1 00:00:28,795 --> 00:00:30,130 2:03 P.M. 2 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,131 I'M DAN STRAUSS, 3 00:00:31,131 --> 00:00:31,464 CHAIR OF THE 4 00:00:31,464 --> 00:00:31,765 COMMITTEE. 5 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:32,399 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 6 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:39,039 ROLL. 7 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:42,442 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 8 00:00:42,575 --> 00:00:42,809 >> HERE. 9 00:00:42,942 --> 00:00:44,010 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 10 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:45,478 HOLLINGSWORTH. 11 00:00:45,612 --> 00:00:46,112 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 12 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:46,479 >> HERE. 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,149 >> VICE-CHAIR RIVERA. 14 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:49,749 CHAIR STRAUSS. 15 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:53,019 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:56,623 >> THREE PRESENT, TWO EXCUSED. 17 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:59,626 CLERK, YOUR COMPUTER MAY HAVE 18 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:00,994 THE VOLUME UP. 19 00:01:00,994 --> 00:01:03,296 WITH 20 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:04,063 THAT, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS ON 21 00:01:04,063 --> 00:01:04,798 TODAY'S AGENDA. 22 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:06,566 WE WILL BE DONE IN 56 MINUTES 23 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:07,500 BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I AM 24 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,602 NOT GETTING THE BENEFIT FROM 25 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:11,004 THE STAFFING I HAVE BEEN 26 00:01:11,004 --> 00:01:12,205 USED TO WITH SOUND TRANSIT. 27 00:01:12,205 --> 00:01:13,873 I WILL BE WORKING TO 28 00:01:13,873 --> 00:01:15,442 MOVE SOME OF MY 29 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:16,443 AMENDMENTS FORWARD FOR NEXT WEEK 30 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:17,777 AS WE ARE INTOINTO 31 00:01:17,777 --> 00:01:18,645 ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE. 32 00:01:18,645 --> 00:01:21,881 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, 33 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:23,650 THE CONFIRMATION OF DWIGHT 34 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:25,218 DIVELY AS THE DIRECTOR OF 35 00:01:25,218 --> 00:01:25,452 FINANCE 36 00:01:25,452 --> 00:01:27,420 AND THEN WE HAVE A BRIEFING ON 37 00:01:27,420 --> 00:01:28,054 TWO ANNUAL 38 00:01:28,054 --> 00:01:31,925 BUDGET- RELATED BILLS, THE 2025 39 00:01:32,058 --> 00:01:32,892 EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE AND 2026 40 00:01:32,892 --> 00:01:33,426 CARRY FORWARD ORDINANCE. 41 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:35,261 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 42 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:36,963 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 43 00:01:36,963 --> 00:01:38,298 IT IS ADOPTED. 44 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:39,432 WE 45 00:01:39,432 --> 00:01:40,333 OPEN THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT 46 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:40,633 PERIOD DO. 47 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:42,735 WE HAVE ANYONE IN PERSON? 48 00:01:42,735 --> 00:01:45,338 WE DO NOT. 49 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:45,705 >> AND WE 50 00:01:45,705 --> 00:01:46,105 HAVE TWO ORANGE. 51 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:46,806 >> CORRECT. 52 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:47,540 >> 53 00:01:47,540 --> 00:01:50,109 WONDERFUL. SO UP FIRST IS 54 00:01:50,109 --> 00:01:50,877 ALBERTO 55 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,679 ALVAREZ AND 56 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:54,781 THEN DAVID. ALBERTO, AS YOU ARE 57 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:55,048 PROMOTED, 58 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:55,715 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE IT 59 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:55,915 AWAY. 60 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:58,017 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 61 00:01:58,151 --> 00:02:03,990 >> THANK YOU. 62 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:05,658 IN ADDITION TO YOUR PERSONAL 63 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:08,528 BUSINESS DEALS IMPROVED 64 00:02:08,528 --> 00:02:10,029 BY YOUR POLITICAL OFFICE -- TAKE 65 00:02:10,029 --> 00:02:10,797 MONEY FROM OUR BUDGET AND 66 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:11,030 SALARY. 67 00:02:11,030 --> 00:02:14,300 TAXES WE ALL PAY. 68 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,769 COUNCIL HAS A LEGAL 69 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:20,607 OBLIGATION TO UPHOLD THE FIRST 70 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:20,874 AMENDMENT 71 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:22,275 AND TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM 72 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,577 OF SPEECH. 73 00:02:24,577 --> 00:02:29,415 USING NO RACIAL SLURS 74 00:02:29,415 --> 00:02:31,584 OR DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE -- 75 00:02:31,584 --> 00:02:32,852 VOICED HIS OPINION. 76 00:02:32,852 --> 00:02:35,155 COUNCIL BANNED HIM FROM 77 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,190 PUBLIC COMMENT FOR 78 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:37,790 MERELY CRITICIZING ARROGANT 79 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:38,258 POLITICIANS LIKE SOME 80 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:41,461 OF YOU TODAY. 81 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:45,865 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND 82 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:46,432 NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE ARE 83 00:02:46,432 --> 00:02:50,737 FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR FREEDOMS. 84 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:52,639 CRITICIZING A POLITICIAN WHILE 85 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,341 NOT 86 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:55,909 DENIGRATING, RACE, GENDER, 87 00:02:55,909 --> 00:02:56,543 ETHNICITY IS LEGALLY PROTECTED 88 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:58,278 IN OUR SOCIETY. 89 00:02:58,278 --> 00:03:01,881 YOU SHOULD WRITE AN APOLOGY 90 00:03:01,881 --> 00:03:04,384 AND COUNCIL MUST STOP THE RULES 91 00:03:04,384 --> 00:03:06,452 THAT ALLOW 92 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:06,986 VINDICTIVE MEMBERS TO BAN 93 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:07,554 PEOPLE FOR STATEMENTS THEY 94 00:03:07,554 --> 00:03:10,323 DON'T LIKE. 95 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:13,626 YOU ALL MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT 96 00:03:13,626 --> 00:03:16,162 THAT IS THE TRUTH NEEDED TO 97 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:18,064 MAINTAIN PERSONAL FREEDOMS 98 00:03:18,064 --> 00:03:18,264 AND 99 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:18,865 OUR POWER TO HOLD GOVERNMENT 100 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:22,335 ACCOUNTABLE. 101 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:23,770 THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD 102 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:24,204 DAY. 103 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:25,538 >> THANK YOU, ALBERTO. 104 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,040 ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. 105 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:29,442 NEXT IS DAVID. DAVID, WHEN YOU 106 00:03:29,442 --> 00:03:32,312 ARE LET IN, STAR 107 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:33,046 6 TO UNMUTE TAKE IT AWAY AT YOUR 108 00:03:33,046 --> 00:03:43,022 CONVENIENCE. 109 00:03:58,871 --> 00:04:00,440 >> HI, IS MY 110 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,107 MICRO-WORKING? 111 00:04:01,107 --> 00:04:01,474 >> YES, IT IS. 112 00:04:01,474 --> 00:04:02,041 IF YOUR NAME IS NOT DAVID, 113 00:04:02,041 --> 00:04:06,879 PLEASE STATE IT FOR THE RECORD. 114 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:09,716 >> I AM NOT DAVID. 115 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:10,917 IT IS -- 116 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:11,384 DaVITA INGRAM. 117 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:11,818 >> FANTASTIC. 118 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:12,085 WELCOME. 119 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:12,518 >> HI. 120 00:04:12,518 --> 00:04:17,523 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 121 00:04:17,523 --> 00:04:20,093 I AM CALLING BECAUSE I AM 122 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:22,262 PART OF THE 123 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:22,795 EMBRACE CAUCUS. IF IT IS 124 00:04:22,795 --> 00:04:24,364 APPROPRIATE, I THINK 125 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:27,200 WE WANTED TO SHARE OPEN COMMENT 126 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,401 ABOUT UP ZONE FOR THE 127 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:29,736 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 128 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:30,403 IS THAT 129 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:31,904 APPROPRIATE? AND MAY I PROCEED? 130 00:04:32,038 --> 00:04:33,273 >> WE ARE GOING TO PAUSE 131 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,374 AND RESET YOUR TIME. 132 00:04:34,374 --> 00:04:36,042 COULD YOU STATE THAT QUESTION -- 133 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:38,344 ITEMS ARE SUPPOSED TO RELATE 134 00:04:38,344 --> 00:04:40,179 TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY 135 00:04:40,179 --> 00:04:42,148 OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW 136 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:42,649 OF THE FINANCE, NATIVE 137 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:43,016 COMMUNITIES AND 138 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:47,754 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE. 139 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:48,388 WERE YOU TRYING TO SPEAK TO THE 140 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:52,892 COMP PLAN? 141 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:56,496 >> I AM HAPPY TO 142 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:56,929 CEDE THE FLOOR. 143 00:04:56,929 --> 00:04:57,463 >> THANKS FOR JOINING US 144 00:04:57,463 --> 00:04:58,798 TODAY. EITHER WAY ABOUT IT, 145 00:04:58,798 --> 00:04:59,098 ALWAYS GOOD 146 00:04:59,098 --> 00:04:59,799 TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. 147 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:02,302 WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES 148 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:04,971 PUBLIC COMMENTS SEEING WE HAVE 149 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:05,238 NO 150 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:06,139 ADDITIONAL SPEAKER PRESENTS. WE 151 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:06,406 MOVE THE 152 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:07,807 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY. 153 00:05:07,807 --> 00:05:09,108 CLERK, WILL YOU READ THE 154 00:05:09,108 --> 00:05:17,083 SHORT TITLE INTO THE RECORD? 155 00:05:17,216 --> 00:05:20,887 >> ITEM 1, APPOINTMENTS 3, 4, 156 00:05:20,887 --> 00:05:22,955 6LE 8, APPOINTMENT OF DWIGHT D. 157 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:24,757 DIVELY OF DIRECTOR OF 158 00:05:24,757 --> 00:05:26,192 FINANCE OF THE OFFICE OF CITY 159 00:05:26,192 --> 00:05:27,026 FINANCE FOR 160 00:05:27,026 --> 00:05:31,097 A TERM DECEMBER 31, 2029 161 00:05:31,097 --> 00:05:33,099 TO DECEMBER 31, 2029. 162 00:05:33,232 --> 00:05:34,300 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE 163 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:34,701 VOTE. 164 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:35,034 >> FANTASTIC. 165 00:05:35,034 --> 00:05:36,402 WELCOME BACK, MR. DIVELY. 166 00:05:36,402 --> 00:05:38,938 WELCOME BACK, MR. ELLEN BROOK. 167 00:05:38,938 --> 00:05:40,740 CLERK, SEEMS LIKE 168 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:45,712 WE MIGHT NEED TO 169 00:05:45,712 --> 00:05:46,479 MUTE A PARTICIPANT. APPOINTMENT 170 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:47,847 34 068 TO BE OUR 171 00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:49,582 FINANCE 172 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:50,450 DIRECTOR IN LAY PEOPLE'S TERMS 173 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,285 LIKE ME, WE CALL THAT 174 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:52,719 COMPTROLLER. 175 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:54,020 HERE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME 176 00:05:54,020 --> 00:06:00,193 AND YOU ARE UNIQUE IN THE 177 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:00,793 SENSE THAT THERE ARE TWO 178 00:06:00,793 --> 00:06:02,128 SEPARATE DIRECTORS WITHIN 179 00:06:02,128 --> 00:06:04,097 THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 180 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:05,098 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES WHERE 181 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,265 WE HAVE OUR FINANCE SECTION AND 182 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:08,401 THEN WE HAVE THE REST OF FAS. 183 00:06:08,401 --> 00:06:10,169 IT'S A UNIQUE BREED WITH FAS, 184 00:06:10,169 --> 00:06:13,306 BUT THAT IS WHY IN MY OPINION 185 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:13,706 THE DEPARTMENT OF 186 00:06:13,706 --> 00:06:15,074 FINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 187 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:15,441 IS 188 00:06:15,441 --> 00:06:16,175 THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY. 189 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:18,144 WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT 190 00:06:18,277 --> 00:06:19,345 THEM. WITH THAT 191 00:06:19,345 --> 00:06:20,246 WE'VE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS TO 192 00:06:20,246 --> 00:06:22,215 YOU. YOU HAVE REPLIED WITH 193 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:25,451 ANSWERS. THOSE ARE ATTACHED TO 194 00:06:25,451 --> 00:06:25,752 THE AGENDA 195 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:27,653 TODAY. I'LL 196 00:06:27,653 --> 00:06:28,321 OPEN IT UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO 197 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:29,922 MAKE 198 00:06:29,922 --> 00:06:31,391 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, AND I'LL 199 00:06:31,391 --> 00:06:31,624 OPEN IT 200 00:06:31,624 --> 00:06:31,991 UP TO 201 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:32,625 MY COLLEAGUES AND I WILL FOLLOW 202 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:35,294 UP ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. 203 00:06:35,428 --> 00:06:36,129 >> SURE. 204 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:38,197 MARK ELLER BOOK, DEPUTY 205 00:06:38,197 --> 00:06:39,866 DIRECTOR FOR CITY OPERATIONS. 206 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:41,868 A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REMARKS. 207 00:06:41,868 --> 00:06:44,604 I INTRODUCED DWIGHT DIVELY 208 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:45,505 EARLIER AND I DON'T HAVE 209 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:46,973 ANYTHING I THINK TO ADD TO THE 210 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:49,876 RECORD AS FAR AS HIS 211 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:50,243 QUALIFICATIONS. 212 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,544 WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BE 213 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:52,378 OUR NOMINATED DIRECTOR FOR THE 214 00:06:52,378 --> 00:06:54,881 OFFICE OF CITY FINANCE. 215 00:06:55,014 --> 00:06:57,550 >> AND THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD, 216 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:58,785 DWIGHT DIVELY, THE NOMINEE TO BE 217 00:06:58,785 --> 00:06:59,752 THE 218 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:01,387 FINANCE DIRECTOR. I HAVE HAD THE 219 00:07:01,387 --> 00:07:01,687 OPPORTUNITY 220 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:03,222 TO TALK WITH EACH OF 221 00:07:03,222 --> 00:07:04,457 THE THREE COUNCILMEMBERS HERE 222 00:07:04,457 --> 00:07:04,690 TODAY. 223 00:07:04,690 --> 00:07:06,526 WE HAD A VERY QUICK 224 00:07:06,526 --> 00:07:09,328 INTRODUCTION AT THE LAST 225 00:07:09,328 --> 00:07:10,997 MEETING. AND I WOULD -- I HAVE 226 00:07:10,997 --> 00:07:12,532 NOTHING ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN 227 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:12,799 HAPPY TO 228 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:14,500 RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS. 229 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:16,536 >> YOU ARE A UNIQUE CANDIDATE. 230 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:18,037 YOU TAUGHT HALF THE CITY HOW 231 00:07:18,037 --> 00:07:19,972 TO DO BUDGETING. 232 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:20,673 WE ARE EXCITED AND LUCKY TO HAVE 233 00:07:20,807 --> 00:07:22,775 YOU. COLLEAGUES, I OPEN IT UP TO 234 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:23,409 YOU FOR 235 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:23,976 QUESTIONS AND I WILL FOLLOW 236 00:07:23,976 --> 00:07:24,610 UP WITH A FEW IF THERE IS STILL 237 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:29,482 TIME. 238 00:07:29,482 --> 00:07:34,921 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 239 00:07:35,054 --> 00:07:37,757 >> I'LL SAY PROFESSOR WENT 240 00:07:37,757 --> 00:07:37,957 LAST 241 00:07:37,957 --> 00:07:38,624 TIME. NEXT TIME I WILL SAY 242 00:07:38,624 --> 00:07:40,359 DIRECTOR. 243 00:07:40,359 --> 00:07:41,861 I WANT TO THANK YOU 244 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:42,495 FOR COMING BACK. 245 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:42,962 THANK YOU 246 00:07:42,962 --> 00:07:43,696 FOR YOUR RESPONSES. THANK YOU 247 00:07:43,696 --> 00:07:50,136 FOR MEETING WITH ME. 248 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:52,572 YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, CLEARLY FOR 249 00:07:52,572 --> 00:07:53,473 THE POSITION, 250 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:54,941 AND PART OF ME THE 251 00:07:54,941 --> 00:07:56,509 ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS 252 00:07:56,509 --> 00:07:57,810 THAT WITH THE IMMENSE JOB AHEAD 253 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:58,778 OF YOU, WHY WOULD YOU 254 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:03,549 WANT TO TAKE IT? 255 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:05,818 BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, 256 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:06,719 THAT'S IT. ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, 257 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:06,953 FROM A 258 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:10,056 PUBLIC SERVICE, LIKE, WHAT 259 00:08:10,056 --> 00:08:10,857 BRINGS YOU -- WITH THAT DAUNTING 260 00:08:10,857 --> 00:08:12,091 TASK IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOUR 261 00:08:12,091 --> 00:08:13,559 COLLEAGUE SITTING BEHIND YOU, 262 00:08:13,559 --> 00:08:16,863 OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, 263 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:17,463 WHAT HAS BROUGHT YOU HERE? 264 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:18,297 WHAT'S THE CALLING TO TAKE ON 265 00:08:18,297 --> 00:08:21,601 IMMENSE TASK? 266 00:08:21,734 --> 00:08:23,803 >> SO I HAVE SPENT 267 00:08:23,803 --> 00:08:25,605 ESSENTIALLY MY 268 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:26,205 ENTIRE PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN 269 00:08:26,205 --> 00:08:26,839 PUBLIC SERVICE, AND IT MATTERS A 270 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:31,711 LOT TO ME. 271 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:33,679 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR 272 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:35,448 RESIDENTS, TO MAKE 273 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:36,349 THEIR SERVICES BETTER, TO 274 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:39,385 IMPROVE THE 275 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:40,653 FINANCES OF AN ORGANIZATION IS 276 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:41,187 REALLY WHAT I CARE ABOUT 277 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,256 PROFESSIONALLY. 278 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:44,957 AND SO WHEN I 279 00:08:44,957 --> 00:08:45,758 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 280 00:08:45,758 --> 00:08:46,726 THAT THE MAYOR OFFERED ME TO 281 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:47,727 COME BACK TO THE 282 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:49,495 CITY, BACK TO THE SAME 283 00:08:49,495 --> 00:08:51,264 JOB STARTED 32 YEARS AGO, IT 284 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,065 WAS PRETTY EASY TO SAY 285 00:08:53,065 --> 00:08:55,368 YES. I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME NEW 286 00:08:55,501 --> 00:08:57,036 CHALLENGES. I WAS LOOKING TO 287 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:58,137 COME BACK TO 288 00:08:58,137 --> 00:08:59,105 A COMMUNITY I HAVE LIVED IN 289 00:08:59,105 --> 00:09:01,073 NOW FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND TO 290 00:09:01,073 --> 00:09:04,343 SEE WHAT I CAN DO IN A FEW 291 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:05,311 YEARS, 292 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:06,178 TO, YOU KNOW, 293 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:06,879 IMPROVE THE SERVICES THAT WE 294 00:09:06,879 --> 00:09:08,481 PROVIDE TO OUR 295 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:08,881 RESIDENTS. 296 00:09:08,881 --> 00:09:10,249 SO THAT'S THE 297 00:09:10,249 --> 00:09:10,883 ATTRACTION OF THE JOB 298 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:14,186 TO ME. AS I HAVE BEEN HERE NOW 299 00:09:14,186 --> 00:09:14,353 FOR 300 00:09:14,353 --> 00:09:14,987 ABOUT THREE AND A HALF 301 00:09:14,987 --> 00:09:15,755 MONTHS, JUST LEARNING SOME OF 302 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:16,088 THE THINGS 303 00:09:16,088 --> 00:09:17,557 THAT I THINK 304 00:09:17,557 --> 00:09:18,524 ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE 305 00:09:18,524 --> 00:09:20,726 THOSE SERVICES, 306 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:22,828 IMPROVE 307 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:25,331 HOW WE DELIVER HAS MADE ME EVEN 308 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:27,166 MORE CONFIDENT THAT 309 00:09:27,166 --> 00:09:28,567 TAKING THIS JOB ASSUMING I 310 00:09:28,567 --> 00:09:29,268 AM CONFIRMED IS A GREAT 311 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:29,568 OPPORTUNITY 312 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:30,236 AND I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING 313 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:30,536 FORWARD IT. 314 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:33,139 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. 315 00:09:33,139 --> 00:09:35,575 AND I WILL JUST SAY, AS I LOOK 316 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:37,310 AT THE CLOCK, ABOUT AN HOUR 317 00:09:37,310 --> 00:09:39,378 AGO I WAS HAVING A VERY BRIEF 318 00:09:39,378 --> 00:09:42,915 CONVERSATION WITH AN 319 00:09:42,915 --> 00:09:44,583 EXECUTIVE AND KING COUNTY'S 320 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:44,817 LOSSES, 321 00:09:44,817 --> 00:09:46,719 SEATTLE'S GAIN. 322 00:09:46,719 --> 00:09:47,820 THERE 323 00:09:47,820 --> 00:09:48,120 YOU GO. 324 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:48,454 >> THANK YOU. 325 00:09:48,654 --> 00:09:49,221 >> AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 326 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:51,824 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 327 00:09:51,824 --> 00:09:52,391 THANK YOU ACTING DIRECTOR 328 00:09:52,391 --> 00:09:56,495 DIVELY. 329 00:09:56,495 --> 00:09:59,532 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 330 00:09:59,532 --> 00:10:02,001 WILLINGNESS TO SERVE THE CITY OF 331 00:10:02,001 --> 00:10:02,301 SEATTLE 332 00:10:02,435 --> 00:10:03,102 ANEW, AGAIN, IN THIS ROLE, IN 333 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:06,172 THIS CAPACITY. 334 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:10,543 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 335 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:12,178 OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD 336 00:10:12,178 --> 00:10:12,411 EARLIER 337 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:16,148 AND IT'S GREAT TO GET TO 338 00:10:16,148 --> 00:10:18,784 KNOW YOU A LITTLE MORE, HAVE A 339 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:19,318 GREAT REPUTATION. 340 00:10:19,318 --> 00:10:22,054 I THINK IN OUR COMMUNITY 341 00:10:22,054 --> 00:10:22,755 AND GOVERNMENT AND 342 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:24,090 SO IT IS GREAT FOR ME TO 343 00:10:24,090 --> 00:10:24,457 PERSONALLY GET 344 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:25,691 A CHANCE TO MEET YOU, 345 00:10:25,691 --> 00:10:26,759 LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 346 00:10:26,759 --> 00:10:28,995 YOU, YOUR 347 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:31,097 BACKGROUND, YOUR JOURNEY, WHY 348 00:10:31,097 --> 00:10:33,199 YOU RAISE YOUR HAND FOR THIS 349 00:10:33,199 --> 00:10:37,003 JOB . 350 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:37,737 I AM NOT A 351 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:38,337 PSYCHOLOGIST. I DON'T KNOW. 352 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:39,505 I DON'T CARE. 353 00:10:39,505 --> 00:10:41,941 I AM JUST GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE 354 00:10:41,941 --> 00:10:44,076 I LEARNED A LOT FROM 355 00:10:44,076 --> 00:10:45,745 THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL OF 356 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:46,012 THOSE 357 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:48,681 THINGS, AND THEN WE DOVE DEEP 358 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:52,184 INTO A FEW PECULIAR ASPECTS 359 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:52,385 OF 360 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:52,918 POLICY AND THE BUDGET AND 361 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:58,457 FINANCE AND STRUCTURING 362 00:10:58,457 --> 00:11:04,263 BONDS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF. 363 00:11:04,263 --> 00:11:07,433 BUT SO THANK YOU FOR EMPOWERING 364 00:11:07,566 --> 00:11:08,267 ME. 365 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:10,503 I FEEL IN THAT MEETING, I 366 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,370 AM 367 00:11:11,370 --> 00:11:11,971 CONFIDENT IN YOUR ABILITY TO 368 00:11:11,971 --> 00:11:13,939 LEAD THE CITY WELL IN THIS 369 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:15,474 REGARD . 370 00:11:15,608 --> 00:11:16,208 I THINK WE ARE INCREDIBLY 371 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:18,077 LUKASHENKO TO HAVE YOU AS WELL. 372 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:26,018 SO WELCOME BACK AND THANKS 373 00:11:26,018 --> 00:11:29,889 TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR 374 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:32,058 PUTTING HIM FORWARD AND, YEAH, 375 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:32,291 EXCITED 376 00:11:32,291 --> 00:11:33,426 TO MOVE HIM FORWARD AT YOUR 377 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:33,959 DISCRETION, CHAIR. 378 00:11:34,093 --> 00:11:36,295 >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. 379 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:36,896 >> AND THANK 380 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:39,765 YOU. I JUST WILL SAY I HAVE 381 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:40,399 BEEN VERY PRIVILEGED THROUGHOUT 382 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:40,700 MY CAREER. 383 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:41,767 I HAD A LOT OF 384 00:11:41,767 --> 00:11:42,568 OPPORTUNITIES A LOT OF OTHER 385 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:43,202 PEOPLE NEVER HAVE. 386 00:11:43,202 --> 00:11:46,238 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, AN 387 00:11:46,238 --> 00:11:46,672 OPPORTUNITY THAT I 388 00:11:46,672 --> 00:11:48,074 CAN COME BACK AND DO SOME WORK I 389 00:11:48,074 --> 00:11:48,441 THINK 390 00:11:48,441 --> 00:11:48,707 IS VERY 391 00:11:48,707 --> 00:11:49,442 IMPORTANT AND HOPE TO MAKE THE 392 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:55,715 CITY BETTER FOR IT. 393 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:57,550 >> JUST IN MY FEW MONTHS GETTING 394 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:00,252 TO WORK WITH YOU ON 395 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:03,155 THE SEATTLE EMPLOYEE -- SEATTLE 396 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:03,355 CITY 397 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:04,957 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SERVICES 398 00:12:04,957 --> 00:12:07,893 BOARD AS WELL AS THE FORECAST 399 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:09,095 OFFICE, IT HAS BEEN 400 00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:12,031 REALLY WONDERFUL TO GET TO 401 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:13,999 WORK WITH YOU, A FRESH SET OF 402 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:15,367 EYES ON INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU 403 00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:16,969 HELPED CREATE 30 YEARS AGO. 404 00:12:16,969 --> 00:12:18,237 WAS IT 30 YEARS AGO? 405 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:19,004 >> 32 WHEN I STARTED. 406 00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:22,775 >> NO ONE IS COUNTING. 407 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:25,911 IT'S REALLY GREAT TO GET TO SEE 408 00:12:25,911 --> 00:12:27,546 YOU, TO WATCH YOU SEE 409 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:29,615 SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD A HAND IN 410 00:12:29,615 --> 00:12:31,784 BUILDING, IT GREW ON ITS OWN, 411 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:32,151 AND 412 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:34,453 NOW YOU'RE BACK AND YOU HAVE 413 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:36,055 HAD MORE EXPERIENCE, YOU HAVE 414 00:12:36,055 --> 00:12:37,490 SEEN DIFFERENT THINGS, AND NOW 415 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:41,026 YOU'RE BACK TO WHERE YOU 416 00:12:41,026 --> 00:12:41,327 STARTED. 417 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:43,796 AND THAT'S JUST BEEN REALLY 418 00:12:43,796 --> 00:12:48,567 FUN TO WATCH YOU TAKE A VERY 419 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:50,636 FOCUSED LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING 420 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:52,104 WELL AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE 421 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:52,371 CHANGED. 422 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:53,172 SO THAT WASN'T ONE OF 423 00:12:53,172 --> 00:12:55,141 THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED YOU 424 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:55,441 IN 425 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:55,841 THE PACKET. 426 00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:57,143 I WILL ASK 427 00:12:57,143 --> 00:12:58,644 YOU NOW. WHAT ARE WE DOING WELL, 428 00:12:58,644 --> 00:12:59,578 AND WHAT 429 00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:02,047 DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON? 430 00:13:02,181 --> 00:13:02,715 >> SINCE YOU STARTED 431 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:06,152 WITH THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, I 432 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:06,452 WOULD NOTE 433 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:09,088 THAT THE COMPETENCE, THE 434 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,823 QUALITY OF ANALYSIS 435 00:13:10,823 --> 00:13:12,858 PARTICULARLY ON INVESTMENTS THAT 436 00:13:12,858 --> 00:13:14,193 EXISTS AT THE 437 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:15,995 RETIREMENT SYSTEM TODAY 438 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:18,264 IS VASTLY BETTER THAN WHEN I 439 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:18,798 LEFT 16 YEARS AGO. 440 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:20,733 SO PROBABLY EVERYTHING THAT 441 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:22,368 I HAVE ENCOUNTERED, THE 442 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:25,437 THING THAT IS MOST IMPROVED IS 443 00:13:25,437 --> 00:13:27,706 THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND, YOU 444 00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:27,907 KNOW, 445 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:28,474 MUCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL 446 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:31,143 THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND 447 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:31,710 ON IT FOR THEIR RETIREMENT 448 00:13:31,710 --> 00:13:32,044 CHECKS THAT I 449 00:13:32,044 --> 00:13:32,611 THINK 450 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:33,412 IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST TRULY 451 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:37,283 REMARKABLY BETTER. 452 00:13:37,283 --> 00:13:39,285 I WOULD SAY WE 453 00:13:39,285 --> 00:13:40,452 ALTERNATE A LITTLE BIT HERE, 454 00:13:40,452 --> 00:13:41,453 SOME THINGS THAT NEED 455 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:41,787 IMPROVEMENT. 456 00:13:41,787 --> 00:13:42,421 SO I NOTED 457 00:13:42,421 --> 00:13:45,024 I THINK IN THE ANSWERS TO THE 458 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:46,091 QUESTIONS THAT 459 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:47,927 YOU SENT THAT I HEAR CONSTANTLY 460 00:13:47,927 --> 00:13:51,230 THIS IS A 461 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:51,697 FEDERATED GOVERNMENT. 462 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:52,831 AND I MUST 463 00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:53,699 HAVE HISSED THAT PART OF THE 464 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:57,403 CITY CHARTER WHEN I 465 00:13:57,536 --> 00:13:58,304 REVIEWED IT BECAUSE I DON'T SEE 466 00:13:58,304 --> 00:13:58,904 ANYTHING ABOUT A FEDERATION. 467 00:13:59,038 --> 00:13:59,672 WE ARE A GOVERNMENT. WE NEED TO 468 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:01,307 BE A GOVERNMENT. 469 00:14:01,307 --> 00:14:02,841 AND THAT MEANS THERE NEEDS 470 00:14:02,841 --> 00:14:05,144 TO BE SOME CONSISTENCY, THERE 471 00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:05,344 NEEDS 472 00:14:05,344 --> 00:14:07,746 TO BE SOME QUALITY 473 00:14:07,746 --> 00:14:09,215 ASSURANCE THAT IS DONE 474 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:09,582 CENTRALLY. 475 00:14:09,582 --> 00:14:10,482 AND THERE ARE A VARIETY 476 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:13,452 OF THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN 477 00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:15,387 WHERE WE ARE SO 478 00:14:15,387 --> 00:14:16,255 DECENTRALIZED AND THERE HASN'T 479 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:17,756 BEEN, IN MY 480 00:14:17,756 --> 00:14:19,258 OPINION, ADEQUATE CENTRAL 481 00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:19,692 OVERSIGHT 482 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:20,960 FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE HAVE 483 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:22,795 SOME THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED 484 00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:23,028 TO 485 00:14:23,162 --> 00:14:24,563 IMPROVE. SO THAT WOULD BE AN 486 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:25,331 EXAMPLE 487 00:14:25,331 --> 00:14:27,066 OF SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS NOT 488 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:27,333 AS 489 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:27,967 GOOD AS IT SHOULD BE AND NEEDS 490 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,636 TO BE IMPROVED. 491 00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:34,673 AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT 492 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:36,942 I THINK IS BETTER IS THE 493 00:14:36,942 --> 00:14:37,810 FORECAST COUNCIL THAT YOU 494 00:14:37,810 --> 00:14:38,110 MENTIONED. 495 00:14:38,110 --> 00:14:41,080 I THINK THE IDEA OF THE MAYOR 496 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:42,781 AND THE COUNCIL SHARING 497 00:14:42,781 --> 00:14:44,316 A FORECASTING OFFICE, HAVING 498 00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:46,719 THAT KIND OF QUALITY AND 499 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:48,587 COMPETENCE 500 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:49,889 IN ITS STAFF, HAVING 501 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:51,991 OPEN DISCUSSION OF THE FACTORS 502 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:53,926 THAT GO INTO THE FINISHING AND 503 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:54,093 IN 504 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,195 A TIME OF 505 00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:57,897 GREAT UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW IS A 506 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,366 HUGE IMPROVEMENT 507 00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:01,166 OVER WHEN I LEFT WHERE WHEN I 508 00:15:01,166 --> 00:15:01,467 HAD THE 509 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:02,268 FINANCE DEPARTMENT THE LAST 510 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:04,470 EIGHT YEARS WE ALSO HAD 511 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:05,771 THE BUDGET FUNCTION WITHIN IT 512 00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:07,239 AND WE DID THE REVENUE FORECAST 513 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:08,574 AND THEN OF COURSE 514 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:11,110 THE COUNCIL NEEDED TO 515 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:11,810 ESSENTIALLY DO ITS 516 00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:13,712 OWN, AND USUALLY WE PRETTY MUCH 517 00:15:13,712 --> 00:15:15,514 AGREED, BUT THAT CREATED A 518 00:15:15,514 --> 00:15:18,017 WHOLE BUNCH MORE WORK, AND 519 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:18,317 HAVING ONE 520 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:18,951 FORECAST I THINK IS A BIG 521 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:21,320 IMPROVEMENT. 522 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:25,357 AND THEN, LAST, TO BALANCE OUT 523 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:26,125 THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE 524 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,326 IMPROVED, AS I MENTIONED IN IN 525 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:28,394 MY RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTIONS, 526 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:28,961 I THINK OUR RISK MANAGEMENT 527 00:15:28,961 --> 00:15:33,465 FUNCTION IS BADLY UNDERUTILIZED. 528 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:37,770 THE STAFF HAS BEEN CUT. 529 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,104 THE THINGS THAT I THINK 530 00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:41,573 ARE CORE TO RISK MANAGEMENT FOR 531 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:41,807 AN 532 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:45,778 ORGANIZATION OF OUR SIZE AREN'T 533 00:15:45,911 --> 00:15:47,680 THERE. THE GENERIC TERMINOLOGY 534 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:47,947 FOR THAT 535 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:49,148 IS ENTERPRISE RISK 536 00:15:49,148 --> 00:15:50,516 MANAGEMENT WHERE YOU LOOK AS 537 00:15:50,516 --> 00:15:50,716 CROSS 538 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:51,884 THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, IDENTIFY 539 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:52,184 THE 540 00:15:52,184 --> 00:15:54,186 RISKS YOU FACE, YOU TRY TO 541 00:15:54,186 --> 00:15:56,956 IDENTIFY WAYS TO MITIGATE THOSE 542 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:58,590 RISKS, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE 543 00:15:58,590 --> 00:16:01,060 RESOURCES, IF YOU NEED TO, TO 544 00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:03,595 HELP A DEPARTMENT MITIGATE 545 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:05,531 RISKS, AND WE DON'T DO ANY OF 546 00:16:05,531 --> 00:16:05,931 THAT. 547 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:06,665 SOME DEPARTMENTS DO 548 00:16:06,665 --> 00:16:08,500 INDIVIDUAL HI, BUT CENTRALLY WE 549 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:09,868 DON'T, AND MANY DEPARTMENTS 550 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:10,202 DON'T HAVE 551 00:16:10,202 --> 00:16:10,736 THE RESOURCES TO 552 00:16:10,736 --> 00:16:11,003 DO IT. 553 00:16:11,003 --> 00:16:11,737 AND THE CONSEQUENCE IS WE JUST 554 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:14,807 WRITE CHECKS. 555 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:17,276 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, WE 556 00:16:17,276 --> 00:16:17,543 JUST 557 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:20,012 PAY. AND THAT'S NOT IDEAL. 558 00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:21,647 SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA THAT I 559 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,816 REALLY WANT 560 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:24,483 TO WORK ON IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS 561 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:25,250 TO SEE IF WE CAN 562 00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:26,852 MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. 563 00:16:26,985 --> 00:16:27,953 >> YOU STARTED ANSWERING MY NEXT 564 00:16:27,953 --> 00:16:28,454 QUESTION ALREADY. 565 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:30,222 THANK YOU. 566 00:16:30,222 --> 00:16:32,157 WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GETTING 567 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:33,792 TO YOUR PREPARED ANSWER HERE, 568 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,661 WHAT ARE YOUR SPECIFIC GOALS FOR 569 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:36,428 THE 570 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:37,863 OFFICE, AND BEFORE I GO THERE, I 571 00:16:37,863 --> 00:16:40,265 WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT 572 00:16:40,265 --> 00:16:42,835 THE SEATTLE CITY EMPLOYEE 573 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:43,135 RETIREMENT 574 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:45,637 SYSTEM'S BOARD AND THE FUNCTION 575 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:47,172 THERE WHERE TEN YEARS AGO 576 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:48,807 WE WERE IN A BAD PLACE. 577 00:16:48,807 --> 00:16:50,776 WE WERE IN A VERY BAD 578 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:52,177 PLACE TEN YEARS AGO. 579 00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:54,980 AND THE WORK THAT JASON AND 580 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:56,949 LEOLA HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST 581 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:59,785 DECADE HAS REALLY IMPROVED. 582 00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:00,552 FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF OUR 583 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:02,087 RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 584 00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:04,223 AND IT'S INCREDIBLE TO GET TO 585 00:17:04,223 --> 00:17:07,893 WATCH THEM DO SUCH GOOD WORK, 586 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:10,863 GRANTED WE NEED TO -- WE NEED 587 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:11,563 ANOTHER DECADE OF THEIR WORK TO 588 00:17:11,563 --> 00:17:15,167 GET BACK A GOOD LEVEL. 589 00:17:15,167 --> 00:17:16,935 AND AS WELL, THE FORECAST 590 00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:17,836 COUNCIL, OUR FORECAST OFFICE 591 00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:20,639 HERE, I THINK IT IS GOOD AS AN 592 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:21,807 INDEPENDENT OFFICE AND IN 593 00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:24,977 OUR DISCUSSIONS THE TWO OF 594 00:17:24,977 --> 00:17:28,447 US, WE NEED A LITTLE -- WE NEED 595 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:29,248 PARAMETERS THERE, A LITTLE BIT 596 00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:30,783 MORE FRAMEWORK. 597 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:32,217 WE ARE IN 2026, SIX YEARS OUT OF 598 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:35,721 THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF THINGS 599 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:36,422 HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC AND 600 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:37,056 WE WERE ALL WORKING 601 00:17:37,056 --> 00:17:38,524 REMOTE. NOW THAT WE ARE BACK IN 602 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:38,791 PERSON, 603 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:41,360 WE ARE ABLE TO SEE WHAT CHANGED 604 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,528 AND WHAT 605 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:43,195 ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS NEED 606 00:17:43,195 --> 00:17:44,029 TO BE. 607 00:17:44,029 --> 00:17:46,031 WHAT GUIDELINES. WHAT FRAMEWORK 608 00:17:46,031 --> 00:17:46,331 NEEDS TO BE 609 00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:47,866 CREATED. SOMETHING 610 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:48,467 THAT I HAVE APPRECIATED ABOUT 611 00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:49,101 WORKING 612 00:17:49,101 --> 00:17:51,103 WITH YOU IS THAT WE DON'T 613 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:52,838 NECESSARILY TALK BEFORE WE COME 614 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:53,238 INTO A 615 00:17:53,238 --> 00:17:54,740 MEETING, BUT WE ARE LOOKING 616 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,210 AT THE SAME PROBLEMS AND HAVING 617 00:17:58,343 --> 00:17:59,445 THE 618 00:17:59,445 --> 00:18:01,146 SAME REACTIONS. YOU HAVE BEEN 619 00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:01,580 DOING THIS A 620 00:18:01,580 --> 00:18:03,549 LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN 621 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:05,050 ME, AND SO I AM GETTING TO LEARN 622 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:05,317 HOW 623 00:18:05,317 --> 00:18:06,852 YOU APPROACH THINGS AND WHAT 624 00:18:06,852 --> 00:18:08,654 I'M HEARTENED BY IS THAT WE ARE 625 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:09,555 APPROACHING THEM IN 626 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:10,422 PRETTY SIMILAR WAYS. 627 00:18:10,422 --> 00:18:12,558 NOW I WILL GET BAG 628 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:13,592 TO ALLOWING YOU TO ANSWER 629 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:13,992 QUESTION NUMBER 630 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:15,694 TWO. WHAT ARE YOUR SPECIFIC 631 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:15,961 GOALS FOR 632 00:18:15,961 --> 00:18:17,129 THE OFFICE OF FINANCE THE 633 00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:17,963 NEXT THREE YEARS. 634 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:18,397 I WILL STATE THAT 635 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:20,432 I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE RISK 636 00:18:20,432 --> 00:18:20,833 MANAGEMENT SIDE. 637 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:22,267 I CAN'T -- 638 00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:23,368 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S -- 639 00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:25,170 THERE HAVE BEEN MANY EXECUTIVE 640 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:25,671 SESSIONS 641 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,572 WHERE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT 642 00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:27,573 PAYOUTS 643 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:29,875 FOR THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE 644 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:32,077 WELL AT THE CITY, AND I HAVE 645 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:32,945 BEEN VERY 646 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:33,378 FRANK, BEEN 647 00:18:33,378 --> 00:18:33,946 VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE 648 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:34,613 CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE THINGS 649 00:18:34,613 --> 00:18:37,516 THAT WE ARE FACED WITH. 650 00:18:37,516 --> 00:18:38,917 AND SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER 651 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:39,084 TO 652 00:18:39,084 --> 00:18:40,686 YOU FOR QUESTION NUMBER TWO. 653 00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:41,753 WHAT ARE YOUR SPECIFIC GOALS FOR 654 00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:42,087 THIS OFFICE? 655 00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:44,857 >> I HAVE TOUCHED ON SEVERAL OF 656 00:18:44,857 --> 00:18:45,557 THEM. 657 00:18:45,557 --> 00:18:48,026 I'LL FOCUS ON THE LAST ONE I 658 00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:49,795 MENTIONED, WHICH IS 659 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:50,896 MOVING TOWARDS BEST 660 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:51,497 PRACTICES THROUGHOUT FINANCE. 661 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:53,265 SO IN SOME AREAS I THINK WE 662 00:18:53,265 --> 00:18:55,767 ARE EITHER THERE OR VERY CLOSE 663 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:55,934 TO 664 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:56,268 BEING THERE. 665 00:18:56,268 --> 00:18:59,438 THERE ARE OTHER ONES, AND I 666 00:18:59,438 --> 00:19:01,740 USE THE EXAMPLE HERE 667 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:03,041 OF PAYMENT ACCEPTANCE WHERE 668 00:19:03,041 --> 00:19:03,442 FEELS 669 00:19:03,442 --> 00:19:05,978 TO ME LIKE WE ARE SOMEWHERE BACK 670 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,613 IN 671 00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,281 THE 1990s AND JUST 672 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:10,349 COINCIDENTALLY, YESTERDAYYESTERD 673 00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:10,616 AY I HAD 674 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:11,383 CONVERSATION WITH A COUPLE OF 675 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:13,485 MY SENIOR LEADERS ABOUT WE 676 00:19:13,619 --> 00:19:14,186 SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCEPT 677 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:17,589 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS FOR TAXES. 678 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:20,058 AND YOU MAY BE 679 00:19:20,058 --> 00:19:23,462 FAMILIAR, THE CITY IS PART OF A 680 00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:24,129 GROUP OF CITIES CALLED FILE 681 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:25,030 LOCAL, AND IT 682 00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:27,432 ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO FILE THEIR 683 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:28,901 B AND O TAXES IN 684 00:19:28,901 --> 00:19:29,935 MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS AT THE 685 00:19:29,935 --> 00:19:30,269 SAME TIME. 686 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:31,170 THAT 687 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:31,870 WORKS GREAT IF YOU'RE A MAUL OR 688 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:33,972 MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS. 689 00:19:33,972 --> 00:19:37,142 BUT IF YOU ARE ONE OF OUR LARGER 690 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:38,443 BUSINESSES, THE SYSTEM 691 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:40,012 IS LIMITED AND YOU 692 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:40,846 ESSENTIALLY CAN'T USE 693 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:41,580 IT. SO WE 694 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:42,247 TELL THOSE BUSINESSES, YOU NEED 695 00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:45,284 TO WRITE US A CHECK. 696 00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:47,352 AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO 697 00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:48,820 SAY THAT IF YOU ARE GOING 698 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:50,589 TO WRITE US -- IF YOU ARE GOING 699 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:50,923 TO 700 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:52,724 PAY TAXES IN THE AMOUNT OF 701 00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:54,560 MULTIPLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 702 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:55,928 THE FORM WE 703 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:57,496 WANT IS A CHECK, DOESN'T FEEL 704 00:19:57,496 --> 00:19:58,697 LIKE BEST 705 00:19:58,697 --> 00:19:59,798 PRACTICE TO ME. SO WE IDENTIFIED 706 00:19:59,798 --> 00:20:00,499 YESTERDAY 707 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:01,934 THAT IT ACTUALLY SHOULD 708 00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:03,635 NOT BE VERY DIFFICULT TO CHANGE 709 00:20:03,635 --> 00:20:04,069 THAT. 710 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:06,104 SO THAT'S A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, BUT 711 00:20:06,104 --> 00:20:07,639 IT'S AN EASILY UNDERSTOOD 712 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:09,374 EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE HAVE KIND 713 00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:10,776 OF BEEN STUCK AND WE HAVEN'T 714 00:20:10,776 --> 00:20:12,010 LOOKED 715 00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:14,546 HOW WE DO THINGS. I WANT US TO 716 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:16,148 CONTINUE TO 717 00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:17,983 IMPROVE AND BECOME AN EXAMPLE 718 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,685 OF A GOVERNMENT THAT IS VERY 719 00:20:19,685 --> 00:20:21,653 FLEXIBLE IN HOW IT ACCEPTS 720 00:20:21,653 --> 00:20:22,654 PAYMENTS AND 721 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:23,455 MAKES PAYMENTS SO 722 00:20:23,455 --> 00:20:23,922 THAT WE, JUST LIKE A 723 00:20:23,922 --> 00:20:26,325 CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS. 724 00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:27,626 >> ARE YOU TELLING 725 00:20:27,626 --> 00:20:28,594 ME YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHECK ON 726 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:29,228 YOU RIGHT NOW? 727 00:20:29,361 --> 00:20:30,262 >> I DO 728 00:20:30,262 --> 00:20:30,929 NOT. 729 00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:31,597 >> AM I THE ONLY 730 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:32,364 ONE IN THE ROOM WITH A CHECK ON 731 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:35,434 ME RIGHT NOW? 732 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:39,738 THE MILLENNIAL WINS THE DAY. 733 00:20:39,871 --> 00:20:44,009 ALL RIGHT. A 734 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:44,610 GERIATRIC MILLENNIAL. 735 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:46,111 >> EVERYONE WOULD GET THEM ON 736 00:20:46,111 --> 00:20:47,846 THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN I WORKED 737 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:48,313 FOR 738 00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:49,848 CENTRAL STAFF. YOU COULD RUSH 739 00:20:49,848 --> 00:20:50,382 DOWN TO 740 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:52,184 THE CREDIT UNION AND CASH 741 00:20:52,184 --> 00:20:52,718 YOUR CHECK ON THURSDAY. 742 00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:53,652 SO THERE WAS NO 743 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:56,455 BUSINESS CONDUCTED IN 744 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:57,422 THE CITY FROM ABOUT 2:00 TO 4:00 745 00:20:57,422 --> 00:20:57,856 ON 746 00:20:57,856 --> 00:20:58,490 FRIDAY AFTERNOON BECAUSE 747 00:20:58,490 --> 00:20:59,191 EVERYONE WAS IN LINE AT THE 748 00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:01,693 CREDIT UNION. 749 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,362 >> SO MANY THINGS HAVE 750 00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:04,963 CHANGED AND SO MANY THINGS HAVE 751 00:21:04,963 --> 00:21:07,232 STAYED 752 00:21:07,232 --> 00:21:08,066 THE SAME. WITH THAT MY LAST 753 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:08,333 QUESTION 754 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:09,001 IS NOT ON THE 755 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:09,668 PREPARED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 756 00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:11,903 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 757 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:13,939 TAKING YOUR RESPONSES WERE VERY 758 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:14,773 DILIGENT, THEY THOUGHTFUL. 759 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,775 I CAN TELL THAT YOU TOOK A 760 00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:21,580 LOT OF TIME AND YOU WERE -- YOU 761 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:21,780 TOOK 762 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:22,547 THIS -- YOU WERE VERY RESPECTFUL 763 00:21:22,681 --> 00:21:23,281 IN THE WAY THAT YOU APPROACHED 764 00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:23,482 THIS. 765 00:21:23,615 --> 00:21:24,149 I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE 766 00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:26,318 THAT. 767 00:21:26,318 --> 00:21:28,153 SOMETHING THAT DEBORA JUAREZ 768 00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:30,222 TAUGHT ME TIME AND TIME 769 00:21:30,222 --> 00:21:31,757 AGAIN, IT IS AS IMPORTANT TO 770 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:32,224 LEAD TO 771 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:33,759 LEAVE EVEN, YOU 772 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:34,459 KNOW, I'M ONE OF THE YOUNGEST 773 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:35,227 PEOPLE IN THIS 774 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:36,528 ROOM RIGHT NOW AND THE ONLY 775 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:38,764 ONE WITH A CHECK IN MY POCKET, 776 00:21:38,764 --> 00:21:40,132 JUST 777 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:40,599 FOR THE RECORD. 778 00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:41,333 BOB'S GOT ONE, TOO. I AM NOT 779 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:43,568 THE ONLY ONE. 780 00:21:43,568 --> 00:21:45,170 BUT LEADING TO LEAVE. 781 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:45,937 YOU KNOW, EVEN IN MY SHORT 782 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:47,806 TIME ON THIS EARTH, I AM NOT 783 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:48,206 GOING 784 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:50,642 TO HERE FOR -- I AM NOT GOING BE 785 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:50,876 ON 786 00:21:50,876 --> 00:21:52,310 COUNCIL FOREVER. AUR SEASONED 787 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:52,878 PROFESSIONAL. 788 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:54,479 WHAT IS YOUR TAKE 789 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:55,647 FOR THIS OFFICE AND 790 00:21:55,647 --> 00:21:56,281 MORE GENERALLY ON THE PHILOSOPHY 791 00:21:56,281 --> 00:21:59,117 OF LEADING TO LEAVE? 792 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:01,086 >> SO I 793 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:03,889 HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A BELIEVER IN 794 00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:04,356 DEVELOPING YOUR TEAM 795 00:22:04,356 --> 00:22:05,757 SO THAT 796 00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:06,325 IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, FOR 797 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:06,992 WHATEVER REASON, THEY DON'T MISS 798 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:09,227 YOU. 799 00:22:09,227 --> 00:22:12,798 AND THAT'S STILL MY PHILOSOPHY. 800 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:14,399 NOW, SOME EXECUTIVES, 801 00:22:14,399 --> 00:22:16,868 SOME MAYORS THAT I WORKED FOR 802 00:22:16,868 --> 00:22:18,370 HAVE REALLY NOT BEEN INTERESTED 803 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:19,771 IN SAYING THAT, HEY, I WANT YOU 804 00:22:19,771 --> 00:22:21,506 TO HAVE YOUR REPLACEMENT ALREADY 805 00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:22,774 AVAILABLE WHEN YOU 806 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:23,408 DECIDE TO LEAVE BECAUSE 807 00:22:23,408 --> 00:22:23,809 THEY WANT TO DO 808 00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:24,543 THEIR OWN THING. THAT'S, 809 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:27,279 OBVIOUSLY, THEIR RIGHT. 810 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:29,681 BUT I ALSO THINK 811 00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:32,017 THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU 812 00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:32,851 GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 813 00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:33,352 DEVELOP, TO 814 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:33,885 GROW, 815 00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:34,519 TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT JOB IF 816 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:38,223 THEY WANT IT. 817 00:22:38,223 --> 00:22:40,425 I WORKED WITH MANY DEPUTY 818 00:22:40,425 --> 00:22:41,326 DIRECTORS AND OTHER 819 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:42,928 SENIOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO NOT 820 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:43,128 WANT 821 00:22:43,128 --> 00:22:43,628 A PROMOTION. 822 00:22:43,628 --> 00:22:44,796 THEY 823 00:22:44,796 --> 00:22:46,164 ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE 824 00:22:46,164 --> 00:22:48,033 JOB 825 00:22:48,033 --> 00:22:48,667 THEY HAVE AND THAT THEY DON'T 826 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:49,201 ASPIRE TO BE THE FINANCE 827 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,502 DIRECTOR OR THE 828 00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:51,503 CITY LIGHT SUPERINTENDENT OR 829 00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:51,803 WHATEVER IT 830 00:22:51,803 --> 00:22:52,571 HAPPENS TO BE. 831 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:53,739 AND THAT'S GREAT. 832 00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:56,007 BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO 833 00:22:56,007 --> 00:22:57,876 ASPIRE TO THOSE THINGS, I THINK 834 00:22:57,876 --> 00:22:58,143 YOU, AS A 835 00:22:58,143 --> 00:22:59,311 LEADER, HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO 836 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:02,314 HELP THEM MEET THOSE GOALS. 837 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:03,849 SO ONE OF THE THINGS 838 00:23:03,849 --> 00:23:05,584 IS I'M WORKING WITH MY SENIOR 839 00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:05,817 LEADERS 840 00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:08,253 IS FINDING OUT WHO IS INTERESTED 841 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:09,020 POTENTIALLY IN 842 00:23:09,020 --> 00:23:09,688 MOVING UP IN A FEW YEARS WHEN I 843 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:12,758 RETIRE. 844 00:23:12,758 --> 00:23:14,426 COULD BE 845 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:15,827 SOONER DEPENDING WHAT THE MAYOR 846 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:16,928 DECIDES, BUT 847 00:23:16,928 --> 00:23:17,629 ALWAYS RECOGNIZING THAT YOU 848 00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:17,896 SERVE AT 849 00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:20,766 THE WILL OF THE MAYOR. 850 00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:23,135 SO I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. 851 00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:24,202 I HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST 852 00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:26,037 WITH MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS 853 00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:28,907 I HAVE LED, AND WITH, I 854 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,442 THINK, CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS. 855 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:31,710 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY 856 00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:32,144 GREAT PEOPLE WHO 857 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:34,179 STEPPED UP EITHER INTO A ROLE I 858 00:23:34,179 --> 00:23:35,013 LEAVE OR 859 00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:35,914 INTO 860 00:23:35,914 --> 00:23:36,548 A DIFFERENT ROLE BECAUSE THEY 861 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:37,082 HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 862 00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:37,616 TO 863 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:38,250 DEVELOP AND GROW. AND I AM VERY 864 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,819 COMMITTED TO THAT. 865 00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:42,154 >> WONDERFUL. 866 00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:42,921 THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, THAT IS 867 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:44,122 THE TYPE OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE 868 00:23:44,122 --> 00:23:45,390 ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE CITY. 869 00:23:45,390 --> 00:23:46,925 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 870 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:48,393 COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL 871 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:49,394 QUESTIONS BEFORE I 872 00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:50,028 TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR DIVELY 873 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:50,362 AND MARK FOR 874 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:57,469 FINAL COMMENTS? 875 00:23:57,469 --> 00:23:59,371 SEEING 876 00:23:59,371 --> 00:23:59,805 NONE. 877 00:23:59,805 --> 00:24:00,872 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 878 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:01,440 HAS BEEN HERE SINCE PUBLIC 879 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,174 COMMENT. 880 00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:03,175 SORRY FOR NOT SAYING THAT 881 00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:05,043 EARLIER. SHE HAS BEEN HERE THE 882 00:24:05,043 --> 00:24:05,443 WHOLE 883 00:24:05,443 --> 00:24:06,111 TIME. WE WILL TURN OVER TO YOU 884 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:06,278 FOR 885 00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:08,680 FINAL REMARKS. 886 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:10,749 >> THERE IS NOTHING ELSE I 887 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:11,149 COULD ADD. 888 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,185 >> IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, 889 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:14,586 I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD 890 00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:14,820 EITHER. 891 00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:15,987 >> WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. 892 00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:17,923 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK 893 00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:19,391 WITH YOU AND I LOOK 894 00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:20,826 FORWARD TO THE REST OF OUR 895 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:21,159 WORKING TIME 896 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,595 TOGETHER. WITH THAT I MOVE TO 897 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:23,829 CONFIRM 898 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:25,831 APPOINTMENT 3468 DWIGHT 899 00:24:25,831 --> 00:24:27,399 DIVELY AS DIRECTOR OF FINANCES. 900 00:24:27,399 --> 00:24:28,500 IS THERE 901 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:28,767 A SECOND? 902 00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:31,069 THANK YOU. MOVED AND SECONDED TO 903 00:24:31,069 --> 00:24:32,037 RECOMMEND 904 00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:33,305 CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT. 905 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,039 LAST COMMENTS? 906 00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:37,509 SEEING NONE, WILL 907 00:24:37,509 --> 00:24:39,544 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 908 00:24:39,544 --> 00:24:39,878 ROLL. 909 00:24:40,011 --> 00:24:40,579 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 910 00:24:40,712 --> 00:24:40,912 >> AYE. 911 00:24:40,912 --> 00:24:41,379 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 912 00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:41,746 HOLLINGSWORTH. 913 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:45,951 >> YES. 914 00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:46,651 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 915 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,620 >> AYE. 916 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:49,120 >> CHAIR STRAUSS. 917 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:49,721 >> AYE. 918 00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:53,191 >> FOUR IN FAVOR. 919 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:54,292 ZERO OPPOSED. 920 00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:55,026 >> THANK YOU. THE RECOMMENDATION 921 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:55,327 TO CONFIRM 922 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:58,330 DWIGHT 923 00:24:58,330 --> 00:24:58,930 DIVELY AS DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 924 00:24:58,930 --> 00:24:59,130 WILL 925 00:24:59,130 --> 00:24:59,664 BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL 926 00:24:59,664 --> 00:24:59,931 COUNCIL. 927 00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:00,232 THANK YOU. 928 00:25:00,365 --> 00:25:01,867 >> THANK YOU. 929 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:02,934 >> ABSOLUTELY. 930 00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:05,670 WITH THAT WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 931 00:25:05,804 --> 00:25:06,771 READ THE SECOND 932 00:25:06,771 --> 00:25:07,639 AND THIRD ITEM INTO THE RECORD. 933 00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:08,373 YOU CAN READ THE SHORT TITLE 934 00:25:08,373 --> 00:25:10,909 SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE 935 00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:11,142 WHOLE 936 00:25:11,276 --> 00:25:13,278 DARN THING. 937 00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:17,582 >> ITEM 2, CB 121208 938 00:25:17,582 --> 00:25:20,719 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 939 00:25:20,719 --> 00:25:21,620 127156 THE BUDGET INCLUDING THE 940 00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:22,387 2025 TO 941 00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:24,122 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 942 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:28,960 AND ITEM 3, CB 121209 943 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,763 ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 944 00:25:31,763 --> 00:25:32,898 127362 ADOPTING THE 945 00:25:32,898 --> 00:25:37,736 2026 BUDGET INCLUDING THETHE 946 00:25:37,736 --> 00:25:38,403 TO 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 947 00:25:38,403 --> 00:25:38,670 PROJECT. 948 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:43,341 >> WE ARE JOINED BY DIRECTOR 949 00:25:43,341 --> 00:25:46,545 ALLEY PANUCHI TO WALK US THROUGH 950 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,446 EXCEPTIONS AND CARRY FORWARD 951 00:25:48,446 --> 00:25:50,849 THE 2025 EXCEPTIONS AND THE 2026 952 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:52,050 CARRY FORWARD. COLLEAGUES, THIS 953 00:25:52,050 --> 00:25:52,517 WILL 954 00:25:52,517 --> 00:25:54,085 BE THE FIRST OF TWO BRIEFINGS 955 00:25:54,085 --> 00:25:54,619 BEFORE WE TAKE A 956 00:25:54,619 --> 00:25:55,787 VOTE. SO THERE IS NOT A VOTE 957 00:25:55,787 --> 00:25:57,088 TODAY. 958 00:25:57,088 --> 00:26:00,392 THIS IS 959 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:01,026 SIMPLY FOR BRIEFING AND WE HAVE 960 00:26:01,026 --> 00:26:06,898 GOT ONE POWERPOINT THAT 961 00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:07,632 DOES BOTH BILLS. IT'S QUITE 962 00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:08,033 STRAIGHTFORWARD. 963 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:08,867 I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR 964 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:10,335 PANUCHI FOR INTRODUCTORY 965 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:11,303 COMMENTS AND LET'S 966 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:12,604 ROLL THROUGH THE 967 00:26:12,604 --> 00:26:15,340 POWERPOINT. OVER TO 968 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:15,874 YOU. 969 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:18,376 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 970 00:26:18,376 --> 00:26:21,079 CHAIR STRAUSS, 971 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:22,347 COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY BUDGET 972 00:26:22,347 --> 00:26:22,614 DIRECTOR. 973 00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:23,081 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 974 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:23,782 CENTRAL 975 00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:24,082 STAFF. 976 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:28,820 >> I AM HERE TO BRIEF YOU ON TWO 977 00:26:28,820 --> 00:26:31,022 BUDGET BILLS, STANDARD 978 00:26:31,022 --> 00:26:32,023 ROUTINE BUDGET 979 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:35,961 BILLS. COUNCIL BILL 121028 980 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:39,531 BUDGET EXCEPTIONS AND 121209th 981 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:39,764 ANNUAL 982 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:40,799 CARRY FORWARD BILL. THIS IS THE 983 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:41,666 SLIDE WE 984 00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:42,200 INCLUDE IN EVERY SLIDE. 985 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,868 I JUST DO WANT TO SAY I AM 986 00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:46,738 BACKED UP BY A TEAM OF 987 00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:48,540 30 ANALYSTS AND 988 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:50,008 LEADS AND MANY FINANCE MANAGERS 989 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:50,475 AND 990 00:26:50,475 --> 00:26:52,510 STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY 991 00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:53,044 THAT HELP 992 00:26:53,044 --> 00:26:53,678 PREPARE THIS LEGISLATION AND I 993 00:26:53,678 --> 00:26:54,346 COULDN'T DO THIS WORK WITHOUT 994 00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:59,351 THEM. 995 00:26:59,351 --> 00:27:00,585 THE FIRST BILL, THE BUDGET 996 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:03,288 EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE HAS BECOME 997 00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:03,955 A STANDARD PIECE OF 998 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:04,990 BUDGET LEGISLATION FOR MANY 999 00:27:04,990 --> 00:27:05,190 YEARS 1000 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:06,257 AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN 1001 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:08,727 WORKING AT THE CITY ON AND OFF 1002 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:12,631 AND IT PROVIDES 1003 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:13,231 RETROACTIVE BUDGET AUTHORITY 1004 00:27:13,231 --> 00:27:13,665 FROM SPENDING FROM 1005 00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:14,666 THE PREVIOUS YEAR DID 1006 00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:15,233 NOT ALIGN WITH THE ADOPTED 1007 00:27:15,233 --> 00:27:15,500 BUDGET. 1008 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:19,771 THIS YEAR THERE IS A 1009 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:20,038 TOTAL 1010 00:27:20,038 --> 00:27:20,705 REQUEST FOR BUDGET EXCEPTIONS OF 1011 00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:24,242 $8.1 MILLION. 1012 00:27:24,242 --> 00:27:28,246 THIS TABLE SUMMARIZES THE 1013 00:27:28,246 --> 00:27:29,647 ASKS BY DEPARTMENT. 1014 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:31,716 THE FIRST IS THE DEPARTMENT, THE 1015 00:27:31,716 --> 00:27:33,118 SECOND COLUMN SHOWS THE BUDGET, 1016 00:27:33,118 --> 00:27:34,686 THE REVISED BUDGET. 1017 00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:36,321 SO HOW MUCH BUDGET 1018 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:37,822 AUTHORITY WAS IN THE 1019 00:27:37,822 --> 00:27:39,224 BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL. THE NEXT 1020 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:42,093 COLUMN SHOWS THE 1021 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:44,195 EXCEPTIONS. SO THAT THE AMOUNT 1022 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:44,462 OVERSPENT 1023 00:27:44,462 --> 00:27:45,130 IN THAT BUDGET 1024 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:46,197 CONTROL LEVEL COMPARED DO THE 1025 00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:46,431 ADOPTED 1026 00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:48,900 BUDGET AND THEN THE FINAL 1027 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:51,136 COLUMN PROVIDES A BRIEF 1028 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,404 EXPLANATION OF 1029 00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:55,140 THAT. IN MANY CASES, WHAT 1030 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:55,473 HAPPENS HERE 1031 00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:56,608 IS THERE IS SPENDING THAT 1032 00:27:56,608 --> 00:28:00,145 SO SORT OF OUTSIDE OF THE 1033 00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:01,112 CONTROL. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR 1034 00:28:01,112 --> 00:28:01,346 MEDICAL 1035 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,248 CLAIMS CAME IN HIGHER THAN 1036 00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:03,581 PROJECTED 1037 00:28:03,581 --> 00:28:05,417 AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND IT 1038 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:06,985 EXCEEDED 1039 00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:07,452 WHAT BUDGET AUTHORITY 1040 00:28:07,452 --> 00:28:08,053 THERE IS THERE BY ABOUT $5.9 1041 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:10,922 MILLION. 1042 00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:13,892 SO THAT'S A BIGGER PIECE AND 1043 00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:15,093 IT OMTS OUT OF THE HEALTH CARE 1044 00:28:15,093 --> 00:28:17,629 FUND THAN YOU HAVE LIKE A $2,000 1045 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:18,563 TECHNICAL ACCOUNTING ERROR IN 1046 00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:19,097 THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 1047 00:28:19,097 --> 00:28:21,633 TRANSPORTATION. 1048 00:28:21,633 --> 00:28:24,335 SO THESE ARE MOSTLY TECHNICAL 1049 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:25,904 MAKING FOR ACCOUNTING -- 1050 00:28:25,904 --> 00:28:26,404 CORRECTING 1051 00:28:26,404 --> 00:28:27,505 ACCOUNTING ERRORS THAT CAME IN 1052 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:28,139 AFTER THE 1053 00:28:28,139 --> 00:28:30,075 BOOKS CLOSED FOR THE YEAR. 1054 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:32,410 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS LIKE CITY 1055 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:34,679 LIGHT REVENUES CAME IN EXCEEDED 1056 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:35,713 PROJECTIONS. 1057 00:28:35,713 --> 00:28:38,416 THEY PAY TAXES ON THOSE REVENUES 1058 00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:38,883 TO THE CITY. 1059 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:40,885 THAT WAS HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. 1060 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:43,254 SO THAT IS ANOTHER EXCEPTION. 1061 00:28:43,254 --> 00:28:45,824 SO THESE ARE RELATIVELY 1062 00:28:45,824 --> 00:28:47,926 ROUTINE. THERE IS A DETAILED 1063 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:48,927 MEMO FROM YOUR COUNCIL CENTRAL 1064 00:28:48,927 --> 00:28:49,227 STAFF 1065 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:49,494 AS 1066 00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:49,861 WELL ATTACHED. 1067 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:50,662 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD 1068 00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:52,030 ANYTHING? 1069 00:28:52,163 --> 00:28:56,067 >> NO, JUST THAT, 1070 00:28:56,067 --> 00:28:56,935 YEAH, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF 1071 00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:59,304 ADDITIONAL DETAIL IN THE MEMO IF 1072 00:28:59,304 --> 00:28:59,604 YOU 1073 00:28:59,604 --> 00:29:00,605 WOULDN'T TOE GO THROUGH EACH 1074 00:29:00,605 --> 00:29:03,875 LINE ITEM AND DESCRIBES WHAT 1075 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:04,109 IT 1076 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:05,009 IS FOR EACH ONE. 1077 00:29:05,009 --> 00:29:05,510 >> ANYTHING -- THIS IS 1078 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:06,244 YOUR TIME. 1079 00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:07,445 IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN, ANYTHING 1080 00:29:07,445 --> 00:29:09,414 WE NEED TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS 1081 00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:13,418 BILL CB 121208? 1082 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:14,752 >> I THINK DIRECTOR PANUCHI 1083 00:29:14,752 --> 00:29:19,824 COVERED IT. 1084 00:29:19,824 --> 00:29:21,326 YEAH. 1085 00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:22,227 ELIMINATES EXCEPTIONS OR 1086 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:23,261 MINIMIZING THEM IS THE GOAL 1087 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:23,661 EVERY YEAR. 1088 00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:27,899 AND SO IF HE CAN WITH GET TO 1089 00:29:27,899 --> 00:29:29,200 THAT POINT, THERE 1090 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:29,934 IS MANY WAYS WE COULD EXPLORE TO 1091 00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:32,303 GET THERE. 1092 00:29:32,303 --> 00:29:34,105 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM 1093 00:29:34,105 --> 00:29:35,406 BEING EXPANDING DIRECTOR 1094 00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:36,474 AUTHORITY OF 1095 00:29:36,474 --> 00:29:37,041 TRANSFERS, FOR EXAMPLE. 1096 00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:37,742 YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL BUDGET 1097 00:29:37,742 --> 00:29:41,412 MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. 1098 00:29:41,412 --> 00:29:43,848 THINGS LIKE THAT. 1099 00:29:43,982 --> 00:29:44,682 SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK INTO AS 1100 00:29:44,682 --> 00:29:47,986 BEST PRACTICES TO MINIMIZE 1101 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:48,753 THESE. 1102 00:29:48,753 --> 00:29:50,054 BUT WE HAVE A 1103 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,256 FISCALLY CHALLENGING PROCESS. 1104 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,557 IT'S A LITTLE MORE 1105 00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:55,460 CHALLENGING THAN A LOT OF OTHER 1106 00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:55,727 CITIES. 1107 00:29:55,860 --> 00:29:56,494 IT'S MORE COMPLEX. SO THIS IS 1108 00:29:56,494 --> 00:29:58,830 PRETTY TYPICAL. 1109 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:00,832 FOR A 1110 00:30:00,832 --> 00:30:01,266 BIG CITY LIKE THIS. 1111 00:30:01,399 --> 00:30:01,933 >> THANK YOU. 1112 00:30:01,933 --> 00:30:03,001 >> IM ADD, I WILL CONTINUE TO 1113 00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:04,102 WORK WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL 1114 00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:05,703 STAFF AND THE BUDGET CHAIR TO 1115 00:30:05,703 --> 00:30:06,871 IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO 1116 00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:08,706 MAKE CHANGES THAT 1117 00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:09,674 WOULD HELP AVOID 1118 00:30:09,674 --> 00:30:10,408 EXCEPTIONS. I KNOW CHAIR 1119 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:10,708 STRAUSS, WE 1120 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:11,509 HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS 1121 00:30:11,509 --> 00:30:12,977 ABOUT THINGS TO WORK ON TOGETHER 1122 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:14,913 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 1123 00:30:14,913 --> 00:30:17,182 OF YEARS. SO I APPRECIATE 1124 00:30:17,182 --> 00:30:17,882 THE SORT OF 1125 00:30:17,882 --> 00:30:18,516 ONGOING COLLABORATION. 1126 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:19,951 >> FANTASTIC. DIRECTOR, IF YOU 1127 00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:20,585 COULD REMIND 1128 00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:22,654 ME, IN OUR WORK IN OUR PREVIOUS 1129 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,824 LIVES WHERE WE WERE TYING TO GET 1130 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:28,326 THESE NUMBERS DOWN, EVEN FIVE 1131 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:29,661 OR SIX YEARS AGO, 1132 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,295 IS IT CORRECT THAT THE 1133 00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:31,296 EXCEPTIONS WERE IN 1134 00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:33,164 THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1135 00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:35,133 AND NOW WE ARE BELOW $10 1136 00:30:35,133 --> 00:30:38,903 MILLION? 1137 00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:40,305 WE HAVE BON ON THE TRAJECTORY IN 1138 00:30:40,305 --> 00:30:41,105 THE CORRECT 1139 00:30:41,105 --> 00:30:41,506 DIRECTION? 1140 00:30:41,639 --> 00:30:42,140 >> CORRECT. IN THE PAST I 1141 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:42,607 INCLUDED A 1142 00:30:42,607 --> 00:30:45,343 TABLE OF HISTORY OF BUDGET 1143 00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:46,477 EXCEPTION ORDINANCES BY 1144 00:30:46,477 --> 00:30:48,413 DEPARTMENT 1145 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:50,615 AND, YOU KNOW, FROM 2018 1146 00:30:50,615 --> 00:30:52,951 TO 2021, IT'S BEEN TENS OF 1147 00:30:52,951 --> 00:30:54,719 MILLIONS. 13 MILLION AND UP TO 1148 00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:55,353 30 1149 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:56,888 MILLION IN EACH YEAR. 1150 00:30:56,888 --> 00:30:58,823 LAST YEAR, WAS BY FAR 1151 00:30:58,823 --> 00:31:00,358 THE LOWEST. 1152 00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:01,893 2024, 1. 1153 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:02,560 8 MILLION. THIS YEAR, MOSTLY 1154 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:02,894 BECAUSE 1155 00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:04,128 OF THOSE HEALTH CARE COSTS, IT 1156 00:31:04,128 --> 00:31:04,295 HAS 1157 00:31:04,295 --> 00:31:07,365 GONE UP TO 8 MILLION. 1158 00:31:07,498 --> 00:31:08,199 YOU KNOW, ALMOST 6 MILLION OF 1159 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:12,036 THAT IS THE HEALTH CARE COSTS. 1160 00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:14,472 AND THOSE ARE JUST 1161 00:31:14,472 --> 00:31:15,139 UNAVOIDABLE. THERE 1162 00:31:15,139 --> 00:31:15,974 IS FUND BALANCE OF $131 MILLION 1163 00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:18,042 TO COVER THAT. 1164 00:31:18,176 --> 00:31:20,211 >> THE CHART THAT YOU HAVE ON 1165 00:31:20,211 --> 00:31:22,947 PAGE 2 OF 3 OF THE MEMO IS VERY 1166 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:23,448 HELPFUL. 1167 00:31:23,448 --> 00:31:23,882 >> YES, THANK 1168 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:24,215 YOU. 1169 00:31:24,349 --> 00:31:27,185 >> FANTASTIC. GREAT 1170 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:27,885 WORK, EDDIN. 1171 00:31:27,885 --> 00:31:29,687 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON 1172 00:31:29,687 --> 00:31:31,155 121208? 1173 00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:32,924 WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE 1174 00:31:32,924 --> 00:31:36,794 NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT BILL. 1175 00:31:36,794 --> 00:31:37,362 DIRECTOR, BACK TO YOU. 1176 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:38,229 >> GREAT. 1177 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:40,365 THIS IS THE 2025 CARRY FORWARD 1178 00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:40,965 ORDINANCE. 1179 00:31:40,965 --> 00:31:44,269 SO THIS IS A REQUEST TO 1180 00:31:44,269 --> 00:31:46,471 CARRY FORWARD APPROPRIATIONS 1181 00:31:46,471 --> 00:31:47,372 FROM THE 1182 00:31:47,372 --> 00:31:49,307 PREVIOUS YEAR INTO 1183 00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:50,174 THE 2026 BUDGET. 1184 00:31:50,174 --> 00:31:54,212 THERE IS A TOTAL OF $138 MILLION 1185 00:31:54,212 --> 00:31:56,314 OF CARRY FORWARD REQUESTS. 1186 00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:59,117 GENERALLY SPEAKING, 1187 00:31:59,117 --> 00:31:59,751 CAPITAL 1188 00:31:59,751 --> 00:32:00,351 APPROPRIATIONS AUTOMATICALLY 1189 00:32:00,351 --> 00:32:01,386 CARRY FORWARD UNTIL 1190 00:32:01,386 --> 00:32:04,856 FULLY EXPENDED OR ABANDONED. 1191 00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:06,357 OPERATIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 1192 00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:08,259 LAPS AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL 1193 00:32:08,259 --> 00:32:09,127 YEAR. 1194 00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:10,595 OFTENTIMES, THERE IS WORK 1195 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,797 THAT WAS FUNDED IT IN 1196 00:32:12,797 --> 00:32:13,464 ONE BUDGET YEAR. 1197 00:32:13,464 --> 00:32:16,834 THE WORK WASN'T 1198 00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:17,535 COMPLETED BUT IS STILL 1199 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:17,869 ANTICIPATED, 1200 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:18,436 DESIRED, COMMITMENTS HAVE 1201 00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:20,204 BEEN MADE, AND SO THIS IS A 1202 00:32:20,204 --> 00:32:20,939 REQUEST TO CARRY 1203 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:21,873 THAT MONEY FORWARD INTO THE NEXT 1204 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:22,507 BUDGET YEAR SO THAT WORK CAN BE 1205 00:32:22,507 --> 00:32:24,809 COMPLETED. 1206 00:32:24,809 --> 00:32:27,445 THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE 1207 00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:28,546 MAJORITY OF THE CARRY FORWARD 1208 00:32:28,546 --> 00:32:31,683 REQUESTS, BUT THERE ARE MANY 1209 00:32:31,816 --> 00:32:32,750 ITEMS. 1210 00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:33,384 I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH LINE 1211 00:32:33,384 --> 00:32:33,685 ITEM IN THE 1212 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:35,353 ORDINANCE. THERE IS ABOUT $16 1213 00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:35,887 MILLION OF 1214 00:32:35,887 --> 00:32:36,454 GENERAL FUND CARRY 1215 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:37,755 FORWARD REQUESTS, A FEW OF THE 1216 00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:38,623 BIG 1217 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:40,124 ONES, $5 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR 1218 00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:42,694 THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND 1219 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:42,961 COMMUNITY 1220 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:43,461 DEVELOPMENTS EQUITABLE 1221 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:47,765 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE AWARDS. 1222 00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:48,533 THERE IS ALSO 1223 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:49,734 A $37 MILLION REQUEST FOR THE 1224 00:32:49,734 --> 00:32:50,201 SAME 1225 00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:51,669 PROGRAM FROM OUT OF THE 1226 00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:51,936 JUMPSTART 1227 00:32:51,936 --> 00:32:55,173 PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX 1228 00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:56,074 FUND. THAT IS A PROGRAM THAT 1229 00:32:56,074 --> 00:32:56,274 FUNDS 1230 00:32:56,274 --> 00:32:57,675 PROJECTS THAT TAKE SOME TIME 1231 00:32:57,675 --> 00:32:59,177 TO FULLY GET OUT THE 1232 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:01,779 DOOR, BUT THOSE COMMITMENTS HAVE 1233 00:33:01,779 --> 00:33:02,146 BEEN 1234 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:03,314 MADE TO COMMUNITY-BASED 1235 00:33:03,314 --> 00:33:05,083 PROJECTS. 1236 00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:05,983 ANOTHER ONE IN THE GENERAL FUND 1237 00:33:05,983 --> 00:33:08,052 CARRY FORWARD SPACE IS 1238 00:33:08,052 --> 00:33:10,621 A $4 MILLION FROM THE HUMAN 1239 00:33:10,621 --> 00:33:11,689 SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR 1240 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:13,157 THE YOUTH CARE SOUTH 1241 00:33:13,157 --> 00:33:15,126 ANNEX REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND 1242 00:33:15,126 --> 00:33:15,393 FUNDS 1243 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:17,695 THAT WERE PART OF THE 1244 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:20,331 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROGRAM 1245 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:21,766 IN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR 1246 00:33:21,899 --> 00:33:25,169 RESTROOMS. THERE IS ABOUT $80 1247 00:33:25,169 --> 00:33:25,837 MILLION OF 1248 00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:26,971 REQUESTS FROM THE JUMPSTART 1249 00:33:26,971 --> 00:33:29,674 PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX, AWARDS 1250 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:32,543 OR FUNDING FOR THE OFFICE OF 1251 00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:33,945 HOUSING'S MULTIFAMILY CAPITAL 1252 00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:34,779 AWARD. 1253 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:36,714 THOSE ARE FOR 1254 00:33:36,714 --> 00:33:39,250 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS 1255 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,051 WHERE 1256 00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:40,451 AWARDS HAVE BEEN 1257 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:41,085 MADE BUT THOSE FUNDS HAVEN'T 1258 00:33:41,085 --> 00:33:42,420 BEEN FULLY UNDER CONTRACT OR 1259 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:43,654 EXPENDED BUT ARE COMMITTED 1260 00:33:43,654 --> 00:33:45,523 TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS AS WELL 1261 00:33:45,523 --> 00:33:48,059 AS FUNDING FOR THE RAINIER 1262 00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:50,361 VALLEY EARLY LEARNING CAMPUS. 1263 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:53,364 THEN THERE IS $42 1264 00:33:53,364 --> 00:33:53,965 MILLION SPRINKLED ACROSS 1265 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:55,366 MANY OTHER FUNDS, THE MAJORITY 1266 00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:56,901 OF THAT IS AGAIN IN THE OFFICE 1267 00:33:56,901 --> 00:33:57,101 OF 1268 00:33:57,101 --> 00:33:58,202 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 1269 00:33:58,202 --> 00:33:58,669 DEVELOPMENT FOR 1270 00:33:58,669 --> 00:33:59,203 THE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 1271 00:33:59,203 --> 00:34:01,539 INITIATIVE PROGRAM. 1272 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:04,742 AND THEN $17.5 MILLION FOR THE 1273 00:34:04,742 --> 00:34:06,944 JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS FUND THAT 1274 00:34:06,944 --> 00:34:08,846 YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT 1275 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:11,082 WITH DIRECTOR DIVELY. 1276 00:34:11,082 --> 00:34:12,717 THIS IS FOR EXPECTED 1277 00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,452 SETTLEMENTS THAT DIDN'T SETTLE 1278 00:34:14,452 --> 00:34:14,852 LAST YEAR, 1279 00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:16,387 BUT WE EXPECT 1280 00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:16,821 THAT THOSE FUNDS 1281 00:34:16,821 --> 00:34:17,288 WILL STILL BE NEEDED. 1282 00:34:17,288 --> 00:34:17,822 SO ASKING TO CARRY THOSE 1283 00:34:17,822 --> 00:34:21,225 FORWARD. 1284 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:21,959 I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 1285 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:22,860 QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO ADD 1286 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:25,797 IN SOME MORE DETAILS? 1287 00:34:25,930 --> 00:34:26,931 >> 1288 00:34:26,931 --> 00:34:27,432 YES. 1289 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:27,999 >> WE 1290 00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:28,633 WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR ANALYSIS 1291 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:31,803 ON THIS BILL, PLEASE. 1292 00:34:31,936 --> 00:34:34,138 >> ALSO PRODUCED A MEMO FOR 1293 00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:36,207 THE CARRY FORWARD SENT TO YOU 1294 00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:37,108 ALL ON 1295 00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:38,209 TUESDAY, AND IT COVERS PRETTY 1296 00:34:38,209 --> 00:34:40,344 MUCH ALL OF THESE ITEMS, 1297 00:34:40,344 --> 00:34:41,345 AND SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT MIGHT 1298 00:34:41,345 --> 00:34:42,780 BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO THE 1299 00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:45,283 COUNCIL AND EXPLAINS PRETTY 1300 00:34:45,283 --> 00:34:47,452 MUCH MOST OF THE FORBES BULK OF 1301 00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:47,819 THE 1302 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:48,319 ITEMS, 1303 00:34:48,319 --> 00:34:48,920 OVER 90% OF THE $136 MILLION 1304 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,722 ASK. 1305 00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:54,625 AND JUST REMINDER, 1306 00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:57,829 THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, AS 1307 00:34:57,829 --> 00:34:58,229 DIRECTOR PANUCHI 1308 00:34:58,229 --> 00:34:59,163 SAID, STATED EARLIER, 1309 00:34:59,163 --> 00:35:02,200 THE AUTOMATIC CARRY FORWARD, SO 1310 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,570 WE ADOPTED IN 2026 A $9 BILLION 1311 00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:05,837 BUDGET. 1312 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:08,439 AUTOMATICALLY ADDED 1313 00:35:08,439 --> 00:35:12,043 $2.2 BILLION FOR CAPITAL 1314 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:12,410 PROJECTS, GRANT 1315 00:35:12,410 --> 00:35:13,010 FUNDED PROJECTS, GRANT FUNDED 1316 00:35:13,010 --> 00:35:16,647 PROGRAMS AND OTHER OPERATING 1317 00:35:16,647 --> 00:35:23,688 EXPENDITURES THAT WERE -- IS 1318 00:35:23,688 --> 00:35:27,258 THAT HAVE A NON- LAPSING 1319 00:35:27,258 --> 00:35:27,892 CAPACITY 1320 00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:30,128 F IT 1321 00:35:30,128 --> 00:35:31,796 IS ENCUMBERED AND, YOU KNOW, THE 1322 00:35:31,796 --> 00:35:32,063 EDI 1323 00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:34,665 PROGRAM -- SORRY, NOT 1324 00:35:34,665 --> 00:35:35,800 PARTICIPATORY, 1325 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:36,067 BUDGETING 1326 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:36,667 PROGRAM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 1327 00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:38,669 THIS, AND THEN SO ON TOP OF THAT 1328 00:35:38,669 --> 00:35:41,339 WE ADD THIS AUTHORITY OF 1329 00:35:41,339 --> 00:35:42,707 $136 MILLION FOR SPENDING ON -- 1330 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:43,941 FOR THE SAME PURPOSES AS 1331 00:35:43,941 --> 00:35:48,646 IDENTIFIED FOR EACH ITEM. 1332 00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:50,548 AND SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, 1333 00:35:50,548 --> 00:35:56,454 IT TALKS ABOUT THE MEMO TALKS 1334 00:35:56,454 --> 00:35:57,221 ABOUT ADDITIONAL COMPREHENSIVE 1335 00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:59,590 BILLS THAT ARE COMING SIMILAR TO 1336 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:00,091 THIS. 1337 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,426 SO WE HAVE THE 1338 00:36:02,426 --> 00:36:03,161 SUPPLEMENTAL COMING UP. 1339 00:36:03,161 --> 00:36:04,562 MIDYEAR, YEAR 1340 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:04,996 END, AND THEN TWO 1341 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:05,596 GRANT ORDINANCES COMING UP AS 1342 00:36:05,596 --> 00:36:07,665 WELL. 1343 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:08,466 IN ADDITION TO, OBVIOUSLY, THE 1344 00:36:08,466 --> 00:36:11,836 BUDGET PROCESS. 1345 00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:12,870 >> WONDERFUL. 1346 00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:14,038 AND I KNOW I 1347 00:36:14,038 --> 00:36:15,540 HAD A THANS TO SPEAK TO BOTH OF 1348 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:15,973 YOU 1349 00:36:15,973 --> 00:36:17,074 ABOUT THE BILL. 1350 00:36:17,074 --> 00:36:18,109 COLLEAGUES, I SEW COUNCIL 1351 00:36:18,109 --> 00:36:19,443 KETTLE, YOU ARE 1352 00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:19,844 RECOGNIZED. 1353 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,212 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS. 1354 00:36:21,212 --> 00:36:23,714 DIRECTOR PANUCHI, THANK YOU 1355 00:36:23,714 --> 00:36:23,981 FOR 1356 00:36:23,981 --> 00:36:24,582 BEING HERE. AND FROM CENTRAL 1357 00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:27,151 STAFF. 1358 00:36:27,151 --> 00:36:32,223 MY QUESTION IS -- 1359 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:34,926 FIRST, I APPRECIATE THE MEMO AND 1360 00:36:34,926 --> 00:36:35,092 II 1361 00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:36,694 SEEING SOME OF THESE DETAILS. 1362 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:38,763 FOR AN AREA THAT WE HAVE BEEN 1363 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:41,766 WORKING IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS, 1364 00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:44,001 YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THE 1365 00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:45,303 BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC 1366 00:36:45,303 --> 00:36:47,605 HEALTH, HOUSING AND HUGE 1367 00:36:47,605 --> 00:36:48,005 SERVICES AND 1368 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:50,608 COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO BY HAVING 1369 00:36:50,608 --> 00:36:52,276 THESE LISTED 1370 00:36:52,276 --> 00:36:54,378 AND THESE VARIOUS PIECES, 1371 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:57,548 IT'S REALLY HELPFUL, SO WE CAN 1372 00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:58,783 SIT ON THAT HUMAN SERVICES 1373 00:36:58,783 --> 00:36:59,083 COMMITTEE. 1374 00:36:59,083 --> 00:37:00,952 SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 1375 00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:03,754 I WILL HAVE MY TEAMWORK WITH 1376 00:37:03,754 --> 00:37:05,756 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S TEAM AND 1377 00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:08,759 HSD ON THOSE AS WE WORK THESE 1378 00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:11,295 VARIOUS PIECES. TOO, ALSO, THE 1379 00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:11,829 UNIFIED CARE TEAM 1380 00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:12,563 ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING IS SET 1381 00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:16,334 THERE. I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE 1382 00:37:16,334 --> 00:37:17,868 -- THIS IS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, 1383 00:37:17,868 --> 00:37:18,736 TO-DO 1384 00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:20,237 LIST FOR MY TEAM, ON 1385 00:37:20,237 --> 00:37:22,840 THE BREAKING OUT -- I 1386 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:23,474 HAVE NINE ENTITIES THAT REPORT 1387 00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:24,108 TO PUBLIC 1388 00:37:24,108 --> 00:37:26,210 SAFETY, SEVEN ARE LISTED HERE. 1389 00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:29,480 OIG AND OPA ARE WITHIN SPD. 1390 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:30,715 WE ARE 1391 00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:31,582 RUNNING THROUGH THESE NUMBERS 1392 00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:33,184 JUST HAVING A SENSE 1393 00:37:33,184 --> 00:37:36,220 OF, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER -- THE 1394 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:39,156 SEVEN WHETHER IT'S CARE, CPS, 1395 00:37:39,156 --> 00:37:41,559 FIRE, LAW DEPARTMENT, CITY 1396 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,762 ATTORNEY'S AND THEN 1397 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:47,465 SEPARATELY SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 1398 00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:49,033 COURT AND 1399 00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:49,767 OEM AND, OBVIOUSLY, 1400 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,268 SPD. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND 1401 00:37:51,268 --> 00:37:51,469 THESE 1402 00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:52,803 BETTER JUST 1403 00:37:52,803 --> 00:37:54,839 TO GET A SENSE AND SO I'LL HAVE 1404 00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:55,339 MY TEAM CHECK 1405 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:57,141 IN WITH YOU ON THIS AS 1406 00:37:57,141 --> 00:37:57,375 WELL. 1407 00:37:57,375 --> 00:37:58,142 >> CERTAINLY. 1408 00:37:58,142 --> 00:37:59,110 HAPPY TO PROVIDE 1409 00:37:59,110 --> 00:37:59,443 ADDITIONAL 1410 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:00,177 INFORMATION. HAVE A LOT OF STUFF 1411 00:38:00,177 --> 00:38:00,378 THAT 1412 00:38:00,378 --> 00:38:00,578 I -- 1413 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:02,113 >> A LOT IS PROBABLY 1414 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,247 STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT 1415 00:38:03,247 --> 00:38:04,815 YOU NEVER KNOW IN TERMS OF -- 1416 00:38:04,815 --> 00:38:05,416 AND 1417 00:38:05,416 --> 00:38:07,952 ALSO PROVIDES SOME CONTEXT, 1418 00:38:07,952 --> 00:38:09,487 INSIGHT ON LITTLE THINGS THAT I 1419 00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:10,321 THINK ARE -- THE 1420 00:38:10,321 --> 00:38:10,821 LITTLE THINGS ADD UP, 1421 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:11,389 AS THEY SAY. SO THANK YOU. 1422 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:14,025 THANK YOU. 1423 00:38:14,158 --> 00:38:14,592 >> THANK YOU, 1424 00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:14,959 CHAIR. 1425 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:17,862 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1426 00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:19,063 KETTLE. YOUR QUESTION HELPED 1427 00:38:19,063 --> 00:38:21,666 ILLUSTRATE THAT BUDGETING IS NOT 1428 00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:22,233 AA THROUGH 1429 00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:22,533 NOVEMBER 1430 00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:23,100 PROCESS. IT IS AN ALL-YEAR 1431 00:38:23,100 --> 00:38:26,937 PROCESS. 1432 00:38:26,937 --> 00:38:29,674 AFTER WE PASS OUR BUDGET, THEN 1433 00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:31,575 THE DIRECTOR AND DEPARTMENT 1434 00:38:31,575 --> 00:38:32,309 START 1435 00:38:32,309 --> 00:38:33,844 TO IMPLEMENT. THIS IS WE CLEAN 1436 00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:34,912 UP FROM LAST 1437 00:38:34,912 --> 00:38:38,249 YEAR, EARLY IN THE YEAR, AND THE 1438 00:38:38,249 --> 00:38:39,183 BUDGET OFFICE IS 1439 00:38:39,183 --> 00:38:40,184 ALREADY STARTING TO DEVELOP 1440 00:38:40,184 --> 00:38:42,186 THE SCENARIOS 1441 00:38:42,186 --> 00:38:42,586 FOR NEXT YEAR'S 1442 00:38:42,586 --> 00:38:44,188 BUDGET. SO WE ARE NOT EVEN TO 1443 00:38:44,188 --> 00:38:44,455 JUNE YET. 1444 00:38:44,455 --> 00:38:46,724 SO THIS IS JUST AN ANNUAL 1445 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:47,158 CONSTANT 1446 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,092 PROCESS, AND THE INFORMATION 1447 00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:48,826 THAT WE HAVE 1448 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:51,562 IN THESE TWO BILLS RIGHT NOW 1449 00:38:51,562 --> 00:38:51,762 HELPS 1450 00:38:51,762 --> 00:38:52,596 INFORM THE HEALTH 1451 00:38:52,596 --> 00:38:54,265 OF THESE DEPARTMENTS AND THE 1452 00:38:54,265 --> 00:38:54,799 HEALTH OF 1453 00:38:54,799 --> 00:38:55,399 OUR APPROPRIATIONS AS WE MOVE 1454 00:38:55,399 --> 00:38:57,068 INTO NEXT YEAR. 1455 00:38:57,068 --> 00:39:01,205 WITH THAT, I WILL CHECK 1456 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:01,972 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA OR 1457 00:39:01,972 --> 00:39:03,340 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 1458 00:39:03,340 --> 00:39:03,841 ANYTHING? 1459 00:39:03,841 --> 00:39:06,777 I AM SEEING KNOWS 1460 00:39:06,777 --> 00:39:07,078 ACROSS THE 1461 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:07,311 BOARD. 1462 00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:07,845 WE HAVE MORE TIME ON THE 1463 00:39:07,845 --> 00:39:09,246 SCHEDULE TO DIG IN MORE DEEPLY. 1464 00:39:09,246 --> 00:39:10,848 I WILL PRESERVE OUR COLLECTIVE 1465 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:14,051 TIME TODAY AND RESERVE 1466 00:39:14,051 --> 00:39:14,719 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT TIME 1467 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,321 WE COME TO 1468 00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:17,888 COMMITTEE. 1469 00:39:17,888 --> 00:39:18,222 >> THANK YOU. 1470 00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:19,056 >> ANY CLOSING STATEMENTS FROM 1471 00:39:19,056 --> 00:39:19,423 EITHER OF YOU? 1472 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:19,757 >> NO. 1473 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:20,691 >> FANTASTIC. 1474 00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:21,792 THANK YOU FOR COMING 1475 00:39:21,792 --> 00:39:22,693 INTO A MEETING ON FRIDAY. 1476 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:24,495 WE MADE IT A 40-MINUTE 1477 00:39:24,495 --> 00:39:27,398 MEETING WHICH I 1478 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:27,732 APPRECIATE. 1479 00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:28,265 AND SO SEEING THERE IS NO 1480 00:39:28,265 --> 00:39:28,866 FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE 1481 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:29,934 COMMITTEE, THIS CONCLUDES 1482 00:39:29,934 --> 00:39:34,171 THE FRIDAY, MAY 15, MEETING OF 1483 00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:34,805 THE 1484 00:39:34,939 --> 00:39:35,639 FINANCE, NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND 1485 00:39:35,639 --> 00:39:36,273 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE. AS 1486 00:39:36,273 --> 00:39:36,741 YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK 1487 00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:38,175 THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING 1488 00:39:38,175 --> 00:39:38,342 IS 1489 00:39:38,342 --> 00:39:40,077 CANCELED AS WE HAVE HAD 1490 00:39:40,077 --> 00:39:40,978 THIS SPECIAL 1491 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:41,345 MEETING TODAY. 1492 00:39:41,345 --> 00:39:42,046 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND SEE 1493 00:39:42,046 --> 00:39:44,382 YOU NEXT WEEK.