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REGULAR MEETING December 10, 2018 This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There were none. Councilmember John Voorde made a motion to send Bill No. 64-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember Sharon L. McBride seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of nine(9) ayes. 65-18 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 14 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE BY DELETING SECTIONS 2-169, 2-170.2, 2-170.3, 2-170.4, 2- 170.5, AND 2-170.6, WHICH ESTABLISHED VARIOUS SPECIAL FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VENUES, PARKS, AND ARTS DEPARTMENT Councilmember Karen White, chair of the Personnel and Finance Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Aaron Perri, Executive Director of Venues, Parks & Arts for the City of South Bend with offices located at 301 South St. Louis Boulevard, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter for this bill. Mr. Perri stated, The bill before you really, I think,brings in line the legislation with what was already approved during the budget process. As we underscored at the time, it puts us more into a transparent and simpler accounting sequence. It is really in line with the way the departments functionally operated over the past decade. Fund balances will all be transferred to #201. Further they are tracked by account codes and project codes so that they can be used for their intended purposes. Your previous approval brought in approximately $836,000 from Fund #203 and $127,000 from Fund#405. This being the time heretofore set for the Public Hearing on the above bill, proponents and opponents were given an opportunity to be heard. There were none. Councilmember Tim Scott made a motion to send Bill No. 65-18 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. Councilmember Karen White seconded this motion which carried by a voice vote of nine (9) ayes. 66-18 PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 12 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC CEMETERIES IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 14 OF THE SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH SPECIAL FUNDS FOR THE PERMANENT MAINTENANCE OF CITY-OWNED CEMETERIES Councilmember Karen White, chair of the Personnel and Finance Committee, reported that they met this afternoon and send this bill forward with a favorable recommendation. Benjamin Dougherty, Deputy City Controller for the City of South Bend with offices located on the 12th floor of the County-City Building, South Bend, IN, served as the presenter for this bill. Mr. Dougherty stated,Bill No. 66-18 is what I would consider a further housekeeping bill by which we are requesting the Common Council establish a new and separate fund for the management of what turned out to be the proceeds of a former trust that has now been dissolved and handed over to the City. We want to separately maintain those funds for the benefits of ongoing perpetual care of the Bowman Cemetery. I had one (1) piece of homework since the time of our Committee 12