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From YouTube: VIDEO UPDATE: 2023 City Budget Video Update: Part Two
Description
Tune in as Mayor John Hamilton and Deputy Mayor Don Griffin discuss the 2023 city budget ahead of tonight's City Council meeting and provide updates since last week's meeting.
The transformative $229 million combined city budget for 2023 focuses on key investments in the city workforce and services, climate change preparedness and mitigation, housing, and public safety to improve the quality of life for all residents. Learn more at https://bton.in/u2qaK.
You can also access the full transcript of today's video online at https://bton.in/yuREp
A
A
Hamilton
and
I'm
Don
Griffin
I'm,
the
deputy
mayor
for
the
city
of
Bloomington
and
today
we're
going
to
give
them
an
update
on
the
budget.
Now
we
went
to
the
council
a
week
ago
and
talked
to
them
about
the
budget
and
it
went
rather
smoothly,
but
there's
still
some
some
things
that
we
still
have
to
work
out
before
the
15th
October
15th
is
October
the
12th.
That's
right.
Yes,.
A
Up
no
worries
October,
the
12th
is
when
we
want
to
we're
going
to
get
a
vote.
I
hope.
B
So
okay
yeah
I
mean
it
was.
We
were
both
there
on
the
28th,
the
last
meeting,
where
we
formally
present
a
budget
again.
This
is
a
really
transformative
budget.
We're
really
excited
and
pleased
about
what
we
can
do
to
walk
the
walk.
We
got
a
few
questions.
We
thought
it
might
just
be
helpful
to
update
folks
about
what
came
up.
One
was
about
overall
compensation
for
city
employees.
You.
B
Has
been
a
high
inflation
year?
There's
a
lot
going
on.
You
know
we're
we're
doing
a
bunch
of
stuff
I'm,
really
pleased
that
the
local
income
tax
lets
us
do
we're
doing
a
five
percent
Cola
cost
of
living
adjustment.
Okay,
we're
providing
a
one
thousand
dollar
bonus
for
everybody
in
the
city
government
this
year,
so
that's
kind
of
more
Progressive
everybody
gets
down
whatever
your
salary
is
reflecting
some
of
that
inflation
and
then
a
couple
other
things
that
are
really
new,
where
the
first
time
ever
we're
going
to
have
a
matching
Savings
Program.
B
This
is
unique
for
retirement
to
help
people
like
two
to
one
three
to
one
for
encouraging
people
to
save
retirement
and
then
we're
doubling
also
the
Health
Care
was
deduct
like
like
cash
account
for
your
deductibles
and
all
so
all
that
adds
up
to
a
for
some
employees.
It's
over
10
percent
increase
and
all
right.
A
Very
nice
and
we're
doing
some
things
for
our
Public
Safety
folks,
police
and
fire
yeah.
B
So
we
did
get
some
questions.
Remember
that
night
on
the
28th
about
Vehicles,
right,
Vehicles,
take-home
vehicles
for
police
and
what
are
we
doing
it's
hard
to
recruit
police
now
we
know
that
we're
working
really
hard.
So
so
we
do
have
a
take
home
police
program,
a
pilot.
It's
been
in
place
for
maybe
a
year
year
and
a
half
again
and
I.
B
Almost
a
third
of
our
police
officers
do
now
have
take-home
cars
and
anybody
who
lives
in
the
city
gets
to
take
home
car
and
anybody
who's
kind
of
on
one
of
those
emergency
response
units
like
a
critical
incident
response
or
that
kind
of
thing
has
to
take
home
car
too,
if
they're
in
the
county.
But
but
you
know
we
want,
we
want
as
many
public
safety
officials
to
live
in
the
city
and
so
this
housing.
You
know
the
housing
program,
I
mean
it's.
A
Pretty,
oh,
absolutely
eighteen
thousand
dollars
down
payment
yeah
to
help
them
buy
a
house
to
help
them
buy
a
house.
Seven
750
dollars
a
month.
If
you
want
to
rent
a
house
or
a
apartment
within
City,
Limits,
just
amazing,
and
what
we're
also
doing
is
we're
taking
that
same
program
and
applying
it
to
our
fire
folks
as
well.
Right.
B
So
police
or
fire
First
Responders,
it's
really
helpful
to
have
them
living
in
the
city.
For
lots
of
reasons.
We've
had
fire
off
duty
fire
of
officials
who
who
see
a
fire
report
a
fire.
They
can
help
our
off-duty
police
who,
who
are
there
so
having
them
in
the
cities
for
health?
So
I'm
really
excited
about
that,
and
we
know
I
think
about
two
two
dozen,
maybe
not
quite
two
dozen
police
and
fire
are
using
those
are
going
to
use
those
housing
incentives.
So
that's
great
perfect:
let's
see
what
else
did
we.
A
Hear
about
we,
we
talked
about
our
sanitation,
sanitation.
B
That's
right,
yeah
they
so
we've
proposed
it's
kind
of
complicated,
but
right
now
right
now,
sanitation
is
subsidized
by
the
general
budget
to
support
the
cost
of
picking
up
trash
from
one
to
four
family
houses.
So
this
so
the
single
family
homes
and
some
on
the
council
and
I
kind
of
agree
with
them
think
that
that
subsidy
should
be
phased
out
councils.
There
I
think
councils
on
both
sides
of
this
right.
Different
people
have
different
views
so
we're
leaving
it.
B
B
A
Maybe
if
we
raise
the
prices
of
of
track
of
trash,
then
maybe
we
don't
use
as
much
trash
and
we
start
recycling
a
little
bit
more.
But,
however,
the
other
side
of
that
is
the
cost.
Do
we
want
to
add
cost
to
our
residents
right
now.
Is
that
something
that
we
do
with
inflation
and
so
forth?
So
it
is
a
it.
It's
it's
a
hard
decision
to
make
it's
literally
they
get
to
make.
Luckily,
you.
B
Know
we,
you
know,
we
have
a
view
anyway,
it's
it's.
What
council
is
there
for
to
make
those
votes,
and
then
we
thought
maybe
the
other
thing
that
came
up
was
that
Reproductive
Rights
right?
That's
the
only
change
we
made
to
the
budget
from
what
we
talked
to
them
about
in
August
was
adding
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
help
Reproductive
Rights
organizations
respond
to
the
terrible
situation
in
Indiana
and
I.
Think
they're
all
going
to
support
that
absolutely
sby,
I
hope
so
I
hope.
So.
The
fight
against
SBI
fight
against
this.