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From YouTube: August 27, 2014 Board of Estimate & Taxation Meeting
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Minneapolis Board of Estimate & Taxation Meeting
A
B
A
B
A
Very
good:
we
also
have
two
presentations,
one
from
the
park
board
and
one
from
our
finance
department,
and
I
think
there
would
be
some
very,
very
good
information
for
anybody
who
might
maybe
have
questions
later.
So
if
there's
nobody
signed
up
at
this
point,
then
I
would
suggest
we
move
right
away
to
have
the
hear
from
the
minneapolis
park
and
recreation
board
on
their
presentation
that
they'd
like
to
make
to
us
tonight.
C
Is
this
on
yep?
Thank
you,
councilmember
quincy
mayor,
commissioner
taff.
Thank
you
for
having
us
myself
and
julie.
Wiseman.
Our
director
of
finance
are
going
to
do
a
presentation
on
the
park
board
budget
and
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
particular
initiatives
that
we're
trying
to
move
forward
on
and
then
also
be
able
to
answer
any
questions
for
you
this
evening.
So
what
I'd
actually
like
to
do
is
have
julie,
come
up
with
me
and
we
will
walk
you
through
our
presentation.
D
The
first
part
of
the
presentation
is
the
budget
history
for
the
general
fund
property
taxes.
The
park
board
property
tax
levy
has
increased
an
average
of
3.6
percent
annually
for
the
past
10
years.
If
you
exclude
the
new
2014
tree
preservation
and
reforestation
levy,
that
increase
has
been
3.4
percent
annually.
D
They
were
recreation
center
activities
which
really
belonged
into
the
general
into
the
general
fund,
but,
as
this
chart
shows,
local
government
aid
in
2005
was
19
of
our
budget.
In
2014,
lga
is
14
percent
of
our
budget
general
fund
operating
budget
history.
Over
the
past
10
years,
our
budget
has
increased
13.3
million
or
27
percent.
D
Over
that
same
10
years,
health
insurance
premiums
have
increased
by
95
percent
pension
contribution
rates
have
increased
by
31
percent
and
energy
costs
have
increased
by
38
percent.
These
increases
in
health
insurance
pension
rates
and
energy
costs,
coupled
with
the
operating
budget,
not
keeping
pace
with
the
rate
of
inflation,
has
directly
reduced
the
amount
of
funding
available
for
programs
and
services.
D
This
chart
tries
to
depict
that
graphically
in
2005
there
were.
There
was
84.3
available
for
for
programs
and
services
and
in
2014
it's
a
little
under
82
percent,
that's
available
over
that
10-year
period
or
since
actually
2003
2003
was
when
we
had
our
largest
full-time
equivalency
base
and
in
2005
with
601
employees,
we
have
reduced
115,
full-time
employees
or
actually
19
of
our
workforce.
Due
to
budget
pressures
decreases
in
state
aid
and
increased
operational
efficiencies,
you
will
note
between
2013
and
2014.
C
Capital
funding
is,
as
you
know,
the
park
board
has
a
number
of
assets,
and
so
capital
funding
and
capital
improvements
for
the
park
board
are
significant
for
us.
Both
our
regional
and
our
neighborhood
parks
are
underfunded
from
a
capital
perspective.
We
have,
however,
been
more
successful
in
diversifying
our
funding
stream
for
the
regional
park
system.
C
Also,
our
neighborhood
parks
have
a
higher
concentration
of
assets
and
infrastructure,
so
actually
our
costs
to
maintain
our
neighborhood
system
are
significantly
greater
because
of
that
higher
concentration
of
assets.
Also
for
to
give
you
some
perspective.
In
2000,
the
neighborhood
annual
neighborhood
capital
funding
need
was
six
was
estimated
at
six
million
dollars.
C
One
of
the
things
that
our
board
has
really
tried
to
do
is
address
that
issue.
In
a
couple
of
ways,
one
is
prior
to
my
arrival.
They
made
some
shifting
made
some
significant
reductions
shifted
some
dollars
that
had
traditionally
been
used
for
operating
expenses
and
shifted
them
to
neighborhood
capital,
ranging
anywhere
from
one
year
roughly
around
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
up
to
four
and
a
half
or
five
million
dollars,
and
so
that
we
could
start
addressing
some
of
the
capital
needs
in
our
neighborhood
parks.
C
I
applaud
the
board
for
trying
to
do
that.
The
challenge
now
that
we
have
been
doing
that
for
about
four
or
five
years
is
that,
because
we
have
reduced
our
dollars
for
operating,
we
actually
have
now
a
greater
gap
because
we
have
not
had
the
resources
to
maintain
the
parks.
The
way
we
need
to
so
that
things
break
quicker,
they're,
not
able
to
live
their
full
life
span,
and
so
we
actually
now
have
a
greater
gap
in
our
ability
to
take
care
of
our
capital
infrastructure.
C
So
a
major
effort
that
we're
undertaking
right
now
is
try
try
to
figure
out
how
to
break
that
cycle,
how
to
have
adequate
capital
funding
for
our
neighborhood
parks,
having
a
dedicated
long-term
attention
to
new
capital
investments,
we're
in
the
process
and
will
be
in
2015
developing
a
very
sophisticated
asset
management
system.
But
in
order
to
do
that,
we
also
need
annual,
adequate
funding
for
maintenance
and
then
also,
we
have
been
again
over
the
last
four
years,
developing
a
more
robust
and
long-term
rehabilitation
funding
strategy
so
that
we
have
really
three
pockets
of
money.
C
One
is
our
annual
operating
dollars,
our
capital
improvements
and
then
rehab
those
things
that
fall
in
between
annual
operating
maintenance
costs
and
our
capital
investments
in
terms
of
our
budget
outlook.
Just
to
give
you
a
high
level
overview
of
things
that
have
been
happening
at
the
legislative
level.
Obviously,
you
know
the
impacts
of
the
affordable
care
act
that
will
go
into
place
in
2015,
an
organization
like
the
park
board
and
any
park
system
across
the
country
is
more
significantly
impacted
by
that,
because
we
have
so
many
part-time
employees.
C
C
C
So
2014
in
the
general
fund
is
five
thousand
dollars.
It's
an
additional
forty,
three
thousand
and
fifteen
for
cumulative
of
forty,
eight
thousand
and
so
on.
Also,
in
addition
to
that,
we
actually
have
some
significant
dollar
amounts
that
I
also
wanna
talk
about.
Regarding
funding
at
the
state
level,
our
historic
levels
from
met
council
and
state
bonding
of
3.7
million
dollars
was
cut
almost
in
half
and
it
was
reduced
by
1.36
million,
so
that
obviously
will
have
significant
impact
for
us
plus
side
of
it.
C
Fortunately,
because
of
the
tornado
that
we
had
in
2011
and
the
storm
that
we
had
last
year,
we
received
fema
funding,
but
fema
only
provides
funding
for
cleanup
from
that
storm.
It
does
not
provide
for
any
restoration,
so
any
tree
plantings
that
we
have
to
do
as
a
result
of
the
tornado
and
as
a
result
of
last
year's
storm.
C
We
have
to
cover
those
costs
ourselves
and
just
to
give
you
some
perspective,
we
lost
three
thousand
trees
in
in
the
tornado
and
we
lost
another
three
thousand
trees
last
year
and
each
of
those
tree
to
replant
those
trees
cost
on
average
of
about
200
250
per
tree
to
replant
so
those
so.
The
reforestation
millage
really
both
addresses
the
replanting,
but
also
dealing
with
40
000
ash
trees
in
our
boulevard
trees,
as
well
as
ash
trees
in
significant
public
areas
of
our
parks.
C
C
What
are
some
of
the
major
initiatives
that
are
going
on
in
the
organization
and
issues
that
we
expect
to
see
in
the
next
one
to
three
years
and
through
that
retreat?
We
also,
then
have
a
conversation
with
the
board
about
the
direction
they
give
me
in
terms
of
developing
a
budget
for
the
next
year.
So
the
direction
we
received
from
our
board
was
to
build
a
budget
with
an
assumption
of
a
four
percent
general
fund
property
tax
increase
for
a
general
operating
budget
and
a
0.9
percent
increase
for
the
tree.
C
Reforestation
and
preservation
millage
just
so
that
we
can
complete
the
eight-year
plan
for
our
trees.
One
of
the
other
issues
that
I
have
talked
significantly
to
the
board
about
is
this
gap
in
funding
for
our
neighborhood
capital,
and
so
they
have
also
given
me
direction
to
develop
a
strategy
to
figure
out
how
to
fund
our
neighborhood
capital
program
so
that
we
can
get
rid
of
this
significant
gap.
We
have
a
neighborhood
in
our
neighborhood
parks,.
D
So
with
that
direction
we
changed
or
adjusted
our
five-year
projection.
So
I
just
want
to
talk
briefly
about
some
of
the
items
that
have
changed
from
what
has
been
previously
presented
at
both
our
board
budget
retreat
and
then,
as
well
as
the
pre,
the
presentation
that
we
had
with
the
mayor
on
the
revenue
side
there
there
we
have
the
presentation
with
the
four
percent
property
tax
levy,
increase,
the
local
government
aid
and
the
fees.
Fines
and
other
revenues
are
the
same
from
the
other
presentations.
D
D
The
largest
change
is
that
we
increase
the
excess
general
fund
capital
contribution
line.
So
that's
the
line
for
the
capital
levy.
That's
the
line
of
of
the
dollar
amount
that
would
go
towards
neighborhood
capital,
so
the
7.3
million
and
the
1.5
million
added
to
whatever,
whatever
is
in
the
net
debt
bonding
program,
which
is
approximately
two
and
a
half
million
that
reaches
the
11.3.
D
D
D
C
C
C
That
is
what
I
would
consider
a
relatively
high
level
demonstration
of
our
neighborhood
capital
needs.
The
front
side
gives
some
depiction
of
the
number
of
assets
we
have
where,
where
our
visitors
go
some
depiction
of
some
of
the
failing
infrastructure
we
have,
and
if
you
flip
over
to
the
back
side,
I
want
to
just
walk
you
through
the
back
side
of
that
of
that
handout
at
the
very
top.
You
have
a
couple
lines
with
the
green
boxes
and
basically,
what
this
depicts
is.
C
We
have
approximately
four
million
dollars
to
spend
on
our
neighborhood
parks
and
the
very
top
line
says
what's
getting
done
at
approximately
approximately
four
million
dollars.
So
if
you
grow
across
that,
you
can
see
what
we're
able
to
deal
with
in
a
particular
year,
based
on
that
four
million
dollars.
C
If
we
had
11
million
dollars,
the
next
row
shows
what
we
would
get
accomplished
in
making
the
kinds
of
improvements
in
our
neighborhood
parks,
with
the
11
million
that
we
are
asking
for
or
demonstrating
that
we
have
a
need
for.
The
very
bottom
takes
our
five-year
capital
levy
and
does
the
same
thing.
So
everything
between
what's
getting
done
to
the
next
line.
What
would
be
added
those
things
that
take
the
athletic
field,
athletic
complex
fields
and
takes
it
across
each
fiscal
year
for
the
next
five
years
to
demonstrate
what
would
get
done?
C
A
Us
before
we
go
to
any
questions,
I
have
to
admit
that
I'm
remiss,
I
did
not
introduce
three
park,
commissioners
that
we
have
with
us
this
afternoon
and
we're
delighted
that
that
that
mcferney
is
here
that
liz
wilinski
is
here
and
scott
freeland
are
here.
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming
and
thank
you
very
much
for
all
you
do
on
behalf
of
behalf
of
the
whole
city
for
our
park
system.
We
really
really
appreciate
it
and
thank
you
for
sharing
your
colleague
with
us
up
here.
She
she
keeps
us
on
track.
F
E
Part
of
this,
when
I
look
at
these
numbers,
a
big
part
of
this
is
the
community
centers,
and,
and
can
you
speak
a
little
bit
about
that?
I
know
it
seems
to
me
that
the
community
centers
that
we
have
and
sort
of
the
the
needs
of
families
from
when
these
were
established
in
the
1960s
are
very
different.
C
C
When
I
was
a
child
in
the
60s-
and
I
think
most
of
us
who
were
children
at
the
60s
in
this
room,
it
was
not
uncommon.
We'd
hop
on
our
bike.
With
our
friends
go
to
the
park,
there'd
be
an
outdoor
recreation
programs.
We'd
hang
out
all
day
at
parks.
Parents
didn't
need
to
know
where
we
were.
We
just
had
to
be
home
when
the
lights
street
lights
went
off.
That's
not
true
anymore.
Today,
we
all
know
that
parents,
don't
let
their
kids
roam.
C
Neighborhoods
just
go
to
a
park,
not
worry
about
where
their
kids
are.
Families
today
often
have
a
single
parent.
Who's
working
doesn't
have
the
time
or
resources
to
necessarily
provide
the
kind
of
opportunities
that
their
kids
could
have,
or
they
have
two
working
parents
and
then
on
weekends.
What
they
want
to
do
as
a
family
is
go
and
recreate,
and
so
they
want
to
go
to
a
place
where
the
father
can
do
something
or
the
mother
can
do
something.
Their
kids
can
do
something
if
they've
got
a
younger
child.
C
That
needs
to
be
in
child
care
that
younger
child
can
be
in
child
care,
but
they
all
can
be
together.
We
don't
have
the
ability
to
provide
those
kinds
of
opportunities
for
families
in
minneapolis,
because
our
recreation
centers
are
so
small,
most
of
them.
90
percent
of
them
do
not
even
have
air
conditioning,
and
we
don't
have
the
kind
of
spaces
where
we
can
have
generally
more
than
one
activity
going
on
at
once.
Then
you
talk
about
all
the
ada
issues.
C
We've
got,
as
you
all
know,
somali
among
latino
families
that
their
recreational
experience
is
different
than
what
mine
was
as
a
white
caucasian
child,
and
so
our
need
is
to
really
respond
to
and
provide
the
services
and
amenities
facilities,
policies,
programmatic
things
that
meet
that
diverse
need
that
we
have
in
this
community
today
and
that
is
only
going
to
continue
to
grow.
And
so
I
I
could
go
on
and
on.
But
I
hope
that
gives
you
a
perspective.
G
We've
put
things
off
for
so
very
long
that
many
of
our
assets
will
break
and
we're
always
in
this
triage
mode.
So,
for
example-
and
I
don't
know
the
exact
numbers,
but
this
year
we
have,
I
think,
61
waiting
pools
this
year.
I
think
we
had
trouble
opening
up
at
least
14
of
them.
I
mean
literally
broken
pipes,
whatever
whatever
the
issues
were
14,
which
is
a
huge
percentage.
G
So
that's
just
one
small
example,
but
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
happen
when
you
put
off
the
the
updating
that
we
need
to
do
from
a
capital
perspective,
so
I
just
I
do
want
to
just
emphasize
that
there
is
really.
You
know
a
depth
of
issue
here
that
that
I
think
it's
that
that
gets
lost,
because
we
do
eventually
get
things
open
and
so
people
don't
necessarily
feel
that
pain.
B
Just
as
a
point
of
reference,
the
levy's
requested
by
the
park
board
in
the
resolution,
the
mayor's
budget
basically
fully
funds,
those
requests,
the
one
levy
request-
was
50
million
560
640..
The
mayor's
budget
proposal
was
50
million,
560
thousand
top
tree
preservation.
Requested
levy
was
1
million,
474
499
dollars
and
the
mayor's
requested
levies,
1
million
475
000.
E
C
C
Capital
investment
in
rec
center,
so
so
we
have
two
issues
facing
us.
One
is
that
they
are
all
the
same
age
and
we
have
50
of
them,
and
then
there
is
the
do
those
centers
the
way
they
are
physically
structured,
even
meet
today's
needs,
and
then
the
third
piece
is
that
most
of
them
have
lived
beyond
their
actual
life
cycle
of
a
building.
H
Meeting
board
members,
I'm
sandy
christensen
from
the
city's
finance
and
property
services
department.
I
work
extensively
with
the
budget
office
and
I'm
here
this
evening
to
provide
the
board
of
estimate
and
taxation,
some
additional
detail
regarding
the
2015
recommended
budget,
there's
a
presentation
that
has
been
passed
out
to
you
as
well
as
a
separate
piece
of
paper
that
I
will
refer
to
throughout
the
presentation.
H
A
H
Thank
you.
I
have
a
little
bit
of
an
agenda
included
in
my
presentation,
but
given
the
time
I
will
attempt
to
go
through
rather
quickly.
Please
pause
me
if
there's
anything
that
you'd
like
me
to
clarify
I'd
like
to
give
some
background
information
to
provide
some
context,
particularly
as
it
pertains
to
property
taxes
for
folks
watching
us
this
evening
and
those
who
may
watch
us
in
the
future.
I'd
also
like
to
take
a
few
moments
to
talk
about
the
2015
budget
recommendation
and
what
the
potential
levy
impact
is
of
that
recommendation.
H
So
a
little
background
on
property
taxes.
I
think
folks
in
this
room
are
well
acquainted
with
how
the
property
tax
system
works,
but
I
find
that
doesn't
hurt
on
a
regular
basis
to
remind
people
that
it's
maybe
not
quite
as
easy
to
understand,
as
one
might
think
so,
pointing
out
that
the
city
adapts
a
total
dollar
amount
levy.
The
state
of
minnesota
does
not
have
a
mill
rate
system.
H
So
if
you
visualize
a
a
pie
that
you,
your
slice
of
the
pie,
is
whatever
your
proportional
value
is
of
the
overall
piece
and
when
we're
looking
at
changes
in
valuation
again,
just
because
your
property
goes
up
or
goes
down
in
overall
value,
that
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
you're
going
to
see
a
commensurate
adjustment
in
your
property
taxes.
What
really
matters
is
what's
happening
with
all
of
the
other
properties
around
you
too,
so
it
does
get
a
little
bit
complicated
and
then
to
make
it
even
more
complicated.
H
So,
if
you
look
to
the
chart
on
the
upper
left,
the
paid
2014
you'll
see
that
commercial
properties
comprise
approximately
31
percent
of
the
overall
tax
base,
and
that
is
reduced
to
29
percent
in
the
lower
right
hand
corner
where
the
apartments
are
having
a
similar
increase.
To
offset
that
this
rather
busy
chart
is
the
underlying
data
for
the
pie.
H
The
taxable
market
value
or
the
value
of
each
property.
That's
applicable
to
taxation
varies
by
the
property
type,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
residential
properties
because
of
some
credit
mechanisms
that
the
state
has
instituted
called
market
value
exclusion
and
the
overall
tax
capacity
for
the
city
is
increasing
by
again
nearly
10
percent.
So
that's
good
news.
Things
are
things
are
looking
good
economically.
H
People
tend
to
be
concerned
most
about
how
the
residential
properties
are
being
impacted
and
taking
kind
of
a
distribution.
Look
at
the
changes
in
tax
capacity
between
paid
2014
and
2015,
the
median
or
the
the
home
at
which
the
same
number
above
and
the
same
number
below
increased
is
about
just
over
seven
percent.
So
half
the
residential
properties
in
this
city
went
up
over
seven
percent
and
about
the
other,
half
went
increased
or
decreased,
unfortunately,
for
the
below
seven
percent.
H
The
overall
budget
is
about
1.2
billion
dollars
above
where
2014
came
in
and
again
I
have
to.
I
must
point
out
to
you
that
there
are
a
number
of
mechanisms
for
transferring
funds
through
throughout
the
the
city,
the
city
departments
and
different
organizational
pieces.
We've
excluded
those
transfers
because
they
essentially
will
double
count.
The
dollar
amounts.
A
H
Actually,
the
the
capital
increases
are
more
related
to
some
of
the
enterprise
activities
and
meaning
the
utilities
are
seeing
increases,
which
would
not
necessarily
have
a
one-to-one
correlation
with
an
increase
in
the
levy
for
that
area.
This
is
the
overall
expenditure,
not
the
not
the
levy
itself.
Okay,.
H
And
to
put
into
context
you'll
see
the
comparing
the
2015
proposed
budget
to
where
we've
been
in
the
past
several
years.
You'll
see
that,
despite
having
a
4.8
percent
increase
in
the
recommended
budget,
it's
still
below
the
2008
level,
which
was
prior
to
the
the
great
recession
so
with
fluctuations
in
any
individual
year.
The
recommended
budget
is
still
below
the
2008
level.
F
H
These
are
overall
departments,
consumer
quincy.
They
would
include
areas
such
as
the
city's
utility
funds.
If
you
look
about
halfway
down
on
the
left
side,
you'll
see
that
we've
incorporated
the
the
water
treatment
distribution
system,
storm
water,
sanitary
sewer,
as
well
as
the
solid
waste
functions.
So
the
funding
sources
for
the
majority
of
the
expenditures
in
the
city's
overall
budget
comes
from
either
user
fees
through
the
utility
funding
or
other
mechanisms.
The
city
levy
is
not
a
significant
contributor
to
the
overall
funding
of
the
city.
E
H
H
There
are
a
number
of
other
activities
that
have
that
are
incorporated,
namely
those
that
are
associated
with
the
transfers
that
I
mentioned
previously,
as
well
as
some
just
general
accounting
type
of
things
that
I
didn't
reflect
in
these
bullets,
and
I
will
leave
them
to
you
to
review
at
your
leisure.
This
can
certainly
be
posted
and
made
available
for
whoever
would
like
to
look
at
it.
E
H
H
I
include
these
merely
as
an
opportunity
for
you
to
understand
some
of
the
changes
that
you'll
see
that
you
saw
in
the
previous
slide
that
showed
by
departmental
changes.
So
in
the
event
that
you
would
see
significant
changes,
you
could
then
look
to
these
four
following
slides
and
get
at
least
an
idea
of
what
might
be
driving
those
changes.
Thank
you.
A
This
slide
kept
me
awake,
the
one
that
talked
about
enhanced
funding
for
domestic
abuse.
I
used
to
work
for
the
domestic
abuse,
shelter
and
I
think
that's
a
actually
a
very
significant
program.
I
don't
know
what's
involved
dollar-wise.
I
just
think
it's
it's
good
to
see
that
that's
something
that
is
being
strengthened.
A
H
I'll
quickly,
flip
through
the
individual
recommendations
and
go
to
the
revenue
side
of
the
budget
and
similar
to
the
expenditure
chart,
I
have
included
for
you
a
chart
showing
the
revenues
by
category
between
2014
and
the
recommended.
2015
and
again,
that's
reflected
on
the
handout,
but
I
did
provide
some
highlights
to
draw
your
attention
to,
as
they
pertain
to
the
2015
revenue
budget.
You'll
see
that
we've
incorporated
the
million
dollar
increase
in
local
government
aid.
H
A
little
surprise
that
may
appear
to
you
is
that
the
recommended
budget
actually
incorporates
a
1.5
percent
decrease
in
the
city's
general
fund
levy,
we'll
get
into
that
in
a
couple
of
minutes,
but
the
general
fund
levy
is
offset
by
a
fairly
sizable
increase
in
the
debt
service
levy
associated
with
some
prior
year
obligations
through
the
enhanced
capital
improvement
program.
Okay,
we
see
a
two
percent
increase
in
the
local
sales
taxes.
H
We're
also
seeing
a
9.7
percent
reduction
in
fines
and
forfeits
equates
to
slightly
less
than
a
million
dollars
which
in
a
vacuum
may
seem
shocking.
However,
it's
we
feel
that
it's
provides.
Some
good
news
in
that
folks
are
utilizing
our
new
and
improved
parking
meter
system,
so
we're
no
longer
collecting
fines,
we're
actually
getting
parking
meter
revenue.
H
The
2015
budget
recommendation
includes
approximately
193
million
dollars
for
general
operations,
debt
service
and
capital,
but
there's
also
other
components
that
are
included
in
the
overall
levy
recommendation.
We
have
ongoing
obligations
associated
with
the
closed
pension
funds
for
prior
minneapolis
employees,
as
well
as
for
employees
of
the
park
board
and
some
other
organizations
it
doesn't
it
does.
The
city's
levy
does
not
include
the
city's
recommendation
presented
to
you
does
not
include
the
minneapolis
park
and
rec
board,
but
we'll
see
how
that
plays
into
the
bottom
line
for
your
consideration
on
the
next
slide.
H
We
also
are
not
discussing
the
outstanding
library
debt
service,
another
obligation
that
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
to
control.
We
are
we've
bought
into
that
program.
We
play
it
out
till
the
end,
and
then
we
have
some
flexibility.
I
believe
it's
in
the
early
2020s
and
we
also
don't
necessarily
have
control
over
the
levees
associated
with
the
independent
boards
being
the
building
commission
and
the
board
of
estimated
taxation.
H
So
what
all
this
means
is
on
the
slide
here,
you'll
see
I've
separated
the
various
components
of
the
city's
overall
levy
into
those
at
the
top
that
we
really
feel
are
controllable
or
within
the
purview
of
of
the
city.
You'll
see
that
the
general
fund
levy
is
decreasing
by
1.5
percent,
offset
by
a
sizable
increase
in
the
debt
levy,
and
that's
something
that
you
know
once
the
bonds
are
issued.
We
have
a
bill
to
pay,
so
that
is
not
a
fungible
number.
H
That's
gone
up
by
about
seven
million
dollars
and
if
one
were
to
consider
that
a
percentage
increase
in
the
city's
levy
is
about
three
million
dollars.
There's
a
two
percent
levy
increase
associated
with
the
debt
levy,
the
hra
levy
and
the
permanent
improvement
or
our
capital
levy
retain
remain
flat.
H
Our
obligations
to
the
closed
pension
funds
remain
flat,
as
does
the
teachers
retirement
plan.
As
mr
quali
indicated
earlier,
the
mayor's
recommendation
does
include
a
recommendation
for
the
requested
4.9
percent
increase
in
the
parks
levy,
and
we
also
have
a
slight
increase
in
the
levy
associated
with
the
municipal
building
commission.
The
board
investment
taxation
has
a
slight
decrease
due
to
some
accumulated
funds
that
can
be
used
to
offset
some
of
the
costs.
H
I
mentioned
earlier
that
the
median
residential
property
valuation
change
was
at
about
seven
percent
and
with
a
2.4
levy,
2.4
percent
levy
increase
with
the
median
at
seven
percent.
Half
of
the
people
would
see.
Approximately
half
of
the
residential
properties
would
see
some
kind
of
an
increase
and
the
other
half
would
see
some
kind
of
a
decrease.
Seven
percent
valuation
increase
is
kind
of
the
sweet
spot
in
terms
of
not
having
a
an
impact
as
a
result
of
the
2.4
percent.
H
So
as
an
example,
if
you
were
to
look
at
a
home
valued
at
180
000
last
year,
that's
right
about
the
median
value.
If
the
that
home
did
not
change
in
value
at
all,
then
they
would
see
about
a
75
dollar
reduction.
Approximately
and
that's
subject
to
again,
I
put
a
disclaimer
on
that.
It's
subject
to
any
any
subsequent
changes
in
the
valuations
of
either
theirs
or
the
properties
of
around
them.
Remember
it's
proportional.
H
If
the
home
saw
a
seven
percent
valuation
increase,
their
taxes
will
stay
about
the
same
because
remember
they're
in
the
median
and
right
in
the
middle
and
if
they
saw
an
increase
of
more
than
seven
percent.
For
example,
if
they
went
up
nine
percent
in
value,
they
might
see
an
increase
of
about
twenty
dollars.
So
the
two
point:
four
percent
levy
is
anticipated
to
impact
residential
properties,
about
half
up
and
half
down.
A
E
E
I
E
I
understand
the
difficulties
of
this,
but
we
need
to
be
able
to
reduce
that
cycle
time
to
be
able
to
have
the
kind
of
discussion
that
we
need
in
this
community
and
and
need
to
know
what
we
can
do
to
reduce
that
time
cycle
and
I
don't
need
to
put.
I
don't
need
an
answer
today,
but
I'm
wondering
if
you
could
come
back
to
us
in
a
subsequent
meeting
and
talk
about
what
we
can
do
to
reduce
that
time.
J
I
Members
of
the
board,
there
is
also
some
advantage
in
mr
quality
and
the
finance
staff
have
talked
about
this
going
forward
until
relatively
late.
In
the
legislative
session,
the
state
moved
back
the
deadline
for
setting
the
maximum
levy,
so
we
now
have
until
september
30th
to
do
that.
The
that
creates
then
the
opportunity,
if
the
board
so
chose
the
calendar,
that
they
could
move
back
the
public
hearing
to
early
september
or
mid-september
to
allow
for
the
requisite
information
to
get
out
there.
I
That
was
a
well
before
the
board's
calendar
was
set
and
that
or
the
levy
or
the
state
legislative
move.
As
I
understand
it
was
after
the
calendar
was
set,
and
that's
another
option
to
consider
to
move
now
that
the
state
has
provided
this
move.
Some
of
these
time
frames
back
to
allow
for
more
time
to
get
the
information
out
and
digest
it.
B
Mr
quality,
based
on
the
state
legislative
change
which
occurred
late
in
the
session,
obviously,
when
staff
meets
with
the
board
in
january,
we'll
be
recommending
that
the
public
hearing
be
held
like
the
second
or
third
week
in
september
and
the
board
meets
the
fourth
week
in
september.
So
staff
can
file
the
levees
on
the
30th
of
september.
B
E
Hatches,
I'm
ecstatic.
Someone
has
retained
all
the
budget
books
from
when
I
worked
here.
We
actually,
however,
printed
interim
books
that
were
available
right
after
the
mayor's
speech,
and
I
have
in
fact
not
only
those
books,
but
I
have
those
interim
books
still
in
my
attic,
which
is
a
little
bit
frightening,
so
we
had
interim
financial
information
available
at
the
same
time
that
the
mayor's
speech
was
released.
E
We
also
had
a
bunch
of
information
in
binders
because
we
knew
it
was
going
to
be
updated,
which
I
suspect
they
did
not
put
in
the
libraries
because
they
were
in
binders.
So
we
in
fact
did
release
financial
information,
detailed
financial
information.
At
the
same
time
that
the
speech
was
released,
I
would
be
more
than
happy
to
bring
some
of
those
in
they
were
awesome,
beautiful
documents,
full
of
numbers
and
charts
and
all
those
sorts
of
things
available.
E
At
the
same
time
as
the
mayor's
speech,
we
need
to
have
an
informed
populace
and
the
only
way
we
are
able
to
do
that
is
by
producing
data
for
them
to
look
at
and
I've
had
a
number
of
people
already
contact
me
about
questions
about
the
budget,
and
I
can't
answer
them
because
we
don't
have
the
data,
and
so
the
question
is:
how
do
we
make
this
happen
faster?
So
we
can
have
a
real
informed
discussion
about
the
budget,
for
example,
this
question
about
the
the
rotting
food
proposal.
E
You,
how
do
we
know
how
much
it's
going
to
cost
and
when
we're
going
to
make
a
decision
about
the
tax
levy
and
it's
all
coming
out
of
the
same
pocket.
I've
got
one
pocket
that
I
pay
my
taxes
and
my
solid
waste
fees
out
of
and
we're
having
to
make
those
trends,
those
trade-offs.
And
so
we
need
to
have
this
data,
and
so
I
just
need
to
know
that
we
can
find
a
way
of
producing
it
more
quickly.
A
One
of
the
pieces
that
I
I
heard,
though,
that
jacket
told
us
about
we
heard
from
mr
carpenter-
is
that
because
there
has
been
this
change,
we
will
have
an
opportunity
to
to
be
more
complete
and
because
things
will
be
a
little
bit
later
in
the
cycle,
I
think
it'll.
I
think
that
piece
will
work,
work
better
and
I
think
that's,
I
think,
that's
a
good
thing.
I
think
it
is
pushed
to
move
it
by
the
15th,
so
we're
lucky.
J
J
It
does
beg
the
question
how
to
handle
the
levy
situation,
given
that
the
park
board
budget
won't
be
presented
to
the
park
board
by
the
superintendent
until
well
into
september.
Is
my
understanding,
and
so,
while
I
understand
the
point,
it
is,
you
know
part
of
the
process
here
that
we
don't
have
full
information
before
us.
I
would
also
say
I
wonder
if
constituents
were
concerned
getting
interim
numbers
if
the
concern
is
so
great
to
have
exact
information,
I'm
not
sure
that
interim
numbers
suffice.
J
If,
if
you
are
in
that
mindset,
if
that
is
the
reason,
if
that
is
the
reasoning,
so,
mr
president,
I
would
just
put
that
before
folks.
I
appreciate
very
much
the
good
work.
Our
finance
staff
does
to
get
these
numbers
out
and
get
the
information
to
the
public,
so
that
folks
know
so
that
folks
know
and
doing
it
in
a
timely
way,
so
that
we
can
have
full
consideration.
The
city
council
can
have
full
consideration.
A
H
F
If
I
may,
mr
president,
yes,
the
ways
and
means
committee
is
structured
a
little
differently
than
we
have
in
the
past.
We've
opened
it
up
to
have
all
members
of
the
city
council
represent
represented
on
the
budget
committee.
The
budget
committee
is
actually
going
to
take
up
its
business
during
what
we
call
the
markup
time.
So
that
would
be,
I
think,
in
december.
F
2Nd
is
the
first
markup
of
the
ways
and
means
budget
committees,
but
between
the
mayor's
proposed
budget
on
august
15th,
then
there's
the
board
of
estimate
taxation
public
hearing
today
the
board
of
estimate
will
actually
be
meeting
to
set
the
property
tax
levy
on
september
10th
and
then
the
ways
and
means
hearings.
Our
department.
F
Thank
you,
so
we've
got
an
additional
week
for
before
we
actually
have
to
set
the
levy.
Is
that
correct
then
was
published
originally,
so
that's
good
news,
but
the
ways
and
means
committee
itself
will
take
up
the
department
hearings
and
that
would
have
where
every
department
would
have
its
time
to
say.
F
What's
the
in
the
proposed
budget,
that
would
be
for
consideration,
and
that
is
of
course
open
to
all
council
members
to
participate
in
and
ask
questions
of
of
staff
that
will
be
making
those
presentations
and
that
begins
in
september
and
goes
through
august
and
there's
a
published
schedule
of
those
meetings
on
the
finance
webpage
and
we
encourage
the
public
to
attend
and
certainly
view
because
they
will
be
broadcast.
So
thank
you
for
that.
Thank
you.
E
H
Can
I
can
certainly
return
with
the
the
information
that
was
provided
to
the
committee
on
the
8th
and,
if,
at
that
time,
because
it
is
setting
the
levy,
it
may
be
a
good
opportunity
to
recap
much
of
the
information
that
was
presented
this
evening,
but
that
might
be
a
good
opportunity.
Okay,
thank
you.
B
In
information
on
of
providing
information
to
the
public,
there's
two
main
groups
that
attend
the
public
hearings
in
december,
those
that
are
worried
about
individual
programs
that
they
have
invested
interest
in
and
those
that
are
concerned
about
their
taxes.
They
received
the
individual
parcel
in
packs
in
november.
B
B
They
will
pay
approximately
27.96
percent
of
the
tax
policy
levies
last
year
in
14
they
paid
28.6,
so
their
tax
burden,
as
comparatively
speaking,
is
the
less
percentage
of
the
pie
and
15.
That
is
as
in
14,
which
means
properties
that
have
improvements
and
new
properties
and
other
sectors
are
picking
up
more
of
a
burden
in
these
55
000
properties
that
have
had
no
improvements.
I
I
just
wanted
to
add
one
other
process
question
to
make
sure
everyone
was
clear:
the
we
are
endeavoring
to
get
the
entire
detailed
non-interim
budget
book
out
in
the
next
few
days
and
post
it
online
and
do
all
those
things.
So
it
will
be
available
all
details
well
in
advance
of
the
summary
overview
presentation
that
weighs
in
means
on
the
eighth
and
certainly
well
in
advance
of
setting
the
levy
on
the
17th
or
30th.