HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $500,000.00 be Applied on the Cost of Construction & Improvement of StreetsORDINANCE No. 3616
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Approved and signed by
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Clerk
of Common Council
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ORDINANCE NO. 3816
An Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
appropriating the sum of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($5002000.00) to be applied on the cost of
construction and improvement of streets, and expenses
incurred in connection therewith
WHEREAS, the Board of Public V +orks and Safety of the City of South
Bend, Indiana, has found that it would be for the best interests of said City
and its citizens to provide for the construction and improvement of streets in
said City, thereby relieving and improving the existing street system, and has
determined that the estimated cost of said project, and the incidental expenses
necessary to be incurred on account of said project and in connection with the
issuance of bonds on account thereof, will be in the approximate amount of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety has filed a request for
an appropriation in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for
said purpose, which request has been approved by the City Controller of said City,
with the recommendation that the funds necessary to cover such appropriation be
obtained by the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the City; and
WHEREAS, a petition has been filed under the provisions of Chapter 119
of the Acts of 1937 by more than fifty (50) owners of taxable real estate in the
City of South Bend, Indiana, requesting the Common Council to issue bonds in an
amount not exceeding the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for
the purpose of procuring funds to be applied on the cost of construction and im-
provement of streets in said City, which petition the Council has found to be
sufficient under the provisions of said act; and
WHEMUS, the Council now finds that the construction of said street
project will improve and relieve the existing street system and will be of
general benefit to the City and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Council now finds that the City has no funds available
or provided for in the existing budget and tax levy which may be applied on
said project, making it necessary to authorize the issuance of bonds of the City
in order to procure such funds, and that an extraordinary emergency exists for
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for the making of the additional appropriation hereinafter set out; now there-
for,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COALFION COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
Section 1. That the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00)
be appropriated out of the proceeds of the bonds heretofore authorized to be
issued by the Common Council, designated as "City of South Bend Municipal Bonds
.<,_ . of 1951 ", for the use of the Board of Public Works and Safety in paying the cost
of construction and improvement of streets, and the incidental expenses necessary
to be incurred in connection with said project, including the issuance of bonds
on account thereof.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and signing by the Mayor.
Passed and adopted by the Common Council of the City of South Bend
on the 14 day ofZ , 1951.
Attest:
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Wing Officer
City Clerk
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend on the nth
day of May, 1951, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M.
City Clerk
This ordinance approved and signed by me on the 15 day of May, 1951
at the hour of 10 o'clock _ A. M.
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EXCERPTS FRO.7J THE MINUTES OF A
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONLJON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND.
The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in the
Council Chambers on the lLith day of 14ay, 1951, at the hour of 8 o'clock P.
in regular session in accordance with the rules of the Council
The meeting was called to order by the President Clem Niezgodski,
who presided.
On call of the roll, the members of the Council were shown to be
present or absent as follows:
Present: Councilmen Clem Niezgodski, Stanley Korpal, Albert Tellson,
Cloyd Beetle, Walter Glass, Alvin Kemper and Walter Erler•
Absent: Councilman Chester Muszynski
(Among other proceedings had and actions taken were
the following:)
The City Clerk presented to the Council proofs of publication and
Posting of the notice of the public hearing on the appropriation proposed to be
made for the purpose of paying the cost of construction and improvement of streets
in the City of South Bend, referred to in Ordinance No. 3816 rhich the Council
did consider on first and second readings on the 23rd day of April, 1951, showing
that said notice had been published and posted at least ten days Nrior to this
date.
On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, said proofs
of publication and posting were approved.
The Comrattee of the Vlhole reported on Ordinance No. 3816 entitled "an
Ordinance of the City of South Bend, Indiana, appropriating the sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ((5001000.00) to be applied on the cost of construction and im-
provement of streets and expenses incurred in connection therewith", and recommended
that said ordinance be passed as introduced.
The presiding officer then announced that the Council was ready to hear
all taxpayers interested on the Question of the necessity for the appropriation
provided for in said ordinance.
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After hearing all taxpayers desiring to be heard on said ordinance
Councilman Alvin Kemper moved that Ordinance No. 3816 be read a third
time in full and placed upon its final passage. This motion was seconded by
Councilman Cloyd Bestle and unanimously carried.
The Clerk then read Ordinance No. 3516 in full and Councilman Alvin Kemper
moved that the ordinance be adopted as read. This motion was
seconded by Councilman Cloyd Bestle and on ca-11 of the roll was passed
on the following votes:
Ayes: Councilmen Clem Niezgodski, Stanley Korpala Albert Tellson'
Cloyd Bestle, Walter Glass,, Alvin Kemper and Walter Erler•
Nays: None
The presiding officer declared said ordinance to have been duly passed
and adopted.
. . . . . . . . . . . . (other business) . . . . . . . . . .
There being no further business presented, on motion duly made' seconded
and unanimously carried, the meeting thereupon adjourned.
MAYME DUMONT
City Clerk
Approved:
CLEM NIEZGODSKI
Presiding Officer