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J~>€ e~t~n ~~ the ~~°~®~~~1 ~d F~~an~~ ~~?~~~~~ aid f~ <br />$~b~E$; ~f~i"a,~ mild ~1"iDp~~"~y ~~l',`x~~If) ~~fIYT"$i$11~~~~°-2J€)G Snut,a I~~d ~'~~~i~non Coixncii <br />The l~ebruar~r 13, ?~Dfi joint tt~eeting of the Personnel and iKinance Co~~~n7ittee and the Pul_~Iic <br />works and 1'ropert3r Vacation Committee vas called to order by Parsannel anal Finance <br />Ca~n~r~ittee Chairperson, Council ~/le~nber Cl~arlatte ~. Pfeifer at x:00 p.n~.. in the Council <br />Infar~raal Meeting Roan. <br />Persons in attendance included Council. Me~~hers Puzzella, Kuspa, louse, Varner, Pfeifer, <br />Kelly, white, Kirsits ar~d deter; City Cantralle~- M. Catherine Fanella, City Clerk Jahn Voarde, <br />.Martha Le«is, Mr. I~apola, Citizen. Me~r~ber Stephen M. Hayes, Martin Walfson, Ma}ror <br />Stephen :l.,uecke, Public 1~7orks f3irector Gary Ghat, Carol Littrell, lan7ie -Loa of the ~nr~t~z F3~~~~c~ <br />It•ibun~, and TCathleen Cek:a.nski-Farrand, Co~~ncil Attorney. <br />Cou~~cil Me~~ber Pfeifer ~~oted that ~~.e~nbers of th.e Personnel and Finance Co~r~i~aittee include <br />Council Nle3nbers ~Ihite, Kuspa., Varner aald herself slang with citizen nlen~laer Nil<iCi <br />Hutchinson; and that ~ne~nbers of the Public '4Ni~rks and Property Vacation Co~x~tnittee include <br />Cout~cll Members Kuspa, Pt€z_zello, Varner and l~erscif, along with citizen n~eaazber Kart Youngs. <br />Council Me~r~ber Pfeifer then called for a presentation an Substitute Bill Na. ~6-14 whit;h would <br />urge the Indiana General Asscax~l~ly to ~~ennit all. Indiana toll road con~nauaaities to participate in <br />economic development opportunities which lay result fro3rt rnelnbersh~p i~~ a regional <br />developrr~ent authority. <br />Cc~~zncil President Rouse Hated that he vas the spoa~sor of the Bill. He Hated that St..loselah <br />County has been left out of the House ~~ersion addressing T'e~ onal develc~p~~tent authorities. 1•-1e <br />stated that lie believes that all Indiana tall raad counties should have an equal. chance to <br />participate in KI~A iftl~e General Assembly passes legislation in this area. <br />M.ayar Luecise spoke in support of t1~e substitute bill and thanked President Rouse l:or <br />introducing it. l to Hated that he belie~~es tl•Eat it is a wafter of fairness for alt toll road coL~nties if <br />the Major Moves Legislation is enacted. <br />D~r. Varner Hated that often "poiiti.cs gets in tl~~e ~va~~ of cotntttan sense". Those located along the <br />tall road should share equally, and that tl~e "34~'~~ a~a~ount nay be a little light". 1-le appreciated <br />floe Han-partisan stt-uctrtre of Substitute Bill 1'vo. ~6-l~ a~~d. the fact that Council President Rouse <br />asl~ed for leis input. c~t~ the measure. l~le passecL cut a ?-page handoG~t an Major 147oves (co{~y <br />attached'), noting that the State Representafive.'s overall intent was to have St. Joseph County <br />included. lie stated that lie ~,vc~uld l,~e supporti.ng the substitute bill. <br />fir. Varner then ~r~ade a ~~otic~n, seconded by Council Ivle~nber ~~Il~ite that St,~bstitute I3i1.1 Igo. <br />[16-14 lie reec~~~~n~ended favorabl~• to Cou~~cil. The Motion passed. <br />Council Member Kuspa noted that an ~ 1-year old S€~uth Bend resident called. l~in~ and stated <br />that she does not use floe toll road aa~d tluestioE~ed low leasing the tall road ~~rould. benefit lser as a <br />tax payer. <br />J~i~st ~'o~ni~ittee i~lleeting o~f'aiana2~ry' li, 2C1€lb -l?a~e 4 of 2 <br />