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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK He continued, So the reasons why this makes a lot of sense is, for one(1), Code Enforcement and the Building Department are two (2) different departments that do very different things. And it makes sense to account for the operations separately. For two (2), Fund #600 is actually an enterprise fund. Enterprise funds are meant to account for activities that are more business type in nature, which Code Enforcement is very governmental in nature. So, we wanted to move it into a governmental fund. So, Fund #230, the new fund will account for the Neighborhood Code Enforcement Division,the Animal Resource Center, SBARC and as well as the NEAT Crew. The NEAT crew was actually accounted for in Fund #219 and that will be moved into the new Fund #230 as well. So that's the first(1St) change, the creation of a new Fund#230. Councilmember Jake Teshka arrived at the meeting at 5:32 p.m. Mr. Parker continued, The second (2nd) change has to do with Fund #221, which is the landlord registration fund. We are going to use Fund #221 not only to account for landlord registration activities, but also to account for the RSVP Program, the Rental Safety Verification Program. Those activities will be accounted for in Fund #221 as well, moved from Fund #600. And then finally Fund#219, the unsafe building division, we will move the NEAT Crew which is currently accounted for in Fund#219 and into the new Fund#230. Again, all of these changes are just to try and clean up the operations and make the accounting match the operations as much as possible and account for Code Enforcement in the way that they operate. We will be introducing a proposed ordinance to make all those fund changes as well. Committee Chair White stated, That information is on page three (3) of our presentation (referencing a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office). She then opened the floor to questions from Council Members regarding the restructuring of the operating budget Funds #219,#221,#230 and#600.There were none. She then turned the floor back over to the presenters. Tracy Skibins, Director of Code Enforcement for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, stated, Good evening Council. Ms. Skibins introduced members of her staff present in the audience. Councilmember Sharon L. McBride and Councilmember Jo M. Broden both arrived at the meeting at 5:34 p.m. Ms. Skibins continued, Code Enforcement encompasses Neighborhood Code Enforcement, the Rental Safety Verification Program, better known as RSVP, the Neighborhood Enforcement Action Team, better known as the NEAT Crew and Animal Resource Center, SBARC. In front of you,you'll see that our organizational chart(referencing a slide in a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office) with a slight change under NCE, Neighborhood Code Enforcement, you'll see it is seven-point-five (7.5) inspectors. That actually should be six and a half(6.5) and RSVP instead of two (2), that should be three (3). So, we moved an inspector from Code Enforcement over to the RSVP program. My organizational chart does not reflect that, and I apologize for that change. She went on, 2020 departmental goals include improving the operational effectiveness with successful implementation of CityWorks which will replace Accela. So, many of you probably heard me this past year share with you our struggles that we are experiencing with the software that we currently have. The struggles are real and can be overwhelming at times. I'm proud of our EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.5567 ewnv.southbendin.gov 2