08-23-71 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE (Continued) August zi, 1y /1 ORDINANCE (Continued) and water for the City's use would be drawn directly from the system. Councilman Reinke made a motion that this ordinance go to the Council as favorable, seconded by Councilman Janet S. Allen. Motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE TRANSFER OF SAME TO ACCOUNT Q -4301 "REPAIR PARTS ", IN THE FIRE DEPART- MENT BUDGET, ALL BEING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard thereon. Assistant Fire Chief Richard Busfield, speaking for this ordinance, stated this money was for small equipment, repair parts, etc. The total appropriation was $6,000.00. Chief Busfield stated that last year the department closed the year with a balance of $361.00, after having only two sizable repair bills during that time, but a sizable repair bill could wipe out the entire budget. Councilman Zielinski made a motion that this ordinance go to the Council as favorable, seconded by Councilman Szymkowiak. Motion carried. AN ORDINANCE FOR'AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE TRANSFER OF SAME TO ACCOUNT Q -262, "MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND DENTAL ", IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, ALL BEING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard thereon. Chief Busfield stated that presently there is a $500.00 balance in this fund, and that a recent hospital bill of $120.00 is yet un- paid for treatment of injuries incurred during fire fighting. He related that the amount of $2,000.00 should take care of this fund during the rest of this year. Chief Busfield said the City must pay the charges for treatment of injuries incurred to firemen while on duty. Mr. Lloyd Taylor, City Engineer, stated this was a statutory requirement; the State requires we must pay for medical treatment to firemen for injuries received in firefighting. Mr. Bickel agreed and cited a case where a fireman fell through a burning porch roof receiving an injury which resulted in his being placed on disability retirement and the City must meet that obligation also. Mr. Bickel stated that this item is on the budget; this is on the computation for the year's budget because requirements must be considered for an 18 month period, requirements as well as income. Councilman Reinke related that this was two years in a row that an increase was requested for these two items. Mr. Bickel stated this was a difficult budget to estimate. Councilman Reinke then stated it was logical to increase these items by about 50 %. Mr. Bickel replied that they had hoped it would not be necessary to ask for additional amounts. Mr. Reinke then asked if it would be prohibitive to carry insurance to cover such injuries incurred while in the line of duty. Mr. Bickel related that in all other departments City employees are covered by the Workman's Unemployment Insurance, but the Police and Fire departments' employees are not. Councilman Janet S. Allen made a motion that this ordinance go to Council as favorable, seconded by Councilman Zielinski. Motion carried. ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000.00 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO ACCOUNT B -241, "PRINT- ING, OTHER THAN OFFICE SUPPLIES ", IN THE OFFICE OF CONTROLLER BUDGET, SAID ACCOUNT BEING WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. This being the time heretofore set for public hearing on the above ordinance, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard thereon. Mr. Bickel introduced Mr. Edwin T. Smith, Chairman of the Charitable Solicitations Commission, who said that normally the Commis- sion's secretary, Mr. Jim Leddy, would be present to speak on this ordinance but he was hos- pitalized and unable to do so. By the way of explanation, Mr. Smith quoted from Ordinance No. 4927 -67, ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SOLICITATION OF FUNDS FROM RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AND PROVIDING PENALTIES WHERE SUCH SOLICITATION HAS BEEN FRAUDULENTLY CONDUCTED OR REPRE- SENTED, AS AMENDED, Section II, last paragraph, as follows: "The Commission shall give to the public full information, from time to time, about its activities and shall publish an annual report analyzing the effectiveness of its regulations and the activities of persons registered under this ordinance." Mr. Smith stated that the Commission was appointed in early February of 1968 and working sessions resulted in such things as making up application forms, report forms, etc. Since July of 1968, as of July 1971, the Commission had 85 meetings, issued 190 permits for applications, and for permits with the stated goals. Permit fees generated to the General Fund were in the amount of $4,318.50. In compliance with Ordinance 4927 -67 and in lieu of moneys generated to the general fund, the amount of $1,000.00 requested in the proposed ordinance is to cover printing costs for the periodic report as spelled out in the above ordinance. The Commis- sion was constructed as a result of the ordinance. South Bend has been referred to as "sucker town, USA "; under the guise of solicitations, fast buck promotors, under the pretext of Chari- table organizations, would operate in our City. South Bend is no longer a target for such oper- ations. Mr. Smith said we have tried to organize solicitations so that drives would not overlap one another whereby each organization would suffer; he cited the hospital fund drive and Notre Dame's Athletic and Convocation Center fund drive which were both held at the same time. Mr.