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REGULAR MEETING JULY 22, 2013 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Councilmember Scott: You asked the cost of the sticker. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: I mean for the whole project. You have this whole <br />certification project, so with that certification there is a cost of doing business, what is the cost of <br />doing that business? And if there is a cost that is about the $20 or $25 dollars or whatever we are <br />asking for then maybe we will lose out somewhere, if it is way below then obviously there is <br />some money that’s going to go somewhere else and get used for some other purpose so my <br />question again is sign up, give them a sticker, somebody input the information, what is the cost? <br />And then when we measure that cost against the amount of mopeds that within the City of South <br />Bend, just so that we are going to make out so that the person who is doing the job is spending <br />their time wisely or the tax dollars are being spent wisely. <br /> <br />Councilmember Scott: I believe and I am not speaking for the co-sponsors looking at this, I <br />believe the $20 registration fee handles that administration cost in a reasonable manner. Once <br />that data is inputted, the $15 re-occurring fee for a police officer to look at it, talk to the <br />individual to get their information, and affix the sticker, is reasonable. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: Where is your paperwork to suggest that, I mean how do you <br />prove that, where is your proof? <br /> <br />Councilmember Scott: I don’t have any documented. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: So, again would you be interested in lowering the fees for this <br />particular project because of what I just said and I don’t want to repeat it anymore. I don’t think <br />that it is a bad idea. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: If I could just add State Law requires any fees to <br />be reasonably and related to the cost and the service that is provided by the city. Having done <br />the negotiations for the City of South Bend with regard to Sworn Officers that would be involved <br />with regard to the inspections and also checking the applications as a review process this would <br />be far less than they actually cost incurred by the City of South Bend. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: We don’t know that because nobody has shown those <br />numbers. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: Yes we did. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: I am sorry we don’t know that. I would like to know the cost, <br />no one is telling me what the cost is, I’m sorry. <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: The documentation is on file in the Office of the <br />City Clerk. <br /> <br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: I am going to vote for it, but my point is can we lower the cost <br />of doing business that is my whole point. Because obviously there is dollars that are going to go <br />to other places, if I am an employee of the City of South Bend my job is to do x, y and z for <br />whatever it is, the police officer, then my job is to do that. You are still going to pay me my <br />salary to do that, so weighing the cost against my time, you are still going to be doing your job, <br />regardless of that, you are still going to get paid for it. So, again going back to my original <br />question about the $10 being a fee set for the moped certification, again, that’s where I am at <br />with it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Scott: I respect your question to that; I again think that these fees are <br />reasonable. <br /> <br />Councilmember Oliver Davis: Asked Council Attorney if she had the fees that the other cities <br />charge? <br /> <br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: $25 is the base for Cities that we have looked at <br />and the renewal is anywhere from $10-$15. <br />17 <br /> <br /> <br />