HomeMy Public PortalAbout046-2016 - Appropriation - Sanitary - Solid Waste AccountCOMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA
ORDINANCE NO.46-2016
AN ORDINANCE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO THE RICHMOND
SANITARY DISTRICT'S 601 SOLID WASTE ACCOUNT
WHEREAS, The Board of Sanitary Commissioners (hereinafter `Board") for the Richmond
Sanitary District (hereinafter "RSD") is assigned, and charged with, and is
responsible for the annual collection of leaves for the City of Richmond,
Indiana (hereinafter "City") and
WHEREAS, The Street Department of City (hereinafter "Street Department"), and not the
RSD, has, for many years, used its employees and equipment to annually clear
Richmond's streets and sewers of leaves, thereby dramatically reducing the
cost RSD would have incurred were it to do the leaf collection with its own
employees and equipment; and
WHEREAS, On September 1, 2016, the RSD Board passed its Resolution No. 10-2016 for
the purpose of approving a "Leaf Collection Payment Program" for the 2016,
2017, and 2018 calendar years; and
WHEREAS, The Common Council (hereinafter "Council") believes it is in the best interests
of the Board of RSD and Council for the RSD to pay the Street Department for
the Street Department's work for its leaf collection work on behalf of RSD,
with said payment to be made to the Street Department's Motor Vehicle
Highway fund (hereinafter "MVH); and
WHEREAS, There are not sufficient funds at the present time in RSD's 2016 budget in its
601 Solid Waste fund to make a payment to the City's Street MVH account for
2016; and
WHEREAS, Council believes that there are sufficient cash assets available in its 601 Solid
Waste account that could help assist and augment the Street Department's
MVH account all of which would not impair RSD's ability to operate its Solid
Waste program or to meets its obligations thereto; and
WHEREAS, The Board of RSD has recommended that its payment to the Street
Department's MVH fund for the 2016 calendar year be in the amount of
$300,000.00, which amount is the estimated cost of the equipment used,
miscellaneous expenses and the payment for the wages of Street Department
employees to do the City's annual leaf collection; and
WHEREAS, Council is willing to make an additional appropriation of $300,000.00 to the
2016 budget of RSD's 601 Solid Waste account, with said additional
appropriation of $300,000.00 being the amount that RSD will pay from its 601
Solid Waste account to the Street Department's Motor Vehicle Highway
account; and
WHEREAS, Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana passed an annual budget
for calendar year 2016 on October 19, 2015 (Ordinance No. 59-2015); and
WHEREAS, It has been determined it is now necessary to appropriate additional sums of
money to certain funds.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, which said Council, having reviewed and discussed the recitals set forth above, now adopts
the findings of fact set forth above and hereby incorporates the recitals set forth above into this
ordinance and said findings of fact.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Richmond, Indiana, that the following additional sums of money are hereby appropriated to the
following fund:
1. Fund Name 601 Richmond Sanitary District Solid Waste Account
Other Services & Supplies:
601.38.301.139.000.3988 Intergovernmental Charges $300,000.00
Passed and adopted this 41 day o 016, by the Common Council of the
City of Richmond, Indiana.
President
(Bruce Wissel)
ATT
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this f7-1 day of �, 2016,
at 9:00 a.m.
Clerk
(Karen Chasteen, IAMC, MMC)
APPROVED by me, David M. Snow, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this 0� day of
C M -'�> c , 2016, at 9:05 a.m.
Mayor
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