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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-03-2026 Budget Meeting Questions (Answered) OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK BIANCA L. TIRADO, CITY CLERK INTEGRITY | SERVICE | ACCESSIBILITY Jasmine Jackson Matthew Neal Veronica Pitt-Payne CHIEF DEPUTY CITY CLERK / CHIEF OF STAFF DEPUTY CITY CLERK / DIRECTOR OF POLICY DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS EXCELLENCE | ACCOUNTABILITY | INNOVATION | INCLUSION | EMPOWERMENT 300 City Hall | 215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | South Bend, Indiana 46601 | p. 574.235.9221 | f. 574.235.9173 | www.southbendin.gov 09-03-2026 BUDGET HEARING QUESTIONS 2027 Innovation & Technology Budget Hearing Questions From Council Question #1 (Committee Member Rachel Tomas Morgan): Do similar cybersecurity positions exist in other cities this size? Answered on the floor. Question #2 (Committee Member Tomas Morgan): Would the cybersecurity role oversee digital security for waterworks and other infrastructure? Answered on the floor. Question #3 (Committee Member Tomas Morgan): Do the personnel changes result in a net total of two (2) new positions? Answered on the floor. Question #4 (Committee Member Ophelia Gooden-Rodgers): Are you adding new positions or are you moving existing staff into different roles? Answered on the floor. Question #5 (Committee Chair Sheila Niezgodski): Is adding new positions for the current enFocus fellows budget-neutral? Answered on the floor. Question #6 (Citizen Member Caz Margenau): Why are fringe benefits going down when salaries are going up? Answered on the floor. Question #7 (Citizen Member Margenau): If you were doing the Build the Budget exercise, EXCELLENCE | ACCOUNTABILITY | INNOVATION | INCLUSION | EMPOWERMENT 300 City Hall | 215 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. | South Bend, Indiana 46601 | p. 574.235.9221 | f. 574.235.9173 | www.southbendin.gov where would you take the five dollars ($5) out of? Answered on the floor. Question #8 (Councilmember Sherry Bolden-Simpson): Has the new APRA software already been implemented? Answered on the floor. Question #9 (Councilmember Dr. Heidi Beidinger): Have you compared the City’s actual budget to residents’ Build the Budget priorities? Answered on the floor. Question #10 (Councilmember Dr. Beidinger): Can you explain the reduction of scope/budget decrease for street pavement analysis? Answered on the floor. Question #11 (Committee Chair Niezgodski): When the two (2) enFocus contracts end, will that eliminate all of your contracted roles? Answered on the floor. Question #12 (Committee Chair Niezgodski): Can you explain how technology expenses from other departments come out of your budget? Answered on the floor. Question #13 (Committee Chair Niezgodski): Can you explain the one-thousand-five-hundred percent increase (1500%) in the Other Services line item? Answered on the floor. Questions From the Public Question #1 (Murray Miller): If technology expenses are captured in the I&T budget instead of individual department budgets, does paying I&T allocations put departments over budget? Answered on the floor. Question #2 (Sue Kesim): How is the City implementing AI? Answered on the floor.