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South Bend Fire Department <br />2014 Strategic Plan <br />Members of the committee were voted on by all members of the Department. It was <br />decided that representation would be broken down to one representative per battalion by shift, <br />and one representative in each seniority level: 0 -10 years of service, 11 -20 years of service, and <br />21 years and above. Three additional firefighters were asked to take part. Additionally, 2 <br />Assistant and 3 Battalion Chiefs were assigned to the committee. One firefighter was voted to <br />represent 8 -hour personnel and Sharon Perez was voted to represent the civilian employees of the <br />Department. The Accreditation Manager (Capt. Metzger) and Assistant Manager (Capt. Ort), <br />along with Chief Cox, and Union Vice President Chris Baker also attended. <br />SBFD Internal Stakeholders Committee <br />Steve Downey (10,2 /A) <br />Mike Pollock (1Q2 /B): - <br />Troy Whitesel (102/C) <br />Tony Schelske (103%A) <br />Brad Fuelhrig.(103lB) <br />TOm Abell (103 /C) <br />Justin Lachmund (0 -1-0 yrs.) `Gerard <br />Ellis (1120 yrs.) <br />Rick Bourdon (2)+ yrs.) <br />Lisa McCreary (A -Shift) <br />Corey Powell (B -Shift) - <br />Rob Eddy (C -Shift) <br />Jim Weinberg (40 Hr) <br />Sharon Perez (Civilian Emp.) <br />Jim Luccki (B /C) <br />Nick Teckler (B /C) <br />Mark Catanzarite (B /C) <br />Todd Skwarcan (A/C} <br />Federico Rodriguez (A/C) <br />It was also decided that a third -party facilitator would be valuable to ensure the meetings <br />were conducted without the bias of leadership input. For this purpose, Juliann Jankowski and <br />Pam Newman from the South Bend/Mishawaka Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program <br />were approached, and they graciously agreed to facilitate the meetings. It was also decided that a <br />neutral venue away from the Department would allow committee members to feel more <br />comfortable in presenting their ideas and opinions. Therefore, the meetings were held at <br />Innovation Park at Notre Dame in a large conference room, which facilitated all of the <br />committee's needs. Department personnel were instructed to wear civilian attire in order to <br />create an environment free from chain of command formalities. <br />Page 3 of 18 <br />