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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthorizing the Mayor to Sumbit an Application to Indiana Department of Commerce for State Investment Incentive Program Fund (Sibley Machine & Foundry Corp.) RESOLUTION NO. 1506-87 Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, May 11 . 19 87 . I Attest: r City Clerk Attest: `° President of Common Council. Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana May 12, 19 87. - C t " - 'c-“--o--. City Clerk Approved and signed by me Way/ay /2- 197. ft/7 4-64,� Thayor RESOLUTION NO. IS-442 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR THE STATE INVESTMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUND (SIBLEY MACHINE AND FOUNDRY CORPORATION) WHEREAS, the City of South Bend is dedicated to pursuing economic development through promoting growth of businesses which stimulate the local economy and thereby benefit the people of South Bend as a whole; and WHEREAS, the Sibley Machine and Foundry Corporation project will benefit the local economy, specifically by increasing foundry employment by 75 jobs in South Bend, and, in time, add an additional 15 - 40 local machining jobs; and WHEREAS, the acquisition of General Castings Corporation assets in Waukesha, Wisconsin by Sibley would serve to introduce approximately $6. 5 million of sales volume to the South Bend operations, utilize the drastically underutilized capacity of both the machining and casting operations, and stabilize the future employment potential for the existing work force of 195; and WHEREAS, the receipt of a State Investment Incentive Grant will enable the City of South Bend to finance a portion of the acquisition cost of manufacturing equipment necessary to allow Sibley Machine & Foundry Corporation to increase their sales and thus enhance the long term viability of the entire Sibley operation. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA; SECTION I. Hereby establishes the authority of the Mayor of the City of South Bend to submit a State Investment Incentive Grant application to the Indiana Department of Commerce for the Sibley Machine & Foundry Corporation project. SECTION II. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and approval by the Mayor. Me r of the Common '•uncil lied irs Odes Offict MAY 81987 PRESENTED .6"-//- Si 7 Gait W' SK, SO, BEND, I? NOT APPROVED ADOPTED S-//-8 7