08/09/99 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 9. 1999 project, a Contract in said amount was being submitted for Board approval. Upon a motion made by Mr. Powell, seconded by Ms. Roemer and carried, the Contract was approved and the appropriate Certificate of Insurance and the Performance Bond as submitted were filed. P. Mr. Caldwell advised that in accordance with the bid awarded on July 12,1999, to R&R Excavating, 2010 West Avenue, Mishawaka, Indiana, in the amount of $515,747.50 for the above referred to project, a Contract in said amount was being submitted for Board approval. Upon a motion made by Mr. Caldwell, seconded by Ms. Roemer and carried, the Contract was approved and the appropriate Certificate of Insurance, Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond as submitted were filed. Mr. Caldwell stated that the Board is in receipt of an Agreement between the City of South Bend and the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, for emergency medical services for the University of Notre Dame football season for 1999. This Agreement will generate revenue for the Fire Department. Therefore, upon a motion made by Ms. Roemer, seconded by Mr. Powell and carried, the Agreement was approved and executed. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 36-1999 - DISPOSAL OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY Upon a motion made by Mr. Caldwell, seconded by Ms. Roemer and carried, the following Resolution was adopted by the Board of Public Works: RESOLUTION NO. 36-1999 WHEREAS, I.C. 36-9-6-1 gives the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend the right and duty to have custody of, control of, use of, and dispose of in accordance with Indiana statutes, all real and personal property owned by the City of South Bend; and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend passed as amended on January 9, 1995, Ordinance No. 8570-95 which states that upon retirement with twenty (20) or more years of service: "Upon retirement with twenty (20) or more years of service to the City of South Bend, Indiana, a sworn member of the South Bend Fire Department shall be entitled to retain as his or her own personal property, the fire helmet used by such Firefighter immediately prior to giving notice of his or her retirement." and WHEREAS, GUY CHAPMAN has retired from the South Bend, Indiana Fire Department after twenty (20) or more years of service, and the Board of Public Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana has determined that he has retired in good standing; and WHEREAS, I.C.. 36-1-11-6 permits and established procedure for disposal of personal property which is no longer needed by the City and which is unfit for the purpose for which it was intended; and WHEREAS, Chief Luther Taylor has advised that the fire helmet previously worn by this Firefighter is of no further use to the Department and of no practical value; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend that the fire helmet worn by this Firefighter is no longer needed by the City and unfit for the purpose for which it was intended and has an estimated fair market value of less than One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars.