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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-10-06 Utilitiestili~i~~ Co~nitt~e 2t}fl6 Sat~ih Be~x~ C:c~i~~~~~on Loi~ncil 'l'he April 1(3, X1[36 of the 1tilities ~~`on7~nittee was called to order by its Chairperson, Council li~e~r~ber At "I3udd~~" l~irsits at 4,2~ p.n-~. in the Cota~tctl lnfor3~~al .l~.eeting Rc~o~~~. persons in attendance includt~d Council 1Vleznbers Dieter, Pfeifer, Puzzeilo, ~1Vhite, Kelly, Kirsits and Rouses Utilities Citizen I~1letnber `lane Pendl, Martha Lewis, I3ire.ctor ®f Public Works Clary Cilot, l~ita Kopala, Departanent of Cornlnunity and. Economic Developtr-ent Executive Director 5l~aron. Kendall, City Clerk ~o3t~~r Voorde, Richard Hill, Ala~~ie Loa of the ~~o~~t~~ Hence 7f°ih~~r~~e and Kathleen t:elcanski-l~arrand, Cc~urtcil Attorney. Council i1~e~r~ber l~irsits noted that Con7~r~ittee .l~Jl.en~bers include Council Men~hers l~uzzello; l~u.spa, Pfeifer and. l~irrtself; and, he ~nrelco~~ed citizen t-nember Gene 1'endl. Council Me~~ber Kirsits stated that Dr. Varner wa~ateci to be here f~}r the presentation of bill ~~!o. 19-06 which lie has c®-sponsored with L~r. Varner which `vo€.~Id amend C"l~apter ? 7, Article 2, Divisi©~~~ 5, Section 1'?-79 0l' the ~r3z.€tla T3c~nc~ 1t~2ia~ricir~ul C:`«c~e addre~5in~ the authorization tt> enter into special rate contracts fc~r se~vc.r service. lie suggested that this 13111 be continLaed to April 2~1, 20136>>. C~~ttn.cil l1!tetnber Pt~zzello n~adc: a rn~rtion, seconded. l•ry Council 14~"re~nber Pfeifer that t3ill No. 1 ~-[36 be c©ntinued until April 2~-th at tl~e request of one of the petitioners. Tl~e ~~otion passed. Council N6en~t~?er l~:irsits then call~;d for a presentation. on Substitute B.i11 No. 23-06 which would authorize tl~e acquisition. and installation of certain i3l~tprov~:t~tents to the City's Sewage Works, 4~~ould authorize the issue and sale of additional rc;veraue bonds to provide funds for the paytxtent of the casts. a.s well as the collection, segregation. and. distribution ®f the revenues of such sewage works. C~arv C~ilot made thy: presentation. He presented a revised Exhii~i.t ~ to the C;o~n~nittee and filed. the original. of that exhibit with City Cterlc John. Voorde {copy attached). l-le noted that the City Controller recot~tm~ended certain cha~~ges wl~icl~ have been incorporated it~ato the exhibit. l~icltard bill, att att~trxtey with 13al::er and Daniels wifh offices in downtown Souti~ 13encl r®ted that the ordinance wo€tld authorize the issuance of bonds to fh~ance the project which e~~ottld not exceed 556,~8fl,flflfl, witl-t this finding reclt~irecl pursuant to I~' 3Cz-y-2~-11 anti I(` 3~-~3-1-~. 1-1e noted. that the Council passed Crd.. No. 891 ~-98 on lone 22, 1998 which authorized revenue bonds in the a~r~ount of ~ 18,590,040 which are pavable~ through Decerraber 1, 2(31$; arzd Qrd. No. 952 ~-()4 passed by the Coutacil orz August 1.~3, ?OC14 in tl~e amount of 511.,0;5,(300, "f'lte prior ordinances pert~tit the issuance of additional bonds payat?le frog revenues ol`the Sewage Works. The proposed bond,5 ~v«ttld be payable over atwenty-two ~22~) y"i~ar period. following discussion, Council N9en~beA- Puzzello t~nade a rrtotiot~; seconded by C~otdncil ~!1e~~-tber Pfeifer that Substitute Bill l~io_ 2~-06 be recotnn~ended favorably to Counci{.. 'T'he rrzotiot~ passed. 1~rt~zt !i!;?C10(i Utilittec~ Ca~a~anittes of it~e 2i}CiC3 fioett~f 13~nitC,:c7¢~~mo~~ Ca~mci3 -i'tr~e i uk~2 - Under ~~niscellaneo~€s bt.€siness, l~r. C~ilot i.€pdatec~ the Corl:l.xlittee can l3ant;roft ~i~;ctric which was a stab-contractor who ojoic;cd concern abort the laciC of titel~J pay~-ner~ts on ~~ c-ity contract. fir. f rilot revie~~red the tin'!elirle and stated that he believes that the generaC ec~ntraetor acted in good with rn~ith regard to payt~~ents. lie stated that t:ale ~;ity €?perates on a ~-~2 da~~s to process c-lairs for payirtent. The issue was pane o~ rctairlage, wl~i.ch. i.s cotrl~~ton il~ the industrti~. I-le statec~l that the s~~i=r-contractor was ~~c~t interested in partial payn~e,~~ts, lout i~~sisted on full payn~ea~t. IVir. ~rilot started that h.e believes that the city paid, ~ a. "rea.sonabl:e fashion". in reslaonse tc> a cl~~estiol~ fret Co~racil pr~:sidertt Rouse, I~~r. ~,ilot stated that he was unar,uare of srtl~stit~.tte materials wvhach coltld be used for ananho(es, t~otin~ #:l~tat several have Been stolen throughout the city. Tt~ resl~otase to a clt.~estion from Council 1°,~er~tl3er ~'leifer, ~Ilr. pilot stated that ~a~tanhole c®vors are heavy and not easy tct tape; howe~~er they were l~egit:anin~; to disappear. Citizen. IVlelnber Cic.ne Pc;rtdl voiced cortcerrl ~t~ot~t the rates listed on the cities wel3site regarding utility ehargcs. i~l.r. C~ilot stated that he wc~ttl€i check the ittfo~-~~~tation ti~rhich is posted artd report back. `T'here being no trlrtirc:r Lousiness to come. betor~; the Col~trrtittee; Council Merl~ber ~:irsits adjourned. the rrseeting at 4:~41~.tn. R~:spectfully subtrtitiesi, ~` , ' ' ~ ~"ouncil lt!let~~ber Al "Buddy' Kirsits, Chairperson Utilities Corn~~ittee iC.CF:krttf Attach~~~ents Ai~ril i0, 2(Y(lti l,lili'tics Co~ttntittee oC the 2ffli(z 5ct~tlt 13e~td Cc7uttttcrn Coi~ttciI -l't~sc 2 trC 2 - 2i)UG Sai~ih 33cn[~ C:os3u~i~m Caiu3ci~. Tlae April iU; Zt;~f)6 ts-~eetit~g of the Es~a€t:Mt at~~t tt~lic ~atoty ~'ot~~i~~ittao ryas oali~d tai t~?~det~ ~t ~5 p.t~~. icy its t;hairpersot? ~~ouncii i~lletnher l~a~°en L. ~r~hite .n the ~c~€.tncil's ini`ort~~tal Niee~it~g Rao~~~. persan.s in attendat~.ce itlcl€tded ~.otr~tcii N[en~l~ers Pfeifer, l~uzzello, 1~/hite, t~irsi.ts, belly, iv~ieter, and Rouse; 1l~tariha 1_,ewis, Lt. ~~il:e Guth., `.s'~~;t. Scott .13ryar~t. l~lil~L :iR!iorris, Belinda Morris, t~~acy Levin, pity Attorney ~haries Lcat~.e, David l~.irlsin, Ray C~ral~ysiait, 13oh l~leslop, Pa.~~ Meyer, Assistant rise ~h.iei` l~icl< ~rvitalslti, Tire Batallion Cl~iei` dreg ~#etzcer, Lynn C:olet~an, ,iatniG Loo of the ~~vz~tlz ~3eY~~' Ir~ih~r~n~~ a~~d i~athteen Ce~ansl<i-farrand., ~ottt~cii Attortaey. C:.;ea~~r€cil l~enlher ~ivl~site Hated teat the ~on7~~ittee ~~tet~hers inc,~ude ~:ot~ncii I1~'€:nzl~et°s darner, l~u.spa, Pu'r.~ello and herself,. and ~:itizett n~en~l~ser ~.:hristie ,a/I.. l~lc~'u~ly. the noted that a ~~torut~ c>i' the Con~att~ittee ryas riot prescrtt tlter~;fe~re ~tl'~e tx~eeting would he for discussion a~~d infor~nationa! pEtr~oses anly. X131 Na> 12-[~f~: C'~p°~ iiin ~~~~ Tl~ef~ of ~l~in [' er a~ac~ stet ted It rns. Coutlcil l~e~~nher ~i~itc. noted that tl~e C:;ot~7n~ittee has diseG€ssc;d Biil hto. 12-tlfi at its tneetin~~s c~l~ March 22nd and IVlarch 27th. ~I~e then. wiled upon. Council M:et~n.l7er deter, one of the spcjnsors of tl~e proposed ordinance. ~c~~~.ncii Mea7:ther Dieter rt€~ted that the s€tggestions made at past cotn~nittee meeting were cateft~liy studied and further resew€-eh~d. Ike cot~t~,enclecl the Council Attorney t«r preparing a suhstitr€te versi:on of the ordinance and for the additional resew€'ch oi~ the Bill.. ~e noted that a copy of I~er April lt~th n-€et~nora~~drrtn which iaig3~lights the proposed changes astd a ca~~y of the praposed s€ahstit~zte hill has been. sent to the; Cotanci.l, the C`lerl:, ivlr. Leone, ~!ls. ~'oppel, Ms. DeRose aatd fir. {~#irliin (copy attached j. Ike noted that lie has :had discussions with. the ~`ounty i'rasecutor's C)ftice, anal they applaud the eFforts of the C;aitncil with regard to the proposed reg€alatit~ns- C;otar~ci[ ~et~her Dieter stated. that ire l~eiieves that the proposed. regulations are rc;asot~al~le and world provide a needed tool for tl~e police department io heap con•tbat the growing theft of al.un~intrn~, capper ar~d other ferrous and Han-ferrous metals thrc~t.€ghout t.l~c:. city. lie l~lect a copy cif an article fron~ the April ~, 2~~C~ edition c~ltlte i~f)t.f/~I I~c?rr~~ i'a•ibi~rar? entitles; "~~anl~ole hovers Vanishing--Thefts spur safety rears, Gall. ~c~r More Oversight of scrap Dealers" (copy attached,. Council Mct~her Dieter als€~ filed a lc;tter dated ~larc,h ~, 2€~(1C~ li•on~ ~Ifichael Beitzinger, wh€~ is a lsteal corntnercial loan o1 ~cer which. is in support of tho propc~std ordinance (copy attached). I_,t. ]11~ilce ~rtl~, of tlx:=: Sc~utl~ Band 1'cylica Depa~ i~~ents forensic l:.,al~, spoke in favor oi' tlti ordinance. l~.e stated that physical evidence such as t~n~;erprints, tcaa:ts t~narks artd fractures are the types of evidence wllicl~ can he traced hac.ic during tl~e investigative process. ~~il~et°s frot~~ gloves and even. DNA if the person. has cut ,~~tselves are ail. l~c~ssible tea get leads, L~~~zril i (3; ?f3f3G I-~eu1Fl'i Und ~~'t~i~iac saiiet~° Comn~.ili~ce of 12c ~f~~ 5pt~in 1'3eu~~ C:anuno3~ Couuc~~l,r1ti r~1~~,hi;)'F'ii) -I'i~~c ! ~,f ' The Council attorney noted. that attached. to her n~emorandaa.~~a is a draft o f. a san~plc~ one:-page form which co~.tlci he cased by the l~epartntent of .~dtx~inistratiora and finance tuhich would ~~~ cc~3~pleted by the person. i~ringing valuable ?~~etal,~scrap -~~etals to a dealer, e~,rith a c;~py of` tl~e Stag: oi' Indiatra's form being ova the reverse side for coml~ari.son. She nofeci that only 1.~~~°so~~s bringing in valuable; a~etalslscral~ metals would lae re<~aa.i.red to co~-nplete the 1-page forra~, acid that persons bringing ia~ pop Dens w°ould not l_~e required. Sbt. Scott t~ryant stated that crimc;s arc: co~>ti.ne-ing since the; last: Coann~ittee ~~neetia~g. Not items include alat~~inurrt lad€lc;rs, with persons saying that then "found thea-n" when they bring thern to a dealer, Ci_trr attorney Charles Leo?~e voted that lie leas worl4.ed with the Counci9. Attorney on the s;al~stitute ~i11 and tl3at l7e i~as had tl~e opportunity to revier~° it closely. 1-1e noted that the changes to streaa~aline tl~e process are positive, and that the l~eparta-nent of Adaraiaaistration and Finance is properly iaaclucled. There is clarity iaa tlae noise violation procedures, as well as flee penalt~~~ provisions. 'l'lae; exce:ptic~ns foe- anunicipal scrap vehicle procedazre,s are also welcoiaaed, which wore made at C`atherinc. Toppel's rega.aest. ~e stated that he sees the ordinance as bein~~ rJery workable and eaaforceable administratively. Coaancil Nlenala;rr White then aslzecl for any one wl~o wished to spear ire oppositioaa to tlae I-sill. fir. David 1vCirki~, an attorney with offices located at 1.12 West ,leffersota Blvd., Suite ~[7(i, in South fiend sl3olse in oppositioa~a. lqe noted that he represents South l3encl Scrap and .l"rocessing and was present aloaag with Cary Levin. lie stated that ita h.is opinion the proposed ordinance would be a disaster. l-le then. introdlaced several other scrap dealea's ire flee aa.idience. He noted that his client has 107 emp~r?yees with 74 of thetn living in So€rth Bend.. lie sees flee ordinance as "a disaster waiting to happeaa". A aaaap of the dealers in the Mie,laia-~a. area with pus'ia picas ova again displayed to tl,e C.oa~~anittee, noting that it vas showta previously. Fle stated that the 7-day holdiaag period corald not Ize ia~aet, that the proposed record keeping vas "very different" than the state law govera~~irag transactions aver ~ 100, and fleet the states holding period for raoaa-ferrous items was five (5) days for transactions over ~ 1(10. lqe stated that "keeping two types of~ records is crazy". ale stats~d that th€~y cased notice wheaa aaaetals are stolen, and that flee proposed systeaaa would be burdensome. Ike requested thc: Council to reject the ordirta~ace. l~il~e Dorris who operates at 1420 South ~Ialnut Street stated that flee City slaca<uld it~apose c~ra themselves best a~aanagea~aent practices (l~f~l~~, notiaag that he was contacted lay the city aci.nain.istratior~ stating that "thev forgot to scald. ia~ his report". l-le stated fleet thefts are a prohfena ira South Bend and else, atad that lie js.ast cane back froa~a a conference which stressed community it~volveta~tent and cooperation. Ne theta oa.~tlined items fro~a~a lai.s +~a~nail (,copy attached} requesting that transfer stations be cie;leted from the proposed regulations in light of the extensive TI~EM regulations which cover su.cla operations. lie stated that imaaaediate taotification to the dealors of thefts would lee very boneticial, and he volunteered. his services in this area.. lZay ~rabysiak of I~l~) S. Franklin stated that t4ae proposed. regulations would lee "very cuaa~l,~erson~e". Often iraaterials are l~li;nded anti they naay take a "huge hit. in. reveaaaae" if they are ia~aposed. lie suggested instead that a nei.ghl~orhood watch program be used. [~~~il I{1, ?BOG aleaatat xttdF~3ltlic Safe-Ft ~on~u~ittee nfihe 2t)'i~: saut~t a3en.I Cnstazngn ~'aEmeil -1'a~~e 2 cz2 dab 1-lask~;liff at Granter sc€ttested that tl~e Co~zr~cil visit the ctperati®r~s. 1-1e stated that there are ~nan~j ru~rrc~rs aut there i~~cludir~t that the~~ take; i~~ ::9C~~'~~ stolen property" whioh he stated is r~c~t true. ~e stated any f~r~~ts wo~.tld ire forged a~ad t1~at fake ll.'s Svc}raid t7e used, and perhaps tP~~e persons would to elsewhere. Melinda ll~:orris noted that she has talked with various city oF~ciais and knows tl~.at there are prohle~~s for fire police in this area.. the sugtested psa~iishi~ag the ti~ieves and ~~€~t the dealers. Cv~:artha Ler~~is sugtested that the Council lVle~r~l~ers sh®r~id watch the process. She ~~oted that `:scrapers are the poorest cif the pacer". Council l~ieax~ber I'fei.l:er ~-eciuested t;larificatio~~ cif ~ transfer station. I~lrs. Norris stated that they charge persons tc~ tafCe their items with ~r~ost of theia- 1~~.~siness cc~l~~i~7g t'€~t~~~~ oo~~structic~n co~~pani~s. It is ti~e~~a transferred. in response to a clue.stion fro~-n Council NNIen~E~er 1 tt~zeilc>, it was nc}fed t7at trar~sier stati€~ns sa~r~: ~r~uci~ ~rtaterial from landfi..i.is. C csux~.cil ~len~l~e~° Deily stated that ?~~etal thefts are a serio€zs prok~ler~~ anal that they sl~or-id he addressed. 1-1e does net want to put people out. of l~itsiness, however, and if sa~~e adjust~t~e~~ts can lie ra~ade, he tivould support them. ~-here is a seri~~us need fcrr the police to have i~etter tools for enforcement i~~ light of this t~rowi~~t prc~t-rlc;~~. Council Ivle~r~l~er I3ieter noted that at the l~larch ?7th. Co~t~rr~ittee t~~eeting, I~IIr. Mirkin stated. that they were themselves the viLti~l~s o3`ma~~y thefts. 1-le stand that he has reviewed the theft reports fro~~~ .la~a.uary ?{10 ~ to the present and could an.ly lcacatc; o~~e 1~ttrgl.ary report far their operat~or~. I-ic then prase~~ted a ~~~uiti-pane l~ai~dout addressil~t a cc~l~victia~~ of ~turl;is irti~r~ & IVietal (ac~py attac;l~ed j. Mr. Levin stated that the theft reported was fro~1~ ate ex-employee, aid he again stated that they are the victims of thi:ft, w:tbich was else stressed by Mr. Mirkii~. Council I~errtl~er Dieter again noted that that h~,~siness has vel~icies with wront vel~ticle n~~n~l~e~°s; to which Iv'Ir. iVlirkin stated that they Dave four (4) title issues a~~d he Believes that the state ~~ade tl~e errors. Cs~u_s~cil IVleinl~er White stated. that ~~~etal thefts are greatly impacted our corn~.nuniry, and- that we gust w€~rk together to address this. Coraneil 1Vlemher Pfeifer stated that ``dealers nave to clean up your o~vn pause or ove will help you". Other prafessic~ns have had to loop at their operations ar~d address their prol~le~~s. `~hc. noted that the Council. is dealing with a serious prol7lc~~. in response to a tluestiot~s fr6m Council ~len~ber I~irsits, it was noted tl-sat the Aler# P~°alra~i~ cc~~.~.id svc~ri` i.n this cot~n~nunity and r~tiger c;otnm.u~.1ities. April It~_ ;~li0ti I~1ch1Ll~ ~i:d Y~il~lac Se Fery ta~~~~~iFtec cif tits 2f)E)G 4oullt F;c;nel ~'-a?n~salrnz L:c~i~nci3 '}"~re~ 3 °~' ~ - Since there was not a tls.l=~ru~n present, Cot.~ncil ?e~e~n~ier White suggc~ste~l. that the i=3iii h~ cc~ntin~~eci to the April 2=tth C«~'rt~nittee mc,etit~~~~ at~d the i~prii 7th C€~uneil ~rleeting. Co€€ncil Melnl~er Dieter agreed to this reclr~est, noting that he evill l~.~rtlter stG~dy the hoiding period and otht;r itein5 artd report tsac;p to the C:oune:il. Cc~l.~nt;il President Rouse noted that Cottr~cil IVlen~ll~er Pfeifer has charged deaiers to propose so~netlaing letter and that the Council expects dealers to respond. ~il1 ~®. ~?-4G I)®~ ~~~ 664 ~, ~r~ ~•~.atlta~s it'o~ the ~;e~sef"rr•e 1Pa°o e-~~rr~: Council [~te~nfier White called for a presentatis~n ors Bill ~~. 1.7-t)~ w[~icl~ evoultl approlariate $98,Ea64 from the l~epartlnel~t cf Justice t~~~3J} for the Ceasefire l'rogra~n (copy attached}. Sloe noted that the Co~nt~ittee had a. prior meeting on this Bill. rvhieh Kati extensive and intensive discussi©ns. C'ot~ncil ~[elnher White states) that the City cannrat ign€~re the statistit:al data provided and .u.st be ~;eindfui of the ot~ligations to address all issues. Pa~~ Meyer of the l~epartlner~t of Cozntnunity anti ~conotnic l7eveioptncnt made the l:~resentation. Shy; noted that. the focal riot-for-pr€~lit ~~oard would operate t:hc; pro~~an1 which cail.s ft~r two (2} ®ratreach on-call clergy me~nhers, who would response to incidents. The program is aimed at viole~~ce reduction. It is pr©-active for middle and high school a~;e students, tt~ I€eep them i.n school. l:yl~n Coie~nan, a mayoral Acl~nit~istrative Assistant, spoke in favor of the; ordinance, statingr that he believes the South Bend Cotnsnl~nity tv€rLtid l~enetit from this progran~t. hx response to a tltzesti.on from Council. Il~lelnber I'uz~eiic~, it eves nt~ted that the Rt~l~i€~son Canter is used now and that ley the end of April the program will 'tie out of the ~I N[Ct~. Council President Rouse staled that h.e did not want to ~~ehash leis concerns and that they <rre on tl~e recc~rtl at tl~e~ prior C.orn~~nittee meeting. Ili resl~orlse to a tlt~estic~n Ei-on~ Council I~~e€~~~er Pfeifer, l~rls. IVl.eyer stated. that this is one~tit~e fisnding beginning Septe~~ii~er l., '~t)O5; lout because ®f tl~e delayed nonce to the clt4j they would be asking For are extension. She noted that the Board. would lse looping at ways to continue tl~e pro~,n-arra . ~~1~ No, 20-~6. D[~J S22~a~~Q f+<a~, the Feed. ar~d Seed.... ~'~'~~r~: I'a~n 1Vleyer then presented information €~n 13111 Nc~. `~()-U6; noting that this would be the 4th year of gunding. It is aimed at law entorcetnei7t, cotl~anul~ity policing, and prevention, itlterventior' and treatment at~tivities ineludi~~g safe havens. ':l'l~ey would also be asking. for an extension oli t(~is l~ro~;ra~n in. lig6at ol'the cleiayed notice received by the City. Council Mei~~'her Pfeifer stated that the Weed and Seed Program €~perating i.n the '`d District is a. tivonderli~l and great prograrn_ -ta~~~. a ~r ~ - ;1~ril 11Y, 2{l[ifi lle~lz§~ arni I'uUlic SaCets C'na~t~~~ittec oP the 2006 ~nut33 1zu3~c4 Cununi?~2 Cuw~ai4 1[~~11 N~a 21-OG: ~ ~5 9041i-~~r° R~~c.~~ ~`o~~d '~ a~"o ~°~~stlca~® l~att.aion Chief Greg ~lietzc.er stated tl~a.t thi:.l~iver Resc~~e. l~rograat~ began in the ] 98Q's, ~vitl~ C`€aetncii. Vlcn7b€;r l~irsit.s being one of its foEtndita~~ rn.ert~tbers_ ~l,o held offset, €~vert:i~n.e ccgsts they ~vi]l dot€blc tine nu~~iaer crf siudents fae~•~~itted t€~ participate, tl~ir€s raising the nt~t~ber to 1~~. The school tries to b€: self st~ffi.cient, with st€~.dents coz~nin~ from througho~rt the country as well as foreign co~zntrie4. `l,hey should I~ar~e/ a balance of ~ ~~,~Ctl) in. the acco€rnt after tlae larogra~~n.. dill ~®. 22-960 ? ~~4~9 H~z-IV'I~t l~~~rli ~ a~•o a€~iatiea~: Battalion Chief Csreg lt!letzcer stated that thc. revenue in this account is raised lay going on calls outside of the city 1iz~aits.Nozr-taxpayers are charged for sncla haz-~r~at services. ~ lie C:o€encil Attorney noted that the fees charged are approved by the; Council by ordinance. In res}aonse to a cl~€e~stion from Council 1Vle~xtber pt~zzello, Battalion Chief lVletzcer stated that the-rc, is or~c~ { E j year left. an the toll road Iaaz-gnat contract. Council. ~e~nber ~v~hite thanked everyone fo€~ their infort~ation, and then. ad~ourt~ed the Cozniaaittee meeting at 5;~5 la.~~, I~.esspectf~ally s€~brnitte~, Council [~e~r~ber l~.aren L. ~'lhite, Cl~airperso€a ~leralth and l'c-blic safety Cony=~~ittee RC~':l€naf Attachments April LO, 2UOn 1-Le~lth ~~nd Pub4ic S~~ifstT C'urg~~nitf~'c' c~P ii~c ~?1.1f7G South Rend ~ aii~»o~~ E'uit5~cik -Yu~,c ~ i~ 5 - Cl~u~c~l ~u~s ~ammi~tel~ ~UO6 South 13c~~~ Co~uinnn Council The April 1 C), 20(l~ Council Rules ~`on~~nittee was caned to c~rds~r by its €~ laa.irpersoi?, C~?~ s€~cil President %'ir~~ot'1~y ,~. Rouse at 5:45 p.n. i~~ the Co~.tncil l~~fo~~~al Meeting Roo~~~. Persons in atkendance iracls~ded Council. Me~-nt~ers Dieter, l~feifer; Kelly, Pszzzello, Varner, 1~ouse~ l~irsits a~~d 1~hite5 l~ita Kopala., C~it~l C`lerl~ Tohn ~joords~, Ta~~nie Loo of the ~c}aatla ~~~~~~~ ~'f.;~rs~ie and Council A1.torney 14athleen Celcanski-Farrand. Council 1'resider~t Rorsse noted that the n•~ea2~bers of tl~e C'on~~~~iitee include C:os.~rscil Members bite, Kelly, Kuspa; Var~~ser and himself. Council l~resideni mouse s#ated that tl~e only ite~~ to co~~~e t~ei~ore, the C'oi~3~~ittee was 13111 l~lo. ~~-O~i rvl~ich would al~lend tl~e C:'ouncil rites and prcrcedut~es which are Codified ire ~_'llapter 2 cif the ~~~~t~t~r l~t~~~~:~' I~~Iur~~cr~?cxl f_;ocl~-. l le rooted tha# he is prol?osir~g a t~c~ry lino#ed ol•~portitnity f€`'r a Ccluncil Met~nber to exercise a proxy when he or sloe ca~~ Prot absolutely ,e presersi: f®r a r~.~tkl~tr Cor~~rtor~ C~oa~tlcil meeting, as set fo€~th in tl~e pro~~sed r~rdir~ance. C.or~acil Mell~sl_~er 1~vhite voiced co~~cern c~l~out tl~e absent C'ourECil 1!!l.e~~ber who wo>r~1d exercise the proxy procedure as rrot ha~~ing the ability to hear the pc,rsons wh~7 address tl~e Council during the public portion on a 13111 prior to the act~~al ~~ote bei.tag takers. Sl:se noted that the public input process is very i~~pc~rtar~t to the overall proc~;ss. C.ou~~Gil president 1Zo~,ise agreed ~~ith the ~~oneern raised. by C~ounc.il 1•ltec~ber ~V13ite and stated that he has had additic?na] discussic~sns with the Council t~ttorr~ey since the 1=3111 was filed, arld has asked her to contins.~e her rsvsearct7 as to ho~~• otl~e~~ legislative bodies shay tie addressing such. a concern. C'oancil Ps°esident Rouse. noted that t:~e Council I~!le~nbers are eery ver}r b~.ssy, as show~~ during the atte~r~pt to scl~ed~~le dates for tl~e Ccrunci.l. I~e:treat sessions, and that due to conflicts tl~e sessions were reduced front three to #wo. ~~~€.~r~cil Member Pfeil-~;r noted that an etx~ergency situation ~•nay be ~~sore valid than arse whs~re, there ~~,foold bc; ??-hour noti~;e provided as addressed i~~ the proposed Bi11. C`.ounci.l Metr~ber P'riz~ello stated that stye 4vo~ild want definite a~~d absolute criteria as to wLaat situations would clttalif~; l~ei:ore she sr.ot'ld st~ppo~-t such a proposa€. C~'otrncil l~resid.ent Rouse ih~~nl~ed e°eryo-le l'or their co~~.~~~ertts, noti.r~~= ti~at ~.~~any valid. concerns have been raised a~~d would lie a.ddressed_ Lt~; stated. that he wot~9d be asl~in.g fog- the 13111 to be c;ontirt:red irnt.il the next C,o~lncil ~z~eeting so that a.dclitional. ~'esearch s/or€ld be done. l,hes'e being no further business to co~~re before tl•:e C.os~sn~sittee, `.s~ur~ci€ President Rotisse adjourned the ~neetir~g at 5:~3 p.~~. Respectfully s~..~~itted.. ~C`~uncil l~resit Tii~rothy ~'~. Rouse South Bend C.o~~'s~nors Cota~~cil F~l?r~f f'7.2i)L)c; C`~~~t~~oii Mules Comn~itte~ -l'nge I of 1-