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Committss St port: Personnel and Finance Committee to tljs Commott E ouitutl of tits tits of •outij grub: The December 8, 1997 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Sean Coleman at 4:35 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Aranowski, Pfeifer, Kelly, Broden, Varner, Ujdak, Coleman, Hosinski; Fire Chief Luther Taylor, Assistant Fire Chief Rick Switalski, Kay Pola, Cathy Hubbard-Shead, Terry Bland, and Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand. The first item on the agenda was to review Bill No. 114-97 which would amend Section 2- 122 of the South Bend Municipal Code addressing mileage. Cathy Hubbard-Shead, bill would delete a 1 DDirector ector of Human Resources made the presentation. She noted that the i e b specific monetary amount and include reference to the IRS regulations with regard to their current rate for travel. She noted that currently the IRS authorizes 31.5 cents per mile. Following further discussion, Council Member Aranowski made a motion, seconded by Council Member Varner,that Bill No. 114-97 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. The Committee then reviewed Bill No. 117-97 which would transfer various balances within the general fund. Kay Pola made the presentation. She noted that the listed funds totaling$9,521.51 are being transferred at the request of the State Board of Accounts. Following discussion, Council Member Varner made a motion, seconded by Council Member Aranowski, that Bill No. 117-97 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. The Committee then reviewed Bill No. 118-97 which would close the Barrett Law account. Kay Pole made the presentation. She noted that there has not been any activity on this account since the pre-1990s. She stated that the balance of$17,370 would be transferred to the general fund. Following discussion, Council Member Varner made a motion, seconded by Council Member Aranowski that Bill No. 118-97 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. The Committee then reviewed Bill No. 120-97 (Substitute version) entitled Ambulance/Medical User Fee and dedicated fund. Chief Taylor and Assistant Chief Switalski made the presentations. Chief Taylor noted that the bill proposes fee increases for emergency medical services. The basic fee would go from $150 to $200, mileage would go up from $4 per mile to $5 per mile, Advance Life Support would go up from $250 to $300, and the non-resident fee would be raised from $50 to $60. Chief Taylor also noted that a new item would be a$75 "Non-Transport Medical Call Fee." The bill is requested to take effect January 1 of next year. Assistant Chief Switalski then gave a multiple pageandout entitled "South Bend Fire Projected EMS Rates 1998" (copy attached). He noted that currently approximately 80% of the billings are collected. Only those individuals who are transported are billed. 65% of billings are for individuals under 65 years of age and 35% of billings are for people over 65