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RESOLUTION
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Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
February 26,
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
February 26,
Approved and signed by me
March 1,
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City Clerk
President of Common Council
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Resolution No. 1 ( —DI
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, URGING THE INDIANA STATE LEGISLATURE TO PASS LEGISLATION
ADDRESSING PENSION RELIEF FUND DISTRIBUTION FOR POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS
IlUberQO the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, notes that House Bill 2025
authored by Representatives Kromkowski and Buell was introduced on January 17th, and after it had
its first reading was referred to the Ways and Means Committee; and
Obere98, House Bill 2025 provides that distributions from the pension relief fund to local units
of government be made in a particular year based on the estimates of pension liabilities in the ensuing
year and would require that at least fifty percent (50 %) of each unit's pensiodiability be paid from the
pension relief fund;
"bt"ifS, House Bill 2025 was passed by the House on February 14th by a vote of 78 to 14 and
was referred to the State Senate on that same day; and
Vbjet'W Senate Bill 0260 was introduced on January 10th and also addresses pension relief
fund distributions including a one -time distribution from the pension relief fund in 2001 in an amount
sufficient to ensure that the pension relief fund has paid at least fifty percent (5D %) of each unit's
pension liability for 1998 through 2000; and
'flU&VtOS, Senate Bill 0260 was passed on February 8th by a vote of 37 to 12 and was referred to
the House; and
9Miiereal8, the Council urges the House and Senate through their Conference Committee to
reconcile the legislation addressing police and fire pension relief. Such legislation is a critical need to
our community and is in the best interests of the men and women who provide vital public safety
services for our citizens on a daily basis 365 days a year.
not", tberefore, be it reSoTbeb bV the commott (touuaiy of * (titt, of rioutb
d3eu�, lubtana, n foiiotn8:
Section I The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby publicly commends
the Indiana State Legislature for initiating legislative action which will address the pressing needs of
local governments by amending the pension relief fund distributions of local government's police and
fire pensions.
Section II. The Council requests the City Clerk to send a copy of this Resolution to each of our
State Senators and State Representatives, and urges each of our elected officials to take positive
action to monitor Senate Bill 0260 and House Bill 2025 through the Conference Committee so that
the final version of the fire and police pension relief bill will become law as soon as possible.
Section 111. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the
Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
James Aranowski, First District
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Charlotte Pfeifer, Second istn t
Roland Kelly, Third District
Karl King, Fourth District
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Loretta J. Duda, City Clerk
PRESENTER
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David Varner, Fifth District
Andrew Ujdak, Sixth District
Sean Coleman, At Large
Al `Buddy" Kirsits, At Large
Karen L. White, At Large
Kathleen Cekanski- Farrand, Council Attorney
Stephen J. Luecke, Mayor