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Resolution on Senate Bill 590 <br /> Page 2 <br /> fteerrm, the South Bend Common Council and the South Bend City Administration have <br /> further had to grapple with property tax revenues being down$12.2 million and projected COIF and <br /> EDIT revenues projected to decrease over the next two(2)years; . <br /> 'Nomm,the City of South Bend,with the support of its residents and businesses,have put the <br /> highest of priorities on good fiscal management which is transparent and responsive;and that is one of <br /> the reasons why it is particularly disturbing that our State Senators and State Representatives may fail " <br /> in their own due diligence requirements by not even having the potential or projected costs to local <br /> governments identified which would result from the passage of Senate Bill 590. <br /> C:�i9nt,, C /M=rr yP 6e tZreea wd,by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana, <br /> as follows: <br /> Section 1. The Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana,believes that Indiana State <br /> Senators and State Representatives should continue indefinitely Bill 590, in light of the potential <br /> negative effects which such legislation may have on job creation,business expansion and attraction, <br /> the negative perception it may have on all Indiana communities if enacted, and pending judicial <br /> challenges in other jurisdictions on similar legislation which am proving very costly to their taxpayers. <br /> Section II. The Common Council further believes that in light of the hispanic population being <br /> the fastest growing segment of the South Bend community,as reported in the latest U.S.census data, <br /> and the unknown costs which may result to our police department,that enactment of Senate Bill 590 <br /> may be a reckless disregard of due diligence requirements by the state elected officials for their failure <br /> to even consider a cost/benefit analysis of enforcement of such a law by local governments. <br /> Section III. The Common Council requests the City Clerk to send a copy of this Resolution to <br /> each of the duly elected State Senators and State Representatives representing the City of South Bend, <br /> as well as to the chief sponsor of Senate Bill 590 Senator Mike Delph,and the presiding officers of the <br /> Indiana Senate and the Indiana House of Representatives, <br /> Section IV. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the <br /> Common Council and approval by the Mayor. <br /> Council Member Karen L.White <br /> South Bend Common Council <br /> by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, this day of <br /> .20111 <br /> AYES: <br /> NAYS: <br /> !x7�iti'df: f?t'/J//§.YfHP/lflJ 117dO IAJn I/l �` flay <br /> � A t <br /> John Voorde,City Clerk Stephen J.Lueeke,Mayor <br /> City of S <br /> Flied In C l#'.t#Office <br /> rcESert,�� . <br /> NOT lcPl'RaV£! <br /> F 0 2 3 %0 1 I <br /> ADOPrO JOHN VOORDE <br /> 1''—t CPK,$0UTN BEND.IN ' <br />