[0:20] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AISHA [0:28] CHUGHTAI, THE CHAIR OF THE BUDG TOCOMMITTEE. I'M GOING CALL TO ORDER THE BUDGET COMM MONDAY,ETING FOR [0:34] JUNE BEFORE WE BEGIN THE I WANT TO OFFER A FRIE REMINDER TO ALL [0:39] MEMB STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC THES MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC [0:45] PART BROADCASTS THESE INCL CAPTIONING AS [0:50] A FU METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCE PROCEEDINGS OUR TO T COMMUNITY. THE SPEAKERS [0:55] NEED RATEE MINDFUL OF THE OF THEIR SPEECH SO OUR CAPTIONERS CAN CAPTURE ALL [1:02] COMM WES FOR THE BROADCAST. ASK MODERATE THETO [1:07] SPEE CLARITY OF THEIR COMM CLERK, CALL THE ROLL SO W CAN VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF [1:12] OF A QUORUM. >> PAYNE. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. [1:18] >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >> HERE. >> O.MAN AB SENT. CASHMAN [1:25] >> PRESENT. >> YES. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. [1:30] >> PRESENT. >> KOSKI. >> PRESENT >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> 12 MEMBERS PRESENT. [1:36] >> WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES WE'RE USING [1:42] SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN. BEFORE WE PROCEED TO OUR POSTED [1:48] AGENDA TODAY, I WANT TO PROPOSE REORDERING THE AGENDA. AND THEN, UMM, I WILL SEE IF THERE [1:54] ARE ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS. UMM, I -- IN THE INTEREST OF [2:00] TIME, I KNOW THAT ITEMS, UMM, ONE, TWO, AND THREE ON OUR [2:07] AGENDA WILL TAKE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME, AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BEGIN WITH THE [2:15] 2025 LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION REPORT AS THE NEW ITEM ONE. AND THEN PROCEED AS [2:26] LISTED. ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT COURSE OF ACTION? NOT SEEING ANY. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER [2:31] AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? [2:36] COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD ADD A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR FINANCIAL POLICIES AND USE OF [2:42] CONTINGENCY FUNDS. I'VE GOTTEN A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH THE DISCUSSION. [2:47] >> WONDERFUL. AH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, UMM, IS PROPOSING TO ADD A NEW ITEM [2:54] NUMBER FIVE, JUST TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON, UMM, FINANCIAL POLICIES AND THE USE OF [3:00] CONTINGENCY FUNDS. I KNOW SEVERAL COLLEAGUES HAVE REACHED OUT ABOUT THIS, AS WELL, OVER THE -- OVER FRIDAY AND THE [3:07] WEEKEND. UMM, SO UNDERSTAND THIS IS -- THIS IS OF INTEREST TO OTHERS. IS THERE A SECOND TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S MOTION? [3:13] >> SECOND. >> UMM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? [3:20] NOT SEEING ANY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING [3:25] AYE. NAY. THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. THE AGENDA [3:31] FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. AND I WILL INVITE OUR CITY [3:40] ASSESSOR REBECCA MAMQUIST JOIN US FOR FOR THE LOCAL BOARD OF [3:48] APPEAL AND EQUALIZATION REPORT. >> MY NAME IS REBECCA MALMQUIST. [3:55] CITY ASSESSOR. I'M HERE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THE RESULTS OF THE 2025 LOCAL BOARD [4:01] THAT OCCURRED LAST MONTH. OR IN APRIL. SO JUST SOME BASICS [4:07] ABOUT OUR LOCAL BOARDS. IT WAS CONDUCTED IN-PERSON. THIS IS OUR, I BELIEVE, OUR THIRD YEAR. [4:13] SECOND YEAR BACK IN-PERSON FOR THESE HEARINGS. AND AS ALWAYS, [4:19] WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND JUST APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP. [4:25] THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE BOARDS FOR THIS YEAR. BEGINNING OF MARCH IS WHEN I CAME TO YOU AND WE [4:32] ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL BOARD WHERE YOU APPROVE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND THEN YOU APPOINTED THE THREE MEMBERS THAT [4:38] WE HAD SERVE. MARCH 14 WE MAILED VALUE NOTICES. AND THEN MARCH 24, I CAME BACK BEFORE YOU [4:43] AND PRESENTED THE ASSESSMENT REPORT. AND THE LOCAL BOARD [4:49] CONVENED ON APRIL 15th, AND WE ACTUALLY MET THE NEXT DAY AND WERE ABLE TO ADJOURN AFTER ONLY [4:54] MEETING FOR TWO DAYS! SO SOME OF THE STATISTICS. WE HAD 665 [5:02] INQUIRIES THAT WERE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE LOCAL BOARD, AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MUCH [5:09] STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE LOCAL BOARDS, THE NEXT ITEM IS THEY WERE RESOLVED 10 DAYS OR [5:15] MORE PRIOR TO THE LOCAL BOARD. STATE STATUTE STATES THAT IF OUR STAFF REVIEW A PROPERTY AND ARE [5:21] ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SUGGESTED NEW EVALUATION, AS LONG AS IT HAPPENS MORE THAN 10 DAYS BEFORE [5:27] THE LOCAL BOARD CONVENES, OUR STAFF CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE MORE ADMINISTRATIVELY. AND THEY DO [5:33] NOT HAVE TO BE HEARD BY THE LOCAL BOARD. SO WE RESOLVED 354 OF THOSE BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT [5:38] TO THE BOARD. SO THE BOARD ONLY HAD TO DEAL WITH 3-1-1 CASES [5:44] THAT YEAR. AND OF THOSE 311. [5:49] 111 WERE VALUE RECOMMENDATIONS WE BROUGHT FORWARD FROM MY OFFICE TO THE LOCAL BOARD FOR [5:55] CONSIDERATION. THEY HEARD 79 ORAL APPEALS, AND REVIEWED 121 [6:00] WRITTEN APPEALS THIS YEAR. THIS IS JUST FOR HISTORICAL CONTEXT. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE [6:07] RECEIVED 3-1-1 APPLICATIONS, WHICH MATCHES THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO UP FROM LAST YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE HEIGHT. [6:16] IF WE BREAK THIS DOWN BY PROPERTY TYPE, YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE APPEALS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE. FOLLOWED [6:23] BY APARTMENTS IN BLUE AND COMMERCIAL. SO 85% OF THE APPEALS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR [6:30] WERE RESIDENTIAL. THIS JUST BREAKS IT DOWN BY YOUR WARD. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH MARKET [6:36] VALUE WAS APPEALED. THOSE ARE THE GREEN BARS. AND THEN THE [6:43] BLUE SQUARES REPRESENT HOW MANY CASES WE HAD. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN WARD 1, WE HAD $18 MILLION [6:48] UNDER APPEAL. AND THAT WAS 27 [6:54] CASES. IF WE LOOK AT THE [6:59] OUTCOME OF THE LOCAL BOARD BY WARD, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT EACH OF THESE ORANGE BARS REPRESENTS [7:05] WHAT HAPPENED WITHIN EACH OF YOUR WARDS DURING THE LOCAL BOARD PROCESS. SO YOU'LL SEE IT'S A RANGE OF EVERYTHING FROM [7:13] WARD DIDN'T CHANGE BY ANYTHING TO SEEING THE LARGEST EMV [7:20] DECREASE IN WARD 5. HAPPY TO DIG INTO THE NUMBERS AT ANOTHER TIME WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER, IF [7:27] YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENED IN EACH OF YOUR WARDS. HAPPY TO DO THAT. IF WE LOOK AT THE CASES THAT WENT TO THE BOARD HERE, THE TOP LINE, [7:34] THE APPEALS SUSTAINED. THOSE ARE ALL THE CASES WHERE THE BOARD HEARD THOSE CASES OR READ [7:43] THEIR APPEAL. AND THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY CHANGE. THE NEXT LINE ARE THOSE THAT THE BOARD DID ADDRESS. SO OF THE $135 MILLION [7:51] THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERED THAT TOTAL WAS REDUCED TO [7:57] $119 MILLION. ABOUT 95. THAT'S ABOUT A DECREASE OF 12% OF JUST THE AMOUNT THAT GOT DECREASED. [8:04] THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE. IN STATUTE, THE LOCAL BOARD CANNOT MAKE A CHANGE TO THE [8:11] ENTIRE PROPERTY VALUE OF THE ENTIRE CITY BY MORE THAN 1%. SO THE TOTAL CITY MARKET VALUE [8:17] BEFORE GOING INTO THE BOARDS WAS $64 BILLION. SO WE CAN'T CHANGE THAT PERCENTAGE BY MORE THAN 1%, [8:24] WHICH WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR US T DO. BUT WE TRACK IT CASE-BY-CASE. THIS [8:30] YEAR THE VALUE CHANGE OF $16 MILLION WAS LESS THAN 1%, .028. [8:41] .0248%. MOVING ON THROUGH THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THE LOCAL BOARDS ARE DONE DOESN'T MEAN THE STAFF ARE DONE. THEY STILL [8:46] ADMINISTER THE COUNTY APPEALS TO THE COUNTY BOARD. AND SO THAT WILL BE CONVENING IN TWO WEEKS. AND SO OUR STAFF ARE WORKING ON [8:53] THOSE CASES RIGHT NOW. AND YOU CAN JUST SEE HERE AS OF LAST WEEK WHERE OUR CASE COUNTS WERE [8:59] AT. WE HAVE 88 COUNTY BOARD APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR. WHICH IS UP, AGAIN, FROM LAST YEAR. [9:05] WHICH YOU WILL SEE. LAST YEAR WE HAD 150 CASES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. AND THIS YEAR WE HAD [9:12] 3-1-1, AND THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. LIKE, UP BY THE SAME AMOUNT. ON THE [9:18] COUNTY SIDE. AND THIS IS JUST MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CONTEXT. IF YOU NEED TO GET AHOLD OF US [9:25] OR IF SOMEBODY WISHES TO FILE IN THE TAX COURT, THE FILING DEADLINE FOR 2024 HAS PASSED. [9:31] BUT THE FILING DEADLINE FOR FAIR [9:37] VALUE JANUARY 22, 2025 IS APRIL 30, 2026. BECAUSE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN FILE A TAX [9:44] COURT PETITION UP UNTIL ONE YEAR AFTER THEIR VALUE. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT OF THE LOCAL BOARD APPEAL AND [9:50] EQUALIZATION IN 2025. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. AND ALLOWING ME TO ADD THIS TO THE [9:58] AGENDA. . >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR [10:04] THE CITY ASSESSOR AND THIS REPORT? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. [10:12] THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND I WILL, WITH THAT, I WILL [10:19] ASK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT. UMM, WE WILL NOW [10:27] CONTINUE TO THE NEW ITEM NUMBER 2, WHICH IS REVIEWING OUR 2025 [10:32] CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES [10:38] >> I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL. [10:44] I PROBABLY DIDN'T GET IT ADDED. THERE'S RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE THAT ACTUALLY [10:49] SETS THE EQUALIZATION OF THE ASSESSED EVALUATIONS FOR THE 2025 LOCAL BOARD OF APPEAL AND [10:54] EQUALIZATION. ALL THOUGH RECEIVING AND FILING THE REPORT IS STEP ONE. THE SECOND STEP IS [10:59] ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION. >> THANK YOU. UMM, SO I WILL [11:05] MOVE APPROVAL OF THAT RESOLUTION AS DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK. SECOND? [11:10] >> SECOND. >> UMM, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE [11:17] SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ABSTENTIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. [11:24] NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE REVIEWING OUR 2025 CITY COUNCIL [11:30] BUDGET PRIORITIES. AND WE'VE [11:36] GOT PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM AND THE ITEM AFTER. ALL RIGHT. [11:42] SO WE'LL START WITH SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. UMM, IN [11:47] NOVEMBER OF 2021, MINNEAPOLIS VOTERS APPROVED A BALLOT MEASURE RESTRUCTURING THE CITY'S [11:53] GOVERNMENT INTO AN EXECUTIVE MAYOR, LEGISLATIVE, COUNCIL MODEL. THIS GOVERNANCE CHANGE CLARIFIED THE MAYOR'S ROLE AS [12:00] THE CITY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE. WHILE CODIFYING THE CITY COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY OVER [12:05] LEGISLATION, POLICY, AND OVERSIGHT. IN RESPONSE TO THE SHIFT DURING THE 2022, 2023 [12:12] COUNCIL TERM, OR LAST TERM, THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR MORE [12:18] FORMALIZED COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT IN FINANCIAL PLANNING, INTRODUCED THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WORK PLAN. [12:24] THE PLAN IS ORGANIZED AROUND FIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH INCLUDE: BUDGET COMMITTEE [12:29] PLANNING, CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES, LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT, AND 2025-2026 [12:37] BIANNUAL BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. AMONG THESE, THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES PROCESS REPRESENTS ONE OF THE MOST [12:44] SUBSTANTIAL SHIFTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL'S ROLE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. HISTORICALLY THE [12:50] COUNCIL'S PRESENTATION IN THE BUDGET WAS LARGELY REACTIVE. LIMITED TO REVIEWING AND AMENDING THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED [12:56] BUDGET AFTER IT WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST. UNDER THE WORK PLAN, THE COUNCIL IS NOW ORGANIZED TO [13:02] DEVELOP AND ADOPT SHARED PRIORITIES DURING THE SPRING, AS WELL. WELL BEFORE THE MAYOR [13:09] FINALIZED A PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS REFORM GIVES THE LEGISLATIVE BODY A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE BUDGET [13:15] IN ITS FORMATIVE STAGES. WE'LL [13:21] MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. EACH SPRING THE BUDGET COMMITTEE [13:29] INITIATES THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES PROCESS. THE STRURPED EFFORT BEGINS WITH INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS FROM [13:35] COUNCILMEMBERS, WHICH ARE REVIEWED, CONSOLIDATED, AND REFINED BFINED BY THE [13:41] COMMITTEE. THE FINAL RESULT IS A UNIFIED LIST OF KIENL PRIORITIES FORMALLY ADOPTED AND [13:47] TRANSMITTED TO THE MAYOR EARLY IN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. THE TIMING OF THE PROCESS ALIGNS [13:52] WITH THE CITY'S OFFICIAL BUDGET CALENDAR, WHICH BEGINS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR WITH [13:58] DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION GATHERING BASE BUDGET PREPARATION, AND CAPITAL PLANNING. BY ENGAGING EARLY, [14:04] THE COUNCIL IS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ITS FISCAL AND POLICY PRIORITIES BEFORE THE MAYOR FINALIZES THE RECOMMENDED [14:11] BUDGET ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY, INCREASING ALIGNMENT, AND REINFORCING THE COUNCIL'S [14:17] LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AUTHORITY UNDER THE NEW STRUCTURE. THE [14:22] 2025 CYCLE MARKED THE FIRST FULL YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING THIS FRAMEWORK. THAT YEAR [14:28] COUNCILMEMBERS SUBMITTED 61 TOTAL PRIORITY PROPOSALS THROUGH A PROCESS COORDINATED BY MY [14:34] OFFICE AND SUPPORTED BY VICE CHAIR KOSKI'S OFFICE. UMM, [14:40] MEMBERS WERE INVITED TO SUBMIT UP TO FIVE PRIORITIES EACH. EITHER IN WRITING THROUGH [14:46] ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, ALL SUBMISSIONS WERE CAPTURED AND INCLUDED WHETHER SUBMITTED IN WRITING OR CONVEYED THROUGH [14:54] MEETINGS. AFTER CONSOLIDATING AND OVERLAPPING DUPLICATE ITEMS, THE COMMITTEE ENDORSED AND [14:59] TRANSMITTED 51 UNIQUE PRIORITIES TO THE MAYOR IN APRIL OF 2024, THESE PRIORITIES REFLECTED A [15:05] BREED CROSS SECTION OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS RAISED BY RESIDENTS ACROSS THE CITY. AND SERVE THE [15:11] COUNCIL'S SHARED STARTING POINT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET PROCESS. MOVE TO THE NEXT [15:17] SLIDE. THE 2025 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES POST ADOPTION [15:24] REVIEW INCLUDES A POST ADOPTION REVIEW OF THE 25 COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES. IT EVALUATES HOW [15:31] MANY OF THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES WERE REFLECTED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET, AND HOW COUNCILMEMBERS RESPONDED THROUGH [15:37] BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REVIEW IS THREEFOLD. THE FIRST TO ASSESS HOW [15:42] EFFECTIVELY THE PRIORITIES WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET. THE SECOND IS [15:48] TO SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN FISCAL DECISION MAKING. AND THE THIRD IS TO INFORM THE REFINEMENT OF [15:55] FUTURE BUDGET PLANNING AND OVERSIGHT PRACTICES. BY EXAMINING WHICH PRIORITIES WERE ADDRESSED, THIS REPORT PROVIDES [16:02] INSIGHT INTO THE DYNAMICS OF LEGISLATIVE EXECUTIVE COLLABORATION, AND THE [16:07] EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORK PLAN IN SHAPING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL DIRECTION. NEXT SLIDE. UMM, [16:15] THE -- THE 2025 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES POST ADOPTION REVIEW IS AVAILABLE IN THE LIMS [16:21] FILE AND INCLUDES A SUMMARY REVIEW, DETAILED REVIEW, AND KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS. UMM, [16:29] THE POST ADOPTION REVIEW, WHICH IS SUMMARY ON PAGE 7, PRESENTS A [16:36] BREAKDOWN OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SUBMITTED BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE 2025 BUDGET. ALONG WITH WHETHER EACH [16:43] PRIORITIES WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY THE MAYOR AND WHETHER A CORRESPONDING BUDGET [16:48] AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED. AND THE DETAILED POST ADOPTION REVIEW ON PAGE 12 PRESENTS A DETAILED WARD-BY-WARD BREAKDOWN [16:56] OF EACH MEMBER'S SUBMITTED PRIORITIES, INCLUDING THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST. WHETHER IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED [17:01] BUDGET, ANY RELATED AMENDMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED LATER, OR ADOPTED DURING OUR BUDGET [17:07] PROCESS. THE LEVEL OF DETAIL OFFERS A MORE COMPLETE VIEW OF HOW EACH INDIVIDUAL'S POLICY [17:13] GOALS WERE ADVANCED OR NOT IN THE FINAL PART OF THE PROCESS. [17:18] THE NUMBERS IN THE ORIGINAL COLUMN IN THE TABLE SHOWN REFLECT EVERY PRIORITY SUBMITTED [17:26] BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, INCLUDING INSTANCES WHERE THE SAME OR SIMILAR PARTIES WERE SUBMITTED. [17:32] THOSE RAW NUMBERS AND TOTALS PROVIDE A SENSE OF THE FULL [17:38] VOLUME OF COUNCIL INPUT AND AMENDMENT ACTIVITY IN THE 2025 PROCESS TO AVOID INFLATING [17:44] TOTALS TO REPEATED PRIORITIES SUBMITTED BY MULTIPLE OFFICES. WE IDENTIFIED AND ADJUSTED FOR [17:51] DUPLICATES, SUCH AS NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT DURING CONSTRUCTION, [17:57] MAINTAINING AND OR LOWERING PROPERTY TAXES AND ZERO WASTE, WHICH WERE RAISED ACROSS [18:04] MULTIPLE WARDS BUT REPRESENT THE SAME FUNDAMENTAL PRIORITY. FOR EXAMPLE, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING APPEARED FIVE TIMES BUT [18:11] REPRESENTS A SINGLE SHARED PRIORITY. THE NUMBERS IN THE ADJUSTED COLUMN IN THE TABLE [18:17] SHOWN REFLECT THE REVISIONS TO THE ORIGINAL COUNTS AND THE FINAL UNIQUE COUNT COLUMN [18:23] REFLECTS THE REVISED TALLIES AND UNIQUE PRIORITIES GIVING A CLEARER PICTURE OF OVERALL [18:30] COUNCIL INFLUENCE AND FOLLOW THROUGH. IN TOTAL, THE COUNCIL SUBMITTED 51 UNIQUE BUDGET [18:36] PRIORITIES, EIGHT OF WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. 44 OF WHICH WERE NOT. IN RESPONSE, THE [18:44] COUNCIL FURTHER PURSUED 20 OF THOSE THROUGH THE MARKUP PROCESS, FIVE OF WHICH WERE [18:49] INCLUDED IN SOME FORM, BUT REQUIRED MODIFICATION. 16 OF WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED AT ALL. [18:56] MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. ALL RIGHT. SO ... THE FOLLOWING [19:01] FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS SUMMARIZE THE CITY COUNCIL'S INFLUENCE IN THE FINAL BUDGET [19:07] BASED ON REVIEW OF ALL UNIQUE PRIORITIES, WHETHER THEY WERE [19:12] INCORPORATED. TOGETHER THESE FINDINGS HELP US ASSESS BOTH THE LEVEL OF ALIGNMENT BETWEEN MAYOR [19:17] AND COUNCIL, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNCILMEMBERS' BUDGET ENGAGEMENT DURING THE [19:23] PHASE OF THE BUDGET CYCLE. RELATED TO INCLUSION RATE, ONLY [19:29] 16%, OR EIGHT OUT OF THE 51, UNIQUE PRIORITIES WERE INCLUDED [19:35] IN SOME FORM IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET. THIS MEANS THAT [19:41] APPROXIMATELY 84% WERE NOT IN HAD THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. [19:46] COUNCIL RESPONSE THROUGH AMENDMENTS, UMM, -- COUNCIL [19:52] SUBMITTED AMENDMENTS FOR ABOUT 45% OR 20 OUT OF 44 OF ITS [19:57] PRIORITIES THAT'S HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED. THIS SHOWS THAT THE COUNCIL WAS ACTIVELY WORKING TO [20:04] INFLUENCE THE BUDGET. PROPOSING CHANGES AND ADDITIONS AFTER REVIEWING THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET AND [20:10] ADDRESSING GAPS WHERE PRIORITIES HAD BEEN LEFT OUT OR UNDER FUNDED. IN TERMS OF FOCUS ON [20:16] PRIORITIES NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, OF THE 20 THAT WERE SUBMITTED, 80% WERE FOCUSED ON [20:23] PRIORITIES THAT HAD NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. WHICH INDICATES THE [20:29] COUNCIL'S PRIMARY EFFORT WAS TO ADDRESS GAPS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET PUSHING FOR FUNDING [20:36] RETENTION TO IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OUT. AND THEN EFFORTS TO MODIFY [20:44] PRIORITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED, THE REMAINING 20% OR ABOUT FOUR OUT OF 20 OF THE COUNCIL'S [20:50] AMENDMENTS TARGETED PRIORITIES THAT WERE ALREADY INCLUDED, HOW THOUGH IN A MORE LIMITED OR [20:56] PARTIAL FORM. THIS SUGGESTS THAT THE COUNCIL'S EFFORT TO MODIFY, EXPAND, OR BETTER FUND CERTAIN AREAS THAT WERE [21:02] ADDRESSED IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET, BUT UNDERFUNDED OR NEEDED [21:08] FURTHER ATTENTION OR IMPROVEMENT. OVERALL THESE PATTERNS HIGHLIGHT A SIGNIFICANT, UMM, DISCONNECT [21:14] BETWEEN COUNCIL-SUBMITTED PRIORITIES AND THE INITIAL DIRECTION SET BY THE MAYOR'S RECOMMENDED BUDGET. DESPITE [21:20] THIS, COUNCILMEMBERS ENGAGED THE AMENDMENT PROCESS WITH FOCUS AND PERSISTENCE, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS [21:26] THEY FELT HAD BEEN LEFT OUT OR UNDERFUNDED. WHICH SUGGEST THAT'S THE COUNCIL IS RESPONSE I [21:32] HAVE TO CONSTITUENT NEEDS AND WILLING TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM THROUGH BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS. EVEN WHEN ALIGNMENT WITH THE [21:39] ADMINISTRATION IS LIMITED. WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE POST [21:45] ADOPTION REVIEW PRESENTATIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE [21:51] COMMITTEE? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. [21:58] >> MADAM CHAIR, UMM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THIS. [22:04] I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIFIC EXERCISE. PER [22:11] OUR CITY CHARTER, THE MAYOR PRESENTS A BUDGET AND THEN COUNCIL, WE AS A BODY, AMEND AND [22:18] ADOPT IT. THE MAYOR HAS INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH COUNCILMEMBERS. THAT'S HOW IT'S BEEN SINCE MY FIRST TERM HERE. [22:25] TO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES. AND THEY, THE MAYOR, TAKES THEM INTO [22:31] CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY WORK ON A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE CITY ENTERPRISE. [22:36] JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN BUDGET COMMITTEE NOW, AND OUR OWN INTERNAL PLANNING DOCUMENT [22:42] OF A WORK PLAN THAT SAYS WE WILL TRANSMIT OUR PRIORITIES TO THE MAYOR, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE [22:47] ADMINISTRATION IS BOUND TO IT. THERE HAVE BEEN YEARS AND MORE [22:54] PROSPEROUS TIMES WHEN THE MAYOR TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH COUNCILMEMBER HAD ONE OR MORE OF [22:59] THEIR PRIORITIES REFLECTED IN A BUDGET. THAT WAS GREAT! BUT NOT REQUIRED. WE ARE IN LESS [23:08] PROSPEROUS TIMES. EVEN A BUDGET CRISIS, I WOULD SAY. I DON'T USE THAT TERM LIGHTLY. IN TAKING THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT [23:13] WHAT WE WANTED TO ADD AND DID OR DID NOT GET SEEMS UNPRODUCTIVE. [23:19] AND THAT IS THE MOST GENEROUS WAY I CAN SAY THAT. THE PURPOSE OF THE MAYOR PROPOSING AN [23:26] ENTERPRISE-WIDE BUDGET IS TO BALANCE THE WIDELY VARYING NEEDS OF 22 ADMINISTRATION [23:32] DEPARTMENTS, THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, AND THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC [23:38] SERVICE. SOMETIMES THAT CAN INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL PRIORITIES, AND SOMETIMES IT CAN'T. WE LACK [23:44] THE CLARITY IN ALL OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR. OF THE EFFECTIVE PULLING [23:51] THREADS IN THE BUDGET ON THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE CITY. WE HAD A PRIORITY, AND ENSUING [23:59] AMENDMENT THIS YEAR, THAT IS CAUSING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF STREET LIGHT REPAIRS TO [24:04] BE DELAYED ACROSS OUR CITY. JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE SMALL AREA. IT TOOK THE MAYOR [24:10] AND CITY LEADERSHIP, NOT CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP, TO PROPOSE A PLAN TO REPLACE THOSE FUNDS FROM [24:18] DEPARTMENTAL CONTINGENCY FUNDS SO THE REST OF THE CITY IS NOT LITERALLY IN THE DARK. WE HAD PRIORITIES IN SEVERAL AMENDMENTS [24:23] DIVERTING A MILLION DOLLARS IN NONPROFIT GAP FINANCING TO SPECIFIC NONPROFITS WITHOUT ANY [24:29] FAIR PROCESS OR VETTING. LEAVING OTHER NONPROFITS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO EVEN BE [24:35] CONSIDERED. I, FOR ONE, AM NOT PROUD OF THOSE ACTIONS. AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEM. OR MAYBE I DO. [24:42] MAYBE I WANT THE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS TO SEE THE FOLLY OF SOME OF THE DECISIONS THIS BODY. [24:49] I AM CONSTANTLY TRYING TO EXPLAIN HOW AND WHY OUR CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE STARTS AT 10.8%. [24:57] IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE PILOT PROGRAMS AND ONE-TIME FUNDING THAT WE AMENDED AND ADDED TO THE BUDGET, I'D LIKE [25:04] THIS DECISION TO INCLUDE DATA AROUND IF THOSE WERE GOOD DECISIONS OR NOT DOWN THE LINE [25:10] IT WE AMENDED IT, WE Y OWN IT. LET'S MAKE SURE IT WAS A GOOD USE OF OUR FUNDS BEFORE WE [25:16] PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK. >> NOTED. I THINK THE GOAL IS [25:23] ALWAYS FOR THE -- THE COUNCIL TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER, AND WITH [25:30] THE ADMINISTRATION TO, UMM, APPROVE A BUDGET THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES THE [25:36] RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UMM, I HOPE THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THIS REPORT [25:44] THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW A PRETTY HIGH DEGREE OF SUCCESS IN, UMM, [25:49] WORKING TOGETHER TO ALIGN EARLY AROUND OUR PRIORITIES AND TO CONTINUE ADVANCING THOSE AS THE [25:58] CYCLE PROGRESSED. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, AH, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I WANT TO SAY THANK [26:04] YOU, AS WELL AS TO VICE CHAIR KOSKI, FOR THIS PRESENTATION. AND FOR SHOWING GREAT LEADERSHIP [26:10] OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND HELPING THIS BODY ADVANCE THEIR PRIORITIES WE HEAR FROM OUR R [26:18] RESIDENTS THROUGH OUR FORMAL BUDGET PROCESS. AND AS THE OFFICES THAT'S ARE MOST OFTEN IN [26:24] COMMUNICATION WITH RESIDENTS, WE ARE ON THE FRONTLINE OF DEFENSE ON A DAILY BASIS IN NAVIGATING [26:31] AND TROUBLESHOOTING THE CRISIS AND NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS. UMM, THAT SAID, WE ARE MOST [26:37] EQUIPPED IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NEED MOST IN ORDER TO BE SAFE, HEALTHY, AND EQUITABLE. AND THAT INFORMATION [26:44] AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A PROCESS LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT THROUGH THE NEXT ITEM, UMM, HAS [26:52] ALLOWED US A VALUABLE FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE INTENTIONALLY ALLOCATE THE CITY'S RESOURCES. [26:59] AND WHILE I FELT IT WAS CLEAR THROUGH THE BUDGET MARKUP LAST SESSION, IN DECEMBER, AND THAT [27:06] YOU HIGHLIGHTED, MANY OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS DID NOT FEEL THAT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET [27:11] ADDRESSED THE NEEDS THAT WE WERE HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS AS NEEDING TO BE ADVANCED AND BE [27:17] RESPONDED TO. AND THAT'S AFFIRMED IN THIS PRESENTATION. WE SAW THE MAYOR ONLY INCLUDED [27:22] 16% OF OUR REQUESTS. UMM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO [27:27] OUR COLLEAGUES FOR ACTUALLY TAKING THE TIME TO, UMM, HAVE [27:33] THIS PRIORITY AND VALUE THAT WE WILL SHOW UP FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UMM, AND THAT WE WILL ADDRESS [27:40] THE UNDERLYING ISSUES. BECAUSE WE ALL WANT, UMM, TO HAVE WARDS THAT, AGAIN, ARE SAFE. THAT [27:46] HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED SO RESIDENTS IN THE WARDS CAN LEAD QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVE [27:51] LIVES. AND TO HEAR A NARRATIVE BE SPINED ON THE BUDGET PROCESS OR HAVING SOME OF OUR CITY [27:58] LEADERS SAY THAT US DOING THAT IS ACTUALLY ENGAGING IN ADVANCING PET PROJECTS IS [28:05] ACTUALLY, ALSO, VERY UNHELPFUL. AND THIS PRESENTATION ACTUALLY [28:10] BREAKS DOWN WHAT TOOK PLACE. AND IT BREAKS IT DOWN BY NUMBERS. SO I HOPE WE CAN [28:15] CONTINUE DOING THAT. UMM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED AND ALLOWS THIS BODY TO ACTUALLY, UMM, LEAN INTO [28:23] OUR AUTHORITY AS THE PURSE HOLDERS OF THE CITY. UMM, AND, ALSO, TO HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION. I'M LOOKING [28:28] FORWARD TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. BECAUSE I EVEN JUST HEARD IN THE MOST RECENT [28:34] COMMENTS INACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT A BUDGET ITEM AROUND LIGHTING. AND WHILE I, YOU [28:40] KNOW, EXPECT THIS FROM MAYBE SOME COUNCILMEMBERS WHO DO NOT ENGAGE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DELIBERATE [28:46] PROCESS AROUND THAT IN WHICH WE CONNECTED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, UMM, AND THAT [28:52] THERE IS, ACTUALLY, NO PROBLEM AROUND IT. THOUGH SOME COLLEAGUES ARE TRYING TO CREATE [28:58] ONE. UMM, SO I REALLY AM HOPEFUL THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE CREATING A TRANSPARENT [29:04] DEMOCRATIC PROCESS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO SEE, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO SEE, FOR OUR [29:10] COLLEAGUES TO SEE WHAT ARE OUR SHARED PRIORITIES AND USE THE BUDGET PROCESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO ADVANCE THAT. [29:16] >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MADAM CHAIR, DURING THIS LAST [29:21] BUDGET MARK UP, WE EVEN HAD A COUNCILMEMBER STATE THAT ONE OF THEIR PRIORITIES WAS FOR AN INVESTMENT IN A [29:28] DESPERATELY-NEEDED ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLATFORM PROJECT. ERP. WHO THEN TURNED AROUND AND [29:33] AUTHORED A AMENDMENT THAT TOOK IT BACK OUT OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDING IN [29:39] MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF NEW SPENDING. THAT ISN'T EVEN RECOGNIZED ON PAGE 9 OF THIS [29:45] REPORT. THIS IS ABOUT BASIC GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT [29:51] WE NEED A NEW ERP PLATFORM. BUT IT'S AN INTERNAL, SORELY NEEDED PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS [29:56] BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR 10 YEARS OF MY PARTICIPATION ON THIS COUNCIL. AND IT GETS ITOUS [30:03] OF THE DARK AGES OF HR AND INTO KNOWING THINGS WE KEEP ASKING HR [30:08] FOR. FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE OPEN FTE COUNTS. MY WHOLE POINT, IT'S FINE TO STATE OUR PRIORITIES. [30:14] IT'S NOT FINE TO CRY FOUL ABOUT WHAT WE DID OR DIDN'T GET AND HAVE A PRESENTATION LIKE THIS [30:19] TRYING TO TAKE A VICTORY LAP ON HOW WE CHANGED THE BUDGET WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF HOW [30:24] THIS IMPACTS THINGS DOWN THE LINE. >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. [30:30] >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. A QUESTION FOR COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. WHEN YOU MENTIONED SELF SERVICE LEVEL AT 10.8%. [30:37] WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? >> COUNCILMEMBER, CASHMAN, IF I MAY RESPOND. THE CURRENT [30:42] SERVICE LEVEL TO START THIS BUDGET YEAR DOING NO CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, NOT CUTTING ANYTHING FROM OUR CITY ENTERPRISE FOR THE [30:49] NEXT BUDGET CYCLE WOULD MEAN AN INCREASE TO THE TAX LEVY BY [30:56] 10.8%. >> ANTICIPATED LEVY. NOT CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL. >> THE CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL [31:02] INCREASE IS 10.8% TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGES MADE AT THE END OF THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE. >> YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR [31:09] CLARIFYING. I THINK THAT REVIEWING THE WORK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR IS A GOOD IDEA. AND I THINK OUR RESIDENTS APPRECIATE [31:16] THAT THE COUNCIL DOES THIS BUDGET DLIRNTIONS -- DELIBERATIONS IN PUBLIC. AS [31:21] OPPOSED TO MAYOR'S OFFICE WORK WHICH HAPPENS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THIS IS TRANSPARENCY [31:28] THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR. I PERSONALLY LIKE HAVING A SINGLE SOURCE TO SEND PEOPLE TO AS SENDING THEM TO THE [31:34] BUDGET AMENDMENTS PROCESS FROM LAST YEAR COULD BE QUITE [31:39] DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE THROUGH LIMBS AND THE BUDGET BOOK. I THINK THIS IS GREAT WORK AND I APPRECIATE THE CHAIR AND VICE [31:45] CHAIR AND THEIR OFFICES FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER. [31:52] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU AND VICE CHAIR KOSKI FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM [31:58] FORWARD. IT'S A PART OF TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT. IT'S PRACTICAL. WHEN I TALK TO [32:04] RESIDENTS ACROSS WARD 89 WHEN I TELL THEM THE MAYOR AND I HAD A MEETING EVERY YEAR ABOUT THE PRIORITIES MY RESIDENTS ADVOCATE [32:12] FOR. AND I TELL THEM THAT THE MAYOR RARELY ADDS ANY OF THE PRIORITIES WARD 9 TO THE BUDGET. [32:17] THEY GET SHOCKED. SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS OPEN FORUM WHERE WE GO AND REVIEW AND FIGURE OUT WHAT [32:23] PRIORITIES ARE INCLUDED OR NOT. RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW IF THE MAYOR IS WORKING FOR THEM OR [32:29] NOT. THANK YOU. >> SEEING NO -- COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> SORRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I [32:38] GUESS I WANT TO JUST SAY, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE MAYOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ADD ITEMS TO THE BUDGET THAT WE KNOW THAT OUR [32:46] TWE ST CONSTITUENTS IS ASKING FOR. I THINK THERE'S [32:53] SOME LEVEL OF ADDING FOR THE MAYOR. I'VE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE [32:59] RAILROAD CROSSING. I TALKED TO THE MAYOR ABOUT THAT. BUT I LIKE BRINGING THAT FORWARD [33:04] MYSELF AS A COUNCILMEMBER. BECAUSE IT'S MY WARD. I DON'T WANT THE MAYOR TO BRING THAT ITEM. SO I DO THINK THAT THERE [33:10] ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON. I JUST FIND MYSELF HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE [33:15] MAYOR AND SAYING THESE ARE MY PRIORITIES, BUT I'M GOING TO WORK TO BRING AN AMENDMENT [33:20] FORWARD. I'M GOING TO TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THESE THINGS AND BRING SOMETHING FORWARD [33:26] MYSELF. AND I THINK MAYBE THAT'S A PIECE THAT COULD BE MISSING FROM THIS. ALSO, FOR [33:32] ME, THE PRESENTATION JUST FELT LIKE SOMEBODY'S SALTY. SOMEBODY [33:37] IS UPSET ABOUT THE MAYOR NOT BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD. YOU DID IT ON YOUR OWN ANYWAY. SO I [33:42] DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE -- WHY WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT AND NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BUDGET. BECAUSE EVERYBODY [33:48] BROUGHT FORWARD WHAT THEY WANTED TO BRING FORWARD IN THE BUDGET. WITHOUT THE MAYOR DOING [33:53] WHATEVER. THIS JUST FEELS LIKE "LET'S TELL THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT THE MAYOR DOESN'T DO WHAT WE ASKED HIM TO [33:59] DO BUT WE DID IT ANYWAY." BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT AMENDMENTS FORWARD FOR EVERY SINGLE THING [34:05] THAT YOU PRIORITIZED IN THE BUDGET. SO THIS IS JUST LIKE HAVING A FIGHT ABOUT NOTHING. [34:11] >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. SO VERY WELL SPOKEN, COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. [34:16] THIS IS A FIGHT ABOUT NOTHING. THIS IS ABOUT ELECTION YEAR POLITICS, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. AND [34:22] WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THE MAYOR AND HIS ADMINISTRATION [34:28] LOOK BAD. WE'RE HERE TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THAT. THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, SO MUCH, CHAIR [34:38] CHUGHTAI. IT'S INTERESTING HOW THIS IS GETTING FRAMED INTO A FIGHT SO QUICKLY. AND IT'S [34:43] INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT IS SHOWING UP. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ON OUR PAST BUDGET [34:49] PROCESS. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING INTO A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR. PEOPLE RELY ON US TO DISCUSS HOW [34:56] WE ARE GOING TO APPROACH THE CITY BUDGET. AND NO ONE IS ARGUING THAT THE JOB OF THE [35:02] MAYOR ISN'T DIFFICULT. IT'S AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT JOB. I WOULD ARGUE ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT JOBS, MAYBE AFTER THE [35:10] GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA. WHAT I FOUND HELPFUL THROUGH THIS [35:16] PRESENTATION IS A REFLECTION OF THE EXPERIENCE THAT I'VE HAD AS A COUNCILMEMBER IN MY FIRST TERM. IT IS REALLY HARD TO SEE [35:24] COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THE EXECUTIVE BODY. MAYBE IT'S THE PRESENT MAYOR. MAYBE IT'S A [35:31] PART OF GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. MAYBE IT'S SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE TO DO AS A CITY COUNCIL AND MAYBE IT'S ALL A MIX OF BOTH. [35:38] BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS ARE CURRENTLY FEELING. AND THEY QUESTION THAT WHEN THEY SEE OUR [35:44] CITY BUDGET. THEY WONDER WHY THERE ARE 61 AMENDMENTS. AND THIS IS A PART OF THE ANSWERING IT. I ONLY GOT 15 MINUTES WITH [35:51] THE MAYOR LAST TIME AROUND. TOTAL ATO DISCUSS MY [35:56] PRIORITIES. THEY WERE CITY-WIDE PRIORITIES THAT AFFECTED EVERYONE. NOT JUST MY WARD. AND I THINK THE REAL ELECTION -- [36:02] I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE, BUT DIGGING UP THE ISSUE AROUND LIGHTING AND TRYING TO [36:09] GET PRESS AROUND IT AND ISSUE PITTING NEEDS BETWEEN CONSTITUENTS. THAT'S NOT IT. IT'S NOT IT. ALL OF US IN [36:16] DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WARD HAVE EXPERIENCED COPPER WIRE THEFT. I HAVE ADVOCATED UNTIL I WAS BLACK AND BLUE ABOUT COPPER WIRE [36:22] THEFT ON HIAWATHA AVENUE AND AROUND THE LAKES. AND I WISH I HAD KNOWN THAT CONTINGENCY [36:27] FUNDING COULD HAVE BEEN USEDDED A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN ORDERED TO ADDRESS THIS PRESSING PROBLEM. I'M GLAD IT'S BEING [36:34] TAKEN ON. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S OFFICE BROUGHT FORWARD AS AN IDEA TO THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT FOR [36:40] PROJECTS LIKE THIS, THEY DON'T, UMM, THEY DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN IT [36:45] COMES TO LIGHTING. FOR, A [36:50] AH THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. GOING BACK TO THIS PRESENTATION, THE THING I'M INTERESTED IN IS FIGURING OUT, [36:55] ONE, LIKE, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY EVALUATE HOW THINGS ARE WORKING [37:00] IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING MONEY AND NOT SPENDING MONEY OVER YEARS. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED, UMM, WITH [37:08] THIS EVALUATION OUTCOMES TOOL FROM THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE SORELY NEED. [37:14] I WANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT I WANT TO SEE THAT HERE. THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS. I'M LOOKING AT THE BUDGET CHAIR AND VICE [37:20] CHAIR AND THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO MAKE EFFICIENCIES. AND I WANT [37:26] TO BE CLEAR TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT YOUR [37:32] COUNCILMEMBERS MADE THIS LAST YEAR ACCOUNT FOR ONLY MAYBE A FEW PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE [37:38] TO GET THE IDEA THAT THIS 10% [37:43] LEVY INCREASE FOR CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL IS DUE TO THOSE AMENDMENTS. IF SOMEONE LIKES [37:48] TO -- WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE EVIDENCE FOR THAT, PLEASE DO SO. BUT MY CURRENT UNDERSTANDING, BASED OFF THE INFORMATION WE'VE [37:53] BEEN PRESENTED OVER YEARS, DOES NOT SHOW THAT. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT A [38:00] 10.8% INCREASE. RIGHT. WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD THAT OUR TAX BASE HAS [38:05] SLUNK D SHRINK DOWNTOWN. I THINK ALL 13 HAVE [38:10] MADE STRIDES TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN. WE'RE SEEING CUTS FROM THE FEDERAL [38:16] LEVEL. WE STILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND JUST TIMES ARE TOUGH AND THERE'S [38:22] A NUMBER OF OTHER REASONS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT A 10- [38:30] 10.8% INCREASE THAN OUR BUDGET CHAIR COULD BETTER ENUMERATE THAN I DID. I APPRECIATE THE [38:35] START OF THE DISCUSSION. I WANT TOP SAY, WE SHOULD NOT BE FRAMING THIS AS A FIGHT. THE REAL FIGHT IS FIGURING OUT HOW [38:41] WE WORK TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY HAVE A BUDGET THAT WORKS. FOR ME PERSONALLY, MAKE SURE THAT [38:47] NONE OF THE STAFF THAT WE CURRENTLY, UMM, ARE FUNDING THROUGH OUR CITY BUDGET HAVE TO [38:53] FACE ANY LAYOFFS. THAT'S A STARTING POINT FOR ME. THAT I'M EXCITED TO COMMUNICATE THIS TIME [38:59] AROUND. I'LL ALSO SAY A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH [39:05] THE LAST PROCESS WE DID TOGETHER, COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE APPRECIATED WHETHER IT'S SAFETY [39:11] RESOURCES INTO COMMUNITIES, THE RISE UP CENTER, SUPPORT FOR [39:17] LOCAL BUSINESSES, THOSE HAVE BEEN VALUABLE TOOLS PEP. I'M GRATEFUL WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT [39:23] LAST BUDGET CYCLE. I THINK THE PICTURE IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND. THANK YOU. [39:29] >> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I WILL DIRECT THE [39:34] CLERK TO FILE THAT REPORT. [39:39] WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. [39:44] WHICH IS THE 2026 -- YEAH. RECEIVE AND FILE. THE 2026 CITY [39:51] COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES. [40:04] THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THIS BACKGROUND SECTION IS THE SAME WHAT I COVERED IN THE PREVIOUS [40:10] PRESENTATION. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UMM, AND I [40:21] WILL SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE 2026 BUDGET CYCLE MARKS THE SECOND FULL YEAR OF IMPLEMENTING [40:28] THIS FRAMEWORK. THIS YEAR THE -- MY OFFICE AND VICE CHAIR KOSKI'S OFFICE LAUNCHED A 2026 [40:36] CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES SURVEY. AS A MEANS OF COLLECTING INDIVIDUAL [40:42] COUNCILMEMBERS INPUT AND FEEDBACK INTO THE BUDGET [40:48] PROCESS. THE 2026 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITY SURVEY WAS [40:53] STRUCTURED AROUND KEY AREAS TO HELP SHAPE BUDGET DIRECTION, IDENTIFYING INVESTMENT NEEDS, AND IMPROVE THE SHARED BUDGET [41:00] PROCESS. THE KEY AREAS INCLUDED BUDGET GOALS AND PRIORITY SETTING, LEVY DECISIONS, AND [41:08] TREADOFFS, CITY-WIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD OR REGION-SPECIFIC BUDGET [41:14] PRIORITIES, FISCAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS, AND [41:20] PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. NOW [41:26] THAT WE'VE, AH, COVERED THE BACKGROUND AND PROCESS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO REVIEWING THE 2026 [41:32] CITY COUNCIL BUDGET PRIORITIES. THE -- THERE ARE -- THIS REPORT [41:38] AND THE -- THE SLIDE DECK ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LIMS FILE. [41:44] THIS FIRST SECTION IS THE BUDGET GOALS AND PRIORITIES SECTION. [41:49] THIS SECTION REFLECTS COUNCILMEMBER'S OVERARCHING GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND [41:55] HIGHLIGHTS WHERE THEY BELIEVE CURRENT INVESTMENTS MAY NEED TO SHIFT TO BETTER ALIGN WITH SAID [42:00] GOALS. AS PART OF OUR ONGOING EFFORT TO ALIGN THE CITY'S BUDGET WITH VALUES-BASED [42:07] INVESTMENT AND LONG-TERM PLANNING, COUNCILMEMBERS WERE ASKED TO RANK STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. THE PRIORITIES [42:13] REFLECT A SYNTHESIS OF EXISTING CITY FRAMEWORKS, INCLUDING [42:19] MAYOR'S BUDGET PRIORITY ITS, THE MINNEAPOLIS 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE STRATEGIC RACIAL [42:25] EQUITY PLAN. THE RESULTING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES RANKED BY IMPORTANCE, AND THIS IS A CO [42:32] CULMINATION OF THE FEEDBACK SHARED TO US BY EVERYONE ARE, UMM, FIRST, AFFORDABLE HOUSING [42:38] AND HOMELESSNESS. THEN COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICE REFORM. THEN ECONOMIC INCLUSION [42:44] AND LIVING-WAGE JOBS. THEN RACIAL EQUITY AND DISPARITY REDUCTION. THEN CLIMATE ACTION [42:51] AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL BEING. [42:56] THEN EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SERVICES AND PUBLIC SERVICE ACCESS. THEN [43:02] TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC SPACES. NUMBER NINE GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CIVIC [43:08] PARTICIPATION. AND, FINALLY, ARTS, CULTURE, AND HISTORICAL [43:14] PRESERVATION. COUNCILMEMBERS WERE THEN ASKED TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THE CITY OVER [43:22] INVESTS. SPECIFICALLY WHERE FUNDING MAY BE EXCEEDING NEED, GROWING TOO QUICKLY, OR NOT [43:28] DELIVERING RESULTS THAT MATCH THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT. THE [43:34] RESULTS ARE, UMM, THREE KEY AREAS WE'LL TALK THROUGH. THE [43:41] FIRST IS CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES LACKING EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE [43:47] METRICS. MANY COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT LACK [43:56] THOSE LACKING PROPER PROCUREMENT EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE METRICS, OR ACCOUNTABILITY AS AN AREA OF [44:01] OVER-INVESTMENT. THEY NOTED THAT WITHOUT CLEAR EVALUATION PROCESSES AND MEASURABLE [44:06] OUTCOMES, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE INVESTMENTS ARE ACHIEVING THEIR INTENDED GOALS OR PROVIDING [44:13] VALUE TO RESIDENTS. COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZE THAT ALL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, [44:19] ESPECIALLY THOSE INVOLVING EXTERNAL VENDORS SHOULD DEMONSTRATE HOW THEY MEET NEED [44:25] OR EXCEED ESTABLISH STANDARDS, DELIVER MEANINGFUL RESULTS, AND REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR [44:31] CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS. TOP-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND HIGH COST BR BUREAUCRACY. SOME [44:42] COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED GROWING NUMBER AND COST OF UPPER MANAGEMENT AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AS AN AREA OF VO [44:52] OVER INVESTMENT. COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR EQUITABLE PAY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND [44:58] STAFF. AND, FINALLY, RELATED TO [45:03] THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HERE WHAT WE HEARD FROM SOME COUNCILMEMBERS IS AN -- IS [45:09] IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC AREAS WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL LAW [45:16] ENFORCEMENT, CERTAIN SUB PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, AND RELATED [45:21] EXPENSES AS AREAS OF OVER INVESTMENT. THEY NOTED CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL LAW [45:28] ENFORCEMENT STRATTIES COMPARED TO PREVENTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY, AS [45:34] WELL AS MOUNTED PATROL, POLICE TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE, AND LEGAL SETTLEMENT PAYOUTS. [45:40] COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZE THE NEED TOO EVALUATE WHETHER CURRENT MPD INVESTMENTS ARE [45:45] DELIVERING INTENDED OUTCOMES, AND WHETHER RESOURCES ARE BEING ALLOCATED IN WAYS THAT REFLECT COMMUNITY VALUES, PRIORITIES, [45:53] AND LONG-TERM PLANNING. CONTINUED, UMM, WE'LL GO OVER [46:01] FOUR MORE AREAS OF OVER INVESTMENT. STARTING WITH VACANT POSITIONS AND STAFFING [46:08] PLANS. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED THE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF VACANT FULL-TIME [46:15] EQUIVALENT POSITIONS, AND UNREALISTIC STAFFING PLANS AS AN [46:20] AREA OF OVERINVESTMENT. NOTING THAT BUDGET VACANCIES REMAIN [46:26] UNFILLED AND CANNOT BE FILLED -- CANNOT BE FILLED LEADS TO [46:31] INFLATED BUDGETS AND INCREASED TAX BURDENS. JURISDICTIONAL [46:37] OVERLAP. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED JU IT AS AN AREA [46:45] OF OVER INVESTMENT. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED PIE PILOT PRIERP [46:55] PROJECTS AS AN OVER INVESTMENT. PRIORITIZING FUNDING FOR ESTABLISHED INITIATIVES AND [47:01] PROGRAMS WITH CITY-WIDE IMPACT. AND A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED UNUSED CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS AND [47:06] PROPERTIES AS AN AREA OF OVER INVESTMENT. NOTING THEY COULD BE SOLD TO REDUCE COSTS AND GENERATE REVENUE. THESE FOUR [47:13] ARE ALL ONES WHERE YOU SEE THAT THESE WERE RAISED BY AN INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER WHEREAS [47:18] IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THEY WERE BROUGHT UP, UMM, MULTIPLE TIMES OR IN DIFFERENT WAYS. WITH [47:26] THAT, UMM, COUNCILMEMBERS WERE ASKED TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE [47:32] THE CITY UNDER INVESTMENTS. FUNDING MAY BE FALLING SHORT OF NEED, IMPACT, OR URGENCY. THE [47:39] RESULTING UNDERINVESTMENT AREAS INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, AND YOU'LL NOTE THIS WAS THE NUMBER ONE [47:46] PRIORITY, UMM, CUMULATIVELY, UMM, WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT RANKING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES,s AS [47:52] WELL. MANY COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED A AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AS AN AREA OF [47:57] UNDERINVESTMENT. NOTING CONCERNS REGARDING INSUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS IN GENERAL. [48:03] AND LIFTING UP SPECIFICALLY THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, THE NOAAA PRESERVATION FUND, [48:12] AFFORDABLE HOUSING MAINTENANCE, SENIOR HOUSING, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY. [48:19] COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR SUSTAINED INVESTMENT TO KEEP RESIDENTS STABLY HOUSED AND [48:24] TO STAY ON TRACK FORWARDS LONG-TERM HOUSING GOALS. NEXT, MANY COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED [48:30] NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING. YOU'LL BE SHOCKED TO LEARN. AS AN AREA OF UNDER INVESTMENT P [48:37] . THEY NOTED DESPITE HIGH DEMANDS, INCREASED [48:43] DRIVER-PEDESTRIAN, AND CYCLIST INJURIES AND THE ECONOMY'S VISION THROUGH THROUGH THE [48:49] CURRENT FUNDING REMAINS INSUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS AND PUBLIC SAFETY GOALS. NEXT, [48:56] UMM, CLIMATE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. SOME COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED [49:02] CLIMATE PROGRAMS -- PARTICIPATION IN THESE PROGRAMS REMAINS LOW, PARTICULARLY IN LOW-INCOME AND RENTER [49:08] COMMUNITIES. AND EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR TARGETED, WELL-FUNDED EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESSIBILITY [49:14] AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT. NEXT IS PRO ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT. [49:20] WHERE COUNCILMEMBERS NOTED, UMM, PRO ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT'S ROLE IN [49:26] ADVANCING HOUSING AND TENANT PROTECTIONS, WORKERS RIGHTS, PUBLIC HEALTH, CLIMATE ACTION, [49:31] ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND NOTED THE NEED FOR INCREASED HOUSING [49:36] INSPECTOR AND STRONGER CODE ENFORCEMENT TO UPHOLD TENANTS' RIGHTS. AND THEN STREET [49:44] LIGHTING, UMM, NOTED SIGNIFICANT SERVICE GAPS, BACKLOGGING, AND [49:50] EXTENDED RESPONSE TIMES. ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO ONGOING SAFETY CONCERNS IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. CONTINUED -- [50:02] UMM, ADDITIONAL AREAS OF UNDER INVESTMENT. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED BASIC SERVICES IN [50:08] 3-1-1 RESPONSE AS AN AREA OF UNDER INVESTMENT WITH NOTING DELAYS IN RESPONSE TIME, BASIC [50:15] SERVICE DELIVERY, AND NEGATIVE CONSTITUENT AND RESIDENT EXPERIENCE. A COUNCILMEMBER [50:21] IDENTIFIED, UMM, ADA COMPLIANCE. [50:27] IN PARTICULAR PUBLIC SPACES LIKE SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS THAT DON'T COMPLY WITH STANDARDS. A COUNCILMEMBER [50:33] IDENTIFIED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR [50:38] ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACHES ON SEVERAL ISSUES. A COUNCILMEMBER [50:44] IDENTIFIED PUBLIC BATHROOMS, NOTING THAT CITIES PROVIDE THESE [50:49] TYPES OF FACILITIES. A COUNCILMEMBER NOTED VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING. NOTING GVI, [50:57] GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION, [51:03] SAFETY AMBASSADORS, AND OTHER SPECIFIC INITIATIVES. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED, UMM, [51:11] THE OWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FUND AS AN AREA OF ECONOMIC [51:16] DEVELOPMENT UNDER INVESTMENT. AND APP COUN A [51:23] COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES AND THE NEED FOR STRENGTHENING STAFFING, EXPENSE SCOMPENSATION. A [51:33] COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED YOUTH AS AN AREA OF UNDER INVESTMENT. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED IMMIGRATION SERVICES. AND A [51:42] COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED ZERO-WASTE, NOTING, IN PARTICULAR, THE CITY'S PUBLIC [51:49] STANCE ON THE CLOSURE OF THE HEN FIN ENERGY RECOVERY CENTER. [51:55] THAT LACKS THE INVESTMENT AT THE SCALE NECESSARY TO DIVERT WASTE [52:02] EFFECTIVELY. IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ASKED FOR COUNCILMEMBERS' [52:08] PERSPECTIVES ON HOW THE CITY SHOULD FUND ITS PRIORITIES. AND [52:13] INFORM ITS APPROACHES TO THE TAX LEVY IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. AND WHERE REDUCTIONS MAY BE [52:19] APPROPRIATE. AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP [52:27] BUDGET BURDEN MITIGATION AND, UMM, OVERALL BUDGET [52:32] RESPONSIBILITY, COUNCILMEMBERS WERE ASKED TO INDICATE WHAT RANGE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THEY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE [52:38] SUPPORTING. THE ADOPTED LEVY FOR 2025 WAS 6.8% IN THE [52:44] PROJECTED INCREASE FOR 20 [52:50] 202,610.8%. COUNCILMEMBER RESPONSES RANGED FROM 0 TO 8% WITH NO CORRESPO [52:59] RESPONSES ABOVE 10%. THE [53:07] INDICATING GENERAL SUPPORT FOR A MODERATE INCREASE. NEXT SLIDE. [53:12] COUNCILMEMBERS WERE THEN ASKED WHICH PRIORITY AREAS THEY WOULD SUPPORT FOR INCREASED [53:18] INVESTMENT. EVEN IF IT MEANT A HIGHER PROPERTY TAX LEVY. COUNCILMEMBER RESPONSES INDICATED STRONG SUPPORT FROM [53:24] INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. EVEN IF IT RESULTED IN A HIGHER TAX [53:30] INCREASE. SOME COUNCILMEMBERS INDICATED WILLINGNESS TO RAISE THE LEVY FOR INCREASED SPENDING [53:36] ON OTHER PRIORITIES. IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ASKED WHERE, UMM, [53:44] COUNCILMEMBERS WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR [53:50] THE -- THE -- THEIR PREVIOUS QUESTIONS. SO ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS, THEY [53:57] EMPHASIZED THE URGENCY OF ADDRESSING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FUNDING CLIFF, THE RISK OF [54:02] LOSING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, AND IMPACTS OF HOUSING ON PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND [54:08] ECONOMIC VITALITY. THEY CITED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS SUCH AS THE MPHA, STABLE HOMES, STALE [54:15] SCHOOLS, SHELTER IN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION, AND MAINTENANCE. [54:22] COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACES. AND [54:27] EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR INCREASED AND SCALED INVESTMENT IN NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING, [54:36] ENHANCE PUBLIC AMENITIES LIKE BENCHES, PUBLIC RESTROOMS, ET. CETERA. COULD BEES EMPHASIZED [54:44] UNEFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPACE AND SERVICE ACCESS THE NEED FOR MAINTAINING CERTAINLY C -- [54:51] ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES. A COUNCILMEMBER IDENTIFIED CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE [54:57] AND EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO EXPAND GREEN PROJECTS. [55:02] INCLUDING WEATHERIZATION, BUILDING RETROFITS AND THE EXPANSION OF RECYCLING AND [55:07] COMPOSTING. UMM, COUNCILMEMBERS CITED FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, UMM, AS INFORMING THEIR PROPERTY [55:16] TAX LEVY INCREASE RANGE CHOICES, INCLUDING COST OF LIVING, [55:21] INFLATION, AND RISING COSTS AND COMPOUNDING ECONOMIC PRESSURES. [55:28] NEXT WE ASKED WHICH AREAS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD SUPPORT FOR DECREASED INVESTMENT. IF IT [55:33] MEANT A LOWER PROPERTY TAX LEVY. UMM, THE GENERAL THEMES WERE [55:41] GOOD GOVERNANCE AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION, RACIAL EQUITY AND DISPARITY REDUCTION IN ARTS, [55:46] CULTURE, AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. AND SOME COUNCILMEMBERS INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO REDUCE SPENDING [55:52] IN OTHER PRIORITY AREAS TO LOWER THE LEVY. WHEN ASKED FOR [55:59] ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON STRATEGIC PRIORITIZATION AND REDUCTION, [56:05] MANY COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR A MORE INTENTIONAL APPROACH TO BUDGET REDUCTIONS, [56:10] PRIORITIZING ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING, AND BASIC CITY SERVICES, WHILE IDENTIFYING LOWER PRIORITY AREAS [56:16] FOR POTENTIAL CUTS. THEY NOTED THE IMPORTANCE OF ALIGNING SPENDING WITH CLEARLY DEFINED [56:22] CORE PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY A HIGH LEVY ENVIRONMENT WHERE TRADE-OFFS ARE UNAVOIDABLE. WE [56:29] HEARD PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND DATA-DRIVEN BUDGETING. UMM, POINTING TO AREAS LIKE [56:36] CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES WHERE THERE'S A LACK OF METRICS. WE SAW FISCAL [56:44] DISCIPLINE AND LEVY CONCERNS. [56:49] UMM, GENERALLY THERE WAS AN EVERYONE IN THIS CASE A 10.8% [56:55] TAX LEVY AND THE DIRECTION IT REPRESENTS IS ONE THAT IS [57:01] UNSTEALBSTEALBLE -- UNSUSTAINABLE. AND THEY -- THAT [57:06] COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD NOT SUPPORT A HIGHER LEVY INCREASE. A [57:18] COUNCILMEMBER EMPHASIZED -- EMPHASIZED PUBLIC SAFETY AND [57:23] BUDGET CHALLENGES STEM FROM WEAK GOVERNANCE AND LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. NOT JUST FUNDING LEVELS. CALLED FOR [57:29] CLEARER EXPECTATIONS, STRONGER OVERSIGHT, AND MORE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND [57:35] LEADERSHIP. AND THEN, FINALLY, A COUNCILMEMBER EMPHASIZED THAT [57:41] RACIAL EQUITY AND DISPARITY REDUCTION IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE EMBEDDED INTO ALL [57:46] PRIORITY AREAS. AND NOT JUST AS A STAND ALONE LINE ITEM. THIS [57:52] NEXT SECTION IS CITY WIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES. THIS SUMMARIZES [57:57] PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO WHERE MEMBERS SEE THE MOST URGENT [58:02] MEANS OF OPPORTUNITIES OF INVESTMENT. AS PART OF OUR ROLE [58:08] IN SHAPING THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, COUNCILMEMBERS WERE INVITED TO SHARE UP TO THREE [58:14] CITY-WIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES. AND THESE WERE CONSIDERED [58:19] SEPARATE FROM WARD PRIORITIES OR REGENT-SPECIFIC PRIORITIES. IN TOTAL, THERE WERE 27 [58:26] IDENTIFIED CITY-WIDE PRIORITIES. AND 14 OF THOSE ARE UNIQUE CITY [58:32] WIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES. WHICH REPRESENTS A LOT ALIGNMENT. SO [58:41] THIS TABLE SHOWS THE CITY WIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES FROM [58:50] INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS. IN APPENDIX C YOU'LL FIND INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS FMP THE [58:55] SPECIFIC PRIORITIES. I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE AND INSTEAD OF READING THEM OFF AND SEE IF ANY COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE [59:02] THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THEIR CITY-WIDE BUDGET [59:08] PRIORITIES. NOT SEEING ANY. WE [59:26] WILL CONTINUE. OH, I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> MADAM CHAIR, I'LL GO AHEAD [59:32] AND SHARE. I HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO SHARE ABOUT EVERY ONE [59:37] OF THESE CATEGORIES. BUT, UMM, I SAID IT IN MY [59:45] QUESTION/RESPONSE THING. THE 84 QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED US. AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. MY ONLY [59:50] STATED PRIORITY TO REDUCE SPENDING AND LIMIT ANY INCREASE TO THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY. I UNDERSTAND THAT A SMALL INCREASE [59:57] TO THE LEVY MIGHT BE INEVITABLE TO CONTINUE OUR CURRENT SERVICE [1:00:02] LEVELS. BUT THIS IS WHY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL OAR [1:00:07] NEW ASKS. YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND DECREASE THE BUDGET TO THE LEVEL THAT WE NEED. SO I'LL JUST PUT [1:00:13] THAT OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. [1:00:19] >> THANK YOU, AH, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. UMM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NAME, BECAUSE [1:00:24] I'VE HEARD THIS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH THE CON PLAGUES OF NEW SPENDING AND REAPPROPRIATION [1:00:31] OF EXISTING DOLLARS. WHICH MANY OF US LOOKED AT, ALSO, USING AS FUNDING SOURCES FOR BUDGET [1:00:37] AMENDMENTS, EVEN LAST YEAR. SO, JUST IN YOUR PRIOR SLIDE WHEN YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A [1:00:44] LOOK. HOPEFULLY WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION PROVIDING PERFORMANCE METRICS AROUND THEY [1:00:49] WERE PROGRAMS, AND NOT JUST AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL. SO WE CAN SEE THE FULL ROSTER OF WHAT ARE WE FUNDING, HOW ARE THEY ARE [1:00:56] MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND OVERALL ENTERPRISE FUNCTIONS. THEN WE [1:01:02] CAN LOOK AT WHERE CAN WE USE THOSE DOLLARS TO SUPPORT KEY PRIORITIES AS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS [1:01:08] ILLUSTRATED ON THE SLIDE. SO I JUST NEED TO MAKE IT CLEAR NEW SPENDING IS NOT THE SAME AS [1:01:13] USING EXISTING DOLLARS IN SOMEONE'S BUDGET IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET AND REPROPOSING IT FOR A DIFFERENT [1:01:21] PROJECT. >> COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. [1:01:27] >> JUST CHIMING IN. WE HAVE A TOUGH TASK AHEAD OF US WITH THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. AND MAYBE [1:01:34] TOUGHER THAN -- I'VE BEEN HERE EIGHT YEARS, THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SITUATIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE IN AS A COUNCIL. [1:01:40] AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF WHAT [1:01:46] COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO IS SAYING IN TERMS OF BEING MINDFUL AND BEING AWARE OF HOW SPENDING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN [1:01:52] THAT WAY. I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DOWNSIDES OF AUSTERITY [1:01:58] MEASURES AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND EXACERBATE PROBLEMS LIKE [1:02:06] HOMELESSNESS. YOU KNOW, LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT. SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE NOT TAKING ACTIVE MEASURES, [1:02:12] WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SORT OF LEAN INTO AUSTERITY, WE CAN [1:02:17] PROLONG EPISODES OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WE CAN PROLONG PEOPLE [1:02:23] TOILING THROUGH THE VERY SYSTEMS WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM OUT OF. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. [1:02:28] BECAUSE I HAVE TO HOLD BOTH. WE CAN'T JUST INCREASE THE LEVY ENDLESSLY TO SOLVE THOSE [1:02:34] PROBLEMS. BUT WE CAN'T, IN MY MIND, LEAN SO HARD INTO [1:02:40] AUSTERITY THAT WE BASICALLY LEAVE PEOPLE IN THE DUST. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SORT [1:02:46] OF THE THING WE HAVE BEFORE US. AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT REALLY ISN'T AS CLEAN [1:02:54] AND CLEAR, THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO AS A COUNCIL. BECAUSE BOTH AUSTERITY AND INCREASED [1:03:01] SPENDING CAN SOMETIMES HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE EXACT SAME POPULATIONS. SO WE HAVE TO [1:03:07] MOVE FORWARD DILIGENTLY AND I KNOW THAT WE KNOW THAT. BUT I WANTED TO NAME IT. I THINK [1:03:12] THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE TENSION THAT WE'RE FEELING ON THIS DAIS AND IT'S THE DIFFERENT [1:03:18] APPROACHES COMING TO THE SUR SURFACE. [1:03:23] >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. [1:03:29] >> I PUT DOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND THINKING ABOUT DEEPLY AFFORDABLE. THE WHOLE BUDGET OF TYPES OF HOUSING THAT [1:03:35] YOU LISTED OUT IN THE PRESENTATION. FOR ME, I THINK THIS IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT [1:03:40] WE'RE NOT CUTTING INTO THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE IN PRIOR YEARS. OR FINDING CREATIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE MAKING [1:03:53] INVESTMENTS. WHETHER IT'S FINDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST [1:03:59] FUND. OR THINGS THAT WOULD SUPPORT POLICY TO INCENTIVIZE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING [1:04:06] CREATION. RIGHT. WE OFTEN TIMES TALK ABOUT THE BUILD MORE [1:04:14] STRATEGY KIND OF COMING TO A HALT ACROSS THE NATION. AND IN [1:04:19] OUR BIZ COMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT NOT SEEING AS MANY CRANES IN THE SKY. AND THE REAL PEOPLE IMPACT [1:04:26] OF THAT IS IN A TIME WHERE WE'RE ABOUT 100,000 UNITS BEHIND [1:04:33] STATEWIDE, THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR HOUSING THAT NEED SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, [1:04:38] THAT ARE TRYING TO AGE WITH DIGNITY IN OUR CITY. AND THAT FELT LIKE A BIG PRIORITY FOR ME. [1:04:44] AND THEN I ALSO PUT NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING. BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I HEAR [1:04:50] FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL THE TIME. I FEEL POSITIVE WE CAN [1:04:56] GET INCREASED SUPPORT FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE THIS TIME AROUND. SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT FUNDING AND PUT IT [1:05:02] INTO OUR BUDGET. WHICH IS EXCITING AND, ALSO, HOPEFULLY, IF WE DIDN'T SPEND DOWN THE FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR, JUST [1:05:09] CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROJECTS. ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOK AT MUNICIPAL STATE AID ROAD [1:05:14] PILOTS THAT HAVE BEEN OFTEN MISSING OR HAVE BEEN MISSING FROM TRAFFIC CALMING. AND THE [1:05:20] LAST THING I'LL NOTE, IN SPEAKING TO THE TENSION THAT WE'RE FEELING. EVEN I SHARED THIS EARLIER. BUT I THINK I [1:05:26] WANT TO CONTINUE TO KIND OF HARP ON IT. IS WE DON'T HAVE AN EVALUATION TOOL TO DETERMINE HOW THINGS ARE WORKING. TO [1:05:32] UNDERSTAND THE EFFICIENCIES. DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE GIVEN THE TASK OF COMING TO PRESENT TO US [1:05:37] AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THEIR BEST PRESENTATION. SO THAT THEY CAN GET THE FUNDING THEY NEED. THEY ARE NOT THE [1:05:43] RIGHT PEOPLE TO ASK WHERE WE SHOULD CUT. AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE. WE NEED SOME INDEPENDENT [1:05:49] EVALUATION OF THIS. AND I KNOW THERE'S WORK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT [1:05:55] AND INNOVATION. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WORK SOON HERE BEFORE WE START GETTING INTO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS BUDGET [1:06:00] PROCESS. BUT I ALSO THINK THIS IS A PLACE WHERE OUR AUDITOR CAN [1:06:06] LEAN IN. LIKE, WE NEED INDEPENDENT EVALUATIONS SEPARATE FROM THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, [1:06:11] SEPARATE FROM THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED. AND I DON'T THINK MINNEAPOLIS [1:06:17] RESIDENTS REALIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS TOOL IN OUR BACK POCKET TO KIND OF MAKE THESE [1:06:22] DECISIONS. AND WE WERE REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE FOR A NUMBER OF [1:06:27] YEARS TO NOT HAVE TO THINK ABOUT SPENDING CUTS. BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE PLACE [1:06:33] WHERE WE'RE IN AS ARE MANY CITIES. AND ARE JURISDIJURISDICTIONS [1:06:39] ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'M [1:06:45] RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. SO THE -- [1:06:51] I DID NOT FILL OUT THE FORM. IT WAS A LOT TO DO. I GUESS MY [1:06:58] QUESTION IS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO ADOPT THE PROCESS OF A [1:07:09] B BIANNUAL BUDGET AND DO THE WORK WHEN WE VOTED ON THE BUDGET [1:07:14] WE SAID WE WOULD DO. WE WOULD GIVE OURSELVES THE YEAR OFF TO GO THROUGH BUDGET ITEMS AND LOOK [1:07:21] THROUGH THE THINGS YOU ASKED IN THAT QUESTIONNAIRE. AND FIGURE THOSE OUT FOR OURSELVES. AND HOW THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE [1:07:26] NEEDS OF OUR WARDS AND OUR PRIORITIES. WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT YET. AND SO [1:07:32] I'M LOOKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. WE ADOPTED A BIAN [1:07:38] YELL BUDGET SO WE COULD HAVE TIME OFF THE EXAMPLE THAT WAS USED WAS, [1:07:43] LIKE, MAYBE PUT SOMETHING INTO PLAY THAT IS STILL NOT THERE. BUT IT'S LIKE WE JUST KEEP GOING THROUGH THE CYCLE OVER AND OVER [1:07:49] AGAIN. WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO PAUSE, LOOK THROUGH THE BUDGET, AND THEN THE BUDGET SEASON IS [1:07:56] CLOSING IN. TIGHTER AND TIGHTER, IT SEEMS EVERY YEAR. WE STARTED KIND OF IN OCTOBER. [1:08:02] NOW WHAT IS THIS? APRIL, MAY, MAY? LIKE IT'S GETTING -- IT'S [1:08:07] CLOSING IN MORE AND MORE. EVERY YEAR. VERSUS, LIKE, STRETCHING OUT OVER THE LONG PERIOD OF TIME. SO I'M REALLY ASKING FOR [1:08:15] COLLEAGUES TO, LIKE, GIVE US A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THE ACTUAL BUDGET AND DO THINGS. [1:08:22] AND PRIORITIZE IN THAT WAY. MY PRIORITY FOR THE CITY IS THE LOWEST POSSIBLE TAX LEVY. I [1:08:29] DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. I WOULD NOT COMMIT TO ANYTHING WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO [1:08:34] HAPPEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. I'M HEARING FROM PUBLIC WORKS WE [1:08:39] COULD LOSE $250 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. LIKE, MY BUDGET PRIORITIES WILL BE [1:08:45] COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IF THAT IS THE CASE. THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION IS DOING A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS THAT W WE'LL BE [1:08:54] AWARE OF IN EVERY COMING DAY THAT IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY REFLECT OUR BUDGET [1:09:00] HERE AT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, LIKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR ME, [1:09:05] THAT IS GOING TO TALK BIG HITS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS CLOSING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE [1:09:13] SHUTTING DOWN THEIR OWN JOBS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND IT'S GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN TO US. SO [1:09:18] THIS KIND OF FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUMPING OUT TOO SOON. NOT THAT YOU CAN'T -- I THINK PEOPLE CAN [1:09:25] SHARE THEIR PRIORITIES. IT'S FINE, BUT, LIKE, MAKING COMMITMENTS AT A LEVEL OF, LIKE, [1:09:31] WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FEELS TOO SOON WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO REACT TO. IF WE EVEN [1:09:39] HAVE MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR BASIC SERVICES. FOR US TO KEEP THE JOBS OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE EMPLOYEED HERE AT THE CITY OF [1:09:45] MINNEAPOLIS. WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO THIS JUST FEELS TOO SOON FOR ME. IT FEELS LIKE WE JUST [1:09:50] FINISHED UP DECEMBER'S BUDGET PROCESS. AND WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT BUDGET PRIORITIES [1:09:56] FOR SOMETHING WE DON'T -- FOR FINANCES THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO AND WE'RE [1:10:02] ACTUALLY LOOKING AT CUTTING MORE THAN WE'VE EVER DONE IN THE HISTORY OF MINNEAPOLIS. POTENTIALLY. SO I WISH WE WOULD [1:10:08] BE HAVING MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. HOW THAT'S [1:10:14] AFFECTING US. AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KEEP T JOBS. INSTEAD OF PLANNING [1:10:21] FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE. [1:10:27] >> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS WELL SAID. I ALSO WANTED TO START BY [1:10:33] SAYING THAT IT WAS A FAIR COMMENT BY COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON [1:10:38] EARLIER. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WASN'T ABLE TO SAY IT AS WELL AS HE DID. AND THE OTHER WAY TO [1:10:44] THINK ABOUT IT, IS THAT BUDGET LEVY INCREASES IMPACT LOW-INCOME [1:10:50] RESIDENTS THE MOST ACUTELY. IT'S POSSIBLE TO BOTH BE WEARY OF AN AUSTERE BUDGET, BUT, ALSO, [1:10:57] WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED THAT LEVY IMPACTS ARE NOT FILLED [1:11:02] EVENLY. IN THEORY, I AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT WE ARE UNDER [1:11:08] INVESTMENTING IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN REALITY, WE'RE DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. I DON'T, BY [1:11:14] ANY MEANS, THINK WE SHOULD BACK OFF ON THE LEVEL WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE [1:11:20] REALLY IMPORTANT OTHER CITY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO NEED OUR ATTENTION. PARTICULARLY SOME THAT MAY HAVE [1:11:26] BEEN DISINVESTED IN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND I WILL SAY THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, OUR RESIDENTS CANNOT WITHSTAND [1:11:34] ANOTHER HUGE PROPERTY INC TAX INCREASE. IT'S NONE OF THIS [1:11:43] CUTE SHORT SHOPLIFTING OF ADDING IN ONE-TIME MONEY TO BACK FILL ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL POSITIONS. [1:11:50] THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT INCREASE OUR TAX LEVY YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE NEED TO LIVE WITHIN [1:11:55] OUR MEANS. IF OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVE A COST OF LIVING INCREASE TO THEIR WAGE, AND MANY DON'T EVEN RECEIVE THIS, THIS [1:12:02] BODY EVEN WITHHELD 160 OF THEM. THEN WE NEED TO LIVE WITH THAT [1:12:07] SAME RANGE. WE NEED TO ALLOW FOR THEIR INCREASE COST OF UTILITIES, FOOD, ET. CETERA. [1:12:13] CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL ARE ALREADY GREATLY IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS AND THEIR ABILITY TO [1:12:18] KEEP UP WITH THEIR MONTHLY EXPENSES. AND THEIR RENT AND ET. CETERA. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO NOT COMPOUND [1:12:24] THAT WITH A LARGE LEVY INCREASE. THERE IS NOTHING THAT SHOULD WARRANT A HIGHER LEVY. WE NEED [1:12:32] TO LEARN TO REDUCE OUR SPENDING AND/OR CUT PROGRAMS OR SERVICES. [1:12:39] THINKING ABOUT A NEARLY 11% LEVY INCREASE TO MAINTAIN OUR [1:12:46] LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IS A NON-STARTER FOR ME. WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORE CITY SERVICES AS THE STARTING POINT. TO GET A LOWER [1:12:54] LEVY, I'M OPEN TO IDEAS. WE NEED DEPARTMENT HEADS TO HONESTLY REVIEW THEIR SERVICES [1:13:00] AND MAKE SOME HARD RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN LIVE WITH AND WITHOUT. AND WE, AS A COUNCIL, I THINK, AND [1:13:07] THIS IS WHY I KEEP GETTING INTO CUE HERE. WE NEED TO TEMPER OUR [1:13:13] EXPECTATIONS. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. SOMETHING ELSE THAT I KNOW [1:13:20] COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING. AND, ACTUALLY, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY BROUGHT IT UP. IS THIS IS ALSO A PRIME [1:13:27] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LEAN INTO OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS. [1:13:33] AND, ALSO, BY US MAKING INVESTMENTS IN AREAS LIKE PUBLIC [1:13:40] SAFETY THAT DOESN'T JUST CENTER TRADITIONAL POLICING OUTCOMES, BUT, ALSO, EVEN TRAFFIC CALMING. [1:13:45] BECAUSE THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN THE MEASURES, NOW WE HAVE THE [1:13:50] OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE STATE HAS ACTUALLY ALSO PROVIDED [1:13:55] SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN THAT. THAT'S HOW WE GOT $19 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY AID TO SUPPORT [1:14:02] A LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WORK THAT IS ALREADY BEING ROLLED OUR. HELPING KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES [1:14:07] SAF SAFE. AND SPEARHEADING A LOT OF RECOMMENDATIONS I'M SEEING EVEN ON THE SLIDE. SAME [1:14:13] WITH TRAFFIC CALMING. I DON'T THINK WE IMAGINE A ROOM WHERE THE FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS [1:14:20] WE WERE PORING INTO A PROGRAM THAT WAS SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED WOULD PUT US IN A PREDICAMENT [1:14:26] WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE A STATE-WIDE PROGRAM. THERE ARE KEY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TAKING LEADERSHIP AND INVESTMENTING IN [1:14:32] SIGNIFICANT PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE ALLOWED US TO TAP INTO OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL [1:14:38] RESOURCES. AND I SEE THAT AS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTED HERE. SAME WITH IMMIGRATION [1:14:43] RESOURCES. I THINK EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THAT'S GOING TO BE A KEY NEED. AND I THINK AS SOME [1:14:48] OF OUR COLLEAGUES ARE BALANCING THIS DYNAMIC OF CUTS BEING MADE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AND HOW [1:14:54] IT'S HARMING SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, MANY ARE THINKING, OKAY, HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE [1:15:01] HERE TO SHOW UP FOR THE COMMUNITIES? LIKE THE IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS AND UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS. AND LEANING INTO [1:15:07] AUSTERITY DOESN'T GET US THERE, TOO, FOR THOSE KEY CONSTITUENTS. [1:15:12] AND I WOULD NAME THIS FOR, ACTUALLY, OUR STAFF MEMO FOLLOW UP. I ASKED THIS IN MY MEETING [1:15:22] MEETING WITH MAYOR'S TEAM AROUND BUDGETING. WHAT IS THE EVALUATION PLAN THEY'RE [1:15:28] GOING TO BE LEADING WITH? AS HE'S CONSIDERING HIS BUDGET PROPOSAL AHEAD OF THE AUGUST [1:15:35] PRESEN PRESENTATION. SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW HIS TEAM WENT AND LOOKED AT THE HUNDREDS [1:15:43] OF PROGRAM THAT ARE OPERATING NOW AND WHAT METRICS ARE THEY USING TO EVALUATE EITHER THE [1:15:49] REDUCTION OR REMOVAL OF SERVICES. PRIOR TO IT, EVEN GETTING TO US HAVING TO DO THAT. [1:15:54] SO I WILL NOTE THAT FOR A STAFF MEMO. IF THEY CAN SHARE WITH US THE EVALUATION PLAN THAT THEY [1:16:00] ARE USING. AND WHEN THE RESULTS OF THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH [1:16:05] COUNCIL. I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST COMPONENT. NONE OF US [1:16:11] WANT TO MAKE ARBITRARY CUTS TO PROGRAMS. ESPECIALLY PROGRAMS THAT IN RECENT YEARS, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SEEN ARE OR AT LEAST [1:16:19] WHAT I'VE SEEN. MOST OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN TARGET FOR CUTS ARE THE ONES WE HAVE RECENTLY INITIATED FROM SIDEWALK [1:16:28] PLOWING TO OTHER HOUSING PROPOSALS. OR PROGRAMS SAFETY [1:16:35] AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS WERE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. TRANSIT SAFETY SERVICES WERE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, AT ONE POINT. THESE ARE [1:16:41] ALL RECENT PROGRAMS THAT NOW WE'RE CELEBRATING. NOW OUR RESIDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM. [1:17:24] >> WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THIS PRESENTATION. OVER THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, WE WILL NARROW DOWN. [1:17:33] OR CONDUCT, LIKE, A ANALYSIS ON WHAT WE SAW. WHEN WE LINE UP [1:17:50] WITH THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THE TOP THREE AREAS FOCUS THAT [1:17:58] COUNCILMEMBERS SAW WAS TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC SPACE. TWO, [1:18:03] COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICE REFORM. AND THREE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. NEXT [1:18:09] SLIDE. NOW OF -- NARROWING FROM [1:18:14] 27 INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS DOWN TO 14 UNIQUE PRIORITIES, AND THE [1:18:19] TOP THREE THEMES. THE TOP FIVE [1:18:24] AREAS WHERE WE SAW SHARED PRIORITIES COME IN WERE: [1:18:30] AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOMENESS. HOMELESSNESS. [1:18:36] EVERYTHING FROM PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE TO SHELTER FUNDING AND HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE. [1:18:42] NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING;IING;MINIMAL [1:18:52] INCREASE. THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS AND THEIR CAPACITY. AND, AH, [1:19:06] GEOGRAPHICALLY EVEN REDISTRIBUTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT RESOURCES. IN THE NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS -- WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE [1:19:14] NEIGHBORHOOD OR REGION-SPECIFIC BUDGET PRIORITY MISSIONS. AS THE AREAS OF -- AH -- MOST [1:19:21] URGENT NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF INVESTMENT. COUNCILMEMBER [1:19:29] WERE ASKED TO IDENTIFY UP TO THREE NEIGHBORHOOD OR REGION-SPECIFIC PRIORITIES. AND [1:19:36] THESE ARE -- ANYTHING FROM, SAY, AH, THIS SPECIFIC WARD TO A [1:19:44] PRIORITY THAT WILL BENEFIT DOWNTOWN WHICH OVERLAPS MULTIPLE WARDS, OR THE SOUTH SIDE WHICH OVERLAPS MULTIPLE WARDS, OR THE [1:19:53] NORTH SIDE. THIS SECTION SUMMARIZES THE FULL SET OF RESPONSES AND HIGHLIGHTS THE [1:20:00] CROSS-CUTTING THEMES THAT EMERGED HERE. IN TOTAL. WE [1:20:06] RECEIVED 20 NEIGHBORHOOD OR [1:20:11] REGION-SPECIFIC PRIORITIES. OF THOSE 17 UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD OR [1:20:16] REGION-SPECIFIC PRIORITIES.. [1:20:22] THE -- THIS TABLE HIGHLIGHTS THE, UMM, SUMMARY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR REGION-SPECIFIC [1:20:27] PRIORITIES THAT WERE SUBMITTED. APPENDIX F OF THE REPORT. HAS [1:20:35] THE COINCIDING SUBMISSIONS. AND HERE, AGAIN, I'LL PAUSE AND SEE IF COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO [1:20:42] SPEAK TO ANY, UMM, OF THE -- OF THE -- OF THE NEIGHBOR OR [1:20:47] REGION-SPECIFIC PRIORITIES THAT THEY SUBMITTED. GOING ONCE. [1:20:56] GOING TWICE. AND, YES. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AS WELL. [1:21:01] THERE WE GO. [1:21:08] >> I'M SORRY. I'M STRUGGLING. >> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> I'LL JUST QUICK SPEAK TO [1:21:15] MINE. ALL THE ITEMS I PUT FORWARD ARE THINGS WE'VE [1:21:21] PREVIOUSLY FUNDED. I WANT TO LAY OUT THESE ARE THINGS I BELIEVE WE SHOULD SEE FULLY [1:21:28] THROUGH. SO THE SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. MANY RESIDENTS IN THIRD [1:21:36] PRECINCT AND ACROSS THE CITY WANT TO SEE THIS SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY [1:21:41] CENTER BECOME REALITY. THERE IS [1:21:46] THIS TIMELINE OF SECOND QUARTER OF 2026. I DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T WANT A FINANCIAL BARRIER [1:21:53] FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR THE SAFETY SERVICES TO BE IN PLACE WITH OUR THIRD PRECINCT [1:21:58] OFFICERS. AT THIS LOCATION. THE SECOND IS A TRANSPORTATION [1:22:04] SAFETY COORDINATION PROGRAM. JUST AN UPDATE I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. THIS IS AN [1:22:11] ALLOCATION I MADE WHEN I GOT ON TO THE COUNCIL IN 2023. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN F [1:22:16] PHASE OF THIS TRANSPORTATION SAFETY COORDINATION PROGRAMMING. IT MIGHT BE CALLED SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT [1:22:22] IT WILL BE RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. UMM, BUT WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION [1:22:29] THEY DON'T SPEND DOWN THE MONEY THIS YEAR. IF THEY NEED MORE TIME TO COMPLETE IT, THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON THERE. AND THEN, [1:22:36] UMM, LAST BUDGET CYCLE. ME AND COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT LED ON A BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR SMALL [1:22:44] BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION HARDSHIP LOAN. IF YOU GO OVER TO HENNEPIN AVENUE, OR IF YOU HAVE [1:22:49] BEEN ON EAST LAKE STREET, PARTICULARLY THE FARTHER EASTERN [1:22:55] PART, WHEN THERE WAS B-LINE CONSTRUCTION, THOSE ARE AREAS OF STRUGGLES. I BELIEVE WE HAVE ANOTHER CORRIDOR THAT IS LISTED. [1:23:01] IT MIGHT BE LOWRY. I KNOW CPED IS HAVING DISCUSSIONS HOW THEY [1:23:06] WANT TO GET THE PROGRAM UP. THE MONEY HASN'T BEEN SPENT YET. IT'S KIND OF IN THE HANDS OF OUR [1:23:12] EXPERTS IN THAT DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT [1:23:17] THROUGH. >> THANK YOU. AND NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER JENKINS. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DON'T [1:23:27] HAVE A PRIORITY LISTED HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FORESHADOW WHAT [1:23:36] I'M HOPING DOESN'T OCCUR. WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, [1:23:42] THERE'S SOME $200 PLUS MILLION THAT ARE BEING PULLED BACK FROM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. AND IT [1:23:49] HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT AT 38th [1:23:55] AND CHICAGO. OR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY [1:24:01] HOPE WE CAN REVISIT THIS ISSUE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED TO [1:24:09] CREATE THE KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INTERSECTION [1:24:16] DESERVES AND NEEDS IN ORDER TO [1:24:22] IMPROVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND LIVABILITY, AND ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE. I WANT TO MAKE THAT [1:24:27] COMMENT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. AND NEXT I'LL [1:24:33] RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS $250 [1:24:40] MILLION. I THINK THAT WAS PERHAPS, LIKE, SPECULATION. OR IF COUNCILMEMBER VETAW HAS THE [1:24:46] ACTUAL, LIKE, NUMBERS ON THAT. IF YOU CAN PLEASE SHARE IT WITH ME. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I DON'T, LIKE, THE COMMUNITY [1:24:54] AND/OR MEDIAD TO PICK UP THE NUMBER AND HEAR IT AS FACT IF WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW. >> I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS FACT. I [1:25:00] SAID I WAS TOLD BY PUBLIC WORKS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE NUMBER. [1:25:06] AND SO YOU SHOULD LISTEN. I DIDN'T SAY THAT $250 -- SO IF [1:25:11] THE MEDIA PICKED IT UP THAT THEY WOULD PICK IT UP AS WHAT I [1:25:18] SAID. AND I WAS TOLD BY THE PUBLIC WORKS CHAIR. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GET THE NUMBER FROM [1:25:23] THEM. >> LET'S NOT SPECULATE ON FUNDS WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY LOST. I [1:25:29] DO KNOW THAT WE ARE AT-RISK OF LOSING FUNDS. AND I CAN TRY TO FIND OUT AN EXACT NUMBER ON [1:25:35] THAT. BUT JUST WANTED TO NOTE A REFLECTION HERE THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, [1:25:41] INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, AND PUBLIC SPACE WAS LISTED SEVENTH IN THE LIST OF PRIORITIES BY COUNCILMEMBERS. BUT THEN WAS THE TOP OF THE LIST [1:25:49] FOR, LIKE, CITY-WIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT COUNCILMEMBERS LISTED. SO IT SHOWS ME THAT, [1:25:55] YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE SURVEY, LIKE, PEOPLE GOT THROUGH THE SURVEY AND REALIZED, OH, YEAH, [1:26:01] THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY FOR OUR WARDS. AND I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LET OUR [1:26:07] INFRASTRUCTURE CRUMBLE. AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN THIS. AND SO JUST REINTERRATING [1:26:13] THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE FOR US ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS WHAT THEY NEED IN THE [1:26:20] YEARS TO COME. >> YEAH, UMM, I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE OF [1:26:27] CONTEXT, OR FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER. I THINK, UMM, I THINK -- I'M GOING TO HAVE -- AS [1:26:34] I'M GOING TO HAVE MELISSA ADD AADDITIONAL PIECES OF CONTEXT [1:26:39] THAT HELP DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE LIST OF TOP 10 PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE SAW AS EMERGENT [1:26:47] THEMES. GO AHEAD. >> MELISSA HILL. SENIOR POLICY [1:26:55] AID FOR VICE CHAIR KOSKI. TO FURTHER CONTEXTUALIZE THAT. IN REVIEWING THE RESPONSES IT [1:27:01] EMERGED OVERALL LOWER ON THE LIST. THE REASON IT ROSE LATER, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COUNCILMEMBERS RAISING [1:27:07] SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM. AS A BUDGET PRIORITY. SO WITH THAT, IT THEN ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE [1:27:13] LIST. I THINK IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IT SHOWED THERE WERE NINE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD RAISED THAT. SO THAT BROUGHT IT TO THE TOP [1:27:19] OF THE LIST. IT WAS A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS. DESPITE THAT, IT WAS AN LOWER OF AN OVERALL [1:27:26] PRIORITY THE ONE PRIORITY WAS THE REASON THIS SECTION ROSE HIGHER. [1:27:34] >> WONDERFUL. IF THERE ARE ANY -- I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. WE CAN CONTINUE HERE. [1:27:42] WITH THE PRESENTATION. NOW DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN WHERE [1:27:48] WE LINE UP EACH OF THESE SUBMISSIONS WITH THE STRATEGIC [1:27:55] PRIORITIES. THE TOP THREE AREAS WHERE COUNCILMEMBERS SEE THE GREATEST NEED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD [1:28:02] OR REGION-SPECIFIC FOCUS ARE, ONE, COMMUNITY SAFETY. AND POLICE REFORM. TWO, [1:28:08] TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SPACE, AND, THREE, ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND LIVING WAGE JOBS. SO HERE WE WENT FROM [1:28:18] 20 SUBMISSIONS TO 17 UNIQUE PRIORITIES DOWN TO THESE TOP [1:28:24] THREE AREAS. AND SO WE WILL, IN THE NEXT SLIDE, COVER THE AREAS [1:28:30] OF SHARED PRIORITIES. THE THREE THAT EMERGED HERE WERE THE SOUTH [1:28:37] MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY SAFETY CENTER. IN PARTICULAR HERE, IMPLEMENTING PRIORITY [1:28:42] PROGRAMMING AT THE FACILITY. SAFETY AMBASSADORS, AND MAKING [1:28:50] SURE THAT THESE ARE EXPANDED UPON IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR. AND [1:28:56] THEN, FINALLY, CONSTRUCTION, HARDSHIP FUND AND LOAN PROGRAM [1:29:02] AS ONE THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS. A THEME I THINK IS [1:29:08] IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, IN SOMETHING THAT I SEE [1:29:14] THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR, WE SAW FAR MORE CITY-WIDE [1:29:22] PRIORITIES COME IN THAN WE DID INDIVIDUAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD ONES. OR NEIGHBORHOOD OR [1:29:27] REGION-SPECIFIC ONES. I THINK THAT'S REALLY -- I THINK IT'S CLEAR BETWEEN THIS AND THE LEVY [1:29:36] DISCUSSION THAT COUNCILMEMBERS REALLY ARE THINKING ABOUT THE CONSTRAINT THAT COMINGS ALONG WITH THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. AND [1:29:43] ARE THINKING ABOUT IT HOW BEST TO SERVE NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS [1:29:50] THAT THEY REPRESENT, BUT HOW TO MAKE SURE INITIATIVES ARE BENEFITING OTHER COMMUNITIES, AS [1:29:55] WELL. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE READY TO MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH [1:30:01] IS FINANCIAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS ORIFICE CALL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. I APOLOGIZE. WE ASKED FOR WHAT [1:30:17] IS WORKING WELL AND WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED. THE RESULTS FROM HERE -- AND THE [1:30:23] GOAL WAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WORKING WELL, WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED, WHETHER NEW FINANCIAL STRATEGIES OR [1:30:30] APPROACHES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BETTER ALIGN ALL OF OUR WORK, THE VICE CHAIR AND I ARE -- [1:30:36] INTEND TO USE THE FEEDBACK TO INFORM FUTURE REPORT AND PRESENTATION REQUESTS AND POLICY [1:30:42] WORK ON FINANCIAL POLICIES, AS THAT CONTINUES. THE RESULTS [1:30:53] INCLUDE CREDIT STRENGTH AND BONDING CAPACITY. UMM, HELPING THE CITY MAINTAIN ITS TRIPLE A [1:31:01] BOND RATING AND ACCESS LOWER COST CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, BUDGETARY CONTROL AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, [1:31:13] ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, JUST THE LEGAL LEVEL OF BUDGETARY CONTROL THAT THE COUNCIL HAS, AND THE [1:31:21] AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY DEPARTMENTSES HAVE TO REALLOCATE RESOURCES WITHOUT COUNCIL INPUT, [1:31:27] AT TIMES, COUNCIL KNOWLEDGE. UMM AND HOW THAT CREATES [1:31:32] OPPORTUNITIES FOR MISALIGNMENT, WASTE, AND DECISIONS THAT LACK PUBLIC TRUST OR OVERSIGHT. [1:31:40] STATUS QUO BIAS IN CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL BUDGETING, AND THAT MODEL, RELYING ON CURRENT [1:31:47] SERVICE LEVEL BUDGETING REINFORCES THE STATUS QUO EVEN WHEN IT'S UNDERPERFORMING OR NOT [1:31:54] PERFORMING. AND THAT'S A PART OF THE BUDGET THAT WE DON'T DIG [1:31:59] INTO. PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU KNOW, THIS [1:32:05] HAS EMERGES AS A THEME FROM THE BEGINNING ALL THE WAY TO HERE WITH HOW LOW WE SAW GOOD [1:32:11] GOVERNANCE RANKED TO AREAS OF OVERSPENDING TO NOW FINANCIAL -- FISCAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. [1:32:19] UMM, AND INCONSISTENT EVALUATION PRA PRACTICES, INEFFICIENT [1:32:25] ACCOUNTABILITY, AND KEY AREAS WE SAW LIFTED UP. THE [1:32:34] VACANCY SAVINGS AND HOW THERE ARE FEW GUARDRAILS AROUND THIS AS AN AREA THAT REQUIRES [1:32:40] COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND REFORM. AND THE NEED FOR DELIBERATE [1:32:50] VALUES-BASED REFORM. AND MORE [1:32:56] DELIBERATE CLEAR GUIDANCE AND FLEXIBILITY HERE. IN TERMS OF [1:33:03] IN THIS NEXT --IC THIS IS GOING -- I THINK THIS IS THE LAST OF WHERE WE GO OVER FISCAL [1:33:10] POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. SO BUDGETARY CONTROL OF THE PROGRAM OR LINE ITEM. TO ENABLE GREATER [1:33:20] PUBLIC TRANSPARENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BOTH OF THESE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETING MODELS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE [1:33:25] THIRD TIME THAT WE SEE THIS AS AN ISSUE THAT IS REFERENCED IN THE FEEDBACK WE PICKED UP. [1:33:31] PROCUREMENT POLICY AND CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, AGAIN, THE SECOND TIME THIS IS COMING UP HERE. [1:33:37] VACANCY SAVINGS, LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS, FINANCIAL POLICY ADVISORS, AND BUDGET ANALYSTS. [1:33:44] COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE BUDGETING, CLIMATE, AND EQUITY SCORING IN BUDGET PLANNING. THIS ONE WAS [1:33:55] AROUND CONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND EQUITY IMPACTS. ESPECIALLY FOR [1:34:01] HISTORICALLY OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES. THINK ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF HOW WE REVIEW [1:34:08] LEGISLATIVE ITEMS. THIS IS AN INTERESTING CONSIDERATION. AND MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX AS [1:34:14] SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE, YOU KNOW, [1:34:23] BOTH CONSENT AND STATE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION ALONG [1:34:29] WITH CHARTER-BASED CHANGES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE. BUT WANTED TO UPLIFT THAT, YOU KNOW AGAIN, FOLKS ARE THINKING ABOUT [1:34:35] THE IMPACT OF PROPERTY TAXES ON RESIDENTS AND OTHER WAYS TO ALLEVIATE THAT. WITH THAT [1:34:44] PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS ARE NEXT. AND [1:34:52] SHOULD BE -- OH, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, I SEE YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION HERE. >> I DO, MADAM CHAIR. IS IT [1:35:02] CORRECT THAT BUDGET CHAIRS MIGHT HAVE A REPORT BACK ON THE FINANCIAL POLICIES? LIKE A [1:35:08] THIRD-PARTY REVIEW? LIKE FROM ABDO OR SOMEBODY. >> IT'S UNDERGOING REVIEW BY THE [1:35:14] ATTORNEYS. WE HAVE A MEETING ON FRIDAY WITH THE CLERK AND THE ATTORNEYS AND -- TO GO OVER -- [1:35:21] THE ATTORNEY REVIEW OF -- >> OF THOSE POLICIES? BUT HAVEN'T WE HAD IT SINCE, LIKE, [1:35:27] DECEMBER? >> THE ATTORNEYS HAVE HAD IT SINCE DECEMBER, BUT I PRESUME [1:35:33] THINGS TAKE AS LONG AS THEY TAKE. >> SO I JUST THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO SEE THE [1:35:38] REPORT BEFORE WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR FISCAL POLICIES. I THINK THAT FISCAL POLICIES IS A GOOD AND IMPORTANT [1:35:44] DISCUSSION TO HAVE. BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT WITH THAT REVIEW THAT THE CITY PAID FOR. I DID [1:35:53] MAKE THAT COMMENT IN THE SURVEY RESPONSES. BUT IT FEELS WEIRD TO BE TRYING TO HAVE THIS [1:35:59] DISCUSSION WITHOUT IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK OF GENERAL [1:36:06] FISCAL POLICY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID EARLIER. [1:36:11] COUNCILMEMBERS IDENTIFIED ARE CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. PARTICULARLY THOSE [1:36:16] LACKING PROPER PROCUREMENT EVALUATION OR METRICS OR ACCOUNTABILITY AS AN AREA OF [1:36:21] OVER INVESTMENT. I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE IN THE GO-FORWARD NATURE OF THIS BUDGET [1:36:29] PRIORITIES EXERCISE SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. INSTEAD OF THE RETROACTIVE LOOK. DOES THIS [1:36:34] MEAN THIS BODY -- HERE IS WHAT I WOULD HOPE FOR FISCAL POLICIES. I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BODY WILL [1:36:40] STOP PROPOSING BUDGET ITEMS OR AMENDMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE PROPER PROCUREMENT EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS PART OF [1:36:47] THEM. LIKE, NONPROFITS THAT CIRCUMVENT THE RFP PROCESS. [1:36:52] IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT WE STATE THAT AS A PRIORITY FOR OUR FISCAL POLICIES AND THAT WE [1:36:58] FOLLOW THAT SAME GUIDANCE OURSELVES. IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER THAT COUNCILMEMBER [1:37:03] CASHMAN SAID HOW IMPORTANT TRANSPARENCY IS TO HER. HOW IS IT TRANSPARENT TO CHOOSE [1:37:09] NONPROFITS TO RECEIVE FUNDING WITHOUT GIVING OTHERS A CHANCE? HOW? WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT IN [1:37:16] THE FUTURE FISCAL POLICIES. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. [1:37:21] >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I WANT TO SAY I'M FULL IN SUPPORT IN SOME OF THE POINTS MADE BY [1:37:29] COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO HERE. AND I KNOW THERE'S AN ORDINANCE I'M BRINGING FORWARD TO T [1:37:37] ADDRESS THAT. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF CONTRACTUAL ISSUES. I THINK I REFERENCED OUR RESCUE. [1:37:42] AND THAT SOMEHOW ALSO CIRCUMVENTING THE PROCESS THAT SEEMED TO BE FACILITATED BY A [1:37:49] COUNCILMEMBER. AND, ALSO, STAFF. SO WE DON'T HAVE OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT GOING FORWARD. SO I'M ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR OF [1:37:55] PUTTING GUARDRAILS IN PLACE SO THAT CONTRACTS ARE MOVING THROUGH A STANDARDIZED PROCESS. AS WELL. AND LOOK FORWARD TO [1:38:01] WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON ORDINANCE EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THINGS LIKE THAT DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER [1:38:08] CHAVEZ. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I GUESS, TO THE POINTS I'VE MADE. I'D LIKE [1:38:14] TO SEE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN THE MAYOR PROPOSES HIS BUDGET IN [1:38:20] AUGUST AS A STARTING POINT. I THINK IT WOULD BRING MORE TRANSPARENCY INTO THE BUDGET [1:38:25] PROPOSAL. WHAT THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING COMES TO LIGHT. AND ENSURES WE KNOW HOW MONEY IS BEING USED. TO MY COLLEAGUES' [1:38:31] POINTS, I HOPE THAT STARTS. AND IT STARTS WHEN THE MAYOR PROPOSES HIS BUDGET IN AUGUST. [1:38:41] >> ALL RIGHT. NOW CONTINUING WITH THE PRESENTATION. NEXT [1:38:46] WITH A SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE [1:38:52] MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS. UMM, THE RESULTS FROM THIS SECTION [1:39:02] INCLUDED, UMM, EXPECTATIONS FOR PERFORMANCE DATA AND BUDGET [1:39:07] INTEGRATION, DEPARTMENT LEVEL, DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAM LEVEL DATA. ONE IS COUNCILMEMBERS [1:39:13] WANTING TO SEE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS AND METRICS PRESENTED BOTH AT THE DEPARTMENT AND AT THE PROGRAM [1:39:19] LEVEL TO SUPPORT DEEPER UNDERSTANDING. ENSURE RIGOROUS [1:39:25] AND TRANSPARENT DECISION MAKING, FOCUS ON OUTCOMES. NOT JUST [1:39:32] INTERNAL PROCESSES, DISAGGREGATED DATA BY RACE, GEOGRAPHY, INCOME, AND OTHER DEMOGRAPHICS TO SUPPORT, UMM, [1:39:41] EQUITY-FOCUSED ANALYSIS AND IDENTIFICATION OF UNDERPERFORMING PROGRAMS WITH [1:39:46] CONTEXT AND SPACE FOR COURSE CORRECTION OR REALLOCATION. ACCESSIBLE AND COMPREHENSIVE [1:39:54] REPORTING, TRACKING YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGES, AND THE NEED TO [1:40:01] CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE NEED -- [1:40:09] YEP. THE NEED TO IDENTIFY -- [1:40:16] I'M SORRY. I LOST MY SPOT. OKAY. WANTED TO SEE A REVIEW OF [1:40:25] PREVIOUS YEARS AND NEW ITEMS TO UNDERSTAND TRADE-OFFS AND [1:40:30] IMPACTS. AND THE NEED FOR INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT AND [1:40:36] STRONGER CAPACITY. COUNCILMEMBERS EMPHASIZED THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, [1:40:41] AND INTRODUCE INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS WITH THEIR, UMM, WITH THEIR BUDGET DECISIONS. NEXT [1:40:50] SLIDE. AND THE ONE AFTER. ALL [1:41:00] RIGHT. AND THE LAST SECTION WHICH IS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. [1:41:07] STRUCTURE, TIMING, AND WORK FLOW OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS. OUR GOAL TO IDENTIFY WHAT [1:41:13] ASPECTS OF THE PROCESS CURRENTLY SUPPORT CLEAR, COLLABORATIVE, AND INFORMED DECISION MAKING. AND WHERE ADJUSTMENTS CAN [1:41:24] STRENGTHEN THE PROCESS AND OUTCOMES. AND WE PLAN TO SHARE THIS FEEDBACK WITH THE BUDGET [1:41:31] DIRECTOR, ALONG WITH PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION TO [1:41:36] HELP MAKE SURE THIS FEEDBACK CONTINUES TO BE CAPTURED. I'LL [1:41:45] RUN THROUGH THESE QUICKLY. AND IN TERMS OF THE FEEDBACK HERE, [1:41:52] THE BUDGET, THE MAJOR THEMES, AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL HERE. BUDGET ADDRESSES A [1:42:01] POSITIVE EXAMPLE. SEEING THE MAYOR'S BUDGET ADDRESS, TELLING A COHESIVE STORY THAT LINKS [1:42:07] FINANCIAL DECISIONS TO RESIDENT IMPACT. AND RESIDENT -- AND THAT COUNCILMEMBERS FOUND THIS [1:42:13] TO BE A HELPFUL APPROACH AND [1:42:18] WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT REFLECTED IN FORMAL BUDGET MATERIALS. THE LACK OF ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC [1:42:23] PLANS. AND THAT THE BUDGET BOOK AND THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET DO NOT CLEARLY REFERENCE OR ALIGN [1:42:30] WITH ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLANS AND IT MAKES IT HARDER TO ASSESS [1:42:37] WHETHER PROPOSED INVENSMENTS ARE SERVING LONG-TERM GOALS. NEXT WE HEARD NO RETROSPECTIVE OR [1:42:47] LONG-TERM OUTLOOK. THAT MATERIALS LACK REFLECTION ON PRIORITY YEAR OUTCOMES AND OFFER [1:42:52] VERY LITTLE FORWARD-LOOKING CONTEXT BEYOND THE BIANNUAL AND THIS GAP LIMITS THE PROPOSED [1:43:03] INVESTMENTS. INSUFFICIENT CONTEXT AROUND BUDGET AND NARRATIVE CHANGES. AGAIN, THIS COMESES UP ESPECIALLY IN THE [1:43:14] YEAR-OVER-YEAR CONTEXT AND MAKES IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AND WHY CUTS ARE HAPPENING. AND HOW [1:43:22] THOSE TRADE-OFFS SHAPED CHANGES. INSUFFICIENT PROGRAM LEVEL IN [1:43:28] LINE ITEM DETAIL, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS COME UP OVER AND OVER THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT SECTIONS [1:43:36] HERE. IMPROVED ONLINE TOOLS BUT FINDING THAT NAVIGATING THEM IS STILL A BARRIER. SO THE USE OF [1:43:42] OPEN GOV AND ONLINE BUDGET TOOLS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMEMBERS FIND BENEFIT IN. AND THE [1:43:52] USER-FRIENDLINESS REMAINS A CHALLENGE. AND THEN COMPRESSED TIMELINE LIMITS REVIEW BUT -- AND JUST THAT DEPARTMENTAL [1:44:01] HEARINGS. AND WHEN THEY WRAP UP, AND WHEN THOSE NEXT STEPS IN [1:44:07] THE BUDGET PROCESS TAKE PLACE, COMPRESSES THE TIMELINE AND PLACES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF [1:44:13] PRESSURE ON COUNCIL OFFICES. WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. [1:44:18] OVERLY TECHNICAL AND LACKING ANALYSIS, PRESENTATIONS ARE [1:44:25] REALLY TECHNICAL AND DO NOT [1:44:32] EXPLAIN FOUNDATIONAL BUDGET ITEMSES AND TERMS CLEARLY. [1:44:39] LIMITED STRATEGIC AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT. I THINK THIS SPEAKS TO [1:44:45] THE AMOUNT OF COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE -- THAT ARE NEW HERE. OR AT LEAST HAVE STARTED SINCE [1:44:52] 2020. CLARIFYING THE COST OF [1:45:00] CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS. I THINK THIS WAS OFTEN CONNECTED TO INSUFFICIENT DETAIL, INSUFFICIENT CONTEXT. UMM, AND [1:45:06] THEN THE NEED TO HAVE MORE TIME TO REVIEW. WE SAW IN THE NEXT [1:45:18] SLIDE -- FEEDBACK ON DEPARTMENTAL PRESENT TASTES. [1:45:26] PRESENTATIONS. THE NEED TO CENTER PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. AND METRICS. [1:45:33] INCLUDING CLEAR PROGRAM LEVEL PERFORMANCE DATA. AND INCLUDING [1:45:39] OUTCOMES, SUCCESSES, AND FAILURES, AND HIGHLIGHTING THOSE. REQUIRING HONEST [1:45:46] ASSESSMENT AND REDUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS. CLEARLY SHOW AND EXPLAIN BUDGET REDUCTIONS. [1:45:52] AND IMPROVE TIMING AND ENGAGEMENT. IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS FEEDBACK ON PUBLIC [1:46:01] HEARINGS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SO HOLDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. I [1:46:07] THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER AND CAN HAPPEN. IMPROVING TIMING AND [1:46:14] EARLY ACCESS, AND, IN PARTICULAR, HOW LATE THAT TRUTH AND TAXATION HEARING HAPPENS AND THAT IT'S TOO LATE FOR US TO [1:46:21] INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE. I KNOW THERE ARE SOME STAG STATUTORY [1:46:27] CONSIDERATIONS HERE, BUT THIS IS A SALIENT ARGUMENT OR POINT. [1:46:32] BETTER PROMOTE EARLY HEARINGS. BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE EARLY HEARINGS ARE OFTEN NOT THAT WELL [1:46:38] ATTENDED. OR ARE DOMINATED BY ORGANIZED INTEREST IN OUR CITY. [1:46:49] MAINTAINING EVENING SCHEDULING, AND MAKING SURE THAT HEARINGS ARE EVALUATED AS A PART [1:46:54] OF OUR PROCESS. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS FEEDBACK ON [1:47:00] THE MARKUP PROCESS. THE THEMES THAT EMERGED HERE WERE [1:47:05] STRENGTHENING AMENDMENT SUBMISSION STANDARDS. SETTING AND ENFORCING HARD DEADLINES. [1:47:12] LIMITING THE VOLUME OF THE AMENDMENTS. SUPPORTING COUNCIL-LED AMENDMENT [1:47:18] DEVELOPMENT, INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE COLLABORATION DURING MARK UP, AND IMPROVING [1:47:23] QUALITY -- THE QUALITY AND OBJECTIVITY OF THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE. AND WITH THAT, WITH WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. [1:47:30] AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE [1:47:36] MOVE TO OUR LAST TWO ITEMS? ALL [1:47:41] RIGHT. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY [1:47:47] THOROUGH REPORT. AND I'M EVEN LOOKING AT THIS AS, YOU KNOW, HOW MIGHT FUTURE COUNCILS LOOK AT THIS REPORT. AND FUTURE [1:47:54] BUDGET YEARS. I THINK THIS WAS A HELPFUL ITERATION OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO REFINE THE COUNCIL [1:48:01] ORIENTATION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE BUDGET. AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE THOROUGHNESS OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND VICE CHAIR AND [1:48:10] TEAM. >> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE TO EXCUSE [1:48:17] MYSELF. BECAUSE I HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING WITH PARK OFFICIALS ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTING ON THE RIVER FRONT. [1:48:25] AND IRONICALLY, BECAUSE OF THE COUNCIL AMENDMENTS THAT MOVE SO MUCH OF THE SAFETY AMBASSADOR MONEY AROUND LAST YEAR, PROBABLY [1:48:31] WON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS THIS YEAR TO HELP ON THE RIVER FRONT. WE'LL SEE HOW IT CHECKS OUT. [1:48:37] THAT'S WHY I SAID IN MY STATEMENT, WE SHOULD BE MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED WITH THE CITY WIDE RESOURCE FOR THE SAFETY [1:48:42] AMBASSADORS. BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE A PATH WHERE I'M GOING TO GET THOSE ON THE RIVER FRONT OR DOWNTOWN THIS YEAR. AND IT'S [1:48:48] VERY DISHEARTENING. THANK YOU [1:48:54] >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER [1:49:00] CHAVEZ FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. >> THE MAYOR PROPOSED CUTTING THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS. BUT I [1:49:06] THINK IN HALF. AND AS COUNCIL, SOME OF US DECIDED TO SAVE FUNDING OF THAT PROGRAM. SO IF [1:49:12] WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT, THERE WOULD BE LESS RESOURCES FOR THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS. I THINK FOR US, MANY IN THIS BODY [1:49:18] HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND OUR CULTURAL DISTRICTS. [1:49:23] INCLUDING DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS WHY WE WORKED WITH COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE TO INCLUDE HIS AREA AS A PLACE WE WANTED TO SEE THESE [1:49:29] PROGRAMS EXPAND. I WANTED TO CLARIFY TO THE PUBLIC, WE PUT IN $3 MILLION FOR SAFETY [1:49:35] AMBASSADORS, INCLUDING THE AREA THAT MR. COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE IS TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE. [1:49:41] BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID, THOSE WERE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK WHEN THE MAYOR PROPOSED CONSULTING HALF OF THAT FUNDING LAST YEAR. [1:49:48] AND SOME IN THE BODY WERE ABLE TO FIND THE MONEY TO SAVE THE PROGRAM. IT WASN'T A DECISION THAT COUNCIL MADE TO DEFUND THE [1:49:55] SAFETY AMBASSADORS. IN FACT, IT'S ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. THERE IS MONEY THERE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS. WE WANT [1:50:01] THINGS ON EAST FRANKLIN AVENUE. THEY'RE THERE, AS OF THIS MONTH. THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE EXCITED. AND OTHER AREAS IN OUR CITY [1:50:08] DESERVE THAT. THAT MEANS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY NEEDS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS NOW. [1:50:13] >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU, M MADAM CHAIR. I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR [1:50:20] HELPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ROBUST PROCESS. YOU KNOW, AS WE STARTED THIS [1:50:26] LAST YEAR, AND WE'VE EVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, I'VE APPRECIATED JUST THE CONTINUED ADDITIONS. [1:50:33] YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GETTING MORE FEEDBACK FROM COLLEAGUES HOW WE CAN MAKE [1:50:38] THE PROCESS BETTER. AND THAT FEEDBACK. AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE OPEN TO IT. ALL THE TIME. BUT [1:50:44] WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COLLEAGUESES WHO PARTICIPATED AND GAVE US THE INFORMATION. AND I WANT TO A [1:50:49] SHOUT OUT TO MELISSA HILL, THE INDIVIDUAL WHO PUT ALL OF THE [1:50:55] INFORMATION TOGETHER. AFTER EVERYONE GAVE IT TO YOU. WE'RE [1:51:10] LEARNING AND DOING IT TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COLLABORATION WITH THE [1:51:16] COMMUNITY. AND I'M GRATEFUL WE CONTINUED ON THAT PATH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, UMM, [1:51:25] WE -- THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. UMM, I [1:51:30] AM GOING T TO MOVE APPROVAL OF [1:51:36] THE ITEM TO TRANSMIT THE AUTHORIZATION TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, MYSELF TO TRANSMIT TO [1:51:42] THE MAYOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S 2026 BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR INCLUSION IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL [1:51:47] BUDGET. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? >> SECOND. >> UMM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR [1:51:52] PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY [1:51:58] ABSTENTIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE READY TO NOW MOVE TO [1:52:05] THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS WHICH WAS CONTINUED IN OUR LAST [1:52:12] MEETING FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND COLLABORATION. UMM, BETWEEN [1:52:18] STAFF. A PROPOSAL FOR EMPLOYEE REALLOCATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF [1:52:24] CITY AUDITOR. THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BOTH BY CASEY CLARK [1:52:35] AND MR. TIMERMAN. . I'M CASEY KARL. I'M THE [1:52:40] HEAD OF THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. AS SUCH, AM REQUESTING YOU WERE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOURCE [1:52:46] REQUEST FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR. THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AS YOU KNOW, IS A [1:52:52] SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT UNIT IN THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. THAT IS UNDER THE GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF OUR INDEPENDENT [1:52:57] AUDIT COMMITTEE AND THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE CITY AUDITOR. IN FEBRUARY, ROBERT TIMERMAN [1:53:03] WAS APPOINTED CITY AUDITOR. I'LL REMIND THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY AUDITOR IS THE ONLY NEW [1:53:08] POSITION THAT WAS CREATED BY THE VOTER APPROVED GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE CHARTER AMENDMENT. THE INTENT OF THE PROVISION, AS [1:53:15] EXPRESSED BY THE CHARTER COMMISSION, WAS TO ELEVATE THE CITY AUDITOR, AS A MEANS OF [1:53:20] GIVING THE COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES INDEPENDENT REVIEW AND EVALUATE STORY SERVICES THAT [1:53:25] ENHANCE ITS CAPACITY TO CHECK THE ADMINISTRATION AND CONDUCT MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT OF THE [1:53:30] CITY'S PERFORMANCE AGAINST ESTABLISHED GOALS. THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE TAKEN FROM THE [1:53:36] CHARTER COMMISSION REPORT SPITE -- A PROPOSAL FOR A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND [1:53:42] EXECUTIVE MAYOR MODEL FOR THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. DURING HIS RECRUITMENT AND ONBOARDING, MR. TIMERMAN SHARED WITH COUNCIL [1:53:48] AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. A VISION THAT EXPANDS ON THE EXITIONING AUDIT AND ASSURANCE [1:53:53] FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THE CORE OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS. THAT EXPANDED VISION INCLUDES [1:54:00] BRINGING IN HOUSE CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE FOR PROGRAMMATIC REVIEWS AND EVALUATIONS. THIS [1:54:05] WOULD COMPLEMENT THE CORE AUDIT FUNCTIONS BY ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF [1:54:11] ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS TO VALIDATE, IF DEPARTMENTS ARE ACHIEVING ESTABLISHED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. IT WOULD ENSURE [1:54:17] ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE EFFICIENT USE OF RESOURCES. AND INCREASE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE [1:54:24] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. IN SHORT, THIS PROPOSED EXPANSION TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WOULD PROVIDE THAT [1:54:30] INDEPENDENT CHECK ON THE ADMINISTRATION'S PERFORMANCE. FOR THE COUNCIL, FOR THE [1:54:35] INDEPENDENT AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE PUBLIC. BUILDING ON THE LAST PRESENTATION, YOU IDENTIFIED [1:54:41] SEVERAL COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED FISCAL [1:54:46] ACCOUNTABILITY, PERFORMANCE EFFICIENCY, AND EFFECTIVENESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. I WOULD SUBMIT THIS [1:54:52] PROPOSAL HITS ALL OF THOSE PRIORITIES. FOR REFERENCE, THE MODEL THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IS [1:54:57] ONE THAT DOES EXIST AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW THAT HASN'T BEEN [1:55:04] TESTED. THE STATE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR IS TASKED WITH CONDUCTING EVALUATIONS TO DETERMINE THE DEGREE TO WHICH [1:55:10] STATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE ACCOMPLISHING THEIR GOALS, AND UTILIZING GOVERNMENT [1:55:15] RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY. YOU CAN SEE BY THIS EXAMPLE HOW THIS WOULD ENHANCE THE FUNCTIONS OF [1:55:20] OUR CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICE IN A SIMILAR WAY. AND THESE ARE FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE A NATURAL [1:55:25] AFFINITY WITH THE CORE WORK OF THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE UNDER THE CITY CHARTER, WHICH MEANS IT IS A PROPER FUNCTION OF THE [1:55:31] AUTHORITY VESTED BY CHARTER IN THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR. AND I BELIEVE IT'S [1:55:36] IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS GIVEN RECENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO BE PLACED UNDER THE AUDITOR'S [1:55:42] OFFICE. MR. TIMERMAN AND I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HIS VISION FOR THIS NEW PROGRAM REVIEW AND [1:55:48] EVALUATION DIVISION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS CONCURRED THESE ENVISIONED FUNCTIONS ARE, IN [1:55:54] FACT, WITHIN THE CHARTER DEFINED JURISDICTION OF THE CITY AUDITOR. COUNCIL LEADERSHIP SUPPORTS THAT VISION FOR THE [1:55:59] AUDITOR'S OFFICE AND DIRECTED ME TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO FIND MEANS OF SOME INITIAL [1:56:05] MID-YEAR INVESTMENTS SO WE CAN BEGIN TO ACHIEVE SOME RESULTS IN THE CURRENT YEAR. RECENTLY THIS [1:56:10] COMMITTEE RECEIVEDDED A PRESENTATION ON EXISTING VACANCIES ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE. THESE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE [1:56:16] VACANT FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS. OUR GOAL WAS TO IDENTIFY A LIMITED NUMBER OF [1:56:21] EXISTING, BUT VACANT POSITIONS, THAT MIGHT BE TRANSFERRED TO THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO ENABLE THE CREATION OF THIS NEW DIVISION [1:56:27] FOR PROGRAM REVIEW AND EVALUATION. IN CONSIDERING WHICH VACANT POSITIONS MIGHT BE [1:56:34] USED, WE SET THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMING TERES: FIRST, NO SWORN OFFICER SPO POSITIONS [1:56:40] IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE CONSIDERED. THIS REFLECTS THE FACT THERE'S A CHARTER -IMPOSED MI MINIMUM NUMBER. THIS [1:56:49] IS A KEY FACTOR IN THE SET SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. SECOND, THE POSITIONS [1:56:55] CONSIDERED HAD TO HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF 12 MONTHS OR LONGER. THIS WAS [1:57:00] TO REFLECT THE PREMISE A POSITION VACANT FOR AT LEAST A FULL YEAR LIKELY WAS NOT GOING [1:57:06] TO PRESENT AS SIGNIFICANT AN IMPACT ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AS A TOP DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THE PERSONNEL. WE [1:57:12] RECOGNIZE THAT MANY DEPARTMENTS USE VACANT POSITIONS FOR OPERATIONAL PURPOSES. INCLUDING [1:57:17] THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. IN RESPECTED FOR THE DEPARTMENTS [1:57:24] WE FOCUSED LOWER LEVEL VAI POSITIONS AND AVOIDED ANY POSITIONS AT THE SUPERVISOR, [1:57:31] MANAGEMENT, OR DIRECTOR LEVEL. THIS WAS OUR BEST EFFORT TO FURTHER MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE [1:57:37] GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. AND, FOURTH, WE LOOKED FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE FINANCED THROUGH THE [1:57:42] GENERAL FUND IN ORDER TO SECURE AN APPLES-TO-APPLES TRANSFER. [1:58:00] IT ACCOMMODATESES THE FISCAL CHALLENGES THAT THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION HAVE SHARED WILL BE CONFRONTING THE CITY IN A [1:58:06] SHORT TERM. I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM, ESPECIALLY OUR DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION, DESTINY, FORMENT [1:58:11] WORK TO BRING THIS PROPOSAL FORWARD. IT IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO TAKE FROM ONE DEPARTMENT IN [1:58:16] ORDER TO BUILD UP ANOTHER. THAT CHALLENGE IS COMPOUNDING DURING TOUGH BUDGET TIMES. DESPITE [1:58:22] THIS, WE ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE CHALLENGE OF PURSUING A NEW VISION FOR THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE. [1:58:28] THIS AIMS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND [1:58:33] TRANSPARENCY ACROSS ALL ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS. IT'S TRULY AN INVESTMENT IN GOOD [1:58:39] GOVERNANCE AND EFFE EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS. AUDITOR IS THE ONLY INFEINT AND [1:58:45] OBJECTIVE EVALUATE STORY ARM OF THE ENTIRE CITY GOVERNMENT. [1:58:56] THIS TRANSFER WOULD INVEST IN THE CRITICAL OFFICE AND THE CORE FUNCTIONS. WITH THAT CONTEXT, [1:59:01] MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR AUDITOR UP TO SHARE A BIT MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HIS [1:59:07] VISION FOR THIS NEW DIVISION. AND AFTER HE'S COMPLETED HIS REMARKS, OF COURSE, WE'RE HAPPY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS THAT THE [1:59:12] COMMITTEE MIGHT HAVE. [1:59:35] >> I THINK I HEARD A LOT OF THE SAME ARGUMENTS I HAVE FOR THE VISION OF THE OFFICE. I'M CITY [1:59:43] AUDITOR. AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OUTLINE MY VISION FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY AUDITOR. [1:59:50] IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITY AND PROTECT MY OFFICE'S DUTY TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT AND [1:59:56] OBJECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF SI OPERATIONS. IF YOU RECALL, WHEN MINNEAPOLIS GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE WAS REORGANIZED THROUGH A [2:00:02] VOTER-APPROVED VOTER AMENDMENT IN 2021, ONE POSITION WAS CREATED. THE CITY AUDITOR. [2:00:10] ALONG WITH THIS IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AUDITOR, AUDITED COMMITTEE, AND CITY COUNCIL TO EFFECTIVELY FUND [2:00:15] THE OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS OF MY OFFICE. AS MENTIONED, THE [2:00:23] OFFICE OF CITY AUDITORS IS THE ONLY OBJECTIVE OFFICE TO PROVIDE [2:00:28] CITY LEADERSHIP WITH ASSURANCE AND ADVISORY AUDIT SERVICES AND REPORT PUBLICLY ON THE [2:00:34] COMPLIANCE AND PERFORMANCE. RECENTLY WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE OFFICE'S INDEPENDENCE AND [2:00:40] OBJECTIVITY. AND NOW WE MUST TRANSITION INTO HOW THE OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR CAN BEST PROVIDE ASSURANCE AND ADVISORY [2:00:48] SERVICES. I'M HONORED TO BE IN [2:00:55] THIS POSITION. WHEN MOST PEOPLE THINK OF AUDIT, THEY THINK OF FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT. WELL, [2:01:01] FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE WORK WE DO, INTERNAL AUDIT HAS [2:01:07] EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. AND IT INCLUDES NOW PERFORMANCE AUDITING, WHICH COULD BE [2:01:12] CONSIDERED THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF MY OFFICE. WE PERFORM A RISK [2:01:19] ASSESSMENT TO EVALUATE ORGANIZATIONAL RISKS TO THE CITY. THIS CONSIDERS REAL AND [2:01:26] PERCEIVED RISKS ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. AS WELL AS THE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION [2:01:32] BOARD. WE DEVELOPED THIS ENTERPRISE-WIDE RISK ASSESSMENT COLLABORATIVELY WITH INPUT IN [2:01:37] DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EXECUTIVE LEADERS TO INFORM OUR RISK-BASED ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN. THIS YEAR WE [2:01:45] PRESENTED 29 T TOPICS TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. WE HAVE SIX [2:01:50] AUDITORS. MY VISION IS TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE STAFFING COMPLEMENT AND COMPETENCY TO PERFORM THESE AUDITS, BUT TO [2:01:58] ALSO OFFER ADVISORY SERVICES. WHICH IS A KEY FUNCTION OF A [2:02:04] CHIEF AUDIT EXECUTIVE'S POSITION. ADVISORY SERVICES COME IN MANY SHAPES AND SIZES. [2:02:09] I'LL QUICKLY LIST SIX EXAMPLES TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THAT VARIETY. ONE, WE ASSESS [2:02:18] CONTRACT COMPLIANCE. WE EDUCATE DEPARTMENTS ON RISK TO THE CITY. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ADVISORY [2:02:24] REVIEW OF A CONTRACT WITH HELIX HEALTH AND HOUSING SERVICES THAT WE PRESENTED JUST THIS MORNING [2:02:31] TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IDENTIFIED OVER $175,000 IN UNALLOWABLE OVERPAYMENTS. TWO, [2:02:41] WE TRIAGE FRAUD, WASTE, ABUSE, AND OTHER WRONG DOING COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATE THOSE THAT FALL [2:02:47] WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. THREE, WE COLLABORATE WITH PROSECUTING [2:02:52] AGENCIES WHEN INDICATORS OF FRAUD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. FOUR, WE DEVELOP INFORMAL AND [2:03:00] FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS TRAININGS RELATED TO THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE RISK [2:03:05] MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE. FIVE, WE DEVELOP TRAINING FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL TO [2:03:11] HIGHLIGHT PROFESSIONAL AUDITING STANDARDS, INDEPENDENCE, AND AVAILABLE SERVICES. AND, SIX, [2:03:19] WE CONSIDER, AND IF RESOURCES ALLOW, WE ACCEPT AND PERFORM [2:03:24] AFTER-ACTION REVIEWS. THESE AFTER-ACTION REVIEWS LOOK FOR DEFICIENCIES IN MPD'S RESPONSE [2:03:30] TO HIGHLY SENSITIVE INSTANCES OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. ALL [2:03:37] OF THESE EXAMPLES ARE ADVISORY SERVICES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS THAT I'VE [2:03:43] BEEN IN THIS ROLE. THESE ADVISORY SERVICES CURRENTLY REDUCE OUR CAPACITY TO [2:03:48] CONCENTRATE EFFORTS ON OUR RISK-BASED ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN. AS I'VE MENTIONED TO SEVERAL OF [2:03:54] YOU, I NEVER WANT TO SAY "NO" JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED [2:03:59] RESOURCES. IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY IMPORTANT IN ALL ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN A MUNICIPAL [2:04:06] GOVERNMENT OUR SIZE WITH SUCH VARIETY OF SERVICES AND RISKS. [2:04:11] WITHIN AN UPDATED STRUCTURE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PERFORM RISK-BASED AUDITS IN OUR INTERNAL AUDIT DIVISION UNDER [2:04:16] THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DIRECTOR. WE WILL EXPAND OUR OFFERING IN [2:04:22] MORE REALISTICALLY BETTER MANAGE OUR EXISTING DEMAND FOR SERVICES BY CRETEING A SPECIAL REVIEW AND [2:04:28] ADVISORY SERVICES DIVISION. THIS SPECIAL REVIEW AND ADVISORY SERVICES DIVISION WILL BE [2:04:33] RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING A PARALLEL ANNUAL AUDIT PLAN THAT CONSIDERS LEGISLATIVE INTERESTS [2:04:40] IN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS. THIS WORK IS ANALOGOUS TO THE PROGRAM [2:04:46] EVALUATION WORK PERFORMED BY THE STATE'S OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR. AS MENTIONED, THIS DIVISION WILL [2:04:51] FOCUS ON PROGRAMMING EVALUATIONS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY SAFETY AUDITS, FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE [2:04:58] INVESTIGATIONS, SPECIAL REVIEWS, INCLUDING AFTER ACTION REVIEWS, AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES [2:05:04] REQUESTS THAT COME FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I [2:05:28] WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO A FEW SLIDES JUST TO VISUALLY DEMONSTRATE THIS. RIGHT SIZING [2:05:36] OF THE OFFICE. CAN I HAVE THE MOUSE? AS I MENTIONED, THE [2:05:44] APPROVED CHARTER AMENDMENT PROVIDED FOR JUST ONE POSITION. RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF [2:05:49] IT. THE CITY CHARTER IN TANDEM WITH CITY CODE HAS PROVIDED ME A [2:05:54] DUTY TO PLAN, DIRECT, ORGANIZE, AND SUPE SUPERVISE THE [2:06:02] OFFICE. AND HIRE STAFF TO CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE. [2:06:08] CITY CODE ALSO PRESCRIBES A DUTY TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FOR STAFFING. AND OTHER [2:06:13] RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THE EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY AUDITOR'S WORK. HERE IS [2:06:21] REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THE NEW DIVISION WILL LOOK LIKE, SPECIAL REVIEWS AND ADVISORY SERVICES. [2:06:26] AS I MENTIONED, IT WILL FOCUS ON THESE ITEMS. AND THESE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH THE SAME [2:06:31] LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE AND RIG TRIGOR AS THE OTHER [2:06:39] AUDITS YOU HAVE COME ACCUSTOMED TO. NOW REQUESTS FOR PROGRAM [2:06:47] EVALUATIONS, AS I MESSAGED, WILL BE REVIEWED AND SELECTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO WE WILL PULL CITY [2:06:53] COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WILL PULL AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AND THEN WE WILL STRATEGICALLY [2:06:59] SELECT A HANDFUL OF PROGRAM EVALUATIONS TO PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL RIGHT. [2:07:05] GETTING INTO THE POSITIONS NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE OFFICE. WE ARE LOOKING THIS [2:07:11] YEAR IN 2025 TO ADD FOUR POSITIONS. TWO OF WHICH ARE INTERNAL AUDITORS TO OR HIRE. [2:07:19] AND THAT WOULD BE POSITIONS IN THE NEW DIVISION. A QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRAINING MANAGER. [2:07:25] A POSITION THAT HELPS US MEET REQUIREMENTS OF AUDIT STANDARDS. [2:07:30] CURRENTLY THE IAA AS WELL AS THE GAO AUDIT STANDARDS REQUIRE [2:07:36] CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF A QUALITY REVIEW OF OUR OWN WORK. WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYBODY [2:07:43] FUNCTIONALLY TO DO THIS WORK. AND, ALSO, AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO HELP WITH SOME OF [2:07:48] THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OFFICE. MOVING INTO 2026 WE'LL [2:07:55] BE BACK, PROBABLY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS TALKING ABOUT THE REMAINING POSITIONS THAT IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW DIVISION, AS [2:08:03] WELL AS A LEAD FOR THAT DIVISION, WHICH WE NEED TO CREATE. THERE'S CURRENTLY NO CLASSIFICATION FOR AN INTERNAL [2:08:10] AUDITOR FOR. BUT THAW IS A POSITION I AM WORKING ON CREATING. AND THEN, FINALLY, [2:08:16] THE CODE ALLOWS FOR A DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT ONCE THESE POSITIONS ARE IN [2:08:21] PLACE, WE WILL NEED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO HELP PROP UP THE DIVISIONS. SO [2:08:29] INVESTMENT DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL AND [2:08:35] ADMINISTRATION WITH INDEPENDENT RISK-BASED AND OBJECTIVE [2:08:41] ASSURANCE, INSIGHT, AND FORESIGHT. GETTING INTO THE DOLLARS AND CENTS OF THE [2:08:46] POSITIONS. AGAIN, ON THIS SCREEN, THIS IS GOING TO BE BROKEN UP WITH TWO POSITIONS FOR [2:08:53] 2025. ONE OF THEM FOR 2026. THEY ARE BASED OFF OF, I [2:09:01] BELIEVE, STEP ONE. THIS HAS BEEN INTERTIVE BECAUSE WE'VE [2:09:06] LOOKED AT STEP ONE AND MID RANGE. BUT ROUGHLY THE ESTIMATE [2:09:11] IS $129,000. SOME ARE $197,000. MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE NEED THE FTE FOR CONTINUING IN PERPETUITY [2:09:19] WITH THE POSITIONS. AND THEN IN 2026, WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE [2:09:24] THIRD. WE NEED THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TRAINING MANAGER. [2:09:30] ALLOWING TO MEET INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDIT AND TBV [2:09:37] GAO STANDARDS. THIS IS COMING IN ABOUT $121,570. THIS IS STEP [2:09:43] ONE FOR FTE. AND THEN THIS YEAR, THE LAST POSITION IS THE [2:09:48] ADMINI ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. THIS IS NECESSARY BASED ON THE SIGNIFICANT AND CONFIDENTIAL SUPPORT THAT IS [2:09:55] NEEDED. WE ARE SCHEDULING MANY SENSITIVE MEETINGS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE AN [2:10:01] INCREASING DEMAND WITH CONFIDENT TAL MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THE [2:10:06] ORGANIZATION. IT'S TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IN [2:10:11] PREPARING PRESENTATIONS. OR IF YOU HAVE TWO AND A HALF HOURS AND WANT TO WATCH THE MEETING [2:10:17] FROM THIS MORNING, THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE PREPARED FOR THE MEETINGS. AND THEN, ALSO, ASSISTING IN PROJECT PLANNING, [2:10:25] DOCUMENTATION, AND RECORDKEEPING. MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD BE FILLING THE [2:10:31] ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR FOR THE NEW TU NEW -- DIVISION. DOLLARS WE PUT TOGETHER FOR THE [2:10:37] BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2026. AND THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE FOR THE DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR. [2:10:47] ALL RECOGNIZEWANT TO THAT IN MAKING THIS [2:10:53] INVE IMPACT OTHER DEPA AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP IN CONSIDERING THIS. I BELIEVE [2:11:00] THAT I'VE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OFIVIDUALLY, YOU INVESTMENT IN [2:11:07] AUDI A UNDERSTANDING OF W OVERSIGHT AND A TONE OF [2:11:12] THE TOP OF A CONTROL ENVIRONMET LOOKS LIKE. SO I THINK THAT THIS INVESTMENT DEMONSTRATES [2:11:19] THAT THAT AT THE TOP. AND IS S YOU DO, WHEN IF AGAI AND A HALFTWO [2:11:24] HOUR MORNING. TAKE A LOOK AT ITEM NUMBER 5 OR 6. AND WE [2:11:32] TALK ABOUT ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT. AND ONE OF THE THIN IMPORTANT REALLY [2:11:37] IN E MANAGEMENTISK STRU GOVERNMENTN STRU AT THE TOP. SO I MENTION THAT. [2:11:45] CONS THIS TO MEET THE CURR DEMANDS DOES DEMONSTRATE A STRONG CONTROL ENVIRONMENT [2:11:50] SO I BUTT TO MENTION THAT. ALSO QUESTIONS YOU MAY CLERK KARL IS ON [2:11:57] HAND WELL, IF YOU HAVE QUES .ONS. [2:12:03] >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRES ANYTION. COLLEAGUES [2:12:09] QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PRES THETION? EITHER FOR CITY AUDITOR. CITY [2:12:16] COUN CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THAN PRESENTATION AND THE TWO-YEAR [2:12:21] VISI FULFILLING THE DUTIES OF T CHARTER. AS WELL AS MAKI YOU KNOW, STAFFING UP IN [2:12:28] THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT. AND I'M WOND ONEG HOW -- IF EITHER OF Y THEAN EXPLAIN WHERE [2:12:34] OFFI SPECIALIST AND TRAI QUALITY MANAGER FIT INTO THAT VISION. OR IF THEY'RE [2:12:39] NOT IN THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT. >> SO THE OFFICER SUPPORT [2:12:44] SPEC MANAGERND QUALITY WOUL DIRECTLY TOT [2:12:50] ME. WOULD BE ADMI AN EXTENT. TO [2:12:57] BUT POSITION IS REQU CAN'T SAY THAT THE POSI IS REQUIRED. THE WORK THAT POSITION DOES IS REQUIRED [2:13:04] THAT DOING. ENTLY AREN'T [2:13:10] AND POSITIONSOUR WOUL IN THE NEWS DIVISION. >> O CAN THANK YOU. AND [2:13:17] YOU POLICY,WHERE THE RESE OVERSIGHT STAFF [2:13:23] TRAN ARE AT RIGHT NOW. IN T CONTEXT OF THIS CHANGE. [2:13:30] >> M COUNCILMEMBER CASH POLICY RESEARCH OVER AND EVALUATION TEAMS, AS Y KNOW, WERE MOVE BID [2:13:35] COUN FROM THE AUDITOR TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE. AND AS MENT ARED, AT THAT TIME, WE [2:13:41] UNDE RIGHT AN EVALUATION NOW CHIEF THE NEW [2:13:47] ASSI LOOK HOW THEO TWO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES, THEI FUNCTIONS THAT WERE TRAN WERRED INTO US AND WHAT [2:13:53] THIN VISION INTHE NEW ALIG THOSE TWOHOW FUNC AMERICAED AND [2:13:59] ABSO THE CLERK'S OFFICE TO SUPPORT COUNCIL-TO-COUNCIL COMM LEGISLATIVEHE POLI AND OVERSIGHT [2:14:05] FUNC A PLAN FOR THAT TRAN AND MERGER YET TO BE ANNOUNCED OR SHAREDDED WITH COUN ALREADYT CERTAINLY [2:14:11] UNDERWAY. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT THATTE. I'LL NOTE ON TOPI WE'RE COMINGW TO A TOPIC AFTER THIS, [2:14:18] WHIC ABOUT BUDGET CONT AVAILABILITY AND ANAL SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR [2:14:23] ME BUDGETHE COUNCIL HAS A ANAL SO THATOME TYPE. WE C DECISIONS SUCH AS [2:14:31] ADDR INING, YOU KNOW, NEEDS OUR HALFWAYY THAT ARISE THRO BE ABLE TOR AND ACCE CONGRESS TING [2:14:37] SI FUNDS. NGENCY HOW ROLE B THE [2:14:45] FULFILLED? >> T OPPORTUNITY THE TO S HEARD LOUD AND CLEA COUNCILMEMBERS THAT A TOP PRIORITY TO COME OUT OF THE [2:14:50] MERG OFOF THE TWO DIVISIONS THE CLERK'S OFFICE IS A DEDICATED BUDGETARY FISCAL [2:14:58] ANALYSIS CAPACITY TO SUPPORT COUNCIL, PARTICULARLY IN ITS ROLE COMMITTEE. ET SO I PRIORITY OF OURS [2:15:04] AS W AT HOW WE REALIGN THE EXIS PERSONNELIONS AND IN T TO SECUREON [2:15:13] DEDI RESOURCES THAT HAVE THAT TYPE OF EXPERTISE TO SUPP COUNCIL. >> T ONES. IF I MIGHT MAKE [2:15:18] MORE UNRELATED LITTLE FROM CONVERSATION, BUT, ALSO PRIORITY FOR ME IS THIS [2:15:24] COMMUNICATIONS ROLE THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR. I SAY THIS BECA PRESS'VE DONE SO MANY [2:15:30] CONF AND LASTHIS YEAR. YEAR LOT OF MEDIA REGIRELATIONS OUR [2:15:35] POLICY STAFF HAD TO ORGANIZE THEM KNOW, WITHOUT, YOU SUPP CITY'SM THE [2:15:42] COMM DEPARTMENT AND THE RELATIONS STAFF. I THIN IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO B WELLE TO DO THAT. AS [2:15:49] AS C MISINFORMATION IN THE MEDI AND DO THAT WORK OF HELP OUR RESIDENTS STAY [2:15:54] EDUC ON THE WORK OF THE CITY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANKS. NOTED. [2:16:01] >> C SURELMEMBER, I'M NOT IF T QUESTIONOF YOUR WAS DIRECTLY. BUT [2:16:07] MR. YOU'LL COME BACK BRIE RIGHT NOW TODAY, AS YOU' WORKING ON COMPLETING AN [2:16:14] EVAL DIVISIONSTHE TWO MOVE ACTION TO THE [2:16:20] OFFI CITY CLERK, THE [2:16:26] DAY- MANAGEMENT, SUPE THESE TWO DIVI HAPPENING IN THE CITY AUDITOR. IT [2:16:32] IS HAPPENING IN THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK CURRENTLY. >> T CHIEFCORRECT. THE [2:16:38] SUBSASSISTANT CITY [2:16:44] CLER HAS BEEN SUPERVISES THOSE DIRECTLY. THOSE BEEN MOVED OUT. >> NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, BUT I'LL HOLD. [2:16:50] MAYB TWICE. ONE, GOING THRE MADAM CLERK,, [2:17:01] PLEA ROLL ON THIS ITEM. [2:17:06] >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> R VETAW.E IS ABSENT. [2:17:14] >> NO. ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN ABSENT. CASHMAN. >> AYE. [2:17:19] >> J CHAVEZ.S ABSENT. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. [2:17:26] >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> AYE. [2:17:32] >> AND CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> T TWO ARE SEVEN AYES AND NAYS. >> T NOWITEM CARRIES. AND [2:17:39] WE'L WE'LL TO OUR -- AND SEND TOIS ITEM FORWARD THUR MEETING FORIL [2:17:45] FINA NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE ITEM. I UNDERSTAND THER ISN'T A FORMAL ACTION FOR [2:17:52] US TO CONSIDER OR APPROVE HERE TODA I'LLUT, MR. PRESIDENT, [2:17:59] RECO SOME YOU TO GIVE CONT HAVES TO WHY YOU [2:18:04] BROU FORWARD ITEM TODAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. THERE WAS SOME QUES THAT OVER THE WEEKEND [2:18:11] MAYOR HAD ANNOUNCED AN INVE FUNDS AND CONTINGENCY FOR LIGHTING PROGRAM. [2:18:18] AND WAS A QUESTION I HAD OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD REQUIRE A 3/4th VOTE FOR [2:18:27] ALLO IT'SG CONTINGENCY. NOT THE BASISE WHAT OF I IF -- I DON'T [2:18:32] KNOW HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAF HERE THAT CAN ANSWER THIS QUES LIKE BUT I THINK I'D [2:18:38] US TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS PROCESS IS THAT THE MAYOR IS ANNO CONGRESSTHE USE OF [2:18:45] CON I [2:18:50] CONT UNILATERALLY WITH COUNCIL. SHOULD IT BE ALLOWEDD WED? WHAT ARE [2:18:58] THE CONSEQUENCES OF MAKING MILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENTS OUTS IE THE BUDGET PROCESS. DON' ANYBODYF THERE'S HERE TO THAT. ORAK [2:19:05] IF A THE DAIS HAS ANY FURT KNOWLEDGE. OH, IT LOOKS LIKE HERE.VE SOME STAFF [2:19:11] >> Y THE I SEE THAT WE HAVE CFO WELCOME YOU'LL [2:19:17] UP, AND I THINK THE QUES CAN YOU SPEAK TO [2:19:24] WHER CONTINGENCY RESOURCES ARE HELD POLICIESITY AND [2:19:30] THAT OFIDE THE USE CONT WE'LL GO AND THEN TO T ATTORNEY TO TALK TO US A WHAT THE CHARTER SAYS [2:19:38] ABOU AUTHORIZING THE USE OF UNPL THED EXPENDITURES AND USE WE'LLTINGENCY. SO [2:19:44] STAR CFO.H YOU, MADAM >> C CFO CHUGHTAI. I'M THE [2:19:49] FOR YOU'REY. I BELIEVE REFE PRESSTO THE CONF HADCE THE MAYOR [2:19:55] REGA CONTINGENCY THE FUND LIGHT REPAIR. [2:20:01] SO T NO CON I THINK IF SI [2:20:08] CONTINGENCY FUND BUT ACCO FUND.THIN THE GENERAL AND 5.1 REQUIRESY [2:20:13] THE BUDGET 1% OF OUR GENE FUND BUDGET IN A [2:20:19] CONT ACCOUNT FOR UNPL THE FUNDS. -- [2:20:29] EXPENDITURES PRIMARILY IT'S PUBLIC WORKS THAT USE THE CON CONTINGENCY FUNDING. IT'S NOT REALLY A [2:20:35] TRANSFER FROM CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, IT'S REALLY, AT THE [2:20:41] END OF THE YEAR, IT'S A WAY TO BALANCE OUR GENERAL FUND. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A HEAVY SNOW [2:20:47] YEAR, THERE MIGHT BE EXTRA POTHOLES THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. AND THE PUBLIC WORKS [2:20:53] DEPARTMENT WILL JUST OVERSPEND THEIR POTHOLE REPAIR BUDGET. OR [2:20:59] SNOW CLEARING OR BUYING SALT. SO THERE WAS A NEED IDENTIFIED [2:21:05] TO REPAIR STREET LIGHTING. SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT FINANCE [2:21:10] GAVE TO PUBLIC WORKS IS TO GO OVER THEIR STREET LIGHTING REPAIR BUDGET. THEY MAY OR MAY [2:21:16] NOT NEED IT. DEPENDING AT THE RATE OF SPEND BY YEAR END. SO IF THEY DO GO OVER BUDGET AT [2:21:23] YEAR END, WE LOOK AT THE OVERALL PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET TO SEE IF THEY STAYED WITHIN THE OVERALL [2:21:30] BUDGET. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT JUST BALANCES [2:21:35] THE GENERAL FUND WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THE BOOKS AT YEAR END. >> SO WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE OF [2:21:43] THOSE OV AV [2:21:48] OVERAVERAGES ON FUTURE BUDGETS P THERE'S A HOLE THAT NEEDS TO BE FILLED, CORRECT? >> IF IT'S FOR A PLANNED [2:21:54] EXPENDITURE LIKE STREET REPAIR OR STREET LIGHT REPAIR, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S A PLANNED [2:22:00] EXPENDITURE. BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND. FOR WEATHER-RELATED INCIDENTS. [2:22:07] SO FOR STREET LIGHT REPAIRS, I THINK THE THREAT -- THE THEFT OF [2:22:12] COPPER WIRE, I THINK THAT WAS UNEXPECTED. OR THE RATE OF THEFT WAS UNEXPECTED, I SHOULD [2:22:17] SAY. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO PLAN FOR THAT IN A REGULAR BUDGET PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHY [2:22:23] WE HAVE CONTINGENCIES. I SHOULD SAY THE CONTINGENCIES AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT DR [2:22:34] THAT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, GOES OVER BUDGET WITH UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES. [2:22:39] >> WOULD THIS INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY $1 MILLION IN THE NEXT YEAR? [2:22:44] >> NO. IT DOES NOT. THE 1% IS REQUIRED BY OUR FINANCE POLICIES TO BE BUDGETED WITHIN THE [2:22:50] APPROPRIATIONS. SO WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE BUDGET AT YEAR END, THERE'S AN ACCOUNT [2:22:58] CALLED THE CONTINGENCY AS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET. WHICH IS 1% OF OUR OVERALL GENERAL FUND. [2:23:05] >> SO THEN -- I RECALL WE WANTED TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN AN [2:23:12] UNPLANNED, YOU KNOW, SHUTTING DOWN OF A HOMELESS SHELTER AND WE NEEDED TO SECURE 10 VOTES IN [2:23:17] THAT SCENARIO. HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT? >> THIS IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE STREET LIGHT REPAIR IS A PROGRAM [2:23:24] THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS. WITH THE BUDGET. POTHOLE REPAIR [2:23:31] IS ALSO A LINE ITEM WITHIN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET. SHUTTING DOWN AN ENCAMPMENT. IT MAY BE [2:23:38] PART OF A DEPARTMENT BUDGET, BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT. BUT USUALLY IT'S FOR A DEPARTMENT [2:23:45] THAT HAS AN EXISTING PROGRAM THAT GOES OVER BUDGET. >> SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST [2:23:50] LOOKING AT A MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. IS THERE A GUARDRAIL OR [2:23:56] PARAMETER ON WHEN YOU WOULD NEED A COUNCIL APPROVAL TOO GO OVER BUDGET IN THESE CASES? IS IT [2:24:02] OVER, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGETED AMOUNT? IS IT AN ABSOLUTE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE BUDGETED [2:24:07] AMOUNT? OR NO INSTANCE WHERE COUNCIL ACTION WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THE SCENARIOS? >> IF THE PUBLIC WORKS [2:24:14] DEPARTMENT USES THE ENTIRE CONTINGENCY, WHICH IS 1% OF THE [2:24:21] GENERAL FUND BUDGET AND THEY NEED MORE THAN THAT, THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR COUNCIL ACTION. WE WOULD NEED TO DIP INTO THE [2:24:27] FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE IS NOT APPROPRIATED. CONTINGENCY IS APPROPRIATED. [2:24:32] >> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS IN THIS SCENARIO? >> IT'S 1% OF THE GENERAL FUND. [2:24:39] SO IT WOULD BE $6 MILLION. >> OF -- >> THAT'S THE CONTINGENCY -- [2:24:46] >> PUBLIC WORKS GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION? >> NO. THAT'S CONTINGENCY [2:24:51] ACCOUNT IS $MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND. >> SO THAT IS SHARED ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. >> ALL DEPARTMENTS. [2:24:57] >> IT'S NOT DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC. >> SHOULD IT BE DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC FROM A CONTROL PERSPECTIVE? >> NO. NO IT SHOULD NOT BE. [2:25:03] BECAUSE IT'S A SAFE GUARD FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE DO NOT HAVE TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS OF [2:25:09] THE CITY FOR ANY UNPLANNED EXPENDITURES THAT ARE ALREADY PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. [2:25:17] >> OKAY. >> SO SO OVERTIME IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THE DEPARTMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR [2:25:23] MANAGING WITHIN THE OVERTIME BUDGET. BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT WHERE WE NEED TO SET UP, YOU [2:25:30] KNOW, INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO PAY POLICE OFFICERS OR, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY [2:25:37] MANAGEMENT TO HOLD AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OPERATION SYSTEM AND HAVE TO PAY OVERTIME, THAT WOULD [2:25:43] BE ABSORBED INTO THE GENERAL FUND. >> DO WE HAVE CLEAN REPORTING IN OPEN.GOV THAT IS INDICATING WHEN [2:25:49] WE GET CLOSE TO THE $6 MILLION CUTOFF? >> AS I SAID, CONTINGENCY IS NOT [2:25:56] USED. IT'S A WAY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET AT YEAR END. SO WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS, IF A DEPARTMENT [2:26:03] IS OVER BUDGET, THE CONTINGENCY IS LIKE A SAFE GUARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GENERAL FUND [2:26:09] BUDGET DOESN'T GO OVER BUDGET. IT'S NOT DEDICATED TO ANY [2:26:15] DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY. >> RIGHT. WE MAY USE A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO STREET LIGHT REPAIR BUT MAY END UP OVERBUDGET [2:26:21] AND OVERTIME FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AT SOME POINT, IF WE'RE NOT TRACKING THAT, [2:26:26] WOULDN'T WITH BE AT-RISK OF GOING OVER THE 1%. >> ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHY WE DO [2:26:31] THE QUARTERLY REPORTING AND COME TO COUNCIL WITH THE QUARTERLY BUDGET STATUS REPORTS. SO, [2:26:37] YEAH. YOU WOULD KNOW IF WE'RE GOING OVER BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND. AT THAT TIME. >> I GUESS THAT'S A MY [2:26:42] QUESTION. IN THE QUARTERLY REPORT, WHICH IS A POINT-IN-TIME RETROSPECTIVE LOOK, IF WE'RE [2:26:49] OVER THAT 1% SPENDING, WE WOULD HAVE VIOLATED OUR POLICY. RIGHT? LIKE, WHAT IS THE -- I [2:26:55] FEEL LIKE COUNCIL IS OUT OF THE LOOP OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CONTROLSES IN PLACE TO [2:27:01] MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ACCIDENTALLY GO OVER OUR [2:27:08] ALLOCATED 1% CONTINGENCY, AND THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF CORRECTIVE ACTION, IF THAT'S THE CASE. [2:27:14] >> ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE, THE QUARTERLY REPORTS [2:27:19] THEY DO HAVE A PROJECTION. SO IT'S A SNAPSHOT IN TIME. THEY DO HAVE A PROJECTION FOR YEAR [2:27:25] END. SO IN THIS CASE, WE WILL MONITOR THE STREET LIGHT REPAIR BUDGET FOR PUBLIC WORKS. AND IF [2:27:32] IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING OVER BUDGET, OR WE CAN ESTIMATE WHAT THAT OVERAGE MIGHT BE, WE WILL [2:27:38] BE MONITORING THAT USAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T GO OVER [2:27:44] BUDGET IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE $6 MILLION. >> OKAY. >> I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE [2:27:51] $1 MILLION IS AN ESTIMATE. PUBLIC WORKS IS, YOU KNOW, HAS DONE SOME WORK TO MAKE THAT [2:27:58] RECOMMENDATION. BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THE RATE OF SPEND WILL BE EXACTLY $1 MILLION BY YEAR [2:28:04] END. IT COULD BE LESS. [2:28:09] >> OKAY. THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I SEE THAT WE HAVE [2:28:15] A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN QUEUE. BUT JUST NOTING HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 1% OF THE GENERAL FUND [2:28:23] THAT WE KEEP IN OUR CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT IS ONE THAT REQUIRES AUTHORIZATION OF THE COUNCIL TO [2:28:32] USE AND THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT MY ALMOST THREE AND A [2:28:39] HALF YEARS ON THE COUNCIL. BUT HAS COME UP JUST IN THE LAST YEAR A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND [2:28:48] SPECIFICALLY, I'LL NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST YEAR I THINK [2:28:57] WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING, I MEAN, [2:29:02] I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN -- OH, AGATE, AND THE USE [2:29:09] OF CONTINGENCY TO PREVENT 130 [2:29:15] SHELTER BEDS FROM PERMANENTLY [2:29:20] CLOSING IN DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. I HAVE -- I PULLED UP THE EMAIL CHAIN BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE [2:29:27] SURE THAT I HAD NOT FORGOTTEN OR MADE UP THIS BACK AND FORTH WITH [2:29:32] THE CITY ATTORNEY. BUT YOU KNOW, [2:29:37] THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS VERY CLEARLY STATES HERE THAT ANY USE [2:29:45] OF CONTINGENCY WHICH INHERENTLY IS AN UNPLANNED EXPENSE, [2:29:50] OTHERWISE IT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE USE OF CONTINGENCY IN THE FIRST PLACE, REQUIRES A [2:29:57] THREE-FOURTHS VOTE OF THE COUNCIL BY CHARTER, WHICH IS 10 MEMBERS OF THIS BODY HAVE TO [2:30:04] VOTE TO AUTHORIZE A USE OF CONTINGENCY. CONTINGENCY IS NOT WE CAME UP WITH THIS NEW IDEA [2:30:11] AND NOW WE WANT TO FUND IT. IT'S WE DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING. NOW WE NEED YOUR AUTHORIZATION TO [2:30:16] USE THIS MONEY FOR THIS THING THAT WE COULD NOT HAVE EXPECTED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE [2:30:22] KNOWN ABOUT COPPER WIRE THEFTS AS IT RELATES TO STREET LIGHTS. [2:30:27] LIKE RIGHT BEFORE THE BUDGET BACK WHEN I THINK IT WAS OUR FIRST YEAR, MY FIRST YEAR ON THE [2:30:35] COUNCIL, BACK WHEN THE CURRENT COO WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. SHE SENT US THIS LONG [2:30:40] EMAIL DETAILING ALL THE THINGS THAT PUBLIC WORKS WAS DOING TO ADDRESS COPPER WIRE THEFT AS IT [2:30:46] RELATED TO STREET LIGHT AND STREET LIGHT REPAIR. SO I GUESS I JUST WOULD CHALLENGE THAT [2:31:00] THERE IS NEVER REALLY AN APPROPRIATE USE OF CONTINGENCY WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. I SEE [2:31:07] I'M JUST GOING TO GO TO THE QUEUE. I APOLOGIZE. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, THEN CASHMAN, [2:31:14] THEN VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU. I DO SUPPORT [2:31:20] MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN GET MORE OF THESE STREETLIGHTS FIXED [2:31:27] ACROSS THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THAT IS IMPACTING MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS [2:31:32] ACROSS THE CITY. THIS CONVERSATION IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE WANT TO USE THIS FUNDING FOR [2:31:38] HOUSING, WHICH IS A HUMAN RIGHT, WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY, WHICH IS IMPACTING OUR RESIDENTS. SOMEHOW [2:31:44] IN THIS BODY IT'S BECOME SO CONTROVERSIAL THAT WE HAD TO [2:31:49] FIND A DIFFERENT PATHWAY. $1 MILLION IS JUST MOVING. THAT'S CONFUSING. SO I'D LIKE A [2:31:56] MEMO FROM A CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SEE HOW THAT IS EVEN POSSIBLE. WHY IS IT THAT WHEN WE WANT TO MOVE FUNDING FOR [2:32:03] HOMELESSNESS, IT REQUIRED A THREE-FOURTHS VOTE ON THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT NOW WHEN THE MAYOR [2:32:08] SEES AN ISSUE THAT WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE BEEN HAVING LIGHTS OUT FOR YEARS IN THE CITY OF [2:32:14] MINNEAPOLIS. FOR YEARS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH A LONG TIME AGO. MOVE LIKE THAT. I [2:32:20] DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENS. I'D LIKE TO GET A MEMO ON THAT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE GUARD [2:32:26] RAILS ARE. I'D LIKE TO SEE US DIVING DEEPER INTO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES TO FIGURE OUT IF [2:32:31] THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE THAT IS ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. IF YOU CAN MOVE A MILLION DOLLARS JUST LIKE THAT, WHAT ELSE CAN [2:32:38] YOU MOVE $1 MILLION FOR? THEN I'D LIKE A REPORT ON HOW WE HAVE [2:32:43] USED THE CONTINGENCY FUND FROM 2017 UNTIL NOW. SO IF OUR CLERKS CAN HELP ME PLEASE WRITE THAT [2:32:51] DOWN. SINCE 2017, HOW HAVE YOU USED THE CONTINGENCY FUND. AND [2:32:56] I'D LIKE A REPORT. THANK YOU. >> CAN I ADDRESS ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WAS MADE. [2:33:01] >> WHICH ONE? >> NO FUNDS WILL BE MOVED TO PUBLIC WORKS. SO I JUST WANT TO [2:33:06] MAKE -- >> CONTINGENCY DOLLARS ARE STILL [2:33:11] MOVING. >> THEY'RE NOT MOVING. >> THEY'RE BEING USED. >> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. SO WE'RE NOT MOVING FUNDS OUT OF [2:33:19] THE CONTINGENCY FUND OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS. RIGHT. SO THERE'S [2:33:24] NO TRANSFER OF FUNDS. SO IN THE AGATE EXAMPLE, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO [2:33:30] MOVE FUNDS OUT OF THE CONTINGENCY BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO [2:33:36] A CONTRACT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MOVE FUNDS OUT OF. THAT WOULD [2:33:42] HAVE TAKEN COUNCIL ACTION. >> ISN'T THAT WHAT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS, WHICH WAS USE [2:33:48] CITY CHANNELS TO COMMUNICATE WE'RE USING $1 MILLION FOR [2:33:53] STREET LIGHT REPAIR. ARE YOU CALLING DIBS ON $1 MILLION? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? [2:33:59] >> I WAS NOT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE SO I CANNOT SPEAK TO WHAT WAS SAID THERE. THERE WILL [2:34:05] NOT BE MOVEMENT OF FUNDS OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS. >> I'M SORRY. I KNOW YOU WEREN'T [2:34:12] AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. I SEE TIM SEXTON STANDING IN THE BACK. [2:34:17] CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WAS GOING ON? I KNOW THERE WAS A PRESS CONFERENCE LATE LAST WEEK IN WHICH YOU AND THE MAYOR AND [2:34:23] SEVERAL OTHERS COMMUNICATED TO THE PRESS AND TO THE PUBLIC USING CITY CHANNELS THAT YOU'D [2:34:29] BE USING $1 MILLION OF CONTINGENCY MONEY TO FIGURE OUT THE STREET LIGHT REPAIR PROBLEM. [2:34:34] IS THAT NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING? THAT'S NOT THE CFO'S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S [2:34:42] HAPPENING. >> COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT, TIM SEXTON, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. JUST TO CLARIFY. ONE MINOR [2:34:47] DETAIL, I WAS ACTUALLY NOT PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. THE COMMUNICATION WAS MEANT TO SAY THAT YES, WE'RE GOING TO BE [2:34:55] SPENDING, REUPING OUR EFFORTS OF STREET LIGHT REPAIRS AND SPENDING AS MUCH AS $1 MILLION [2:35:01] TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I WILL SAY THAT THE STREET LIGHT ISSUE IN MANY WAYS [2:35:07] IS SIMILAR I THINK TO THE SNOW PLOWING WHERE YES, IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. [2:35:14] AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEGREE AND SEVERITY OF THOSE IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD TO FORECAST. [2:35:20] THE THOUGHT THAT THIS REALLY IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. SO I BELIEVE THE INTENT WAS TO REINFORCE THAT NEED. AS THE CFO [2:35:28] MENTIONED, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL TO DO AN OVERAGE IN [2:35:33] THAT ACCOUNT. AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT TERM OF [2:35:39] ART SHOULD BE OR IS, BUT WHETHER IT'S CONTINGENCY, OVERAGE, OR [2:35:46] SOMETHING ELSE. BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING -- WE HAVE RIGHT [2:35:51] NOW ABOUT 17 MILES OF STREET LIGHTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE COST TO [2:35:57] REPAIR THOSE IS APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. THIS IS JUST MEANT TO REINFORCE THE INTENT TO MAKE [2:36:03] THOSE REPAIRS THIS YEAR. >> GREAT. I MEAN, NOW I'M LOOKING AT THE PRESS RELEASE [2:36:08] RIGHT NOW AND IT SAYS TODAY, MAYOR FREY AND CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS LEADERS ANNOUNCE [2:36:13] THEY WILL DIRECT, THAT'S THE WORD, DIRECT, $1 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S CONTINGENCY FUNDS TO [2:36:21] ADDRESS STREET LIGHT OUTAGES CAUSED BY COPPER WIRE THEFT. THOSE WERE THE WORDS THAT WERE USED. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ, ANY [2:36:34] FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> YES. I WAS FINISHING OFF THE LAST PART WHICH ALSO SAID WITH [2:36:39] $1 MILLION FROM OUR CONTINGENCY FUND BUT RAMPING UP REPAIRS ON [2:36:44] THE 450 DAMAGED STREET LIGHTS. IT WAS IN THE PRESS AS WELL. CONTINUED TO USE THE WORD CONTINGENCY FUND THAT THE MAYOR [2:36:50] IS MOVING, USING $1 MILLION FROM CONTINGENCY FUND. AGAIN, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE WHEN WE'RE TOLD [2:36:56] WE HAVE TO TAKE 10 VOTES, THREE-FOURTH MAJORITY ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO USE. I WILL BE [2:37:03] CLEAR, I SUPPORT THE USE OF FUNDING FOR THESE STREET LIGHTS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN [2:37:08] THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXPLAINING THESE POLICIES [2:37:14] EQUITABLY, AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL HELD TO THE SAME REGARD. THANK YOU. [2:37:23] >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF [2:37:29] QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. AS THE CHAIR OF CLIMATE INFRASTRUCTURE, [2:37:35] VICE CHAIR AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I'M GLAD A SOLUTION WAS FOUND HERE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE [2:37:43] DEPARTMENT IS OVER SPENDING THEIR BUDGET AND IT WILL COME OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT I'M ASKING THE CFO WOULD BE [2:37:50] HOW DOES THE COUNCIL REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT TO OVER SPEND THEIR BUDGET FOR AN ISSUE? BECAUSE FOR [2:37:56] EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR SEXTON AND I TALKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO [2:38:02] MORE MONEY. WHERE CAN WE FIND THE MONEY FOR THE STREET LIGHT BUDGET? NOW WE KNOW WE CAN JUST [2:38:08] OVER SPEND. HOW CAN THE COUNCIL REQUEST OVER SPENDING FOR THINGS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE? [2:38:14] >> THAT'S AN ATTORNEY QUESTION. >> TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. >> MR. ATTORNEY, IF YOU WOULD [2:38:20] PLEASE ADDRESS THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, I MAY HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON PART [2:38:25] OF THAT PIECE. ONE DISTINCTION HERE, AND THIS IS BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU KNOW, [2:38:31] PUBLIC WORKS IS CURRENTLY USING ITS EXISTING FISCAL YEAR 2025 [2:38:36] BUDGET. SO THERE'S NOT A TRANSFER OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS. [2:38:41] CERTAINLY THE COUNCIL CAN TRANSFER CONTINGENCY FUNDS USING THE SUPERMAJORITY THAT WE'VE [2:38:47] TALKED ABOUT. THE THREE-QUARTERS VOTE. OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON [2:38:56] THE REQUEST TO OVER SPEND THE BUDGET. >> MM-HMM. YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE [2:39:01] HAD A REALLY HARD TIME ACCESSING CONTINGENCY FUNDS IN THE LAST [2:39:06] YEAR. WHILE I'M REALLY GLAD THE FUNDING IS BEING USED FOR THIS, IT IS A NEED WE'RE ALL [2:39:13] EXPERIENCING. IT WAS A UNILATERAL DECISION TO OVER SPEND, WHICH IS NOT GOOD [2:39:18] GOVERNANCE. WE AS THE OVERSIGHT BODY ARE TASKED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO THESE DECISIONS GET MADE [2:39:23] IN TRANSPARENT WAYS. IF THE MAYOR HAS THE ABILITY TO ASK A DEPARTMENT TO OVER SPEND ON [2:39:29] THEIR BUDGET TO FILL A NEED ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ALL KNOW IS THERE, THEN HOW CAN THE COUNCIL [2:39:35] HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY AND PROCESS TO DO THE SAME? [2:39:41] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, ONE THING I DID THINK ABOUT IS OF COURSE THE COUNCIL [2:39:47] CAN AMEND THE BUDGET WITHOUT A SUPERMAJORITY IF IT WANTED TO [2:39:52] DIRECT MORE MONEY TO A DEPARTMENT FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC. >> YES. AND I WAS TOLD BY THE [2:39:57] DIR DIRECTOR THAT THERE WAS CLEAR DIRECTIVE AND THAT THAT WAS OFF [2:40:03] THE TABLE WHICH IS WHY WE DIDN'T GO THAT ROUTE. I THINK THE MAYOR CREATED A BUDGET AMENDMENT OF [2:40:08] HIS OWN ACCORD WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO [2:40:16] KNOW, AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ'S MEMO IS HOW IN THE [2:40:21] FUTURE -- WOULD BE ANOTHER QUESTION. AT WHAT POINT WILL WE LEARN THE EXTENT OF THAT OVER [2:40:28] SPENDING. THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU CFO. LAST YEAR [2:40:33] WHEN WE DID DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS. MANY OVER SPENT. [2:40:40] OVERSPENT BY $1 MILLION BECAUSE THEY DID SALARY WAGE INCREASES. HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE OVER [2:40:46] SPENDING BY 1 MILLION, AND WHEN WE'RE GETTING TO THAT $6 MILLION [2:40:53] THRESHOLD. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, SO OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT WILL BE THE [2:41:01] SECOND QUARTERLY REPORT PROBABLY COMING TO BUDGET COMMITTEE SOME TIME IN SEPTEMBER, [2:41:07] AUGUST-SEPTEMBER TIMELINE. THEN YOU CAN SEE THE RATE OF SPEND FOR EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS. THE [2:41:13] CONTROLLER WILL BE PRESENTING FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN YOU MAY FOCUS ON THE [2:41:18] GENERAL FUND TO SEE IF THE OVERALL SPEND IS GOING OVER THE ALLOCATED AMOUNT FOR EACH OF THE [2:41:25] DEPARTMENTS. >> THANK YOU. WHEN WE GET THE FINAL POINT IN TIME REPORT, WILL IT BE CUMULATIVE THROUGH THE WHOLE YEAR? [2:41:31] >> YES. >> OKAY. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AT WHAT POINT WILL THAT BE [2:41:39] IN QUEUE 3 OUR LAST ONE OR THE END OF THE YEAR. [2:41:48] >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL MEMBER CASHMAN, THE [2:41:53] FOURTH QUARTER REPORT IS PRESENTED SOME TIME IN MARCH THE FOLLOWING YEAR. SO YOU CAN SEE [2:42:00] THE YEAR-END BALANCES AT THAT TIME ONCE THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED. >> MM-HMM. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, [2:42:06] I MEAN, OVER SPENDING IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING IF IT INDICATES THERE'S A NEED THAT [2:42:11] NEEDED TO BE MEANT. I THINK UNDER SPENDING IS ALSO SOMETHING TO TAKE NOTE OF SO WE CAN ADJUST [2:42:17] BUDGET AT THE END OF THE YEAR ACCORDINGLY TO FIT THE REALITY. WHAT WAS ACTUALLY NEEDED AND WHAT WAS SPENT. AND I JUST DON'T [2:42:24] THINK THERE SHOULD BE A DOUBLE STANDARD IN TERMS OF MID-YEAR BUDGET AMENDMENTS. WE SHOULD ALL [2:42:30] HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND BE FLEXIBLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. [2:42:35] >> THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. SO WE NEED TO WRAP UP HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE [2:42:41] OF MINUTES. WHAT I CAN DO IS MAKE SURE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO [2:42:48] ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MAKE SURE TO NOTE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, WHICH WILL THEN GO TO THE CLERKS TO BE INCLUDED IN [2:42:56] THIS RESPONSE MEMO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CFO AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO [2:43:02] RESPOND TO, AND IF NEEDED, WE CAN ASSESS ADDITIONAL THINGS WE [2:43:07] NEED TO DO HERE TO TRACK THIS ISSUE AND ANYTHING FROM PERHAPS IT LOOKS LIKE US HOLDING A [2:43:14] HEARING TO REALLY ASSESS WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT TYPES OF MISUSES OF CONTINGENCY. WHICH [2:43:22] YOU KNOW, I THINK IS CONCERNING TO ALL OF US. CAN BE USED IN THE FUTURE. WITH THAT, WE'VE [2:43:30] CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL.