Our goal is to just jump right into this. And, uh, obviously, I think some of you know that I have a tendency to talk a little fast, so if I'm go a little fast or I skip over something, please flag me down, let me know.

Uhm for us the big question is going to be in 2027 is going to be u managing and absorbing these budget cuts while maintaining the level of service that we've been able to provide uh thus far.

I don't disagree and I I just to be very clear, if we were able to snap our thumbs and be fingers and be at 616 right now, we'd be spending overtime next year. Um 616, the city has outgrown the size of this police department.

I literally I will tell you just an anecdotal example of this. Kurt Hollstrom, Deputy Chief Holstrom was the was the person who was bringing this along. And I said to him, I'd like to just start to hear if you get any wins, you get a good story, I'd love to know what it is. And he brought me a list of about 12 things. And I said, oh, I thought you weren't starting this till yesterday. And he said, this is from yesterday.

But it's better to fill those positions and then be able to uh pay for services that way rather than relying on overtime, relying on uh unfilled positions. um it just ends up costing more money in the end and it doesn't give us a clear picture of how much we're actually spending.

However, I I think that um what the question that remains for me is really for years where we don't have any sort of one-time funding available. How do we ensure that there continues to be funding for themies? And so, um, I I think long term my interest would be actually having this be a part of our general fund and wanted to to share that to you all.

One of my requests to Governor Walls when he and I had some one-on- ones was that I thought that the state should be carving out money to say, 'But for you being the capital, these things are never happening here.'