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t4lttbtitf Uport tkrooratizi an finante tommitt* The September 9, 2002 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member James Aranowski at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Varner, White,Kelly, Coleman,Aranowski, and Kirsits; Mayor Stephen Luecke, Community & Economic Development Director Jon Hunt, Century Center Executive Director Brian Hedman, Public Works Director Gary Gilot, City Controller Rick 011ett, Building Commissioner Don Fozo, Parks Superintendent Phil St. Clair, Assistant Fire Chief Rick Switalski, Jack Reed, City Attorney Charles Leone, Assistant City Attorney Cheryl Greene, Deputy Attorney Jeff Jankowski, Mary Ann Myers, Gary Libbey, Terry Bland of the •OUtb 4i3int4 eribune and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Aranowski noted that the first items on the agenda are the three (3) ordinances dealing with the 2003 Civil City Budget namely Bill Nos. 63-02, 64-02, and 65-02 addressing the levying of taxes and fixing the rate of taxation;appropriating monies for defraying the expenses of the departments of the city;and appropriating monies. All of the proposed ordinances are set forth in full in the prefatory materials contained in the binder entitled "City of South Bend 2003 Operating Budget". Council Member Aranowski noted that this Committee has been meeting for the past several weeks with the Department and Bureau heads in reviewing their proposed line-item and performance based budgets for calendar year 2003. He further noted that no recommendation would be made at this time, with formal recommendations being made by the Committee at its meeting on September 23, 2002. Following discussion, Council Member White made a motion, seconded by Council Member Varner that Bill Nos. 63-02, 64-02 and 65-02 be continued until the September 23, 2002 Committee meeting. The motion passed. Council Member Aranowski then called for a presentation on Substitute Bill No. 66-02 which fixes the maximum salaries and wages of appointed officers and non-bargaining employees of the City of South Bend for calendar year 2003. City Controller Rick 011ett made the presentation. He noted that the proposed ordinance would establish a four percent(4%) maximum salary increase over 2002 rates. Dr. Varner inquired about how this increase compares to the Police Department salaries. Mr. 011ett stated that the police department received a 5.3% last year which included the $400 shift from an officer's clothing allowance to his or her salary and a 4.25%for the department with the same shift of$400 from each officer's clothing allowance to his or her base salary. Following discussion, Dr. Varner made a motion, seconded by Council Member White that Substitute Bill No. 66-02 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. Council Member Aranowski then called for a presentation on Substitute Bill No. 67-02 which would fix maximum salaries and wages of Teamster Employees of the City of South Bend for calendar years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.