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From YouTube: May 13, 2020 Board of Estimate and Taxation
Description
Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
A
Good
afternoon
welcome
to
this
live
broadcast
of
our
virtual
meeting.
This
meeting
includes
the
remote
participation
of
members
as
authorized
under
Minnesota
statute.
16
section
13
do
two
one
do
to
the
Declaration
of
local,
a
local
health
pandemic.
For
the
record,
my
name
is
Carol
Becker
I
am
the
president
of
the
board
of
estimate
taxation
and
will
not
call
this
meeting
to
order
a
nasa
clerk
call
the
roll.
So
we
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
A
Before
we
begin
the
meeting
I'd
like
to
officially
welcome
council
member
Steven
Fletcher
to
the
board,
it's
a
second
meeting,
I
apologize
mr.
Fletcher
for
I'm,
not
having
a
welcome
view.
The
first
meeting
I
was
pretty
nervous
about
doing
this
remotely
and
so
I
missed,
actually
welcoming
Lou
to
the
board
and
I'd
like
to
make
that
up
and
welcome
you
and
see.
If
you
want
to
make
any
remarks
to
our
little
150
year
old
board.
Here.
D
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
A
Passes
the
minutes
are
accepted
as
presented
I
like
to
move
on
to
the
discussion
items
item.
Fourth
on
the
agenda
is
receiving
the
results
of
a
compensation
study
for
elected
positions,
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
to
clarify
that
is
not
people
who
are
serving
on
another
board,
but
only
serving
on
this
board
as
elected
officials.
Mr.
hobby.
E
President
Becker
I'll
take
a
few
minutes
to
cover
the
summary
of
the
report,
and
we've
got
that
on
the
display
here
accompany
in
the
summary.
There
is
a
longer
report
attached
to
the
agenda,
but
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
that
detail
report
unless
there's
a
question
that
point
specifically
to
that
report
a
couple
months,
a
few
months
back,
it
was
has
to
take
a
look
at
compensation
information
for
entities
similar
to
be
et
in
conjunction
with
myself.
E
E
Generally
speaking,
most
of
these
are
serving
as
boards
within
the
city
environment
usually
staffed
with
city
employees,
basically
appointed
tape
individuals.
So
we
kind
of
struck
out
with
trying
to
find
an
apples-to-apples
comparison
with
the
assumption
that
such
entities,
whatever
they
might
be,
compensating
our
current
board
members
that
we
could
translate
that
across
the
board.
E
E
The
first
one
was
to
do
an
inflation
using
the
current
$35
per
meeting
amount
that
our
two
elected
members
currently
received,
so
that
rate
was
set
in
1975
and
adjusting
for
inflation
of
that
really
could
be
one
hundred
and
sixty-seven
dollars
and
seventy
cents
per
meeting
or
three
hundred
thirty-five
dollars
and
forty
cents
per
month.
If
you
were
looking
at
this
and
a
monthly
basis
currently.
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It's
extending
that
per
year.
That,
of
course,
would
be
twelve
hundred.
However,
the
two
BT
elected
members,
president
Becker
and
vice-president
wheeler
both
pointed
out
that
they
put
in
more
than
a
single
hour
the
single
meeting.
There's
additional
time
spent
supporting
the
board's
rule,
so
I
had
estimates
between
8
and
16
hours
just
for
discussion
purposes,
I
plugged
in
12
hours,
so
cold
hours
per
month
and
$50
an
hour
would
be
$600
a
month
if
you're
doing
a
monthly
calculation.
E
E
So
we
took
the
council
members
current
salary
and
divided
by
an
assumed
twenty
meetings
per
month
and
that
that
is
an
assumption
which,
if
somebody
can
increase
or
decrease,
but
with
that
assumption,
we're
coming
up
with
four
hundred
thirty
dollars
per
meeting
or
six
hundred
and
eighty
dollars
per
month.
Just
one
or
two
other
points
here.
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A
A
Any
other
points
will
stand
for
questions.
I
would
I
would
note
to
the
to
the
board
members
that
we're
not
taking
any
actions
today
we're
simply
receiving
and
file
this.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
for
now,
that'd
be
great,
and
if
not
when
we
bring
this
back
in
the
future,
we'll
have
a
second
opportunity
for
questions.
A
B
The
one
who
sort
of
requested
this
thing
and
I
thought
it
was
important
that
we
do
the
research
and
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Alan
for
having
been
very
thorough
and
done
a
lot
of
work,
and
it's
kind
of
nice
to
have
it
done
now,
because
we
don't
have
to
take
action
on
this
still
even
next
year.
We
want
to
make
sure
it
gets.
It
happens
before
the
elections
are
and.
B
Marill
honor
to
serve
on
the
board
of
estimate
taxation,
I
love
it
and
I.
Clearly,
I
did
it
for
the
$35
a
meeting
I
mean
that
that's
that's
the
reason
that
I
ran
it's.
It's
basically
a
volunteer
job,
except
it's
a
lot
more
than
that
and
I
know
I
put
in
huge
hours
this
past
year,
as
we
were,
seeking
to
to
find
new
staff
and
to
do
that
and
I
was
glad
to
do
it.
B
I
did
it
as
a
citizen
and
as
a
contribution
to
the
city,
but
I
think
that
it
it
would
make
sense
for
us
to
to
reconsider
something
that
hasn't
changed
in
many
many
years,
I
think
in
in
the
early
1900s
when
it
started
there
was
a
maximum
of
$500
a
year.
Well,
if
you
run
out
the
math
on
that
as
to
what's
happened,
since
that
it
would
be
a
considerably
higher,
so
I
I
think
it's
a
good
study.
I
think
it's
a
it's
a
jump
off
point.
B
D
D
You
know
in
other
places
and
in
looking
at
this
and
I,
think
that
sometimes,
when
you
ask
research
questions,
you
find
slightly
different
answers
than
what
you
were
looking
for,
and
you
know
that's
certainly
worth
us
reflecting
on,
but
in
general
I'll
just
signal
that
I
think
public
servants
should
be
compensated
in
a
way
that
would
allow
everybody
to
participate
without
sort
of
barriers
to
entry.
And
when
we
revisit
this
conversation,
it's
worth
digging
into
that
a
little
more.
A
Thank
you
other
comments,
other
discussion.
Anyone
else
other
comments
or
discussion,
I
will
say.
I
do
agree
with
you,
mr.
Fletcher,
that
I
think
people
should
be
compensated
fairly
and
I
do
do
this
as
a
basically
a
volunteer,
gig
and
put
way
more
money
into
it
than
I
ever
got
back
and
I.
Don't
I,
don't
regret
that
for
one
minute,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
good
candidates,
and
you
know
I,
don't
know
that
I
want
everybody
to
have
to
function
like
I've
had
to
so.
A
I
would
like
to
do
this
in
enough
time
that
people
were
considering
running
for
the
board
will
know
what
their
compensation
may
be,
so
it
doesn't
have
to
be
now.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
next
month
or
even
the
month
after,
but
sometime
enough
time
for
people
to
make
a
decision,
I
think
would
be
important.
Any
other
comments,
any
other
comments,
Don
once
twice
so
clerk.
This
is
a
receiving
file.
I
believe
correct.
A
A
B
B
A
F
F
So
this
is
the
typical
spring
bond
sale.
We
call
it
for
the
capital
improvements
for
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
It's
got
several
components
to
it:
for
the
water
and
sewer
departments
of
the
city
there's
a
portion
for
the
parking
fund.
It's
got
special
assessment
bonds
that
for
work
done
last
year
and
it's
got
many
projects
for
the
upcoming
cycle
of
street
improvements,
street
lighting
projects
etc.
F
A
A
That
seems
a
long
time
to
leave
projects
sitting
there
and
not
issuing
bonds.
I
was
a
little
concerned
about
that.
This
is
why
I
as
well
as
I,
was
just
a
little
confused
on
the
we're
doing
bonds
for
this
year
for
assessments
for
this
year,
but
I
didn't
know
how
we
could
assess
for
this
year,
because
tax
statements
have
gone
out
and
they
would
have
to
go
for
next
year,
but
I
suspect
it's
probably
just
a
typo
or
something
so
just
a
couple
of
items.
A
A
B
A
D
B
A
I
would
like
to
also
support
mr.
wheelers
request
for
some
data
on
what
is
happening
with
the
city's
finances.
I
know
we're
not
going
to
see
collection
numbers
for
property
taxes,
because
the
county
has
a
lot
of
people
to
delay
those
payments.
We
should
know
by
now
that
sales
tax
numbers
also
the
question
of
whether
or
not
people
are
paying
their
water
and
sewer
bills
or
they're,
not
we'll
have
a
big
indicator
on
whether
or
not
they're
going
to
go
to
pay
the
property
taxes.