>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
TODAY IS OCTOBER 15, 2020.
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL COME TO ORDER.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15,
2020.
MY NAME IS TERESA MOSQUEDA AND
I AM THE CHAIR OF THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
WHILE THE CLERK.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
BACK HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT .
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT .
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ?
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND
THANK YOU TO THE CENTRAL STAFF
IN ADVANCE.
TODAY'S THE FIRST DAY OF A FOUR-
DAY SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS
GIVEN US A CHANCE TO GET INTO
THE ISSUE WITH THE MEETINGS A
CHANCE WERE COUNCILMEMBERS CAN
SIGNAL AREAS THAT THEY WILL BE
DIVING INTO AS WE CONDUCT OUR
EFFORTS TO TRY TO ANALYZE, ADD
TO, ASK QUESTIONS, AND DISSECT
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND
THIS IS WEEK THREE OF THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE OF AN EIGHT
WEEK SERIES WE ARE FOCUSED ON
ISSUE AT AND VACATION, CENTRAL
STAFF THROUGH THEIR
PRESENTATIONS WILL BE GOING
THROUGH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND WE
WILL HEAR FROM COUNCILMEMBERS
REGARDING YOUR PRIORITIES AS
WELL.
TODAY AS YOU SAW WITH THE
ROBUST MEMO AND PRESENTATION
SET WITH THE AGENDA WE WILL
CONTINUE OUR DELIBERATIONS
TODAY BY HAVING CENTRAL STAFF
WALKED TO THE BIG QUESTIONS
MANY OF US HAVE HAD. HOW DID
THE MAYOR PROPOSE TO CREATE A
PROPOSED BALANCED BUDGET AND
WITH WHAT REVENUE STREAMS AND
WITH WHAT MECHANISMS IS THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IN FRONT OF US?
WE WILL LOOK AT THE GENERAL
FUND OVERVIEW TODAY.
TOMORROW WE WILL MOVE INTO
IDENTIFIED ISSUES IN THE BUDGET
RELATED TO THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS, THE LIBRARY,
AND IN THE AFTERNOON FOCUS ON
MISCELLANEOUS SECTIONS WITHIN
THE BUDGET THAT ARE NOT
SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE DEPARTMENT
BUT A COMBINATION OF VARIOUS
ISSUES THAT THE CENTRAL STAFF
HAS NOT PROPOSED A MEMO
SPECIFICALLY ON THAT
DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL LUMP THOSE TOGETHER.
CENTRAL STAFF WILL PRESENT
ISSUES AND OPTIONS THAT THEY
HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THEIR
OWN ANALYSIS FIRST AND THEN WE
WILL GO TO THE FORM A THAT
WILL BE PRESENTED BY CENTRAL
STAFF.
AS A REMINDER WE HAVE A LOT OF
FORMS THIS YEAR WITH A HIGHER
THAN AVERAGE NUMBER SUBMITTED
AND THINGS TO ALL OF YOU WHO
DIDN'T GET THEM TURNED IN ON
TIME.
I KNOW THAT IT IS APPRECIATED.
THERE IS SOME THAT WERE NOT
TURNED IN ON TIME SO I'M GOING
TO ASK COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOU
TO BE VERY BRIEF AND YOUR MARKS
AND RESERVE THIS TIME IN OUR
MEETING FOR REALLY
COUNCILMEMBERS TO ASK QUESTIONS
AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF THE FORMS PRESENTED.
AS A REMINDER, THIS STAGE IS
NOT FOR DEBATING THE MERITS OF
VARIOUS PROPOSALS THAT
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT
FORWARD BUT ABSORBING WHAT
THEY AREAS OF INTEREST ARE WE
WILL GET TO THE DEBATE AND
DELIBERATION BASE AS WE TALK
MORE ABOUT FORM B's AND C'S
GOING FORWARD BUT TODAY AND
TOMORROW, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NEXT WEEK ARE REALLY OUR CHANCE
TO ABSORB WHERE VARIOUS
COUNCILMEMBERS INDICATE AREAS
OF INTEREST AND THE PRIORITY
BEING HEARING FROM CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE INDEPENDENT
ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT EXPEDIENCY
THIS YEAR I WILL BE ASKING FOR A
COUNCILMEMBER TO TRADE RESERVE,
TOWARD THE END OF THE
PRESENTATIONS.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I TAKE A
LIST OF ALL OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO HAVE
INDICATED THAT THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN SPEAKING BUT
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR CENTRAL
STAFF TO GET THROUGH THE
PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE WILL
GET INTO QUESTIONS.
I ALSO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS
THIS YEAR WE WILL NOT BE
RAISING HER HANDS TO SHOW HIS
SUPPORT OF VARIOUS FORM A's AND
THE CHANCE FOR US TO RECEIVE
INFORMATION AND POTENTIALLY ASK
QUESTIONS AND THEN WE WILL ASK
FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO SHOW
SUPPORT WHEN WE GET TO FORM B's
INSTEAD.
THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO BE PRESENTED AND I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT
YOU ALREADY DIGESTED.
MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE TO THE
ROBUST PRESENTATION AND THE
MEMO PROVIDED.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
PRESENTATION TODAY TO SET THE
GROUND FOR HOW THE COUNCIL MUST
RESPOND TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET
IN FRONT OF US WITH A LOT OF
TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THE CENTRAL
STAFF PRESENTATION SETS THE
FOUNDATION FOR WHAT THE
PROPOSED BUDGET IS BALANCED ON,
WHERE THERE IS KEY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNCIL
TO ASK IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO
REALLY IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR
US MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO CENTRAL
STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY TEAM
INTO THE CENTRAL STAFF PROJECT
TEAM ALY PENNUCCI, DAN EDER,
TOM MIKESELL, AND LISE KAYE.
IT IS A TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS.
AND I WANT TO THANK PATTY AS
WELL FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION
THEY PUT OUT FOR US ON A WEEKLY
AND A DAILY BASIS.
IT IS BEEN AROUND THE CLOCK AS
WE KNOW FROM EARLY THIS YEAR
UNTIL THE END OF THIS YEAR THE
CENTRAL STAFF TEAM HAS BEEN
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AND
ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO SUPPORT US
IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE ,
SEATTLE CHANNEL, 80 FOLKS,
COMMUNICATIONS, AND THE CLERK'S
OFFICE, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE
ALL OF YOUR WORK.
WE DO HAVE A LINK TO PUBLIC
COMMENT BUT IT WILL OPEN UP IN
A MINUTE BEFORE I DO I WOULD
LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS
JOINED US AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> GLAD TO BE HERE.
>> APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
FOLKS FROM I.T., IF YOU COULD
LET ME KNOW IF WE HAVE FOLKS
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE LINK HERE IS NOT WORKING.
>> WE HAVE THREE SIGNED UP.
>> WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO
READ THOSE NAMES INTO THE
RECORD FOR ME AS I CANNOT GET
THIS LINK TO OPEN.
I GOT THEM.
I WILL GO FOR IT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO PITCH IN.
KAREN GREENON, HOWARD GALE,
DAVID HINES, AND THEN THE
FOURTH PERSON WHO IS NOT
PRESENT BUT WE LOVE TO HEAR
FROM YOU AS WELL.
WE HAVE YOU FOUR SIGNED UP.
JUST A HEADS UP WE WILL DO TWO
MINUTES OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY AT
THIS MOMENT PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS
OPEN AND WILL HEAR FROM FOLKS
IN THE ORDER THEY HAVE BEEN
CALLED WITH A 10 SECOND CHIME
AT THE END OF YOUR TWO-MINUTE
ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD.
WE ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR
COMMENTS DIRECTED TO TODAY'S
AGENDA ITEMS, INCLUDING ANY
ITEMS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET IN
FRONT OF US.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE YET
REGISTERED BUT WOULD LIKE TO
YOU ARE STILL ALTERABLE TO SIGN
UP BEFORE THE SPIRIT IS ENTERED
BY GOING TO THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
TESTIMONY WEBSITE AND THAT IS
AT WWW.SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL .
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED THAT IS YOUR
PROMPT TO PUSH á6 AND INTRODUCE
YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING,
PLEASE DO HANG UP ON THIS LINE
AND LISTEN IN ON THE OTHER
LISTEN IN OPTION LISTED ON THE
AGENDA, INCLUDING AT THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL THAT WE
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR
CALLING IN TODAY AND FOR THOSE
WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN WE
WILL HAVE THE FIRST 30 MINUTES
OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS RESERVED
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT EVERY TIME
WE MEET.
AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE A LONGER
PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR
THE 27th AT 5:30 P.M.
THE SIGN-UP STARTS AT 3:30 THAT
DAY ON THE 27th.
IF YOU CANNOT JOIN FOR THESE
MEETINGS OVER THE NEXT DAYS,
SIGN UP FOR THE 27th YOU'RE
ALWAYS WELCOME TO SEND PUBLIC
COMMENT AS WELL TO MY OFFICE
THAT WE WILL DISTRIBUTED IT TO
THE COUNCILMEMBERS DIRECTLY AT
COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV.
YOU ARE UP NEXT, KAREN.
GOOD AFTERNOON .
>> THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS KAREN GUILLEN AND I
IN DISTRICT 7. I LIKE TO BRING
YOUR ATTENTION TO A POSSIBLE
REVENUE OPORTUNITY.
IN 2019 THE COUNCIL APPROVED A
MASSIVE STRUCTURE TOO CONNECT
THE RETAIL CORE WITH A
WATERFRONT AT THE PIONEER SQUARE
. THIS ACTION COMMITTED 185
MILLION OF SEATTLE TAXPAYER
FUNDING AND ALSO 176 MILLION ON
PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE DOWNTOWN
COURT REQUIRING $100 MILLION OF
PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS.
A LOT CAN CHANGE IN A YEAR WITH
THE CITY FACING A HUGE ECONOMIC
REVERSAL WITH SALES TAXES TO
OLYMPIC ESSENTIAL NEEDS OF THE
HOMELESS POPULATION ARE NOT
BEING MET AND BRIDGES ARE
CRUMBLING THAT WE MUST FUND
INITIATIVES TO OVERCOME
SYSTEMIC RACISM.
DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN ABANDONED.
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE
COST OF DOING BUSINESS DOWNTOWN
WAS CAUSING STORES TO CLOSE AT
AN ALARMING RATE.
IS NOT CLEAR WHEN TOURISM WILL
RECOVER AND HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY
A REMODELING PROJECT WHEN WE
CANNOT AFFORD TO HOUSE
THOUSANDS ON THE STREETS?
AS YOU KNOW, ONCE THE CITY
BEGINS COLLECTING TAXPAYER
ASSESSMENTS, YOU ARE LEGALLY
OBLIGATED TO FUND THE ENTIRE
PROJECT, INCLUDING ANY COST
OVERRUNS AND SHORTFALL IN THE
CONTRIBUTION THE VERDICT IS
GONE AND ALASKAN WAY IS BEING
RESTORED.
WHEN COMPLETED, WE WILL HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL CITY AMENITY WITH
OPEN SPACE, WATER, AND MOUNTAIN
VIEWS TO BE ENJOYED BY ALL.
NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ADD
EMBELLISHMENTS.
I URGE YOU TO REPRIORITIZE THE
185 MILLION MINIMUM OF TAXPAYER
MONEY COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT
TO HELP THE CITY REGAIN HIS
HEALTH AND PROSPERITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
THE NEXT PERSON THAT WE HAVE IS
HOWARD . WELCOME BACK, HOWARD.
>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THIS IS HOWARD GALE ADDRESSING
POLICE BUDGET.
IN THIS HISTORIC MOMENT WHEN WE
ARE REALLY EVALUATING POLICE WE
CANNOT FAIL TO ADDRESS ALL OF
THE ASPECTS OF POLICING. WHAT
TASKS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR
OFFICERS WHO ANSWER A CRY FOR
HELP WITH A GUN BUT ALSO HOW WE
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY
INAPPROPRIATELY USE THAT GUN AS
THEY DID IN MAY AGAINST TERRY
CAVER AS HE CRIED FOR HELP.
DEPRIVING HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE
OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND
KILLING HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE I
DO NOT THINK IS THE OUTCOME
THAT YOU ALL DESIRE.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE PUBLIC
SAFETY BUDGET YOU MUST NOT JUST
CONSIDER THE FAILURES OF
POLICING BUT ALSO CONSIDER THE
NEAR COMPLETE FAILURE OF OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM THAT
SPENDS ALMOST $9 MILLION EACH
YEAR YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF WHAT
ACCOUNTABILITY HAS THIS
PURCHASE FOR THE 27 KILLED BY
SPD WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY HASN'T
PURCHASED FOR TERRY CAVER?
WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY HASN'T
PURCHASED FOR THE HUNDREDS OF
FOLKS BEATEN AND INJURED SOME
VERY SERIOUSLY BY OUR POLICE?
IN ORDER TO REIMAGINE POLICING,
WE MUST ALSO REIMAGINE
ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEVELOP A
SYSTEM LED BY ONE ACCOUNTABLE
TO THE PUBLIC.
I RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL OF VERY
DEFENSIVE ABOUT HAVING SET UP
THE SYSTEM FOR YEARS AGO, BUT
AGAIN THE DATA IS SIMPLY NOT
THERE AS EVIDENCED BY THE LAST
FOUR MONTHS TO SHOW THAT
ACCOUNTABILITY IS WORKING.
SO PLEASE REIMAGINE
ACCOUNTABILITY ALONG WITH
POLICING AND REIMAGINE HOW WE
CAN DO THAT IN A WAY THAT
ENGAGES THE COMMUNITY.
PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THIS
IMPORTANT ASPECT IN YOUR
ONGOING ISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN
THE COMING BUDGET.
THANK YOU .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOU CALLING HIM
AGAIN TODAY.
YOU MUST PRESS THAT WE HAVE
SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
WILL BE DAVID HINES AND I LIKE
TO DO A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
EILEEN WHO WE HAVE SIGNED UP
AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM
YOU . BUT WE DO NOT SEE YOU
LISTED ON THE LINE YET.
SO IF YOU ARE STILL LISTENING,
YOU CAN HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO
CALL IN AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A
FEW MORE SECONDS I NEED TO DO
SOMETHING VERY PROCEDURAL,
DAVID I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR AGENDA GETS ADOPTED
FOR TODAY SO I SKIPPED OVER
THAT PEACE.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. IT IS
ADOPTED.
DAVID, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU ARE WAITING.
>> THANK YOU.
IT IS DAVID HAYNES STUCK IN
SEATTLE WITH NO BACKPAY FROM A
BOSS.
IT IS NOT FAIR THAT CITY
COUNCIL IS CENSORING OUR
PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY
CLOSING OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS
WHILE MAKING LIFE-CHANGING
DECISIONS WITHOUT ALLOWING THE
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE WHEN BARS
ARE OPEN BUT NOT ONE GOVERNMENT
OFFICE IS OPEN.
IT IS ALWAYS THE SAME
POLITICALLY CONNECTED YOU ARE
PAID CONTRACTOR SATURATING THE
FELONS DROWNING OUT INDEPENDENT
VOICES.
I'M CALLING TODAY TO DEMAND
THAT CITY COUNCIL REDIRECT ALL
THE EARMARKED MONEY FOR RENTERS
WHO ARE PROTECTED BY AN
EVICTION MORATORIUM AND GET IN
IS IT CITIZENS OFF THE STREET.
IT IS OBVIOUS CITY COUNCIL
CARES MORE FOR RENTERS WHO VOTE
AND VOLUNTEER FOR THE CAMPAIGN
THEN TO SOLVE A SIX-YEAR
CRISIS.
IN FACT, THE NEW CITY COUNCIL
IS STEPPING BACK AND ALLOWING
OLDER COUNCIL WAS BEEN AROUND
THE BUDGET BLOCK TO INNOCENT
MEANS OF DOLLARS NEEDED FOR
HOMELESS CRISIS AND BEEN
WRONGFULLY USED TO SUBSIDIZE
CREDIT SCORE RATINGS AT THE
EXPENSE OF INNOCENT HOUSELESS
FOR SECOND BY A COUNCIL FILLED
WITH RACIST POLICIES THAT
GUARANTEE THE HOMELESS WILL
NEVER BE HELPED BY GETTING THEM
INTO A RENTAL AND SUBJECTING
THEM TO SUBHUMAN SHELTERS.
THE ONLY THING THE MAYOR CARES
ABOUT IS BUYING OF THE
ORGANIZERS AND FUNDING THE
NONPROFITS WHO INTIMIDATE WITH
PROTEST GUARANTEED NEVER TO BE
INVESTIGATED.
SHAME ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR
REFUSING TO HELP 12,000 HOMELESS
AND PEOPLE MAKE THEIR LIVING OF
THE POOR USING TAX DOLLARS TO
KICKBACK THE COUNCIL WHO PAYS
THEIR SALARY TRADING INTEGRITY
FOR REELECTION SUPPORT.
THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT BANKS WHILE
ACTUALLY MAKING BANKS HAPPY
REDIRECTING HOMELESS MONEY TO
BANKS WHO OWN ALL OF THE
RENTALS WHILE HOMELESS PEOPLE
CONTRACT COVID-19.
THE DO NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE
ME PITCHING THE TENT IN FRONT
OF YOUR COMFORTABLE HOME.
>> THANK YOU BUT THEY MUST
PRESS THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP WE
DO NOT SEE YOU STILL, EILEEN.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING, APOLOGIES
WE DIDN'T GET TO TODAY BUT WE
WILL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT
YOU SEND OUR WAY.
AT THIS POINT THAT CONCLUDES
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP
FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS
ENDED AND WILL MOVE ON TO OTHER
ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WHILE THE
CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD?
MADAM CLERK, YOU MAY BE
COUNCILMEMBER.
ON MUTE.
>> I APOLOGIZE.
AGENDA ITEM 1. INTRODUCTION AND
ISSUE IDENTIFICATION OVERVIEW
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU ARE MUCH.
WE HAVE PRESENTERS JOIN US ON
THE PIER THANK YOU FOR BEING
WITH US AND IF YOU COULD
INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, DAN EDER
, ALY PENNUCCI, AND TOM
MIKESELL , THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM ALY
PENNUCCI JOINED BY DIRECT OR
DAN EDER AND TOM MIKESELL . I
WOULD JUST DO A REALLY BRIEF
INTRODUCTION FOR WHERE WE ARE
IN THE BUDGET PROCESS, MUCH OF
WHICH WAS COVERED IN YOUR
OPENING REMARKS AND IT WILL BE
QUICK AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON
TO THE MAIN PRESENTATION FOR
THE DAY.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE ARE MOVING
ON TO THE SECOND STEP IN THE
COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS.
AS THE CHAIR DESCRIBED IN
OPENING REMARKS, THIS WEEK IN
COMMITTEE AND NEXT WEEK THE
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WILL LOOK
AT WHAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED IN
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE
INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS
COUNILMEMBER PROPOSAL
SUBMITTED BY FORM A BUT THEY
COVER A DEADLINE.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE MOVE TO THE
NEXT SLIDE.
COMING UP AFTER TODAY'S
PRESENTATION ON THE ANALYSIS
AND DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTEE
ON THAT INFORMATION TOMORROW
YOU WILL HEAR PRESENTATIONS ON
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIBRARIES.
IN THE AFTERNOON YOU WILL HEAR
A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS THAT AFFECT A NUMBER
OF DEPARTMENTS FOR WHICH
CENTRAL STAFF DID NOT PREPARE
A STANDALONE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION PAPER CLICK NEXT
WEEK YOU WILL HEAR
PRESENTATIONS ON THE PARKS
DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND THE SEATTLE
THE DEPARTMENT AND ON THE 21st
A DISCUSSION OF COMMUNITY
SAFETY, THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT BUDGET, THE CITYWIDE
HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE AND COVID
RESPONSE.
>> FOLLOWING THE ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION DISCUSSIONS WILL
MOVE ON TO STEP THREE AND THE
PROCESS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
PROPOSALS FURTHER REFINED IN
THE PROPOSED COUNCIL BUDGET
ACTIONS AND STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT AS WELL AS
BUDGET LEGISLATION DISCUSSIONS
IN PREPARATION FOR THE CHAIR
BALANCING PACKAGE AND THAT IS
STEP FOUR.
AS A REMINDER, PLEASE SUBMIT
REQUEST TO CENTRAL STAFF TO
PREPARE MATERIALS FOR THE
COMMITTEE DISCUSSIONS OCTOBER
28 THROUGH THE 30th BY 5:00 PM
OCTOBER 22.
AND WITH THAT WE CAN MOVE ON TO
THE ITEM 2 ON THE AGENDA,
UNLESS COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE
QUESTIONS ON THE PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALY.
I LOVE THE WAY YOU HAVE
PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION.
AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH FLIGHT
THERE IS A REMINDER FOR WHERE
WE'RE AT IN THE TIMEFRAME AND
THAT IS VERY HELPFUL FOR
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE
PRESS DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
PLEASE GO AHEAD .
>> THANK YOU.
MY QUESTION IS NOT SO MUCH
ABOUT THE TIMETABLE BUT MORE
ABOUT THE FORM A's AND B's .
FORM B NEEDS A SPONSOR SO HOW
SHOULD A AND TO INDICATE THEY
WANT TO SPONSOR AN OPEN MEETING
IF THEY ARE NOT RAISING HANDS,
WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU ALLUDED
TO EARLIER?
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
ALY DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
YOU CAN SPEAK TO EACH OTHER
ABOUT YOUR PROPOSALS PROVIDED
WERE NOT VIOLATING OPEN PUBLIC
MEETINGS AND RULES AND SO
SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION AND A
REQUEST FOR SPONSORSHIP IF YOU
ARE TALKING DIRECTLY TO EACH
OTHER WITH NO MORE THAN THREE
OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS BECAUSE
FIVE MAKES UP A QUORUM.
THE CHAIR WILL NOT BE ASKING
FOR A SHOW OF HANDS, BUT YOU
CAN INDICATE AND VERBALLY SAY
YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR ASK A
QUESTION OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
IN ADDITION IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE
TO OBTAIN CO-SPONSORSHIPS GIVEN
THE LIMITATIONS IT IS AN OPTION
TO STILL SUBMIT THE REQUEST TO
CENTRAL STAFF AND WE WILL WORK
WITH YOU ON THE OPTION OF
PRESENTATION FOR THOSE VIDEOS
OFF-LINE.
>> LET ME JUST ASK QUICKLY.
THIS IS A QUESTION TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA PROGRAM
JUST CURIOUS WHY THE DECISION
WAS MADE TO CHANGE THE
PROCESS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO
WHATEVER EXTENT IT WAS IT WAS A
GOOD WAY TO REALLY ASK THE
QUESTION PUBLICLY TO
COUNCILMEMBERS . DO YOU SUPPORT
A GIVEN BUDGET AMENDMENT?
I THINK THAT IT IS HELPFUL FOR
THE PUBLIC TO SEE AND THEY CAN
SUGGEST THE ASKING OF THE
QUESTION IF IT WAS A USEFUL
PROCESS IN FAVOR OF DEMOCRACY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THE PROCESS IS STILL
GOING TO BE REMAINING IN PLACE
ON FORM B's WHEN THE OFFICIAL
DOLLAR MUST COME FORWARD.
WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ASKING
FOR IS TO SHOW INDICATIONS OF
SUPPORT AT THAT POINT BECAUSE
MANY OF THE FORM A's ARE
CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.
A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE PAST
WHICH IS TO SAY THAT SOUNDS
GREAT.
I THINK THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO
GET THROUGH THIS LONG LIST OF
FORM A's AND THAT WE WILL GET
INTO THE SORT OF WHERE THE
COUNCILMEMBERS ARE WEIGHING IN
ON VARIOUS SUPPORTIVE PIECES
THAT WILL COME IN FORM B's .
ABSOLUTELY IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH
IN AND AFFIX WANT TO SAY AM
INTERESTED IN THIS PIECE I AM
NOT DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM
DOING THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAD A STREAMLINED PROCESS
GIVEN THE FACT WE HAVE 150 FORM
A's AT THIS POINT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GET THROUGH QUICKLY SO THAT
WE ARE NOT TAKEN A HANDS ON
EACH ONE.
AS A REMINDER, I THINK THAT
PRIOR TO THE LAST FEW YEARS WE
DID HAVE THE PROCESS SIMILAR TO
WHAT I'M DESCRIBING, BUT I
COULD BE WRONG.
ANY FOLLOW-UP, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT ?
>> IN THE INTEREST OF THE
PUBLIC MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS
TO REGISTER MY OPINION THAT I
DID NOT FEEL THAT THAT PROCESS
IN ANY WAY TO NOT PREVENT THE
COMMITTEE FROM BEING
STREAMLINED OR TIMELY IN MENTOR
BUT I DO THINK IT INJECTED A
LITTLE BIT OF TRANSPARENCY BY
ASKING THE QUESTION IN PUBLIC.
I'M NOT SO MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT
ME EXPRESSING AGREEMENT WHICH I
WILL ADD AS I HAVE, BUT I JUST
THOUGHT ABOUT ASKING THE
QUESTION ACTUALLY PUTS PRESSURE
ON COUNCILMEMBERS TO GIVE US
ORDER TO STAY SILENT.
THAT IS ALSO A POSITION.
I JUST WANTED TO REGISTER THAT.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, SOME OF
THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WENT
INTO THE DECISION BY THE
LIMITATIONS ON THE AVAILABILITY
OF CENTRAL STAFF TO WORK ON THE
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS AND
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
AND WE HAVE AS THE CHAIR
INDICATED IN THE PAST DONE THIS
SOMETIMES WERE ONLY ONE
COUNCILMEMBER NEEDED TO BE THE
SPONSOR IN ORDER TO LAUNCH A
LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT WAS
SOMETIMES CONSIDERABLE TO PUT
TOGETHER A POTENTIAL COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION AND ANOTHER YEARS
WE HAVE DONE SET UP WHAT
REQUIRED THREE COSPONSORS TO
WARRANT THAT LEVEL OF EFFORT
FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
THIS YEAR FOR FORM A's IDEAS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS WANTS TO
INSERT INTO ISSUE ID PAPERS IT
WAS ON THE ORDER OF 150 IDEALS
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAD IN
ANTICIPATION OF THAT LEVEL OF
INTEREST STAFF SUGGESTED THAT
WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
ACCOMMODATE THE ATTENDANT
WORKLOAD OF PUTTING TOGETHER
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS FOR ALL
OF THOSE.
IT WAS HER SUGGESTION THAT WE
CONSIDER MOVING.
THE CHAIR OBVIOUSLY HAD TO MAKE
A DECISION ABOUT HOW TO
ALLOCATE STAFFING RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU FOR RAISING THE
QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
I WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS OVER
THE NEXT DAYS WITH THE CHANCE
TO HAVE THAT DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
AS WELL THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
ESPECIALLY AS WE GET TO FORM
B's . WITH THAT LET'S HAVE THE
CLERK READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM
2.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2. GENERAL FUND
BALANCING ANALYSIS FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE
ALREADY HAVE TOM MIKESELL WITH
US AND WE WILL ALSO BE JOINED
BY LISE KAYE I BELIEVE IS PART
OF THE BUDGET TEAM HERE AND
THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALY AND DAN
FOR CONTINUING TO BE PRESENT ON
THIS AGENDA ITEM.
I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO TOM
AND THE TEAM FOR PROVIDING THE
MEMO THAT I HOPE FOLKS HAD A
CHANCE TO READ THROUGH THE 15
PAGE MEMO THAT WAS A HELPFUL
DESCRIPTION OF THE SLIDE SO YOU
WILL SEE AND TO TOM AND LISE
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND
LISE I BELIEVE YOU WILL BE
COVERING QUARTER THREE AND TOM
THE OVERALL FUNDING STREAM AND
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ALY FOR
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
MOSQUEDA.
LISE KAYE PREPARED A MEMO ON
THE THIRD-QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE
THAT INFORMS THE ANALYSIS AND
DISCUSSION THAT TOM WILL TEE UP
TODAY AND SHE IS AVAILABLE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS BUT IT WILL
PRIMARILY BE TOM THAT YOUR
HEARING FROM.
DAN, LISE AND I WILL CHIME IN
AS APPROPRIATE . STARTED WITH
THE DISCUSSION TODAY, TOM WILL
WALK THROUGH A HIGH-LEVEL
REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED GENERAL
FUND BUDGET AND THE FRAMING AND
THE SLIDES CONSIDERS WHAT WAS
THE CITY PHASE IN BEFORE THE
COUNCIL ADOPTED THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX IN JULY AND HOW DID
THAT CHANGE AFTER THE ADOPTION
OF THE TAX AND HOW THINGS
CHANGE AFTER INCORPORATING THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED $100 MILLION
INVESTMENT FOR THE INITIATIVE.
THERE IS OF COURSE OTHER WAYS
THE ORDERING OF THESE CHANGES
COULD BE PRESENTED IN THE
ANALYSIS USING THE FRAME OF THE
ADOPTED POLICY OF THE COUNCIL
THAT WAS ADOPTED THROUGH
ORDNANCE AND RESOLUTION FOR THE
JUMPSTART SPENDING PLAN.
REGARDLESS OF THE ORDERING THE
BOTTOM LINE THAT WILL BE
PRESENTED WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
WITHOUT IT WILL TURN OVER TO TOM
.
>> THANK YOU, ALY.
THAT AFTERNOON , CHAIR MOSQUEDA
AND MEMBERS OF THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I HOPE YOU HAVE ANY CHANCE TO
READ THE 14 PAGE MEMO THAT WAS
REFERENCED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA .
I WILL BE GIVING A HAND-
LETTERED OVERVIEW TO THIS
PRESENTATION IN REFERENCE BACK
TO THE HIGHER LEVEL OF DETAIL
THAT IS COVERED IN THE MEMO AS
A GUIDE AS WE WALK THROUGH.
THERE IS A LOT TO COVER AND I'M
GOING TO HIT THE KEY POINTS
THOUGH ALWAYS ABLE AND WELCOME
QUESTIONS AS THEY MAY ARISE. SO
THE FIRST THING WOULD LIKE TO
COVER ON THIS SLIDE IN
PARTICULAR IS WHY THE GENERAL
FUND.
THIS IS A KEY DISTINCTION
BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND IS THE
ONE FUND OF THE CITY THAT
ALMOST ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT
PROVIDE SERVICES HAVE SOME
PARTICIPATION IN.
SOME ARE COMPLETELY FUNDED BY
THE GENERAL FUND AND SOME
RECEIVE A SHARE OF THEIR MONEY
FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND
OTHERS.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT
NEARLY ALL OF THE SERVICES HAVE
SOME GENERAL FUND PARTICIPATION
. LET ME PAUSE HERE AND ASK IF
FOLKS CAN HEAR ME CLEARLY, JUST
TO CHECK. OKAY.
EXCELLENT.
ANOTHER REASON TO THINK ABOUT
THE GENERAL FUND AND WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT IS THAT IS
CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING A
FUNDING LARGELY THROUGH TAX
REVENUES.
WHEN I SAY TAXES, WITH THE
PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES,
WHEN PEOPLE MAKE PURCHASES, AND
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX WITH THE
NEW PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX THAT
WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL IN
THE SUMMER AND UTILITYTAXES
THAT ARE ALSO PAID BY
BUSINESSES.
THOSE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE
FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND
UNIQUELY.
THE TRANSPORTATION FUND AND
UTILITY FUND DOES HAVE THEIR
OWN SPECIAL FUNDING STREAMS AND
UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS BY THE
GENERAL FUND IS IMPORTANT
BECAUSE IT GENERALLY AFFECTS
MOST CITY SERVICES.
NEXT FLIGHT, PLEASE?
THIS IS A BROAD OUTLINE OF THE
TOPICS WE WILL COVER. I WILL
TOUCH FAIRLY BRIEFLY ON THE
STATUS OF 2020.
WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF TIME THIS SUMMER ADDRESSING
THE REVENUE PROBLEM CAUSED BY
THE COVID CRISIS AND COUNCIL
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE IS IMPORTANT THINGS TO
POINT OUT WITH REGARD TO THE
STATUS OF THAT BALANCING
EXERCISE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW
WITH IMPLICATIONS THAT CARRY
OVER INTO 2021, WHICH WILL BE
THE BULK OF THE PRESENTATION
TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS OF THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL AND HOW IT INTO PLACE
WITH THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED IS
AWESOME KEY FUNDING ISSUES THAT
WILL BE BEFORE YOU AS YOU GET
INTO DEEPER BUDGET
DELIBERATIONS IN ENSUING
MEETINGS AND FINALLY THE MEMO
CAUSES THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS
AND RAISES ISSUES FOR
IDENTIFICATION.
THIS PRESENTATION WILL KEEP
THOSE TOWARD THE END RAISING
THE ISSUES AND POST THE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE
IDENTIFIED FOR RESOLUTION.
NEXT FLIGHT, PLEASE?
THIS IS A VERY HIGH-LEVEL THE
PRACTICES TWO THROUGH SIX OF
THE MEMO IN THE FIRST ROW OF
THE TABLE IS THE ADOPTED
BUGET.
THIS IS THE LEVEL OF REVENUE.
THAT IS THE SOURCE IS CALLED
AND THE EXPENDITURES FROM THOSE
REVENUES WITH THE USE COLUMN
THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST FALL.
THAT WAS THE PLAN THAT WE WENT
INTO THIS YEAR WITH UNTIL THE
COVID CRISIS HIT AND
ADJUSTMENTS WERE NECESSARY.
TECHNICAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL
CHANGES, THESE ARE STANDARD
ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE MEETING
EVERY FISCAL YEAR.
IT IS BASICALLY THE TERM OF THE
PRIOR YEAR TRANSPIRED MAKING
ADJUSTMENTS LIKE CARRYFORWARDS
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE RIGHT COLUMN
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A TRACKING
TOTAL AS YOU GO DOWN TO THESE
ROWS THAT SHOW THE IMPACT THAT
EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS HAVE ON
THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE IN
2020.
THOSE TECHNICAL AND
SUPPLEMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS HAD A
VERY SMALL IMPACT TO THE
BALANCE BUT THE COVERT RELIEF
AND RECOVERY HAD A SUBSTANTIAL
IMPACT ON THE BALANCE. THIS
WAS LARGELY FUNDING PROVIDED
THROUGH THE C.A.R.E.S.
ACT, FUNDING PROVIDED BY
COUNCIL FOR SMALL BUSINESS
RELIEF AND COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY COPE WITH THE CRISIS
. THAT HAD A NET IMPACT OF $57
MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND
LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE
RECHARACTERIZATION OF OUR
WORKFORCE INTO DOING
SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT
FUNCTIONS.
SOME AMOUNT OF FEDERAL MONEY
WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT EXISTING
APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE
ORIGINALLY INTENDED FOR ONE
THING AND THEN WERE DIRECTED
TOWARD COVID RELIEF MEASURES .
THE THIRD TO LAST COLUMN
REVISED FORECAST AND SUMMER
REBALANCING PRACTICES LARGELY
THE AUGUST FORECAST BY CBO TO
THE CITY COUNCIL DEMONSTRATING
THE LOSSES IN SALES TAX,
PROPERTY TAX, AND SOME PROPERTY
TAX LAWS ESSENTIALLY AT A 15%
CUT IN THE FINANCING PLAN FOR
THE GENERAL FUND AT THE START
OF THE YEAR.
ON THE USES SIDE, THAT
REPRESENTS PREDOMINANTLY THE
SUMMER REVISION ORDNANCE
PRACTICES KEY TO THE OVERALL
ANALYSIS BECOMES PART OF THE
INVESTMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED IN
THE SUMMER REBALANCING WAS A
$14 MILLION COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS FOR COMMUNITY
SAFETY.
THE INTENT IN THAT BILL, WHICH
WAS VETOED BY THE MAYOR BUT
OVERWRITTEN BY THE COUNCIL IS
TO PROVIDE $14 MILLION IN
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FROM AN
INTERFUND LOAN IN BILL 863.
THE OVERRIDE LETTER WAS
PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
TO COUNCIL INDICATING THE
INVESTMENTS WOULD BE MADE
THOUGH THE INTERFUND LOAN
WOULD NOT BE PROCESSED BY THE
BUDGET OFFICE.
THAT ESSENTIALLY LEFT A $13
MILLION HOLE, WHICH WAS THE
AMOUNT OF THE INTERFUND LOAN
INTENDED TO COME FROM THE
CONSTRUCTION FUND AND TO BE
REPEATED IN 2021 THROUGH THE
REDUCTION TO THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR THE
PAYROLL EXTENT STACKS AND THAT
DID NOT OCCUR.
THERE IS PROPOSED FUTURE
REBOUNDS IN MANAGERS LIKE Q3
AND THE FOURTH QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL AND A SMALL AMOUNT
OF ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS
THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED AND WE
ARE AWARE OF FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE; HOWEVER, WE HAVE
NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH AN
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE
THAT $13 MILLION INTERFUND LOAN
THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE ISSUED.
THE BOTTOM LINE, WHAT 2020 IS
LEFT WITH IS A $4.9 MILLION
BALANCE.
WHICH IS POSITIVE, HOWEVER THE
KEY POINT IS PARTICULAR SLIDE
WHICH IS DETAILED ON PAGE 6 OF
THE MEMO IS AT THE 2021 BUDGET,
WHICH STARTS FROM HOWEVER WE
ENDED 2020, THE BUDGET
PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR ACTUALLY
DEPENDS ON THE $18 MILLION
STARTING BALANCE. SO THAT IS
THE $13 MILLION DIFFERENCE
WHICH WHEN WE GET TO ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION LATER WILL BE
ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE?
AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT I
JUST SAID SO YOU CAN PROBABLY
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE
THIS IS THE KEY TAKE AWAY WE
WILL NOW LAUNCH INTO THE
DISCUSSION OF THE DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS OF THE 2021 PROPOSED
BUDGET. FIRST WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THE BASELINE PROCESS.
THIS IS A WAY OF LOOKING AT HOW
TO START 2021 BASICALLY USING
THE 2020 BUDGET AND ADJUSTING IT
FOR DIFFERENT MEASURESTO BRING
IT IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT
LEVEL OF SERVICES IN 2021.
THEN WE WILL DO A SLIDE
COVERING THE NET REDUCTION AND
THE PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE
MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX REVENUE THAT IS IN
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND
WE WILL THEN COVER THE COST OF
IMPLEMENTING THE TAX AND THE
COST OF ADDITIONAL COVID RELIEF
IN THE BUDGET WE WILL TOUCH ON
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED COMMUNITY
INITIATIVE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE FISCAL RESERVES, WHICH IS
NOT IN THE GENERAL FUND BUT AN
IMPORTANT FISCAL RELIEF MEASURE
IN THE CITY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES AS
REFERENCES TO PAGE 8 OF THE MEMO
IN TERMS OF THE DETAIL THAT IS,
YOU WILL SEE A SERIES OF SLIDES
THAT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THIS IN
EACH ONE IS A TRACKING THE
IMPACT THAT THAT PARTICULAR
ADJUSTMENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
HANDSON THE GENERAL FUND
BALANCE AND STATUS YOU WANT TO
SAY BALANCING STATUS, WHICH I
WILL PROBABLY SAY QUITE
FREQUENTLY, IT IS ESSENTIALLY
HOW MUCH A REVENUE IS ABOVE OR
BELOW THE EXPENDITURES.
IN THIS CASE, YOU CAN SEE IN
THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF
THIS SLIDE THE LITTLE TABLE
RESOURCES AND EXPENDITURES.
IN TERMS OF STARTING THE BUDGET
FOR 2021, THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
WOULD TAKE THE 2020 ADOPTED
BUDGET AND THEN MAKE A NUMBER
OF ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT NUMBER
TWO SIMULATOR ESTIMATE WHAT IT
COSTS TO PROVIDE THE 2020 LEVEL
OF ADOPTED SERVICES IN 2021.
AND THAT IS WHAT THIS REFLECTS.
IN THE EXPENDITURE LINE IT
REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF THAT
SERVICE AND THAT LEVEL OF
SERVICE AND THEN THE BASELINE
REVENUE FORECAST.
YOU CAN SEE THE BARGRAPH
REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
IT IS AT $1.4 MILLION AND
APPROXIMATELY $1 BILLION I'M
SORRY.
YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES OF $1.24
MILLION AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM
SIDE OF THE BOTTOM LINE THE
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS SLIDE IS
AFTER THE CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL
ESTIMATE OF THE BUDGET THERE IS
A $191 MILLION SHORTFALL.
SO THE EXPENSES THAT YOU NEED
TO COVER THE BASELINE IS $191
MILLION MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR
THEM.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
WE WILL START THEN GIVEN THAT
THERE IS A SHORTFALL IDENTIFIED
IN THE BASE LEVEL OF SERVICE
AND THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED THAT
GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, AND
YOU WILL SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT-
HAND SIDE THAT THE REVENUE
LARGELY STAYS THE SAME AND
EXPENDITURES BECOME A BIT
SLOWER BECAUSE THERE ABOUT $27
MILLION OF NET REDUCTION.
THERE IS SOMEPLACE IN THE
BUDGET WHERE THERE IS A
REDUCTION IN ONE DEPARTMENT AND
AN INCREASE IN ANOTHER. A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THAT IS PARKING
ENFORCEMENT THAT IS MOVING FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT
BUDGET.
ALSO SIMILARLY THERE IS A
REDUCTION OF THE 911 CALL
CENTER FROM POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET INTO A NEWLY CREATED
EMERGENCY CREATION CENTER.
THOSE ARE CUT IN ONE PLACE AND
ADDED TO ANOTHER ADDING OUT TO
ESSENTIALLY ZERO THESE TOPICS
WILL BE COVERED IN GREATER
DETAIL IN THE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTATIONS LATER ON IN THE
ISSUED LIBERATION SCHEDULE BUT
I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A
BROADER LEVEL DESCRIPTION OF
WHAT I MEAN BY NET.
PLUS AND MINUS THE REDUCTIONS
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET HUNDRED 28.7
MILLION-DOLLAR OPERATING
REDUCTION.
YOU CAN GENERALLY SEE IT IN THE
GRAPH ON THE RIGHT THAT THE
EXPENDITURES VARY SLIGHTLY.
STILL LOOKING AT THE YELLOW
SHADED BAR AT THE BOTTOM THE
GENERAL FUNCTION CALL IS
REDUCED TO BUT IT IS STILL
EXPENDITURES $163 MILLION MORE
THAN THE REVENUE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
COUNCIL ADOPTED IN THE SUMMER
IN JULY THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
, WHICH IS A TAX ON LARGE
BUSINESS PAYROLL EXPENSES, AS
YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
ESTIMATED REVENUE FROM THAT TAX
, WHICH THE MAYOR HAS BUILT
INTO THE BUDGET IS $214
MILLION.
THAT HAS A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC
USES THAT WERE DETAILED IN BOTH
AND ORNAMENTS CRAFTING A
SPENDING PLAN FOR 2021 AS WELL
AS A RESOLUTION THAT INDICATED
WITH THOSE RESOURCES WOULD BE
USED FOR IN THE YEARS
THEREAFTER.
IN THIS CASE IS A GENERAL FUND
REVENUE SOURCE SO THAT FUSES
COULD COVER COVID RELIEF , TAX
IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTINUITY
OF SERVICE, WHICH ARE ALL
GENERAL FUND EXPENSES WE AT
THAT $214 MILLION TO THE $163
MILLION SHORTFALL AND AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND
CORNER THE ACTUAL CALCULATION
HAS CHANGED.
IT IS INVERTED IN FACT. THERE
IS $51 MILLION MORE RESOURCES
IN THE STATE AND THEIR
EXPENDITURES AND ON THE
BARGRAPH ON THE RIGHT THE
RESOURCES ARE HIGHER THAN
EXPENDITURES. THAT IS WHERE WE
ARE AT THAT STAGE OF THE
ANALYSIS.
THERE ARE A FEW MORE STEPS TO
GO.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
THIS JUST FOLDS AND THOSE COSTS
THAT ARE ATTACHED AND DEDICATED
IN THE JUMPSTART SPEND PLAN.
THERE IS A PERCENTAGE THAT IS
LOT FOR A PAYROLL TAX
IMPLEMENTATION SHOWING THE $3.3
MILLION IN FINANCE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO
IMPLEMENT THE TAX.
IT ALSO SHOWS THE ENHANCED
AMOUNTS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET
FOR COVID RELIEF ACROSS
DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TOTALING
$21.7 MILLION . WE AT THOSE
ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE
EXPENDITURE AND THE BALANCE NOW
BECOMES $27.3 MILLION IN THE
BAR CHART ON THE RIGHT SLOWLY
BECOMES CLOSER.
BUT IT IS STILL A NET POSITIVE
NUMBER.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
THIS IS WHERE WE HAD IN TO THE
SIGNIFICANT NEW ADDITION OF
RESOURCES IN THE MAYOR'S BUDGET
AND THIS IS THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE THIS IS
$100 MILLION THAT WOULD BE PUT
IN RESERVES WITH A TASK FORCE
FORMED TO GUIDE THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE RESOURCES
SO IT IS ESSENTIALLY $100
MILLION OF ADDITIONAL COST THAT
IS ADDED TO THE CALCULATION.
THAT BRINGS THE GENERAL FUND
BALANCE TO A NEGATIVE 72.75.
ESSENTIALLY NOW WE ARE LOOKING
AT A REVENUE SHORTFALL IN THE
GENERAL FUND.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
AND SO THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET INCLUDES $72.7 MILLION
FROM THE CITY FISCAL RESERVES ,
AND WHEN YOU ADD THOSE
RESOURCES IN YOU NOW HAVE A
BALANCED BUDGET.
THIS ISESSENTIALLY THE REVENUE
MATCHING THE EXPENDITURES IN
THE BUDGET.
IF WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE,
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE FINAL
TALLY IS FOR THE CITY'S FISCAL
RESERVES AFTER THAT USE. SO WE
STARTED FOR COVID THE BUDGET
HAD $127 MILLION BETWEEN BOTH
RESERVES. THE BUDGET OF
REVISIONS ORDINANCE THIS SUMMER
USED ABOUT $29 MILLION FROM THE
REVENUE STABILIZATION FUND.
THERE IS A COMPROMISE
LEGISLATION THAT IS PROPOSED
THAT LEAVES ANOTHER $19 MILLION
THIS YEAR FROM THE EMERGENCY
FUND, THOUGH I'M NOT SURE THAT
HAS BEEN DRAFTED YET.
THE 2021 BEGINNING BALANCE
INCLUDES BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS
THAT WE START IN THE PROPOSED
MAYOR'S BUDGET WITH $78.9
MILLION AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET
USES $72.7 MILLION OF THESE
REMAINING RESERVES, LEAVING OUR
OFFICE IN 2021 AND $6.2 MILLION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. LOOKING BACK
AT THE 2021 BUDGET FOR THE 2020
BUDGET AS DISCUSSED, BECAUSE OF
THE NON-ISSUANCE OF THE
INTERFUND LOAN THAT WAS PART OF
THE FINANCING PLAN FOR THE
BUDGET PROVISION, WE ARE OUT OF
BOUNDS BY $13.1 MILLION. NEXT
AN IMPORTANT TAKE WHEN I
FRANKLY DO NOT HIGHLIGHT THIS
EARLIER, BUT IT IS PART OF THE
THIRD-QUARTER BALANCING PACKAGE
AND THAT THE MAYOR'S 2020
BALANCING PROPOSAL SO IS IN THE
THIRD QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL
ASSUMES $30 MILLION FROM THE
INVESTMENT FUND.
THIS WAS AN AMOUNT THAT WAS
FUNDED FROM MERCER MEGA BLOCK
PROCEEDS LAST YEAR AND WAS PUT
IN THIS FINANCE GENERAL TO FORM
THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM WITH
THE COMMUNITY TO DETERMINE HOW
TO MAKE INVESTMENTS IN AREA
WITH HIGH RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
AND GLOBAL ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY.
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET CUTS THIS
AMOUNT IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE
PROGRAM.
FURTHER, AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET RELIES HEAVILY
ON THE FALL LINE OF THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX.
IT WAS ON $27 MILLION AND BRINGS
THE CITY FISCAL RESERVES TO
$6.1 MILLION.
THIS IS A CRITICAL ITEM BECAUSE
INCLUDING THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX THE EXECUTIVE HAS NOTED
THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A NEW
TAX SOURCE THAT WE ARE
UNFAMILIAR WITH AND THERE'S
ALWAYS LEGAL RISK WITH ANY TAX
SOURCE THAT WE HAVE.
THIS ONE WOULD BE NO EXCEPTION.
IT IS HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTY.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE STILL IN
THE COVID PANDEMIC AND A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY ON THE HORIZON .
BRINGING THE FISCAL RESERVES
DOWN TO $6.1 MILLION IS A KEY
DISTINCTION.
>> WHAT WE HAVE YOUR PAUSE
HERE.
RIGHT AT THE END OF THE SUMMARY
OF THE SLIDE?
>> YES.
>> BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON WITH
THE OTHER SLIDES TO COME ON THE
ISSUES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF THIS IS FULLY
DIGESTED AND THAT WE ABSORB THE
WAYS IN WHICH THE REVENUE
STREAMS ARE BEING PROPOSED TO
BE USED. IF YOU COULD BACK UP
ONE SLIDE FOR US?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK THIS ILLUSTRATES THE
CRISIS THAT IS NOT ONLY IN
FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW BUT AS
TOM JUST CONCLUDED THE CONCERN
THAT WE ALL HAVE WITH HOW LONG
THIS POTETIAL DEPRESSION MAY
IMPACT RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE AND
HELP A DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY
MEANS THAT MORE FAMILIES NEED
TO TURN TO THE CITY AND OTHER
FORMS OF GOVERNMENT FOR SUPPORT
AND WITHOUT STABLE REVENUE
COMING IN THE DOOR IN LIGHT OF
THE FACT THAT THE PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX HAS BEEN USED IN
THE REDUCTION IN THE FISCAL
RESERVES GOES DOWN TO $6.1
MILLION, JUST WANTED TO PAUSE
HERE FOR A SECOND AND MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS GET THE CHANCE TO ASK
ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE
ABOUT SLIDES THEY'VE ALREADY
SEEN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
TOM, THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION.
IT IS VERY HELPFUL.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS
SLIDE.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THE
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THIS RAPID
REDUCTION IN RESERVES COMPARED
TO THE RATE AT WHICH THEY SPENT
THESE RESERVES FOLLOWING THE
2008 RECESSION AND HOW THE RATE
OF SPENDING RELATES TO THE
RECOVERY TIMELINE FOR THIS
RECESSION AS COMPARED TO 2008.
AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE
INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, I WOULD
BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
AFTER THIS MEETING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS . I DO
NOT HAVE THE DETAIL.
IT WAS A BIT MORE DELAYED IN
THAT WE GOT HIT BY THE GREAT
RECESSION AND THEN THE RESPONSE
WAS NECESSARY FISCAL MEASURES
PROTRACTED AS OPPOSED TO HOW WE
WERE HEAVILY HIT THOUGH I WILL
FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU WITH A MORE
DETAILED DEPICTION OF THAT
TREND.
>> EXCELLENT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS COMPARING
HOW THE DRAWDOWN COMPARES HERE
IN THE PROPOSED USAGE VERSUS
THE WAY IN WHICH IT WAS USED IN
THE PREVIOUS RECESSION.
EXCELLENT QUESTION.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? DID YOU
HAVE ANYTHING, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT OR COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES?
OKAY.
NOT SEEN ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW, PLEASE
FEEL FREE TO RAISE ANY
QUESTIONS AT THE END AS WELL .
OKAY.
SO JUST SO THAT I AM CLEAR ON
THE SUMMARY HERE, SOUNDS LIKE
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET HAS
NO IDENTIFIED SOURCE FOR THE
$100 MILLION COMMITMENT BESIDES
USING FUNDING FROM THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX AND
DRYING DOWN THE RESERVES.
THE FUNDING THAT WOULD'VE
MOTHER WAS GONE FROM THE
PAYROLL TAX INTO THINGS LIKE
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, CHILDCARE
SUPPORT, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE
SERVICES AND PREVENTING LAYOUTS
THOSE ISSUES IN OUR SPEND PLAN
AS YOUR MEMO NOTES HAS BEEN PUT
TO THE SIDE AND THE REVENUES
LUMPED TOGETHER IN THE GENERAL
FUND AND HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM
AND TO RUN DOWN THE RESERVES TO
MAKE UP THAT COMMITMENT.
IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THANK YOU , CHAIR MOSQUEDA .
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
IT IS BY VIRTUE OF GOING INTO
THE GENERAL FUND BECOMES USED
FOR ANY PURPOSE, ALTHOUGH THAT
IS EXACTLY THE REASON WHY WE
SHOW THE SPECIFIC PIECES FOR
THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE
COVID RESPONSE AND THEN
EVERYTHING ELSE IS ESSENTIALLY
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE, WHICH IS
A KEY USE.
THERE IS NO DISTINCTION BEYOND
THAT POINT WE TRIED TO
DEMONSTRATE WHAT CONTINUITY OF
SERVICE WITH ME FROM A BASELINE
PERSPECTIVE.
THAT WAS A WAY OF ORDERING THE
ANALYSIS TO SHOW HOW AFTER
PAYING FOR THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX IMPLEMENTATION AND
ADDRESSING THE COVID EMERGENCY
THERE WOULD STILL BE A POSITIVE
BALANCE LEFT OVER IN THE FUND.
THAT WAS THE KIND OF WAY TO DO
THAT, LACKING MORE SPECIFIC
STRINGS ATTACHED IN THE BUDGET
TO DO THAT.
>> ALY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO ADD TO THAT?
I SAW YOU COMING ON CAMERA AS
WELL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
I WAS JUST MAKING MYSELF
AVAILABLE IF THERE WAS MORE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET COMPARES TO THE
ADOPTED SPENDING PLAN FOR THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX.
I AM HAPPY TO GO INTO FURTHER
DETAIL IF YOU WANT.
IT SEEMS LIKE TOM WE HAVE
ANSWERED THE QUESTION.
>> OF I CAN ADD IT IS IN THE
MEMO ON THE LAST PAGE WITH
REGARD TO THE SUSTAINABILITY
CONCEPT.
BECAUSE OF THE RESOLUTION OF
THE COUNCIL TO ONLY DO A ONE
YEAR BUDGET WE WOULD NORMALLY
DO TWO YEARS, WE ARE ONLY
LOOKING AT 2021 AND THEN
DECISIONS WOULD BE MADE IN 2022
NEXT FALL. HOWEVER, THERE IS A
FINANCIAL PLAN THAT HAS BEEN
PRESENTED BY THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, AND THEY DO A FINANCIAL
PLAN WITH EVERY BUDGET.
IT IS NOTHING YOU, BUT IT IS
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
FINANCIAL PLAN AND HOW THE
DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THIS
BUDGET INTO WE PARTICULARLY
WITH REGARD TO THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX.
THERE IS JUST TWO PIECES THAT I
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT 2022 AND WE
HAVE THIS GUIDANCE IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN THAT IS
INSTRUCTIVE.
ONE IS THAT THE MAYOR'S
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY'S
INITIATIVE AT $100 MILLION, SO
IT IS PROPOSED IN THE CURRENT
YEAR BUDGET, AND IT IS INCLUDED
. THERE IS AN AMOUNT THAT WAS
INCLUDED IN FUTURE YEARS.
IT IS INCLUDED AT $100 MILLION
IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENTAL
PROGRAM, THOUGH IT IS PRECISELY
NOT CLEAR THAT IT IS FOR THE
INITIATIVE.
BUT THERE IS MONEY FROM THE IS
AVAILABLE FROM THE GENERAL FUND
WITH A $400 MILLION COMMITMENT
ON AN ONGOING BASIS. THE BUDGET
BOOK INDICATES THAT THAT AMOUNT
OF THAT INVESTMENT IS AN ONGOING
INVESTMENT ALTHOUGH THERE'S
ALSO BEEN COMMUNICATION THAT
PERHAPS IT IS INTENDED THAT
THERE WILL BE THE ALTERNATIVE
REVENUE STREAMS IDENTIFIED FOR
THE INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE.
AGAIN WE'RE NOT MAKING 2022
DECISIONS, AND THERE IS
DIFFERENCE WITH WHAT IS IN THE
BUDGET BUT SUGGESTED IS AN
ONGOING INVESTMENT IN JUST
REASON THAT IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE
IT IS THE PARENT EXPENSE TAX
THAT HAS A SPECIFIC PLAN IN THE
RESOLUTION THAT INDICATES THE
HOUSING INVESTMENT AND THINGS
OF THAT NATURE.
THE DECISION DOES NOT HAVE TO
BE MADE, BUT I'M JUST RAISING
THE POINT.
FURTHER, BECAUSE THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX IS BAKED INTO THE
FINANCIAL PLAN IN THE FUTURE,
IT IS ASSUMED TO BE PART OF THE
GENERAL FUND REVENUE SERVICES
GOING FORWARD.
AGAIN IT IS A KEY POINT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THE NEW
RESOLUTION RELATES TO THE PLAN
THEY WERE LOOKING AT HOW AND MY
FUTURE DECISIONS COULD LOOK LIKE
BASED ON THAT SET OF
ASSUMPTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT
BECAUSE IT IS A SUSTAINABILITY
ISSUE NOT SO MUCH IN THE
FINANCIAL PLAN THAT CBO IS
SHOWN WITH A BALANCED BUDGET IN
THE FUTURE BUT IT IS JUST I
WANT TO RAISE THAT AS A
CONCEPT.
>> OKAY.
I JUST HAVE TIMBER FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ON THAT AND I BELIEVE
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IF THERE'S OTHERS, PLEASE LET
ME KNOW.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, THANK YOU
PURCHASED TWO SUMMERS ON THIS
POINT, AND YOU MENTIONED THIS,
TOM AND WE REPEATED THIS A
NUMBER OF TIMES THIS YEAR.
THE COUNCIL PUT FIRM PARAMETERS
AND ACTION AROUND THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX SO THAT THERE WOULD
NOT BE CRITICISM THAT THERE WAS
NOT TO SPEND PLAN BUT THERE
WOULD BE PRIORITY AS OUTLINED
BY THE COUNCIL IN CONJUNCTION
WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO
WERE SUPPORTING PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX SO THAT DOLLARS
COULD BE INVESTED IN SUPPORTING
THOSE WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED BY
COVID RIGHT NOW, MAKING SURE
THAT THERE WAS PREVENTION FROM
CUTS AND LAYOFFS AND AUSTERITY
IN 2021, AND IN 2022 AND BEYOND
INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING , MAKING
SURE THAT THERE IS A EQUITABLE
INITIATIVE, GRINNED DONNA
SUMMER, ALL OF THOSE ISSUES TO
HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON LOW-
WAGE WORKERS AND BLACK AND
BROWN COMMUNITIES AND ARE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER
THAT RESOLUTION 31957 AND
COUNCIL BILL 9811 HAD CLEAR
DIRECTION OF HOW WE INTENDED
THOSE DOLLARS TO BE SPENT.
THAT WAS THE IMPORTANT POINT
THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SLIDE
HERE AND IS COVERED IN YOUR
MEMO, IS IT ACCURATE TO SAY
THAT THERE IS NOT A PLAN FILLED
IN AS THE JUMPSTART PROPOSAL
HAD ARTICULATED FOR THE FIRST
DOLLARS TO GO BACK TO THE
RESERVES?
IS NOT A PROPOSAL THAT
ACCOMPANIES THIS DRAWDOWN TO
PAY BACK THE RESERVES IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE MAYOR?
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA , I WOULD SAY
THAT THERE IS NOT A DISCRETE
REPAYMENT IN 2021; HOWEVER, THE
ANALYSIS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER
IN THESE SLIDES, THERE IS A 2021
COMMITMENT FOR COVID.
THAT IS UNDERWAY A WAY OF
ADDING THAT INTO THE ANALYSIS
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY USING THE
PEER EXPENSE TAX SURPLUS THAT
WAS CREATED TO SHOW THAT THERE
IS SOME ELEMENT OF COVID RELIEF
THAT IS BEING FUNDED.
SO IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A
SPECIFIC PAYBACK BUT THERE IS
THE ELEMENT OF THE THAT BEING
SAID, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL
PAYBACK OF THE OTHER MONIES
THAT WERE USED THIS YEAR.
>> THE AMOUNT SPECIFIC TO COVID
AS PART OF THE COMPROMISE
PROPOSAL THAT THE COUNCIL AND
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REACHED OVER
TWO YEARS, 19 AND 2020 AND THEN
20 AND 2021. SPECIFIC TO HOW WE
REPAY THE USE OF THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND THERE IS NOT
A STRATEGY BUILD AND TO PUT
THOSE DOLLARS BACK IN IN THIS
PROPOSAL.
IS THAT ACCURATE?
>> THE BUDGET I WOULD SAY IN
THE FINANCIAL PLAN THAT I
REFERENCE THAT IS IN THE BUDGET
BOOK, THERE ARE MOUNDS GOING
BACK TO THE RESERVE AND THE
EMERGENCY FUND IN FUTURE YEARS.
BY WAY OF THE PAYROLL TAX BEEN
PART OF THAT ANALYSIS,
ESSENTIALLY IT DOES INSTITUTE
SOME LEVEL OF PAYBACK. I DO NOT
HAVE THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT AT MY
FINGERTIPS.
THIS IS BASED ON A SLATE OF
ASSUMPTIONS IN THE FINANCIAL
PATH.
THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD GIVE
SOME CREDENCE TO THE FACT THAT
THERE IS IN THE PLAN SOME
ELEMENT OF PAYING THESE
RESERVES.
NOT NEXT YEAR, THOUGH IN FUTURE
YEARS.
>> THANK YOU, VERY MUCH .
>> MY RECOLLECTION AND TOM
PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M OFF-
BASE HERE. THAT THE FINANCIAL
PLAN ASSUMES THAT THE CITY WILL
BEGIN TO REPAY THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION FUND BEGINNING IN
2022 AND BY THE END OF 2024
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE NEARLY BACK
UP TO THE 2021 BEGINNING
BALANCE AMOUNT AND DO SOMETHING
LIKE $74 MILLION BY THE END OF
2024.
EXACTLY WHAT RESOURCES ARE USED
WHETHER THAT IS THE JUMPSTART
SEATTLE PAYROLL TAX OR SOME
OTHER GENERAL FUND PARTICULAR
FLAVOR IS NOT SPECIFIED NOW
WHAT WE EXPECTED TO BE
SPECIFIED IN THAT KIND OF A
FUTURE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN.
THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY TO
SUSTAIN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WITH THE CAVEAT AS WELL AS MAKE
REPAYMENT INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS
TO BEGIN TO BRING THE RESERVES
BACK UP TO THE $70 MILLION
RANGE BY THE END OF 24.
>> DAN EDER THANK YOU BECAUSE
HE ALY . WOULD YOU LIKE TO
UNMUTE?
>> YOU SPEAKING TO THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET AND WHAT IS IN
THE FINANCIAL PLAN FOR
REPLENISHING THE RESERVES.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY
BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING WAS WHAT WAS IN THE
SPENDING PLAN FOR THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX REGARDING
REPLENISHMENT OF THE EMERGENCY
FUND IN 2021 IT GETS COMPLICATED
BECAUSE THE JUMPSTART SPENDING
PLAN ASSUMED THAT THE COUNCIL
THAT THE SPENDING PLAN FOR
COVID RELIEF IN 2020 THAT WAS
ADOPTED WAS USING $86 MILLION
FROM THE EMERGENCY FUND IN 2020
THAT WOULD THEN BE PAID BACK IN
2021.
IN THE FIRST $86 MILLION IN
2021 TO REPLENISH THE
STABILIZATION AND AND THEN
AFTER PAYING BACK THAT USE, IT
WOULD THEN BE USED IN 2021 WITH
THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICES AND
20% FOR CONTINUE COVID REALLY
BEEN 5% TO IMPLEMENT AN
ADMINISTRATIVE PAYROLL TAX AND
BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT OR SET OF
THE PROGRAMS NECESSARY TO
IMPLEMENT THE SPENDING PLAN
INVESTMENTS PROPOSED IN 2022
AND BEYOND.
ULTIMATELY THROUGH ANOTHER
REVISED ORDINANCE THAT WAS
ADOPTED IN SEPTEMBER, 119860
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING FROM THE
EMERGENCY FUND WAS REDUCED TO
$57 MILLION AND FOLLOWING THAT
A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE MAYOR
AND COUNCIL THAT REDUCED THE
OVERALL USE OF THE EMERGENCY
FND FOR COVID RELIEF TO $45
MILLION SPREADING OUT OVER 2020
AND 2021 AND THERE IS
LEGISLATION THAT WAS
TRANSMITTED WITH THE BUDGET TO
REPEAL COUNCIL BOIL AND REPLACE
IT WITH A BILL THAT REFLECTS
THE PROPOSED USE FROM THE
EMERGENCY FUND IN 2020 AND IT IS
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET SO TO BE
MOST ACCURATE OR ALIGNED WITH
THE ADOPTED SPENDING PLAN FOR
THE PAYROLL TAX, WHAT WE WOULD
HAVE EXPECTED TO SEE WHAT HAVE
BEEN REPLENISHING LEAVING $40
MILLION IN EMERGENCY IN THE
EMERGENCY FUND PAYING BACK THE
$20 MILLION USED IN 2020 AND
NOT DRYING THE $20 MILLION
NEEDED FOR THE COMPROMISE AND
2021. IT COULD'VE BEEN PAID OUT
OF THE PAYROLL TAX REVENUES.
$130 MILLION FOR CONTINUITY OF
SERVICES FOR CONTINUE COVID
RELIEF AND ABOUT $8.5 MILLION
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.
I WILL NOTICE DURING THESE
CONVERSATIONS DIRECTOR NOBLE
FROM THE BUDGET OFFICE SAID
MORE THAN ONCE THAT HE WAS
EXPECTING TO NEED TO MAKE USE
OF THE RESERVES IN 2020 SO EVEN
IF THEY WERE REPLENISHED THERE
WOULD BE USED AGAIN.
TOM JUST REFLECTED THAT AT
LEAST SOME MONEY COULD'VE GONE
BACK INTO THE EMERGENCY FUND
HAVE THERE BEEN DIFFERENT
SPENDING CHOICES MADE THERE IS
A LOT OF COMPETING POLICY
CHOICES HERE RIGHT NOW, SO IT
IS GOOD TO NOTE THAT THE
EXPECTATION WAS THAT IN 2021
USANA REPLENISHMENT OF THE
FUNDS AND AT LEAST THOSE THAT
WERE USED IN 2020 FOR COVID
RELIEF .
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU . THANK YOU FOR
THIS PRESENTATION AND MEMO,
TOM.
IT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HELP
US WALK THROUGH WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE. SORRY.
I DO NOT REMEMBER WHICH SLIDE.
I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND.
WAS NOT HERE WHEN THAT
HAPPENED, BUT I RECALL
FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATION
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE AS I RECALL
THE FUNDS WERE INTENDED TO BE
USED FOR THE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE KIND OF COMMUNITY
INVESTMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT SINCE I HAVE BEEN
HERE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF
UNPACK THAT LITTLE BIT AND MAKE
SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE
USED FOR AND I BELIEVE I JUST
HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE PROCESS
WAS TO CREATE AN
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THOSE
RESOURCES WOULD BE ALLOCATED.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
THAT IS CORRECT.
ALY MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION TO ADD TO THE TEAM
WAS FORMED AND THERE WAS
PERHAPS A COUPLE MEETINGS
EARLIER THIS FISCAL YEAR AND
THEN COVID HIT AND I BELIEVE
THE PROCESS WAS INSTALLED AT
THAT POINT, GIVEN THE COVID
CRISIS.
SO THAT IS THE STATUS . I THINK
YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE
INVESTMENTS AND THE INTENT IS
ACCURATE, BUT THAT IS
ESSENTIALLY THE STATUS OF THAT
MONEY RIGHT NOW AND WHAT WAS
FOR AND HOW THE TEAM WAS
STARTED BUT HAVE NOT FINISHED
WITH THAT WORK.
>> OKAY.
SO THERE WAS A PROCESS STARTED
WITH A DEPARTMENT FORUM AND WAS
FUNDED TO MAKE THESE
INVESTMENTS AND THAT IS NOW
REMOVED FROM THIS BUDGET
PROPOSAL.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD IN,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, I
BELIEVE THERE WAS INTERNAL
MEETINGS FORMED.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
WERE A FEW MEETINGS WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO BEGIN THE
PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE
CRITERIA . I DO NOT KNOW IF THE
OFFICIAL TERM IS STAKEHOLDER
ADVISORY GROUP OR HOW FORMAL IT
WAS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THERE
WAS SOME WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS
TO START THINKING ABOUT THE
CRITERIA AND HOW DECISIONS
MIGHT BE MADE BUT AS TOM
MENTIONED AS FAR AS WE KNOW THE
SORT OF STALLED OUT LIKELY DUE
TO COVID AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
AND WOULD USE IT FOR BALANCING
2020.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU
>> JUST AS AN EDITORIAL NOTE,
NOT EVERYTHING HAS STALLED OUT.
WE HAVE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO THE
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TO MAKE SURE THAT
PLANNING COMMISSION FOR
MEETINGS CAN CONTINUE TO COME
FORWARD AND PEOPLE CAN
PARTICIPATE IN THOSE
DISCUSSIONS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT ON RECORD
NUMBERS HERE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THAT THERE IS OTHER WAYS IN
WHICH PUBLIC INPUT AND
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK COULD BE
RECEIVED.
IT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
IS ON MY LIST OF QUESTIONS
ALSO AND IN THE MEMO IT SAYS AN
EXPLANATION OF THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND FINANCED BY THE
SALE OF THE MERCER BLOCK WAS
FOR AREAS OF HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT AND/OR ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITIES.
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
THE IMPACT OF A $30 MILLION CUT
IN THIS AREA AND WILL REMAIN
FOR THE OTHERWISE PROMISING
AREAS FOR THE INVESTMENTS THAT
PEOPLE HAD REALLY RALLIED TO
SUPPORT ELEMENTS OF THE MERCER
SALE BECAUSE THAT WAS THE
COMPONENT OF THE FINAL PRODUCT.
IN THE FINAL COMMENTS ON THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING
THE IRONY HERE OF CUTTING FUNDS
FOR A PROGRAM DEDICATED ALREADY
TO EQUITABLE INVESTMENT AND THE
PURPOSE OF THIS WAS FOR
TRANSFORMATIVE EQUITABLE
DEVELOPMENT INNER-CITY,
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING AREAS
AS YOU SAID AT HIGHEST RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT. I JUST THINK IT
IS IRONIC THAT THE PROGRAM IS
NOW CUT SO THAT WE CAN FIND A
NEW PROGRAM WITH A NEW PROCESS
TO MAKE NEW KINDS OF
INVESTMENTS AROUND A PORTABLE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WILL SAY
MORE LATER.
I AM JUST STRUGGLING TO
UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC HERE.
>> PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU . FIRST JUST TO
REITERATE THE POINT THAT HAS
BEEN MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, WE SHOULD NOT ACCEPT
THAT THIS IS IN SOME WAY THAT
COVID IS TO BLAME FOR THE $30
MILLION CUT.
I CERTAINLY DO NOT ACCEPT THAT .
ON THE BUCKET OF MONEY WAS
CALLED FOR THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND I THINK IT WAS
DESIGNED TO MEAN NOTHING AND
THAT IT IS EASY TO THEN HIDE
THE CUTS IN THE THIRD-QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET WHICH IS
WHAT THE MAYOR HAS DONE.
THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE
LANGUAGE USED DURING THE LAST
YEAR BUDGET WHEN SHE SAID SHE
WAS CREATING THIS FUND AND
WOULD WORK TO INVEST THE 30 MIN
DOLLARS TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT
IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
TO PUT A FINE POINT ON IT, SHE
TALKED ABOUT THESE $30 MILLION
LAST YEAR EXACTLY THE SAME WAY
SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE $100
MILLION THIS YEAR BUT NOT ONE
PENNY HAS BEEN SEEN BY THE
COMMUNITY. I OF COURSE AGREE
WITH THE POINT THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE THAT ON EVERYTHING HAS
STALLED SO HAS THIS STALLED?
AND SO MUCH AS UNFOUNDED OR
UNDERFUNDED AND THE
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.
THAT REALLY IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED
BECAUSE SO MUCH NEEDS TO BE
FUNDED?
I CAN THINK OF 15 DIFFERENT
WAYS IN WHICH TUESDAY $30
MILLION AND IT WOULD BENEFIT
THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO TO SAY THAT FOR THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SAY THAT WE
CANNOT DO THIS BECAUSE WE
CANNOT HAVE THIS PROCESS
ANYMORE IT'S JUST NOT A
PLAUSIBLE EXCUSE. THERE IS NO
MYSTERY ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE
FUNDED.
A LOT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED.
$30 MILLION ONLY GO SO FAR BUT
IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR
WHATEVER THAT IS USED FOR.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY WORRY
IS THAT THE SAME APPROACHES
BEING USED FOR THIS GRANT
PROMISE OF $100 MILLION.
ONE COULD SAY THAT WE $100
MILLION THAT IS BEEN PROPOSED
BY THE MAYOR'S BEEN PARTIALLY
PAID FOR BY IGNORING THE
PROMISE OF THE $30 MILLION MADE
LAST YEAR.
THESE ARE JUST NUMBERS IN THE
AIR.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS
ACTUALLY REAL AND WHAT IS TO
STOP FROM NEXT HER PROMISING
$150 MILLION IN ON FUNDING FROM
THIS YEAR AND SAYING WILL BE
FUNDING THIS YEAR?
EVERY YEAR TO HAVE THE PROMISES
GETTING BIGGER WITHOUT ACTUALLY
MAKING A REAL INVESTMENT.
ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT IT IS
PROBLEMATIC THAT THEY ATTEMPTED
TO HIDE THIS CUT OF THE THIRD-
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET,
WHICH IS SO RARELY SCRUTINIZED
FOR IT IS DIFFICULT FOR MANY
PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE
DETAILS OF THE CITY BUDGET
RATHER THAN JUST BEING HONEST
ABOUT IT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
COMMENTS BEING MADE BY
COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT ALL THIS
BUT I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL
WILL SUPPORT THE FORM A FROM MY
OFFICE TO ELIMINATE THIS CUT
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR
COMMUNITIES.
I FIND IT QUITE I CANNOT TAKE
IT AT FACE VALUE THAT THE MAYOR
SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE STREAM TO
MAKE THIS A PERMANENT PART.
WHAT IS THIS PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE STREAM?
THIS IS NUMBERS IN THE AIR.
THIS IS THE MAYOR THAT OPPOSED
THE AMAZON TAX AND EVERY
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCE.
I WOULD NOT GO TO THE BANK WITH
IT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?
GO AHEAD, DAN.
>> I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT
THAT THE 2020, AS TOM HAD
DESCRIBED, THE POSITION OF THE
GENERAL FUND AT THE END OF 2020
MATERIALLY AFFECTS THE STARTING
PLACE FOR THE 2021 BUDGET.
SO COUNCIL COULD CERTAINLY
TAKE UP THE QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT TO ELIMINATE THE
$30 MILLION RESERVE FOR THE
DISTRICT INVESTMENTS THAT WERE
ANTICIPATED IN 2020. IF YOU
WERE TO WIPE OUT THAT CUT,
WHICH IS TO SAY RESTORE THE
SPENDING, HE WOULD HAVE TO
REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SPENDING
IN 2021 BECAUSE THEN THERE
WOULD BE $30 MILLION LESS MONEY
AVAILABLE TO SPEND.
YOU COULD DO THAT.
IS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION ABOUT
WHAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO YOU
ONE OF THINGS YOU CAN DO IS
REDUCE IT DOWN TO $70 MILLION.
I THINK IN FACT IT DOES REFLECT
WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.
SHE HAD $30 MILLION FOR A
SIMILAR PURPOSE THAT SHE IS NOW
SAYING IS NO LONGER PROPOSED IN
2020 PROPOSED $100 MILLION IN
2021 FOR A SIMILAR PURPOSE BUT
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
$70 MILLION OF NEW SPENDING FOR
THE SIMILAR PURPOSE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MATCH.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU
ESPECIALLY FOR THESE QUESTIONS
AS OPPOSED TO THE THIRD-QUARTER
AND THE FINANCE GENERAL CHAPTER
FOR THE 2020 BUDGET AS WAS JUST
MENTIONED.
IT IS WHERE WE HAVE THE CHANCE
TO LOOK AT THESE LEVEL DETAILS
DURING THE YEAR PROVIDING US
WITH THAT ANALYSIS SO THAT WE
KNOW WHERE THE STARTING POINT
IS.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I KNOW WITH THE CONVERSATION WE
JUST HAD IT JUST SUMMARIZES THE
PIECES TO ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT
IN THE 2020 QUARTER THREE
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCUSSION A LITTLE
VERY SOON.
THESE ARE BAKED INTO WHAT THEY
HAD PUT FORWARD FROM THE
PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS SENT
DOWN THAT WE ARE READING THE
RATIONALE FOR WHY THE DOLLARS
WERE TAKEN BASED ON THE
LANGUAGE THAT CAME FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. I THINK ALL OF
THE POINTS VERY WELL SAID AND I
WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR
HIGHLIGHTING THOSE PIECES AND
HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
RATIONAL WAS ACCORDING TO THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE. ONE MORE
QUESTION, TOM, IF I MIGHT.
ON ONE OF YOUR FIRST SLIDES IN
THE WE WILL GET INTO THE ISSUE
ID.
WE HAVE THE $13 MILLION HOLE
QUESTION. I BELIEVE THAT WAS ON
SLIDE THREE. CAN HELP US
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE $13 MILLION HOLD HERE AND
HOW THIS RELATES TO THE
PURPOSES OF THE INTERFUND LOAN
THAT COUNCIL HAD PASSED EARLIER
THIS SUMMER?
>> SURE . I WOULD BE HAPPY TO
THE PRIOR SLIDE MIGHT BE MORE
INFORMATIVE TO GET TO THIS
NUMBER.
THIS IS THE HIGH-LEVEL RECAP
WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN WITH
REGARDS TO ADJUSTING TO THE
COVID CRISIS.
AND THEN THERE IS THE PROPOSED
FINAL MEASURE SO QUARTER THREE
AS WE HAVE JUST DISCUSSED AND
AND SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURES.,
ALL OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS, THE
BALANCE ISSUE IS $4.9 MILLION.
THE REASON FOR THAT NUMBER SO
THAT IS POSITIVE.
THE BUDGET IN 2021 RELIES ON
$18 MILLION IS THE STARTING
POINT.
THAT IS GENERATED BY NOT DOING
THE INTERFUND LOAN IN 2020. SO
DOING THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE IN COUNCIL
BILL 119285 AND HUMAN SERVICES
AND DOING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ARE
SHOWN FROM THE DEPUTY MAYOR
SEND ON SEPTEMBER 30 AND DOING
INVESTMENTS BUT THE SEPTEMBER
30 LETTER SAID NOT DOING THE
INTERFUND LOAN SO THEREFORE NO
REVENUE TO SUPPORT THOSE
INVESTMENTS.
THAT ESSENTIALLY IS THE ISSUE
THAT WILL BE COVERED IN ISSUE
IDENTIFICATION BECAUSE IT IS A
CRITICAL THING THERE IS A 13
WINDOW SHORTFALL IF NO ACTION
IS TAKEN AND THAT IS OUR
ESSENTIAL STARTING POINT FOR
ALL OTHER ISSUES ASIDE WE HAVE
A $13 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA , I AGREE
WITH ALL OF WHAT TOM SAID. I
THINK IT MAY BE USEFUL TO NOTE
THAT THE PRACTICAL REALITY OF
PRINTING UP THE BUDGET AND
MAKING SOME FINAL DECISIONS ON
WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PROPOSED
THAT WE ARE NOW DISCUSSING HAD
SOME INTRODUCED SOME NECESSITY
FOR THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND
THE MAYOR TO MAKE SOME
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT WAS
GOING TO BE OVERRIDDEN WHEN
OVERRIDDEN IN 119825.
I THINK THEY MAY HAVE ASSUMED
THEY HAD TO GO ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER AND I THINK THEY ASSUMED
THAT THE SPENDING INCLUDED IN
PART OF THE SUMMER REVISIONS
SUITE OF LEGISLATION WAS GOING
TO BE SUSTAINED.
THAT IS PART OF WHY THE
PROPOSED BUDGET DOESN'T
PERFECTLY MARRY UP WITH WHAT WE
NOW SEE IS THE REALITY OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN 2020 AND HOW IT
AFFECTS 2021.
>> THANK YOU . THANK YOU VERY
MATCH FOR THE SUMMARY ON THE 13
MILLION QUESTION.
I SEE MORE QUESTIONS.
TOM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
PAUSE AND IF YOU LIKE TO
CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF YOUR
SLIDES , THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> I BELIEVE THE NEXT SLIDE.
ESENTIALLY WE IDENTIFIED SIX
ISSUES THROUGH THE MEMO IN THE
PRESENTATION. THEY HAVE
DIFFERENT IMPLICATIONS AND OF
COURSE DIFFERENT WAYS TO
ADDRESS THEM THAT WOULD BE
PRODUCT THE WORK FOR THE NEXT
MONTH IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
, THIS IS ON THE RANGE OF ISSUES
. A FAIRLY MINOR ISSUE.
WANTING TO RAISE THIS IS A
TOPIC FOR COUNCIL TO BE AWARE
OF AT A MINIMUM . AS DISCUSSED
IN THE MEMO, THE REBALANCE OF
THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR THAT WE
ARE IN RELIES ON $11 MILLION OF
ADMINISTRATIVE UNDERSTAND
BALANCE.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND THEY
WILL SPEND LESS THAN WHAT IS
APPROVED IN THE ORDINANCE'S.
THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN
DONE AND PROPOSED TO BRING THE
BUDGET IN BALANCE WITH A
SIGNIFICANT COVID TALENT AND
THEN ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE
LAST PIECE.
WE RAISE IT BECAUSE IT IS A
UNIQUE EXERCISE THAT WE ARE IN
OF DIGESTING A SPENDING PLAN
THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS TO A NEW
REALITY AND A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
NORMALLY IF WE WERE LOOKING AT
THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT
YEAR, AS WE ARE DOING, THERE IS
ALWAYS BE SOME AND TO SPEND
ASSUMPTION IN WHAT THE
DEPARTMENT SUBMITS.
THIS IS NOT OUT OF THE ORDINARY
THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SMALL
PIECE PRACTICES 1% OF THE TOTAL
SMALLER ADJUSTED $1.2 MILLION
AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE HAVE.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY THAT SMALL
BALANCING PEACE.
IT IS BY WAY OF SENSUAL STAFF
COMMUNICATING THAT TO COUNCIL
ALTHOUGH STAFF IS COMFORTABLE
WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT
INFORMATION PROVIDED TO
DEMONSTRATE HOW THE BUDGET WILL
BE BALANCED.
THE STATE LAW ONLY REQUIRES
THAT COUNCIL ADOPT A BUDGET
BALANCE.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT
THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
REMAINDER OF THE FISCAL YEAR AT
THAT REQUIREMENT TO BE MET.
THAT IS A STANDARD THAT MUST BE
MET BY THE PURE ESSENTIAL OF
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE CASH THAN
IS AVAILABLE IN THE FUND ARE
JUST BRINGING FORWARD THE ISSUE
FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, NOT
HIGHLIGHTING IT IS A MAJOR
CONCERN THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED ALTHOUGH IT IS ALWAYS
AN OPTION TO TAKE ANY ONE OF
THESE COURSES OF ACTION THAT
ARE DETAILED FOR YOU.
THIS IS THE TOPIC THAT HAS
RECEIVED SOME DISCUSSION.
THIS IS THE PROPOSAL TO
BASICALLY REDUCE THE STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND APPROPRIATION
20 FROM $30 MILLION IN ORDER TO
BALANCE THE BUDGET AND THE
OPTIONS ARE TO DO SOME OTHER
ALTERNATIVE TO THAT ASSUMPTION;
HOWEVER, AS I BELIEVE DAN
MENTIONED NOT DOING THIS WOULD
REQUIRE $30 MILLION TO BE
IDENTIFIED IN THE 2020 BUDGET
BALANCE. WE ARE IN OCTOBER SO
THE ABILITY TO ADJUST TO THAT
REALITY WOULD REFER TO THAT AND
WOULD REQUIRE SOME ELEMENT OF
USING RESERVES AS WE HAVE
DISCUSSED ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN
2021.
AND THERE WOULD NEED TO BE SOME
ADJUSTMENT TO THE 2021 SPENDING
PROPOSAL IN ORDER TO BALANCE IT
OUT.
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE IS TO TAKE
NO ACTION. THE NEXT ISSUE TO
IDENTIFY THIS IS THE ENDING
BALANCE WHICH WE JUST TOUCHED
ON.
IT IS FAIRLY CLEAR. IF NOT,
PLEASE ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT I
RELAYED AND THE HELPFUL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DAN
ABOUT WHY THAT WAS A TALENT IN
ORDER TO BUILT INTO THE BUDGET,
WE ARE FACED WITH THE $11
MILLION OR 2020 ENDING BALANCE
BEING $13 MILLION OUR THAN WHAT
WAS EXPECTED. SO AGAIN, COULD
IDENTIFY OTHER CUTS AND THIS
YEAR OR COULD IDENTIFY CUTS FOR
NEW REVENUE IN 2021 TO ADDRESS
THE. NO ACTION IS POTENTIALLY
NOT ACTION BECAUSE WE ARE FACED
WITH A $13 MILLION SHORTFALL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
THIS WOULD REVERENCES BACK TO
THE STRUCTURE OF SHOWING HOW WE
STARTED WITH THE BASELINE
BUDGET AND THEN THERE WAS CUTS
THAT WERE ADDED THAT WERE
PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR.
AND THAT REDUCTION $27 MILLION
ADDRESSING THE COVID
IMPLEMENTATION COST AND THE
PAYROLL TAX AND LIMITATION AND
THE COVID EMERGENCY COST AND
THEN IDENTIFY AND THAT THERE
WAS STILL A POSITIVE AMOUNT
PRIOR TO THE INITIATIVE OF $27
MILLION. THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
DID HAVE A DEDICATION TOWARD
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE.
THE COULD BE ALTERNATIVES
IDENTIFIED TO ADDRESS THESE 27
MILLION-DOLLAR REDUCTIONS
EITHER THROUGH IDENTIFY NEW
REVENUES REDUCING SOME OTHER
ELEMENT OF THE BUDGET OR NO
ACTION IS ALSO OF COURSE.
AND THEN A KEY POINT OF
CONSIDERATION WE TALKED ABOUT
IN GREAT DEPTH AS THERE IS HER
BALANCE AND HOW THE PROPOSAL
TAKES US FROM A STARTING
BALANCE OF 78.9 MILLION IN 2021
AND AND ENDING MONTHS OF $6
MILLION IN FULLY UNDERSTANDING
THAT THAT LEAVES LITTLE IN THE
SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO ADDRESS
EMERGENCIES BEYOND THAT PERIOD.
THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO REDUCE
THE USE OF RESERVES BY WAY OF
IDENTIFYING A NEW REVENUE
SOURCE OR OTHER CUTS IN ORDER
TO GET CLOSER TO OR RETAIN THE
FULL AMOUNT OF THE PROPOSED
STARTING BALANCE. AND THEN I
BELIEVE THE NEXT SLIDE IS
ESSENTIALLY A COROLLARY OF THE
$13 MILLION.
IT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN EITHER
2024 TO BE ADDRESSED IN 2021.
BUT IT IS A KEY PIECE OF THE
FINANCING PLAN FOR THEIR
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHICH YEAR
THAT IS RESOLVED.
AND I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE KEY
ISSUES FROM THE HIGH-LEVEL
FINANCING ANALYSIS.
MAYBE ALY WAS GOING TO COVER
THIS PART.
THIS IS THE HIGH-LEVEL WE WILL
LOOK INTO ISSUE 80 FOR THE
DEPARTMENTS TOMORROW AND THEN
THROUGH THE 21st.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
WALK-THROUGH OF THIS
PRESENTATION AND FOR THE WAY IN
WHICH YOU HAVE MADE THESE
SLIDES DIGESTIBLE FOR US AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IT IS
APPRECIATED.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
IS THE FIRST QUESTION .
>> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
MOSQUEDA AND ALSO TOM BECKY
PROVIDED THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS
REGARDING THE $13 MILLION
SHORTFALL.
IF WE WERE TO REAUTHORIZE THE
LOAN, IS THERE ANY GUARANTEE IT
WOULD BE EXECUTED BY THE MAYOR?
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, NO.
IT COULD BE ESSENTIALLY IT IS
ITS OWN DISCRETE NEW AUCTION
THEY WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY SO
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH I
BELIEVE THE LOAN WAS PROPOSED
IN 2020 WAS FROM THE
CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION WOULD
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE
OF FINDING WHERE THERE WOULD BE
CASH IN THE CITY COFFERS THAT
COULD SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF LOAN
, AND THEN WILL BE THE
INTERACTION WITH THE EXECUTIVE
AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS
REASONABLE AND WHETHER OR NOT
THEY WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
IT IS NOT CLEAR.
IT IS AN OPTION THAT COULD BE
PURSUED.
UNDERSTANDING THAT EVENTUALLY
THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A
REPAYMENT IDENTIFIED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD IF I
COULD AND IF I MAY, TO THE
COMMENT FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ABOUT THE
DIGESTIBILITY OF THE SLIDES.
A BIG SHOUT OUT TO LISE KAYE
WHO HELPED US GREATLY IN TERMS
OF MAKING THESE SLIDES TO AN
AIR.
I AGREE. THEY CAME ACROSS AS
HELPFUL AND FAIRLY DESCRIPTIVE
IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION.
THANK YOU TO LISE FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ALY, I SAW YOU AS WELL COMING
OFF OF MUTE .
>> IT WAS BY ACCIDENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU , LISE AND THANK
YOU TO THE FOLKS IN THE
COMMUNICATIONS SHOP.
NOW THAT JOSEPH HAS BEEN
WORKING HARD AS WELL WITH THE
IMAGES AND THE DATA PROVIDED TO
PROVIDE A QUICK SUMMARY SLIDE
THAT WILL BE POSTED ON OUR
COUNCIL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS
TO SEE THEM IN REAL TIME AND
THE CALCULATION CHANGE RIGHT
BEFORE YOUR EYES. I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU AS WELL TO THE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR THE
WORK TO TAKE THE GOOD WORK THEY
WANT DONE ON THESE SLIDES AND
TRANSLATE THAT INTO A
SHAREABLE IMAGE THAT WE CAN GET
OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
OTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES .
>> YES.
TOM, I AM LOOKING AT THE LAST
PAGE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND I
WONDER IF WE COULD JUST GO
THERE FOR A COUPLE MINUTES. YOU
REFERENCED A FIVE-YEAR
FINANCIAL PLAN AND THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND TOWARD THE END YOU
TALK ABOUT SOME EMBEDDED
ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED.
I AM JUST WONDERING IF YOU
COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT YOU THINK SOME OF THOSE
ASSUMPTINS MIGHT BE BECAUSE
WHAT YOU ARE INDICATING HERE IS
THAT NEW REVENUE IS ADDED TO
THE GENERAL FUND, BUT
PROJECTIONS OF FUTURE BALANCING
DO NOT INCLUDE INVESTMENTS IN
THE THINGS THAT WE HAD PASSED
IN THE RESOLUTION ARE
JUMPSTARTED IN PARTICULAR. I
JUST WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK A
LITTLE BIT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE
WHAT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN SAYS
ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> YES.
OF COURSE.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES THE
INTENT OF DESCRIBING THIS PIECE
IN SUSTAINABILITY IS TO SHARE
THREE CRITICAL CONCEPTS.
ONE IS THAT THE BUDGET THAT IS
BEEN DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW IN
2021 INCLUDES THE FULL MEASURE
OF THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX.
IT STARTS IN $240 MILLION IN
2021 AND IT GROWS UP TO $265
MILLION BY 2024, BASED ON THE
ASSUMPTIONS USED BY CBO FOR
THE PLAN.
THAT IS BAKED INTO THE PLAN.
IS ALSO FURTHER SUGGESTING THAT
THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET HAS A
$100 MILLION FOR THE EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE IN THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL IN 2021.
THAT AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN
FUTURE YEARS AS PART OF THE
FORECAST THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN.
THE DECISION ABOUT 2022
SPENDING AND BEYOND NOT REALLY
A DISCUSSION THAT IS TAKING
PLACE RIGHT NOW, ALTHOUGH TO
SIGNIFY THAT IS INCLUDED AT
$100 MILLION AND THEN THERE IS
$100 MILLION THAT GROWS ARE
ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT STAYS AT
$100 MILLION.
EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER. THE
BUDGET BOOK SAYS EQUITABLE
COMMUNITIES IS AN ONGOING
INVESTMENT THAT HAS BEEN
SUBSEQUENT MEDICATION THE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCES
WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN THE
FUTURE.
THOSE NEW SOURCES ARE NOT PART
OF THIS PLAN SO THE ASSUMPTION
IS A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT
WILL BE PAID FROM GENERAL FUND
REVENUES OF WHICH THE NEW
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX IS ONE OF
THOSE PIECES.
THE THIRD KEY TAKE AWAY IS THE
WAY THAT THE THE FINANCIAL ONE
IS BUILT IS IT TAKES THE 20
COUNCILMEMBER BUDGET AND GROWS
IT BY INFLATION OR DIFFERENT
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW HEALTH
INSURANCE IS GOING TO GROW
THINGS LIKE THAT JUST A SET OF
STANDARD ASSUMPTIONS THAT IS
ASSUMED ALSO DRAWN FROM GENERAL
REVENUES IN WHICH THE PAROL
EXPENSE TAX IS ONE PIECE.
THE KEY PIECE THAT I'M TRYING
TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD MENTIONED
HAS A SPENDING RESOLUTION THAT
INDICATES THAT IN 2022 AND
BEYOND THEIR SIGNIFICANTLY
DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
IN THE PROPOSED 2021 BUDGET.
THAT IS THE POINT OF
DISTINCTION.
THE COUNCIL IS NOT ADOPTING A
2020 BUDGET RIGHT NOW, THOUGH
IT IS MAKING CLEAR HOW THE
REVENUE IS BEEN ASSUMED TO BE
PROGRAMMED IN THE FUTURE AND
HOW THAT MAY VARY OR DOES VARY
AND A RESOLUTION SPENDING. I
HOPE THAT HELPS EXPLAIN AND IN
THAT CONTEXT OF WHAT I WAS
TRYING TO INDICATE.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT 52 POINTS I'M
GETTING FROM THAT AS SOMEBODY
WHO ADVOCATED STRONGLY FOR THE
$20 MILLION IN FUNDING AND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL FUNDING AND
JUMPSTART I THINK THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AND THAT
THERE ISN'T REALLY ANY REVENUE
SOURCE IDENTIFIED AFTER THE
FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY'S INITIATIVE
, AND SO WE JUST NEED TO SHINE
SOME LIGHT ON THAT.
THANK YOU .
>> OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE
PRESENTATION, THE MEMO THAT WE
HAVE IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEN ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT BUT IF
WE WANT TO SPEND ANY TIME GOING
THROUGH THE SECOND MEMO
REGARDING QUARTER THREE?
>> CHAIRMAN MOSQUEDA, THAT WAS
PROVIDED REALLY FOR BACKGROUND
. MOST OF THE NOTABLE CHANGES
IN THE THIRD-QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL WERE EITHER JUST
COVERED BY TOM, THE $30 MILLION
PIECE SPECIFICALLY, AND OTHER
NOTABLE CHANGES TO BE
HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DISCUSSIONS
COMING UP IN COMMITTEE OVER THE
NEXT WEEK OR SO.
LISE KAYE IS ON THE LINE IF
ANYONE HAS A QUESTION ABOUT
THOSE MATERIALS , BUT THAT WAS
PROVIDED FOR YOUR REFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU FOR POPPING IN,
LISE.
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU
AND TOM HAVE DONE INDIVIDUALS
AND THANK YOU AS WELL FOR YOUR
MEMO. I DO NOT SEE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST TIME.
THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO DIGEST AND PULL SOME
OF THE LAYERS BACK. THIS WILL
BE THE FOUNDATION FOR WHICH
WERE ABLE TO ASK ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS, THINK ABOUT
ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES, ASK
ABOUT POSSIBLE INVESTMENTS AND
STABILITY OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE
THE BALANCED-BUDGET THAT WAS
SENT BACK.
AND SEEN IN QUESTIONS
WONDERFUL.
WE WILL GO HEAD AND MOVE ON TO
ITEM 3 ON OUR AGENDA AND WE
WILL SAY THANK YOU AS WELL ONE
MORE TIME TO THE CENTRAL STAFF
TEAM.
MADAME CLERK, COULD YOU READ
ITEM NUMBER THREE?
>> AGENDA ITEM 3. DISCUSSION ON
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
PRESENTATION FOR BREATHING AND
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS AN
UNUSUAL YEAR, AS WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO ALL BE REMOVED TO BE
EXPLICIT AND TRANSPARENT IN OUR
DELIBERATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC,
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS, AND CITY
EMPLOYEES AND IN A PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE EXECUTIVE AS WE TRIED
TO COME UP WITH A BALANCED
BUDGET WE ENDEAVOR TO HAVE
THESE CONVERSATIONS IN A PUBLIC
MANNER SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN
SEE WHERE WE ARE AT AND
EVERYTHING FROM THESE
DISCUSSIONS TO OUR DESIRES TO
UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE
REVENUE STREAMS AND THE IMPACT
ON THE RESERVE.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION
THAT WE HAVE HAD TODAY AND WHAT
I BUILT INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE
NEXT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO HAVE A DIALOGUE.
WE DO NOT GET TO SEE EACH OTHER
IN PERSON AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE
TO USE THIS THIS IS A CHANCE TO
OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO JUST GET
ANY NATIONAL FEEDBACK AND ANY
THOUGHTS AND QUESTIONS THAT YOU
ALL HAVE HAD SOME INITIAL
THOUGHTS THAT I WOULD BE
LOOKING AT RELATED TO FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE BUDGET
AND THE IMPACT ON SHORT-TERM
AND LONG-TERM A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF THE
REVENUE FROM THE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL TAX AND THEN ULTIMATELY
WERE THE CELL LEADS IS WHETHER
OR NOT THERE IS CUTS OR
POTENTIAL INVESTMENT PRIORITIES
AND HOW THIS AFFECTS WHERE WE
ALL HAD PUT THEM ON THE SCALE
IN THE 2020 BOOK BALANCE
PACKAGE AND WHAT IMPLICATIONS
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET HAS FOR
THOSE PRIORITIES IN THE 2021
BUDGET.
I'M REALLY ENCOURAGING US TO
SHARE ANY FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTS
THAT WE HAD FROM THE
PRESENTATION RECEIVED FROM
CENTRAL STAFF.
I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION AS WE CLOSE OUT THIS
FIRST DAY IN OUR FOUR DAY
ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT COMES IN FRONT OF US
BECAUSE YOUR THOUGHTS,
QUESTIONS, AND FEEDBACK WILL
HELP US TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST
DISCUSSION OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AND WEEKS.
WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO OPEN
UP WITH SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS.
I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
INDICATED YOU WOULD LIKE TO
HAVE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.
ON THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS
FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW.
I SEE YOU AS WELL,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
I WILL GET YOU IN THE QUEUE
HERE.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT
CAME TO MIND LOOKING AT THIS
BUDGET IS REMEMBERING THAT
USUALLY HAVE A TWO-YEAR BUDGET
PROCESS.
THIS YEAR WE ALL AGREED GIVEN
THE UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL
SITUATION TO JUST DO ONE YEAR.
AS TOM MENTIONED TODAY AND ALSO
IN THE MEMO, IT WILL BE
IMPERATIVE FOR US TO THINK THAT
JUST AS A TWO-YEAR BUDGET
PROCESS BUT IN THE YEARS OUT ON
HOW THE PROPOSED USE OF REVENUE
AND RESERVES WOULD IMPACT ANY
úFUTURE DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY
I WOULD HATE FOR US TO BE MID-
2021 AND HAVE THE NEXT
ITERATION COMPOUNDED WITH THE
EXTREME FLUTE IMPACT FUTURE
ABILITY FOR US TO MAINTAIN
STABLE SERVICES FOR THOSE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY OUR MOST MOLDABLE.
I WILL BE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE PREPARED FOR ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN AND POTENTIAL
WORSENING INTO NEXT YEAR AND
MAKING SURE WE HAVE A
SUFFICIENT CUSHION SO TO SAY SO
THAT WE CAN PREVENT US FROM
BEING IN A SCRAMBLING VOTE NEXT
YEAR BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE
ARE PUTTING DOWN SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENTS TO PROVIDE THE TYPE
OF LAYOFFS AND REDUCTIONS THAT
WE KNEW WE WANTED TO LISTEN
GIVEN THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE
FROM JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX.
KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A
TOUGH CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
EXPLORE THE BALANCE OF MAKING
SURE THERE IS A CUSHIONS WE DO
NOT CREATE FURTHER HARM TO BOTH
CORE GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND
THE ROLLERBALL COMMUNITIES THAT
WE AIM TO SERVE. IT WILL BE A
DISSERVICE IF WE DO NOT HAVE
THE REVENUE THAT WE NEED IN THE
NEXT YEAR OR THE FUTURE TO RELY
ON IN CASE SOMETHING ELSE
HAPPENS.
RELATED TO JUMPSTART, I AM
WORRIED ABOUT THE BUDGETARY
LAYOFFS AND RESULTING CITY
SERVICE GAPS THAT THE COUNCIL
INTENDED TO CURB.
SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT I JUST
MENTIONED SOME OTHER THINGS
THAT I'M INTERESTED IN LOOKING
AT IS MAKING SURE THE MOST
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS IN SEATTLE
GET THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED
AS WE REALLY INTENDED FOR SOME
OF THE MOST MOLDABLE INCLUDING
IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, OUR
SMALLEST BUSINESSES, THOSE
LIVING IN UNSTABLE HOUSING
SITUATIONS, AND INVESTING
THERE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
ALL OF YOU ABOUT WHAT YOUR
THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT THE USE OF
THAT FUNDS.
AND THE CONCERNS OR ISSUES
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF CONTRACTS
EITHER FUNDED OR LEFT UNFUNDED
IN 2021 AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY
INTENDED TO INVEST IN IN THE
PAYROLL TAX PROPOSAL?
AND WITH THAT, I WILL JUST SAY
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT
I KNOW WE ARE CONCERNED WITH AS
WE LOOK AT THIS BUDGET THROUGH
THE LENS OF HOW TO WE CREATE
HEALTHY, SAFE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE WE KNOW THAT THERE
NEEDS TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF INVESTMENT INTO MAKING SURE
THAT THERE IS SHELTERS AND
ROOMS TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO.
AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAD
CREATED THIS GREAT TRUSTING
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GENTLEMAN
WHO NEEDED ASSISTANCE BUT
CANNOT GET A SHELTER ON THE
PHONE AND THEY HAD WELCOMED HIM
IN WITH OPEN ARMS AND CREATED A
RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP WHERE
HE DIDN'T TRUST.
HE WAS WILLING TO GO TO THE
SHELTER AND THEY WERE JUST AT
CAPACITY SO THERE WAS NO PLACE.
THANK GOODNESS THE KING COUNTY
TEAM CAME IN AND WAS ABLE TO
SORT OF HAVE A WARM HAND OFF
THERE AND KEEP WORKING ON BUT
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT
EXIT PLAN FOR THOSE CURRENTLY
IN SHELTERS SO SHELTERS DO NOT
REMAIN AT CAPACITY THINK THAT
IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST INTEREST
OF HOW WE ARE CREATING THE
LONGER-TERM INVESTMENT OPENING
SHELTER OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT
WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE IN THIS
MOMENT OF COVID BUT ALSO A
PLACE FOR FOLKS TO GO . WE SAW
THE RATES OF HOMELESSNESS
CONTINUING TO INCREASE MOBILE
FOR THE COUNCIL TOOK UPON THE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE
NAVIGATION TEAM.
THE CRISIS OF COVID AND THE
INSTABILITY IN OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY AND THE COST OF HOUSING
CONTINUES TO RISE DAY AFTER DAY
A SEATTLE HOUSING MARKET IS
JUST SKYROCKETING THE COST OF
HOUSING AND ONLY IS EXTREMELY
EXPENSIVE.
ALL OF THESE ISSUES WERE HERE
PRIOR TO THE SUMMER DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS
BUDGET IS CALLING US TO ACT TO
CREATE A LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL SO FOLKS CAN EITHER
GET INTO A SHELTER IF THEY ARE
NOT CURRENTLY OR OUT OF SHELTER
AND INTO HOUSING SO THAT THEY
DO NOT CIRCLE BACK.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT ARE STILL A CONCERN TO ME
AND LOOK FORWARD TO RED WITH
ALL OF YOU SOAKING FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE FROM YOU ABOUT
WHAT YOU BEEN HEARING FROM
STAKEHOLDERS AS HE HAD BEEN OUT
IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONE
COMING UP IN MY CONVERSATIONS
AND WHERE YOU ARE HEARING FROM
STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT WHAT THEIR
BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE IN THE
INITIAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE
HAD SO FAR ON WHETHER HOPE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO INVEST.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE INITIAL
IS AHEAD ON IT WILL TURN OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN .
>> THANK YOU , COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL STAFF
FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'REDOING
TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THIS
AND LOOK THROUGH THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND PRESENT THINGS WITH
SUCH CLARITY.
WE HEAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT GOVERNMENT BUDGETS ARE
MORAL DOCUMENTS.
I THINK THIS IS NEVER BEEN MORE
TRUE FOR ME THAN HEARING WHAT
WE HAVE BEEN HEARING TODAY.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES
A REALLY TRANSPAREN AND HONEST
ANALYSIS ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS
A CITY PARK ESPECIALLY IN A
HEALTH CRISIS AND FISCAL
CRISIS.
I WILL ADMIT THAT I AM
FRUSTRATED.
I AM SURE THAT HAS COME OUT IN
MY QUESTIONS ALREADY.
I THINK THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE
MAYOR OF MINE ALSO IN OUR
CONSTITUENTS AND THE CITY
REALLY DESERVES A GREATER
TRANSPARENCY IN HOW WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE DECISIOS AND
THE KIND OF WAYS THAT WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT STRUCTURING OUR
BUDGET ON STRUCTURING THE KIND
OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE WANT TO
MAKE. SO FOR ME AS A LISTENING
TO CENTRAL STAFF, A COUPLE
THINGS REALLY POPPED OFF THE
PAGE FOR ME. SOME MIGHT SAY
THAT THIS IS AN ASPIRATIONAL
BUDGET THAT IS BEEN PROPOSED
PAINTING A PICTURE OF GENEROUS
COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS FUNDED BY
NEW REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH THIS
COUNCIL BUT REALLY HARD FOR . I
ALSO THINK ANOTHER PERCEPTION
MIGHT BE THAT THIS BUDGET IS A
BIT OF A SHELL GAME BECAUSE IT
RELIES ON SPENDING JUMPSTART
REVENUE, WHICH WE'VE ALREADY
SPENT AND COMMITTED TO COVID
REALLY FOR NEXT YEAR AND
BECAUSE IT DRAINS EMERGENCY
RESERVES TO A DANGEROUSLY LOW
LEVEL . I FEAR THAT THAT IS A
FAIRLY RECKLESS APPROACH.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY
COMPOUNDING CRISES STILL AT
HAND IN THE CITY.
I DO NOT THINK ANYBODY COULD'VE
PREDICTED A 100 YEAR PANDEMIC
THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE
LOST LIVES AND BUSINESSES AND
JOBS IN THIS CITY WE STILL HAVE
THE COVID CRISIS.
TO DRAIN OUR EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FUND FROM 66,000,060
6000 WITHOUT ANY PLAN FOR
PAYING THAT MONEY BACK IS TO
REALLY GAMBLE WITH THE LIVES OF
OUR NEIGHBORS.
I THINK THAT IS FISCALLY
IRRESPONSIBLE.
I THINK IT IS DOWNRIGHT
DANGEROUS.
THE OTHER ISSUE FOR ME IS
REALLY JUST THE ILLOGIC OF THE
BUDGET.
THIS SUMMER THE MAYOR MADE A
COMMITMENT OF $100 MILLION A
YEAR INVESTMENT IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES FOR 10 YEARS AND
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A CREDIBLE
COMMUNITY TELLS CHRIS TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO SPEND
THE MONEY.
BUT SHE IS PROPOSING TO PAY FOR
THE WITH FUNDS FROM CRITICAL
RESERVES THAT SERVE AS AN
UMBRELLA FOR RAINY DAY.
THE ILLOGIC OF THIS DOES NOT
BEGIN WITH THE 2021 BUDGET BUT
STARTS WITH THE REMAINDER OF
THE 2020 BUDGET LEAVING US IN
THE RED BECAUSE OF THE THIRD-
QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL THAT
SOLVES OUR DEFICIT BY ZEROING
OUT THE $30 MILLION STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT FUND, AS WE HAVE
LEARNED.
A FUND THAT WAS DEDICATED TO
THINGS LIKE PERMANENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, LAND
ACQUISITION AND AREAS AT HIGH
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT. IT IS NO
SECRET THAT THIS IS A REALLY
CRITICAL TOOL PARTICULARLY FOR
FOLKS IN THE SOUTH END CLOSING
THE GREATEST DISPLACEMENT IN
THE CITY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT
ALREADY CREATED THE TEAM AND
SOME ENTITY
ALREADY FUNDED THE PROCESS.
NOW THAT IS BEING CUT AND A NEW
PROCESS IS BEGINNING WITH A NEW
TEAM FOR MAKING NEW DECISIONS.
SO I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THAT
PROCESS.
ON TOP OF THAT, RATHER THAN
HOLDING TO THE 10 YEAR
COMMITMENT, THE EXECUTIVES
DIRECTING THIS NEW TASK FORCE
TO FIND A NEW SOURCE OF
FUNDING, IN FOUR YEARS.
AS OUR CENTRAL STAFF MEMO
INDICATES, THERE IS THE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS LEVEL
ANTICIPATED TO BE ONGOING
ANNUAL INVESTMENTS.
BUT THE FINANCIAL PLAN INCLUDES
FUNDING ONLY THROUGH 2024.
SO, I'M JUST, REALLY STRUGGLING
WITH, WHAT THE THINKING IS
ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THESE
INVESTMENTS, MAKE THESE
COMMITMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
HAVE A COVID-19 SIZED CRISIS,
A COVID-19 SIZED HOLE IN THE
BUDGET . WE NEED TO WORK TO
BUILD A BUDGET THAT'S
SUSTAINABLE AND A BUDGET THAT
IS REALISTIC.
THIS COUNSEL DELIBERATED FOR
MONTHS TO TAKE MEASURES THAT
AVOID AUSTERITY.
I THINK WE ARE ALL STILL
COMMITTED TO THAT, WE WANT TO
PRESERVE, SERVICES FOR OUR MOST
VULNERABLE.
AND IN THE END, INVEST IN NEW
WAYS THAT WILL BEGIN TO ADDRESS
THE HISTORY OF RACIST POLICIES
AND PRACTICES IN THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE IN A
PANDEMIC.
AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT WE
CAN AND CANNOT AFFORD TO DO.
I WOULD LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN
TO INVEST $100 MILLION IN BLACK
COMMUNITIES.
BUT I WILL STRONGLY URGE MY
COLLEAGUES TO LOOK AT THE SBD
BUDGET AND COMMIT AGAIN TO THE
DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT
STRATEGY THAT WE ALREADY TALKED
ABOUT.
WE MAY NOT FIND $100 MILLION.
TO MAKE THOSE COMMITMENTS.
BUT WE CAN'T SACRIFICE THE
FISCAL STABILITY OF OUR CITY,
AND WE CAN'T PROVIDE VITAL
CODED RELIEF, IF WE ARE GOING
TO FOLLOW THE PATH THAT IS SET
FORTH IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT THE
MAYOR HAS WRITTEN A CHECK SHE
CAN'T CASH.
I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO LEVEL WITH OUR NEIGHBORS,
AND THAT SHE ADMIT THIS MIGHT
NOT BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PUTTING
FORTH A BUDGET THAT SERVES,
CONTINUES TO SERVE THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND
CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD IN A
WAY THAT IS MUCH MORE
SUSTAINABLE THAN WHAT WE ARE
SEEING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MORALE US.
I LOOK FORWARD TO,
COUNCILMEMBER PETERSON, I LOVE
ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU
BROUGHT IN THIS YEAR.
AS YOU BRING IN THIS
PERSPECTIVE ON SORT OF, YOU
KNOW, LONG-TERM THINKING AND
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
MORE OF YOUR THOUGHTS ON ANY
PIECES BUT I KNOW THAT'S BEEN
AN ISSUE AREA THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
VERY POISED IN BRINGING UP SO I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION
THERE AND ANY OTHER THOUGHTS
THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO ECHO
THE THANKS TO OUR CITY COUNCIL
STAFF AND ALL THE HARD WORK
TRYING TO DIGEST ALL THE IDEAS
AND COMMENTS THAT WE PROVIDE.
I APPRECIATE, YOU'RE GOING ON
THAT HEALTH ONE RIGHT ALONG AND
TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND
THE HEALTH ONE PROGRAM WITH
FIREFIGHTERS AND SOCIAL
WORKERS.
SO IN THE FORWARD THINKING THAT
WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT, THE
YEAR 2022, AS WELL AS WHAT'S IN
FRONT OF US NOW FOR 2021.
AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS
ABOUT THE JUMPSTART SPENDING
PLAN IN 2022 IS THE FOCUS ON
PERMANENT HOUSING.
CONSIDERING ALL THE CRISES WE
ARE FACING INCLUDING BACK TO
BACK DEFICITS, FOR 2020 THIS
YEAR, AND THE NEXT YEAR, I
BELIEVE THE MAYOR AND HER TEAM
HAVE ACTUALLY PUT FORWARD A
BUDGET THAT IS THOUGHTFUL AND
REASONABLE.
DO HOPE MY COLLEAGUES DO
CONSIDER IT IN A COLLABORATIVE
TIPS -- AND CONSTRUCTIVE
MANNER.
I'M PLEASED WE HAVE LAWS ON THE
BOOKS THAT GOVERN HOW WE
REBUILD OUR RAINY DAY RESERVE
FUNDS OVER TIME.
THERE WERE CALCULATIONS WHERE WE
PUT AWAY MONEY, I WOULD LOVE TO
LOOK AT STRENGTHENING THAT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE
SOME COMMON GROUND LOOKING AT
HOW TO STRENGTHEN THAT.
SO THAT WE ARE STOCKING MORE
MONEY EACH YEAR TO BUILD UP
THAT RESERVE FUND FASTER.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF NOW IS NOT
TIME TO DEPLOY THE RAINY DAY
FUNDS WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC
AND BACK TO BACK DEFICITS, I
CAN'T REALLY IMAGINE A TIME
WHEN WE WOULD DO THAT SO, I
THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE
TIME TO DO THIS.
HOWEVER I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT HOW
WE BUILD IT BACK UP FASTER IN
THE FUTURE.
ONE CRITIQUE I HAVE ABOUT THE
BUDGET, THAT IS BEFORE US, THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE
TABLE FOR DISCUSSION, OVER THE
NEXT WEEK OR SO IS.
WHETHER WE REALLY WANT TO
INCREASE SALARIES BY $42
MILLION ON TOP OF THE PAY
RAISES RECEIVED BY CITY
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR
AND LAST YEAR.
WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT OF
JOBS AND OUR CITY HAS SUCH DEEP
NEEDS, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK
IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO INCREASE
THE PAY OF CITY GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AGAIN.
IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 28 ON
TOMORROW'S MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES
MEMO, IT'S KIND OF BURIED IN
THERE, YOU WILL SEE A RANGE OF
OPTIONS, TO SAVE ANYWHERE
BETWEEN 15 MILLION AND 42
MILLION DOLLARS SIMPLY BY
FORGOING THOSE PAY INCREASES
NEXT YEAR.
I THINK WE SHOULD REINVEST
THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
PAY RAISES TO PROVIDE MORE
SHELTER AND MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HEALTH -- HOMELESSNESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO REINVEST THE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO FURTHER
INVEST IN COMMUNITIES.
LET'S REINVEST THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF THOSE PAY RAISES TO
INCREASE THE SAFETY OF OUR
CITIES AGING BRIDGES WE HAVE
FOUND ARE IN SAD CONDITION WITH
OUR AUDIT OF BRIDGES THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT HOW
DO WE GET MORE MONEY OUT THE
DOOR, TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
AND OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
INSTEAD OF PUTTING MORE MONEY
INTO OUR OWN POCKETS.
THAT'S ON THE TABLE, THE
RESEARCH IS DONE, AND I KNOW IT
CAN BE CONTROVERSIAL, WHAT I
WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE. TO
PROVIDE SPACE FOR THAT TYPE OF
DISCUSSION, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU ON ANY OF THOSE POLICY
CHANGES, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
BUILDING BACK RESERVES.
NOT SPECIFIC EVEN TO THIS YEAR
AND NEXT BUT I LIKE THE IDEA OF
MAKING SURE THERE IS STABLE
REVENUE POLICIES WE CAN BUILD
ON.
AND IT MAKES SENSE TO LOOK AT
THOSE SO WE ARE PREPARED TO FOR
THE NEXT WAVE.
THERE CAN ABSOLUTELY BE ANOTHER
PANDEMIC THAT'S NOT IN 100
YEARS BUT MAYBE IN 10 YEARS OR
SO SO LET'S THINK OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?
ANY THOUGHTS THAT YOU WILL
HAVE?
REVENUE?
PROJECTION? LONG-TERM
STABILITY.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THE HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON JUMPSTART
OR CUTS PRIORITIES?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ANYTHING
FROM YOU?
>> THANK YOU CHAIRMAN.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO TAKE A
MOMENT TO SAY, THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY WAS VERY
ENLIGHTENING FOR ME.
WHAT I HAVE SEEN, IS THAT WE
HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED AS A
LEGISLATIVE BODY.
FOR MANY OF THE ACTIONS WE SEE
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT'S NOT A CRITICISM FOR ANY
OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE
STAFF OR THE CENTRAL BUDGET
OFFICE.
RATHER JUST POINTING OUT
POLICY, NOT POLITICS MUST DRIVE
OUR DECISION-MAKING.
WE AS COUNCIL WANTED TO REPLACE
THE RAINY DAY FUNDS ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY, AND THOSE FUNDS
BEING REPLENISHED ARE NOW
DELAYED.
WE RECEIVED A BUDGET THAT IS
NOT BALANCED AND AS RCW 35.32 A
, REQUIRES US TO ADOPT A
BALANCED BUDGET.
IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE THESE
CHANGES AND FIXES.
I FIND THE MAJORITY OF THE 2021
BALANCE, TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL,
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT
INVESTMENTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN
MADE IN PREVIOUS YEARS BY
PREVIOUS EXECUTIVES OR
COUNCILS.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
STATE THAT WHAT I DON'T
APPRECIATE IS POLITICAL
POSTURING AND DIVISIVE
STATEMENTS.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO
CIRCLE BACK AND CALL TO ACTION,
THAT WE SHOULD HAVE POLICY AND
NOT POLITICS DRIVE OUR DECISION-
MAKING SO WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE
BUDGETS THAT BENEFIT ALL
SEATTLEITES. THANK YOU TOM AND
ALLIE FOR ALL OF THE
PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR YOUR
COMMENTS.
WELL SAID, I AGREE.
I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW OTHER
FOLKS WHO HAD INDICATED, I
THOUGHT BY WAY OF HAND THAT YOU
WANTED TO SPEAK.
I DON'T SEE ONE VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER FOLKS WHO
WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AT THIS
JUNCTURE, I WILL JUST REITERATE,
THANKS TO EVERY COUNCILMEMBER
WHO HAS SPOKEN, TO OUR CENTRAL
STAFF FOR THIS REALLY HELPFUL
OVERVIEW AND PRESENTATION, AND,
WE WANT TO REITERATE HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE
THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL IN TERMS
OF BOTH OUR UNDERSTANDING IN
THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING ON
HOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS
COMPILED, SO THAT WE NOW HAVE A
FOUNDATION FOR WHICH TO BUILD
UPON.
ASK THE QUESTIONS, IDENTIFY
ISSUES, WHICH WE ARE SLATED TO
DO OVER THE NEXT THREE MEETINGS.
THIS TYPE OF WORK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO
BREAK DOWN WHAT IS IN THE
BUDGET, AS IT HAS BEEN
TRANSMITTED AND ALSO TO BREAK
DOWN WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND
WHY WE ARE GOING TO BE
DELIBERATING CERTAIN PIECES AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE
RECEIVED FOR QUARTER THREE
SUPPLEMENTALS, IS GOING TO BE
VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE
TAKE ON, LOOKING AT Q3 SO WE
HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT WILL THE FOUNDATION BE FOR
US TO BUILD UPON AS WE THINK
ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES, FOR
EXAMPLE TO ADDRESS THAT $13
MILLION HOLE IN THE BUDGET, AND
ALSO THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE
SPOKEN TO AROUND CONCERNS
REGARDING THE REDUCTION FROM
THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, THE
COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIC
INVESTMENTS.
AND I APPRECIATE TOM AND LISA
CALLING THAT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS
SOMEWHAT OF A SURPRISE.
I KNOW TO ME, AND I'M SURE TO
MANY OF YOU.
SO HAVING A BETTER SENSE OF
WHERE THESE PIECES CAME FROM IS
VERY HELPFUL.
DAN BEGAN TO ARTICULATE SOME OF
THE WAYS WE COULD SEE THAT 30
MILLION FITTING IN WITH SOME OF
THE MILLIONS MADE BY THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE
MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT
MOVING FORWARD.
IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS AND I'M SEEING NONE,
THE LAST TWO COMMENTS FOR ME IN
TERMS OF, SIGNALING WHAT ELSE
THIS PRESENTATION MEANS IS.
WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF WORK IN
FRONT OF US TO MAKE SURE THAT
SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKERS
HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED SO
THAT AS PEOPLE DEAL WITH THE
COMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 AND
THE FLU , PEOPLE HAVE THE
PROTECTIONS THEY NEED.
I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
ECONOMIC STABILITY OF OUR
REGION AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE INVESTING IN WHAT SMALL
BUSINESSES AND THOSE WORKERS
WHO ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS NEED.
AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESS AND
WORKER SUPPORT AS WELL BUILT
INTO THE BUDGET.
>> VERY QUICKLY, ON THE
QUESTION OF COVID-19 , I HOPE
EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE ARTICLES,
I'M JUST MYSELF RIGHT NOW
LOOKING AT A NEW YORK TIMES
ARTICLE.
IT'S ON COVID-19 REPORTING THAT
U.S. CASES ARE TRENDING UPWARDS.
IN 41 STATES OVER THE LAST TWO
WEEKS.
AND IS REACHING UNCHARTED
TERRITORY.
AND THE UNITED STATES HAS
SURPASSED 8 MILLION KNOWN
CASES.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC IS GOING TO CONTINUE
TO TAKE A MASSIVE TOLL ON,
ESPECIALLY FOR AN WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE'S FAMILIES.
THEY ARE LOSING THEIR LOVED
ONES.
AT THIS MOMENT, I BARELY HAVE
ANYBODY IN MY WHOLE CIRCLE WHO
HASN'T LOST SOMEBODY THEMSELVES
PERSONALLY OR DOESN'T KNOW
SOMEONE WHO HAS LOST SOMEONE.
THIS IS A MASSIVE CRISIS AND
THE LEAST WE COULD DO AS THE
HIGHEST LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE
CITY IS TO PASS A NO CUTS ZERO
AUSTERITY BUDGET.
WHICH WOULD REQUIRE RAISING
EVEN MORE PROGRESSIVE REVENUES
THAN ALREADY WHAT WE HAVE
FOUGHT FOR AND WON.
WE WOULD NEED TO INCREASE THOSE
REVENUES.
WE ALSO NEED TO DEFUND THE
POLICE BY AT LEAST 50% WHICH
WOULD GENERATE MORE THAN ENOUGH
FUNDS TO FULLY FUND THE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLAR PROMISE THAT THE
MAYOR HAS MADE.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN FREEING
UP $170 MILLION.
ON THE POINT THAT THE
COUNCILMEMBER MADE, IT IS
POSSIBLE TO FUND $100 MILLION
FROM DEFUNDING THE POLICE BY AT
LEAST 50%.
AS FAR AS THE SALARY INCREASES
ARE CONCERNED, ABSOLUTELY, I
THINK THAT EXECUTIVE SALARIES
SHOULD NOT, I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT EXECUTIVE SALARIES ARE
GOING TO BE INCREASING FROM THE
PROPOSED BUDGET BUT, I THINK WE
NEED TO MAKE A DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THAT AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WORKERS.
WHICH ARE NON-EXECUTIVES.
MY OFFICE CERTAINLY DOES NOT
SUPPORT TAKING AWAY THE COST OF
LIVING INCREASES FROM THE
WORKERS SALARIES.
INSTEAD, AS THE PEOPLE'S BUDGET
HAS BROUGHT FORWARD, CUTTING
COUNCILMEMBERS SALARIES.
EVERYONE KNOWS I ALREADY TAKE
THE AVERAGE WORKERS WAGE AND
DONATE THE REST.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD SEE
USING THE RAINY DAY PROP FUND.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS NOT
HAVING REVENUES.
WE NEED TO INCREASE THE
PROGRESSIVE SOURCE.
HISTORICALLY IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
THAT TAX NEEDS TO BE INCREASED.
KEEP IN MIND THE CORPORATIONS
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, MANY OF
THEM ARE PROFITEERING IN THIS
PANDEMIC.
THE CEO OF AMAZONS WEALTH ALONE
HAS GONE UP BY $115 MILLION,
BILLION DOLLARS, SINCE JANUARY.
SO JUST IN THESE NINE MONTHS,
BILLIONAIRES HAVE PROFITED.
SO AS A COUNSEL, WE HAVE TO PASS
NO CUTS, ZERO AUSTERITY BUDGETS
THAT DEFINES THE POLICE AND
MAKE SURE THAT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND SERVICES ARE FUNDED.
>> THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS?
I'M SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER ON
THE COVID-19 STATISTICS.
JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, WE
WERE LISTENING TO THE BOARD OF
HEALTH PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR
HAYES REMINDED PEOPLE, PLEASE
GET YOUR FLU SHOTS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
ALL KEEP OUR COMMUNITY TO THE
FLU, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO
HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS
WITH COVID-19 OUT THERE.
SO PLEASE DO TAKE CARE
EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO BE SURE I REITERATED
THAT MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR
HAYES AS WELL.
WITH THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF
OUR AGENDA AND OUR NEXT MEETING
IS TOMORROW AT 9:30 A.M.
WE WILL HAVE A BUDGET
PRESENTATION AT THE OFFICE OF
SUSTAINABILITY.
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE
WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HEAR
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES, THAT ARE
NOT IN SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT
AREAS.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS, I'M SEEING NONE,
TODAY'S MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANKS AGAIN TO CENTRAL STAFF,
ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING
AND WE WILL SEE YOU BRIGHT AND
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.