10-23-06 Council Meeting Minutes

Home Browse Search

REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 23, 2006 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, October 23, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Timothy A. Rouse and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS: Present: Charlotte Pfeifer 2nd District Roland Kelly 3rd District Vice-President Ann Puzzello 4th District David Varner 5th District Ervin Kuspa 6th District Al “Buddy” Kirsits At-Large Timothy Rouse At-Large President Karen L. White At-Large Chairperson Committee of the Whole Absent: Derek D. Dieter 1st District OTHERS PRESENT: John Voorde City Clerk Mary Beth Wisniewski Chief Deputy Janice I. Talboom Deputy City Clerk Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand Council Attorney 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 October 9, 2006, meeting of the Council and found them to be correct. Therefore, we recommend the same be approved. s/Timothy A. Rouse s/David Varner Councilmember Kelly made a motion that the minutes of the October 9, 2006, meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Kuspa seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS Council President Rouse announced that due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, the filing deadline for the November 27, 2006 meeting will need to be moved to Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Therefore, Councilmember Varner made a motion to change the filing deadline for the November 27, 2006 meeting of the South Bend Common Council to Tuesday, November 21, 2006. Councilmember White seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight ayes. Representative Jackie Walorski presented the Sagamore of the Wabash to Gabriella Robinson. 1