HomeMy WebLinkAboutApproving & Authorizing an Agreement with St. Joseph County for Consolidation of Building Department & Establishing Consolidated Building BoardAttest:
RESOLUTION
NO. 1907 -91
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Attest:
December 9, 91
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend.
December 10, 91
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Clerk
of Common Council.
Approved and signed by me 1 !.ltu n �"W' 10 19A .
Clerk
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. /9a 7-'? /
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROVING
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT
WITH ST. JOSEPH COUNTY FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF
BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHING THE
CONSOLIDATED BUILDING BOARD
WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana (City), and St. Joseph
County (County) desire to consolidate their Building Departments in
order to provide better service to the citizens of South Bend and St.
Joseph County by providing for the consistent interpretation and
implementation of building codes and zoning administration; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to assume the responsibility for the
day -to -day operation of the Consolidated Building Department and to
accept the transfer of all current County Building Department
employees to the City payroll; and
WHEREAS, the efficiencies of administration resulting from such a
consolidation will produce cost savings for both the City and the
County; and
WHEREAS, Indiana Code 36 -1 -7, the Interlocal Cooperation Act,
authorizes one or more governmental entities to exercise, jointly or
by one entity on behalf of the other, powers that may be exercised by
such units severally; and
WHEREAS, in conformance with the requirements of the Interlocal
Cooperation Act, the City and County are prepared to enter into an
agreement consolidating their respective Building Departments into
one Building Department under the day -to -day control of the City; and
WHEREAS, such agreement establishes the Consolidated Building
Board, which shall provide policy direction and fiscal oversight to
the City in the operation of the Consolidated Building Department;
and
WHEREAS, a substantially similar resolution to this will be
approved by the County Council of St. Joseph County.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to
South Bend, Indiana, under I.C.
Cooperation Act, be it resolved
as follows:
the authority granted to the City of
36 -1 -7, the Indiana Interlocal
by the Common Council of South Bend
Section 1. That the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, has considered and hereby approves the establishment of a
Consolidated Building Department, which will serve the needs of the
City of South Bend as well as St. Joseph County, and the
establishment of the Consolidated Building Board, which will provide
policy direction and fiscal oversight to the City in the operation of
the Consolidated Building Department.
Section 2. That the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, hereby authorizes the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
Indiana, to enter into an agreement consolidating the Building
Departments of the City of South Bend and St. Joseph County and
establishing the Consolidated Building Board, in form and substance
the same as or similar to that of the agreement attached hereto.
Section 3. That
effect from and after
by the Mayor.
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this resolution shall be in full force and
its adoption by the Common CcWil and approval
Approved:
E. Rernan, ayor
City of South Bend
Filed in Clerk's Office
'DEC 41991
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