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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $35,900.00 General Park FundORDINANCE NO. 5816 -75 Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, MARCH-24, 1975 IRENE K. GAMMON Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, MARCH 25, X975 ON Clerk of Common Council IRENE K. GAMMON Clerk a� SP /G --2s AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $35,900.00 FROM THE GENERAL PARK FUND TO ACCOUNT #260.0, OTHER CON- TRACTUAL SERVICES WHEREAS, certain extraordinary conditions have developed since the adoption of the existing annual budget so that it is now necessary to ap- propriate $35,900.00 from the General Park Fund to Account #260.0, Other Con- tractual Services for the efficient operation of the Department of Public Parks to meet such extraordinary emergencies, and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend has received a $40,000.00 grant from the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission towards the development of the South Bend Bicentennial Park, and WHEREAS, to alleviate making an emergency appropriation for every partial payment required by the contractors, the Department is asking the council to approve the balance of the $40,000.00 grant ($35,900.00) that is coming from the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. WHEREAS, a reimbursement payment, in the amount of $35,900.00, will be received by the Department of Public Parks from the American Revolution Bi- centennial Commission during the construction of the Bicentennial Park. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana: Section 1. That the General Park Fund be reduced in the amount of $35,900.00 Section 2. That account #260.0, Other Contractual Services, be increased in the amount of $35,900.00 That the appropriation of these funds are required for the proper and efficient operation and function of the Department of Public Parks, and an extraordinary emergency is declared to exist concerning the foregoing appropriation. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the Common Council, its approval by the Mayor and the fulfillment of all statutory requirements of emergency appropriation. L � � Member, South Bend Common Council 1st READING 3 - / 6 - 7 S 4 ai QFRYI PUBLIC HEARING 3 -a �/- 7 S 2nd READING .3 _ y -7 S MAR ��� NOT APPROVED Y� REFERRED PASSED 5-- Irene Gammon to 6LiAK, an am 1N9s Tommt# er Irpar# !in ike Tommou Tounril of Y4e Chi of fouO Brud: your Committee of the Whole to whom was referred AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $35,900.00 FROM THE GENERAL PARK FUND TO ACCOUNT #260.0, OTHER CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion the Ordinance should be recommended favorably to the Common Council. Odell Newburn Chairman rnee naeaa . ....ueino co. Department of Public Parks Administration Building St. Louis Boulevard at Wayne Street South Bend, Indiana 46617 PHONE: (219) 284 -9401 February 28, 1975 Mr. Roger Parent; President South Bend Common Council County -City Building 217 West Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, Indiana Dear Mr. Parent: It has been called to our attention, by the State. Board of Accounts, that the $40,000.00.grant the City received from the American Revolution Bi- centennial Commission must be appropriated from the General Park Fund by the Common Council. As you recall, the Council did approve $4,100.00 from the $40,000.00 grant several weeks ago. I was under the impression, from talking to the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission officials, that fifty per cent of the future request payments for park work would be paid directly to the con- tractor by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Since then, I have been instructed by the State Board of Accounts that all the reimburse- ment checks will be made out to the Department of Public Parks thus making it necessary to reappropriate the funds. To alleviate the necessity of having to appropriate for every progress pay- ment, it was advised that we appropriate the remaining $35,900.00 to account number 260.0, Other Contractual Services. 1 am very pleased with the progress on the Bicentennial Park and that South Bend is the only city in the state to receive such a grant. I would like to thank the Council for its cooperation on this project. Very truly yours, DEPARTMENT vv � OF PUB I C PARKS �' p J mes R. Seitz, uperintendent JRS:kb