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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-14-38 Council Committee of the Whole Meeting MinutesN COMfiriITTEE OF T HE WHOLE MINUTES NOVEfirBER 14th, 1938 Be it remembered thit the Common Council-met in the Committee of the Whole in the Council Chm abers of the City Hall, yiondPy evening, November 14th, 1.938, at the hour cf 7 :45 P. M. All members were present except Co-ncilrr.an dames. Chairman Goetz presided. ORDINANCE NO. 3265 An Ordinance authorizing and providing for the issuance of Ia2,000,000 Sewage Works (Revenue) .Bonds of the City of South Bend, Indiana, for the purpose of defrrying the cost to said City of constructing a sewage treatment works for Laid City, prescribing the form of said bonds and providing for the collection an segregation and distribution of the revenues of the mnni- cipai sewerage system of said City for the purpose of sefegua.rding, protecting and p=aying said bonds. 'Ir. Hunter stated that said emendments as read, were drafted by the attorneys of the bond companys. Councilman Chambers moved thpt said arr,endments as read be adorted. Councilman Hull seconded the motion. Motion carried. Councilman Chambers moved thet the following amend:r,ents be maid= in Section 10. In line 5 after the word feet, insert "of water used. ". In line � after the word feet, insert "AND over ". Delete line nine_. 4fte y the eighth line edd the following paragraph: "The quantity of aster obtained from scurses other th. ;an the public vvriter supply, if discharged into the -public sevrer?�xe system, may be determined by the City in such manner as the City may elect, and. the sewage treyt- ment service shall be billed at the above rates." Councilman Chrmber5 moved the doption of the following amendments of Section 10. Councilman Hull seconded the motion. 1Moticn carried. Councilman Chambers moved that said ordinanee go to the council favorably, as amended. Counci.l- man- Hall seconded the, motion. Councilman Chr,rnbers moved th?_t on page 6, Section 9, line 2, after the word directed, insert the following: "to determine the form of contr -act for the saleAof said bonds, erid to give at least two days notice of said sale by publishing one notice thereof in the South Bend Tribune and the South Bend News Times, both published in South Fend, Indi�nc�, fixing the time and place of receiving bids; said bonds shall be sold to the best bidder;" seconded by Councilman Hull, Motion carried. Councilman Chambers moved that the nc - -me of C. W. Cole be substituted for the name Moore. No second. Councilman Hull moved that Ordinance #3265 go to the Council favorably as amended. Councilman Fish seconded the motion. 9.50 P. Y. - 10 minute recess. 10 :00 P M. - continued COQ 'VUA?ICATION: WILLIAM STUBBS JAMES 1429 E. 'Ntyne Street South Bend., Indi pna November 12, 1938 The Common Council of the City of South Bend, South Bend, Ind. Gentlemen: Because of the extreme importnnce of the ordinance before the Cony -tittee of the'Whole on Monday night I deeply ,regret th^+ it will. be impossible for me to attend the meet i.ngr because of r_;re- vious plans making it necessary for me to be away from South. Bend. If it were -possi.ble for me to vote by proxy on this ordinance my vote would. be nay. The reasons for my desire to have been able to cast a negative vote are: (1) The ordinance not only authorizes the issuance of entire sum of $2,00031000 in bonds but it also contracts for the actuel sale of All of the bonds. In other words, this is a FINAL action as far as the Council is concerned. With the passage of the ordin�.nce the Board of Public Works rnd Safety would. be obligated to complete the entire sewrge disposel plant by May 15, 1940 and have full authority and power to do so by whatever method they mry deem desir- able. (2) Because of the ;?uthorizPti.on granted the board of Public Works by this ordinance it is very probable that the W.P.A. grant which rill provide relief .employment for from 2F00 to 3000 men this wi.ntex will be lost. It being my understanding thr_' the `N.P.A. is not making grants for proj sots for which financing r 1a.r�s have been trade by a local governmental unit. (3) The cost of construction of a sewage disposal plant for the city of South Bend under the ordinance submitted will p1r-ce a greater trx load, on the people; of the City than tny other m ®thod. of construction which has been proposed. The interest charges alone are about $1,000,000 on P. pla nt the total cost of which is estimated at $2,500,000. (4) The prss2ge of this ordi..1ance has be -n re- presented to the Council as an extreme emergency If any energency does exist it is wit steps crn be taken to obtain the W.P.A. grant and provide ?possible employment for needy Oren during the wirter :months. Very t ruly yours, Names Accepted by the Council and ordered plrced on file. Council- ;[an Hull moved for roll call on motion thrt said ordinance go to the council favcrpbly r s amended. The roll c8.11 ne follows: Hull r nd Chambers - 2 €eyes. Goetz, bierwagen, Kerner, Fish, j.usmusse and Palicki.- 6 nrys. Notion lost Councilman Hull roved to adjourn. Councilman Fish seconded the motion. Moticr, cerried. Com-fittee of the ?1V -.ole m=eting r djourned at 10:25 P. �. ATTEST: APPROVED: CLERK CHAIRMAN FA