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From YouTube: Chattanooga FY24 Budget Education Session 1 - 5/9/23
Description
Chattanooga Budget Education Session 1 - 5/9/23
Agenda Items:
- Mayor Kelly's Introduction
- Revenue and Expense Overview
- Essential Costs
- City Council
- City Judge
- City Attorney
- Internal Audit
- Technology Services
- Purchasing
- Agencies
- Executive Branch
- Finance
- HR
A
Okay,
thank
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I'm
going
to
call
these
education
sessions
to
order.
The
mayor
is
going
to
be
here
in
a
few
minutes.
He
wants
to
make
some
comments
just
want
to
do
some
reality
check
with
you
all
I'm,
assuming
that
we
want
to
do
like
we've
done
in
past
years,
go
through
everything
that
and
ask
basic
questions
about
things.
However,
if
there's
something
that
you
want
to
spend
a
lot
more
time
on,
we
put
it
to
the
end
so
that
we
spend
time
on
what
you
really
want
to
talk
about.
A
Anybody
disagree
with
that.
It's
what
we've
done
in
the
past
I
think
we
probably
will
be
able
to
go
through
all
of
this
much
faster
than
five
sessions,
but
I
do
want
to
spend
quality
time
on
the
areas
that
really
mean
something
to
you
guys,
so
we'll
get
started
as
soon
as
the
mayor
gets
here.
I
hope
he's
on
his
way,
I
think
so,
and
the
presenters
will
be
Ryan
and
Vicki
tag
teaming
now.
A
The
other
thing
you
need
to
know
is
because
we're
streaming
we
have
office
of
finances,
writing
down
every
question
you
have
and
to
make
sure
that
that,
if
you
don't
get
your
answer
here,
they
can
get
you
a
fuller
answer.
Any
is
there
anything
else
you
want
to
make
this
go
as
smoothly
as
possible.
D
E
Right
I
apologize
for
my
tardiness.
It's
been
a
busy
morning.
Well,
I
will
dive
right
into
it.
Last
year.
Of
course,
we
we
presented
a
bold
budget
for
implementing
our
One
Chattanooga
plan
and
we
have
a
number
of
wins
to
show
for
last
year's
budget
from
a
significant
reduction
in
homelessness
to
to
addressing
violent
crime,
and
this
year's
budget
quite
simply
just
doubles
down
on
that
progress.
There's
no
tax
increase
for
residents.
E
Public
Safety
continues
to
be
a
top
priority,
with
nearly
half
the
budget
flowing
to
CPD
and
cfd
animals
prevention
work
and
reinforces
that
because
Community
Health
and
other
community
organizations
and
we're
proud
of
that
and
I
think
that's
a
key
strategy
working
with
Chief
Murphy,
and
there
are
a
number
of
new
Investments
that
I'm
also
excited
about
and
I
think
that
all
chat
news
will
appreciate
the
Walnut
Street
Bridge
renovation,
I
think
a
lot
of
people's
minds,
and
that
is
that's
in
the
budget:
three
million
dollars
for
new
and
improved
Parks,
Providence
Park
and
the
skate
park,
which
we
hear
a
lot
about
from
certain
quarters.
E
I
know
you
do
and
at
the
same
time
the
budget
also
reinforces
my
commitment
to
reform
city
government
efficient
and
Effective
Government.
It's
a
big
part
of
our
platform
and
I'm
quite
serious
about
that,
and
the
benefit
of
a
couple
of
years
of
perspective.
I
think
we
have
a.
We
have
an
opportunity
there
to
continue
progress,
we're
improving
City,
Service
delivery,
with
seven
new
refuse
trucks
and
four
new
driver
positions
and
we're
launching
a
new
cost
savings
incentive
program.
E
The
taxpayers
will
all
benefit
from
that
we're
also
streamlining
processes
and
reducing
overlaps
and
programs
and
positions
across
the
city,
so
the
taxpayer
dollars
are
put
to
work
where
they're
most,
where
they're
most
needed.
Part
of
that
you
know
is
making
the
hard
decision
to
eliminate
29
positions
that
had
become
redundant
again.
We
did
not
do
this
lightly.
We
did
it
after
deep
consideration
and
consultation.
It's
notable
that
that
only
14
people
were
affected.
There
were
only
only
14
people
in
affected
positions.
E
So
it's
again
we
feel
for
each
of
the
residents
and
or
rather
of
of
employees,
who
are
also,
of
course,
residents
and-
and
we
are
encouraging
them
to
apply
for
other
open
positions
at
the
city.
We
I
know,
at
least
in
one
case-
we've
already
been
able
to
place
somebody
into
it
too.
Now
so
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that
and
and
I
think,
we've
gone
a
little
over
and
above
what
the
EIG
calls
for
in
terms
of
helping
others
with
with
a
transition.
E
The
last
major
investment
I
want
to
talk
about
is
one
of
the
most
critical,
because
it's
an
investment
in
our
essential
staff
and
it's
something
that
people
ask
for
for
a
long
time,
and
that
is
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
a
step
plan
for
non-non
sworn
employees.
We've
heard
about
this,
it's
really
important
to
get
a
step
plan
right
so
that
it
does
not
simply
reward
time
and
job,
but
rather
Merit
as
well,
and
so
again,
we've
done
this
after
a
lot
of
thought
and
consideration.
E
It
provides
a
set
structure
for
incrementally
increasing
employee
pay
overtime
according
to
years
of
service
and
performance,
which
is
a
which
is
a
top
priority
for
staff
and,
of
course,
for
the
administration.
E
Our
teams
are
made
up
of
some
of
the
most
talented
and
dedicated
Public
Service
public
servants
in
in
the
city
in
the
state,
and
this
paid
plan
is
going
to
ensure
that
we
retain
that
essential
Workforce
and
attract
new
talent
in
the
future,
and-
and
it
really
is
about
Talent
retention.
Ultimately
we're
you
know.
Every
entity
in
the
city
is
in
a
battle
for
talent,
and
the
city
is
no
different.
We
have
to
have
a
competitive
plan.
E
This
puts
us
in
a
in
a
much
better
position,
so
the
bottom
line
is
the
this
budget's
going
to
continue
to
drive
forward
our
goals
and
our
values
and
set
forth,
and
the
one
Chattanooga
plan
and
I'm
really
grateful
for
your
ongoing
support
in
the
work
and
Vicki
I.
Guess
you
can
take
it
from
here.
Okay,.
C
You
know,
there's
not
great
new
things
to
announce,
but
there
it's
a
solid
plan
to
get
get.
What
we
promised
done.
The
most
important
thing
before
we
get
started
is
I
want
to
let
everybody
know
that
the
city
of
Chattanooga
Chattanooga
is
fiscally
strong
and
we
plan
to
continue
that,
let's
start
with
Revenue
overview,
that's
going
to
be
on
page
B,
one
under
the
revenue
tab.
C
C
The
major
changes,
property
tax
and
sales
tax
they
make
up
80
of
our
Revenue
property
taxes,
are
set
at
normal
natural
growth.
At
about
a
two
percent
growth
rate
sales
taxes
are
set
at
our
current
collection
trend,
other
local
taxes.
You
can
see
that
in
the
Box
on
the
corner.
What
makes
that
up?
C
There
are
the
only
significant
change
is.
We
are
budgeting
gross
receipts
at
near
the
current
level
of
collection
and
that's
a
1.3
million
dollar
increase
and
just
of
note,
the
state
has
enacted
some
changes
to
the
sales
tax
and
gross
receipts
for
the
coming
year
and
we're
going
to
keep
a
good
other.
The
intergovernmental
is
the
top
right
hand
corner,
and
there
are
really
no
significant
changes
in
the
revenue
there.
C
C
C
C
Other
changes
that
you'll
see
throughout
travel
was
reduced
back
to
the
23
level.
Due
to
high
vacancy
rates
in
23.
There
was
a
lot
of
attrition
we've
trimmed
that
back
about
a
million
dollars,
so
you'll
see
attrition
changes
throughout
you
care
I
can
give
you
the
account
number.
Please
want
that
much
detail.
C
The
attrition
is
seen
in
accounts,
601199,
that's
for
salaries
and
six
one,
one,
nine
nine
four
benefits
and
it
says
attrition,
that's
pretty
easy
to
tell
throughout
the
Departments
we
talked
about
Fleet
Capital
when
we
met
was
that
fleet
has
sufficient
reserves,
so
we're
able
to
reduce
the
fleet
lease
rate,
we're
reducing
the
capital
part
of
that
by
half,
so
where
that's
applicable,
you're,
going
to
see
a
reduction
in
line
731401
and
it
says
Fleet
lease
also
new
this
year,
we're
charging
120
dollars
for
employee
to
begin
accumulating
funds
for
the
well
Advantage
Center
building
and
those
will
be
new
charges
in
six
one
one.
C
Us,
okay,
yeah,
but
just
so
that
you
kind
of
know
where
these
are.
We
ended
up
with
no
increase
in
pension
rate
contributions.
We
have
increase
in
the
dollars,
but
not
in
the
percentage
against
the
salaries.
B
Okay,
so
for
employees
no
health
insurance
increase
in
July
all
right.
However,
we
the
city's
absorbing
it.
So
there
should
be
a
three
percent,
roughly
a
three
percent
premium
increase
in
July
for
the
sit
for
the
employee
and
the
employer,
but
the
city's
absorbing
that
three
percent
all
right
now
come
we're.
We're
changing
the
plan
year
this
year
for
our
health
insurance,
and
so
this
is
an
odd
year
where
it's
a
six-month
health
insurance
plan,
and
so
there
will
be
a
new
plan
that
starts
in
January
and
runs
for
12
months
January
to
December.
B
And
so
when
that
plan
starts,
there
will
be
a
six
percent
premium
increase
for
both
the
employee
and
the
employer.
When
that
happens,
that
will
be
passed
through.
So
at
that
point
the
employee
will
have
a
six
percent
premium
increase
and
the
employer.
The
city
will
have
a
six
percent
premium
increase,
but
in
July
the
city
will
pick
up
both
portions
for
the
employee
and
the
employer.
G
B
No
it's
going
up
regardless
in
January
independent
of
we're
not
we're
not
like
just
deferring
it
and
then
charging
people
later
it's
going
up
regardless
in
January
like.
B
So
these
are
two
different
rate
increases
and
but
we're
picking
up
the
first
rate
increase
on
for
our
employees,
but
we
just
can't
you
know
we're
in
a
place
right
now.
If
you
look
at
generally
employee
employee,
employer
relationship,
the
employer
cover
a
benchmark
is
about
80
percent
to
20
percent,
so
the
employer
picks
up
about
80
percent.
The
employee
picks
up
about
20
percent
of
the
cost.
Right
now
the
city
of
Chattanooga
picks
up
about
81
percent
and
the
employee
picks
up
about
19,
and
so
we
have
to
be
able
to.
B
We
need
it
over
time,
shift
a
little
bit
closer
to
80
20.
we're
not
doing
that.
We're
we're
just
holding
at
that
8119
with
this.
But
if
we
don't,
if
we
don't
pass
that
through
in
January,
we
will
lose
ground
from
that
81.19
and
put
us
in
the
wrong
direction.
So
we're
just
trying
not
to
lose
ground
in
January.
D
A
H
I've
probably
got
a
couple
more
questions
on
that,
but
I'll
I'll
do
it
later.
So
do
you
want
me
to
make
a
note,
or
you
want
to
do
it
on
your
own
I'll?
Do
it
on
my
own,
oh
yeah,
that
still
is
not
driving
with
me.
Okay,.
B
And
we
can
set
up
time
councilwoman
with
Mandy,
and
you
know
that's
handled
with
HR
and
benefits,
and
so
we
can
set
up
separate
time
to
go
through
that
in
more
detail.
If
that's
helpful,
okay,
yeah.
H
C
Then
two
other
points
before
we
move
on
to
individual
is
one
of
the
other
big
pieces
that
we
have.
In
addition
to,
pension
is
opeb,
but
opeb
has
an
every
other
year
Actuarial
review,
and
this
is
not
the
year,
so
there's
no
change
in
of
them
other
than
the
dollars
attributed
to
salaries
and
throughout
the
budgets.
If
you
want
to
see
the
impact
of
the
civilian
pay
plan,
there
are
accounts
for
those.
Those
are
six:
zero,
nine,
nine,
nine,
nine
and
six
one,
nine,
nine,
nine
nine!
So
I'll
give
you
a
list
of
these
accounts.
C
C
Here
I
just
took
the
the
list
so
that
we
have
so
that
we
can
see
all
together
what
we
have
I'm
going
to
just
walk
through
the
highlights
not
hit
everything
and
that's
going
to
be.
What
we
do
throughout
the
day
is
hit
the
highlights.
We
have
a
increase
in
debt
service.
This
allows
for
issuance
of
up
to
15
million
dollars
in
bonds.
C
C
The
RNR
is
an
additional
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
this
year
and
then,
when
you
look
through
your
list
on
b35,
you
see
fourth
FY
23
they're
down
in
an
individual
departments
but
in
the
24
budget,
they're
all
in
finance
and
we
always
put
it
in
finance
and
then
allocate
it
out
as
it's
used
throughout
the
year.
So
that's
why
those
look
different.
What.
B
G
B
It's
for
items
that
cost
you
know.
Capital
are
more
expensive
items
things
that
cost
like
fifty
thousand
dollars
or
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
This
is
for
things
that
cost
like
ten
thousand
dollars
like
a
mower
or
it's
smaller
equipment,
things
that
need
to
be
replaced,
but
aren't
quite
expensive
enough
to
be
capital
in
the
capital
budget.
C
A
A
That's
right
and
so
you're
we're
talking
about
general
fund
Capital.
It
says
Capital
reserves,
so
we're
funding
it,
but
people
shouldn't
look
at
this
as
it's
out
of
reserves.
If
I'm
asking
that
correct,
correct
all
right,
because
sometimes
that's
confusing
our
budget
is
much
bigger
than
what
the
general
fund
is.
In
fact,
our
Capital
reserves
are
very
big
and
our
special
funds,
and
we
don't
have
a
35
million
dollar
budget.
We
have
close
to
a
billion
dollars.
If
you
look
at
everything,
and
so
people
sometimes
get
confused.
A
C
The
other
the
biggest
thing
on
this
page
is
the
liability
insurance
fund.
We
are
adding
a
million
six
to
that
and
then
there's
a
the
mixed
drink.
Education
line
is
a
decrease
and
that
reflects
our
mixed
drink
taxes
budgeted
less.
So
this
is,
we
pay
half
to
the
cities
to
the
county
schools,
so
that's
that
shows
the
reduction
that
we
pay
there.
C
Let's
see
technology
replacement
fund
is
a
decrease
this
year
because
there
are
sufficient
reserves
there
to
take
care
of
Technology
replacement.
That's
really
it
for
the
major
changes
on
essential
cause.
Our
unknown
unknowns
is
pretty
much
flat.
G
C
G
C
C
C
That's
it
it's
more
in
operations,
It's,
a
combination,
the
salaries
and
benefits
are
a
decrease,
and
that's
primarily
because
of
health
insurance
elections,
so
that
there's
a
decrease
on
the
Personnel
side,
but
that's
offset
by
some
increase
that
is
in
operations
and
the
biggest
piece
is
inbound.
If
you
turn
to
the
detailed
lines
on
page
45,
the
biggest
change
is
in
contract.
Other
contracted
services.
A
A
A
Well,
yeah,
one
of
the
things
that
council's
been
looking
at
and
we,
the
chair,
has
asked
that
we
let
Council
know
about
expenses
and
stuff,
and
it
was
in
the
packet
last
week
and
and
so
to
to.
We
haven't
spent
everything
that
we
have
this
year
and
and
we're
going
to
be
making
some
decisions
which
Madam
chair
will
talk
about
later.
This
isn't
the
time
to
talk
about
it.
But
the
thing
is:
it's:
it's
misleading!
We
don't
have
a
ten
thousand
dollar
increase.
A
A
G
G
Does
that
does
because
it
resets
every
budget
year?
It
resets
I,
know
that
but
I'm
here
long
enough
to
understand
that
right,
but
if
it's
not
used
what's
left
over,
goes
back
into
the
general
budget
correct.
So
you
essentially
when
you
say
a
ten
thousand
dollar
increase,
could
actually
we
could
be
below
on
budget
every
year.
C
C
A
A
Well,
we
didn't
we
found
when
we
were
reviewing
the
budget
as
I'm
sure
you
know.
By
now
seven
thousand
dollars
just
was
which
was
thrown
in
our
pot,
which
we
had
never
okayed.
It's
been
cleaned
up
now
it
was
I.T
stuff
that
somebody
didn't
know
where
to
put
so
they
threw
it
in
our
pot
and
we've
got
it
all
cleaned
up
now.
So
we
can
assume
that
everything
in
this
budget
every
every
plus
and
minus
now
that
we
have
is
correct
and
that
the
money
we
really
have
left
we
really
have
left.
Is
that
correct.
A
A
We
can
assume
that
all
of
this
is
ours
and
it's
not
thrown
in
to
pay
for
something
from
some
other
department.
I.
Think
that's
awesome!
Thank
you.
Okay.
Thank
you.
C
Judges
are,
are,
they
are
under
b35
GG,
sorry,
the
G30
b41
under
GG
counselor,
we
already
Council
shoot.
Yeah
we've
had
a
good
discussion
here.
B47
under
GG
judges
there
yeah
alrighty.
This
one
is
a
decrease
of
eighty
one
thousand
dollars
that
that's
about
an
11
decrease
it.
It
goes
from
600
and
it's
636
thousand
dollars
this
year
as
compared
to
717
last
year.
C
The
biggest
change
is
the
closing
of
division,
one
with
judge,
Baines
retirement
and
the
reason
there's
not
a
larger
decrease
is
that
these
positions
were
funded
for
approximately
eight
months
and
third
in
FY
23,
which
only
left
a
reduction
of
four
months.
So
that's
why
it's
not
as
large
as
you
would
expect,
and
that
is
pretty
much
the
only
change
that
makes
up
the
difference
here.
A
Will
we
be
making
any
well?
How
are
we
understanding
that
the
addition
of
an
administrative
Missouri
officer
will
impact
the
docket
of
the
court
now
I,
don't
know.
Is
that
something
we
should
be
thinking
about,
because
we're
looking
at
ways
to
pay
the
administrative
hearing
officer
their
staff
enforcement
people?
C
B
So
so
the
funding
Chris,
you
got
the
breakdown
of
the
you
know
all
of
the
aho
that
councilwoman
Vice,
chair,
Hill,
asked
for
right.
Does
any
of
that
include
any
city
court
support
at
all?
We
allocated
fifteen
thousand
dollars
if
that's
enough
for
the
cost
across
the
administrative
hearing
officer,
total
yeah.
A
It's
cases
one
of
the
things
we
did
was
we
looked
at
the
administrative
hearing
officer
as
someone
as
a
position
that
could
better
meet
the
needs
because
of
Constitution
and
fines
and
stuff
like
that.
So
if
there's
going
to
be
a
downgrade
in
the
number
of
cases,
this
is
just
an
idle
question.
It
would
seem
that
costs
would
go
down
because
they're
handling
a
whole
area
of
fewer
cases
and
I
just
wondered
if
anybody
has
attended
to
that.
Councilwoman
held
rightly
asked.
How
are
we
going
to
pay
for
it.
A
B
F
The
the
aho
cost,
the
15
000,
that's
specific
to
the
estimated
cost
for
the
short-term
vacation
rental.
That
cost
is
covered
in
the
fee
cost
like
there's
the
revenue
from
the
fees.
So
we
do
have
some
offset
there.
F
F
15
000,
that's
expected
good.
It's
at
least
covered
with
the
short-term
vacation
rental,
license
fees,
permanent
fees.
A
Okay,
so
my
only
question
is
from
hearing
from
looking
at
the
aho
ordinance,
there's
all
kinds
of
stuff
in
there
other
than
short-term
vacation,
rentals
and
so
I
think
it's
going
to
end
up
being
a
bigger
job
and
take
more
load
off
of
city
court
and
have
we
looked
at
any
of
that
balance
and
you
know
just
bringing
it
up
for
your
consideration.
B
G
I
Not
ultimately,
my
decision,
but
I
can
speak
to
it
of
the
New
York
City,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
DRC.
Okay,
this
is
not
a
permanent
position.
This
is
basically
you
know.
The
closest
the
closest
would
be
the
law
firm
in
the
contract.
C
There
was
a
decrease
in
the
city
attorney's
office
of
forty
five
thousand
dollars.
This
is
1.9
million
dollars
compared
to
two
million
dollars.
There
are
no
changes
in
positions.
The
biggest
thing.
If
we
look
at
the
detail,
is
a
decrease
in
health
benefit
election
same
thing.
If
somebody
chooses
single
of
a
family,
it
change,
it
saves
us
because
we
budget
at
the
family-
and
they
had
some
vacancies
last
year,
yeah
23.,
and
they
also
have
a
decrease
in
technology
because
of
the
technology
costs
moving
to
TS.
B
Yeah
I
just
want
to
sit
on
that
real
quick,
so
you'll
see
this
in
many
departments
where
it
says
operations,
removal
of
I.T
maintenance
costs
transferred
to
DTS.
So
that
will
be
a
theme
because
we
made
this
conscious
decision
to
move
I.T
maintenance
from
all
other
departments
to
be
centralized
within
technology
services.
So
that
is
there's
a
lot
of
accounting
movement
of
of
dollars
from
different
departments.
It'll
show
as
a
minus
for
a
lot
of
departments
and
they'll
show
us
a
big
plus
for
technology
services.
So
it'll
look
like
technology.
B
Services
budget
is
exploding
when
we
get
there,
but
it's
really
just
moving.
Most
of
it
is
just
moving
these.
You
know
what
was
in
other
departments
in
terms
of
maintaining
these
I.T
systems
into
technology,
Services,
where
it
should
be
getting
maintained
in
the
first
place.
So
just
wanted
to
you
know:
soften
the
blood.
I
D
C
B
Probably
worth
a
separate
Converse,
separate
presentation,
even
at
some
point,
but
by
doing
this
James
cutcliffe
within
technology
Services
has
already
saved
the
city,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
by
having
one
Department
come
and
say:
Hey
I
want
to
do
this,
and
him
saying
well,
actually
this
other
Department's
already
doing
that
we
have
a
license
for
it.
Let's
just
add
some
more
users
for
it.
Instead
of
getting
a
new.
I
B
B
C
C
C
D
C
D
A
B
C
About
that,
GIS
is
moving
from
Public
Works
under
the
umbrella
DTS.
B
B
They
do.
They
eliminated
four
vacant
positions.
So
when
we
talk
about
the
29
bacon,
you
know
29
positional
eliminations.
There
were
four
here
in
technology
services,
so
those
things
offset
a
bit,
so
you
can
see
at
the
on
the
top
chart
salaries
and
wages,
even
though
their
total
budget
is
up
three
million
dollars,
it's
not
in
salaries
and
wages,
it's
actually
down
six
percent
salaries
and
wages,
and
that's
including
the
step
plan,
increase,
that's
included
here
right
and
so,
even
with
all
of
that
movement,
they're
Personnel
is
down
six
percent.
B
All
the
increase
here
is
because
of
the
movement
of
it
maintenance
from
other
departments
in
in
here.
So
that's
3.3,
3.4
million
dollars,
movement
in
from
other
departments
and
that's
what's
driving
the
budget
increase
here
for
technology
services.
C
B
I
do
want
to
brag
on
on
the
technology
Services
team
here
a
key
dependency
for
us
to
get
that
cyber
security
insurance
was
the
multi-factor
authentication
which
we
were
behind
the
times
and
getting
and
from
the
moment
we
said,
go
the
technology,
Services
team
Brendan
really
led
the
charge
with
that,
and
they
very
methodically
rolled
that
out
across
all
City
departments.
B
Some,
that's
a
big
change
for
people
when
change
can
be
tough
and
Department
by
department
they
executed
it.
We
have
it
completely
implemented
across
all
departments
and
now
because
of
that,
we
can
get
the
cyber
security
insurance.
So
it's
a
pretty
big
Milestones
thanks
to
Brendan
and
team,
so
some
big
big
big
movement
there
yeah.
C
B
Kevin,
it
was
requisitioners
within
Public
Works
and
move
those
into
purchasing
when
Tom
Puck
left
Brent
decided
to
put
that
program
and
then
the.
I
A
B
D
C
B
Could
still
prove
the
concept
with
one
and
either
way
it's
just
sitting
there.
Ross
will
start
here,
I'm
counting
the
weeks
about
four
weeks,
and
at
that
point
we
can
talk
this
through
and
and
get
it
off
the
ground
and
rolling.
But
in
the
meantime,
Kevin
has
worked
with
a
lot
of
departments
to
get
our
requisition
processes
much
more
compliant,
and
that
was
part
of
why
we
wanted
to
do
this
pilot
was
because
we
were
struggling
with
compliant
purchases.
B
In
the
meantime,
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
partnership
in
business
process
Improvement
to
get
to
a
stronger
spot.
So
that's
another
reason
we
felt
like
maybe
the
needs
not
as
strong
there,
but
there
still
could
be
an
opportunity
to
do
better.
So
we
just
reduced
the
scope.
We
still
think
there's
opportunity
to
innovate
but
scale
back.
A
Requisitions
coming
air
is
everything
coming
through
you
now
through
your
department,
or
is
it
still
siled
no
I
mean
all
the
requisitions
are
for
the
most
part.
What
I
want
to
know
is
we
are
getting
rid
of
the
good
old
boy
system,
where
departments
are
siled
and
everybody
doesn't
have
a
chance
to
be
on
an
equal
playing
field.
That's
what
I'm,
looking
for
and
I
think
that's
some
of
the
changes
that
we've
made
over
the
last
year.
G
So
this
question
might
be
directed
to
Ryan.
So
when
we
see
a
pattern
of
vacant
positions
across
the
city
and
they
haven't
been
fulfilled,
or
is
that
because
they
are
not
being
applied
for
or
were
closely
monitoring
to
see
if
we
actually
need
them
in
in
the
name
of
efficiency
or
have
were
they
at
one
time
inflated
and
we're
catching?
That
now
is
that,
can
you
talk
about
that?
A
little
bit.
B
I'll
say
I
mean
it's:
we
it's
been
an
interesting
exercise
over
the
past
few
months,
as
we've
looked
at
all
the
vacancies,
I
would
say
all
host
of
reasons
in
terms
of
why
there's
vacancies
for
the
most
part,
we
don't
have
many
vacancies
that
get
posted
and
don't
get
filled.
I
mean
there
are
some.
There
are
some
because
they
don't
have
the
right
price
point
or
salary
offering
point
in
the
market
and
we
have
to
chronically
repost
and
we
just
struggled
to
fill.
B
There
are
some
of
those
that
exist
and
there
you
know
this
is
an
exceptional
situation
with
Kevin,
where
we
had
never
posted
those
positions.
B
We
held
those
vacancies
waiting
for
the
time
to
Pilot
that
situation,
and
so
those
vacancies
were
held,
they
were
never
actually
posted,
so
they've
run
the
gamut
I
would
say,
and
then
there's
scenarios
where
well
it's
vacant
just
because
it
happened
to
be
in
the
cycle
of
someone
retired
or
someone
turned
over,
and
we
at
that
point
in
time
it
happens
to
be
vacant,
but
it's
a
critical
role
that
we
have
to
fill,
and
so
it's
impossible
to
treat
a
vacant
position.
B
G
And
you
probably
answered
my
question:
they're,
not
all
lumped
under
I.
Guess
one
umbrella
are
classified
as
they're,
they
are,
they
are
being
viewed
and
watched
and
they
have
specific.
D
C
C
A
So
the
the
explanation
for
folks
who
are
really
interested
in
certain
agencies
is
even
though
an
agency
was
funded
in
2022
they're,
not
in
the
budget
for
2023.
Is
there
a
way
I
can
find
out
under
agencies?
Is
there
a
way
I
can
find
out
where
that
went
and
that
it
funded
or
didn't
get
funded?
Because
that's
the
questions
we
have?
Okay,
no,
you
know
where
I'm
going
with
this
I.
C
C
A
A
A
That's
right
right
and
so
people
agencies
are
the
area
where
we
have
a
lot
of
questions
and
because
that's
what
people
care
about,
and
so
how
do
we
have
I
would
love
a
spreadsheet.
You've
got
the
data,
oh
and
I.
Don't
really
care
about
2022
I.
Think
the
blank
means
that
we
went
to
a
so
under
2023
would
be
the
world's
new
system
look
elsewhere.
D
C
C
A
B
A
A
C
C
A
D
C
A
C
C
The
library
is
flat,
Human
Services
fund
and
Community
Development
Fund
are
the
pieces
that
we
put
over
to
fund
extra
salaries
and
indirect
costs
and
things
that
the
grants
can't
fund
and
for
Human
Services.
Their
portion
of
that
came
from
fund
balance
last
year,
so
we're
picking
up
a
full
ride.
This
time
there
really
are
not
big
changes
within
this
other
than
the
RFP
process.
B
Did
in
order
to
stay
flat,
because,
obviously
it's
a
little
bit
different
than
the
others,
many
of
the
others
listed
here.
They
want
to
have
the
pay
plan,
the
step
plan
that
we
are
offering
the
rest
of
our
employees.
So,
in
order
to
stay
flat,
you
know
they
had
to
look
for
vacancies
to
eliminate
other
positions
as
well.
Looking
for
other,
you
know
those
kinds
of
opportunities.
So,
yes,
there
were
there's
positions
in
our
net.
29
positions
eliminated
that
our
library
positions.
H
So
the
library
of
course
you
don't
want
to
have
a
question
so
the
the
ones
that
what
14
you
said
was
was
eliminated.
B
H
B
B
An
executive
assistant
role
was
vacant
and
was
eliminated
and
then
in
terms
of
filled
positions
for
page
positions,
they're
called
pages,
but
four
page
positions
were
eliminated.
H
So,
what's
so
definition
of
page
position,
what
did
they
do.
I
Wearing
and
so
they've
formed
those
those
tasks
and
no
other
tasks,
as
we
have
raising
the
Ninja.
H
Okay,
okay,
so
what
were
the
other
ones
that
were
the
other
positions
that
were
laid
off?
That
was
four
right.
B
D
B
Four
laid
off
two
were
vacant,
so
six
total
positions
and
bet
with
it,
that's
what
they
needed
to
do
and
then
they
had
they
eliminated
their
olymp
they're
in
the
process
of
eliminating
coffee
services,
which
will
eliminate
about
eighty
thousand
dollars
of
cost
and
a
couple
other
operational
savings
items
as
well,
so
they
had
to
find
about
two
or
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
savings.
B
H
B
You
know
I
can
kind
of
describe
a
little
bit
at
the
top
of
the
organizational
chart.
There
is
the
executive
director
there's
a
deputy
executive
director
such
as
Richard's
overall
and
then
there
was
a
chief
administrative
officer
which
is
Jason's
role,
and
that's
where
we
saw
some
some
redundance
and
you
know
we
didn't
I,
didn't
see
a
need
to
have
both
the
deputy
executive
director
and
a
chief
administrative
officer.
B
So
that's
why,
as
as
Richard
left
seemed
like,
we
could
get
rid
of
that
position,
which
fortunately
was
vacant
at
that
point,
so
we
removed
that
role
now
other
than
that
there's
a
director
of
development
who
is
focused
on
fundraising
is
a
little
bit
more
focused
on
the
friends
of
the
library
and
trying
to
raise
funds
outside
of
taxpayer
dollars.
There
is
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
Holocaust
exhibit
that
came
so
that's
an
example
of
where
we
as
a
city,
benefit
from
having
that
position.
B
G
H
Because
I
would
like
to
Circle
back
around
with
you
all
on
on
those
positions
sure,
because
even
though
one
has
been
eliminated
because
it
was
vacant
still
to
me,
seems
like
there's
a
lot
of
redundancy
in
those
positions
where
someone
could
probably
take
on
what
is
being
done
with
that
someone
else
is
doing,
and
then
it
was
just
four
that
was
under.
That
was
the
lowest
on
the
my
terminology,
totem
pole,
that
was
in
the
librarian.
Only
one
in
the
upper
management
right,
yeah.
B
Were
all
part-time
positions?
The
pages
were
part-time.
They
have
been
with
the
library
for
quite
a
while.
So
you
know
most
of
them,
I
think
some
of
them
are
more
recent,
but
most
of
them
have
been
here
for
quite
a
while.
But
yes,
they
were
a
part-time
position.
A
I
Smith
I'm
sure
just
Ryan
clarification.
You
mentioned
the
positions
for
that
were
filled
and
two
that
were
unfilled,
that
the
budget
stayed
the
same.
You
I
think
you
explained
that
before,
but
just
to
clarify.
Why
is
the
budget
the
same
when
we
eliminated
positions,
yeah.
B
So,
essentially,
you
know
the
where
the
goal
was
to
for
the
budget
to
stay
the
same.
It's
the
only
one
of
the
only
city
Apartments,
where
the
budget
will
be
zero.
Almost
every
other
department
we'll
see
some
kind
of
budget
increase
as
we
go
through
all
these
other
departments
and
the
reason
they're
staying
they
are.
B
You
know
that
they're
they're
having
salary
increases
for
the
remaining
team
members
right
and
so
for
the
civilian
step
plan,
the
non-sworn
step
plan
hourly
team
members,
which
will
at
some
point
probably
get
into
more
detail
with
y'all.
But
that's
going
to
range
from
you
know
about
a
third
of
our
hourly
team
members
will
get
a
scene
between
a
two
and
three
percent
pay
increase.
B
But
you
know
two-thirds
of
our
hourly
team
members
will
see
between
see
more
than
a
four
percent
pay
increase
if
they've
been
here
for
quite
a
while,
and
so
that's
where
for
folks
who
work
at
the
library
for
them
to
be
able
to
participate.
In
that
you
know
we
were
trying
to
offset
that
with
these
savings
that
they
could
come
in
flat
and
do
that
in
a
responsible
way,
so
that
there
was
an
additional
there
was
not
additional.
B
You
know,
financing
from
the
city
overall,
so
that
was
the
goal
was
to
try
to
balance
that
out.
Okay,
so.
I
I
B
Not
need
to
be
the
same
yeah
it's
somewhere
around
I
mean
it's.
So
it's
again,
there's
other
there's
other
elements
to
this
yeah.
We.
A
H
Just
want
one
quick
question,
then
we
can
move
on,
and
so
let
me
make
sure
I
understood
what
you're
saying
the
only
increase
that
was
was
given
to
the
employees
at
the
library
was.
The
hourly
did
I
hear
you
correctly
on
that
or
did
I
misunderstand.
B
Well,
I
didn't
quite
finish
so
so
that's
for
the
per
hour
I
was
describing
what
the
hourly
impact
is
for
salaried.
It's
two
percent
they're
getting
folks,
are
getting
landed
on
their
on
their
steps
of
this
pay
plan
and
then
they're
getting
two
steps
and
again
that's
city-wide.
B
So
that's
the
that's.
The
impact
for
salaried
employees.
A
You
all
right
so
here's
my
plan
we're
going
to
break
we're
going
to
do
executive
branch,
finance
and
administration
I,
don't
know
that
there
have
been
any
issues
there,
we're
gonna
break
for
about
30
minutes
for
lunch,
and
then
we
may
even
move
into
next
some
of
next
week.
So
if
you're
I
think
you
told
me
you'd
be
prepared,
okay,
all
right
good!
So
let's
go
to
the
exact
I'm!
Sorry.
Is
there
anything
else
where
they're?
If.
C
A
C
C
F
C
A
F
So
they've
worked
so
hard
to
make
these
Vines.
C
C
C
We
eliminated
one
part-time
position
did
attrition
for
three
positions
to
hire
later
in
the
year,
moved
I.T,
maintenance
to
DTS,
and
the
other
big
thing
is.
When
we
receive
the
local
option
sales
tax
from
the
county,
we
get
to
pay
them
a
one
percent
fee
and
that
increase
225
000
based
on
Revenue
assumptions.
C
The
fourth
line
down
has
a
big
bracket
of
185
000..
When
we
we
have
one
position
that
we're
trying
to
figure
out
if
we
truly
need
or
don't
need
it's
related
to
our
software.
So
we
are
just
kind
of
parking
that
until
we
see
where
we
land
on
after
we
have
some
help
come
in.
So
that's
fully
treated
we're
not
planning
to
fill
that,
and
then
we
have
two
other
positions
that
we
will
not
fill
if
we
do
until
Midway
through
the
year.
A
C
A
A
Human
Resources
we
stopping
for
what
okay,
no
I
forgot,
Human
Resources,
all
right,
I,
really
think
we're
going
to
get
on
to
next
week's
schedule.
Okay,
thank
you.
C
C
Every
other
year
you
have
police
evaluation,
police,
promotional,
one-year
fire
promotional
another,
and
this
is
going
to
be
the
year.
24
will
be
the
year
for
police
promotionals,
so
they're
moving
the
cost
for
all
that
promotional
to
the
Department.
B
This
this
net
increase
of
one
position
is
not
really
a
plus.
It's
moving
it
from
another
fund.
It's
moving
it
from
Health
and
Wellness
internal
service
fund
into
HR
department
proper.
So
it's
just
an
accounting
shift.
It's
not
really
a
true
ad.
B
I
actually
think
we
have
the
opposite
problem.
What
is
it
right?
Well,
we
and
some
people
disagree
with
this,
but
certain
positions
we
again
if
it's
not
the
right
price
point,
we
struggle
sure
to
hire
right,
but
one
of
the
challenges
with
this
particular
budget
is
that
our
vacancy
rate
has
been
much
lower
this
year
because
because
we're
paying
we're
accounting
for
people's
level
of
experience,
we're
feeling
positions
faster
versus
during
covid
and
years
prior,
where
we
weren't
paying
enough,
we
couldn't
fill
positions.
D
B
B
Was
referring
yes,
but
at
the
same
time
we
are
we're
filling
positions
fast
enough
that
it
causes
us
budget
pressure
that
creates
a
different
challenge
for
us.
So
there's
a
bit
of
a
balancing
act
in
terms
of
bringing
people
in
a
little
bit
if
we
bring
them
in
much
faster,
we're
going
to
create
a
different
problem
for
ourselves.
So
we
have
to
be
cognizant
of
the
applicant's
experience,
but
also
the
budget
experience
and
weighing
those
things
out.
So
we
have
that's.
B
B
B
A
B
I
B
You,
don't
you
can't
it's
not
showing
up
on
this
page
but
they're.
One
of
the
14
filled
positions
you'll,
see
that
this
afternoon
and
attorney
client
session,
the
breakdown
of
positions
more
detailed
but
it'll
show
there.
B
So
one
of
the
fill
positions
that
was
eliminated
was
the
firm
HR
Okay.
B
B
B
Increases
one:
that's
a
net
increase
of
there
were
two
transferred
in
and
one
was
eliminated.
So
it's
a
net
of
one.
That's
that's
what
I
wanted
to
okay.
Thank
you.
D
A
Tell
you
what
too,
let's
get
let's
get
back
together
in
about
35
minutes
and
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
is
police
fire,
Public,
Works,
I,
think
those
are
biggies
and
we
may
get
to
parks
and
ask
for
so.
We've
got
a
deadline.
Madam
chair,
we
don't
really
have
till
3
30,
because
you
want
to
start
at
three
thirds
with
the
agenda
session.
What
time
do
you
want
us
to
pick
here,
all
right,
we'll
we'll
be
finishing
by
three
and
see
how
much
we
can
get
in
okay,
a
35
minute
break.
Thank
you.