09/20/07 Committee Meeting Minutes

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Personnel and Finance Sanding Committee 2007 South Bend Common Council The September 20, 2007 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee of the South Bend Common Council was coiled to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Charlotte D. Pfeifer at 5:38 p.m. the Council's Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Rouse, Kuspa, White, Pfeifer, and Varner; Citizen Member Diana Hess, Mayor Stephen Luecke, Assistant Controller John Murphy, Pam Meyer, Tom Cavanaugh, Bonnie Strycker, Paul Meyer, Kay Ball, Marco Mariani, Crystal McCain, Patrick McMahon, Susan Visser, Mr. Hardie Blake, Ken Peczkowski, Phil DeMicco, George Lane, Jamie Loo of the Sou#h Bend Tribune and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Pfeifer noted that the Committee Members include Council Members Kuspa, Kirsits, Varner and herself; and Diana Hess is the Citizen Member. Today's committee meeting would continue discussions of the proposed 2008 Civil City Budget Ordinance. Project Future, pale 295: Council Member Pfeifer called for a presentation on the financial request of Project Future. Assistant Controller John Murphy provided a 1-page handout to the Committee which set forth the listing of budget presentations, their funding source(s), budget page number(s), 2007 and 2008 budget amounts (copy attached}. Patrick McMahon, Executive Director of Project Future noted that their request of $110,OD0 is the same amount that is being currently funded this year. He then reviewed his first 4- page handout (copy attached} which focused on: • Regional Marketing Study Metronet • Local Business Counseling • Other Existing Businesses • Rail • Technology Park • New Investment • inquiries He stated that there should be announcement this Fall on the Tech Park. Mr. McMahon then reviewed his 2~a handout entitled "The Greater Mlchiana Area-Tier One Automotive Capacity" and information from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic