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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK <br /> Mayor Buttigieg replied, Yes, we'd be happy to. Yeah, we've been chiseling one (1) out now. <br /> Because, again, this is a newly envisioned position, and I know there will be interest from the <br /> Council on that, so we should be able to forward that to you this week. <br /> Committee Chair White followed up, And so the Director of Public Safety initiatives and all those <br /> other initiatives that are currently being implemented, and possibly new ones- this person would <br /> have administrative responsibility for coordination? <br /> Mayor Buttigieg replied, I would say coordination and communication as well as an advisory <br /> function. So,one(1)thing that would make this somewhat distinct from what we've entertained in <br /> the past is I don't envision this being in the chain of command, so to speak,with respect to agencies <br /> like the Police Department, the Legal Department or the Fire Department, that have their day-to- <br /> day functions. But, I do envision this position bridging a lot of the different community <br /> relationships that touch that function. So, whether it's ongoing efforts to do policy work with the <br /> Board of Public Safety, that could use some staff support from the Mayor's Office. Whether it's <br /> tracking the literally dozens of reforms, ideas, and requests that have come in from different <br /> community groups that are now just one(1) more added duty for the Chief of Staff. It really goes <br /> beyond what I think can reasonably be asked of the Chief of Staff position as well as being in the <br /> saddle to really direct the different grant disbursements that we talked about from things that might <br /> wind up becoming a multi-year, six (6) figure programmatic locked in fund to being able to <br /> respond for a$2,000 request here or there from the community proposing to do something specific <br /> for the community.These are the kinds of things that we envision,but we'll get that documentation <br /> to you shortly. <br /> Committee Chair White then asked, And the salary that you have listed, in terms of the public <br /> safety initiative, includes the director as well as the GVI program manager? <br /> Mayor Buttigieg replied, That's right. So, it breaks out to $98,500 for the director of public safety <br /> initiatives and then$50,000 is the cap for the GVI program manager. <br /> Committee Chair White then opened the floor to questions from Committee and Council Members. <br /> Committeemember Broden stated,Thank you. With regard to this public safety, two(2)positions, <br /> correct? <br /> Mayor Buttigieg replied,Yeah, one(1) of them is really a move. <br /> Committeemember Broden followed up, Have you contemplated in the job description or in the <br /> scope of responsibilities, sort of EMA, a response at a City level? <br /> Mayor Buttigieg replied, I'm glad you raised that. I think, yeah, we need more Mayor's Office <br /> capacity to support EMA. Also, as you know, there are some inter-governmental conversations <br /> going on now related both to our participation and joint units with the County and related to PSAP. <br /> I would view this position as a real resource in helping navigate that. <br /> Committeemember Broden followed up, That was my other, to bind in the 911 PSAP as part of <br /> that. <br /> EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT <br /> 455 County-City Building 227W Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 wuvw.southbendin.gov <br /> 8 <br />