06-10-13 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 10, 2013 COMMENTS FROM MR. JESSE DAVIS REGARDING CORRUPTION AND FRAUD IN THE BUREAU OF SEWERS Jesse Davis, P. O. Box 10205, South Bend, Indiana, stated that he has filed several “Privilege of the Floor Forms” to have the fraud that was committed against the City investigated by the Council. He stated that he has presented information to the St. Joseph County Prosecutor, who said that it needs to be investigated by the South Bend Police Department who then in turn sends it to the City’s Legal Department to be handled as a civil matter. Mr. Davis asked that this matter be sent to the Health & Public Safety Committee of the Council as well as the Personnel & Finance Committee to look into why this issue is not being investigated properly. Mr. Davis proceeded to play a conversation with the Chief on how this matter should be handled. Mr. Davis noted that he is providing a DVD of the full conversation so that the Council can listen more closely as to why the Chief says this is a civil matter and not a crime. Mr. Davis handed the DVD to Clerk John Voorde. COMMENTS FROM REV. GREG BROWN REGARDING THE POLICE CHIEF Rev. Greg Brown, 1238 Diamond, South Bend, Indiana, stated that he wants to ask the Council to find out why Chief Teachman would hold up leg irons in a church and ask the people to help with the task of keeping our youth out of the said leg irons. Yet in a matter of months later he himself would not help a fellow officer break up a fight at the Martin Luther King (MLK) center. He also asked why would the Chief send officers to the MLK Center to try and gain access to their video and ask questions related to the issue when the Board of Public Safety has not had a chance to investigate this themselves yet. He stated that he has a video from Greater St. John Missionary Church prior to this incident at the King Center of Chief Teachman showing the leg irons in the church. He stated that he came to ask the community and church members to help from preventing youth from being locked up. Rev. Brown played several minutes of the video. He stated that the church is approximately 75 feet from the King Center where the altercation took place outside and the Chief did not back up his officer. He asked the Council to call for an investigation. COMMENTS FROM MR.SAM BROWN REGARDING THE POLICE CHIEF Sam Brown, LaSalle, South Bend, Indiana, asked when is the Police Chief going to fill the open positions at the Police Department or is he going to eliminate them. He asked the Council if they can get any answers. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, President Derek D. Dieter adjourned the meeting at 9:08 p.m. ATTEST: ATTEST: ____________________________ ____________________________ John Voorde, City Clerk Derek D. Dieter, President 10