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Home My WebLink About02-24-2025 FINAL Common Council Meeting Agenda 1 SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL M EETING A GENDA Monday, February 24, 2025 7:00 P.M. The South Bend Common Council meeting will be open to the public at the Council Chambers on the 4th floor of the County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Blvd., South Bend, IN 46601 or available by way of a virtual meeting using the Microsoft Teams Meeting App. Public access to the meeting can be granted by this Microsoft Teams Link: https://tinyurl.com/SBCC022425 1. INVOCATION RABBI MICHAEL FRIEDLAND | SINAI SYNAGOGUE 2. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG 3. ROLL CALL 4. REPORT FROM THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON MINUTES FEBRUARY 10, 2025 5. SPECIAL BUSINESS SPECIAL RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING W.U.B.S. AND THE LEGACY OF DR. SYLVESTER AND WANDA WILLIAMS 6. REPORTS FROM CITY OFFICES UPDATE – CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD 7. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TIME:_____ BILL NO. 07-25 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, 2 ARTICLE 5, TO UPDATE THE PROCEDURES FOR VACATION OF PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES 8. BILLS ON THIRD READING TIME:______ BILL NO. 07-25 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, ARTICLE 5, TO UPDATE THE PROCEDURES FOR VACATION OF PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC PLACES 9. RESOLUTIONS BILL NO. 25-14 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 425 SOUTH MICHIGAN STREET, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A TWO-YEAR (2) VACANT BUILDING TAX ABATEMENT FOR PENNY HILL HOMES LLC 25-15 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 425 SOUTH MICHIGAN STREET, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A TEN-YEAR (10) REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR PENNY HILL HOMES LLC 25-16 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 25471 CLEVELAND ROAD, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46628 AN ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AREA FOR PURPOSES OF A SEVEN-YEAR (7) REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR BLUEPRINT, LLC 10. BILLS ON FIRST READING BILL NO. 08-25 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ISSUE ONE OR MORE SERIES OF ITS TAXABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX INCREMENT REVENUE BONDS AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT THERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE J.C. HART DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 09-25 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 3 11161-24 FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025 TO AMEND AND CLARIFY THE SALARY CLASSIFICATIONS AT SECTION II OF THIS ORDINANCES 10-25 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11160-24, WHICH FIXES MAXIMUM SALARIES AND WAGES OF APPOINTED OFFICERS AND NON-BARGAINING EMPLOYEES OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025, TO MAKE POSITION CHANGES IN INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 11-25 FIRST READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 11155-24, WHICH FIXED MAXIMUM WAGES OF TEAMSTER EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2025, 2026, 2027, AND 2028, TO ADD A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE TO ONE EXISTING POSITION 12-25 FIRST 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 2025 13-25 FIRST 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 FOR THE YEAR 2025 OF $1,464,798 FROM THE GENERAL FUND (#101), $535,028 FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION FUND (#201), $5,000 FROM THE GIFT, DONATION, BEQUEST FUND (#217), $655,000 FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUING EDUCATION FUND (#220), $54,198 FROM THE CENTRAL SERVICES FUND (#222), $489,000 FROM THE IT/INNOVATION/311 CALL CENTER FUND (#279), $350,000 FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPITAL FUND (#287), $9,425,000 FROM THE LOCAL INCOME TAX – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND (#408), $250,000 FROM THE SEWAGE WORKS OPERATIONS FUND (#641), AND $82,500 FROM THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND (#713) 11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 12. NEW BUSINESS 13. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR 14. ADJOURNMENT TIME: _________ 4 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 officiate 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.