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SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL NEWS RELEASE
Date: Monday, February 13, 2012 C �,� &
From: Council President Derek D. Dieter Contact: 532 -2200
"Record Number of South Bend Residents Applied to be Citizen Member of Council Committees"
The South Bend Common Council received applications from sixty -four (64) South Bend residents to be
considered for appointment to the various Council Committees. This is the highest number of applicants ever
received for these positions; resulting in the highest number of citizen appointments in our city's history.
The concept of having citizen members sit on Council Committees first began with the passage of Ordinance
No. 6032 -76 on September 27, 1976. That ordinance authorized up to one -third (1/3) of citizen membership
of each of the seven (7) Council Committees which were then in existence.
It was not until January 27, 1992, when Ordinance No. 8237 -92 was passed that Citizen Members of the
various Council Committees were given the right to vote at the Committee meetings. That ordinance also
provided that Citizen Members would be sent copies of all documents sent to the individual committees
which were under review by the Office of the City Clerk.
Tonight, we are proud to announce the citizen volunteers who will be sworn in by City Clerk John Voorde.
The Council Members chairing the following committees have reviewed their applications and have selected
the following thirteen (13) South Bend residents who will serve this calendar year:
Community & _Economic Development Committee
2nd District Council Member Henry Davis, Jr., Chairperson
Patricia Crowley
Zachary Raymond
Community Relations Committee
Yd District Council Member Valerie Schey, Chairperson
James Burns
James Lee
Health and Public Safety Committee
Dr. Fred Ferlic, Chairperson
Kyle Chamberlin
Marcus Ellison
Parks, Recreation, Cultural Arts & Entertainment
Council Member at Large Gavin Ferlic, Chairperson
Elizabeth Ferlic
John Mazurkiewicz
Personnel and Finance Committee
Council Member at Large Karen L. White, Chairperson
Tamara McNally
Residential Neighborhoods Committee
I' District Council Member Tim Scott, Chairperson
Kenneth Bradford
Jennifer Tindell
Utilities Committee
P District Council Member Tim Scott, Chairperson
Christine Sopezynski
Dawn Pontius
Additional citizen appointments will be made to the Zoning and Annexation, Public Works and Property
Vacation, and the Information and Technology Committees in the very near future. The South Bend
Common Council thanks the citizens of South Bend for your enthusiastic response to serve!
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