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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
A
So
good
evening,
council
members,
my
name
is
stephen
lucas.
I
am
the
council
administrator,
slash
attorney
and
I
am
presenting
the
2021
budget
for
the
council
office.
A
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.
A
A
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.
A
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.
A
that
same
month,
december
of
2019,
the
council
also
expanded
the
class
of
city
and
employees
paid
a
living
wage,
something
that
was
noted
earlier
by
caroline
shaw
director
of
hr.
A
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.
A
A
A
A
Just
a
few
stats
in
2020,
the
jack
hopkins
committee
so
far
has
worked
to
distribute
nearly
319
thousand
dollars
to
24
different
social
service
agencies
in
our
community,
and
the
work
of
this
committee
is
going
to
be
extended
this
year,
as
a
new
round
of
funding
was
just
approved
as
part
of
the
city's
recover
forward
efforts
that
I
mentioned,
and
the
committee
hopes
to
distribute
this
additional
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
was
recently
approved
out
to
social
service
agencies
that
meet
the
criteria
of
of
the
jack
hopkins
committee.
A
The
council
sidewalk
committee,
at
the
end
of
2019,
made
recommendations
for
use
of
324
thousand
dollars
from
the
city's
alternative
transportation
fund,
and
this
funding
was
meant
to
help
pay
for
the
construction
or
design
of
new
sidewalks
or
for
the
construction
of
certain
traffic
calming
and
pedestrian
improvement
projects.
A
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.
A
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.
A
I'm
sorry,
I
wanted
to
add
one
more
one
more
note
here:
we've
also
received
in
the
recent
months
feedback
from
a
number
of
community
members
with
regard
with
regard
to
the
use
of
zoom,
once
council
member
once
council
meetings
resume
in
person.
If
that
ever
happens.
A
Once
those
meetings
resume,
we've
heard
from
the
public
that
this
has
opened
up
a
new,
a
new
type
of
accessibility
and
we're
looking
to
bring
that
forward
once
in-person
meetings
resume
not
touching
on
2021
goals,
I'll
mention
a
few
of
the
more
notable
ones
that
we're
working
on,
as
I
just
mentioned,
we'll
continue
to
look
at
ways
to
improve
public
access,
not
only
through
the
the
integration
of
of
zoom
into
in-person
meetings,
but,
as
I
noted
before,
through
the
continued
research
into
document
creation
and
management
solutions
to
help
make
council
meeting
materials
more
easily
accessible
to
the
public.
A
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.
A
So,
in
the
remaining
months
of
2020
and
continuing
into
2021,
council
members
and
staff
will
continue
the
work
of
the
jack
hopkins
and
sidewalk
committees,
which
I've
noted
earlier.
A
The
council
office
always
strives
to
provide
timely
responses
to
constituent
contacts,
and,
while
I
believe
this
has
been
a
stated
goal
for
a
number
of
years,
I'm
not
sure
that
consistent
tracking
has
been
in
place
so
moving
forward,
we'll
look
at
establishing
a
system
of
both
tracking
and
measuring
our
responses
to
public
calls
and
emails.
A
I've
just
noted
any
major
changes
here
within
the
four
budget
categories
and
even
as
I
say
that
there
there
is
not
a
major
change
to
category
one
beyond
the
city-wide
2
percent
pay
raise
that
is
being
proposed.
A
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.
A
In
category
three,
the
major
increase
is
due
to
budgeting
for
travel
expenses
that
are
charged
by
american
sign
language
translators
that
we
started
to
use
toward
the
end
of
2019
used
at
the
beginning
of
2020
and
then
put
on
hold
once
covet
hit
and
council
meetings
moved
online.
A
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.
A
Finally,
in
category
4,
the
increase
that
you
see
here
is
due
to
a
proposed
six
thousand
dollar
increase
to
the
sidewalk
committee
portion
of
the
the
alternative
transportation
fund,
so
that
would
raise
the
total
amount
available
to
the
council
sidewalk
committee
to
three
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
dollars.
A
A
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.