10-11-76 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 11, 1976 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING CONTINUED) ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 4990 -68, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA (CHAPTER 21, MUNICIPAL CODE). (18181, 18163 AND 18141 IRELAND ROAD) . Council President Parent made a motion this ordinance be continued until the first meeting in December, seconded by Council Member Dombrowski. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $15,000 TO LINE ITEM 260.0 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WITHIN THE CUMULATIVE SEWER BUILDING AND SINKING FUND, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF STREETS IN THE REPAIR OF SEWER STRUCTURES AND RELATED RE- CONSTRUCTION. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and op- ponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. David Wells, Manager of the Bureau of Design and Administration, made the presentation for the ordinance. He said because of the unusally large number of sewer cave -ins that have occurred during the summer the Bureau of Streets is faced with the necessity of replacing concrete for repair work, such as, curb and gutter repair, in excess of the amount covered by the budget and previous appropriations. Council Member Kopczynski made a motion this ordinance be recommended to the Council favorably, seconded by Council Member Adams. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $13,657.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.GRANT COMMONLY RE- FERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR ESTABLISHING THE DISCOVERY HALL PORTION OF CENTURY CENTER, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH THE DEPART- MENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and op- ponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. Peter Mullen, City Controller, made the presentation for the ordinance. He said these funds will be used to set up the.operation of Discovery Hall. He said it will take a significant amount of lead time to prepare for the open- ing in 1978. He said these monies, if appropriated, would be used to hire a secretary and a curator /director for the last three months of 1976. Dr. Ritter, 1432 Sunnymede, asked the of- ficial definition of Discovery Hall, and the language of the ordinance creating it. She was informed there wasn't any ordinance creating Discovery Hall. Mr. Ron Radicki, Chairman of the Discovery Hall Advisory Committee, said the City had received a grant for a study on Discovery Hall. He said the proposal indicated that a curator /director should be hired and a portion of money set aside for planning. Dr. Ritter indicated the Council was appropriating money for a non - existing entity, and that when money is appropriated there should be guidelines. Council Member Miller indicated that this proposed ordinance states this will be set up and administered by the City of South Bend. He said we currently have a budget for the Studebaker Car Collection and this is an extension of that. Council Member Miller indicated they were going to amend this ordinance to set up the director's salary for six weeks. He asked for the PERF, FICA and group insurance costs for six weeks based on a salary of $2,000. He made a motion to amend the ordi- nance by adding six weeks after salaries, and changing the amount to $2,000, remove the $2,600 listed for furniture and fixtures, reduce the social security to $117, PERF to $144.20 and group insurance to $80, for a total of $6,471.20 and to change that total wherever it appeared in the ordinance, seconded by Council Member Taylor. The motion carried with Council Member Adams opposing. Council Member Adams made a motion to amend the ordinance under salaries to read six weeks and the amount to reflect whatever would work out to an annual salary of $15,000, seconded by Council Member Kopczynski. The motion lost on a roll call vote of three ayes (Counc_ Members Kopczynski, Adams, and Horvath) and six nays (Council Members Serge, Szymkowiak, Miller, Taylor, Dombrowski and Parent). Council Member Miller made a motion that the ordinance be recom- mended favorably to the Council, as amended, seconded by Council Member Taylor. The motion car- ried with Council Member Horvath opposing. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $15,000 FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND, FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC PARKS PROGRAMS, TO BE AD- MINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and op- ponents were given an opportunity to be heard. Mr. James Seitz,, Superintendent of Parks, made the presentation for the ordinance. He said this money would be used for construction of two basketball courts at Coquillard Park. Council Member Parent indicated both he and Mr. Seitz had received numerous phone calls regarding the fact that the people do not want the basketball court at Coquillard Park, therefore, he made a motion to amend the ordinance to account 260.2 and unde: description to indicate Coquillard Park Improvement, seconded by Council Member Taylor. The motion carried. Council Member Taylor made a motion that this ordinance be recommended to the Council favorably, as amended, seconded by Council Member Adams. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANT FUND FOR VARIOUS PUBLIC PARKS PROGRAMS, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS.