South Bend Common Council

Critics of the bill worry that the people who interact most with police can't afford the new fees to monitor police officer behavior. But city legal staff hope the fees will incentivize people to more carefully craft public records requests because redacting confidential information takes so much time.

The South Bend Common Council expects to vote Monday night on a bill creating new fees, up to $150, for police dash and body cam videos that people request under the Indiana Access to Public Records Act.

The South Bend Common Council's Personnel & Finance and Residential Neighborhoods committees will hold a joint meeting to further discuss the bill sometime before the council's next regular meeting Aug. 11.

A 180-unit workforce housing development may be coming to South Bend’s south side. The common council Monday agreed to rezone land at 250 Chippewa Avenue from Commercial to Suburban Neighborhood development.

Kroger has said it will close the Western Avenue store in South Bend by August but that could come sooner depending on how long shelves take to clear.

The Rev. Sylvester Williams Jr.'s decision stems from an extraordinarily tense meeting Thursday of the South Bend Common Council Rules Committee.

Oliver Davis held a press conference Friday in the County-City Building lobby, recounting the tense situation at Thursday's South Bend Common Council Rules Committee meeting.

Council Rules Committee Chair Rachel Tomas-Morgan stood over Council Member Oliver Davis for nearly two minutes, demanding that he sit in the audience and show her respect as chair.

The South Bend Common Council's attorney, Bob Palmer, cited a city ordinance in declining to identify the council members who will be the subject of complaints at the public meeting.

The South Bend Common Council voted Monday night to approve a rezoning that will make way for the New Day Intake Center to address homelessness in the region.