09-05-18 Personnel and Finance (#6)

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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK She went on,Area three(3)is community.Priority one(1)was,again,establishing baseline metrics for that. Six (6) action items were proposed and five (5) action items have been implemented and they include increasing positive engagement opportunities for public safety personnel by neighborhood as well as efforts from Community Investment to collaborate with South Bend neighborhoods on revitalization. We just developed a survey so that we'll be able to track the diversity of the Boards and Commissions appointees. We are also working with our South Bend Community Schools and Successful Pathways, making sure we are connecting education opportunities and learning environments to people in the community. And then there is work out of the Community Investment office for transportation to provide connectivity between home, work and leisure. She continued, The next priority area is to advance and sustain a more inclusive community that is attractive to international,national and local residents. Four(4) action items were proposed and four(4) have been implemented and are ongoing. Just a highlight of those is our partnership with the South Bend Civic Theatre to make sure we have representative cultural live plays in town. If anyone attended In The Heights or Top Dog Under Dog this past season, those are two (2) plays we collaborated with them on. We hope to ensure that going forward, the plays that come here to the City of South Bend are representative of our community. She went on, Then finally, in the area of community, there is the priority to cultivate and sustain an inclusive City service and procurement environment. Ten(10) action items were proposed and six(6)have been implemented and are ongoing. This really is a collaboration with our Department of Purchasing. There has been a tremendous amount of support from Admin and Finance as well as Innovation. It has been a really big group effort in revamping our municipal purchasing policies and also the support of Council Members and the Diversity Utilization Board and I will go into a little more detail when I get into the accomplishments area. Then we are in the final one (1), four (4) action items were proposed and four (4) were implemented and ongoing in establishing and providing doing business with the City and starting South Bend workshops. So we are in the process of, again, collaborating with Community Investment to make sure that we are working with a local business incubator and the new business center that will open in the coming weeks across from the Charles Martin Center. They will offer classes and curriculum to not only new businesses but existing businesses to make sure they are sustainable and that they are adding to our local economy. Committee Chair White requested Ms. Brooks to summarize the remaining slide to ensure there to be enough time for members of the public wishing to speak on the presentations given at this meeting. Ms. Brooks stated, We are requesting one (1) additional FTE to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to help handle all of the newly created,initiated and implemented programs to make sure we are staying on top of it. We want to make sure we have enough resources to be in full compliance with our diversity purchasing,the Disparity Study,and what those outcomes there may be. You'll see on the screen,the two (2)positions highlighted in green are what we are requesting. One (1) is the full-time position for Diversity and Inclusion and the other green is the part-time Administrative Assistant for Human Rights. Committee Chair White then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.91731TTD 574.235.55671 www.southbendin.gov 23