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CITY OF SOUTH BEND OFFICE OF THE CLERK Mayor Buttigieg stated, Yes. So again, I don't envision this having responsibility in the sort of chain of command so to speak,but I think this could be a huge resource in navigating those because I think they are going to require more personnel hours of policy work in the year 2020. Committeemember Broden stated, Okay. And then with regard to operational or division goals, responsibilities, I would like an understanding of the 2020 special initiatives and things that have either been typically out of the Mayor's Office or are just being continued into 2020,as well as any new initiatives. I guess I'm not getting a picture of that in here relative to the individual response. You know, your staff connected to those. Mayor Buttigieg replied, Yeah, we're trying our best to kind of establish the right boundaries for that,but not knowing, I'm not able to speak to the priorities of the new Mayor. Our goal is to make it as flexible as possible.Normally,I'd be telling you about all the things I feel like I need resources to support, but there's some things that I fully expect to continue regardless, but we also want to make sure we're not being presumptive about what the new Mayor will need. Committeemember Broden followed up, I guess just one (1) question related to the green and healthy homes initiative. That's multi-year, correct? So, are we going to still continue to see that seeded out of the Mayor's Office? Mayor Buttigieg replied, Yes. So, I would envision the staff support for that work would lie here with the project manager position, although depending on the configuration really, I would recommend to the new Mayor that any combination of the deputy and the project manager could take that up. Committeemember Broden followed up, And is there any way that those could be delineated? If there are some things that are multi-year funded at this point, we would at least have some placeholders in our mind in terms of who's connected to what project or what special initiative that has a carryover and then of course the next Mayor in can make those decisions but at least for us to have a placeholder and a person identified I think would be really helpful across the community as the transition goes forward. Mayor Buttigieg replied, Sure. No, we'd be happy to provide that of course, subject to the Mayor decision. Committeemember Broden stated, Okay. I think that would be helpful. I appreciate it. Councilmember Teshka stated, I think Councilmember Broden touched on some of my questions. I do want to be clear though because you mentioned that you don't envision this new public safety initiatives director or director of public safety initiatives to have chain of command or direct oversight of the Chief of Police or the Fire Department. However, if we fund this position theoretically, it's within the next Mayor's power to elevate that position. Mayor Buttigieg replied, Well it wouldn't be in the position description. I suppose on some level a Mayor always leans on Mayor's Office staff to help guide some of the relationships with department heads, but the reporting relationships should be clear with any department head that it comes in directly to the Mayor. EXCELLENCE ACCOUNTABILITY INNOVATION INCLUSION EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 227 W.Jefferson Bvld South Bend,Indiana 46601 p 574.235.9221 f 574.235.9173 TTD 574.235.5567 www.southbendin.gov 9