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fi oc�w l,. \eG _, Common Council City of South Bend Indiana Henry Davis,Jr.,2nd District Council Member 4th Floor County-City Building 227 West Jefferson Boulevard South Bend,Indiana 46601 (574)235-5983 (574)235-9173 Facsimile (574)235-5567 TTY/TDD November 16, 2015 The South Bend Common Council 4th Floor County-City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Re: Post City Employment Restrictions Dear Council Members: The attached proposed ordinance would elevate the transparency and professional standards for the City of South Bend.More specifically,it calls for a one(1)year prohibition for any"appointee, employee or official"[same terminology used in Mayor's Executive Order]who works for city government from working for an employer which he or she had been engaged in the administration or negotiation of any contract or agreement on behalf of city government during his/her service with the city. It also provides for a waiver of some or all of this 1-year prohibition,if the City establishes a formal Ethics Commission who would review such requests on a case by case basis in public: Currently under the Mayor's Executive Order on ethics,he has given authority to the Corporation Counsel to waive provisions of that Order, however the Executive Orders and current personnel policies are silent with regard to the proposed 1-year employment ban. As you are aware, state employees have a 1-year ban similar to the one I am proposing. I have attached a copy of the Indiana Office of the Inspector General's "Post-Employment Restrictions". For comparison purposes, I am also attaching copies of summaries of policies in place in New York, Chicago and the federal government. I look forward to discussing this with you at a Personnel and Finance Committee meeting. Thank you. Most i er:1y, j-n • avis,Jr. 2 d District Council Member Attachments