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�4 SpL3TH BE�� iU d PEACE a a$ _ x x 1865 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK YAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK COMMUNITY RELATIONS AUGUST 13, 2018 3:09 P.M. Committee Members Present: Regina Williams-Preston, Jake Teshka, Karen White, Sharon L. McBride (late) Other Council Present: John Voorde, Jo M. Broden, Oliver Davis, Gavin Ferlic, Tim Scott . Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Bianca Tirado, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer, Gabriel Murei, Elivet Navarro Presenters: Regina Williams-Preston Agenda: Bill No. 18-39- Resolution for Honeywell Retirement Health Care Benefits Committee Chair Regina Williams-Preston called to order the Community Relations Committee meeting at 3:09 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the presenters. Bill No. 18-39- Resolution for Honeywell Retirement Health Care Benefits Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston, 838 N.Elmer Street,stated,Today we bring a proposed resolution in support of the Honeywell retirees. There has been a lot of conversation since the initial submission. What is happening is, Honeywell is a corporation that has deep roots in this community.They have provided great jobs and have been a great corporate citizen. They have also received a lot of support from the City in terms of different things like tax abatements over the years. They have elected to reduce their benefits to their retirees and they are also looking to offshore some jobs to Turkey out of the South Bend plant. What this resolution does is ask Jackie Walorski and other representatives at the State Level to talk to President Trump to try to encourage Honeywell to remember their commitments, be a good corporate citizen and to keep it's jobs in this Country.We have worked with the local labor organizations and retirees to craft this. We have also talked to Council Members. I look forward to a nice discussion today and encourage continued amendments. We felt the resolution as submitted earlier needed some more work. What you have in front of you has not been submitted, officially, but it changes based on conversations we have been having since the original document was submitted. One (1) thing added was adding Mike Pence,as a native son and former Governor of Indiana.Also,we acknowledge within the resolution that we really respect and appreciate what Honeywell has brought to this community over these many decades. We don't want to neglect that but we want to encourage them, because of our longstanding positive history,to have them change a few things they have been doing recently. INTEGRITY1 SERVICE1 ACCESSIBILITY JENNIFER M.COFFMAN B7ANcn L.TuADo JOSEPH R MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIREcToR OF OPERATIONS DEPuzv/DIRECroR OF Poucr ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION ( EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211 f 574.235.9173 1 www.southbendin.gov