04-27-53 Council Meeting Minutes

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ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION AND -DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE AND TRASH AND 'PROVIDING PENALTIES. The ordinance was given first reading by title and second reading in full. Councilman Korpal made a motion that the ordinance be referred to the Committee of the Whole for public hearing on May 11th. Councilman Bestle seconded the motion. Motion carried. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HOUSING To the Common Councils We have listened to.the arguments of the few citizens who desire the cooperation of the civil city in securing public' housing for South Bend. We are of the opinion that the majority of taxpayers and citizens in South Bend are now opposed to the City entering into, in any way, the business of Public Housing. This has been demonstrated before our Common Council at different times and also by a straw ballot conducted by the South Bend Tribune. The recent elections are also a clear mandate from the people against such practices. Our Committee stands for the taxpayers and citizeng who are home owners. Public Housing will not do the most good for the most people because: 1. It is privileged and discriminating* 2. It does not help those in need. 3. It costs more than privately built housing. 4. It does not clear slums. 5. It is politically corrupting. 6. It is socially degenerating. 79 It is a long step toward socialism. 89_ It is not the will of the people. 9. It is foreign to our American Way of life. We are informed by reliable sources that the countries like England, France and Italy that do have public housing, have intolerable housing conditions and that the situation continues to get worse rather than better and that the countries are rapidly approaching bankruptcy and that private building has been greatly hindered and that it is difficult to get material for private building. We are also informed that the larger cities in this country.like New York City, that have engaged extensively in public housing are now financially embarassed• South Bend is in excellent financial condition and should remain so. Reliable statistics show that South Bend is enjoying the highest percentage ,of home ownership of any city in the United States and that over 70% of the homes are now owner - occupied. Only about a dozen years ago there were only half that many owner - occupied homes. Many of these owners are in debt on their homes and it would be unwise to ask them to assist in paying for homes for others or to ask the Federal Government, with all its present indebtedness, to further increase its indebtedness and increase Federal taxes on the people that are now buying their homes* This report is the.unanimous opinion of our Committee. Respectfully submitted, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HOUSING (Signed) Percy Alford, Chairman " Michael R. Pinter �t Walter C. Erler Sr. The above report was read by President Erler. AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this 27th day of April, 1953 by and between the City of South Bend, Indiana, a municipal corporation, by and through its Board of Public Works and Safety, hereinafter referred to as "CITY" and the Dependable Disposal Company, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the "CONTRACTOR ", witnesseth: WHEREAS, on the 7th day of November, 1949 a contract for collection and disposal of garbage for the City of South Bend was entered into by and between the CITY and Herman F. Waechter, then doing business as the Dependab Disposal Company, and which said contract, with the consent of the CITY was thereafter assigned by the said Herman F. Waechter to the "Dependable Disposal Company, Inc., and WHEREAS, on March 24, 1952, certain conditions having arisen as related therein, an Amendment, hereinafter referred to as the "Amendment ", to the contract was mutually agreed upon, and WHEREAS, it was always contemplated and so understood by the parties to the Contract that the CONTRACTOR would dispose of the garbage by feeding the same to hogs and this fact was the primary and direct cause of the CONTRACTOR making a bid for the collection of said garbage and was a substantial part of the consideration of said Contract, and WHEREAS, in January of 1953 the CONTRACTOR, through no fault of its own, was ordered by Federal and State authorites to dispose of its hogs because they were diseased, and the CONTRACTOR has so disposed-of them, and WHEREAS, said CONTRACTOR notified the CITY in January of 1953 that it cannot continue its operation under said Contract and Amendment because of its inability to feed garbage to hogs and realize a profit therefrom; its increased expense in making other disposition of the garbage as required by law; and the additional expense of collecting from additional dwellings as heretofore mentioned in said Amendment, and WHEREAS, the sum of Seventy Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($79,500.00) has been appropriated for the collection of garbage during 1953, and WHEREAS, it is to Ithe best interests.of the CITY that the CONTRACTOR continue in the operation of its said Contract as provided for herein, and an extraordinary emergency has existed since January, 1953, and now exists, therein affecting the welfare of the CITY, NOW THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed between the parties as follows: