For 2027, our budget proposal focuses on um continuing the utilization of non-general funds, specifically the opioid uh settlement fund and the recycling and solid waste fund, which we'll go into later. Also, um and then maintaining our current revenue sources and the strategic utilization of vacancies for our 2026 budget recap.

What we've seen so far, I just put some highlights here, was seeing about 99% of permits u being submitted online versus pre-poly was 55%. Um we also [clears throat] saw 2.84 million in online payments processed in the first year and uh earlier this year we migrated 4 million records from the old system onto the new.

I'm wondering around sort of the uh ways that you because because so much of what Poly is being automated. What are the ways that you're working with other departments to uh to like compare notes and upload notes from other departments to the poly system? I've come across a few things just recently where you know notes from maybe SPD or from other departments would be useful in in the consideration of sort of those automated uh automated um approvals.

what we have seen so far is really a slow ramp up of the program if if any at all really at this point. It's more about the outreach and the education piece of it. Um what uh the positions that we are seeing uh we're proposing to reduce um can be uh one of them is a customer service rep which can if we should see uh any ramp up of um services needed um we can uh utilize other customer service reps.

I'm curious about um the DSI fire safety inspector 2 rule where it's specifically called out that there's frequent turnover. Wondering if you could share more about why we see that turnover and if there are changes that might be being considered to prevent turnover and thus budget implications.

And so to me, it it I it just like I um I feel very torn because I understand we're in um a very always in a very difficult situation with the budget and how to fill that gap and at the same time these are very important investments that we have a huge stake in when it comes to the future of our city.

my understanding is that depending on the timing, it gets acred back to 2025. Um so then it it like given that we're closing 2025 and that's done, um no more spending happening in 2025, it will just fall to the city's fund balance. So it will, um support that, but does not get sort of reprogrammed or added into the 2026 um budget.

the, um opioid settlement funds are, uh, funding five positions, um, for the heart, and that includes outreach, um, and code enforcement, and I can't, uh, remember the other positions, but uh, this pos these um, this team has been intact. uh they do the outreach, they do um the connection uh of the um unsheltered to resources.