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From YouTube: Ways & Means FY24 Budget on April 24, 2023
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Ways & Means Hearing- Dockets #0760-0762 FY24 Budget: Operating Budget Overview
A
A
For
the
record,
my
name
is
Tanya
Fernandez
Anderson,
the
district
7
City
councilor
I
am
the
chair
of
the
Boston
city
council
committee
on
ways
and
means
this
hearing
is
being
recorded.
It
is
being
live
streamed
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
City,
Dash,
Council,
TV
and
broadcast
on
Xfinity
channel
8,
RCN,
Channel,
82
and
FiOS
channel
964..
The
council's
budget
review
process
will
Encompass
a
series
of
public
for
hearings
beginning
in
April,
beginning
today
and
running
through
June.
We
strongly
encourage
residents
to
take
a
moment
to
engage
in
this
process
by
giving
testimony
for
the
record.
A
You
can
do
this
in
several
ways
attend
one
of
our
hearings
and
give
public
testimony.
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
each
departmental
hearing
and
also
add
three
hearings
dedicated
to
public
testimony.
The
full
hearing
schedule
is
on
our
website
at
boston.gov
forward:
slash
Council
Dash
budget.
Our
scheduled
hearings,
dedicated
to
public
testimony
are
Tuesday,
May,
2nd
and
at
2
pm
Tuesday
May
9th
at
6
PM
Thursday
May
18th
at
2
pm.
You
can
give
public.
You
can
give
testimony
in
person
here
in
the
chamber
or
virtually
via
Zoom
for
in-person
Testimony.
A
Please
come
to
the
chamber
and
sign
up
for
on
the
sheet
near
the
entrance
for
virtual
testimony.
You
can
sign
up
using
our
online
form
on
our
Council
budget
review
website
and
by
emailing
the
committee
at
CCC
dot
WM
at
boston.gov
when
you
are
called
to
testify.
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
residents
or
residents
and
limit
your
comments
to
a
couple
of
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
comments
and
concerns
can
be
heard.
A
Email,
your
written
testimony
to
the
committee
at
CCC,
dot,
WM
boston.gov,
submit
a
two-minute
video
of
your
Our
Testimony
through
the
form
on
our
website
for
more
information
on
the
City
Council
budget
process
and
how
to
testify.
Please
visit
the
city
council's
budget
website
at
boston.gov
forward,
slash
Council,
Dash
budget.
A
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
zero,
seven,
six,
zero,
two
zero
seven,
six:
two
orders
for
the
FY
fiscal
year:
24
operating
budget,
including
annual
Appropriations,
for
departmental
operations
for
the
school
department
and
for
the
post-employment
benefits.
Opeb
Doc
is
zero.
Seven,
six:
three:
zero:
seven,
six,
five:
two
zero!
Seven!
Six:
six
orders
for
Capital
fund
transfer,
Appropriations
dockets,
zero,
seven,
six,
four,
zero,
seven,
six,
seven,
two:
zero:
seven,
six,
eight
orders
for
the
capital
budget,
including
loan
orders
and
lease
purchase
agreements.
A
Our
Focus
area
for
this
hearing
will
be
an
overview
of
the
fiscal
year
24
operating
budget.
Our
panelists
for
today's
hearing
are
Jim
Williamson
director
of
OBM
office
of
budget
management,
Ashley
goffenberger,
Chief,
Financial,
Officer,
collector
treasury
city
of
Boston.
I
am
joined
today
by
my
colleagues
council
president
Ed
Flynn
counselor
at
large
Aaron
Murphy
councilor
District,
counselor,
Liz,
Braden,
District,
counselor,
Kenzie,
Bach,
The,
District,
counselor,
Gabriella,
Coletta
counselor
at
Large,
Ruthie,
luigien
and
District
counselor,
Frank
Baker.
A
For
our
format
today,
I
will
allow
my
Council
colleagues
to
give
a
brief
opening
statement
30
seconds
just
to
for
your
opening
statements
and
then
I
will
turn
the
floor
over
to
Administration
I'll,
do
round
one
of
questions
and
then
around
two
and
if
time
allows
around
three,
but
before
that
we'll
take
public
testimony
I'm
sorry.
So
it's
round
one
of
questioning
public
testimony
then
round
two
and
if
time
permits
around
three
and
then
closing
so
without
further
Ado
I'll
go
in
the
order
of
arrival.
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
thank
you
to
the
important
leadership
you
are
providing
and
to
the
team
from
May
Woo's
Administration
for
being
here
in
fio
leadership
as
well.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
city
council,
Central
staff
for
working
with
the
chair
and
all
of
our
colleagues
as
well
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
my
traditional
talking
points
other
than
just
say:
let's,
let's
work
together,
let's
listen
to
each
other,
let's
be
respectful
of
each
other
and
let's
try
to
represent
our
constituents
the
best
we
can.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
C
Thank
you
chair
and
welcome
to
budget
season
and
budget
hearings
looking
forward
to
the
next
several
weeks
of
hearings
and
working
alongside
you,
and
thank
you
to
the
mayor's
office
for
being
here
and
providing
this
overview
I'm.
C
Looking
forward
to
this
conversation,
as
we
all
know
where
we
spend
our
money,
our
budget
is
our
value
statement,
so
looking
forward
to
also
coming
up
with
different
departments
and
really
pushing
and
asking
to
really
step
up
and
show
that
what
we
say
you
know
on
the
news
or
in
social
media
is
actually
what
we're
going
to
deliver
to
the
constituents
of
the
city
of
Boston.
C
That's
what
we
as
a
council
here
have
been
elected
to
do
so,
just
looking
forward
to
the
conversation
and
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Shane
pack,
our
new
liaison
on
Central
staff
to
ways
and
means.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
A
You
Council
Murphy
councilor
Braden,.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
administration
team
for
being
here
this
morning,
I'm
going
to
keep
it
very
brief,
I'm,
looking
forward
to
the
conversation,
this
is
when
we
really
get
into
the
the
net
get
into
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
the
city
budget
and
figure
out
where
our
priorities
are
and
how
we
can
make
it
all
work.
So,
I
look
forward
to
the
conversation
and
thank
you
for
being
here
today.
Thank
you.
E
Back,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thanks
to
the
team
from
the
administration,
the
first
budget
hearing
that
I
ever
sat
in
was
in
2016
and
I
was
a
budget
staffer
sitting
in
the
staff
galleries
for
FY
17
and
just
think
it's
a
really
important
part
of
city
government
every
year
for
the
council
to
go
through
the
scrutiny
process
and
really
drill
in
on
all
the
Departments,
and
so,
although
I
won't
make
it
to
the
end,
this
season
I'm
happy
to
be
here
today.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
F
F
It
says
who
we
are
in
investing
in
and
what
we
are
investing
in
for
future
Generations,
so
I'm
happy
to
hear
that
we
have
some
fiscal
buoyancy
with
the
AAA
Bond
rating,
so
I
look
forward
to
understanding
how
we're
leveraging
that
this
process
is
our
lever
as
a
city
council,
so
I
do
look
forward
to
diving
into
the
details
figuring
out
in
this
conversation,
how
we
are
spending
on
on
our
day-to-day
personnel
and
Equipment
through
the
operating
budget
and,
of
course,
look
forward
to
the
capital
conversation
later
on
this
evening.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Council
Colorado,
con
solution.
Thank.
G
G
This
is
one
of
the
most
important
obligations
that
we
have
as
city
councilors,
as
an
at
large
city,
councilor,
I
bounce
around
from
neighborhood
to
Neighborhood,
to
really
hear
and
listen
to
the
concerns
of
our
residents
and
I'm
excited
that
this
budget
really
is
trying
to
get
to
the
basics,
making
sure
that
we
are
listening
to
our
neighbors
in
our
neighborhoods,
especially
those
from
black
and
brown
communities
that
have
been
historically
for
excluded
or
anything
about
processes
like
counselor,
Colette's
Dad.
We
have
this
AAA
Bond
rating.
G
We
need
to
be
using
our
fiscal
strength,
especially
to
do
the
work
of
equity.
So
I
am
looking
forward
to
these
budget
hearings
into
the
work
that
we
have
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we
are
centering
all
of
our
neighborhoods
and
all
of
our
communities,
especially
those
who've,
been
left
behind.
So
thank
you
and
thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
all
of
your
work.
I
Right,
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
administration
and
I'm
just
looking
forward
to
diving
into
the
budget.
The
budget
is
a
value
of
all
our
priorities,
the
city
of
Boston,
so
just
looking
to
working
with
the
administration,
the
rest
of
my
colleagues
to
make
an
equitable
budget.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
counselor
I'm,
looking
forward
to
hosting
a
transparent
and
productive
conversation
with
you.
All
I
would
like
to
work
together,
hopefully
with
a
priority
on
racial
Equity,
I.
Think
most
of
us
here
or
if
not,
everyone
is
very
clear
that
my
focus
is
obviously
economic
mobility
and
development
for
the
most
different
disenfranchised
in
our
Boston
communities,
and
so
I
would
like
to
without
mixing
things
up.
A
I
pray
that
I
am
able
to
have
this
conversation
with
you
with
Integrity
that
it's
not
about
embarrassing
each
other
or
making
this
conversation
so
much
of
a
contrived
one,
but
rather
one
that
will
be
able
to
learn
from
each
other,
if
not
exchange
in
ways
that
we
can
actually
create
amendments
if
necessary.
That
would
make
sense
for
again
the
betterment
of
communities
in
Boston,
so
I'm,
looking
forward
to
that
and
I'm
I
guess:
I'm
prefacing.
A
All
of
this,
with
the
understanding
or
hopefully
an
agreement
that
we
will
go
into
this
as
not
a
personal
process
or
that
we
won't
that
we
will
be
respectful
of
one
of
one
another
and
so
that
it's
not
taken
personal.
When
we
are
scrutinizing
and
asking
questions
deep
questions
to
lead
to
transparency
for
the
public,
but
I'm
not
interested
in
embarrassing,
anyone
or
pointing
fingers,
so
I
hope
to
be
able
to
facilitate
this
in
a
way
that
it's
exemplary
of
again
integrity
and
respect.
A
So
with
that
without
further
Ado
I'm,
going
to
give
you
the
floor
for
your
presentation
and
immediately,
hopefully,
we
can
scan
through
the
rfis
check
for
anything,
that's
not
answered
today
and
then,
hopefully,
we'll
have
a
list
of
things
that
hopefully
you've
answered
all
of
the
questions,
but
if
not
have
a
list
of
the
follow-up
and
then
I'll
take
I'll
give
the
floor
to
my
colleagues.
Thank
you.
J
Okay,
thank
you
good
morning.
Everyone,
my
name
is
Ashley
groffenberger
I'm,
the
Chief
Financial
Officer
for
the
city
of
Boston,
I'm
pleased
to
be
with
you
here
today
to
present
the
fiscal
24
recommended
operating
budget
I'd
like
to
thank
the
mayor
and
her
team,
my
colleagues
across
the
cabinet,
Jim
Williamson
and
the
budget
team
for
their
work
and
leadership
in
crafting
this
budget
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
president
Flynn,
counselor
Anderson
and
all
the
counselors
for
their
thoughtful
input
and
partnership.
J
Throughout
this
process,
the
operating
budget
we
are
presenting
today
for
fiscal
year,
2024
totals
4.28
billion,
which
represents
a
274
million
or
6.8
percent
increase
over
the
prior
fiscal
year.
The
overall
growth
in
our
budget
is
really
attributable
to
a
rebound
in
our
local
revenue
and
in
our
local
economy,
particularly
local
receipts
such
as
excise
tax
paired
with
the
strength
and
stability
of
our
property
tax
base,
is
really
what
allows
this
budget
to
grow.
J
This
budget
growth
allows
us
to
meet
our
fixed
and
long-term
obligations,
sustained
Mission
critical
services
and
address
long-standing
pain
points
across
City
operations,
oops,
while
also
making
critical
new
Investments
across
the
city.
This
budget
also
reinforces
our
commitment
to
responsible
financial
management,
which
is
reflected
in
our
AAA
Bond
rating,
which
we
just
received
a
few
weeks
ago
for
the
ninth
year
in
a
row.
This
is
an
important
achievement
and
a
responsibility
that
we
all
share
to
maintain
this
top
Bond
rating,
which
allows
us
to
maximize
our
city
dollars
toward
building
our
infrastructure.
K
Thank
you
Ashley,
so
so
my
name
is
Jim.
Williamson
I'm,
the
budget
director
here
at
the
City
of
Austin
and
I,
will
point
you
to
the
operating
budget
pie.
So
this
is
this
represents
the
annual
cost
of
operating
the
state's
largest
municipality
Boston,
the
place
we
call
home
it
exceeds
four
billion
dollars.
The
resource
allocation,
as
displayed
in
the
pie,
speaks
to
the
highest
priorities
in
the
core
responsibilities
of
local
government,
including
educating
its
young
people.
That's
we.
K
We
consider
that
an
investment
in
our
future
over
40
percent
of
the
city's
annual
operating
budget
goes
to
public
education.
Right
after
that,
Public
Safety,
you
know
we
need
to
live
in
a
safe
and
comfortable
environment.
Public
Safety
is
is
critical
to
ensuring
that
the
city
is
a
prosperous
and
successful
for
all
citizens
and
then
right
down
the
line
from
there.
You've
got
City
departments,
that's
your
Public
Works
in
your
parks
and
all
of
the
above
Transportation,
very
Mobility.
How
you
get
around
the
city.
K
How
efficiently
you
move
around
the
city
is
critically
important:
health
insurance,
very,
very
important
component.
It
takes
care
of
one
of
the
city's
strongest
assets,
its
employees,
who
deliver
those
critical
services
to
Residents
Public
Health.
You
know
nothing,
nothing
highlights
the
importance
of
Public
Health,
like
with
the
pandemic
that
we've
just
come
through.
Public
health
is
critical,
so
health
and
safety
are
Hallmarks
of
this
budget
to
maintain
and
support
those
we
also
have
fixed
costs.
These
are,
these
are
part
of
our
AAA
rating.
K
Is
our
responsibility
as
fiscal
stewards
to
maintain
our
long-term
commitments
to
to
pay
to
honor
and
pay
down
our
pension
liability
to
support
our
debt
service
that
contributes
to
our
Capital
plan
very
important
part
and
then
the
collective
bargain
Reserve
another
another
key
priority
to.
It,
supports
our
City's
important
asset
of
employees
to
have
Fair
wages
going
forward
so
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
slide.
K
Oops
went
the
wrong
direction,
so
this
is
a
another
table
array
you
know
puts
in
another
year
for
comparative
purposes,
so
on
the
left
side
of
the
presentation
is
Appropriations.
Those
are
the
dockets
that
are
before
you
today
in
different
different
sequencing,
but
this
is
this
is
the
summary
of
those
I'd
like
you
to
point
to
the
growth
in
collective
bargaining
that
that
123
is?
Is
us
moving
forward
into
supporting
contracts
going
forward?
K
The
school
Public
Schools
budget
is
been
approved
by
school
committee.
It
is
before
this
body
now
to
to
approve
as
well
and
then
the
other
on
the
right
side
of
the
of
this
of
the
slide
is
fixed
costs.
So
these
are
some
of
the
long-term
commitments
that
we
need
to
honor
to
be
sort
of
a
fiscally
prudent
entity.
K
Also
in
this
array,
Charter
School
tuition
is
is,
is
called
out
because
that
is
an
assessment
from
the
Commonwealth.
So
all
of
the
the
charter
schools.
They
are
public
schools
that
students
that
go
to
charter
schools
in
the
city.
We
are
assessed
for
that
cost
and
then
this
the
MBTA,
obviously
is
a
is
a
fixed
cost
that
we
get
assessed
so
we'll
go
on
to
the
next
slide.
K
So
this
is
just
sort
of
high
level.
You
know,
if
you,
you
know
takeaways
for
budget
growth
items,
so
you've
got
your
fair
wages,
so
the
collective
bargaining
for
fair
wages
and
retention
of
city
employees,
so
there's
lots
of
talk
of
filling
vacants
positions
over
the
last
year,
or
so
some
of
that
came
out
of
the
pandemic.
Where
positions
may
have
been
left,
you
know
not.
The
priorities
were
filling
those
vacancies,
but
now
it
is.
K
It's
it's
that
foundational
support
for
for
getting
focusing
on
the
core
duties
and
responsibilities
of
the
city
and
what
so
foundational
support
filling
in
gaps
that
we've
identified
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
how
the
process
was
handled
a
little
differently
as
we
get
into
further
strides
and
then
strategic
Investments
to
to
to
to
make
to
inform
outcomes
and
to
to
support
changes
and
how
we
want
to
make
improve
the
city-
and
this
is
in
the
goals-
are
to
make
this
a
more
Equitable,
vibrant,
healthy
and
resilient
city,
and
then,
as
as
was
just
shown
displayed
in
the
table.
K
68
million
dollars
is
for
the
Boston
Public
Schools.
You
know
our
young
people
that
are
in
the
Boston
Public
School
Systems
are
a
critical
asset
for
the
future
of
the
city.
We,
you
know,
we
expect
them
to
sit
in
roles
and
be
leadership
in
this
in
this
chamber
and
the
city
government
going
forward
and
having
that
investment
to
support
that
to
schools
is,
is
critically
important
and
then
fixed
costs
as
itemized
in
the
previous
slide
on
the
right
side.
K
Is
it
maintains
the
financial
stability,
meets
our
commitments
and
supports
the
execution
of
the
capital
plan
and
with
that
I
will
go
on
to
so
this?
This
is
a
sort
of
a
visually
folks
have
seen
before,
but
introduced
the
circled
items,
the
sort
of
things
that
were
introduced
in
this
this
year,
sort
of
the
Wu
Administration.
K
You
know
having
the
team
assembled
having
coming
out
of
a
period
of
of
pandemic
reaction
there.
There
was
this
a
different
approach
with
departments.
We
also
continued
our
engagement
efforts.
So
last
in
the
in
the
winter
of
22
2
we
had
the
the
the
listening
sessions.
Many
of
you
participated
in
those,
so
we
moved
in
a
different
direction.
We'd
had
an
existing
relationship
with
monam
who
had
moving
through
the
budget.
We
had
those
sessions.
There
were
videos
in
English
and
Spanish
that
were
put
together.
K
Basically
helping
people
participate
in
the
process.
How
you
go
to
go
to
a
city
council
hearing
how
you
navigate
to
City
Hall,
it
was
very,
it
was
done
through
a
partnership
with
modem,
and
then
you
know
we
in
deep.
You
know,
collaboration
of
the
office
of
Civic
organizers,
you
know
and
asked
in
the
equity
cabinet
we
hosted
workshops
with
different
groups.
Many
of
you
participated
in
those
workshops
again
before
the
budget
was
being
being
submitted
by
City
departments
to
help
them
engage
in.
K
You
know
their,
and
we
always
stress
that
there
are
multiple
opportunities
to
engage
elected
officials.
City
councilors
are
our
primary
source
of
of
feedback
on
S
Liaisons
Community
meetings.
All
of
these
feedback
loops.
You
know
that
we
call
constructively
redundant
like
the
more
you
hear,
the
more,
but
it
doesn't
doesn't
prevent
you
from
having
that
needing
to
reach
out
and
find
the
folks
that,
aren't
you
know
what
are
you
missing
who's
who's
different?
What
perspective
are
we
missing?
K
So
I
think
through
through
our
engagement
efforts,
we
we
sought
to
try
to
push
that
out
and
make
sure
people
were
equipped
to
engage
and
then
in
in
January.
We
had
these
conversations.
We
try
to
avoid
sort
of
having
you
know
long
memos
forms
to
fill
out.
We
just
wanted
to
have
a
conversation
with
departments.
K
We
met
with
every
single
Department
in
January,
and
you
know
in
person,
and
we
we
wanted
to
focus
on
what
what
city
government
does
beyond
the
flashy
sort
of
new
Investments
sort
of
one
of
the
core
duties.
One
of
the
things
that
sort
of
might
have
people
stepped
back
from
a
little
bit
that
they
need
to
reacquaint
themselves
with
basic
city
services
that
you
know
so
they're
no
longer
reacting
to
or
managing
around
the
pandemic.
What
are
the
services
that
are
so
important
to
to
to
the
residents
of
Boston?
K
And
again
we
were
always
circling
back
on.
Did
we
miss
something?
Is
there
any
any
part
of
the
of
this
engagement
process
that
we're
missing,
and
so
it's
with
our
partnership
with
on
us
and
the
office
of
Civic,
organizing
whose
entire
mission
is
to
go
out
and
engage
residents
to
participate
with
city
government
in
Civic
life
and
as
we
go
through
this
process
that
you
know
we're
moving
on
to
the
next
stage?
I
won't
spend
a
lot
of
time
on
the
other
Milestones.
The
most
of
those
are
Charter
driven
milestones.
K
And
I
will
move
into
a
little
deeper
dive
on
Revenue.
So
in
terms
of
the
you
know,
I
think
it's
been
said
many
times
we
have
Healthy
Growth
in
this
budget.
Almost
seven
percent
six
point:
eight
percent
270
a
billion
dollar.
That's
a
typo!
There.
I
K
No,
it's
270
million
dollars,
sorry,
but
a
full
billion
dollar
budget.
This
growth
is
driven
by
property
taxes,
135
million
dollars
and
the
recovery
of
the
local
economy,
and
that
is
the
the
third
bullet
of
the
local
Revenue.
So
it's
being
led
by
growth
and
excises.
Those
are
your
hotel
occupancy
your
meals,
jet
fuel,
all
of
those
excises
for
being
a
city-
that's
vibrant
and
has
people
coming
to
it
and
participating
in
it
state
aid
State
ages
is
is
challenging
for
for
the
city.
It's
you
know.
We
are
like
all
other
municipalities.
K
We
get
an
allocation
from
the
Commonwealth,
but
our
our
assessments
basically
sort
of
consume.
Most
of
that
so
on
a
net
basis
we're
down
year
over
year,
and
then
you
know
the
last
bill
on
here
is
the
reduction
in
non-recurring
Revenue.
So
we
have
for
for
many
years
you
used
a
piece
of
our
fund
balance
to
support
the
opeb
liability
sort
of
a
voluntary
requirement
to
to
pay
into
to
acknowledge
the
responsibility
to
provide
health
insurance
for
retirees
going
forward.
K
So
Arthur
was
was
not
used,
we're
in
a
good
position
to
absorb
that
that
loss
of
Revenue
to
move
forward
in
terms
of
the
mix
of
general
fund
Revenue.
This
is
just
another
display
of
that.
That
has
a
pie
that
and
then
a
table
to
the
right
that
talks
about
how
you
know.
Roughly
three
quarters
of
our
Revenue
source
for
the
annual
operating
budget
comes
from
property
taxes.
K
It's
Then,
followed
by
state
aid,
departmental
Revenue
excises,
as
you
can
see
that
growth
number
in
the
in
the
table
to
the
right
103
million
dollars
is
significant.
Growth
number
almost
approaching
68
of
the
growth,
so
we're
we're
happy.
We
all
live
through
what
happened
to
excises
in
FY
21,
where
you
know
things
were
closed.
Things
were
not
operated,
so
we're
glad
to
be
back
in
a
position
of
growth
in
that
we'll
go
on
to
a
little
deeper
dive
on
our
largest
revenue
Source,
the
property
tax
levy.
K
So
this
shows
over
time
sort
of
the
the
dark
darker
blue
component
is
our
our
base.
Levy
were
allowed
under
the
proposition
two
and
a
half
state
law
to
grow
that
Levy
by
two
and
a
half
percent,
and
we're
also
allowed
to
make
an
estimate
of
what
our
new
growth
is.
So
that
that's
how
it's
played
out
over
time.
We've
been
the
beneficiary
of
a
lot
of
new
growth
in
the
city
over
the
last
few
years,
we're
hoping
that
it
continues,
and
you
know,
in
an
appropriate
we.
K
We
understand,
there's
lots
of
efforts
to
refine
the
planning
process
to
make
sure
our
development
is
effectively
inappropriately
managed
and
then
I
won't
spend
too
much
time
on
the
the
second
last
largest
source
of
Revenue,
which
is
state
aid,
and
that
this
sort
of
visually
displays.
How,
even
though
our
revenue
is,
is
marginally
growing
from
the
state
that
the
assessment
growth
sort
of
sort
of
outweighs
that
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Ashley
to
walk
us
through
some
of
the
Investments.
J
Great
thank
you.
So
the
budget
we're
we're
presenting
today
is
really
focused
on
making
investments
in
every
generation,
but
while
also
making
those
intentional
investments
in
The
Invisible
things
that
make
our
city
work
better.
J
J
So
families
are
really
at
the
heart
of
this
year's
budget
included
in
this
budget,
we
have
included
a
new
four
million
dollar
investment
to
support
Universal
Pre-K,
which
we
anticipate
will
add
350
seats
across
the
city.
These
funds
will
also
support
family
and
community-based
Pre-K
centers
and
ensure
that
teachers
are
paid
and
trained
appropriately.
J
The
Boston
Public
Schools
budget,
which
you
will
hear
more
about
later
in
this
process,
includes
a
26
million
dollar
investment
to
deliver
on
educational
equity
and
Excellence.
This
includes
9.6
million
dollars
for
a
multi-year
effort
to
promote
inclusive
educational
practices,
a
6.3
million
dollar
investment
for
multilingual
programming
and
a
3.5
million
dollar
investment
for
Equitable
literacy.
J
In
addition
to
that,
this
budget
includes
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
enhance
and
deliver
on
youth
swimming
lessons
which
will
ensure
city-wide
accessibility
between
bcyf
and
age.
Strong.
J
The
budget
includes
a
combined
900,
000
investment
to
add
senior
oriented
program
at
bcyf
centers
across
the
city,
and
the
budget
also
includes
an
investment
to
expand
hours
at
the
branch
libraries
across
the
city,
ensuring
that
most
branches
will
be
open
from
nine
to
five
on
Saturdays
as
well
as
later
hours
during
the
week
and
in
addition
to
these
Investments
there's,
also
a
500
000
investment
to
support
programs
to
train
bostonians
for
jobs
in
our
growing
Life
Sciences
sector.
J
J
Let's
see,
we've
also
added
additional
capacity
in
our
parks
department
for
project
management,
which
will
help
us
to
deliver
on
those
projects
that
you
will
see
later
on
in
our
Capital
plan,
and
last
but
not
least
in
this
category,
the
budget
includes
an
additional
550
000
investment
to
support
ten
thousand
five
dollar
blue
bike
passes
to
help
expand
accessibility
and
promote
mode
shift
across
the
city.
J
In
the
area
of
Public
Health
and
Community
safety,
the
budget
includes
over
three
million
dollars
in
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission
to
help
maintain
the
low
threshold
sites
that
were
open
in
the
city
in
our
emergency
in
EMS,
which
is
part
of
bphc.
We've
included
funding
for
additional
uniformed
and
administrative
Personnel
within
the
department
or
within
the
within
EMS
to
support
operations
and
maintain
emergency
call
response
times.
J
The
budget
also
includes
an
investment
to
expand
the
youth
connect
program
in
the
Boston
Police
Department
Which
empowers
social
workers
in
police
stations
to
connect
with
youth,
to
connect
youth
to
services
and
support.
We've
also
included
expanded
funds
for
trauma
response
at
bphc
and
lastly,
the
budget
includes
a
1.2
million
dollar
investment
in
violence
prevention,
programming
and
Staffing
at
Boston
Housing
Authority
sites.
J
And
then
in
the
area
of
expanding
and
improving
constituent
Services,
the
budget
includes
additional
resources
to
add
positions
that
will
make
event
permitting
easier
and
more
understandable.
We
have
included
con
what
we're
calling
concierge
positions
that
will
walk
residents
through
the
event
process
and
really
just
facilitate
new
ways
for
communities
to
be
connected.
J
We
have
included
Staffing
in
some
of
our
core
constituent
Services
departments
such
as
the
registry
and
the
inspectional
services
department,
to
really
make
sure
that
there
are
sufficient
resources
there
to
serve
the
public.
We've
also
added
two
new
Pathways
in
our
city
Academy,
which
create
a
pipeline
to
needed
city
jobs
in
the
area
of
bus
drivers
and
Wastewater
management,
we've
added
capacity
in
both
public
facilities
and
Property
Management
to
help
really
support
and
maintain
existing
and
new
city
buildings
to
make
sure
that
we
are
maintaining
them
properly
and
then.
J
J
A
Thank
you,
Chief.
Thank
you.
Jim
I'll
go
to
my
colleagues
first
and
whatever
questions
that
I
have
my
200
list
on
my
list.
I
will
just
cross
them
out
and
then
do
my
questions
last.
B
B
As
we
see
the
slowdown
in
development,
construction
and
in
the
economy
that
we
also
see
downtown
offices
remaining
vacant,
not
only
in
the
downtown
area,
but
other
areas
of
the
city
still
not
getting
workers
into
the
downtown
into
the
final
Financial
area
as
much
as
we
should.
What
impact
will
that
have
on
Boston's
budget,
maybe
not
this
year,
but
going
forward.
J
Thank
you
for
the
question.
So,
of
course,
what's
happening
in
our
downtown
is
we're
paying
very
close
attention
to
it's.
You
know
the
the
Lively,
the
the
activity
and
and
vibrancy
of
downtown
is
really
critical
to
our
economy.
J
As
you've
seen,
we
are
seeing
some
promising
signs
in
some
of
our
local
receipts
like
excise
and
hotel.
So
there
is
evidence
to
to
show
that
we
are
seeing
a
rebound
in
our
economy.
But
that
being
said,
if
you,
if
you
walk
outside
you,
can
you
can
kind
of
see
on
you
know,
particularly
on
certain
days
it's
quieter
than
it
probably
was
before
covid?
J
That
being
said,
you
know
we,
the
the
the
nature
of
the
city's
property
tax
property
taxes
such
that
it
is
quite
stable
and
it
is
able
to
grow
so
we
we
don't
expect
that
continued
vacancy
would
cause
our
revenues
to
fall
off
a
cliff,
as
you
saw
we
are.
We
are
budgeting
for
growth,
both
in
our
Baseline
property
tax,
as
well
as
some
assumption
for
New
Growth
as
well.
So
we
do
not
anticipate
that
there
will
be
a
significant
impact
on
our
Revenue
next
year.
J
That
being
said,
we
are
looking
very
carefully
to
what
are
those
indicators
that
would
indicate
that
there's
a
problem
but
right
now,
given
both
sort
of
the
the
nature
of
the
tax
structure
and
what
we're
seeing
in
some
of
our
other
local
receipts.
We
we
don't
anticipate
that
there
will
be
a
Major
Impact
to
our
Revenue.
B
B
Ensure
that
construction
takes
place
so
that
we're
able
to
pay
pay
our
bills.
That's
an
important
part
of
our
economy,
get
our
workers
back
to
work,
engaging
in
the
Building
Trades,
providing
good
careers
and
jobs.
But
what
are
we
doing
in
terms
of
working
with
the
business
community
and
with
labor
to
make
sure
that
they
know
exactly
what's
taking
place
now?
But
what
are
we
expecting
of
them
as
we
go
forward.
K
Of
course,
as
we
are,
so
it's
it's
mostly
within
the
office
of
Workforce
Development,
it
probably
has
the
closest
ties
to
the
construction
industry
and
we've.
We've
come
off
a
period
of
significant
growth,
so
the
labor
unions
were
fairly.
You
know
they
were.
They
were
looking
for
employees
so,
but
the
city
will
continue
to
support,
probably
more
in
Chief
idolu's
cabinet
and
in
the
planning
and
development
will
will
continue
to
support.
You
know:
appropriate
growth,
I
think
part
of
the
city's
Capital
plan
supports
that
as
well.
K
You
know
the
city
is
continuing
to
meet
that.
Make
that
commitment
to
continue
to
employ
labor,
to
to
execute
and
deliver
on
that
Capital
plan.
B
If
we
don't
see
the
construction
Fields
coming
back
as
strong
as
we
anticipate
and
people
still
don't,
work
is
still
don't
go
to
the
downtown
area
consistently
to
work
in
remote.
Remote
learning
continues
to
take
place.
Is
there
the
likelihood
that
we're
going
to
see
a
significant
rise
in
property
taxes
for
around
residents.
K
That
is
something
that
people
are
watching,
so
one
of
the
the
classification
is
a
process
by
which
the
city
council
allocates
the
tax
burden
more
heavily
on
the
commercial
industrial
sector.
So
if
the
values
were
to
somehow
but
I,
think
there's
an
approach
to
maintain
those
commercial
values
through
investments
in
in
me,
you
know
if
office
space
is
is
is
is
not
as
strong
lab
space,
but
also
there.
K
There
is
a
phenomenon
that
some
of
the
higher
end
office
space
seems
to
be,
would
still
desirable
and
we're
we're
hoping
that
also
that
maybe
the
city
will
attract
other
tenants
into
other
office
space
and
they're,
exploring
I
think
that
Chief
Jemison
the
city,
central
planner
and
Chief
Ida
will
probably
speak
more
eloquently
on
that
subject
than
I.
But
I
think
there
are
our
efforts
to
to
strategically
approach
that
that
issue.
A
Forgot
to
change
my
ringtone.
B
Are
we
looking
at
any
other
Revenue
options
going
back
up
to
the
state
house
to
deal
with
some
of
the
challenges
we
might
have
going
forward?
Is
there
are
we
seeking
new
taxes?
Are
we
going
to
consider
new
taxes
that
we
need
approval
from
the
State
House
on.
J
J
C
Floor.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair.
Thank
you.
For
that
overview.
A
lot
of
my
questions,
I
feel,
will
be
more
specific
to
the
Departments
I'll.
Ask
a
few.
I
know
that
when
we
have
the
departments
in
front
of
us
they'll
be
able
to
answer
in
more
detail,
but
you
added
it
in
your
overview.
So
I
assume
you
do
know
some
of
the
reason.
The
part
the
26
million
BPS
investment
is
that
part
of
the
additional
money
that
they're
adding
to
their
budget.
C
K
Is
the
sort
of
targeted
Investments
within
that
that
they
are
focusing
on
inclusion,
multi-year
approach
to
inclusion,
multi-line
language.
K
C
As
a
special
ed,
ESL
inclusion,
teacher
I
mean
I,
do
see
the
value,
but
knowing
that
many
of
the
yeah,
so
that's
conversational,
we
definitely
can
I
can
have
with
BPS
when
they
come
in
happy
to
see
the
swimming
lessons
and
the
senior
programming
I
know
myself
and
many
of
my
colleagues
all
last
year
were
advocating
for
a
lot
of
this,
and
actually,
you
know,
carved
out
some
of
our
Opera
money
last
year
to
make
sure
these
things
were
happening
so
happy
to
see
that
that's
a
value
on
the
3.3
million
added
to
the
public
health
When,
you
mention
critical
low
threshold
sites.
C
Forward,
yeah,
okay,
so
that's
something
and
do
you
know
if,
because
youth
connect
is
wonderful
and
I
know
at
an
event
last
year
they
were
highlighting
many
new
social
workers
that
were
assigned
to
different
police
stations
is
the
goal,
or
are
we
already
at
one
social
worker
per
police
station
yet,
and
is
this
investment
to
make
sure
we
can
get
there?
Do
you
know.
C
C
Approach
yeah,
so
it's
not
like
part-time
or
sharing
stations,
there'll
be
like
one
full-time
assigned.
Okay,
that's
great.
My
I
think
my
last
one
is
the
expanded
trauma,
response,
Boston,
Public,
Health
and
then
also
the
violence,
prevention
and
safety.
Bha.
Do
you
know
if
that's
going
to
be
in
the
form
of
hiring
city
employees
through
the
Boston,
Public
Health
commission,
or
is
this
going
to
be
a
contracted
out
non-profit
that
is
paid
to
do
these
services?
Do
you.
C
K
Yeah
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
it's
actually
two
ft's
I
apologize.
There
are
some
Public
Health
employees.
C
But
when
we,
the
breakdown,
is
there
to
see
where
it's
going,
but
some
will
be
non-profits
that
are
hired.
Okay.
Thank
you.
Chair.
A
D
You,
madam
chair
I,
had
a
few
questions.
D
One
is
really
just
on
the
area
of
Recruitment
and
Retention,
like
I
know
that
it's
some
of
the
sort
of
what
I
would
call
the
coal
face,
workers
and
public
works
and
parks,
and
that
that
it's
been
very
difficult
to
recruit
and
retain
some
of
the
grains
of
staff
that
are
at
the
lower
paid
end
of
the
scale.
I
know:
we've
we've
managed
to
increase
project
managers
Etc
and
that's
really
encouraging,
but
we
we
did
budget
last
year
for
hookies,
I,
think
and
I.
D
J
Physical
work
every
day,
so,
as
you
know,
we
are
sort
of
nearly
concluding
our
round
of
bargaining
negotiations
which
are
backward
looking
over
the
last
three
years
and
are
looking
forward
so
to
the
extent
that
we're
able
to
deal
with
those
issues
through
those
contract
negotiations
we're
dealing
with
those
as
they're.
Coming
up
a
couple
of
things
that
are
included
in
the
budget,
we
have
included
a
100
000
investment
within
Human
Resources
focused
on
recruiting
so
I
know.
J
That's
a
very
you
know
not
totally
entirely
what
you
were
asking,
but
we
we
do
acknowledge
that
there
are
some
job
classes
in
our
city
that
are
difficult
to
recruit.
For
so
we
are
making
an
intentional
investment
to
to
get
around
that
and,
as
far
as
the
you
know,
the
low-wage
workers.
J
We
are
looking
carefully
internally
and
have
added
some
resources
within
human
resources
to
do
to
build
out
the
class
and
Compensation
Division
within
Human
Resources.
So
they
will
have
the
capacity
to
do
additional
reviews
of
positions.
You
know
that
are
difficult
to
fill
because
of
salary
issues
and
whatnot.
So
so
we
do
know
that
that
is
an
issue
and
we
have
sort
of
account
to
the
extent
that
we
are
able
to
account
for
building
out
the
infrastructure.
D
And
it
also
like
to
you
know,
mentioned
Municipal
Municipal
Police
would
be
in
that
and
that
bucket
as
well
then
in
the
property
tax
conversation
we're
now
up
to
72.4
percent
of
Revenue
to
sub.
You
know,
that's
where
the
the
revenue
comes
from
to
support
a
city
budget
10
years
ago.
D
We
were
very
alarmed
here
when
it
was
went
up
to
52,
so
I'm,
hearing
from
home,
elderly
retired
homeowners
who
live
on
a
fixed
income
or
maybe
have
just
a
social
security
and
work
a
part-time
job,
and
they
have
an
income
of
25,
000
sort
of
18
to
25,
000
and
they're,
facing
an
increase
of
400
a
quarter
for
their
for
their
real
estate.
Taxes,
which
you
know
I,
think
they're
really
under
duress.
D
But
I
think
we
have
to
sort
of
get
creative
about
finding
the
revenue
streams
and
also
I'm
wondering
about
in
terms
of
obviously,
payment
in
lieu
of
taxes
is
one
particular
bucket
that
we
can
go
to,
but
that's
a
voluntary
program
I'm
wondering
about
just
how
are
we
doing
in
terms
of
fees
and
and
fines
and
and
Collections,
and
those
sort
of
things
are
really?
Is
there
money
on
the
table
in
that
particular
sector?
D
K
We
have
not
put
forward
any
fee
package
as
part
of
this
budget,
but
we
continually
you
know
revisit
it.
There
was
a
lot
of
sort
of
interruptions
associated
with
certain.
You
know
like
parking
fines,
but
other
other.
We
do
look
at.
In
often
the
operating
departments
will
give
us
feedback
on
how
their
fees
are
comparable
to
other
Municipal
governments.
So
we
we
still
do
strong,
very
well
with
building
permits,
so
I
think
I
think
we're
definitely
open
to
exploring
that.
D
D
And
that
the
cost
of
collecting
them
is
worth
the
effort
it
pays
off.
The
other
question
I
had
was
you
know
the
the
edge
strong,
the
900k
for
a
senior
oriented
bcyf
program.
Does
that
also
include
the
two
independent
they're
not
in
the
bcyf
they're
under
have
had
strongly
orientates,
East
Boston
and
the
Veronica
Smith,
and
in
Brighton
do
they?
Are
they
going
to
get
a
slice
of
this
pie?.
D
Teams
yeah,
because
programming,
you
know,
I-
think
a
lot
of
our
elders
coming
out
of
covert
really
had
a
detrimental
effect
on
their
on
their
mental
health
and
connected
connection
to
community,
so
I
think
money
is
well
spent
in
that
sector.
D
The
other
question
I
had
was
with
regard
to
Public
Safety
regarding
Boston
Housing
Authority
we've
been
dealing
with
some
incidents
recently
and
working
with
the
police
department,
Boston
Public
police,
the
police
department,
about
incidents
of
trust,
trespassing
and
harassment
at
some
of
our
senior
housing,
and
it
became
apparent
that
the
BHA
really
doesn't
have
a
a
well-staffed
security
team
and
that
they're
under
there
they
really
need
to
recruit
more
people
as
their
money
is.
Is
this
money
is
that
being
addressed
in
this
budget?
It's
it's.
K
Part
of
that
investment,
so
the
the
it'll
be
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
is
sort
of
an
independent
quasi
organization,
that'll
be
an
agreement
between
Human
Service
cabinet
and
the
Boston
Housing
Authority
to
to
do
with
both
a
youth
violence,
sort
of
approach,
a
proposal
and
augmented
with
some
additional
resources
for
the
public
safety
unit
at
DHA.
L
E
Buck
yeah
before
thank
you
so
much
Madam
chair
just
a
couple
of
Revenue
questions.
One
is:
do
we
have
the
numbers
yet
on
New
Growth,
like
kind
of
how
we're
trending
relative
to
the
98
million?
That
was
in
the
budget
for
last
for
this
year
that
we're
still
in
I
know.
We
won't
have
the
final
numbers
for
this
year
because
we're
still
in.
K
It
but
I
think
we
have
the
FY
23
tax
rate,
New
Growth
number
of
that
and
so
on.
Well.
L
I
L
E
And
then
just
bphc
I
always
worry
a
little
bit
because,
like
if
you're
on
the
the
you
guys
have
a
chart
of
sort
of
what's
growing
right
and
I
can't
find
it
now
yeah,
okay.
So
on
page
five,
so
public
health
is
going
up.
6.1
percent,
but,
as
you
noted,
they've,
obviously
got
like
the
sort
of
benefits
pension
stuff
included
in
there,
and
so,
given
that
our
Global
pensions
pool
is
going
up.
10
like
I,
always
wonder.
K
E
E
Yeah
I
just
think
because
there,
because
they're
accounted
differently,
it's
actually
I
think
it's
very
helpful
for
the
council
that
in
general,
pensions
and
all
are
pulled
out
from
Department
budgets,
because
it
helps
us
know
what's
really
happening,
but
I
feel
like
with
bphc,
because
it's
bundled
there
sometimes
right
get
the
short
out
of
the
stick
and
yeah
I.
Think
I
mean
mostly
just
really
excited
about
a
lot
of
these
Investments.
Obviously,
thank
you
for
the
money
for
the
VHA.
E
You
know,
I,
think
and
and
all
the
housing
money,
the
growth
and
the
vouchers
is
fantastic
and
I.
Think
you
guys
didn't
land
on
it
as
much,
but
the
additional
folks
on
the
green
infrastructure,
side,
I
think,
is
going
to
be
really
important.
E
Am
I
right,
I
haven't
been
able
to
kind
of
find
it
specifically
in
the
budget
book,
but
that
you
guys
are
putting
some
money
into
sort
of
containerization
pilot,
stuff
and
sort
of
you
know.
Innovation
on
the
Zero
waste
side
over
in
public
works,
I'd.
K
E
Storage
with
love
with
love
and
update
on
that
before
Friday,
if
possible
and
then
and
it's
great
to
see
more
Capital
manager
capacity
in
Parks,
because
we've
got
so
many
of
these
capital
projects.
I
know
we're
talking
about
those
later
this
evening,
but
that
aren't
moving
just
because
of
capacity.
E
So
that's
awesome
and
yeah,
no
I
think
mainly
on
the
revenue
side.
Just
you
know
continue
to
worry,
as
everybody
is
about
sort
of
where
the
classy
commercial
stuff
is
going
and
how
we
think
about
and
and
sort
of
how
we
model.
For
that.
E
It's
one
of
the
reasons
that
I
think
the
pilot
piece
that
we
were
talking
about
on
Friday
is
really
important,
because
if
we
see
if
we
do
see
a
downturn
in
The
Classy
commercial
building
valuations,
then
we're
going
to
need
to
pick
up
the
slack
somewhere
and,
as
counselor
Braden
said,
it's
not
really
going
to
be
feasible
to
do
that
on
residence,
but
yeah.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you.
Council
Council.
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
this
presentation.
I
want
to
thank
my
colleagues
for
their
questions
to
Council
Braden
stole
my
thunder
on
the
low
wage
minimum
minimum
wage
workers
that
we
see
every
day
doing
incredible,
work,
Public,
Works
Parks,
my
question
so
I
believe
it
was
45
million
dollars
to
support
Fair
wages.
Do
we
have
a
percentage
of
what
of
what
what
went
to
those
workers
their
their
grade
level?
I
would
just
like
to
better
understand.
K
The
the
45
million
dollars
is
the
growth
in
the
reserve
for
collective
bargaining,
so
it's
sort
of
a
holistic
number
for
all
of
cooking,
so
there
I
think
it's
Unique
to
the
employee
group.
What
exactly
it's
this
that,
as
actually
talked
about
the
class
in
competing,
is,
is
a
lot
of
it's
benchmarking
it
against
like
comparable
positions
across
the
marketplace.
So
it's
it's
I,
think
it's
very
unique
to
the
individual
group.
F
Okay,
thank
you
and
I.
Do
a
bunch
of
my
questions
are
are
very
specific
to
departments.
I
know
that
this
is
a
general
overview,
so
just
going
through
going
through
the
presentation,
I'm
excited
to
see
a
lot
of
Investments,
especially
in
multilingual
programming.
That's
a
huge
thing
for
East
Boston.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Of
course,
I'm
always
going
to
advocate
for
my
district
and
especially
when
it
comes
to
the
senior
oriented
bcyf
programming.
F
This
is
something
that
my
seniors
in
the
North
End
at
the
nazaro
I've
been
calling
for
for
many
many
years.
So
would
love
to
and
look
forward
to,
diving
into
those
those
details
to
see
how
they're
getting
those
resources?
What
is
the?
How
can
we
quantify
what
the
cost
is
going
to
be
for
expanding
weekly
and
Saturday
Library
hours?
We
have
a
number
for
that.
It
just
says
that
we're
generally
doing
that,
but.
I
K
K
F
Okay,
okay,
thank
you
and
then
so
supporting
a
green
and
growing
economy.
Everybody
knows
that
this
is
an
issue
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
I
love
to
see
the
750
000
to
replace
the
Pavements
when
planting
this
is
something
that
I
saw
in
New
York
City.
That
was
absolutely
wonderful
and
councilor
Bach
mentioned
growing
that
at
least
operationally.
So
that's
great.
Can
you
also
quantify
what
it
means
to
embed
environmental
justice
into
planning?
I
know
that
the
advisory
council
is
is
ongoing,
but
what
does
that
mean
in
terms
of
dollars?
F
J
Mean
a
great
question,
so
that
is
the
staff
support
that
will
support
that
advisory
Council.
So
that
translates
into
about
two
new
FTE
and
a
total
investment
of
about
250
000
to
account
for
staff
salary,
as
well
as
some
non-personnel
related
costs
to
support
that
work
and
what
department
will
they
live
in?
So
it's
actually
is
going
to
be
the
cabinet.
The
new
planning
department
that
we
have
proposed
to
create
as
part
of
this
budget
it
will
be
included
in
there.
Okay,.
F
Thank
you
very
much.
Moving
on
to
housing
excited
to
see
the
five
million
dollars
in
the
city's
voucher
program.
That's
I
know
it's
an
incredible
program
and
has
been
really
successful.
There
was
talk
about
trying
to
get
more
staff
into
OHS,
so
this
is
the
office
of
housing
stability.
They
go
through
I,
don't
know
how
many
cases
and
I
really
look
forward
to
getting
them
in
here
and
digging
deeper
into
these
sort
of
numbers,
but
they
are
overwhelmed.
K
That
is
sort
of
a
continuation
of
of
like
Federal
resources
that
they're
concerning
the
fall
off.
It's
it's,
it's
very
much
about
maintaining
people
in
their
homes,
so
they
don't
become
homeless.
K
There
are
additional
ft.
Some
of
it
is
a
shift
of
moving
cdbd
dollars
into
project-based
and
absorbing
them
on
the
operating
dollars,
but
there
are
new
ft's,
particularly
housing
up
position
associated
with
populations
that
may
have
unique
sets
of
dynamics
of
the
housing
specialist
is
going
to
work
with
age
strong,
but
with
seniors
with
veteran
services
and
the
and
also
with
lgbtq
populations,
so
coordinating
those
those
efforts.
Some
of
those
departments
also
have
their
own
capacity
for
housing
support
as.
F
Well,
thank
you.
Thank
you
is
that
my
time,
yes,
thank
you
chair,
thank.
G
Thank
you,
madam
chair
and
I,
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
this
presentation.
A
lot
of
my
colleagues
have
asked
questions
that
I
think
are
really
align
with
the
questions
that
I've
had
that
we
have
here
on
the
council,
but
I
want
to
commend
the
investment
in
Universal
Pre-K
of
an
additional
four
million
dollars.
You
may
not
be
the
right
to
ask,
but
do
you
know
what
would
it
take
to
make
it
truly
Universal
like
what
level
of
investment
we
would
be
looking
at,
but.
K
It's
kind
of
a
shifting
demographic
and
we've
now
rolled
in
three-year-olds
to
make
this
model.
So
this
this
program
is
the
is
the
third
party
program,
so
I
I
don't
have
an
I
have
figure
on
it,
but
I
will
reach
out
to
BPS
The
Early
Childhood
I
grew
up
in
I,
wrote
Early
Childhood
to
get
you
a
better
answer
on
that.
G
So
there's
an
additional
four
million
dollars
in
Universal
Pre-K.
My
question
was:
how
much
would
it
take
for
us
to
guarantee
Universal
Pre-K
for
all
of
our
so
I?
Think
part
of
the
question
is
knowing
the
number
of
three
years
and
four-year-olds
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you
and
then
there's
a
question
about
some
like
some
of
the
budget
predictions
so,
for
example,
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement.
G
They
use
a
lot
of
the
the
requests
that
they
make
are
based
on
the
number
of
constituents
that
they
forget
that
they're
going
to
be
serving
but
wondering
if,
if
your
office,
if
there's
any
oversight
in
what
the
predictive
models
are,
when
departments
say
we're
going
to
be
serving
this
number
of
of
constituents,
do
we
take
that
for
his
value?
Is
there
any
sort
of
dialogue
or
conversation
there.
K
Well,
I
think
we
we
seek
as
much
supporting
documentation
on
on.
You
know
whether
it's
populations
or
changes
so
I
believe
yeah.
Immigrant
advancement
is
one
of
the
stronger
departments
on
having
a
good
pulse
on
that
information.
But
it's
it
is
it's
not
consistent,
but
we
usually
rely
on
those
departments
to
sort
of
substantiate
the
need.
G
Okay
and
a
lot
of
these
questions
will
be
more
specific
for
the
Departments
once
they
get
here,
but
I
just
want
to
con
I.
Believe
several
counselors
have
said
this
already
and
I
I,
say:
I've
stated
this
last
year
in
terms
of
the
diversification
of
our
revenue
streams.
Are
there
ideas?
Are
there
things
that
we're
thinking
about
like
when
it
comes
to
either
optimization
of
the
collection?
G
Of
course,
when
we
do
this,
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
not
falling
on
the
backs
of
our
residents,
who
aren't
able
to
pay
and
that
we
are
thinking
about
Equity
whenever
we're
talking
about
additional
revenue
streams,
but
are
there
ideas
about
their
optimizing
or
like
land
assessment,
or
something
that
we're
thinking
about
differently
from
property
taxes,
to
buttress
our
revenue
streams,
with
understanding
of
what
we're
Limited
in
terms
of
opposing
additional
taxes,
which
other
cities
are
often
able
to
do,
but
we
could
be
more
creative
with
with
what
we
Define
as
a
fee
and
and
potentially
leaning
into
that
a
bit
more,
so
just
want
to
get
a
sense
from
you
and
on.
K
I
mean
in
terms
of
I
I
think
that's
a
completely
valid
concept
to
sort
of
like
maximization
of
your
existing
tools.
So
that
is
a
that
is
a
something
we
revisit,
as
are
there
ways
that
we
can
maximize
existing
fee
structures
and
and
to
to
capture
all
of
the
Revenant
that
we
can,
but
in
terms
of,
we
have
not
put
forth
any
any
sort
of
new
new
fees
in
here.
K
But
it
is,
it
probably
is
definitely
a
concerted
effort
to
go
back
and
revisit
to
make
sure
that
how
we
maximizing
the
fees
that
we
do
have.
G
And
I
believe
councilor
Braden
may
have
asked
this
question,
but
I'm
not
sure
if
I
fully
for
the
answer-
and
it
might
be
slightly
different,
do
we
look
to
other
cities
to
see
like
what
are
they
doing
in
term
in
terms
of
feed
collection
or
building
a
revenue
model
model
that
is
less
dependent
on
property
taxes,
not
saying
that
it's
a
good
thing
that
we
have
these
property
taxes,
but
Building
Systems,
that
are.
We
have
more
of
a
diversification
of
our
revenues
of
our
Revenue
sources.
K
Yeah
I
think
we're
we're
always
and
I
think
that's
some
one
of
the
the
cabinet
effort
is
to
do
more
of
a
long-term
Financial
assessment
of
where,
where
we
position
ourselves
longer
term,
but
benchmarking
ourselves
against
other
cities,
we
don't
you
know
being
in
Massachusetts.
Municipalities
have
are
fairly
controlled
by
the
by
the
Commonwealth
and
right
down
to
our
tax
rate,
needs
to
be
approved
by
the
Department
of
Revenue,
and
your
ability
to
like
create
new
taxes
has
to
go
through
a
home
rule.
Yes,.
G
A
G
H
Thank
you.
Can
you
talk
about
the
new
planning
department?
That's
what
you're
looking
for
that
for
July
to
stand
up
a
new
planning
department.
Where
does
that?
Where
does
that
sit?
How
much
does
it
cost
we've
already
gone
through
all
the
employees?
They
know
what's
happening,
they
know.
What's
what
to
expect
so.
K
It
this
is
the
creation
of
sort
of
the
city
version
of
I.
I,
know
sort
of
there's
been
hearings
about
like
this
larger
planning,
consolidation
efforts.
This
is
an
office
created
via
the
mayor's
executive
order,
which
takes
that
the
chief
of
planning,
Arthur,
Jemison
and
he's
he's
the
existing
employee
of
this
planning
unit
and
then
build
some
more
capacity,
and
it
helps
support
this
new
planning
advisory
Council,
which
are.
L
H
The
head
of
the
bpda
and
going
to
be
the
new
head
of
the,
so
is
he
going
to
get
two
salaries?
No,
no!
Thank
you,
sir.
He
should
he
should
yeah.
Okay
back
to
so
FY
24
budget
developer,
the
with
the
lens
of
equity,
sustained
service
and
address
long-standing
pain
points
and
makes
critical
Investments.
L
H
J
Yeah
so
kind
of
taking
it
piece
by
piece
so.
J
Sure,
okay,
so
very
quickly,
I
mean
in
conversations
we
had
with
all
of
the
city
departments
like
Jim
was
mentioning.
You
know,
discussions
around
Equity
is
really
was
really
critical
to
those
conversations
and
making
sure
we.
J
J
Well,
I
think
in
terms
of
equity,
making
sure
that
resources
are
being
appropriately
allocated
to
populations
that
have
been
previously
underserved
or
under
invested
in
so
I.
Think,
that's
how
we
were
reviewing
equity
and
making
sure
that
as
we're
making
budget
decisions
making
sure
we
understood
if
there
were
going
to
be
impacts
on
those
populations.
Okay,.
H
Thank
you,
the
the
charter
school
does,
that
is
the
charter
school
in
that
web,
is
that
in
the
public
education
budget
of
1.7
billion?
Yes,
so
that's
includes.
K
K
That
that's
a
multi-year
schedule
of
paying
the
debt
for
we
just
closed.
H
K
Well,
the
the
Investments
are
targeted
about
targeted
at
addressing
those
major
sort
of
systemic
issues
that
they're
responding
to
like.
K
So
those
are
all
those
are
different
approaches
to
making
sure
that
the
students
are
in
the
most
inclusive
environment
to
learn
the
the
multilingual
multilingual
approaches
to
education
is
focused.
H
Versus
okay
and
and
you're
talking
about
inclusive-
and
so
is
the
Henderson
gonna
have
investment
here?
Do
we
know
that
for
sure
or
that's
a
question,
yeah
I
would
refer
to
BPS
on
that.
Okay,
you
had
said
in
your
budget
process
in
January.
First
time
you
sat
with
departments
that
doesn't
seem
like,
like
you,
since
the
first
time
that
you
as
a
budget
analyst
or
wherever
your
jobs,
are
first
hand.
You're
saying
was
this
year
you
actually
sat
with
departments
and
worked
out
budgets.
No,
it.
K
Was
it
was
sort
of
probably
the
first
time
since
the
pandemic
that
we
had
this
opportunity
to
sit
down
before
the
budget
was
due
to
have
these
conversations
to
say
you
know
what?
What
are
your
goals?
So
you
know
the
administration
came
in
during
the
new
leadership
that
articulated
their
goals,
their
cabinet
goals.
K
A
That's
your
time,
partnership!
That's
your
final
question.
H
3.3
million
added
to
to
low
threshold-
and
you
talked
about
that
with
Aaron,
so
so
we're
investing
an
additional
3.3
million
in
finding
places
for
people
when
they
leave
The
Roundhouse,
so
The
Roundhouse
is
going
away.
The
The
BMC
has
walked
away
from
it.
So
that
means
we're
going
to
take
that
high
need
high
risk
population
and
sat
funneling
them
into
neighborhoods.
K
It's
been
a
mixture
of
upper
dollars
and
others.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank
you
to
the
panel
I
have
a
few
questions.
Some
of
my
questions
have
already
been
asked
by
my
colleagues
and
I
know.
Some
of
these
questions
are
specific
to
each
department,
but
one
of
the
questions
we
asked
every
department
is
give
us
a
breakdown
of
of
their
Department
Staffing.
Will
we
be
able
to
get
that
from
from
you
guys
to
like
the
whole
city
on
the
breakdown
demographics
in
pay
scale,
yeah.
K
There
is:
we've
worked
with
the
Department
of
innovation
of
Technology.
There
are,
there
are
existing
dashboards
for
that
that
you
can
sort
of
filter,
but
we
will,
as
part
of
the
rfis,
that
the
chair
has
asked,
provide
that
on
the
department
by
Department
basis,
too,.
I
Thank
you
and
then
can
you
tell
me
the
pre-cover
level
amount
of
excise
tax
revenue
just
kind
of
want
to
get
an
idea
of
where
we're
at
now
compared
to
pre-covered
it,
and
then
my
one
of
my
final
questions
when
you
get
that
answer
is
the
senior
oriented
programming.
Does
this
include
Transportation
because
I
hear
so
much
is
that
we
do
have
some
programming,
but
sometimes
you
know
our
seniors
live
far
away
from
the
center,
so
that
do
you
know
if
that
includes
transportation,.
K
I
know
there's
an
element
of
transportation
for
age
strong
in
their
programming.
I'd
have
to
get
to
see
if
these
this
this
investment
contemplates
more
Transportation
associated
with
it.
I
All
right
and
then
the
pre-covered
level,
so.
K
K
J
Just
looking
at
the
budget
summary
that's
in
the
budget
document
which
goes
back
to
fiscal
21.
What
we
had
collected
for
actuals
and
fiscal
21
was
about
95
million,
and
the
budget
for
24
assumes
about
254
million,
so
pretty
significant
rebound
but
I'm
sure.
If
you
look
back
to
a
few
more
years
back,
it
would
also
be
pretty
Stark.
So
we'll
we'll
follow
up
with
the
information
back
to
19.
I
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
M
Thank
you
chair.
It
is
budget
season
here
we
go.
I
I
just
have
a
few
questions.
I
just
want
to
celebrate
it:
okay,
well
I'm
celebrating
now
and
then
I'm,
just
gonna
change
my
attitude
later,
but
for
now
I'm
here
for
it,
I
I
just
have
some
very
just
some
clarity,
if
you
will
so
in
regards
to
the
Equitable
literacy
component.
A
few
years
ago,
we
established
a
literacy
task
force
and
I
see
that
you
have
3.5
million
dollars
going
towards
literacy
efforts.
M
I'm
curious,
if
that's
going,
to
include
adult
literacy
issues
that
we
you
know
with
our
returning
citizens,
who
are
struggling
to
read
and
write
our
recent
arrivals
who
come
here
with
interrupted
education
when
I
think
about
literacy,
I,
just
don't
think
about
you
know
in
our
Boston
Public
Schools.
While
we
also
know
that
the
school
to
prison
pipeline
is
an
issue
when
we're
thinking
about
literacy.
So
can
you
just
confirm
for
me
when
you're
saying
Investments
on
3.5
million?
How
much
of
that
is
going
towards
intergenerational
literacy
efforts.
K
M
K
Right
exactly
for
students
who
are
had
interrupted
in
education,
that's
I
think
they
refer
to
the
term
as
life
where
they
they
need
to
catch
Folks
up
who
have
not
been
in
school.
So.
M
For
those
who
are
listening,
because
you
know
they
all
all
the
Departments
are
listening,
Chantel
included
and
Neil
I
just
want
to
note
for
the
record
that,
when
I
think
about
literacy
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
the
last
time
there
was
a
study
done
was
20
2003.
M
M
I
have
a
question
about
the
inclusive
educational
practices.
You
know
over
the
last
year
or
two
or
since
I've,
been
on
the
console.
We've
been
fighting
for
exponential
learning,
Investments
Learn
to
Earn
and
I'm
just
curious
when
we're
talking
about
inclusive
educational
practices.
What
what
does
that
look
like.
K
Yeah,
it's
I
think
it's.
It's
basically
approaching
the
way
they
have
students,
so
they
they
in
instead
of
students
necessarily
getting
an
IEP
and
moving
into
like
oh.
M
Okay,
so
it's
inclu,
it's
not
it's
inclusion,
yeah,
okay,
okay,
not
inclusive,
okay!
All
right!
Well,
then,
thank
you
for
that
clarification,
while
I'm
on
that
note,
though,
I
do
think
that
we
need
to
invest
in
more
exponential
learning
career
exploration,
opportunities,
which
I
know
that
there
was
an
investment
made,
an
announcement
earlier
this
year,
but
I.
Just
think
more
of
that
is
what
this
moment
is
calling
for.
M
I'm
curious
about
the
the
City
Academy
we
I'm
excited
and
I've
been
working
with
the
the
neighborhoods
jobs,
trust
and
other
folks
around
Workforce
Development
issues
and
one
of
the
things
that
while
I
do
appreciate,
parks
and
other
departments,
I
have
been
asking
for
other
types
of
employment
opportunities
that
we
see
our
city
residents
as
viable
candidates
to
work
inside
our
offices
and
other
departments.
So
I
just
want
to
push
you
all
to
think
and
expand
that
a
little
bit
further
Library
hours.
There's
not
a
dollar
amount,
so
I'm
just
curious.
M
M
Great
and
then
for
the
supplier
and
diversity
portal,
I
I
do
appreciate
the
investment
there
I'm
just
curious.
I
I
would
like
to
see
more
Investments
around
accountability,
not
just
helping
people
navigate
the
process,
but
I
think
that
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
mechanism
in
place
to
hold
us
accountable
to
that.
So
I.
M
Just
kind
of
want
to
note
that
that
you
know
I
appreciate
the
investment,
but
I
think
that
there
needs
to
be
some
sort
of
tracking
mechanism
for
accountability
in
that
line
item
and
then
the
the
last
thing
that
I
will
ask
you
all
is
the
when
we're
thinking
about
processes
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see
that
you
know
we
have
gone
through
a
number
of
different
ways
on
how
we
approve
this
budget.
M
Can
you
just
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
how
participatory
budget
is
going
to
influence
your
decision,
making,
making
your
decision
making
processes,
as
well
as
the
city
council
kind
of
what
your
vision
is
for
that.
J
So,
as
you
know,
we
went
through
and
approved
that
office
and
we
passed
that
or
with
you
know,
the
the
council
approved
and
passed
the
ordinance
to
create
that
office
of
participatory
budgeting,
so
which
is
great
because
that
gave
us
the
opportunity
to
get
started
on
that
work,
so
we're
in
the
process
now
of
actually
building
out
that
office.
J
So
as
we
were
developing
that
ordinance
and
working
closely
with
The
Advocates
I
think
it
was,
you
know,
given
the
time
it
was
taking
to
set
things
up,
I
expected
that
that
process
would
really
kind
of
start
over
the
summer.
So
I'm,
not
you,
know,
I,
don't
think
the
infrastructure
will
be
in
place
to
necessarily
impact
the
budget
that
we're
talking
about
today,
but
with
you
know
the
expectation
that
you
know
the
investment.
J
That's
included
in
here
that
those
funds
will
be
available
for
the
participatory
budgeting
process
to
review
go
through
their
process.
Once
that's
established
that
it
will
impact
and
then
be
a
part
of
our
budget
going
forward.
Thank.
N
K
K
Year
we
do
great
too,
and
then
you
what
you
isn't
allowed
in
addition
to
two
and
a
half
percent,
is
what
you
can
estimate
for.
New
Growth.
N
Okay,
thank
you
so
much.
What
about
state
aid?
What
is
your
understanding
about
how
the
state
calculates
the
aid
that
comes
to
the
city
of
Boston.
K
N
K
It's
it's
different.
There's
this
General
government
Aid
they
refer
to
as
unrestricted
General
government.
Aid
algae
has
a
formula
at.
N
K
It's
based
on
a
revenue,
consensus
model,
I,
don't
know,
actually
has
some
experience
at
the
state.
I
don't
know
if
she
probably
yeah.
J
So
I
can't
remember
the
formula
for
aga
if
there
even
was
one
but
I
know
that
the
other
big
input
into
state
aid
is
chapter
78,
which
is
a
very
complex
formula
that
is
based
on
many
factors
about
a
city
so
that
that
is
a
a
large
formula,
so
I
think
for
purposes
of
this
budget.
We
have
included
the
state
aid
assumption
that
was
part
of
the
governor's
budget
that
came
out
in
March.
J
As
you
know,
we
got
the
house
Ways
and
Means
budget
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
then
we
will
look
forward
to
the
state,
and
so
we
will.
You
know,
as
we
March,
through
kind
of
get
continuous
updates
on
the
various
levels
of
state
aid
that
will
be
in
each
of
the
budgets
and
ultimately
decide
in
the
final
budget.
But
the
budget
we've
presented
takes
the
governor's
amount
into
account.
Okay,.
K
K
We
were
the
beneficiary
of
it
growing
in
last.
Yes,.
K
N
K
We're
cautiously
optimistic
that
it
will
will
have
growth
in.
N
K
So
there
is
Revenue
accounts
there,
they're,
often
organized
around
departments,
so
department
or
like
parking
fines
or
on
the
you
know,
the
transportation
department
building
permits
or
from
ISD.
There
is
a
in
volume.
One
of
the
budget
document
has
like
a
table
of
all
of
the
various
Revenue
accounts.
N
Okay,
yeah,
so
sorry,
everybody's
very
excited
about
the
books.
The
okay,
that's
great,
can
I
through
the
chair,
make
a
request
for
an
exhaustive
list
of
the
Departments
and
how
much
revenue
they
bring
in
and
where
the,
where
that
Revenue
comes
from,
you
said
that
it
was
in
the
book.
Is
it
is
the?
Does
the
book
have
all
those
details?
It
does.
A
Let
me
pause
your
time
for
a
second
Jim.
Can
you
please
provide
the
digital
spreadsheet
with
that?
Please
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
comparison
as
well
from
last
year,
because.
N
My
worry
is
that
it'll
be
the
revenue
will
be
in
each
separate
department
and
I
would
like
to
see
a
collective
list
of.
Do
you
see
what
I
mean
so
I
I'm
sure
that
it's
in
the
budget,
but
it
will
be
like
this
Revenue
per
department
on
the
department
page.
So
if
you
could,
if
I
would
like
a
list
of
just
just
the
Departments
and
the
revenue
that
are
coming
in.
N
But
thank
you
I,
just
I
want
to
take
them.
I
want
to
compare
and
see
what's
what's
happening,
I
think
that
that's
all
I
have
what
about
excises.
K
N
A
You
thank
you,
counselor,
I,
think
without
exhausting
the
time.
I
just
want
to
bring
to
your
attention
for
all
my
classical
colleagues,
firstly,
that
the
capital
overview
hearing
will
be
today
in
community
at
5
30
and
that
I
have
requested
that
departments
show
up
to
that
hearing
and
just
for
the
folks
at
home.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
know
that
I
have
invited
the
depart
chief
Chiefs
of
departments
to
show
up
and
looking
forward
to
seeing
them
there
today.
A
So
obviously
Jim
and
Chief
grafenberger
from
OBM
the
Parks
Department
chief
mariyama,
why
Hammond
was
invited
chief
of
streets,
Franklin,
Yasha,
Franklin
Hodge?
Thank
you,
office
of
equity
and
inclusion
chief.
A
And
Boston
Public
Schools,
the
superintendent,
Skipper
and
I
did
invite
the
office
of
Economic
Opportunity
inclusion.
Chief
widow
has
a
major
conflict
with
family
of
something
with
family
and
will
not
be
able
to
make
it,
but
this
will
be
at
the
12th
Baptist
Church
this
afternoon
at
5
30
again
at
160
Warren
Street
in
Roxbury.
A
In
terms
of
the
questions
that
were
submitted
again,
I
don't
want
to
exhaust
the
time.
I
just
want
to
go
back
to
my
colleagues,
because
I
think
that
for
for
myself,
I
have
more
of
the
breakdown
of
the
budget.
So
the
answers
are
in
the
breakdown,
but
I
do
want
to
bring
attention
to
the
RFI.
So
for
those
at
home
our
we
call
it
RFI
an
acronym
for
requests
for
information,
and
there
are
three
pages
of
questions
that
myself.
As
the
chair
submit
to
each
department.
A
These
were
agreed
on
or
sent
to
the
Departments
about
four
weeks
ago,
each
department
will
have
to
bring
the
answers
to
the
hearing
that
our
schedules
you
can
find
schedule
online.
You
can
also
email
me
directly
or
email
the
budget
on
the
budget
website.
You
can
find
the
email
that
I've
already
listed
for
you
to
get
these
lists
and
happy
to
email
them
to
you
as
well
for
your
reference,
your
presentation
does
not
specifically
answer
all
of
the
questions
on
the
RFI
and
unfortunately
because
of
the
format.
A
We
don't
have
the
time
I'm
asking
that
you
take
the
RFI
and
you
treat
it.
You
know
sort
of
like
a
quiz
one
through
whatever.
A
45
with
its
parts
and.
A
Process
so
I
do
have
some
questions
for
you
in
terms
of
the.
A
Reductions,
I
guess
you
know,
and
how
that
impacts
departments.
What
what
are
the
largest
reductions
in
the
budget
and
what
drove
you
to
that
decision.
K
Allocations,
yes,
yeah,
there's,
there's
mostly
just
a
handful
of
departments
that
might
have
gone
down.
Some
of
it
is
a
function
of
like
Ashley's
department,
for
example
it's
going
down,
but
it's
really
a
function
of
a
transfer
of
staff
to
another
operational
unit.
So
it's
not
a
real
reduction.
Some
of
them
are
are
just
Corrections
for
for
costs
as
they
they
may
not
have
been
fully
flushed
out
and
they
were
sort
of
chewed
up
a
little
bit.
Sometimes
smaller
departments.
K
It's
it's
a
function
of
the
staff
in
there
and
you
know
what
this:
what
is
the
salary
requirements
for
the
next
group
of
stuff?
So
we
can
get
you
a
table
of
of
all
of
the
reductions.
A
That'll
be
fantastic
with
the
explanation,
even
if
it's
just
a
brief
sentence
and
as
far
as
the
RFI
responses,
could
you
give
me
a
timeline
to
when
you
can
get
back
to
me
with
the
responses
I.
K
A
Okay,
so
seven
days
time
to
get
responses,
I'm
gonna
be
doing
this
with
each
department
and
hopefully
get
them
before
working
sessions.
Thank
you.
A
So
a
lot
of
my
a
lot
of
my
questions
are
for
individual
departments
again
I'll
yield
my
time
and
we'll
move
on
and
I
do
have
like
many
many
many
many
questions
so
I'm
just
wary
of
my
colleagues
time
so
we'll
go
back
to
them
and
I'll
put
my
stuff
in
writing.
I'll,
add
it
to
the
RFI,
send
it
to
you
and
I
think
that
that
will
probably
be
be
the
best
use
of
our
time.
Today.
B
Budget
team
here
from
May
Woo's
Administration,
and
thank
you
for
providing
some
excellent
information
on
on
this
budget
Jim.
What's
one
of
the
one
of
the
issues
myself
and
my
colleagues
have
been
focused
on,
is
pest
control
and
what
we're
doing
about
Pest
Control
in
the
city
of
Boston,
I
I,
actually
think
we
need
to
have
a
a
dedicated
team,
a
dedicated
Department
that
really
deals
with
Pest
Control
centralized
coordinate
this
public
safety
and
public
health
issue.
K
So
what
we're
not
what
I
think
of
pest
control
I
think
is
some
of
like
proactive
steps
that
the
inspectional
services
does
where
they
do.
You
know
baiting
and
control
efforts
under
the
auspices
of
sort
of
Health,
but
I
think
there
is
Pest
Control.
Also
improper
you
know
is
tied
to
maybe
the
code
enforcement
division
that
that
sits
in
the
public
works
department,
where
they're
monitoring
the
the
disposal
of
the
storage
of
waste
products
to
to
prevent
additional
rodent
problems.
K
So
it's
we
can.
We
can
provide
more
more
detail
associated
with
that,
but
it's
it's.
Those
are
like
the
main
areas
where
I
think
of
when
I
think
of
a
pest
control.
B
Thank
you
maybe
offline.
If
you
can,
if
someone
can
reach
out
and
provide
some
information
to
me,
I
would
really
like
to
see
a
dedicated
designated
City
Department
that
specifically
deals
with
Pest
Control,
coordinating
how
we
deal
with
this
public
health
issue.
It's
it's.
It's
literally
an
issue
that
impacts
almost
every
every
District,
every
neighborhood
in
the
city,
so
I'd
be
interested
in
getting
some
information.
B
A
C
You,
chair
and
I
did
see
our
bounded
books
came,
so
thank
you.
There.
C
C
I
know
that
when
we
have
different
departments
in
front
of
us,
we
can
really
ask
more
specific,
but
I
did
and
I
spoke
with
you
before
also
and
I've
said
it
time
and
time
again
here
on
the
council
floor
and
increase
investment
in
our
BPS
Athletics,
but
also
a
robust
and
Equitable
and
by
Equitable
I
mean
every
school
is
offering
the
same
across
the
system
with
before
and
after
school
programming,
for
our
students
that
wrap
around
services
that
are
needed,
and
it's
not
anything
that
they
pulled
out
as
showing
that
they
were
increasing
the
budget
to
spend
on.
K
I
I
think
schools
are
probably
about
the
best
still
equipped
to
respond
to
that.
But
in
terms
of
trying
to
make
I've
heard,
the
superintendents
say
that
they're
trying
to
have
every
students
have
a
have
a
continuity
and
in
their
experience,
obviously
sometimes
it
takes
more
resources
with
certain
students
that
are
so
that's
completely.
That
is
the
definition
of
equity,
yeah.
C
I
mean,
though,
with
the
not
Equitable
learning,
because
I
understand
what
Equitable
literacy
is
I
taught
it
it's
the
before
and
after
school
programming
in
the
Athletics,
which
is
above
and
beyond
the
academic
day
right
for
our
students,
like
our
schools
offering
across
the
board,
you
know
sports
teams
and
theater
and
arts.
All
of
this
that
ties
into
the
social
and
emotional
wellness
and
mental
health
of
our
students
and
staff
and
school
culture.
K
I'll
have
to
okay
awesome.
D
You,
madam
chair
I,
have
a
few
more
questions
back
to
State
Ed
I'm,
just
curious
about
whether
our
senses
under
count
impacted
our
state
and
or
does
that
really
just
impact
federal
funds.
I.
K
I,
don't
I,
don't
think,
there's
a
a
huge
census
component
other
than
in
Chapter
70.
It's
a
function
of
your
enrollment,
but
but
General
census.
I,
don't
think
is
a.
D
D
J
An
active
and
open
conversation
that
we're
we're
having
right
now
and
the
Retirement
Board
will
be
taking
that
up.
The
budget
assumes
sort
of
no
change
until
that
change
is
taken
by
the
Retirement
Board.
But
yes,
it
is
a
conversation,
but
of
course
you
know,
we
are
very
nearly
fully
funded
in
our
pension.
We
expect
to
be
fully
funded
by
2027.,
so
you
know
with
compressed
Runway,
to
absorb
any
sort
of
significant
changes
like
that.
D
I
mentioned
earlier
about
cost
of
housing
and
cost
living
in
Boston
are
retirees
to
the
employees
who
are
retired,
are
finding
it
increasingly
difficult
to
survive
in
the
city
on
the
on
their
limited,
fixed
income.
So
anything
we
can
do
I
know
what's
an
aspiration
to
lift
it,
but
you
know
we
just
gradually
keep
keep
a
foot
to
the.
J
Pedal
yeah
and
just
as
you
know,
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
the
mayor
had
introduced
in
the
council
passed
a
one-time
increase
of
the
cola
for
this
year
up
to
five
percent.
So
you
know
in
in
sort
of
acknowledgment
of
this
very
cute
high
inflationary
moment.
We
did
take
action
to
increase
that
for
this
year
as
well.
So
very.
D
Good
point:
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
does
that
include
funding
for
ESO
esol
classes
that
are
for
our
immigrant
Community
I,
know,
I.
Think
we
get
an
incredible
bang
for
a
buck
out
of
a
modest
investment
in
that
space,
and
we
we
see
the
benefits
to
our
parents
of
our
who
don't
don't
necessarily
speak
English
in
terms
of
their
been
able
to
advocate
for
their
kids
in
school
and
to
improve
their
business
operations
because
they're
better
able
to
reach
their
customers
are.
D
So
but
they,
this
particular
one
I,
think
they
work
in
partnership
with
English
for
new
bostonians
and
they
do
classes
and
are
some
of
our
Hub
schools
in
the
city
like
it's.
It's
it's
after
school
parents
and
and
community
members
who
are
in
that
school
Community.
Are
we.
K
D
Very
good,
then
I'm
also
checking
in
on
the
progress
on
the
best
clinicians
and
the
police
department.
Do
we
have
a
best
clinician
attached
to
every
district
police
district?
At
this
point.
K
I
believe
I
think
we're
at
it.
It's
like
18
or
so
best,
clinicians
I,
don't
know
if
that
covers
every
single
District
at
this
point,
but
yeah.
D
Because
I
know,
when
I
check
in
with
our
local
District
about
9-1-1
calls
and
at
this
a
huge
number
of
their
calls,
like
the
majority
of
their
calls,
were
indicated
to
some
sort
of
Mental
Health
crisis.
Thank
you.
Madam
chair
I
had
a
couple
more
questions,
but
I
can
really
was
the
other.
One
was
BTD.
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
Madam,
chair
and
I
just
wanted
to
use
my
time
to
say
thank
you
to
the
budget
team
Ashley
and
Jim
and
I
see
Joanna
over
there
and
Jack,
but
I
also
thought
that
I
might
just
read
the
names
from
the
front
of
the
book
of
the
of
the
budget.
Analysts
who
work
in
the
office,
because
one
of
the
things
that
I've
learned
over
these
years
is
that
you
know
before
the
council
gets
to
acid
test
these
things.
E
It's
really
the
budget
analysts
who
are
working
behind
the
scenes
with
each
of
the
Departments
really
asking
well
like
what
do
you
need
and
can
you
do
that
with
your
existing
resources
and
really
kind
of
like
testing
things?
And
we
don't
you're
not
here
in
front
of
us,
but
it's
an
incredible
core
of
folks
and
just
really
grateful
for
all
of
their
work.
E
So
just
wanted
to
say
thanks
to
Stephen
brendel
Harry
Dem,
Ian,
Donnelly,
Maggie,
Friel,
Grant,
Holland
era,
Kaplan
Aaron,
Mooney,
Ben,
McNeil,
Kevin,
Monahan,
Rashad,
Morrison,
Joseph,
Morrissey,
Daniel,
Nabi,
John,
O'brien,
Todd,
Swisher
who's
been
very
helpful
to
me
on
Revenue
model
stuff
in
the
past
as
a
salmon
and
then
Muhammad
Udan,
who
has
gotten
deep
into
our
street
lighting
challenges
in
District
8,
along
with
from
Central
staff,
Connor
Kenny,
Crystal,
galato,
Joanne,
olivaris,
and
then
Ellen
hatch,
Gail,
Hackett
and
Sonya
Harris
for
all.
They
do
so
I.
E
Just
I
just
wanted
to
say
that.
Thank
you,
because
it's
this
invisible
team
and
the
council's
about
to
spend
a
lot
of
time
going
through
that
three
volume
book,
but
there's
a
ton
of
work
that
goes
into
putting
it
together
and
just
really
grateful
for
all
of
the
collaboration
with
me
in
the
past,
with
the
chair
now
with
us
and
arpa
last
year.
I
think
really
just
have
appreciated
the
budget
team
in
all
of
its
iterations.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair.
All.
K
Right,
thank
you,
counselor
for
doing
that.
I
really
appreciate
that
I
think
the
team
is
is
one
of
the
best
in
the
city
government,
so
much
so
that
sometimes
we're
where
we
find
alumni
in
the
budget,
office
and
departments
scattered
across
the
city,
because
they're
such
a
good
resource
and
have
something
deep
knowledge
of
City
operations.
So
I
appreciate
you
doing
that,
and
they
are
really
the
on
the
ground
in
in
communication
daily
with
these
departments.
So
appreciate
that.
Thank.
A
You
thank
you
Council
block,
thanks
Jim.
With
that
in
mind,
thank
you
to
our
new
budget,
analyst
Karishma,
who
has
been
amazing
and
putting
together.
A
Yes,
absolutely
stealing
your
Thunder
here
at
Council
block,
but
she
is
amazing
and
has
been
working
swiftly
to
get
us
all
that
we
need
in
breakdowns
and
you'll
see
that
for
every
hearing
you
will
have
breakdowns
visual
data,
visualizations
and
comparisons
through
the
year:
comparisons
by
Department
comparisons
with
Revenue
sources,
so
she's
and-
and
it
gets
deeper
than
that
for
some
of
you,
you
know
that
I
get
really
technical,
so
she's
been
able
to
do
all
of
that
in
all
sorts
of
levels.
A
You're
going
to
be
fascinated
and
absolutely
fall
in
love
with
budget
process
this
year,
so
I
next
counselor
luigien.
You
have
the
floor.
Thank.
G
You,
madam
chair
Mike,
my
first
question
in
this
na
I
think
I
have
three
or
four
now
that
we,
the
city
council,
one
and
five,
four
under
the
leadership
of
Madame
chair
our
own
budget
analyst.
What
about
your
practices
and
your
engagement
with
our
the
city
council
has
changed
as
a
result
of
us
having
someone
squarely
in
this
position?
G
K
Worry
I
think
it's
fantastic,
that
the
city
council
is
building
that
capacity
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
in
deep
partnership
with
the
city
council.
You
know
we
talk
about.
You
know
the
fiscal
conditions
of
the
city.
The
city
council
is
part
and
parcel
of
that,
making
sure
that
we're
making
the
right
decisions
a
fiscally
proven
position
so
I
think
we
look
forward
to
to
we've.
We've
had
an
existing
relationship
with
Michelle
and
Shane
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
Krishna
in
the
team
in
the
chair.
K
G
You
especially
as
we
Council
has
more
Powers,
just
increasing
in
data
sharing
and
models.
I.
Think
it's
going
to
be
really
important
for
us
to
be
able
to
execute
on
this
important
duty
of
ours.
I'm
also
I
know
that
your
office,
in
partnership
with
with
Chief
Lawrence,
is
working
on
a
report
for
low-wage
workers
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
G
Hopefully,
we
will
be
able
to
have
a
conversation
about
establishing,
but
what
it
would
take,
or
would
it
look
like
to
establish,
establish
a
municipal
minimum
wage
that
the
city
of
Boston
can
really
be
an
example
for
Employers
in
the
city
when
it
comes
to
what
we
deem
acceptable
to
pay
our
lowest
our
wage
workers?
G
So
I
know
that
the
report
working
with
councilor
Bach
that
the
report
is
due
July
1,
but
we're
gonna
see
if
we
can
get
data
as
soon
as
possible,
beginning
June
1,
so
that
could
really
help
inform
how
we
advocate
for
for
that
here.
G
My
an
additional
question,
I
have,
is
you
know
in
Esser
we're
looking
for
the
city
is
looking
for.
How
do
we
continue
to
fund
these
Investments?
That
have
been
historic
Investments
once
we
no
longer
have
the
funding
and
I'm
wondering
if,
on
the
arpa
end,
if
we're
looking
at
something
similar,
we
were
able
to
make
very,
very
incredible
historic
Investments,
especially
when
it
comes
to
housing,
VR,
Opera
dolls.
They
think
about
the
acquisition
opportunity
program,
which
allows
helps
non-profit
developers
by
buildings
that
have
tenants
in
them
to
really
prevent
and
work
against
displacement.
G
J
I
didn't
answer
that
counselor,
so
arpa
was
a
once
in
a
lifetime
opportunity
for
us,
and
we
were
lucky
here
in
Boston
that
we
didn't
experience
the
revenue
hole
that
other
cities
did,
and
so
we
were
able
to
take
that
money
and
invest
it
in
many
of
the
things
that
you
just
described.
I
think
where
you
know
by
design
it
was
the
Investments
were,
were
intended
to
not
create
ongoing
operating
expenses
for
us.
But
as
you
mentioned,
there
are
a
lot
of
really
impactful
things
that
the
city
would
be
looking
to
continue.
J
We
are
hopeful
to
do
to
start
to
engage
in
much
longer
term
financial
planning
here
in
the
city
going
out
a
few
additional
years,
so
that
we're
able
to
see
where
those
Cliffs
are
to
the
extent
that
they
exist,
and
then
we
all
can
make
informed
decisions
about
what
it
makes
sense
to
continue
and
sort
of
what
the
trade-off
would
be
of
continuing
some
of
these
really
robust
programs
that
we
set
up
under
arpa,
you
know,
unfortunately,
would
come
at
a
at
a
trade-off
to
other
things.
We're
able
to
do
so.
J
G
You
it's
just
been
the
same
with
everything
about
soft
Landings.
First
for
the
programs.
I
think
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
that
here.
So
I'm
glad
to
hear
that
there's
going
to
be
that
thinking
as
well
and
then
I
mean
I
think
this
is
related
and
it
goes
back
to
what
I
was
trying
to
say
at
the
end,
trying
to
talk
more
at
the
time
than
the
my
chair
gave
me,
but
again,
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
we
can
be
doing
in
the
city
is
we
are.
G
We
do
have
this
AAA
Bond
rating,
this
fiscal
strength.
That
is
a
resource
that
we
can
lean
into
and
tap
into.
More
so
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
that
AAA,
Bond
rating
and
maybe
explain
to
the
folks
at
home?
Who
may
not
be
aware
how
that
how
we
can
lean
into
that
to
do
or
pick
up
some
of
the
work
that
that
we
that
we
started
with
arpa.
J
Yeah
absolutely
so.
Thank
you.
You
know
you'll
hear
in
our
Capital
presentation
tonight
that
it
assumes
a
level
of
borrowing
that
we
could
only
really
assume
if
we,
if
we
had
that
that
top
credit
rating
and
so
councilor
Baker,
pointed
out
that
our
interest,
our
debt
service
costs,
were
growing.
You
know
significantly
in
this
budget.
If
we
didn't
have
that
AAA
Bond
reading,
our
our
debt
service
cost
would
be
even
greater.
J
K
G
H
You
says
the
debt
services
at
13.8:
that's
the
growth
number,
the
growth
number.
Okay!
Thank
you
Ashley!
You
had
talked
about
robust,
robust
programs.
Is
that,
like
the
free
tea,
and
that
like
when
we
robots
programs
that
we
invested
in
an
Oppo?
Is
that
the
the
T
program
and
then
different
housing
things?
We
did?
Can
you
name
some
of
those
they're
talking
about
sure.
J
J
H
Upcoming
budget
and
last
year
on
Apple,
we
operand
also
regular
business.
We
we
put
about
500
million
into
into
affordable
housing.
You're
telling
me
there's
nothing
there
that
we
could
give
to
the
homeowner,
the
retired
homeowner,
but
nine
had
talked
about
it
for
a
while
they're,
the
retired
homeowner.
That's
that's
at
their
margins.
We
can't
go
into
that
500
million
and
figure
anything
out
there
200
a
month
for
people
that
that
ask
that
needs
to
be
legislated
well.
J
So,
just
kind
of
speaking
to
the
the
ability
to
do
that
I
mean
I
think
we
would
be
sensitive
to
setting
up
sort
of
an
ongoing
expectation
of
a
subsidy
to
a
homeowner.
You.
H
Know
we
do
that
ongoing
with
with
the
voucher
program,
we've
gone
from
5
million
to
10
million
now,
so
that's
an
ongoing
liability
for
for
rental
programs.
We're
talking
about
people
at
a
long
time,
homeowners
in
their
homes,
I
mean
some
people
50
60
years,
and
we
don't
have
anything
for
them,
and
we've
established
that
they
pay
free
quarters
of
of
this
budget.
Here,
the
homeowners,
the
people
that
own
property,
what
are
we
doing
for
them?.
K
I
I
think
that
would
be.
You
know
there
are
limitations
to
what
we
have
so.
K
Was
a
part
of
it
pH
so
because
property
taxes
are
like
the
the
Baseline
component
of
every
municipality
in
the
Commonwealth.
That
would
that
would
have
ramifications
for
for
a
lot
of
folks,
so
I.
H
Understand
the
ramifications
Jim,
but
what
I'm
saying
is
we
have
long
time
people
here
that
need
help
that
are
in
their
homes,
that
that
know
they're
never
going
to
get
the
help?
What
let's
move
on
to
something
else,
robust
programs,
you
want
to
do
the
the
City
Academy
you
have
two
two
new
Pathways
buses
and
Wastewater
of
the
buses
for
for
us
today
for
school
bus
drivers,
they
are
school
bus
drivers
and
the
Wastewater
are
going
to
be,
for
you
want
some
water
into
them.
H
Yes,
basically
right,
okay,
good,
how
many
people
do
we
have
going
through
those
who
they
haven't
been
set
up,
yet
any
projections
on
what
we're
talking
about
I,
don't
have
a
specific
Council,
okay
and
and
I've
heard
over
and
over
about
investments
in
simplifying
the
event
permitting
process.
What's
the
problem,
what's
the
problem
with
the
event
permitting
process.
K
I
think
it's
a
for
folks
who
are
sort
of
sort
of
novices
in
the
the
it's
a
lot
of
steps.
A
lot
of
things
you
have
to
go
through
I
mean
this
is
sort
of
to
help
people.
You
know
the
average
block
party
that
kind
of
thing
to
make
it
a
little
easier
consumable
help
them
through
that
process
and.
H
So
what
does
that
investment?
Look
like
you
talked
about
the
concierge
concierge,
how
many,
how
many
positions
there
and
what
do
those
people
do.
H
K
K
I
think
there's
a
person
that
will
stay
in
licensing,
but
there
are
also
staff
and
special
events,
and
these
two
permanent
positions
are
in
arts
culture.
There's
two
ftes
someone
who's
trying
to
reform
like
improve
the
process
and
one
that
sort
of
is
more
of
a
citizen-facing.
H
New
highest
new
high
is
coming
in
the
concierge.
Yes,
so
the
concierge
is
going
to
be
someone
that's
going
to
improve
that
process
brand
new
here,
yes,
interesting.
Has
there
been
any
talks
about
buyouts?
Jim
you've
been
here
a
while.
We've
had
multiple
buyouts
over
the
years
again,
we've
established.
How
much
did
we
get
knob
a
billion
dollars.
H
K
Well,
I
I
think
in
terms
of
like
early
retirement
options.
Those
are
you
know.
Obviously,
the
fiscal
impacts
are
significant,
but
that
would
require
that
a
home
rule
will
be
filed
with
with
the
Commonwealth.
H
Is
there
any
discussion
within
your
department
with
this
Administration
about
buyouts
and
how
we
take
care
of
people
that
have
that?
What
the
security
guys
everybody
talks
about,
how
much
they
love
the
security
guys
and
we're
going
to
get
them
a
raise,
we're
giving
them
we're,
giving
them
Awards
and
whatnot
they're
not
getting
any
raise.
H
What
about
those
people
that
have
been
coming
in
here
during
up
when
you
and
I
are
home
in
our
feeds
they're
coming
in
every
day,
and
they
said
we're
still
paying
them
less
than
what
you
can
get
at
Longwood?
When
does
that
when,
when
is
that
going
to
be
addressed,
we
blew
through
all
this
money?
It's
all
gone.
We
got
500
million.
What
went
to
the
workers?
K
H
H
H
When
do
you
think
there
will
be
layoffs
after
all,
the
fake
money
and
everything
else
is
dried
up?
How
long
do
you
think
we
can
we
can
do
this?
Is
it
two
years
before
we
sat
because
when
I
first
started
it
was
all
layoffs
and
a
couple
years
we
first
started
here:
I've
been
walking
in
this
building
for
36
years.
H
H
J
But
I
think
you
raise
an
important
point
about
just
sustainability
of
our
investments
right
and
I
think
why
we
want
to
embark
on
a
a
robust,
find
long-term
financial
planning
process
so
that
we
can
anticipate
those
early
and
that
we're
not
caught
in
the
moment
having
to
make
difficult
choices.
So
I
think
that
is
you
raise
a
really
great
point
about
just
the
sustainability
of
of
the
Investments
and
and
that,
coupled
with
long-term
planning,
will
help
us
identify
issues
before
they.
It
gets
too
late.
H
Well,
if
we're
gonna
stop
paying
for
tea
lines
here,
that's
an
extra.
It
was
8
million
for
three
years
three
years
ago,
now
it's
12
million
for
three
years
well,
15
million
for
three
years
and
that's
and
we're
going
to
agree
to
take
that
on
that
concerns
me
Jim.
You
know
my
history
was
a
million
bucks
that
the
print
Department
was
closed
over
a
million
bucks
I'm
watching
money
just
getting
thrown
around
here
like
crazy
I,
don't
see
it
as
sustainable
and
it
concerns
me.
H
So
that's
going
to
be
your
job
in
a
couple
years
and
whatever,
but
we
have
to
keep.
We
have
to
keep
an
eye
on
that,
because
the
Apple
money's
dried
up
last
thing
when
am
I
going
to
get
some
speed
bumps
been
asking
for
them
for
years.
Speed
bumps
give
me
some
give
me
one
someplace
and
I'll
be
happy
I'll
get
out
of
your
ear.
If
you
give
me
one
speed,
bump
Jim
so.
K
A
H
K
H
What
do
you
mean
by
strain
line?
A
streamline
stream
just
put
them
in
that's
all.
We
have
Engineers.
We
have
smart,
smart
people,
it's
not
a
streamlined
process.
Gym
I!
Think
it's
okay.
He
wants
speed,
bumps
put
them
in
when,
when
a
kid
gets
killed
over
in
southeast,
they
were
certain
speed
bumps
over
there
pretty
quickly.
We
certainly
figured
it
out.
Then.
Why
are
we
gonna?
Wait
till
people
are
dying.
M
Before
okay
Frank
is
bringing
in
the
heat,
let's
keep
it
going
all
right.
So
I
I
think
that
counselor
Baker
is
definitely
bringing
some
things
that
we
need
to
be
mindful
of
right.
M
I
know
that
during
the
last
year's
budget
season
there
was
some
negotiating
going
back
and
forth,
and
we
you
know
you
get
what
you
get
when
you
don't
get
upset
and
we
ended
up
getting
750
000
for
Municipal
supports
for
housing
for
our
employees
and
we're
still
in
the
process
of
getting
that
up
and
running,
and
the
fact
that
we
have
to
have
a
program
designed
specifically
to
help
our
low
wage.
M
Municipal
Employees
is
just
not
sustainable
and
I
think
that
at
some
point
we
are
definitely
going
to
have
to
do
a
lot
more
than
just
hope,
thoughts
and
prayers
of,
like
being
able
to
figure
out
how
we're
going
to
be
able
to
keep
our
employees
here.
So
I
do
think
that
there
is
something
to
be
said
about
Opera
funding
and
and
when
it
runs
out.
M
What's
that
going
to
look
like
for
our
most
vulnerable
employees
and
I,
think
750
000
to
support
their
housing
is
not
enough
and
I
think
and
I
and
I
think
just
we
just
need
to
do
more
there.
One
of
the
other
Investments
that
I
think
potentially
may
go
away.
Is
the
community
Hub
schools
with
BPS?
M
We
know
that
that
was
also
funded
through
Opera,
so
I'm
just
curious.
If
we
can
start
thinking
about
sustainability
plans
and
how
we're
going
to
maintain,
because
what's
the
sense
of
getting
schools
to
where
they
need
to
be
and
then
taking
away
those
Support
Services,
it's
just,
it
doesn't
make
sense.
So
I
think
that
we're
gonna
have
to
make
some
real
serious
Investments
and
you
talked
about
decision
making
trade-offs.
So
I'm
just
curious
like
how
is
this
Administration
going
to
reconcile
with
those
trade-offs?
M
J
Like
sure
I
mean
you
know,
luckily
we
are
in
a
good
financial
position
at
the
moment
right,
so
we're
not
in
a
situation
in
this
budget
where
we're
having
to
make
cuts
and
make
those
types
of
trade-offs,
but
anything
can
happen.
You
know
the
economy
is
volatile
and
uncertain
and
unfortunately
we
can't
predict
everything
so
again.
I
think
that's
why
that
long-term
modeling
that
I
was
talking
about
just
a
moment
ago
was
really
important.
J
You
know
I
I,
think
the
decision-making
process
would
depend
on
the
size
and
scale
of
any
shortfall.
We
would
need
to
close
as
a
city,
you
know,
I
know
the
city
has
past
experience
with
closing
mid-year
shortfalls.
If
there's
our
budget
shortfalls,
if
there's
any
lessons,
we
can
learn
from
that.
J
You
know
to
ensure
that
we
are
utilizing
reserves
and
resources
in
such
a
way
that
we
are
stabilizing
the
city
budget
and
not
having
to
make
impactful
Cuts
in
the
event
that
they're
needed,
but
luckily
we're
in
a
position
in
this
upcoming
budget,
where
we
are
in
a
good
financial
situation
and
and
hope
to
you
know,
maintain
that
going
forward.
M
Understand
which
are
the
Departments
I
have
had
the
highest
reserves
like
we're
all
revolving
funds
that
they
haven't
utilized.
Are
there
dollars?
Do
you
have
a
sense
of
which
departments
have
the
highest
reserves
or
revolving.
K
Funds
no.
K
Or
in
terms
of
surpluses
yeah,
it's
it's,
it's
I
think
becoming
more
people
are
Staffing
up,
they're
utilizing
their
their
budgets
appropriately,
so
they're
I
think
we're
we're,
did
all
right
with
the
snow
this
year.
So
that's
a
project
that
will
probably
return
some
level
of
the
center
Palace
excuse.
A
Me
a
moment:
Jim,
do
you
have
if
you
don't
have
the
actual
breakdown
of
those
departments?
Are
you
able
to
provide
it
up?
There
sure.
M
Yeah
because
I
think
for
me,
it'd
just
be
really
helpful
to
see
which
departments
are
utilizing
their
funds
and
which
ones
aren't
and
then
also
what
lessons
are
we
learning
from
that
right?
Because
if
we
have
a
growth
mindset,
we
can
just
keep
pumping
dollars
into
departments
that
are
not.
You
know,
utilizing
those
funds
and
if
we
need
to
rethink
and
provide
more
technical
assistance
so
that
they
can
get
those
dollars
allocated
in
the
way
that
we
have
envisioned.
I.
M
Just
think
that
there's
something
there
for
us
to
learn
in
terms
of
how
we
do
business
right,
I
think
is,
is
important
to
name
and
then
you
know
everywhere
that
I
go.
Everyone
is
always
talking
about
the
fact
that
they're
not
being
heard
and
I
do
appreciate.
Civic
engagement
as
one
of
the
areas
of
Investments
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
what
that
return
on
that
investment
is
going
to
look
like.
M
Have
you
thought
about
kind
of
how
you're
going
to
measure
your
success
as
it
relates
to
Civic
engagement
and
planning,
specific
engagement,
and
you
know
mainly
in
planning
but
also
not
Boston,
Public
Schools
I
just
feel
like.
That
is
an
area
for
me
that
I
always
think
that
we
fall
short
on.
So
can
you
just
talk
to
me
a
little
bit
about
kind
of
that
return
on
investment?
What
what's
what
tools
are
you
using
to
hold
departments
accountable
to
Civic
engagement,.
K
Yeah
no
I,
I
I,
think
is
one
of
the
earlier
hearings
on
equity
in
the
budget.
I
think
Chief,
Garces
and
Dewey
has
talked
about
building
out
more
technology
to
track
in
assure
accountability,
but
a
lot
of
it
is
not
is
in
terms
of
engaging
folks.
I
think
you
know,
success
is
having
more
people
engage,
so
it's
it's.
It's
basically
having
folks
that
may
have
never
participated
in
budget
processes
or
Civic
life.
Generally,
awareness
of
Civic
activities.
M
Otherwise,
it's
just
a
whole
bunch
of
lip
service
right
we've
been
hearing
from
folks
that
they
don't
feel
like
they're
being
heard
that
they
can't
get
a
meeting
with
so
and
so,
and
it
is
a
little
bit
frustrating
and
I
know
I've
only
been
here
on
this
Council
for
three
years
and
I
have
seen
and
I've
been
through
three
different
administrations
and
I
know
what
happens
when
you
are
the
problem
child.
You
usually
get
a
disregard
it
and
I'm.
M
Okay
with
that
and
I-
and
you
know
but
I
I-
think
that
we
need
to
do
better
in
terms
of
our
community
engagement,
so
that
folks,
don't
feel
alienated
from
the
process
and
I
feel
like
everybody,
pickses
and
chooses
who
they
want
to
work
with,
and
I
know
that
for
me,
this
is
going
to
be
an
area
that
I
think
I'm
going
to
pay
a
lot
more
attention
to,
and
you
know
you
know,
I
think
that
the
rest
of
the
way
that
I
am
going
to
use
my
time
here
is
that
I
I
do
feel
like
we're,
always
fighting
and
I'm.
M
Okay
with
that,
because
that's
just
who
we
are
but
I
I
do
think
that
if
we
don't
change
and
shift
the
culture
and
how
we
interact
with
one
another
than
those
who
are
tuning
in
are
gonna
feel
like
they're.
Just
we're
just
doing
this
for
theatrics
and
I
think
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
shift
and
I
would
love
to
see
a
little
bit
more
emphasis
on
those
returns
like
I
want
to
see
dollar
for
dollar
like
how
this
dollar
is
going
to
impact.
M
M
Don't
know
if
y'all
need
to
say
it
in
Spanish,
so
I
can
understand
it
because
right
now,
I
still
I'm
not
getting
it
I
just
I'm,
still
not
seeing
it
I'm,
not
feeling
it,
and
you
know,
and
if
and
maybe
other
Council
colleagues
have
a
lot
more
savviness
than
I
do.
But
I
I,
just
think
for
me.
I'm
here
to
represent
the
people
who
are
not
engaged
and
if
I'm
not
getting
it
I
know
the
people
that
follow
me
aren't
getting
it
either.
So
I'd
like
to
see
a
little
bit
more
of.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councilman
here,
Jim
I
think
you
know.
Councilman
here
makes
sailing
points
and
it
connects
it
directly
with
what
council
Baker
was
talking
about.
Basically,
you
know
in
terms
of
metrics
and
I
appreciate
the
chief.
What's
what's
the
gentleman's
name
that
was
talking
about
data.
A
Yeah
Mr
Garces
was
basically
saying
that
the
technology
exists,
but
that
the
Chiefs
basically
or
the
department
heads
or
that
even
for
even
us,
right
like
there's
a
tool
that
we
could
actually
use
to
measure
and
to
populate
how
we're
voting
on
our
webpage
and
then
I
had
to
like
file
an
ordinance.
But
the
tools
exist.
It's
a
matter
of
like
actually,
you
know
mandating
folks
to
do
it
and
also
like
training
folks
and
then
to
get
people
to
actually
do
it.
A
That's
one
part
that
I
hear,
but
the
second
thing
too,
is
that
if
you're
saying,
let's
increase
budget
in
Civic
engagement-
or
you
know
for
pb's
sake
for
respiratory
budget's
sake,
then,
and
then
you
did
you
did
that,
then
we
want
to
see
numbers
and
if
that's
with
a
Department
chief,
then
that's
fine.
We'll
take
that
conversation
there,
but.
O
A
And
so
we
don't
actually
have
those
responses
from
you
and
in
order
for
us
to
actually
be
able
to
analyze
whether
or
not
we
are
being
intentional,
whether
or
not
we
are
being
Equitable,
we
would
need
to
actually
analyze
the
information,
the
results
and
we
don't.
We
don't
have
that
this
year
and
you
did
a
good
job
with
giving
us
those
responses.
A
Last
year
and
I
I
don't
see
why
you
couldn't
give
us
those
same
responses
this
year
as
well
so
like,
if
you
did
Civic
engagement
already
in
terms
of
respiratory
budget,
send
us
information
on
exactly
you
know
what
was
your
Outreach
efforts
and
then
how
many
people
participated
and
then
breakdown
of
demographics.
That
way,
we
know
that
you
reach
this
community,
but
not
this
community,
and
we
know
who
we
need
to
go
after
next
and
then
we'll
say.
Well,
you
invested
this
much
many
dollars
that
doesn't
make
any
sense.
A
Let's
do
more,
let's
do
less
so
just
In
fairness
to
the
requests,
also
in
terms
of
streamlining
things
with
departments
happy
to
take
that
conversation
from
Council
Baker
in
terms
of
speed
bumps
and
that
with
the
Department
of
streets
but
well
cabinet,
but
if
the
Streamline,
if
there's
a
streamlined
process,
why
is
that
right?
A
So
that
conversation
belongs
with
Chief
Yasha,
but
then
the
same
applies
in
terms
of
return,
Investments
and
looking
at
numbers
and
looking
at
what
quantifier
quantifying
whether
or
not
we
are
getting
results
and
then,
if
we're
doing
it
equitably,
how
are
you
measuring
that?
Have
you
assessed
exactly
which
streets
need
them
which
streets
don't
need
them
and
then
which
areas
are
getting
them
and
how
fast
are
the
responses?
A
To
in
terms
of
the
speed
bumps
all
right,
thank
you
so
much
Council
Laura
you
have
the
floor.
Take
as
much
time
as
you
want.
I
don't
have
any
others.
Okay,
thank.
O
You
Council
Baker,
you
have
the
floor.
H
Wow,
it
kind
of
surprised
me
there
I
wasn't
quite
ready
for
you,
but
debt
services
in
in
in
that
sort
of
stuff.
What
is
do
we
have
capacity
in
this?
So
if
our
debt
Services
is
2
248
million
this
year?
What's
our
capacity
do
we
have
like
to
go
after
another
Bond
and
selfishly
I'm
looking
to
go
after
a
bond,
a
diff
in
in
District
three?
That
would
speak
to
to
things
that
are
happening.
H
That
I
think
are
are
happening
and
going
on
and
can't
seem
to
break
through
to
the
importance
on
these
things.
So
so
can
you
talk
to
me
a
bit
about
a
diff?
Do
we
have
capacity
or
am
I
just
going
down
a
road
where
I'm
just
going
to
bureaucrat
saying
yes?
Yes,
yes
and
then
saying
no
in
the
in
when
they
leave
me.
J
So
the
The
Debt
Service
number,
let's
see
I'm,
trying
to
think
of
the
best
way
to
answer
this.
H
So
because
that's
not
the
whole
I'm
sorry
to
break
that's
not
what
we
all
that's
just
what
we're
paying
that's
our
month,
that's
our
monthly
bill
or
whatever
our
yearly
bill.
So
we
have
X
amount
of
dollars
that
are
in
bond
issues,
bonds
that
have
helped
us
to
to
build
and
grow
some
things,
that's
right!
Okay!
So
like
do
we
have.
J
Like
so
I
guess
like,
if
you
think
about
it
in
terms
of
our
our
debt
service
capacity,
as
Jim
mentioned,
we
have
a
city
policy
that
debt
service
is
not
more
than
seven
percent
of
our
operating
budget.
J
Right
now,
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
less
than
the
seven
percent,
so
we
do
theoretically
have
capacity,
but
our
Five-Year
Plan,
our
our
our
Capital
plan,
our
five-year
Capital
plan
sort
of
assumes
that
over
time
we
will
borrow
at
a
level
that
will
get
us
up
to
that
seven
percent
limit
so
sort
of,
without
speaking
to
the
specificity
of
what
we
borrow
for,
of
which
you
know.
J
C
H
This
budget
this
year
is
428
4.28
billion
right,
I
want
to
say
12
years
ago
my
first
budget
was
2.4,
so
we've
doubled
up
more
than
double
that
budget
in
in
these
past
10
years,
so
our
capacity
for
bonds
has
also
doubled.
That
would
mean,
if
a
seven
percent
of
2
billion
now
it's
seven
percent
of
two.
H
J
We
can
show
you
sort
of
over
time
how
much
our
Geo,
our
general
obligation,
bonds
have
grown
and
they
have
grown
significantly.
I,
don't
know
if
it's
exactly
double
but.
J
H
J
H
L
H
Seven:
okay,
because
I'm
gonna
want
some
help
in
a
diff
like
just
straight
conversations,
is
all
I'm
looking
for.
If
it's,
if
it's
not
a,
if
it's
not
an
option,
I
mean
you
it's.
You
had
stated
at
the
at
the
hearing
that
we
had
that
we
don't
really
want
to.
You
know,
cut
out
future
revenues,
but
I
would
argue
if
the
future
revenues
are
being
generated
from
some
place.
It
didn't
generate
anything.
Why?
Wouldn't
that
neighborhood?
That's
that's
going
to
suffer
through
all
the
building,
that's
happening!
H
Why
wouldn't
that
neighborhood
happens
to
be
District
three?
And
this
that's
in
my
head
now?
Why
couldn't
that
neighborhood,
those
neighborhoods
benefit
from,
say
a
social
bond
that
would
help
us
build
a
field
house
that
would
help
us
stand
up
more
job
training,
because
I
don't
see
very
much
in
here
for
job
training,
I
see
500
000
for
life
sciences,
life
science.
So,
like
that's
a
that's
a
concern
of
mine
that
that
a
neighborhood
can
go
can
totally
be
changed
for
good
or
bad.
H
However,
you
look
at
it,
but
it
concerns
me
that
the
Chief
Financial
Officer
doesn't
think
that
that
neighborhood,
which
is
I,
would
argue
traditionally
been
overlooked.
I've
initially
ran
because
my
neighborhood
was
overlooked,
overlooked
city
services,
everything
every
way,
my
neighborhood,
that
I
grew
up
in,
so
why?
Why
can't
we
go
after
that
future
dollars
and.
J
I
will
say
you
know,
like
the
as
I
was
saying
that
we
assume
that
the
the
budget
grows,
and
that
is
as
a
result
of
new
Revenue
that
come.
You
know
from
the
value
of
those
new
properties
that
would
be
part
of
that
development
in
this
particular
case,
so
we're
we're
sort
of
assuming
that
growth.
It's
really
a
matter
of.
Do
we
want
to
dedicate
and
and
sort
of
constrain
the
the
borrowing
that
we
do
as
a
result
of
that
increased
revenue
or
increased
property
value.
J
A
Sorry,
you.
A
No
would
really
love
to
hear
you
finish
your
sentence.
J
Of
course,
so,
presumably
to
to
to
to
Institute
a
diff
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
that
would
be
required
by
ordinance.
I
would
assume
right.
So
you
know
the
mayor
and
City
councilor
is
agreeing
to
pass
an
ordinance
for
for
a
diff.
That's
what
I
mean
by
policy
makers.
That'll
be
a
legislative
requirement,
so
Wes
yeah.
H
This
body,
yeah
and-
and
it
would
speak
to
well
I-
don't
need
to
go
into
that
anymore,
very
disappointed
that
we've
we've
gone
through
all
this
all
this
money
here
and
we
don't
have
any
sort
of
buyout
for
the
people
that
were
coming
in
here.
The
whole
time.
H
A
Chief,
would
you
just
re
I
guess
not
rephrase
it,
but
can
you
clarify
that
you're
saying
that
then
it's
on
us,
it's
a
ordinance
that
we
should
file
to
get
a
vote
on
in
order
to
borrow
for
or
or
to
actually
implement
it.
So.
J
H
Yeah,
my
understanding
would
probably
an
ordinance
because
we
can
do
it.
We
can
do
it
as
the
body
that
that
that
is
the
city
of
Boston,
but
we
need
we
can
say
it
all.
We
want.
If,
if,
if
the
administration
and
the
CFO
and
the
and
and
the
in
the
auditor
and
the
assessor
don't
want
to
do
it,
then
it
doesn't
happen.
That's
that's
my
understanding
on
it.
So
maybe
the
vote,
they
can
still
say
no
to
it
over
there.
H
But
what
I'm
trying
to
impress
him
is:
there's
money
going,
there's
money
here
now
and
I'm
trying
to
capture
some
of
it
for
my
neighborhood
for
my
field
house,
which
will
be
we
talk
here
on
page
two
or
something
about
generational
Investments,
investing
in
young
people
investing
in
older
people.
That's
all
we're
trying
to
do
over
the
Columbia
Point
field
house
is
invest
in
people
and
it's
surrounded
by
housing
developments
so
and
I
believe
the
state
has
given
a
little
more
money
in
there
and
I
still
embaffled.
H
Why
this
city
is
not
investing
in
this
in
this
project,
bathroom
in
the
Apple
money
can't
be
used
for
retirement
in
any
way,
I'm
not
like
for
buyouts,
and
things
like
that,
because
I
think
we're
going
to
end
up
with
a
pocket
about
someone
was
speaking
about
it
earlier.
I
think
we're
going
to
end
up
with
a
pocket
of
Opera
money.
Do
you
know
if
we
are
able
to
use
it
for
retirements,
whether
it's
paying
down
liabilities
or
offering
to
people
to
here
you
go.
H
You
were
you
were
here
during
the
during
the
pandemic
when
everybody
else
was
at
home,
I'm
talking
about
the
security
guards
that
were
here,
the
the
the
the
custodians
that
were
here
when
we
were
all
home
like?
Are
we
giving
them
anything?
You
said
we
kept
them
employed,
that's
great,
but
we
haven't
done
anything
for
them.
We
were
all
home.
They
were
all
here.
There's
people
through
this
whole
building
here
that
should
be
taken
care
of
someplace.
H
Thousand,
so
so
what
I
believe
the
the
administration
did
for
all
the
people
that
were
here,
your
security
guards,
your
SEIU
workers,
I,
think
and
I'm,
not
totally
sure
I've,
just
kind
of
heard
it
that
they
got
an
over
and
above
thousand
dollars
for
being
here
for
three
years,
while
we
were
all
at
home,
I,
don't
think
it's
enough,
especially
when
we
went
through
the
500
million.
This
was
a
bonus
in
a
form.
O
H
O
A
H
Yeah
I
mean
it
it
shouldn't
be.
An
amendment
is
what
I'm
saying
Madam
chair
walk.
You
talk
is
what
I'm
saying
over
here.
Everybody
loves
the
security
guards.
Everybody
loves
those.
We
hear
them
all
talking
about
the
low
paid
workers
right,
who
can't
even
afford
to
live
here,
but
we
still
talk
about
how
much
we
love
them.
We
give
them
a
thousand
dollars,
it's
just
not
enough.
It's
not
enough
where,
where,
where
is
the
housing
stipends?
Where
is
the
real
money?
H
They
stop
more
money
than
I
talk,
guys
that
are
here,
men
and
women
that
he
had
10
years
they
started,
but
what
we're
finishing
on
the
grades
have
to
all
be
improved
across
the
board
and
in
every
single
city
city
department
head
under
this
new
Administration
got
huge
raises.
We
we
voted
on
them
all
huge
raises.
Nobody
ever
got
paid
like
that
in
the
city,
you
know,
and
they.
H
The
other
absolutely
absolutely
they
do
especially
the
amount
of
business
that
we're
doing,
but
they
deserve
it.
The
lower
paid
wages,
people
need
it.
Let's
give,
let's
figure
out
ways
to
do
housing.
There's
ways
we
can
figure
it
out.
You
know
we
we
give
every
I'm
going
to
get
off
my
soapbox
now.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Thank.
A
You
Council,
Baker
I,
think
the
wonderful
thing
about
you
bringing
up
these
points
is
that
everything
is
a
conversation
and
through
this
process,
hopefully
the
administration
is
encouraged
to
hear
some
of
these
points.
Take
it
back.
It's
not
final,
even
if
we're
not
making
amendments,
there
is
a
process
of
you
know
the
chair
and
OBM
and
others
in
administration
to
having
these
conversations
so,
hopefully
that
we
discuss
them
back
and
forth
and
see
where
we
can
possibly
make
some
of
these
shifts.
It's
not
over
till
it's
over.
A
So
looking
forward
to
that
I
would
ask
if
any
of
my
colleagues
have.
O
Any
final
comments,
but
there
is
Mr
John
from
Zano
Mr
provenzano.
Can
you
please
step
to
the
mic
for.
O
A
Provenzano
see
you
have
to
speak
it
in
Italian
today,
I.
P
Can't
all
I
know
is
Swiss.
No
thank
you
for
the
through
the
chair.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
Jim.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
I'm,
sorry,
I,
don't
know
your
name,
but
thank
you
for
answering
some
questions
and
not
answering
others.
I'm
a
bull
caller
guy.
This
guy
just
said
everything
that
I
want
and
he's
not
my
counselor
but
I
know
him
I,
respect
them
and
I
respect
all
of
you,
but
what
I
wanted
to
do?
P
My
first
question
is
to
get
the
couple
of
minutes
was
I
wanted
to
ask
my
pet
peeve.
Was
the
property
tax
I'm
a
victim
of
what
happened
to
the
property
tax
because
it
went
so
high
on
own
or
occupy
taxes
that,
when
I
retired
and
everybody
will
get
there
sometime
when
you
get
there,
that
seventeen
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
property
tax
looks
like
thirty
four
thousand
when
you
retire,
because
you
pensioned
whatever
you
get
for
your
yearly?
Income
is
cut
in
half
and
I'm
a
property
of
that
that
happened
to
me.
P
I
had
to
turn
the
house
over
to
my
son
thank
God
and
and
we're
still
in
South.
Boston
I
have
two
grand
I,
have
a
granddaughter
in
Duchess,
so
I
have
a
granddaughter
in
High,
Park
I.
Think
Frank
represents
the
Dodges
to
people.
My
son
and
my
granddaughter.
Are
there
Frank?
What's
the
name
of
the
street
next
to
Alina
Road
I'm,
drawing
a
blank?
The
next
one,
over
Elma
I
have
three
great-grandchildren
on
that
street.
They
play
in
the
yard
and
they
play
on
the
sidewalk.
I've
been
asking
to
get
speed
bumps.
P
There
they'd
fly
from
Adams
Street
onto
that
street,
and
it's
just
horrendous
and
I've
actually
been
out
there.
I
stand
on
the
corner,
sometimes
when
the
kids
are
playing
when
the
people
are
coming
around
Adam
Street,
so
I
mean
it's
a
priority.
You've
got
to
find
it,
keep
it
simple.
It's
speed,
bumps,
there's
so
much
they're,
so
important
to
every
neighborhood
everybody's
speeding.
I
came
here
to
talk
about
the
property
tax,
so
you've
got
my
my
idea
on
the
property
tax.
P
What
I'd
like
to
see
is
that
everybody
that's
owner,
occupied
not
pulling
in
big
rents.
You
know
we
know
the
big
rents
that
are
coming
in
all
over
the
city,
but
the
people
that
just
live
in
have
been
there
I've
been
there.
My
whole
life
I
own,
that
home
for
40
some
odd
years
and
I
had
to
turn
it
over.
Now
things
happen
to
make
that
you
know
it's
my
fault.
P
You
know
I
lost
some
money
in
the
stock
market,
this
that
and
everything
and
all
of
a
sudden,
my
income
was
a
lot
less
than
what
it
should
be.
My
sons
are
going
to
be
going
through
that
within
the
next
couple
of
years
my
daughter
has
already
gone
through
it,
her
husband's
just
retired,
and
he
saw
exactly
what
I
was
talking
about.
Everybody
can
relate
to
that.
P
How
do
I
don't
even
know
how
to
bring
it
to
the
state
house,
but
I've
already
gone
to
the
state
house
and
I'm
saying
this
has
to
come
to
you
guys
and
you
have
to
help
us,
but
the
mayor
who
I
respect
can
send
that
over
and
I'm
hoping
she's
listening
too
so
she'll
know
she
knows
my
face
in
my
mouth
in
my
town,
she's
come
over
to
my
town,
so
that
was
that
was
my
priority,
but
Frank
Council
of
Baker
hit
on
another
thing,
which
was
the
speed
bumps,
which
is
safety.
P
P
These
are
the
simple
things
that
you
guys
have
to
get
through
and
all
those
big
projects
I'll
give
an
example.
The
money
that's
coming
in,
if
you
don't
mind
the
money
that's
coming
in
on
the
real
estate
tax,
say
in
Seaport
Boulevard,
those
big
beautiful
buildings,
all
the
condos
very
well
to
do
people
living
in
that
whole
neighborhood.
P
If
you
drove
down
Seaport
Boulevard
right
now,
you
will
see
potholes
that
are
big
enough
to
flatten
your
tire
very
simple:
getting
potholes
taken
care
of
throughout
the
city,
I've
gone
to
most
of
the
most
of
the
towns
Duchess,
the
Hyde
Park
Jamaica,
Plain,
I've,
driven
through
them
I
got
plenty
of
time.
I'm,
retired
I
can
do
this,
but
I'm
what
I'm
concerned
about
what's
happening
to
our
city.
The
chair,
who
I
respect
an
awful
lot,
because
this
is
one
hell
of
a
committee.
You
know
ways
and
means
it's.
P
P
Seven
percent
of
the
budget
I
think
since
I've
been
coming
here.
It
was
below
70,
it's
77
percent,
now
just
taking
care
of
those
people
that
have
been
here
for
so
many
years
to
give
them
a
little
bit
more
of
a
break.
I
know
they
get
a,
they
get
a
break,
go
owner
occupy,
but
it's
a
small
percentage,
even
if
that
comes
across.
Even
if
we
push
that
to
the
state
house,
so
we
didn't
do
it
through
an
ordinance.
Is
that
how
it's
done?
You
guys
vote
on
it
and
you
send
it
there?
P
Oh
God,
that's
that's!
When
I'm
praying
you
guys
can
do
because
I
have
a
lot
of
respect
for
you
and
I
love.
Hearing
everybody,
but
I
really
have
to
be
honest
and
saying
that
guy
over
there
stole
my
thunder
the
safety
part,
no,
no
I
love
it.
The
safety
part
if
I
could
just
for
a
minute
that
was
the
speed
bumps
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
little
I've,
been
coming
here
for
a
lot
of
years
and
my
my
third
Pest
Control
I
kind
of
scribbled
down
what
I
just
wanted
to
mention.
P
I
go
back
to
when
there
was
a
guy
named
Ray
was
a
city
council
and
they
went
on
to
be.
President
I
went
on
to
be
Maya,
and
this
is
what
he
did
and
I
wish
all
the
counselors
could
do
this
one
day
a
month
or
even
one
day
a
week,
take
off
the
pretty
soon
take
off
the
nice
clothes
put
on
a
sweatshirt
and
jeans
and
jump
in
a
garbage
truck.
P
That's
doing
your
neighborhood
every
one
of
you
Rachel
and
did
this
back
in
the
80s
and
I
was
really
hot.
To
try.
I
knew
Mel
King
I
knew
Ray
well.
It
was
a
great
time
to
be
involved
in
politics,
but
these
guys
were
right
right
from
the
street.
They
were
right
from
the
street
and
they
knew
what
had
to
be
done.
Ray
drove
around
on
a
weekly
basis,
the
streets
of
South
Boston
at
the
time
were
in
such
violation
of
garbage
removal
and
I
could
give
you
a
whole
list
of
names
because
I've
been
there.
P
My
whole
life
plastic
bags.
Instead
of
barrels,
he
took
notes.
Every
Council
should
do
this
honestly
God.
You
should
just
try
it.
Your
eyes
would
open
up
to
not
only
the
speed
bump
I
mean
the
potholes,
but
you'll
see
firsthand
the
violations
that
go
on
now.
That's
our
problem,
not
the
residence,
everybody
that
lives,
everybody
that
lives
in
the
town,
Ray
God
made
notes
one
week
after
the
other.
P
P
P
Wow
come
over
to
my
town,
come
on
while
you're
over
there
not
too
long
ago
and
I.
Remember
both
thought
you
were
in
Mejia.
Were
there
and
I
wish
you
got
treated
a
little
bit
better
than
what
happened.
There
was
just
one
goofball
that
made
a
stupid
remark,
but
other
than
that,
come
over
to
the
town
and
you'll
see
between
the.
A
A
I
I
really
appreciate
you
coming
in
I
gave
you
10
minutes
because
well.
P
A
P
She
was
tremendous
she
got
me
to
be
able
to
pack
down
the
street,
which
I
didn't
know
was
there
God
bless
her
because
I
was
taking
the
bus
in
and
you
know
putting
out
the
door
for
the
bus
or
whatever,
and
the
ride
is
aggravating
and
all
that
stuff
so
I'm
down
the
street
Jim.
We
did
take
that
back
to
the
man
with
these
subjects
and
just
bring
it
down
to
the
level
of
the
heart
and
we'll
get
things
done.
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
talk
this
long.
P
Thank
you
to
the
other
counselors
appreciate
you,
I
haven't
talked
to
you
yet,
but
I'll
be
over
to
knock
on
your
door
and
the
property
taxes,
the
priority,
the
speed
bumps
the
safety
and
the
rodent
problem.
That's
my
bit!
Thank
you.
So
much
for
allowing.
P
A
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
today.
I
just
you
know,
you
talk
a
lot
about
engaging
and
engaging
engaging
and
engaging.
We
have
one
meeting
I
had
one
meeting
with
you
guys
and,
of
course,
yeah.
We
engage
with
Gentile,
but
this
is
actually
our
budget.
First,
we
are
elected
to
keep
an
eye
on
the
budget
and
I.
Don't
a
lot
of
people
talk
about
not
being
heard,
there's
a
big
aspect
of
that
for
me
not
being
heard
around
here
and
that's
all
you
know,
I
gotta
say
about
it.
H
I
think
I
think
you
guys
could
do
a
little
bit
of
a
better
job
at
really
asking
us
what
we
want.
You
know
a
lot
of
it
looks
kind
of
aspirational.
There's.
No,
we
got
seven
million
going
here
this
going
here
and
I
know
we
drill
down
in
the
when
the
when
the
departments
are
here,
but
it
doesn't
really
feel
that
you
are
engaged
with
us
with
me.
I'll
speak
for
me.
That's
all
I
think
one
meaning
one
meeting
asked
on
a
high
level.
What
I
would
be
interested
in?
H
H
A
You
Council
Baker,
Chief
and
Jim.
If
you
could
send
us
some
information
just
to
verify
Council
Baker's
suggestion
is
that
we
file,
but
that
it
could
always
be
vetoed
by
the
administration,
and
if
you,
if
you
have
any
final
points
in
that
I,
wasn't
able
to
find
any
information
beyond
that
either.
As
you
can
see,
I
filed
for
a
hearing
to
discuss
it
because
of
that
confusion.
M
Thank
you,
chair,
I,
think
that
counselor
Baker,
and
also
just
as
I,
continue
to
navigate
this
process.
Right.
I.
Think
there's
a
lot
at
play
here
to
John's
earlier
points
in
terms
of
how
we
get
down
in
the
nitty-gritty
of
situations
right,
there's
a
lot
of
hypotheticals
and
a
lot
of
like
their
theories
right.
M
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
who
I
agree
are
in
suits
right,
so
for
me,
I
walk
into
the
space
and
I
see
sometimes
a
big
disconnection
with
what
people
are
really
going
through
and
then
what
gets
put
on
paper
and
that's
a
matter
of
privilege
and
everybody
has
privilege
right,
including
myself-
that
I'm
here
in
this
chamber
I,
understand
and
recognize
the
privilege
that
I
have
to
serve
on
the
fact
that
I
even
have
a
mic
to
be
able
to
amplify
my
voice
right.
M
So
that's
a
privilege,
but
I
also
think
that
there
is
something
to
be
said
about
how
we,
how
we
navigate
these
processes,
there's
a
lot
of
intellectual
kind
of
like
thoughts
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
people
are
just
struggling
to
make
their
ends
meet
and
they
want
to
make
sure
that
the
city
is
responding
to
that
need
and
I
think
that
intention
versus
impact
is
always
going
to
be
something
that
I'm
looking
at.
It's
like.
Okay,
this
is
what
we're
intention.
M
You
know
this
is
what
we're
hoping
for,
and
it
all
sounds
very
aspirational.
But
this
is
my
third
budget
and
I
really
kind
of
want
to
start
seeing
some
real
serious,
like
return
on
investments
like
I.
Keep
talking
about
that
and
I
want
to
feel
the
impact.
What
I
hear
from
these
streets
is
like.
How
is
that
helping
me?
How
is
that
going
to
transform
my
life?
M
How
is
this
really
going
to
make
a
difference
and
I
think
that
that
level
of
understanding
is
something
that
I
can't
answer
right
and
we
we
try,
but
I,
just
don't
feel
like
we're
meeting
the
mark
and
I
think
that
when
we're
talking
about
speed
bumps
and
we're
talking
about,
you
know
rat
infestation
and
we're
talking
about
property
taxes.
Those
are
all
things
that
are
really
tangible
right.
That
people
can
see
wow.
M
This
is
this
is
the
return
on
the
investment
right,
especially
for
folks
who
have
dedicated
their
entire
lives
and
careers
to
the
city
of
Boston
and
can't
afford
to
stay
here
and
I
wanted
to
say
that
again
cannot
afford
to
stay
here.
M
So
I'm
encouraged
by
the
Bold
direction
that
we're
moving
in
and
the
robust
conversations
that
we're
going
to
be
having
during
this
budget
cycle,
but
I,
I,
I
I
still
am
just
I,
don't
know,
I
feel
like
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
and
I
don't
know
if
we
are
really
like
leading
with
the
people
that
are
most
impacted,
I
I
feel
like
we're,
there's
a
disconnect,
and
that
is
about
class.
M
That
is
a
big
issue
here
is
class,
not
just
race
and
and
race
is
important,
but
class
is
just
something
that
I
think
that
we
don't
lean
into
enough
and
and
I
think
that
we
would
all
be
better
by
really
looking
at
class
as
an
issue
of
disparity
here
in
the
city
of
Austin,
because
we
talk
about
Equity
a
lot
and
I
appreciate
it,
but
I
think
classes
it
shows
up
in
this
chamber.
It
shows
up
and
how
we
show
up.
M
It
shows
up
in
the
type
of
questions
that
we
ask
it
or
don't
ask
it
shows
up
in
the
numbers
that
are
reflected
here
and
how
we
talk
about
the
people
that
we're
here
to
serve.
All
of
those
things
are
important
to
me
and
I
will
continue
to
uplift
them
because
I
I
always
say
the
only
people
who
can
take
me
out
are
the
ones
that
put
me
in
and
I'm
not
here,
to
play
games
with
people's
lives
and
oftentimes.
We
play
a
lot
of
politics
in
negotiating
the
budget
cycle
and
everybody's
like
well.
M
It's
like
the
Hunger
Games,
but
I
always
say
you
know
we.
We
all
need
to
do
better
and
how
we
advocate
for
the
people
that
we
serve
and
I
look
forward
to
the
season
of
games
with
everyone.
Thank
you.
N
N
Think
that
you
know
counselor,
counselor
Baker
is
and
councilor
Mejia
are
really
hitting
the
nail
on
the
head
in
terms
of
what
the
budget
process
looks
like
and
I
think
that,
from
what
I'm
hearing
and
from
my
own
experience
during
this
budget
process,
we
are
having
conversations
with
all
the
counselors
to
ask
information
about
what
we
want
to
see,
whether
it
be
for
our
district
or
for
the
entire
city,
and
it
doesn't
seem
like
any
of
the
things
that
we
requested
were
included
in
this
budget.
N
And
so,
if,
as
City
councilors,
we
are
meant
to
be
the
representatives
of
the
constituents
of
the
city
and
we're
working
on
this
budget
collaboratively.
Then
what
is
the
administration
and
what
is
the
office
of
budget
management
telling
not
the
city,
the
city
councilors
and
by
proxy
our
constituents
about
what
their
needs
are
and
how
they're
going
to
be
included
and
reflected
in
this
budget?
It
was
disheartening
for
me
to
look
at
the
budget.
N
Both
the
capital
plan
and
the
budget
and
see
that
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
my
constituents
and
people
in
the
city
have
been
advocating
for
are
not
included
there
and
from
what
I'm
hearing
from
councilor
Mahia
what
I
hear
from
councilor
Baker
and
councilor
TFA
and
I'm
sure
that,
if
I
check
in
with
all
of
the
rest
of
my
Council
colleagues
they'll
have
similar
reactions
is
that
our
request
for
our
constituents
are
not
there,
and
so
who
are
you
listening
to?
N
How
is
the
administration
making
decisions?
I'm
really
really
happy
that
you
worked
collaboratively
with
the
Chiefs,
given
that
their
departments
are
going
to
be
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
implementing
the
budget
to
ask
them
what
they
need.
But
it's
not
just
about
them.
It's
about
what
the
people
on
the
ground
also
identify
as
their
priorities
and
maybe
they're
not
in
the
weeds
enough
to
request.
You
know:
hey.
N
We
need
two
efts
for
this
to
be
able
to
really
support,
3-1-1
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
but
they
are
in
the
weeds
enough
to
know
that
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
communities
are
not
getting
what
they
need
and
that
they
need
increased
support
for
their
speed
pumps
and
that
they
need
X,
Y
and
Z
done,
and
that
we
need
more
Hokies
to
pick
up
the
trash
on
the
street
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
And
so
this
is
our
second
time
going
through
this
budget
going
through
the
new
budget
process.
N
My
hope
is
that
the
council
can
come
together
as
a
body
to
really
look
at
the
kind
of
budget
that
we
want
to
see,
because,
ultimately,
that
is
what
it
is.
The
mayor
is
submitting
a
budget
to
us
and
this
body
is
going
to
submit
a
budget
to
the
mayor.
That
not
only
includes
your
priorities,
but
also
includes
the
priorities
of
our
constituents,
and
that
is
what
a
collaborative
process
looks
like,
and
so,
whether
or
not
you
you
know
veto
the
budget,
send
it
back.
N
My
hope
is
that
my
Council
callings
are
willing
to
stand
together
and
say
that
a
collaborative
budget-
one
that
not
only
includes
what
you've
said
to
us,
but
what
we
are.
What
we
need
to
see
on
there
is
is
gonna
move
forward
and
it's
the
thing
that
we're
going
to
vote
Yes
on
I,
have
questions
and
concerns
about
the
bps's
budget,
particularly
around
what
money
is
getting
to
the
actual
classrooms.
N
I
am
the
only
person
on
the
council
with
a
small
child.
Wps
I
have
a
child
with
special
needs,
who
is
in
a
full
inclusion
classroom
and
what
I'm
seeing
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
money
floating
around
at
BPS
and
our
teachers
are
saying
that
they
don't
have
the
things
that
they
need
in
their
classroom,
so
I'm
really
curious
about
how
much
money
is
going
into
hiring
and
how
top
heavy
BPS
is
and
I'm
going
to
be.
N
Looking
at
that
during
this
budget
process,
and
it's
really
going
to
influence
whether
or
not
I
vote
Yes
on
the
BPS
budget,
if
I
feel
like
the
money
is
not
actually
getting
to
the
students
or
the
teachers
on
the
ground.
I
understand
that
we
need
support
staff
and
also
there
is
there
is
such
thing
as
having
too
much
too
much
staff
to
manage
something
right.
Where
is
it
worth
the
staff
that
we're
paying
to
manage
something
if
the
money
isn't
getting
to
BPS
so
I?
Thank
you.
N
I'm
sure
that
this
was
an
incredible
labor
of
love
and
commitment
to
put
this
budget
forth,
but
it
is
not
it's.
This
is.
This
is
not
reflective
to
me
at
least,
and
you
know,
and
I
I
want
to
talk
to
the
rest
of
my
Council
colleagues
of
what
of
a
this
is
not
a
budget
that
reflects
or
even
sends
a
message
to
the
council.
N
Yes,
we
have
these
meetings
with
you,
you
let
us
know
what
you
wanted
and
we
at
all
considered
what
was
what
works
in
those
conversations,
so
that's
going
to
change
throughout
the
budget
process.
I
think
the
chair
for
all
of
her
work
and
I'm
excited
to
work
more
collaboratively
to
get
it
done.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
Council
R
counselor,
my
apologies
for
the
schedule
in
having
it
I've
tried
as
many
as
much
as
possible
to
have
some
virtual,
please.
You
know
my
my
kisses
to
your
son,
because
I
I
definitely
want
him
to
be
in
the
hearing.
Bring
him
if
you
must
we'll
all
take
turns
sitting
with
him
and
then
the
other
thing
is:
let's
talk
about
what
you
need
to
make
virtual
in
order
to
accommodate
that
in
terms
of
the
the
process
that
we're
all
talking
about.
A
A
If
we
were
to
be
transparent,
we
would
have
that
process
written
somewhere
and
Jim
I
appreciate
that
you
sent
the
email
early
on
with
the
timeline
and
the
process
I
have
not
I
have
yet
to
receive
the
memos
from
the
department.
Heads
I
would
like
to
compare
what
exactly
they
requested
and
what
the
administration
decided
to
agree
with
and
then
as
well
as
anything
any
Communications
from
the
my
colleagues.
My
colleagues,
of
course,
will
tell
me,
but
if,
if
you
have
comparisons,
then
we
can
actually
practically
look
at
it
and
say
here.
O
The
conversations
are
reasonable
and
then
no
one
if
the
public
is
not
allowed
to
say
yeah,
but
are
they?
Is
that
accurate?
Did
the
mayor
or
the
administration
actually
not
listen
to
the
counselors
right
and
so
I
think
it's
just
a
matter
of
making
things
very
transparent
and
it's
not
over.
Yet
the
mayor,
probably
the
mayor
and
the
administration,
you
guys
are
like
hey.
They
have
this
amendment
power,
the
least
we
give
them.
O
Then
the
more
we
can
negotiate.
Then
we
can
meet
halfway.
It's
like
when
you
go
to
an
interview.
You
want
to
ask
for
a
lot
of
money
so
that
at
least
you
can
land
in
the
middle
sort
of
thing,
and
this
is
what
it
feels
like.
But
it's
it's
not
it's.
It's
lacking
transparency,
because
the
process
is
nowhere
to
be
found.
It's
not
written
somewhere,
it's
not
formal
and
the
needs
assessment
in
terms
of
the
community
at
large
Boston
at
large.
You
actually
don't
have
that.
There's
been
no
study.
Disparity
study
done.
O
It
was
one
of
the
things
that
I
asked
in
my
budget
asks
to
do
a
disparity
study
before
we
can
actually
talk
about
whether
or
not
we
want
to
implement
a
non-profit,
a
third-party
company
or
some
sort
of
metrics
to
measure
equity
in
the
budget
before
we
could
do
that,
we
need
to
understand.
Is
the
system
actually
racist?
Are
we
perpetuating
perpetuating
a
racist
system
and,
if
we're
not,
then
we're
doing
well,
there's
no
need
for
improvement.
O
If
we
all
agree
that
there's
needs
for
improvement,
then
before
we
can
even
Implement
metrics,
we
need
to
understand
the
need.
There
has
been
no
assessment.
So
how
can
anyone
say
where
the
money
is
required?
We
can't
continue
to
be
sort
of
this
reactionary
policy.
People
where
we
just
put
Band-Aids
on
things,
because
the.
A
Squeaky
wheel
gets
the
warm
and
everybody
else
has
to
wait
or,
for
example,
there's
a
meeting
in
Charlestown
and
the
folks
in
Charlestown
said
swimming
pool.
We
need
a
swimming
pool.
300
active
voters
show
up
guess
what
the
very
next
budget
charlestown's
getting
swimming
pool,
but
Roxbury,
for
example,
JP
Agustin.
A
They
would
say
we
need
Workforce.
We
need
something
for
seniors.
We
need
something
for
kids
on
the
Spectrum
where's,
our
sensory
garden
and
guess
what
they've
been
asking
for
decades.
They
won't
get
it.
You
know
why
we
know
why,
because
those
communities,
the
less
affluent
communities,
are
not
integrated
as
a
community,
they
vote
less,
they
have
less
money.
The
classism
thing
that
Julia
is
talking
about
comes
with
me
here
and
so
in
order
for
us
to
implement
metrics
based
on
needs
based
on
of
transparent
process.
A
We
have
to
talk
about
this
stuff.
We
have
to
be
honest
about
it.
Some
people
are
not
loud
enough
because
they
don't
know
how
to
navigate
resources
because
they
don't
have
access
to
those
resources
because
they
are
disinvested,
and
so
they
just
not
heard-
or
you
do
your
best
from
your
desk
or
research.
In
front
of
you,
but
the
counselors
can
help.
We
know
what
our
constituents
need,
especially
this
group
of
counselors
we're
very
grassroot
we're
on
the
ground.
We
know
every
we
know
constituents,
we
know
every
business.
We
know
everything.
A
That's
going
on
another
shirt,
so
I
don't
think
the
conversation
is
over
yet
I
think
there's
still
room
for
negotiation
and
welcome
to
budget,
and
we
look
forward
to
more
conversations
as
you've
noticed.
I've
invited
you
to
a
lot
of
work
in
sessions.
I
hope
that
you
don't
take
that
personal
it's
needed.
Last
year,
we
just
felt
like
where's
Jim,
where's
obia,
like
where's
legal,
so
through
that
process.
A
K
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
to
work
with
you
guys
on
this
appreciate.