02-09-15 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 09, 2015 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, February 09, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was called to order by Council President Tim Scott and the Invocation and Pledge to the Flag were given. ROLL CALL COUNCILMEMBERS Present: Tim Scott Henry Davis, Jr David Varner Oliver J. Davis Derek Dieter Gavin Ferlic Karen L. White I" District (President) 2nd District 5`h District Oh District, At- Large, (Vice President) At -Large At- Large, Chairperson Committee of the Whole Excused Absence: Councilmember, Fred Ferlic Councilmember, Valerie Schey OTHERS PRESENT: Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand Council Attorney John Voorde City Clerk Janice I. Talboom Deputy Kareemah Fowler Chief Deputy REPORT FROM THE SUB - COMMITTEE ON MINUTES Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion that the minutes of the January 12th & January 26th, 2015, meeting of the Council be accepted and placed on file. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of seven (7) ayes. SPECIAL BUSINESS Council President Tim Scott recognized Boy Scout Troop 572 Granger Lions. Thank you for being in attendance. MAYOR'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 -3.1 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE Mayor Pete Buttigieg presented his annual address to the City Council pursuant to Section 2 -3.1 of the South Bend Municipal Code. Mayor Buttigieg presented the overall fiscal health of the City. Mayor Pete shows a PowerPoint presentation on actuals not the budget spent, revenue charts were by department and fund type. The General Fund was not balanced we ran slightly ahead of we got expenditures below the revenues of the general fund, which was right around $400,000, right around 1 % where we need to be. It would appear that revenues took a sharp drop from $62 million in 2012 to $55 million in 2014, this is due to the change in the accounting on an adjustments in the Controller's Office to make the accounting more accurate. The difference in accounting we no longer account the same the difference is actual a $7 million difference. The Mayor gave an overall economic scope of the city of South Bend's operation came to $268 million of economic activity, quarter of a billion dollar operation. I want you to note that there was a drop in the Enterprise Fund, with substantial reduction in 2013 -2014 compared to 2011 -2012 reason being there was no waste water revenue bonds issued in 2013- 2014. Mayor Pete acknowledged the spike in redevelopment due to property taxes coming in late with the state. When you look at the internal service funds, you notice a steady and steep increase, this is where we spend on employee healthcare and health insurance cost. We are