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y <br />O~S~lii ~I~,'~~8~`1'p • <br />,~„` -% ~ City of South Bend <br />~~ \PEAC /~ <br />~+~~ ~' -: a Common Council <br />x 1865 ^ 441 County-City Building . 227 W. Jefferson Blvd <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601-1830 <br /> <br />Timothy A. Rouse March 5, 2008 <br />President <br />(574) 235-9321 <br />Fax (574) 235-9173 <br />TDD (574) 235-5567 <br />http: //www. southbendin.gov <br />The South Bend Common Council <br />Oliver J. Davis 4~' Floor County-City Building ~ l1 ~~ ~ ~,.'~~ <br />Vice-President South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Derek D. Dieter <br />Chairperson, Committee <br />of the Whole <br />Derek D. Dieter <br />First District <br />Henry Davis, Jr. <br />Second District <br />Thomas LaFountain <br />Third District <br />Ann Puzzello <br />Fourth District <br />David Varner <br />Fifth District <br />Oliver J. Davis <br />Sixth District <br />AI "Buddy' Kirsits <br />At Large <br />Timothy A. Rouse <br />At Large <br />Karen L. White <br />At Large <br />Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand <br />Council Attorney <br />Dear Council Members: <br />We are pleased to introduce for your review, discussion and adoption the attached <br />resolution. As we have stressed on countless occasions, that effective planning is <br />critical for progressive legislative measures. The proposed resolution, we believe, <br />will assist both the entire Council and the Council Attorney, in this endeavor. <br />Currently, our Council Attorney has had to go through an annual retention process, <br />which takes place at the Council's Organizational meeting each January. Not <br />knowing the intentions of the Council has caused concern leading into the next <br />calendar year, especially with regard to ongoing Council projects. <br />We believe that the annual review process should take place when the Council <br />Attorney submits her yearly multi-page Council Attorney Annual Report during the <br />budget process. We are proposing in the resolution a process similar to that has <br />been used for Project Future. The Common Council adopted a resolution <br />expressing its support for afive-year commitment so that both the City of South <br />Bend and Project Future could properly plan, identify goals and work <br />collaboratively together on seeking these objectives. Similar pro-active plans, <br />objectives, goals, initiatives need to continue at the Common Council and Council <br />Attorney levels. Therefore, we .sincerely believe that an expression of support to <br />our Council Attorney for the Council term would generate more innovative short <br />and long-term Council initiatives, For your information, the Indiana Public Access <br />Counselor is also appointed for a four (4) year term. <br />We highly recommend that you support this resolution. We also request that it be <br />sent to the Council Ruies Committee for review and recommendation. Thank you <br />for joining us on this proposal. <br />Most sincerely <br />- ,Q a~..~-~- <br />Council Presi t Timothy A. Rouse <br />Council Member At Large Al "Buddy" Kirsits <br />Attachment <br />Filed In Gierk'e Qffifce <br />MAR - 5 2oa$ <br />JOHN YOgRDE <br />CITY CLERK, SD. BEND, IN. <br />