HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthorizing Board of Public Works to Act as Public Body Involving Community Development Block Grant Funds RESOLUTION
NO. 1564-87
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
December 21 . 19 87 .
Attest: rf� City Clerk
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Attest: ,dt% ¢¢� i /A t! �� President of Common Council.
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
December 22, 19 87
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me Docur c ■ 19 .
Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. p,.S' (04-g7
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS TO ACT AS THE
PUBLIC BODY WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
INVOLVING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, is a grantee of Community
Development Block Grant Funds under Title I of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 , as amended, and contracts with
subgrantees for use of Community Development Block Grant Funds to
better accomplish the goals of the Act; and
WHEREAS, from time to time potential conflicts of interest
involving employees and members of subgrantees arise with respect
to the utilization of Community Development Block Grant Funds; and
WHEREAS, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Regulations permit transactions giving rise to potential conflicts
of interest where the Department of Housing and Urban Development
approves the waiver of its regulations governing conflicts of
interest after proper public disclosure of the conflict; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development
now requires that proper public disclosure be made to the Common
Council except where the Council has authorized another public
agency to act on its behalf for purposes of acknowledging such
disclosure; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works is the contracting
authority for the City of South Bend and approves all contracts
with subgrantees for use of the City' s Community Development Block
Grant funds.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of
the City of South Bend, Indiana as follows:
SECTION I. The Common Council hereby delegates to the
Board of Public Works the authority to acknowledge public
disclosure of potential conflicts of interest and to approve a
transaction which presents a potential conflict of interest,
contingent on a waiver by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development of its regulatory prohibition against such conflict.
SECTION II . For each potential conflict to come before
and be favorably reviewed by the Board of Public Works, the Board
of Public Works shall pass a resolution acknowledging the
disclosure, approving the transaction which creates potential
conflict of interest and authorizing the Director of Economic
Development to request a conflict of interest waiver from the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
SECTION III. The Board of Public Works shall submit to
the Common Council a copy of any such resolution.
SECTION IV. This Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its adoption by the Common Council and
approval by the Mayor.
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BL/CC/1 Filed In Clerk's Office
PRESENTED I a-D I - 817 DEC 161987
NOT APPROVED ItENE GAMMON
ADOPTED e
CITY CLERK, SO. BEND, IN.