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•CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK people in many key positions in the Administration. Of course, I can't rule out that the new Mayor might find it necessary to do any number of adjustments, but we want to try to do as much as we can by way of the salary ordinance to set up for future success. And one (1) thing in our internal conversations that we've observed is that there really is a disparity when you relate responsibilities to compensation, when it comes to the maximum compensation that's been set for the Chief of Staff We're talking about a position that is functionally a department head, and so that's been the rationale for setting a salary that is within the range of the salaries that you will see for department heads in the City. He continued, Recognizing that this is a position that's unusually visible, obviously, highly consequential, managing a team as far as the Mayor's Office team, but also interacting at the very least as a peer with the department heads and it seems that this is more reflective of the responsibilities. As always, I want to note that this is a cap, not a salary level, and it's up to the Mayor to determine what the level would be,but it made a lot of sense for us to increase the amount of room for the new Mayor there. That's the only existing position you'll see that has a raise proposed different than the two percent(2%) we're proposing for all the other positions including the Mayor position itself, a two percent (2%) increase. He went on, I want to acknowledge that health insurance rose quickly this year.We had some good years where we were able to keep it in low single digits. I think that was largely thanks to the implementation of the Wellness Clinic, but this seems to be catching up to the City now in terms of the overall insurance premiums and liability, so we're seeing that in the budget. Also, we're trying to make sure there's a healthy line item for professional services and for promotions. This is where often there's no clear budget in any of the individual departments to do something like make sure that the City is represented with a table at an event that's being hosted somewhere in the community, as well as some modest spending on things like making sure when there's a parade or event like that there are supplies for that. Another example would be when we have visiting diplomats, sometimes an ambassador who comes, we want to make sure that we're able to offer something that reflects well on South Bend, nothing extravagant, it's usually some coasters, and a coffee cup, something like that. These are the kinds of things that we have in mind when we talk about the promotion stuff So, you see that reflected here in the number as far as the positions that we are most accustomed to talking about. Again,obviously,the vast majority of the Mayor's Office budget is driven by salaries and benefits because that's really the bulk of what is required in order to run a Mayor's Office. He continued, Now,here's the part that is new. This relates to the work and the conversations that have been going on in the community about making sure that we have the right kind of top-level support for public safety. And both realigning and organizing things that we have been doing, and making sure that we have a centralized budget to fund some of the priorities that Council Members and community members have proposed that we take on. We think it makes sense to include this and consolidate this in the Mayor's Office as part of a division of initiatives that relate to public safety. So, some examples of this is where we would concentrate the funding for something like the GVI program,or the SAVE programs that have been distributed in the past.You will remember this position in Innovation that was responsible, formerly held by Danielle Fulmer, for example, that was responsible for the project management of GVI. We thought it made sense to bring that under one (1) roof The other thing that we've been talking about is when it comes to violence prevention, which I imagine will be the central role at least in the year 2020 for this part of the office, that we need to be able to responsibly distribute funds that are being added. This includes, EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION I INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 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 6