09-26-05 Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETINGSEPTEMBER 26, 2005 s/KathleenCekanski-Farrand,Council Attorney Attest: s/John Voorde, City Clerk s/Stephen J. Luecke, Mayor of South Bend Councilmember David Varner, 1306 Clayton Drive, South Bend, Indiana, made the presentation for this Resolution by first offering his comments and then reading the Resolution in its entirety and presenting it to Mrs. Robinson, representative for the Sister City of Arzberg. A Public Hearing was held on the Resolution at this time. There was no on present wishing to speak to the council either in favor of or in opposition to this Resolution. Ms. Robinson thanked the members of the Council for establishing this relationship with Arzberg, Germany and looked forward to this new friendship and work deligently on working on other Sister City relationships, in the sense that we can lean from each and work together for a better future. Councilmember Kuspa made a motion to adopt this Resolution. Councilmember Varner seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of eight (8) ayes. RESOLUTION NO. 3521-05 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PUBLICLY HONORING SOUTH BEND SILVER HAWKS MANAGER MARK HALEY WHEREAS, September 2005 will long be remembered as “Sweet September” in South Bend, Indiana, as the South Bend Silver Hawks captured the 2005 Midwest League Championship with a 4-0 win over the win the Timberrattlers as the Hawks won the best of five games in the championship series; and WHEREAS, the South Bend Common Council is proud to honor Mark Haley, Manager of the 2005 Silver Hawks who skippered his young and talented team to win the league championship; and WHEREAS, Hawks Manager, Mark Haley, is a Granger resident and has a vast amount of baseball experience having spent 13 seasons as a coach/manager in the Chicago White Sox organization, including serving in 1991, 1992 and 1995 as the hitting coach with South Bend when the Silver Hawks were a Chicago White Sox affiliate; hitting coach with Sarasota in 1993, Hickory in 1994, Prince William in 1996, Winston- Salem in 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2002, and Great Falls in 2003 and 2004; and WHEREAS, Hawks Manager Mark Haley began is coaching career in the college and university ranks serving as an assistant at the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers (having been a member of the Cornhuskers’ 1980 Big Eight Championship Team) and the University of Tennessee Volunteers; while serving as the interim Head Coach in Knoxville for the 1987 season. Now, therefore, be it resolved, by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as follows: Section I. On behalf of all of the citizens of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council hereby congratulates Mark Haley, Manager of the South Bend Silver Hawks for winning the 2005 Midwest League Championship. Section II. The South Bend Common Council is especially proud to recognize the management style of Hawks skipper, Mark Haley. Mark focused on getting the team “to remain consistent”. This became a key and winning component of the South Bend Silver 3