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On this episode of CityTalk, John interviews Emily Bourne from the Office of Special Events, Jennifer Olzinger from the Office of Management & Budget, and Grace Kim from the Department of Innovation & Performance.
A
B
A
B
Most
of
my
background,
prior
to
starting
here
at
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
is
and
public
affairs
on
a
local
government
level,
and
mostly
in
community
affairs
as
well,
so
where
I've
worked
in
the
past
for
other
local
governments,
that's
entailed
what
is
wrapped
into
special
events
here,
gotcha
so
programming
like
that.
So.
A
B
B
B
B
Manageable
because
I
inherited
this
programming
from
my
supervisor,
who
took,
who
handled
it
last
year
and
so
I
had
a
really
good
foundation.
Plus
we
have
two
part-time,
seasonal
staff,
members,
Qian
and
Olivia
to
shout
out
to
them.
They
are
on-site.
Every
single
market
helping
place
the
vendors
helping,
ensure
everybody
is
where
they
need
to
be
where
they
need
to
go,
who
you
noticed
all
of
the
logistics
of
being
on-site,
and
it
would
completely
not
be
possible
without
the
two
of
them
being
there.
Well.
A
B
Yeah,
so
I
also
am
handling
the
community
festival
grant
program
which
has
already
other
grants
have
already
been
awarded
for
this
year.
But
we
offered
$40,000
grants
to
community
groups
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
to
house
and
host
their
own
community
festivals
in
their
own
community.
They
submit
receipts,
they
apply
for
the
grant
program.
We
either
approve
or
deny
them,
and
then
they
host
their
own
events,
and
then
we
go
through
the
reimbursement
process
to
reimburse
them
for
hosting
their
own
events.
So.
B
C
B
And
this
year
it's
a
streamlined
process
where
they
apply
for
the
grant
online
they're
awarded
it,
and
then
they
the
burden,
is
on
those
community
groups
to
host
their
own
festivals,
and
that
allows
the
programming
to
continue
without
the
manpower
being
needed
to
go
through
that
whole
process.
This.
B
Is
it's
a
very
busy
office?
It's
constant
I
have
been
absolutely
shocked
at
the
amount
of
hours
that
everybody
it's
a
large
staff.
We
have
our
assistant
manager,
our
manager
for
program
coordinators,
like
myself,
and
two
individuals
who
helped
with
the
special
events
programming.
So
it's
a
large
team
and
we
all
are
running
around
constantly
all
day
every
day,
yeah
for
all
of
the
different
theories
and
events
that
we
have
going
on.
If.
A
B
But
I
really
love
working
in
government
and
I,
actually
really
really
being
brand-new
to
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
living
here,
but
also
working
for
the
government
side
of
things.
I
actually
really
love
it
coming
I
come
from
Portland
Oregon.
We
just
moved
out
here,
so
things
are
different
and
yet
there's
plenty
of
things
that
are
similar,
but.
B
B
B
Good
thing
about
Pittsburgh
now,
I
didn't
live
here
when
the
boom
and
the
bust,
and
all
of
that
happened
so
I
I
can
say
this
from
not
being
a
part
of
having
to
deal
with
the
economic
implications
of
that.
Pittsburgh
still
has
some
grit
to
it,
which
Portland
a
no
no
dissing
Portland
here,
but
it's
missing
a
lot
of.
B
Gentrified
entirely
completely
and
Pittsburgh
still
has
some
of
that
realism
left.
We
live
in
a
neighborhood,
that's
incredibly,
my
husband
I
bought
a
home
here
in
Pittsburgh,
incredibly
racially
diverse,
but
also
age
diverse.
We
have
people
who
are
75
who
were
born
and
raised
in
their
homes
that
their
parents
gave
them
the
homes
that
doesn't
happen
in
Portland
people
sell
and
move
and.
B
A
B
B
Love
it.
We
live
in
a
hundred-year-old
home
that
needs
a
ton
of
work,
but
it's
entirely.
Ours,
I
found
out
bud
and
Olga
lived
in
our
home
for
60
years,
and
all
of
the
tulips
in
the
yard
were
hers,
and
it
was
just
a
connection
to
somebody
who
loved
a
home
and
there's
just
not
age
like
that.
Where
I
come
from
everything's
new,
it's
a
new
city
and
hopefully.
D
B
Do
I
so
varied
the
city,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
as
a
government
entity,
is
massive.
There's
everything
just
in
I.
Technically
special
events
has
housed
and
the
Department
of
Public
Safety,
which
is
everything
from
our
first
responders
police
officers,
firefighters,
all
of
that
to
Emergency
Management
Department
of
Homeland
Security
public
events.
You
know
special
events,
there's
also
just
a
million
different
avenues
of
work
that
you
could
pursue
and
it's
been
a
wonderful
place.
I
have
nothing
but
great
things
to
say
about
it.
So
far,
six
weeks
in
six
seven
weeks,
it's
been
great
yeah
will.
C
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A
E
My
department,
that
I
am
the
Acting
Director
for
right
now
is
responsible
for
pretty
much
everything
that
touches
the
city.
We
set
the
budget,
we
accept
grants,
we
distribute
our
community,
develop
block,
grant
money
that
we,
the
state
the
city,
receives
from
HUD,
and
we
also
do
all
of
the
procurement
for
the
city.
So
we
put
in
place
all
of
our
commodity
and
professional
services
contracts
that
the
various
city
departments
use
so.
A
E
Absolutely
absolutely
a
mere.
We
go
through
an
annual
both
capital
and
operating
budget
process.
Those
processes
allow
each
department
to
make
requests
for
both
budgets
every
year,
then
those
on
the
capital
side.
Those
proposals
are
scored,
prioritized
and
operating
kind
of
the
same
thing
in
a
different
little
bit
less
formal
manner,
and
then
both
the
operating
and
capital
teams
make
reservations
to
the
mayor's
office
and
the
administration
as
to
what
they
feel
should
should
or
should
not
be
included.
E
E
C
A
E
To
the
body
armor
and
uniforms
that
our
officers
wear
a
lot
of
these,
the
items
are
very
very
critical
to
the
day-to-day
operations
of
the
city,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
a
very
good
product
at
a
very
good
price
and/or.
You
know
as
we're
spending
being
stewards
of
the
taxpayers
dollars
so.
E
Yes,
I
would
not
at
all
call
myself
a
math
wizard,
but
yet
there's
a
lot
of
analysis
that
is
done,
and
our
budget
team
does
a
really
good
job
of
analyzing
the
different
costs,
especially
when
it
comes
to
those
procurements
that
are
not
based
simply
on
low
cost.
They
really
do
a
nice
job
of
helping
the
departments
decide
what
is
the
best
overall
deal
for
the
city.
So
where
are
you
from
originally
I'm?
Originally
from
Beaver
County
went
to
Blackhawk
high
school
cool.
E
Moved
to
the
city
in
about
2003
had
worked
in
procurement
for
a
long
time
for
a
company
that
is
no
longer
in
existence,
and
when
that
company
was
going,
south
I
was
looking
for
a
new
career
opportunity
and
just
by
chance
happened
to
land
here.
I
think
it
was
one
of
those
would
call
it
a
perfect
storm
cool.
A
A
E
Are
a
lot
of
do's
and
don'ts?
There
are
a
lot
of
regulations
that
we
need
to
follow
a
lot
more
than
in
the
private
sector
or
in
education,
but
I
think
that
the
majority
of
those
definitely
have
the
best
interests
at
heart.
The
biggest
thing
is
being
transparent
and
being
open
to
small
businesses,
and
things
like
that.
A
E
E
Bye,
no
no
means
are
we
the
subject,
matters
on
such
a
subject
matter,
experts
on
anything,
but
we
try
to
do
a
lot
of
market
research
and
different
things
rely
on
some
of
the
people
in
the
departments
for
recommendations
as
well.
So
but
yes,
there's
definitely
a
lot
to
making
those
decisions
and
having
to
be
able
to
quickly
absorb
enough
knowledge
about
a
particular
topic
in
order
to
make
an
educated
decision
good.
A
E
Know
I
actually
would
there's
there's
a
lot
that
you
learn
about
that
you
don't
realize
that
goes
into
the
everyday
operations
of
a
city,
government
and
any
government
for
that,
and
a
lot
of
the
different
things
that
you
get
to
learn
about.
I,
never
thought
that
I
would
be
buying
drones
or
you
know,
watchtowers
or
horses
horses.
F
C
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A
D
D
A
D
D
D
D
Actually,
I
want
to
be
a
lawyer
one
day
and
I
was
just
sort
of
thinking
about
what
sort
of
internship
I
would
want
to
do
to
sort
of
prepare
me
for
that.
I've
actually
worked
in
the
law
office
for
the
past
three
summers,
but
I
thought
why
not
branch
out
try
to
learn
how
to
represent
and
really
work
for
the
people,
because
that's
ultimately,
what
a
lawyer
supposed
to
do
so,
theoretically,.
A
D
Is
interacting
with
one
another
mm-hmm
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
presentations
that
need
to
be
done.
Lots
of
research.
So
we
know
what
the
best
method
and
the
best
technology
should
be
used
for
the
city,
so
I'm
helping
a
lot
with
that
type
of
research
and
just
researching
on
different
policies
that
are
here
I'm
trying
to
see
which
ones
are
effective,
which
ones
need
to
be
changed.
Different
things
like
that,
yeah
have.
A
D
I
mean
I
was
personally
shocked
at
just
how
much
the
city
government
does
because
I
think,
just
as
normal
citizens,
we
sort
of
take
for
granted.
Just
all
the
behind
us
see
behind
the
scenes,
work
that
the
city
government
is
in
charge
of
I
just
didn't
realize
how
much
of
it
was
under
the
view
of
city
government,
and
so,
if
there's
one
thing,
I've
learned.
It's
the
fact
that
city
government
is
here
for
us
and
there's
a
lot
that
they
do
for
us
that
we
just
don't
really
know
and
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
D
D
D
D
I
barely
know
how
to
turn
on
a
computer.
Sometimes
I
can
log
into
my
email.
Sometimes
I
can,
but
working
here
has
really
helped
me
understand
like
how
network
works,
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
applied
here,
because
that
was
like
an
area
of
expertise.
I
just
had
no
idea
of
how
things
worked.
You.
D
Yeah,
it's
been
a
great
learning
opportunity,
all
the
people
that
I
work
for
all
the
men,
all
the
mentors
I
have
here
have
been
really
they've,
been
really
helpful
in
taking
things
slow
and
teaching
me
instead
of
just
you
know,
throwing
research
at
me
they're
like.
Let
me
first
show
you
how
this
works
and
then
you
can
do
more.
So
it's
been
very
helpful,
very
eye-opening
as
well.
How.