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REGULAR MEETING <br />NEW BUSINESS <br />APRIL 22, 2002 <br />PROPOSED RESCHEDULING-OF MAY 27, 2002 MEETING <br />Councilmember Aranowski noted that in the month of May the second meeting of the <br />Council is scheduled for Monday, May 27th which is Memorial Day. He asked that it be <br />considered that this meeting be rescheduled to Tuesday, May 28th. Council Attorney <br />Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand advised that the availability of the Council Chambers must be <br />checked and therefore suggested that this matter be addressed at the next meeting of the <br />Council. <br />PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR <br />REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FROM THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME <br />Mr. Jim Cierzniak, 1156 East Victoria Street, South Bend, Indiana, informed the Council <br />that earlier today he submitted to each of them a letter which he has written to Mr. Rick <br />Walls, Director of Operations, National Football Foundation, and would like to read it into <br />the record this evening: <br />1156 E. Victoria St. <br />South Bend, IN 46614 <br />April 20, 2002 <br />Mr. Rick Walls, Director of Operations <br />National Football Foundation <br />22 Maple Ave. <br />Morristown, NJ 07960 <br />Dear Mr. Walls: <br />I recently wrote to Bernie Kish, asking him to reveal the salaries of <br />the three top administrators of the College Football Hall of Fame, <br />including himself. I also asked him for the names and titles of the <br />other two officers — and whether either or both had a leased car, <br />courtesy of the CFHF. <br />Mr. Kish answered (4/15/02): "The members of the Hall of Fame <br />Staff, including myself, are employees of the National Football <br />Foundation. The NFF does not release specific salaries of its <br />employees, but general information regarding expenditures for <br />salaries and benefits of the Hall of Fame Staff is provided to the City <br />of South Bend in the Hall's Quarterly Financial Reports." <br />While I understand the answer as it relates to NFF officials at the <br />New Jersey office, it is self - serving and too - clever -by -half when <br />applied to the CFHF. The Hall is heavily subsidized by South Bend <br />taxpayers, to wit, an annual $1.4 million bond payment for the <br />building and exhibits plus over $700,000 (Hotel -Motel tax and <br />Professional Sports Development Fund) in an annual subsidy for the <br />operation of the Hall (That $700,000 represents 45% of all operating <br />revenue for 2001). Given the onerous $2.1 million annual burden of <br />the Hall on South Bend taxpayers, our citizens have a right to know <br />where all that money is being spent - in detail. Certainly the salaries <br />of the leading staff members are not sacrosanct. <br />-26- <br />1 <br />1 <br />�1 <br />
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