>>> GOOD MORNING.
THE AUGUST 9, 2020 MEETING OF
THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE WILL COME
TO ORDER.
IT IS 9:33 A.M.
I LISA HERBOLD, CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE WITH . WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR HERBOLD?
>> HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL BE
HEARING NINE REAPPOINTMENTS AND
TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE SEATTLE
FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD.
WE WILL BE RECEIVING AN
INTRODUCTORY PRESENTATION FROM
GINO BETTS JR. IS THE PROPOSED
CONDUCTOR OF POLICE ACCOUNT
ABILITY.
WE WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING AN
UPDATE FROM THE FOOD SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ON FINANCIAL
STRENGTHENING MEASURES. THEY
HAVE BEEN IMPLANTING THEM OVER
THE PAST YEAR.
WE WILL BE HEARING A QUARTER
PRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF ON THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S STAFFING
BUDGET AND 911 RESPONSE.
LASTLY, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING
AND POTENTIALLY VOTING ON
COUNCIL BILL 120389, REGARDING
INCENTIVES FOR HIRING POLICE
OFFICERS AND AUTHORIZING NEW
POSITIONS IN THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
TO SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND
ASSIST THE ADMINISTRATION OF
POLICE AND FIRE EXAMS WHICH
WILL SPEED UP THE HIRING
PROCESS.
IT IS LISTED FOR REVIEW,
DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE.
WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO
APPROVE OUR AGENDA FOR OUR
COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S COMMITTEE AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED.
SEEING AND HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S AGENDA IS
ADOPTED.
>> AT THIS TIME, WE WILL MOVE
INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL MODERATE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE
GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN
VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PUBLIC
COMMENTERS.
I WILL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL
'S WEBSITE AND THE SIGN IN FORM
. IF YOU HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO
SPEAK YET BUT YOU WOULD STILL
LIKE TO DO SO, YOU CAN SIGN UP
BEFORE THE END OF TODAY IS
PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
WHEN I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
IF YOU ARE USING THE VIRTUAL
OPTION, YOU WILL HEAR A PROMPT.
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT PROMPT, YOU
WILL NEED TO PRESS á6 TO
UNMUTE YOURSELF.
WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BEGIN
SPEAKING BY STATING YOUR NAME
AND THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA
WHICH YOU ARE ADDRESSING.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A TIME WHEN
10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME.
ONCE THE SPEAKER HEARS THE
CHIME, WE ASK THAT YOU BEGIN TO
WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF SPEAKERS CANNOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THEIR
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED, THE
SPEAKERS MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED AFTER 10 SECONDS TO ALLOW
US TO HEAR FROM THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT ON THE LINE. WE
ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THE MEETING.
YOU CAN DO SO VIA THE SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR THE LISTENING OPTION
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WILL READ IN TWO SPEAKERS ON
THE LIST OF REMOTE PUBLIC
COMMENTERS. DO I HAVE THE LIST
OF THE FOLKS WHO SIGNED IN, IN
PERSON?
THANK YOU.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RESUME
RASHI FOLLOWED BY KAREN GALEN.
>> HELLO.
I AM DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS FOR [INDISCERNIBLE]
REALTY CORPORATION AND I AM
HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT THE
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
PACKAGE THAT WILL HELP THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
INCREASE ITS STAFFING LEVELS
NEARLY 500 OFFICERS. THIS PLAN
WILL MAKE SEATTLE MORE
COMPETITIVE AND ALLOW US TO
ATTRACT ADDITIONAL TRAINED
OFFICERS THAT REFLECT THE
VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
OUR CITY IS GRAPPLING WITH THE
SEVERE SHORTAGE OF POLICE
OFFICERS THAT EXACERBATE ISSUES
THAT HAVE UNDERMINED OUR
COUNTRY'S SAFETY IN RECENT
YEARS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FEWER THAN
940 PATROL OFFICERS IN THE CITY
WITH MORE THAN 800,000
RESIDENTS.
THIS IS THE LOWEST NUMBER IN
OVER 30 YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S OWN CRIME DATA,
INCIDENTS OF EYELID CRIME
DOWNTOWN HAVE INCREASED 55% IN
THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2022
COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD
LAST YEAR AND PROPERTY CRIME
HAS INCREASED BY MORE THAN 50%.
WE THINK THAT SUPPORT FOR A
PROPERLY STOPPED POLICE
DEPARTMENT WOULD BE AN
IMPORTANT SIGNAL THAT OUR CITY
LEADERSHIP COMMITTED TO PUBLIC
SAFETY IN SEATTLE AND WE URGE
THE COMMITTEE TO ACT WITH
URGENCY TO PASS THIS BUDGET AND
SEND IT FOR FULL COUNCIL
CONSIDERATION . WE APPRECIATE
YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR
REQUEST.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN GALEN.
>> MY NAME IS KAREN GALEN.
I AM SPEAKING ABOUT COUNCIL
BILL 120389. I AM A LIFELONG
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE AND HAVE
LIVED DOWNTOWN FOR THE PAST 10
YEARS.
DURING THAT 10 YEARS, PUBLIC
SAFETY HAS GONE TO AN AND
THINKABLE LEVEL. THE PREVIOUS
COUNCIL MADE IT CLEAR TO US
THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO
SUPPORT MAKING THE BAD
SITUATION WORSE. IN 1980,
SEATTLE'S POPULATION WAS
494,000 PEOPLE.
NOW WE ARE AT OVER 760,000 BUT
HAVE THE SAME NUMBERS OF
OFFICERS. IN THE LAST YEAR
ALONE, WE LOST MORE THAN 300
OFFICERS WHILE ADDING ROUGHLY
20,000 RESIDENTS.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE
CURRENT COUNCIL GAVE SUPPORT
TO THE MAYOR'S PLAN FOR
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
POLICE OFFICERS IN ORDER TO
SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO
RESIDENTS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS
A PRIORITY AND SEND THE MESSAGE
TO CRIMINALS THAT THEY WILL BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND TO THE
POLICE THAT WE VALUE THEIR
IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION.
CRIMINALS ARE AWARE THAT THE
LOW LEVEL MEANS THAT THEY HAVE
LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING
APPREHENDED RESIDENTS KNOW THAT
THERE IS LITTLE POINT IN EVEN
REPORTING CRIME BECAUSE THERE
ARE NOT ENOUGH OFFICERS TO
RESPOND. PLEASE VOTE SOON AND
POSITIVELY REGARDING THE
MAYOR'S PLAN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARGUERITE
BECHARD FOLLOWED BY CAROL
MALONE.
>> TODAY, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS MARGUERITE BECHARD.
I AM A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON.
MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THE WHOLE
AGENDA BECAUSE YOU ARE DEALING
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE AND I
ATTENDED ONE OF THE MEETINGS
AND I DID NOT LIKE THE WAY THEY
SIT AFTER WE GET THEM TALKING
IN THE ROOM, THAT THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO PICK A CHIEF AFTER THEY
HAVE THESE LITTLE SMALL MEETINGS
. I JUST DON'T LIKE THAT.
IT SEEMED LIKE WE WERE BEING
INTRODUCED TO THINGS THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND WE
HAVE BEEN THROUGH AND I DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ARE PUTTING
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE, OR YOU'VE
GOT SOMEBODY YOU ARE POINTING
FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ACCOUNTABLE
TO ME?
I COULD SIT RIGHT DOWNSTAIRS
AND HAVE A SECURITY GUARD TELL
ME TO GET UP.
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE FORWARD?
WE ARE GOING TO BACK THAT THING
UP AND GO RIGHT BACK TO THE
YEAR WHERE REVEREND DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. WAS
ASSASSINATED.
LET'S JUST DEAL WITH THAT. I'M
THINKING ABOUT MY AGE, WHAT I
WAS WHEN HE WAS KILLED, UP
UNTIL NOW AND I CAN COME HERE
WHERE I WAS BORN AND SIT DOWN
IN THIS LOBBY THAT IS SUPPOSED
TO BE FOR EVERYBODY AND BE
MALICIOUSLY HARASSED HER
SITTING THERE.
YOU THINK I'VE GOT TIME TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT WHO THE NEXT
CHIEF IS WHEN I AM SITTING
APPEAR TRYING TO PROTECT MY
LIFE?
YOU ARE WRONG.
YOU ARE GOING TO BE DEALT WITH
JUST LIKE THIS PROFIT RIGHT
HERE ON THIS STAND.
HE SAID SAY THE WORD AND THE
VICTORY IS OURS AND WE BELIEVE
GOD AND WE STILL BELIEVE GOD.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS FOR ANYBODY
WHO NEEDS IT. WE NEED HEALING
IN THE LAND AND WE NEED HEALING
IN THIS CITY AND I WILL BE BACK.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT IS CAROLYN MALONE.
>> I AM NOT A NERVOUS PERSON BUT
CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
SOMETIMES CAUSE MY STOMACH -- I
CAROLYN MALONE AND I AM HERE
BECAUSE OF POLICE CONTINUANCE,
POLICE BRUTALITY.
SEATTLE POLICE, MALES AND
FEMALES ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE FEDERAL DECREE. DAILY,
I HARASSED FOR STANDING ON
STREET CORNERS WITH SIGNS LIKE
THIS. I ONE OF 32% OF THE
BLACK, PERSON OF COLOR HARASSED
AND H BY SEATTLE POLICE. I
REGULARLY LOCKED OUT OF MY
APARTMENT.
SEATTLE POLICE HAVE LOCKED ME
OUT OF MY APARTMENT IN
RETALIATION. MY STOMACH IS
QUIVERING NOW. LOCKED ME OUT OF
MY APARTMENT IN RETALIATION FOR
MY STREET CORNER PROTEST.
SEATTLE POLICE ACT AGAINST
ANYONE, ESPECIALLY AN OUTSPOKEN
BLACK WOMAN OR ANYONE WITH THE
AUDACITY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THEIR CRIMES. THIS IS THE
MANAGER'S STATEMENT IN TRYING
TO EXTORT MONEY FROM ME FOR NO
VALID REASON.
I PAID MY RENT.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE APARTMENT
FOR 3 1/2 YEARS, NEVER MISSED A
PAYMENT YET THIS STATEMENT
CLAIMS I OWE $1830. WHEN I
ASKED ABOUT IT, THIS IS A
CONCERTED EFFORT WITH COPS AND
MANAGERS TO EVICT ME EVENTUALLY
AND I AM NOT GOING TO STAND FOR
IT.
I AM GOING RIGHT BACK OUT WITH
MY SIGNS TO PROTEST AGAINST
THESE RABID COPS WHO ARE NOT IN
COMPLIANCE. THEY JUST FIND
CLEVER WAYS TO OBEY THE LAW AND
BREAK THE LAW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KYLIE
WOLF FOLLOWED BY HOWARD GAIL.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I HEAR TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
ASSOCIATION AND OUR OVER 1000
BUSINESS, NONPROFIT, AND
RESIDENT MEMBERS.
TO CREATE A HEALTHY, VIBRANT
DOWNTOWN FOR ALL, WE PROVIDE
VISIONS, LEADERSHIP AND
INFLUENCE ON A RANGE OF ISSUES
INFLECTING DOWNTOWN.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
OF COUNCIL BILL 120389 RELATED
TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
POLICE OFFICERS AND THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS NO SECRET THAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING WHAT CAN ONLY BE
DESCRIBED AS A STAFFING CRISIS
WITHIN SPD AND DOWNTOWN
RESIDENTS, VISITORS, WORKERS
AND BUSINESSES HAVE FELT THE
EFFECT.
INCIDENCES OF VIOLENT CRIME
DOWNTOWN INCREASED BY 55% IN
THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF 2022
COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN
2021 AND PROPERTY CRIMES
INCREASED MORE THAN 50%.
ORGANIZED RETAIL HAS CAUSED
LARGE RETAILERS MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN LOST MERCHANDISE AND
BUSINESSES, PROPERTY OWNERS AND
ARTS AND CULTURAL VENUES HAVE
ENFORCED TO HIRE PRIVATE
SECURITY AT A SIGNIFICANT COST
TO THEM AND ATTEMPTS TO KEEP
THEIR WORKERS, PATRONS, AND
CUSTOMERS SAFE. THIS IS NOT A
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION PACKAGES A
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO
RIGHTSIZING OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND WE COMMEND IT
FOR NOT ONLY SETTING AN
AMBITIOUS GOAL OF HIRING 500
OFFICERS IN FIVE YEARS BUT
DOING SO IN A WAY THAT ENSURES
WE ATTRACT THE RIGHT TYPE OF
OFFICERS THAT REFLECTED THE
VALUES AND EXPECTATIONS OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
AS THE DOWNTOWN WELCOMES MORE
VISITORS, HOSTS MAJOR EVENTS
AND OPENS WORLD-CLASS VENUES IN
PUBLIC SPACES, IT IS IMPERATIVE
WE HAVE A POLICE DEPARTMENT
THAT IS ABLE TO KEEP PACE. WE
THANK YOU FOR THE SPEED FOR
WHICH THE COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN
UP THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND URGE YOU TO ASK
SWIFTLY TO APPROVE THIS PLAN,
THUS SENDING AN IMPORTANT
SIGNAL TO THE PUBLIC THAT OUR
CITY LEADERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO
PUBLIC SAFETY IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HOWARD
GAIL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOWARD GAIL WITH SEATTLE STOP
COMMENTING OUR FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, KAL
AND VIC AT THE SOUTH SEATTLE
EMERALD REVEALED THE CORRUPTION
THAT SEATTLES OFFICE OF THE
INSPECTOR GENERAL WITH THE
STORY ABOUT A WHISTLEBLOWER WHO
HAD RESIGNED DAYS EARLIER.
INSTEAD OF THIS COMMITTEE OR
THE COUNCIL EXERCISING
OVERSIGHT, IT ALLOWED THE OIG
TO CONTRACT WITH AN OUTSIDE
ENTITY FOR A CAREFULLY CURATED
AUDIT THAT WOULD NOT BE MADE
PUBLIC UNTIL NEARLY ONE YEAR
LATER.
DESPITE THE LIMITED NATURE OF
THIS AUDIT, IT SUBSTANTIATED
THE CLAIMS MADE ONE YEAR AGO BY
THE WHISTLEBLOWER. MANY OF
THESE CLAIMS HAD BEEN NOTED TWO
YEARS EARLIER BY A DIFFERENT
WHISTLEBLOWER AND BY OTHER OIG
WORKERS.
THIS MORNING, I AM PUBLISHING
MY ANALYSIS AT SEATTLE STOP
INDICATING THAT DESPITE THIS
OUTSIDE AUDIT HAVING BEEN
COMPLETED AND PRINTED 53 DAYS
AGO, IT WAS KEPT UNDER WRAPS
AND THEN LEAK TWO WEEKS AGO
BEFORE BEING MADE PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE TO JOURNALIST ERICA
BARNETT, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND HER
OFFICE TO PROVIDE SPIN TO THE
STORY BY UNDERPLAYING,
DISTORTING AND OBSCURE DURING
THE AUDIT'S FINDINGS.
WRONGFUL ACT SUBCOMMISSION HAVE
NOW BECOME WRONGFUL ACT'S --
WRONGFUL ACTS OF EMISSION HAVE
BECOME ACT SUBCOMMISSION.
I WILL MAKING A FORMAL
COMPLAINT TO THE SEATTLE ETHICS
AND ELECTION COMMISSION
REGARDING THIS BREACH OF
OVERSIGHT, TRUST AND
TRANSPARENCY BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR AN AGENCY THAT
SPENDS OVER $3.6 MILLION OF OUR
MONEY AND IS ENTRUSTED WITH
ENSURING THE ACCURACY AND
FAIRNESS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
OF POLICE MISCONDUCT , A ROLE
THAT THE OIG HAS CLEARLY FAILED
AT AS IS EVIDENT FROM THE
COMPLETE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY
FROM THE POLICE ABUSE OF 2020
AND THE REPEATED FAILURES OF
THE OIG TO FIND FAULT WITH THE
INVESTIGATION THAT DETERMINED
EACH AND EVERY SPD KILLING TO
BE LAWFUL AND PROPER.
YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THIS ON
SEATTLESTOP.ORG.
THANK YOU.
>> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL
FOLLOWED BY LISA.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BLACK LIVES MATTER BUT THIS
IS NOT THE CHANGES DREAMERS CAN
BELIEVE IN.
YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ME BUT IT
IS A CONFLICT WITH STATE
CONSTITUTION. WHEN IS A
CONFLICT -- THE STATE MUST YIELD
TO FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. LISA
HERBOLD , YOU KNOW THE UNITED
STATES VERSUS LEE, 1882. 1971.
THEY RESPOND TO THE SEATTLE
FINANCE ADMINISTRATORS IN REGARD
-- THIS FOREIGNER FROM THE SOUTH
COULD BE STOPPED SPEAKING TO
YOU ALL ABOUT THE CORRUPTION.
JIM HILL STATES HE WON'T BE
THWARTED.
NOW, I AM GIVING MY REBUTTAL TO
HIM MALICIOUSLY HARASSING ME
AND MARGARET WHEN WE WERE
COMING TO EXERCISE OUR FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
NOW, I SAY IT IS A VIOLATION OF
THE [INDISCERNIBLE]
HAS CONDUCTED, INVOLVING BAD
FAITH, DISHONESTY, A LACK OF
INTEGRITY WERE MORE
[INDISCERNIBLE].
ALSO, NOW, I HAVE NEVER BEEN
THROUGH WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH
NOW.
YOU ARE ULTIMATELY VIOLATING
YOUR OWN OATH OF OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOUR TIME IS UP.
THANK YOU.
WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
SPEAKER.
>> LET'S WRAP UP YOUR REMARKS.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> 1996 AND 1997.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE LEAVE
THE MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS LISA NITZE.
>> THIS IS LISA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU.
I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE
SPD RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
EFFORT TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS
AND OF FUNDING THOSE. I WITH A
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FIRM
FOR A MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT
BUILDS AND MANAGES MULTI FAMILY
HOUSES AND OPPORTUNITY ZONES
PRIMARILY IN MANY PARTS OF THE
CITY.
PIONEER SQUARE, DOWNTOWN,
RAINIER VALLEY. IN EACH OF
THESE AREAS, I HAVE STARTED
PUBLIC BUT PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS
OR HAVE WORKED WITH THEM TO
ADDRESS THE TREMENDOUS SAFETY
AND SECURITY ISSUES AFFECTING
THE NEIGHBORHOODS GOING
UNADDRESSED. RETAILERS ARE
SUFFERING FROM SIGNIFICANT AND
FREQUENT THEFT. EMPLOYERS ARE
WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY OF
EMPLOYEES.
PEDESTRIANS FACING ACCESS ISSUES
AND THREATENING OR VIOLENT
BEHAVIOR.
RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT GOING
TO AND FROM THEIR HOMES FOR
THEIR AND THEIR FAMILIES
SAFETY.
CITY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
NEEDING SPD BACKUP, OFTEN IN
THE WORK THEY ARE DOING, AND
NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE IT.
ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE ARISING
FROM EITHER NO RESPONSE OR VERY
DELAYED RESPONSE FROM SPD. SPD
REPORTS SIMPLY NOT HAVING THE
STAFFING TO BE ABLE TO MEET
INCOMING REQUESTS.
PLEASE SUPPORT MEASURES TO HELP
THE SPD REBUILD ITS NUMBERS AND
REBUILD THEIR ABILITY TO RESPOND
TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AS THEY ARISE
.
>> THANK YOU.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE INTO
THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND
CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT. WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN AGENDA
ITEMS -- I'M SORRY, CLERK.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM.
ONE THROUGH 11.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
APPOINTMENT 02321,
REAPPOINTMENT OF CARLENE M.
COMRIE AS MEMBER, SEATTLE FIRE
CODE ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM
TO MAY 14, 2023.
APPOINTMENT OF KEVIN MARR FOR
A TERM TO THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE.
NUMBER THREE, REAPPOINTMENT OF
CHRIS TODD TO THE SEATTLE FIRE
CODE ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM
TO AUGUST 14, 2023.
NUMBER FOUR, REAPPOINTMENT OF
TARA L. HENRIKSEN AS MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A TERM TO AUGUST 31,
2024.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REAPPOINTMENT
OF AMY LIU , MEMBER OF SEATTLE
FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD FOR A
TERM TO SEPTEMBER 23, 2024.
NUMBER SIX, REAPPOINTMENT OF
RAE ANNE RUSHING AS A MEMBER
OF SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A QUOTA MARCH 31, 2024
. NUMBER SEVEN, REAPPOINTMENT
OF FRITZ CHESS AS MEMBER OF
THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A TERM TO MAY 31,
2025.
NUMBER EIGHT, REAPPOINTMENT OF
KURT HOWELL AS MEMBER OF THE
SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD
FOR A TERM TO MAY 31, 2025.
AGENDA NUMBER NINE,
REAPPOINTMENT OF HUGO SOTELO
TO THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE
ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM TO
MAY 31, 2025.
NUMBER 10 IS REAPPOINTMENT OF
RICKY CAMPBELL, MEMBER OF
SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY
BOARD FOR A TERM TO THREE YEARS
FROM COUNCIL CONFIRMATION.
AGENDA ITEM 11, APPOINTMENT OF
SHAWN WOOD AS MEMBER OF SEATTLE
FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD FOR A
TERM OF THREE YEARS FROM
COUNCIL CONFIRMATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WELL DONE.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
ON OUR PROCESS.
WHEN WE HAVE REAPPOINTMENTS, WE
DON'T REQUIRE THEIR ATTENDANCE
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ALWAYS
WELCOME.
FOR NEW APPOINTMENTS, WE DO ASK
THAT THEY ATTEND AND THAT IS
WHAT OUR PARTICIPATION LOOKS
LIKE TODAY.
WE HAVE KEN BROUILLETTE WHO IS
PRESENTING THE APPOINTMENTS.
MAYBE YOU COULD KICK THIS OFF
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND
ABOUT THE BOARD ITSELF, ITS
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE TWO NEW
APPOINTMENTS, RICKY CAMPBELL
AND SHAWN WOOD.
AFTER YOU DO THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THE
CANDIDATES, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO THEM TO LET US KNOW WHY YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOOD
MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS KEN BROUILLETTE I AM
THE CODE OF ELEMENT
COORDINATOR FOR THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT AND I WORK
DIRECTLY FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL
ASSISTANT CHIEF WHO IS OUT ILL
TODAY OR ELSE HE WOULD BE WITH
US.
THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY
BOARD CONSISTS OF 15 MEMBERS.
THEY ARE MAYOR APPOINTED AND
THEY ARE CONFIRMED BY CITY
COUNCIL.
THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLED BY
REPRESENTATIVES FROM ORGANIZED
LABOR, LOCAL BUSINESS AND
TECHNICAL TRADE ALONG WITH
INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC MEMBERS.
MEMBERS SERVE A THREE-YEAR TERM
. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR
VACANCIES.
ONE IS FOR THE ARCHITECT
POSITION AND ONE IS FOR OUR
INSURANCE INDUSTRY
REPRESENTATIVE.
WE CONTINUE TO RECRUIT TO FILL
THOSE VACANCIES.
THE FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD
SERVES AS A CRITICAL ROLE BY
REVIEWING ALL OF THE CHANGES TO
THE CURRENT SEATTLE FIRE CODE
AND ANY ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
THAT ARE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE
SEATTLE FIRES MARSHALL'S
OFFICE.
THEY PROVIDE INPUT AND PROPOSED
CHANGES DURING THE REVIEW
PROCESS. TODAY, WE ARE
REQUESTING THE CURRENT BOARD
MEMBERS BE RECONFIRMED FOR
ANOTHER THREE YEARS.
AGAIN, THEY ARE CARLENE M.
COMRIE, WHO REPRESENTS OUR
SERVICE INDUSTRY, KEVIN MARR,
OUR FIRE PROTECTION INDUSTRY,
CHRIS TODD , TARA L.
HENRIKSEN, AMY LIU , RAE ANNE
RUSHING , FRITZ CHESS, KURT
HOWELL AND HUGO SOTELO.
ALL OF THEM HAVE DONE A GREAT
JOB HELPING PUT TOGETHER THE
2015 AND 2018 SEATTLE FIRE CODE
AND THEY WILL HELP US WITH THE
2021 THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE
WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON
CURRENTLY.
ALSO, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT
RICKY CAMPBELL AND SHAWN WOOD
BE CONFIRMED AS NEW MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE FIRE CODE ADVISORY
BOARD TO BEGIN THEIR THREE-YEAR
TERMS.
FIRST, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
RICKY.
RICKY HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
LABOR COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THEM
ON THE FIRE CODE ADVISORY BOARD
AS A REPLACEMENT FOR SCOTT
PEDERSEN.
IT INCLUDES PROJECTS AS HIGH-
RISES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
HE HAS A BACKGROUND IN FIRE CODE
OF ELEMENT WITH HIS MOST RECENT
EXPERIENCE WORKING ON THE
WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING
COUNCIL FIRE CODE TECHNICAL
ADVISORY GROUP. DURING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE WASHINGTON STATE FIRE
CODE.
SHAWN WOOD HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED
BY THE BUILDING OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION TO
REPRESENT THEM ON THE FIRE CODE
ADVISORY BOARD AS A REPLACEMENT
FOR RETIRED MEMBER BRAD MILLS
AND.
SHAWN WOOD WAS SELECTED BECAUSE
OF EXPANSIVE KNOWLEDGE AS A
COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENGINEER .
HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SOME OF
THE ACCOMPLISHED TYPES OF
SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN BUILDINGS
AND HE CURRENTLY WORKS FOR THE
URBAN RENAISSANCE GROUP AS THE
SENIOR CHIEF ENGINEER AT THE
COLUMBIA CENTER.
HE HAS DEVELOPED A NETWORK OF
INDUSTRY COLLEAGUES AND HE WILL
BE A GREAT ASSET ON OUR FIRE
CODE ADVISORY BOARD.
BOTH INDIVIDUALS WILL FILL
IMPORTANT ROLES AND THE SEATTLE
FIRE DEPARTMENT WE BRING
FORWARD TO YOU TODAY FOR
CONSIDERATION TO BECOME NEW
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE FIRE
CODE ADVISORY BOARD ALONG WITH
THE RECENT CONFIRMATION OF
EXISTING BOARD MEMBERS.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO MR. CAMPBELL AND MR. WOODS
TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHY
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING
IN THIS CAPACITY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
FOR ME, I WENT THROUGH OUR
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, THROUGH
SOUTH SEATTLE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.
IT IS SPRINKLER FITTERS. I HAVE
BEEN A LICENSED SPRINKLER
FITTER SINCE 2006. I TEACH PART-
TIME, CURRENTLY, FOR OUR
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR
EIGHT YEARS NOW.
I DO HOLD AN ACCREDITATION,
LEVEL II FOR INSPECTION AND
TESTING WATER-BASED FIRE
PROTECTION SYSTEMS AS WELL AS
FIRE PROTECTION FIELD
TECHNICIAN.
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT FIRE AND
LIFE SAFETY. THIS IS MY CAREER
AND I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> LET'S SEE WHETHER OR NOT
FOLKS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
AS I UNDERSTAND, THE FIRE CODE
BOARD IS COMPRISED -- IT HAS --
THE MAYOR MAKES THE NOMINATIONS
AND EACH OF YOU REPRESENT A
DIFFERENT PART OF THE SECTOR.
MR. CAMPBELL, I BELIEVE YOU ARE
REPRESENTING THE MLK LABOR
COUNCIL.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
MR. WOOD, I THINK YOU ARE
REPRESENTING -- IF YOU CAN SAY
A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR INTEREST
IN SERVING?
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I HAVE BEEN A COMMERCIAL
ENGINEER FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS
WORKING FROM HEALTHCARE TO THE
DOWNTOWN HIGH-RISE BUILDING
SECTOR.
I HAVE BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY,
LEARNING, WORKING RIGHT ALONG
WITH THE RICKY CAMPBELL 'S OF
THE WORLD.
MY PREDECESSOR, MR. BRAD MILTON
AND I, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, PASSING
ON INFORMATION.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ON
SOME OF THE STUFF THAT HE HAS
WORKED ON PREVIOUSLY.
I HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
LICENSES IN THIS INDUSTRY THAT
ARE RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL
BUILDING OPERATION.
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING.
I GOT THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE
BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS
ASSOCIATION TO TAKE AND FILL
BRAD MILTON'S ROLE AS HE
RETIRES.
VERY EXCITED.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THE LAST 22
YEARS.
I JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SERVE
AND HELP OUT HERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE CITY
OF SEATTLE IN THIS CAPACITY.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE VOTE. I WILL MOVE
AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 11 AS
PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA FOR A
SECOND.
>> SECOND.
THANK YOU.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
COUNCIL MEMBER NELSON?
>> ONE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> OR JAKE IN FAVOR, NONE POSED
. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENTS.
THEY WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE
AUGUST 16th FULL COUNCIL MEETING
. AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN
HELPING MAKE SEATTLE A SAFER
AND MORE SECURE PLACE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12?
>> COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
12, 02332, APPOINTMENT OF GINO
BETTS JR. AS APPOINTMENT OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A
TERM TO DECEMBER 31, 2022.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TODAY WE ARE JOINED BY GINO
BETTS JR., THE MAYOR'S
SELECTION FOR THE PERMANENT
DIRECT FOR THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE TODAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO
APPEARANCES FOR GINO BETTS JR.
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.
THIS IS DESIGN FOR THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO BRIEFLY PRESENT HIS
INTEREST IN THIS POSITION.
GINO BETTS JR. WILL APPEAR
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AGAIN ON
SEPTEMBER 13 WITH QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS AND A COMMITTEE VOTE
. MY OFFICE CIRCULATED A DRAFT
LIST OF QUESTIONS TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS AND REQUESTED INPUT TO
THOSE QUESTIONS BY AUGUST 10th,
AFTER WHICH THOSE COUNCIL
QUESTIONS WILL BE SENT IN
ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 13
MEETING.
I WANT TO NOTE, FOR THE RECORD,
THE STATUS OF THIS PARTICULAR
TERM AS IT RELATES TO THE NEXT.
THIS PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT
WILL FILL THE REMAINDER OF THE
FIRST TERM OF FORMER DIRECTOR
MEYER BERG, WHICH GOES UNTIL
THE END OF 2022.
IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE
APPOINTMENT, THE MAYOR WILL
THEN SEND A REAPPOINTMENT
PACKAGE THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY
TO FULL COUNCIL WITH NO SEPARATE
RECONFIRMATION PROCESS BECAUSE
OF THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
GINO BETTS JR. WILL BE
APPEARING AT THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION VIRTUAL
ENGAGEMENT MEETING THIS EVENING
BEGINNING AT 6:00 P.M.
BEFORE I START, I WANT TO THANK
YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY
POLICE COMMISSION IN THIS WAY.
I APPRECIATE IT.
WITH THAT, JEREMY, WELCOME BACK
TO THESE ROOMS AND TAKE IT AWAY
. PLEASE DO INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND YOUR NOMINATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER.
JEREMY RACCA, CHIEF
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER LEGAL
COUNCIL.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE,
IT IS MY HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU
TODAY TO INTRODUCE MAYOR HAROLD
'S NOMINEE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF
SEATTLE'S OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, GINO BETTS JR..
NORMAL IT WOULD BE SENIOR
DEPUTY MONISHA HAROLD PROVIDING
THIS INTRODUCTION BUT SHE IS
TAKING HER FIRST WELL-EARNED
VACATION IN HER OFFICE
LEADERSHIP TEAM INSISTED THAT
SHE NOT CALL IN FROM HER TIME
OFF, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS QUITE A
STRUGGLE TO GET HER TO AGREE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR HAROLD
BELIEVES ACCOUNTABILITY MUST BE
A CORE PRINCIPLE FOR AN
EFFECTIVE PLEASE DEPARTMENT.
FURTHER, HE WANTS TO SEE SPD
EARN A FULL AND EFFECTIVE
COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL CONSENT
DECREE.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE IS
TESTED ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEMS.
THAT STRUCTURE MUST BE GUIDED
BY INDEPENDENT AND PRINCIPAL
LEADERSHIP.
AFTER A ROBUST NATIONAL SEARCH,
MAYOR HARRELL IS CONFIDENT THAT
GINO BETTS JR. IS THE BEST TO
LEAVE THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY.
úGINO BRINGS HIS IMPRESSIVE
EXPERIENCE FROM CHICAGO'S SOUTH
SIDE CIVILIAN OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE HE
OPERATED WITH INTEGRITY AND
COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC GOOD. HE
CARES ABOUT TURNING PUBLIC
TRUST IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEMS THAT HE INTENDS TO
OPERATE WITH TRANSPARENCY AND
BE VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE CANNOT HAVE SAFETY WITHOUT
ACCOUNTABILITY AND GINO IS
EXACTLY THE PERSON SEATTLEITES
NEED TO BOLSTER PUBLIC FAITH IN
OUR INSTITUTIONS. THE MAYOR
ULTIMATELY SELECTED GINO THANKS
TO THE COMPREHENSIVE VETTING BY
AN INCREDIBLE SELECTION
COMMITTEE WHO HELPED GUIDE AND
SHAPE THE SEARCH PROCESS.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
SELECTION PROCESS IS INCLUDED
IN THE MAYOR'S COVER LETTER TO
YOU BUT WE WANTED TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COMMUNITY
MEMBERS THAT INCLUDED DOUGLAS
WAGNER, CO-CHAIR OF THE
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
REVEREND PATRICIA HUNTER, ALSO
WITH THE POLICE COMMUNITY,
BRIAN MAXEY, THE COO OF SPD,
NINA MARTINEZ WITH THE LATINO
CIVIL ALLIANCE, BRISCOE WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WHO IS OUR
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
LIAISON, MY RECEIPT THERE'S
WITH THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
. OF COURSE, COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE WILL GET ANOTHER THANK
YOU.
AS THE MAYOR NOTED IN THIS
LETTER, STAKEHOLDERS FOUND THAT
GINO HOLDS A COMMITMENT TO
FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE.
AS A BELIEF IN CONTINUOUS
LEARNING AND IMPROVEMENT AND
HIS PROVEN EXPERIENCE, WE ARE
VERY FORTUNATE THAT GINO IS
WILLING TO SERVE OUR CITY AND
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF HIS NOMINATION
TODAY.
AS YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
MEET WITH THEM, WE THINK YOU
WILL BE JUST AS IMPRESSED AS
THE MAYOR AND THE COMMUNITY WAS
. WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THINGS
OVER TO GINO TO OFFER HIS
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND AGAIN,
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WELCOME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS GINO BETTS JR..
JEREMY, THANK YOU FOR THAT
INTRODUCTION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY AND YOUR
CONSIDERATION OF ME FOR THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE CAREER
IN PUBLIC SERVICE.
I GREW UP AND WORKED IN
CHICAGO'S INNER-CITY WHICH
SHAPED MY VIEW OF POLICE
OVERSIGHT.
ON ONE HAND, LIKE MANY BLACK
AND BROWN BOYS IN URBAN AREAS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I HAVE
EXPERIENCED UNWANTED STOP AND
FRISK, AGGRESSIVE REPRIMAND AND
OTHER ENCOUNTERS THAT
UNDERMINED THE TENANTS OF
COMMUNITY-BASED AND
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING.
ON THE OTHER HAND, AS A
PROSECUTOR, I WORK WITH SOME OF
THE MOST DECENT, HARD-WORKING
AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICERS
ANYONE COULD IMAGINE. TO BE
HONEST, IT WAS A CULTURE SHOCK.
IT MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE.
I KNEW THAT MY POSITION AS A
PROSECUTOR SHOULD NOT BE WHAT
ENTITLED ME TO CIVIL AND
CONSTITUTIONAL POLICE
ENCOUNTERS.
IT WAS MY ROLE AS A CITIZEN, AS
A HUMAN, THAT SHOULD AFFORD NOT
ONLY ME BUT EVERYONE THAT SAME
EXPERIENCE.
THAT INSIGHT SPARKED MY
INTEREST IN POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY BUT IT WAS THE
NATIONAL SPREAD OF MISCONDUCT
CAPTURED ON VIDEO THAT PUSHED
ME TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK. YOU
SAW ERIC GARDNER IN NEW YORK,
PHILANDO CASTILE IN MINNESOTA
AND LAQUAN McDONALD RIGHT HERE
IN CHICAGO IN MY HOMETOWN AND
SO MANY OTHERS THAT LED ME TO
SERVE AS AN ATTORNEY IN
CHICAGO'S CIVILIAN OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.
SO, WHY POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
IN SEATTLE?
ON THE SURFACE, SEATTLE AND
CHICAGO MAY APPEAR TO BE WORLDS
APART BUT AT THEIR CORE, BOTH
ARE HARD-WORKING CITIES WITH
REALLY GOOD PEOPLE WHO CARE
DEEPLY ABOUT MEANINGFUL
TRANSPARENCY AND PROGRESS.
THERE IS A PALPABLE ENERGY INTO
SEATTLE, AN ENERGY EVIDENCED BY
MASS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT,
DEMONSTRATION AND DEMAND FOR
REFORM AND THE SAME ENERGY WE
SAW THIS MORNING WITH THE
PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHICH WE ALL
APPRECIATE.
AND, ENERGY EVIDENCED BY THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN
TRAININGS, POLICY REFORMS AND
TECHNOLOGY AS ACKNOWLEDGED BY
THE INDEPENDENT MONITOR BUT
THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO.
IF CONFIRMED, I COMMIT TO DOING
THAT WORK.
I COMMIT TO ENGAGING THE
COMMUNITY FOR MEANINGFUL AND
VALUED INPUT.
I COMMIT TO TRANSPARENT,
COMPLETE, AND INDEPENDENT
POLICE MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS.
I COMMIT TO WORKING WITH ALL
STAKEHOLDERS FOR BUILDING
COMMUNITY TRUST AND THE POLICE
OVERSIGHT PROCESS.
LASTLY, I LOOK FORWARD AND
COMMIT TO REACHING OUT TO EACH
OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO FURTHER
DISCUSS MY QUALIFICATIONS AND
VISION. AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TRENT 25.
I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF
MEETING YOU IN THE PAST AND I
AM OPTIMISTIC FOR YOUR VISION
OF POLICE OVERSIGHT FOR SEATTLE
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THIS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ROLE FOR
OUR CITY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU
BACK AFTER THE COUNCIL RECESS
FOR OUR COMMITTEE MEETING ON
SEPTEMBER 13 FOR A Q&A WITH
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A VOTE ON
YOUR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
IN AGENDA ITEM 13?
>> COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM 13,
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TODAY, WE ARE JOINED BY
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE
BUDGET OFFICE WHO WILL SHARE A
PRESENTATION ON WORK THAT THE
SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
UNDERTAKING TO STRENGTHEN ITS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
AND PRACTICES.
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING TO
A BRIEFING THAT THIS COMMITTEE
HAD IN DECEMBER. I THINK WE
WILL START JUST WITH SOME QUICK
ROUND OF INTRODUCIONS.
YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF
BRIEFLY AND YOUR AFFILIATION
WITH QUICK OPENING REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU.
TANYA KIM, ACTING DIRECTOR OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> I JOSEPH KASPERSKI, CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER FOR THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT JULIE IS
WAITING TO BE LET IN.
>> I SURE WE CAN FACILITATE
THAT.
THANK YOU.
I SEE NODDING HEADS. THERE WE
GO.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, DIRECTOR.
>> NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JULIE DINGLEY, DIRECTOR OF THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE.
>> JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF
BACKGROUND.
THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP
PRESENTATION THAT THE COMMITTEE
RECEIVED LAST DECEMBER.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT FORMER
BUDGET DIRECTOR NOBLE ALERTED
SEVERAL OF US IN AUGUST 2021
VIA MEMO TO DIFFICULTIES THAT
THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN
EXPERIENCING IN MANAGING
FINANCES CONNECTED WITH THE
DEPARTMENT'S RAPID GROWTH OVER
SEVERAL YEARS. WE ASKED FOR A
BRIEFING AT THAT TIME AND THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
SHARED THAT THEY RETAINED
CONSULTANTS WHO WERE WORKING
WITH HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
MARY ASSERTIVELY AND THEY HAD
COMPLETED A PRELIMINARY
ASSESSMENT AND WAS IN PROCESS
OF IDENTIFYING SOME IMMEDIATE
TO DO TASKS. DIRECTOR NOBLE
FOLLOWED UP WITH A MEMO IN
OCTOBER, PROVIDING AN UPDATE
AND IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL FTE FOR FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES. THIS IS ALIGNED WITH
THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF ALVAREZ
AND MARCEL. IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS, THE COUNCIL ADDED
EIGHT POSITIONS TO THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR THIS
PURPOSE AND APPROPRIATED
$600,000 THAT THEN DIRECTOR
NOBLE HAD SET ASIDE TO
PARTIALLY PAY FOR THESE
POSITIONS.
THE POSITIONS WERE ADDED ON AS
AN EMERGENCY BASIS BY DIRECTOR
NOBLE AND COUNCIL'S ACTION MADE
THEM PERMANENT. DURING THE
BUDGET PROCESS, AN ADDITIONAL
$400,000 WAS APPROPRIATED
THROUGH 2022 IN THE ORDINANCE
AND RALLY THINGS OUT FROM WHERE
WE ARE TODAY LATE IN THAT BUDGET
PROCESS.
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR
ADDITIONAL FTE BASED ON THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT COUNCIL
WAS CONSIDERING ADDING TO ITS
BUDGET TO DELIVER PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES. AGAIN, THERE IS A
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
DOLLARS THAT WE ALLOCATE FOR
GOODS AND SERVICES AND THE
STAFF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO ADMINISTER
THOSE FUNDS. WE CREATED AND
FUNDED THREE ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE NEW
INVESTMENTS IN THE 2022 BUDGET.
THOSE FTE WERE JUST A PORTION
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE
FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THERE MAY BE SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET LEGISLATION ALSO INCLUDED
, FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL WORK
FROM THE CONSULTANTS INCLUDING
FINALIZATION OF ACTIVITIES SUCH
AS THE FUTURE DOCUMENTS,
OVERSIGHT OF THE TRANSITION TO
PLANT REVENUE IN BILLING
PREPARATION, RECONCILIATION OF
GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTS AND THE
PROVISION OF TRAINING TO NEWLY
ESTABLISHED PROCUREMENT
PROGRAMS.
I AM PLEASED THAT OUR PARTNERS
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT ARE HERE TODAY TO
SHARE WITH US THEIR PROGRESS,
WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE
ELEMENTS IN THE FINANCIAL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN A. AGAIN,
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING AND I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU TO GET STARTED
ON YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR DINGLEY, DID YOU WANT
TO SAY A COUPLE OF OPENING
REMARKS?
>> I WOULD.
THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AGAIN
AND THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT
SUMMARY, CHAIR HERBOLD.
THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
I WILL NOT REHASH ANY OF THAT .
I HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
FOR MY ENTIRE TENURE WITH THE
CITY. I CAN TELL YOU, IN NO
UNCERTAIN TERMS, THAT ACTING
DIRECTOR TANYA KIM IS THE RIGHT
PERSON FOR THIS POINT IN TIME.
SHE HAS SHOWN INCREDIBLE
LEADERSHIP AND DETERMINATION
AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THIS
PROCESS.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK
WITH HER AND HER TEAM.
I WANT TO THANK JOSEPH
WHAT YOU WILL HEAR TODAY IS AN
UPDATE THAT INCLUDES
CONSIDERABLE PROCESS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
ACTING DIRECTOR CAN.
>> I WANT TO START WITH
ADDITIONAL GRATITUDE.
THANK YOU CHAIR HERBOLD AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE ARE
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE WORK
AHEAD.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> SO, AS MENTIONED BY DIRECTOR
DINGLEY AND CHAIR HERBOLD SO
BEAUTIFULLY OUTLINED, WE ARE
GIVING AN UPDATE , INCLUDING A
BACKGROUND FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, AN OVERVIEW OF THE
PROJECT TIMELINE, UPDATES ON
THE PROGRESS WITH KEY
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE REMAINING
ACTIONS.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> AS MENTIONED, HSD'S
FINANCIAL ISSUES HAS BEEN
ONGOING SINCE 2016.
THERE ARE TWO UNDERLYING
CHALLENGES THAT I WANT TO NOTE
IN GREATER DETAIL THAT OUR
FINANCE TEAM HAS BEEN
UNDERSTAFFED.
CHAIR HERBOLD HAS ARTICULATED
THE INCREASE IN SOME OF OUR
STAFFING BUT ALSO THE POOR
ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S NEW
FINANCIAL SYSTEM KNOWN AS
PEOPLE SOFT 9.2.
THAT WAS IN 2018.
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE
STAFFING CAPACITY, I JUST WANT
TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IN 2016, THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
BUDGET WAS $142 MILLION.
IN 2016, WE WERE AT $142 MILLION
. FAST-FORWARD TO 2022, WE ARE
AT $403 MILLION.
IT IS ALREADY FRAGILE
ACCOUNTING PROCESSES THAT
RELIED ON MANUAL CORRECTIONS BY
STAFF.
IT WAS BEING CHALLENGED BY THE
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE IMPORTANT
WORK THAT HSD IS CHARGED TO DO.
REGARDING THE PEOPLE SOFT
SOFTWARE, HSD HAS AN OVERLY
COMPLEX FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
THAT DID NOT FULLY UTILIZE THE
FEATURES OF THE NEW FINANCIAL
SYSTEM.
I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
THAT WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT
WAYS IN WHICH WE BUILD AND
ARTICULATE THIS IN OUR
FINANCIAL SYSTEMS.
IT IS SIMPLY COMPLEX.
IN TURN, WE HAVE A VERY HIGH
VOLUME OF MANUAL CORRECTIONS
AND WE JUST NEEDED TO
STRENGTHEN OUR BUSINESS
PRACTICES.
THE CHALLENGES WERE EVIDENT BY
-- WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE HAD
SEEN LOW CASH BALANCES, SOME
MISSED PAYMENTS TO AGENCIES,
AND ACCURATE REPORTING OF
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS JUST TO
NAME A FEW. THESE AND OTHER
FACTORS LED US TO LAUNCHING THE
FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> AS DISCUSSED, IN AUGUST 2021,
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE, THE
CITYWIDE ACCOUNTING PARTNERED
WITH HSD TO CONTRACT WITH
ALVAREZ AND MARCEL TO ADDRESS
THE LONG-STANDING ISSUES.
AS DIRECTOR DINGLEY SAID,
THROUGH EVEN LEADERSHIP
TRANSITIONS, WE HAVE STAYED IN
PARTNERSHIP.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR DIRECTOR
DINGLEY AND CITYWIDE ACCOUNTING.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN PARTNERING
EXTENSIVELY SO THIS IS ONGOING,
ACTIVE WORK. THIS EFFORT
FOCUSED ON RESTORING AND
STABILIZING CASH BALANCES,
BECOMING CURRENT ON BILLING FOR
FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING,
SIMPLIFYING HSD'S FINANCIAL
STRUCTURE AND ELIMINATING LATE
OR MISSED PAYMENTS TO OUR
AGENCIES, ALSO BY OUR AGENCIES.
THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP THERE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> PLEASE DON'T BE OVERWHELMED
WITH THIS. THIS IS JUST FOR
ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES.
I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF
THE SLIDE.
SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, WE
HAVE SEVERAL BLUE LINES
REPRESENTED THE COMPLETED
ACTIVITIES AND THE GREEN LINES
REPRESENT THE PLANNED
ACTIVITIES.
IT IS JUST TO SHOW THROUGHOUT
THE COURSE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING, MULTITASKING PER-SHARE,
TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES.
THE GREEN LINE REPRESENTS
PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR THE 2022
INTO 2024.
THIS IS NOT A ONE AND DONE.
WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO THE
ONGOING EFFORTS OF THIS WORK
AND OF THE IMPLEMENTATION. ON
THE LEFT, JUST TO ORIENT YOU
FURTHER ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE
FOUR MAJOR BUCKETS OF WORK. THE
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING
ASSESSMENT, PROCURE TO PAY
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, BUDGET AND
FINANCIAL REPORTING AND
ACCOUNTING AND RECONCILIATION.
JUST IN GENERAL, THERE ARE 25
TOTAL ACTIONS HERE THAT WE ARE
BIGGER PICTURE LOOKING AT.
THERE ARE THINGS SUCH AS -- IF
YOU CAN READ SOME OF THE DETAILS
-- WE HAVE A NEW OPERATING
MODEL.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR
STAFF BUT ARE THE STEPS
STRUCTURED APPROPRIATELY?
IS THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, A GOOD
SEGREGATION OF DUTIES?
WITH HIRED STAFF, ALL OF THESE
THINGS TAKE TIME AND WE HAVE
BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT IMPLEMENTING
ANY OF THESE ITEMS.
THERE ARE EIGHT REMAINING
ACTIONS IN GREEN. THE MOST
COMPLEX ACTION IS RECONCILING
OUR 12 LEDGER ACCOUNTS.
THIS EFFORT IS ONGOING.
WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN
SOME OF THESE. IN THIS CASE, WE
ARE REVIEWING FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS DATING BACK TO
2017.
AGAIN, PREDATING THE WORK THAT
EVEN CFO AND I HAVE BEEN DOING.
THAT SAID, OUR 2022 ACCOUNTS
ARE ACCURATE AND BALANCED.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GOING BACK
AND THAT IS TAKING MORE WORK,
WE ARE ALSO IN A GOOD PLACE
RIGHT NOW MOVING FORWARD.
THE PENDING TWO ITEMS THAT I
WANT TO NOTE IS THAT -- THIS IS
FOR YOU TO KNOW, SOME OF THE
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE
DOING. WE ARE STILL
TRANSITIONING TO A NEW CITYWIDE
CONTRACTING SYSTEM WITH THE
GOAL OF HAVING OUR FISCAL YEAR
2024 CONTRACTS MANAGED IN THE
SYSTEM.
IT IS TECHNICAL BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE A
FUNDER AND WE HAVE CONTRACTS
WITH MANY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY
PARTNERS. SECONDLY, NEXT SPRING
, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS, SPECIFICALLY THE
BUDGET OFFICE TO DETERMINE IF
OUR NEW ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGY
úIS WARRANTED FOR OUR GENERAL
OVERHEAD COSTS IN FISCAL YEAR
2024.
AGAIN, REALLY TECHNICAL BUT
IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
BUSINESS OPERATIONS ARE STRONG
AND OUR FINANCIALS ARE SOUND.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> CAN WE PAUSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THE SECTION, FINANCIAL
OPERATING ASSESSMENT ON THE
HIRING POSITIONS, THERE IS A
REFERENCE THAT YOU HAVE HIRED
SEVEN OF EIGHT NEW POSITIONS.
MY OPENING REMARKS REFLECTED ONE
ACTION OF ADDING EIGHT AND THEN
A SECOND COUNCIL ACTION OF
ADDING AN ADDITIONAL, I
BELIEVE, THREE POSITIONS.
I AM WONDERING, FROM HSD'S
PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THE ITEM ON
THE POWERPOINT SLIDE -- HOW
DOES THAT RELATE TO WHAT THE
COUNCIL BUT WE WERE FUNDING?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EIGHT
WERE DIRECTLY TIED TO A&M'S
RECOMMENDATIONS.
AS WE RECEIVE MORE FUNDING
THROUGH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
OR AS WE ARE DOING ADDITIONAL
WORK, THE ADDITIONAL STAFF IS
TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMMATIC
PIECES.
EVEN IN FUTURE -- AS WE ENTER
INTO BUDGET SEASON, WE MAY SEE
ADDITIONAL STAFFING COME ONLINE
, SHOULD HSD RECEIVE MORE FUNDS
BUT THE EIGHT SPECIFIC WORD TO
THE AND M RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> I'M SORRY.
MAYBE I -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS
WE FUNDED 11 POSITIONS.
IF I AM WRONG, I AM WRONG BUT
MY NOTES SAY THAT AFTER WE
DISCUSSED ADDING EIGHT, HSD
IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
FTE BECAUSE WE WERE ADDING MORE
FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS IN THE BUDGET
. WE CREATED AND FUNDED THOSE
POSITIONS IN THE 2022 BUDGET. I
BELIEVE IT WAS TWO SENIOR
CONTRACTS AND GRANT SPECIALISTS
AND A STRATEGIC ADVISOR.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
ONE IS SPECIFIC FOR FINANCE AND
THE CAPACITY JUST TO OFFER THE
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES LIKE
MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT WITHIN
THEBUDGET TEAM AND THE OTHER
WAS DUE TO ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THERE
ARE ADMIN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS.
YES, BUT FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
>> MY QUESTION IS, WHY DOES
THIS CHART NOT SHOW HIRINGS.
>> GOT IT.
HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
POSITIONS, THE EIGHT THAT WERE
SPECIFIC TO THE FINANCE
IMPROVEMENT.
>> YOU'RE GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IN THE
WINGS, YOU MAY HAVE THOROUGHLY
EXPLAINED IT, AND IT MAY HAVE
JUST GONE OVER MY HEAD, BUT CAN
YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A STRATEGY
FOR THE CCMS APPLICATION?
>> SO I'M LOOKING TO MY
COLLEAGUE, JOE KASPERSKI TO
GIVE A BRIEF RESPONSE.
JOE.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER.
YES, WHEN WE LOOKED A AT
ADOPTING THE CCMS, WHICH IS OUR
CONTRACTING SYSTEM, WE MIRROR
THAT TO THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE
CONTRACT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LEGACY
SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW
SYSTEM, IT WOULD BE MORE OF A
SEAMLESS APPROACH, IF WE START
ADOPTING IT, WE'RE STARTING TO
GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS NOW.
BUT WITH THE DIVISION OF
INSTITUTING, ADOPTING IT FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR '24 CONTRACTS,
SO WE CAN MANAGE THEM
COMPLETELY UNDER THE NEW
SYSTEM, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO
MANAGE NEW CONTRACTS.
THAT WAS ESSENTIAL THE CLEANIST
BREAK POINT.
>> SUPER HELPFUL.
THANK YOU.
AND THE REVISED ELECTRONIC
PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATION
PROCESS.
CAN YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE
ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S COMING UP.
>> DIRECTOR KIM, I'LL TAKE
THIS.
>> ONE OF THE ADOPTIONS FOR THE
EPA FORM IS WITH THE NEW
CONTRACTING SYSTEM, THERE IS A
WORKFLOW MODULE.
SO WE'RE EVALUATING AND
ADOPTING THE EPA FORM INTO THAT
WORK MODULE.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS AN EXISTING
METHOD THAT WE HAVE FOR
ESTABLISHING PURCHASE ORDERS.
SO WE'RE DELAYING THAT ALSO
I STUMBLED THROUGH THAT, SO
HOPEFULLY THAT MAKES SENSE A
BIT.
>> SOMETIMES I NEED TO HEAR IT
A COUPLE TIMES.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS IN THIS SLIDE, WE CAN
MOVE FORWARD.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO SAY IT
A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY NOW.
SO WE ARE WE IN COMPLETING OUR
FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT
OBJECTIVES.
SO HERE IS A DIFFERENT WAY OF
LOOKING AT THE ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE HAVE ACHIEVED MOST OF THE
OBJECTIVES AS OUTLINED ON THE
SLIDE.
I WON'T READ THROUGH IT, BUT
IT'S STATED A LITTLE MORE
PLAINLY HERE.
THESE ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOTABLE,
AND I DO WANT TO THANK OUR
DEDICATED TEAM AT THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT IS THE FINANCE TEAM, BUT IT
IS OUR FOLKS ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE OF GRANT
CONTRACTS TOUCH THE SPACE.
THE TEAM HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY
TO MAKE THESE SWEEPING
IMPROVEMENTS AND IT HASN'T
ALWAYS BEEN EASY, BUT PEOPLE
ARE COMMITTED AND STUCK WITH
IT, ESPECIALLY AROUND BRINGING
SOLUTIONS TO THE TABLE.
BUT THERE IS SOME REMAINING
WORK THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR.
NOTABLE IS THE STATE AT THE
STATE LEVEL WE'RE CURRENTLY,
WHERE THEY ARE CURRENTLY
REVIEWING 12 MILLION IN
BILLINGS THAT WE SUBMITTED THIS
PAST MONTH.
AND WE HAVE SOME MORE TO SUBMIT
AS WELL.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUR BOTTOM
LINE AND OUR CASH FLOW TOO.
AND WE EXPECT THAT THIS WILL BE
COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER.
WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK
WITH CITYWIDE ACCOUNTING CWA IN
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE ON
BALANCING PRIOR YEAR ACCOUNTS.
I HAD MENTIONED THAT WE'RE
GOING YEARS BACK.
AND THIS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY
OCTOBER.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'RE DOING ALL THIS GREAT
WORK, AND I JUST WANTED TO
OUTLINE SOME OF THE IMPACTS,
THE POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT ARE
OCCURRING AS A RESULT.
SO WE'RE STREAMLINING PROCESSES
TO MAKE PAYMENTS WITHIN 30 DAYS
OF AGENCY INVOICE THAT WERE, AS
I MENTIONED, WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT, SO WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP UNDERSCORING IT IS BILLING
TO FEDERAL, STATE, AND GRANTING
AGENCIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE
TIMELY, AND AUDIBLE.
AND THEN WORKFORCE IS SIZED
APPROPRIATELY WITH DEFINED
ROLES FOR ALL POSITIONS WITH A
SEPARATION BETWEEN FUNDING
ACCEPTANCE AND PAYMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT, AND
JUST KIND OF SIMPLY STATED.
REMAINING ACTIONS, NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
NOT A ONE AND DONE.
WE'RE REMAINING FOCUSED AS A
DEPARTMENT, NOT ONLY ON THE
REMAINS, BUT THE MAINTENANCE OF
THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE
EVALUATING, AS I HAD MENTIONED,
THE DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY FOR
GENERAL OVERHEAD COSTS, AND
THIS IS DEFINITELY MORE OF OUR
CFO AND DIRECTOR DINGL Y'S
SMART TEAM TO UNDERSTAND HOW
OVERHEAD IS DETERMINED.
BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
THESE ARE PREDICTABLE, AND
SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT PER
SUGGESTION, WE'RE GOING TO BE
FINALIZING OUR CASH FORECASTING
APPROACH, WHICH IS IMPORTANT AS
WELL, AND THEN IMPLEMENTING
THAT CITYWIDE CONTRACTING
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SO SOME LARGE PROJECTS TO COME
AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE DO HAVE TIME FOR SOME
QUESTIONS, BUT I DO WANT TO, AS
THE ACTING DIRECTOR THANK CWO,
CMA, ABM AND THE FINANCE TEAM
AT HSD.
IT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLIFIED
PRESENTATION, BUT THERE'S SO
MUCH SWEAT AND TEARS BEHIND
THIS WORK.
FOLKS REALLY LEANED IN TO
ENSURE THAT HSD IS SET UP FOR
SUCCESS MOVING FORWARD, AND
THESE LONG STANDING ISSUES ARE
NOT GOING TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT.
AND FOLKS DID THIS ACROSS ALL
THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND
OFFICES WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR
DAY-TO-DAY WORK.
AND SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THIS WAS LABOR INTENSIVE,
AND FOLKS REALLY LEANED INTO
THIS SPACE.
I ALSO NEED TO THANK CFO JOE
KASPERSKI FOR HIS LEADERSHIP
THROUGHOUT NOT ONLY THIS, BUT
MANAGING COVID AND WITH THE
DOLLARS PRESCRIBED.
WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY MAIN QUESTIONS WERE ASKED
DURING THE PRESENTATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO COME AND SHARE
WITH US ALL THIS GOOD WORK.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WORK IS
CHALLENGING.
AND IT'S CHALLENGING AT A VERY
CHALLENGING TIME.
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY AT HSD AND
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE FOR
PULLING TOGETHER AND
IDENTIFYING ACTIONS, AND
CREATING A TIMELINE FOR
ACCOMPLISHING THOSE ACTIONS,
AND HOLDING YOURSELF
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE REMAINING
CORRECTIVE ACTIONS YET TO COME.
KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL BE
AN ALLY AND SUPPORTIVE OF YOUR
EFFORTS, AND DIRECTOR KIM, IT
WAS WONDERFUL TO HEAR.
DR. DINGLY SAY THAT HE BELIEVES
YOU'RE THE PERSON FOR THIS TIME
AND THIS PARTICULAR JOB.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CFO
KASPERSKI FOR COMING IN, AND
ROLLING UP HIS SLEEVES, AND
LENDING A HAND IN LEADERSHIP
AND DIRECTION TO DO THIS WORK.
AND I KNOW THAT THE FOLKS WHO
WILL MOST BENEFIT ARE THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE THAT OUR
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SAFETY.
SO AGAIN, I REALLY AM GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE
THE WORK AS WELL AS DO THE
WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ IN
AGENDA ITEM 14.
>> COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM 14,
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
STAFFING UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE'RE
úJOINED BY GREG DOSS OF CENTRAL
STAFF FOR THE FIRST QUARTER
UPDATE ON SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT STAFFING, FINANCING,
RESPONSE TIMES, AND STAFFING
UPDATES.
AS BACKGROUND, YOU MAY RECALL
THAT THE COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED
QUARTERLY UPDATES ON EACH OF
THESE AREAS OF DATA.
AGAIN STAFFING, FINANCES,
RESPONSE TIMES, AND STAFFING
UPDATES.
THIS ITEM WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A
DISCUSSION AND HOPEFULLY A VOTE
OF THE SPD INCENTIVES BILL, AND
THE MAYOR'S STAFFING AND
RETENSION PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER
TO YOU, GREG, TO PROCEED WITH
YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> MADAM CHAIR, SORRY TO
INTERRUPT.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR
BEING LATE.
I AM ON.
SORRY I HAVE NOT MADE ROLL
CALL.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME
KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
GREG DOSS, COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF AS YOU MENTIONED HERE TO
PRESENT SPD'S QUARTERLY REPORT
ON STAFFING, FINANCES, AND
RESPONSE TIMES PER SLIDE
SPD001, AND I AM HONORED TO BE
HERE WITH THE CHIEF AND COO
BRIAN MAXEY, AND THE BUDGET
DIRECTER WHOM I WORK CLOSELY
WITH, ANGELA SOCCI.
I COULDN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT
THEM AND THEIR DEEP INVOLVEMENT
IN MANAGING THE AGENCY, AND
KEEPING IT ON TRACK.
I WANT TO THANK THEM RIGHT UP
FRONT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE
MY SCREEN.
AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE CAN
SEE THIS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CHIEF.
CHIEF, CAN YOU NOD IF YOU CAN
SEE THIS.
OKAY GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK FIRST ABOUT
SWORN STAFFING, THEN FINANCES,
THEN PERFORMANCE METRICS.
OKAY, TALK FIRST ABOUT
STAFFING.
UNFORTUNATLY, THE BIG STORY
HERE IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
109 SEPARATIONS IN THE FIRST
SIX MONTHS OF 2022.
THAT'S ABOUT TWICE AS MUCH AS
THE DEPARTMENT ORIGINALLY
EXPECTED, AND SIGNIFICANTLY
MORE THAN THE COUNCIL EXPECTED,
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE,
THE COUNCIL HAD EXPECTED AND
PROJECTED ABOUT 125.
SPD HAD THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE
ABOUT 94.
AND THAT WAS FOR THE WHOLE
YEAR.
AND SPD HAS ALREADY REACHED 109
JUST IN 6 MONTHS.
SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A RATHER
DOWN MILESTONE.
IN TERMS OF HIRES, ALSO NOT
GREAT.
ONLY 30 SO FAR IN THE FIRST SIX
MONTHS.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, SPD HAS
REVISED BOTH ITS HIRING
PROJECTIONS AND SEPARATION
PROJECTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE BELOW, OR ACTUALLY
TO THE RIGHT, THE ORIGINAL
PROJECTIONS FOR SPD AT 125
HIRES.
THAT'S BEEN REVISED 84.
THE ORIGINAL SEPARATION
PROJECTION WAS 94, AND THAT'S
BEEN REVISED TO 4á8.
SO WHAT THIS CHART SHOWS US IS
HOW THAT WILL PAN OUT AT THE
END OF THE YEAR, WITH
DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS.
IF YOU TAKE THOSE PROJECTIONS
OUT THROUGH THE END OF THE
YEAR, YOU'LL FIND THERE WILL BE
1,062 FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS IN
THE DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF
THE YEAR, AND THERE WILL BE 962
DEPLOYABLE OFFICERS AT THE END
OF THE YEAR.
SO ONE THING, I GUESS YOU WOULD
POINT OUT IS THE REASON THAT
THE DEPLOYABLE OFFICE NUMBER IS
NOT, IS ACTUALLY, IT'S GOING UP
A LITTLE BIT, AS YOU SEE, IS
BECAUSE OF A POSITIVE TREND IN
SPD, AND THAT IS THAT THE
NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE OUT ON
EXTENDED LEAVE IS GOING DOWN.
AT THE BEGINNING.
YEAR, THERE WERE 170 OFFICERS
OUT ON EXTENDED LEAVE.
THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO 109.
SO THAT'S MAKING MORE OFFICERS
AVAILABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT, AND
THAT'S BRINGING UP THAT
DEPLOYABLE NUMBER.
HOWEVER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE
FULLY TRAINED OFFICERS, THAT
NUMBER IS OBVIOUSLY, IS
OBVIOUSLY GOING DOWN.
THAT NUMBER GOING DOWN TO
1,062, AND IT WAS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
OBVIOUSLY MUCH HIGHER.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,
IT WAS CLOSER TO 1,121.
>> GREG, MY RECOLLECTION OF THE
SORT OF TYPICAL NUMBER OF
OFFICERS OUT ON LEAVE IS THAT
THIS IS STILL HIGHER THAN WHAT
WE WOULD CONSIDER SORT OF THE
NATURAL STATE OF THINGS.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER, NORMALLY,
IT'S AROUND 70?
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S TRUE.
>> AND THAT'S OF A MUCH LARGER
FORCE THIS PAST YEARS.
>> YEAH, I THINK IF YOU GO WAY
BACK.
LIKE 7 OR 10 YEARS, YOU SEE 30
OR 40.
AND THEN IF YOU GO BACK, OH,
SAY FIVE YEARS, YOU SEE MORE
THAT NUMBER.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT 70.
AND YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE
MORE AS THE CITY PUT IN
CHILDCARE LEAVES, THINGS LIKE
THAT.
BUT OBVIOUSLY 170 WAS A LARGE
NUMBER, AND IT'S A GOOD THING
THAT IT'S GETTING DOWN TO 109.
>> IT'S TRENDING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FOR SURE.
úI THOUGHT YOU WERE HERE FOR TH
NEXT ITEM, BUT I'M SO GLAD THAT
YOU ARE HERE. I
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN
YOUR WORK, AND IT'S GREAT THAT
YOU ARE HERE FOR THIS ITEM,
BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE A
QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT BE BEST
SUITED TO ANSWER.
OF THE 30 HIRES THAT WE'VE SEEN
SO FAR, BALLPARK, HOW MANY
APPLICATIONS, RESULTS IN 30
HIRES, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW THE
NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO PASSED
THE EXAM GETS WHITTLED DOWN?
>> NO, THAT I ACTUALLY CAN'T
SPEAK TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY TOOK THE
TEST.
I NOTICED WE'RE CONSIDERABLY
DOWN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
TYPICALLY, IF WE HIRE 30
PEOPLE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE TIMES
MORE PEOPLE APPLYING FOR THE
JOB THAN WE HAVE THE ACTUAL
HIRE.
SO I JUST DON'T KNOW THE EXACT
NUMBER.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
FOUR OR FIVE TIMES AS MANY
PEOPLE APPLYING THAN HIRING, I
THINK IS A GOOD SENSE OF THE
SCALE.
APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I'M SORRY, ANYTHING ELSE
MADAM CHAIR?
>> I WAS SAYING WE COULD MOVE
ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO ALL OF THE MEASURES YOU SEE
HERE, ANNUAL FT, FULLY TRAINED
OFFICERS AND DEPLOYABLE
OFFICERS ARE DOWN FROM THE 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE BIG
PICTURE TOO IN TERMS OF HIRING,
AND SEPARATIONS.
THE BIG PICTURE FOR SPD IS THAT
SINCE 2020, JANUARY OF 2020,
THERE IS A NET SEPARATION OR A
NET LOSS OF 304 OFFICERS.
AND SO THAT BIG PICTURE IS A
TOTAL OF 466 SEPARATIONS, LESS
162 HIRES.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE BIG
PICTURE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND
A HALF.
AND THEN THIS PICTURE HERE IS
OBVIOUSLY JUST IN THE YEAR OF
2022.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A BIG
PORTION OF SEPARATIONS HERE.
WHEN LOOKING JUST AT THIS YEAR,
AND JUST AT THIS ADOPTED
BUDGET, THESE SEPARATIONS WILL
TRANSLATE INTO A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF SALARY SAVINGS.
THE AMOUNT OF SALARY SAVINGS WE
CAN EXPECT TO SEE THIS YEAR
WILL BE ABOUT $8.6 MILLION.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS, HAS A PLAN TO
SPEND, AND AS WE GET FURTHER
INTO THE FINANCIAL
PRESENTATIONS, YOU'LL SEE WHAT
THAT PLAN IS.
AND PART OF THAT PLAN IS GOING
TO INCLUDE THE BILL THAT IS UP
NEXT, THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED
FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENSION.
THAT BILL WILL COST
APPROXIMATELY $1.8 BILLION, AND
WILL INCLUDE IN 2022 FOR
RECRUITMENT BONUSES.
SO SOME OF THE SALARY WILL GO
TOWARDS THE RECRUITMENT
BONUSES.
QUESTIONS HERE?
PRECINCT STAFFING IS PRETTY
SIMILAR TO WHERE IT WAS BEFORE.
I PROVIDED THIS IN THE
PRESENTATION FOR PRECINCT, SO
THAT YOU COULD LOOK IT UP.
THE BIGGER PICTURE IS ON THIS
SLIDE.
BASICALLY SHOWS THAT THERE'S
ABOUT SIX OFFICERS DIFFERENT IN
PATROL.
NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE, ABOUT
NINE OFFICERS DIFFERENCE IN 911
RESPONSE.
SORT OF SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE
CITY.
NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE.
BUT STILL, STILL COMING DOWN.
MOVE INTO ACCOUNT MONITORING,
OUR FINANCES.
THE BIG PICTURE HERE IS THAT,
WELL, START BACK OUT, AND SAY
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
IS THE LARGEST EXPENDITURES.
THESE WILL THE BIG THREE.
SALARY, AND BENEFITS, OVERTIME,
AND ALLOCATED COST.
JUST TO GIVE THE GENERAL
INTRODUCTION THAT I ALWAYS
GIVE, THIS IS 95% OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET.
SO A LOT OF FOLKS TALK ABOUT
WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY DOING
WITH $350 MILLION?
THESE THREE THINGS PRIMARILY
ARE WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH
$350 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE GOT TWO
PIE CHARTS HERE.
ONE FROM 2022, AND ONE FROM
2021.
EACH REPRESENTING THE FIRST SIX
MONTHS OF THE PERIOD.
AND THIS SHOWS HOW THE
DEPARTMENT SPENT IN THOSE THREE
CATEGORIES.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
PERCENTAGE IN THESE THREE
CATEGORIES IS THAT THE OVERTIME
SPENDING THIS YEAR IS HIGHER
THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.
THAT IS A FUNCTION OF REALLY
THE TRADE OFF BETWEEN STAFFING
HOURS AND OVERTIME HOURS.
THE ALLOCATED COSTS IS MORE OF
A FUNCTION OF THE MATH HERE.
BUT AS WE GET INTO, AS WE GET
INTO THE OVERTIME, YOU'LL BEGIN
TO UNDERSTAND THAT RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN OVERTIME AND SALARY,
AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS
NEEDING TO USE THE OVERTIME TO
BACK FILL FOR OFFICER LOSS.
BUT I'LL POINT IT OUT THAT YOU
CAN SEE IT HERE.
ALSO, WORTH POINTING OUT IS
JUST THE DEPARTMENT IS SPENDING
LESS MONEY.
159MILLION, VERSUS $167 MILLION
LAST YEAR.
SO IN LOOKING AT THOSE BIG
THREE EXPENSES AND HOW THEY'RE
COMPARING AGAINST BUDGET.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SALARY AND
BENEFITS, THE FIRST THING TO
NOTE IS THAT THIS IS NOT
EXACTLY THROUGH 50% OF THE YEAR
USING PAYROLL DATA THAT'S ONLY
THROUGH JUNE 21st.
SO WE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO SEE
EXACTLY 50% OF THE SALARY
BUDGET SPENT.
WE EXPECT TO SEE 48.
BUT YOU CAN SEE 46.
OF COURSE THIS IS BECAUSE OF
THE INCREASED SEPARATIONS THAT
WE'RE SEEING.
WHY NOT MORE?
A LOT OF THOSE SEPARATIONS,
THOSE 109 SEPARATIONS HAVE COME
IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
28 OFFICERS LEFT IN JUNE, AND
DOUBLE-DIGIT OFFICERS, I CAN'T
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHY LEFT IN
MAY.
BECAUSE THOSE OFFICERS JUST
LEFT IN MAY AND JUNE, THE
SALARY SAVINGS HAVEN'T ACCRUED
YET, BUT IT WILL ACCRUE THROUGH
THE REST OF THE YEAR AND THAT
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT $8.6
MILLION.
IN TERMS OF OVERTIME SPENDING,
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN ABSOLUTE
DOLLARS AND IN TERMS OF THE
BUDGET, IT'S UP.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THROUGH JUNE
21st, IT'S AT 53%.
IF YOU WERE TO CARRY THIS OUT
THROUGH JUNE 30th, I KNOW THAT
THERE'S ONLY LIKE, YOU KNOW,
ANOTHER NINE DAYS.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO CARRY IT
OUT, IT WOULD BE AT 57%.
AND THAT IS WAY, WAY TOO HIGH.
THIS IS A SEASONAL EXPENDITURE
AND MOST OF THESE EXPENDITURES
ARE GOING TO COME IN THE SUMMER
MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST AND
SEPTEMBER.
TO HAVE 57 EXPENDITURED THROUGH
JUNE IS JUST WAY TOO HIGH.
YEAH.
>> WE GET A SPECIFIC OVERTIME
REPORT, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YEAH.
>> IS IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE A
DEEPER DIVE?
OR MAYBE THIS IS COVERED IN THE
PRESENTATION BUT A DEEPER DIVE
ON THE USES OF OVERTIME AND
WHAT PROPORTION IS FOR EVENTS,
WHAT PROPORTION IS FOR EMPHASIS
PATROLS.
WHAT PROPORTION IS TO AUGMENT
911 RESPONSE.
>> AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN
JUST A MINUTE.
AND A MORE DETAILED DIVE IS
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THE
DEPARTMENT KEEPS THAT DATA, BUT
A HIGH LEVEL, I'LL PRESENT THAT
TO YOU IN A MINUTE.
THE LAST POINT I'D MAKE ON
THIS, IS THAT LAST YEAR, THE
DEPARTMENT DIDN'T HAVE QUITE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR OVERTIME,
ESPECIALLY RELATED TO EVENTS.
SO THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTED
MORE MONEY AND GOT INFORMATION
FOR EVENTS AND USED IT.
THIS YEAR THEY HAVE ABOUT 1
MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
AND OBVIOUSLY IN BUDGET
AUTHORITY, THAT'S NOT GOING TO
BE ENOUGH, GIVEN THE CURRENT
SPENDING.
SO THE CURRENT SPENDING, WE'LL
SEE HERE IN A MINUTE.
THEY'RE ESTIMATED TO GO ABOUT 2
TO $3 MILLION OVER BUDGET FOR
OVERTIME.
SO GOING INTO SOME.
SMALLER CATEGORIES HERE, AND
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH
TIME ON THIS, BUT THE BIG
CHANGE HERE IS THAT, AND JUST,
AGAIN, REALLY QUICK OVERVIEW.
5% OF EXPENDITURES.
A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.
OVERALL DOWN AGAIN.
A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.
$8.5MILLION, COMPARED TO 9.6
LAST YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE RATIO OF
SPENDING, UP MUCH MORE THAN
SERVICES OR CONSULTANTS.
THAT HAS TO DO WITH EXPENDITURE
SAVINGS THAT THE COUNCIL MADE
THIS YEAR AND THE MAYOR
PROPOSED IN THE 2022 ADOPTED
BUDGET.
IN TERMS OF SHIFTING BETWEEN
LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR THE
BIGGEST CHANGE IS IN THE
SURFACE CONSULTANTS.
BECAUSE OF THAT, A LITTLE BIT
OF A CHANGE IN SEPARATION PAY
AS A PERCENTAGE, DOWN.
AGAIN, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT IS THE DATA FOR THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS.
A LOT OF THOSE SEPARATIONS CAME
AT THE VERY END OF THOSE SIX
MONTHS.
SO THE PAYOUTS FOR THOSE
OFFICERS ARE COMING LATER, LIKE
IN JULY OR AUGUST.
HAVEN'T HIT THE BOOKS YET.
>> AND I JUST WANT TO PAUSE ON
THAT POINT.
I THINK THE ASUMPTUOUS
ASUMPTUOUS IS OFTEN SALARY
SAVINGS, MEANS MORE FLEXIBILITY
IN THE CITY BUDGETING PROCESS
TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THE
COST OF SEPARATION PAY, IN THAT
EQUATION, AND SEPARATION PAY IS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PLAN
FOR.
WHEN THE REALITY ENDS UP BEING
AS HAS HAPPENED IN PRIOR
ROJECTIONS AND HOPEFULLY WILL
NOT CONTINUE, BUT IT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING THAT THE NUMBER OF
OFFICERS SEPARATING EXCEEDS
WHAT WE PROJECT.
SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY PLAN FOR
THAT IN OUR FINANCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND MAKE SURE
THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE
TO DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
SO JUST HITTING ON THIS SMALLER
EXPENDITURES IN SPD'S BUDGET,
SEPARATION PAY ALREADY OVER AT
66% OF SPENDING SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
AND AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE PAYOUTS FOR THE
OFFICERS THAT SEPARATED IN
JUNE.
SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE
A PROBLEM.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THAT A LITTLE BIT AT THE END,
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL
FINANCIAL PICTURE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SERVICES
CONSULTANT LEGAL, AND OTHER.
THE TECHNOLOGY EXPENDITURES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT DISCRETIONARY
PURCHASES AND OTHER CHARGES,
THOSE PERCENT OF BUDGET FOR THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2022 SEEM
KIND OF LOW.
BUT WHAT'S MISSING HERE IS THE
DEPARTMENT HAS INCOME
INCUMBERED ON THE PURCHASE OF
UNIFORMS AND BODY ARMOR AND
AMMUNITION.
SO THOSE CONTRACTS COME IN THE
FORM OF INCUMBERRENCES.
THEY DON'T SHOW UP IN THE
EXPENDITURES YET.
BUT IF YOU WERE TO PUT THESE IN
A THE EXPENDITURES, THEN YOU
WOULD SEE THE NUMBERS CHANGE
AND THE SERVICES AND
CONSULTANTS WOULD GO TO ABOUT
110% EXPENDED.
AND THE DISCRETIONARY PURCHASES
WOULD GO TO 86% EXPENDED.
SO I GUESS THE BIGGER STORY
HERE IS THERE'S NOT THE MONEY
HERE THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE.
IT'S LOCKED UP IN CONTRACTS AND
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE SPENT IN
2022.
IF NOT ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL MOVE
ALONG TO OVERTIME.
SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE ABOUT
SIX OR SEVEN CATEGORIES, OR SIX
CATEGORIES OF THE SMALLER
OVERTIME EXPENDITURES, AND I
PUT IT IN HOURS BECAUSE DOLLARS
FLUCTUATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR
DEPENDING ON SALARIES,
EXPENSES, BUT HOURS ARE A
CONSTANT, SO A BETTER MEASURE.
WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE RIGHT
AWAY ARE PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
ONE THAT DRAWS YOUR EYES IS ALL
THE WAY TO THE RIGHT,
MISCELLANEOUS IN Q1 OF 2022.
AND ACTUALLY, I MISLABELED
THIS.
THE CHART SAYS JAN TO JUNE
OVERTIME HOURS, AND THAT IS
CORRECT.
IT SHOULD SAY Q2, 2021, 2022
AND 2020.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
MISCELLANEOUS THAT'S EXTREMELY
HIGH.
OVER ON FIRST AVENUE, IN 2022,
IT'S 78% OF THAT CATEGORY IS
AGAIN, PIKE, PINE, SHOTS FIRED,
AND JACKSON.
ALL EMPHASIS PATROLS.
THE OTHER AREA THAT'S
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN 2022 IS
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS UP IN
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE CATEGORY.
HOMICIDE ASSAULT, ROBBERY.
EVIDENCE IS UP, AND THIS IS
DUE, EVIDENCE OVERTIME IS UP,
AND THAT'S DUE TO AN AUDIT
REPORT THAT SAID SPD NEEDED TO
DO A BETTER ORGANIZATION OF ITS
WAREHOUSE, SO IT'S BEEN
SPENDING SOME TIME ON
ORGANIZING ITS WAREHOUSE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
YOU SAID CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS IS UP.
BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DOWN FROM
2020.
AM I UNDERSTANDING WRONG?
>> NO, YOU'RE NOT.
WHEN I SAY UP, I MEAN OVER LAST
YEAR, BUT THANK YOU, YOU'RE
CORRECT.
IT IS DOWN FROM 2020.
>> CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY WE'RE CHOOSING THE
CATEGORY MISCELLANEOUS TO
DESCRIBE OVERTIME SPENDING IN
EMPHASIS PATROLS?
IT SEEMS IT WOULD BE GOOD TO
BREAK THAT OUT.
THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR
MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT EMPHASIS
SHOULD BE SUBSUMED IN THAT
CATEGORY.
>> EMPHASIS INCLUDES CHIEF
SECURITY TO THE EMPHASIS
PATROLS.
EMPHASIS PATROLS IN AND OF
ITSELF, HAS NOT HISTORICALLY
BEEN ITS OWN CATEGORY.
IF IT DID, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY
SHOW UP IN TERMS OF THE DATA
HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, ALSO WORTH NOTING
IS THAT IN 2021, IT WAS NOT
SIGNIFICANT.
BUT OUTSIDE OF, IT'S SORT OF
WHERE THE REMAINING STUFF GOES,
AND ANGELA SOCCI FROM THE
DEPARTMENT IS HERE.
SHE CAN PROBABLY TELL US WHAT
ELSE IS THERE.
BUT I REMEMBER, IT'S THE CHIEF
SECURITY AND I THINK LATE
NIGHT, OR OVERTIME USED FOR
LATE NIGHT OFFICER INTERACTIONS
AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, SORT OF
EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN THAT
CATEGORY.
>> I CAN ADD, ITS COURT EVENTS,
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES, SPORTING
EVENTS, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
SO THE ONES THAT YOU'VE ALSO
MENTIONED AS WELL.
>> AND I, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
THIS PRESENTATION, I BREAK OUT
FROM THE DATA EVENTS, AND
SPORTING EVENTS, SO THAT THE
COUNCIL CAN SEE THOSE
SEPARATELY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE
USUALLY TOPICS OF INTEREST.
>> ANGELA.
>> HI, ANGELA SOCCI, SPD BUDGET
DIRECTOR.
SO WE ORGANIZE IN THESE BUCKETS
DUE TO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
BUREAU CATEGORIES YOU'LL SEE
WITH CHIEF OF POLICE AND
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES ROLL
UP, AND ARE OR OBTAINED WITHIN
A BUREAU AND ARE OVERSEEN BY AN
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANT CHIEF OR
CHIEF.
WHEREAS MISCELLANEOUS, THAT'S
GOING TO INCLUDE ITEMS THAT ARE
DEPARTMENT WIDE, AND ROLL UP
NOT JUST TO A SINGULAR CHIEF,
BUT TO THE AGENCY AS A WHOLE.
SO WE ALLOCATE BUDGET A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENTLY FOR THOSE,
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT
HARDER TO, THEY DON'T REQUIRE A
SINGULAR PERSON TO AUTHORIZE.
INSTEAD, IT'S MUCH MORE
EXPANSIVE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THE METHODOLOGY
THAT GOES INTO HOW YOU REPORT
THE HOURS.
BUT I DO THINK WHEN WE HAVE
CENTRAL STAFF CRUNCHING THE
NUMBERS, IT MIGHT BE USUAL TO
HAVE A SEPARATE BREAKOUT FOR
EMPHASIS PATROLS, BECAUSE
THEY'RE HIGH PROFILE EXERCISES
AT THE DEPARTMENT.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED
IN THAT WORK AND HOW IT GETS
DONE.
I THINK IT WILL BE USEFUL
INFORMATION ASSUMING THAT IT'S
POSSIBLE TO BREAK THOSE NUMBERS
OUT.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
HERBOLD.
CAN SOMEONE ON THE PANEL
INDICATE WHERE ON THIS CHART
THINGS LIKE SPECIAL EVENT
STAFFING AND TRAFFIC DIRECTION
WOULD BE?
>> IT'S ON THIS NEXT ONE.
>> THAT WAS JUST MY ELEGANT
TRANSITION, ACTUALLY.
>> NICE SEGMENT TO THE NEXT
PAGE.
>> AND YES, MADAM CHAIR, AS THE
CHIEF MENTIONED, SPORTING
EVENTS, AND EVENTS INCLUDING
SEATTLE CENTER ARE TECHNICALLY
PART OF THE MISCELLANEOUS
CATEGORY.
I BREAK THESE THINGS OUT SO
THAT YOU CAN SEE THEM.
I CAN ALSO BREAK OUT THE
EMPHASIS PATROLS.
AND SO, YES.
MOVING ALONG, PATROL
OPERATIONS, EVENTS INCLUDING
SEATTLE CENTER AND SPORTING
EVENTS.
PATROL OPERATIONS, HIGH OVER
2021 AND OVER 2020.
MOST OF THIS CATEGORY, ALMOST
ALL OF THIS CATEGORY, IF YOU
LOOK AT IT, IS HOURS OF
OVERTIME THAT ARE USED FOR
STAFFING BACK FILL FOR OFFICERS
THAT CALL IN SICK, OR FOR
FILLING IN FOR 911 RESPONDERS
FOR WHAT THE DEPARTMENT FEELS
IF NEEDS TO DEPLOY TO MEET
RESPONSE TIME GOALS.
SO DUE TO THE STAFFING ISSUES
THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS, THEY
ARE ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE
SEPARATED, THEY ARE SHIFTING
WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE HOURS
THAT WOULD BE WORKED BY FOLKS
ON REGULAR TIME, ON TO FOLKS
THAT WOULD WORK OVERTIME.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE
LARGE INCREASE HERE IN PATROL
OPERATIONS HOURS.
WITH EVENTS INCLUDING SEATTLE
CENTER.
AND THIS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER
AREA WHERE THE COUNCIL MAY BE
INTERESTED IN HAVING ME DO A
LITTLE MORE WORK, EVENTS ALSO
INCLUDE DEMONSTRATIONS, AND
PROTESTS.
SO THAT'S WHY THE 2020 BAR IS
SO HIGH.
BECAUSE THAT INCLUDED THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER, AND GEORGE FLOYD
MARCHES.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
WOULD, WOULD BE BROKEN OUT TO
MAYBE BETTER REPRESENT EVENTS,
COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND LARGE
CITYWIDE EVENTS SEPARATELY, AND
DIFFERENTLY.
NOT AS MANY OF THOSE THINGS
GOING ON THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR, IT IS MOSTLY,
ACTUALLY JUST CITYWIDE EVENTS,
AND EVENTS AT CLIMATE PLEDGE
ARENA THAT ARE UP.
WHEN I SAY UP, I MEAN THERE IS
MORE OF THEM, AND THE NUMBER OF
HOURS THAT IS BEING SPEND ON
THEM IS GREATER.
JUST TO CLARIFY FROM THE LAST
TIME I DID THIS PRESENTATION,
EVENTS AT CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA
ARE 100% REIMBURSED TO THE
CITY.
IT IS THE CASE THAT, AS I
MENTIONED EARLIER, SPD ONLY HAS
ABOUT $1 MILLION MORE IN
OVERTIME BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
SO SPD IS LIKELY TO EXCEED ITS
OVERTIME BUDGET REGARDLESS OF
THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS
RECEIVING, OVER RECEIVING
REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA EVENTS.
I'M PAUSING FOR HANDS I SEE
THAT THE CHAMBER MAY NOT SEE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW,
GREG, AND POINTING OUT THAT
THIS ISN'T SO MUCH MONEY IN
STAFFING, IT'S MORE A QUESTION
OF THE ASSIGNMENT, AND
ALLOCATION OF SWORN OFFICERS
AND THE USE OF TIME OF A
LIMITED NUMBER OF SWORN
OFFICERS.
SO THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION
BETTER FOR CHIEF DIAZ.
BUT TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD THERE
BE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE
DEPARTMENT IF POLICE OFFICERS
WERE NOT SPENDING 20,000 HOURS
ON SPORTING EVENTS.
LOOKS LIKE 35,000 OR SO ON THE
EVENT STAFFING.
AND OF COURSE NOT ALL OF THE
EVENT STAFFING WOULD BE
REASSIGNABLE.
BUT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
HOURS BETWEEN THOSE CATEGORIES
THAT REPRESENT TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SERVICE HOURS FOR
A LIMITED NUMBER OF SWORN
OFFICERS THAT POTENTIALLY IS
HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE PATROL
AUGMENTATION NUMBERS, YOU KNOW,
EVERY OFFICER DOING SOMETHING
IS AN OPPORTUNITY CAUSE FOR
THAT OFFICER DOING SOMETHING
ELSE.
SO I THINK PART OF THE QUESTION
IS WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF
THE UPTICK OF SPORTING EVENTS,
TRAFFIC DIRECTION COMING OUT OF
COVID, AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO
COMPOUND, WHAT I THINK IS A
UNITED VISION AND HOW CAN WE
MAKE SOME FUNDAMENTAL CULTURAL
CHANGES, AND THE CHANGES WE'RE
MAKING ON HOW SWORN OFFICERS
SPEND THEIR TIME.
>> SO I'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WHEN IT
COMES TO A LOT OF OUR EVENTS
THAT WE ARE DRAFTS FOR A LOT OF
THE TRAFFIC AND SPECIAL EVENTS
THAT ARE GOING ON THROUGHOUT
THE CITY, IT MAKES OUR OFFICERS
TIRED, AND WE KNOW THAT IT HAS
IMPACT ALL ACROSS THE WHOLE
DEPARTMENT FROM OUR DETECTIVE
UNITS TO OUR SPECIAL
OPERATIONS, ET CETERA.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BEEN
FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON
AUGMENTATION, AND THAT IS
LITERALLY JUST TO GET UP TO
MINIMUM STAFFING LEVELS.
AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT
NOT ONLY THE PATROL
AUGMENTATION, BUT PROVIDE AREAS
LIKE AT THIRD AND JACKSON AND
CONE AND PINE, AND OTHER AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT IS A
PRIORITY FOR US, AND REALLY
TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE ENOUGH STAFFING.
WE'VE HAD TO SAY NO TO MANY
SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAVE
REQUESTED OUR ASSISTANCE, AND
IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, WE'VE
HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, BUT
WE'VE HAD TO ALSO TELL PEOPLE
NO WE CANNOT, BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE THAT LEVEL OF STAFFING, OR
WHAT IS ALSO REQUIRING US, IS
IT REQUIRES US TO LITERALLY BE
SO TIRED BECAUSE WE'RE DRAFTING
ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL.
FROM THIS POINT ON, AS WE GET
INTO, AND THERE ARE SOME LEGAL
REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO BE
INVOLVED WITH, LIKE THE
SEAHAWKS.
THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
FOR CERTAIN RADIUSES TO BE
SECURE.
WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT
HUSKIES, SEAHAWKS, MARINERS,
AND ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT
EVENTS IT DOES REQUIRE US TO
HAVE MORE OFFICERS BEING
DRAFTED.
THAT IS WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO
REDUCE THAT FOOTPRINT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START TO
LOOK AT HUSKY GAMES.
IS THERE OTHER AGENCIES THAT
ALSO CAN TAKE UP SOME OF THAT
WORK?
>> RIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT
THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING AT
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN
WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES,
THERE'S SOME TRIAGING THOUGH,
BECAUSE THE HOMELAND SECURITY
REQUIREMENTS DON'T APPLY TO
TRAFFIC DIRECTION DO THEY?
>> THEY DO HAVE SOME, BECAUSE
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL
AREAS OF BLAST RADIUS.
IF THERE WAS DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE CITY,
THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE RELATED TO
HAVING SOME LEVEL OF TRAFFIC
AROUND THE STADIUM.
>> RIGHT, BUT IT COULD BE
MITIGATED FROM THE LEVEL IT'S
CURRENTLY AT.
>> WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB
OF MITIGATING A LOT OF POSTS,
AND REDUCING THAT LEVEL OF
PERSONNEL.
BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE
THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.
>> THANK YOU CHIEF.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, DID I
SEE YOUR HAND UP?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM
CHAIR.
I JUST WANT TO REPEAT WHAT I
THINK I HEARD YOU SAY, CHIEF
DIAZ, THAT IS THAT YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ALIGNS WITH WHAT
THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN SAYING,
WHICH IS THAT WE NEED TO, IF
NOT ELIMINATE SEVERITITY, SO
THAT WE CAN REMOVE OFFICERS
FROM NEEDING TO DO THINGS LIKE
SHOWING UP AT SPORTING EVENTS
JUST TO SHAKE PEOPLE'S HANDS.
I KNOW IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL
GOOD TO BE AT THAT POSITION.
I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH WHAT
YOU SAID, REDUCING IT TO THE
BARE MINIMUM IF REQUIRED BY
HOMELAND SECURITY IS A GOOD
GOAL THAT WE CAN SHARE
TOGETHER.
THE SECOND THING IS, I'D LIKE
TO KNOW GREG, RELATED TO THE
SPORTING EVENTS, IF THERE'S
100% REIMBURSEMENTS, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE FOLLOW UP,
AND FOLLOW UP FROM THE PLEDGE
AS WELL.
I'M WONDERING FOR CLIMATE
PLEDGE ARENA, AND FOR THE TWO
STADIUMS IN SODO, IF THERE'S A
WAY FOR CONTRACTS TO BE AMENDED
SO 100% OF THE COSTS CAN BE
APROVED, SO WE CAN BAKE THAT
INTO THE CONTRACT SO THE FULL
REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY IS
PROVIDED.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD
BE STIMULATED, THEORETICALLY
AMENDED, AND ADJUSTED IN THE
CONTRACT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOR MOST OF
THE STADIUM CONTRACTS THOSE ARE
FULL REIMBURSEMENT TO THE CITY.
LIKE THE SEAHAWKS OR THE
MARINERS.
THAT IS THE CASE.
THE LESSER REIMBURSED EVENTS
ARE THE ONES THAT GO THROUGH
THE PERMIT STRUCTURE, WHERE
THEY RECEIVE THESE SERVICES
THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
THEY'RE PAYING A FIXED AMOUNT
FOR POLICE SERVICES THAT IS
LESS THAN THE FULL COST.
BUT FOR THE SPORTS CONTRACTS,
THEY ARE AT FULL COST.
>> INCLUDING IF AN OFFICER IS
DEPLOYING ON OVERTIME.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I HEARD
YOU SAY THAT THE COSTS WERE UP
FOR OVERTIME PERSONNEL THAT
WERE DEPLOYED, AND THAT PERHAPS
WE SAW AN INCREASE IN THE
AMOUNT THAT THE CITY HAD TO
PAY, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE OVERTIME
COSTS.
>> THE CITY IS BEING REIMBURSED
FOR THE OVERTIME COSTS.
IN THE CASE OF CLIMATE [
INAUDIBLE ] THE CITIZENS
RECEIVING REVENUE FOR THE
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA OVERTIME
THAT SPD HAS WORKED, HOWEVER [
INAUDIBLE ] BUT THE WAS ONLY
JUST ABOUT $1 MILLION OVER LAST
YEAR.
SO IN TERMS OF ITS AUTHORITY [
INAUDIBLE ] A MILLION DOLLARS
OF NEW AUTHORITY, BUT HAS A LOT
MORE [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT IT'S
HAVING TO MAKE ON EVENTS AND
IMPLEMENTATION.
SO [ INAUDIBLE ] THE CITY IS
RECEIVING THE MONEY, BUT SPD
DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUDGET.
>> THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FOLLOW-
UP TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL.
WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING, GREG IS
FOR THOSE PARTICULAR CONTRACTS
WHERE THERE'S A 100%
REIMBURSABLE OBLIGATION FOR SPD
RESOURCES THAT THE CITY IS
TAKING IN MORE REVENUE THAN THE
DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO
SPEND.
>> YEAH, SO FOR EXAMPLE.
THE KRAKEN EVENTS HAVE TOTALED
ABOUT $615,000 SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
AND THAT'S JUST THE KRAKEN
EVENTS.
THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE
CONCERTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT
CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA.
SO AS I'VE SAID, SPD ONLY HAS
$1 MILLION MORE IN BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
SO JUST WITH THE KRAKEN EVENTS,
YOU'RE ALREADY AT 60% OF THE
NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY THAT SPD
HAS THIS YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S THE
DISCONNECT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW, COULD BE EXPLORED FURTHER
IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET SESSION
FOR 2023.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
>> SOMEONE ELSE?
>> THANK YOU.
SO I THINK I JUST UNDERSTAND
YOU HAVE SAID THAT IF WE KEEP
USING OVERTIME AS WE HAVE SO
FAR, WE'RE LIKELY TO BE TWO TO
THREE MILLION DOLLARS
OVERBUDGET IN GENERAL.
I NEED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER IS
OVERTIME ONLY ALLOCATED BY
CERTAIN, BY PATROL, BY EVENTS,
BY SPORTING EVENTS?
OR DOES IT ALL GO INTO THE SAME
POT TO BE USED?
YOU JUST SAID THAT THERE IS A
MILLION NEW DOLLARS IN BUDGET
AUTHORITY.
BUT IN YOUR MEMO DATED AUGUST
4th, I BELIEVE, YES, WHICH IS
SPD BUDGET UPDATE, AUGUST 4th,
WHICH IS ATTACHED TO YOUR
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO FOR YOUR
NEXT ITEM.
YOU NOTE THAT IN THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET THERE WAS
$6.4 MILLION FOR OVERTIME AND
COUNCIL CUT THAT BY HALF,
LEAVING $3.2 MILLION IN
OVERTIME.
SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT WAS
WHERE THE BUDGET, THAT COULD
BE, DOES THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO
DO WITH HOW WE'RE DOING NOW,
AND HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE
1 MILLION ADDITIONAL DOLLARS
THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED?
>> SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE
MENTIONING ARE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT'S MEMO THAT'S
ATTACHED TO MY MEMO.
ANGELA SAID SHE WROTE THAT
MEMO.
THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE
MENTIONING THE 6.4 MILLION,
THAT WAS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT SPD THOUGHT IT WOULD NEED
MORE.
THAT WAS INCREMENTAL.
THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL MOMENT
THAT SPD REQUESTED THAT IT
WOULD NEED TO ADD TO ITS
OVERTIME BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
AND THAT WAS THE REQUEST THAT
SPD MADE FOR OVERTIME IN MORE
DOLLARS FOR THIS YEAR, AND THE
COUNCIL DID NOT ADD THAT MUCH.
AND ACTUALLY SINCE IT'S
ANGELA'S MEMO, I'M GOING TO LET
HER EXPLAIN THAT.
I SEE HER POP ON THE SCREEN.
IF THAT'S THE CHANGE.
>> SURE.
THANKS, GUYS.
SO THE $6.4 MILLION REQUEST IN
THE TO 2022 PROPOSED BUDGET WAS
THE RESTORATION OF OVERTIME
BUDGET THAT WAS CUT IN
CONNECTION WITH THE COVID
REVENUE ISSUES AND JUST
ANTICIPATION OF A LESSER NEED
FOR SPD TO WORK EVENTS FOR THE
PANDEMIC.
>> WE KNOW IN BOTH 2022, AND
2021 MOST EVENTS WERE CANCELED,
AND WE WEREN'T GOING TO NEED
THAT OVERTIME BUDGET.
FOR 2022, WE KNEW THERE WAS
GOING TO BE THE RETURN OF
EVENTS, AN INCREASING NEED FOR
OVERTIME OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR.
MAYBE NOT ALL EVENTS WOULD BE
RESTORED, BUT AT LEAST SOME,
AND THEN BASED ON OUR STAFFING
LEVELS, THERE WERE GOING TO BE
SOME LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH WE
COULD ACTUALLY WORK.
THE RESTORATION ACCOUNTED FOR
THE KRAKEN.
SO HAD WE HAD THAT $6.4 MILLION
BEEN RESTORED, WE COULD LIKELY
ABSORB THAT $615 MILLION
EXPENSE WITHOUT THE FULL
RESTORATION OF THE BUDGET, IT
DID CREATE, ESSENTIALLY A $3.2
MILLION GAP INTO WHAT WE WERE
PROJECTING FOR THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEP, THANK YOU.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
>> MADAM CHAIR.
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I'M STRUGGLING TO RECONCILE
THESE NUMBERS, AND I DO
APPRECIATE ANGELA, THE HONEST
ANSWER YOU GAVE TO REALLY SET
THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE
WHY OVERTIME WAS SO MUCH LOWER
IN 2021, AND 2022, WITH THE
ANTICIPATION THAT IT WAS GOING
TO RAMP BACK UP.
OBVIOUSLY, THE KRAKEN INCREASED
IT.
THERE WAS A TON OF OVERTIME
THAT GREG USED IN 2020 THAT WAS
FOR, I THINK OVERPOLICING OF
THE RESPONSE TO GEORGE FLOYD'S
MURDER, OVER-POLICING TO THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST.
THAT SAID, RELATED TO THE
SPORTING EVENTS WE DID KNOW
2021, WE DID ANTICIPATE FEWER
SPORTING EVENTS.
I COULD USE SOME LEG, GREG,
BECAUSE MY NOTES SAY WHILE
THERE WAS A $6.4 MILLION
REQUEST, WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL
DID WAS WE ADDED $4.6 MILLION
IN OVERTIME, BRINGING THE TOTAL
FOR OVERTIME TO $26.4 MILLION.
IS THAT YOUR RECOLLECTION IN
TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
DOLLARS THAT WENT INTO
OVERTIME?
IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS A
LOT REQUEST.
WHAT THE REQUESTED ADDITIONAL,
VERSUS THE ADDED ADDITIONAL OF
$4.6 MILLION WAS.
>> SO IF YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE
NUMBER 9, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT
I HAVE PUT IN THE AMOUNT OF
BUDGET THAT SPD HAS FOR
OVERTIME.
THE 2022 OVERTIME BUDGET IS
26.4 MILLION.
>> OKAY, THAT'S THE NUMBER I
HAD TOO.
>> SO THAT'S THE POINT THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
SPD HAD REQUESTED MORE THAN
THAT $26.4 MILLION.
ANGELA HAD TALKED ABOUT A
RESTORATION OF BUDGET THAT SPD
HAD HAD PRIOR TO COVID.
PRIOR TO COVID, SPD HAD A MUCH
HIGHER BUDGET, AND THAT BUDGET
GOT CUT DOWN BECAUSE OF EVENTS
THAT WENT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF
COVID.
AS THAT BUDGET WAS CUT DOWN,
YOU CAN SEE IN 2021, THE
ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS CUT DOWN TO
$21.8 MILLION.
AS EVENTS STARTED TO COME BACK,
THE COUNCIL HAD TO ADD A BIT
MORE MONEY.
THEY ADDED MONEY LAST YEAR UP
TO 25.4.
SO THE EXECUTIVE HAD THOUGHT
EVENTS WERE GOING TO COME BACK
AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE.
SO THEY REQUESTED MORE THAN
$26.4 MILLION LAST YEAR.
AND THE COUNCIL SAID NO.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET 26-
POINT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
MORE THAN 26.4 MILLION, YOU'RE
ONLY GOING TO GET $26.4
MILLION.
SO SHE PROVIDED $26.4 MILLION.
THE EXECUTIVE WOULD HAVE HAD
MORE THAN 26.4 MILLION.
IS THAT HELPFUL?
>> YEAH, AND I THINK IT NOTES
THAT WE STILL MOVED FORWARD
WITH AN INCREASE OVER 4.6
MILLION, TO BRING THE TOTAL UP
TO 26.4 IN THE FINAL BUDGET
THAT WAS PASSED.
>> YEAH, IF YOU LOOK JUST AT
LAST YEAR, LAST YEAR ORIGINALLY
WAS 21.8 MILLION.
THEN THE COUNCIL HAD TO ADD
MONEY TO MAKE IT WHOLE.
SPD WHOLE TO 25.4 AT THE END OF
THE YEAR.
THEN THE QUESTION WAS WELL HOW
MUCH DO THEY NEED TO ADD THIS
YEAR FOR 2022?
THE END, THE COUNCIL DECIDED
THAT THEY NEEDED TO ADD ABOUT
$1 MILLION TO THE TOTAL OF
26.4.
THAT AS I SAID, THE EXECUTIVE
HAD ASKED FOR A LOT MORE THAN
THAT.
>> I THINK THAT MAKES THINGS
PRETTY CLEAR.
>> I STILL HAVE A QUESTION
THOUGH.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> BACK TO MY QUESTION, IS THE
OVERTIME ALLOCATED BY
SUBCATEGORY SPORTING EVENTS,
PATROLS, ET CETERA?
>> IT IS ALLOCATED THAT WAY,
WELL, LET ME BE CLEAR, NO.
IT IS NOT.
SPD RECEIVES APPROPRIATIONS AT
THE BUREAU LEVEL.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,
IT'S APPROPRIATION IS, IT IS
NOT AT THE LEVELS THAT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT.
EVENTS, IT IS NOT MANAGED AT
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS EVENTS.
THOSE KINDS MUCH CATEGORIES
THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S NOT APPROPRIATED BY THE
COUNCIL AT THOSE LEVELS.
SPD MANAGES IT SO THEY CAN DO
THE BEST THEY CAN TO MANAGE TO
THEIR BOTTOM LINE BUT THE
COUNCIL DOES NOT APPROPRIATE AT
THOSE LEVELS.
>> SO THIS FOCUS ON SPORTING
EVENTS IS BASICALLY 78% IS ON
EMPHASIS PATROL.
AND SO A LOT OF THE
MISCELLANEOUS IS FOR EVENTS, ET
CETERA, WHICH IS BROKEN OUT ON
THE FOLLOWING PAGE.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE
MORE EVENTS THAN ANTICIPATED,
THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTING FOR THE
BUDGET SHORT FALL.
THE BUDGET SHORT FALL AND
OVERTIME SPREAD POUT OVER ALL
OF THESE CATEGORIES IN HOW
OVERTIME IS USED IS 3.2.
SO THERE'S SPORTING EVENTS, AND
GENERAL EVENTS, INCLUDING THE
SEATTLE CENTER EVENTS.
>> I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING A THE
SMALL, ON THE FAR RIDE, BUT
ALSO THE MIDDLE COLUMN.
>> BUT IN ANY EVENT, I THINK
THE COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN
HAVING THE DEPARTMENT DO LESS
OVERTIME WITH EVENTS IS NOT
ABOUT THE BUDGET IMPACTS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO SAY HERE PUBLICLY THAT OUR
INTEREST IN HAVING FOLKS WHO
ARE NOT SWORN OFFICERS, STAFF
EVENTS TO THE GREATEST LEVEL
POSSIBLE IS ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING THE OVERTIME
HOURS TO DEVOTE TO THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT MISSION THAT ONLY
POLICE OFFICERS --
>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND PREVIOUS TO THIS
CONVERSATION ABOUT EVENTS, I'M
NOT GETTING AT, I'M NOT
QUESTIONING THE VALUE OF WHAT
YOU JUST SAID.
BUT UNTIL WE BRING STAFFING UP,
IT'S LIKELY THAT WE'LL HAVE
MORE OVERTIME.
SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THAT'S
WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION
TO.
>> AGREE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN WE GO BACK TO THE OVERTIME
SLIDE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S LINE OF
QUESTIONING IS A GOOD SEGMENT
TO THIS.
CLEARLY, THE BIGGEST CATEGORY
THAT WE'RE FACING THIS YEAR IS
OVERTIME TO AUGMENT PATROL
OPERATIONS.
PART OF MY QUESTION TO CHIEF
DIAZ IS, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY
DEPARTMENT THAT ARE FACING
THESE CHALLENGES AROUND
AUGMENTING PATROL, DUE TO A
HIGH RATE OF ATTRITIONAL LOSS
OF OFFICERS.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HAVE MOVED TO DEVELOP
CIVILIAN BASED RESPONSE EFFORT
SIMILAR TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CAPABLE OF
MITIGATING THE IMPACTS ON
PATROL.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK WHAT
COMPONENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
STRATEGIC PLAN GOING FORWARD TO
REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES AND
MITIGATE THE OVERTIME IMPACTS
OF PATROL OPERATIONS IS GOING
TO BE INVESTED IN PARTNERING
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO STAND
UP THOSE ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES
TO IMPACT THIS BOTTOM LINE IN A
BENEFICIAL WAY.
SO FIRST, I THINK WE'VE
DEVELOPED A RISK MATRIX TO
ASSESS CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AND THE RISK IF AN ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE WAS TO RESPOND TO WHAT
THAT RISK MIGHT BE, WE'VE BEEN
COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PARTNERS.
WE'VE ALSO SET UP OUR MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BRINGING
IN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
TO WORK WITH OUR OFFICERS AS
WELL.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THE
CITY IN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE,
SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED.
I BELIEVE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS
ALSO EXPLORING WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE AS THEY DEVELOP A PUBLIC
SAFETY PLAN.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH
THEM ON THAT PUBLIC SAFETY
PLAN.
I THINK FOR US, SOME OF THESE
PROGRAMS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD
POTENTIALLY RESPOND TO SAY
DEALING WITH PEOPLE IN CRISIS,
RIGHT NOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE
TO SET THEM UP AND BE
OPERATIONAL ISN'T HAPPENING
ANYTIME SOON, OR ISN'T
SOMETHING RIGHT NOW WITHIN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO THIS
IS WHERE OUR OFFICERS ARE
REALLY HAVING TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO REDUCE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS AND BEING ABLE TO
CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
WE'RE SUPPORTIVE, AND BEING
ABLE TO OFFER SERVICES.
>> AND I APPRECIATE THAT
RESPONSE.
I GET I JUST WANT TO PUT AN
EMPHASIS ON THAT THIS IN
SESSION.
BECAUSE WHILE YOU CORRECTLY
STATE WE DON'T HAVE THE
CAPACITY OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE
TO STAND UP THESE ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSES IN A FEW MONTHS, THAT
SORT OF PUTS THE QUESTION
FORWARD ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD
HAVE TAKEN THE ACTION OTHER
CITIES TOOK TWO YEARS AGO THAT
DO NOW HAVE THOSE KIND OF
RESPONSE SYSTEMS.
I'M NOT BLAMING THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TO BE COMPLETELY
CLEAR, BUT I THINK IT IS
HELPFUL IN THIS PUBLIC SESSION
TO HAVE THE PUBLIC SUPPORT OF
THE POLICE CHIEF TO MOVE TOWARD
THAT KIND OF RESPONSE
ALTERNATIVE MODEL THAT CAN HELP
OUR BOTTOM LINE ON PATROL, NOT
JUST IN TERMS OF MITIGATING
POTENTIAL OVERTIME COSTS GOING
FORWARD, BUT JUST THE VERY REAL
REALITY THAT THERE JUST AREN'T
ENOUGH BODIES TO RESPOND TO
SOME OF THESE CALLS.
AND INDEED, THE GROWING
EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH THAT A
LOT OF THESE CALLS ARE BEST
RESPONDED TO BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
THAT, GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF OUR
ONGOING PLANNING REGARDING THE
MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF
PATROL OPERATIONS AND
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION
ON RESPONSE TIME WHERE WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
>> OKAY, MOVING ALONG TO THE
SECTION ON RESPONSE TIMES.
TABLE ONE CITY RESPONSE TIMES
YOU CAN SEE ARE IN AVERAGE
MINUTES AND MEDIUM MINUTES.
AVERAGE IS BEING ALL OF THE
NUMBERS DIVIDED BY THEMSELVES.
MEDIAN MEANING HALF BELOW AND
HALF ABOVE.
SO YOUR AVERAGE IS GOING TO BE
DRAGGED UP BY THOSE CALLS THAT
TAKE LONGER TO RESPOND TO.
IT IS MY MEMORY THAT SPD HAS A
METHODOLOGY THAT IF AN OFFICER
FORGETS TO LOG OUT OF THE CALL,
THEY THROW THOSE OUTLIARS OUT,
BUT EXTREMELY LONG CALLS WILL
STILL SKEW THAT AVERAGE, AS
OPPOSED TO A MEDIAN, WHICH IS A
DIFFERENT MEASURE OF CENTRAL
TENDENCY.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEASURES
LOOKING DIFFERENT THERE.
SPD'S GOAL AS THEY HAVE
ACKNOWLEDGED IS THE 7 MINUTE
MEDIAN.
THAT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT
OVER THE YEARS, PROBABLY WORTH
NOTING.
THEY DID HAVE AN AVERAGE NUMBER
GOAL FOR THE POLICE PLANNING
PROJECT, AND THEN MOVED TO THE
MEDIAN TIME BECAUSE AT THE TIME
THAT THEY MOVED TO THE
MICROPOLICING PLAN, THEY BECAME
CONVINCED THAT THE MEDIAN WAS A
BETTER MEASURE.
THAT THE CALLS THAT WERE
POTENTIALLY LOGGED INTO FOR TOO
LONG WERE NOT AS GOOD OF, WE'RE
SKEWING THAT MEASURE AND THAT
MEDIAN WAS MEMBER BETTER AT THE
TIME.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR
REPRESENTATIVE DEPARTMENT, DR.
CHRIS FISHER HAD SAID.
>> GREG, YOUR BULLET THERE,
SPD'S RESPONSE TIME GOAL WAS A
SEVEN MINUTE MEDIAN TIME, THAT
IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE
PRIORITY ONE CALLS, CORRECT?
>> YES.
YES.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT PRIORITY
TWO AND PRIORITY THREE, IF YOU
BELIEVE THAT THE GOAL IS SEVEN
MINUTES FOR PRIORITY TWO AND
THREE, IT TELLS ONE STORY.
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
PRIORITY ONE CALLS AND THE
MEDIAN TIME AS COMPARED TO THE
GOAL, IT CERTAINLY TELLS
ANOTHER.
>> AND ANOTHER MEASURE, ONE I
KNOW YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY
INTERESTED IN, MADAM CHAIR IS
THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT ARE
BEING RESPONDED TO WITHIN SEVEN
MINUTES FOR THIS LAST PERIOD,
JAN TO JUNE, THAT WAS 48% OF
CALLS FOR THE PRIOR CALL
PERIOD, THAT WAS 22% OF CALLS.
AND THE CHIEF CAN CORRECT ME ON
THAT.
BUT THAT WAS A SPECIFIC HE HAD
MENTIONED.
SEEING HIM NOD, THAT'S GOOD.
THEN THE OTHER MEASURE THAT
WE'RE TRACKING NOW IS THE Z
DISPOSITION CALLS.
AS A REMINDER, THOSE ARE CALLS
THAT ARE PASSED ON FROM THE
DISPATCH CENTER FROM
DISPATCHERS TO SPD SUPERVISORS
AND LATER, IF NEED BE, DUE TO
WORK LOAD, SPD SUPERVISORS MAY
ABANDON THOSE CALLS DUE TO LOW
PRIORITY NATURE.
IF A CALL BACK HAS BEEN
REQUESTED BY THE FOLKS, THE 911
CALLERS WHO MADE THOSE CALLS,
THE SPD SUPERVISORS WILL MAKE
AN ATTEMPT TAY CALL BACK ON
THOSE.
I'M TOLD A NUMBER OF THOSE
CALLS ARE FOLKS THAT ARE
CALLING, YOU KNOW, FROM THEIR
CARS, THEY SEE AN ACCIDENT,
THEY SAY HEY I JUST WANT TO
REPORT AN ACCIDENT.
IN MANY OF THOSE INSTANCES,
THEY DON'T REQUIRE A CALL BACK.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST
REPORT WHERE WE ARE TRACKING
THE Z DISPOSITION CALLS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A HALF A
PERCENT.
755 OF THE CALLS THAT WERE
TAKEN IN THE PERIOD.
SO I'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS, AND I'M GLAD I HAVE
THE CHIEF HERE TO HELP.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CALLS
THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR Z
DISPOSITION, I THINK ARE
PRIORITY 3 AND 4 CALLS, IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> YES, LOW PRIORITY.
>> THANK YOU.
AND CHIEF DIAZ, BEFORE I HAND
IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES, I
JUST WANT TO CONFIRM WHAT YOU
AND I DISCUSSED IS THAT YOU'RE
WORKING WITH A POTENTIAL
VENDER, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE
WORKING TO CALL FOLKS BACK WHEN
THEY SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR IT,
THAT TAKES TIME AND DIVERTS
OFFICERS FROM ADDRESSING NEW
CALLS.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE
WORKING WITH A VENDER WHO WOULD
HAVE CALLS BACK TO PEOPLE WHO
AREN'T RECEIVING A QUICK
RESPONSE TO SORT OF KEEP THEM
IN THE LOOP.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
VENDER TO DO TWO THINGS.
ONE IS FOR CALLS THAT ARE
TAKING LONGER PERIODS OF TIME
FOR THEM TO RECEIVE A CALL, AND
NOTIFICATION THAT THE CALL IS
TAKE LONGER FOR US TO RESPOND,
AND EVENTUALLY TO SOMETIMES NOT
RESPOND.
THE SECOND PART OF THAT VENDOR
IS ALSO WHEN A PERSON GETS A
CASE NUMBER, AND THEIR CASE
GETS ASSIGNED TO A DETECTIVE,
WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO CALL
PEOPLE BACK AND LET THEM KNOW
THAT THEIR CASE WAS ASSIGNED TO
A DETECTIVE AND HAVE
INFORMATION.
REALLY, IT'S FOCUSED ON A
QUALITY OF SERVICE ASPECT.
THERE WILL BE TWO DIFFERENT
VARIABLES WITH THIS VENDOR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAD HIS
HAND UP FIRST.
>> OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I TRY TO GO BACK AND FORTH
WHO I CALL ON, AS OPPOSED TO
THE ORDER.
>> OKAY, SORRY.
>> IT'S EASY TO COORDINATE WHEN
WE'RE ALL CLUSTERED DOWN HERE.
HI COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
SO TO DIG INTO THIS A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
FIRST, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR
SETTING UP MY QUESTION, I'LL
ASK GREG THIS.
WOULD IT BE AN EXAMPLE OF A
TIER 3 CALL FOR A CIRCUMSTANCE
WHERE THE ASSAILANT IS LONG
GONE, THAT 911 IS BEING CALLED
FOR A BROKEN WINDOW ON A CAR IN
THE MORNING FOR A CAR PROWL, OR
A PACKAGE THEFT THAT MAYBE
OCCURRED THE NIGHT BEFORE.
IS THAT AN EXAMPLE OF A TIER 3
CALL, OR IS THAT A TIER 4 CALL?
MAYBE CHIEF DIAZ WOULD BE
BETTER FOR THIS.
>> SO PRIORITY 3 YES, IT'S
ALREADY OCCURRED, IT'S USUALLY
WHAT WE CALL COLD IN THE SENSE
OF, IF SOMEBODY CALLED 911
AFTER THEY WERE GONE FOR THE
WEEKEND, THEY RETURN HOME FROM
THEIR WEEKEND, AND REALIZE
THEIR HOUSE MAY BE BURGLARIZED.
OR THEIR CAR WAS PROWLED
OVERNIGHT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WOULD
HAPPEN, OR A TIME, AND THAT
WOULD BE WHAT WE REFER TO AS A
PAPER CALL.
PRIORITY 4 IS TYPICALLY A
PARKING COMPLAINT.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE
IDENTIFY LIKE PRIORITY 1 IS
TYPICALLY A CRIME IN PROGRESS.
AND PRIORITY 2 IS IT'S
TYPICALLY A LESSER OF A VIOLENT
CRIME, BUT IT'S STILL IN
PROGRESS.
SO YOU HAVE A BURGLARY IN
PROGRESS, OR A THEFT IN
PROGRESS, DEPENDING ON THE
SITUATION, IT COULD ACTUALLY BE
A PRIORITY TWO.
IF YOU HAVE A BURGLARY IN
PROCESS THAT SOMEONE IS ARMED
IT WILL BE MOVED UP TO PRIORITY
NUMBER ONE.
THESE ARE ALL WHAT WE USE TO
DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF RESPONSE
AND RISK.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION AND THAT HELPS TO
SET UP MY QUESTION.
IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT
THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO DO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AND LOCAL HEALTH BASED FIRST
RESPONSE.
I THINK THERE IS ALSO A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SCOPE.
AT LEAST AS PERTAINS TO TIER 3
AND TIER 4 COLD CASE OR PAPER
CALL INVESTIGATIONS TO BE
COMPLETED BY PERSONNEL OTHER
THAN GUN AND BADGE OFFICERS IF
THE UNDERLYING CRIME IS A
MISDEMEANOR.
AND I THINK WE HAVE AMPLE
EXAMPLES OF OF CURRENT
SITUATIONS WHERE WE LOOK AT
THAT.
WHERE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICERS
FILL OUT MARK TO POLICE REPORTS
AND FILL THEM OUT BY A SINGLE
DETECTIVE.
WE HONESTLY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF PRECEDENT NOW IN
OUTSOURCING THAT WORK TO THE
GENERAL PUBLIC WHEN THEY
EXPERIENCE A CALL LIKE THAT TO
GO ONLINE AND FILL OUT A POLICE
REPORT AND SEND IT FOR REVIEW
BY A REVIEWING DETECTIVE.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO
MAYBE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES AS
WE LOOK AT THESE RESPONSE TIMES
TO LOOK AT OTHER EMPLOYEES
WITHIN THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
'EM PLATE SOME OF THE WORK
WE'VE ALREADY DONE IN CRAFTING
THE RETAIL TEST PROGRAM, WHERE
YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE, AND I'M
NOT SAYING IT WOULD BE, BUT
PEOPLE LIKE THE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS OR THE PARKING
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE ABLE
TO COMPLETE REPORTS, GET
EVIDENCE FROM RESIDENCE OF THE
CITY IN THE FIELD, SUBMIT THAT
EVIDENCE, AND SUBMIT A REPORT,
AND YOU CAN REPLACE THE WORK OF
THE BURDEN THAT'S NOW ON OVER-
STAFFED PATROL OFFICERS GOING
FROM CALL TO CALL, TO THE
REVIEWING DETECTIVES THAT CAN
GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THE
REPORTS ARE SATISFACTORY.
AGAIN, LIKE WE DO AT THE RETAIL
THEFT PROGRAM AND FORWARD THEM
ON FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE
CITY ATTORNEY.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO
LOOK AT THAT AS ANOTHER
INNOVATION HERE, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE SEE FROM THE PROTOCOL
NUMBERS, THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF THESE CALLS ARE GETTING NO
ATTENTION WHATSOEVER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT
AS ANOTHER POTENTIAL AREA OF
INNOVATION, THAT HONESTLY
BUILDS ON THINGS WE ALREADY DO,
AND WOULD APPRECIATE TO WORK
WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON WAYS
THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE ON
THAT.
>> YEAH, AND THOSE ARE THINGS
THAT WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT
TRYING TO MOVE A LOT OF THE
PRIORITY THREE CALLS TO EITHER
SOME SORT OF ONLINE REPORTING
OR BY THE PHONE, WHICH IS OUR
TRUE SYSTEM AS WELL, AND/OR A
DIFFERENT, OTHER RESPONSE.
MY ONLY CAUTION IS COMPLETELY
MOVING ALL PRIORITY THREE WOULD
BE THAT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WERE
DURING A PATROL SHIFT, IF YOU
WERE ONLY RESPONDING TO
PRIORITY ONE OR TWO CALLS
TYPICALLY IN PROCESS, HIGH
LEVELS OF SOMETIMES INTENSITY,
ADRENALIN, ET CETERA, THE
OFFICERS WILL NOT HAVE ANY DOWN
TIME DURING THEIR SHIFT TO JUST
BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT BREAK AND
TAKE THAT SEPARATION TIME.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE ONLY
RESPONDING TO HIGH LEVELS OF
PRIORITY CALLS, IT'S SOMETHING
TO JUST BE MINDFUL OF.
I THINK THEY NEED A LITTLE BIT
OF A DOWN CALL THAT'S JUST A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
SO I DO THINK THAT WE CAN MOVE
AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE
PRIORITY THREES DOING TO THAT
ONLINE REPORTING, OR OUR TRUE
SYSTEM.
BUT ALSO KEEPING A COUPLE OF
THE ITEMS TO TAKE A STEP BACK
AND HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
>> I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD GET
FACTORED IN WITH GOING TO THE
TIER THREE CALLS THAT ARE
FELONIES RIGHT?
CERTAINLY, I WOULD WANT A SWORN
OFFICER TO RESPOND TO TAKE THE
INITIAL REPORT ON A REZ BURG,
COMMERCIAL BURG, WHERE THE
PERP'S GONE, BUT YOU WOULD WANT
A TRAINED INVESTIGATOR TO
COMPLETE THAT REPORT.
I PERSONALLY, WONTED HAVE
OBJECTIONS TO OFFICERS
LEGISLATELY TAKING DOWN TIME IN
PART OF THEIR SHIFT THAT
DOESN'T INVOLVE US FACTORING IN
THEIR DOWN TIME AS CONDUCTING A
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
SO I THINK THERE COULD BE WAYS
TO WORK AROUND THAT.
AND STILL MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF
CUSTOMER SERVICE PEOPLE ARE
EXPECTING AND SENDING SOMEBODY
TO MITIGATE THEIR CALL AND NOT
EXPECT THE PEOPLE OF SEATTLE
ONLINE, UNLESS WHAT THEY HAVE
IS AN EXOGEN FELONY THEY'RE
FACING.
>> I JUST WANT TO MENTION HERE,
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE TALK A LOT
ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PROGRAM.
AN ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSE PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO
HEALTH ONE AND THE CRISIS
RESPONSE UNIT, AND I HAVE
EXPRESSED SOME FRUSTRATION IN
PRIOR MEETINGS ABOUT THE
EXERCISE OF DOING A FULL RISK
ANALYSIS ON ALL 270 SOME ODD
CALLS.
BUT I HAVEN'T HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO, AND I'M GOING
TO TAKE IT NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION
TO TALK ABOUT SOME MOVEMENT
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN TERM
OF OUR GOAL, OUR SHARED GOAL OF
DEVELOPING A PILOT.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OUR CITY
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF HAD A
WORK GROUP KICKED OFF MEETING
LAST WEEK, FOLLOW-UP TOMORROW,
AND WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE,
AND NECESSARILY THE WORK
PRODUCT AGREED ON.
BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH
MOMENTUM, AND WE MEMORIALIZE
THIS COMMITMENT IN OUR CONSENT
DECREE FINDING, AND THE
LANGUAGE IN THE CONSENT DECREE
MAKES CLEAR THAT THE COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR ARE SIMULTANEOUS
TO THE RISK ANALYSIS THAT THE
WORK GROUP WILL RECOMMEND
APPROACHES THAT INCREASE SPD,
OR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO
PRIORITY THREE AND FOUR CALLS
IN THE NEAR TERM TO AN
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE PILOT AND
VALUATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES
THAT COULD BE DEPLOYED OR MORE
EFFECTIVELY DEPLOYED.
AND ANOTHER SECTION ON THE
CONSENT DECREE FILING IT
REFERENCES IN THE SHORT TERM,
THE CITY WILL EXECUTE POTENTIAL
PILOT PROGRAMS AS WELL AS
EVALUATE WHAT EXISTING
RESOURCES CAN BE REDEPLOYED, OR
MORE EFFECTIVELY BE DEPLOYED ON
PROJECTS LIKE SPECIAL EVENTS TO
INCREASE SPD OR INTERNAL
RESPONSE TO PRIORITY THREE AND
FOUR CALLS IN THE NEAR TERM.
SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE
WE'VE GOT SOME FORWARD
MOMENTUM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING
TABLE TWO, THESE Z DISPOSITION
CALLS.
PRIORITY CALL HANDLING IS 3.45%
OF THE CALL VOLUME, BUT I AND
THOSE TO BE PRIORITY ONE AND
TWO WERE RESPONDING TO, AND BY
DEFINITION DIDN'T END UP BEING
Z DISPOSITION.
CAN I EXPLAIN THAT LINE THERE?
>> YEAH, IT'S EXTREMELY
MISLEADING, ACTUALLY.
IT IS A DEPARTMENT WAY OF
LABELING.
THEY'RE LABELING THEIR SYSTEM
AS THEY ARE HANDLING THE
PRIORITY CALLS AND NOT THOSE
755.
IT'S, IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER
JUST TO SAY Z DISPOSITION CALLS
AND I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO
DO THAT GOING FORWARD.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT HERE,
BECAUSE IT'S THEIR SYSTEM.
BUT WITH THE CHIEF LISTENING
RIGHT NOW WE'LL DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE IS A PRIORITY CALL
HANDLING POLICY THAT IS
TRIGGERED AT CERTAIN TIMES.
AND THE Z DISPOSITION IS AN
OUTCOME.
A NEW APPROACH FOR AN OUTCOME
WHEN IN PRIORITY HANDLING
THAT'S BEEN TRIGGERED.
IS THAT MORE OR LESS CORRECT?
THE PRIORITY CALL HANDLING
STILL EXISTS.
WHAT IS NEW IS THE DISPOSITION
FOR THE CALLS DURING THAT TIME.
>> YES.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THEY
HAVE, THAT THAT'S THEIR LABEL,
BUT I WILL STOP USING IT.
IT'S CONFUSING.
SHALL I MOVE ON?
>> YES, PLEASE, LET'S MOVE ON.
>> SO THIS IS THE DETAILED BY
PRECINCT THAT I KNOW A LOT OF
MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED WITH.
I WENT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF THE
WAY EARLIER TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE AVERAGE AND THE
MEDIAN.
I DID SO BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK
THROUGH THIS TABLE, WHAT YOU
WILL SEE IS THE AVERAGES HAVE
INCREASED ACROSS ALL PRECINCTS
EXCEPT FOR NORTH, WHEREAS THE
MEDIAN VALUES ARE THE SAME OR
BETTER EVERYWHERE EXCEPT
SOUTHWEST.
SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHAT
MEASURE YOU LOOK AT.
IF YOU ASK THE CHIEF AND THE
COO, I THINK WHAT THEY WOULD
TELL YOU IS THAT THESE MEASURES
ARE IMPORTANT, AND THEY ARE
IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE.
CERTAINLY TO FOLKS EVERYWHERE.
BUT NOT ALWAYS THE BEST MEASURE
OF POLICE SERVICES.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THEY LOOK AT
AS A GUIDE, BUT NOT ALWAYS PASS
OR A FAIL MEASURE PER SE.
I LEAVE IT TO THE CHIEF TO
EXPAND ON THAT.
>> BEFORE THE CHIEF DOES, I
WANT TO JUST GET IN THE
QUESTION THAT MAYBE THE CHIEF
CAN ADDRESS WHEN HE ADDRESSES
YOUR POINT, GREG.
THE SOUTHWEST MEETING RESPONSE
TIMES REFLECTED HERE.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW FOR WHAT
PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE LOOKING
AT.
IS THAT THROUGH JUNE?
>> THAT'S JANUARY THROUGH JUNE.
THE SIX MONTHS.
THAT PERIOD.
>> AND THE DECISION TO ADD
OFFICERS THAT WE SAW IN THE
PREVIOUS SCREEN TO THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT?
APPRECIATE THAT.
IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP THERE
IN RECOGNIZING THESE RESPONSE
TIMES?
PERHAPS NECESSITATED WHERE WE
TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT BEING
DATA DRIVEN, AND I'M JUST
WONDERING IS THERE A
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
RESPONSE TIMES GOING UP IN THE
SOUTHWEST PRECINCT AND THE
DECISION TO MOVE MORE PATROL
OFFICERS INTO THE PRECINCT?
>> YEAH, AND JUST TO JOG THE
CHIEF'S MEMORY IN CASE HE WAS
TRACKING THE DATA, THERE'S SIX
MORE OFFICERS IN SOUTHWEST NOW.
SO A COUPLE REASONS WHAT WE
LOOK AT IS NUMBER ONE WE LOOK
AT CALL LOADS.
WE LOOK AT RESPONSE TIMES.
WE LOOK AT A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT THINGS IN A PRECINCT
TO DETERMINE WHAT IS A GOOD
STAFFING LEVEL.
RIGHT NOW ALL THE PRECINCTS ARE
DOWN, SO BUT ACTUALLY PUTTING,
YOU KNOW MORE OFFICERS IN A
PRECINCT WE HOPE THAT OUR
RESPONSE TIMES DOES GET BETTER.
WHEN IT COMES TO PRIORITY
RESPONSE TIMES, IT REALLY IS A
CRUCIAL NUMBER FOR US.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN A HIGH
PRIORITY, VIOLENT TYPE OF EVENT
IS OCCURRING.
SO A SHOOTING, OR SOMEBODY THAT
HAS BEEN INJURED SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO TIME, IT'S
REALLY GOING TO MATTER.
SO GETTING TO A SCENE THAT IS
SAFE, AND OFFICERS SOMETIMES
PUTTING ON TOURNIQUETS OR CHEST
SHIELDS TO HELP SAVE A LIFE.
AND WE HAVE TO CLEAR AND MAKE A
SCENE SAFE BEFORE FIRE DOES
THEIR PART.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE SO CRUCIAL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SEVEN
MINUTE RESPONSE TIMES, WE'RE
ALSO LOOKING AT FROM A MEDICAL
SIDE.
ONCE YOU DELAY SOMEBODY THAT
HAS BEEN INJURED SIGNIFICANTLY,
SECONDS ARE GOING TO BE CRUCIAL
IN THIS.
THAT'S WHY WE ALSO LOOK AT A
GOOD AMOUNT, OR A VERY FAST
RESPONSE ON PRIORITY ONES.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I'LL
MOVE TO SORT OF THE BIG PICTURE
HERE FOR THE END.
SO YOU'LL RECALL THAT I SAID
THAT SPD HAD $8.6 MILLION OF
SALARY SAVINGS THAT THEY
EXPECTED IN THEIR BUDGET.
THE OTHER THEMES THAT I'VE HAD
IN THIS PRESENTATION SO FAR ARE
THAT THEY ARE INCURRING
ADDITIONAL COSTS IN THE AREA OF
SEPARATION PAY AND OVERTIME
IMPLEMENT SO IN A TALK A LITTLE
BIT WITH THIS TABLE ABOUT HOW
ALL OF THAT COMES TOGETHER IN
THE BIG PICTURE, AND HOW IT
WILL DRIVE THEIR END OF YEAR
BALANCING.
AND SO, THIS TABLE IS ONE THAT
SPD PRODUCED, AND IT CAN BE
FOUND IN DIRECTOR SOCCI'S MEMO
THAT'S ATTACHED TO MY STAFF
REPORT FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE HERE IS A
BALANCING EFFORT WHERE WE, SHE
SHOWS THE $8.6 MILLION DOWN AT
THE SORT OF SECOND TO THE LAST
LINE, AND THEN ALL OF THE COSTS
THAT WOULD BE MET BY THAT $8.6
MILLION.
SO I'M GOING TO REMIND THE
COUNCIL THAT ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS BEING PAID FOR BY THAT,
BY THOSE SALARY SAVINGS IS THE
COST OF THE SPMA CONTRACT, THE
BACK PAY FOR SPMA WAGES AND
OVERTIME FOR PRIOR TO 2022 AND
GOING FORWARD FROM 2022 FOR
2022 IS BEING PAID FOR OUT OF
THOSE SALARY SAVINGS.
ALSO PAID FOR OUT OF THE SALARY
SAVINGS IS THE ESTIMATE OF 1.8
MILLION FOR THE RETENSE PACKAGE
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT.
COUNCIL BILL 1.839, ALSO PAID
FOR, OR ESTIMATED TO BE PAID
FOR ARE SEPARATION PAY AND
BENEFITS, SPECIFICALLY
WORKMAN'S COMP, WHICH SPD HAD A
LITTLE EXTRA ORDINARY LARGE
WORKER'S COMP SETTLEMENT THEY
MADE THIS YEAR.
SO THE WORKER'S COMP AND
SEPARATIONS PAY AS ESTIMATED IN
THIS TABLE AT 2 MILLION, SPD'S
MEMO ESTABLISHES A RANGE
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MILLION,
BECAUSE IT'S DIFFICULT TO
PREDICT FOR SURE.
AS YOU SEE IN THIS TABLE,
OVERTIME IS A TBD.
WHEN YOU ADD ALL THOSE THINGS
UP, AND YOU PUT IT AGAINST THE
SALARY SAVINGS ITEM, IT WOULD
SHOW THAT YOU HAVE 1.4 MILLION
AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT IF YOU TAKE THAT 1.4
MILLION, AND YOU COMPARE IT
AGAINST THE OVERTIME NEED OF
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 3
MILLION, IT WOULD SHOW THAT THE
DEPARTMENT IS IN TROUBLE.
AND WOULD POTENTIALLY OVERSPEND
ITS BUDGET.
HOWEVER, THE THING TO NOTE IS
THAT THIS, THESE PROJECTIONS DO
NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT
THAT THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL
SEPARATIONS THAT SPD COULD SEE
IN ITS STAFFING PLAN, RECALL
THAT I SAID THAT ORIGINALLY,
THE COUNCIL ONLY THOUGHT THERE
WOULD BE 125 SEPARATIONS THIS
YEAR, AND ALREADY THERE'S 109
THROUGH JUNE.
SO ADDITIONAL SEPARATIONS WOULD
BRING ADDITIONAL SALARY
SAVINGS.
ALONG WITH COUNSEL BILL 1.389.
THE 1.8 MILLION PROJECTED THERE
IS BASED ON CERTAIN PROJECTIONS
NEEDED FOR BONUSES ON HIRING.
IF THE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HIRE
THEN THERE WON'T BE AS MUCH
NEEDED FOR THEIR HIRING
BONUSES.
SO THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A
DYNAMIC SITUATION.
TO SAY THE DEPARTMENT WILL GO
OVER THEIR BUDGET IS PROBABLY
NOT ACCURATE.
I THINK THE MESSAGE HERE IS
THAT IT'S GOING TO BE CLOSE.
AND THE SALARY SAVINGS ARE
PROBABLY SPOKEN FOR IN TERMS OF
THE DEPARTMENT NEEDING EVERY
DIME TO BALANCE THEIR OWN
BUDGET?
ALSO WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS
THAT THE SALARY SAVINGS ARE
LOCKED UP BY A PROVISO THAT
SAYS THEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT
WHEN THAT PROVISO IS RELEASED.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE OVERTIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SHOULD
NOTE IS THAT AT THE END OF THE
YEAR, IF SPD IS IN A SITUATION
WHERE IT NEEDS TO USE SOME OF
THESE SALARY SAVINGS TO PAY FOR
ITS OVERTIME, OVERBUDGET
SITUATIONS, THE COUNCIL WILL
HAVE TO COME BACK AND RELEASE
SOME OF THAT PROVISO FUNDING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE AT THIS POINT
IN TIME.
>> ON THE COLUMN, OR THE ROW
ABOUT COUNCIL BILL 12 120389.
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENSION
DOLLAR AMOUNT, I THOUGHT IT WAS
MORE LIKE 1.6.
>> IT IS.
>> IT'S 1,057,100,000 AND SOME
CHANGE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, THE HARD COSTS FOR
THAT HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED FOR
THAT BILL ARE LOWER THAN 1.8.
THERE'S SOME UNPROGRAMMED FUNDS
IN THERE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
RELEASED FOR THAT BILL FOR SPD
TO USE FOR RECRUIT AND
RETENSION INITIATIVE ACTIVITIES
UP TO 1.8 MILLION.
BUT THE HARD COSTS THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED TO DATE ARE
ONLY 1.5 MILLION.
THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER.
1.57.
NO, I HAVE TO GO BACK TO MY
STAFF MEMO.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE WORDS
OF CAUTION AND IN THINKING
ABOUT FUTURE NEEDS THAT YOU'RE
ISSUING, GREG.
BUT ON JULY 28th, THE MAYOR
ISSUED EXECUTIVE ORDER 2022-05
AND DIRECTING THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST
POLICIES, PROTOCOLS, AND
PRACTICES, AND SO IT SEEMS AS
THOUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS
HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR, BUT ONE
SIGNIFICANT ITEM IS THAT NO
LATER THAN AUGUST 31st, 2022,
SPD WILL ENSURE THAT EVERY
REPORTED FELONY CRIME OF
VIOLENCE WITH SUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE ALLOWING FOR A FOLLOW-
UP INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING ANY
BACKLOG SEXUAL ASSAULT
INVESTIGATIONS IS ASSIGNED A
CASE IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS BODY
OF WORK DETAILED IN IS THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
SO IS THAT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
WHEN WE'RE TALK BEING SALARY
SAVINGS, AND THE END OF YEAR
BUDGET FOR SPD?
>> I THINK IN TERMS OF WHERE
THAT WOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR
WOULD BE THE OVERTIME 2 TO 3
MILLION.
IF SPD NEEDS TO PUT ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES INTO MAKING SURE THAT
THOSE CASES ARE HANDLED MORE
QUICKLY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN
THIS SHORT TERM, THEY MAY NEED
TO USE MORE OVERTIME.
IN THE LONGER TERM, THEY CAN
PROBABLY HANDLE IT THROUGH
REASSESSMENTS.
I WOULD SAY IN THE SHORTER
TERM, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE
OVERTIMELINE OF 2 TO 3 MILLION.
>> THANKS.
RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE MORE ON THIS ITEM?
>> AND I WOULD JUST SAY, I
DON'T HAVE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME
THE HARD COSTS FOR COUNSEL BILL
120389.
THEY ARE IN MY STAFF REPORT, SO
MAYBE WHEN WE GET TO THAT NEXT
ITEM, I CAN BREAK THAT DOWN.
BUT AS I SAID, THAT 1.8 IS A
MIXTURE OF HARD COSTS THAT THE
MAYOR HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THEY
WILL SPEND, AND THEN THERE'S
ALSO, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT
300,000 OF UNPROGRAMMED FUNDS
THAT COULD BE USED TOWARDS
THINGS LIKE MOVING EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENTS OR OTHER PROGRAM
RECRUITMENT AND RETENSION
ACTIVITIES.
IF NONE OF THOSE ARE SPENT,
THEN THOSE FUNDS WOULD HELP
WITH THIS BOTTOM LINE TOO.
THAT'S AGAIN, ALL ON MY STAFF.
>> THANK YOU, WE WILL BE MOVING
ON.
LIFTING IT BY ANOTHER $260,000
TO $1.57 MILLION PROVISO, SO I
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE
$1.8 MILLION WAS COMING FROM.
BUT WE'LL BE GETTING INTO THAT
NEXT.
>> SO I THINK I'VE HIT ALL OF
THESE POINTS ON THE TAKEAWAY SO
FAR.
SO I'M DONE.
>> EXCELLENT.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN SO MUCH
WORK, GREG, AND I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR PULLING THIS
TOGETHER ON THIS PRESENTATION
AS WELL AS THE INCENTIVES
LEGISLATION AS WELL.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LOT OF
WORK AND A LOT OF EFFORT, AND I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DIGGING
IN, AND GIVING US THE
INFORMATION THAT WE NEED
ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS, AND
WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO
DO SO.
SO WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ IN AGENDA ITEM 15.
>> COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEM
ORDINANCE REGARDING RECRUITMENT
AND RETENSION OF POLICE
OFFICERS MODIFYING PRO ADVISEO
IN MODIFYING PROVISO IN THE
BUDGET.
MODIFYING APPROPRIATIONS IN THE
2022 BUDGET BY ORDINANCE
126490, AUTHORIZING THE HIRING
INCENTIVE PROGRAM IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
>> CHIEF DIAZ, CHIEF OPERATING
OFFICER MAXEY, AND ANGELA
SOCCI.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THIS
LEGISLATION HAS STRONG PUBLIC
INTEREST, SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES, AS WELL AS MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS NOTED
IN PUBLIC COMMENT HAVE
REQUESTED QUICK ACTION.
NORMALLY BILLS THIS NATURE AND
IMPORTANCE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST
TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WITH
THE FIRST MEETING FOR A
PRESENTATION AND THE SECOND FOR
CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS.
AGAIN, DUE TO THE LEVEL OF
INTEREST AND QUICK ACTION, THIS
LEGISLATION IS LISTED FOR
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND
POSSIBLE VOTE TODAY IN THE
FIRST MEETING.
THAT COULD MEAN THAT THERE MAY
BE ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS AT
FULL COUNCIL WHEN THOSE
NORMALLY WOULD BE HEARD IN
COMMITTEE.
JUST AS AS A BIT RESOLUTION
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER
AN ORDINANCE, WHICH IS WHAT IS
BEFORE US TODAY, ALONG WITH
SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS INCLUDED
IN PROPOSAL.
AS A NOTE FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC, THERE'S A CENTRAL STAFF
MEMO FROM GREG DOSS LINKED TO
THE MEETING AGENDA, AS WELL AS
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
REDRAMATIC, AND RETENSION PLAN
ALSO LINKED TO THE AGENDA.
GREG, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BEFORE
HANDING IT OFF TO SPD TO GO
OVER THE SPD RECRUITMENT AND
RETENSION PLAN.
>> I THINK AS MOST FOLKS ARE
FAMILIAR WITH, THIS LEGISLATION
WOULD LIFT A PROADVISEO TO
ALLOW SPD TO SPEND SOME OF ITS
SALARY SAVINGS ON RECRUITMENT
BONUSES IN THE AMOUNT OF 7,500
PER RECRUIT, AND $30,000 PER
LATERAL HIRE.
BROKEN INTO TWO DEPLOYMENTS IT
WOULD ALLOW THEM TO SPEND
SALARY SAVINGS ON ADDITIONAL
MARKETING, BACKGROUNDING
SERVICES, AND ALSO ON SOME
RETENSION ACTIVITIES THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE 2019
RECRUITMENT, AND RETENSION
REPORT.
AND THEY ARE GOING TO GO INTO
AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THOSE
DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD
BE FUNDED.
WITH THE CHAIR'S PERMISSION, I
CAN SHOW, SHARE MY SCREEN WITH
A TABLE THAT SHOWS HOW THE
MONEY WILL BE SPENT, AND WOULD
PROBABLY PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION
FOR THE DISCUSSION THAT WE WERE
JUST HAVING A MOMENT AGO.
>> THANK YOU.
YES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, SO CAN EVERYONE SEE THIS
TABLE?
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO AS YOU CAN SEE
AT THIS TABLE, THE BOTTOM LINE
IS 1.8 MILLION.
THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WILL
COME OUT OF SPD'S BUDGET.
SO, OR WILL BE SPENT FROM SPD'S
BUDGET IS A BETTER WAY TO SAY
IT.
SO THIS IS BEING DIVIDED IN
SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU HAVE $229,000 THAT WILL
COME OUT OF THE BUDGET, AND BE
TRANSFERRED FROM SPD TO SDHR TO
FOUR POSITIONS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THREE
RECRUIT POSITIONS, AND ONE
TESTING POSITION.
THAT MONEY IS ACTUALLY CUT OUT
OF SPD, AND MOVED TO SDHR.
THEN YOU HAVE 1.57 IN PROVISO
MODIFICATION THAT THEY CAN
SPEND THEIR SAVINGS THEY
COULDN'T OTHERWISE SPEND.
THAT'S THE 1.57.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LINE
INCENTIVES, YOU SEE YOU'VE GOT
THE HIRING SAVES, THE SPD COST
FOR MARKETING, TESTING,
BACKGROUNDING, AND RETENSION
INITIATIVES.
THERE'S THE CHIEF OF POLICE
SEARCH COSTS, AND THEN THERE'S
THAT 300,000 UNPROGRAMMED PIECE
THAT I TALKED ABOUT.
SO IF SPD WERE TO SPEND ALL OF
THAT MONEY THAT THE PROVISO
MODIFICATION ALLOWS, AND HAVE
THE 220,000 TRANSFERRED OUT OF
THIS BILL, IT COMES TO A TOTAL
OF 1.8 MILLION, THAT I WAS
SHOWING YOU A FEW MOMENTS AGO
IN THE BALANCING TABLE.
THAT'S HOW THAT ALL WORKS.
THERE'S 300,000 IN THERE THAT'S
UNPROGRAMMED, AND THE REST OF
IT IS ALL PROGRAMMED ACCORDING
TO THE MAYOR'S PLAN FOR THIS
BILL.
WITH THAT I WOULD JUST TURN IT
OVER FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO
DESCRIBE HOW THE MAYOR WOULD
SPEND THE MONEY.
>> AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, GREG,
I JUST WANT TO AGAIN CLARIFY,
WE ALREADY LIFTED LIFTED A
PROVISO IN $115 MILLION.
THIS LIFTS THE PROVISO INSTEAD
OF BY 1.15 MILLION, BY 1.57
MILLION.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> SO THAT'S BASICALLY ABOUT
420, SORRY, I'M DOING MATH ON
THE FLY HERE.
420,000 MORE THAN WE ALREADY
DID.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL HAND IT OVER TO YOU,
CHIEF DIAZ, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND
THANK YOU GREG FOR PROVIDING
SOME INSIGHT TO THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN AT A
REALLY CRUCIAL TIME IN OUR
DEPARTMENT'S HISTORY, JUST OR
STAFFING LEVEL.
WE RIGHT NOW HAVE OUT OF 351
PEOPLE THAT COULD RETIRE AT
THIS TIME.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
ADEQUATE STAFFING, THAT WE ARE
NOT WORKING OUR OFFICERS, YOU
KNOW, THAT ARE WORKING
SOMETIMES TWO SHIFTS A DAY TO
AUGMENT, AND TO PROVIDE A
VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES
IS ALWAYS A STRUGGLE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE RETAIN OUR
OFFICERS.
IN ORDER FOR US TO BUILD UP TO
THIS, IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME
TIME TO REALLY GET NEW HIRES
COMING IN.
THE GOOD THING IS, WHEN WE ARE
HIRING, 50% OF OUR HIRES THIS
YEAR HAVE BEFORE PEOPLE OF
COLOR OR FEMALE.
THAT IS SOME OF THE HIGHEST
NUMBERS WE'VE SEEN.
THAT IS A HUGE INTEREST IN OUR
POPULATION, IN OUR COMMUNITY TO
REALLY COME IN AND WANT TO
SERVE THE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH CHIEFS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A STAFFING
ISSUE THAT AFFECTS POLICING
RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION
WITH THE CHIEF IN PORTLAND,
THEY'VE ACTUALLY OFFERED HIRING
INCENTIVES AS WELL.
IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS,
THEY'RE ACTUALLY HIRING A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT, JUST IN A
VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING WHERE
THOSE INCENTIVES CAN BE REALLY
POSITIVE HIRING FOR THEIR
LEVEL.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS I
MENTIONED, WE WANT TO RETAIN
OUR OFFICERS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A
COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE, BUT AS
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON OUR
RECRUITING AND HIRING, WE WANT
TO NUMBER ONE MAKE THE SYSTEM
FOR EFFICIENT.
IF SOMEONE DOES TEST AND WE
PULL THE TEST IN SAY DECEMBER,
A NEW PERSON, A NEW APPLICANT
TEST IN JANUARY, THEY HAVE TO
WAIT FOR US TO PULL THAT TEST
IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
SO RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE PULLING THAT
EVERY SINGLE MONTH, AND THAT
WHEN AN APPLICANT ACTUALLY GOES
THROUGH THE SYSTEM, WE'RE
PULLING IT RIGHT AWAY.
THE AGENCY THAT HAS A QUICK
SYSTEM IS GOING TO QUICKLY GET
MORE HIRES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
MAKING SURE THAT OUR HIRING IS
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE
WE HAVE PUNISHED OUT THE
ABILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE CIVILIAN RECRUITERS, AND
ARE BRANDING AND REALLY TRYING
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE LETTING
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SEPTEMBER
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ALL ABOUT.
WE'RE ALSO WANTING TO CREATE A
COMPETITIVE CONVERSATION
PACKAGE.
THAT'S WHERE THE INCENTIVES ARE
COMING INTO TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT OUR OFFICERS IN AND
SUPPORT NEW HIRES COMING INTO
THE SYSTEM.
COST OF LIVING IN SEATTLE IS
MUCH HIGHER THAN MAN OTHER
AREAS.
AS WE LOOK AT LATERALS COMING
INTO THE DEPARTMENT THERE ARE
EXPENDITURES MOST OF OUR
RECRUITS ARE HAVING TO BUY.
TYPICALLY, WE SUPPLY A VEST AND
A GUN, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
THEIR DUTY BELT, OR UNIFORMS,
THESE ARE ALL COSTS THAT THE
APPLICANT, OR RECUTE TAKES ON.
SO SOME OF THESE COSTS ARE,
THEY DON'T GET REIMBURSED FOR.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A JACKET,
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, ROUGHLY A
NEW RECRUIT HAS TO SPEND $1,500
IN JUST BUYING SOME OF THE
EQUIPMENT TO OUTFIT THEMSELVES
TO START PATROL ON DAY ONE.
THE OTHER COMPONENT IS WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DEVELOPING
YOU KNOW, INNOVATIVE WAYS OF
HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS JOB
OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE DONE SOME GEO-FENCING
AROUND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO TRY
TO GET PEOPLE ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT HIRING, BUT WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE BOOST UP THOSE
COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A
POTENTIAL PIPELINE OF RECRUITS
CREW COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
PROGRAMS.
MANY YEARS AGO, IT STARTED OUT
IN AN INTRODUCTION TO
COMMUNITY, AND IT GAVE STUDENTS
FIVE COLLEGE CREDITS TO
ACTUALLY GENERATE INTEREST IN
IT.
AND FROM THAT PROGRAM, WE HIRED
ACTUALLY, I THINK ABOUT 60
PEOPLE WENT THROUGH IT, SO WE
WANT TO GENERATE A PIPELINE TO
GET THE APPLICANTS IN.
RIGHT NOW, NONE OF THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE ACTUALLY HAVE A LAW
AND JUSTICE PROGRAM.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO
GENERATE THAT INTEREST AND
CREATE THAT PIPELINE FOR OUR
FUTURE CAREER PATH.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HIRING
PROCESS, AND ALSO TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING
IN THE RIGHT APPLICANTS.
AND IS THERE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> I THINK THAT WAS AN
EXCELLENT RECITATION OF OUR
EFFORTS.
I JUST WOULD WANT TO EMPHASIZE
YOUR PROGRAM BEFORE THE BADGE.
SO WHEN WE ARE BRINGING THESE
RECRUITS IN, WE'RE IMMEDIATELY
INTEGRATING THEM WITH THE REST
OF THE AT THE OF SEATTLE, THAT
THAT WE ARE, PRIOR TO THEM
GOING TO THE ACADEMY, REALLY
INDOCTRINATING THEM INTO
SEATTLE VALUES AND ENSURING
THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YES.
>> CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE WE COULD START ADDRESSING
THE BILL, OR MAKE COMMENTS ON
THE BILL NOW.
>> I WANT TO WAIT TO SEE IF
THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FIRST ON
THE PRESENTATION FROM CHIEF
DIAZ AND SEATTLE MAXEY ON THE
PLANS FOR THE RETENSION AND
RECRUITMENT EFFORTS?
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
PROPOSED USES OF THE FUNDS FROM
COLLEAGUES?
NOT SEEING ANY.
>> WELL I HAVE ONE.
I MEAN, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SOME OF THE WELLNESS,
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REALLY
IMPORTANT RETENSION MEASURES
AND BASED ON THE REPORT, ON THE
SPD REDRAMATIC, AND RETENSION
WORK GROUP FINAL REPORT FROM
AUGUST 2019, THERE ARE SEVERAL
PROGRAMS THAT I BELIEVE THAT
ARE MENTIONED IN AMENDMENT ONE,
SO I WAS ABOUT TO ASK A
QUESTION, BUT THEN I THINK I'LL
STOP, AND WE CAN GO FORWARD.
>> THAT WOULD BE GET.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
JUST WAITING TO MAKE SURE MY
COLLEAGUES DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE PROPOSAL FROM SPD
BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE BILL
ITSELF.
I WOULD LOVE, I KNOW GREG HAS
DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THE SORT
OF THE LOGIC BEHIND THE
PROPOSED BONUS AMOUNTS THAT ARE
IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PLAN BOTH
FOR LATERALS AND FOR NEW
RECRUITS.
AND I'M WONDERING, I THINK,
GREG'S RESEARCH MIGHT MIRROR
THE RESEARCH THAT SPD HAS DONE.
I'M HAPPY FOR EITHER FOLK
REPRESENTING EITHER CENTRAL
STAFF OR THE DEPARTMENT TO GO
OVER THAT.
I DID GIVE GREG SORT OF A
WARNING THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK
HIM TO SHARE SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION, BUT I THINK
WHOEVER WANTS TO DO IT, I'D
LOVE TO HEAR YOU TALK A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE SALARIES OF AREA
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND
THE AGENCIES WITH BONUSES AND
HOW THIS PROPOSAL MATCHES UP
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
>> I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT, TO
START WITH COUNCILMEMBER.
AND I CAN SHARE DATA AND THEN
TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF AND
COO MAXEY TO GO OVER THE DATA.
>> TABLE AND TALKING SOUNDS
GOOD TO ME.
>> ONE SECOND PLEASE.
WHILE YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, FOR THE
EARLIER QUESTION OF HOW MANY
APPLICANTS IT TOOK TO GET 30
HIRES IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 350
PEOPLE THAT APPLIED FOR THE
JOB.
IT'S ABOUT 10 FOLD RATHER THAN
5 TO 6 THAT I MENTIONED.
>> SO 10 TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE
ACTUALLY SUBMIT APPLICATIONS.
>> CORRECT.
>> SO THIS IS DATA PROVIDED
LAST APRIL WHEN I PRODUCED A
STAFF MEMBER ON COUNCILMEMBER'S
HIRING RESOLUTION.
THERE ARE 14 COMPETING AGENCIES
HERE WITH HIRING, OR THAT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED AS
COMPETITORS IN THE MARKET FOR
POLICE OFFICERS.
ABOUT NINE OF THEM HERE OF THE
14 HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
LATERAL AND RECRUITMENT BONUSES
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE FIRST
COLUMN.
WHAT THE CHAIR HAS ASKED ME TO
POINT OUT IS ON THE RECRUITMENT
SIDE THAT WITH THE $7,500 BONUS
ADDED IN, SEATTLE WOULD BE AT
THE TOP, SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY
KENT AND THEN BY EVERETT.
I'M SORRY.
LET ME REPHRASE.
EVERETT AND KENT WOULD BE
HIGHER.
EVERETT AND KENT WOULD BE
HIGHER THAN SEATTLE, EVEN WITH
THE 7,500.
BUT SEATTLE WOULD BE HIGHER
THAN ALL THE REST.
IF SEATTLE ADDED THE 7,500,
SEATTLE WOULD BE HIGHER THAN
EVERYBODY EXCEPT FOR KENT AND
EVERETT, WHICH WOULD BE STILL
HIGHER WITH WHAT THEY'RE
OFFERING.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF LATERALS,
IF THE $30,000 WERE ADDED IN,
THEN THERE WOULD BE ONE CITY
THAT WOULD BE HIGHER, AND THAT
WOULD BE KENT.
THE TWO THAT WOULD BE COMING UP
CLOSE WOULD BE EVERETTAND
TACOMA.
>> AND I THINK THIS WAS A
USEFUL EXERCISE TO DEMONSTRATE
WE'RE NOT JUST PULLING THESE
NUMBERS OUT OF THE AIR.
THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT TO
ACTUALLY IDENTIFY A BONUS SIZE
THAT IS BASED IN POLICY AND
BASED ON MAKING THE DEPARTMENT
A MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO WORK
COMPARED TO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEARNING
THAT I'VE HAD THROUGH GETTING
THIS INFORMATION TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S EARLIER
RESOLUTION.
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S THE MAIN
QUESTION I HAD ABOUT THE PLAN
ITSELF.
NOT SEEING ANY OTHERS.
COUNCILMEMBER, I'M SORRY,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN BEFORE
WE MOVE ONTO QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE BILL, GREG IS THERE
ANYTHING MORE AS FAR AS THE
OVERVIEW FOR THE BILL THAT WE
SHOULD COVER BEFORE WE OPEN IT
UP FOR QUESTIONS?
>> A COUPLE OTHER THINGS TO
NOTE ARE THAT IF AN OFFICER
TAKES THE HIRING INCENTIVE AND
DOES NOT STAY WITH THE
DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS, THE
BILL WOULD REQUIRE THE
INCENTIVE TO BE PAID BACK.
IT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW LIMITS
THE INCENTIVE TO LATERALS AND
TO RECRUITS.
THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT REHIRES WOULD
RECEIVE THAT INCENTIVE, AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS
WORKING ON TO FIGURE OUT.
THERE IS A REPORTING
REQUIREMENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF RECRUITS
AND LATERALS THAT HAVE RECEIVED
THE HIRING INCENTIVE, BUT ONLY
THAT DATA.
AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S COMING TO
MIND RIGHT OFF.
>> THANKS.
I WANT TO JUST FLAG A COUPLE
THINGS.
ONE, FOR FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG
THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD IS ONE
YEAR.
SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
DATA POINT TO REALIZE AS IT
RELATES TO THE BONUSES.
THEN I DO WANT TO CALL OUT TWO
OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, GREG.
THERE WAS PARTIAL EVALUATION
DONE OF THE 2019 PROGRAM.
AND THEN A MORE ABBREVIATION AT
THE END OF THE 2021, AND 2022,
SO JUST LIFTING THIS
RECOMMENDATION AND I WANT TO
SAY I'M INTERESTED IN TALKING
TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AMENDMENT
LIKE THAT FOR FULL COUNCIL.
YOU ALSO NOTE THAT THE PLAN IS
FOR INCENTIVES TO BE OFFERED
FOR THREE YEARS, BUT THERE'S NO
SUNSET ON THE PROGRAM, UNLIKE
THE 2019 PROGRAM, WHICH HAD A
ONE YEAR SUNSET.
SO JUST FLAGGING MY INTEREST IN
TALKING ABOUT THAT BETWEEN NOW
AND MONDAY AS WELL.
>> I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU.
SO MOVING ONTO QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE BILL BEFORE WE BEGIN
DISCUSSION OF AMENDMENTS.
>> MS. CHAIR HERBOLD.
THANK YOU.
I WANT TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF
CRIME.
MAYOR HARRELL ANNOUNCED HIS
IMPLEMENTATION SO I'M EAGER TO
PASS THE COUNCIL BILL TODAY.
ON SEPTEMBER 10th OF LAST YEAR,
NEARLY ONE YEAR AGO, I
INTRODUCED TWO BUDGET
AMENDMENTS TO FUND BETWEEN 1
MILLION AND AND $3 MILLION TO
INCREASE RETENSION AT THAT
TIME.
SINCE THEN, UNACCEPTABLY HIGH
911 RESPONSE TIMES IN SEVERAL
PRECINCTS AND UNACCEPTABLE
INCREASES IN CRIME RATES.
I GET EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS
EVERY DAY, EXPRESSING THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO RESTORE
THE DETECTIVE WE LOST SO THAT
WE CAN SOLVE CRIMES AND WE NEED
TO RESTORE THE COMMUNITY POLICE
OFFICERS WE LOST SO WE CAN
PREVENT CRIMES.
AS WE CONTINUE TO DEEPEN
ACCOUNTABILITY REFORMS AND
RESPOND TO SOME BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH EMERGENCIES, I SUPPORT
THE MAYOR'S SPD RECRUITMENT
PLAN, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING MORE EFFORTS TO
RETAIN THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED
OFFICERS HERE.
WE KNOW IT TAKE AS LONG TIME TO
TRAIN RECRUITS SO RETENSION IS
ALSO VITAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I KNOW THERE WILL BE INTEREST
IN SPEAKING ABOUT PROVIDES ON
THE BILL.
I KNOW IT WOULD BE OKAY IF WE
GET THE BILL BEFORE US, MOVE THE
AMENDMENTS.
WHY THEY'RE VOTING THE WAY THEY
ARE ON THE BILL.
IS THAT OKAY?
SO WE CAN JUST GET MOVING?
THANK YOU SO.
SO TURNING BACK OVER TO YOU,
GREG, CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE
AMENDMENT NUMBER 1.
>> SURE, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO
SHARE THOSE ON THE SCREEN IN.
>> DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT
FIRST, AND WE'LL WORK ON MOVING
IT.
>> IT SAYS COSTS RELATED TO
RETENSION OF OFFICERS AND SPD
MEAN EXPENDITURES THAT DO NOT
NEED TO BE BARGAIN, AND ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH -- AM I ON?
SORRY, I THOUGHT I
THE LIMITATION OF THE WELLNESS
FIRST SCHEDULES DOES NOT NEED
TO BE BARCODED BECAUSE IT IS A
VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
WITH INDIVIDUAL DISCRETION.
THAT WOULD BE LANGUAGE ADDED TO
THE BILL.
>> CAN YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE
AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO?
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, WOULD
ADD LANGUAGE TO THE BILL THAT
WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
EXECUTIVE, IF LEGALLY NECESSARY
AT THE SEPTEMBER 21st, 2022
MEETING OR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
THEREAFTER, SUBMIT TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION A DRAFT RULE THAT
WOULD ALLOW FOR MOVING EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR POLICE AND
FIRE, LOOK EMPLOYEES,
CONSISTENT WITH SMC 4.14.140 AS
MODIFIED BY ORDINANCE 12615.
AND ORDINANCE 126 -- I AM
SORRY, 12039.
THIS BILL NOW BEFORE YOU.
IT ALLOWS FOR MOVING EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENTS.
IN SHORT, THIS WOULD PUT INTO
THE RULES THE PERSONNEL RULES
BEING MODIFIED TO ALLOW FOR
MOVING EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT.
>> DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS?
EITHER AMENDMENT ONE OR
AMENDMENT TWO?
ALL RIGHT, AGAIN, I HAVE ASKED
GREG TO GO THROUGH THE
AMENDMENTS FIRST BEFORE WE MAKE
THE MOTION.
I DO WANT TO FLAG THAT THERE IS
A DRAFT AMENDMENT, GREG ALLUDED
TO IT, THAT I'M WORKING ON WITH
CENTRAL STAFF, THE ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION THAT WOULD
PROVIDE CLARITY ABOUT THE
GROUPS OF OFFICER CANDIDATES
ELIGIBLE FOR IN SENDING, HIRING
INCENTIVES.
FOR THE CLASSIFICATION RUBRIC
OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION.
UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION RULES
OFFICERS MAY REQUEST AND
RECEIVE REINSTATEMENT.
THERE IS ANOTHER TECHNICAL
ISSUE THAT MY OFFICE IS WORKING
ON WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
CITY ATTORNEY THAT MIGHT REQUIRE
A SECOND AMENDMENT.
I JUST WANT TO FLAG THAT FOR
TRANSPARENCY SAKE FOR FOLKS
BETWEEN NOW AND FULL COUNCIL.
AND, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO
MOVE THE BILL SO WE CAN
CONSIDER VOTING ON AMENDMENTS
ONE AND TWO.
IMOVE COUNCIL BILL 1203 89.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
THE MAIN BILL IS NOW BEFORE THE
GROUP.
NOW I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE TO
COUNCIL BILL 120389.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, CLARIFYING THAT
AMENDMENT ONE MAKES IT VERY
CLEAR THAT WE HAVE SEPARATION
FROM THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THE SEATTLE POLICE
OFFICERS KILLED AND THAT THIS
ACTION TODAY DOES NOT OVERLAP
WITH THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.
AND, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH
PRACTICES WHEN THE COUNCIL
VOTES ON LEGISLATION THAT HAS
OVERLAPPED WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS.
>> MADAM CHAIR?
>> YES.
>> MY HAND WAS UP BEFORE THE
BILL AND THE AMENDMENT OR IN
FRONT OF US.
SINCE IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND
SECONDED, IT'S THE PERFECT TIME
TO OFFER SOME COMMENTS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE VOTES ON THE
AMENDMENT?
>> ARE YOUR COMMENTS RELATED TO
THE AMENDMENT?
OR TO THE BILL ITSELF?
>> TO THE CITY AMENDMENT.
>> THAN ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU.
SO THIS WILL BE A PREVIEW OF
SOME OF MY CONCERNS WITH THE
OVERALL BILL.
I AM GOING TO BE A NO HERE
TODAY.
I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND
IT.
AND AGREE WITH THE INTENT.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A TACTICAL
ERROR FOR ALL, FOR THE MAYOR
AND TEAM, TO BE SENDING US A
PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHEN WE
ARE IN THE MIDST THE BARGAINING.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT THIS
ATTEMPT TO TRY TO SEGREGATE OR
SEPARATE WHAT WE ARE DOING AT
THE BARGAINING TABLE, VERSUS
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
LEGISLATION.
BUT THIS IS A HUGE TACTICAL
ERROR FOR MY PERSPECTIVE TO BE
OFFERING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS,
INCENTIVES, CHANGING WORK
CONDITIONS OR RECRUITMENT,
RETENTION STRATEGIES IN THE
MIDST BARGAINING WEATHER IS
GOING TO BE OVERLAP.
I THINK OFFERING MONEY,
OFFERING TO PUT MONEY ON THE
TABLE IN THE MIDST OF
BARGAINING OTHER TYPES OF WORK
LOAD AND APPROACHES TO WITH THE
CURRENT SPD PORTFOLIO HAS IS A
MISSTEP.
AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION OVERALL IS
NECESSARY.
I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND
THIS AMENDMENT.
I WISH I COULD VOTE FOR IT IN
THAT I THINK IN THE SAME VEIN
THE CONCERNS I HAVE, BUT I AM
VERY CONCERNED THAT WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE IS GOING TO BE A
DISINCENTIVE TO TRY TO ENSURE
GREATER COMPLIANCE WITH THE
THINGS I KNOW MANAGEMENT AS
CITY COUNCIL, THE EXECUTIVE AND
WHAT I'VE HEARD WE ARE IN
HARMONY AND WANTING CERTAIN
THINGS AND I THINK THIS COULD
BE AN INTERRUPTION TO THAT
PROCESS AT THE NEGOTIATING
TABLE.
WITHOUT DIVULGING ANY MORE I
WILL SAY NO.
>> I THINK I'VE BEEN A BAD JOB
OF EXPLAINING THE AMENDMENT.
WHAT IT SAYS IS THINGS THAT ARE
CALLED TO ATTENTION IN THE BILL
DO NOT NEED -- FOR THE PURPOSE
OF THIS ORDINANCE, COSTS
RELATED TO RETENTION OF
OFFICERS AND SPD MEAN
EXPENDITURES THAT DO NOT NEED
TO BE BARGAINED.
AND THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
THE CANDIDATE BEHIND PROGRAM,
THE CREATION AND SUPPORT OF THE
BUREAU ADVISORY COUNCILS,
ACCRETION AND SUPPORT OF THE
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, LIMITATION
OF THE VOLUNTARY WELLNESS FIRST
410 SCHEDULES AND ON THE LAST
ITEM, WELLNESS FIRST SCHEDULES
DOES NOT NEED TO BE BARGAINED
AT THIS POINT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW
IT IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE JUST -- THIS AMENDMENT
PUBLICLY STATING THAT THESE
ITEMS ARE NOT ITEMS THAT NEED
TO BE BARGAINED.
>> MADAM CHAIR, WITH THAT
EXPLANATION I'M GOING TO
ABSTAIN ON THIS.
I THINK OVERALL I'M STILL
CONCERNED THAT THIS DOES ADD
ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO WHAT
COULD'VE BEEN AT THE BARGAINING
TABLE.
AND THEY ARE NOT.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE
SUGGESTING HERE, THAT ALL OF
THE THINGS DON'T NEED TO BE
BARGAINED.
I AGREE FRANKLY THAT WHEN
THINGS LIKE US TRYING TO MOVE
OFFICERS, FOR EXAMPLE, AWAY
FROM THINGS WE KNOW ARE
ACTIVELY HARMFUL LIKE HAVING
OFFICERS BE MANAGING TRAFFIC
WITH A BADGE AND GUN, THERE IS
NOT A SITUATION THAT CALLS FOR
THAT.
WE WANT TO BARGAIN SOME OF
THESE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT FOR YEARS.
I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE
OVERALL TO PUT MONEY ON THE
TABLE IN THE MIDST OF
BARGAINING.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT YOU
NOTED AND RECOGNIZING YOU'RE
TRYING TO PIVOT THESE ITEMS
SHOULDN'T BE BARGAINED.
I WILL ABSTAIN.
OVERALL I THINK IT'S A TACTICAL
AIR TO BE MOVING THE
LEGISLATION ON BEHALF OF THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM.
I THINK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
COUNCIL, WE SHOULD BE HOLDING
BACK ON THESE THINGS AND
NEGOTIATING FOR THE BIGGER
PICTURE.
I WILL ABSTAIN ON THIS TODAY,
MADAM CHAIR.
>> ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT?
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> I FULLY SUPPORT THE
AMENDMENT.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO WHATEVER
WE CAN RIGHT NOW TO RETAIN THE
OFFICERS WE HAVE GOT.
AND I AM IMPATIENT TO BE ABLE
TO PUT REAL RETENTION BONUSES
ON THE TABLE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THESE
PROGRAMS, AND THIS GETS TO THE
QUESTION I HAD BEFORE, THESE
PROGRAMS WOULD TOTAL ACCORDING
TO THE REPORT DONE IN 2019,
$870,000.
IS THAT FIGURED INTO THIS
OVERALL PACKAGE?
>> YOU ARE ASKING THE VALUE OF
THE RETENTION ITEMS IN THE
PACKAGE?
I THINK THERE IS A CHART THAT
GREG HAD OR MAYBE HE CAN TELL
US.
THESE PROGRAMS ARE SOME OF THE
PROGRAMS IN THAT REPORT.
I DON'T THINK THE DOLLAR AMOUNT
ALIGNS.
>> YES, THAT IS CORRECT, MADAM
CHAIR.
THE DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE SPENT
IN 2022 FOR THE PROGRAMS ARE
$10,000 FOR THE LEAVE NO
CANDIDATE BEHIND, $150,000 FOR
THE DEVELOP OUR PEOPLE
LEADERSHIP ACADEMY AND $10,000
FOR THE WELLNESS FIRST
SCHEDULES.
THAT TOTALS ABOUT $170,000.
IN 2022.
THEN THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING THAT WOULD BE PAID IN
2023 AND ALL OF THESE COSTS ARE
AN ATTACHMENT TO MY STAFF
REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, GREG.
FOLLOW UP?
>> FANTASTIC.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON AMENDMENT ONE?
>> [ ROLL CALL ].
>> FOUR IN FAVOR.
>> MOVING ONTO AMENDMENT TO TWO,
TO REMIND FOLKS WHAT IT DOES,
IT IS SIMPLY, LET ME GET UP TO
IT, IT IS AGAIN, SIMPLY
REPLICATING WHAT WE DID IN AN
EARLIER BILL RELATED TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A RULE TO ALLOW
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO PAY RELOCATION COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH RECRUITS.
I WILL MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO
TO COUNCIL BILL 120389, IS OUR
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THIS OTHER TECHNICAL AMENDMENT?
THANK YOU.
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> ABSTAIN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIES AND
AMENDMENT TWO IS ADOPTED.
BEFORE VOTING ON THE BILL AS
AMENDED DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE
COMMENTS ON THE BILL?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THE
BILL.
I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR WITH THE
INCENTIVE PACKAGE, AS WE SAW
EARLIER THIS PACKAGE BRINGS
SEATTLE IN LINE TO BE MORE
COMPETITIVE WITH CITIES IN OUR
REGION.
BUT ALSO MORE COMPETITIVE
NATIONALLY WITH CITIES FACING
SIMILAR RECRUITMENT CRUNCHES.
IT IS A NECESSARY STEP TOWARDS
COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
I DO WANT TO STATE THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE RECRUITMENT AND
ATTENTION RETENTION OF POLICE
WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION TODAY
ABOUT THE OTHER STRATEGIES HAVE
TO BE PART OF THAT COPPERHEADS
IF PUBLIC SAFETY STRATEGY
INCLUDING RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES
AND APPRECIATE THE RENEWED
PARTNERSHIP, FOCUS AND ENERGY
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS
BRINGING TO THIS VERY MUCH
APPRECIATE CANDIDATE HARRELL 'S
RESPONSE FOR PROGRAMS LIKE
CAHOOTS AND THAT HE HAS
CONTINUED TO HAVE THOSE
STRONGLY HELD VIEWS AS AN
ELECTED OFFICIAL AND IS LOOKING
TOWARD PARTNERING WITH US TO
MAKE THOSE THINGS A REALITY.
I WANT TO ALSO LIFT UP THE
CONVERSATION WE HAD AROUND
CONTINUING OUR WORK TO ENGAGE
MORE CITY EMPLOYEES IN MORE
VISIBLE AND ON THE GROUND
PUBLIC SAFETY WORK AROUND THE
CITY TO BE MAKING A TANGIBLE
EFFORT.
WE KNOW A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF
THIS HAS TO BE CONTINUING TO
WORK ON BEING COMPETITIVE ON
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF
POLICE AND THAT IS WHAT THIS
MEASURE DOES.
BUT IT IS ONLY GOING TO BE
SUFFICIENT IF WE ARE ALSO
WORKING ON THIS OTHER COMPONENT
FOR PRINCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS
INITIAL STEP AND MANY MORE
DISCUSSIONS TO COME ON THE
OTHER COMPONENTS OF OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY STRATEGY THAT WE ARE
PUTTING TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP
AS A MAYOR AND A COUNCIL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
VOTE.
SO, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
ALLUDING TO THIS, ON MARCH 23,
2022 I PUT FORD RESOLUTION 32050
CALLING FOR STAFFING INCENTIVES
PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE THE
HIRING OF NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
STATING COUNCIL'S INTENT TO
PASS BY SEPARATE ORDINANCE THE
LIFTING OF THE COUNCIL INCLUDES
RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF SPD'S
2022 SALARY SAVINGS TO PAY FOR
THEM AND STATING COUNCIL'S
INTENT TO PASS BY SEPARATE
ORDINANCE A STAFFING INCENTIVES
PLAN.
MY INTENTION IS TO BEGIN THE
POLICY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
URGENT NEED TO DO SOMETHING,
ANYTHING, TO ADDRESS OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY CRISIS.
I WANTED TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM
FLEXIBILITY TO THE EXECUTIVE TO
DESIGN THE MOST IMPERATIVE
STAFFING INCENTIVES PROGRAM AS
POSSIBLE.
RESOLUTION 32050 PASTORAL
COUNCIL MAY 24 AND SUCCEEDED IN
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE
LEGISLATION WE ARE ABOUT TO
VOTE ON TODAY.
SO, BETWEEN THE INTRODUCTION OF
THAT RESOLUTION AND TODAY,
SALARY SAVINGS INCREASED FROM
$4.1 MILLION TO $8.6 MILLION.
COUNCILS PROJECTED 125
SEPARATIONS IN 2022 HAS BEEN
SURPASSED BY THE THREE.
23.
IN SPD'S REVISED PROJECTION OF
148 SEPARATIONS.
AT THE END OF QUARTER TWO,
THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 30 HIRES.
IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW WE WILL
GET TO THE PROJECTED 125.
AND AS GREG NOTED WE HAVE A NET
LOSS OF OFFICERS QUARTER OVER
QUARTER.
AND SO, WITHIN THAT CONTEXT,
MEANWHILE PEOPLE ARE DYING.
AND, ACCORDING TO THE AUGUST 4
HOMICIDE AND SHOTS FIRED
REPORT, YEAR-TO-DATE HOMICIDES
EVENTS ARE UP 19%.
WITH 31 INCIDENTS.
AND OF THOSE 31 INCIDENTS WORK
33 HOMICIDE VICTIMS.
30% WERE BLACK OR AFRICAN-
AMERICAN, 9% WERE ASIAN-PACIFIC
ISLANDER, AND 6% WERE AMERICAN
INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE.
AND THE REST WERE WHITE OR
UNKNOWN.
YEAR-TO-DATE SHOOTINGS AND
SHOTS FIRED EVENTS ARE UP 39%.
AND SHOOTINGS ARE UP WITH 123
EVENTS YEAR-TO-DATE.
COMPARED TO ONLY 88 LAST YEAR.
AND THEN, SINCE THAT REPORT WAS
RELEASED AUGUST 4, A MAN DIED
FROM A DOWNTOWN ASSAULT THAT
TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 2. A MAN
WAS WOUNDED IN THE SHOOTING IN
WEST SEATTLE ON SATURDAY
MORNING.
A MAN WAS FOUND SHOT DEAD ON
SATURDAY MORNING IN MOUNT
BAKER.
MAN WAS SHOT DEAD SATURDAY
MORNING IN THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT.
SO, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR
PUBLIC SAFETY CRISIS.
IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE
THAT I STRONGLY SUPPORT COUNCIL
BILL 120389.
I THINK , I THINK THE MAYOR FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD INTO
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
SPONSORING IT AND I REQUEST TO
BE ADDED AS A COSPONSOR AND
WILL VOTE IN FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST A FEW WORDS OF MY OWN.
I JUST WANT TO SUM UP WITH THE
BILL DOES.
IT AUTHORIZES SPENDING FOR THE
ESTIMATED COST OF $289,000 IN
HIRING INCENTIVES DURING 2022.
FROM EXISTING FUNDS ALREADY
INCLUDED IN SPD'S 2022 BUDGET.
TRANSFERS $228,000 OUT OF SPD'S
BUDGET TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF RAYMOND -- HUMAN
RESOURCES FOR POSITIONS TO
ENHANCE RECRUITING AND THE
ABILITY TO ADMINISTER TASKS
WHICH CAN SPEED UP THE HIRING
PROCESS.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE
FUNDS THE COUNCIL APPROVED FOR
SPD TO HIRE CONSULTANTS OUTSIDE
THE DEPARTMENT TO ACCELERATE
GRANT CHECKS.
THE FIGURES IN THE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF MEMO FROM THE 26
MEETING NOTES THE LATERAL
INCENTIVE OF $30,000 OFFERED IS
AS HIGH AS ANY OTHER LOCAL
DEPARTMENT. WE DISCUSSED THAT
DATA EARLIER.
IN THE 2022 BUDGET, THE COUNCIL
ADOPTED FUNDING FOR THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT HIRING
PAYMENT.
TO HIRE 125 OFFICERS.
HIRING HAS BEEN SLOWER THAN
ANTICIPATED.
THIS USES EXISTING FUNDS FOR
THE HIRING OF THOSE 125 OFFICERS
IN SUPPORT OF THE HIRING PLAN
THAT WE VOTED FOR AND FUNDED.
I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND SPD
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AND I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS
ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVES.
YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING A NEW 911
ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE CALL
PROGRAM IS AN RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION STRATEGY.
IT IS BEEN NEARLY 2 YEARS SINCE
COUNCIL REQUESTED ANALYSIS OF
WHAT TYPES OF 911 CALLS COULD
BE RESPONDED TO WITHOUT POLICE
INVOLVEMENT.
I AM CONCERNED WE HAVE BEEN
FALLING BEHIND IN OUR
COMMITMENTS TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVES.
I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE RECENT
AGREEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION
TO WORK WITH COUNCIL TO DEVELOP
A PILOT.
SEATTLE IS NOT UNIQUE.
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
FACING POLICE OFFICER SHORTAGES
AND A CRITICAL PART OF OUR LONG-
TERM SOLUTION IS TO LESSEN THE
LOAD ON OFFICERS AND CREATE NEW
AND MORE EFFECTIVE WAYS OF
RESPONDING TO CALLS THAT DO NOT
REQUIRE AN ARMED POLICE
RESPONSE.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO AGAIN
THANK THE MAYOR AND SPD FOR
BEING COLLABORATIVE IN
DEVELOPING THIS BILL.
AND, WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO
FURTHER COMMENTS --
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I KEEP FORGETTING TO SWITCH
BACK TO THE OTHER SCREEN.
>> I AM SORRY TOO.
I KNOW YOU PROBABLY WANT TO
HAVE THE LAST WORD ON THIS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
IN SHEPHERDING THIS EFFORT.
I'M HAPPY TO OFFER MY COMMENTS
AND THEN TURNED BACK OVER TO
YOU.
APOLOGIES FOR NOT SPEAKING UP
WHEN I HEARD YOU MAKING SOME
COMMENTS.
SO, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT I
SHARE THOSE COMMENTS, THE
CHARIOT CONCERNS.
THE CONCERN WE HAVE NOT SEEN
ALTERNATIVES TO THE POLICING
STRATEGY WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
IMPLEMENTED AS THE COUNCIL
PASSED IN 2020 AND 2021.
THE CONCERN THAT THE CHAIR
RAISED THAT WE FUNDED THE
STRATEGIES IN THE PAST AND
HAVEN'T SEEN THEM FULLY
IMPLEMENTED BY THE PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION IS REALLY
HAMPERING OUR EFFORTS TO
COLLECTIVELY TO SEE ALTERNATIVES
TO POLICING GO INTO EFFECT.
AND I STAND WITH HER IN THIS
COUNCIL WHO HAS CALLED FOR
THOSE EFFORTS AS CODIFIED IN
THE BUDGET LAW TO BE TRULY
IMPLEMENTED AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HIS CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THAT
ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION TODAY.
I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY.
IN CONVERSATIONS I HAVE HAD
DIRECTLY WITH OFFICERS WHO HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED WITH HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS, HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE THE FOLKS WHO
CARE FOR MOST MOBILE, FOLKS
WERE EXPENSING HOMELESSNESS,
PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING CRISIS
CENTERS, THEY HAVE REGULAR
MEDICATION WITH OFFICERS AND
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
HOW TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND
COMMUNICATION.
AND WITH THE FRONT-LINE
OFFICERS WHAT THEY'VE TOLD
HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS IS
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THEM TO
BRING PEOPLE.
AND THEY FEEL DEMORALIZED
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING
FOR PERSON DOWN CALLS, MENTAL
HEALTH CALLS, THE OFFICERS HAVE
TOLD THEM THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF
MONEY TO COMPENSATE FOR THEM TO
HAVE NOWHERE TO BRING PEOPLE.
I WANT TO REPEAT THAT.
THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES HAVE
TOLD HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDERS
THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY
THAT CAN COMPENSATE FOR THEM
HAVING NOWHERE TO BRING PEOPLE.
NOT ENOUGH LANDING ZONE FOR
PEOPLE IN DISTRESS.
NOT ENOUGH SHELTER, NOT OF
HOUSING, NOT ENOUGH MENTAL
HEALTH TREATMENT FACILITIES,
NOT ENOUGH SUBSTANCE TREATMENT
FACILITIES.
AND THE NOT GOING TO KEEP
BRINGING TO HARBORVIEW WHICH IS
A REVOLVING DOOR, WHERE
HOSPITALS ARE AT CAPACITY
BECAUSE OF COVID.
FROM THE OFFICERS OWN MOUTHS,
WHAT THEY NEED IS NOT
ADDITIONAL MONEY, BUT A PLACE
TO BRING PEOPLE.
A PR FIRM FOR SPD WON'T HELP
THAT.
HIRING INCENTIVE APPROACH WON'T
HELP THAT.
MARKETING WON'T HELP THAT.
$150,000 FOR A POLICE CHIEF
SEARCH WON'T HELP THAT.
WHAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO IS
TO TRY TO MOVE GET HOUSING,
SHELTER, AND ACUTE CARE
SERVICES, WHICH I KNOW MANY
FOLKS ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE
SUPPORTED AND WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT, EVEN FOLKS WHO ARE
VOTING FOR THE LEGISLATION
TODAY.
BUT I CAN'T DO THAT WHEN I SEE
THAT THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES
ARE SAYING THE MONEY IS NOT
WHAT THEY NEED.
AND I HAVE TO REPEAT OUR OWN
CITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
GROUP FINAL REPORT LAST YEAR
SAID, WHICH I WILL NOTE SPD WAS
PART OF, THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY
INCENTIVE PAY AS A BARRIER TO
THOSE HIRING OR RETAINING THEIR
TERM AT SPD.
THE FINAL REPORT DID NOT
IDENTIFY A HIRING INCENTIVE
PROGRAM AS A RECOMMENDATION.
ADDITIONALLY OUR OWN CITY
ANALYSIS OF HIRING INCENTIVES
USED IN THE LATE 2021 QUARTER
SHOWED THAT, AND I QUOTE, SPD
CAN INDICATED DEPARTMENT DID
NOT EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE
WITHOUT HIRING INCENTIVE IN
OCTOBER 2012 ONE.
MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS MEMO
THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR THE
POLICE EXECUTIVE POLICE
FOUNDATION AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF POLICE CHIEFS TO
DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY
SPECIFIC EVALUATIONS OR
RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF HIRING CASH INCENTIVES IN
POLICING.
IT SAID THAT, AND I QUOTE,
THERE IS NOT A BODY OF RESEARCH
TO SUPPORT THIS PRACTICE.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S HUMAN
RESOURCE DEPARTMENT ALSO
SUMMARIZED, OFFERING A HIRING
INCENTIVE IS A SHORT-TERM
STRATEGY MEANT TO INDUCE OR
ACCEPT THE JOB, BUT ONCE AN
EMPLOYEE IS ON BOARD, EVEN WITH
THE STRUCTURED BONUS, HAS
LIMITED IMPACT ON RETENTION.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT
WE WANT TO WORK ON.
THEY WENT ON TO SAY THE MONEY IS
A ONE-TIME QUICK FIX THAT MAY
NOT COMPENSATE FOR
UNCOMPETITIVE WAGES OR
UNSUPPORTED WORKING CONDITIONS.
LACK OF OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP
CAREER, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND
SKILLS -- AND WHEN THERE IS
LIMITED PROMOTION OPPORTUNITY.
AND IMPORTANTLY SIGNING BONUSES
FOR EXAMPLE, FROM NEWLY HIRED
EXTERNAL PERSONNEL, AND
NEGATIVELY IMPACT EMPLOYEE
MORALE.
IF THAT IS WHAT WE ARE
CONCERNED WITH, HIRING BONUSES
NEGATIVELY IMPACT EXISTING
EMPLOYEE MORALE.
EMPLOYEES PROMOTED INTIMATELY
ARE ALREADY WORKING ON A JOB
AND FEEL UNDERVALUED AND
UNDERAPPRECIATED WHEN THEIR
FINANCIAL PACKAGE DOES NOT
MATCH WITH THE EXTERNAL RECRUITS
RECEIVED.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR BREAKING
TRUST.
I WOULD SUGGEST AS WE LOOK
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH I
KNOW COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HAS BEEN A STRONG PROPONENT OF,
WE HAD A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, THIS
UPCOMING BUDGET, TO LOOK AT
WHAT LABOR RELATIONS AND ARE
CITY UNIONS HAVE BEEN ASKING
FOR FOR A VERY LONG TIME ACROSS
THE DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT IS TO FIGURE OUT
RETENTION STRATEGIES ACROSS ALL
DEPARTMENTS.
THERE IS AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT
GAP IN THE NEEDED PERSONNEL IN
HUMAN SERVICES, SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, AND A NUMBER OF
OTHER AREAS THAT ARE CITY
PROVIDES MEDICAL SERVICES.
WE ARE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION ACROSS
THE CITY AND NOT TO LISTEN WITH
THE FRONT-LINE OFFICERS HAVE
SAID THEY WANTED AND THAT IS A
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE REFERRED
TO.
EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
ASKED TO PREPARE A BUDGET
ANALYSIS OR BUDGET PROPOSAL
THAT GOES UP TO 6% BUDGET CUTS.
JUST YESTERDAY IN OUR ECONOMIC
AND REVENUE FORECAST COUNCIL
WHICH WAS PROJECTED ON SEATTLE
CHANNEL PUBLIC TO EVERYONE,
MORE BAD NEWS WAS SHARED.
WE WILL NOT KNOW THE GAP IN
EXISTING REVENUE AND EXISTING
EXPENDITURES UNTIL AUGUST 17
MEETING, FINANCE AND HOUSING.
SO UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT GAP WE
ARE FACING, I THINK EVERY
DOLLAR WE HAVE AVAILABLE, AS WE
HAVE ASKED EVERY OTHER
DEPARTMENT TO DO, SHOULD BE
CONTINUED TO BE HELD SO WE CAN
LOOK AT HOW WE ADDRESS THE
CRITICAL NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY
AND ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT IN
THIS UPCOMING BUDGET.
I UNDERSTAND COUNCIL HAS
ALREADY GIVEN SPENDING
AUTHORITY, TO SLIGHTLY MAKE AN
AMENDMENT TO THAT AMOUNT, BUT
OVERALL I HAVE CONCERN WITH THE
POLICY APPROACH AND IT'S NOT
ALIGNING WITH WHAT I HAVE HEARD
FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDERS AS A DIRECT NEED FOR
MORE OFFICERS.
AGAIN, TODAY I WILL VOTE NO ON
THE LEGISLATON.
AND I STAND WITH OTHERS WHO
BEEN CALLING TWO ALTERNATIVES
TO POLICING TO BE IMPLEMENTED
AS PAST COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> NO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> YES.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR AND ONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE BILL IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
COUNCIL BILL AS AMENDED MOVED
TO FULL COUNCIL ON AUGUST 16.
NORMALLY UNDER THE COUNCIL
RULES WITH A SPLIT VOTE THE
BILL WOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE
SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING
WHICH WOULD BE IN TWO WEEKS,
BECAUSE OF THE AUGUST COUNCIL
BREAK , THE SECOND MEETING IS ON
SEPTEMBER 6. THE COUNCIL RULES
ALLOW FOR A VOTE IN ONE WEEK
WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE
COMMITTEE CHAIR AND THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I WILL BE CONSULTING WITH THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ABOUT HOLDING
THE FULL COUNCIL VOTE AT THE
MEETING ON AUGUST 16.
THE NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE IS
SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 13,
2022.
TO ANY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
ANTICIPATE BEING ABSENT FROM
THE MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 13?
>> YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL ME LATER.
IF THERE ANY I LOVE TO KNOW
THEM EARLIER.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
SEEING NONE, THE TIME IS 12:58.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING LATE AND
WE ARE ADJOURNED.