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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Committeemember Voorde stated, First (1St) of all, in terms of keeping up with what different committees are doing, including Personnel and Finance, I would like to compliment the City Clerk's Office for the complete and detailed minutes they provide. The last Administration wasn't nearly as good at it, in terms of content and timeliness. So, thank you Kareemah and thank you Graham. It helps a lot. Committee Chair White stated,There were a lot of questions about a lot of information. It's online and I encourage each and every one (1) of us, as well as the public, to go back and look at those questions and look at what the results were. I think I've heard we don't listen to the public, but if you go back and look at some of the things we are doing now, it actually came out of the public's suggestions. We are listening and responding as best as we possibly can. She continued,As we get closer to that March 4th meeting, you will get more information and some additional handouts. Committeemember Voorde stated,We should learn some things tonight from the Mayor,but I like what you're doing trying to find out what our potential revenues are and what our debt is, so we can be less reactive and more engaged in conversation. Committeemember Broden stated, Organizational, I think a couple things, too, is maybe look at building some areas of accountability and review relative to the budgets that come under a given Committee. If there is a way to build a level of expertise that is peer to peer so anything that comes under, say, Health and Public Safety, is there a way to look at the budget? I'll just use my Committee charge as a Chair, but maybe at the Chair and Vice-Chair level, building that level of expertise and review of the budget? Then, having that structure there but then also there is a responsibility for the Administration to report out in that kind of combined manner. I do think some of this is almost unwieldy. If there is a way to in the budget presentations and how they are paced to look at them kind of in line with sort of a Committee-level of authority, that would be nice. That is what comes to mind for me but maybe somebody else has some different ideas. Committee Chair White replied, I see what you're getting at and I think that goes back to having time to meet Mr. Parker. I think that would be very beneficial and we can talk about how to do that. Committeemember Voorde stated, Some of that has happened randomly just based on personal interest but,in my case, Public Works, I should know how much those department heads in Traffic and Lighting or Sewers and things like that, yeah, I see what you're saying. It would be good to formalize that somewhat. With no further discussion, Committee Chair White adjourned the Organizational Meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee at 3:56 p.m. Respectfully Submitted`64:- Karen White, Committee Chair EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTDS74.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 4