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From YouTube: City Council Office FY2021 Budget Presentation
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Presented by Council Attorney Stephen Lucas on August 17, 2020
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So
why
why
we
exist?
Why
you
exist?
As
you
all
are
well
aware,
the
council
is
the
legislative
body
for
the
city
of
bloomington.
The
council
exercises
its
legislative
powers
by
taking
action
in
public
meetings
to
adopt
ordinances,
resolutions,
orders
and
motions
for
the
government
of
the
city
in
the
control
of
the
city's
property
and
finances.
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The
work
of
the
council
is
supported
by
three
staff
members
who
make
up
about
2.8
ftes
and
while
we
are
during
certain
parts
of
the
year,
we're
lucky
enough
to
also
have
an
emile
school
service
corps.
Fellow,
at
the
beginning
of
2020,
the
council
created
several
new
standing
committees
to
supplement
a
certain
standing
committees
that
were
already
in
existence.
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So
a
few
updates
from
last
year
this
past
year
has
included
several
notable
legislative
acts
of
the
council
toward
the
end
of
2019.
The
council
went
through
the
process
of
repealing
and
replacing
the
sid
of
city's
unified
development
ordinance
this
process,
the
council's
portion
of
this
process,
spanned
three
months
and
included
over
70
council
amendments
before
a
new
udo
was
adopted
in
december
of
2019.
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The
council
has
also
through
several
different
ways,
supported
of
four
affordable
housing
initiatives,
including
facilitation
of
economic
development,
revenue
bonds,
approval
of
various
development
proposals
and,
most
recently
through
approval
of
appropriation
ordinance
2003,
which
included
this
year's
recover
forward
efforts
that
the
administration
brought
forward
by
the
numbers.
The
council
has
adopted
14
ordinances
and
10
resolutions
through
august
of
2020
compared
to
26
ordinances
in
19
resolutions
in
2019.
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Finally,
just
a
brief
note
that
four
council
members
serve
on
and
staff
help
support
the
work
of
the
public
safety,
local
income
tax
committee
of
the
monroe
county,
local
income,
tax
council
and
the
work
of
this
committee
is
largely
performed
over
the
summer
months
and
involves
collaboration
with
other
elected
officials
and
governmental
units
in
the
county.
Ellisville
in
steinsville
and
more
information
about
all
three
of
these
committees
is
publicly
available
on
the
council's
website
and
just
a
brief
note
about
constituent
services
and
community
relations,
which
is
one
of
the
activities
of
the
council
office.
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As
I've
already
mentioned,
the
ongoing
public
health
emergency
has
meant
that
council
staff
has
had
to
shift
and
adapt
to
remote
work,
and
this
has
meant
that
a
majority
of
our
interactions
with
the
public
are
now
handled
via
email,
council
staff
has
received
and
responded
to.
I
would
assume
at
this
point
over
200
constituent
messages
that
came
into
the
council
office
through
july
2020,
and
this
does
not
account
for
the
I'm
sure,
numerous
emails
that
council
members
receive
directly
and
respond
to.
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Again,
as
I
mentioned
before,
the
council
for
the
first
time
this
year
is
utilizing
a
full
slate
of
standing
committees
and,
at
the
end
of
2020,
that'll,
be
a
full
year
of
that
committee
structure.
We'll
look
at
the
effectiveness
of
those
standing
committees
through
various
metrics
and
report
back
to
the
council.
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I
will
note
that
our
deputy
administrator
deputy
attorney
position
is
currently
open
and
we're
in
the
process
of
filling
that
position
in
category
two.
While
it's
a
large
percentage
increase,
the
dollar
amount
is
actually
908
dollars
in
the
bulk
of
this
is
to
acquire
three
additional
copies
of
adobe
pro,
which
has
been
requested
by
council
members
to
better
manage
e-documents
and
packets.
As
mentioned
most
of
our
work
has
moved
online,
and
this
this
will
help
support
that
work.
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The
budget
is
constructed
in
a
way
that
should
the
council
wish
to
in
that
service
again,
we
have
now
fully
accounted
for
all
of
the
charges
that
are
associated
with
with
that
service
and
should
be
able
to
provide
it
for
all
regular
and
special
sessions
next
year.
I
will
note
this
is
a
somewhat
variable
thing
to
try
to
budget
for
because
it
depends
on
the
length
of
council
meetings,
and
I
don't
have
a
crystal
ball
to
know
how
long
those
go.
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One
last
note,
as
mentioned
by
other
departments,
the
administration
has
broken
out
any
recover
forward
efforts
and
this
year
in
the
council
office
budget
that
includes
a
200
000
additional
amount
for
jack
hopkins
funding
that
you
see
listed
here.
This
would
be
on
top
of
the
additional
200
000
that
was
recently
approved
by
the
council
for
for
2020.,
so
this
would
be
for
2021,
and
with
that
I
will
end
my
presentation
and
answer
any
questions
you
all
may.