HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-08-2024 Personnel & Finance Meeting Minutes (Signed)OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
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PERSONNEL & FINANCE
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Committee Members Absent:
Other Council Present:
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Agenda:
APRIL 8, 2024 5:00 P.M .
Troy Warner, Canneth Lee , Rachel Tomas
Morgan, Karen L. White
Sheila Niezgod ski
Dr. Oliver Davis, Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers ,
Sherry Bolden-Simp son*, Sharon McBride*
Bianca L. Tirado , Eli vet Quijada-Navarro ,
Danica Kulemeka, Matthew Neal , Bob
P almer
Kyle Willi s
Bill No . 2 1-24 -2024 General Fund
Additional Appropriation Ordinance
Bill N o. 24-1 0 -Resolution Appro ving a
Lease Between the South Bend
Redevelopment A uthority and the South
Bend Redevelopment Commi s sion Relating
to the Four Winds Field at Coveleski
Stadium
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Committee Vice Chair Troy Warner called to order the Personnel & Finance Committee meeting
at 5:00 p.m.
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Bill No. 21-24 -2024 General Fund Additional Appropriation Ordinance
Kyle Willis , City Controller, with offices on the 12 th floor of the County-City Building, stated
that Bill No . 2 1-24 appropriates an additional nine million dollars ($9,000 ,000) from the general
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fund to put toward phase two (2) of the Morris Performing Arts Center renovation project. The
nine million dollars ($9,000,000) will be reimbursed by the Professional Sports and Convention
Development Areas (PSCDA) fund over the next six-to-seven (6-7) years. There is currently six
million dollars ($6,000,000) in private donations going toward phase two (2), as well as one-
point-five million dollars ($1 ,500 ,000) from the READI grant. There are no new local tax dollars
being levied for phase two (2) of the Morris Performing Arts Center renovation project. Phase
three (3) of the Morris Performing Arts Center renovation project will include the development
of a parking garage.
Committee Member Tomas Morgan requested information regarding the balance of the general
fund .
Kyle Willis stated that the general fund currently sits somewhere between twenty-five to thirty
million dollars ($25 ,000 ,000-$30 ,000 ,000).
Committee Member Karen L. White requested clarification regarding the timeline for the
reimbursement of the nine million dollars ($9 ,000 ,000).
Kyle Willis stated that the reimbursement of the nine million dollars ($9 ,000 ,000) has a tentative
timline of six-to-seven (6-7) years.
Committee Member Canneth Lee requested clarification regarding the PSCDA fund.
Kyle Willis stated that the PSCDA fund s will be used to reimburse the nine million dollars
($9 ,000 ,000).
Committee Vice Chair Warner held the public hearing , and no members of the public spoke.
Committee Member Tomas Morgan motioned to send Bill N o. 21-24 to the Committee of the
Whole with a favorable recommendation, which was seconded by Committee Member Lee and
carried by a vote of four (4) ayes with one (1) Committee Member absent.
Committee Chair Sheila Niezgodski -Absent Committee Vi ce Chair Troy Warner -Aye
Committee Member Canneth Lee -Aye Committee Member Rachel Tomas Morgan -Aye
Committee Member Karen L. White -Aye
Bill No. 24-10 -Resolution Approving a Lease Between the South Bend Redevelopment
Authority and the South Bend Redevelopment Commission Relating to the Four Winds
Field at Coveleski Stadium
Kyle Willis , City Controller, with offices on the 12 th floor of the County-City Building, stated
that Bill No . 24-10 authorizes the City to issue lease rental revenue bonds for the renovation and
expansion of Four Winds Field. The Four Winds Field renovation and expansion project will
result in the issuance of around forty-five million dollars ($45 ,000 ,000) worth of bonds, which
will be paid for using PSCDA funds . The PSCDA funds are taxes that were previously sent to
the State but are now staying locally to support sporting and performance venues . Some of the
renovations include the building of a new entrance, a new administration building, and increase
seating capacity by almost fifty percent (50%).
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Richard Nussbaum, 210 South Michigan Street, Suite 500, South Bend IN 46601, stated that
while the City can only collect up to five million dollars ($5 ,000,000) worth of PSCDA funds ,
the pool of taxes that the five million dollars ($5 ,000 ,000) is pulled from reaches upward of eight
million dollars ($8,000,000) annually; therefore, creating a large cushion to prevent the need to
levy a tax to pay for the bonds. Other cities are undertaking projects nearing one hundred million
dollars ($100,000,000) because they have not kept up with their stadiums as well as South Bend
has.
Committee Vice Chair Warner asked the committee for comments and nobody spoke.
Committee Vice Chair Warner held the public hearing , and no members of the public spoke.
Committee Vice Chair Warner stated that this project is a combined partnership with the State,
the City, and the team. Committee Vice Chair Warner recognized Senator Mishler, Senator
Niezgodski, Representative Teshka, and Representative Bauer who worked to move forward with
the PSCDA legislation on the State level.
Committee Member Lee stated that Four Winds Field is unique to South Bend and important for
its residents.
Committee Member Lee motioned to send Bill No. 24-10 to the Committee of the Whole with a
favorable recommendation , which was seconded by Committee Member Tomas Morgan and
carried by a vote of four (4) ayes with one (1) Committee Member absent.
Committee Chair Sheila Niezgodski -A bs ent Committee Vice Chair Troy Warner -Aye
Committee Member Canneth Lee -Aye Committee Member Rachel Tomas Morgan -Aye
Committee Member Karen L. White -Aye
With no further business , Committee Vice Chair Warner adjourned the Personnel & Finance
Committee meeting at 5:19 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted ,
Sheila Niezgodski, Committee Chair
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