02-26-73 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 26 1973 REGULAR MEETING - RECONVENED (CONTINUED) ORDINANCES, FIRST READING ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE $251,500.00 FROM THE LOCAL ROAD AND STREET FUND, AND $187,500.00 FROM THE TOPICS PROGRAM FUND FOR PROJECT R & S 57 - McKINLEY HIGHWAY, LOGAN STREET AND HICKORY ROAD INTERSECTION PROJECT. Councilman Miller made a motion that the ordinance be set for public hearing and second reading on March 12, 1973, seconded by Councilman Taylor. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $50,000.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT. FUND, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. Councilman Parent made a motion that the ordinance be referred to the Committee on Administration and Finance. Mr. James Barcome, City Controller, indicated that this ordinance and the remaining six ordinances on revenue sharing were to be amended and he submitted the amendments to the ordinances. Councilman Parent then withdrew his motion. Councilman Taylor made a motion that the ordinance be amended as indicated by Mr. Barcome, seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion carried. Councilman Kopczynski then made a motion to set the ordinance for public hearing and second reading on March 12, 1973. The motion was lost due to lack of a second. Councilman Taylor made a motion that the ordinance, as amended, be referred to the Council Committee on Administration and Finance, seconded by Councilman Miller. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $20,000.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS HUMAN RESOURCES PROGRAMS, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Councilman Taylor made a motion that the ordinance be amended as indicated by Mr. Barcome, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried. Councilman Taylor then made a motion that the ordinance, as amended, be referred to the Council Committee on Human Resources and Economic Development, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried. Councilman Newburn asked if the committees to which the ordinances were being referred should be requested to report back to the Council on a specific date. Councilman Parent made a motion that all of the committees to which ordinances were being referred to on revenue sharing funds should report back to the Council at the next regularly scheduled meeting, seconded by Councilman Newburn. Mr. William Richardson, Director of the Department of Public Works, indicated that, regarding the ordinance on the revenue sharing for the Public Works Department, he had been promised his department would be funded by revenue sharing funds. He further indicated that the budget for the Bureau of Solid Wastes started out at $300,000, and it was cut with three - fourths of the budget being taken away. He stressed the fact that he could not operate the city trash pickup which was soon to be undertaken if these funds would not be made available to him soon. He mentioned that, after the Council passes the ordinance, it must also be approved by the State Board of Tax Commissioners, and all of this would take time, and the money would not be available to him when the trash pickup was to start. Councilman Newburn asked how the State Board of Tax Commissioners entered into the picture, and Mr. Richardson again indicated that all appropriation must be first approved by that board. Councilman Kopczynski made a motion to take a 10- minute recess, seconded by Councilman Taylor. The motion carried. Recessed at approximately 9:45 p.m. Reconvened at approximately 10:08 p.m. Councilman Parent made a motion to withdraw his previous motion that all of the committees to which ordinances were being referred to on revenue sharing funds should report back to the Counci at the next regularly scheduled meeting, seconded by Councilman Kopczynski. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5,000.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS LEGAL PROGRAMS,TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF LAW. Councilman Taylor made a motion that the ordinance be amended as indicated by Mr. Barcome, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried. Councilman Parent then made a motion that the ordinance, as amended, be referred to the Council Committee on Law, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $375,483.00 FROM THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FUND, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GENERAL REVENUE SHARING, FOR VARIOUS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS. Councilman Parent made a motion that the ordinance be amended as indicated by Mr. Barcome, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried. Councilman Miller asked about the name of the department, and Mr. Barcome indicated that the correct title was Department of Public Parks. Councilman Taylor then made a motion that the ordinance, as amended, be referred to the Council Committee on Parks and Recreation, seconded by Councilman Horvath. The motion carried.