>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. TODAY
TODAY IS OCTOBER 11, 2022. THE
MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. THE
TIME IS 9:33 A.M. MADAM CLERK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TODAY, THE FIRST OF FOUR DAYS
IN WEEK THREE OF THE BUDGET. WE
WILL DIVE INTO THE FUNDAMENTALS
OF THE BUDGET WITH DEPUTY DIRECR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCCI AND
AND DIRECTOR ESTHER HANDY FROM
CENTRAL STAFF. THIS WILL BE
FOLLOWED WITH A PRESENTATION ON
ON THE POLICIES FROM CENTRAL
STAFF MEMBERS INCLUDING TOM
MIKESELL AND ALY PENNUCCI.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE
BEGINNING OF FOUR DAYS THAT ALLS
FOR US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE
THE MAYOR IS, GET INTO SPECIFICS
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON
DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY ANALYZE
MORE ABOUT OPTIONS OR ISSUES
THAT THE CENTRAL STAFF HAVE IDE.
HAVE IDENTIFIED. BEFORE WE GET
INTO PRESENTATIONS, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FUNDAMENTALG
FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
THE SHIFTS, CHANGES, AND
PROPOSED USE OF REVENUE STREAMS
BEFORE WE BEGAN DISCUSSING
INVESTMENTS. SO I LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING THIS FOUNDATIONAL
DISCUSSION TODAY, REALLY
ALLOWING US TO GET INTO THE
CONTENT OF HOW THE BUDGET WAS
SHAPED, BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THE EXPENSES THAT WILL
BE DISCUSSED WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY THIS WEEK.
THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN ITEMS ON
OUR AGENDA AND I HAVE ALSO
INCLUDED, IN THE CHAIR'S REPORT,
A REPORT FROM DR. KAHN, THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY, WHO IS
HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON
COVID INFECTIONS AND OTHER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN OUR
REGION. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO AGENDA,
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US. DR. KAHN, I AM EXCITED
TO HAVE YOU BACK IN COUNCIL CH.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THANKS TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT
OVERSAW THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS
THAT WAS JOINTLY DONE BY SEATTLE
SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. WE NOW
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR
DIRECTLY FROM YOU ABOUT THE
CURRENT STATUS OF COVID. THERE
HAS BEEN MUCH CONVERSATION ABOUT
ABOUT THE PANDEMIC BEING OVER. I
I STARTED MY REMARKS ON THE
FIRST DAY OF THE BUDGET SEASON
EMPHASIZING THE POINTS ABOUT HOW
HOW THE PANDEMIC IS CLEARLY NOT.
NOT OVER. WITH 200 TO 300 DEATHS
DEATHS PER DAY STILL OCCURRING
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE
THE HARDSHIP AND STRESS AND
TRAUMA THOSE FAMILIES ARE
ENDURING AND REMIND FOLKS WHY WE
WE ARE HERE, ASKING FOR FOLKS TO
TO REMAIN MASKED AND PRACTICE
SOCIAL DISTANCING EVERY TIME IF
POSSIBLE AND ENCOURAGE A HYBRID
APPROACH TO THESE MEETINGS. SO,
DR. KAHN, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN
IT OVER TO YOU TO PROVIDE US
WITH A STATUS UPDATE SO WE CAN
KNOW HOW TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITY, OURSELVES, OUR
FAMILY, AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS,
FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I WOULD
LIKE TO BEGIN BY PROVIDING A
BRIEF UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF C9
OF COVID-19 AND THE STAGE OF THE
THE PANDEMIC THAT WE FIND
OURSELVES IN TODAY. THERE IS
CAUSE FOR CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM, BUT
BUT I UNDERLINE THE WORD, CAUTI.
WORD, CAUTIOUS. ALL OF THAT
PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE OVER THE
LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS WILL BE
REVERSED VERY QUICKLY IF WE DO
NOT CONTINUE TO EXERCISE THE
UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
REFERENCED. WEARING A MASK,
SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND OF COURSE
OF COURSE COMPLETION OF
VACCINATION INCLUDING BOOSTERS,
THE OMICRON BOOSTER, AS WELL ASE
SEASONAL INFLUENZA SHOT THAT IS
NOW READILY AVAILABLE ACROSS TH.
THE NATION. CRITICAL IN TRYING
TO PREVENT WHAT IS ANTICIPATED
TO BE AN INFLUENZA SEASON AS
WELL AS THE NEXT SURGE IN COVID
INFECTIONS. HOPEFULLY THE PEAK
OF THIS SURGE, WHICH IS
INEVITABLE, WILL BE PALPABLE IN
COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS SURGES.
WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT ONLY BG
BY ENSURING THE MOST VULNERABLE,
VULNERABLE, THE MOST LIKELY TO
END UP WITH SEVERE COMPLICATIONS
COMPLICATIONS ARE PROTECTED
AROUND THIS. OUR EFFORTS ARE
CONCENTRATED AROUND PRECAUTIONS
AS WE ENTER THE REGULAR
INFLUENZA SEASON AND WHILE COVID
COVID REMAINS A THREAT, BY
ENCOURAGING VACCINATIONS AND
BOOSTER SHOT UP TAKES. AT THE M,
THE MOMENT, JUST ABOUT 10% OF
THE POPULATION IN THE REGION HAS
HAS TAKEN UP THE COVID BOOSTER.
THAT IS NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH.
THAT IS NOWHERE CLOSE TO WHERE
WE OUGHT TO BE. THAT IS WHAT OUR
OUR EFFORTS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH Y
HEALTH AGENCY WILL BE FOCUSED
ON. OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE
ALREADY OVERBURDENED AND
STRESSED OUT, NOT THE LEAST OF
WHICH IS FINANCIAL STRESS THAT
THEY EXPERIENCED CUMULATIVELY
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC. JUST
THIS WEEK, HARBOR VIEW MEDICAL
CENTER HAD TO INSTITUTE
PRECAUTIONS AS A RESULT OF BEIND
BEING OVERWHELMED DUE TO THE
NUMBER OF PATIENTS THEY ARE
SEEING DUE TO NON-COVID RELATED
ISSUES. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN WITH ANOTHER SURGE.
SURGE. THE FUTURE REMAINS
UNCERTAIN AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
TERRIBLY CLICHE AT THIS POINT
IN THE PANDEMIC, BUT THAT IS
úWHERE WE ARE. WE DON'T KNOW WHT
WHAT THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS WIL.
WILL HOLD. KEEP AN EYE ON EUROPE
EUROPE AS THEY BEGIN TO SEE A S.
A SURGE. THE SAME WILL PLAY OUT
ON THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND IT
WILL MAKE ITS WAY TO THE WESTER.
WESTERN SEABOARD. PLEASE ALSO
KEEP AN EYE ON THE EXPERIENCE OF
OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEAGUES IN
THE NEW YORK CITY REGION. WE ARE
ARE FACING A TRIPLE THREAT.
FAMILIAR OLD ENEMIES ARE MAKING
ANOTHER APPEARANCE. OUR PUBLIC
HEALTH WORKFORCE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE SEATTLE
KING COUNTY REGION, IS ALREADY
EXHAUSTED FROM DEALING WITH THE
PANDEMIC. WE NEED EVERYONE TO
WORK TOGETHER AND ACCEPT A SENSE
SENSE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
RESPONSIBILITY AND EXERCISING
COMMON SENSE PRECAUTIONS. AS WE
ENTER FALL AND WINTER, IT IS EVN
IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO WEAR K
A MASK AND BE WATCHFUL OF THOSE
AROUND US. TO PROTECT THOSE WHO
ARE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR INNER
INNER CIRCLE AND OUR FRIENDS AND
AND FAMILY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMR
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, DR. KAHN. FOR
THESE REASONS WE CONTINUE TO
OFFER A REMOTE OPTION. I WANT TO
TO OFFER EVERY PERSON IN THE
ROOM TODAY -- PEOPLE DO HAVE
MASKS ON, SO THANKS FOR THAT AND
AND THINK YOU TO THOSE WHO
CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY
REMOTELY AS WELL. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR DR. KAHN TODAY? IT
IT SHOULD RAISE A BIG QUESTION
FOR ALL OF US THAT ONLY 10% OF
THE POPULATION CURRENTLY HAVE
THEIR BOOSTER. PLEASE GET YOUR
BOOSTER AND YOUR FLU VACCINE AS
WELL AS WE HEAD INTO THE FALL
AND WINTER SEASON. IT IS VERY
CONCERNING, AS DR. KAHN
ILLUMINATED, TO SEE WHAT IS
OCCURRING ON THE EAST COAST AND
AND TO SEE THAT IT IS A SIMPLE
FIVE HOUR FLIGHT FROM THE COASTS
COASTS AND MANY OF THESE
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SPREAD
QUICKLY. SO, DR. KAHN, WE ARE AT
AT THE READY AND CONTINUE TO
HELP YOU WITH THE CHALLENGES
WITH COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, THE
DECADES OF UNDERFUNDING OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND I ALSO
APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE
BROUGHT TO YOUR NEW LEADERSHIP
POSITION. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL
TO THE TEAM AT SEATTLE KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH FOR BEING
ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE
RESPONSE AND OTHER STRATEGIES TT
TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS
IS ONE OF THE FORUMS THAT I HOPE
HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO GET THE
MESSAGE OUT TO THE GENERAL
PUBLIC THAT THE PANDEMIC IS NOT
OVER AND FOR THESE REASONS,
PLEASE CONTINUE TO RESPECT
SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE USE OF MS
OF MASKS AS A PROTECTION
STRATEGY, AND GET YOUR BOOSTERS.
BOOSTERS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
DR. KAHN. WE WILL LOOK FOR ANY
WAY WE CAN TO AMPLIFY THE
MESSAGES OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN
THE UPCOMING MONTHS. TAKE CARE.
JUST TO WRAP UP OUR DISCUSSION
FOR THE CHAIRS REMARKS, I WANT
TO NOTE A FEW THINGS COMING UP
FOR THIS WEEK AND THEN WE WILL
MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. AS WE
KNOW THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
HAVE BEEN VERY TOUGH BUDGET
YEARS AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN
MADE MUCH WORSE HAD IT NOT BEEN
FOR THE INVESTMENTS AND RELIEF
FUNDS. ALSO FROM OUR VERY OWN IT
OWN INVESTMENT AS A CITY, AS A
CITY COUNCIL, TO SPEARHEAD,
JUMPSTART PROGRESSIVE REVENUE,
THE PAYROLL TAX, EXPENSE TAX.
THIS HAS HELPED STOP DEEP CUTS
TO THE CITY IN THE REGION.
HELPED TO SUPPORT SMALL
BUSINESSES AND ARE MOST
VULNERABLE AND AS FEDERAL
DOLLARS GO AWAY, WHAT WE WANT TO
TO DO IS MAKE SURE THESE TOUGH
BUDGET DECISIONS ARE STILL ROOTD
STILL ROOTED IN THE VALUES THAT
WE, AS A COUNCIL, HAVE
PRIORITIZED. INVESTING IN OUR
MOST VULNERABLE. MAKING SURE
PEOPLE HAVE HOUSING AND HOUSING
IS BEING BUILT IN THE PIPELINE.
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE WHO NEED
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE ABLE TO
RECEIVE THOSE FROM A STABLE
WORKFORCE THAT INVESTS IN WAGES
AND ADJUSTMENTS. MAKING SURE WE
ARE INVESTING IN THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH IN
IN INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY AS WELL
WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF FOLKS
NOT JUST RESPONDING TO COVID, BT
COVID, BUT EFFORTS LIKE MAKING
SURE PEOPLE HAVE FOOD AND DIAPER
DIAPER SERVICES, PROTECTION FROM
FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. LASTLY
THAT WE INVEST IN OUR ECONOMY
AND CREATE A STABLE ECONOMY BY
CREATING WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING FOR
LOCAL WORKERS AND SUPPORT FOR
OUR SMALLEST BUSINESSES AS FOLKS
FOLKS WHO SEEK TO REOPEN DOORS
OR STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR DOORS
OPEN IN THE WAKE OF COVID. WE
WALKED INTO THIS BUDGET SEASON
WITH $141 MILLION IN BUDGET DEFT
BUDGET DEFICIT FOR 2023 AND $152
$152 MILLION IN 2024, BUT I
DON'T THINK THOSE NUMBERS SHOW
THE FULL PICTURE OF THE
CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US. IT IS
NOT JUST HOW WE CLOSE THAT GAP,
IT IS HOW WE WRITE THAT BUDGET.
IT IS HOW WE MAKE SURE
INVESTMENTS CODIFIED INTO
STATUTE STAY TRUE AND WE CREATE
STABILITY IN FUTURE YEARS. NOT
SHORT-TERM, BAND-AID SOLUTIONS
THAT WILL CREATE A WAKE OF
HARDSHIP IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL
WALK THROUGH A CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO TODAY THAT HELPS UNDERSCORE
UNDERSCORE NOT JUST CONCERNS
WITH THE OPERATING DEFICIT FOR
THIS UPCOMING YEAR, BUT WILL
HELP US UNDERSTAND BETTER THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IN TERMS OF
INVESTMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS THAT
THAT IT OUTLINES FOR THE NEXT
SIX YEARS. THE BUDGET
TRANSMITTED DOES SOME TOUGH WORK
WORK TO BALANCE 2023 AND 2024.
AS WE WILL SEE TODAY, THEY
ARRIVE THERE BY DIVERTING
GENERAL FUND ADJACENT REVENUES,
ENDING INVESTMENTS, BUT ADDING
ONGOING INVESTMENTS TO THE TUNEF
TUNE OF $60 MILLION OVER TWO
YEARS AND MAKING POTENTIALLY
GREATER GAPS IN THE DEFICIT FOR5
FOR 2025 AND BEYOND. WE HAVE
KNOWN THIS IS COMING. WE HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF,
STAFF, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE TO IDENTIFY
EFFICIENCIES IN TERMS OF POLICY
STRATEGIES, SO WE GET REAL-TIMEG
REAL-TIME REPORTING ON WHERE WE
CAN DO BETTER BUDGETING WITHIN
DEPARTMENTS. WE HAVE LOOKED AT
WAYS TO LEVERAGE STATE AND
FEDERAL DOLLARS AND WILL
CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGHOUT OUR
OUR BUDGETING PROCESS OVER THE
NEXT SIX WEEKS AND NEXT SIX
YEARS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PH
TO PUSH FOR PROGRESSIVE REVENUE.
REVENUE. PROGRESSIVE REVENUE TO
STABILIZE THIS GAP WE CONTINUE
TO SEE. THE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
STABILIZATION WORKGROUP HAS BEEN
BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAS SENT A NOTE WHILE
COUNCILMEMBERS TODAY INFORMING
THEM OF THE PROCESS AND WE MUST
SECURE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO STM
TO STEM -- TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN
THE BUDGET MEMO THAT WE WILL
REVIEW TODAY. SO LOOK FORWARD TO
TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUL
YOU ALL THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SIX
WEEKS, SO WE CAN CREATE GREATER
STABILITY OVER THE NEXT SIX YEA.
SIX YEARS. COLLEAGUES, AGAIN,
THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO THAT WAS
CIRCULATED OUTLINED WHAT THE
PROCESS WILL BE OVER THE NEXT
FOUR DAYS AND I WILL QUICKLY
SUMMARIZE IT. IT WAS IN OUR WEEK
WEEK THREE BUDGET ROUNDUP AS
WELL THAT WE SENT YESTERDAY.
TODAY IS DEDICATED TO CENTRAL SF
CENTRAL STAFF INTRODUCTION AND
GENERAL FUND RELATED POLICIES.
THIS AFTERNOON AFTER OUR 1:00
BREAK, BEGINNING AT 2:00, WE
WILL LOOK AT BALANCING
STRATEGIES AND RELATED FUND
POLICIES THAT WILL INCLUDE
JUMPSTART, SHORT-TERM RENTAL TA,
RENTAL TAX, AND OTHER STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE
THE GAP THIS YEAR. WE WILL BREAK
BREAK AROUND 4:00 P.M. TODAY SO
WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR
FOR FOLKS WHO WANT TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC
HEARING. WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND
AND IN THE AFTERNOON STARTING AT
AT 2:00 P.M., OFFICE OF HOUSING
AND MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES. ON
THURSDAY, DAY THREE, AT 9:30 WE
WILL HAVE THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND PROPOSED
TRANSFER OF PARKING ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS FROM SDOT TO SPD. AT
2:00 P.M. WE WILL COVER THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER, THE NEW
DEPARTMENT COUNCIL CREATED TWO
YEARS AGO. FINALLY ON DAY FOUR
WE BEGIN OUR DAY WITH THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THIS WILL
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR HOMELESS
SERVICES REMAINING AT HSD AND
THEN WE WILL HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF
OF ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP AND
GARBAGE CLEANUP IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET. WE WILL BREAK
IT 2:00 P.M. AND CONCLUDE OUR
DAY WITH PARKS AND ANY OVERFLOW
TOPICS AS NEEDED. ALL OF THESE
DAYS WE SEEK TO END THE PUBLIC
HEARING AT 5:00 P.M. WE WILL
START AT 9:30 A.M., BUT ONLY
TODAY ARE WE DOING A CONDENSED
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WITH
THAT I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE
EAGERLY AWAITING TESTIFYING IN .
IN PUBLIC. WE HAVE ONE PERSON
SIGNED UP IN PERSON. OKAY, TWO
PEOPLE. I THINK WE WILL DO THE
TWO PEOPLE IN PERSON AND THEN GO
GO TO FOLKS ON THE CALL. WHAT WE
WE WILL DO NORMALLY AS WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE DEFERENCE TO THE
PEOPLE DIALING IN REMOTELY, BUT
THIS MORNING I WILL DO THE FOLKS
THE FOLKS IN THE ROOM AND THEN
WE WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE ON THE
LINE. SO, WE DO HAVE THREE
PEOPLE. EXCUSE ME, YES NOW THREE
THREE PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST WILL
BE PATRICK DUNN, FOLLOWED BY
PETER -- AND MATTHEW. GOOD
MORNING, PATRICK. PLEASE MAKE
YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> GOOD MORNING. YOU ARE WELCOME
WELCOME TO GO AHEAD, I JUST WANT
WANT TO CONFIRM YOUR MICROPHONE
IS ON. ONE SECOND, LET ME
CONFIRM IT IS ON. CAN YOU ALL
HEAR THEM ONLINE?
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YEAH, THAT IS BETTER.
>> MY NAME IS PATRICK DUNN. ON I
I AM A 26 YEAR FIREFIGHTER
VETERAN IN DISTRICT 1. I'M HERE
TO SPEAK AND FUNDING OF LADDER
TRUCK 13. IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S EFFORTS
TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING. THERE
ARE MANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ENGINES AND LADDER TRUCKS. NOT L
NOT ALL -- I CAN DETAIL THESE IN
IN A LETTER I WILL LEAVE WITHOUT
WITHOUT GOING INTO SPECIFIC
DETAILS, BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT
OUT IN AN AREA OF WEST SEATTLE,
THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS
NICKNAMED THE DEAD ZONE. THE
CITY OF SEATTLE ABSORBED THE
MOST SOUTHERN PART. THIS PLAN
NEVER CAME TO FRUITION AND IT
HAS RESULTED IN THE LONGEST
RESPONSE TIMES IN THE CITY --
THE WORKLOAD AND NUMBER OF 911
CALLS AND THE CITY HAS GROWN
STEADILY AND THE ADDITION OF
RESOURCES HAS LAGGED BEHIND THE
GROWTH. 911 DISPATCHERS MOVE
AVAILABLE FIRE ENGINES AND
TRUCKS STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT
THE CITY TO MAINTAIN COVERAGE.
WHEN A FIRE APPARATUS IS ADDED
TO ANY DISTRICT, IT HELPS ALL
DISTRICTS. MEDIC 26 SERVES --
AND THE RAINIER VALLEY. BOTH
TEND TO HAVE GREATER DEMAND FOR
911 SERVICES. LADDER 13 AND
MEDIC 26 ARE IN PLACE AND
WORKING RIGHT NOW. THE RAMP-UP
WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.
SEATTLE IS A LEADER IN FIRE
SERVICE WORLDWIDE AND I AM
ASKING THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE
CONTINUE FUNDING FOR LADDER 13
AND MEDIC 26. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU
MODELED GREAT TIMING. I FORGOT
TO MENTION FOLKS HAVE TWO
MINUTES, SO THANK YOU FOR
STAYING UNDER THAT TIME AND WE
WOULD BE HAPPY TO RECEIVE ANY
MATERIALS. PETER CROWL, FOLLOWED
FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW. GOOD
MORNING, PETER.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY
MY NAME IS PETER QUILL. I AM
PRESIDENT OF THE DRIVERS UNION R
UNION FOR DRIVERS WORKING IN
SEATTLE. I AM HERE TO ASK THE
CITY OF SEATTLE -- INCLUDING
FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF LABOR,
LABOR, AS WELL AS US AS A
TRANSIT PRIORITY. ONLY TWO YEAR,
YEARS AGO, 65 ORGANIZATIONS CAMR
CAME TOGETHER. THE PLAN IS
FUNDED BY A TAX ON HUBER AND
LIFT RIDES. THIS MAKES
INVESTMENTS IN THREE AREAS.
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS INCLUDING
INCLUDING THE STREETCAR. THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS IS REE
IS RESPONSIBLE -- INCLUDING
STANDARDS FOR KIRK GIG WORKERS.
THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARD --
THIS REMAINS VITAL TO ALL OF US.
WE ARE CALLING ON THE CITY COUL
CITY COUNCIL TO RESPECT THE INTT
THE INTENT AND MAINTAIN THIS
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION
OPTION AND LABOR STANDARD. THANK
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. AND E
LAST PERSON IN PERSON IS
MATTHEW. GOOD MORNING, MATTHEW.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
MOSQUEDA. MY MOM HAS ALWAYS
COMPLAINED ABOUT MY HANDWRITING,
HANDWRITING, BUT IT IS MATTHEW
SUTHERLAND. I DON'T BLAME YOU
FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO DECIPHER
THE HANDWRITING. THANK YOU FOR
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON
THE 2023 SEATTLE CITY BUDGET. WE
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
INVESTING IN VISION ZERO. THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT INVESTMENT FOR
PUBLIC SAFETY. WE ALSO
APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT IN
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PROGRAMS,
THE LEVY PROJECTS AND
COMMITMENTS TO THE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE ARE
GRATEFUL THE STREETCAR RECEIVED
SOME ATTENTION, HOWEVER I THINK
URGENT ACTION IS REQUIRED. OR
FRANKLY THIS PROJECT WILL NOT BE
BE COMPLETED AS THE CITY LOOKS
TO BALANCE PRIORITIES IN THE FUE
THE FUTURE IN PREPARATION FOR
THE WORLD CUP. CONCERNS FOR US
AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, AS
AS OUR COLLEAGUE PETER MENTIONED
MENTIONED FROM THE DRIVERS UNION
UNION TODAY, WE ARE CONCERNED AT
CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF THE
TAX FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN WHAT
WHAT WAS INTENDED AND PROMISED.
65 ORGANIZATIONS WORKED TO MAKE
A TAX THAT WOULD BE INVESTED
SPECIFICALLY IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, COMPLETING THE
STREETCAR, AND INVESTMENTS FOR
VULNERABLE WORKERS. THESE FUNDS
SHOULD NOT MOVE BACK TO THE
GENERAL FUND. THE SHOULD BE DEDD
BE DEDICATED TO THE PROJECTS
THEY WERE PROMISED A FUND.
WITHOUT DEDICATED FUNDING THEY
WILL FALL BY THE SIDE. THEY ARE
CRITICAL TO A LIVABLE,
EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE CITY.
CITY. WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE MORE
TIME TO SOLVE ISSUES WITHOUT
SACRIFICING PROMISES. BUDGETS
REFLECT OUR VALUES AND WE DON'T
WANT TO SEE THESE VALUES LEFT B.
LEFT BEHIND. SO THANKS DURING A
DIFFICULT BUDGET PROCESS. WE ARE
ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP
AND OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMM.
PROVIDE COMMENTS. THANK YOU,
BUDGET CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THANKS ALL FOR YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENT AND WE WILL TURN TO THE
THE PEOPLE WAITING PATIENTLY ON.
PATIENTLY ONLINE. I CAN READ
THIS HANDWRITING REALLY WELL,
BECAUSE IT WAS TYPED IN HERE.
HOWARD GALE, FOLLOWED BY PETER
AND PJ. EVERYONE, YOU KNOW THE
DRILL. ONCE YOU HEAR YOUR NAME
CALLED, PLEASE HIT STAR 6 ON
YOUR PHONE. MAKE SURE YOUR PHONE
PHONE IS UNMUTED. YOU WILL HEAR
A TRIM AT 10 SECONDS WHEN YOUR
TIME IS ABOUT TO RUN OUT. PLEASE
PLEASE SEND REMAINING COMMENTS O
COMMENTS TO COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. WITH THAT,
GOOD MORNING, HOWARD. THANKS
FOR GETTING US STARTED.
>> GOOD MORNING. HOWARD GALE,
DISTRICT 7. NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET
PROPOSES MORE MONEY TO THE POLIE
THE POLICE AND WASTES OVER $11
MILLION ON A POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT STILS
STILL HAS POLICE INVESTIGATING
POLICE. THIS IS $11 MILLION
SPENT DENYING VICTIMS OF POLICE
VIOLENCE IN THE APPEALS OR
SEMBLANCE OF JUSTICE OR ACCOUNT.
OR ACCOUNTABILITY. THIS BUDGET
PROVIDES MORE MONEY FOR VICTIMS
OF VIOLENCE, UNLESS THAT
VIOLENCE IS PERPETRATED BY A
SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER. THIS
BUDGET PROVIDES MONEY TO STEM
GUN VIOLENCE, UNLESS PERPETRATED
PERPETRATED BY A SEATTLE POLICE.
POLICE OFFICER. THIS BIAS
EMBEDDED IN THE BUDGET IS
EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM. SEATTLE POLICE DO
DO NOT EVEN COUNT POLICE
KILLINGS AS HOMICIDE IN THEIR
HOMICIDE DATA, THOUGH KING
COUNTY AND OTHER ENTITIES OF
COURSE DO. WHY EXCLUDE VICTIMS
OF POLICE VIOLENCE? WHY SUPPORT
THOSE WHO ARE POOR TO TREAT THE
VIOLENCE WHEN THEY ARE POLICE?
WE ARE NOT ASSISTING VICTIMS
NAVIGATING A FLAWED SYSTEM MORED
MORE DESIGNED TO PROTECT POLICE
OFFICERS AS OPPOSED TO HOLDING
THEM ACCOUNTABLE. VICTIM
COMPLAINTS ARE LOST IN BUREAUCRY
IN BUREAUCRACY AND DISMISSED THE
THE MAJORITY OF TIME WITHOUT ANY
ANY PROCESS OR RIGHT OF APPEAL,
DESPITE THE FACT THERE IS A CITY
CITY LAW MANDATING SUCH PROCESS
FOR FIVE YEARS NOW. WE NEED A BT
A BUDGET THAT SERVES PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THOSE INJURED BY HOW
WE SPEND TAX MONEY. THOSE
INJURED BY POLICE. AND NOT THOSE
THOSE WHO PERPETRATE THE
VIOLENCE. WE NEED A FUND TO
SUPPORT VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLEE
POLICE VIOLENCE AND THEIR
FAMILIES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, HOWARD. PETER,
GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
DISTRICT 6, SPEAKING ABOUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. THE
SPD SHOULD NOT RECEIVE FUNDING
FOR MORE OFFICERS THAN THEY HAVE
HAVE STAFFED. THEY HAVE
ANTICIPATED NET GROWTH OF 25 OR
30 OFFICERS. VOLUNTARY
SEPARATIONS OF LED TO A NET
REDUCTION OF 260 FULLY TRAINED
OFFICER SINCE JUNE, 2020. HIGHER
HIGHER EXPECTED ATTRITION
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OR SALARY
SAVINGS AND DOLLARS THE
DEPARTMENT NEVER PLAN TO FILL IN
IN THE FIRST PLACE, GHOST
POSITIONS, ARE ALLOWED BY
DEFAULT TO STAY IN THAT
APARTMENT WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
SPENT ON WEAPONS, PROMISES, AND
EQUIPMENT SUCH AS SHOTS FIRED.
IT IS TIME FOR SEATTLE TO BUDGET
BUDGET FOR A SHRINKING POLICE
DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE NEEDS TO
TAKE PROACTIVE STEPS. COUNCIL
NEEDS TO DEFUND SPD POSITIONS
SO THAT WE CAN PERMANENTLY
INVEST IN TRUE PUBLIC SAFETY.
HOUSING, JOBS, EDUCATION,
HEALTHCARE, AND COMMUNITY PROGR.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. WE HAVE
ALREADY SEEN A REDUCTION IN
CALLS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
MOREOVER, MANY CALLS ARE STILL
SUPERFLUOUS AND INITIATED BY
OFFICERS THEMSELVES. ACCORDING
TO PAGE 12 OF THE CALL ANALYSIS
COMPLETED BY THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM, THESE EVENTS MAKE UP
MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE
DEPARTMENTS CALLS. THE MOST
COMMON EVENT IS A SIMPLE PREMISE
PREMISE CHECK WHICH HAS AN
INTEREST RATE OF LESS THAN ONE
IN 1000. THIS IS SELF-DEALING.
IF AN OFFICER IS HAVING A SLOW
DAY, THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP
THEM FROM REGISTERING THEIR TIME
TIME AS A PREMISE CHECK.
INFLATED STAFFING PLANS AND
UNACCOUNTABLE BUDGET GO
HAND-IN-HAND WITH SYSTEMIC
RACISM, VIOLENCE, AND
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC NORMS.
DELIBERATELY REDUCING THE SIZE
AND SCOPE OF THE POLICE FORCE
TODAY IS A COMMITMENT TO THE LOM
THE LONG-TERM TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE THAT MOST OF YOU
ACKNOWLEDGED JUST TWO YEARS AGO
IS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE TRUE
PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT POLICE
VIOLENCE. DEFUND SPD. THANK YOU.
YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DJ,
FOLLOWED BY CASTEEL HIGHTOWER.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT AND
SMALL BUSINESS OWNER. I SUPPORTE
SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
IT DEFUNDS JUMPSTART NEXT YEAR,
WITH 28% OF NEXT YEAR'S FUNDS
GOING TO THE GENERAL FUND
INSTEAD OF PRIORITIES. THIS IS
TAKING MONEY FROM HOUSING, GREEN
GREEN NEW DEAL, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC REVITA.
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. $95
MILLION OF JUMPSTART GOING TO
THE GENERAL FUND. OVER $22
MILLION OF THAT WILL GO TO THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT EATS
UP ROUGHLY A QUARTER OF THE
GENERAL FUND. THAT IS BEFORE WE
HAD ANY COST OF INCARCERATING
PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
BUDGET ALLOWS SPD TO KEEP $70
MILLION OF SO-CALLED SALARY
SAVINGS FOR POSITIONS IT HAS NO
PLANS OR ABILITY TO FILL TO USE
AS A SLUSH FUND FOR OTHER
PROGRAMS. WE SHOULD NOT BE
DEFUNDING HOUSING TO GIVE SPD A
SLUSH FUND. WE SHOULD BE --
INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM BE THE
ONE DEPARTMENT THAT GETS TO
CONSTANTLY BUDGET FOR MORE
POSITIONS THAN IT PLANS ON FILL.
ADDITIONALLY IT CUTS SERVICE
PROVIDERS BY MAKING WAGE
ADJUSTMENT LOWER THAN INFLATION.
SPD OFFICERS ALREADY MAKE MORE
THAN TWICE AS MUCH AS HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS. THIS IS
CUTTING THE PAY OF LOW-PAID
WORKER TO GIVE BONUSES TO HIGHLY
HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEES. MORE THAN
THAN THAT IT IS DEFUNDING PEOPLE
PEOPLE WHO CAN SUPPORT OUR
UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS AND GET
THEM SHELTERED, IN ORDER TO GET
MONEY FOR COPS TO ENDLESSLY
SWEEP PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE TO
TO GO. COMBINED WITH DEFUNDING
HOUSING BY MOVING JUMPSTART TO
THE GENERAL FUND, THIS BUDGET IS
IS A HOMELESSNESS POLICY WITH
SWEEPS INSTEAD OF HOUSING AND
SERVICES. THE REQUEST FOR $1
MILLION IN WEAPONS SHOULD ALSO
BE REALLOCATED TO HOMELESS
SERVICE PROVIDERS, SINCE SPD IS
DOUBLE DIPPING WITH THIS
REQUEST. THANK YOU. I YIELD MY
TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT
NEXT PERSON IS CASTEEL, FOLLOWED
FOLLOWED BY ALICE LOCKHART. GOO.
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I CAN, THANK YOU.
>> IN 2004, MY BROTHER WAS SHOT
AND KILLED BY SEATTLE POLICE
WHILE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL
HEALTH CRISIS. NO ONE WAS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE AND WE ARE STILL
FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY. WE RECEIVED
LITTLE TO NO SUPPORT AND
CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE AS A DIRECT
DIRECT RESULT OF A SYSTEM THAT
POURS MILLIONS INTO JUSTIFYING
HER BROTHER'S MURDER AND
SOMEBODY I CAN WHILE PROVIDING
THE RESOURCES TO VICTIMS AND
FAMILIES ACCEPT A BROKEN
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM DESIGNED
TO PROTECT POLICE OFFICERS --
COMPLAINTS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS
DISMISSED OR MINIMIZED WITHOUT Y
WITHOUT ANY PROCESS OR RIGHT OF
APPEAL AND OUR STORY IS NOT
UNIQUE. THE CITY HAS AN
OBLIGATION TO VICTIMS OF VIOLEN,
OF VIOLENCE, BUT WHEN THE
VICTIMIZER IS A POLICE OFFICER
YOU ALLOW A DOUBLE STANDARD. IT
IS ONLY RIGHT TO CREATE
RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY FOR
VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND
SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS DURING
NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WE SHOULD
NOT BE LEFT AT THE MERCY OF A
BROKEN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM AND
AND ZERO RESOURCES JUST BECAUSE
OUR TRAUMA AND LOSS BLOOD HE'S
THE HANDS OF SPD. WE DEMAND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE DEMAND TO
BE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET.
JUSTICE FOR HERBERT HIGHTOWER
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF
POLICE VIOLENCE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
DIALING AND AGAIN. ALICE
FOLLOWED BY -- GOOD MORNING, AL.
MORNING, ALICE.
>> GOOD MORNING, BUDGET
COMMITTEE. THANKS FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. I AM
ALICE LOCKHART AND I VOLUNTEER H
VOLUNTEER WITH -- AND THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. I HAVE DUG
INTO THE TOP LAYER OF THE
PROPOSAL, BUT IT TAKES ME BACK
TO PAST AUGUST WHEN BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA POINTED OUT IF WE OVER
OVER RELY ON JUMPSTART NOW AND
THE FORECAST WORSENS IN
NOVEMBER, WE WILL HAVE AN
UNSTABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE
BUDGET. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS
ON HUMANE, UNSUSTAINABLE, AND
UNNECESSARY. TRANSFERRING
JUMPSTART SURPLUS TO THE GENERAD
GENERAL FUND TO PREVENT CUTS IN
CRITICAL CITY SERVICES ON WHICH
WE RELY MAKES SENSE, BUT THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO RAISE
JUMPSTART BY AN ADDITIONAL $22
MILLION IN 2023 COMPROMISES
ALREADY LONG DELAYED INVESTMENT
IN HOUSING, SMALL BUSINESSES,
GREEN NEW DEAL AND EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.
MOREOVER, TAKING A LOOK --
>> ALICE, WE JUST LOST YOU.
OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. WE
HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE AND THREE
SECONDS FOR YOU ON THE CLOCK.
>>
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, ZOOMS
SUDDENLY MUTED ME. I DON'T GET
IT.
>> NO PROBLEM. WE JUST WANT TO
GET YOU BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL
TIME. OKAY, GO AHEAD.
>> MOREOVER,
>> MOREOVER, TAKING A LOOK AT
THE TOP LINE EXPENDITURE, I SEE
HE PRIORITIZES POLICING AND HIS
OWN OFFICE OVER REAL PUBLIC
SAFETY. SPD GETS AN INCREASE OF
5.7%, WHILE OFFICE OF LABOR STAS
LABOR STANDARDS TAKES A 35% CUT.
CUT. THIS FEELS LIKE LEGALIZING
WAGE THEFT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
TAKES A CUT, AS DOES THE OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WHILE
THE MAYOR'S OWN OFFICE GETS A
36% RAISE. I HOPE COUNCIL WILL
WORK WITH COMMUNITY TO FIND
CHANGES TO THE BUDGET THAT WILL
WILL PROTECT JUMPSTART AND REAL
COMMUNITY SAFETY, WHILE KEEPING
THE PROMISE TO CUT EXCESSIVE SP.
EXCESSIVE SPENDING. I TRUST
COMMUNITY, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, AND THIS COMMITTEETO
REMOVE THE HARM IN THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET AND PRESERVE SPENDING
THAT ALLOWS US ALL TO THRIVE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PENNY,
FOLLOWED BY JOHN --
>> GOOD MORNING, PENNY.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WOR.
YOUR WORK. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6.
6. I AM SPEAKING IN FULL SUPPORT
OF THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET. I
URGE YOU TO USE ALL JUMPSTART MY
JUMPSTART MONEY TO INVEST IN ITS
ITS INTENDED PURPOSE FOR HOUSING
HOUSING AND FOOD SECURITY,
INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, SMALL BUSINESSES, AND
COMMUNITY HEALTH. TO INVEST IN
BASIC HUMAN NEEDS, THE SAFER WE
ARE COLLECTIVELY. THE MORE THE Y
THE CITY INVESTS IN CREATING
HARM AND TRAUMA, THE LESS SAFE
WE ARE. INSTEAD OF TAKING FUNDS
AWAY FROM JUMPSTART TO MAKE THE
BUDGET WORK, TAKE FUNDS FROM THE
THE PUNISHMENT SYSTEMS THAT
DISPERSE GENTLY HARM RESIDENCE.
TAKE FUNDS FROM THE MUNICIPAL
COURT AND CITY ATTORNEY. IN THE
CONTEXT OF A BUDGET SHORTFALL IN
IN DESPERATE NEED OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISI,
CRISIS RESPONSE, POSITIONS SPD
HAS NO WAY OF FILLING IS NOT
JUST GOVERNMENT WASTE, IT IS THL
THE REFUSAL TO ADDRESS THE
SAFETY OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS.
INSTEAD OF FUNDING SHOTSPOTTER,
INVEST IN REAL SOLUTIONS SUCH AS
AS SCALING UP VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTION PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS
ADDRESS INCREASES IN COMMUNITY .
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE. IN THIS
CONTEXT IT IS OUTRAGEOUS TAKEN
TO CONSIDER -- POLICE OFFICERS
ARE BEING OFFERED RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION PACKAGES. THIS
LEGISLATION IS A SLAP IN THE
FACE. IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT
ENDING HOMELESSNESS, WE NEED TO
PAY WORKERS MORE, NOT LESS. I
SUPPORT THE PAY INCREASES AND
RETENTION BONUSES FOR HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND ALL OF THR
THE OTHER PIECES OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET THAT I KNOW
YOU RECEIVED. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. NEXT UP IS
JOHN GRANT. GOOD MORNING, JOHN.
JOHN? JUST STAR 6 TO UNMUTE.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOHN
JOHN GRANT AND I AM THE CHIEF
STRATEGY OFFICER FOR THE LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE. I AM
TESTIFYING TO BRING TO YOUR
ATTENTION CRITICAL PROVISIONS --
-- FIRST I WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR FOR MAKING IMPORTANT INVES
IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS AND ADDING
ADDING NEW FUNDING FOR
ADDITIONAL TINY HOUSE VILLAGES
AND ASK THE COUNCIL TO RETAIN
THOSE PROPOSALS. WE ARE
REQUESTING A MUCH-NEEDED $2.8
MILLION INVESTMENT TO SUSTAIN
THE EXISTING PORTFOLIO OF 11
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES. $276,000
WILL GO TOWARD ONE-TIME MAINTENE
ONE-TIME MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
REPAIRS AT ALL THE SITES TO
REPLACE DAMAGED HOUSES, AGING
KITCHEN FACILITIES AND OTHER
ITEMS AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL
USEFUL LIFE. LAST YEAR THIS BODY
SUPPORTED COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S
LEWIS'S PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS THE
RISE OF OPIOID AND FENTANYL
ADDICTION. THIS INVESTMENT WAS E
WAS MADE WITH ONE-TIME FUNDS, BT
FUNDS, BUT HAS BEEN CRUCIAL TO E
TO ENSURE -- AND GET PEOPLE HOU.
PEOPLE HOUSED. $880,000 WOULD GO
GO TOWARD MAINTAINING SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTED ALL OF OUR SITES. AS
THE CITY HAS RAMPED UP ITS
REMOVALS OF HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS, WE ARE SEEING MUCH
HIGHER ACUITY OF PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS. AS A RESULT WE
INCREASED -- TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS,
SAFETY OF STAFF, AND SAFETY OF G
OF SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THIS
SUCCESS WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TOE
TO THE HOPE TEAM REFERRALS FROM
THE CITY, BUT WE HAVE NOT
RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
THEREFORE WE ARE ASKING FOR
INCREASES TO OUR ONGOING
STAFFING SUPPORT IN THE 2023
BUDGET. FINALLY THE CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL INCREASED FUNDING TO ADS
TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AT
SOME OF OUR SITES AND WE ASK YOU
YOU TO PLEASE CONTINUE FULL
FUNDING FOR OPERATION SACK
LUNCH. IN TOTAL THESE REQUESTS
COME TO $2.8 MILLION AND ARE
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN
MAINTAIN OUR EXISTING CAPACITY.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE PROGRAM AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THOMASINA, FOLLOWED BY JULIA.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
THOMASINA SCHMIDT AND I AM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SEATTLE
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, A LOCAL
NONPROFIT FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION. WE
HAVE TWO FUNDING REQUESTS FOR
THE BUDGET. WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK
ASK THE COUNCIL TO RESTORE A
PROPOSED FUNDING CUT WHERE SAFE
COMMUNITIES CONTRACT. SECOND, WE
WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR INCREAD
FOR INCREASED FUNDING -- WE HAVE
HAVE HELD BOTH CONTRACTS WITH
THE CITY FOR OVER A DECADE. BOTS
BOTH CONTRACTS ARE COMMUNITY
LED, FAITH-BASED, VIOLENCE AND
CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS THAT
HAVE BEEN RESEARCHED AND
EVALUATED BY PROFESSIONAL CRIMIS
PROFESSIONAL CRIMINOLOGISTS AT
UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED
STATES. THESE PROGRAMS HAVE MADE
MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THE
COMMUNITY AND HELP WITH REDUCING
REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME. THE CITY
CITY COUNCIL HAS STATED ONE OF
THE PRIORITIES -- THE CONTRACTS
HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. WE
UNDERSTAND THIS IS A DIFFICULT
ECONOMIC CLIMATE AND THE CITY IS
IS FACING A REVENUE SHORTFALL.
CONSIDERING THE SHORTFALL, WE
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROPOSED
PROPOSED SPENDING OF $1 MILLION
FOR A GUN FIRE PROTECTION
SYSTEM. IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT
THE MONEY INTO COMMUNITY LED
SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING
WORKING FOR YEARS, INSTEAD OF
INVESTING IN QUESTIONABLE
TECHNOLOGY. WE PROPOSE INVESTING
INVESTING IN COMMUNITY LED
PROGRAMS ALREADY DOING THIS
WORK, SUCH AS SAFE COMMUNITIES.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING
SUPPORT AND CONSIDERATION. I
YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT
PERSON IS JULIA, FOLLOWED BY
AMANDA DANIELS. GOOD MORNING, J.
MORNING, JULIA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I AM
A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 6 AND I
AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. THE MAYOR HAS
HAS PROPOSED A BUDGET THAT WILL
RAISE DOLLARS THAT ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE FOCUSED ON FRONT-LINE
NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST, TO FILL
BUDGET HOLES FOR PROGRAMS BASED
IN WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE
NORTH END, WHO ARE BETTER
EQUIPPED TO WITHSTAND THE
CRISIS. HE ALSO PROPOSED A
BUDGET THAT IS DESIGNED TO CAUSE
CAUSE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO LEAVE
LEAVE THE CITY. SOCIAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS LEAVING THE CITY OR
THE PROFESSION, BY OFFERING NO
COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT DURING
DURING INFLATION AND NO SHELTER
OPTIONS TO OFFER PEOPLE WHEN
THEY GO TO THE MULTIPLE WEEKLY
PROGRESSIVE VALUES, THE CITY
CANNOT CONTINUE TO TAKE MONEY
OUT OF BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS,
NONWHITE NEIGHBORHOODS,
IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS, IF THAY
THAT MONEY IS FOR ANY PURPOSE
OTHER THAN SURVEILLANCE,
RESTRICTION, AND CONFINEMENT,
THAT MONEY HAS GOT TO GO SO THAT
THAT SEATTLE CAN GIVE IT TO THE
WEALTHIEST NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY GARDENS
AND SMALL BUSINESS CAFES AND DOG
DOG PARKS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE
COUNCIL TO BRING THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET MORE IN LINE WITH SEATTLE
SEATTLE VALUES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT
PERSON IS AMANDA DANIELS,
FOLLOWED BY LUCINDA STROUD. GOOD
GOOD MORNING, AMANDA.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND VICE CHAIR HERBOLD AND
MEMBERS OF THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS AMANDA
DANIELS AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT
1. I'M A LONG TIME HUMAN
SERVICES WORKER, A CURRENT
SOCIAL WORK STUDENT, AND A
PARENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN. I AM
HERE TO ADJUST THE COMPENSATION
FOR HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS.
FIRSTHAND --
AREAS OF THE BUDGET FOR COST
SAVINGS. IN A YEAR OF INFLATION
CALCULATED AT 7.6%, A 4% CAP
WOULD BE A WAGE CUT FOR WORKERS
LIKE ME. WE ARE AMONG THE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS THAT BROUGHT
US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. THE
WORKERS THAT CARE FOR MENTAL
HEALTH, OUR LOVED ONES IN CARE ,
CARE FACILITIES, OUR CHILDREN IN
IN DAYCARE, THE UNHOUSED AND
MANY OTHERS. HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS NEED TO BE COMPENSATED
TO SUSTAIN THEIR LIVELIHOODS IN
OUR GREAT, BUT COSTLY, CITY.
THEIR WORK WITH SOME OF THE MOST
MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS
DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE SAFETY OF
OUR COMMUNITIES. COUNCILMEMBERS,
PLEASE REMOVE THE 4% CAP FROM
THE 2023 BUDGET, MAINTAIN THE
CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF
INFLATIONARY WAGE INCREASES WITH
WITH ACTUAL INFLATION FOR HUMAN
SERVICE WORKERS AND INCREASE
WAGES FOR HUMAN SERVICE RD PAY .
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT
PERSON IS LUCINDA. FOLLOWED BY
-- GOOD MORNING, LUCINDA.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS
IS LUCINDA STROUD AND I AM A
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT
LOCATED IN DISTRICT 7. THE
CURRENT BUDGET CONTINUES
TROUBLING CLASSIST, ABLEIST, --
THROUGH ITS TREATMENT OF UNHOUSD
OF UNHOUSED RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE AND INCARCERATED PEOPLE
AND ITS UNDERFUNDING OF HUMAN
SERVICES WORKERS. I AM CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET CALL FOR A BUDGET TO
LIVE, WHICH CALLS FOR DEFUNDING
ALL RESOURCES DEDICATED TO THE
SWEEPS OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMNTS.
THESE SWEEPS -- THAT UNHOUSED
PEOPLE EXPERIENCE, FURTHER
DESTABILIZING THEM, LEADING TO
DEGRADED COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
UNHOUSED PEOPLE WILL SUFFER
PREMATURE DEATH. THE CURRENT
FUNDING OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MAKES THE CITY LESS SAFE AS THE
ATTORNEYS CAMPAIGN OF AGGRESSIVY
OF AGGRESSIVELY PROSECUTING
PEOPLE FOR LOW-LEVEL CRIMES,
LARGELY CRIMES OF POVERTY AND
ADDICTION, IS OVERCROWDING THE L
THE JAIL AND LEADING TO TRULY
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT FOR
FOR PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE
PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN
GUILTY. THESE PROVISIONS INCLUDE
INCLUDE NO RUNNING WATER, NO
SANITARY PRODUCTS AND CLEAN
CLOTHES FOR WEEKS, INCARCERATED
úPEOPLE HAVING NO ACCESS TO
ESSENTIAL MEDICINE, INCLUDING
INSULIN AND TREATMENT OF INJURI.
OF INJURIES. WHILE THE CITY
CANNOT CONTROL SPENDING AT THE
JAIL, THEY CAN CONTROL FUNDING
OF AN OVERZEALOUS CITY ATTORNEY
DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVERCROWDING IT. THE FUNDS
ALLOCATED FOR SWEEPS LOGISTICS
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY MUST BE
REDIRECTED DEFUNDING BASIC
NEEDS, INCLUDING ADEQUATELY COMG
ADEQUATELY COMPENSATING HUMAN
SERVICES WORKERS, SO THEY HAVE
REAL CAPACITY AND SUPPORT FOR
SURVIVAL OF SOME OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT
PERSON IS SHAYNA FOLLOWED BY --
GOOD MORNING.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBS
MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS AND
GUESTS. I AM THE EARLY
INTERVENTION PROGRAM MANAGER AT
EAST CARE. I WORK WITH FAMILIES
FOR RECONCILIATION. I WORK IN
SCHOOL-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRS
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND
JUVENILE REHABILITATION REENTRY.
REENTRY PROGRAMS. PRIMARILY
UNDER 18, YOUNG ADULTS. THE
INTENTION OF OUR PROGRAM IS TO
BATTLE HOMELESSNESS. I AM HERE
TODAY TO ASK YOU TO INVEST IN
OUR WORKERS. I HAVE SEEN THE
IMPACT OF LOW WAGES, BOTH AS A
FRONT-LINE WORKER AND AS A PROGM
MANAGER. AT YOUTH CARE, WE WORK
TO SUPPORT YOUNG ADULTS AMONG
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO
BREAK THE CYCLES OF POVERTY ANDA
AND TRAUMA THAT COULD HOLD THEM
BACK FROM THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
THIS WORK IS EMOTIONALLY TAXING.
TAXING. WE REGULARLY MANAGE
SECONDHAND TRAUMA THAT WE
EXPERIENCE AND WE COPE WITH THE
TRUTH OF SOCIETY THAT WE SEE
FIRSTHAND IN OUR WORK. THINGS
LIKE OVERDOSE, CHILDREN LIVING
OUTSIDE, COLD AND HUNGRY. WE ARE
ARE HANDED SEATTLE'S BIGGEST
HUMAN CRISIS, POVERTY AND HOMEL.
AND HOMELESSNESS. THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE NEED STABILITY AND A COY
A COMMUNITY CONTINUUM OF CARE
WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS THEY HAVE
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH AND TR.
AND TRUST. WE CAN'T DO THIS WITH
WITH OUR CURRENT TURNOVER RATE.
THESE TURNOVER RATES, I BELIEVE,
BELIEVE, ARE RELATED TO A HIGH
STRESS JOB AND LOW WAGES. -- AND
AND EFFECTIVELY MANAGE
SECONDHAND TRAUMA. IT HELPS US
AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT STRESS OF
OF HOW WE WILL PAY OUR RENT OR
PROVIDE FOOD TO OUR FAMILIES.
THE CURRENT LIVING WAGE IN
SEATTLE IS $70,000 AND A
FRONT-LINE WORKER AT YOUTH CARE
EARNS $48,000. THIS IS A LARGE
GAP BETWEEN WHAT WE EARN AND
WHAT IS NEEDED TO LIVE. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. WE LOOK FORWARD --
>>
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE NT
THE NEXT PERSON IS -- GOOD MORN.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM CALLING ON BEHALF OF SOLID
SOLID GROUND, A MULTI-SERVICE ON
MULTI-SERVICE ORGANIZATION THAT
SUPPORTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
SERVICES. I AM JOINING FELLOW
HUMAN SERVICE ADVOCATES TODAY
AND THE COALITION IN URGING
COUNCIL TO FULLY FUND THE HUMAN
HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACT. THE
PROPOSED CAP ON THE REQUIRED
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO HUMAN
SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS IS AN
EFFECTIVE CUT ON WORKER WAGES.
BECAUSE PUBLIC FUNDS DON'T COVER
COVER THE FULL COST OF SERVICES
AND PRIVATE FUNDRAISING IS LIMI,
IS LIMITED, WE ARE HARD-PRESSED
TO FILL THIS GAP AND KEEP UP
WITH RISING COSTS. UNFORTUNATELY
UNFORTUNATELY IT COULD LEAD TO A
A CUT IN SERVICES. THIS NOT ONLY
ONLY HARMS COMMUNITIES NOW, BUT
WILL CONTINUE TO INHIBIT OUR
ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN
THE FUTURE. I URGE THE COUNCIL
TO SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
BY THE SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICE
COALITION TO CONTINUE TO FUND
THE SERVICES THAT COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ARE RELYING ON AND THE
WORKERS THAT PROVIDE THESE SERV.
THESE SERVICES. WE NEED, AT THE
VERY LEAST, TO ADJUST HUMAN
SERVICE CONTRACTS COMMENSURATE
WITH THE INFLATION IMPACTING
ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY MEMB.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THIS IS ONE
REALLY IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD
WAGE EQUITY FOR UNDERVALUED
WORKERS. WE CAN'T ACHIEVE THE
SAFE ONE SEATTLE WE ALL
ENVISIONED WITHOUT THE CRITICAL
SERVICES THAT BUILD WELL-BEING
FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO
THESE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE
CHALLENGING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS
TO COME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAUREEN,
FOLLOWED BY CLARA. GOOD MORNING.
MORNING, MARINES.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
MAINTAINING HUMAN SERVICE WAGES
WITH INFLATION. EVERY DAY WE SED
SEE FIRSTHAND HOW HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
NOT ONLY OF OUR NEIGHBORS OR
UNHOUSED BY CONNECTING THEM WITH
WITH HOUSING AND SERVICES, BUT
ALSO ON THE FRONT LINES OF
ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY, MENTAL
MENTAL HEALTH, AND GUN VIOLENCE
CRISES. THEY RISK THEIR OWN
SAFETY TO WALK ALONG FREEWAY
EMBANKMENTS AND GO TO SOME OF
THE MOST HEARTBREAKING PARTS OF
OUR CITY. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE
TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR OWN
FINANCIAL STABILITY. IF WE WANT
A SAFE AND EQUITABLE CITY, WE
NEED TO INVEST IN THE WORKERS
WHO DEVOTED THEIR CAREERS TO
TAKE ON EXTREME EMOTIONAL AND PL
AND PHYSICAL BURDENS. WITH MOST
WORKERS ONLY MAKING $20-$25 PER
HOUR. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO T
TO CUT WHEN OUR HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS ARE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN
THAN EVER AND THE LABOR SHORTAGE
SHORTAGE IS ALREADY GUTTING OUR
HUMAN SERVICE WORKFORCE. ALONG
THE SAME LINES, WE ARE UNDER
INVESTING AND SERVING THE 50% OF
OF UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND WE NEED
TO INVEST IN ONGOING OUTREACH
AND SAFE LOTS TO NOT ONLY SERVE
THE FOLKS LIVING ON THE MARGINS,
MARGINS, BUT ALSO TO MITIGATE
THE ISSUES CREATED IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS BY NOT
HAVING ENOUGH SAFE PLACES FOR
PEOPLE TO PARK. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING AND FOR YOUR WORK IN G
IN MAKING THESE HARD DECISIONS
ON THE CITY BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAUREEN.
MAUREEN. CLARA, FOLLOWED BY
CHRISTOPHER LAMPKIN. GOOD
MORNING, CLARA.
>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> I CAN, THANK YOU.
>> I AM A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER
WITH SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN.
NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS. I LIVE
IN DISTRICT 2 AND I AM HERE TO
SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET, WHICH WE HAVE
HAVE HEARD A NUMBER OF
COMMENTERS SPEAKING ABOUT A
SPECIFIC PORTION. I AM ALSO HERE
HERE TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT
ABOUT TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST IS TO
TO ASK WALTER PLEASE KEEP THE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN
SDOT, INSTEAD OF MOVING IT BACK
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
CIVILIAN WORKERS BELONG IN A
CIVILIAN LED DEPARTMENT AND
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN
PARTICULAR SHOULD BE PARTNERS IN
IN CURB SPACE MANAGEMENT, TO GET
GET PEOPLE PARKING IN PLACES
THAT ALLOW EVERYONE ACCESS TO
SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES AND
CURB RAMPS AND MORE, RATHER THAN
THAN JUST BEING AN ENFORCEMENT
DEPARTMENT. THIS KIND OF CULTURT
CULTURE SHIFT REQUIRES A LOT
MORE THAN ONE YEAR TO TAKE PLACE
AND TO RETURN THE DIVISION TO
SPD LOCKS US INTO THAT
ENFORCEMENT AND PUNISHMENT FIRSM
FIRST PARADIGM THAT IS NOT
WORKING TO MAKE PEOPLE SAFER ON
OUR STREETS. THE SECOND ITEM I
WANTED TO ASK IS TO ENSURE THAT
100% OF THE REVENUE FROM THE
AUTOMATIC RED LIGHT ENFORCEMENT
IS BEING INVESTED IN THE SAFETY
PROJECTS, RATHER THAN DIRECTED
INTO THE GENERAL FUND. AS
SOMEONE WHO GETS AROUND BY BIKE
AND TRANSIT, I KNOW FIRSTHAND
THAT SEATTLE STREETS ARE OFTEN
INCREDIBLY UNSAFE FOR ME WALKING
WALKING AND BIKING AROUND, TO
GET WHERE I NEED TO GO. AND THE
INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM TICKETG
FROM TICKETING INDICATES THAT
THE STREET IS LESS SAFE AND MORE
MORE IN NEED OF SAFE
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT. USING
USING THAT FUNDING FOR THE
GENERAL FUND ALSO MAKES US A
CITY THAT IS MORE RELIANT ON
ENFORCEMENT REVENUE FOR FUNDING,
INSTEAD OF USING THAT REVENUE
FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE STIFLING
STIFLING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE SUT
PLEASE SUPPORT THE BUDGET AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK
ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT
PERSON IS CHRISTOPHER, FOLLOWED
BY DAVID. GOOD MORNING, CHRISTO.
MORNING, CHRISTOPHER. IT SEEMS
LIKE YOU ARE STILL MUTED. COULD
YOU HIT STAR 6 ONE MORE TIME?
THERE WE GO.
>> HOW IS THAT?
>> BETTER. GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL. I AM CHRIS LAMPKIN, A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1. I WORK H
WORK WITH OUR MEMBERS. WHAT
LESSONS HAVE WE LEARNED FROM TH?
THE PANDEMIC? OUR UNDERFUNDED
PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM, AND UNDERFUNDED
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
WERE PLACED UNDER INCREDIBLE STN
INCREDIBLE STRAIN WHEN THEY WERE
WERE MOST NEEDED AND IT RESULTED
IN HUMAN SUFFERING AND
PREVENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE. WHILE
WE ARE STILL IN THE PANDEMIC, AG
PANDEMIC, ASKING OUR PROVIDERS
ON THE FRONT LINES OF CARING FOE
FOR THOSE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR
OUR NEIGHBORS TO TAKE AN
EFFECTIVE PAY CUT IS THE WRONG
TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAVE LEAD
HAVE LEARNED DURING THE
PANDEMIC. I CALL ON YOU, THE CO,
THE COUNCIL, NOT TO DO ANYTHING
NEW BUT TO STAND BY THE WISE
COMMITMENT MANY OF YOU MADE
THREE YEARS AGO TO SUPPORT OUR
HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS WITH
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS, SO THEY N
THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO THE WORK
THAT THEY PROVIDE. THANK YOU,
COUNCIL. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DAVID,
FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL. GOOD
MORNING, MICHAEL. LET'S SEE. IT
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE DAVID. GOOD
MORNING, DAVID. SORRY ABOUT THA.
ABOUT THAT. UNMUTE YOURSELF,
PLEASE. THERE WE GO.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID. I AM
AM A MEMBER OF 1199 NORTHWEST
AND I AM A SHELTER CASE MANAGER.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT,
WILL I WANTED TO STATE, THAT I
AM HERE TALKING IN FAVOR OF
MAINTAINING THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS. THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WE WORKED VERY HARD FOR A
FEW YEARS BACK AND TO HEAR THAT
MIGHT GET TAKEN BACK AND REMOVED
REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET IS
EXTREMELY DISHEARTENING. SO
PLEASE, PLEASE MAINTAIN THOSE.
IT IS INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL. THE
THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH ARE
STRUGGLING JUST TO GET BY. I
KNOW ONE OF MY COWORKERS WAS
DRIVING AROUND WITH A NAIL IN
HER TIRE, BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT
AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED AND SHE
WOULD JUST ADD AIR TO HER TIRE
EVERY DAY, HOPING SHE WOULD NOTE
NOT HAVE A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE.
ANOTHER COWORKER, DESPITE
HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE AND
DENTAL INSURANCE, HAS NOT HAD A
CAVITY FIXED FOR MONTHS, BECAUSE
BECAUSE SHE CANNOT AFFORD THE
CO-PAY AND HAS HAD TONS OF MIGRS
OF MIGRAINES AND HEADACHES FROM
IT AND HAS BEEN CHEWING ON ONE
SIDE OF HER MOUTH FOR GOING ON
SIX MONTHS NOW. BECAUSE WE ARE
JUST LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHEC.
TO PAYCHECK. WE ARE AT THE VERY
VERGE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO GET .
GET BY. AND IF THESE CONTRACTS
ARE NOT KEEPING UP WITH INFLATI,
WITH INFLATION, WE ARE JUST MOVG
JUST MOVING BACKWARDS. WE ARE
MAKING LESS AND LESS EVERY YEAR.
SO, PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP THAT
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT. IT IS
SO NECESSARY. THIS JOB IS HARD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL
SAID AND PLEASE SEND ANY
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO WES.
MICHAEL, GOOD MORNING, FOLLOWED
BY KB.
>> HI, I AM A RESIDENT CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF THE SOLIDARITY BU.
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET SHOULD NOT SUPPORT THE
SPENDING OF CITY RESOURCES ON S,
ON SHOTSPOTTER, TECHNOLOGY THAT
HAS PROVEN INEFFECTIVE AND AND
ADMISSIBLE IN COURT BECAUSE IT S
TO BIASED POLICING. ADDITIONALL,
POLICING. ADDITIONALLY, PARKING
ENFORCEMENT SHOULD STAY WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION TO ALLOW GREATER
COLLABORATION WITH SDOT AND THE
MAYOR SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO
TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR POSITIONS
POSITIONS HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY
INTENTION OF HIRING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BUDGET SHOULDT
SHOULD SUPPORT VISION ZERO,
WHICH PROVIDES FUNDS FOR
SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, PROTECT
DID BIKE LANES, AND --
ADDITIONALLY, ALL JUMPSTART
FUNDS SHOULD BE RETAINED FOR
THEIR INTENDED USE. THANK YOU. I
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR DIALING
IN. THE NEXT PERSON IS KATIE,
FOLLOWED BY JENNIFER LEE. GOOD
MORNING, KATIE.
>> I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6 AND I
FULLY SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BU.
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. ENDING ALL
FUNDING THAT GOES TO
TRAUMATIZING UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. WITHOUT SHELTER,
PEOPLE DIE. THE NUMBER OF
UNHOUSED PEOPLE DYING CONTINUES
TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR IN THE
CITY MUST END THESE STEPS.
SHELTERS AND TINY HOMES ARE NOT
LONG-TERM HOUSING, PLUS TINY
HOMES ARE FULL. PEOPLE WANT TO
LIVE INSIDE AND REMAIN IN THEIR
LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH THEIR
EXISTING SUPPORT NETWORK. THEY
MAKE EVERYONE FEEL UNSAFE
BECAUSE THEY WORSEN THE
CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO
ISOLATION, HARM, AND VIOLENCE.
THE FUND SWEEPS OF PEOPLE LIVING
LIVING ON SHELTER AND FUND
OUTREACH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
HARM REDUCTION EFFORTS, LOCAL
MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC BATHROOM,
MOBILE PITSTOPS, AND VEHICLE
SAFE LABS. WHERE ARE UNSHELTERED
UNSHELTERED PEOPLE ALLOWED TO E?
TO EXIST? I AM VERY DISTURBED BE
BY THE PAY CUTS HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET.
IT IS AN EMOTIONALLY HEAVY AND
STRESSFUL JOB AND A BUDGET WHERE
WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ARE
OFFERED RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION PACKAGES, THIS
LEGISLATION IS A SLAP IN THE FA.
THE FACE. IF WE ARE SERIOUS
ABOUT ENDING HOMELESSNESS AND
BUILDING COMMUNITIES, WE NEED TO
TO LISTEN TO THE NEEDS OF
UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND PAY
ESSENTIAL WORKERS MORE, NOT
LESS, TO SUPPORT THOSE NEEDS.
THIS IS WHY I SUPPORT THE PAY
INCREASES AND RETENTION BONUSES
FOR HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS.
STOP THE SWEEPS, DEFUND SPD, AND
AND PAY ESSENTIAL WORKERS MORE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. THE NEXT
PERSON IS JENNIFER LEE, FOLLOWEY
FOLLOWED BY FELICIA, WHO IS
LISTED IS NOT PRESENT. PLEASE GO
GO AHEAD, JENNIFER.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER LEE
WITH THE ACLU OF WASHINGTON. WE
WE OPPOSE THE $1 MILLION
ALLOCATED FOR GUNFIRE DETECTION
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET. THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE
NOT EFFECTIVE, THEY ARE COSTLY
TO PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN, AND
THEY EXACERBATE POLICE VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THE 2021 PEER-REVIEWED
PEER-REVIEWED STUDY OF
SHOTSPOTTER USE IN 68 COUNTY
SHOWED NO REDUCTION IN FIREARMSS
FIREARMS HOMICIDES OR ARRESTS.
THERE ARE NO INDEPENDENT
PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES OF
SHOTSPOTTER ACCURACY. IN 2017, A
A SHOTSPOTTER ANALYST TESTIFIED
THAT THE CLAIMS WERE PUT
TOGETHER BY THE SALES AND
MARKETING DEPARTMENT, NOT
ENGINEERS. WE ALSO KNOW
SHOTSPOTTER HAS A CLOSE RELATIOP
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT FURTHER MAKES
IT INAPPROPRIATE TO USE EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE IN COURT. AN EXPERT ADD
EXPERT ADMITTED IN A 2016 TRIAL
THAT THE COMPANY RECLASSIFIED SS
RECLASSIFIED SOUNDS FROM A
HELICOPTER TO A BULLET AT THE
REQUEST OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT ,
DEPARTMENT CUSTOMER, SAYING SUCH
SUCH CHANGES OCCUR ALL THE TIME.
TIME. QUOTE, WE TRUST POLICE, WT
WE TRUST LAW ENFORCEMENT
CUSTOMERS TO BE UPFRONT AND
HONEST WITH US. THE USE OF SHOTR
OF SHOTSPOTTER HAS NOT BEEN
EFECTIVE AT PICKING UP ACTUAL
GUNSHOTS AND HAS LED TO MANY
FALSE ALARMS THAT HAVE LED TO WL
TO WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND
DEADLY POLICE VIOLENCE. IN
RESPONSE TO SHOTSPOTTER'S AND ES
AND EFFECTIVENESS AND PREVENT
HARM TO COMMUNITIES, MANY CITIES
CITIES THAT HAVE SPENT MILLIONS
ON THIS TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING
BUFFALO, CHARLOTTE, AND SAN
ANTONIO HAVE ENDED UP CANCELING
THE CONTRACT. WE URGE CITY
COUNCIL TO REJECT THE USE OF
GUNFIRE DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES
LIKE SHOTSPOTTER WHICH ARE NOT
EFFECTIVE, INAPPROPRIATE TO USE
IN COURT, AND WILL CAUSE FURTHER
FURTHER HARM TO COMMUNITIES.
THANK YOU. I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT IS
FELICIA OWENS PERSON. YOU ARE
LISTED IS NOT PRESENT, SO WE
WILL GO TO THE NEXT. I WILL LIST
LIST THE NEXT FIVE PEOPLE LISTED
LISTED AS NOT PRESENT AND THEN
WE WILL END WITH THE TWO THAT
ARE HERE. IF ANYONE HEARS THEIR
NAME AND CAN STILL DIAL IN, WE
WILL BE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO
YOU. PEOPLE SIGNED UP BUT NOT
PRESENT INCLUDE FELICIA, JOHN,
BILL JAMES, DARREN LEWIS. SOLEMN
SOLEMN ON -- IF YOU JUST HEARD
YOUR NAME, FELICIA -- PLEASE DO
DIAL IN. WE WILL GO TO THE LAST
TO LISTED TO SPEAK THAT ARE
PRESENT AND THAT INCLUDES
TIFFANY COLEMAN AND DAVID HINES.
HINES. GOOD MORNING, TIFFANY.
THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
RESIDENT OF WEST SEATTLE AS WELL
WELL AS A CURRENT FIREFIGHTER
FOR 20 YEARS. 22 YEARS. 20 OF
THEM ON ENGINE 37, LOCATED IN
SEATTLE, SERVING THE AREAS WE
ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. KEEP IN
MIND MY PROPOSAL SPEAKS TO
LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS -- DEATH OR
PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE IS
IMMINENT OUTSIDE OF FOUR MINUTE.
FOUR MINUTES. GREATEST RISK TO
OCCUPANTS AND FIREFIGHTERS
WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES. I E
I APPRECIATE DISTRICT ONE, WHICH
WHICH PRIORITIZE THE DECISION TO
TO PLACE LADDER TRUCKS AT
COMMUNITY FIRE STATION 37 IN THE
THE HIGH POINT NEIGHBORHOOD AND
A MEDIC AT FIRE STATION 26 IN
SOUTH PARK. I ASKED THAT YOU
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR
THESE UNITS. THE SOUTHERN AREA
OF WEST SEATTLE IS ONE OF THE LT
THE LARGEST RESPONSE DISTRICTS
IN THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
ALREADY PUSHING OUT RESPONSE
TIME FRAMES. BOTH PROVIDE
SPECIALTY SKILL AND TASKS TO
AREAS THAT CANNOT BE PROVIDE --
THIS CAN POTENTIALLY BE OUTSIDE
F LIFE-SAVING MINUTES FOR
MEDICAL CALLS. THIS DELAY CAN
INTERRUPT PRIORITY AND ABILITY
TO FIGHT FIRE AND RISK
FIREFIGHTER SAFETY. I UNDERSTAND
THAT THOUGH THESE RESOURCES
WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO STAY
STAY IN PLACE THROUGH THE BRIDGE
BRIDGE OPENING, I AM GRATEFUL
THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END
OF 2022. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT A
COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENCE OF
WEST SEATTLE. SPECIFICALLY THE
UNDERSERVED AREAS. WITHOUT THE
LADDER TRUCK AT STATION 37,
THERE IS ONLY ONE LADDER TRUCK
TO SERVE ALL OF WEST SEATTLE.
ANY MAJOR RESPONSE TO DISPATCH
FOR THOSE CALLS. EXECUTION. FIRE
FIRE RELATED SEARCH --
>> I AM SO SORRY, THE TIME EXPI,
TIME EXPIRED, BUT PLEASE SEND IN
IN THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS AND
AND WE DEFINITELY CAUGHT THE
GIST OF WHAT YOU ARE GETTING
THROUGH. PLEASE SEND THAT TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. JOHN,
FOLLOWED BY DAVID HINES. GOOD
MORNING, JOHN.
>> HI. I BELIEVE YOU ALL CAN
HEAR ME NOW. I AM AN INTENSIVE
CASE MANAGER FOR THE HOST
PROGRAM. I AM CALLING IN TO TALT
TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET PROPOSALS
TODAY. MY WORK, SPECIFICALLY, I
WORK ALL OVER SEATTLE FROM THE
SOUTH IN ALL THE WAY TO THE
NORTH END. PROMINENTLY A LOT OF
THE WORK WE DO ALONG THIRD
AVENUE. WE HAD A LOT OF
INCREASED ATTENTION AND PRESSURE
PRESSURE ON FOLKS IN THE THIRD
AVENUE CORRIDOR TO GET THEM INTO
HOUSING AND OTHER SERVICES,
WHICH HAS BEEN COMPLICATED, OF ,
OF COURSE, BY THE PANDEMIC AND
ALL THE ISSUES WE ARE FACING IN
THE HUMAN SERVICES SECTOR RIGHT.
RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF UNSTAFFED
POSITIONS. WAGES ARE LOW AND
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, A LOT OF
US CAME TO CITY COUNCIL TO TALK
ABOUT THE INCREASES -- THE
INFLATIONARY INCREASES. IT FEELS
FEELS LIKE WE MADE AN AGREEMENT
AT THAT TIME THAT THAT WAS THE
LEAST WE COULD DO FOR OUR FOLKS
WORKING IN HUMAN SERVICES, TO
SEE SOME OF THOSE INCREASES TIED
TO INFLATION. THERE IS A LOT OF
OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WAGES, BUT I
I WANT TO KEEP THIS BRIEF. AT
THIS TIME I AM REALLY CONCERNED
RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE APPROACH
SOLD TO CAP AT 4%, WHICH IS NOT
WHAT WE AGREED UPON AND AT A TIE
A TIME WHEN ALL OF US ARE
STRUGGLING SO HARD. WE ARE
FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND HAVE BEEN
BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE TIME OF
COVID AND KEPT WORKING WITH A
VERY DIFFICULT POPULATION AND IT
IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO
KEEP PEOPLE STAFFED IN THESE POS
THESE POSITIONS WHEN WE KNOW
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT
NOW BEING PROPOSED IS
EFFECTIVELY A DECREASE IN OUR
WAGES. WITH THAT I WILL YIELD M.
MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU FOR DIALING IN.
STEVEN HINES, YOU ARE LISTED AS
THE LAST SPEAKER PRESENT. GOOD
MORNING, DAVID.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A PUBLIC
SAFETY CRISIS, EXACERBATED BY
CITY HALL POLICIES STILL
EXEMPTING EVIL DRUG PUSHERS FROM
PUSHERS FROM JAIL IF THEY HAVE
UNDER 3.5 GRAMS. THEN WE HAVE A
HOMELESS CRISIS WITH COMPOUNDEDL
COMPOUNDED EXPONENTIAL SUFFERING
SUFFERING CAUSED BY RACIST
POLICIES, PURPOSELY NOT HELPINGT
HELPING INNOCENT LAW-ABIDING
CITIZENS, WHILE PRIORITIZING
CRIMINALS. GIVING THE MOST HELP,
HELP, HOUSING, AND SERVICES
FIRST INSTEAD OF IMPROVED JAIL.
RESULTING IN THREE NONPROFITS
CO-OPTING OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM, SQUANDERING THE MAJORITY
MAJORITY OF PUBLIC SAFETY MONEY
GIVEN TO JUST CARE, LEAD, AND
PUBLIC DEFENDER. SPENDING $120,0
SPENDING $120,000 PER REPEAT
CRIMINAL, WHILE NONPROFITS
REFUSED TO INVEST HELPING
INNOCENT CITIZENS. YET CITY
COUNCIL CONTINUES TO PAY OUT
GEORGE FLOYD AND BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTESTERS FROM LAST
BUDGET -- THIS YEAR, DURING
ELECTION SEASON AGAIN, THEY ARE
GOING TO GET THE SAME $60
MILLION. THAT MONEY WAS ORIGINAY
WAS ORIGINALLY EARMARKED FOR
HOMELESSNESS. THESE PEOPLE ARE
SUFFERING. THE ONLY CAPACITY
COUNCIL CARES ABOUT IS BUILDING
COMMUNITY LOYALTY. NOW OUR
BUDGET PROCESS NEEDS TO HAVE AN
INVESTIGATION WITH THE CBO
OFFICE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE
THEY ARE TRADING FAVORS, HELPING
HELPING COUNCIL'S PERSONAL
AGENDA, WHILE NOT BEING FULLY
TRANSPARENT WITH SPINNING
ALLEGATIONS. USING WORDS TO
DESCRIBE WHAT AND WHO IS
POCKETING THE MONEY BY SAYING,
ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
CETERA. CENSORING AND HIDING
FROM THE PEOPLE THIS CORRUPT,
TREASONOUS, RACIST BUDGET
PROCESS WITH THE SAME FAILED SPG
FAILED SPENDING POLICIES.
DOUBLING DOWN AND PROVING THIS
COUNCIL IS A THREAT TO REAL
PROGRESS AND PROPER POLICY.
PLEASE RESIGN. YOU HAVE RUINED
THIS CITY.
>> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, I DON'T
DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS
PRESENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR
DIALING IN TODAY. I APPRECIATE
THAT SO MANY FOLKS DIALED IN
REMOTELY. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
STRONGLY ENCOURAGING, GIVEN DR.
KAHN'S OPENING COMMENTS ABOUT
THE PANDEMIC. WE DO WANT TO MAKE
MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO HEAR
FROM FOLKS, THOUGH. THAT IS WHY
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FIVE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC HEARIN.
HEARING ONLY. TODAY WAS AN
EXAMPLE OF OUR CONDENSED PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD. WE WILL START
EACH WEEK WITH AT LEAST 90
MINUTES OF PUBLIC COMMENT TO
MAKE SURE WE GET THROUGH EVERYO.
THROUGH EVERYONE. WE HAVE GOTTEN
GOTTEN THROUGH EVERYBODY WHO
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
TODAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETINGS
THAT ARE NOTED ON THE PUBLIC
COMMENT SUMMARY DOCUMENT THAT
COMMUNICATIONS POSTED ON A
WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA. SO AG,
SO AGAIN, THIS EVENING WE
WELCOME PUBLIC COMMENT. IT
STARTS AT 5:00 P.M. WE ENCOURAGE
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO DIAL IN REMO.
IN REMOTELY. THERE WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS WHO WANT
TO TESTIFY IN PUBLIC TO COME. IF
IF YOU SIGN UP REMOTELY, YOU CAN
CAN START SIGNING UP AT 3:00
P.M., TWO HOURS PRIOR TO THE
HEARING. WE WILL ACTUALLY START
WITH THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE WHO
DIALED IN REMOTELY. THEN WE WILL
WILL GO TO THE NEXT 10 PEOPLE
WHO ARE IN THE ROOM. FOR ANYONE
WHO WANTS TO SIGN UP AND PROVIDE
PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN
CHAMBERS, YOU CAN SIGN UP
STARTING AT 4:30 P.M. OUTSIDE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS. AS A REMINDER,
REMINDER, THE REST OF THIS WEEK
WE WILL HAVE WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT ONLY AND YOU CAN ALWAYS
SEND US COMMENTS TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. WE HAVE
POSTCARDS PLACED OUTSIDE OF THE
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS WELL AND AT
AT THE FRONT DESK OF CITY HALL
AND OUR LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
TO RECEIVE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS
IF YOU COME AND WOULD LIKE TO
WRITE A NOTE INSTEAD. THIS IS
OUR WAY OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND
ALSO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY.,
SAFETY. AGAIN, IN PERSON SIGN UP
UP STARTS AT 4:30 P.M. THOSE
DIALING IN REMOTELY ONLINE,
STARTS AT 3:00 P.M. BY WAY OF
REMINDER, APOLOGIES TO THOSE WHO
WHO MIGHT'VE ASKED EARLIER FROM
DIFFERENT OFFICES. THE PUBLIC CT
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE UPCOMING
PUBLIC HEARING STARTING AT 5:00
P.M., WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET
THROUGH EVERYBODY WHO IS DIALED
IN. AGAIN I AM GOING TO CALL IN
THE FIRST 10 SPEAKERS REMOTELY
AND THEN THE NEXT 10 PEOPLE IN
PERSON. I WILL CALL ON PEOPLE IN
IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE
REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
WEBSITE AND IN PERSON ON PAPER
AS WELL. I WILL ROTATE BETWEEN
THE ONLINE GROUPS AND IN PERSON
IN GROUPS OF 10. AS I NOTED IN
MY COMMENTS IN BRIEFING AND IN
THE MONDAY MEMO THAT WE SEND TO
COUNCIL, THERE IS NOT AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR GROUP TESTIMONY
THIS YEAR. GIVEN THE REMOTE
NATURE OF OUR HYBRID MEETINGS,
WE NEED TO TREAT EVERYBODY
EQUALLY. SINCE THERE IS NO
OPPORTUNITY FOR REMOTE GROUP
TESTIMONY, WE ARE GIVING EVERYOE
GIVING EVERYONE THE SAME AMOUNT
OF TIME, ONLINE OR IN PERSON.
THERE IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
GROUP TESTIMONY, SO PLEASE DIAL
IN. FEEL FREE TO SIGN UP IN THE
ORDER IN WHICH YOU WOULD PREFER
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
SEQUENTIAL COMMENTS. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A MASK IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
WEAR ONE. WE WILL HAVE MASKS
AVAILABLE ON SITE AND I WANT TO
TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW
THAT ALL OF THE MICROPHONES WILL
WILL CUT OFF AFTER THE ALLOTTED
TIME. EVERYONE WILL HAVE A 10
SECOND TIMER TO WRAP UP THEIR
COMMENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE IN
PERSON OR ON THE ONLINE PLATFOR.
ONLINE PLATFORM. YOUR MICS WILL
BE MUTED AT THE END OF YOUR TIM,
YOUR TIME, SO THIS WILL TREAT
EVERYONE EQUALLY AND OUR PROCESS
PROCESS HAS BEEN TO MAKE SURE WE
WE CAN GET THROUGH EVERYONE WHO
HAS SIGNED UP. AS IN THE PAST,
THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO DELAY WITH APPLAUSE. IF YOU
ARE IN PERSON AND LIKE TO
SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT IS SAID,
YOU CAN DO THIS AS WE HAVE DONE
IN THE PAST, BUT THAT HELPS MAKE
EQUAL TREATMENT FOR THE FOLKS
ONLINE AND IN THE ROOM. AGAIN,
THAT WILL HELP US MAKE SURE WE
GET THROUGH EVERYBODY AND FEEL
FREE TO RAISE YOUR HANDS IN
SUPPORT IN THE ROOM, BUT THERE
WILL BE NO APPLAUSE. I LOOK FORD
TO HEARING FROM EVERYONE THIS
EVENING WHO WILL JOIN US FOR A
PUBLIC HEARING, ONE OF THREE
PUBLIC HEARINGS, DEDICATED TO
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. IN
ADDITION TO THESE EXTENDED PUBLC
EXTENDED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODST
PERIODS AT OUR HEARINGS. PUBLIC
COMMITTEE MEETINGS. OKAY,
COLLEAGUES, I ALSO WANT TO
REMIND YOU THAT AS WE HEAD INTO
THESE DELIBERATIONS THAT ARE
COMING UP ABOUT THE BASE
UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET, THE
THE REVENUE STREAMS BEING USED.
NOT ONLY THE BIENNIAL BUDGET,
BUT THE SIX-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN
IS BEING CONFIGURED AS WE GO
INTO THE DISCUSSIONS OVER THE
NEXT THREE DAYS. A REMINDER THAT
THAT AMENDMENTS TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET ARE DUE TO
CENTRAL STAFF OCTOBER 11, NEXT
MONDAY. PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE
DISCUSSING IDEAS WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AS SOON AS YOU CAN, SO
WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR AMENDMENTS
TO CENTRAL STAFF, THEY HAVE A
GENERAL SENSE OF WHAT YOU ARE SG
ARE SEEKING AND CAN BRAINSTORM
WITH YOU IN ADVANCE OF POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. WITH THAT, OUR PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR TODAY, LET ME DOUBLK
DOUBLE CHECK THAT NO ONE ELSE
SIGNED UP. GREAT. PUBLIC COMMENT
COMMENT FOR TODAY IS NOW CLOSED.
CLOSED. MADAM CLERK, WE ARE GOIG
TO MOVE INTO ITEMS LISTED ON
TODAY'S AGENDA, STARTING WITH
ITEM NUMBER ONE.
>> ITEM ONE, INTRODUCTION AND
BUDGET HEARINGS OVERVIEW.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR OUR INTRODUCTION AND BUDGET
BUDGET HEARING OVERVIEW, WE DO
HAVE WITH US DIRECTOR ESTHER
HANDY AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY
PENNUCCI FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
TODAY. WE WILL GO OVER THE
INTRODUCTION WITH THE DIRECTOR
AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND GET
RIGHT INTO THE BALANCING RELATED
RELATED TO FUNDING POLICIES.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO
TO ORIENT OURSELVES TO THIS WEE.
THIS WEEK. WE WILL BE UNPACKING
THE GENERAL FUND AND GENERAL
FUND ADJACENT REVENUES IN THE AN
THE AFTERNOON AND THROUGHOUT
TODAY I WANT US TO BE THINKING
ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF
OF NOT JUST THE BIENNIAL BUDGET,
BUDGET, BUT THE UPCOMING SIX
YEARS. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE GOT TO THIS
THIS PLACE. JUMPSTART. THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. THE
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL RELIEF FUND.
HAVE BEEN USED IN THE LAST TWO
YEARS AS WE SAT IN THIS POSITION
POSITION AS CHAIR OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE, TO MAKE SURE WE
PROTECT IT AGAINST AUSTERITY,
PROTECTED AGAINST CUTS. WE NEED
TO FIGURE OUT THE LONG-TERM
STABILITY FOR OUR CITY AS WE
ALSO CRAFT A STABLE, TWO-YEAR,
FINANCIAL PLAN. SO THIS MORNING
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO GET
INTO THE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT IS
BEING PROPOSED AND THIS
AFTERNOON WE WILL HAVE MORE OF
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE
GENERAL FUND ADJACENT REVENUE,
INCLUDING THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
TAX, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANY TAX, AND THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. CENTRAL
STAFF HAS BEGUN IDENTIFYING ISSS
IDENTIFYING ISSUES FOR
DISCUSSION. IN SOME CASES THERE
ARE OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.
YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO
WEIGH IN WITH SPECIFIC
PRIORITIES AT THIS JUNCTURE. WE
ARE ALL IN ABSORBING MODE, FOR
SURE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF OUR
FOUR DAY DELIBERATIONS, BUT
CENTRAL STAFF HAS BEGUN TO
IDENTIFY ISSUES FOR
CONSIDERATION. FEEL FREE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AND SHARE YOUR
THOUGHTS, BUT PLEASE DO NOT FEEL
FEEL OBLIGATED TO WEIGH IN ON
THE OPTIONS. THOSE ARE FOR OUR
DELIBERATION AND CONSIDERATION,
AS CENTRAL STAFF ALWAYS DOES.
JUST A REMINDER FOR THE WEEK, IN
IN TERMS OF LOGISTICS, WE WILL
TAKE A BREAK EVERY DAY FROM 1:00
1:00 TO 2:00 P.M. FOR A LUNCH
BREAK AND MANY OF US HAVE
SCHEDULED MEETINGS DURING THOSE
TIMES, SO WE WILL MAKE SURE TO
ADJOURN BEFORE 1:00 P.M. EVERY
DAY AND PLEASE RETURN PROMPTLY
AT 2:00 P.M. IT IS ALSO MY GOAL
TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUT OF HERE
BY 5:00 P.M. EACH NIGHT. MANY OF
OF US HAVE OBLIGATIONS WITH
COMMUNITY AND FAMILY AND
FRIENDS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
SURE TO KEEP THOSE. WITH ANYONE
DIALING IN REMOTELY THIS EVENIN,
THIS EVENING, WE ARE GOING TO
TRY TO END OUR CONVERSATION
TODAY AT FOUR CLOCK P.M., SO
THERE IS AN HOUR BREAK BETWEEN
TODAY'S DELIBERATIONS AND THE
UPCOMING PUBLIC HEARING THAT
STARTS AT 5:00. WELCOME, DIRECTR
WELCOME, DIRECTOR ESTHER HANDY.
THANK YOU FOR ORIENTING US TO
THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE MET
SEPTEMBER 28. YOU STARTED WITH
A SERIES OF QUESTIONS WILL BE
LOOKING AT AND I APPRECIATE
THOSE, BECAUSE THOSE QUESTIONS
WILL BE ROOTED IN WHAT THE
COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH,
HAVE CODIFIED IN STATUTE.
PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT
INTO LAW THAT MIRROR OUR VALUESD
VALUES AND WHERE OUR
DISCUSSIONS, OUR DELIBERATIONS,
SHOULD REALLY CENTER AROUND, INS
IN TERMS OF HOW THE RESOURCES
ARE INVESTING IN STATUTORY
REQUIREMENTS AND THE VALUES THE
CITY HAS ALREADY CODIFIED IN
STATUTE. SO I THANK YOU FOR
ORIENTING US IN THAT WAY WHEN WE
WE MET ON THE 28th AND NOW WE
WILL WALK THROUGH FUNDAMENTALS
OF THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED, SO WE
WE CAN HAVE A GROUNDING BEFORE
WE HEAD INTO THE DEPARTMENT. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR AN
ORIENTATION AS TO WHERE WE ARE
AT AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE WITH US AND YOUR TEAM.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU BUDGET R
BUDGET CHAIR MOSQUEDA. GOOD
MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ESTHER HANDY, YOUR DIRECTOR. WE
WE KICKOFF OUR HEARINGS WHERE WE
WE WILL HEAR FROM CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND CENTRAL STAFF
ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE 2023
AND 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. AS I
KICKOFF I WANT TO START WITH A
THANK YOU FOR MY TEAM. THIS
INCLUDES 16 INCREDIBLE ANALYSTS
WHO OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST
10 BUSINESS DAYS HAVE REVIEWED
THE ENTIRE $7.4 BILLION PROPOSED
PROPOSED BUDGET. THEY HAVE OFFED
HAVE OFFERED 35 OVERVIEW PAPERS
AND APPENDICES AND I AM
INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE WORK
THEY HAVE DONE. IF YOU WANT TO
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO
PULL UP THEIR NAMES. YOU WILL
SEE THEM ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK AND I WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF
MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM
UPFRONT. FROM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TEAM, RYAN
GOOD NIGHT. OUR LABOR TEAM. THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND HEALTH TEA.
HEALTH TEAM. AND FINALLY, OUR
INCREDIBLE BUDGET TEAM, LED BY
ALY PENNUCCI, OUR DEPUTY
DIRECTOR. OUR TWO ANALYSTS, TOM
TOM MIKESELL AND OUR NEWEST
ANALYST AND ASSISTANT. FINALLY,
OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT WHO HAS
DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB TAKING ALL
ALL OF THESE MATERIALS AND
GETTING THEM AGENDA READY FOR
COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. SO THANK
THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM. I ALSO
WANT TO THANK THE ANALYSTS AND P
AND LEADERSHIP IN THE BUDGET
OFFICE AND STAFF WHO HAVE
FIELDED LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF
QUESTIONS FROM OUR TEAM. THEY
HAVE SAT PATIENTLY WITH US ON
CALLS AND PROVIDED DETAILED
RESPONSES IN WRITING TO MANY OF
OUR QUESTIONS. IF YOU ARE ON THE
THE LINE LISTENING, WE
APPRECIATE YOU AND OUR WORK
WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT
YOUR PARTNERSHIP. THESE LAST 10
DAYS HAVE BEEN A SPRINT AND I
WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE WORK
IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY AND THIS
WEEK, IT IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IT
IS RIGOROUS AND IT REFLECTS OUR
BEST UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DEVELOP IN THAT TIME. SO
SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
AT A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GENERAL
FUND. OUR GOALS OF TODAY'S DISCN
TODAY'S DISCUSSION OUR FIRST AND
AND FOREMOST TO UNDERSTAND THE
NATURE OF THAT $141 MILLION
OPERATING DEFICIT. WE THEN WOULD
WOULD LIKE TO DEFINE THE
STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN USED
TO ADDRESS THE DEFICIT IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET, LOOKING
LOOKING AT TWO BROAD CATEGORIES.
CATEGORIES. FIRST, STRUCTURAL A.
STRUCTURAL APPROACHES. SO WHERE
HAVE ITEMS BEEN CUT IN AN
ONGOING WAY OR WHERE ARE THERE
CHANGES PROPOSED TO REVENUES OR
FUND POLICIES THAT PERMANENTLY
IMPACT THE BUDGET? AND THE
SECOND CATEGORY ARE TEMPORARY
STRATEGIES FOR REDUCTIONS,
VACANCY SAVINGS, SORT OF
BELT-TIGHTENING TO BALANCE IN
2023 AND 2024. WE WILL BUILD
THIS ANALYSIS IN OUR
PRESENTATION WITH THE HOPE OF CG
OF COVERING THE FUTURE YEAR
IMPACT OF THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT
AND HOW THE PROPOSED STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES IMPACT TO THAT. OUR
HOPE IN SPENDING A FULL DAY ON S
TODAY IS THAT WE SET THE CONTEXT
CONTEXT FOR DEPARTMENT AND
PROGRAMMATIC SPECIFIC
CONVERSATIONS THAT FOLLOW THIS
WEEK. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
DETAILS I WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF
PREVIEW, A COUPLE OF SPOILERS,
ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FIRST IS
THAT LIKE LAST YEAR, WITHOUT THE
THE JUMPSTART TAX REVENUES, YOU
WOULD BE RECEIVING A DEEP CUTS .
CUTS BUDGET. THE SECOND IS, AS
WE BUILD OUR ANALYSIS TODAY, THE
THE GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL
DEFICIT CONTINUES TO GROW IN THE
THE OUT YEARS AND WITHOUT MORE
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES OR A NEW
REVENUE SOURCE, WE WILL
CONTINUALLY BE HAVING THIS CONV.
THIS CONVERSATION. FINALLY, AND
WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS TO YOU
OFTEN, THERE ARE NOT EASY ANSWE.
EASY ANSWERS. THERE IS A
TRADE-OFF TO EVERY BALANCING
STRATEGY THAT THE MAYOR AND
BUDGET OFFICE OF DONE IN THEIR
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT YOU WILL
ALSO FACE. AS YOU THINK ABOUT
THE HARD TRADE-OFFS, I REMIND
YOU THAT IT IS THE COUNCIL THAT
HAS THE FINAL CALL ON HOW TO
PRIORITIZE RESOURCES AMONGST
COMPETING NEEDS IN YOUR ADOPTED
BUDGET. ULTIMATELY THIS BUDGET S
BUDGET PROCESS WILL COME DOWN TO
TO YOUR CHOICES ABOUT POLICY PRS
POLICY PRIORITIES AND AS YOU
THINK ABOUT THOSE PRIORITIES I
AM GOING TO PUT ON THE SCREEN
THE SAME QUESTIONS I INVITED YOU
YOU TO CONSIDER LAST WEEK ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES YOU
HAVE SENT THROUGH LEGISLATION
AND WORK AS A COUNCIL. DOES THE
BUDGET USE A REGIONAL SOLUTION
TO SERVE HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIE?
AND FAMILIES? DOES IT SUPPORT A
PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THAT
RECRUITS AND RETAINS OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY WORKFORCE? AND ALSO DOES
IT ADVANCE A REIMAGINING OF
POLICING WITH A LARGER CIVILIAN
RESPONSE NETWORK AND ALTERNATIVE
ALTERNATIVE 911 RESPONSES? DOES
IT ADVANCE THE TRANSPORTATION
STRATEGY THAT INVESTS IN OUR
CORE ROAD AND BRIDGE
INFRASTRUCTURE? DOES IT INVEST
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL
TRIBES, SUPPORT NATIVE
COMMUNITIES, AND CARE FOR OUR
MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS
INCLUDING THOSE THAT OFFER
FRONTLINE SERVICES TO THEM? AND
AS YOU THINK ABOUT PRIORITIES,
DOES THE BUDGET ADVANCE
INITIATIVES YOU HAVE LED THROUGH
THROUGH COMMITTEE THIS YEAR? I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALY TO
REMIND US OF THE PROCESS AND THN
AND THEN ALY AND TOM WILL WALK
YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR HANDY. I AM
AM ALY PENNUCCI OF YOUR CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF. TODAY, WE ARE ON
STEP TWO IN THE BUDGET PROCESS,
WHERE WE WILL PRESENT OUR ANALYS
OUR ANALYSIS OF THE GENERAL FUND
FUND BALANCE AND THEN MOVE INTO
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
PRESENTATIONS. IF WE COULD MOVE
ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS
OUTLINES THE DEPARTMENTS AND
TOPICS THAT WILL BE COVERED FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK, AS CHAIR
MOSQUEDA DESCRIBED THIS
MORNING. THIS IS NOT COVERING
EVERY DETAIL OF THE BUDGET, BUT
HIGHLIGHTS KEY CHANGES AND AREAS
AREAS FOR CENTRAL STAFF WHO HAVD
HAVE WORKED WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR AND THE LAST TWO WEEKS
TO IDENTIFY ISSUES AND POTENTIAL
POTENTIAL OPTIONS, TO HELP
INFORM DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER
TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSALS. THIS REFLECTS A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK BY
ANALYSTS TO UNPACK A 700 PAGE
BUDGET ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TECHL
NUMEROUS TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS TO
HIGHLIGHT KEY ISSUES AND WE LOOK
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEK
THE WEEK AND OVER THE NEXT SIX
WEEKS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. IF
WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SL.
NEXT SLIDE. COMING QUICKLY ON
THE HEELS OF BUDGET HEARING
DISCUSSIONS WILL BE DISCUSSIONS
OF PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE
DISCUSSED OCTOBER 25 THROUGH 27
AND ANY ITEM YOU WANT CONSIDERED
CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION NEEDS
TO HAVE A REQUEST SUBMITTED. I
WON'T GO INTO THOSE DETAILS, AS
CHAIR MOSQUEDA COVERED THAT
EARLIER IN THE DAY. I WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT BEFORE WE
MOVE INTO THE MAIN SHOW TODAY. I
I WANT TO SECOND THE
APPRECIATION FOR THE BUDGET
OFFICE OFFERED BY DIRECTOR HANDY
HANDY AND THE ENTIRE CENTRAL
STAFF TEAM. THE WORK TO DEVELOP
THE BUDGET AND THE WORK OF THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM TO UNPACK AND
AND PREPARE THESE DETAILED PAPE,
DETAILED PAPERS, EXACTLY 2 WEEKS
WEEKS FROM THE DAY THE BUDGET
WAS TRANSMITTED, IS A BIG TASK.
I AM ENDLESSLY IMPRESSED BY THES
THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND
COMMITMENT THEY BRING TO THIS
WORK AND FINALLY I WANTED TO THK
TO THANK DIRECTOR HANDY
SPECIFICALLY FOR HER LEADERSHIP
AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO DO THE WORK
WORK AND ENDLESS OPTIMISM THAT
MAKES IT EASIER TO SHOW UP AND
DO THIS WORK EVERY DAY. SO WITH
THAT I THINK WE WILL TURN IT
BACK TO THE CHAIR AS WE MOVE ON
WITH THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
>> OKAY, THAT WAS A SHORT
OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE
PROCESS. DOES ANYONE HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA AND
TIMELINE BEFORE WE DIVE INTO THE
THE SLIDES? ALL RIGHT, SOUNDS
GOOD. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE T.
THE THANKS. THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT KNOWS WELL, I REALLY
DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HONOR
THE WORK OF OUR TEAMS THAT ARE
DOING THIS. I CHOKED UP A LITTL,
LITTLE BIT, WALKING INTO CITY
HALL TODAY. BECAUSE SOMEBODY
STOPPED ME ON THE SIDEWALK AND
SAID I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SERVICE. I STARTED CRYING A
A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THESE ARE
TOUGH TIMES WE ARE DEALING WITH,
WITH, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND AS ALY AND
ESTHER NOTED, THANK THE STAFF,
THE CENTRAL STAFF AND BUDGET
OFFICE FOR ALL OF THE WORK THEY
THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS PROCESS.
WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY
OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS. THERE
THERE WILL BE MANY CONCERNS THAE
UP AND MANY POSITIONS THAT MIGHT
PUT US IN CONTRADICTING POSITIS
WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES, BUT I
THINK FOLKS HERE KNOW WELL THAT
ALL OF THIS IS DONE IN THE
SERVICE OF THE CITY, TRYING TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THE
RESOURCES THEY NEED AND WE ARE
CREATING MORE STABLE AND THE
EDIBLE SEATTLE. SO THANK YOU FOR
FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, TO THE
SEATTLE FAMILY AND THE MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WHO CONTINUE TO
HELP US EVALUATE THE BUDGET AND
MAKE THE CHANGES THEY ARE
SUGGESTING. LET'S GET RIGHT INTO
INTO IT. MADAM CLERK, ARE WE
GOING INTO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
OR ARE WE STILL ON NUMBER ONE?
>> AGENDA ITEM TWO. AGENDA ITEM
TWO, GENERAL FUND BALANCING AND
RELATED POLICIES FOR BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION.
>> OKAY, GREAT. LET'S GO AHEAD.
DIRECTOR HANDY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
ALY PENNUCCI, PLEASE TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE OUTLINED
SORT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR
WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY, SO I
THINK WE CAN JUMP RIGHT IN AND I
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLE,
MY COLLEAGUE, TOM MIKESELL, TO
KICK US OFF.
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI, AND GOOD MORNING,
CHAIR MOSQUED AND MEMBERS OF
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE. AS
AS I HAVE DESCRIBED IN PRIOR
COMMENTS, WE ARE GOING TO COVER
THIS MORNING, THE GENERAL FUND
PLANNING AND ANALYSIS AND IN THE
THE AFTERNOON WE WILL COVER RELD
FUND POLICIES. ALL OF THIS WORK
IS CAPTURED WITHIN A DETAILED
MEMO THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED YESTEY
DISTRIBUTED YESTERDAY AND IS PRD
IS PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA. I
WILL MAKE REFERENCES, SINCE
THERE IS A GREAT AMOUNT OF
DETAIL THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO COR
TO COVER IN A LIMITED TIME. I
WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WHERE
THEY APPLY.
>> THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU, TOM. I AM WONDERING
AS WELL AS WE HAVE SO MUCH
APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK OF TOM
TOM MIKESELL, IN OUR OFFICE, AT
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
FOR THE DETAILED ANALYSIS HE HAS
HAS BROUGHT TO UNPACKING THE
BUDGETS IN THE PAST. I WANT TO
JUST SAY HOW IMPORTANT THIS
FOUNDATIONAL MEMO IS. IF YOU
HAVE NOT READ THE FIRST 34 PAGE,
34 PAGES, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME
TO READ IT. IF NOT TODAY, THEN
LATER. IT WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR
DELIBERATIONS MOVING FORWARD.
THEN MAYBE IN THE FUTURE IF WE
GET A CHANCE TO CITE THE MEMO
PAGE NUMBER ON THE POWERPOINT
SLIDE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL,
TOO, BUT THANK YOU FOR NOTING
THAT AS WE WALK THROUGH AND
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK
YOU HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE
LAST 2 1/2 YEARS THAT I HAVE
BEEN IN THIS SEAT AND ESPECIALLY
ESPECIALLY STARTING MAY 4, WHEN
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK
THROUGH UNPACKING THE REVENUE
PROJECTIONS AND THIS IS ANOTHER
GREAT EXAMPLE. SO I WANTED TO
POP THAT UP AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS
TO READ IT IF THEY HAVE NOT YET.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, FOR THE WARM COMMENTS
COMMENTS AND I AM HAPPY TO ADD
VALUE TO THE PROCESS, FOR THE
BUDGET PROCESS AND PRIOR BUDGET
PROCESSES. SO WITH THAT, IF WE
COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS
THIS IS JUST A HIGH-LEVEL VIEW
OF THE VARIOUS PIECES COVERED IN
IN THE MEMO. GOING TO TALK ABOUT
AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA ALLUDED, WE
STARTED LOOKING AT THE GENERAL
FUND FINANCIAL GAP IN MAY OF
THIS YEAR AND IN DISCUSSIONS
WITH THE HOUSING COMMITTEE. WITH
WITH A FOLLOW-UP IN AUGUST AFTER
AFTER RECEIVING THE PROPOSED
BUDGET. SO WE WILL COVER WHERE
WE WERE BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS PD
WAS PROPOSED AND THEN WE WILL
TAKE A BRIEF TOUR INTO THE KIND
OF FINAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CUT
THE CURRENT 2022 BUDGET, BECAUSE
BECAUSE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS HAVE
BEARING ON THE FINANCIAL STATUS
GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
KIND OF A BIT MORE DETAIL ON
LOOKING AT THE HIGH LEVEL CHANGS
LEVEL CHANGES WITH ONE-TIME
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. EXCUSE
ME, IN THE 2023 2024 BUDGET
PROPOSAL. THEN EXTEND THE
ANALYSIS OUT TO FUTURE YEARS, TO
TO KIND OF CLOSE THE LOOP ON THL
SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSIONS THAT
WERE STARTED ON MAY 4 AND ARE
CONTINUING TODAY AND THROUGH THE
THE UPCOMING PROCESS. TO SHOW AN
AN UPDATE ON HOW THE
SUSTAINABILITY IS ESSENTIALLY
MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT
AND THEN COVER LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON SOME OTHER POLICIES
THAT ARE RELATED TO THE GENERAL
FUND PLANNING, BUT ALSO IMPORTAT
ALSO IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF
OF THOSE FUNDS THEMSELVES. SO IF
IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE NEXT
SLIDE, WE WILL DIVE INTO THE
DETAILS. SO, THIS REPRESENTS THE
THE FINANCIAL PLAN TABLE THAT
WILL BE FAMILIAR TO THOSE ON THE
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE. WE HAVE ALSO SHARED
IT TO BROADER COUNCIL AS WE HAD
HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE
THE YEAR, WITH REGARDS TO
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. THE
NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE
REPRESENT THE UPDATE THAT WAS PD
WAS PROVIDED AT THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE ON AUGUST 17
AND IT INCLUDED THE LATEST
UPDATE ON REVENUES THAT WE RECED
WE RECEIVED FROM CITY BUDGET
OFFICE AND OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AD
REVENUE FORECASTS THAT WERE ALSO
ALSO PRESENTED ON THE 17th. THE
PRESENTATION THAT WE COVERED NOT
NOT ONLY COVER THE UPCOMING
YEARS OF THE BUDGET, BUT ALSO
THE FUTURE YEARS, TO GIVE A VIEW
VIEW OF FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY.
THIS TABLE INCLUDES A LOT OF
NUMBERS. I AM NOT GOING TO GO
THROUGH A LOT OF THE DETAILS. RY
DETAILS. REALLY TALKING ABOUT
THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, FOR
THE COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER WHEN
REVIEWING THE BUDGET. THESE ARE
THE FIGURES HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
ONE IS THE OPERATING SURPLUS
DEFICIT, WHICH IS THE DEFENDANT
-- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
REVENUE THE CITY RECEIVES AND
EXPENDITURES AGAINST THOSE
REVENUES. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT
NUMBER WAS NEGATIVE. FINALLY,
THE ENDING NUMBERS ARE FUND
BALANCES, WHICH ARE THE LEVEL OF
OF RESOURCES REMAINING IN THE PD
THE POND AT THE END OF EACH
YEAR. SO IT TAKES ANY AMOUNT OF
STARTING BALANCE THAT WAS
AVAILABLE, ADS IN REVENUE,
SUBTRACTS OUT THE EXPENDITURES,
JUST FOR RESERVES THAT ARE NOT
PART OF THE APPROPRIATED BUDGET
AND GETS TO THE BOTTOM LINE. AS
YOU WILL RECALL THERE WERE
REPORTS BASED ON THIS MATERIAL
THAT THE 2023 BUDGET WAS
PROJECTED TO HAVE A $17 MILLION
ENDING BALANCE AND $443 MILLION
ENDING ON RESERVED BALANCE AT
THE END OF 2026. SO DEFINITELY S
DEFINITELY INDICATORS OF
UNSUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL PLAN.
THE NEXT SLIDE I THINK MAKES
THIS POINT EVEN BETTER. WHICH IS
IS A COMPARISON OF THE LINES OF
EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AND WE
WE ILLUSTRATED THAT THERE WAS AN
AN AVERAGE OPERATING GAP OF $14,
$142 MILLION, IN EVERY YEAR. SO
THAT IS THE KIND OF BROAD CONTE.
BROAD CONTEXT. IF WE GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE THERE ARE KEY
TECHNICAL DETAILS THAT ARE COVED
ARE COVERED IN THE MEMO AND I
WILL GIVE YOU THE PAGE REFERENC.
PAGE REFERENCE.
>> FIVE.
>> PAGE 5, THANK YOU. PAGE 5 OF
THE MEMO. TO HIGHLIGHT SUSTAINAY
HIGHLIGHT SUSTAINABILITY THE
COMMITTEE STAFF HAVE MADE ADJUSS
TO NUMBERS, USING THE EXACT SAME
INFORMATION, BUT REORGANIZING
THE DISPLAY. THIS RELATES TO BAY
TO BASICALLY HOW REVENUES AND
RESERVES ARE TREATED IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN. SO WHAT YOU SEE
BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN NOW IS
THE CBO FORMAT FOR THEM
FINANCIAL PLAN. IT IS THE SAME
NUMBERS. IT WILL BE REALLY SHOWN
SHOWN IN THE OPERATING SURPLUS,
WHICH IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. I AM
SHOWING YOU THIS BECAUSE THE
REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION
WILL BE USING THE CBO FORMAT FOR
FOR DISPLAY, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW
HOW THE BUDGET IS RECEIVED.
CRITICAL DETAILS WITH REGARDS TT
TO TREATMENT OF RESERVES. USING
THAT APPROACH WOULD NOT BE
PRACTICAL. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE
THE NEXT SLIDE, I WILL SHOW YOU
KIND OF THE LINES THAT ARE
CHANGED. IF YOU RECALL I INDICAD
I INDICATED THERE WAS A $142 MIN
$142 MILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT,
DEFICIT, INDICATED BY THE
OPERATING SURPLUS DEFICIT ROW.
SO THIS NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLYR
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER AND THE
REASON IS, HOWEVER, THE ENDING E
ENDING BALANCE IS THE SAME. IF
WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE
ADJUSTMENTS ARE. THE ADJUSTMENTS
ARE HOW NONAPPROPRIATED
RESERVES ARE TREATED. IN THE CBO
CBO FORMAT, GROWTH IN KEY AREAS
OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE,
NOTABLY LABOR COSTS, ARE PUT
INTO WHAT ARE CALLED THE
PLANNING RESERVES. A
NONAPPROPRIATED ITEM IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN, NOT PART OF THE
ADOPTION SCHEDULE SUBMITTED TO
THE COUNCIL. HOWEVER, THEY
CERTAINLY REPRESENT ELEMENTS OFH
OF GROWTH AND TO REALLY GET A
GOOD LOOK AT SUSTAINABILITY,
THOSE AMOUNTS NEED TO BE
CONSIDERED AGAINST THE ANNUAL
REVENUES THAT ARE COLLECTED TO
SUPPORT THEM. SO YOU CAN SEE
THAT THE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE
EXPENDITURES IN THE CBO PLAN
VERSUS THE CENTRAL STAFF PLAN,
THEY ARE HIGHER IN THE CENTRAL
STAFF PLAN. I ADJUST THE LINE TO
TO SHOW THOSE EXPENDITURES,
BECAUSE THEY ARE KEY ELEMENTS O.
OF GROWTH. AT THE BOTTOM LINE,
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE
PLANS. THE UNDERLYING OUTPUTS
ARE THE SAME. IT IS REALLY JUST
A TECHNIQUE TO HIGHLIGHT THE
SUSTAINABILITY, IN MY OPINION,
IN A BETTER WAY. WITH THAT SAID,
NO MORE SUPER TECHNICAL THINGS.
THINGS. I JUST HAD TO POINT THAT
THAT OUT, BECAUSE IT IS AN
ADJUSTMENT AND SORT OF A
TRANSLATION BETWEEN HOW WE LOOK
AT THESE NUMBERS DURING THE
YEAR, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND
AND THE NUMBERS WE'RE LOOKING AT
AT AND CONTRASTING CHANGES IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> TOM, LET'S PAUSE FOR A SECOND
SECOND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT, AT
THIS POINT, TO GET LOST. FOR
FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG IN THE
MEMO, WE ARE ON PAGE NUMBER SIX.
SIX. THE REASON I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO PAUSE HERE IS
BECAUSE FOR THE LAST FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE
COUNCIL, THERE IS THIS CONCEPT
THAT COMES OUT WHEN THERE IS A
CONCERN AROUND MAYBE UNKNOWN AMS
UNKNOWN AMOUNTS FOR FUTURE
BARGAINING OR UNKNOWN AMOUNTS
FOR FUTURE LIABILITY AND THE
MESSAGE I RECEIVED REPEATEDLY
WAS DON'T WORRY, IT IS PLANNING
RESERVES. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT I
IMPORTANT I THINK FOR US TO
PAUSE HERE AND UNDERSTAND THE
ADVANTAGES OF BREAKING OUT THE
PLANNING RESERVES IN THE WAY
THAT CENTRAL STAFF HAS IN THIS
MEMO. NOT THAT IT IS GOING TO BE
BE THE WAY WE DEFINE WHAT IS CUY
IS CURRENTLY IN THOSE
UNCOMMITTED AMOUNTS. THE
NONAPPROPRIATED REVENUE GOING
FORWARD FOR THIS DISCUSSION. BUT
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE VERY
INFORMATIVE FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR
OR FIVE WEEKS AS WE FORMULATE
OUR BUDGET. AS TOM NOTES IN THE
MEMO ON PAGE 6, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE CBO FORMAT SHOWS
SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF GENERAL
FUND GROWTH, PARTICULARLY IN
SERVICES AND PERSONNEL. EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYEE WAGES, SALARIES, AND
BENEFIT COSTS, AS A CUMULATIVE
INCREASE TO THE PLANNING
RESERVES. INSTEAD OF SHOWING THE
SHOWING THESE AS PROJECTED COSTS
COSTS AND EXPENDITURES IN THE
YEAR THEY ARE ADDED TO THE PLAN.
PLAN. IT IS CLEAR THAT WE KNOW
WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR WAGES,
SALARIES, BENEFITS, OTHER ITEMS
THAT WE THINK ARE ON THE HORIZON
HORIZON THAT WE NEED TO PLAN
FOR, BUT THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE THE LINE
EXPENDITURES THAT THE CITY
SHOULD SEE WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
WHAT OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS. GIVEN
THAT THE CBO FORMAT DISPLAYS
SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF
EXPENDITURE GROWTH BELOW THE
LINE, IN THESE PLANNING RESERVE,
PLANNING RESERVES, IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE DRAWING
THIS OUT. THAT CENTRAL STAFF
USES THIS ALTERNATIVE FORMAT TO
BETTER IDENTIFY ISSUES, WHAT IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SPENT. TOM,
TOM, COULD YOU ELABORATE A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BENEFS
THE BENEFITS OF DRAWING OUT THIS
THIS MODEL, VERSUS THE CBO MODEL
THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO?
>> ABSOLUTELY, MADAM CHAIR. SO
THE KEY BENEFIT, JUST FROM A
PERSPECTIVE OF UNDERSTANDING THE
THE CITY FINANCES, IS THAT IT AS
IT ALLOWS THE BUILDING OF THE
CHART THAT WE SAW A FEW SLIDES
EARLIER THAT COMPARED REVENUES
AND EXPENDITURES. IF YOU USE THE
THE EXPENDITURE LINE FROM THE
CBO FINANCIAL PLAN IN THAT TYPE
OF CHART, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE H
LOWER EXPENDITURE TOTAL, WHICH
COMPARES AGAINST REVENUE AND
SHOWS A MUCH SMALLER GAP. BUT
YOU ARE LEAVING OUT THOSE KEY
PIECES OF GROWTH, WHICH ARE SHON
AS A BELOW THE LINE ACCUMULATION
ACCUMULATION OF RESERVES. IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR ME TO NOTE THAT
THE CBO PLAN DOES ACCOUNT FOR
THOSE ELEMENTS OF GROWTH. IT IST
IS JUST A MATTER OF DISPLAY AT
THIS STAGE. THOUGH THERE IS
CONCEPTS I WILL COVER LATER IN
THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THERE ARE OTHER POSSIBLE
WAYS TO STRUCTURE THOSE
RESERVES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE,
NOT TO SPOIL THE PRESENTATION,
BUT WOULD INCLUDE APPROPRIATING
SOME PORTION OF THAT AMOUNT.
BUILDING THOSE ANNUAL INCREASES
AND RESERVES AS PART OF THE
BUDGET APPROPRIATION IN THE YEAR
YEAR THEY ARE SHOWN IN THE PLAN.
PLAN. BECAUSE CURRENTLY, THE
BUDGET AS PROPOSED, DOES NOT
INCLUDE THEM IN THE BUDGET
APPROPRIATION REQUEST. THEY ARE
SHOWN BELOW THE LINE AS A
RESERVE. SO IT IS REALLY THAT. ,
A DISPLAY, ABILITY TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND SUSTAINABILITY, AND
FURTHER, WHETHER OR NOT THE
ADOPTED BUDGET SHOULD MATCH
EXPECTATIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR
PARTICULAR YEAR.
>> THANK YOU FOR DRAWING THAT O.
THAT OUT. I THINK IT IS AN
IMPORTANT POINT. AGAIN, THE CBO
MODEL WILL BE USED FOR THE REST
OF THE CENTRAL STAFF
PRESENTATION, BUT NOTE THAT THE
ANALYSIS WILL BE TO HELP US UNDD
US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS INCLUDED
OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED
FOR IN THE BIENNIAL BUDGET AND T
NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE
FINANCIAL PLAN. IN TERMS OF DEFG
OF DEFINING TERMS, TOM, I WONDER
WONDER IF WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
TERM, NONAPPROPRIATED RESERVES,
IS THAT A COMBINATION OF
PLANNING RESERVES AND EXPECTED
OR ASSUMED UNDERSPEND? IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAKES UP
NONAPPROPRIATED RESERVES IN THIS
THIS DEFINITION?
>> MADAM CHAIR, THOSE WOULD BE
THE TWO KEY PIECES. THERE IS THE
THE BUDGET ADOPTION SCHEDULES
THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED WITH
THE LEGISLATION AND THEN THERE S
THERE IS THE FINANCIAL PLAN,
WHICH INCLUDES THE SUBMITTED
APPROPRIATIONS AMOUNTS AND, AS
WELL, AND UNDERSPEND ASSUMPTION
AND AN ACCUMULATED RESERVE
BALANCE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE FORMAL BUDGET AN
BUDGET ADOPTION SCHEDULES. THOSE
THOSE ARE THE KEY PIECES AND I
WILL TALK ABOUT THEM FURTHER IN
THE PRESENTATION.
>> GREAT AND MY FINAL QUESTION
FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES, IF WE
LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, I
SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO
EXPLAIN TO OUR FRIENDS,
STAKEHOLDERS, MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, THE OPERATING DEFICIT WE
WE ARE WALKING INTO. $152
MILLION FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR
IN 2024. CAN YOU HELP US
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THIS BOTTOM-LINE NUMBER?
THE ENDING, UNRESERVED ENDING
FUND BALANCE? BECAUSE NO MATTER
WHICH WAY YOU SLICE IT, AS YOU
NOTED FOR THE DEFICIT, WE STILLE
STILL HAVE THE SAME NUMBERSAS
OUR ENDING UNRESERVED FUND
BALANCE AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFIE
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 17.5 FOR
2023 AND 170 FOR 2024.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK IT IS BETR
HIGHLIGHTED -- I BELIEVE THE
PRIOR SLIDE.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO HOW IT ALL TIES TOGETHER,
THE OPERATING SURPLUS DEFICIT
ROW REALLY ONLY LOOKS AT THE
MONEY COMING IN EACH YEAR AND
EXPENDITURES GOING OUT EACH
YEAR. THIS FORMAT INCLUDES THE
PLANNING RESERVES THAT WE HAVE
DISCUSSED THIS MORNING. THAT
METRIC IS KIND OF LIKE
SUSTAINABILITY EACH YEAR WHEN
YOU OPERATE. YOU GENERATE MORE
OR LESS MONEY THAN IS NEEDED TO
FUND THOSE OPERATIONS. THE
BOTTOM LINE NUMBER, ENDING
UNRESERVED BALANCE, IS LOOKING
AT EACH YEAR AND HOW MUCH MONEY
IS AVAILABLE IN THE FUNDS TO BE.
BE SPENT. WE WILL COVER SOME OF
THESE CONCEPTS A BIT LATER IN
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, BUT A BIG E
BIG PIECE OF THE FINANCIAL PLAN
IN THIS DISPLAY AND IN THE BUDGT
THE BUDGET IS THE STARTING
BALANCE. THE STARTING BALANCE IS
IS JUST A BLOCK OF CASH THAT IS
IN THE FUND THAT IS NOT
OBLIGATED AND IT IS AVAILABLE TO
TO BE SPENT. I LOST THE
PRESENTATION VIEW. OKAY. SO AS
YOU CAN SEE, STARTING AT LEAST
IN THE AUGUST 17 DISPLAY, $184 N
$184 MILLION OF CASH IN THE FUND
FUND THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE
SPENT. SO IT WAS PROJECTED TO BE
BE ABOUT $1.5 BILLION OF
REVENUES. $1.7 MILLION OF EXPEN.
OF EXPENDITURES. WHICH WOULD
LEAD TO AN ENDING BUDGETARY FUND
FUND BALANCE. THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
KNOW, TAKING THE REVENUES ANNUAY
REVENUES ANNUALLY FROM THE
EXPENDITURES, ANNUALLY, AND
CALCULATING THAT DIFFERENCE AND
ADDING IN A PLANNING RESERVE
ASSUMPTION WHICH ASSISTANT --
AFTER ALL OF THAT IS SAID AND
DONE, YOU END UP WITH $17.4 MILN
$17.4 MILLION IN THE FUND
BALANCE. ESSENTIALLY THE
DIFFERENCE IS THE OPERATING
SURPLUS DEFICIT REALLY COMPARES
ANNUAL, ONGOING DEFICITS AND
EXPENDITURES. THE ENDING RESERVE
RESERVE FUND BALANCE TAKES INTOT
INTO ACCOUNT HOW MUCH MONEY YOU
START THE FISCAL YEAR WITH. SO
THAT IS KEY TO WHY THERE IS A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 141 AND
THE 17, BECAUSE THIS IMPLIES
THAT THE BUDGET IS SPENDING DOWN
DOWN ALL OF THAT $184 MILLION
THAT THE FUND STARTED WITH IN
2023.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. I DON'T
DON'T SEE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS. WE CAN KEEP GOING.
>>
>> OKAY, SO I BELIEVE WE WERE
JUST GOING TO HEAD INTO A FINAL
RECAP OF 2022. SO THIS IS COVERD
IS COVERED IN SECTION 3 OF THE
MEMO, PAGES SEVEN THROUGH NINE.
THIS TABLE COLLECTS VARIOUS PIES
VARIOUS PIECES OF FINAL
ADJUSTMENTS OF 2022 THAT HAVE AN
AN IMPACT ON HOW MUCH CASH WE
START 2023 WITH IN THE PROPOSED.
PROPOSED BUDGET. SO THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF STANDALONE ADJUSTMENTS
ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY
BEEN ADOPTED, SUBSEQUENT TO THE
PRESENTATION. IN TOTAL THEY ADDD
THEY ADDED $123 MILLION IN NEW
REVENUE. THERE WAS ABOUT
$500,000 IN NEW EXPENSE. THAT
ACTUALLY HAD AN ADVANTAGEOUS
IMPACT ON THE SURPLUS SET AND
ENDING FUND BALANCE. THOSE BILLS
BILLS HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVE.
BEEN APPROVED. NEXT, THE NEXT
COLUMN, WORKING FROM LEFT TO RI.
TO RIGHT. THESE DETAILS
SUMMARIZE AT A HIGH LEVEL THE PD
THE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS
GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS BUDGET LN
BUDGET LEGISLATION WITH THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET. THESE ARE THE
FINAL GRANT ACCEPTANCES, WHICH
ARE INCLUDED IN DETAIL ON
ATTACHMENT A FOR THE MEMO AND
THE FINAL HIGH-LEVEL BUDGET
EXPENDITURES, HIGHLIGHTED ON
PAGE 8. IN TOTAL, THESE SPEND AT
A NET $33 MILLION OF MONEY. $43
MILLION HIGHER THAN THE REVENUES
REVENUES COMING IN. WHICH
INCREASES THE PENDING AND
RESERVE FUND BALANCE. I DO SEE .
A QUESTION.
>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ARE YOU
DONE WITH THE SUMMARY OF THIS
SLIDE?
>> THERE IS ONLY ONE FINAL PIECE
PIECE AND IT IS AN IMPORTANT PI.
IMPORTANT PIECE. I CAN ADDRESS
IT FAIRLY QUICKLY. THIS IS IN
THE OTHER CATEGORY. YOU WILL SEE
SEE IN THE EXPENDITURES ROW, A
$23 MILLION REDUCTION. THIS IS
COVERED IN THE MEMO. IT SHOWS
THAT NOT ONLY IN 2022, BUT 2023
AND 2024 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
THIS REPRESENTS NOT A BUDGET
CUT, BUT RATHER AN IOU OR
COMMITMENT TO COME IN UNDER THE,
THE ADOPTED, OR REVISED I SHOULD
SHOULD SAY, 2022 BUDGET. FOR
2022 YOU WILL RECALL THERE WAS A
A LIST OF ITEMS INCLUDED WITH
THE MEMO OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND
AND ADS, LARGELY REPRESENTING
ITEMS ADDED BY COUNCIL, WHICH
WERE HELD FOR EXPENDITURE
DURING THIS YEAR. THESE ARE
ITEMS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN
2021, HOWEVER, NO MONIES WERE
SPENT ON THEM AND IT IS
ESTIMATED THAT LIST WILL LARGELY
LARGELY REPRESENT THIS
UNDERSPEND COMMITMENT TO COME IN
IN UNDER BUDGET. THEN FINALLY
THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO
THE PLANNING RESERVES THAT WE
HAVE DISCUSSED. CAN'T TRULY GO
INTO MUCH DETAIL ON THOSE, BUT
THEY DO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RES
OF RESERVES IN 2022 AND MUCH OF
IT IS TO SUPPORT ITEMS BEING SPT
BEING SPENT ON THE PROPOSED SUP.
PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL. SO, WITH
ALL OF THAT DETAIL, THE KEY
INDICATOR OF THIS TABLE IS WHAT
IT DOES TO THE RESOURCES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE IN
IN 2023 AND I THINK THE NEXT
SLIDE DOES THE WORK OF REALLY HG
REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE NUMBER
TO PAY THE MOST ATTENTION TO.
YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THE DECN
THE DECISION AROUND SUPPLEMENTAS
AROUND SUPPLEMENTALS AND THE
OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. THERE WILL BE
BE $171 MILLION ROLLING INTO
2023 FOR APPROPRIATION IN THE B.
THE BUDGET. SO THAT COVERS THE
DETAILS OF THIS TABLE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES,
AGAIN, WE ARE ON PAGE THREE OF
THE MEMO. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
I SAW YOUR HAND FIRST.
>> THROUGH CHAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A NUMBER OF
OF QUESTIONS. I HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF AN IOU IN .
A BUDGET. CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE
YOU HAVE SEEN THIS TYPE OF
BUDGETARY STRATEGY USED IN THE
PAST, IF AT ALL, TOM?
>> IN TERMS OF HAVING JUST A
BROAD NUMBER, I AM NOT
NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
WHAT I AM MORE FAMILIAR WITH IS
YOUR DETAILED, DEPARTMENT LEVEL
REVIEW OF EXPENDITURES. SO AS
PART OF THE BUDGET REQUEST,
ASKING EACH DEPARTMENT TO
INDICATE WHERE THEY ARE WITH
REGARDS TO THE SPENDING
PROJECTIONS FOR THE YEAR. AND
REASSESS THOSE EXPENDITURES AND
WORK WITH THE CENTRAL BUDGET OFE
BUDGET OFFICE AND ESSENTIALLY
SAY WE, AT A DEPARTMENT LEVEL,
ARE GOING TO SPEND $500,000.
LESS THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
THEN THROUGH THAT MORE DETAILED
DEPARTMENTAL WORK, COME TO AN
UNDERLYING ESTIMATE OF WHAT
RESOURCES WERE AVAILABLE. SO IT
IS NOT SO MUCH THAT THAT
ASSESSMENT OF BUDGET TO ACTUAL
SPENDING IS NOT NORMAL. THE KEY
IS NOT NECESSARILY WITH REGARDSO
REGARDS TO '23 AND '24, WHICH WE
WE WILL DISCUSS LATER. THERE IS
IS NOT REALLY A FORMAL PLAN OF
HOW THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE G
BE IMPACTING INDIVIDUAL
DEPARTMENTS AND AS I NOTED FOR
2022, THERE IS THE LIST AND
LARGELY REPRESENTS COUNCIL ADDS
ADDS IN THE BUDGET. IN THAT
SENSE THERE IS A PLAN. IT IS NOR
NOT CLEAR HOW THE UNDERSPEND
WILL BE MET. IT IS REALLY JUST A
A COMMITMENT THAT SPENDING WILL
COME IN LOWER THAN THE BUDGET.
>> THANKS SO MUCH AND WE CAN
COME BACK TO THAT. I THINK ON
SLIDE 17 WE GET MORE INTO THOSE
DETAILS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE
FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT
ATTACHMENT B. AS TOM NOTED, THIS
THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT THAT WILL
WILL SEE A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES
FROM THE 2022 BUDGET THAT WE
PASSED LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIE
THIS TIME THAT INCLUDED A NUMBER
NUMBER OF COUNCIL PRIORITIES. I
THINK THERE WAS A GOOD-FAITH AND
AND HONEST EFFORT WITH THE
EXECUTIVE TO TRY TO IDENTIFY A
HANDFUL OF PRIORITIES, ESPECIALY
PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY
PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL, THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY BE PUT ON
HOLD, GIVEN THE BUDGET CRISIS.
I THINK THE QUESTION WE ARE ALL
GOING TO HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH
IS, THOSE PRIORITIES TOTALING UP
TO 20 MILLION, SQUARELY BEING
COUNCIL PRIORITIES PUT ON HOLD,
AND BALANCING THAT ACTION IN 202
IN 2022 WITH WHAT WE WILL TALK
ABOUT LATER, WHICH IS TENS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVESTMES
OF INVESTMENTS IN NEW SPENDING
AND NEW PRIORITIES THAT DO NOT
ALIGN WITH WHAT WAS FUNDED LAST.
LAST YEAR. I WANT TO FLAG THAT
FOR A CONVERSATION ON SLIDE 17
IF NOT THROUGHOUT OUR DELIBERAT.
OUR DELIBERATION. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION
ON THE SLIDES?
>> I'M SORRY, BUT THIS 171, THAT
THAT IS WHAT WE START 2023 WITH,
WITH, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR OPERATINT
OPERATING DEFICIT OF 101? IF I
LOOK BACK ON SLIDE TWO, I
REALIZE THIS WAS THE AUGUST 17
PROJECTION, BUT SAME THING.
THERE IS AN ENDING BUDGETARY
BALANCE OF 184, WHICH THEN GOES
TO THE STARTING BUDGETARY BALAN.
BUDGETARY BALANCE. WE HAD AN
OPERATING DEFICIT OF 89 MILLION
THEN, SO HOW -- WHAT IS GOING ON
ON WITH OUR DEFICIT?
>> I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THE
2022 NUMBER IS THE REVISED
BUDGET NUMBER.
>> I GET THAT.
>> RIGHT. SO IT IS REALLY NON-IE
REALLY NON-INDICATIVE OF THE
FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY, BECAUSE
YOU NEED TO LOOK AT 2023 AND BE.
AND BEYOND.
>> WILL THE STARTING BUDGETARY E
BUDGETARY BALANCE OF 2023 B $171
$171 MILLION?
>> CORRECT. AND WE WILL COVER TT
COVER THAT IN THE NEXT TWO
SLIDES.
>> ALL RIGHT. I THINK YOU
UNDERSTAND MY QUESTION.
>> LET ME GIVE IT A SHOT,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I THINK
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS WITH
WITH THIS ENDING FUND BALANCE OR
OR STARTING FUND BALANCE IS THIS
THIS IS REPRESENTING, IN MOST
CASES, ONE TIME RESOURCES. FROMD
FROM UNDERSPEND OR REVENUES
COMING IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR OVER
OVER THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS AND
CARRY FORWARD AND THAT SORT OF
THING. WHAT WE ARE SEEING
HAPPENING IN THE LONG-TERM PLAN
IS THAT AS THERE ARE DECISIONS
TO SORT OF REDUCE SOME BASELINE
EXPENDITURES IN CERTAIN AREAS,
EXCEPT ALL VACANCY SAVINGS IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THAT THERE
IS LESS LIKELIHOOD WE WILL HAVE
SUCH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
UNDERSPEND OR REVENUES THAT COME
COME IN HIGHER THAN PROJECTIONS
THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BALANCE.
THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A BOUT A $17
$17 MILLION PROBLEM AT THE END
OF THE DAY THAT WE DISCUSSED IN
AUGUST, BUT IT GETS WORSE IN THE
THE LONG TERM. WE CAN BALANCE
2020 THREE, BUT IT GETS MORE DIT
MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE
DEPLETED THAT LARGE, SORT OF ONE
ONE TIME FUND BALANCE TO BALANCE
2023. DOES THAT HELP?
>> I AM SEEING NODS AND THUMBS
UP. OKAY GREAT, THANKS FOR THE .
THE CLARIFICATION. LET'S
CONTINUE ON.
>> SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO JUMP
INTO DISCUSSIONS OF THE ACTUAL S
ACTUAL PROPOSALS FOR '23 AND
'24. THIS STARTS ON PAGE 10 ANS
THROUGH PAGE 12 OF THE MEMO AND
COVERS THE REVENUE CHANGES. THE
NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE
CONTEXT AGAINST THE BASELINE
FINANCIAL PLAN THAT WAS
DISCUSSED IN AUGUST, INDICATING
THE PROJECTED DEFICIT IN THOSE .
THOSE DISCUSSIONS. FIRST THERE
ARE SOME SMALLER MAGNITUDE CHAN.
MAGNITUDE CHANGES. REALLY
TECHNICAL ITEMS THAT SHOULD HAVE
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE
BASELINE FORECAST, BUT WEREN'T.
$1.9 MILLION IN 2024. THERE ARE
ALSO REVENUE INCREASES THAT COME
COME PACKAGED WITH EXPENDITURE .
EXPENDITURE INCREASES. SO THIS
IS GOING TO REPRESENT GRANT
FUNDS RECEIVED IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT ARE THEN SUPPORTING
PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SUPPORT FOR
FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN
THE GENERAL FUND, SUPPORTED WITH
SEATTLE PARKS -- SO THAT IS THE
THE REVENUE AND TO SUPPORT
HIGHER EXPENDITURES. FINALLY,
THIS WILL BE COVERED IN MORE DEL
MORE DETAIL LATER ON, THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER FUNDS.
THERE IS $2.1 MILLION IN 2023
AND 2024 THAT ARE GENERATED FROG
FROM INCREASING ADMINISTRATIVE
FEES FOR THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL
PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION
NETWORK PROGRAM. SO THOSE COSTS
RIGHT NOW ARE COVERED FROM OTHER
OTHER GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO
THE INCREASE SUPPORTS THE INCRED
THE INCREASED COST OF THE
PROGRAM. IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE
THE NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE COVERING
KIND OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
úMOVES. SO WITHIN THE
HIGHER-LEVEL BUDGET CHANGES,
$94.6 MILLION AND $93 MILLION
ARE AROUND DIFFERENT TREATMENT
OF THE JUMPSTART FUND TRANSFERS
TO THE GENERAL FUND. WELL, THE
FIRST TWO ARE LARGELY DONE
WITHIN THE ALLOCATION OF THE
JUMPSTART FUNDS USED FOR ADMINIE
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM
COSTS, WHICH ARE 5% OF THE
JUMPSTART RESOURCES. THE FIRST
IS THE $3 MILLION TRANSFER,
INTENDED TO SUPPORT EXISTING
COSTS IN THE CITY. THEY ARE NOT
SPECIFICALLY DETAILED, BUT IT IS
PART OF OUR SORT OF NORMAL
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THE CIY
THE CITY AND WE RUN THE RATE
MODELS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE
SPECIFIC COSTS ARE SYSTEMICALLY
ALLOCATED TO ADDRESS THOSE
UNDERLYING COSTS. THE NEXT PIECE
NEXT PIECE IS ACTUALLY AN
INCREASED TRANSFER IN TO SUPPORT
TO SUPPORT NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CS
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT ARE
ADDED AND DETAILED, I BELIEVE,
IN ATTACHMENT F. $5.8 MILLION.
EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS. WITH
THIS JUMPSTART FUND. THAN THE
FINAL CHANGE IS A TRANSFER FROM
THE JUMPSTART FUND TO THE
GENERAL FUND FOR REVENUE. I THIK
I THINK PRIOR DISCUSSION, WITH
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, THIS IS
ONE OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES.
TRANSFERRING RESOURCES UNDER
EXISTING POLICIES WHICH ALLOW A
LEVEL OF JUMPSTART TRANSFER.
HOWEVER, THAT HAD BEEN MET FOR
2023, SO THAT TRANSFER WOULD GO.
GO AWAY. THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND
AND BUDGET LEGISLATION SUBMITTED
BY THE MAYOR, AND WE WILL COVER
COVER THIS IN MORE DETAIL ON THE
THE NEXT SIDE, WOULD MAKE A
POLICY CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR A
LEVEL OF TRANSFER TO CONTINUE.
IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, A ONE TE
ONE TIME TRANSFER IN 2023. $84.1
$84.1 MILLION IN 2024. HOWEVER,
THE ACTUAL PROPOSED CHANGE IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY NUMBERS
ARE APPLIED IN THE BUDGET. THE
NEXT SLIDE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE.
THE DIFFERENCES. VERSUS HOW THE
PROPOSED CHANGE IS APPLIED. SO
IF WE COULD TURN TO THE NEXT SL.
NEXT SLIDE.
>> ARE WE ON THE RIGHT SLIDE,
TOM?
>> NO. THERE WE GO. MAYBE THE
PRIOR SLIDE. OKAY HERE WE GO,
THANK YOU. SO THIS GOES A BIT
INTO MORE DETAIL ON THE
JUMPSTART REVENUE. BACKFILL
TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO
SO THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED WITH
THE BUDGET WOULD CHANGE THE ORD.
THE ORDINANCE. TO ALLOW FOR A
TRANSFER TO CONTINUE IN '23 AND
'24. FRANKLY THE PROPOSAL WOULD
WOULD MAKE THAT CHANGE PERMANENT
AND IT WOULD THEN TIE THAT TO
INFLATION. LATER IN THE
PRESENTATION, PARTICULARLY WITH
REGARDS TO DISCUSSIONS AROUND
THE JUMPSTART FUND, THERE WILL
BE MORE DETAIL PROVIDED AROUND
SPECIFIC NUMBERS. I WOULD NOTE
THAT THE HIGH LEVEL OF NUMBERS
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET ARE LOWER
LOWER THAN WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED
ALLOWED FOR THE POLICY. ESSENTIY
POLICY. ESSENTIALLY IF THE
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT IS GREATER
THAN THE AMOUNT BUDGETED IN THE
GENERAL FUND IN THE PROPOSAL.
>>
>> THAT IS LOWER THAN WHAT WOULD
WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR IN THE
PROPOSED POLICY THAT THE MAYOR
HAS TRANSMITTED TO COUNCIL TO GO
GO ALONG WITH THIS PROPOSED
BUDGET, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. SO THE ACTUAL
DOLLAR AMOUNT IS LOWER IN 2023 D
2023 AND '24 AND THE PROPOSED
POLICY CHANGE AND PROPOSED ORDIE
WOULD ALLOW THAT TO CONTINUE IN
IN FUTURE YEARS AS WELL. HOWEVE,
WELL. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ONLY
PROGRAMMED THAT ON A TEMPORARY,
ONE TIME BASIS. THERE IS ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION. WE WILL DISCUSS
ALTERNATIVES TO THAT APPROACH,
BUT THAT IS HOW IT IS PACKAGED
AT THIS TIME. AND I WOULD JUST
POINT OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REASONIN,
THE REASONING, THE NEED FOR THE
BACKFILL FUND IS LARGELY DUE TOS
TO SHORTFALLS IN REVENUES. THESE
THESE BULLETS HERE AND AS INCLUD
AS INCLUDED IN THE MEMO ARE JUST
JUST LIFTING INFORMATION THAT
WAS PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC REVENUE FORECAST, CBO,
WHEN THEY PRESENTED THEIR
FORECAST TO THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE IN AUGUST AND TALKS
ABOUT AREAS OF THE GENERAL FUND
REVENUE PROPOSAL THAT ARE
LAGGING, LAGGING BEHIND. THERE
ARE TAXES THAT ARE ACTUALLY
OUTPACING FORECASTS THAT WERE
AVAILABLE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
THESE CATEGORIES, WHICH
REPRESENT A FAIRLY LARGE SHARE
OF THE BUDGET, INCLUDE PROPERTY
TAXES WHICH ARE NOT GROWING BY
INFLATION, BUT RATHER BY A
POLICY CONSTRAINT AND STATE LAW
THAT CONSTRAIN -- PLUS THE VALUE
VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. AND
PERMIT FEES, SERVICE CHARGES,
AND OTHER REVENUES, WHICH ARE
14% OF THE REVENUES. THESE ARE
DRIVEN BY POLICY FACTORS. THINGS
THINGS LIKE COST RECOVERY,
MINIMIZATION, COLLECTION OF LATE
LATE PAYMENTS AND THINGS OF THA.
THAT NATURE. THEY CAN BE DRIVEN
BY INFLATION, BUT THAT
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT WOULD
TAKE PLACE LARGELY THROUGH SOME
POLICY CHANGE AND THEN,
SIMILARLY, PUBLIC UTILITY TAXES
WHICH IS AN INDIRECT METHOD
THROUGH GROWTH AND POLICY
DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE FOR UTI.
FOR UTILITIES. THEY ARE NOT
REALLY DIRECTLY LINKED TO
INFLATION. MAKING THE CHANGE
WOULD THEN BE APPLYING, BY WAY
OF THIS TRANSFER, A KIND OF
STANDARD INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT
TO THE JUMPSTART TRANSFER TO
REMEDY SOME OTHER STRUCTURAL
STABILITY ISSUES IN THE REVENUE
PORTFOLIO THAT ARE NOT LINKED TO
TO INFLATION. NOT THAT IT IS
INHERENTLY A BAD THING. IT IS JT
IS JUST SORT OF CORRECTING ONE
PROBLEM WITH A DIFFERENT
SOLUTION. BUT IT IS AN APPROACH
THAT CAN BE TAKEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOM. WE
ARE GOING TO PAUSE FOR
QUESTIONS. COLLEAGUES, AGAIN.
THIS AFTERNOON FROM 2:00 TO 4:0,
TO 4:00, WE WILL SPEND A LOT OF
TIME GOING INTO THE DETAILS OF
WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED EITHER TO
TO FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO
SPENDING PLANS, CODIFIED AND
CORRESPONDING WITH REVENUE
STREAMS, INCLUDING JUMPSTART,
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX, THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY,
BUT I DO WANT TO PAUSE FOR AX.
QUESTIONS, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING
SUMMARIZED IN PAGES NINE THROUGH
THROUGH 12 OF THE MEMO. AND
RECOGNIZE THAT WE WILL HAVE A
LOT OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON TO
GET INTO QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF
OF YOUR CHANGES. PLEASE GO AHEA,
GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
EXPLANATION OF THE CHALLENGES WE
WE ALL KNOW EXIST WITH THE
ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE TO
PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED
TO DO. ASIDE FROM POLICY RELATED
RELATED CONSTRAINTS THAT ARE
PLACED ON US, ARE THERE OTHER ES
OTHER ELEMENTS THAT WE SHOULD
SORT OF DAYLIGHT AS WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DESCRIBE
HERE AS INHERENT ISSUES WITH OUR
OUR FINANCING STRUCTURE? WE KNOW
KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE CONSTRAIS
THE CONSTRAINTS OF HOW WE
GENERATE REVENUE, BUT ARE THERE
OTHER THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING
AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE BUDGET
PROCESSES THAT WE SHOULD BE
AWARE OF AND CONTEMPLATE CHANGIG
CONTEMPLATE CHANGING AS WE MOVE
FORWARD, SO WE CAN INCREASE
STABILITY OF OUR BUDGETING
PROCESS?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. I THINK
ONE OF THE THINGS WAS STARTED IN
IN FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR,
WHICH IS TAKING A LONG-TERM VIEW
VIEW AND FOCUSING AHEAD OF THE
BUDGET PROCESS ON WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE, SO THE UNDERLYING
RATES OF GROWTH EXPENDITURES AND
AND REVENUES CAN BE CLEARLY IDE.
CLEARLY IDENTIFIED. BECAUSE THAT
THAT REALLY IDENTIFIES THE
CHALLENGES ARE BEGINNING TO
ARISE, SO THEY CAN BE ADDRESSED
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I
WOULD NOTE THAT LOOKING AT
PROPOSED BUDGETS, AS FAR BACK AS
AS 2017 AND WHEN WE COMPLETED A
FUTURE YEAR DEFICIT, IT WAS
SMALL. HOWEVER, INSTANCES OF THE
THE PANDEMIC EXACERBATED THE PRM
THE PROBLEM AND REALLY HAVE KIND
KIND OF UPSET THE APPLE CART. IT
IT IS LIKE UNDERSTANDING THE
FRAGILITY OF THE SYSTEM, WHEN IS
IT IS EASIER TO MAKE A CHANGE,
IS BENEFICIAL. VERSUS TAKING A
MORE REACTIVE APPROACH. I DON'T
HAVE ANY KIND OF QUICK FIXES TO
OFFER ABOUT HOW TO REMEDY THAT
AND AGAIN, THE PROPOSAL IS ONE
REMEDY FOR THAT. THERE ALSO IS A
A DISCUSSION ABOUT PROGRESSIVE
REVENUES THAT WILL BE COVERED,
AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA MENTIONED,
WITH THE REVENUE STABILIZATION
TASK FORCE. THAT WILL TAKE A
DIVE INTO THIS QUESTION. THAT IS
IS WHAT I WOULD OFFER.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTI,
THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, AND I THINK THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A USEFUL
USEFUL NORTH STAR AS WE THINK
ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. NOT JUST THE
CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, BUT THE
IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS PROPOSED AND
AND ALSO WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO
CREATE GREATER STABILITY OVER
THE NEXT SIX YEARS? THAT WILL BE
ONE OF THE GOALS I HAVE AS
WELL, SO THINK YOU FOR LIFTING
THAT UP. ALY, DID YOU HAVE
SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADD?
>> TOM HIGHLIGHTED THIS A BIT,
BUT I WOULD REITERATE CONTINUING
CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGE AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHT
ON THE WORK THE CITY BUDGET OFFE
BUDGET OFFICE IS UNDERTAKING,
STARTING THIS YEAR, BUT REALLY
GOING INTO NEXT YEAR AND LOOKINT
LOOKING AT REALLY TRACKING THE
BUDGET TO ACTUALS IN DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS AND LOOKING AT WHERE
WHERE SPENDING IS HAPPENING AND
WORKING TO ADDRESS OUR PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL SYSTEM AND HOW WE ARE
TRACKING POSITIONS AND VACANCIES
AND FUNDING FOR THOSE
POSITIONS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE
YOU ALL TO STAY ON THAT AND
SUPPORT THAT WORK, BECAUSE IT
WOULD HELP IDENTIFY WHERE THERE
ARE, PERHAPS, EFFICIENCIES THAT
CANBE ACHIEVED WITHIN THE
EXISTING BUDGET, TO AVOID A
SITUATION WHERE THE CITY IS
FACED WITH MAKING SIGNIFICANT
CUTS TO PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
>> I WILL ADD TO THAT, I THINK
WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN
THE DECEMBER 28 MEETING,
APPRECIATING THAT THE DIRECTOR
WAS REALLY TAKING THAT CHARGE,
THAT NEED TO SERIOUSLY. SHE DID
INDICATE IN THAT MEETING, THE
ACTUAL SYSTEM, THE TECHNOLOGY TO
TO BETTER TRACK IN REAL TIME,
WAS MAYBE A FEW YEARS OUT. IN
LIEU OF HAVING A TECHNOLOGICAL ,
TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION, WE NEED
ANSWERS NOW AND I THINK WE ARE
ALL IN THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF
OF WANTING THAT. I THINK THE
MESSAGE FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI AS WELL IS HOW DO WE
BAKE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY INTO
OUR BUDGETING PROCESS? WE TALK A
A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT
VACANT POSITIONS RECEIVING
FUNDING AND A LOT OF THOSE
CENTER AROUND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, BUT WHAT WE HAVE
DISCOVERED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS
IS THOSE VACANT POSITIONS AND
INVESTMENTS IN POSITIONS THAT
WERE NOT FILLED OR NEVER GOING
TO BE FILLED WAS ACTUALLY A PRAE
A PRACTICE AMONG MANY
DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS ACTUALLY
THE FIRST TIME I THINK THE
BUDGET IS BEING PRESENTED IN A
WAY THAT SHOWS WHERE THOSE
VACANT POSITIONS ARE, HOW MONEY
IS BEING SHIFTED BACK TO THE
GENERAL FUND TO BE SPENT ON
SOMETHING ELSE OR SHIFTED WITHIN
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. THAT
TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT. IT IS
IS OBVIOUSLY THE TIP OF THE
ICEBERG IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATN
OF TRANSPORTATION TRANSFORMATION
TRANSFORMATION OR REFORM OF THE
BUDGETING PROCESS WE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND
INTO THE FUTURE, UNTIL WE CAN
IMPROVE THE APPROACH OF HAVING
REAL-TIME INFORMATION ABOUT
UNSPENT MONEY, SO WE CAN ACT
WITH URGENCY. I APPRECIATE ALL
OF THOSE POINTS MADE BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THE
DIRECTION FROM CENTRAL STAFF. I
I DO WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION
AND AGAIN, ENCOURAGE FOLKS,
PAGES NINE THROUGH 12, IF YOU
HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE
BEFORE WE MOVE ON. OUR GOAL WILL
WILL BE TO GET TO SLIDE 25, SO
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER THE
SET OF SLIDES THAT CENTRAL STAFF
STAFF PRESENTS, FEEL FREE TO
RAISE THOSE WITH THE RECOGNITION
RECOGNITION WE WILL GET MORE
INTO THE DETAILS THIS AFTERNOON,
AFTERNOON, STARTING AT 2:00 P.M.
ON THE GENERAL FUND ADJACENT
STREAMS INCLUDING SHORT-TERM
RENTAL AND JUMPSTART. THAT SAID,
I DO HAVE A QUESTION, TOM, THAT
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO
LIFT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU
STARTED TO EXPLAIN SORT OF THE
UNIQUENESS OF APPLYING AN
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT TO A
REVENUE STREAM AND IF WE LOOK AT
AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 11 AND THE
THE TOP OF PAGE 12, YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT IS NOT
CONGRUENT WITH WHAT WE SEE IN
TERMS OF WHERE GROWTH OCCURS. IT
IT SAYS ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE
11, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT ONE
KEY REASON SOME OF THE GENERAL
FUND REVENUES HAVE NOT RECOVERED
RECOVERED SINCE 2014, DESPITE
GROWTH AND INFLATION IS BECAUSE
THEY DO NOT GROW COMMENSURATE
WITH INFLATION AND IT GOES ON TO
TO SAY AS MUCH AS 52% OF THE
GENERAL FUND REVENUE PORTFOLIO
GROWS AT A DIFFERENT RATE THAN
INFLATION. THE TOP OF PAGE 12
NOTES, THE PROPOSED POLICY
CHANGE TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF
REVENUE AUGMENTATION FROM
JUMPSTART FUNDS COULD RESULT IN
PERMANENTLY BACKFILLING REVENUE
LOSSES THAT ARE DUE TO
NON-INFLATIONARY FACTORS IN
OTHER FUNDS. PUT ANOTHER WAY,
THE JUMPSTART FUND TRANSFER
WOULD BE PERMANENTLY SOLVING
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES INHERENT
WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND
FINANCING STRUCTURE, THAT WHEN
THE PAYROLL TAX WAS PAST IT WAS
NOT THE INTENT TO SUPPLANT
FUNDING. IT WAS THE INTENT OF
FUNDING NET NEW INVESTMENTS
BEYOND THE NEEDS OF COVID-19
EMERGENCY AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ANSWER. I WANT
WANT TO LIFT UP THIS SECTION
BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A
CORNERSTONE TO OUR ANALYSIS OF
WHAT TYPES OF CHANGES ARE BEING
CONSIDERED BY THIS COUNCIL AND
THE IMPACT TO FUTURE YEARS. I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO ADD TO THAT IN TERMS OF
HOW WE WOULD SEE JUMPSTART
PERMANENTLY SOLVING
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES OR
PROBLEMS WITHIN THE EXISTING
STRUCTURE, BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
>>
>> SURE, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUE.
THAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE I
EXPLAINED IT PREVIOUSLY. THERE
ARE SOME CATEGORIES OF REVENUES
THAT BECAUSE OF HIGHER INFLATION
INFLATION ARE DOING BETTER.
SALES TAX AND BUSINESS AND
OCCUPATION TAX, IN PARTICULAR.
THE PROBLEM IS THESE OTHER CATES
OTHER CATEGORIES DETAILED WITHIN
WITHIN THE SLIDE, THEY DON'T
GROW BY INFLATION AND NEVER DID.
IN MANY CASES THE POLICIES THAT
HAVE IMPACTED THEM THAT MAY MAE
MAY MAKE THE GROWTH LAG ARE NOT
SOLVED BY INFLATION. IT IS
INTENDED TO RECOVER COSTS. OF
THE SERVICE BEING PROVIDED.
THERE MAY BE SOME EXERCISE
WHEREBY THAT COULD BE ADJUSTED
TO BETTER RECAPTURE THE COST AT
A VERY HIGH LEVEL. SIMILARLY
WITH PUBLIC UTILITY TAXES. RATE
ADJUSTMENTS WERE DELAYED AND FOR
FOR GOOD POLICY REASONS. YOU
KNOW, TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT,
THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON
RATEPAYERS. BECAUSE THERE IS A
GENERAL FUND TAX ON UTILITIES,
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE WAS
IMPACTED BY THOSE CHANGES AND IT
IT IS NOT NECESSARILY AN
INDICTMENT OF THE DECISION, BUT
SHOWING A KEY DISTINCTION THAT
SOME OF THOSE DECLINES ARE BECAE
ARE BECAUSE THERE ARE POLICY
REASONS BEHIND THEM. AGAIN, IT
IS NOT TO SAY THAT IT IS NOT A
LEGITIMATE APPROACH TO TAKE, BUT
BUT IT IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING AND
APPLYING THIS MEASURE TO THE
JUMPSTART TRANSFER. IT KIND OF
COVERS OVER WHAT THE IMPACTS OF
THOSE POLICY ADJUSTMENTS WERE
EARLIER IN THE PANDEMIC AND WHY
THOSE REVENUE ARE ESSENTIALLY L.
ESSENTIALLY LAGGING. AND IN THE
POLICY CHANGE, AS I MENTIONED,
IT IS A PERMANENT ADJUSTMENT AND
AND IT IS AT A HIGHER LEVEL THAT
THAT IS BUILT INTO THE BUDGET.
SO IT IS JUST KIND OF SOMETHING
TO NOTE IN CONTEMPLATING THAT
DECISION AND POSSIBLE
ALTERNATIVES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.
>> SO THIS IS JUST A STOPPING OF
STOPPING OFF POINT BEFORE
LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES. AS YOU
CAN SEE, THE ENDING BALANCE IS
POSITIVE. THAT WOULD BE $66
MILLION AT THE END OF '23.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SIGNPOST
ALONG THE PATH OF THIS GENERAL D
GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL PLANNING.
PLANNING. I WANTED TO GIVE THAT.
THAT UPDATE. THEN IF WE CAN MOVE
MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL
GET INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
PROPOSED EXPENDITURE CHANGES. I
BELIEVE WE TOUCHED ON THIS
EARLIER, BUT THERE ARE TWO KEY S
KEY ELEMENTS OF THIS SIDE OF THE
THE BUDGET. ONE IS PROPOSED
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET AND ALSO THERE ARE THE
NONAPPROPRIATED ELEMENTS. THINGS
THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED AND IN
THE EXECUTIVE'S BUDGET MATERIAL,
BUDGET MATERIALS, DRAWING ON THE
THE RESOURCES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE, BUT NOT ACTUALLY PART
OF THE BUDGET. SO BY WAY OF DEG
AND DISCUSSNG THE EXPENDITURE C,
EXPENDITURE CHANGES, THE DETAIL
OF WHICH IS PAGES 12 THROUGH 15
OF THE MEMO AND WITH SUPPLEMENTL
WITH SUPPLEMENTAL TABLES
INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENTS C
THROUGH E OF THE MEMO. SO IN
REFERENCE TO THE BASELINE
NUMBERS THAT WERE DISCUSSED EARR
DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE
PRESENTATION, THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WOULD INCREASE TOTAL
EXPENDITURES BY $17 MILLION IN
'23 AND $40 MILLION IN '24.
THERE WERE SOME VERY MINOR
BASELINE CORRECTION SUBMITTED BY
BY CBO AFTER THE NUMBERS THEY
PROVIDED IN AUGUST. A LITTLE
UNDER $1 MILLION IN 2023 AND
UNDER $2 MILLION IN 2024 THAT
WERE REALLY JUST ERRORS THAT
WERE MADE AND THEY HAD ALSO
LOWERED THE RETIREMENT
CONTRIBUTION RATE ASSUMPTION, SO
SO APPLYING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
IN TERMS OF POLICY AND TECHNICA,
TECHNICAL ITEMS, I GUESS I SHOUD
I SHOULD EXPLAIN, I AM GOING TO
HANDLE THIS IN A THREE-STEP
PROCESS. FIRST I WILL TALK ABOUT
ABOUT THE REDUCTIONS AND THEN
TALK ABOUT THE ADS, KIND OF SEP.
OF SEPARATELY. AND THEN CONCLUDH
CONCLUDE WITH A DISCUSSION OF
WHAT HAPPENS ON A NET BASIS AND
THEN PROVIDE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR
EACH INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENT. IN
TERMS OF THE ACTUAL REDUCTION,
$71.9 MILLION OF REDUCTION IN
2023 AND $51.6 MILLION A REDUCTS
A REDUCTIONS IN '24, WHICH IS
ABOUT 4.5 AND 2.2% OF THOSE
EARS BUDGETS, RESPECTIVELY.
WITHIN THOSE AMOUNTS, THE CUTS
THAT ARE ONGOING IN '23 ARE $34
$34 MILLION AND I POINTED OUT
THE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN ONGOING
ONGOING AND ONE TIME, BECAUSE
ANY CUTS THAT ARE ONGOING IN
NATURE CONTINUE IN FUTURE YEARS
AND HAVE AN IMPACT. THESE ARE
ALL DETAILED IN THE MEMO AND
ATTACHMENTS. THIS ONE IS
ATTACHMENT C, WHICH SHOWS A
SUMMARY BY DEPARTMENT AND THEN
THE ACTUAL DETAILED CUTS THAT
ARE APPLIED. IN EACH OF THOSE D.
THOSE DEPARTMENTS. IF WE COULD
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS
THE INCREASE SIDE OF THE EQUATIN
THE EQUATION AND I WILL JUST
HIGHLIGHT THREE BUCKETS. THERE
IS AN ACTUAL FOURTH BUCKET. SO
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF $23 MILLION
MILLION ACROSS THE MUTUAL
SHIFTS. THIS ANALYSIS IS THAT
THE GENERAL FUND LEVEL, OF WHICH
WHICH THERE ARE MULTIPLE
DEPARTMENTS RECEIVING FUNDING
FROM WITHIN THAT HIGHER LEVEL T.
LEVEL TOTAL. THESE SHIFTS ARE
MORE IMPORTANT AND I DON'T WANT
TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT AND
POLICIES COMPLICIT WITHIN THEM,
BUT A HIGH-LEVEL, GENERAL FUND S
FUND ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE, THEY
ARE COST NEUTRAL. THEY HAVE ZERO
ZERO IMPACT ON SUSTAINABILITY
AND THE TOTAL BUDGET. THERE ARE
$23 MILLION OF THESE CHANGES IN
FUNDING BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS AND
THOSE ARE DETAILED IN A TABLE IN
IN THE MEMO. TRYING TO FIND IT.
ON PAGE 14. IT SHOWS THAT
APARTMENT THAT THE MONIES ARE
SHIFTING OUT OF AND THE
DEPARTMENTS RECEIVING THEM. EACH
EACH OF THESE WILL BE COVERED IN
IN SUBSEQUENT DEPARTMENT LEVEL
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS LATER
THIS WEEK. SO FINALLY THERE ARE
APPROPRIATIONS INCREASES IN THE
BUDGET OF $82.4 MILLION IN '23
-- ABOUT 4.5% OF EACH YEAR GENEL
YEAR GENERAL BASELINE BUDGET AND
AND THEN AGAIN, GETTING TO THE
SUSTAINABILITY FOCUS, OF THOSE ,
THOSE INCREASES, ONGOING SO IT
WILL INCREASE IN THE FUTURE YEA.
FUTURE YEARS. MOST OF THE 2024
ADJUSTMENT IS ONGOING. IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. THAT IS KEY,
BECAUSE THAT MEANS THOSE COSTS
WILL CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.
AND I BELIEVE THESE ADJUSTMENTS
ARE SIMILARLY DETAILED IN THE M.
THE MEMO. SO IT SHOWS THE
SUMMARY BY DEPARTMENT AND THEN
INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF INCREASE. IF
IF WE COULD LOOK AT THE NEXT SL.
NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS, AS PROM,
AS PROMISED, KIND OF THE
TRACKING GRAPH OF THE UNMET.
TAKING BOTH THE DECREASES AND
THE ADDS. I BELIEVE THIS WAS
COVERED IN THE CBO PRESENTATION
IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THIS
KIND OF TEASES OUT WHERE THE
CUTS ARE HITTING THE MOST AND
WHERE THE ADDS ARE THEN BEING
APPLIED. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
RECEIVED THE LARGEST NET CUT OF
$12.2 MILLION. FINANCE GENERAL,
GENERAL, WHICH IS SORT OF THE
RESERVE STRUCTURE FOR THE
GENERAL FUND, WHERE MONIES ARE D
ARE HELD FOR ESSENTIAL COSTS AND
AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE BEING
PLANNED AND DELIBERATED DURING
THE YEAR. THAT IS SIMILARLY
BEING REDUCED BY $9.2 MILLION OF
OF THE BUDGET AND THEN WITH A
NUMBER OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I
WOULD NOTE, AS YOU SEE NOTED
BELOW, THAT THIS DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE IMPACT OF CROSS
NEUTRAL SHIFTS BETWEEN
DEPARTMENTS AND THIS PRINCIPALLY
PRINCIPALLY WILL IMPACT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
BECAUSE THERE IS THE ISSUE OF
THE PARKING DIVISION SHIFT
BETWEEN SDOT AND THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO
THIS METS THAT OUT TO SHOW THE
BUDGET. I AM ONLY SHOWING 2023 E
2023 BECAUSE THE BUDGET APPROACS
APPROACH ADOPTS A '23 BUDGET AND
AND ENDORSES THE '24, SO TO MAKE
MAKE IT SIMPLE, JUST SHOWING
THE 2023 PROPOSED BUDGET THAT
WOULD BE ADOPTED AND THE LEVEL
OF DECREASE. THEN THE NEXT SLIDE
SHOWS KIND OF AGAIN DEPARTMENT
LEVEL, WHERE THE INCREASES ARE
BEING APPLIED, ON NET. SO YOU
CAN SEE THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT IS RECEIVING A $17
MILLION INCREASE ABOVE THE
BASELINE BUDGET AND THEN SEATTLE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION IS RECEIVING 8.9.
8.9. KIND OF THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE EXPLANATION, THE SDOT AMOUNT
AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE IMPT
THE IMPACT OF THE KIND OF
GENERAL FUND NEUTRAL SHIFT OF
THE FUNCTION BETWEEN SDOT AND
SPD. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS
INFORMATION IS DETAILED IN THE
MEMO. IT IS KIND OF A TECHNICAL
GUIDE. AS YOU HAVE DELIBERATIONS
AND REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT BUDGES
DEPARTMENT BUDGETS IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS, IT IS ALL THERE AND
AVAILABLE TO KIND OF HELP UNDERD
HELP UNDERSTAND WITHIN THE
DETAILS, WHAT IS GOING ON IN
DEPARTMENT BUDGETS.
>> TOM, QUICK CLARIFICATION ON
THIS SLIDE. I THINK ONE COULD LK
COULD LOOK AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
SERVICES DEPARTMENT UP THERE AND
AND THINK OH GOOD, HUMAN
SERVICES INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT
HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT WOULD YOU Y
YOU SAY THE ACTUAL, THE LARGEST
INCREASE IN THE HUMAN SERVICE DT
SERVICE DEPARTMENT HERE MAY FALL
FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF
ADDRESSING ENCAMPMENTS AND
CLEANUP? IS THAT WHERE YOU ARE
SEEING THE PROPOSED UNIFIED CARM
CARE TEAM BEING SLOTTED IN? IS
THAT WHY THERE IS SUCH A LARGE
INCREASE IN THAT SECTION?
>> I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS. I
WOULD NEED TO REFER BACK TO THE
TECHNICAL GUIDE. THOUGH I DO
KNOW THAT THIS IS THE NET OF THE
THE DECREASE TO PROVIDER COSTS
THAT WERE DISCUSSED, BUT AS FAR
AS WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL LINES ARE
--
>> GREAT AND A GOOD REMINDER FOR
FOR OUR COLLEAGUES, INCLUDING
MYSELF, THAT DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO ASK
DEPARTMENTS, IN ADDITION TO
CENTRAL STAFF FOCUSING ON THESE
ISSUE AREAS OVER THE NEXT THREE
DAYS. IT WILL BE COVERED ON
FRIDAY MORNING.
>> AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I WOULD
JUST ADD THAT YEAH, THOSE
DETAILS WILL BE COVERED MORE AS
YOU SAID IN THE PRESENTATION,
BUT I DO THINK YOUR DESCRIPTION
IS ACCURATE THAT THIS IS
GENERALLY REFLECTING SOME OF THE
THE NEW, PROPOSED SPENDING IN
THE AREAS OF THE SHELTER AND RV,
RV, AS WELL AS -- THOSE TWO
ITEMS, PRIMARILY. AND IT DOES
NOT REFLECT THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT, AS TOM NOTED.
>> GREAT. I THINK I INTERRUPTED
YOU, TOM, BUT AS I DID, LET ME
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON FOR CLARIFYING QUESTIONS
AS WELL.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE TABLE IN
ATTACHMENT D SAYS THAT THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS $295,000, I
I GUESS, SO JUST FOR REFERENCE
THAT IS LESS THAN A LOT OF THE
OTHER INCREASES. I DON'T KNOW.
YOU CAN LOOK ON PAGE 2 OF THE
ATTACHMENT AND SEE THE INCREASES
TO THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT.
>> THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM IS MUCR
MUCH LARGER --
>> IT IS AN INCREASE.
>> I WILL PAUSE HERE FOR A
SECOND DENSITY OF CENTRAL STAFF
AS ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO
ADD FOR CONTEXT, BUT AGAIN WE
WILL BE ABLE TO GET INTO THOSE
QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ON
AMOUNTS WITHIN THE HSD SECTION
-- PLEASE GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR
HANDY.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT
OUR TEAM WILL BREAK ALL OF THIS
OUT ON FRIDAY MORNING. RELATED
TO THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM,
INCLUDING EXPANSION OF THE
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS TEAM AND
UNIFIED CARE TEAM, WHICH WERE
JUST OVER $1 MILLION COMBINED AS
AS PART OF THAT EXPANSION. SOME
OF IT IS ALSO AROUND COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE AND PROGRAMS
LIKE THIS, SO WE WILL BE DIGGING
DIGGING INTO SORT OF THE VARIETY
VARIETY OF ITEMS. THE $17
MILLION IS NOT THE INFLATIONARY
INCREASE, WHICH IS PART OF THE
BASE AND THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN B,
BEEN BIGGER, HAD ALL OF IT AND
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, I SEE YOU NEXT AND
THEN I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I
WANT TO CIRCLE BACK ON JUST TO
GROUND US AS WELL AS WE HEAD
INTO THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR
CENTRAL STAFF REGARDING THESE
LAST TWO SLIDES WHERE THE
FOOTNOTES AS COMPARED TO AUGUST,
2017, BASELINE. IS ANOTHER WAY
OF DESCRIBING THAT, WOULD WE
CALL IT 2020 TO REVISED OR 2022
ACTUAL? I AM JUST TRYING TO UNDD
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE
COMPARING IT TO, FROM 2022?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN. IT IS AN
AN IMPORTANT POINT. SO THE '23
AND '24 BASELINE BUDGETS ARE
ESSENTIALLY THE COST OF
PROVIDING SERVICES ADOPTED IN
THE BUDGET. ESSENTIALLY A REFRE,
A REFRESH, SAYING THERE WAS AN
ADOPTED SERVICE LEVEL IN 2022.
WHAT DOES IT COST TO PROVIDE THT
PROVIDE THAT IN '23 AND '24? IT
IS SORT OF A DEPARTMENT LEVEL
PROCESS WHERE THEY LOOK AT THOSE
THOSE COST AND APPLY THEM AS
NECESSARY. LOOK AT CURRENT LAW,
WHAT AREAS OF THE BUDGET ARE NAY
ARE NATURALLY GROWING BASED ON
NEW ORDINANCE AND APPLYING
THOSE, SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY
2020 TO REVISED, BUT IT IS THE
COST OF PROVIDING 2023 LEVEL SE.
LEVEL SERVICES.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. I AM
GETTING BETTER. JUST HARD TO DO
WITH A MASK ON. BECAUSE OUR
CHAMBERS ARE NEAR EMPTY AND IT
IS EASIER TO PROBABLY SEE WHAT I
I AM SAYING. I'M GOING TO REMOVE
REMOVE MY MASK WHEN WE SPEAK
MOST TIMES, UNLESS WE HAVE A
FULL AUDIENCE HERE. I DID WANT
TO FOLLOW-UP VERY BRIEFLY. WE DO
DO HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR LEFT AND
LESS THAN 10 SLIDES, SO I WILL
TAKE A QUESTION AND FEEL FREE TO
TO ADD TO THIS. YOU STARTED TO
TALK ABOUT THE PROVIDER
CONTRACTS AND IT IS INCLUDED AS
A FOOTNOTE ON PAGE 13 OF THE
MEMO, RECOGNIZING THAT BASE
CORRECTIONS INCLUDE PROVISIONS
TO THE SERVICE PROVIDER
CONTRACTS, WHICH WERE INCLUDED
AS A BASELINE CHANGE IN THE CBO
MATERIALS, BUT ARE INCLUDED IN
THE PROPOSED DECREE SECTION OF
THE ANALYSIS. JUST TO REMIND US
WHAT ALL THIS PUBLIC TESTIMONY
IS, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN
AGAIN WHY THOSE HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER CONTRACT INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN
IN THE BASE BUDGETS AND I
BELIEVE, TOM, IN YOUR MEMO
URINALYSIS FOUND THAT THE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT WASN'T D
WASN'T INCLUDED GOING BACK TO
2019, WHEN THE STATUTE WAS
PASSED. SO CAN YOU ELABORATE FOR
FOR US MORE SINCE WE CONTINUE TO
TO RECEIVE CALLS AND EMAILS AND
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY AND ON
THE 28th ABOUT THIS CONCERN. WHY
WHY WASN'T THAT ADJUSTMENT
CODIFIED IN THE STATUTE INCLUDED
IN THE BASE BUDGET ORIGINALLY?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. SO
SO THERE IS A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN INCLUDING IN THE BUDGET
AND INCLUDING IN THE FINANCIAL
PLAN, THAT I WOULD KIND OF
ELEVATE. SO, SINCE ADOPTION, THE
THE AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGETS. WHAT
THEY HAVE NOT DONE AND WHAT I
HIGHLIGHTED WHEN I DO MY ANALYSS
MY ANALYSIS ON THE MATERIALS IS
THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED
INCLUDED AS A GROWTH ASSUMPTION
N FUTURE YEARS. SO GIVEN THAT
THEY HAVE LOOKED AT THE FUND,
REQUIRES LOOKING AT HOW COSTS GW
COSTS GROW IN THE FUTURE,
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE EXERCISE
WAS IS LOOKING AT THE
ADJUSTMENTS THAT CBO HAD PUT IN
FOR BASELINE CHANGES IN '23 AND
'24 THAT INCLUDED THE CONTRACT.
CONTRACT. NOTICING THERE WAS NO
INFLATIONARY GROWTH APPLIED, SOT
SO THAT MADE THE PROJECTED COSTS
COSTS OF THE GENERAL FUND LOWER
THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF
THOSE MEASURES HAD BEEN APPLIED.
SO IT WAS MORE OF A TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL PLA.
FINANCIAL PLAN. I DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH
THOSE WERE INCLUDED IN PRIOR
PLANS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND THEY
WERE INCLUDED IN THE BASELINE
BUDGET NUMBERS THAT WE DISCUSSED
DISCUSSED ON THE 17th. THE
FOOTNOTE IN THE MEMO WHICH YOU
LIFTED UP IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING
THE TECHNICAL ASPECT AND THAT
IS SOMETHING I NOTICED IN
REVIEWING THE BUDGET DETAIL. THE
THE CBO MADE A CHANGE CORRELATE
WITH THE POLICY CHANGES THAT
WOULD CAP THESE AT 4%. THAT
CHANGE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE
THROUGH THAT POLICY CHOICE, AS E
A BASELINE CHANGE. SO I
SEPARATED THAT PEACE OUT,
BECAUSE IN MY VIEW THAT IS A
POLICY CHANGE AND NOT SIMPLY A
BASELINE TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT.
SO THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS THE
REASONING WHY THAT FOOTNOTE IS
INCLUDED, JUST TO KIND OF SIGNAL
A DIFFERENT TREATMENT OF THAT
NUMBER, BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW AS
A BASELINE ADJUSTMENT IN THE PRN
OF THE BUDGET AND ALSO TO
INDICATE THE KEY FINDING THAT ID
I HAD FROM THE 17th THAT THEY
HAD JUST NOT BEEN GROWING COSTS
IN THE FUTURE YEARS AS THEY
SHOULD HAVE BEEN GROWING. SO I
HOPE THAT HELPS EXPLAIN THE
TECHNICALITIES AROUND THAT, BUT
ALSO TO HELP UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
THE POLICY DECISION IS INHERENT
IN THE BUDGET.
>> IT DOES HELP A LOT AND THANK
YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION THAT
IT WAS IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN,
THE SIX YEAR OUTLOOK, THAT WAS
NOT INCLUDED. I DO WANT TO THANK
THANK YOU, I BELIEVE IT WAS TOM
MIKESELL FROM CENTRAL STAFF THAT
THAT IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN FROM
FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR THAT THE
THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT
WAS NOT INCLUDED, SO THAT WAS AN
AN IMPORTANT MIND THAT
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAG
OF HAVING OUR TEAM ON CENTRAL
STAFF REALLY BE ABLE TO POUR
THROUGH THE MATERIALS AND WORK
IN COLLABORATION WITH CBO TO
UNDERSCORE ISSUES OR CONCERNS
THEY SEE AND WE CAN PROACTIVELYS
PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES, BUT, TOM, THANKS FOR
YOUR EARLY ANALYSIS ON THAT AND
HELPING LIFT THAT UP IN EARLY
REVIEW OF THE BUDGET. OKAY, I
SEE TWO MORE HANDS. COUNCILMEMBR
HANDS. COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, GO
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. AS IT RELATES TO
THE SIX-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN,
WHAT IS COUNCIL'S ROLE? I
THOUGHT I REMEMBERED HEARING, A
FEW MONTHS AGO, THAT WE HAVE NOT
NOT A CONSULTING ROLE, BUT WE
CAN GIVE INPUT TO THAT PLAN. IS
THERE A WAY WE CAN FORMALIZE
THAT IN THE FUTURE SO THAT
BEFORE THE BUDGET IS ANNOUNCED,
WE ARE BRIEFED ON A SIX-YEAR PLN
SIX-YEAR PLAN THAT DOES NOT INCE
NOT INCLUDE PARTICULAR POLICIES
AND ADHERENCE WITH LAWS WE HAVE
PASSED, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. I W
I KNOW THE COUNCIL, IN PAST
YEARS, USED TO PASS A BUDGET
PRIORITIES RESOLUTION. WE DON'T
DO THAT ANYMORE, BUT IF WE ARE
AWARE BECAUSE WE SEE THE
SIX-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN AND WE
SEE IN ADVANCE THAT THERE ARE
SOME KEY PLANNING PRIORITIES
THAT ARE NOT BEING ADHERED TO,
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THERE WAS A
A WAY TO AVOID BEING IN THE POSN
THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN NOW,
NOW, BY BEING ABLE TO USE
WHATEVER INPUT OPPORTUNITIES WE
HAVE TO THAT PLAN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, IF I
MIGHT TAKE THAT QUESTION, I
THINK THERE IS WORK WE CAN DO
TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH CBO
TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL PLAN.
THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
BEEN DOING THIS YEAR, BY DIGGING
DIGGING AND MORE TO THE
FINANCIAL PLAN AND IDENTIFYING
THESE DETAILS. I JUST WANT TO
CLARIFY, THAT IS, IN FACT, HOW
WE INCORPORATED ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE FINANCIAL PLAN. STAFF DID
DID THAT FIRST IN MAY WHEN WE
PRESENTED AN UPDATED FINANCIAL
PLAN AND THERE WAS ALSO AN
ASSUMPTION INCLUDED IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN PRESENTED IN AUG.
IN AUGUST. WHAT WE CAN'T CONTROL
CONTROL HIS OTHER CHOICES
BETWEEN THOSE AND WHEN THE MAYOR
MAYOR MAKES THE BUDGET, OF OTHER
OTHER CHOICES THEY MAKE THE
BALANCE AND PAY FOR THEIR PRIOR.
THEIR PRIORITIES. IN THIS CASE I
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE WORK
THAT THE COUNCIL IS DOING TO
PROVIDE MORE OVERSIGHT ON THE
FINANCIAL PLAN THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR IS THE MECHANISM TO GET
THEM TO REPORT MORE OF THAT. WE
CAN TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT OTHER
WAYS TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, BUT I
WOULD SAY THAT THE FINANCIAL
PLAN SHOULD INCORPORATE ANY LAWS
LAWS THAT HAVE PASSED THAT HAVE
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM AND
AGAIN WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
CBO TO REFINE THEIR APPROACH, AS
AS WELL AS OUR APPROACH TO
FINANCIAL PLANNING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LOVE THAT QUESTION, VICE
CHAIR. IT IS ALSO A GREAT WAY
FOR ME TO PLUG THE MARCH, EXCUSE
EXCUSE ME, THE MAIN 4 MEMO WHICH
HIGHLIGHTED WE HAD SEEN THIS
FINANCIAL PLAN VARY IN PREVIOUS.
PREVIOUS ITERATIONS. SO WE ARE
REALLY DOING, I THINK, A GREAT
JOB. YOU, COLLEAGUES, ARE DOING
A GREAT JOB OF LIFTING UP WHAT
IS IN THE FINANCIAL PLAN IN THET
SIX YEARS, SO WE CAN ADDRESS
THAT AS WELL AS BIENNIAL BUDGET
CHALLENGES, SO THANKS FOR YOUR K
YOUR WORK ALREADY IN THIS YEAR'S
YEAR'S DELIBERATIONS AND THE
LAST TWO YEARS, AS WELL. I
APPRECIATE THAT BEING MORE OF AE
A CORNERSTONE OF OUR
DISCUSSIONS. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, BACK TO YOU.
>> YOU SAID THAT THE PROPOSED BT
PROPOSED BUDGET IN AUGUST DID
NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF LIVING .
LIVING ADJUSTMENT. DID IT
INCLUDE THE CAP? DID IT INCLUDE
THE ADJUSTMENT THAT WOULD BE THE
THE 4% WE SEE IN THIS BUDGET OR
DID IT NOT HAVE ANY INCREASE WH?
INCREASE WHATSOEVER?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NEL.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. SO THE
MAIN FOUR FINANCIAL PLAN DID NOT
INCLUDE THE ADJUSTMENT.
>> ANY AT ALL?
>> MOST LIKELY, NO. IN THE
FUTURE YEARS. WE CAUGHT THE DISY
THE DISCREPANCY IN THE
TRANSITION BETWEEN THE MAY PLAN
AND THE AUGUST PLAN, BY WAY OF
HAVING ACCESS TO THE BASELINE
ADJUSTMENTS INFORMATION THAT CBO
CBO WAS APPLYING TO THE BUDGET.
SO JUST TO ADD TO DEPUTY
DIRECTOR PENNUCCI'S COMMENTS,
THIS IS PART OF THE IMPROVEMENT
PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN UNDERWAY.
UNDERWAY. THERE WAS A RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSQUEDA IN THE 2021 BUDGET THAT
THAT PROVIDED THE ENTREE FOR
CLOSE COORDINATION ON THESE
DETAILS. SO THAT IS WHERE IT IS
BEING BORN. THE AUGUST 17
NUMBERS DID INCLUDE THE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT, THE
FULL MEASURE OF THE INFLATIONARY
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT, THAT
WAS INDICATED IN STATUTE, BUT IT
IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE NEW PROPL
NEW PROPOSAL IN THE BUDGET,
WHICH WOULD CAP INCREASES AT 4%.
SO THE 2017 NUMBER WAS THE
ACTUAL ORDINANCE, BUT IT DID NOT
NOT INCLUDE THE PROPOSAL.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD, JUST FOR
THE RECORD, DIRECTOR DINGLEY HAS
HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT THIS WAS NOT
NOT AN INTENTIONAL MISS IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN. A CHOICE TO LEAE
IT OUT OF THE PROJECTED LONG-TEM
EXPENDITURES. IN ESSENCE WE HAVE
EXPENDITUR
BEEN ENGAGING IN THESE DEEPER
DIVES WITH THE FINANCIAL
PLANNING EXERCISE WITH THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE. THEY HAVE NOT
OBJECTED TO INCLUDING IT. AGAIN,
AGAIN, WE TAKE SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT APPROACHES, BUT SHE
HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT THIS
WAS NOT AN INTENTIONAL DECISION
TO NOT INCLUDE THOSE COSTS IN
THE OUT YEARS AND SINCE THEN
HAVE ADJUSTED THEIR FINANCIAL
PLAN TO INCLUDE THOSE ASSUMED C.
ASSUMED COSTS. NOW AT THE 4%
LEVEL IN 2025 AND 2026. SO IT IS
IS NOW EMBEDDED IN THE FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL PLAN THAT CBO
TRANSMITTED FOR THE '23 AND '24
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR
THE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. WE
WILL UNDERSCORE THE POINT WE
TRIED TO MAKE ON SEPTEMBER 28 AS
AS WELL. THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT
OF APPRECIATION FOR THE
TRANSPARENCY WITH THE NEW
DIRECTOR OF CBO. THE WILLINGNESS
WILLINGNESS TO PROVIDE ANOTHER
FEW LAYERS OF INFORMATION THAT
HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED
TO CENTRAL STAFF AND BECAUSE OF
OF THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
COLLECTIVELY IDENTIFY THE MISSED
MISSED INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT
IN THE OUT YEARS. SO REALLY APPE
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT LEVEL OF
TRANSPARENCY, ESPECIALLY IN
LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL PLAN.
ALSO I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT
AS WE ARE CRITICAL OF POLICY
DECISIONS, THAT WE DISTINGUISH N
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ROUTINE,
REGULAR, QUARTERLY ANALYSIS OF
BOTH THE FINANCIAL PLAN AND
PRESENTATION, VERSUS POLICY
DECISIONS THAT THE EXECUTIVE MAY
MAY HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE IN THE
UPCOMING BUDGET. THAT WOULD BE
MORE WHERE THE 4% CAP ON POLICY
DECISIONS IS MADE BY THE
EXECUTIVE, VERSUS THE FINANCIALN
FINANCIAL PLAN DELIBERATIONS AND
AND ANALYSIS LATER IN THE YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICAN
THAT CLARIFICATION AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE THE ONGOING WORK WE
HAVE BEGUN WITH CBO TO GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO
CENTRAL STAFF TO DIGEST THE
BUDGET IN DETAIL. GREAT, WE HAVE
40 MINUTES LEFT IN THIS
SESSION, LET'S CONTINUE ON.
>> OKAY,
>> OKAY, IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE
THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WE HAVE NOW
TALKED ABOUT THE APPROPRIATED
CHANGES. SO WHAT IS INCLUDED IN
THE ACTUAL BUDGET, PROPOSED,
ORDINANCE CHANGE. BUT AS
DISCUSSED EARLIER, THERE ARE
NONAPPROPRIATED ELEMENTS. TWO
CATEGORIES OF NONAPPROPRIATED C.
NONAPPROPRIATED CHANGES. ONE IS
A COMMITMENT TO UNDERSPEND $10 N
$10 MILLION IN '23 AND '24, SO
THIS IS NOT IN ANY FORM A
PERMANENT REDUCTION. IT IS JUSTG
JUST SAYING IN '23, TOTAL
GENERAL FUND SPENDING WILL BE
$10 MILLION LESS. THERE IS NO
DETAILED PLAN BEHIND IT. I JUST
JUST WANT TO AGAIN TOUCH BACK TO
TO THE WAY THE 2022 UNDERSPEND
WAS MET, WHICH WAS LARGELY THROH
LARGELY THROUGH HOLDING
EXPENDITURES ON COUNCIL
PRIORITIES. JUST AS A SIGNAL OF
HOW THAT AMOUNT WAS MET, OF
UNDERSPEND. NO INDICATION IF
THAT IS SPECIFICALLY GOING TO BE
BE THE CASE IN '23 OR '24. I AM
JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT
PRACTICE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS NOT
NOT PART OF THE BUDGET. SO THE
ORDINANCE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL
ULTIMATELY REVISE AND ADOPT DOET
DOES NOT INCLUDE AN ACTUAL $10
MILLION REDUCTION FOR THIS
CHANGE. IT IS JUST A FINANCIAL
PLAN ESTIMATE THEY INCLUDED.
SIMILARLY IN THE NONAPPROPRIATED
NONAPPROPRIATED CATEGORY, WE
DISCUSSED THE PLANNING RESERVES.
THESE WILL BE BELOW THE LINE
NONAPPROPRIATED RESERVES.
REDUCING THOSE AMOUNTS -- WE
TYPICALLY DON'T DISCUSS WHAT THE
THE NATURE OF THOSE CHANGES ARE,
ARE, SO I CANNOT OFFER MUCH
DETAIL, BUT THEY DO HAVE A
POSITIVE IMPACT IN TERMS OF
GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL PLANNING,
PLANNING, BECAUSE THEY BRING
DOWN TOTAL COSTS. THE ISSUES
IDENTIFIED IN THE ISSUE I.D.
SECTION ABOUT THESE ADJUSTMENTSD
ADJUSTMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE WAYS
WAYS THEY CAN BE HANDLED IN THE
BUDGET.
>> TOM, JUST ON THIS SLIDE, BRI,
SLIDE, BRIEFLY, YOU HIGHLIGHTED
PAST PRACTICES. HAVE WE BALANCED
BALANCED THE BUDGET IN PREVIOUS
YEARS BASED ON AN ASSUMED
UNDERSPEND? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
THE RISK OF DOING SO?
>> NOT THAT I AM FAMILIAR WITH.
THE BROAD REACH OF HISTORY IS
LONGER AND PERHAPS I WOULD NOT,
BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED
INFORMATION THAT THIS IS A
COMMON PRACTICE THAT IS APPLIED.
APPLIED. SO AGAIN, IT IS
SOMEWHAT OF A PROJECTING FORWARD
FORWARD THING. IT IS NOT EVEN
SIMILAR TO THE 2022 REVIEW I
DISCUSSED WITH APARTMENTS ARE
ASKED TO RE-ESTIMATE THEIR
SPENDING, BASED ON SOME
EXPERIENCE IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF LOOKING FO,
LOOKING FORWARD, SAYING OF THE
TOTAL BUDGET, WE WILL SPEND $10
MILLION LESS. NOT SPECIFICALLY
THE TERM OF YEAR AT ANY LEVEL OF
OF DETAIL.
>> YOU SORT OF TRAILED OFF AT
THE END. I THINK THAT IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT POINT AND I
THINK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI,
PENNUCCI, THAT WAS PART OF THE
QUESTIONING I HAD BEFORE AND
MAYBE YOU CAN ELABORATE ON THAT.
I SAW YOUR HAND UP. ANY
THOUGHTS ON THIS APPROACH?
>> YEAH, COUNCILMEMBER I
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULT CHOICES
THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THE
MAYOR WERE MAKING AS THEY WERE
TRYING TO BALANCE THIS BUDGET. I
I WOULD SAY WE HAVE NOT
IDENTIFIED THIS AS A COMMON
PRACTICE IN OTHER CITIES AND I
AM NOT AWARE OF IT HAPPENING
HERE, BUT AS TOM MENTIONED, WE
HAVE NOT BEEN HERE FOR ALL OF
THE BUDGETS THE CITY HAS PASSED,
PASSED, SO IT MAY, IN FACT, HAVE
HAVE BEEN A STRATEGY IN THE PAS.
THE PAST. I WOULD NOTE THAT THE
RISK HERE IS IF WE DON'T ACHIEVE
ACHIEVE THE UNDERSPEND IN 2023
OR 2024, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TOE
TO BALANCE NEXT YEAR. SO THERE
WILL BE DIFFICULT CHOICES AND I
WOULD SAY ANY OF THE NEW
SPENDING PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR
OR COUNCIL IS, IN CERTAIN WAYS,
THE EASIEST NOT TO SPEND IN A
GIVEN YEAR. HOWEVER, THE BUDGET
OFFICE HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT THEIR
THEIR INTENT, THEIR STRATEGY
GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, IS NOT TO
FOCUS ON COUNCILMEMBER BUDGET AS
BUDGET ACTIONS AS THE STRATEGY
TO ACHIEVE THE UNDERSPEND. AS
TOM NOTED, IT IS A POSSIBLE
OUTCOME, FRANKLY, IF FACED WITH
DIFFERENT REVENUE MOVES IN THE E
THE FUTURE OR THERE ARE NOT
OTHER WAYS FOR DEPARTMENTS TO
ACHIEVE THE SPEND. SO I THINK
THE RISK IS, WE MAY BE MORE OUT
OF BALANCE OR PROJECTED TO BE
MORE OUT OF BALANCE AS WE GO
INTO BUDGET DISCUSSIONS NEXT FA,
NEXT FALL, FOR ADOPTING THE 202.
2024 BUDGET.
>> I WOULD ADD, IT IS HERE ON
THE SLIDE, AS COVERED A FEW
SLIDES EARLIER. THERE ARE SOME
REDUCTIONS, ONE-TIME AND ONGOIN,
AND ONGOING, THAT ARE IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT THOSE ARE
AREAS THAT ARE PERHAPS VACANCY S
VACANCY SAVINGS AND THINGS OF
THAT NATURE. IN A NORMAL YEAR
THEY WOULD BE THE SOURCE OF
UNDERSPEND THAT WE WOULD REALIZE
REALIZE IN THE GENERAL FUND. SO
IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR REALIZING THE
UNDERSPEND ARE BEING CUT, BUT
THEN THOSE MONIES ARE ADDED BACK
BACK IN THE BUDGET FOR OTHER
THINGS THAT MAY NOT HAVE AN ACTL
AN ACTUAL UNDERSPEND AND VACANCY
VACANCY SAVINGS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY
EXPERIENCE. SO THAT ENHANCES THE
THE RISKINESS OF THE APPROACH, N
APPROACH, GIVEN THE NATURE OF
THE CUTS AND HOW THEY GOT
INTRODUCED IN THE BUDGET.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> AND SO THAT COVERS THE
NONAPPROPRIATED CHANGES, WHICH
TAKES US TO THE KIND OF
BOTTOM-LINE RESULTS IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN. SO THIS IS THE
TABLE THAT WE STARTED WITH,
LOOKING AT YEARS '23 AND '24.
IT STARTS WITH THE BUDGETARY
STARTING ONE TIME BALANCE OF
$171 MILLION AND THEN YOU WILL
SEE THERE ARE ROWS FOR THE
BASELINE NUMBERS THAT WERE
DISCUSSED IN AUGUST AND THEN THE
THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE
REVENUE CATEGORY, EXPENDITURES,
THE UNDERSPEND BELOW THE LINE
AND THE RESERVE CHANGE. SO UNDES
UNDER THIS FINANCIAL PROGRAM,
2023 WOULD END WITH A POSITIVE
BALANCE OF $87 MILLION, BUT BY
2024 THAT BALANCE WILL HAVE BEEN
BEEN SPENT DOWN TO $6000. SO
THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A
BALANCED BUDGET FOR THESE TWO
YEARS, GIVEN THAT THERE IS A
POSITIVE ENDING RESERVE FUND
BALANCE, BUT AS WE WILL COVER IN
IN THE NEXT SECTION, THERE ARE
SOME SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES.
>> I THINK WHAT WE WILL DO, COL,
DO, COLLEAGUES, IS WE WILL GET
THROUGH THE NEXT FIVE SLIDES OR
SO. LET'S GET THIS SLIDE 24, 25,
AND THEN TAKE ALL QUESTIONS
úRELATED TO THE SUMMARY OF THE
PRESENTATION, IF THAT SOUNDS OK.
SOUNDS OKAY. TOM, IF YOU THINK A
A DIFFERENT PAUSE POINT MAKE
SENSE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
>> SO I THINK WE CAN MOVE TO THE
THE NEXT SLIDE. I APOLOGIZE, I E
I HAVE LOST TRACK OF THE TRACKIG
THE TRACKING AND THE MEMO. I WAS
WAS LOOKING AT THE ATTACHMENTS.
WE ARE, PAGE 17 I BELIEVE, OF
THE MEMO. SO THIS JUST HIGHLIGHS
JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE FOCUS
NUMBERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR
PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE
BALANCE. LET'S MAYBE MOVE TO THE
THE NEXT SLIDE AND I BELIEVE
THERE ARE SOME ISSUES
IDENTIFIED. SO, ONE ISSUE IS
PROPOSED UNDERSPEND AMOUNTS ARE
NOT IDENTIFIED. THESE ARE NOT
IDENTIFIED BY PROGRAM OR
DEPARTMENT AND DON'T ACTUALLY
REPRESENT A BUDGET CUT OF A
TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT NATURE.
SO REALLY THE OPTIONS THAT WE
WOULD IDENTIFY IS TO LOOK AT THE
THE NEW SPENDING THAT IS ADDED,
THAT IS DETAILED ON ATTACHMENT .
ATTACHMENT D. AND REJECT
INCREASES TOTALING $10 MILLION
OF A TEMPORARY OR ONGOING
NATURE, WHICH WOULD CODIFY THE
$10 MILLION UNDERSPEND. ANOTHER
APPROACH WOULD BE TO CREATE A LE
A LINE IN THE FINANCE GENERAL
BUDGET OF A $-10 MILLION. THIS
WOULD STILL SUFFER FROM THE SAME
SAME ISSUE OF NOT REALLY
IDENTIFYING WHERE THAT IS
OCCURRING AT AN INDIVIDUAL
DEPARTMENT LEVEL, BUT IT WOULD
THEN ADOPT A BUDGET THAT
INCLUDES THAT UNDERSPEND
ASSUMPTION WITHIN IT, WHICH
WOULD THEN, THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS
NEXT YEAR, THE UNDERSPEND COULD
BE OFFSET WITH REDUCTIONS IN DE.
IN DEPARTMENTS. TO FILL THAT OB.
THAT OBLIGATION. OPTION C IS ACY
IS ACTUALLY A MORE DETAILED
APPROACH, WHICH IS TO SAY, TO
LOOK AT THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE
TAKING PLACE AT THE DEPARTMENT
LEVEL AND IDENTIFIED IN
ATTACHMENT C AND PERHAPS
INCREASED SOME LEVEL OF REDUCTIN
OF REDUCTION FOR SOME
DEPARTMENTS. KIND OF A MORE
SURGICAL APPROACH. FINALLY, NO
CHANGE IS ALSO AN OPTION.
>> LET'S CONTINUE.
>> THE NEXT ISSUE IS ALSO
SOMETHING WE HAVE COVERED THIS
MORNING, WHICH IS THE WAY THAT
THE BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL
OF THE ELEMENTS OF SPENDING.
MOST NOTABLY THE UNDERSPEND, BUT
BUT ALSO THE PLANNING RESERVES.
THIS IS REALLY JUST A CHOICE TO
CONTINUE THE PAST PRACTICE OF
NOT APPROPRIATING THE FULL
AMOUNT THAT IS COVERED IN THE RS
THE RESERVES OR, AS IDENTIFIED
IN OPTION A, TO APPROPRIATE ALL
OR SOME PORTION OF THE PLANNING.
PLANNING RESERVES. MOST LIKELY
IN THE FINANCE GENERAL RESERVES
PORTION OF THE CITY BUDGET.
>> COLLEAGUES, I AM JUST GOING
THROUGH THESE BECAUSE WE ARE
OBVIOUSLY NOT TAKING A VOTE
TODAY, BUT WE WILL HAVE THE
CHANCE TO WALK THROUGH THE NEXT
THREE SLIDES AND THEN WE WILL
COME BACK FOR QUESTIONS AND THE
FOLKS HAVE COMMENTS THEY WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC,
OF COURSE THEY ARE WELCOME TO
EXPRESS THOSE, BUT LET'S GO
THROUGH THE NEXT THREE SLIDES.
>> OKAY, THIS SLIDE KIND OF IS
CLOSING THE LOOP ON THE
SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSION THAT D
THAT STARTED IN MAY AND
CONTINUED IN AUGUST AND REFLECTS
REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. AS YOU CAN SEE,
IF YOU COMPARE BACK AT THE
AUGUST PRESENTATION, IT WAS PROG
WAS PROJECTING A $142 MILLION
AVERAGE GAP EACH YEAR. THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET WOULD
INCREASE THAT GAP TO $193
MILLION PER YEAR IN 2025 AND
2026. YOU CAN SEE THAT CLEARLY
IN THESE TWO LINES. THERE ARE
KEY REASONS WHY THAT IS GETTING
LESS SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE.
THEY ARE DETAILED ON THE NEXT
SLIDE. THIS IS COVERED ON PAGE
18 OF THE MEMO. SO, KEY FACTORS.
ONE, AS WE DISCUSSED, THERE IS
A PROGRAM TRANSFER FROM THE
GENERAL FUND -- OR FROM THE
JUMPSTART FUND TO THE GENERAL
FUND OF PAYROLL TAX REVENUES.
THAT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY $5
MILLION PER YEAR AND IT IS ONE
TIME AND TERMINATES IN 2025. SO
THAT LEADS TO A DROP IN REVENUE
úIN THE GENERAL FUND IN 2025 AN
2026. AGAIN, AS MENTIONED
EARLIER, THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WAS
PASSED IN 2022 INSTITUTES THE
FORMATION OF THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION WORKGROUP, WHICH
WOULD LOOK AT POTENTIALLY OTHER
OPTIONS OF PROGRESSIVE NEW
REVENUES FOR THE GENERAL FUND
AND THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT
DISCUSSIONS FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ARE UNDERWAY TO BEGIN
THOSE DISCUSSIONS. SO THAT MAY
BE ONE FACTOR THAT COULD ENHANCE
ENHANCE THE GENERAL FUND
SUSTAINABILITY BEYOND THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. ANOTHER TOPIC
THAT WE HAVE COVERED IS BECAUSE
THE UNDERSPEND ASSUMPTION IS NOT
NOT ONGOING AND NOT SPECIFICALLY
SPECIFICALLY PROGRAMMED IN THE ,
THE BUDGET, IT IS ONLY TEMPORARY
TEMPORARY AND ONE TIME IN
NATURE. SO IT ONLY PROVIDES RELF
PROVIDES RELIEF IN 2025 AND
2026, BUT NOT FUTURE YEARS. FINY
YEARS. FINALLY A KEY TAKE AWAY
IS THAT AMIDST THE DETAILS OF
THE BUDGET, THE CUTS AND ADS
PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED, THE
GENERAL FUND BUDGET WOULD ADD A
NET NEW $52 MILLION OF ONGOING
SPENDING IN 2024, WHICH IS BASIY
IS BASICALLY THE BASE APPROACH
FOR 2024 AND 2026. THE BUDGET,
BECAUSE IT DOES A LOT OF
ONE-TIME THINGS TO CUT SPENDING,
SPENDING, THEN RE-PURPOSES THOSE
THOSE FOR NEW, ONGOING SPENDING,
SPENDING, IT ACTUALLY INCREASES
THE TOTAL LEVEL OF ONGOING
SPENDING IN FUTURE YEARS. SO
THOSE ARE THE KEY REASONS WHY
THE GAP IS STILL PRESENT AND, IN
IN FACT, IT IS GROWING BASED ON
THE PROPOSED SPENDING IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET. AND THEN THIS IS
IS THE THIRD ITEM FOR
IDENTIFICATION, IN LIGHT OF THAE
THAT INCREASE -- WE CAN LOOK AT
THE NEXT SLIDE. THEY REALLY THEN
THEN HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT OPTIONS
OPTIONS WE CAN IDENTIFY. IN
LIGHT OF THAT BUDGET GAP. ONE IS
TO ACTUALLY FORMALLY APPROPRIAE
FORMALLY APPROPRIATE THE ONGOING
ONGOING UNDERSPEND ASSUMPTION OF
OF $10 MILLION PER YEAR. REJECT
ONE OR MORE EXPENDITURE
INCREASES THAT ARE ONGOING THAT
ARE IDENTIFIED ON ATTACHMENT D
WITH THE MEMO, OR IDENTIFY OTHER
OTHER AREAS OF EXPENDITURE REDUN
EXPENDITURE REDUCTION IN CITY P.
CITY PROGRAMS. ANOTHER OPTION
WOULD BE TO MAKE THE JUMPSTART
FUNDS TRANSFER IN FUTURE YEARS
PERMANENT AND TIED TO INFLATION
BEYOND 2024. OR ALTERNATIVELY TO
TO IDENTIFY A NEW GENERAL FUND
REVENUE SOURCE TO SUPPORT SOME
OR ALL OF THE PROPOSED NEW
GENERAL FUND ADS AND FINALLY, NO
NO CHANGE. BECAUSE THIS IS SOMEG
IS SOMETHING THAT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED IN AUGUST, BUT IT IS
IS A KEY POINT. COUNCIL IS NOT
ADOPTING YEARS 2025 AND 2026.
THAT IS TRULY ADVISORY IN
NATURE. IT IS KIND OF A SIGNAL
AS TO HOW THE DECISIONS BEING
CONTEMPLATED RIGHT NOW WOULD
HAVE AN IMPACT ON FINANCES IN
THE FUTURE. SO AS WE DEMONSTRAT,
WE DEMONSTRATED, THE BUDGET IS
IN FACT BALANCED FOR 2023 AND 2,
AND 2024, SO NO CHANGE IS ALSO
AN OPTION.
>> I THINK, TOM, I THINK WE WILL
WILL PAUSE ACTUALLY RIGHT BACK
AT THAT, BEFORE WE GET INTO
SECTION 6 OF THE MEMO. IS THAT
OKAY?
>> SURE.
>> OR DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE
PREFERABLE TO WRAP UP SECTION 6?
6?
>> I BELIEVE I CAN COVER SECTIO6
SECTION 6 FAIRLY QUICKLY WITH
THE FISCAL RESERVES. SO IF WE
CAN MOVE IT TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, THE 2020 IN
2021 BUDGET PROCESS, THERE WAS A
A RELIANCE ON THE FISCAL RESERVS
FISCAL RESERVES FOR EMERGENCY
EXPENSES AND TO PROVIDE GENERAL
BUDGET BALANCE. THIS IS JUST
SORT OF GIVEN THOSE USES TO
PROVIDE SOME TRACKING OF HOW THE
THE BUDGET REPLENISHES THOSE
RESERVES. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE
HERE IS FOR EACH OF OUR KEY
RESERVES, THE EMERGENCY FUND,
FOR UNEXPECTED EXPENSES AND THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND,
WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO OFFSET
GENERAL FUND REVENUES. BOTH OF
WHICH WERE USED. HOWEVER,
COUNCIL DID ADD BACK BALANCES
IN THE BUDGET TO REPLENISH THOSE
THOSE YEARS AND ALSO, NOTABLY,
THROUGH THE WAY OF A
SUPPLEMENTAL ADJUSTMENT THIS
YEAR WAS ABLE TO FULLY REPLENISH
REPLENISH THE FUND TO ITS FULL
LEVEL IN 2022. SO, THIS CHART OR
OR THIS TABLE JUST TRACKS THE
CHANGES STARTING FROM '23
THROUGH THE END OF '24 AND AS
YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM LINE,
AT THE END OF '24 THE EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY FUND WOULD BE ABOUT
78% OF ITS POLICY LEVEL. IT IS
ESSENTIALLY WHATEVER THE 2016
AMOUNT WAS, WHICH WAS ABOUT $60
MILLION, GROWN BY INFLATION.
AGAIN WITH THE DEPOSITS AND
STARTING BALANCE THAT WE WILL
HAVE IN 2023, IT WILL BE 78% OF
THE MAXIMUM POLICY AND THEN
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND,
REALLY THOSE ARE MAINTENANCE
TRANSFERS TO KEEP UP WITH
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND CAP
IS 5% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE AT
AT THE END OF 2024. THAT IS JUST
JUST A RECAP OF WHERE WE ARE
WITH RESERVES. JUST BEFORE
CLOSING I WOULD SAY THE 2023 AND
AND 2024 AMOUNTS ARE NOT
SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED TO BE $10
MILLION PER YEAR. THERE WAS A
POLICY CHANGE IN THE LAST YEAR'.
YEAR'S BUDGET. GIVEN THE LEVEL
OF USE OF THE EMERGENCY FUND
DURING THE PANDEMIC, PROVIDED
FOR A LONGER REPAYMENT PRIOR TO
THAT CHANGE. THE REQUIREMENT WAS
WAS THE EMERGENCY FUND BE 100%
REPLENISHED AT THE END OF THE
YEAR, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES
PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. THE CHANGE
CHANGE THAT WAS PROPOSED AND
ADOPTED WAS TO ALLOW FOR A
FIVE-YEAR REPAYMENT. AT THAT
TIME IT WAS INDICATED THAT TO
GET IT BACK TO POLICY LEVEL IT
WOULD REQUIRE $10 MILLION PER
YEAR, SO THAT IS WHAT IS IN THE
BUDGET, THAT TRANSFER. I WOULD
SAY THAT THE POLICY WOULD -- IT
DOES NOT PROVIDE SPECIFIC
GUIDANCE AS TO THE CADENCE OF
THOSE TRANSFERS. IT JUST SAYS I
HAVE FIVE YEARS TO GET TO THAT
POLICY LEVEL BY 2026. AND I BELE
I BELIEVE THAT THAT CONCLUDES
THROUGH SECTION 6 OF THE MEMO,
BEFORE HEADING INTO THE OTHER PY
OTHER POLICY ISSUES.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. COLLEAGUES, I AM
GOING TO FOCUS SOME OF MY
COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON
SECTION 5. FEEL FREE TO GET IN
THE QUEUE AS WELL IF YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. CAN WE GO
BACK A FEW SLIDES, TOM? I'M
GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
GRAPH YOU SHOWED, FIGURE 3 ON
PAGE 18 OF THE MEMO.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SKIP TO A SLIDE, I AM
ACTUALLY RUNNING THE
PRESENTATION I NOW, SO IF YOU
TELL ME THE EXACT SLIDE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO GET TO, WE CAN GET
GET RIGHT THERE.
>> WE JUST MISSED IT. IT WAS
SLIDE NUMBER DAY
>> SLIDE 22.
>> 23. THANK YOU, PADDY.
>> 22.
>> 22, THANKS SO MUCH. SO I WANT
WANT THIS VISUAL UP HERE AND I
WOULD LIKE A CHANCE, TOM, FOR
YOU TO ELABORATE ON ANY OF THE
TAKEAWAYS I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN H.
DOWN HERE. THIS WILL BE A LONGER
LONGER CONVERSATION THAN WE HAVE
TIME FOR TODAY, BUT WHAT I
HEARD YOU MENTION IN THE
PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE ON PAGE3
PAGE 13 OF THE MEMO, THAT THE
CUTS IN THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUT
PROPOSED BUDGET ARE ONE-TIME IN
NATURE. THE ADS ARE ONGOING. SO,
SO, THE $17.6 MILLION IN NET NEW
NEW SPENDING IN 2023, THE $40
MILLION IN NET NEW SPENDING IN
2024, ARE ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTINGO
CONTRIBUTING TO A MORE
UNSUSTAINABLE FISCAL FUTURE FOR
THE CITY AND I BELIEVE THAT IS
WHAT THIS CHART IS SUGGESTING.
COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
MORE, IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR
SUMMARY ABOUT THE ONE TIME CUTS,
CUTS, THE ONGOING ADS, AND IF
THE $17.6 MILLION IN 2023 AND
$40 MILLION IN 2024, AS YOU
NOTED IN YOUR MEMO, OUR NET NEW
AND PROJECTED TO INCREASE IN THE
THE FUTURE? IS THAT WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN THIS CHART?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, SO, THE NET
OVERALL NUMBERS OF $17 MILLION
IN 2023 AND $40 MILLION IN 2024
DOESN'T REALLY TOUCH ON THE ONGG
THE ONGOING AND ONE-TIME NATURE
OF WHAT IS GOING ON. AT A MORE
SPECIFIC LEVEL I BELIEVE IT IS D
IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE NEXT SLID.
NEXT SLIDE. WHEN YOU PEEL BACK
THE LAYERS, THERE IS $52 MILLION
MILLION OF ONGOING SPENDING THAT
THAT IS ADDED IN 2024, THAT WILL
WILL CONTINUE. THAT IS PEELING
BACK, BECAUSE THE ACTUAL LEVEL
OF TOTAL CUTS AND TOTAL ADS IS
LARGER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQU.
THE EQUATION. THIS TARGET IS
AMIDST ALL OF THE WORK TAKING
PLACE, THE MIXTURE OF ALL OF THE
THE CUTS AND ADDS AND ONGOING
AND ONE-TIME NATURE OF ALL OF
THOSE, ONE THING THAT COMES OUT
THE END OF THE DAY IS $52 MILLI.
$52 MILLION. CORRECT, $52
MILLION OF ONGOING, NEW SPENDING
SPENDING ADDED IN THE BUDGET IN
2024 THAT WILL CONTINUE IN
FUTURE YEARS. SO THAT, PLUS THE
ONE TIME ASSUMPTION USED TO
BALANCE, WHICH IS NOT A
PERMANENT REDUCTION, PLUS THE PT
THE PHASEOUT IN 2025, THOSE ARE
THE KEY CONTRIBUTORS. YES IT ISE
THAT IN GENERAL THE BUDGET DOES
ADD ONGOING COSTS, BASED ON WHAT
WHAT WE CONSIDERED.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION. THEN ON PAGE 16
OF THE MEMO, YOU DESCRIBE THAT -
THAT -- LET ME QUOTE IT HERE.
FURTHER, THE PROPOSAL DOES NOT
INCLUDE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE THE
UNDERSPEND AMOUNTS WILL BE REAL.
BE REALIZED. SO IN ESSENCE THERE
THERE ARE NO ACTUAL DETAILS ON
THE IOU THAT IS BAKED INTO THE
BUDGET AND AS CENTRAL STAFF HAD
NOTED, THIS PRESENTATION AND ON
THE 28th. THERE IS NO
CLARIFICATION THAT THE IOU WON'T
WON'T BE TAKEN FROM EXISTING
COUNCIL PRIORITIES ALREADY
CODIFIED INTO STATUTE. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I WOULD SAY
THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC PLAN
FOR WHERE THOSE UNDERSPEND'S
WILL BE ACHIEVED, BUT WHAT I
HAVE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM
DIRECTOR DINGLEY IS HER CURRENT
PLAN IS NOT TO HOLD
COUNCILMEMBER ACTIONS, COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS, AS THE STRATEGY
TO ACHIEVE THE 2023 OR '24
UNDERSPEND. I THINK WHAT BOTH
TOM AND I ARE SUGGESTING IS
GIVEN THE ONE TIME AND ONGOING
REDUCTIONS ALREADY ASSUMED IN
THE PROPOSED BUDGET, THE
EXECUTIVE MAY FIND THEMSELVES IN
IN THE POSITION WHERE NEW
SPENDING IS THE PLACE TO LOOK TO
TO ACHIEVE THE UNDERSPEND AND
THAT COULD BE NEW SPENDING
PROPOSED DIRECTLY BY THE
COUNCIL, ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL,
COUNCIL, OR NEW SPENDING
PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR THAT THE
COUNCIL ACCEPTS. SO HOLDING BACK
BACK ANY OF THAT NEW SPENDING.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I KNOW
KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE
INTO THE DETAILS SPECIFICALLY ON
ON JUMPSTART, THE TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY ,
COMPANY TAX, AND THE SHORT-TERM
RENTAL TAX THIS AFTERNOON. I
WILL SAVE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS
AND CONCERNS ON WHAT OPTIONS THE
THE COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
CONSIDER AND I WILL SIGNAL MY
OPPOSITION TO ADOPTING WHOLE
CLOTH A PROPOSAL THAT HAS BEEN
SENT DOWN TO US FROM THE MAYOR'S
MAYOR'S OFFICE, REGARDING
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO THE
CALCULATION FOR JUMPSTART. INCLG
JUMPSTART. INCLUDING THE
APPLICATION OF INFLATIONARY COST
AND THE WAY IN WHICH HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE IS
BEING ALLOCATED. WE WILL HAVE
SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS OVER
THE NEXT THREE DAYS.
SPECIFICALLY I'M GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT HOW THE CODIFIED
SPENDING PLAN IS OR IS NOT BEING
BEING ADHERED TO, WHICH WE WILL
DISCUSS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, YOU ARE UP
UP NEXT.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, BUT
ISN'T IT THE CASE THAT THIS GAP
WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW,
THAT IS NOT INEVITABLE? I MEAN,
BEFORE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
NEW REVENUE SOURCE, I THINK THAT
THAT OUR ROLE RIGHT NOW IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS IS TO THINK
THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS
SPENDING SO WE DON'T GET TO THIS
THIS BIG GAP. WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S
INCREASES TO THE ONGOING
EXPENSES THAT ARE INCREASING THE
THE GENERAL FUND SPENDING, WE'VE
WE'VE ALSO GOT INCREASES THERE
THAT ARE ONGOING. SO I GUESS MY
POINT IS, I AM GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT HOW I FEEL ABOUT SOME
SOME OF THE INCREASES IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT INE
THAT INCREASE THE ONGOING EXPEN.
ONGOING EXPENSES. BUT IN GENERAL
GENERAL I WOULD SAY IT IS GOOD
TO LOOK AT THIS PLANNING AND
THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, BUT
LET'S ALSO THINK ABOUT THE FUNDS
FUNDS THAT WE'VE GOT ON HER
HANDS RIGHT NOW. EXISTING FUNDS,
FUNDS, RATHER THAN THINKING
ABOUT AN ONGOING, NEW SOURCE OF
REVENUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR
COMMENT, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. K
I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, THE
POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE
COUNCILMEMBERS TO REALLY TAKE
AWAY IS THE COMPARISON BETWEEN
THE SLIDE AND SLIDE THREE. SO
THE QUESTION BEFORE THE COUNCIL
IS, DO SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH
WHICH THE FUNDAMENTAL APPLICATN
FUNDAMENTAL APPLICATION OF TAXES
TAXES GET CHANGED TO CREATE
GREATER INSTABILITY IN THE
FUTURE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT
WE WANT TO CONSIDER AND ADDRESS
AS WE LOOK AT THE OUT YEARS? IF
YOU LOOK AT SLIDE THREE, AS
PADDY IS SHOWING ON THE SLIDES,
SLIDES, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS
DEFINITELY STILL AN AVERAGE
OPERATING GAP OF $142 MILLION.
IF YOU FAST-FORWARD AGAIN TO
SLIDE 22, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHILE
WHILE THERE ARE SHORT-TERM
STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE FOR THE
BIENNIAL CRISIS, BUT WHAT IS
BEING PROPOSED WOULD CREATE
GREATER INSTABILITY IN THE OUT
YEARS AND THAT IS THE GREATEST
TAKE AWAY AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ANALYZE. IS THERE AN ALTERNATIV?
ALTERNATIVE PATH? THE PROPOSED
BUDGET IS JUST THAT, PROPOSED.
THE COUNCIL GETS THE CHANCE TO
OPINE ON WHETHER OR NOT THE
INSTABILITY WE SEE WIDENING AND
THE HIGHER AMOUNT OF GAP IN THE
OUT YEARS IS SOMETHING WE WANT O
WANT TO ACCEPT, MODIFY, REJECT,
ET CETERA. I THINK THAT IS AN
IMPORTANT DISTINCTION AND I AM
GLAD YOU RAISED THE ISSUE, SO WE
WE CAN DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN
THE EXISTING STATUS QUO, HOW WES
WE ADDRESS A TWO-YEAR BIENNIAL
CRISIS, KEEPING IN MIND THE
LONG-TERM OR SIX-YEAR FISCAL
OUTLOOK.
>> THE INSTABILITY IS CAUSED BY
HOW WE SPEND, FIRST AND
FOREMOST, RIGHT?
>> IT IS DETAILED IN THE 34
PAGES WE HAVE READ ABOUT NOT JUT
NOT JUST THE SPINDLE SIDE, BUT
THE REVENUES AND HOW THE
REVENUES HAVE CHANGED. MOST
NOTABLY ON EXISTING REVENUE
STREAMS COMING IN LOWER THAN
ANTICIPATED, BECAUSE THEY ARE
NOT KEEPING UP WITH NEEDED
EXPENDITURES. LOTS OF SHIFTS INR
IN BEHAVIOR UNDER THE PANDEMIC,
SO IT IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
>> YOUR CHARACTERIZING THAT AS
AN INSTABILITY, BUT WE HAVE
CONTROL OVER SPENDING, IS WHAT I
I AM TRYING TO SAY.
>> WE ALSO HAVE CONTROL OVER HOW
HOW EXISTING REVENUE STREAMS ARE
ARE APPLIED. I'M GOING TO MOVE N
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER 10.
COUNCILMEMBER 1025.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. IN KEEPING
WITH THE QUESTION COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON HAS ABOUT THIS $52
MILLION AND LOOKING AT ATTACHMET
AT ATTACHMENT D AND THANK YOU
FOR ITEMIZING THIS IN SOME WAY.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE
INCREASE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
EXAMINER AND THERE ARE FIVE
OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE AT T
AT LEAST DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES
BEING PROPOSED. I WONDER IF YOU
COULD GIVE, JUST KIND OF BROADL,
OF BROADLY, WHAT THOSE ARE
INTENDED TO DO AND YOU KNOW,
JUST SO WE HAVE SOME SENSE AS WE
WE MOVE FORWARD AND I KNOW WE
WILL GET INTO THE DETAILS LATER,
LATER, BUT FOR TODAY'S
PRESENTATION, WHAT DOES THAT $52
$52 MILLION REPRESENT IN TERMS
OF WHAT WE WILL BE DOING
DIFFERENTLY AS A CITY?
>> I WOULD NOT HAVE THE DETAIL.
I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF
DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE. I
I AM LOOKING AT IT FROM A BROAD,
BROAD, GENERAL FUND CONTEXT. I
WOULD SAY THAT MUCH OF THE NEW
ADDS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN
DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO IF THERE
ARE NOTEWORTHY ITEMS ON THE A
TABLE IN THE ATTACHMENT THAT BIG
BIG FURTHER SCRUTINY AND PERHAPT
PERHAPS ASSESSMENT OF INCREASES
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD E
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET
BUDGET AT ALL, THAT THE EXPERTIE
THE EXPERTISE WOULD BE PROVIDED
AT THAT TIME BY THOSE PANELISTS
WHO ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPE.
MATTER EXPERTS. SO I AM JUST
TRYING TO PROVIDE A BROAD
FRAMEWORK OF THE BITS AND
PIECES, TO PROVIDE LEADS THAT
WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED UP IN
DISCUSSIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> WE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU
FOR THAT, TOM.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT EVERY
DEPARTMENT, WHETHER OR NOT IT HS
IT HAS A PLACE ON THE AGENDA
THIS WEEK, THERE WILL BE A
CENTRAL STAFF PAPER THAT WILL BE
BE PUBLISHED TO THE AGENDA FOR
TOMORROW'S AGENDA. WHERE
ANALYSTS WILL NOTE WHERE THERE
ARE SORT OF CHANGES. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE OFFICE OF HEARING
EXAMINER, THE BULK OF THAT IS A
ONE TIME ADD THAT I BELIEVE IS .
IS TECHNOLOGY-RELATED. SO THE
NEW SPENDING IS A MIX OF
ONE-TIME TECHNOLOGY OR OTHER
NEEDS OF AN OFFICE AND IT LOOKS
SIGNIFICANT IN A SMALL OFFICE
LIKE THE OFFICE OF HEARING
EXAMINER, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES
INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN SERVICES,
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM PROPOSAL.
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THAT I AM
NOT THINKING THAT WILL BE
DETAILED IN MANY PAGES OF BUDGET
BUDGET OVERVIEW PAPERS THAT WILL
WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU ALL TO
TO USE AS REFERENCE THROUGHOUT
THESE DISCUSSIONS LATER TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1025
FOR THAT QUESTION. I'M GOING TO
TO GO TO VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> THANKS. I DO WANT TO GO BACK
BACK TO THE ISSUE RELATED ABOUT
SUSTAINABILITY. IT HAS BEEN SAID
SAID BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO SAY
IT AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THE
COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON ABOUT SPENDING. I THINK
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK
AT THE REVENUE SIDE AGAIN. THE
ITEMS THAT WERE ON A PRIOR SLIDE
REPRESENT 52% OF THE CITY'S RE.
CITY'S REVENUE. SO THOSE REVENUE
REVENUE SOURCES ARE NOT GROWING
AT THE RATE OF INFLATION. THAT
ACCOUNTS FOR 52% OF THE CITY'S .
CITY'S REVENUE. SO IT IS NOT
JUST A SPENDING PROBLEM. IT IS
INHERENT TO SOME OF OUR SOURCES
OF REVENUE THAT, BY DESIGN, DO
NOT GROW AT THE RATE OF INFLATI.
OF INFLATION. SO WE CORRECT THIS
THIS PROBLEM TOMORROW OR WE HAVE
HAVE IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AS LONG
LONG AS MORE THAN HALF OF OUR
BUDGET IS RELYING ON THESE
REVENUE SOURCES, IT IS GOING TO
BE A CONTINUAL PROBLEM.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, I HAVE
NOT RECOGNIZED YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS PART OF
MY COMMENT. I DID WANT TO ALSO
ASK, TOM, AS IT RELATES SPECIFIY
RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
JUMPSTART AND THE USE OF JUMPST,
OF JUMPSTART, AM I CORRECT AND
MAYBE YOU HAVE SAID THIS, BUT I
WANT TO MAKE SURE, IF I AM GOING
GOING TO SAY IT MORE PLAINLY. I
WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM CORRECT.
IS THIS PROPOSED USE OF JUMPSTAT
OF JUMPSTART ACTUALLY CREATING A
A SITUATION WHERE THE GENERAL
FUND BECOMES MORE DEPENDENT ON
JUMPSTART FOR BACKFILL IN THE
FUTURE?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION,
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD. ESSENTIALLY
YES. THE 2022 BUDGET WAS
BALANCED USING A JUMPSTART FUNDN
FUND CONTRIBUTION AND THAT WAS
TEMPORARY UNDER THE CURRENT
POLICY. THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAR
THAN FOR '23 AND '24 CONTINUES
ESSENTIALLY THE SAME LEVEL OF
TRANSFER FROM THE JUMPSTART FUD
JUMPSTART FUND AND THAT INCLUDES
EXPENDITURE INCREASES, TOO.
THEN GOING IN THE FUTURE, THIS S
THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS
EXPLAINED IN THE REASONS FOR THE
THE SUSTAINABILITY, THAT WHEN
THE JUMPSTART TRANSFER DROPS IN
2025-2026, THAT LEADS TO THE OPN
THE OPERATION GAP CONTINUING TO.
TO INCREASE. ESSENTIALLY A
PORTION OF THE FINANCIAL PLAN
THROUGH THE YEARS. AND THEN THAT
SUPPORTING A LEVEL OF SPENDING
THAT IS PROPOSED. SO IF IT IS
ALL PART OF IT AND ITS PRESENCE
OR LACK OF PRESENCE IS PART OF
THE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WE
HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. IF
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
CONTINUING TO HAVE A DIALOGUE
ABOUT NOT JUST REVENUE, BUT ALSO
ALSO EXPENSES. WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION SINCT
SINCE PERFECT SPECIFIC TO
REVENUE STREAMS THIS AFTERNOON.
PLEASE DIAL BACK IN AT 2:00
P.M., SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THE
REST OF THE MEMO. AGAIN, THERE
IS ANOTHER HALF OF THE MEMO WE
HAVE NOT COVERED. THANK YOU, TOM
TOM MIKESELL, FOR WALKING US
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF. I ALSO
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HER TEAM
FOR SENDING OUT A LETTER TO THE
COUNCIL THAT UNDERSCORES THIS
ONGOING, SHARED CITY INTEREST IN
IN SHARED REVENUE STREAMS. THIS
IS AN OUTCROP OF THE STATEMENT F
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT I SPONSORED LAST YEAR WITH
THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AT THE TIME, REQUESTING THE
MAYOR TO CONVENE A SEATTLE TAX E
TAX STRUCTURE TO REVIEW THE
STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFY WAYS TO
MAKE MORE EQUITABLE INVESTMENTS
AND RAISE REVENUE. THIS TASK
FORCE WILL BE CONVENED THIS
MONTH AND WE WILL MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT NEW
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE TO OFFSET IN
IN WHOLE OR IN PART REVENUES AS
WELL AS CLOSE THE GROWING
REVENUE DEFICIT, WHICH WE HAVE
SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME
TALKING ABOUT TODAY. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
OFFICE FOLLOWING THROUGH AND
HELPING CREATE THIS TABLE IN
RESPONSE TO THE STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT LAST YEAR.
THIS BODY IS NOT GOING TO BE ABE
BE ABLE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
TO THE UPCOMING BIENNIAL BUDGET,
BUDGET, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IS TASKED
TASKED WITH HELPING IDENTIFY SOS
IDENTIFY SOURCES TO BE AVAILABLE
AVAILABLE BEGINNING IN 2025, AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT
BIENNIAL BUDGET. SO I APPRECIATE
OUR SHARED INTEREST AND SHARED
COMMITMENT TO IDENTIFYING NEW, ,
NEW, PROGRESSIVE, AND STABLE
REVENUE SOURCES. WITH THAT, IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION WE WILL
ADJOURN FOR TODAY AND RECONVENE
AT ONE P.M. ARE YOU OBJECTING?
>> NO, I AM NOT OBJECTING.
WHOEVER DID ATTACHMENT D, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. I LIKE IT WHEN
YOU LAY IT ALL OUT THERE, SO I
APPRECIATE THAT. IT IS RIVETING.
RIVETING. IT ANCHORS THE
CONVERSATION AND NARROWS IT
DOWN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
MADAM CHAIR, FOR EXPLAINING TO
US ON THE REVENUE SIDE. THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON,
TALKING ABOUT THE SPENDING SIDE.
SIDE. AND OF COURSE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COUNCILMEMR
LEADERSHIP, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, BECAUSE THE ELEPHANT IN
IN THE ROOM WILL BE HSD AND TH%
CAP. HOW WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH
THROUGH JUMPSTART AND WHAT THAT
MEANS NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT IN
IN THE FUTURE AS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD BROUGHT UP, SO I AM
HOPEFUL WE CAN DO THIS IN A GOOD
GOOD WAY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE
WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CITY
AND THEM -- THE MARINERS ARE
AHEAD, 1-0.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPTIMISM D
OPTIMISM AND CENTERING US ON
WHERE WE HAVE SHARED INTERESTS.
WE WILL CONVENE AT 2:00 P.M. IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL
RECESS UNTIL 2:00 P.M. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, WE WILL SEE YOU
BACK THEN IN AN HOUR. BYE-BYE, .
BYE-BYE, EVERYONE.