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lommftttt sport: Personnel and Finance Committee �0 tbo COmmOn £ountfl of tbt €itt of i5outb O: The February 28, 2000 meeting of the Personnel and Finance was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member James Aranowski, at 4,:05 p.m. in the Council informal meeting room. Persons in attendance included Council Members: Aranowski, Varner, Ujdak, Pfeifer, Kelly,White,Kirsits,Coleman,and King; Susan O'Connor,Director of Recreation;Ann- Carol Nash,Assistant City Attorney;Jeffrey M.Jankowski,Deputy City Attorney;Jeremy Barclay,Terry Bland of the §Otttfj Vtttb 'Crfbttttt, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Aranowski noted that the Council Members on the Committee included Council Members Varner,King,White and himself. The first item on the agenda was to review Bill No. 14-00 which would appropriate $ 13,000 from the Ethnic Festival non-reverting fund. Susan O'Connor, Director of Recreation noted that the appropriation would be from Fund No. 272 which has a sufficient balance for the proposed expenditures. Following discussion, Council Member King made a motion, seconded by Council Member White that Bill No. 14-00 be recommended favorably to Council. The motion passed. The Committee then reviewed Bill No. 20-00' which would amend Chapters 4, 5, and 10 of the South Bend Municipal Code to revise licensing fees. Ann-Carol Nash,Assistant City Attorney, made the presentation. Ms. Nash noted that the license fees have not been reviewed for several years,despite a Code provision which calls for an annual review. She noted that a summary of all of the proposed changes are set forth on pages 8 ad 9 of the proposed ordinance. She then introduced Mr. Jeremy Barclay who oversees licensing in the Department of Administration and Finance who did much of the background work on the proposed ordinance. Council Member King inquired into the criteria used in setting the proposed fees. He inquired into the incremental costs involved and suggested a formal review process be scheduled on a regular basis. Mr. Barclay noted that he contacted the departments involved with a particular activity requiring a license and reviewed the information provided to him. Council Member Ujdak inquired into the fees proposed for scrap metal dealers noting a proposed decrease despite the fact that several agencies are involved making it a labor- intensive review process. Mr. Barclay noted that increased compliance has decreased the amount of labor for this type of license. Council Member White inquired as to when the last annual review was conducted by the City Administration. Ms. Nash noted it was several yeas ago.