07-29-09 Personnel and Finance Committee Minutes

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;rte ~~ ~~ Personnel and Finance Committee 2009 South Bend Common Council The July 29, 2009 meeting of the Personnel and Finance Committee of the South Bend Common Council was called to order by its Chairperson, Council Member Thomas LaFountain at 3:132p.m. in the Council's Informal Meeting Room Persons in attendance included Council Members Varner, Kirsits, Rouse, White, Henry Davis, Jr., LaFountain, Puzzello, and Dieter; Mayor Stephen Luecke, Police Chief Darryl Boykins, Police Division Chief Gary Horvath, Police Fiscal Officer Don Pinckert, City Controller M. Catherine Fanello, Assistant Controller John Murphy, Rahmon Johnson, City Attorney Charles Leone, Ken Marks, President of South Bend Firefighters Local # 362 and his granddaughter, Chris Baker, Gerard Ellis, Martha Lewis, Tom Price from the Mayor's Office,Jeff Parrot of the South Bend Tribune and other news media personnel, and Kathleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member LaFountain noted that the Committee Members include Council Members White, Varner, Oliver Davis, and himself; and that a quorum was present. Presentation on the Proposed 2010 South Bend Police Department Budget:. Council Member LaFountain noted that today begins the budget hearings on the proposed 2010 civil city budget. M. Catherine Fanello and John Murphy from the Department of Administration and Finance passed out summary sheets for the cost-centers to be heard today (copy attached) Ms. Fanello stated that the city received its 2008 settlement today and that there was a 95.75% collection rate. Police Fiscal Officer Don Pinckert made the formal presentation. He provided a 1-page handout entitled "South Bend Police & Communications 2010 Adjusted Budget-Proposed Changes". The "2010 Preliminary Budget" notebooks set forth the following summary sheets for the South Bend Police Department and the Communications Center: Pages 1-31 and 1-32 2010 recommended budget $23,919,884 SBPD Reflects 13°1° cut = $ 3,510,709 Page 1-33 2010 recommended budget $1,771,549 Communications Reflects 9% increase = $ 140,503 Mr. Pinckert stated that the budget figures set forth in the 2010 Preliminary Budget are those prior to the passage of the LOIT and Public Safety LOIT. Therefore the items highlighted in his handout are the priorities which the South Bend Police Department would like to address. The top priority is to restore sworn personnel back to 260 officers. The budget information currently reflects a reduction in sworn personnel of nineteen (19)