07-24-72 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 24, 1972 ORDINANCES, THIRD READING (CONTINUED) ORDINANCE NO. 5413 -72 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $97,500 FROM THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND TO THE ACCOUNT "SERVICES CONTRACTUAL" WITHIN THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND. This Ordinance was given third reading. Councilman Horvath made a motion for passage of the ordinance, seconded by Councilman Taylor. The motion carried by a roll call vote of nine ayes (Councilmen Serge, Szymkowiak, Miller, Parent, Taylor, Kopczynski, Horvath, Newburn and Nemeth). ORDINANCE NO. 5414 -72 AN ORDINANCE FIXING MAXIMUM SALARIES AND WAGES OF APPOINTED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR THE YEAR 1973. This Ordinance was given third reading. Councilman Taylor asked City Attorney Sweeney for the saving clause he had prepared. Councilman Taylor then moved "In the event that any or all sec- tions of the ordinance setting minimum and maximum salaries is determined to be contrary to law, then, and in that event, the maximum salaries as set forth in this ordinance shall be the salaries for the classifications to which they pertain ". Councilman Miller seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Parent made a motion that the reference to minimum and maximum salaries be eliminated from the ordinance in the classifications of Secretary, Clerk, Stenogra- pher, Clerk, Stock Clerk and Accounting Clerk, and that the 1973 salaries for those classifica- tions shall reflect a straight 4/ increase over the 1972 salaries. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilman Taylor moved to amend the title of the ordinance to read "fixing salary ranges" instead of fixing maximum salaries. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller. Councilman Nemeth suggested that it might be better to use the terms "minimum and maximum salaries The motion was defeated by a voice vote. Councilman Miller made a motion to amend the maximum amount in Accounting Clerk II from $6000 to $5980 and to amend the minimum amount in Accounting Clerk III from $6001 to $5981. Councilman Kopczynski seconded the motion and it carried. Councilman Miller moved to amend the title of the ordinance to read "Minimum and Maximum Salaries ", seconded by Councilman Szymkowiak. The motion carried with Councilman Parent abstaining. Councilman Kopczynski made a motion to amend the salary of the LaSalle Center Assistant Director in the proposal so that it would remain at $6427. Councilman Horvath seconde the motion. The motion failed. Councilman Newburn questioned 'why this suggestion was made and Councilman Kopczynski said that this is the only park section where there is an assistant director. Mr. James Seitz, Park Superintendent, said that this is the most difficult job in the park system. Four hundred to five hundred people are at that center every night and he feels the pay requested for the position is more than justified. Councilman Horvath made a--motion that the ordinance be passed as amended. Councilman Taylor seconded the motion. The ordinance passed by a roll call vote of eight ayes (Councilmen Serge, Szymkowiak, Miller, Taylor, Kop- czynski, Horvath, Newburn and Nemeth) one abstention (Councilman Parent). RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION NO. 315 -72 RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR THE MERRY AVENUE PROJECT. WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid thereunder shall require that the Urban Renewal Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise; (3) the Urban Renewal Plan conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Urban Renewal Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of South Bend Department of Redevelopment (herein called the "Local Public Agency "), is entering into a non - Federally assisted urban renewal project and is submitting application for this project to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for recognition, said application being in all respects in conformity with the rules, regulations and guidelines of submission of application for Federally- assisted projects under such Act or Acts of the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to which Federal funds would be provided for the Urban Renewal Project (herein called the "Project ") identified as "Merry Avenue Project" and encompassing an area bounded by a line drawn as follows: Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the East ROW line of Grant Street extended and the North ROW line of Washington Street; thence West along the North ROW line of Washington Street to a point of intersection of the North ROW line of Washing- ton Street and the West ROW line of Olive Street extended; thence South along the West ROW line of Olive Street to a point of intersection of the Southwest ROW line of Merry Avenue extended; thence Southeast along the Southwest ROW line of Merry Avenue; thence East along the South ROW line of Merry Avenue to a point of intersection of the South ROW line of Merry Avenue and the East ROW line of Grant Street; thence North along the East ROW line of Grant Street to the place of beginning. in the City of South Bend, State of Indiana, (Herein called the "Locality "); and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for recognition of the non - assisted project for the purpose of obtaining credit for the monies spent thereon; and