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Dockets #0964 - 0967 - Fiscal Year 2020 Budget: Administration & Finance - Budget Resubmission
A
Improvements
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
being
broadcast,
live
and
recorded
on
Comcast
channel
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r,
CN,
82,
Verizon,
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A
B
Thank
you
good
morning,
councillors
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
a
thorough
and
valued
FY
20,
but
process
I'm
pleased
to
be
here
this
morning
with
Justin
to
present
the
mayor's
resubmitted
FY
20,
but
as
the
final
step
in
the
process
before
your
vote
on
Wednesday
I,
especially
want
to
thank
you,
chairman,
CEO
moe,
you've
been
a
wonderful
steward
of
the
budget
process
and
a
very
well-respected
colleague
who
has
helped
ensure
the
fiscal
stability
of
the
City
of
Boston
in
your
tenure
as
city,
councilor
and
chairman
of
ways
and
means.
So
thank
you.
B
We
will
miss
you.
Thank
you.
This
budget,
represented
by
two
orders
that
span
city
operations
and
include
Boston
Public
Schools,
reflects
the
shared
priorities
of
the
mayor
and
the
council.
It
provides
funding
for
everything
from
new
housing
to
school
nurses.
It
funds
our
smallest
departments,
to
our
largest.
It
provides
for
our
youngest
residents
and
our
oldest.
It
delivers
the
quality
city
services
that
we
are
known
for,
like
street
sweeping
and
hokies
and
snow
plowing,
while
also
providing
for
new
investments
like
universal
pre-k
for
all
four-year-olds
and
the
new
cold-case
squad.
B
It
invests
this
year
to
set
us
up
for
future
successes.
We
have
thoughtfully
built
long
term
plans
in
key
areas
of
climate,
housing,
transportation,
arts
and
schools.
There
is
something
in
this
budget
for
each
of
those
plans
and
it
allows
us
to
move
forward
with
urgency
in
FY,
2014
C
and
a
climate
preparedness
manager
and
investments
in
green
of
8.
There's
a
45
percent
increase
in
D
and
E's
budget
to
ensure
continued
access
to
housing
for
Boston
residents.
B
There
is
a
12
million
dollar
increase
in
the
streets
budget,
consistent
with
our
goal:
Boston
2030
plan,
which
will
fund
new
sidewalks,
accelerated
construction
of
bike
corridors,
the
expansion
of
blue
bikes
creation
of
new
dedicated
bus
lanes
and
new
traffic
to
redesign
projects
to
enhance
safety
and
lower
speeds
for
our
drivers.
And
while
we
always
spend
a
significant
portion
of
our
conversations
and
budget
development
on
what's
new,
it's
key
to
understand
the
budget
by
the
totality
of
what
it
supports.
B
This
budget
provides
critical
funding
to
support
over
2,200
police
officers,
including
a
new
class
that
will
net
us
15
new
officers
and
a
new
cold-case
squad.
It
also
funds
the
operation
of
body-worn
cameras
across
that
apartment.
It
funds
more
than
1,500
firefighters,
including
the
first
fire
Cadet
class,
almost
400
EMTs
166
librarians
19
Park
Rangers
over
4,600
teachers,
which
is
an
addition
of
388
teaching
staff
since
2014
and
150
school
nurses
and
additional
cell,
while
licensed
professionals
in
fy2011
siddur
in
the
latest
beach.you
contract
that
the
city
and
the
union
have
successfully
negotiated.
B
We
are
pleased
to
include
funding
for
the
contract
in
this
budget,
which
is
represented
both
as
an
increase
to
the
bps
budget
and
as
a
reduction
to
the
collective
bargaining
reserve
in
the
operating
budget.
As
you
will
hear
from
bps
later
today,
the
contract
includes
key
provisions
like
base
wage
increases
to
continue
to
provide
highly
competitive
teacher
salaries
and
a
commitment
to
nurses
in
every
bps
school.
The
btu
contract
is
a
critical
component
of
our
success.
At
bps,
great
teachers
is
just
one
of
the
three
core
categories
of
research,
backed
investments
in
this
budget.
B
Teacher
salaries
in
Boston
are
at
or
near
the
highest
offered
in
Massachusetts
and
nationally,
because
we
know
quality
instructors
promote
educational
excellence.
This
budget
also
maintains
our
progress
on
extended
learning
time
and
delivers
on
the
promise
of
the
universal
pre-k,
a
game-changer
to
increase
educational
outcomes.
B
Beyond
these
three
research
backed
areas,
the
bps
budget
also
includes
key
investments
in
school-based
in
school-based
funding,
including
6
million
dollars
to
increase
equity
flexibility
and
stability
at
our
schools,
for
enhancing
our
welcome
centers
funding
for
transform
transformation
of
our
lowest
performing
schools,
strengthening
science
instruction
and
expanding
access
to
the
ISEE
test.
The
mayor
and
his
team
are
passionate
about
the
promise
represented
in
this
budget.
B
We
look
forward
to
your
vote
on
Wednesday
and
to
getting
to
work
this
coming
Monday
to
deliver
on
the
promise
that
is
possible
because
of
our
collective
work
to
deliver
a
budget
that
expands
opportunity
across
the
city.
I
want
to
turn
it
over
to
Justin,
who
will
review
the
details
of
the
resubmission
and
I
want
to
thank
Justin
and
his
team
for
all
the
hard
work
to
get
us
here
today.
They
really
took
engagement
seriously
this
year
in
the
budget
process.
B
C
We're
trying
to
make
the
budget
cool
good
morning
and
thank
you
counselors,
as
I
mentioned,
my
name
is
Justin
starid
I'm,
the
city
of
Boston's
budget
director
I,
want
to
first.
Thank
the
council
has
ever
mentioned
for
a
robust
dialogue
over
the
last
two
months.
Thirty
hearings
is
a
lot
of
work
from
both
your
staffs
and
yourselves
to
engage
with
departments
and
act,
asked
really
thought-provoking
questions
that
made
us
go
back
and
recheck
our
stuff,
so
we're
proud
to
submit
the
budget
today
and
with
that
I
will
get
into
the
slide
deck.
C
They
include
a
thirty-eight
point:
six
million
dollar
transfer
from
the
city's
collective
bargaining
reserve
to
the
FY
2008
that
reflects
the
cost
of
the
FY
20
a
point:
five
million
dollar
transfer
from
the
collective
bargaining
reserve
to
bphc
to
reflect
the
FY
2005
million
dollar
increase
in
the
remaining
FY
20
car
ting
reserve
to
reflect
outstanding
contracts
for
next
year,
following
a
rigorous
procurement
of
waste
removal
and
recycling
services.
An
additional
four
point:
eight
million
is
required
to
pay
for
these
critical
city
services.
C
A
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
has
been
added
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
in
FY
20,
to
support
additional
positions
in
the
forensics
unit
in
order
to
better
analyze
and
frankly,
from
a
lot
of
discussions
with
the
councillors,
we
are
adding
60,000
to
the
Boston
Police
Department,
to
fund
a
transportation
crash
analyst.
We
are
including
a
hundred
thousand
to
expand
Metro
product
access
to
Boston,
Public
Schools.
C
Ninety
two
thousand
in
additional
funding
has
been
added
to
the
Boston
Public
Libraries,
to
maintain
their
critical
facility
services
and,
finally,
fifty
five
thousand
to
build
capacity
and
improve
outreach
and
engagement.
Efforts
for
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement,
so
I
will
take
one
step
out
of
the
weeds
for
a
second
and
pull
up
to
a
high
level.
To
give
you
the
parameters
of
what
the
three
point:
four
nine
billion
dollars
means.
C
So,
as
I
mentioned
since
the
original
submission,
we
have
identified
an
additional
ten
point:
two
million
in
new
revenue
or
about
a
quarter
of
one
percent.
This
moves
the
FY
2010
revenue
up
to
three
point:
four:
nine
billion
about
five
point,
three
percent,
but
the
large
categories
remain
largely
the
same,
so
property
tax
and
new
growth
continue
to
be
strong
and
remain
at
over
seventy
percent
of
the
city's
revenue
sources.
C
Local
revenue
is
up
thanks
to
continued
economic
growth
and
the
targeted
new
revenue
streams
included
in
this
budget,
but
we
do
continue
to
struggle
with
net
state
aid
and
we
are
projecting
that
that
12
million
reduction
for
next
year
will
continue
moving
on
to
some
high
level
spending.
The
overall
spending
level
reflects
that
three
point:
four
nine
billion
and
while
the
resubmitted
budget
contains
roughly
10
million
more
new
funding,
the
overall
categories
remain
largely
the
same.
The
largest
slice
continues
to
be
public
education.
C
Ninety
ninety
million
or
about
51
percent,
is
going
to
go
to
education
and
that
90
million
is
made
up
of
the
50
million
dollar
increase
in
bps
a
twenty
four
million
dollar
increase
in
charter
school
to
a
and
the
$15,000,000
upk
investment
that
is
included
in
this
budget.
So
we
think
that
that's
a
really
tremendous
story,
maintenance
or
the
cost
of
doing
business.
Next
year
at
City
departments
accounts
for
about
35
million
fix
costs
represent
about
28
million.
C
This
includes
things
like
pensions
and
debt
service,
new
investments
in
departments
which
are
going
to
get
to
in
a
minute
and
also
that
emma
highlighted
for
us
makes
up
about
18
million
dollars
and
then
finally
for
unsettled
collective
bargaining
that
represents
about
six
million
dollars
so
starting
with
BPS.
Obviously,
the
biggest
portions
of
our
budget,
the
total
increase
for
BPS
next
year,
is
slated
to
be
50
million
or
about
4.5
percent
and
includes
the
finalized
BTU
agreement
and
new
target
investments
to
close
opportunity
gaps
and
improve
student
performance.
C
This
will
move
BPS
to
and
over
240
million
or
25%
increase
at
VPS
over
the
past
six
years.
When
you
add,
in
our
increases
for
charter
school
tuition,
we
are
up
over
three
hundred
and
forty
million
in
that
time
period,
with
virtually
no
increase
in
state
aid,
but
more
than
the
overall
number
is
the
fact
that
we
are
spending
25
percent
more
per
student
than
six
years
ago,
and
the
vast
majority
of
BPS
s
budget
is
being
spent
in
the
classroom
so
outside
of
BPS.
C
Since
the
mayor
took
office
in
FY,
14,
we've
added
over
750
seats
to
the
BPS
rolls
VPS
and
CBO
rolls,
and
this
15
million
dollar
investment
will
get
us
the
rest
of
the
way
to
closing
the
1500
seat
gap
that
was
identified.
We
also
include
five
million
in
new
revenue
to
help
end
chronic
and
youth
homelessness
through
permanent
supportive
housing
and
employment
pathways
for
youth
and
young
adults.
We
include
five
million
in
new
revenue
for
walkable
streets,
improving
commutes
through
dedicated
bus
lanes,
major
bike
corridors
and
traffic
signal
improvements.
C
We
also
invest
new
funding
in
public
plazas
to
revitalize
underutilized
space
in
the
city.
In
addition
to
the
homelessness
investment
that
I
mentioned,
we
are
creating
or
expanding
programs
to
help
support,
affordable
housing
creation
and
support
for
homeowners.
This
includes
things
like
the
Adu
program
and
rental
and
the
rental
Court
and
the
city
Boston
all
told
DMV
city
funded
budget
will
go
up
by
45%
next
year.
So
that's
a
really
important
investment
that
we're
excited
about
we're,
also
thrilled
to
announce
some.
C
Some
major
new
funding
for
arts
and
library,
so
included
in
this
is
four
hundred
thousand
to
expand
print
and
digital
collection
resources
to
lower
our
wait
times
at
branches
throughout
the
system.
A
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars
for
new
teen
and
youth
librarians
and
three
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
and
security
and
outreach
supports
for
our
libraries.
On
the
arts
side.
We
have
over
four
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
new
annual
grants
for
the
artisan
residency
program
and
the
individual
arts
grant
program,
as
well
as
permanent
communications
and
artist
resource
staff.
C
To
make
sure
artists
are
connecting
with
those
resources
to
support
mobile,
to
support
small
mobile
and
emerging
businesses.
We
are
including
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
for
the
Boston
Economic
Development
Center,
135
thousand
for
mobile
business
support
and
125
thousand
for
emerging
industries,
staff
and
resources.
We
will
also
continue
to
diversify
our
public
safety
departments,
including
dedicated
EMS
staff,
to
recruit
diverse
candidates
and
scholarships
to
remove
financial
barriers,
we're
including
the
4th
Police
Cadet
class
funding
for
the
new
Fire
Cadet
class
and
funding
for
the
mayor's
racial
equity
and
leadership
executive
order.
C
Almost
sir,
don't
worry.
The
budget
also
includes
additional
Health
and
Safety
and
community
investments
across
our
public
safety
departments
like
police,
fire
and
EMS.
They
include
firefighter
safety
investments,
an
expanded
police
class,
new
Community
Engagement
staff
and
expanding
the
successful
community
assistant
teams
at
EMS.
They
also
include,
as
Emma
mentioned,
an
expansion
of
the
Cold
Case
Squad.
We
have
new
anti
violence
staff
at
BC
YF.
Through
the
soar
program.
C
We
have
intervention
funding
through
BPD
and
BPHC
and
funding
to
respond
to
trauma
through
the
city's
six
dedicated
trauma
response
teams
in
24
truck
24
our
trauma
hotline.
The
fy2008
also
includes
new
funding
for
Boston
for
climate
change
and
to
maintain
our
open
space,
including
zero
waste
initiatives
across
our
city,
building,
energy
and
efficiency,
investments,
urban
forestry
tree
canopy,
work,
more
Park,
Rangers,
dedicated
maintenance
and
new
in-house
veterinary
services.
So
I
think
this
ice
is
stay.
C
There's
a
lot
of
good
stuff
in
this
budget
that
we
can
all
be
proud
of
outside
of
the
operating
budget.
I
want
to
quickly
mention
the
capital
plan,
which
is
also
a
key
part
of
the
city's
plan
for
investment.
For
next
year
includes
our
inventory
of
assets
like
roads,
bridges,
schools
and
parks.
This
plan
will
invest
heavily
in
civic
assets
that
residents
cherish
in
their
neighborhoods.
The
capital
plan
invests
consistent
with
the
imagine
Boston
2030
plan
and
the
umbrella
plans
that
fall
underneath
it
like
Bill
bps,
go
Boston
2030
and
many
more.
C
So
with
that,
I
will
end
with
a
final
plug
for
our
redesigned
website,
which
includes
this
fancy
new
mapping
feature
where
you
can
search
for
any
address
and
find
all
the
different
types
of
capital
projects
going
on
in
your
neighborhood
and
an
open
data
portal,
where
you
can
see
the
behind
the
scenes
details
of
everything
in
the
FY
2008.
All
of
this
is
available
at
budget
Boston,
gov
and
again.
I
want
to
thank
the
council
for
the
collaborative
conversation
over
the
past
few
months.
C
We
really
appreciate
the
dialogue
and
the
conversation
and
I
especially
want
to
thank
you,
chairman
co-moh,
for
this
budget,
but
also
the
last
two
with
me
and
then
certainly
your
time
on
the
ways
and
means
chair,
I
can't
echo
what
Emma
said
enough.
The
city's
fiscal
health
is
in
a
much
better
place
thanks
to
your
position,
and
we
will
be
sorely
missed
from
our
perspective.
So
with
that
I
will
stop
talking
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
council.
Thank.
A
A
We
are
given
a
budget
and
then
throughout
the
budget
process,
to
check
in
with
with
folks,
to
see
how
they're,
how
what
they're
hearing
in
their
neighborhoods
to
again
help
shape
this
budget
to
reflect
the
needs
of
all
of
our
communities
and
I
want
to
thank
you
and
the
mayor
for
that.
I
want
to
start
off
by
just
asking
about
how
we're
doing
with
our
state
projections.
They
were
always
in
flux
between
the
governor
state
and
Senate
and
the
indication
where
we're
going
to
end
up
and
if
we've
predicted
well
enough
it
at
this
point.
A
C
It's
actually
kind
of
ironic.
The
governor's
budget
had
us
losing
about
12
million
dollars
in
state
aid.
We
actually
did
very
well
in
the
house
budget.
We
were
actually
going
to
only
lose
about
seven
million
dollars
in
state
aid.
We
did
not
do
as
well
on
the
Senate
side,
but
unfortunately,
because
of
where
the
the
House
and
Senate
are
in
their
conference
committee,
we
decided
to
stick
with
the
governor's
original
projections
because
it
actually
fell
in
between
the
House
and
Senate,
so
we're
holding
at
12
million
right
now.
C
C
A
C
There's
there's
not
that
many
there's
only
about
five
or
six
between
PHC
bps
in
the
city.
The
five
million
really
covers
a
few
things.
It
covers
a
couple
outstanding
contracts
at
bps
and
it
covers
and
we'll
get
into
this
later
this
afternoon
at
the
btu
hearing.
But
there
is
a
provision
in
the
btu
contract
with
the
bps
that
stipulates
if
conversations
or
negotiations
on
other
things
continue
and
are
successful,
that
the
BTU
would
be
entitled
to
an
extra
point.
Five
percent,
that's
part
of
what
that
five
million
dollars
would
be
representing.
C
A
C
So
there's
two
kind
of
separate
into
two
things:
there's
an
FYI
20
conversation,
which
is
the
where
the
House
and
the
Senate
are
right
now
and
what
our
chapter
70
number
is.
What
our
charter
school
number
is,
what
our
charter,
school
reimbursement
number
is,
and
that's
kind
of
in
the
conference
committee
stage
stage
right
now,
so
we'll
see
what
happens
with
that.
There's
a
larger
standalone
bill
conversation
that
chairman
Lewis
on
the
Senate
side
and
representative
Pike
on
the
house
side
are
obviously
considering
different
versions
of
different
bills.
C
We
have
yet
to
see
a
final
bill
released
from
either
chamber,
so
we're
optimistic
that
Boston
will
be
included.
I
think
thanks
to
this
council
and
thanks
to
a
lot
of
folks
in
this
room
and
around
the
city,
we
think
we've
made
a
lot
of
noise
about
making
sure
that
Boston
is
is
part
of
the
equation
moving
forward.
So
we're
very
optimistic.
But
until
we
see
what
what
comes
out
of
committee,
where
we're
still
a
little
bit
in
the
dark,
great.
A
D
You,
mr.
chairman,
good
morning,
I
said
a
couple
quick
questions.
Well,
one
really
excited
to
see
the
funding
for
Park
Rangers
for
new
BPD
officers.
That's
something
both
issues
I
hear
about
regularly
from
constituents.
Both
organizations
and
individuals
in
the
neighborhood's
I
represent
I'm
glad
to
see
that
and
I'm
certainly
want
to
continue
to
urge
the
administration
and
you
to
add
more
capacity
to
the
Boston
Police
Department.
You
know,
I
think
our
overtime
spending
and
the
tax
the
toll
I
should
say
that
takes
on
the
officers.
D
Our
ability
to
address
some
of
the
quality
of
life
issues
in
our
neighborhoods
continues
to
be
a
problem,
but
15
net
new
officers
is
certainly
an
important
step
forward.
So
thank
you.
It's
good
to
see
that
my
question
I
hope
you
guys
could
answer.
This
is
the
the
4.8
million
dollars
for
the
trash
pickup
contract.
D
That's
significant
number
for
sure.
My
question
is,
and
I've
heard
a
lot
from
my
constituents
both
prior
to
the
award
of
this
contract
that
they
were
concerned
about
going
back
to
the
Capitol,
the
new
controvert,
not
really
a
new
contractor.
The
returning
contractor
after
we've
seen
such
great
improvement
in
trash
pickup
from
a
Sun,
Rise
and
I
guess.
My
question
is:
are
there
penalties
clawback
provisions
in
this
contract
for,
if
they're
not
performing
or
if
we
see
declines
in
performance,
either
judge
through
3-1-1
or
other
measures
around
trash,
pickup.
C
So
I,
don't
I,
don't
have
the
specifics
on
the
clawback,
but
I
know
that
the
Public
Works
Department
works
very
closely
with
Capitol
on
making
sure
that
their
improvement
is
because
you're
right.
This
is
a
pretty
big
investment
that
we're
making
on
top
of
the
run-of-the-mill
contract
that
we
have
in
them.
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
the
best
service
that
we
can.
So
we
would
encourage
folks
to
continue
to
use
the
3-1-1
line
to
make
sure
that
we're
holding
them
accountable,
but
I
can
get
you
a
specific
answer.
D
That
would
be
helpful
because
you
know
I
share
their
concerns.
I
mean
just
in
my
know.
Nearly
six
years
here
there
has
been
a
significant
decline
in
and
calls
we
got
around
trash
pick
up
errors
with
the
different
contractor,
and
although
I
guess
it
will
probably
be
my
successor
who
gets
the
the
the
calls
moving
forward,
I
would
just
hate
to
go
backwards
on
that
and
I'm
all
for
I
know
they
were
lower
bid
etc
being
responsible,
but
we
also
have
to
make
sure
they're
performing
so
I
have
that
information
would
be
useful.
D
That's
really
all
I
have
I
think
this
is
a
you
know.
It's
been
a
very
collaborative
process.
I
also
want
to
add
my
voice
to
to
the
congratulations
on
the
thanks
to
our
good
chairman
for
shepherding
this
long
process
every
year
with
every
year
that
I've
been
here
and
I
look
forward
to
continue
working
together.
Thank
you.
Thanks.
E
Thank
You
council
CMO,
thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here
and
for
your
leadership
on
these
important
issues.
I
said
a
couple,
questions
and
comments.
I
know
the
increase
from
last
year
on
the
language
in
communication,
access
was
increased,
I
know
that
will
be
very
helpful
across
the
city
to
many
in
the
immigrant
community.
That
may
not
speak
English,
or
you
know
also
making
sure
that
basic
city
services
are
there
for
people
that
don't
speak
English
as
well.
E
B
C
Only
thing,
I
would
add,
is
the
first
year
this
year
we
enough
y
19
added
some
significant
funding.
Hired
a
director
did
an
assessment
of
what
the
needs
were
and
we're
basically
doubling
the
funding
for
the
department
for
next
year.
So
we'd
say
that
that's
a
pretty
big
step
in
terms
of
getting
the
services
in
the
language
access
out
to
the
community,
I
think.
E
That's
excellent
and
I
know
language
and
communication
access
works
closely
with
the
Commission
for
persons
with
disabilities
as
well,
so
I
know
we're
making
great
progress
in
the
city
on
language
access
in
accessibility
issues
as
well,
so
I
just
wanted
to
pass
on
those
comments,
the
other
the
other
issue
that
was
important
to
me.
Can
you
talk
about
the
I
know.
We
had
a
hearing
on
it
before,
but
the
$60,000
that
it
has
been
added
to
the
Boston
Police
Department
budget
for
the
transportation
analyst
position.
B
So,
as
Justin
said,
you
know,
I
think
that
this
came
out
of
really
the
budget
process
and
a
lot
of
conversations
that
this
council
had,
with
BPD
and
other
city
departments
about
the
desire
to
have
an
analyst
that
can
help
BPD
analyze
where
these
traffic
accidents
occur,
and
so
this
is
funding
directly
for
that
request.
That
I
think
BPD
is
excited
to
launch
and
and
see
what
this
person
can
identify
in
terms
of
trends
and
patterns
and
help
crunch.
B
E
E
B
This
is
I
think
really
in
partnership
with
chief
Martinez
in
the
new
director
who
will
start
in
July.
They
asked
for
some
additional
capacity
to
really
help
them
to
sort
of
get
the
word
out
and
and
connect
deeply
into
communities
so
that
they
could
be
sure
to
access
them,
not
only
with
city
services,
but
just
the
services
that
we
know
are
available,
whether
it's
across
other
governmental
partners
or
nonprofits
or
whatever
it
may
be.
E
Excellent.
My
final
final
comment:
do
you
think,
as
we
talk
about
language
access
opportunities
for
our
immigrants,
a
DA
issues,
we
just
want
to
make
sure
all
of
those
three
different
divisions
are
working
closely
together.
I
know
they
provide
exceptional
services
to
our
residents,
but
we
want
to
also
make
sure
that
they
are
always
speaking
and
always
talking
so
that
we
can
coordinate
and
make
sure
that
our
residents
with
with
language
issues
with
a
DA
issues,
our
immigrant
community,
get
the
best
possible
city
services
that
they
can.
B
That's
a
great
point,
certainly
I
think
it
helps
that
both
disability
and
moya
fall
within
the
HHS
cabinet.
Basically,
language
access
as
part
of
our
Neighborhood
Services
Division,
because
it's
really
trying
to
sort
of
reach
how
we're
interacting
with
residents
across
the
city
but
I
do
think
that
they're
in
close
coordination.
E
That's
excellent:
I
have
had
conversations
with
chief
Martinez
as
well
and
I,
know
they're,
doing
excellent
work
on
so
many
public
health
issues
across
the
city,
but
making
sure
also
that
our
residents
that
our
immigrants,
our
residents
with
disabilities,
immigrant
community
I
treated
fairly
treated
with
respect
and
dignity,
so
I'm,
confident
that
we're
doing
all
we
can
right
now.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Counselors.
F
You
chair
and
thank
you
both
for
being
here
with
us
this
morning
and
the
resubmitted
budget
and
some
of
the
successes
that
we're
able
to
celebrate
and
hopefully
get
through
over
the
next
few
hours,
the
$150,000
investment
for
BPD
through
the
forensics
unit.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
those,
how
many
positions
that
means
and
what
that
work
will
look
like
sure.
C
C
We
we
noticed
that
there
was
a
demand
that
they
were
gonna
have
to
up
take
on
the
next
couple,
obviously
now
that
state
law,
so
this
would
be
two
new
criminalist
positions
on
top
of
the
two
that
were
already
added
I,
think
once
we
get
the
positions
posted
and
filled,
the
exact
level
will
be
a
little
bit
dependent,
but
where
we
won't,
we
recognize
the
need
I
think
raised
during
some
of
the
council
hearings
that
this
is
something
that
we
needed
to
do
more
on.
So
we
put
the
money
in
now.
F
I
appreciate
that
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
look
as
a
City
at
the
work
of
our
crime
lab
and
whether
or
not
there
might
be
a
need
for
a
significant
capital
investment
in
that
effort.
Well,
you
also
mentioned
and
I'm
not
sure
if
they
are
the
same
thing.
The
cold-case
squad
is
this:
that
work
or
is
that
separate.
B
So
I
think
part
of
the
plan
on
the
additional
to
criminalists
included
in
resubmission
to
total
four
is
that
they
would
also
be
available
resources
to
help
support
the
new
cold-case
squad
as
well.
So
the
cold-case
squad
itself
will
be
I.
Think
three
detectives
and
I
started
a
detective,
but
certainly
will
leverage
that
new
resources
associated
with
new
positions
within
the
criminalists.
F
C
The
way
we
budgeted
forward,
they
we
budgeted
for
them
at
either
one
criminalist
one
and
one
criminalist
four.
So
we
do
think
that
this
out
and
that's
coming
in
obviously
on
the
first
step
in
the
grade.
So
it
depends
on
what
step
they
get
placed
at,
but
one
hundred
fifty
thousand
would
fund
one
criminal
and
one
criminalist
for
in
the
first
year.
B
So
I
think
BPS
is
actively
working
on
a
plan
for
on
ramping
the
new
employees
that
will
be
associated
with
that
investment.
The
plan
is
to
ensure
that
they
are
really
delivering
on
a
quality
search
that
allows
them
to
be
thoughtful
about
things
like
language,
access
and
important
attributes
for
new
sell,
well
employees,
and
so
certainly
the
funding
is
there
to
be
able
to
ramp
them
on.
B
F
So
I
know
that
the
new
nurses
will
obviously
be
student
facing
100%
of
them
will
go
into
our
schools.
The
additional
investment
in
mental
health
professionals
I
think
there's
23
that
we'll
be
planning
on
having
added
to
bps
and
talked
a
little
bit
about
them
being
spacing,
or
my
hope
is
that
they'll
be
student
facing
individuals.
C
B
G
Thank
You,
mr.
chairman
and
good
morning,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
can
honestly
say-
and
this
is
my
ninth
budget
season
and
it
truly
has
gone
as
smoothly
as
any
more
so
than
any
so
appreciate
your
great
work
and
the
great
work
from
some
of
the
folks
in
the
audience
and
those
that
are
at
their
desks
right
now.
So
I
want
to
follow
up
on
counselors
a
comes
remark
about
the
4.8
million
for
vital
waste
removal
and
recycling
services.
I'll
start
with
a
compliment
and
then
get
into
a
criticism
a
compliment.
G
C
G
The
tonnage
for
just
landfill
and
I
think
it's
in
the
90s
in
the
90s.
So
what
when
I
started
and
I'm
not
lecturing
at
you,
you
know
this
people
watching,
but
just
for
those
who
may
not.
When
I
started
in
this
job,
we
were
paying
I,
think
$86
per
ton
for
our
landfill,
and
now
it's
gone
up.
You
know
nine
years
five,
ten
dollars
that
makes
sense.
C
I'd
love
to
talk
about
that.
There's
a
lot
of
good
stuff
in
that
4.8
million
dollar
number
that
I
don't
think
we're
is
captured
just
by
the
the
sticker
shock.
The
zero
waste
initiatives
obviously
rolled
out
last
week
with
a
whole
host
of
investments
and
proposals,
I
think
some
long
term
policy
things
that
we
want
to
strive
towards,
but
then
some
real
hard
investments
in
FY
2013
needle.
C
They
include
things
like
one
hundred
thirty
thousand
for
the
composting
that
you
mentioned
about
two
hundred
and
fifty
seven
thousand
for
local
delivery
of
recycling
carts,
which
is
actually
going
to
was
broken
off
from
the
larger
contracting
for
recycling
carts
to
go
to
local
businesses
and
I.
Think
the
in
addition
to
the
recycling
that
you
mentioned,
the
recycling
contract
with
Casilla
will
also
include
prevailing
wage
for
those
workers
which
it
did
not
before.
So
that
was
not
an
insignificant
costs
of
that
four
point.
C
Eight
million
so
I
think
in
addition
to
the
the
sort
of
the
the
run-of-the-mill
trash
and
recycling
pickup
that
we
have.
We
have
some
some
really
important
investments,
whether
it's
at
parks
through
the
coca-cola
foundation,
we
partnered
with
them
for
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
recycling
in
parks.
We
have
about
a
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
in
the
Environment
Department
to
invest
in
zero
waste
initiatives.
That's
both
outreach
communications
and
additional
policy
and.
G
I'm,
sorry,
how
much
just
for
how
much
was
that
the
environment,
seventy-five
thousand
175
and
that's
gonna-
help
sort
a
public
awareness
campaign,
but
you
can
and
cannot,
recycle
yep
and
just
bacteria.
You
said
a
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
is
going
to
the
composting.
So
is
that
going
to
offset
the
just
so
folks
know
it's
a
subscription
service,
so
folks
will
have
to
pay,
but
that's
gonna
help
subsidize
the
cause.
So
that's
for
the
city
composting.
C
Site
so
basically
project
Oscar
yeah
exactly
so
that
was
the
increase
in
the
resubmission
of
the
four
eighty
four
point:
eight
million
the
city
composting
one
is
and
feel
free
to
jump
in
basically
we're
releasing
an
rfp
to
kind
of
get
ideas
about
how
much
companies
are
gonna.
Think
that
it's
gonna
cost
to
you
provide
this
service.
I
think
we
are
interested
in
partnering
with
those,
because
we
want
to
make
it
as
affordable
and
attractive
to
residents
as
possible.
I
think
until
we
get
the
rfp's
back,
we're
not
going
to
know
exactly
what
the
city.
C
G
C
G
G
Get
this
contract
and
we'd
actually
generate,
probably
ten
fifteen
twenty
dollars
per
tons
that'll
be
exciting
talk
a
little
bit
about
another
thing.
I
was
proud
to
have
led
on
with
my
colleagues
the
menstrual
product
access
at
bps
students
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
that
it'll
be
at
all
middle
and
high
schools.
It.
D
B
So
this
is
a
we're
treating
this
first
year
as
a
pilot
year
to
see
sort
of
how
it
works
and
how
the
access
is.
It
will
be
primarily
led
by
school
nurses
that
are
in
the
schools,
with
information
and
some
products
given
to
school
leaders
and
teachers
in
certain
circumstances
and
bps
is
working
on
a
sort
of
leadership
committee
to
help
roll
this
out
in.
G
Which,
maybe
in
restrooms
or
in
the
nurse's
office,
it
will
be
in
the
nurse's
office?
Okay,
that's
something
we
may
want
to
follow
up
on
okay
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
I.
Don't
know
my
dad's
I
think
the
Chairman's
been
nice
about
time.
So
I
was
one
more
question
for
this
run,
but
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
five
million
in
new
revenue
and
investment
transportation
for
all
I
assume.
A
lot
of
that
is
gonna,
be
some
blue
bike
expansion.
G
C
So
the
five
million
dollar
investment
is
coming
from
the
continuation
of
the
performance,
parking
pilot
and
expanding
it
citywide.
So
basically,
that's
going
to
generate
about
five
million
dollars
in
new
funding
for
next
year,
of
which
the
entire
five
million
dollars
is
going
to
go
back
towards
a
slew
of
transportation,
investments
of
which,
including
the
blue
bike
program,
but
also
redesign
of
streets
to
include
bike
lanes.
Things
like
revitalizing,
underutilized,
plazas.
C
So
right
now,
if
you're
driving
in
an
intersection-
and
there
seems
to
be
a
patch
of
pavement,
that
seems
to
be
underutilized,
this
would
be
funding
to
go
towards
that.
Also,
just
the
expansion
of
the
capital
plan
to
include
the
reconstruction,
repaving
and
remarking
of
a
lot
of
the
city
streets,
I
would
say
your
question
specifically
to
the
blue
bikes
in
West,
Roxbury
and
Hyde.
C
Park
I
would
certainly
have
to
get
back
to
you
on
the
time
and
then
one
this
goes
out,
but
the
idea
being
that
we
need
to
continue
to
find
ways
to
generate
revenue.
So
we
can
expand
the
program,
and
this
is
one
of
the
ways
we
were
able
to
do
it
this
year.
Thank
you.
That's
all
for
now.
Mr.
chairman.
A
H
You
councillor,
co-moh
and,
as
usual,
thank
you
for
shepherding
us
through
this
process,
Justin
and
I.
Thank
you
guys
for
your
hard
work
as
well
as
your
team.
Of
course,
I
just
have
an
I
apologize
for
being
late.
So
if
you
already
answered
these
questions,
forgive
me
thank
you
for
the
investment
in
the
VPD
traffic
analyst
position.
H
That
was
a
big
sort
of
wind,
but
also
I'm
sure
very
exciting
for
the
department
to
hear
that
as
well
and
I
know
many
of
the
colleagues
many
of
my
colleagues
I
thought
all
of
them
were
also
pushing
for
that.
So
thank
you
quickly.
On
the
ratio,
equity
funding,
we
have
this
executive
order,
which
is
great
Laurie
Nelson
and
her
team
doing
incredible
work
just
curious
what
the
investment
is,
what
will
it
cover
and
if
you
think
there
may
be
gaps
right
now,
because
it
can't
cover
everything?
B
I
think
the
initial
thinking
is
that
I
don't
have
a
dollar
amount
for
you,
because
we're
still
finalizing
the
RFP
and
that
we
expect
the
dollar
amounts
will
come
back
with
RFP.
But
in
order
to
sort
of
scale
the
first
phase
of
it,
we
would
be
identifying
leaders
across
all
city
departments.
That
would
be
involved
in
the
first
round
of
training
and
then
help
to
figure
out
the
plan
and
the
right
approach
for
then
training
sort
of
deeply
into
their
organizations,
and
so
I
think.
B
The
the
estimate
on
the
first
round
of
training
would
be
something
like
100
city
leaders,
a
couple
of
folks
from
each
department
citywide,
who
we
would
then
sort
of
the
kind
of
tail
end
of
that
procurement
would
be
to
help
us
start
advising
us
on
how
to
then
roll
that
out
more
deeply
through
each
department.
Do.
B
With
or
the
initial
idea
is
to
actually
sort
of
do
the
cross.
So
to
start
with
a
couple
of
folks
from
every
department
and
and
then
perhaps
from
there,
we
may
sort
of
work
on
the
deeply
part
of
it
in
a
couple
of
targeted
places.
But
we
want
to
do
the
sort
of
put
a
cohort
of
leaders
from
across
the
city
in
a
room
with
the
resources
that
we
obtain
through
this
RFP
to
understand
what
the
next
steps
are
and
really
envision
that
for
the
next
phase
and.
H
H
And
then
I
have
a
question
specifically
related
to
the
council.
The
council's
proposed
budget
didn't
get
what
we
asked
for,
but
I'm
specifically
following
up
on
the
technology
piece,
because
I
think
it
is
so
critical.
We
asked
was
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
cover
the
central
staff
putting
on
RFP
for
a
case
management
platform
for
every
single
councillor.
H
Folks
could
of
course,
opt
out
I
doubt
any
counselors
office
would
opt
out
and
the
goal
was
to
get
creative,
maybe
even
put
out
an
RFP
where
we
got
one
or
two
vendors
in
response
to
meet
the
unique
needs
of
councillors.
Doing
constituent
cases.
We
get
a
lot
of
emails,
a
lot
of
cases.
It
is
really
difficult
to
track
without
a
case
management
system.
There
are
some
councillors.
H
C
C
A
much
bigger
one
so
I
think
it
would
be
something
we'd
be
happy
to
continue
the
discussion
and
sort
of
help
and
help
you
reengage
would
do
it
on
the
RFP
and
maybe
RFI
to
get
that
out
there
and
that
we
wouldn't
necessarily
budget
for
something
discreetly
in
a
departments
budget
to
fund
that
type
of
investment.
Yeah.
H
An
illusion
I
pushed
back
a
little
bit
as
we
attempted
that
right.
You
know.
I
was
council
president
January
of
last
year.
This
was
at
the
top
of
my
list.
Do
it's
great
I
mean
there's
some
some
transitions.
There,
we've
submitted
a
form,
went
through
their
process.
I
think
my
chief
of
staff
will
be
scratching
her
head
because
it
was
such
a
long
process.
We
pulled
in
Cary
and
you,
lady,
from
central
staff
on
the
council
side
it
just
it
wasn't
productive.
H
So
in
this
particular
instance,
the
reason
we
put
forth
the
investment
specifically
in
the
council
side
is
to
have
greater
flexibility
in
being
able
to
put
our
our
our
RFP,
of
course,
making
sure
that
do
it
was
kept
abreast
because,
as
you
think,
about
maintenance
and
who
maintains
a
system
after
its
installed,
do
it
is
key.
So
it
wasn't
as
seamless
and
as
easy
as
we
would
have
liked.
H
Hence
why
push
forward
with
the
investment,
so
we
can
continue
a
conversation
of
line,
but
I
dig
I
think
it's
critically
important,
especially
when
you
think
about
the
thousands
of
cases
our
residents
send
us
that
we
grapple
with
and
sometimes
I
think,
probably
how
we
duplicate
our
efforts.
If
you
think
about
the
four
at-large
councillors,
who
often
looped
in
of
course
with
a
district
councillor,
there
might
be
five
people
working
on
the
same
case.
H
What
might
mean
to
have
a
system
that
connects
all
of
us,
so
we
actually
know
who's
working
on
what
so
that
we
can
use
our
time
to
work
on
other
cases.
So
we
can
continue
that
it
just
wasn't
as
easy
as
we
might
anticipate
and
I.
Think
part
of
it
is
the
council
sometimes
viewed
as
a
department,
and
sometimes
it's
not
it's
not
compared
to
say
Public,
Works,
BPD
fire
and
the
accountability
system
with
the
mayor
and
the
administration,
so
I'll
continue
to
push
for
that
one.
That's
all
I
have
right
now.
Thank
you
guys.
I
G
I
G
I
I
So
many
thanks
to
you,
as
well
as
the
mayor
for
his
investment
I'm,
just
kind
of
wanted
to
kind
of
go
through
some
of
the
items
that
we
have
been
in
discussion
about
over
the
last
several
weeks,
several
months,
and
certainly
the
last
18
months
that
I've
been
on
the
council.
So
our
investments
in
parks
there
is
half
a
million
dollars
going
to
Malcolm
X
Park.
Yes,
yes,.
I
C
So
the
500,000
is
what
we
have
budgeted
for
it
right
now.
There's
a
$50,000
in
FY
20
to
actually
kick
off
the
community
engagement
and
design
and
what
the
park
is
going
to
need.
There
is
a
very
high
likelihood
we
will
be
back
to
revisit
that
number
to
increase
it
further.
Once
we
get
the
feedback
from
the
designers
and
the
community
and
the
department
starts
off
that
process
which
they
can
start
immediately
in
FY
2010.
I
For
Jeep
Jones
Park,
which
is
also
in
my
district
there's
a
lot
of
energy
in
many
of
the
residents
and
folks
and
nearby
neighborhood
groups
and
faith-based
institutions
have
a
lot
of
interest
in
this
park
as
well.
It's
named
for
a
great
leader
in
our
community
Jeep
Jones
certainly
want
to
do
all
I
can
to
honor
him
as
well
as
make
sure
that
this
part
gets
the
resources
that
it
needs.
What
are
the
plans
for
making
sure
that
Jeep
Jones
has
some
resources
dedicated
to
it?
Yeah.
C
Thank
you.
We
appreciate
that
and
appreciate
the
conversation
around
the
park.
I
think
both
both
us,
the
mayor
and
you
are
excited
to
say
that
we
will
put.
We
have
put
$100,000
into
the
capital
plan
to
start
a
very
similar
design
process
with,
as
with
Malcolm
X
I,
think
that
that
one
is
a
little
bit
earlier
in
the
process.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
could
make
resources
available
as
soon
as
possible
in
FY,
20,
redesign
and
read.
C
I
B
Sure
so
last
year's
budget
included
a
new
position
that
is
obviously
included
again
in
this
year.
In
emerging
industries,
we
have
both
we
have
about
$125,000,
which
is
for
the
combination
of
technical
assistance
and
a
new
position,
and
to
be
part
of
that
overall
effort.
What
am
I
missing,
Justin
I'll.
C
Just
take
through
some
of
the
other
new
investments,
but
I
would
say
that
the
vast
majority
of
element
is
working
on
those
exact
issues
supporting
small
local
and
minority
and
women-owned
businesses,
but
I'll
just
take
through
a
few.
So
we
have
a
hundred
and
forty
two
thousand
for
the
first
time
for
the
Boston
Economic
Development
Center,
which,
as
I'm
sure
most
of
you
are
aware,
as
is
kicked
off
actually
a
few
months
ago,
but
will
continue
into
FY
20.
C
We
have
about
125,000
between
mobile
business
support
and
certification
managers,
so
to
help
people
work
with
their
certifications
that
they
need
for
the
city.
As
I've
mentioned,
we
have
about
125,000
for
emerging
industries.
We
have
about
20,000
to
continue
the
inclusion
and
equity
agenda
2.0
report
card
and
then
finally,
we
have
about
55
50
or
about
a
hundred
thousand
between
CDBG
increases
and
B
rjp
monitoring.
So
this
is
basically
software
licenses
and
equipment.
How.
C
I
I
And
and
what
about
on
the
housing
front,
what
kind
of
investments
are
we
using
and
how
are
we
tapping
into
the
luxury
housing
that
is
going
up,
whether
through
property,
tax
revenue
or
some
sort
of
you
know,
looking
at
IDP
whatever
it
is?
How
are
we
going
to
make
sure
that
we're
building
more
housing
for
the
residents
of
the
City
of
Boston,
who
needed
and
and
not
the
high
end,
but
the
stuff
in
the
middle,
where
many
of
residents
who
don't
qualify
for
a
subsidy
but
don't
earn
enough
for
the
high
end
market
rate?
C
Outside
and
these
are
not
to
say
that
these
are
not-
these
are
super
significant
investments
in
stuff
like
see
the
CPA
IDP
linkage.
Those
are
all
separate
standalone
funds,
but
just
the
city
of
Boston's
DND
funded
budget.
So
what
comes
out
of
the
general
fund,
which
is
supported
by
those
luxury
condos
and
those
luxury
property
taxes
that
are
paid,
is
going
to
increase
by
forty
five
percent
next
year.
That
includes
investments
in
affirmative,
fair,
fair
market
housing.
C
The
Adu
loan
program,
which
is
a
program
to
get
into
existing
buildings,
to
outfit
them
to
add
new
units
and
into
existing
homes
and
a
whole
host
of
investments
through
the
home.
Center,
the
intergenerational
home,
share
program,
homeless,
peer
navigation
and
I,
would
also
say
the
big
signature,
I.
Think
of
the
housing
story.
This
year
is
the
five
million
dollar
investment
in
homelessness
and
youth
homelessness
services.
C
So
this
is
going
to
create
about
50
new
units
of
chronically
homeless
units
for
next
year
and
about
a
million
dollars
of
support
to
help
youth
and
young
adults
access
Career
Pathways.
In
addition
to
the
federal
funding
that
we
received
and
I
would
say
that
this
forty
five
percent
increase
is
going
to
be
there
not
only
in
FY
21
future
years
going
forward.
So
as
the
needs
arise
on
a
year-to-year
basis.
C
This
is
going
to
be
an
opportunity
for
DND
to
reprioritize
on
an
annual
basis
to
try
to
figure
out
whether
it's
on
the
creation
side,
the
preservation
side
or
the
homelessness
side,
whatever
it
happens
to
be
so
we're
excited
to
really
create
a
new
pipeline
of
funding
into
the
city
that
is
frankly,
going
to
be
supported
by
the
property
taxes
in
the
general
fund
revenue
that
we
have
right
now.
So
I.
B
Would
also
add,
FY
20
is
the
first
year
in
which
we're
using
bond
funding
to
fund
a
housing
project
which
is
at
the
preservation
of
deeply
affordable
units,
one
Charlestown-
and
so
we're
very
excited
about
this.
That
obviously
is
paid
for
out
of
our
capital
plan
and
therefore
supported
by
our
property
tax
revenue,
and
so
we
think
it's
a
really
exciting
opportunity
and
something
we're
happy
to
do.
So.
How
do
we
replicate
more
of
that?
It's
a
great
question.
B
B
I
You
speak
to
the
investment
in
our
streets
and
making
our
streets
safer.
I'm
sure
you're,
aware
that
there
was
a
tragic
crash
on
the
on-ramp
and
it's
not
in
my
district,
but
it
is
something
I
passed
through
and
I'm.
Sure
many
of
us
do
pass
through
it
on
a
daily
basis.
Can
you
talk
about
the
investments
that
we
need
to
make
to
ensure
that
we're
all
safe
using
our
streets?
Absolutely.
C
So
I'll
start
with
the
and
Emma
made
a
great
point
earlier
that
we,
we
think
so
much
about
the
sort
of
the
new
stuff
that
we
added.
But
there
is
a
tremendous
amount
of
funding
going
towards
capital
and
operating
budget
towards
the
transportation
budget,
the
new
stuff
that
we're
doing
in
FY,
2005
million
dollar
increase
in
parking
meters
and
all
of
that
five
million
dollars
is
going
to
go
back
directly
towards
supporting
transportation
projects
in
the
city,
so
that
stuff,
like
bike
lanes,
Rapid
Response
markers
like
the
flashing
beams
of
the
the
race
crosswalks.
C
C
It's
a
little
hard
to
say
exactly
how
much,
but
it's
a
tremendous
amount
across
a
whole
different
group
of
department,
so
I'll
start
with
DCYF.
So
one
thing
that
we
we
didn't
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
because
it
wasn't
quite
announced
yet
was
the
soar
program.
So
DCYF
did
a
massive
revamp
of
the
the
street
worker
program
included
an
additional
I
think
$650,000
in
the
FY
2008
to
fund
a
revamped
Street
worker
program
called
soar.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
C
Chief
Martinez
and
the
folks
of
our
piece
and
commissioner
Morales
have
been
working
really
hard
on
getting
that
program
up
and
running.
I
would
say
we
have
violence,
intervention
funding
both
at
BPD
and
VHC,
and
funding,
obviously
to
respond
to
trauma.
So
we
have
the
six
neighborhood
trauma:
teams
that
are
funded
in
the
bphc
budget.
We
also
have
the
24
hour
hotline
and
I
would
say
that
we
are
continuing
to
try
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
to
you
know.
C
I
B
So
chief
Martinez
put
together
a
helpful
letter
to
the
council
to
articulate
all
of
the
different
investments
in
FY
20
centered
around
youth
violence.
As
just
mentioned.
We
we
don't
typically
total
it
only
because
it
does
really
span
several
departments:
PCY
F,
BPD
and
others,
including
DUI
II.
So
justin
mentioned
that
there
was
this
new
worker
on
the
street
workers.
B
B
I
B
Neighborhood
trauma
teams.
Yes,
no,
that's
true.
In
other
places,
it
is
new
investment,
d,
ye-es
or
certainly
new
investments
at
BPD,
but
I
think
the
sort
of
underlying
investments
from
prior
year
budgets
are
also
important
to
the
total
picture
in
terms
of
how
the
city
thinks
about
these
things,
things
that
I
know
you
all
will
be
talking
about
tomorrow
with
the
relevant
agencies.
I
B
I
know
that
there
have
been
some
conversations
happening.
I
have
not
been
a
part
of
those
conversations
with
you
counselor,
but
I'm
happy
to
to
get
involved
with
those.
We
certainly
need
to
understand
it
from
the
ANF
perspective,
but
I
know
that
others
in
the
administration
are
actively
working
with
you
on
what
that
would
look
like
and
happy
to
continue.
Those
conversations
did.
I
J
B
C
Only
thing,
I
would
add,
is,
as
those
conversations
continue,
we
are
investing
in
the
same
types
of
things
that
the
potential
fund
would
invest
in
so
that's
workforce,
our
sort
of
technical
assistance
of
workforce
development,
stuff
at
economic
development
and
a
staffer
to
help
move
the
applications
along.
So
I'd
say
that
in
lieu
of
the
fund,
the
conversation
we
are
sort
of
putting
our
money
where
our
mouth
is
and
putting
125
thousand
to
get
that
work
started
in
FY,
2008
Thank.
E
B
I
think
an
important
sort
of
piece
of
reference
is
just
the
size
of
our
investments
in
this
year's
budget,
so
just
to
mention
that
the
the
governor's
budget
includes
a
12
million
dollar
reduction
to
our
budget
this
year.
And
if
you
think
about
that
in
terms
of
size
of
scale,
you
know
that's
more
than
twice
what
we
are
able
to
invest
in
homelessness
services.
B
That's
about
the
size
of
our
universal
pre-k
investment,
and
so
certainly
this
year-over-year
doesn't
starts
to
have
real
impact
on
the
city
and
what
we're
particularly
concerned
about,
obviously,
is
when
the
sort
of
cycle
starts
to
turn
and
we
aren't
experiencing
things
like
new
growth,
and
you
know
strong
excise
taxes
and
things
like
that.
So
I
think
there's
both
an
operating
impacts
and
then
there's
the
capital
impact.
B
You
know
the
capital
budget
is
a
direct
directly
driven
by
the
size
of
our
tax
revenue,
because
it
is
around
the
seven
percent
of
debt,
affordability
concept,
and
so,
as
our
as
resources
are
constrained
by
by
state
aid
contribution,
it
will
also
ultimately
impact
our
capital
budget
and,
again,
you
know.
Twelve
million
dollars,
which
was
the
size
of
the
governor's
budget,
is
the
size
of
our
streets
investment
this
year.
So
you
can
certainly
see
you
know
you
can
imagine
what
it
would
be
like
for
us
to
not
be
able
to
do
something
like
that.
B
The
reality
of
the
impact
would
probably
be
a
little
bit
more
spread
right.
We
are
gonna,
try
to
continue
to
move
forward
in
all
of
these
things
that
we
agree
are
essential
that
the
council
has
advocated
for
that.
The
mayor
cares
a
lot
about,
but
twelve
million
dollars
is
not
insignificant
and
if
we
are
to
continue
on
this
trajectory
without
an
adjustment
in
terms
of
how
the
state
funds
education
in
Boston,
we
will
certainly
feel
that
impact
and
it
will
be
relatively
soon
and.
E
B
We
are
always
talking
about
those
things,
as
we
put
together,
our
spending
plan
and
trying
to
sort
of
read
the
tea,
leaves
and
see
whether
there
are
things
that
we
should
be
taking
into
account.
It's
also
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
try
to
you
know
be
responsibly
conservative,
when
we
look
at
revenue
to
make
sure
that
we
are
able
to
provide
for
unexpected
events
in
the
course
of
the
year
and
that
we
have
not
overestimated
on
something
like
new
growth.
B
Obviously,
you
know
you
can
see
that
there
there
are
new
buildings
being
created
and
and
that
it
feeds
directly
into
our
new
growth
revenue.
But
we
try
to
be.
We
try
to
hit
that
sort
of
fine
line
in
terms
of
what
we
estimate
there,
so
that
we
don't
become
overly
reliant
on
that
and
have
the
sort
of
cyclical
boom
and
bust
that
the
state
experiences
from
time
to
time
in
terms
of
their
revenue.
Projections
is.
B
Justin
Steen
spends
a
lot
of
time
thinking
about
what
what
we
can
maximize
that's
sort
of
within
our
control.
Obviously,
most
of
the
revenue
changes
that
we
would
propose
would
need
to
ultimately
be
approved
by
the
state,
because
our
flexibility
there
is
relatively
limited.
This
year's
budget
does
include
the
increase
in
the
hotel-motel
tax
up
to
the
cap,
allowed
vos
allowed
to
Boston
by
the
state
so
that
we
are
maximizing
on
that
opportunity.
B
Things
like
our
other
local
receipts
are
areas
where
we
are
trying
to
not
just
raise
revenue
by
sort
of
raising
the
cost
of
them,
but
particularly
ensure
that
we're
doing
a
good
job
collecting
them
so
that
we're
maximizing
our
in
that
way,
and
we
spend
quite
a
bit
of
time
on
that
work.
You
can
you
adapt
to
that.
E
E
B
We
will
receive
two
million
dollars
in
terms
of
a
payment
from
the
casino
within
90
days
of
its
opening,
and
that
is
we'll
both
support
our
infrastructure,
as
well
as
support
the
community
of
Charlestown.
There
has
been
a
community
Charlestown,
Community,
Impact
Fund
in
existence,
funding
nonprofits
for
some
time,
the
further
expansion
and
the
additional
payment.
The
two
million
dollars,
which
is
is
larger
than
what
the
the
previous
payments
have
been.
E
A
E
K
You
councillor
flowery
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
and
thank
you
for
your
efforts
throughout
the
entire
budget
process.
Also
thanks
to
the
administration
for
for
working
with
and
through
you
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
information
that
we
requested.
So
a
couple
comments
and
then
I
just
want
to
touch
base
on
a
few
things.
So
some
I
guess
the
deliverables
chapter,
40
section,
22
VA,
you
guys
are
gonna.
Get
me
some
information
either
through
corporation
Council
and
my
concern
is
we
can't
have
you
guys
this
unilaterally
increasing
parking
fees
and
meter
fees?
K
That's
the
role
of
the
legislative
branch
of
city,
government
and
I
know
you
guys
are
still
relatively
new
I'm
the
longest
serving
the
fees
and
fines
parking.
That's
always
come
through
this
council
and
the
chair
would
would
tend
to
agree.
So
what
I'd
like
to
see
is
a
separate
standalone
ordinance,
maybe
by
Wednesday
it
can
come
in
through
a
late
file
just
so
that
we're
joining
our
eyes
and
crossing
our
T's
and
being
consistent
with
the
way
that
it's
always
worked
here.
K
So
chapter
chapter
40,
section
22
a
it
can
lead
to
a
little
interpretation
more
on
the
towns,
city
or
town
city
has
legit
legislative
branches
of
city
government.
That's
the
role
of
city
council
towns.
It
gets
a
little
loosey-goosey
because
they
don't
have
council
members.
So
just
want
you
to
double
back,
but
you
guys
are
gonna.
Get
me
some
some
interpretation
from
chapter
40,
section
22
a
so
I
just
want
to
be
clear
around
that
I.
K
We
cannot
have
a
situation
where
we're
allowing
them
to
usurp
the
council's
role
in
just
putting
it
in
a
budget,
and
so
that's
what
I
want
to
push
back
on
that
a
little
bit
and
it's
not
a
new
phenomenon,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
this
council
was
being
respected
in
particularly
our
role
with
respect
to
chapter
40,
section
22,
a
bumping
down
to
the
150
was
good
to
see.
Then
I
saw
the
announcement
with
the
forensic,
so
that
should
help
our
cold-case
squad.
That
was
a
great
idea.
K
So
compliments
to
our
mayor
and
commissioner
on
that
front.
I
wanted
to
say
it
wouldn't
ask
where
that
what
the
situation
was
with
the
two
district
chief
positions
on
the
fire
department,
previous
administration
eliminated
two
district
chiefs,
so
in
council,
O'malley's
district,
we
don't
have
a
district
chief
where
we
have
a
pipeline
which
is
I,
would
suggest,
as
it
doesn't
make
it
tremendous
amount
of
sense
and
also
our
hospital
district.
That's
an
area
where,
if
you
know
anything
ever
was
to
happen,
that's
kind
of
the
lifeline
of
both
public
safety
and
public
health.
K
C
So,
following
the
spring
submission
of
the
recommended
budget
BPL
had
some
bids
come
back
for
hvac
and
other
core
operational
services
that
were
higher
than
what
they
were
anticipating.
So
we
had
to
increase
their
budget
to
make
sure
we
maintain
the
same
high
quality
level
of
investment
in
the
facilities
themselves.
This
is
to
go
kind
of
in
tandem
with
the
I,
would
say,
the
frontward
facing
collections
and
staff
investment
that
we
were
able
to
make
both
from
a
library
and
and
service
perspective,
but
also
in
a
print
and
digital
collection
perspective.
K
C
Vision,
zero
runs
across
both
the
operating
budget
and
the
capital
plan.
I
can
get
you
the
specific
numbers
following
the
hearing,
but
I
would
say
that
every
investment
we
make
isn't
kind
of
in
the
mindset
of
getting
to
the
city
to
vision,
zero,
so
I
would
say
all
of
our
investments
in
bike
lanes.
Streets,
roadway,
reconstruction,
intersection
redesign
are
all
in
the
vein
of
vision.
Zero,
27
percent
of
the
capital
plan
goes
towards
transportation,
so
I'd
say
that
if
not
all
of
that
27
percent,
it
could
be
deemed
vision.
C
K
And
then,
with
respect
to
our
climate
resiliency
in
terms
of
moving
forward
our
capital
projects,
obviously
going
to
have
to
have
that
type
of
lens.
What,
if
any,
additional
cost
to
you
anticipating
sort
of
per
project,
particularly
in
areas
where,
when
you
look
at
that
map,
if
you
do
nothing,
that
map
is
actually
pretty
scary,
I
think
my
house
is
one
of
the
first
to
go,
but
we
want
to
know
what,
if
any,
additional
commitment
that
the
budget
office
is
making
with
respect
to
capital,
particularly
in
those
areas
that
are
gonna,
require
significant.
C
It's
absolutely
I'd
say
in
this
year's
capital
plan
we're
dedicating
over
ten
percent
of
the
new
funding
towards
climate
resiliency
projects.
Now
there
are
some
specific
projects
that
are
gonna,
be
standalone
climate
resilience
or
whether
that's
a
deploy
will
sea
wall
or
some
sort
of
berm
in
the
ocean.
Those
are
very
definable
climb.
C
Resiliency
projects
there's
also
a
whole
host
of
other
projects,
whether
they're,
roads
or
buildings,
or
other
types
of
sort
of
ocean
or
water
facing
investments
that
we're
making
I'd
say
the
biggest
one
that
we
made
this
year
was
the
ten
million
dollar
investment
in
the
FEMA
mitigation.
Grant
that
were
potentially
gonna
get
for
the
four
point
channel.
That's
to
go
in
conjunction
with
a
ten
million
dollar
federal
grant
that
we
applied
for
the
city
had
to
put
up
a
ten
fifty
percent
or
a
hundred
percent
match
of
the
grant.
C
So
I
would
say
that
that's
the
most
sort
of
stand-alone
climate
resilient
project,
but
then
I
would
say
in
every
project
we're
doing
whether
it's
sort
of
poo-poo
low
parked
in
the
north
end
or
something
at
Moakley
or
something
and
any
of
our
buildings,
including
the
renew
boston
trust
which
is
going
to
make
investments
in
climate
resilience
in
our
municipal
buildings
across
the
city.
It
is
a
tremendous
investment
that
we
have
to
make
both
in
standalone
projects,
but
then
also
to
make
our
existing
assets
more
climate
resilient.
C
K
K
I'm,
assuming
that
that
position
is
to
have
someone
assist
our
Commissioner
and
our
chief,
obviously
in
the
administration,
and
to
trying
to
solve
some
of
these
things
and
I'm,
just
not
quite
sure
that
sixty
grand
is
gonna
get
us,
the
high-caliber
talented
outside
the
box.
But
if
this
is
gonna,
be
a
$60,000
consult
and
then
it's
just
gonna
be
a
retread
of
same-old
same-old.
That's
one
of.
K
We
need
an
outside
lens
on
this
and
I'm
concerned
that
the
60
grand
is
just
gonna,
be
a
little
bit
of
a
drop
in
the
bucket.
It's
gonna
get
us
a
consultant
and
it's
gonna
be
a
retread
versus
let's
really
focus
on
getting
a
bright,
talented,
individual.
Who
has
a
resume.
That's
consistent
with
trying
to
solve
these
problems
in
major
cities
and
get
them
plugged
in.
So
we
can
help
us
try
to
find
some
solution.
So
I'd
like
to
get
your
thoughts
on
what
the
60
grand
is
gonna
yeah.
C
C
This
position,
as
we've
kind
of
rethought
of
it,
would
be
a
standalone
position
at
BPD
to
do
a
lot
of
the
traffic
and
crash
analysis
work
for
BPD,
but
then
also
to
be
a
go-between
between
the
police
department
and
the
streets
department
to
make
sure
that
streets
has
the
type
of
information
that
they
need
on
on,
where
accidents
are
and
where
incidents
are
so
that
they
are
making
decisions.
I
would
say:
60,000
is
what
we
budgeted
on.
C
Certainly,
if
a
candidate
comes
in
and
there's
room
in
the
budget
to
potentially
hire
someone
at
a
greater
step,
it
all
depends
on
where
we,
the
person
comes
in
at
we.
Basically,
we
typically
budget
for
positions
at
the
lowest
steps,
so
this
would
be
the
the
lowest
step
in
a
range
of
a
range
for
a
position,
but
we're
gonna
have
to
see
what
happens
when
we
post
and
and
what
the
department
is
looking
for.
Okay.
So
if
perched.
K
J
B
B
Sorry,
which
department,
Human
Resources
sorry
I
used
an
acronym
for
two,
so
we
have
issued
and
are
in
the
middle
of
evaluations
for
the
firehouse
training
RFP,
and
we
are
finalizing
an
RFP
to
issue
regarding
the
mayor's
racial
equity
executive
order.
And
in
addition
to
that,
we
have
done
some
sort
of
train-the-trainer
models
for
the
human
resource
professionals,
as
well
as
our
labor
relations
professionals,
which
will
then
be
cascaded
to
departments
as
part
of
a
larger
plan
and.
J
B
B
J
J
C
It's
the
the
Casella
contract
Casella
takes
recycling
from
a
whole
host
of
cities,
towns,
private
people,
the
prevailing
wage
part
of
the
contract
applies
to
those
workers
when
they're
working
on
Boston
recycling.
So
if
they're
taking
and
that's
about
20
percent
of
the
time,
so
if
they're
taking
other
trash
or
other
recycling,
we
would
not
be
funding
the
other
cities
and
towns
into
private
paying
for
the
prevailing
wage.
We
would
be
funding
the
Boston
portion
of
the
prevailing
wage
for
that
contract.
So.
C
The
hours
it's
not
the
worker,
it's
the
tree,
it's
the
material,
the
tonnage
that
is
their
processing
right.
So,
if
they're
working
on
20%
Boston
tonnage,
they
would
get
20%
of
the
prevailing
wage.
If
it's,
depending
on
sort
of
how
the
ebbs
and
flows
of
the
recycling
contract
it
would
change
based
on
sort
of
what
person
was
on
that
day,
what
person
was
working
that
week?
What
person,
what
tonnage
they
were
working
on?
So
it's
not!
C
We
couldn't
afford
to
apply
the
prevailing
wage
to
every
single
recycling
contract
that
Casella
has,
because
that
would
be
funding
it
for
a
whole
host
of
other
communities
and
private
companies
that
use
Casella.
So
it's
applying
the
prevailing
wage
to
the
Boston
portion
of
the
tonnage
that
they're
processing
for
us
so.
J
C
B
Think
it
becomes
an
issue
of
sort
of
how
how
we
pay,
which
is
by
tonnage
and
then
how
that
translates
to
workers
and
I
think.
The
goal
is
obviously
that
if
Boston
goes
down
this
path,
that
other
municipalities
will
follow
suit
and
that
we
can
raise
that
to
a
hundred
percent
so
that
all
the
participant,
when
all
the
participants
are
on
board
and
participating
in
it.
J
Mm-Hmm
I
think
it's
that's
also,
and
my
concern
is
then,
by
based
off
of
basing
off
of
tonnage
and
that's
something.
Maybe
we
should
examine
if
the
goal
of
the
prevailing
wage
is
that
people
bring
home
a
living
wage.
That's
the
ultimate
goal
right:
how
it's?
How
then
we
allow
companies
to
interpret
or
not
interpret
or
move
around
that
then
I
think
defeats
the
goal.
The
stated
very
good
goal
of
the
City
of
Boston
you're
sure
that
people
are
paid
a
living
wage
and
I
can
think
of
lots
of
companies
that
may
have
different.
J
You
know.
Subsidiaries
around
the
area
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
when
we,
when
we
push
those
companies
to
pay
for
prevailing
wages,
I
don't
want
them
to
come
up
with
another
way
of
packaging
their
goods,
so
that,
oh
well,
only
30
percent
of
our
goods
are
actually
sold
here
in
this
city,
or
this
service
is
only
this
percentage
and
I
know.
I
can
pull
out
a
prevailing
wage
by
just
simply
packaging
how
I
get
paid
by
the
city
of
Boston,
so
I
think
it's
worth
that
deeper
dive
and
examination.
J
B
To
connect
with
Public
Works
and
the
and
the
folks
that
oversee
it,
I
think
we
agree
that,
certainly
if
an
industry
was
reconstructing
how
they
were
to
get
paid
to
avoid
living
wage,
we
would
not
want
to
let
that
be
part
of
the
contract.
I
think
the
issue
here
is
that
recyclables
are.
This,
is
sort
of
an
industry
standard
for
how
these
these
costs
get
paid
and
so
hard
to
sort
of
in
this
procurement
come
up
with
an
entirely
new
way
of
doing
that.
B
That
would
let
us
address
some
of
the
core
issues
that
I
think
you're
you're,
absolutely
right,
we're
paying
for
our
portion
of
the
living
wage
and
that's
really
important
and
that's
a
commitment
we
want
to
make-
and
we
are
I
think
rightly
limited
in
how
far
we
can
go
on
that,
because
we
don't
want
to
pay
for
other
municipalities
to
do
it.
We
hope
that
they
will
join
us
and
and
raise
to
the
same
standard
ya.
J
But
again,
if
it's
a
precedent
that
we're
continuing
because
of
an
industry
standard
I
think
it
just
if
I'm
a
industry
watching
person
and
I
am
going
to
adjust
my
standard,
because
the
city
of
Boston,
kind
of
or
not
kind
of,
is
absolutely
okay
with
that
adjustment
of
standard
and
getting
a
certain
percentage
only
for
the
workers
or
the
the
services
that
are
provided
in
the
city
of
Boston,
so
I
think
it's
a
dangerous
precedent
or
I
think
it
at
least
allows
for
folks
to
watch
that.
So
it's
a
deeper
dive.
J
It's
worth
the
conversation
to
figure
out
how
we
balance
industry
standards
where
they're,
showing
that
people
don't
avoid
our
I,
think
very
good.
Strong
laws
and
commitment
or
showing
workers
get
paid
in
terms
of
the
following
up
on
BFD
and
I.
Do
appreciate
the
effort
put
in
to
assure
that
not
only
generally,
the
city
of
Boston
is
receiving
some
equity
or
some
racial
training,
but
also
in
a
deeper
dive
specifically
for
the
BFD.
And
could
you
expected
that
RF
peace
short.
B
Yet
that
was
one
that
I
mentioned,
that
we
issued
in
the
spring.
I
can't
remember
the
exact
timeline
it's
currently
in
its
evaluation
committee.
Right
now
we
received
several
proposals,
and
so
once
that
evaluation
is
complete,
we'll
select
a
vendor
and
we'll
go
going
on
those
trainings
and
the
goal
is
for
those
trainings
to
happen
in
the
firehouses
and
to
reach
all
firefighters
in
the
firehouses.
So.
B
J
And
I
think
oh,
my
last
question
was
was
with
regards
to
just
very
general
one.
We
have
I
mean
in
several
income
streams
coming
in,
for
example,
the
hotel
tax
going
into
homelessness,
or
hopefully,
potentially
the
Cannabis,
whatever
additional
fee
and
I'm
just
curious
about
when
those
additional
fees
or
taxes
are
proposed.
What
is
the
analysis
for
streamlining
exactly
where
they're
gonna
go
versus,
say
like
the
Neighborhood
Housing
Trust
for
homelessness?
If
what
is
how's
that
conversation
happen,
is
it
a
department?
It
says
we
need
it
here.
Are
you
looking
at
gaps
to
fill
so.
B
B
There
are
certain
pieces
of
revenue
that
are
dedicated
to
other
places,
and
so
we
sort
of
follow
the
the
where
those
those
are
sort
of
their
homes
are
and
the
analysis
in
terms
of
sort
of
how
we
align
those
resources
with
spending
in
the
fiscal
years
really
done
as
part
of
the
overall
budget
picture
meeting
with
cabinet
officials
and
talking
about
the
mayor's
priorities
and
talking
with
the
council
about
what
priorities
are
for
the
year
and
so
within
the
general
fund.
That's
how
we
sort
of
set
those
priorities
and
align,
though
the
spending
accordingly,
no.
C
That
was
perfect.
The
only
thing
I
would
add
is
something
like
the
parking
meter
fund
where
we're
proposing
to
right-size
the
parking
meter.
So
that
obviously
gives
us
more
capacity
within
the
funds.
We
were
able
to
withdraw
more
from
the
fund
to
invest
in
new
projects.
So
we
do
an
analysis
during
the
budget
process
to
say
we
think
we're
gonna
collect
X
in
the
parking
meter
fund.
If
we
increase
parking
meters,
that's
obviously
going
to
result
in
additional
funding
in
the
fund.
How
much
more
can
we
take
out
to
invest
in
capital
and
operating
projects?
C
J
K
On
the
parking
meter
Fund,
we
can
get
more
on
the
parking
beautiful
if
we
would
crack
down
on
me,
handicapped
parking
fraud
and
abuse.
So
I
think
you
guys
are
well
aware
of
that.
I
think
maybe
helping
us
throw
a
shoulder
into
that
from
the
CFO's
position,
with
respect
to
BTD
and
obviously
a
Disabilities
Commissioner,
to
bring
about
real,
meaningful
reform.
K
We
would
probably
insert
additional
millions
into
that
parking
meter
fund
so,
but
just
want
to
get
an
update
on
chiropractic
services
being
added
to
the
formulary.
So
I
know,
as
you
guys
are
starting
to
look
forward
with
respect
to
the
healthcare
contracts.
When
is
that
one
of
those
discussions
happen
I'd
like
to
be
part
of
those
discussions,
I
don't
want
to
get
I
want
to
make
sure
we,
as
I
said
you
don't
get
rolled
if
you
will,
because
we
have
tremendous
buying
power
and
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
chiropractic
services.
K
When
you
look
at
the
lost
man,
hours
lost
woman
hours
on
on
the
job,
particularly
those
that
are
operating
heavy
equipment
and
in
dealing
with
that
and
then
deal
with
the
opioid
crisis.
On
top
of
that,
so
get
your
thoughts
on
on
your
opinion
on
whether
we
should
have
chiropractic
services
and
what
you
do
to
make
sure
we
fight
to
get
them
included
in
the
next
round.
Sure.
B
I
have
I
will
not
talk
about
my
professional
opinion
like
I
write
services
I
go
to
one
so
there
we
go,
but
I
think
that
we're
really
in
a
good
timing
to
have
this
conversation
except
that
we're
in
the
middle
of
negotiations.
We
are
getting
ready
to
we're
in
the
middle
of
conversations
with
the
city's
unions
around
our
public
employee
Commission,
on
setting
the
next
contract,
which
will
include
all
the
details
of
healthcare
for
our
employees.
We
have
had
conversations
about
chiropractic
within
that
context.
I
think
it's
the
right
context
to
have
those
conversations.
B
Obviously
the
the
existence
of
that
committee
and
the
work
that
they
do
is
around
health
care
savings.
I
think
there's,
probably
a
role
for
chiropractic
there.
Within
that
conversation,
we
do
have
an
oh.
There
is
some
initial.
There
are
some
overall
costs
to
the
services,
though
I
think
there
may
also
be
cost
savings,
and
so
we're
having
those
conversations
within
the
overall
sort
of
financial
picture
of
what,
where
we
need
to
get
to
in
terms
of
future
healthcare
savings
for
the
city.
Okay,.
K
And
if
you
just
keep
us
abreast
of
that,
we're
happy
to
host
a
hearing,
we
can't
get
involved
in
contractual
negotiations,
but
what
we
could
do
is
we
could
bring
all
the
potential
vendors
in
for
a
public
hearing
here
to
get
their
thoughts
and
opinions
on
chiropractic
services.
In
a
way
we
can
kind
of
weed
out
who's
gonna
be
a
valuable
partner
in
that
effort.
So
that
might
be
something
that
we
could
do
through
the
through
the
council
committee
structure,
but
but
I'm
gonna
be
watching
it
closely.
K
I
think
it's
long
overdue
and
again,
if
you
look
at
it
from
you
know,
from
a
lost
man,
woman
hours,
if
you
look
at
it
from
the
Family
Leave
Act,
if
you
look
at
it
from
OPD
Latvia
crisis,
there's
zero
reason
why
we
should
not
have
chiropractic
services
and,
just
speaking
for
someone
that
does
not
have
a
horse
in
the
race,
nor
what
I
haven't.
Let
anyone
crack
my
back
or
my
neck.
It's
just
something
that
I
would
not
subscribe
to.
But
I
know
that
those
that
do
say
it
makes
the
world
of
difference.
K
So
when
someone
throws
their
back
out
or
needs
what
they
call
an
adjustment,
they
have
the
option
to
either
egg
or
the
chiropractor
and
pay
their
copay
and
they're
done.
But
what
how
it
works
now.
Is
you
get
a
an
appointment?
Oh
the
talk.
It's
gonna
make
primary
key.
A
primary
key
is
gonna.
Send
you
a
specialist,
you
got
an
x-ray
MRI
start
with
flexural.
Then
you
get
on
something
stronger,
you're
out
of
work,
a
minimum
of
30
days.
Maybe
longer
it
just
doesn't
make
any
sense
to
me
so
and.
A
You,
mr.
Ian,
thank
you
guys.
Thank
you.
One
thing
that
I've
noticed
in
this
budget
is
the
percent
that
health
care
costs.
The
city
is
actually
going
down.
Quite
a
bit
from
you
know,
say
ten
years
ago
used
to
be
eleven
twelve
thirteen
percent
of
the
entire
budget.
You
speak
just
a
little
bit
to
that.
It's
just
because
we're
spending
a
lot
more.
So
it's
a
small
block
of
the
budget,
yeah.
B
I
think
that's
really
a
testament
to
the
strong
work
of
the
city's
unions
and
the
PSE.
There's
been
a
lot
of
progress
on
sort
of
overall
cost
savings
and
increasing
wellness
access
on
just
being
smart
about
sort
of
how
we
deploy
our
resources
in
terms
of
healthcare
coverage
for
the
city's
employees
and
so
I
think
you're,
seeing
you're
beginning
to
see
the
payoff
of
that,
and
the
hope
is
that
you
know
future
rounds
of
these
negotiations
will
lead
to
to
more
of
that.
You.
A
You
know
thorough
participation
and
thoughtful
questioning
and
bringing
back
suggestions
that
reflect
what
they're
hearing
out
in
the
neighborhoods
with,
which
is
what
this
process
is
all
about,
and
your
willingness
to
embrace
those
suggestions
and
try
to
accommodate
them
as
well.
I
have
to
mention
all
the
people
behind
me
and
not
seen
you
know
such
as
Shane
behind
me
today,
but
also
Michelle
Goldberg.
A
Our
own
budget
direct
has
done
a
phenomenal
job,
buying
flying
solo
this
this
year
for
the
first
time
as
well
as
Cora
who
staffed
these
hearings
as
well,
and,
of
course,
my
really
good
friend,
Carrie
Jordan,
behind
the
camera,
Candice
Morales
and
the
entire
central
staff
and
my
staff
Tom
Jackson,
Diwali
airy
and
Daniel
Polanco
in
particular.
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
my
final
budget
regarding
dockets
zero,
nine,
six,
four
through
zero,
nine
six,
seven
seven!
This
hearing
is
adjourned.