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Council would be taking action. Committeemember John Voorde made a motion to hear Bill No. 59-17, 60-17, 61-17, and 64-17 together for purposes of public hearing. Committeemember Regina Williams-Preston seconded the motion which carried unanimously by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. She then gave the floor to the presenters. Bill No. 51-17- Defraying the Expenses of Dept. and Civil City Bill No. 52-17- Defraying the Expenses of Enterprise Funds Jeri Hockenhull, City Controller of South Bend with offices on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, stated, In front of you there are three (3) documents. The first one (1) is simply the budget changes. Just the dollar amount changes from what the specific department may have presented to you,to now. That is the most up to date information. There wasn't really anything enormous that changed. In the Fund#101-0401 we decreased other professional services we had set aside for various projects. We reduced those to help balance the budget. There were a few changes in the Legal Department. They were able to make a couple adjustments and they are mainly salary-related. The Engineering Department had a few changes in their IT allocation. The Public Safety LOIT Fund also is earmarked for the Director of Public Safety. Our County Option Income Tax Fund has an extra$100,000 for permanent supportive housing as a result of the homeless initiative. The 2017 Parks Bond Fund is now in the information as well. The Sewage Capital Fund added a revenue and offsetting expense from TIF just to do some capital improvements, but it is net-zero. Committee Chair White opened the floor to questions from the Committee and Councilmembers. There were none. Ms. Hockenhull continued,the second package is just the general budget overviews. I've reached out to the State Board of Accounts and the DLGF to get a sense of what exactly we should be attaching to our ordinances for the budget. No one has come back with a clear-cut list of what we should present. We have provided the budget overview that is by Fund and it has revenues and expenditures. It has both 2017 and 2018. The last item gives the General Fund revenue in depth. Committee Chair White opened the floor to questions from the Committee and Councilmembers. There were none. She then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the two (2) items of legislation. There were none. She then turned the floor back to the Committee for further comment or main motions. Councilmember Dr. David Varner asked, Is the Director of Treasury a new position? Ms. Hockenhull replied, Last year I changed the title of the Director of Finance to the Director of Treasury to better reflect the duties and responsibilities of that position. Committeemember Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 51-17 and Bill No. 52-17 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation and continued both bills to the Council portion only for the October 23, 2017 Common Council meeting. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic seconded this motion which carried unanimously by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. 2