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REGULAR MEETING October 8, 2018 48-18 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FIXING MAXIMUM WAGES OF TEAMSTER EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEARS 2017-2020 Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to adopt Bill No. 48-18.Councilmember Karen White seconded this motion which carried by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. 49-18 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, RE-AFFIRMING ORDINANCE NO. 10472-16 AND FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to adopt Bill No. 49-18. Councilmember Karen White seconded this motion which carried by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. 50-18 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, RE-AFFIRMING ORDINANCE NO. 10549-17 AND FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY AND MONETARY FRINGE BENEFITS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2019 Councilmember Oliver Davis made a motion to adopt Bill No. 50-18.Councilmember John Voorde seconded this motion which carried by a roll call vote of nine (9) ayes. 51-18 THIRD READING ON AN ORDINANCE FIXING MAXIMUM SALARIES AND WAGES OF APPOINTED OFFICERS AND NON- BARGAINING EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2019 Council President Tim Scott opened the floor to discussion from Council Members. Councilmember Regina Williams-Preston stated, At the budget hearing for Code Enforcement, one (1) of the things they talked about was adding a new position for someone who would focus on collections to specifically streamline a process for special assessments. At that time I expressed concern about how special assessments have impacted residents in my district. Councilmember White recommended for me to take some time to meet outside of the process and talk with Code Enforcement to better understand what they were thinking. We had that meeting and Councilmember White asked us to bring that back to the full Council. We will have a Committee Meeting tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. at WUBS where we will be talking about this more in depth. But just an overview for the record, here, one (1) of the things we will talk about is the racial wealth divide report and the results that came out of that. We have recognized that people of color have disproportionately lower incomes and hold less property and assets than white folks. We know that among other things there are a lot of contributing factors to that but one(1)of the things that we are concerned about was how City government processes,policies and practices influence those different outcomes. We've been working on that as a City and have been doing a really great job but, as this came to the Council with regard to special assessments,we wanted to do a deeper dive into this particular issue. We already have some data that suggests the burden of fines and fees fall disproportionately on people of color and poor people. So what we will be talking about is how we can work together to create innovative solutions to how we move forward. I know Tim has some ideas on that but by talking to community members, there have been some 25