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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 11, 2015 EMS OPERATING FUND (#288),$2,500 FROM 2015 SEWER BOND ISSUANCE FUND (#666),$188,621 FROM CENTURY CENTER CAPITAL FUND ( #671), $63,000 FROM WATERWORKS O &M FUND ( #620), AND $361,294 FROM SEWAGE O &M FUND ( #641) Councilmember Karen White reported that Personnel and Finance Committee met and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. John Murphy, City Controller with offices on the 12th Floor of the County City Building, served as the presenter and petitioner of the bill. It has been the practice of the Common Council to amend the budget quarterly which has worked pretty well. This bill is regarding the Enterprise Funds which are the business type funds of the city. The first expense is moving that money to a new fund the Council created in January. The second is purchasing a new ambulance and cardiac monitors. The third is for accounting and budgeting assistance. The fourth is for bond issuance cost, the majority occurred last year but one invoice did not come in on time and so it was paid this year. The next is from a fund created from the contract by SMG and we are spending the remaining balance of that account for capital improvements. There were no questions from Council and no comments from the public. Councilmember Tim Scott made a motion to send Bill 15 -16 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember Dr. David Varner seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of eight (8) ayes. 17 -16 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTAL AND CITY SERVICES OPERATIONS IN 2016 OF $25,000 FROM GENERAL FUND ( #101), $587,022 FROM DCI STATE GRANTS FUND ( #210), $926,497 FROM UNSAFE BUILDING FUND (#219),$17,5o6 FROM CENTRAL SERVICES FUND ( #222), $22,000 FROM COVELESKI NON REVERTING CAPITAL FUND ( #401) AND $29,300 FROM COUNTY OPTION INCOME TAX FUND ( #404). Councilmember Karen White reported that the Personnel and Finance Committee met and sends this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. John Murphy, City Controller with offices on the 12th Floor of the County City Building, served as the presenter and petitioner of the bill. The civil city funds are the property tax supported funds. The first appropriation is out of the Fire Dept. budget for temporary budget assistance. The second is out of the state grant fund, this is an expenditure which was thought to occur last year but it did not. It is fully refundable through the blight elimination federal program so the City will get the money back so there is no net cost. The third is a transfer from the enterprise fund appropriation and putting it into this unsafe building fund that the Council created in January. In a sense it is a transfer but for accounting purposes it's a reduction of an appropriation and an increase of an appropriation. The fourth is for copier equipment. The final one is for job training costs that were awarded last year, the City did not encumber the money so the budget did not carry over from last year so the money needs to be appropriated again. Council Vice President Oliver Davis asked if there was a reason the money was not encumbered. Mr. Murphy responded it was just a mistake. No one from the public spoke in support or opposition to the bill.