11-26-12 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 26, 2012 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana met in the Council Chambers of the County-City Building on Monday, November 26, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Dieter and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS: st Present: Tim Scott 1 District nd Henry Davis, Jr. 2 District (7:01 p.m.) rd Valerie Schey 3 District th Fred Ferlic 4 District th David Varner 5 District th Oliver J. Davis 6 District, Vice-President Derek Dieter At-Large, President Gavin Ferlic At-Large Karen L. White At-Large, Chairperson Committee of the Whole OTHERS PRESENT: Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand Council Attorney John Voorde City Clerk Janice I. Talboom Deputy Mary Beth Wisniewski Chief Deputy REPORT FROM THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES Councilmember Scott made a motion that the minutes of the November 12, 2012, Meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS There was no special business to come before the Council at this time. REPORTS FROM CITY OFFICES th Ann-Carol Nash, Assistant City Attorney, 14 Floor County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, Indiana, gave an update on Taxi Cabs. Ms. Nash advised that there were several changes to the taxi cab ordinance last year that will become effective this years. Councilmember Oliver Davis received some calls concerned about additional measures might be in place next year. She stated that there were several proposals to the ordinance that was passed last year that did not make it into the final bill. She stated that there was some concern about additional costs that the taxi companies would incur that they will actually not incur. Ms. Nash stated that she handed out a three page summary this afternoon at the committee meeting of the changes that happened last year and that will become effective this coming year. (a copy is on file with the Personnel & Finance Committee Meeting Minutes.) Effective January 2, 2013 all taxi companies must have 6 vehicles in their fleet and 6 drivers working under their company name. She stated that all companies that have applied for licenses do in fact have six or more. So there is no problem with that. She stated that all companies must be equipped to take debit or credit card payments. She stated that all taxi companies must have a uniform insignia to be placed on all cabs. She noted that all vehicles that passed their inspections did have that. 1