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(:I'I'Y OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Mr. Horvath replied,Yeah, I wouldn't anticipate that by June 1St because part of the reason is that <br /> it would be really difficult for us to bill until the new billing software is done which is about a year <br /> away. <br /> Committee Chair Teshka stated,The other side of that is what we are expecting though,the lifeline <br /> rates by June. <br /> Mr. Horvath confirmed, Yes, that is correct. <br /> Committeemember Williams-Preston interjected, And what is it called? Lifeline? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied,They are called lifeline rates. I think they are called income-based as well but <br /> that is a little misleading. I don't want people thinking that if I make a dollar more than someone <br /> that I will be paying a little bit more or something. We will have a threshold where if people are <br /> below, there is a certain discount. We will try to make it fairly simple to understand. <br /> Committee Chair Teshka then opened the floor to members of the public wishing to speak in favor <br /> of or in opposition to the legislation. <br /> Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive, stated, A couple things. One (1) is the expected revenue from <br /> this expected rate hike will be about$1.4 million a year. Is that accurate? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, It is a little less than that, it is more about $1.2 million. <br /> Ms. Kesim continued, I just wanted to be accurate,thank you. And the new software will cost how <br /> much? I'm wondering what the net is. <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, The new software is coming regardless and is around $1.5 million. That is <br /> not to do this program. It is because there is water, sewer, solid waste, ReLeaf and all those other <br /> fees and they all get billed on this software platform. So, they need to redo that software and they <br /> are doing that irrespective of what happens here. <br /> Ms. Kesim interrupted, And that is already budgeted for? <br /> Mr. Horvath replied, It is, yes. <br /> Ms. Kesim continued, Ok, is Council going to propose any kind of rate ceiling so that this just <br /> doesn't keep spiraling? I also wonder, you know, I feel like TIF was originally designed to take <br /> care of infrastructure projects, so I really feel like this should come out of TIF. That was the <br /> original purpose of TIF when they first (1St) created it. And the CSO should have taken care of a <br /> lot of this. That has been around for a decade and you should have already been funding working <br /> on it, so, how could TIF and CSO offset putting the burden on the citizens? I'm also curious, and <br /> Eric I apologize,but I'm always curious about engineering stuff,but the liners you're putting in to <br /> prop up some of the sewers to help move them along, how long do they last? How expensive are <br /> they? Are we propping up something with a costly liner just to have to go, take the liner out and <br /> redo the sewer? Do you get what I'm saying? Are the liners and expensive mandate to a problem <br /> that just plain needs to be fixed? And I'm not an engineer so that is my novice question. <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 1227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov <br /> 7 <br />