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Committ*t Z port: Personnel and Finance Committee �0 t1jt Common tountUY of the ttty of §olttb 3Benb: The September 23, 1996 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Steve Luecke at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Luecke, Kelly, Pfeifer, Varner, Coleman and Broden; Kevin Horton, Jeff Rinard, Don Porter, and Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand. Mr. Horton noted that the budget for the College Football Hall of Fame is required to be heard by the Century Center Board of Managers,as well as the Joint Committee which has representatives from New York on it. It is anticipated that those meetings will take place in October and therefore, Bill No. 78-96 should be amended at this evening's Common Council by striking the College Football Hall of Fame from that Bill. Mr. Horton also requested that Bill No. 81-96 addressing salaries for appointed officers and non-bargaining employees be heard this evening. The Council Attorney noted that state law requires that such an ordinance setting such salaries must be in place prior to September 30, 1996. She also indicated that the Ordinance had been properly advertised to permit the Common Council to go forward if a suspension of the rules was granted. She indicated that a suspension would require all Council Members present to vote in the affirmative to permit the suspension to go forward. The actual Ordinance would need a two-thirds majority vote to be passed. Mr.Horton also announced that the City of South Bend received the"Distinguished Budget Presentation Award"by the Government Finance Officers Association for the City's 1995 Performance Based Budget. He noted that this was the first time that the City had provided a performance based budget. The Committee was pleased with the award and congratulated the Department of Administration and Finance for their hard work and dedication in this team effort. Mr.Jeff Rinard then reviewed four(4)handouts namely, 1. Summary of Rates-Levy-Assessed Valuation 1996, 1997 2. Three-page summary of the South Bend Civil City Budget and the South Bend Redevelopment Commission Budget. 3. Revenue and Expenditure Summary(four-page document) 4. Six-page handout of charts on revenue and expenses. A copy of each of the handouts is attached to these minutes. Mr. Rinard noted that the Economic Development information is being provided for informational purposes only. He noted that 60.5% of the Civil City Budget is directly related to salaries and benefits. The grand total of revenues for 1997 is $101,804,626. 81.1% of this projected revenue is generated by property tax. •