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REGULAR MEETING JULY 22, 2013
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<br />Councilmember Oliver Davis: So we are consistent with other cities.
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<br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: Yes, we are.
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<br />Councilmember Schey: So if it takes 30 minutes of an officer’s time, perhaps is that the
<br />calculation that, if it takes 30 minutes to an hour for the inspection and licensing, is that where
<br />this takes the employee’s time that were coming up.
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<br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: Plus reviewing the bill of sale to make sure that
<br />we have proper ownership involved, and to review the information on the application.
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<br />Councilmember Schey: So, beyond the $1 for the sticker, there is the employee’s time.
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<br />Council Attorney Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand: That’s correct.
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<br />Councilmember Scott: You not only do you have to look at it from an officer’s standpoint, but
<br />there is probably someone within administration to input the data after it is collected, and it is
<br />also shared with the City Legal Department.
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<br />Councilmember Henry Davis Jr.: That is doing your job.
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<br />This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and
<br />opponents were given an opportunity to be heard.
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<br />The following individuals spoke in favor of this bill:
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<br />Cecil Eastman, 57412 Peachstone Drive, South Bend, Indiana, stated that he is in favor of the
<br />moped bill. I am in favor of charging $20 for the initial fee because there is such a thing for city
<br />employees called opportunity costs. Even though it may be part of job to do something, but if
<br />we are now doing something that we have never done before that means that something else has
<br />to get satisfied and that needs to be taken into account. None of us are being paid as Kings here;
<br />we are all getting paid something for what we do. So by all means $20 is a very reasonable fee.
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<br />Jesse Davis, P. O. Box 10205, South Bend, Indiana, I am in favor of this because basically it will
<br />tell if these mopeds are legitimate. If may keep some kids off of them who shouldn’t be on
<br />them. Keeps some drug dealers off of them who shouldn’t be on them, which is a good idea.
<br />Hopefully the sticker is going to be large enough and colorful enough so that you are going to
<br />see it, driving behind them, so you know it is a registered moped. And hopefully we are going to
<br />change the color of the sticker every year. The only other question that I have about this would
<br />be what people riding their mopeds through let’s say Mishawaka. If this passes, I think we
<br />should talk to Mishawaka, St. Joseph County and see if the other local cities to join in with a
<br />similar ordinance, because you are going to run into, I have a son who is disabled, he is 22, he
<br />rides his moped everywhere, he doesn’t have a driver’s license, but he does come into South
<br />Bend occasionally and it would be I guess a sort of harassment if he gets stopped every time he
<br />crosses over into South Bend. So this is something that you might want to think about and make
<br />county wide.
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<br />Rev. Greg Brown, 1238 Diamond, South Bend, Indiana, I am in support of this because safety is
<br />always first dealing with these youth. This is a tough issue, there has to be enforcement of this
<br />bill. A young man ran into my mother’s van, he was riding his brother’s moped; he jumped off
<br />and ran because he was scared to tell his grandmother that he had the bike out. His brother is in
<br />Iraq. So who is responsible for the damage? So, what I did was put the moped inside my garage
<br />and told him to bring a parent back to get it. This will give us some validation to safety in South
<br />Bend and I think that is what you need because you have people riding on sidewalks, they use
<br />different areas, they don’t stop at the stop signs, turning on no turn on red signs. Those issues
<br />need to be enforced.
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<br />Samuel Brown, P. O. Box 1975, South Bend, Indiana, representing Citizens United for a Better
<br />Government, South Bend, Indiana, I am in favor of this bill. Safety is the primary concern.
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