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CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Mr. Dougherty stated, If I may, you had mentioned earlier you had requested other questions. We <br /> collected those that were on the table when we met previously but I didn't receive any further <br /> questions from other Council Members but of course we are happy to answer them now. Bear with <br /> me in that we don't have written responses. <br /> Councilmember Jo M. Broden stated, There are several departments where it appears that staff <br /> hirings did not occur such as the Mayor's Office and Code Enforcement. Could you address those <br /> non-hirings? <br /> Mr. Dougherty replied, Yes, certainly, and those were concerns you raised previously so I think <br /> we've got a good handle on those and I will defer to those departments to offer some explanation. <br /> Laura O'Sullivan, Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the City of South Bend with offices located on <br /> the 14th floor of the County-City Building, stated,The position you are referring to is our part-time <br /> project manager position that we've had filled for only part of the year so we only used part of the <br /> salary. That person has since moved on and, as you know, for 2019 that position will be turned <br /> into a full-time position and the search for that is already ongoing and we've started interviewing <br /> for that with the hope to hire very quickly. <br /> Tracy Skibins, Director of Code Enforcement with offices located on the 13th floor of the County- <br /> City Building, asked, Could you please restate your question you would like for me to answer? <br /> Councilmember Broden stated, It appears that part of your repurposing dollars from a rental unit <br /> inspection program, and I thought it was personnel,but there it is on whatever page. Page four(4), <br /> it starts at three (3) but it goes to four(4), I just want to know what happened with regard to that <br /> rental unit inspection position that was budgeted for but not filled. <br /> Ms. Skibins replied, The rental unit inspection program, we didn't hire the inspectors for that <br /> program until mid-year around April. So we transferred that money over to Animal Care and <br /> Control to address some immediate improvements including facility updates and medical needs. <br /> Councilmember Broden followed up, So that's one (1) in the same as the inspection program that <br /> will be fully implemented in 2019, correct? <br /> Ms. Skibins replied, That is the goal, yes. <br /> Councilmember Broden then stated,With regard to some park maintenance on page five(5),there <br /> is a $250,000 item with only Rum Village Dog Park listed there. I know there are various park <br /> projects but I think we had asked for some itemization help on that or at least some context. At <br /> least I did in our earlier meetings. <br /> Mr. Dougherty asked for clarification of which item she was referring to in the document. <br /> Councilmember Broden stated, So page five (5), Parks Bond Capital, a $250,000 item there and <br /> the justification says contracts for services related to various park projects including Rum Village <br /> dog park. <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION ' EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 5 <br />