12-21-87 Council Meeting Minutes

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�. ' a This bill had second reading. Council Member Taylor made a motion to amend this bill, as amended in the Committee of the Whole, seconded by Council Member Zakrzewski. The motion carried. Council Member Taylor made a motion to pass this bill, seconded by Council Member Zakrzewski. The bill passed by a roll call vote of nine ayes. ORDINANCE NO. 7845 -87 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1406/1412 SOUTH BEND AVENUE. This bill had second reading. Council Member Taylor made a motion to pass this bill, seconded by Council Member Beck. The bill passed by a roll call vote of seven ayes and two nays (Council Members Puzzello and Zakrzewski.) RESOLUTIONS Council Member Zakrzewski made a motion to have public hearing on Resolution No. 121 -87 at this time, seconded by Council Member Puzzello. The motion carried. RESOLUTION NO. 1564 -87 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. reviewed by the Board resolution acknowledg potential conflict of to request a conflict Development. For each potential conflict to come before and be favorably of Public Works, the Board of Public Works shall pass a Lng the disclosure, approving the transaction which creates interest and authorizing the Director of Economic Development of interest waiver from the Department of Housing and Urban 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. /S/ Joseph T. Serge Member of the Common Council A public hearing was held on the resolution at this time. Jon Hunt, Director of Economic Development, indicated this resolution will appoint the Board of Public Works as the public body for disclosure of conflicts of interest regarding Community Development Block Grant funds. He indicated passage of this resolution will satisfy new HUD requirements. Council Member Beck made a motion to adopt this resolution, seconded by Council Member Barcome. The resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of nine ayes.