02-26-01 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 26, 2001 Councilmember King reiterated that he offered this amendment because the importance of Senate Bill 0339 to the City of South Bend is because the City does access the Environmental Remediation Revolving Loan Fund and there is a limit in the amount any municipality can access from the fund of ten per cent (10 %). Currently the fund is $15 million dollars which means that the limit for South Bend is $1.5 million dollars. The City has currently used $1.3 million dollars of that capacity as part of the package that was put together to keep the Bosch Corporation in the City. Senate Bill 0339, in expanding the fund to $45 million dollars, would increase the local limit to $4.5 million dollars which would give the City an additional $3 million dollars that would be available for ground field remediation which is a key to intercity revitalization and redevelopment. Councilmember King stated that that is why this bill is very important to the City of South Bend. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There was no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution. Councilmember King made a motion to accept the amendment as presented. Councilmember Kelly seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Additionally, Councilmember Aranowski made a motion to adopt this Resolution as amended. Councilmember King seconded the motion which carried by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 2971 -01 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, URGING THE INDIANA STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS LEGISLATION ADDRESSING PENSION RELIEF FUND DISTRIBUTION FOR POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that House Bill 2025 authored by Representatives Kromkowski and Buell was introduced on January 17th, and after it had its first reading was referred to the Ways and Means Committee; and WHEREAS, House Bill 2025 provides that distributions from the pension relief fund to local units of government be made in a particular year based on the estimates of pension liabilities in the ensuing year and would require that at least fifty per cent (50 %) of each unit's pension ability be paid from the pension relief fund; WHEREAS, House Bill 2025 was passed by the House on February 14th by a vote of 78 to 14 and was referred to the State Senate on that same day; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 0260 was introduced on January 10th and also addresses pension relief fund distributions including a one -time distribution from the pension relief fund in 2001 in an amount sufficient to ensure that the pension relief fund has paid at least fifty per cent (50 %) of each unit's pension liability for 1998 through 2000; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 0260 was passed on February 8th by a vote of 37 to 12 and was referred to the House; and WHEREAS, the Council urges the House and Senate through their Conference Committee to reconcile the legislation addressing police and fire pension relief. Such legislation is a critical need to our community and is in the best interests of the men and women who provide vital public safety services for our citizens on a daily basis 365 days a year. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby publicly 1 1