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From YouTube: December 7, 2022 Board of Estimate and Taxation
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A
Foreign
and
welcome
to
the
regular
meeting
of
the
board
of
estimate
taxation
for
December
7
2022
I
am
Samantha
prestonson
I.
Have
she
her
pronouns
and
I
am
the
President
of
our
Board
of
estimate
and
Taxation.
At
this
time,
I
will
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll,
so
we
may
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
board.
C
A
The
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum
and
we
will
now
proceed
to
our
agenda,
a
copy
of
which
was
posted
for
public
access
to
the
city's
legislative
information
management
system,
which
is
available
at
limbs,
dot,
Minneapolis,
mn.gov
Now.
We
move
to
the
adoption
of
our
agenda
board
members.
The
agenda
for
today's
meeting
is
before
us
may
I.
Please
have
a
motion
to
adopt
the
agenda.
D
Just
that
I
wanted
to
move
that
amendment,
that
order
yes.
D
A
You
very
much
you
are
most
welcome
any
discussions,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say
name
the
eyes
have
it
and
the
agenda
is
adopted.
Now.
We
move
to
the
acceptance
of
minutes
from
the
September
21st
2022
meeting
May
I.
Please
have
a
motion
to
accept
the
minutes.
Is
there
a
second?
We
have
a
proper
motion
before
us.
Is
there
any
discussion,
any
discussion,
seeing
none
are
those
in
favor,
say:
aye
aye,
any
opposed,
say,
nay,
the
eyes
have
it
and
minutes
are
accepted
as
presented.
A
Next,
we
will
move
to
our
public
comment
section
on
our
agenda.
We
welcome
members
of
the
public
to
make
public
comments
related
to
current
the
board
business
for
our
newly
adopted
bylaws
Amendment.
The
public
comment
period
will
be
limited
to
a
total
of
10
minutes.
The
clerk
informs
me
that
we
have
just
one
person
signed
up
to
speak
today,
and
so
each
of
typically
would
give
two
minutes
to
each
person,
but
there's
only
one
person
here
today,
so
Mr
Keith
McCarron
in
ward
3.
E
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak.
This
is
the
first
time
I've
attended
bet,
so
pardon
my
known
as
green
greenness
at
this.
In
particular,
I
wanted
to
address
some
of
the
budget
items
and,
in
particular
the
sanitary
sewer
in
light
of
the
catastrophic
water
main
occurrence
it
occurred
that
are
required.
A
boil
advisory
for
the
north
side,
the
general
policing
fund-
and
those
are
my
those
are
my
concerns.
E
My
concerns
are
mainly
that
we're
increasing
budgeting
for
police
services
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
and
yet
we
have
very
immediate
emergent
needs
for
the
unhoused
communities,
as
witness
from
the
fire
at
2312
Lindale,
that
particular
individual
see.
David
George
has
owned
seven
different
property
if
so,
which
there's
been
four
fires
in
the
last
six
months.
E
So
that's
very
concerning
to
me
that
somebody
who
has
a
property
owner
is
not
being
is
not
having
police
investigate
possible
criminal
Behavior,
but
that
would
go
after
people
who
are
trying
to
just
survive
in
tents.
E
I
think
that's
some
priorities
that
need
to
be
addressed
and
the
other
course
infrastructure
is
just
a
no-brainer,
and
you
know:
I
I
worked
at
9-1-1
when
the
35W
bridge
collapsed.
I
recall
that
these
are
Black
Swan
events,
but
they
do
occur.
We
need
to
be
prepared
for
those
things
so
I'd
like
to
see
less
money
in
the
policing,
more
money
into
housing,
more
money
into
infrastructure
and
more
money
into
non-police
Alternatives.
So
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
speak
and
for
the
first
time,
I
beat
the
two
minutes.
Thank
you.
A
A
Next,
we
will
move
on
to
item
five
on
our
agenda,
which
is
a
resolution
concurring
with
the
reallocation
of
excess,
Bond
proceeds
for
capital
projects
and
programs
being
closed,
Ellen
Hoppe,
who
is
our
director
of
banking,
Investments
and
debt?
Will
you
will
give
us
a
presentation,
welcome
director,
happy.
F
Thank
you,
president
pree
Stinson
and
members
of
the
board
of
estimate
taxation.
I
have
a
resolution
here
which
I
see
and
I
presume
that
you
can
see.
F
G
H
F
F
Okay,
this
is
a
resolution
to
reallocate
excess
bomb
proceeds.
F
We
come
before
the
board
investment
taxation
to
get
approval
to
sell
bonds.
We
get
those
proceeds,
we
allocate
those
to
different
projects
and
you
saw
the
individual
projects
when
we
came
here
many
months
ago.
F
This
process
happens
every
year
and
as
we
near
the
end
of
projects,
in
some
cases,
projects
are
short
cash
in
some
cases
they're
over
cash
they're
under
budget,
and
so
what
we're
coming
here
today
to
do
is
balance
out
those
excesses
with
those
shortfalls
there's
a
resolution
that
basically
states
that
and
then
specifically
there's
a
list.
You
know
the
individual
projects
that
are
involved
here.
Moving
and
staff
have
work
have
worked
this
out
so
that
it
balances
out.
F
A
Thank
you
for
that.
We
also
have
Brett
jelly
who's.
Our
Public
Works
deputy
director
in
attendance
for
any
questions
that
might
be
related
to
these
capital
projects.
Welcome
director
jelly.
Are
there
any
questions
for
my
fellow
board
members
all
right
see,
none
is
there
a
motion
to
adopt
the
resolution?
A
H
B
A
We
will
now
move
on
to
item
number,
seven,
which
is
receiving
a
draft
2023
calendar
of
regular
meetings
for
the
board
of
estimate
and
Taxation
doing
this
a
little
earlier
in
the
hopes
to
do
the
same
thing
next
year.
Just
to
get
things
set,
you
should
have
a
copy
of
the
calendar.
Colleagues
in
front
of
you.
C
I
am
planning
to
be
out
of
the
country
on
February
8th.
We
do
not
have
a
February
22nd
meeting
and
I'm
wondering
if
it
would
do
violence
to
anybody's
schedule.
If
we
shifted
to
meeting
on
the
22nd.
D
There
is
a
committee
of
the
whole
meeting
for
the
park
board,
so
it's
a
retreat,
I'm,
not
sure
what
it's
about,
but
on
my
Park
Board
schedule.
Now
that
to
say
usually,
don't
start
until
five.
D
A
D
It's
a
it's
a
board
retreat,
so
this
year
we
had
some
budget
Retreats
and
things
like
that.
They
started
five,
two,
just
not
at
the
board
headquarters
somewhere
else
and
I.
Remember
that
I
had
to
I
was
late
to
those
pretty.
A
Could
you
we're
broadcasted
this
time.
A
Any
issues
from
colleagues
moving
that
to
March
8th
the
presentation,
all
right
sounds
good
anything
else
for
discussion
for
the
rest
of
these
dates
on
the
calendar
and
keep
in
mind
there.
There
is
always
flexibility
in
between
meetings
to
move
things
around
as
we
need,
but
we
just
wanted
to
get
something
set
and,
of
course
there
is
flexibility
to
make
additional
changes
if
we
needed
to
they
may
rise.
D
Okay
and
I
and
I'll
make
a
point
chair
president
Christensen
to
submit
the
draft
board
agenda.
I
have
from
the
park
board
just
so
that
we're
on
target.
A
On
the
revision
that
we
just
discussed
that
we're
all
in
agreement
with
to
move
the
February
8th
presentation
to
March
the
8th.
B
President
Priestess
and
you
do
not
need
to
take
a
vote.
I'll
just
make
that
change
all.
A
Right,
the
clerk
has
noted
our
change,
so
we'll
move
the
February
eighth
meeting
to
March
the
8th.
A
Is
there
a
second,
we
have
a
proper
motion
before
us.
Is
there
any
discussion
regarding
the
ABDO
Financial
Solutions
contract,
which
would
as
we
voted
previously,
we
voted
to
move
from
hiring,
as
we
previously
did
for
our
role
to
moving
to
a
contract-based
service
to
serve
our
board
just
to
refresh
our
memories.
Is
there
any
discussion,
any
questions
at
all
regarding
the
contract?
Vice
president
Brown
I.
C
G
President
commissioner,
Brandt
Lori
Johnson
Deputy
CFO
that
is
listed
as
175
000
to
allow
for
future
extensions,
you'll
notice
in
the
contract
that
it's
a
one-year
contract
with
four
one-year
extensions
that
gives
you
room
for
multiple
years
of
service
without
us
having
to
amend
that
contract.
So
you're
right
the
numbers
don't
line
up,
but
that
is
why
okay.
A
Is
there
any
additional
questions,
commissioner?
Mens.
A
I
can
take
the
latter
and
then
Deputy
John
assistant,
Deputy
Johnson,
if
you'd
like
to
come
up
to
answer
the
first
part.
So
the
subcommittee
that
we
held,
which
was
comprised
of
myself
vice
president
Brandt
and
council
member
Koski,
we
the
first
round.
We
only
had
one
contract
that
presented
itself
and
it
didn't
seem
to
match
our
needs.
So
we
passed
on
that.
A
So
we
made
some
tweaks
to
the
RFP,
put
it
back
out
and
then
we
we
received
several
inquiries,
but
ABDO
Financial
Solutions
was
ultimately
the
one
that
submitted
and
I
would
also
like
to
name
that
the
the
city
I
don't
want
to
call
them
rules.
But
in
order
to
be
considered
a
competitive
process,
it
would
be
that
you
have
at
least
two
contracts.
A
And
so,
even
though
we
didn't
have
two
the
second
round,
that
first
one
that
we
declined
still
counted
as
part
of
the
two,
and
so
we
we
reviewed
that
we
met
with
them.
A
As
a
subcommittee
asked
questions
heard
about
their
experience
in
general,
but
also
I'm
working
with
the
city
spoke
about
our
needs
as
well,
which
the
RFP
also
covered,
and
the
subcommittee
was
an
agreement
that
we
wanted
to
move
forward
with
ABDO
Financial
Services,
which
is
how
we
got
here
and
then,
if
you
could
answer
the
previous
question,
that
would
be
really
helpful.
G
G
They
are
a
CPA
firm
who
does
many
Municipal
audits,
County
Audits,
and
they
have
developed
a
arm
of
their
company
that
does
Consulting
and
fills
in
for
various
positions
where
staff
people
are
either
gone
and
they're
waiting
to
fill
a
position
or
where
it
may
not
be
advantageous
for
a
city
to
actually
fill
the
position
with
the
staff,
but
rather
to
use
a
consultant
so
long
answer
to
a
a
short
short.
No,
we
have
not,
but
they
do
a
lot
of
work
in
Minnesota.
I
Thank
you,
madam
president.
I
just
wanted
to
just
echo
or
kind
of
maybe
give
some
of
the
other
board
members.
You
know.
I
was
there
for
the
meeting
with
ABDO
financial
and
was
very
helpful
to
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
the
depths
of
their
expertise
and
working
with
other
other
municipalities,
just
their
deep
experience.
I
just
think
that
they'll
be
able
to
bring
a
wide
variety
of
expertise
for
us.
I
A
Foreign
and
I
I
would
also
say
as
well
that
when
we
started
our
process
and
and
went
through
several
tries
of
getting
at
something
that
that
we
all
wanted,
we,
we
didn't
end
up
in
agreement,
but
we
did
with
this
to
try
this,
and
so
we
do
have
the
ability
again
to
make
these
extensions.
A
So
this
is
an
opportunity
for
us
for
a
year
to
see
if
the
services
that
they
provide
to
other
cities
in
Minnesota
that
where
they
have
been
successful,
if
it
will
work
for
us
and
if
it
doesn't,
then
we
have
an
opportunity
to
address
it.
So
this
isn't,
you
know
a
remainder
of
the
four-year
term
that
we
have
to
move
in
this
direction.
So
we
again
just
to
point
out
the
flexibility
that
we
have
in
going
in
this
direction
and
I
do
believe.
A
This
concession
that
we
made
to
work
together
to
figure
out
something
that
would
address
all
of
the
concerns
that
we
had
going
into
finding
either
someone
or
a
service
to
provide
this
to
us
and
I
think
that
it
will
actually
be
a
good
fit
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
it
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
as
being
someone
that
was
a
voice
of
dissent
to
moving
in
the
direction
of
a
contractor.
H
Yes,
thank
you
Madam
chair
and
you
know,
I
I
will
be
supporting
this
contract.
However,
you
know
I
was
just
looking
at
the
makeup
of
the
organization,
which
is
predominantly
women,
which
I
think
is
positive,
but
very
few
to
know.
Persons
of
color
are
on
their
team,
which
is
concerning,
and
just
hopefully
in
the
future,
that
we
can
have
more
consideration
around
that.
A
Absolutely
I
appreciate
those
comments
and
it
should
definitely
it'll
definitely
be
something
depending
on
who
the
president
is
next
year,
but
for
now
it
is
me
the
president
would
manage
that
contract
and
I
I
would
think
that
whichever
one
of
us
holds
the
presidency
next
year,
that
would
be
a
measure
that
we
were
looking
at
across
a
few
different
ways
on
just
how
they
work
with
us
and
and
what
that
looks
like,
but
certainly
appreciate
that
you
know
we
need
more
diversity
and
specifically
in
finance,
so
I'm
beyond.
Just
women.
A
There's
there's
other
diversity,
metrics
and
also
the
RFP
was
out
for
quite
some
time,
and
you
know
folks,
folks
that
were
felt
that
they
could
meet
our
needs,
that's
kind
of
who
applied,
and
so
we
would
have
been
left
with.
It
wasn't
a
matter
for
me
of
saying
yes
just
because
it
was
the
only
one
which
was
something
that
I
brought
up
a
few
times.
It
was
a
matter
of
having
the
the
expertise
and
the
professionalism,
I
believe
to
do
the
role,
but
certainly
diversity
in
general
and
and
perhaps
even
changing
the
way.
A
If
we
went
in
a
different
direction
at
a
future
point
or,
however,
we
do
it
doing
more
to
engage
with
the
public
about
these
roles
and
these
opportunities
outside
of
the
traditional
ways
in
which
we
communicate
them,
because
those
for
smaller
firms
that
actually
might
be
able
to
handle
the
work
it
just
may
not
be
accessible.
The
way
that
we're
communicating
with
them.
So
certainly
it's
something
for
us
to
think
about
moving
forward
into
the
future
with
other
contracts
that
may
come
up.
D
Yeah,
thank
you
for
answering
my
questions
and
just
with
the
transparency
of
the
process
and
making
sure
that
we're
you
know
going
through
our
due
diligence
that
we
can
I
appreciate
president
Jenkins
or
member
Jenkins
in
this.
In
this
context,
comment
I
mean
26.26
of
their
interns
or
interns,
so
I
mean
I.
Think
it's
a
hard
place
to
sort
of
I,
don't
know,
but
I
think
that
maybe
we
can
help
push
them
too,
as
we
have
a
relationship
with
them.
So
thank
you
for
your
work
subcommittee.
A
Seeing
none,
we
can
go
ahead
and
move
forward
with
clerk.
Can
you
call
the
roll
on
moving
forward
with
approving
this?
This
contract
board.
B
C
A
All
right,
the
eyes
have
it
unanimously
and
that
is
adopted
and
we
will
be
moving
forward
with
this
contract
and
more
to
come
there
as
we
move
forward
item
number.
Nine
is
the
passage
of
a
resolution
approving
the
board
of
estimate,
taxation,
2023
budget
appropriation
and
Levy,
which
you
should
also
have
in
front
of
you.
A
Keep
in
mind
that
we
did
vote
unanimously
for
preliminary
approval
in
June,
and
now
we
need
to
give
this
a
final
approval.
May
I
please
have
a
motion
to
adopt
the
resolution.
A
A
Vice
president
Brown,
no
any
discussion
scene,
none
clerk.
Can
you
please
call
the
roll
board.
B
A
A
J
T
members
of
the
board,
thank
you
for
having
me
I'm,
as
introduced
I'm
Lyle
Hodges
controller
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis
finance
department.
Before
you
is
the
financial
status
report
of
the
third
quarter.
As
of
the
third
quarter
for
select
City
funds
and
I'll
be
going
through
about
a
dozen
slides
here.
So
starting
off,
we've
got
the
financial
overview.
J
You
know
again.
A
lot
of
this
is
repeated
from
my
previous
report
through
the
second
quarter,
because
the
city's
Financial
picture
continues
to
be
impacted
by
covert
but
is
again
strong,
and
that
was
reaffirmed
by
our
bond
rating
agencies
this
past
summer,
while
we
went
through
the
ratings
process,
they
reaffirmed
their
positive
outlooks
by
Fitch
and
stable
Outlook.
By
s
p
parking
revenues
continue
rebounding
again,
still
less
than
budgeted,
and
certainly
less
than
pre-pandemic
levels.
J
J
Continuing
with
the
overview,
our
total
book
value
of
cash
and
Investments
through
third
quarter
is
about
1.3
billion,
that's
an
increase
of
around
333
million
as
compared
to
last
year.
At
this
time
we
are
meeting
our
fund
balance
and
net
position
Targets
in
all,
but
two
funds
listed
there
as
self-insurance
and
information
technology,
we're
also
meeting
our
cash
balance
targets
and
all
the
two
funds,
as
noted
there
parking
and
sanitary
sewer.
J
Jumping
into
the
general
fund,
specifically
again
just
the
definition
there.
This
is
used
to
account
for
all
Financial
Resources,
except
those
required
to
be
accounted
for
elsewhere.
Our
2022
ending
fund
balance
is
projected
to
be
179.5
million,
which
is
a
36.7
million
dollar
increase
over
where
we
were
at
the
end
of
2021.
J
J
The
original
budget
for
2022
did
have
us
losing
essentially
17
million
dollars
or
using
17
million
dollars
of
that
fund
balance.
So
you
can
see,
we've
had
some
savings
and
some
we'll
get
into
the
revenue
projections
here
shortly
that
that
swing
that
from
A
Loss
to
a
gain
in
2022.
J
foreign.
This
slide
shows
us
by
category
of
major
Revenue
sources
where
we
are
budget
as
compared
to
projected
ending
Revenue
collections.
You
can
see
several
of
the
categories
are,
are
going
to
be
over
budget
or
we'll
collect
more
than
we
were
anticipating
under
the
service
charges
line,
that's
primarily
due
to
Public
Works,
doing
work
for
others,
other
departments,
other
capital
projects
that
will
result
in
additional
Revenue
to
the
general
fund.
J
Our
franchise
fees
are
up
over
budget
substantially.
That
is
because
franchise
fees
are
based
on
a
percentage
of
Revenue
collected
by
the
utility
companies,
and
so,
as
those
costs
go
up,
we
collect
more
Revenue
and
then
the
last
thing
I
want
to
highlight
here
the
licenses
and
permits
row
again.
That
has
a
lot
to
do
with
building
permits
and
we're
seeing
a
strong
growth
in
2022.
J
This
next
chart
just
shows
us
kind
of
comparatively
Where
We
Are
at
this
point
in
the
year
and
where
we
projected
to
end
the
year
Revenue
projection
versus
budget.
Again,
we
do
typically
collect
more
Revenue
than
we've
budgeted.
This
year's
no
exception
and
we
will
in
fact
collect
slightly
more
Revenue
than
usual
as
compared
to
budget.
J
I.
Think
there's
kind
of
two
two
lines
I
want
to
focus
on
here
are
the
last
two.
Actually,
so
we've
got
reg
Services
health
and
seeped,
showing
an
underspending
of
around
24
million.
Almost
22
million
of
that
is
related
to
cped,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
with
the
ARP
of
funding.
J
We
transferred
some
budget
into
the
general
fund
that
was
for
intended
for
longer
term
projects,
and
so,
while
that
will
be
unspent
in
2022,
it
will
be
spent
in
future
years
on
those
cped
related
projects
and
then
the
last
row
there,
the
all
other
departments
that
includes
our
contingency
funding,
and
so
it's
often
the
case
that
we
don't
spend
this
and
that's
the
case
again
in
in
2022,
and
so
that
contingency
funding
totals
13
million.
That
will,
as
of
now
not
be
spent.
J
And
then
again,
this
slide
goes
into
general
fund
projections
or
expenditure
projections
as
compared
to
budget
and
shows
that
while
we
do
regularly
underspend
in
the
general
fund
this
year,
we
are
under
spending
by
a
larger
percentage
than
usual.
So
we'll
end
the
year
at
approximately
93
percent
of
the
total
budget.
J
Right,
the
next
group
of
slides
has
to
do
with
group,
font
or
font
groups,
and
so
special
Revenue
funds.
We
use
these
to
account
for
and
Report
the
needs.
The
proceeds
of
specific
Revenue
sources
I've
got
the
listing
there
of
the
significant
special
Revenue
funds
that
we're
reporting
on.
J
Overall,
the
fund
to
balance
in
this
group
of
funds
is
going
to
have
a
slight
decrease
year
over
year.
We
do
expect
the
cash
balance
in
these
funds
to
increase
fairly
significantly
actually-
and
that's
that's
due
to
the
fact
that
this
includes
all
the
arpa
funds
and
so
we've
again,
we've
received
all
that
cash
from
the
federal
government
and
we
will
spend
it
over
the
next
several
years.
J
This
slide
shows
a
fund
by
fund
breakdown
of
cash
and
fund
balance
from
2021
to
where
we
project
2022.
To
end
again,
you
can
see
very
minimal
changes
in
almost
every
fund
until
you
get
down
to
that
Grant
fund
cash
balance.
We
do
expect
that
to
go
up
quite
a
bit
foreign.
J
S
are
the
internal
service
funds,
so
these
funds
are
used
to
account
for
goods
and
services
provided
internally,
as
the
name
would
suggest
to
other
City
funds
and
departments.
We've
got
six
internal
service
funds
listed
there
in
the
second
bullet
point.
These
funds
have
a
projected
net
position
increasing
about
seven
and
a
half
million,
and
a
similar
increase
to
their
cash
balance
is
projected
for
your
end.
Again.
J
J
So
you
can
kind
of
see
there
where
each
one
is
projected
to
land
equipment
services
that
would
be
our
fleet
vehicle
purchases,
I'm
hoping
to
get
some
additional
Fleet
purchased
in
2022
pending.
You
know
backlogs
and
and
supply
chain
issues,
and
then
we
are
seeing
a
positive
growth
in
our
self-insurance
fund,
both
on
the
cash
and
that
position
side,
and
that
is
purposeful.
We're
transferring
some
general
fund
dollars
into
that
self-insurance
fund
to
help
us.
You
know,
reach
our
our
funding
goals.
There.
J
Foreign
and
then
finally,
we've
got
our
Enterprise
funds,
so
these
are
the
business
type
funds
that
we
use
to
sell
goods
and
services
to
external
parties.
The
specific
funds
are
listed
there
in
the
second
bullet
point
and
again,
net
position
expected
to
increase
slightly
just
under
5
million
between
21
and
22.,
and
then
cash
likewise
projected
to
increase
slightly
from
21
to
the
end
of
22.
J
and
yeah
stable,
stable
growth
and
maintenance
of
balances
and
those
fund
groups.
So
again,
breakdown
fund
by
fund,
you
can
kind
of
see
there
isn't
really
a
lot
of
movement
in
any
direction
in
any
of
those
ones.
So
that's
all
I
have.
A
C
Which
will
not
surprise
you?
The
179
million
projected
for
the
year-end
fund
balance
it's
roughly
twice
the
city's
Target
of
17
percent.
C
Now
one
could
say
that
that's
contributing
and
no
doubt
it
is
to
the
feat
of
increasing
the
bond
rating
during
a
time
of
a
lot
of
financial
stress
and
is
certainly
due
to
a
lot
of
good
work
by
the
finance
department
and
I'm
sure
the
mayor
as
well.
C
But
is
that
also
artificially
inflated
by
what
you
mentioned
earlier
in
terms
of
all
the
arpa
money
that
we're
going
to
get
through
2024
coming
in
this
as
this
year.
J
President
priest
and
vice
president
Brent
yeah,
the
that
amount,
does
account
for
all
of
the
the
arbor
transfers
that
we'll
be
putting
into
the
general
fund
and
in
2022.
That
means,
like
I,
mentioned,
that
the
cped
projects
that
will
be
spent
out
over
several
years.
So
you
know
there
is
some
component
of
that
ending
balance
that
will
be
preserved
for
future
uses
outside
of
the
normal
budget.
C
Opaque
in
terms
of
their
criteria,
but
have
they
given
us
any
indication
of
what
their
minimums
are
for
the
target
for
a
budget
Reserve.
J
I
mean
I,
don't
know
that
we've
gotten
a
specific
number
or
a
target
from
the
rating
agencies,
but
there's
a
you
know,
Collective
or
general
best
practices
that
they
might
look
to
and
I
think
the
city
Falls
well
within
that
range
that
they
would
expect.
For
you
know
a
city
of
our
size.
J
J
Vice
president
Brown
yeah
I
believe
it's
a
it's,
you
know
generally
a
staffing
shortage
and
they
they
are
working
at
this
point
to
bring
on
additional
classes
and
I
believe
shortly
after
the
first
part
of
the
year,
we
will
see
an
increased
Staffing
level
there.
Okay.
C
K
I
can
this
question
is
probably
more
appropriately
answered
by
me.
So,
yes,
it
is
predominantly
it
is
almost
all
over
time
and
that
over
time
is,
for
the
most
part,
a
result
of
a
lack
of
of
Staffing
capacity
in
the
department
itself.
K
Much
of
that
will
be
offset,
however,
one
by
an
incoming
class,
which
I
believe
will
be
sworn
in
in
about
a
week
and
a
half,
and
secondly,
we
did
receive
a
matching
Grant
from
the
federal
government
to
additionally
increase
the
the
staff,
firefighters
and
we,
so
we,
of
course,
will
you
know,
provide
do
our
part
in
making
sure
that
the
Staffing
is
then
ongoing
thereafter.
K
But
then
the
feds
have
given
us
money
for
I.
Think
it's
a
couple
of
years
to
add
additional
firefighters.
C
And
if
I
understand
correctly
mayor
fry
that
money
kicks
in
in
2023.
K
C
K
C
And
then
my
last
question
from
the
presentation
is
just
a
question
about
the
the
size
of
the
transfer
from
the
general
fund
into
the
self-insurance
fund.
Can
you
give
me
a
sense
of
the
order
of
magnitude
that
amounted
to.
J
Yeah
president
presents,
and
vice
president
Brad,
the
2022
transfer
from
the
general
fund
to
the
self-insurance
fund
is
24
million
dollars
total.
It
was
split,
12
million
dollars
between
two
two
of
the
sub
funds,
but
24
million
total.
C
And
you
anticipate
transfers
of
that
magnitude
continuing
next
year.
A
There
any
additional
questions
president
Jenkins.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I
was
just
curious.
I
think
you
stated
that
we
spent
93
of
our
budget
this
year
and
typically
around
97
percent.
So
what's
the
number
and
then
what
happens
with
the
with
that
underage.
J
President
Houston
council,
president
Jenkins,
so
the
the
number
in
the
general
fund
is
that
we
will,
we
will
underspend
collectively
by
about
43.6
million
dollars
and
what
that
does
is.
It
remains
in
the
general
fund
for
for
use
in
a
future
year
and
again,
a
lot
of
that
roughly
half
of
it
really
22
million
approximately
is
related
to
cped's
ongoing
projects
that
are
being
you
know,
funded
essentially
by
arpa
but
being
paid
for
out
of
the
general
fund.
D
I
just
wanted
to
raise
to
this
buddy
and
I.
Don't
know
if
this
is
the
appropriate
time,
but
as
we're
talking
about
the
budget
and
the
fact
that
we
have
Reserves,
so
this
body
has
talked
quite
a
bit
about
the
increase
in
taxes
or
the
property
taxes
in
certain
Wards
in
the
city
and
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
raise
this
issue.
At
this
point.
We've
talked
about
it
before
briefly
that
some
of
these
some
of
the
facts
that
this
body
could
collaborate
with
my
organization,
the
park
board
around
dream
removal.
D
If,
if
we're
looking
for
places
to
really
assist
homeowners
and
in
the
budget
that
there
there's
a
significant
impact
happening
in
those
same
wards
where
the
taxes
are
increasing
and
the
park
board
has
received
significant
comments
around
the
charging,
the
loving
of
those
fees
and
it's
a
significant
cost.
So
I'm
sort
of
challenging
us
as
a
bet
and
maybe
as
a
city
to
sort.
D
On
that
somewhere
around
that
process,
because
the
park
board
is
charged
with
identifying
those
trees
on
private
property,
we
have
eliminated
all
those
with
our
previous
true
levy
on
public
land.
But
now
we
identify
them
on
private
property
and
then,
but
we
then
facilitate
a
contractor
coming
in
and
taking
those
trees
out,
and
that
process
is
not
always
seamless
and
I.
Think
it's,
because
different
jurisdictions
aren't
necessarily
collaborating
or
cooperating
and
I'd
love
for
us
to
just
make
sure
that
we
do
that,
and
this
isn't
for.
I
D
Sir
and
how
we
might
be
able
to
really
because
there
has
been
pressure
to
relieve
that
burden
financially
and
I
know
that
there
are
some
things
in
place,
but
I
don't
think
it's
the
park
board
sole
role
to
relieve
that
financial
burden.
I
think
it's
all
of
our
role
and
I
just
kind
of
wanted
to
as
we're
talking
about
the
budget
and
improving
this.
D
The
quarterly
report,
just
if
we
have
some
some
money
temporarily
to
find
to
relieve
folks
in
Ward
through
four
and
five
around
tree
removal,
especially
with
a
two-year
budget
and
whether
or
not
those
allocations
are
around
just
raising
that
issue.
For
now,.
A
I
I
would
just
say
that
I
support
that
as
an
affected
homeowner
who
family
is
suffering
as
a
result
of
this,
unplanned
expense.
I
think
it
just
brings
a
lot.
The
larger
importance
and
many
of
us
have
brought
this
up
many
times
about
the
need
for
collaboration.
There
are
State
partners
that
we
could
have
partnered
with,
but
we
did
not
actually
did
a
lot
of
work
in
investigation
outside
of
my
role
here
as
an
affected
person,
there
were
a
lot
of
community
members
from
the
north
side.
A
A
It's
a
best
practice
to
not
have
to
suddenly
have
thousands
of
dollars
that
are
are
not
going
to
magically
appear
out
of
nowhere
to
pay
for
these
expenses
when
people
are
already
under
the
stress
of
we
could
name
any
number
of
things
that
people
are
under
the
stress
under
so
I
think
the
the
need
and
the
prioritization
of
more
cross
governmental
collaboration,
especially
on
things
like
this
talking
about
impact
studies,
I,
don't
want
to
misspeak
and
say
that
those
types
of
things
weren't
done,
but
the
outcome
or
the
impact
of
decisions
that
were
made
around
the
tree
removal
separate
from
the
you
know,
environmental
need
and
impact
the
human
impact
of
the
the
cost
and
what
that
means
for
people,
especially
when
they're
on
a
fixed
income,
perhaps
they're
a
first-time
homeowner
I
know
the
mayor
has
a
goal
to
you
know:
bridge
the
gap
with
home
ownership,
especially
for
people
of
color.
A
You
know,
trees
often
isn't
something
that
we
think
of,
but
it's
definitely
part
of
the
equation.
It
absolutely
has
to
be
part
of
the
discussion
and
I
I.
Don't
think
the
community
is
going
to
go
away
on
that
issue.
So
I
think
it
would
be
advantageous
and
the
just
thing
to
do
to
think
about
what
we're
going
to
do
about
that
as
we're
refreshing
at
the
end
of
the
year
before
we
come
back
and
thinking
about
what
we
can
do
and
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
partnership
and
I.
C
Just
reminds
me
this
discussion
of
financial
impact
of
several
years
ago
in
Click,
when
there
were
certain
areas,
I
think
Ward
6
was
one
Phillips
in
particular,
were
getting
hit
simultaneously
or
almost
simultaneously,
with
Street
repair
assessments
and
sidewalk
assessments
and
I.
Believe
click
made
a
comment
asking
that
those
that
there'd
be
better
planning
to
try
and
develop
a
pattern
so
that
a
area
doesn't
get
hit
with
both
nearly
simultaneously
and
give
people
a
little
time
to
recover
before
they
get
hit.
With
another
assessment.
A
Yeah
and
on
that
note,
I
would
also
say
more
Community
collaboration
of
having
meetings
where
people
can
come
in
and
engage
with,
what's
being
proposed
because,
while
we
all
live
in
this
city
and
some
of
us
own
homes
and
some
of
us,
don't
there's
just
things
that
we
don't
think
of,
because
it's
not
in
our
lived
experience
and
so
the
more
that
we
can
bring
the
public
in
ahead
of
time.
A
The
more
that
we
can
have
doesn't
mean
we
don't
have
discourse
but
I,
think
what
what
shaped
and
ultimately
what
ends
up
getting
passed
is
something
that
is
representative
and
and
most
most
representative
and
reflective
of
the
folks
that
are
going
to
end
up
the
most
impacted.
And
so
we
can
make
a
more
holistic
decision-making
process
around
these
things
and
make
it
a
little
more
robust
with
our
how
we
engage
with
people
around
our
decisions.
A
Is
there
anything
else,
commissioner?
Manson.
D
Yeah
I'm
sorry
I
didn't
mean
to
speak
out
of
order
on
that.
But
I
did
want
to
raise
that
to
this
group
and
as
the
park
commissioner
I
feel
like
trees
are
really
important
and
that
all
of
us,
as
elected
to
are
pushing
the
state
pushing
all
of
these
places
where
we
can
really
start
to
turn
the
corner
on
valuing
trees
and
also
the
real
estate
industry
and
disclosures
of
what
what
the
status
of
the
tree
is
on
the
property
when
they
purchase
it.
D
A
A
Next
is
our
last
business
it'll
be
short:
it's
our
new
business.
It
is
receiving
the
following
accessible
project
from
the
city
council,
which
the
board
of
estimate
taxation
will
end
up,
considering
approving
the
issuance
of
tax-exempt,
General
obligation,
assessment
bonds
at
a
future
meeting,
and
that
is
for
Street
lighting
adjacent
to
1919
Nicollet
Avenue
South
project
number
1919l,
as
in
Lima
in
the
amount
of
33
109.81.
A
Are
there
any
questions
from
board
members?
This
is
a
receive
and
file
item
and
mayor,
Friday,
I
didn't
know
if
you
wanted
to
take
a
second
just
to
speak,
to
I,
know,
there's
some
in
your
budget
the
importance
of
more
lighting
as
part
of
safety.
I
didn't
know.
If
you
want
to
say
a
few
words:
if
not,
we
just
have
a
receiving
file.
A
All
right.
Thank
you
for
that.
Before
I
adjourn,
I
did
just
want
to
say
a
few
words
as
this
is
our
last
meeting
of
the
year.
We
will
not
have
the
there
is
a
meeting
on
our
calendar,
but
we
don't
have
any
other
business
for
the
year,
so
this
will
be
our
last
meeting
of
the
year,
but
I
did
hope.
A
My
colleagues
would
entertain
me
for
a
minute
just
so
that
I
can
say
that
it
has
been
a
pleasure
to
sit
in
the
seat
this
year
as
president
and
I
look
forward
to
consid
continuing
to
serve
with
you
all
next
year
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
trusting
in
my
leadership
this
year.
To
do
this.
We
Face
challenges
as
a
city,
and
this
board
is
diverse
in
every
way
in
culture
and
gender
and
non-gender
in
our
age.
A
The
words
where
we
live,
our
economic
status,
our
ideology
and,
as
expected,
the
more
diversity
you
have
in
the
importance
of
that
it
does
usually
mean
more
discourse
and
I.
Think
the
difference
in
this
board
is
about
how
we
rise
to
the
challenge
of
how
we
deal
with
discourse
and
that
we
have
been
able
to
come
to
a
consensus
to
move
forward
when
we
didn't
agree,
and
so
we're
and
how
we
rise
to
the
challenge.
A
I
think
is,
is
what
shows
leadership
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
it's
not
really
about
us,
but
it's
the
people
that
we
serve
and
that
are
impacted
by
every
single
decision
that
we
make
and
just
wanted
to
take
a
pause
to
just
think
about
that.
I.
A
Don't
think
any
of
us
forget
it,
but
there's
no
shortage
of
challenges,
both
those
that
we
know
that
are
coming
and
those
that
we
don't
the
north
side
with
the
water
issue
that
they're
dealing
with
right
now
in
our
City's
response
to
that
our
unhoused
issue
I
have
to
pass
two
encampments
on
the
way
in
and
I
also
happen
to
work
with
our
unhoused
neighbors,
and
so
all
of
these
types
of
things
are
on
my
mind,
all
the
time
and
preparing
to
come
here
like
all
of
you
and
make
decisions
that
affect
real
human
beings
and
I.
A
Don't
think
that
this
work
is
easy
in
any
way.
I,
don't
think
any
of
us
signed
up,
because
this
work
is
easy,
but
we
signed
up
because
we're
it's
necessary
and
we're
dedicated
and
committed
to
making
a
difference.
And
last
I
wanted
to
thank
our
staff,
who
has
really
supported
us
so
strongly
with
not
having
a
staffer.
A
That's
not
easy,
especially
in
your
first
year
when
you're,
trying
to
just
get
acclimated
and
our
our
finance
staff,
as
well
as
our
department
staff
across
the
board,
has
just
been
so
incredible
in
supporting
this
board,
but
also
supporting
me
and
my
leadership
with
what
I
needed
and
not
having
a
staffer.
So
I
just
I
wanted
to
make
sure
to
say
that
and
raise
up
your
leadership
and
support
and
how
appreciative
I
am
of
that.
Are
there
any
other
comments
for
my
colleagues
before
I
adjourn
president
Jenkins
thank.