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** City of South Bend <br /> * Common Council <br /> * nl ('its I Lill • 21.i S. \Lunu 1.tiihcr <br /> Rcntl, tutli:uta 14;6 1 <br /> November 5, 2025 <br /> Canncllt [cc <br /> l're,itlent Chairperson Rachel Tomas Morgan Filed in Clerk's Office <br /> Rachel •Ltmt:,, \i„rgan South Bend Common Council Nov 5, 2025 <br /> vice I'rc,iticnl <br /> 215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. 13autca [Undo <br /> I rtry \\;trncr City Clerk. South Rend, IN <br /> Chairl>cr�uti. Conunirtcc <br /> Suite 300 <br /> t,l•the \\-hole South Bend, IN 46601 <br /> C;u a tc11 i I AT Re A RESOLUTION ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMON <br /> First Ui,lrict COUNCIL CONSENTING TO THE RENEWAL OR CONTINUANCE OF A <br /> ( )l,lu hi! (.,, ,rlcn-IlIi4, r` DECLARATION OF A LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY UNTIL ANY <br /> lcruntl District ORDER OR PROCLAMATION LAWFULLY TERMINATES THE LOCAL <br /> DISASTER EMERGENCY OR THE PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION BY <br /> Shinn I.. \Irliritk THE COMMON COUNCIL REVOKING THIS CONSENT <br /> Third l)i,t rict <br /> Dear Chairperson Tomas Morgan: <br /> itn \\ ,tenet <br /> 1.(mrth 1)i,trit t The health, safety and welfare of our residents are being jeopardized by the <br /> federal government's suspension of the SNAP program. The consequent <br /> Shorn lit,hlen Sintl„ >t' hardship to many of our residents supports a declaration of a"local disaster <br /> I ilili I)i,lrict emergency" under Indiana state statutes. Such a declaration may not be <br /> the l;t tic. ,rhkt continued or renewed for more than seven days except by or with the consent <br /> I)i,tric1 of the Common Council. This creates a lapse if the Council consents only at <br /> its regular meetings held approximately every fourteen days. <br /> t)r. ( )liter <br /> At I,nt;c This proposed resolution provides the Common Council's continuing consent <br /> to continue or renew the local disaster emergency until the next subsequent <br /> Rachel I , . \I. , t, full Common Council meeting unless the local disaster emergency is earlier <br /> \I 1.:i t.4c terminated. <br /> Karel' I.. \\ hit, Please schedule this proposed resolution for the Health and Public Safety <br /> t l.:nrvc Committee meeting on November 10, 2025, and place it on the full Council <br /> agenda for later that night. Chairperson Tomas Morgan has been informed, <br /> and agrees, that this resolution will be heard that committee. <br /> Thank you for your consideration. <br />