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REGULAR MEETING September 24, 2018 Councilmember Jo M. Broden made a motion to send Substitute Bill No. 37-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic stated, Today will be the second (2"d) reading and public hearing. This will be the last opportunity for the public to comment on Substitute Bill No. 38-18 and Bill Nos. 39-18 and 40-18. We will continue these bills in the Council Portion Only at the next Council meeting to be held October 8th, 2018. There will be no public comment, however there will be discussion among Council at that meeting. Leading into the next couple of weeks, certainly, if members of the public have additional comments, you're always welcome to reach out to any or all Council Members. Councilmember Oliver Davis interjected, Councilmember Ferlic said to reach out to all Council Members. What would be the suggested way to reach out to the Council Members in between now and the time we vote on the budget? Councilmember Karen White replied, Email or telephone. Councilmember Oliver Davis stated, Email, telephone,just wanted to put that on record that you can reach out to us from that standpoint. Call your Councilperson and email the Mayor from that standpoint. That's all, thank you. Councilmember Karen White requested City Controller Hockenhull to summarize the calendar to which the Council must adhere to regarding the process of voting on and adopting the budget. Jeri Hockenhull, City Controller for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, stated, We do have outstanding questions and I do hope to get responses to you by tonight. We will then have responded to all the questions that have been formally presented to us by Council so far. I think there may be one (1) more round we are getting but we will get all of those answers to you well before the October 8th, 2018 passage of the budget. We will continue to respond to any questions you have by email or phone, or stop in and see us. We do hope to pass the budget on October 8th,2018. The latest we can pass it is November 1St, 2018 but October 8h, 2018 would be ideal. Councilmember Karen White stated, We started this budget process on May 22nd, 2018. That was a public meeting held at Ivy Tech. That was followed by a meeting on July 12th, 2018 with NRC and the Administration. The first (1St) actual budget meeting we had was on August 1St, 2018. Including today's meeting, we would have had eleven (11)budget hearings. Each one (1) of those hearings have had public input and, again, I think the Council will have ample opportunity for debate and discussion as we move forward. 38-18 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, LEVYING TAXES AND FIXING THE RATE OF TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE TO MEET THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2019 Councilmember Tim Scott made a motion to hear the Substitute version of Bill No. 38-18. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of nine(9) ayes. Councilmember Karen White, chair of the Personnel and Finance Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Jeri Hockenhull, City Controller for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter for this bill. Ms. Hockenhull stated, The ordinance before you is an ordinance requesting to set the various rates for the various Funds that collect property tax revenue. We calculated these rates based on information that we put into our Gateway System through the State. The rates are very similar to 2017. I also wanted to be sure to note that these do not affect the property tax caps. These just have to do with the revenues throughout the County that will be distributed to the City. 6