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From YouTube: Ways and Means on April 10, 2023
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Ways & Means Hearing- Docket #0322- Order for a hearing to discuss how the City budget is addressing equity.
A
Thank
you
good
morning
my
name
is
Tanya
fernunch
Anderson
district
7,
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
Ways
and
Means
today
is
April
10
2023..
This
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
for
slash
City,
Dash,
Council,
Dash,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8
RCN
channel
82
files,
Channel
964.
written
comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
CCC,
dot
WM
at
boston.gov
and
will
be
made
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors
public.
A
A
K-A-V-A-N-A-G-H
at
boston.gov
for
the
link
and
your
name
will
be
added
to
the
list.
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket0322
order
for
hearing
to
discuss
how
the
city
budget
is
addressing
Equity,
with
a
focus
on
the
budget
process,
the
budget
amendment
the
budget
schedule
and
the
budget
rfis
and
Then
followed
by
public
testimony.
A
I'd
like
to
thank
all
of
you
for
attending
the
session
today,
first
we'd
like
to
go
over
foundational
rules
and
responsibilities
that
will
be
key
to
understand
over
the
course
of
the
budget
season.
After
that,
we
will
take
a
quick
overview
of
key
dates
and
general
discussion
around
key
terms
in
the
appendix.
A
Oh
okay,
okay,
all
right
here
we
go
sorry!
I
can't
see
it
from
the
from
here.
So
I'll
just
use
my
and
click
at
the
same
time,
I'll
just
use
the
hard
copy
so
for
table
contents
again,
we'll
be
covering
city
council.
Amendment
power
schedule
for
hearings,
appendix
you'll,
find
our
five
questions
and
hearing
topics
which
we
will
open
for
discussion
before
I
begin
by
show
of
hands.
A
You
will
see
that
I
have
pretty
much
broken
down.
What
types
of
amendments
can
the
council
use
to
modify
the
budget?
First,
the
council
can
amend
between
appropriation
categories
on
the
tax
order
and
within,
for
example,
Council
can
reduce
the
Public
Works
Personnel
Services
line
and
increase
the
Public
Works
contractual
service
line.
A
Another
example,
or
another
way
that
the
council
can
amend
can
make
amendments.
Is
the
council
cannot
tell
the
administration
how
or
where
to
execute
the
funds
within
a
modification
so
basically
moving
the
funds,
but
not
specifying
where
or
at
least
the
execution
of
funds
or
how
they
should
do
their
job
example?
Council
can
increase
the
budget
for
Hokies
by
two
FTE
or
full-time
employee
by
reducing
the
budget
for
two
Engineers,
but
cannot
specify
where
the
Hokies
are
meant
to
be
based.
A
Mayoral
sorry
at
this
time,
I
like
to
acknowledge
that
our
president,
Council
Flynn,
has
joined
us
mayor
and
Council
budgetary
Powers,
Charter
Amendment,
the
mayor
and
city
council
shall
have
the
power
to
modify
in
whole
or
in
part
an
appropriation
order
or
an
item
within
an
appropriation
order.
Due
to
this
tax
Council
requires
additional
information
on
the
legal
reasoning
for
executive
directive
power
to
Trump
the
council's
budgetary
ones
and
again
we'll
go
into
more
discussion
about
a
lot
to
elaborate
on
those
points.
A
Responsibilities
of
the
council
purpose
of
the
amendment
should
be
inappropriate.
An
appropriate
use
of
operating
funds
operating
funds
support
the
ongoing
Department
operational
and
programmatic
cost
within
the
legal
procurement
and
personal
policies
of
the
city
and
can
be
executed
within
the
12-month
period
of
the
fiscal
year.
Balanced
budget
to
ensure
the
budget
amendment
by
city
council
does
not
exceed
the
mayor's
purpose.
Budget
city
council
must
identify
reductions
equal
to
the
value
of
proposed
amendments.
A
A
How
do
we
ensure
all
amendments
are
in
compliance
with
procurement
law?
Procurement
lawyer
generally
requires
competitive
bidding
amendments
and
the
tax
order
could
not
specify
or
name
an
organization
to
be
awarded
to
a
contract
or
Grant
funds.
If
the
council
amends
the
budget
to
expand
funding
for
an
existing
city
services,
additionally,
funds
may
not
be
directly
awarded
to
the
current
contractor
or
or
contractors
or
guarantee
or
guarantees.
A
What
is
administration's
role
in
spending
funds
once
the
budget
is
approved
under
the
supervision
of
the
mayor
department,
heads
have
authority
to
spend
funds
in
a
manner
consistent
with
appropriation,
other
applicable
laws
and
City,
HR
and
or
procurement
processes.
Quasi-Independent
authorities
example:
BPS
have
their
own
legal
authority
to
spend
the
city
Appropriations.
Therefore,
the
city
council
can
only
increase
or
decrease
the
overall
appropriation
for
quasi-independent
authorities.
A
I
will
stop
there
and
go
back
to
the
first
slide
and
open
the
floor
for
discussion
and
please
feel
free
to
light
up
your
mic.
If
you
need
any
clarification,
we
can
go
over
it.
One
by
one
and
I
can
expand
on
what
the
administration
was
thinking
and
how
I
came
to
the
these
conclusions
and
then
also,
if
you
have
any
feedback
or
disagreement.
I
am
absolutely
welcoming
that
at
this
time,.
B
Thank
you
and
thank
you
for
this
I'm,
not
sure
if
this
is
the
time
to,
but
I
did
meet
our
new
budget
analysts.
So
thank
you.
If
you
could
explain
what
you
believe,
as
the
chairwisa
means
her
role
will
be
and
because
I
know
did
she
help
write
this
with
you,
so
no,
no
just
going
through
it.
It's
helpful
to
have
this
pulled
out.
I
know
it's
information
we
had
last
year
but
to
see
the
dates
and
all
so.
Thank
you
for
this.
A
B
A
Ahead,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
floor,
so
I
think
that
so
last
year
we
went
through
this
whole
process
and
it
was
our
first
time
first
year
to
create
these
amendments
or
to
make
amendments,
and
we
were
figuring
out
as
we
were
going
back
and
forth
and
so
was
Administration.
Looking
at
exactly
what
the
amendment
document
was
stating
right.
A
A
She's
going
to
be
her
job
specifically,
is
for
lack
of
better
words
to
translate
the
budget,
so
aggregating
information
and
those
requests.
All
requests
have
to
come
from
through
the
chair.
So
if
you
want
Charisma
to
further
break
down
or
give
you
more
examples,
you
would
ask
through
the
chair
that
she
provides
that
information
to
you.
She
is
not.
A
Let
me
know
email
me
is
the
best
way,
so
that
I
can
have
her
work
on
it
with
with
Fair
expectations,
of
course,
as
far
as
us,
working
together,
I
think
that
I'm,
you
know
just
like
last
year
trying
to
give
the
floor
democratically
to
everyone.
A
lot
of
people
who
want
to
voice
allow
everyone
to
offer
their
amendments,
but
to
realistically
suggest
where
those
decreases
or
increases
are
impacting
or
impacted
in
the
budget,
meaning
you
have
to
balance
it
out.
A
You
have
to
tell
me
where
the
money
is
coming
from,
if
you're
decreasing
something
or
augmenting
something,
and
so
I
I
am
not
opposed
to
hearing
people
out
as
long
as
they
have.
You
know
like
reasonable
moves
from
in
the
budget,
and
it's
going
to
be
I
think
it's
going
to
be
very
exciting
to
look
at.
You
know
different
ways
of
doing
this
this
year.
Being
that
it's
our
second
time
around
and
having
a
little
bit
of
experience,
thank
you
did
that
answer.
Okay,
thank
you.
C
C
One
of
the
challenges
in
trying
to
make
an
amendment
if
you
had
a
particular
Amendment
you
wanted
to
make,
is
that
very
often
the
budget
book
itself
isn't
broken
down
into
line
items
as
sort
of
these
large
buckets.
That
departments
put.
You
know
it
covers
a
lot,
but
they
don't
break
it
down
into
a
specific
line
items.
So
will
we
have
any
more
clarity
or
more
ability
to
do
that?
This
time
I
know
within
and
then
the
inter,
interdepartmental
and
inter
and
intra,
we
can't
change.
C
A
That's
not
the
case,
and
this
was
the
argument
is
that
we
can't
so
the
charter
states
that
we
don't
have
actual
appropriation
like
we.
We
can't
appropriate
funds
in
terms
of
executive
powers
to
appropriate
funds.
We
can't
say
how
it's
being
used.
We
can't
say
the
execution
of
the
job
itself
where
and
how
what
time?
A
But
it
does
say
that
we
can
move
funds
within
a
department.
So,
for
example,
if
we
can
move
monies
from
contract
to
Personnel
Personnel
to
contract,
that's
within
a
department,
but
what
they
were
saying
is
that
we
couldn't
go
Personnel
to
Personnel.
But
if
we
based
on
amending
Amendment
powers
and
what
this
means
in
terms
of
part
of
part,
then
it
almost
says
that,
for
example,
if
you
believe
that,
instead
of
five
whole
keys,
this
is
an
example
instead
of
five
Hokies,
we
need
four
Engineers.
A
Instead,
then,
that's
specifically
amending
a
thing
based
on
advocating
for
the
need
that
we
have
heard
from
the
community
from
our
constituents,
and
so
it
there's
nothing
that
they
have
shown
me.
That
proves
that
we
cannot
actually
move
from
Personnel
to
personnel
and
say
not
five
Hokies,
four
Engineers
instead
give
me
three
Hokies
and
instead
of
two
Engineers
give
me
four
Engineers
and
so
I've
I've
gone
back
and
forth
with
them
I've,
given
them
till
Friday.
They
were
supposed
to
give
me
anytime
any
type
of
pushback.
C
C
We
need
a
hockey,
we
need
more
hookies,
but
they
haven't
been
able
to
actually
hire
people
to
fill
those
positions,
and
so
you
know
that
gives
them
a
level
of
flexibility
to
use
the
resources
they
have
for
this
year.
I
I
just
wanted
to
get
some
clarity
on
that
sure,
yeah
and,
and
it's
really
down
to
the
line.
The
line
item
challenge
is
hard
because
we
we
you
know
when
we
get
down
into
line
item.
C
You
know
finding
finding
some
funds
that
are
maybe
redundant
in
the
sense
that
they're
underutilized
or
not
spent
every
year.
Then
that
indicates
that
maybe
that
money
could
be
used
somewhere
else
in
a
different
department.
So
I
think
that's
what
we
did
last
year.
We
did
some
transfers
like
that,
but
we
did
it.
We
did.
A
It
within
two
yeah
yeah.
That's
the
point
that
I'm
making
is
that,
although
they're
saying
we
can't
do
it,
we
did
it
last
year.
Not
only
did
we
do
it
last
year,
but
what
they're
trying
to
say
is
in
the
charter
itself.
It
says
that
we
don't
have
execution
Powers
over
funds,
so
we
can't.
Basically
we
can't
run
a
department
or
we
can't
tell
the
chief
how
to
do
their
job,
but
this
is
not
telling
someone
what
how
to
do
their
job.
This
is
specifically
again
advocating
so
and
then
the
other.
A
The
other
issue
that
they
were
bringing
up
was
if
we
like
what
is
an
appropriation
like,
is
it
the
whole
department
and
then
Jim
from
OBM
said?
Yes,
it's
it's
a
whole
department.
So
if
that
was
the
case,
then
in
whole
would
be
the
whole
department,
so
decreasing
that
whole
thing
or
part
of
whole,
just
a
Personnel
or
part
of
part,
so
within
Personnel.
A
So
hopefully
that's
Clarity.
But
yes,
of
course,
encouraging
that
we
work
with
Department
Chiefs
to
in
collaboration
deciding
or
figuring
out,
like
you
know,
what's
going
on
with
this
and
have
you
had
troubles
hiring
and
how
can
I
assist
in
terms
of
advocating
for
this
issue
and
how
will
that
impact?
Your
department
I
think
that's,
probably
the
more
collaborative
courteous
way
of
working
about
and
and
making
sense
out
of
this,
so
that
we're
not
making
impractical
moves.
D
You
councilman
Anderson
and
thank
you
for
all
your
work
on
this
I
know
it's
a
big
huge
haul.
So
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Just
a
question
about
calendar
and
your
thoughts
on
timing,
because
the
first
draft
of
any
potential
amendments
according
to
the
schedule,
will
be
due
Monday
May
8th,
but
we
will
not
have
heard
from
a
bunch
of
departments
by
then
so
just
curious
in
terms
of
like
how
you
think
we
should
handle
that
or
like
how
amenable
you'll
be
to
to
delayed
amendments.
A
You
can
appreciate
that
we
have
to
move
very
fast
and
because
of
Juneteenth
we
will
not
have
that
Wednesday
that
week,
and
so
it
cuts
us
short
and
we
had
so
instead
of
like
the
middle
of
June,
we
have
to
vote
by
like
the
first
week
and
that's
yeah
and
that's
kind
of
like
the
I
guess
unfair
thing
on
in
terms
of
time.
Constrictions
all.
D
Right
understood,
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I,
appreciate
your
flexibility,
because
I
think
that
it's
probably
gonna
like
last
year
will
be
a
bit
hectic,
but
we'll
try
to
get
that
done
and
if
you,
if
your
team
has
the
advanced
information
that
shows
with
us
I
think
that
will
hopefully
make
it
easier.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
just
for
clarification.
I'm
waiting
on
the
administration
to
provide
the
raw
data
for
the
budget,
I
have
not
received
anything
from
them
yet,
and
so
we're
going
to
be
sort
of
like
working
against
the
grain.
We
get
it
on
the
12th
get
work
with
Karishma
to
get
us
some
breakdowns
of
some
data,
visualizations
and
Analysis,
and
at
that
point
I
think
immediately
you'll
be
able
to
sort
of
get
an
idea.
A
A
We've
only
went
to
the
through
our
first
part
of
this
session,
where
we
discussed
the
amendment
I'm
happy
to
do
sort
of
a
summation
of
all
this
at
the
end
of
the
hearing
where
our
part
two
at
this
point,
the
schedule
all
right
so
for
the
schedule,
pretty
straightforward,
as
I
explained,
there'll,
be
some
hearings.
There'll
be
some
working
sessions
with
room
for
public
testimony,
but
also
they'll
be
community-based
public
testimony.
A
As
well
as
budget
workshops
that
I
will
be
providing
for
my
office
and
it's
all
here
on
the
schedule-
you'll
receive
a
formal
schedule.
It'll
look
like
an
outline
format
from
Shane
and
Shane
pack
and
that's
pretty
much
it
about
the
budget.
The
schedule
does
anyone
have
any
questions
on
the
schedule.
A
The
following
week,
between
May
1st
and
May
5th,
we'll
hear
from
do
it
then
Parks
Parks,
environment,
addressing
health
and
just
so
you
know
with
do
it.
This
is
a
perfect
time
for
folks
to
come
to
address
any
data
or
any
questions
that
they
haven't
had
answered,
even
if
it's
in
their
hearing
perfect
time
to
submit
your
questions
to
me
ahead
of
time.
Any
data
that
you
have
been
still
waiting
for
this
is
a
perfect
time
to
address
that
and
I
figured
that
to
so
many
of
us.
A
E
A
A
A
follow-up
as
well
as
while
we
are
working
on
amendments
or
just
discussions,
sometimes
most
of
the
times
we
I
noticed
that
last
year
we
had
a
lot
of
questions
that
could
just
that
we
we
were
like.
Oh
maybe
we
should
have
asked
legal
to
attend
this,
or
maybe
Jim
should
have
been
here
so
instead
I'm
just
doing
that
preemptively
here
as
much
as
much
as
I
possible.
Okay,.
E
E
A
Reason
why
OBM
it's
appropriate
for
OBM
to
attend
bps's
future
Capital
planning
is
because
it
all
relates
right
when
we
had
last
last
year
we'll
invite,
for
example,
just
PPS
but
OB.
We
can't
cross
reference,
and
when
we
had
questions
there
were
some
things
that
weren't
clear.
So
if
OBM
is
working
with
BPS
and
if
Park,
Streets
and
Equity
all
have
is
related
to
what
BPS
is
doing
in
capital,
then
they
should
be
here.
They
should
be
here
pending
our
questions.
If
we
have
any
so
there.
A
Capital,
no,
what
happens
is
that,
for
example,
if
they
have
questions,
if
we
have
questions
in
terms
of
how
it
connects
to
streets,
but
some
of
these
sessions
are
two
parts:
I,
don't
know.
If
you
remember
last
year,
when
I
would
hear
from
certain
departments
first
and
then
hear
from
another
department,
but
what
I
also
think
that,
in
terms
of
OBM
that
there
would
be,
it
may
pose
like
cross
referencing,
what's
act
what's
happening
and
if
they
can't
answer
questions
then
just
directly
interjecting
OBM
into
the
conversation
as
far
as
parks
and
streets
and
Equity.
E
A
E
F
A
F
A
A
I
think
that
you'll
find
that
some
of
bps's
hearings
are
either
in
community,
so
after
5
30
to
accommodate
families
to
attend
or
in
this
chamber
at
hours
that
families
can
attend.
I.
Think
the
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
that
at
least
the
feedback
that
I've
been
getting
is
that
parents
or
families
often
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
actually
get
responses
a
lot
of
public
testimony.
Sometimes
it's
sort
of
formatted
just
for
comments,
and
they
come
with
questions
right.
A
So
one
thing
to
keep
in
mind:
I
think
as
we
listen
to
public
testimonies
I,
encourage
my
colleagues
to
actually
write
down
some
of
the
questions
that
the
public
is
asking
and
then
pose
it
to
the
administration
so
that
we
can
actually
get
them
to
answer.
I
I
think
it's
a
moot
point
to
have
public
testimony
and
folks
coming
all
the
way
in
here
or
even
in
the
community,
to
ask
questions
and
then
feel
like
it's
just
speaking
to
a
wall.
F
A
Councilman
here
I
apologize
that
you
missed
just
a
small
piece
in
the
beginning,
I'm
opening
the
floor
for
your
suggestions
and
recommendations.
The
final
final
schedule,
for
example,
if
there
are
any
kinks
in
the
schedule
and,
for
example,
counselors
like
well,
that's
a
lot
of
departments
for
just
three
hours
or
this
chart
looks
like
it
starts
at
two,
but
it
says
5
30..
F
Yeah
so
I
love
that
and
I
would,
just
as
part
of
making
recommendations,
would
love
to
see.
Workforce
Development,
Yee
and
BPS
share
some
space
so
that
we
can
be
really
creative
about
how
we're
going
to
support
Madison
Park,
how
we're
going
to
support
you
know
non-traditional
Learners
as
it
relates
to
Workforce,
Development
and
creating
opportunities
for
them.
So
I
just
like
to
uplift
that
as
something
that
I'd
like
to
see
within
BPS
and
Workforce,
Development
Yee
in
particular.
If
there's
a
way
for
us.
F
A
F
These
are
young
people
who
are
graduating
from
BPS
or
transitioning
out
of
foster
care
or
coming
out
of
dys.
That
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
space
for
them
to
talk
about
their
specific
career,
Pathways
and
I.
Think
BPS
plays
a
role
in
that
in
identifying
recent
arrivals,
young
people
who,
who
are
not
going
to
be
going
on
to
college
and
the
role
that
Workforce
Development
plays
and
supporting
those
BPS
students.
So,
yes,
I
do
think
they
do
play
some
role
there
and
maybe
it's
under
youth
employment
opportunities.
Maybe
that's
where.
F
Yeah
I
I
think
I
just
want
to
just,
and
maybe
when
we
have
Workforce
Development
I
can
press
them
a
little
bit
more
about
what
Workforce
Development
looks
like
for
a
younger
people.
It's
not
just
placing
them
in
jobs
but
like
they
have
a
career
pathway,
which
is
where
I
think
we
fall
short
when
we're
talking
about
employment
for
young
people.
If.
C
F
And
will
people
be
able
to
view
the
budget
and
see
how
they'll
be
impacted
by
it,
like
we
I
always
talk
about
return
on
investment,
I'd
love
for
the
administration
to
come
with
a
graph
of
like
dollar
for
dollar,
for
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
how
these
dollars
are
being
earmarked
and
what
that
return
on
investment
will
offer.
How
many
lives
will
we
be
transforming?
How
many
schools
are.
F
We
fixing,
like
I'd
love
to
see
every
little
dollar
be
to
the
to
the
grain,
because
what
I
find
is
that
we
ask
for
things,
and
we
just
don't
know
where
they
end
up.
For
example,
we
fought
and
out-
and
you
know
the
administration
I'm
still
I-
have
yet
to
hear
what
we're
doing
with
the
750
000
that
we
secured
for
rental
assistance
through
Opera
that
doesn't
fall
under
your
jurisdiction,
but
it
does
impact
the
overall
well-being
of
our
Municipal
Employees
right.
So
I
don't
know
well
now
it
does.
F
It
does
okay,
so
I
I
need
to
know
if
those
dollars
have
been
earmarked
and
how
have
they
been
used.
You
know:
where
do
we
have
to
fill
in
the
gap?
You
know
I
I,
I'm
curious
about
that
sort
of
stuff
and
I
think
those
are
the
questions
that
I
have
coming
into
the
budget
season
is:
where
have
we
spent
our
money?
How
much
money
do
we
have
left
over?
Why
haven't
we
spent
all
those
dollars
and
how
we're
gonna
pivot?
F
Okay,
those
are
the
sort
of
things
that
I'd
like
to
know
from
each
Department
that
comes
through
is
just
to
have
a
sense
of
direction
for
us,
so
I'm
saying
that
more
for
them
less
for
you,
but
just
to
let
them
know
if
they're
listening,
because
you
know
they
do
that.
Those
are
my
some
of
my
expectations
so.
A
F
Did
because
every
year
you
know
now
we're
moving
into
the
you
know,
we
I'm
curious
about
how
you're
envisioning
our
interaction
with
the
public
to
story,
budget
and
I'm
and
I
came
in
late.
So
you
probably
did
give
us
an
overview
and
I'm
happy
to
review
the
tape
and
I'm.
Okay
with
that.
I
just
want
to
know
how
we're
interfacing
with
the
public
in
our
decision
making
and
the
role
that
they'll
play
in
informing
the
decisions
that
we
make.
A
To
the
best
of
my
ability,
I've
been
I've,
looked
at
the
schedule
over
a
month
time
back
and
forth,
with
Community
Advocates
I've
actually
invited
them
to
the
table
to
work
with
them.
To
give
me
feedback
on
the
schedule
that
I've
put
together,
the
response
was
wow.
We
didn't
realize
how
much
work
this
is,
and
so,
after
you
know,
pulling
my
hair
for
a
few
weeks,
it's
difficult
to
get
it's
really
five
weeks.
A
We
only
have
five
weeks,
and
so
it's
difficult
to
get
all
of
the
departments
in
that's
one,
and
also
some
of
these
apartments
are
you?
Can
you
notice
that
they're,
coupled
or
they're,
in
a
in
a
bucket
and
we've
done
that
before,
where
we've
the
first
part
of
the
hearing
will
be
on?
You
know
certain
topics
and
then
the
second
part
will
be
other
topics.
Those
hearings
tend
to
be
six
to
seven
hours.
Long
I,
don't
know
if
you
guys
remember,
but
unfortunately
it's
the
nature
of
what
I
have
here.
A
I
wish
I
could
have
done
it
differently
and
then
I've
also
been
able
to
add
as
many
working
sessions
as
many
listening
sessions
as
many
workshops.
As
possible,
at
least
four
workshops
for
the
community,
at
least
for
public
testimony
listening
sessions,
two
in
community
two
in-house
and
the
two
in-house
of
virtual.
So
once
I
tighten
up
the
schedule,
you'll
see
it
as
an
outline
as
opposed
to
the
way
it's
laid
out
on
the
calendar
and
hopefully
that's
helpful.
A
F
A
A
G
G
A
So
much
counselor
Rory
for
that
question.
I
hired
that
and
in
terms
of
and
I
got
feedback
from
the
community
and
I
then
took
got
feedback
from
the
administration
and
the
staff,
and
there
seems
to
be
most
people.
There
seems
to
be
a
consensus
around
having
them
in
person
I'm
happy
to
break
down.
Half
of
these
virtual
I.
G
G
For
instance,
a
mix
is
good
like
I'm,
not
saying
they
should
all
be
virtual
at
all,
but
I
think
if
we're
doing
multiple-on-one
subject,
it
might
make
sense
to
do
some
of
those
virtual
and
some
of
those
in
person
just
thinking
about
summer
calendar
and
all
the
different
things
that
folks
got
going
on
and
where
they're
running
around
to
and
doing,
I
would
hate
for
us
not
to
have
full
participation.
Obviously
I
watch
all
of
these,
and
then
we
take
notes
on
all
of
them.
A
G
A
G
Right
here,
here's
why
I
say
that,
because
last
time
when
we
used
to
do
the
budget
used
to
need
seven
votes
to
pass
the
budget
under
the
current
construct,
it
goes
over
to
the
mayor
unanimously,
because
of
course
it
does.
It
has
everybody's
amendments.
Then
it
gets
sent
back
with
some
of
those
vetoed
or
the
majority
of
them
vetoed,
and
then
it
requires
nine
of
us,
not
seven,
nine
of
us
to
overturn
that
that
vetoed
package.
G
But
then
that
opens
up
the
door
where
you
can
actually
have
seven
or
or
eight
people
vote
in
opposition
to
the
mayor's
vetoes
and
to
that
budget
now
as
constructed.
But
then
the
budget
still
passes
because
it
has
five
votes,
which
is
not
not
technically.
What
I
think
the
intention
of
the
statute
was
to
do.
Is
that
something
worth
us
exploring?
Reverting
it
back
so
that
no
budget
ever
passes
amended
or
veto
amended
without
seven
members
of
the
council.
G
Voting
for
it
just
makes
very
little
sense
that
we
would
send
a
budget
over
unanimously
because
of
its
amendments
get
to
send
back
with
vetoes
and
then
because
five
people
vote
to
keep
it
the
way
it
was
sent
over
after
the
veto
process
it
passes
instead
of
having
it
be
passed
by
the
majority
of
the
council.
I
think
that
was
like
an
over
sight
and
how
the
original
charter
amendment
was
written
by
our
now
Gone
colleague,
but
I
think
this
is
something
we
might
want
to
explore
with
enough
time
for
the
voting
process.
G
I
think
last
time
when
we
started
to
realize
there
might
be
some
issues
with
this,
it
was
around
the
end
of
the
process,
like
literally
at
the
voting
like
the
week
in
that
process.
I
think
it
probably
makes
some
sense
now
that
we're
in
April
to
try
and
see
if
we
can
resolve
this
with
some
kind
of
ordinance
change
between
now
and
in
June.
G
G
Right,
that's
basically,
it
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
we
get
to
that
final
vote,
we're
not
creating
bad
precedence
about
like
seven
or
eight
counselors,
don't
like
a
budget,
because
she
took
out
all
the
things
that
we
voted
for
and
then
it
passes
anyway,
because
we
didn't
have
nine
over
at
it.
Yep.
A
G
A
G
A
A
Before
we
go
here,
essentially
the
request
for
information
general
questions
that
I
send
over
this
year,
I
try
to
compartmentalize
it
by
department,
so
some
departments
have
additional
questions
to
these
as
well
based
on
Equity
or
based
on
the
work
that
they
do.
What
typically
happens
every
year
is
that
this
gets
sent
over
at
least
a
couple
of
weeks
in
advance
of
the
hearing
of
the
first
hearing,
and
each
department
has
to
bring
them
their
presentation
to
the
hearing,
and
it's
supposed
to
be
in
response
or
answering
the
questions
that
are
here.
A
What
typically
happens
is
that
they
come
and
the
presentation
is
beautiful
and
they
answer
most
of
the
questions.
But
some
of
the
questions
are
left
unanswered.
What
I'm
suggesting
is
that
we
sort
of
slow
down
the
process
and
make
it
more
conversational
so
that
we
can
actually
go
back
and
forth
with
allow
colleagues
to
interject
if
they
have
to.
For
example,
I
can
ask
a
question
from
Council,
Braden
and
Council
Braden
answered,
but
because
I'm
paying
attention
or
I'm
reading,
something
counselor
might
say,
wait
a
minute.
A
G
G
A
G
A
G
A
C
Chair
we're
very
much
focused
on
our
spending
in
the
budget,
but
one
question
I'd
like
to
get
more
information
on
is
just
the
whole
Revenue
side
of
it
and
I
know
that
the
pilot
payments
are
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes
and
it
is
a
voluntary
program.
But
I
would
like
to
get
some
up-to-date
information
on
what
we're
bringing
in
from
our
pilot
program
for
our
non-profits
in
in
the
city
of
Boston,
and
and
also
just
to
get
some
more
insight
into
thoughts
about,
because
our
real
estate
taxes,
because.
C
A
A
H
H
And
to
build
off
last
year's
process,
which
the
chair
helps
Shepherd
to
get
in
a
really
historical
amendments
from
the
council,
so
some
comments,
especially
both
about
the
process
and
how
it
can
boost
racial
equity
in
this
year's
budget,
which
I
know,
is
a
topic
of
the
recent
hearings.
Number
one
is
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
strong
amount
of
money
in
the
participatory
budgeting
fund,
Community
groups
have
been
calling
calling
for
40
million
and
that's
really
a
way
to
maximize
Community
power
over
the
budget.
H
H
A
fourth
recommendation
is
to
have
more
transparency
online
and
on
budget
amendments,
knowing
that
when
they
get
voted
on
by
the
council
they're
packaged
together,
but
in
the
working
sessions,
you
know
that
counselor
friend
I
understand.
One
of
your
I
suppose
last
year
was
to
check
if
amendments
had
support
two-thirds
of
the
councils
so
that
it
could
survive
a
veto,
but
would
be
great
if
there's
actually
amendments
posted
online
so
that
the
community,
where
is
money
being
proposed,
to
be
taken
from
where
it's
being
moved
to?
H
It's
great,
that
there's
work
to
get
the
raw
data
from
them.
Things
like
right
now
in
the
budget
documents
you
have
to
click
a
whole
bunch
of
places
to
figure
out
as
an
example
this
year.
This
much
was
budget
for
place
over
time.
How
much
was
actually
spent,
and
it's
not
kind
of
put
side
to
side
budget
to
actuals
this
year.
This
ritual
is
budgeted
for
youth.
H
This
is
which
was
actually
spent
and
so
to
be
able
to
get
that
raw
data,
but
to
also
present
that
data
clearly
in
ways
that
compare
what
was
budgeted
and
was
actually
spent
and
with
the
youth
jobs
budget.
Specifically,
it
took
years
actually
to
get
updated
numbers
from
the
prior
administrations
on
how
many
jobs
were
being
offered
and
actually
in
the
budget
books
they
stopped
putting
in
how
many
jobs
were
actually
offered
each
year,
and
so
that
should
be
put
back
into
the
budget
as
well
as
a
concrete
spreadsheet.
H
That
shows,
if
we're
aiming
for
7
000
summer
jobs,
for
example.
These
are
calculations
for
how
much
young
people
are
getting
paid,
how
many
weeks
they're
working
and
why
we
think
it's
this
amount.
What's
the
retention
rate,
because
last
year
it
took
until
the
last
minute
to
get
some
information
from
the
city
about
that.
H
So
to
recap:
pushing
for
40
million
participatory
budgeting
fund,
considering
resetting
the
clock
to
reject
the
first
Jade
with
the
Prejudice
to
get
a
higher
amount
back
from
the
mirror
to
play
with
and
to
to
be
able
to
allocate
more
to
community
needs
figuring
out.
How
much
how
many
votes
are
required
this
year
to
override
WTO?
If
there's
12
counselors?
H
Is
it
beat
or
nine
votes,
having
budget
amendments
online,
with
transparency
on
who's
co-sponsoring
and
supporting
them
a
better
time
for
hearings
and
getting
Administration
to
the
getting
the
administration
to
give
more
raw
data
and
budget-first
actuals
and
answers
to
other
questions,
including
around
policing
these
jobs
in
all
the
Departments?
Thank
you.
A
A
Thank
you
so
much
George
look
forward
to
working
with
you
all
right.
If
we,
if
no
one
else,
has
any
other
questions
again.
Just
summation
of
this
hearing,
we
basically
covered
the
council
Amendment
Powers,
as
well
as
the
schedule
and
hearing
rfi's
questions
and
topics.
If
any
counselors
have
suggestions,
please
submit
them
to
my
to
me
by
email,
you
can
submit
the
rfi's,
hopefully
two
weeks
prior
to
each
hearing.
That's
the
fair
expectation
and
as
well
as
the
suggestion
for
the
schedule.
A
Agreed
Council
Arroyo
brought
up
that
point
and
it's
just
a
matter
of
me
solidifying,
which
ones
are
going
to
be
virtual
and
which
ones
are
not
just
looking
at.
You
know
realistically
coordinating
that
with
the
administration
without
our
admin,
stuff,
okay,
all
right
so
without
further
Ado.
Thank
you
so
much
for
attending
and
I
guess:
good
luck
to
us
to
a
fruitful
budget
season.
Thank
you
meeting
adjourned.