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Commftt*$ *4port: Personnel and Finance Committee �0 the QCOmmott QCOUlltti Of the tag of §OUth gate : The September 4, 1996 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Steve Luecke at 2:05 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Luecke, Kelly, Varner, Zakrzewski, Coleman, and Pfeifer; Citizen Member Cathy Roemer, Don Pinckert, Division Chief Richard R. Kilgore, Division Chief Brent Hemmerlein, Don Porter, Jeff Rinard, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Luecke welcomed everyone to the first meeting where the 1997 civil city budget would be reviewed. It was noted that there would be changes in the proposed meeting schedule with the meeting times now set for Tuesday, September 17 from 3 :00 to 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday, September 18 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. The first department to be reviewed was the Police Department. POLICE DEPARTMENT: 1996 BUDGET $13,890,532 1997 PROPOSED $14,866,507 Mr. Rinard noted that the general guidelines given by the administration were that each department was to stay within a 3.7% increase overall. He noted that many of the budgets reflect changes in personnel costs directly resulting from collective bargaining agreements. He also noted that the overview of the entire Civil City Budget would be provided at the end of the budget hearings. He stated that inflated rates were included in the Ordinances which were filed with the City Clerk today and that as of this date no certified assessed value has been provided. It was noted that Chief Gunn was unavailable today due to a death in the family. Mr.Don Pinckert,the Fiscal Officer for the South Bend Police Department, then made the presentation. He provided an overview and a synopsis to the entire Line Item Budget as well as the Performance Based Budget. He noted that the Police Department Budget reflects an increase of $975,975 and the Communications Budget reflects a decrease of $113,874. As part of the synopsis, he highlighted that four (4) additional sworn officers would be added, one (1) civilian crime analyst, a Corporal position would be civilianized which would permit an additional Corporal to be placed on street duty, and wo (2) additional civilian positions for the front desk were requested under the classification "Public Assistance Clerk". He noted that two (2) positions would be removed from the Communications Budget and added to the Police Budget which would result in overall savings. Council Member Pfeifer suggested that additional individuals be utilized at high-volume times from Thursday through Sunday rather than continuing to use the current scheduling at the front desk. It was noted that often light duty assignments are given when possible which helps cut down on the overtime budget. The Police administration did note that they are looking at a swing shift.