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U C'? <br /> \PEACES a <br /> x R <br /> 1865 <br /> OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br /> KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK <br /> PERSONNEL &FINANCE AUGUST 15, 2018 5:00 P.M. <br /> Committee Members Present: Karen White, John Voorde, Regina Williams-Preston(late) <br /> Committee Members Absent: Gavin Ferlic <br /> Other Council Present: Jake Teshka, Sharon L. McBride <br /> Other Council Absent: Tim Scott, Oliver Davis, Jo M. Broden <br /> Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer <br /> Presenters: Eric Horvath, Therese Dorau, Kara Boyles, Jitin Kain <br /> Agenda: Public Works Department <br /> Committee Chair Karen White called to order the Personnel and Finance Committee meeting at <br /> 5:00 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the <br /> presenters. <br /> Public Works Department <br /> Eric Horvath,Director of Public Works with offices on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, <br /> stated,Thank you,Council Members.Hopefully we will have some dialogue and you all will better <br /> understand what Public Works does. We will go over the highlights of our budget as well as the <br /> changes we are looking at in 2019. Our mission is to build a foundation for a thriving City. <br /> Essentially, we provide the most basic and fundamental household services and focus on <br /> enhancing people's quality of life. We also develop assets and infrastructure that helps support <br /> that mission. One (1) of the things I like to say is just imagine a day without Public Works, right? <br /> You wake up and you go to brush your teeth, you turn on the water but it doesn't come on, you <br /> can't take a shower, can't flush the toilet and you walk outside to get in your car and you see the <br /> trash and yard waste in a pile on the curb because it hasn't been picked up. You then drive on a <br /> bumpy road to work with the streetlights flashing red. You may get the picture that we are the <br /> really critical and most basic operations. We are very important for people's everyday living and <br /> quality of life. <br /> He continued,So our organization is broken down into five(5)different divisions. With me is Jitin <br /> Kain who is our Deputy Director and Kara Boyles who is our City Engineer. They will help with <br /> the presentation(which is available in the City Clerk's Office). We also have Therese Dorau here <br /> who is our Director of Sustainability. We have Kim Thompson who is our Deputy Director of <br /> Utilities which is our Water and Wastewater utility. We have Kelly Smith who is our Director of <br /> Solid Waste. We also have Pete Kaminski from our Streets and Sewers Division and Shaun Ward. <br /> INTEGRITY1 SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY <br /> JENNIFER M.COFFMAN BIANCA L.TIRADO JOSEPH R MOLNAR <br /> CHIEF DEPUTY/DIItECTOR OF OPERATIONS DEPuTy/DIREcroR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br /> EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211 f 574.235.9173 1 www.southbendin.gov <br />