04-27-15 Joint Meeting Health and Public Safety & Community Relations

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**JOINT MEETING** HEALTH& PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS APRIL 27,2015 05:14 P.M. Health & Public Safety Committee Members Present: Derek Dieter, Dr. Fred Ferlic, Karen White,Valerie Schey Citizen Members Present: Bob Emery Community Relations Committee Members Present: Karen White,Valerie Schey, Gavin Ferlic, Derek Dieter Citizen Members Present: Gavin Seabe,Alfreda Gillespie (AB) Other Council Present: Tim Scott (XAB), Henry Davis,Oliver Davis(XAB) Others Present: Cristal Brisco, Kathy Cekanski-Farrand Agenda: Bill 19-15 Establishment of South Bend Municipal ID Card program Bill 19-15 was initiated by Councilman Henry Davis. This bill would require each citizen to have a municipal photo ID. There are some similar practices found across the country. The ID's could provide the holder with an improved access to a full range of benefits and would provide city officials a more accurate census county when applying for state and federal funds tied to population counts. After some roundtable discussion among councilmembers who wondered everything from the nuts and bolts of ID issuance,to costs of implementation,to privacy issues,to acceptance by the business community, it was unanimously felt more discussion was needed to answer the above questions and many more. Valerie Schey wondered whether requiring an ID would impose a greater sense of vulnerability to illegals in the area. Corporation Council Cristal Brisco spoke briefly on "a spotlight issue" which requires the proposed regulations to be broad based to the entire community and not to a specific segment. Karen White who was chairing the joint committee discussion said would begin a series of discussions with input from the entire community beginning with an evening meeting during the 3rd week of May. On motions from Gavin Ferlic and Valerie Schey, supported by all the bill was continued indefinitely. Karen adjourned the meeting at 5:29 p.m. 1