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From YouTube: November 16, 2021 Budget Committee
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B
I
will
also
note
that
the
city
will
be
recording
and
posting
this
meeting
to
the
city's
website
and
youtube
channel
as
a
means
of
increasing
public
access
and
transparency.
This
meeting
is
public
and
subject
to
minnesota
open
meeting
law
at
this
time.
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
to
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum.
D
C
E
B
B
C
E
F
B
Bender
chair
promisano
present
there
are
10
members
president.
Thank
you
please
let
the
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum.
I
also
know
that
council,
member
khanna
will
be
joining
us
at
2pm
when
her
other
meeting
concludes.
Colleagues.
Today's
meeting
is
the
first
of
three
formal
hearings
to
invite
the
public
to
share
with
us
their
ideas,
concerns
and
suggestions
about
the
mayor's
recommended
2022
budget.
B
We
will
be
conducting
two
additional
public
hearings
as
in
prior
years
and
those
have
been
noticed
to
the
public
and
included
on
the
council's
published
calendar.
The
next
public
hearing
after
this
will
be
wednesday
december
1st,
beginning
at
605
pm.
That
is
the
truth
and
taxation
hearing
that
is
required
by
state
law.
The
third
and
final
public
hearing
will
be
on
wednesday
december
8th
at
6
05
pm.
These
hearings
will
be
held
at
adjourned
meetings
of
the
full
city
council.
Not
at
this
committee.
B
We
anticipate
that
the
full
council
will
take
final
action
on
the
proposed
2022
budget
following
its
public
hearing
on
december
8th.
So
before
I
open
up
the
public
hearing,
I
will
invite
our
budget
director
amelia
kruever,
to
give
us
a
short
overview
presentation
and
just
to
help
frame
the
context
of
this
for
the
public.
Ms
kruver.
D
Hello,
thank
you.
Chair
palmisano,
like
you
said,
I
hope
to
just
give
a
brief
presentation
summarizing.
What's
in
the
mayor's
recommended
budget,
before
we
start
hearing
from
the
public
there
we
go.
Thank
you
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
D
So,
overall,
across
all
funds,
our
city's
budget
is
growing
by
7
this
year
from
the
21
adopted
into
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
and
that's
on
the
spending
side.
Similarly,
on
the
revenue
side,
if
you
go
to
the
next
slide,
we
are
growing
by
6.7
across
all
funds.
The
difference
between
those
accounts
for
some
use
of
fund
balance,
as
well
as
other
one-time
sources
like
arp
dollars.
In
the
mayor's
recommended
budget.
D
I'll
note
on
this
page,
you
can
see
a
pretty
large
difference
in
our
special
revenue
funds,
which
is
that
orange
bar
special
revenue
funds
is
where
we
deposit
our
sales
tax
revenues.
So
you
can
see
the
impact
of
the
pandemic
as
well
as
our
projected
steady
recovery
into
2021
for
those
revenues
which
were
the
most
heavily
impacted
by
the
pandemic,
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
D
So
zooming
in
just
on
our
general
fund,
which
the
largest
source
of
revenue
for
the
general
fund
is
our
tax
levy,
we're
looking
at
an
increase
into
2021
or
2022,
where
we
are
going
to
be
bringing
back
some
of
the
ftes
lost
in
2020,
and
you
can
see
again
that
similar
climb
back
from
the
budget
cuts
of
the
recession
into
2022
across
all
of
our
spending
categories.
D
D
Note
again
that
transfers
are
increased
in
2022
on
the
revenue
side
as
well,
and
that's
to
factor
in
our
use
of
our
bus
spending.
American
rescue
plan
x
spending
I'll
say
and
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
those
details
on
the
next
slides,
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
Thank
you.
So
this
is
our
property
tax
levy
and
the
five
year
outlook.
D
If
you
look
on
that
bottom
line,
that's
giving
you
the
overall
year
to
year
increase
and
in
2022
the
mayor
has
recommended,
and
the
bet
has
approved
a
max
levy
increase
of
5.45
the
the
lines
above
it
detail.
Each
part
of
our
levy,
including
the
park
board,
the
municipal
building,
commission,
the
board
of
estimate,
taxation
and
some
other
pension
related
levies
that
we
include
in
our
overall
property
tax
levy,
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide.
D
So
this
just
shows
the
math
on
our
general
fund
how
we
are
balancing
the
budget
in
the
mayor's
recommended
2022
budget,
the
general
fund
portion
of
the
levy
is
increasing
by
6.1
percent
this
year.
D
Over
the
last
year,
due
to
budget
cuts
in
our
in
our
core
re
service,
rebuilding
change
items
more
detail
can
be
found
on
how
we're
adding
back
people
and
projects
to
each
city
department
in
the
overall
budget
book,
but
that's
about
10
million
on
the
whole
there's
strategic
investments
of
16
million
in
the
general
fund,
and
that
is
all
being
balanced
out
on
the
revenue
side
by
that
increase
in
sales
or
in
property
tax
that
we
just
talked
about.
D
So
this
chart
really
shows
a
simplified
look
at
our
five-year
plan.
One
of
the
challenges
that
we
had
in
our
budget
this
year
was
how
to
use
one-time
resources
from
the
federal
government
wisely
without
setting
ourselves
up
for
a
fiscal
cliff
in
the
future
when
those
sources
go
away.
So
in
this
bar
chart,
the
green
portions
show
our
own
source
revenues
so
that
those
are
the
revenues
that
we
will
always
have,
including
our
property
tax,
as
well
as
other
general
fund
revenues
from
fines
and
license
fees.
D
This
layering
on
the
use
of
cash
as
well
as
arp,
which
is
the
purple
and
golden
part
of
that
bar
chart,
allow
us
to
add
back
some
of
the
capacity
that
was
reduced
in
21
and
make
sure
that
by
the
time
we
get
to
2025,
we've
seen
revenues
recover
and
we
will
be
able
to
maintain
the
ongoing
spending
included
in
the
mayor's
budget
without
drastically
reducing
spending
and
without
drastically
increasing
the
property
tax
levy,
and
so
you'll
see
the
the
percentage
numbers
in
the
middle
of
that
page.
D
The
6.11
5.7
5.5
that
indicates
our
assumptions
about
property
tax
levy
in
the
general
fund
and
the
next
slide
down
we'll
talk
about
in
the
other,
the
overall
property
tax
levy.
D
Thank
you,
so
you'll
look
at
the
bottom
line,
and
that
shows
you
that,
though
the
general
fund
levy,
we
assume
a
little
bit
of
a
higher
growth
rate
or
overall
property
tax,
we're
assuming
being
at
five
percent
or
under
in
looking
into
our
out
years,
23
and
beyond,
and
this
helps
us
make
sure
that
we
are
planning
well
to
use
those
one-time
sources
from
the
federal
government
that
we
will
be
able
to
maintain
a
balanced
budget
in
our
general
fund
in
25
when
those
resources
go
away.
D
So
this
was
an
important
part
of
this
year's
budget
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
next
slide
all
right,
and
so
that
summarizes
my
overview
of
the
mayor's
recommended
2022
budget.
I
would
recommend
visiting
the
city's
website
to
learn
more
about.
What's
in
the
budget,
the
specific
change
items
recommended
by
the
mayor
as
well
as
department
by
department
information,
and
I
will
that's
the
end
of
my
presentation,
I'll
hold
for
any
questions.
D
B
You
thank
you.
Well,
I
invited
my
colleagues
to
getting
q
if
they
do
have
a
question
for
staff.
I
want
to
recognize
that
we
had
two
additional
council
members
join
us
and
ask
them
to
voice
their
presence
for
the
record
versus
council
member
ellison.
C
B
B
Each
speaker
will
be
given
two
minutes
to
address
the
committee.
We
have
a
timer
to
help.
Keep
speakers
monitor
the
use
of
their
time
and
you
will
hear
a
buzzer
when
your
time
is
up
when
you
are
called
on
to
speak,
please
press
star
and
then
six
to
unmute
your
phone.
If
you
wait
just
a
moment,
you'll
hear
a
recorded
message
that
says:
you're
unmuted
before
you
begin
speaking
so,
let's
see,
I
will
first
call
on
anna
schmitz
welcome.
G
Right
ahead,
great
my
name's
anna
schmitz,
I
work
at
ferris
state
brewing
cooperative,
I'm
testifying
on
behalf
of
35
small
businesses,
who
are
continuing
to
look
for
public
safety
leadership
in
the
city.
We
have
three
basic
funding
asks
safer
response,
safer
staff
and
safer
spaces.
G
We
believe
safer
spaces
looks
like
free
training
offered
through
the
city
to
small
business
staff,
for
de-escalation,
narcan
administration
and
basic
first
aid
here
at
fear
state.
We
train
our
own
staff
in
those
three
areas
with
our
own
money
and
we've
already
used
both
the
first
aid
and
de-escalation
training
skills.
Since
doing
so,
these
are
basic,
straightforward
requests,
based
on
detailed
discussions
we've
had
with
dozens
of
local
small
business
owners.
The
proposals
are
supported
by
research
and
based
on
the
idea
that
government
should
provide
basic
services
that
people
need.
B
E
E
So
with
that
in
mind,
in
october,
minneapolis
arts
commission
approved
a
plan
to
create
a
poet
laureate
work
group
to
envision
what
that
position
would
look
like
also
including
a
component
to
mentor
a
youth
poet
laureate.
So
we
believe
it
is
crucial
that
the
city
of
minneapolis
not
be
left
behind
in
other
other
cities.
Even
though
it's
adjacent
to
us
cities
like
st
louis
park,
anoka
county
and
saint
paul,
have
been
implementing
for
years.
E
If
the
city
of
minneapolis
truly
desires
to
be
an
artistic
destination,
we
must
promote
all
of
the
arts,
and
this
program
is
an
essential
way
to
lift
up
literary
artists
in
our
city.
With
the
goal
of
creating
a
2022
poet
laureate
to
be
announced
in
april,
that
would
coincide
with
national
poetry
month.
B
C
C
We
do
ask
for
your
fiscal
support
in
pursuing
this
project
and
allocating
some
of
those
funds
to
student
communities,
neighboring
minnesota's
largest
public
university,
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
students,
and
I
hope
to
have
the
chance
to
elaborate
further
on
this
proposed
allocation
of
city
funds,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration
in
this
impending
public
safety
matter.
Thank
you.
B
Person
the
public
hearing
queue
testifier
number
four
is
julie,
strove
if
you're
on
the
line.
Please
please
press
star
six
and
unmute
your.
A
Good
line
council.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
I
I
didn't
realize
I
had
two
minutes
so
I'll
talk
fast
since
I'm
speaking
today
on
behalf
of
seniors
in
the
city
of
minneapolis,
who
have
lived
and
worked
here
for
decades
since
not
since
2018,
my
actual
market
value
has
increased
by
forty
six
thousand
dollars.
A
My
homestead
exclusion
has
decreased
by
two
thousand
dollars
over
two
thousand
dollars.
The
imperative
today
is
to
find
a
way
to
keep
minneapolis
seniors
in
their
homes.
One
of
my
neighbors
said
it's
obscene.
A
It
for
sure
will
drive
people
who
have
owned
homes
for
30
years
out
of
minneapolis
because
they're
on
no
fixed
income,
but
maybe
that's
what
the
council
wants
question
mark.
Then
the
houses
fall
and
property
values
go
up,
so
the
property
tax
revenue
actually
goes
up
by
forcing
elderly
and
low-income
people
out
of
the
city.
A
A
B
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
council,
members
for
the
opportunity
to
make
brief
comments
on
the
mayor's
proposed
2022
budget
on
behalf
of
the
minneapolis
downtown
council.
I'd
like
to
offer
our
support
for
the
document
you
are
considering.
Overall,
the
mayor's
proposal
is
balanced
and
addresses
the
key
challenges
facing
minneapolis
and
the
city
government
enterprise.
F
My
hope
is
an
important
part
of
that
role
will
be
an
energetic
process
to
engage
and
hear
input
from
citizens
and
stakeholders
on
the
range
of
critical
issues
facing
minneapolis
consistently
hearing
a
broad
range
of
perspectives
will
aid
in
the
legislative
and
policy
making
process
the
voters
have
asked
the
council
to
take
on
with
new
vigor
the
election
definitely
reinforced
the
importance
of
the
mayor's
public
safety
plan.
It
too
is
multifaceted,
as
is
the
budget
overall.
F
The
recommendations
reflect
a
continued
commitment
to
a
holistic,
multi-faceted
approach
to
pub
to
public
safety,
which
is
the
approach
the
business
community
embraces
and
invests
in
as
well.
Through
the
work
of
the
downtown
improvement
district,
it
is
especially
important
to
support
the
investment
in
five
recruit
classes
in
2022..
F
B
Thank
you,
I'm
not
seeing
additional
speakers,
but
I
will
ask
if
there
are
any
more
speakers
on
the
line.
I
did
receive
an
email
from
someone
who
is
having
difficulty
that
we're
not
given
the
instructions
on
how
to
participate.
So
if
there
are
other
speakers
on
the
line
that
would
like
to
talk,
could
I
ask
you
to
press
star
six
and
voice
voice?
Your
presence.
B
I
know
that
there
are
more
than
five
people
interested
in
our
city
budget
hearing
none
at
this
time.
I
will
now
close
today's
public
hearing.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
took
time
to
testify
today
and
invite
you
to
stay
engaged
in
the
budget
process.
I
want
to
thank
our
professional
staff
for
their
incredible
work
on
bringing
forward
this
budget
to
finance
the
city's
operations
and
deliver
municipal
services,
but
I'd
also
like
to
reiterate
that
the
city
council
will
be
conducting
two
additional
public
hearings.
Those
are
scheduled
for
december
1st
and
december
8th.
B
Both
of
those
hearings
start
at
605
pm.
At
the
december
1st
hearing,
the
budget
committee
will
consider
amendments
to
mayor
fry's
proposed
budget,
sorry
after
the
december
1st
hearing
it's
actually
december
3rd,
that
we
have
reserved
for
the
bulk
of
that
work
and
that
meeting
will
begin
at
10
a.m.
Additionally,
we
have
a
meeting
scheduled
on
december
6th
to
do
any
final
cleanup
if
we
don't
complete
our
business
at
the
december
3rd
meeting.
Those
markup
sessions,
as
with
all
of
our
meetings,
are
broadcast
on
the
city's
tv
channel
and
live
streamed
on
the
city's
website.