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From YouTube: 2022.10.03 City Council Budget Hearing No. 1
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Contents
00:00 Call to Order
01:00 Fire Budget
10:50 Parks & Recreation Budget
35:00 Law/Insurance Fund
39:55 Mayor's Budget
A
A
C
A
F
Sure,
hey
councilman
I
will
actually
Mr
Chuck
I
actually
had
a
conversation
with
both
the
chair
and
the
chair
running
the
meeting.
They
both
thought.
They
said
that
it's
the
third
year
they've
all
been
through
the
process
and
they're
comfortable
just
going
into
it.
If
I
need
to
I'll
speak
up
and
interject.
Okay.
G
G
636.78
includes
Personnel
Services
utilities,
apparatus
and
vehicle
fuel,
janitorial
supplies,
contractual
services
and
many
other
items.
The
capital
budget,
totaling
390
000
includes
projected
purchases
of
new
staff,
Vehicles,
five
of
them,
and
a
heavy
duty
vehicle
lift
system
for
our
Fleet
Maintenance.
G
H
E
H
H
E
B
B
A
Promotion
by
President,
strong,
second,
second
by
councilman
Burns,
all's
in
favor,
bye
any
Nays.
Thank
you
that
being
said,
I'll
open,
page
219.
Please
be
mindful
of
the
fact
that
this
is
not
for
the
entire
page,
but
this
is
for
the
fire
section
of
the
capital.
Improvement
line,
I'll
open
that
at
this
time,
colleagues,
any
questions.
E
Just
so
everyone
understands
what
we
have
here
is
there's
twenty
thousand
hours.
That's
an
auction
line
that
you'll
hear
over
and
over
again
during
the
budget
process.
That's
we
sell
some
of
the
police
and
other
Parks
lines
through
an
auction
and
then,
when
they
get
that
money
back,
we
allow
them
to
spend
it
on
equipment.
So
in
their
case,
we
have
a
twenty
thousand
dollar
estimate.
If
it
came
in
at
forty
thousand,
they
get
forty
thousand
came
in
at
15.
They
only
get
15.
E
A
K
A
K
As
I've
been
going
through,
this
budget
I
do
know
this,
as
councilman
Burns
pointed
out
the
number
of
our
book
lines
that
have
been
included
in
the
budget
estimate.
Do
you
have
you
know,
I
know
you
don't
have
it
with
you
here
tonight,
but
do
you
have
a
total
or
a
summary
of
how
arpa
funds
were
distributed
in
in
this
23
budget?
K
K
Head,
no,
no
I
would
like
to
see
a
photo
and
and
the
lines
in
which
we
will
see
this
out.
The
budget
I
did
highlight
it
and
I
don't
want
to
go
through
it
each
time
we
come
up,
but
perhaps
we
can
just
have
that,
so
we
can
look
at
the
total
amount
of
arpa
funds
that
have
been
rolled
into
this
budget.
If.
D
E
E
K
B
E
You
can't
approve
something
from
another
budget,
but
when
we
brought
down
the
idea,
the
code
enforcement,
we
said
we're
going
to
do
this
over
a
two
or
three
year
program.
I
can't
remember
exactly
what
is
the
mayor
said,
so
this
is
the
second
year
of
that
you
budget
it
for
the
first
year.
This
is
the
second
year
of
that
program.
Okay,.
B
A
A
A
E
L
A
A
L
A
F
A
A
A
A
And
no
that's,
okay!
So
again
we're
taking
the
no
absolutely
so
again
just
logistically.
We
took
the
money.
We
just
made
a
motion
to
take
that
and
move
it
to
contingency
and
now
we're
taking
that
same
dollar
amount
from
contingency
and
moving
it
to
the
actual
budget
line.
So
that's
again,
a7110.51
triple
zero.
A
A
A
A
E
We
do
not
know
what's
going
to
happen
with
minimum
wage
next
year,
correct,
okay,
but
what
we've
done
with
the
parks
department
is
we
put
in
the
wages
as
they
are
today?
They're,
okay,
with
the
number
of
254
696,
but
the
last
line
item
that
says:
increase
hourly
rates
limits
per
minimum
wage
increase.
If
minimum
wage
increases,
we
will
increase
these
rates,
but
not
the
total
budget.
Correct,
we'll
either
use
less
hours
or
less
people
to
get.
A
A
D
A
L
So
in
these
lines
you'll
see
there
are
two
new
lines
for
the
new
leases
we
signed
with
the
Discovery
Center
and
the
zoo
at
Ross.
Park
City
provides
ten
thousand
dollars
to
each
in
capital.
Funding
for
improvements,
so
you'll
see
those
in
there
and
then
at
the
bottom,
you'll
see
a
new
line
for
Parks,
Building
and
grounds
improvements.
L
L
L
B
A
K
A
L
A
A
Second,
who
was
the
who
is
the
motion?
I'm?
Sorry,
thank
you.
Councilwoman
Friedman
motion
seconded
by
President,
strong
alls
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
aye's
passage
unanimously.
Thank
you.
Continuing
under
Parks
and
Rec
will
move
toward
the
golf
fund
at
this
time
and
I'm
going
to
move
incrementally
on
this
I'm,
going
to
open
pages,
149
and
150.
At
this
time.
B
E
Answer
that
question
is
no
okay,
we're
anticipating
a
loss
in
2023
between
95
and
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Most
of
that
loss
is
due
to
all
the
large
purchases
we
have
to
make
and
pay
off
over
the
first
five
years
of
this
project
to
get
it
so
that
it's
in
the
condition
that
it
is
meaning
golf
equipment
which
is
about
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
five
years
and
that's
gone
away.
I
think
at
that
point
we've
definitely
become
break
even
a
worst
case
in.
E
E
K
K
J
L
That
turned
into
a
very
simple,
let's
tear
something
down
and
start,
and
then
we
gotta
look
at
what
was
behind
the
walls
and
under
the
floors,
and
it
turned
into
a
very
big
project.
Take
my
hat
off
to
our
Parks
team.
They
handled
almost
all
the
construction
in-house
themselves,
so
great
cost
savings
for
us
for
that.
E
J
E
J
A
A
A
A
A
F
D
A
A
K
A
K
L
A
F
26
and
27
are
pretty
simple.
The
only
changes
that
I
really
have
made
has
been
the
an
increase
in
the
purchases
and
Corporation
Council
line,
which
was
made
in
reaction
to
the
approval
of
the
assistant
Corporation
code
prosecutor.
We
believe
that,
given
the
responsibilities
of
that
position,
they
should
be
making
something
more
than
the
prosecutor
was
making
at
80
000,
so
we
proposed
in
the
budget.
This
may
be
the
only
time
you
see
it
as
a
proposed
increase
in
the
actual
budget,
rather
than
through
the
pool.
F
H
Thank
you,
councilman
scrunchie,
I,
I'm
sure
this
has
been
explained
to
me
before
so
I'm.
Sorry,
if
this
is
a
repeat
question,
but
could
you
explain
what
the
Point
thought
like
the
positions
that
are
listed
as
0.5
and
then
funded
like,
for
example,
the
first
assistant
Corporation
Council
is
listed
as
0.5
at
90
000.
F
K
E
F
A
F
F
It's
risk
management
the
workers
compensation
portion,
which
is
211
deals
with
an
era
when
the
city
of
Binghamton
had
its
own
workers
comp
program,
and
these
are
sort
of
Legacy
claims
that
are
continued
to
go
on
and
will
go
on
for
a
while,
there's
also
some
ongoing
workers
comp
so
like
we
have
a
PPO
that
manages
our
workers
comp
care.
Those
are
those
are
covered
under
this
budget
as
well.
D
D
A
A
M
M
That's
actually
due
to
us
budgeting
ten
thousand
dollars
in
the
fiscal
year,
48
cdbj
funds,
so
that
total
amount
stays
pretty
much
the
same.
Some
of
it's
just
coming
out
of
the
lots
of
it
is
coming
out
of
the
mayor's
office
budget.
Now
same
thing
for
promotions
and
marketing,
you'll
notice,
a
bigger
what
looks
like
a
bigger
increase
there,
but
that's
the
result
of
us
combining
lines.
M
I
can
take
a
shot
at
it,
okay,
because
that
change
actually
happened
when
I
was
in
that
position
and
it
predates
covet.
If
I
recall
correctly.
With
that
position,
there
are
a
lot
of
nighttime
neighborhood
meetings.
So,
as
you
know,
like
the
North
Side
neighborhood
assembly,
each
side
of
town
for
the
most
part
has
one
of
those
neighborhood
groups
that
will
hold
monthly
meetings.
M
H
M
N
So
the
default
for
all
employees
in
the
city
of
Binghamton
is
seven
hours
and
while
the
mayor
doesn't
technically
enjoy
employee
status,
that
is
how
he's
categorized
for
the
purposes
of
retirement
absent
somebody
being
a
seven
hour.
Employee
additional
hours
are
set
either
by
contract
or
with
it
by
the
charter,
which
is
what
councilman
scramji
was
mentioning.
The
positions
that
you've
seen
that
are
carved
out
as
eight
hours
have
been
improved
by
city
council
and
are
set
by
Charter.
N
The
mayor's
position,
however,
could
not
be
included
in
that,
because
he
would
not
be
entitled
to
compensation
as
an
eight-hour
employee,
because
the
mayor's
salary
is
also
set
by
Council
as
a
seven
hour
employee.
So
the
very
short
answer
to
that
is
he
defaults
to
employee
status
for
the
retirement
system,
which
is
seven
hours.
Okay,.
H
J
President
I
don't
want
to
have
it.
We
don't
have
to
deep
discussion
about
this
right
now,
but
I
think
we
should
have
a
brief
one
and
I
would
say
this.
If
the
gentleman
to
my
right
was
the
mayor,
this
salary
I
mean
at
some
point,
I
think
we
have
to
have
a
conversation
about
the
mayor's
salary
as
a
whole,
and
it's
not
a
political
statement.
I
mean
it's
97
million
dollar
budget.
J
How
many
positions
in
this
budget
make
a
significant
amount
more
than
the
chief
executive
of
the
city
of
Binghamton
I
mean
to
me
this
is
a
statement
about
the
city
of
Binghamton
as
a
entity,
a
growing
city,
a
flourish.
You
know
City
that
we're
trying
to
attract
all
kinds
of
development
and
I
mean
a
gazillion
different,
different
things.
I,
don't
know
what
the
forum
for
that
discussion
would
be.
J
If
it's
not
right
now,
I,
don't
know
I'm
not
saying
that
I'm
not
even
making
a
motion
to
change
it
right
now,
but
I
think
we
ought
to
at
least
have
a
brief
discussion
or
see
what
I'd
like
to
see.
What
other
people
think
about
that
statement
and,
like
I
said
this?
Is
it
could
be
perceived
as
political,
but
it's
not
at
least
from
my
perspective,
I
mean
I'm.
Just
looking
at
the
chief
executive
of
a
city
with
a
97
million
dollar
budget
of
75
000
to
me
is
ridiculously
low.
President
Trump
councilman.
B
F
I
know
that
in
the
past,
the
law
department
and
Mr
Franca
specifically
has
recommended
that
that
the
council
consider
the
mayor
setting
the
mayor's
salary
in
the
year
before
there's
an
election,
so
that,
when
somebody
agrees
to
run,
they
know
what
they're
running
for
and
that
that
would
be
the
least
political
way
of
doing
it,
so
that
it's
not
fortunate
or
individual
or
whoever
wins
the
next
election.
That
doesn't
mean
you
have
to
wait
until
that
time,
but
it
would
but
doing
it
every
four
years.
A
I
think
also,
if
memory
serves
me
correctly,
as
it
relates
to
all
eight
elected
official
positions,
that's
a
separate
RL
that
comes
down
that
we
have
to
review
and
pass
as
well
so
in
terms
of
forum
for
their
discussion.
But
thank
you.
Anyone
else
all
right,
seeing
none
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
accept
Pages,
15,
16,
46,
69
and
90.
D
M
A
A
A
A
E
To
make
a
comment
about
this,
since
I've
been
here,
this
Library
budgets
going
up
about
four
percent
a
year:
okay,
it's
not
going
to
be
shortly
before
we're
probably
close
to
a
million
dollars
having
to
pay
for
that.
What
are
we
getting
for
it
I
mean
we
have
no
saying
that
the
library
itself
not
saying
that
you
can
do
anything
about
it,
but
I
think
at
some
point,
city,
council
and
the
mayor
should
talk
to
the
county
to
figure
out.
What's
the
right
way
to
do
this,
okay,.
F
D
I
J
E
F
It
wasn't
just
approved,
it
was
approved
back
in
the
early
2000s
yeah,
and
it
was
kind
of
ask
you
to
cause
we're
three
percent.
Our
contribution
would
increase
by
a
certain
percentage,
which
was
very
small
at
the
time.
No
one
would
anticipated
that
would
stay
in
place
for
20
years
into
our.
Our
proportion
keeps
going
and
going
on
going.
K
Not
just
discuss
the
library
and
our
partnership
and
and
some
legislation
recently
and
maybe
I'm,
making
things
up
but
I
thought,
but
now
that
it's
come
to
the
Forefront,
then
that's
something
we
can
discuss,
but
to
say
what
do
we
get
from
it?
I
I
think
we
have
to
be
careful
about
how
we
present
things,
particularly
in
a
budget
meeting.
That's
all
thank
you.
B
E
Me
answer
that
back
in
the
pandemic,
okay,
people
weren't
getting
paid
okay,
but
we
still
were
liable
to
make
payments.
Okay,
there
weren't
people
at
the
library
it
wasn't
open.
Okay,
those
people
were
doing
other
things,
okay,
as
an
example.
Okay,
what
goes
on
over
there
day
to
day,
I
can't
speak
for
that,
but
I
since
I've
been
here,
I
see
it
going
up
four
percent
and
it's
only
I
think
it's
tied
to
CPI.
So
it's
even
going
to
go
up
higher
than
that
in
the
future,
but.
A
Being
the
annual
increases
of
hours-
yes,
yeah,
okay,
so
you
you
could,
hypothetically,
you
could
hypothetically
end
up
in
a
situation
where,
on
a
per
annum
basis,
if
our
share
increasing
at
a
percentage
every
given
year.
If
that
change
exceeds
the
bills
in
the
aggregate,
we
could
actually
be
paying
more
than
the
count.
I
think
that's
what
Chuck
is
trying
to
say
and
right.