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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE O F THE CLERK Committee Chair White opened the floor to questions from Committee and Council Members. There were none. She then turned the floor over 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. Committeemember Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 63-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Committeemember Voorde seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of four(4) ayes. Bill No. 64-18- December 2018 Appropriation Ordinance- Enterprise Funds Mr. Dougherty stated, This is, again, similar to the last bill but this relates to additional appropriations for the City's Enterprise funds. You'll see them listed on the first (1st) page of the ordinance. It is a smaller amount in keeping with the fact that the Enterprise funds need fewer additional appropriations to close out the year. I don't think there were any questions given to us in advance. Councilmember Broden has asked questions about ways of transportation and so forth, I don't think those directly affect any of your concerns on this bill but either way I would be happy to address that if you would like. Councilmember Broden stated, I would like to ask one, yes. It appears three (3) items are going into reserve or are utilizing reserve funds. Am I correct? They relate to water works and sewage. Looking at page one (1) of the bill in the fund summaries. Mr. Dougherty replied,Yes,that is right. The additional appropriations are considered new money to those funds that wasn't appropriated in the 2018 adopted budget.That would now be added onto the appropriations out of those funds to complete the year. Committee Chair White asked, Could you also speak to the $190,000 that was in Solid Waste? I think you shared that with us. Wasn't that for unanticipated truck repair? Mr. Dougherty replied, That is correct. The basic explanation there relates to wear and tear on some of our Solid Waste trucks and the necessity of traveling long distances to reach the landfill. Those are questions and issues that Kelly Smith, the new Director of Solid Waste, immediately started thinking about and looking into to figure out how to exactly balance all of that in order to make that operation as efficient as possible. The $190,000 relates to additional maintenance and the past year was particularly hard on them. Committee Chair White asked, We've discussed this but the $92,000 through CI and CDBG funding, could you share what the emergency was? It looks like it is services and professional services. That is the first(1st) one (1)that appears on the page. Mr. Dougherty replied, $92,435 for emergency demolitions reimbursement to CI through CDBG. Other than knowing these are demolitions coordinated through Code Enforcement in working with DCI, I can't say much about the detail of the nature of that project. Ron O'Connor, Director of Finance for Code Enforcement with offices located on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, stated, The $92,000 is part of a program called CDBG, Community Development Block Grant. One (1) of the requirements is we pay the contractors. Throughout the EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 7