1 00:00:25,825 --> 00:00:26,259 ORDER. 2 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:27,027 IT'S 9:30 A.M. I'M DAN STRAUSS, 3 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:27,360 CHAIR OF THE 4 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:27,660 COMMITTEE. 5 00:00:27,660 --> 00:00:32,832 COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERA IS EXCUSED 6 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:35,068 UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. 7 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:37,203 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 8 00:00:37,404 --> 00:00:37,670 >> HERE. 9 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:41,941 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 10 00:00:42,075 --> 00:00:42,308 >> HERE. 11 00:00:42,509 --> 00:00:45,145 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 12 00:00:45,278 --> 00:00:45,545 >> PRESENT. 13 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:45,945 >> FOUR PRESENT. 14 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:46,746 WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON I'D LIKE TO 15 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:52,886 GET. 16 00:00:52,886 --> 00:00:56,189 WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE JEBD 17 00:00:56,189 --> 00:00:56,723 TODAY. 18 00:00:56,723 --> 00:01:00,827 2025 19 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:01,428 EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE AND THE 20 00:01:01,428 --> 00:01:01,961 2026 CARRY FORWARD 21 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:02,362 ORDINANCE. 22 00:01:02,362 --> 00:01:02,996 BOTH FOR BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND 23 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:09,402 POSSIBLE VOTE. 24 00:01:09,536 --> 00:01:10,403 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 25 00:01:10,403 --> 00:01:11,037 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 26 00:01:11,037 --> 00:01:11,638 NO OBS, THE AGENDA IS 27 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:12,238 ADOPTED. 28 00:01:12,238 --> 00:01:13,540 JUST FOR PREFERENCE, BOTH 29 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:15,875 OF THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN BRIEFED 30 00:01:15,875 --> 00:01:20,146 IN COMMITTEE BEFORE. 31 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:21,314 WE WILL 32 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:21,915 AT THIS TIME NOW OPEN 33 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:22,549 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT 34 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:23,183 SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS ON 35 00:01:23,183 --> 00:01:23,349 THE 36 00:01:23,349 --> 00:01:23,917 AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE PERSON 37 00:01:23,917 --> 00:01:29,088 SIGNED UP. 38 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:30,023 AND WITH ONE PERSON SIGNED UP, 39 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:30,490 THE PUBLIC 40 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:32,525 COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED 41 00:01:32,525 --> 00:01:33,760 IN THE MATTER. 42 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,196 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER 43 00:01:36,196 --> 00:01:38,398 IN 44 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:39,032 WHICH THEY REGISTERED WE'LL 45 00:01:39,032 --> 00:01:41,000 BEGIN WITH IN- PERSON SPEAKERS. 46 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:42,068 SPEAKERS WILL HAVE 47 00:01:42,068 --> 00:01:43,803 TWO MINUTES AND WE'LL HEAR A 48 00:01:43,803 --> 00:01:44,003 CHIME 49 00:01:44,003 --> 00:01:44,904 WHEN THERE'S 10 SECONDS 50 00:01:44,904 --> 00:01:45,438 REMAINING. 51 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:48,074 THE MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED AT 52 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:48,475 THE END. 53 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:49,609 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS OPEN. 54 00:01:49,742 --> 00:01:50,276 WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES HERE. 55 00:01:50,276 --> 00:01:52,045 WELCOME. 56 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:59,519 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. 57 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:00,286 THANK YOU. 58 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,020 EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THE BUDGET 59 00:02:01,020 --> 00:02:01,654 ORIGINATES FROM THE THREE WORSE 60 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:02,288 MAYORS IN THE HISTORY OF 61 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:05,125 SEATTLE. 62 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:06,092 SOME OF THE WORST IDEAS WHO TOOK 63 00:02:06,092 --> 00:02:06,626 ONE-TIME GRANT MONEY AND 64 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:07,961 BAKED IT INTO THE BUDGET WHO WAS 65 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:11,531 DEFUND THE POLICE, SHIFT THE 66 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:12,765 PARADIGM, AND 67 00:02:12,765 --> 00:02:14,033 PRACTICALLY LEGALIZE DRUGS UNDER 68 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:15,335 THE 3. 5 69 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:16,836 GRAMS, MISCONSTRUING 70 00:02:16,836 --> 00:02:18,705 WHAT CONSTITUTES A CRIMINAL, AS 71 00:02:18,705 --> 00:02:18,905 IF WE 72 00:02:18,905 --> 00:02:21,808 HAVE DICTATING THE PILOT 73 00:02:21,941 --> 00:02:27,413 PROJECT. YET YOU WANT TO A LOT 74 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:27,647 OF KNOW 75 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:28,248 EXACTLY WHAT IS COUNCIL DOING 76 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:28,882 TODAY WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE 77 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:29,382 MONEY THAT YOU DIDN'T 78 00:02:29,382 --> 00:02:30,283 SPEND THAT'S 79 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:30,984 STILL GOING TO BE REITERATED OR 80 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:32,585 SPENT ON 81 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:33,686 BAD POLICIES THAT ARE 82 00:02:33,686 --> 00:02:35,755 EXACERBATING THE PUBLIC SAFETY 83 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:39,092 CRISIS, THE 84 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:39,659 HOMELESS CRISIS? 85 00:02:39,659 --> 00:02:41,828 IF YOU'RE PAYING PEOPLE TO RUN 86 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:42,529 INTERFERENCE 87 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:44,063 OR THAT ARE 88 00:02:44,063 --> 00:02:44,597 CONNECTED TO THE CRIMINAL 89 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:45,265 UNDERWORLD, YOU'RE EXACERBATING 90 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:47,200 THE COPS, YOU'RE MAKING IT A 91 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,101 LIVING HELL WHILE CATERING 92 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:50,336 TO ALL THESE BUSINESSES WHO 93 00:02:50,336 --> 00:02:53,239 WANT THEIR 94 00:02:53,239 --> 00:02:53,773 DOORSTEPS SWEPT WHILE THE 95 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:54,374 FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN THE 96 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:58,678 BUDGET WITH POLICIES THAT ARE 97 00:02:58,811 --> 00:02:59,379 UNDERMINING THE INTEGRITY OF 98 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:00,113 CRIME FIGHTING AND PUBLIC 99 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:00,680 SAFETY. 100 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,683 Y'ALL ARE PUTTING REPEATING 101 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:07,086 THIEVES WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY, 102 00:03:07,086 --> 00:03:07,620 TO BREAK THEIR ADDICTION 103 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,589 WHERE THEY ARE FULLY FOCUSED 104 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:09,989 OPPOSED 105 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:16,696 TO GIVING BIG PHARMA GOUGING AND 106 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:17,230 HOW SOME CASE MANAGER 107 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:17,864 CAN GET MORE MONEY TO BE CHARGED 108 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:20,199 MORE RENT IN THE 109 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:20,800 SAME NONPROFIT WHO IS 110 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:21,301 MANIPULATING THEIR OWN 111 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:22,201 STATISTICS TO DICTATE 112 00:03:22,201 --> 00:03:23,703 A PERCEPTION OF SUCCESS. 113 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:24,704 IT'S LIKE HOW MUCH MONEY HAS 114 00:03:24,704 --> 00:03:28,741 NOT BEEN SPENT ON PROPER 115 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:29,042 POLICIES 116 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:29,709 THAT STILL NEED TO BE DEALT 117 00:03:29,709 --> 00:03:34,213 WITH? EVERY TIME Y'ALL DO A 118 00:03:34,213 --> 00:03:34,447 BUDGET 119 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:35,048 CONSIDERATION, IT'S A 120 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:35,615 REITERATION OF THE TAINTED, 121 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:36,282 IGNORANT PAST THAT'S MESSED UP 122 00:03:36,282 --> 00:03:41,287 AND UM PLOEDED OUR 123 00:03:41,287 --> 00:03:42,422 SOCIETY. SO WHAT'S ALL THE MONEY 124 00:03:42,422 --> 00:03:42,689 GOING TO 125 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:43,523 BE USED FOR? IS IT GOING TO BE 126 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:43,890 TO IMPROVE THE 127 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:44,624 EFFORTS OR IS IT GOING TO BE TO 128 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:48,094 DOUBLE DOWN ON THE SAME BAD 129 00:03:48,094 --> 00:03:50,330 POLICIES THAT ARE TAINTED? 130 00:03:50,330 --> 00:03:52,432 MORE PROFITABLE PEOPLE, IT 131 00:03:52,432 --> 00:03:53,533 SEEMS LIKE HUMAN SERVICES 132 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:54,934 RUN INTERFERENCE FOR CRIMINALS 133 00:03:54,934 --> 00:03:55,468 AS 134 00:03:55,468 --> 00:03:55,668 WELL. 135 00:03:55,668 --> 00:03:57,303 WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENT 136 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:59,372 PLEASE OPPOSED TO WITHHOLDING. 137 00:03:59,505 --> 00:04:00,106 >> THANK 138 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:09,048 YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES. 139 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:10,049 WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC 140 00:04:10,049 --> 00:04:10,617 COMMENT SPEAKERS REGISTERED 141 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:11,784 TODAY IN PERSON OR ONLINE. 142 00:04:11,784 --> 00:04:13,152 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS BEEN 143 00:04:13,152 --> 00:04:18,191 WITH US DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. 144 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:18,791 WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST 145 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:19,659 ITEM OF BUSINESS. BOTH OF THESE 146 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:20,293 ITEMS ARE 147 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:21,594 CONNECTED. THERE'S ONE POWER 148 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:23,262 POINT. AND I'LL ASK THE CLERK 149 00:04:23,262 --> 00:04:23,429 TO 150 00:04:23,429 --> 00:04:25,231 READ BOTH ITEMS INTO THE RECORD 151 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:28,701 AND YOU CAN READ 152 00:04:28,701 --> 00:04:29,369 JUST THE SHORT TITLES IT YOU'D 153 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:29,569 LIKE. 154 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:33,506 >> ITEM 1, 12208, AMENDING 1256 155 00:04:33,506 --> 00:04:38,077 WHICH WANT DOED THE 2025 BUDGET, 156 00:04:38,077 --> 00:04:41,347 INCLUDING THE CAPITAL 157 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:42,015 IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. 158 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:45,218 AND ITEM 2, COUNCIL BILL 121209 159 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:46,786 AMEBDING ORDINANCE WHICH 160 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:49,455 ADOPTED THE 2026 BUDGET 161 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:50,657 INCLUDING THE 162 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:52,659 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 163 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:57,163 PROGRAM. FOR BRIEFING, 164 00:04:57,163 --> 00:04:57,463 DISCUSSION, 165 00:04:57,463 --> 00:05:01,467 AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 166 00:05:01,601 --> 00:05:02,435 >> GOOD MORNING. 167 00:05:02,435 --> 00:05:04,137 SINCE IT'S BEEN A FEW 168 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,438 WEEKS SINCE WE HAVE HAD 169 00:05:05,438 --> 00:05:08,307 THIS PRESENTATION, I'LL 170 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:09,142 ASK US JUST 171 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:09,842 TO RUN THROUGH IT FROM START TO 172 00:05:09,842 --> 00:05:19,986 FINISH. 173 00:05:20,219 --> 00:05:25,158 IF YOU DO 174 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:25,858 HAVE THE PROBING QUESTIONS. 175 00:05:25,858 --> 00:05:26,726 AT THIS TIME, I WILL TURN IT 176 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:28,461 OVER TO THE DIRECTOR AND, 177 00:05:28,461 --> 00:05:31,531 DIN SISIC. 178 00:05:31,664 --> 00:05:32,532 >> GOOD MORNING, BUDGET 179 00:05:32,532 --> 00:05:36,235 DIRECTOR, HAPPY TO BE HERE 180 00:05:36,235 --> 00:05:36,903 TODAY. 181 00:05:37,036 --> 00:05:37,970 >> GOOD MORNING. 182 00:05:37,970 --> 00:05:41,774 EARTH DIN CIRCUMSTANCES SIC, 183 00:05:41,774 --> 00:05:43,476 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. 184 00:05:43,609 --> 00:05:45,545 >> I'M GOING TO SHARE MY 185 00:05:45,545 --> 00:05:45,812 SCREEN. 186 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:50,249 WE'LL WALK 187 00:05:50,249 --> 00:05:50,616 THROUGH A BRIEF 188 00:05:50,616 --> 00:05:51,250 SUMMARY OF THE TWO BUDGET BILLS 189 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:55,722 BEFORE YOU TODAY. 190 00:05:55,722 --> 00:06:01,694 COUNCIL BILL 12108. 191 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:02,662 THEY ARE ROUTINE 192 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,098 BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT 193 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:05,465 TYPICALLY COMES 194 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:10,403 BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE EVERY 195 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:11,471 YEAR AROUND THIS 196 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:11,871 TIME OF THE YEAR. 197 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:13,039 WE ALWAYS START WITH THE FIRST 198 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:16,876 SLIDE REMINDING YOU OF 199 00:06:16,876 --> 00:06:17,477 THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE 200 00:06:17,477 --> 00:06:17,677 CITY 201 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:18,044 BUDGET OFFICE. 202 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:20,513 WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL 203 00:06:20,513 --> 00:06:23,850 AND BUDGET 204 00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:24,450 ANALYSIS AND HELP IN POLICY 205 00:06:24,450 --> 00:06:27,053 DEVELOPMENT AND 206 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:27,920 ANALYSIS. THE FIRST BILL THE 207 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:28,154 BUDGET 208 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:31,157 EXCEPTIONS 209 00:06:31,157 --> 00:06:31,524 ORDINANCE IS A 210 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:32,358 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET BILL THAT 211 00:06:32,358 --> 00:06:33,059 PROVIDES RETROACTIVE 212 00:06:33,059 --> 00:06:34,260 AUTHORITY FOR 2025. 213 00:06:34,260 --> 00:06:35,928 THE TOTAL REQUEST THIS YEAR IS 214 00:06:35,928 --> 00:06:37,263 8.1 MILLION. 215 00:06:37,263 --> 00:06:41,934 THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE 216 00:06:41,934 --> 00:06:43,169 THERE WERE 217 00:06:43,169 --> 00:06:43,770 PORTIONS OF DEPARTMENT 218 00:06:43,770 --> 00:06:44,370 BUDGETS THAT SPENT ABOVE WHAT 219 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:48,574 WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE REVISED 220 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,410 BUDGET FOR 221 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:50,810 2025. 222 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:51,744 TYPICALLY DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES 223 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:52,378 THAT COULDN'T BE ANTICIPATED 224 00:06:52,378 --> 00:06:52,912 WHEN WE TRANSMIT THE 225 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:53,780 FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET OF THE 226 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,948 YEAR, WHICH GETS TRANSMITTED 227 00:06:55,948 --> 00:06:58,985 IN SEPTEMBER ALONGSIDE THE NEXT 228 00:06:58,985 --> 00:07:01,587 YEAR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL. 229 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:03,756 THIS TABLE SUMMARIZES THE 230 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:06,626 BUDGET EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE 231 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:07,093 INCLUDED IN 232 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,294 THIS AND THIS IS BASICALLY 233 00:07:08,294 --> 00:07:12,331 GIVEN AFTER THETHE APPROVAL. 234 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:16,002 THERE ARE SIX 235 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:16,402 DEPARTMENTS THAT 236 00:07:16,402 --> 00:07:16,903 HEAD BUDGET EXCEPTIONS. 237 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:17,570 I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF 238 00:07:17,570 --> 00:07:21,340 EXAMPLES, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER 239 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:21,808 QUESTIONS. 240 00:07:21,941 --> 00:07:22,542 ONE EXAMPLE IS IN THE DEPARTMENT 241 00:07:22,542 --> 00:07:24,243 OF HUMAN RESOURCES. 242 00:07:24,377 --> 00:07:25,745 THIS IS ESSENTIALLY DUE TO 243 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:33,553 MEDICAL CLAIMS THAT CAME 244 00:07:33,553 --> 00:07:33,719 IN 245 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:34,287 HIGHER THAN EXPECTED IN THE 246 00:07:34,287 --> 00:07:34,854 FINAL QUARTER OF THE YEAR. 247 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:35,421 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT UTILITY 248 00:07:35,421 --> 00:07:42,728 TAXES ARE PAID BASED 249 00:07:42,728 --> 00:07:43,763 ON THE REVENUES THEY COLLECT AND 250 00:07:43,763 --> 00:07:44,130 FINAL REVENUES 251 00:07:44,263 --> 00:07:44,831 WERE HIGHER THAN BUDGETED, SO 252 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:45,298 THIS ADDRESSES THAT. 253 00:07:45,431 --> 00:07:46,599 THERE ARE SOME OTHER TECHNICAL 254 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:47,800 CORRECTIONS 255 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:48,267 DESCRIBED HERE, AND 256 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:48,901 THE BUDGET OFFICE CONTINUES TO 257 00:07:48,901 --> 00:07:49,502 PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENTS 258 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:52,605 TO IDENTIFY 259 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:53,239 STRATEGIES TO AVOID THESE ERRORS 260 00:07:53,239 --> 00:07:53,639 IN THE FUTURE. 261 00:07:53,639 --> 00:07:58,444 BUT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO 262 00:07:58,578 --> 00:07:59,178 ANTICIPATE GIVEN THE TIMING OF 263 00:07:59,178 --> 00:08:02,181 WHEN BUDGET LEGISLATION COMES 264 00:08:02,315 --> 00:08:02,515 AROUND. 265 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:03,516 THAT'S A SUMMARY AT A HIGH LEVEL 266 00:08:03,516 --> 00:08:04,717 OF THE EXCEPTIONS BILL. 267 00:08:04,851 --> 00:08:05,952 >> WE'LL PAUSE HERE TO 268 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:06,319 CHECK IN WITH 269 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:06,853 FOLKS TO SEE IF YOU HAVE 270 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:14,494 QUESTIONS ON EXCEPTIONS. 271 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:15,394 >> THANK YOU. 272 00:08:15,394 --> 00:08:18,431 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 273 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:22,602 I NOTICE FOR THE EXCEPTIONS 274 00:08:22,602 --> 00:08:24,604 HERE IT'S A -- THERE'S A BIG 275 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:24,837 AMOUNT, 276 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:28,608 $5 MILLION, FOR 277 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:28,875 EXCEEDED 278 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:29,442 EXPECTATIONS. IT YOU TALK A 279 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:29,842 LITTLE BIT ABOUT 280 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:31,711 THAT OR WE CAN TALK OFFLINE IF 281 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:32,345 YOU NEED TO? 282 00:08:32,478 --> 00:08:34,113 >> I'M HAPPY TO TALK 283 00:08:34,113 --> 00:08:36,215 MORE IN MORE DETAIL OFFLINE. 284 00:08:36,215 --> 00:08:39,285 I DON'T HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF 285 00:08:39,418 --> 00:08:39,986 DETAILS. 286 00:08:39,986 --> 00:08:41,387 SOMETIMES WE ARE 287 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:45,024 SELF-ENSURED, AND WHEN MEDICAL 288 00:08:45,024 --> 00:08:45,324 AND DENTAL 289 00:08:45,324 --> 00:08:45,825 CLAIMS WERE HIGHER THAN 290 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:46,459 EXPECTED, WE BASE THIS ON A 291 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:48,995 LOT OF DATA AND PROJECTIONS OF 292 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:49,395 PAST 293 00:08:49,395 --> 00:08:50,730 HISTORY, AND SOMETIMES 294 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:56,135 THE ACTUALS DON'T MEET THE 295 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:56,402 PATTERN. 296 00:08:56,535 --> 00:08:57,203 THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE'RE 297 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:57,537 SEEING HERE. 298 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:58,104 I'M HAPPY TO GET YOU MORE 299 00:08:58,104 --> 00:08:58,638 DETAILS ON WHAT EXACTLY 300 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:00,339 WAS THERE A SIGNIFICANT AREA 301 00:09:00,339 --> 00:09:00,873 TYPE 302 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:03,075 OF CLAIM OR JUST THE HODGEPODGE. 303 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:06,312 I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, 304 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:06,846 COUNCILMEMBER. 305 00:09:06,846 --> 00:09:10,249 >> THAT WAS A GREAT 306 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:10,549 EXPLANATION 307 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:10,816 ANY WAY. 308 00:09:10,816 --> 00:09:11,517 IF YOU HAVE MORE, THAT'S FINE. 309 00:09:11,517 --> 00:09:12,151 BUT IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 310 00:09:12,151 --> 00:09:13,719 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 311 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:17,223 >> THANK YOU. 312 00:09:17,356 --> 00:09:18,190 I KNOW WE BROUGHT IT UP BRIEFLY 313 00:09:18,190 --> 00:09:18,858 IN THE LAST COMMITTEE, BUT I'LL 314 00:09:18,858 --> 00:09:19,158 ASK AGAIN. 315 00:09:19,158 --> 00:09:20,192 THE HISTORY OF EXCEPTIONS, IT'S 316 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:21,861 MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE 317 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:24,430 BEEN TRENDING IN THE CORRECT 318 00:09:24,430 --> 00:09:27,600 DIRECTION WITH 319 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:28,234 MAYBE A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT COULD 320 00:09:28,234 --> 00:09:31,871 YOU REMIND 321 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:32,038 ME 322 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:32,638 OVER THE PAST, FIVE, SIX, TEN 323 00:09:32,638 --> 00:09:33,406 YEARS, WHAT DIRECTION HAVE 324 00:09:33,406 --> 00:09:35,207 THE DEPARTMENTS BEEN 325 00:09:35,207 --> 00:09:38,244 TRENDING AS FAR AS NEEDING 326 00:09:38,244 --> 00:09:38,678 EXCEPTION REQUESTS? 327 00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:39,445 >> IT'S BEEN TRENDING DOWNWARDS. 328 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:41,814 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 329 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:45,785 THIS IS THE THIRD SMALLEST 330 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:46,519 EXCEPTIONS WE HAVE HAD IN THE 331 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:48,521 PAST -- SINCE 332 00:09:48,521 --> 00:09:50,356 2018. SO EIGHT YEARS. 333 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:54,560 AND I BELIEVE LAST YEAR OR 334 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:55,595 THE YEAR BEFORE WAS THE SMALLEST 335 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:55,761 WE 336 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:56,128 HAVE EVER HAD. 337 00:09:56,128 --> 00:09:59,599 IT'S 338 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:00,199 TRENDING DOWNWARDS. SOME OF 339 00:10:00,199 --> 00:10:00,666 THESE ARE UNAVOIDABLE 340 00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:01,200 BECAUSE HEALTH CARE COSTS 341 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,003 COME IN AS THEY DO AS AN EXAMPLE 342 00:10:04,003 --> 00:10:07,139 AND OUR TAX REVENUES FROM 343 00:10:07,139 --> 00:10:11,143 UTILITIES, SO YES, IT IS 344 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:11,577 TRENDING DOWNWARDS 345 00:10:11,711 --> 00:10:12,211 TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 346 00:10:12,211 --> 00:10:15,114 >> THANK YOU. 347 00:10:15,247 --> 00:10:17,116 >> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? 348 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:18,684 WE'RE NOT VOTING. 349 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:21,587 WE'RE GOING TO BRIEF BOTHBOTH 350 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:21,921 BILLS. 351 00:10:21,921 --> 00:10:23,222 IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER 352 00:10:23,222 --> 00:10:24,323 QUESTIONS, LET'S KEEP TICKING 353 00:10:24,323 --> 00:10:24,590 FORWARD. 354 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:25,691 THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 355 00:10:25,825 --> 00:10:28,694 >> THE SECOND PIECE OF 356 00:10:28,694 --> 00:10:33,299 LEGISLATION BEFORE YOU TODAY IS 357 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,201 121209 IS THE CARRY FORWARD 358 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:35,935 ORDINANCE. THIS IS 359 00:10:35,935 --> 00:10:38,638 TAKING BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS 360 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,806 THAT 361 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:41,007 WERE 362 00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:41,607 APPROVED IN THE 2025 ADOPTED 363 00:10:41,607 --> 00:10:43,142 BUDGET OR REVISED BUDGET THAT 364 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:48,414 WERE NOT COMPLETED IN 365 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:48,714 '25 AND 366 00:10:48,714 --> 00:10:49,181 CARRYING FORWARD THAT 367 00:10:49,181 --> 00:10:49,815 APPROPRIATION, BUT THE SPENDING 368 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:50,349 STILL NEEDS TO OCCUR. 369 00:10:50,349 --> 00:10:55,221 SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF FUNDING GETS 370 00:10:55,221 --> 00:10:55,821 ADDED TO A DEPARTMENT LATE IN 371 00:10:55,821 --> 00:10:56,722 THE YEAR FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF 372 00:10:56,722 --> 00:10:58,891 ACTIVITY, THEY MAY NOT GET 373 00:10:58,891 --> 00:11:00,926 IT FULLY UNDER CONTRACT OR 374 00:11:00,926 --> 00:11:01,193 EXPENDED 375 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:05,765 IN 2025. 376 00:11:05,765 --> 00:11:08,434 BUT IT WAS A POLICY DECISION. 377 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:14,073 THAT ALLOWS THAT WORK TO 378 00:11:14,206 --> 00:11:14,440 CONTINUE. 379 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,107 ON THIS SLIDE, THERE'S A TOTAL 380 00:11:15,107 --> 00:11:16,742 OF ABOUT $138 MILLION OF 381 00:11:16,742 --> 00:11:20,413 CARRY FORWARD 382 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:21,247 REQUESTS ACROSS ALL FUNDS. 383 00:11:21,380 --> 00:11:21,981 I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE 384 00:11:21,981 --> 00:11:23,616 MAJOR ONES. SOME OF THESE ARE 385 00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:23,783 THE 386 00:11:23,783 --> 00:11:24,583 TYPES OF CARRY FORWARDS YOU TEND 387 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:25,217 TO SEE 388 00:11:25,217 --> 00:11:25,551 REGULARLY. 389 00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:29,989 SO BOTH 390 00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:30,623 IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE JUMP 391 00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:31,090 START PAYROLL EXPENSE 392 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:33,626 FUND, YOU SEE CARRY FORWARD FOR 393 00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:34,994 THE EXWITABLE DEVELOPMENT 394 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:35,995 INITIATIVE AWARDS. 395 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:43,569 THOSE ARE AWARDS THAT GET 396 00:11:43,569 --> 00:11:44,036 PROMISED TO COMMUNITY 397 00:11:44,036 --> 00:11:44,670 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON THESE 398 00:11:44,670 --> 00:11:47,106 PROJECTS, BUT IT TAKES SEVERAL 399 00:11:47,106 --> 00:11:53,446 YEARS TO EXPEND 400 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:53,779 THOSE FUNDS. 401 00:11:53,779 --> 00:11:54,413 YOU SEE THOSE REQUESTS FOR THOSE 402 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:55,781 PROJECTS. THEY ARE COMMITTED BUT 403 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:55,948 NOT 404 00:11:55,948 --> 00:11:58,050 YETYET ET UNDER. 405 00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:59,285 SIMILARLY, THE FUNDING THAT 406 00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:01,754 GOES TO THE OFFICE OF HOUSING 407 00:12:01,754 --> 00:12:02,021 FOR 408 00:12:02,021 --> 00:12:03,622 MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS. 409 00:12:03,622 --> 00:12:05,458 AND OTHER LARGER PROJECTS YOU 410 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:07,460 CAN SEE HERE, $2 411 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:09,829 MILLION THAT WAS APPROPRIATED TO 412 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:10,763 THE PARKS 413 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:13,499 DEPARTMENT FOR THE BUDGETING 414 00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:17,970 PROCESS FOR 415 00:12:17,970 --> 00:12:18,637 PUBLIC RESTROOM 416 00:12:18,637 --> 00:12:18,871 ACCESS. 417 00:12:18,871 --> 00:12:19,572 THAT WORK IS STILL VERY MUCH 418 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:20,172 UNDERWAY, BUT HASN'T BEEN 419 00:12:20,172 --> 00:12:20,506 EXPENDED YET. 420 00:12:20,506 --> 00:12:22,708 SO $16 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND, 421 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:24,710 $79 MILLION FROM THE 422 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:26,712 PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX AND $42 423 00:12:26,712 --> 00:12:26,946 MILLION 424 00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:28,848 ACROSS ALL OTHER FUNDS. 425 00:12:28,848 --> 00:12:31,117 $11 MILLION OF THAT IS FROM THE 426 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:32,585 SHORT- TERM RENTAL FUND. 427 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:37,756 SIMILARLY, SUPPORTING THE 428 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:38,858 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 429 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:39,458 INITIATIVE. $17.5 MILLION FOR 430 00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:39,625 THE 431 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:46,398 JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS. 432 00:12:46,398 --> 00:12:47,433 THEN ABOUT 433 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:48,000 ROUGHLY $10 TO $15 MILLION 434 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,467 SPRINKLED ACROSS MANY 435 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:48,934 DEPARTMENTS FOR SMALL 436 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:49,568 CARRY-FORWARD REQUESTS THAT VARY 437 00:12:49,568 --> 00:12:50,603 IN SIZE. 438 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:54,874 HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 439 00:12:55,007 --> 00:13:00,913 >> QUESTIONS ON THIS? 440 00:13:00,913 --> 00:13:02,581 I'M GOING TO JUMP INTO A COUPLE 441 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:03,015 OF THEM. 442 00:13:03,015 --> 00:13:05,484 YOU TALKED ABOUT THE OPCD. 443 00:13:05,484 --> 00:13:09,421 CAN YOU TALK 444 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:12,525 ABOUT THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND 445 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:14,593 WHAT THIS 446 00:13:14,727 --> 00:13:17,029 PROJECT IS? 447 00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:24,103 >> JUST WALK US 448 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:24,436 THROUGH. 449 00:13:24,436 --> 00:13:25,004 YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE 450 00:13:25,004 --> 00:13:26,105 AWARDS. THERE'S ALSO THE YOUTH 451 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:26,305 CARE 452 00:13:26,305 --> 00:13:27,740 SOUTH ANN ANNEX AND THE PUBLIC 453 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:28,440 RESTROOMS. 454 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:32,611 CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH 455 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:32,845 ANY OF 456 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:33,479 THESE PROJECTS AND WHAT THEY ARE 457 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:38,384 AT A HIGH LEVEL? 458 00:13:38,517 --> 00:13:39,051 >> YES. 459 00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:44,089 I'M JUST GOING TO FLIP THROUGH 460 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:44,590 MY NOTES. 461 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:45,191 THE YOUTH CARE REDEVELOPMENT 462 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:46,258 PROJECT, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 463 00:13:46,258 --> 00:13:49,328 DETAILS ON THIS IN FRONT OF ME, 464 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:54,400 BUT THIS IS FOR CAPITAL 465 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:55,134 INVESTMENTS IN THIS PROJECT. 466 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:55,768 IT WAS AWARDED OR COMMITTED TO 467 00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:57,169 THAT ORGANIZATION LAST YEAR 468 00:13:57,169 --> 00:14:02,208 AND HAS NOT YET BEEN EXPENDED. 469 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:02,975 I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH MORE 470 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:03,242 DETAILS. 471 00:14:03,242 --> 00:14:03,909 I'M NOT NECESSARILY THE SUBJECT 472 00:14:03,909 --> 00:14:06,478 MATTER EXPERT ON EVERY 473 00:14:06,478 --> 00:14:06,912 INDIVIDUAL ITEM. 474 00:14:06,912 --> 00:14:09,648 THE RESTROOM ACCESS CAME OUT OF 475 00:14:09,648 --> 00:14:11,784 THAT SEVERAL YEAR PROCESS 476 00:14:11,784 --> 00:14:12,484 ON PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, 477 00:14:12,484 --> 00:14:13,652 AND THAT IS REALLY TO 478 00:14:13,652 --> 00:14:16,222 PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE PARKS 479 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:17,122 DEPARTMENT 480 00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:21,594 TO CONTINUE WORK THAT'S 481 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:22,328 BEEN IN A NUMBER OF FUNDING 482 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:22,561 SOURCES 483 00:14:22,561 --> 00:14:25,130 PRIORITIZE THROUGH PREVIOUS 484 00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:26,298 ADMINISTRATIONS. THIS MAYORAL 485 00:14:26,298 --> 00:14:26,765 ADMINISTRATION 486 00:14:26,765 --> 00:14:28,701 AND THIS COUNCIL TO REALLY 487 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,836 IMPROVE ACCESS TO BATHROOMS IN 488 00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:41,347 OUR PUBLIC PARKS FACILITIES. 489 00:14:42,748 --> 00:14:43,515 THE EARLY LEARNING CAMPUS, THE 490 00:14:43,515 --> 00:14:44,950 $5 MILLION, THAT'S TO 491 00:14:44,950 --> 00:14:46,185 SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR 492 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:46,418 CAPITAL 493 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:46,685 PROJECT. 494 00:14:46,685 --> 00:14:50,222 SO THAT IS FUNDING 495 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:50,856 THAT'S BEEN COMMITTED FOR I 496 00:14:50,856 --> 00:14:51,223 THINK IT A FEW 497 00:14:51,357 --> 00:14:51,957 YEARS AND GETTING CARRY FORWARD 498 00:14:51,957 --> 00:14:56,195 FOR THAT PURPOSE. 499 00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:58,297 IT'S BASED ON THE PROJECT 500 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:00,099 SITE'S DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE. 501 00:15:00,099 --> 00:15:02,301 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THESE 502 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:03,769 TYPES OF COMMUNITY 503 00:15:03,769 --> 00:15:05,704 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING 504 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:06,005 ON CAPITAL 505 00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:06,305 PROJECTS. 506 00:15:06,305 --> 00:15:09,041 THEY REALLY NEED THE COMMIT THE 507 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:11,243 EARLY TO ACHIEVE OTHER FUNDING 508 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:11,577 COMMITMENTS. 509 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:17,049 SO IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR THE 510 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,918 CITY TO 511 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:19,418 HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT. 512 00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:19,952 IN ADVANCE, IN A YEAR OR 513 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:20,452 SOMETIMES SEVERAL YEARS 514 00:15:20,452 --> 00:15:21,587 IN ADVANCE OF WHEN THEY ARE 515 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:26,258 READY TO START DRAWING DOWN 516 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:26,892 THE MONEY. THIS IS MOVING THE 517 00:15:26,892 --> 00:15:27,192 MONEY 518 00:15:27,192 --> 00:15:27,960 INTO THE 519 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,828 BUDGET. SOME OF THESE THINGS MAY 520 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:30,029 COME 521 00:15:30,029 --> 00:15:30,396 UP IN 522 00:15:30,396 --> 00:15:30,963 FUTURE YEARS IF THE PROJECT 523 00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:34,266 DOESN'T PROCEED IN 2026. 524 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:35,801 >> THANK YOU. 525 00:15:35,801 --> 00:15:37,002 AND THE JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS 526 00:15:37,002 --> 00:15:40,105 WAS FOR 527 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:40,639 CLAIMS WE EXPECTED TO PAY 528 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:41,240 LAST YEAR AND NOT NEW CLAIMS 529 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,710 WE'RE EXPECTING AND 530 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:44,943 ADDING 531 00:15:44,943 --> 00:15:45,177 MONEY. 532 00:15:45,177 --> 00:15:45,577 IS THAT CORRECT? 533 00:15:45,577 --> 00:15:46,211 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 534 00:15:46,211 --> 00:15:49,548 IT'S ALWAYS A BIT OF ART 535 00:15:49,548 --> 00:15:54,586 MORE THAN A SCIENCE OF 536 00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:54,887 ESTIMATING 537 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:56,088 WHEN CASES MIGHT CLOSE, WHAT THE 538 00:15:56,088 --> 00:15:56,722 CLAIMS MAY BE AND WHICH FISCAL 539 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:57,790 YEAR THE CLAIM MAY COME IN. 540 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,258 SO THIS IS -- WHAT WE 541 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:02,961 EXPECTED TO PAY OUT IN '25 542 00:16:02,961 --> 00:16:03,228 DIDN'T 543 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:04,263 FULLY COME TO FRUITION. 544 00:16:04,263 --> 00:16:08,267 WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE THIS 545 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:09,268 LIABILITY SO IT'S MOVING THAT 546 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:09,768 BUDGET INTO THIS YEAR. 547 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:10,836 >> THANK YOU. THAT'S BECAUSE 548 00:16:10,836 --> 00:16:11,971 WE'RE 549 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:12,671 HONORING DUE PROCESS FOR IT TO 550 00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:12,938 WORK ITS 551 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:13,505 WALKS THROUGH THE PROCESS. 552 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:13,906 >> CORRECT. 553 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:15,541 >> COLLEAGUES, ANY 554 00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:19,678 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? 555 00:16:19,812 --> 00:16:21,580 I SEE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 556 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:22,181 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. 557 00:16:22,181 --> 00:16:26,885 JUST ABOUT THE JUDGMENT AND 558 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:30,689 CLAIMS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 559 00:16:30,689 --> 00:16:35,427 CAN YOU SPEAK TO 560 00:16:35,427 --> 00:16:36,195 THIS IN A BIGGER PICTURE WAY IN 561 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:36,462 TERMS OF 562 00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:37,096 THE IMPACT AND BUDGET PLANNING? 563 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:40,032 BECAUSE 564 00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:40,666 RECENTLY, THERE WAS THE MASSIVE 565 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,801 HORRIFIC STORY, BUT THE 566 00:16:42,801 --> 00:16:44,303 MASSIVE JUDGMENT AGAINST THE 567 00:16:44,303 --> 00:16:47,606 STATE. 568 00:16:47,606 --> 00:16:48,674 $80 MILLION, THERE'S A 569 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:54,179 GENERAL TREND WHERE THESE 570 00:16:54,179 --> 00:16:54,446 JUDGMENTS 571 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:54,980 AGAINST VARIOUS TYPES OF 572 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:55,614 JURISDICTIONS ARE GOING UP AND 573 00:16:55,614 --> 00:16:57,549 UP AND UP, WHICH ARE 574 00:16:57,549 --> 00:16:59,752 CREATING REALLY BIGS PUBLIC 575 00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:00,085 POLICY 576 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:00,619 ISSUES. 577 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:01,653 THIS IS STARTING TO GET BEYOND 578 00:17:01,653 --> 00:17:05,724 A SMALL JUDGMENT HERE AND THERE. 579 00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:07,659 THIS IS BECOMING BIG MONEY, 580 00:17:07,659 --> 00:17:08,894 FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY OF 581 00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:09,128 SAYING 582 00:17:09,128 --> 00:17:09,294 IT. 583 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:14,533 SO WHAT IS THE 584 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:14,900 THOUGHT PROCESS 585 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:15,467 BEHIND THE BUDGET OFFICE IN 586 00:17:15,467 --> 00:17:16,101 TERMS OF APPROACHING THIS? IS 587 00:17:16,101 --> 00:17:19,938 THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE 588 00:17:19,938 --> 00:17:20,572 ENGAGING IN TERMS OF STATE LAW? 589 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:21,874 WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED? 590 00:17:21,874 --> 00:17:23,308 ALL OF THE ABOVE. 591 00:17:23,308 --> 00:17:32,251 WHAT'S OUR INSURANCE COSTS, 592 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:33,852 FOR EXAMPLE? 593 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:34,820 >> SO OUR INSURANCE COSTS, WE'RE 594 00:17:34,820 --> 00:17:35,421 JUST UPDATING THAT. IN JULY I 595 00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:37,756 WILL BE COMING 596 00:17:37,756 --> 00:17:37,990 BACK TO 597 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:38,624 THIS COMMITTEE WITH THE MID-YEAR 598 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:39,525 SUPPLEMENTAL. I CAN PREPARE A 599 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,292 COUPLE MORE 600 00:17:40,292 --> 00:17:42,060 DETAILED SLIDES ON THIS ISSUE 601 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:42,494 IN PARTICULAR. 602 00:17:42,494 --> 00:17:44,696 IT IS A PARTICULAR AREA 603 00:17:44,696 --> 00:17:45,998 OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW, AND SO 604 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:50,569 WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR 605 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:51,003 BUDGET AND 606 00:17:51,003 --> 00:17:51,737 THE JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS FUND, 607 00:17:51,737 --> 00:17:53,839 WHAT WE ARE BUDGETING ANNUALLY 608 00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:55,908 IS BASED ON OUR 609 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,776 ACTUAL WARE Y'ALL REPORTS AND 610 00:17:57,776 --> 00:17:57,943 THE 611 00:17:57,943 --> 00:17:59,178 TRENDS AND THAT SORT OF THING. 612 00:17:59,178 --> 00:18:02,247 WE HAVE HAD SOME MAJOR 613 00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:04,983 CASES THAT KIND OF DON'T FOLLOW 614 00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:05,150 THE 615 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:07,653 TREND, SO WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING 616 00:18:07,653 --> 00:18:09,721 SOME RESERVES FOR THIS TYPE OF 617 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:10,022 THING. 618 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:13,625 SO I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS -- 619 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:14,760 WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE 620 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:21,567 ARE COMING TOWARDS THE END OF 621 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:21,767 THOSE 622 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:25,104 MAJOR 623 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:25,637 JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS THAT 624 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:26,338 IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS WE'LL SORT 625 00:18:26,338 --> 00:18:26,905 OF GO BACK TO THE NORM, BUT 626 00:18:26,905 --> 00:18:29,141 IT IS A CONTINUING AREA OF 627 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:30,809 INCREASED RISK FOR THE CITY. 628 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:36,115 OUR INSURANCE COSTS ARE 629 00:18:36,115 --> 00:18:36,482 GOING 630 00:18:36,482 --> 00:18:36,882 UP. 631 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:37,516 I CAN START TO PREVIEW SOME OF 632 00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:38,116 THAT IN JULY AND THEN WHEN I 633 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:41,720 DELIVER THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER, 634 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:42,521 I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS. 635 00:18:42,521 --> 00:18:43,155 WE'LL ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT OUR 636 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:43,655 COSTS WILL BE OR WHAT 637 00:18:43,655 --> 00:18:46,859 OUR PREDICTED COSTS ARE FOR '26. 638 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,061 I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, THE 639 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:53,432 CITY BUDGET OFFICE, THE CITY 640 00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:55,000 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE OFFICE 641 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:55,167 OF 642 00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:56,969 CITY FINANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT 643 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:58,704 GROUP ALONG WITH COUNCIL 644 00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:01,273 CENTRAL STAFF ARE ON A JUDGMENT 645 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:02,875 AND 646 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:03,709 CLAIMS COMMITTEE. 647 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,477 WE'RE IN REGULAR KRGS TO TRY 648 00:19:05,477 --> 00:19:06,612 TO TRACK AND UNDERSTAND 649 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:08,614 BETTER WAYS TO PREDICT THESE 650 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,182 COSTS AND TO 651 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:13,018 THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, 652 00:19:13,018 --> 00:19:14,920 IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE 653 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,687 THE CITY 654 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:20,826 RISKS, BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT 655 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:21,527 TO 656 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:22,127 PREDICT PARTICULARLY IN A 657 00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:23,762 JURY TRIAL. YOU HAVE ACTUAL 658 00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:25,230 ATTORNEYS ON THE 659 00:19:25,230 --> 00:19:26,298 DIYAS WHO HAVE MORE 660 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:28,534 EXPERIENCE THAN I DO AND OUR 661 00:19:28,534 --> 00:19:29,201 ABILITY TO 662 00:19:29,201 --> 00:19:33,472 GET -- THE COST OF INSURANCE IS 663 00:19:33,605 --> 00:19:34,273 GOING UP SIGNIFICANTLY. I WILL 664 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:34,740 PROVIDE MORE DETAILS 665 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:38,477 IN THE MID- YEAR AS WELL AS IN 666 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:38,710 THE 667 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:39,077 BUDGET. 668 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:39,845 BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE 669 00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:40,512 TRACKING VERY CAREFULLY ASK 670 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:44,049 HOPING THAT WE START TO GET 671 00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:46,485 BACK TO A MORE NORMAL STEADY 672 00:19:46,485 --> 00:19:46,685 STATE 673 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:48,420 VERSUS THESE WILD SWINGS 674 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:51,957 WHERE WE HAVE SEEN 20, 30, $40 675 00:19:51,957 --> 00:19:52,191 MILLION 676 00:19:52,191 --> 00:19:53,425 INCREASES IN OUR ANNUAL 677 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:54,826 COSTS FOR JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS. 678 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,929 >> I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT. 679 00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:58,063 I DON'T HAVE MUCH CONFIDENCE. 680 00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:59,932 I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MOVING INTO 681 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:01,200 A NEW NORMAL. 682 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:02,701 THAT'S A CONCERN. 683 00:20:02,701 --> 00:20:06,905 SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. 684 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:08,173 I'LL CONTINUE TO BE 685 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:09,641 CONSERVATIVE IN OUR RESERVE 686 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:10,209 OPTIONS AND 687 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:10,943 TRY TO BE 688 00:20:10,943 --> 00:20:11,543 OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HOPING FOR A 689 00:20:11,543 --> 00:20:17,416 BETTER FUTURE. 690 00:20:17,549 --> 00:20:20,018 >> COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER 691 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:20,319 QUESTIONS? 692 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:21,954 WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE 693 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:23,522 INTO VOTING ON THESE BILLS. 694 00:20:23,522 --> 00:20:32,431 IF YOU COULD MOVE THE SLIDE TO 695 00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:34,866 121208. 696 00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:36,868 AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO 697 00:20:36,868 --> 00:20:39,705 MOVE AND 698 00:20:39,705 --> 00:20:40,205 VOTE ON THE EXCEPTIONS 699 00:20:40,205 --> 00:20:42,007 ORDINANCE. AND A AT THIS TIME, I 700 00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:47,179 RECOMMEND TO MOVE PASSAGE OF 701 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:47,412 121208. 702 00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:47,946 IS THERE A SECOND? 703 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:48,347 >> SECOND. 704 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,514 >> THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 705 00:20:49,514 --> 00:20:50,382 AND SECONDED 706 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:52,985 TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF COUNCIL 707 00:20:52,985 --> 00:20:54,419 BILL 121208. 708 00:20:54,419 --> 00:20:55,420 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER 709 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:57,589 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE 710 00:20:57,589 --> 00:20:58,323 TAKE THE 711 00:20:58,323 --> 00:21:01,360 VOTE? 712 00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:02,027 SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK 713 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:07,065 PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON 714 00:21:07,065 --> 00:21:08,200 THE PASSAGE OF 715 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:08,433 121208. 716 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:08,967 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 717 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,535 >> AYE. 718 00:21:10,669 --> 00:21:13,872 >> YES. 719 00:21:14,072 --> 00:21:14,673 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 720 00:21:14,673 --> 00:21:14,940 >> AYE. 721 00:21:15,073 --> 00:21:20,112 >> VICE CHAIR COUNCILMEMBER 722 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:20,345 RIVERA? 723 00:21:20,479 --> 00:21:21,046 >> THANK YOU. 724 00:21:21,179 --> 00:21:21,747 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 725 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:25,550 THAT COUNCIL BILL 726 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:25,917 121208 WILL BE 727 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:26,551 SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS 728 00:21:26,551 --> 00:21:26,818 APPROVED. 729 00:21:26,818 --> 00:21:27,686 WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING IT 730 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:29,288 AT THE FULL CITY COUNCIL 731 00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:29,554 MEETING. 732 00:21:29,554 --> 00:21:31,690 NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 733 00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:33,492 ITEM IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE 734 00:21:33,492 --> 00:21:36,528 SLIDE TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE 735 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:38,730 OF THE CARRY FORWARD 736 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:43,735 ORDINANCE, WHICH IS BILL 121209. 737 00:21:43,869 --> 00:21:45,203 AT THIS TIME I MOVE TO RECOMMEND 738 00:21:45,203 --> 00:21:45,904 A PASSAGE 739 00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:47,339 OF 121209. IS THERE A SECOND? 740 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:48,006 >> SECOND. 741 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:49,775 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 742 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:50,442 SECONDED. 743 00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:51,643 THE CARRY FORWARD BILL. 744 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:57,082 ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 745 00:21:57,082 --> 00:21:57,549 SEEING NONE, WILL THE 746 00:21:57,549 --> 00:22:00,118 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? 747 00:22:00,252 --> 00:22:03,321 >> COUNCILMEMBER 748 00:22:03,321 --> 00:22:03,655 KETTLE? 749 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,691 >> AYE. 750 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:09,528 >> 751 00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:10,128 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? 752 00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:10,462 >> YES. 753 00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:12,531 >> RIVERA? 754 00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:13,165 >> YES. 755 00:22:13,298 --> 00:22:13,699 >> STRAUSS? 756 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:18,303 >> YES. 757 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:18,737 >> 758 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:19,337 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 759 00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:19,938 THAT THE COUNCIL PASS 121209 760 00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:22,874 WILL BE SENT TO 761 00:22:22,874 --> 00:22:23,241 THE FULL CITY 762 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:23,642 COUNCIL MEETING. 763 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:24,276 THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR ITEMS OF 764 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:24,810 BUSINESS TODAY. 765 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:27,212 PREVIEWING OUR WORK IN JULY 766 00:22:27,212 --> 00:22:29,347 AS THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED, WE'LL 767 00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:31,750 BE TAKING UP THE MID- 768 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:32,818 YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL. 769 00:22:32,818 --> 00:22:34,152 THIS IS OUR ONE OPPORTUNITY TO 770 00:22:34,152 --> 00:22:35,854 MAKE CHANGES MID-YEAR. 771 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:42,694 I WILL TELL YOU THAT WITH THE 772 00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:43,495 UPCOMING BUDGET THIS FALL, THIS 773 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:44,062 IS THE FIRST TIME IN A FEW 774 00:22:44,062 --> 00:22:45,697 YEARS WE HAVE HAD TO 775 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:46,365 BUDGET FOR TWO YEARS RATHER THAN 776 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:46,565 ONE. 777 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:48,066 WE HAVE TO BALANCE TWO YEARS 778 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:49,668 OF BUDGETING RATHER THAN A 779 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:49,901 SINGLE 780 00:22:49,901 --> 00:22:54,272 YEAR, WHICH 781 00:22:54,272 --> 00:22:54,673 MADE LAST YEAR A 782 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:55,307 LITTLE MORE EASY. WE HAVE ALSO 783 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,641 TAKEN A LOT OF 784 00:22:56,641 --> 00:22:59,044 THE 785 00:22:59,044 --> 00:22:59,611 EASIER OR MID-TO DIFFICULT 786 00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:03,949 DECISIONS REGARDING 787 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:04,249 THE BUDGET 788 00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:04,850 TO BRING US INTO BALANCE OVER 789 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:05,283 THE LAST FEW YEARS. 790 00:23:05,283 --> 00:23:07,586 WE STILL HAVE A 791 00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:08,253 STRUCTURAL 792 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:08,620 BUDGET DEFICIT. 793 00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:09,187 THIS IS GOING TO BE A MORE 794 00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:09,821 DIFFICULT YEAR, WHICH MAKE THIS 795 00:23:09,821 --> 00:23:10,388 IS MID- YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL 796 00:23:10,388 --> 00:23:11,256 A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN 797 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:17,162 OTHERS. SO FOR ME, 798 00:23:17,162 --> 00:23:17,562 YOU WILL SEE THAT 799 00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:18,096 I'LL BE BRINGING A FEW 800 00:23:18,096 --> 00:23:18,530 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE 801 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:19,197 APPROPRIATING FUNDS THAT WE 802 00:23:19,197 --> 00:23:19,831 ALREADY HELD IN LAST YEAR'S 803 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:21,700 BUDGET, BUT I'M GOING TO BE 804 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:24,903 VERY 805 00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:25,904 LIMITED IN ASKING FOR NEW 806 00:23:25,904 --> 00:23:27,239 MONEY, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT, 807 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:27,439 IF I 808 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:31,376 WAS IN THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION, 809 00:23:31,376 --> 00:23:32,577 IF 810 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:33,345 THERE WAS NEW SPENDING ADDED, I 811 00:23:33,345 --> 00:23:33,945 WOULD STILL BE WAITING UNTIL 812 00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:37,682 THE FULL BUDGET TO SEE HOW THAT 813 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:38,316 MONEY IS BUDGETED FOR THE 814 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:39,017 FOLLOWING YEAR. SO THAT'S A 815 00:23:39,017 --> 00:23:39,251 LITTLE 816 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:44,523 DIFFERENT ABOUT 817 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:45,257 THIS YEAR'S MID-YEAR 818 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:45,891 SUPPLEMENTAL THAN OTHER YEARS. 819 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:46,525 I KNOW WE'RE STILL WORKING TO 820 00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:47,959 HAVE AS EASY OF A BUDGET 821 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:50,495 PROCESS THIS FALL AS POSSIBLE, 822 00:23:50,495 --> 00:23:50,896 BUT IT IS 823 00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:56,067 JUST CANDIDLY MORE DIFFICULT TO 824 00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:56,301 BUDGET 825 00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:57,369 FOR TWO YEARS. 826 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,271 THE EASY TO MID- 827 00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:00,305 DIFFICULT DECISIONS HAVE BEEN 828 00:24:00,305 --> 00:24:01,440 MADE, AND WE 829 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:06,578 STILL HAVE THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET 830 00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:08,246 DEFICIT. SO WE'LL 831 00:24:08,246 --> 00:24:08,814 BE TAKING UP THE MID-YEAR 832 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:09,147 SUPPLEMENTAL 833 00:24:09,147 --> 00:24:10,081 BUDGET AS WELL AS HAVING CHECK- 834 00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:10,982 INS A 835 00:24:10,982 --> 00:24:13,685 ABOUT THE PROGRESS ON THE TRIBAL 836 00:24:13,819 --> 00:24:14,519 SUMMIT AND THE 837 00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:15,987 DEPARTMENT'S WORK ON THAT, SO 838 00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:17,322 IF IT YOU DO 839 00:24:17,322 --> 00:24:20,992 HAVE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN YOUR PER 840 00:24:20,992 --> 00:24:22,160 VIEW THAT HAVE ACTION ITEMS FOR 841 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:22,327 THE 842 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,595 SUMMIT, IT WILL BE A GOOD 843 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:26,131 TIME FOR US TO CALL YOU IN TO 844 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:29,234 HELP TO 845 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:29,868 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING 846 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:30,035 OUR 847 00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:30,635 OBJECTIVES IF DEPARTMENTS ARE 848 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:31,069 NOT AT THIS TIME. 849 00:24:31,069 --> 00:24:35,473 THAT'S THE CHAIR'S REPORT AT 850 00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:35,640 THE 851 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:36,374 END OF THE MEETING RATHER THAN 852 00:24:36,374 --> 00:24:36,741 THE BEGINNING. 853 00:24:36,741 --> 00:24:37,309 COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY 854 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:37,976 QUESTIONS QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING 855 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:38,343 I JUST SHARED? 856 00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:40,011 SEEING AS WE HAVE NO 857 00:24:40,011 --> 00:24:40,979 QUESTIONS AND NO FURTHER 858 00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:41,346 BUSINESS BEFORE 859 00:24:41,346 --> 00:24:42,447 THE COMMITTEE, THIS 860 00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:44,983 DOES CONCLUDE THE TUESDAY, JUNE 861 00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:45,917 16th 862 00:24:45,917 --> 00:24:48,720 MEETING OF THE FINANCE 863 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:49,454 GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE. 864 00:24:49,454 --> 00:24:53,258 OUR NEXT 865 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:54,492 MEETING IS J