I AM CHAIR OF THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE, WILL BE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL?
>> TELLS ANOTHER HURDLE?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FLORES?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL AMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS JOINED
US, WE WILL ANNOUNCE HIS
PRESENCE AS WELL. I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING
US AGAIN -- OH, HELLO,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. WE HAVE
ALL NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA, I WAS STUCK IN THE
WAITING ROOM WHILE YOU CALLED
ROLL.
>> I UNDERSTAND. WE ARE HAPPY
YOU ARE HERE, THANKS FOR JOININ
US, LIVE FROM YOUR DISTRICT. I
WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
JOINING US AGAIN FOR THIS
SELECTED BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING. THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO
JUMP INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET W
HAVE JUST RECEIVED YESTERDAY. S
THANK YOU, TO THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS, YOUR STAFF, TO ALL THE
CLERKS AND CENTRAL STAFF, THE
I.T. AND COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL. WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK
AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING US T
GET THROUGH THESE NEXT 8 TO 10
WEEKS IN FRONT OF US. WE REALL
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK TO
COME. I WANT TO THANK THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND MAYOR HARREL
FOR TRANSMITTING THE PROPOSED
BUDGET YESTERDAY. THIS IS OUR
CHANCE, NOW, THE LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE
PROPOSAL, AND WE TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE INTO THE
PROPOSAL AND ENSURE, IN THIS
CASE, THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THE
2024 PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL , TH
SECOND PART OF OUR BIANNUAL
BUDGET PROCESS. SO, FROM NOW
ON, WE WILL REFERRED TO THE 12
MONTHS IN FRONT OF US THAT WE
WILL CONSIDER AS PART OF OUR
BIANNUAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENT
PROCESS. TODAY'S AGENDA
INCLUDES A BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING THAT WILL PROVIDE AS A
OVERVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S
MID-BIANNUAL BUDGET ADJUSTMENT
PROCESS, WE WILL HEAR FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, WE WILL HEAR A
PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE, AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ON THEIR PROPOSED
ADJUSTMENTS. WE WILL ALSO TRY
TO HONE IN ON ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBERS MAY
HAVE, AND THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS
I THINK WE WILL ALL LOOK AT IS
ANY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM OR
STAFFING CHANGES AS RELATES TO
OUR ENDORSED 2024 12 YOUR
CALENDAR BUDGET. IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, TODAY'S AGENDA WILL
BE ADOPTED. HEARING NONE,
TODAY'S AGENDA IS ADOPTED. I
WANT TO PROVIDE A FEW OPENING
COMMENTS BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AS YOUR BUDGET CHAIR, NOW GOIN
INTO OUR FOURTH YEAR TOGETHER,
WORKING ON BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND LIFTING UP
INVESTMENTS FOR WORKING FAMILIE
AND SMALL BUSINESSES , OUR
COMMUNITY AT LARGE, INVESTING I
COMMUNITY HEALTH, I WANTED TO
OUTLINE SOME PRIORITIES I WILL
LOOK AT THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR, I
WILL PRIORITIZE ACCOUNTABILITY,
SUSTAINABILITY, AND EQUITY, AS
WE UNDERTAKE THE PROCESS OF
FINALIZING THE 2024 MID-BIANNUA
ADJUSTMENT. LAST YEAR, IN THE
WAKE OF CONTINUING DIRE ECONOMI
FORECASTS AND THE ONGOING
PANDEMIC, THIS COUNCIL PASSED A
2023-24 BIANNUAL BUDGET THAT
REJECTED AUSTERITY, THANKS TO
THE USE OF JUMPSTART HIGHER THA
ANTICIPATED REVENUE TO PREVENT
DEEP CUTS. WE DID THAT FOR A
SHORT TWO-YOUR TEMPORARY
PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT CORE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND PROGRAM
AND PEOPLE WERE SERVED DURING
THIS REALLY TOUGH TIME. MANY OF
THE HARDSHIPS OUR COMMUNITY
EXPERIENCED 12 MONTHS AGO
CONTINUE TODAY, AND IN SOME
CASES, INSTABILITY HAS WORSENED
WE ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER, BUT WE
WANT TO THINK ABOUT CONTINUING
TO RECOVER EQUITABLY. I WANT TO
REMIND US ALL THAT WE CONTINUE
TO SEE THE ONGOING PANDEMIC
IMPACT BOTH OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH
-- GET YOUR VACCINATIONS
AGAINST COVID AND THE FLU --
AND WE ALSO SEE IMPACTS ON OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY AND HOUSING
INSTABILITY AND THE CRISES THAT
CONTINUE TO COMPOUND THE SHADOW
PANDEMIC. LAST YEAR, THIS
COUNCIL PRIORITIZED A BUT IT --
A BUDGET THAT ADVANCED THREE
CONCEPT, WE WANTED A BUDGET THA
INVESTED IN A COMMUNITY THAT WA
BOTH CARED FOR AND HOUSE, SECON
CONNECTED AND RESILIENT, AND
THIRD, HEALTHY AND SAFE. WE
INCLUDED A HISTORIC $500 MILLIO
INVESTMENT INTO AFFORDABLE
HOUSING ACROSS THE BIENNIUM.
HALF $1 MILLION IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING LARGELY MADE POSSIBLE
BY A JUMP START PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX. WE INVESTED IN
PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
HEALTH BY INVESTING IN EARLY
INTERVENTION AND UPSTREAM
SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE GREATER
SELF-DETERMINATION , ECONOMIC
STABILITY, AND ADDRESS THE
RISING TRAUMA AND INCOME
EQUALITY OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS. IN THIS YEAR'S EFFORTS,
WE MUST KEEP OUR WORD AND
MAINTAIN THOSE YEARS COMMITTED
IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY
HEALTH, BY REJECTING AUSTERITY,
DENYING ATTEMPTS TO RAID
JUMPSTART, OR ATTEMPT TO REBRAN
EXISTING PROGRAMS UNDER NEW
NAMES OR START NEW PROGRAMS WHE
WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF EXISTING
PROGRAMS BEING EFFECTIVE,
EFFICIENT, AND ALREADY TRUSTED
BY THE COMMUNITY. ON THE TOPIC
OF ACCOUNTABILITY, I WANT TO
THAT WE SET UP A BUDGET PROCESS
THAT CREATE GREATER TRANSPARENC
AND CONTINUITY WITH AN EYE
TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY FOR FUTUR
YEARS. IN LARGE PART, I WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCIL'S
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, WHO
OFFERED NEW TOOLS FOR ALLOWING
THE PUBLIC AND OUR COLLEAGUES
TO ACCESS INFORMATION THAT IS
BEING PROPOSED, AND WHEN
COUNCILMEMBERS SUGGEST CHANGES
WE CAN QUICKLY USE THE TOOLS
THE COUNCIL COMMUNICATION OFFIC
HAVE SET UP TO ENSURE GREATER
ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY. WE AR
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT
TRANSPARENCY, WITH LEGISLATION
TEED UP AND FORESHADOWED THIS
YEAR, TO BUILD ON THE WORK FROM
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND
CENTRAL STAFF AND THE WORKGROUP
THEY CREATED TO ALLOW FOR
GREATER CONSISTENCY AND
STABILITY FOR THE BUDGET. WE AR
ALSO FOLDING IN THE INFORMATION
THAT WE RECEIVE QUARTERLY FROM
THE BUDGET FORECAST OFFICE. AND
BECAUSE OF THAT TRANSPARENCY AN
DAYLIGHTING THE INFORMATION WE
HAVE RECEIVED IN THE SIX YEAR
FINANCIAL PLAN, WE KNOW THE
CONSEQUENCES OF DWINDLING
REVENUE STREAMS , AND WE KNOW
THE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING
ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO FURTHER
ENSURE THAT THERE IS GREATER
STABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YO
ALL ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY
CONCEPTS THAT WE ARE HOLDING
CLOSE TO THIS BUDGET PROCESS, A
WE NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS
NOT JUST FOR THE COUNCIL AND OU
DELIBERATIVE PROCESS, BUT SO
THERE IS GREATER OPPORTUNITY FO
THE COMMUNITY TO DRIVE
ENGAGEMENT IN OUR BUDGET. ON
SUSTAINABILITY, WE REVIEWED TH
BUDGET FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024
WITH AN EYE TOWARD ANY NEW
PROPOSALS OR ANY NEW PILOTS. I
THE ANY INITIATIVES OR NEW
DEPARTMENT OR NEW PROGRAMMING,
WE NEED TO LOOK CAREFULLY AT
WHETHER OR NOT THOSE NEW DOLLAR
ARE TAKING THE PLACE OF EXISTIN
PROGRAMMING. AND IN MY OPINION,
PRIORITIZE ONGOING AND
UNDERFUNDED SERVICES IN OUR CIT
TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN CORE
CITY SERVICES AND THE PEOPLE
THEY SERVE. WE NEED TO MAKE SUR
WE DO THIS SO THERE IS GREATER
STABILITY IN THE OUT YEARS,
BECAUSE INVESTING IN NEW FTEs
ARE PROGRAMMING AT THIS MOMENT
WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT TO
ADDITIONAL NEW REVENUE JUST
INCREASES THE REVENUE
INSTABILITY IN THE OUT YEARS.
WITH AN EYE TOWARD EQUITY, IN
THESE TIMES OF LIMITED RESOURCE
AND WITH THE USE OF JUMPSTART
ALREADY BACKFILLING OUR REVENUE
COFFERS, I BELIEVE THE PRIORITY
MUST BE ON MAINTAINING
INVESTMENTS AND PROMOTING
GREATER EQUITY FOR SEATTLE
RESIDENTS THROUGH CRITICAL
INVESTMENTS IN UPSTREAM
SOLUTIONS THAT ACTUALLY MAKE
OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND
HEALTHIER. THAT MEANS
PRIORITIES IN HOUSING AND
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR OUR
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS. IT MEANS
INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE. IT MEANS
INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE AND WAGE
EQUITY FOR OUR CITY WORKERS AND
FRONT-LINE CONTRACTORS WHO MAK
OUR LOCAL ECONOMY RUN AND SERVE
OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. THAT, COLLEAGUES, IS
THE THREE PILLARS I WILL LOOK A
AS WE RECEIVE THIS BUDGET. AS
CHAIR, I WILL FOCUS ON THE
BASICS AS WELL. BY MAINTAINING
THE INVESTMENTS WE COMMITTED TO
IN THIS BIANNUAL APPROACH, AND
BY PROTECTING INVESTMENTS FOR
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES,
COMMUNITY COHESION AND HEALTH,
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, AND REVENU
STABILITY. THERE IS NO WAY TO
REALIGN OUR CITY PRIORITIES TO
THE TUNE OF $214 MILLION IN CUT
EACH YEAR FOR THE NEXT SIX
YEARS IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS
REVENUE AS WELL. OUR CITY
PRIORITIES DO NOT ALIGN WITH TH
BUDGET THAT ASSUMES THIS LEVEL
OF CUTS COMING FOR THIS AMOUNT
OF AUSTERITY IN THE OUT YEARS.
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY RESIDENT
AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR
COMMUNITY IS TOO IMPORTANT TO
GAMBLE ON. I LOOK FORWARD TO
ALIGNING OUR PRIOR COMMITMENTS
AND PRIORITIES TO ENSURE THE
COMPLETION OF OUR 2024
MID-BIENNIUM ADJUSTMENTS ALIGN
WITH THOSE INITIAL COMMITMENTS,
AND OF COURSE, I LOOK FORWARD T
WORKING WITH YOU. GIVEN THE
CHANGES IN THE 2024 ENDORSED
BUDGET, SOME OF WHICH WERE
FLAGGED YESTERDAY, THE BUDGET
THAT WE RECEIVED WILL GO THROUG
A RIGOROUS PROCESS WITH CENTRAL
STAFF. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE TO
CBL AND THE TEAM AT THE MAYOR '
OFFICE THAT WILL PROVIDE
FEEDBACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
OVER THE COMING MONTH. WE WILL
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW
THE CHAIR 'S PROPOSED BUDGET
WILL BE PRESENTED AND THE
PROCESS FOR THAT IN A FUTURE
MEETING. GIVEN THAT THERE IS
NOT REVENUE IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, BUT WE KNOW THAT MANY
OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE ON
COUNCIL HAVE PROPOSED BOTH
REVENUE STRATEGIES AND FEE
LEGISLATION , TEEING THOSE UP
FOR OUR CONSIDERATION DURING TH
BUDGET PROCESS. AND GIVEN THAT
THE RESUME -- REVENUE
STABILIZATION REPORT WAS
COMPLETED AND PRESENTED LAST
MONTH, THIS IS A PROCESS THAT
WAS TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING. I
WANT TO THANK THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION WORKGROUP WHO
BEGAN THEIR WORK ALMOST EXACTLY
ONE YEAR AGO, LAST OCTOBER. WE
KNOW THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO HAV
ABOUT REVENUE, AND WE SEE THE
DIRE NEED FOR REVENUE IN THE OU
YEARS. WHEN I SAY OUT YEARS,
THAT MEANS 2025 AND BEYOND. I
DID ASK CENTRAL STAFF LAST MONT
TO BEGIN ANALYZING AND DRAFTING
POSSIBLE LEGISLATION BASED ON
WHAT IS LEGALLY A VIABLE PATH,
AND WE CAN POSSIBLY TAKE A LOOK
AT ANY REVENUE AND FEE
LEGISLATION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
ARE INTERESTED IN AT FUTURE
MEETINGS AS WELL. WE WILL TAKE
THOSE UP BEFORE THE CLOSE OF TH
BUDGET PROCESS , IF THERE IS
INTEREST FROM COUNCILMEMBERS IN
CONTINUING TO WORK ON
ADDITIONAL IDEAS, PLEASE GET IN
TOUCH WITH CENTRAL STAFF.
AGAIN, A SUMMARY OF THE BUDGET
PROCESS IS AS FOLLOWS. AT
TODAY'S BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING, WE WILL HAVE AN
OVERVIEW OF THE MID-BIENNIUM
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT PROCESS FROM
CENTRAL STAFF, FOLLOWED BY A
PRESENTATION FROM CBO ON THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED ADJUSTMENT,
INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM
OR STAFFING CHANGES, ADDITIONS
OR REDUCTIONS FROM THE 2024
ENDORSED BUDGET. OCTOBER 11,
12, 13, IN ADDITION TO THE 16th
AND 18th, WE HAVE THOSE DATES
HELD FOR BUDGET HEARINGS ON
PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS. WE WILL
LOOK BY DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS
ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES FROM
THE 2024 ENDORSED BUDGET. THESE
CONVERSATIONS WILL BE LED BY
CENTRAL STAFF. CBO AND THE
SELECTED DEPARTMENT WILL BE
INVITED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS AS WELL. ON OCTOBER
17th, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
AND REVENUE FORECAST WILL
PRESENT AN UPDATED FORECAST FOR
THE FORECAST COUNCIL AND
OCTOBER 19, CENTRAL STAFF WILL
BRIEF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON
HOW THAT FORECAST IMPACTS OUR
2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. IT IS
VERY TIMELY TO RECEIVE THIS,
THAT IS WHY WE BAKED IN THESE
QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE GENERA
PUBLIC , SO THAT COUNCIL AND TH
EXECUTIVE CAN BE INFORMED. BOT
THE EXECUTIVE INFORMED BY THE
AUGUST FORECAST, AND THE COUNCI
INFORMED BY THE OCTOBER
FORECAST. AS A REMINDER,
SELF-BALANCING COUNCILMEMBER
AMENDMENTS PROPOSALS ARE DUE T
STAFF ON OCTOBER 23rd. OCTOBER
27th, THE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WITH THE
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSED CONCEPTS
AGAIN, AS I NOTED, WE WILL HAVE
MORE INFORMATION FORTHCOMING ON
HOW THE PROCESS FOR THE CHAIR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE
REVIEWED. THE COMMITTEE WILL
DISCUSS AND VOTE ON
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSED
MID-BIENNIUM BUDGET ADJUSTMENT
ON NOVEMBER 13th, 14th, AND
15th. YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL THE
DATES HELD ON YOUR CALENDAR. TH
FINAL VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE ON
NOVEMBER 20th, WITH THE GOAL T
MOVE IT TO FULL COUNCIL ON
NOVEMBER 21st, JUST IN TIME FOR
A SHORT RECESS. IF THERE ARE N
QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS, I
WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
THE FULL COUNCIL -- EXCUSE ME,
TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR FULL
COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION. AT
THIS POINT, WE WILL HEAR FROM
EVERYBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT. I SEE THERE ARE
FOUR PEOPLE PRESENT AND
INTERESTED IN PROVIDING COMMENT
ONLINE, WE WILL GO TO THOSE FOU
PEOPLE ONLINE FIRST, THEN, MADA
CLERK, I WILL TURN IT TO YOU TO
FACILITATE ANYBODY WHO MAY HAVE
SIGNED UP IN PERSON.
>> MANAGER, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT
HAVE ANYONE IN PERSON.
>> THE FIRST PERSON IS BJ LAST,
GOOD MORNING, BJ. WE CAN DO A
TWO MINUTE TIMER. SPENT THE, MY
NAME IS BJ LAST -- BACK ONE
SECOND, BJ, CAN WE HAVE A TWO
MINUTE TIMER, PLEASE? THANK YOU
GOOD MORNING, BJ. SORRY ABOUT
THAT.
>> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS BJ
LAST
>> ONE SECOND, BJ, LET ME GET
YOU TO THE RIGHT TIME. OKAY, GO
AHEAD. THANKS FOR BEING OUR
FIRST OUT OF THE GATE. SORRY FO
THE GLITCHES.
>> NO WORRIES. THANK YOU. MY
NAME IS BJ LAST. I AM A BALLAR
RESIDENT, I SUPPORT THE
SOLIDARITY BUDGET. I AM CALLING
ON COUNCIL TO DEFUND SPD. SPD'S
BUDGET HAS BECOME SO BLOATED
THAT DEFUNDING SPD IS A MATTER
OF BASIC FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND RESTORING BASIC BUDGET
PRACTICES AT THIS POINT. SPD HA
OVER 210 GHOST COPS. THESE ARE
POSITIONS SPD HAS NO PLAN OR
INTENTION TO FILL, BUT STILL
RECEIVES FUNDING FOR EVERY
BUDGET CYCLE. THIS FUNDING
TURNED INTO A MASSIVE SLUSH FUN
THAT ALLOWS SPD TO CLAIM NEW
EXPENDITURES ARE BUDGET-NEUTRAL
WE ARE SEEING THIS IN THE
CURRENT BUDGET, CLAIMING NEW
POSITIONS ARE BUDGET NEUTRAL,
BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING FUNDED B
POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
BEING HELD EMPTY. SPD HAS
PREVIOUSLY DONE THIS WITH
TECHNOLOGY AND OVER TIME. THIS
IS A MASSIVE SLUSH FUND THAT
REALLY REMOVES COUNCIL'S
CONTROL OF BUDGET OVERSIGHT
OVER THE DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL
NEEDS TO TREAT SPD LIKE EVERY
OTHER DEPARTMENT AND ABROGATE
ALL POSITIONS IN EXCESS OF ITS
HIRING PLAN. SPD IS ALSO ASKING
FOR 6.5 NEW FTE THAT ARE ALL
BEING FUNDED WITH GRANT FUNDS
OR ONE-TIME SALARY SAVINGS. NE
POSITIONS SHOULD NEVER BE FUNDE
WITH ONE-TIME FUNDS, BECAUSE TH
COSTS FOR POSITIONS ARE ONGOIN
AFTER THE ONE-TIME FUNDING
STOPS. WE JUST SAW THIS WITH TH
SIX NEW FTE, COUNCIL GAVE SPD
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
THESE SIX POSITIONS ARE NOW
REQUIRING ADDITIONAL FUNDING I
THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE 2024
BIENNIUM, WHATEVER THE NAME OF
THIS IS. COUNCIL SHOULD REJECT
THESE CONDITIONS, BECAUSE THEY
HAVE NO LONG-TERM FUNDING
ATTACHED. IF SPD WANTS THESE
NEW POSITIONS, THEN THEY SHOUL
HAVE TO ABROGATE ADDITIONAL
POSITIONS OR FIND LONG-TERM
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING.
ADDITIONALLY, COUNCIL SHOULD
REJECT THE 1.8 MILLION FOR
SHOT SPOTTER AND CCTV CAMERAS
SPD IS ASKING FOR. SURVEILLANC
DOES NOT MAKE US SAFE, WE JUST
HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS
EXACT PROGRAM LAST BUDGET. WE
KNOW YOU CAME AROUND TO REJECT
IT, TO RALLY AGAINST IT.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON
ON THE LIST IS ALICE LOCKHART,
FOLLOWED BY LATONYA SEVERE.
THEN, WE WILL HAVE HALEY WILLIS
AND THAT IS ALL THE PUBLIC
COMMENT WE HAVE SIGNED UP. IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLI
COMMENT, YOU ARE WELCOME TO CAL
IN.
>> GOOD MORNING, ALICE. A GOOD
MORNING, COUNCIL. CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
>> WE CAN, THANK YOU.
>>, I AM ALICE LOCKHART,
SPEAKING FROM -- SPRINGS. I ALS
SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY BUDGET.
HAD A MOMENT TO LOOK AT PART OF
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
BUT I FIND THE TOP LEVEL NUMBER
DEEPLY CONCERNING. THE MAYOR
GIVES HIS OWN OFFICE A MORE THA
19% RAISE RELATIVE TO THE 2024
BUDGET THAT COUNCIL ENDORSED
LAST FALL. AND AT THE SAME TIME
CUT THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT BY 2%. I KNOW THERE
ARE APPARENT REASONS , BUT THIS
IS JUST NOT OKAY. OEC NEEDS
EVERY LAST DOLLAR BUT I'M ALSO
CONCERNED WITH THE 30% RAISE
THE MAYOR GIVES THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I URGE
COUNCIL, WHEN LOOKING AT THE
MAYOR'S SUDDEN INJECTION OF BIG
BUNDLES OF CASH INTO OED, TO
CAREFULLY DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
FUNDING THAT WILL
DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT THE
WEALTHY OWNERS OF DOWNTOWN
BUILDINGS , AS OPPOSED TO
FUNDING IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS
THAT MEET HUMAN NEEDS, AND
MAINTAIN FUNCTION ACROSS
DEPARTMENTS AND ACROSS
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND HONOR THE
VALUES THAT CHAIR MOSQUEDA
EXPRESSED AT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
>> THANK YOU. AND LATONYA,
FOLLOWED BY HALEY. LATONYA, CA
YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> ALL RIGHT BUT MY NAME IS
LATONYA SEVERE, I AM A BLACK,
NON-BINARY RESIDENT OF DISTRICT
2, I SUPPORT THE SOLIDARITY
BUDGET, AND THIS COMMITTEE
SHOULD, TOO. THE COMMITTEE NEED
TO FIND SPACE IN THE BUDGET TO
FUND A GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME
PROGRAM, AFFORDABLE PERMANENT
HOUSING FOR ALL, A NETWORK OF
SUPPORTIVE AND CULTURALLY
COMPETENT ADULT ENGAGING YOUNG
PEOPLE, USING NONPUNITIVE,
NON-CULTURAL APPROACHES TO HELP
THEM ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES. WE NEED FAST, FREQUENT,
RELIABLE, FREE MASS TRANSIT,
SAFE, ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS ON
EVERY STREET, DIGITAL EQUITY
AND HIGH-SPEED MUNICIPAL
INTERNET ACCESS FOR ALL , FULLY
FUNDING ALL THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OVERSIGHT PRIORITIES, RAISING
THE WAGE FOR ALL NONPROFIT HUMA
SERVICE WORKERS BY 37%, AND
PAYING ALL CITY WORKERS A LIVIN
WAGE. CITY WORKERS WERE JUST A
CITY HALL LAST TUESDAY, RALLYIN
FOR FAIR CONTRACTS. I AM ALSO
CALLING TO TELL YOU AGAIN, LIKE
I DID LAST YEAR, TO STOP GROWIN
THE SPD BUDGET . COPS DO NOT
KEEP US SAFE. IN FACT, ALL
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT POLICE MAKE
COMMUNITIES LESS SAFE, AND IN
THE CASE OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE KNOW THEY ARE
VERY FOCUSED ON TARGETING NATIV
AND BLACK COMMUNITIES FOR
HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE. YOU
NEED TO REMOVE SHOTSPOTTER, NO
BRANDED AS "SOUND THINKING" FRO
THE BUDGET. THE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST SHOTSPOTTER STARTED IN
MAY OF 2021, WHEN THE CHICAGO
POLICE DEPARTMENT CHASE, SHOT,
AND KILLED A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY
NAMED ADAM TOLEDO IN RESPONSE
TO A SHOTSPOTTER ALERT. WHY
WOULD WE WELCOME MORE POLICE
VIOLENCE INTO OUR COMMUNITY
WHEN RESEARCH SHOWS INCREASED
RATES OF POLICE USE OF FORCE I
NEIGHBORHOODS ONCE SHOTSPOTTER
IS DEPLOYED? ALSO, IN CHICAGO,
MICHAEL WILLIAMS WAS ARRESTED
AND SPENT 11 MONTHS IN JAIL
AFTER THE CHICAGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT ASKED SHOTSPOTTER TO
RELOCATE DATA POINTS TO CHARGE
HIM WITH MURDER. I AM ALSO
ASKING FOR YOU TO REMOVE FUNDIN
FOR THE 210 GHOST COPS.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE SEND IN
THE REST OF YOUR COMMENTS TO
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. HALEY, YOU
ARE THE LAST PERSON REMOTELY
SIGNED UP TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS
HALEY WILLIS, I AM A COMMUNITY
POLICY MANAGER AT THE SEATTLE
KING COUNTY COALITION -- I LIV
IN DISTRICT 6. I AM HAPPY TO SE
THAT THE MAYOR INCLUDED THE
QUIRED INFLATION ADJUSTMENT AT
A MODEST WAGE INCREASE FOR HUMA
SERVICES PROVIDERS IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. HOWEVER, I AM
HERE TO URGE YOU TO APPLY
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO ALL
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS ACROSS
THE ENTIRE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
IN ADDITION TO INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS, I URGE THE COUNCIL
TO APPLY ADDITIONAL WAGE
INCREASES FOR HUMAN SERVICES
PROVIDERS. A RECENT UW STUDY
FOUND THAT MANY HUMAN SERVICES
WORKERS ARE LEAVING THE SECTOR
FOR HIGHER-PAYING JOBS , AND
RECOMMENDED RAISING HUMAN
SERVICES WAGES BY 7% OVER THE
NEXT TWO YEARS TO STABILIZE THE
SECTOR. WE NEED THESE ESSENTIA
WORKERS NOW MORE THAN EVER TO
HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS TO SURVIVE AND GET
HOUSING. WE ARE CONTINUING TO
REVIEW THE MAYOR 'S PROPOSAL AN
WILL REVIEW THE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSAL TO ENSURE
THAT WE DO NOT LOSE ANY CAPACIT
FOR SHELTER, HOUSING SERVICES
AND OPERATIONS ACROSS THE ENTIR
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS RESPONSE
AND HOUSING SYSTEM. I WANT TO
THANK ALL OF YOU WHO SUPPORTED
RESOLUTION 32-094 THAT YOU
PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THAT
INDICATED THE COUNCIL SUPPORT
FOR INCREASING HUMAN SERVICES
WAGES. I HOPE YOU TAKE THESE
IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARD REALIZIN
THAT ROLL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR OUR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY
FOR DIALING IN TODAY. FOR
PROVIDING US WITH SOME CONCRETE
EXAMPLES OF WHERE TO LOOK IN TH
BUDGET AND OTHER CONCERNS YOU
HAVE. THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US T
REALLY BEGIN OUR PROCESS OF
ANALYZING THE BUDGET. I WANT TO
MOVE ON TO ITEMS FOR OUR
CONSIDERATION TODAY. JUST A
REMINDER TO FOLKS, IF YOU DO
STILL WANT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT AND DID NOT GET A CHANC
TO SIGN UP TODAY, YOU ARE STILL
ABLE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT
IN WRITTEN FORM AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. THAT
PROVIDES US WITH INFORMATION IN
REAL TIME DIRECTLY TO OUR
INBOXES. SO, COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GO
. AND AS A REMINDER, ON ALL OF
THE UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING
THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED, YOU WIL
HAVE THE CHANCE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE BEGINNING
OF EACH MEETING. IN ADDITION T
OUR -- EXCUSE ME -- IN ADDITIO
TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS A
THE BEGINNING OF EACH MEETING,
WE ARE GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPL
TO DIAL IN REMOTELY, LIKE WE DI
TODAY, IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE I
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT IS
ALSO WELCOME. PUBLIC COMMENT IS
SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST PART OF
THE MEETINGS ON THE FOLLOWING
DAY, SEPTEMBER 27, WHICH IS
TODAY, OCTOBER 11th, OCTOBER
27th, AND NOVEMBER 13th. THERE
WILL ALSO BE TWO COMMITTEE
HEARINGS SOLELY DEDICATED TO
PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.
THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
US REAL-TIME INFORMATION AS WE
CONSIDER POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS
AND IMPACT OR INFLUENCE ON THE
CHAIR'S PROPOSED REALIGNMENT. S
IF YOU WANT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT A PUBLIC HEARING ON
OCTOBER 18th IN THE EVENING, I
BELIEVE THOSE START AT 5:00 P.M
AND WE WILL HAVE A FULL PUBLIC
HEARING IN THE EVENING ON
OCTOBER 18th. AGAIN, ON NOVEMBE
13th IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC
COMMENT, STARTING AT 5:00 P.M.
THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE CHANCE T
RESPOND TO THE AMENDMENTS WE
HAVE SEEN AND THE REALIGNMENT
THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT
FORWARD FOR THE COMMITTEE AND
THE COMMUNITY'S CONSIDERATION.
ON ALL OF THESE MEETINGS, REMOT
PARTICIPATION IS STILL
ENCOURAGED. AS YOU CAN HEAR, I
AM DEALING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
A COLD, NOT COVID, BUT YOU NEVE
KNOW RIGHT NOW, GIVEN ALL THE
TRANSMISSION OCCURRING IN OUR
COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO KEEP BOTH
OUR TEAMS, OUR STAFF, AND THE
GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTHY, AS WELL
AS THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUN
SYSTEMS. WE WILL CONTINUE
ENCOURAGING REMOTE
PARTICIPATION. WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT, AGAIN, CAN BE ACCEPTED
ANY TIME, AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.G
V. AT THIS POINT, WE WILL GO ON
TO OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA
IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE READ
THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE AGENDA,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, INTRODUCTIO
AND BUDGET PROCESS OVERVIEW FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL. AGAIN, THANKS TO
OUR VERY CAPABLE TEAM I HAD A
PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH FOR
MORE THAN FOUR BUDGETS, GIVEN
THAT WE DID FOUR SEATTLE RESCUE
PLANS IF NOT MORE IN ONE YEAR.
THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN REALLY O
THE LINE AND IN MEETINGS WITH
US ON A REGULAR BASIS OVER THE
LAST FOUR YEARS. IT HAS REALLY
BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH
YOU. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU IN
ADVANCE FOR ALL THE WORK ON THI
2024 SUPPLEMENTAL BIANNUAL
PROCESS. I DO AGREE WITH BJ, I
WILL TRY AND HOLD IT DOWN TO ON
WORD, I JUST WANT A
SUPPLEMENTAL, SINCE IT IS A
BIENNIAL PROCESS, I MIGHT JUST
DEFAULT TO THAT. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK IN ADVANCE ON THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR 2024. I
WANT TO WELCOME TO THE DAIS OUR
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL STAFF,
ESTHER HANDY, OUR LEAD ON ALL
BUDGET ITEMS FROM CENTRAL STAFF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY PERNUCCI.
AND WE HAVE OTHER CENTRAL STAFF
AT THE READY IF NECESSARY. BUT
WHAT WE WILL DO RIGHT NOW IS A
QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS
CENTRAL STAFF HAVE PROVIDED US
POWERPOINT TO WALK US THROUGH
BOTH AN INTRODUCTION AND BUDGET
PROCESS OVERVIEW. WE WILL TAKE
YOUR QUESTIONS AFTER WE COMPLET
THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
COLLEGE, I WILL COME BACK TO YO
FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE, DIRECTOR HANDY AND
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY PERNUCCI.
PLEASE GO AHEAD. BUT THANK YOU,
CHAIR MOSQUEDA. AND GOOD
MORNING, TOMATOES, ESTHER
HANDY, DIRECTOR OF YOUR COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF. HAPPY TO BE WIT
YOU, AS THE COUNCIL BEGINS ITS
REVIEW OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
MID-BIENNIUM BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS
YES, THOSE ARE SOME NEW WORDS.
THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SOME OF
OUR PROCESS AHEAD WILL LOOK AN
FEEL DIFFERENT, AS THE CITY
RE-COMMITS TO A BIANNUAL
BUDGETING PROCESS, AND USES THI
CENTRAL YEAR TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS, RATHER THAN START
FROM WHOLE CLOTH. I WANT TO
THANK THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
DIRECTOR JULIE TRANSFER
PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAIR MOSQUED
AND WITH ME TO INSTITUTE NEW
PRATT -- NEW PRACTICES FOR THI
BIANNUAL REVIEW, INCLUDING ASCI
DEPARTMENTS TO BALANCE NEW
SPENDING WITHIN THEIR ENDORSED
BUDGETS. DIRECTOR DINGELY, WE
SEE YOU, WE APPRECIATE YOU, WE
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YO
LATER TODAY. I ALSO WANT TO
TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MEMBERS
OF OUR INCREDIBLE CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM, WHO WILL BE WITH YOU IN
DELIBERATION OVER THE NEXT
MONTH. NEXT SLIDE. THAT INCLUDE
OUR EXCELLENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
ALY PERNUCCI, WHO LEADS OUR
BUDGET PROCESS, AND WILL GUIDE
US. SHE IS JOINED BY TWO
DEDICATED PHYSICAL STAFF, TOM
MIKESELL, AND -- WHO WILL
PREPARE SOME OF THE BIG MEMOS
AND TECHNICAL DATA THAT UNDERPI
OUR WORK. THEY ARE JOINED BY A
TEAM OF 16 LEGISLATIVE ANALYST
WHO WILL BRING SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE. OUR NEW
LEGAL COUNCIL , IN HER FIRST
BUDGET, THANK YOU, LAUREN , AND
OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, PATTY
WIGGIN, WHO HELPS US KEEP IT AL
ORGANIZED. PATTY IS DRIVING TH
SLIDES TODAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO SEE A DIFFERENT SLIDE, PLEAS
LET THEM KNOW. OFFER YOUR
PATIENTS, AND THEY WILL HELP US
GET THERE. THANK YOU, PATTY. I
ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
TEAM , OUR OTHER TEAMS IN THE
DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE
COUNCIL AWARD-WINNING
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, LED BY
DIRECTOR DANA ROBINSON-SLOAT .
IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE BUDGET
PROCESS INFORMATION, THEY HAVE
PUT TOGETHER ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE. PLEASE TAKE A MINUTE T
DO SO. IT IS EXCELLENT. THANK
YOU, CALMS, FOR HELPING US
TRANSLATE THIS COMPLEX STORY TO
THE PUBLIC IN SUCH AN ENGAGING
WAY. AND MY FINAL THANK YOU
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO CONTACT IS
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
CLERK. THE $7.8 BILLION BUDGET
THAT WAS TRANSMITTED CAME AS 2
PIECES OF LEGISLATION TODAY. TH
DEPUTY CITY CLERK'S HELPED US
MOVE EACH OF THESE THROUGH THE
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS SMOOTHLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SLIDE.
WE ENTER THESE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS AT A REALLY
INTERESTING ECONOMIC TIME FOR
SEATTLE. NEARLY A DECADE
LEADING UP TO THE PANDEMIC ,
SEATTLE EXPERIENCED A BOOM. WE
HAD HIGH POPULATION GROWTH, LOW
INFLATION, WE SAW PROPERTY
VALUES SKYROCKET. OF COURSE, I
WAS NOT BOOMING FOR EVERYONE,
AND THE CITY WAS ABLE TO EXPAND
INVESTMENTS TO RESPOND TO
GROWING NEEDS. A SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IN 2012, TO A
HOMELESSNESS EMERGENCY DECLARE
IN 2015, A GROWING LOW-WAGE
SERVICE SECTOR AND EMERGING GIG
ECONOMY IN RESPONSE TO THE
OVERALL GROWING INEQUALITY IN
OUR CITY. IN MARCH OF 2020,
EVERYTHING STOPPED. NEW COUNCI
MEMBERS FACE SOME OF THE HARDES
BUDGET CHOICES ELECTED
OFFICIALS HAVE TO MAKE, AND YOU
CHOSE CONSISTENTLY TO MAINTAIN
CITY SERVICES AND RETAIN OUR
CITY WORKFORCE. YOU REPEATEDLY
FOUND ONE-TIME RESOURCES TO MAK
THIS POSSIBLE , AND YOU ADOPTED
THE TRANSFORMATIONAL NEW
REVENUE SOURCE, THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX , DEDICATED
TO A STRATEGY OF EQUITABLE
RECOVERY FOR THE CITY OUT OF TH
PANDEMIC, FOCUS ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, EQUITABLE DEVELOPED,
AND A GREEN NEW DEAL AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE. IN THE FAL
OF 2022, AS WE EMERGED FROM TH
"PEAK PANDEMIC", YOU CREATED
THIS 23-24 BIENNIAL BUDGET THA
WAS SIMILARLY BALANCED USING
ONE-TIME STRATEGIES. YOU MADE
CHOICES ABOUT WHAT TO PRIORITIZ
IN THE NEAR TERM WHILE WE TAKE
TIME TO SEE WHERE THE ECONOMY
GOES IN THE LONGER-TERM. AS
DIRECTOR DINGELY WILL WALK
THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL, I KNOW
IN HER PRESENTATION, THE
CURRENT ECONOMIC CONTENT IS
MIXED. WE ARE EMERGING FROM
RECORD HIGH INFLATION, LOOKING
FOR THE SOFT LANDING THAT THE
FED DESCRIBES . SOME REVENUE
SOURCES, LIKE SALES TAX AND BNL
ARE TRACKING WITH INFLATION AND
ARE STRONG. OTHERS LAG. SOME
SECTORS LIKE CONSTRUCTION,
TRAVEL, HOSPITALITY REMAIN BELO
THOSE PEAK BOOM YEARS
PRE-PANDEMIC. OVER THE NEXT TW
MONTHS, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO
LOOK AT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 24
BUDGET, AND YOUR NEAR-TERM TOOL
ON TIGHT RESOURCES, KNOWING
THAT THE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TH
CITY WILL SOLVE THE STRUCTURAL
BUDGET DEFICIT WILL REALLY BE
TACKLED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE 25-26 BUDGET. SO, TO INFOR
YOUR DECISIONS, I WILL MOVE TO
THE NEXT SLIDE. I OFFER
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AS YOU
LISTEN TO THE EXECUTIVE OVERVIE
PRESENTATION. THE FIRST SET OF
QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT HOW THINGS
ARE BALANCED. SO, WHAT
STRATEGIES DID THE EXECUTIVE US
? WHERE ARE STAFF AND NEW
PROGRAMS COMING FROM ? PROGRAM
RESERVE YOU SET ASIDE FOR THAT
PURPOSE LAST YEAR. WHERE HAS
EXECUTIVE REBALANCED SPENDING I
DEPARTMENT? WHERE IS THEIR NET
NEW SPENDING AND WHY HAS
EXECUTIVE CHOSEN TO MAKE IT A
PRIORITY? WHAT DOES THE
COMMUNITY NEED THAT THAT
PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO? DOES THE
EXECUTIVE PROPOSED NEW REVENUE
SOURCES AND HOW DO THESE CHANGE
IMPACT THE SIX-YEAR FINANCIAL
OUTLOOK? IN ADDITION TO HOW IS
THIS BUDGET BALANCED, ON THE
NEXT SLIDE, I INVITE YOU TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT. REALLY
LISTENING FOR HOW DOES THE
BUDGET ADDRESS COUNCIL'S KEY
PRIORITIES AND THE INITIATIVES
YOU HAVE BEEN ADVANCING? NEXT
SLIDE, PATTY. DOES IT INCLUDE
USING A REGIONAL SOLUTION TO
SERVE HOUSE WITH INDIVIDUALS AN
FAMILIES? ADDRESSING ADDICTION
AND PUBLIC DRUG USE THROUGH
TREATMENT SERVICE AND DIVERSION
MODELS WHERE POSSIBLE?
ESTABLISHING AND ENFORCING
LABOR STANDARDS FOR OUR AT-RISK
WORKERS? MAINTAINING A CLEAN
CITY WITH ACCESSIBLE PARKS AND
OPEN SPACE? RUNNING A PUBLIC
SAFETY THAT CAN RECRUIT AND
RETAIN A PUBLIC CITY WORKFORCE?
AND EXPAND A CIVILIAN RESPONSE
NETWORK WITH NEW ALTERNATIVE
RESPONSES? TRULY ADVANCING OUR
VISION ZERO TRANSPORTATION
STRATEGY , SUPPORTING SMALL
BUSINESSES, AND RE-ENERGIZING A
VIBRANT DOWNTOWN , AND ASKING,
DOES THIS BUDGET REFLECT A CITY
THAT PARTNERS WITH OUR TRIBES ,
SUPPORTS NATIVE COMMUNITIES, AN
CARES FOR BOTH OUR MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS AND THOSE
THAT OFFER FRONTLINE SERVICES T
THEM? I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI TO
WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS WE WIL
GO THROUGH. I LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING IN DIALOGUE WITH ALL OF
YOU AS WE DIG INTO THE
SUBSTANCE AND MECHANICS OF HOW
THESE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS HAVE
COME TOGETHER. THANK YOU,
DIRECTOR HANDY. GOOD MORNING,
CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. I AM ALY PENNUCCI OF
THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. I AM
GOING TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES
REFRESHING EVERYONE ON THE
PROCESS WE WILL WORK THROUGH
TOGETHER. I WILL TRY TO BE
BRIEF, AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA
HIGHLIGHTED MANY OF THE STEPS I
THE PROCESS ALREADY. CAN YOU
MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PATTY?
THANK YOU. THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZE
THE DIFFERENT ROLES THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
BRANCHES HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET
PROCESSES. PURSUANT TO STATE
LAW, IT IS THE MAYOR'S JOB TO
PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE
COUNCIL A PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGE
THAT IS BALANCED IN SEPTEMBER O
EACH YEAR. THE $7.8 BILLION
PROPOSED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS THA
WERE TRANSMITTED YESTERDAY ARE
JUST THAT, A PROPOSAL FROM THE
EXECUTIVE. TODAY BEGINS THE
COUNCIL'S ROLL. IT IS THE
COUNCIL'S JOB TO REVIEW THESE
PROPOSALS, DETERMINE WHERE YOU
WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY , ACCEPT,
OR REJECT PORTIONS OF THAT
PROPOSAL, AND ULTIMATELY TO
ADOPT A FINAL BALANCED CITY
BUDGET WHICH MUST BE DONE NO
LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE
NEXT FISCAL YEAR. THIS YEAR IT
IS SCHEDULED FOR THE TUESDAY
BEFORE THANKSGIVING. WITH 2024
BEING THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR
BIENNIUM THAT WAS APPROVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER O
2022, WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND THE CIT
BUDGET OFFICE TO ESTABLISH NEW
DIRECTION FOR THE SECOND YEAR.
AS YOU WILL HEAR DIRECTOR
DINGELY DESCRIBE AND ESTHER
MUSCAT HIGHLIGHTED, WE HAVE TO
BALANCE REQUESTS BETWEEN THE
BUDGET THAT WERE ENDORSED LAST
YEAR , AND THE COUNCIL PROCESSE
SET UP THIS YEAR TO REVIEW THE
PROPOSAL AGAINST THE ENDORSED
BUDGET. SO IT IS REALLY AN
ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, OR A SIMPLE
MENTAL PROCESS, AS CHAIR
MOSQUEDA DESCRIBES. NEXT SLIDE?
THIS YEAR, THERE ARE FOUR STEP
IN THE COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS,
COMPARED TO THE SIX STEPS USED
LAST YEAR. I WILL NOT DESCRIBE
EACH STEP, BUT I WILL JUST NOTE
THAT WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT
THIS YEAR IS THAT THE PROCESS
REALLY BUILT IN MORE TIME TO
WORK WITH ALL OF YOU TO PREPARE
THOSE SELF-BALANCED BUDGET
AMENDMENT BETWEEN BUDGET
HEARINGS AND BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS. NEXT SLIDE.
TODAY, WE ARE ON STEP ONE OF TH
BUDGET PROCESS . IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES, YOU WILL HEAR A SUMMAR
OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
MID-BIENNIUM BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS
FROM DIRECTOR DINGELY, FOLLOWE
BY AN UPDATE FROM THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN. I WILL REITERATE
SOME OF THE POINTS THAT DIRECTO
HANDY AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA MADE,
HIGHLIGHTING THAT, AS YOU LISTE
TO THIS PRESENTATION, KNOW THAT
NEXT YEAR, THE NEW COUNCIL WILL
NEED TO CONSIDER HOW TO ADDRESS
THE PROJECTED ONGOING DEFICIT .
REALLY THINK ABOUT IF ANY NEW
SPENDING IS MEETING A CRITICAL
NEED THAT SHOULD BE FUNDED IN
THIS MOMENT, BEFORE WE MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT LONGER-TERM
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THE
ONGOING PROJECTED STRUCTURAL
BUDGET ISSUES. CAN YOU MOVE TO
THE NEXT SLIDE? NEXT UP IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS IS A STEP TWO,
BUDGET HEARINGS. AFTER
COMPLETING STEP ONE, WE WILL
DIG IN, REVIEW THE MAYOR 'S
BUDGET, AND PREPARE MATERIALS
FOR THE COMMITTEES
CONSIDERATION, WHERE CENTRAL
STAFF WILL PRESENT OUR ANALYSIS
OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND
COUNCILMEMBERS WILL CONSIDER
OPTIONS AND BEGIN TO IDENTIFY
ITEMS WHERE WE MAY WANT TO
MODIFY THE PROPOSAL. IN
ADDITION, THIS STEP INCLUDES TH
FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS
SCHEDULED DURING THE BUDGET
PROCESS THIS YEAR. WE WILL
RECEIVE A REVENUE FORECAST
UPDATE, WHICH THIS YEAR WE WIL
GET PRIOR TO BUDGET AMENDMENTS
BEING DUE. SO, AS YOU THINK
ABOUT YOUR PROPOSED BUDGET
AMENDMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE THE
FULL CONTEXT UNDER WHICH THE
COUNCIL NEEDS TO BALANCE THEIR
BUDGET. SO, UNLESS THERE ARE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS, I
THINK WE ARE READY TO HEAR ABOU
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. RIGHT BEFORE
DIRECTOR DINGELY JUMPS IN, I
WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF ONC
AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
I WANTED TO ADD TO THE CONTEXT
SLIDE -- EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR
HANDY, I THINK IT WAS -- CONTEX
FOR ALL OF THE MOVING -- ONE
MORE, PLEASE -- ONE MORE. THE
TITLE SLIDE. YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE REVENUE FORECAST COMING,
THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE WITH
THE 214 OR SO AVERAGE ANNUAL
GAP IN REVENUE. VERSUS
EXPENDITURES, STARTING IN 2025
FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS. AND
SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT
CONTINUE TO AFFECT OUR REVENUE
FORECASTS LOCALLY AND
NATIONALLY. AGAIN, WE WILL GET
MORE INFORMATION MID-OCTOBER
FROM THE REVENUE FORECAST, AS
YOU HEARD, THAT WILL BE
SUMMARIZED AND PRESENTED TWO
DAYS LATER TO THE CITY COUNCIL,
SO WE WILL HAVE AN ANALYSIS OF
WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR US. I
ALSO WANTED TO FLAG -- YOU MAY
HAVE DONE THIS -- BUT TO
UNDERSCORE THE ONGOING
CONVERSATION OCCURRING IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THE
POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
THAT IS LOOMING, AND THE IMPACT
THAT COULD HAVE ON GOVERNMENT
SERVICES, AND OUR ABILITY TO
DELIVER CARE AND CONTINUE
CONTRACTING. WE HAVE A NUMBER
OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BOTH EMPLOYED BY THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND WORKED
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HUD CONTRACTS FOR EXAMPLE.
SO THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS THE
GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND DECISION
BEING MADE IN D.C. COULD HAVE
IMPACTS ON US LOCALLY, NOT TO
MENTION THE IMPACT THAT A
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN COULD HAVE
TO OUR NATIONAL AND GLOBAL
ECONOMY. AT 8:30 P.M. LAST
NIGHT, FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGU
OF CITIES, I AM ON THE BOARD OF
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES,
WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL BASICALLY
SUMMARIZING THAT THIS REMAINS
VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATION IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGU
OF CITIES, CLARENCE ANTHONY ,
COMMUNICATED TO THE NATIONAL
LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD MEMBERS
THAT, IF CONGRESS IS UNABLE TO
SEND A SHORT-TERM CONTINUING
RESOLUTION TO THE PRESIDENT THI
WEEK, SPENDING AUTHORITY FOR
MOST FEDERAL AGENCIES WILL
EXPIRE ON SATURDAY THIS WEEK.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE
"SHUTDOWN" AT THAT POINT. THE
SENATE IS USING THIS WEEK TO
ASSEMBLE AND PASS A SHORT-TERM
BIPARTISAN CONTINUING RESOLUTIO
THAT IS LIKELY TO EXCLUDE ANY
POLICY PROVISIONS THAT DO NOT
ALREADY HAVE BROAD BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT AMONG SENATORS. THE
HOUSE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS
USING THIS WEEK TO TRY TO
ADVANCE A HANDFUL OF YEAR-LONG
SPENDING BILLS WITH REPUBLICAN
SUPPORT ALONE. AT THIS LATE
POINT, WITHOUT DRAMATIC CHANGE
IN DIRECTION, A SHUTDOWN
APPEARS INEVITABLE. SO, I
WANTED TO REMIND US OF THAT
NATIONAL CONTEXT AS WELL.
CLEARLY, WE ALL HOPE THIS WILL
BE A SHORT-TERM IMPACT ON OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY AND ABILITY TO
DELIVER SERVICES, BUT THE
RAMIFICATIONS ARE STILL
SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED
TO BE CONSCIOUS OF , AND TO THE
DEGREE IT IS ONGOING , IT COULD
IMPACT OUR REVENUE SITUATION
AND ECONOMIC STABILITY FOR OUR
NATION AND IMPACT OUR REGION,
AS WELL. THE EMAIL IS VERY
LENGTHY, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION. AS A REMINDER, THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IS
VERY MUCH A NOT -- A PARTISAN
GROUP, IT INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP
FROM BLUE AND RED SAID CITIES ,
TOWNS, AND VILLAGES, AND IT ALS
INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NO
PARTISAN , AS WELL AS
INDIVIDUALS WHO VOTE BOTH AS
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. THIS
IS NOT A POLITICAL STATEMENT I
JUST READ, IT IS MEANT TO BE TH
FACTS , AND A DIRE SITUATION,
CLEARLY, FOR PARTNERS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C., AS WELL. I
ASSUME WE WILL STAY IN CLOSE
TOUCH WITH THEM ON THIS PROCESS
I WILL SEND THE FULL SUMMARY
FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF
CITIES TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS
RIGHT NOW, SO YOU AND YOUR TEAM
MEMBERS HAVE THAT SUMMARY AS
WELL. I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICE O
INTERDEPARTMENT RELATIONS WILL
TRACK THAT CLOSELY, AND PROVIDE
INFORMATION TO US, AS WE SAW AS
WELL, AN EMAIL FROM ELSA BROWN
YESTERDAY. ONE MORE NOTE, JUS
ON PROCESS, BEFORE WE DIVE IN,
DIRECTOR DINGELY, COLLEAGUES,
GIVEN THAT WE HAVE SOME LONG
DAYS AHEAD OF US FOR SOME OF
OUR MEETINGS, I HAVE JUST
NOTIFIED THE CLERKS AND
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, AS WELL AS
CENTRAL STAFF, THAT MY INTENT I
TO TRY TO HAVE A 10:00 A.M.
START TIME FOR ALL OUR COMMITTE
MEETINGS COMING UP, 10:00 A.M.
START TIME. THAT WILL ALLOW FOR
PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF SOME
BUSINESS IN THE MORNING, AND
THEN JUMPED RIGHT INTO OUR
COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT 10:00 A.M
THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE
NOVEMBER 20th, DRUMROLL, WHERE
WE HAVE OUR FINAL COMMITTEE VOT
ON THE PACKAGE BEFORE IT GOES T
FULL COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 21st.
SO PLEASE, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FO
AN UPDATED MEMO THAT WILL BE
CIRCULATED. WE WILL JUST TOGGLE
THE TIME ON THE COMMUNICATIONS
MATERIAL YOU RECEIVED, AND WE
WILL BE SURE TO PUBLISH THAT. I
YOU SHOW UP AT 9:30, THAT IS
OKAY, YOU WILL BE EARLY. WE WIL
START AT 10:00, GOING FORWARD.
DO WANT TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR HANDY,
DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI? SEEIN
ON, LET'S TURN IT OVER TO OUR
PARTNER IN THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, DIRECTOR JULIE DINGELY
FROM THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE. IT
HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WIT
YOU THE LAST FEW YEARS. THANK
YOU FOR THE ONGOING PARTNERSHIP
AGAIN, I WANT TO NOTE, THIS IS
THE PRODUCT FOR THE UPCOMING 1
MONTHS IN FRONT OF US. BUT THER
IS MUCH MORE WORK THAT THE CIT
BUDGET OFFICE, WITH THE
LEADERSHIP OF DIRECTOR DINGELY,
HAS BEEN DOING WITH OUR CENTRAL
STAFF, THE LEADERSHIP OF
DIRECTOR HANDY AND DEPUTY
DIRECTOR PENNUCCI ON HOW WE
CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR PROCESSE
AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY
WE HAVE JOINT LEGISLATION -- I
SHOULD SAY JOINT RECOMMENDATION
-- THAT RESULTED IN SOME
LEGISLATION I WILL BRING FORWAR
LATER THIS YEAR, AS PART OF OUR
BUDGET PROCESS TO REALLY TRY TO
CODIFY SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS
THAT GREW FROM THAT DISCUSSION
THAT CBO HAD WITH CENTRAL STAFF
APPRECIATE THAT THIS PROJECT
OF A BIENNIAL BUDGET, AND THE
HOPE TO ADHERE TO A
SUPPLEMENTAL FOR 2024 IS
SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE JOINT
INTEREST IN , MOVING TOWARD A
TRUE BIENNIAL BUDGETING IS THE
GOLD STANDARD, HERE. WE ARE
WORKING TOGETHER ON ALL OF THAT
AND YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN VERY
ACCESSIBLE. I DON'T WANT TO
SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CENTRAL
STAFF, BUT WE HAVE A GREAT
APPRECIATION FOR THE
CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD WITH
YOUR STAFF, AND GETTING
FEEDBACK FROM THE DEPARTMENT, S
WE CAN QUICKLY ANALYZE
INFORMATION AND GET CLARITY ON
ITEMS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
HAVE NO DOUBT THIS YEAR WILL BE
THE SAME. THANK YOU FOR THE
ACCESSIBILITY AND FOR YOUR WORK
YOU HAVE PUT INTO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR
JULIE DINGELY FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. IT IS AN ABSOLUTE
PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS
MORNING. I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOUR COMMENTS ON THE PARTNERSHI
THAT OUR OFFICES HAVE FORMED.
IT HAS TRULY BEEN INCREDIBLY
COLLABORATIVE, STARTING IN THE
PANDEMIC , AND IT HAS REALLY
APPRECIATED EVERY DAY. I ALSO
APPRECIATE YOU SAYING SOMETHING
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LOOMING
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN. I
WANT TO ASSURE COUNCILMEMBERS
THAT, IN ADDITION TO THE OFFICE
OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS,
THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AS WELL
AS THE OFFICE FOR CITY FINANCE
ARE ALL CLOSELY MONITORING THE
SITUATION. I PERSONALLY LIVED
THROUGH THE RECORDS SHUTDOWN IN
D.C., I WAS IN THE OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AT THE
TIME, AND IT WAS 35 DAYS, A LON
TIME. I HOPE THIS GETS RESOLVED
MUCH SOONER THAN THAT. THE CIT
IS IN A GOOD POSITION TO
WITHSTAND A SHORT-TERM SHUTDOWN
BUT WE WILL ABSOLUTELY KEEP YOU
UPDATED IF THIS SEEMS LIKE
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. AND IF
THOSE IMPACTS ARE MORE
MAGNIFIED. WE WILL BE IN TOUCH
WITH MORE DETAILS, THERE. WITH
THAT SAID, -- GOOD MORNING,
COUNCIL MEMBERS -- THIS IS ONE
OF THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY YEAR
BECAUSE I GET TO SHARE WITH YOU
THE WORK OF THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE AND THE CITY AT LARGE,
AND PREPARING THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
THIS IS THE 2023-24 PROPOSED
MID-BIENNIUM BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS
A VERY LONG TITLE FOR FRANKLY
A MUCH SHORTER BUDGET. THIS
BUDGET BOOK IS 33% SHORTER THA
YOU HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR YEARS,
WHICH IS A FACT I AM MIGHTY
PROUD OF, AND WORKED VERY HARD
TO ACHIEVE. THIS IS THE SECOND
YEAR OF THE CITY'S BIENNIAL
BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE CITY
COUNCIL ENDORSED THE PARENTAL
FUNDING AMOUNT FOR 2024 AS PART
OF THE 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET. THA
ENDORSED BUDGET SERVED AS THE
STARTING POINT FOR THE 2024
BUDGET PROCESS. APOLOGIES, I
FORGOT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. HI,
EVERYONE, I AM JULIE DINGELY.
HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS
DIRECTOR OF THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE. OKAY, JUMPING BACK IN
TO THE NEXT LINE, PLEASE, PATTY
TODAY, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THIS PROPOSED BUDGET
ADJUSTMENT. WE WILL LOOK FIRST
AT A MID-BIENNIUM SNAPSHOT, IS
LOOKING AT ALL THE FUNDS IN
TOTAL, HOW THEY COME TOGETHER.
THEN WE WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND THE
REVENUE CONTEXT WE ARE WORKING
WITHIN TO CREATE THIS BUDGET.
THEN, WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
STEPS WE TOOK TO DEVELOP THAT
BUDGET, LOOKING AT THE
MID-BIENNIUM VIEW, LOOKING AT
CHANGES FROM THE 2024
ENDORSEMENTS TO THIS BUDGET,
LOOK AT CHANGES IN THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX, AS WELL AS
UNANTICIPATED OR SIGNIFICANT
COST PRESSURES. WE WILL HAVE A
LITTLE CONVERSATION ABOUT
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2025-26
BIENNIUM, AS YOU HAVE HEARD OF
THE PRIOR TWO SETS OF COMMENTS,
THAT IS A REALLY BIG CONCERN FO
US DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE WANT T
KEEP AN EYE ON. THEN, WE GET
INTO THE REAL MEAT OF THE
PROPOSED CHANGES. THE MAYOR HAS
MADE SEVERAL STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS IN KEY AREAS, AND
THOSE FOUR KEY AREAS ARE
SUSTAINING CRITICAL SERVICES,
BOLSTERING PUBLIC SAFETY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH, INVESTING IN
WORKERS , AND FURTHERING
ECONOMIC RECOVERY. AND LAST BU
NEVER LEAST, WE WILL HAVE A
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE FISCAL
RESERVES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS
WE ARE MAKING TO THOSE RESERVES
IN THIS BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE. TH
BUDGET IS $7.8 BILLION THIS
YEAR. YOU SEE THIS YEAR THAT
THAT IS A SPLIT, BY INVESTMENT
AREA OF THE BUDGET, NOT
NECESSARILY BY DEPARTMENT. YOU
CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A HUGE
CHUNK ON THE LEFT, HERE, FOR
UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND
ENVIRONMENT, 50% OF THE $7.8
BILLION BUDGET. WHAT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT THIS SLICE OF THE PIE,
IS THAT MANY OF THESE FUNDING
SOURCES THAT MAKE UP THE FULL
BUDGET ARE NOT RESTRICTED, THE
ARE RESTRICTED EITHER BY STATE
LAW, BY LOCAL STATUTE, OR BY
VOTER APPROVAL. IT COULD BE ANY
NUMBER OF REASONS WHY THEY ARE
RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIC USES.
BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO
NOT HAVE FULL CONTROL
NECESSARILY, WE COULD NOT SPEND
ALL 7.8 TO SOLVE ANY SINGLE
PROBLEM. WE HAVE TO RESPECT
THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS OF MONEY
AS WE CALL THEM. ON THE NEXT
SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE A BREAKDOWN
IN THE SAME WAY BY INVESTMENT
AREA OF THE CITY 'S GENERAL
FUND. THIS IS OUR MOST FLEXIBLE
POT OF MONEY THAT FUNDS BASIC
SERVICES FOR THE CITY. YOU WILL
SEE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY, ON THE
RIGHT-HAND SIDE IN YELLOW, TAKE
ABOUT 40% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET
THAT LEVEL IS SOMETHING YOU
WOULD EXPECT TO SEE FOR A
MUNICIPALITY. ONE OF OUR
PRIMARY CORE CHARTER
RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CITY IS
TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY OF OUR
RESIDENTS. MUCH IN THE SAME WAY
THAT KING COUNTY IS IN CHARGE O
PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE FEDS AND
THE STATE HAVE EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS THEY NEED TO MEET,
EVERY LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT HAS
DIFFERENT SET OF CORE CHARTER
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY NEED
TO TAKE CARE OF. THAT IS WHY YO
SEE THE WAY THIS PIE IS
STRUCTURED. GOING TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, THIS IS ANOTHER ZOOMIN
OUT LOOK AT THE FULL BUDGET,
ANOTHER WAY OF DICING UP THE
NUMBERS. THERE ARE ANY NUMBER O
WAYS TO CUT THIS UP. THIS IS BY
FUND. SO HERE, YOU WILL SEE TH
GENERAL FUND IS AT THE BOTTOM,
IN BLUE. THEN, YOU SEE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITY COLORS. THOSE ARE
RATEPAYER DOLLARS THAT ARE
RESTRICTED FUNDS. AND WE HAVE
TRANSPORTATION AND PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX, ET CETERA. I WILL
NOT SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS
I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
>> I WANT TO KNOW, DIRECTOR
DINGELY, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAV
QUESTIONS DURING THIS
PRESENTATION, I WOULD PREFER TO
TAKE THOSE AS WE GO , INSTEAD O
HAVING THEM HELD TO THE END, SO
THAT WE CAN ASK THEM IN REAL
TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND
OBVIOUSLY, CBO IS AWARE EVERY
TIME PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX IS PU
UP, I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS, THA
IS JUMPSTART.
>> IT DID NOT QUITE FIT ON THIS
SLIDE.
>> PERFECT, THANK YOU.
>> I WANT TO GET INTO THE
OVERALL BUDGET CONTEXT. LOOKING
AT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND REVENU
PICTURE. YOU HEARD DIRECTOR
HANDY ALLUDES TO THIS IN HER
OPENING COMMENTS. WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THE KEY
TAKEAWAYS IN THE AUGUST REVENUE
FORECAST FROM THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC REVENUE FORECASTS IS
THAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE, OR TH
FED'S ACTIONS ARE WORKING TO
BRING INFLATION UNDER CONTROL.
THEY HAVE BEEN A SYSTEMATICALLY
INCREASING INTEREST RATES OVER
THE LAST YEAR AND CHANGE, WITH
THE GOAL OF DRIVING DOWN
INFLATION TOWARD WHAT THEY
CONSIDER MUCH LOWER, BETWEEN
TWO AND 3% IS REALLY THEIR
TARGET GOAL OVERALL. THAT
EFFORT IS WORKING. AS WE HAVE
ALL NOTICED, IT IS MORE
EXPENSIVE TO BORROW MONEY, AND
THAT IMPACT IS FELT. IT SLOWS
CONSUMER SPENDING DOWN. THE
SAVINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE BUILT U
DEPLETE SOMEWHAT, AND THOSE
HIGHER INTEREST RATES SLOW DOWN
PURCHASES OF MAJOR ITEMS. SO W
HAVE SEEN SLOWDOWNS IN THE
HOUSING MARKET, IN THE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES, ET
CETERA, BECAUSE IT IS MORE
EXPENSIVE TO BORROW THAT MONEY.
WHAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
ORIGINALLY WAS THAT THAT RAPID
RATE INCREASE OF INTEREST RATE
FROM THE FED WOULD CAUSE A
RECESSION. WHAT WE ARE SEEING
IS THAT THE ECONOMY IS A LOT
STRONGER THAN EXPECTED. SO, WE
ARE EXPECTING WHAT THE FED NOW
REFERS TO AS A "SOFT LANDING"
MEANING THEY WILL EFFECTIVELY
COOL THE ECONOMY DOWN WITHOUT
BRINGING ABOUT A RECESSION. AND
WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A
RECESSION, THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT A LOSS OF JOBS. SO, WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT OUR REGION IS THA
OUR JOB GROWTH CONTINUES. WHAT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE,
HERE, SOMETHING WE ARE KEEPING
CLOSE EYE ON, IS THAT THE
COMPOSITION OF THE JOB GROWTH I
CHANGING IN VERY SIGNIFICANT
WAYS. SO, PRIOR JOB GROWTH IN
THE CITY HAD BEEN DRIVEN NOT
EXCLUSIVELY BUT PRIMARILY BY
THE TECH SECTOR. WHAT WE ARE
SEEING NOW IS THAT THE JOB
GROWTH IS SHIFTING AWAY FROM TH
TECH SECTOR AND INSTEAD TOWARD
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY. YOU
MIGHT ASK YOURSELF, WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT? THAT IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE OF THE DISPARITY IN PAY
BETWEEN THE TWO SECTORS. THE
TECH SECTOR IS OFTEN MUCH MORE
HIGHLY COMPENSATED AND LEISURE
AND HOSPITALITY. THAT MEANS THA
WORKERS FROM THE JOBS THAT ARE
CREATED HAVE LESS MONEY TO SPEN
IN THE OVERALL ECONOMY, SO
THERE IS LESS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
GENERATED BY THAT JOB GROWTH.
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE KEEPIN
A VERY CLOSE EYE ON. ON THE NEX
SLIDE, WE WILL TALK A LITTLE
MORE ABOUT THE AUGUST REVENUE
FORECAST, AND WHAT WE SAW THERE
BASED ON STRONGER THAN EXPECTE
2023 PERFORMANCE OF THE REGIONA
ECONOMY, OUR OVERALL GENERAL
FUND REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO
INCREASE RELATIVE TO THE 25
THREE ADOPTED AT 2024 ENDORSED
BUDGET EXPECTATIONS. THE MAYOR'
PROPOSED MID-BIENNIUM
ADJUSTMENTS ASSUME A HIGHER
LEVEL OF REVENUE FOR GENERAL
FUND AT ABOUT 1.7 BILLION. THA
IS ABOUT 76 MILLION OVER THE
ADOPTED BUDGET. AND ONE .68
MILLION IN 2024, OR NEARLY 50
MILLION ABOVE. WHAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT BETWEEN THOSE TWO
POINTS IS THAT REVENUE IS
ACTUALLY DECREASING BETWEEN 202
AND 2024. SO, ALTHOUGH IT IS AN
INCREASE RELATIVE TO THE
ENDORSED BUDGET, THE TOTAL
REVENUE COMING INTO THE GENERAL
FUND IS GOING DOWN BY ABOUT
2.8%, BETWEEN '23 AND '24.
THERE ARE OTHER REVENUES THAT
SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS, AN
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT HAVE
NOT FARED AS WELL IN THE
NEAR-TERM AS THE GENERAL FUND.
THOSE INCLUDE THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. WHAT WE
HAVE SEEN THERE, AS PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED, A SLOWING OF THE
TECHNOLOGY SECTOR AND
LOWER-VALUED STOCK GRANT
COMPENSATION HAS RESULTED IN
LOWER FORECASTS. SO, RELATIVE T
THE 23 ADOPTED AT 24 AT --
ENDORSED BUDGET, THE PROPOSED
BUDGET REDUCE REVENUES BY ABOUT
20 MILLION IN 2023 AND ABOUT
21.5 MILLION IN 2024. THAT IS
41 MILLION ACROSS TWO YEARS THA
WE HAD TO ADJUST FOR IN THIS
BUDGET. UNREALISTIC --
>> ON THAT NOTE, JULIE,
DIRECTOR DINGELY, IT IS
IMPORTANT TO PUT THAT INTO
CONTEXT WITH THE EXPENSES THAT
JUMPSTART REQUIRES. THE REVENU
THAT IS COMING IN IS STILL
HIGHER THAN THE JUMPSTART
EXPENSES, AS REQUIRED BY
STATUTE. SO, APPRECIATE THE
NOTE THAT IT IS DOWN, AND THAT
HAS BEEN ADJUSTED FOR. BUT IT
IS STILL COMING IN HIGHER THAN
THE JUMPSTART-SPECIFIC SPENT
PLAN DIRECTED EXPENSES. I THIN
WE ARE HAVING TO TOGGLE WITH
THAT DELTA BETWEEN WHAT THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING IS AND THE
RECEIVED REVENUE, COMPARING THA
TO THE PROJECTED REVENUE. STILL
IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THAT
JUMPSTART FUNDING IS, AT THIS
POINT, BEING FULLY SUSTAINED ,
GIVEN THAT THE REVENUE IS COMIN
IN HIGHER THAN EXPENSES.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL DIG INT
MORE DETAIL ON THAT IN A COUPLE
SLIDES. THANKS FOR RAISING THAT
DATA. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT
THE REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX. IF
YOU RECALL LAST YEAR, DURING
YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BIENNIAL
BUDGET, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT
LATE YEAR DECREASE IN OUR
REVENUE PROJECTIONS. WHAT WE AR
SEEING IS A CONTINUATION OF THA
TREND. WE ARE ONLY SEEING
FORECASTS OF ABOUT 50 MILLION
IN 2023 AND 54 MILLION IN 2024,
WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
PROJECTIONS OF 68 MILLION EACH
YEAR. THAT REFLECTS REDUCED
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL SALE
VOLUMES RESULTING FROM
INCREASED BORROWING RATES AND
UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE VALUE OF
COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE IN A
WORK FROM HOME ECONOMY. REALLY
IMPORTANTLY, A REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TASKS -- TAX, THIS IS A
FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS OFTEN
MORE OF A CANARY IN THE COAL
MINE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT TELL
US THAT, ON THE DEVELOPMENT
SPECTRUM, A TRANSACTION OF REA
ESTATE IS REALLY THE BEGINNING.
THEN, FROM THERE, YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT RENOVATING THAT
SPACE, OR DEVELOPING THAT'S
RACE. THAT ACTION CREATES SALES
TAX FROM THE CONSTRUCTION
ACTIVITY. THE AVAILABILITY OF
THAT SPACE MEANS THAT NEW
BUSINESSES COULD BEGIN MOVING
OR RELOCATING TO THE CITY, AND
THAT COULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
BNO TAX. WHAT WE SEE DECREASED
COMING IN THE DOOR, WE KNOW THA
WE WILL SEE IN THE COMING
MONTHS AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR O
SO, A POTENTIAL RIPPLE EFFECT
THROUGH THE REST OF THE CITY 'S
REVENUES. IT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE THE TRACK CLOSELY GOING
INTO 2025 AND BEYOND. ALL
RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. NOTE HERE,
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKE
ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, BUT I WANTED
TO BRING IT UP ONCE MORE, THAT
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND DOES NO
GROW AT A ONE-FOR-ONE RATE AND
A HIGH INFLATION ENVIRONMENT.
SO, THE DIRECT IMPACT OF HIGH
INFLATION SYSTEMATICALLY WEAKEN
THE PURCHASING POWER OF GENERAL
FUND REVENUE. SO WHILE YOU MIGH
ASSUME THAT REVENUES WOULD
GENERALLY GROW AT THE PRICE OF
GOODS AND SERVICES INCREASE, IT
IS JUST NOT TRUE FOR ALL OF THE
CITY REVENUE STREAMS. FOR
EXAMPLE, PROPERTY TAX REVENUES
ARE STATUTORILY CONSTRAINED TO
GROW AT JUST 1% PLUS THE VALUE
OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. THAT IS 24
OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND
REVENUES, AND THAT IS A
STATE-LEVEL RESTRICTION. WE SAW
A BIG MOVE AT THE COUNTY LAST
YEAR, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE
THIS RESTRICTION TO ASK THE
STATE FOR ADDITIONAL
FLEXIBILITY, THERE. I THINK
THERE IS A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FO
THE STATE TO RECONSIDER THAT
RESTRICTION. THAT IS SOMETHING
WE WANT TO LOOK TOWARD THE
FUTURE ON. FURTHERMORE, POLICY
CHOICES AROUND PUBLIC UTILITY
RATES AND FEES CHARGED FOR CITY
SERVICES COULD ALSO CONSTRAIN
REVENUE GROWTH. IT MIGHT BE THE
CASE THAT FROM A POLICY
PERSPECTIVE, THE COUNCIL OR THE
MAYOR DECIDE TO NOT FULLY PASS
ON THE INCREASED COST OF
INFLATION ON IT TO CONSUMERS O
WHATEVER SERVICES THE CITY IS
PROVIDING. AT THE SAME TIME,
INFLATION DRIVES UP THE COST OF
GOODS AND SERVICES THAT THE CIT
PURCHASES. YOU WILL SEE THAT
SHOW UP IN A BIG WAY AND A SLID
COMING UP, CALLED UNANTICIPATED
COST OF CHALLENGES. WE HAVE
SEEN A LOT OF THAT. NEXT, WE
WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE
ON HOW WE DEVELOP THIS BUDGET.
THIS VISUAL AT THE TOP IS A
REPRESENTATION OF OUR YEAR. IT
TAKES ALMOST A FULL YEAR TO
CREATE WHAT I AM PRESENTING TO
YOU TODAY. IT TAKES AN
INCREDIBLE TEAM OF BRILLIANT
ANALYSTS AND PEOPLE FROM ACROS
THE CITY TO DO IT. IMPORTANTLY,
THE MID-BIENNIUM BUDGET PROCES
WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE CONTEX
OF FUNDING AND SERVICE LEVEL
THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE 24
ENDORSED BUDGETS. AS I
MENTIONED AT THE TOP, 2024 IS
THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CITY'S
BIENNIAL BUDGET PROCESS, AND YO
ALL ENDORSED A BUDGET IN 2024
TO SERVE AS OUR STARTING POINT.
DEPARTMENTS WERE NOT ASKED FOR
TARGET REDUCTIONS THIS YEAR AS
THEY HAVE BEEN IN PRIOR YEARS,
BUT THE GUIDANCE WAS TO OPERATE
WITHIN THEIR 2024 ENDORSED
LEVELS. IF DEPARTMENT HAD
CHANGES THEY WANTED TO MAKE,
THEY NEEDED TO OFFER AN
OFFSETTING REDUCTION TO PAY FOR
IT. DECISIONS FOR 2024 WERE
MADE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE
LOOMING $251 MILLION GENERAL
FUND DEFICIT THAT IS PROJECTED
FOR 2025. AS I MENTIONED AT THE
TOP, THE BOOK IS SHORTER, SO
YOU WILL SEE THE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTERS THEMSELVES ARE SHORTER
AND WE HAVE RELOCATED SOME
SUMMARY TABLES TO AN APPENDIX,
IN AN EFFORT TO FOCUS THE BOOK
EXCLUSIVELY ON THE CHANGES TO
THE ENDORSED BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE
I AM SO SORRY, THIS SLIDE WAS
OUT OF ORDER, AND SHOULD HAVE
COME EARLIER. THAT IS MY FAULT.
A LITTLE MORE ON REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX. THIS CHART SHOWS YO
REAL ESTATE EXCISE TAX RECEIPT
ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2000. THE
REASON TO SHOW YOU THIS LONG
TIME FRAME IS THAT THE CITY HA
NOT SEEN A DECREASE THIS
PRECIPITOUS IN REVENUES SINCE
THE GREAT RECESSION OF 2008. O
COURSE, DURING THE GREAT
RECESSION, THE SITUATION, THE
CONTEXTUAL FACTORS LEADING TO
THE DECREASE, WERE DIFFERENT. I
WAS A HOUSING CRISIS, WE HAD
SUBPRIME MORTGAGES, A LOT OF
THINGS GOING ON THAT WERE
DIFFERENT FROM TODAY.
NONETHELESS, IT IS A MAGNITUDE
SHIFT THAT IS CAUSE FOR
CONCERN. A LOT OF THE
INVESTMENTS YOU WILL SEE IN THE
BUDGET ARE REALLY TRYING TO
MAKE SURE THE CITY DOES NOT FAL
INTO THE SAME PATTERN THAT
WOULD TAKE US MULTIPLE YEARS TO
GET OUT OF, AND IF IT RECOVERS
MUCH MORE QUICKLY THAN WE DID
AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION.
THERE WE GO. SORRY, AGAIN, THA
WAS VERY OUT OF ORDER. ALSO ON
DEVELOPING THE BUDGET, WE
CONSIDERED RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT
THROUGHOUT BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
SO EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL WE
RECEIVED , THE DEPARTMENT HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE HOW THE
CHANGE IMPACTS RACE AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE GOALS.
DEPARTMENTS ALSO USE A NEW TOOL
THIS YEAR THAT CBO AND OCR
DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP, TO
ASSESS, TO SORT OF SELF ASSESS
THEIR BUDGET PROCESS , BASED ON
FIVE CATEGORIES AND SET A GOAL
FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS
IN ONE CATEGORY. THAT WAS REALL
A SPECTRUM FROM HAVING A CLOSE
PROCESS WHERE ONLY A COUPLE
PEOPLE ARE IN A ROOM, TO HAVIN
AN OPEN AND TRANSFORMATIVE
PROCESS. IT IS REALLY A SPECTRU
THEY LOOK THAT TO SELF-ASSESS.
THEY LOOK AT EQUITY LEADS AND
OR CHANGED HUMAN ENGAGEMENT,
WORKFORCE EQUITY, DATA AND
ANALYSIS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AS WELL. SO, WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS WORK
THAT WE HAVE BEGUN WITH
DEPARTMENTS. AND IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT, IN THIS FIRST
YEAR, WE MEET DEPARTMENTS WHER
THEY ARE, AND THAT THEIR
SELF-ASSESSMENT IS TREATED AS
JUST THAT, THEIR
SELF-ASSESSMENT. THERE IS NO
RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER AT THIS
POINT, WE JUST WANT TO SEE WHER
FOLKS ARE AND STRIVE FOR
IMPROVEMENT. EVERYONE IS IN A
DIFFERENT PLACE. CBO 'S CHANGE
TEAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE OVER
THE LAST YEAR, AND HAS LED
EFFORTS ON THREE MAIN AREAS.
THEY HAVE WORKED TO COLLECT AND
ANALYZE DATA TO MEASURE EQUITY
IMPACTS . THEY ARE COLLECTIVELY
REVIEWING IMPACTS OF THE
REDUCTIONS AS A WHOLE, AS WELL
AS IMPLEMENT A TOOL TO ASSESS
GROWTH AND RACIAL EQUITY FOCUS
AND BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. SO, LOT
OF STUFF IN THE WORKS THAT WE
WILL BE EXCITED TO SHARE IN THE
COMING YEAR OR SO. SOME GOOD
WORK IS ALREADY BEGUN.
>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION? THANK
YOU. DIRECTOR DINGELY, CAN YOU
GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE?
THANK YOU. I AM INTERESTED TO
UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT
MORE, AND APPRECIATE THE AREAS
FOR SELF-ASSESSMENT. I WONDER
IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT -- MAYB
IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT PIECE -- BUT I AM
INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING
WHETHER ANY OF THE ASSESSMENT
MEASURES LOOK AT IMPACT IN
COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF SERVICE
DELIVERY FOR OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS , OR IS THIS ALL REALLY
LOOKING INTERNALLY?
>> THE DEPARTMENT
SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL WAS REALLY
DEVELOPED FOR THE DEPARTMENTS T
LOOK INTERNALLY AT THEIR
PROCESS. BUT THE ADDITIONAL
WORK WE HAVE UNDERWAY IN THE
BUDGET OFFICE TO LOOK AT
COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA
THAT MEASURE EQUITY IMPACTS IS
WHERE WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO
SYNCHRONIZE THE PERFORMANCE
DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR PROGRAMS
-- OR MAYBE WE COULD DEVELOP FO
PROGRAMS -- AND THE ACTUAL
IMPACT WE ARE SEEING ON THE
GROUND. SO WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY
DEMOGRAPHER, AS WELL AS WITH OP
CD AND OCR , THE EXISTING DATA
THAT WE HAVE ON EQUITY IMPACTS
IN THE CITY. SO IT IS UNDERWAY
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT
ON IT TODAY, BUT IT IS
DEFINITELY A GOAL THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S THAT GREAT, EXCITING, THAN
YOU.
>> GREAT. NEXT, WE WILL TALK A
LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW THIS
PROPOSED SET OF ADJUSTMENTS
COMPARES TO THE 2024 ENDORSED
BUDGET. OVERALL, WHAT YOU WILL
SEE ARE FEWER CHANGES COMPARED
TO THE 2023 BUDGET PROCESS.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE BOOK
IS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTER, AND
THAT IS NOT AN ILLUSION, IT IS
JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER
CHANGES THAN THERE WERE LAST
YEAR. OVER HALF OF THE CITY
DEPARTMENTS HAVE NO CHANGES AT
ALL , OUTSIDE OF A CITYWIDE
CENTRAL COST CHANGES. THOSE AR
CHANGES TO OUR INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY, OUR FACILITIES AND
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, OR HR, OR
THEY HAVE BUDGET NEUTRAL CHANGE
THAT ARE MORE OR LESS PAID FOR
EITHER BECAUSE THEY HAD AN
OFFSETTING REDUCTION, SO THEY
ADDED MONEY BUT CUT SOMETHING
ELSE TO PAY FOR IT, WITHIN
THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT, OR THEY
USED A PLANNING RESERVE THAT
HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED IN
ANTICIPATION OF THAT SPENDING
NEED. SO, WE ALREADY HAD IT
BUILT IN TO THE BUDGET. LOOKIN
AT THE ACTUAL CHANGES IN GENERA
FUND ONLY, COMPARED TO THE 24
ENDORSED, IT IS CHANGING BY
ABOUT $51 MILLION. I WANTED TO
BREAK ON THAT FIGURE, BECAUSE I
SEEMS BIG, BUT I WANTED TO BREA
DOWN WHAT MAKES IT UP. WHAT YOU
WILL SEE IS ABOUT $3 MILLION OF
PROPER NEW SPENDING THAT WAS NO
ANTICIPATED BY A RESERVE OR
OTHERWISE REVENUE-BACK. YOU WIL
SEE 10.8 MILLION IN INCREASES
FOR CENTRAL SERVICE COSTS. AS I
MENTIONED, A LOT OF THOSE ARE
RELATED TO INFLATIONARY COST
ADJUSTMENTS. FLEET MAINTENANCE
COSTS, SOME REPLACEMENTS,
INVESTMENTS IN I.T.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY, AS
WELL AS HR. WE WILL TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC CHANGES
LATER. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO SE
HUGE AMOUNTS NEEDED FOR OUR
JUDGMENT CLAIMS FUND, WHICH I
WILL ALSO DISCUSS A LITTLE MORE
WE ARE TAKING OPPORTUNITY WITH
HIGHER THAN EXPECTED GENERAL
FUND REVENUE TO REPLENISH THE
EMERGENCY FUND. WE HAVE ABOUT $
MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS COMING
IN, SO THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE
REVENUE-BACK. THEY DO NOT ADD T
THE OVERALL DEFICIT. ABOUT $6
MILLION IN NEW SPENDING HAS
REVENUE BACKING, OR IS BACKED
FROM A PLANNING RESERVE THAT WE
HAD ESTABLISHED PREVIOUSLY.
THEN, WE HAVE 4.9 MILLION
REPRESENTING ONGOING COSTS FRO
LEGISLATION PASSED THIS CALENDA
YEAR, IN 2023. SO, MIDYEAR
CHANGES THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
ADOPTED THAT RESULT IN ONGOING
COSTS. OKAY. HAVE A QUESTION
FOR THIS SLIDE. ON SLIDE 12.
REGARDING THE 2.9 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUND , NET NEW PROGRAM
SPENDING, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHA
THAT WILL BE USED FOR?
>> I CAN. IF IT IS ALL RIGHT
WITH YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA, I CAL
THOSE OUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE
PROGRAMS LIES TO COME, SO I
WOULD LIKE TO COVER THOSE DURIN
THAT CONTENT, IF THAT WORKS FOR
YOU.
>> THAT IS FINE. DO YOU HAVE A
SHORT ANSWER TO THE $6 MILLION
REVENUE OR RESERVE-BACKED
GENERAL FUND PROPOSED? DOES ANY
OF THIS SPENDING RELATE TO
ONGOING NEEDS? OR IS THIS ALL
ONE TIME?
>> THOSE PRIMARILY STEM FROM
THE CHANGES FOR THE NEW CARE
DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FOR OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICES. BOTH OF
THOSE HAVE ONGOING RESERVES
ESTABLISHED, IN ANTICIPATION OF
THOSE NEEDS. THE CARE
DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS AN ONGOING
SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT WILL BE
ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT IN AN
ONGOING WAY. WE WILL GET INTO
THAT MORE LATER.
>> GREAT.
>> IS NO OTHER QUESTIONS, WE
WILL GET INTO SOME CHANGES
AROUND PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX,
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX,
EXCUSE ME. THERE ARE TWO PRIMAR
CHANGES I WANT TO CALL OUT.
WHAT YOU SEE, HEAR, ON THE LEFT
IS THE ENDORSED BUDGET --
SORRY, IN THE CENTER. 2024
ENDORSED BUDGET, AND HOW ALL TH
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GEMSTAR
SPENDING PLAN WERE HANDLED IN
THAT BUDGET. ON THE RIGHT-HAND
COLUMN, YOU WILL SEE 2024
BIANNUAL PROPOSED BUDGET
CHANGES. THE FIRST PROPOSED
CHANGES WE ARE PROPOSING TO
REDUCE BY $10 MILLION THE
TRANSFER TO GENERAL FUND THAT
WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPORTING
GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS. SO, IN
THE 24 ENDORSED BUDGET, THAT WA
84 MILLION, IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, IT IS 74 MILLION. THAT
WAS TO MAKE SURE WE DID NOT HAV
TO HAVE MAJOR CUTS IN THE
GENERAL FUND, SO WE COULD
CONTINUE CURRENT OPERATIONS.
INSTEAD OF TRANSFERRING THAT
FUNDING TO GENERAL FUNDS, WHAT
WE ARE DOING IS INVESTING IN
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER PAY AND
CHILDCARE SUPPORTS. THERE IS A
LITTLE ADDITION TO THAT,
HELPING TO BALANCE THE FUND
OVERALL. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOU
SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS IN A LITTL
BIT. THE WAY THOSE SHOW UP ARE
AS EXCEPTIONS TO THE OVERALL
SPENDING PLAN. I WILL ALSO SHOW
YOU THAT IN A SUBSEQUENT SLIDE.
YOU WILL SEE IN THE MIDDLE, A
BUNCH OF CHECK MARKS, MEANING
THAT THE 2024 ENDORSED BUDGET
LEVELS WERE LEFT VIRTUALLY
UNCHANGED , CONSISTENT WITH THE
UNDERLYING SPENDING ORDINANCE.
THE FINAL CHANGE AT THE BOTTOM
IS THAT WE ARE TAPPING THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
SPECIFIC REVENUE STABILIZATION
RESERVE. WE HAD ESTABLISHED A
RESERVE WITHIN THIS FUND,
BECAUSE IT IS A NEW
HISTORICAL DATA TO HAVE A LOT
OF CONFIDENCE IN THE
PREDICTIONS. SO, FACING THE
REVENUE DECREASE, WE TAPPED
THE REVENUE STABILIZATION
RESERVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY TO
KEEP IT IN BALANCE. IT TAKES IT
FROM 14.7 MILLION IN 24
ENDORSED, DOWN TO 21.9 MILLION
IN 2024 PROPOSED. ON TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A
VISUAL VIEW OF HOW THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX SPENDING IS
ALLOCATED IN THE 24 PROPOSED.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU WILL
SEE THE ENTIRE PIE OF ALL THE
REVENUES. YOU WILL SEE THERE,
THAT THE TRANSFER TO THE
GENERAL FUND IS THE REDUCED
LEVEL, REDUCED BY 10 MILLION,
TO 74. WE HAVE THE 1.9 MILLION
I JUST MENTIONED IN RESERVES.
THEN, THE PAYROLL TAX SPENDING
ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE ,
AND SOME SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS,
IS AT 226.8 MILLION. THAT PART
OF THE PIE EXPANDS TO THE
RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE
SPENDING PLAN IS REPRESENTED.
WE HAVE SPECIAL ITEMS AT 11.2,
AND I WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE.
ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUATION,
WHICH IS UP TO 5%, HERE, WE ARE
TAPPING JUST 3%, HOUSING AND
SERVICES AT 52% , ACTUAL
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, 9%,
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION AT 15,
AND GREEN NEW DEAL AT NINE.
THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU --
SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD,
I SEE YOUR HAND.
>> AND WE GO BACK A SLIDE?
>> SURE. THANK YOU. SO, THE
INITIAL POSSIBILITY ITEMS ARE
PROVIDER PAY AND CHAPTER, IS
THAT CORRECT? THAT TOTALS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2.8
MILLION AND THE 11.8 MILLION?
>> SO, THE HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER PAY AND CHILDCARE
SUPPORT TOTALS 7.4 MILLION. WE
ARE ALSO USING SOME OF THE
REDUCTION OF THE TRANSFER TO
HELP BALANCE THE FUND OVERALL.
THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL ITEMS
IN THE EXCEPTIONS , THE SPECIAL
EXEMPTIONS BUCKET, IN ADDITION
TO THE PROVIDER PAY AND
CHILDCARE SUPPORTS. THOSE TWO
ARE PAID FOR BY THE REDUCED
TRANSFER. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I
SHOWED YOU WE WERE ONLY USING
3% OF THE 5% ADMIN BUCKET, SO
THE ADDITIONAL 2% WE ARE NOT
USING IS SUPPORTING TWO
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS. ONE OF
THOSE IS A STARTUP COST FOR
THE SOCIAL HOUSING PDA, AND
ANOTHER IS ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE AND AS THE CI. WE
HAVE A LITTLE MORE ON THOSE AS
WELL IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
>> A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, THANK
YOU FOR THAT. FOR THE SPECIAL
FLEX ABILITY ITEMS COMPRISING
$2.8 MILLION, IN THE 2024
ENDORSEMENTS BUDGET COLUMN ,
THERE IS SOME COMPLEXITY HERE I
AM NOT GETTING ON MAKING THE
CHARGES -- THE CHANGES ON THE
CHART ADD UP. I SEE THE ARROW
POINTING FROM THE GENERAL FUND
TRANSFER TO THE SPECIAL
FLEXIBILITY ITEMS. BUT IF YOU
ADD THE $10 MILLION TRANSFER TO
THE PRE-EXISTING 2.8 MILLION,
IT DOES NOT ADD UP TO THE
11.2 MILLION.
>> YEAH, IT IS NOT EXACT. I
WAS TRYING TO SIMPLIFIED THE
CHART, PERHAPS I
OVERSIMPLIFIED IT, THANKS FOR
CALLING THAT OUT, COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD. WE ARE NOT
USING THE FULL AMOUNT OF THAT
REDUCTION TOWARD SPENDING. WE
ARE USING PART OF THAT
REDUCTION TO MAINTAIN
CURRENTLY-BUDGETED SPENDING
THAT WAS IN THE ENDORSED BUDGET
TO KEEP THE FUND BALANCE
OVERALL. SO WE ARE NOT
ASSIGNING NEW SPENDING, THERE.
I DO HAVE, IN TWO SLIDES , A
POTENTIALLY MORE USEFUL --
YEAH, THIS ONE -- A POTENTIALLY
MORE USEFUL VIEW. HERE, WHAT I
WANTED TO SHOW YOU, HERE, IS
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE
FIRST THREE COLUMNS ON THE
LEFT, THESE ARE -- WHEN THE
PAYROLL TAX WAS BEING
CONSIDERED BACK IN 2020, THESE
WERE THE AMOUNTS THAT WERE
ESTIMATED AT THE TIME FOR
THESE DIFFERENT SPENDING
CATEGORIES. FOR 2022 AND
BEYOND, AGAIN, BASED ON THE
REVENUE ESTIMATES AT THE TIME.
THIS IS SOMETHING CHAIR
MOSQUEDA MENTIONED. YOU WILL
SEE NEXT, THE COLUMN ADDING
290 MILLION, THE COLUMN
IMMEDIATELY RIGHT OF THAT IS
WHAT WAS IN THE 2024 ENDORSED
BUDGET. THEN, TWO COLUMNS OVER
TO THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
UPDATES, YOU WILL SEE, GOING
DOWN THE LINE, THEY ARE
VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. THERE ARE
A COUPLE MINOR TWEAKS TO KEEP
THE FUNDS IN BALANCE OVERALL,
BUT DESPITE THE $41 MILLION
REVENUE DECREASE BETWEEN '23
AND '24, THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
INVESTMENTS ARE VIRTUALLY
UNCHANGED FROM THE '24
ENDORSED LEVELS, AND WE HAVE
THAT 10 MILLION GOING TO
SUPPORT CHILD SERVICE PAY. I
HOPE THIS COMES A LITTLE MORE,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBALS, AND
SEEING HOW THAT SHAKES OUT.
>> GREAT.
>> I WILL NOTE, FOR MY
COLLEAGUES HERE, AND ALSO FOR
THE VIEWING PUBLIC, THIS IS NOT
A PROPOSAL OR A CHANGE THAT WAS
SUGGESTED TO JUMPSTART IN
CONSULTATION WITH MY OFFICE OR
WITH ME, AS THE AUTHOR OF
JUMPSTART, AND WITH MORE THAN
HALF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON
COUNCIL COSPONSORING THAT. WE
WILL HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS
ON THE CONCEPT, HERE, BUT WHAT
IS NOT IN QUESTION IS CLEARLY
SUPPORT FOR HUMAN SERVICE PAY,
CHILDCARE PAY, ET CETERA. THERE
ARE VARIOUS BUDGET STRATEGIES
THAT I THINK WE WILL CONTINUE
WORKING ON , I AM SURE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH CBO, AS WE
CONSIDER HOW WE MAINTAIN WHAT
HAS BEEN TEED UP, HERE, AS
INVESTMENT FOR 2024. BUT THE
MECHANISM BEING PROPOSED HERE
WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS
DRAFTED WITHOUT INPUT OR
CONSULTATION. CLEARLY, WE ARE
SEPARATE BRANCHES OF
GOVERNMENT. THAT IS NOT UNHEARD
OF, TO HAVE DIFFERENT OFFICES
WORKING ON DIFFERENT PROPOSALS.
BUT I WANTED TO BE CLEAR, GIVEN
THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HAD IN
THE PAST, ABOUT HOW TO ALLOCATE
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
REVENUE, AND THAT MAY BE A
JOINT EFFORT. WE DO HAVE A
DIFFERENT FRAME ON HOW WE
APPROACHED USING HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUE. IT IS OKAY
TO KEEP SHOWING THAT. WE ARE
STILL GOING. I WANTED TO ASK
CENTRAL STAFF TO COMMENT ON
THE SLIDES WE WERE JUST LOOKING
AT, AND THE PREVIOUS ONE AS
WELL, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A
TOPIC OF CONVERSATION
CONTINUING, I AM SURE, GIVEN MY
INTEREST AND OTHER
COUNCILMEMBER'S INTERESTS IN
MAINTAINING THOSE COMMITMENTS
AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. I
APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY
THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED BY CBO
IN THAT FINAL COLUMN. YOU SEE A
REDUCTION OF $2 MILLION, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE. WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE LOOKING AT VARIOUS
WAYS TO ENSURE THAT THE
PERCENTAGES ALIGNED WITH THE
PROGRAM ALLOCATION. BUT I DO
THINK THERE IS AN IMPORTANT
DISTINCTION IN THE FRAMING. I
WONDERED IF ALY PENNUCCI, OFF
CAMERA, IF YOU COULD ALSO
COMMENT ON HOW THE COUNCIL
FRAMED THE EXEMPTIONS, WHEN WE
ENDORSED THE 2024 BUDGET, THAT
COULD GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW
THE CONVERSATION WILL BE TEED
UP OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
AND OF COURSE, MORE WORK TO DO
WITH CBO. SPECTATOR, GERMAN
SKATER. YOU MAY ALL RECALL THAT
LAST YEAR, AS PART OF THE
COUNCIL'S BUDGET DISCUSSIONS,
YOU PASSED ORDINANCE 126-719,
OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE FUND
FLEXIBILITY ORDINANCE. THAT
PROVIDED SOME SHORT-TERM
FLEXIBILITY ON THE USE OF
JUMPSTART FUNDS, JUST IN THE
2023 AND 2024 BIENNIUM. THAT
ALLOWED INCLUDING TRANSFER FROM
JUMPSTART TO THE GENERAL FUND
AND UP TO AMOUNTS, WHAT
DIRECTOR DINGELY SHOWED AS
ABOUT 84 MILLION GOING TO 74, I
HAVE THAT NUMBER SLIGHTLY
WRONG. THE POINT OF
FLEXIBILITY WAS ALLOWING UP TO
ABOUT 84 MILLION OR 85 MILLION
TO BE TRANSFERRED IN 2024. BUT
THAT MUCH WAS NOT REQUIRED. THE
OTHER PIECE WAS THERE WERE SOME
EXCEPTIONS THAT DID NOT FIT
ANY SPENDING CATEGORY THAT
COUNCIL APPROVED , COMING OUT
OF THE JUMPSTART SPENDING LIST,
SPECIFICALLY, COUNCIL
AUTHORIZED EXCEPTIONS TO
PROVIDE FUNDING IN JUST THIS
BIENNIUM FOR STAFFING AND
SOUND TRANSFER THREE, SOME
FUNDING FOR LEGAL DEFENSE TO
BACKFILL REDUCTION AND A
REVENUE SHORTFALL IN THE
BEVERAGE TAX FUND, AND TO
EXPAND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
IN SCHOOLS. THAT WAS THE $2.8
MILLION OF EXCEPTIONS THAT
DIRECTOR DINGELY SHOWED ON HER
SLIDE. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT
THE FRAMING , WHAT THE
EXECUTIVE IS PROPOSING, HERE,
IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUND
FLEXIBILITY ORDINANCE, IN TERMS
OF HOW IT IS OUTLINED. IT DOES
ALLOW THESE EXCEPTIONS. HOW
COUNCIL CONSIDERED IT, THOUGH,
YOU ONLY ALLOWED EXCEPTIONS IF
YOU WERE SPENDING DOLLARS THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN PART
OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE --
MINISTRATION AND EVALUATION
CONTENT. SO, IN TOTAL, THE
COUNCIL APPROVED FOR THE 2024
ENDORSED FOR ADMINISTRATION
AND EXCEPTIONS MADE UP 5% OF
THE JUMPSTART FUNDS. SO I WILL
SAY AGAIN, WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
PROPOSED IS CONSISTENT WITH
THE LETTER OF THE LAW. IT IS
NOT CONSISTENT WITH HOW COUNCIL
FRAMED AND MADE THEIR
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE
THOSE EXCEPTIONS IN 2024.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CONVERSATION. ARE THERE ANY
OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS SLIDE,
FROM DR. DINGELY OR OUR
COLLEAGUES? YES, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER
NELSON.
>> YES, A CLARIFYING QUESTION,
I'M SORRY, ALY, TO HAVE MY
MEMORY AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF
OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR REVENUE
JUMPSTART, OVER AND ABOVE WHAT
WAS PROJECTED FOR 2024 . I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU TRIED TO
EXPLAIN THAT. BUT I DID NOT
QUITE -- HOW DOES PROGRAMMING
THESE FUNDS TO SUPPORT HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDER PAY AND
CHILDCARE SUPPORT NOT ALIGNED
WITH WHAT COUNCIL 'S
EXPECTATIONS WERE FOR 2024
JUMPSTART REVENUES ABOVE AND
BEYOND WHAT WAS PROJECTED?
>> I WILL SEE IF I CAN CLARIFY.
I WILL SAY, WE WILL HAVE MORE
TABLES AND CHARTS IN GREATER
DETAIL WHEN WE GET TO THE
BUDGET HEARINGS THAT I HAVE
NOT YET PREPARED. I WILL TRY TO
SAY THIS A DIFFERENT WAY. IF WE
WERE PRESENTING THIS SLIDE LAST
YEAR, THERE WOULD NOT BE A
SEPARATE ROW FOR THE
EXCEPTIONS. THE EXCEPTIONS IN
THE ADMINISTERING OF CATEGORY
MADE UP 5% OF THE FUNDS ARE
SPENT OUT OF THE JUMPSTART
FUNDS. SO, AFTER YOU SUBTRACT
THE $84 MILLION AUTHORIZED TO
BE TRANSFERRED -- I THINK IT
WAS 84 ILLICIT YET, 84 MILLION
I COULD HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED
TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHEN WE
APPLIED THE SPENDING PLAN, 5%
OF THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED
FOR ADMINISTERING THE PURPOSES
AND TO THOSE FOUR ITEMS I
NOTED AS EXCEPTIONS. HOWEVER,
THE ORDINANCE AS IT IS WRITTEN
SAYS YOU CAN TRANSFER UP TO
THIS AMOUNT , THEN IT SAYS YOU
CAN MAKE EXCEPTIONS, THEN IT
SAYS THE FUNDS MIGHT BE
ALLOCATED BY THESE PERCENTAGES.
SO, THE LITERAL READING OF THE
CODE ALLOWS THEM TO BASICALLY
SUBTRACT FROM THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF JUMPSTART REVENUE WE ARE
ANTICIPATING THE AMOUNT THEY
ARE TRANSFERRING TO THE GENERAL
FUND, THEN THE AMOUNT THEY ARE
SPENDING ON THESE SHORT-TERM
EXEMPTIONS, AND THEN, THEY
APPLY THE PERCENTAGES. SO WE
ARE BASICALLY CALCULATING WHAT
IS 62% OF JUMPSTART FUNDING
USING A DIFFERENT BASE. SO
THAT IS JUST A DIFFERENT
APPROACH, WHILE THE LITERAL
READING OF THE CODE READS THAT
WAY, THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR
CHOSE TO ONLY SPEND ON THINGS
OUTSIDE THE SPENDING PLAN THAT
WERE WITHIN THE TOTAL AMOUNT
ALLOWED FOR ADMINISTRATION AND
EVALUATION.
>> IF I CAN JUMP IN TO ADD TO
WHAT DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI
JUST SAID, THE ONLY PIECE
ABOVE THE ADMIN PERCENTAGE IN
THE EXCEPTIONS CATEGORY WE HAVE
PROPOSED IS THE PROVIDER PAY
AND CHILDCARE SUPPORTS. THE
OTHER ITEMS ARE WELL WITHIN THE
5% FOR ADMIN THAT WE ARE NOT
FULLY USING FOR ADMIN.
>> I WILL JUST CONFIRM, I THINK
THE TOTAL, IF YOU SUBTRACT
ALL THE EXCEPTIONS, I THINK THE
EXECUTIVE PROPOSAL WOULD
ACTUALLY ONLY SPEND ABOUT 2.5
OR 3% ON ADMIN, AND THE COUNCIL
PROGRAM PUT 5%, WHICH WAS
INCLUSIVE OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS.
>> MORE TO COME ON THAT.
COUSIN MEMBER NELSON?
>> HEY, DIRECTOR DINGELY, THE
ONE OF THE BOTTOM, DESPITE 41
MILLION REVENUE DECREASE, THE
INVESTMENT STAYED VIRTUALLY
THE SAME. SO, WHERE IS THAT
COMING FROM? IF WE ARE KEEPING
THE INVESTMENTS CONSTANT?
>> GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. THE
PAYROLL TAX WAS ABLE TO REMAIN
MORE OR LESS WHOLE IN 2023 AND
2024, THANKS TO A REDUCTION
IN THE SUPPORT TO GENERAL FUND.
SO, WE ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTED
MORE THAN THE ORDINANCE CALLED
FOR FOR 2023, ABOUT $5 MILLION
MORE. SO, THE COUNCIL REDUCED
THE TRANSFER IN 2023 IN THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BY ABOUT
$35 MILLION. DON'T QUOTE ME ON
THAT , SOMEWHERE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD. WE INCREASED THAT
IN YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL. SO, WE
FURTHER DECREASE THE TRANSFERS,
IF YOU WILL. SORRY, THE SIGNS
THERE, MAKE IT A LITTLE WEIRD,
BUT IS ABLE TO REMAIN WHOLE, IN
SHORT, NEXT TO GENERAL FUND
CONTRIBUTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, I THINK WE CAN KEEP
GOING.
>> GREAT, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE REVENUE
AND GENERAL EXCESS LONG-RANGE
PICTURE, YOU HAVE SEEN THIS
SLIDE FROM ME BEFORE. AT OTHER
VERSIONS FROM IT AT YOUR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF
COLLEAGUES . THIS IS SHOWING
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
COMPARISONS, BACK FROM 2018
BACK FOR 2026. WHAT YOU WILL
SEE FROM THE PROPOSED
INVESTMENTS WILL BE REVENUES,
THEY ARE INDICATED BY THE
HYPHENATED BLACK LINES , AND
THE EXPENDITURES IN THE GREEN
LINE. WE HAVE A PROPOSED
BALANCED BUDGET IN FRONT OF
YOU, MAKING CURRENT LAW
ASSUMPTIONS, AND ASSUMING YOU
ACCEPT THIS BUDGET AS PROPOSED,
WE ARE PROJECTING A 2025
DEFICIT OF 251 MILLION AND A
2026 PROJECTED DEFICIT, WITH A
CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF
YOU WILL SEE, IN PARTICULAR,
THE USE OF -- AND THE TRANSFER
OF EXPENSE TAX DECREASE -- THE
TRANSFER GOES AWAY ENTIRELY
AFTER THIS YEAR AS THE DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OR PER
LAW, GOES AWAY IN 2025. THAT IS
THAT GOLDENROD YELLOW COLOR ON
THE BOX OVERALL. THIS IS
SOMETHING WE WANTED TO
ABSOLUTELY -- YOU'VE HEARD FROM
DIRECTOR HANDY AS WELL AS CHAIR
MOSQUEDA THAT THIS QUESTION
REMAINS A BIG ONE FOR THEM
THIS YEAR. AS WE ARE LOOKING
AHEAD TO THE 2025-2026 BUDGET,
THESE UPDATES WERE NOT DESIGNED
TO SOLVE THE 2025 DEFICIT. THAT
WAS NOT THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
THESE UPDATES. 2023 AND 2024
BUDGET, THE BY ANNUAL BUDGET WE
DEVELOPED LAST YEAR CLOSED IN
$140 MILLION GENERAL FUND
REVENUE GAP. THE PURPOSE OF
DEVELOPING THAT BY ANNUAL
BUDGET, THE FIRST SINCE THE
ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC, WAS TO
BUY US ADDITIONAL TIME TO
CONSIDER HOW TO APPROACH 2025
AND WHAT CHANGES NEEDED TO COME
AND WHAT LEVERS WE SHOULD
CONSIDER. THESE ADJUSTMENTS DO
NOT AIM TO SOLVE THE 2025
DEFICIT BUT WE DO AIM, WHERE
POSSIBLE, TO MITIGATE THE
IMPACTS. THE SECOND BIG THING I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT
DIFFICULT DECISIONS ARE COMING
NEXT YEAR. THE CITY'S ELECTED
LEADERS WILL ABSOLUTELY FACED
DIFFICULT DECISIONS IN THE
UPCOMING YEAR ABOUT HOW TO
REDUCE EXPENSES OR INCREASE
REVENUES IN ORDER TO KEEP THE
CITY'S REVENUE IN BALANCE WHICH
IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US. SOME
OTHER FACTORS THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN
CONSIDERING THE 2024 BUDGET ARE
THAT THE CITY'S LABOR CONTRACT
REMAIN UNDER NEGOTIATION. WE
WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. THE
OUT YEAR GENERAL FUND REVENUE
GROWTH IS SLOWING CONSIDERABLY
WHICH I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF
THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
GENERAL FUND REVENUE GROWTH IS
RESTRICTED AND DOES NOT KEEP
PACE IN A HIGH INFLATION
ENVIRONMENT SO THE LONGER WE
SEE INFLATION PERSIST HIGHER
THAN THREE TO 4%, THE MORE WE
SEE THE IMBALANCE GROW.
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
TRANSFER ENDS AFTER 2024 UNDER
CURRENT LAW WHICH IS WHAT WE
SAW IN THE CHART IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING THIS SLIDE AS WELL
HIM OF THE NEW SPENDING UNDER
REVENUE SOURCES IS GROWING
CONSIDERABLY AND THAT'S BY
DESIGN AND POLICY CHOICE BUT
IT'S SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF.
>> JULIE, LET ME OFFER SOME
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT HERE AS
WELL. THANK YOU. ON THE
JUMPSTART LAST BULLET THERE
THAT YOU NOTED, I WANTED TO
ALSO NOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF
JUMPSTART. JUMPSTART HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED PAYROLL TAX,
BACKFILLING MUCH OF THE GENERAL
FUND REDUCTIONS OUR GAP THAT WE
SAW FROM LAST YEAR AND IN
YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
BUDGET MANY OF THE HIGHLIGHTS
NOTED IN THE BUDGET DO COME
LARGELY FUNDED BY JUMPSTART.
THIS INCLUDES AFFORDABLE
HOUSING INVESTMENTS,
INVESTMENTS IN CLIMATE
RESILIENCE AND ELECTRIFICATION,
WORKFORCE STABILIZATION FOR
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND MORE.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THESE
INVESTMENTS. I KNOW IT'S HARD
SOMETIMES TO SEE PUBLIC POLICY
HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON
COMMUNITY AND YOU DON'T GET TO
COUNT THE WIDGETS FROM
POLICYMAKING BUT YESTERDAY'S
LOCATION AND THE TYPES OF
SERVICES THAT WERE DESCRIBED
THERE, IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF
WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO CELEBRATE
INVESTMENTS AND SEE A DIRECT
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY. IT ALL
MAKES THE POLICY CONVERSATIONS
WE ARE HAVING MUCH MORE
MEANINGFUL AND TANGIBLE. IT
MAKES SENSE WE WOULD BE
HIGHLIGHTING THESE BECAUSE THEY
ARE UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS SO I
THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY WERE
NOTED AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO
TRY TO DECIPHER WHAT AMOUNT
CAME FROM JUMPSTART SO PEOPLE
REALLY SEE THOSE INVESTMENTS
PLAYING OUT, GIVEN THAT WE ARE
TRYING TO REALLY HAVE THIS
ONGOING AND IMPROVED DIALOGUE
WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THOSE
TYPES OF RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY
WHEN IT RESULTS IN TAXATION,
HOW WE COULD SEE A DIRECT
IMPROVEMENT INTO PUBLIC SAFETY
AND COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH
THINGS LIKE HOUSING AND
ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND
INVESTMENTS. I'M EXCITED TO
DIVE DEEPER INTO THE BUDGET AS
WE'VE JUST -- IN THE LAST FEW
SLIDES, ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT
PROPOSED CHANGES TO JUMPSTART
THAT WE KNOW WITHOUT THESE
INVESTMENTS THE INEQUITIES THAT
WE'VE SEEN PRE-COVID ARE ONLY
EXACERBATED AND THUS, THE
IMPORTANCE OF INVESTMENTS IN
SMALL BUSINESSES, HOUSING,
GREEN NEW DEAL, AND --
INITIATIVE. THE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS IN THE UPCOMING YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER CONTEXT
AS WELL. I THINK IT IS NOT A
FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THOSE
ARE NOT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE
COULD HELP MITIGATE THIS YEAR.
THIS COUNCIL STILL HAS THE
ABILITY TO ACT PRIOR TO THE END
OF THE YEAR TO HELP THE FUTURE
COUNCILS AND THE FUTURE
DELIBERATION IN 2024 AND BEYOND
TO HELP MITIGATE THE DECLINING
REVENUE. THE DECLINING REVENUE
SOURCES AND THE INCREASED
COMMUNITY NEEDS HAVE BEEN
DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THIS
COMMITTEE. THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION WORK GROUP WAS
PRIVY TO ALL OF THE DATA AND
INFORMATION THAT CBO AND
CENTRAL STAFF HAVE ABOUT
DECLINING REVENUE STREAMS AND
THE INCREASED POPULATION AND
INCREASED POPULATION NEED TO.
SEATTLE TIMES HAS COMMENTED
NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT HOW
SEATTLE'S POPULATION GREW --
GROWTH, GREW BY 21% IN THE LAST
DECADE AND ACCORDING TO THE
SEATTLE TIMES, LAST YEAR IN
2022, SEATTLE WAS THE FASTEST
GROWING, LARGE CITY IN THE
NATION. WE KNOW THAT IS NOT
JUST POPULATION SIZE BUT
COMPLEX NEEDS THAT HAVE GROWN
IN OUR CITY'S POPULATION. THE
ONGOING PANDEMIC AND ECONOMIC
INSTABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY ARE
CONFOUNDING CRISES THAT YIELD
THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL CITY
REVENUE AND RESOURCES. I JUST
WANT TO OFFER TO OUR COLLEAGUES
AND T UP A DISCUSSION FOR THE
FUTURE TO PUT NUMBER TWO INTO
CONTEXT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A
DISCUSSION THAT ONLY HAS TO
HAPPEN NEXT YEAR AND IS NOT A
PREDETERMINED DISCUSSION THAT
HAS TO HAPPEN IN 2025 BECAUSE
THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO
ADDRESS REVENUE PRIOR TO THE
END OF THE YEAR. I POSIT THAT
THERE IS NO WAY TO REALIGN OUR
CITY'S PRIORITIES TO THE TUNE
OF $214 MILLION IN CUTS EACH
YEAR FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS
AFTER NEXT YEAR IF WE DON'T
HAVE NEW REVENUE. OUR CITY
PRIORITIES AND OUR COMMUNITY
NEEDS WILL NOT ALIGN WITH THE
FUTURE BUDGET THAT ASSUMES THAT
LEVEL OF CUTS AND COMING
AUSTERITY IN THE OUT YEARS. SO
I WANT TO REALLY UNDERSCORE THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE FACTS THAT
ARE THERE, THAT THOSE WILL BE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS IF NOT
ADDRESSED THIS YEAR. AND THE
FUTURE OF OUR CITY RESIDENTS
AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR
COMMUNITY IS FAR TOO IMPORTANT
AND FRAGILE TO GAMBLE ON. SO,
LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS. SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY TEED UP
REVENUE AND FEE LEGISLATION FOR
OUR CONSIDERATION AND THAT
AGAIN WILL BE TAKEN OUT PRIOR
TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE
PROJECT DELIBERATIONS. VICE
CHAIR HERBOLD, GO AHEAD.
>> IN LINE WITH YOUR STATEMENT,
MADAM CHAIR, RECOGNIZING THAT
THIS BUDGET IS NOT DESIGNED TO
SOLVE THE 2025 DEFICIT
RECOGNIZING YOUR POTENTIAL
INTEREST IN SETTING UP THE NEXT
COUNCIL TO BE BETTER EQUIPPED
WITH THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS
AND MITIGATE THOSE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF
PREPARING MYSELF AND MY
COLLEAGUES AND THE PUBLIC FOR
THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON HOW THE
COUNCIL MIGHT CONSIDER DOING.
REALLY NO -- I'M NOT DEBATING
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 2025
BUDGET IS NOT DESIGNED TO SOLVE
THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES, BUT I
WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS
THE EXECUTIVE IS PLANNING TO DO
TO SET UP THE CITY LEADERS AND
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IN 2025.
WITHOUT HAVING THE EXPECTATION
THAT WE ARE SOLVING THE PROBLEM
IN THE 2024 BUDGET. WE KNOW
THAT THE REVENUE STABILIZATION
WORK GROUP IDENTIFIED A LOT OF
AGGRESSIVE REVENUE OPTIONS AND
MANY OF THEM TAKE A LONG TIME
TO IMPLEMENT. THEY ARE NOT
THINGS THAT YOU CAN PASS
LEGISLATION AND THEY GO INTO
EFFECT AND YOU START COLLECTING
IN 30 DAYS AFTER THE
LEGISLATION GOES INTO EFFECT.
SOME OF THESE REVENUE SOURCES
HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE
REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY
TO BEGIN TO COLLECT THE REVENUE
AND HAVE A LONG LEAD TIME AND,
SO, GIVEN THAT, I'M WONDERING
HOW THE MAYOR PLANNED TO MOVE
FORWARD THROUGH THE END OF THIS
YEAR AND NEXT YEAR TO ADDRESS
THAT ISSUE. SHOULD -- AND
AGAIN, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US
TO KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE
PROBABLY GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE
SO KNOWING WHAT THE MAYOR IS
PLANNING CAN HELP INFORM OUR
DISCUSSIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
FOR THE QUESTION. WE HAVE BEEN
HARD AT WORK IN THE BUDGET
OFFICE THIS YEAR THINKING ABOUT
THAT QUESTION. WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE? WE ARE IN THE SORT
OF EARLY DISCOVERY AND DESIGN
PHASE. WE ARE ACCELERATING THE
2025 BUDGET PROCESS TO GIVE
MORE TIME TO EACH OF OUR
PHASES. SO THAT CHART I SHOWED
YOU THAT LAID OUT THE CALENDAR,
WE ARE DUMPING THAT UP SO WE
CAN GET MORE TIME FOR
DEPARTMENTS TO CONSIDER
POTENTIAL CHANGES AND MORE TIME
FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO CONSIDER
POTENTIAL CHANGES AND THINK
ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED. AS FAR AS
ENGAGING, MY FUTURE COLLEAGUES,
IN THE NEXT COUNCIL, THOSE ARE
GOING TO BE CONVERSATIONS WE
HAVE TO HAVE ONCE THEY ARE ON
BOARD TO SAY, THIS IS COMING
AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND,
OVERALL, THE SORT OF PRINCIPLES
THAT THE EXECUTIVE SHOULD
CONSIDER AS WE MOVE THROUGH
THIS WORK, BUT MUCH OF THAT
HASN'T HAPPENED AT THIS POINT.
THUS FAR, WE'VE WORKED WITH
DEPARTMENTS ON ESTABLISHING
UNKNOWN EXISTING LINES OF
BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE AND
GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
FOR HOW THOSE ARE ALIGNED OR
THE DEGREE TO WHICH THOSE ARE
ALIGNED WITH THEIR CORE
MISSION, IF YOU WILL, AND WE
WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM
OVER THE COMING MONTHS TO THINK
ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS
LIKE TO COME UP WITH THOSE
IDEAS ON THE SPENDING SIDE. SO,
A LOT MORE TO COME IN THIS
SPACE BUT MOST OF IT WILL
HAPPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR.
>> MUCH OF WHAT YOU JUST
DESCRIBED REALLY SOUNDED LIKE
PREPARATION FOR CUTS. IT DIDN'T
SOUND LIKE A PLAN FOR HOW TO
DISCUSS ADDITIONAL REVENUE. AM
I HEARING CORRECTLY OR IS --
DID I MISS HERE YOU? AND IF SO,
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT SPECIFICALLY HOW TO
MOVE FORWARD. HOW THE MAYOR
INTENDS TO MOVE FORWARD THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL
REVENUE.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL SIDES
OF THE EQUATION AND YOU ARE
RIGHT. THE PROCESS I WAS JUST
DESCRIBING IS MORE FOCUSED ON
THE SPENDING SIDE. WE HAVE, AT
THIS POINT, ALL OPTIONS ON THE
TABLE UNTIL THEY ARE NOT. IT'S
SIMILAR TO HOW THE MAYOR
APPROACHED THE 2023-2024
DEFICIT. HE WANTED TO SEE ALL
THE OPTIONS ON THE TABLE AND
THAT WOULD INCLUDE WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN IF YOU ACTUALLY CLOSED
ALL THREE SPENDING CUTS AND
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S WHAT
WE WOULD CHOOSE TO DO BUT HE
WANTS TO SEE THOSE AS OPTIONS
AS WE GO THROUGH IN THE SAME
WAY THAT HE WANTS TO SEE WHAT
REVENUE OPTIONS THERE ARE TO
POTENTIALLY PURSUE AND THEN
MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL ON WHERE
DID THOSE VALUES ALIGN OR NOT
WITH WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE
FORWARD AND HOW IMPORTANTLY,
HOW THE CITY -- HOW WE ARE
FRAMING THINGS AND WHAT'S
IMPORTANT THAT REMAINS FOR THE
CITY TO DO. WHAT ARE THE THINGS
THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT RATHER
THAN FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON THE
THINGS THAT WE NEED TO RAMP
DOWN OR MAKE SURE THAT OTHER
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING
CARE OF. AND, SO, LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS TO COME. WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT THE NEXT COUNCIL IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT
THEIR PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO
BE IN THE REVENUE SPACE. I
THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR
MINDS OPEN TO FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS. THIS PROPOSED
BUDGET ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT
INCLUDE A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW
REVENUE TO BALANCE THE GENERAL
FUND. WE HAD A PATH TO GET TO
BALANCE WITHOUT PROPOSING SUCH
A REVENUE. SO, I THINK,
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION IS TO
COME.
>> THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I
WOULD ASK IS, IS THERE A -- I
INCLUDED IN MY PREFACE TO THE
QUESTION THE REALITY THAT
ALMOST EVERY NEW REVENUE STORE
REQUIRES A LONG ADVANCE START
UP TIME. IS THERE -- IN THIS
WORLD OF ALL OPTIONS ON THE
TABLE, IS THERE A ANTICIPATED
DROP DEAD DATE FOR WHEN SOME
CONCLUSIONS WILL BE MADE ABOUT
THIS MIX OF APPROACHES ON THE
SPENDING SIDE AND THE NEW
REVENUE SIDE. IN ORDER TO MAKE
IT POSSIBLE FOR THE NEW REVENUE
TO MITIGATE CUTS.
>> YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT
QUESTIONS THIS MORNING. THANK
YOU. NO DROP DEAD DATE AT THIS
POINT. I WOULD JUST REMIND YOU
ALL THAT YOU ALL PASSED THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
IN 2020. WE DIDN'T COLLECT
ACTUAL REVENUES FROM THAT TAX
UNTIL 2022 SO WE USED AN
INTERFUND LOAN TO BACK WHAT
WOULD BE THE REVENUES THAT WILL
COME IN FOR 2021 CAME IN, IN
2022 BUT THAT'S ALWAYS A TOOL
THE CITY CAN TURN TO. IN THAT
INSTANCE WE HAD WELL OVER A
YEAR COVERED BY THAT INTERFUND
LOAN SO IT'S ANOTHER OPTION
AVAILABLE TO US TO EXTEND THAT
TIMELINE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUST SOME CLARIFICATION
THOUGH. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR
THAT THE LOAN WAS APPROVED FOR
TWO YEARS BECAUSE WE HAD
PROJECTIONS THAT SHOW THAT THE
REVENUE THAT WAS PASSED IN 2020
WOULD FAR EXCEED THE AMOUNT
THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO USE
FROM THE INTERFUND LOAN SO TO
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD'S POINT IF
WE WERE TO USE AN INTERFUND
LOAN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME
ASSURANCES THAT THERE WAS
SOMETHING THERE TO BACK IT UP
AND THE ONLY REASON THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD -- THE ONLY REASON
THAT THERE WAS THE REVENUE
SOURCE, TO BALANCE FOR 2024 SO
YOU DID NOT INCLUDE FUNDING FOR
NEW REVENUE IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET IS BECAUSE THE COUNCIL
GAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED
JUMPSTART REVENUE FOR 2023 AND
2024 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AND
EXPECTATION THAT A JOINT EFFORT
WOULD COME FORTH TO ALLOW FOR
US TO IDENTIFY NEW ADDITIONAL
REVENUE AND, I SAY ADDITIONAL
REVENUE BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT
REVENUE STABILIZATION AND NOT
EVEN TIPPING THE SCALE ON WHICH
TYPES OF STRAINS I WOULD PREFER
FOR US TO USE BUT JUST NEW
REVENUE WAS CLEARLY NECESSARY
AND IDENTIFIED IN 2023 AS A
NEED. I SAY THAT TO OFFER
ADDITIONAL CLARITY ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF USING AN INTERFUND
LOAN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH
AND ASSUME WE COULD USE AN
INTERFUND LOAN IF WE DON'T HAVE
A SURE WAY TO PORT PAY THAT
BACK AND WOULD OFFER CENTRAL
STAFF OR CBO THE OPPORTUNITY TO
COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL AND I
WANT TO SAY, DIRECTLY DATE
DIRECTOR DINGELY IS IN A
DIFFICULT SITUATION BECAUSE YOU
ARE REPRESENTING THE AT TIRE --
YOU WERE VERY INVOLVED IN THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION
CONVERSATION AND PUT A LOT OF
TIME AND EFFORT INTO COMING UP
WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. I
APPRECIATE THAT AND ALSO
RECOGNIZE YOU ARE REPRESENTING
THE BROADER DEFINITIONS THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S TEAM
NOW. IT'S NOT AS IF THESE WERE
INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS THAT YOU
OR CBO CAME UP WITH. I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
REFLECTING WHERE THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM IS AT AT THIS POINT AND DO
WANT TO NOTE THE DEEP
ENGAGEMENT THAT THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM AND CBO SPECIFICALLY HAD
IN THOSE REVENUE STABILIZATION
WORK ROOM DISCUSSIONS AND NOT
MINIMIZE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A
LOT OF WORK AND I THINK WHAT
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD AND I ARE
TRYING TO LIFT UP IS THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING ADDITIONAL
REVENUE TO HELP MITIGATE FOR
ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE SLIDE
WHICH IS THOSE DIFFICULT
DECISIONS THAT WOULD BE
FORTHCOMING THAT WE KNOW ARE
FORTHCOMING IN 2025 AND BEYOND
AND, THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A
LEAD TIME FOR HAVING FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OR
OTHER DEPARTMENTS DO RULEMAKING
ENGAGE WITH ANY PAYERS OF A
FUTURE REVENUE STREAM AND TO
HELP DO EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
SO THAT WE CAN BE REALLY
INCLUSIVE ABOUT HOW WE ROLL OUT
NEW PROPOSED REGULATIONS AREA
OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS VERY
HANDS-ON THROUGHOUT 2021 AND IN
THE SECOND HALF OF 2020 AS WE
DEVELOPED RULES AND REGULATIONS
AND THEY WORKED WITH
PROSPECTIVE PAYERS AND ACTUALLY
FOUGHT THROUGH STRATEGIES TO
IMPROVE THE RECEIPT OF FUNDS TO
MAKE IT BETTER TO ALIGN WITH
WHAT PAYERS WERE SAYING WOULD
BE A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS
FOR THEM AND ALSO RESPONDING TO
THE CHANGING NATURE OF
EMPLOYMENT DURING THE PANDEMIC
, SO KUDOS TO FAS AND THE
DEPARTMENTS FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THEY'VE DONE ON JUMPSTART. WE
KNOW THAT TYPE OF LEAD TIME IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO ENSURE
SUCCESSFUL ROLLOUT AND I THINK
THE POINTS BEING MADE AND NOT
DIRECTED AT DIRECTOR DINGELY
BUT BEING MADE IN GENERAL IS IN
ORDER FOR US TO HAVE
SUSTAINABLE REVENUE THAT DOES
NOT YIELD A CLIFF IN 2025
HAVING CONVERSATIONS NOW THAT
ALLOW FOR THE LEAD TIME FOR
IMPLEMENTATION IS REALLY
CRITICAL AND ALSO JUST
REITERATING THE POINT,
GENERALLY, THAT MY CONCERN
ABOUT USING AN INTERFUND LOAN
WITHOUT A NEW SUSTAINABLE
SOURCE TO BACKFILL THOSE FUNDS
WOULD BE POTENTIALLY CONCERNING
FOR ME AS WELL, WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND, WE WILL
HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THIS AND I KNOW THAT AFTER
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR FOR THE NOVEMBER 7th
DATE IS PUBLISHED, THAT'S WHEN
WE REALLY GET INTO THE HEART OF
OPPOSED BUDGETARY LEGISLATION
THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE
BUDGET. MUCH MORE TO COME. NO
NEED TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT TO
RESPOND TO THAT, I JUST WANTED
TO -- FEEL FREE IF YOU HAVE
SOMETHING AND THEN I WILL GO TO
SOMEONE ELSE.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
NOT A MISUNDERSTANDING HERE. I
WAS SUGGESTING THE USE OF AN
INTERFUND LOAN ONLY IN THE
EVENT THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED
AND THE MAYOR SIGNED AND THE
COURSE UPHELD A NEW SOURCE OF
REVENUE THAT WOULD HAVE -- THAT
WOULD REQUIRE TIME TO
IMPLEMENT, MUCH IN THE SAME WAY
THAT THE JUMPSTART TAX WAS
PASSED, WE ASSUMED BECAUSE WE
HAD THOSE PROJECTED REVENUES WE
ARE ABLE TO ASSUME BALANCED
BUDGETS TASTE ON THAT AND USE
THAT LOAN AS A TEMPORARY TOOL
UNTIL THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS
HAPPENED.
>> WE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING
THEN.
>> YES. EXACTLY ON THE SAME
PAGE. THE ONLY OTHER THING I
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AND REMIND
COUNCILMEMBERS THAT REVENUE
STABILIZATION WORKGROUP, THE
REVENUE SOURCES THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED THERE -- THERE IS NO
ONE REVENUE SOURCE THAT WOULD
CLOSE THE GAP IN ITS ENTIRETY
SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THESE
COMPREHENSIVE CONVERSATIONS TO
LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE
LEDGER AND THOSE ARE GOING TO
BE TOUGH AND WE ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT IT AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST PATH
FORWARD IS. REAL QUICK, IF I
COULD JUST ASK YOU FOR A TIME
CHECK, I HAVE SOME PRETTY MEATY
SLIDES AND I WANTED TO SEE HOW
WE ARE DOING OVERALL ON-TIME.
>> WE HAVE ALL DAY WITH THE
GOAL TO HAVE RECESS OR
ADJOURNMENT BY 1:00 P.M. IF WE
NEED HOW MUCH TIME FOR THE
REVENUE OR FOR THE ARPA REPORT
OUT. 45 MINUTES?
>> IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT LONG.
PROBABLY MORE LIKE 20.
>> IF WE PLAN FOR ANOTHER HOUR
10 MINUTES FOR THIS
PRESENTATION, THAT GIVES US A
HALF HOUR TO DISCUSS THE RESCUE
PLAN ACT. FINAL REPORT OUT. AND
WE WILL THEN HAVE THE ABILITY
TO RECESS AT ONE AND GIVE THE
GIFT OF TIME BACK TO OUR
COLLEAGUES AND THE GENERAL
COMMUNITY IF WE WANT TO RECESS
AT ONE. THAT WOULD BE MY
DESIRED TIMEFRAME AND AS A
REMINDER TO OUR COLLEAGUES,
EVERY TIME WE HAVE A MEETING,
RECESS WILL BE FROM 1:00 TO
2:00 IF THEY ARE ALL DAY
MEETINGS BUT I THINK WE CAN
PROBABLY GET THROUGH IT ALL
TODAY. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, GO
AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> I JUST WANTED TO CHIME IN AS
THE COUNCILMEMBER WHO WILL BE
HERE IN 2025. THAT I DO
APPRECIATE THAT ALL OPTIONS ARE
ON THE TABLE. WE DO HAVE TO
TALK ABOUT MEASURES THAT HAVE
THE POTENTIAL OF GROWING
REVENUE IN THROUGH ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY AND ALSO CONSIDERING
THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INCREASE
OUR SPENDING BEYOND THE POINT
WHERE WE CANNOT SUSTAINABLY PAY
FOR IT EVEN IF WE CHOOSE
MULTIPLE SOURCES OF ADDITIONAL
REVENUE. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT
THIS IS A WORTHY EXERCISE TO
CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS BECAUSE
THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX WAS
APPROVED IN 2020 AND THEN, THE
FOLLOWING YEAR THERE WAS A CALL
FOR ADDITIONAL REVENUE, SO IT
MAKES ME NERVOUS TO THINK ABOUT
BLITHELY CALLING FOR AN
ADDITIONAL SOURCE AND THEN
WHERE WILL WE BE IN 2026? JUST
A NOTE TO DIRECTOR DINGELY THAT
I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT IN OUT YEARS,
THAT WE DO HAVE TO KEEP
EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE.
THANKS.
>> LET'S KEEP GOING. THIS
REMINDS ME OF THE CONVERSATION
WE HAD YESTERDAY ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
SUSTAINABILITY AND REDUCED
TURNOVER ON COUNSEL. MORE
ASSURANCES THAT ONE OR TWO
PEOPLE WILL BE ON COUNSEL
MOVING FORWARD. LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL
BUT WANTED TO OFFER THAT AS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST
THE OTHER DAY. GO AHEAD.
>> NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> THESE ARE SOME UNANTICIPATED
OR SIGNIFICANT COST PRESSURES
THAT FAC IS FACING THAT CAME TO
LIGHT AFTER THE 2024 ENDORSED
WAS ADOPTED AND COME UP WERE
UNEXPECTED IN SOME WAY OR
OTHERWISE JUST SIGNIFICANT IN
IMPACTED BALANCING. WHAT WE SAW
WERE CITYWIDE CENTRAL COST TO
THE TUNE OF ABOUT 19.5 MILLION
TOTAL. THAT IS ALL FUNDING
SOURCES INCLUDING CITY LIGHT
REPAIR DOLLARS AND 10.8 OF THAT
IS GENERAL FUND. THOSE
INCREASED COSTS FOR CENTRAL
SERVICES INCLUDING CHANGES TO
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, I.T.
FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATION
LOOKING AT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
COSTS WAS ONE OF THE BIG
DRIVERS. INCREASED FUEL COSTS
AS WELL AND HUMAN RESOURCES AND
I WILL TALK ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC
INVEST IT IN A COUPLE OF
SLIDES. WE CONTINUE TO SEE
ENORMOUS AMOUNTS IN JUDGMENT
AND CLAIMS. WE ARE HAVING TO
ADD 9.3 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND
AND THAT PROVIDES FOR THE
PAYMENT OF LEGAL CLAIMS AND
SUITS BROUGHT AGAINST THE
CITY'S GOVERNMENT. PER COUNCIL
RESOLUTION, THE JUDGMENT LEVEL
MUST BE SET AT THE 90%
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL. CONFIDENCE
LEVEL, RATHER. MEETING ACTUAL
EXPENDITURES AS ESTIMATED THE
CITY'S ACTUARIES EVERY YEAR.
THIS INCREASE IN FUNDING IN
RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN PRIMARILY
DRIVEN BY LARGE SETTLEMENTS AND
OUTSIDE COUNSEL COSTS IN VERY
FEW BUT VERY LARGE CASES. THIS
IS IN ADDITION TO INCREASES
THAT CAME IN THE 23 ADOPTED IN
24 ENDORSED AS WELL. WE ALSO
HAVE THE MAJORITY OF CITY LABOR
CONTRACTS OPEN AND CURRENTLY UP
FOR RENEWAL. THIS ADDS
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY TO THE
OVERALL BUDGET PLANNING
PROCESS. RESERVES ARE
MAINTAINED FOR THIS PURPOSE OF
COURSE, BUT EXACT DETAILS
AROUND FUTURE SETTLEMENTS
REMAIN IN NEGOTIATION SO WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE
SETTLEMENTS WILL LOOK LIKE. WE
HAVE DONE OUR BEST IN PLANNING
BUT WE WILL SEE HOW CLOSELY WE
ALIGN WITH THOSE ULTIMATE
SETTLEMENT AMOUNTS. ANOTHER
SIGNIFICANT COST PRESSURE WAS
STARTED COST FOR THE NEW SOCIAL
HOUSING PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY. IN EARLY 2023,
SEATTLE VOTERS APPROVED
INITIATIVE 135 WHICH CREATED
THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING
PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OR
PDA. THE INITIATIVE DID NOT
INCLUDE AN INDEPENDENT REVENUE
SOURCE AND IT REQUIRED THAT THE
CITY PROVIDE 18 MONTHS OF START
UP COSTS . THE AMOUNT YOU SEE
OF 850,000 IS THE FIRST 12
MONTHS OF THAT 18 MONTH
REQUIREMENT AND THAT IS PAID
FOR -- THAT WAS ONE OF THE
SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS PAID FOR BY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE DOCKET UNDER
PAYROLL TAX. NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE. THESE ARE THE CRITICAL
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT AREAS THAT
MAYOR HARRELL IS MAKING IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. YOU WILL SEE
INVESTMENTS ACROSS ALL FUNDING
SOURCES AND I'VE DONE MY BEST
TO IDENTIFY WHICH CAME FROM
WHAT COLOR OF MONEY AS WELL AS
WHETHER IT CAME FROM A RESERVE
OR NOT OR IF IT HAS NEW REVENUE
BACKING IT. WE WILL TALK ABOUT
INVESTMENTS AND SUSTAINING
CRITICAL SERVICES AND
BOLSTERING PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PUBLIC SAFETY, INVESTING IN
WORKERS AND FURTHERING ECONOMIC
RECOVERY. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, WE CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO
SUSTAINING CRITICAL SERVICES.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 2023 IS
THE FINAL YEAR OF THE 2016
HOUSING LEVY AND WE HAVE A NEW
LEVY THAT IS OUT FOR VOTER
CONSIDERATION THIS FALL. THE
2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS ASSUME THAT PASSES
AND THOSE REVENUES ARE
INCLUDED IN OUR ESTIMATES HERE.
WITH THOSE ASSUMED WE HAVE A
HISTORIC $334 MILLION AVAILABLE
FOR HOUSING. A 32% INCREASE
ABOVE 2023 ADOPTED LEVELS. IN
THAT, WE ASSUME ABOUT 88
MILLION FROM THE HOUSING LEVY.
137 MILLION FROM THE PAYROLL
TAX HOUSING AND SERVICES
CATEGORY, AND 73 MILLION FROM
AN AMALGAMATION OF A WHOLE
BUNCH OF OTHER SOURCES. MULTI
FAMILY TAX EXEMPTION, MHA
GRANTS AND OTHER SOURCES. WE
ARE FURTHER PROVIDING 106
MILLION TO KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMES AUTHORITY. THIS IS ABOUT
6 MILLION ABOVE LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET BUT WE ARE SEEING
CHANGES HERE FOR TO RELOCATE A
TINY HOME VILLAGE THAT NEEDS TO
BE MOVED IN ORDER FOR HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE ON
THAT SITE. WE ALSO HAVE
CONTRACT INFLATION THAT IS
REQUIRED BY CURRENT SMC. TO
REFLECT ACTUAL CPI. WE HAD AN
ESTIMATE IN THE BUDGET AND
ACTUAL CPI WAS HIGHER. WE ALSO
HAVE ADDITIONAL PAYROLL TAX FOR
PROVIDER WAGES, AS I DESCRIBED
PREVIOUSLY. THAT IS COMING FROM
THE 10 MILLION THAT IS NO
LONGER BEING TRANSFERRED TO
SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND AND
THAT IS DISCUSSED IN MORE
DETAIL IN THE INVESTING IN
WORKERS SECTION. WE ARE ALSO
USING EXISTING FUNDS WITH KC
HRA TO MAINTAIN SHELTER BEDS.
THEY HAVE SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL
FUNDING THAT IS EXPIRING THAT
CAME IN UNDER THE PANDEMIC THAT
HAD BEEN USED TO SUPPORT
ADDITIONAL SHELTER BEDS AND A
BIG PRIORITY OF THE MAYOR WAS
TO ENSURE NO ADDITIONAL SHELTER
BEDS CLOSED AND SO IT WORKS
WITH THE RHA TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND THEY ARE UNDER SPENT
FOR THIS YEAR AND WE FIGURED
OUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN
THOSE BEDS FOR 2024. THAT WAS
REALLY GREAT NEWS THERE. WE ARE
ALSO EXPANDING -- EXTENDING --
THE THIRD AVENUE PROGRAM. IN
FALL 2022, THE CITY LUNCH THE
THIRD AVENUE PROJECT WITH WE
DELIVER CARE TO ADDRESS AND
IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CONCERNS IN THE THIRD AVENUE
COMMUNITY BUT THE WE DELIVER
CARE OUTREACH WORKERS ESTABLISH
RELATIONSHIPS AND EARN TRUST OF
INDIVIDUALS WHILE OFFERING CARE
AND TREATMENT SERVICES TO
INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND
USING DRUGS IN PUBLIC RACES
ALONG THIRD AVENUE. THIS
AMOUNTS TO ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR
AND COMES FROM THE CITIES
GENERAL FUND. THIS IS ONE OF
THOSE NEW INVESTMENTS THAT I
HAD HIGHLIGHTED BEFORE. WE GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> LET'S GO THROUGH ONE, TWO,
AND THREE AND THEN WE CAN COME
BACK.
>> GREAT. NEXT, IN SUSTAINING
CRITICAL SERVICES,
TRANSPORTATION. THE 24 UPDATES
REMAIN NEARLY ALL OF THE 24
INVESTMENTS THAT CONTINUED
FOCUS AND SAFETY. WE DO HAVE
ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF
DECLINING REVENUES AND
HISTORICALLY HIGH INFLATION
LEVELS WOULD'VE CAUSED A LOT OF
CONSTRAINTS FOR THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEY REALLY LIMIT -- THIS IS A
PUN -- THE DELIVERY OF
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES FOR
THE CITY. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
SOME HERE THAT ARE REALLY
CRITICAL BREAD AND BUTTER
INVESTMENTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THE INCREASED SEVERITY OF
WINTER STORMS AND OTHER
EMERGENCY INCIDENTS HAVE CAUSED
SIGNIFICANT IN IMPACTS ON THE
CITY'S ROAD AND CREATED
ADDITIONAL NEED FOR POTHOLE
REPAIR AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
ONE OF THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF
THE DEPARTMENT, AS I MENTIONED,
SAFE PASSAGE FOR CITY AND
COUNTY SERVICES INCLUDING BUT
NOT ONLY FIRST RESPONDERS AND
OTHER HIGH-PRIORITY TRANSPORT.
THAT'S FUNDED WITH VEHICLE
LICENSE FEES. WE ALSO HAVE 2
MILLION FUNDED GENERAL FUND FOR
ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
WE INCREASED SDOT'S BUDGET LAST
YEAR AND CONTINUE TO SEE THE
SEVERITY AND DURATION OF STORMS
BEING MAINTAINED YEAR AFTER
YEAR SO THEY WERE NO LONGER LIP
EVENTS BUT HAVE BECOME
SOMETHING MORE RELIABLE,
UNFORTUNATELY. WE NEED TO
INCREASE THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO
HANDLE THOSE SO THEY DON'T
OVERSPEND THEIR BUDGET BY THE
END OF THE YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE
SOME INVESTMENTS IN BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. 500,000 TO EXPAND
ACCESSIBILITY TO PLANNED BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE AND DELIVER MORE
WORK WITH SDOT CREWS. VEHICLE
LICENSING FEES AND ADDING
POSITIONS TO SUPPORT BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE FOR 300,000 FOR
ABOUT THREE -- AND SDOT TO
CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK. AN
EXAMPLE BUT NOT THE ONLY SOURCE
OF GRANT FUNDING FEDERAL
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION GRANTS
THAT ARE ACCEPTED AS PART OF
THE 2023 YEAR AND SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET LEGISLATION, THOSE ARE
GOING TO WORK TOWARD PROJECTS
INCLUDING THE BRIDGE REPAIR. WE
ARE REACHING FOR ANY AND ALL
GRANTS IN THIS SPACE THAT ARE
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE
INFLATION REDUCTION ACT AND
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL SEE A LOT
MORE COMING IN THIS SPACE AS WE
ARE DEALING WITH THIS
CONTRACTION OF OUR
TRANSPORTATION REVENUES. WE
ALSO HAVE A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE
SDOT PARKING RATES IN THIS
BUDGET. THE LEGISLATION THAT WE
HAVE TRANSMITTED WITH THE
BUDGET WILL INCREASE THE
MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PARKING
CHARGES TO REFLECT CITY PARKING
POLICIES AND CLIMATE GOALS. THE
INCREASES ARE SUPPORTED BY
PARKING DATA THAT SHOWS AN
INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR PARKING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE PAID
PARKING PROGRAM AT SDOT
INCLUDES PAID WORKING
MAINTENANCE, THAT PAYS FOR
EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PAY STATIONS AND THE PAY BY
PHONE SERVICES. THAT
APPLICATION ALLOWS PAYING
POCKET PARKING FEES WITH A
CELL PHONE RATHER THAN AT THE
STATION. THE INCREASED COST
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
CONVENIENCE OF PAYING BY PHONE,
WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FLOOR
OF THE OVERALL RATES THAT WE
CHARGE FROM $.50 TO ONE DOLLAR
TO COST RECOVERY FOR THE
PROGRAM AND THE TOP END OF THE
PROGRAM CURRENTLY IS AT A FIVE
DOLLAR MAXIMUM THAT WILL BE
RAISED TO AN EIGHT DOLLAR
MAXIMUM AND THIS IS NOT A
CHANGE THAT HAPPENS OVERNIGHT.
WE ARE LEAVING COMPLETELY
INTACT THE METHODOLOGY SDOT
USES TO CALCULATE WHETHER A
LOCATION SHOULD HAVE AN
INCREASED RATE OR DECREASE IN
THE RATE AND SDOT WOULD BE
LIMITED TO INCREASING THE RATE
BY $.50 AT A TIME SO IN ORDER
TO REACH THIS FULL INCREASE IT
WOULD TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS FOR
ANYONE PLACE TO GET TO THAT
HIGH OF A LEVEL. BUT,
NONETHELESS, PROVIDING THAT
ABILITY FOR THE OF DEPARTMENT
TO HAVE A WIDER RANGE TO USE IN
ASSESSING THOSE RATES. THIS IS
THE FINAL SLIDE IN SUSTAINING
CRITICAL SERVICES. WE ARE
MAKING A CHANGE TO HOW WE
CALCULATE THE BUDGET FOR THE
GENERAL FUND FLOOR IN PARKS.
THIS CHANGE, IMPORTANTLY,
DOESN'T CHANGE THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET IN 2024. IN
FACT, THE BUDGET FOR PARKS IS
INCREASING BY $2 MILLION ABOVE
THE 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET. WE,
INSTEAD, RIGHT NOW, THE GENERAL
FUND FLOOR FOR PARKS GROWS
DIRECTLY WITH INFLATION TIED
ONE TO ONE. AND THAT IS REALLY
UNIQUE IN THE CITY WITH HOW WE
ASSESS THOSE GENERAL FUND
FLOORS THAT ARE OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH MOTOR PAST
REVENUE SOURCES. THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
LEVY ROSE. THE GENERAL FUND
FLOOR GROWS AT 3% OR CPI,
WHICHEVER IS LOWER. FOR 2024
ONLY WE ARE CAPPING THE
INCREASE OF THE FLOOR FOR PARKS
AT 3%. AS I MENTIONED, THAT
DOESN'T IMPACT THEIR CURRENT
BUDGET FOR 2024 IN SO MUCH AS
IT CREATES A MORE SUSTAINABLE
PATH TO ENSURE WE CAN MAKE GOOD
ON THAT COMMITMENT OF FUNDING
THE GENERAL FUND FOR PARKS IN
THE OUT YEARS. THE NEXT TWO
ITEMS, ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN CONTINUE CRITICAL SERVICES
IN HSD AND IMMIGRANT REFUGEE
AFFAIRS FOR GRANTS THAT ARE
EXPIRING. THESE ARE TWO MORE
EXAMPLES OF NEW GENERAL FUND
THAT IS COMING TO BEAR. THE
FIRST IS IN HSD. WE HAD A GRANT
FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT AN
ADVOCATE IN HSD. THIS AMOUNT
WOULD SUPPORT CONTINUING THAT
FTE BEYOND THE EXPIRATION OF
THAT GRANT AND THAT'S IN
SUPPORT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER
ISSUED LAST YEAR WHICH REQUIRES
ALL ELIGIBLE BACKLOGGED SEXUAL
ASSAULT CASES TO BE ASSIGNED TO
SPD DETECTIVES FOR
INVESTIGATION. IN THE IMMIGRANT
REFUGEE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT WE
HAVE IMMIGRANT AND SAFETY
ACCESS NETWORK. WE ARE
CONTINUING FUNDING FROM AN
EXPIRING GRANT FROM KING COUNTY
TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE FAMILIES WHO EXPERIENCE
DISPROPORTIONATE HARM FROM
VIOLENCE. WE HAVE A BASE
FUNDING OF 70,000 OF GENERAL
FUND IN THIS PROGRAM . THE
GRANT FROM THE COUNTY ADDED TO
THAT AND THIS INVESTMENT OF
GENERAL FUND OF 150,000 IS
SUSTAINING THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT SO THE TOTAL
AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM WILL
BE 220,000 OF GENERAL FUND IF
THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE
ULTIMATE ADOPTED BUDGET. THAT'S
THE END OF THIS SECTION IF WE
WANTED TO CAUSE.
>> LET'S GO TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FIRST FOR QUESTIONS ON
THE LAST FOUR SLIDES. THERE WAS
AN OPENING SLIDE ON CONTEXT FOR
INCREASED COST.
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
IF WE COULD GO BACK TO SLIDE 21
WHICH TALKS ABOUT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE
THE ADMINISTRATION FOCUSING ON
THE BASICS HERE WHICH IMPACT
ALL MODES OF THE TRANSPORTATION
AND THE POTHOLE REPAIR AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND SO, ON
THE BRIDGE MAINTENANCE,
OBVIOUSLY, MY OFFICE IS VERY
INTERESTED IN THAT SO WE WILL
BE TAKING THE BUDGET PROPOSAL
AND COMPARING IT TO WHAT THE
CITY AUDITOR HAD RECOMMENDED IN
TERMS OF THE LEVEL OF BRIDGE
MAINTENANCE. I'M NOT SEEING US
GET TO THAT MINIMUM. EVEN THE
MINIMUM AMOUNT RECOMMENDED BY
THE AUDITOR AGAIN. JUST WANTED
TO FLAG THAT WE WILL BE TAKING
A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT. ONE OF
THE THINGS I'M NOT SEEING, AND
I KNOW YOU CAN'T HAVE
EVERYTHING HERE IN THE
POWERPOINT, BUT IT WAS ALSO
HARD TO FIGURE OUT FROM THE
BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF, WHICH
IS HOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS
PROPOSING TO SPEND SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
MONIES, WHICH, THE BULK OF
WHICH, IS THROUGH THIS TRANSIT
MEASURE SALES TAX. SO, JUST TO
LET YOU KNOW WE WILL BE AGAIN
ASKING FOR WHAT THE SPEND PLAN
IS. WE HAD ASKED TO GO SEE IT
FOR 2023. WE HAVEN'T HAD THE
TRANSPARENCY IN EXACTLY HOW
THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT.
THERE ARE OLD CATEGORIES LIKE
EMERGING NEEDS WHICH WAS ABOUT
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE RESTORATION
AND COVID RESPONSE AND THERE'S
A LOT OF MONEY SITTING IN THE
RESERVES. SO, JUST WANTED TO
SIGNAL THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
INVESTMENT AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE OPTIMIZING HOW
WE SPEND THOSE DOLLARS. THANK
YOU.
>> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. WE WILL GET BACK TO
YOU WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON
THE REVENUES AND HAPPY TO TALK
MORE ABOUT RIDGES AND REALLY
ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS IN THAT
SPACE. THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID YOU
HAVE ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS? PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> DID WE GET PAST THAT?
>> WE DID 22. THAT WAS THE LAST
ONE OF INVESTMENTS.
>> I WILL HOLD MY QUESTIONS
UNTIL THE NEXT QUESTION.
>> NICELY COLOR-COORDINATED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAVE A
FEW QUESTIONS IF THERE IS NOT
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MY
COLLEAGUES ON THIS SECTION. SO.
GOING BACK, IF WE COULD, TO
SLIDE 20, EVEN. ONE MORE BACK.
SO SORRY. 2019? OKAY. MIGHT
HAVE BEEN THE SLIDE BEFORE
THAT. YES. THANK YOU. WHEN IT
COMES TO SOME OF THE NEW COSTS
OR UNANTICIPATED SIGNIFICANT
COST PRESSURES, THANK YOU FOR
CALLING OUT JUDGMENT AND
CLAIMS. WE HAD DONE SOME WORK
LAST YEAR ON THE ISSUE AROUND
JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS. WE PUT A
SLIDE REQUEST IN THAT REQUIRED
THERE BE A REPORT TO COUNSEL
PRIOR TO THE MIDYEAR ON ANY
INCREASE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD
SORT OF FOOTHOLD TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRACKING FOR
JUDGMENT CLAIMS INCREASES GIVEN
THE HIGH PAYOUTS THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE
PRIOR IT ADMINISTRATION AND THE
USE OF FORCE AND DELETED TEXT
MESSAGES, ET CETERA. I DO WANT
TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US
TO CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT
THERE IS REGULAR REPORT OUTLETS
ON JUDGMENT CLAIMS TO COUNSEL
SO THAT CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN
FUTURE BUDGETS. I THINK YOU
WERE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB OF
CALLING IT OUT HERE AND OUR
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
LAST YEAR WAS TO PREPARE
OURSELVES FOR THAT INSTEAD OF
HAVING THESE SURPRISE LARGE
SUMS BEING REQUESTED GIVEN THE
GRIEVANCES THAT WERE BEING
LEVIED AGAINST THE CITY. AND MY
INTEREST IS TO FIGURE OUT IF
THERE IS A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY
TO HAVE MORE TRANSPARENCY FOR
COUNSEL AND THE EXECUTIVE ON
THE IMPACT THAT THESE PAYOUTS
ARE HAVING ON OUR INSURANCE
COSTS'S. I DIDN'T SEE INSURANCE
LISTED HERE BUT THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT I AM CONTINUING
TO WANT TO TRACK TO SEE HOW OUR
INSURANCE COSTS ARE INCREASING
AND SOME OF THE NATIONAL
COVERAGE THE OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ARE HAVING TO PAY
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT MORE FOR
THEIR INSURANCE GIVEN MANY OF
THE CLAIMS THAT THOSE CITIES
ARE EXPERIENCING AND ALSO, JUST
BEING PREPARED FOR THAT COST IN
FUTURE BUDGETS. IF YOU HAVE
ANY COMMENTS ON INSURANCE,
HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE NOW BUT
JUST WANT TO FLAG FOR YOU THAT
WE WILL BE INTERESTED IN TRYING
TO TEE UP LEGISLATION TO HAVE
GREATER TRANSPARENCY AROUND
THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATIONS IN THIS SPACE.
THIS IS A MAJOR DRAG ON THE
CITY'S BUDGET RIGHT NOW. YOU
ARE RIGHT THE INSURANCE COSTS
ARE SKYROCKETING. CITIES HAVE
BECOME A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO
INSURE. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY
OF SEATTLE. IT IS BEING FILMED
NATIONALLY AND IN ADDITION,
CYBERSECURITY INSURANCE AND A
WHOLE BUNCH OF THOSE INSURANCE
COSTS ARE EXPONENTIALLY
INCREASING WITH FAR LESS
COVERAGE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT
WE ARE MONITORING AND HAVE
BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. WE DID
INCREASE THE INSURANCE ALREADY
SO WE HAVE SOME OF THAT
ALREADY BUILT IN. THIS
PARTICULAR LINE ITEM IS
EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JUDGMENT
AND CLAIMS FUND AND DOESN'T
COVER ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN
INSURANCE BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE
ELSEWHERE.
>> AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE
20. HOUSING. I, TOO, AM VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE HISTORIC
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING WE'VE
BEEN ABLE TO MAKE POSSIBLE OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS. IF OUR
CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT,
STARTING MY COMPARISON YEAR IS
2017 AND COMPARED TO 2017 WE'VE
INCREASED AFFORDABLE HOUSING
INVESTMENTS FOUR FOLD IN THE
TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AT
LEAST AND IN LARGE PART
COLLEAGUES IN YOUR SUPPORT FOR
JUMPSTART AND THE PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX. AND WE KNOW THAT
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOUSING BUT
THE INDIVIDUALS INSIDE. ONGOING
SUPPORT FOR NOT JUST THE COST
OF LIVING INCREASE BUT THE BASE
WAGE, IS SOMETHING WE KNOW IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR THE
FOLKS TRYING TO STABILIZE THE
WORKFORCE AND I DO WANT TO TEE
UP THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
WORK SESSION OR COMMITTEE
MEETING DEDICATED TO HEARING
THE IMPACTS OF JUMPSTART
INVESTMENTS INCLUDING SOME OF
THE WORKFORCE STABILIZATION
EFFORTS. ONGOING WORK IN THAT
REALM AS WELL AND WHAT WE JUST
HEARD YESTERDAY FROM -- LAST
WEEK FROM DES SEE WAS THAT
THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY THE
WORKFORCE STABILIZATION WAGES
AND THE FUNDING THAT WE PUT IN
FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET IN
ADDITION TO THE COST OF LIVING
INCREASE ALLOWED FOR THEIR
TURNOVER RATE TO GO FROM 39% TO
9%. AND THEY'VE SEEN DRAMATIC
CHANGE BOTH IN THE TENDER AND
THE FIELD WITHIN THE BUILDINGS
AS WELL AS IMPROVED HEALTH
OUTCOMES FOR THEIR CLIENTS. WE
WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION
COMING ABOUT WAYS FOR US TO
SHOW THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE
WORK THAT COUNSEL HAS DONE IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR OVER
THE LAST FEW YEARS SO THAT WE
DO HAVE THOSE TANGIBLE SAMPLES
THAT WE CAN LIFT UP HERE IT
AGAIN, IT'S HARD TO COUNT THE
WIDGETS IN THIS POLICY WORK BUT
THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS A
WORK SESSION FOR THIS BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND A QUESTION ABOUT
THE 1 MILLION JUMPSTART
PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE TINY
HOUSE REALLOCATION -- TINY
HOUSE VILLAGE REALLOCATION --
IS THIS ONE TIME FUNDING FOR
THAT 1 MILLION?
>> IT IS ONE TIME FUNDING. YES.
>> FOR THE 2.1 MILLION OF
JUMPSTART FUNDS FOR PROVIDER,
IS THAT -- HOW DOES THAT RELATE
TO THE 10 MILLION THAT WE WERE
DISCUSSING IN RESPONSE TO
COUNCILMEMBER HER BOLDS
QUESTIONS?
>> IT COVERS THIS 2% INCREASE
FOR PROVIDER PAY AS WELL AS 2.9
MILLION FOR CHILD CARE BONUSES
IN THAT SPACE. I DO HAVE
ANOTHER SLIDE THAT HAS THE
DETAILS ON THAT.
>> I SEE. ON SLIDE 21, IN
TRANSPORTATION, DOES THIS
BUDGET INCLUDE FUNDING FOR THE
CITY STREETCAR? SORRY. YOU ARE
ON MUTE.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. ON
STREETCAR, THE BUDGET -- LET ME
SEE. WE DON'T HAVE FUNDING IN
THE BUDGET FOR STREETCAR. RIGHT
NOW WE ARE -- THE CULTURAL
CONNECTOR AND WHAT IT WOULD
MEAN FOR CITIES DOWNTOWN IS
IMPORTANT TO THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL HE IS
INVESTING IN A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN
AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE
INVESTMENTS REFLECTED THERE.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE EARLIER THIS
YEAR WE HAD TO -- THE COUNCIL
DECIDED TO REDUCE FUNDING FOR
THE DELIVERY ASSESSMENT THAT
WOULD HAVE UPDATED THE COST
ESTIMATE TIMELINES FOR THAT
PROJECT. SOME OF THE DELIVERY
ASSESSMENT WORK HAS BEEN
COMPLETED AT SOME WITH EXISTING
BUDGET AND SDOT IS WORKING TO
IDENTIFY OTHER SOURCES TO
COMPLETE THE STUDY OVERALL.
THAT ASSESSMENT WILL NOT BE
COMPLETED UNTIL LATER THIS FALL
WHICH WAS AFTER WHEN THE MAYOR
WOULD HAVE HAD HIS BUDGET
SUBMITTED TO THE FALL. SO, THE
TIMING DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THE
COMPLETION OF THAT STUDY
BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS
NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE STUDY.
BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING THE COMPLETED DELIVERY
ASSESSMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THOSE
UPDATED COSTS, THE TIMELINE AND
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROJECT
BEFORE DETERMINING WHAT THE
APPROPRIATE NEXT STEPS ARE ON
THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AREA
>> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT
SECTION.
>> NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND HEALTH. I JUST ACCIDENTALLY
CLICKED OUT OF MY NOTES.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE ALL
THREE SLIDES AND COME BACK FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, BUDGET
CHAIR. THE FIRST INVESTMENT
HERE IS ESTABLISHING THE NEW
COMMUNITY -ASSISTED RESPONSE
AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OR
CARE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU HEARD FROM THE
MAYOR LAST WEEK AS WELL AS IN
THE BUDGET SPEECH YESTERDAY.
THIS WAS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION CENTER
OR SEE SCC AND THAT WILL SERVE
AS THE CITY'S THIRD EPIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGET IS
GROWING BY 30% OVER 2023 AND
THAT IS SUPPORTED BY NEW
REVENUES AND RESERVES. THE NEW
REVENUES THAT WE HAVE IN THAT
SPACE ARE UNDERUTILIZED AND
THEY ARE NOW BEING RECOGNIZED
IN A DIFFERENT WAY. SO THEY
COME FROM THE KING COUNTY'S
EXCISE TAX. THOSE FUNDS COME
IN AT A REGULAR CADENCE BUT
WERE PREVIOUSLY ONLY TAPPED FOR
SPECIAL PROJECTS. WE'VE MADE A
DECISION IN THIS BUDGET THAT
THOSE INSTEAD SHOULD GO TOWARD
CURRENT CALL TAKER SALARIES
AND THAT'S AN ELIGIBLE USE OF
THOSE FUNDS. THAT FREES UP
GENERAL FUND THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY BACKING THOSE
CARETAKER SALARIES AND ALLOWS
US TO REINVEST IT IN THE ITEMS
THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. YOU
SEE WE HAVE THE DUAL DISPATCH
PILOT WHICH INCORPORATES
ONGOING FUNDS FOR THE NEW PILOT
THAT WILL LAUNCH NEXT MONTH AND
THAT TEAM CONSISTS OF -- IT
CONSISTS OF TEAMS OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT
RESPOND TO LOWER ACUITY CALLS.
YOU HEARD THAT CONVERSATION
ROLL OUT LAST WEEK. THERE WAS A
PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY.
ADDITIONAL PLANNING RESOURCES
FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO CONSIDER
HOW THE CITY DELIVERS COMMUNITY
FOCUSED SERVICES THAT ARE
UNRELATED TO THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM. WHAT SHOULD
THAT LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE?
WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING FOR
ADDITIONAL -- THAT WILL IMPROVE
THE DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO
ANSWER THE CITY'S 911 EMERGENCY
LINE. RIGHT NOW WE MEET ALL
REGULATIONS ON-CALL TIME
ANSWERING FROM THE TIME IT
BEGINS TO THE TIME IT'S
ANSWERED, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW IS HAVING TO RELY A
LOT ON OVERTIME STAFF AND SO WE
WANT TO ADD A CALL TAKER'S SO
WE CAN REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON
OVERTIME FOR THE DEPARTMENT. IN
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD PROVIDED
FUNDING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF
THE WEST SEATTLE STATIONS THAT
WERE ESTABLISHED DURING THE
CLOSURE OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE UNDER COVID. LAST YEAR,
THE FUNDING WAS PROVIDED FOR
OVERTIME AND THIS ITEM IS
ADDING THE FTEs NEEDED IN THE
DEPARTMENT. THE FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES NEEDED FOR
THOSE OPERATIONS TO BE ONGOING
AND, SO, INSTEAD OF RELYING ON
OVERTIME TO OPERATE THAT
DEPARTMENT, RELYING ON
FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTERS IN THAT
SPACE TO HELP THE DEPARTMENT
OUT OVERALL WITH THEIR STAFFING
MODELS. GOING ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE.
>> ACTUALLY, JUST WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR A MINUTE AND DIRECTOR
DINGELY IF YOU WANT TO GO OFF
SCREEN, THAT'S OKAY TOO BECAUSE
IT MIGHT TAKE US A MINUTE. I
JUST WANTED TO OFFER
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT ON THE
CONCEPTS HERE. GIVEN YOU ARE
AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND
POSSIBLY WITH OTHERS, IT MIGHT
BE HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM YOU ON
THE VISION THERE AND ANYTHING
ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
REGARDING THE CARE DEPARTMENT.
I KNOW THAT SOMETHING YOU BEEN
WORKING ON FOR A WHILE AND THEN
I MIGHT ASK STAFF A QUICK
QUESTION ABOUT THE SEQUENCING
OF SOME OF THESE THINGS.
>> THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR. YES,
I WAS AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT
AROUND THE CARE DEPARTMENT AND
HAVE A LOT OF POSITIVE
REACTIONS TO THE DIRECTION THAT
THIS IS MOVING IN. EVEN THOUGH
WE TALK ABOUT DUAL DISPATCH,
THE VISION IS REALLY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL THAT RESPONDS,
THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
AWARE OF THE DISPATCH. IN SOME
CASES IN THE INITIAL STAGES,
THE PILOT MIGHT GO OUT WITH THE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
IN A SEPARATE VEHICLE AND IN
SOME CASES THEY MIGHT STAY
NEARBY, IN CASE THEY ARE NEEDED
AND IN SOME CASES THEY MAY NOT
GO AT ALL AND BE AWARE OF THE
CALL FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
ALTHOUGH MANY OF THESE
COMMUNITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS
THEY -- THEIR EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN TO NOT NEED POLICE BACKUP.
MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS STARTED
WITH THIS KIND OF APPROACH WITH
HAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
AWARE OF THE DISPATCH IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF THEIR PILOTS.
AND REALIZED THROUGH THE
EXPERIENCE OF THE PILOTS THAT
THE DISPATCH OF POLICE EITHER
FOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OR
GOING ON SITE WAS UNNECESSARY.
SO, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE
FUNDING HERE AREA AND REALLY
HAPPY TO SEE THE USE OF THE --
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF
THE FUNDING SOURCE BUT IT WAS A
FUNDING SOURCE THAT CENTRAL
STAFF ARE HELPED IDENTIFY THE
REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH PHONE
CALLS. IT'S A SMALL FEE OR TAX
THAT IS BEING USED TO HELP
SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THESE COSTS.
WE WILL BE INTERESTED TO LOOK
AT THE FUNDING FOR THE DUAL
DISPATCH PILOT IN THE 2024
BUDGET AS COMPARED TO WHAT
COUNSEL PUT ASIDE IN THE BUDGET
LAST YEAR FOR 2024. THE MAYOR
IN YESTERDAY'S BUDGET
ANNOUNCEMENT SAID THE PATCH WAS
FULLY FUNDED AND WASN'T SURE IF
HE MEANT FULLY FUNDED
CONSISTENT WITH THE FUNDING
THAT THE COUNSEL PROVIDED FOR
THE 2024 OR IF THERE'S -- IF
THIS IS ADDED FUNDS, ABOVE AND
BEYOND THAT AREA AND AS IT
RELATES TO THE ADDITIONAL CALL
TAKERS, THIS IS ALSO INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT THAT THE FCC IS ABLE
-- CARE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO
ANSWER 911 CALLS IN A TIMELY
MANNER. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
WE HAVE BEEN PACKING FOR
SEVERAL YEARS. WE WERE
DISAPPOINTED THAT LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET REMOVED SOME UNFUNDED
VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE PUT IN
AS PLACEHOLDERS BECAUSE OF A
PREVIOUS STUDY THAT SHOWED
WHERE THE 911 CALL CENTER
NEEDED TO GET TO WITH STAFFING.
THEY WERE DRASTICALLY
UNDERSTAFFING. THIS WAS AN
EXAMPLE OF UNFUNDED VACANT
POSITIONS HAVING AN IMPORTANT
ROLE TO BE THE MARKER OF THE
STAFFING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO
GET THE DEPARTMENT TO GET TO.
MANY OF THE POSITIONS THAT THE
COUNCIL HAD ADDED IN PREVIOUS
YEARS LAST YEAR WERE REMOVED,
SO REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW
HOW THESE THREE ADDITIONAL CALL
TAKERS WILL MEET THE NEED. WE
RECENTLY RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
JUST YESTERDAY. COUNSEL
REQUESTED AS PART OF A SLY, GET
A SENSE OF HOW THE CURRENT
STAFFING LEVELS ARE IMPACTING
STAFF WELL-BEING AND MORALE AND
WHETHER OR NOT STAFF ARE CASH
HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO ENGAGE
IN TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND, BASICALLY,
WHETHER THE STAFFING LEVEL
INCLUDES OR ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS
THE NEED FOR APPROPRIATE FTE
LEVEL FOR EACH JOB
CLASSIFICATION. REALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THE SLY
RESPONSE ADDRESS THE CONCERNS
THE COUNCIL HAD IN THE PAST
ABOUT STAFFING AT THE 911
CENTER AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
MORE CONVERSATION THERE. I DID
WANT TO SAY A COUPLE WORDS
ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
FUNDING AND, OF COURSE, I WAS
SO GLAD TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES LAST
YEAR ON THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
FOR THE STAFFING AND NEW LADDER
TRUCK IN WEST SEATTLE AND THE
MEDIC UNIT IN SOUTH PARK, BUT,
WE'VE LEARNED THAT THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT, THROUGH OUR
PREBUDGET Q&A, THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WAS DIRECTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE TO NOT PURCHASE THE
NEW ORDER FOR A LADDER TRUCK
AND THE COUNCIL HAD IDENTIFIED
$1 MILLION FOR A LADDER TRUCK
BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD THAT WAS
NEEDED AND THE DESCRIPTION FOR
WHY THAT PURCHASE WASN'T MADE
WAS THAT THERE WERE NOT FUNDING
PROVIDED TO COVER THE
ADDITIONAL COSTS. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THAT MEANS OR WHAT THE
ADDITIONAL COST MEANS. I WAS
NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE DECISION
TO NOT PUT THE ORDER IN FOR THE
LADDER TRUCK. DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY, AS IN THE PAST, WHEN
FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL
IS NOT BEING EXPENDED IN A WAY
THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE
INTENT, THERE WAS NO
NOTIFICATION OF THE PLAN TO DO
THAT AND, AGAIN, WE WERE TOLD
THAT THE NEW LADDER TRUCK WAS
NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THESE
SERVICES AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
MORE ABOUT HOW YOU -- THE
EXECUTIVE, IN GENERAL, CAME TO
THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS NOT
NEEDED, WHY THE DECISION WAS
MADE TO NOT NOTIFY COUNSEL, AND
WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE
AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE $2
MILLION THAT THE COUNCIL
PROVIDED FOR THIS. WAS THAT
DUMPED BACK INTO THE BUDGET OR
IS IT BEING HELD SOMEWHERE
UNTIL WE COME UP WITH THE
ADDITIONAL COST? I HOPE THE
ANSWER IS THE SECOND THING.
>> THANK YOU. YOU HAD SEVERAL
QUESTIONS IN THERE. I DID NOT
CAPTURE ALL OF THEM SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO CONNECTING WITH YOU
ON THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE
HERE. A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS
ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE
DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
PURCHASE THE TRUCK AND IT IS
NOT GOOD FINANCIAL PRACTICE TO
ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITHOUT
THE RESOURCES IDENTIFIED TO PAY
FOR THEM. WE DID HOLD ON THAT
UNTIL WE HAD THE RESOURCES
AVAILABLE SO WE CAN TALK
FURTHER ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE
PLANNING HORIZON LOOKS LIKE FOR
THAT. WE ARE MAINTAINING AN
ANTICIPATION IN OUR PLANNING
RESERVES AND OUT YEARS OF
ADDITIONAL COSTS AS A RISK BUT
WE DON'T SPECIFY THOSE AMOUNTS
BECAUSE ANY FUTURE PURCHASE OF
THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO
NEGOTIATION WITH A VENDOR. NOT
SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO
DAYLIGHT THE EXACT DETAILS
AROUND BUT HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU
FURTHER IN ADDITIONAL DETAIL
ABOUT THAT. I THINK YOU ALSO --
YOU KNOW WHAT? I WILL GET BACK
TO YOU ON THE OTHER QUESTIONS.
MY TEAM IS TAKING NOTES.
>> NOT A LOT OF OTHER
QUESTIONS. MOSTLY JUST
INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW THE 1.8
MILLION COMPARES TO WITH
COUNSEL BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR
2024 AND WE WILL BE LOOKING ON
THE CALL TAKERS TO SEE HOW IT
ADDRESSES THE NEED BUT, THAT
CAN DEFINITELY HOLD, BUT I DID
WANT TO UNDERSTAND, IT'S THE 2
MILLION THAT THE COUNSEL
PROVIDED THAT WAS THE AMOUNT
THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE
COST. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR
THE LADDER TRUCK. IS THAT 2
MILLION STILL BEING HELD?
>> WE HAVE A RESERVE IN 2025
THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING. I
THINK WE WILL HAVE TO CONNECT
BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SOME
DIFFERENT INFORMATION. LET'S
CONNECT OFF-LINE IF THAT'S OKAY
WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ON WHAT
THE COUNSEL PROVIDED IN THE
ADOPTED BUDGET COMPARED TO --
I THINK YOU PROVIDED RESOURCES
FOR THE EMS VEHICLE BUT NOT FOR
THE LADDER TRUCK AND I THINK
THAT'S MAYBE WHAT YOU ARE
REFERRING TO. WE DID MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE EMS VEHICLE
PURCHASE. THAT ONE IS COVERED.
BUT IT'S THE LATTER THAT'S NOT
FUNDED AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE
NOT PURCHASED YET.
>> I CAN SEND YOU THE
INFORMATION THAT I HAVE HERE
BUT ABSOLUTELY.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP ON THAT. MY MEMORY
AS WELL IS THAT WE DEFINITELY
FUNDED BOTH SO LET'S GET
CLARIFICATION ON THAT. THAT WAS
A BIG PRIORITY FOR THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF WEST SEATTLE.
LET'S MOVE ON. WE HAVE ABOUT
SEVEN MORE FULL SLIDES AND
ABOUT A HALF HOUR SO I KNOW WE
CAN DO IT. WE WILL CONTINUE
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
AND WE WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS
AFTER WE GET TO SLIDE 25.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF
CRITICAL INVESTMENTS IN OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HEARD THE
MAYOR TEACHER IN HIS SPEECH
YESTERDAY AS WELL. WE HAVE AN
OFFICE OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO PROVIDE
INTERNAL STAFFING MANAGEMENT
AND DAY TO DAY INVESTIGATIVE
CAPACITY THAT WILL REALLY ALLOW
THE OPA DIRECTOR TO INSTEAD
FOCUS ON HIGH-LEVEL
INVESTIGATION RESPONSIBILITIES
AND EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS. AND
THAT'S GOING TO BE PAID FOR BY
DEPARTMENT VACANCY SAVINGS. SO
THE DEPARTMENT ROUTINELY
DOESN'T HAVE 100% STAFFING SO
WE ARE GOING TO CAPTURE SOME OF
THOSE SAVINGS TO SUPPORT A
DEPUTY DIRECTOR. FOR THE CPC OR
COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION, WE
ARE ALSO ADDING A DEPUTY IN
THAT SPACE TO ASSIST IN
MANAGING THE OPERATIONS OF THE
OFFICE. FACILITATORS PLANNING
AND ENSURING THE ONGOING
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE
COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION AND
OPERATIONS AND THAT IS PAID FOR
WITH THE RESERVE . WE ALSO HAVE
THREE NEW POSITIONS ADDED TO
THE OFFICE FOR INSPECTOR FOR
GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY. FOR
ASSESSMENTS RELATED TO THE 2012
CONSENT DECREE ENTERED INTO
BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS WELL
AS ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST PRIDE
RACIAL EQUITY EXPERTISE IN
SCOPING WORK PROJECTS AS WELL
AS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN THE
COMMUNITY ALSO PAID FOR WITH
THE RESERVE. WITH THE POSITIONS
THAT WE CREATED MIDYEAR IN
2023, SO THE BUDGET IS MAKING
THEM ONGOING. LAST ON THIS
PARTICULAR SLIDE, CRIME IN
SEATTLE IS CONCENTRATED AT
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
CITY WHICH IS A REALITY THAT
HAS EXISTED FOR MANY YEARS.
WITH THE EXTREME SHORTAGE IN
POLICE OFFICERS, -- THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, SORRY. THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO
DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY TOOLS TO
PREVENT AND SUPPRESS CRIME. WE
ARE REINVESTING 1.8 MILLION OF
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SEATTLE SALARY SAVINGS INTO A
NEW CRIME PREVENTION PILOT TO
LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY IN AREAS
HARDEST HIT GUN VIOLENCE. THE
FUNDING IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
OF AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE
READERS, CCTV CAMERAS, AND
ACOUSTIC GUNSHOT LOCATOR SYSTEM
TO DETERMINE -- TO DETER
CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND HOLD
OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. THE
FINAL SLIDE HERE IN BOLSTERING
SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IS ONE
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY
TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS. IN JUNE OF THIS
YEAR, THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED A $27
MILLION AN OUNCE INVESTMENT TO
IMPROVE ADDICTION TREATMENT.
THE FIRST INVESTMENT WAS
SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT
YESTERDAY IN NEW TREATMENT
FACILITIES, FOR AN INVESTMENT
FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO
SUPPORT CAPITAL COSTS FOR DRUG
TREATMENT FACILITIES. THIS IS
BACKED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT FUNDS OR CASH FUNDS
FROM PRIOR USE YEARS THAT WERE
UNUSED. THE BUDGET INCLUDES 2.2
MILLION FOR FUNDS FOR SEVERAL
PURPOSES INCLUDING DRUG USER
HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION
SERVICES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY
FUNDED WITH ONE-TIME FUNDS, TO
ALSO EXPAND HEALTH POSTDELIVERY
RESPONSE TEAM AND FOR A
POST-OVERDOSE FACILITY -- FOR
THE TWO FACILITIES LISTED ABOVE
WITH CAPITAL SPENDERS. THIS IS
FUNDED FROM THE OPIOID
SETTLEMENT FUND. THESE ARE
RESOURCES THE CITY IS RECEIVING
AS PART OF THE STATE'S
SETTLEMENT WITH OPIOID
DISTRIBUTORS. WE RECEIVED THESE
FUNDS FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS SO WE
HAVE A LONG TIME TO CONTINUE
MAKING THESE INVESTMENTS. OF
THE 2.2 MILLION IN THE BUDGET
580,000 IS ONE TIME AND 1.6
MILLION IS ONGOING. ALSO IT'S
NOT A NEW INCREMENTAL CHANGE
BUT IT'S ASSUMED WITHIN THE
ENDORSED LEVELS -- THIS
INCLUDES 15 MILLION FOR THE
SUITE OF PROGRAMS INCLUDING
LEAD. THAT FUNDING IS INCLUDED
IN THE BASE WITH GENERAL FUND
AND ALSO, AS I MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY, THAT WE DELIVER
CARE OUTREACH WORKERS WORK IN
BUILDING TRUST WITH FOLKS WHO
ARE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE
USE DISORDER AND USING DRUGS
AND PUBLIC SPACES ALONG THIRD
AVENUE IS ALSO EXTENDED IN THIS
BUDGET FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
THAT'S THE END OF THIS SECTION
SO I CAN PAUSE THERE.
>> HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED TO THE
WE DELIVER? AND WHO IS THE
PRIMARY CONTRACT HOLDER?
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S RUN OUT OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
>> SO NO EXTERNAL -- WHAT IS
THE EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDER?
>> WE DELIVER CARE. THE NAME OF
THE GROUP. YEAH. DOES THAT
ANSWER YOUR QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> WHO IS THE OTHER SIDE OF
THAT CONTRACT. WHAT IS THE
ORGANIZATION WE WERE
CONTRACTING WITH -- WHO ARE THE
PEOPLE EMPLOYED THAT ARE
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE
PROGRAM?
>> IT'S A GROUP CALLED WE
DELIVER CARE. I KNOW THAT'S A
LITTLE CONFUSING.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.
>> YEP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I JUST WANT TO AGAIN, VERY
HELPFUL EARLY BACK-AND-FORTH
WHICH WITH HSD ON HIGH-PRIORITY
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INITIATIVE
AREAS. A NOTE THAT THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY
CURRENTLY UNFUNDED IS MENTAL
HEALTH RESOURCES FOR FRONTLINE
COMMUNITY-BASED CRISIS
RESPONDERS AS MENTIONED
REPEATEDLY BY THE LEADERS OF
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION. I
THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO UPLIFT IN THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT NEW INVESTMENTS TO
ADDRESS CRIME PREVENTION
EFFORTS. THAT IS A HIGH
PRIORITY PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY
THAT IS NOT FUNDED. THERE IS
ALSO A HIGH PRIORITY GEOGRAPHIC
ACTIVITY THAT IS UNFUNDED AND
HSD IDENTIFIES IT AS A HIGH
PRIORITY AND THAT'S THE FACT
THAT OUR FANTASTIC AND
GENERALLY RESOURCED SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE HAS
HUBS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
CITY BUT, THERE IS NO HUB IN
THE NORTHGATE AREA AND,
FURTHER, IN SOUTHWEST, THERE IS
A HUB AND, THANK YOU, OUR
FRIENDS AT ALIVE AND FREE, BUT
THERE IS A NEED FOR
SPANISH-SPEAKING STAFF AND
SPANISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES TO
ASSIST THOSE HUB ACTIVITIES. I
WANT TO LIFT UP THAT THOSE ARE
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY UNFUNDED
COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INVESTMENT
AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, IDENTIFIED. THAT
WAS JUST A STATEMENT. I DO HAVE
A COUPLE QUESTIONS. I WANT TO
CONFIRM SLIDE 20 -- 27.
INVESTING IN WORKERS. JUST WANT
TO CONFIRM --
>> SORRY, I THINK THAT'S THE
NEXT SESSION. JUST WANT TO
DOUBLE CHECK.
>> I'M LOSING MY WAY HERE.
>> I KNOW THE COLOR CODING
HELPS BUT IT IS ALL
INTERCONNECTED. ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY? MORE TO COME.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, YOU ARE
STILL ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST
WANT TO JUMP IN BECAUSE BEFORE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
EXCHANGE THERE WAS
BACK-AND-FORTH ABOUT WE DELIVER
CARE AND THIS CAN EITHER BE
INFORMATION FOR THE COMMITTEE
OR FLAGGING FOR ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION WHEN WE GET THE
DEEPER BRIEFING ON THIS TOPIC
LATER IN OUR PROCESS. BUT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON'S
CONFUSION MAY STEM FROM THE
FACT THAT WE DELIVER CARE IS A
PORTION OF THE THIRD AVENUE
PROJECT WHICH IS A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION,
PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION,
AND THE PORTION FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS I
UNDERSTAND IT AND AS DIRECTOR
DARINGLY INDICATED, SUPPORTS
THE WE DELIVER CARE TEAM AND
THE PUBLIC OFFENDER
ASSOCIATIONS WERE ALL WITHIN
THEIR EXISTING RESOURCES AND I
DON'T BELIEVE WE GIVE THEM A
SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY
FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE
PROJECT BUT, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN
THE AREA OF CONFUSION BUT ALSO
FOR ISSUE I.D. PURPOSES, I'M
SURE HSD IS WATCHING FOR WHEN
WE COME TOGETHER AND DIVE INTO
THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO
DELINEATE ALL THE DIFFERENT
PARTNERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN
THAT WORK AND HOW WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER TO STRENGTHEN THAT
REALLY CRITICAL PARTNERSHIP
THAT THE MERCHANTS ON THIRD
AVENUE HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE
OF AND REALLY GLAD TO BE MOVING
THIS PRIORITY FORWARD IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE DOWNTOWN
SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND MAYOR
HARRELL'S OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CLARIFICATION. I DIDN'T KNOW IT
WAS AND CONSORTIUM OF ENTITIES
AND I APPRECIATE THE
CLARIFICATION.
>> ON THAT, IS THIS ONE-YEAR
EXTENDED FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT?
>> YEAH, IT'S A ONE-YEAR
EXTENSION OF THAT PROJECT.
>> OKAY.
>> I'M NOT SEEING ANY NEW
HANDS. I DO HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS OF MY OWN. I WANTED
TO GO TO SLIDE 24. AND, AGAIN,
DIRECTOR DINGELY, IF THERE'S
QUESTIONS HERE YOU CAN ANSWER,
FANTASTIC. IF WE NEED TO TAKE
THEM UP LATER WITH THE
DEPARTMENT, I UNDERSTAND THAT
BECAUSE YOU ARE A CONDUIT AT
THIS POINT. I WANTED TO RAISE
SOME OF THE OBVIOUS CONCERNS
HERE THAT I HAVE ABOUT SOME OF
THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT HAS
BEEN OUTLINED HERE.
SPECIFICALLY, I NEED ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AS I'VE ASKED
CENTRAL STAFF FOR AND IN MY
BRIEFING WITH CBO AND THE
MAYOR'S TEAM TO UNDERSTAND HOW
THESE TECHNOLOGIES ALIGN WITH
OUR SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZATION, WHETHER OR NOT
THERE HAS BEEN ANY RACIAL
ANALYSIS OR RACIAL EQUITY
ANALYSIS COMPLETED ON THE
TECHNOLOGY IT'S BEING PROPOSED
HERE. I THINK IT'S CLEAR, FROM
ANYONE FOLLOWING THE BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS LAST YEAR, THAT
THE COUNCIL MADE A FINAL
DECISION AND IT WAS SIGNED INTO
STATUTE AS WE FINALIZE THE
LEGISLATION LAST YEAR OF
DEALING WITH THE BUDGET THAT WE
WERE NOT GOING TO BE ADVANCING
THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS
SHOT SQUATTER AND WE REMOVED IT
FROM THE 2023 BUDGET AND OUR
ANTICIPATION WAS THAT THE
BIANNUAL BUDGET THAT WE HAVE IN
FRONT OF US WOULD COMPORT WITH
THE CHANGES THAT WERE PROPOSED
AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE 2024
ENDORSED BUDGET. THE ISSUES
THAT I'M RAISING ARE TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT WHY THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUTLINED HERE
IS COMING BACK TO A TECHNOLOGY
THAT VERY SIMILARLY, IF NOT
EXACTLY ALIGNS WITH WHAT WE SAW
FROM SHOT SPOTTER IN THE
PREVIOUS YEAR AS WELL. TO
REMIND US, THE DATA SHOWS THAT
THE DEVICES THAT ARE BEING
OUTLINED FOR HEARING POTENTIAL
SHOTS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE OR
ASSISTING THE COLLECTION OF
EVIDENCE FROM INCIDENCES OF GUN
VIOLENCE. THEY AREN'T VERY
RELIABLE IN DISTINGUISHING
GUNFIRE FROM SIMILAR SOUNDS BUT
DO PUT POLICE MORE ONGUARD WHEN
SO-CALLED HIGH CRIME
NEIGHBORHOODS HAPPEN TO HAVE
NOISES DETECTED BY THOSE
DEVICES. AND, IT HEIGHTENS THE
TENSION AND THE INTERACTION
THAT COMMUNITIES HAVE WITH
ARMED OFFICERS WHO LIVE IN
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. FORENSIC
REPORTS PREPARED BY EMPLOYEES
HAVE BEEN USED IN COURT TO
IMPROPERLY CLAIM THAT A
DEFENDANT SHOT AT POLICE OR
PROVIDE ACCOUNTS OF NUMBER OF
SHOTS ALLEGEDLY FIRED BY
DEFENDANTS AND JUDGES IN THE
NUMBER OF CASES HAVE THROWN OUT
THAT EVIDENCE ACCORDING TO THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WHO HAS DONE
AN INVESTIGATION ON THAT
TECHNOLOGY. SEEING THE
INCREASED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
THAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE
BUDGET CONNECTED TO AUDIO
GUNFIRE DEVICES EXPONENTIALLY
HEIGHTENS CONCERNS THAT I HAVE
THAT WE ARE ALREADY ADDRESSING
, LAST YEAR, ABOUT HOW HYPER
SURVEILLANCE AND DECREASED
PRIVACY EXPECTATIONS CAN BE
CONCENTRATED ESPECIALLY
DISPROPORTIONATELY IN
COMMUNITIES AROUND SEATTLE. FOR
ME AND, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION
DIRECTED AT YOU BUT FOR ME,
THIS IS A SPECIFIC AREA THAT I
AM INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT
BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALIGN WITH
WHAT WE HAD COMPORTED WITH THE
EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD
BECOME PORTING WITH THE
BIANNUAL BUDGET THAT ALIGNS
WITH PREVIOUS POLICIES AND
DIRECTIVES GIVEN THE
CONVERSATION FROM LAST YEAR. I
AM VERY INTERESTED IN KNOWING
IF THE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS
HAS BEEN COMPLETED, IF THERE IS
ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY BEING
ANALYZED IN AN EFFORT TO PUT
THIS FORWARD, AND HOW THIS
COMPORTS WITH OR ALIGNS WITH
THE ANNUAL BUDGET CHANGES THAT
WE HAD IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.
SPECIFICALLY, IF THE 1.8
MILLION IS BEING USED FROM THE
SALARY WE FREED UP IN THE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, OTHERWISE,
HOW IS THE PROPOSAL FOR THIS
BUDGET ABLE TO ALLOCATE MONEY?
THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> THANKS. I THINK YOU ARE
RAISING REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS
AND I WILL SEE SAY THAT DEPUTY
MAYOR BURGESS HAS OFFERED TO
MAKE HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS AND BRIEFINGS THAT
YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE AROUND
THE USE OF ANYTHING IN THE
PUBLIC SAFETY PORTFOLIO BUT IN
PARTICULAR FOR THIS PROPOSAL
HERE. THESE FUNDS ARE PROJECTED
TO BE AVAILABLE BASED ON LOWER
EXPECTED HIRING NUMBERS. WE HAD
ASSUMED A SET OF HIRING LEVELS
IN THE 2024 ENDORSED BUDGET AND
SPD IS NOT GOING TO MEET THOSE
LEVELS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT --
OVERALL ABOUT 8 MILLION THAT WE
PREDICT WILL BE ACCRUING SALARY
SAVINGS IN 2024. THERE IS 1.8
HERE THAT YOU SEE THAT IS
REINVESTED IN THIS TECHNOLOGY
CRIME PREVENTION PILOT AND THE
REMAINDER OF THOSE RESOURCES
ARE REMAINING WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT TO BE USED FOR
OVERTIME EXPENSES. AND WHAT WE
KNOW IS, WHEN SPD IS DOWN
OFFICERS, THEY STILL HAVE TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY AND
SO, THEY HAVE TO FILL THOSE
HOURS WITH OVERTIME. THERE IS A
DIRECT ONE TO ONE THERE THAT
THOSE WILL BE USED INSTEAD OF
BACKING A FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT
OFFICER IT WILL BE FOR
OVERTIME. THOSE FUNDS ARE IN
THE BUDGET FOR REDUCED HIRING
LEVELS FROM 2024, NOT 2023.
COUNCILMEMBER YOU ARE ON MUTE.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW THERE WILL
BE MORE TO COME ON THAT
ESPECIALLY ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATION THAT OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY CHAIR WILL BE HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN TOO GIVEN THAT
COUNSEL HAS REPEATEDLY FULLY
FUNDED THE HIRING AND IN
ADDITION TO THAT FUNDING THE
INCENTIVES AND THE STRATEGIES
ASKED FOR IN LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET, SOME OF WHICH WERE
BUILT BACK IN AFTER THE CHAIRS
PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WE ARE FULLY
UTILIZED. I KNOW THERE WILL BE
MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND
APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY ON
SHARING WHERE THE FUND IS FROM
AND THE TECHNOLOGY CONCERNS AND
PRIVACY CONCERNS AND
SURVEILLANCE CONCERNS FOR ME.
ON SLIDE 25, QUESTION ABOUT THE
FUNDING IDENTIFIED FOR
DIVERSION FUNDING. IS THAT I
VERSION FUNDING IDENTIFIED HERE
AN INCREASE IN THE PROPOSAL
OVER WHAT WE HAD IN THE ENDORSE
2024 BUDGET? OR ARE WE
MAINTAINING THE AMOUNT AND JUST
ADDING INFLATION?
>> THE LATTER. THIS IS
MAINTAINING THE AMOUNT AND
ADDING CONTRACT INFLATION AND
THE DIFFERENCE IN CONTRACT
INFLATION THAT WASN'T INCLUDED
ALREADY INDOORS. IT'S A SMALL
INCREASE RELATIVE TO THE
ENDORSE BUT THESE ARE
RESOURCES. THE BEAUTY OF A
BIANNUAL BUDGET UPDATE IS THAT
WE REALLY WANT TO LIFT UP THOSE
BASE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE
AVAILABLE TO TACKLE VARIOUS
PROBLEMS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND
ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION MEANS
THERE IS NOT A REDUCTION AND
THAT'S IMPORTANT GIVEN THE COST
OF INFLATION RIGHT NOW BUT IT'S
REALLY MAINTENANCE. I WILL BE
COMING BACK TO THIS AS WELL
GIVEN THE ONGOING REQUIREMENTS
THAT WE'VE ADDED AND INTEREST
IN DIVERSION STRATEGIES I
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT
WHETHER IT'S AN INCREASE OR
MAINTENANCE PLUS INFLATION.
THOSE ARE SOME OF MY QUESTIONS
IN THIS SECTION AND WE DO HAVE
FOUR MORE SLIDES BUT I WANTED
TO SEE IF THERE WERE MORE
HANDS. YOU HAVE AN OLD HAND,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. LET ME
KNOW IF THAT IS WRONG.
>> THAT IS AN OLD HAND.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WHY
DON'T YOU CLOSE US OUT ON THIS
SECTION?
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO
SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF THE
MAINTENANCE OF THE FUNDING
LEVELS FOR DIVERSION IN THE
PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET,
APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE
MAINTAINING THE FUNDING THAT
THE COUNSEL OFFERED. WE DO
APPRECIATE CHAIR MOSQUEDA'S
CONCERNS ABOUT AN INCREASED
LEANING INTO RELIANCE ON
DIVERSION BOTH PREARREST
DIVERSION AND PRE-BOOKING
DIVERSION AND THE IMPACT ON
PDAS SUITE OF PROGRAMS, PERHAPS
AN INCREASED IMPACT. THERE ARE
APPROACHES THAT ARE DISCUSSED
IN THE LEAD COORDINATING
COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT HOW TO
ADJUST PRIORITIES, BUT, IF LEAD
IS GOING TO TAKE MORE REFERRALS
ASSOCIATED WITH ADDRESSING
DIVERSION REQUESTS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE RECENT PASSAGE OF THE
PUBLIC USE AND POSSESSION OF
DRUG LAW, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE
SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO WHO PDA
SERVES. IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE
TAKING MORE REQUESTS FROM
DIVERSION FROM SPD OR THE CITY
ATTORNEY, IT MEANS THEY WILL
NEED TO BE LESS RESPONSIVE TO
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE
IDENTIFYING NEEDS.
>>> COUNCILMEMBERS WHO GET
INQUIRIES FROM OUR
CONSTITUENTS ABOUT PARTICULAR
LOCATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN
NEED. IF WE ARE MAINTAINING
THE CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING ,
WE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS AT THE LEAD
COORDINATING COUNCIL ABOUT
HOW TO REDUCE SERVICE IN ONE
AREA TO MEET THE GREATER NEED
IN THIS NEW AREA, SO
APPRECIATE MADAM CHAIR
RAISING THE ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU, LET'S GO TO THE
NEXT TWO SECTIONS AND THEN WE
WILL COME BACK AND TAKE
QUESTIONS ON THE REMAINING TWO
SECTIONS AND THEN WE WILL DO
THE FINAL SLIDE.
>> TO MY FAVORITE COLOR THAT I
WAS WEARING YESTERDAY. WE HAVE
INVESTMENTS IN WORKERS. THESE
ARE INTERNALLY FACING
INVESTMENTS PLANNING FOR 2024,
THIS IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL
COSTS THAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER
IN THE PRESENTATION. THE
COMPENSATION SYSTEM ENSURES
WHERE THE PROGRAM ENSURES FAIR
AND EQUITABLE COMPENSATION FOR
EMPLOYEES FOR WORK BEING
PERFORMED. THE INDUSTRY
STANDARD FOR UPDATING
CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION
AS EVERY 3 TO 5 YEARS, THIS
PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED
SINCE THE 1990S AND THAT IS
UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF TIME THE
AMOUNT OF TIME TRANSPIRED
WITHOUT A LOOK AT THE SYSTEM.
THE FUNDS ARE FOR TO YOUR
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW TO INFORM
THE SCOPE, PROCESS, TIMELINE
AND ESTIMATED COST FOR AN
UPDATE TO THE SYSTEM. ANYONE
WHO SPENDS ANY TIME IN THE CITY
ON HIRING RECRUITMENT
RETENTION SPENDS TIME IN THE
LABOR SPACE KNOWS THAT WE HAVE
SO MANY OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS
THAT STEM FROM HAVING AN
OUTDATED COMPENSATION SYSTEM.
THIS IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING
BUDGET PROPOSAL YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD TODAY IT CERTAINLY IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT SO MUCH SO
THAT IT IS 1.1 MILLION OF
GENERAL FUNDS OTHERWISE NOT
OFFSET SO THIS IS AN AREA OF
NEW SPENDING IN THE CITYWIDE
CENTRAL COST. IT IS INCREDIBLY
VITAL TO THE WORK AFFECTING
THE ENTIRE CITY. WE ALSO HAVE
THE MAJORITY OF THE LABOR
CONTRACTS CURRENTLY UP FOR
RENEWAL WHICH ADDS
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY AS I
MENTIONED TO THE OVERALL BUDGET
PLANNING PROCESS. WE HAVE
RESERVES FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE
DETAILS WILL NOT BE KNOWN UNTIL
NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDE IN THE
COMING MONTHS. JUST A REMINDER
TO ANYBODY LISTENING SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIRES THE
CITY TO MAINTAIN
CONFIDENTIALITY TOWARD ONGOING
NEGOTIATIONS SO THE AMOUNT I
AM ABLE TO SPEAK TO THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A ROOF IN
ANYTHING IN THAT SPACE ARE
LIMITED TO THE WORDS ON THE
PAGE SO I APPRECIATE ANYONE WHO
HAS QUESTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD
TO TALKING WITH YOU OFF-LINE
SO WE CAN MAINTAIN THAT
CONFIDENTIALITY FOR THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS. NEXT SLIDE.
THESE ARE MORE EXTERNALLY
FACING INVESTMENTS, THESE ARE
QUITE EXCITING FOR WHAT THE
CITY , FOR THE CITY CONTRACTS
FOR THIS YEAR. THE FIRST
SECTION IS HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACT INFLATION. AS YOU MAY
KNOW WE ARE THE ONLY
GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN THE STATE
WITH A MANDATE IN CODE TO
PROVIDE INFLATION INCREASES AT
GOVERNMENT MEASURE OF LOCAL
INFLATION TO HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER CONTRACTS. IN THE 23
ADOPTED AND 24 ENDORSED BUDGETS
THE BASE CONTRACTS WERE
INFLATED AT 7.6% AND 6.7%
RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN THE TWO
YEARS. 2024 CPI W MEASURE
WAS 7.5% SO WE HAD TO COME UP
WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 6.7
ENDORSED AND 7.5 ACTUAL. THAT
AMOUNTS TO AN INCREMENT OF 2.6
MILLION WHICH COMES FROM THE
GENERAL FUND AND THAT'S A
TOTAL INCREASE OF 15.8 MILLION
ABOVE 2023 FOR JUST CONTRACT
INFLATION. THE NEXT ITEM IS
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER PAY AND
CHILDCARE SUPPORTS. THESE ARE
SOME DETAILS HERE. YOU ALL AT
CITY COUNCIL ADDED $600,000 TO
THE 2022 BUDGET FOR WAGE
EQUITY STUDY IN 2023 THE
UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON
COMPLETED THE STUDY AND COUNCIL
ADOPTED RESOLUTION 32094
DATING INTEND TO INCREASE
ADMINISTERED CONTRACTS IN
ADDITION TO INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS REQUIRED. IN
RESPONSE THE MAYOR IS
PROVIDING 2% OR 4.3 MILLION TO
SUPPORT THE INCREASE IN PAY
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS ON TOP
OF THE CONTRACT INFLATION.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES
2.9 MILLION TO SUPPORT
ONE-TIME RETENTION BONUS FOR
CHILD CARE WORKERS. THE FUNDING
COMES FROM PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
EXEMPTIONS PAID FOR BY
REDUCING THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX TRANSFER TO SUPPORT
GENERAL FUNDS OPERATING
EXPENSES. SO TAKEN TOGETHER
INVESTMENTS IN HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDERS ARE 23.2 MILLION
ABOVE THE 2023 ADOPTED BUDGET
AND 10 MILLION ABOVE ENDORSED
LEVELS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON
THIS AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBERS
HAVE SAID THIS, BUT THE CITY IS
THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN
PROVIDING THESE INCREASES TO
THESE WORKERS AND WE CANNOT
HAVE THAT BE THE CASE IN
PERPETUITY. WE NEED OUR
PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, AT THE
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND
PROVIDE SOME INCREASES.
INVESTMENTS IN 2023 AND 2024
IN THESE WORKERS AMOUNT TO 18%
INCREASE ACROSS TWO YEARS.
MANY HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE FUNDED FROM A
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SOURCES IS
ONLY ONE SOURCE INCREASING
CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR THEM WE
NEED TO RAISE ALL BOATS TO
MAKE SURE THESE UNDERPAID
WORKERS ARE EARNING A LIVABLE
WAGE. THIS IS A MASSIVE
INVESTMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF
VALUES IN THE BUDGET SO AGAIN
23 MILLION ABOVE THE 2023
ADOPTED BUDGET. COUNCILMEMBER
DID YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING TO
THE NEXT ACTION?
>> WE MIGHT AS WELL PAUSE HERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT LAST
POINT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH ENDS WE
NEED TO SUPPORT WORKERS WERE
DOING IMPORTANT FRONTLINE WORK
AND ONE OF SEVERAL FUNDERS WE
NEED TO BE WORKING WITH
PARTNERS. I WANT TO GO BACK TO
THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CLASSIFICATION
PROGRAM AND REALLY APPRECIATE
HAVING THIS INCLUDED. YOU
MIGHT NOT THINK IT IS SEXY, I
THINK IT IS VERY SEXY. FOR US
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT
OURS EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE
CITY. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS,
THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM
THE CITY AUDITOR WHO MADE THE
RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SOME
WORK MY OFFICE COMMISSION,
LOOKING AT WHAT I RETENTION
AND PROMOTION PRACTICES IN THE
CITY PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN OF
COLOR AND ONE OF THE FINDINGS
FROM THAT REPORT THAT WHICH IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK IS CLASSIFICATION
SYSTEM IS VERY OUTDATED AND
WHILE IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF
YEARS TO ANALYZE, ASSESS AND
DECIDE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE
TO BRING US UP TO PAR IN
TERMS OF HOW WE CLASSIFY CITY
WORKERS I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT WE GET INTO THIS WORK
SO I WANT TO APPRECIATE THAT ,
THIS RECOMMENDATION IS IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET AND IT IS
GETTING US STARTED DOWN THAT
PATH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
>> THE SECOND PAGE INVESTING
IN WORKERS, THANK YOU. SO THE
DECISION TO TIE THE CONTRACT
ADJUSTMENTS TO INFLATION , THE
DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST YEAR I
RAISED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE
REPORT THAT WAS MANDATED WHEN
THIS LAW WAS VOTED ON IN 2019
AND BELIEVE MAYBE 2020. AND SO
IT WAS DUE LAST YEAR IN MARCH.
I AM WONDERING WHAT THE UPDATE
IS ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO TRACK WORKER
RETENTION IN SERVICE PROVIDERS
BECAUSE THAT WAS THE REASON
FOR WELL ONE REASON TO TIE
THE ADJUSTMENT TO INFLATION TO
TRY TO KEEP WORKERS IN THOSE
POSITIONS. ANY UPDATE ON
THAT? AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS
AN UPDATE ON THE ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION FOR WE WERE
DISCUSSING THE RESOLUTION FOR
PAY EQUITY, DISCUSSED AND YOU
ALLUDED TO THIS. DISCUSSED
THAT YES THERE IS ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION GOING WITH PARTNERS
WHO ARE FUNDING THE SERVICE
PROVIDERS AND SO I WOULD LIKE
AN UPDATE ON THAT PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU. THE FIRST
QUESTION, HSD IS DOING WORK
ON THAT AND HAS A SURVEY OUT
OR IT WILL SOON BE OUT AND THEY
WILL HAVE RESULTS OF THAT LATER
THIS YEAR FOR COUNCIL
CONSUMPTION. I DON'T HAVE THE
EXACT TIMELINE AT THIS MOMENT
BUT I KNOW THE WORK IS UNDERWAY
AND SECOND WE WILL DEFINITELY
HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON AN
UPDATE WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS
THEY ARE ALSO GO ON ON.
>> I WOULD HOPE WHATEVER THE
SCHEDULE IS THAT THE WORK ON
THE FIRST ITEM, THE REPORT
THAT WAS DUE IN MARCH OF 2022
IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO HAVE THAT
DURING THIS BUDGET DISCUSSION.
>> JUST GOT AN UPDATE FOR MY
TEAM THAT THE SURVEY IS
SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED THIS
MONTH AND HST WILL REVIEW
RESPONSES AS THEY COME IN AND
PROVIDE RESULTS AND WE
ANTICIPATE A FINAL REPORT
BEING TRANSMITTED IN LATE
NOVEMBER SO WE SHOULD GET
PRELIMINARY RESULTS THAT CAN
INFORM DELIBERATION AND A
FINAL REPORT AFTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> MY ORIGINAL QUESTION JUST
CONFIRMING THE CPI ADJUSTMENT
IS FULLY FUNDED AND SEPARATE
FROM THE WAGE PENALTY GAP
ADJUSTMENT. I THINK THE
QUESTION WAS ANSWERED, SO THANK
YOU. I SHARED THE DESIRE AND
INTEREST TO GET HSD STUDY, I
UNDERSTAND THERE WAS DELAY IN
GETTING THE SURVEY OUT AND HAD
A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE
DELAY. IT WAS NOT HST'S FAULT
AND I DO AGREE WE NEED THIS
INFORMATION SO WE CAN CONFIRM
THAT INCREASES WE ARE
INCLUDING TO ADDRESS WAGE
EQUITY ARE BEING USED FOR THAT
PURPOSE. SOMETHING THAT IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK PRODUCT
THAT WE NEED TO BOTH CONFIRM
THAT THE FUNDS ARE BEING USED
IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE COUNCILMAN INTENT BUT
ALSO TO INFORM A PIECE OF
BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT I HAVE
BEEN WORKING ON WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF MOVING FORWARD
ABOUT HOW TO USE HST CONTRACT
MONITORING FUNCTIONS TO
BASICALLY MONITOR AND ENSURE
THAT WAGE EQUITY ADJUSTMENTS
ARE BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE
INTENDED. MORE ON THAT LATER,
BUT I DO SHARE INTEREST AND
CONCERNS THERE. I DO WANT TO
CONFIRM WHAT HE SAID,
DIRECTOR, THE ROUNDTABLE
CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING AND
WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING ,
IN EARLY OCTOBER SOME
INDICATION FROM OTHER FUNDING
THAT ARE ANTICIPATING IN THAT
ROUNDTABLE WHAT THEY INTEND TO
DO MOVING FORWARD. AS WE ASK
IN THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION I DO
WANT TO FLAG , YOU KNOW MAYBE
NOT , I DON'T WANT TO
UNDERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE
OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALL
GROWING AND GOING FORWARD IN
THE SAME DIRECTION FOR WAGE
EQUITY BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS
QUITE THE FULL PICTURE TO SAY
THAT WE ARE GOING IT ALONE.
THE LEVY INCLUDES 5 MILLION
PER YEAR THROUGH 2027 TO
FUNDED CHILD CARE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT. SPECIFICALLY
INCREASING WAGES PER 1400
LOW-WAGE CHILDCARE WORKERS. THE
PROPOSED BETTER AND SENIOR
AND HUMAN SERVICES LEVY
REQUIRES IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
DESCRIBED LEVY STRATEGIES TO
STABILIZE NONPROFIT REGIONAL
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WORKFORCE, CRISIS CARE LEVY,
ALSO ASSUMING THAT STAFF
OPERATING THE CRISIS CARE
CENTERS WILL BE FUNDED AT 20%
OVER THEIR CURRENT WAGES. THE
, LET'S SEE. SOME MIGHT SAY
THIS IS PRIMARILY CITY MONEY
BUT THE COUNTY IS CONTRIBUTING
AS WELL. THERE IS A WEIGHT
EQUITY EFFORT FOR AGENCIES
FUNDED THROUGH THE KING
COUNTY RHA , AGAIN A LOT OF
THE IS SEATTLE DOLLARS BUT A
LOT OF IT IS COUNTY DOLLARS.
THE HOUSING LEVY INCLUDES PAY
DOLLARS TO ADDRESS WAGE
ISSUES. ALSO, THE STATE
OPERATING BUDGET INCREASE
HOMELESS PROVIDER CONTRACTS BY
45 MILLION THAT IS A 6.5%
INCREASE AND PRIORITIZED FUNDS
FOR STABILIZATION OF THE
HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDER
WORKFORCE. AND PROVIDED A 15%
MEDICAID RATE INCREASE FOR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS TO
ADDRESS THE WORKFORCE ISSUES
IN THE STATE INVESTMENT FOR
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. I WANTED TO
PAINT THE LARGER PICTURE. BUT
WE WILL BE HAVING MORE
INFORMATION FROM FUNDING BOTH
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDERS AND
PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY IN EARLY
OCTOBER ABOUT HOW THEY PLAN TO
CONTINUE THEIR WORK IN THIS
AREA.
>> THANK YOU. THE END OF THAT
IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO
SAY. WHAT WE SEE ARE SMALL
PUNCTUATIONS HERE AND THERE,
BUT NOT A CONTINUED COMMITMENT
AND THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING IN
THIS SPACE. WE ARE THE ONLY
ENTITY THAT HAS THIS LEVEL OF
COMMITMENT IN A ONGOING WAY SO
WE REALLY NEED FOR THAT TO BE
CONSISTENT SUPPORT FROM OTHER
GROUPS YOU JUST MENTIONED AS
WELL AS NOT JUST FOR THOSE ,
BUT FOR THE FULL SPECTRUM OF
SERVICES. ABSOLUTELY, THANK
YOU FOR RAISING THOSE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES , LET ME JUMP IN AS I
CONFIRM. I APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU RAISED, WE WENT THROUGH A
SIMILAR EXERCISE WHEN
DISCUSSING THE HOUSING LEVY TO
SHOW HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO
PUT WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
DIRECTLY INTO FUNDING SOURCES.
WE HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL WITH
DIRECT INVESTMENTS TO JUMPSTART
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
HOPEFULLY THE HOUSING LEVY
PASSING, BUT THOSE ARE GOOD
EXAMPLES FOR OTHERS LIKE KING
COUNTY HAVE STEPPED IN TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. I
HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON THE
LAST SLIDE ON PAGE 27. LET ME
PULL UP MY NOTES. I MIGHT BE
TEEING THIS UP FOR FUTURE
DISCUSSION AND FOR OTHER STAFF
BACK AND FORTH AT CBO. AS MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE NOTED LAST
YEAR WE WORKED HARD TO ENSURE
WITH THE FULL INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT IN THE 2023-2024
BUDGET. THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE
RECEIVED FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE HAD A 4% INCREASE IN
2324 BUDGET FOR THE HUMAN
SERVICES PROVIDER WITH
ADJUSTMENTS. WE WORKED TO
RESTORE TO THE FULL AMOUNT AS
CODIFIED IN STATUTE, WHICH
WOULD'VE BEEN 6.7% INCREASE IN
2024. WE ALLOCATED CHILDCARE
PAYMENTS USING JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX AND
FUNDING LOCAL RELIEF FUNDS
AND WE ALLOCATED WORK FOR
STABILIZATION DOLLARS WITH
HOUSING EFFORTS FOR
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE
AN ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THE
LEGISLATION PASSED FROM 2018
TWO THE ASSESSMENT AND I
APPRECIATE THIS BUDGET MAKES
INROADS TO INCREASE THE BASE
WAGES FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO
ARE CARING FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE. I THINK THERE'S IN
A VERY WERE INFORMATION
PROVIDED HERE DOES NOT TAKE IT
CLEAR TO THE VIEWING PUBLIC OR
COLLEAGUES OR REPORTERS, THE
FUNDING SOURCE BEING USED SO I
WILL BE ASKING FOR AT A FUTURE
MEETING TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT
SOME OF THESE KEY COMPONENTS OF
THE BUDGET THAT HAVE BEEN
TRANSMITTED AND BETTER
DELINEATE THE FUNDING SOURCES
TO ALIGN FUNDING REVENUE
STREAMS WITH POLICY INTENT SO
WE CAN LOOK AT THE LONG-TERM
IMPLICATIONS OF WHICH FUNDING
SOURCE IS BEING USED. FOR
CENTRAL STAFF FOR FUTURE
DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING CBO I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LOOK AT
HOW JUMPSTART HIS PROPOSED
WITH WAGE INCREASES, ONE OF THE
OTHER FUND SOURCES PROPOSED,
WHAT IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
LONG-TERM MEANS WITH DIFFERENT
REVENUE SOURCES AND HOW THE
PROPOSALS ALIGN WITH CURRENT
POLICY. I DON'T SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS HERE AND
I KNOW WE HAVE TWO MORE SLIDES.
ONE MORE SECTION AND A SUMMARY
SLIDE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE ADAM
IS STILL THINKING HE CAN DO IT
WITHIN 15 MINUTES SO I THINK WE
CAN GET THROUGH THIS IS THAT
RIGHT? OR SHOULD WE CONCLUDE
HERE AND MOVE ON TO ARE FOR
FUNDS?
>> I THINK IT MIGHT BE BEST TO
WRAP UP THIS PRESENTATION AND
BUMP THE ARPA FUNDS TO THE
AFTERNOON TO GET THROUGH IT
UNLESS THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS
IN THE NEXT THREE SLIDES AND
THEN WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME
BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY 10 OR 11
MINUTES OF CONTENT FROM US SO
WE COULD REALLY GO EITHER WAY.
ON THE ARPA FUNDS.
>> IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO
THE ARPA PRESENTATION GIVEN IT
HAS BEEN DELAYED ONCE I WOULD
LOVE FOR COLLEAGUES, IF YOU
COULD SUMMARIZE ANY OF THE
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO THE
DIRECTOR AND WE CAN COME BACK
TO THAT BUT I WOULD LOVE TO
TRANSITION OVER TO HAVE ADAM
DO A PRESENTATION ON ARPA FUNDS
TO ROUND US OUT FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND THEN WHEN WE
CLOSE OUT WE CAN ASK ANY FINAL
QUESTIONS. I RECOGNIZE THERE'S
ONE SECTION ON MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN TO,
BUT YOU HAVE THE SLIDES IN
FRONT OF YOU FOR FURTHERING
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND WE CAN
COME BACK TO THAT AS WELL
BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY
PEOPLE WE MAY HAVE THIS
AFTERNOON SO PERHAPS WE SHOULD
WRAP THE PRESENTATIONS AND
FOLKS CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LAST THREE SLIDES AND LET ,
DIRECTOR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
IF WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU.
>> SOUNDS GREAT. LET'S DO IT.
FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE MAKING
SURE HE IS ON THE LINE. PLEASE
PASS ON APPRECIATION WILLIAM,
TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM. THIS IS
SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN IN
CONVERSATION WITH ADAM ABOUT
FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS SO THANK
YOU FOR PROVIDING THE
PRESENTATIONS.
>> WILLIAM WE CANNOT HEAR
YOUR.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME INTO
MY OFFICE IF YOU CAN'T GET
YOURS WORKING.
>> IF THERE ARE AUDIO
CONCERNED WE CAN ADD ARPA TO A
FUTURE MEETING I JUST DIDN'T
WANT TO BUMP AGAIN. DID YOU
HAVE THOUGHTS?
>> WILLIAM WHY DON'T YOU COME
DOWN TO MY OFFICE REAL QUICK?
>> AS WE ARE DOING THAT,
DIRECTOR DID YOU HAVE ANY
SUMMARY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE ON YOUR PRESENTATION?
>> YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS
I MENTIONED WE SPENT THE
BETTER PART OF ONE YEAR
PREPARING UPDATES FOR YOU AND
FOR THE PUBLIC . WE LOOK
FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU,
THE CONTENT WE DID NOT GET TO
WHERE THE INVESTMENTS IN
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION THAT
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR.
WE KNEW WE HAD FUTURE OF
SEATTLE ECONOMY REPORTS FROM
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY AND WE
WANTED TO GIVE THEM SPACE TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT REPORT
SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND YOU HAD A
LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT
LAST MONTH AND PASSED A
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT SO THE
INVESTMENTS REALLY REFLECT THE
PILLARS THAT WERE IN THE REPORT
AND THE FINAL SITE INCLUDES A
MENTION OF FISCAL RESERVES, THE
RAINY DAY FUND IS FULLY
SUBSCRIBED AND WE'RE MAKING
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE
EMERGENCY FUND WE ARE
ACCELERATING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THAT WITH A 23 YEAR END
SUPPLEMENTAL AND 24 PROPOSED
BUDGET. WITH THAT WILLIAM IS
HERE I WILL LET HIM TAKE MY
PHYSICAL SEAT TO PRESENT TO YOU
ON THE FINAL PRESENTATION OF
SEATTLE'S ARPA SPENDING THE
END OF AN ERA THAT WE ARE PROUD
OF AND SO GRATEFUL TO WILLIAM
AND HIS TEAM. I WANT TO SAY A
HUGE THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET
OFFICE TEAM, THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE GROUP OF PUBLIC
SERVANT WERE SO DEDICATED AND
BRILLIANT AND THOUGHTFUL AND
PASSIONATE AND I AM HONORED TO
REPRESENT THEIR WORK YOUR
TODAY. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT
OVER TO WILLIAM.
>> SOUNDS GOOD AND PICK UP YOUR
PRESENTATION. WE NOW HAVE THE
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH
IS SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN FINAL
REPORT AND WE DO THESE
QUARTERLY USUALLY. WE HAVE
ROLLED UP A NUMBER OF REPORT
INTO ONE FINAL PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES
QUICKLY. SO I'M NOT GOING OFF
THE CUFF. SO, WE WILL GO FROM
MEMORY. FOR THE PRESENTATION
TODAY I WILL BE STARTING OFF
WITH SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS ABOUT
WHAT THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THEN
GOING OVER THE SUMMARY OF WHAT
IT WAS , WHERE IT CAME FROM,
AND THEN TOUCHING ON THE
CURRENT STATUS OF SPENDING OF
THESE FUNDS BEFORE DIVING INTO
MORE DEPTH ON WHAT HAS BEEN
ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE CITY
RESIDENTS. AND SO SEATTLE
RECEIVED $300 MILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDING FROM THE
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.
THOSE FUNDS PROVIDED CRITICAL
SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS, TO
FAMILIES, WORKERS AND
BUSINESSES DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR HISTORY.
ABOUT TO DISTRIBUTE THAT
FUNDING EQUITABLY AND WE
SUCCEEDED IN REACHING A
DIVERSE POPULATION FROM
SEATTLE. WE ALSO LEVERAGE A
SMALL PART OF SPENDING TO SCALE
UP CAPACITY IN THE CITY AND
THAT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL ,
IN THIS PRESENTATION AND ANNUAL
REPORTS, FOR MORE YOU CAN SEE
THE PERFORMANCE REPORT , BOTH
ARE LINKED ON THE SITE. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE
SHOWS THE DIFFERENT GRANTS
THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN, THE
LARGEST BY FAR IS $232 MILLION
THE CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL
RECOVERY FUND . AND THEN ALL
OF THE OTHER PIECES WHICH WERE
FOR DIFFERENT USES THESE CAME
TO SEATTLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS
AND WERE HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.
NEXT SLIDE. SO LOOKING AT THE
BOX ON THE LEFT WITH THE FUNDS,
ALLOCATED TO SEATTLE BY A
FORMULA AND THE GRANT HAD MANY
USES AND IT IS SUBJECT TO MANY
RULES AS FEDERAL GRANTS TEND
TO HAVE. IN 2021 THE EXECUTIVE
AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES
COLLABORATED TO ALLOCATE THE
FIRST HALF , THE FIRST PACKAGE
OF FUNDS AND THEY DO SO TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT PUBLIC READY,
COUNCIL HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS
AND THE MAYOR HELD A ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSIONS WITH COMMUNITY
GROUPS. THERE IS A SECOND HALF
OF THIS IN THE PACKAGE
ALLOCATED BY THE 2023 BUDGET
PROCESS. LOOKING AT THE BOX ON
THE RIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN GRANTS,
THESE GRANTS HAD SPECIFIC USES
ON THEM AND THEY CAME TO
SEATTLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, SOME
WERE ALLOCATED BY FORMULA AND
SOME THE DEPARTMENT WON BY
ADVOCATION. NEXT SLIDE. THE
TOTAL OF THE ARPA FUNDING CAN
BE CATEGORIZED INTO FIVE
BUCKETS AND THOSE ARE LISTED
ON THE SLIDE. HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING AND REOPENING
SERVICES, SMALL BUSINESS
RECOVERY , COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUPPORTING
CITY WORKERS AND SERVICES. NEXT
SLIDE. THIS IS THE LATEST
INFORMATION WE HAVE ON THE
STATUS OF SPENDING AS OF LAST
MONTH AUGUST DEPARTMENTS
ANNOUNCED OVER 80% OF THE FUNDS
AND WE ARE IN THE FINAL
STRETCH NOW. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.
SO NEXT THE SECOND PART OF
THIS PRESENTATION WE WILL GET
INTO WHAT THE FUNDING
ACCOMPLISHED AND ON THE
FOLLOWING SITES WE HAVE THEM
BY CATEGORY, EXCUSE ME THAT'S
FINE. IT IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF
FUNDING. THAT SPAN PROGRAMS
SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO PUT
THINGS TOGETHER IN A NUTSHELL.
WHAT WE HAVE GOT HERE ARE THE
KEY FINDINGS THAT BOOK ACROSS
THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND IN
THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WE'VE
GOT PROGRAM HIGHWAYS SO THAT
WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE
SCALE AND DEPTH OF THE THINGS
THAT THIS FUNDING HAS
ACCOMPLISHED FOR SEATTLE. SO,
ON THIS SLIDE WITH KEY FINDINGS
ACROSS PROGRAMS IT'S
AGGREGATING THEM, SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO
PROVIDE $28.6 MILLION IN
FLEXIBLE EMERGENCY FUNDING AND
THIS ONE INDIVIDUALS AND
FAMILIES AND TO CHILDCARE
WORKERS AND BUSINESSES. WE
ALSO PROVIDED SERVICES TO OVER
3500 SMALL BUSINESSES WITH
GRANTS TO OVER 50 BUSINESS
ASSOCIATIONS . PROVIDED FREE
CHILDCARE TO 690 KIDS AND HAD
FUNDING TO PRODUCTS TO CREATE
311 NEW CHILDCARE IN THE CITY
THE FUNDING SUPPORTED 300,000
MEALS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND
AN ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION FOOD
BANK . IT SUPPORTED COLLECTION
OF 3.2 MILLION POUNDS OF
LITTER AND CLEANED UP 100,000
SQUARE FEET OF GRAFFITI.
FINALLY THE FUNDING SUPPORTED
400 CITY WORKERS DURING THE
PANDEMIC THAT INCLUDED 328
FIREFIGHTERS. NEXT SLIDE. AS
NOTED WE TRIED TO DO THIS
EQUITABLY AND OF THE PROGRAM'S
REPORTING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA,
JUST OVER 60% OF CLIENTS
IDENTIFIED AS BLACK,
INDIGENOUS OR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART THE
DISTRIBUTION ACROSS DIFFERENT
RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS. A
PRETTY WIDE MIX. 100% OF THE
PROGRAMS REPORTED GEOGRAPHIC
DATA PROVIDED SERVICES WITH
EQUITY PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS
AND THAT IS BASED ON RACIAL
AND SOCIAL EQUITY INDEX. JUST
UNDER 85% OF PROGRAMS SERVED
MOST CLIENTS IN THESE PRIORITY
AREAS. THE POINT I WANTED TO
NOTE IS THAT MEASUREMENT AND
EVALUATION TEAM DID A LOT OF
CAPACITY BUILDING WITH
DEPARTMENT STAFF AND ONE OF
THE THINGS WE TRIED TO DO WAS
INCREASE QUALITY OF DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA COLLECTION AND WE WERE
ABLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
PROGRAMS COLLECTING QUALITY
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FROM 52% LAST
YEAR TO 71% THIS YEAR. THIS
IS GREAT BECAUSE WE ARE
GETTING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
PICTURE AND WE ARE ABLE TO
LOOK AT PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO
SEE HOW WE ARE DOING MORE
COMPREHENSIVELY. WHEN PROGRAMS
ARE DOING THINGS KIND OF ON
THEIR OWN THEN YOU CANNOT
REALLY PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND
COMPARE THEM TO SEE HOW WE ARE
DOING AS A WHOLE. NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY. WE ARE GETTING INTO THE
CATEGORIES NOW ON THIS SLIDE
AND ON SUBSEQUENT SLIDES WE
WILL HAVE NOTABLE METRICS FROM
PROGRAMS AND ALSO FOLKS FROM
RESIDENTS FOR CITY PARTNERS
PROVIDING THESE PROGRAMS.
TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDS
HAVE DONE FOR THEM. I WANTED
TO PROVIDE THE QUOTES FOR YOU
THERE ON THE SLIDES. SO, IN
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING, THE
CIVIC FORM PROGRAM WHICH IS
THE APPLICATION PORTAL FOR
DIFFERENT CITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS
, AT THIS POINT RESIDENTS
GOING ON THAT PLATFORM TO APPLY
FOR PROGRAMS CAN SAVE UP TO
$25,000 IN POSSIBLE COVID
SAVINGS. THE HEALTHY STREETS
PROGRAM WHICH HAS MADE IT SO
SUBSTRATES ARE DESIGNATED FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING OR
ROLLING, BIKING OR PLAYING AND
OFF-LIMITS FOR PASSENGER
TRAFFIC. IT HAS MADE SOME OF
THE STREETS PERMANENT AROUND
THE CITY AND WHAT HAVE SEEN
TRIPLING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WALKING AND BIKING PER DAY ON
THE STREETS COMPARED TO A
STANDARD NEIGHBORHOOD
BREEZEWAY. I THINK I MENTIONED
TO CHILDCARE, WE ALSO INVESTED
IN DIGITAL EQUITY. THE DIGITAL
BRIDGE PROGRAM HAS HELPED JUST
UNDER 300 PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE
RELEVANT JOB SEEKERS AND
PROVIDED DIGITAL ACCESS AND
SKILL BUILDING WITH A LAPTOP
AND DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING.
AND THE DIGITAL EQUITY PROGRAM
SAW ALMOST 2000 ADDITIONAL
PARTICIPANTS THANKS TO THIS
FUNDING ACROSS 11 COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND THEY WERE
INFORMED ABOUT LOW INCOME
INTERNET PROGRAMS AND WERE
GIVEN DIGITAL LITERACY
TRAINING. NEXT SLIDE.
COMMUNITY AND SMALL BUSINESS
RECOVERY. THE CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION OF THE OPENING
GRANTS PROGRAM AWARDED FUNDING
TO 154 CULTURAL LIMITATIONS
AND THIS ALLOWED THEM TO HANDLE
THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL
IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND TO
REOPEN SAFELY AND SUSTAINABLY.
THE SEATTLE RESTORE PROGRAM
WAS AN INNOVATIVE IDEA,
CREATIVELY BOOSTING ECONOMIC
RECOVERY BY ACTIVATING EMPTY
STOREFRONTS. PUTTING 33
BUSINESSES INTO PUBLIC
LOCATIONS. AND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC RECOVERY
GRANTS PROGRAM SUPPORTED NEARLY
2000 BUSINESSES VIA
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
AROUND THE CITY AND IT ALSO
SUPPORTED PUBLIC EVENTS THAT
ATTRACTED 200,000 ATTENDEES.
NEXT SLIDE. HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS THE MULTIFAMILY
HOUSING ACQUISITION PROGRAM HAS
CREATED 160 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SO FAR AND
ANOTHER 285 UNITS ARE ON THE
WAY. AND THE CAPACITY BUILDING
FOR HOUSING PROGRAMS SIMILARLY
TO THAT OTHER ORGANIZATION
PROGRAM HELPS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING PROVIDERS TO DEAL WITH
THE FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL
IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC. SO BY
STABILIZING THEM, SUPPORTING
1600 HOUSEHOLDS. AND THEN
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM SERVED OVER 500,000
OR EXCUSE ME 5000 HOUSES.
5000 HOUSEHOLDS WITH FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE IN THE FIRST PHASE
AND ANOTHER SECOND PHASE IS
NEAR COMPLETION. OF THOSE
RECIPIENTS, 69% OF HOUSEHOLDS
IDENTIFIED AS BIPOC AND 69%
IDENTIFIED AS HAVING INCOME
LESS THAN 50% OF THE AREA
MEDIAN INCOME. NEXT SLIDE.
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND MENTAL
HEALTH , 2300 UNITS WERE
SERVED WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
RESOURCES INCLUDING THE
TEENAGE HELPLINE, SUICIDE
PREVENTION TRAINING AND CRISIS
COUNSELING AND 8600 SERVICES
WERE PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, THIS IS
A RANGE OF THINGS LIKE
ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SERVICES AND
TEMPORARY HOUSING NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY SO JUST GOING BACK OVER
80% SPENT AT THIS POINT WE ARE
IN THE FINAL STRETCH AND THE
PERMITS ARE EXPECTING TO SPEND
OUT THE REMAINDER OF NEXT
YEAR. NEXT SLIDE I THINK IT IS
THE LAST. SO I WANTED TO WRAP
UP THIS PRESENTATION REFLECTING
ON ONE ASPECT OF THE SEATTLE
RESCUE PLAN THAT'S REALLY
EXCITING. WHICH IS THAT THE
FOR THE GRANT IN PARTICULAR
CAME WITH PERFORMANCE REPORTING
MARKERS SO SEATTLE ADDED A
SMALL TEAM IN PERFORMANCE TO
LEAD THE PERFORMANCE WORK
AROUND THE CITY. WE DID A LOT
OF CAPACITY BUILDING WITH
DEPARTMENT STAFF AND THAT IS
THE MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION
FROM EARLIER WHO DID THAT WORK
TO IMPROVE THE DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA COLLECTION FOR EXAMPLE.
MUCH OF THE CONTENT ON THIS
PRESENTATION IN THE ANNUAL
REPORT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
PRODUCED WITHOUT THIS TEAM AND
THAT INCLUDES DATA SHOWING
WITH THE PROGRAMS ACCOMPLISHED
AND ALSO THE QUOTES FROM
RESIDENTS AND PARTNER
ORGANIZATIONS SHOWING WHAT THE
PROGRAMS DID FOR THEM. WE
DON'T WANT TO LET THIS
EXPERIENCE DO THIS PERFORMANCE
WORK FOR THE SEATTLE RESCUE
PLAN FADE AWAY AFTER THE
PROGRAM ENDS. INSTEAD WE HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP GROWING
THIS CULTURE AROUND THE CITY
AND APPLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
WITH THE SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN
TO OTHERS LIKE THE JUMPSTART
PROGRAMS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO
EVALUATE HOW EFFECTIVE THOSE
PROGRAM INVESTMENTS ARE. SO,
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO HELP SHOW AND
TELL WITH THE CITY PROGRAMS
ARE DOING AND ALSO
UNDERSTANDING HOW TO
CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THE
PROGRAMS. THAT'S THE LAST
SLIDE FOR MY PRESENTATION.
>> EXCELLENT. WELL, PERFECT
TIMING. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO DO THIS AT THE END. SO
SORRY ABOUT THAT, ARE THERE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT
FOLKS HAVE? I WANTED TO
SUMMARIZE WITH A THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE REPORT OUTS WE RECEIVED
FROM CITY BUDGET OFFICE . THE
BIGGEST NOTE OF APPRECIATION
IN THE FORM OF A NATIONAL AWARD
THAT THE OFFICE RECEIVED FOR
THE WAY IT HAS BEEN TRACKING
THE FEDERAL ARPA FUNDS , SO
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. JUST
WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK. IS
THERE ANY WAY THAT THE NATIONAL
CONVERSATION AROUND GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN IS GOING TO AFFECT
ANY OF THIS? I GOT THE
QUESTION AND I SAID NO BECAUSE
THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN
RECEIVED, ALLOCATED OR
ENCUMBERED AT THIS POINT, BUT
STILL WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
>> I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT.
FOR THIS PIECE OF GRANT MONEY.
YES.
>> FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROUND.
OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. IF
JULIE IS THERE, PLEASE NOTE
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP OKAY SHE'S BACK
HELLO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS
TODAY. I ENCOURAGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE FINAL SLIDES WE DID NOT GET
A CHANCE TO SPEND A LOT OF
TIME ON AND LET THE DIRECTOR
KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
SOME REALLY GREAT INVESTMENTS
NOTED IN THERE ESPECIALLY IN
ARTS AND CULTURE AND SMALL
BUSINESS , EXCITED TO DIVE INTO
THIS MORE WITH YOU AS YOU
CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION OVER
THE NEXT 2 1/2 MONTHS. WE MIGHT
NOT HAVE YOU AS AN OFFICIAL
PRESENTER AT SOME OF THE
UPCOMING MEETINGS, THERE MAY BE
A CHANCE FOR DEPARTMENTS TO BE
THERE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND I
ASSUME YOU WILL BE THERE AS
WELL. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN IN
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THERE
IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE. THE TIME IS 1:OH
3 PM AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN
ON OCTOBER 11th AT 10:00 A.M.
WE WILL ISSUE ANOTHER MEMO SO
EVERYBODY HAS THE INFORMATION
AND WE WILL BE PUTTING IT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND AGAIN WE WILL
START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS WAS HOPEFULLY A WAY TO
MAKE SURE WE CAN GET TWO
SESSIONS. PLEASE RESERVE THE
FULL DAY AND BREAKS OCCUR
BETWEEN 1:00 PM AND 2:00 AND
2:00 PM AND WE WILL PLAN TO
STICK TO THAT TIMEFRAME TO GET
THROUGH ALL ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA. PLEASE DO LET US KNOW
IF YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT
QUESTIONS, CENTRAL STAFF IS
TRYING TO HONE IN ON THAT LIST
OF QUESTIONS SO EAT DEPARTMENT
DOES NOT GET BOMBARDED WITH A
HOST OF QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE
SIMILAR TO CENTRAL STAFF HAS
ASKED OR WHAT OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ASKED SO
PLEASE GO THROUGH CENTRAL STAFF
LEAD ON POLICY QUESTIONS AND
THEY WILL FEEL THOSE WITH CBO
AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SO WE
ENSURE WE HAVE A MORE
STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE ALREADY
BEEN IN THE THROES OF BUDGET
MAKING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS
OR SO. WE APPRECIATE THAT,
THANK YOU FOR HANDING OFF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE 2020
FOR SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION AND
WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON
OCTOBER 11th AT 10:00 A.M.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MEETING
IS ADJOURNED.