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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Bill No. 39-19- Proposed 2020 Council Member Salary Ordinance Councilmember Tim Scott, 711 Forest Ave. South Bend, IN stated, This is to send our Council salary budget forward by a two percent(2%) increase. This would be an increase in the Council salary from $19,800 to $20,186 for 2020. Committee Chair Karen White opened the floor for anyone from the public wishing to speak either in favor or opposition to Bill No. 39-19. Seeing none, Committee Chair Karen White opened the floor to the Committee for a vote. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic made a motion to send Bill No. 39-19 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Jake Teshka and carried with a voice vote of three(3) ayes. Bill No.40-19- Proposed 2020 City Clerk Salary Ordinance Dawn Jones, City Clerk with offices on the fourth floor of the County-City building stated, I want to say that so far, it has been a great experience in this role. I've inherited an awesome staff who is both experienced and dedicated and has made the transition smooth. I have a great appreciation for the Clerk's Office when I see the level of significance that we have. So, in participating in all of the budget meetings, I can say that the members of the Administration as well as our Council work hard to keep our City running smooth. Both the accomplishments and the goals of the Administration and the Council are tremendous. With that being said, I would be remised if I didn't mention that none of the work could be completed without the Clerk's Office. You should have received a handout, and this will show the amount of work that we do, who does what in the Clerk's Office and how we work with the Council. Our 2020 department goals are more inclusive transparency to increase community awareness and participation, which means a new camera system to ensure citizens have access to our Council meetings and have the ability to understand fully what their representatives are doing on their behalf. What that means is that we want our camera system to be able to interact with the meeting. When I say interact with the meeting what I mean is if Councilmember Broden is speaking, we want the camera to go to Councilmember Broden so that people can see that she is speaking. They understand which district she is from and what the issue is that she is speaking about. So, we want to make sure to make that our cameras are able to do that because that is transparency. Committee Chair Karen White opened the floor for anyone from the public wishing to speak in favor or opposition to Bill No.40-19. Seeing none, Committee Chair Karen White opened the floor back to the Committee for a vote. Committeemember Jake Teshka made a motion to send Bill No. 40-19 to the full Council with a favorable recommendation. The motion was seconded by Committee Chair Karen White and carried with a voice vote of three (3) ayes. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 2