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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK actions as it relates to either offshoring jobs or its current treatment of retirees. My grandfather worked for Bendix for over forty (40) years. My grandmother benefited from those benefits even after my grandfather passed away. For my family, it was definitely a blessing. Where I get hung up is, and just in my personal and philosophical idea, asking the Federal Government to step in and mandate a corporation do the right thing. There are also a couple things with the tone of the resolution. For example when the resolution talks about Honeywell making $1.7 billion in profits. I understand that is aimed to point to the question of why they are cutting benefits while they're profiting. But, again,philosophically, it seems like we are saying profits are bad. I don't think that is true and when corporations put profits over people, I think that is a bad thing. Again, there are some things in its current state that I wouldn't be able to support. Councilmember Davis interjected, And I appreciate that. I've told people, especially when we're dealing with a bipartisan kind of concept,it is nice to get your input because this is going to people from both parties. For us to just pass this eight(8) to one (1), it is a waste of my time if you don't have the kind of flavor in it that you can deal with that. So I would prefer, and we talked about this since day one(1), after this meeting,to get together. Think about the ways you would like to tweak that. If we have to tone this way down, I would rather have a toned down complete concept than a spirited one (1). We are the body that represents the whole town. I'd rather just acknowledge what is going on. Anything anybody wants. We don't have to have spicy. No cayenne pepper. We can do some seasoning salt and I'm alright. Committee Chair Williams-Preston then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. Bill Dunn, 1620 Southwood Avenue, stated, Just a quick thought if you are looking for a strong argument. Turkey's government is in turmoil right now. On August 1St, 2018, the President announced he was going to make even more turmoil by imposing stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. I think Honeywell is trying to outsource that F-35 fighter plane breaking system. Guess what? We just halted sale of one hundred(100)F-35s from Turkey in the last couple of weeks.All I'm saying is you have a government that is somewhat on the unstable side and we are outsourcing work that could be very vital to the Country. Committeemember Sharon L. McBride arrived at the meeting at 3:22 p.m. Committeemember White made a motion to send Bill No. 18-39 to the full Council with no recommendation. Committeemember Teshka seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. With no further business,Committee Chair Williams-Preston adjourned the Community Relations Committee meeting at 3:22 p.m. Res ectfully Sub tte Res i lams-Preston, mmittee Chair EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TfD574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 3