HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmending Chapter 2 Board of Public Safety and of Public WorksORDINANCE No 6629 -79
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
August 27 r9 79
IRENE K. GAMMON
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Clerk
ident of Common Council
August 28 �9 79
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IRENE K. GAMMON
Approved and signed by me 19
Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 6629 -79
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 5,
SECTION 2 -50 COMMONLY KNOWN AS BOARDS OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND OF PUBLIC WORKS.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
Public Law 169 would allow the Board of Public Works to enter
into contracts for any real or personal property, and to contract
for any services or work without approval of the Common Council
where the amount does not exceed Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars.
The Common Council believes that the present amount of less
than $7,500.00 is a reasonable figure and wishes to retain the
ratification process for all larger amounts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the
City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 2, Article 5, Section 2 -50 of the Municipal
Code of the City of South Bend, Indiana, is hereby amended by the
inclusion of a new subsection (g) which shall read as follows:
SEC. 2 -50
(g) All contracts concerning municipal utilities which are
for the purchase of any real estate or personal property, and all
contracts for any services or work where the amount to be expended
shall exceed the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00
must be approved by ordinance of the Common Council.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage by the Common Council, approval by the
Mayor, and legal publication.
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Member q0the Common Council
Passed, as amended, August 27, 1979
CITY OF SOUTH BEND
COMMON
COUNCIL
JOSEPH T. SERGE
First District
WALTER M. SZYMKOWIAK
Second District
TERRY S. MILLER
Third District
ROGER O. PARENT
Fourth District
ROBERT G. TAYLOR
Fifth District
WALTER T. KOPCZYNSKI
Sixth District
MARY CHRISTINE ADAMS
At Large
RICHARD C. DOMBROWSKI
At Large
FRANK HORVATH
At Large
CITY OF SOUTH BEND
South Bend, Indiana 46601
August 8, 1979
AREA 219 284 -9321
441 COUNTY -CITY BUILDING
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601
South Bend Common Council
4th Floor County -City Building
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Dear Council Members:
The attached bill is introduced in the interest of
maintaining the check and balance system in the
Administrative and Legislative branches of our
City.
Public Law 169 would allow the Board of Public
Works to enter into contracts for the purchase
of real and personal property, and the power to
contract for any services or work without Common
Council approval for amounts less than $10,000.00.
Presently all such contracts of less than $2,000.00,
do not require Council ratification.
Since the Common Council is charged with the
authority to control the city's property and
finances, I believe the lower figure should be
maintained.
I seek your favorable support.
Sincerely,
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Mary Christine Adams
Councilman -at -Large
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Your Committee OF THE WHOLE
to whom was referred
A BILL AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 5, SECTION
2 -50 COMMONLY KNOWN AS BOARDS OF PUBLIC SAFETY
AND OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion THIS BILL SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED
TO THE COUNCIL FAVORABLE, AS AMENDED:
Substitute a new Section (g) to read as follows:
All contracts concerning municipal utilities which are for the
purchase of any real estate or personal property, and all
contracts for any services or work where the amount to be
expended shall exceed the sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($7,500.00) must be approved by ordinance of the
Common Council.
FRANK HORVATH
Chairman
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