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2015 Health and Public Safety Committee <br /> Annual Report PUBLIC <br /> SAFETY <br /> South Bend Common Council <br /> 7 <br /> COI tll, <br /> v .. <br /> Date: November 19, 2015 IN. <br /> To: The South Bend Common Council <br /> The Office of the City Clerk <br /> From: Council Member Derek D. Dieter <br /> Health and Public Safety Committee Chairperson <br /> I am pleased to file the following 2015 Health and Public Safety Committee Annual Report. It is a <br /> summary of some of the key activities of the Common Council's Health and Public Safety Committee <br /> which fulfills the requirement of § 2-10 (i) of the South Bend Municipal Code. <br /> Duties: The Health and Public Safety Committee is charged with "overseeing the many activities <br /> performed by the Department of Code Enforcement, EMS, Fire Department, Police Department, <br /> ordinance violations and related health and public safety issues". <br /> Members: There were four (4) Council Members and one (1) citizen member this year serving on this <br /> Standing Committee, namely: <br /> Council Member Derek D. Dieter, Chairperson <br /> Council Member Karen L. White, Vice-Chairperson <br /> Council Member Dr. Fred Ferlic, Member <br /> Council Member Valerie Schey, Member <br /> Citizen Member Robert Emery <br /> Meetings: The Health and Public Safety Committee has always been one of the more active Council <br /> Standing Committees, in light of the subject matter it is charged with overseeing. If we include next <br /> Monday's Health and Public Safety Committee meeting which is scheduled to meet at 4:45 pm, this <br /> committee will have met twenty-seven (27) times this year. That number is the same as the number I <br /> reported in last year's Health and Public Safety Committee Annual Report. Of the 27 committee meetings <br /> this year, five (5) were joint meetings held with another Council committee. <br /> Summary of 2015 Committee Activities: Similar to the many public safety concerns which were a priority <br /> for the Committee last year, this year's key topics and discussions focused on: <br /> • Recapping the priorities of the Committee in 2014 <br /> • The continuing need to focus on the"quality of life issues in neighborhoods" <br />