02-26-40 Council Meeting Minutes

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182 We, the undersigned, resident grocers, butchers, clerks and foodhandlers of South Bend do hereby petition to your Honorable Council that:- Since the City Ordinance requires all clerks etc to procure health Certificates, blood tests etc in compliance with the foodhandling laws of this City, that this Body make it manditory upon proprietors of such retail establishments by amendment and penalty thereunder to PROHIBIT THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM HANDLING FOOD PR0DUCTS ETC. We further feel that unless and until this amendment is passed and rigidly enforced, we do not see any use in our possessing such health certificates and securing the necessary blood tests, when the purpose of the laver fails in the above, and it is constantly being permitted that food be handled by hundreds of persons daily, and disease carried into the families. Respectfully submitted, (69 signers) Councilman Niezgodski made a motion that the petition be referred to the Health Department. Councilman Heideman seconded the motion. Motion carried. RF:.q nT .TTT T OAT BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend that it give recognition of the efficient system by which the Kaley School was emptied entirely of pupils within one minute and ten seconds after a fire was discovered in the building on Thursday, February 22nd. THE COMION COUNCIL CONSIDERS it their duty to commend and compliment the principal, teachers and any others in our School City Organization who.are responsible for this phase of training of our children in the Public School and they further commend the thoughtfulness of the teachers and any others concerned who instructed the children to report to their parents immediately after leaving the school, thereby relieving the parents of worry. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council also recognizes and appreciates the cool and efficient manner in which the patrol boys from the above- mentioned school functioned in their duties of holding open the doors and avoiding con- fusion so common in emergencies of this kind. THE COMMON COUNCIL ALSO DESIRES to express its appreciation to neighbors in the vicinity of the school who shelterec the pupils until proper outer clothing was provided. IT IS ORDERED THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mr. F. E. Allen, Superintendent of Schools and the Principal of the Kaley School. Councilman Heideman made a motion that the resolution be adopted and the same published in the newspaper. Council- man Bishop seconded the motion. Motion carried. RFfi OLUT T ON t WHEREAS recent developments in the operation of the South Bend municipal water works indicate gross irregularities in the operation of the water works in years past, including alleged payment of double salaries and alleged "made works' payrolls during-the election campaign; and WHEREAS the South fiend municipal water works is not controlled by an annual budget approved by the council as are the other departments of the city; and WHEREAS a detailed budget would have prevented a large portion of the excessive expenditure of money alleged in this department; and WHEREAS the statute (Burns' 1933, section 54 -613) provides that the common council has the power to approve annu- ally the compensation and number of employees in any municipal utility, lowering such compensation if it sees fit, and the council also has the power to approve or reduce the annual budget of said utility, such budget to be'submitted to the council at such time and in such detail as the council shall direct; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the members of the South Bend Civic Planning Association Inc. do hereby petits our common council to direct the municipal 1Vater Works to submit to it, for approval, the compensation and number of employees of the Water Works, and that the Council also set a time at which said utility shall be directed to submit a budget, and that the council shall direct that said budget shall be detailed along the lines of the "Budget Classification for Cities" as prescribed by the State board of Accounts, with complete detail of all personal items, and provided that if there are any items which will vary widely according to consumer demand, that alternative budgets be submitted based on different estimates of con - sumer demand. Dated at South Bend, Indiana, this 2nd day of February, 1940. ATTEST: John I. Lippincott Secretary SOUTH BEND CIVIC PLANK ?ING ASSN. Inc. T. E. Kuntz, President Councilman Brannon made a motion that the resolution be referred to the Ways and Means Committee for investigation. Councilman Heideman seconded the motion. Motion carried. A report from the Traffic Engineer to the Street & Alley Committee, dated February 14, 1940, regarding Parking Meters was read to the Council. Councilman Richardson made a motion that the report be kept in the Street & Alley Committee to be studied with the Traffic Engineer and the Board of Works & Safety. Councilman Brannon seconded the motion. Motion carried. There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 8:53 P. M. AT EST: