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REGULAR MEETING October 26, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />like those things are taking away from the climate of violence in the City. I offered several things <br />in the past but it takes more than me offering these conclusions or these solutions. It takes all of <br />us and I charge the Council with the responsibility of not only developing the conversation but <br />finding reasonable approaches that may be faith based, they may economically base, they could <br />be a combination between the two. But being intentional about the way our environment is <br />currently looking for our children. <br /> <br />We’ve seen swimming pools taken away from our children. We see how the schools are dealing <br />with their finances, you know vouchers, children are scattered. We are talking about housing in <br />the area being very bad. We are talking about food deserts. We are talking about all these <br />negative forces that we are aware of that are happening; unemployment. We seem like we are <br />surprised when we have these types of shootings. I am no longer surprised I’m just sick of <br />hearing about them. I think we’ve done a hell of a job failing a lot of our kids. I think we have <br />opportunity to make some great ground. We’ve given close to $200,000 to Mademen to help <br />provide summer jobs. That’s awesome but that’s just one thing. How do begin to fund Kennedy <br />Park also. That’s just one thing. I am interested in health and public safety, whatever committee <br />st <br />in the coming weeks to have that conversation. A lot of these are happening in the First (1) <br />nd <br />District or the Second (2) District. Tim you have a shared interest with me on this, we all <br />should have. I don’t think the fixes are going to be quick but I think we can start putting some <br />things in place to make it happen. If we can begin to have committee hearings about it I think it <br />would behoove us not to. <br /> <br />New Business <br /> <br />Privilege of the Floor <br /> <br />Jesse Davis – P.O. Box 10205, South Bend- I come to you tonight as we are getting close to <br />elections. Three (3) years ago I brought in some skeleton friends to ask the Mayor to check his <br />closet. Clean out some of the skeletons. He got back to me and said he couldn’t find them; all he <br />could find were socks and tee shirts in there. Transparency has been pretty much zero (0) here in <br />our City. There’s been several big issues brought up in the last three (3) to four (4) years and <br />we’ve never really gotten any answer to them. We get letters, we got rid of a contractor, so and <br />so resigned, Phil Sinclair’s son has cleared out of the City Cemetery Building and he’s not using <br />it anymore but those are not answers. Kathryn Roos’s patio, we convened a local grand jury and <br />nobody was indicted there was still wrong doing. Somebody allowed City workers to go there <br />with City trucks, City equipment, and do work for her benefit on private property. Was anybody <br />ever reprimanded for that? Who is going to make sure that the homeowners that were double <br />billed by a contractor that the City forced upon them for years? Who is going to make sure they <br />are reimbursed for the money that was stolen from them. I brought that to Council, I took it to <br />the police chief, the police chief said he wanted to handle it as a civil matter through the City. If <br />that’s the case it should be the city’s responsibility to make sure that these people are <br />reimbursed. The City forced them to use this contractor. I’m going to be short and I brought <br />some skeletons tonight that I am sure are hiding in Pete’s closet now. Let’s try and get some <br />transparency and accountability and some honest responses. I brought you eight (8) issues that <br />we’ve never got truthful answers on. Also, one (1) from February where there was equipment <br />returned to the City garage, large dollar equipment, somebody covered a camera up. I was told it <br />went to a state police investigation in February we are in October now, nobody looked at the <br />video and determined who brought the equipment back and what equipment was brought back? <br />These are answers that we deserve. We deserve real answers not just kick it under the rug type <br />answers. <br /> <br />Jason Banicki-Critchlow – 3822 W. Ford St., South Bend – I know we have difficult questions in <br />front of us as a City. The budget is always a difficult process and yet as soon as the budget <br />process is done I read about $100,000 to purchase equipment for Dr. Ansari’s next business <br />project. I hope we all take some time and really consider and think about where we are using our <br />dollars when we do have school problems, when we do have violence problems. Just because the <br />good doctor allowed his name to be used for political purposes in the primary season doesn’t <br />mean that he should be being paid back with money after July he closed down his entire practice <br />in South Bend. He took all of his equipment, all of his doctors, and all of those tax dollars with <br />him to Mishawaka. We as tax payers should not be subsidizing his next business venture. If it’s <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />
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