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A
Actually
are
they
is
ben
the
the
gentleman
from
the
history
center
and
sally?
Maybe
someone
else
with
historic
preservation
about
the
monument.
E
He's
a
sentient
timer
who
kicks
out
people
who
speak
too
long.
D
And
is
irish
so
we'll
call
a
meeting
to
order
any
additions
to
deletions
from
the
agenda.
F
G
H
I
J
D
D
D
Thank
you
very
much.
We'll
move
now
to
special
presentations.
Do
we
have
any
municipal
officials
with
us
to
make
a
report.
D
Okay,
okay
meet
you
there,
so
we
can
move
now
to
public
comment.
Of
course,
in
this
virtual
meeting
space
we
do
have
special
rules
on
how
to
participate.
Folks,
who
sign
up
in
advance,
we
are
able
to
facilitate
one
hour
of
public
comment,
given
the
number
of
people
who
signed
up.
That
means
that
each
person
will
have
two
minutes
and
20
seconds
to
make
public
comments.
B
Okay,
so
I'm
gonna
kind
of
give
people
a
heads
up
who's
who's
on
deck,
as
well
as
who's
ready
to
speak.
Our
first
speaker
who
signed
up
today
is
genevieve
rand.
I
don't
see
genevieve
in
the
waiting
room,
so
according
to
our
rules
that
she
would
be
forfeiting
her
time.
So
after
genevieve
will
be
zack
nguyen
and
then
following
zack
nguyen
will
be
theresa.
Alt,
I'm
letting
zach
in.
B
B
K
Okay,
sorry
about
that
technical
glitch.
As
you
prepare
to
vote
to
remove
the
monument
dewitt
park,
I
feel
compelled
to
point
out
that
the
precedent
is
being
set.
If
you
don't
like
something
and
want
it
removed
vandalize
it.
I
personally
removed
some
of
the
red
paint
obscuring
the
plaque
on
the
stone
and
it
was
immediately
re-vandalized.
K
In
a
recent
dpw
meeting
mayor
merrick
acknowledged
that
the
mural
on
plane
street
is
unpermitted.
K
He
facilitated
the
painting,
the
mural,
despite
saying
he
could
have
prevented
it
and
claimed
that
excuse
me
by
facilitating
the
painting
on
plain
street,
the
city
has
transformed
the
streets
into
a
forum
for
public
speech,
and
the
president
has
been
said
that
street
murals
need
not
be
permitted,
and
my
question
to
the
council
is
at
what
point
with
the
ability
for
individuals
to
paint
on
any
street
here
in
the
city
be
allowed.
K
There
is
no
limitation
on
who
can
paint
what
at
this
point,
as
far
as
I
can
tell,
and
I
would
appreciate
any
clarification
you
could
offer
as
to
what
exactly
the
rules
are
regarding
free
expression
on
the
streets
of
ithaca,
whether
it
be
on
another
street
like
green
or
adjacent
to,
or
perhaps
even
on
top
of
an
existing
mural.
B
I'm
letting
in
teresa
alt
now
after
teresa
all
will
be
patricia
rodriguez,
and
also,
I
guess
I'll
just
ask
it
sounds
like
janine
genevieve
is
in
the
waiting
room,
and
I
guess
if,
if
council
wishes,
to
allow
her
to
get
back
into
line,
I
can
put
her
back
in
the
queue.
L
L
Teresa
alt-206
eddie
street
college
town,
I
urge
you
to
vote
against
handing
over
the
last
vestiges
of
city
influence
on
the
ctap
tax
abatement
process
to
the
ida.
The
industrial
development
agency
that
resolution
5.1
on
the
agenda
would
allow
the
ida
to
give
away
city
taxes
without
so
much
as
a
public
information
session
early
in
the
project.
L
Contrary
to
ida
claims,
the
ida
has
not
adopted
policies
proposed
by
the
city.
Instead
of
a
local
labor
policy.
There
is
mainly
data
collection
instead
of
20,
affordable
housing.
There
is
a
totally
inadequate
fee
to
get
out
of
doing
it
so
just
vote
this
resolution
down
then
abolish
c
tap
that
will
put
pressure
on
the
ida
to
stop
supporting
upscale
building
merely
for
the
sake
of
density
density
has
already
been
achieved
at
the
center
of
the
city.
L
B
Okay,
I
am
letting
in
patricia
rodriguez
and
after
patricia
will
be.
L
J
Patricia
would
it
be
possible
to
mute
your
your
tv
in
the
background.
N
Hi,
my
name
is
patricia
rodriguez.
I
live
in
groton,
I
am
speaking
on
behalf
of
and
in
company
of
the
tompkins
coalition.
We've
been
thinking
through
proposals
for
defunding,
the
police
and
other
issues,
and
so
other
peeps
are
going
to
speak
to
that
during
the
session.
N
Current
events
have
led
to
progress,
progressive
actors
addressing
the
question
of
what
happens
if
a
coup
d'etat
forcefully
or
deceitfully
a
takeover
or
a
challenge
of
the
electoral
research
results
happen,
and
the
argument
is
that
the
alliances
with
the
center
need
be
made,
and
so
we
think
that
this
tactic
should
at
least
not
be
the
only
one
that
is,
we
think
the
defending
institution
seems
fine,
but
not
when
these
are
largely
undemocratic
institutions
to
begin
with.
N
What
is
needed
instead
is
for
us
to
unite
behind
policies
proposed
or
to
be
proposed
where
we
think
better
through
what
having
less
policing
means
and
not
accept
the
easy
arguments
made
by
those
in
the
agitating,
far
right
that
give
munition
to
policies
that
serve
only
to
criminalize
protests
and
further
discriminate
and
target,
especially
low-income,
black,
transgender,
queer,
indigenous
latinx
and
other
communities
of
color.
N
As
for
alternate
alternative
policing,
we
can
seriously
look
at
models
coming
from
other
parts
of
the
world
or
even
other
parts
of
this
country,
where
the
building
of
autonomous
popular
power
and
non-violent
self-defense
has
been
brewing
for
a
while.
We
can
find
other
ways
to
live
in
community
without
the
constant
surveillance,
brutality
and
militarize
police
responses
that
are
often
tubal
police
forces
that
are
often
too
bloated.
Let's
question
the
punitive
systems
of
incarceration
and
think
through
how
to
facilitate
alternatives.
N
B
Okay,
next
up
looks,
I
didn't
announce
it.
Geraldo
belize
carrillo
is
next
and
after
geraldo
will
be
angela
de.
B
O
Sorry
can
you
all
hear
me
now
yep
go
ahead
all
right!
My
name
is
a
student
living
on
the
hill,
and
I'm
also
here
in
concert
with
my
anti-racist
coalition
folks
and
I'm
going
to
be
well
yeah
I'll,
just
jump
right
into
it,
council,
members
and
mayor
merrick.
O
Thank
you
I'll,
be
talking
about
our
demand
to
demilitarize
and
restrain
police
one
of
our
and
I'll
just
go
through
the
list.
Our
demands
include
immediately
dissolving
and
disbanding
the
swap
program,
removing
the
swat
truck
from
ipd
and
allowing
the
future
use
to
be
determined
by
an
assembly
of
poor
and
working
class
people
so
that
it
actually
keeps
our
community
safe
folks
have
been
talking
about
this
becoming
a
mobile
health
clinic.
Perhaps
even
a
kova
testing
facility.
O
For
months
now,
community
members
have
come
together
in
the
spirit
of
mutual
aid
and
social
justice
in
response
to
the
coven
19
pandemic
and
state-sanctioned
executions
of
black
people
across
the
country,
from
food,
cabinets
and
free
food
programs
to
community
engaging
rallies
and
tennis
support.
The
growing
sense
of
community
and
care
has
shown
that
the
constituents
of
this
council
are
far
more
willing
than
the
council
itself
to
address
the
most
pressing
needs
of
the
community.
O
B
Hey
please
turn
off
your.
P
Great
hi,
my
name
is
angela,
I'm
from
the
second
ward
in
ithaca,
so
in
a
lengthy
essay
released
by
the
ithaca
police
benevolent
association,
they
stated
officers
are
afraid
to
take
enforcement
action
for
fear
that
they
will
be
left
unsupported
publicly
if
the
incident
is
not
viewed
as
politically
correct.
Specifically,
several
veteran
and
experienced
officers
have
said
that
they
no
longer
know
how
to
do
their
job.
They
also
had
the
absolute
gall
to
invoke
the
lack
of
support
they
received
after
the
assault
of
cogji
and
rose
last
year.
P
An
incident
that,
without
the
help
of
civilian
video,
footage
and
hard
work
from
black
organizers,
would
have
gone
unnoticed
by
the
general
public.
It
would
have
resulted
in
two
young
black
ithacans
going
to
jail
on
retaliatory
federal
charges
or
felony
charges.
It
left
two
citizens
with
permanent
nerve
damage
and
ptsd.
P
There
is
a
reason
why
there
have
been
weekly
protests
in
this
town
like
them
or
not.
Since
george
floyd's
murder,
the
protesters
are
not
just
projecting
onto
local
cops,
the
brutality
of
other
cities
officers,
but
rather
echoing
national
sentiment
towards
a
police
department
that
has
largely
gotten
away
without
scrutiny.
For
some
time
now
we
know
policing
doesn't
lower
crime,
it
just
disappears
people
I,
for
one,
am
glad
that
ipd
doesn't
feel
comfortable
doing
business
as
usual.
I've
seen
the
way
they
react
to
simple
situations
on
my
block.
P
Is
it
ipg's
fault
that
they're
being
left
behind
in
these
conversations
about
community
safety,
given
that
they're
just
following
orders?
Yes,
and
that
they
fail
to
examine
their
role
in
gentrifying,
ithaca
and
criminalizing
poor
people?
Yes,
and
that
they
fail
to
understand
what
they
did
wrong
in
their
past
actions
of
brutality
and
instead
prioritize
protecting
their
own?
Therefore,
breaking
the
community's
trust
they
complain
in
their
letter
of
open
air
drug
deals
and
graffiti
throughout
town.
P
That's
absolutely
the
last
thing,
I'm
personally
concerned
about
I'm
consistent
well,
I'm
concerned
about
houselessness
and
food
security
as
the
economic
impacts
of
covid
continue
to
creep
into
our
town,
I'm
concerned
about
treating
houseless
and
hungry
people
with
dignity,
people
with
drug
addictions
and
mental
illness
with
dignity.
I
don't
want
the
appearance
of
a
healthy
city.
I
want
a
healthy
city.
I
want
a
city,
that's
supportive,
and
I
want
a
city
that
is
focused
on
community.
P
The
coalition's
demands
embody
what
ithaca
could
be
with
the
resources
allocated
to
our
most
marginalized
neighbors,
be
discerning
with
ipds
over
time,
their
swat
ban
and
other
inexplicably
wild
budget
points,
the
coalition's,
absolutely
gorgeous
list
of
demands,
centers
community
growth
and
economic
and
racial
justice.
Please
don't
do
nothing
due
to
your
fear
of
upsetting
the
status
quo,
while
ithaca's
poor
grows
poorer
at
risk
of
eviction
arrest
or
worse,
please
work
with
us
to
build
a
better
city.
I
thank
you
for
your
time
and
I
ask
you
truly
consider
our
words.
B
Thank
you,
okay,
so
next
up
is
susan,
holland
and,
after
susan
will
be
racial.
Q
Hang
on
dan
sorry,
I
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
this
evening.
I'm
glad
to
see
all
of
you
and
in
good
health.
May
you
stay
that
way,
I'm
the
executive
director
at
historic
ithaca,
but
I'm
also
a
tompkins
county,
historic
commission
member
and
regularly
work
with
the
municipal
historians
of
tompkins
county.
I
wanted
to
address
the
issue
of
the
daughters
of
the
american
revolutions
white
settlers
marker
in
dewitt
park
and
its
possible
removal.
Q
Historic
ithaca
has
been
aware
of
the
issue
of
its
inscription,
including
its
misinformation,
about
the
first
settlers.
Other
folks
will
address
that
issue
in
the
revised
resolution.
We
believe
that
the
plaque
should
be
removed
placed
in
the
history
center
in
tompkins
county,
with
the
interpretation
recently
completed
by
carol,
cayman
tompkins
county
historian
and
elaine
lelane,
now
retired
cornell
archivist.
Q
This
would
be
a
great
way
to
reach
the
public
with
the
with
the
correct
facts.
We
also
now
have
an
excellent
opportunity
to
talk
with
the
public,
joining
together
with
experts
and
historians
who
are
working
on
these
issues,
we're
in
the
midst
of
planning
a
webinar
or
zoom
call
inviting
the
public
in
loosely
titled
community
conversation
needs
to
be
catchier,
but
and
we'll
discuss
the
plaque
in
the
broader
historic
context,
to
give
the
community
a
voice
and
to
work
together
envisioning
the
future.
Q
We
hope
this
conversation
may
create
some
recommendations
for
reimagining
monuments
and
plaques.
Dr
elizabeth
alexander
of
the
mellon
foundation,
in
announcing
a
recent
250
million
dollar
grant
program
to
reimagine
monuments
noted
in
the
new
york
times.
The
beauty
of
the
deep
study
of
history
is
when
you
realize,
there's
not
just
one
story
and
there's
not
just
two
stories.
You
realize
the
power
of
this
country
is
our
melissa
melissa.
I
cannot
say
it
multiplicity.
Q
We
believe
that
discussing
these
multiple
stories
provides
us
with
a
more
complete
understanding
of
our
nation's
history.
A
few
of
you
are
on.
This
call
will
be
invited
to
be
on
the
panel
and
we
are
attentively
planning
it
for
mid-november
after
election
day.
Of
course.
So
thank
you
and
have
a
good
evening.
Bye.
P
R
Hi,
my
name
is
ellen
jackson
and
I'm
a
resident
of
ithaca.
I
live
in
the
titus
slots,
neighborhood
of
town,
I'm
here
tonight
to
express
my
support
of
and
solidarity
with,
the
coalition's
demands
to
drastically
defund
the
ithaca
police
department
and
to
reallocate
those
funds
in
a
meaningful
way
to
the
community,
and
particularly
to
the
black
and
brown
community
members
and
community
institutions,
which
center
and
uplift
black
and
brown
residents,
given
the
historically
racist
nature
of
policing
in
this
country
and
the
systemic
economic
disenfranchisement
of
black
and
brown
people
in
america.
R
In
other
words,
it's
important
to
me
that
our
elected
officials
concern
themselves
foremost
with
the
safety
and
wellness,
and
wellness
here
implies.
Physical,
social
and
economic
of
the
black
and
brown
residents
of
ithaca
policing
has
proven
itself
ineffective
in
protecting
and
serving
black
and
brown
citizens
across
our
nation
throughout
history
and
right
here
in
ithaca.
I
urge
you
to
take
up
these
demands
to
defund
ithaca
police
department
and
invest
in
the
communities
you
purportedly
serve.
Thank
you
and
I
yield
my
time.
S
I
want
to
join
the
effort
from
the
tom
king's
coalition
to
defund
the
police,
I'm
here
to
make
the
connections
between
the
issues
of
defunding,
the
police
and
immigrant
rights,
and
so
we
have
a
couple
of
demands
not
only
from
the
mayor
but
also
from
common
council,
and
some
of
these
demands
include
calling
for
the
release
of
community
members
in
local
jails,
going
through
immigration
proceedings
and
criminal
legal
proceedings
and
put
a
memorable
momentarian
or
any
more
detention
in
local
jails
and
declare
them
a
public
health
nuance
with
kobe
19.
S
mandate,
local
law
enforcement
to
stop
any
collaboration
with
ice
and
dhs.
And
I
know
this
has
been
in
place.
But
I
want
to
reinstate
this
mandate
also
mandate
city
entities
to
not
ask
for
immigration
status,
nor
share
information
with
ice
or
dhs,
and
also
mandate,
health
and
medical
entities
to
serve
immigrants
being
released
and
provide
information
in
languages
reflecting
local
immigration's
population.
S
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
in
occupied
land.
We
are
occupying
the
land
of
the
cayuga
people,
and
so
not
all
languages
are
covered
at
this
meeting.
So
that's
why
I
started
speaking
spanish,
but
more
languages
need
to
be
added
to
common
council,
not
only
spanish,
but
also
the
indigenous
languages,
from
the
first
peoples
of
of
this
nation,
the
cayuga
and
also
the
other
seneca
and
other
nations
that
were
here
before
us,
and
so
I
yield
the
rest
of
my
time.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
mona
salzman
will
be
joining
us
next
and
after
mona
will
be
lisa.
Iran.
S
B
Can
you
turn
off
your
youtube?
Thank
you.
Mona
salzman
will
be
joining
us
next
and
after
mona.
Can
you
turn
off
your
youtube
and
then
unmute.
B
This
might
be
a
good
time
to
mention
to
people
that
if
I
announce
your
name
like
next
will
be
lisa
avron
be
sure
to
have
your
finger
at
the
ready
to
turn
off
your
youtube,
because
you
will
probably
be
admitted
unexpectedly,
you
will
be
admitted
before
the
other
person
appears
to
be
finished,
because
there
is
a
little
bit
of
a
delay,
and
so
you
have
to
be
ready
to
turn
off
your
youtube
as
soon
as
you're
admitted
into
the
meeting
mona.
Can
you
unmute
yourself.
T
Thank
you.
I
live
in
310
lynn,
street
apartment,
one
in
the
city
of
ithaca,
and
I
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
I've
been
a
resident
for
over
30
years.
I
address
you
tonight
as
a
private
citizen
and
as
a
member
of
the
party
for
socialism
and
liberation
psl,
which
I
represent
in
the
anti-racist
coalition,
and
I
also
am
a
tenant
organizer
with
the
ithaca
housing
justice
coalition
ihjc.
T
Financial
and
logistical
support
for
community
generated
local
initiative
projects
such
as
the
black
hands
universal
and
the
unbroken
promise
initiative
to
name
just
two
would
spark
creative
healing
and
constructive
solutions
to
the
problems
that
so
negatively
impact.
So
many
in
our
community
now
is
not
the
time
for
minor
adjustments
and
long
deliberations.
T
We
have
had
enough
of
that.
I,
the
party
for
socialism
and
liberation
and
the
ithaca
housing
justice
coalition,
opposed
the
city's
unnecessary
funding
and
its
unquestioned
support
for
salaries
and
equipment
that
promote
and
enact
violence
against
black
latinx
people
of
color,
poor
working
class
people
and
all
vulnerable
members
in
our
community.
T
B
Thank
you
so
lisa
abram
and
after
lisa
is
ellie
pfeffer
again,
please
be
ready
to
you
your
youtube.
As
soon
as
you
see
that
you
are
being
admitted
to
the.
B
U
Hi,
my
name
is
lisa
avron
and
I'm
a
resident
up
on
south
hill
and
a
student
at
cornell,
and
I'm
here
today
on
behalf
of
an
anti-racist
coalition
of
progressive
ithaca,
a
progressive
ithaca
and
tompkins
county
organizations
to
deliver
the
following
letter,
at
least
the
intro's
delay.
U
I
will
so
we
are
members
and
supporters
of
a
broad
coalition
of
racial
and
economic
justice
advocates
for
from
ithaca,
including
democratic
socialists
of
america,
tompkins,
county
immigrants,
rights
coalition,
tompkins
county,
showing
up
for
racial
justice,
ithaca
attendance
unit,
the
party
for
socialism
and
liberation,
decarcerate,
tompkins,
county
and
other
local
groups,
echoing
the
calls
to
defund
the
police
now
resounding
across
the
country.
The
murders
of
briana
taylor,
tony
mcdade
and
george
floyd
have
fueled
a
global
uprising
in
response
to
racist
police
violence.
U
In
a
city
with
a
population
of
roughly
30
000
people,
the
ithaca
police
department
has
64
officers
and
a
budget
of
12.7
million
dollars.
Meanwhile,
vital
community
programs
have
been
slash,
rent
and
housing
throughout
the
city
remain
unaffordable
and
many
residents
face
a
deepening
economic
crisis,
exacerbated
by
covid19
rather
than
a
bloated
police
budget.
Our
community
needs
support
investment
and
healing.
This
is
not
the
time
for
mild
reforms.
U
V
Hello,
can
you
hear
me
see
me
hi
everybody,
I'm
here
to
speak
in
favor
of
the
tompkins
county
or
the
tonkins
coalition
budget
demands
to
define
and
shrink
policing,
body
percent
demilitarize
and
restrain
police
and
refund,
rebuild
and
heal
community.
Many
will
say
that
these
changes
cannot
happen
immediately
because
they're
truly
unprecedented.
V
Yet,
while
defunding
the
police
may
seem
unprecedented,
many
of
us
already
live
in
a
world
without
policing
for
many
of
us,
especially
those
of
us
living
in
under-resourced,
black
indigenous
and
people-of-color
communities.
The
police
have
never
been
helpful.
In
fact,
they've
been
a
major
source
of
harm
and
violence.
Mutual
aid
has
kept
folks
safe
for
decades
throughout
the
country.
V
Legislature,
legislators,
who
have
learned
their
whole
lives
to
equate
safety
with
police,
are
now
concluding
that
this
need
not
be
the
case.
They
are
sitting
on
the
legislative
floor
or
more
likely
on
zoom,
like
you
all,
and
putting
their
heads
together
on
how
to
rapidly
cut
police
budgets,
save
their
city's
money
during
an
economic
crisis.
Reimagine,
public
safety
and
rebuild
community
the
precedents
for
police
budget
cuts
are
mounting
with
legislators
already
starting
to
push
the
pace
of
government
to
match
the
urgency
of
crises
of
racism
and
police
and
violent
policing
in
austin
texas.
V
One
council
member
said
in
seattle:
the
city
council
plans
to
cut
the
police
budget
by
50
percent
the
list
of
cities
defunding
their
police
goes
on
new
york
city,
philadelphia,
portland
atlanta
who's
also
actively
turning
their
jail
into
a
center
of
equity,
health
and
wellness,
burlington,
los
angeles,
baltimore
and
washington
dc.
The
precedents
exist.
If
the
city
of
ithaca
chose
to
defund
ipd,
we
would
not
be
the
first
city
to
do
so.
We
can
look
at
existing
models
for
inspiration
and
take
back
what
we
know
make
sense
for
our
city.
V
We
can
also
scrutinize
where
other
cities
have
failed,
so
that
we
can
do
better
in
our
city
in
philadelphia
about
half
of
the
cut
they
made
to
their
police.
Their
police
budget
moved
police
officers
from
one
department
to
another.
We
can
avoid
that
mistake
in
minneapolis
city
officials
agreed
to
disband
the
police
and
put
it
on
the
ballot
so
that
they
can
legally
amend
their
charter,
but
soon
after
a
commission
of
judges
blocked
that
from
happening,
we
can
anticipate
these
setbacks
and
avoid
them
too.
It
is
a.
B
W
Great
thanks
for
your
time
my
name
is
veronica
piller.
I
live
downtown
in
fall,
creek,
I'm
a
local
school
teacher,
and
I'm
here
as
part
of
the
tompkins
anti-racist
coalition
that
you've
already
heard.
Many
people
speak
on
behalf
of
I'm
here
to
present
our
demands,
specifically
in
the
realm
of
refunding
rebuilding
and
healing
community,
and
they
are
number
one
reallocate
2.8
million
dollars
to
giac
and
5.06
million
dollars
to
the
youth
bureau
to
ensure
the
continuation
of
existing
youth
programs.
W
Number
five
ensure
that
all
essential
and
front-line
workers
and
service
industry
employees
are
afforded
full
coven-19
protections,
including
ppe,
distancing
and
other
appropriate
safety
measures.
Number
six
provide
financial
and
other
support
to
the
multicultural
resource
center,
thompson's
county
immigrant
rights
coalition
and
other
groups
that
are
developing
or
have
developed
models
for
community-based
alternatives
to
policing
number
seven.
Suspend
rent
payments
for
the
duration
of
the
covid19
crisis
and
number
eight
initiate
an
immediate
official
review
of
the
naji
green
case
to
provide
real
justice
for
the
community.
X
First
of
all,
if
we
ever
did
defund
the
police,
the
situations
that
have
arisen
in
these
other
states
and
whatnot,
where
that
has
been
done,
the
crime
rates
have
risen
and
they're
still
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
replace
the
police
departments,
because
they're
trying
to
figure
it
out
crimes
rising
for
such
a
small
town
here
and
with
our
crime
rate
locally
already
rising
extremely,
I
mean
lots
of
shootings
and
lots
of
people
being
stabbed
and
everything
else
you
know
before
you
pull
the
trigger
on
defunding
and
make
that
happen.
B
Okay,
thank
you
so
reverend
kirian
weaver
and
then
followed
by
luke
arncy.
Y
Here,
yeah
hi.
Thank
you
very
much
to
you,
the
common
council,
I'm
speaking
here
on
behalf
of
the
first
presbyterian
church
of
ithaca,
and
am
grateful
for
the
turn
of
history
that
allowed
us
to
make
a
comment
on
the
marker
in
dewitt
park.
Y
Y
The
marker
is
problematic
because
it
leaves
out
the
history
of
people
who
are
already
in
the
ithaca
area.
When
europeans
arrived
here,
these
white
settlers
did
not
arrive
in
an
undiscovered
wilderness.
They
settled
on
land
that
had
been
controlled
and
cared
for
by
the
cayuga
nation,
then
settled
and
cultivated
by
the
tutelo
people.
Y
Sometimes
flawed
historical
monuments
can
be
improved
with
interpretive
materials
that
provide
additional
context.
In
this
case,
however,
the
marker
is
inaccurate,
even
in
its
depiction
of
a
narrow
view
of
history,
woodworth
and
mcdowell,
while
early
arrivals
to
the
area
were
not
the
first
white
people
to
settle
in
ithaca.
That
distinction
belongs
to
three
families:
men,
women
and
children
mentioned
anonymously
in
some
sources.
Y
Y
The
church
in
some
continued
in
its
background,
but
just
wants
to
affirm
its
support
for
the
motion
that
had
been
considered
at
the
last
council
meeting
and,
I
believe,
comes
again
tonight.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
so
luke
is
next
and
after
luke
will
be
mike
perry.
Z
All
right,
my
name
is
luke
harness,
I'm
a
resident
of
ithaca
and
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
tompkins
county
coalition,
specifically
for
demands
related
to
defunding
and
shrinking
the
police.
Z
The
ipd
receives
more
money
from
the
city
general
fund
than
any
other
government
program
in
ithaca.
In
fact,
the
ipd
alone,
not
even
including
the
other
millions
allocated
to
public
safety,
is
given
more
money
than
every
broad
category
for
appropriation
of
funds,
including
transportation,
economic
development,
culture
and
recreation,
home
and
community
services
and
general
government
support.
Z
Z
More
money
is
given
to
ipd
from
the
general
fund
than
economic
development,
culture
and
recreation
and
home
and
community
services,
combined
with
each
of
these
other
categories
containing
multiple
organizations.
In
the
last
two
years,
more
money
has
been
spent
on
new
police
vehicles
that
has
been
appropriated
towards
economic
development
or
low
and
moderate
income
housing.
All
this
money
given
to
an
opaque
department
with
incredibly
limited
external
oversight.
Z
Z
Unfortunately,
when
the
police
are
needed
by
the
average
workers
in
the
community,
the
statistics
show
that
police
are
largely
unhelpful,
if
not
openly,
antagonistic,
as
demonstrated
by
chronic
police
misconduct
and
brutality
across
the
u.s,
including
ithaca.
But
when
landlords
want
tenants
late
on
rent
evicted
from
their
homes,
the
police
operate
with
uncharacteristic
efficiency.
AA
AA
We
believe
an
80
cut
is
necessary
in
order
to
prevent
future
tragedies
essentially
of
police,
either
murdering
or
terrorizing
members
of
our
community,
especially
black
and
brown
folks
in
our
community
poor
and
working
class
people
in
our
community,
and
we
believe
that
the
time
is
the
the
time
for
reform
is
passed
and
the
only
way
to
prevent
police
from
killing
harming
and
terrorizing.
AA
I
want
to
talk
again
about
that
80
percent
cut
and
I
wanted
you
to
understand
one
of
the
conversations
that
led
the
coalition
to
reach
toward
that
80
percent
cut.
While
we
were
in
these
discussions,
many
people
many
different
viewpoints,
one
member
of
our
coalition
had
had
a
conversation
with
some
ipd
officers
and
those
officers
had
basically
admitted
yeah.
You
know
our
department
is
a
little
bit
bloated.
AA
We
could
probably
do
just
fine
providing
the
basic
services
we
need
with
five
officers,
so
their
budget.
B
Okay,
sally
tashinsky
is
next
and
after
sally
is
aaron.
B
And
I'll
just
say
also,
if
you
make
sure
that
you
can
see
the
timer
on
your
screen,
if
you,
if
you
look
on
your
zoom,
you
should
be
able
to
see
the
timer
in
one
of
the
windows.
You
can
monitor
the
two
minutes
and
20
seconds
that
you
have
sally.
Are
you
there.
B
B
Okay,
sally
we're
going
to
put
you
back
in
the
waiting
room.
Maybe
you
could
work
on
your.
B
B
Aaron,
are
you
there
hey
sally,
we're
going
to
put
you
back
in
the
waiting
room?
Maybe
you
could
work
on
go
ahead.
Uncle
difficult,
fifth
is.
AB
Okay,
great
hi,
my
name
is
aaron
griffith
and
I
have
been
a
lifelong
resident
of
the
city
of
ithaca,
I'm
here
to
echo
a
lot
of
the
what
the
coalition
has
been
speaking
about
during
this
session.
A
couple
of
things
I
just
want
to
say
regarding
the
police
is-
and
this
has
been
said
before-
is
who
and
what
more
specifically
or
accurately
do
the
police
protect.
AB
AB
Typically,
it
is
not
the
community
at
large,
and
certainly
not
the
poor
or
black
and
brown
people
that
they
are
protecting.
The
police
are
reactive
to
crime
and
safety
issues.
Investing
in
our
community
is
proactive
and
prevents
crime,
thereby
thereby
truly
keeping
our
community
and
our
people
safe.
AB
I
and
many
others
in
this
community
do
not
believe
the
police
protect
us.
The
police
protect
the
status
quo.
Specifically,
they
protect
the
current
status
quo
that
was
established
through
genocide
of
native
peoples,
centuries
of
slavery
and
continued
extraction
of
resources
and
labor
through
capitalism
to
benefit
an
elite.
Few.
AB
AB
B
Okay,
genevieve
rand
is
letting
in
next
and
I
don't
see
anybody
else
in
the
waiting
room.
So
I
think
this
will
be
the
last
speaker,
hello,.
AC
AC
AC
I
want
to
talk
about
a
sort
of
a
talking
point.
That's
come
up
a
little
bit
over
and
over
with
regards
to
the
protesting,
that's
been
happening
against
the
police
and
the
response
from
the
far
right.
It's
a
misconception
to
believe
that
those
people
are
coming
into
ithaca
and
protesting
for
trump,
specifically
because
people
are
protesting.
The
police
here,
the
first
time
that
they
came
and
held
a
rally
here
there
were
pro-trump
and
pro-police
rallies
being
held
in
other
major
cities
in
new
york
state.
AC
It's
the
reason
that
there's
protests
here
and
the
reason
they're
coming
here-
it's
they
have
the
same
basic
reason
for
both
of
those
which
is
that
this
is
a
very
progressive
town,
surrounded
by
very
rural,
very
conservative
towns
and
so
because
of
that
you're
going
to
get
both
of
those
things
happening.
AC
Another
thing
that
I
want
to
say
is
like,
as
lenny
who's
a
trump
supporter
who
spends
a
lot
of
time
on
facebook,
saying
protesters
should
be
killed.
Noted
to
my
surprise.
Yes,
if
you're
gonna
defund
the
police,
you
need
a
plan
to
replace
those
police,
but
also
you
need
the
money
to
replace
those
police,
and
you
can't
start
these
new,
like
community
programs,
without
freeing
up
the
money
to
do
so,
and
I
think
that,
as
we
vote
on
the
2021
budget,
that's
a
good
time
to
be
talking
about.
AC
Where
are
we
going
to
put
that
money
that
is
going
to
replace
the
functions
that
we
normally
rely
on
police
to
do
and
as
we
look
at
that
budget,
so
the
demand
is
to
cut
80
of
it.
I
think
that's
a
fantastic
demand,
but
if
you
like,
the
vast
majority
of
that
police
budget,
as
I'm
sure
you
guys
have
seen,
is
staffing
right
like
most
of
the
millions.
If
you
cut
out
all
the
staffing
it's
like
2.1
million
or
so
remaining
out
of
a
2.5
million
proposed
budget
with
an
80
percent
cut.
AC
So
you
know
you
can
stop
spending
140
000
a
year
on
clothes
which,
what
the
is
that,
but
ultimately,
if
we're
gonna
make
real
cuts.
You're
gonna
have
to
cut
staff
you're
gonna
either
have
to
reduce
staff,
reduce
salaries
or
both
they
each
make
about
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year.
There's
like
60
of
them
neither
necessary.
B
Okay,
there
are,
it
looks
like
a
couple
of
people
jumped
in
they.
They
were
not
here
during
their
time.
One
person
looks
like
they
just
jumped
on.
I
think
our
general
approach
is
to
tell
people
that,
if
they're
not
here
during
their
time,
they
can't
give
public
comment
and
we
are
also
at
an
hour,
which
is
what
we
have
allotted
for
public
comment.
So
I
guess
I
will
leave
it
to
council
or
to
decide
what
you
want
to
do.
D
Yeah,
that
seems
fair
as
long
as
we
let
folks
submit
written
comments
through
the
web
portal.
D
Okay,
we'll
move
now
to
privilege
of
the
floor.
Members
of
council.
D
There's
quite
a
lot
of
comment
about
the
budget
about
the
police.
In
particular,
I
am
presenting
my
proposed
budget
for
2021
at
the
end
of
the
meeting.
I
will
just
say
I
found
you
know
some
very
admirable
points
being
made
about
supporting
the
community
and
funding
the
community,
and
I
just
want
to
encourage
everybody
to
to
recognize
that
the
what
city
hall
does
is
not
the
community.
D
It's
not
the
entirety
of
the
community
and
the
money
that
the
city
government
has
to
spend
is
actually
a
very
small
portion
of
what
gets
spent
invested
saved
made
generated
in
our
community
and
that,
if
the
things
you're
concerned
about-
or
you
know,
affordable
housing,
the
state
of
the
environment,
racial
justice,
social
justice,
I
I
think
you
should
exhort
us
to
the
in
me
to
continue
doing
better,
but
we
should
be
aware
and
I'll
share
some
of
these
numbers
too-
that
there
are
much
larger
movers
and
shakers
that
play
in
a
foot
and
folks
with
a
much
larger
footprint
that
could
affect
change
on
even
larger
levels.
D
So
I
don't
want
anybody
to
get
frustrated
when
they
see
well
the
city
of
ithaca.
Our
entire
budget's
70
million
dollars
seems
like
a
lot
of
money.
It's
not
if
what
you're
attempting
to
do
is
to
end
houselessness.
If
you're
attempting
to
create
true
social
and
racial
justice,
you
need
a
lot
more
than
70
million
dollars
in
a
city.
D
M
I'd
like
to
ask
a
question
of
you:
cevante,
if
you
could
provide
sort
of
a
brief
update
on
the
reinventing
public
safety
process
that
we
are
undergoing
with
the
county.
That
may
help
to
provide
some
information
to
the
community
who
are
looking
and
put
coming
forward
with
comments
with
regards
to
public
safety.
D
So
the
actually
just
this
morning
there
was
a
meeting
of
the
internal
resource
group
which
we're
calling
the
group
of
about
20
staff
and
stakeholders
from
the
city
in
the
county.
They
reported
on
the
four
working
groups
that
are
so
far
reporting
to
the
internal
resource
group.
D
There's
four
scheduling
a
a
public
meeting
that
the
broader
public
oversight
working
groups-
many
work
groups
here
will
be
able
to
participate
in
next
week
in
which
jason
molino
will
give
an
overview,
not
only
the
county's
budget
but
of
the
sheriff's
department
and
how
county
investments
and
public
safety
work
duckson
has
agreed
to
serve
as
council
liaison
to
that
group
was
able
to
join
the
meeting
this
morning.
D
C
C
Also,
the
people
who
spoke
about
defunding,
the
police,
I'd
like
to
clarify
a
couple
things
that
that
might
help
them
understand
our
situation.
A
little
better.
First
of
all,
the
city
of
ithaca
and
ipd,
do
not
cooperate
with
ice.
We
don't
share
information
with
ice.
We
don't
ask
people
of
their
immigration
status.
C
Secondly,
I
would
encourage
members
of
the
coalition
to
sign
up
for
a
ride-along
with
an
ipd
officer,
so
you
can
see
for
yourself
what
they
do
when
they
work.
C
I've
done
that
four
or
five
times
it's
been
my
experience
that
some
of
the
best
advocates
for
homeless
people
and
for
youth
in
this
community
are
members
of
the
police
department
as
one
of
two
representatives
for
the
first
ward,
where
west
village
is
and
where
chestnut
apartments
is
and
a
lot
of
brown
and
black
people.
C
C
We
have,
we
have
a
good
police
department,
there's
problems
with
any
organization
and
we
have
those
problems
as
well.
AD
D
You
we'll
move
now
to
the
consent
agenda.
Would
anyone
like
to
move
the
consent
agenda,
move
back
deb
is
there
a
second
second
background,
all
those
in
favor
the
consent
agenda
carries
unanimously.
Thank
you.
We'll
go
now
to
city
administration
committee.
G
Great,
thank
you
just
quickly
again,
we
changed
the
numbers
here,
so
we're
at
4.1.
This
is
our
annual
local
law
to
override
the
tax
levy
limit
established
in
general
municipal
law,
be
it
enacted
by
common
council.
G
It
is
the
intent
of
this
local
law
to
allow
the
city
to
adopt
a
budget
for
the
fiscal
year.
That
requires
real
property
tax
levy
in
excess
of
the
tax
levy
limit,
and
I
won't
read
the
rest
of
it.
This
is
just
what
we
have
to
do
annually
in
the
event
that,
through
our
budget
deliberations,
we
end
up
overriding
the
text
limit
set
for
this
date,
so
I'll
just
move
it,
as
included
in
the
packet.
D
F
I
apologize
for
not
being
quicker
on
the
draw
other
person
brock.
AD
AD
AD
AD
G
G
I
D
Thank
you
next
4.2,
the
new
4.2.
G
G
That's
okay,
whereas
dewitt
park
is
within
the
dewitt
park,
historic
district
and
where
is
an
historical
marker
in
dewitt
park
dedicated
in
1833
by
the
daughters
of
the
american
revolution,
purports
to
recognize
the
first
white
settlers,
whereas,
regardless
of
who
were
actually
the
first
non-indigenous
settlers
of
this
area,
the
area
was
already
settled
by
the
hada
nishani,
who
were
ejected
from
the
land
through
the
use
of
explicit
violence,
forced
to
sign
unfair
treaties
and
who
never
received
compensation
for
the
loss,
whereas
the
marker
reflects
dar's
focus
on
white
americans
and
the
promotion
of
intentionally
limited
version,
history
that
often
marginalizes
contributions
of
women,
black
and
indigenous
people
and
other
people
of
color,
whereas
our
community
has
become
more
socially
and
culturally
aware
and
decades
after
its
installation.
G
And
whereas
the
city
wishes
to
tell
a
more
inclusive
story
of
our
region's
history.
Therefore,
we
resolve
the
city
of
ithaca.
Common
council
authorizes
the
removal
of
the
first
white
settlers
historical
marker,
be
it
further
resolved
that
the
plaque
shall
be
donated
to
the
history
center
to
be
accessioned
into
their
collection
and
used
for
future
educational
opportunities
as
they
deem
appropriate.
C
Well,
at
ca,
we
discussed
this
and
we
tried
to
make
some
changes
on
the
floor
that
really
didn't
work
at
all,
so
I
agreed
to
put
together
some
proposed
changes
and
I
worked
with
carol
cammon
I'd
like
to
thank
carol
for
all
her
work
on
this
donna
fleming
also
helped
out
really
tightened
up
our
our
proposed
changes
and
so
they're
they're
listed
here
in
the
packet.
I
think
this
is
a
better.
C
Better
wording,
I
think
what
I'd
like
us
all
to
remember
is
two
things.
One
we'd
like
to
get
this
done
tonight
and
two
we
all
are
in
favor
of
removing
the
marker.
C
So
if
we
focus
on
the
things
that
we
agree
on,
I
think
we
can
accomplish
these
things,
so
I
guess
I'll
I'll
leave
it
to
the
thing
about
what
we
came
up
with.
C
Is
that
there
was
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
and
we
came
up
with
it
in
consensus,
which
is
kind
of
the
way
the
houdini
shoney
conduct
their
democracy.
So
I
think
that
was
good,
so
I'll
I'll
leave
it
to
anyone
who
wants
to
ask
questions
about
these
changes.
D
AD
Well,
so
are
you
proposing
an
amendment
george?
Is
that
what
we're
doing
now,
I'm
just
curious
about
the
process.
C
G
D
So
the
is
there
a
second
second
by
donna
discussion.
AE
Well,
I'll
just
add,
I
think,
george,
there
was
a
one
resolved
added
at
the
end,
correct.
D
D
So
moving
seconded
further
discussion.
H
H
H
Differing
views
on
some
of
the,
whereas
content,
I
suggested
a
few
edits
that
I
shared
with
council
members
last
evening.
H
W
H
I
don't
quite
know
how
to
go
about
reading
those,
so
what
would
be
the
process.
W
C
Yeah,
I
I
I
like,
can
I
say
something
sure
I
laura
put
together
a
a
good
packet
of,
whereas
is
so.
I
would
suggest
that
we
look
at
the
first
one
that
I
put
I
put
out
there
and
then
laura
can
have
the
option
of
presenting
hers.
H
Why
don't
we
vote
on
george's
first,
including
the
third
resolved
yeah,
and
if
I
could
just
add
the
third
resolved?
Also
susan
holland's
comments.
H
H
The
education
piece
is
so
important.
We
should
be
educating
ourselves
about
the
history
of
the
indigenous
people
in
this
community
that
were
displaced
during
this
time
period.
G
M
I
do
struggle
a
bit
with
george's
proposed
resolution
and
laura
lewis's
or
laura's
also
the
the
resolution
that
she
had
developed
in
at
in
that
with
the
deletion
of
the
original
third
and
fourth,
whereas
and
the
substitution
of
the
language,
it
kind
of
bypasses
the
the
reason
we've
gotten
to
this
situation.
To
begin
with,
this
isn't
merely
about
the
recitation
of
history.
It
isn't
merely
about
who
the
first
white
settlers
were.
M
M
M
To
bring
in
the
the,
whereas
that
talks
about
how
the
land
was
largely
unoccupied
and
american
settlers
became
began
to
arrive,
is
additionally
painful,
and
I
think
insensitive
to
the
history
and
of
the
people
who
were
here
can
continue
to
be
here
and
have
roots
here.
M
M
I
think
works
to
establish
a
recognition
of
the
pain
and
the
oversight
of
the
history
that
that
we
are
trying
to
come
to
terms
with
to
address
to
to
remedy,
and
I
think
what
is
being
proposed,
both
with
george's
and
laura's
resolutions,
brushes
those
that
history,
aside
and
and
the
intention
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
and
I
would
actually
propose
to
keep
the
original
resolution
as
previously
written
and
submitted.
M
If
I
were
to,
I
would
propose
to
keep
that
original
submission
and
include
in
its
language
a
recognition
of
the
cuban
nation
using
the
name
which
they
give
themselves
with
it,
which
is
the
goyogo
no
goyokono
people.
M
The
history
of
dispossession
that
they
have
experienced
and
the
ongoing
connection
that
they
have
with
this
place
this
land,
the
water,
the
people
in
the
location
which
we
reside.
So
I
think,
when
we're
ready,
I
have
some
language.
I
would
like
to
propose
to
the
original
resolution,
but
I
just
want
to
state
that
I'm
deeply
troubled
by
the
direction
that
these
changes
are
leading
us
to.
D
So
I
think,
procedurally,
let's
put
a
flag
in
that,
so
we
all
know
something's
intention.
The
way
it's
being
considered
right
now
is
that
george's
resolution
is
actually
an
amendment
to
the
current
resolution,
so
there
would
be
no
need
to
propose
an
alternative.
What
happened
is
if
this
vote
on
georgia's
amendment
fails
will
go
back
to
the
original
one,
that's
written,
so
it's
a
sort
of
essentially
a
referendum.
AG
D
AF
Somebody's
questioned
earlier
about
city
raising
funds,
they
do
apply,
city
staff
do
apply
for
grants,
but
if
we
proceed
with
this,
we
could
change
that
resolve
to
read.
City
staff
will
participate
in
efforts
to
plan
and
create
a
design,
blah
blah
blah,
because
this
is
likely
to
be
a
county-wide
effort,
but
in
general
I
support
george's
resolution.
I
think
the
language
is
a
little
bit
tighter.
AF
There
are
some
extraneous
in
the
original
there's
extraneous,
whereas,
as
I
believe
like
the
historical
marker
has
generated
numerous
complaints
and
it's
been
a
magnet
for
vandalism,
you
could
say
that
about
the
whole
city
really,
so
I
I
think
that
should
if
you
go
with
the
original
resolution,
I
would.
I
would
like
to
ask
that
we
strike
that,
whereas
a
couple
of
the
other
whereases,
I
I
just
think
the
language
is
stronger
than
it
needs
to
be.
The
marker
has
become
a
local
symbol
for
exclusion,
oppression
and
injustice.
AF
I
I
think
most
people
don't
even
know
it
existed
and
we're
doing
the
right
thing
by
calling
attention
to
it
and
getting
rid
of
it.
So
I'm
I'm
not
sure
that
the
that
it's
true
that
this
marker
has
been
a
local
symbol
for
oppression,
but
I
I
think
the
overall
point
is
that
we
want
to
move
the
marker.
We
agree
on
that.
AF
The
simplest
thing
to
do
is
just
to
has
a
have
a
resolution
that
says
the
marker
neglects
to
mention
indigenous
people
who
lived
here
for
centuries
and
it's
historically
inaccurate
there.
Therefore,
we
want
to
get
rid
of
it.
That
would
be
the
simplest
resolution
of
all.
C
And
I
also
have
no
no
objection
to
using
the
preferred
title
of
the
cayuga
people,
although
there's
no
way
I
could
pronounce
it.
M
So
I
would
propose
replacing
the
two,
whereas
I
guess
the
the
proposed
new
third
and
fourth
roads
with
this
language,
whereas
the
city
of
ithaca
is
located
on
the
located
on
the
traditional
homelands
of
the
goyokono,
the
cayuga
nation.
D
D
M
M
M
I
believe
the
the
recognition
that
these
the
city
of
ithaca
is
located
on
the
traditional
home
homeland
of
the
goyo
kono,
who
continue
to
have
or
who
have
both
a
historic
and
contemporary
presence
on
this
land,
is
also
factually
correct
and
deeply
respectful
to
the
people
who
are
here
and
they're
tied
to
this
area.
G
D
G
So
I
I
just
want
to
be
really
clear.
I
the
reason
that
I
suggested
delaying
it,
because
I
think
this
is
exactly
the
kind
of
conversation
that
is
important
to
be
having
when
we
talk
about
these
kind
of
monuments
that
are
in
our
community
right.
So
I
agree
that
we
have
to
get
it
right,
but
I
also
agree
completely
with
cynthia
in
that.
G
The
purpose
of
this
is
to
make
sure
that
we
highlight
that
perhaps
the
values
of
the
past
are
not
the
values
of
today
and
what
I'm
not
in
favor
of,
is
removing
any
statements
that
talk
about
the
notion
of
white
dominance
or
talk
about
the
notion
of
what
this
was.
This
was
not
written
to
be
inclusive,
so
I
I
feel
that
a
lot
of
the
variations
that
have
come
forward
have
taken
that
out
and
have
whitewashed,
just
white
washed
it
a
little
bit.
That's
why
I'm
uncomfortable
with
that?
G
But
I
think
we
should
really
leave
the
historical
information
to
the
historians
and
allow
that
to
be
part
of
the
whatever
educational
programming
ends
up
being
affiliated
with
this,
because
I
think
it
is
important
to
elevate
this
to
a
community
conversation
where
we
do
talk
about
the
fact
that
there
are
several
versions
of
what
may
or
may
not
happen
that
allowed
that
monument
to
be
to
be
put
there
in
in
the
first
place.
So
I
I
don't
think
that
we
should
do
something
quickly,
because
it's
fast
and
easy.
D
Yeah,
I
prefer
the
the
emotion
that
I
prefer
the
resolution
that
deb
moved
red
and
I
think
it
it
could
be
further
amended
than
the
one
that
we're
about
to
vote
on
yeah
any
resolution
that
leads
to
the
removal
of
the
marker
and
replacement
with
something
else
that
I'm
supportive.
D
So
we
we
still
have
the
georgia's
amended
amendment
on
the
floor.
Any
further
discussion.
AD
C
No,
we
passed
cynthia's.
C
D
Okay,
ready
to
vote
donna.
AF
I
AF
So
I
have
a
further
question
cynthia.
Oh
would
you
also
want
to
similarly
amend
the
original
resolution.
I
D
A
I
C
O
AF
D
Is
there
a
second
second,
my
dad
discussion,
stephen.
J
Yeah,
so
I
think
there's
I
think
that
deb's
right,
that
this
needs
to
be
done
in
a
thoughtful
manner,
and
I,
like
everything,
I've
seen
over
email
and
everything
I've
seen
in
the
conversation
tonight
indicates
that
everybody
on
council
has
taken
this
very
seriously
and
being
very
thoughtful
about
how
we're
handling
the
situation.
J
J
We
can
continue
to
have
that
conversation.
We
can
talk
about
having
special
presentations
for
council.
We
can
talk
about
bring
historians
in
who
can
educate
us.
I
think
there
are
ways
to
do
that
thoughtfully,
while
not
leaving
this
prejudicial
placard
in
place
it
just
it
doesn't
seem
it.
It
doesn't
seem.
It
feels
like
we're
missing
the
force
for
the
trees.
If
we
send
this
back
to
council
and
leave
the
thing
in
place
because
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
thoughtfully
remove
it,
that's
all
I'll
say.
I
D
Yeah
sure,
in
fact,
if
that's
what
you
wanted,
I
would
encourage
you
to
now
read
what
you'd
written
before,
which
is
the
very
the
stripped-down
version
of
resolution,
to
move
that
as
an
amendment
to
the
amended
amendment
then
we'll
see
if
there's
a
second.
If
that
gets
the
majority,
then
the
amendment
would
be
further
amended
and
if
you
believe
that
we'd
vote
one
more
time
in.
AF
Okay,
I
withdraw
my
motion
to
table
and
I'm
looking
for
okay,
I
think
this
is
it.
AF
I
think
this
is
it
okay.
The
first
white
settlers
marker
in
dewitt
park
is
not
historically
accurate
and
fails
to
recognize
that
native
people
lived
on
the
land
for
centuries
prior
to
the
arrival
of
white
settlers.
Therefore,
we
will
remove
it
and
give
it
to
the
history
center
so
that
they
can
use
it
for
educational
purposes.
D
Secondly,
by
george,
so
at
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
I
would
not
have
supported
that.
I
support
that
now
in
part,
because
all
the
warehouses
do
is
provide
historical
context.
The
discussion
at
this
meeting
is
now
entered
into
the
record
so
that
we
will
forever
be
covered
in
the
glory
of
said
discussion
and,
and
it
will
provide,
I
think,
all
the
context
that
historians
need
to
figure
out
why
common
council
in
october
of
2020,
made
this
choice,
so
I
would
support
what
donna
just
spread
it
moved.
It's
been
seconded
any
other
discussion.
D
D
That
carries
eight
to
two,
so
the
resolution
has
now
been
thrice
amended
but
stands.
Would
anyone
like
to
move
the
amen
at
the
resolution
move
by
george
second,
by
donna,
further
discussion.
A
F
F
D
AF
Yes,
I
want
the
discussion
to
be
with
the
understanding
that
we
will
wait,
no,
never
mind.
I
don't
know
our
our
understanding
is
that
we
will
come
back
to
refine
our
language
or
savanta
you're,
saying
you
think
the
historical
records
that
the
record
of
our
intention
stands
with
this
meeting
is
that
what
you
said.
D
B
I've
dan
I'm
just
asking-
I
mean
it's
not
written
in
the
way
that
resolutions
typically
are.
Does
that
matter?
Do
you
want
it
to
say,
whereas
the
first
white
settlers
marker
so
on
and
so
forth
now,
therefore
be
resolved,
that
it
will
be
removed
or
common
council
authorizes
its
removal?
That's
a
little
bit
more
typical.
AF
AF
AF
If
you
want
it
that
way,
whereas
the
first
white
settlers
marker
in
dewitt
park,
is
not
historically
accurate
and
fails
to
recognize
that
native
people
lived
on
the
land
for
centuries
prior
to
the
arrival
of
people,
therefore
be
it
resolved.
We
will
remove
it
and
give
it
to
the
history
center
so
that
they
can
use
it
for
educational
purposes
and
I'll
send
that
to
julie.
G
I
D
I
E
A
Purposes
I
I
think
the
original
resolved
is
a
little
bit
clearer
in
getting
at
that,
but
but
actually
I
I
would
tell
you
that
either
resolved
will
per,
should
permit
the
basic
legal
outcome
that
you're
after.
H
The
two
results
in
the
original
resolution
accomplished
that
I
believe
the
city
of
ithaca
common
council
authorizes
the
removal
of
the
first
white
white
settlers,
historical
marker
that
the
plaque
from
the
historical
marker-
that's
the
second
resolve-
shall
be
donated
to
the
history
center.
So
if
we
kept
those
two
results
as
originally
prepared.
I
G
AH
Thanks
for
letting
me
jump
in,
I
guess
I
would
like
to
keep
the
original
language
from
the
museum
side,
because
there
are
specific
connotations
for
accessioning
stuff
into
our
collections
and
so
to
sort
of
satisfy
some
of
the
restrictions
on
our
side.
It
would
be
helpful
to
have
the
motion
reflect
the
specific
language
in
the
original
resolution.
AH
I
AE
It
is
a
nice
shirt,
but
I
I
don't.
I
won't
take
it
from
you.
I
do
have
a
question,
though
ben,
are
you
referencing
just
the
resolved
that
mentions
the
history
center
or
also
the,
whereas
earlier
in
the
res,
in
the
original
resolution,
whereas
the
history
center
in
tompkins
county
will
accept
the
plaque
from
the
historic
marker
into
their
collection,
in
the
condition
provided
by
the
city.
AH
So
the
original
one
is
a
language
that
is
reflected
in
our
collections
policy
as
an
organization
when
things
are
donated
to
us,
we
do
not
make
changes
in
the
same
way.
You
know
the
national
archives
and
records
association
got
into
some
some
hot
water
over
censoring
some
photographs
that
we
don't
make
changes
to
anything
that
comes
into
our
collections,
the
and
then
the
second
one.
It's
the
specific
language
around
accessioning,
as
opposed
to
giving.
M
Do
you
mind?
I'm
sorry,
I
I'm
glad
I
know
this
will
pass.
I
have
a
hard
time
with
the
resolution,
mainly
because,
by
definition,
a
worse,
the
first
white
settlers
monument
is
not
going
to
mention
the
individual
indigenous
people
who
were
here
before
again.
It
bypasses
the
whole
reason
why
we're
doing
this
and
and
whitewashes
the
intent
of
this
momentous
action,
and
I'm
very
glad
with
that
everybody
is
going
to
support
it,
but
I
won't
be
voting
for
it.
For
that
reason,.
I
AF
I
D
And
that
carries
unanimously
now
on
the
main
motion,
all
those
in
favor.
F
D
G
So
just
quickly,
we
do
need
to
think
about
moving
our
november
meeting
right
now.
The
wednesday
meeting
is
the
night
before
thanksgiving.
Presumably
we
don't
want
to
have
a
meeting
on
that
night.
We
are
proposing
monday
of
that
week.
The
23rd,
I
believe,
is
the
date.
So
if
everyone
could
just
take
a
look
at
calendars
and
see
if
that
would
work,
that's
what
we're
probably
going
to
propose.
G
D
Thank
you
thanks
reporter
city.
AI
Controller
yeah,
I
think
what
I'll
do
is
just
hold
my
comments
and
report
to
future
budget
meetings
that
we'll
be
having
together
here
soon,
so
so
that'll
be
it
for
me
right
now.
Thank.
AG
Just
in
one
sec,
so
the
first
step
is
this
draft
resolution
amendment
to
the
city
ctap
process,
whereas
in
2017
the
city
reviewed
the
community
investment
incentive
tax
abatement
program
in
order
to
identify
criteria
that
the
city
felt
were
important
for
approving
projects
for
tax
abatements,
whereas
in
2018
the
common
council
amended
the
ctap
process
to
add
requirements
for
diversity,
local
labor
and
workforce
housing.
AG
AG
I
believe
that
jennifer
is
here
tonight
if
people
have
questions
about
this,
but
I'll
just
say
quickly
that
we
had
quite
a
lengthy
discussion
about
this
at
the
committee
level
and
and
basically
this
is
happening
because
we've
for
a
long
time
have
had
this
two-step
process,
where
the
city
has
the
signs
off
on
a
tax
abatement,
and
then
it
goes
to
the
ida.
AG
We've
had
lots
of
back
and
forth
with
the
iba
about
amending
the
policy.
You
know
for
local
labor,
for
diversity
and
hiring
for
affordable
housing,
and
I
think
what
we've
discovered
is
that
ultimately,
the
ida
is
the
one
that
is
the
arbiter
of
this
program.
They're,
the
judges
they're,
the
tax
they're
they're,
the
ones
that
decide
on
the
tax
abatements.
The
city
is
really
in
a
kind
of
recommending
role
and
we
can
recommend
policies
to
the
ida.
But
ultimately
we
are
not
the
ones
that
decide
whether
the
tax
abatement
is
granted.
AD
AG
This
this
change
is
meant
just
to
to
streamline
the
process,
and
I
know
that
you
know
we
heard
from
teresa
all
earlier
with
concerns
that
the
city
is
giving
up
a
certain
amount
of
leverage
in
this.
The
only
thing
I'd
say
to
that
is
that
I
don't
think
we
have
a
huge
amount
of
leverage
as
it
as
it
is.
I
don't
really
think
that
there's
that
much
difference
in
terms
of
you
know
recommending
things
to
the
idea,
I
think
in
the
future,
we'll
still
be
able
to
recommend
changes.
AG
If
we
believe
that
there's
certain
policies,
the
idea
should
should
adopt
if
we
believe
that
the
ctap
shouldn't
exist
anymore,
I
think
that's
something
the
city
could
certainly
recommend,
and
I
think
this
the
ida
would
listen
to
that
recommendation.
Given
that
we
are
all
representatives
of
the
city,
so
I
see
this
really
as
a
step
to
kind
of
streamline
this
process,
to
eliminate
a
lot
of
confusion
and
to
work
essentially
help
us
work
better
with
the
idea
just
to
move
this
program
forward
in
a
productive
way.
D
I
actually
have
to
if
you'll
excuse
me.
I
have
to
step
away
for
personal
reasons.
I
I've
asked
acting
mayor
malinhoff
to
take
over
his
chair.
I
will
be
back
in
hopefully
less
than
10
minutes
in
case
this
passes.
Before
that
I
want
to
go
on
the
record
saying
I
support
it.
I've
served
on
the
ida.
I
did
two
terms
on
the
ida
and
seth's
summation
is,
is
accurate,
the
there's
a
little
leverage
all
this
does
in
fact
is
confuse
folks
about
who.
I
AE
D
C
Thank
you,
deb
does
sef.
Does
the
ida
actually
have
a
requirement
for
local
labor
and
diversity.
AG
Yeah,
to
my
knowledge,
their
requirement
on
local
labor
is
the
reporting
requirement.
So
it's
it's
the
same
as
the
one
that
we
adopted,
and
so
what's
usually
happened
with
this.
The
history
of
this
program
is
that
you
know
we
urge
the
ida
to
pass
something
or
to
look
at
an
issue,
and
then
they
form
their
own
committee
and
they
look
at
it
and
then
they
adopt
it.
I
mean
that's
essentially
what
happened
with
the
local
labor
requirement,
but.
AD
AG
To
your
point,
their
policy
is
just
a
reporting
requirement
at
the
moment,
there's
no
percentage
of
local
labor
in
there.
To
my
knowledge,
it's
just
a
reporting
requirement.
AG
I
see
laura
shaking
her
head,
but
you
know,
I
think
the
idea
behind
this.
This
reporting
requirement
was
always
so
that
the
ida
could
get
good
information
about
to
establish
a
benchmark.
So
I
I
think
the
the
idea
behind
it
was
that
the
ida
would
follow
up
this
reporting
requirement
with
a
specific
percentage
and.
Y
G
AF
AJ
We
have
actually,
at
the
ida,
passed
a
local
labor
reporting
policy
that
was
the
culmination
of
a
large
group
of
participants
that
rep
representatives
from
the
city
from
labor,
a
group
of
developers,
architects,
engineers
and
ida,
and
county
legislators
that
looked
at
the
landscape
and
in
2016
we
adopted
a
policy
that
requires
that
all
projects
throughout
the
county
report
on
their
local
labor
on
their
labor
on
their
labor
during
construction
of
any
project
we've
had,
I
think
two
projects
completed
downtown
several
solar
projects
that
were
much
smaller
than
the
bigger
downtown
and
a
couple
of
industrial
projects.
AJ
We
have
created
a
committee
this
year
that
started
meeting
this
summer,
that
is
working
with
us,
one
of
tcib
staff
people
to
review
the
data
and
work
with
the
committee
to
make
some
recommendations
on
a
percentage
requirement
of
local
construction
labor.
But
at
the
time
that
this
policy
was
adopted,
everyone
agreed
that
we
needed
to
have
a
baseline.
To
really
understand.
AJ
Do
we
have
capacity?
Are
there
subcontractors
that
will
bid
on
projects?
Is
this
going
to
drive
up
the
cost
of
labor?
Is
this
going
to
halt
projects?
So
a
lot
of
those
questions
we
think
are
going
to
be
answered
through
the
data.
I
have
updated
city
staff
at
the
monthly
city
county
economic
development
meetings.
I
have
offered
to
city
staff
and
common
council
members
to
come
and
report.
C
AJ
Well,
I
do
think
that
there
isn't
enough
data
on
the
over
five
million
dollar
project,
because
we
only
have
data
on
two,
but
we're
going
to
do
the
best
we
can
with
the
data
that
we
have
and
make
the
best
decisions
that
we
can
and
try
and
move
this
policy
forward.
AJ
F
AG
G
AD
Yeah
thanks
deb,
so
seth.
I
appreciate
the
clarification
there
and
the
confusion
and
directing
the
public
to
where
they
should
express
their
frustration
for
this
program,
because
I
know
when
I
was
on
planning.
There
were
many
comments
about
this
program,
so
I
just
want
to
be
clear.
So
the
only
kind
of
leverage
we
can
advise
or
stuff
like
that,
but
are
you
saying
the
only
thing
we
could
do
is
really
remove
this
abatement
program?
That's
the
only
kind
of
if
we
disagreed
with
the
ida.
AG
I
don't,
I
don't
think
that's
the
only
thing
we
could
do.
I
mean
up
like
we've:
we've
recommended
certain
things
to
the
idea
in
the
past,
like
the
diversity
and
hiring
program
prince
requirement,
for
instance,
you
know
we,
we
were
the
ones
that
initiated
that
affordable
housing
requirement.
You
know,
I
think
I
believe
the
local
labor
as
well
there's
certain
things
that
we've
steps
we've
taken.
I
think
that
could
continue.
AG
I
think
the
larger
question
of
whether
we
wanted
to
just
get
rid
of
the
program
entirely
is
something
that
that
would
be
a
bigger
conversation.
I
think
that
we
would
have
to
involve
the
idea
in
that
conversation,
but
if
it's
you
know,
I
I
have
to
assume
that
if
the
city
of
ithaca
decided
the
common
council
that
we
no
longer
saw
a
need
for
this
program
and
we
recommended
that
the
former
resolution
of
the
ida
I
would,
I
would
imagine
that
the
ida
would
take
that
very
seriously.
H
G
Great
any
other
questions
on
this
resolution
before
we
vo
cynthia.
M
Yeah,
thank
you.
I
think
this
is
a
a
good
conversation
and
a
reminder
that
that
we
as
a
council,
never
we
actually
don't
have
a
vote
on
any
project
that
comes
forward
in
terms
of
recommending
recommending
it
for
a
tax
abatement.
M
It
really
is
a
recommendation
that
comes
out
of
the
mayor's
office
and
and
not
by
common
council,
and
I
think
that
has
definitely
led
to
a
lot
of
confusion
in
the
past
and
and
as
you've
mentioned
it,
it
has
and
always
has
been
the
complete
authority
of
the
ida
to
choose
to
grant
a
tax
abatement,
whether
we
have
a
ctap
program
or
not,
and
what
ctap
does
is
just
gives
a
general
guideline
to
the
ida.
That
says
these
are
the
types
of
things
that
we
would
like
to
that.
M
We
as
a
city
would
support
in
terms
of
tax
abatements,
and
I
think
we
can
all
agree
that.
Well
I
I
suppose
we
can
all
agree
that
many
of
us
feel
that
these
last
eight
years
have
been
very
successful
in
terms
of
the
amount
of
development
that
we
have
seen
in
the
downtown
area.
M
The
number
of
projects
that
have
utilized
a
tax
abatement
for
real
estate
development-
I
think,
there's
only
a
couple
that
were
job
creation
projects
downtown,
but
for
the
most
part
they
were
real
estate
development
projects
downtown,
and
it
always
has
been
my
feeling
that
our
community
has
a
lot
to
offer
on
its
own
merits
with
our
three
educational
institutions,
our
almost
zero
vacancy
rates,
our
high
rent,
the
fact
that
we
are
one
of
the
few
or
perhaps
even
the
only
upstate-
or
at
least
we
were
one
of
the
only
upstate
counties
that
were
growing
economically-
that
I
didn't
feel
that
we
needed
a
tax
abatement
to
draw
real
estate
development
into
our
community.
M
And
what
we
have
seen
and
jay
franklin
at
the
tompkins
county
assessment
office
was
so
kind
as
to
provide
a
analysis
of
rent
comparing
downtown
rent
to
college
town
rents,
and
now
we
are
seeing
downtown
rents
just
in
the
last
18
months,
have
grown
and
have
increased
by
15
to
20
percent,
whereas
college
town
rates,
college
town,
not
being
an
area
within
the
density
district,
has
stayed
the
same.
So
I
do
believe
that
there
is
definitely
merit
to
the
position
that
these
tax
abatements
are
really.
M
Initiating
and
drawing
in
high-end
above-market
projects
and
leading,
in
my
view,
to
the
increased
gentrification
of
our
city,
the
fact
is
the
ida
and
and
the
tompkins
county
assessment
office
has
programs
to
provide
tax
abatements
to
contracted,
affordable
housing
projects
or
or
income-based
housing
that
can
be
addressed
through
the
assessment
office,
which
would
reduce
the
the
taxes
associated
with
those
projects.
So
it's
not
that
we
would
need
this
to
draw
in
affordable
or
workforce
housing
if
there
was
a
30-year
commitment
to
to
income
restrictions.
M
So,
ultimately,
I'm
I
actually
like
the
fact
that
it's
complicated.
I
like
the
fact
that
it's
hard
to
get
I
I
actually
would
not
want
to
encourage
more
developers
to
utilize
the
ctap
so
short
of
abolishing
ctap
altogether.
M
I
would
rather
remain,
as
is
until
we
have
the
opportunity
to
get
rid
of
it,
so
I
won't
be
supporting
the
resolution.
E
Jackson,
so
for
years,
I've
wondered
why
we
have
a
ctep,
a
city,
c-type
program,
for
many
reasons
stated
below
in
that
you
know,
ida
makes
the
final
decision
and
therefore
it
was
this
kind
of
you
know
perfunctory
process
that
got
us
politically
involved
for
for
no
reason
that
said,
we
have,
I
believe,
affected
idea
policy
on
this,
bypassing
certain
things,
including
the
housing
thing,
forcing
a
discussion,
and
so
so
I
guess
I'm
more
open
than
I
thought
I
was
to
retaining
it.
E
So
I'm
kind
of
curious
about
two
things.
One
is:
can
someone
remind
me
about
the
differences
between
what
the
affordable
housing
requirements
that
are
in
c-tap
versus
what
the
idea
is
proposing
and
two?
Does
anyone
decide
cynthia
have
any
arguments
for
retaining
ctap
that
they
could
convey
to
me.
AJ
Sure
so
the
ida
has
always
very
much
looked
at
the
city
as
a
partner
and
delivering
incentives
to
support
more
vibrant
activities,
downtown
and
every
time
the
city
has
sort
of
said.
Hey.
Could
you
look
at
this?
We've
looked
at
it
that
happened
with
local
labor.
It
happened
with
an
enhanced
energy
policy.
AJ
It
happened
with
the
diversity
and
inclusion
policy
that
we
passed
as
is
county-wide
for
the
ida
with
the
housing
policy.
A
committee
had
started
to
talk
about
it.
Look
at
it.
The
city
did
make
some
resolutions
that
they
wanted
the
ida
to
adopt
a
policy
that
required
that
any
housing
project
within
the
density
district
would
have
to
set
aside
20
of
their
units
as
affordable
units
and
that
they
they
would
also
receive
an
additional
30
percent
abatement.
AJ
For
30
years
the
ida
took
that
recommendation
and
did
establish
a
committee
that
had
city
representation
and
looked
at
that.
The
idea
decided
not
to
pass
that
because
they
had
some
very
serious
concerns
about
the
amount
of
foregone
taxes
relative
to
the
cost
of
providing
that
affordable
unit
for
a
period
of
30
years.
So
they
went
back
and
they
they
looked
at
the
policy
and
they
adopted
another
policy.
Again,
there
was
city
representation
on
that
committee.
AJ
The
the
housing
policy
that
was
adopted
this
year
requires
any
housing
project
in
the
the
city's
density
district
that
has
over
20
units.
They
have
two
options:
one
they
can
provide
100,
affordable
units.
The
idea
will
not
be
monitoring
any
compliance
on
that.
Somebody
else
has
to
monitor
compliance,
because
the
idea
is
not
a
housing
agency,
there's
no
additional
incentive.
However,
with
100
affordable
projects,
we
generally
deliver
an
incentive
that
could
terminus
with
the
housing
finance
agency
financing,
which
is
usually
30
years,
the
other
option.
AJ
If
the
developers
is
unable
or
unwilling
to
provide
a
20
set
aside
is
they
could
pay
into
the
county-wide
housing
development
fund,
which
the
city
has
representation,
so
does
cornell
in
the
county.
It
has
a
track
record
of
delivering
in
delivering
funding,
to
help
leverage
other
state
and
federal
funds
for
affordable
housing
and
just
to
give
an
example,
a
project
that
had
200
units.
AJ
If
you
required
a
20
set
aside,
you
get
40
units
of
affordable
housing.
If
you
were
to
pay
into
the
fund
at
the
amount
that
we
have
suggested,
that
could
go
towards
leveraging
other
state
and
federal
funds
to
on
average,
deliver
over
135
units
of
affordable
housing.
So
the
committee
felt
like
this
was
a
good
compromise
that
there's
still
a
vehicle
to
support,
affordable
housing
throughout
the
county
and
the
projects
that
pay
into
the
fund
will
also
then
be
paying
property
taxes.
G
E
AG
5.2,
an
ordinance
amending
the
municipal
code
of
the
city
of
ithaca,
chapter
160,
entitled
design
review
to
amend
the
language
to
applicability
and
exemptions,
whereas
the
city's
current
applicability
for
mandatory
design
review
is
inconsistent
with
the
325-4
establishment
of
districts,
whereas
the
current
applicability
and
exemptions
does
not
include
the
current
waterfront
and
college
town
zones.
Now,
therefore,
be
it
moved
and
I
move
is
written
and
essentially
this
is
being
done
just
to
kind
of.
AG
G
G
C
All
right,
thank
you
am
I,
can
you
hear
me
yup,
did
we
forget
presentation
of
the
quarterly
employee
awards.
G
AI
AI
Generally,
we
amend
the
mcas
every
five
years,
but
now
the
department
of
financial
services
at
new
york
state
has
required
us
that
any
time
we
make
changes
to
our
participants
in
the
consortium,
we
will
now
have
to
make
future
changes
to
the
mca.
So
we'll
have
to
do
this
more
often,
but
so
the
reasons
for
the
two
years
here
are
one.
AI
The
board
of
directors
still
will
be
voting,
but
the
powers
of
the
executive
committee
are
definitely
increased
to
to
better
make
better
efficiency
of
the
operations
of
the
consortium,
we're
just
getting
too
large
to
try
to
to
try
to
make
the
board
of
directors
meetings
efficient,
so
that
change
has
also
been
made
in
the
mca
for
2020
and
is
also
obviously
included
in
the
2021
mca
amendment
as
well.
In
addition,
we
increased
the
number
of
labor
represent.
AI
We
put
a
cap
on
the
spots
that
the
joint
committee
that
the
labor
the
number
of
labor
spots
on
the
joint
committee,
so
that
was
also
changed
in
the
mca
and,
lastly,
I
believe
we
expanded
the
boundaries
of
the
membership
to
include
additional
counties.
We
originally
started
with
seven
back
in
2011.
AI
We've
expanded
that
to
the
surrounding
counties
of
those
seven
counties
to
include
now
16
counties
as
possible
membership.
We
don't
have
membership
in
all
those
counties
at
this
point,
but
we
do.
We
have
expended
expanded
the
the
territory
of
the
the
possibility
of
additional
membership,
and
I
should
say
that
we
are
now
up
to
with
seven
new
participants
in
2021,
starting
in
2021.
AI
We
are
up
to
50
now
50
municipalities
included
in
the
consortium,
so
we're
very
strong,
healthy,
financially
as
well
doing
very
well
at
this
point
in
time-
and
I
should
say
I
am
on
the
board
of
directors,
I'm
also
on
the
audit
and
finance
committee,
I'm
also
on
the
executive
committee
and
I'm
also
part
of
the
governance
committee
and
then
shelley
is
on
the
joint
committee.
So
you're
you're
well
represented
by
city
staff
on
the
consortium.
AI
So
I
think
basically
those
are
the
reasons
for
the
amendments
and
we
just
need
to
approve
those
so
that
we
can
forward
those
on
to
the
department
of
financial
services
at
new
york
state.
G
G
G
Do
we
want
to
take
a
brief
stretch,
retrieve
a
beverage
break
before
we
go
into
the
budget.
G
G
AD
M
M
M
I
F
I'm
sorry
and
yeah.
I
know
how
my
internet
connection
is
unstable,
being
here
in
city
hall,
but
yeah
I'll,
you
know
am
I
I
can't
tell
if
I'm
on
or
not
on,
because
now
you're
all
frozen,
oh
no
yeah,
but
yes,
I
do
not
have.
I
do
not
have
an
update
for
you
on
that.
It's
we're
doing
the
best
we
can
with
reduced
staffing
and
taking
on
additional
work
from
other
departments.
F
So
I
I
will
do
my
best
to
get
them
caught
up,
but
it
will
be
it'll
be
a
while.
The
thing
I
would
refer
people
to
is
all
these
meetings
are
available
for
their
viewing
pleasure
on
our
youtube
channel.
F
M
M
B
Too,
that
I
was
talking
to
a
member
of
the
school
board
who
mentioned
that
they
use
they
have
a
transcription.
B
I
F
The
other
thing
I
would
offer
is
that
I
can
get
anybody
any
piece
of
legislation,
specific
legislation
that
they
need
or
they're
interested
in
and
that's
what
I've
been
doing.
I
have
all
the
motions
I
have
the
votes.
I
have
most
of
the
amendments,
except
for
things
like
tonight.
They
get
very
complicated
that
I
have
to
go
through
and
watch
the
video
and
confirm
exactly
what
we've
done
every
time.
You
share
amendments
with
me
that
makes
that
process
so
much
easier
and
and
faster,
but
if
anyone's
looking
for
something
specific,
we
can
certainly
do
that.
F
It
really
is
all
the
conversation
that
is
difficult
to
to
prepare.
M
G
D
D
Well,
thanks,
everybody
call
the
meeting
back
to
order.
Thank
you
dad
for
for
filling
in.
I
really
appreciate
it.
Let
me
share
my
screen.
One
second.
D
How's
that
good
well,
thank
you
thanks
everybody,
as
according
to
the
charter
by
the
end
of
the
year,
the
mayor
should
propose
and
council
should
adopt
a
budget
that
will
guide
spending
for
the
next
year,
beginning
really.
In
the
spring,
I've
started
working
with
the
city
controller's
office,
with
dan
cogan,
the
chief
of
staff
to
deliver
proposed
guidelines
to
our
department
heads
those
department,
heads
submit
budget
proposals
to
us.
We
do
the
best
we
can
to
put
it
into
one
cohesive
budget
document
which
will
hit
your
inboxes
tonight.
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That
budget
will
also
be
put
on
the
city's
website
over
the
next
several
weeks,
council
will
consider
amendments
to
the
budget
and
then
vote
on
an
approved
one
which
will
not
only
direct
our
spending
but
set
our
property
and
tax
rates,
as
well
as
other
fees,
what's
important
to
know
about
our
budget.
Well,
first,
you
have
to
know
the
mission
of
the
city
of
ithaca
that
we
strive
to
make
ithaca
a
model
community,
a
great
place
to
create
dream,
live,
learn,
work
and
play.
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Some
background
on
this
budget.
This
is
obviously
the
most
unusual
budget
of
our
times.
Why
the
pandemic
and
pandemic
not
only
required
us
to
do
things
differently,
but
it
shut
down
the
economy.
In
march,
it
created
a
steep
drop
in
revenues,
both
from
sales
tax
and
parking,
most
especially
those
two
creating
a
huge
deficit
for
2020..
Now
the
bottom
line
is
that
deficit
could
have
been
bigger,
but
this
council
took
decisive
action
back
in
the
spring.
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We
experienced
a
two
million
dollar
loss
of
sales,
tax
revenue,
a
1.4
million
dollar
loss
of
parking
revenue,
half
a
million
dollar
drop
in
state
aid,
as
well
as
fewer
fines
and
other
revenue
drops
so
total
revenue
loss
for
2020
of
4.3
million
dollars.
What
did
we
do
well,
council?
All
the
way
back
in
may
froze
hiring
and
spending
furloughed
80,
plus
employees,
a
quarter
of
our
workforce
and
by
acting
early
employees,
were
able
to
take
advantage
of
those
extra
unemployment
insurance
benefits.
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What
did
those
actions
mean?
Well,
the
furlough
saved
the
city
over
a
million
dollars
today
the
changes
to
health
insurance
saved
the
city,
170
000
to
date,
a
hiring
freeze,
250,
000
and
various
other
savings.
Just
from
more
efficient
or
amended
operations,
we
ended
up
saving
1.75
million
dollars
in
2020..
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Have
two
other
troughs
of
good
news:
one
development
is
not
slowed
down.
They
continue
to
pace.
In
fact,
it's
a
bit
ahead
of
schedule
and
revenue
from
those
projects
are
ahead
of
what
we
budgeted
for
in
2020..
We
also
received
extremely
generous
donations
from
local
residents.
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D
Right
and
we
just
lost
all
that
revenue.
If
we
lost
4.3
million
dollars,
we
would
have
been
in
trouble.
We
had
to
permanently
reduce
our
staff
by
62
positions
or
increase
taxes
by
18,
but
even
with
those
actions
taken,
the
deficit
at
the
end
of
2020
is
likely
to
be
about
2.5
million
right.
So
it's
easier,
that's
a
that's
a
10
tax
increase
or
a
staff
reduction
of
approximately
36
positions.
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So,
looking
ahead
right,
we
know
that
2021,
the
economy
will
not
be
functioning
as
normal
because
of
the
virus.
So
we
we're
going
to
continue
to
see
sales
tax
revenue
lost
parking
revenue
loss.
We
know
that
state
aid
is
declining,
but
we're
hopeful
that
the
recovery
will
continue
and
the
losses
will
be
smaller
than
they
were
in
2020..
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So
what
do
I
propose
that
we
do?
It
might
not
surprise
you,
given
that
you've
experienced
other
budget
seasons
with
me
that
I'm
proposing
that
we
don't
go
all
of
one
or
all
of
the
other,
that
we
don't
just
increase
property
taxes
15
and
keep
our
spending
steady,
and
I
don't
think
that
we
should
just
lower
property
taxes
at
the
expense
of
50
city
staff
positions.
I
think
we
should
do
something
in
them
right:
small
property
tax
increase,
in
fact
just
to
get
to
the
headline.
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The
property
tax
rate
is
going
to
remain
steady.
It
will
not
increase
in
my
proposed
budget
and
we
will
be
unfunding
several
vacant
positions,
but
this
will
allow
us
to
not
use
our
fund
balance
in
2021
not
draw
any
amount
out
of
our
savings
in
2021,
while
still
still
continuing
investment
and
violence,
prevention
and
racial
justice.
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Here's
the
tax
rate,
so
it
would
stay
the
same
as
it
does
in
2020
11
77
per
thousand
in
five
of
the
last
seven
budgets,
the
tax
rate
has
actually
stayed
the
same.
We've
gone
down
here,
you'll
see
in
graphical
form.
It's
been
on
a
you
know,
a
slight
but
definite
downward
trajectory.
D
Here
you
can
see
that
from
topping
out
from
its
highest,
which
is
13.12
in
2014,
it's
now
dropped
to
1177
in
2021.,
that's
lower
than
well
that's
off
this
chart
when
that
was,
I
think
2000
was
the
last
year.
The
rate
was
this
low,
but
still
it
means
that
we
have
the
second
highest
tax
rate
in
topkins
county
and
puts
us
in
the
middle
of
the
pack
of
cities
in
new
york,
state
new
york
state,
of
course,
being
a
state
with
extremely
high
property
taxes.
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So
if
we're
in
the
middle
of
the
pack
in
new
york
puts
us
amongst
the
highest
taxes
in
the
country,
something
that
we
hear
about
quite
a
lot,
something
that
the
public
is
acutely
aware
of,
but
so
how
do
we
raise
more
revenue
if
the
tax
rate
is
going
to
stay
still?
Well,
it's
because
the
tax
levy
will
increase
by
seven
and
a
quarter
percent.
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That
means
that
the
average
assessments
in
the
city
increased
last
year
by
seven
and
a
quarter
percent,
so
average
households
that
will
be
the
actual
change
in
their
out-of-pocket
costs.
Their
rate
will
stay
the
same,
which
is
good
news.
Their
assessment
went
up
which
is
sort
of
good
news.
It
means
the
property
they
own
is
becoming
more
valuable,
but
their.
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How
does
this
work
highlights
is
a
you
know,
sort
of
unfortunate
phrasing,
the
highlights
being
things
that
we
want
to
spine
shine,
a
light
on,
so
the
council
can
notice
it
discuss
it
pick
it
apart,
but
in
almost
all
these
cases
highlights
are
actually
low
lights.
It's
stuff
that
the
council,
the
city,
is
not
going
to
be
able
to
do
as
well
as
robustly
as
we
like.
We
defund
10
positions
in
the
department
of
public
works.
These
are
all
nine
of
these
10
are
currently
vacant.
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Defunding
another
four
vacant
positions
across
the
city,
some
in
city
hall,
the
coordinating
programs,
the
youth
bureau
and
two
program
assistants
at
g-ac-
a
note
about
the
jack
ones
because
of
the
new
guidelines
and
social
density
guidelines,
we're
already
serving
the
maximum
number
of
children
that
are
allowed
in
the
space
by
ocf.
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So,
even
if
we
had
the
money,
we
couldn't
hire
those
two
program:
assistants
because
we
couldn't
serve
any
more
kids
in
the
space,
we're
also
reducing
hours
in
several
positions
across
the
city,
deputy
controller
manager
of
organizational
development,
mayor's
executive
assistant,
the
rec
brand
program
coordinator
and
in
g-ac
we're
reducing
hours
in
three
positions
and
increasing
them
in
two
there's
a
lot
of
details
here
that
you're
going
to
want
to
dig
into.
I
know:
that's
why
we
have
several
weeks,
and
I
just
I
want
to
make
sure
you
have
this
overview
tonight.
D
So
a
big
question
in
this
budget
and
for
all
of
us
is
how
are
we
going
to
maintain
public
safety
given
the
current
staffing
levels?
Now
the
current
staffing
levels
at
ipd,
we
have
eight
vacancies
of
police
officers.
They've
had
these
eight
vacancies
all
year.
So
this
is
the
current
staffing
levels.
What
I'm
proposing
is
that
that
continues
in
2021,
but
we
actually
unfunded
them
a
budget
necessity
in
order
to
get
the
tax
rate
to
zero,
while
still
fulfilling
our
missions.
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To
do
that,
you
know,
ipd
has
been
pulling
that
off,
but
the
strain
is
showing
on
our
officers.
The
strain
is
shown
in
the
public.
So
in
order
to
do
that,
we've
got
to
do
three
things.
One
create
an
operational
efficiency
plan.
We
can't
just
continue
all
our
operations
as
if
we
had
the
same
budget
that
we
did
10
years
ago.
Two
we've
got
to
continue
the
work
of
the
reinvent
public
safety
task
force
and
three.
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We
have
to
continue
our
investment
in
social
services,
the
kind
of
investments
that
see
that
lower
crime
and
lower
violence
and
lower
property
crime
over
the
long
term.
So
the
first
operational
efficiency
plan,
I've
asked
chief
mayor
to
work
with
the
deputy
chiefs
to
create
a
plan
that
would
take
effect
as
soon
as
possible.
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You
know,
we've
been
very
lucky
so
far,
the
fire
department's
done
this
work
already,
but
we've
been
lucky
in
the
police
department
that
we've
not
had
to
do
this
sort
of
triage
that
you
usually
see
in
big
cities.
Somebody
calls
our
police
department
they
show
up.
We
may
have
to
start
saying
there
are
certain
calls
for
service
that
we
just
won't
respond
to
anymore.
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You
know,
there's
some
that
are
very
easy
if
your
dryer
is
shaking
away
from
your
wall
and
you
need
somebody
to
come
and
push
it
back
against
the
wall,
you
might
have
to
call
somebody
else
for
that.
Some
will
be
closer
calls
honestly,
false
alarms,
the
the
kind
of
stuff
that
that
really
overdue
and
possibly
uncomfortable
conversations,
but
I
think
that
those
conversations
will
be
made
easier
by
our
second
plan,
which
is
the
public
safety
task
force
to
reinvent.
D
You
know.
We
are
in
the
middle
of
this
work,
now
we're
working
with
the
county
to
deliver
as
the
governor
mandated
a
reform
that
would
address
police
functioning,
standard
strategies,
community
oriented
leadership,
culture,
accountability
and
support,
excellent
and
diverse
personnel.
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We
need
south
side
to
be
successful,
and
so
what
I've
asked
if
this
funding
is
approved,
is
that
it
go
to
three
things:
one
to
support
the
work
that
black
hands
universal
is
doing
to
to
some
continued
support
for
black
girl,
alchemy
project
and
three
to
boost
their
efforts
to
land.
An
executive
director
that
can
sustain
the
work
of
the
center
right
what's
been
happening.
The
ups
and
downs
of
south
side
is
not
sustainable.
We've
got
to
find
a
path
forward
and
I
believe
that
requires
more
funding
for
the
city
this
year.
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I
just
want
to
know
that,
as
a
percentage
of
we,
we
it
doesn't
matter
how
you
find
to
slice
and
dice
these
numbers.
Bloat
is
not
actually
a
problem
inside
of
our
budget
right.
We,
when
you
look
at
the
percentage
of
what
we
spend
on
policing,
you
compare
it
to
other
comparable
cities
and
upstate
white
plains
at
22
percent
auburn
at
26,
32
33.,
poughkeepsie,
45
city
of
ithaca
comes
in
at
20,
and
I
just
want
to
say-
and
I
hope
these
next
slides
don't
seem
too
defensive.
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But
again,
I
just
want
to
drive
home
this
fact
that
there
are
other
areas
in
which,
if
we're
going
to
solve
all
of
the
social
problems
of
the
day,
we,
the
city,
can
create
a
more
just
budget
and
should
do
so,
but
we
won't
solve
all
of
the
problems
by
ourselves.
We
need
the
help
of
our
partners
and
when
we
look
at
who
the
15
largest
employers
in
our
county
is
makes
clear.
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Where
we
stand
in
that
picture,
I
also
want
to
drive
home
the
budget
comparison
for
folks
to
understand.
If
you
look
here
at
what
tompkins
tc3's
budget
is
on
an
annual
basis,
the
rocker
center
budget,
tst
boces
the
dryden
school
district.
Here
we
are
in
the
city
of
india
and
it
now
just
crossing
80
million
dollars,
and
that
can
seem
like
a
lot.
But
we
are
not
even
the
largest
government
budget
in
our
community,
much
less
the
largest
mover
and
shaper
of
public
monies.
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I
don't
know
if
you
can
still
make
out
the
city
of
ithaca's
budget
or
warner's
or
cargill,
of
course,
which
is
a
huge
employer
in
our
area,
their
worldwide
budget,
which
shrinks
all
of
us
down
to
to
the
point
of
invisibility
so
just
want
to
use
those
slides
as
a
way
of
saying
we
should
use
the
dollars.
We
have
to
solve
the
social
justice
problems
that
are
within
our
reach,
but
we've
got
to
aim
higher
if
we're
going
to
solve
every
problem.
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Actually,
one
or
two
family
homes
held
steady
as
a
percentage
of
the
total
taxable
value,
which
is
interesting
because
we
saw
that
apartments
in
bigotland
increased,
so
those
apartment
buildings,
particularly
new
complexes
increased
here
you
can
see
the
the
breakdown
one
and
two
family
homes
making
up
about
forty
percent
of
the
total
taxable
value
and
apartments
making
up
thirty
percent
with
other
commercial
making
up
the
remainder.
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A
few
financial
metrics
again
to
give
some
perspective
about
where
we
have
been
going.
What
are
the
trends
in
the
city
of
ithaca
you'll
see
that
from
our
high
of
2019
and
2020,
which
we
hoped
were
going
to
be
the
start
of
a
continued
climb
down
from
the
nadir
of
2013
and
2014,
as
we
dug
our
way
out
of
the
recession
and
the
deficits?
The
recession
cost
in
2021
we're
taking
a
pretty
serious
step
backwards
by
reducing
the
amount
of
personnel
that
we
have
on
hand
in
the
city.
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Health
insurance
costs
we'll
actually
we'll
see
a
slight
decrease
again
because
there
are
fewer
employees
in
my
proposed
budget,
but
also
because
we
did
move
some
folks
from
the
current
indemnity
plan
on
to
the
platinum
plan.
It's
a
plan
I
moved
myself
onto
our
debt
service
will
also
take
a
slight
dip
in
2021,
but.
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The
expenditures
by
fund
you'll,
see
here
this
is
just
another
graphical
way
to
show
where
most
of
the
money
is
spent.
Of
course,
in
our
general
funds
we
do
have
water
and
sewer
storm
water
rates
as
well.
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Our
expenditures
when
we
said
at
the
beginning
that
we
value
our
people.
This
is
where
you
see,
if
that's
true
or
not,
how
much
of
our
budget
are
we
spending
on
our
people?
Well,
it's
70,
plus
percent,
almost
75
cents
out
of
every
dollar
that
the
city
spends.
It's
spending
on
salaries,
overtime,
fringe
benefits,
retirement.
D
22
and
local
revenues
about
22
percent
our
water
fund
again
similar
we're
seeing
that
well
here
in
the
waterfront
you
see,
the
debt
service
plays
a
much
larger
role
in
part
because
we're
paying
for
that
facility
as
well
as,
of
course,
the
equipment
sewer
same
story.
D
AD
D
D
D
Project
that
you've
just
got
to
do
and
and
we've
been
increasing,
that
fee,
though
we
do
believe
this
would
be
the
last
year
of
sort
of
mandatory
fee
increases
in
order
to
pay
for
that
project.
D
It's
a
lot
in
a
little
time.
It
went
fast
in
part
because
this
is
recorded,
so
folks
can
go
back
and
watch
it.
I
went
fast
too
because
everybody
on
this
council
has
been
through
this
budget
process
before,
but
I
want
to
say
that
first,
if
there's
any
questions
for
steve
or
I
tonight,
we
can
begin
to
answer
them.
It
might
be
better
to
bunch
the
questions
and
to
start
to
deliver
them
to
myself
dan
coven,
steve
thayer,
deb
mullenhoff.
Is
your
budget
committee
chair
so
that
we
can
answer
those
in
the
coming
budget
sessions.
C
Thanks
devonte,
it's
a
huge
task,
you've
undertaken
and
again
and
really
appreciate
the
work
you've
done.
The
one
thing
struck
me
early
on
in
your
presentation
was
the
projection
of
parking
revenue
going
down
six
hundred
thousand
dollars.
D
Yeah
steve,
do
you,
you
know,
I
think
we
we're
just
expecting
sorry.
I
I
think
it's
in
part
office,
parkers,
there's
a
lot
of
folks,
particularly
downtown
that
were
parking
during
the
day
and
parking
at
night
and
with
fewer
folks,
more
people
working
from
home,
we're
just
seeing
less
revenue
even
now
that
we
are
charging
for
parking.
But
steve
do
you
have
any
more
color
on
on
that.
AI
Yeah
sure
the
the
main
reason
for
the
drop
for
next
year
is
that
the
green
street
garage
will
be
offline
at
some
point,
so
we'll
be
losing
that
revenue
source.
AI
So
that's
that's
a
reason
why
the
main
reason
why
you're
seeing
a
drop
there
parking
rates
obviously
are
back
back
to
where
they
were
pre-covered
and
so
we're
seeing
a
slow
increase
in
our
revenue
generation
there.
So,
hopefully
that
will
continue,
and
you
know
we'll
just
keep
our
fingers
crossed-
that
that
the
virus
is
contained
during
the
recovery
period
as
well.
AD
Yeah
thanks
so
similarly
steve
the
loss
in
sales
tax
revenue
I
mean
is
that,
based
on
some
kind
of
model
or
projection,
or
some
kind
of
information
about
what
we're
seeing
in
terms
of
current
trends
or
for
next
year,
I'm
talking
about
now
your
estimate.
There.
AI
Yeah
again,
making
estimates
in
this
environment
and
projections
are
super
difficult.
So
this
is
our
best
estimate
at
this
point
in
time
that
you
know
we
would
probably
be
down
somewhere
from
our
current
budget
of
a
little
over.
11
percent
is
what
you
know
we're
projecting
next
year.
AI
Hopefully,
hopefully
we
come
in
better
than
that,
but,
for
instance,
our
last
payment,
which
actually
came
in
this
morning,
was
down
14
and
I
had
projected
in
the
third
quarter
of
which
this
relates
to
that
we
would
be
down
like
20,
so
we're
a
little
better
than
that
estimate
of
20
down,
but
still
significantly
down
at
14.
AI
But
so
this
you
know
we're
just
estimating
that
that
we
would
take
a
11
hit
as
we
try
to
recover
and
through
this
period
it's
just
so
unknown
at
this
point
in
time.
What's
what
faces
us
in
the
next
year.
M
Thank
you.
I
think
I
recall
that
you
indicated
there
was
no
expected
draw
of
fund
balance,
so
I
was
wondering
where
the
fund
balance
is
then,
as
a
matter
of
percentage,
I'm
also
curious.
What
kind
of
wiggle
room
do
we
have
in
this
budget
for
an
unexpected
turn?
I
think
there
is
a
you
know.
We're
seeing
the
perhaps
beginning
of
a
second
wave
if
20
or
1918
is
any
indication
there
was
a
third
wave
come
spring.
AI
Yeah,
so
the
wiggle
room
is
not
much,
but
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
did
not
propose
any
use
of
fund
balance
for
next
year
is
just
that
is
we
want
to
have
the
maximum
flexibility
that
we're
able
to
hopefully
weather
the
storm
of
any
further
down
down
trends
of
our
revenues
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
currently
we're
coming
into
2020
at
about
just
under
18
percent
of
a
fund
balance
at
18,
which
is
you
know
if
we
look
at
it
best,
practices
say
between
10
and
20.
AI
We
operate
at
the
best
efficiency
right
around
16
15
to
18,
so
you
know
we're
at
a
good
spot.
Coming
in
we're,
gonna
see
a
hit
to
our
fund
balance
unless
there's
some
a
dramatic
recovery
in
the
last
quarter
of
this
year,
we'll
see
a
hit
to
our
fund
balance
for
2020.
We
did
appropriate
about
685
000
for
2020's
budget.
We'll
definitely
be
over
that
if
we
don't
see
any
federal
funding
or
any
further
recovery
in
our
revenues
in
the
last
quarter.
AI
So
there
is
some
flexibility,
but
you
know
it's
this.
This
is
just
so
so
difficult
to
try
to
try
to
project
and
estimate
in
this
kind
of
environment,
so
this
is
the
best
estimate
we
have
in
this
point
in
time
now,
certainly
if
different
data
comes
in
in
the
next
month
as
we're
discussing
the
budget,
we
may
make,
you
know
further
recommendations
on
further
adjustments
to
some
of
the
numbers
that
we've
estimated
at
this
time.
D
Thanks
tim,
so
yes.
AG
You
mentioned
that
there
were
two
layoffs
in
dpw:
what
are
those
positions?
What
was
the
rationale
for.
D
Yeah,
so
those
two
would
be
the
manager
of
fiscal
operations
and
an
executive
assistant
position
getting
into
the
rationale,
I
think,
would
it
was
probably
best.
D
D
Yeah-
and
I
don't
want
to
cut
it
short,
but
I
do
know
that
not
only
do
folks
have
other
obligations
tonight,
but
at
the
end
of
a
three-hour
meeting,
it's
tough
to
dive
into
an
80
million
budget.
So
I
encourage
folks
to
pull
the
questions
and
and
stay
tuned
for
the
the
full
schedule
of
budget
hearings.