02-13-2012 Record Number of South Bend Residents Applied to be Citizen Member of Council Committees

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{�LTHk 1 a C " SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE Date: Monday, February 13, 2012D'�ladl k From: Council President Derek D. Dieter Contact: 532-2200 "Record Number of South Bend Residents Applied to be Citizen Member of Council Committees" The South Bend Common Council received applications from sixty-four (64) South Bend residents to be considered for appointment to the various Council Committees. This is the highest number of applicants ever received for these positions; resulting in the highest number of citizen appointments in our city's history. The concept of having citizen members sit on Council Committees first began with the passage of Ordinance No. 6032-76 on September 27, 1976. That ordinance authorized up to one-third (1/3) of citizen membership of each of the seven (7) Council Committees which were then in existence. It was not until January 27, 1992, when Ordinance No. 8237-92 was passed that Citizen Members of the various Council Committees were given the right to vote at the Committee meetings. That ordinance also provided that Citizen Members would be sent copies of all documents sent to the individual committees which were under review by the Office of the City Clerk. Tonight, we are proud to announce the citizen volunteers who will be sworn in by City Clerk John Voorde. The Council Members chairing the following committees have reviewed their applications and have selected the following thirteen (13) South Bend residents who will serve this calendar year: Community& Economic Development Committee Personnel and Finance Committee 2°d District Council Member Henry Davis,Jr., Chairperson Council Member at Large Karen L. White, Chairperson Patricia Crowley Tamara McNally Zachary Raymond Community Relations Committee Residential Neighborhoods Committee Yd District Council Member Valerie Schey, Chairperson I'District Council Member Tim Scott, Chairperson James Burns Kenneth Bradford James Lee Jennifer Tindell Health and Public Safety Committee Utilities Committee Dr. Fred Ferlic, Chairperson I"District Council Member Tim Scott, Chairperson Kyle Chamberlin Christine Sopczynski Marcus Ellison Dawn Pontius Parks, Recreation, Cultural Arts & Entertainment Council Member at Large Gavin Ferlic, Chairperson Elizabeth Ferlic John Mazurkiewicz Additional citizen appointments will be made to the Zoning and Annexation, Public Works and Property Vacation, and the Information and Technology Committees in the very near future. The South Bend Common Council thanks the citizens of South Bend for your enthusiastic response to serve! -30-