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SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL
MEETING AGENDA
Monday, March 27, 2017
7:00 P.M.
1. INVOCATION- DEACON RYAN PIETROCARLO, CSC FROM ST. ADALBERT’S
CHURCH
2. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
3. ROLL CALL
4. REPORT FROM THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES
5. SPECIAL BUSINESS
BILL NO.
17-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, DECLARING THE WEEK OF MARCH 24 – 31
AS FARMWORKER AWARENESS WEEK IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
6. REPORTS FROM CITY OFFICES
7. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TIME: ______
BILL NO.
10-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1905 E. GOODSON
COURT, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT NO. 3 IN THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA
15-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR BUDGET TRANSFERS
FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA FOR THE YEAR 2017
16-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY
SERVICES OPERATIONS IN 2017 OF $143,000 FROM GENERAL FUND
(#101), $225,347 FROM PARKS FUND (#201), $200,000 FROM GIFT,
DONATION, BEQUEST FUND (#217), $10,000 FROM CENTRAL
SERVICES FUND (#222), $33,671 FROM EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
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SYSTEM FUND (#244), $8 FROM EXCESS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
FUND (#252), $1,000,000 FROM LOIT 2016 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION
FUND (#257), $2,000,000 FROM LOCAL ROAD & BRIDGE MATCHING
GRANT FUND (#265), $400,000 FROM EMS CAPITAL FUND (#287),
$137,000 FROM EMS OPERATIONS FUND (#288), $108,300 FROM COPS
MORE GRANT FUND (#295), $150,000 FROM COUNTY OPTION
INCOME TAX FUND (#404), $57,700 FROM ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT INCOME TAX FUND (#408), $735,236 FROM SOUTH
BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUND (#752), AND $250
FROM ERSKINE VILLAGE BOND FUND (#758).
17-17 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL AND
ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS IN 2017 OF $400,000 FROM SEWAGE
WORKS DEPRECIATION FUND (#642) AND $40,071 FROM 2011
SEWER BOND FUND (#659).
66-16 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AMENDING VARIOUS
SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE AT CHAPTER
17, ARTICLES 4 AND 6 TO ADDRESS NEW WATER RATES AND
CHARGES
8. BILLS ON THIRD READING TIME:______
BILL NO.
66-16 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AMENDING VARIOUS
SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE AT CHAPTER
17, ARTICLES 4 AND 6 TO ADDRESS NEW WATER RATES AND
CHARGES
10-17 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING
ORDINANCE FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1905 E GOODSON
COURT, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT NO. 3 IN THE CITY OF SOUTH
BEND, INDIANA
15-17 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR BUDGET TRANSFERS
FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA FOR THE YEAR 2017
16-17 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY
SERVICES OPERATIONS IN 2017 OF $143,000 FROM GENERAL FUND
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(#101), $225,347 FROM PARKS FUND (#201), $200,000 FROM GIFT,
DONATION, BEQUEST FUND (#217), $10,000 FROM CENTRAL
SERVICES FUND (#222), $33,671 FROM EMERGENCY TELEPHONE
SYSTEM FUND (#244), $8 FROM EXCESS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
FUND (#252), $1,000,000 FROM LOIT 2016 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION
FUND (#257), $2,000,000 FROM LOCAL ROAD & BRIDGE MATCHING
GRANT FUND (#265), $400,000 FROM EMS CAPITAL FUND (#287),
$137,000 FROM EMS OPERATIONS FUND (#288), $108,300 FROM COPS
MORE GRANT FUND (#295), $150,000 FROM COUNTY OPTION
INCOME TAX FUND (#404), $57,700 FROM ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT INCOME TAX FUND (#408), $735,236 FROM SOUTH
BEND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUND (#752), AND $250
FROM ERSKINE VILLAGE BOND FUND (#758).
17-17 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL AND
ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS IN 2017 OF $400,000 FROM SEWAGE
WORKS DEPRECIATION FUND (#642) AND $40,071 FROM 2011
SEWER BOND FUND (#659).
9. RESOLUTIONS
BILL NO.
17-15 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, URGING THE INDIANA STATE
LEGISLATURE, OUR GOVERNOR AND ALL UNITED STATES
SENATE AND CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
PEOPLES OF INDIANA TO JOIN WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND PASS
LEGISLATION TO KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF VIOLENT
CRIMINALS, DOMESTIC ABUSERS AND SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL
PERSONS BY CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES IN THE FEDERAL
BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM AND STRENGTHENING STATE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWS.
10. BILLS ON FIRST READING
BILL NO.
18-17 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE TO VACATE THE FOLLOWING
DESCRIBED PROPERTY: THE PORTION OF W. MONROE STREET
THAT LIES APPROXIMATELY 179 FEET WEST OF S. LAFAYETTE
BLVD.
19-17 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2,
ARTICLE 5, SECTION 2-52 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE
TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FACILITIES TO BE OPERATED,
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MAINTAINED AND MANAGED BY THE SOUTH BEND CIVIC
CENTER BOARD OF MANAGERS
20-17 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, CORRECTING A SCRIVENER’S ERROR IN ORDINANCE
NO. 9717-06 AS TO THE DESCRIPTION OF REAL PROPERTY FOR THE
VACATION OF CERTAIN PARTS OF FRANCES STREET
11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12. NEW BUSINESS
13. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR
14. ADJOURNMENT TIME: _________
Notice for Hearing and Sight Impaired Persons
Auxiliary Aid Or Other Services Are Available Upon Request At No Charge.
Please Give Reasonable Advance Request When Possible.
In the interest of providing greater public access and to promote greater transparency, the South Bend
Common Council agenda has been translated into Spanish. All agendas are available online from the
Council’s website, and also in paper format in the Office of the City Clerk, 4th
Floor County-City Building.
Reasonable efforts have been taken to provide an accurate translation of the text of the agenda, however,
the official text is the English version. Any discrepancies which may be created in the translation, are not
binding. Such translations do not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law
or equity by a party against the Common Council or the City of South Bend, Indiana.
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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK
455 County-City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601
Phone 574-235-9221 • Fax 574-235-9173 • TDD 574-235-5567 • www.SouthBendIN.gov
ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE
DEPUTY CLERK
DIRECTOR OF POLICY
JENNIFER M. COFFMAN
CHIEF DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
JOSEPH R. MOLNAR
ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK
MEMORANDUM
TO: MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
FROM: KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK
DATE: MARCH 23, 2017
SUBJECT: COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE
The following Common Council Committee Meetings have been scheduled for MONDAY, MARCH
27, 2017 at:
Council Informal Meeting Room
4th Floor County-City Building
227 W. Jefferson Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601
3:30 P.M. ZONING & ANNEXATION OLIVER DAVIS, CHAIRPERSON
1. Bill No. 10-17- Rezoning at 1905 E. Goodson Court
3:45 P.M. PERSONNEL AND FINANCE KAREN WHITE, CHAIRPERSON
1. Bill No. 15-17- March Budget Transfers
2. Bill No. 16-17- March Civil City Funds
3. Bill No. 17-17- March Enterprise Funds
4:00 P.M. HEALTH & PUBLIC SAFETY JO M. BRODEN, CHAIRPERSON
1. Bill No. 17-15- Gun Violence Prevention Resolution
4:25 P.M. UTILITIES DR. DAVID VARNER, CHAIRPERSON
1. Substitute Bill No. 66-16- New Water Rates & Charges
Council President Tim Scott has called an Informal Meeting of the Council which will commence
immediately after the adjournment of the Utilities Committee.
INFORMAL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL TIM SCOTT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
1. Discussion of Council Agenda
2. Update and Announcements
3. Adjournment
cc: Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Committee Meeting List
News Media
NOTICE FOR HEARING AND SIGHT IMPAIRED PERSONS
Auxiliary Aid or Other Services may be Available upon Request at No Charge.
Please give Reasonable Advance Request when Possible
2017 COMMON COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES (Rev. 01-4-17)
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Oversees the various activities of the Department of Community Investment. This Committee reviews all
real & personal tax abatement requests.
Gavin Ferlic, Chairperson Oliver Davis, Member
Regina Williams-Preston, Vice-Chairperson Randy Kelly, Member
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Oversees the various activities of the Office of Community Affairs and is charged with facilitating
partnerships & ongoing communications with other public and private entities operating within the City.
Regina Williams-Preston, Chairperson Gavin Ferlic, Member
Randy Kelly, Vice-Chairperson Karen White, Member
COUNCIL RULES COMMITTEE
Oversees the regulations governing the overall operation of the Common Council, as well as all matters of
public trust. It duties are set forth in detail in Section 2-10.1 of the South Bend Municipal Code.
Tim Scott, Member Dr. David Varner, Member
Jo Broden, Member Karen White, Member
HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Oversees the various activities performed by the Fire and Police Departments, EMS, Department of Code
Enforcement, ordinance violations, and related health and public safety matters.
Jo Broden, Chairperson Oliver Davis, Member
John Voorde, Vice-Chairperson Karen L. White, Member
INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
Oversees the various activities of the City’s Division of Information Technologies in the Department of
Administration & Finance so that the City of South Bend remains competitive and on the cutting edge of
developments in this area. Reviewing and proposing upgrades to computer systems and web sites, developing
availability & access to GIS data and related technologies are just some of its many activities.
Tim Scott, Chairperson Dave Varner, Member
Gavin Ferlic, Vice-Chairperson Randy Kelly, Member
PARC COMMITTEE (Parks, Recreation, Cultural Arts & Entertainment)
Oversees the various activities of the Century Center, College Football Hall of Fame, Coveleski Regional
Stadium, Morris Performing Arts Center, Studebaker National Museum, South Bend Regional Museum of
Art, Potawatomi Zoo, and the many recreational and leisure activities offered by the Department of Parks
and Recreation.
Randy Kelly, Chairperson Oliver Davis, Member
Dr. Dave Varner, Vice-Chairperson John Voorde, Member
2017 COMMON COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES (Rev. 01-4-17)
PERSONNEL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
Oversees the activities performed by the Department of Administration and Finance, and reviews all proposed
salaries, budgets, appropriations & other fiscal matters, as well as personnel policies, health benefits & related
matters.
Karen L. White, Chairperson Regina Williams-Preston, Member
Gavin Ferlic, Vice-Chairperson John Voorde, Member
PUBLIC WORKS AND PROPERTY VACATION COMMITTEE
Oversees the various activities performed by the Building Department, the Department of Public Works &
related public works & property vacation issues.
John Voorde, Chairperson Jo M. Broden, Member
Randy Kelly, Vice-Chairperson Gavin Ferlic, Member
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
Oversees the various activities & issues related to neighborhood development & enhancement.
Karen White, Chairperson Regina Williams-Preston, Member
Jo Broden, Vice-Chairperson John Voorde, Member
UTILITIES COMMITTEE
Oversees the activities of all enterprise entities including but not limited to the Bureau of Waterworks, Bureau
of Sewers and all related matters.
Dr. David Varner, Chairperson Randy Kelly, Member
Oliver Davis, Vice-Chairperson Regina Williams-Preston, Member
ZONING AND ANNEXATION COMMITTEE
Oversees the activities related to the Board of Zoning Appeals, recommendations from the Area Plan
Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission, as well as all related matters addressing annexation
and zoning.
Oliver Davis, Chairperson Gavin Ferlic, Member
John Voorde, Vice-Chairperson Jo Broden, Member
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SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES
Reviews the minutes prepared by the Office of the City Clerk of the regular, special and informal meetings
of the Common Council and makes a recommendation on their approval/modification to the Council
Tim Scott
Dr. David Varner
2016 COMMON COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES (Rev.01-4-17)
TIM SCOTT, 1ST District Council Member
PRESIDENT
Information and Technology, Chairperson Council Rules Committee, Member
Sub-Committee on Minutes, Member
REGINA WILLIAMS-PRESTON 2nd District Council Member
Community Relations Committee, Chairperson Residential Neighborhood Committee, Member
Community Investment Committee, Vice-Chairperson Personnel & Finance Committee, Member
Utilities Committee, Member
RANDY KELLY, 3rd District Council Member
PARC Committee, Chairperson Community Investment Committee, Member
Community Relations Committee, Vice Chairperson Information & Technology Committee, Member
Public Works & Property Vacation, Vice Chair Utilities Committee, Member
JO BRODEN, 4TH District Council Member
Health and Public Safety Committee, Chairperson Council Rules Committee, Member
Residential Neighborhood Committee, Vice-Chairperson Public Works & Property Vacation, Member
Zoning & Annexation Committee, Member
DR. DAVID VARNER, 5TH District Council Member
Utilities Committee, Chairperson Information & Technology Committee, Member
PARC Committee, Vice-Chairperson Council Rules Committee, Member
Sub-Committee on Minutes, Member
OLIVER DAVIS, 6TH District Council Member
Zoning & Annexation Committee, Chairperson Community Investment Committee, Member
Utilities Committee, Vice-Chairperson Health & Public Safety Committee, Member
PARC Committee, Member
GAVIN FERLIC, AT LARGE Council Member
Chairperson, Committee of the Whole
Community Investment Committee, Chairperson Community Relations Committee, Member
Information & Technology Committee, Vice-Chairperson Public Works & Property Vacation, Member
Personnel & Finance Committee, Vice-Chairperson Zoning & Annexation Committee, Member
KAREN L. WHITE, AT LARGE Council Member
Residential Neighborhood Committee, Chairperson Community Relations Committee, Member
Personnel & Finance Committee, Chairperson Council Rules Committee, Member
Health & Public Safety Committee, Member
JOHN VOORDE, AT LARGE Council Member
Public Works & Property Vacation, Chairperson Residential Neighborhood Committee, Member
Health and Public Safety, Vice-Chairperson PARC Committee, Member
Zoning & Annexation Committee, Vice-Chairperson Personnel & Finance Committee, Member