2011 Annual Report - Personnel & Finance Committee

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Date: December 2., 2011 2011 Annual Report of the Personnel and Finance Committee South -Bend Common Council To: The South Bend Common Council The Office of the City Clerk From: Council Member Tom LaFountain, Chairperson Personnel and Finance Committee I am submitting the following Annual Report of the activities of the Council's Personnel and Finance Standing Committee which is a requirement of § 2 -10 (i) of the South Bend Municipal Code. 2011 was, like 2010 a busy year for this standing committee. Background Information: Duties: The Personnel and Finance Standing Committee is charged with "overseeing the various activities performed by the Department of Administration and Finance, salaries, budgets, fiscal matters and personnel policies and procedures of the City" pursuant to § 2 -10 (i) (7) of the South Bend Municipal Code. (Emphasis added) Members: There were four (4) Council Members on this Committee, namely: Council Member Oliver Davis Council Member Karen L. White, Vice - Chairperson Council Member Dr. David Varner Council Member Tom LaFountain, Chaiperson Meetings and Topics: Meetings: The Personnel and Finance Committee held twenty -six (26) meetings this year, which I believe is the most meetings that any of the eleven (11) Standing Committees have met. Seven (7) of those committee meetings were exclusively devoted to reviewing and discussing the proposed 2012 civil city budget, including the enterprise operations. The topics for the other committee meetings focused on the following subject matters: • Bill No. 11 -12 Review and positive recommendation for licenses for scrap metal operations • Bill No. 87 -10 Adding three (3) new positions to the Water Division • Bill No. 11 -3 1 Reviewing and sending positive recommendation on block party regulations • Bill No. 27 -11 Appropriation ordinance • Bill No. 37 -11 Budget transfers • Bill No. 38 -11 Budget transfers