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

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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive, stated,Just a brief thing on the Animal Care and Control, I keep pushing for chip and tag. If the dog has a microchip and a ten(10) digit phone number, they don't even have to go to a shelter because a good Samaritan will often just return the dog by calling the number. I think that would reduce some intake and I think there would be some cost savings if they push chip and tag.They did one(1)and I had suggested four(4).In the Diversity and Inclusion presentation,what I notice is increasingly, every single time, age is missing from it. As you know, I'm on the local AARP Board locally. People over fifty (50) it takes five (5) to eight (8) months longer to get a job when they are displaced. I want to see the percentages and numbers included in those. Age always seems to be left off that formula for the City. I know Jo Broden had requested job descriptions and title changes, I'm hoping that has been addressed because I think that is helpful. I noticed that signing bonuses have started showing up of$5,000 in the Mayor's Office. I just wonder how that policy started popping up and why there is a need for signing bonuses. Then I am going to refer back to something Dr. Varner said in the last budget cycle which I thought was really important, but he had pointed out that someone making $35,000, two percent (2%) is a lot smaller than someone making $100,000. He had suggested it to be scaled. So, for example, the person making$35,000 would get their two percent(2%)but someone over a certain amount would only get one hundred dollars ($100) or five hundred dollars ($500) instead of a full two percent (2%).That was something Dr.Varner brought up.I didn't know if the Council continued to discuss that. Those are my issues and I thank you. Bill Dunn, 1620 Southwood Avenue, stated, I have three (3) questions. One (1) is for Jen. When I look at the DLGF list of the bonds and leases we have to report to them,there is a category called Circuit Breaker Exempt, Yes or No. What does that mean? What does it mean if a bond is not circuit breaker exempt? Second (2nd) question is,when you get the bond rating, do they give us a written report of what it is we are doing right or wrong, exactly, to get that rating? Can copies of that be made available to us so we can understand that?Last but not least, do we have any process in the City for when we make an investment, we do a small ROI assessment in order to say here are the savings? From the public's standpoint, we are still knowing the revenues are going to be cut on us and we are struggling to figure out how to make our expenses live within that, and it seems like these savings are talked about, but then they go away and there is no concrete number that we are saving. Sharon Banicki, 3822 Ford Street, stated, Just a couple things. As we all know,the elephant in the room, there is going to be a lawsuit filed against the City for a recent accident or incident. What department or how is that covered? And on this last presentation it says four (4) action items and four (4) implemented and ongoing. Is there any way to get a list of what these actions were and what they're going to cover? Thanks. Jim Bognar, 807 West Washington Street, stated, These are question for the City Controller but I would first (1st) like to thank her for her very interesting and creative presentation this evening. First(1St),what is the department's relationship with Gateway?Secondly,who has authorized login privileges with Gateway? Who has reporting authorization with Gateway? And is there anyone outside of City employment that has any reporting authorization? Committee Chair White ensured all questions have been recording and directed to the proper departments and officials and will be answered at a later time. EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211f 574.235.9173I TTD574.235.5567 I www.southbendin.gov 24