HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $15,137.00 Federal Assistance Grant Varous Law Enforcement ProgramsORDINANCE No. 5789 -75
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
JANUARY
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
IRENE K. GAMMON
JANUARY 14, 19-3-5-
Clerk
Of Common Council
IRENE K. GAMMON
Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 5789 -75
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $15,137.00 FROM
THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT COMMONLY
REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING,
FOR VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, TO
BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF LAW.
WHEREAS, additional funds are needed by the Department
of Law to administer certain law enforcement programs and to ensure
the department's ability to properly perform its functions during
the year of 1975.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council
of the City of South Bend as follows:
SECTION I. That the sum of $15,137.00 is hereby
appropriated for the year of 1975 from the Federal Assistance Grant
Fund, commonly known as the General Revenue Sharing Funds. This
appropriation is to be administered by the Department of Law and
will be distributed as set forth below:
Program FA42 "Legal Staff Assistants"
Account Description Amount
Services 120.0 Wages $14,300.00
Personal
Current 620.0
Obligations
Total Wages
FICA
Total FA42
$14,300.00
837.00
$15,137.00
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from an�ter its passage by the Common Council, approval
by the Mayor, and the fulfillment of all statutory requirements for
emergency funding.
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Passed January 13, 1975, as amended.
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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $18,516.00
FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL
REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS LAW
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS, TO BE ADMIN-
ISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND
THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF LAW.
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion the Ordinance should be
recommended favorably to the Common Council.
NOTE: In the Council portion of the meeting, the
ordinance was amended. See minutes of that
meeting.
Odell Newburn
Chairman
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CITY OF SOUTH BEND
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Jerry J. Miller
Mayor
James A. Roemer
Director, Department of Law
December 11, 1974
TO: Members of the South Bend Common Council - Peter J. Nemeth,
Joseph T. Serge, Walter Szymkowiak, Terry S. Miller,
Roger 0. Parent, Robert G. Taylor, Walter T. Kopczynski,
Frank Horvath, Odell Newburn.
Dear Councilmen:
I want to justify my 1975 request for revenue sharing funds
for the intern program in the Legal Department. In summary, this
program has been a fantastic help to the Legal Department. I
don't know how we would have kept up with the tremendous work
load without the help of the legal interns.
I have four legal interns plus one typist who types their
letters, legal opinions and recommendations.
As a result of their effort, the attorneys are able to spend
their time on more sophisticated legal matters. They also have
their time available for court work, for participation at hearings,
etc.
I am asking for $18,516 this year whereas last year the request
was for $13,000.
This is due to several factors. Our rate of $3.50 per hour
for the law students should be raised to $4.00 since I learned
that we are not competitive with all other intern programs in the
City. Furthermore, I want to motivate the good people we now have
to remain with us so that we can take advantage of their good ex-
perience rather than lose them to a law firm or to the Prosecutor's
office which does pay $4.00 per hour. Secondly, we have had to
add a typist to keep up with the work load generated.
I consider this program to be extremely critical to the effect
of the functioning of this department. Our ability to use them on
a daily basis has enabled us to give quick response to literally
hundreds of letters and phone calls we receive each week.
Your support of this reque5ishere:fo g atly appreciated.
A. o mer JAR:eh Attorney