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fid .. I �~ W ' a �PEACE�� `, a2> x x �' �'..„ 1865 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREENIAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK PERSONNEL & FINANCE JULY 17, 2019 5:00 P.M. Committee Members Present: Karen White, Jo M. Broden, Regina Williams-Preston, John Voorde Committee Members Absent: None Other Council Present: Sharon L. McBride, Jake Teshka(late) Other Council Absent: Tim Scott, Dr. Oliver Davis, Gavin Ferlic Others Present: Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer Presenters: Daniel Parker, Laura O'Sullivan, Stephanie Steele, Eric Horvath, Aaron Perri, Steve Cox, Scott Ruszkowski, Tracy Skibins, Jen Gobel, Chuck Bulot,Jitin Kain, Christina Brooks, Denise Riedl, Kyra Clark Agenda: Budget Overview from Department Heads Committee Chair Karen White called to order the Personnel and Finance Committee meeting at 5:00 p.m. She introduced members of the Committee and stated, In terms of just giving a brief overview, the meeting today is an update that will be coming directly to the Council Members. Throughout the 2019 budget hearing process, we held fourteen (14) budget hearings. Through those budget hearings, a number of recommendations were made in regard to starting the process earlier to talk about issues such as debt and other related issues or concerns prior to the actual budget kickoff. The first(1st) educational budget topic was Tax Incremental Financing,that's TIF. That was held in December of 2018. The minutes and PowerPoint presentations of that meeting are available on the City Clerk's website.The second(2nd) educational budget topic was preparing for the 2020 Fiscal Curb impact as well as preparation. That was held on March 4th, 2019. The third (3`1) educational budget topic was the overview of the City's debt and our current reserves. That was held on June 17th She continued,A number of recommendations grew out of the 2019 budget hearings.We did listen and what you see before you is the fourth(4th)meeting prior to the actual budget kickoff for 2019. It was recommended that we would start out the budget process looking at the 2019 accomplishments, and that as we prepare for the actual budget process, we'll be focusing on numbers and looking at projections for 2020. So, I wish to thank the Council Members here today. I would like to personally thank the department heads because this was a meeting that I added on, and I'm really very appreciative of the department heads as well as Mr. Dan Parker really making adjustments so that we can have this level of conversation.Again,this meeting is an update for the INTEGRITY' SERVICE'ACCESSIBILITY JENNIFER M.COTIMAN BIANCA L.TIRADo JOSEPH R MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS DEPUTY/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