09-18-17 Personnel and Finance (Public Input)

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be to mobilize a unique experience that would show up at different parks. That is a partnership with the Recreation Division as well as the St. Joseph County Health Educators. The other thing it addresses is the struggle of being relevant. By adding a new amenity that we can route around the City to continually be present helps us combat that notion. This would actually be a lease- purchase so the idea would be that we own it at the end of five (5) years. We would be working with a company to help design the vehicle. It will be bid out through the Board of Public Works process. Jen Gobel, Manager of the South Bend Animal Care and Control with offices at 521 Eclipse Place,replied, We have four(4) officers that service the City of South Bend. The number fluctuates based on the day of the week. We increased that number in March of 2017 by adding a fourth officer. In 2016 we were operating with only three (3) officers. Monday through Friday we have two (2) officers that service the City from the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with an on call officer from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. to handle emergency calls. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays we actually have four (4) officers on duty from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and, again, we have the on-call emergency officer from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. Mr. Horvath replied, We looked at trying to do some energy savings performance contracting to actually use savings and take over all of the AEP lights. At that time there wasn't a tariff in place for LEDs and now that the tariff has come out it is not financially feasible. We would need that to work out financially but we would also need a willing partner and I'm not sure if AEP would be or not. They would need to agree to allow us to take those lights over and I think it is a neat idea. I would love to accomplish that someday. In terms of using TIF, if the light is in the TIF District we could use TIF. That is a possibility and might be something we consider in the future. The problem is a lot of these areas have the AEP lights. We need a more comprehensive program. It would be nice to have a standard over time. We have tried to narrow down our standards for consistency moving forward. Committee Chair White reminded the Committee and Councilmembers to submit any questions they have for the Administration on the budget, no later than October 23, 2017. With no further business, Committee Chair White adjourned the Personnel and Finance Committee meeting at 5:42 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Karen White, Committee Chair 4