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[31 <br />OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK <br />KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK <br />HEALTH & PUBLIC SAFETY JUNE 13, 2016 4:49 P.M. <br />Committee Members Present: John Voorde, Karen White, Oliver Davis, Jo M. Broden <br />Other Council Present: Tim Scott, Dr. David Varner, Gavin Ferlic, Regina <br />Williams- Preston, Randy Kelly <br />Others Present: Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand, Adriana Rodriguez, Kareemah <br />Fowler, Jennifer Coffman, Randy Wilkerson <br />Agenda: Dept. of Code Enforcement Briefing, Randy Wilkerson - <br />Director of Code Enforcement <br />Committee Chair John Voorde called the meeting of the Health and Public Safety Committee to <br />order at 4:49 p.m. with one (1) item on the agenda. <br />Dept. of Code Enforcement Briefing, Randy Wilkerson— Director of Code Enforcement <br />Randy Wilkerson has been the director of the department for a year and a half. <br />The Department of Code Enforcement is made up of three divisions: Neighborhood Code <br />Enforcement, Animal Care and Control, and the Neighborhood Enhancement Action Team, our <br />cleanup crew that goes around and cleans up trash in the City. NEAT addresses everything <br />except for grass and snow complaints. <br />Mr. Wilkerson is trying to get away from the phrase illegal dumping because there is nothing in <br />the ordinance that refers to it. For it to be an illegal dump, we have to investigate it and <br />determine whether it is or isn't an illegal dump. It is still the same crew that used to be referred <br />to as the illegal dumping crew, but we don't call them that anymore. <br />Committeemember White asked if that program and those dollars ($680,000) now fall under the <br />NEAT. Mr. Wilkerson stated that she is correct, and it began at the beginning of this budget <br />cycle. <br />Committeemember Oliver Davis asked who is in charge of removing graffiti, and Mr. Wilkerson <br />explained that the Parks Department does most of the larger projects, and the Department of <br />Code Enforcement takes care of the smaller issues of graffiti. <br />455 County-City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Phone 574- 235 -9221 • Fax 574- 235 -9173 • TDD 574- 235 -5567 • www.SouthBendfN.gov <br />JENNIFER M. COFFMAN ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE EMILY SEXTON <br />CHIEF DEPUTY/ CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK <br />