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CITY OFSOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK consider placing or making certain locations for people that can't make it all the way over here or it's hard for them to attend different places and still be able to get their voice on the record. Harvey Mills, President of FOP 36 with offices located at 2518 Benedict Avenue, stated, I would also like to say that I agree with Dr. Davis and his idea of mailing your accomplishments, maybe even twice a year or something like that because it would be beneficial to a lot of us. I know that as well as Committeemember Voorde's idea of a raise for the Council honestly I didn't know it was only at $20,000. So, I think it's well deserved. But what I'm up here for is, I know there's another five (5) members coming to the Council next year, but maybe in your education portion, you could add a section where, like you're aware we do a Citizens Police Academy every year. We could even do a special one(1)for the Common Council. We could do it for your current members as well. We would really, really like to do that, and also have you on ride alongs. I'm sure the Fire Department would be just as accepting. Thank you. Committee Chair White stated, Okay, great suggestions and recommendations and as a Council, I know that we will be looking at all of those and really making sure that they will be addressed, some of which will be addressed now, but others preparing for the new Council. And I know that the transition, and the training, and suggestion in terms of the Academy, I they're right on top. So we appreciate that. Committee Chair White then gave the floor to Public Works for presentation on their Special Initiatives. Special Initiatives (Public Works) Eric Horvath,Director of Public Works for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 13th floor of the County-City Building, stated, I apologize, I know brevity is not my strong suit, but in the interest of time, we also have my colleagues from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, who are here tonight to finish their presentation. So, I'll try to move this along as quickly as I can, but also giving diligence to the special initiatives that we have going on. I think they're important ones that the Council should know about. Yeah, if we could go to the special initiatives page (referencing a presentation which is available in the City Clerk's Office). Committeemember Broden stated, We just got briefed pretty extensively on the Long-Term Control Plan. So maybe as you go into that, Eric,if there's anything that fits the budget,that might be helpful, but other than that. Mr. Horvath stated, The first (1st) one (1) I'm going to start with is our Customer Assistance Program, which we've talked a little bit with the Council about. I'm very excited about that initiative. It's an initiative to help some of the most struggling residents with assistance on their waste water bills. The State Legislature had opened up the opportunity for cities to do differential rates for the first(1St) time last year in the State's history. We're taking advantage of that ability by putting together a program where we can provide assistance for some of those in most need in our community. I want to thank Kara Boyles,Alicia Czarnecki, Karen White,and Sharon McBride for their help in putting this program together. I think we had a committee that put this together and worked really hard on making sure that this was going to be impactful. And that also, one (1) of our goals is making sure that the money that went into the program didn't go to the program, but EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION 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 www.southbendin.gov 22