11-01-94 Council Rules Committee

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Comm f ttss Zsport: Council Rules Committee to Os Common Countfl of Os City of 16outh 410: The November 1, 1994 meeting of the Council Rules Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council President Ann Puzzello at 5:27 P.M. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Puzzello, Washington, Kelly, Slavinskas, Zakrzweski, Coleman, and Ladewski; Mayor Kernan, City Clerk Irene Gammon, John Broden, Kevin Horton, Richard Nussbaum, Jo Ann Harper, Jeff Rinard, Don Porter, Chief Marciniak and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Puzzello noted that the purpose of the meeting was to continue to receive information on the feasibility study on whether a City Court should be created in the City of South Bend with a effective date of January 1, 1996. She then called upon the Council Attorney. Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand welcomed Mayor Kernan and his staff to the meeting. She noted that the Council had established that the two initial meetings of the Committee would be for the purpose for receiving information on the overall operations of City and Town Courts throughout the State of Indiana. She also indicated that information was requested of several entities of the City and the County so that current and accurate information could be reviewed. She noted that a holistic approach to the feasibility was being implemented so that an informed decision could be made. She then provided to individuals present a packet of information entitled "City Court Feasibility Study Information to be Added to Tab No. Three" (copy attached) and a packet of information entitled"City Court Feasibility Study Information to be Added to Tab No. Four"(copy attached.) The Council Attorney then highlighted some of the material presented noting that the first packet of information included three year summaries of hours of operation, staff, equipment, software, expenses, income and case loads for various Cities and Town Courts throughout the State. She also provided copies of letter's from Clerk's and Judge's detailing further information in this area. Also included in the first packet were copies of forms from the procedural manual provided by the Supreme Court addressing Infraction Judgments, Record of Judgments,etc. The second packet of information included additional information on the Ordinance Violation Bureau from 1992 through September of 1994, Memorandums from the Legal Department,Memorandum from the City Clerk on current personnel and job descriptions,a Memorandum from the City Engineer on space allocation of the City Clerk's office, two Memorandums from Don Pinckert on court costs in the Traffic and Misdemeanor Division and projected costs for a Bailiff, a Memorandum from Jeff Rinard on revenues and expenses, a Memorandum from the County Clerk on Traffic and Misdemeanor cases, a letter from the Police Chief on no prosecutions and charges declined, a letter from the County Prosecutor, a letter from the Chief Public Defender,excerpts from the Fiscal Study Committee and excerpts from the Statement of Strategic Posture.