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Human Resources and Economic Development Committee Cont'd page 3 <br /> there is an additional plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. <br /> Besides GM the other major customers include GE and the <br /> Department of Defense. <br /> Following further discussion Council Member Coleman made a <br /> motion seconded by Council Member Duda that Resolution No. <br /> 88-78 addressing the ten year real property tax abatement <br /> request be recommended favorably to Council. The motion <br /> passed. <br /> Council Member Slavinskas then made a motion seconded by <br /> Council Member Coleman that Resolution No. 88-79 requesting <br /> a five year personal property tax abatement be recommended <br /> favorably to Council. The motion passed. <br /> Council Member Luecke then noted that there was a request <br /> for a suspension of the rules to allow discussion of what <br /> would become Resolution No. 88-84. <br /> The Council Attorney noted that although the Resolution was <br /> prepared prior to the filing deadline of Wednesday, it had <br /> not been filed and therefore a suspension of the rules would <br /> be necessary. <br /> She then reviewed the letter dated October 19, 1988 and the <br /> proposed form of resolution. She noted that the resolution <br /> was needed in light of the State law change which required <br /> the merging of the functions staffs and facilities for <br /> employment and training services which are funded through <br /> the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 and the Wagner- <br /> Peyser Act. <br /> Jenny Pitts Manier of the City Attorney's Office stated that <br /> similar resolutions had been passed by City of Mishawaka and <br /> St. Joseph County to amend the charter as well as to <br /> officially change the name. <br /> Following further discussion by the committee, Council <br /> Member Slavinskas made a motion seconded by Council Member <br /> Coleman that Resolution No. 88-84 be recommended favorably <br /> to Council. The motion passed. <br /> There being no further business to come before the Committee <br /> the meeting was adjourned at 5:10 p.m. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Council Member Steve Luecke, Chair Person <br /> Human Resources and Economic Development Committee <br /> SL:srk <br /> Attachments <br />