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From YouTube: Proposed Budget Hearing Y23 of 5-18-22
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City of Chelsea, City Council Special Meeting
A
A
A
Yeah
yeah,
it's
nothing.
I
mean
if
you
have
people
who
are
here
advocating
for
more
code
code,
they're,
not
speaking
all
right,
we
got
10
seconds.
We
got
to
go
all
right,
so
where's
the
you
call
the
meeting.
A
A
A
Ten
members,
president,
mr
chairman,
thank
you
for
the
record.
We
got
a
message
from
council
of
melinda
vegas
she's
running
behind,
but
she
will
be
joining
us.
So
at
this
time
I'm
going
to
turn
the
floor
over
to
our
city
manager,
who
will
have
tonight.
If
I'm
not
mistaken,
we
have
the
following
departments
in
front
of
us
this
evening:
we'll
have
personnel,
employee
benefits,
inspectional
services,
emergency
management,
health
and
human
services,
elder
affairs,
veteran
services,
library,
recreational
and
cultural
affairs,
public
health
office
and
the
police
department.
A
So
with
that
I'll
let
the
city
manager
take
over
and
tell
us
which
page
that
we're
going
to.
D
Okay,
mr
president,
so
we're
gonna
well,
first
one
housekeeping
piece:
I
gave
you
each
this
revised
a
public
library
insert
there's
one
page
that
I
noticed
as
I
was
going
through.
The
budget
book
in
preparation
for
tonight,
that
is
in
looks
like
page
186.
D
Was
supposed
to
be
the
second
page
of
the
library
budget
and
it
turned
out
it
got
fouled
up
and
it's
the
second
page
of
the
assessor
budget,
so
I've
just
given
you
a
whole
print
out
of
the
public
library
budget
here
and
unfortunately
we
we
did
multiple
multiple
reviews
of
this
book
and
somehow
didn't
catch.
That
so
looks
like
it
got
transcribed
or
transposed
at
the
very
last
minute,
but
in
any
event,
that's
for
when
we
get
to
the
public
library
just
use
this
insert
and
be
easy
to
follow.
D
With
that
said,
the
first
item
on
the
the
first
department
head
up
is
personnel
and
that
will
start
on
page
77
in
this
book.
As
I
said,
all
you
really
need
to
follow,
along
with
the
exception
of
that
errata
sheet.
Is
this
book
and
so
we're
starting
on
page
77,
but
the
budget's
actually
on
page
79
and
the
personnel
for
this
group
is
on
page
80.
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
ed
ells.
D
Ed
ells
is
our
relatively
new
personnel
director
ed
started
at
the
end
of
march,
but
ed
is
not
a
stranger
to
chelsea.
Ed
was
actually
the
hr
director
here
when
the
city
was
coming
out
of
receivership,
so
he's
quite
familiar
with
chelsea
and
is
a
chelsea
resident.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
now
to
ed
else.
E
And
I
hope
we
have
a
productive
15
minutes,
so
I
just
wanted
to
before
I
started
in
terms
of
what
the
core
core
responsibilities
of
a
mod
hr
department
are.
I
didn't
want
to
say
that
I
come
here
not
by
myself,
but
in
spirit
with
my
my
team
right,
so
we
present
a
unified
front
where
we
execute
the
responsibilities
of
the
hr
department.
E
I
think
I
know
a
couple
of
you
have
met
them
already,
but
oda
lisa.
She
is
the
chief
she's,
the
senior
hr
manager.
For
me,
I
have
denia
romero
who's
our
benefits
manager
and
I
have
millie
alvarez.
Who
is
our
hr
operations
and
administration
contact?
So
that's
my
team.
We
visit
you
to
come.
We
invite
you
to
come
up
to
the
office
any
day
and
meet
us
in
person.
If
we
haven't
already
done
so.
E
Pivotal
partner
with
all
our
managers
and
their
teams
in
terms
of
what
I
call
the
employee
life
cycle,
so
from
application,
you
know
someone
comes
in
and
fills
out
an
application
through
the
interview
process
to
the
selection
process,
to
the
benefits
administration
process,
to
training,
to
development,
to
engagement
and,
in
the
end,
at
some
point,
separation
which
we
hope
will
be
retirement.
So
we
don't
want
people
to
leave
here,
even
though
that's
a
reality.
E
So
with
that,
I
just
wanted
to
give
that
brief
introduction.
I
think
the
department
at
a
glance
covers
you,
know:
recruitment
and
selection,
compensation,
collective
bargaining,
that's
all
the
employee
life
cycle.
Those
are
the
items
that
I
was
mentioning
to
the
group
that
we
get
involved
in
in
this
section
here
you
will
see
accomplishments
from
the
most
current
fiscal
year
and
our
goals
for
the
upcoming
fiscal
year
and
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
questions
about
them.
E
As
shaman
said,
our
details
in
terms
of
the
budget
from
our
hr
perspective
is
on
page
79,
but
I
know
we
also
have
some
another
budget
to
look
at
when
it
comes
to
benefits
administration,
because
while
we
on
the
city
side
are
approximately
398
888
people,
we
do
benefits
administration
for
1700
people.
So
it's
not
just
benefits
administration
for
everyone
in
city
hall,
it's
for
our
retirees
and
it's
for
our
school
department
employees
as
well.
G
E
Employees
and
managers-
I
mean-
I
think
this
line
item-
may
have
taken
a
hit
over
the
past
couple
of
years
with
covert.
You
know
it
was
very
more
difficult
to
do
in-person
training
during
the
covert
years,
but
now
that
we
are
hopefully
emerging
from
that,
I
see
a
need
for
all
types
of
employee
training,
both
at
the
junior
level,
junior
managers,
senior
managers
and
our
core
employees.
E
No,
we
have
to
keep
doing
the
training,
we
have
to
up
the
training
opportunities
and
I
can
feel
when
you
do
a
pulse
check.
I
can
feel
the
need
for,
like
you
know,
computer
training,
excel
training
and
word
training
in
terms
of
management,
training
and
there's
a
large
coalition
of
training
exercises
that
we
can
do
with
it.
For
our
people
going
forward.
G
E
So
yeah,
yes,
it's
a
lot,
there's
a
lot
going
in
there
right.
So
it's
arbitration
fees
for
bargaining
unit
hearings,
mediation,
cost
unemployment,
administration,
there's
some
required
federal
reporting
called
the
affordable
care
act
reporting
as
mandated,
and
we
have
consulting
services
to
help
us
through
that
kind
of
complex
thing.
So
it's
a
wide
variety
of
consulting
fees
that
we
charge,
but.
G
D
But
so
I'll
just
use
this
one
example,
but
you
can
see
how
expensive
it
becomes
anytime.
A
union
takes
us
to
arbitration
you're
correct
most
of
those
we
handle
in-house
with
our
own
lawyers,
but
there's
a
cost
to
the
arbitrator.
It's
usually
four
or
five
thousand
dollars
per
case.
So
you
have
a
couple
of
those
cases
and
you
eat
up
a
lot
of
money.
So.
D
D
Don't
we
don't
pay
into
the
state's
unemployment
system.
H
G
E
G
E
G
J
Personally,
I'm
glad
that
we
pay
the
interns,
because
often
these
are
students
that
have
no
income.
So
I'm
glad
that
that's
a
stance
that
we're
taking.
I
just
have
a
couple
questions
about
the
department
because
I
haven't,
we
haven't
really
had
a
chance
when
you
come
before
us
with
the
budget.
I
know
it's
a
vision
for
the
city,
so
I
just
kind
of
want
to
get
an
idea
of
it's
no
secret.
We
had
a
lot
of
turnover
in
that
department.
What
do
you
see
as
the
biggest
challenges
in
that
department
and
then?
J
J
E
But
there
were
just
pockets
of
of
turnover,
particularly
in
in
the
community
development
organization.
We've
had
some
senior
level
people
leave
us
there,
so
we'll
take
a
deep
dive
there,
but
it
hasn't
been
a
serious
problem.
Yet
you
know
in
terms
of
reaching
at
least
not
that
we're
seeing
anyhow
from
the
top
of
the
house,
my
goals
for
the
department,
my
top
goal
for
the
department,
aside
from
making
sure
we're
hiring
and
we're
benefiting
our
people,
is
really
technology
and
efficiency.
We
are.
I
E
Luckily,
with
the
support
of
the
city
manager
and
the
council,
we
we
will
have
funds
to
do
a
munis
upgrade,
which
is
our
database
with
respect
to
you
know
increasing
on
the
ability
of
that
system
to
provide
the
the
mis
management
information
systems
that
we
need.
So
that's
really,
my
number
one
priority
is
make
hr
a
much
more
efficient
place
than
it
is
today.
Do
no
fault
of
anyone
of.
J
E
That's
what
millie's
been
trying
to
do
so
she's
evolving,
into
sort
of
this
recruiter
and
source
of
position,
which
I
think
is
great,
because
she
knows
the
city
pretty
well,
when
we
get
out
of
the
internal
postings,
meaning
requirements
set
forth
by
the
union.
F
E
I
E
I
F
E
We
have
a
difficult
time
in
chelsea,
but
when
we
anticipate
a
problem,
we'll
hopefully
partner
with
the
manager
and
say
where
else
can
we
send
this
job
posting
to
to
attract
more
chelsea
residents.
J
And
the
third
one
was
the
dei
department,
it's
brand
new
and
they
haven't
really
had
a
chance
to
build
with
the
hr
department,
because,
obviously
the
turnover
I'm
just
curious
about
how
you
see
that
role,
you're
working
with
that
department.
E
J
L
I'm
sorry
thank
you,
council.
The
question
counselor
cooper
was
talking
of
which
is
the
employee
training
in
2021.
It
was
268.
L
2022
it
was
15
000
and
to
propose
this
year's
fifteen
thousand.
Can
you
tell
us
what
you
did
in
2020?
Well,
I'm
sorry
because
you
weren't
here,
but
why
such
a
big
increase
here,
what
was
done,
maybe
ed
tom,
can
tell
us
what
was
done
in
2021
at
that
low
cost.
It's
now
cost
15
000.
D
So
the
reason
why
you
see
that
big
jump
between
268
to
15
000
is
that's
the
actual
fy
21
expenditure
and
we
had
no
people
coming
in
for
training
during
fy
21
because
it
was
a
heavy
covered
year.
And
so,
even
though
we
budgeted
15
000
that
year,
we
didn't
spend
any
money
on,
because
no
one
we
were
not
doing
any
training
of
employees
during
covert.
No
consultants
were
traveling
in
so
that
year
we
did
not
spend
a
whole
lot
of
money.
That
last
year
we
adopted
the
regular.
D
Yeah,
I
don't
think
we've
only
spent
yeah
we've
spent
very
little
so
far
in
training,
but
again
part
of
that
is
because
we've
had,
as
counselor
veto
said,
a
lot
of
turnover
in
this
department.
So
at
the
beginning
of
the
fiscal
year
our
hr
director
resigned
and
we
went
four
months
without
an
hr
director.
We
hired
an
hr
director
in
november
october
november.
He
lasted
weeks.
Then
we
were
without
an
hr
director
for
another
four
months.
L
Okay,
last
part
of
that
question,
I
know
we
hired
the
diversity
equity
inclusion
person
does
any
of
that
training.
Money
goes
into
that
department.
D
No,
the
dei
officer
has
her
own
training
budget
for
dei
specific
training.
This
training
is
more
broad-based,
employee
skills,
training,
typically
or
management
training
for
employees
to
improve
their
day-to-day
operations.
She
has
her
own
separate
training,
budget
for
more
diversity,
equity
inclusion,
type,
specific
training.
N
D
N
D
Just
trying
to
remember-
but
you
know
I
don't
recall
specifics,
but
every
year
we're
we
have
a
400
person
workforce,
so
there's
always
one
or
two
terminations
during
the
course
of
a
year
for
discipline
or
for
some
other
reason
a
probationary
employee
doesn't
work
out.
So
that
does
happen,
particularly
in
the
public
safety
realm.
So
I
don't
remember
anything
specific
that.
N
Okay,
on
page
79,
under
expenses,
my
colleague,
counselor,
garcia
and
myself,
I
guess
as
well
we're
wondering
we
highlighted
under
medical
services.
We
see
the
jump,
which
seems
somewhat
explainable,
but
I
think,
can
you
clarify
what
the
difference
between
medical
services
and
health
insurance
would
be?
What
is
this
expense
so.
E
E
E
E
N
N
That's
that's
good.
I
can
live
with
that
and
then
I
guess
my
other
question
for
you
is
I'm
very
curious.
When
there
is
a
staff
person
who
feels
you
know,
my
experience
has
been,
and
this
is
anecdotal
from
employees.
N
E
They'll
come
they
should
first
go
to
their
manager,
and
then
the
manager
would
likely
refer
them
to
human
resources.
We've
had
one
case
in
the
six
weeks,
I've
been
here,
someone
that
felt
uncomfortable
as
a
result
of
an
exchange
with
the
customer,
but
I
do
know
that
there
have
been
some
instances
where
employees
have
made
their
way
to
a
dei
officer
and
expressed
some
confidential
concerns
as
well.
I
don't
know
whether,
specifically
of
that
nature
or
something
else.
I
E
E
D
If
an
employee
is
feeling
harassed
by
a
co-worker
ra
superior,
then
that
typically
is
an
hr
dei
issue
that
we
tried
to
resolve
internally,
using
typically
the
the
processes
laid
out
in
collective
bargaining
agreements.
If
it's
a
situation
where
an
outside
individual
coming
into
city
hall,
you
know
we
will
take
appropriate
steps
to
end
the
end
that
interaction.
You
know
we
we
try
very
hard
not
to
exclude
people
from
city
hall,
but.
K
D
Have
been
women
and
occasions
where
we
have
issued
no
trespass
orders
to
particular
individuals
who
are
repeat
violators
of
a
code
of
conduct
here.
O
So
I'm
not
sure,
because
I
couldn't
hear
counselor
vadeau
very
well
what
you
were
talking.
So
if
you
ask
this,
I
beg
your
pardon,
but
in
this
on
page
77,
where,
where,
where
it
talked
about
the
27
of
the
of
the
people
resigned
so
is
that
is
that
a
is
that
a
is
that
a
function
of
covid
or
or
people?
O
D
Of
the
26
correct,
so
you
know
my
math
is
just
not
that.
D
D
O
A
Advertising
line
now,
while
the
fy
22
was
dropped,
it
was
5
000..
When
I
look
at
year
to
date.
A
Actually
we
were
above
and
spending
at
6,
600,
year-to-date
line,
and
so
we're
above
it
was
a
revised
budget
transfer
of
eleven
thousand
dollars.
So
my
question
is
the
available
you
know.
So,
if
we're
looking
at
ten
thousand
one
of
the
questions
raised
in
particular
position
on
positions
and
where
you
post
is
where
these
advertisements
are
being
placed
in
order
to
try
to
attract,
as
we
say,
you
know
this
community
and
how
diverse
it
is
and
the
mediums
used.
So
how
can
to
council
vedau's
point
of
trying
to
recruit
more
local?
A
Where
is
the
current
advertisement
budget
being
spent,
and
do
you
envision
diversifying
it
in
different
mediums
or
different
prints
to
cover
that
goal,
and
would
that
also
mean
needing
more
money,
because,
right
now
the
ten
thousand
dollar
proposal
tells
me
you're,
still
you're
going
to
easily
burn
through
that
based
on
last
year's
expenditure.
So
if
you
could.
A
E
So
I
feel
comfortable
that
this
is
sufficient
for
the
amount
of
advertising
that
we've
done,
which
is
we've
already
got
the
licenses
for
linkedin.
I've
been
starting
to
do
it
on
we've
been
doing
it
indeed,
for
quite
some
time
now,
so
we
are
growing
our
presence
online
in
terms
of
trying
to
find
people
to
join
us.
E
How
do
you
advertise
that?
So
we
do
all
we
there's
a
list
of
agencies
in
chelsea
that
we
use
on
a
regular
basis
where
we
post
externally-
and
I
said
it
begins
with
indeed
as
the
biggest
organization-
that
we
solicit
I'm
trying
to
linkedin,
but
there's
a
host
of
community
organizations
here
that
we
have
been
regularly
sending
job
postings
to.
A
D
I
D
Low
level
for
lower
level
jobs
in
the
city,
where
the
barriers
to
entry
are
fairly
low
for
educational
journal
etc,
we'll,
usually
we
really
don't
advertise,
we
try
to
get
push
it
out
to
the
community
via
our
social
media
page
and
sending
it
out
to
local
nonprofits
that
in
are
in
the
workforce,
development
field
or
otherwise
have
a
lot
of
stakeholders.
The
la
collaborative
is
roca
tnd,
green
roots,
catholic,
not
suffolk,.
K
D
Have
them
know
about
the
job
so
that
they
can
push
it
out
in
their
networks
and
our
our
hope
is
always
particularly
those
jobs.
We
we
really.
I
always
take
the
position
that
we
shouldn't
be
hiring
anyone
outside
of
chelsea
for
this
job.
There's
got
to
be
people
in
chelsea
that
can
do
these
positions,
as
ed
said.
D
Sometimes,
the
more
technical
positions
we
do
have
to
go
outside
the
city,
because
we
can't
find
a
qualified
chelsea
candidate
and
I'll
say
that
a
lot
of
times
I'll
just
add
that
this
advertising
budget
gets
eaten
up
in
big
chunks
with
one
or
two
jobs.
So,
for
example,
trying
to
find
an
assistant
city
solicitor,
the
place
every
lawyer
looks
for
a
job.
Is
lawyers
weekly
ever
that's
where
every
lawyer
goes
when
they're
looking
for
a
job?
It's.
I
D
Expensive
to
advertise
on
lawyers
weekly,
but
if
you
are
looking
for
lawyers
looking
for
work,
that's
the
one
place
you
have
to
advertise,
so
one
ad
in
there
is
like
a
thousand
dollars.
So
you
know
that
becomes
ex.
So
a
couple
of
jobs
can
eat
up
a
lot
of
this
budget
in
a
quick
fashion,
most
jobs
we
advertise
it
just
you
know
we're
we're
trying
to
get
do
it
very
locally,
so
that
we
can
encourage
chelsea
applicants.
E
J
For
the
more
technical
skills,
you
need
a
specific
you're
targeting
a
specific
skill
set,
but
there's
almost
like
an
assumption
that
we
don't
have
that
here.
I'm
not,
and
I
don't
that's,
that's
not
what
I
mean
to
say.
I'm
just
saying
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out.
How
can
we
get
more
creative
because
I
know
that
that
talent
exists
here
so
then,
how
can
we
get
a
little
bit
more
creative
to
think
outside
of
the
box
to
reach
those
people?
Is
there
a
chelsea,
high,
alum
email
group?
J
D
D
D
N
I'll
pose
this
as
a
question,
but
before
I'll
give
you
what
I've
heard
and
again
I
I
don't
hold
you
accountable,
because
I
know
you've
only
been
here
since
march,
but
what
I
have
heard
from
applicants
constituents,
I've
posted
some
of
these
jobs
on
my
site
is
sometimes
they
just
apply.
Take
the
time
to
write
the
cover
letter
send
in
the
resume,
but
never
hear
back,
not
even
not
even
an
email,
saying,
I'm
sorry,
you
don't
qualify,
so
you
don't
deserve
it.
N
You
know
you
don't
even
earn
a
screening
call,
so
they
absolutely
just
hear
radio
silence.
So
can
you
making
that
comment?
Can
you
walk
me
through
the
process
when
you
get
resumes
and
you
get
cover
letters?
What
is
that
process
like
if
you
see
that
the
qualifications
are
not
there?
Do
you
automatically
dismiss
it,
or
do
you
take
the
time
to
at
least
give
each
person
a
screening
call.
E
N
E
That's
a
good
question
because
I'll
take
a
look
at
the
website.
I
don't
think
there's
an
auto-generated
response
on
our
website
when
you,
because
we're
just
asking
you
to
email
your
application
and
resume
to
us
and
looking
at
the
www.chelseamath.gov
job
site.
So
I
don't
think
there
is
an
automatic
message
that
you
know
we'll
take
a
look
and.
J
N
I've
applied
I've
submitted,
but
I
didn't
hear
anything
so
so
I
think
that's
just
at
a
courtesy,
yeah
it'd
be
okay
to
acknowledge
that
something
was
received.
N
So
that's
question
number
one
question
number
two:
going
back
to
the
line
item
of
advertising
and
going
back
to
something
that
tom
alluded
to.
You
said
that
the
tenth
out
that
the
advertising
line
item
usually
gets
eaten
up
by
one
or
two
one
or
two
entities.
N
H
I'll
just
add,
I
don't
have
a
listing
of
the
exact
expenses
that
we
incurred
for
the
vendors,
but
I
can
get
that
for
for
you
and
send
that
afterwards
we
do
see
that
we
spent
nearly
seven
thousand
dollars
this
year.
So
far.
D
I
would
say
that
newspaper
ads
are
very
expensive,
so
even
so
I
do
advertise
twice
a
year
on
board
openings
in
both
the
chelsea
record
and
use.
Usually
it's
el
planeta.
Those
are
very
expensive
ads.
So
we
try
to
avoid
newspaper
advertisements.
It's
not
my
understanding
from
ed
cabral.
It's
not
the
go-to
place
anymore.
For
most
people
to
look
for
jobs
is
in
newspapers,
but.
N
E
E
Trying
to
think
of
the
one
it's
not
coming,
it's
not
linkedin,
it's
indeed
yeah,
so
when
we
can
tell
by
the
way
the
application
comes
in
that
it's
coming
from.
Indeed,
so
we
are
getting
a
response
to
some
of
those
people
are
in
the
pool.
I
haven't
gotten
anything
back
yet
that
linkedin
is
working,
but
everything
really
is
online
and
that's
where
we
should
focus
from
an
hr
perspective
on
highlighting
our
openings.
N
Okay
and
then
there's
other
creative
ways.
I
mean,
I
think
my
colleague
here
counselor,
we
don't
mentioned
it,
but
there's
also
career
expos
that
have
a
table,
and
I
know
you
guys
don't
have
much
of
the
capacity,
but
I
think
that
if
we
take
one
day
to
at
least
attend
some
of
these
career
expos
and
just
be
more
personable,
maybe
we
could
get
a
more
diverse
list
of
applicants.
I'm
not.
A
E
We've
just
completed
a
open
enrollment
period,
which
is
provides
an
annual
opportunity
for
people
to
review
their
health
care
insurance
coverage
and
and
opt
into
new
programs.
This
year
we
offered
an
additional
dental
plan
and
we
introduced
a
vision,
care
plan.
It's
not
supported
in
terms
of
contributions
from
the
city,
but
the
the
employee
does
get
the
benefit
of
a
group
rate
when
they
apply
as
a
large
organization.
You
know
they
do
get
a
share
on
the
premiums
for
harvard
pilgrim,
whether
it's
the
hmo
or
the
preferred
provider
unit.
J
D
So
we
have
negotiated
this
with
most
unions
for
the
there's
one
union
that
we
still
don't
have
an
agreement
on,
but
I
should
shall
we,
but
for
most
of
the
unions
here.
As
long
as
you
are
fully
vaccinated.
D
If
you
get
covered
and
have
been
vaccinated
and
if
you're
eligible
for
a
booster
boosted,
then
you
get
80
free
covert
hours.
So
if
you
come
down
with
covid,
we
give
you
80.
We
cover
80
of
your
sick
hours.
So
that's
two
weeks
worth
of
time,
a
little
more
than
two
weeks
for
our
37.5
employees
and
but
you
have
to
have
been
fully
vaccinated
if
you're
not
fully
vaccinated,
we
don't
penalize
you
yeah.
I
H
E
We
actually
have
right
now
on
the
city
side,
one
person
that
is
out
on
true
full
workers,
comp,
which
may
mean
his
medical
and
salary,
so
one
person-
and
we
have
about
eight
currently
on
medical
expenses.
Only
so
it's
a
great
record
if.
E
D
So
this
is
a
negotiated
piece
in
the
pec
agreement
each
year,
we're
required
to
set
aside
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
it's
to
compensate
retirees
who
we
forced
into
medicare
at
age
65
if
they
are
worse
off,
in
other
words,
if
they
would
have
paid
less
on
our
active
plan
than
they
have
to
pay
now
in
medicare,
we
will
cover
the
difference
and
it's
through
this
line.
Item.
Q
D
H
D
This
is
the
first
department
where
you're
going
to
see
a
new
employee,
so
I'm
proposing
a
new
housing
inspector
to
add
capacity
to
isd
in
order
to
do
additional
housing
inspections.
In
addition,
I
am
moving
one
of
the
temp
floaters
that
we
have
to
this
department
because
they
need
clerical
assistance
here
and
especially
with
another
housing
inspector
that
need
will
be
even
greater
than
it
is
today,
so
that
template
is
not
a
new
position.
D
It
is
someone
that
was.
It
is
a
position
that
during
covid
we
had
moved
to
3-1-1
but
sort
of
in
this
post.
Worse
of
covid
era,
our
call
volume
at
3-1-1
is
down
significantly,
so
we
can
handle
that
call
volume
with
three
employees
in
there,
a
manager
and
two
three
one.
One
operators,
as
opposed
to
the
four
we
were
using
during
the
peak
of
covid,
so
one
of
the
three
one
one
employees
left
the
employee
of
that
department
to
become
a
firefighter.
D
We
have
not
filled
that
position.
That
was
the
temp
floater
position
for
the
start
of
fy
23.
I
am
moving
that
position
to
isd,
so
there
are
two
kind
of
new
positions
here.
One
is
a
real
new
position:
a
new
housing
inspector,
the
other
is
a
floater.
That's
moving
from
one
department
to
this
department
in
fy
23.
M
Everyone
thank
you.
I
we
remiss
not
to
mention
that
the
chelsea
tenants
group
is
here
today.
There's
been
a
lot
of
activity
with
housing
and
and
rats.
M
Two
years
ago
we
were
here-
and
I
remember
telling
you
that
that
the
year
we
had
five
housing
complaints
this
year
already
we
have
over
a
hundred,
so
there's
a
lot
of
housing
and
they
don't
it's
not
something
where
you
do
an
inspection.
It
goes
away.
It's
a
lot
of
work.
A
lot
of
phone
calls
fines
caught
action
just
keeps
going
on.
So
it's
a
lot
of
work.
It's
time
consuming
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
need
another
housing
inspector.
A
M
M
Of
them
do
to
fill
two
roles.
Blanca
is
a
coding
for
as
a
trash
inspector
and
a
housing
inspector.
M
A
Before
yeah,
in
addition
to
all
that,
you
have
the
building
inspectors
when
it's
say
structural,
I
guess
not
plumbing,
because
right
now
you
only
have
one
plumbing
yeah
right.
Yes,.
A
You
have
four
four
okay,
my
the
question
is
in
addition
to
all
the
construction.
That's
going
on
curious.
How
is
everyone
managing
building
permits
and
how
quickly
they're
getting
processed
and
how
many
times
you're
how
fast
quickly
they're
able
to
get
to
the
work
sites
and
such
so.
M
A
M
M
M
And
if
it's
a
really
big
job,
I
usually
have
to
do
what
I
usually
do
with
the
inspector
to
make
sure
nothing's
getting
missed
and
we're
going
through
everything
thoroughly
the
huge
jobs,
the
fairfields
the
in
this
apartments,
big
jobs,
and
I
do
all
the
zoning
review
all
the
zone
and
denial.
That
is
all
that
work
myself.
M
A
If
there's
anyone
who
has
any
questions
regarding
the
budget
itself,
first
council
veto
and
then
I
see
council
recupera.
J
I'm
a
little
concerned
of
I've
been
concerned
since
I
started
of
all
the
development
that's
happening
in
the
city,
bringing
in
so
many
people
and
pretty
soon
we're
going
to
have
to
develop
city
hall
to
be
able
to
accommodate
all
the
staff
that
we
need
to
accommodate
the
huge
population
that
we
have
in
the
city.
I
find
it
a
little
hard
to
believe
and
I
get
that
covert
complicated
things,
but
I
find
it
hard
to
believe
that
all
of
a
sudden
there's
all
these
housing
violations,
I'm
just
trying
to
understand.
M
So
so
your
perspective,
what
the
heck
happened
remember,
two
years
when
we
talked
about
it
two
years
ago,
people
were
very
happy
to
have
an
apartment
in
chelsea
the
prices
were
through
the
roof.
They
could
afford
it.
They
weren't
complaining
when
they
had
an
apartment.
I'm
sure
that
there
was
a
lot
of
violations
back
then.
M
But
now
you
know
times
are
tougher.
These
people,
some
people
are
getting
evicted.
There's
new,
there's
new
property
owners
in
the
city.
It's
it's
gone
through
the
roof.
The
courts
aren't
really
acting
into
the
courts.
The
courts
were
closed.
So
long
now,
everything's
coming
to
a
head,
so
we
get,
we
got
a
ton
more
and-
and
we
have
an
advocacy
group-
that's
looking
out
for
the
for
the
tenants.
So
we
get
a
lot
more
calls
now
than
we
did.
Then.
J
J
D
I
mean
it
really
is
an
enforced,
it's
an
enforcement
issue,
so
it's
a
matter
of
staying
on
top
of
these
locations
where
a
particular
developer
that
we
know
is
not
always
the
most
responsive
is
staying
on
top
issuing
fines,
which
we
do.
I
mean
there's
not
much
outside
of
that.
The
typical
enforcement
there's
not
much
a
city
can
do
to
prevent
someone
from
buying
properties
in
the
open
market.
D
We
have
some
legislation
that
we've
done
to
prevent
or
to
slow
down.
Condo
conversions.
We've
proposed
a
few
other
things,
so
there
are.
There
are
minor
legislative
things
that
can
be
done,
but
there's
not
a
whole
lot
in
the
big
picture
that
one
can
do
to
stop
a
a
bad
landlord
from
acquiring
more
property.
D
You
know
the
fi,
you
know,
even
someone
with
with
a
significant
amount
of
money
can
be
impacted
by
daily
300
dollar
fines.
So
the
city
does
have
enforcement
ability
and
when
things
don't
get
fixed,
we
have
the
ability
to
go
into
court
and
seek
court
orders.
If
court
orders
are
ignored,
people
run
the
risk
of
contempt.
Orders,
contempt,
can
land
you
in
jail.
Now,
that's
a
lengthy
long
process
and
given
all
of
the
delays
in
courts,
it's
not
something
that's
likely
to
occur,
but
you
know
the
city
does
ratchet
up
the
pressure
on
certain
owners.
D
We
put
properties
into
receivership.
We
we
do
that,
I
don't
say
it
on
a
regular
basis,
but
periodically.
We
currently
have
a
couple
of
properties
that
are
in
receivership,
where
we've
taken
over
the
property,
we're
hiring
a
receiver
to
do
repairs
and
and
to
bring
the
property
up
to
code.
So
we
do
have
enforcement
powers
and
it's
a
matter
of
exercising.
J
M
I'll
have
five
on
the
last
question,
just
the
person
you're
in
question.
What
he
does
is
he
appeals
every
ticket
and
then
when
he
loses
the
city
appeal,
he
appeals
it
to
the
to
the
court.
So
technically
he's
not
in
it's
not
like,
we
can
lean
the
tickets.
We
can't
do
anything
until
it's
heard
in
court
and
because
of
course,
for
close
we're
just
here
in
cases
from
three
years
ago.
M
J
I
J
M
J
A
Abilities
the
city
may
have
to
enforce,
and
particularly
talk
about
going
to
court
and
so
forth.
Is
there
at
any
point
in
time?
What
I
didn't
hear
is
where
you
may
force
the
a
particular
apartment
to
be
vacated
is:
does
that
ever
get
to
a
point
where
there's
significant
codes
and
you
don't
allow
the
they
say
a
landlord
or
an
apartment
to
be
occupied.
M
A
Okay,
counselor
taylor.
Sorry
I
I
apologize.
Councilory
cupro
did
have
it
before
you,
then
you,
council,
recuperate,
use
the
mic.
Please.
G
G
You
hurt
him
with
fines
right.
So
if
you
let
levy
a
fine
enough
300
a
day
to
each
landlord
right
that
disobeys
it
even
if
they
appeal
it
and
they
lose
they're
going
to
want
to
fix
it
because
it's
300
a
day.
So
if
they're
there
for
a
month
or
even
6
months,
right
they're
going
to
pay
50
100
grand
come
out
of
their
pocket.
G
M
M
I
don't
know
how
long
I
know
right
now,
there's
at
least
five
six
seven
stops.
My
inspectors
go
every
day
to
check
the
trash,
because
it's
a
hot
spot
for
rats,
and
if
this,
if
there's
a
trash,
you
should
get
a
ticket
if
it
could
be
every
day,
it's
it's
it's
multiple
times
a
month
at
least
every
time.
G
I
G
Much
that
who
are
these
landlords
and
which
buildings
are
the
ones
that
are
actually
committing
all
these
things,
and
I
bet
you
within
a
short
period
of
time
and
you
live
your
300
tickets
on
them
every
day,
they're
going
to
want
to
change
their
minds
or
they're
going
to
want
to
go
to
court
or
they're
going
to
want
to,
and
even
if
they
go
to
court.
I'm
pretty
sure
that
if
from
what
I
see
I
live
here
too,
I
see
rats
all
day
long.
A
G
G
D
G
G
G
M
G
G
G
G
G
I
M
M
They
were
out
every
saturday,
two
people
out
every
saturday
there's
a
lot
of
construction
that
happens
during
the
weekends
that
that's
not
permanent.
There's
a
lot
of
trash
on
saturdays.
A
lot
of
people
put
the
trash
out
on
a
friday
night
because,
because
they
have
a
monday
pick
in
in
the
landlords,
don't
want
to
pay
the
their
workers
to
come
in
so
so
they
we
find
a
lot
of
violations
and
that
pays
for
itself.
Most
of
that,
337
thousand
dollars
of
fines
happens
on
on
the
saturdays.
M
H
If
I
could
just
return
to
a
couple
of
quick
things,
the
the
overtime
is
budgeted
at
30
000,
that's
the
same
for
fiscal
22.
and
we've
spent
about
25
000
of
that
to
date.
So
we're
on
track
for
spending
the
30
000
and
the
auto
allowance
will
not
go
any
higher
than
the
number
that's
listed.
That's
contractual
with
the
union
contract
specific
dollar
amount
per
inspector
per
year.
D
B
D
D
G
O
All
right,
mr
mcintyre.
O
O
So
so
this
is,
this
is
a
serious
question,
though
it
seems
to
me
like
there
are.
There
are
a
few
departments
that
that
really
need
help
with
additional
people
to
get
the
because
we're
it
seems
like
we're
kind
of
getting
overwhelmed
with
with
stuff.
And
so
you
know,
when
I
see
budgets
and
we
we
have,
you
know
a
tremendous
amount
of
free
cash.
O
You
know
left
over
with
you
know
do,
are
we
are
we?
Are
we
really
allocating
the
resources
where
they're
needed
most
and
not
trying
to
be?
You
know
I
mean?
Usually
I
mean
I
I'm
pretty
fiscally
conservative,
but
but
we
need
the
job
to
get
done
and
that's
that's
really.
The
most
important
thing
is
that
we
were
spending.
O
You
know
the
requisite
resources
to
solve
the
problems
in
the
community
and
give
give
enough
attention
to
the
things
that
are
just.
It
seems
like
we're
getting
overwhelmed
in
in
certain
areas,
and
so
it's
it's
been
a
kind
of
concern
of
mine
and-
and
I
think
inspectional
services
might
might
be
one
of
those
places
that
we
we
might
consider
spending
more
money
in
bringing
on
an
additional
person
or
two
to
see
to
try
to
you
know,
get
our
heads
above
water
here.
D
D
Probably
use
another
building
inspector
and
we'll
get
there.
Dpw
could
use
more
people
right.
The
health
and
human
services
department
can
probably
use
five
more
people
and
the
clerk's.
O
D
D
D
So
I
hear
you-
and
you
know,
I'm
not
saying
I
struck
the
perfect
balance
at
13..
17
might
have
been
the
perfect
balance,
but
it
is
an
act
that
I'm
always
going
through
at
budget
time.
What
can
I
sustain?
I'm
looking
at
the
future,
I'm
saying:
is
there
a
recession
coming
down
the
pike,
that's
going
to
adversely
impact
my
revenues
in
f
at
the
end
of
fy23r524.
D
O
I
O
D
Let
me
say
fair
point
I
will
continue
to
evaluate
it
could
be
that
I
propose
some
adjustment
mid-year.
I
will
just
I
want
to
let
the
council
know
one
additional
constraint
in
some
of
these
places
and
mike's
office
is
a
good
we're
out
of
space.
I
don't
have
anywhere
to
put
additional
employees.
That's
another.
D
O
D
O
You
know
several
several
months,
so
I
mean
that
that
that
that
could
also
be
an
option.
But
but
you
know
fair
terrible.
A
I'm
going
to
turn
over
to
jesus
garcia,
but
not
before
stating
counselor
todd.
Taylor
is
going
to
have
his
gop
card
revoked
for
saying
more
government
just
saying.
I
O
Are
the
proper
is
the
proper
way
to
spend
money?
Okay,.
N
On
that
now
do
I
have
the
points
here,
not
at
the
federal
level.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
first
I
I
know
I'm
going
a
little
off
topic
here,
but
I
do
want
to
just
acknowledge
the
public
that
is
here
tomorrow.
A
It
looks
like
evidence
of
what's
going
on
with
their
living
through,
and
is
it
a
night
that,
of
course,
mike
mcateer
knows
what
the
situation
is
about,
and
we
appreciate
their
presence
here
tonight
on
this
night
of
where
we
have
inspectional
services.
So,
council
garcia,
you
have
the
floor
to
ask
mike
mcintyre
questions
about
the
budget.
N
So,
thank
you,
mr
president,
now
budget,
so
I've
had
the
honor
to
speak
to
one
of
my
sisters
in
service
counselor
de
jesus,
who
this
is
her
calling
and
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
learn
a
lot
from
her
and
get
a
lot
of
creative
ideas.
N
Because
again,
this
is
what
you
do
day
to
day
and
one
thing
that
that
she
enlightened
me
with
in
some
of
our
conversations
about
housing
and
health
and
and
living
conditions,
is
that
the
boston,
the
the
boston
city
hall,
the
isd
department,
has
an
attorney
who
specifically
focuses
on
on
holding
landlords
accountable
from
a
legal
aspect
and
I'm
looking
at
the
budget
and
staying
on
topic
here.
N
I
see
no
room
for
that,
and
I've
heard
you
tom
I've
heard
your
city
manager
talk
about
how
we
don't
have
enough
space
and
that
you
know
we
could
have
more
more
support
for
your
department,
money-wise
and
staffing-wise,
but
have
we
ever
thought
of
being
more
holistic
in
our
response
to
the
rat
problem,
which,
more
than
being
a
rat
problem,
is
a
health
problem?
It's
become
a
health
problem.
Have
we
thought
of
adding
a
line
item
where
we
could
have
an
attorney
work
directly
with
the
inspectional
services
department
to
hold
these
landlords
accountable.
D
I
can't
tell
you
we
do
work
holistically,
so
we
have
a
problem
properties
meeting
once
a
month
where
myself,
the
city
solicitor,
sometimes
one
of
her
assistant
city,
solicitors,
mike
his
housing
people,
someone
from
alex
train's
office,
we
sit
once
a
month
and
confer
about
what
we
consider
problem
properties,
it's
a
list
of
properties
that
we
follow
in
each
month.
We
add
some
properties
to
the
list
and
some
properties
get
resolved.
D
These
are
properties
that
are
in
receivership
properties
that
we're
thinking
about
putting
in
receivership,
because
we
have
a
problem
landlord
and
we're
often
in
and
so
we're
often
sitting
we're
often
engaging
directly
with
the
law
department
about
okay.
This
is
the
action
we
want
you
to
take
tomorrow
on
this
property
file.
This
complaint
prepare
this
order
to
clean
up.
D
We
do
not
have
one
dedicated
is
isd
attorney
up
there,
but
this
is
a
department
that
works
quite
closely
with
our
existing
city
solicitor's
office
on
housing
issues
and,
as
I
said
once
a
month,
we're
together
around
a
table,
myself
included
going
through
a
list
of
20
odd
properties,
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
deal
with
them
now.
Could
we
use
a
separate
attorney
for
just
isd
sure
I
could
use
a
sep.
You
know
I'm
sure.
If
cheryl
were
here,
she'd
tell
you.
D
D
It
may
be
the
case
that
we
put
money
in
for
a
separate
attorney,
focusing
exclusively
on
isd
issues.
It's
not
something
that
would
it
could
only
benefit
us
all.
I'm
saying
is
right
now
there
is
no
such
money
in
there
and
there
is
a
to
the.
It
is
not
preventing
close
coordination
with
the
law
because
it
occurs
monthly.
It
occurs
in
between
meetings,
but
each
month,
I'm
there
at
the
table
with
that
whole
group
making
sure
that
we're
not
letting
a
problem
property
slip,
and
it's
not
getting
the
legal
attention
that
it
needs.
N
H
D
Yeah
we
we
have
one
contract
with
a
a
baiting
company.
It's
under
the
the
contract
is
under
the
control
it's
just
administered
by
the
dpw,
but
that
company
b
b
pest
does
all
of
our
bait
baiting.
They
bait
the
public
sewers
and
they
do
the
baiting
for
isd
and
they
do
all
the
free
baiting
for
our
residents.
It's
under
that
contract
and
it's
in
the
dpw's
budget.
N
N
N
M
M
M
Bnb
pest
goes
every
friday.
My
one
of
my
inspectors
goes
with
them.
We
go,
we
go,
he
doesn't
always
go
and
we
he
meets
with
them.
Every
week
they
go
around.
We
get
these
these
these
waiver
forms,
so
we
can
go
on
their
property
and
set
these
these
bait
stations.
He
goes
by
and
after
he
goes
by
one
sets
the
stations
he
continually
goes
by.
He
monitors
the
activity
he's
very
good.
He
knows
he
can
tell
you
know
whether
whether
it's
heavy
light,
what
kind
of
low
it
is.
N
D
D
I
N
D
That's
what
I'm
proposing
this
year,
because
we've
ext
expanded
the
amount
of
baiting
we're
doing
so
significantly.
We
originally
when
we
started
this
program
of
free
baiting
limited
it
to,
I
think,
one
twos
and
three
family
homes.
We
now
allow
people
up
to
six
families
to
get
free,
baiting
services,
exterior.
We
don't
go
inside
a
home
and
do
baiting
service
that
has
too
much
liability
but
exterior
as
long
as
the
owner
files,
a
waiver
farm
and
signs
it.
We
will
do
free,
baiting.
N
And
can
you
enlighten
me,
have
things
changed
so
since
I've
been
here,
I
know
that
it's,
the
black
boxes
that
go
out
outside
is
that
still
what's
being
used.
M
A
Basically,
there's
a
powder
also
a
very
there's,
a
powder,
that's
being
used
by
them
very
strong,
and
then
they
usually
cover
the
holes
and
with
foam
or
material
or
dirt,
but
in
the
nest
themselves
in
the
grounds,
bmp
has
a
a
very
strong
powder.
You
can't
buy
this
anywhere,
but
I
don't
think
they
do
the
powder.
A
N
I
haven't
seen
it
yeah,
I
mean
I'm
reading
about
it
now.
So
there's
a
news
article
that
says
boston
has
a
new
way
to
get
rid
of
rats,
a
pair
of
new
devices
that
cost
hold
your
horses
that
cost
2
000
a
piece.
I
know
it's
a
lot
of
money
suffocate
the
rats
with
carbon
monoxide,
and
this
is
the
new.
N
This
is
the
new
thing,
the
new
device
that
boston's
using
as
of
this
year,
actually
as
of
april
of
this
year,
because
it's
a
new
method
of
getting
a
rid
and
addressing
the
uptick
of
calls
that
boston's
311
has
been
receiving.
So
that's
another
vendor.
But
lastly,
I
guess
my
next
question
before
I
ran
out
of
thoughts
here
is
collection
so
who
so
this
company
comes
in
and
kills
the
rats
who
is
in
charge
of
recollecting
those
dead
rats.
M
M
N
Away
my
last
question
is
for
shifting
away
from
the
rat
questionnaire,
which
you've
answered
I've
noticed
and
I've
received
in
my
tenure
as
a
counselor.
For
the
past
six
years,
I've
received
calls
from
constituents
who
are
a
butters
to
development
that
go
on
in
the
city
and
somehow
their
properties
get
damaged.
N
N
M
N
A
A
The
only
time
I
remember-
and
I
know
it
rose
the
level
of
the
city
manager
also
getting
involved
in
some
emails
with
that,
but
that
was
about
a
year
two
years
ago,
but
councillor
robinson
and
then
councilor
lee
annual
lopez.
Q
My
my
comment
actually
will
would
I
would
hope
that
they
will
take
a
look
in
the
budget
for
next
year.
I
think
in
regards
to
we
have
one
plumber
and
one
electrical
person
and
the
amount
of
work
that
we're
doing.
I
think
we
need
to
evaluate
whether
or
not
we
need
to
bring
on
some
more
help
for
those
guys
do
the
amount
of
construction
work
and
re-inspections
that
they're
doing
around
those
issues,
that's
something
maybe
tom
can
take
a
look
at
and
you
can
look
out
for
next
year.
M
My
electrical
inspector
kills
himself
out
there.
He
makes
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
primary
fees
every
year
he's
a
real
hard
worker,
but
he
could
definitely
use
some
help.
I
think
I
think
we're
going
with
plumbing.
For
now.
He
he
can
there's
less
inspections
than
plumbing.
There
is
electricity,
yeah.
A
P
Yes,
my
question
is
tom:
maybe
you
can
answer
this?
How
much
we
pay
to
to
the
pest
control
company
and
I
know
they
go
like
councillor.
Garcia-
was
saying
that
they
go
to
the
properties,
but
they
only
go
on
fridays.
How
can
we
do
better
with
that?
And
then
I
can
attest
to
that
that
they
came
to
my
house,
because
I
signed
the
form
and
everything
they
came
and
dropped.
They
never
came
back
how
that's
gonna
work.
D
They
do
come
once
a
week
on
a
friday
they
usually
both
reinspect
property,
so
they're,
usually
going
in
checking
all
the
boxes
that
they've
put
down
and
the
bait
that
they've
laid
and
each
week
isd
gives
them
a
list
of
new
properties
either
to
rebate,
because
someone
has
called
or
to
put
new
traps
down
once
a
week
has
seemed
to
work
for
isd
and
seems
to
be
a
appropriate
schedule
for
b
b
pests.
We
rely
upon
their
expertise
to
tell
us
how
best
to
control
a
problem
in
each
area.
D
I
don't
know
that
we
need
them
coming
more
than
once
a
week
I
mean
they
do
a
pretty
comprehensive
effort
in
the
city
once
a
week,
but
I'll
defer
to
mike
to
see
if
he
thinks
more
days
are
necessary.
P
M
He
never
forgets
it's
unbelievable.
You
look
at
the
list
and
even
when
we
don't,
we
don't
have
a
a
call
for
a
rebate.
He
finds
a
way
of
checking
things.
We
could
use
it's,
not
the
amount
of
days
we
could
use.
You
know
more,
maybe
more
frequently.
You
know
like
a
longer
time.
We
could
do
it
all
on
friday.
Just
he
just
does
it
in
the
morning.
He
could
go
longer
in
one
day.
M
This
guy
this
guy,
this
guy
is
excellent.
He
he
knows
his
stuff,
he
doesn't
forget,
he
forgot
your
place.
Maybe
he
usually
doesn't
forget
a
place.
You
you
see
and
if
he
does
one-on-one
neighborhood
he
does
the
whole
neighborhood
and
he
seems
to
know
what
neighbors
go
to.
If
something
has
been
has
been
neglected
and-
and
he
can
look
around
and
he
can
see
somehow
he
knows
he
knows
he
can
tell
the
activity.
Just
from
you
know,
quick
inspection.
D
Yeah
that
contract
covers
both
it
covers
the
public
sewers
and
it
covers
the
isd
free
program
as
well.
All.
R
I
have
two
questions:
how
many
times
are
we
in
court
for
code
violations.
M
B
M
M
D
So
I
don't
have
our
ordinance
in
front
of
me.
Basically,
our
ordinance
prohibits
someone
from
getting
a
license
if
they
owe
money
to
the
city,
but
if
something's
on
appeal,
they
don't
owe
money
to
the
city
so
and
so
the
way
our
ordinance
currently
reads,
which
most
municipal
audience
read,
is
it's
the
owing
of
money
on
some
sort
of
fine
or
taxes
or
lien
or
outstanding
tickets
that
generates
the
authority
of
the
city
to
withhold
permits
if
there's
no
outstanding
fees,
at
least
that
ordinance
doesn't
kick
in.
H
H
Q
S
Good
evening,
folks,
most
of
you
know
me
steve
stafford.
The
city's
emergency
management
and
communications
director
oversee
the
office
of
emergency
management,
which
includes
the
911
emergency
communications
center,
the
emergency
management
division
and
the
fire
alarm
division
for
the
city's
fire
alarm
telegraph
system.
A
City
manager,
I
have
any
thing
to
add
before
we
yeah.
S
S
The
position
also
is
responsible
for
maintenance
of
critical
infrastructure
for
our
public
safety
and
public
service
agencies,
police,
fire,
public
works
and
emergency
management.
As
far
as
radio
system,
that's
been
a
big
portion
of
some
cip
requests
in
the
past
years,
also
within
the
emergency
management
division.
S
Looking
at
the
budget
sheets
overall
budget
for
fy23
increased
approximately
about
four
percent
due
to
full
staffing
levels
that
I
finally
have
and
that's
post
covert.
S
The
other
piece
of
it
is
an
increase.
We
see
in
repairs
of
the
city's
fire
alarm
system,
it's
going
on
163
years
old.
There
was
a
period
of
time
mid
to
late
90s
into
the
2000s
that
that
system
pretty
much
was
let
go
and
currently
and
with
the
thanks.
I
have
supervisor
coolian
who
I
appointed
to
take
charge
of
that
fire
alarm
system.
Repair
we've
been
repairing
that
as
best
we
can,
but
we've
seen
an
increase
financially
on
on
that
particular
part
of
the
budget.
S
Unfortunately,
that
project
is
a
little
behind.
On
their
end.
We
were
supposed
to
move
in
by
february
we're
now
looking
in
september.
The
reason
why
I
highlight
that
is
that
is
the
one
prime
site
for
the
city.
Radio
systems,
as
well
as
the
other
communication
systems,
microwave
and
other
facets.
S
Q
S
You're
welcome,
sir,
if
I
may
take
a
small,
deep
dive
into
that,
what
we
did
after
talking
with
the
city
manager
as
well
going
back
several
months
ago,
the
end
of
last
year
we
thought
outside
the
box
and
what
I
put
together
was
a
workshop
on
saturdays.
We
held
a
two
hour
workshop
for
residents
only
they
had
to
meet
a
certain
criteria,
and
I
did
work
with
actually
ed's
folks
at
the
time
to
put
together
that
flyer,
if
you
will
and
make
sure
that
all
the
boxes
were
checked
once
that
was
complete.
S
The
folks
arrived
on
a
saturday.
I
already
prepared
a
powerpoint
presentation
for
them,
which
was
the
first
half
of
the
workshop.
Then
they
were
able
to
observe
in
the
9-1-1
dispatch
center
upstairs
for
the
last
part
of
the
workshop,
and
it
turned
out
to
be
very
successful.
The
last
handful
six
hires,
actually
both
full
and
part-time,
were
all
city
residents.
J
See
cooley
here-
and
I
know
that
in
the
past
some
of
this
and
I'm
a
little
delayed
because
I'm
just
freshly
backed
so
I
don't
know
how
many
budget
hearings
you've
been
through
and
my
memory's
a
little
lost,
but
I'm
just
curious
about
what
the
overall
ambiance
is
over
there.
If
things
have
smoothed
out,
because
I
know
that
there
was
some
transition
over
there
and
secondly,
I'd
like
to
know
if
any
of
your
employees
have
participated
in
any
of
the
dei
trainings.
S
Okay,
first
part
of
it
yeah,
there's
no
question
over
two
years
ago,
when
I
started
there
needed
to
be
a
little
stabilization
of
the
department
and
I'd
like
to
think
that
we
successfully
did
that
together
as
a
team,
and
I
think
the
city
manager
also
for
his
help
behind
the
scenes.
S
S
I
I
S
Payroll
scheduling
and
a
lot
of
administrative
pieces
that
are
obviously
very
important
behind
the
scenes
we
also
share
with
public
works,
50
50
with
kate
fox
lent
who's
outstanding.
I
can't
say
enough
about
her
and
she's
behind
the
scenes,
doing
a
lot
of
the
administrative
work
and
then
below
that
we
have
some
lead
dispatchers
per
shift,
as
well
as
the
overall
staff
and,
as
I
said
earlier,
I'm
at
the
point
now
where
we're
at
14
full-timers.
S
S
J
And
then
I
just
want
to
just
kind
of
back
up
what
council
robinson
said,
because
in
the
past
there
was
some
gatekeeping
happening
there
we
weren't
doing
enough
to
hire
chelsea
residents.
So
I
definitely
want
to
applaud
you
on
doing
that.
S
Yep
so
I'll
answer
that
two
parts.
So
if
an
employee
is
hired
and
they're
able
to
speak
one
or
more
languages,
then
they're
able
to
get
the
language
stipend
and,
of
course,
in
the
city,
very,
very
important.
S
No
half
my
staff
actually
is
able
to
speak
one
or
more
languages.
If
they
are
not
on
duty
and
it
happens
to
be
staff
that
doesn't
then
we
use
the
interpretive
services
that
are
provided
through
state.
S
G
G
S
G
G
S
No
we're
that
structure
that
you
see
was
the
overall
larger
structure
from
the
department.
So
there
are
positions
there
that
still
float.
If
you
will
they're
unfilled,
they're
not
needed,
but
I'll
give
you
an
example
of
one,
the
deputy
position
that
we've
talked
about
even
last
year's
budget
airing
in
the
future.
We'll
I'm
looking
to
look
to
fill
that
that's
an
important.
B
G
B
H
H
G
H
Yes,
so
I
can
give
you
a
22's
number
to
date
in
just
a
second.
Let
me
find
it
for
you.
H
G
S
G
H
G
S
So
the
fact
that
I
maintain
police
fire
public
works
emergency
management
and
we're
even
assisting
a
little
bit
of
the
school
department.
So
that's
quite
a
bit
of
infrastructure
to
maintain
throughout
the
year.
G
Yeah
we
hear
that
even
from
I.t
I.t
says
when
they
do
this,
they
go
up
200
000.
they
go
up.
50,
000.,
there's
always
something
new
when
it
comes
to
this,
so
is
that
a
projection
you
expect
to
go
on
each
year
because
everything
changes.
No,
let
me
put
it.
In
other
words,
how
many
times
do
you
change
these
computer
systems.
S
Well,
radios
are
a
little
different
they're
mission,
critical
for
the
police
officers
and
firefighters,
but
we're
looking
at
not
just
maintaining
the
system
we're
talking
about
batteries
that
they
need
to
have.
They
may
be
accessories,
something
they
break
so
again,
working
with
my
business
manager.
On
that,
we
can
see
coming
up
with
some
of
the
stuff
that
we're
maintaining
and
new
systems.
We
have
we're
going
to
need
more
money.
A
This
message
is
more
for
I'm
sorry,
the
question
to
city
manager.
This
is
our.
F
A
Year
now,
with
steve
now
in
place,
I
know
that
in
the
past
years
there
was
a
lot
of
turnover
and
such
and
reason
I
think,
one
why
we
don't
have
a
another
car
is
because
there's
no
deputy
in
place
anymore.
So
it
begs
the
question:
is
that
something
that
you
foresee
may
have
to
be
addressed
at
some
point
having
a
deputy,
or
are
you
seeing
that
existing
structure
stays
in
place
and
because
we
ran
into
that
problem?
Where
not?
That.
F
A
D
I
mean
it's
certainly
something
that
we've
discussed
about
filling
a
position
of
deputy
emergency
management
director.
I
just
didn't
again.
This
is
a
balancing
act.
What
am
I
putting
in
one
budget?
What's
pr,
what
am
I
trying
to
prioritize?
So
this
is
a
vacancy
that
eventually
I
do
expect
the
city
should
fill
and
it's
possible.
I
may
fill
it
in
fy
24
or
it's
par.
You
know
and
I'm
sure
steve
would
like
it.
D
He
would
have
liked
it
in
fy
23,
but
we'll
have
that
discussion
at
budget
time
next
year
and
I'll
be
doing
the
same
thing
balancing
you
know.
I
want
to
put
two
more
people
in
isd.
I
want
to
put
someone
in
the
clerk's
office.
I
want
to
beef
up
health
and
human
services
and
we'll
balance
that,
but
the
short
direct
answer
question
is
that
you
are
correct.
That
is
a
position
that
eventually
does
need
to
be
filled,
especially
for
to
make
about
trying
to
manage.
D
You
know
potential
successor,
you're
right.
We
don't
want
to
be
back
in
the
position.
We've
been
in
a
couple
of
times
in
my
tenure
where
someone
walks
out
and
we
have
no
natural
succession
plan
in
place.
U
Thank
you.
So
I
want
to
piggy
back
to
what
my
fellow
counselor
was
asking
regarding
stipends.
U
U
L
S
So
the
way
the
language
stipend
works
is
we
hire
an
employee
part
of
the
interview
process
we
find
out
if
they're
bilingual,
if
they
are
bilingual,
and
we
can
confirm
that
with
them,
then
they
are
eligible
for
what's
in
the
contract,
for
a
language
stipend,
it
doesn't
matter
if
they
can
speak
two
or
ten
languages,
they
get
the
same
amount
evenly
and
as
far
as
operationally
how
that
works.
S
It
doesn't
matter
where
they
work
as
far
as
a
shift
or
squad
or
so
on.
If
they
happen
to
be
on
duty
and
they're
bilingual
and
a
call
comes
in
that
requires
that
then
they
jump
in
and
help
out.
If
none
of
them
are
on
duty
at
all,
then
we
use
the
state
911's
language
line,
that's
included
in
the
system,
so
we'll
go
in
and
conference
in
an
interpreter
and
go
through
a
process.
S
U
Thank
you,
and,
and
could
I
get
or
yeah
go
ahead
yeah?
I.
D
Just
want
to
add
just
this
is
a
this
was
something
that
the
union
collectively
bargained
in
their
last
contract,
to
give
a
little
bit
of
a
stipend
to
anyone
who
spoke
a
second
language
or
more
than
one
anything
more
than
one
language,
and
we
agreed
to
it.
I
do
expect
at
some
point
in
future
negotiations.
D
U
Okay,
I
mean
it
makes
sense
to
me
and,
and
I'm
curious
what
is,
if,
if
it's
possible
for
you
to
share
with
me
that,
like
a
percentage
of
like
the
number
of
callers
that
are
non-speaking,
you
know
calling
for
an
emergency
and
they
don't
speak
english
by.
S
50
yeah
yeah,
I
agree
with
I
agree
with
paul
between
40
and
50
of
our
calls
require:
okay,
bilingual,
yes,
yeah
exactly
yeah,
okay,.
I
U
Can
I
ask
a
follow-up
question
so
have
you
ever
come
into
a
situation
where
you
are
requesting
assistance
for
an
emergency,
but
there
isn't
a
police
officer
currently
on
duty
that
speaks
the
language
of
that
person
who's
requesting
assistance,
and
how
often
does
that.
J
Another
one:
this
isn't
a
position
that
you
can
do
from
home.
S
J
S
But
that's
actually
a
good
question.
So
during
covert
there
was
a
couple
of
county
communication
centers
in
the
country
that
did
as
a
test
bed
and
they
tried
it
out.
Obviously,
that
entails
bringing
a
lot
of
equipment
to
somebody's
home,
setting
it
up
and
having
that
backhaul
to
make
sure
the
stuff
is
going
to
work.
That's
on
the
technology
side
of
it
and
then
you're
kind
of
bringing
that
you're
bringing
that
work
to
home.
J
And-
and
then
I
guess
this
question
is
for
mr
anderson
and
then
I'll
be
quiet.
I
know
that
they
were
during
the
at
the
peak
of
the
pandemic.
There
were
folks
that
were
able
to
work
from
home
or
were
off
the
folks
that
had
to
show
up
was
9-1-1.
I
know
like
folks
that
were
dealing
with
the
public
did
we
offer
any
hazard
pay
or
anything
additional
for
folks
that
had.
D
A
Any
other
questions-
city
manager,
steve,
if
you
have
any
other
comments,
otherwise
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
portion
of
our
agenda.
H
We're
now
going
to
move
into
the
hhs
division.
Ned
keefe
is
not
here,
so
tom
will
cover
the
portion
that
was
previously
assigned
to
ned.
This
is
going
to
be
on
health
and
human
services,
page
171,
page
171,.
E
D
I'm
proposing
this
year
the
start
of
revitalizing,
a
health
and
human
services
department
within
this
city.
It
became
clear
to
me
during
covid
that
we
couldn't
continue
to
outsource
outsource
all
of
our
social
service
work
here
in
the
city.
Now,
even
in
my
dream,
fully
ramped
up
hhs
department,
there
will
still
likely
be
a
significant
amount
of
outsourced,
contract
services,
but
some
critical
services
I
feel
we
have
to
be
offering
from
the
city
some
we
need
a
social
worker.
Here
we
need
some
health
ambassadors
here,
mental
health
ambassador.
D
I
have
some
ideas
about
what
that
may
envision.
That
adds
personnel.
I
mentioned
just
a
couple:
a
social
worker,
maybe
an
emergency
housing
intake
person,
but
I
don't
want
to
flesh
that
out
in
the
absence
of
a
director,
so
this
is
sort
of
similar
to
beefing
up
isd.
I'm
taking
some
baby
steps
here
and
the
first
step
in
fy
23
is
proposing
hiring
a
health
and
human
services
director.
D
D
I
keep
emphasizing
that
because
I'm
previewing
the
fact
that
I'm
going
to
be
proposing
new
employees
in
such
a
department-
I
just
haven't
done
it
yet,
because
I
want
to
do
that
in
conjunction
with
a
director
so
step.
One
for
me
is
hiring
a
director
if
everything
went
swimmingly
and
we
had
a
director
in
here
by
the
fall,
I
could
come
back
to
you
by
winter
and
say
I'm
adding
some
positions
here.
D
I'm
going
to
use
some
free
cash
much
as
I've
agreed
to
look
at
isd
in
that
same
fashion,
so
for
the
budget
today,
what
you
see
are
two
existing
funding,
two
vacant
positions,
the
hhs
director
and
the
administrative
assistant,
which
has
remained
unfilled
again
for
sort
of
the
same
reason
waiting
for
an
hhs
director
to
come.
But
I'm
asking
that
the
council
budget,
those
in
this
department,
once
once
this
department
gets
fleshed
out
the
contract
services
that
we
do
outsource
will
move
back
under
this
budget.
D
For
this
year
they
have
remained
under
floor's
budget
as
health
director,
all
those
big
social
service
contracts.
We
have
they'll
move
back
under
here
and
be
under
the
direction
and
supervision
of
an
hhs
director.
So
I
have
big
ideas
for
this
department
at
starting
slowly
with
hiring
a
director
and
that's
what's
proposed
in
this
budget,
and
so
there's
not
much
to
this
budget
at
the
moment.
Besides
salary,
and
so
that's
the
hhs
administrative
proposed
budget
at
the
moment
for
fy23-
and
I
can
answer
any
questions
that
you
have.
J
D
I
don't
think
we
would
have
done
anything
differently.
I
think
we
would
have
had
more
horsepower
to
do
some
of
the
things
we
did
and
we
may
not
all
have
been
as
exhausted
and
worn
down
as
we
can
not
be.
So
there
were
some
people
here
that
were
incredibly
over
stressed
and
overworked,
and
you
know
and
just
burnt
out,
and
if
I
you
know
having
a
robust
health
and
human
services
department
would
have
prevented
that
from
happening
at
the
end
of
the
day.
I
feel
really
proud
of
what
we
got
done.
1000.
J
D
And
it
would
have
been
nice
to
have
some
of
this.
You
know,
man,
you
know
intellectual
power
to
help
us
figure
things
out.
So
I'm
really,
I
think
you
know
given
where
the
city
is.
We
need
to
be
providing
some
in-house
services
that
we
don't
do
right
now,
someone
walks
in
here
for
with
an
emergency
and
we
handle
it,
but
we're
scrambling
and,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
outsourcing
it
to
someone.
H
I
D
I
should
just
point
out
one
other
thing
in
this:
what
shows
up
in
the
personnel
in
this
administrative
structure
is
also
our
grant
funded
position.
Ryan
barry.
He
actually
is
a
city
employee,
but
operates
from
mgh
on
a
long-term
grant
that
they
have,
but
we're
the
lead
on
the
grant
for
purposes
of
the
grantee
dph,
and
so
he
is
our
employee.
D
D
If
not,
then
we
can
move
to
the
first
division
that
will
eventually
be
under
an
hhs
director,
and
that
is
page
170
178.
Is
it
no
it's
the
health
officer?
It
should
be.
It's.
H
Floor
is
next.
I
think
this
is
the
schedule
we.
D
D
Oh
hi
trace
all
right,
we'll
do
tracy,
then
sorry
178
as
ed
said,
and
fantastic
elder
fears,
director
yeah.
D
H
I'll
just
say
a
couple
of
quick
things
before
tracy
jumps
in
these
salaries
are
up
with
contractuals
step
increases
mostly
that
you'll
see
in
the
breakdown
that
there
are
a
couple
of
grant
funded
positions
that
are
included.
They
move
them
around
a
little
bit.
So
it's
up
slightly
a
couple
of
twenty
thousand
dollars
that
has
to
do
with
steps
and
some
realignment
of
the
salaries
from
grants
into
general
fund
and
vice
versa.
H
Under
the
longevity,
the
longevity
has
gone
down
and
the
unused
sick
has
gone
up.
The
longevity
goes
down
when
somebody
retires
that
would
have
had
a
higher
longevity
amount
and
in
the
sick
bonus.
If
someone
qualifies
for
the
sick
bonus,
then
we
budgeted
for
the
next
year.
H
V
I
also
just
wanted
to
thank
you.
Ed,
just
also
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
the
city
council
for
supporting
funding
for
transportation
for
the
seniors
in
the
community.
V
I
appreciate
what
you
have
supported:
it's
not
a
full
schedule
in
terms
of
transportation,
it's
very
expensive,
but
I
hope
that
moving
forward
as
we
gain
more
ridership
and
people
become
more
aware,
seniors
become
more
aware
that
the
transportation
is
available,
that
we
could
somehow
look
to
make
additional
increases
with
the
transportation
right
now.
V
It
runs
monday,
through
friday,
nine
to
two
most
days
and
then
there's
a
day.
That's
nine
to
four,
and
it's
used
quite
a
bit,
I'm
hoping
that
it
doesn't
decrease
in
any
way
that
the
members
and
the
riders
that
use
it
and
utilize
it
now
are
familiar
with
the
schedule
and
it
and
again
it's
it.
V
I
I
feel
that
if
there's
a,
if
there's
a
decrease
in
funding
decreasing
the
transportation,
it
would
make
it
a
lot
more
difficult
for
the
seniors
to
get
around
the
community
they're
able
to
get
out
more
and
and
be
more
active
at
the
senior
center,
which
is
great
because
then
we
get
to
kind
of
make
sure
that
they're
involved
in
the
programs.
So
we
want
to
avoid
the
isolation.
The
transportation
really
helps
with
doing
that.
The
transportation
also
allows
them
to
get
to
the
areas
in
the
community
that
offers
the
food
banks.
V
And
services
that
they
need,
especially
at
the
senior
center.
So
I
appreciate
your
support
for
that
and
I
hope
that
you'll
consider
and
continue
to
do
that.
A
In
a
proud
supporter
of
that-
and
I
know
that
I've
asked
the
city
manager
to
make
sure
that
that's
part
of
the
budget-
and
I
know
that
there's
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
withdrawal
from
previous
services,
I
think,
if,
like
city
manager,
can
talk
about
we're
cutting
back
a
little
bit,
maybe
because
it's
a
certain
medical
but
they're
still
gonna
be
basically
being
able
to
get
picked
up
from
the
housing
complexes
around
the
city
to
the
senior
center
for
activities,
but
also
to
market
basket.
A
D
Actually
tracy
would
know
more
about
the
details
of
this
transportation
than
I
do
we
do.
We
did
have
some
grant
money.
It
was
expiring
at
some
point.
We
did
just
get
a
council
appropriation
which
I
thought
was
going
to
be
sufficient
to
carry
us
through
at
some
level
through
the
end
of
june
of
2023,
but
it
was
ned
and
tracy
that
worked
all
this
out.
So
maybe
you
can.
V
So
right
roy,
we
were
able
to
with
some
additional
grant
funds
that
were
available.
We
were
able
to
offer
the
current
schedule.
V
In
talking
with
ned,
it
doesn't
seem
like
the
new
funding
will
support
the
current
schedule.
However,
I'm
looking
to
apply
for
additional
grant
monies,
not
sure
what
will
happen,
hopefully
being
successful
in
that
I
may
have
to
tweak
the
transportation
and
it's
not
a
little.
It's
going
to
be
quite
a
bit.
It's
going
to
be
a
significant
change
and
the
current
schedule
versus
what
the
funding,
what
the
new
funding
will
support.
V
So
it's
going
to
it's
not
going
to
be
as
available
to
the
seniors
to
be
able
to
do
as
much
as
they're
doing
now
in
the
community,
but
just
going
so
just
being
able
to
pick
up
at
this.
I
think
it's
six
locations
to
the
senior
center
so
currently
right
now,
they're
able
to
go
to
the
pharmacies
they're
able
to
go
to
the
food
banks,
they're
able
to
go
to
market
basket
in
the
senior
center
every
day
and
it's
utilized
every
day.
V
So
with
the
new
schedule
will
be
with
the
new
funding.
It
will
be
cut
down
to,
I
think,
a
couple
of
days
a
week
with
cert
just
certain
locations,
but
I
do
have
to
say
that
there's
a
lot
of
private,
so
we
figured
it
out
so
that
the
building
residents,
the
developments,
elderly
developments,
we
we're
categorizing
them
as
public
riders
and
then
private
riders
from
homes
or
not
in
public
developments.
V
A
Look
at
this
new
funding,
so
so
I
would
say
I'm
a
little
bit
alarmed
because
I
was
hoping
we
can
keep
existing
right
services
right
to
that
segment.
So
I
would
ask
to
work.
I
would
say
to
tom
figure
out
what
we
can
do,
what
that
cost
is-
and
I
think
you
might
find
an
appetite
on
the
council
to
continue
to
support
those
trips,
because
we
know
that
frankly,
public
transportation
isn't
what
it's
supposed
to
be
for
those
particular
segments
and
neither
is
say
those
the
the
the
ride.
A
I
hear
nothing
but
complaints
about
calling
the
ride
to
set
up
and
but
to
be
able
just
to
get
around
the
city,
and
I
would
just
say
that
that's
all
just
the
city
itself.
D
So
we
were
we,
we
were
benefited
by
a
pretty
significant
grant
that
we
had
during
covid.
That
was
we're
still
able
to
utilize.
My
initial
thought:
what,
when
we
were
initially
talking
about
this
with
ned?
This
was
probably
three
months
ago
when
we
were
developing
our
free
cash
request
was
I
want
to
make
sure
we're
continuing,
at
least
that
level
of
service
that
we
previously
had,
which
was
when
we
originally
started
this
effort,
picking
up
at
six
locations
and
getting
to
market
best.
D
D
I
don't
know
what
it
will
cost
to
continue
this
level
of
service
annually.
It's
probably
much
more
than
what
the
council
just
appropriated,
which
was
another
fifty
thousand
dollars,
but
having
just
heard
tracy
and
seeing
the
appetite
of
the
council
we'll
sit
together
and
we'll
figure
out
a
way,
and
it
does
seem
like.
There's
an
appetite
from
the
council
to
spend
more
here.
So,
let's
I
just
say,
stay
tuned.
I
have
an
opportunity
to
come
back
to
you
as
long
as
I
get
something
to
you
by
the
june
sixth
meeting.
A
Okay,
aside
from
that
tracy,
what
now
that
everyone's?
I
know
that
your
segment
of
the
individuals
that
you
serve
are
more
likely
to
be
scared
about,
what's
going
on
with
covert
and
such,
but
now
that
I
think
there's
more
participation
coming
in
yeah.
My
question
is
what
what
does
the?
What
does
this
upcoming
summer
and
year,
look
like
for
you
for
programming
and
what
the
budget
allows
for
you
to
offer
seniors
who
are
trekking
to
your
facility.
V
So
separate
separate
from
the
transportation
we're
back
and
seniors
are
coming
in
and
very
active
with
the
new
program
coordinator,
who's
fantastic
is
introduced,
a
couple
of
new
programs,
one
of
them
being
a
really
active
esl
class
instructional.
V
Basic
instruction,
but
he
has
about
13,
to
15
participants
in
that
class.
We
now
will
be
introducing
basic
spanish
lessons
for
english.
Only
speakers
who
are
interested
in
learning
basic
spanish-
and
we
have
about
eight
right
now
interested
in
that
we
do
have
a
new
instructor
for
citizenship
and
those
numbers
we
we
have
a
sign
up
sheet
at
the
front
of
the
desk
and
the
last
I
looked
at
it
and
I
believe
her
class
was
about
eight
right
now.
V
V
So
we
have
a
lot
of
wonderful
things
coming
up
in
including
a
walking
club
bocce
started
so
there's
about
12
teams
of
four,
so
that's
40,
some
odd
people
participating
there
bowling
will
end
it
and
we'll
be.
You
know
getting
back
into
that,
but
also
tom
touched
upon,
and
what
we're
looking
to
do
is
really
focus
on
mental
health.
V
V
Mental
health
is
is
a
lot
we
deal
with
it
every
day
and
it
feels
like
that's
most
of
our
job,
not
recently,
it
seems
I
don't
know
if
it
was
covered
or,
but
it
just
seems,
though,
that
we're
dealing
with
a
lot
of
mental
health.
V
So
that's
that's
a
burden
on
a
lot
of
us,
so
we're
we're
partnering
partnering
with
mystic
valley,
elder
services
and
the
other
agencies
I
mentioned
to
possibly
have
a
regular
social
worker
at
the
senior
center
once
or
twice
a
week
for
the
people
that
come
in
and
just
need
services.
Not
just
you
know,
to
have
somebody
there
to
talk
with.
A
You
know
it's
widespread,
not
just
the
elderly
population,
but
particularly
when
I
talk
to
property
managers
of
all
the
complexes
and
tenant
associations
in
elderly
complexes
that
no
matter
how
many
times
they
invite
people
to
join
them
and
any
activities
there.
There's
a
lot
of
people
who
just
shut
their
doors
and
stay
in.
F
A
Apartments
all
day,
knowing
that
there's
this,
that
is
there
any
I
mean
instead
of
you,
know
the
whole
waiting
po.
You
know
just
dealing
with
the
ones
who
walk
to
the
crowd.
Is
there
any
sort
of
discussion
that
you
have
with
chelsea
housing
authority
with
its
complex
or
the
other
elderly
complexes
in
chelsea
to
see
about?
As
you
talk
about
mental
illness,
if
how
much
of
that
plays
to
their
reclusiveness
and
trying
to
draw
out
any
of
those
individuals
in
those
buildings
to
have
a
much
more
active
community
in
your
in
your
building,.
V
Yep,
so
we
have
the
our
senior
advocate
geraldine
potillo,
to
visiting
the
buildings
twice.
X
V
She
has
office
hours
there,
and
so
it's
so
it's
it's
the
trust
so
for
them
to
just
know
that
who
she
is
and
that
she
represents
the
senior
center.
They
then
eventually
will
come
to
the
senior
center
and
you're
right
roy.
There
is
a
big
hesitation
to
want
to
participate,
even
more
so
now
than
before,
even
with
agencies
trying
to
offer
programs
at
the
building,
so
maybe
they're
thinking
they
don't
even
have
to
leave
the
building,
but
even
that
they
still
don't
want
to
come
out
of
their
house.
V
There's
a
lot
of
depression
more
so
than
ever
before
than
that
I've
seen
so
it
so
for
them
to
get
to
the
scene.
Senior
center
we
know
will
be
very
helpful.
It's
just
convincing
them
that
as
well.
The
transportation
helps
with
that,
because
there
was
the
excuse
of.
I
have
no
way
of
getting
there.
So
now
they
do
and
and
more
of
them
have
participated
because
of
that.
V
So
we
do
work
with
the
housing
authority
to
make
sure
that
our
staff,
although
geraldine's
there
weekly
twice
a
week
at
the
buildings
we
also
go
and
visit
on.
For
whatever
reason
it
could
be
a
program
that
we're
introducing
at
the
buildings
a
lot
of
the
times
I'll
go
to
the
buildings
and
visit
and
do
a
coffee
hour.
B
V
Any
any
any
because.
A
V
V
Greenhouse
yeah,
so
we
also
engage
the
seniors
at
those
buildings
to
volunteer,
so
they
with
their
designated
volunteers
for
the
senior
center,
so
they're
active
there
at
the
building.
D
I
V
A
Okay,
council
has
any
questions
on
the
budget
council
video.
Is
that
your
hand
up?
I
don't
care.
I
can't
tell
if
you're
I
don't
care
if
you're
raising
your
hand
at
times
or
just.
J
Thank
you.
I
I
just
kind
of
I
just
want
to
say
that
just
to
follow
up
on
what
the
council
president
said
earlier
about
investing
in
the
transportation,
the
investments
that
we
make
in
our
elderly
community,
particularly
now,
I
think
it's
really
telling
about
where
our
values
are,
and
I
just
really
feel
really
proud
of
this
city
right
now.
So
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
to
say
that
I'm
glad
that
you
mentioned
the
part
of
the
mental
health,
because
it
is
something
that
we're
seeing
it's
hard.
J
We've
been
seeing
a
lot
of
death
and
I.
I
F
J
You
we
were
talking
in
the
hallway
and
that
there's
a
lot
of
members
that
were
going
to
to
the
senior
center
that
have
since
transitioned
I'm.
So
I
just
I
just
want
to
say,
like
I
don't
know
how
you
say
so
chipper.
Maybe
you
see
a
therapist
and
that's
great,
but
I'm
just
really
like
just
grateful
that
it's
you
that's
that's
leading
that
center
over
there,
because
it's
heavy
yeah
and
I
recognize
the
heaviness
of
it.
But
I
appreciate
your
light-hearted.
J
V
We
do
follow
the
guidelines
and
right
now,
there's
not
a
mandate
for
masks,
but
we
encourage
people
to
wear
them
if,
if
they,
you
know
if
they
to
feel
comfortable
to
wear
them,
if
anybody
comes
in
feeling
ill
in
any
way,
we
ask
them
to
just
come
back
when
they're
feeling
better
95
90,
a
big
portion
of
our
seniors
are
vaccinated
and
that's
great.
V
J
V
There
are
masks
available
on
the
on
the
on
the
shuttles
for
them
that
happened
today.
Actually
there
was
somebody
that
was
coughing,
so
this
is
a
story.
There
was
somebody
that
was
coughing.
The
bus
driver
asked
if
she
was
okay
and
she
said
yes
and
he
said,
do
you
have
covet
and
she
said
yes
right,
but
she
didn't
have
covet
so
she's,
so
she's
somebody,
that's
sensitive
and
and
so
she's
very
delicate
in
her
mental
health.
V
There's
some
special
needs
there,
but
that
was
a
perfect
example
of
the
alarms
were
raised,
and
you
know
one
of
the
seniors
came
flying
off
the
bus
running
in
saying,
oh
and
I
said
no
she's
we're
in
contact
with
her
caseworker
and
she
tests
regularly
and
she's
negative.
But
that
was
an
issue
she
did
have
a
cough.
It
was
allergies,
and
so
that
has
happened,
but
there
are
masks
available
on
the
shuttles,
but
there's
nothing
further,
there's
nothing
more
than
that.
V
G
V
V
V
So
we
do
have
so.
The
service
is
available
for
anyone,
59
and
older
68,
plus
15
years
of
age,
68
plus
seniors
utilize
it
it
could.
It
ranges
you
know.
Sometimes
it
goes
up
to
75..
We
have
registered
seniors
300,
but
there's
an
active
about
70
that
utilize
the
service
and
within
the
six-month
time
frame.
V
No,
the
city
contracts
with
an
agency
to
provide
the
shuttle
service
just
for
the
seniors.
There
is
the
ride
program
through
the
mbta
that
some
of
our
seniors
utilize.
D
You
know
one
thing
that
we
couldn't
consider
and
I
have
considered
this
in
the
past
and
we've
deferred
it
or
decided
against.
It
is
bringing
this
in-house.
I
mean
they're,
seeing
lots
of
senior
centers
have
their
own,
they
they
buy
a
bus,
they
buy
a
van
and
they
hire
an
employee,
an
employee
and
a
half,
and
they
operate
their
own
shuttle
service
revere.
Does
it
pretty
effective.
D
Know
I
when
I
first
arrived
here,
I
thought
about
it.
I
was
reluctant
to
do
it
because
we
didn't
have
a
culture
of
people.
When
I
arrived
relying
upon
this
kind
of
shuttle
service
it
it.
You
know
that,
frankly,
the
problem
that
I
ran
into
a
bit
in
my
prior
situation
was
employees
getting
hurt.
D
Then
they're
on
work
is
comp,
then
you're
hiring
another
employee
and
then
that
person
gets
hurt
and
it's
so
once
you
make
this
an
in-house
thing,
you're
always
subject
to
the
fact
that
you
have
now
employees
with
benefits
who
can
get
hurt,
and
then
you
own
them.
So
I
it
in
the
absence
of
a
culture
of
shuttle
use
here.
I
shied
away
from
it.
D
However,
given
that
we
seem
to
have
now
a
committed
group
of
seniors
used
to
taking
this
shadow,
this
is
probably
an
idea
worth
exploring
again,
and
it
could
be
that
the
cost
becomes
pretty
neutral,
that
we
could
perhaps
over
time,
there'll
be
a
transition
period,
we'll
have
to
continue
the
outsourcing,
but
we
might
want
to
think
about
acquiring
a
bus
and
hiring
a
transportation
person.
D
Usually
you
need
about
a
person
and
a
half
to
make
it
work,
but
it's
that's
worth
the
discussion
with
you
me
and
ned
and
often
times,
there's
grants
available
for
the
van
and
but
you
know
to
buy
the
initial
van
for
your
program
if
you're
watching
something
like
that.
A
Or
you
can
ask
for
it
for
mitigation
from
one
of
the
developers.
D
A
There
you
go
so
any
other
questions
on
the
budget
for
our
senior
director
council
lopez,.
P
V
In
terms
of
the
hours
of
staffing
we
had
agreed
with
the
con
with
the
agency
to
take
on
the
calls
that
are
not
senior
center
related
and
all
the
senior
center
call
related
trips
to
the
senior
center.
The
senior
center
will
handle
just
because
it
was
becoming
so
over.
You
know
it
was
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
it
took
up
a
lot
of
the
day.
So
we
I
had
called
the
agency
to
say
you
know
help
us
out
here.
Take
on
the
outside
of
the
senior
center
trip
calls.
B
G
D
D
So
next,
mr
president,
is
veteran
services
francisco
toro
is
here.
I
just
want
to
say
this
is
another
place
where
we
have
added
some
a
new
employee.
This
is
intended
to
be
a
part-time
clerical
employee
exclusively
to
assist
the
veterans
agent
with
clerical
work.
D
This
is
a
this
is
a
division
that
does
have
a
lot
of
required
reporting
to
do
to
the
state
and
it's
it's
often
very
onerous,
and
so
we've
often
talked
about
getting
some
additional
staff
support
for
the
veterans
agent,
especially
with
the
lack
of
the
administrative
assistant
in
hhs.
Now
this
is
becoming
imperative.
So
this
is
a
place
where
we're
proposing
to
add
an
employee.
It's
a
it
will
be
a
part-time
non-union,
employee
working
under
20
hours
a
week
on
a
regular
basis.
D
Certainly,
if
we
could
find
a
veteran
to
do
this
kind
of
clerical
work,
that
would
be
our
preference
and
certainly
it
would
strong
preferences
that
this
be
a
chelsea
resident.
So
with.
D
Going
to
turn
it
over
to
francisco
and
just
also
say
that
there's
no
other
than
the
salary
increase
for
the
collective
buying
agreement,
there's
no
real
change
in
the
in
the
operating
budget.
The
operating
budget
is
level
funded.
We
have
shifted
around
money
a
little
bit
to
free
up
some
more
flexibility
for
francisco.
Y
Thank
you,
everyone.
I
know
we're
all
tired
running
a
little
behind,
so
I'm
going
to
try
and
be
as
efficient
in
my
responses,
but
it's
been
a
good
year.
Currently
the
department's
managing
360
clients,
I
mean
that
and
in
any
case
load
capacity.
Y
It's
a
significant
amount
for
one
person,
but
you
know
it's
a
great
job
and
it's
a
blessing
to
to
be
able
to
help
our
veterans
as
best
as
possible
and
we're
dedicated
to
that,
and
I
definitely
feel
the
support
from
just
so
many
other
departments
and
I'm
very
grateful
to
the
city
council
for
the
veterans
relief
fund.
Y
We
haven't
used
it
all,
but
we
used
about
34
000
so
far
out
of
45.,
so
a
lot
of
veterans,
you
know
I'm
the
guy
who's,
giving
it
to
them.
So
they're
giving
me
all
the
praise,
but
you
know
this
is
my
opportunity
to
let
you
guys
know.
Thank
you
on
their
behalf,
because
they've
been
very
grateful
for
that
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
getting
that
staff
support.
Y
Y
The
state
reimbursement
takes
five
three
to
five
days
to
calculate
compliance
issues
or
another
two
to
three
days
and
before
you
know
it
you're
at
about
18
days.
So
you
only
have
three
days
a
month
to
split
amongst
360
veterans
to
do
counseling.
A
So,
just
to
get
a
clearer
understanding,
the
person
who
you're
is
bringing
coming
on
for
those
20
hours
is
basically
to
help
you
more
with
the
paperwork
of
the
office.
So
you
have
much
more
time
going
out
and
doing
the
the
case
work
so
to
speak.
The
the
visiting
and
talking
getting
the
the
the
meeting,
the
the
veterans
and
working
with
them
and
the
paperwork
itself
would
just
be
the
the
individuals
who's
coming
into
the
office.
Correct.
Y
In
many
ways,
the
case
management
of
the
each
person
is
probably
going
to
generate
the
requirement
of
let's
say
five
to
eight
pieces
of
documentation
multiply
that
by
360.
it's
a
lot
of
paper
chasing.
Y
Lot
of
calls
and
I'd
love
to
tell
you
that
it's
a
special
veterans
line
when
I
call
social
security
and
ssp,
but
no,
I
wait
like
everyone
else,
and
sometimes
I
have
to
wait
two
and
three
hours
on
a
call.
Obviously
I'm
multitasking
doing
something
on
the
computer
while
I'm
waiting,
but
it
just
it's
very.
Y
Y
He'll,
the
the
person
will
be
helping
gather
the
documentation,
so
I
can
do
more
one-on-one
time
with
with
the
clients.
So
that
way
we
can
address
issues
because
until
you
sit
down
and
talk
to
them
and
get
them
to
open
up
and
that
you
have
to
invest
so
that
you
can
get
the
information
you
need
to
serve
them
the
best
because
they
I've
been
here
15
years.
What
they
needed
at
35
is
not
the
same
at
40
is
not
the
same
at
50.
Y
A
A
I
know
you
know
how
long
is
this
going
to
take
and
you
just
wish
you
had
it
the
ability,
because
you
you
have
the
you,
have
the
the
answers
to
the
test,
but
you
still
got
to
go
through
all
the
the
the
you
know.
The
paperwork.
A
But
okay,
you
understood:
is
there
anyone
else?
Who
has
any
questions
for
mr
council
veto.
J
Not
really,
I
just
want
to
say
that
it's
really
not
much
to
ask
it's
been
a
one-man
show.
We
know
that
this
is
a
vulnerable
community.
We
know
there's
need.
We
know
that
kovit
has
made
it,
so
we
need
to
spend
more
time
with
folks.
I
don't
really
have
anything
to
say.
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
what
you
do.
Q
My
question
is
around
these
celebrations
that
we
do
held
and
being
a
veteran,
I
like
to
see
those
much
more
expanded
like
possibly
having
bands
marching
bands
like
durham
memorial,
day
ceremony
or
veterans
day.
I
think
we
need
to
you
know,
look
at
that.
My
other
question
is
with
the
amount
of
veterans
who
do
live
in
this
community
is
more
than
what
we're
serving
what
you're
serving
now,
and
I'm
wondering
why
a
lot
more
aren't
coming
in
and
taking
advantage
of
some
of
the
services
that
you're
providing.
Y
One
of
one
of
the
benefits,
I
hope
in
gaining
that
staff
is
being
able
to
increase
outreach
being
able
to
table
at
other
locations
and
try
to
find
and
educate
and
inform
the
general
population
about
veterans
benefits,
because
it's
not
just
contacting
the
the
veteran
or
the
military
family
member.
Sometimes
it's
a
niece,
a
cousin
and
they'll
say:
hey.
Did
you
know
this
person's?
There
did
you
know
it?
I've
been
here
15
years
and,
and
you
still
get
people
who
had
no
idea.
Y
There
was
a
veteran
service
officer
and
we
even
had
shows
on
community
chelsea
community
cable
tv
putting
it
out
there.
So
that's
definitely
part
of
it,
but
covid
did
do
brought
us
back
a
little
bit
on
the
celebration
side
at
the
time.
I
believe
it
was
the
people
who
thought
it
was
me,
but
actually
was
the
girl
scouts
that
were
managing
the
parade
component
of
of
memorial
day,
and
I
thought
it
had
grown
to
quite
a
distinguished
event
was
really
nice
but
who's
going
to
take
up
the
torch.
Y
Now
I'm
I'm
just
trying
to
keep
up
with
with
the
caseload
that
I
have
and
trying
to
expand
in
areas
that
are
going
to
help
in
in
mental
health
areas
and
and
counseling
for
the
veterans
I'd
like
to
take
up
certain
things.
But
I
did
discuss
this
with
the
school
department
and
we
did
discuss.
Actually
you
know
maybe
some
parts
of
a
marching
band,
maybe
not
the
whole
thing,
maybe
start
off
with
the
drummer
and
maybe
a
couple
of
other
parts,
but
that
discussion
definitely
was
on
the
table.
Y
But
the
school
department
also
has
their
hands
full.
So
hopefully
with
more
time,
because
I
think
we
we
only
had
about
two
months
of
discussion
on
that,
and
maybe
it
was
a
little
bit
a
short
notice
to
sort
of
bring
that
to
them.
But
hopefully,
by
next
year
we
can
find
someone
who
can
champion
that
I'll
definitely
work
with
them
to
get
it
done.
Q
Well,
I
raised
that
issue
because
we
can
go
outside
and
encourage
bands
to
be
able
to
come
in
and
participate.
I
think
we
just
can't
rely
on
the
school
school
department
and
actually
put
out
there
that
I
would
even
help
serve
on
a
committee
to
make
sure
that
it
would
happen.
I
know
my
colleague
recupero,
who
also
said
he
would
participate
and
serve
on
a
committee.
So
maybe
at
some
point
we
can
get
together
and
talk
about
it.
Y
And
for
the
first
time
in
three
years,
we're
going
to
have
the
event
back
outside
and
I
think
that's
a
great
step,
but
the
girl
scouts
really
did
all
the
heavy
lifting
believe
it
or
not.
They
did
all
the
heavy
lifting
on
putting
those
moms
and
those
young.
Ladies,
they
they
did
95
of
the
heavy
lifting.
On
that
event,.
U
But
picking
off
of
what
you
know
what
covet
impacts
have
made
on
on
this
in
this
area?
What
are
we
seeing
any
concerns
with
regards
to
our
veterans
and
homelessness,
and
is
this
something
that
there
is
services
for
similar
I'm
reading
here
you
know
food
and.
Y
You
we
do
have
some
issues
with
housing,
but
that
was
more
circa
2016.
2016
november
till
february
2017.
We
lost
about
20
of
our
clients,
because
hud
couldn't
keep
up
with
the
changes
in
in
chelsea.
For
one
example,
I
remember
at
that
time.
Hud
was
saying
that
a
one
bedroom
in
chelsea
was
1100
a
month
or
1250,
including
utilities,
and
the
landlords
was
telling
were
telling
her.
I'm
not
discriminating
as
long
as
you
pay.
What
the
what
everybody
else
on
the
street
is
getting.
Y
I
don't
have
a
problem
renting
to
a
person
who
has
section
8
or
vash,
which
is
a
veteran,
aided,
supported
housing
program.
It's
section
8
for
veterans.
It's
handed
out
at
the
va
hospitals
instead
of
the
housing
authorities
so
and
and
that's
unfortunately,
part
of
the
dynamic.
Y
Y
U
And
since
I'm
sorry,
and
so
since
2016
the
the
concerns
with
discrimination
regards
to
sectioning
voucher
holders,
it's
not
you're
not
seeing
that.
As
often
now.
Y
Y
L
Okay
correctly,
we
are
running
a
little
bit
behind,
so
counselor
recuperate.
Can
I'm
directly
on
the
budget
here
for
veterans?
Yes,
yes,.
G
G
G
Is
it
gonna?
Is
it
gonna
be
funded
by
you,
the
class?
What
how
does
the
class
go
do
they
have
to
pay
themselves
or
they
just
can't
come
in
and
you
teach
him.
Y
It
it
involves
working
with
on
an
agency,
that's
going
to
provide
devices
that
are
going
to
be
critical
in
teaching
them.
The
computer
skills
and
the
coursework,
mostly
provided
through
small
business
administration
and
a
few
other
organizations.
G
G
Y
No
well
one
of
the
critical
parts
of
of
counseling
with
veterans
is
that
when
you
put
them
together,
the
light
bulbs
go
off
a
lot
better.
They.
Y
That
that
support
from
each
other
and
they
tend
to
thrive
better
in
veterans
groups,
so
my
proposal
would
be
to
create
a
veterans
group
of
chelsea
veterans
who
want
to
start.
I
don't
know
what
I've
heard
of
a
couple
of
ideas,
but
walk
them
through
it,
walk
them
through.
Y
G
G
Know
I
heard
leo
leo
okay,
so
the
question
I
have
is:
did
you
get
enough
funding
for
it
to
give
more?
You
know
more
things
to
the
people
that
come.
Do
you
have
enough
funding
for
it?
Is
it.
Y
L
Robertson
spoke
about
and
included
you
in
for
maybe
next
year
that
you
can
engage
in
that
and
build
on
the
skill
enhancement
program
that
how
veterans
services
director
is
trying
to
put
together.
Thank
you.
No
more
questions,
any
more
questions
for
okay.
Thank
you
I'll
next,
again,
consulates.
Please
keep
in
mind,
we
are
running
behind
and
we
do
have,
I
believe,
four
more
departments.
I
believe.
L
H
L
D
L
Okay,
miss
sarah
gay.
If
you
we
have
some
new
city
councillors
this
year,
so
if
you
just
briefly
introduce
yourself
to
everyone
and
your
opening
statements
and
we'll
take
it
from
there
sure.
Thank
you.
F
So
I'm
sarah
gay
jackson,
I've
worked
for
the
city
since
2008..
I
know
many
of
you
from
coming
in.
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
quick
thank
you
for
city
council
for
the
city
manager's
office
for
the
community.
Basically,
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
renovations
in
the
building.
We've
been
moving
things
around
the
building
is
a
look
different.
F
We've
been
kind
of
pivoting
a
lot
of
services,
so
it's
a
lot
of
change
within
the
building
for
the
community.
So
I
just
wanted
to
thank
everyone
for
standing
by
us
as
we
as
we
implement
those
changes
and
pivoting
into
sort
of
new
services
during
cobit,
postcovid
and
sort
of
where,
where
we
see
ourselves
going
from
here,.
G
H
Well,
one
of
the
things
that
changes
that
number
is
the
salary,
so
the
regular
salary
is
10.8
percent.
That's
due
to
step
increases
for
a
majority
of
sarah's
employee
group.
There's
a
couple
of
there's
a
600
new
item
for
the
unused
sick
leave.
But
the
operations
lines
are
are
level
funded.
There
aren't
any
changes
there.
L
L
F
F
We're
sort
of
transitioning
from
services,
we
learned
a
lot
from
covid.
Our
services
have
changed
a
little
bit.
Foot
traffic
is
a
little
different.
Now,
some
of
the
kids.
We
don't
get
the
large
after-school
crowd
so
we're
sort
of
looking
at,
but
we
have
had
a
huge
increase
in
computer
usage,
printing
services,
internet
services,
so
we've
added
hot
spots
hotspot
devices
that
people
can
check
out
from
the
library
we're
adding
laptops
chromebooks
that
people
can
check
out.
F
We
did
receive
some
arpa
and
arpa
grant
that
was
administered
by
the
mass
board
of
library
commissioners
different
from
the
opera
funds
that
the
city
is
utilizing
and
that
grant
was
solely
to
better
our
teen
department.
We
we
know
that
the
teen
section
was
under
utilized
because
it
really
wasn't
its
own
department.
F
We've
moved
a
lot
of
collections
around
in
the
building
to
make
a
teen
room
its
own.
Its
own
space.
We've
had
a
lot
of
help
from
dpw
to
paint
we're
using
this
grant
to
purchase
new
computers.
Some
software
we've
met
with
a
lot
of
focus
groups
of
teens
asking
what
they
wanted
to
see
in
the
space.
It
was
a
lot
different
than
what
we
thought.
F
We've
added
some.
We
thought
they
wanted
some
really
high-tech
novel.
You
know
new
computers
and
apple
devices
and
everything,
and
they
really
didn't
they
wanted
button
makers.
They
want
activities,
they
want
silk
screening,
they
want
wii
switches
because
we
see
a
lot
of
siblings
coming
in
with
their
taking
care
of
their
siblings,
so
they
want
to
play
games.
Video
games,
we've
purchased
some
gaming
equipment,
so
we're
sort
of
looking
at
spaces
like
that.
So
really
our
focus
is
on
technology
and
teens
for
this
year
and
really
just
providing
core
services.
F
We
have
also
seen
an
increase
in
just
general
foot
track
of
traffic
of
people
coming
in
looking
for
information.
Just
they
don't
know
where
to
go
for
to
find
showers
in
the
city.
They
don't
know
where
to
look
up
phone
numbers.
They
don't
know
how
to
access
their
email.
They
want
to
print
something
off
of
their
phone,
so
we're
adding
a
mobile
printing
service
to
our.
So
you
know
we
get
a
large
amount
of
people
coming
in
with
their
phones.
F
They
just
need
to
print
documents
for
city
hall
or
for
different
agencies,
but
they
don't
know
how
to
access
those
documents
from
like
a
computer.
It's
just
on
their
phone,
so
we've
added
mobile
printing
services.
So
we're
sort
of
that's
where
our
our
goals
are
looking
at.
L
So
you
have
seen
increase
in
visitation
since
post
covet,
yes,
yeah
and
you're.
Are
you
back
to
your
normal
hours
now?
Are
you
clearly
back
to
your
normal
hours?
Now
we.
Q
About
the
friends
of
the
library
and
also
the
passes
that
are
available
to
the
outside
museums
and
stuff,
that
is
offered
at
the
library.
F
Yeah,
so
we
most
of
them
a
lot
of
the
museums,
are
sort
of
back
to
their
pre-covered
visitation.
We
had
most
of
the
museums
were
open
in
some
respect
shortly
after
2020,
so
we
offer
the
museum
of
fine
arts,
the
science
museum,
the
children's
museum,
both
zoos,
the
uss
constitution
museum
and
then
we're
still
part
of
the
metro,
boston
library
network.
So,
with
the
chelsea
card,
you
can
also
access
like
the
lars
anderson,
auto
museum.
We
have
a
dcr
parks,
pass
the
isabella
stewart
gardner
museum,
the
ica,
so
we
we're
maintaining
those
services.
F
I
F
Or
the
sports
museum,
because
the
garden
was
under
construction
and
the
harvard
museum
of
natural
history,
all
those
museums,
nice.
L
F
J
Just
thank
you.
I
just
appreciate
your
staff
keeping
city
councilors
involved
in
events
serving
the
deserve
the
pandemic
at
the
peak
of
the
pandemic,
we're
still
in
it,
and
also
I
love
the
the
the
target
on
the
teens.
It's
something
it's
a
lost.
It's
a
demographic.
We
don't
have
to
pay
attention
to
wondering
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
maybe
work
with
the
youth
commission,
but
I
would
love
to
see
how
that
can
grow,
and
I
just
want
to
commend
you
for
all
the
hard
work
that
you
do.
Thank
you
very
much.
U
H
F
U
F
F
We
reach
out
primarily
through
social
media.
We
do
a
lot
of
virtu
during
cobit.
We
were
doing
a
lot
of
virtual
events.
We've
continued
to
do
virtual
events
as
well
as
transitioning
to
in-person
events,
so
we
take
part
in
you
know
we
have
people
do
still
come
in
and
look
at
flyers
that
are
posted
around
the
building
we
advertise
with
we
partner
with
numerous
community
agencies,
so
we
advertise
through
with
them.
We
have
two
ties
with
the
schools
we
kind
of
saturate.
F
F
F
Z
Evening,
everyone,
it's
nice
to
be
back.
I
was
here
last
monday
and
I
know
you
had
a
lot
of
questions,
but
I'm
here
to
take
more
questions
and
to
to
give
you
more
information
about
recreation
and
cultural
affairs.
I
Z
Z
I
I'm
very
very
happy
we're
at
we're
at
operational
level,
funding
level
funding,
but
I
feel
like
that.
We
have
we're
really
working
hard
to
be
able
to
increase
more
programming
on
a
on
a
seasonal
basis,
and
so
I'm
open
to
any
questions
that
you
have.
Z
Yeah
we
we
added
money
to
the
summer
youth
programs
to
like
collaborativa
to
green
roots.
Those
were
the
two
substantial
programs
that
we
we
increased.
Our
funding.
G
Z
G
Z
One
is
in
clark,
and
one
is
at
the
has
an
office
at
the
williams
so,
but
you
have
two
of
them:
two
one
in
one
school
one
in
the
other.
Z
They're
focusing
on
all
of
our
programming
and
we
have
programming
going
three
seasons
and
one
has
a
concentration
in
arts
and
cultural
affairs.
The
other
one
has
a
concentration
in
sports
management
and,
however,
they
still
look
broadly
at
recreation
they're.
Z
Z
Possible
yeah-
hopefully
hopefully,
but
other
recreation
departments
have
a
lot
more
so
we're,
I
think,
we're
doing
very
well.
We've
got
a
very
strong
staff
right
now,
and
this
is
going
to
be
the
first.
This
is
the
first
year
that
we're
able
to
really
have
programming
at
the
clerk.
When
we
started
at
the
clark,
then
the
the
pandemic
kit
and
we've
been
closed
from
the
schools
for
about
two
years.
So
we're
very
happy
to
be
back
in
and
we're
starting
to
use
the
schools
especially
clark
in
a
much
more
broader
fashion,.
O
Z
Z
We
are
we're
bringing
in
shooting
touch,
which
is
a
program
for
women
for
females
and
it's
basketball
and
they
have
half
their
programming
half
the
year
in
africa
and
half
their
programming
in
boston
area
and
we're.
Z
They're
a
program
that
specifically
concentrates
on
females
and
basketball
and
leadership
and
leadership
skills,
and
they
we
have
found,
we
found
them,
and
they
are
very
intrigued
to
come
to
chelsea
and
to
work
with
our
young
women
here.
So
that's
one
of
the
many
programs
that
we're
bringing
in
brand
new
programs
to
the
city.
Z
L
So
when
they
come
to
chelsea,
will
it
be
invitation
to
residents
or.
Z
I've
asked
half
of
our
salary.
My
salary
is
paid
by
the
school
department.
That
happened.
That's
that's
still
happening,
but
it's
not
commented
in
the
booklet.
I
I
did
ask
for
that
to
change,
but
it
just
they
didn't.
Do
it
this
this
time
around.
Just
for
it
to
be
clear
about
what
my
salary
is,
but
that's
half
of
my
salary,
half.
N
Z
Thank
you
for
noticing
that
again,
I
even
I
think
councillor
cooper
also
mentioned
that
to
me
last
year
the
same
thing
people
have
approached
me
and
asked.
N
Okay,
wonderful
because
you
know
I
I
must
say
in
full
disclosure.
This
is
not
necessarily
about
you,
but
I
have
noticed
that
women
department,
female
department
heads
are
not
getting
paid
at
the
level
that
male
counterparts
are
getting
paid.
So
I
think
that's
something
that
to
me
is
a
bit
alarming
and
disappointing,
because
if,
if
this
is
a
matter,
we
need
to
reach
pay
equity,
and
you
know
when
I'm
looking
at
some
of
the
female
department
heads
that
are
doing
a
lot
of
work
are
getting
paid
at
a
lower
level.
N
Scale
than
some
supervisory
roles
from
other
departments
so
putting
that
out
there
and
I'm
happy
to
point
out
those
numbers
but
I'll
I'll
have
to
prepare
for
that.
But
you
know
it's
not
the
time
and
place
right
now,
but
but
I
need
to
highlight
that
and
it's
it's
a
flag.
J
I
realized
that
you
know
we
have
to
go.
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
love
the
recreational
department
and
I
understand
that
it's
new
and
that
we're
still
having
conversations
about
how
we
can
potentially
expand
it
or
evolve
it
or
where
we're
learning,
but
what
you've
done
with
the
program
is
amazing,
the
booklet,
the
events
it's
just.
I
I
recognize
that.
Sometimes
when
we're
here
and
we
ask
questions
in
subcommittees,
it
can
come
off
a
bit
harsh.
I
just
never
want
you
to
feel
like.
Z
We
appreciate
that.
I
appreciate
that
so
much
we're
just
really
proud
of
what
we
do
and,
and
we
look
around
at
the
surrounding
cities
and
we
we
really
feel
very
confident
that
we're
growing
and
we're
going
to
get
better.
I
do
want
to
say
to
all
the
city
councilors
you
asked
when
I
was
here
last
monday
about
having
more
program
for
teens,
and
so
I
I
went
back
into
our
summer
programming
book
and
of
the
we
have
71
programs
of
the
71.
Z
J
H
Okay,
the
last
the
last
section
for
health
and
human
services
is
the
public
health
office
and
that's
page
174
of
the
book.
D
So
before
four
talks
about
her
department,
I
do
want
to
just
make
mention
of
this:
the
contract
services
line
in
the
public
health
budget,
because
that's
there
sort
of
as
a
placeholder.
This
is
a
line
that
will
likely
move
to
an
hhs
administration
account.
These
are
the
large
social
services
contracts
that
we
have
for
outside
entities
to
do
some
of
the
social
services
work
that
we
provide,
and
so
that
number
that
you
see,
which
this
year
is
up
slightly
to
393
500
dollars,
is
comprised
of
really
three
major
contracts
with
outside
entity.
D
So
the
first
contract
is
a
not
suffice:
suffolk
contract
and
that's
for
our
navigators,
the
two
navigators
that
we
use
for
our
substance,
use
disorder
issues
and
that's
up
this
year,
because
we
added
for
this
year
an
overtime
component
so
that
they
could
be
out
in
the
street
after
hours.
D
Late
at
night
early
morning,
when
we
were
seeing
some
problems,
so
we
amended
that
contract
with
not
suffolk
so
that
we
could
be
paying
some
overtime
to
these
navigators
to
get
out
and
about
in
the
community
at
some
of
the
off
times,
weekends
nights
early
mornings,
that's
152,
000..
The
second
contract
is
one
of
the
two
catholic
contracts.
This
is
the
housing
wrap
around
hub
support.
This
is
all
the
support
that
gets
provided
to
the
hub
to
address
the
cases
that
come
up
in
hub
situations.
That's
a
135
000
contract.
D
Then
we
have
a
second
contract
with
capec,
specifically
for
case
management,
mostly
to
manage
people
as
they
exit
either
from
prison
situations
or
from
detox
situations
and
help
them
manage
their
way
back
into
a
more
normal
routine
in
the
city
and
that's
a
90
000
contract.
We
have
with
them,
so
those
three
contracts
make
up
the
bulk
of
this
393,
the
other
small
portion.
Sixteen
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
is
our
payment
to
mapc
metropolitan
area
planning
council
to
oversee
the
north
suffolk
public
health
collaborative
those
four
contracts
make
up
that
contract
services
lining.
C
Really
close
today,
hi
good
evening,
everyone
thank
you
again
for
the
patience
during
this
really
long
night,
so
really
a
brief
overview
of
the
accomplishments
for
this
year
of
the
public
health
department
or
division.
I
think
most
of
it
revolves
around
covid
vaccination
and
covet
response,
and
vaccination
rates
is
definitely
one
of
the
major
goals
I
believe,
of
the
division
and
the
community
in
the
last
year,
with
at
least
100
percent
of
our
residents,
having
received
a
first
dose
93,
having
received
two
doses
and
right
now
we're
at
47.8
with
boosters.
C
As
tom
mentioned,
we
are
part
of
the
north
suffolk
public
health
collaborative
and
through
that
collaborate
collaborative
this
year
we
augmented
our
capacity
at
the
department
and
hired
a
shared
public
health
nurse,
as
well
as
a
shared
epidemiologist,
which
has
been
tremendous
to
provide
additional
services
to
our
community
and
also
for
a
public
health
division
to
gather
and
assess
and
analyze
data
to
make
informed
decisions.
C
And
you
know,
alongside
of
that
this
year,
I
think
we've
done
a
tremendous
job
at
continuing
strengthening
community
partnerships
ranging
from
our
medical
providers
or
cbo's
community
members
etc.
C
So,
at
a
glance,
that's
essentially,
I
think,
the
bulk
of
what
we've
done
going
strictly
back
to
the
budget,
tom
already
elaborated
on
the
major
bulk
of
it.
There
has
been
small
changes
and
there's
a
new
line
item
for
community
events.
I
think
it's
important
as
we
move
forward
to
have
a
little
bit
of
funds
available
for
the
public
health
department
to
engage
in
more
community
participation.
C
Again,
this
division
came
to
inception
last
year.
It
has
not
necessarily
been
I've
been
super.
We've
been
very
active
in
the
community,
but
I
think
moving
forward
it'll
be
important
to
continue
that
presence.
C
C
C
G
C
That's
the
okay.
D
This
is
this
is
one
of
the
three
con
three
watch
contracts
that
I
mentioned.
That's
the
wraparound
services
provided
to
the
hub
to
deal
with
hub
cases,
so
we
have
an
emergency
services
contract
with
capec.
They
provide
transportation,
food
emergency
housing
for
cases
that
arise
out
of
the
hub.
That's.
D
D
A
Just
to
remind
counselors
it's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I
thought
it
might
be
a
good
idea
to
have
those
third-party
contracts,
I'm
working
out
a
night
with
the
non-profits
that
have
the
major
contracts
with
the
city,
so
that
we
can
ask
questions
and
directly
with
the
executive
directors
of
those
nonprofits.
So
there
will
be,
I
think,
for
mr
city
manager,.
A
Next
week,
so
we'll
have
those
conversations
on
specifically,
you
know,
because
we've
had
these
sort
of
subconference
meetings
in
the
past
or
reports
from
them,
but
we
haven't
had
this
sort
of
that
in
a
while.
So
just
to
recap,
what
the
contracts
do
we'll
have
questions
directly
on
those
council.
J
I
D
J
That
accounts
for
parking
tickets.
I
do
have
a
question
though.
Yes,
council,
vw,
you
have
a
question
on
the
budget.
Do
you
think
somebody
over
there
may
have
had
a
question
before
me?
No
okay,
so
I
okay.
So
this
whole
thing
with
the
nonprofits
has
also
has
always
kind
of
frustrated
me.
So
I
have
heard
that
in
the
recreational
department
that
there's
an
increase
in
the
budget
for
green
roots
and
for
the
collaborative,
I
know
that
under
the
school
department
there's
some
funding
for
the
collaborative
I'm
just
curious.
D
So
I
believe
la
collabrativa
has
one
major
contract
with
the
city
which,
in
the
budget,
which
is
the
summer
youth
program
contract,
that's
the
contract,
that's
reflected
in
the
recreation
department
budget
and
I've
increased
that
from
last
year's
allocation
of
165
to
this
year's
allocation
of
190.
I
added
25
000
for
two
reasons.
One
last
year
they
got
a
free
cash
allocation
which
we
didn't
give
them
this
year.
So
the
total,
the
city's
given
them
is
actually
less
this
year.
D
But
I
wanted
to
provide
some
additional
money
for
summer
youth
in
part
because
the
minimum
wage
has
gone
up.
So
I
had
to
add
something.
So
I
added
25
000
to
their
money.
In
addition
to
la
calabretiva,
the
city
has
supported
the
summer
youth
program
at
green
roots.
They're
echo,
youth
we've
been
supporting
that
each
year
last
year
we
gave
25
000.
I've
increased,
that
by
10
000
and
so
they're
getting
into
35
000.
those
two
summer.
Youth
program
contracts
are
in
the
recreation
and
cultural
affairs
department
budget.
J
J
And
like
so,
I
guess
what
I
want
to
understand
is:
are
there
any
repeats
like?
Are
each
of
these
non-profits
like
if
capec
is
getting
money
under
this
department?
Are
they
getting
money
from
any
other
department?
If
the
collaborative
is
getting
it?
I'm
that's
all.
I'm
just
trying
to
figure
out,
because
it
just
seems
like
it's
kind
of.
D
Yes,
for
catholic,
they
also
get
in
the
summer
youth
part
of
b's
budget
that
youth
programming
we've
historically
given
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
to
them
for
their
head
start
summer
program
that
we've
given
the
same
amount.
That
amount
has
not
gone
up
this
year,
so
capec
does
appear
in
two
budgets.
I
think
that's
the
only
non-profit
appearing.
J
D
Two
budgets:
they
appear
for
25
000
in
that
recreation
department,
budget
for
their
head
start
program
and
they're
here
in
this
hhs
budget.
For
these
two
large
contracts,
north
suffolk
is
only
here.
We
have
no
other
budgeted
contract
with
not
suffolk
and
roca
appears
once
in
the
dpw
budget
for
their.
U
U
D
Both
just
service
the
city
of
chelsea,
they
are
under
contract.
They
come
as
part
of
a
contract
with
not
suffolk
mental
health.
There's
the
the
contract
actually
includes
a
supervisor,
a
portion
of
a
supervisor's
contract
position
as
well.
So
there's
a
supervisor
at
not
suffolk,
but
the
two
people
that
we
all
see
are
the
two
in
the
field
and
they're
exclusively
work
for
the
city
of
chelsea
they're
in
no
other
community
other
than
chelsea.
C
Their
supervisor,
at
north
suffolk,
at
least
for
the
third
quarter,
which
ended
in
march,
reported
that
there
were
187
contacts.
So,
as
you
can
imagine,
in
order
to
achieve
change,
it
really
requires
a
lot
of
daily
repeated
interactions
with
the
people
that
they're
serving
so
while,
perhaps
they're
referrals,
maybe
of
85
people
or
the
actual
individuals,
unique
individuals
are
serving,
maybe
in
the
in
the
tens
of
units.
Their
interactions
are
always
greater
than
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
N
C
D
Because
we
have
an
opera
contract
with
them
to
assist
them
with
their
food
emergency
food
delivery
services,
as
we
do
with
we
have
a
similar
contract
with
other
emergency
food
pantries.
We
have
one
with
salvation
army.
We
have
one
with
revival:
we
have
one
with
saint
luke's.
We
have
one
with
the
resource
center.
N
Okay
and
and
just
to
clarify
this
is
under
this
specific
department
for.
N
C
Once
we
hire
an
hhs
director,
these
contracts
are
going
to
go
back
to
hhs,
so
they
were
only
adopted
into
the
public
health
division
because,
in
absence
of
an
hhs
director.
I
D
The
origin
of
this
contract
is
that
we
created
the
city
just
before
I
arrived
created
this
hub
approach
to
dealing
with
people
who
were
at
risk
of
harm
to
themselves
or
others,
and
they
and
the
city
hired
two
navigators
to
help
out.
We
may
we
have,
since
that
time
always
maintained
a
contract
with
north
suffolk
for
navigators.
Basically,
street
workers.
E
N
N
And
I
should
also
point
out
for
for
the
audience:
the
navigator
program
has
become
a
model
program
not
only
in
the
state
but
also
nationwide,
and
so
I
think
you
know
the
work
that
you're
doing
there
is
is
remarkable
and-
and
I
also
agree,
any
organization
that
we
can
continue
to
support
the
efforts.
You
know
why
reinvent
the
wheel,
if
there
are
already
existing
organizations
that
are
doing
the
work
that
have
proven
to
be
effective,
so
you.
X
N
Youth
program
from
la
collaborativa
has
been
effective.
I
know
that
this
friday
they're
actually
going
to
be
here
doing
a
lottery,
and
you
know
the
salvation
army
los
cristo.
They
provide
certain
services
that
have
served
us
lifelines
for
for
our
residents.
So
I
commend
that
work
and-
and
I
appreciate
that
we
continue
to
fund
those
programs
that
are
clearly
reaching
out
to
folks
that
are
imaginate.
So.
D
I
just
want
to
conclude
this
point.
As
the
hub
started
to
become
really
effective.
There
were
some
gaps
that
were
identified
in
services.
We
could
provide
to
the
clientele
it
was
dealing
with.
Some
of
them
was,
could
we
get
them
detox
beds?
They
needed
transportation
to
detox
places,
some
of
some
of
which
exist
in
western
mass
or
central
mass.
So
we
needed
some
transportation
money
for
them
a
lot
of
times
they
needed
emergency
housing
before
they
could
get
into
a
detox
center.
We
realized
that
was
a
gap
we
needed.
D
They
then
have
a
separate
contract
for
case
management
services
beca,
because
that
was
kind
of
a
discrete
service
that
we
needed
beyond
just
these
emergency
services,
so
capex
the
hub
functions.
Well,
because
it
has
all
these
committed
voluntary
groups
meeting
once
a
week
dealing
with
cases,
but
we
have
these
services
around
it:
the
contract
for
the
navigators,
the
contract
for
emergency
wraparound
services,
the
contract
for
case
manager
and
services.
It
works
effectively
because
there's
all
of
this
triaged.
N
I've
personally
been
honestly,
I've
been
to
those
meetings,
and
you
know
I
know
the
chief
of
police
is
here
and
those
meetings
happen
there.
So
it's
it's
a
beautiful
way
to
to
show
how
the
collective
power
can
really
make
a
difference.
But
that's
my
end
of
questioning.
K
I
just
want
to
ask:
are
we
considering
getting
more
navigators
or
is
that
something
on
our
ends
or
anything
because
it
just
that
seems
like
a
lot
of
people
for
two
people?
K
D
D
They
do
have
a
supervisor
at
north
suffolk,
but
from
from
most
in
most
respects
they're
working
directly
with
police
and
with
the
city,
and
it
would
be
better
to
have
them
more
closely
intertwined
with
the
city
long
term,
that's
probably
a
year
or
two
away.
I
would
think,
but
it
does
go
to
your
point,
that
they
could
use
more
support
and
building
a
robust
health
and
human
services
department
is
part
of
giving
them
that
support.
K
D
Q
I
do
interact
with
the
navigators
I
have
since
the
program
started.
They
do
a
great
job
and
me
personally,
I
think,
the
very
underpaid
for
the
amount
of
work
and
running
around
that
they
do.
I
know
that
in
some
instances
that
we
had
issues
with
a
house
that
they
just
have
to
show
up
there
at
5
30
in
the
morning
or
six
in
the
morning,
just
to
kind
of
see,
what's
going
on
and
continue
working
the
rest
of
the
day,
sometime
till
nine
o'clock
at
night,
ten
o'clock
at
night.
Q
H
A
K
B
K
Q
R
R
I
A
A
So
basically
we
we
you,
usually
let
the
department
head
open
up
and
give
us
his
his
or
her
highlights
of
the
budget
before
us
sure
and
then
we'll
ask
questions
as
we
go.
Okay,.
X
Excuse
me
so,
first
off
good
evening,
everyone-
and
I
know
it's
it's
obviously
late.
So
in
the
interest
of
of
time-
and
I'm
certainly
here
with
lydia
lydia
coco,
who
I
know
you
guys
all
know,
has
been
doing
phenomenal
work
for
us
and
I'm
glad
she's,
always
by
my
side
as
issues
that
pertain
to
any
business
grants.
Budget
issues
in
general
she's
been
phenomenal.
X
That
being
said,
I
know
we've
outlined
in
the
booklet,
a
number
of
key
accomplishments
and
some
goals
and
initiatives
in
the
interest
of
time.
I
I
certainly
won't
go
through
them
in
in
terms
of
any
questions
that
you
guys
may
have.
You
folks
may
have
I'll
be
more
than
happy
to
answer.
X
Just
some
brief
highlights
in
terms
of
the
budget
to
kind
of
jump
out,
and
you
guys
will
probably
perhaps
have
some
questions
as
I
look
down
the
list
here
here
with
me
one
second,
I
can
see
like
an
expense
like
lighting
went
up
a
bit,
that's
just
the
cost
of
doing
business
for
keeping
the
lights
on.
Essentially,
I
can
see.
There's
the
gasoline
excuse.
Me
is
another
obvious
one.
We
all
know
we're
all
dealing
with
the
price
of
gas
and
cruisers
running
24
hours
a
day.
X
Seven
days
a
week
can
certainly
be
pricey,
one
of
them
at
the
bottom
of
page
107.
It
says,
rent
lease
software
and
it
shows
an
increase
in
percentage-wise,
it's
103
plus.
So
we
have
there's
a
program
that
we've
we
lost
last
budget,
the
existing
budget
to
win
right
now
we
had
were
granted
funding
for
a
a
commission-
essentially
it's
known
as
the
khalia
commission
for
accredited
law
enforcement
agencies.
This
is
a
national
recognition.
X
We
are
accredited
by
the
state
we
have
been
for
about
eight
years,
but
this
is
something
we're
looking
to
get
accredited
nationally.
There's
about
a
handful
of
departments
in
the
commonwealth
that
are
accredited
by
kalia
in
order
to
to
move
forward
with
this
process.
There's
a
what's
called
a
a
document
management
system
known
as
power
dms,
it's
something
that's
required
and
the
cost
of
it
I
think
see
it's
is
it
eight
thousand
dollars
is
that
the
cost
is
about
eight
thousand
dollars
for
the
cost.
X
So
basically,
what
this
does
is
this
manages
all
of
our
policies,
procedures,
rules,
regulations,
training,
material,
our
testing
and
things
like
this.
So
anyway,
when
you
look
at
that,
it
certainly
kind
of
jumps
out
and
that's
the
explanation
for
that.
X
We
have
a
leased
property
where
we
had
a
parking
lot
for
about
20
years
down
on
william
street
at
winning
summit
that
we
no
longer
utilize.
We
utilize
a
space
down
on
2nd
street
between
our
williams
and
on
arlington
street,
between
williams
and
second,
which
certainly
suits
our
purpose,
which
there
is
no
cost
for
that.
Now.
X
Contract
services
there's
an
increase,
and
that
is
on
page
108,
and
that
is
where
we
were
looking
for
an
additional
twenty
thousand
dollars
where
we
have
a
a
grant
that
comes
from
the
from
dmh
and
the
grant
is
for
training
for
offices
in
first
first,
first
aid,
mental
health
and
for
something
called
cit
critical
incident
training
and
in
addition
to
that
training,
what
we
wanted
to
do-
and
this
is
something
we
talked
about
last
year-
is
we
wanted
to
hire
a
mental
health
clinician
that
was
embedded
in
the
police
department
and
so
there'd?
X
Be
what's
known
as
a
co-response
model,
so
we
have
funds
from
the
state
to
facilitate
that
purpose.
The
challenge
has
been
the
the
demand
in
supply
chain.
I
mean
this
is
an
evolving
best
practice.
Many
police
departments
across
the
commonwealth
want
to
have
a
an
embedded
mental
health
clinician.
There
is
not
the
supply
side,
it's
very
limited.
X
As
a
result,
you
can,
you
can
see
with
the
market
the
salaries
are
going
up,
so
we
were
looking
for
an
additional
funding
mechanism
to
be
able
to
supplement
what
we
were
getting
from
from
the
state
from
the
dmh
dmh
grant
to
be
able
to
increase
the
salary
to
hopefully
attract
the
right,
qualified
person
for
that
position,
and
just
lastly,
there's
just
a
brief
increase
in
in
canine
expenses.
X
We
have
a
comfort
dog
that
many
of
you
have
probably
seen
around
the
city
known
as
brute
officer
david
delaney
is
assigned
to
to
brute,
and
it's
just
some
just
some
minor
expenses
that
pertain
to
medical
supplies
and
other
dog
supplies
that
we
had
to
increase
the
budget
by
a
couple
thousand
dollars
and
everything
else.
Essentially,
the
increase
in
in
salary
is
obviously
contractual.
The
overtime
is,
is,
is
the
same
as
last
year
as
well
as
the
court
time,
and
that's
basically,
it.
D
I
neglected
that
one
thing
at
the
start,
this
is
a
department
where
we
have
have
added
personnel,
we've
added
four
new
offices
to
get
this
contingent
back
to
111.
That
was
the
contingent.
When
I
arrived,
we
kept
it
at
111
the
whole
time
I
was
here
during
covid
because
of
initial
concerns
about
the
budgetary
impacts
of
covid.
We
reduced
the
personnel
to
107,
not
by
any
layoffs
just
by
attrition.
D
X
And
I
guess
I
I
could
add
to
that
so
right
now,
as
we
sit
here
today,
we
have
103
offices
that
are
that
are
working.
We
have
five
offices,
there
are
student
offices
that
just
recently
went
to
the
police
academy
up
in
haverhill,
and
the
hope
is
if
this
budget
is
approved,
that
we
would
be
hiring
another
three
to
go
to
the
academy
in
august.
It's
going
to
be
in
linfield
and
chances
are
that'll,
be
the
academy.
X
We
will
be
utilizing
for
the
next
20
years
or
so
it's
going
to
be
at
the
old
boston
sports
club,
it's
close
by.
We
won't
have
to
kind
of
jump
around.
Like
we've
been
doing
for
many
years.
We
do
have
three
pending
retirements.
On
top
of
that,
so
there's
a
possibility.
Come
august.
We
may
end
up
sending
six
offices
to
the
academy.
X
At
that
point,
and
then,
when
I
mentioned
about
the
103,
we
do
have
some
offices
that
have
been
out
and
I
won't
you
know,
get
into
specifics,
but
just
like
one
long-term
illnesses.
Sadly,
that
would
be,
you
know
what
to
kind
of
deal
with,
but
we're
definitely
moving
in
the
right
direction
as
it
pertains
to
staffing.
A
First
question
chief:
we
saw
the
dramatic
drop
in
the
number
of
incidences
from
2021
and
I
think
a
lot
of
that
had
to
do.
Obviously
it
was
code
related
reduction
in
motor
vehicle
traffic
accidents
and
such
just
all
related
to
the
lack
of
activity
out
in
the
in
during
covert
which
impacted
your
numbers.
A
What
has
it
been?
What
is
the
year-to-date
look
like
compared
to
then?
Are
we
going
to
see
somewhat?
You
know,
numbers
pre-covered.
X
Good
question
really
good
question:
I
mean
you
and
I
spoke
offline
as
far
as
you
know,
during
covid
you
know,
the
number
of
motor
vehicles
on
the
street
were
certainly
a
lot
less
than
normal,
and
then
recently
I
say
recently.
Even
you
know
six
seven
months
ago,
they've
increased
again
everett
avenue
in
the
morning
is
crazy,
folks
coming
through
trying
to
get
on
the
bridge,
so
I
don't
know
I'm
sure
the
traffic
will.
The
motoring
traffic
will
definitely
increase.
X
The
number
of
arrests,
surprisingly
in
going
in
a
positive
direction,
are
going
down
each
and
every
year
we
just
talked
about
this
tom
and
I
were
the
meeting
the
other
day
and
it
wasn't
too
long
ago
when
we
were
mentioning
how
chelsea
had
3500
rest
a
year
and
now
we're
under
500.
X
the
same
with
you
know,
just
causes
calls
for
service
in
general.
One
of
the
goals
that
we
have
is
probably
one
of
the
primary
goals
is
always
reducing
crime,
reducing
violent
crime,
reducing
violent
crime
as
it
pertains
to
gun
violence
is
really
high
on
our
list.
We
have
a
meeting
next
week
with
the
uasi
folks
on
the
federal
side
for
some
additional
funding.
X
We
have
the
short
spot
of
technology
that
I
know
all
of
you
are
aware
of,
but
we
have
some
areas
of
the
city
that
there
is
no
coverage
just
kind
of
the
way
it
was
set
up
initially
with
everett
and
revere,
and
they
can
only
give
us
so
much
coverage.
We're
going
to
be
asking
for
additional
funds
to
basically
cover
the
entire
city
as
it
pertains
to
that
technology.
The
same
as
it
pertains
to
additional
cameras
in
the
city.
X
I
know
some
of
you
talking
offline,
have
had
requests
for
different
cameras
in
areas
where
there
might
be
a
gap,
so
we're
going
to
look
to
share
up
those
gaps
the
same
with
another
technology,
it's
known
as
a
like
a
license
plate
reader.
Essentially
it's
like
a
fixed
device
that
would
capture
license
plates
of
vehicles
and
that's
been
incredibly
successful
for
us
in
that.
X
If
there
is
a
high
profile
incident
and
someone
takes
off
someone
escapes
from
the
scene,
we're
able
to
pick
up
like
plate
numbers,
whether
they
where
they
entered
the
city
where
they
left
the
city,
so
we're
gonna,
look
for
additional
coverage
in
that
area
as
well,
which
will
be
of
no
cost
to
the
city.
So
we'll
know
more
on
that
next
week,
as
we
move
forward
into
some
other
technology
pursuits
that
we're
looking
at
as
well.
A
D
That's
that
shows
up
in
the
capital.
It's
the
the
I.t
capital
operate
in
the
I.t
operations.
Budget
you'll
see
some
listing
for
equipment
that
is
related
to
police
and
fire
radios
and
things.
A
I
D
B
D
D
D
A
X
X
Yeah
I
mean
we
can
send
you
a
breakdown,
a
lot
of
it
honestly,
it's
the
same
expenditures,
each
and
every
year,
a
lot
of
it
for
maintaining
the
building
yep.
We
have
five
floors
in
the
building
and
there's
you
know
a
lot
of
upkeep.
I
guess
so,
but
yeah
we
have
a
pretty
much
a
whole
list
that
we
can
submit
all.
A
Right
just
I
was
just
curious
what
that
what
that
covers
so
yeah
and
and
the
the
crossover
with
the
cip,
because
I
know
it
was
in
there.
I
didn't
know
how
the
budget
was.
You.
X
We
have
a
group,
the
iwasi
group,
which
is
boston
and
the
eight
communities
that
surround
boston
and
some
of
these
other
communities
had
purchased
radios
on
their
own
and
at
the
last
last
year's
meeting
that
we're
going
to
have
next
week,
there
was
a
couple
departments,
chelsea
revere
and
a
couple
of
others-
that
we
advocated
strongly
that
this
is
a
regional
asset.
The
radios
were
able
to
talk
to
other
departments
on
and
on.
B
J
X
So
you
know
the
way
I
see
it
and
that
question
does
has
come
up
in
the
past
and
I
think
in
this
forum
as
well,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
I
mean
you
know.
Certainly
the
number
of
residents,
as
we
all
know,
is,
is
increasing
each
and
every
day
the
number
of
units
the
housing
stock
is
increasing
each
and
every
day.
X
The
potential
I
mean
I
give
a
lot
of
credit,
certainly
to
local
government
and
our
community
partners,
and-
and
you
know
just
our
folks
in
general,
that
work
for
the
city-
and
you
know,
hopefully,
the
police
as
well
and
doing
the
job
to
really
toe
the
line
and
and
keep
you
know,
crime
at
bay.
But
that
being
said,
you
know
tomorrow's
another
day.
X
You
know
you
never
know
what's
in
front
of
us
and
you
know-
and
we
do
know
that
if
tom
and
I
sat
down
or
we
as
a
group
sat
down
and
said
you
know
something.
Why
don't
we
take
an
affirmative
step
to
reduce
staffing
by
x
percent
10
percent
and
we
decided
to
kind
of
slide
back
on
the
number
of
positions
and
then
lo
and
behold
we
were
met
with
some
type
of
surge,
and
that
can't
happen,
and
hopefully
it
never
does.
But
it
certainly
can't
happen-
has
happened
in
the
past.
X
Then,
if
we'd
made
a
decision
thereafter
to
go
back
and
increase
by
5
or
whatever
the
original
staffing
number
was
that's
going
to
take
at
least
18
months,
and
tom
knows
that
we've
talked
about
it
at
length
in
terms
of
the
whole
hiring
process.
So
at
this
point
there
was
a
time
I
was
advocating
very
strongly
for
120
offices
120
sworn
officers
within
the
department.
X
This
is
when
we
had
75
and
we
we've
grown
over
the
years,
but
the
number
that
we're
at
right
now
and
tom-
and
I
discussed
last
year
from
111
to
107
to
attrition,
which
we
agreed
and
certainly
worked
it
through,
but
the
number
of
in
order
to
provide
the
services
that
we
do
not
just
contractual
having
offices
on
the
street
patrol
staffing
guidelines,
but
everything
else
that
we
do
outside
of
normal
normal
traditional
policing.
It's
essential
that
we
we
have
this.
X
This
number-
and
I
know
I
heard
some
of
the
other
department
heads,
testifying
and
just
kind
of
listening
in
and
and
all
the
collaboration
that
I
I
can
speak
from
experience
being
around
35
years.
You
know
there
wasn't
a
lot
of
collaboration
when
I
was
a
young
officer
and
now
that
I
see
that
we
interact
with
every
single
organization
and
do
a
lot
of
non-traditional
things.
And
if
we
were
kind
of
to
scale
back
to
a
certain
number-
and
you
know
call
it
75,
it
would
be
bare
bones.
It
would
be
response.
D
D
This
probably
much
more
demanded
of
the
police,
much
more
interaction
with
our
constituents
now
than
there
was
when
then
happened
when
the
police
were
making
3
000
arrests
here,
I
think
it
is
a
shift
in
the
way
police
work
is
done
nationwide,
but
particularly
here
in
chelsea,
where
arrest
is
not
typically
the
solution
I
mean
the
goal
is
to
avoid
arrest,
and
so
you
know
the
same
interactions.
The
same
a
lot
of
the
same
activity
is
happening,
but
the
resolution
is
not
arrest.
That
doesn't
mean
the
police
aren't
involved.
D
J
Changed
can
completely
get
that,
but
for
me
it's
we're
seeing
department
after
department,
basically
busting
at
the
seams,
where
we
don't
have
the
capacity
to
serve
the
community
and
their
needs,
because
we
saw
the
the
pictures
of
the
rodents
and
and
and
the
building
we
know
mike
mcateer
swamped.
We
know
people
at
the
city
clerk's
office
are
being
turned
turned
away
an
hour
before
the
office
even
closes.
We
we
so
it's
like.
J
I
wish
we
would
invest
as
much
money
and
improving
the
quality
of
life
of
our
residents
as
opposed
to
you
know,
and
I'm
not
opposed
to
policing
them,
because
I
understand
the
value
of
the
work.
That
chief
has
done
an
amazing
job
and-
and
you
know
it
takes
a
lot
for
me
to
say
that
now
I'm
kidding
I'm
sorry,
but
it's
just
that.
J
I
just
wish
that
the
advocacy
or
the
effort
that
we
put
into
public
safety
we
would
put
into
other
areas
into
the
city
and
the
other
departments,
because
there's
clearly
a
need,
but
I
am
not
in
no
way
shape
or
form
trying
to
say
that
the
value
of
the
work
that
the
police
department
does
is
not
important.
It's
just
that
there's
obviously
other
areas
that
need
that
level
of
advocacy
or
support
or
improvement
or
evolving.
J
I
mean
that
was
a
statement.
That's
not
a
question.
Okay.
The
other
thing
I
wanted
to
ask
was
you
mentioned
something
earlier
and
I'm
sorry
because
it's
late
and
I'm
well
out
of
coffee,
but
you
said
something
about
a
grant
or
something
for
mental
health
and
that's
to
that's.
Is
it
like
an
in-house?
Is
it
a
police?
Police
officers
are
being
trained
or.
X
Just
yeah,
so
we
we
do.
We
do
something
called
cit
training,
which
is
a
week-long
training,
pretty
comprehensive.
The
goal
has
always
been
nationally
to
have
20
of
your
department
trained.
X
Have
them
work
with
the
offices
in
the
cruiser
on
on
the
street,
be
available
for
follow-ups
with
people
and
again
all
everything
we're
talking
about
about
wrap
around
services
and
our
hub
model
and
finding
people
that
are
acutely
at
risk
and
really
throwing
them
a
lifeline.
The
challenge
has
just
been
honestly.
X
It's
been
about
a
year,
it's
been
about
a
year.
We
had
a
couple
folks
that
we
were
close
like
everything
else.
We
have
to
do
a
background
investigation
and
that
didn't
work
out,
but
we're
still
at
it
we're
working
with
north
suffolk
mental
health.
The
hope
is,
we
do
have
someone
on
board
soon.
I
know
we
have
some
people
in
the
pipeline
right
now,
so,
hopefully
we're
close.
J
The
other
thing
that
I
really
want
to
bring
that
is
a
huge
huge
issue,
is
the
dog
poop
in
the
city
and
that
we
have
one
pet
control
person
and
I've
seen
him
walk
by
and
see.
The
thing
is
that
it
puts
him
in
a
really
funny
situation
too,
when
we
are
so
contradictory,
where
we
have
a
park
that
says
no
dogs
allowed,
and
then
we
have
a
poop
bags
bags
for
doggy
poo,
a
doggy
station
and
so
like
we're
really
kind
of
contradictory.
But
it
puts
him
in
a
tough
predicament.
I
J
I'm
just
curious
about
what
I
mean:
you're,
the
chief
of
police
and
I
hate
that
we're
talking
about
dog
poop
at
a
budget
hearing,
but
it's
real
it's
an
issue.
So
I'm
just
curious
about
what
your
thoughts
are
on.
That.
X
So
yeah
we
do
have
an
animal
control
officer
he's
been
there
for
a
long
time.
I've
been
privy
to
emails
with
tom,
with
the
dpw
director,
with
our
aco
with
residents,
expressing
the
same
concerns
that
you're
raising.
Certainly,
I
know
that
he's
he's
very
diligent.
X
I
know
that
he's
you
know
incredibly
diligent
as
far
as
following
up
on
these
calls
and
and
knocking
on
doors
and
and
writing
his
you
know
his
21
d
or
whatever
he
has
to
write,
but
but
yeah
I
mean
I
guess
we
just
got
to
keep
at
it.
J
I
J
Refers
to
the
dogs,
and
it's
it's
really
comical.
The
last
thing
I
want
to
say,
because
it's
way
past
my
bedtime
and
I'm
so
sorry-
is
that
you
know
I've
been
a
warrior
for
social,
racial
equity
and
justice,
and
I
am
just
completely
floored
at
how
committed
you
have
been
to
the
cause
with
the
mental
health
situation.
J
The
dei
department
was
just
here
a
couple
of
days
ago,
and
she
explains
how
many
of
your
police
officers
have
come
on
their
own
will
to
to
attend
these
trainings,
and
so
I
just
really
you
know.
I
think
that
nationally,
there's
like
this,
this
rhetoric
or
this
narrative
that
it's
like
the
police
against
you
know
and
creating
division.
But
quite
frankly,
I
think
it
really
just
speaks
about
how
we
can
affect
change.
J
The
way
that
we
do
things
in
chelsea,
and
I
know
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
your
leadership,
and
so
I
just
want
to
commend
you
for
that.
On
a
personal
note,
I
just
really
want
to
thank
you
and
your
department
for
how
you
showed
up
for
me
and
my
family
when
we
were
the
victims
of
crime
as
well,
and
so
just
really
like
it.
X
Well,
thank
you.
That
was
very
nice.
So
thank
you
and
I
just
said
you
know.
Candace
perez
has
been
a
great
hire
great
partner.
I
think
that
we
do
a
lot
of
things
really
good.
All
of
us
like
in
this
city,
and
I
think,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
kind
of
reach
out
across
the
borders
of
other
jurisdictions
in
the
commonwealth
and
sometimes
in
other
states
and
kind
of
share.
B
X
Really
appreciate
your
comments,
because
I
think
back
that
some
years
ago,
that
wasn't
always
the
case.
We
had
kind
of
a
negative
mark
against
us
and
now
when,
when
everyone
knows
who
chelsea
is
for
like
a
lot
of
different
reasons,
but
everyone
in
this
state
knows
who
chelsea
is
and
what
we
do.
So
I
really
appreciate
it.
U
But
my
fellow
counselors
said
you
are
cheap,
guys
truly
a
champion
for
our
community,
an
example
for
neighboring
communities
when
I
go
outside
of
chelsea,
and
I
see
collaborations
happening
between
organizations
and
police
departments
or
schools
and
police
departments,
it's
just
it's
nothing
similar
not
even
close
to
what
we
have
here
in
chelsea.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
in
our
police
department.
U
I
want
to
ask
about-
and
you
know
I
I
see
police
officers
working
closely
with
our
hubs
and
the
housing
crisis
you
guys
step
in
when
there
are
illegal,
lockouts
and
tenants
are
outside
with
their
children
barefoot
in
the
middle
of
the
winter.
In
the
middle
of
a
global
pandemic,
you
guys
are
out
there
in
the
community
addressing
the
crisis
and
the
needs
you
guys
are
in
the
schools
with
us,
with
the
police
academy,
you're
working
hand-in-hand
with
harbor
cove.
U
All
your
team
is
being
trained
over
at
the
library
on
wrap
around
services
and
how
to
address
not
just
the
the
simple
response
of
an
emergency,
but
how
to
connect
that
family
to
all
the
other
services
there
are
in
the
city.
It's
not
just
like
a
quick
service
and
you're
out,
but
you're,
making
sure
that
these
victims,
or
these
these
individuals
in
our
community
are
accessing
services
that
are
provided
by
green
roots.
U
La
collaborativa,
catholic
harbor
cove,
and
you
know
for
for
advocating
at
the
state
level
for
immigrant
families
of
chelsea
like
that
is
just
insane.
A
lot
of
the
work
that
you
have
done
in
chelsea
is
just
something
that
other
communities
wish
that
they
had,
and
so
I
wanted
to
ask
about
retention.
That's
really
important
to
me,
making
sure
that
you
know
we
continue
to
have
officers
invested
in
our
community
that
come
from
our
community
continue
to
work
in
our
community
and
uphold
this
work
that
you
have
worked
so
hard
to
to
create
right.
U
X
Yeah,
I
know
I
mean
first
of
all,
I
appreciate
all
your
comments.
It's
very
nice.
Thank
you
very
much.
You
know
it's
a
great
question.
I
don't
know
if
I
specifically
have
like
the
one
answer
I
think
you
know
tom
has
done
a
great
job,
working
with
the
unions
and
certainly
negotiating
contracts,
and-
and
even
you
know,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
we
were
to
kind
of
pinpoint
like
a
number
like
say
it
was
like
talking
about
salaries
a
lot
of
times.
X
People
will
make
a
decision
to
kind
of
move
on,
not
necessarily
because
of
money.
You
and
I
have
talked
offline
a
little
bit
and
it
comes
through
some
of
the
younger
offices
where
this
was
really
never
the
case
before,
but
they
decide
and
some
of
them
now
I
still
stay
in
touch
with
it
left
chelsea
and
they
said
I
really
miss
chelsea.
I
really
miss
the
relationships.
X
I
really
miss
the
offices
that
I
work
with
the
residents
and
so
forth,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
especially
those
that
went
to
the
state
police,
they
just
had
that
higher
calling
as
they
look
at
it.
They
always
want
to
be
a
state
trooper,
there's
other
folks
that
pursue
the
that
same
type
of
journey
in
in
federal
law
enforcement
and
then
others
just
decide
for
purposes
of
family
reasons
that
they're
gonna
move
to
another
community.
X
I'll
just
say
this:
that
this
is
definitely
not
unique
to
chelsea
and
talking
to
other
police
chiefs
around
the
commonwealth,
and
this
is
when
I
say
younger
officers.
I
really
mean
like
from
35
years
of
age
kind
of
back
that
this
is
it's
just
kind
of
the
new
norm.
Folks,
don't
necessarily
get
to
a
point
where
they
get
a
job
and
in
terms
of
retention,
they're
going
to
be
here
like
me
for
35
years,
a
lot
of
them
explore
their
options,
and
you
know
certainly
we
can't
knock
them
for
that.
X
We
try
to
make
it
as
attractive
as
a
place
as
possible
within
the
city
within
the
department
to
want
to
stay
here
with
the
different
benefits
we
have
and
so
forth,
but
even
at
the
end
of
the
day,
some
of
the
offices
that
have
left
and
that
they're
making
quote
unquote
more
money,
they've
told
me
they
say
I
really
miss
working
in
chelsea
and
but
I
have
a
family
and
you
know
I
have
kids
in
college
or
in
high
school
that
going
to
college.
X
I
kind
of
kind
of
keep
my
eye
on
on
that
as
well.
So
I
don't
know
I
mean
we
could
continue
to
try
to
be
creative.
I
know
that
the
two
key
words
in
policing
now
are
the
two
hours
recruitment
and
retention
and
trying
to
recruit
the
right
people
to
come
in
the
door
and
then,
when
you
have
them
here,
try
to
find
ways
to
make
them
make
it.
So
they
want
to
stay
here.
So
there
really
is
no
perfect
answer.
X
I
wish
I
had
one
that
I
could
give
you
that
would
allow
them
all
to
stay
here
I
mean,
but
for
the
most
part,
I've
say
this:
if
it's
any
consolation
and
again
talking
to
other
chiefs,
the
numbers
of
folks
that
have
left
their
departments
in
terms
of
a
percentage
is
a
lot
higher
than
chelsea.
U
Okay,
thank
you
and
then
I
have
a
few
more
questions,
so
this
is
more
for
our
city
manager.
I
guess
you
were
talking
about
the
I.t
operation.
Does
that
include
the
body
cameras
expenses.
D
No,
the
body
camera
is
a
separate
expense
that
you
have.
I
think,
pending
before
you
for
vote
on
monday
night,
coming
up
it's
a
one-time
expenditure
for
this
year
and
then
there
will
be
an
annual
so
there's
a
free
cash
request
to
you
to
purchase
body
cameras
for
the
entire
department.
I
think
that's
coming
up
on
monday
night
and
then
starting
in
fiscal
year,
24
there'll
be
an
annual
fee
to
maintain
those
cameras
and
that
will
show
up
in
the
police
department
operating
budget
starting
in
fy
24..
D
The
request
I
made
to
you
that's
pending
from
monday
night
includes
both
the
cost
of
the
equipment
and
the
first
year
sort
of
maintenance
cost
to
get
us
through
june,
30th
2023
and
then
for
fy24
there'll
be
an
annual
cost.
It's
not
an
expense,
it'll
be
an
annual
cost
of
a
hundred
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
or
so
correct.
U
Okay,
thank
you
and
then
so
so
I
asked
a
question
earlier
about
stipends
for
bilingual
dispatch
employees
and
they
receive
a
stipend.
You
know
for
their
bilingual
employees.
Is
that
something
that
is
also
replicated
within
the
police
department?
Where
are
officers
that
speak
to
languages?
Maybe,
or
could
you
explain
to
me
how
that
works
in
terms
of
like
being
called
to
a
site
where
you
need
a
spanish
speaking
officer,
sure.
X
So
we
do
not
have
a
stipend
for
offices
that
speak
more
than
one
language.
It's
been
brought
up
different
times
over
the
years
from
from
some
offices
in
in
terms
of
collective
bargaining.
There
was
a
time
when
well,
there
was
a
time
when
we
had
one
spanish
speaking
officer
when
I
started
in
87.
X
now
we
have
you
know
well
over
50.,
so
there
was
a
time
when,
if
we
had
a
pocket
of
five
or
six
offices-
and
it
seemed
like
they
were
handling
handling
in
a
disproportionate
amount
of
calls
compared
to
their
brother
and
sister
officers,
it
didn't
seem
fair.
That
was
the
argument.
X
Now,
thankfully
we're
half
the
department
does
speak
spanish,
it's
very
helpful,
but
if
that's
something
that
is
ever
to
come
up
in
terms
of
collective
bargaining,
we
can
certainly
discuss
it,
but
it
hasn't
come
up
the
best
of
my
knowledge
in
about
10
years,
or
so
maybe
even
longer
that
subject.
U
Okay
and
my
last
question
I
promise
is,
did
we
offer
so?
I
know
that
across
massachusetts
throughout
covid,
since
officers
were
not
that
category
of
employees
that
would
work
from
home
right,
you
had
to
still
report
you,
you,
some
officers
get
sick.
Some
of
them
brought,
you
know
covet
back
home
to
their
families.
Did
we
offer
some
type
of
bonus
or
any
type
of
like
recognition
to
our
officers
during
that
period
of
time
that
they
were
out
on
duty
during
covet.
D
A
L
But
I
just
got
two
questions
just
for
observation
for
myself.
Maybe
you
can
explain
them
to
me.
One
is
the
court
time
I
see
where
the
budget
is
drastically
changed
from
2021
to
the
adopted
in
22.
If
you
can
tell
me
how
much
was
used
in
22-
and
I
see
the
same
proposed
for
23
and
the
same
also
with
the
out
of
grade.
X
L
L
So
in
2021
it
was
135
and
it
pretty
much
I
don't
even
triple,
but
it's
getting
close.
X
Well,
the
number,
the
actual
expenditure
yeah
so
all
right,
great
question,
so
yeah
during
covid
the
courts
were
closed
for
close
to
a
year.
They
closed
down
the
courts
right
so
officers
in
terms
of
their
attendance
at
court.
X
Ordinarily,
we
have
offices
that
they're
required
by
contract
to
get
what's
called
the
four-hour
minimum
they're,
actually
usually
there,
four
or
five
hours
anyway,
but
nonetheless
we
like
now,
for
instance,
the
court
is
open
and
we
have
anywhere
from
five
six
seven
officers
going
to
court
every
day,
whether
it
be
district
court
of
superior
court-
and
that's
you
know-
certainly
that's
where
we
get
the
expenditure
numbers
that
we
have,
but
to
your
question
specifically
about
2021,
the
courts
were
closed.
X
L
X
Out
of
grade
is
a
situation
when,
ordinarily,
we
have
lieutenants
that
are
assigned
to
to
run
a
shift
and
when
the
lieutenants
are
not
working
and
the
sergeant
acts
quote
unquote
out
of
grade
essentially
they're
bumped
up
to
lieutenant's
pay.
They
get
that
out
of
great
amount
for
for
the
shift,
and
sometimes
it
could
be
multiple
shifts
as
an
example,
the
weekends
this
lieutenant's
work,
five
and
two
scheduled
monday
through
friday,
weekends
off
so
during
the
weekends
sergeants
are
paid
quote-unquote
out
of
grade.
X
So
the
number
adds
up
to
the
numbers
you
see
on
the
sheet.
X
In
theory,
they
could
it's
very
rare
that
we
have
a
patrol
officer
worked
out
a
great
as
a
sergeant.
We
have
15
sergeants.
Now
we
have
excellent
coverage.
I
believe
in
the
course
of
the
patrol
division,
where
it
doesn't
happen
in
years
past.
It
has
happened.
There's
been
times
when
we
haven't
had
a
supervisor
on
the
street.
We
had
a
supervisor
inside
and
we
had
someone
to
work
out
of
grade,
but
it's
very
rare
on
the
patrol
side.
L
So
is
it
like
an
overtime
pay,
it's.
X
Not
overtime
pay,
it's
basically
an
increase
in
pay
for
the
shift.
I
think
the
fire
department
has
something
similar.
It's
been
this
way
for
ever
that
you
know
they
just
act
out
of
grade
they're
their
their
pay
for
that
shift.
The
differential,
if
it's
a
sergeant,
goes
from
the
differential
of
what
they
get
paid
as
a
sergeant
to
the
level
of
a
lieutenant.
B
H
H
Yeah,
okay,
it's
it!
It
always
depends.
If
you
look
further
back
in
expense,
we
have.
We
have
in
2018,
19,
000
almost
and
then
20
2021,
2000.
X
So
and
just
added
vary
it's
a
great
observation
and
just
add
to
it
too
that
there's
there's
been
times
I'm
just
thinking
back
is
ed's
talking
when
we've
had
certain
ranking
offices
that
were
out
on
long-term
injuries
or
illnesses
and
the
an
officer
in
the
grade
below
had
to
fulfill
that
rank,
and
that
was
for
months
at
a
time.
So,
therefore,
the
numbers
would
be
a
lot
higher
in
previous
years.
L
Okay,
thank
you
again.
Congratulations.
You
know.
Most
of
the
colleagues
who
spoke
already
said
you
know,
we've
got
a
national
model
and
the
way
we
run
things
here
with
the
police
and
the
community
and
in
the
government
here.
So
it's
a
great
congratulations
to
your
effectiveness
and
as
their
leader.
Thank
you.
Well,.
X
You
know
thanks
councilman,
I
said
this
before
and
I'll
say
it
again.
It's
a
credit
to
the
partnership
that
we
have
with
our
city,
officials,
our
city
leaders
and,
and
you
know
it's
not
the
same
everywhere,
so
we're
lucky
to
be
the
beneficiary
of
that.
So
thank
you.
Council.
A
X
Yeah,
so
I
you
want
me
to
respond,
so
I
I
mentioned
at
the
outset.
What
we
did
is
we're
asking
for
an
additional
twenty
thousand
dollars.
So
obviously
it's
a
it's
a
significant
percentage
increase,
and
this
was
for
the
mental,
the
embedded
mental
health
clinicians.
O
We
have
some
of
the
money
we
needed,
some
more
for
the
salary
beautiful.
Thank
you
very
much
and
just
quickly
I'll
echo.
What
everybody
else
said
you
I
think
you
do
a
great
job.
We've
talked
about
it
and
I
I
you
know,
I
I
think
it's
really
important.
It's
one
of
the
kind
of
foundations
for
making
chelsea
a
successful
place
so.
X
A
I
have
I
have
a
question.
Thank
you,
yeah
captain
kai,
I'm
sorry,
chief
guys.
I
got
a
question
on
the
court
time.
What
qualifies
for
court
time,
as
is
this
an
a
a
police
officer
or
a
lieutenant
or
a
sergeant?
Who
is
spending
time
because
they
have
to
testify
exactly.
X
Yeah
well
they're
scheduled
for
a
court
hearing
or
court
trial
there's
times
when
they
have
to
testify
there's
times
when
they
don't.
There
could
be
a
motion
to
suppress
evidence-type
hearing
the
the
contract
has
always
been
since
I've
been
here
a
four-hour
minimum,
but
the
reality
is
like.
I
said
that
they're
there
for
at
least
four
hours
sometimes
longer-
and
there
was
a
time
many
years
ago,
the
quote-unquote
court
time
the
the
pay,
the
hourly
pay
was
less
than
the
hour,
the
overtime
rate
and
then
probably
20
years
ago.
Or
so
we
have
it.
X
Now
it's
overtime
is
overtime,
it's
the
same
rate,
but
the
the
number
of
in
terms
of
the
cost
and
the
expenditure
is
pretty
consistent
year
in
and
year
out
absent
what
happened
during
colbit
and
we're
able
to
utilize
at
times
some
of
the
money
from
the
court
timeline
to
overtime,
because
during
covert,
we
had
to
do
a
lot
more
things
with
officers
on
the
street,
with
some
of
the
security
and
some
of
the
food
banks
and
different
things,
and
because
of
that,
thankfully
we
we
did
not
have
to
come
up
to
the
city
council
necessarily
and
ask
for
an
increase
in
the
overtime
line.
A
A
X
A
transfer
they
issue,
they
have
to
be
officially
summonsed
by
an
assistant
district
attorney.
We
maintain
a
court
list,
a
weekly
court
list
electronically,
there's
times
when
we
know
in
advance
that
a
court,
a
particular
court
date
would
be
canceled.
We
let
the
officers
know
in
advance,
they
don't
show
the
court,
but
no
all
the
all.
The
attendance
at
court
is
required
for
their
ability
to
to
testify
either
at
a
hearing
or
a
trial.
U
So
just
two
questions
one.
I
know
that
next
week
this
conversation
will
happen,
but
I
I
figured
I'd,
ask
you
since
you're
here,
for
I
don't
see
a
line
item
for
detailing
from
the
police
department
and
I'm
wondering
because
it's
my
understanding
that,
while
an
officer
is
doing
details,
they're
still
reporting
to
any
crime
that
may
happen
in
their
surrounding
in
our
city
right.
But
we
are
not
putting
a
line
item
under
this
department.
A
H
We
don't
there
is,
I
think
we
mentioned
the
other
night,
the
with
police
details,
they're
paid
by
the
private
contractors
that
hire
them.
They're,
not
they're,
off-duty
details.
So
when
they're
working
the.
I
H
X
Yeah,
I
mean
there's
been
hundreds,
you
know
not
just
in
chelsea
but
everywhere,
but
hundreds
of
high-profile
incidents
where
the
visibility
in
the
city
is
greatly
enhanced,
especially
during
the
daytime.
X
We
could
have
as
many
as
30
offices,
as
I
just
indicated,
we'd
have
probably
seven
or
eight
officers
on
duty,
regular
duty,
working
the
day
shift
and
then
other
offices
that
are
either
on
the
time
off
or
the
day
off
in
a
private
contract
that
calls
for
a
detail
on
the
street
that
they're
doing
some
work
and
there's
been
times
because
the
officer
is
in
uniform.
Has
a
radio
has
a
weapon,
certainly
has
the
ability
to
respond.
If
need
be,
and
there's
been,
you
know,
there's
been
shootings,
there's
been
stabbings,
there's
been
bank
robberies.
X
I
could
go
on,
there's
been
sexual
assaults,
where
officers
were
right
in
the
area
and
had
the
ability
to
rapidly
respond
and
place
someone
in
custody.
So
it
certainly
increases
it's
a
deterrent
factor.
It's
a
visibility
factor,
and
you
know
I
just.
I
just
know
that
I
was
very
vocal,
going
back
2008
with
the
patrick
administration.
They
were
looking
to
do
different
things
in
the
state
at
that
time
and
myself
and
other
chiefs
that
you
know
just
coming
from
chelsea
a
very
densely
populated
area.
X
U
Okay,
okay,
thank
you
chief
and
my
second
question
is
you
know
I
I've
seen
how
in
chelsea,
you
know
a
sanctuary
city
where
we
have
many
families
that
are
immigrant.
You
know
there
has
been
years
of
building
distrust
to
make
sure
that
officers
can
still
report
to
support
these
families
in
any
crisis.
U
X
It's
a
great
question,
not
that
I'm
aware
of,
but
you
know
it's
definitely
a
great
question.
I
know
that
you
know
when
cameras
were
the
topic
of
conversation.
The
body-worn
cameras
going
back
to
2015
that
at
the
time
when
we
had
discussions
internally,
that
the
key
question
was:
what
does
the
community
want?
If
the
community
wants
the
police
department
to
be
equipped
with
cameras,
then
we'll
work
with
the
administration
to
make
that
happen?
X
We
didn't
really
see
a
lot
of
as
far
as
groundswell
of
support
in
that
regard,
so
we
really
kind
of
laid
back
and
we
were
waiting
to
see
what
our
community
leaders
wanted.
Certainly
2020.
X
There
was
that
same
kind
of
reoccurrence
of
this
issue
being
brought
forward
again
and
more
and
more
departments
were
interested
and
again
my
understanding
and
talking
to
a
number
of
leaders
and
residents
is.
This
is
something
that
they
wanted
to
and
to
use.
Your
words
was
really
to
like
enhance
trust
in
the
police
department
to
show
that
the
officers
are
doing
the
right
thing
you
do
bring
up.
You
know
a
great
point,
some
people
that
do
not
want
to
be
on
camera.
X
It's
on
when
someone
offers
an
officer
is
interacting
with
somebody
on
a
call
for
service,
but
if
there
is
an
issue
of
privacy,
if
there
is
an
issue
inside
somebody's
home,
where
there
is
not
an
ongoing
crime
in
progress,
the
camera
will
be
shut
off,
so
we're
just
going
to
have
to
do
our
best
to
really
educate
the
public
when
it's
on,
when
it's
not
on
and
then
certainly
if
someone
has
rights
within
their
home,
we
would
respect
those
rights
and
turn
the
camera
off.
X
Great
question-
and
I
it's
very
high-
it's
it's
probably
over
90
percent,
maybe
95
percent.
There
may
be
a
couple
that
are
not,
but
it's
very
high.
Okay.
J
And
then
this
is
more
of
a
general
question
for
ed
and
tom,
because
counselor
the
council
president
brought
up
a
good
point
about
how
there's
some
expenses
that
are
from
the
capital
improvement
budget
that
are
in
other
areas
of
is
there
a
way
that
we
can
get
like?
How
much
does
the
police
department
cost?
How
much
does
cpw
cost
us,
including
everything
that
is
spent
in
the
capital
improvement
plan?
Yeah,
there's.
D
Very
little,
that's
a
rare,
I'm
sorry!
It's
there's
very
little
of
that:
you're,
not
seeing
it
in
the
police
department
budget.
That
was
a
rarity
that
that,
for
some
reason
we
have
on
those
re
on
those
police
cruiser
tough
books,
we've
included
it
in
the
I.t
department,
as
opposed
to
police
department.
So
for
the
overwhelming
majority
of
anything
that's
budgeted,
it
is
exactly.
J
N
Okay,
am
I
closing
us
off
nope,
okay,
so
yeah?
Absolutely
you
know
I've
kept
myself
to
budget
so
speaking
on
budget.
So
we
know
it's
no
secret
that
there's
been
an
uptick
aside
from
mental
health
calls,
but
also
an
uptick
on
domestic
violence
cases.
N
Can
you
walk
me
through
because
I'm
not
seeing
an
item,
I'm
not
seeing
a
budget
item
that
in
some
way
highlights
what
what
the
police
department
is
doing
in
terms
of
domestic
violence.
So
I'd
love
to
hear
from
you.
How
many
do
you
have
a
specific
department
that
handles
domestic
violence?
How
many
employees
handle
domestic
violence
cases.
X
X
Seven
days
a
week,
we
have
a
number
of
investigators
in
our
detective
bureau,
a
criminal
investigation
division,
they
conduct
follow-ups
and
work
with
the
victim
witness
services
from
the
suffolk
county,
da's
office
work
with
various
prosecutors
ada's
as
well,
and
we
work
with
other
outside
agencies
like
habakkov,
is
one
example
that
provides
support
and
and
helps
us
along
the
way,
as
well
with
additional
resources.
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
not
broken
down,
specifically
by
budget.
It's
just
it's
the
job
that
we
do.
N
So
you
don't
have
a
specific
officer
that
is
devoted
for
domestic
violence
cases,
for
example
a
female
officer
who
I'm
not
not
saying
that
only
women
are
victims
of
violence.
I
think
that
all
genders
are
are
victims
of
domestic
violence,
but
I'm
curious
to
know
if
there's
anyone
designated
specifically.
X
So
in
terms
of
response,
no,
I
mean,
obviously
any
patrol
officer
would
respond
in
terms
of
follow-up.
Yes,
and
you
know
we
had,
you
know
well-known
detective
detective
medina.
It's
been
there
for
a
really
long
time
does
a
fabulous
job.
You
know
rosa's
been
out
a
bit
and
I
won't
get
into
it,
but
but
rose
works
with
other
detectives
inside
our
cid
unit
to
do
follow-up
on
these
calls,
and
I
think
rosa's
going
to
be
back
to
work
soon
as
well,
but
but
yeah.
X
No,
we
don't
necessarily
well,
we
utilize
their
expertise
when,
when
the
situation
calls
for
that,
yes,.
X
L
On
salaries,
I
see
where
the
lieutenant
is
his
lieutenant
police
officer
for
the
most
part
it
says
130
plus
and
then
at
the
bottom.
It
says
lieutenant
police
officers
125..
Is
it
a
certain
salary
for
a
certain
level.
X
Of
lieutenant
so
yeah
there
is,
I
mean,
for
the
most
part,
the
base
salary
is
the
same
for
base
salary
facades.
It's
the
same,
there's
an
increase
of
19
for
a
base
salary
for
a
lieutenant,
but
the
various
officers,
the
individuals
themselves.
They
have
different.
In
theory.
They
have
different
levels
of
education.
If
they,
if
they
have
a
master's
degree,
they
could
get
a
25
bump
and.
A
Questions
anymore
I'll
just
say
I
I
wanted
to
wait
for
the
end
to
say
this.
I
and
I
will
have
a
counter
argument
or
count
of
viewpoint
about
the
four
officers
additional
chief
I've
had
conversations
with
you
privately
and
also
with
the
city
manager.
A
I'm
sure
many
of
my
colleagues
here.
We
also
talked
to
the
officers
on
the
street
and
so
forth,
and
we
are
aware
we
become
aware
of
some
of
the
officers
or
higher
ranking
officers
that
are
been
out
because
of
illnesses
and
whatnot
and
you've.
Your
your
department
has
been
a
little
bit
depleted
so
to
speak
and
hard
to
fill
certain
positions
and
stuff,
and
we
recognize
that
some
other
departments
sometimes
or
there
are
many
apartments
of
our
departments
are
overworked.
A
We
saw
what
happens
with
the
clerk
the
clerk's
office
and
the
long
lines
consistently
just
get
stickers.
We
know
that
the
inspectional
services
department
has
a
heavy
case.
Load
of
you,
know,
housing
violations
and
that's
all
terrible,
but
I've
known
or
I've
observed
and
heard
about
and
residents
complain
about.
A
So
knowing
that
that
we
need
to
restore
our
numbers-
and
you
don't
get
the
luxury
of
putting
someone
in
right
away,
you
can't
trade
for
another
police
officer.
You
can't
get
anyone
off
the
waiver
line
or
anything
like
that
in
sports,
so
I
would
say,
because
of
the
long
lead
time
this
is
this
discussion
of
adding
police
officers
has
been
in
ongoing
for
eight
plus
months.
So
I'm
of
the
opinion
that
yes,
we
need
these
plus
four.
A
So
I
would
say
that
I
hope
that
they
come
back
get
on
as
quickly
as
possible
and
hopefully
the
officers
and
officers
who
are
out
can
rejoin
as
quickly
as
possible
and
be
back
in
line,
because
I
think
our
office
is
overworked
as
well
and
I
think
the
additional
officers
to
be
put
on
at
weekend
nights
and
so
forth
to
talk
about
back.
We
haven't
talked
about
the
impact
we
haven't
touched
upon
about
the
impact
shift
that
we
had
in
the
past.
A
I
don't
want
to
get
into
that
because
it's
not
budget
related
separately,
but
I'm
I'm
I'm.
I
understand
we
have
to
try
to
hire
in
all
different
positions,
and
but
I
think
these
four
are
very
much
needed
and
I
mean
I
support
this
going
forward
and
I
hope
the
city
manager
plans
on
going
forward
not
only
with
these
four
but
additional
officers.
A
Q
We've
been
back
and
forth
that
you're,
anticipating,
maybe
in
another
month
or
a
couple
months,
some
more
people
going
to
the
academy.