01-24-11 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 24, 2011 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, January 24, 2011 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 1 st District, President Thomas LaFountain 3rd District Ann Puzzello 4th District David Varner 5th District Oliver Davis 6th District, Vice-President Al "Buddy" Kirsits At-Large Timothy Rouse At-Large, Chairperson Committee of the Whole Karen L. White At-Large Absent: Henry Davis, Jr. 2nd District 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 January 10, 2011 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 January 10, 2010 meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL - 2011 STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS Council President Dieter announced that the South Bend Common Council has called a special meeting of the Council on Monday, February 7, 2011 at 6:00 p.m., to be held at the Indiana University School of Medicine at Notre Dame, 1234 Notre Dame Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, for the sole purpose of hearing the Mayor's Annual Address. He stated that members of the public are cordially invited to attend this special meeting of the Council. 1