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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-21-41 Council Special Meeting Minutes250 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in special session, Friday, February 21, 1941, in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, with all members present. (SPECIAL CALL TO THE CITY CLERK, PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, City of South Bend, Indiana. Gentlemen ; - South Bend, Indiana February 21 -1941 You are hereby notified that under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Mayor of the City of South Bend, in the State of Indiana,a special meeting of the Common Council of said City is hereby called to meet at the hour of 7 :00 o'clock P.M. on February 21st, 1941, in the Council Chambers in said City for the purpose of considering the following item: A bill introduced in the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, known as "House Bill No. 479", purporting to create the position of a City Treasurer in cities of the second class. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forthwith serve a copy of this notice on each and every member of the Common Council of said City and make due return of such service of said special meeting. J. I. PAVEY Mayor of the City of So. Bend, Ind. I, Marie Nelson, Clerk of the City of South Bend, Indiana, do hereby certify that copy of the above notice was se upon the President and each member of the Common Council of said City prior to the date set for the meeting. MARIE H. NELSON City Clerk THE WITHIN CALL CME TO HAND THIS DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1941, VEICH I SERVED BY READING THE SAME TO EACH COUNC MAN, UPON THE DATE DESIGNATED, AS FOLLOWS: GEO. F. HULL, by Mrs. Goo. Hull ON FEBRUARY 21 1941 LEO M. JORDAN ON FEBRUARY 21 1941 J. M. McCARTHY to "` 21 to HAZEL BISHOP to to 21 et MRS. C. NIEZGODSKI of It 21 " M. 0. BRANNAN W It zl It W. F. PULASKI of It 21 It DOROTHY RICHARDSON " " 21 " HELEN R. HEIDEMAN " " 21 It BRYAN J. ROE X22 Mem ear of the South Bend Police Dept. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, there has been presented to the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, a bill known as "House Bill No. 479 ", which pu rports..to create the.position of City Treasurer in cities of the second class and fixes a salary of the Treasurer in the sum of Five Thousand & No/100 ($5,000.00), his Deputy in the sum of Two Thousand Four Hundred & No/100 ($2,400.00) Dollars, the Cashier ip the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred & No/100 ($1,800.00) Dollars and ten Clerks in the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred & No/100 ($1,200.00) Dollars each, or in all a total of Twen one Thousand Two Hundred & No/100 ($21,200.00) Dollars annual salary; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend is a second class city of the State of Indiana, and would come within the purview of the Act as proposed;.,and WHEREAS, under the present law the Treasurer of St. Joseph County, Indiana, acts as ex- officio Treasurer of the City of South Bend, Indiana, for an annual salary of Cne Thousand Two Hundred & No/100 ($1,200.00) Dollars; and WHEREAS, it would cost the City of South Bend several thousand dollars to equip and maintain an office for a City Treasurer, as_ prescribed by said act; and WHEREAS, there is not at the present time sufficient space within the City Hall of South Bend to maintain a City Treasurer's Department with personnel of thirteen persons.together with all the books and equipment -necessary, and such space would have to be secured at an additional cost to the City, probably not in close proximity to the City Hall; and WHEREAS, the Auditor of St. Joseph County, in order to comply with said act, would be forced to make a duplicate set of tax books, inasmuch as persons living within the city limits of South Bend would be required to pay their state, county, civil and school city taxes to the City Treasurer, and all persons living outside the city limits of South Bend would pay their said taxes to the County Treasurer; and WHEREAS, abstractors and attorneys, finding it necessary to make excerpts from the Treasurer's books, would be re- quired to make searches.at the offices of both the City Treasurer and County Treasurer, which would entail duplica- tion of effort, increase the amount of work necessary to ascertain the true status of any person in respect to his tax; and WHEREAS, there is no money now appropriated in the City Budget for such an expenditure, as would be involved if the City of South Bend were forced to have a City Treasurer, which it is estimated would cost several thousand dollars for the remainder of the year, and the Common Council would be called upon to transfer funds from the other accounts to meet this expenditure; and WHEREAS, no public benefit vn uld be served by the creation of the position of City Treasurer, as outlined in said act, for the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, the needs of the public, generally, in the City of South Bend, are served advantageously by the present arrangement;. OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the enactment of the roposed act by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, known as designated as "House Bill No. 479 ", would of be for the benefit of the public, generally, of the City of South Bend, Indiana, but would be detrimental to the est interests of said public, and would result solely in the useless expenditure of the taxpayer's money; and 251 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution, duly signed by the President of this Council and attested to by the Clerk, be sent to each member of the House of Representatives, and of the Senate of the IndianaGeneral Assembly who represents St. Joseph County, and also a copy therefore be sent to the Governor, the Lieutenant- Governo and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Indiana. ATTEST- Wi J RICHARDSON President of the Common Council PAUL F. NYERGES Deputy City Clerk Councilman Pulaski made a motion for the adoption of the Resolution. Councilman Bishop seconded the motion. Motion) carried by a, vote of 9 ayes - 0 nays. There being no further business, this special meeting of the Co toil adjourned at 7 :15 P.M. ATTEST: APPR At'� CLERK 4