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St9YS' • , .The. City government of South Bend. is comprised of a Msyor, a nine member Common Council and City Clerk alI elected to four-year terms of office. T'he Common Council is composed of six members elected from districts and three members at-large. Supplemental governing bodies include the Redevelopment Commission, Board of Public Works, Board of Safety, and Board of Pazks and Itccreation. Transportation i$ easily accessible in South need with intetxtates 1-80 and 1-90 canning east and west and U.S. 31, the main north/south mute i~a the City which leads travelers to Michigan vritIsin minutes and Indianapolis is less than #hree hours. In addition, 45 truck lines provide carrier services. Dive rail sysotems~oo d Amtrakt and passenger service and- the Chicago South Shore Iane connects w-th downtown Cbucag p provides service to major U.S. does also. Bus transportation within the City is provided by the municipal bus service (Transpo} and STS Por the elderly. Three major bus Iincs provide travel to many dues in tine United States. The Michiana Regional Airport serves the City with nine passenger Bares providing flights to major cities. Commuter and freight service flights are also available. Chicago's p'Harc Airport is located apprmdmately 120 miles from South Bend. ~,,ticA and Fre Prote 'on The City of South Bend Police Department provides polies protection for residents of South Bend and consists of 230 officers and 105 vehicles. The department consists of K-9 patrols, a swat team, metro drug task force and bicycle and motorcycle patrols. The South Bend Fire Departuaent includes 212 firefighters with equipment consisting of pumpers, river res-cue • boats, ambulances, ladder trucks and hazardous materials trucks. ti The City of South Bend is screed by the South Bend Cousmunity School Corporation. The Penn Harris-Madison Scb,ool Corporation provides public education for a small portion of the City. The school systems provide a variety of academic and extracurricular 8ctrvtGeS. The South Bend School Corporation includes five high schools, five middle schools azrd 25 elemcntaries with a total enrollment of 21,427. Certified staff includes 1,472 and non-certified staff includes 1,028 employees. The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation has an enrollment of 8,145 students for the 1991-92 school year and has a cez~titicd staff of 454 and anon-certified staff of 309. South Bend has nine institutions of higher education andJor technical training including the University of Notre Dame, St. Mary's College, Indiana University at South send, Bethel College, Holy Cross College, a Purdue .Program, Indiana Vocational Techzrical College, Michiana College and Aavenport College. These educational institutions have a total enrollment of over 20,000 students. mv~ in Communications arc provided by the daily Sc,uth Bend Tribune and the wCCklyST1 ounty News. Several AM aAd FM radio stations vrithin. South Bend and Ell:hart, as well as .stations from Chicago, provide news and music to a variety of listeners. A.ll major television networks azc available to residents of the City with signals originating in Elkhart and Chicago. Cable television is also available throughout most of the City. A-3