>>> IT IS 9:31 A.M.
I'M LISA HER BOLT.
HERBOLD, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> FOUR PRESENT.
>> THANKYOU ALEX.
>> ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL
HEAR FROM A PRESENTATION FROM
THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON
THEIR 2021 WORK PLAN.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE AN INITIAL
MEETING ON COUNCIL BILL 119981.
THIS IS CONCERNING THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY RECALL
THAT WE HELD THIS ITEM AT OUR
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING, WHILE
THE CITY COMMUNICATED WITH THE
MONITOR AND THE COURT,
OVERSEEING THE CONSENT DECREE
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
A LITTLE MORE ON THAT LATER.
WE HAD INTENDED TO HEARING FROM
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,
ON THEIR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE CONDUCTED
IN ORDER TO DEVELOP REQUESTS
FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY CAPACITY INVESTMENTS.
ALONG WITH A PROPOSED SPEND
PLAN THAT THE COUNCILMEMBER
MUST APPROVE BY ORDINANCE.
COUNCILMEMBERS MAY RECALL THIS
RELATES TO 2020 SUMMER BUDGET
DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS
TO ADD FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY INVESTMENTS.
THOSE, EVEN THOUGH WE VOTED ON
THEM DURING THE 2020 SUMMER
ADJUSTED BUDGET, BECAUSE THE
BUDGET WAS VETOED, THOSE
DOLLARS WERE NOT SPENT AND
INSTEAD WHEN WE OVERRODE THE
VETO, WE ALSO THEN VOTED IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO MOVE
THOSE DOLLARS FORWARD.
SO WE'RE, I KNOW, ALL VERY
EAGER TO GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
INFORMED US LATE LAST WEEK,
THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE READY
FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WE
HAD PLANNED FOR TODAY, AND WE
EXPECT TO HEAR IT ON MARCH 9th,
INSTEAD ALONG WITH THE SPEND
PLAN ITSELF AND THE LEGISLATION
THAT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO
ACT ON TO ALLOW HSD TO RELEASE
THE DOLLARS.
WE WILL NOW APPROVE OUR AGENDA
FOR THE COMMITTEE MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
THANK YOU.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE INTO
PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD, ALLOWING EACH
SPEAKER TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL CALL EACH SPEAKER BY NAME,
AND IN ORDER, WITH WHICH
THEY'VE REGISTERED ON THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
IF YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK, BUT YOU WOULD LIKE TO,
YOU CAN SIGN UP BY THE END OF
THE PUBLIC HEARING BY GOING TO
THECOUNCIL'S HECOUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
ONCE YOU'VE HEARD THAT PROMPT,
YOU'LL NEED TO PRESS STAR 6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING AND THE
ITEM YOU'RE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
THERE'S 10 SECONDS LEFT OF THE
TIME.
ONCE THE SPEAKER HEARS THE
CHIME, WE ASK YOU TO WRAP UP
YOUR COMMENTS.
IF THE SPEAKERS DO NOT WRAP UP,
THE SPEAKERS WILL BE MUTED
AFTER TEN SECONDS TO ALLOW US
TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE, AND
YOU'RE WELCOME TO FOLLOW.
WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND AGAIN, COMMENTERS, WE ASK
THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO
TWO MINUTES OF TIME.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL BEGIN
CALLING ON THEM.
WE'LL START WITH HOWARD BALE,
FOLLOWED BY JULIA BUCK.
>> GOOD MORNING, HOWARD GALE,
DISTRICT 7, COMMENTING ON
ACCOUNTABILITY. ABUSE AND
FOR MOST POLICE OFFICERS
THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT
TO THEM THAN THEIR AUTHORITY
AND ABILITY TO USE GREAT, AND
SOMETIMES DEADLY POWER TO
ENFORCE IT.
SO HOW CAN WE BE SURPRISED IN
POLICE IF THEY HAVE NO
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE BEATING,
GASSING, ABUSING, FALSELY
ARRESTING HUNDREDS OF MIDDLE
CLASS WHITE PEOPLE LAST SUMMER,
THEN COME TO BELIEVE THEY CAN
KILL THOSE WHO HAVE SO MUCH
LESS POWER, AND VOICE [
INAUDIBLE ]. THOSE WHO ARE
HOMELESS, AND/OR IN SEVERE
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
AS WAS JAY HAYDEN LAST WEEK,
WHEN THE POLICE ENDED HIS LIFE
13.5 SECONDS AFTER ARRIVING ON
THE SCENE.
HALF OF THE PEOPLE KILLED HAVE
WIELDED A KNIFE, A BROKEN
BOTTLE, OR NO WEAPON AT ALL.
ALL WERE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS.
TODAY I WILL READ THE NAMES OF
THOSE WHO ARE TOO OFTEN
FORGOTTEN BY US.
THE 14 PEOPLE KILLED BY THE SPD
RECENTLY.
ERIC LANE EVANS.
MIKE QUANYU CHEN.
JACK.
CODY WILLIS STAFFORD.
LARRY ANDREW FLYNN.
SAM TESHIRO SMITH.
TSUN MA.
CHE.
CHAR LEANO MILES.
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, RYAN SMITH.
PERRY J. CAVER, AND DERRICK J.
HAYDEN JUST LAST WEEK.
I REMIND THE COUNCIL.
THESE WERE PEOPLE SUFFERING A
SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND
HAD NOTHING MORE THAN A KNIFE
OR A BOTTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT SPEAKER IS JULIA BUCK,
FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH STANTON.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS JULIA BUCK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6.
IN THE AUGUST 2020, THE COUNCIL
PASSED RESOLUTION 31962, WHICH
SAID THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
NOT SUPPORT ANY.
GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.
THIS IS JULIA BUCK OF DISTRICT
6. IN AUGUST 2020, THE COUNCIL
PASSED RESOLUTION 31962, WHICH
SAID THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT
SUPPORT ANY BUDGET, INCREASE
THE BUDGET TO OFFSET
EXPENDTURES ABOVE THE FUNDS
BUDGETED IN 2020 OR 2021.
THE REVICED BUDGET [ INAUDIBLE
] FOR OVERTIME.
THE SPD SPENT [ INAUDIBLE ] ON
OVERTIME.
GAVE OFFICERS MORE PAID
OVERTIMESHARES THAN THEIR
BUDGET WOULD ALLOW.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HERSELF
SAID CUT SPD'S 2021 BUDGET TO
OFFSET THE ADDITIONAL $5.4
MILLION IS THE BEST WAY I CAN
THINK OF TO HOLD SPD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS BUDGET
OVERRUN ACCORDING TO THE "NEW
YORK TIMES."
YOUR OWN CITY AUDITOR OFFICE
IDENTIFIED A QUOTE SIGNIFICANT
GAP IN SPD'S OVERTIME CONTROLS
THAT LED TO OVERTIME ERRORS AND
INEFFICIENCIES, INCLUDING
LOOKING AT PAYMENTS OF
OVERTIME.
I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW
DISAPPOINTING IT IS THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL NEEDS THREE
MEETINGS TO CONSIDER FOLLOWING
THROUGH ON ITS OWN PROMISES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, THE NEXT SPEAKER,
IS ELIZABETH STANTON FOLLOWED
BY BILL ANDERSON.
ELIZABETH, ARE YOU WITH US?
>> START.
THANK YOU, SITTING COUNCIL FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY ON HERE TODAY
ABOUT CONTRACTING WITH THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
THEIR BUDGET.
I URGE THE COUNCIL TO DEDUCT
THE OVER-DOLLARS FROM THE 2020
BUDGET FROM THE 2021 BUDGET,
AND I URGE THE COUNCIL TO AUDIT
THE USE AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF
OVERTIME WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR THEIR COURAGE ON
THIS ISSUE.
AND IT'S A LONG TIME ISSUE, AND
I WOULD CALL ON THE CITIZENS OF
THE CITY TO LOOK AT THE 13
STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT
ARE PURSUING A SIMILAR PROGRAM
OF DEFUNDING THEIR POLICE AND
WHAT THE SUCCESS, OR LACK OF
SUCCESS HAS BEEN IN THE
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE PURSUED
THIS, AND I WOULD PARTICULARLY
URGE PEOPLE TO LOOK AT CAMDEN,
NEW JERSEY.
WE HAVE A CONTINUED PROBLEM OF
BLACK DEATHS SINCE GEORGE
FLOYD'S DEATH.
I STOPPED COUNTING AT 12 AROUND
THE COUNTRY.
AND THE CONTINUED DISRESPECT BY
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HAS FOR BLACK LIVES MATTER
DEMONSTRATORS, DEMONSTRATING
PEACEFULLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
BLACK NEIGHBORS, AND THE RECENT
COMMENTS OF THE LEADER OF SPAG
EQUIVOCATING THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT WITH THE WHITE
SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT.
DEMONSTRATORS AT JANUARY 6th.
SO I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME
COUNTY AND I WOULD JUST AGAIN
WANT TO URGE THAT WE STICK TO
OUR REFORMS AND THE COMMITMENTS
THAT I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS
MADE.
>> THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.
OUR LAST SPEAKER WHO IS SIGNED
UP IS BILL ANDERSON.
BUT I NOTE THAT IT SHOWS THAT
HE IS NOT PRESENT.
SO JUST CALLING FOR BILL
ANDERSON.
IF HE'S LISTENING AND WANTS TO
SIGN BACK ON, BUT NOT SEEING
ANY EVIDENCE OF THAT AT THIS
TIME, I THINK WE WILL CLOSE OUT
PUBLIC COMMENT.
WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE INTO THE
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM?
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1. 2021
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORK
PLAN.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
GOOD MORNING, CHIEF SCOGGINS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE WITH US TODAY.
>> HELLO.
GOOD MORNING.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, AND MEMBERS
OF THE COUNCIL THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME, AND THE FIRST
QUESTION I'LL ASK, IS CAN YOU
SEE MY SCREEN?
>> SURE CAN.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A
FEW MINUTES TO SHARE A FEW
SLIDES OF LOOKING BACK AT 2020
FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND IN
THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING
IN 2021.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT
THE NEW YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE TRY TO DO IS HIT THE REFRESH
BUTTON ON OUR NORTH STAR.
THIS IS A BUSY SLIDE.
IT CONTAINS A LOT OF
INFORMATION.
THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE, OR
OUR PURPOSE.
WE'RE HERE TO SERVE OTHERS.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US,
AND THAT TIES TO OUR MISSION OF
SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING
PROPERTY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN, RELIVING OUR VALUES.
OUR INTEGRITY, TEAM WORK,
COMPASSION, COURAGE AND DIE
ADVERSITY, WE NO THIS IS A
CIRCULAR OPERATION, OUR CULTURE
DEFINES OUR OPERATIONS.
OUR OPERATIONS SHOULD REFLECT
OUR VALUES.
OUR VALUES REFLECT OUR BELIEFS
AND OUR ORGANIZATION DEFINES
OUR VALUES.
SO FOR US, THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THEN HITTING THE REFRESH BUTTON
ON OUR VISION AS AN
ORGANIZATION, A COMMITMENT TO
EXCELLENCE AND BEING A NATIONAL
LEADER IN EVERYTHING THAT WE
DO.
WHAT YOU SEE INSIDE OF THE
BULLS EYE RING HERE IS THE
DARKER GRAY RING.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF ANOTHER
REFRESH.
OUR GOALS, OUR IDEAS, OUR
PLANS, AND OUR FUTURE THAT WE
HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON ON THE
ORGANIZATION.
THEN THE OUTER GRAY RING ARE
OUR EXPECTATIONS OF EACH OTHER
AND WHERE WE'RE GOING AS AN
ORGANIZATION.
SO WITH THE DEPARTMENT, I TOOK
A LOT LONGER THAN I'M TAKING
RIGHT NOW TO GO OVER EACH ONE
OF THESE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT EACH YEAR WE HIT THE
REFRESH BUTTON ON OUR NORTH
STORE, AND OUR WHY THAT WE'RE
HERE.
SO LOOKING BACK AT OUR INCIDENT
RESPONSE OVER THE LAST FIVE
YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING
DOWN, AND THAT IS REALLY,
REALLY GOOD, BECAUSE WE HAVE
DEPLOYED A NUMBER OF THINGS.
WE HAVE DEPLOYED ADDITIONAL AID
CARS, CASE MANAGERS.
WE HAVE REVISED OUR DISPATCH
PROTOCOLS, AND WE HAD A REALLY
GOOD DOWNWARD TREND GOING, AND
WE LOOKED FROM '19 TO '20 AND
WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DOWNWARD
TREND.
WHAT THAT REPRESENTED WAS
PEOPLE NOT CALLING 911 FOR
MEDICALLY RELATED CALLS.
WE SAW THAT EARLY ON AND YOU
MAY REMEMBER BACK IN APRIL,
MAY, JUNE, AND JULY, WE DID A
LOT OF MESSAGING TO THE PUBLIC
TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WAS
SAFE TO CALL 911 FOR
EMERGENCIES.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE FALL
OFF ASK.
OUR FIRE EMERGENCIES REMAIN
PRETTY STEADY.
OF THAT 80,000 CALLS A LITTLE
OVER 20,000 WERE FIRE RELATED
EMERGENCIES.
IN 2019, OF THOSE 92,000 CALLS,
ABOUT 20,000 OF THOSE WERE FIRE-
RELATED EMERGENCIES.
SO OUR FIRE CALLS DID NOT FALL
OFF, OUR EMS CALLS FELL OFF.
THIS IS HOW IT REFLECTED.
IN THE PAST, OUR FIRE-RELATED
CALLS WERE ABOUT 20%.
OUR EMS RELATED CALLS WERE
ABOUT 80%.
SO WE SAW THE SHIFT IN 2020,
AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT HOLDS
TRUE.
WE'RE TRACKING IT FROM MONTH TO
MONTH, BUT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT
SHIFT FOR US RELATED TO OUR
RESPONSES.
AND ONE OF THE PRIORITIES OF
THE ORGANIZATION IS OUR
OPERATIONS BUILDING
INSPECTIONS.
WE HAVE A GOAL EACH YEAR OF
GETTING TO 100% OF ALL OF OUR
BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BEING
INDEPENDENTED.
IN 2019, WE GOT TO 96% WERE ALL
COMPLETED.
OF THAT LAST 4%, WE HAD BEEN IN
A NUMBER OF THOSE BUILDINGS,
BUT WE DIDN'T GAIN COMPLIANCE.
BUT IN 2020, WHEN WE SAW THE
CITY SHUT DOWN FOR MONTHS ON
END, ANY TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY
HAD AN OPENING, OUR UNITS WERE
OUT IN THE FIELD DOING BUILDING
INSPECTIONS.
THE CITY WAS CLOSED FOR AT
LEAST HALF THE YEAR, SO THAT
MADE IT REALLY CHALLENGING FOR
US.
SO THIS YEAR IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRY TO GET
OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE
A TEST POINT FOR ALL OF THOSE
PROPERTIES THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE
GOTTEN IN.
IN 2020, FOR A VARIETY OF
REASONS, MAYBE THEY CLOSE.
MAE MAYBE THEY WERE CLOSED FOR
THE PANDEMIC AND ALL OF THOSE
DIFFERENT THINGS THERE.
>> I WANT TO GET THROUGH THE
SLIDE, BUT I WANT TO JUST SAY
TO OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THAT IF
THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, AS WE MOVE
THROUGH THIS, FREE TO RAISE
YOUR HAND IN THE PARTICIPANT'S
PANEL I'M WATCHING.
AND THAT'S LOOKING DOWN A
LITTLE BIT TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE
OPERATIONS AND BUILDING
INSPECTIONS SLIDE.
THANK YOU.
CAN YOU JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT
MORE TIME TO EXPLAIN WHY THE
COVID-19 CRISIS HAD AN IMPACT
ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLETED
BUILDING INSPECTIONS?
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
AS WE ALL REMEMBER THE CITY
PRETTY MUCH, THE NATION WAS
CLOSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF
TIME.
THAT RESTRICTED OUR ACCESS TO A
NUMBER OF THE BUILDINGS IN THE
CITY.
AND AS MORE OF THE BUSINESSES
CREATED A WORK FROM HOME
PLATFORM, EVEN WHEN THEY WERE
OPENED, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
WORKING FROM HOME, SO WE MAY
NOT HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY ABLE TO
GAIN ACCESS TO DO AN INSPECTION
IN THE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS
AROUND THE CITY.
SO AS WE HAD WINDOWS OF LIGHT,
AND I'LL JUST TERM IT AS THAT,
WHERE WE HAD DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF REOPENING, THAT'S WHEN OUR
UNITS ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND
TRIED TO GET INSIDE THE
STRUCTURES, AND DO THE BUILDING
INSPECTIONS.
THAT BECAME VERY IMPORTANT FOR
US.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE PIECES OF
NEW WORK THAT ACTUALLY WASN'T
LISTED WAS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO
HELP THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
MAINLY THE RESTAURANTS WITH THE
TIP COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S NOT EVEN TIED TO THIS.
BUT THE CLOSURES PLAYED IN,
MAINLY TO THESE BUILDING
INSPECTIONS.
>> YEAH.
AND THAT'S THE PART I'M HOPING
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND A LITTLE
BIT.
I MEAN, YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE I UNDERSTAND
THAT A BUSINESS NOT BEING OPEN
IMPACTS, WHY THAT WOULD IMPACT
YOUR ABILITY TO ACCESS THAT
BUSINESS.
PRESUMABLY, YOU HAVE WAYS TO
CONTACT BUILDING OWNERS AND
MANAGERS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR
BEING OPEN OR CLOSED.
BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY NATURE
OF YOUR WORK.
BUT MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING
THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT
YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU ABOUT
THE CONTACT OF BUILDING OWNERS
AND MANAGERS.
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO WHAT OUR FIRE COMPANIES DO,
IS THEY CALL THE PROPERTY
OWNER, THE BUSINESS OWNER, AND
THEY MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, SO
THEY CAN GET ON SITE TO
ACTUALLY DO THE PHYSICAL
BUILDING INSPECTION.
SO THAT'S THE KEY TO THESE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE CHECKING
COMPLIANCE FOR FIRE LIFE SAFETY
SYSTEMS, EXITS, ELECTRICAL,
HIGH POWER STORAGE, ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, IT'S
ALL ABOUT BEING ON SITE.
WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMON
SPACE IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY
BUILDING IN THE CITY THROUGH
THE KNOCKS BOX KEY SYSTEM.
BUT OFTENTIMES THERE ARE
BUSINESSES WITHIN THE BUILDING
THAT ARE NOT TIED TO THE COMMON
SPACE.
SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO
JUST DOOR-TO-DOOR.
SO THIS IS TIED TO MAKING AN
APPOINTMENT, MEETING THE
PROPERTY OWNER, OR THE BUSINESS
OWNER ON SITE, AND THEN DOING A
BUSINESS INSPECTION OR A
BUILDING INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT'S
TIED TO THERE.
>> THANK YOU, APPRECIATE IT.
>> HYDRANTS.
THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE
TRY TO FOCUS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN TOOLS WE
USE IN FIGHTING FIRE.
WE GOT TO 97% COMPLETION RATE
OF ALL OF THE HYDRANTS IN THE
CITY.
OVER 16,000, ALMOST 17,000
HYDRANTS.
AND THE LAST 3% MADE TIED TO
MAINTENANCE OR DIFFERENT THINGS
LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US AS
AN ORGANIZATION THERE.
THEN SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE AS
MANY BUILDING INSPECTIONS, WE
DID A SHIFT, AND WE STARTED
FOCUSING ON TRAINING.
WE'VE BEEN KIND OF RESHAPING
OUR TRAINING PROGRAM OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, AND WE'VE
BECOME VERY INTENTIONAL WITH
MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH
296, 305 OF THE WAC, OUR
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES.
SO WE BECAME VERY INTENTIONAL
WITH HOW WE DEPLOY TRAINING,
WHETHER IT'S MULTI-COMPANY
DRILLS.
WHETHER IT'S DAILY ASSIGNED
TRAINING, AND ACTUALLY TRACKING
WITH OUR PLATFORMS OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE BECOME
MUCH MORE EFFICIENT IN HOW WE
TRACK OUR TRAINING HOURS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE COMPLIANCE,
WHETHER IT'S ELT, OR 0 OUR
DRIVER CERTIFICATION PLATFORMS
IN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE
DO.
SO WE REALLY SAW AN UPTICK IN
THAT AREA.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE REALLY
STAYING BUSY, MAKING SURE WE
WERE READY TO GO IF THE
EMERGENCY CAME.
AND TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE
ITEMS WE FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR
ND IN 2021, AND THIS IS A BUSY
SLIDE, SO I'LL KIND OF WALK
THROUGH IT.
BUT BEHIND THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE
8 TO 12 DIFFERENT COMMITTEES,
PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS THAT ARE
ALSO WORKING THROUGH THEIR OWN
WORK PLANS FOR THE DEPARTMENT,
BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT
I'LL LIFT UP FOR THE
CONVERSATION TODAY, ARE IN-WEB
TRANSITION TEAM HAS BEEN
WORKING HARD TO TRANSITION THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO THE
IN-WEB PLATFORM.
MANY, MANY HOURS PUT INTO THIS.
AND WE FINALLY MADE THAT
TRANSITION.
BY THE END OF MARCH, WE HOPE TO
BE COMPLETE, WORKING THROUGH
ALL OF THE BUGS, BUT I WANT TO
LIFT UP OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
TEAM, WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR WHO LED THAT WORK.
KIM AND OUR PIO'S, THAT'S
REALLY DOWNLOADING A VERYOLD
SYSTEM, AND GOING THROUGH THE
FILES AND TRANSITIONING IT INTO
THIS NEW IN-WEB SYSTEM.
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT
FIRST STEP DONE.
BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, WE
HOPE TO BE WRAPPED UP WITH THAT
PROJECT.
THEN OUR MOBILE INSPECTION
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET TO
MOBILE INSPECTIONS FOR A COUPLE
YEARS NOW.
AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO OUR
ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE REPORTS
THAT WE ACTUALLY NOW DO FOR
PATIENTS OUT IN THE FIELD.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A
TABLET, OR A DEVICE, GO INSIDE
OF A PROPERTY.
ACTUALLY DO A BUILDING
INSPECTION ON A TABLET, AND
THEN BE ABLE TO SEND A REPORT
ELECTRONICALLY.
THAT CREATES A NUMBER OF
EFFICIENCIES.
ONCE THE WORK IS DONE AND THE
TABLET IS NOW UPLOADED INTO THE
SYSTEMS, IF THE PROPERTY OR
BUSINESS OWNER IS ON THE SITE,
WE CAN SEND HIM A COPY OF THE
REPORT IMMEDIATELY.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC, AND IT SHOULD
CREATE EFFICIENCIES.
BECAUSE WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW IS
WE GO OUT IN THE FIELD, WE
CREATE A BUSINESS INSPECTION.
WE WRITE A SHEET OF PAPER DOWN.
WE GO BACK TO THE STATION, WE
INPUT THAT INTO OUR COMPUTER
SYSTEM, AND THEN WE'LL PUT A
NOTICE OF VIOLATION IN THE
MAIL.
SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE
THAT LOOP AND STREAMLINE THAT A
BIT MORE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY
BIG ONE FOR US.
THE DEPLOYMENT OF HELP 2, AND
HELP 3. WE'VE BEEN REALLY
WORKING ON THAT.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF PIECES TO
THIS, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON
THE STAFFING PLATFORM WITH
SELECTING THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS.
WE RECENTLY HAD THE INTERVIEWS,
SO WE STARTED WHITTLING THAT
DOWN.
PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE.
THE LOGISTICS OF THE FACILITY.
IT WILL BE ON AT FIRE STATION 2
IN 2 IN BELLTOWN, SO GETTING A
FACILITY READY TO GO, AND ALL
THE EQUIPMENT, AND TRAINING, SO
OUR TARGET THERE IS JUST AFTER
THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.
WE HOPE TO HAVE HELP 2 ON THE
STREET.
SO THAT WILL BE PRETTY
IMPORTANT FOR US.
WE SAW THE VALUE OF IT A COUPLE
OF WEEKENDS AGO, DURING THE
RECENT SNOWSTORM.
WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A HELP 2
UNIT ON THE STREET, ALONG WITH
HELP 1, ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF
THE SNOWSTORM.
DURING THAT, THERE WAS ENOUGH
WORK FOR EVERYONE TO DO, AND
THE FIREFIGHTERS REALLY DID A
GREAT JOB THERE.
THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE'RE
WORKING THROUGH IS OUR WORK
SCHEDULING, AND TIME QUICHING
PROGRAM.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR ELECTRONIC
HIRING, AND STAFFING PROGRAM.
IT WILL INTEGRATE WITH THE
CITY'S PAYROLL SYSTEM.
IT WILL ELIMINATE THE USE OF
OUR PAPER OVERTIME SHEETS, AND
ALL THE PAPERWORK THAT GO
BEHIND THAT, AND IT WILL BE A
LIVE SYSTEM THAT'S ALL
ELECTRONIC.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO MOVING THAT FORWARD THIS
YEAR.
PROBABLY ABOUT THE FIRST OF MAY
HOPEFULLY WE'RE WRAPPED UP WITH
THAT.
WE'LL START THE LAUNCH AT THE
END OF MARCH.
THE TRAINING IS ALREADY BUILT,
AND WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES
OF THE USER ACCEPTANCE SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING THAT GOING THERE
ALSO.
I'M COVERING A LOT, SO I'LL
PAUSE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
>> THANK YOU.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS
HIS HANDS UP.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
UPDATE ON THE HEALTH ONE
EXPANSION, TO HEALTH TWO AND
THREE.
I JUST WANT TO ASK A FEW FOLLOW
UP QUESTIONS WHILE THAT'S FRESH
IN MY MIND.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO APPRECIATE
THE INDULGENCE OF THE
DEPARTMENT IN LETTING ME RIDE
ALONG ON THE SNOW DAY LAST
SATURDAY, THAT YOU JUST
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE TEAM WAS
OUT THERE, CAN PERSONALLY
ATTEST TO THEIR
PROFESSIONALISM, DILIGENCE AND
THE DIFFERENCE THEY MADE ON
THAT DAY.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE, AND
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THAT
SERVICE AND THE STANDARD THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS SETTING FOR
LOW ACUITY RESPONSE.
SO TO GET THAT RECOGNITION OUT
OF THE WAY, AND SPECIFICALLY
GIVE SOME PROPS TO FIREFIGHTER
WEBER AND FIREFIGHTER YOUNG FOR
THEIR SERVICE.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE THEM
IN ACTION.
MOVING ON TO TALK ABOUT
EXPANDING THAT SERVICE.
I JUST HAVE A FEW FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS.
SO WHEN YOU SAY HEALTH 2 IS
GOING TO BE STATIONED IN FIRE
STATION 2 IN BELLTOWN, WERE YOU
SAYING THAT HEALTH 2 AND HEALTH
3 ARE GOING TO BOTH BE THERE,
OR JUST HEALTH 2 IS GOING TO BE
STAGED OUT OF THAT LOCATION?
>> JUST HEALTH 2 IS GOING
OBJECT OUT OF THAT LOCATION.
SO HEALTH 1 IS HERE IN PIONEER
SQUARE.
HEALTH 2 WILL BE IN BELLTOWN,
BUT THEIR BUDGET, THEIR
CIRCULAR AREA OF EXPANSION WILL
BE MUCH LARGER.
HEALTH 3 WILL BE IN THE NORTH.
THE PLAN IS, THAT WILL BE NORTH
OF THE CUT, WHETHER IT'S IN THE
U DISTRICT OR IF WE HAVE ROOM
AT THE NEW TEMPORARY FIRE
STATION 31.
THAT'S THE TARGET AREA FOR HELP
3. THESE THREE UNITS WILL WORK
TOGETHER.
WE KNOW THERE'S A GREAT NEED
OVER IN THE U DISTRICT, AND
OVER IN 31s DISTRICT OVER IN
THE NORTHGATE AREA.
>> JUST A FEW FOLLOW UP
QUESTIONS ON THAT, CHIEF.
WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE TO BE
THE SERVICE BUBBLE FROM THE
HEALTH 2 DEPLOYMENT IN
BELLTOWN, JUST AS THE DISTRICT
7 PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
THAT, SINCE IT'S SQUARELY IN
DISTRICT 7, WOULD BE CURIOUS
WHAT THE PLAN IS, FOR THE
SERVICE AREA OF THAT VEHICLE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO HEALTH 1 IS COVERING THAT
SERVICE AREA TODAY.
HEATH 2 WILL HELP EXPAND THAT.
BUT WHAT WE HOPE WHEN WE LAUNCH
HEALTH 2 IS, WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE
TO HAVE TOUCH POINTS IN
BALLARD, AND IN THE U DISTRICT,
EVEN WHEN WE PUT HEALTH 2 IN,
WE'LL HAVE MORE CAPACITY WHEN
WE PUT HEALTH 3 IN.
BUT HEALTH 1, DOWNTOWN CORE.
HEALTH 2, DOWNTOWN CORE.
BALLARD, U DISTRICT.
THEN HEALTH 3. THEY'LL KEEP
EXPANDING MORE.
THE BUBBLE WILL CONTINUE TO GET
WIDER IN THE CORE OF THE CITY.
FROM THE CORE OF THE CITY OUT.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT,
CHIEF SCOGGINS.
I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION.
WOULD HEALTH 2'S SERVICE AREA
THEN SORT OF INCLUDE ALL POINTS
BETWEEN THE U DISTRICT AND
BALLARD TOUCH POINTS?
I THINK PARTICULARLY ABOUT
INTERBAY, WHERE WE DO HAVE A
HIGH CONCENTRATIONS
PARTICULARLY ALONG COMMODORE
WAY WHERE A HEALTH 2 RESPONSE
WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL,
PARTICULARLY FOR THE FOLKS
LIVING UNHOUSED IN THAT
CORRIDOR.
WOULD THAT BE INCLUDED?
OR WOULD IT BE THE HEALTH DOWN
AREA, AND BALLARD?
WOULD THEY BYPASS POINTS IN
BETWEEN, OR WOULD THE INNER BAY
AREA BE INCLUDED IN THE
ANTICIPATED HEALTH 2 SERVICE
AREA?
>> IT WOULD BE INCLUDED.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BYPASS
AREAS.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WHERE THE
NEED IS.
SO OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE
COMMUNITY, THEY'RE CALLING US
TO THOSE LOCATIONS TODAY.
ACTUALLY, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE
ADDED, ONE OF THOSE COVERAGE
MAPS OF OUR FIRE SET PLATFORM,
OF WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY GOING.
HEALTH 1 IS ACTUALLY HAVING
TOUCH POINTS IN INTERBAY TODAY.
IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS TODAY.
BUT IT'S ONLY ONE UNIT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO ALL THESE
AREAS RIGHT NOW.
HEALTH 2 WILL GIVE US MORE
CAPACITY.
SO WE WON'T BYPASS AN AREA, BUT
WE ARE EXPANDING THE BUBBLE.
MAYBE I'LL SEND YOU A MAP, IF
THAT'S OKAY OF THE DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS, THAT HEALTH 1
ACTUALLY IS VISITING TODAY, AND
THAT WILL KIND OF GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF HOW THIS EXPANSION
WILL HELP.
IT'S MAINLY WITH CAPACITY.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, THEN
I'LL CLOSE OUT THIS INQUIRY ON
THE HEALTH 1 EXPANSION.
SO YOU KNOW, FROM DOING, I'VE
DONE A COUPLE RIDE ALONGS NOW
WITH HEALTH 1. ONE THING I'VE
NOTICED, AND THIS WOULD BE
SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO MAYBE SEE
THE DEPARTMENT, IF IT'S DEEMED
APPROPRIATE, TO MAYBE
INCORPORATE INTO SOMETHING TO
INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL REPORT,
YOU KNOW, POST 2021 OF LOOKING
AT THE HEALTH 1 PROGRAM, IS
MAYBE AN ASSESSMENT INSOFAR AS
YOU CAN TELL OF THE BACK END
ASSETS, THAT HEALTH ONE HAS
ACCESS TO.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ON
HER RIDE ALONG.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE SOME
ASSISTANCE, SOCKS, BOTTLED
WATER, WHAT HAVE YOU, MAYBE
PROVIDE SOME ON-SITE FIRST AID.
BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TIME TO
TRANSPORT TO DIRECT TRANSPORT
TO A PROVIDER, GET IN TOUCH
WITH A CASE MANAGER, GET IN
TOUCH WITH SOME KIND OF SERVICE
THAT IS 24 HOUR, RATHER THAN
LIKE A 9 TO 5, I'D BE
INTERESTED IN AN ANALYSIS,
MAYBE FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT
LOOKS AT THOSE BACK END
RESOURCES.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WHAT WE
OFTEN COULD AS A COUNCIL AND
POLICYMAKERS IS, YOU KNOW, WE
SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE
FIRST RESPONSE.
THIS APPLIES TO WHAT WE'RE
DOING WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TOO.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON, YOU
KNOW, WHO IS THE RESPONDER FOR
THE POINT IN TIME TO RESPOND TO
THIS ISSUE WHERE 911 HAS BEEN
CALLED, OR HELP HAS BEEN
SUMMONED?
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE
EVALUATING MORE, TRACKING DATA
MORE ON THE BACK END HOOKUPS
THAT COME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THAT RESPONSE, WHERE I THINK
THAT THERE IS MUCH GREATER
NEED.
IT SEEMS LIKE HEALTH 1 COULD
CHURN THROUGH A LOT MORE CASES,
AND CLEAR COSTS FASTER, IF
THERE WERE EASIER HANDOFFS TO
PROVIDERS.
EASIER WARM HANDOFFS TO
RESOURCES, AND THAT THE HEALTH
1 BENEFIT COULD BE MADE MORE
24/7, RATHER THAN 9 TO 5, IF
THERE WERE COMMENSURATE
SERVICES THAT WERE OPEN ON A
MORE DEPENDABLE BASE ON THE
24/7 BASIS.
SO THIS IS AN EARLIER IN THE
YEAR FLAGGING FOR ME, THAT I
THINK WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL
INFORMATION TO HAVE IN A 2021
ANNUAL REPORT, WHERE IT'S LIKE,
HERE'S ALL THE GREAT WORK,
HEALTH 1 HAS BEEN DOING, AND
HERE'S SOME OF THE HURDLES
WE'RE RUNNING INTO, IN TERMS OF
THOSE BACK END ASSETS.
>> SURE, WE'LL PUT THAT
TOGETHER FOR YOU.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE
TARGETED THE TIMELINE.
THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THE
HANDOFFS ARE PRETTY MUCH 9 TO 5
RESOURCES.
THAT'S WHY WE TARGETED THE
WINDOW THAT WE TARGETED.
BUT WE HAVE THE LIST WE HAVE
NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR FIRST
FOUR QUARTER REPORT, BECAUSE IT
WENT INTO SERVICE IN NOVEMBER
OF '█19 AND WE WRAPPED THAT UP
WITH A ONE YEAR REPORT OF ITS
FIRST YEAR IN SERVICE.
SO IT WILL ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT A
NUMBER OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE.
BUT WE'LL ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO
THE GAPS, AND MAYBE ADD SOME OF
THAT IN THERE ALSO.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT
THE SERVICE BUBBLE ISSUE.
AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
HAS HER HAND UP AS WELL.
I SEEM TO RECALL THAT IN OUR
REGULAR BRIEFINGS, I LEARNED
FROM YOU THAT THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SERVICE
BUBBLE AND THE CONCEPT OF YOU
GOING WHERE YOU'RE NEEDED.
COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THAT?
I SEEM TO RECALL THAT YOU HAD
SAID THAT HEALTH 2 HAD THE
CAPACITY TO GO ANYWHERE IN THE
CITY.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SERVICE
BUBBLE THAT RECOGNIZED BOTH THE
LOCATION WHERE YOU'RE BEING
DEPLOYED FROM, AND WHERE THE
NEEDS WERE.
BUT MAYBE I'M REMEMBERING THAT
INCORRECTLY, BUT I DO REMEMBER
BEING TOLD THAT, OR I REMEMBER
HEARING THAT HEALTH 2 DID HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO GO ANYWHERE IN
THE CITY WAS NOT LIMITED TO THE
SERVICE BUBBLE.
>> RIGHT.
AND THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT'S THE SAME FOR HEALTH 1.
OUR FOCUS AREA IS THE DOWNTOWN
CORE.
AS WE EXPAND THE AREA WITH
HEALTH 2, OUR BUBBLE IS
EXPANDING TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW,
THE YOUTH DISTRICT AND BALLARD,
AND AREAS LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THERE'S A NEED THAT THE
FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAVING IN
ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY, AND
THAT GENERALLY HAPPENS ON MORE
OF A ONEOFF TYPE SITUATION.
THEN IN HEALTH 1 AND THE CASE
MANAGER IS THE BEST RESOURCE TO
HELP THE PERSON, THEN HEALTH 1
HAS GONE OUTSIDE OF THE SERVICE
BUBBLE.
SO THEY HAVE GONE IN DIFFERENT
PLACES AROUND THE CITY.
THAT'S WHAT THE MAP WILL SHOW.
BUT OUR FOCUS AREA IS THE CORE,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE MOST OF
THE NEED IS.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS,
CHIEF CHIEF SCOGGINS.
YOU'VE ADDRESSED MY FIRST
QUESTION, WHICH IS CAN WE GET A
MAP OF WHERE THESE SERVICE
AREAS ARE?
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT
THERE IS A HUGE NEED DOWNTOWN,
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE
HAVING LOTS OF ISSUES IN SODO,
IN GEORGETOWN UNDER THE JOSE
ROSO BRIDGE.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF
THAT INCREASES THE CAPACITY TO
MOVE HEALTH 2 A LITTLE SOUTH,
AND SO I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING THE MAP, AND HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S CONCERN
ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THE 24/7, YOU KNOW, OR 24 HOUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE.
WHO ARE OUT THERE.
WHAT IS AVAILABLE, SO THAT WE
CAN REALLY MAKE SURE THAT YOU
KNOW, IF SOMETHING IS HAPPENING
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
THAT THERE ISN'T A DELAY IN
TRYING TO GET A HANDOFF TO
SERVICES OR TO, YOU KNOW, MORE
PERMANENT HOUSING SITUATION FOR
FOLKS.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING
WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, AND
WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL PUT THAT LIST TOGETHER.
IT'S LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER,
THE REASON WHY WE PUT IT IN
SERVICE THE TIMES THAT IT'S IN
SERVICE IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN
MOST OF THE PROVIDERS THAT WE
CAN DO A WARM HANDOFF WITH ARE
ACTUALLY OPEN.
BUT WE'LL PUT THAT LIST
TOGETHER, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET THAT BACK TO YOU
THERE.
MOVING ONTO OUR TRAINING
DIVISION RESTRUCTURING.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO TRY TO
CREATE MORE EFFICIENCIES IN HOW
WE DO TRAINING, AS A SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND FUNDING
FULL TIME FTE'S TO REALLY FOCUS
ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AS AN
ORGANIZATION.
A WAY WE WERE DOING IN THIS THE
PAST, AND THIS YEAR WHILE WE
WERE GOING THROUGH THE
TRANSITION IS WE WOULD BRING IN
PEOPLE TO TEACH DIFFERENT
TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND NEXT
YEAR WE WOULD BRING IN A
DIFFERENT PERSON TO TEACH THE
SAME TRAINING PROGRAM, BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T HAVE A FUNDED
POSITION TO DO IT.
SO IT CREATED THE LACK OF
CONSISTENCY.
SO NOW WHAT WE'RE DRIVING
TOWARDS IS EXPANDING OUR
TRAINING DIVISION STAFF, DOWN
AT OUR JOINT TRAINING FACILITY
ON MEYERS WAY TO CREATE MORE
CONSISTENCY IN OUR PLATFORMS IN
HOW WE DO TRAINING AS AN
ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER BIG AREA THAT
WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THIS YEAR.
THE NEXT ONE, OUR DRIVER
CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER
THROUGH OUR CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS WITH LOCAL 27, WE
FORMALIZED A PLAN TO CREATE A
CERTIFIED DRIVER'S TRAINING
PROGRAM.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM HAS
REALLY BEEN WORKING TOWARDS
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DEPUTY
CHIEF MELISSA KENNEDY, IN OUR
TRAINING DIVISION, AND THE
PROJECT LEAD, CAPTAIN
BATASTELLI.
OVER THE LAST YEAR, THE TEAM
HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT
OF WORK.
BY THIS SUMMER, ALL OF OUR
SEATED DRIVERS WILL ACTUALLY
HAVE GONE THROUGH THE
CERTIFICATEFICATION PROCESS TO
ACTUALLY HAVE TAKEN THE TASK OF
WINE A MANIPULATIVE TEST TO
ACTUALLY BE A CERTIFIED DRIVER
IN THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
AND NOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE
TOWARDS GETTING ALL OF OUR
RELIEF DRIVERS TRAINED.
SO BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, OUR
GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL OF OUR
SEATED DRIVERS, AND ALL OF OUR
RELIEF DRIVERS IN A CERTIFIED
CAPACITY.
FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, ANY
NEW DRIVER WHO DRIVES ANY OF
OUR ENGINES OF OUR LADDERS WILL
ACTUALLY HAVE GONE THROUGH A
CERTIFICATION PROCESS.
SO FOR US, THAT'S GOING TO BE
PRETTY IMPORTANT FOR US.
THE NEXT TOPIC, UNLESS THERE'S
A QUESTION, IS OUR CONTINUING
EDUCATION MOTTO, AND OUR FIRE
ALARM CENTER.
A 911 FIRE DISPATCH CENTER.
SO OUR DISPATCHERS HAVE SO MANY
DIFFERENT CERTIFICATIONS THEY
HAVE TO KEEP UP ON.
SO EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, WE NEED
TO HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON, AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WE DEPLOYED
A NEW EMERGENCY MEDICAL
DISPATCH PROTOCOL SYSTEM, SO
NOW IS THE TIME TO EVALUATE OUR
TRAINING MODEL TO MAKE SURE IT
IS IN ALIGNMENT THERE, AS WE
ALSO HAVE NEW PROGRAMS COMING
ON, TO MAKE SURE OUR
DISPATCHERS ARE WELL TRAINED,
AND GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF
TRAINING THEY NEED TO BE
EFFICIENT IN DELIVERING THOSE
911 CALLS TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
2021 RECRUIT TRAINING.
SO ON FEBRUARY 3rd, I BELIEVE
IT WAS, WE STARTED A NEW
RECRUIT CLASS SO THEY'RE IN
TRAINING RIGHT NOW.
MIDDLE, TOWARD THE END OF MAY,
SO IT'S A 15.5 WEEK TRAINING
PROGRAM.
IT'S A VERY RIGOROUS
FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT TRAINING
PROGRAM, AND WE'LL SEE HOW MANY
COME OUT OF THE OTHER END, AND
WE'LL START A SECOND CLASS, AND
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR
SECOND CLASS, THAT WE'LL START
IN AUGUST.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO HIRE 60 NEW
FIREFIGHTERS THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HELP
US AS AN ORGANIZATION.
LAST YEAR WHAT WE SAW IS 57
RETIREMENTS.
JUST PURE RETIREMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE HAD OTHER PEOPLE
THAT LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION FOR
A VARIETY OF REASONS.
BUT THE 57 RETIREMENTS WAS A
PRETTY HIGH NUMBER FOR US.
WE'VE BEEN HOVERINGBETWEEN 40
AND 60 VACANCIES.
SO THIS WILL HELP US START TO
WITLE THAT NUMBER DOWN.
WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT WE'RE DOING, HAVING ENOUGH
FIREFIGHTERS IS GOING TO BE
CRITICAL FOR US.
YOU KNOW, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
WE'RE STAFFING THE FOUR
COMMUNITY TESTING SITES RIGHT
NOW.
SO THAT'S STAFFED WITH
FIREFIGHTERS.
OUR MOBILE VACCINATION TEAMS
ARE STAFFED WITH ADDITIONAL
FIREFIGHTERS.
MEDIC 26, AND LADDER 13 IN WEST
SEATTLE ARE STAFFED WITH
ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE
HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMMUNITY
EVENTS THIS YEAR, SO THIS
STAFFING REALLY HELPS US
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CITY,
AND ON THESE NEW, AND DIFFERENT
WAYS.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE?
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
YES.
AS IT RELATES TO THE FUNDING,
THE COUNCIL PROVIDED TO ALLOW
FOR ADDITIONAL HIRING OF
FIREFIGHTERS.
CAN YOU SHARE WITH MY
COLLEAGUES SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE
IDENTIFIED IN OUR MEETINGS
AROUND HAVING ENOUGH TESTING
SLOTS?
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CHALLENGE
THAT YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED.
>> YEAH.
SO FOR US TO BRING A NEW
FIREFIGHTER ON BOARD, IT'S
ABOUT $70,000 FOR EACH
FIREFIGHTER.
SO THIS IS A PRETTY RIGOROUS
PROCESS.
BUT OUR LAST TESTING PROCESS
THAT WE DID, WE PUT A NEW LIST
IN PLAY IN EARLY 2020, I
BELIEVE WAS THE LAST NEW LIST.
ON THAT LIST, WE HAD 4400
PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP TO BECOME
A FIREFIGHTER.
AT THE END OF THAT PROCESS, WE
HAD ABOUT 2500 PEOPLE ON THE
LIST.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE HIRED TWO
CLASSES OFF OF THAT LIST, AND
WE'RE ALREADY IN THE 3 OR 400
NAME RANGE OF THAT 1200 PERSON
HE LIST.
WE HAVEN'T HIGHERED 1200
PEOPLE.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY TO THAT 3 OR
400 NUMBER.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF STEPS YOU
HAVE TO TAKE TO GET THERE.
YOU HAVE TO PASS THE PHYSICAL
TEST.
WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULTFOR SOME
PEOPLE.
A MEDICAL, A PSYCHOLOGICAL
BACKGROUND.
ALL OF THOSE WILL GET YOU TO
RECRUIT TRAINING.
THEN WHEN YOU GET TO RECRUIT
TRAINING, WE GENERALLY LOSE A
NUMBER OF RECRUITS IN RECRUIT
TRAINING.
SO 1200 PEOPLE SOUNDS LIKE A
LOT OF PEOPLE BUT OFTENTIMES, A
PERSON MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND
THE JOB THEY'RE GETTING INTO,
UNWILLING THEY WRAP UP ALL THE
GEAR, PUT THE MASK ON, AND THEN
WE SAY IT'S TIME TO GO TO WORK.
NOW YOU'RE DRESSED FOR WORK.
NOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK FOR
A FEW HOURS.
OUR CHALLENGE IS, 1200 NAMES
MAY NOT BE ENOUGH NAMES.
SO TRYING TO TURN THE TESTING
WORLD A LITTLE BET FASTER, IS
REALLY GOING TO BE IMPORTANT
FOR US IN THE COMING YEARS,
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO REFRESH THAT LIST,
AND HAVE PROMOTE NAMES TO
CONTINUE THE HIRING PROCESS.
>> SO CHIEF, OWN THOUGH THERE'S
SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR HIRING A
GREATER NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS
THAN THE 20 FIREFIGHTERS THAT
YOU ORIGINALLY HAD BEEN
BUDGETED FOR, THIS TESTING
BARRIER CREATES A BACKLOG, AND
IT MEANS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT,
THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
MEET THE GOAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL
40 HIRES.
>> SO IT'S TWO PARTS.
SO WE PARTNER WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE ON THE
FRONT SIDE, ON THE WRITTEN, AND
THE ORAL INTERVIEW SIDE.
THEN WE TAKE IT ONCE WE GET A
CERTIFIED LIST FROM PUBLIC
SAFETY.
SO THE FRONT SIDE IS THE PEACE
THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH PUBLIC
SAFETY SERVICE, AND SDHR TO TRY
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN TURN THAT
WHEEL FAST ENOUGH, SO WE CAN
HAVE A REFRESH AT SOME POINT IN
TIME, SO WE DON'T RUN OUT OF
NAMES ON THE LIST.
BECAUSE ABOUT 25 TO 28% OF THE
DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW ARE
RETIREMENT ELIGIBLE.
SO WE KNOW MOST FIREFIGHTERS
DON'T LEAVE AT 53, BUT
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 53 AND 60,
THEY'LL PROBABLY BE LEAVING.
SO THAT'S A LARGE PORTION OF
THE ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY TRYING
TO KEEP UP WITH THE HIRING
PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU, CHIEF.
>> MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM IS
IMPLEMENTING OUR CONSULTING
NURSE PROGRAM.
THAT'S ACTUALLY ADDING IN A
CONSULTING NURSE TO OUR
DISPATCH CENTER, TO OUR
DISPATCH PROCESS.
WE THINK THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT ADDITION.
WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE IS WE
TALKED TO 911 DISPATCH CENTERS
FROM COPENHAGEN TO WASHINGTON,
D.C. TO, I THINK I HAVE A CALL
LATER WITH DEDALE DECALB,
GEORGIA.
THE REASON WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT, OF THOSE 80,000
RESPONSES THAT I SHOWED YOU
EARLIER ON A SLIDE, ABOUT
60,000 OF THOSE RESPONSES WERE
EMS RELATED.
OUR MEDICS RESPOND TO ABOUT 12
TO 15,000 OF THOSE.
THEN OUR FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND
ON THE OTHER SIDE, BECAUSE
THERE WOULD BE LESS CALLS.
EMR WILL TRANSPORT 5 TO 7,000.
BUT THAT MEANS THERE'S PROBABLY
10 TO 20,000 EMS RESPONSES WE
ACTUALLY RESPOND TO EVERY YEAR,
AND WE LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY
ARE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
IT MAY BE IT'S NOT AN ACUTE
LIFE-THREATENING EMERGENCY.
MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED A
TRANSPORT, OR MAYBE WE NEED TO
HAVE A SHIFT IN OUR 911
PROTOCOLS, AND WE COULD
ACTUALLY CONNECT THEM UP TO A
NURSE, OR A NURSE COULD
ACTUALLY TAKE LONGER TO HAVE A
MORE IN-DEPTH CORONAVIRUS ABOUT
THEIR REAL NEEDS, AND REDIRECT
THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
THAT'S WHAT AGENCIES ARE DOING
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE'RE
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
ADDING THIS MEMBER TO OUR TEAM.
SO WE HAVE CASE MANAGERS ON
SITE NOW.
WE HAVE OUR HEALTH 1 PROGRAM ON
SITE.
SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS
TO REALLY TRY TO REDIRECT
PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO
BE.
WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A
CRITICAL COMPONENT TO OUR
DISPATCH CENTER IN THE FUTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE?
>> NOT SEEING ANY.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> WAIT, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANKS FOR THIS UPDATE CHIEF
SCOGGINS.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR FUNCTION WITH THE
DISPATCH NURSE.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON GETTING
THAT GOING?
LIKE I'D HEARD BEFORE THAT
THERE MIGHT BE CONTRACTING WITH
A PROVIDER, OR SOMEONE MIGHT BE
HIRED TO COME IN HOUSE.
WHAT'S THE WAY THE DEPARTMENT
IS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THAT
RIGHT NOW?
>> YOU KNOW IN THE NEXT MONTH
OR SO, WE HOPE TO LAND THE
PLANE ON WHETHER IT'S BEST TO
CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICE SO OUR
DISPATCHERS WOULD TRANSFER THE
CALL, OR TO HAVE THE PERSON IN-
HOUSE.
IF WE HIRE THE PERSON IN-HOUSE,
THAT CAN COME IN A COUPLE OF
WAYS.
IF WE HIRED A NURSE TO BE
DISPATCHED THAT'S ONE WAY, OR
WE CAN CONTRACT WITH A PARTNER
TO ACTUALLY STAFF A NURSE IN
OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
SO IN OUR NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO LAND THAT
PLANE, BUT OUR TARGET FOR
HAVING THIS POSITION ON BOARD
IS AROUND THE BEGINNING OF
SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S THE TARGET THAT WE'RE
SHOOTING FOR RIGHT NOW, AND
LIKE I SAID, OUR EMERGENCY
MEDICAL DISPATCH PROTOCOL
SYSTEM IS CALLED CORDI.
THAT SYSTEM COMES OUT OF
COPENHAGEN.
SO IN COPENHAGEN, THEY HAVE
ALREADY DEPLOYED THIS TYPE OF
SYSTEM.
SO MANY OF THE CALLS GO TO THE
NURSE IN THAT SYSTEM, BECAUSE
úIT'S MUCH MORE MATURE THAN OUR
SYSTEM.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN TALKING TO
THEM A LOT.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO OTHER
PROVIDERS AROUND THE COUNTRY,
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD
WORK BEST FOR SEATTLE.
SEPTEMBER IS OUR WINDOW THAT
WE'RE TARGETING THERE.
>> CHIEF, WHAT'S THE NAME OF
THAT SYSTEM AGAIN?
>> CORTI.
>> HOW IS THAT SPELLED?
>> CORTI.
VERY EXCITING STUFF.
APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR 2021-2022
RECRUITMENT PLAN.
SO AS WE START TO RAMP UP TO
OUR NEXT RECRUITMENT AND HIRING
PROCESS, WE'LL GET OUR TEAM
TOGETHER, AND WE'LL START TO
PUT OUR PLAN ON HOW WE ACTUALLY
WILL DO RECRUITMEN IN THIS
NEXT PROCESS.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT.
I KNOW OUR KING COUNTY FIRE
CHIEFS, WE COMMISSIONED A STUDY
WITH A COMPANY CALLED PLUG
RESEARCH, AND WE LOOK AT THE
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION IN ALL OF THE KING
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF
FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY, AND WE REALLY
ASSEMBLED A REPORT WITH BEST
PRACTICES IN IT.
SO OUR TEAM WILL START TO GO
THROUGH THAT.
IT WILL BE A REALLY GOOD TOOL
THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP
INCREASE OUR DIVERSITY IN THE
SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
LET'S SEE.
WE TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON
HEALTH 2. WE TOUCHED ON HEALTH
3. BUT OUR TARGET FOR HEALTH 3
IS THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2021,
SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE
MOVING FORWARD DOWN THAT ROAD
THERE.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
IT.
IT'S REALLY WORKING OUT WELL
FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
2021 RECRUIT TRAINING, HIRING
20 ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IN
AUGUST.
THAT WOULD GIVE US OUR FULL
COMPLEMENT OF 60.
SO IF WE LOSE SOME IN THIS
FEBRUARY CLASS, YOU KNOW, THAT
NUMBER 20 FOR AUGUST MAY GROW
TO22, OR 23 TO TRY TO GET AS
CLOSE TO 60 AS POSSIBLE.
THEN THE LAST ITEM ON THE WORK
PLAN IS OUR PEACE TURN
IMPLEMENTATION.
SO THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN MOVING
ALONG FOR YOU KNOW, SEVEN OUR
EIGHT YEARS NOW.
IT'S A $281 MILLION PROJECT OF
REPLACING ALL THE RADIO
INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND KING
COUNTY.
WE'RE GOING FROM APPROXIMATELY
27 TOWERS TO 60 TOWERS
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
REPLACING ALL OF THE RADIOS.
17,000, 18,000 MOBILE RADIOS,
DISPATCH COUNCIL, AND ALL OF
THOSE.
THE BIG PIECE TORE 2021 IS WE
HOPE TO START DISPATCHING THE
MOBILE RADIOS.
YOU CAN IMAGINE IT'S QUITE A
PROJECT TO TRANSITION 17 TO
18,000 MOBILE AND PORTABLE
RADIOS.
THE HAND RADIOS ARE PRETTY
EASY.
IT'S JUST A HANDOFF.
BUT THE MOBILE RADIOS, YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE TO CHANGE OUT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE INSIDE OF THE
FIRE ENGINES, THE LADDER
TRUCKS, ALL THE RESPONSE
VEHICLES, NOT JUST FOR SEATTLE,
BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY.
SO IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
PROJECT.
BUT IT'S MOVING ALONG AT A
STEADY PACE, BUT THAT'S GOING
TO BE A BIG ONE FOR US COME THE
END OF THE YEAR.
ANY QUESTIONS THERE?
>> YES, CHIEF.
ONE QUESTION ON CONCERN, AND
THEN A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT A
COUPLE THINGS I'M NOT SEEING ON
THE WORK PLAN.
AS IT REALTIES TO PEACE URN, DO
YOU HAVE SORT OF A TARGET
SCHEDULE FOR THIS NEXT STAGE OF
RADIO DEPLOYMENT, SO THAT WE
CAN KIND OF TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
AS YOU GO?
GIVEN LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S A
LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
A LOT OF DEPLOYMENT OF
INDIVIDUAL RADIOS AND
EQUIPMENTS AND JUST WOULD LOVE
TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
THAT IS BEING ROLLED OUT.
THEN AS IT RELATES TO A COUPLE
OF WELLNESS-RELATED ITEMS, I
WOULD LOVE AN UPDATE ON WORK
FOR 2021 FOR FIRE STATION 31,
AND THEN ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT
THE COUNCIL FUNDED AS PART OF
THE BUDGET DELIBERATION SHEER
WAS AGAIN ANOTHER WELLNESS
RELATED ITEM, AND SPECIFICALLY
LOOKING TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
A CRISIS COUNSELOR TO HELP KEEP
FIREFIGHTERS SAFE AND INCREASE
POSITIVE INTERACTIONS WITH
FOLKS IN CRISIS OR SUFFERING
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, SO BOTH
WELLNESS FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND
TRAINING TO HELP THEM IN THEIR
INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE CHALLENGES
THAT CAN ALSO CREATE SOME
TRAUMA IN THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT
ARE WORKING TO HELP THEM.
>> SURE.
SO ON THE FIRST ONE, PEACE URN.
SO WE'RE FINALIZING THE PLANS
PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR
TWO.
WE HAVE ANOTHER JOINT BOARD
MEETING THIS WEEK.
WE HAVE THEM MONTHLY.
THEN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, THE
RADIO TRANSITION PLAN SHOULD
START TO, THE INK SHOULD START
TO DRY, ALONG WITH THE COVERAGE
TASK SEEN ON A FEW OTHER THINGS
WE HAVE TO START.
AS THOSE COME FORWARD, I'LL
MAKE SURE I ADD THOSE TO OUR
MONTHLY UPDATES.
SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING.
FIRE STATION 31.
SO TEMPORARY FIRE STATION 31,
WE SHOULD BE STARTING THE
PROCESS OF MOVING INTO
TEMPORARY FIRE STATION 31 AT
THE END OF Q2, EARLY Q3.
SO END OF JUNE, EARLY JULY, WE
SHOULD START THE PROCESS OF
TRANSITIONING INTO THE
TEMPORARY FACILITY ON
NORTHGATE.
SO IT'S ACROSS FROM THE OLD
FIRE STATION 31 AT THE CHURCH.
SO THAT'S GOING WELL RIGHT NOW,
JUST TO HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON.
WE HAVE GIANTS KIND OF SPREAD
OUT.
ENGINE 31 IS AT STATION 17 IN
THE U DISTRICT.
LADDER 35 IS IN LAKE CITY.
AND 31 IS AT STATION 24.
THEN MEDIC 31 IS AT STATION 35.
SO THEY'RE ALL SPREAD OUT, WE
WANT TO GET THOSE UNITS BACK
HOME.
THAT'S GOING WELL.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD THERE.
THEN ON THE CRISIS COUNSELOR
POSITION, WE'RE WORKING TO KIND
OF SEE WHAT THE FINAL OUTCOME
OF THAT IS GOING TO BE RIGHT
NOW.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME WORK GOING
ON BEHIND THE SCENES ON HOW IS
IT IS GOING TO WORK WITH LOCAL
37 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SO
I'M WORKING TO SEE THE OUTCOME
ON THAT, BEFORE I CAN FIND THE
TIMELINE ON WHAT EXACTLY IT IS
WE'RE GOING TO DO THERE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS THERE?
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY RAISED
HANDS.
>> SO MY LAST SLIDE AS OUR
COVER BRIEFLY IS OUR WORK ON
COVID-19 TESTING AND
VACCINATIONS.
JUST TO HIT THE REFRESH BUTTON
ON JUNE 5th, WE STARTED WITH
OUR TESTING, COMMUNITYWIDE
TESTING, UNDERSTOOD WE HAD THE
FOUR TEST SIDES GOING.
THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS ONE
OF THE EMISSION CENTERS.
AS OF YESTERDAY, WE TESTED OVER
638,000 PEOPLE AT OUR FOUR TEST
SITES, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF
THAT WORK AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS,
AND OUR REGISTRATION TECHS,
WE'VE HIRED OVER 100 SINCE JUNE
5th, TO HELP US THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
WE ALSO NOW HAVE FOUR MOBILE
VACCINATION TEAMS.
THEY HAVE VACCINATED OVER 6100
PEOPLE, AND THEY'RE ALSO
WORKING THROUGH THE SECOND
DOSES NOW.
SO THOSE TEAMS ARE REALLY GOING
WELL.
WE'VE BEEN IN OVER 130
DIFFERENT FACILITIES AROUND THE
CITY, AND THAT TEAM CONTINUES
TO DO THAT WORK THERE ALSO.
SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT
GOING ON.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT STOPPING
UNTIL WE CAN START TO COME OUT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
BUT REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK
THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE DOING
IN THESE AREAS, AND ALL THE
OTHER AREAS THAT I MENTIONED.
I'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY
QUESTIONS THERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE MOBILE UNITS.
HOW SITES ARE SELECTED, AND
KIND OF WHO YOU PARTNER WITH?
I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
THIS IN THE CONTEXT OF MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT
IN AN EQUITABLE WAY.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD LOTS OF
CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL ABOUT
HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
TECHNOLOGY, DON'T SPEAK
ENGLISH, NECESSARILY, CAN BE
PUT SORT OF AT THE FRONT OF THE
LINE OF GETTING ACCESS TO THE
VACCINE.
THAT'S ONE QUESTION.
AND THEN HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE,
OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE HAVING
MORE UNITS OR KIND OF SCALING
UP, AS MORE VACCINE BECOMES
AVAILABLE?
I THINK I READ IN THE PAPER
THIS MORNING, OR MAYBE IT WAS
YESTERDAY THAT KING COUNTY ONLY
HAS A 2% VACCINATION RATE.
I KNOW THAT'S BECAUSE OF
SUPPLY, BUT REALLY WANTING TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT OUR PLANS
ARE, FOR SCALING UP AS MORE
VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE.
>> SURE, SO TWO PARTS TO THAT
QUESTION.
WHO WE PARTNER WITH, AND THEN
SCALING UP.
SO WHO WE PARTNER WITH, WE'RE
WORKING WITH SEATTLE/KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, AND WE'RE
WORKING IN THE VACCINATION IN
THE PHASE AVAILABLE NOW.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH DAWN AND
ALL THE OTHERS TO IDENTIFY
THOSE POPULATIONS THAT YOU JUST
TOUCHED ON.
I BELIEVE THAT CLOSE TO 70% OF
OUR POPULATION THAT WE HAVE
VACCINATED IS A PART OF THE
BIPOP COMMUNITY.
THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE.
WITH THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
IN HELPING US, CONNECT WITH
THOSE POPULATIONS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE GOING
DIRECTLY TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE IS
BECAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU'RE IN
A CONGREGATE LIVING SITUATION,
OR YOU'RE AN ADULT FAMILY HOME,
OR SENIOR HOUSING, YOU MAY NOT
HAVE A WAY TO GET TO ONE OF
NIECE VACCINATION LOCATIONS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY
TAKING THE VACCINATIONS OUT TO
PEOPLE.
THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE BY OUR
MOBILE VACCINATION TEAMS.
IT'S BEEN GOING PROBABLY ALMOST
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SINCE
JANUARY 14th.
WE GAVE THEM FOUR WHEEL DRIVES
IN THE SNOW, AND WHEN WE SHOWED
UP IN THE SNOW, I THINK EACH
TEAM HAD FIVE LOCATIONS.
THE PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED THEY
SHOWED UP IN THE SNOW.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
MEET THE NEED OF THAT COMMUNITY
THERE.
SCALING UP, WE'RE A PART OF THE
PLANNING FOR ALL OF THE CITY'S
PLANS TO ACTUALLY SCALE UP IN
REALLY LARGE WAYS, SO WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT'S LIKE YOU MENTIONED, IT'S
GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON
SUPPLY.
EVEN IN OUR POP UPS, I WAS
WATCHING A FEW WEEKS BACK AS WE
DID THE ONE FOR THE GROCERY
WORKERS.
I BELIEVE WE HAD SIX
FIREFIGHTERS DOING THE
VACCINATIONS.
TALKING TO ACTING CAPTAIN
WALLACE.
WE COULD TURN PROBABLY 100
PEOPLE THROUGH AN HOUR.
SO WE CAN REALLY SCALE UP AS
NEEDED.
WE'RE TRAINING NEW PEOPLE ALL
THE TIME.
WE PUT THE NOTICE OUT TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
MANY FIREFIGHTERS HAVE
VOLUNTEERED TO GO THROUGH THE
TRAINING THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED,
AND MANY HAVE.
SO WE'RE PREPARING TO BE A PART
OF THE SOLUTION.
THAT FIRST SLIDE KIND OF SAID
IT ALL.
HERE TO SERVE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE NEED
TO DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY
REOPEN.
>> JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO
WHAT THE CHIEF SAYS HERE, AS IT
RELATES TO THE VACCINATION
SITES THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN RUNNING.
WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE
PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT THAT
REALLY MEANS IS PEOPLE ARE
GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO
GET APPOINTMENTS.
THOSE ARE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT
RELYING ON THEIR CLIENTS TO
HAVE ACCESS TO ONLINE
APPOINTMENT SETTING APPS OR
ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
THESE ARE CLIENTS THAT THESE
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH.
AND THEY'RE CALLING THEM TO
HELP THEM SET UP APPOINTMENTS
WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THE CITY HAS PUT TOGETHER A
REALLY NICE WEEKLY DASHBOARD
WHICH I CAN HAND OUT TO FOLKS,
THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE
THEY'VE GONE, WHO THEY'VE
PARTNERED WITH AT THOSE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
THE VACCINATION RATES BY RACE.
ON THE SECOND QUESTION ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO SCALE UP ONCE THE
VACCINE HAS REACHED A HIGHER
ACCESS NUMBER OF DOSES.
WHAT I'M BEING TOLD REPEATEDLY,
I'M GOING TO REPEAT IT TO THE
PUBLIC AS WELL, AS A WAY TO
HOLD US ALL ACCOUNTABLE, IS
THAT THE CITY CAN STAND UP A
MAX VACCINATION SITE WITHIN 48
HOURS OF GETTING SUFFICIENT
VACCINE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY'VE
BEEN DOING ALL THE WORK IN THE
BACKGROUND, IN ORDER TO PUT
THAT INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE
GROUND, IN BOTH THE HUMAN
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE, JUST AS SOON AS
WE HAVE SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO
VACCINES.
>> CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT?
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE ARE
PUTTING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN
PLACE FOR THE MASS VACCINATION
SITES AND CAPABILITY.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE
HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WHAT WE'RE NOW HEARING
IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA ABOUT THE
EQUITY ISSUE, IS THAT THE MASS
VACCINATION SITES AREN'T GOING
TO REACH THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT IN THIS
CONVERSATION, SO WE DO NEED TO
BE THINKING MORE CAREFULLY
ABOUT, IF FOLKS ARE TALKING
ABOUT JUST A PHONE HOTLINE,
GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR IN SOME
COMMUNITIES, SO THESE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE
COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS
THAT SERVE THOSE FOLKS ARE
GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO
MAINTAIN, AND TO STAY CONNECTED
WITH.
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
DISCUSSING WITH KING COUNTY
HEALTH AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH IS WHAT LEVEL OF
CONTROL DOES THE CITY MAINTAIN
AS IT RELATES TO SCHEDULING FOR
THE DISPURSEMENT OF VACCINES
THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO, AND I
THINK THAT BECAUSE WE ARE SO
FOCUSED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
WHERE THE GREATEST NEEDS ARE,
AND TRYING TO BE SO
INTENTIONAL, OUR ADVOCACY HAS
BEEN AROUND ALLOWING THE CITY
TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF
SCHEDULING OF SIGNIFICANT
NUMBERS OF DOSES.
AND WHEN THE CITY IS
MAINTAINING CONTROL, IT MEANS
THAT WE'RE DOING SO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY-
BASED PARTNERS, AS OPPOSED TO
IT KIND OF GOING INTO, YOU
KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S MUCH
MORE BUREAUCRATIC AND MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT FOR FOLKS TO
NAVIGATE.
>> AND YOU NO, COUNCILMEMBER
MOREL HE MORALES, I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO BE PROUD WHEN MORE
VACCINES COME IN THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE READY TO GO BY
THE CITY ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO
RECEIVE ITS OWN VACCINES, AND
WE PUT EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT,
FROM FREEZERS TO
INFRASTRUCTURE, WITH PPE, WITH
DIRECTOR GOINS, AND FAS.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE
PROUD OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WE HAVE READY TO GO,
WHENEVER WE CAN START TO
RECEIVE LARGE NUMBERS OF
VACCINES.
>> DO COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY RAISED
HANDS.
I WANT TO REALLY THANK YOU,
CHIEF SCOGGINS FOR TAKING THE
TIME OUT IN YOUR BUSY MORNING
TO SHARE WITH US, NOT JUST YOUR
SUCCESSES FROM 2020, BUT YOUR
PLANS FOR 2021, REALLY
APPRECIATE AND AM PROUD OF THE
WORK THAT YOU, AND THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT DO KEEPING
SEATTLEITES SAFE, AND
INCREASINGLY HELPING TO KEEP US
HEALTHY AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, AND
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORKING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, MOVING AND THE
SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM TOO.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119981.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING WHICH
ADOPTED THE 2020 BUDGET THROUGH
THE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM,
CHANGING APPROPRIATIONS TO
VARIOUS BUDGETS TO CONTROL
FUNDS.
>> THERE'S, ALEX.
A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE I HAND IT
OVER TO GREG FROM CENTRAL
STAFF.
THIS ITEM WAS LISTED ON THE
AGENDA FOR THE MEETING ON
JANUARY 26th.
WE RAN OUT OF TIME, SO THE
MEETING WAS HELD.
WE HELD A SUBSEQUENT TIME FOR
THIS ITEM TO BE SCHEDULED IN
FEBRUARY.
BUT WE HAD HEARD THAT FROM THE
LAW DEPARTMENT, THAT THEY WERE
ADVISING A DELAY UNTIL THEY HAD
AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ACTIONS
OF THE COUNCIL IN THE 2021
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, AND THE
CONTENTS OF THIS BILL, THE CITY
ATTORNEY THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD
TO CONNECT WITH THE MONITORING
TEAM.
BECAUSE THE COURT AND THE
MONITORING TEAM HAVE EXPRESSED
INTEREST IN THE CITY'S EFFORTS
TO RESTRUCTURE THE BUDGET OF
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS
HAD AN INITIAL MEETING WITH
MONITOR.
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
IS WORKING ON A FOLLOW-UP MEMO
THAT WILL PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION
OF PAST REDUCTIONS MADE TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
BUDGET.
AND EXPLAINING A DESCRIPTION OF
THE DRAFT BILL BEING CONSIDERED
BY COUNCIL, AND INCLUDING IN
THE MEMO A DESCRIPTION OF SPD'S
STAFFING AND OTHER RESOURCE
NEEDS.
SO THIS IS A FIRST BRIEFING.
WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING
FOLLOWING THIS ONE, WHERE WE
ARE ASKING THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT.
YOU CAN SEE IN THE MATERIALS
THAT CENTRAL STAFF HAVE
PROVIDED THAT THERE IS AN
ATTACHMENT OF THE MEMO FROM THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO
CENTRAL STAFF.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEVELOP
DEEPLY INTO THAT MEMO TODAY,
BECAUSE WE HAVE INVITED SPD TO
COME AND PRESENT THE CONTENTS
OF THAT MEMO, ALTHOUGH I THINK
IT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE IF
YOU'VE ALREADY REVIEWED THAT
MEMO AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
THAT YOU WANT TO FLAG FOR GREG
TO PREP SPD ON AN ADVANCE OF
OUR NEXT MEETING, THAT'S FINE.
AND I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN,
PROVIDE SOME ADVANCE NOTICE TO
MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE ARE
ITEMS IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S MEMO TO US THAT I
AM INTERESTED IN EXPLORING HOW
WE COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE
NEEDS, PARTICULARLY THE NEEDS
AROUND CIVILIAN HIRES AND
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS AROUND
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.
I ALSO HAVE AN INTEREST IN
LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN
ADDRESS THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
MOST RECENT RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING EVIDENCE STORAGE, AND
THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC
FINDINGS AROUND THAT.
NOT ALL OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO
PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND EVIDENCE
STORAGE RELY ON FUNDING S SPD.
THERE MAY BE A WAY TO DIRECT
THOSE DOLLARS AND STILL MEET
THE NEED, BUT JUST WANTING TO
FLAG FOR FOLKS THAT I DO
BELIEVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
MEMO TO US HIGHLIGHTS SOME
THINGS THAT WE DO NEED THE TIME
AND SPACE TO CONSIDER IN FUTURE
MEETINGS.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO
GREG.
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
GREG DOSS, CENTRAL STAFF.
BEFORE I GET GOING I'M GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE,
ALY PENNUCCI, WHO WILL
INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT, AND GIVE
YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE
BILL.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
ALY PENNUCCI, COUNCILMEMBER
PROJECT CENTRAL STAFF.
BEFORE YOU TODAY, COUNCILMEMBER
BILL 918991, AS CHAIR HERBOLD
DESCRIBED IT WOULD CUT $5
MILLION FROM SPD'S BUDGET, AND
AS INTRODUCED WOULD DIRECT
THOSE FUNDS TO FINANCE GENERAL
TO BE USED FOR THE
PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.
YOU WILL RECALL THIS WAS
INTRODUCED IN DECEMBER WHEN THE
COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING THE
FOURTH QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
BILL FOR THE COUNCIL THAT
INCLUDED INCREASING SPD'S
BUDGET BY $5.4 MILLION.
I THINK I WILL LEAVE MY
COMMENTS THERE AND TURN IT OVER
TO GREG.
>> SO IF YOU'D GO AHEAD AND
FLIP TO THE FIRST SLIDE.
AS YOU STATED, THE BILL IS
PRETTY STATE FORWARD.
IT CUTS $5.4 BILLION FROM SPD'S
BUDGET, AND ADDS $5.4 BILLION
TO FUND THE CITY PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING PROCESS.
IT HAS A PRIZEO SO IT CAN'T BE
SPENT.
MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE BILL
IS THE BACKGROUND.
SO I'M GOING TO DIVE INTO THAT
NOW FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE.
I KNOW MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
ARE WELL FAMILIAR WITH THE
BACKGROUND.
STATED THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD
NOT SUPPORT ANY BUDGET
AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE SPD
BUDGET TO OFFSET OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES ABOVE THE FUNDS
THAT WERE INITIALLY BUDGETED IN
2020 OR 2021.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY REDUCED AS
PART OF THE MID-YEAR BUDGET
PROCESS LAST YEAR.
EXPRESSED COUNCIL'S INTEND TO
REDUCE SPD'S BUDGET IN 2021 IN
PHASES AND TO INCREASE FUNDING
FOR COMMUNITY LED RESEARCH AND
PARTICIPATORY FUNDING.
IN LATE NOVEMBER, THE COUNCIL
RECEIVED THE BUDGET REQUEST.
IN THAT BUDGET REQUEST THERE
WAS AN ITEM THAT WOULD HAVE
PROVIDED OR DID PROVIDE SPD
WITH $5.4 MILLION IN NEW
AUTHORITY FOR THREE PARTICULAR
THINGS.
THE FIRST ONE WAS $1.9 MILLION
IN NEW AUTHORITY THAT WAS
BACKED BY FEMA REVENUES, AND
WOULD REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE COSTS RELATED TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND
SERVICES THAT THE DEPARTMENT
HAD BEEN PROVIDING.
THE SECOND WAS $1.9 MILLION TO
REIMBURSE SPD FOR COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH PAROLEES ON
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE.
THE THIRD WAS TO COVER COSTS
RELATED TO EXPENDITURE PAY FOR
OFFICERS THAT LEFT THE
DEPARTMENT, AND HAD TO BE PAID
OUT FOR THEIR COMPENSATORY
TEAM.
WHILE THE REQUEST DIDN'T
CONFLICT WITH THE RESOLUTION
THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME
COUNCILMEMBERS HAD NOTED THAT
SPD WOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
AUTHORITY HAD IT NOT OVERSPENT
ITS OVERTIME DIGIT, DUE LARGELY
TO THE OVER EMPLOYMENT OF
OFFICERS DURING THE PROTESTS
THAT OCCURRED LAST SUMMER.
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU
MEAN WHEN YOU SEE THE BUDGET
FOR THESE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES
WAS NOT DIRECTLY IN CONFLICT
WITH RESOLUTION 13962?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WHAT I MEAN IS THAT THE
RESOLUTION, SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSED ON OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES.
AND THESE THREE PARTICULAR
ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE BUDGET
WERE NOT DIRECTLY FOR OVERTIME
EXPENDITURES.
ONE PIECE OF ONE OF THEM WAS,
BUT THEY WERE FOR UNRELATED
ITEMS, AND AS I WAS SAYING, THE
NEXUS HERE IS THAT THE COUNCIL
BELIEVED THAT THE ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
NEEDED, HAD SPD NOT OVER-SPENT
ITS OVERTIME BUDGET LAST
SUMMER.
>> AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY
TO THE ITEMS THAT PARTIALLY
RELATED TO OVERTIME, THAT WOULD
BE THE NEED TO HIRE, OR NOT
HIRE, BUT TO STAFF, BACK FILL
FOLKS WHO ARE ON PARENTAL
LEAVE, BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HIRE
TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
THEY USE OVERTIME TO FILL THEM.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE IS ALSO 1 MILLION OF
OVERTIME THAT WAS USED FOR
PLANNING, STAFFING, AND TRAFFIC
DIRECTION THAT HAD TO DO WITH
FIRST RESPONDER TESTING SITES
FOR COVID.
AND SO, IN THE SENSE THAT THESE
WERE THINGS THAT TOOK FROM THE
OVERTIME ALLOCATION, OR BUDGET
FOR SPD, THERE'S A NEXUS THERE.
>> SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY TWO OF
THE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE
DIRECTLY RELATED TO OVERTIME.
>> YES, ALTHOUGH THESE WOULDN'T
HAVE APPEARED IN SPD'S OVERTIME
BUDGET.
THESE WERE UNPLANNED EXPENSES.
>> ISN'T OVERTIME BY ITS NATURE
UNPLANNED?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> FOR THE MOST PART.
SO ANYWAYS, BACK TO, AS I WAS
SAYING, THE NEXUS BEING THAT IF
SPD HAD NOT OVER-SPENT ITS
OVERTIME BUDGET ON
DEMONSTRATION COSTS IT WOULD
HAVE HAD $5.4 MILLION AVAILABLE
TO COVER THESE ITEMS, AND THAT
IS NOTED IN THE RECITALS FOR
THE COUNCIL BILL.
ALSO NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL WAS
EXPECTING THAT SPD WOULD HAVE
SIGNIFICANT SALARY SAVINGS IN
2021 DUE TO HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED ATTRITION THAT WAS
STARTING TO OCCUR IN THE EARLY
FALL.
AND THE COUNSELOR EXPECTED THAT
THAT WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND AS
IT TURNS OUT, THAT ASSUMPTION
TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE.
SEPARATIONS FOR SWORN OFFICERS
WERE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH LAST
YEAR.
AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, SPD
INDICATED THAT THE TOTAL OF
SEPARATING OFFICERS WERE 186.
THAT'S ABOUT TWICE WHAT THEY
HAD PROJECTED IN THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR AND AS YOU CAN SEE
ON THE SLIDE HERE, THAT WOULD
RESULT IN ABOUT $7.7 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS THAT IS
AVAILABLE IN 2021.
YOU SEE THE ASTERISK THERE.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THAT SAVINGS
COULD BE REDIRECTED TO FUND
ADDITIONAL SEPARATION COSTS
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS
INCURRING, OR MAY INCUR THIS
YEAR DUE TO INCREASED
SEPARATIONS CONTINUING INTO
2021.
WITH THAT I ASK ALY TO FLIP IT
AGAIN.
SO TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ABOUT
HOW THIS LOOKS, THE PROJECTIONS
YOU ARE SEEING HERE, THEY'RE
BASE THE ON A CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYSIS OF THE YEAR END
STAFFING REPORT FOR 202, THAT
SPD SUPPLIES.
AND THIS PARTICULAR ANALYSIS
ASSUMES THAT THERE WOULD BE 114
HIRES AND 114 SEPARATIONS IN
2021.
IT ALSO ASSUMES THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE HIRES AND
SEPARATIONS IS GOING TO
SOMEWHAT RETURN TO HISTORICAL
AVERAGES.
IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, AND
SEPARATIONS CONTINUE AT THE
PACE THAT HAS BEEN EVEN OVER
THE LAST SIX MONTHS, THERE
COULD BE ADDITIONAL SALARY
SAVINGS AVAILABLE TO THE
DEPARTMENT.
OF COURSE IT WOULD WORK IN
REVERSE, IF THERE WERE FEWER,
THEN THERE WOULD BE LESS
SAVINGS.
SO THE FIRST LINE THAT YOU MAY
BE FAMILIAR WITH, FULLY TRAINED
OFFICER ACTUALS.
THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE
FULLY TRAINED AND CAN ANSWER
911 CALLS OR CAN SERVE AS
DETECTIVES, OR FOR ANY OTHER
PURPOSE, THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE
RECRUITS OR SOME STUDENT
OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT YET READY
TO BE DEPLOYED.
THAT'S THE BLUE LINE.
THE GRAY LINE, THE LESSER
NUMBER, IS THE NUMBER OF
OFFICERS THAT ARE IN SERVICE.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE
NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT ARE
ACTUALLY SHOWING UP TO WORK
EVERY DAY, THAT YOU CAN DEPLOY.
THE REASON THAT NUMBER IS
LOWER, IS THAT FOR FOLKS OUT ON
DISABILITY OR EXTENDED LEAVE.
THAT NUMBER IS AT SOMEWHAT OF
AN ALL-TIME HIGH?
2021.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OFFICERS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR
DEPLOYMENT, AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT
IS HOPING WILL RETURN TO NORMAL
IN 2021.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROJECTED
LINE GOES UP THERE.
THAT PARTICULAR DATA POINT WAS
DERIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S
REPORT.
>> GREG, THIS IS THE ISSUE OF
NUMBERS OF OFFICERS ON LEAVE IS
AN ISSUE THAT I HAD BEEN
TRACKING IN 2020, AND THERE HAD
BEEN A SMALL UPTICK.
BUT IN LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS
NOW, IT'S GONE FROM WHAT WAS A
SMALL UPTICK TO A HUGE, HUGE
JUMP.
I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT DOES,
AND OF COURSE WE CAN HOLD THESE
QUESTIONS FOR NEXT WEEK.
, BUT IF WE KNOW THE ANSWER
NOW, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO
KNOW WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
ATTRIBUTES FOR THE LARGE NUMBER
OF OFFICERS WHO ARE FULLY
TRAINED, BUT ARE NOT IN
SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
I AM GOING TO TAKE YOU UP ON
THE OFFER TO LET THEM ANSWER
NEXT WEEK.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I WANTED TO GO BACK TO SLIDE 4
IF WE CAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO GREG, IN YOUR RAMP UP TO
GETTING US TO THIS PORTION OF
THE PRESENTATION, WHERE IT
HIGHLIGHTS THAT THERE COULD BE
AS MUCH AS $7.7 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS IN 2021, BASED
ON ATTRITION, TO DATE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T WALK AWAY WITH THE
IMPRESSION THAT THIS NUMBER, I
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WALK AWAY
WITH THE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF
THIS NUMBER, AND SORT OF
VARIABLES, THAT ARE AT PLAY AS
IT RELATES TO THAT $7.7 MILLION
PRODUCTION.
IN LARGE PART, BECAUSE MY
UNDERSTANDING, IS THIS $7.7
MILLION FIGURE THAT IS HERE MAY
NOT REFLECT SOME OF THE
PERSONNEL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
DEPARTMENTS, LIKE PAID LEAVE,
ET CETERA.
SO CAN YOU AGAIN, SO IN OTHER
WORDS, I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS
THAT THE $7.7 MILLION IS GOING
TO BE SEEN BY SOME PEOPLE IS
THERE'S A HARD $7.7 MILLION
AVAILABLE IN SALARY SAVINGS
HERE, WHEN I THINK THE REALITY
IS, THIS NUMBER MAY NOT REFLECT
SOME SORT OF KNOWN AND
ASSOCIATED COST THAT WOULD BE
DISCOUNTED FROM THIS POTENTIAL
PROJECTION.
SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT
THAT?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY THE ASTERISK IS
THERE ON THE SLIDE.
THE 7.7 MILLION IS A SALARY
FIGURE THAT IS ESTIMATED BASED
ON THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE
GOING TO REQUIRE PAY IN 2021.
THERE ARE FEWER OF THOSE FOLKS,
BECAUSE YOU HAD ALL OF THE
OFFICERS LEAVE AT THE END OF
THE YEAR LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER, SALARY SAVINGS, THIS
PARTICULAR POT OF MONEY, THIS
$7.7 MILLION IS WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT USES IN ANY GIVEN
YEAR TO FUND ITS SEPARATION
PAY.
AND SO THE DEPARTMENT IS
EXPECTING THAT A NUMBER OF
OFFICERS ARE GOING TO LEAVE
THIS YEAR.
AND THEY WOULD NORMALLY DIP
INTO THIS $7.7 MILLION, THE
SALARY SAVINGS TO BE ABLE TO
FUND THE SEPARATION PAY FOR
THEIR VACATION PAY OUT, AND FOR
THEIR COMPENSATORY PAYOUT.
IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO REMOVE
THE SEPARATION, OR WERE TO
REMOVE SALARY SAVINGS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET, THEN
THEY'RE AFFECTIVELY UNFUNDING
SEPARATION PAY FOR THE OFFICERS
THAT ARE LEAVING.
THE DEPARTMENT'S MEMO NOTES
THIS, AND IT NOTES THAT THE
ESTIMATE FOR SEPARATION PAY FOR
THIS YEAR WOULD BE BETWEEN
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND $1.8
MILLION.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY, SO THAT
IT WAS 1 POINT WHAT?
>> 1.1, TO 1.7.
OR 1.8.
1.1, TO 1.8, YEAH.
>> SO THE 1.1, TO $1.8 MILLION
IS, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PAID
OUT OF THIS $7.7 MILLION IN
SALARY SAVINGS.
>> THAT IS HOW THE DEPARTMENT
NORMALLY HANDLES ITS SEPARATION
PAY.
IT MAKES SOME SENSE FROM A
BUDGET STANDPOINT, BECAUSE AS
PEOPLE LEAVE, THE SALARIES THAT
THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE PAID
CAN BE USED TO PAY OFF THEIR
VACATION AND THEIR COMPENSATORY
TIME.
BUT IF THE SALARY SAVINGS
AREN'T THERE, THEN THE
DEPARTMENT HAS TO LOOK
ELSEWHERE FOR THAT MONEY.
>> RIGHT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>> SO ALY, WOULD YOU PLEASE
JUMP FORWARD TO THE TABLE?
SO I'VE BEEN TALKING A BIT
ABOUT HOW THERE WERE AN
EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF
OFFICERS THAT LEFT LAST YEAR,
AND ARE CREATING SALARY SAVINGS
IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST LINE OF THIS TABLE,
THE AVERAGE ANNUAL FTE, THAT IS
THE FUNDING FOR POLICE OFFICERS
AND RECRUITS AND STUDENT
OFFICERS.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SWORN
SALARY BUDGET.
AND THE 2021 BUDGET THAT YOU
ALL ADOPTED AT THE END OF
NOVEMBER DETERMINED THAT THERE
WAS GOING TO BE A NEED FOR 1343
FUNDED POSITIONS ON AVERAGE.
SO WHEN I DID THE ANALYSIS TO
DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE IN
TERMS OF NEED, THE SALARY THAT
THEY WILL NEED TO PAY THEIR
OFFICERS IN 2021, IT TURNED OUT
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ONLY
FUNDING TO SUPPORT 1,289
OFFICERS, AND THIS AGAIN, IS
BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT
114 LEAVE, AND 114 COME BACK.
IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN
THINGS MIGHT CHANGE.
BUT IF THAT STAFFING PLAN IS
REALIZED, THEN THERE WILL BE 54
FUNDED POSITIONS THAT WILL NOT
BE FILLED BECAUSE THE
DEPARTMENT WILL NOT HAVE
OFFICERS TO FILL THEM.
AND THE SALARIES THAT ARE
FUNDING THOSE54 POSITIONS ARE
WHAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE
$7.7 MILLION IN REDUCTION THAT
WE TALKED ABOUT.
>> AND GREG, THE NUMBER OF 114
NEW HIRES, THAT IS MY
RECOLLECTION IS, IS THAT
COMMENSURATE TO THE ANTICIPATED
NUMBER OF NEW HIRES THAT WE
BUDGETED FOR IN 2020?
BUT OF COURSE, WEREN'T ABLE TO
REALIZE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE OF
THE MAYOR'S HIRING FREEZE IN
JUNE?
WHERE DOES THAT 114 COME FROM?
>> THE114 WAS THE DEPARTMENT'S
ORIGINAL PROJECTION FOR THEIR
2021 STAFFING PLAN.
SO WHEN WE WENT INTO THE 2021
BUDGET SEASON, AND THE COUNCIL
STARTED DELIBERATING THE 2021
BUDGET, THE SPD SUBMITTED A
STAFFING PLAN THAT ASSUMED THAT
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO
114 HIRES, SO THAT'S THEIR
NUMBER.
IT'S BASED ON A NUMBER OF
SPECIFIC ASSUMPTIONS THIS YEAR,
INCLUDING HAVING A SEATTLE ONLY
ACADEMY IN OLYMPIA, AND SOME
OTHER ASSUMPTIONS THAT THEY
HAVE AROUND HIRING.
SO THAT'S THEIR NUMBER.
>> SO THE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND
THE GREATEST NUMBER OF OFFICERS
THE SPD BELIEVES THEY CAN HIRE
IN 2021 ARE ACTUALLY CHANGED
FROM THE ASSUMPTIONS IN 2020.
>> YEAH, I BELIEVE THEY'RE A
BIT HIRE.
I THINK IN 2020 THEY WERE NOT
QUITE 114.
OVER 100.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT
NUMBER.
THEY'RE HIGHER THIS YEAR,
BECAUSE SEATTLE IS GOING TO
ATTEMPT TO DO THE SEATTLE ONLY
ACADEMY.
>> AND AGAIN THIS IS PROBABLY
SOMETHING I SHOULD FLAG FOR THE
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING.
I KNOW A SEATTLE ONLY ACADEMY
IS AN IDEA THAT'S BEEN BANDIED
ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS AND WOULD
JUST LIKE TO HAVE A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES
IN THE PAST WHEN THIS IDEA HAS
COME UP AS FAR BACK AS I
BELIEVE AS CHIEF GIL
KERLIKOWSKE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL I'LL LET THEM TALK A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT IT, AND JUST
GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON HERE.
>> SO SPD HAS NOTED THAT THE
REDUCTION IN $5.4 MILLION THAT
IS CONTEMPLATED BY COUNSEL BILL
119981 WOULD, TO SOME EXTEND,
TIE THEIR HANDS IN THEIR
ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO FUND AS I
SAY, SEPARATION PAY THAT WE
DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
ALSO TO USE THAT FUNDING TO OFF-
SET SOME NEW ISSUES THAT THEY
WANT TO ADDRESS.
ONE OF THOSE IS THAT THE 2021
BUDGET ASSUMED A CIVILIAN
VACANCY RATE.
AS SUCH, SPD IS NOW CARRYING A
VACANCY ASSUMPTION THAT
REQUIRES THEM TO KEEP $4
MILLION OPEN IN THEIR BUDGET,
AND HOLD OPEN 40 POSITIONS ON
THE CIVILIAN SIDE.
SO WHAT THAT'S DOING IS, IT'S
REQUIRING THAT SPD LEAVE OPEN A
NUMBER OF POSITIONS, SOME OF
THEM COMMUNITY FACING, AND
WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS CRIME
PREVENTION COORDINATORS.
SO SPD HAS INDICATED IN THEIR
MEMO, IF THE SALARY SAVINGS
WERE NOT CUT.
THEY WOULD USE $1.4 MILLION TO
GO AHEAD AND HIRE SOME OF THOSE
POSITIONS THAT THEY OTHERWISE
COULD NOT DO.
THEN THE LAST ITEM THAT THEY
HAVE REQUESTED FUNDING FOR IS
FUNDING FOR TECHNOLOGY
UPGRADES.
I'M NOT GOING TOO GO TOO MUCH
INTO THAT.
I THINK THE CHAIR TOUCHED ON
SOME OF THAT.
SOME OF THAT IS FOR TECHNOLOGY
THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
CONTINUE TO COMPLY WITH THE
CONSENT DECREE.
SOME OF IT IS FOR TECHNOLOGY
THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO
ONLINE CALL PROCESSING, AND
POTENTIALLY ALLEVIATE THE NEED
FOR OFFICERS TO TAKE POLICE
REPORTS IN PERSON.
THEY CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT
NEXT WEEK.
SO I'LL JUST FINISH UP BY
NOTING THAT THE COUNCIL HAD
INCLUDED IN THE 2021 ADOPTED
BUDGET, A PROVAN PROVISO THAT
ASSUMED SPD WOULD REALIZE THE
SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, $5
MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS DUE
TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
STAFFING PROJECTIONS AND ACTUAL
STAFFING.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT HAS HAPPENED.
AS I HAVE NOTED.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL
PROJECTIONS AND STAFFING IS
GOING TO CREATE ABOUT $7.7
MILLION.
SO THAT IS ONE QUESTION FOR THE
COUNCIL IS HOW THIS PARTICULAR
BILL WOULD RELATE TO THAT
PROVISO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE OTHER
THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
WE TALKED ABOUT SEPARATION PAY.
ONE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS
OVERTIME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
PATROL AUGMENTATION.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED IT
WOULD POTENTIALLY USE SALARY
SAVINGS THAT MIGHT BE CUT HERE
TO PAY FOR OVERTIME TO BACKFILL
FOR STAFFING SHORTAGES.
I DIDN'T GO INTO THE DETAIL ON
PATROL STAFFING, BUT PATROL
STAFFING IS DOWN QUITE A BIT.
THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF
SEPARATIONS WITH OFFICERS THAT
HAD LESS THAN 7 YEARS OF
SERVICE.
TYPICALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN THE
PATROL ARENA.
THERE WERE ORIGINALLY LAST
YEAR, IF YOU LOOK BACK TO
DECEMBER, THERE WERE ABOUT 668
OFFICERS THAT WERE REPORTED IN
911 RESPONSE.
I'M SORRY, 588.
AND THAT'S DOWN FROM 668
EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
SO THERE WAS A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT DROP IN PATROL AND
911 RESPONSE.
THEY WOULD USE SOME OF THIS TO
BACK FILL THAT.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO TALK
ABOUT HOW THE COVID VACCINE MAY
CREATE A SITUATION WHERE
SPECIAL EVENTS COME ONLINE
QUICKER THAN THEY WERE
EXPECTED, WHEN THE 2021 BUDGET
WAS BEING WRITTEN.
SO THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR
SPECIAL EVENTS OVER TIME
FUNDING.
THEN COUNCIL IDENTIFIED
PRIORITIES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD TALKED ABOUT AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION.
THINGS THAT SPD NEEDS AROUND
EVIDENCE STORAGE, AROUND I.T.,
AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT COULD BE
EXPLORED.
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE PROVISO THAT WOULD RELATE
TO THIS $5.4 MILLION.
AND ALY, IS THIS THE LAST
SLIDE, OR DO WE HAVE ANYTHING
ELSE?
NOTHING ELSE.
WITH THAT I'LL ASK IF THERE'S
ANY QUESTIONS, AND AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID,
THEY'LL BE HERE NEXT WEEK TO
TALK ABOUT THEIR REQUESTS,
SHOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO
RETAIN THE SALARY THAT WOULD BE
CUT BY THIS COUNCIL BILL
119981.
>> ONE QUESTION I HAVE RELATES
TO THE QUESTION OF THE
SEPARATION PAY.
IF THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR $7.7
MILLION IN SALARY SAVINGS, AND
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WOULD
CUT 5.4, SEEMS LIKE THERE'S
SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO PAY FOR
THE $1.8 MILLION FOR SEPARATION
PAY BUILT IN.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING
THAT AGAIN, I'VE SAID NUMEROUS
TIMES THAT I'M NOT PLANNING TO
BE RIDGED ON THIS BILL, AND I'M
WILLING TO CONSIDER SPD'S
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A NUMBER
OTHER THAN $5.4 MILLION TO
REDUCE.
BUT I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER OR
NOT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $.3 MILLION
BETWEEN 7.7, AND THE 5.4.
>> I THINK THEY PROBABLY DO
RECOGNIZE THAT.
YOU'RE RIGHT ON.
THE MATH IS PRETTY STRAIGHT
FORWARD.
THEY ARE ESTIMATING AT THE HIGH
END THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED
$1.8 MILLION FOR ADDITIONAL
SEPARATIONS.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU'D HAVE
A YEAR THAT WOULD LOOK MORE
LIKE LAST YEAR THAN YEAR'S
PREVIOUS.
SO YEAH, THAT WOULD WORK OUT.
YES.
NOTHING MORE TO SAY.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCILMEMBERS OR ANYTHINGS
THAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT WE MAY HAVE
MISSED?
NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED.
SO I'M GLAD WE FINALLY GOT
THROUGH THE FIRST STEP IN
DELIBERATION AROUND THIS BILL.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW THAT WE
HAVE HAD SOME TIME WITH SPD'S
MEMO IN RESPONSE TO THE BILL.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK
WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO DEVELOP
SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS IN
ADVANCE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE
PRIORITIES THAT THE COUNCIL
MIGHT HAVE, EITHER PRIORITIES
THAT WE SHARE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT FOR FUNDING, OR
PRIORITIES THAT ARE NOT
ADDRESSED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S
MEMO TO CENTRAL STAFF.
SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN
WORK TO SURFACE SOME OF THOSE
BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT
MEETING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE
VERY, VERY HELPFUL, AND MAKE
FOR A PRODUCTIVE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT.
GREAT, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
AND THAT WAS THE LAST ITEM ON
OUR AGENDA.
AND THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH
9th.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OUR
COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, IT IS 11:10, AND
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.