2009 Annual Report - Personnel and Finance Committee

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~ SpUTH B ~. O ~\~~1~III~(f(~N~. • 1865 • 2009 Personnel and Finance Committee Annual Report Date: December 7, 2009 To: The South Bend Common Council The Office of the City Clerk From: 3rd District Council Member Thomas LaFountain, Chairperson Personnel and Finance Committee The following 2009 Annual Report is a summary of some of the key activities of the Common Council's Personnel and Finance Committee. This report is a requirement of § 2-10 (i) of the South Bend Municipal Code. Duties: The Personnel and Finance Committee is charged with "overseeing the various activities performed by the Department of Administration and Finance, salaries, budgets, fiscal matters and personnel policies and procedures of the City". Members: There were four (4) Council Members on this Committee, namely: Council Member Karen L. White, who is the Vice-Chairperson of this Committee; Council Member Oliver Davis, Dr. David Varner, and myself as Chairperson. Meetings: To date this year, the Personnel and Finance Committee has held thirty- two (32) meetings, with another Committee meeting scheduled for December 14t1i which has many proposed ordinances sent for review and recommendation. Last year the Personnel and Finance Committee met a total of thirty-one (31) times. We had no citizen members this year. Summary of 2009 Committee Activities: Some of the key topics reviewed, discussed and acted upon by the Personnel and Finance Committee this year included: • Reviewing financial reports which included historical information from the City Controller's Office as of 12/31/08; reviewing Revenue Reports as of 12/31/08 and reviewing Expenditure Reports as of 12/31/08 • Reviewing application/compliance requests for scrap metal/junk dealers licenses which have been more timely processed since taken over by the Office of the City Clerk • Reviewing several appropriation ordinances