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A
Welcome
to
the
regular
meeting
of
the
executive
committee
for
september
22nd
2020,
my
name
is
lisa
bender
and
I
am
vice
chair
of
this
committee
I'll
be
chairing
today.
As
mayor
frye
is
not
here.
As
we
begin.
I
will
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
committee
members
and
city
staff
as
authorized
under
the
minnesota
statute.
Section
13d
0.021
due
to
the
declared
local
public
health
emergency
at
this
time,
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
rule
that
we
so
that
we
can
verify
a
quorum
for
this
meeting
council
member.
A
A
C
C
A
C
A
A
That
carries
and
those
minutes
are
accepted.
That
brings
us
to
our
discussion
items.
The
first
item,
which
is
number
three
on
the
agenda,
is
an
update
from
the
human
resources
department
regarding
waivers
granted
since
the
implementation
of
the
city's
hiring
freeze.
This
is
a
report
scheduled
to
be
received
at
every
executive
committee
meeting,
while
the
hiring
freeze
is
in
effect,
I
will
have
deb
krueger
from
the
city's
human
resources
department
here
to
give
the
update
welcome.
D
Not
my
report
updating
executive
committee
members
on
the
hiring
waiver
process
since
the
again
just
as
a
reminder,
as
you
know,
it
went
into
effect
on
march.
31St.
Hiring
freeze
is
a
cost
containment
measure.
D
This
particular
waiver
report
will
cover
waivers
that
have
completed
the
the
process
through
august
6th.
We
had
quite
a
span
where
we
didn't
have
any
waivers
come
in
and
we've
got
some
more
in
processing
now,
but
this
would
be
for
those
that
have
completed
their
process.
As
of
august
6th
high
level
summary
waivers
received
to
date,
74.
D
Since
the
last
meeting,
where
we
met
on
hiring
waivers,
eight
additional
waivers
have
been
submitted
and
proved
and
finally
finished
the
process.
So
we're
looking
at
an
additional
eight
waivers
which
encompasses
44
total
positions,
22,
so
half
of
them
for
permanent
positions.
Most
of
those
permanent
positions
were
the
vast
majority
of
them
were
in
the
fire
department
promotions
to
the
rank
of
fire
motor.
D
Which
departments
have
submitted
waivers?
How
many
waivers
is
the
first
column
second
column,
how
many
of
those
waivers
that
they've
submitted
have
been
approved?
D
74
I'm
going
to
just
kind
of
go
down
to
the
totals
at
the
bottom,
unless
you
wish
to
speak
about
any
particular
department,
74
waivers
my
footnote
here
that
I'm
just
going
to
stop
for
a
moment
and
pause
has
changed.
I
mean
so,
if
you
add
up
the
waiver
report
from
august
18th
to
today,
with
eight
additional
waivers
being
approved
this
year,
you
would
notice
that
this
number
should
actually
be
78.
D
At
the
last
executive
committee
meeting
on
august
18th,
I
did
note
that
there
were
40
positions
that
hadn't
been
filled
after
they
had
been
approved
for
temporary
hires
and
then
36
police
recruits,
and
that
I
was
going
to
come
in
and
revise
the
numbers
of
just
the
ones
that
you
know
filling
up.
The
vacant
positions
was
moving
forward,
so
I
do
want
to
reflect
in
the
74
and
in
all
of
the
numbers
that
those
40
positions
have
been
removed
from
this
report.
D
Otherwise,
it's
excuse
sort
of
you
know
where
we
are
and
how
many
have
actually
been
filled.
D
63
of
the
waivers
again,
I
haven't
been
approved
for
a
total
higher
number
of
positions
of
3517,
again
very
large
number.
The
vast
majority
of
those
are
for
seasonal
and
temporary
help
in
the
elections
area.
Public
works,
seasonal
construction
and
internships
that
were
both
paid
through
grants
and
general
funds.
That's
by
far
the
majority,
a
number
of
of
those
number
of
hires
3517
60
of
them,
have
been
for
permanent
positions
for
an
annual.
You
know
budgetary
cost
of
about
four
and
a
half
million
dollars.
D
11
waivers
have
been
denied
encompassing
12
and
a
half
positions
again,
as
you
note
just
by
the
numbers
of
submitted
as
compared
to
approved.
I
will
also
say
that
departments
have
continued
to
be
very
judicious
in
the
number
of
waivers
that
they
have
been
submitting.
On
june
1st,
where
we
took
a
look
at
the
number
of
vacant
positions
that
we
had
throughout
the
city,
there
were
275,
which
sort
of
started
the
basis
of
what
we
expected
to
be
able
to
save
through
the
hiring
freeze
in
2020
and
the
number
of
and
pull
up.
D
My
notes
here,
real
quick.
So
if
we
start
with
275
vacancies,
as
of
june,
1st
have
approved
to
fill
60
of
them.
Since
june
1st,
through
today,
we've
had
an
additional
102
employees,
leave
the
city,
leave
city
employment,
so
an
additional
200
102
vacancies,
which
roughly
would
be
leave
us
today
at
about
317
vacancies,
so
we're
a
little
I'm
ahead
of
the
game
from
a
vacancy
perspective,
but
I
do
have
micah
intermil
joining
us
today.
D
D
C
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
I'm
I'm
curious,
miss
cougar.
It
looks
like
there
was
a
one
fte
added
to
the
mayor's
office.
Do
you
know
what
that
position
was.
D
Senior
policy
aide
to
replace
zach
barley.
C
A
A
E
Great,
thank
you,
council,
president
and
members.
As
ms
krueger
mentioned,
I
had
been
asked
to
come
and
provide
a
check-in
on
where
we
are
against
our
goals
in
the
revised
budget
of
reducing
the
personal
expense.
So
the
next
slide
just
shows
a
reminder
of
what
was
included
in
that
revised
budget.
So
the
the
first
piece
was
a
hiring
freeze
which
estimated
savings
of
23
million
dollars
across
all
funds.
E
The
second
piece
was
a
partial
wage
freeze,
primarily
for
the
appointed
politically
appointed
and
non-represented
positions,
but
also
for
any
bargaining
unit
members
for
which
there
were
not
already
agreed
to.
E
E
This
is
a
a
very
good
and
important
question
to
ask.
Very
specifically:
are
we
meeting
our
goals?
The
challenge
is
it's
a
difficult
question
to
answer,
because
it's
hard
to
prove
a
negative.
It's
our
our
personnel
and
budget
systems,
don't
talk
to
each
other
in
a
way
that
accrue
savings
from
vacancies,
and
so
in
in
an
attempt
to
answer
the
question.
E
What
I've
shared
with
you
here
is
information
that
anybody
can
access
it's
publicly
available
on
our
sit,
our
financial
transparency
portal,
which
is
minneapolismn.opengov-
and
here
I
have
zeroed
in
on
what
I'm
referring
to
as
regular
personnel
costs,
so
the
costs
of
wages
and
fringes
for
regular
time
for
sick
leave
for
vacation,
but
not
including
overtime
or
disability,
leaves
because
those
pieces
were
really
budgeted.
E
Those
are
budgeted
outside
of
this
conversation
related
to
the
wage
freeze
and
the
hiring
freeze,
and
so
this
has
our
most
current
information
through
the
month
of
august,
and
you
can
see
that
our
revised
budget
here
you
know,
including
that
the
reduction
of
29.1
million
dollars
through
the
wage
and
hiring
freeze
the
pro-rated
budget
through
august,
would
be
310.5
million
dollars.
E
That's
the
the
bar
that
you
see
shaded
with
the
diagonal
lines
and
shaded
in
the
table
where
it
says
2020
budget
through
august
are
actual
expenses
for
that
same
group
of
costs.
Again,
the
regular
personnel
costs
are
314.7
million
dollars.
E
So
we
are,
we
are
a
little
bit
ahead,
but
the
as
as
always
the
data
do
need
a
little
bit
of
explanation.
So
I
have
a
few
notes
on
the
next
slide.
E
The
the
first
note
is,
there
is
personnel
expense
incurred
in
the
elections
department,
but
it
was
budgeted
in
other
categories.
So
when
that
the
the
four
million
dollar
change
item
for
the
2020
elections
was
approved,
it
was
really
put
in
as
a
placeholder
to
indicate
that
that's
the
anticipated
total
expense,
but
it
was
not
budgeted
down
to
the
individual
line
item
level.
So
where
there's
there's
money
in
the
budget,
that
is
not
shown
on
that
last
graphic
as
being
personnel
expense,
but
it's
being
paid
from
that
general
pool.
E
The
the
second
caveat
is
there
have
been
some
personnel
expenses
incurred
in
public
works
that
are
reimbursed
so
utility
cut
work
where
we
go
out
and
perform
work
to
cut
into
the
street,
so
our
partners
at
excel
energy
or
center
point
energy
can
do
work
on
those
utility
lines
we
we
get
paid
by
them
for
that
expense,
but
it
doesn't
pick
up
in
that
personal
expense
budget,
so
really
in
total.
E
When
I
look
at
these
numbers,
I
am
comfortable
and
advise
you
to
be
to
be
comfortable
and
confident
in
the
fact
that
we
are
on
track
to
meet
our
overall
reduced
personnel
budget
next
slide.
Please.
E
Is
there
one
additional
slide,
doesn't
look
like
it
made
it
through?
So
I
think
the
the
the
last
slide
just
talked
about
our
remain
there.
We
go
our
remaining
personnel
savings
to
be
gained,
so
we
in
in
the
revised
budget,
we
had
one
outlier
in
terms
of
all
of
the
information
that
we
were
showing
by
that
was
distributed
specifically
to
departments
and
funds.
E
Those
savings
were
not
pushed
out
to
individual
departments
and
funds
because
we
needed
to
wait
and
see
where
all
of
the
furlough
conversations
landed,
with
with
the
various
bargaining
units
that
needed
to
agree
to
those
furloughs
in
order
for
them
to
be
implemented,
the
the
agreements
are
now
in
place
and
the
implementation
of
those
budgetary
leaves
and
furloughs
will
continue
through
september
in
december.
E
So
we
will
we're
now
at
a
point
where,
with
the
when
we
close
the
september
budget,
we'll
be
able
to
push
that
4.3
million
dollars
out
to
all
departments,
and
so
I
anticipate
the
next
time
I
come
back
if
I'm
indeed
invited
back
to
give
an
update,
we'll
see
that
incorporated
into
all
the
budgets
and
again
I
think
we
we
are
generally
on
track.
You
know
with
with
this
revised
budget
process.
E
It
is
not
holy
without
precedent,
but
it
hasn't
happened
at
the
city
since
the
great
recession,
and
so
this
is,
you
know,
I
think
we
we
expect
accuracy,
but
not
a
hundred
percent
precision.
So
it
would
not
be
surprising
to
me
if
we
don't
hit
exactly
that.
29.1
million
dollar
savings
target
plus
this
4.3,
but
I
do
anticipate
that
that
we
will
be
in
very
well
in
the
neighborhood
and
in
terms
of
the
overall
1.5
6
or
7
billion
dollar
city
budget.
E
Depending
on
how
you
count
it,
the
the
variance
should
be
pretty
minimal
so
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Great
well,
thank
you
both.
I
do
actually
think
it's
really
helpful
to
have
these
regular
updates
and
really
appreciate
the
work
that
goes
into
them,
just
tracking
how
we're
doing
as
this
is
a
really
important
piece
of
our
budget
savings
strategies.
A
C
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
I
just
want
to
say
I
I
will
be
supporting
this
item
and
just
commend
the
interim
director
miss
brennan
on
you
know
all
the
efforts
around
recovery
around
our
you
know,
homeless,
crisis
that
that
the
city
is
experiencing,
as
well
as
continuing
to
to
move
forward
some
exciting,
affordable
housing
projects
and
really
been
just.
C
A
I
will
also
thank
you,
ms
brennan,
so
much
for
stepping
into
this
role
and
really
such
an
important
time
for
the
work
of
this
department
in
economic
recovery
and
housing
and
homelessness.
A
I
know
that
we
have
relied
on
you
personally,
a
lot
for
the
work
related
to
housing,
so
for
you
to
you,
know,
take
on
this
role
and
and
start
to
delegate
and
hand
off
those
housing-related
responsibilities
is
really
important
and
have
seen
seen
you
do
that.
I
have
talked
to
the
mayor
about
the
timing
of
continuing
interim
appointments.
I
think
that
this
is
an
appointment
appointment.
A
That's
really
important
for
our
city,
so
I'll
just
say
that
here
publicly
that
he
and
I
have
been
in
touch
about
about
the
timeline
for
making
a
permanent
appointment
here.
So
thanks
again-
and
I
don't
see
any
discussion
so
I'll-
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role.