section I of this Resolution; and WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be annexed encompasses approximately 0.59 acres of vacant, unimproved land, which property is at least 12.5% contiguous to the current City limits, i.e., approximately 30% contiguous, generally located on the south side of Kern Road, approximately 200 feet east of US 31 South. It is anticipated that the annexation area will be developed for an automotive sales and service building, and it is proposed for rezoning within the City as "CB" (Community Business) upon incorporation into the City limits and Common Council approval. This commercial use will require a basic level of municipal public services, including the provision of police and fire protection; and; JUNE 1, 2005 Wesley B. ylor, Jr tuber anita Dempsey, Mem er 1 1 1 - t_;+. ~.. ~. REGULAR MEETING JUNE 1.2005 WHEREAS, the Board of Public Safety now desires to establish and adopt a fiscal plan and establish a definite policy showing: (1) the cost estimates of police 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 after 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 1 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 IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. It is in the best interest of the City of South Bend and the area proposed to be annexed that the following described real property located in German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, be annexed to the City of South Bend: Lot Numbered Thirty-nine (39) as shown on the recorded Plat of Whitcomb & Keller=s Southmoor, an Addition to the City of South Bend, recorded in Plat Book 13, page 39 in the office of Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Lot Numbered Forty (40) as shown on the recorded Plat of Whitcomb & Keller=s Southmoor, an Addition to the City of South Bend, recorded in Plat Book 13, page 39 in the office of Recorder of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Section II. It shall be and hereby is now declared and established that it is the policy of the City 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. Section III. The Board of Public Safety shall and does hereby now establish and adopt the Fiscal `Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and made a part hereof, most particularly those provisions pertaining to police and fire protection at pages 6 through 8 of Exhibit "A", for the furnishing of said services to the territory to be annexed. Adopted the 1 S` day of June 2005. BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY SOUTH BEND, INDIANA s/Jesusa Rodriguez s/Juanita Dempsey s/Donald Alford s/Wesley B. Taylor, Jr. Attest: s/Angela Jacob, Clerk -FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL OF PROMOTIONS -DEREKEROUHART - CHAD MASTAGH - FRONSE SMITH - AARON LACAVA -JOHN HERTEL - NATHAN GISZEWSKI - MATTHEW BAKER - DAN LUTHER ,, REGULAR MEETING JUNE 1, 2005 - NOEL HAMILTON - JAMES STREETER Chief Luther Taylor requested that the above referred to firefighters be promoted to the rank of Firefighter 1St Class effective May 28, 2005, in conjunction with satisfactorily completing one (1) year on the j ob. Upon a motion made by Mr. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Alford and carried, the request was approved. APPROVAL OF PROMOTIONS - GERARD ELLIS - TROY PLATZ - SHANNON POHL - BRIAN MCLAUGHLIN - MATTHEW WILLOUGHBY - RODNEY LEEDY - SUZANNE ZEIGER - CHARLES JOHNSON -DONALD BLAKE - MICHAEL LAGODNEY -JOHN MICHAEL - BARRY SEBESTA, JR. Chief Luther Taylor requested that the above referred to firefighters be promoted to the rank of Engineer effective June 5, 2005, in conjunction with completing three (3) years on the job . Upon a motion made by Ms. Dempsey, seconded by Mr. Taylor and carried, the request was approved. POLICE DEPARTMENT 1 ACCEPT AND FILE 1sT QUARTERLY REPORT FOR SPECIALIZED SCHOOL -JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005 ' Captain Wanda Shock, Director of Training, South Bend Police Department, submitted the Quarterly Report for Specialized School for January through March 2005. There being no further discussion, the report was accepted and filed. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Board, President Rodriguez declared the meeting adjourned at 9:06 a.m. BEST: Angela Jacob, Cl rk 1