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B
A
A
There
is
a
packet
and
schedule
available
at
the
at
the
city
council's
website
at
bloomington.in.gov
Council.
If
you
go
to
meetings
and
documents,
you
can
download
the
packet
for
the
week,
including
budget
presentation
materials.
A
Tonight
we
are
beginning
with
an
introduction
and
overview
presented
by
Mayor
John
Hamilton,
then
we'll
move
to
a
general
Financial
State
of
the
city
led
by
controller
Jeff,
Underwood
compensation
and
health
insurance,
Emily
Fields,
then
Human,
Resources,
Emily,
Fields
city
clerk
clerk,
Nicole
Bolden.
Then
the
legal
department
Beth
Kate
its
with
Rick
Dietz
city
council,
with
Stephen
Stephen,
Lucas
controller's
office,
presented
by
Jeff,
McMillan
and
Cheryl
Gilliland,
and
then
the
office
of
the
mayor
led
by
Deputy
Mayor
Larry
Allen.
A
A
A
few
other
notes,
I
wanted
to,
as
we
have
in
the
past
few
years,
propose
that
we
structure
debate
for
the
rest
of
the
week
with
the
motion
this
evening.
So
there
was
a
council
memo
shared
earlier
today
and
a
modest
modification
that
I
was
requesting
as
well.
So
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
structure
debate
for
the
week
at
this
time.
A
We
have
a
motion
in
a
second
I'm,
going
to
try
a
Voice
vote
and
see
if
that
works
all
in
favor,
aye
aye
all
opposed
okay
that
carries
so
that
will
be
our
structure
for
for
a
debate
for
the
rest
of
the
week,
absent
any
emotions
to
the
contrary
to
extend
time
or
the
like.
Additionally,
I
wanted
to
take
a
few
moments
to
just
note
what
it
is
we
do
at
budget
hearings
and
how
that
fits
into
the
overall
context
of
the
budget
process
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
A
We
are
not
actually
considering
any
legislation.
This
week,
we
are
rather
hearing
presentations
on
the
proposed
budget
coming
from
each
department,
so
the
votes
taken
this
week
if
we
take
votes
on
motions
related
to
any
any
Department's
budget.
Those
are
non-binding
recommendations
that
reflect
the
council's
position
on
the
presented
budgets.
At
this
time.
The
council's
formal
adoption
of
the
2024
budget
will
not
include
Department
by
Department
votes.
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A
The
three
salary
ordinances
will
include
salaries
for
officers
of
the
police
and
fire
departments,
salaries
for
appointed
officers,
non-union
and
afsme
employees
for
and
for
all,
the
Departments
of
the
city
and
a
final
appropriation
ordinance
or
sorry.
A
final
salary
ordinance
setting
the
salaries
for
elected
officials.
So
again
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
we
don't
actually
vote
on
individual
Department
budgets
during
the
formal
adoption
proceedings
of
the
budget,
but
nevertheless
have
found
it
useful
over
the
years
to
take
a
vote
related
to
what
the
council
thinks
of
each
Department's
budget.
A
So
to
that
end,
we
we
used
to
take
due
pass
recommend
what
we
call
a
do
pass
recommendation
or
a
recommendation
on
whether
or
not
the
council
would
recommend
that
an
item
of
legislation
do
pass
since
we
are
not
hearing
final
legislation
in
a
format
that
aligns
with
the
way
we're
hearing
these
budget
hearings.
I
had
proposed
a
new
motion
that
will
take
the
form
of
I
move
that
the
council
recommends.
A
Inclusion
of
this
departmental
budget,
as
presented
within
the
relevant
salary
ordinance
and
appropriation
ordinance
for
consideration,
so
it
reflects
again
an
opportunity
for
the
council
to
express
its
approval
or
disapproval
of
the
budgets
that
we
are
hearing
as
presented
in
this
week,
but
also
appropriately
notes
that
these
will
be
incorporated
within
the
salary
ordinance
and
appropriation
ordinance
context
for
consideration
later.
This
fall.
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C
Thank
you,
as
we
begin
this
week
of
budget
hearings,
I
wanted
to
read
our
land
and
labor
acknowledgment
that
we
keep
in
mind
whenever
we
are
acting
on
the
behalf
of
our
community.
So
we
recognize
that
the
city
of
Bloomington
sits
on
native
land,
the
city
as
well
as
the
city
administrative
buildings,
are
on
the
traditional
homelands
of
the
Miami
Delaware
Potawatomi
and
Shawnee
people,
and
we
acknowledge
that
they
are
past
present
and
future
caretakers
of
this
land.
C
D
Thank
you
very
much
good
evening,
Mayor
John
Hamilton.
Here
it
is
good
to
be
with
you.
Thank
you
for
welcoming
our
Administration
to
present
the
proposed
City
annual
budget
for
calendar
year
2024
over
the
next
four
nights,
as
mentioned,
usually
as
I
do
I
will
introduce
and
frame
the
entire
budget
first
and
followed
by
those
you
referenced
in
the
full
series
of
department
heads
in
coming
evenings.
I
also
appreciate
and
Associate
ourselves
with
the
land
and
labor
acknowledgment.
Thank
you
for
providing
that
as
a
statement
to
begin
our
evening.
D
Let
me
also
welcome
those
who
are
watching
in
Chambers
or
online
and
as
noted
this
city
budget,
to
propose
budgets
online
for
review,
and
let
me
also
thank
at
the
outset,
the
city
staff
who
have
worked
so
hard
to
prepare
these
materials,
all
of
our
department,
heads
and
especially
controller
Jeff
Underwood
and
his
team
Deputy
Mayor
Allen
and
the
mayor's
office
staff,
and
let
me
thank
also
directly
each
of
you
for
our
work
together
on
this
budget,
with
your
advice
and
also
for
our
work
in
the
city.
In
particular.
D
This
being
my
last
budget
presentation,
I
want
to
thank
several
of
you
who
we
have
worked
together,
who
won't
be
here,
you're,
helping
move
Bloomington
forward
with
your
efforts:
that's
Susan,
Sandberg
Jim,
Sims,
Zeus,
gambleri,
Ron,
Smith
and
Steve
volin.
It's
a
pleasure
working
with
you
and
I
look
forward
to
concluding
with
a
last
budget.
As
we
conclude,
our
service
I
hope
like
me
that
you
are
proud
of
the
results
we
have
done
together
so
to
the
budget.
D
Some
issues
we
did
not
choose
We
inherited
some
very
big
needs.
We
had
serious
water
quality
challenges
at
Lake,
Monroe,
an
underfunded
replacement
schedules
for
all
of
our
water
infrastructure,
we've
faced
serious
facility
and
Equipment
failures,
particularly
in
public
safety,
with
fire
apparatus
and
police
and
Public
Works
Vehicles,
not
up
to
the
tasks
we
had
seen.
Fewer
than
100,
affordable
homes
generated
in
the
previous
eight
years.
D
One
of
our
largest
employers,
IU
Health
Bloomington
Hospital,
was
leaving
downtown.
The
trades
District
was
quiet,
switch
Art
Park
was
an
abandoned
rail
yard.
We
had
a
long
stale,
comprehensive
plan,
no
sustainability
or
climate
plans.
We
had
done
no
annexations
in
10
years
and
had
recently
given
up
the
planning
Authority
for
the
two
mile
Fringe.
D
We
also
enjoyed
some
exceptional
opportunities.
We
called
the
String
of
Pearls
along
the
beeline
Trail
switch
yard,
Park
Convention,
Center
Hopewell
and
the
trades
District,
and
none
of
us
knew
what
was
coming
around
the
bend
either
like
U.S
president
number
45.,
the
state's
unconstitutional
intervention
in
our
annexation
process
in
April
of
2017.,
a
global
pandemic,
beginning
in
March
2020,
a
national
Insurrection
in
January
2021,
the
Supreme
Court's
reversal
of
Reproductive
Rights
in
June
of
2022
we've
dealt
with
a
lot
that
came
around
the
bend.
D
In
the
past
seven
plus
years,
we've
developed
or
preserved
nearly
1400,
affordable
housing
units,
mostly
very
long
term
or
permanently
affordable.
That's
more
than
a
20-fold
increase
in
the
rate
of
production.
With
great
momentum.
Continuing
we
are
in
the
midst
of
the
biggest
investment
in
digital
equity
and
access.
Bloomington
has
ever
seen
with
two
gigabit
speed:
net
neutral,
fiber
being
built
to
virtually
every
premise
and
effectively
free
internet
to
many
of
our
lower
income.
Families
paid
for
over
98
percent,
with
a
private
investment
of
over
50
million
dollars.
D
D
and
Bloomington
has
been
named
a
rising
Tech
City
in
the
state
and
was
rated
recently
number
two
in
the
midwest
in
startup
momentum.
Over
the
past
five
years,
behind
only
Chicago
we've
passed
two
local
school
referendums
to
keep
our
excellent
Public
Schools
strong
and
our
quality
of
life
is
thriving.
Parks
and
Recreation
won
our
Second
National
gold
medal
as
Best
in
Class
in
the
country.
D
D
We
passed
a
public
safety,
local
income
tax,
tripled
investments
in
basic
infrastructure.
We
expanded
our
overcrowded
animal
shelter,
put
Millions
into
I.T
Investments,
we're
expanding
City
Hall,
with
a
new
joint
Public
Safety
headquarters
for
police
and
fire
right
next
door,
and
some
more
space
for
the
clerk
and
Council
Office
as
well,
and
giving
our
five
fire
stations
major
upgrades.
D
The
Bloomington
Housing
Authority
accelerated
a
25-year
Rehabilitation
schedule
into
a
five-year
rehab
schedule
which
is
almost
completed.
They
also
launched
Summit
Hill
Community
Development
Corporation
as
an
engine
of
affordable
housing
and
a
new
Land
Trust
city
of
Bloomington
utilities
embraced
a
100
Year
main
replacement
plan
installed
tens
of
thousands
of
automated
water
meters
and
invested
tens
of
millions
in
modernizing
our
plants
and
systems.
Lowering
our
carbon
footprint
and
conserving
water
Bloomington
Transit
is
electrifying
its
operations,
expanding
them
significantly
in
frequency
and
convenience
and
impact.
D
As
to
the
String
of
Pearls.
We
have
open
switch
yard,
Park
activated
the
trades
district
with
great
momentum
and
purchased
Hopewell,
and
even
this
week
see
millions
of
dollars
of
infrastructure
going
in
to
support
up
to
a
thousand
new
homes
in
the
heart
of
our
city.
Even
the
long-delayed
and
frustrating
Convention
Center
is
primed
to
move
forward.
D
We
have
invested
in
our
employees
establishing
a
minimum
wage
15
hour
for
all
employees
now
over
17
an
hour,
and
we
tripled
the
percent
of
payroll
committed
to
training
up
to
a
baseline
of
1.5
percent
of
payroll.
We've
kept
employee
health
care
premiums
down,
usually
to
a
zero
annual
increases
for
our
employees.
We've
added
an
expanded
benefits
like
Health
Savings,
Account
contributions,
paid
parental
leave,
educational
assistance
program,
a
new
match
for
retirement
accounts
and
bonuses
and
Wellness.
D
Our
city
departments
are
centers
of
excellence.
I
really
would
like
to
go
through
all
16,
but
I'm.
Not
I
won't
do
that.
We'd
be
here
all
night,
you'll
hear
from
them,
I
know,
but
just
a
couple
examples.
Our
Public
Safety
departments
are
the
best
in
the
state
and
continue
to
lead
Progressive
reforms.
D
Our
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
continues
to
excel
earning
that
second
National
Gold
Medal
and
continuing
outstanding
program
and
Facilities
expansions
from
switchyard
Park
to
Rogers
family
park,
to
buy
Centennial
trails
and
trees
and
gateways
and
more.
We
could
go
through
more
economic
and
sustainable
development,
community
and
Family
Resources
housing
and
neighborhood
development,
Public,
Works
planning
and
transportation
engineering,
plus
our
three
quasi
independent
entities,
utilities,
Transit
and
housing,
and
the
ones
who
knit
it
all
together.
Controller
legal
Human,
Resources
information
technology
and
the
mayor's
office
all
thriving,
doing
outstanding
work.
D
We
could
tonight
review
a
expanded
and
new
Grant
programs
for
the
Arts
and
violence
reduction
and
Reproductive
Rights
and
Jack
Hopkins,
and
our
economic
Equity
Fund
from
the
economic
development
local
income
tax.
We
could
review
tonight
the
status
of
so
many
impactful
projects
like
the
10
million
dollar
five-year
infrastructure
bonds.
We
launched
last
year
the
four
Bicentennial
Bond
Trails,
the
opioid
settlement
funds,
the
recover
forward
and
American
Rescue
plan
projects
completed
and
underway
are
leafing
program
conversion.
D
D
Reproductive
Rights
have
been
brazenly
taken
away
from
our
residents.
We
see
major
public
health
challenges
daily,
especially
mental
health
and
substance
use
disorder.
As
an
employer.
We
see
ongoing,
hiring
challenges,
persisting
and
I
know.
That's
a
lot
to
review
with.
All
of
this
where
we
are,
is
Bloomington
positioned
exceedingly
well
with
outstanding
momentum
in
housing,
jobs,
diversity,
Equity
inclusion,
belonging
sustainability
and
essential
city
services.
D
D
How
fortunate
we
are
to
live
in
Bloomington
as
they
say,
the
harder
you
work,
the
luckier
you
get
with
this
context,
let's
review
the
2024
budget
and
where
we
are
headed
so
note
that
this
2024
budget
will
take
Bloomington
halfway
through
the
decade
of
the
20s,
the
first
five
years
completed
of
the
decade.
I
believe
we
need
to
continue
strategies
that
have
brought
us
to
this
very
strong
position
we
occupy
that
includes
collaborations.
D
Our
community
has
made
all
this
progress
truly
together.
Perhaps
we
learned
to
work
closely
together
most
powerfully
during
the
pandemic,
with
all
the
conversations
and
work
figuring
out
how
to
deal
with
the
public
health
crises,
economic
calamities
and
human
desperation,
City
County
large
institutions
like
IU
and
IU
Health,
many
non-profits,
Community,
Partners,
individual
volunteers,
all
our
essential
workers
pulled
together
saved
lives
and
protected.
Our
community,
similar
collaborations,
are
happening
with
the
stride.
D
Center
for
short-term
emergency
interventions
of
people
in
crisis,
with
the
heading
home
effort
to
ensure
homelessness
here
is
rare,
brief
and
non-repeating
with
the
new
gun,
violence
prevention
task
force
underway
this
year
and
with
project
46,
also
underway
as
a
multi-county
urban
rural
bipartisan.
Multi-Sector
effort
to
address
the
climate
emergency,
we
also
have
let
our
city
department
heads
manage
and
Lead
as
we
invest
in
our
employees.
We
share
annual
reversions
with
each
department
rewarding
their
efficiencies,
allowing
them
to
invest
in
their
operations.
We
encourage
strong
planning
and
vision.
D
D
D
Remember
we're
still
a
low
tax
community
and,
in
a
moment,
we'll
review
a
proposed
20
million
dollars
of
new
one-time
Investments
to
keep
a
recovery
momentum
going
as
we
dive
into
the
details
of
the
2024
budget.
I'll,
repeat
what
I
said
a
year
ago:
the
2023
budget
is
transformative,
it
truly
has
been,
and
is.
We
will
continue
that
in
2024,
as
the
proposed
24
budget
will,
let
us
continue
our
focus
on
key
challenges
in
this
decade.
D
This
budget
continues
these
efforts
and
while
also
keeping
up
the
basics,
has
been
said,
taking
care
of
what
we
own
and
Who
We
Are,
our
city
government's
physical
assets
and
our
people
tonight
is
a
step
in
the
budget
process
that
began
with
you
in
April,
we've
had
formal
meetings,
as
well
as
an
open
door
to
my
office
for
discussions.
I
do
appreciate
the
detailed
input
and
advice
that
some
of
you
have
offered
through
individual
meetings
and
conversations.
D
We've
also
gotten
information
from
the
public
directly
and
through
boards
and
commissions.
The
2024
budget
continues
our
activity-based
approach
structured
around
on
the
ground
activities
to
make
a
complex
document
like
this
more
accessible,
and
we
continue
also
to
report
regularly
on
the
hundreds
of
budget
goals
twice
annually,
most
recently
in
June.
So
first,
let's
do
the
basic
numbers
for
the
2024
budget
with
Edie
lit
and
other
General
Revenue.
Our
civil
City
operating
budget
proposal
is
just
over
131
million
dollars.
D
Up
about
1.4
percent
from
2023
is
129
million
the
total
operating
budget,
if
you
include
utilities
Transit
and
the
Housing
Authority-
is
229
million
a
decrease
of
not
quite
one
percent
from
the
231
and
23..
Those
numbers
are
all
in
the
budget
book
shared
last
Friday
and
we
will
look
forward
to
reviewing
them
with
you.
I
also
will
be
presenting
tonight
an
additional
20
million
dollar
proposal
for
one-time
Investments
paid
for
by
our
American
Rescue
plan
funds
and
Community,
revitalization
enhancement,
District
or
cred
reserves,
not
in
the
budget,
but
plan
for
the
final
budget.
D
This
budget
contains
2023's
range
of
transformational
Investments,
including
those
supported
by
the
Ed
lit,
and
it
focuses
new
investments
in
three
key
areas.
First,
we
continue
our
focus
on
being
an
employer
of
choice.
We
include
a
cost
of
living
adjustment
of
five
percent
for
all
non-union
employees,
repeating
the
same
level
of
2023.
D
We
continue
this
year's
new
benefits
of
a
780
retirement
savings
match
the
health
savings
account
boost,
Paid,
Family,
Leave,
continuing
education,
reimbursement
and
travel
and
lodging
reimbursements
for
employee
employees
who
need
out-of-state
access
to
reproductive
Health
Care.
We
also
plan
to
launch
a
new
employee
health
clinic
before
Year's
End.
D
This
group
made
Seven
preliminary
short-term
recommendations,
including
doubling
investments
in
Centerstone
and
their
988
response
services,
adding
a
nurse
to
the
Dispatch
Center
to
handle
some
health
related
calls
and
piloting
two
different
ways
to
respond
to
some
of
the
most
common
9-1-1
calls,
such
as
welfare
checks.
One
Pilot
will
include
a
team
with
a
sworn
police
officer,
Like
a
downtown
resource
officer
with
one
or
two
non-sworn
colleagues.
D
The
budget
includes
resources
to
implement
these
recommendations,
including
new
Personnel
that
will
emphasize
these
expanded
pilot
Services,
especially
downtown
a
new
second
after
hours,
Ambassador
in
cfrd,
as
well
as
non-sworn
temporary
community
service
specialists
in
the
police
department,
who
will
focus
on
Services
downtown
resources
for
five
new
full-time
equivalent
personnel
will
be
funded
from
the
existing
base.
Bpd
budget,
the
24
budget,
also
makes
several
specific
investments
in
our
fire
department,
including
funding
outside
of
the
labor
contracts,
two
percent
Cola,
to
bring
that
Cola
up
to
five
percent
for
2024..
D
That
five
percent
is
calculated
off
the
pay
of
this
year.
That
also
reflected
a
boost
to
five
percent
from
the
contracted
four
two
percent
recent
hiring
has
been
strong
and
Chief.
Moore
will
share
details
of
that
in
his
report,
but
we
also
believe
it's
appropriate
to
enhance
compensation
to
continue
the
outstanding
services
from
our
fire
department
and
continuing
its
Evolution.
The
fire
department
will
also
expand
its
non-sworn
services
with
three
new
community
paramedic
positions
to
help
implement
the
911
recommendations,
referenced
and
collaborate
with
the
highly
effective
mobile
Integrated
Health
Program
launched
last
year.
D
Public
Safety
Investments
also
include
our
rental
and
down
payment
assistance
programs.
When
I
took
office,
very
few
police
or
fire
Personnel
lived
in
the
city,
we
can
report
that
17
police
officers
and
seven
firefighters
received
the
750
dollars
per
month.
Rental
assistance
living
in
the
city.
One
police
officer
has
also
received
eighteen
thousand
dollar
down
payment
assistance
to
buy
a
home.
We
continue
to
develop
details
to
implement
the
hundred
thousand
dollar
down
payment,
purchase,
support
for
which
we've
received
five
submissions
of
interest,
and
we
are
increasing
recruitment
support
for
both
police
and
fire.
Together.
D
Third,
most
significantly
in
terms
of
dollar
amounts.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
we
are
proposing
tonight
an
addition
to
the
2024
operating
budget
to
extend
our
great
momentum
of
one-time
investments
from
recover
forward
and
arpa
to
complete
the
arpa
Investments
and
include
some
of
the
recently
released
cred
funds.
D
D
I'll
add
one
caveat
and
one
invitation
the
caveat
is
we
continue
to
explore
with
legal
counsel
all
the
complicated
arpa
rules
and
implications.
Some
may
even
be
changing
and
may
adjust
some
details
in
that
light,
as
I
think
you
know
under
current
regulations,
arpa
funds
must
all
be
committed
and
obligated
by
the
end
of
next
year
and
expended
by
the
end
of
2026.
D
D
The
invitation
is
that
this
proposal
of
20
million
dollars
is
not
written
in
stone.
Much
as
with
the
two
five
million
dollar
bonds
we
outlined
last
year,
we
are
presenting
a
series
of
recommended
Investments
That,
We
Believe
will
bring
our
community
extraordinary
value
if
a
majority
of
council
prefers
different
allocations.
We
welcome
those
discussions
in
coming
days
and
weeks.
D
D
The
second
largest
category
is
for
one-time
housing
investments,
with
approximately
five
million
dollars
focused
as
before
in
arpa
on
three
basic
components:
very
low
income
and
homeless
services,
Workforce
rental
supports
and
finally
affordable
home
ownership
support.
This
will
help
us
keep
the
great
momentum
in
housing.
D
We
also
propose
investing
more
than
one
million
dollars
directly
in
diversity,
Equity
inclusion
and
belonging
projects
and
programs,
primarily
through
parks,
cfrd
and
it
the
arpa
cred
package.
We
propose
also
includes
more
than
one
million
dollars
or
so
for
new
jobs
and
Workforce
supports,
as
well
as
additional
climate
related
programs,
primarily
through
ESD
and
finally,
we're
proposing
a
one
million
dollar
one-time
investment
in
public
health.
D
We
know
we
have
emergencies
in
our
community.
Overdose
deaths
have
more
than
doubled
in
the
last
three
years.
Mental
health
challenges
are
evident
in
our
population
and
while
the
city
does
not
have
a
health
department,
the
county
does
I
believe
we
should
dedicate
some
of
our
arpa
dollars
toward
this
crisis.
We
look
to
collaborate
on
Solutions.
We
strongly
encourage
Community
Partners
to
invest
substantially
more
than
this
amount,
both
one
time
and
ongoing
to
meet
our
moment.
In
particular.
This
need
is
timely,
as
our
community
explores
very
substantial
sums
to
upgrade
our
criminal
justice
system.
D
I
strongly
believe
it's
imperative.
We
invest
in
public
health
that
can
reduce
the
need
for
criminal
justice
responses.
This
20
million
dollar
package
of
proposed
one-time
Investments
is
a
major
step
forward
in
bloomington's
progress.
It
is
connected
to
huge
Federal
opportunities
ahead,
and
it
is
meant
for
discussion
and
I
look
forward
to
that
process.
Ahead
of
our
final
budget
submission
next
month,
more
information
to
come,
and
again
we
welcome
in
discussion
of
that.
To
conclude
the
2024
proposed
budget
totaling,
249
million
dollars
continues
our
strong
fiscal
condition
with
prudent
and
conservative
reserves.
D
It
continues
and
accelerates
our
outstanding
Community
momentum
in
the
key
issues
for
the
decade
of
the
20s.
This
proposed
budget
will
help
grow
the
middle
class
in
Bloomington,
with
good
jobs.
It
will
lower
costs
and
improve
quality
of
life
with
its
investments
in
transportation,
housing,
public
spaces
and
events,
and
don't
forget
the
critically
important
child
care
costs
addressed
by
the
upcoming
School
referendum.
This
budget
invests
in
our
people
inside
city
government
and
in
the
community
at
large
and
invest
in
our
security,
both
with
major
public
safety
focus
and
the
climate
response.
D
It's
been
a
privilege
to
serve
our
community
together
with
you.
I
am
pleased
to
share
this
single,
most
important
city
policy
document
with
you,
the
proposed
2024
budget
and
I
look
forward
to
continued
dialogue
and
your
adoption
of
this
great
investment
in
our
community's
future
I'd
be
happy
to
take
questions
or,
as
you
wish.
Thank
you.
Mr
chairman.
C
Like
30
minutes
ago
that
we
we
slide
with
the
arpa,
slash
cred
funding,
so
how?
How
will
this
proceed
as
far
as
getting
Council
input-
and
you
know
maybe
revising
some
of
your
ideas.
D
And
I
know
it's
there's
a
lot
flying
around.
We
I
think
we'll
be
sharing
with
you
in
the
next
few
days
as
well,
more
written
material
about
it,
but
I
welcome
conversations,
responses,
formal
or
informal
about
this.
We
believe
this
mix
kind
of
is
continuing
to
recover
forward
arpa
momentum
in
in
many
of
the
same
kind
of
categories.
D
We've
also
tried
to
listen
to
some
of
the
suggestions
from
Council
about,
for
example,
more
sidewalk
funding
and,
and
that
kind
of
thing,
so
we
just
welcome
those
conversations
we
will
need
by
mid-september
to
identify
the
dollar
amount
in
the
accounts
and
if
they
go
into
different
budget
Department
accounts.
But,
however,
you
want
to
proceed.
We're
ready
to.
E
Thank
you,
mayor,
Hamilton
I
have
a
question
regarding
Jack
Hopkins
funding.
Given
the
the
need
dwarfs
the
or
I
should
say
yes,
the
need
doors,
the
funds
available.
Could
you
could
you
describe
how
you
respond,
how
your
budget
responds
to
that
need.
D
Well,
the
budget
increases
Jack
Hopkins.
We
as
we
have
done
every
year
and
I.
Think
I'll
I
mean
that's
what
we're
that's,
what
we're
seeing
we
certainly
you
know
there
are
a
number
of
Grant
programs,
some
of
which
may
step
into
some
of
that
need
with
the
Reproductive
Rights
grants
with
the
gun,
violence,
prevention,
grants
and
such
in
the
downtown
grants
and
also
I
think
the
public
health
funds.
That
million
dollars
I,
think,
is
not
earmarked
and
can
offer
a
lot
of
support
for
some
of
the
most
important
Social
Service
and
Health
Services.
So.
E
Since
this
arpa
cred
funding
is,
is
a
one-time
expenditure,
correct
I
was
hoping
that
we
might
see
some
jack
Hopkins
funding
that
would
be
committed
to
from
the
general
fund
in
in
accord
with
with
the
need
that
would
be
significant,
as
well
as
the
sidewalk
funding,
but
I'll
leave
it
at
that,
because
perhaps
we
can
compensate
in
the
meantime
from
arpa
and
cred.
So
thank
you.
E
F
Rowland,
yes,
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
Mr
Mayor
I
am,
as
you
can
guess,
very
interested
in
the
the
Creed
money
usage.
Can
you
tell
us
approximately
where
the
Investments
are
going,
that
you
are
proposing
geographically.
D
Yes,
no
I
can't
some
of
some
of
these
are.
If
you
look
at
the
there's
two
complications,
one
the
mix
of
arpa
and
Creed
is
is
still
driven
in
part
by
the
intricacies
of
arpa
rules
and
so
an
entity
that
a
project
that
could
be
one
or
both
we
we're
kind
of
still
trying
to
figure
out
how
best
to
allocate
them.
We
know
we
need
to
allocate
all
the
arpa
money
by
next
end
of
next
year.
We
do
not
need
to
do
that
with
the
Creed,
so
there's
some
more
flexibility
that
way.
D
Second,
some
of
the
projects
do
have
Geographic
boundaries,
and
there
is
a
quite
substantial
targeting
of
downtown
work
in
the
20
million
dollars,
but
not
exclusive
and
happy
to
look
at
that.
But
we
we
there
are
others.
There
are
other
parts
of
the
program
that
are
not
geographically
bound,
I.
Think,
for
example,
Dei
workers
or
such.
F
D
Well,
we
hope
several
of
the
components
of
the
20
million
dollars
will
leverage
Federal
money
additional
Federal
money.
Besides,
the
arpa
arpa
can
do
that
itself
and
Creed
can
do
that,
for
example
in
the
housing
World
in
in
the
transportation
world.
We
certainly
hope
with
the
Safe
Streets
for
all
explicitly.
D
F
G
I
wanted
to
ask
a
question
about
compensation,
so
I'll
ask
it,
but
if
it's
best
to
be
talked
about
during
compensation,
just
let
me
know
I
wanted
to
ask
where
our
five
percent
increase
for
employees
comes
from.
G
I
know
the
county
does
six
percent,
which
is
based
on
the
Consumer
Price
Index
and
what
is
recommended
by
the
U.S
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
for
the
Midwest
region.
So
just
wondering
I
guess
where
ours
comes
from
if
it
comes
from
somewhere
and
then
also
why
we
don't
use
the
same
stat
well,.
G
D
See
well
I
will
let
both
controller
Underwood
and
and
interim
human
resource
director
Fields
speak
to
that
I
will
know
we
we
do.
We
definitely
look
at
different
measures
of
of
inflation.
We
did
that
last
year,
we've
done
it
again.
This
year
we
look
at
the
budget's
capacity.
As
you
know,
we
got
a
four
percent
increase
in
the
the
property
tax
levy
and
a
less
than
four
percent
increase
in
the
local
income
tax,
so
that
we,
by
the
way
the
state
it
should
have
been
five
percent.
D
The
state
passed
a
new
law
that
cut
that
from
five
percent
to
four
percent.
So
we're
not
excited
about
that.
But
it's
really
a
mix
of
things.
I
I
checked,
I,
don't
I
haven't
found
any
two-year
period
in
bloomington's
history
when
we
did
a
10,
a
five
and
a
five
percent
Cola
increase,
I.
Think.
In
addition,
the
fact
that
we
chose
to
put
some
of
the
money
in
fixed
dollar
amounts
which
are
more
Progressive.
D
If
you
add
that
to
some
it's
more
like
seven
percent
or
six
and
a
half
to
lower
income
employees
to
500,
the
Thousand
was
more
like
eight
or
eight
or
eight
plus
percent
for
some.
But
we
we
do
a
mix
of
those.
A
D
Of
comedy
I
want
to
take
a
personal
moment
to
thank
controller
Underwood
who's,
presenting
his
eighth
budget
with
me.
I,
don't
know
how
many
for
the
city,
but
I'm
I,
so
sincerely
appreciate
his
work
and
an
amazing
public
servant
and
I
appreciate
you
I
know
you'll
hear
from
him
tonight
and
I
just
want
to
thank
him
for
all
the
work
that
he's
done
in
the
last
many
months
and
many
years.
Thank
you
absolutely.
A
Thank
you
so
much
so
so
again.
If
members
of
the
public
would
like
to
comment
in
response
to
Mayor
Hamilton's,
introduction
and
overview
of
the
2024
City
budget,
we
would
consider
public
comments
at
this
time,
keeping
in
mind,
of
course,
that
we
will
hear
each
Department's
budget
in
sequence
over
the
next
four
nights,
and
then
we
got
opportunities
to
comment
then,
as
well
with
specifics.
A
A
First
of
all,
for
these
first
three
presentations,
we
don't
need
to
consider
motions
about
our
approval
or
recommendation,
since
they
are
not
part
of
the
Department's
budgets
that
we
would
consider
that
for
and
second
just
wanted
to
remind
council
members
that
there
will
be
a
period
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
on
Thursday
night
for
council
member
comments
about
the
budget
as
a
whole,
which
may
be
another
appropriate
time
to
share
thoughts.
But
at
this
time
I
would
invite
council
members
to
share
additional
comment
in
response
to
the
overview.
If
any.
A
C
A
I
A
A
I
would
invite
Jeff
McMillan
or
Cheryl
Gilliland,
if,
if
you
all
have
any
any
feedback
with
respect
to
whether
or
not
you
you
would
like
to
present
on
this
topic
or
or
if
we
should
push
it
until
a
later
part
of
the
meeting,
just
inviting
your
input
as
controller
staff.
A
J
Jeff
Underwood
City
controller
I'm
presenting
tonight
my
24th
budget
and
last
budget
to
you
all
so
I
did
not
as
many
as
Mick
I
think
he
held
the
record
for
the
total
number
of
budgets,
but
I
think
it
comes
a
longer
time
period.
38
years,
I
started
at
the
city
back
in
1985
when
I
was
27
years
old
and
many
years,
38
years
later
now,
age
65
as
I
was
reminded
that
by
the
nice
lady
at
CVS
that
I'm
elderly
now
my
final
budget.
J
All
right
so
to
get
started.
It's
been
a
tough
few
years
with
coven
and
coming
out
of
that
and
eye
inflation.
We
continue
to
see
increases
in
the
cost
of
goods
and
services
and
shortages
of
labors.
The
good
news
is
that
we
received
a
significant
assistance
from
federal
recovery
programs
such
as
arpa
American
Rescue
plan
and
cares,
as
well
as
the
Ed
lid,
continue
seeing
strong
growth
in
both
our
Levy,
due
to
a
strong
way
to
Statewide
and
growth
in
our
local
economy.
J
A
little
bit
of
review.
We
ended
2022
with
reserves
between
the
city's
general
fund
and
the
rainy
day
fund
of
41.9
percent.
To
put
this
in
perspective,
this
would
allow
us
to
pay
for
approximately
five
months
of
the
city's
general
fund
expenditures
without
receiving
any
other
revenues,
we're
projecting
these
levels
to
be
48.9
and
39.2
percent
at
the
end
of
23
and
24,
respectively.
J
Property
taxes:
these
continue
to
be
a
significant
source
of
revenue
for
the
city's
general
fund,
March
general
fund,
our
debt
obligations
and
our
cumulative
Capital
Development
Fund.
The
total
of
that
represents
34.7
percent
of
our
total
revenues,
and
the
state
has
estimated
this
source
of
revenues
will
replace
increase
by
four
percent.
The
maximum
allowed
for
2024.
I
would
like
to
note
that
the
state
legislature,
in
their
wisdom,
reduce
that
from
five
percent
four
percent,
if
we
would
have
seen
a
little
bit
better
growth
in
that.
J
Size
next
is
local
income
taxes
and
these
funds
are
collected
and
remitted
by
the
state.
The
lit
is
composed
of
three
categories.
The
shares
which
goes
into
the
general
fund.
Economic
Development,
goes
into
its
own
fund
and
Public
Safety,
which
goes
into
its
own
fund
as
well.
These
represent
a
total
of
11.7
13.1
and
5.4
percent
total
a
total
of
30.2
percent.
My
name
is
leanist
revenues.
J
This
is
such
as
fees
for
service
permits
and
patient
parking
fees
and
permits
finds
an
interest,
income
and
other
sources
of
revenue,
and
they
represent
about
55.1
percent
of
the
total
revenues
as
presented
the
overall
bud,
not
including
utility
or
Transit.
The
request
is
131.2
and
which
is
an
increase
of
1.8
million
or
1.4
percent.
J
As
noted
by
the
mayor,
we
will
be
talking
about
and
presenting
a
budget
for
the
use
of
arva
and
grad
funds
at
approximately
another
20
million
dollars,
and
that
would
adjust
this
figure
to
151.2
million
dollars
or
an
increase
of
16.9
percent.
So
once
we
finalize
those
numbers,
we
will
update
this
information
and
that
will
be
in
the
next
presentation
as
well.
J
Some
charts
that
we
provided
to
you
as
you
noted
last
year,
we
you
requested
that
we
provide
you
with
a
chart
by
department
down
the
left-hand
side.
I
know
this
is
a
little
bit
busy
because
there's
a
lot
of
departments
and
a
lot
of
funds
and
then
all
of
the
various
funds
that
we're
asking
you
to
appropriate
from
from
the
general
fund
to
our
new
opioids
funds
as
well.
So
you
can
see
that
broken
out
down
by
department
and
then
totaled
up
by
fund
and
by
Department.
J
It
comes
back
to
the
131
million
dollars.
To
give
you
some
idea
of
the
breakdown
of
how
we
spend
our
money.
This
is
a
a
chart
by
function.
Public
Safety
is
the
largest
at
29.9
percent.
Then
you
have
outside
Services,
actually
the
largest
at
40
percent.
So
that's
outward
facing
dollars.
Tax
caps
represent
one
percent,
Debt
Service,
three
percent
Parks
and
Recreation
nine
percent
Capital,
seven
percent
and
administrative
cost
costs
such
as
the
legal
department,
Human,
Resources
and
controller
11
percent,
just
put
that
by
the
actually
the
categories.
J
If
you
remember,
we
have
four
categories
which
are
categories:
one
Personnel
Services.
The
total
budget
is
made
up
of
50
of
personnel
costs
or
people.
You
also
have
supplies
that
represent
six
percent.
That's
category
two
outside
services
is
32
and
then
Debt
Service
is
three
and
then
Capital,
which
is
category
four,
represents
nine
percent.
J
As
I
noted
before,
this
is
the
summary
of
the
actual
and
projected
year
in
cash
balances
and,
unfortunately
doesn't
fit
on
one
screen.
But
again
this
is
the
projected
and
actual
Reserve
figures
of
41.9
48.9
and
39.3
percent.
J
And
again
let
me
grow
going
back
2003.
You
can
see
a
high
in
in
the
first
year,
4.8
percent
slowly
drop
down
through
the
bad
years,
and
then
we
saw
it
slowly
come
back
to
us
and,
like
we
say,
we've
received
the
maximum
allowed
the
last
two
years
at
five
percent
and
four
percent.
J
The
next
one
is
just
the
historic
cash
balances
that
we
present
each
year.
This
is
a
10-year
look
back
of
all
the
different
funds
that
have
been
appropriated,
obviously
in
some
years,
they're
zeros,
because
they
didn't
exist
at
the
time
and
refund
so
from
the
general
fund.
That's
been
around
forever
to
our
Oakley
settlement
funds,
restrictive
and
unrestricted,
which
are
the
two
newest
funds
that
we've
added
next
up
is
the
pslit
tenure
Capital
plan.
J
J
Then
you
have
the
buyer,
the
police
department
on
the
same
time,
period,
10
years
and
a
total
of
14
million
dollars
and
then
combine
90
million
dollars
for
the
two
I'm
happy
to
report
of
the
amount
requested
was
3.96
million
dollars
and
we
believe
we'll
get
about
4.67
million
dollars.
J
So
we
were
able
to
fully
fund
all
the
requests
going
forward
for
2024
and
then
finally,
all
the
other
departments
and
funds
Capital
budgets,
so
you
can
see
buy
fund
by
Department
by
item,
starting
with
the
general
fund
and
ending
up
with
vehicle
replacement
fund
for
a
total
7.192
million
dollars.
I
appreciate
your
time
this
evening,
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
present
to
you
for
the
24th
time
and
last
time
the
city's
budget
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
at
this
time.
A
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Underwood
I.
Could
you
remind
me
what
the
dlgf
recommends
for
minimum
balance
for
the
rainy
day
fund.
J
It's
actually
the
gmoa,
which
is
the
government
finance
officer,
appreciation.
They
recommend
they
recommend
two
months
and
we
we've
gone
with
four
to
be
a
little
bit
more
conservative.
F
Thank
you,
Mr
Underwood,
and
let
me
see
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you
as
well
the
past
few
years
for
less
for
only
about
half
of
your
tenure
frankly,
but
I
think
that
when
the
administration
proposed
the
dissolution
of
the
Creed
fund
and
I
pronounce
it
that
way,
even
though
it
doesn't
look
like
it
because
that's
how
it
was
pronounced,
when
I
was
first
introduced
to
it
almost
20
years
ago,
it
looks
like
Craig
was
pronounced.
F
Creed,
then
you
told
us
that
you
would
help
us
specially
track
the
movement
of
those
dollars
I'm.
Looking
at
the
ninth
slide,
you
put
up
and
trying
to
figure
out
in
which
fund
that
now
15
million
dollars,
I
thought
it
was
17
resides.
F
J
It
would
be
that
amount,
so
the
year
end
would
have
been
the
the
year-end
amount
reported
on.
The
slide
is
the
actual
amount,
because
they
are
the
cred
transfer.
Creed
transfer
happened
in
January
of
this
year
and
we
transferred
17
million
dollars,
so
it'd
be
approximately
17
million
dollars
higher
and
you
appropriated
about
three
million
of
that.
So
there's
hang
on
just
a
second
I'll
give
you
a
number
unappropriated
is
14.3
million
dollars,
so
we
will
show
you
that
separately.
J
F
J
I
will
pass
that
off
to
Corporation
Council
Kate
or
the
mayor
on
that
particular
answer.
Question
sorry.
K
Thank
you
and
good
evening.
Council
members,
Corporation
Council
Beth
K
I
just
used
up
some
of
your
seconds.
The
I
believe
the
thinking
about
moving
it
and
closing
down
the
bidac
at
the
time
was
that
we
had
reached
the
sort
of
statutory
and
effectively
of
what
they
were
doing.
They
hadn't
operated
in
a
while
and
I
think
it's
all
kind
of
laid
out
in
the
documents
that
we
created
at
the
time.
But
the
idea
was
this:
would
free
up
uses
for
the
fund?
A
J
J
We
look
at
a
total
overall
debt,
as
does
standards
and
poor
who
reviews
are
Bond
rating
I'll,
get
you
an
updated
number
on
the
debt
per
capita
and
where
that
ranks,
but
as
we've
looked
at
that
we're
relatively
low
debt
city
as
far
as
both
total
debt
and
debt
per
capita,
so
I
will
say
that
we
just
recently
went
through
a
review
with
s
p
and
we
maintained
our
double
a
general
obligation
rating
which
is
very
high
for
CDR
size
and
then
double
A
minus
for
Revenue
type
bonds
as
well.
L
And
do
you
know
our
total
percentage
of
debt
service
across
all
of
our
funds?
Can
you
share
that
with
us.
L
Okay,
yes,
I'd
appreciate
that
and
also
a
question
regarding
miscellaneous
Revenue
accounting
for
35.1
percent
of
total
revenues.
That's
a
pretty
big
percentage
for
me.
Is
there
anywhere
we
can
go
to
find
a
detailed
breakdown
according
to
federal
and
state
highway
funds,
and
how
much
comes
from
fines
or
interest
income
or
so
forth?
Where
can
we
go
to
find
that.
J
J
That,
typically,
a
arrives
at
when
we
go
to
the
next
phase
of
the
budget,
which
switches
us
from
program
budgets
to
the
required
State
forms
that
you
all
vote
on.
C
Yes,
thank
you.
Mr
Edward
I
have
a
few
questions,
so
the
I
noticed
in
the
the
page
that
has
all
of
our
funds.
Scrunched
together,
I
had
to
squint
at
it
to
to
read
it,
but
there
is
something
called
a
co-ed
special
distribution,
a
1.6
million
dollars
that
goes
to
Public
Works
streets
department.
Could
you
tell
me
where
that
comes
from
and
why
it
went
to
streets.
J
Yes,
I
can,
as
you
know,
we
are
guaranteed
with
our
local
income
tax,
our
annual
distribution.
So
once
the
state
sets
that
limit
amount,
we
are
guaranteed
to
get
that,
unlike
property
taxes
and
all
the
other
miscellaneous
revenues
and
they're
able
to
do
that,
because
the
state,
when
they
created
the
local
income
tax
created
a
state
escrow
account
that
they
keep
a
certain
amount
of
money
in
by
County
and
unit
that
had
grown
very
large
over
the
years
and
the
legis
the
units
were
saying,
hey,
look.
J
J
The
state
legislature
created
a
formula
to
calculate
what
the
minimum
the
maximum
amount
should
be
and
the
very
first
year
that
they
and
then
they
said
that
the
state
needed
to
distribute
anything
in
excess
of
that
and
in
the
very
first
year
the
legislation
was
very
special
and
it
said
you
had
to
create
a
code
option,
income
tax,
which
was
the
name
of
the
lid
at
the
time
for
that
to
go
into,
and
it
could
only
be
utilized
against
Street
projects.
J
So
we
have
had
that
fund
for
a
number
of
years.
So
when
we
were
looking
at
funding
this
year,
it
was
just
sitting
there
and
we
said
we
should
why
don't
we
utilize
that
we
have
a
need
for
it?
So
that's
why
it's
Associated!
That's
why
it's
been
appropriated
and
that's
why
it's
being
associated
with
the
street
department
and
they'll,
give
you
more
information
on
that
when
they
present
Public
Works
on
Thursday
night.
C
Okay,
thank
you.
The
when
it's
with
the
Indiana
law
says
we
can
only
use
it
for
a
street
projects.
Does
that
include
like
bicycle
and
pedestrian
infrastructure,
or
is
it
purely
for
automobile
infrastructure?
Do
you
know.
J
C
Okay,
I
have
36
seconds
left.
How
does
money
get
put
in
the
Rainy
Dayne
fund.
J
J
It's
only
happened
once
or
twice
I
think
a
number
of
years
ago,
and
it's
only
been
appropriated
out
of
once.
You
all
did
it.
When
we
first
hit
code,
we
used
it
for
recover
forward
money.
A
I
have
a
brief
follow-up
on
councilmember,
Piedmont
Smith's
question
and
your
response
controller
Underwood
about
the
coetz
special
distribution.
I
might
have
just
misheard.
You
mentioned
the
the
legislative
legislatively
imposed
restrictions
on
that
fund
when
it
became
when
it
first
came
to
be,
are
those
still
in
place
or
did
I
hear
you
say
that
it
was
a
an
initial
restriction.
A
J
Was
an
initial
restriction
only
on
that
distribution
so
that
money
had
to
go
in
and
into
calling
the
SE
purposes
subsequently
they
they
got
rid
of
that
requirement.
So
subsequent
distributions
go
back
to
the
fund
that
the
funds
went
into
originally.
So,
if
there's,
if
it's
certified
shares
or
Ed
letter,
Public
Safety.
J
A
J
A
Thank
you
last
call
for
any
consumable
questions
on
the
General
Financial
State
of
the
city
presentation.
A
Seeing
none
I
would
welcome
public
comment
on
the
General
State
of
the
city,
General
Financial,
State
of
the
city.
If
anyone
in
Chambers
would
like
to
make
a
comment,
please
raise
your
hand
we'd.
Welcome
you
to
the
podium
to
make
a
comment
or,
if
there's
any
folks,
attending
on
Zoom.
That
would
like
to
provide
comment
on
this
period.
You
can
do
so
by
ending
or
you
can
indicate
your
desire
to
do
so
by
using
the
raised
hand,
function
and
zoom.
A
Okay
and
seeing
that
in
Chambers,
we'll
return
to
council
for
any
comments
on
the
General
Financial
State
of
the
city.
A
M
M
M
M
The
city
increased
its
contribution
to
health
savings
accounts
for
those
on
the
high
deductible
Health
Plan
by
850
this
year,
and
now
we
also
provide
up
to
thirty
dollars
per
per
pay
and
401a
retirement
account
contributions
when
an
employee
contributes
to
457b,
deferred
compensation
retirement
account
supporting
our
desire
to
become
an
employer
of
choice.
Our
budget
reflects
increases
to
employee
compensation,
along
with
a
desire
to
maintain
the
newer
programs
that
we
implemented
this
year.
M
Specifically,
our
budget
includes
the
following:
increases
to
base
pay:
a
five
percent
increase
for
non-union
and
elected
officials,
contractual
increases
for
police
afsme
and
fire.
Almost
280
thousand
dollars
has
been
budgeted
to
give
certain
firefighters
an
additional
bonus.
This
would
be
if,
as
a
reminder,
we
gave
firefighters
a
one-time,
covid-19
retention
bonus
this
year
this
year,
that
was
equivalent
to
three
percent
of
their
2022
salaries.
M
M
Here
are
brief.
Highlights
from
our
category
one
personnel:
the
city
pays
7.65
percent
of
compensation
as
a
FICA
tax
and
contributes
14.2
percent
each
benefits
eligible
non-sworn
public
safety
officer
to
an
employee's
public
employees
retirement
fund.
This
also
covers
the
employees
contribution
which
is
three
percent
sworn
police
and
firefighters
receive
22
percent,
their
pay
in
City
contributions
to
a
public
employees,
retirement
fund-
and
this
includes
four
percent
of
the
six
percent
in
required
employee
contributions
to
that
account.
M
M
Participation
in
the
aim,
medical
trust,
has
been
very
valuable
to
the
city.
The
city
has
been
a
member
of
that
trust
since
January
1st
of
2011
and
has
a
seat
on
the
Board
of
Trustees
sits
its
Inception
in
2010.
The
medical
trust
has
grown
from
four
members
in
cities
and
towns
to
51
member
cities
and
towns.
M
This
slide
shows
the
difference
in
the
increases
to
Medical
premiums
and
the
trust
renewal
rates
versus
the
sort
of
medical.
The
trend
renewal
rates
since
joining
the
trust.
The
city's
annual
Health
Care
insurance
premiums
have
increased
only
on
average
by
five
percent,
whereas
the
annual
average
trend
has
been
10.9
percent.
M
M
A
few
things
I'll
highlight
from
this
list.
The
city
is
planning
on
repurposing
and
expanding
its
current
Bike
To
Work
Program
into
a
sustainable
commuter
program.
M
To
show
the
value
of
our
compensation
and
benefits
to
eligible
employees,
I
have
a
compensation
and
benefits
statement.
A
non-union,
regular
employee
with
a
forty
thousand
dollar
salary
this
year
will
get
a
five
percent
increase
along
with
a
500
payment,
including
the
Public
Employee
Retirement
fund
contribution
at
around
six
thousand
dollars
and
the
Deferred
Compensation
match
of
around
or
of
a
maximum
of
780,
as
well
as
the
value
of
paid
time
off,
which
includes
holiday
pay,
as
well
as
a
little
over
three
thousand
dollars
in
paid
taxes
and
Medicare.
M
This
concludes
the
first
of
my
two
presentations
this
evening.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
the
2024
compensation
and
benefits
budget
request
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
of
your
questions
at
this
time.
A
Fields,
my
apologies
you're,
not
feeling
well
and
thank
you
for
being
with
us
all
the
same,
we'll
go
to
council
members
for
questions
on
the
compensation
and
health
insurance
as
presented.
I
F
More
rolling
one,
quick
question
about
the
insurance
compensation:
you
say:
that's
fourteen
thousand
dollars
per
employee
is
that
an
average
or
because
some
employees
have
their
family
on
a
plan.
Some
are
individuals.
A
C
Yes,
so
for
the
union
represented
firefighters,
the
the
contract
says
two
percent
increase
for
2023,
and
then
you
say
that
there
will
be
bonus
payments
to
bring
their
increase
up
to
five
percent.
So
yeah,
can
you
walk
through
the
math?
For
me.
M
M
Salary
was
a
five
percent
increase
of
their
of
last
year's
pay.
So
if
we
call
that
your,
if
we
call
that
their
2023
adjusted
pay,
we
are
giving
them
five
percent
above
that
20
23
adjusted
pay
next
year
in
salary
increases
and
an
additional
bonus.
M
M
E
Yes,
just
could
you
clarify
so
most
employees
receive
a
500
bonus
which
employees
are
exempt.
A
Additional
council
member
questions
seeing
none,
we
could
go
to
the
public
for
any
comments
on
the
compensation
and
benefits
as
presented
by
Miss
Fields.
Anybody
in
the
chambers
would
like
to
speak.
Please
go
ahead
and
walk
up
to
the
podium
to
do
so
and
if
you
are
joining
us
online,
you
can
use
the
raised
hand
function
in
Zoom
to
express
your
desire
to
speak
on
this
matter.
A
C
Yeah
just
to
say,
I'm,
sorry
to
see
the
the
parking
cash
out
go
away,
I
understand
that
it
will
be
replaced
by
a
500
per
year
incentive
to
not
use
a
single
occupancy
vehicle.
But,
as
was
mentioned
last
year,
when
we
did
get
the
Pilot
parking
Cash
Out
program
that
the
cash
amount
was
never
really
equivalent
to
what
it
actually
cost
to
park
in
downtown
Bloomington.
C
So
I'm
disappointed
that
this
program,
the
pilot,
has,
has
been
dropped
and
and
not
continued
to
an
actual
level
that
reflects
the
value
of
of
parking
pass
here
at
City
Hall.
So
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
that's
unfortunate.
C
A
I'll
briefly,
Echo
the
comments
of
councilmember,
repeat
on
Smith
I
appreciate
the
the
shift,
I
think
as
I
understand
it
that
I'm
curious
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
the
proposed
adjustment
in
that
program,
which
gets
at
I
think
one
of
the
challenges
we
talked
through
last
year,
which
is
that
parking
isn't
the
same
everywhere
and
we
wanted
to
be
fair
in
how
we
gave
that
gave
that
benefit
to
folks,
but
would
agree,
I
think
with
councilmember
Piedmont
Smith's
reference
to
the
the
value
of
of
parking
and
I
think
was
something
more
like
eight
or
nine
hundred
dollars
annually
that
it
would
cost
to
have
a
a
permit
in
a
in
a
city-owned
lot
downtown.
A
So,
ideally,
would
like
to
see
it
adjusted
to
that
level,
but
again,
look
forward
to
asking
you
about
details
with
respect
to
the
evolution
of
that
program.
Thank
you.
Seeing
no
other
final
comments
from
Council
Members.
A
We
can
go
ahead
and
proceed
to
the
your
presentation
on
the
human
resources
proposed
budget
and
we'll
follow
the
same
format
of
questions,
public
comment
and
council
member
comment,
but,
starting
with
this
departmental
budget,
we
may
want
to
consider
motions
expressing
the
council's
approval
or
not
of
inclusion
of
the
budget
as
presented
in
the
appropriate
salary
and
appropriation
ordinances.
Thank
you.
M
M
M
M
Here's
a
brief
summary
of
our
current
goals
for
the
year
earlier.
This
year
we
performed
a
review
of
our
hiring
process
and
made
adjustments,
and
we
will
soon
work
to
implement
a
new
applicant
tracking
system
that
will
facilitate
the
process
of
advertising.
Hiring
and
onboarding
new
employees
we
plan
on
replacing
some
of
our
paper
forms
with
electronic
versions
to
save
time
paper
and
reduce
errors.
M
We
also
plan
to
publish
a
revised
version
of
our
Personnel
manual
by
the
end
of
the
year.
We
have
a
goal
that
all
HR
staff
would
take
advantage
of
an
opportunity
to
network
with
other
HR
professionals
to
increase
our
awareness
of
innovative
Innovative
programs
and
activities
in
HR
annual
training
in
harassment,
prevention
and
diversity,
and
inclusion
will
be
required
later
this
year
through
on-demand
videos
that
HR
assigns
and
manages.
M
In
addition,
we
will
send
out
an
internal
Department
Services
survey
in
quarter
four
to
department
heads
and
we
summarize
the
feedback
for
those
departments
as
well.
Finally,
HR
will
coordinate
three
appreciation
events
this
year,
a
picnic
next
month
at
switch
yard,
Park,
a
holiday
luncheon
in
November
December
and
then
an
employee
recognition
event
in
quarter.
Four.
M
In
addition,
we've
been
working
with
Consultants
on
a
classification
and
compensation
study.
As
noted
earlier
of
non-union
civil
City
positions,
we've
chosen
a
provider
for
a
near
site,
employee
health
clinic
and
hope
to
have
that
available
to
staff
in
December.
Our
benefits
team
took
time
to
explore
what
low-cost
or
no-cost
non-insurance
benefits.
We
could
Implement
for
our
employees
to
improve
our
competitiveness
as
an
employer,
and
we
are
still
evaluating
those
recommendations.
M
M
M
M
Our
third
program
is
employee
relations
and
our
first
goal
in
that
series
is
in
2021
and
into
2022
HR,
coordinated,
instructor-led,
implicit
bias,
training
for
All
City
staff,
and
it
was
our
intention
to
do
this
periodically.
Therefore,
we
would
like
to
offer
it
again.
Next
year,
like
this
year
and
years
past,
we
will
organize
three
Employee
Appreciation
events.
M
M
M
2024
Human
Resources
budget
reflects
increases
that
align
with
our
mission
to
create
a
positive,
productive
and
inclusive
work
environment
that
attracts
retains
and
develops
staff
in
order
to
accomplish
organizational
goals.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
this
budget
request
and
I
would
be
happy
to
answer
your
questions
at
this
time.
A
C
Yes,
thank
you
Miss
fields,
so
the
vaccinating
in
centive
is
that
ongoing,
so
people
get
their
booster
shots
or
is
that
was
that
a
one-time
thing
that.
N
Thank
you,
Miss
Fields.
With
regard
to
employee
relations,
could
you
give
us
just
a
benchmark
as
to
how
much
of
your
time
or
your
staff's
time
has
taken
up
with
employee
complaints
and
grievances
now
I
know
HR
is
a
very
private
Affair
and
a
lot
of
these
things
are
confidential.
So
I
don't
need
details,
but
just
can
you
give
me
a
general
idea
as
to
how
much
of
those
concerns
you've
been
dealing
with
over
the
past
10
years,
I.
M
Would
really
have
to
think
about
that
and
I
would
say
it:
it
definitely
Ebbs
and
flows.
Yeah,
that's
really
hard
for
me
to
estimate.
I
will
say
that
our
HR
generalist
primarily
deals
with
employee
relations.
Issues
that
also
includes
managing
leaves,
leaves
of
absences
and
family
and
medical
leave,
as
well
as
accommodation
requests
and
then
myself
and
an
assistant
director
when,
when
they
fill
that
role
will
also
spend
time
in
those
sorts
of
areas.
But
I
would
say
it's
it.
It's
very
hard
to.
M
M
The
contract
negotiation
process
is
there
is
an
internal
team
that
manages
that,
composed
of
in
the
past,
the
controller
The
Corporation
Council,
the
deputy
mayor
and
the
HR
Director.
Now,
if
the
unions
feel
like
the,
if
afscme
union
feels
like
their
contract
has
been
violated,
they
would
file
a
grievance
which
would
start
at
the
the
process
starts
at
the
the
supervisor
level
or
the
department
head
level
and
then
escalates
all
the
way
up
to
the
mayor's
office,
where
legal
would
respond
to
that
step.
Three
agreements
very.
O
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation.
Will
you
can
you
quantify
what
is
the
existing
cost
for
the
parking
Cash
Out
program
and
then
do
you
have
a
an
estimate
or
thought
on
if
you
transform
it
into
a
different
program,
what
does
that
mean
as
far
as
a
fiscal
impact?
Thank
you.
That's.
M
A
good
question:
we've
currently
budgeted
I
think
a
little
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
parking
Cash
Out
program.
We've
only
had
we
had
17
take
advantage
of
it,
and
then
we
had
18
take
advantage
of
it.
The
the
second
year
when
we
doubled
the
amount
from
250
to
to
500.
So
you
know
18
times,
500.
I,
don't
know
what.
O
M
I
would
say
we
don't
know
yet,
and
yet
we
don't
know
how
people
are
going
to
behave.
We
know
who's
who's
participating
in
our
Bike
To
Work
Program,
but
which
is
what
we
would
like
to
retool.
But
I.
Don't
I,
don't
I,
don't
know
how
people
might
react
and
how
they
might
change
their
behavior.
Given
an
incentive
I
think
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
is
a
good.
L
I
B
L
Heard
almost
every
year
for
the
past
several
years
about
the
challenges
of
recruiting
and
retaining
individuals
in
law
enforcement,
I
know
we've
made
some
additional
investments
in
that
area
this
year
in
the
in
the
form
of
a
person.
Could
you
talk
about
how
well
that
has
gone?
How
or
how
not
well
that's
gone,
and
what
kind
of
I'm
a
special
interest
in
how
we're
measuring
that
person's
success?.
M
I'd
be
happy
to.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
data
to
to
to
evaluate
what
methods
are
are
effective
right
now,
but
we
are
tracking
that
data,
our
talent,
acquisition,
specialist
started
in
April
and
since
then,
he's
been
to
at
least
two
or
three
recruitment
job
fairs
he's
they've
they've
worked
on
a
lot
of
things
like
creating
Flyers
he's
been
supporting
the
new
Fire
recruits
helping
them.
You
know
get
through
their
process.
M
We've
got
lots
of
plans
to
create
recruitment
videos
to
expand
our
advertising
to
go
to
additional
job
fairs,
especially
at
historically
black
colleges.
So
we
have
quite
a
bit
planned
for
this
year
still
and
for
next
year,
and
we
are
tracking
that
data,
what
we're
doing
so
that
we
can
see
what's
what's
going
to
be
effective
for
the
future.
M
L
Fund
got
it
okay,
and
do
we
have
particular
measures
of
that
person's
success?
How
will
we
know
if
it's
gone
well,
I.
M
Sure,
well,
he
is
tracking
the
things
that
he's
doing
to
see.
You
know
we
just
don't
have
enough
data
right.
L
M
So
certain
things
that
we're
tracking
that
we
would
plan
on
tracking
and
evaluating
are
you
know,
do
we
see
an
increase
in
the
number
of
qualified
applicants
and
can
we
can
we
track
that
to
a
certain
recruiting
initiative
to
a
certain
dollar
amount?
M
You
know:
are:
how
long
are
they
staying
after
one
year
they're,
especially
in
public
safety?
There
are
multiple
steps
within
the
hiring
process,
so
we're
tracking,
where
we
might
where
they
might
fall
off,
so
that
we
can
better
give
the
support
where
it's
needed
great.
G
Hi,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentations
tonight.
Sorry,
you
feel
bad
and
you
have
to
be
here
feeling
bad
I
have
two
questions.
So
first
I
really
appreciate
the
classification
and
compensation
study
so
that
you
said
that's
going
to
wrap
up
this
year.
Yes,
and
is
that
looking
at
classification
and
compensation
in
relation
to
like
all
employees,
all
departments,
so
is
it
sort
of
bringing
in
line
what
something
like
a
coordinator
makes
in
parks
and
rec
versus
a
coordinator
in
engineering
type
thing.
M
Another
part
of
the
system,
or
the
study
sorry,
is
to
create
job
families
so
grouping
jobs
together,
so
that
it
will
be
easy
to
see
promotional
opportunities
and
to
see
places
where
you
know,
there's
room
for
growth,
it'll,
also
Identify,
some
of
I
think
the
issues
that
you're
pointing
to
in
terms
of
are
these
jobs
titled
correctly
and
are
there
the
pay
grade's
correct?
Now,
whether
or
not
that
all
gets
done
this
year,
it's
probably
going
to
take
some
time
to
implement
that
sort
of
thing.
M
G
Follow
up
on
that
one?
Is
it
looking
also
at
all
race
and
gender
compensation
across
city
employees?
It
is
not
no
okay,
and
so
the
570
000
is,
though,
going
to
what
you
said.
Make
adjustments
in
compensation
where
you,
where
the
study
is
showing
incompetencies.
M
I
guess
yes,
so,
unfortunately
we
don't
have
the
results
of
the
study
yet,
but
what
we
might
decide
to
do
is
based
on
those
results
to
do
a
you
know,
a
a
multi-year
approach
to
those
adjustments,
but
yes,
that
that
amount
has
been
budgeted
so
that
we
have
room
to
do.
Adjustments
for
next.
G
C
Yes
and
pardon
me,
if
you
mentioned
it
and
I
missed
it,
how
have
the
negotiations
with
the
CWA
union
been
going
for
the
dispatch
employees
and
do
can
we
expect
an
agreement
by
the
end
of
this
year?.
K
Good
evening
Corporation
Council
Kate,
so
we
had
negotiated
with
the
union
and
as
Emily
says
that
is
currently
on
hold.
We
had
reached
a
point
where
there
was
a
proposed
agreement
and
the
dispatchers
did
not
want
to
go
forward
with
it
and
so
we're
at
this
point
waiting
to
see
if
they
want
to
come
back
and
have
any
more
discussions
with
us,
but
so
far
I've
heard
nothing
back
in
response
to
that.
So.
K
I
would
say
yes,
I
mean
we
put
forth
a
proposed
agreement
that
we
thought
it
made
a
lot
of
sense
and
I.
Don't
want
to
get
into
details
of
negotiations,
obviously
here
but
and
and
we
thought
was
well
received,
but
they
have
decided
to
hold
off
and
I,
don't
know,
honestly
what
the
next
step
is.
This
is
their
first
time
doing
these
negotiations,
the
telecommune
telecommunicators,
are
very
new
to
the
process
as
well.
K
C
O
You
very
much
the
the
market
study
that
you're
going
to
do.
Does
that
include
you
know
all
the
employees
of
the
city
of
Bloomington
just.
A
A
We'll
have
two
minutes
allotted
for
each
member
of
the
public.
Who
wishes
to
speak
I
see
we
have
one
here
in
Chambers.
Thank
you
for
go
ahead
and
going
ahead
and
signing
in
at
the
podium
and
the
folks
on
Zoom
would
like
to
comment.
You
can
use
the
raised
hand
feature
or
at
the
chat
with
the
meeting
host
to
indicate
your
desire
to
do
so.
Please
go
ahead.
P
This
is
Christopher
mg
from
the
greater
Bloomington
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
I
want
to
thank
Emily
in
the
HR
department
for
their
presentation
tonight
and
I,
don't
sort
of
speak
on
any
sort
of
expert
on
Recruitment
and
Retention
strategies,
but
we
want
to
make
sure,
with
the
shortage
of
Public
Safety
and
the
commitment
of
both
bringing
that
number
up
to
the
104
with
over
20
police
officers
that
were
under
not
are
not
in
the
that
are
budgeted,
but
not
uniform,
and
on
duty
that
we
are
doing
the
best
we
can
on
that
level
and
making
sure
that,
on
those
exit
interviews
that
we
have
a
feeling
of
what
it
is
going
to
take
Beyond
just
compensation,
but
everything
else
revolving
around
that
both
Recruitment
and,
of
course,
the
retention
aspect,
because
we
should
be
understanding
what
it's
going
to
take
to
retain
these
employees
when
we
do
spend
a
lot
of
time,
training
them
in
all
departments,
but
specifically
in
public
safety,
that
we
are
getting
our
monies
worth.
P
A
H
At
this
time
we
don't
have
any
hands
raised,
but
we
have
a
a
comment
from
someone
they're
just
named
iPhone,
so
let
me
ask
who
they
are
for
one
second.
A
Meanwhile,
if
anyone
in
Chambers
would
like
to
public
comment,
please
step
forward,
but
not
seeing
any
at
the
moment.
H
Okay,
so
there
is
a
comment
from
a
Stephen
French
that
I'll
read
into
the
record.
They
say
so
I
hear
the
city
of
Bloomington
is
doing
a
salary
study
in
the
city.
Why
aren't
the
union
employees
salary
included
in
this
study?
Thank
you.
A
A
Okay,
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
to
recommend
approval
of
this
budget
as
presented
reflected
in
salary
and
appropriation
ordinance.
Could
the
deputy
clerk
please
go
ahead
and
call
the
roll.
L
A
A
B
Q
Good
evening
my
name
is
Nicole
Bolden,
my
pronouns.
Are
she
her
and
I
have
the
honor
of
serving
as
the
Bloomington
City
Clerk
for
the
members
of
the
public
who
may
be
watching
or
in
attendance
virtually
and
Visually
Impaired
I
am
a
brown
skinned
black
woman
wearing
a
red
dress
and
a
black
jacket
with
my
hair
pulled
back
so
I'm
going
to
start
with
the
very
big
elephant
in
the
room.
This
is
not
the
budget
proposal
that
I
wanted
to
make
to
the
council
this
evening.
Q
I
started
working
on
the
budget
proposal.
I
wanted
to
make
to
you
all
several
years
ago,
can't
remember
exactly
when,
when
I
first
began
to
discuss
the
disparity
in
the
clerk
salary
at
that
time,
I
was
encouraged
by
several
members
of
this
body
to
wait
and
bring
it
up
during
an
election
year,
so
that
the
public
could
have
a
fuller
chance
to
participate
in
the
issue.
Q
Q
My
phone
calls
my
numerous
phone
calls,
but
over
the
course
of
our
conversations,
I
began
to
understand
that
there
were
several
things
that
the
council
did
not
understand
about
the
clerk's
office,
and
so
it
stands
to
reason
that
those
things
are
not
understood
by
the
public
as
well.
Since
you
all
work
rather
closely
with
the
office,
you
know
I
forgot
to
use
the
clicker
so
we're
here,
We
Exist
by
Statute
and
practice,
and
we
sit
right
outside
of
the
city
Administration,
but
we
sit
beside
you
and
we
serve
with
you.
Q
Some
of
our
Duties
are
statutory,
so
we
are
the
official
Record
Keeper
for
the
council.
We
officiate
marriages,
we
certify
documents,
Deeds
Cemetery
Deeds.
We
prepare
and
arrange
Public
Notices.
We
serve
as
a
satellite
voting
voter
registration
office.
We
update
and
maintain
the
Bloomington
city
code.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
There
are
reporting
requirements
that
are
going
to
go
into
place
for
2024,
but
the
requirements
have
been
in
place
for
a
few
years,
I
believe
it's
36
hours
over
three
years,
so
roughly
12
per
year,
so
you
can
get
different
types
of
certifications
to
begin
with,
the
Indiana
Municipal
League
of
Clerks
and
treasurers
has
two
certifications
that
are
being
offered.
The
first
is
the
Indiana
accredited
municipal
clerk
points
are
required
to
achieve
your
certification
and
it's
broken
up
into
two
areas:
education
and
experience.
Q
Q
Q
So
next
from
The
International
Institute
of
Municipal
clerks,
you
can
receive
your
certified
municipal
clerk
status
or
your
master
municipal
clerk
status.
You
have
to
get
your
certified
municipal
clerk
status
before
you
can
achieve
your
MMC
and
both
of
those
certifications
take
years
to
acquire
and
I
want
to
stress
that,
because
I
am
now
an
Indiana
accredited
municipal
clerk
I'm
also
a
certified
municipal
clerk.
Q
Q
And
that
leads
me
to
our
next
point.
We
have
a
demonstrated
an
ongoing
commitment
to
diversity
and
inclusion,
and
we
have
continued
to
do
so.
We're
going
to
be
officiating
weddings
within
Community.
We
attend
neighborhood
and
community
events,
we're
working
on
the
certification
programs,
which
includes
additional
Dei
training
than
that
offered
by
the
city
or
in
other
places.
Q
Q
Q
Next,
looking
at
the
future
of
the
city,
I'm
running
on
a
post
this
year
and
I
would
really
like
to
believe
it's
because
I'm
awesome,
but
I
recognize
that
a
bigger
part
of
the
reason
is
that
there
are
people
who
would
run
if
they
could
afford
to
do
so.
Public
service
should
be
open
to
everyone
who
wants
to
serve
not
just
those
who
can
afford
to
do
so
and
last
to
remove
the
issue
of
elected
officials
asking
for
raises.
Q
The
duties
and
responsibilities
in
the
office
are
most
like
those
of
the
department
heads
and
it
doesn't
deny
the
reality
of
the
fact
that
a
second-class
city
clerk
adds
another
dimension
to
the
role
I've
done.
My
best
to
mitigate
the
financial
impact
of
the
requested
salary
and
I
offered
to
look
for
more
ways
to
help
and
I'm.
Asking
this
evening.
Q
Q
R
Thank
you.
Clerk
Bolden
for
your
presentation
and
I
also
want
to
thank
you
and
your
staff
for
my
over
my
years
of
service
and
particular
when
I
was
vice
president
president
of
this
body,
I
would
just
really
appreciate
the
help.
The
guidance
but
I
wanted
to
say
that,
but
at
the
beginning
of
your
presentation-
and
it's
pretty
clear
as
you
address
the
elephant,
that
this
is
not
the
budget
that
you
want,
it
is
my
understanding
and
someone
to
kind
of
correct
me.
R
We
can
approve
the
budget,
we
can
reject
a
budget,
we
can
reduce
the
budget,
but
we
can
in
cannot
increase
the
budget.
So
as
we
get
into
our
next
round
of
discussions,
September
I
believe
can
we
expect
to
see
a
different
budget
from
your
office
to
to
include
what
it
is.
We're
talking
about
this
evening
are
parked
thereof.
Q
A
E
Yeah,
my
question
is
about
sorry
adjudicating
traffic
tickets.
Do
you
keep
track
of
that
number
and
has
that
been
stable
or
increasing,
or
what's
this
what's
the
status?
Can
we
get
information
related
to
that?
Yes,.
Q
I
can
actually
send
you
sorry
I
feel
like
I
lost
it
there
for
a
moment,
I'd
be
happy
to
send
you
a
spreadsheet
with
information
about
parking
citation
appeals.
It
has
gone
back
up
again
over
the
last
year.
We
are
now
running
actually
at
record
numbers,
I
believe
for
2023,
so
where
in
2009,
when
I
first
started
working
for
the
city,
we
had
a
record
year
that
fall
where
we
had
over
a
thousand
appeals
in
September.
Q
F
Roland,
yes,
thanks
for
their
presentation
and
it's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you
all
these
years
as
well.
I
just
want
to
ask
about
a
comment.
You
just
made
saying
that
we
have
the
ability
to
set
elected
salaries.
My
understanding
has
always
been
that,
like
every
other
part
of
the
budget,
the
mayor
promulgates,
even
those
ordinances,
and
we
can
cut
them,
but
we
can't
increase
them.
We
have
to
ask
the
administration
to
give
us
the
amount
we
I
mean.
Otherwise
we
could
simply
issue
an
appropriation
ordinance
right
this.
F
Actually,
it's
not
a
just
a
regular
ordinance.
It's
just
a
regular
ordinance,
the
salary
ordinance
but
are
am
I
incorrect
in
this,
have
I
gotten
it
wrong.
Q
Indiana
code,
36472
actually
says
the
city
legislative
body
shall
buy
ordinance
fix
the
annual
compensation
of
all
elected
City
officers.
You
may
want
to
actually
ask
your
Council
attorney
for
more
details
on
that
and
how
it
would
be
handled,
but
I
think
the
short
answer
to
your
question,
if
you
were
wrong,
is
yes.
F
Q
H
So
I'm
looking
into
it
right
now,
I
I
might
need
a
minute
or
a
council
attorney.
Lucas
can
answer
as
well.
S
Stephen
Lucas
Council
administrator
attorney
I'd
want
to
research
the
issue
in
more
detail.
I
know
clerk
Bolden
has
made
this
request
and
she
I
believe
correctly
cited
the
statute
that
allows
Council
to
fix
the
salaries
of
elected
officials.
The
same
Authority
allows
the
council
to
fix
the
salaries
for
members
of
the
police
and
fire
departments
other
than
those
positions.
The
salaries
are
fixed
by
the
mayor,
subject
to
the
council
approval
so.
S
F
S
A
civil
City,
salary
ordinance
that
covers
most
positions.
Those
salaries
are
fixed
by
the
the
mayor
subject
to
the
council's
approval
right.
What
I
would
need
to
think
through
is
if
the
council
wanted
to
fix
a
salary
above
and
beyond,
what's
been
appropriated
in
the
budget,
how
would
that
function?
F
A
A
If
you're
here
in
Chambers
and
would
like
to
speak,
please
go
ahead
and
step
up
to
the
podium
to
do
so,
and
if
you
are
joining
us
online
this
evening,
you
can
indicate
a
desire
to
speak
by
using
the
raised
hand,
function
in
Zoom
or
otherwise
indicating
in
the
chat
function
to
the
meeting
host
that
you'd
like
to
speak.
Do
you
have
any
takers?
Yes,.
H
A
T
Hi
there
hold
on
just
a
second
I'm.
T
T
Okay,
yes,
my
name
is
Madeline
State
Bartle
I
serve
as
the
clerk
treasurer
of
the
town
of
Churubusco
and
I'm.
Also
the
immediate
past
president
of
the
Indiana
League
of
Municipal
clerks
and
treasurers
I'm
attending
your
meeting
tonight
to
voice
my
support
of
Miss
bolden's,
request
of
a
larger
wage
increase
than
what
the
mayor
has
proposed
for
the
clerk's
office.
I
have
researched
wages
of
other
clerks
and
similar
size
communities,
most
of
which
have
lower
assessed
values
than
that
of
Bloomington
and
Nicole's.
Proposed
wages
are
less
than
many
of
those
communities.
T
Further
I've
also
researched
your
own
wages
per
gateways,
2022
100
R
report
and
she
is
being
grossly
underpaid
compared
to
other
department
heads
employed
with
the
city.
So
while
wages
should
never
be
directly
tied
to
an
individual,
I
would
like
to
recognize
Ms
Bolden
for
her
commitment
to
educating
herself
and
her
peers.
She
has
received
several
certifications
from
both
Indiana
league
and
Municipal
clerks
and
treasures
and
The
International
Institute
of
Municipal
clerks,
as
she
has
stated
in
her
presentation,
but
she
also
serves
as
ilmct's
vice
president
and
serves
on
Ames
board
of
directors.
T
So,
even
if
the
clerk's
salary
is
not
permanently
increased
and
just
I
did
put
a
comment
in
their
salary
selected
officials
cannot
be
lowered,
but
they
can
be
increased.
It
just
has
to
happen
after
the
first
of
the
year,
giving
her
some
sort
of
bonuses
or
compensation
based
upon
just
the
certification
she
has
and
continues
to
obtain,
and
her
commitment
to
the
state
organizations
as
she
represents
the
city
of
Bloomington
should
definitely
be
considered
again.
Thank
you
guys
for
your
time.
T
A
H
A
E
Yes,
thank
you
for
you're,
offering
your
budget
and
and
I'm
certainly
sensitive
to
the
request
of
salaries.
E
I
was
I
want
to
thank
our
Council
attorney,
Stephen
Lucas,
who
contacted
HR
and
provided
some
information
and
I
I,
just
I've
been
traveling
the
last
couple
days.
I
just
received
it
and
reviewed
it.
It's
a
comparison
of
second
of
us
to
second-class
cities
in
in
Indiana,
in
terms
of
clerk
compensation
and
I
agree
that
clerk
Bolden
is
on
the
low
end
of
the
the
the
pay
compensation.
E
So
I'll
offer
that
to
to
other
council
members
by
email.
So
for
your
consideration
and
then
perhaps
we
can
have
discussion
regarding
the
the
responsibilities
and
complexities
and
so
forth
that
clerk
Bolden
has
indicated
and
the
comparison
with
number
of
Staff
number
and
so
forth.
So
we
can
come
up
with
if
we
so
choose
a
a
different
compensation
to
request
of
the
mayor.
Thank
you.
R
I
think
many
folks
here
on
the
dice
and
those
watching
know
how
much
I
really
like
to
talk,
obviously
not
in
Council
meetings,
but
one
of
the
things
tonight
that
I'm
I'll
Reserve
all
those
comments
because
of
our
system
to
submit
questions
to
department,
heads
and
to
other
departments
which
I
think
is
much
more
efficient
and
will
provide
you
more
detail
when
answering
so.
My
only
comment
is
that
you
can
expect
some
of
those
questions.
R
One
or
two
of
them
I
may
even
copy
our
own
Council
attorneys.
That's
that's
part
of
it,
but
you
can
expect
that
and
then
we'll
talk
about
it
later.
I'm
sure.
Thank
you.
F
F
She
should
be
paid
like
a
department
head.
The
same
goes
true
for
our
budget,
we'll
bring
it
up.
Then
it's
been
an
oversight
that
has
lasted
far
too
long,
so
I
think
it's
appropriate
that
we
take
the
actions
necessary,
as
recommended
by
councilman,
Rollo
and
Sims,
to
reconsider
the
budget
presented
to
us
by
the
administration
for
this
department.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you.
Clerk
Bolden
for
presentation
I
feel
strongly
that
Clark
Bolton
is
severely
underpaid
and
there's
an
inequity
between
her
work,
her
responsibilities
and
her
compensation,
and
so
I
look
forward
to
working
with
my
colleagues
under
advice
of
council
to
figure
out
a
way
to
make
sure
her
salary
is
substantially
raised
for
next
year.
Thank
you.
A
Additional
council
member
comment,
seeing
none
I'll
briefly.
Add
that
that
well,
thank
you
for
your
presentation,
Clark
Bolden,
and
for
your
work
that
went
into
this
I
I,
see
things
similarly
to
how
my
colleague
councilmember
Roland
does
my
feeling
is
that
both
the
council
office
and
the
clerk's
office
are
departments
with
someone
heading
those
departments
that
should
be
treated
with
parity
with
respect
to
other
departments
in
the
city.
A
A
To
me,
it's
an
open
conversation
I
think
we
need
to
address
both
those
things
again,
we'll
discuss
the
other
when
it
comes
up
tonight
and
for
that
reason,
I'll
be
voting
no
on
any
recommendation
to
approve
the
budget
as
presented
here
and
reflected
in
the
ordinances
so
yeah.
That's
all
for
me.
Thank
you.
R
R
A
Believe
that
motion
fails:
zero,
yes,
votes,
six,
no
votes,
three
abstentions
or
passes
all
right.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation
and
with
that
we
can
move
on
to
the
presentation
from
the
legal
department.
I
believe
Corporation
Council,
Beth
Kate
is
with
us
this
evening
and
you
will
have
10
minutes
allotted
for
your
presentation.
Thank
you.
K
Some
corrected
materials
I
think
you
all
got
an
earlier
version
of
our
legal
memo
and
slides
that
actually
have
some
things
that
need
to
be
corrected
in
them
that
were
corrected
in
later
versions.
So
I
will
give
that
to
you
as
well
as
a
copy
of
the
drawing
of
what
is
proposed
for
our
budget
as
part
of
it,
and
that
is
the
office
Renovations
that
we're
proposing.
K
So
if
you
all
have
the
oh,
no
I
guess
I
have
slides,
don't
I,
sorry
all
right
there
we
go
okay
good
evening,
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
tonight
on
our
proposed
2024
budget.
As
you
know,
the
legal
department
exists
to
serve
the
city's
legal
needs,
including
everything
listed
here.
I
won't
read
all
of
this,
but
I
will
just
emphasize
the
breadth
of
the
service
we
provide
encompassing
transactions
conducting
and
managing
litigation,
managing
risk
and
Advising
across
a
host
of
local
state
and
federal
issues.
K
We
handle
most
issues
in-house
and
we
use
outside
counsel
when
we
lack
capacity
or
specialized
expertise
and
outside
Council
can
answer
the
questions
or
take
actions
more
cost
effectively.
The
legal
department
also
offers
strategic
advice
on
policy
issues
and
actions
to
maximize
the
city's
ability
to
advance
its
goals
against
a
challenging
state
and
federal
law
landscape.
K
As
you
know,
we
have
two
divisions,
legal
and
risk.
We
are
budgeted
for
the
Personnel
that
you
see
listed
here.
This
includes
six
assistant,
City
attorneys.
We
are
currently
down
one
assistant,
City
attorney,
given
Larry
Allen's
translation
to
Deputy
Mayor.
Our
general
Administrative
Assistant
continues
to
provide
administrative
support
not
only
for
the
legal
department
but
for
the
now
combined
City
County
Human
Rights
Commission
after
its
relocation
to
the
community
and
family
rights
resources.
Department.
Excuse
me
and
additionally,
our
risk
administrative
assistant
is
about
to
go
on
maternity
leave.
K
So,
with
these
capacity
challenges,
we
have
focused
on
cross-training
staff
and
attorneys
so
that
we
may
continue
to
provide
responsive
and
high
quality
service.
I've
listed
here's
some
major
initiatives.
We've
worked
on
this
past
year,
again
I'm
not
going
to
read
all
of
them.
I
will
note
that
supporting
in
this
context
means
advising
drafting
negotiating
and
coordinating
Communications
among
stakeholders.
K
Major
Capital
project
checks
include
the
Hopewell
development,
Convention,
Center
expansion,
the
trades
district
and
the
trades
District
tech
center
and
fire
and
police
capital
projects,
among
others,
very
briefly,
to
update
you
on
our
goals
for
2023
this
past
year
and
the
year
that
we're
in
right
now.
Our
overarching
goals
that
are
listed
here
are
the
same
every
year
to
give
excellent
legal
support
and
keep
the
city
ethical
and
compliant
in
its
operations
with
the
law,
and
that
includes
civil
rights
laws
that
protect
our
residents.
K
For
some
specifics,
we
achieved
the
city,
County
Human,
Rights,
Commission
merger.
Earlier
this
year,
that
Council
was
obviously
directly
involved
with
and
I
mentioned
earlier.
We
continue
to
advise
that
body
and
we
administratively
staff
the
new
joint
commission
and
assist
the
new
director
in
cfrd,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
working
with
hand
and
with
data
from
IU
and
many
group
residents
owners
and
managers
here
in
the
city
for
which
we're
very
grateful.
We
submitted
the
City's
post
census
group
quarters
review
request
to
the
Census
Bureau,
which
is
currently
reviewing
it.
K
We
implemented
a
simple
system
for
calendaring
and
tracking
litigation,
which,
with
some
complex
litigation,
we're
involved
with,
has
been
helpful
on
the
Holy
Grail
of
a
comprehensive
digital
contracts
environment.
We
expanded
the
use
of
DocuSign
to
all
attorneys,
which
is
streamlined,
contract
review
and
execution.
We
worked
with
the
controller's
office
on
licensing
opengov,
to
streamline
the
bidding
and
procurement
process
and
are
currently
working
with
them
and
its
on
a
specification
for
the
rest
of
the
contracts
process,
which
we
hope
to
issue
in
the
next
few
weeks.
K
We
surveyed
City
legal
website
best
practices
we're
working
with
its
to
implement
features.
We
thought
would
make
our
site
more
helpful
to
Residents
and
clients
we
developed
and
delivered
Open,
Door
law,
training
and
compliance
reminders
to
board
and
commission
Liaisons
and
many
other
staff
throughout
the
city.
It
was
very
well
received
and
we
worked
with
its
on
the
new
meetings
kiosk
you
saw
when
you
walked
in
tonight.
Its
has
been
a
great
partner
in
all
of
this
I've
listed
some
main
goals
here
for
2024.
K
I'll,
say
a
word
about
the
last
two:
first,
we're
moving
to
a
five-year
rolling
average
for
measuring
targeted
reductions
in
our
insurance
claims
and
our
related
costs,
since
this
is
a
more
accurate
measure
of
Trends
and
areas
that
need
attention,
rather
than
looking
at
any
giving
years,
outlier
or
higher
low
numbers.
Second,
we
propose
creating
three
more
enclosed
offices
within
our
suite
to
enhance
our
ability
to
serve
the
city's
needs.
K
Just
before
the
pandemic,
the
incorporation,
Council
Philippa
Guthrie,
began
to
plan
for
this
project
with
2020
reversion
funds,
but
when
the
pandemic
hit,
the
council
and
administration
rightly
repurposed
those
funds
to
help
area
businesses
and
address
other
critical
response
needs.
We
have
Revisited
that
plan
and
proposed
to
go
forward
briefly.
These
offices
will
let
us
accommodate
private
conversations
that
arise
for
the
director
of
safety
and
training.
K
Basically,
what
the
what
these
would
do
is
enclose
his
space
into
an
office
that
he
could
use
and
also
provide
a
space
for
confidential
interviews
by
the
human
rights
director,
which
currently
does
not
have
that
space
available
and
also
convert
a
storage
room
into
two
additional
offices
which
will
allow
us
to
provide
adequate
space
for
interns
and
fellows,
which
is
an
important
part
of
our
service
to
the
public,
to
the
profession,
to
our
city,
clients,
obviously,
and
also
to
our
own
pipeline
in
the
office.
K
We
routinely
get
requests
from
the
Mauer
School
of
Law
to
expand
our
ability
to
provide
opportunities
for
law
students
to
intern.
With
us.
We
like
to
accommodate
those
when
we
can,
we
did
have
two
this
year.
It
was
very
helpful,
but
we
don't
have
the
space
to
do
a
good
job
with
that
in
terms
of
growth
and
I
would
also
like
to
explore
a
fellows
program
that
would
again
help
build
that
Pipeline
and
then
it
would
just
let
us
use
the
space
we
have
much
more
effectively
since
we
don't
need
another
storage
room.
K
K
So
finally,
this
year,
that's
that
is
where
the
drawing
was
supposed
to
go
for
you
to
see
what
this
was
going
to
look
like
I
will
provide
that
to
you,
couldn't
figure
out
how
to
put
in
the
slides.
K
So
the
legal
Department's
budget
request
you
can
see
here
is
just
above
2.6
million
dollars.
That
increase
looks
large.
It
is
deceptive
because
it
doesn't
reflect
the
fact
that
what
we're
doing
is
taking
directly
into
our
budget.
K
Renovations
and
the
cola
for
personnel,
so
you
can
kind
of
see
the
numbers
reflected
in
here,
but
again
you
need
that
where
well,
you
can't
really
see
it
as
reflected
in
here,
but
the
difference
in
our
sort
of
outside
Council
outside
consultant
fees
looks
larger
in
a
way
than
it
is
because
it
needs
to
reflect
what
we've
actually
spent
using
our
originally
budgeted
fund
for
2023.
K
That
just
is
legal
and
assistance
from
the
controller's
office,
so
I
hope
that's
clear,
I'm,
happy
to
make
it
more
clear
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
other
questions
that
you
have
I
appreciate
your
considering
our
budget.
It
reflects
increases
that
align
with
the
stated
goals
of
the
city
and
with
providing
excellent
and
cost-effective
legal
advice
that
minimizes
risk
for
the
city's
employees
and
our
residents.
Thank
you.
O
Thank
you,
Miss
Kate,
for
the
presentation.
So
if,
if
there's
a
22
percent,
you
know
increase
in
in
your
budget,
is
there
a
corresponding?
What
where
did
it
come?
Where
did
the
yeah?
Where
did
it
come
from
I.
K
Didn't
mean
to
cut
you
off?
No,
that's,
okay!
Yeah!
Thank
you
for
the
question
council
member
Smith.
So,
yes,
the
the
funds
came
from
the
controller
to
cover
our
Federal
advising
government
relations.
K
We
have
have
had
firms
on
retainer
for
that
State
relations,
arpa
advising
so
those
funds
would
no
longer
be
needed
out
of
the
controller's
office.
They
would
simply
be
budgeted
into
the
legal
Department's
budget.
So
it's
not
going
to
be
double
counted
so.
C
Kate,
so
is
the
I'm
looking
at
the
actual
budget
sheet,
where
you
have,
you
know
general
fund
expenditures
and
categories,
so
you
have
special
Legal
Services.
The
first
line
in
the
300s,
where
it's
186
percent
increase
is
that
is
that,
where
this.
K
C
And
in
your
memo,
I
saw
that
one
of
the
projects
that
your
department
undertook
was
a
closure
of
the
Bloomington
Municipal,
Finance,
Corporation
and
transfer
of
assets
to
the
RDC.
What
is
the
Bloomington
Municipal
Finance
Corporation
never
heard
of
it.
Never.
K
V
W
Deputy
Mayor
Larry
Allen,
the
Bloomington
Municipal
Finance
facilities,
Corporation
I,
was
a
non-profit
used
to
finance
certain
Capital
Improvements
within
the
city
of
Bloomington,
including
this
very
building
that
we're
in
right
now,
City,
Hall
and
just
one
correction.
So
whenever
the
bmfc
had
its
final
meeting,
it's
not
transferring
all
property
to
the
Redevelopment
commission,
some
of
those
properties
pursuant
to
bond
and
Lease
agreements.
So
whenever
we
took
on
one
of
these
projects,
such
as
City
Hall
to
renovate
a
bond,
was
issued
and
then
entered
into
a
lease
with
the
bmfc.
W
Those
leases
called
very
specifically
for
the
return
of
that
property.
Once
the
bonds
are
paid
off,
the
bmfc
was
ended
because
we
paid
off
our
final
Bond
and
so
properties
such
as
City
Hall,
are
returned
to
the
city
of
Bloomington
proper
and
then
things
like
the
Convention
Center
parking
lots,
which
were
also
part
of
the
BMS
bmfc's
purview,
were
then
turned
over
to
the
RDC.
Pursuant
to
those
Bond
and
Lease
agreements.
A
Seeing
any
at
this
time,
okay,
and
with
that,
we
can
go
to
the
public
for
any
comments
on
the
legal
Department's
proposed
budget.
If
anybody
here
in
Chambers
would
like
to
comment,
please
come
forward
to
the
podium,
and
if
anybody
joining
us
online
would
like
to
comment,
please
use
the
raised
hand
function
or
indicate
to
the
meeting
house
via
chat
that
you'd
like
to
speak.
A
R
E
B
E
A
Y
Y
Ultimately,
our
work
in
its
is
as
much
about
people
as
it
is
about
technology,
so
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
acknowledge
and
commend
its
staff
for
their
continuing
hard
work
and
Excellence
supporting
our
public
and
staff
customers.
Its
provides
broad
information
technology
and
Communications
Technology
support
for
All
City
departments
in
the
next
few
slides
I'll
share
the
status
of
some
of
our
2023
goals
currently
underway.
Y
Here
are
some
2023
highlights:
2023
we've
built
on
our
Broadband
work
and
implemented
digital
Equity
strategic
plan
recommendations,
including
establishing
a
digital
Equity
specialist
position,
a
part-time,
expanding
Wi-Fi
and
city
parks,
as
called
for
in
the
2022
digital
Equity
strategic
plan.
Earlier
this
month,
we
awarded
our
fourth
annual
digital
Equity
Grant
to
local,
not-for-profit
organizations
and
we've
nearly
completed
work
on
our
Enterprise
Network
Hardware
refresh,
where
only
a
few
smaller
City
facilities
away
from
completing
that
big
project.
Y
Y
Other
area
includes
the
Ed
lit
Investments,
which
provides
its
with
annual
funding
for
our
I.T
Capital
infrastructure,
cyber
security
and
cap
support.
This
is
particularly
important
to
us,
given
the
continuing
decline
in
the
Telecom
non-reverting
fund
planning
is
a
big
part
of
what
we
do,
whether
it's
the
its
organizational
review
strategic
plan,
Capital
plan
or
digital
Equity
strategic
plan.
We've
developed
solid
plans
under
making
progress
every
year.
The
its
strategic
plan
is,
however,
out
of
date
and
doesn't
factor
in
all
of
the
many
changes
that
we've
made
and
have
emerged
from
the
covid-19
pandemic.
Y
So
we
intend
to
update
this
important
document
in
2024..
Another
priority
is
Integra
just
to
integrate
new
members
of
our
team.
Among
the
important
elements
of
our
2024
budget,
we
propose
several
important
additions
and
changes
to
our
team,
including
the
addition
of
a
full-time
assistant
systems
and
network
administrator
and
a
part-time
GIS
technician,
and
we
further
update
three
positions
to
Senior,
Systems
administrator
senior
network
administrator
and
Senior
applications.
Analyst.
Y
Some
major
themes
for
our
work
in
2024
and
and
to
date,
an
equity
and
inclusion,
is
a
critical
focal
point
of
our
budget
and
departmental
operations.
You
know
we're
working
to
extend
the
promise
of
modern
technology
to
all
of
our
residents
and
we're
doing
that.
Work
through
digital
Equity
grants,
our
digital
Equity,
specialist,
staffer
and
The
Joint
City
meridium
digital
Equity
initiative.
Y
Cyber
security
has
always
been
critical,
but
we
are
stepping
up
in
2024
with
network
Hardware
upgrades
and
enhanced
staff
training
in
partnership
with
the
Department
of
Homeland
Securities,
cyber
security
and
infrastructure
Security
Agency,
also
known
as
cisa
we're
continually
monitoring
and
working
to
improve
the
security
of
our
critical
systems,
and
then
we
are
constantly
working
to
improve
efficiency
and
sustainability
through
process,
Improvement,
paper
reduction
and
document
management
and
scanning
throughout
all
areas
of
of
city
government.
So
those
are
our
overall
thematic
areas
in
2024.
Y
Now,
let's
explore
our
2024
goals
in
2024,
we
will
continue
to
support
and
monitor
the
Meridian
fiber
deployment,
we'll
Implement
at
least
two
digital
Equity
strategic
plan
recommendations
to
improve
Broadband
access,
including
pursuit
of
significant
Federal,
digital
Equity
resources,
which
which
are
coming
through,
grant
opportunities
and
will
refresh
the
its
strategic
plan.
As
I
mentioned,
we
will
administer
award
and
monitor
our
50
000
in
2024.
Y
This
covers
our
2024
goals.
Now,
let's
turn
to
our
actual
budget,
its
budget
from
several
funds,
the
I.T
s
general
fund,
the
Ed
lit
Economic,
Development,
local
income,
tax
fund,
telecommunications,
non-refund
non-reverting
fund,
the
electronic
map
generation
fund,
enhanced
access
fund
and
digital
Equity
Fund.
Y
Y
The
general
fund
budget
request
is
three
million
two
hundred
twenty
five
thousand.
This
is
an
increase
of
one
hundred
twenty
two
thousand
or
four
percent
and
the
general
fund
Personnel
Services.
Our
request
is
2
million
194
000,
which
is
an
increase
of
eight
percent
and
supports
the
cost
of
living
adjustments
that
have
already
been
discussed,
as
well
as
the
new
assistant
systems
and
network
administrator
and
permanent
part-time
GIS
technician
positions.
Y
Also,
in
category
three
general
fund,
we
have
an
increase
of
around
81
000
to
support
new
asset
management
system
or
UAV
or
aerial
drone,
manuf
mapping,
software
data
portal
maintenance
and
increased
GIS
licenses.
Also,
we
have
in
that
same
same
category,
a
decrease
of
170
000
due
to
one-time
Microsoft
Office
expenses
that
were
in
the
2023
budget.
Y
In
category
four
Capital
outlays,
we
have
a
decrease
of
45
000
due
to
a
one-time
expense
in
2023.
That's
not
recurring,
and
an
increase
in
20
of
twenty
thousand
to
cover
emergency
and
contingency
expenses.
Y
Moving
on
to
the
Ed
lit
Economic
Development
local
income
tax,
we
have
a
budget
request
of
534
000,
which
is
an
increase
of
15
percent
over
the
previous
year,
which
will
support
five
thousand
for
a
replacement
of
City
time
clock
hardware
and
an
increase
of
four
thousand
four
thousand
six
hundred
a
one
percent
increase
for
cats,
also
an
ed
lit
and
category
four.
We
have
an
increase
of
65
000
for
in
for
its
capital
plan,
replacement
of
Enterprise
security
cameras
and
copiers.
Y
Y
There
are
an
increase
of
33
500
to
cover
Hardware
maintenance
costs
that
have
increased
with
the
the
rollout
of
our
Enterprise
Network
upgrade.
Y
We
have
an
increase
of
twenty
four
thousand
four
hundred
to
cover
one-time
expenses
for
the
Microsoft
server
data
center
licenses
and
then
also
an
increase
of
twenty
six
thousand
for
our
for
our
civil
City
computer
Capital
replacement
program,
which
replaces
desktops
laptops,
UPS
units
monitors
and
peripherals
for
for
City,
Staff
office
work
and
then
in
our
smaller
funds,
which
we
don't
often
budget
for,
but
we
do
this
year
we
have
a
request
for
six
thousand
and
2500
from
the
electronic
map
generation
fund
and
the
enhanced
access
fund
to
support
planned
acquisition
of
new
aerial,
Ortho
photography,
which
helps
us
plan
and
and
analyze
what
has
been
happening
in
our
community
and
lastly,
in
the
digital
Equity
Fund,
we
have
a
request
of
around
88
000
to
support
an
increase
cost
of
living
increase
for
our
digital
Equity,
digital
Equity
specialist,
with
a
decrease
also
in
categories
two
and
three
respectively,
and
this
concludes
our
dive
into
these
funds.
Y
Y
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Dietz.
We
can
get
go
to
any
questions
from
Council
Members
I,
see
council,
member
scandalari.
L
Yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
thank
you
for
the
update
on
the
Meridian
project
and
the
reach
that
we've
become
we've
achieved
so
far
in
town
I'm
interested
in
hearing
more
about
the
Meridian
project.
What
kind
of
challenges
are
we
encountering?
It's
a
massive
project,
so
I'm
sure
we're
encountering
some
and
how
have
we
been
responding
to
those.
Y
So
you
are
correct,
it
is
a
massive
project.
I
would
count
it
amongst
the
largest
construction
projects
in
in
City
history.
If
you
consider
the
scale
you
know
and
the
activity,
that's
you
know
happening,
it
encompasses
the
entire
corporate
boundary
of
the
city
plus,
you
know
areas
that
we
designated
for
annexation,
so
maybe
the
the
rollout
of
cable
TV
might
be
an
equivalent
of
that.
But
yes,
it's
quite
large
I
think
some
of
the
challenges
you
know
that
I've
encountered
are,
you
know
were
known
and
factored
in
you
know.
Y
Certainly
we
have
you
know
rock
in
our
community,
so
Underground
Construction
will
you
know
encounter
that
others?
You
know
I,
think
that
have
been
some
sticking
points,
is
delays
or
changes
with
Indiana
office
of
or
with
indot.
You
know
in
terms
of
Permitting
and
then
not
permitting
construction
across
some.
You
know
critical
roads,
10th
Street
is
one
and
then
some
you
know
delays.
Y
You
know
that
go
beyond
what
was
expected
in
getting
access
to
Duke
polls
for
for
aerial
installation,
so
the
majority
of
construction
to
date
has
been
underground,
but
Duke
aerial
construction.
Will
you
know
begin
in
the
in
the
coming
months,
and
and
actually
you
know
I
would
say
progress
pretty
rapidly
after
that
point.
Y
You
know
I
I,
think
the
original
plan
was
probably
maybe
like
two-thirds
Arial
to
about
a
third
underground,
but
I
think
it
that
has
shifted
because
of
the
delays
with
the
you
know,
with
with
access
to
Duke
polls.
But
I
can
get
you
some
exact
numbers
for
that,
but
I
I
don't
know
off
the
top
of
my
head.
Okay,.
F
Councilmember
Bowman:
yes
thanks.
It's
been
a
pleasure
to
work
with
you
for
19
years
as
well,
if
for
no
other
reason
than
it'd
be
working
with
my
brother
for
that
first
year,
but
and
also
I
want
to
thank
you
for
the
thing.
That's
measuring
your
time.
Next
to
you
and
the
the
display
there
on
the
podium
and
the
edition
of
the
Crestron
panel
at
the
days
for
the
president
to
control
the
room
as
well
you're
welcome.
Do
you
have
a
an
estimate
on
when
the
build
out
will
be
complete?
Y
Or
late
2025
is
what
we
had.
You
know
originally.
Y
Y
Y
Wanted
it
was
just
a
map
that
shows
the
current
distribution
of
of
conduits
and
fiber
to
date
right
here,
it's
a
little
bit
difficult,
but
if
you
can
see,
there's
a
pretty
substantial
amount
of
infrastructure
that
has
gone
in
in
place,
but.
F
So
it's
mostly
edge
of
town
and
new
construction
or.
F
From
there
yes,
okay,
and
can
we
there's
another
question?
I
was
going
to
ask
and
it's
gone
now,
I'll,
withdraw
it
or
maybe
I'll.
Remember
it
in
a
minute.
Thank
you.
A
Seeing
none
at
the
moment
we
can
go
to
the
public
for
any
comments
on
the
its
proposed
budget.
If
you're
here
in
the
chambers
would
like
to
comment,
please
come
forward
to
the
podium
to
do
so
and
if
you
are
online
joining
us
and
would
like
to
comment,
please
use
the
raised
hand
feature
on
Zoom
or
otherwise
indicate
your
desire
to
speak
via
chat
with
the
meeting
host.
A
F
About
the
the
installation
of
fiber
I
guess,
I
had
always
imagined
it
being
buried,
but
you're
saying
that
the
majority
of
it
will
be
through
the
the
through
aerial
cable
is
that
the
Duke
is
installing
much
taller
polls.
These
days
are
those
is
that
where
the
fiber
is
going.
Y
I
would
just
say:
there's
a
substantial
amount
that
is
underground
and
will
continue
to
be
built
out
underground.
Certainly
in
a
community
that-
or
you
know,
neighborhood
that
does
not
have
aerial
pulls,
it
needs
to
be
underground,
and
so
that
that's
factored
in
in
addition
to
some
of
the
core
parts
of
the
network,
but
the
the
remainder
will
be
be
aerial
on
Duke
polls,
regular
sized.
Y
You
know
our
preference
is
to
be
able
to
get
this
project
completed
and
Ariel
actually
moves
in
terms
of
deployment
a
lot
quicker
than
underground,
but
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
everybody
in
the
community
has
access.
Thank.
C
A
Thank
you,
Mr
Deets,
for
your
presentation,
just
noting
in
your
presentation
and
memo
I
think
we've
got
1.75
new
FTE
and
maybe
three
additional
positions
being
elevated
in
grade
and
salary,
and
not
to
suggest
that
any
of
those
aren't
warranted,
but
just
recognizing
that
we're
having
some
broader
conversations
about
compensation
retention,
elevation
of
positions
in
different
departments
and
when
it
comes
down
to
figuring
out
how
we
balance
all
that
I
want
to
make
sure
I'm
being
thoughtful
and
systematic,
with
respect
to
where
we're
dedicating
those
new,
FTE
or
new
new
salary
levels,
and
doing
that
in
a
way
that
that
reflects
some
of
the
challenges
you
pointed
out
in
your
memo,
for
instance,
related
to
to
retention.
A
So
looking
for
more
data
on
that
from
misfields
and
others,
and
look
forward
to
digging
into
those
questions
a
little
bit
more
and
wanted
to
note
that,
by
way
of
explanation,
that
I'll
be
a
no
vote
on
the
budget
this
evening
to
reflect
and
think
more
on
the
balance
across
Departments
of
of
new
fde
and
elevated
salary
salaries
in
particular
in
grades.
Thank
you.
A
Any
final
comments,
and
if
not
I,
would
entertain
a
motion
to
recommend
incorporation
of
of
this
budget
and
the
ordinances.
C
X
A
Thank
you
that
motion
passes
eight
one,
thank
you
and
with
that
we
can
move
on
to
the
city
council's
proposed
budget.
Council
attorney
Stephen
Lucas
is
here
to
present
this
evening,
and
we
have
15
minutes
allotted
for
this
presentation.
S
S
The
council
is
the
legislative
body
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
It
exercises
its
legislative
powers
by
taking
action
in
public
meetings
to
adopt
ordinances,
resolutions,
orders
and
motions
for
the
government
of
the
city
and
the
control
of
the
city's
property
and
finances.
The
council
strives
to
perform
these
duties
in
an
open,
effective
and
deliberative
manner.
S
The
council,
you
all,
are
made
up
of
nine
elected
members
of
the
community.
Three
at-large
members
represent
the
city
as
a
whole,
while
six
members
represent
specific
Geographic
districts
within
the
city.
The
Council
Office
supports
your
work
and
include
includes
three
regular
staff
members,
as
well
as
two
IU
student
interns,
one
through
the
O'neill
service
Corps
fellow
program
and
one
through
the
Cox
Civic
scholar
program.
S
In
addition
to
meeting
as
the
full
common
Council,
the
council
utilizes
several
different
standing
committees
to
divide
up
its
work.
Currently,
these
committees
include
a
climate
action
and
resilience
committee,
the
Jack
Hopkins
Social
Services
committee
and
the
sidewalk
committee.
The
council
has
also
used
an
established
various
ad
hoc
and
special
committees
over
time,
as
needed.
S
Members
of
the
council
also
serve
on
over
a
dozen
other
governing
bodies
through
both
city
and
county
governments
and
I've
listed
here
on
the
slide
listed
a
few
here
on
the
slide
as
an
example
I'm
going
to
run
through
some
of
the
Council
Office
2023
budget
goals
and
a
few
of
the
highlights
since
last
year.
One
of
the
primary
activities
of
the
council
is
the
consideration
and
passage
of
legislation.
S
The
council
has
acted
on
several
significant
items
of
legislation
since
I
was
last
year
presenting
a
budget
last
October,
the
council
completed
its
decennial
redistricting
process
and
for
the
first
time
in
City,
history
relied
Upon,
A
citizen-led
advisory
commission.
As
part
of
that
process,
that
commission
recommended
the
new
Council
District
map
that
was
ultimately
adopted
by
the
council.
S
The
council
also
continued
its
focus
and
emphasis
on
affordable
housing.
Over
the
last
year.
You
all
approved
financing
for
affordable
housing,
Renovations
at
Country,
View
Apartments,
you've
considered
regular
updates
to
the
city's
unified
development
ordinance
and
also
initiated
a
new
overlay
district
for
the
Hopewell
neighborhood
and
you've
supported
the
various
efforts
of
City
departments
working
toward
affordable
housing
through
the
budgeting
and
appropriation
approval
process.
S
One
quick
note
other
than
myself
all
Council
staff
members
were
hired
in
the
last
year,
so
one
major
Focus
since
last
fall
has
been
on
training,
new
employees
and
we'll
look
to
continue
that
development
over
the
next
year.
In
order
to
provide
you,
council
members
with
a
needed
support
in
pursuing
and
developing
legislative
initiatives,.
S
One
major
activity
of
the
council
is
making
decisions
regarding
discretionary
funding
that
is
budgeted
each
year
for
certain
specific
purposes.
These
efforts
include
the
work
of
the
council's
Jack
Hopkins
committee
and
sidewalk
committee
in
2022
and
2023.
The
Jack
Hopkins
committee
worked
to
distribute
over
six
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
dozens
of
different
social
service
agencies
in
the
community.
S
The
council's
sidewalk
Community
Committee
in
late
2022
made
recommendations
for
the
use
of
336
thousand
dollars
out
of
the
alternative
transportation
fund
to
help
pay
for
the
construction
or
design
of
new
sidewalks
as
well
support
certain
traffic
calming
or
pedestrian
Improvement
projects.
In
making
these
recommendations,
the
committee
worked
closely
with
and
relied
on
the
expertise
from
planning
and
Engineering
staff
who
helped
rank
potential
projects
based
on
objective
criteria
developed
in
coordination
with
the
committee.
S
Finally,
I
will
just
mention
that
Council
staff
have
worked
over
the
last
year
to
respond
to
con
constituent
contacts,
whether
through
phone
calls,
emails
or
in-person
visits.
We
receive
and
respond
to
hundreds
of
messages
each
year
and
we
strive
to
provide
timely
and
informative
responses.
Council
members,
of
course,
have
their
own
interactions
with
members
of
the
public
whether
it's
phone
calls
emails.
S
Many
of
you
also
hold
regular
constituent
meetings
where
you
invite
members
to
meet
with
you
and
speak
on
matters
of
concern,
so
moving
into
goals
for
2024
I
will
cover
a
few
of
the
more
notable
items
that
we
hope
to
work
on.
First
I
will
say
that
the
council's
legislative
duties
in
a
given
year
depends
heavily
on
what
what's
happening
more
broadly
in
the
city.
This
is
reflected
through
in
the
legislation
brought
by
the
administration
and
by
council
members.
S
This
is
difficult
to
predict
in
advance,
but,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
the
council
and
its
staff
will
continue
to
look
to
meet
those
demands,
while
also
continuing
to
improve
Public
Access
by
building
on
recent
technology
improvements.
I've
mentioned
hybrid
meetings,
we've
also
Incorporated
live
transcripts
and
closed
captioning
to
our
meetings.
Meeting
timers
and
we'll
continue
to
look
at
other
technology
or
features
as
they
become
available.
S
Council
Office
will
also
continue
working
with
council
members,
the
administration
and
members
of
the
public
and
the
council's
various
committees
to
develop
policy
and
best
practices.
This
goal
entails
researching
questions,
providing
guidance
and
otherwise
helping
facilitate
the
work
of
the
council
and
its
Associated
groups.
S
One
of
the
biggest
focuses
in
the
coming
year
will
be
onboarding
and
providing
needed
information
to
incoming
council
members.
This
will
include
formal
training
provided
by
the
Association
of
Indiana
municipalities
aim
to
newly
elected
officials.
It
will
also
include
guidance
from
the
council
attorneys
to
new
members
and
will
include
coordinating
with
the
new
mayor
and
new
Administration
officials
once
the
new
term
begins.
S
For
the
remaining
months
of
this
year
and
continuing
into
next
year,
council
members
and
staff
will
continue
the
work
of
the
council's
Jack
Hopkins
committee
and
sidewalk
committee.
These
two
committees
make
an
annual
effort
to
look
for
ways
to
improve
their
processes.
Jack
Hopkins
in
particular
distributes
a
survey
each
year
to
solicit
feedback
from
agencies
to
assess
the
effectiveness
of
their
application
and
review
process
and
I
know
that
committee
and
staff
take
any
responses
very
seriously
for
the
sidewalk
committee.
S
S
Lastly,
I'll
just
note:
Council
staff
includes
two
attorneys
who
strive
to
represent
and
perform
work
on
behalf
of
the
council.
Our
annual
goal
under
this
activity
is
to
attend
regular
training
and
CLE
classes
throughout
the
year,
not
only
to
meet
licensing
requirements,
but
also
to
stay
up
to
date
and
informed
on
emerging
issues
or
changes
to
the
law
that
affect
the
work
you
all
do
for
actual
budget
numbers.
I've
noted
any
major
changes
here
within
the
four
categories.
If
there
are
questions
about
an
item,
I've
I've
not
included,
please
let
me
know.
S
Category
1
includes
a
7.1
percent
increase,
primarily
due
to
the
five
percent
proposed
increase
to
staff
salaries
Citywide.
S
There
is
also
a
requested
increase
in
hours
for
the
assistant
administrator
legal
research
assistant
position
in
the
council
office,
which
would
go
from
32
to
40
hours.
A
couple
of
other
notes
for
category
one.
This
amount
reflects
an
additional
increase
to
the
salary
for
the
council
attorney
administrator
position.
My
position
I
believe
that
increases
roughly
10.6
percent.
My
understanding
is
that
that
was
included
at
the
request
of
council
members
who
communicated
with
the
the
administration.
This
number
does
not
reflect
and
will
need
to
be
updated
and
increased
to
council
member
salaries.
S
S
Category
2
here
includes
an
increase
of
just
under
seven
percent,
a
little
over
three
hundred
dollars
due
to
anticipated
one-time
purchases
for
new
council
members
of
some
Adobe
Pro
Software.
It
also
reflects
the
end
to
a
contract
with
Westlaw
for
hard
copies
of
Indiana
code
books,
Category
3.
The
request
is
an
increase
of
just
over
thirty
one
thousand
dollars
or
about
seven
and
a
half
percent.
This
is
primarily
due
to
the
increase
in
funding
for
the
Jack
Hopkins
program,
which
would
go
from
323
000
to
350
000.
S
out
of
the
general
fund.
Excuse
me
there
would
be
an
increase
of
just
over
four
thousand
dollars,
most
of
which
is
increased
training
and
travel
expenses
related
to
onboarding,
our
incoming
council
members,
along
with
a
new
West
law
contract
for
online
access
to
that
service.
One
notable
item
that
hasn't
changed
in
this
category
is
the
support
provided
to
the
Buskirk
Chumley
Theater,
which
remains
at
fifty
five
thousand
dollars.
S
Category
four
includes
a
requested
increase
of
fourteen
thousand
dollars
or
just
over
four
percent,
all
of
which
applies
to
the
amount
of
funding
made
available
for
the
council's
sidewalk
committee
funding
process.
The
total
amount
of
funding
for
that
process
would
also
increase
to
three
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
out
of
the
alternative
transportation
fund.
A
Thank
you,
Council
attorney
Lucas
for
the
presentation,
we'll
go
to
council
members
for
questions.
C
Yes,
I
understand
that
with
supportive
Council
Mr
Lucas,
you
brought
forward
a
request
for
the
job
evaluation
committee
to
look
at
the
Deputy
Administrator
attorney's
job
classification.
What
was
the
result
of
that
evaluation.
S
My
understanding
is
that
that
request
will
is
pending,
essentially
that
the
administration
hopes
to
review
that
request
along
others,
along
with
others.
Once
the
results
of
the
recent
salary
study
are
are
available,
I
think
they
wanted
to
not
be
working
across
purposes
with
the
results
of
that
study.
So
that's
that's
my
understanding.
A
Seeing
none
we
could
go
to
the
members
of
the
public
for
any
comment
on
the
proposed
City
Council
budget
for
2024.
If
you're
here
in
the
chambers
in
which
to
speak
on
this
budget,
you
can
come
forward
to
the
podium
and,
if
you're
joining
us
online
this
evening,
you
could
use
the
raised
hand
feature
in
Zoom
or
indicate
in
the
chat
to
the
meeting
house.
That
you'd
like
to
make
a
comment.
A
F
And
thank
you
Mr
Lucas,
for
the
presentation
and
for
all
your
hard
work
as
well.
The
work
of
your
staff,
who
we
all
appreciate,
I,
think
I'm
going
to
be
putting
no
on
the
budget
tonight,
because,
for
the
same
reason
that
I
voted
no
on
the
clerk's
budget.
That's
a
not
as
big
a
deal
on
this
budget,
but
it's
still
a
point.
F
I
wanted
to
make
now
something
I've
been
waiting
for
my
last
year
to
be
able
to
say
which
is
yes,
council
members
should
be
paid
some
basic
number
that
makes
it
tenable
to
be
a
council
member
for
more
people
for
people
who
might
not
think
about
running
for
Council
because
they
couldn't
afford
it.
F
A
majority
of
us
will
not
be
back
next
year
and
so
I
think
that's
a
good
opportunity
to
revisit
how
we
get
compensated
and
the
in
the
same
way
that
I
believe
that
the
clerk's
budget
should
be
targeted
to
the
salary
of
department.
Heads
so
I
believe
that
the
total
compensation
of
council
members
should
be
equal
to
a
full-time
minimum
wage,
employee,
minimum
City
minimum
wage.
In
this
case,
it's
going
to
be
17.75
a
year
while
we
don't
work
full-time
at
this
job.
F
We
have
the
duty
of
being
council
members
full-time
and
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
do
that
in
order
to
oversee
the
city.
Now
I
temper
that
by
noting
that,
while
the
council
members
don't
get
retirement
benefits,
council
members
do
get
insurance
by
my
and
that's
why
I'm
going
to
be
wanting
to
explore
exactly
what
the
the
14
274
dollar
figure
that
represents
Insurance
compensation
as
HR
calculated
it?
F
How
much
that
is
practically
for
us
if
we're
using
that
same
figure
or
if
it
varies
depending
on
the
family
situation
of
a
member.
But
if
we
were
to
use
that
figure,
the
total
compensation,
if,
if
my
math
at
21
153,
is
correct
for
the
coming
years,
council
member
salary,
that
would
add
up
to
almost
exactly
1775
an
hour,
the
equivalent
of
the
minimum
City
wage
minimum
wage
for
a
city,
employee
and
I,
would
like
to
find
some
way
to
every
year,
at
least
be
able
to
say
that's
the
minimum
salary
for
council
members.
F
This
is
not
that's
why
I'm
asking
this
year?
It's
not,
for
my
sake,
it's
not
for
the
sake
of
those
who
are
leaving,
but
for
those
to
come
and
to
encourage
the
public
to
consider
more
seriously
running
for
city
council
so
again
to
that
end,
I'll
be
voting
no
on
this
budget.
I
want
to
encourage
my
colleagues
to
do
the
same
thing
until
we
can
get
the
details
of
the
council
and
the
clerk's
budgets
ironed
out.
Thank
you.
E
Yes,
in
response
to
council
member
of
Owen's
comment,
I
I
tend
to
agree.
I
was
asked
by
some
constituents
about
compensation
for
council
members,
and
so
I
did
a
little
checking
on
it,
and
it
turns
out
that
in
Bloomington
we
are
compensated
very
poorly
in
the
lower
much
lower
than
the
lowest
quartile
of
City
councils.
E
That
said,
I
think
that
it
would
be
helpful
to
contextualize
it
and
compare
compensation
of
council
members
to
other
second-class
cities
and
so
Mr
Lucas.
If
you
could
facilitate
that,
that
would
be
helpful
for
consideration
consideration
of
the
administration
as
well.
Thanks.
A
Additional
comments
from
council
members
I
will
add
a
few
interesting
topic
of
conversation
brought
up
by
my
colleagues
just
now.
A
I'll
Echo
that
it's
it's
been
a
theme
over
over
some
years
of
and
I,
like
I,
generally
find
the
idea,
appealing
of
something
like
a
minimum
livable
wage
for
cities,
the
city's
salaries,
to
encourage
more
folks
to
enable
more
folks
to
be
able
to
serve
it's
definitely
something
that
I
think
a
privilege
affords
additional
opportunity
to
do,
and
we
want
to
be
inclusive
and
expansive
and
the
possibility
of
folks
who
can
serve
in
this
role.
So
it's
worth
looking
more
deeply
at
I,
like
also
councilman's
idea
of
of
some
benchmarking.
A
Looking
looking
at
peer
cities
around
the
state,
I'm,
not
sure,
we've
done
that
seriously.
So
I
would
like
to
do
that.
The
other.
A
couple
of
things
I
wanted
to
bring
up
one,
is
to
thank
and
recognize
the
mayor
for
addressing
an
increase
in
in
Council
attorney.
Lucas's
proposed
salary
per
requested,
or,
as
requested
by
the
council
I
think
there
was
a
feeling
that
that
counts.
A
Mr
Lucas's
salary
should
reflect
that
of
a
department
heads
and
there
was
a
specific
ask
that
it
we
move
in
that
direction
over
the
course
of
of
two
years
and
in
steps
and
I
think
this.
The
request
for
this
year
was
was
what
the
budget
reflects
currently
so
I
wanted
to
recognize
that,
and
thank
that.
Thank
you
for
that
say.
Thank
you
for
that,
but
recognizing
the
conversation
we
had
earlier
about
clerk,
Bolden
and
and
the
salary
of
the
clerk.
A
A
So,
whether
that's
a
two-step
process
for
both
or
adjusting
both
to
department
head
median
salary,
for
instance,
as
one
example
this
next
year,
I
think
personally
I
would
be
most
comfortable
with
those
moving
in
in
tandem
or
in
a
similar
fashion,
and
for
that
reason,
I'll
be
voting
voting
no
on
on
this
budget
tonight
and
then
the
one
additional
reason
for
that
is
looking
at
the
Jack
Hopkins
and
sidewalk
alternative
transportation
funds.
I
appreciate
the
the
mild
increase
in
both
of
those,
but
certainly
during
budget
Advance.
A
We
heard
you
know
numerous
council
members
advocate
for
considerably
more
in
each
of
those
categories,
given
kind
of
the
historic,
very,
very
slow
increase
in
the
pace
with
the
sidewalk
Fund,
in
particular
the
alternative
transportation
fund
compared
to
the
rising
costs
of
construction,
and
then
also
you
know
compared
to
the
need
within
the
social
services
realm.
So
looking
at
the
one-time
allocations,
in
particular,
some
could
potentially
be
routed
to
to
within
those
funds
in
the
council's
purview.
So
that's
something
I'd
like
to
explore
more
deeply
as
well.
Thank
you
with
that.
F
R
C
A
Thank
you
I
believe
that
vote
was
3s
for
no
to
abstain.
A
U
Good
evening,
council
members
again,
my
name
is
Cheryl
Gilliland,
director
of
internal
auditing.
My
colleague,
Jeff
McMillan,
could
not
be
here
in
person
this
evening,
but
he
is
online.
Therefore,
I'll
be
presenting
the
2024
controller's
budget
and
Jeff
will
be
available
to
answer
any
specific
questions
as
well.
U
So
we
exist
because
the
Indiana
State
Legislature
established
the
position
of
controller
and
laid
out
its
related
duties
for
the
city
of
Bloomington.
The
controller
and
staff
provide
the
city's
22
departments
with
additional
fiscal
oversight.
In
addition,
staff
interacts
consistently
with
the
dimension
Mill
Bloomington
Urban
economic
Association,
that's
Kirk,
Chumley,
theater,
Redevelopment
Commission,
the
Bloomington
Housing
Authority,
and
the
Bloomington
Transit.
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
This
increase
will
cover
the
five
percent
cost
of
living
wage
increase,
which
aligns
with
the
city-wide
proposal
in
category
three
of
other
services.
The
request
is
1.9,
oh
I'm,
sorry,
it's
two
point
is
two
million
dollars
with
a
forty
one
thousand
dollar
increase
again
a
two
percent
overall
increase
of
that
category.
U
U
So
in
conclusion,
we'd
like
to
thank
you
for
considering
our
2024
budget-
and
we
are
here
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
I
C
J
Helps
helps
to
turn
on
the
microphone
Jeff
Underwood
City
controller.
Yes,
the
way
that
we
have
to
budget
and
the
way
that
we
spend
the
funds
is
we
would.
J
It
was
almost
impossible
for
us
to
allocate
what
was
intended
to
be
used
out
of
the
Ed
lit
on
the
basis
that
you
approved,
but
essentially
we
fund
the
majority
of
hr's
budget
and
our
budget
out
of
the
Ed
lit
that
supports
the
majority
of
the
items
that
are
listed,
but
all
of
the
things
that
were
listed
and
what
we
commonly
refer
to
as
bucket
four,
which
is
increases
in
salaries
and
trainings
and
all
those
things.
Those
are,
those
are
actually
funded
through
the
Ed
lit.
J
But
we
have
to
budget
the
way,
we're
forced
to
budget
and
use
that
fund.
We,
we
just
picked
the
HR
budget
and
the
controller's
budget.
C
U
Have
we
had
two
positions
that
were
filled
and
they
were
filled
at
a
lower
rate
than
what
we
budgeted
last
year?
So
when
you
factor
we,
so
the
budget
is
based
on
salaries
at
a
particular
point
in
time.
I
E
There
we
go
Mr
Underwood,
could
I
clarify
your
response
to
council
member
Piedmont,
Smith's
question
I,
can't
remember
the
specific
categories
of
the
Ed
lid
I
think
Public
Safety
was
one
climate
and
resilience
was
another.
This
was
this
would
be
under
the
category
of
employee
compensation.
Is
that
right
was
that.
J
E
J
You
we
use
it
to
support
the
raises
the
five
percent,
the
increases
to
police
and
fire
salaries
as
well.
So
all
of
the
things
that
were
listed
that
you
approved
uses
our
funded
out
of
essentially
the
Ed
lit,
but
yeah.
E
A
Additional
questions
council
members
I
had
one
am
I,
remembering
correctly
that
there
was
a
one
or
even
maybe
multiple,
maybe
just
one-
a
position
that
had
been
placed
within
the
controllers.
Department
related
to
accessing,
like
Federal
grant
opportunities,
given
some
of
the
increases
in
those
opportunities
through
through
major
federal
legislation.
Recently.
U
Yes,
the
grants
resourcing
manager
was
a
new
position
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
were
very
successful
in
hiring
someone
Late
July,
and
he
jumped
right
in
and
is
working
with
all
of
our
departments
in
identifying
grants
and
is
also
working
on
a
very
large
one
with
Delta
kid.
For
what's
the
name
of
it,
the
the
grant.
U
Yeah,
we
can
get
back
with
you,
but
there
is
one
large
one,
that's
being
submitted
that
he's
working
on
that
involves
an
its
as
well
and
it's
go
I
think
it's
being
submitted
in
September,
okay,.
A
So
great
that
sounds
good
I,
remember
speaking
with
the
mayor
in
maybe
June
in
the
position
it
was
not.
It
felt
so
glad
to
hear
it
has
been
and
I
know.
I
would
be
interested
over
time
in
just
hearing
how
that
goes.
It's
a
new.
You
know
attempt
to
leverage
some
of
the
opportunities
that
are
out
there.
So
some
level
of
data,
collection
or
reporting
might
be
nice
at
some
point.
So
thank
you.
B
A
Any
additional
questions
from
council
members
seeing
none.
We
can
go
to
members
of
the
public
for
any
comment
on
the
proposed
budget
of
the
office,
the
controller.
You
would
have
two
minutes
to
comment
if
you're
here
in
Chambers
and
would
like
to
comment.
Please
come
forward
to
the
podium
and
if
you
are
joining
us
online
this
evening,
you
can
use
the
raised
hand
function
or
indicate
in
the
chat
to
the
meeting
house
that
you'd
like
to
speak.
E
X
A
Thank
you
that
motion
passes
9-0.
Thank
you
and
thank
you
very
much
for
your
presentation
and
with
that
we
can
go
to
our
final
presentation
of
this
first
evening
of
the
budget
hearings
and
that
is
from
the
office
of
the
mayor.
I
believe
we
have
Deputy
Mayor
Larry
Allen
to
present,
and
we
have
15
minutes
allocated
for
this
presentation.
W
W
By
way
of
background.
Typically,
the
office
is
fully
staffed
and
has
eight
full-time
equivalent
employees.
We
have
had
one
temporary
part-time
employee
who,
sadly,
is
going
to
leave
us
at
the
end
of
the
month.
We
have
five
student
interns,
and
this
also
includes
our
directors
of
communication,
public
engagement
and
Innovation.
Currently
we
have
two
interim
positions,
which
is
the
director
of
communication
and
public
engagement,
served
for
us
by
Angela
Van
Roy,
as
the
interim
director
of
communication
and
Crystal
Ritter.
As
our
interim
engagement
director.
W
Just
as
a
quick
update
on
our
2023
goals
and
we've
just
selected
a
few
here,
some
of
them
will
seem
familiar
to
you
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
where
we
are
to
Benchmark
ourselves.
One
of
the
things
we
said
is
that
we
would
conduct
weekly
and
bi-weekly
and
monthly
meetings
with
key
staff
and
particular
topic
areas.
W
Additionally,
we
have
policy
Administration
budget
goals
of
supporting
the
continued
Redevelopment
of
Hopewell
the
trades
district
and
collaborating
now
with
departments
on
other
key
infrastructure.
Investments
we've
engaged
in
bi-weekly
coordination
meetings
with
Hopewell,
and
some
of
you
have
been
to
the
steering
committee
meetings
and
also
participate
in
some
of
the
neighborhood
engagement
and
we
broke
ground
recently
on
the
phase
one
East
and
we
plan
on
that
construction
on
those
infrastructure
improvements
continuing
we
also
and
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
know
Phase
One
East,
because
I'm
so
mired
in
the
project.
W
I
just
use
shorthand
at
this
point
phase.
One
use
is
that
block
that
is
east
of
Rogers
and
south
of
2nd
Street,
where
you
see
a
mound
of
dirt
and
a
construction
trailer
moving.
Thankfully,
additionally,
we've
seen
significant
investments
in
the
trades
District,
which
include
the
showers
administration,
building
being
revamped
as
we
talk
as
we
speak
and
being
used
as
office
space
very
soon,
and
the
same
with
the
showers
Kiln
and
the
upcoming
tech
center
and
many
more
to
come.
We
hope.
W
We've
also
tried
to
make
sure
that
we're
outreaching
to
neighborhoods
and
Community
groups,
and
we
set
a
minimum
of
10,
and
certainly
we
have
exceeded
that
already
this
year
and
as
we
speak,
our
Communications
team,
which
formerly
was
led
by
Andrew
Krebs
but
currently
again,
Andrew
Angela,
Van
Roy
and
our
digital
brand
manager.
Justin
Crossley
has
produced
press
releases
at
videos
and
social
media
and,
as
of
today,
we've
released
172
press
releases
from
the
office
of
the
mayor.
W
W
As
far
as
Innovation,
which
is
the
purview
of
our
Innovation
director
Dave,
the
Kidd,
the
goal
there
is
to
nurture
a
culture
of
innovation
by
featuring
a
minimum
of
25
success
stories
and
conducting
animal
annual
and
annual
Innovation
at
work
celebration.
And
in
fact,
as
far
as
I'm
aware
in
the
coming
week,
we
should
see
more
of
those
success
stories
released
publicly.
W
W
Some
of
those
goals
include
continuing
the
the
coordination
of
scheduling
legislation
that
goes
before
city
council
and
meeting
with
you
all
at
least
40
times
a
year,
I
mean
at
least
monthly,
with
our
partners
in
County
government
to
discuss
the
relevant
Mutual
topics,
of
which
there
are
more
every
day,
continued
developments
in
Hopewell
trades
district
and,
of
course,
the
Capital
Improvements.
That
I
recently
mentioned
additionally
continue
to
oversee
and
work
the
city's
climate
action
plan,
in
conjunction
with
economic
and
sustainable
development
and
Lead.
W
That
internal
climate
action
team
also
recently
launched
and
announced,
is
to
further
the
collaboration
for
the
project
46,
which
is
a
partnership
between
Bloomington,
Columbus
and
Nashville
for
the
future
of
climate
change
and
hopefully
hold
at
least
two
public
events
next
year.
For
that
Elite
steering
committee,
and
this
is
something
that
Indianapolis
has
done
for
sports.
But
we're
attempting
to
do
it
for
climate
change,
which
is
very
important.
W
Coordination
additionally
continue
to
preserve,
pursue
the
potential
Convention
Center
expansion
of
which
we
have
the
start
of
a
CIB
in
which
we
hope
to
continue
forward
and
then,
of
course,
expand
on
the
Dei
initiatives
with
at
least
three
public
events
related
to
this
program
at
quarter.
Four
and
continue
the
trainings
that
we
heard
from
Emily
earlier
for
our
Communications
team,
continually
improving
the
city
Communications,
including
our
website,
our
strategic
messaging,
our
branding
and
then
meeting
with
an
inter
interdepartmental
Communications
team
to
provide
training
and
guidance
for,
but
also
from
those
Frontline
communicators
in
our
departments.
W
That
are
communicating
with
the
public
every
day
and
then
also
conduct
the
stream
training
for
Relevant
City
staff
and
making
sure
to
utilize
and
understand
social
media
policy,
our
branding
and
how
what
our
strategic
communication
plan
is
and
that'll
be
important
to
carry
forward
next
year,
as
we
have
new
staff
understanding.
What
we
do.
W
W
W
As
far
as
overall
budgetary
highlights
from
the
office
of
the
mayor,
there's
an
increase
of
almost
fifty
two
thousand
dollars
all
in
category
one
for
the
five
percent
cost
of
living
increase.
That's
all
in
category
one.
We
kept
the
rest
of
the
budget
relatively
flat
and
not
relatively
flat,
but
in
fact
flat
for
requests.
W
Those
come
out
of
the
office
of
the
mayor
generally
and
you'll,
see
in
our
memo
as
split
out
we've
we've
allocated
about
nineteen
thousand
dollars
in
other
services
to
give
Dave
to
some
some
money
that
she
can
work
with
in
the
quarter
one
while
we're
waiting
on
those
reversion
expenses
to
potentially
use
to
to
create
those
savings
as
early
as
possible
in
the
year
and
then
those
might
be
reimbursed.
We
look
to
see
that
those
are
reimbursed
from
those
those
reversion
funds.
W
As
a
conclusion,
I
just
want
to
say
that
in
public
service,
it's
really
easy
to
get
wrapped
up
in
the
need
to
continually
improve
government
services
and
sometimes
the
general
negativity
and
the
culture
around
government
services
that
are
provided,
but
as
a
point
of
just
Personal
Privilege
and
in
fact,
I
would
like
to
say
that
first
of
all,
you
just
have
to
look
at
our
community
survey
recently
to
find
that
anyone
that
has
interacted
with
City
staff
has
come
a
way
very
satisfied
at
rates
that
far
exceed
what
you
would
be
proud
of
to
have
as
a
business.
W
A
Thank
you,
Deputy
Mayor
Allen,
for
the
presentation
we
can
go
to
the
council
for
questions.
I,
see
councilmember
Moralo.
E
Thank
you,
Mr
Allen,
for
your
presentation,
so
my
question
is
essentially
a
six
percent
increase.
There
is
a
five
percent
for
wages
and
related
benefits
and
then
there's
twenty
six
thousand
dollars
for
copywriter
specialist.
But
this
is
a
a
position
that
I
believe
started
in
2022.
That's.
V
E
Is
that
correct
so
so
why
is
why
is
that
related
to
an
increase,
then,
if
it
is
already
been
essentially
part
of
the
2022
budget,
are
we
you're
continuing
that
I'm
a
little
confused?
Could
you
explain,
do
you
do
you
understand
what
I'm
saying
it's
it's
a
position
that
exists
already?
V
A
Not
seeing
any
at
this
time
so
with
that
we
can
go
team
members
of
the
public
for
any
comment
on
the
proposed
budget
of
the
office
of
the
mayor.
Anyone
here
in
Chambers,
please
come
forward
to
the
podium
to
share
your
comment
or
if
we
have
any
folks
joining
us
online,
you
can
use
the
raised
hand
feature
in
Zoom
or
indicate
in
the
chat
to
the
meeting
house
that
you
would
like
to
speak
during
this
time.
C
Yes,
thank
you
Mr
Allen,
for
your
presentation
and
it
was
a
something
you
had
to
work
on
just
shortly
after
you
became
Deputy
Mayor.
So
well
done.
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
Caps
commission
report
and
recommendations.
So
this
is
the
community
advisory
on
Public
Safety
Commission
of
the
city
council.
C
C
That
kind
of
summarizes
the
concerns
that
that
led
them
to
their
conclusions.
So
it
says
yet
most
Public
Safety,
related
departments
in
Bloomington
are
tasked
with
reacting
to
the
symptoms
of
persistent
or
growing
levels
of
violence,
homelessness,
mental
illness
and
drug
use,
while
having
little
control
over
the
root
causes
or
even
the
causal
mechanisms
that
generate
these
symptoms.
C
Most
City
resources
allocated
to
Public
Safety,
seek
to
address
or
resolve
the
individual
manifestations
of
these
symptoms
once
they
have
reached
a
crisis
situation
while
responding
to
individual
needs
is
a
valuable
and
necessary
component
of
Public
Safety.
This
approach
cannot
strategically
address
the
root
causes
driving
these
Public
Safety
threats.
C
So
the
the
upshot
of
their
report
was
that
there
is
no
one
strategy
to
really
comprehensively
work
on
Public
Safety,
while
I
appreciate
that
mayor
Hamilton
has
invested
in
non-sworn
officers
and
Outreach
Personnel
within
fire
and
police
I
would
very
strongly
recommend.
C
We
follow
the
Caps
commission
initial
first
recommendation,
which
is
to
study
the
possibility
of
creating
a
Department
of
Community
resilience
and
Public
Safety
and
I
think
that
this
is
a
logical
next
step
to
see
if
we
can
systemically
change
the
way
we
look
at
Public
Safety
and
make
sure
we
address,
root,
causes
and
not
just
symptoms,
so
I
think
the
office
of
the
Mayors,
the
appropriate
place
to
fund
such
a
study
and
I'll,
be
following
up
with
a
mayor
on
that.
Thank
you.
A
I'll,
just
briefly
echo,
my
colleagues
call
that
that
I
think
the
recommendations
from
the
years
of
work
that
went
into
years
of
work
in
public
engagement
that
went
into
that
report
are
worth
following
up
on
and
I
hadn't
thought
actively
about
the
appropriate
place
to
house
such
a
request,
but
this
seems
like
a
reasonable
place,
so
I'll
follow
follow
her
lead
in
in
advocating
for
that.
Thank
you
additional
comments.
A
I'm
seeing
none
could
entertain
emotion
on
this
budget.
C
X
B
X
A
You
that
passes
six
one
two,
and
that
was
our
final
departmental
presentation
for
the
evening,
so
that
wraps
up
our
our
meeting
tonight,
we'll
be
back
here
tomorrow:
Tuesday
August
29th
at
5
30
pm
to
hear
presentations
from
Bloomington
Transit,
City,
Bloomington
utilities,
fire
department
and
police
department
thanks
for
joining
us
tonight.
Thank
you
so
much
to
everybody
from
the
administration
for
your
hard-working
presentations
without
objection.
We
are
adjourned.