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PERSONNEL & FINANCE August 19, 2015 5:OOpm Committee Members Present Karen White, Dr. Fred Ferlic Other Council Present Tim Scott, Gavin Ferlic, Dr. David Varner Others Present Crystal Brisco, Jan Hockenhull, John Murphy, Matt Chelbowski, Pete Kaminski, Teri Swift, Mary Wisniewski, Kara Kelly, Cecil Eastman, Al Greek, Kara Boyles, Eric Horvath, Cynthia Simmons, Kathy Cekanski - Farrand, Janice Talboom and various other citizens and media Agenda Budget Hearing Session No. 2 Mayor's Office, Legal Dept. and Public Works Karen L. White, Chairperson of the Personnel & Finance Committee brought the meeting to order at 5:OOpm. She mentioned that if the council had questions to keep a list of them to give to the departments making the presentations. Corporation Counsel Crystal Brisco made the presentation for the Legal Department. She mentioned that the Legal department runs on integrity, competency, professionalism and civility. Attached Is a power point presentation that she read pretty much word for word. Councilmember Dr. Ferlic asked about Medicare reimbursement, AFPP (mentioned it needs to be applied for), also asked how they are doing going after people for claims (for violations)is legal going to be incentivized. He thinks legal should get a commission for collections and he thanked legal for taking the bull by the horns in regards to collections. Councilmember Dr. Varner asked about the increasing recoveries and contracting them out. What type of monies do we keep? Crystal said if it's a $20.00 ticket we add $10.00 for costs and collections gets the $10.00 and we get $20.00. Councilman Tim Scott asked if legal could calculate cost vs budget. He also asked Professional services costs. Wants to know if attorneys outside of South Bend are hired and how fees are calculated? Say if the Parks Department needs an attorney they are charged by the legal department from their professional service budget. Legal Department decides if they need an outside attorney or not. Corporation Counsel checks on all outside lawyer invoices. They also put input into other departments budgets for professional services. Doc Ferlic wants to know how much the outside collection firm charges, they receive 25% which is built into the cost.