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From YouTube: City Council Budget Work Session – April 27, 2021
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NOTE: The first 3-4 minutes of the meeting (primarily introductions) were not streamed due to a technical issue.
A
Just
questions
and
so
forth-
and
I
I
this
presentation,
I
believe,
maggie's
posted
online.
A
We
also
have
responses
to
the
questions
that
you
all
asked
at
our
last
work
session,
and
so
that's
online
and
we've
also
emailed
that
information
until
you
all
next
slide,
please
the
as
has
been
in
our
previous
work
sessions,
the
heavy
lifting
will
actually
be
from
staff
taylor
floyd,
as
well
as
from
tony
mcdowell,
but
I
will
just
kind
of
summarize
out
of
all
of
the
information
that's
going
to
be
presented
to
you.
A
Just
if
you
don't
remember
anything
if
you
can
remember
these
three
things:
making
budget
and
service
delivery
changes
based
on
a
lot
of
internal
work,
community
input
and
council
priorities.
I
mean
we
really
have
focused
a
tremendous
amount
of
time
on
the
strategy
going
through
this
budget
work
session
of
what
is
it
that
we
want
to
do?
A
What
are
the
things
that
are
important
to
the
community
and
looking
internally
at
our
operations,
to
see
if
there
are
things
that
we
could
do
differently,
we
knew
that
we
didn't
have
a
whole
lot
of
revenue,
so
we
thought
about
well,
since
we
don't
have
new
revenue,
how
can
we
look
at
how
we
are
doing
things
and
do
them
actually
maybe
differently
or
possibly
even
do
different
things
and
all
of.
B
A
Has
been
based
on
again
input
from
the
community
as
well
as
looking
at
your
council
priorities,
there's
limited
funding
available
to
make
new
investments
in
council
priorities,
at
least
in
terms
of
of
where
we
are
with
our
general
fund
and
the
balance.
And
then
the
budget
adoption
is
is
just
a
step
in
an
ongoing
process,
and
what
we
mean
by
that
is
that
we
are
consistently
having
internal
conversations
about
how
we
deliver
services
differently,
that
we
do
them
better
and
that
we
be
more
impactful.
A
So
I
don't
want
the
community
to
think
that,
just
because
the
budget
has
been
adopted
that
we're
going
to
stop
having
the
conversations,
I
think
important
and
informed
conversations
we've
been
having
with
the
community
that
work
will
continue.
A
I
think
I'm
supposed
to
turn
it
over
to
taylor
now
who
is
going
to
begin
this
discussion
and
want
to
thank
staff
because
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
work,
that's
gone
into
these
presentations
between
the
times
that
that
we
meet
so
appreciate
all
the
work
that
they've
done
and
taylor
I'll
turn
it
off
to
you
now.
C
Thank
you
very
much
good
afternoon,
mayor
and
council.
So
I'm
gonna
start
just
kind
of
you
know
a
broad
overview
of
the
process.
What
you
all
have
done,
what
we've
done
internally
in
the
community
engagement
so
next
slide,
starting
with
key
budget
dates
for
council.
As
deborah
mentioned,
we
started
the
work.
Last
year
last
calendar
year
there
have
been
several
council
work
sessions,
one
change
from
the
last
few
times
that
you
all
have
seen
this.
C
C
So
these
next
three
slides
again
trying
to
kind
of
just
give
an
overview
of
the
internal
process,
our
community
engagement
work
and
then
also
the
work
that
you
all
have
done,
and
hopefully
again
it
is
a
review.
But
starting
with
the
internal
process,
you
know
we
kicked
off
last
year,
still
working
through
two
crises
that
started
in
2020.
C
The
pandemic
and
social
unrest
born
out
of
racial
justice,
and
you
know
we
wanted
to
use
those
as
an
opportunity
to
push
our
budget
process
and
our
decision
making
in
maybe
a
little
bit
of
a
different
way
than
we
we
do
in
a
normal
year.
We
were
also
expecting
limited
new
revenue,
so
we
didn't
think
we'd
have
a
lot
to
work
with,
which
was
all
the
more
reason
to
kind
of
push
on
that.
C
You
know
135-ish
million
dollars
in
the
general
fund
and
look
to
that
instead
of
kind
of
looking
at
new
new
things
that
we
could
do
and
a
few
things
that
we
identified
from
that
work
with
staff
one.
C
Just
simply
that
we
have
too
few
resources
spread
over
our
services,
the
second,
the
differences
in
community
access
to
information
into
the
organization
itself,
be
that
staff
be
that
you
all
or
or
other
things
leads
to
inconsistent
service
delivery
for
for
the
community
and
then
last
is
that,
despite
the
fact
that
we've
put
a
lot
of
effort
into
more
community
engagement
and
more
equitable
engagement,
just
to
note
that
we
inclusive
community
input
has
been
a
challenge
for
us
to
obtain
and
how
we
want
to
try
to
respond
to
those
challenges
are
really
with
two
main
things.
C
One
is
refocusing
our
engagement
at
the
neighborhood
level
and
the
second
is
developing
clear
data
informed
framework
for
decision
making
and
really
what
we
want
to
do
is
take
these
strategies
and
apply
them
both
to
the
priorities,
the
new
things
we
try
to
do
and
our
existing
services.
It's
about
really
trying
to
do
everything
that
we
do
in
a
better
and
more
equitable
way,
and
I.
C
So
looking
at
the
external
engagement
and
what
we've
done,
you
know,
we
wanted
to
continue
the
conversation
that
started
with
reimagining
public
safety
work
in
2020,
and
we
tried
to
do
that
in
this
unique
time
in
which
we
live
with
two
main
things.
C
We
we
had
an
online
survey
and
we
did
six
virtual
community
engagement
sessions
which
wrapped
up
last
week
and
some
of
the
things
that
we
heard
through
that
through
that
survey
and
those
sessions
were
that
people
really
wanted
to
better
understand
how
their
personal
lives
were
impacted
by
the
city
budget.
C
The
second
and
I
think
this
links
back
to
that
internal
work
is
people
want
more
access
to
city
staff
and
services
and
then
also
again
linking
to
that
internal
work,
support
for
neighborhoods,
more
support
for
neighborhoods,
so
looking
to
strategies
response
strategies
to
those
challenges.
One
is
we
want
to
use
that
work.
C
You
know,
use
those
strategies
we
identified
internally
to
help
us
achieve
these
goals
as
well,
and
then
more
specifically,
we're
hoping
to
do
some
add
some
funding
for
small-scale
neighborhood
investment
to
help
that
support
with
neighborhoods
and
to
help
our
community
engagement
efforts
along
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
later
next
slide.
C
You
know
that
has
been
a
process-
that's
developed
over
time,
starting
from
the
vision,
2036
statement
that
was,
I
believe,
adapted
in
2016
to
the
work
that
was
done
in
2019
to
identify
those
priority
strategies,
those
13
strategies
to
the
most
recent
city
council
retreat,
where
you
all
identified
your
your
four
priorities
listed
there
reparations
reimagining,
public
safety,
employee
compensation
and
utilization
of
rescue
plan
funding
and
again
I
know
I
probably
sound
a
little
bit
repetitive
here,
but
how
we
want
to
try
to
get
these
things
done
and
try
to
accomplish.
C
These
things
is
to
utilize
those
strategies
that
we
identify
to
help
guide
our
future
investments
in
priorities
and
we're
going
to
discuss
some
of
those
ongoing
and
some
potential
new
investments
later
on
in
this
presentation-
and
I
also
want
to
make
note-
you'll-
see
sort
of
a
combination
of
these
three
slides
a
couple
different
times.
We
want
to
just
make
sure
that
we're
highlighting
the
connections
between
that
internal
work,
community
engagement
and
the
priorities
throughout
the
presentation
so
next
slide
any
questions
on
any
of
that
review
before
we
get
into
the
next
section
all
right.
F
Good
afternoon
folks,
mayor
city,
council,
thanks
taylor
for
that
kickoff
and
update
on
on
the
process.
So
the
next
section
of
the
presentation
is
going
to
be
a
review
of
some
information.
We
provided
you
all
in
march,
a
financial
update
and
we're
going
to
update
you
all
on
some
of
the
numbers
that
we
provided
back
in
march.
It's
been
about
four
to
six
weeks,
since
we
gave
you
an
update
on
the
general
fund
and
the
enterprise
funds
and
the
status
of
those
of
our
activities
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
F
So
next
slide,
please
so
just
as
a
reminder
that
there
were
a
number
of
things
we
did
this
year
to
balance
the
budget
a
year
ago.
This
time
we
were
looking
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
and
we
were
expecting
a
prolonged
economic
downturn
or
downturn
that
at
least
lasted
for
12
months
or
so
so
we
took
a
number
of
steps
to
balance
the
budget.
This
year
we
appropriated
fund
balance.
F
F
So
just
an
update
on
revenue.
So
when
we
talked
to
you
all
back
in
march
about
the
general
fund
and
how
we
were
performing
this
fiscal
year,
we
had
five
months
of
sales
tax
data
at
that
point
and
our
sales
taxes
were
up
about
5.8
at
that
point,
and
we
showed
you
all
the
chart
we
had
assumed
going
into
this
fiscal
year
that
we
would
see
some
pretty
significant
sales
tax
declines,
but
instead
we
had
actually
seen
sales
tax
growth
and
that's
continued.
Since
we
last
talked
to
you
all.
F
F
The
other
two
points
on
this
slide
were
carry
over
from
our
previous
presentation
want
to
point
out
again
that
we
did
see
better
than
expected
growth
in
our
property
tax
base
this
year
and
that
our
other
general
fund
revenues,
some
of
which
we
have
been
concerned
about
because
of
the
because
of
the
economy,
particularly
in
development
services.
In
other
areas,
those
revenues
generally
are
on
budget
for
the
current
fiscal
year.
F
Next
slide
on
the
expense
side,
really
no
update
on
the
expense
side
on
the
general
fund,
we're
continuing
to
see
operating
costs
at
the
level.
We
would
expect
through
this
point
in
the
fiscal
year,
so
they're
on
budget.
So
far
we
were
able
to
achieve
the
savings
that
I
mentioned
earlier
that
we
built
into
the
budget
from
the
hiring
freeze
and
so
achieving
those
savings.
We've
actually
achieved
a
little
more
than
we
had
planned.
F
We
that
allowed
us
to
utilize
some
of
those
savings
to
provide
a
frontline
and
on-site
pay
recognition
for
employees
back
in
december,
and
we
utilized
some
of
the
savings
from
the
hiring
freeze
and
vacancies,
as
well
as
some
money
that
we
received
from
the
cares
act
to
fund
those
payments
back
in
december.
B
F
So
just
to
summarize
on
the
general
fund,
revenues
are
trending
better
than
expected,
particularly
sales
taxes.
The
budget
strategies
that
we
utilize
to
balance
the
budget
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year,
in
particular.
The
the
vacancies
that
we
held,
held
open,
are
helping
us
in
the
short
term
and
an
unassigned
fund.
Balance
at
the
end
of
this
fiscal
year
will
likely
exceed
our
policy
target
by
by
a
slight
amount.
F
So,
moving
on
to
our
enterprise
funds,
a
quick
update
on
those-
and
so
we
have
six
enterprise
funds
here
at
the
city
and
if
you
remember
back,
those
are
funds
that
operate
similarly
to
private
businesses,
and
so
these
first
three
that
we
have
on
this
slide
are
our
enterprise
funds
that
operate
that
are
that
are
totally
funded
by
fees
and
require
no
subsidy
from
the
general
fund
and
in
general,
the
story
across
all
of
these
enterprise
funds.
All
three
of
these
enterprise
funds
is
that
they're
on
budget
for
the
current
fiscal
year.
F
F
The
proposed
fee
increases
were
reviewed
last
tuesday
by
the
finance
committee
and
received
their
endorsement,
and
those
will
be
coming
to
city
council
on
may
11th,
for
you,
all's
review
and
and
vote
at
that
time
in
the
stormwater
fund
again
on
on
budget
in
the
current
fiscal
year,
we
did
not
recommend
any
changes
to
the
stormwater
fee
for
next
year
to
start
the
fiscal
year.
F
We
are
recommending
that
council
and
the
finance
committee
review
the
stormwater
fund
midway
through
the
year
or
after
the
start
of
next
fiscal
year
and
take
a
look
at
the
fee
and
the
needs
in
that
fund,
because,
even
though
we're
not
recommending
a
fee
increase
at
this
point,
there
are
some
pretty
substantial
operating
and
capital
needs
in
our
stormwater
fund,
and
we
want
to
take
more
of
a
deep
dive
with
you
all
with
and
potentially
come
back
and
look
at
a
fee
increase
in
the
middle
of
next
fiscal
year
and
really
on
the
streak.
F
I
find
nothing
to
report.
It's
a
self-sustaining
fund
that
we
charge
utilities
for
when
they
use
our
services
to
to
cut
the
street
and
we
go
out
and
patch
those.
So
really
nothing
on
the
streetcup
funded
report
next
slide,
so
the
other
enterprise
funds,
the
ones
on
this
slide-
have
been
more
directly
impacted
by.
F
Downturn,
hcca,
the
civic
center
and
transit
in
particular,
we
wanted
to
highlight
both
of
those
funds
do
receive
a
subsidy
from
the
general
fund
and
revenue
in
all
these
funds
is
down
and
in
particular
in
the
civic
center
in
parking,
and
we
talked
to
you
all
a
little
bit
about
this
at
your
previous
work
session.
F
Their
revenues
are
down,
we've
updated
those
numbers
a
little
bit
and
those
revenues
in
both
those
funds
do
continue
to
be
down
significant
significantly
from
where
they're
at
last
year
and
from
what
we
had
budgeted
for
the
current
year
as
well.
So
we
are
going
to
be
recommending
that
we
prioritize
using
the
american
rescue
fund
dollars
to
cover
some
of
the
losses
in
each
of
those
funds.
Those
funds
did
have
some
fund
balance
when
the
when
the
economic
downturn
began.
F
We
are
at
least
in
the
civic
center.
We
are
beginning
to
see
positive
trends
for
next
fiscal
year,
there's
a
significant
number
of
events
that
are
booked
for
the
fall
and
winter,
and
so,
if
friends
continue
on
positive
trends,
continue
on
the
on
this.
In
terms
of
the
pandemic,
we
will
likely
see
a
return
to
a
somewhat
normal
schedule
at
the
civic
center
in
terms
of
booked
events
moving
forward.
So
that's
good
news
for
next
fiscal
year,
we're
also
in
the
parking
fund
proposing
some
fee
changes.
F
Those
fee
changes,
just
like
the
water
ones,
were
reviewed
by
the
finance
committee.
Last
week
there
was
a
slight
modification
requested
to
the
fee
changes
which
was
then
approved
and
sent
to
council
for
its
approved
for
its
consideration
on
may
11th
and
then
finally,
in
the
transit
fund.
As
you
all
know,
we
highlighted
this
in
our
last
or
one
of
our
previous
work
sessions
with
you
all.
F
F
We
do
think
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
utilize
federal
funds
to
cover
some
of
those,
some
of
the
lost
revenue
and
the
additional
expenses
in
that
fund-
and
I
think
one
good
bit
of
good
news
in
the
transit
fund
is.
It
does
appear
at
this
point
that
the
state
funding
that
was
now
provided
last
year,
which
is
about
1.1
million
dollars.
F
The
smap
funding
that
we
refer
to
there
on
the
on
the
slide,
so
some
good
news
on
the
transit
fund.
We
do
have
a
slight
increase,
and
we
mentioned
this
to
you
all
last
time
as
well,
for
for
the
contract
just
to
continue
providing
ongoing
service
next
year
in
the
transit
fund.
A
Information
can
I
jump
in
this
is
deborah.
It
looks
like
we
may
be
having
some
technical
difficulty,
it
looks
like
everyone's
camera
is
off
and
everyone
is
muted.
So
it's
kind
of
it's
going
to
be
hard
for
us
to.
Let's
see
sages
back
in
it's.
A
A
Yeah
everybody's
coming
in
slowly,
so
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we
couldn't
see
you
all
if
you
had
now
you're
going
out
if
you
were
getting
ready
to
to
speak,
so
it
might
be
best
to
just
turn
off
your
turn
on
your
mic.
I'm
sorry!
If
you
want
to
speak
because
it's
just
going
to
be
difficult
for
us
to.
G
F
F
In
particular,
we're
going
to
focus
in
on
the
general
fund
based
budget
over
the
next
few
slides
and
then
I'll
turn
it
back
over
to
taylor
and
you'll
walk
us
through
some
of
the
additional
investments
and
priorities
that
we're
looking
at
discussing
with
you
all
for
next
fiscal
year.
So
just
in
terms
of
the
base
budget-
and
you
can
go
the
next
slide
again.
F
What
as
taylor
mentioned
at
the
beginning,
we
we
wanted
to
to
reiterate,
as
we
go
through
the
presentation,
some
of
the
things
that
we've
heard
as
a
part
of
our
internal
and
external
engagement
work
that
we've
been
doing
over
the
next
few
weeks
and
kind
of
tie
that
in
to
the
story
that
we're
telling
you
all
about
the
base
budget,
as
well
as
our
proposals
for
next
year,
and
so
before.
I
kind
of
get
into
the
numbers
on
the
base
budget.
F
F
The
two
few
resources
spread
over
services
because
I
think
what
you're
going
to
see
as
we
go
through
the
next
few
slides
and
we
shared
some
of
this
information
with
you
all
at
the
last
work
session,
we
are
seeing
some
revenue
growth
in
the
general
fund
and
but
it's
not
revenue
growth.
That's
going
to
be
enough
to
allow
us
to
absorb
anything
above
and
beyond.
F
Really
the
initial
cost
increases
that
we're
seeing
next
year
for
things
like
personnel
for
operating
costs,
inflationary
things
and
inflationary
increases,
and
things
like
that,
and
so
it's
really
going
to
be.
The
base
budget
is
going
to
be
a
continuation
of
a
story
where
it's
too
few
resources
spread
over
the
services
that
we're
trying
to
provide,
and
that
really
impacts.
F
So
when
you
put
all
that
together,
we're
looking
at
revenue
growth
in
the
general
fund
next
year
about
5.6
million
dollars
next
slide
on
the
expense
side,
and
we
showed
you
most
of
all.
Most
of
these,
I
think
at
the
last
work
session,
we
do
have
some
expense
drivers
that
are
creating
impacts
in
the
budget
and
again
this
is
without
adding
any
new
services
or
any
new
positions
or
anything
like
that,
but
the
biggest
of
which
is
the
the
the
unfreezing.
F
To
balance
it,
we
are
recommending
that
we
unfreeze
those
positions
and
fully
higher
and
all
the
positions
that
we
we
have
held
vacant
in
this
year's
budget
beginning
the
next
fiscal
year
that
will
add
about
1.1
million
dollars
back
to
the
budget.
F
We
do
have
some
cost
increases
in
other
areas
as
well,
the
additional
state
retirement
contribution-
and
we
ran
through
a
lot
of
these.
I
think
last
time,
so
I
won't
spend
a
whole
lot
of
time
on
those.
F
But
again
these
represent
personal
cost
increases
simply
to
continue
service
levels
at
the
same
level
that
we
have
been
providing
historically
and
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
H
So
tony
does
this:
this
is
gwen.
Does
this
have
any
increase
in
salary?
I
mean,
even
even
you
know,
a
five
percent
cost
or
whatever
we
do
for
cost
of
living.
F
H
And
then
just
another
question
and
I
should
have
asked
you
at
the
last
pause
for
questions.
Is
it
okay
for
me
to
be
asking
questions
right
now?
Maybe
anyway.
H
So
because
I
don't
the
math
that
is
eluding
me
right
now
to
get
us
back
to
the
15,
you
know
where
you're
currently
projecting
we
will
be
for
the
fund
balance.
I
think
you
said
we
were
projecting
to
be
at
like
17
point
some
something
percent
to
get
us
back
to
15
what
would
be
and-
and
I'm
going
to
use
this
haltingly
excess
fund
balance
that
that
difference
in
the
two
percent
would
be.
F
H
Because
I
know
you'd
be
conservative
unless
you
don't
know
how
to
be
a
cfo,
which
I
know
you
do,
it
would
be
good
to
have.
You
know
a
number
to
think
about.
You
know
to
keep
us
within
the
15
percent
at
the
15,
but
just
to
see
if
there's
any
play
at
all
with
that
fund
balance.
For
you
know
one
times.
D
E
H
I
was
spending
it
on
the
fire
station
and,
or
you
know,
a
down
payment
on
the
reparations.
Oh.
G
E
F
And
if
we
can,
if
we
can
get
you
a
number
when,
before
this
work
session,
is
over
we'll
I'll
come
back
to
it
and
give
you
give
you
an
estimate
of
what
that
what
that
amount
might
be,
but
if
we
don't
we'll
definitely
follow
up
afterwards.
F
Okay,
so
moving
on
any
more
questions
before
we
jump
back
in.
F
So
the
next
slide
again
we
wanted
to
provide
some
examples
and
this
this
is
not.
You
know
every
single
cost
increase
in
the
general
fund,
but
we
do
have
some
some
fairly
significant
ones
and
again
this
is
just
to
continue
providing
services
at
the
level
that
they're
providing
now
or
responding
to
to
increases
or
cost
or
inflationary
increases,
or
things
like
that-
and
I
just
highlight
a
few
of
these-
and
we
mentioned
these
before,
but
we
are
looking
at
a
fairly
significant
increase
in
our
cost
for
a
recycling
contract
next
year.
F
Instead
of
trying
to
have
them
absorb
that
within
their
budget
or
utilize
fund
balance,
as
we
have
in
some
years
to
cover
their
needs,
we
want
to
provide
some
additional
money
up
front
this
year
in
their
budget,
so
that
we
can.
We
can
begin
the
year
with
a
little
more
flexibility
there.
So
all
told
everything
on
this
page
adds
up
to
about
1.3
million
dollars.
Again
this
isn't
every
single
operating
cost
increase
in
the
in
the
general
fund,
but
it
is
gives.
H
Tony
on
the
recycling
contract-
I
know
that
so
I
can't
remember
when
I
on
the
the
solid
waste
budget,
the
sanitation
fees
that
we
charge
that
is
or
is
not
supposed
to
cover
recycling.
I
can't
really
remember.
F
Yeah,
so
the
the
fee
does
go
toward
covering
recycling.
I
think-
and
I
don't
have
those
responses
up
in
front
of
me.
Taylor
might
so
taylor
jump
in
if
you
have
that,
but
I
think
in
the
current
budget
the
cost
of
providing
both
regular
sanitation
services
and
recycling
was
about
5.5
million
and
the
fees
bring
in
about
five
million.
So
the
fees
don't
one
don't
cover
100
of
the
cost
of
that
and,
like
I
said
taylor,
please
correct
me
if
I,
if
I
said
that
if
I
said
that
wrong.
H
Well,
could
you
again
that
kind
of
the
same
way
you
gave
us
history
on
what
the
fees
for
water
and
msd
was?
Can
you
also
give
us
any
history
on
that
sanitation
fee?
Because
if
I
recall,
I
don't
remember
that
increasing
the
past
couple
years,
but
I
could
be
wrong.
F
F
I
can't
remember
how
long
it
has
been
that
we,
when
the
last
time
was
that
we
increased
it,
but
it's
definitely
been
a
few
years
and
that's
actually
one
thing
one
of
the
ones
I
didn't
mention
that
fee
early
when
I
was
talking
about
the
enterprise
funds,
but
that
was
also
one
of
the
fees
that
was
brought
forward
for
consideration
by
the
departments
this
year
and
we
went
over
that
with
the
finance
committee
last
week
and
and
just
like
with
stormwater.
F
That's
one
of
the
services
that
we're
suggesting
that
we
do
some
more
work
on
develop
the
business
case
for
the
fee
increase
and
potentially
bring
something
back
to
you
all
for
consideration
in
the
middle
of
next
fiscal
year.
F
Thanks
taylor,
okay,
next
slide,
so
on
the
last
slide,
I
highlighted
some
things
that
we're
seeing
cost
increases
in.
I
do
want
to
highlight
also
some
of
the
things
that
we've
been
able
to
hold
flat
in
next
fiscal
year's
budget,
because
I
think
these
are
important,
because
these
are
some
some
of
the
larger
costs
in
our
general
fund
and
because
we've
been
seeing
good
trends,
particularly
in
employee
health
care
and
also
in
workers,
comp
and
property,
and
liability.
F
F
I
think
what
it
does
indicate,
though,
is
it's
unlikely,
we'll
be
able
to
continue
doing
doing
this
moving
forward,
because
we
are
seeing
some
inflationary
pressures
in
these
areas,
but
again,
I
think
we
will
be
able
to
absorb
any
kind
of
inflationary
increases
next
year
within
the
existing
budget.
However,
moving
forward
into
fiscal
year,
23
and
beyond,
we
will
likely
have
to
begin
adding
additional
dollars
into
these
programs
on
an
annual
basis
next
slide.
F
So
just
to
kind
of
summarize,
where
we're
at
in
the
general
fund
in
terms
of
base
budget.
I
think,
a
few
weeks
ago,
when
we
talked
to
you
all,
we
were
saying
at
that
point.
We
thought
the
expenditure
increases
that
I've
covered
in
the
past
few
slides
would
likely
eat
up
all
the
additional
revenue
growth.
F
We're
looking
at
we've
gone
back,
continue
to
look
at
the
numbers,
refined
the
estimates
on
both
the
revenue
and
expense
side,
and
so
right
now
we're
looking
at
a
general
fund-based
budget
that
has
revenues
exceeding
expenses
actually
by
about
1.2
million
dollars.
So
we
have
identified
a
little
bit
of
capacity
within
our
existing
base
budget
to
potentially
fund
some
new
items
next
year,
potentially
fund
compensation,
because
I
mentioned
earlier
from
gwen's
previous
question
about
salaries.
The
base
expenses,
at
least,
do
not
include
any
salary
adjustments
at
the
moment
for
employees
next
slide.
C
All
right,
so
the
next
section
we're
going
to
review
priorities,
some
ongoing
investments
that
we're
making
and
some
potential
new
investments.
So
next
slide,
and
I
said
that
we
would
you'd
see
this
a
slide.
A
summary
slide
again
here.
It
is,
and
and
really
what
I
want
to
point
out
is
again.
C
B
C
So
this
is
the
council
priority
strategies
ongoing
investments
in
all
of
these
areas,
one
example
being
the
staffing
support
for
business
inclusion.
C
That
was
in
the
list
that
tony
talked
to
a
few
slides
ago,
and
I
want
to
note
you
know
where
again
we're
we're
continuing
to
make
the
investments
in
in
these
strategies,
and
we've
made
some
really
significant
financial
investments
in
certain
areas,
especially
like
for
affordable
housing,
but
in
many
cases
the
investments
that
we
make
are
a
little
hard
to
measure
because
in
dollars,
because
it's
really
about
utilization
of
staff
time.
C
So
we
want
to
talk
about
some
of
those
existing
investments.
The
next
slide
is
actually
a
notable
exception
to
staff
time
being
the
primary
investment
in
a
service
and
that's
kind
of
transit.
You
can
see
over
the
last
several
years,
we've
made
really
substantial
increases
in
our
investments,
and
you
know
we
know
that
this
is
a
service,
that's
really
important,
to
counsel
into
the
community,
and
you
know
we'll
prioritize
it
for
additional
investment
going
forward.
C
So
another
example
of
some
ongoing
work
is
what
the
office
of
sustainability
is
doing,
and
I
think
this
is
a
really
good
example
of
what
we
hope
to
do.
More
of
the
first
two
bullets
highlights
some
of
the
feedback
we've
gotten
from
the
climate
justice
initiative
from
the
community
on
how
to
improve
our
engagement.
C
You
know
the
the
office
of
sustainability
is,
is
small
but
mighty,
but
they're
doing
really
great
work,
pushing
forward
councils
and
the
community's
priorities
next
slide.
So
we
want
to
highlight
specifically
two
additional
events:
investments
that
would
further
council
goals,
thinking
again
back
to
transit,
continuing
to
implement
the
transit
master
plan.
We've
identified
about
a
million
dollars
to
move
that
forward
and
then
small-scale
neighborhood
grants.
You
know
this
is
really
about.
I
mentioned
this
earlier
as
well.
Building
on
that
internal
strategy
of
neighborhood
level
engagement
and
incorporating
incorporating
that
feedback.
C
C
So
moving
into
the
four
priorities
that
you
all
identified
on
reparations,
we
think
that
the
planning
and
community
engagement
process,
which
is
deborah's
spoken
about
her
manager
updates,
is
gonna
cost
somewhere
between
two
and
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Here.
I
just
wanna
know
that
engagement
is
especially
important
in
that
process
and
that
transparency
and
clear
goals
will
be
essential
to
the
success
of
that
next
employee
compensation.
C
You
know
here.
We
essentially
want
to
act
on
data
that
we've
gathered
through
the
compensation
study
and
implement
our
new
compensation
plan
to
pay
staff
market
value
for
their
knowledge,
skills
and
abilities,
and
if
we're
not
able
to
do
that,
we're
going
to
continue
to
lose
quality
employees
to
more
competitive
employers,
jeopardizing
both
our
core
service
delivery
and
our
ability
to
make
headway
on
your
other
priorities.
C
The
next
one
reimagining
public
safety
just
wanted
to
remind
you
all
of
some
of
the
work
that's
been
done
in
the
current
budget
year
on
on
reimagining
public
safety.
We
reallocated
some
funding
to
neighborhood
community
engagement
and
cape
data
and
performance
in
I.t
and
homelessness
outreach,
and
we
also
reallocated
some
service
delivery
for
noise,
ordinance
enforcement
and
animal
services
to
dsd,
as
well
as
park,
wardens
to
parks
and
recreation,
and
that's
not
everything
but
just
wanted
to
kind
of
make
a
note
of
some
of
the
work.
C
That's
already
already
happened
and
continues
on
so
looking
at
kind
of
where
we
go
next
next
slide:
oh
yeah,
there
we
go.
We
got
several
things:
we're
continuing
to
discuss
what
consolidation
of
9-1-1
service
looks
like
with
the
county.
We
think
that
could
be
an
additional
1
million
cost
to
the
city.
C
We
think
we
need
some
additional
staff,
resources
and
development
services
to
meet
the
service
expectations
for
noise,
ordinance
enforcement
and
animal
services
and
we're
also
working
through
some
partnership
opportunities.
That
would
change
how
we
respond
to
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
crises,
as
well
as
the
houselessness
issue
that
we're
experiencing
here.
In
the
city,
we
don't
have
specific
numbers
related
to
those,
but
we'll
certainly
keep
you
all
updated
as
we
refine
that
information.
C
So
I
think,
moving
on
to
the
the
final
or
the
maybe
not
final,
the
next,
the
last
priority
rescue
plan
funding.
C
Notes
before
get
into
the
details,
you
know
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
find
that
intersection
between
achieving
our
existing
goals
and
the
authorized
use
of
funds.
So
essentially,
where
do
our
goals
and
pandemic
recovery
overlap,
and
we
know
that
the
pandemic
has
hit
our
community
unevenly
and
exacerbated
some
pre-existing
inequities
in
some
cases.
So
we
want
to
move
faster
to
utilize,
this
funding,
where
we
can
and
where
we
can
lean
on
those
that
prior
work
and
prior
planning
that
we've
already
done
to
help
deal
with
those
issues.
C
C
And
I
won't
go
through
these
in
detail.
We
showed
you
you
all
these
earlier.
I
think
the
first
conversation
we
had
on
the
rescue
plan,
the
government
finance
officers
association.
You
know
their
guidance
on
on
how
to
how
to
prioritize
the
spending
is.
C
You
know
essentially
around
making
sure
that
we're
good
stewards
of
public
funds
that
the
city's
in
a
financially
secure
position
that
we
don't
spend
the
money
in
a
way
that's
going
to
hurt
us
in
the
long
run
and
that
we're
maximizing
our
impact
through
partnerships
and
again,
I
think
that
last
bullet
really
kind
of
summarizes
their
very
you
know.
Financial
mindset,
prudent
use
of
funding
before
we
commit
commit
their
resources.
C
The
next
one
again,
you
all
have
seen
this
before
the
national
league
of
cities.
Guidance
is
around
making
sure
that
we're
gathering
an
array
of
input
and
assessing
options
using
an
equity
lens
so
that
we're
strategic
in
our
use
of
funds.
They
suggest
looking
both
internally
and
externally
and
just
like
gfo
way,
they
emphasize
partnerships
to
to
leverage
funding
to
leverage
this
funding
in
the
community.
C
So
next
slide,
you
know
to
the
guiding
principles
that
we've
established.
C
We
adjusted
these
to
to
more
clearly
articulate
that
interest
and
partnerships
that
that
you
all
suggested,
and
I
also
want
to
say
you
know
we
want
to
call
back
again
to
those
those
three
slides
that
I
talked
about
at
the
beginning
of
the
presentation
to
say
that
we
want
to
incorporate
what
we've
heard
from
that
internal
and
external
work
during
this
year's
budget
process
and
the
neighborhood
engagement
and
the
clear
data-driven
decision
making
are
going
to
be
things
that
guide
our
work
with
the
rescue
plan.
C
Just
like
they're
things
that
guide
our
work
with
our
with
our
ongoing
service
delivery.
C
B
C
Around
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
then
the
the
last
two
items
are
really
work
on
addressing
houselessness.
That.
D
C
Has
been
ongoing
and
certainly
is
also
a
significant
community
priority
going
back
to
that
engagement
from
reimagining
public
safety
and
in
before
that,
but
it's
also
an
opportunity
to
help
us
move
on
some
existing
plans.
So.
H
Taylor,
yes,
can
I
ask
the
low
barrier
shelter?
You
know
you've
clearly
put
a
number
to
that.
I
assume
this
is
not
going
to
be
the
city
doing
that
this
is
going
to
be
contributing
to
one
or
two
park
partners
in
the
city
and
do
you
I
mean?
Can
you
just
give
me
a
little
detail
behind
that
5
million.
C
H
J
J
Yes,
so
we've
we
fully
are
working
in
cooperation
with
other
agencies
and
meeting
with
them
regularly,
including
the
county
as
well
as
others,
and
we
anticipate
there
will
be
an
initial
capital
cost
of
the
purchase
of
the
property
and
then
update
to
the
property
as
a
result
of
that
as
well
and
then
ongoing
operations,
and
we
would
anticipate
approaching
the
partners
and
splitting
the
cost
to
be
able
to
do
all
of
those
things
and
then
hopefully,
working
toward
developing
sustainable
funding.
That
would
carry
us
beyond
december
of
2024.
G
G
Yes,
yes,
because
the
the
concept
behind
the
homeward
bound
project,
which
is
the
day's
end
on
tunnel
road
that
would
be
85
units
for
hard
to
house
or
folks,
but
it
wouldn't
be
the
low
barrier.
Shelter
is
like
an
immediate
resource.
You
know.
If
someone
is
in
immediate
need
of
assistance,
you
can
bring
them
to
the
low
berry
shelter
that
night
that
afternoon,
whatever
the
case
may
be,
whereas
both
help
made
and
homer
bound
will
serve
those
that
are
experiencing
homelessness,
but
they
are
they.
J
No
excuse
me,
the
non-congregate
are
the
two
recent
hotels
that
we've
opened
up.
The
red
roof
inn
is
covered
by
fema
funds,
so
I
think
excuse
me,
this
is
just
an
estimate
of
the
cost
through
june
30th.
At
this
point,.
J
J
There's
two
hotels
that
we
currently
have
we're
not
actually
naming
them
both,
but
there's
two
hotels
that
we
have,
that
we
are
contracting
through.
That
include
wrap
around
services
as
well
so-
and
I
think
we
did
add
some
additional
money
to
cover
in
case.
We
are
not
ready
to
open
a
low
barrier
shelter
by
that
time,
but
it
is
for
the
two
new
hotels
that
have
been
added.
K
I
have
a
question
if
that's
okay
right
now,
so
when
I
look
at
slide
39,
the
guidance
specifically
sets
forth
making
racial
equity
a
part
of
the
plan.
But
then,
when
I
go
down
to
the
priorities,
it's
not
readily
apparent
to
me
how
racial
equity
fits
into
these
prioritized
uses.
So
can
someone
help
me?
G
K
G
E
G
A
A
And
and
what
and
what
we
would
will
be
doing
after
we
get
through
this
next
slide
is
to
talk
about
how
we
engage
the
community
to
identify
other
needs
and
partnerships
for
the
use
of
these
funds,
but
in
terms
of
looking
at
equity,
I,
I
really
would
even
start
with
just
the
first
one,
the
financial
stability.
A
The
non-congregate
sheltering
in
the
low
barrier-
shelter,
I
believe,
will
impact
bipark
community,
and
I
believe
that
this
has
been
such
a
huge
issue
in
our
community
as
it
relates
to
addressing
homelessness,
and
I
think
a
number
of
those
individuals
will
be
will
be
minorities.
A
That's
how
we
have
have
looked
at
this
in
terms
of
that
lens
of
of
addressing
racial
equity.
D
Deborah
this
is
kim.
This
is
one
of
the
reasons
why,
in
conversations
with
our
partners,
I
have
asked
if
we
could
get
some
data.
I
know
we
can't
get
all
the
data
for
all
the
people
that
we're
serving
but
demographics
on
some
basics
of
who
we're
serving
in
our
community.
With
these
partnerships.
J
We
do
it's
about
30,
30
are
a
minority
that
are
in
the
situation
of
being
houseless
at
this.
J
D
This
is
kim.
I
have
a
couple
questions.
One
is
about
transit
and
I
I
know
that
we
moved
to
the
turnkey
model
fairly
recently,
but
it
is
not
clear
to
me
what
benefits
have
come
from
that.
I
know.
One
of
the
recent
data
points
that's
come
out
is
around
on-time
performance,
but
I
also
acknowledge
that
during
the
covenant
team
pandemic,
we've
had
a
significant
drop
in
traffic,
so
less
people
are
driving.
D
So
it
isn't
a
surprise
to
me
that
it's
easier
for
us
to
provide
our
services
on
time
when
there's
fewer
cars
on
the
roads.
So
it
would
help
me
if
we
looked
at
a
pre-pandemic
data
point
on
what
the
benefits
were
because
of
the
significant
increase
in
cost
for
us
to
move
to
the
turnkey
model.
D
D
I
know:
we've
talked
about
fiscal
year
two
for
a
lot
of
folks
who
are
following
this
conversation:
fiscal
year,
two
of
the
transit
master
plan
named
a
number
of
improvements,
including
operating
crosstown
routes.
Two
and
four
beginning
structure,
construction
on
new
maintenance
facility,
but
the
specific
gas
is
coming
from
bus
riders,
better
buses
together
being
among
them,
and
many
advocates
for
transit
is
specifically
to
increase
service
to
shiloh,
to
s3
and
stick
roots.
So
is
that
what
the
million
dollars
is
specifically
for
not
the
entirety
of
fiscal
year?
C
I
do
want
to
clarify
that
that
that
we
have
not
identified
funding
for
that
million
dollars,
but
we
have
identified
that
the
the
cost
of
service
is
a
million
dollars,
and
I
anticipated
this
might
be
a
question.
So
I
believe
that
that
would
help
us
cover
the
cost
of
extended
evening
hours
and
the
s3
and
ss
correct.
D
I
know
that
we're
moving
dollars
around
in
our
organization,
but
it
isn't
clear
to
me
yet
what
investing
in
long-term
safety
strategies
looks
like
right
now.
There
is
some
mention
of
neighborhood
plans,
and
that
is
like
in
the
spirit
of
what
I
imagined.
Investing
in
long-term
safety
strategies
looks
like
programming
with
mwbe
partners
sounds
like
that,
but
I
think
we're
going
to
have
to
like
clearly
communicate
to
community
what
investment
looks
like
not
just
reallocation
of
dollars,
whether
that's.
C
All
right
so
on
to
the
next
slide,
which
we
got
a
little
preview
of,
but
these
are
some
things
that
we've
heard
about,
and
I
think
to
the
to
the
point
that
was
made
earlier.
We
have
not
done
the
work
to
go
through
an
equity-centric
process
that
would
prioritize
these
requests
and
help
us
to
understand
community
needs.
C
One
other
thing
to
know
that
these
two
requests
did
come
in
from
from
these
groups,
but
they
did
not
specifically
request
rescue
plan
funding
and
also
that
you
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
know
all
of
the
ideas
that
the
community
has,
including
those
and
specifically
those
that
we
traditionally
haven't
partnered
with
and
that
there
may
be
some
funding
outside
of
the
26
million
in
the
rescue
plan.
C
That
asheville
will
be
getting
that
could
be
utilized
to
do
some
of
these
things
again,
in
addition
to
some
of
the
things
on
the
previous
slide.
So
all
of
that
is
to
say
that
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
on
on
these
requests
on
other
requests
that
may
come
from
the
community
and
on
understanding
again
how
to
prioritize
these
funds.
We
still
certainly
have
time
to
do
some
of
that
work,
but
we
do
know
again
that
we
had
some
some
pressing
issues
that
we
want
to
try
to
address
more
rapidly.
A
Taylor,
if
I,
if
I
could
we,
we
also
want
to
assure
you
that
we
are
having
conversations
with
with
the
county
and
potentially
with
other
communities
within
buckham
county,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
coordinating
our
efforts
around
these
funding
opportunities
and
ensuring
that
we
are
are
leveraging
that
you
know
our
investments
are
being
placed
in
the
areas
where
the
you
know
is
kind
of
the.
A
I
won't
say,
cities
traditional
typical
services,
but
that
we
are
partnering
to
make
sure
that
these
investments
are
addressing
council
priorities
and
that
they
are
responding
to
what
we
have
heard
as
issues
concerns
or
needs
from
the
community.
From
those
community
engagement
sessions,
we've
had
around
the.
I
Yeah,
I
wasn't
sure
if
the
hand
can
be
seen
or
not.
This
is
sage.
I
just
had
a
question
about
the
priorities
language
in
general,
and
it
might
just
be
that
I
need
to
hear
it
so
when
we
I
left
the
retreat
thinking
recovery
recovery.
Now
I
see
american
rescue,
you
know
prioritizing
the
spending,
but
in
my
mind,
recovery
was
also
like
how
we
look
at
outdoor
dining
and
on
street
parking
and
all
these
other
things.
And
could
you
just
tell
me
those
things
are
still
in
this
plan.
A
Absolutely
this
is
definitely
a
discussion
around
the
budget,
so
it
is
related
to
specifically
funding,
but
we
are
certainly
looking
at
through
the
lens
of
our
internal
work
of
what
do
we
need
to
do
differently?
What
are
the
lessons
learned
and
how
do
we
make
ourselves
a
heck
of
a
lot
more
resilient
going
forward?
So,
yes,
we
definitely
are
looking
at
this
from
a
strategic
perspective
from
a
policy
perspective,
but
also
from
an
investment
perspective.
D
Think
it's
I
have
one
more.
This
is
kim,
so
we
say
that
we
have
some
challenges
hearing
from
the
public
and
getting
that
engagement
and
we're
making
a
significant
stated
effort
around
an
equitable
engagement
process
and
hearing
from
community
we've
been
having
these
input
sessions,
but
I'm
I
am
concerned
that
we're
going
to
get
that
input
at
that
too
late
an
hour
to
do
anything
about
it.
D
You
can
clarify
like
isn't
that
what
we're
asking
our
neighbors
to
participate
in
this
engagement,
dueling
like
there
were
two
series
of
input
sessions
with
one
that's
ongoing
right
now
and
wrapping
up
so
it
seems
like
if
we
ask
for
all
that
input
and
then
don't
acknowledge
that
we're
going
to
have
to
then
do
something
about
it.
To
wait.
A
whole
another
year
might
discourage
folks
from
participating
in
the
future.
D
A
A
Ask
staff
every
time:
are
we
hearing
anything
specific?
Is
there
something
that
you
know
is
burning
out
there,
and
I
don't
know
that
we
have
had
that
level
of
input
as
of
yet
or
a
specific
other
than
you
know.
What
we
heard
is
we
want
you
all
to
possibly
invest
in
some
opportunities
for
us
to
do
small
neighborhood
projects
and
and
we've
responded
to
that.
D
I
would
I
look
forward
to
seeing
that
line
up
as
far
as
like
making
those
connecting
the
dots
would
be
great.
Thank
you.
Debra.
G
So
deborah
it,
what
you're
saying
is
it
is
your
your
goal
is
to
be
able
to
incorporate
the
input
into
a
final
budget
and
we
are
we're
able
to
vote
for
a
budget
on
time
that
incorporates
that
input.
That's.
A
C
And
I'll
also,
you
know
one
of
the
key
takeaway
about
the
process.
You
know
the
the
adaption
of
the
budget
is
is
is
not
going
to
be
the
end
of
of
the
process.
You
know
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
continuing
that
conversation
going
back
to
the
community
and
you
know
I
think,
for
from
a
staff
perspective.
You
know
it's
it's
much
easier
for
us
to
get
that
engagement
early
in
the
process,
so
we're
hoping
to
kind
of
do
some
of
that
work.
C
A
And-
and
I
think
what
is
what's
happening
is
we
have
all
these
kind
of
separate
types
of
processes
that
are
underway?
We've
got
something
around
environmental
justice.
We've
got
re-imagining
public
safety,
we've
got
reparations,
we
got
all
of
these,
which
seem
to
be
disparate
and
independent
things
and
we're
not
trying
to
have
those
be
separate
and
independent.
We
are
trying
to.
Although
you
know
with
some
of
the
input
processes,
maybe
they
they
are,
but
we
are
trying
to
the
terminology
you
used.
A
Miss
ronnie
connect
the
dots,
so
we
are
in
the
process
now
of
trying
to
develop
a
relationship
with
our
community.
We
really
are.
We
are
trying
to
build
trust,
confidence
and
a
relationship
that
will
carry
us
way
past
a
budget
process
way
past
a
reparations
discussion,
but
I
think
what
we
are
doing
is
some
foundational
things
of
trying
to
again
build
trust.
We
are
trying
to
have
an
opportunity
for
the
public
to
access
better
access.
A
Our
services
such
that-
and
I
know
this
is
important
in
terms
of
a
monetary
investment,
but
we
also
want
to
invest
time
with
neighborhoods
when
when
I
first
came
in
and
came
to
asheville,
I
I
asked
where's
the
neighborhood
organization
list:
where
are
the
neighborhoods
and
people
started,
giving
me
geographical
areas,
west
asheville,
east
asheville,
north
and
south?
So
what
are
the
neighborhoods?
So
I
really
think
that
we
have.
I
would
like
for
our
city
to
move
more
towards
service
delivery
at
the
neighborhood
level,
the
block
by
block.
A
That's
how
we're
going
to
make
impact.
I
mean
I
I've
seen
it
in
a
lot
of
other
communities,
not
just
charlotte,
but
in
many
more
it's
what
I
did
in
chattanooga
30
years
ago.
So
I
would.
A
I
hope
that
we
can
begin
this,
this
dialogue
and
the
reimagining
of
getting
another
staff
person
to
help
brenda
we're
we're
actually
trying
to
to
get
out
and
meet
more
people
where
they
are
and
understanding
what
their
needs
are
and
the
partnership
that
we
can
develop,
because
this
isn't
just
about
what
government
can
do
for
them.
D
Oh,
I
feel
like
this
is
in
line
with
the
budget
discussion,
but
I
have
heard
more
than
just
a
call
for
neighborhoods
I
have
heard
and
the
call
still
resonates
to
divest
from
what's
causing
harm,
so
we
can
invest
and
if
we
just
keep
pulling
from
everything,
but
the
you
know
public
safety
fund,
then
we're
not
really
making
a
shift.
So
I
hope
that
that
trust
building
also
includes
truth
telling.
A
C
All
right
now
now,
I
think
I'll
turn
it
over
to
attorney
for
the
revenue
neutral
discussion.
F
All
right,
well
thanks
taylor
and
take
us
in
a
very
different
direction.
From
the
previous
discussion,
I'm
going
to
walk
you
all
through
the
revenue,
neutral
property,
tax
rate,
piece
of
the
presentation,
so
just
as
a
little
background,
the
state
of
north
carolina
in
the
early
2000s
put
some
general
statutes
on
the
books
to
require
all
local
governments
to
publish
what's
called
the
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
anytime.
F
There
is
a
revaluation
of
property
within
that
local
government's
jurisdiction,
either
within
the
county
or
the
city,
and
so
they
did
that
to
increase
transparency,
because
prior
to
that,
governments
were
not
required
to
release
that
revenue,
neutral
tax
rate,
and
so
I
think,
a
lot
of
since
flood
assistance
felt
like
when
they
got
their
tax
bills.
After
revac
revaluation
had
gone
through,
they
didn't
really
understand
how
the
process
works
or
how
the
the
new
property
tax
bills
were
arrived
at.
F
So,
like
I
said,
the
state
put
in
place
some
general
statutes
about
20
years
20
years
ago
to
address
this,
and
they
require
all
local
governments
to
publish
this
rate
in
their
proposed
budget
documents.
So
you'll
be
seeing
all
this
information
again
in
the
budget
document
that
we
publish
at
the
end
of
may,
but
just
to
kind
of
walk
you
all
through
this
and
I'm
not
a
big
fan
of
reading
slides.
F
But
I
am
going
to
read
this
because
we
again
we're
following
the
legal
definitions,
that's
laid
out
by
the
state
so
that
so
the
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
is
the
rate.
That's
estimated
to
produce
revenue
next
fiscal
year
equal
to
the
revenue
that
we
that
would
have
been
produced
next
fiscal
year
by
the
current
tax
rate
if
no
reappraisal
had
occurred.
So
essentially
it's
a
take.
F
F
You
then
increase
that
by
a
growth
factor
and
that
growth
factor
is
based
off
of
the
average
increases
to
the
tax
base
that
have
occurred
since
the
last
general
reappraisal,
and
so
you
apply
that
formula-
and
I
think
you
all
have
heard
me
mention
a
couple
times
in
the
presentation
that
that
average
tax
base
growth
for
us
over
the
last
few
years
has
been
2.6
percent.
So
what
we
did
and
you
can
go
the
next
slide,
just
kind
of
walk
you
all
through
what
that
calculation
looks
like.
F
So,
in
the
current
fiscal
year
we
have
a
tax
base
or
an
assessed
value
of
about
16.9
billion
dollars.
We
have
a
current
tax
rate
of
42.89
when
you
combine
those
two,
we
get
a
tax
levy
of
approximately
72.5
billion
or
million
dollars.
I'm
sorry!
F
So
what
we
know
for
next
year
is
that,
based
on
the
reappraisals
and
the
reassessed
property
that
the
county,
the
data
the
county
has
sent
us
so
far,
we're
looking
at
our
tax
base
increasing
from
about
16.9
billion
to
19.4
billion.
So
what
does
it
look
like
to
produce
the
the
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
there?
So
you
go
into
the
next
slide.
F
F
We
do
a
math
calculation,
which
I
will
walk
everyone
through
that,
but
when
you
do
that,
we
end
up
with
a
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
again
based
on
the
current
values
that
we
have
from
the
county
of
38.3
cents,
and
so
that
would
be
the
the
tax
rate
that
again
would
produce
the
same
amount
of
revenue
next
year
as
if
revaluation
had
not
occurred.
F
So
next
slide,
please
so
what
that
means
in
terms
of
additional
revenue
for
the
city.
If,
if
city
council
chose
to
go
above
the
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
is
each
penny
or
each
cent
above,
the
revenue
neutral
tax
rate
would
generate
an
additional
1.9
million
or
approximately
1.9
million
dollars
in
additional
property
tax
revenue
and
to
give
you
all
kind
of
an
idea
of
what
that
means
to
property
owners.
F
So
if
you're,
someone
who
owns
a
250,
000
property
and
the
rate
is
increased
by
one
cent,
then
your
property
taxes
go
up
by
25
annually
and
we
did
the
calculations
to
show
what
what
the
monthly
impact
would.
That
of
that
would
be
as
well
for
400,
000
property
would
be
a
400,
I'm
sorry
40
annual
increase
or
a
little
over
three
dollars
a
month,
and
so
the
math
on
that's
actually
pretty
easy.
F
If
other,
you
want
to
figure
out
what
the
impact
would
be
for
other
property
values
at
500
000,
it
would
be
50
and
so
on,
and
so
on
next
slide.
So
I'm
going
to
pause.
I
know
there's
only
a
few
slides,
but
it
was
a
lot
of
dense
information
about
the
property
tax
rate.
So
I'll
pause
there
see
if
you
all,
have
any
questions
about
the
revenue
neutral
rate
and
then
we'll
move
on
to
the
to
the
last
part
of
the
presentation.
H
I
know
we
always
use
250,
000
and
four
hundred
thousand,
which
is
maybe
we
should
use
sixty
thousand,
but
my
question
on
average:
what's
the
I
I
mean,
what
is
the
average
value
of
a
house
in
asheville?
H
I
mean
250
000,
frankly,
isn't
I
I
don't
know
that
it's
terribly
relevant
is
400
000
the
average
or
is
it.
E
G
I
H
I
E
F
A
F
Point
out
that
sales
price,
as
opposed
to
assess
value
one
one
thing:
in
most
cases,
the
assessed
value
is
going
to
be
less
than
the
sales
sales
price.
It's
very
it's
very
seldom
that
you
see
the
other
way
around
and
that's
because
the
assessors
try
to
be
conservative
and
they
try
not
to
assess
a
value.
That's
likely
to
be
more
than
what
the
property
owner
could
get
if
they
sell
the
property.
H
F
Actually,
I,
the
county,
did
their
presentation
around
revenue
neutral
last
week
and
they're
in
their
presentation.
They
cited
for
the
county.
At
least
the
median
value
was
260.
F
H
H
Okay,
so
it
was
just
in
the
paper,
the
38.3,
that's
that's
less
than
our
current
rate.
Isn't
it
isn't
our
current
rate,
like
42.
H
F
It
is
possible,
yes,
if
a
homeowner's
assessed
value
went
up
by
less
or
significantly
less
than
what
the
average
homeowner's
value
went
up
together.
Their
tax
bill
could
go
down,
and
I'll
also
point
out
that
you
know
that
lower
tax
rate
would
also
be
applied
to
motor
vehicles
and
motor
vehicles
are
revalued
every
year
based
on
depreciation
schedules,
so
everyone
will
see
a
decrease
in
the
amount
that
they
pay
for
their
motor
vehicle
taxes.
At
that
lower
tax
rate.
G
Can
can
you
go
to
this
next
slide?
Mine's,
not
loading
on
this
other
screen,
but
it's
so
38.3
is
the
revenue
neutral,
number,
okay,.
H
Yeah,
so
you
know
not
not
seeing
the
d
I
I
would
be
curious
whether
there
are
I
mean,
like
you
know,
what
percentage
of
the
people
out
there
have
actually
gotten
increases
versus
decreases.
H
J
D
Would
this
explain
why
a
business
owner
would
see
their
property
taxes
for
their
commercial
property
downtown
go
down
in
its
tax
bill,
but
their
home
price
in
the
neighborhood
go
up.
F
That's
certainly
possible,
but
if,
if
the
value
of
their
commercial
property
went
up
by
less
or
significantly
less
than
the
average,
then
they
could
see
their
commercial
value
go
down,
but-
and
we
don't
have
any
specific
data
on
that.
But
in
most
cases
the
you
know,
you
don't
see
commercial
properties
going
up
or
going
down
or
growing
at
a
slower
rate
than
you
do,
residential.
F
What
you
will
see
is
businesses
that
put
the
property
that
they
own
on
the
inside
their
inventory
or
their
things
like
their
business
equipment
like,
for
example,
in
new
belgium
or
at
the
hospital
again.
Those
things
are
valued
every
year
based
on
depreciation
schedule,
and
so
those
pieces
of
business
property
will
see
a
lower
tax
bill
next
year
when
we
lower
them.
If
the
rate
is.
F
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
I
know
we've
provided
a
lot
of
information
to
you
all
this
afternoon,
so
we
did
want
to
just
kind
of
end
with
a
summary
slide
and
on
the
left
again
kind
of
highlighting
some
of
those
new
investments
and
the
cost
of
some
of
those
new
investments
that
taylor
talked
about
during
his
part
of
the
presentation
you
can
see,
if
you
add
all
those
up
you're
looking
at
a
cost
of
around
10
million
dollars
for
those
new
investments,
then.
F
F
We
gave
an
example
of
using
some
fund
balance,
we'll
go
back
and
look
at
the
question
council
member
whistler
had
about
the
additional
availability
of
fund
balance,
so
there
may
be
some
flexibility
there
to
use
some
additional
fund
balance
beyond
what's
in
this
slide,
but
I
just
want
to
kind
of
in
it.
While
he's
pause
on
this,
perhaps
we
do
have,
I
think,
a
couple
more
slides,
but
just
to
have
get
you
all's
feedback,
any
input
deborah
may
have
about
this
chart
and
and
kind
of
talk
through.
I
mean.
A
The
other
thing
that
I
would
like
to
add
is
that
these
numbers
will
likely
increase
rather
than
decrease
so,
for
example,
the
transit
expansion.
In
order
for
us
to
do
the
service
expansions
and
a
number
of
other
things.
We
think
that
number
is
probably
higher
than
the
1
million
that
that
you
see,
I
think,
miss
ronnie.
You
asked
about
about
three
number
of
things
in
terms
of
what
that
that
one
million
would
cover.
A
So
I
think
generally,
what
we
are
requesting
is
and
what
we
hope
this
chart
will
reflect
is
without
additional
revenue.
Definitely
it's
going
to
be
hard
for
us
to
do
all
of
these
things,
and
we
want
to
have
you
all
input.
We
don't
need
you
to
prioritize
what
you
want
to
do.
We
just
want
you
all
to
just
take
a
look
at
this,
and,
if
there
definitely
is,
is
something
that
you
don't
want
us
to
do.
A
We
want
to
know
that
information,
but
I'll
leave
you
with
that
and
if
there's
a
couple
of
hands
raised
mayor-
and
I
don't
know
if
you
want
me
to
call
on
them
apart,
if
you're
called
go,
yeah
go
ahead,
deborah
okay,
I
think
sage
raised
hers
first
and
then
miss
whistler
will
have
you
and
then
miss
romney.
I
I
I
Yeah-
and
my
only
question
is
because
it
was
helpful
for
me
to
see
it
in
this
way
and
what
it
does
is
show
like
which
of
these
requests
can
be
paid
for
by
a
fund
balance
or
what
can
be
by
the
tax
base
and
what
can
be
by
the
arpa
and
just
a
little
grid.
But
I
had
I
see
transit
expansion
under
tax
rate,
but
I
guess
I
had
thought
from
another
meeting
that
there
had
been
another.
I
A
J
Have
to
look
at
that
this
is
kathy
ball.
We
are
getting
an
additional
amount
of
funding
through
the
transit
funds
through
fta
for
the
second
round.
Under
this
amount
there
is
approximately
4.1
that's
going
to
the
whole
region
through
the
normal
formula.
Our
amount
would
be
1.8,
it
has
to
be
used
to
address
covet
issues,
so
we're
still
working
on
exactly
how
that
would
be,
and
we
we
may
be
able
to
get
additional
funding,
but
I
mean
additional
more
than
1.8
out
of
that,
but
we
don't
know
yet.
I
Thank
you
kathy,
and
I
think
that
point.
The
conversation
I
was
in
I'm
blanking
on
what
meeting
room
it
was.
Was
that,
because
of
the
way,
the
pandemic
has
impacted
people
in
their
accessibility
and
losing
their
cars
that
it
might
be
possible.
Some
of
those
south
asheville
routes
could
be
considered
access
and
recovery,
but
that
was
just
a.
H
Okay,
thank
you.
Since
we're
calling
out
things
of
a
hundred
thousand
dollars,
we
are
we'll
have
a
reduction
in
our
black
mountain
transit.
H
You
know
this
isn't
only
a
budget
thing,
so
if,
if
the
county
or
black
mountain,
isn't
coming
up
with
those
funds,
I
hope
that,
as
of
july
1,
we
discontinue
that
service
outside
the
city
limits
and
again
not
meaning
to
drum
on
this,
but
I
feel
you
know,
we've
we've
ignored
well,
we
we've
not
addressed
this
since
at
least
february,
and
probably
before
that
I
would
like
so
I
asked
a
question
back
when,
when
we
had
the
employee
compensation,
where
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
effect
of
and
I'm
I'm
very
supportive,
I'm
very,
very
supportive
of
the
employee
compensation
increases,
I
think
it's
essential,
etc.
H
However,
I
did
ask
whether
you
know,
given
that
we
hope
not
to
have
as
much
turnover
what
if
any
savings
are
we
gonna
have.
I,
I
think
I
think
we
have
to
have
some
sort
of
assumption.
Relative
to
that,
even
if
you
can't
allocate
it
to
department
by
department-
hopefully
I
mean
it's
kind
of
like
otherwise.
The
argument
for
the
compensation,
reducing
turnover
is
a
little,
not
logical,
and
I
would
like
to
again-
maybe
you
know
not
right
now,
but
understand
where
we
get.
H
The
one
million
dollars
of
the
911
service
consolidation
are.
Is
that
one
time
is
that
etc?
And
I
and
I
can't
remember
who
asked
it,
but
can
we
just
go
through
and
you
know
for
some
of
these
things?
Are
they
one
time
I
realized
the
reparations
process
you
know
is
never
gonna
be
completely
one
time
I
mean
we're,
never
gonna
be
finished
with
that
I
get,
but
but
understanding
understanding
that
to
think
about
the
whole
fun
balance.
Conversation
I'd
like
to
understand.
A
This,
if
I
could
respond
to
the
the
the
reparations
you
are
exactly
correct
in
terms
of
it
being
a
one-time
for
this
particular
the
upcoming
fiscal
year
for
the
process.
What
we
identified
is
once
the
commission
is
formed
that
they
would
get
a
little
bit
of
a
stipend
for
the
time
we're
looking
at
facilitators
we're
looking
at.
If
there's
in-person
food
there
there
are
committees
facilitators,
that's
that's
what
that
and
that's
the
upper
range
that's
reflected
here
is
the
300
000..
We
said
200
to
300,
000.,
okay,.
H
Yeah,
I
would
just
I
mean
you
know
again
to
kind
of
think
about
if
we
are
looking
at
all
about
fund
balance,
utilization,
one-timers
one-time
thing
and
then
yeah.
If,
if
if
we
can
think
about
that
and
and
just
so
people,
you
know,
it
seems
to
me
that
the
county
sort
of
floated,
the
idea
that
they
would
have
a
tax
increase
and.
H
Well,
I
don't
even
know
how
I
feel
about
that,
but
you
know
I
think
we
have
to
consider
that,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
just
because
they
sort
of
said
it
first.
I
don't
know
that
we
should
feel
that.
D
So
I
think
one
of
the
things
we
have
to
remember
is
there
is
an
advocacy
for
the
county
to
come
back
into
partnership
with
paratransit
funds.
D
We
made
a
choice
a
couple
years
ago
to
move
spruce
hill
apartments
to
the
170
black
mountain
route
and
in
the
first
three
months
the
pandemic
didn't
serve
spruce
hill
apartments
at
all,
and
these
are
the
people
who
live
in
asheville,
didn't
have
access
to
groceries,
didn't
have
access
to
essential
employment
being
able
to
get
resources
for
elders
and
family
members.
D
So
I
think
we
need
more
partnership,
not
less
bus
service,
whether
that's
black
mountain,
the
county,
revisiting
former
partners
like
warren
wilson,
just
for
example,
but
one
of
the
things
that's
really
like
heavy
on
my
mind
here
is
this
price
tag
of
7.8
million
for
the
employee
compensation,
and
so
when
I
go
back
to
slide
34
moving
employees
to
new
minimums,
4.5
million,
that's
where
I
think
we
start
and
then,
if
we
just
do
across
the
board,
percentage
increases
we're
going
to
get
back
in
the
same
pickle
that
we
are
now
with
a
even
bigger
wage
gap.
D
Like
is
there
another
thing
that
we
can
put
on
the
table?
That's
whether
it's
like
an
amount
increase
across
the
board,
but
not
a
percent
increase,
because,
for
example,
two
or
three
percent
cost
of
living
increase
for
someone
making
40
000
is
very
different
than
someone
making
200
000..
I
know
we
all
know
that.
G
So,
just
to
clarify
on
the
employee
compensation
that
7.8
is
not
an
across-the-board
percentage
increase
that
those
are
salary,
adjustments
that
are
tailored
to
each
class
of
employee
to
correct
their
salary,
to
bring
it
in
line
with
a
competitive
salary.
So
it
might
mean
you
know
a
large
percentage
for
one
employee,
but
it
might
mean
a
very
small
percentage
for
another
employees.
My
understanding
of
how
that
would
actually
work,
because.
D
G
F
So
it's
a
combination,
so
employees
who
were
not
part
of
the
compensation
who
wouldn't
don't
wouldn't
receive
an
adjustment
based
on
the
archer
study.
We
we
do
have
programmed
in
a
cost
of
living
increase
for
those
folks
but
kind
of
like
back
to
what
ms
campbell
was
saying.
You
know
some
of
the
obviously
the
folks
who
are
impacted
by
the
archer
study
are
going
to
receive
a
much
larger
increase
than
those
folks
who
just
received
the
regular
cost
of
living
adjustment.
G
Okay
and
something.
I
H
I
Sense
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
share
one
little
sentiment,
just
I'm
just
a
little.
I
guess
what
we're
doing
here
is
targeting
the
listening
sessions
with
300
000
and
getting
that
off
the
ground,
but
and
maybe
we're
hoping
that
a
hotel
will
come
through
and
put
some
money
into
the
fund
or
something,
but
I'm
a
little
concerned
that
we
are
not
actually
saying
we
want
to.
So
I
didn't.
G
A
I
I'm
sorry
so
the
reparations
process
which
we
have
identified,
the
first
phases,
the
listening
sessions
and
I've
I
heard
properly
this
300
000-
is
to
get
that
going.
I'm
just
a
little
one
curious.
If
I
don't
know
if
we
should
be,
if
fund
should
be
a
line
item
on
here,
I
think
gwen
spoke
to
it
as
a
fund
balance
item,
but
I
just
wanted
to
express
that.
I
I
kind
of
assumed
that
we
would
be
doing
that
this
year.
A
So
as
part
of
the
deliverable
for
january
2022
as
a
recommendation
for
short-term
initiatives
and
and
that's
in
the
next
budget
cycle,
we
would
be
looking
at
funding
opportunities
for
reparations.
However,
that
that
that
looks
as
a
result
of
this
process.
I
D
And
that
we
would
get
there
a
lot
farther
if
we
really
heard
the
call
to
divest
50
from
the
apd
and
invest
in
long-term
safety
strategies
and
we're
talking
about
like
even
if
it
was
5
million
a
year
for
the
next
three
years.
It
would
get
us
a
lot
farther
towards
meeting
those
goals
for
community
investment
and
addressing
root
problems
of
the
harm.
That's
been
caused.
I
G
One
thing
I
wanted
to
just
put
on
your
put
on
your
minds
is
that
the
county
is
looking
at
and
I
believe,
we've
already
looked
at
this
looked
at
this
at
a
finance
level,
finance
committee
level,
a
program
that
exists
in
charlotte
and
in
durham
that
essentially
gives
a
property
tax
break
and
that's
not
the
right
terminology,
it's
sort
of
like
a
grant
refund
to
income
qualified
homeowners.
I
G
Help
offset
rising
property
taxes.
Well,
really
it's
not
so
much
our
rising
property
tax
level,
it's
the
value
of
folks
property
and
the
resulting
property
tax
bill.
This
is
used
in
durham
and
charlotte.
We've
examined
it
before
the
state,
as
you
may
know,
has
pretty
limited
options
for
us
in
terms
of
flexibility
on
setting
property
tax
rates,
we
can't
do
differential
rates.
G
We
can't
do
commercial
and
residential
rates.
We
can't
do
second
homeowner
differential
rates,
you
know
really
limited,
but
one
thing
the
state's
created
is
the
homestead
program
allowing
for
seniors
who
are
income
qualified
to
have
a
reduction
in
property
taxes.
So
this
is
sort
of
a
similar
program,
but
it
wouldn't
be
age
restricted.
It
would
be
income
restricted.
So
keep
that
in
mind.
I
think
the
county
is
going
to
be
looking
at
how
to
implement
that.
G
They
would
have
the
difficult
task
of
sort
of
figuring
that
out
and
how
to
identify
homeowners
and
the
collections
of
it
because
they
handle
all
that
for
us,
and
so
you
know
we,
our
task
wouldn't
be
as
difficult
in
the
sense
that
we
could
just
opt
to
join
them.
If
they
do
it,
what
would
be
challenging
is
trying
to
figure
out
that
fiscal
impact,
of
course,
and
how
and
how
what
the
possibilities
would
be
for
us.
G
No,
no,
this
is
just
a.
This
is
just
a
it's
an
anti-gentrification
preservation
if
you
will
kind
of
a
policy
that
helps
folks
that
are
income
qualified
with
their
property
tax
bill.
H
I
would,
and
we
did
look
at
that
a
couple
years
ago,
esther
and
I
might
ask
brad
to
pull
that
presentation.
H
I
mean
I
kind
of
it's
like
I
remember
the
presentation,
but
I
can't
remember
when
it
was,
but
it
may
be
helpful
to
to
share
it
with
all
of
the
council
members
because
it
was
like
you
could
only
use
one
of
the
programs
and
it's
I
mean
it,
it
we
weren't
as
excited
about
it
as
it
see
you
know,
it
seemed
like
a
great
idea,
but
then,
when
you
delve
down
into
what
you
could
actually
do
it
wasn't
it
wasn't
the
greatest
program
in
the
world.
H
Maybe
that's
change,
but
it
may
be
good
information
for
people.
I
just
don't
want.
I
mean
I
got
kind
of
excited
about
it
and
then
we,
my
balloon,
got
popped
and
I'm
just.
H
F
E
F
Brad
helped
me
gather
the
data
and
help
me
with
some
of
the
questions.
I
think,
but
it
was
actually
it
was
february
of
last
year
believe
it
or
not.
So
it's
a
little
over
a
year
ago
that
we
did
do
a
presentation
of
the
finance
and
hr
committee
council
member,
remember
whistler.
I
think
you're
the
only
one
still
on
the
committee
from
then
but
yeah.
We
we.
F
Presentation,
in
fact,
we
looked
at
it
a
couple
days
ago
and
happy
to
share
that
around
with
you
all.
It
does
have
information
about
the
the
durham
and
the
the
charlotte
programs
that
the
mayor
mentioned.
H
And
maybe
maybe
esther
you
could
go
ahead
and
forward
that
to
brownie
and
the
other
commissioners
just
you
know
again
so
that
we're
not
starting
from
scratch.
I
I
Previous
to
my
time
on,
council,
the
affordable
housing
advisory
committee
had
suggested
this
as
a
possibility
for
lowering
or
rebating
property
taxes
for
landlords
who
continue
to
rent
the
units
at
an
affordable
rate.
So
just
throwing
that
out
there,
but
I'm
curious.
If
anybody
knows
if
there
is
an
outreach
component
around
the
senior
property
tax
homestead
or
if
the
county
tackles
that
or
if
anything
is
done,
I
mean
do
people
there's
outreach.
F
Yeah
we
actually
reached
out
to
the
county
last
year
and
we
were
putting
the
presentation
together
and
asked
them
some
of
those
questions
and
yeah.
They
do
do
the
outreach
and
at
the
time
last
year
they
felt
like
the
the
the
availability
of
the
program
in
terms
and
the
folks
who
were
using
it
that
they
were
hitting
and
most
of
the
folks
who
were
eligible
were
taking
advantage
of
the
program.
But
it
is
limited
because
it
is
age-based,
it's
income-based
and
so
there's
not
a
lot
of
folks
who
qualify
for
it.
F
E
F
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide,
then.
So
again,
as
we
end
all
these
presentations,
we
want
to
remind
you
all
in
the
community
of
the
the
key
takeaways
and
I
think,
taylor
and
mrs
campbell
did
a
great
job
of
covering
these
earlier
in
the
presentation.
So
I
won't
spend
a
whole
lot
of
additional
time
on
them
again
we're
just
trying
to
tie
together
all
the
work
that
we've
we've
been.
F
We've
been
doing
and
we're
trying
to
build
on
that
for
next
year
as
well,
and
he
knows
the
fact
that
we
sell
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
then
a
lot
of
the
work
and
the
planning
will
continue
on
obviously
beyond
budget
adoption
in
june
of
this
year.
F
So
we'll
end
with
just
another
reminder
of
the
dates
that
are
coming
up
on
for
city
council,
we'll
be
back
for
a
final
budget
work
session
on
may
11th
with
you
all
and
we'll
develop
the
agenda
for
that
work,
session
kind
of
based
on
some
of
the
feedback
and
questions
that
we've
gotten
from
you
all
today.
F
At
that
meeting
on
the
night
of
may
11th
we'll
be
bringing
forward
those
fee.
Adjustments
that
were
that
were
taken
to
finance
committee
last
week
for
consideration
by
the
full
council
and
then
we'll
be
back
two
weeks
after
that
on
may
25th,
with
the
presentation
of
the
manager's
proposed
budget,
which
will
then
be
followed
by
the
the
public
hearing
in
june
and
then
budget
adoption
scheduled
for
june
22nd.