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A
So
for
the
public
we
just
want,
this
is
gwen
whistler
and
we
just
want
to
let
you
know
we're
waiting
on
some
staff
and
a
council
member
to
join
so
we're
gonna
just
be
waiting
for
a
little
bit,
but
welcome
to
the
meeting.
A
Well
I'll
go
ahead
and
do
the
preliminary
for
the
public
and
all
and
then
we'll
wait
on
sage
if,
if
she
hasn't
joined
by
then
so
welcome
to
our
august
23rd
finance
and
human
resources
committee
meeting
it's
a
remote
meeting,
as
is
pretty
obvious
and
welcome.
A
So
all
council
and
council
committee
members
and
staff
will
be
participating
virtually
to
help
you
follow
along
I'll
state.
Each
section
of
the
agenda
aloud.
We
are
streaming
live
on
our
virtual
engagement
hub,
which
is
accessible
through
the
virtual
engagement
hub
link
on
the
front
page
of
the
city's
website.
A
A
Meeting
code
5257,
your
phone
will
be
muted
and
you
will
hear
the
meeting
live
at
this
point.
Speakers
will
need
to
push
star
3
to
enter
the
speaker
queue
and
now
we've
got
all
three
of
our
council
members
on
board
thanks.
So
I'm
gonna
sage,
I
I
did
the
preliminary
info
piece
of
it.
A
So
I'm
to
go
through
roll
call
right
now
and
I'll,
introduce
the
committee
members
and
the
staff
who
are
participating
virtually
please
make
sure
to
mute
your
microphone
if
you
are
not
speaking
and
if
you
would
like
to
speak,
unm
mute
your
microphone
and
maybe
put
your
hand
up.
If
I,
if
I
don't
call
on
you
pretty
quickly
so
council
and
staff,
as
I
call
your
name,
please
say
a
quick
hello,
councilwoman
sandra
kilgore
good
afternoon,
councilwoman
sage,
turner,
hello,
city
manager,
deborah
campbell.
B
A
Assistant
city
manager,
rachel
wood
good
afternoon,
finance
director
tony
mcdowell,.
A
And
human
resources
director
shannon
barrett
good
afternoon-
everyone
great
so
I'm
to
help
the
audience,
follow
along
I'll
state,
each
section
of
the
agenda
and-
and
we
will
also
do
a
vocal
role
called
roll
call
for
every
vote.
A
Although
I
don't
know
that
there's
any
votes
today,
but
oh
yeah,
we
have
one
additionally
I'll,
ask
the
committee
members
raise
their
hand
to
speak
and
staff
to
so
I
can
call
on
them.
So
our
first
item
is
the
approval
of
minutes.
Are
there
any
questions
or
changes
to
the
minutes?.
A
C
Our
first
item
today
is
the
cfo
report
and
I
think
she's
bringing
up
some
slides,
becky
ogles,
our
assistant
finance
director,
is
also
here
today
and
so
beck,
and
I
are
just
going
to
run
through
a
few
slides
to
kind
of
give
you
all
an
update
on
where
we're
at
with
our
year-end
close
and
audit,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
recurring
agenda
item
that
you
all
see
over
the
next
few
months
as
we
work
our
way
through
the
audit.
So
at
least
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
C
Okay,
so
some
key
takeaways
from
today's
presentation,
so
the
becky
and
I
are
happy
and
excited
to
tell
everyone
that
the
year-end
audit
process
is
underway
and
it'll
continue
through
the
end
of
october.
I
think
excited
is
the
right
word.
Becky
can
maybe
correct
me
when
she
comes
in
here
in
a
little
bit
with
with
another
way
of
describing
it,
but
it
is
underway
and
we're
happy
to
be
here,
to
give
you
all
an
update.
Second
key
takeaway
is
much
like
with
the
budget
process.
C
There
are
key
milestones
and
statutorily
required
deadlines
that
must
be
met
and
the
success
of
the
process
requires
the
assistance
of
all
city
departments
and
really,
I
think
what
this
bullet's
trying
to
say
is
we're
trying
to
communicate
is
that
you
know
the
budget
process
gets
a
lot
of
attention.
You
know
we
spend
about
six
months
or
so
talking
to
you
all
in
public
meetings
about
the
budget
process.
C
You
know
we
don't
have
public
meetings,
we're
trying
to
stress
to
our
departments
more
and
more
and
have
been
over
the
last
few
years
that
the
their
role
in
the
the
audit
and
how
their
role
plays
a
how
they
play
a
key
role
in
the
success
of
the
audit
and
we're
also
through
these
updates,
with
you
all
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
share
information
with
council
and
also
with
the
public
as
we
go
through
the
process,
because
the
audit
process
is
very,
very
important
and
equally
important
to
the
budget
process
and
that
last
bullet
kind
of
speaks
to
that
that
the
completion
of
the
year-end
audit
and
submittal
to
the
local
government
commission
is
critical
to
the
city's
ability
to
issue
debt
and
maintain
its
credit
ratings
and
you'll.
C
C
But
it
really
is
the
year-end
audit
and
the
report
that
we
will
prepare
and
submit
over
the
next
few
months.
That's
the
report
that
they
use
when
they
evaluate
how
well
we're
handling
our
finances
here
at
the
city
of
asheville,
and
so
it's
just
critical
that
we
make
sure
that
we
get
it
done
and
we
get
it
done
without
findings
if
we
can
so
next
slide.
C
So
just
some
key
deadlines
and
dates
for
this
year's
process.
So
do
you
all
know
our
fiscal
year
runs
july,
1
to
june
30th,
so
our
june,
our
fiscal
year,
2022
ended
on
june
30
of
this
year.
It's
about,
I
guess,
almost
two
months
ago
now
we
leave
our
fiscal
year
open
on
our
financial
system
for
about
six
weeks
after
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
and
that's
in
order
to
allow
us
to
process
invoices
that
come
in
in
july
that
were
really
for
services
that
we
provided
in
june.
C
But
on
august
12th,
I
guess
a
couple
weeks
ago
we
closed
the
finance
department,
becky
and
her
team
closed
the
fiscal
year
22
on
our
financial
system.
So
I
know
in
a
lot
of
people's
minds
that
would
you
probably
think
well
great
we're
done
we
can.
You
know
we
know
what
our
fund
balance
is
going
to
be.
We
know
where
we
ended
up
and
everything,
but
that's
not
the
case
for
several
reasons.
C
One
is
we
still
do
have
some
invoices
that
come
in
for
services
rendered
before
june,
30th
that
we
have
to
accrue
back
to
last
fiscal
year.
In
fact,
we
got
just
last
week
some
invoices
from
the
county
for
some
of
the
shared
programs
that
we
have
with
them.
So
there's
still
some
invoices
that
we
have
to
enter
in
the
system.
C
C
I
had
our
first
meeting
last
week
with
the
auditors.
We
scheduled
weekly
meetings
with
our
auditors
throughout
the
process
and
it's
the
same
auditors
that
we
had
last
year,
pb
mayors,
it's
the
same
team
of
auditors
as
well.
So
that's
good
that
you
know
we
have
familiarity
with
them.
They
have
familiarity
with
us,
and
so
so
that
will
certainly
be
helpful
throughout
the
process.
C
Really,
the
the
one
of
the
key
deadlines
for
for
for
becky
and
her
team
is
completing,
what's
called
the
trial
balance,
and
that's
really
where
we
have.
Basically,
all
of
our
entries
done
on
the
revenue
side.
On
the
expense
side,
as
well
as
our
balance
sheet
accounts
as
well,
and
so
we
finish
all
those
entries
up,
hopefully
in
the
next
four
weeks
or
so,
and
then
we'll
provide
that
to
the
to
the
auditors
on
september
16th.
C
The
auditors
will
then
complete
their
final
field
work
and
that's
really
where
they
focus
in
near
the
near
the
end
of
september,
where
they
really
start
to
take
a
deep
dive
into
the
stuff
that
we
provided
them.
The
information
we
provided
and
there's
two
weeks
of
that
and
they'll
actually
be
here
on
site
for
the
week
of
september
19th
and
then
all
that
culminates
with
completion
of
the
audit
and
the
deadline
for
the
lgc
for
local
governments
in
north
carolina
to
submit
their
audits
is
october.
C
One
month,
grace
period,
if
you
will
so,
if
you
submit
by
november
30th
you're
still
technically,
you
still
technically
submitted
on
time,
but
we
definitely
want
to
make
that
october.
31St
deadline
this
year
and
as
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
I'll
kind
of
talk
through
why
it's
really
important
this
year
that
we
stay
on
on
schedule
with
the
audit
and
that's
because
we
have
some
debt
we
have
to
issue
and
the
lgc
requires
before
you
can
issue
any
debt
or
any
new
debt.
C
The
lgc
requires
that
the
audit
be
submitted
and
if
we
do
have
any
findings,
we
have
to
submit
to
the
lgc
any
responses
to
those
findings
and
all
that
has
to
be
done
before
we
issue
a
new
debt
and
we
do
have
some
new
debt.
We
have
to
issue,
I
think,
as
you
all
know,
as
a
part
of
our
capital
improvement
program.
C
We
issue
short-term
bank
loans
and,
as
we
are
working
on
projects,
we
eventually
go
back
and
and
do
the
long-term
debt
and
so
right
now
we
have
a
short-term
bank
loan
that
we
took
out
in
june
of
2020
for
25
million
dollars.
It's
associated
with
our
geo
bond
program
and
that
bank
loan
has
a
maturity
date
of
june
2023.
C
So
what
that
means
is
that
we
have
to
convert
that
short-term
loan
into
a
long-term
debt
issuance
by
june
of
2023
in
order
to
get
that
done,
there's
a
number
of
statutory
steps
we
have
to
go
through,
including
coming
to
you
all
to
get
approval
at
city
council.
We
also
have
to
have
a
public
hearing.
C
We
really
need
to
get
the
audit
done
and
be
prepared
to
go
to
the
lgc
in
january
or
february
of
2023..
C
E
Thanks
tony
so,
every
year
as
part
of
our
audit,
the
auditors
will
look
at
a
lot
of
our
grant
revenue
this
year,
they're
looking
at
a
whole
lot
of
it,
and
that
is
because
anything
that
had
any
money
related
to
coveted
19
has
to
be
tested.
So
we
had
a
lot
this
year,
the
svog
grant,
which
is
the
shuttered
venue
operating
grant,
that
is
over
at
the
harris
center.
E
We
had
multiple
fema
money
that
we
received
this
year,
not
only
for
tropical
storm
fred,
but
also
for
some
covid
related
issues.
Home
and
cdbg
home
definitely
had
some
coveted
money.
Arpa,
of
course,
that
I
think
they'll
look
at
this
every
year
until
it's
gone
and
then
fta,
because
they
also
had
some
kind
of
money.
They
also
have
to
look
at
certain
things.
E
So,
yes,
this
is
the
most
number
of
programs
that
they
have
ever
tested.
They
have
all
of
this
information.
To
start
that
now,
so
I
don't
see
that
we'll
have
any
issues,
but
you
know
once
they
start
digging
in.
I
never
know
what
they
might
find,
but
just
a
couple
of
other
updates,
as
I
think
I've
reported
to
you
guys
before
there
is
a
new
gatsby
standard
for
leases
that
needs
to
be
implemented
this
year.
E
We
are
on
track
to
get
that
done
on
our
trial
balance
and
to
the
auditors
by
that
september,
19th
or
16th.
I'm
sorry
deadline
that
tony
mentioned.
We
are
working
with
an
outside
organization,
that's
helping
us
determine
which
leases
are
eligible,
but
they've
been
great
to
work
with,
and
we
are
on
track
to
get
everything
to
the
auditors
by
the
deadline.
C
If
you
all
remember
on
the
key
takeaways,
we
talked
about
the
importance
of
having
the
all
the
full
organization
involved
in
the
process,
and
a
lot
of
that
relates
to
the
the
assistance
we
we
have
to
get
from
departments
is
we're
responding
to
our
auditor's
questions
about
these
grants,
and
so
we,
which
our
department
directors,
I
think,
was
a
couple
weeks
ago
and
shared
a
similar
presentation
that
you
all
are
seeing
today
again
to
stress
to
them
the
importance
of
getting
things
done
on
time
and
also
how
we're
going
to
need
help
from
them,
because
this
really
is.
C
C
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
going
to
be
coming
to
you
all
over
the
next
few
months,
with
monthly
updates
on
the
status
of
the
audit,
a
couple
things
we
wanted
to
hit
for
you
all
as
we
go
through
these
updates
first,
and
we
hope
to
have
this
information
available.
C
So
I
believe
we're
going
to
be
at
a
point
by
the
end
of
september.
Again,
we
won't
have
final
numbers,
but
we
should
be
able
to
come
to
you
all
at
your
next
update
and
kind
of
give
you
all
an
update
on
how
we
ended
the
year
in
parking
and
transit,
where
the
parking
garage
revenues
ended
and
those
kinds
of
things.
And
then
hopefully
we
come
to
you
in
october.
C
We'll
also
be
able
to
give
you
all
a
preliminary
estimate
on
where
we're
going
to
end
the
year
with
general
fund
unassigned
fund
balance-
and
I
know
that's
a
very
important
number
that
we
communicate
to
you
all
each
year
and
especially
given
this
year,
the
discussions
we
had
during
the
budget
process
and
the
fact
that
we're
using
some
american
rescue
plan
money
to
balance
this
year's
budget.
C
If
we
end,
you
know
if
we
get
to
a
point
in
october
or
so
where
we
think
that
unassigned
fund
balance
may
be
doing
better
than
we
had
anticipated,
there
may
be
an
opportunity
to
utilize
more
fund
balance
and
less
arpa
revenue
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
So
we'll
definitely
give
you
all
an
update,
hopefully
give
you
all
updates
on
those
in
september
and
october
and
then
right
now
we
are
planning
to
have
our
external
auditors
come
and
present
the
fiscal
year.
C
22
financial
report
to
the
joint
meeting
between
you
all
and
the
audit
committee
in
november,
and
I
think
alicia
has
got
that
on
everyone's
calendars.
I
think
for
mid-november,
I
think
november
15th,
although
I
could
be
wrong.
Don't
quote
me
on
that,
but
but
we'll
again
we
have
to
have
our
auditors
here
and
again
wrap
that
up.
So
that
gives
us
enough
time
to
get
the
report
submitted
to
the
lgc,
get
their
feedback
and
then
begin
begin
to
go
through
the
debt
issue
once
processed
in
january
or
february.
C
B
C
Can
go
to
the
next
slide
and
again
this
is
just
the
key
takeaways.
I
won't
go
through
these
again
but
just
say
happy
to
answer
any
questions,
and
I
don't
know
if
anyone
else
becky,
if
you
have
anything
else
to
add
or
endeavor.
If
you
had
anything,
you
wanted
to
to
say:
okay
well,
thank.
B
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
tony.
I
appreciate
that.
I'm
I'm
really
hoping
that
we
don't
have
any
findings
this
year.
A
Okay,
it
would
be,
it
would
be
really
nice
in
my
last
finance
committee.
So
the
next
item
is
the
human
resource
update
and
I'm
going
to
turn
that
over
to
shannon
barrett
our
director
of
hr
thanks,
shannon.
F
You
alicia
so
now
that
we've
had
a
few
months
into
the
fiscal
year.
We
wanted
to
provide
an
update
for
you
on
compensation,
and
I
just
wanted
to
start
by
thanking
the
council
for
investing
in
our
compensation
structure
again
this
year.
This
is
important
for
the
well-being
of
our
employees
and
the
health
of
our
organization,
so
alicia
if
you'll
go
to
the
first
slide.
F
F
All
other
staff
received
either
a
five
percent
increase
if
they
were
hired
before
december
31st
of
2021
or
a
two
and
a
half
percent
increase
if
they
were
hired
after
that
date.
So
these
changes
went
into
effect
on
july.
1
and
employees
saw
the
increases
in
their
july
15
paycheck,
so
looking
forward,
we
will
increase
the
minimum
salary
again
in
january,
bringing
our
minimum
annual
salary
to
eight
36
and
twenty
six
dollars.
F
Implementing
the
new
salary
increase
was
step
one.
Once
we
had
that
work
completed.
We
turned
our
attention
to
compression
analysis
and
you
know,
associated
with
the
july
increases,
so
we're
also
working
with
the
police
department,
with
abd
on
developing
options
for
recruitment
and
retention
incentives.
F
The
next
slide,
let's
start
with
compression,
and
I
want
to
share
a
little
bit
just
a
framework
or
definition
of
how
we're
identifying
compression
in
our
organization.
So
the
first
bullet
compression
occurs
when
new
hires
are
paid
the
same
as
or
more
than
a
current
worker
in
the
same
position.
F
So
basically
in
this
type
of
compression,
this
occurs
when
you've
got
employees
who
are
in
the
same
pay
grade,
often
they're.
In
the
same
position
and
there's
little
or
no
difference
between
their
salaries,
we
saw
this
type
occur.
Last
year
when
we
implemented
the
new
pay
plan
and
employees
were
moved
to
new
minimum
for
their
pay
grade.
F
The
second
type
occurs
when
two
employees
are
in
different
pay
grades,
but
they're
making
the
same
or
similar
pay.
In
this
example,
we
may
have
an
employee
who's
in
a
lower
pay
grade.
That's
making
the
same
or
sometimes
more
than
an
employee
in
the
next
higher
pay
grade,
and
then
the
final
type
we're
analyzing
is
the
supervisor
employee
relationship.
So
this
occurs
when
an
employee's
pay
is
significantly
close
to
their
supervisor
and
we're
looking
at
a
range
of
about
80.
F
So
after
we
completed
the
implementation
of
the
new
salary
rates,
our
compensation
staff
began
work
on
analyzing
the
impact
of
those
changes
we
could
see
where
everyone
landed,
and
so
now
the
real
work
begins.
We
also
hired
a
consultant
to
provide
some
additional
capacity
to
crunch
the
numbers
at
this
time.
We're
anticipating,
having
preliminary
analysis,
completed
by
mid
to
late
september,
that
analysis
will
give
us
more
insight
into
the
three
compression
scenarios
shared.
F
The
next
slide
so
moving
to
recruitment
and
retention.
You're.
All
aware
of
the
staffing
challenges
that
the
police
department
has
been
dealing
with,
and
hr
and
finance
staff
have
been
working
with
the
department
to
identify
strategies
to
assist
with
both
retention
and
recruitment.
So
I'll
start
with
retention
in
working
with
the
department.
We
reviewed
some
programs
that
were
already
in
place
and
we
determined
that
we
could
adjust
one
of
the
existing
programs.
F
The
advanced
law
enforcement
certification
program-
currently
employees
were
receiving
a
one-time
five
percent
lump
sum
payment
once
they
completed
their
certification
and
so
as
of
august
20th,
they
will
now
receive
an
ongoing
five
percent
supplemental
pay.
F
So
these
are
additional
days
beyond
their
accrued
vacation
days.
They
won't
roll
over
or
be
paid
out.
These
are
kind
of
one-time
special
days
that
they'll
have
access
to
from
now
until
june
30th
and
then.
Finally,
on
the
retention
side,
the
department
will
be
offering
a
1
000
referral
bonus
to
any
sworn
officer
who
refers
a
police
trainee
or
a
lateral
candidate
for
hire.
F
The
bonus
will
be
paid
out
in
three
installments,
and
you
can
see
the
schedule
there
we'll
be
establishing
criteria
for
this
program
that
relates
to
their
vacancy
rates
and
identifying
hard
to
fill
positions
once
the
vacancy
rate
improves
we'll
look
at
sun
setting
this
initiative,
so
we'll
have
some
criteria
around
that
next
slide,
please
so
we'll
shift
over
to
recruitment
initiatives
here
our
goal
is
really
to
prom
we're
looking
at
how
to
help
the
department
to
retain
as
many
officers
as
possible,
but
also
how
to
successfully
recruit
new
officers.
F
So
with
that
in
mind,
the
department
will
be
offering
a
recruitment
incentive
for
any
certified
officer
who
chooses
to
transfer
to
asheville
as
a
lateral
hire
they'll
receive
a
five
thousand
dollar
pre-tax
bonus.
These
are
officers
who
already
have
been
certified
and
maybe
working
in
another
jurisdiction.
F
They
have
a
shorter
training
period,
and
so
it's
a
lot
faster
to
be
able
to
get
them
on
the
road
to
get
them
up
and
ready
to
be
out
on
their
own.
The
department
is
also
offering
a
3500
incentive
for
new
police
officers
who
are
not
yet
certified,
and
both
of
these
bonuses
will
be
paid
in
three
installments.
There
are
equal
installments.
The
first
payment
will
be
at
higher
of
the
the
new
officer,
the
second
one
at
six
months
and
the
third
at
the
completion
of
the
new
hires
first
year.
F
F
We're
also
going
to
consider
relocation,
assistance
on
a
case-by-case
basis
with
new
hires
and
so
we'll
work
with
the
department
on
that
and
for
certified
lateral
transfers.
So
those
officers
coming
in,
we
will
front
load
five
vacation
days,
so
they'll
have
immediate
access
to
those
days.
This
doesn't
increase
their
accrued
vacation
number
of
vacation
days,
but
it
does
give
them
access
to
those
dates
to
those
vacation
days
immediately
in
the
next
slide.
F
So
on
this
one,
as
you
can
see
the
incentives,
the
funding
for
the
police
retention
and
recruitment
incentives
will
be
absorbed
in
their
current
budget
and
tony,
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
speak
to
the
financial
side
of
that.
C
Yeah,
I'm
sure
happy
to
do
that
thanks
shannon.
So
the
estimated
cost
of
the
things
that
shannon
has
laid
out
in
this
current
fiscal
year
is
about
300
000,
with
most
of
that
cost
being
the
the
switch
to
the
the
five
percent
ongoing
payment
for
the
certification.
C
But
the
good
news
is
that
we
think
apd
can
absorb
the
cost
of
these
incentives
within
their
current
budget.
As
you
all
may
recall,
during
the
budget
process,
finance
staff
worked
pretty
closely
with
chief
zach
and
his
team
to
estimate
how
many
vacancies
they
were
going
to
have
over
the
course
of
the
new
fiscal
year
and
we
landed
at
40
vacancies.
C
C
I
think
it's
now
maybe
up
to
eight
officers
in
the
last
couple
of
months,
and
so
we
went
back
and
and
working
with
chief
zach
and
his
team
looked
at
where
they're
at
now
looked
at
their
hiring
plans
for
the
next
a
few
months,
and
we
think
we
can
adjust
that
vacancy
rate
up
to
50
vacancies
now
so
10
additional
positions
and
we're
going
to
use
that
money
to
fund
the
recruitment
and
retention
incentives
that
shannon
outlined
on
the
previous
slides.
C
F
Okay
and
then
the
last
slide
so
again,
just
key
takeaways
we've
successfully
implemented
the
new
increases
in
salaries,
bringing
our
minimum
salary
to
35
360
as
of
july
1.,
and
also
implemented
salary
increases
for
other
employees,
either
five
percent
or
two
and
a
half
percent.
We
have
a
thorough
compression
review
and
analysis
process
underway
involving
both
city
staff
and
consultant.
We
have
to
have
preliminary
analysis
completed
by
mid
to
late
september,
and
we've
implemented
new
recruitment
and
retention
strategies
in
apd.
F
We'll
use
these
strategies
as
a
template
for
similar
approaches
in
other
departments
who
may
be
dealing
with
similar
recruitment
challenges,
areas
where
they
may
be
seeing
a
lot
of
turnover
or
hard
to
fill
positions
and
then
again,
we'll
be
looking
at
the
january
increases.
So
the
change
coming
up
in
january
to
the
minimum
annual
salary,
moving
that
to
36
816
and
doing
some
forecasting
on
what
compression
impact
that
they
have,
and
that
is
it
for
our
update.
Any
questions.
A
Sharon-
I
really
appreciate
this.
This
work,
it
looks
like
you
know,
you've
been
incredibly
creative
and
thoughtful
about
these
issues,
and
I
certainly
hope
that
you
know
we'll.
I
think
implementing
these
are
great
and
also
you
know
just
kind
of
continuing
to
be
open
to
other
ideas
that
are
coming
out.
You
know,
I
know
that
the
city
of
well
relative
to
police
department.
A
Of
course
the
city
is
a
little
different
than
other
organizations,
because
most
people
don't
have
police
departments,
but
you
know
you've
just
been
really
creative
and
I
appreciate
I
appreciate
it
and
you
know
hope
hope
this
starts
to
work
a
little
bit
sage.
Did
you
have
a
question
your
hands
up.
D
The
question
just
further
appreciations
and
compliments.
This
is
a
lot
of
great
work,
and
I
know
this
is
an
issue.
That's
particularly
concerning
me
for
some
time
and
I'm
thankful
to
see
some
of
these
structural
bonuses
and
so
on.
I'm
curious
if
this
bonus
model
where
an
existing
officer
mercy
bonus.
Is
this
like
a
new
thing,
or
is
this
a
common
model?
I've
never
heard
of
it?
I
really
like
it.
Is
it
innovative?
F
Credit
for
this
it
is,
it
is
not
innovative.
It
is
definitely
something
we've
seen
and
to
your
point
when
we
we
have
been
looking
at
what
other
jurisdictions
are
doing
and
we'll
continue
to
do
that.
We
always
try
to
to
draw
on
successes
of
other
organizations,
and
this
is
something
that
we've
seen
applied
in
other
other
locales,
so
we're
hoping
it
will
be
helpful
to
us
as
well
and
yeah.
This
is
just
the
beginning.
We
will
definitely
continue
to
have
an
open
mind
and
to
brainstorm.
This
has
been
a
team
effort.
F
This
has
definitely
been
hr
partnering
with
apd
and,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
take
this
template
and
apply
it
in
other.
You
know
in
other
departments
as
well
so
appreciate
your
all
support
on
this.
A
Well,
thank
you
so
much
for
that.
Shannon
good
work-
and
I
and
I
appreciate
you,
know
just
you
know
we-
we
typically
sort
of
focus
on
financing
this
in
this
committee,
but
it's
nice
to
hear
the
other
piece
of
our
from
our
of
what
our
committee
is.
A
It
is
finance
and
hr
so
appreciate
that
so
our
next
is
the
committee
work
plan
and
this
is
sort
of
a
new
initiative
for
the
council
committees,
and
so
you
know,
I'm
sure
it'll
be
it'll,
be
changing
as
we
go,
but
it's
a,
I
think,
a
great
start,
so
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
tony
to
introduce
us
to
this.
C
All
right
well,
thank
you.
Councilmember
wilson,
that
was
a
great
great
introduction,
said
some
of
the
things
I
was
getting
ready
to
say
as
well
so,
and
I
know
alicia
has
pulled
up
the
staff
report.
We
didn't
put
together
any
slides
for
this,
but
we
we
just
want
to
kind
of
run
through
run
through
this
with
you
all.
As
you
all
know,
I
think
in
our
last
meeting
I
think
the
staff
reports
that
their
listening
was
july
28th.
C
I
think
I
was
supposed
to
say
june,
but
our
june
28th
meeting,
we
ask
you
all
for
some
topic
suggestions,
some
things
you
wanted
to
hear
from
us
over
the
next
few
months,
so
we
took
the
feedback
that
we
heard
from
you
all
in
june,
and
we
put
together
a
tentative
schedule
and
I'll
kind
of
run
through
that
quickly
in
a
moment,
but
yeah
the
the
we're
what
staff
is
hoping
to
do
and
with
rachel
wood
leading
us
on
this
and
and
nikki
reid.
C
Also
getting
us
started
with
the
hcd
committee
is
to
move
toward
using
annual
work
plans
to
help
organize
the
work
of
city
council
committees
and,
like
I
said,
there's
there's
currently
a
pilot
program
that
is
being
worked
through
in
the
housing,
housing
and
community
development,
the
hcd
committee-
and
I
think
I
think,
councilman
turner.
I
think
you're
on
that
committee,
and
I
think
that
was
discussed
with
you
all
at
your
meeting
last
week.
C
And
so
what
we
hope
to
do
is
to
utilize
some
of
the
experience
from
the
hcd
work
to
inform
development
of
work
plans
for
the
other
council
committees
as
well
throughout
the
fall,
and
so
this
is
really
kind
of
our
first
step
in
that
process.
C
It's
not
a
full-blown
work
plan,
it's
not
tied
back
to
your
strategic
goals
and
those
kinds
of
things
or
the
organizational
work
plan,
but
it's
really
just
kind
of
a
list
of
topics
that
staff
has
identified,
that
we
would
like
to
bring
to
you
all
over
the
next
few
months
and
so
I'll
just
kind
of
quickly
go
through
that,
at
least
if
you
can
scroll
down
just
a
little
bit.
C
So
I
already
mentioned
the
audit
update,
so
you
know
we'll
be
coming
to
you
all
in
september
and
october,
with
those
one
of
the
things
we
heard
from
you
all
at
your
last
meeting
was
a
desire
to
hear
some
more
information
about
what
I'll
call
our
capital
improvement
program
in
general
and
specifically
around
where
we're
at
with
our
geo
bond
projects
and
some
of
our.
C
What
are
our
debt
issuance
for
the
current
year
that
we
have
planned
as
well
as
what
does
the
cip
process
look
like
for
the
upcoming
budget
year
and
all
of
that
leading
up
to
a
potential
geo
bond
referendum
in
november
2024?
So
we
will
be
likely
covering
those
topics
in
september
and
october.
C
I
hope
to
be
able
to
have
our
consultants,
our
financial
consultants,
from
dec
and
associates
out
of
charlotte,
come
to
one
of
those
meetings
to
do
a
presentation
to
you
all
as
well.
The
other
thing
we
would
like
to
do
in
october
is
bring
a
first
quarter
financial
report
to
you
all.
I
know
council
member
whistler
you've
been
on
council
for
a
while.
You
probably
remember
we
we
used
to
do
quarterly
reports.
We've
kind
of
gotten
away
from
that.
C
You
know
with
covet
and
everything
the
last
few
years,
but
we
want
to
get
back
to
providing
those
reports,
and
so
we
will
bring
you
all
the
first
quarter
report
at
your
october
meeting
and
then
it
will
go
to
city
council
that
night
and
then
I
mentioned
the
joint
meeting
in
november
with
the
audit
committee,
I
didn't
put
a
november
or
december
meeting
in
I'm
assuming
most
likely
with
the
holidays
and
the
transition
to
new
council.
C
We
probably
would
not
have
a
meeting
in
december,
but
then
we
would
reconvene
with
a
with
a
with
a
new
committee
in
january
and
that's
great
because
it
lines
up
with
the
beginning
of
our
budget
process,
and
so
we
would
come
to
you
all
and
discuss
some
of
the
things
that
we
think
are
going
to
be
some
of
the
major
items.
Major
areas
of
topics
topic
during
the
budget
process
we
know
already
reparations
funding
is
something
that
has
been
discussed
and
and
what?
What
is
that
level
of
reparations
funding?
Moving
forward?
C
Shannon
mentioned
compensation?
Health
care
is
likely
to
be
an
issue
this
year,
since
we
haven't
increased
our
contribution
in
a
couple
years
or
more
like
five
years.
C
I
think
now
and
then
we
would
bring
you
all
the
second
quarter
report
and
then
finally-
and
this
is
really
as
far
as
we
kind
of
got
in
planning
for
now-
I
think,
as
you
all
know,
we
typically
bring
you
all
the
fees
and
charges
to
look
at
before
those
go
to
city
council
we're
targeting
february
for
that
and
then
just
on
the
next
page
listed
out
some
potential
other
items
that
maybe
one
time
or
ongoing,
that
we
bring
to
you
all
for
discussion
as
well.
C
So
with
that,
I
think
I
will
stop
and
if
any
other
anyone
else
on
staff
has
any
input.
I
see.
Councilmember
turner
has
a
question,
so
yeah
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
or
if
you
all
see
something
here
or
that's
not
here
that
you
would
like
us
to
add.
We
can
certainly
do
that
as
well.
D
Sage,
that's
where
my
request
is.
I
would
love
to
get
a
primer
on
bonds
say
if
we
were
to
look
at
2024
bond
cycle-
I
I
only
know
so
much
like
I
know,
there's
a
year
leading
up
to
it
and
there's
all
these
things.
That
must
be
done,
but
I
don't
really
understand
the
process
and
I
would
love
a
detailed
primer
on
that.
Yeah.
C
Yeah,
that's
exactly
what
we
had
in
mind
with
either
the
september
or
october
meeting,
and-
and
I
really
would
like
to
get
our
consultants
to
come
because
they've
come
before
and
presented
to
this
committee
council
member
whistler
probably
remembers,
and
they
do
a
great
job
of
walking
through
our
debt
model
and
and
how
the
debt
issuance
works
and
all
that.
So
I
really
want
them
to
to
come
and
be
able
to
talk
to
you
all.
C
C
A
Great
thank
you
that
the
thing
that
I
would
like
you
to
consider
is
for
any
of
our
funds
that
are,
and
I'm
having
a
brain
freeze
right
now.
The
funds
that
are
that
make
money.
A
I
would
like
sorry
about
that.
I
was
like.
I
would
like
that.
You
know
on
sort
of
a
rotating
basis.
We
look
at
those
funds
with
the
idea
of
getting
them
closer
to
break
even
if
possible.
So
you
know,
for
example,
I
know
the
golf
the
golf
course
you
know
we
have
the
new.
We
have
the
new
agreement,
I'd
love
to
hear
about
the
tennis,
how
aston's
doing
etc.
So
we
used
to
do
that.
A
We
used
to
you
know
like
maybe
once
every
six
months
go
through
those
funds
like.
I
know
the
nature
center
used
to
come
to
us
and
really
it
some
of
the
innovative
ideas
about
how
to
make
those
funds
a
little
less
drain
on
the
general
funds
came
out
of
this
committee.
So
I
would
love
to
see
us
get
back
to
that
cycle
and
look
at
the
operations
of
the
enterprise
funds.
B
A
B
B
And
then
a
lot
of
this,
as
tony
said
earlier,
evolved
out
of
some
unfortunate
missteps,
miscommunication
or
delayed
communication
with
regards
to
the
performance
of
a
lot
of
our
enterprise
funds.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
keep
you
all
fully
abreast
in
a
timely
manner
of
the
performance
of
particularly
the
enterprise
funds.
A
Okay
and
and
then
the
only
other
thing
that
I
might
ask
that
I
can't
remember
whether,
when
or
how
the
alcohol
beverage
control
board
comes
in
front
of
council.
A
I
think
in
in
the
past,
we've
just
like
taken
a
written
report
from
them,
but
I
would
I
mean
I
serve
as
the
liaison
for
that
board
and
I
would
really
love
to
see
them
come
and
give
at
least
this
committee,
if
not,
council
sort
of
a
primer
on
what
work
they
do,
the
the
programs
that
they
are
involved
with
how
their
profit
actually
comes
and
benefits
the
general
fund.
I've
gotten
some
questions
from
other
council
members
with
and
frankly
some
some
county
commissioners
about.
A
How
does
this
all
work
and-
and
I
think
that
it
it
would
just
be
time
to
sort
of
bring
that
back
and-
and
you
know
frankly,
it's
not
a-
I
mean
it's
not
the
level
of
property
taxes,
but
it's
not
an
insignificant
amount
of
revenue
that
comes
into
the
general
fund,
that
I
just
don't
know
that
council
and
the
public
has
a
good
appreciation
of
so
that
may
be
something
that
I
I'd
like
to
see.
A
Added
to
this
committee's
agenda,
unless
the
other
council
of
women
have
an
issue
with
that,
I
just.
D
A
And
I,
I
really
think
we
have
an
opportunity
to
marry
up
their
work
with
some
of
our
our
equity
work,
because
they
are
obligated
to
spend
a
certain
amount
of
money
with
around
addiction
issues
both
well
all
addiction
issues
around.
You
know,
and
not
just
alcohol,
but
you
know
potentially
other
drugs,
and
you
know
so
they
spend
money
on
that.
They
spend
money
on
education
initiatives.
They
work
with
apd
a
lot
with.
A
You
know,
issues
surrounding
their
stores,
I
mean,
and-
and
you
know
frankly,
they
have
a
lot
of
retail
operations
that
the
city
has
been
in.
Connection
has
been
talks
with
them
about
possibly
converting
to
solar,
and
I
think
that
could
you
know
initiatives
like
that
could
help
us
meet
our
our
sustainability
goals.
So
I
you
know,
I
think
we
I'd
like
to
give
them
a
little
attention
and
get
them
into
our
fold
a
little
bit
better.
A
Okay,
any
other
questions
or
comments
all
right.
So
with
that
I'm
moving
on
to
the
public
comments.
So
we
did
not
receive
any
comments
prior
to
the
meeting,
but
I
will
now
open
it
up
to
the
live
public
comments
for
up
to
a
half
an
hour
and
individuals
would
be
limited
to
three
minutes
and
I'm
sure
there
are
hundreds
of
people
out
in
the
queue
that
are
ready
to
talk
to
us.
I'm
really
excited
to
ask
alicia
how
many
people
are
waiting
in
the
queue
to
speak
to
us.
A
Well,
maybe
we
answered
all
their
questions
and
so
there's
nothing
that
we
can
add
further.
We
know
that
staff
did
a
great
job
today,
as
they
always
do
so.
We've
probably
just
satiated
the
public
with
our
our
information.
So
what
that's
nice
sage
with
that?
I
will
adjourn
the
meeting
and
look
forward
to
seeing
you
all
tonight
at
the
council
meeting.
Thank
you.
Everyone
great
work.
Thank
you.