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REGULAR MEETING MAY 27, 2008
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<br />BILL NO. 29-08 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE
<br /> COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
<br /> BEND, INDIANA TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS
<br /> FROM VARIOUS ACCOUNTS: $2,000,000
<br /> FROM UDAG FUND (#410); $110,000 FROM
<br /> EDIT FUND (#408); AND $105,000 FROM
<br /> EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FUND
<br /> (#288) FOR VARIOUS COSTS
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<br />Councilmember LaFountain, Chairperson, Personnel & Finance Committee, reported that
<br />this committee held a Public Hearing on this bill this afternoon and voted to send it to the
<br />full Council with no recommendation due to the lack of a quorum.
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<br />M. Catherine Fanello, City Controller, 12 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson
<br />Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill.
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<br />Ms. Fanello advised that this bill allows for the appropriation of funds from various
<br />accounts. She noted that they are combined for the sake of efficiency. Ms. Fanello stated
<br />that the various appropriations involve funds for expenditures which were projected in
<br />the 2008 budget process though not precisely. Other appropriations were budgeted and
<br />previously appropriated in 2007, but the project involving the designated funds were not
<br />completed in 2007. She stated that UDAG Fund #410 to appropriate $1,000,000 for zoo
<br />repairs was originally approved in 2007, but the contract process was not completed. The
<br />second item was UDAG Fund #410 to appropriate $1,000,000 for the City’s financial
<br />investment in the Notre Dame Nanotechnology Center, which was delayed for reasons
<br />outside City management control. She advised that the EDIT Fund #408 appropriated
<br />$11,000 in unencumbered funds for Project Future billings not paid in 2007, and
<br />Emergency Medical Services Fund #288 appropriating $105,000 for Phase I of the
<br />Training Tower Project, of which $100,000 is Indiana State grant funds and $5,000 is a
<br />donation from Wal-Mart, which was also delayed.
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<br />This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents
<br />and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard.
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<br />There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in
<br />opposition to this bill, Councilmember White made a motion for favorable
<br />recommendation to full Council concerning this bill. Councilmember Rouse seconded
<br />the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes.
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<br />BILL NO. 30-08 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE
<br /> COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH
<br /> BEND, INDIANA TO APPROPRIATE $2,000,000
<br /> FROM LOCAL ROADS AND STREET FUND
<br /> (#251) FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE
<br /> IRONWOOD/MCKINLEY INTERSECTION
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<br />Councilmember LaFountain, Vice-Chairperson, Public Works and Property Vacation
<br />Committee, reported that this committee met this afternoon on this bill and sends it to the
<br />full Council with no recommendation due to the lack of a quorum.
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<br />M. Catherine Fanello, City Controller, 12 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson
<br />Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill.
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<br />Ms. Fanello advised that this bill would allow for the appropriation of $2,000,000 from
<br />the Local Road and Street Fund #251 for construction work at the Ironwood McKinley
<br />intersection. All funds for this appropriation were provided by the State of Indiana and
<br />were received by the City in November 2007.
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<br />Mr. Gary Gilot, Director, Public Works, 13 Floor County-City Building, 227 W.
<br />Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, stated that he is in full favor of this project. Mr.
<br />Gilot stated that the construction will cause some traffic restrictions, but the final result
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