2019 Personnel and Finance - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

��0 4s01 ;1.4-.", kSo\ KN' iW, PEAC; ii, Gry • /865 - ` '",2,=_•....--,'' OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK PERSONNEL & FINANCE FEBRUARY 11, 2019 3:37 P.M. (ORGANIZATIONAL) Committee Members Present: Karen White, Jo M. Broden, John Voorde Committee Members Absent: Regina Williams-Preston Other Council Present: Jake Teshka, Tim Scott, Sharon L. McBride Other Council Absent: Oliver Davis, Gavin Ferlic Others Present: Kareemah Fowler, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer Agenda: Organizational Meeting Committee Chair Karen White called to order the Organizational Meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee at 3:37 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and proceeded with the meeting. Organizational Meeting Committee Chair White handed out copies of the Personnel and Finance Committee 2018 Annual Report. She proceeded to overview this document with Committee and Council Members present. She stated, This report is available online and I encourage you to look through the report. This is just a brief summary of the work we did last year. It speaks to the duties and the members but also if you continue to read through it, it talks about the Committee meetings. The Personnel and Finance Committee held twenty-two (22) meetings in 2018. Eleven (11) of the twenty-two (22) meetings were devoted to the 2019 City Budget. We began to seek input from the various departments, Council Members as well as the community. Some of the agenda items discussed during the meetings, you can see that on page two (2) of the Report. She continued, This year, I would like to begin the budget process, as usual, asking for input from the Council Members regarding your priorities as well as those areas you would like to adjust and modify looking forward to the 2020 budget hearings. You will find a summary of the 2019 Budget Hearings on page two (2) as well as on page three(3). Some of the questions that were posed were asking for Council Members giving overall impressions of the hearing process,how do we receive information in a timely fashion, what were the gaps as they related to the information requested and received, how can we improve the process, were there too many hearings or not enough, and how can we improve citizen participation? This year, we started with what was really a recommendation from the public hearing processes and it was indicated we needed to start discussions earlier,not in terms of budget hearing discussions,but discussions regarding key areas INTEGRITY' SERVICE'ACCESSIBILITY JENNIFER M.COFFMAr BIAncA L.TIR..wO - JOSEPH R.MOLNAR CIIIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DEPUTS`/DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 46601 I p 574.235.9221 I f 574.235.9173 I www.southbendin.gov