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A
D
B
Oh
sounds
like
we
have
somebody
participating
remotely
who
does
not
have
a
great
audio
connection
so
I'll
make
that.
E
B
A
G
A
Kelly,
do
we
have
an
emotion?
Do
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
from
our
last
meeting.
B
I
move
approval
of
the
minutes
of
the
regular
and
pw
committee
meeting
of
june
28
2021.
Is
there
a
second
second.
G
Have
two
public
comment
and
first
would
be
jacob
ice
isaacson
to
have
two
minutes.
H
Thank
you,
yeah.
I'm
actually
wasn't
totally
sure
that
this
was
the
forum
to
make
this
comment,
but
I'm
here
to
express
my
feelings
about
the
lack
of
dog
parks
in
the
city
and
the
fact
that
we
seemed
to
be
on
the
right
track
where
there
was
the
plan
to
build
a
new
one,
and
there
was
money
already
allocated
for
it.
H
It
was
coming
down
to
site
selection,
and
now
it's
apparently
not
moving
forward
because
of,
I
would
guess,
the
complaints
of
people
who
don't
want
a
dog
park
at
all,
so
we've
been
living
in
in
the
city
for
about
a
year
and
a
half
my
dog
needs
exercise
like
most
dogs
and
once
a
day
we
go
to
a
park
to
play
fetch.
We
can't
do
that
because
we
don't
have
a
backyard.
H
So
we
can't
do
that
at
home
we
don't
have
a
car
or
two
cars,
so
I
can't
during
the
day
drive
to
pooch
park,
and
it
seems
to
be
that
there
is
no
real
push
to
make
this
happen,
and
I
don't
understand
why-
and
so
I
want
to
just
be
here
as
a
resident
of
the
city
and
as
someone
who's
just
trying
to
be
a
good
neighbor
and
follow
the
rules
to
say
that
I
have
to
break
the
rules
of
the
city
every
day.
H
H
I
think
that
the
city
has
a
weird
thing
about
dogs
in
a
lot
of
ways,
and
it's
the
only
city
that
I've
lived
in,
certainly
in
my
life
and
for
the
most
part
that
I
can
think
of
that
has
such
a
weird
dog
unfriendly
thing
going
on,
and
so
I'm
here
to
say,
evanston
needs
a
dog
park.
He
needs
multiple
dog
parks
and
they
don't
even
have
to
be
dog
parks.
They
just
have
to
be
places
where
dogs
are
allowed
to
run
safely
and
without
breaking
the
law.
That's
it.
H
I
Hello,
okay,
hi.
I
would
like
to
talk
about
a
six
agenda
item
and
it
talks
about
giving
75
000
for
vacant
property.
I
So
I
want
to
know
a
couple
of
months
ago
there
was
another
175
thousand
dollars
given
for
the
same
purpose,
and
I
would
like
to
know
why
and
who
got
the
first
175
thousand
dollars.
I
How
do
where
is
the
list
of
people
that
the
public
can
see
who
got
this
money
since
they
claim
that
landlords
like
myself,
do
not
qualify
for
it?
And
I
hope
that
the
lady
that
owns
all
the
properties
that
are
boarded
up
on
emerson
and
jackson
is
not
getting
this
money.
They
were
saying.
Oh,
you
know
we're
not
going
to
give
her
any
money
and
so
forth.
I
So
attached
is
a
list
showing
what
I
believe
is
violations
against
certain
properties.
Her
property
is
included
in
this
list.
It's
the
35
properties,
I
don't
know
if
they're
all
vacant
or
compliant
or
whatever,
but
it
looks
like
there's,
violations
against
the
properties
and
some
of
the
complaints
are
from
2015.
I
So
why
should
someone
be
getting
money
for
a
complaint
from
2015
and
they
should
have
a
lien
on
their
property
that,
like
they
did
me
for
not
complying
or
whatever?
But
I
don't
see
how
of
what
kind
of
procedure
you're
using
to
select
people
that
get
money,
and
it
seems
like
you're,
giving
a
bonus
to
people
who
are
not
doing
the
right
thing.
I
So
I
object,
and
I
hope
that
you
will
vote
no
for
this
money
to
go
forward
until
the
first
175
000
is
disclosed
and
have
some
kind
of
procedure
or
disclose
how
our
people
are
chosen
to
get
this
money
that
the
city
is
handing
out.
Thank
you
and
black
lives
matter.
J
G
Then
there's
one
more
public
comment
from
mr
fasilico
in
the
sith
sixth
award.
He
was
unable
to
attend
tonight
so
I'll,
just
rooted
in
he's
asking
that
the
committee
members
table
agenda
item
a7,
ordinance,
80-0-21
authorizing
general
obligation,
bond
issues
until
public
hearing
takes
place.
Accepting
this
ivan
item
even
for
just
introduction,
commits
the
council
to
a
property
tax
increase.
G
Citizens
deserve
a
question
and
answer
period
with
staff
and
with
council
members,
when
tax
increases
are
contemplated,
ordinance
8021
states
that
the
debt
service
for
the
2021
bond
capital
projects
portions
will
be
paid
out
of
a
future
tax
levy.
The
residents
of
evanston
are
no
financial
position
to
have
property.
Tax
increases
opposed
upon
them.
G
B
Burns
this
is
luke
style,
carlos.
K
You
on
the
line
yep,
yes,
first,
I
want
to
thank
you
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
and
secondly,
I
would
ask,
since
we
have
new
members
on
the
city
council,
I'm
very
concerned
that
we
do
not
go
back
to
business
as
usual,
with
the
deals
under
the
table
and
behind
and
closed
doors
and
no
transparency
to
the
citizens
as
a
taxpayer
in
this
community
now
one
property
for
over
70
years.
K
I
find
it
very
offensive
that
certain
landowners
in
this,
especially
the
fifth
ward,
can
go
without
any
kind
of
violations
without
any
kinds
of
action
taken
against
their
property.
But
yet
people
like
me,
who
are
retired
on
a
fixed
income
and
depend
on
the
income
from
the
rental
property,
can
get
no
assistance
at
all.
K
You
can't
lower
our
taxes,
then
we
see
people
boarding
up
buildings
and
we
see
all
this
money
going
out
as
a
very
discouraging
at
one
as
a
taxpayer
and
two
as
a
long
residents
of
evanston
that
there
should
be
a
little
bit
more
equity,
one
in
the
distribution
of
these
funds
and
two
transparency
about
availability
of
them.
Thank
you
and
I
agree
completely
with
mrs
tina
payton.
Thank
you.
A
All
right,
thank
you
for
your
comments.
Moving
on
items
for
consideration
the
consent
calendar.
Would
anyone
like
to
pull
anything
off
the
consent
agenda?
I.
L
D
A
move
item
a2
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
for
action
to
accept
and
place
on
file.
E
Okay,
so
hey
good
afternoon
chair
and
the
members
of
the
committee,
this
is
this
ig
financial
officer
and
without
any
delay
I
would
give
it
to
a
dan
berg
who
is
a
partner
with
the
secretary
and
company,
our
auditor.
So
he
would
briefly
go
over
the
audit
to
report
and
then
take
any
questions
then
take
it
over
and
can
you
share
your
report
then.
M
I
I
will
in
just
one
moment
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
allowing
me
to
present
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report
and
the
results
of
our
audit.
I
also
want
to
thank
city
staff,
especially
the
finance
department,
the
tash,
andy
rahm
and
all
the
others
that
helped
us
with
completing
this
audit
on
a
timely
basis
and
and
able
to
complete
it
remotely
again.
This
year
we
had
wonderful
cooperation
throughout.
M
It
enabled
us
to
present
all
of
these
documents
and
it
will
enable
the
city
to
place
this
report
and
apply
for
this
certificate
of
achievement
for
excellence
in
financial
reporting,
with
the
government
finance
officers
association.
So
it's
a
it's
an
award.
The
city
is
accustomed
to
receiving
and
we
believe
this
report
will
once
again
receive
that
high
the
highest
award
available
to
financial
reporting.
I
do
have
a
bookmark
version
of
this
document,
this,
the
the
comprehensive
annual
financial
report,
it's
available
to
you.
M
M
So,
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
review
this
document,
it
is
a
little
intimidating.
It's
it's
it's
pretty
thick
and
it's
a
lot
of
information
to
take
in.
So
if
you
haven't
had
a
chance
to
review
it
in
detail,
I
would
suggest
that
you
begin
with
the
letter
of
transmittal,
which
is
in
the
introductory
section
and
written
by
staff
and
gives
a
a
real
nice
synopsis
of
the
city
itself
and
kind
of
is
a
lead-in
to
the
the
actual,
comprehensive
annual
financial
report.
M
So
the
next
thing,
I'd
like
to
point
out,
is
the
independent
auditors
report.
This,
in
fact,
is
the
only
part
of
the
report.
That's
actually
ours.
The
rest
of
the
report
is
all
the
city's
information
drawn
from
cities,
documents
and
assembled
by
us,
but
it's
really
the
city's
information
and
on
the
second
page
at
the
top
of
the
second
page
of
our
opinion,
is
of
our
report
is
our
opinion.
This
is
commonly
referred
to
as
clean
opinion.
We
call
it
an
unmodified
opinion.
M
It's
the
best
opinion
we're
allowed
to
give,
and
it
simply
says
that
the
financial
statements
present
fairly
in
all
material
respects.
So
that's
as
good
as
it
gets.
Congratulations
on
another
clean
opinion.
The
next
immediately
following
the
the
independent
auditors
report
is
the
management,
discussion
and
analysis.
This
is
written
by
the
city
on
city
letterhead,
obviously,
and
it
compares
this
year
december,
31
2020
to
december
31
2019
and
explains
to
the
reader
why
things
changed
in
the
manner
in
which
they
did
so.
This
is
a
very
important
piece.
M
It
allows
the
city
to
explain
to
the
user
the
whys
and
also
what
to
expect
in
coming
years,
and
it
it
allows
the
city
to
put
its
spin.
If
you
will
or
explain
anything
in
the
financial
report,
it's
the
only
place
truly
in
the
financial
report,
where
this
is
done
with
that
I'd
like
to
just
hit
a
a
couple,
real
quick
highlights
in
the
report
itself.
M
The
statement
of
net
position
on
pages
four
and
five
of
the
hard
copy,
37,
38,
36
and
37,
is
the
full
accrual
financial
statements,
except
that
in
a
government
we
expand
the
the
equity
section
to
try
to
explain
to
the
users
what
portion
of
the
equity
can
be
used
for
general
services
and
what
must
be
spent
on
specific
restrictions
so
and
then
finally,
also
the
very
first
number.
M
What
cannot
be
spent?
It's
your
investment
in
your
infrastructure,
your
buildings,
your
equipment,
your
roads,
your
pipe
in
the
ground,
your
parking
structures,
net
of
accumulated
depreciation
and
net
of
any
debt
used
to
purchase
and
still
outstanding
debt,
still
outstanding,
her
used
to
purchase
or
acquire
or
construct
those
fixed
assets.
So
by
far
the
largest
investment
the
city
has
is
in
its
infrastructure.
M
The
reason
for
the
deficit
position
in
the
unrestricted
is
primarily
pensions
and
other
post-employment
benefit
obligations
for
the
future.
The
city
is
required
to
contribute
to
those
on
an
actuarial
basis.
The
actuary
does
a
study
and
annually
the
city
contributes.
M
M
The
next
page
is
the
statement
of
activities
and,
on
the
second
page
of
it
near
the
bottom
of
the
page,
is
the
change
in
net
position
and
and
shows
the
beginning
net
position.
It
shows
that,
even
in
a
pandemic
year,
the
city
pretty
much
held
its
own,
the
governmental
activities,
column,
a
1.7
million
dollar
reduction
in
that
position,
the
business
type
activities
which
is
primarily
the
water
sewer
parking,
etc
that
increased
its
net
position
by
three
million
dollars
for
a
net
of
positive
1.3
million
dollars.
M
So
if
your
constituents
were
to
ask
you
if
you
were
better
off
economically
this
year
than
last
year,
you
would
point
to
this
and
say
yes
in
total,
we
are
better
off
than
in
the
prior
year.
The
next
page
I
wanted
to
hit
very
very
quickly
is
the
balance
sheet
of
the
for
the
governmental
funds.
M
Your
general
fund
is
by
far
the
largest
and
most
important
fund
of
the
city,
and
it
shows
here
on
the
bottom
of
page
9
of
the
hard
copy
in
41
of
the
pdf
that
the
city
finished
the
year
with
18
point
almost
7
million
dollars
in
fund
balance.
That's
almost
exactly
the
city's
goal
of
16.67
percent
or
16.6.
M
Its
fund
balance
policy
states
that
the
fund
balance
should
be
targeted
at
16.6
percent
of,
and
then
that's
total
expenditures
for
the
year.
So
on.
On
page
11
and
page
43
of
the
pdf,
here's
the
total
expenditures
for
the
city's
general
fund
about
a
110
000,
almost
111..
M
Its
fund
balances
are
I'm
sorry,
it's
net
positions
are
shown
here
again.
A
vast
majority
of
the
fund
of
the
net
position
is
that
net
investment
in
capital
assets
and
the
only
fund
with
a
negative
in
the
unrestricted
is
the
solid
waste
on
the
change
in
business.
Our
change
in
net
position
for
the
business
type
activities.
M
We
show
that
the
water
fund
increased
by
five
almost
point
by
5.6
million
dollars,
sewer
by
2.7
solid
waste
by
six
hundred
thousand,
and
then
the
the
parking
fund
had
a
a
net
loss
of
almost
six
million
dollars.
That's
after
transferring
4.4
million
almost
4.5
million
out,
but
before
those
transfers
it
still
was
showing
a
loss
of
1.6
million
dollars,
something
to
keep
an
eye
on
for
the
future.
M
I
bookmarked
a
few
other
pages
here
for
more
for
you
to
look
at
down
the
road.
If
you
would
like,
I
did
want
to
show
you
that
the
pension
funds,
the
firefighters
and
police
pension
fund
in
2020,
had
an
excellent
year
as
they
did
in
2019.
M
That's
very
much
a
function
of
where
the
market
is
at
on
december
31st,
it's
a
point
in
time
measurement
of
the
investments
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
investments
up
here,
the
net
appreciation
was
significantly
higher
than
it
has
been
in
the
past
last
year
it
was
even
higher
so
that
the
total
change
in
that
position
was
a
positive
11
million
for
the
firefighters
and
16
0.8
million
for
the
police.
M
So
again,
that's
a
point
in
time
measurement
as
the
portfolio
goes
at
12
31
so
goes
those
funds
and
then
because
I'm
always
asked
I
just
wanted
to
show
you
the
funding
status
of
each
of
your
pension
funds,
so
on
on
page
85
of
the
hard
copies
and
118
of
the
pdf
is
showing
the
imrf
at
over
100.
So
it's
over
funded.
Theoretically,
your
rate
should
stay
the
same
or
maybe
drop
a
little
going
forward.
M
Once
money
goes
into
that
pension
fund.
However,
the
city
cannot
draw
it
back.
It's
there
to
stay
and
only
your
contribution
rate
will
change
to
compensate
for
the
over
funding
in
future
years.
Again,
that's
also
as
a
result
of
a
point
in
time
measurement.
You
can
see
here
the
43
point
million
dollars
of
net
increase
in
investments
for
the
imrf
fund
and
the
prior
year
was
in
that
decrease.
M
So
as
the
market
goes
at
12
31
so
goes
these
funds,
the
I'm
sorry
imref,
is
measured
as
of
2019
as
well,
not
2020.,
so
that
was
the
the
down
year
was
2018..
M
I
apologize
the
police
pension
increased,
it's
its
funding
level
from
56
to
almost
61
and
the
fire
increased
it
from
48
to
52
and
two-thirds.
So
with
that,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
about
this.
We
did
issue
some
memorandum
to
the
city
council
and
the
council
members.
M
One
is
a
management
letter
which
shows
that
there
were
no
material
weaknesses,
no
significant
deficiencies
that
were
required
to
bring
before
the
city
council
and
advise
about
those.
We
did
have
a
couple
of
deficiencies
that
we
talked
about
with
staff
and
put
those
into
a
communication
to
the
city
council,
but
those
aren't
required
to
be
communicated
simply
because
they
don't
rise
to
the
level
of
material
weakness
or
significant
deficiency.
Sorry
about
that,
but
that
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
about
this
document.
A
Yes,
so
to
remind
the
public
who
has
just
joined
us,
this
is
2020
comprehensive
annual
financial
report.
This
is
the
audit
report.
It
is
for
action
to
accept
and
place
on
file,
and
we
have
a
question
for
councilmember
reed
go
ahead.
L
Thank
you,
sir.
I.
D
M
Yes,
we
always
recommend
that
cities,
villages
counties,
you
name
it
governmental
agencies,
create
a
fund
balance
policy.
That
would
say
how
much
they
feel
comfortable
with
as
a
floor
or
a
target
if
you
will
for
fund
balances
in
their
largest
funds
and
obviously
that's
the
general
fund
for
the
city,
so
the
larger
the
city
and
the
larger
your
expenditures,
the
lower
the
percentage,
but
the
dollar
amount
would
still
be
fairly
high,
so
16
million
dollars
that
some
of
your
neighbors
would
be
50
of
their
of
their
total
budget
for
the
general
fund.
M
But
for
the
city
of
evanston,
16.6
is
still
significant
dollar
amount
of
about
18
million
dollars.
D
Okay
and
given.
M
I'm
sorry
and
that's
the
way
to
calculate
it
too,
and
that
pretty
much
is
accepted
generally
by
most
of
the
municipalities.
N
Thank
you,
mr
bird,
could
you
please
stop
the
presentation,
so
we
can
see.
D
A
D
Last
question
give
it
actually.
I.
D
D
Do
we
do
we
not
have
an
equity
fund,
a
specific
fund
that
was
set
aside
where
we
set
aside
equity
hours?
Am
I
incorrect
on
that.
E
No,
we
don't
I'm
sorry,
yeah,
council
member,
read
yeah,
we
don't
have
any
video
reserved
for
every
fund
has
their
own
results
or
equity
in
that
fund.
D
D
You
know,
given
that
we
have
various
funds
that
we
can
choose
to
split
apart
away
from
the
general
fund
is,
and
I'm
asking
I'm
sorry
forget
the
gentleman's
name,
the
auditor.
D
What
is
the
best,
do
you
think,
as
a
separate
reserve
fund
is,
is,
would
be
a
a
good
thing
for
the
city
to
to
undertake
having
a
fund,
that's
separate
of
the
general
fund,
an
actual
reserve
fund
and
also
given
that
we,
you
know,
the
general
fund
itself
is
not
solid
because
we
split
things
away
from
it
at
times
and
create
separate
funds.
D
M
So
the
general
rule
of
thumb
is
the
minimum
number
of
funds
theorem
that
is
used
in
order
to
to
show
any
of
your
legal
restrictions
that
need
separation.
For
instance,
the
state
of
illinois
department
of
transportation
requires
the
motor
fuel
tax
to
be
separate,
so
that
will
always
be
separate.
The
police
and
fire
pension
funds
by
statute
need
to
be
separated.
M
Your
water
sewer,
your
business
type
activities
where
you
want
to
measure
100
of
the
cost
so
that
you
can
determine
whether
or
not
you're
turning
a
profit
and
if
rates
are,
are
adequate
to
run
those
operations
and
those
activities.
M
Many
of
the
other
funds
are
broken
out
for
budgetary
reasons,
or
simply
to
be
able
to
show
the
public
that
a
specific
revenue
stream
is
coming
in
and
being
spent
in
accordance
with,
however,
that
revenue
stream
was
being
created
for,
for
instance,
there's
the
emergency
telephone
system
fund.
There
are
certain
taxes
that
go
in
there
and
there's
and
the
expenditures
are
separated
out
to
show
the
public
and
and
the
administration
and
and
the
city
council
exactly
how
those
are
being
spent.
M
Some
of
the
smaller
funds
in
the
non-major
funds
of
the
report
could
certainly
be
reported
as
part
of
the
general
fund,
but
for
whatever
reason,
during
the
budgetary
process
during
prior
city
councils,
variety
of
reasons
were
chosen
to
be
maintained
separately
outside
the
general
fund.
Those
funds,
generally
speaking,
have
fairly
low
fund
balances
because
they
generally
spend
about
what
they
take
in,
or
you
know
approximate
that
over
time,
maybe
not
in
any
given
year
but
over
time.
B
So
I'll
pick
up
on
councilmember
reed's
question,
which,
as
I
understood
it,
was
a
question
as
to
whether
or
not
it
is
allowable
and
or
would
make
sense
to
have
a
separate
fund
called
the
reserve
fund.
A
rainy
day
fund
council
member
raid
is
that
what
you're.
M
I'll
start
with
that
question,
generally
speaking,
the
in
order
to
maintain
maximum
flexibility
in
spending
down
fund
balance
in
years
that
your
fund
balances
are
higher.
It's
easiest
financially
and
budget
wise
to
keep
the
general
fund
fund
balance
legally
spendable
by
by
city
council,
so
moving
money
or
earmarking
it
in
such
a
way
that
would
constrain
the
city's
ability
to
spend
its
general
fund
fund
balance
might
be
problematic
in
various
months,
where
or
or
years
where
revenues
aren't
as
high
as
expected
or
expenditures
are
significantly
higher
than
expected.
M
So
it's
it's
difficult
to
set
aside
those
funds,
but
you
could
do
it
within
the
general
fund
without
moving
them
out
by
creating
legislation
within
the
city
council
saying
we
want
to
have
x
percent
as
the
floor
that
we
want
to
maintain
and
not
be
allowed
to
spend
something
along.
Those
lines
would
work,
and
then
we
would
show
the
fund
balance
on
that
balance
sheet
in
the
report
separated
to
show
that
legal
constraints
on
spending,
if
you
will
does.
L
J
M
Most
very
few
have
what
is
known
as
a
rainy
day
fund.
They
might
have
fund
balance
policy
levels.
If
you
will
saying
this
is
the
the
bottom
floor
of
what
we're
willing
to
have
in
the
general
fund
in
emergencies,
you
could
spend
the
next
level
up,
and
this
is
our
anything
above.
This
target
level
might
be
available
for
transfer
to
capital
improvements
or
something
along
those
lines.
That's
often
the
case.
B
I
have
a
question
on
page
it's
either
page
211
of
216
or
page
246
of
453
or
page
two
of
something
I'm
not
sure
what,
but
this
is,
I
think,
page,
two
of
your
communication
of
deficiencies
in
internal
control
and
other
comments
to
city
council,
okay,
and
so,
if
I'm
understanding
that
memo
correctly
you're
saying
that
we
do
not
have
any
significant
deficiencies,
we
do
not
have
any
material
weaknesses,
but
then,
on
page
two,
there
is
under
the
category
of
deficiency.
M
A
material
weakness
is
a
a
default
deficiency
and
design
of
internal
controls
or
their
execution,
which
would
allow
a
material
error
in
the
financial
statements
to
get
through
without
management
notice,
and
a
significant
deficiency
would
be
slightly
less
than
that.
A
significant
dollar
amount
could
be
wrong
without
management
noticing
it.
M
We
did
have
eight
journal
entries,
which,
for
a
city,
the
size
of
evanston
is
fairly
small,
but
it
is
a
few
more
than
we've
had
in
the
past,
and
therefore
we
are
just
recommending
that
the
city
take
very
good
care
in
getting
ready
for
the
audit
and
that's
pretty
much
the
sum
total
of
that
deficiency.
It
wasn't
a
a
huge
deal,
but
this
is
not
part
of
the
management
letter.
The
management
letter
itself
is
the
one
that
would
is
where
the
document
where
we
would
show
a
material
weakness
and
significant
deficiency.
B
You
and
so
also
qualitatively
yeah
compared
to
similar
communities
throughout
the
state.
We're
doing
fine
is
that
a
fair
statement.
M
B
F
Can
you
explain
why
are
the
the
pension
property
tax
receipts
taken
as
income
into
the
general
into
the
general
fund
and
then
transferred?
I
know
this
is
not
common
right.
I
think
we'll
met
in
skokie.
Don't
do
it
this
way?
Why
do
we.
M
Take
those
receipts
it's
required
by
our
standards,
government
accounting
standards.
Actually
statement
number
34
requires
that
the
pension
expenses,
the
amounts
contributed
to
the
pension
fund,
show
as
a
public
safety
expense
in
the
general
fund.
M
In
order
to
accomplish
that,
we
we
offset
it
with
the
property
taxes
that
actually
gets
deposited
directly
into
that
pension
fund,
willmet
and
skokie,
I
believe,
do
not
levy
taxes
for
or
at
least
back
in
the
day,
when
I
audited
those
two
towns,
they
didn't
levy
taxes,
they
simply
transferred
money
from
the
general
fund,
mostly
sales
tax,
because
they
did
not
have
a
separate
line
item
in
their
tax
levy.
M
F
See
so
the
accounting
standards
boards
requires
that
this
be
first
transferred.
These
receipts
are
transferred
to
the
general
fund
before
being
transferred
to
the
pension.
L
B
D
Yeah
but
satisfied
enough
to
move
forward
for
now
and
then
we'll
see.
I
was
happy
that,
as
director
stoneback
maybe
can
go
into
a
bit
of
detail.
Groot
has
made
a
number
of
changes
to
the
way
that
they
will
report
issues
to
the
city
regarding
changing
out
trash
bins.
D
G
D
Just
a
point
of
information:
no,
this
was
held
at
council,
so
normally
would
it
not
just
go
directly
back
to
council
and
not
have
to
go
through
committee.
N
D
D
E
Okay
good
afternoon
again
it
is
the
city
financial
officer.
I
think
before
I
start
the
presentation,
I
think
erica
would
just
kind
of
give
a
little
bit
of
introduction
and
may
share
it.
Erica.
N
Thank
you,
hitesh,
yes,
satish
is
a
presentation
that
he's
prepared
for
this
evening,
we're
looking
forward
to
having
a
discussion
about
the
bond
issuance
and
answering
any
questions
that
you
may
have.
We
do
this
on
an
annual
basis
and
every
time
we
do
this,
I
think
it's
important
to
have
the
discussion
about
how
we
borrow
it's
a
very
complicated,
some
more
more,
sometimes
it's
more
complicated
than
it
needs
to
be,
but
the
gist
of
it
is
that
every
year
you
know
we
have
a
choice.
N
So
council
has
in
past
chosen
to
borrow
for
the
entire
amount
of
all
of
our
capital
projects
going
forward,
as
we
think
about
how
we're
going
to
spend
our
arpa
funds
that
we've
received
from
the
federal
government.
It's
important
to
think
about
this
in
the
context
of
how
we
borrow,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
going
to
propose
to
the
council
is
that
we
have
a
discussion
about
future
capital
costs
and
whether
we
might
move
towards
a
strategy
of
having
a
portion
of
our
capital
costs
come
from
general
fund
revenue.
N
When
we
were
talking
earlier
with
the
auditors
about
whether
or
not
we
would
set
up
a
separate
reserve
fund
for
any
any
dollars
that
might
be
in
excess
of
what
we're
required
to
hold
for
reserve.
I
was
remembering
that
we've
never
had
that
instance
in
the
15
years
or
17
years
that
I've
been
here,
because
we've
never
actually
met
our
minimum
level
for
our
reserve
fund.
So
we
may
find
ourselves
in
a
fortunate
position
if
there's
anything
that
we
collectively
can
can
work
towards
over
the
course
of
the
next
year.
N
As
we
budget
for
2022,
we
may
find
ourselves
in
a
position
where
we
have
adequately
funded
the
reserve
fund,
which
would
be
a
very
big
milestone
and
that
there
may
be
some
additional
revenue
above
what
we're
required
to
keep
in
the
reserve
fund
that
the
council
will
have
the
purview
to
decide
what
to
do
with.
It
will
be
my
recommendation
that
we
start
to
put
some
of
that
money
towards
capital
and
borrow
a
lesser
amount
so
and
so
for
2022.
N
But,
looking
at
this
in
a
larger
picture,
we
also
have
to
think
about
our
current
level
of
debt
and,
if
there's
a
way
that
by
borrowing
less
over
time,
we
can
reduce
our
overall
debt.
As
we
borrow
more
debt,
we
also
are
always
paying
down
more
debt,
so
that
line
is
somewhat
steady,
but
also
as
you're
probably
familiar
in
your
own
household
expenses.
N
Sometimes,
as
people
earn
more
money,
they
have
a
tendency
to
borrow
more
partially
because
you
actually
have
the
capability
to
do
so.
But
what
I'll
be
recommending
in
the
in
future
budgets
is
that
we
level
off
and
try
to
decrease
the
total
amount
of
our
debt.
It's
very
difficult
to
do
that,
because
we're
a
community
that's
very
built
up
and
very
aged
in
our
infrastructure.
So
it's
it's
not
simply
a
question
of
we
had
extra
money
lying
around
in
the
past
and
we
just
chose
not
to
resurface
our
roads
or
maintain
our
buildings.
N
It's
just
that
there
was
not
that
money
in
the
past
to
do
those
types
of
things,
but
going
forward.
I
think
it's
really
important
for
us
to
have
this
discussion
about
how
we're
going
to
potentially
look
at
creative
ways
to
fund
things
that
potentially
weren't
looked
at
before,
such
as
consolidating
assets
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
reduce
our
costs
and
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
fund
capital
with
some
kind
of
mechanism
that
would
move
us
closer
towards
not
borrowing
100
of
it.
N
But
those
are
all
exciting
conversations
looking
forward
to
having
with
you,
but
before
we
start
having
that,
I
will
ask
tesh
to
go
through
his
presentation
and
cover
what
he's
going
to
cover
about
the
current
bond
issuance,
which
is
approved
in
last
year's
budget.
The
projects
were
approved
in
last
year's
by
last
year's
council
for
this
current
year.
Budget
and
many
of
those
projects
are
currently
underway.
So
please
proceed.
Okay,.
J
E
E
E
Come
on
you're,
close
slideshow,
yes,
yeah
there
you
go
presenter
or
from
beginning.
D
E
D
E
E
Sorry,
okay,
so
estimated
power
amount
is
14.2
million
and
these
are
again
number
based
on
the
like
may
and
it
includes
like
a
two
things:
one
is
a
cip
project.
What
we
call
a
new
bond
money
and
the
other
is
the
refunding
we
are
based
on
the
numbers
in
may,
as
I
said,
the
financial
advisors,
what
they
prepared,
and
even
they
are
present
here
along
with
the
bond
council.
So
if
you
have
any
question
for
them
after
my
presentation,
we
would
entertain
any
question.
E
Estimated
premium
is
around
two
million
dollar
annual
debt
service
for
2022
and
2023
would
be
around
1.2
million
dollar
out
of
these
bonds.
True
interest
cost,
so
where
we
take
the
you
know
the
amount
we
receive
at
the
premium
subtract
the
underwriters
discount
and
come
to
the
true
interest
cost.
These
are
the
tentative
two
dates
august
9
2021,
because
we
have
so
many
people
kind
of
involved,
the
chapman
cutler,
who
has
our
bond
council
sharon
libby?
We
have
spear
financial
and
so
and
then
the
other
banks,
and
all
that.
E
So
we
have
a
lot
of
people.
So
that's
why
we
have
to
have
like
a
calendar
at
least
three
months
before
we
kind
of
plan,
all
the
things
so
right
now
sale
date
is
august,
9th
and
the
bond
closing
date
is
september.
E
The
next
one
is
the
cip
portion,
which
I
call
it
new
money,
so
the
one
ordinance
with
you,
you
see
that
it's
not
to
exceed.
Generally,
we
put
extra
amount
to
give
a
flexibility
so
that
you
know,
if
you
have
favorable
chance,
we
can
grab
it
at
the
time
of
the
week,
but
the
new
money
projects
not
to
exceed
is
ten
and
a
half
million
dollars.
That
again,
the
requirement
is
only
9.3
million,
but
we
just
grabbed,
as
I
explained
earlier,
the
higher
limit
in
a
second
line.
E
You
see
the
9.3,
it
include
half
a
million
roughly
for
library
projects
and
no
borrowing
for
water
and
parking
fund,
as
managers
totally
kind
of
alluded
to
that.
We
are
kind
of
planning
to
seek
a
council
approval
to
use
the
airport
funds,
because
it
is
an
eligible
expense
for
waterfront
without
any
restriction,
and
it
is
an
eligible
expense
for
parking
fund
to
the
extent
of
loss
of
revenue.
So
we
are
trying
to
kind
of
what
we
call
the
lower
the
borrowing
and
that
could
potentially
help.
E
You
know
reduce
the
burden
on
increasing
the
tax
rates
in
the
future.
In
those
two
water
and
parking,
this
is
the
refunding
portion
of
that
again,
the
total
amount
is
18.5,
the
refunding
amount
2012
a
series
ought
to
exceed
8
million
again,
the
actual
amount
is
only
6.7
million
and
with
the
premium,
even
the
par
amount
would
be
even
lower
than
6.7
million,
and
projected
savings
is
around
half
a
million
from
the
refund
of
these
things.
By
having
lower
interest
rates
on
these
months.
E
E
E
So
street
resurfacing:
these
are
the
three
projects.
Now
you
would
see
that
green
bay,
road
200,
000,
howard
street
1.5
million
dollar
and
main
street
I'm
able
to
invent
140
000.
So
it's
like
around
1.8
million
dollar.
E
E
E
Is
at
890,
so
those
are
the
two
big
followed
by
shoreline
stabilization
at
300
000
and
then
you
would
see
six.
E
The
facilities
and
here
hvac
for
some
of
those
buildings
that
250
000
600
000
for
facilities
contingency,
is
always
like.
We
need
the
money
and
particularly,
I
think,
some
of
those
yeah
kind
of
increased
cost
in
building
materials
and
other
supplies.
Fire
station
4
renovation
at
a
250
000,
so
total
facilities
category
at
1.835
million,
including
all
these
projects.
E
The
last
one,
as
I
said,
miscellaneous,
the
big
one
is
in-house
engineering
services
and
then
a
couple
of
yeah
small.
E
E
L
E
As
a
part
of
the
budget
process,
two
points
four
million
dollars
for
waterfront
and
1.75.
I
think
even
these
numbers
have
revised,
but
basically
it
stays
right
around
four
million
dollar
requirement
for
water
fund
and
parking
fund.
And
yes,
we
will
we,
we
don't
plan
to
kind
of
issue
the
bonds
and
instead,
if
the
city
council
approves
it
use
the
our
performance
money
to
keep
the
borrowing
at
the
minimum-
and
I
guess
that's
it
yeah.
That
is
my
summary
now
we
will
take
any
questions.
A
So
so
again,
this
is
ordinance
8021
authorizing
2021
general
obligation
bond.
This
is
for
introduction,
councilmember
newsma.
B
Thank
you,
hitach.
I
have
a
question
about
some
of
the
items
that
we
are
planning
to
spend
this
money
on,
for
example,
roof
evaluation,
bridge
inspection,
renewable
energy
project
support.
These
are
not
capital
expenses.
I
understa.
I
understand.
Bonds
are
normally
used
to
pay
for
for
capital
expenditures,
and
so
can
you
speak
to
the
inclusion
of
these?
You
know
non-capital
expense
items
in
this
in
this
bond
issue.
O
O
L
B
F
Yeah-
and
I
do
want
to
circle
back
to
that
point
about
the
in-house
costs,
which
are
some
860
000.
I
have
questions
about
whether
some
of
that
has
been
were
in
appropriations
for
within
our
budget
for
cost
for
salaries,
and
if
so,
what
are
we
doing
with
that
funding
that
would
be
freed
up
as
a
result?
F
So
hitachi?
Can
you
tell
me,
do
we
have?
Why
doesn't
the
city
redeem
more
than
one
year
at
a
time,
in
other
words
like
how
much
of
our
debt
is
eligible
for
refinance.
E
Because
what
happened
is
two
years
back
with
the
tax
law
changes,
it
used
to
be
that
when
we
advanced
refund
the
bonds
to
take
advantage
of
the
low
interest
rate
it
used
to
be
the
tax
exempt,
but
two
years
back,
the
federal
government,
the
irs
and
all
that
they
changed
the
laws.
So
now,
if
we
do
any
advance
refunding,
I
mean
we
cannot
do
the
tax
exempt,
it
has
to
be
a
taxable.
E
So
then
you
essentially
lose
any
advantage
you
might
have
otherwise,
and
so
what
we
have
to
do
is
like
every
like
when
we
issue
the
2012
bonds,
which
we
are
refunding.
There
is
a
call
set
at
that
time
that
okay,
these
bonds
would
be
callable
after
eight
years
ten
years
and
that's
what
we
are
doing
as
soon
as
they
become
eligible.
E
We
are
refunding
in
that
and
that's
why,
when
we
have
to
kind
of
keep
our
bond
closing
date
in
the
september,
because
we
can
only
do
90
days
before
the
december
date
when
they
were
like
first
due
and
so
that's
the
kind
of
main
reason
we
are
going
as
they
become
refundable
and
doing
the
current
refunding
portion
only.
F
E
L
E
I
mean
it's
not
tied
into
the
I'm
sorry
yeah,
it's
not
tied
into
any
project.
The
only
thing
we
decide.
I
work
with
the
financial
advisor
that
okay,
how
I
want
to
take
the
savings
yeah.
Do
I
want
to
take
it
over
the
next
10
years,
five
years,
two
years
generally,
my
tendency
is
to
kind
of
more
interested
in
the
present
value
and
we
always
like
looking
for
you,
know
less
borrowing
so
and
to
have
a
reduced
debt
service.
So
generally
we
take
it
in
the
first
two
to
three
years.
E
F
So
in
rather
than
using
the
general
obligation,
I
mean
we're
obviously
very
saddled
with
a
lot
of
debt
in
the
city.
Couldn't
some
of
the
proposed
capital
expenditures
potentially
be
funded
from
the
43
million
from
the
arpa
money?
Can't
any
of
that
be?
Has
anyone
looked
to
see
if
we
can't
cover
some
of
that.
E
Right
and
that's
where,
but
again
it
means
I
mean
we
already
have
the
three
towns
we
are
seeking
the
university
council's
input
and
the
residence
input,
and
there
are
restriction
in
general
capital
improvement
that
you
can
use
it
to
the
tune
of
your
revenue,
loss
for
water
sewer
and
broadband
projects.
Yes,
we
can
use
it
without
any
restrictions.
F
A
N
Sure
I
just
wanted
to
add
on
it's
an
excellent
question
and
one
that
I
think
the
whole
council
would
benefit
from
fully
understanding
so
because
we
haven't,
you
know,
fully
articulated
or
come
together
on
a
plan
for
how
we're
going
to
expend
the
europa
funds.
We
didn't
want
to
presume
that
the
city
council
would
approve
of
us
putting
them
towards
capital.
N
It
would
be
my
great
hope
that
a
majority
of
our
capital
projects
that
we
fund
for
next
year
could
potentially
be
funded
from
for
arpa,
leaving
open
the
possibility
that
we
would
have
no
bond
issue
next
year
for
geo
bonds.
That
would
be
huge,
monumental
and
very
exciting,
but
I
would
not
like
to
presume
that
I
would
like
to
have
the
input
from
all
the
council
members.
F
Thank
you
and
I
have
a
question
regarding
the
motor
fuel
tax
and
capital
improvement
fund
balance
that
was
grew
by
about
3.4
million
dollars
in
2020
as
a
result
of
spending
less
than
the
revenue
that
we
receive.
So
why
can't
we
use
that
money
towards
some
of
these.
E
Projects
I
mean
motor
fuel
tax
fund.
I
think
the
auditor
mentioned
they
have
the
restrictions
that
what
we
can
use
for
certain
eligible
projects,
yeah
streets,
patching
and
all
that
capital
projects
is
sometimes
we
see
the
front
balance
or
the
cash
balance
generally,
because
there
is
always
a
time
limit
by
the
time
we
issue
the
bond.
O
Because
of
that
we
all
of
a
sudden
had
a
big
influx
of
cash
into
mft
that
is
required
by
law
to
be
spent
on
capital
improvement
that
will
last
greater
than
20
years.
So
we
are
proposing
for
next
year's
budget
which
we
are
putting
together
currently
that
we
will
have
a
more
expanded
street
resurfacing
program,
as
that
is
one
of
the
few
eligible
costs
that
the
rebuild
illinois
can
be
spent
on.
B
F
Okay,
thank
you
I
and,
regarding
that,
the
in-house
park
department,
staffing,
there's
about
160
thousand
dollars,
that's
earmarked
for
in-house
park
department,
staffing
and
that
other
700
000
that
we
discussed
before
for
miscellaneous
in
in-house
engineering
to
be
funded
by
this
with
this
bond
is
any
of
this
860
000
in-house
costs
already
funded
in
the
general
fund
budget.
O
Let
me
make
one
quick
clarification
that
stuff
that
is
in
parks
that
is
marked
as
in-house
is
actually
where
the
majority
of
the
project
was
proposed
to
be
done
with
in-house
staff.
But
the
funds
that
are
budgeted
are
not
to
reimburse
staff
costs,
but
are
to
reimburse
other
costs,
such
as
getting
soil
borings
or
having
electrical
engineering
contracted
out.
So
in
the
in-house.
J
O
So
the
in-house
staff
is
not
accounted
for
in
that
way.
Only
the
line
item
for
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
cip
salaries
is
actually
directly
going
to
salaries.
The
rest
of
it
I
was
was
indicated
as
in-house,
so
that
it
was
clear
that
that
was
a
a
staffing
commitment
by
the
staff
to
do
work
that
so.
O
F
Why
doesn't
why
wouldn't
it
be
listed,
then
I
mean
I'm
just
a
little
bit
confused.
It
says
in-house.
So
so
my
question
is:
is
it
what
portion
of
this
was
earmarked
was
allocated
already
in
the
general
in
in
our
general
fund
budget,
so.
O
That's
a
complex
pro
question
because
staffing
for
engineering
employees
comes
from
a
number
of
different
funds
and
the
700
000
line
item
for
staffing.
That's
marked
under
miscellaneous
costs
that
goes
directly
to
engineering
salaries,
but
there
are
other
funds
that
engineering
staff
are
paid
out
of
dependent
on
the
work
that
they're
doing
so.
For
example,
staff.
That's
working
on
water,
main
projects
are
paid
out
of
the
water
fund.
Staff
working
on
parking
garage
projects
are
partially
paid
out
of
the
parking
fund.
F
Of
our
costs,
thank
you
that
would
be
great
yeah
I'd
like
to
know
what
what
percent
was
actually
already.
You
know,
you're
included
in
that
budget.
N
Yeah,
I
would
just
like
to
add
that
there
is
no
double
counting
of
the
salaries,
so
if
we
are
budgeting
it
in
the
capital
as
part
of
bond
issuance,
it's
not
also
budgeted
in
the
general
fund
so
like
when
laura
was
explaining
our
in-house
park
staff,
our
in-house
engineering
staff
working
on
parks
projects.
You
know
that
money
is
going
100
to
services
that
were
rendered
not
by
city
employees,
so
we
wouldn't
be,
but.
F
But
almost
everything
here
is
being
managed
by
staff.
I
mean
everything
listed
on
here.
We
have
outsourced
and
it's
managed
by
by
staff,
but
it's
listed
in-house
because
it's
directly
paying
or
else
we
wouldn't
have-
I
mean
everything
on
here.
We
outsource
a
lot
of
things
and
it's
listed
as
capital
projects.
If.
B
O
So
that
particular
one
is
proposed
to
start
in
phase
one
planning,
and
I
would
estimate
that
we
would
spend
approximately
sixty
thousand
dollars
this
year
if
we
were
going
to
do
all
of
it
outsource
all
of
the
work
that
was
supposed
to
be
done
this
year.
However,
some
of
that
stuff
can
be
done
by
in-house
staff
running
the
community.
Engagement
is
a
big
piece
of
what's
done
during
planning.
O
However,
some
pieces
can't
be
done
by
in-house
staff,
so
they
are
contracted
out,
such
as,
in
that
case,
there's
a
major
soil,
boring
and
surveying
effort
that
would
have
to
occur.
O
O
A
F
C
Hi
karen
danzig,
lions
from
the
evanston
public
library,
we.
K
C
Traditionally
worked
under
the
city's
bond
process
to
issue
debt
that
we
then
retire
through
the
cities
through
the
library
fund
rather
and
so
we're
working
on
with
jenny,
elser's
study
and
year
after
year.
Looking
at
their
recommendations,
I
would
have
to
work
with
the
touch
and
finance
to
confirm
the
numbers
that
you
just
shared,
and
certainly
I
would
have
to
confirm
the
levels
that
are
listed
in
capital
funds
from
previous
years.
F
Okay,
another
question:
we
had
some
projects
that
were
indicated
to
be
2022
projects.
I
think
890
000
for
mcculloch
park,
construction,
600
000
for
james
park
field
lighting.
These
were
capital
plans
for
2022.
Why
are
they
being
funded
now
with
this
year's
bond
issues
and
want
a
budget
amendment
be
needed
before
spending
can
commence
on
these.
O
So
mcculloch
park
was
moved
forward,
as
was
james
park
field
lighting,
because
the
situation
had
gotten
bad
enough
with
resident
complaints
that
we
needed
to
move
the
projects
forward.
In
the
case
of
mcculloch,
especially,
we
actually
just
started
removing
some
of
the
equipment
because
it
had
deteriorated
to
the
point
that
it
couldn't
wait
and
with
the
onset
of
the
pandemic
issues,
our
parks
are
seeing
much
heavier
use
than
they've.
Previously.
O
F
I
mean
the
big
concern
here
is
that
we're
funding,
I
think,
close
to
two
million
dollars
in
annual
maintenance
projects
with
bonds,
instead
of
figuring
it
into
the
annual
project
into
the
annual
budget?
And
I
think
this
is
you
know
a
serious
issue.
Why
are
we
funding
so
much
just
sort
of
annual.
G
Is
that
the
additional
for
street
resurfacing
pavement
patching
striping.
F
Yeah
and
even
like
right
or
even
I
think,
park
paths,
I
don't
have
it
right
now
in
front
of
me
park
paths
just
you
know
things
that
would
be
normal
maintenance.
O
The
park
pathway,
I'm
just
going
to
argue
that
that
is
a
total
reconstruction
of
the
pathway
with
substantial
drainage
improvements.
That's
not
really
a
maintenance
project,
the
others
are
borderline
maintenance,
but
there
isn't
a
source
of
funding
that
would
cover
them
other
than
capital,
pregnancy,.
F
So
I
think
we
really
should
be.
I
mean
you
know,
maintenance
projects
should
be
should
be
figured
into
our
budget.
These
should
not
be
bonded
out
and
I
feel
like
what
we're
doing
right
now
with
this
these
particular
bonds,
it's
sort
of
like
mortgaging
to
get
your
lawn
care
done
or
something
I
just.
I
think
we're
doing
we're
bonding
out
much
much
of
what
we're
bonding
right
now
and
layering.
Additional
debt
onto
the
evanston
residents
should
be
included
in
our
budget.
N
As
lara
said,
if
we
had
the
money
in
the
general
fund
to
do
all
these
things,
we
would
do
it
and,
as
we
talked
about
at
our
last
council
meeting,
you
know
we
have
quite
a
large
number
of
millions
of
dollars
of
street
or
sidewalks
that
need
to
be
replaced
with
no
funding
source
to
replace
them
with.
So
there's
a
certain
level
of
infrastructure
that
we
by
silence
is
consent.
We
say
it's
okay
for
it
to
decay.
N
You
know
we,
we
prioritize
the
things
that
we
want
to
prioritize
and
we
fund
the
things
that
we
want
to
fund,
but
when
we
make
those
choices,
those
are
value
decisions
and
when
we
make
those
value
decisions,
other
things
get
left
behind,
and
you
know
our
community
struggles
with
be
having
a
consensus
behind
our
priorities.
But
what
we
always
try
to
prioritize
is
those
things
that
are
the
most
crucial
and
that
we
can't
necessarily
push
off
another
year.
N
I
I
feel
a
little
embarrassed
that
we
have
to
remove
some
of
our
park
equipment
from
our
parks,
because
it
cannot
be
safely
used
anymore
and
we
have
the
same
situation
happening
over
at
chandler
newberger
right
now.
We
have
a
preschool
that
we
run
out
of
that
facility
and
that
that
equipment
is
going
to
need
to
be
removed.
It's
over
25
years
old.
We
have
you
know
it's
it's
in
the
capital
plan
to
be
replaced,
but
our
capital
plan
has
you
know.
I
want
400
million
dollars
in
unfunded
expenses.
N
So
these
these
are,
you
know
very
difficult
decisions
that
the
city
council
is
tasked
with,
and
the
responsibility
that
you
have
to
this
community
to
both
caretake
your
citizens
and
also
caretaker
infrastructure,
is
a
challenge
that
you
know
153
plus
years
in
the
making,
so
one
that
we'll
wrestle
with
as
we
continue
to
move
forward.
But
you
know
my
commitment
to
all
of
you.
F
Thank
you
and
I
agree
with
you
erica
I
I
do
think
we
need
to
attend
all
these
things,
but
I
think
it's
a
reflection
of
questions
regarding
budgetary
discipline,
and
so
I
am
very
concerned
about
how
we
got
to
this
place,
and
you
know
I
I
think
we
need
to
look
at
really
the
deep
infrastructure
and
why
we
were
ending
up
here.
I
also
did
have
another
question
regarding
so
yes,
absolutely
we
should
fund
this,
but
this
is
not
the
way
we
should
be
funding
this.
F
F
F
So
what's
the
status
of
these
projects,
and
why
aren't
these
projects?
Why
aren't
these
projects
bonds
funded
after
the
work
is
completed,
so
we're
sort
of
speculating
on
these?
Why
are
these
we
should
really
be.
You
know
knowing
what
the
costs
are,
rather
than
guessing
what
the
cost
will
be
and
then
needlessly
incurring
sort
of
interest
on
like
idle
funds
by
just
speculating
what
we
think
we're
going
to
be
spending.
O
So
when
we
put
together
the
capital
improvement
program,
we're
required
to
put
budget
estimates,
and
these
are
not
cost
estimates
they're
nowhere
near
as
exact.
In
many
cases,
the
budget
is
determined
before
we
do
any
real
planning
or
design
just
based
on
past
experience,
and
then
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
we
start
spending
the
money
and
we
are
required
by
law,
to
issue
a
resolution
that
says
we're
committing
to
funding
these
projects
with
general
obligation
bonds,
because
we
have
to
have
a
funding
source
that
is
legitimately
identified.
O
O
I
think
that
the
city
council
needs
to
at
some
point
provide
some
direction
on
what
we
want
to
do
about
the
dog
park.
I
wouldn't
say
that
it's
canceled
so
much
as
it's
on
hold,
because
staff
needs
to
have
that
further
direction,
and
I
think
we
plan
to
come
back
for
that
discussion
later
this
year
in
terms
of
the
skate
park,
the
temporary
being
canceled
there's
a
couple
of
options.
I
hitesh
would
need
to
weigh
in
on
what
kind
of
changes
we
can
make.
We
can
certainly
modify
the
geo
bonds.
O
I
think
right
up
to
the
end,
but
it
gets
harder
and
harder
to
make
changes.
The
closer
we
come
to
the
actual
sale
that
funding,
unfortunately,
what's
not
included
in
the
cost
of
the
geo
bond
is
the
animal
shelter
which
we're
going
to
need
to
incur
some
costs
for
this
year
that
are
not
yet
funded,
so
that
money
can,
with
the
council's
approval,
be
rolled
over
into
other
projects
like
that.
So
I
think
that
there
are
options
and
we
can
see
about
reducing
the
general
obligation
bond
as
the
first
choice.
F
F
Right
so
indicating
that
there's
likely
to
be
enough
surplus
to
cover
annual
maintenance
projects.
E
L
E
F
F
A
G
D
D
I'll
just
to
make
an
amendment
to
an
item
in
the
consent
agenda-
very
quick
amendment,
so
it
takes
a
two
thirds.
So
three
of
us
will
have
to
vote
in
the
affirmative
for
the
reconsideration
and
then
we'll.
D
D
We're
voting
to
reconsider
the
consent
agenda
at
this
moment.
The
purpose
for
reconsidering
the
consent
agenda
is
to
make
an
amendment
to
a1.
B
D
Okay,
well,
the
consent
agenda
is
not
reconsidered.
I
would
like
to
make
an
amendment
to
a1
to
include
an
invoice
for
for
jordy
amaral,
which
the
clerk
and
the
city
manager
are
in
possession
of.
J
I
think,
excuse
me
sorry,
I
think
the
way
to
go
about
it
is
to
remove
items.
D
I
just
encouraged
that
to
I'm
in
the
bills
list
to
include
to
raise
the
dollar
amount
by
3185
to
cover
an.
L
D
That
for
jordy
emerald,
which
has
been
submitted
to
the
clerk's
office,
as
well
as
the
city
manager's
office,.
A
B
Right,
we
have
a
motion,
a
second
in
anticipation,
that
this
will
come
up
for
discussion
during
council
meeting
I'll
refrain
from
commenting
at
this.