REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 12, 2011
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<br />Councilmember LaFountain, Chairperson, Personnel and Finance Committee, reported
<br />that this committee met this afternoon on this substitute bill and voted to send it to the
<br />full Council with a favorable recommendation.
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<br />Gregg Zientara, City Controller, 12 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson
<br />Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill.
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<br />Mr. Zientara advised that additional budget transfer must be enacted to affect the increase
<br />and reduction of appropriations within various department so the General Fund and other
<br />funds of the City of South Bend during 2011. Mr. Zientara noted that the increases and
<br />reductions included herewith are expenditure neutral for the 2011 budget, with increases
<br />and reductions netting to a zero dollar appropriation.
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<br />This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents
<br />and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard.
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<br />There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in
<br />opposition to this bill, Councilmember Dieter made a motion for favorable
<br />recommendation to full Council concerning this substitute bill. Councilmember White
<br />seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes.
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<br />BILL NO. 78-11 PUBLIC HEARING ON A BILL OF THE COMMON
<br />COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
<br />APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
<br />CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY SERVICES
<br />OPERATIONS IN 2011 OF $222,428 FROM GENERAL
<br />FUND (#101), $1,363 FROM EXCESS LEVY FUND
<br />(#103), $3,001 FROM STUDEBAKER/OLIVER GRANT
<br />FUND (#209), $5,392 FROM COMMUNITY AND
<br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (#212), $34,699
<br />FROM LOSS RECOVERY FUND (#227), $164 FROM
<br />GENERAL GRANT FUND (#250), $1,463,859 FROM
<br />EXCESS WELFARE FUND (#252), $4,600 FROM
<br />HUMAN RIGHTS GRANT FUND (#258), $30,000
<br />FROM POLICE GRANTS FUND (#280), $15,000 FROM
<br />INDIANA RIVER RESCUE FUND (#291), $472,140
<br />FROM UDAG FUND (#410), $5,269 FROM
<br />COVELESKI BOND CONSTRUCTION FUND (#438),
<br />AND $410,000 FROM HALL OF FAME CAPITAL
<br />FUND (#677)
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<br />Councilmember LaFountain, Chairperson, Personnel and Finance Committee, reported
<br />that this committee met this afternoon on this bill and voted to send it to the full Council
<br />with a favorable recommendation.
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<br />Gregg Zientara, City Controller, 12 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson
<br />Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this bill.
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<br />Mr. Zientara advised that the Common Council passed the Civil City 2011 operating
<br />budget in 2010 (Ordinance No 10045-10, adopted on October 25, 2010) which included
<br />expenditures for various City operations. It is now necessary to appropriate additional
<br />funds for operational and capital expenditures necessary for the City to effect provision
<br />of services to its citizens which were not anticipated at the time the City budget was
<br />adopted.
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<br />This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents
<br />and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard.
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<br />There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council either in favor of or in
<br />opposition to this bill, Councilmember Kirsits made a motion for favorable
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