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, , Personnel and finance CommitLee 2005 South Bend Common Council The February 28, 2005 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Roland Kelly at 4:18 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Dieter, Pfeifer, Kelly, Puzzello, Varner, Kuspa,Kirsits,White and Rouse; Mayor Stephen Luecke,Executive Director of Community and Economic Development Sharon Kendall; City Clerk John Voorde, Beth Leonard, Public Works Director Gary Gilot, Tom Skarbek,Marco Mariani Tedd Schaffer,Rita Kopola Fire Chief Luther Taylor,Leo Wiseman,Mick Tuesley and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Kelly noted that the committee is composed of Council Members Varner, Kuspa,White and himself as Chairperson. Council Member Kelly called for a presentation on Bill No. 11-05 which would appropriate $60,000 of funds received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) within the Human Rights Fund# 258 for education and outreach expenditures. Leo Wiseman the Staff Attorney for Human Rights made the presentation. He noted that Lonnie L. Douglas, Executive Director of the Human Rights Commission is in Washington, D.C. where he is attending a mandatory training meeting. The proposed expenditure would pay expenses for pro-active education and outreach programs and a housing testing program, including the preparation of brochures in multiple languages, a video on fair housing, and a billboard campaign. Dr. Varner made a motion, seconded by Council Member Kuspa that Bill No. 11-05 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. Council Member Kelly then noted that the proposed capital budget, Bill No. 13-05, will have its public hearing before the Council on March 14th. Since it was sent to this committee for review and recommendation, he then called upon Mayor Luecke to provide background information to the Bill. Mayor Luecke stated that there are some changes that will be proposed to Bill No. 13-05. In the interest of having full disclosure the Bill shows dollars which have already been appropriated. The Council should have received a letter from Tom Skarbek showing those amounts. As a result the proposed appropriation will be less. One of the areas affected include expenditures in the Park Department. The Administration would like to include the lease of O'Brien Rec. Center and use COIT dollars for that at $210,000 per year. Mayor Luecke noted that COIT and EDIT monies are dropping. He added that the DROP program will require additional monies. Property tax projections in 2006 are 3.8% and in 2007 will be 3.4%. Mayor Luecke added that there is pending in the Indiana legislature a Bill which would change the formula for the distribution of local road and street monies,with a potential loss to the city of February 28,2005 Personnel.and Finance Committee Meeing Minutes -page 1-