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B
C
Thank
you.
We've
got
three
items
today,
introductions
by
the
library
director,
our
new
fire
chief,
both
of
whom
are
new
and
so
they'll,
be
I'm
sharing
with
us,
some
of
the
work
they've
done
and
what
they
expect
to
do
in
the
coming
days,
and
then
a
discussion
with
kathy
griezmeier,
around
legislative
priorities
for
2021
and,
first
off
we're
going
to.
Let
me
I've
got
some
notes,
we'll
be
welcoming
the
library
director
jessica
dorr,
and
I
want
to
just
say
jessica:
when
did
you
start?
I
think
it
was?
D
C
Of
course,
brand
new
has
jumped
right
in
and
of
course,
while
working
with
us
as
the
mayor
and
council
and
city
staff
library
staff,
particularly
she's,
working
with
the
board
of
the
library
and
citizens
to
support
the
planning
efforts
that
are
now
underway
and
jessica
brings
with
her
years
and
years
of
planning
experience
both
in
our
country
and
internationally
through
the
gates
foundation.
With
regard
to
libraries
and
community
engagement
using
them,
libraries
is
not
only
community
centers,
but
points
of
learning
and
community
building.
C
I
just
want
to
say
I
said
this
earlier,
but
a
thank
you
to
christine
miller,
who
has
been
interim
for
the
last
year
and
to
all
of
our
library,
employees,
I'm
sure
jessica,
that
that
you
have
discovered
in
the
short
time
that
you've
been
here,
that
they
did
incredible
work
to
come
up
with
new
ways
to
serve
the
public
during
covid.
It
shows,
I
think
the
amount
of
use
of
our
library
is
in
these
new
ways,
whether
it
be
from
having
librarians
pick
books
out
for
you,
and
you
pick
them
up.
C
E
Oh,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
and
council
members,
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
today.
I
was
able
to
meet
council
president
clegg
and
council
member
sanchez
during
my
interview
process
and
council
member
sanchez.
Thank
you
for
joining
the
library
board
of
trustees
meeting
last
week
in
your
liaison
role,
but
I've
not
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
the
full
council
yet
so
thank
you
for
having
me
here
today
and
yes,
it
is
week
two
and
I'm
just
so
delighted
to
be
here
because
I
am
new.
E
It
was
a
time
of
excitement,
but
also
a
time
when
many
people
question
the
relevance
of
libraries
asking
well.
If
we
have
the
internet,
why
do
we
even
need
libraries,
but
we
know
now
access
to
information
in
the
internet
and
the
skills
to
fully
use
digital
tools
and
resources
are
not
equitably
shared.
E
We
know
people's
abilities
to
find
jobs,
access,
government
and
social
services
continue.
Education
or
build
community
is
too
frequently
limited
by
income,
location,
language,
education
or
age.
We
also
know
that
technology
can
make
people
feel
isolated
and
distrustful,
and
rather
than
making
the
world
more
connected.
E
Unfortunately
often
technology
can
even
deepen,
divides
and
inequities,
and
that's
why
libraries
are
more
important
than
ever.
Public
libraries
play
a
vital
and
unique
role
in
making
sure
everyone
has
access
and
opportunity
by
melding
traditional
library
services
with
new
technologies.
Libraries
have
reinvented
themselves
for
the
digital
age.
E
E
E
In
the
us,
I
worked
primarily
with
small
and
rural
or
tribal
libraries,
often
connecting
them
to
the
internet
for
their
first
time
and
helping
library
staff
know
how
to
use
that
technology
to
help
people
internationally.
I
worked
with
libraries
in
developing
and
transitioning
countries
to
improve
their
ability
to
contribute
to
economic,
health
and
educational
outcomes.
E
I
learned
that,
while
libraries
all
over
the
world
might
look
different
in
their
size,
languages
and
services
at
their
core,
effective
libraries
share
a
deep
commitment
to
meeting
their
user
needs
to
making
a
difference
in
their
communities
in
kenya.
This
means
a
focus
on
supporting
smallholder
farmers
in
india,
hosting
sowing
collectives
and
women's
savings
groups
in
ukraine
and
colombia,
promoting
peace
during
and
after
conflict,
and
here
in
boise.
That
means
creating
a
city
for
everyone.
E
I
was
drawn
to
boise
because
of
its
strong
support
for
its
libraries,
vibrant
arts
and
culture,
strong
community
organizations
and
a
culture
of
openness
and
cooperation
and
in
our
increasingly
diverse
country.
I
also
wanted
to
join
a
city
where
the
government
is
committed
to
values
of
equity
and
inclusion
and
to
providing
a
safe,
equitable
and
thriving
community
for
all
that
desire
brought
me
here
to
boise
and
in
the
very
short
amount
of
time
I've
been
here.
E
While
we
have
had
to
limit
access
to
public
buildings,
the
work
and
the
impact
of
the
library
has
not
stopped
when
we
had
to
close
buildings
to
users.
Library
staff
immediately
pivoted
to
rapidly
increasing
the
online
services
available,
including
programming
such
as
virtual
story
times
to
keep
the
community
connected,
engaged
the
people
of
boise
love
stories
and
reading,
and
they
love
their
libraries
as
soon
as
possible.
We
moved
to
curbside,
drop-off
and
pickup
to
safely
distribute
materials.
E
E
Finally,
we
have
three
open
computer
labs
at
the
downtown
library,
hillcrest
and
colon.
You
stick
during
the
pandemic.
These
labs
are
providing
a
truly
vital
service.
They
are
being
used
to
apply
for
jobs,
find
housing,
address,
immigration
and
tax
issues,
file
for
unemployment,
keep
up
with
online
schooling
and
much
much
more
during
a
pandemic.
Access
to
accurate,
timely
information
is
more
essential
than
ever
and
we
are
making
sure
everyone
has
access.
E
E
E
My
highest
priority
and
the
highest
priority
of
the
board
of
trustees
in
the
city
is
to
navigate
the
ongoing
covet
19
pandemic
and
to
continue
to
provide
excellent
library
services
while
protecting
the
health
and
safety
of
community
members
and
the
public
and
our
staff
equally
important.
I
have
two
priority
areas
of
focus
for
2021,
aimed
at
starting
a
conversation
to
learn
how
the
library
can
identify
and
meet
the
changing
needs
of
the
community.
E
E
I
think
the
best
way
to
do
this
will
be
to
start
our
effort
with
an
open
discussion
aimed
at
identifying
the
hopes
and
dreams
of
our
community
to
me.
It'll
be
important
to
reflect
back
to
the
community
what
we've
heard
so
they
know
that
we
are
listening
and
they
know
how
we
are
going
to
use
their
input
as
we
go
forward
and
prioritize
efforts
following
the
creation
of
a
new
strategic
plan,
the
next
step
will
be
to
determine
how
the
library
can
make
that
vision
a
reality.
E
E
I
very
much
look
forward
to
working
with
the
board
of
trustees
and
the
city
on
this
enthusiasm
and
restarting
discussions
about
new
facilities
when
circumstances
allow.
So
what
can
you
expect
from
me?
I
am
a
member
of
a
profession
that
values
equal
access,
intellectual
freedom,
innovation
and
creating
a
safe
and
welcoming
space
for
everyone.
E
These
are
the
values
I
want
to
be
known
for
personally
and
the
values
I
want
the
library
to
exhibit
every
day
I
value
partnership,
and
I
want
the
library
to
be
a
strong
partner
to
the
city
to
the
nonprofit
private
sector
and
educational
organizations.
Here
this
means
I
want
you
to
see
me
and
the
library
as
deeply
invested
and
connected
in
contributing
to
a
city
of
boise
that
allows
everyone
who
lives
here
to
participate,
contribute
and
dream.
Equally,
I
want
you
to
reach
out
to
me
and
know
I'm
eager
to
connect
with
all
of
you.
E
B
I
was
starting
to
non-profit
the
boise
bicycle
project
and
used
the
library
every
single
thursday
for
resource
thursdays,
and
this
was
during
the
middle
of
the
great
recession
and
it
was
a
place
where
a
lot
of
people
and
organizations
were
relaunching
and
beginning
to
fill
the
gaps
in
the
community.
And
I
expect
that
we'll
see
that
again,
as
we
emerge
from
coven
19
and
in
the
middle
of
what
will
probably
be
another
recession
as
well.
B
And
so
I
think
that
there's
great
opportunity
and
excitement
to
see
what
this
next
generation
of
leaders
does
and
I'm
really
excited
to.
Have
you
there
at
the
library
to
help
guide
that
process.
F
Mayor,
yes,
go
ahead.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
good
morning
jessica.
It's
good
to
see
you
again
welcome!
Welcome
to
boise.
Thank
you
for
choosing
us
just
to
don't
tell
a
little
bit
of
what
council
member
hallie
burton
said
about
the
last
recession.
F
I
made
use
of
the
library
and
of
the
boise
bicycle
project
during
that
time,
and
what
I
love
about
both
those
resources
is,
you
know,
unfortunately,
in
our
society
we
shame
people
who
find
themselves
to
be
in
need
of
community
services,
and
what
I
love
about
our
library
is
that
you
can
go
to
our
public
library,
make
use
of
those
resources
and
not
feel
ashamed
because
everybody
uses
the
library
it
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
a
resource
just
for
folks
who
are
down
on
their
luck,
and
so
for
that,
I'm
grateful
I'm
grateful
that
it
is
one
of
those
centers
in
our
city.
F
That
brings
people
from
all
walks
of
life
together
and
you
never
know
the
relationships
that
can
be
built
as
people
fellowship
and
either
try
to
survive
and
make
it
through
what's
happening
at
the
moment
or
in
council
member
halliburton's
case
really
build
on
a
foundation
and
take
it
to
the
next
level
in
service
to
our
community.
So
I
feel
so
happy
for
you
and
I
feel
so
happy
for
us
that
you're
here.
C
Oh,
my
micah
is
off
too
the
council
president
and
I
are
both
talking
to
each
other
with
mike's
off.
I
just
called
on
elaine
and
then
holly
jump
in
after
that.
H
Thank
you.
Well
welcome,
jessica,
it's
it's
great
to
have
you
here.
Finally,
after
a
long
process,
I
think
council
member
sanchez
said
it
said
it
well.
H
H
My
own
grandparents
came
to
idaho
in
1915
and
my
grandmother
helped
to
establish
the
first
library
in
valley,
county
in
cascade,
and
my
family's
had
a
long
commitment
to
not
just
using
libraries
but
recognizing
the
community
asset
that
they
are.
So.
Having
said
all
that,
I
appreciate
that
it's
going
to
be
difficult
to
begin
the
strategic
planning
process,
and
yet
I
think
important,
to
have
those
conversations
now
begin
to
have
those
conversations
now.
So
I
look
forward
to
whatever
process
it
is.
H
We
can
put
together
even
in
these
difficult
times
to
let
people
in
boise
who
so
clearly
care
a
lot
about
their
libraries,
not
always
in
agreement
on
how
to
move
forward
on
them,
find
a
way
to
reach
agreement
to
move
forward
and
just
wondered
if
you
had
any
specific
ideas
early
on
about
how
to
begin
that
conversation
in
a
conversational
way,
so
that
by
the
time
we
actually
get
to
the
point
that
we
can
get
together.
E
Thank
you,
council,
president
clerk.
I
really
appreciate
that
question
because
of
the
challenge
that
we
are
all
you
know.
We
do
want
to
have
connections
in
a
time
when
it
is
hard
to
make
connections,
and
I
feel
that
really.
E
I
feel
that
every
day
when
I
walk
into
the
library
or
I
connect
with
library,
staff
socially
distancing
because
it
is
so
challenging-
and
I
do
think
what
has
been
interesting
to
me
is
learning
about
the
fact
that
we
are
learning
to
use
technology
and
the
tools
that
we
have
available
in
in
ways
that
allow
us
to
continue
some
of
those
discussions.
E
And
I-
and
I
think
you
know
that
also
allows
people
who
may
not
have
been
able
to
participate
previously
in
strategic
planning,
because
maybe
the
time
they
were
at
work
and
weren't
able
to
come
to
a
meeting
or
they
were.
You
know
that
they
had
child
care
or
school,
and
so
they
weren't
actually
able
to
physically
come
to
meetings.
E
I'm
I'm
really
impressed
with
how
quickly
people
have
really
rolled
up
their
sleeves,
or,
I
guess
maybe
you
know,
they've
they've
polished
their
their
their
keyboards,
because
I
think
we
do
have
just
some
really
good
ways
of
continuing
to
learn
what
has
worked
well
during
the
pandemic
and
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
we
bring
those
forward
as
we
are
launching
our
strategic
planning
process.
G
Thank
you,
hi
jessica.
It's
really
nice
to
meet
you.
Virtually
I've
been
looking
forward
to
it
for
a
long
time,
my
family
and
I
our
library,
super
users,
and
I
think
that
the
day
that
the
library
was
open
for
browsing,
my
kids,
it
was
like
christmas.
They
just
could
not
wait,
they
were
so
excited,
so
we
did
our
first
curbside
pickup
again
yesterday
after
the
library
shut
down,
and
so
we're
ultra
thankful
for
everyone's
dedication
to
helping
us
get
books
and
you
know,
have
great
reading
material
while
we're
home
experiencing
next
level.
G
Togetherness
is
what
I
call
it.
So
thank
you
for
really
I
mean
coming
into
our
community
in
such
a
such
an
unprecedented
time
and
doing
everything
that
you
can
to
keep
us
in
books.
Keep
our
community
connected
and
keep
resources
available
to
those
who
really
desperately
need
them
during
this
time,
and
I
look
forward
to
meeting
you
someday
in
real
life
masked
or
unmasked.
It
doesn't
matter.
I
Well,
it's
great
to
meet
you
jessica.
Thank
you.
So
much
the
the
long
and
arduous
process
of
selecting
a
director
for
this
position
just
goes
to
show
how
successful
it
was
that
we
were
able
to
get
someone
of
your
caliber
and
experience,
and
I'm
grateful
that
you
were
willing
to
come
and
be
part
of
this
journey
with
us
in
our
libraries.
It's
our
libraries
are
certainly
something
that
we
take
great
passion
with
in
our
community
citizens,
love
them,
I'm
out
here
in
west
boise
and
our
library
at
cole.
I
Mustic
is
always
heavily
used
and
it's
exciting
to
see.
I
I
have
a
six-year-old
daughter
and
watching
her
progress
in
her
ability
to
read
has
just
been
super
fun,
and
I
know
that
using
the
cool
music
library
is
going
to
be
vital
to
continuing
that
that
art
that
she's
learning
you
see
behind
me,
I'm
surrounded
by
books
as
well.
I
We
we
love
our
our
books
and
our
house
and
reading,
and
but
it
is
so
much
more
than
that,
as
as
each
of
the
my
colleagues
mentioned,
there's
so
much
more
to
a
library
than
the
books,
and
I
can
tell
that
you
recognize
how
important
that
aspect
is,
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
the
year
ahead.
Thank
you.
So
much.
E
C
You
all
right
well,
is
patrick,
were
you
trying
to
say
something?
Nope,
okay,
jessica,
really
look
forward
to
working
with
you,
I'm
in
the
months
and
years
ahead,
and
thanks
so
much
for
joining
us
today.
C
Next
up,
we
are
joined
by
our
new
fire
chief
mark
niemeyer.
All
of
you
were
able
to
meet
mark
in
the
last
couple
weeks-
digitally
of
course,
whether
it
be
at
the
council
confirmation.
D
C
Or
at
your
mark's
recent
swearing-in,
he
too
started
on
november
30th
and
just
as
he
kicks
off
a
conversation
about
what
his
last
two
weeks
have
been
like
and
what
he
expects
forward,
but
also
a
little
we've
asked
him
to
share
a
little
bit
about
his
background.
C
D
Great
well,
thank
you,
mayor
and
good
morning,
mayor
and
council.
I
don't
know
outside
of
budget
marines
if
I've
really
had
the
opportunity
to
say
good
morning,
bayern
council,
so
this
is
kind
of
fun.
I'm
going
to
go
off
script,
just
a
little
bit
and
say
great
job
jessica,
as
the
mayor
alluded
to
jessica,
and
I
came
on
at
the
same
time.
D
So
we
are
forever
newbie
buddies
to
the
city
got
a
video
chat
yesterday
and
you
wouldn't
necessarily
think
that
the
library
in
the
fire
department
have
a
direct
partnership,
but
I
believe
we
do.
I
was
able,
in
in
my
previous
employment,
to
go
to
the
library
and
read
books
to
kids,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
who
doesn't
love
the
fire
department
and
kids
love
the
fire
department.
D
But
for
us
it's
actually
a
recruiting
tool
as
well.
We
start
a
very
young
age
trying
to
get
young
boys
young
girls
thinking
about
what
it
would
be
like
to
be
a
firefighter
and
so
there's
a
great
partnership
there
and
jessica
at
some
point
when
we
can
get
back
to
normal.
I
look
forward
to
that
partnership
with
the
library
and
the
fire
department
moving
forward
as
a
council,
as
is
the
mayor,
alluded
to
there's
a
saying,
you
know
drinking
out
of
the
fire
hose
and
that's
really
been
my
first
two
weeks.
D
It's
been
a
big
fire
hose
as
far
as
meetings
and
getting
to
know
everybody
within
the
organization
getting
to
know
some
of
the
city
processes
and
also
maintaining
and
continuing
to
build
the
relationships
we
have
with
our
neighbors
and
also
with
our
other
departments
within
the
city.
D
D
I
tend
to
keep
briefings
like
this
pretty
high
level,
because
I
really
look
forward
to
the
questions
and
the
conversations
that
can
follow
and
then,
as
we
talk
about
more
specific
items
that
are
very
relative
and
very
relevant,
there
will
be
a
lot
more
detail
in
the
presentation
with
analysis
and
some
of
the
data
that
we
will
bring
in
so
I'll.
Learn
that
I
look
forward
to
hearing
back
from
you,
but
I
hope
the
memo
also
provides
a
little
bit
of
insight
into
a
little
bit
more
about
my
philosophies.
D
How
I
look
at
challenges,
how
I
look
at
problems
as
opportunities,
how
I
look
at
different
philosophies
so
I'll
go
through
that
and
then
at
the
end.
Hopefully
you'll
have
some
questions
and
we'll
get
to
know
each
other
a
little
better,
even
though
it
is
virtual,
which
has
been
one
of
the
most
awkward
ways
to
start
a
new
job
ever
but
we're
making
it
through.
D
So
the
first
first
item
on
my
on
my
bullet
point
of
view
on
the
memo
is
just
staff
meet
and
greets.
As
you
can
imagine,
there's
a
lot
of
of
individuals
to
meet
within
the
fire
department,
specifically
the
executive
staff
and
the
command
staff
have
been
able
to
do
one
hour
one-on-ones
with
all
of
them
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
my
philosophies,
but
also
hear
from
them
about
some
of
the
successes
within
the
organization,
some
of
the
challenges
they
see
and
how
we'll
work
together
to
move
forward
in
those
challenges.
D
I
did
also
meet
with
the
entire
admin
sports
staff
and
then
other
various
department
heads,
including
chief
lee.
We
had
a
great
first
meeting.
I
look
forward
to
many
more
meetings
with
chiefly
as
we
move
forward
as
the
public
safety
partners
for
the
city,
a
total
of
about
58
calendar
meetings.
So
again
it's
been
non-stop.
D
We
talked
a
little
bit
last
week
about
the
fire
station
master
siting
plan
as
part
of
the
comprehensive
plan.
Certainly
that
is
a
priority
for
us.
I
fully
understand
the
importance
of
the
northwest
station
location
discussion,
and
so
that
is
a
high
priority.
Moving
forward
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
timelines
to
that,
but
also
beyond
just
that,
looking
out
at
where
we
are
growing
as
a
city
and
where
do
we
need
to
plan
for
and
why
do
we
need
to
plan
in
those
areas
that
also
includes
working
with
our
neighbors?
D
Nothing
will
irritate
the
taxpayers
more
in
my
experience
than
when
we
have
two
stations
that
are
right
on
the
border
from
separate
jurisdictions.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
working
well
with
our
with
our
neighbors
to
plan
those
fire
stations
appropriately,
first
focusing
on
our
community,
our
citizens
and
our
visitors,
but
then
also
in
the
broader
picture.
How
does
that
look
so
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
later
about
the
northwest
site
plan
priority.
D
If
we
can
co-locate
and
it
makes
sense-
let's
move
forward
with
that
and
let's
figure
out
a
plan
to
do
that.
I
think
that
brings
your
two
public
safety
agencies
together
in
the
same
house,
to
be
accessed
by
the
community
in
the
same
manner.
So
I
look
forward
to
those
discussions
with
chief
lee
ongoing
and
see
how
we
can
partner
on
that
in
the
future.
D
I
think
chief
gervais
and
I
just
again
I'll,
say
it
not
that
I
was
going
to
forget,
but
I
want
to
thank
chief
durbay
for
all
the
work
he
did.
It
was
relatively
easy
walking
into
this
job
on
day
one
and
that's
a
testament
to
chief
durbay,
and
I
certainly
look
forward
to
working
directly
with
romeo.
This
is
some
of
the
mayor
and
I
talked
about
as
well.
D
I
strongly
support
professional
development
and
succession
planning
and
if
romeo
wants
to
be
a
fire
chief
someday
as
well
as
anybody
else
in
the
organization,
I
want
to
help
them
get
there
during
my
time
here
so
again,.
D
For
all
the
work
you
did
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
staff
that
kept
this
department
functioning
at
such
a
high
level,
but
one
of
those
items
that
I
know
chief
gervais
has
mentioned
all
of
you
before
is
the
fire
department's
standard
of
cover,
and
what
that
standard
of
cover
is
is
really
a
community
risk
assessment
planning
tool.
It
also
looks
at
our
response
times
as
well
as
future
station
locations,
as
well
as
considerations
that
we
need
to
look
at
from
a
planning
standpoint
to
meet
the
risks
of
the
community.
D
Esci
is
the
consulting
firm
that
the
fire
department
hired.
They
do
most
of
the
fire
department
consulting
work
around
the
country.
I've
worked
with
esci
before
I
have
read
through
the
entire
draft
of
the
report,
and,
quite
honestly,
I'm
not
satisfied
yet
so
I'm
pushing
back
on
the
consultants
a
little
bit
more.
I
don't
think
it's
deep
enough.
I
think
there
are
more
risks
that
we
need
to
talk
about
to
have
a
plan
for
so
the
timeline
might
be
extended
out
a
little
bit
to
get
that
plan
completed.
I'm
okay
with
that.
D
We
are
paying
good
money
for
that
plan
that
they
deliver
on
their
end
and
it's
a
plan
that
we
can
all
get
behind
and
support
so
I'll
be
looking
to
work
with
the
sei
and
the
staff
on
that.
Moving
forward,
our
dei
work,
I
did
participate
in
the
emt
workshop
last
week,
really
impressed,
and
I
just
want
to
tell
you.
I
fully
support
this
effort.
I
was
able
to
actually
stay
online
with
the
consultants
after
the
directors
the
department
heads
jumped
off.
I
had
some
very
specific
questions
about
any
fire
department
work.
D
They
had
done
and
thoughts
they
might
have,
and
I
was
really
excited
to
hear
that
they
had
done
some
work
in
minnesota
in
this
area,
so
very
excited
to
continue
to
engage
in
that
I've
met
with
our
staff.
That
is
sitting
as
part
of
the
steering
committee
I'll
be
working
with
her
as
we
move
forward.
I
also
last
night
received
a
74-page
document
from
boise
state
university
that
chief
brad
bolen
had
requested,
and
I
understand
some
of
you
were
involved
in
that
in
that
study.
In
that
analysis,
I
read
through
that
last
night.
D
This
deal
specifically
with
how
we
encourage
and
continue
to
promote
women
in
the
fire
service,
something
I've
been
very
passionate
about
as
a
fire
chief
over
the
last
10
years.
I,
as
you
all
heard
at
my
confirmation.
I
have
a
personal
tie
to
this.
My
wife
has
been
in
public
safety,
her
whole
career,
and
so
I've
seen
some
of
the
challenges
she
has
gone
through
over
the
years
in
a
fairly
male
dominated
industry,
and
so
I
read
through
this
report.
D
I
think
there
are
a
lot
of
great
ideas,
as
I
understand
some
of
these
we're
already
doing
in
the
fire
department.
Some
of
these
are
going
to
offer
up
new
opportunities
for
us
to
engage,
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
adding
that
into
this
conversation,
but
again
just
to
let
you
know
I
do
support
this
we're
going
to
look
forward
to
this
work.
D
The
fifth
item
is
budgets
and
party-based
budgeting,
so
walking
into
what
we're
experiencing
right
now
with
regards
to
revenue,
taxation
and
some
of
the
budget
challenges.
Luckily
I
was
prepared
for
that,
because
I
was
right
next
door,
so
I
was
familiar
with
some
of
the
challenges
we
were
facing
here
in
idaho
with
regards
to
that.
But
beyond
that,
I
did
help
in
meridian
to
bring
the
idea
of
priority-based
budgeting
to
the
city.
D
I
support
that,
for
this
reason,
priority-based
budgeting
forces
you
to
look
at
your
programs
forces
you
to
look
at
the
efficiencies
of
your
programs
and
then
ask
ask
yourself:
should
we
still
do
those
programs
or
not?
If
we
should,
how
do
we
make
them
better?
How
do
we
find
efficiencies?
I
love
finding
efficiencies
that
result
in
cost
savings
as
the
as
the
bonus
to
it.
If
you
will
probably
not
the
right
word,
but
looking
at
our
processes
and
finding
efficiencies
that
can
lead
to
cost
savings,
I
think
is
a
great
way
to
look
forward.
D
So
I
support
that
priority-based
budgeting
work,
looking
at
our
programs
making
sure
that
they
are
what
the
community
still
wants
and
expects,
and
then
how
do
we
continue
to
be
efficient
in
those,
certainly
that
the
challenges
we
face,
moving
forward
into
fy
22
and
the
budget
with
regards
to
taxation
and
revenue,
I'm
ready
for
that.
Our
department
is
ready
for
that.
We're
ready
to
be
a
partner
in
the
city
to
make
that
happen.
D
The
six
item
contract
negotiations-
I
understand
we're
going
to
be
going
into
that.
Just
briefly
want
to
touch
on
this
and
how
I
view
those
and
really
what
I
try
and
aspire
to,
and
that
is
really
understanding
the.
Why?
Behind
the
differences,
it's
no
secret
and
I've,
I've
had
great
conversations
with
president
bazano
about
this
they're
going
to
be
times.
We
have
differences
of
opinion
and
that's
okay,
that's
the
way
the
business
works,
but
making
sure
we
maintain
a
relationship
with
those
differences
and
understanding
the.
D
Why,
behind
each
other's
asks
are
very
important
and
so
I'll
be
working
to
understand
the
challenges
that
we
face
moving
forward
and
seeing
how
we
can
come
together
on
those
with
covet.
Specifically,
I
just
have
to
say
I
am
very
impressed
with
the
fire
department
operations
and
the
level
of
communication
occurring
within
the
organization
with
regards
to
covid
our
our
firefighters
are
fire.
Inspectors
are
on
the
front
lines
of
this.
They
are
going
out
and
engaging
with
people
who
are
potentially
sick
who
potentially
have
the
virus
the
amount
of
communication
happening.
D
I
was
very
pleasantly
pleased
with.
I
don't
know
if
surprised
the
right
word,
but
definitely
please
twice
a
week.
We
have
a
one-hour
covet
operations,
call
where
we
cover
what's
occurring
and
what's
coming
and
one
of
those
things
that's
coming
as
you've
all
heard
about
red
is
the
vaccine.
Distribution
idaho
has
received
its
its
first
allotment
of
the
vaccine.
D
But
beyond
that,
we
know
that
this
is
a
long
marathon.
I
think
mayor
you
alluded
to
that
opening
comments
at
council
last
week.
The
vaccine
itself
will
not
change
our
operations.
We
will
still
wear
face
coverings.
We
will
still
socially
distance
and
we,
when
we
respond
to
medical
emergencies
in
which
we
are
potentially
dealing
with
people
with
this
virus,
and
that
the
dispatch
center
has
done
a
great
job
of
screening
that
for
us
we
will
still
be
taking
all
the
necessary
precautions.
D
D
D
We
still
do
have
employees
much
like
every
other
department
in
the
city
that
are
either
exposed
to
someone
with
covet
and
have
to
quarantine
or
end
up
giving
getting
covered
themselves.
I
think
that
update
was
provided
in
the
friday
memo,
if
I
remember
correctly,
so
we're
keeping
a
close
eye
on
that,
but
so
far
as
an
organization,
we
are
safe,
we're
relatively
healthy
and
we'll
keep
pushing
to
continue
that
moving
forward
relationship
building,
it's
a
pretty
broad
topic.
D
I
know,
but,
as
I
mentioned
in
my
confirmation
here
and
I
fully
support
one
city,
one
team-
I
think
that's
the
way
you
do
business
and
the
way
you
do
it
right,
but
that
same
concept
then
applies
within
the
organization
within
the
fire
department.
It's
really
one
department,
one
team
and
making
sure
we're
all
rowing
in
the
same
in
the
same
direction
over
the
years
in
the
fire
service
prevention
and
offer
operations
have
often
butted
heads
trying
to
figure
out
which
one's
more
important.
D
D
There's
a
lot
of
talent,
as
I'm
learning-
and
I
can
say
again
watching
from
across
the
other
side
of
the
street.
I
knew
there
was
talent
within
the
organization
but
as
I
get
to
know,
people
one-on-one
and
get
to
know
the
staff,
the
level
of
talent
we
have
is
truly
impressive,
and
I
look
forward
to
how
do
we?
D
I
am
currently
the
chair
of
the
administrative
committee
that
committee
reports
directly
to
the
board
of
which
council
president
clegg
is
the
current
chair
of
that
board.
So
I
will
continue
that
work.
I
think
that's
important
work.
Ems
is
a
majority
of
what
we
do
and
so
that
work
is
very
important
to
continue
to
work
collectively
with
our
partners
in
ada
county.
D
As
you
know,
chief
rain
left
our
department
and
went
back
over
data
county
to
become
the
chief
pervading
county
paramedics,
so
making
sure
we
work
together
with
them,
but
also
within
the
department
making
sure
that
our
ems
delivery
to
the
citizens
is
what
they
expect
and
what
we
want
it
to
be.
So
I'll
continue
that
work.
We
do
have
a
board
presentation
in
january,
in
which
we
are
going
to
be
talking
about
ems
standards
as
an
ems
system.
D
So
the
board
will
hear
that
moving
forward
a
couple
of
significant
timelines
moving
forward
the
northwest
fire
station
site
location.
As
we
alluded
to
last
week.
We
will
present
that,
to
you
know
later
than
march
1st,
I
hope
to
do
it
before.
Then.
I've
been
in
contact
with
both
city
staff
as
well
as
external
partners
that
we
talked
about
already
chief
lewis,
we
have
another
meeting
set
up.
D
I've
had
some
engagement
with
some
of
the
neighborhood
association
members
via
email,
certainly
at
some
point,
look
forward
even
virtually
to
meeting
with
them
and
to
present
a
plan
that
makes
complete
sense.
As
I
alluded
to
last
week,
I've
had
experience
in
this.
You
want
to
put
concrete
in
the
ground
making
sure
it's
the
right
location
that
10
15
20
years
down
the
road.
It's
still
the
right
location.
D
The
standard
cover
will
be
a
little
bit
flexible,
as
I
alluded
to
that
might
extend
past
mid
february
if
we
can't
get
esci
to
see
eye
to
eye
on
what
we'd
like
to
see
in
the
changes
to
that
to
be
able
to
present
to
you
and
then
some
other
priorities
that
I
have
for
january
moving
forward,
there
are
some
acting
positions
that
I
do
need
to
stabilize
we.
As
you
know,
chief
durbay
was
acting
fire
chief.
D
We
also
have
an
acting
deputy
chief
of
operations
and
acting
training
chief
that
we
need
to
stabilize
so
that'll
be
a
january
priority
as
well
as
then
laying
out
a
vision
to
the
entire
organization
of
where
we're
going
like.
D
I
said,
I've
spent
the
first
30
days
trying
to
listen
and
learn
that
that's
a
great
way
to
start
a
new
job
is
getting
to
know
people
and
getting
to
know
the
organization
really
well
we'll
continue
to
work
on
the
fy
21
budget
work
as
well,
as
I
understand
we
start
next
month,
probably
or
in
february.
Developing
the
fy
22
budget.
That's
not
foreign
to
me
seems
like
budgeting
is
a
year-long
process
that
we'll
continue
to
go
through
and
we'll
get
prepped
up
for
that,
and
then.
D
Lastly,
as
I
mentioned
already,
the
north
northwest
fire
station
site
location.
So
with
that
mayor
and
council,
I'm
happy
to
ask
any
entertain
any
questions
or
just
general
conversation.
Thank
you.
F
Mayor,
yes,
go
ahead.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor,
good
morning,
chief
good
to
see
you
I
I
was
really
glad
to
hear
you
mention
the
report
from
boise
state.
F
I
was
happy
to
give
input
on
that
and
was
really
grateful
to
the
students
to
to
choose,
to
focus
on
on
bfd
and
making
recommendations
and
was
also
happy
that
one
of
your
firefighters,
casey
hammock,
who
was
the
driving
force
behind
our
girl
scout
modified
fire
ops
program
last
year,
has
not
given
up
she's,
not
given
up
she's,
not
letting
coven
get
in
the
way
of
the
program.
Sorry
someone's
at
the
door
hold
on.
F
Okay,
I
think
I
shut
it
off
anyways,
but
she
recently
reached
out
to
me
wanting
to
see
if
we
could
do
it
virtually
and
that's
just
a
testament
to
the
staff
that
you
have
is
you've
got
people
who
are
willing
to
find
a
third
way
of
moving
forward,
and
so
I
officially
welcome
you
again
and
I
look
forward
to
to
getting
to
know
you
better,
and
I
am
just
so
grateful
that
we
have
somebody
with
your
enthusiasm.
C
A
H
Well,
thanks
for
being
here
mark,
as
chief
neymar
mentioned,
I
am
chair
of
the
access
committee,
which
is
the
group
that
manages
the
joint
powers
agreement
between
all
of
the
local
responders
in
ada
county
on
our
ems
system,
and
chief
niemeyer
has
been
a
really
good
participant,
a
very
valuable
member
of
the
staff
that
works
with
that
group
and
look
forward
to
having
those
kinds
of
skills
in
the
fire
chief
here
in
boise
and
welcome
the
hard
work
will
be
ahead
of
us
in
especially
in
locating
those
two
new
stations
and
responding
to
the
standard
of
cover,
study
and
figuring
out
what
that
means
for
where
we
are
today
and
what
we
need
to
do
to
respond
to
it.
D
C
Okay
and
next
up,
we
have,
I
believe,
it's
kathy
griezmeier.
I
can't
yes
there.
She
is
hello,
kathy
with
us
today
to
talk
about
legislative,
oh
you're,
beautiful,
I
think,
or
we
can't
hear
you
the
to
talk
about
legislative
priorities.
Many,
I
think
all
of
you
had
the
oppor
well,
maybe
not
because
we
hired
kathy
during
covet.
C
So
I'm
not
sure
if
each
of
you
has
had
the
opportunity
to
sit
down
and
talk
with
kathy
directly
either
in
person
or
by
teams,
and
I
encourage
you
to
do
so-
and
she's
leading
our
government
affairs
work,
and
so
not
only
is
that
legislative
work
but
federal
work.
She's
supporting
my
efforts
as
we
work
with
the
incoming
federal
administration
and
transition
and,
of
course,
a
lot
of
the
regional
efforts
underway,
and
so
with
that
I'll,
just
ask
kathy
to
move
into
a
conversation
about
the
priorities
of
the
city.
J
Great
good
morning,
madam
mayor
and
council
members,
I
hope
that
you
can
hear
me
again.
My
name
is
kathy
grismar,
I'm
the
government
affairs
director
for
the
city
and
I'm
really
honored
to
be
here
to
present
to
you
all
and
give
you
a
quick
snapshot
into
what
we
are
anticipating
come
january
11th
when
the
2021
legislative
session
kicks
off.
I
did
prepare
a
powerpoint
presentation,
but
I'm
not
seeing
let
me
get
that
pulled
up
here,
so
I
can
share
it
with
you
all.
J
Hopefully,
if
someone
can
just
give
me
a
thumbs
up
or
a
heads
nod
that
you
can
see
my
powerpoint
grade,
thank
you.
So
much
so
just
want
to
give
you
a
quick
rundown
about
what
we're
anticipating
come.
The
2021
legislative
session,
but
also
I
want
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
snapshot
into
my
work
and
my
role
at
the
city
and
what
I've
been
doing
on
behalf
of
mayor
and
council
on
the
public
to
kind
of
prepare
and
put
boiseanna
in
a
positive
position,
come
the
sort
of
next
session.
J
So
as
I've
come
on
board,
as
mayor
mentioned,
I
was
hired
at
the
end
of
april.
So
I'm
another
one
of
those
cobot
hires
who
has
been
working
and
coming
on
board
during
during
the
pandemics
have
been
working
pretty
diligently
with
our
state
and
contract
lobbying
teams
to
get
up
to
speed
on
what
happened.
J
To
make
sure
that
we
have
an
appropriate
response
situated
depending
on
the
issue
that
might
be
coming
up
and
then,
as
session
kind
of
continues
to
develop.
My
hope
is
to
put
together
weekly
memos
for
council
so
that
you
all
have
an
update
around
bills
that
we're
tracking
positions
that
we're
taking
potential
impact
for
the
city
so
that
you're,
aware
kind
of
week
by
week
my
hope
is
to
get
them
out
come
friday
might
be
a
weekend
memo,
but
definitely
week
by
week.
J
You'll
have
some
updates
and
then
I've
also
been
working
with
the
ce
team
to
put
together
a
web
page
for
our
legislative
work
as
well,
so
that
the
public
can
continue
to
track
also
what
how
we're
engaging
so
that
these
updates
can
be
readily
accessible
for
the
public,
I'm
hoping
to
have
that
web
page
launched
by
the
end
of
this
year
very
early
january,
and
it
also
includes
information
on
you-
know,
elections
how
to
get
in
touch
with
legislators.
J
You
know
resources
that
the
public
might
find
really
useful
in
engaging
in
government,
and
then
I
forgot
to
mention.
If
you
have
any
questions
as
I'm
going
through
my
presentation,
I
am
more
than
happy
to
pause
and
take
questions.
I
don't
feel
like
you
need
to
wait
until
the
very
end
to
ask
questions
if,
if
you
feel
so
inspired
so
as
we
kind
of
jump
into
2021,
the
session's
gonna
kick
off
on
january
11th,
there
are
105
lawmakers,
so
just
a
quick
kind
of
civics
background.
J
There
was
pretty
significant
turnover,
both
in
terms
of
house
members
moving
into
the
senate
and
several
new
legislators
overall,
so
we
have
25
new
lawmakers
coming
in
six
in
the
senate
and
then
19
in
the
house
and
then
six
new
legislators
in
the
boise
area.
So
we
consider
those
folks
who
have
a
sliver
of
the
city
of
boise
within
their
legislative
district
to
be
within
our
area
with
covid
kind
of
top
of
mind
for
next
session.
J
J
At
this
point,
though,
we
don't
know
of
any
delays
that
will
be
happening
with
sessions,
so
I'm
anticipating
monday
january
11th
governor,
will
give
a
state
of
the
state
address
and
then
we'll
dive
right
into
session
as
it
normally
continues.
Our
lobbying
team
is
working
to
make
sure
that
we
can
balance
both
being
there
to
address.
You
know.
J
City
needs,
but
also
preserving
our
own
health
and
safety,
and
so,
as
things
continue
to
develop,
depending
on
how
cova
develops
in
the
interim,
we'll
certainly
be
making
adjustments
but
know
that
that's
sort
of
the
game
plan
at
this
point
for
session
moving
forward,
and
then
we've
had
some
really
positive
meetings
already
with
our
boise
lawmakers
and
key
members
of
the
property
tax
interim
committee,
which
I'll
talk
about
more
here
in
a
minute
just
working
to
get
myself
acquainted
with,
with
my
new
role,
also
making
sure
that
they're
meeting
with
the
mayor
and
kind
of
understanding
some
of
our
priorities
as
it
relates
to
what
we're
prioritizing
for
next
session,
also
coven
relief
within
the
city
and
things
of
that
nature.
J
So
moving
forward,
we
did
have
some
leadership
changes
as
well
at
the
legislature,
so
you'll
see
lists
here,
both
house
of
representatives,
their
majority
minority
leadership
positions
as
well
as
in
the
senate.
The
houses
has
not
changed
predominantly
as
it
relates
to
majority
majority
party.
We
do
have
a
new
assistant
minority
leader,
which
is
representative
lauren
nakachaya,
who
is
out
of
district
19
here
in
boise,
and
then
the
senate
had
a
pretty
big
change
over
with
the
previous
pro
tem
brent
hill
out
of
rexburg
retiring.
J
J
I'm
senator
kelly
anthon
over
from
the
burley
oakley
areas,
majority
leader,
senator
abby
lee
from
payette
as
assistant
majority
leader,
and
then
caucus
chair,
mark
harris
who's
from
eastern
idaho
as
well,
and
then
we
have
a
couple
of
boise
lawmakers
serving
as
assistant
minority
leader
and
caucus
chair,
both
with
senator
burgoyne
and
senator
janie
ward,
ankle,
king
and
then
also
new
committee
chairs,
moving
forward,
the
asterix
denotes,
who
has
a
new
leadership
position
this
year.
J
I
think
the
two
that
are
most
prominent
at
least
as
it
relates
to
city
related
issues,
would
be
state
affairs
with
representative
brett
crane
who
state
affairs
oversees
a
number
of
issues
about
voting
rights
and
election
related
issues
is,
is
a
pretty
big
one
for
state
affairs
and
then
representative,
stephen
harris
moved,
who
used
to
be
chair
of
state
affairs
over
to
revenue
and
taxation,
which
is
where
property
tax
is
often
discussed.
J
So
those
are
some
of
our
kind
of
top
of
mind
committee
chairs
that
have
changed
this
last
year
and
then
kind
of
jumping
forward.
This
by
no
means
is
a
comprehensive
list
of
things
that
we
anticipate
to
work
on
come
january.
There
are
always
a
handful
of
surprises
that
pop
up
as
session
continues
to
develop,
but
at
least
at
this
point,
here's
a
pretty
good
summary
of
where
we
anticipate
the
city
to
be
engaging
on
issues.
J
I
think,
first
and
foremost,
a
lot
of
the
discussion
we're
hearing
is
around
limitations
on
health
orders
or
local
government
authority
certainly
have
been
seeing
that
there
are
a
handful
of
lawmakers
who
have
already
publicly
shared
come
first
day
of
session.
They
have
a
number
of
bills
aimed
at
restructuring
or
reassessing
emergency
health
orders
and
powers
both
for
the
governor,
but
we
also
fully
anticipate
that
that
will
envelop
local
health
districts,
counties
and
potentially
cities
no
specific
bill
language
at
this
point,
but
certainly
something
that
we're
watching
very
closely.
J
Since
we
know
it's
been
such
a
large
political
discussion
since
the
epidemic
began,
and
it
has
only
continued
and
in
some
cases
intensified
and
then
related
to
police
disciplinary
records.
We
know
that
the
innocence
project
is
working
potentially
on
a
bill
to
require
disciplinary
disclo
disclosure.
Excuse
me
a
police,
disciplinary
records,
and
so
I'm
working
with
the
idaho
chiefs
of
police
and
chiefly
to
review
language
and
discuss,
but
certainly
something
that's
moving
and
that
we
might
anticipate
to
see
come
january.
J
No
surprise
here
the
biggest
issue
that
we're
anticipating
that
we'll
be
spending
a
majority
of
our
time
on
is
around
property
tax,
and
so
some
quick
background.
Before
I
jump
into
the
bills.
There
is
an
interim
committee
that
has
been
meeting
diligently
most
of
the
summer,
and
this
fall
around
property
tax
really
aimed
at
how
do
they
provide
some
transparency
to
taxpayers
and
also
how
can
we
provide?
You
know
much
needed
tax
relief
to
property
tax
owners.
J
A
lot
of
the
conversation
you
know
there
were
presentations
by
you,
know:
local
business
groups,
the
association
of
cities
and
counties
and
at
the
very
last
meeting
in
november,
this
interim
group
ended
up
voting
on
three
specific
bill
proposals
that
they
want
to
see
moved
forward
to
the
germane,
local
government
and
rev
and
tax
committees
come
january,
and
so
here's
sort
of
a
quick
outline
of
them.
J
The
first
one
is
a
budget
transparency
bill
that
would
require
all
local
governments
to
submit
specific
budget
and
finance
information
on
an
annual
basis
to
the
idaho
state
controller's
office,
and
then
that
information
would
then
be
uploaded
and
provided
publicly
on
the
state
controller's
office
website.
Certainly,
budget
transparency.
Something
is
something
that
the
city
is
already
doing
and
doing.
J
Well,
we
have
budget
hearings,
we
have,
you
know
we're
launching
our
own
budget
dashboard
and
have
been
working
very
closely
with
the
finance
team,
and
so
we
anticipate
that
this
is
something
that
will
move
forward.
It
has
pretty
broad
bipartisan
support
and
we
certainly
have
an
opportunity
to
work
with
the
controller's
office
to
help
make
sure
that
there's
alignment
around
you
know
information.
The
cities
are
keeping
and
how
we
can
make
that
accessible
to
the
public.
J
The
next
bill.
That's
moving
forward
is
a
bill
that
would
limit
the
amount
of
time
local
governments
can
have
cash
reserves
on
hand
and
so
for
a
cash
reserve
account.
You
could
keep
three
months
of
unassigned
funds
and
then
for
a
rainy
day
fund
only
one
month,
this
bill,
I'm
hearing,
might
have
some
changes
to
it
as
it
moves
forward
come
session,
but
that's
another
thing
to
keep
an
eye
on
and
then
the
biggest
one
that's
been
getting.
Sort
of.
J
If
a
city
were
to
propose
a
property
tax
budget
that
exceeded
four
percent,
then
that
budget
would
need
to
go
to
a
vote
by
the
public
with
a
two-thirds
majority
vote
in
order
to
move
it
forward.
Lots
of
conversations
are
being
had
on
this
bill
because
of
its
implications
with,
say
urban
renewal
districts
also
oftentimes
consumer
price
index
doesn't
necessarily
match
up
with
the
cost
of
revenue
or
excuse
me,
the
increased
cost
of
services.
J
The
city
is
providing
save
for
public
safety,
which
is
a
large
percentage
of
the
city's
budget,
and
so
we're
working
to
provide
some
additional
informational,
lawmakers
and
then,
of
course,
additional
solutions.
The
city
and
all
of
our
meetings
with
committee
members
and
boise
legislators.
We
have
been
diligent
and
asking
that
the
legislature
look
at
reindexing
the
homeowner's
exemption,
because
we
feel
that
would
be
the
most
immediate
way
for
for
tax
owner
taxpayers.
Excuse
me
to
see
immediate
relief
on
their
property
tax
payments.
J
J
Nothing
specific
at
this
point,
but
certainly
hearing
some
renewed
interest
in
our
energy
building
codes
and
some
folks
from
the
builders
associations
who
have
some
issues
with
the
potential
costs
in
in
their
estimation
and
potentially
looking
at
what
might
happen
as
a
response
to
the
ev
charging
ordinance.
That
was
just
passed,
I
believe
within
the
last
two
weeks
and
then
finally,
probably
a
big
interest
for
council.
J
J
We
have
been
working
over
the
summer
and
fall
to
provide
some
additional
information
about
some
implementation
issues
that
have
arisen
as
a
result
of
this
bill
passing,
and
so
I'm
happy
to
report
that
I
think
we
have
an
agreement
between
the
senator
and
are
able
to
move
forward
an
updated
bill
draft
for
next
year.
That
addresses
the
implementation
time
frame.
That
way.
J
We're
able
to
avoid
having
to
create
council
districts
twice
within
one
one
cycle,
and
so
that
this
bill
will
now
line
up
with
the
state's
larger
reapportionment
process
and
how
those
precinct
lines
are
drawn
so
that
we
can
then
draw
council
district
lines,
and
then
it
also
provides
some
additional
language
that
would
allow
the
city
to
adopt
council
districts
via
ordinance
and
allow
us
to
work
with
the
county
clerk
so
that
we
have
some
assistance
in
district
drawing
and
map
drawing,
as
well
as
making
it
explicitly
clear
that
council
members
will
not
be
essentially
booted
from
their
current
position
and
takes
into
consideration
the
staggered
election
time
frame.
J
You
know
written
down
and
official
bill
draft
at
this
point,
they're,
certainly
as
a
part
of
the
property
tax
interim
committee
interest
in
looking
at
cost
savings
from
a
local
government
perspective,
and
so
a
number
of
lawmakers
are
interested
at
looking
at
the
criminal
code,
particularly
around
city
and
county
misdemeanor
use
and
potentially
reclassifying
some
of
those
offenses
to
infractions
as
a
way
to
save
on
court
costs,
prosecutor
time,
law
enforcement
and
jail
and
or
prison
expenses,
of
course,
with
the
city
having
a
non-discrimination.
J
K
Kathy
nice
to
see
you
you're
in
the
same
office,
where
I
met
you
back
when
you
when
you
first
came
on.
So
it's
good
to
see
you
there,
I've
I've
gotten
a
few
questions
from
constituents
about
last
year's
house
bill,
413
the
council
districts
bill,
and
I
took
from
your
presentation
that
there
are
some
logistical
issues
with
implementing
it.
Some
conflicts
in
state
law
that
are
being
ironed
out,
but
that
there's
no
effort
underway
to
attempt
to
unravel
or
undo
council
districts.
J
This
is
really
these
changes
are
just
really
meant
to
clarify
some
questions
that
were
originally
raised
during
the
original
movement
of
this
film
just
this
past
session,
but
upon
passage
realizing
that
there
were
some
technical
implementation
issues
and
so,
on
our
end,
wanting
to
ensure
that
we're
we're
meeting
the
intent
of
the
bill,
but
also
that
we're
able
to
make
it
workable
for
cities
and
avoid,
I
think,
some
of
the
unnecessary
costs
that
may
have
come
with
having
to
draw
council
districts
twice
within
one
year
within
a
one
year
cycle.
H
Madam
mayor
welcome
kathy
it's
good
to
get
this
report,
I
guess,
as
the
property
tax
bills,
my
question
is:
as
property
tax
bills
come
forward,
what's
going
to
be
the
process
to
have
us
weigh
in
on
what
might
or
might
not
be
being
talked
about?
H
H
I
think
there
is
certainly
some
ways
to
work
on
the
first
one
that
will
make
it
a
really
good
thing
for
taxpayers
to
be
able
to
understand
budgets
better
and
look
forward
to
that,
and,
of
course,
we
don't
see
anything
that
really
gives
our
taxpayers
relief
in
terms
of
equalizing
the
tax
burden
between
homeowners
and
and
other
taxpayers
back
toward
the
other
direction.
J
Great,
madam
mayor
and
council
president
clint,
thank
you
for
the
question.
As
we
were
tracking
the
interim
committee
over
the
summer
and
fall,
we
worked
really
closely
with
the
finance
team
here
at
the
city,
so
working
very
closely
with
eric
bill,
moria,
the
city's
senior
budget
manager
and
his
team
to
better
understand
the
financial
implications
that
the
proposed
bills
may
have
had
on
the
city.
J
So
we've
worked
very
closely
in
lockstep
with
the
finance
team
to
make
sure
that
not
only
from
a
policy
standpoint,
but
just
practically
what
this
might
mean
financially
for
the
city
and
then
we've
been
very
clear
in
providing
updates
with
the
interim
committee
so
between
or
prior
to
each
session.
We,
whatever
sort
of
theme
the
the
interim
committee
was
discussing.
We
made
sure
to
provide
input
and
written
comment
to
address.
You
know
what
we're
doing
when
they
were
questioning
cities
about
budget
transparency.
J
We
sent
a
letter
outlining
what
we
did
from
a
public
engagement
standpoint
to
include
the
public
and
how
our
current
budget
was
implemented
and
adopted.
What
we're
doing
to
you
know,
launch
a
budget
dashboard
so
that
folks
can
track
closely
how
city
taxes
and
city
dollars
are
being
spent.
And
I
imagine
we'll
continue
to
do
that
moving
forward
and
we
did
send
a
letter
most
recently
to
the
committee
before
their
november
hearing
outlining
our
proposed
solution.
J
So
we
talked
about
the
homeowner's
exemption
circuit,
breaker
impact
fees
and
then
how
are
currently
I'm
working
on
a
document
to
kind
of
outline.
Our
own
response
to
the
three
bills
that
moved
forward.
Those
bills
were
introduced
during
the
last
hearing,
and
so
we
didn't
get
a
chance
through
the
timing
of
their
public
publication,
weren't
able
to
give
formal
comment
and
so
we're
preparing
something
to
provide
some
additional
input
and
context
so
that
lawmakers
have
that
information
at
the
start
of
next
session.
C
C
I'll,
I
just
want
to
say
a
couple
things
I
really
appreciate
the
work
kathy
has
done
with
interim
committees
and
in
the
interim
since
she
joined
us
in
late
april,
and
you
know
she,
she
called
out
as
the
due
council
president
and
council
member
of
agents,
some
of
the
the
big
issues
of
the
day,
and
we
will
continue
to
to
strongly
encourage
the
legislature
and
and
other
leaders
in
this
community
region
and
state
to
reform
the
exemption
so
the
proper,
the
homeowner's
exemption.
So
it's
indexed
to
provide
meaningful
relief
to
our
residents.
C
That's
incredibly
important
these
days,
and
you
know
also
to
continue
with
the
education
of
our
residents
ourselves,
others
the
impact
of
the
various
different
bills.
C
It's
incredibly
important
for
those
of
us
that
are
working
directly
with
health
professionals
wanting
to
make
decisions
to
protect
the
health
and
safety,
but
ultimately
the
economy
of
our
community
to
be
able
to
continue
to
do
that
in
these
unique
times
and
when
it
comes
to
engaging
counsel,
you
know
kathy's
work
through
a
process.
C
She
has
continued
to
provide
and
will
do
more,
as
the
legislature
comes
underway,
a
way
to
brief
us
all
so
that
we
know
what's
happening
to
create
opportunities
for
each
of
us
to
engage
where
we'd
like
and
where
it
seems
most
strategic
and
truly
appreciate
kathy's
work
and
thinking
about
how
best
to
do
that.
To
advocate
for
boise
citizens,
thank
you.
C
F
Oh
sure,
go
ahead.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
I
just
wanted
to
to
thank
kathy
for
her
her
work
on
the
steering
committee
for
the
dei
work
that
we're
doing
here
at
the
city
and
also
thank
her
so
much
for
for
being
a
great
partner
in
in
helping
us
navigate
the
latest
piece
of
legislation
that
we're
working
on
to
protect
the
renters
in
our
community.
Ever
since
she's
joined
us
at
the
city.
G
Madam
mayor,
yes,
I
just
want
to
thank
kathy
for
all
of
her
great
work
on
the
ongoing
negotiations
on
house
bill
413.
I
know
that
it's
been
a
moving
target.
G
There's
been
a
lot
of
work
with
our
legal
department
and
kathy
and
our
our
other
large
cities
in
the
state
of
idaho
to
make
something,
that's
workable,
so
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
over
the
next
year
so
that
we
can
create
an
enacting
ordinance
for
the
city
of
boise
to
do
the
work
that
the
legislature
will
tell
us
that
we
need
to
do
in
order
to
implement
city
council
districts.
Thank
you,
kathy.
C
And
as
the
legislature
like
as
we
wrap
as
the
legislature
likely
comes
to
town
and
kathy
gets
to
business,
I
hope
in
many
ways
able
to
represent
our
residents
and
our
city
through
zoom
so
that
she
remains
safe
and
healthy.
C
I
think
she's
gonna
need
lots
of
her
favorite
candy,
which
is
different
kinds
of
gummy
chewy
things,
so
I
was
going
to
say
chocolate
and
wine,
but
actually
the
there's
we're
going
to
try
to
keep
you
going
with
the
sweet,
treats
that
you
like
because
really
appreciate
the
work
and
the
winter
will
be
long.