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s tommfttt* Z port: Personnel and Finance 10 the Common touiitfl of the City of foutb Altnt': The August 31, 1998 meeting of the Personnel and Finance and Health was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member John Broden at 3:20 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Aranowski, Pfeifer, Ujdak, Broden, Sniadecki, Kelly, and Varner; Mayor Stephen Luecke, Terry Bland, Cathy Roemer, Shirley Roemer, Lew Powell, Chief Gunn, Assistant Chief Kilgore, Fiscal Officer Don Pinckert,and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand. Council Member Broden welcomed Mayor Luecke and members of the City Administration to the meetings of the Committee over the next several weeks which will address the civil city budget for 1999. Mayor Stephen Luecke began the presentation by giving a city-wide overview. He thanked the Council, Department Heads and in particular Cathy Roemer and her staff for their hard work. The Mayor noted that he is presenting a balanced budget to the Council. 73 % of the budget is dedicated to public safety items. Mayor Luecke than reviewed a two-page handout entitled "The City of South Bend-1999 Budget-Significant Issues/Highlights" (copy attached). Mayor Luecke then noted that six (6) budgets are not balanced, namely: MVH, Human Rights-EEOC, Police Pension , Solid Waste, Project Releaf and the Parking Garages. City Controller Cathy Roemer then reviewed the format of the Budget Notebooks. She noted that "projections" have been added to the information provided to the Council. She also noted that the Budget Summary format has been enhanced. She then reviewed the preliminary pages and charts contained in the Budget Notebooks. Mrs. Roemer noted that five (5) ordinances will have first reading at the Special Council Meeting this evening at 5:15 p.m. The non-bargaining ordinance has been filed by title only. The Committee than began their review of departmental budgets. Police Department Fund # 101-0801 1998: $ 17. 551,642 1999: $ 18. 282.689 5.1% increase Chief Gunn, Assistant Chief Kilgore and Fiscal Officer Don Pinckert then made the presentation. Chief Gunn noted that the overall increase in the budget is $ 894,247.00. He noted that the take-home car fleet has experienced 400,000 more miles than projected. 1,600 officer hours in off-duty responses have been provided as a result of the program being in place. He further noted that crime has dropped 18 % since the take-home car program was initiated,with it being one component part of the total police department program to deter crime.