07-26-10 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 26, 2010 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana met in the Council Chambers of the County-City Building on Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Dieter and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS: Present: Derek D. Dieter 1st District, President Henry Davis, Jr. 2nd District Thomas LaFountain 3rd District Ann Puzzello 4th District, Chairperson Committee of the Whole David Varner 5th District Oliver Davis 6th District, Vice-President Al “Buddy” Kirsits At-Large Timothy Rouse At-Large Karen L. White At-Large OTHERS PRESENT: Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand Council Attorney John Voorde City Clerk Janice I. Talboom Deputy City Clerk Mary Beth Wisniewski Chief Deputy REPORT FROM THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common Council of the City of South Bend: The sub-committee has inspected the minutes of the July 12, 2010 meeting of the Council and found them to be correct. Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. s/Derek D. Dieter s/David Varner Councilmember Puzzello made a motion that the minutes of the July 12, 2010 meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Oliver J. Davis seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS There was no Special Business to come before the Council at this time. RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE At 7:10 p.m. Councilmember Henry Davis made a motion to resolve into the Committee of the Whole. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. Councilmember Puzzello, Chairperson, presiding. Councilmember Puzzello explained the procedures to be followed for tonight’s meeting in accordance with Article 1, Section 2-11 of the South Bend Municipal Code. Councilmember Puzzello stated that a brochure may be found on the railing in the Council Chambers explaining those procedures. 1