07-27-15 Common Council Meeting Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 27, 2015 and it's going to end up being generational. I get what you're saying Mr. Ferlic. What I can tell you is that some of my best friends ended up in prison because they refused to go to school, they refused to make the grades because they frowned upon it. If we don't press upon these children, especially the minorities, as this is where it comes from, that they are required to make the grades that or they will have prisons waiting for them or plots out in the field in the local cemetery. That is our reality. If we do nothing than we are failing them, they are not failing us. We are our children's fixture. I digress. There being no one present wishing to speak to the Council in opposition to this bills, Councilmember Mr. Gavin Ferlic made a motion to adopt resolution 15 -74. Councilmember Karen White seconded the motion which carried and the Resolution was adopted by a roll call vote of seven (7) ayes. BILLS - FIRST READING AND REQUESTING A AT 4325 S. MIC COUNCILMANIC DIS INDIANA This bill had first reading. Councilmember Area Plan. Councilmember Mr. Gavin Fer of eight (8) ayes. REPORTS BILL NO. UNIT DJA So moved b motion which Councilmember Ga Committee for August carried by a voice vote ZONING ORDINANCE PROPERTY LOCATED SEND, IN 46614, OF SQUTH BEND, to refer this bill to the carried by a voice vote M R IRMA M11164LrffUwwuN�: nd r ted a motion to accept the substitute bill 29 -15. i Ferlic. Councilmember Oliver Davis seconded the eight (8) ayes. motion to refer bill 29 -15 to Zoning & Annexation iuncilmember Oliver Davis seconded the motion which Councilmember Henry Davis, Jr., when I was looking at the two tax abatements particularly with 15 -71, I don't know when or how this will be structured during budget sessions, but I would really like to know where we're making out at; with upping close to a million dollars in city investment and $8 million in private investment. If you are only getting 20 jobs out of $750,000 payroll that equates to roughly $38,000 /yr. and everyone is not going to make the same amount. My thought is how do we spend that type of money and come up with that wage for the year. That is a huge sacrifice on someone's end. I am interested in the jobs that are coming in and how much money each job is going to carry. Are these investments ones that we really need or is it just a means to an end? I'm not really sold that these investments will help turn around our economic situation. This one looked like a sweet -heart deal even with the fact that we have to pay a lease out, if it's not filled in two (2) years; I don't get that. That's neither here nor there, I am in support of it; I voted for it. I have been really critical about our tax abatement policies and how they actually help the city of South Bend. NEW BUSINESS 27