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January 21, 2020 - Committee of the Whole City Council Meeting
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A
B
A
B
A
A
Addition
to
my
jaw
dropping
and
hitting
the
floor.
I
think
this
is
only
the
second
time
in
nearly
seven
years.
Okay,
I
think
it's
only
the
second
time
in
seven
years,
like
hey,
it's
two
likes
arena
too
late,
dudette.
Sorry,
at
this
point,
we
have
consideration
of
our
consent
agenda
of
the
action
to
approve
to
me
the
whole
meeting
minutes
that
I'm
sure
we're
riveting
from
October
21st
2019
as
requested
by
the
city
clerk
Department.
Is
there
a
motion
or
other
Corrections,
moved
by
a
council
member
Boland?
A
Is
there
a
second
second
by
councilmember
painter,
any
further
discussion
say
none
if
everyone
got
ahead
and
vote
councilmember
caddy
yo?
How
do
you
vote?
Oh
I'm,
sorry,
okay,
it's
on
now,
I
apologize.
There
are
seven
days.
There
are
no
excuse
me,
seven
days,
seven
yay
eyes.
There
are
no
nays
to
announce
Madame
clerk,
no.
B
A
Sorry,
okay,
thank
you
very
much.
Okay,
thanks,
I,
stand
corrected
and
probably
will
stand
corrected
again,
as
I
have
done
for
the
well.
This
is
my
seventh
state
of
the
city
address
and,
as
I
say,
I
will
try
to
be
as
succinct
as
possible.
I
think.
In
a
general
sense,
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
in
great
shape.
I
think
we
are
beginning
this
year
in
better
shape
than
we
began
last
year
and
I
think
we're
making
progress
for
the
future.
A
That's
at
500
feet
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
thank
Norma
for
helping
to
remind
me
of
all
of
the
great
things
that
has
happened
this
year.
There
were
many
of
them,
I
thought.
Oh,
that's
right!
Oh
that's
right
and
we
are
and
I
want
to
thank
the
council
as
well
as
well
as
our
no
longer
new
city
manager,
Tim
Gleason,
especially
at
this
point
year
ago
you
were
no
not
anymore.
A
We've
had
certainly
increased
in
in
national
attention
in
terms
of
the
energy
and
the
movement
in
our
community,
we
were
rated
number
one
by
penny.
Geeks.Com
I,
don't
know
what
penny
geeks.com
is,
but
I
love
that,
because
they
listed
us
at
number
one
of
top
cities
for
recent
college
grads,
and
we
were
named
one
of
the
greenest
cities
by
in
CFI,
and
so
those
are
just
some
things
that
we've
done
know.
A
We
do
know
that
in
the
future,
as
we
move
forward,
obviously,
we've
got
lots
of
challenges
ahead
and
most
of
our
challenges
do
involve
capital
projects.
We
do
have
O'neill
pool
that
we
need
to
worry
about
on
the
west
side,
on
the
east
side,
a
fire
station
to
improve
9-1-1
service
and
Public
Safety,
which
is
crucial
to
our
citizens.
We
also
are
working
on
the
new
library,
a
new
librarian,
a
library
by
the
library
expansion
in
the
central
part
of
the
city.
So
there
are
some
major
capital
project
challenges
that
we
certainly
have
going
forward.
A
But
in
terms
of
the
things
that
the
notable
things
that
have
happened
over
the
last
year,
we
did,
of
course,
have
very
early
in
the
year
presentation
of
our
comprehensive
plan
for
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
and
thanks
to
the
leadership
of
Alderman
mathy,
we
had
the
establishment
of
a
Technology
Commission.
We
had
major
changes
and
revisions
to
our
zoning
code
and
we
had
an
economic
development
department
created,
and
so
we
have
add
economic
development
director
which
is
different
and
has
more
authority
and
responsibilities
than
in
an
economic
development.
A
Coordinator
from
the
past,
we've
had
an
increased
commitment
to
our
roads
and
our
streets
through
a
tough
vote
on
a
four
cent,
a
gallon
gas
tax,
but
that
is
earmarked
for
our
Bloomington
streets
and
we've
had
an
increase
in
transportation,
along
with
that
and
the
establishment
of
Bloomington
streets,
calm
and,
of
course,
later
than
the
capital
improvement
and
asphalt.
Excuse
me,
capital,
improvement,
asphalt
and
concrete
fund.
A
We
have
a
new
permanent
city
clerk
as
well
as
a
new
permanent
deputy
city
manager,
and
we
reorganized
the
city
clerk's
department
to
help
increase
efficiencies
and
modernization,
and
we
certainly
want
to
thank
all
the
staff
members
involved
in
that.
We
then,
as
of
May,
first
welcomed
almost
half
of
our
city
council
as
new
and
I
was
I,
asked
Greg
goose
just
a
few
months
ago.
A
I
said
wouldn't
is
has
that
happened,
and
he
did
not
recall
offhand
when
really
just
about
half
the
city
council
was
new,
so
once
again
welcome
but
you're
not
new
anymore.
Okay,
we
did
have
an
MoU
Memorandum
of
Understanding
through
our
Economic
Development
Department,
with
the
old
Mennonite
or
Electrolux
site,
as
we
move
forward
on
that
critical
piece
of
property,
not
just
on
Main
Street
but
on
route
66,
and
we
establish
the
downtown
cultural
Commission
in
the
boundaries
BPD
officially
was
accredited
by
the
Law
Enforcement
Agency.
A
This
year
we
entered
into
a
public
partnership
agreement
with
very,
very
important
for
the
Westside,
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
from
we
at
on
Sunnyside
Park,
and
we
had
began
the
the
process
to
create
a
community
preservation
plan.
We
Wow
actually
in
this
case
Tim
Gleason,
our
city
manager,
hired
a
new
police
chief
who
was
whispering
to
gym
carts.
Even
as
we
speak,
ins,
not
even
hearing
me
call
attention
to
him,
but
that's
okay.
A
We
also
began
our
smart
cities,
discussion
about
smart
cities
for
the
future
and
what
they
may
look
like,
and
what
the
city
of
the
21st
century
city
should
look
like.
We
had
renamed
the
Pepsi
Ice
Center
as
Bloomington
Ice
Center,
and
dedicate
the
Joe
Olsen
ice
ring
in
Memorial,
the
Miller
Park
Zoo
construction
began
underway,
and
we
had
the
grand
opening,
of
course,
of
harmony
Park,
which
now
allows
us
allows
us
to
be
much
more
inclusive
in
our
Parks
and
Rec
services
to
all
members
and
children
in
our
community.
A
We
have
had
lots
of
new
businesses
develop
within
our
community
that
were
really
really
important
and
critical
and
assistant
by
no
means
an
exhaustive
list,
but
obviously
a
shoe
and
agave.
The
new
Biaggi
location
is
to
open
in
February,
Rob,
Dobbs,
mystic
kitchen
and
tasting
room
soul,
mama
iron,
coyote,
challenge,
product,
Texas,
Roadhouse,
a
vision,
point
I,
Center,
loulou's,
grill
glue,
loose
pizza
and
more
so.
We
certainly
are
seeing
continued
investments
within
our
committee
from
the
private
sector
and
continued
attention
nationally.
The
Washington
Street
old
high
school.
A
Some
people
call
it
apartments
are
now
nearing
completion
and
we
welcomed
new
directors
externally
in
our
intergovernmental
apartment.
Apartments.
Excuse
me,
partners
with
the
economic
development
council
in
the
McLean
County
Regional,
Planning
Commission,
and
we
dealt
with
this
terribly
non-controversial
issue
called
cannabis
and
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
this
was
something
that
was
dealt
with
at
the
state
level,
it
was
still
obviously
contentious
and
we
are
cannabis
free
in
terms
of
making
our
decisions
for
2020,
at
least
in
the
short
run.
We
may
have.
A
You
know
still
some
other
location
all
kinds
of
issues,
but
but
in
terms
of
the
broad
policy
issue
of
whether
to
opt
in
opt
out
and
a
couple
of
the
zoning
issues
have
been
taken,
care
of
so
I
think
we
can
be
proud,
even
if
we
don't
all
agree
on
every
single
thing
that
we've
done.
In
fact,
that
would
probably
be
unusual,
given
the
wide
range
of
things
that
we're
doing
in
the
community
of
nearly
80,000
people
and
in
the
communities
that
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
transfer
you
know
are
transported
through
each
year.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that,
as
we
move
forward,
we
take
full
advantage
of
our
assets.
Our
community
assets
like
our
downtown
and
that's
another
thing,
actually
that
we
don't
say
we
manage
to
do,
but
we
were
certainly
involved
in
it
and
it's
a
preservation
of
State
Farm,
the
state
barn
building
but
take
advantage
of
route
66
traffic
and
to
try
to
promote
economic
development.
You
know
much
more
broader
way
and
work
with
city
manager,
deputy
city
manager
and
Melissa
as
we
go
forward,
and
obviously
our
partners
like
the
convention,
Visitors,
Bureau
and
others.
A
So
I
think
as
I
say,
we're
making
great
progress.
We've
got
a
really
great
team
in
place
that
I'm,
proud
of
and
amazed
with
every
day,
and
it
makes
my
job
easier
has
reduced
my
stress
level
from
whatever
in
the
world.
It
was
off
the
charts
a
few
years
ago
to
probably
I,
don't
want
to
say
zero,
but
you
know
near
zero,
so
I
do
want
to
thank
our
staff.
A
I
want
to
thank
the
City
Council
for
all
that
you've
done
and
the
tough
decisions
that
you've
made
is
we
try
to
make
Bloomington
a
better
place
to
live,
work
and
play?
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
did
I
came
in
under
budget,
believe
it
or
not,
Donna
I
said
but
Donna
teased
me
the
other
day.
This
is
an
inside
joke.
When
she
says,
can
you
say
anything
in
10
minutes
and
I
thinks
God
said
well?
A
If
he's
on
script,
he
can
he
can
be
efficient,
but
that
is
true
for
all
the
times
I've
Blizzard
on
this
is
not
one
I'm.
Coming
in
under
8
minutes,
I'm
finished
any
council
comments.
We
have
5
minutes
of
council
comments
or
perspectives.
Additional
things,
maybe
that
I've
missed
councilmember
bowling.
A
A
Bad
mayor,
thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
Beth,
the
VA
clinic
yeah
I
mean
the
one
obviously
is
continuous,
not
that
that's
not
important,
but
the
other
one
was
very
definitely
a.
You
know
a
very,
very
important
thing
that
I
was
remiss
in
but
Thank
You,
councilmember
Bowen
anything
else.
Okay,.
D
A
Well,
I
I
knew
that.
That's
one
reason
why
I
asked,
but
anyway,
if
there
aren't
any
other
comments,
we
can
move
right
along
to
our
present.
Excuse
me
presentation
to
fiscal
year,
2021
preview,
as
requested
by
the
finance
department
and
I'm,
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
it
over
to
our
city
manager
and
scott
rappin.
For
about
a
15
minute
presentation,
then
we
got
about
a
10
minute
council
discussion.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
You,
mayor
and
council
Scott
go
ahead,
just
quick
comments.
This
is
our
first
public
discussion
about
the
FY
21
budget
and
we'll
have
a
handful
of
these
before
it
comes
before
council
for
eventual
approval.
But
one
thing
that
I
will
also
share
is,
even
though
this
is
the
first
one
that's
dedicated
to
our
next
budget,
FY
21.
Really
we
talked
about
the
upcoming
budget,
every
single
monthly
finance
directors
meeting
you
know
talk
about
where
we're
at
relative
to
the
current
budget
that
we're
in
and
then
also
some
of
the
forecasts.
E
F
This
is
meant
to
be
a
very
high-level
kind
of
give
it
a
prelim
in
a
preliminary
view
of
where
we
are
the
status,
whether
or
not
we're
encountering
any
material
issues.
So
at
this
point
in
time,
I'm
glad
to
kind
of
continue
the
positive
message
that
the
mayor
was
putting
forward
we're
rolling
into
the
twenty
one
budget.
Midpoint
things
are
looking
good.
Revenues
are
mostly
finalized
at
this
point.
F
F
We're
really
kind
of
zeroing
in
on
our
expenses
we're
going
the
Budget
Manager
myself,
going
back
and
forth
with
the
departments
drilling
into
any
variances
that
we
take
note
of
you've
heard
me
kind
of
go
through
this
process
before,
but
I'll
take
a
minute
to
kind
of
explain
it
again
how
we
developed
the
budget,
it's
really
kind
of
a
ground
up.
You
know
we
start
over
every
year,
basically,
that
the
department's
are
encouraged
to
provide
as
much
detail
per
line
item
into
the
budget
as
they
can
possibly
provide
I
use.
F
The
is
maintenance
account
as
an
example.
It's
a
1.3
million
dollar
account
all
our
maintenance
contracts.
There's
a
hundred
and
thirteen
items
that
go
into
one
account,
so
our
budget
system
is
capable
of
breaking
it
into
detail
and
description
level
for
a
single
account.
So
the
budget
manager
myself,
you
know
we
do
a
variance
review.
We
start
at
a
high
level,
we're
reviewing.
F
You
know,
variances,
for
the
current
budget,
ask
versus
the
prior
year's
actual,
so
2019
actual
versus
the
prior,
the
current
year
budget,
so
the
20
budget
and
looking
for
any
material
changes
or
variances,
and
then
we
have
a
four-year
average
worksheet
for
every
org,
so
orgs,
like
parks,
we
have
park
maintenance,
we
have
wrecked,
we
have
aquatics,
we
have
the
BC
PA,
so
those
are
all
different
orgs.
So
we
review
all
those
orgs
for
variances
that
are
kind
of
that
get
our
attention.
F
And
then
we
drill
into
this
four-year
average
worksheet
look
at
the
four-year
average
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
departments
and
start
asking
questions.
So
that's
that's
the
kind
of
we
do.
We
do
an
account
by
account
review,
and
then
you
know
during
the
year
we're
sitting
down
with
all
the
departments
and
we're
reviewing
their
budget
reports.
Every
month
the
budget
manager
sits
down
every
month
or
they're
getting
their
report,
but
typically
it's
a
sit
down
reviewing
the
variances.
So
we're
really
trying
to
keep
our
finger
on
the
pulse
of.
What's
going
on.
F
General
fund,
so
from
a
high
level,
currently
we're
at
a
hundred
nine
million
dollar
total
budget.
Now
that
is
flat
over
twenty
one
of
the
reasons
being
is
in
in
twenty,
we
had
a
seven
hundred
seventy
five
thousand
dollar
capital
project
that
was
budgeted
in
the
general
fund
because
it
was
related
to
the
B
CPA
and
creativity
Center,
where
we
had
restricted
fund
balance
related
to
a
capital
campaign.
They
did
a
few
years
back.
F
Typically,
projects
are
performed
in
the
capital
improvement
fund
so
and
there's
a
transfer
that
goes
over,
but
in
21
we
don't
have
that
seven
hundred
seventy
five
thousand
dollar
projects,
so
that's
a
material
reduction
and
then
down
below
I'll
get
into
some
of
the
other
ones,
but
we
lowered
we
increased.
Our
vacancy
savings
was
which
lowers
our
salary
expense.
So
that's
part
of
the
reduction
or
the
part
of
the
reason
we're
staying
flat
with
the
twenty
budget
as
well
current
surplus
around
a
half
million
dollars.
F
Now
that's
before
we
allocate
any
of
that
surplus
to
cash
for
equipment
or
for
additional
capital
projects.
So
the
first
thing
we
do
when
we're
doing
the
budget
process.
After
we've
gotten
all
the
information
and
ironed
out,
what
the
department's
see,
what
net
savings,
hopefully
or
Reserve-
that
we
have
surplus
as
opposed
to
deficit,
and
then
we
did
it's
a
determination
of
what
to
do
with
the
surplus.
We
want
to
do
additional
capital
projects.
F
Do
we
want
to
do
cash
for
equipment
like
last
year
was
the
first
first
time,
not
the
first
time
but
revisiting
the
process.
You
know
paying
cash
instead
of
putting
on
the
capital
lease
for
equipments,
try
to
wean
ourselves
off
the
financing
of
all
of
our
equipment,
material
notes,
revenues,
major
tax
revenues,
increase
of
1.4
million
over
the
20
budget.
You
can
see
the
material
of
categories
we've
increased.
What
I
wanted
to
highlight
not
on
the
screen
is,
we
have
no
increase
related
to
cannabis.
I
mean
that
was
part
of
the
memo.
I
went
forward.
F
What
a
month
ago
or
so
ago,
we
have
somewhat
of
an
increase
related
to
the
online
retailers.
Local
portion.
That's
going
to
go
into
effect,
January
of
21.
So
right
now
we're
collecting
use
tax
from
the
state
so
online
retailers
because
of
the
expansion
of
the
online
retail
sales
tax,
we're
getting
those
revenues
coming
in
to
us
from
the
state
it's
kind
of
like
a
proportional
population
based
sharing
all
of
it
coming
into
the
state.
F
Then
it
gets
allocated
out
in
21
on
time
online
retailers
will
have
to
start
collecting
local
taxes
as
well,
not
really
sure
what
that's
going
to
be
looking
like,
but
we've
dialed
up
our
sales
tax,
a
little
bit
from
that
telecom
every
month
they
talk
about
the
reduction
or
how
telecom
is
kind
of
going
down
that
kind
of
it's
going
down
to
down
and
down.
So
we've
reduced
the
telecom
budget,
a
half
million
dollars
from
20.
F
So
that's
that's
a
large
reduction,
but
even
with
that,
we're
one
point:
four
million
dollars
in
increases
right
now
vacancy
savings,
so
this
is
an
expense
related
item.
Last
year
we
discussed
this
quite
a
bit,
so
we
have
very
specific
targets
related
to
our
public
safety
personnel.
I
mean
this
is
the
majority
of
our
vacancy
savings
that
we
realized
in
police
and
fire.
F
Because
of
that
we're
incorporating
that
into
the
budget
and
we've
increased
it,
because
we've
been
averaging
1.75
to
2.3
million
dollars
a
year,
salary
in
Venice
benefits
expense
increase
of
1.7
million
dollars.
Currently
so
I
always
went
approximately
2%
benefits
approximately
8%
and
the
benefits
increase
it's
mostly
due
to
the
IRF
rate
increase,
so
they
lower
their
return
assumptions
so
that
increased
our
rate.
So
that
was
a
pretty
significant
increase.
It
was
around
800,000.
F
Now
the
next
line
item
I
have
on
there
parenthesis
legal
department
reorge,
so
salaries.
The
increase
also
includes
the
reorganization
legal
department,
which
added
approximately
$450,000
in
salaries,
salaries
and
benefits,
but
the
rework
also
saved
the
city,
approximately
$250,000,
because
it's
lowered
our
contractuals
by
eight
eight
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
So
we've
lowered
all
the
contracted
services
related
to
legal
part
of
it
went
to
salaries,
but
the
remainder
was
a
savings
to
the
city
and
then
the
other
things
we're
really
attacking
the
contractual
category.
F
Real
high
level
view
of
capital
improvements
more
like
from
the
standpoint
of
dollars
available
as
opposed
to
highlighting
specific
projects
which
will
be
the
next
phase
of
the
budget,
so
the
general
fund,
that's
where
the
cash
comes
from
for
capital
improvements,
the
basic
capital
improvements.
Let
me
say
that
for
fire,
fire
stations,
facilities,
facility
improvements
parks,
any
of
the
new
parks,
the
premise
to
the
BC
PA
not
related
to
what
I
just
mentioned.
Previously,
it
came
from
the
capital
campaign.
General
public
works
improvements
right
now.
F
Fortunately,
we
we
have
a
1.5
million
dollars
in
fun
balance.
That's
going
to
be
rolling
forward
from
20
final
amount.
If
we,
if
we
decide
to
use
1/2
million
of
that
surplus
for
capital
improvements,
we
could
have
up
to
2
million
dollars
available
for
capital
improvements
asphalt,
concrete.
We
have
approximately
8.2
million
dollars
projected
for
21,
as
you
can
see.
The
second
bullet
the
annual
revenues
ongoing
revenues
that
we're
projecting
are
the
four
point:
seven
million
dollars
for
the
local
motor
fuel
tax.
F
That's
the
8
cent
tax
plus
2.3
million
dollars
from
the
home
rule
sales
tax.
That's
typically
seven
million
dollars
going
forward.
This
year,
in
twenty,
it
was
the
FIR
year
of
our
tax
increase.
So
we
did
not
budget
the
full
seven
million.
We
just
budgeted
five
point,
eight,
which
is
projected
to
be
spent,
so
we're
going
to
have
one
point
to
the
seven
million
less
than
five
point.
Eight
one
point:
two
million
dollars
rolling
into
twenty
one.
So
that's
why
well
I
have
eight
point:
two:
nine
million
dollars
available
for
asphalt,
concrete.
F
The
other
funds-
enterprise
funds,
motor
fuel
tax-
I'm-
not
going
to
read
through
these
one
thing
I
did
want
to
comment
on
is
some
of
these
dollars
are
roll-forward
dollars
from
twenty.
This
is
there's
a
common
occurrence,
the
municipalities.
You
know
you
budget
a
project,
certain
things
that
are
out
of
our
control,
like
third-party
dealings,
that
we
have
for
the.
For
example,
the
state
of
Illinois
working
through
some
larger
product
projects
in
water,
Illinois,
EPA,
dealing
with
the
railroad,
etc
etc,
can
enforce
a
project
to
roll
forward.
F
So
some
of
these
dollars
are
not
on
top
of
what
was
budgeted
for
twenty,
some
of
them
roll
forward.
The
arena
fund
I
wanted
to
highlight
that
one
all
of
our
enterprise
funds,
except
for
the
arena
and
golf,
have
money
to
cover
their
own
capital
improvements
arena
as
a
1.1
million
dollar
requested
capital
project
from
our
facilities
manager
related
to
the
rooftop
units.
But
it's
requested
not
fund,
because
that's
that's
a
subsidized
fund
so
of
our
half
million
dollars
in
surplus,
etc.
F
Total
capital
improvements
for
twenty
one.
Forty
one
point:
five
million
I
wanted
to
highlight
in
four
twenty.
The
total
was
forty
point,
1
million
so
or
right.
At
that
same
level,
significant
dollars
are
being
rolled
forward,
but
I
wanted
to
highlight
in
nineteen
or
excuse
me
in
twenty.
That
was
a
thirteen
point.
Five
million
dollar
increase
over
nineteen,
so
that
was
a
significant
in
the
citywide
budget.
F
When
we
went
from
19
to
20
from
20
to
21,
it's
going
to
be
relatively
flat
a
current
projection
as
its
around
230
million
up
from
the
to
27,
but
we're
not
finalized
on
that
we're
not
finalized
in
any
of
the
numbers,
but
that
one's
still
moving.
Some
of
the
internal
service
funds
we're
still
working
on
those
are
the
insurance
funds
and
things
of
that
team.
Okay,.
F
So
what
are
the
next
steps?
First
of
all,
we
need
to
finalize
our
expense
review.
I've
mentioned
that
and
once
we
we
kind
of
get
that
number
for
the
general
fund.
You
know
what
do
we
have
to
work
with
for
capital
projects
and
we
need
to
finalize
the
requested,
departmental
capital
improvement
list,
so
in
finance
we
we
get
kind
of
the
wish
list
from
all
the
departments
related
to
parks,
improvements,
pool
design,
etc.
F
We
ask
them
to
prioritize
those
next
steps
would
be
presenting
those
council
having
them
review
them
and
then
finalizing
what
we
want
to
go
into
21
with
with
the
dollars
that
are
available,
and
then,
of
course,
you
know,
there's
reviewing
potential
a
larger
capital
improvement
projects
that
would
need
a
new
funding,
so
you
can
kind
of
separate
those
between
dollars.
We
have
available
from
the
budget
process
and
surplus
and
then
what
we
need
to
source
for
and
then
just
just
to
highlight
the
remaining
21
budget
schedule.
The
proposed
budget
presentation
currently
scheduled
for
February
24th.
F
You
know
so
we'll
have
the
May
revenues,
the
20
budget
versus
the
21
and
the
percent
increase
the
general
fund.
You
know
income
and
expense
and
all
those
line
items
and
what
the
percent
increases
and
explanation
is
what
the
changes
were
for
our
from
and
so
kind
of,
given
it
that
easier
to
grasp
view
of
a
230
million
dollar
budget.
You
know
with
any
remember
now:
29
funds
and
etc,
etc.
The
public
hearing
then
required
to
have
March
9th
and
then
with
the
final
budget
of
adoption
on
April
13th.
F
You
know
which
gives
us
one
more
council
meeting
at
the
end
of
April
in
case
we
need
to
bomb
so
from
a
high
level.
You
know
the
city
to
consistent
message
that
I've
been
given
the
last
few
months.
You
know.
Fortunately,
the
economy
is
doing
well,
the
city
is
doing
well,
you
know,
major
tax
revenues
have
been
trending
positively,
except
for
telecom,
but
you
know
gonna
have
one
and
you
know
the
departments
to
their
credit.
They
really
take
being
a
steward
of
the
public's
funds
very
seriously,
and
so
do
we
in
the
finance
department.
F
G
Then
we'll
go
from
there.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
Scott
and
Tim
and
staff
for
for
putting
this
together.
I
guess
my
first
question
would
be
if
we
can
go
back
to
the
slide
where
we
talked
about
the
motor
fuel
tax,
we
had
what
eight
million
dollars,
where
that
was
8.2
million
jimmer
we're
gonna
be
able
to
do
all
that
work.
G
8.2
million
in
a
year
I
know
that
in
the
past
years
we've
talked
about
that
there's
a
threshold
that
we
can
only
do
X
amount
of
dollars
at
work
per
year
because
of
the
number
of
contractors
and
I'm.
Seeing
your
nod
your
head,
yes
yeah,
so
it
looks
like
okay,
so
that
would
be
different
than
yours
past,
which
is
which
is
exciting,
so
yeah
I'm
excited
about
that.
G
Well,
my
note
will
be
when
it
comes
to
capital
improvement
projects,
one'll
pool
top
of
my
list,
it's
time
that
you
know
I
think
we're
over
20
years
above
and
beyond
the
useful
life
of
that
pool.
You
know
we
can
debate
whether
or
not
we
can
make
it
an
aquatic
setter
or
not,
but
I
think
we
need
to
see
in
the
budget
a
plan
for
it
I'd
like
it
to
be
a
wave
pool.
G
G
I
think
that
speaks
to
another
deed
in
the
community
and
I
think
the
time
is
now,
especially
coupled
with
you
know
our
this
council's
desire
to
see
Public
Safety
as
a
top
priority,
Eastside
fire
station
improving
response
times
to
an
area
that
needs
that
type
of
response.
So
from
where
I
see
it's
a
win-win.
You
know
we
answer
a
project
that
has
long
lingered
much
further
past
its
shelf
life
than
it
should
have,
and
also
addressing
a
critical
safety
issue.
G
B
A
A
H
F
Right,
that's
that's
the
effect
of
including
it's
like
an
offset
to
the
total
salaries
budget
line,
so
we
recognize
that
we're
going
to
be
under
and
that
so
you
know
an
example.
If
we
didn't
do
that,
we'd
be
1.75
million,
let's
say
we'd
be
1.7
million
dollars
short.
Then
we'd
have
to
start
going
through
a
process
of
eliminating
services
or
cuts,
or
so
this.
This
acknowledges
the
fact
that
we
have
that
cushion
in
the
budget,
but
we're
still
also
acknowledging
that
that
is
the
target
for
those
for
the
for
the
public
safety
personnel.
F
H
F
Would
say
so
with
the
vacancies,
but
the
contractuals
is
that
that's
going
to
be
an
expense
category
that
we
control
that
we're
targeting
that
and
that,
if
that
starts
going
over
we'll
be
looking
for
reductions
in
that
category.
The
vacancies
you
know
our
target
is
to
hire
the
people,
but
history's
shown
us
that
that
that
number
is
actually
probably
lower.
Then
our
averages.
F
The
material
roll
forwards
were
related
and
Jim
wants
to
speak
to
this.
We're
related
to
like,
as
I
mentioned,
some
third-party
issues.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
work
that
was
accomplished
for
the
year,
but
to
collect
the
motor
fuel
tax
fund.
The
Fox
Creek
Road
bridge
project
I
mean
that's
rolling
and
that's
just
due
to
negotiations
that
are
taking
longer
than
then
planned.
H
H
F
F
A
You,
although
Korea
Jen
yeah.
D
A
Thank
you
very
much
councilmember
mathy
and
then
another
one
point.
Thank.
I
You
Scott
thank
you
for
everything.
You've
been
doing.
The
monthly
updates
have
kept
people
way
more
informed
than
we
have
in
the
past,
so
I've
heard
from
many
people
that
they
really
appreciate
them.
One
of
the
questions
I
got
the
other
day
and
and
I
just
wanted
to
ask
it,
and
that
is
you
know
we
talked
about
you
got.
The
budget
manager
in
yourself
are
reviewing
variances
and
looking
at
four-year
spending
patterns
and
stuff,
like
that.
I
To
make
sure
that
we're
keeping
this
tight
a
finger
on
spending
as
we
possibly
can
and
the
question
I
was
asked-
is
how
do
we
tell
that
if
somewhere
in
one
of
those
I
don't
know
if
it's
department
level
budgets
or
not,
that
the
the
variance
is
not
changing,
but
there
are
things
in
there
that
spending
for
things
that
maybe
we
don't
necessarily
need
anymore.
It's
been
an
ongoing
spend,
but
there
it's
not
necessarily
relevant
to
the
department
or
the
city
moving
forward.
How
are
we
looking
at
expenses
to
determine?
I
Is
that
still
a
relevant
expense,
or
is
there
room
to
change
that
line
item
or
things
like
that
or
yeah?
Are
you?
Is
that
some
kind
of
negotiation
or
conversation
you're
having
with
the
department
heads
to
make
sure
that
the
expenses
were
still
we're?
Having
are
actually
still
relevant
to
the
mission
moving
forward?.
F
I'd
say
yes,
I'm,
not
sure
I
put
it
in
those
same
terms,
I
mean
by
having
discussions
with
them
every
month
and
and
working
through
what
activities
they're
working
on,
and
you
know
where
the
dollars
are
actually
being
spent.
Having
you
know
that
basis
behind
the
dollar
flow
I
think
we're
getting
the
answer
to
that
question.
F
If
we,
if
we
see
anything
that
we
recognize
as
I
mean
I,
don't
know
if
it's
you
know
would
be
a
personal
perception,
but
that
we
recognize
as
being
at
odds
with
the
current
message
or
the
focus
that
we
were
hearing
here.
You
know
that's
my
job
and
the
budget
managers
job
to
bring
that
up
to
the
city
manager.
During
the
budget
process,
I
mean
we
can't
expect
Tim
to
be
able
to
review.
F
You
know
4,000
lines
of
budget,
so
that's
kind
of
the
thing
that
that's
my
job
is
to
highlight
and
bring
to
his
attention
and
things
that
maybe
your
policy
issues
of
that
nature,
where
we
think
dollars
are
being
spent
on
a
direction
that
the
City
Council,
the
city
manager
haven't
chosen
to
go
in.
Okay,.
I
The
telecom
fund
was
created
to
you
and
initially
set
up
to
have
a
fund
balance
and
knowing
that
at
some
point
in
the
future,
we
were
going
to
need
to
start
dipping
into
that
fund
balance
and
from
what
you're
telling
us
this
is
the
year.
We
start
dipping
into
that
fund
balance,
as
in
in
terms
of
helping
to
make
our
pension
payments
for
our
police
and
and
fire
and
I
mentioned
this
to
you
in
a
meeting
of
the
day
that
I
just
it's
not
necessarily
relevant
to
our
2021
budget.
But
in
2021
some
point.
I
We
need
to
do
that
prior
to
getting
to
the
2022
budget,
because
you're
telling
us
this
budgets
the
year
where
we're
going
to
start
causing
issues
in
there
it's
never
over
to
2021,
but
it
keeps
coming
up
when
you're
talking
about
this
budget
that
now
we're
dipping
into
that
deserve
and
and
we
need
to
make
sure
we
have
a
sustainable
pension
funding
mechanism
and
we've
that's
going
to
cause
us
to
have
to
take
action
this
year
to
get
there.
So
just
look,
it's
just
a
comment.
It's
something!
That's
been
top
of
mind
for
me.
I
E
Additional
comment:
comment:
I'll,
piggyback
off
of
Aldermen
math.
These
comments
about
Penn,
public
safety,
pension
funding,
you're
spot
on.
Obviously,
we've
talked
about
this
in
the
past,
but
more
so
for
the
community.
You
know.
Another
component
is
a
consolidation
of
the
public
safety
pension
funds,
downstate
municipal.
They
have
got
a
24
and
I
heard
today,
potentially
a
30
month
transition
plan
on
what
this
eventually
is
going
to
look
like
so
I
mean
that's
nothing.
E
A
J
E
The
what
was
promised
to
council
last
year
was
this
discussion.
A
more
public
discussion
about
the
street
selection,
we're
finalizing
what
that
product
will
look
like,
and
that's
going
to
be
a
discussion
with
council
and
very
near
future,
and
then
a
public
discussion
on
what
the
2020
street
projects
look
like.
L
Thank
you,
I
everybody's
thanks
for
the
very
transparent
way
that
you've
guided
us
through
the
budget
process.
I
was
also
going
to
ask
about
this
mechanism
for
getting
input
community
and
otherwise
for
prioritizing
the
asphalt
and
concrete
priorities
so
I'm
glad
that
that's
coming
soon.
That's
definitely
a
priority
for
me.
I
concur
with
the
other
capital
improvement
priorities.
L
I
want
to
comment
that,
for
me,
the
library
expansion
is
at
the
top
of
my
list
as
well,
because
I
think
it's
definitely
time
to
create
a
more
serviceable
entity
for
our
community
and
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
how
that
develops.
And
finally,
I
did
a
quick
review
of
other
municipalities
and
found
that
that
many
of
them
have
a
budget
FAQ
such
as
from
Kent,
Washington
and
I'm
wondering
if
it's
going
forward.
We
can
collect
frequently
asked
questions
as
we
move
into
the
public
hearing
portion
of
this.
We
continue
our
conversations.
L
A
Think
that's
a
great
idea,
just
one
of
the
things
that
I
get
most
frequently
throughout
the
community
is
well.
What
is
the
difference
between
the
capital
and
operating
budget?
What's
difference
between
your
general
fund
and
all
of
the
enterprise
funds,
it's
a
few
basic
things.
It
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
a
drill
down
to
all
of
the
line
items,
but
some
of
the
frequently
kind
of
asked
questions
that
people
can
get
a
hold
of
it's
great
a
deal.
Anything
else.
I
got
a
quickie.
E
To
that
great
comment:
well,
actually
it
may
not
be
a
question.
You
know
responding
to
every
question,
but
I
think
we
can
weave
some
of
those
more
common
ones
into
the
monthly
finance
directors
report,
so
deliver
it
that
way,
as
well
as
responding.
You
know
on
our
website
as
well.
That's
a
great
idea.
Thank.
A
E
You,
mayor
and
council,
it's
that
time
a
month
we
have
five
new
employees
and
a
couple
of
those
faces
are
pretty
familiar.
We
have
Jeff
Jergens
and
Angela
fans
are
now
city
employees,
so
they
had
to
be
up
on
this
slide,
even
though
we've
had
a
relationship
with
them
for
the
last
six
years
to
the
far
right
as
Amy
Overton
she's,
our
new
executive
assistant
Amy.
If
you
wouldn't
mind,
standing
up,
welcome
aboard
and
then
Erin
white
as
a
new
police
and
fire
telecommunicator
and
Adam
is
also
a
new
telecommunicator
for
police
and
fire.
E
Thanks
Scott
convenience
center
hours,
we
actually
had
some
public
input
and
some
elected
input,
and
with
that
we
have
a
staff
recommendation
for
a
change
that
went
to
effect
today.
So
we're
sharing
this
also
signage
at
the
convenience
center
north
sent
out
a
press
release,
but
one
to
take
a
couple
of
seconds
here
at
the
committee
of
the
whole
to
share
this.
E
So
what
has
changed
is
we
were
open
Monday
through
Friday,
but
now
we're
going
to
be
open,
Tuesday
through
Saturday
the
Wednesday
hours
to
catch
some
of
the
evening
for
when
people
are
off
and
also
being
open
on
Saturday
a
weekend
time
slot.
So
it
was
a
good
suggestion
from
some
public
input
and
then
staff
came
up
with
this
as
well.
E
The
next
item
for
me:
there's
not
a
slide
for
it,
but
just
a
reminder:
February
1st
special
meeting
going
to
be
a
legislative
update,
in-depth
Saturday
morning.
It's
going
to
be
a
nine
o'clock
last
couple
of
hours,
there's
going
to
be
light
breakfast
at
8:30
in
the
morning
and
what
we'll
do
with
RSVP'd
all
four
of
our
elected,
which
are
senator
Brady
and
Barickman,
and
then
representatives
Brady
and
summer
they've.
E
So
just
a
maybe
not
so
gentle
reminder
that
we
have
this
information
out
there
for
the
community
and
then
item
number
five
in
the
last
item
is
just
putting
on
everybody's
radar,
2020
census
and
we're
planning
a
committee
of
the
whole
in
February,
just
a
presentation
to
for
some
of
the
players
that
are
involved
within
the
city,
but
then
also
regionally,
and
this
truly
is
an
all-hands-on-deck
moment
for
us
as
a
region
regarding
this
census.
That's
all
I've
got
mayor.
Thank
you
great.