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From YouTube: April 11, 2023, Special Finance Committee Meeting
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April 11, 2023
Special Finance Committee Meeting
A
A
Tonight,
on
our
docket,
we
have
the
public
works
department
which
encompasses
Highway,
Maintenance,
Building,
Maintenance
engineering,
Fleet,
Maintenance,
Bureau
of
traffic
safety,
refuse
and
removal
care
of
trees.
We
also
have
the
sewer,
Enterprise
fund
planning
department
and
the
capital
budget,
as
well
as
the
Parks
and
Rec
Department.
A
We
do
have
some
members
of
the
public
here
this
evening,
I
believe
well,
obviously
in
person
as
well
as
looks
like
potentially
online,
so
we
will
take
comments
from
the
public
on
the
respective
department
at
the
time
of
that
department
meeting
after
that,
department
has
gone
through
any
questions
or
comments
from
the
council
and
committee.
We
will
then
move
to
public
comment
before
we
move
on
to
the
next
Department.
With
that
we
will
begin
with
the
public
works
department.
A
A
D
Hopefully
not,
hopefully,
we
have
someone
on
board
before
July
1st,
it's
everyone's
best
interest,
particularly
the
residence
and
servicing
in
a
very
busy
time.
Actually,
Springtime
is
you
know,
critical
time
in
the
summer
we're
gonna
look
up
the
Rolodex.
If
we
had
a
process
previously,
we
were
checking
going
back
because
there
were
a
couple
of
good
candidates
and
we're
going
to
reflect
on
those
for
starters.
So
hopefully
we
will
have
someone
propose
soon,
and
so
we
anticipate
having
it
filled
before
then.
A
D
An
acting
where
the
short
term
won't
be
I,
don't
think
calling
anyone
back
is
acting.
The
previous
directors
are
having
a
75-day
rule,
but
we
think
we
can
handle
it
in-house
if,
if
it's
a
very
short
term
and
right
now,
hopefully
we're
going
to
look
at
Short
Term,
hopefully
six
weeks
or
so.
Something
like
that.
D
At
least
at
least
for
next
week,
this
is
frankly
director
bernado
had,
let
us
know,
I
did
everything
we
can
I
possibly
could
to
keep
him
on
board.
With
the
mayor,
he
made
a
career
life
decision
to
move
on,
so
it's
kind
of
new
to
us,
even
though
we
it's
not
completely
unexpected,
went
right
down
to
Friday
last
Friday
of
not
knowing
for
sure
if
he
was
going
to
be
staying
on
and
coming
to
work
on
Monday.
D
E
D
I'm
not
sure
what
budget
he
was
paid
out
of
somewhere
in
DPW
at
after
check,
but
Mr
Bernardo,
you
know,
did
call
upon
him
to
come
in
I.
Think
maybe
one
day
a
week
or
something
like
that,
I'm
not
quite
sure
exactly,
but
because
of
the
reductions
in
public
works
you
know
to
get
by.
He
relied
upon
Mr
Mason,
who
I
know
Ken
Mason
with
his
past
experience,
I
I
think
helped
quite
a
bit
in
the
budget.
D
E
D
Correct
because
we've
we
plan
on
having
a
full-time,
DPW
director,
come
July,
1.
and,
as
I
said,
this
just
happened.
So
it
was
after
April
1st
when
the
mayor
submitted
this
budget.
So
we
didn't
have
knowledge
between
the
printing
of
this
document,
the
presentation
and
today,
to
even
consider
it,
but
even
in
retrospect
we
would
hope
and
anticipate
by
July
1.
We
wouldn't
need
to
put
a
differential
in
and
have
that
position
filled
at
that
time
and.
E
D
E
D
E
A
F
We'll
be
shutting
off
street
lights
from
that
amount,
we'll
go
down
in
25,
I,
don't
know
if
any
of
those
street
lights
will
hit
if
they
were
anticipating
those
street
lights
that
are
going
to
be
assumed
by
certain
street
lights
by
the
state
may
actually
be
absorbed
by
the
state
in
fy24.
That
could
be
an
answer
and
I'll
follow
up
on
that
with
DPW
tomorrow.
Thank
you,
director
already.
Yes,.
D
That's
correct
too,
plus
I
think
Mr
zydel
has
referred
to
timing
before,
as
we
know
now
the
last
three
months
remaining
in
this
count
of
the
year.
It's
it's
daylight
savings
and
the
necessity
for
the
the
the
length
of
time
that
the
lights
are
going
to
be
on
and
energy
consumption
would
be
anticipated
to
be
less
than
the
you
know
than
than
just
the
annualization
of
of
our
our
actuals
to
date.
A
A
The
2022
actual
is
79
000
and
when
you
annualize
the
current
23
actuals
it
it
goes
back.
It's
it's
79
000.,
so
I'm
wondering
is
the
full
90
000
necessary
is
is
rent
going
up
by
10
000
next
budget
or
next
fiscal
year,
and
if
and
if
so
would
would
that
have
been
some
sort
of
contractual
agreement
that
we
entered
into
with
that
property.
F
A
I
think
and
director
I
know
you
you
have
and
I'm
certainly
will
recognize
you
momentarily
my
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
want
to
say
that
the
the
Steep
increase
in
that
line
item
probably
is
due
to
I'm
trying
to
remember
when,
when
DPW
moved
from
Cranston
Street
to
what
over
stock
and
asset,
that
was
probably
that's
what
that
was
because
I
think
that
was
the
last.
Maybe
the
the
June
of
2020
around
there
that
we
did
that
and
I'd.
A
D
I,
add
to
that
is
yeah
that
the
lease
at
sakanaset
I
believe
for
this
up
until
July.
One
of
this
year's
approximately
eighty
four
thousand
dollars
I
think
there's
about
a
three
percent
increase
in
the
renewal,
so
that
would
bring
up
to
about
87,
000
I
thought
and
that's
triple
net,
so
you're
going
to
be
paying
some
some
other
expenses
for
that
facility
that
that
will
get
you
pretty
much
to
90..
A
Less
a
question
more
comment:
I
appreciate,
seeing
that
the
rodent
control
program
is
is
going
up
ten
thousand
dollars
I
know
that's
I
I
appreciate
that
going
up
and
I
appreciate,
Gina
capuano
in
the
in
the
mayor's
office.
I
feel
like
I've,
been
bombarded
her
last
summer
with,
and
you
director,
with
Rhoden
trap
requests.
So
I
appreciate
that
that's
going
up
I
know
that
it's
something
that
residents
appreciate
and
is
utilized
any
other
members
of
the
committee
have
any
questions
or
comments
regarding
group
1300.
F
E
E
G
F
Through
the
chat
to
the
the
the
auditor
for
the
council
up
in
that
there
is
a
misposting
of
a
revenue
that
belongs
down
in
the
engineering.
So
in
terms
of,
if
you're
looking
at
the
FY
23
report,
I
assume
Mr
auditor,
there
was
a
we're
reconciling
a
fact:
there's
proceeds
that
were
deposited
in
1300
441
that
belong
in
130,
1303
443
and
a
journal
entries
going
to
occur
in
the
imminent
future
and
then
so.
So
to
answer
your
question,
no,
it's
just
an
accounting
error
that
needs
to
be
corrected.
G
F
F
H
J
K
I
D
I
will
certainly
be
lending
my
expertise,
but
Justin
matusa
chief
engineer
is
gonna
in
this.
In
the
short
term,
let
me
say
that
coordinate
the
issues
going
on
the
department
and
and
in
conjunction
with
me
and
again
we
have
some.
Fortunately
we're.
We
have
some
very
strong
division
heads
and
so
they
they
pretty
much
operate.
And
now
this
mentioned
some
John
Corso
Gerard
Scotty
over
at
Fleet,
well
Justin
in
engineering,
Steve,
mulcahey
we're
seasoned
people
in
sewer
at
tally.
D
I
D
I
Okay,
I'm
not
sure
of
any
sidewalk
program.
Questions
were
asked
this
evening,
but
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
the
sidewalk
part
of
it.
You
know
in
terms
of
where
we
are
now
reactionals
and
the
demand
for
that
was
that
considered
at
all.
It
looks
like
we're
still
at
30
000,
once
again
being
proposed
and
clearly
we've
been
getting
a
lot
of
I
know
some
of
the
council.
Members
have
been
getting
a
lot
of
calls
or
Communications
in
terms
of
the
sidewalk
program.
D
I
can
I
can
say
where
were
we
year
to
date,
I
I,
you
could
look
at
the
numbers,
but
I
believe
Mr
I
go
if
I
recall
about
a
month
ago,
we
said
probably
about
halfway
yeah
and
the
other
day
we're
14
000
of
the
30..
That
kind
of
makes
sense
that
we
have,
you
know
kind
of
the
last
half
you
know,
because
the
fiscal
period,
the
way
it
runs
so
we're
we're
tracking.
If
you
will,
on
an
annualized
basis
to
the
thirty
thousand
dollar
number,
which
is
the
50
50
program.
D
I
I
just
have
one
other
question
through
the
chair:
the
voting
control
program-
I,
don't
know
if
that
was
already
asked,
then
I'll
just
follow
up
with
whomever
the
council
members
ask
that
because
I'm
assuming
it
might
be
a
very
similar
question
to
what
I
to
what
I
have
and
then
sorry
I'm
just
doing
I
had
a
couple
of
questions
written
down
nope,
the
other
was
our
highway,
so
I'll
just
hold
off
until
we
get
there.
Thank
you.
A
L
A
A
A
A
F
F
If
you
had
a
bad
winter,
this
is
the
account
that
would
go
out
and
do
remedial
work
or
roadway
improvements
or
resolutions
to
totally
you
know,
cleaning
or
repaving
a
small
section.
So
we
took
the
average
boat.
It's
one,
one
of
the
accounts
that
the
DPW
when
we
were
trying
to
ratchet
down
Appropriations,
was
adamant
that
from
year
to
year,
it
does
in
fact
vary,
but
it's
one
that
to
ensure
safe
trans,
you
know
Transit
through
the
streets,
it's
it's
one
that
you
have
to
have
at
a
sufficient
level.
C
F
But
once
again,
if,
if
they're
called
in
during
the
evening,
they
do
get
overtime
rates
per
their
contract,
so
the
snow
plowing
account
varies
from
year
to
year
in
in
you
know,
trying
to
properly
budget
something
that
you
know
the
citizens
rely
to
have
passable
streets.
You
know
close
to
after
the
end
of
a
snowstorm
is
imperative,
but
we
do
pay
overtime
if
the
plowing
is
not
during
their
normal
working
hours.
Yeah.
C
M
C
F
Things
so
I'm
not
from
someone
north
of
of
Branson
I.
You
know
in
working
in
an
urban
environment
I,
don't
know
of
very
many
cities
that
can
plow
just
with
employees
without
augmenting
them.
With
independent
contractors,
I
mean
we
only
have
so
many
employees
and,
quite
honestly,
we've
even
ratcheted.
F
C
Was
not
the
question
I
know?
So
that's
me
if
we
have
you
know
this
budget,
for
you
know
vendors
and
then
also
we
have
this
amount
for
overtime.
That's
what
I
say.
We
can
reduce
something
here
for
like
for
over
time.
So
if
we
have
vendors
that
we
already
do
in
the
job,
that's
what
I
mean
it's
not.
We
don't
want
vendors
without
vendors,
so
it's.
F
In
in,
if
I
make
through
the
through
the
chairman
to
the
the
counselor,
if
you
look
back
historically
and
once
again,
I'll
hearken
back
to
FY
22
and
look
at
how
much
we
spent
for
for
all
the
categories,
you
know
materials
over
time
that
year
was
shorter,
19
even
with
the
overtime
the
Reliance
on
outside
contract
is
worth
317
000..
It's
it's
that,
coupled
you
know,
on
a
contractor
side,
the
cost
of
fuel
for
contractors.
So
I'm
just
saying
it's
it's!
F
This
is
probably
one
time
that
I
would
call
DPW
a
public
safety
department
and
when
it
comes
to
snow
events,
that
is
a
public
safety.
So
it's
you
know,
I
can
say
with
no
uncertain
terms
watching
the
former
director
Bernardo.
He
was
very
cognizant
of
costs
on
snowstorms,
but
not
at
the
sake
of
Public
Safety.
So
he
would
balance
over
time
and
contractors
to
ensure
that
the
streets
in
Cranston
were
thoroughly
plowed
for
the
residents
to
commute.
K
C
D
C
D
D
C
D
You
if
I
might
add
one
other
thing
about
give
a
little
clarification
about
the
contractors
versus
the
overtime
basically,
and
it
could
be
some
exceptions,
but
the
basic
rule
is
the
prior,
the
private
contractors,
when
we
call
them
in
to
do
the
non-made
main
roads.
The
main
roads
are
mostly
covered
by
a
DPW
staff,
in
which
case
that
will
tap
over
time
in
the
materials
when,
with
the
snow
storms
that
get
over.
Typically
it's
about
three
or
four
inches.
D
When
we
make
the
call
about
requiring
the
contractors
when
they're
going
to
be
doing
more
of
the
side
streets,
so
we
called
doing
the
mains
and
the
hills,
which
is
primarily
a
DPW
staff
who
does
those
but
all
the
other
roads
that
you
see
plowed
the
fundamentally
it's
the
private
contractors.
So
if
you
can
differentiate
the
differences
and
when
those
people
call
them
depends
on
basically
the
type
and
the
height
of
the
snow
or
ice
storms.
E
F
N
N
F
Fy
22
I,
it
was
I'm,
sorry
FY
23.
It
was
budgeted
for
ten
thousand
dollars
this
year.
We've
had
no
claims,
so
we
carried
forward
the
experience
this
year
into
next
year
with
the
fact
that
we
didn't
have
any
claims
that
directly
hit
the
highway
maintenance
budget.
So
that
was
a
a
cognizant,
a
decision
we
made
in
the
formulation
of
the
budget
trying
to
wean
down
every
department.
So
that
was
a
a.
B
N
The
same
assignment,
okay
and
then
I
can
appreciate
that
this
this
budget
has
it's
been
reduced
and
I
know
that
the
the
snow
removal
is
unpredictable.
So
I
can
understand
that
my
one
question
is
for
the
overtime.
Does
this
include
over
time?
That's
paid
for
snow
removal
to
other
departments
such
as
Parks
and
Rec.
I
know
that
sometimes
Parks
and
Rec
will
come
in
and
have
plows
on
a
truck,
so
I'm
just
wondering
if
they're
paid
from
this
versus
a
Parks
and
Rec
overtime,
because
it's
for
snow.
A
F
F
D
H
I
I
know
it
was
reduced
by
38
000
Sorry
by
two
thousand
is:
is
this
an
account
that
I
mean
how
many
traffic
signs
are
we
continuously?
Are
we
replacing
them?
Is
that
why
that,
because
I'm
looking
at
the
well
I,
didn't
bring
my
glasses
with
me
so
I'm?
Sorry,
it's
usually
estimates
pretty
on
the
low
side
in
the
ball
30s.
Is
that
an
accountant
that
could
possibly
go
lower?
Actually,
you
know
I
have
a
lot
of
expenditures
on
here.
F
H
I
Not
not
to
obviously
the
quality
of
life
of
everyone
here
in
the
city
right
is
to
make
sure
that
well
there's
a
lot
of
to
make
sure
it's
right.
The
trash
get
collected.
The
highways
are
important,
Public
Works
in
general,
but
I'm
just
curious,
and
it's
a
question
that
I've
actually
asked
in
previous
budgets
and
I'm.
I
really
haven't
asked
it
this
time
around.
I
If,
if,
if
you
did
have
to
even
though
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
right
came
down,
five
million
less,
if
you
would
be
able
to
cut
from
anything
else
on
here
and
still
deliver
plenty
of
service
that
everybody
deserves
in
the
city
who
continue
should
continue
to
deserve?
Where
would
you
be
cutting
from.
F
Through
the
chair
through
the
chair
to
the
counselor
I,
think
generally
you've
seen
a
balancing
act
in
his
budget.
In
in
where
we
saw
opportunities
to
reduce
budgets,
we
did
you
know
you
just
can
I
say
that
there's
a
silver
bullet
where
we
could,
you
know,
reduce
costs.
You
know
that,
would
you
know
Traverse
all
departments.
F
We
tried
to
be
surgical
in
our
reductions,
counselor,
I,
think
in
hearing
departments
and
what
Mr
meridi
said
last
night.
The
the
attitude
which
we're
trying
to
convey
is,
we
collectively
are
going
to
be
doing
more
with
less
so
at
this
point
in
time
or
coming
in
I
didn't
think
we
would
solve
the
financial
I,
don't
want
to
call
them
woes
the
challenges
in
one
year,
we've
taken
a
large
step,
but
we're
still
not
you
know.
F
Out
of
the
woods,
you
know
I'll
just
very
quickly
point
out
that
we're
still
you
know:
we've
gone
down
from
19
million
to
4
million
on
the
Oppa
funding,
while
reducing
departmental
expenditures.
So
could
I
give
you
a
broad
brush
solution
to
reducing
budget
snow?
We
tried
to
do
it
surgically
in
concert
with
departments.
So
there
is
no
Silver
Bullet
answer.
I
could
give
you
at
this
point
in
time
without
affecting
services.
I
No
I
I
appreciate
that
straightforward
response
and
I,
you
know
I
just
figured
I'd
ask
anyway
and
I
know
that
I
almost
got
my
head
cut
off
two
budgets
ago
and
I
would
always
ask
and
we
can
deduct
from
at
least
office
and
supplies
and
I'm
actually
impeded
in
this
budget.
Now,
being
you
know
and
I
know,
we
have
to
really
tighten
our
belt.
You
know
with
inflation.
Everything
going
on
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
had
did
my
digital
in
this
announcements.
J
D
Know
you
know
I
can
say
this
from
taking
off
what
you
said.
We
are
going
to
continue
and
we
need
to
continue
to
look
at
ways
of
reducing
government.
Certainly,
we
would
have
loved
to
give
more
money
to
the
schools
this
year,
but
we
didn't
cut.
Obviously
we
couldn't
require
it,
we're
not
required
to
cut
not
allowed
to
cut,
but
so
on
and
so
forth.
We
did
Workforce
reductions
and
that's
the
direction.
D
There's
been
several
departments
that
wanted
incremental
heads-
and
we
spoke
about
this
at
length-
I-
think
in
other
meetings
that
sure
we
could
use
more
Hands-On
deck,
but
unfortunately,
across
the
board
we
did
not
and
we're
not
adding
heads
and
it's
regrettable,
but
it's
sustainable
we're
not
so.
In
that
respect
it
is
sustainable
couple
of
initiatives
that
discuss
at
prior
Council
meetings
that
the
director
Finance
director
is
looking
into
is
health
care
and
and
and
property
and
and
claims
liability
insurance.
Those
are
two
initiatives
discussed.
Council
president
and
the
council.
D
Has
this
brought
up
in
that
directed
Dallas
is
looking
into
we're,
not
able
to
enact
those
I'll
say
changes,
but
after
this
budget
process
is
done,
he's
knee
deep
into
that.
So
we're
going
to
be
looking
into
ways
of
doing
things
differently
and
that's
and
that
advice
has
taken
heed,
but
we'll
continue
to
look,
but
it
can
be
arguable
to
say
hey
a
few
dollars
here
or
there.
A
few
thousand
here
are
the
judgmental
frankly,
but
truly
this
thing
we
did.
I
I
F
Through
the
chair
to
the
counselor
in
the
highway
Department,
there
were
two
different
classifications
of
all
the
time:
the
regular
non-snow
overtime,
which
was
30
grand
which,
but
this
fiscal
year,
they're
trending
close
to
30
grand
for
their
overtime
now
by
transition
down
to
the
snow
removal.
Over
time,
like
you
inferred,
we
had
a
we
had
a
a
mild
winter
this
year
and
they
only
through
February
I
believe
there
was
a
storm
one
additional
storm
after
after
February
28th,
but
I
can
say
with
no
uncertain
terms.
F
They
didn't
even
come
close
to
hitting
the
150.
So
now
it's
a
balancing
act
that
historically
the
last
couple
years,
the
budget
of
750
for
all
categories
of
snow
removal,
resources,
zapping
the
supplies,
the
the
departmental
overtime
in
the
Hyatt
equipment;
collectively,
that's
our
Target
or
snow
and
any
event.
Next
year's
winter
is
similar
to
what
we
had
a
couple
years
ago.
During
the
course
of
financial
management,
we
will
identify,
try
to
identify
other
available
Revenue
resources
Appropriations
to
cover
that
deficit.
F
I
Right
so
then,
and
I
do
see,
there's
no
removal
overtime
at
the
bottom
and
I
know
I
guess.
My
question
should
have
really
have
been
more
for
even
on
the
public
work
side
to
the
side
for
me
or
in
the
snow
in
general.
Right
when
you
have
public
works
out
in
the
summer
and
from
along
those
lines,
I
didn't
know
what
the
layoff,
if
there
was
any,
where
whether
or
not
we
were
going
to
hit
that
dollar
amount
in
in
general,
but
I.
J
D
I
picked
up
on
what
you're
getting
at
Workforce
reduction.
You
think
there's
going
to
be
more
overtime
as
a
result
of
less
people
that
they're
correct
there.
There's
we
require
a
set
level
of
Staff,
particularly
CDL,
Drivers
and
then
support
staff.
There
are,
we
do
have
enough
coverage
in
CDL,
Drivers
and
minimum
staff
to
to
fill
in
during
those
snowstorms,
so
we're
not
short
drivers,
no
different
than
we.
We
have
16
we'll
see
snow,
plowing
districts.
We
we
have
the
adequate
resources
that
we
had
in
Prior
years.
So
that
was
a
set
amount.
C
C
D
D
C
For
example,
if
there
is
a
street
we
design
it
that
faded
away,
that
needs
new
painting
to
make
it
clear.
So
that's
fall
on
the
highway.
Okay,
so
that's
when
we
call
on
the
material
traffic
sign
materials
so
for,
but
when
we
have
like
a
project
for
coursework
or
traffic
that
fall
in
the
capital
budget,
that's
what
you
mean
is
not
on
the
public
works
on
that
on
their
Highway,
correct.
A
A
A
D
If
I
may
add
to
that
is
I
know
that
the
billing
maintenance
department
has
been
very
assertive
and
feeling
that
they
are
building
maintenance
and
not
building
improvements.
So
this
budget
reflects
the
incremental
cost
of.
If
there's
going
to
be
improvements
having
to
go
on
the
outside
at
times
to
do
some
work
that
we
would
have
preferred
to
do
in-house,
but
we,
but
they
are
pushing
back
that
work
such
as
that
should
not
be
covered
under
the
in-house
labor
that
will
be
required
to
go
to
the
outside.
D
Building
maintenance
staff
has
looked
back
on
some
of
the
work
we've
asked
them
to
do
and,
if
that's
the
case
and
without
going
to
arbitration
and
grieve
or
I,
don't
want
to
say
bring
discipline.
But
if
they're
objecting
quite
a
bit,
perhaps
across
the
city,
a
little
bit
more
money
to
go
on
the
outside
to
do
some
things
that
they
will
not
do
on
the
inside.
C
D
I
think
it
would
be
a
gray
area
in
looking
to
the
Union
contract
as
to
what
they
do
and
don't
do
you
can't
force
them
to
do
anything
outside
of
that
job
description
if
you
will
with
Duty,
so
we
that's
something
I
think
we
can.
We
are
taking
a
look
at
to
see
where
what
they
should
be
doing
it
shouldn't,
but
I
think
with
the
assistance
of
a
Personnel
director
it
would.
It
would
help
to
to
delve
into
that
further.
C
J
F
F
G
F
C
N
N
F
Through
the
chair,
a
couple
of
things
with
the
the
electricity
one
of
the
things
that
in
a
formal
life
and
I'm,
probably
the
person
that's
most
guilty
of
it,
something
as
simple
as
leaving
my
computer
on
as
I
just
go
out
here
there
is.
There
are
things
that
I'm
looking
at
in
terms
of
reducing
the
consumption
of
electricity,
such
as
there's
actual
software.
That
can,
you
know,
be
pushed
out
to
shut
up
the
simple
lithuanians
accounting
computer
at
night.
F
N
That's
fantastic
I
know:
Rhode
Island
energy
will
also
come
in
and
and
do
an
audit
and
pay
for
some
of
it
and
I'm
sure.
If
different
solar
things
come
up
with
credits,
we
could
be
saving
money,
I'm,
just
hoping
that
going
forward.
We
see
this.
We
take
advantage
of
the
different
things
that
are
out
there
and.
A
D
So
that's
why
you're
seeing
the
spike
to
reflect
those
increase
in
rates
that
came
on
after
this
budget
after
this
budget,
this
current
budget
was
established,
and
but
we
anticipated
the
the
spring
to
be
higher
the
bills.
The
bills
have
been
coming
in
markedly
higher.
As
you
know,
what
up
about
40
50
percent.
E
Director
Moretti
in
terms
of
the
building
maintenance
department,
would
that
include.
Let's
say
if
the
police
station
needed
some
repair
in
that
building
or
the
fire
station
needed
some
repair
in
that
building?
Would
that
be
included
on
domain?
It's
not
and
I'm,
not
saying
an
improvement.
I'm
saying.
Let's
say
you
know
that
there's
a
something
wrong
on
the
floor:
missing
tile
and,
for
example,
Building.
A
I
A
quick
question
Council
vice
president.
Thank
you
director.
I
could
be
wrong
on
this,
but
the
building
maintenance
we're
doing
any
maintenance.
Do
we
have
do?
We
have
buildings
that
we
own,
that
we
have
we're,
not
we're
taking
care
of
that
aren't
currently
used.
I
guess
what
I'm
trying
to
get
at
is,
for
example,.
I
There's
a
building
right
behind
the
mobile,
it
used
to
be
a
school,
and
if
we
mean
do
we,
we
are
we're
maintaining
in
terms
of
whether
winterizing
those
buildings
will
that
come
out
of
Building
Maintenance
line
items
as
well
and
I.
Don't
know
if
that
building
is
still
owned
by
the
city
or
not
if
it
was
sold,
but
just
as
any
I'm
just
using
that.
As
an
example,
do
we
have
any
buildings
that
were
winterizing.
D
I
D
C
D
C
A
A
D
D
C
D
Sure
maintaining
the
essential
services
that
are
going
in
the
utilities
going
in
the
building
cleaning
of
the
facilities,
the
painting
would
be
appropriate
if
there's
replacement,
carpeting
plumbing
repairs,
typical
electrical
repairs,
not
improvements.
If
you
will,
if
there's
a
some
carpentry
work,
doors
up
or
down.
D
N
N
D
N
D
Yeah
I
would
defer
to
director
to
say
on
those
concessions,
but
certainly
the
fields
and
all
that
are
maintained
by
The
Parks
and
Rec
Department
fantastic,
thank
you.
I
could
say
this
I
know
that
there
was
a
I
think,
a
water
break,
or
something
and
and
building
maintenance
at
one
of
the
concessions
buildings
on
Brayton
Avenue
last
year.
I
know
Building
Maintenance
was
out
there.
So
if
that's
an
example,
so.
N
M
M
F
M
A
A
F
A
A
They
were
a
from
my
own
conversations
with
the
police
department.
They
were
relatively
inexpensive
and
you
know
I'm
just
wondering
if
that's
hearing
from
the
from
meeting
after
meeting,
and
certainly
from
emails
from
and
calls
from
constituents
Traffic
Safety
is
such
a
huge
issue.
I'm.
Just
you
know.
If
there's
where,
where
within
the
budget,
whether
it's
buying
lights,
you
know
solar
lights
to
help
reduce
speed.
You
know,
is
there
anything
in
the
budget
or
any
line
item
in
the
budget?
F
Mr
chairman
I,
can
say
in
terms
of
of,
as
you
can
see,
the
traffic
safeties
budget.
It's
just
funding.
An
employee
has
no
operational
accounts,
so
I'm
not
aware
of
that
Grant
I'm
not
aware
of
the
cost
of
a
flashing.
You
know
street
light,
even
though
I've
seen
them
with
the
solar
mounts
right
now,
I'm
not
aware
of
a
budgetary
line
item,
but
I
can
do
some
more
homework
relative.
F
A
A
I
That
was-
and
that
was
the
first
one-
was
placed
I
believed
over
near
dude
Temple
on
Pontiac
Ave
that
way
near
the
friendly
community,
and
this
and
the
SEC
that
was
placed
over
on
on
Broad,
Street
and
I've,
actually
been
asking
see
if
we
were
able
to
get
that
through
a
grant
once
again
towards
Park.
There's
a
certain
air
on
there,
but
I
I
had
a
question
and
it
was
more
and
sorry
that
was
I.
Think
two
sets
were
a
set.
I'm
sorry
was
what
is?
I
I
And
so
my
other
question
was
kind
of
should
kind
of
have
added
that
to
my
previous
one
was
piggybacking
a
little
bit
as
to
what
council
member
Donegan
had
mentioned
right
in
terms
of
like
maybe
traffic
lights
or
blinkers
or
anything
along
those
lines.
So
anytime
that
we
do
get
late
blinkers
I
think
there
was
one
place
that
Council
home
and
Jermaine
had
requested
right
here
on
Park
Ave.
F
I
would
assume-
and
it's
it's
through
the
chair
to
the
council
I'm,
making
an
assumption,
I
believe
that
would
come
out
of
Highways,
since
this
department
has
no
operational
funds
so
similar
to
the
streets.
You
know,
street
signs
which
are
paid
out
of
Iowa
I
would
make
an
assumption
that
well.
The
first
thing
is:
we
we'd
have
to
find
available
funds,
but
I
would
assume
the
expenditure
would
be
coordinated
through
this
division
with
the
highway
division
where
they
put
it.
F
C
D
You
know
a
responsibility
where
we
need
more
help.
So
I
can
only
say
it
hasn't
funneled
its
way
to
the
mayor's
office
that
there
was
a
need
for
additional
Personnel.
So
it
didn't,
even
didn't
didn't
hasn't,
hasn't
come
up
the
last
couple
of
years
and
though
there
have
been
other
requests,
obviously
that
weren't
able
to
fund,
but
this
one
wasn't
even
a
request.
C
So
I
saw
some
of
the
item,
light
item
that
has
been
since
2018.00.
That's
that's
a
trend,
for
example,
pavement
marking
materials,
I
I,
don't
we
call
I
saw
that
live
like
item
in
other
places,
or
maybe
it's
on
the
some
generic
term
and
traffic
simultaneous.
So
I
did
see
that
on
the
Highway
Maintenance,
so
we
just
moved
some
of
those
things
communication.
So
there
is
no
communication
when
it
comes
to
safety
under
this
division,
so
I
see
there
is
nothing
there
for
communications
and
I
think
safety.
C
D
If
there's
details
Consulting
with
police,
the
police
department
about
certain
traffic
details,
some
of
the
more
complex
ones
and
I
could
tell
him
to
Smokey.
He
does
a
lot
more
than
that
I'm
just
trying
to
I
believe
in
some
fashion.
He
helps
out
actually
with
our
sewer
Personnel
and
knowing
the
roads,
I
believe
all
locations.
He
assists
a
bit
so
he's
he
chips
in
there
again.
I
don't
have
a
full
description
to
articulate,
but
those
are
some
of
his
responsibilities.
E
E
D
I
may
add
a
little
color,
as
perhaps
people
are
thinking
of
questions.
The
trash
calling
is
the
is
the
waste
management
contract
tipping
fees?
We
know
the
volume
that's
been
that
we
have.
There
is
predictable
in
the
city
and
knowing
the
rates
that
we're
receiving
from
the
landfill,
so
those
numbers
are
pretty
going
to
be
pretty
accurate.
D
D
D
D
I
F
I
H
F
K
I
G
I
B
I
G
G
I
D
I
B
I
J
J
J
G
I
can
respond
to
their
Refuge
removal
other
so
we're
on
the
contract
with
the
residential
pickup,
but
we
also
use
waste
management
for
real
load.
Excuse
me,
Roll-Off
Containers,
at
various
construction
sites,
so
those
are
built
differently.
The
the
trucks
that
pick
up
the
Residential
Waste
build
on
the
contract
as
a
fee.
Every
month,
the
rail
loaders
are
usually
build
haul
and
tonnage.
So,
for
example,
they'll
charge
you
150
to
transport
the
container
and
then
whatever
the
tonnage
weight
is
in
the
can.
G
I
G
I
one
question
truly
chat
to
the
administration.
Obviously
this
is
one
of
the
biggest
expenses
that
the
city
incurs
consistently
in
Waste
Management's
been
our
contractor
for
probably
15
years,
I
believe
under
the
charter.
It's
a
two-year
bid
and
then
they
can
have
one-year
renewals
just
the
thought
process.
F
G
Common
concern
that
came
out
of
the
bidders
is
the
fact
that
the
city
probably
requires
10
to
15
vehicles
and
with
only
a
two-year
bid
guarantee
with
seven
one-year
renewals.
There
aren't
too
many
companies
that
are
going
to
invest
250
000
a
vehicle
for
10
vehicles
for
only
a
guaranteed
two-year
contract.
If
the
contract
was
a
smaller
radius,
you
may
get
some
of
the
independent
contractors
that
would
have
some
interest
to
doing
the
work.
F
G
Well,
trying
to
lure
anybody,
because,
if
I
correctly
to
direct
them
already,
I
don't
believe
there
was
any
other
bidder
except
waste
management,
and
when
the
prices
went
up,
the
administration
extended
the
contract,
knowing
that
there
probably
be
no
other
bidders
at
the
time.
Trying
to
lock
in
the
pricing.
D
I'm
trying
to
recall
a
conversation
I
believe
it
was
director
Mason
at
the
time,
because
all
those
options
were
discussed
frankly,
I,
don't
recall
the
conclusion
and
considerations,
but
I
know
it's
been
thought
of.
Certainly
it
could
be
looked
at
again,
but
I
know
this
is
not
a
blind
decision
because
they're
looking
at
Alternatives
looking
at
alternatives
for
yacht
waste,
just
the
odd
waste
only
excluding
the
regular
track
very
difficult,
because
it's
seasonal
hiring
staff,
just
like
Waste
Management,
has
problems.
D
C
Thank
you
I
know
that
we
had
a
problem
with
containers,
so
it's
been
a
while
a
lot
of
ways
in
it.
I've
been
requesting
containers
and
a
lot
of
of
us
been
working
with
the
administration
and
I
know.
Last
time
you
you
came
before
the
council,
you
say
the
administration
pay
for
those
containers
right.
So
in
this
line
item
I,
don't
know
which
one
you
can
explain
where
we
pay
for
those
containers.
D
C
D
C
D
A
A
F
If
you
can
indulge
me
for
a
minute,
so
I
can
get
to
that
expense.
The
that
was
dpw's
recommendation
for
that's
a
free,
the
cost
of
the
free
disposal,
service
and
I.
Don't
know
if
they
saw
it.
There
would
be
increased
utilization
next
year,
but
once
again,
a
straight
line.
Rejection
of
I
think
this
Cameo
may
have
just
done
that
you
know
28
000
through
February,
but
I
don't
know
about
other
people.
We
typically
you
know
clean
out
the
house
in
the
spring.
You
know
a
lot
of
activities.
F
Human
nature
occurs
in
the
springtime.
So
if
you're
straight
lining
it
I
would
agree
with
with
Mr
De
Mayo's
assessment,
but
I
would
say
like
a
lot
of
things
that
happen,
you
know,
March
is
when
the
the
the
pickup
day
is
so
this
is
something
that's
scheduled,
September
and
March,
so
that
would
have
been
captured.
F
N
Thank
you
tell
me
if
this
is
an
inappropriate
question,
but
do
we
know
if
this
free
bulky
waste
pickup?
Is
that
something
done
in
every
city
or
is
this?
Is
this
just
an
extra
perk
that
we
give
out
which
I
is
nice,
but
we
can't
pick
up
mattresses
and
we
can't
pick
up
certain
electronic
devices
that
are
like.
N
I
think
so
I
think
it
leaves
out
a
lot
of
things
that
people
need
to
dispose
of
anyway.
So
I'm
just
wondering
if
there
is
a
savings
there
or
if
this
is
a
Rock
Solid
thing
that
taxpayers
want
just
throwing
that
out
there
does
anyone
know
if
they
do
this
in
other
cities,
all
of
them.
It's
bulky,
waste,
pickup,
white
goods,
is
that
done
in
every
city
as
a
free
service,
I.
D
I
Thanks
could
I
I
took
advantage
of
it
March,
and
there
was
three
items
that
I
was
able
to
haul
away
and
it
was
like
the
headboard
in
the
footboard
at
no
charge.
Obviously
the
mattress
there
is,
but
even
in
other
cities,
some
of
it
is
contractual.
Some
of
it
is
more
of
you
can
bring
it
to
your
own
landfill
or
you
you
could
pay,
but
in
other
cities
it
was
free
as
well
and
now
there's
a
charge
because
it's
costing
the
city
money
at
the
end
of
the
day.
H
H
G
E
A
A
H
A
Director,
the
one
question
I
have
right
now
is
line
item
52006
equipment
repairs,
certainly
not
looking
to
to
hamstring
any
Department
regarding
equipment.
The
proposed
budget
is
195
000,
that's
a
that's!
A
five
thousand
dollar
increase
the
current
actuals
when
annualized
are
a
hundred,
and
eighty
thousand
so
just
wondering.
Why
that's
why
that's
going
up
this
year
when
it's
running
under
budget
or
if
there
are
any
anticipated
in.
F
A
F
A
A
We
I
appreciate
that
it's
proposed
to
go
up
two
thousand
dollars.
I,
admittedly,
was
a
little
surprised
that
it
wasn't
increased
further.
We
did
just
pass
an
ordinance
last
month
unanimously,
and
the
mayor
did
sign
that
ordinance
into
law
that
had
a
thirty
thousand
dollar
fiscal
note
to
maintain
our
existing
tree
canopy
when
trees
are
removed.
So
I'm
wondering
why
that
wasn't
fully
funded.
F
A
You
know
I
think
when
we
look
at
a
city
our
size.
Only
spending
twelve
thousand
dollars
on
planting
of
trees
is
what
it's
got
to
be
one
one
thousandth
or
something
of
of
probably
less
than
that
of
the
overall
budget.
So
hopefully
we
can
move
some
money
around
to
fully
fund
that,
because
trees
are
a
vital
part
of
our
environment
and
public
health
and
certainly
our
neighborhoods.
That's
it
any
other
questions.
A
K
I
I
C
F
The
cheated
culture-
this
is
as
much
as
I
hate
to
do
it
with
a
service
like
this.
This
could
be
Engineering
Services,
potentially
so,
if
we're
doing
extensive,
Capital
improvement
work,
which
is
paid
out
of
the
Enterprise
fund,
the
design,
whether
it
be
doing
a
pump
station,
you
know
that
type
of
work
has
to
be
designed.
C
F
So
the
the
capital
expenses
would
be
sewer
system
improvements
such
as
you
know,
of
the
nature
of
putting
in
new
pump
stations
to
move
the
effluent
through
the
the
city.
That's
what
the
capital
expense
line
is
again
I'm
gonna,
to
reiterate
that
the
Professional
Services
would
be
for
the
Engineering
Services
to
design
The
Pump
Station.
F
K
F
Yes
and
hope
you
know,
like
I
said
they
have
a
I
want
to
say
it
was
a
10-year
Capital
Improvement
program
and
they
have
the
listing
of
the
improvements
somewhat
you
know
assigned
based
on
need.
But
yes,
you
can.
That
would
be
something
that
you
could
give
to
the
new
DPW
director
Moretti
to
put
up
a
project
into
the
the
hopper.
C
G
Just
a
clarification:
the
sewer
Enterprise
fund
is
a
restricted
fund,
so
any
revenues
that
are
derived
by
that
area
and
expenses
stay
contained
within
that.
So
that's
the
reason
why
our
sewer
assessments
haven't
gone
up
over
the
years
because
the
funds
performing
well
so
the
allocation
of
the
expenses
sometimes
is
based
on
the
revenue
that
comes
in
because
it
has
to
stay
contained.
So
if
you
notice
it's
22
million
in
revenue
and
22
million
in
expenditures.
A
All
right
at
this
time,
I'd
like
to
welcome
director
pazulo
and
the
planning
department.
This
is
group
number
1109
and,
as
director
of
mozullo
is,
is
getting
to
the
the
desk
here.
I
do
want
to
recognize
that
councilman
Chris
poplaskis,
although
not
here
in
person,
is
logged
on
online
and
attending
or
watching
via
Zoom,
which
we
take
is
good
news
that
he
did
not
decide
to
try
and
make
it
down.
Niagara
Falls.
So
we'll
see
you
back
soon.
F
J
A
I
think
in
the
in
the
revenue
books
at
its
City
Planning
Commission,
but
it's
group
number
1109
director
good
evening,
thank
you
for
for
being
here
this
evening
and
and
director
to
Sally
as
well.
You're.
Next
sorry
sorry
be
director.
The
only
question
I
have
regarding
the
department
would
be
the
comprehensive,
Plan
update.
I
know:
that's
I
was
just
looking
at
the
actuals
for
this
year.
It
hasn't
been
touched
for
fiscal
year
23.
Is
that
something
that
you
expect
to
be
expended
in
the
fourth
quarter?
No.
O
Definitely
not
this
year,
just
like
last
year,
I
had
asked
that
money
get
put
I'd
ask
that
that
money
get
put
into
a
dedicated
account
so
that
we
can
use
that
for
reimbursements
for
once
we
begin
with
the
Commerce
Grant.
So
that
would
give
us
the
two
seventy
thousand
dollars,
but
it
would
need
to
be
in
a
dedicated
account.
It's
good.
The
the
complaint
process
is
going
to
take
years,
so
it's
not
going
to
get
spent
this
year.
O
O
It
shouldn't
be
in
the
budget
and
it's
it's.
A
I
had
requested
Finance
to
put
this
into
a
dedicated
account
outside
of
the
budget,
so
that
we
would
have
those
resources
available
once
we
go
and
and
hire
the
consultant
and
work
on
this
I
worked
with
like
I
go
last
year,
and
he
did
that
so
there's,
there's
70
000
in
a
dedicated
account
and
I
would
be
asking
to
include
the
70
from
this
current
year
into
that
account
so
that
that's
the
resources
I
need
to
work
with.
A
F
G
Remember
some
dialogue
with
reference
to
that
question
being
made
and
I
believe
that
we
would,
it
have
to
be
voted
on
to
set
up
a
reserve
account
specific
for
that
and
that
anything
that
wasn't
expended
in
the
budgetary
period
just
flows
to
the
bottom
line,
because
I
remember
the
dialogue
being
that
we
asked,
if
you
could
put
it
out
to
bid
and
have
the
payments
for
each
year
be
subsequent
to
work
being
done
as
a
contract
was
formed.
Example.
Let's
say
the
total
project
was.
G
G
O
Being
so,
this
process
is
a
long
process
if
the
money
disappeared
at
the
end
of
budget
year.
Well,
then,
we'll
never
get
any
traction
and
do
this
project,
so
the
money
is
in
a
dedicated
account
now
from
last
year.
What
I'm
saying
now
is
I
want
to
do
the
same
thing
with
this
money
so
that
we
can
have
that
so
that
we
can
actually
do
this
project
I,
don't
want
to
make
it
more
complicated
about
tying
an
RFP
to
certain
quarters
and
how
this
money's
got
it's
going
to
be
that's
way
too
complicated.
G
G
F
G
O
I'm,
pretty
sure
that
that's
what
it
was
the
issue
with
doing
this
process
is
that
I
need
to
have
this
cash
in
an
account
that
I
can
use
to
actually
hire
a
consultant.
The
issue
had
been
in
the
past
that,
if
we
give
you
some
amount
one
year,
you'll
need
to
get
it
subsequent
years
and
that
that's
just
not
going
to
work
because
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
hire
somebody
and
then
have
the
uncertainty
of
the
process
muck
everything
up.
O
G
I'm
not
disagreeing
with
the
fiscal
planning
and
budgeting
for
what
the
project
has
to
be
done.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
the
city
is
representing
where
the
funds
are
going
and
we're
we're
following
the
protocol,
usually
as
I'll
say
this
again
in
the
fourth
quarter,
any
Essex
X
extra
funds
that
are
in
any
of
the
budget.
Our
fourth
quarter
adjustments
to
tie
out
the
other
apartments
and
then
any
overage
will
either
go
to
the
rainy
day
fund
or,
if
there's
a
deficit,
it's
reversed
out
of
the
rainy
day
fund
to
cover
the
deficit.
G
I
I
O
It's
it's
a
high
number
now
and
we've
talked
about
this
internally-
is
that
it's
not
historically
an
average.
You
know,
we've
had
we've
had
a
lot
of
large
projects
that
have
that
have
given
that
so
two
years
in
a
row,
we're
probably
in
the
150
range
for
revenues,
but
historically
it's
much
much
less
than
that,
depending
on
where
the
economy
goes.
So
you
know
this
could
drop
in
in
coming
years,
but
it's
it's
based
on
the
economy
and
based
on
demand
or
for
development.
J
J
O
We
should
be
starting
that
sometime
this
summer
problem
is
staffing,
has
been
a
problem.
We
had.
You
know,
Josh
left
this
year
we
have
a
new
staffer
taking
a
long
time
to
you
know
to
get
people
up
to
speed,
then
the
new
staffers
going
on
paternity
leave.
So
then
you
know
other
people
are
you
know
in
and
out
of
the
office.
It's
we
only
have
so
much
capacity.
This
is
the
the
same
theme.
Six
years
on
that
I've,
been
talking
to
this
board
is
that
capacity
staffing
has
been
an
issue.
O
A
Can
you
get
us
a
number
for
how
much
it
would
cost?
What,
ideally,
what
would
you
want,
because
I
think
in
my
first
in
in
or
in
the
first
budget
that
I
was
a
part
of
as
a
member
of
the
council,
one
of
the
first
first
or
second,
there
was
a
a
0.5
in
planning
0.5
in
I,
think
buildings
or
Zone
Zone
zoning?
What
would
you
want
and
I
know
you've
said
it
before
in
years
past,
but
if
you
could
have
what
you
wanted,
what
would
it
look
like.
O
Well,
you
know
if
we
were
to
say
what's
realistic
this
year,
one
staffer
the
associate
planner
back
in
the
office.
We
had
that
position,
it
was
cut
during
covid,
but
that
would
that
would
be.
You
know
a
reasonable
request.
I'm
not
saying
we
need.
You
know
to
double
the
department
in
one
year,
but
we're
not
at
the
Staffing
level
we
need
to
be,
and
then
this
is
the
same
request.
I've
had
every
year
I've
I've
been
here.
O
Well,
I,
don't
know
if
we'd
have
any
impact
on
revenue
from
like
application
fees
and
things
like
that,
but
it
certainly
frees
us
up
to
do
more
long-range
planning,
meaning
that
we
could
actually
maybe
go
for
some
grants.
Despite
having
a
grant
writer.
That's
not
all
that
helpful
to
be
completely
honest
for
a
department
like
ours.
We
have
to
write
the
grant.
We
have
to
manage
the
grant.
We
have
to
do
the
grant
reporting.
Then
we
have
to
do
the
work,
so
you
know
to
do
to
go
after
grants
and
actually
get
money.
O
O
So
the
the
types
of
grants
that
we
would
go
for
you're,
basically
signing
up
to
be
a
subcontractor
for
someone
else's
project
the
city.
The
city
is
going
to
do
that.
Work,
the
grant
writer,
yes,
fine,
find
a
grant,
help
us
write
a
grant
and
submit
it.
The
actual
work,
the
commitment
to
do
a
grant.
You
have
to
dedicate
sometimes
25
of
a
staffer's
time
to
manage
the
grant
to
work
on
the
grant.
That's
your
in-kind
contribution,
so
there's
no
free
lunch
when
it
comes
to
any
of
this
kind
of
Grant
work.
O
So
when
I
say
that
the
grant
writer
is
not
helpful,
she
doesn't
work
in
our
department,
she's,
not
managing
the
project,
she's
not
doing
the
reporting
she's
not
going
and
doing
all
the
financials.
None
of
that
happens
through
the
grant
writer.
So
when
I
say
that
if
we
want
to
engage
in
more
activity
with
grants,
you
need
capacity.
You
need
more
capacity
in
the
in
the
department
and
the
department
is
really
locked
down
doing
regulatory
actions.
Non-Stop.
N
Okay,
but
that
would
be
every
other
department
too.
So
every
Department's
in
the
same
position,
State
of
Rhode
Island's
in
the
same
position
that
all
their
departments,
the
grant
writers
get
the
grants
they
don't
necessarily
manage
projects
for
departments.
So
if
she
secured
funding,
sometimes
it's
there's
administrative
dollars
in
there
too,
you
could
contracts
out
perhaps
to
do
some
of
the
work
that
takes
away
from
your
department.
N
I
just
find
that
the
last
few
Cycles
we've
done
this
I
don't
want
to
be
insulting,
but
it
comes
across
as
a
lot
of
excuses
as
to
why
the
comprehensive
plan
gets
done.
Why
we
can't
do
this?
Why
we
can't
do
that
event
eventually
like
we
have
to
do
something
so
I
mean
if
she
can
get
you
money,
I
I!
Think
that
are
you
trying
to
get
have
you
tried
yet
or
you're
just
telling
us
it's
not
possible.
O
What
I'm
saying
what
I'm
talking
about
is
capacity
okay
to
go
for
a
grant.
You
have
to
dedicate
a
certain
amount
of
staff
time
to
work
on
that
grant.
That
is
your
in-kind
contribution.
There
isn't
like
I
say
there
aren't
free
lunch
grants
now
for
construction
projects
I'm
with
you
I'm
with
you
that
that's
that's
money,
the
things
that
planning
goes
for
long
range
planning.
These
are
not
the
kind
of
Grants
where
someone
gives
you
a
bunch
of
money
and
that's
it
and
they
walk
away.
That
is
not
how
any
of
this
stuff
works.
O
Hazard
mitigation
plan,
small
Grant,
took
two
years
and
a
lot
of
work
on
on
staff's
time
to
get
that
project
through
the
pipeline,
and
that
was
a
small
Grant.
So
you
can't
you
can't
misrepresent
how
much
capacity
you're
going
to
put
forward.
If
you,
though,
if
those
people
don't
exist
in
your
department
who
you
cannot
dedicate
25
of
their
staff
time
to
do
whatever
project
that
you're
going
for
so
they're
in
that's
that's
what
I'm
saying
about
grants
in
general?
N
And
I
want
to
tell
you
that
I
completely
understand
what
you're
saying,
because
oftentimes
you
over
explain
to
me
what
you're
saying
in
general
and
I
understand
that
there
is
no
free
lunch
when
it
comes
to
Grants
in
any
Department
in
any
City
or
in
the
state.
But
I
would
like
to
see
you
try
and
then
say
we
literally
can't
do
it
like,
where
what
is
everyone
doing
that
they
have
no
capacity
to
do
grants.
N
You
have
you,
have
interns
correct
who
help
they're
here,
I
see
them
present
all
the
time
you
have
a
hard
working,
Department
I.
Believe
you
have
Flex
hours.
You
have
some
flexibility
within
your
department
that
you
can't
come
back
here
year
after
year
and
say
can't
do
the
comprehensive
plan
can't
get
grants
because
it's
not
a
free
lunch.
No
one
else
gets
to
say
that
is
what
I'm
saying
so
at
at
some
point.
N
You
have
to
be
held
accountable
to
doing
this
work,
because
a
lot
of
the
work
of
the
city
is
affected
by
not
having
a
current
comprehensive
plan.
Every
time
I
come
to
a
planning
meeting,
there's
attorneys
sitting
on
either
side
referencing,
whether
we
should
be
listening
to
this
comprehensive
plan
that
may
or
may
not
be
approved
by
the
state
and
we're
wasting
a
lot
of
money
and
you're
wasting
a
lot
of
time.
There
I
think
you
could
spend
that
time.
Maybe
administering
the
grants.
I
don't
know.
N
G
Budget
auditor
director,
if
I'm
correct,
you
said
you
have
125
000
Grant
pending,
that's
correct,
so
in
the
the
mayor's
submitted
budget,
there's
70
000
appropriated.
So
if
the
council
saw
it
available
to
supply
with
another
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
the
proposed
budget,
that
would
give
you
a
total
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
your
budget
for
fiscal
2024..
If
that
was
in
the
budget,
125
allocated
in
the
budget
and
125
in
the
grant
am
I
understanding
you'd
be
able
to
start
the
comprehensive
pan
in
The
Next
budgetary
Period.
O
G
Not
that's
not
the
question.
I
have
no
question
is
very
simply
this.
If
the
money
was
available
and
you
had
a
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
in
the
current
budget,
that's
submitted
with
additional
allocations
and
you
have
your
Grant
of
125.
Would
you
be
able
to
start
the
comprehensive
plan
and
the
next
budgetary
period.
O
O
Under
that
scenario,
sure,
but
that's
that's
not
that's
not
the
scenario
that
we
have
right
now,
so
not
quite
sure
where
we
why
we
would
need
to
do
that
because,
with
the
the
70
was
already
allocated
in
the
current
year,
we
already
had
the
70
from
the
year
before.
That's
all
we
need
at
this
point,
so
we're
not
asking
for
any
additional
funding.
We
just
need
to
have
that
dedicated,
so
that
I
can
have
that.
As
my
as
the
as
the
contribution
once
we
start
working
with
the
Commerce
Grant
director.
G
The
reason
I'm
asking
the
question
I
believe
that
the
70
000
from
the
previous
year
is
not
available.
I
believe
the
70
000
in
the
budget
will
be
available.
I'm
just
asking
the
question:
if
you
had
a
full
250
000
in
the
next
budgetary
period,
ending
fiscal
June
30
at
24,
would
you
be
able
to
start
the
comprehensive
plan?
July
1.?
I
Thank
you,
I'm,
going
to
ask
you
to
repeat
yourself,
David
so
you're
saying
that
the
70
000
that's
currently
in
the
current
fiscal
year
that
we're
in
it's
clearly
in
this
budget
that
we're
in
living
and
breathing
today,
you're
asking
that,
in
addition
to
that,
because
the
others
there's
no
70,
there's
no
funding
for
fy24
FY
23
was
already
long
gone.
We
didn't
vote
on
that.
We
didn't
put
that,
and
at
least
I
don't
remember,
voting
putting
that
an
allocated
account
unless
the
director
is
going
to
look
at
it
and
make
sure
where
it
is.
G
Just
if
there
was
additional
funding,
what
I'm
trying
to
clarify
is
the
what
it
started
in
the
previous
budget.
We
had
the
dialogue
that
the
70
000
was
going
to
be
put
aside.
We
had
discussion
at
the
end
of
the
year
when
we
had
the
budget
hearings
and
it
came
up.
Could
we
allocate
the
money
and
put
it
towards
a
contract,
so
we
could
get
it
started,
and
it
was
said
that
anything
that
was
left
over
at
the
end
of
the
budgetary
period
just
flows
to
the
bottom
line.
G
I
hope
that
that
is
incorrect,
but
I
do
not
believe
that.
So
with
that
being
said,
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
if
the
funding
was
available
of
250
000
based
on
his
estimate
in
any
budgetary
period,
that
the
comprehensive
plan
could
begin,
whether
it
be
a
portion
of
this
year
with
additional
allocations
before
the
year
end,
which
will
be
June
30th
or
allocations
in
the
current
budgets.
That's
submitted
by
the
mayor
that
our
adjustments
are
made,
so
he
can
obtain
the
funding
that
he
needs
to
start.
The
plan.
I
Thank
you,
but,
and
then
I
have
another
follow-up
on
that.
So
if
we
have
the
seventy
thousand
dollars
now-
and
it
happens
to
because
I
think
the
conversation
director
last
year
was
that
you
didn't
want
to
go
for
bid
or
because
with
the
full
dollar
amount,
wasn't
there
so
to
go
for
bid
on
just
seventy
thousand
dollars,
plus
whatever
you
had
in
the
grant,
wasn't
sufficient
to
start
it.
But
let's
so
so
show
us
backtrack.
I
I
G
Would
have
to
look,
but
it
would
be
for
the
betterment
of
the
city,
so
it'd
be
reclassification,
so
it
might
be
a
little
bit
of
a
stretch,
but
we
would
need
to
look
to
look
at
that.
The
discussion
that
came
out
was
simple,
we're
running
a
budget
and
we
have
to
allocate
money
accordingly.
The
comprehensive
plan
director
would
take
how
long
to
complete.
G
That
so
in
essence,
when
you
in
and
again
this
was
the
discussion
we
had
when
you
put
something
out
to
bid
and
it's
a
three-year
project,
it's
based
on
paying
the
person,
that's
contracted
on
percentage
of
completion,
so
once
there's
a
bid
in-house.
If
you
know
it's
over
three
years,
hey
you
break
it
down.
You
can
break
that
off
in
your
budget
three
years
you
just
have
to
make
sure
it's
established.
G
What
I'm
trying
to
try
to
work
with
is
to
say
that
if
he
had
a
contract
in
22-
and
we
knew
it
was
a
quarter
of
a
million-
it
was
20
percent
completed.
That
means
they
would
have
needed
about
sixty
thousand
dollars
for
payment.
Another
aspect
would
be
in
the
budget,
would
be
another
payment
and
he
would
have
access
to
the
grant
money
along
with
it
to
move
it
along.
G
So
if
you
were
to
put
it
in
a
budget
you're
going
to
put
it
in
a
total
budget,
but
you're
not
going
to
expend
all
that
over
one
year.
So
if
we
had
a
line
on
him
currently
in
his
budget
of
200,
150,
000
and
out
of
contract
we'd
only
expend
X
in
the
budgetary
period
and
some
of
it
would
move
over
into
the
current
period.
There's.
I
A
lot
of
this
ifs
and
a
lot
of
variables
in
there
right,
but
right
now
we're
talking
about.
We
only
have
the
seventy
thousand
dollars,
at
least
for
the
time
being,
for
this
current
fiscal
year
that
we're
in
so
if
we
did
not
have
that
70
000
from
the
fifth
previous
fiscal
year,
how
do
we
move
forward
to
allocate
the
current
seventy
thousand
dollars
in
this
year's
budget?
That's
towards
that,
because
if
there
is
an
allocated
account
a
can,
we
check
it
and
B
I
think
that
would
be
by
a
vote.
F
Typically,
we're
speaking
about
a
special
Revenue
fund
and
I
can
speak
to
the
laws
in
Massachusetts.
It
would
have
to
be
voted
by
this
body
if
we
were
in
Massachusetts
I'm
not
familiar
with
the
laws
down
here.
So
on
on
the
particular
question
that
auto
de
Mayo
asked
it's
part
of
me
thinks
that
they
did
do
that,
because
what
I'm
seeing
if
we
just
look
at
the
the
22
expense
report,
they
expended
70
grand
out
of
the
mass
the
comprehensive
Plan
update.
F
G
Correct,
but
in
normal
practice
in
fourth
quarter,
any
expense
category
that
has
not
been
depleted,
they
debit
the
account
and
take
the
money
and
apply
it
to
another
department
to
balance
the
budget
in
those
departments.
So,
even
though
it
says
that
we
just
have
to
get
a
clarification
if
a
reserve
fund
was
set
up
which
I
hope
it
was
I,
this
is
one
of
the
areas
I
hope
I'm
wrong,
but
if
not,
then
we've
got
to
establish
how
we're
going
to
get
it
funded.
So
we
can
get
the
plan
done.
I
So
can
I
can
I
through
the
chair
can
I
request
that
this
item
be
added
as
a
follow-up
under
Council
communication
or
when's,
the
next
finance
committee
meeting
that
we
or
Council
communicate
until
May.
Well,
if
that's
the
case,
can
we
get
a
follow-up
under
Council
communication,
then,
or
should
we
just
just
do
earlier
the
better
this
one
or
the
better.
A
B
I
Plan
account,
update,
I,
guess
just
to
follow
up
on
on
that
and
then
my
last
question
is
director
I
think
you
had
said
that
if
you
have
those
funds,
you
can
start
July
to
do
the
RFP
and
everything
else,
and
this
sounds
like
deja
Google
over
again
from
last
time.
But
do
you
have
the
enough
staff
to
actually
move
forward
to
do
this?
And
my
second
question
is:
did
you
ask
the
mayor
to
add
that
additional
dollar
amount
into
this
upcoming
fiscal
budget,
foreign.
O
I
O
O
I
I
G
There's
there's
one
other
account:
it's
the
libraries.
They
fall
under
maintenance
of
effort,
so
at
the
end
of
the
year,
if
you
look
at
their
budget
they'll
fund,
all
their
accounts
to
what
their
budgetary
period
is,
and
they
have
a
reserve
and
I
think
they
quoted
in
their
meeting
that
their
Reserve
is
210
000
dollars.
N
G
N
But
that
would
be
different
from
any
other
department
within
the
city
other
than
the
Departments,
that
by
state
law
we
have
to
provide
maintenance
of
effort.
No
other
department
says
Hey.
I
want
to
do
a
project.
Give
me
some
money,
I'm
going
to
put
in
an
account
stack
it
year
over
year
and
then
do
it
eventually.
No
one
says
that
not
that
I'm,
aware
of
it.
Okay,
thank
you.
M
E
You
director
pazulo,
while
I
understand
your
Staffing
is
not
where
you
want
it
to
be
all
it
seems
like
it's.
Everyone
I
can't
stress
it
enough
everybody
on
here.
We
can't
believe
we're
at
this
point
again.
It
feels
like
Groundhog's
Day.
It's
the
same
explanation.
No
effort
has
been
done
and
is
very
true.
E
C
I,
just
don't
know
what
to
say.
20
of
my
first
budget
and
I
was
here
listening
to
Dr,
Pearl
and
I
was
really
sympathetic
about
the
situation
and,
and
we
are
now
two
four
years
almost
four
years
later
yeah
we
are
in
this
same.
It's
like
we're
not
moving
at
all,
so
my
question:
how
can
it
be
possible
we're
not
moving
at
all?
What's
going
on.
O
So
councilman
the
Council
allocated
the
final
chunk
of
money
last
last
budget
cycle.
Okay,
in
that
time,
it's
been
extremely
busy
in
my
office
and
you
can
attest
to
all
of
the
agendas
that
we
have
all
the
things
that
you
see,
that
is,
first
and
foremost
has
to
get
done,
cannot
avoid
it
deadlines,
non-stop
non-stop
deadlines,
Staffing,
we
lost
one
of
our
staffers
this
year,
okay,
rehiring
people,
retraining,
people
very
time
consuming.
We
have
the
funds.
Now.
O
My
plan
is
to
get
this
started.
We
have
the
RFP
written
we're
ready
to
get
this
out
to
to
the
world,
try
to
get
some
bids
on
this
comprehensive
plan
and
started,
but
we
just
need
to
have
this
money
in
place
so
that
we
can.
We
can
do
it.
It
was
only
within
this
calendar
year
that
I've
gotten
this
funding.
Four
years
ago
there
was
no
resources
allocated
three
years
ago.
No
resources
allocated.
It
was
only
two
years
ago
that
we've
actually
put
the
resources
in
to
start
funding
this
project.
O
Now
that
we
have
everything
in
place,
it's
going
to
it's
going
to
move
forward
the
issue:
is
you
see
what
we
have
to
do
month
in
a
month
out?
You
see
what
we
do
with
this
with
this
committee
with
the
plan
commission,
with
the
zoning
board,
all
the
all
the
things
that
have
to
get
done
on
Deadline
non-stop
grind.
O
We
all
have.
We
all
have
to
deal
with
that,
but
you
have
to
understand
we're
we're
shoestring.
We
can
only
really
focus
on
regulatory
matters
and
when
we
start
talking
about
anything
about
ordinances
or
long
range,
we
always
hit
a
wall
because
we
just
we
can't
get
any
traction
because
these
things
take
months
and
years
to
to
to
work
through.
So
we
do
the
best
we
can
with
what
we
have,
which
is
a
small
staff
there's
only
three
planners
in
the
office
and
one
admin,
the
small
office
for
the
second
largest
city.
O
C
C
It
is
our
priority
and
and
not
having
it
done,
put
more
pressure
on
your
work
because
you
have
to
work
harder
than
smarter
because
you
do
not
have
the
comprehensive
plan,
because
I
think
we
should
I.
Think
the
administration
as
well
but
I,
think
dealing
with
daily
activities
is
one
thing,
but
having
this
as
a
priority,
it's
another
thing
and
the
same
problem
Staffing
and
now
we
lose
one
staff.
C
C
Yeah
so
now
we
you
end
up
losing
one
staff
and
I
understand.
Now
we
are
training,
that's
not
the
same
thing,
so
I
think
honestly,
I
think
the
comprehensive
plan,
just
I,
don't
know
if
it's
part
of
you
or
party
Administration,
but
for
me
it
looks
like
it
wasn't
a
priority.
It's
not
the
priority,
that's
that's
what
I
think.
C
O
C
H
C
C
C
Okay,
so
that
has
to
be
to
the
capital
budget
right,
okay,
so
I
misspoke.
But
did
you
really
fight
for
that
part?
Because
it's
been
a
while
because
I
think
we
need
when
something
is
a
priority
for
us,
we
got
a
big
fighting
for
it.
Make
it
clear
we
need
that
we
need
that.
Did
you
do
that?
Because
we
start,
we
will
start
every.
C
O
C
A
O
A
O
A
A
So
I'm
gonna,
in
addition
to
the
request
from
councilwoman
Vargas
on
the
comprehensive
plan,
account
if
at
the
next
City
counts
at
the
next
full
city
council
meeting.
If
we
could
have
under
Communications
status
of
the
comprehensive
plan,
RFP
and
I
think
that
by
the
end
of
the
month,
I
think
it's
fair
that
we
should
all
expect
that
RFP
to
go
up.
A
E
E
I
attended
a
plan
commission
meeting
as
just
a
resident
and
your
department
had
well.
When
will
we
update
the
comprehensive
plan?
2020
Community
engagement,
2021,
develop
initial
drafts,
review
drafts
of
public
meetings,
solicit
comments
from
Statewide
planning,
2022,
develop
final
draft
city
council
adoption,
2023,
formal
review
by
Statewide
planning
and
other
state
agencies
and
2023-24
plan.
Finalization
I
get
covet
happened.
It
happened
to
all
of
us,
but
guess
what,
when
you
get
a
flat
tire
on
your
car,
you
put
a
spare
one
on
and
you
keep
it
going.
C
O
O
You
know
spent
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
thousands
on
this
and
once
nrcs
had
kind
of
started
to
firm
up
their
funding
and
their
planning
in
the
organization.
For
that
you
know
it
wasn't
it
wasn't
quite
the
deal
that
FEMA
used
to
be
so
nrcs
is
going
to
be
working
on
this
project,
probably
for
the
next
10
or
20
years.
Probably.
C
Okay,
folks,
because
I
I
remember
last
year
we
had
the
silver
Wayne
and
there
was
the
flood
around
Reservoir
the
whole
block,
Reservoir
Ave
I
had
a
lot
of
visiting
that
sent
me
pictures
and
everything
was
really
flooded.
So
when
something
happened
like
this,
where
the
residence
goes
because
I
did
not
know,
where
will
it
to
go,
if
we
have
something
that
really
managed
that
that
will
support
the
the
resident
that
lost
everything
in
their
basement
when
they
house
floated
that
way.
So
how.
O
That's
not
what
this
this
line
item
would
have
been
for
the
types
of
things
we're
talking
about
would
be
floodplain
mitigation.
Most
of
that
is
itemized
in
the
Hazard
mitigation
plan.
The
update
that
we're
going
to
be
considering
just
next
week
in
there
there's
a
number
of
engineering
solutions
to
mitigate
the
the
effects
of
severe
storm
events
and
actually
Public
Works
does
quite
a
few
projects
that
make
the
impacts
of
flooding
less.
You
know
whether
it's
storm
drains
or
green
infrastructure,
or
things
like
that.
O
P
P
A
lot
of
your
conversation
I
want
to
try
to
be
of
assistance
and,
as
you
navigate
this
issue,
unfortunately,
I
did
not
look
at
how
the
comprehensive
plan
was
funded
in
our
budgets
from
2008,
9
and
10.,
but
usually
when
we
when
I
understand
how
the
City
Works
is
that
when
you
make
a
contractual
obligation,
it's
funded
through
the
budget.
Okay,
you
don't
have
to
pre-fund
a
contractual
obligation
once
the
city
enters
into
a
contractual
obligation,
it's
a
legal
obligation
period.
P
P
Now
I
wrote
a
letter
to
the
speaker
and
it's
on
the
website
saying
this
bill
sucks,
okay
and
saying
that
you
should
give
more
time
for
cities
and
towns
to
get
into
into
compliance.
So
I
suggested
until
you
know
2025.,
but
my
point
in
bringing
this
up
and
I,
don't
think
it's
going
to
end
up
happening
is
that
we
have
to
have
a
sense
of
urgency
about
this
and
I
very
much
appreciate
and
want
to
commend.
All
of
you
who've
expressed
that
sense
of
urgency
of
getting
this
done
in
regards
to
getting
this
done.
P
If
you
have
a
lack
of
Staff,
then
you
just
have
to
have
a
consultant.
You
have
to
put
more
work
on
the
consultant,
that's
kind
of
how
life
works,
I,
work
in
organizations
and
businesses.
Some
is
done
in-house.
Some
is
done
by
the
contractor.
You
go
to
war
with
the
Army.
You
have
not
with
the
Army
you
wish.
You
had.
P
I
hope
you
direct
a
way
of
dealing
with
this
in
some
ways,
as
you
already
done,
it
is
the
commission,
the
City
Planning
Commission,
which
I'm
a
member
of
you
know
you
you
indicating
to
us
that
you
want
to
get
this
done.
You
want
the
RFP
out
by
the
fiscal
year
and
you
want
to
get
this
done
as
soon
as
possible.
P
Past
resolutions
do
what
you
got
I've
been
bringing
this
up
internally
periodically.
There
are
two
reasons
I'm
on
that
commission
right
now
that
I
agree
to
do
this
thing
and
one
of
the
ones
to
get
this
comprehensive
plan
done
in
a
timely
manner
and
to
be
done
in
a
correct
way.
So
I
could
go
on,
but
just
keep
doing
what
you're
doing,
keep
the
feet
to
the
fire
here
and
we'll
get
there,
and
you
haven't
got
questions
for
me
I'm
trying
to
answer
questions
too
thanks.
A
D
B
H
E
Q
This
year,
we've
done
very
little
with
the
tree
and
shrub
last
year
on
you
know.
When
the
budget
happened.
Last
year
we
were
told
to
try
to
do
as
much
stuff
as
we
could
in-house.
We
did
the
best
that
we
could
we're
not
landscapers,
but
we
did
get.
The
job
done
may
not
have
been
as
quick.
A
lot
of
the
cleaning
was
also
delayed,
but
we're
getting
around
to
stuff
now.
E
Q
A
G
Q
As
far
as
maintaining
there's
a
lot
of
stuff,
we
do
do
without
even
calling,
but
when
it
gets
to
certain
things,
Building
Maintenance
does
come
to
replace
toilets
the
plumbing
the
electricity
roofs
on
buildings.
What
have
we
done
recently
just
locks?
You
know
that
may
put
the
locks
in
or
it's
tough
to
that
effect.
G
Q
G
So
the
the
reason
with
the
the
I'll
refer
to
something
the
football
field
that
creates
the
West
right,
the
Press
Box
correct
anytime.
There
was
issues
when
I
was
working
there,
Building
Maintenance
came
out
now,
I
know
you
guys
would
be
there
and
do
some
things
right,
but
typically
that
was
under
their.
Q
Q
Q
N
Thank
you,
director,
Cecelia
for
I'm,
looking
under
five
five,
zero,
zero,
zero
Community
programs
and
events
and
I've
seen
I
see
zeros.
There
looks
like
there's
mostly
zeros
there
other
than
72
dollars
in
2021.
So
is
it
to
my
understanding,
because
I
recently
went
to
a
really
nice
Community
event
to
put
on
by
Parks
and.
Q
Events
exactly
we
get
my
Ministry
of
assistant,
most
of
it
all
herself
will
go
out
and
and
get
assistance
from
various
companies.
As
you
were
listed
in
the
program,
it's
the
pickleball,
the
daily
pickleball
we
do
there.
We
take
receipts
from
that
make
deposits
and
that's
how
we
do
the
Halloween
party
Christmas
event
and
the
Easter
event.
That's.
N
N
I
have
questions
about
overtime
too,
because
I,
as
you
know,
I'm
a
coach
so
I
see
people
there
working
at
Fields
later.
Has
it
ever
been
thought
to
have
different
shifts
so
that
we
don't
have
so
much
overtime,
just
wondering
if
we
know
that
most
sporting
events
happen
after
hours
and
if
that
was
someone's
actual
shift
and
I,
don't
know
how
this
gets
accomplished.
It's
kind
of
just
an
idea
I'm
putting
out
there.
If
people
are
working,
you
know
Wednesday
through
Sunday
instead
of
Monday
through
Friday,
then
all
the
weekend
is
not
overtime.
N
We
this
built-in
overtime
into
this
system
based
on
the
hours
that
people
automatically
work.
That's
one
thing
number
two:
when
we
I
know
this
is
in
contracts
already,
but
when
we
have
to
go
and
get
contracts
again,
the
lighting
for
someone
to
have
to
be
paid
four
hours
to
come
turn
on
lights.
At
Cranston
West
when
I
know
that
there's
software
that
you
could
do
it
from
your
phone
at
your
house
kind
of
irks
me
because
I'm
not
trying
to
take
money
out
of
anybody's
pocket,
but
they're
not
really
doing
very
much
and
I.
N
Q
N
Okay
and
I:
don't
need
you
to
being
anything
extra
that
anyone
is
doing.
I
just
know
that
you
know,
perhaps
if
bathrooms
are
cleaned
before
and
then
they'll
clean
the
next
morning,
then
that
and
lights
are
turned
on
by
a
button.
Then
that
and
I
know
someone's
from
the
union
is
going
to
call
me
about
this
and
I
don't
really
care
because
I
really
care
about
everyone,
who's,
working
and
I
care
about
the
kids,
I
care
about
the
budget.
N
I
I
just
see
it
as
I'm
there
at
the
field.
There's
not
the
bathrooms
are,
will
be
no
more
clean.
You
know
if
they
do
it
at
night
or
they
do
it.
The
next
morning,
when
they're
there
on
the
clock
for
regular
hours.
It's
just
an
observation
and
I
hope
that
I'm
not
coming
across
wrong.
I.
Just
I'm
saying
that.
J
Q
N
Because,
as
this
overtime
continues
to
go
up,
I
like
I,
don't
want
anyone
to
take
money
from
you
anywhere
else
in
order
to
fund
that
and
I
just
feel
like
you
know,
Parks
and
Rec
is
supposed
to
be
for
the
kids
in
the
community
and
I
hope
that
we
can
continue
with
the
great
work
that
you've
been
doing.
Thank
you.
I
Q
I
B
I
Q
No,
no
there's.
We
still
have
a
pretty
big
season
coming
up,
April
baseball
soccer
still
rents
all
year
round
right
through
the
winter
they'll
they'll
play
all
year
round,
so
April,
May
and
June,
and
that
will
include
the
summer
camp
also,
which
I
try
to
get
numbers
today,
but
still
too
early
to
see
how
many
are
registered.
Q
G
Last
year,
if
you
recall
initially,
the
fees
were
not
in
the
budget
initially
for
the
camp,
because
we
were
coming
out
of
covid
and
we
made
an
adjustment
and
we
actually
exceeded
what
was
in
the
budget
from
last
year.
So
it
was
a
timing
issue.
Last
year,
when
the
budget
was
submitted
by
the
administration,
there
was
no
revenues
for
summer
camps
and
then,
when
we
had
the
hearing,
they
had
just
decided
that
they
were
going
to
have
summer
camps
because
of
the
change
of
the
environment.
C
Thank
you
good
evening,
Georgia.
So
I
have
a
question
we
got
in.
As
you
know,
I
know
there
isn't
only
one
pool
in
Queenston
it's
about
Long
Hall,
but
I
see
full
preventive
maintenance,
preventing
maintenance.
So
I
like
the
word
there
is
zero
well
surprise.
There
is
zero
for
I,
don't
understand
for
this
year
right
zero
for
this
year.
What
is
zero
for
24
as
well.
C
Q
C
Q
It's
not
crack,
but
there
is
leakage
and
that's
how
the
water
is
getting
up
and
through
I
don't
know
the
exact
ins
and
outs
I
talked
to
the
gentleman
that
put
the
liner
in,
and
he
just
gave
me
a
you
know.
The
report
he
gave,
who
was
not
good
I,
mean
he'd,
be
more
than
willing
to
explain
to
you
what's
going
on
there
to
the
best
of
his
knowledge,
but
I
mean
we're
looking
at
something
that
was
decided
from
myself
when
I
saw
the
pope
and
in
talking
to
the
mayor
Administration.
Q
H
A
A
C
C
A
Q
A
A
A
All
right
at
this
time
we
are
going
to
just
take
the
capital
budget
if
it
is
okay
with
the
committee,
because
we
have
had
two
individuals
here.
I
know
that
the
agenda
does
state
that
public
hearing
will
take
place
at
the
end
of
the
department.
Hearing
and
I
certainly
will
open
it
back
up
after
that.
Should
anyone
appear
if
it's
okay
with
the
body
I'd
like
to
allow
the
two
individual
you
know
or
three
individuals
to
have
their
time
now?
R
Good
evening
my
name
is
Susan.
Blake
I
live
at
173
Grand
Avenue
in
Cranston
I'd
like
to
thank
you
all
for
your
time
tonight
and
for
allowing
me
to
speak
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
many
Cranston
residents,
who
feel
very
strongly
that
the
current
size
and
depths
of
Bud
long
pool
should
be
maintained.
Anything
less
is
akin
to
cutting
down
a
stand
of
old
growth
trees
to
replace
it
with
a
playground.
R
R
R
What
is
the
reasoning
for
selecting
a
more
expensive
design
instead
of
keeping
with
the
current
layout
and
use
option
number
one
from
the
Federal
Hill
group
was
to
repair
the
current
pool
and
the
bath
house
bring
it
up
to
code
ADA
compliance
foreign
for
that
we
were
given
a
proposal,
cost
estimate
of
2.8
million
dollars,
but
the
current
plan
proposed
is
significantly
higher.
Cranston
has
already
received
a
750
000
Congressional
Grant,
specifically
for
Bud
long
pool.
R
R
S
Hi
I'm
Dan
Wright
I
Live
Now
in
Auburn,
but
I
lived
right
across
from
the
pool
for
most
of
my
life
I've
swung
in
the
pool
since
I
was
10.
every
single
year
that
it
was
open
a
couple
of
years.
It
wasn't
open,
there's
nothing
about
the
if,
if,
if
it
were
19
three
years
ago
with
the
pool
I've
opened,
if
we
didn't
have
covert
yes,
nobody
was
going
to
do
anything
with
the
pool
the
water.
That's
in
there,
the
brown
water
I,
don't
know
what
people
are
saying:
there's
always
Brown
water.
S
S
If
you
look
at
historically
at
this
city,
none
of
us
would
even
be
living
here.
That's
why
we
all
have
walls
in
front
of
our
house
in
Auburn,
so
they
could
open
up.
Because
of
this
there
was
a
huge
flood
plain.
There's
absolutely
no
reason
all
they've
ever
done
is
stealed
it
and
painted
it.
Every
single
year,
in
my
whole
life
since
I
was
10..
I
can
see
no
reason
why
they
can't
do
that
again.
S
S
That's
what
stops
the
groundwater
from
coming
in
and
then
he
painted
with
a
very
thick
pain
and
by
the
end
of
the
year,
the
paint's
chipping
off,
and
we
all
have
a
great
year.
This
is
a
mayor.
Mancini
one
had
a
new
plan.
Mayor
Fung
had
a
new
plan.
I
went
to
those
meetings
also,
they
were
just
like
this
I.
Don't
know
how
you
guys
do
this
job,
God
and
I'm
a
school
psychologist.
I
had
city
meetings
all
day,
but
this
is
something
but
anyways.
S
S
Somebody
needs,
you
need
all
sorts
of
things
you
shouldn't
have
to
spend
anything
on
this
pool,
there's
a
little
bit
of
Plumbing
trouble
and
I
I
people
spoke
of
APA
access,
so
there's
some
handicap,
I,
don't
know
what
that's
about
you
could
easily
it's
a
huge
pool,
put
a
ramp
for
people
to
get
in
and
out
of
the
pool
you
go
in
at
ground
level.
You
don't
have
to
go
to
the
bath
house,
they
opened
the
gates
for
you,
that's
how
people
come
in
with
children.
S
P
Hey
great
to
be
here
again:
Stephen
Frias,
107,
Garden,
Hills,
Drive
I'm,
also
a
planning
commissioner,
so
I'm,
just
speaking
on
the
capital
budget,
I'll
try
to
be
brief
and
to
the
point,
as
you
see
in
the
capital
budget,
this
paper
poses
has
been
adopted
by
the
commission.
Just
to
remind
you
of
a
couple
of
things:
the
city
council,
according
to
Charter
section
6.12,
has
the
ability
to
May,
accept,
reject
or
modify
proposals
ascribed
here
in
so
therefore,
you
can
reject
one
of
these
proposals.
P
You
can
reduce
the
amount
increase,
the
amount
or
shift
the
year,
but
what
you
can't
do
is
add:
there's
no
adding
a
capital
project
that
has
not
been
approved
by
the
capital
commit
by
the
Planning
Commission.
If
you
look
at
609,
when
they
talk
about
the
operating
budget,
it
says
the
council
may
increase
decrease
or
strike
out
any
items
or
items
or
Appropriations
or
add
items
not
including
the
operating
budget.
So
that's
why
you're
able
to
add
items
under
the
operating
budget,
but
not
add
items
in
the
capital
budget.
P
I
wish
I
had
made
a
motion
to
take
out
and
I
didn't
because
I
make
motions
to
take
things
out
and
then
I
kind
of
feel
uncomfortable,
because
people
start
getting
uncomfortable
with
me.
Making
things
out
of
this
thing.
One
is
the
training
facility
for
the
fire
500
000,
the
chief
Warren,
came
in
and
said:
basically
they
go
to
work
right
now.
P
The
idea
was
maybe
we
should
have
our
own,
but
he
said
it
was
not
a
big
deal
and
I
was
really
on
the
fence,
aware
of
not
to
include
it
and
not
include
it,
make
even
motion
to
take
it
out,
because
one
of
the
things
the
planning
board
is
is
we
have
to
look
at
where
the
necessity
of
the
item?
That's
what
it
is.
You
guys
have
more
discretion
in
regards
to
another
thing,
too.
P
Is
you
can
move
some
items
around
here
like
some
of
these
projects
that
are
in
for
FY,
24,
they're,
actually
kind
of
low
priority
see
the
the
administration
gives
us
priorities
of
each
project,
and
some
of
them
were
listed
as
like
signal
signal
upgrade
was
six
out
of
scale,
one
to
ten
Rehabilitation
replacement
of
bridge
under
Public
Works.
That
was
10
on
a
scale
110
one
being
the
highest,
so
it's
all
in
the
City
Planning
Commission
spot.
P
So
if
you're
looking
for
places
to
move,
because
this
isn't
a
very
large
expensive
budget,
probably
you
know
the
first
or
second
largest
nominal
dollars
for
the
city.
I,
don't
want
to
say
adjusted
for
inflation.
It
is
because
in
the
1950s,
when
you
build
one
high
school
one
middle
school
and
about
four
or
five
elementary
schools,
that's
a
lot.
So
my
only
caution
to
you
guys
is,
as
you
go
forward
on
the
schools
we're
going
to
get
this
done
for
the
schools
here.
P
But
really
we
need
to
pause
because
we're
taking
on
a
lot
of
debt.
You
know,
as
we
go
forward
and
Lasting
on
Budlong
pool,
particularly
I've
said
this
before
I
know,
I'm
in
the
minority,
but
I
think
the
most
cost
effective
way
to
give
people
the
chance
to
swim
in
the
summer
is
to
Simply
give
them
pass
the
city
to
work
out
an
arrangement
with
the
YMCA
or
Parkview
Middle,
School
or
some
country
club,
and
give
them
a
pass
to
go
the
summer
for
a
couple
of
months.
P
It's
a
lot
cheaper
than
spending
millions
of
dollars
to
try
to
do
this
pool
thing.
However,
people
are
talking
about
it.
That's
my
own
personal
opinion.
That's
how
I
think
is
the
most
cost
effective
approach.
I
know,
there's
a
lot
of
memories
and
Nostalgia
and
feelings
about
these
things
and
I
get
that.
But
if
you
already
got
other
pools
in
the
city,
just
pay
people
give
work
with
the
other
institutions
and
get
them
to
go
there
and
it'll
be
a
lot
less
cheaper
than
inventing
one
on
your
own.
Sorry
for
going
over.
A
P
I
did
you
know.
Last
year,
I
came
in
and
I
was
critical
of
the
budget
last
year
because
of
the
large
Reliance
and
Opera
funds
and
I
just
wanted
to
commend
the
work.
That's
been
done
to
bring
that
number
down
to
4.7
million
on
Opera.
You've
really
done
a
great
job
of
reducing
the
structural
issues
and
getting
a
control
on
spending.
So
I
wanted
to
say
that,
because
I
know
a
lot
of
people
come
out
and
just
say
blah
blah
blah
blah
and
they
complaint
I
want
to
say
something
positive
publicly.
So
all
right!
A
A
Mr
Frias
mentioned
some
sort
of
rating
system.
One
through
ten
is
that
something
that
could
be
shared
with
the
council
through
the
administration.
Some
you
know
a
10
being
highest
Priority.
One
being
you
know,
we
could
not
met,
but
we
could
do
without
on
capacities
here.
What
are
the
the
because
it
it
is
a
large
and
just
to
get
a
that,
would
give
us
a
some
background
on
what
the
administration's
you
know.
True
priorities
are
here.
P
So
this
so
I
can
help
explain
to
the
to
the
council
and
the
Cranston
planning
board
website
for
the
March
meeting.
You
will
find
capital
budget
listed
some
PDFs
there,
one
of
them
lists
all
the
projects
that
were
submitted.
There
is
a
priority
ranking
in
each
project,
one
being
the
highest
10
being
the
lowest.
If
you
wish,
I
could
read
you
for
the
record
what
they
were
at
the
time
they
were
submitted
and
I
have
all
the
numbers
for
what's
for
next
year.
P
A
I
Q
The
original
plans
were
to
make
it
a
pickleball
facility.
We
had
had
some
requests
from
people
in
the
neighborhood.
The
mayor
had
gotten
I
had
and
travels
down.
There
talked
to
people
and
with
the
growing
popularity
of
it
we
just
thought
a
place
for
pickleball
would
be
would
be
beneficial.
I
know
we
spoke
a
while
ago
about
foosball
and
a
multi-purpose
place
with
basketball.
It
didn't
get
to
that
point.
Can
it
be
engaged
again
I'm
willing
to
listen
to
it?
Q
I
I
think
when
we
spoke
even
last
week,
I
think
it
was
so
I
have
strong
concerns,
I'm,
removing
the
basketball
court
completely
and
just
creating
that
the
pickle
ball
on
there,
but
is
that
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
as
proposed,
if
that
was
to
be
used
for
pickleball?
That
includes
the
entire
Paving.
Yes,.
Q
I
Because
the
demands
that
I'm
getting
are
totally
different-
and
definitely
one
of
them
is
objection
of
the
removal
of
the
basketball
court
and
they're.
Actually
I,
don't
want
to
get
out
of
line
in
terms
of
you
know
derail
from
the
conversation,
but
they
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
actually
more
toys.
I
Versus
just
being
for
like
younger
young
small
little
five
year
old
or
younger,
but
the
pickle
ball,
if
that
was
to
come
in
place
of
the
basketball
court,
I
just
think
you're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
pushback
from
the
community
to
just
remove
the
entire
basketball
court
and
make
that
a
pickle,
okay.
Well,
just
because
a
younger
generation
or
even
adults,
actually
in
that
area,
I
see
them
playing
basketball
all
the
time
that
I
think
that.
I
Q
For
it
was
for
the
the
asphalt
and
the
you
know,
little
excavate
on
the
side
put
a
few
benches
in
you
know.
The
idea
was
to
make
it
where
they're
not
going
to
have
to
yeah,
where
they're
not
going
to
have
to
compete
with
the
tennis
crowd,
because
that's
what
we're
getting
up
at
Hope
Road
now.
Thank.
I
A
I
I
I
A
A
G
C
B
C
So
also
I,
don't
know
it's
there's
a
lot
of
needs
in
terms
of
playground
in
inward
to
particularly,
we
have
two
basketball
courts
in
this
same
place.
At
that
long
pole
is
there
or
anything
I,
don't
see
anything
for
those
basketball?
Is
that
something
we
think
about
it
or
it's
included?
In
the
whole,
the.
Q
Thought
was
to
include
it
in
the
whole
project,
but
getting
back
to
your
point,
we
we
think
about
doing
Fields.
All
the
time
I
could
I
could
do
work
on
just
about
every
field,
the
amount
of
use
they
get.
So
there
are
parking
lots
that
and
there
it
is
a
Non-Stop
survey
facilities
of
trying
to
get
things
done
and
it'll
find
a
way
to
do
them.
But
that's
what
I'm
here
for
and
you
guys
can
help
us
all
do
that.
Yes,.
C
A
D
D
D
D
Probably
won't
take
too
long
and
I'll
as
I'm
speaking
I'll.
Ask
director's
idealist
to
check
my
my
my
numbers
that
I'm
using
it's
not
rehearsed,
something
just
to
note
well
the
the
schools.
Obviously,
we
were
concerned
that
they,
their
spending,
does
fall.
Within
These
limits
it's
maxing
out
of
the
147
million
dollar
Bond
referendum.
So
there's
no
wiggle
room
for
for
more.
We
direct
if
we
wanted
to
make
a
comment
on
that
as
I'm.
F
Talking
if
and
director
Moretti's
War
diplomatic
than
I
am
because
I'm
Gonna
Keep
harping
on
130
years,
okay,
it
must
be
late
because
I
made
a
horrible
mistake.
The
130
million
dollar
book
is
the
maximum.
We
will
want
so
it's
it's.
The
total
authoration,
including
ride
is
147..
I
will
continue
to
hop
on
130..
So
if
just
on
that
one
so.
D
And
for
those
people
who
don't
know
the
147
was
approved
maximum
there's
seven,
the
130
that
the
direct
is
referring
to
is
the
state
Advanced
ride,
Advance
a
grant
of
17
million
dollars.
Basically
it's
called
Pago
but
Grant,
but
it's
basically
cash
flow,
but
that's
that
reduces
the
amount
of
allowable
spending.
That's
what
he's
referring
to
just
wanted
for
clarification,
yeah.
Just
a
couple
of
projects:
I'm
not
going
to
necessarily
comment
on
all
of
them.
D
We'll
get
back
to
those
priorities,
but
a
couple
of
projects
is
one:
is
the
city-wide
infrastructure,
four
million
dollars
I
recall
in
meetings
with
director
bernado?
That
also
includes
drainage
projects
director's
idealist?
Perhaps
you
may
recall
the
amount
that
director
Bernardo
was
incorporating
into
that
number
and
it
was
a
I.
We
could
go
back
and
check,
hopefully,
but
I
believe
that
to
be
over
half
a
million
dollars,
so
I
just
want
to
make.
D
We
have
received
the
that's
the
streetscape
project,
Congressional
Grant
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
we
received
a
grant
from
Rhode
Island
infrastructure
bank
for
three
hundred
thousand
dollars.
We're
not
going
to
know
that
final
that
final
number,
but
that
2-5
is
maybe
I
think
conservatively.
Maybe
saying
that
I'm
just
thinking
out
loud,
the
whole
project
may
maybe
depends
how
you
consider
it
with
Paving
or
not
Paving,
between
3
and
3.3,
and
probably
the
high
side,
less
consideration
for
those
grants.
D
D
Probably
the
best
estimate
at
this
time,
without
consideration
of
grants
for
the
we'll
say
that
that
version
of
that
scale
down
new
pool
and
renovation
of
the
bath
house
only
would
be
approximately
three
million
to
3.3
million
dollars.
Also,
that's
the
best
guess
at
this
time
of
best
estimate,
frankly
and
remember,
recoiling
that
we
received
the
federal
Congressional
Grant
of
750
000
dollars.
D
So
if
you,
even
if
you
even
at
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
which
is
probably
on
the
high
side
and
you
and
you
reduce
it
by
that
750
you're
talking
about
the
two
million
eight,
it
was
pretty
ingenious.
How
the
city
council
came
up
with
the
resolution
of
two
million
eight,
but
net
based
is
perhaps
2
million.
Eight
could
do
the
trick
for
that
project.
D
So,
if
we're
looking
to
trim
it,
I
wouldn't
go
much
lower,
because
if
they
go,
if
you
just
go
just
over,
then
we
might
be
in
trouble,
but
I
feel
a
little
bit
leeway.
But
I
just
wanted
to
update
you
with
those
with
a
better
estimates
at
this
time,
because
when
I
realizing
this
process,
it
was
January
early
February.
When
these
numbers
were
submitted
to
the
planning
department.
M
J
J
F
D
I
believe,
if
I,
if
I
recall
and
again
I
am
quite
sure,
it
was
Park,
Avenue
and
Budlong
Road
and
Dyer,
Avenue
and
and
I
believe
it
could
have
also
been
I'm.
Not
sure
of
this
that
one
I'm
quite
sure,
and
we
could
verify
that,
but
the
the
other
one
that
I
recall
may
have
been
near
The
Print
Works,
that
intersection
there
yeah
dire
and
in
Cranston,
but
I'd
had
that
one
I'm
a
little
bit
more
sketchy
on,
but
I
have
to
get
back
to
you.
D
I
D
I
D
200
000
correct,
that
was,
for
a
study
design
to
evaluate
the
current
condition
of
the
bridges
city-wide
that
the
city
does
not
have
so
this
would
be
one
of
those
long-term
type
projects
that
is,
the
bridge
is
going
to
fall
down
immediately.
No,
but
we
don't
have
it
I.
Remember
the
director
indicating
that
we
do
not
have
an
assessment
of
the
condition
of
the
bridges
at
this
time
and
that's
where
they've
been
seed
money
for
that
evaluation.
So.
I
R
F
F
I
Know
just
curious,
you
know
on
on
those
end,
and
my
last
question
was
on
the
city-wide
building
improvements.
Would
that
be
we
built
is?
Is
that
on
the
site
as
well
I'm
just
trying
to
save
time?
Because
if
it's
on
the
website,
then
I
can
obviously
not
ask
what
buildings
they
are.
That
you're
looking
to
improve.
D
I
I
can
say
this.
What
we
could
do
is
again
regroup,
particularly
with
DPW
and
we'll
come
up
with
a
specificity
that
we
do
have
and
provide
it
on
an
email
to
the
council
from
the
administration.
So
you
have
as
detailed
information
as
as
we
have,
which
was
submitted
to
the
Planning
Commission.
Okay,.