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The Participatory Budgeting Committee discussed plans for the steering committee to guide the participatory budgeting process.
A
A
I
think
there
may
be
no
public
comment,
but
certainly
we'll
have
you
jump
in
the
conversation
as
it
gets
going.
Okay.
So
that
brings
us
if
there
is
no
public
comment
to
our
first
item
of
business,
which
is
a
discussion
about
the
stakeholder
committee
matthew.
You
sent
over
a
few
questions
for
us
to
consider
so,
first
I'll.
A
B
A
Some
cities,
the
elected
officials,
do
serve
on
the
steering
committee
in
other
cities
and
I
think
in
a
lot
of
pb
experiments.
The
elected
officials
do
not
serve
on
the
steering
committee.
I
will,
I
guess,
just
to
kick
it
off.
If
no
one
else
wants
to
say
that
I
personally
support
elected
officials
serving
on
the
steering
committee
with
no
greater
role
or
lesser
role
than
any
other
community
member.
A
C
I
would
just
caution
that
there
is
the
formal
thing
that
council
memory
just
referred
to,
which
is
the
rules
not
giving
elected
officials
a
greater
level
of
authority
than
other
members.
That's
easy
to
achieve.
There's
also
the
informal
thing
which
is
an
elected
official's
voice
in
a
conversation
like
that
comes
across
different
than
everybody
else's,
and
so
I
think
it
will
be
incumbent
on
the
elected
officials
who
wind
up
playing
this
role
to
be
really
intentional
about
stepping
back
and
letting
others
step
up.
First.
A
Yeah
yeah,
I
agree,
and
I
think,
there's
maybe
even
a
way
for
the
steering
committee
to
work
that
into
their
you
know,
rules
in
some
way
to
to
account.
For
the
you
know
the
unspoken
influence
of
a
council
member
okay,
we
have
that
so
council
members
will
in
our
idea,
will
be
able
to
serve
on
the
steering
committee,
but
with
no
greater
powers
than
any
other
committee
member
and
then
I
think
the
next
question
is:
how
do
we
recruit
members?
A
Do
we
allow
an
open
call
so
again
in
some
communities
and
anyone
feel
free
to
jump
in
if
you
have
anything
different,
but
in
some
communities
you
know
the
steering
committee
allows
for
an
open
call
and
kind
of
participation
at
will
and
in
other
communities.
It
is
a
defined
committee
where
certain
members
have
voting
power
and
other
members
do
not,
and
so
I
think
that
the
question
is:
should
we
allow
an
open
call
with
anyone
to
participate,
fully
or
select
people.
D
A
Well,
yeah,
I
guess
that's
a
similar
question.
It's
the
same
question
yeah
yeah,
because
if
it's,
if
it,
if
we
are
going
to
go
the
route
route
of
you
know
traditional
route
of
appointing
folks,
then
yes,
if
we
aren't,
then
it's
more
of
a
town
hall
or
more
akin
to
a
a
mayor.
Bis
might
be
familiar
with
this
from
his
time
in
springfield
to
what
a
township
has
the
power
to
do.
The
township
annual
meetings
allow
for
an
open
style
of
you
know,
voting
on
items
and
participation.
A
My
opinion
would
be
that
a
hybrid
essentially,
is
that
we
reach
out
no
one's
appointed
officially,
but
we
reach
out
to
folks
and
ask
them
to
serve.
As
you
know,
members
of
this
committee,
but
while
still
allowing
other
folks
to
you,
know,
participate
in
the
steering
committee
under
you
know
some
criteria.
D
D
A
So
I'll
ask
matt,
I
guess
both
matt
easterday
and
matthew
either
or
anyone
who
wants
to
jump
in
their
opinion
on
this.
I
know
the
assemblies
are
certainly
for
forums
that
are
more
open
and
allowing
greater
participation.
Do
you
all
have
or
maybe
as
well.
I
have
an
opinion
on.
You
know
whether
the
steering
committee
needs
to
be
as
crafted
in
a
similar
fashion
to
the
assemblies.
E
Yeah
sure
so
one
of
the
I
mean
I
think
these
are
all
good
ways
to
do
it.
I
think
it's
important
to
have
the
defined
names
in
terms
of
who's
signing
off
and
supporting
it.
I
think
the
other
big
concern
with
the
steering
committee
is:
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
representing
underrepresented
groups,
so
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
have
some
sort
of
official
representative
of
the
different
groups
that
we're
trying
to
make
sure
can
participate
in
the
chicago
steering
pb
chicago
string
committee
they
have
about.
E
I
think
it's
a
on
the
order
of
like
about
10
groups
that
are
officially
on
it,
including
older
people
from
each
participating,
ward
and
the
reason
they
have.
That
is,
I
think,
because
it
needs
the
city's
like
official
kind
of
stamp
to
make
sure
that
these
are
set.
I
think
we
can
definitely
allow
for
a
wider
group
of
people
to
post
comments
and
inform
it
that
way,
so
I
think
that
might
be
a
nice
hybrid
way
of
doing
it.
E
A
E
A
A
A
A
So
does
that
sound
fine
to
you,
councilman
smith,
that
it
would
be
winnowed
down,
like
you,
said,
to
a
group
of
folks
who
are
defined
on
the
committee
and
will
have
the
formal
appointment
process?
But
there
would
be
a
hybrid
of
us
attempting
to
reach
out
to
certain
groups
and
folks
to
be
represented
on
the
committee
and
also
allowing
an
open
call
as
well.
Does
that
sound
that
makes.
A
Describe
what's
a
commitment
exactly
describe
what
the
commitment
is
see,
who's
willing
to
put
in
that
commitment
and
yeah?
That
makes
sense
good,
good,
okay
and
then
I
think
we
would
the
question
about.
How
often
would
the
steering
committee
meet?
I
think
we'll
leave
that
to
the
steering
committee
itself
to
determine
its
meeting
schedule.
Does
that
make
sense
within
you
know,
with
a
clear
understanding.
B
D
A
B
A
A
You
know,
I
think,
the
same
group
that
we
had
a
group
of
mix
of
folks
who
did
the
stakeholder
panel
for
the
city
manager
search
the
community
stakeholders.
I
think
we
should
reach
out
to
them
and
have
them.
You
know
reach
out
to
someone
either
that
works
for
them,
or
you
know,
in
their
service
pool
to
to
to
be
a
part
of
it.
D
A
D
A
Okay,
I
think
I
think
that's
who
we
would
reach
out
to.
We
can
have
that
list.
You
know
shared
with
us.
We
can
have
this.
You
know
someone's
office
provide
us
with
the
stakeholder
group
list
and
then
you
know
we
can
fill
that
in
and
if
there's
anything
missing
on
that
list,
such
as
councilman
newsman's
suggestions
or
mine
there
we
can
just
fill
those
in
and
make
sure
that
we
reach
out
to
all
of
those
groups.
A
F
F
If
you
wanted
to
and
again
we
we
currently
do
not
have
the
staff
to
do
a
whole
lot
of
this
with
our
current
staff,
which
is
why
also
on
june
27th,
we'll
be
seeking
approval
to
hire
a
a
pb
manager
and
a
full-time
manager
and
have
part-time
coordinator,
because
current
staff
has
just
stretched
too
thin
to
to
take
on
these
additional
responsibilities.
At
this
time,.
A
E
Yeah,
I
think
the
the
contracts
on
track,
I'd
like
to
talk
with
with
matt
and
david
about
timelines,
but
I'd
like
to
start
sooner
rather
than
later.
So
I
think,
as
soon
as
we
have
the
list,
we
should
start
immediately
reaching
out
and
and
telling
people
kind
of
like,
what's
expected
of
them,
I'd
love
to
schedule.
The
town
hall,
like
you
know
in
less
than
a
month
from
now,
because
it's
going
to
take
a
while
for
the
steering
committee
to
do
their
work.
A
Yeah
yeah,
and
what
capacity
do
we
have?
You
know
I
think
it.
This
is
something
we
should
really
promote
to
just
widely
to
the
community,
either
at
northwestern
or
within
the
city.
What
capacity
do
we
have
to
create
promotional
materials?
Just
advertising,
hey,
there's,
3.7
or
whatever
it
is.
We
have
3.5
3
million
dollars,
whatever
it
ends
up
being
that
the
community
will
get
to
directly
vote
on
how
to
expend
you
know
and
we're
creating
a
we're.
A
A
E
I
think
that
can
be
within
our
contract
if
that's
okay,
with
with
matthew
and
david,
because
there's
there's
some
balance
of
also
like
what
communications
do
you
want
to
do
through
the
city
and
what
communications
do
you
want
to
do
through
other
channels,
but
we're
happy
to
do
whatever?
Whatever
is
useful,
there.
F
A
Okay,
that
is,
that
is
helpful.
There's
one
last
thing
I
want
to
throw
into
the
discussion
here
that
maybe
is
best
served
for
the
steering
committee,
but
maybe
something
that
we
want
to
put
on.
I,
I
think,
and
again
there
may
be
another
venue
for
this.
I
think
that
the
council
should
push
to.
I
think
we
should
push
to
have
ranked
choice,
voting
implement
for
choosing
the
projects
here.
I
think
that
would
help
you
know,
educate
the
community
on
ranked
choice
voting.
A
I
think
it
would
be
a
good
experiment
for
ranked
choice.
Voting
along
with
pb,
I
think,
for
directly
choosing
how
funds
are
expended.
I
think
ranked
choice.
Voting
is
especially
given
that
it's
not
a
traditional
election.
I
think
this
might
be
a
good
place
to
roll
out
ranked
choice,
voting,
councilmember,
nussma
or
mayor
bist.
Do
you
have
any
opinion
on
that.
D
If,
if
it
makes
sense,
it's
a
little
bit
unclear
to
me
how
this
would
be
balloted
and
how
we
would
be
allocating
money
amongst
several
different
projects,
it's
not
going
to
be
you
know,
just
a
winner,
take
all
right.
We
have
to
narrow
it
down
to
one
so
hey
if
we
can
incorporate
ranked
choice,
building
fantastic
as
long
as
it
can
be
done
so
in
a
way
that
makes
it
easier
and
more
efficient,
it
doesn't
make.
C
D
A
D
A
Yeah,
okay,
so
that
sounds
fine.
I
I
I
think
the
underlying
thing
is
hey.
We
can
get
creative
with
the
the
way
that
the
voting
is
conducted,
and
we
can
leave
that
to
the
steering
committee
in
a
later
date
to
decide,
but
we
can
maybe
throw
in
hey
if
we
do
adopt
rain
choice
voting.
If
the
council
chooses
to
move
forward
with
that,
then
maybe
it
would
be
best
to
to
try
to
adopt
some
form
of
that.
A
Maybe
we
can
create
a
shared
google
sheets
doc
and
not
have
everyone
on
at
the
same
time,
and
you
know
kind
of
throw
in
names
and
contacts
there
that
are
missing.
We
can
work
with
mr
I'm
happy
to
work
with
professor
easter
day
and
the
team
to
in
developing
some
promotional
materials
around
this,
or
we
can
bring
that
back
to
the
committee
at
the
next
meeting
or
at
a
future
meeting.
I
should
say.
D
I
am
tempted
to
suggest
we
somehow
find
some
since
we're
going
through
a
similar
outreach
engagement
process
on
redistricting,
I'm
tempted
to
kind
of
do
a
combined
campaign
on
outreach.
I'm
not
sure
if
that
it's
a
good
idea
or
not
might
make
it
more
confusing.
It
might
add
more
work.
So
I'm
just
throwing
that
out
there
for
consideration.
D
A
A
F
F
F
F
F
Since
we
have
not
hired
an
arpa
administrator
council
had
approved
funding
for
that
position,
it's
not
being
used,
so
we
think
that
there's
sufficient
funding
again
in
this
administration
portion
of
our
funds
for
the
full-time
and
the
halftime
person
to
manage
the
process
and
then
there's
this
three
and
a
half
million
dollar
for
dividing
up.
However,
I
think
that
we
need
to
allocate
about
200
000
of
that
3.5
for
other
expenses
other
than
projects,
so
we
might
want
to.
I
think.
F
A
Wanted
to
setting
aside
yeah
I
I've
always
envisioned
it
that
we
would
set
aside
around
500
000
of
the
3.5
million
for
the
overall
administration.
I'm
hearing
now
that
there
are
some
additional
funds
outside
of
the
3.5
that
may
be
available,
but
I'm
you
know,
I
think
3
million
is
a
nice
round
number
for
the
community
to
vote
on.
F
F
D
A
Yeah,
thank
you,
and
so
I'm
looking
at
the
calendar
now
and
our
next
pb
meeting
would
be
on
the
30th,
which
of
course
comes
after
the
27th
when
council
will
approve
all
of
this,
so
I
think
we'll
be
right.
You
know
we'll
be
coming
back
together
right
at
the
right
time
to
take
the
next
critical
steps.