2004 Annual Report - Personnel & Finance

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.0.,,soux 8.. . City !'' °: of South Bend ,\EEACE/7 < 47, _� *� a�' Common Council 441 County-City Building • 227 W.Jefferson Blvd (574) 235-9321 South Bend,Indiana 46601-1830 Fax (574) 235-9173 Karen L.White TDD (574) 235-5567 President Memorandum http://vvvvw.ci.south-bend.in.us Roland Kelly Vice-President Date: December 2,2004 Sean Coleman To: Karen L. White, Council President Chairperson, Committee of the Whole From: Derek D. Dieter, Chairperson Personnel and Finance Committee© Derek D. Dieter First District Re: 2004 Personnel and Finance Review Charlotte D. Pfeifer During the year of 2004 the Personnel and Finance Committee Second District conducted twenty six meetings. The committee also met jointly with the Health Roland Kell and Public Safety Committee along with Public Works and Property Vacation y Committee ten times, for a total of thirty six hearings during the year. Third District Ann Puzzello The two most important tasks that the committee had during the year were Fourth District hearings for the capital budget for 2004 and the operating budget for 2005. David Varner In February,the committee sent favorably to the council a capital Fifth District budget for 2004 in the amount of$28,117,668 up from$26,428,565 in 2003. Ervin Kuspa Sixth District During the months of August and September the Council set up a new system of meetings which gave Council members more time to look at and Sean Coleman analyze the budgets of all departments for 2005. At Large I believe the process worked well,but there is still room for improving this Al Lau"Buddy" Kirsits system so that all Council members understand the budget. The committee t g worked very hard as did all department heads to make sure operating needs for Karen L. White 2005 are met. At Large The anticipated revenues for 2005 are$168,994,215 and anticipated expenditures of$155,346,244. This leaves $13,647,971 surplus for capital needs Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand in 2005. Council Attorney These totals are up from 2004 at 163,075,472 and 148,798,981 respectively. The surplus for capital needs in 2004 was$14,276,491. During the months of June and July the committee assisted during negotiations with the South Bend Fire Department and tbi riiy few ti,Pir cantract. Under the joint leadership of Chuck Leone and Kathy CPkai aQ, erk'S Office firefighters of local 362 ratified the agreement. DEC 1 3 2034 JOHN VOORDE CITY CLERK,S0.BEND,IN.