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Committee Chair White stated the Councilmembers should be receiving all the questions and information from the Personnel and Finance Committee meetings. They will receive a copy of all the minutes from the meetings, as well as the questions that were proposed and information sent to the Council. We were thinking about having a final meeting with the Council on next Thursday October 6th, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. Councilmember Davis asked if negotiations with Police, Fire, and the Teamsters will be done by that time. Council Attorney Cekanski- Farrand responded they are hopeful but cannot say one (1) way or the other. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send all three (3) bills to the Council with no recommendation. Councilmember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Bill No. 47 -16 — Appropriating the TRASNPO budget and levying and fixing the taxation rate to fund TRANSPO for the fiscal year ending 12 -31 -17 David Cangany, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation at 1401 South Lafayette South Bend, served as the petitioner of this bill. A few weeks ago Transpo presented a detailed presentation on the 2017 budget and there were no material changes to the budget. He asked for the Council to approve the levy that has been assigned. Councilmember Dr. David Varner asked if their levy will be the same as last year. Mr. Cangany responded it kind of changed a little based on the net assessed property value. It actually went down something like .02. The net assessment was up for the year. Councilmember Dr. David Varner asked how many dollars as a whole did they get from the whole assessment. Mr. Cangany responded it is about $2.9 million which is the entire county. No one from the public spoke either in favor of or in opposition to the bill. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill 47 -16 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember John Voorde seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of four (4) ayes. Bill No. 49 -16 — September Civil City Appropriation John Murphy, City Controller with offices on the 12th Floor of the County -City Building, served as the presenter and petitioner of these bills. These are additional appropriations for the third quarter for the 2016 budget. We amend the budget quarterly so as not to get behind and wait