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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committee Chair Karen White called to order the Personnel and Finance Committee meeting at 3:46 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and stated, As a note,Bill Nos. 38-18, 39-18 and 40-18 will be heard toni ht but will be continued to be voted on, in Council Portion Only, on October 8th, 2018. She then gave the floor to the presenters. Substitute Bill No. 38-18- Levying Taxes and Fixing the Rate of Property Taxation to Meet City Expenses for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31,2019 Jeri Hockenhull, City Controller with offices on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, stated, Before you is a substitute bill that levies the taxes and fixes the rates for the property taxation to meet the City's expenses. The numbers are now calculated based on the information we've placed in Gateway. Gateway is a great system where we can put all the budget information in and then it calculates the rate for us. What you have in front of you are simply the rates that the DLGF has calculated and they are very similar to ours. Committee Chair White then opened the floor to questions from Committee and Council Members. There were none. She then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. Committeemember John Voorde arrived at the meeting at 3:49 p.m. Sue Kesim,4022 Kennedy Drive,asked,Are these figures online with the packet notes or are these new,that you've given Council? Ms. Hockenhull replied, Do you mean the ordinance? Ms. Kesim stated, The handout. Ms. Hockenhull replied, The overview is online. Ms. Kesim replied, Ok, I just wanted to make sure I have the most up to date numbers. Committeemember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Substitute Bill No. 38-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Regina Williams-Preston seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. Bill No. 39-18-Approving Monies for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenses of Departments and Funds of the Civil City for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31,2019 Ms. Hockenhull stated,I don't have any handouts today. We did send out a link on Friday that will allow you to access the entire line-item budget. All eight hundred (800) plus pages of it. This evening we will have public input on the budget and we do have a presentation to share that will summarize the last six(6)weeks of our time together. Committee Chair White then opened the floor to questions from Committee and Council Members. There were none. She then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor of or in opposition to the legislation. There were none. She then turned the floor back to the Committee for further comment or main motion. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 1 TTD 574.235.5567 I www.southbendin.gov 2