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Description
Ways & Means Working Session- Dockets #0760-0768 FY24 Budget: Budget Amendments
A
Good
morning,
for
the
record,
my
name
is
Daniel
Finance
Anderson
district
7,
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
com.
This
working
session
is
being
recorded
this
working
session.
It
will
be
posted
to
the
Boston
city
council
YouTube
page
and
will
be
re-barcasted
on
Xfinity
channel
8
RCN
channel
82
FiOS
channel
964.
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
hearings,
beginning
which
began
in
April
and
running
through
June.
A
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
If
you
would
like
to
submit
a
testimony
following
this
working
session,
you
can
email
written
comments
to
the
committee
at
tcc.wm
boston.gov
for
more
information
of
on
the
City
Council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify
at
any
of
the
upcoming
hearings.
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
for
slash
Council
Dash
budget.
A
A
764-0767-20768
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
purchase
these
purchase
agreements.
Our
Focus
area
for
this
working
session
will
be
to
discuss
of
to
discuss
proposals,
amendments
or
proposed
amendments
to
the
fy24
budget.
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues
counselor
president
Ed
Flynn
District
2
counselor,
Gabriella,
Coletta,
District,
One.
A
So
for
our
format,
format
I
will
just
go
directly
to
my
Council
colleagues
feel
free
to
give
opening
statements
and
we'll
begin
to
discuss
your
amendments
as
you've
proposed
them
and
if
they've
seem
to
be
a
duplicate
or
similar
to
ideas
that
have
already
been
proposed.
I
will
identify
those
proposals
and
from
which
counselor
it
came
from
and,
if
you'd
like
to
add
your
name
to
those
ideas,
I'm
happy
to
do
that.
I'm
not
I'm.
Also,
we've
also
been
joined
by
a
console
colleague,
Brian
worrel
District,
four.
A
I
will
not
be
re
moving
any
amendments
if
they're
duplicates
again
I'll
just
combine
them
together
or
consolidate
them,
but
I
will
not
read.
I
will
not
refuse
anyone
an
opportunity,
so
I
will
propose
everything
on
the
floor
reason
being
if
you
feel
that
you
have
to
make
a
last
minute
Amendment
to
the
proposal
on
the
floor,
I
think
that
it
will
not
allow
counselors
to
properly
discuss
your
ideas,
even
if
you
are
doing
that.
It's
going
to
be
a
long
report.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
for
the
work,
important
work
you
are
doing
and
thank
you
to
our
dedicated
Central
staff
team
as
well.
Yeah
I
offered
one
one
Amendment
Madam,
chair,
I,
know
it's
not
on
this
Matrix
I'm
I'm
still
doing
a
little
bit
of
final
work
on
it
with
my
staff.
Is
it
okay?
If
I
maybe
get
that
to
you,
get
that
to
you
by
the
end
of
the
day.
A
B
A
C
A
C
Be
great
awesome
and
thank
you
to
Karishma
for
assisting
our
office.
It
was
very
enlightening
and
helpful.
So
just
going
through
my
amendments
and
through
additional
conversations
with
the
administration,
there
are
some
especially
when
it
comes
to
personnel.
There
are
some
opportunities
to
take
different
Avenues.
C
The
second
one
is
programming
in
the
North
End
Charlestown
and
East
Boston
through
bcyf.
This
is
to
help
with
additional
summer
summer
programming
for
our
youth
in
particular,
so
we
I
don't
know
if
we
had
put
specifically
that
it's
it's
for
the
Youth,
but
that
is
that's
what
I'm,
hoping
for
Staffing
and
Street
work
Street
repair.
This
is
one
of
those
Personnel
light
items
that
I'm
trying
to
work
with
the
administration
on,
but
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
help
expand
staff
capacity.
I'm,
particularly
thinking
of
of
the
bricklayers
in
public
works.
C
C
C
C
Yeah
I
would
like
to
still
keep
that
250
000
that
I
understood
I
swear
upgrading
the
call
Buck
system.
This
is
going
directly
to
do
it
to
help
modernize
our
internal
permitting
system
so
that
we
could
see
exactly
what's
happening
in
real
time
and
would
ultimately
help
quality
of
life
of
residents.
And
so
we
put
that
line
item
at
250
thousand
dollars
to
FTE
parking
enforcement
officers
in
East
Boston.
C
A
C
A
B
I
think
yeah.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I.
Think
the
the
severity
of
the
challenges
we
have
on
Pest
Control
across
the
city
in
in
every
neighborhood
would
would
almost
demand
us
to
provide
the
funding
whatever
that
would
be,
but
two
would
be
on
the
very
low
end,
but
I
think
it
needs
a
a
major
Financial
commitment.
C
A
C
C
Okay
and
then
my
last,
my
last
amendment
is
Small
Business
technical
assistance,
so
this
was
coming
out
of
the
conversations
of
contaminated
drinks.
This
fifty
thousand
dollars
would
help
restaurants
install
cameras
in
their
in
their
bars
and
in
other
areas
of
the
restaurant
and
I'm
pulling
that
from
do
it.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
One
of
my
first
amendments
is
technical
assistance
for
civics
grants
to
help
support
our
Civic
associations,
whether
it's
for
Flyers,
you
know
male
subscribers
and
we
have
that
going
to
Civic,
organizing
and
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
the
the
request
amount
and
will
be
decreasing
auditing.
A
D
D
D
D
D
D
A
D
D
A
A
D
D
A
E
Different
number,
you
probably
have
five,
but
we
didn't
5
million.
But
when
we're
looking
at
the
funding
sources,
the
what
we
could
find
was
for
the
3.5
million.
So
we
just
lowered
the
number.
There
are
two
different.
There
are
two
changes
since
we've
submitted
it's
this
one
in
the
Franklin
Park
action
plan,
implementation
number.
E
A
Yeah
one
second
I'm
re,
I'm,
refreshing
it
because
I'm,
it's
not
same
as
what
you're
saying
so
participatory
budgeting
I
do
have
3.6
and
so
on
to
and
then
I
have
a
list
of
that
and
then
I
have
and
that's.
Okay,
that's
mental!
That's
something
separate,
but
you
mentioned
a
different
number.
Can
you
update
the
number
that
she's,
given
it's
not
updated?
Still,
so
can
you
give
me
the
total
amount
again
Council
R.
E
E
E
Now
great,
so
the
next
one
is
on
line
five,
and
this
is
for
contractual.
We
have
all
heard
advocacy
for
a
grand
line
item
for
an
lgbtq
virtual
Senior
Center.
Obviously
we
cannot,
depending
on
how
much
it
is.
The
RFP
has
to
go
on
publicly.
The
contracted
services
are
for
150
000
dollars
and
it
would
be
going
to
age
strong
and
the
funding
source
would
be
contracted,
Services,
150
000
from
do
it.
E
Next
up
we
have
the
alternative
mental
health
response,
which
would
be
going
to
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission,
and
this
is
to
fund
a
program
director
program
manager,
six
dig
dispatchers,
15,
Community,
responders,
two
social
workers,
administrative
coordinator,
a
community
organizer,
an
external
evaluation
interpretation
and
translation
services.
This
amount
to
the
2.6
million
dollars
is
reflective
of
implementing
the
plan
that
was
partially
funded
by
the
administration
before
so.
This
is
what
it
would
cost
to
fully
implement
the
64-page
plan
that
was
put
forth
by
the
group
and
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission.
E
E
Yes,
which
I
think
that
might
require
some
conversation
with
the
administration
in
terms
of
like
where
line
item
like
you
know,
for
with
bphc
I
mean
like
where,
where
does
it
live?
Where
does
it
live
currently
because
it
was
funded
last
year?
So
right,
okay,
great
line
item,
seven
is
an
lgbtq
housing
fund
and
it
would
go
to
the
mayor's
office
of
lgbtq
advancement.
E
It
would
be
for
a
grant
Fund
in
the
amount
of
eight
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars,
and
this
grant
fund
would
be
for
organizations
who
are
working
to
House
lgbtq
people,
whether
it
be
lgbtq,
young
people
or
lgbtq
seniors.
This
is
similar
to
The
Returning
citizens
fund,
which
offers
grants
to
nonprofit
organizations
that
are
providing
re-entry
services
and
programs
for
Boston's
returning
citizens.
E
Next
one
is
bphc
asthma
prevention,
I
held
a
hearing
that
was
co-sponsored
by
the
chair,
particularly
having
a
conversation
about
how
we
were
responding
to
asthma
triggers
in
housing,
and
so
this
is
a
budget
amendment
that
is
reflective
of
the
conversation
that
we
had
during
that
hearing,
which
would
add
two
efftes
in
the
asthma
prevention
and
healthy
homes.
Program
I
would
have
more
conversation
with
bphc
about
what
they
think
those
two
ftes
could
be
used
for.
E
But,
as
you
know,
we
don't
have
that
executive
power
to
kind
of
tell
them
what
to
use
the
ftes
for,
but
based
on
our
hearing,
there's
a
lot
of
support
that
is
needed
for
the
asthma
prevention
and
healthy
homes
program
at
bphc.
To
really
make
sure
that
we're
responding
to
these,
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
that
would
be
coming
from
emergency
employees,
bcyf
and
50
000
from
Property
Management
Department
equipment,
specifically
foreign.
E
The
next
one
is
a
part
of
the
Beyond
Pride
policy
platform
that
my
office
has
been
implementing
for
the
past
year
and
it's
having
it's
ultimately
used
to
protect
cultural
spaces
for
queer
folks
in
the
city.
It
would
go
to
arts
and
culture
and
cultural
planning
to
contractual
So.
Currently,
the
city
of
Boston
has
the
Space
Program,
which
is
funds,
organizations
that
a
business
is
specifically
with
vacant
storefronts
and
it
helps
businesses
expand
storefront
Spaces
by
subsidizing
costs
associated
with
operating
expensive.
E
So
that
might
happen
depending
on
how
we
end
up
with
the
redefining
of
the
space
Grant
and
that
would
be
from
primary
employees,
intergovernmental
relations,
permanent
employees,
Human
Resources,
permanent
employees,
Labor
Relations
utilities,
Library
utilities,
public
works
department,
permanent
employees,
eoi
and
permanent
employees
for
the
assessment
assessing
Department
next
up
is
another
one
that
has
changed
since
we've
submitted.
This
is
the
Franklin
Park
plan
implementation.
E
That
number
has
gone
down
for
a
number
of
reasons,
but
mostly
that
we
can't
fund
the
entire
thing
beginning
to
end.
There's
a
lot
of
planning
I
put
in
a
call
to
Chief,
whiteham
and
today
to
check
in
about
this
and
it's
1.5
million
dollars
ultimately,
and
it
would
fund
the
implementation
of
the
Franklin
Park
plan.
And
this
is
a
request
that
I've
been
working
on
with
the
Franklin
Park
Coalition
and
their
board
of
directors.
E
And
two
more
office
of
women
advancement
for
maternal
Health
programming.
This
would
be
funding
to
establish
maternal
Health
programming
across
the
city
through
the
office
of
women's
advancement.
It
would
fund
for
contractual,
Services,
telecommunications
and
other
office
supplies.
That's
what
they
have
there,
but
it
would
be
two
ftes.
E
500
000
is
coming
from
Human,
Resources
transportation
and
travel,
and
then
the
last
one
is
Family
Daycare
funding.
This
is
for
the
office
of
Early
Childhood.
It
would
be
an
additional
FTE
that
would
it
would
ultimately
manage
and
expand
Outreach
language
and
Communications
access
to
child
care.
Entrepreneur
fund
that
the
city
currently
has
it's
eighty
thousand
dollars
and
it
would
come
from
permanent
employees
from
the
law,
department
and
I
think
the
total
is
11
million.
A
Thank
you,
counselor
for
your
very
well
thought
out
and
broken
down.
I
have
no
questions
for
you
other
than
is
very
thorough.
Thank
you
other
than
there
are
a
couple
of
duplicates
and
when
we're
all
on
the
mental
health
for
sure
we're
on
the
same
page,
which
is
great,
the
office
of
women
advancement,
maternal
Health
programming.
This
was
originated
by
councilor
Laurel,
so
I
think
it's
sort
of
me
figuring
out
these
reductions
and
how
we're
breaking
it
down.
A
The
amounts
look
about
the
same
okay,
actually
exactly
the
same.
For
some
reason:
500
000
and
the
way
you
have
it
broken
down
into
the
two
FTS
and
Personnel
contractor
Services
telecommunications
and
Equipment,
whereas
Council
we're
all
suggesting
equipment
and
Personnel,
so
the
contractual
services
and
the
Telecommunications
makes
a
lot
of
sense
as
well.
So
maybe
it's
increasing
it
to
include
your
both
the
actual
important.
E
Parts
as
well,
yeah
I
think
that
I
think
that
would
be
fine,
I
I
think
the
contractual
line
telecommunications
I
think
is
the
one
that
I
would
be
flexible
on,
but
I
think
the
contractual
line
Boston
is
about
to
open
its
first
freestanding
birth
center.
That
is
ran
by
a
black
woman
and
there's
a
lot
of
conversations
that
are
happening
around
black
maternal
health
and
so
I
want
the
office
of
women's
advancement
to
have
the
opportunity
to
use
the
contractual
line
item
to
support
some
of
that
work.
That's
happening
outside
City.
A
A
A
The
only
thing
will
be
that
I
will
get
back
to
you
in
terms
of
input
about
where
it's
coming
from
the
source,
if
it
makes
more
sense
if
there
are
duplicates
already,
for
example,
if
we're
going
too
hard
on
in
one
line
item
I'll,
say:
hey,
that's
already
taken
this
much
hit
I'm,
making
a
suggestion
for
something
else,
and
you
guys
can.
Obviously
you
know
my
office.
My
door
is
open,
let
me
know,
but
it
will
be
fully
transparent.
A
It
will
be
the
entire
thing
that
everyone's
proposed,
if
you
have
anything
left,
you
have
till
Friday,
and
this
time
I
mean
because
I
really
do
have
to
start
putting
together
the
report
so
Friday
for
sure
and
yeah
I'm
here
give
me
a
call
or
whatever
you
need.
Thank
you
so
much
for
attending
and
our
work
in
sessions
adjourned.