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• Qommitae wort: rzottittz an finance ommittet The August 29, 2001 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member James Aranowski at 3:01 p.m. in the Council Informal Meeting Room. Persons in attendance included Council Members Aranowski, Kelly, White and Varner; Mayor Stephen J. Luecke, Chief of Police Larry E. Bennett, Services Division Chief Richard R. Kilgore, Fiscal Officer Donald E. Pinckert, Director of Budgeting and Financial Reporting Tom Skarbek, Director of Central Services Matt Chlebowski, Corporal Derek Deiter, and Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member Aranowski welcomed everyone to the second day of budget hearings. 2002 Police Department Budget (General Fund # 101-0801) 2001 Budget: $ 21,990,694 Expenditure increase excluding capital: 1.1 % 2002 Budget: $ 21,099,843 Total Expenditure increase: $231,449 Chief of Police Larry E. Bennett thanked the Council for the opportunity to present the 2002 operating budget for the South Bend Police Department. He credited the efforts of Services Division Chief Richard R. Kilgore and Fiscal Officer Donald E. Pinckert in the preparation of the budget information. Fiscal Officer Donald E. Pinckert then made the presentation. Mr. Pinckert noted that the overall police budget is requested to be increased by 1.1 %for a total dollar increase of$ 231,449.00 over the current budget, noting that this is the smallest increase ever requested by the Police Department in recent memory. Mr. Pinckert then highlighted items set forth in Chief Bennett's August 27th letter provided in the notebook detail on the "2002 Budget" setting for the Logic Model format and the comprehensive performance based budget data(copy attached). The South Bend Police Department is authorized by budget to have the following personnel: 258 sworn officers 48 non-bargaining&bargaining civilian employees 28 crossing guards 5 crossing guard subs 2 part-time secretaries 28 non-bargaining&bargaining employees COMMUNICATIONS He then highlighted personnel changes which include three (3) additional crossing guards at high traffic intersections (Lake/Huron Streets; Lincolnway West/Sheridan Streets; and Portage/Lindsey Streets) for a total increase of $ 31,192.29; plus the reclassification of two (2) positions in the Programmer/Analyst area and the Property/Evidence area. In the personnel area, $ 1,012,412 has been proposed for the salary and fringe increases addressed in the salary ordinance. The City has never budgeted for Notre Dame football traffic detail expenses which has been covered by budget surpluses in the past. A line item of $ 80,826 is proposed in 2002 to cover this expense since limited if any surpluses are projected.