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REGULAR MEETING <br />MARCH 27, 2017 <br />Councilmember Gavin Ferlic seconded the motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) <br />ayes. <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />There was no unfinished business this evening. <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />There was no new business this evening. <br />PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR <br />Sharon Banicki, 4832 Ford Street, South Bend, IN, stated, I have a challenge for every one of <br />you up there: I want you to figure out what your paycheck from the City for being <br />Councilmembers is. Take that home and work your budget against those numbers, because your <br />citizens that you're representing that's the money they're working with. $45,000: you go home, <br />do the math, see how far it gets you. Keep that in mind when you're looking at all these different <br />rate increases, and, "We need this," and, "We need that." Be creative with how you come up <br />with money. I want cable, I want internet, but I need gas and electric. But guess what I don't <br />have at home? Put yourselves in our shoes. Think what it feels like to be down here and not up <br />here. <br />Samuel Brown, 222 East Navarre Street, South Bend, IN, stated that his trashman left a note on <br />his trash can stating that he would not pick up the trash unless the can was placed where he <br />wanted it to be placed. Mr. Brown called his supervisor, Maggie in Solid Waste and Trash. He <br />stated that she did a great job in helping him and added, "When you got good people in good <br />government like that, you can get anything solved." <br />Jerry Niezgodski, 1113 Elliott Street, South Bend, IN, stated that with the development along <br />Colfax Avenue, there has been a proposal to a substation to Hill Street. Mr. Niezgodski stated <br />that he would like to speak against that proposal when it appears before the Council. He stated he <br />would prefer to see it go to Niles Avenue, adding that he thinks it would be safer to build it <br />underground. He stated that he is concerned for the health of residents living nearby and does not <br />trust the government to say that there are health risks if there actually are some. <br />ADJOURNMENT <br />There being no further business to come before the Council, President Tim Scott adjourned the <br />meeting at 11:52 p.m. <br />30 <br />