10/03/07 Health and Public Safety Committee Meeting

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Health and Publ~~ Safety Committee ~a~7 so~t~ ~e~d a~n~n~n ~o~nc~l _- The October , ~Ol~~ meeting of the Health and Public safety Car~nittee of the South Bend Common Council was called to order by its hairpersan, Council Member l~aren L.11Vhite at 3:03 p,rn, in the auncil Chambers, Persons in attendance included Council Members Dieter, Pfeifer, Puz~ella, Varner, Rouse, and 'Ullhite; iti~en Member Parela Brunette, Citizen Member Deborah Fleming, Mayor Stephen~J. Lueke, Police Chief Thaas Fautz, Assistant City Attorney Thomas Bodnar, Board of Public Safety Member Juanita Den~~sey, Detective Sgt. Eugene Eyster, Sgt Jinn ~Ilalsh, NAACP President Trina Robinson, Janes Evans, Mrs, Rita ~apala, Jamie Loa of the au~#~ e~rd Tribe and l~athleen Cekanski-Farrand, Council Attorney. Council Member 11Uhite Hated that the Committee Members include Council Members Pu~zello, ~Celly, Dieter and herself; and that Pamela Brunette and Deborah Fleming serve a Citizen l~llen~bers, B~~I IVv~ ~-~l Pry aced rea~ion ~f a Police ~ramot~or~ Pagel; Council Member IlUhite noted that the purpose of today's Health and Public Safety Committee ups to begin discussion of Biil No~ ~~-07. She Hated that this meeting eras called on a Ulledneday to allavtir ample opportunity for reviev~r and discussion, Council Member ~1lhite stated that the ground rules governing today's meeting uvould be as folla~rs; • Presenters of Bill Ne, ~~-07 could give background information and ~valk thru the proposed ordinance • Public con~r~nts to the presentation and the bill • Council Members mould have the oppartunityfor camnent and question Setting of another Committee meeting Council Men~berV~hite then asked for a formal presentation on Bill No, 47~0~. Assistant City Attorney Thomas Bodnar Hating that he has been advising the police and fire departments for several years, H stated that in the ~ g~Of the city tried to implement a police promotion system. It utiras later found unconstitutional based on IC 3fi-~~,~ Since that decision eras handed dav~n police pran~otian have been handed on a ~#state of nature" basis Mr. Bodnar stated that aver the past 5 years or more during labor-management meetings andlar during police negotiations, one of the constant undertones has been