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From YouTube: Committee on Ways & Means March 7,2017
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Docket #0341- re: Supplemental appropriation for collective bargaining between the City of Boston and the Boston Police Patrolman's Association
A
And
also
the
Brighton
in
the
chairman
of
ways
and
means
like
to
introduce
to
my
left,
my
friend
from
yeast
Boston
Council,
Sal
LaMattina
to
my
right
I
think
we'll
be
joining
us.
Comfortaa
McCarthy
I'd
like
to
remind
folks
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
and
it
is
being
recorded
and
broadcast
live
on
both
rcn
and
comcast
asked
folks
in
the
chamber
to
silence
their
electronic
devices.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
question
and
answer
period,
we
will
take
public
testimony,
the
sign-in
sheets
or
to
my
left
by
the
door.
A
B
Thank
you
so,
very,
very
briefly:
I'll
provide
an
overview
of
FY
16
general
fund
budget
highlights
that
the
city
auditor
Sally
Gloria's
put
together,
and
then
we
can
answer
any
questions
you
have
after
that.
If
that
works
right,
ok,
so
in
fiscal
year,
2016
the
fiscal
year
that
ended
june
thirtieth
the
city
finished
with
a
budgetary
surplus
of
1.9
2
million
dollars,
that's
revenues
and
excessive
expenditures.
A
B
After
having
a
very
healthy
budgetary
year,
so
we
were
able
to
fund
our
40
million
dollars
in
Oh
peb,
which
we
had
budgeted
as
coming
from
free
cash.
We
were
able
to
fund
that
with
recurring
operating
revenue,
we
were
also
able
to
fund
16
million
dollars
in
projects
that
otherwise
would
have
been
charged
to
capital
on
the
operating
budget,
which
frees
up
freeze
up
additional
capacity
on
our
capital
plan
in
the
long
term.
A
And
we
have
now
been
joined
by
conflict
in
McCarthy.
First,
let
me
start
by
congratulating
you,
your
office,
your
teens
and
my
colleagues
for
the
triple-a
bond
rating.
That
was
just
announced
again
and
we
know
how
important
that
is.
It
allows
us
to
do
a
lot
more
with
a
lot
less
money
because
of
our
favorable
bond
ratings
in
our
interest
payments.
So
it's
a
great
thing
for
other
taxpayers
of
Boston
to
get
a
lot
more
done
with
the
hard
earned
dollars
that
they
provide
us
with
I.
A
Let
me
also
recognize
that
we've
been
joined
by
counsel
Frank
Baker,
so
this
sheet
that
you
gave
us
the
budget
surplus,
the
1.9
2
million,
is
so
if
I
look
at
the
1.9
2
million
as
the
surplus
that
was
after
it
correct
me.
If
I
want,
we
took
some
money
from
some
of
the
surpluses,
like
the
plot
of
plowing,
that
we
didn't
have
to
do
that.
Those
other
surpluses
and
funded
some
one-time
projects
like
parks,
one
of
them
being
smith
park
in
other
parks
and
and
and
to
go
through
that
list
with
that.
B
B
Last
year
we
had
we
had
increased
our
snow
budget
after
the
winter
of
2015
by
big
five
million
dollars
at
the
time
after
we
had
a
38
million
dollar
winter
and
thankfully,
we've
had
relatively
mild
season
sense
and
we
were
able
to
do
that
so
that
that
that
is
in
addition
to
what's
listed
here
so
effectively,
you
could
have
had
a
higher
surplus.
Had
you
not
done
those
parks
to
bring
that
to
its
conclusion,
these
additional
items
listed
here
the
40
million
from
opaz
16
million
from
capital
projects.
B
A
C
D
A
C
A
C
E
E
B
F
B
A
F
A
C
E
A
A
C
A
A
G
You
very
much
I'm
chair
as
Mark
started
out.
The
triple
triple
a
bond
rating
is
phenomenal.
That's
you
know
unbelievable
work
by
your
team,
the
I,
it's
more
of
a
statement
thing
than
a
question
really
is
when
we
talked
about
the
snow
budget.
I
was
here
during
the
april.
Fools
snowstorm
self,
but
so
knock.
I
would
not
talk
about
that.
G
No,
no
until
May,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
you
know,
I
completely
agree
with
you
and
staying
the
course
with
when
you
have
a
budget
surplus
to
do
one
time
I,
because
I
think
that
one,
the
neighborhood,
see
immediate
benefit
too
I.
Think
you're,
you
know
what
were
you
don't
seem
to
be
in
the
in
the
world
of
putting
band-aids
on
something
you're
addressing
the
problems
from
the
get-go
and
I.
G
Think
that
when
you
start
using
surplus
money
to
put
band-aids
on
something
in
the
next
year,
you're
going
to
need
more
than
a
band-aid
you'll
need
a
gauze
and
it
just
gets
worse
and
worse.
So
you
know
that
would
really
just
more
of
a
statement.
I
would
I
completely
agree
with
with
you
staying
the
course
on
that,
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
how
much
surplus
and
then
what
we
can
do
with
it
for
district
5,
really
all
right.
H
C
C
H
B
We're
do
I
think
we're
doing
very
well.
We
on
the
on
the
revenue
side,
we
had
a
better
than
expected
year
in
terms
of
new
growth
property
tax
revenue
that
was
certified
in
the
tax
rate
budget,
in
husband,
December
by
department
of
revenue,
which
noted
that
the
city's
new
growth,
the
amount
of
value
increase
in
the
city
4.3
billion
dollars
in
new
growth
value
compared
to
2.3
billion
last
year,
which
was
also
a
very
good
year.
B
Obviously,
our
property
value
in
three
years
is
increased
overall
from
a
hundred
billion
to
a
hundred
forty
four
billion
dollars.
It
took
about
a
dozen
years
to
add
for
the
previous
forty
four
billion
and
you'd
have
to
go
all
the
way
back
to
proposition
2
and
a
half
almost
for
the
previous
44
before
that.
So
I
think
just
what
we
all
see
with
our
own
eyes
is
is
manifesting
itself
in
our
budget
picture,
and
that
is,
we
have
a
very
healthy,
attractive
development
climate
which
is
driving
a
very
strong
revenue
picture.
B
The
flip
side
of
that
is,
we
continue
to
have
challenges
on
the
expenditure
side.
We
talked
about
an
average
of
about
a
nine
percent
annual
increase
necessary
for
pensions
to
pay
down
that
liability.
I
think
we
anticipate
somewhere
between
15
and
20
million
dollars
in
charter
assessment
growth
this
year.
That's
the
number
that
gets
updated
over
the
course
of
the
year
and
obviously
the
unknown
of
collective
bargaining
and
how
those
how
those
contracts
end
up
settling
as
well,
so
we're
doing
very
well
on
the
revenue
side.
F
B
B
F
Yeah,
so
you
would
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
growth.
Can
you
can
you
do
we
have
numbers?
So
what
does
that
growth
mean
for
like
our
take
and
then
on
the
flip
side?
What
is
the
liability
like?
What
would
our
typical
life
if
everything
remained
the
same?
What
would
a
typical
liabilities
be
as
far
as
going
to
wheat
is
our
take
more
than
what
I
liabilities
going
to
be.
B
So
in
there
are
a
lot
of
moving
parts,
but
what
what
new
growth
translated
to
an
fy17
was
75
million
dollars
in
new
revenue?
That's
above
just
the
sort
of
standard
two
and
a
half
percent
increase,
that's
allowed
under
prop
two
and
a
half
yeah
we
receiving
75
million.
Above
that
we
had
budgeted
for
a
good
portion
of
that,
but
not
the
entirety
of
that.
B
We've
had
other
aid
items
that
have
been
below
budget
like
state
aid,
for
instance,
we
are
a
few
million
below
where
we
expected
to
be,
which
is
something
we're
going
up
with
State
House
today
to
advocate
to
not
have
happen
again,
hopefully,
but
in
terms
of
liabilities.
We
expect
in
a
typical
year
going
forward.
This
will
grow,
but
right
now
something
in
the
neighborhood
of
fifty
million
dollars
in
fixed
cost
growth,
yep
yeah.
F
B
Then
collective
bargaining
is
the
big.
You
know
we
spend
I,
think
1.4
billion
dollars
on
personnel
services
every
year.
So
you
know
one
or
two
or
three
percent
increase
to
that-
has
a
very
large
impact
on
ya
on
whether
we
can
balance
the
budget.
So
that's
those
are
kind
of
the
variables
I
would
say.
Is:
charter
assessment,
state
aid,
new
growth
and
collective
bargaining,
middle
really
drive
costs
from
the
future
and.
F
B
F
B
B
E
H
I
But
as
a
chair
of
ways
and
means,
and
Sally
and
David,
thank
you
for
your
work.
I'm
just
kind
of
piggyback
on
some
of
the
things
that
my
colleagues
were
talking
about.
So
in
the
75
million
in
New
gross
revenue.
Is
that
all
new
development,
or
does
that
include
increased
assessments
on
existing
prop.
B
B
I
Then
it's
been
cracking
275
million
extraordinary
and
it
looks
like
based
on
all
the
crane
and
all
the
people
working
and
all
the
phone
calls
around.
We
get
around
development
that
it's
going
to
continue
at
least
for
a
while,
but
it's
the
same
issue
for
me.
What
others?
What
are
the
sorts
of
revenue?
Besides
real
estate
and
property
tax
prep?
Have
we
explored
for
when
assessments
on
his
high
and
property
values
change
due
to
a
dip
on
the
development
cycle,
slows
down
and
we've
been
riding
an
amazing
wave
for
the
past
six
on
the
74.
E
B
A
couple
of
things
I,
think
more
of
the
more
of
the
creativity
in
the
city
by
default
is
on
the
expenditure
side,
because
we
have
such
strong
restrictions
on
our
ability
to
raise
revenue.
So
we've
made
efforts
such
as
you
know,
reducing
overtime,
renegotiating
health
insurance
agreements
with
our
unions,
those
types
of
types
of
levers
that
we
have,
what
we
have
fewer
of
is
opportunities
to
diversify.
B
Our
our
revenue
base
right
I've,
been
here
talking
about
this
I,
think
last
year's
budget
presentations,
we're
uniquely
restricted
relative
to
our
peers,
nationally
in
our
ability
to
diversify
our
revenue
base.
So
we
have
a
property
tax,
it's
restricted
to
two
and
a
half
percent
growth
on
existing
properties.
B
Many
of
our
peer
cities
who
are
competing
with
four
to
bring
jobs
to
the
city
or
to
bring
workers
to
the
city
or
to
bring
children
to
the
city
whatever
it
may
be.
They
have
the
ability
to
invest
more
heavily
in
programming
because
they,
for
the
most
part,
have
an
income
or
sales
tax
or
in
some
cases,
other
revenue
sources,
even
above
that,
in
addition
to
a
property
tax,
and
they
have
unrestricted
ability
to
generate
property
taxes.
B
So
I,
don't
say
that
was
an
assumption
that
we
want
to
enact
all
these
taxes,
but
the
reality
is
we
just
don't
even
have
the
flexibility
to
even
think
about
it.
There
are
a
couple
I
think
there
are
some
ideas
they've
been
raised
in
this
council
for
specific
revenue
sources
that
would
potentially
be
earmarked
for
specific
policy
issues,
some
of
which
I
think
you're.
B
I
A
B
I
Seen
a
few
yeah,
but
so
how
about
another
take?
What
about
is
there
anything
that
has
come
to
pass
around
more
op
entrepreneurial
management
of
money
so
that
it
generates
red
and
not
just
in
in
the
sense
that
you
know
we're
getting
a
maximum
amount
on
our
investment,
but
also
some
investment
that
would
be
outside
the
box?
You
know,
there's
been
talk
at
times
of
a
bank
has
been
talk
of
having
our
own
development
agent
say.
I
You
know,
I
mean
really
sexually
finance
and
fellows,
and
then
it
all
the
money
that
we
have
I
mean
this
is
historic,
75
million
in
new
growth
for
one
year.
What
are
we
doing?
Do
we
need
to
spend
all
that
money,
and
can
we
invest
it
in
a
way
better?
Let
me
show
a
better,
better
financial
viability
later
you
know.
B
Some
of
the
specific
ideas
you
reference-
I've
not
done
a
lot
of
work
on
we're
extremely
interested
in
any
ways
to
diversify
our
revenue
base
so
definitely
open
to
any
of
those
types
of
discussions.
I'll
say
with
regard
to
the
75
million,
specifically
a
lot
of
it
was
already
spent
in
the
FY
17
budget.
B
So
it's
not
as
if
we
have
an
extra
75
million
to
to
spend
as
as
needed
and
the
thing
you're
talking
what
you're
talking
about
with
regard
to
the
existing
revenue
sources,
we,
that
is
our
philosophy,
is
to
try
to
put
ourselves
onto
a
path
of
sustainability.
So
we've
taken
the
initiative
with
our
financial
success
recently
to
save
we've.
We've
increased
free
cash.
We've
also
planned
for
how
we're
going
to
spend
money
in
the
future.
Imagine
boston,
2030
and
some
of
those
types
of
things,
and
then
we've
made
down
pain.
I
A
Know
you
have
another
appointment.
There
was
some
of
some
of
the
accounts
that
we
have
like
Trager
do
I,
know
and
you'll
have
to
refresh
my
memory.
We
try
to
free
up
one
of
those
mandatory
surplus
funds.
If
you
will
Trager
I,
guess
we
let
alone,
but
wasn't
there
an
education
fund
that
we
had
and
where
is
that
at
this
point
delete.