GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THANK
YOU FOR VERY MUCH, FOR JOINING E
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR CITY
CITY OF SEATTLE. TIME IS 9:33
A.M. I'M TERESA MOSQUEDA. CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> PROHIBIT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> PROHIBIT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. WE ARE
COLLEAGUES. WE ARE ALL HERE
TODAY FOR THE FIRST OF OUR
MEETINGS FOR 2022 CALENDAR YEARS
WE JOIN TOGETHER. WE ARE COMING
TOGETHER TO ESTABLISH THE 2023,
2024 BIENIAL BUDGET. THIS IS OUR
IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO AGAIN JOIH
THE CITY BUDGET'S OFFICE TO JOIH
THEM AS TO THE BUDGET FROM THE L
AS PRESENTED BY MAYOR HARRELL Y.
WE DO HAVE ON HAND, ESTHER HANDY
ESTHER HANDY AND ALSO DEPUTY
DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCCI FROM CENTL
STAFF. WE WILL BE JOINED
VIRTUALLY BY ALL OF THE
PANELISTS TODAY. BUT WE WILL BE
JOINED AFTER THE PRESENTATION BY
BY THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE DIREC,
JULIE DINGELY, WHO WILL PROVIDE
AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2023-2024 BU.
COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A RELATIVELY
RELATIVELY BRIEF OVERVIEW, GIVEN
GIVEN THE DETAILED OVERVIEW THAT
DETAILED OVERVIEW THAT CENTRAL
STAFF WILL ENGAGE IN, STARTING N
OCTOBER 11th. OVER THE COURSE OR
DAYS, COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO MORE DES
WITH CENTRAL STAFF, ASK SPECIFI,
AND REALLY GET TO THE HEART OF
ANY CONCERNS OR OPPORTUNITIES
THAT YOU SEE IN THE PROPOSED BU.
BUT WE INVITE YOU AS WELL TO ASS
OF DIRECTOR DINGELY TODAY, RECOG
THAT SHE HAS PURVIEW OVER ALL OF
OF THE OFFICES THAT HAVE REPORTD
TO HER IN ESTABLISHING THE
BUDGET. AND WHILE SHE MAY NOT BE
BE THE ISSUE EXPERT, I KNOW THAT
THAT BETWEEN HER AND WHAT INFORN
AND REQUESTS WE GIVE TO HER TOD,
IN ADDITION TO THE QUESTIONS
THAT COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WILL BE
COLLECTING OVER THE NEXT WEEK,
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL STA,
WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO HAVE A
MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION, ABOUT
ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, IDEAS,
QUESTIONS OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT
YOU SEE FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND HOW IT CAN BE ENHANCED
BEFORE WE CONCLUDE OUR BUDGET DS
IN THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS. WITH
THAT, RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE D
AGENDA FOR THIS MORNING. IDEALL,
WE WILL BE ADJOURNING BEFORE 1:0
P.M. TODAY. ARE THERE ANY,S TO
TODAY'S AGENDA? HEARING NO
OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S AGENDA ARE
ADOPTED. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK
OUR CLERKS, THE I.T. TEAM. THIS
IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY I HAVE
HAD TO BE IN PERSON. WE HAVE
BEEN OPERATING FULLY REMOTELY, O
I HAVE NOT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OFG
THE COLLEAGUES WHO HELP RUN THIN
A DAILY BASIS IN REAL LIFE. SPEL
I WANT TO THANK FEM THERE ARE TR
PROCESS THAT THEY RUN, TO MAKE E
EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN
THESE MEETINGS AND THANK THEM
FOR MAKING SURE OUR PROCESSES
ARE SAFE IN THE MIDST OF COVID.
COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF US AS WE
ENGAGE IN THE BEGINNING OF 20234
PROPOSED BUDGET. WE ARE GOING TO
TO BE FOCUSED ON, I BELIEVE FOUR
BELIEVE FOUR CATEGORIES. THERE
ARE THREE MAIN PILLARS THAT WE
CAN PULL TOGETHER TO LIFT UP OUR
OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATE GREATER
GREATER STABILITY AND EQUITY. FT
IS INVESTMENTS AND HOUSING
ANDCARING FOR THOSE WHO ARE
UNSHELTERED. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE ARE INVESTING IN A
BUDGET THAT CARES FOR EVERYONE.D
MAKING SURE THAT THE WORK FORCE
THAT CARES FOR THOSE WHO ARE
EITHER UNHOUSED OR HAVE HOUSING
INSECURITY ARE FULLY CARED FOR
IN TERMS OF INFLATION. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONTING
OUR COMMITMENT TO GROW AFFORDABE
HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY. THE
SECOND PILLAR IS INVESTING IN
THEHEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COM.
EVERYTHING FROM COCOVID RESPONSE
RESPONSE TO MAKING SURE KIDDOS
HAVE DIAPERS AND FAMILIES HAVE
FOOD AND OUR COMMUNITY IS INVESD
IN. NEXT IS EQUITABLE, AND
RESILIENT ECONOMY. THAT MEANS
INVESTING IN FRONT-LINE WORKERSY
OF WHOM HAVE BEEN CALLED HEROES
IN THIS TIME OF PANDEMIC, BUT
YET STILL ARE FACING RESISTANCE
AND HARASSMENT EVERY DAY, WHEN
THEY TRY TO ORGANIZE A UNION,
OUR FRONT LINE WORKERS WHO ARE
ORGANIZING ON A DAILY BASIS, WHR
WITHIN THE CITY OR OUTSIDE THE ,
WE WANT A BUDGET THAT INVESTS IN
IN A MORE EQUITABLE ECONOMY. SO
WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON WHAT
WORKERS, FAMILIES AND SMALL,S AD
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS NEED. THOSE
ARE THE THREE PILLARS THAT I'LL
BE LOOKING AT. HOUSED AND CARED
FOR, HEALTHY AND SAFE, AND AN
EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT LOCAL E.
WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US
THIS YEAR, THOUGH, COLLEAGUES. H
SHAKY ECONOMIC FORECAST, HIGH IN
THAT CONTINUES TO GROW AT THE NL
AND GLOBAL LEVEL, AND ENDING OFE
FEDERAL COVID RELIEF FINANCIAL .
WE ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGING IN
SOME TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. BUT WE
WE WANT TO SET THE RECORD
STRAIGHT. THIS COUNCIL HAS
ALREADY REJECTED AUSTERITY
BUDGETING OVER THE LAST TWO YEA.
WE HAVE REJECTED CUTS TO CORE
GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND KEY
PERSONNEL WITHIN OUR CITY. WE
WILL CONTINUE THIS COMMITMENT TG
AGAINST ANY AUSTERITY AND CUTS D
COME TOGETHER TO FACE THE
DEFICIT THAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED
BY THE NEW OFFICE OF ECONOMIC RE
FORECAST TOGETHER. THE DEFICIT
THAT FACES US COLLECTIVELY, AS A
A CITY FAMILY, IS OVER $141
MILLION IN OPERATING DEFICIT IN
THE YEAR 2023 ALONE. AND GROSSED
2023 ALONE. AND GROSSED OVER
$150 MILLION IN THE YEAR 2024.
SO TOGETHER WE WILL HELP CLOSE
THIS GAP, PREVENT AGAINST
AUSTERITY, INVEST IN SERVICES
FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE, AND GRW
A MORE RESILIENT ECONOMY. I
WOULD LIKE TO PAUSE AND THANK MR
HARRELL FOR HIS TEAM FOR THE
WORK THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT INTO
SUBMITTING THIS BUDGET FOR US. E
APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY DIRECTOR S
VERY TRANSPARENT OFFICE, IN ENGG
WITH OUR OFFICE, WITH CENTRAL S,
AND WITH THE TEAM ON THE FLOOR.L
OF YOUR OFFICES AMONG OUR CITY ,
COLLEAGUES YOU HAVE ALL TALKED T
CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH TE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE ALREADY. AND
THERE WAS A LOT OF THOUGHT GIVEN
GIVEN TO THE PRIORITIES THAT YOE
RAISED. AND NOW IT'S UP TO US. S
UP TO US ON COUNCIL. IT'S UP TO
US AS A COMMUNITY WITH OUR PARTS
AS RESIDENTS, AS LABOR MEMBERS,S
MEMBERS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS C,
AS FOLKS WHO CARE FOR OR ARE A
PART OF THEIR VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES. WE NEED TO HEAR FRM
YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FINAL
THE FINAL CITY BUDGET THAT IS CD
FROM CITY COUNCIL, REFLECTS OURE
PRIORITIES. AGAIN, I KNOW THIS
HAS BEEN A HARD PROCESS TO GO
THROUGH TO SHAPE EVEN THE BUDGET
THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF US. AND I
I WANT TO THANK YOU COLLEAGUES R
THE BUDGET IN FRONT OF US THAT
IT DOES REFLECT THE VALUES, OUR
PRIORITIES AND THE INVESTMENTS
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE MIDT
OF COVID. DURING THE TRANSITION
YEARS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCHES, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO E
IN A STEADY HAND ON CITY COUNCIO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING
PROTECTING CORE INVESTMENTS IN
OUR CITY, INVESTMENTS IN HOUSING
IN HOUSING AND THE WORK FORCE,
INVESTMENTS IN CHILD CARE, AND
BOOSTING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY,
INVESTING IN CLIMATE RESILIENCES
AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.D
I HAVE NO DOUBT, COLLEAGUES, YOL
CONTINUE TO LIFT UP AND AMPLIFYE
PRIORITIES IN THE UPCOMING
ANNUAL BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. WITHT
THE HARD FOUGHT ITEMS WE HAVE M,
WORKING FAMILIES AND CORE GOVERT
SERVICES WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSEN
FEDERAL WE HAD ENGAGED IN AUSTE.
WITHOUT THE INVESTMENTS WE MADE
TO ADDRESSING COVID, THE CRISIS,
CRISIS, NOT ONLY TO THE PHYSICAL
PHYSICAL HEALTH TO OUR RESIDENTD
THE TRAUMA MANY CONTINUE TO
SUFFER WITH, WITH INCREASED
STRESS AND HARDSHIP, WE WOULD HE
SEEN INEQUITIES DEEPEN. I AM
EXCITED TO WORK WITH YOU AS WE S
THESE ISSUES IN YEAR NUMBER THRE
AS TERM OF MY BUDGET CHAIR. WE
ONLY HAVE EIGHT WEEKS. NOT A LOF
TIME. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR
ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE
MAKE SURE YOUR PRIORITIES ARE
KNOWN WITHIN OUR STAFF, TO THE Y
MEMBERS, FOR THE LETTERS, CALLS,
LETTERS, CALLS, E-MAILS, AND
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT YOU'VE ALREADY
ALREADY SENT TO OUR OFFICE AND L
OF OUR COLLEAGUES AS WELL. AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTICIPATINH
YOU IN THE UPCOMING EIGHT WEEKSO
MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS HEARD
AND INCORPORATED IN THIS PROCES.
SO SPEAKING OF PROCESS. I DO
WANT TO SPEND A QUICK SECOND, C,
TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT,
IN TERMS OF OUR DELIBERATIONS. E
ARE GOING TO HAVE EIGHT WEEKS OT
DELIBERATIONS. AND THEN THE 9th
WEEK. AS YOU SEE FROM THE
CALENDAR THAT HAS BEEN
PUBLISHED, IS SOLELY DEDICATED
TO THE FINAL PASSAGE OF THE
BUDGET AND THE FULL COUNCIL
PASSAGE. AGAIN, PUBLIC MEETINGS
ARE ACCEPTING WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT AT ANY POINT. WE HAVE
CARVED OUT EXTENDED PERIOD FOR C
COMMENT AT OUR SELECT BUDGET COE
MEETINGS AT EACH OF THE BUDGET K
SEQUENCE. SO REMOTE WILL BE
ACCEPTED FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST
HOUR AND A HALF OF THE BUDGET M.
IF THERE ARE MORE FOLKS THAT
HAVE SIGNED UP, WE MAY EXTEND
THAT TIME. I WANT TO EXTEND THE
HOUR AND A HALF. FOR EXAMPLE,
LAST YEAR, IF WE HAD FOUR MEETIS
WITH ONE WEEK IN A ROW, WE'D HAE
20 MINUTES AT THE TOP OF EACH
HOUR. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS
CONDENSED ALL OF THOSE TIME
SLOTS TO TRY TO REDUCE EXPOSURE
AND COVID RISK. SO THAT'S WHY
WE'VE EMPHASIZED, WE ARE PLANNIG
FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF, AND COUD
BE EXTENDED IF NEEDED. AND THOSE
THOSE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE MS
IN WHICH WE WILL BE TAKING REMOE
AND IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT ANE
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL,E
TODAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, OCTOBER
11th, AT 9:30 A.M. AND OCTOBER ,
AT 9:30 A.M. IN ADDITION, THERE
ARE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS,
DEDICATED SOLELY TO HEARING FROM
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.,
HAPPY TO ACCEPT ANY WRITTEN PUBC
COMMENTS AS WELL. THOSE GET CIRD
TO THE FLOOR AS WELL. AND WILL
BE ACCEPTING IN-PERSON PUBLIC CT
AS WELL. THE ENTIRE DURATION OF
THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE
DEDICATED TO HEARING FROM MEMBES
OF THE COMMUNITY. WE WILL HEAR
FROM YOU ON OCTOBER 11th. AT 5:0
P.M. WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER
EVENING HEARING ON NOVEMBER
15th, AT 5:00 P.M. AND IF THE
EVENING HEARING TIMES DON'T WORK
DON'T WORK FOR YOU, THERE IS A
NOVEMBER 8th, 9:30 PUBLIC HEARIG
ONLY DEDICATED TO HEARING FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. AGAIN,
OCTOBER 11th AT 5:00. NOVEMBER
8th, AND NOVEMBER 15th. AT 5:00.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND US
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF
OF THOSE DAYS THAT WE'RE
DELIBERATING WITHOUT ANY ORAL PC
COMMENT BEING ACCEPTED. AND ANY
TIME, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND E-MAIS
AT COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV. I LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. WE
IM TO HAVE THE INITIAL PACKAGE D
OCTOBER 7th. THEN WE WILL ACCEPT
ACCEPT A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS,
I'M SURE. AND VOTE ON THE
REVISED PACKAGE ON NOVEMBER
16th. AND I HAVE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT. I WANT TO THANK
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THEIRT
IN WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE AND
CENTRAL STAFF TO, INSTEAD OF HAG
A NOVEMBER 21st FINAL BUDGET MEG
AND THEN A NOVEMBER 22nd FULL
COUNCIL MEETING ON A TUESDAY, WE
LOOKING TO COMBINE THOSE DAYS. E
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAS AGREED
THAT WE CAN MOVE THE FULL COUNCL
MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 22nd,
WHICH IS A TUESDAY TO IMMEDIATEY
FOLLOWING OUR SELECT BUDGET COME
MEETING ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMR
21st. AS IN THE PAST, WE HAVE
CONCLUDED THOSE MORNING, FINAL
BUDGET VOTES, WHICH ALLOW FOR
CENTRAL STAFF TO DO ANY TWEAKS,
DO A LAST-MINUTE COMB THROUGH OF
OF THE FINAL AMENDMENTS, LOOK
FOR ANY TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BEFOREE
FINAL VOTE. SO WE ARE GOING TO
DO VOTES ON THE AMENDMENTS ON
NOVEMBER 16th. FINAL VOTE, THE G
OF NOVEMBER 21st. ADJOURN FOR AR
BREAK. THEN WE WILL COME BACK
FOR FULL COUNCIL ON NUMBER 21st,
21st, AT 2:00 P.M. THE REVISED
AGENDA WILL BE SHARED WITH ALL
OF YOU, SO THAT YOU CAN SHARE
THAT OUT. BUT EVERYTHING REMAINE
SAME. THAT WE SENT OUT IN THE
LAST FEW DAYS, EXCEPT FOR THAT L
VOTE. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
PROCESS, THEME? AS COUNCIL
BEGINS ITS DELIBERATIONS? OKAY.H
THAT, I'M EXCITED TO GO AHEAD
AND WELCOME TO THE FORUM HERE
TODAY, OUR FOLKS WHO ARE DIALING
DIALING IN REMOTELY. AGAIN,
APPRECIATE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAD
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY HASD
UP FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION. AND
PARTICIPATION. AND I WANTED TO
EMPHASIZE BEFORE WE GO INTO
REMOTE PARTICIPATION WHY THIS IS
IS SO CRITICAL FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO TREAT COVID AS THE
PANDEMIC THAT IT TRULY IS AND CS
TO BE. I'M GOING TO QUOTE FROM
JONI SILLBURNER, WHO IS AN
INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST, WHO ON W
LAST WEEK EMPHASIZED IN HER
OPENING COMMENTS TO THE KOUW PA.
NO, THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER. WE
OVER. WE ARE HEADED INTO WINTERE
HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE
CONCERNED. EVERY REASON TO BE
VACCINATED. NO, COVID IS NOT
OVER. SHE WENT ON TO SAY, THERE
ARE OVER 3500HOSPITALIZATIONS
CURRENTLY IN THE UNITED STATES
NOW, ON A DAILY BASIS, DUE TO C.
THERE ARE 300 TO 400 PEOPLE
DYING EVERY DAY STILL FROM COVI.
THERE ARE 10 DEATHS A DAY IN
WASHINGTON STATE ALONE. SO NO,
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER, SHE C.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY
TAKING THIS SO SERIOUSLY,
ESPECIALLY OUR CLERK'S TEAM, WHO
WHO PUT SOME PLACARDS UP AND
INFORMATION OUT THERE, SO THAT
FOLKS KNOW WHEN THE PUBLIC COMMT
PERIOD IS. AND WHEN -- AND HOW
TO REACH US ON THE REMOTE DAYS
THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR FOLKS TO
JUST WRITE IN. AND WITH THAT, WE
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT
ABOUT WHAT THEY SEE IN THE
INITIAL PROPOSED BUDGET THAT HAS
HAS COME DOWN FROM THE MAYOR'S ,
AS OF YESTERDAY AT NOON. MADAM
CLERK, DO YOU MIND TEEING UP THC
CONVERSATION? THANK YOU, COLLEA.
>
>> HELLO, SEATTLE. WE ARE THE
EMERALD CITY. THE CITY OF
FLOWERS AND THE CITY OF GOOD WI.
ON INDIGENOUS LAND, THE
TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE COH
PEOPLES. THE CITY OF SEATTLE WES
PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO BE A SPEAKER AND PROVIDE
AND PROVIDE A VERBAL PUBLIC
COMMENT, YOU MAY REGISTER TWO
HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, VIA
THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE. HERE'S
WEBSITE. HERE'S INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PROCEEDINGS. SPEAKERS ARE CALLED
CALLED UPON IN THE ORDER IN WHIH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'.
EACH SPEAKER MUST CALL IN FROM
THE PHONE NUMBER THEY PROVIDED
WHEN THEY REGISTERED ONLINE AND
USE THE MEETING I.D. AND
PASSCODE THAT WAS UPON CONFIRMA.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE AN E-MAI,
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM OR JUNK L
FOLDERS. A REMINDER, THE SPEAKER
SPEAKER MEETING I.D. IS DIFFERET
FROM THE GENERAL LISTEN LINE, MG
I.D., PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA. OE
A SPEAKER'S NAME IS CALLED, THES
MICROPHONE WILL BE UNMUTED AND N
AUTOMATIC PROMPT WILL SAY "THE
HOST WOULD LIKE YOU TO UNMUTE
YOUR MICROPHONE." THAT IS YOUR
CUE THAT IT'S YOUR TURN TO
SPEAK. AT THAT TIME, YOU MUST
PRESS STAR 6. YOU WILL THEN HEAR
HEAR A PROMPT OF "YOU ARE UNMUT"
BE SURE YOUR PHONE IS UNMUTED OR
END, SO THAT YOU WILL BE HEARD.S
A SPEAKER, YOU SHOULD BEGIN BY G
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM THAT YOUE
ADDRESSING. A CHIME WILL SOUND
WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT IN YOUR
YOUR ALLOTTED TIME. AS A GENTLE
REMINDER TO WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC
COMMENTS. AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME, YOUR MICROPHONE
WILL BE MUTED. AND THE NEXT
SPEAKER REGISTERED WILL BE CALL.
ONCE SPEAKERS HAVE COMPLETED PRG
PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
DISCONNECT FROM THE PUBLIC
COMMENT LINE AND JOIN US BY FOLG
THE MEETING VIA SEATTLE CHANNEL
BROADCAST OR THROUGH THE LISTENG
LINE OPTION, LISTED ON THE AGEN.
THE COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT
TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC COMMENT IF
THE SYSTEM IS BEING ABUSED. OR
IF THE PROCESS IMPEDES THE
COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT ITS
ITS BUSINESS ON BEHALF OF
RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. ANY
OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IS DISRE
TO THESE PROCEEDINGS OR THAT IS
NOT FOCUSED ON AN APPROPRIATE
TOPIC AS SPECIFIED IN COUNCIL
RULES MAY LEAD TO THE SPEAKER
BEING MUTED BY PRESIDING OFFICE.
OUR HOPE IS TO PROVIDE AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR PRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL ASSIST OUR
OUR ORDERLY CONSIDERATION OF ISS
BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. AND
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPR
ON THE LIST. PLEASE REMEMBER TO
PRESS STAR 6 AFTER YOU HEAR THE
PROMPT OF, YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTE.
THANK YOU, SEATTLE.
>> COCO WEBBER AND PETER CONDITD
MORNING, JESSE. AND JESSE?
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> OH, PERFECT. GOOD MORNING.
>>
>> HI. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
JESSIE FREEDMAN. AND I'M THE
POLICY DIRECTOR AT YOUTH CARE. M
HERE TODAY TO EXPRESS MY
CONCERNS WITH PROPOSED CAPS FOR
INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR HUMAN
SERVICE PROVIDERS INCLUDED IN
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. YOUTHCARE,
ALONG WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES
HAVE SEEN A ROUGHLY 70%TURNOVER
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. SHOULD
SHOULDN'T COME A SURPRISE, A NEY
SHOWED YOU NEEDED TO WORK 90
HOURS PER WEEK AT A MINIMUM WAGE
WAGE JOB TO AFFORD A STUDIO
APARTMENT IN KING COUNTY. THIS
IS ROUGHLY WHAT MOST ENTRY-LEVET
SERVICE WORKERS EARN. IT'S
UNACCEPTABLE THAT PEOPLE WORKINH
PEOPLE 24 HOURS A DAY, WITH
PEOPLE IN CRISIS, ARE UNSTABLE .
WE TRY TO MAINTAIN A CONSISTENTL
OF CARE WITH A WORK FORCE THAT T
AFFORD TO STAY IN THIS FIELD. TT
MEANS FEWER HOUSING BEDS. IF
WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING THE S
WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THIS. THANK
THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COCO WE,
YOU'RE NEXT. FOLLOWED BY PETER
CONDIT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL THIS. S
COCO FROM DISTRICT 3. I'M AN
EDUCATOR AND LONG-TIME
SEATTLITE, ASKING YOU TO REJECT
THE MAYOR'S BACKWARD BUDGET
PROPOSAL, WHICH LITERALLY STEALS
STEALS OUR CITY'S FUNDS, SUCH AS
SUCH AS JUMP STARTS FROM
SEATTLE'S MOST VULNERABLE AND
GIVES THE SYSTEM SUCH AS PLITHAT
AS PLITHAT ARE REACTIONARY AND
DOES NOTHING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT
ROOT OR SYSTEMIC ISSUE THAT MUSE
GOOD AFTERNOON CARE. AS THE
COUNCIL KNOWS AND THE REPORT DED
THAT, 80% OF SEATTLE'S 911 CALLS
911 CALLS WERE FROM NONCRIMINAL
EMERGENCIES. YET, THE COUNCIL
STILL HASN'T FUNDED AN EMERGENCE
ALTERNATIVE. DESPITE THAT IT IS
PRUDENT TO DO SO. AS EXORBITANTY
PRICED. OFTEN ENDS IN MORE HARMG
COMMITTED. AT FIRST POLICE
CONTACT. AND THEN EXORBITANTLY D
SYSTEMS. OUTRAGEOUSLY HERALD BUT
OUTRAGEOUSLY HERALD BUDGET INTO
THE POLICE SYSTEM. REGARDING
HARRELL'S CALLS ON SHOTS FIRED.H
THE CITY SPENT $33 MILLION FROMS
TECHNOLOGY, IT, QUOTE, FROM THE,
RARELY LED TO EVIDENCE IN THE GD
CRIME. MORE AGGRESSIVE POLICINGF
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES.
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL FACES A
BUDGET DEFICIT. FROM EDUCATION D
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE. WE NEED A
BUDGET THAT WILL PROVIDE TRUE C.
I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO REJECT
REJECT THE MAYOR'S BUDGET AND
LOOK TO THE SOLIDARITY FOR THIS
SEASON. THANK YOU. P.S., PLEASEO
NOT ALLOW MORE FUNDING TO DID TO
TO THE POLICE UNDER THE GUISE OK
RANGERS. WE NEED THE PARKS TO BE
BE A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS, INCLUDING BLACK AND N
FAMILIES. WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO
TO BE FEARFUL OF GOING TO THE
PARK FOR FEAR OF BEING KILLED BK
RANGERS, WHO ARE ACTUALLY POLIC.
THANK YOU. I YIELD MY TIME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. PETER
CONDIT, GOOD MORNING. FOLLOWED
BY ALLISON ISANDER.
>> THIS MORNING. THIS IS PETER
CONDIT, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER
IN DISTRICT 6. I HAVE INITIAL
REMARKS TO MAKE ABOUT THE MAYORS
PROPOSED BUDGET. FIRST OF ALL,
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SHOULD SINK, NOT GROW. THEY
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO ABSORBG
ENFORCEMENT. AND THEY SHOULD NOT
NOT HOUSE ANY SO-CALLED ALTERNAE
RESPONSES WITHIN THEIR OWN RANK.
THE SPD IS STILL UNDER CONSENT
TO RACE. AND YEARS OF BRINGING
MORE RESOURCES INTO THAT RACIST
STRUCTURE IS A FAILED STRATEGY.
SECOND, THE MAYOR USES
JUMP-START MONEY TO COVER AN
OVERALL BUDGET SHORTFALL. THIS
IS DEFUNDING HOUSING. I KNOW THE
THE MAYOR DOESN'T WANT TO DEFUNE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT
THAT CHOICE MEANS DEFUNDING
OTHER THINGS. HOUSING IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE. IT
AFFECTS THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE
IN SEATTLE. DEFUND SPD. DON'T
DEFUND HOUSING. THIRD, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET UNDER FUND'S COD
RESPONSES WITH ONLY $2 MILLION.E
NICK JR. REPORT REPRESENTS THAT
40% OF CALLS SHOULD RECEIVE A
COMMUNITY RESPONSE. THIS
REQUIRES FINANCIAL COMMITMENT CE
WITH THAT NEED. FIEMG FINALLY,
THE CITY SHOULD NOT SPEND ON
THIS. THIS IS PURELY REACTIONARY
REACTIONARY AND DOES NOT ADDRESS
NOT ADDRESS THE CAUSES OF GUN
VIOLENCE. IN 2021, JOHNS HOPKINS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS
PUBLISHED A 17-YEAR STUDY OF SHT
SPOTTER. THEY FOUND THAT, QUOTE,
QUOTE, IMPLEMENTING SHOT SPOTTER
SPOTTER HAS NO SIGNIFICANT IMPAT
ON HOMICIDES. MANY ARE RECONSIDR
BEING THEIR CONTRACTS. THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IN O
FOUND THAT THE USE OF SHOT SPOTR
INCREASED OFFICER STOP-AND-FRISS
AND SELDOM PROVIDED INVESTIGATIE
VALUE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FALSELY
ACCUSED OF CRIMES AND
INCARCERATED ON QUESTIONABLE SHT
SPOTTER EVIDENCE. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK FOR
FOR THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER. D
TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN. AND
ALLISON ISINGER.
>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
ALLISON ISINGER. AND I AM THE
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLEKING COUY
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THEY SHELTER
SHELTER AND PROVIDE HEALTHCARE O
IN OUR CITY AND BEYOND. I, LIKE
YOU, HAVE NOT HAD A FULL CHANCEO
ABSORB MAYOR HARRELL'S PROPOSED.
BUT CLEARLY, WHAT HAS STOOD OUT
IS THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO CAP
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS FOR HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACTS TO 4%. AND TO
TO UNDO THE COUNCIL'S 2019 LEGIN
THAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, TOY
TO GET US OUT OF THE ROLE THAT N
SERVICES PROVIDERS AND THE FOLKY
EMPLOY ARE IN. I LISTENED TO
MAYOR HARRELL'S BUDGET SPEECH. E
SAID IN IMPLEMENTING HIS ONE
SEATTLE BUDGET. MEETING URGENT
COMMUNITY NEEDS, WHILE EMPOWERIG
TO DELIVER ESSENTIAL SERVICES. K
YOU, MAYOR HARRELL. THAT'S A
GUIDING PRINCIPLE WE CAN ALL GET
ALL GET BEHIND. WE CANNOT LOSE
THAT BY COMPROMISING THOSE WHO
PROVIDE THE CARE FOR SENIORS, E,
VETERANS, SURVIVORS OF REFUGEE .
THE CITY HAS BEEN PRAISED
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, BY
REDUCING THEIR PURCHASING POWERD
FURTHER PUTTING A CUT IN THEIR K
AS OPPOSED TO MORE MONEY IN THER
POCKETS. THERE IS NO RESILIENT
ECONOMY WITHOUT CHILD CARE,
HEALTH CARE, SHELTER AND HOUSING
AND HOUSING SUPPORTS. AND WE
THINK THE CITY COUNCIL AND EVERR
KNOWS THAT. WE ASK YOU TO ADJUST
ADJUST THIS PORTION OF THE MAYOS
BUDGET. BECAUSE THIS IS AN INADE
RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS THAT WE E
IN TOGETHER. CORE AND ESSENTIAL
SERVICES HAVE TO BE THE STARTING
STARTING POINT FOR OUR ONE SEATE
BUDGET. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALLISON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALLISON.
THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE
EMILY PENA, JULIA BUCK. AND PHIL
PHIL DUPREE. PHIL, YOU'RE
LISTENING AND NOT PRESENT. PLEAE
LISTEN. EMILY. GOOD MORNING.
JUST STAR 6, EMILY, ONE MORE TI.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> NOW WE CAN. GADE.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS EMILY
EMILY PENA. I AM A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 2. AND I WORK IN
DISTRICT 7. I'M HERE AS A
COCHAIR ON THE SEATTLE HUMAN
SERVICES COALITION FOR THE
BUDGET TASK FORCE AND AS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEILS
PARTNERSHIP COALITION ON FHS STG
COMMITTEE. WE STAND TOGETHER AS
A COALITION, OF HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER COOPERATIONS TO PROJECT
TO PROJECT THE PROPOSED BUDGET
LIMITING INFLATION FOR CITY-COND
HUMAN SERVICES TO 4% IN A TIME
OF UNPRECEDENTED INFLATION. SPEY
ON IMPORTANT ITEMS FOR MEAL PRO,
INCLUDING PROTEINS AND CULTURALY
RELEVANT, NUTRITIONALLY DENSE FD
ITEMS. THIS PROPOSED ATTEMPT TO
CAP [ INAUDIBLE ] WOULD BE
DEALING HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERSS
THE CITY, A MASSIVE BUDGET CUT.S
IS A COMPOUNDING PROBLEM AFTER [
AFTER [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR
PROVIDERS. AND LAST YEAR, MAYOR
DURKAN'S ATTEMPT AT A 3%
INCREASE. I URGE YOU TO AT LEAST
LEAST UPHOLD THE RECOMMENDED 7%
INCREASE. WE CANNOT GO BACK TO
OUR FRONT LINE STAFF AND TELL
THEM THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE
MONEY TO DO THIS INCREDIBLY NECY
WORK. THIS PROPOSAL IS
UNACCEPTABLE. AND I URGE THE
COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT AT A
BEAR MINIMUM, WE CAN WITH INFLA.
>
>> JULIA DEBUCK. FOLLOWED BY SAA
DUPREE. GOOD MORNING, JULIA.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. MY
NAME IS JULIA BUCK. I'M A HOMEOR
IN DISTRICT 6. I'M CALLING IN BE
I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL
WORK TO RECONCILE THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET WITH THE COMMUNITY-DRIVES
IDENTIFIED BY THE SOLIDARITY BU.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ABOT
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET. INCLUDING
THE 20 MILLION DEFUND OF HOUSIN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MONEY IS
GOING TO $17 MILLION FOR S PD
POSITIONS THAT WILL NOT BE
FILLED. IN OTHER WORDS, SORT OF
FREE MONEY THAT WOULD BE SALARY
IF THEY HIRED SOMEONE BUT THEY .
AND BOOSTING THE S PD AMMUNITIOT
BY $3 MILLION. THERE'S ALSO THE
SHOT SPOTTER PROGRAM. YOU KNOW,
SPD IS CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF .
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT SPINS THE
THE WHEELS OF POLICE
INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL GUNSHOTT
NOT ONES THAT HAVE BEEN CALLED
IN. THAT'S A STRAIN ON STAFF.
BOTH CLEVELAND AND DETROIT ARE G
DROPPING SHOT SPOTTER. SHOT
SPOTTER HAS BEEN HELD IN
CONTEMPT OF COURT IN CHICAGO,
WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR PREMIERE
CITIES. AND IN CHICAGO, A
13-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS SHOT BY POL.
AND THEN SHOT SPOTTER SORT OF
WORKED WITH POLICE TO CREATE A
GUNSHOT IN THE AREA, IN SORT OF
AN ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFYSHOOTING TT
13-YEAR-OLD. I DON'T THINK THAT
WORKS TOWARD THE GOALS OF EQUITR
PUBLIC SAFETY. I'M ALSO
CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRANSIT SAFY
FUNDING. THERE ARE DEATHS BEYOND
BEYOND THE RAINIER QUARTER. AND
THERE'S STILL NO REAL SAFE BIKEN
ROUTE FROM SEATTLE TO DOWNTOWN.
FINALLY, I WANTED TO MENTION,
YOU KNOW, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON SAID WE WERE GIVING SPD
$30,000 HIRING BONUSES, BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO SHOW WE APPRECIATE T.
ONE LINE THAT CAME -- [
INAUDIBLE ]
>> I'M SORRY THAT YOU GOT CUT
OFF. PLEASE DO CALL IN -- OR EXE
ME. PLEASE DO SEND IN YOUR LASTS
ON THAT ISSUE THAT YOU WERE TRYG
TO RAISE. PHIL DUPREE, YOU ARE
LISTED AS NOT PRESENT. WE WILL E
BACK TO YOU AT THE END. STEVE
DASCHLE, FOLLOWED BY DENNIS
SILLS AND LAUREL GRAY. AND THAT
WOULD CONCLUDE US FOR TODAY. GOD
MORNING, STEVE. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS STEVE DASCHLE. I AM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SOUTHWEST YOUTH AND FAMILY
SERVICES AND THE COCHAIR OF
SEATTLE HUMAN SERVICES COALITIO.
I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES IN
OPPOSING THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO
TO AMEND THE OVER THEENANCE
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL TO ALLOW R
IN-PLACE ADJUSTMENTS FOR HUMAN S
PROVIDERS.AS YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST
FIRST IS DO NO HARM. THAT, IN
EFFECT, IS A CUT TO HUMAN SERVI.
AND WILL ULTIMATELY RESULT IN
OUR INABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SES
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. IN MY CASE,
CASE, FOR INSTANCE AS THE
DIRECTOR OF SOUTHWEST, WE JUST
APPROVED AN 8.4% INCREASE FOR
OUR STAFF. THAT'S NOT
SUSTAINABLE, IF OUR CONTRACTS DT
ALLOW IT. AND YOU KNOW, FOR US,
THE CHOICE WILL BE HAVING TO
REDUCE OUR SERVICES TRODEG OWE A
LOPPING OR NOT BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICES. SO WHILE
WE'RE WORKING ON WAGE EQUITY IN,
THIS INFLATION ADJUSTMENT THAT E
JUST PASSED IS BEFORE ANY OF THN
AROUND WAGE EQUITY. AND AS YOU
KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A SY
ON HOW MUCH OUR STAFF SHOULD BE.
AND IF WE ARE ALREADY STARTING
BEHIND THE 8 BALL AND IN KEEPING
KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION, WE'LL
WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO REACH THT
GOAL OF EQUITY FOR OUR STAFF. SO
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO -- [ INAUE
]
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE NEXT
TWO SPEAKERS ARE DENNIS SOLICAND
DENNIS SOLICAND LAUREL RAY. DEN,
GOOD MORNING.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ON BEHALF OF
MORE THAN 1100 RESIDENTS AND 25F
AT PLYMOUTH HOUSING, THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT
ON THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S
PROPOSED BUDGET. MY NAME IS
DENNIS SILLS AND I WORK FOR PLYH
HOUSING. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ARE
ARE MADE POSSIBLE FOR HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACTS. THE MAYOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSES A 4% INFLATIONAY
ADJUSTMENT. [ INAUDIBLE ] WHEN
INFLATION, DEPENDING ON WHAT MES
ARE USED IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHE.
HUMAN SERVICE WORKERS ARE
ALREADY UNDERPAID. AND THIS
BUDGET PROPOSAL IS A SIGNIFICAN.
PLYMOUTH PREPARES TO OPEN FOUR
NEW BUILDINGS AND HAVE MORE
PEOPLE BY 2023. , WE HAVE MORE
WORKERS. PLYMOUTH WORKED TO
INCREASE WAGES THIS YEAR BY OVER
OVER 8% TO RETAIN WORKERS. AND
WE STILL HAVE DOZENS OF VACANT ,
BECAUSE WE CANNOT RECRUIT ENOUGH
RECRUIT ENOUGH NEW STAFF. THIS
CREATES SIGNIFICANTLY UNSAFE COS
AS WORKERS ARE TRYING TO ACCOUNR
OTHERS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR WORK
WORK FORCE IS DIVERSE. SO THIS S
AN INEQUITY ISSUE. 3% IN
CONTRACTS TO REFLECT 5.8%, WHICS
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. T
STILL LESS THAN THE REAL
INFLATION PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING. THIS BUDGET
PROPOSAL FALLS SHORT OF PROVIDIG
ADEQUATE SOURCES. ADDITIONALLY
JUMP START FUNDING TO SUPPORT
MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN E
CITY BY SUPPORTING HOUSING
EFFORTS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET
DIVERTS SIGNIFICANT JUMP START
RESOURCES. WE ASK COUNCIL MAKE
SURE WE MAKE UP FOR INFLATION
AND PROTECT RESOURCE HOUSING. TK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT R.
>
>> AND OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT IS
PRESENT IS LAUREL GRAY. GOOD MO,
LAUREL. LAUREL, I HAVE YOU
UNMUTED ON MY LINE. YOU WANT TO
JUST DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR OWN PHONE
OWN PHONE TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT
ON MUTE?
>> YES. GOOD MORNING. HELLO.
COUNCILMEMBERS. AND THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT .
MY NAME IS LAUREL GRAY. I LIVE
IN DISTRICT 5. AND I'M HERE
REPRESENTING OSL. A MEAL
PROVIDER SERVING MEALS TO HOMELS
AND HUNGER. WE STAND AS
COALITION OF HUMAN SERVICES PROR
TO CORRECT THE PROPOSE THE BUDGT
THAT LIMITS INFLATION FOR CITY-D
HUMAN SERVICES TO 4% IN A TIME F
UNPRECEDENTED INFLATION. THIS
BUDGET WILL LIMIT AND COMPLETELT
OFF OUR ABILITY TO PURCHASE
CRITICAL ITEMS FOR MEAL
PROVIDERS, SUCH AS FRESH, CULTUY
RELEVANT AND NUTRITION. AND TO
ADDRESS OUR DIRE STAFFING SHORT.
THIS PROPOSED 4% INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT CAP WOULD BE FOR
CRIPPLING OTHERS. I URGE YOU TO
REJECT THE MAYOR. AND UPHOLD THE
THE RECOMMENDED 7.6% BUDGET INC.
WE CANNOT GO BACK TO OUR STAFF
AND TELL THEM THEY WILL CONTINUE
CONTINUE TO LOSE MONEY GOING
BACK TO THIS CRITICAL WORK. WE
CANNOT GO BACK TO OUR CLIENTS TO
TO SAY WE HAVE THE INGREDIENTS
REQUIRED TO CREATE THE MEALS
THERE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. ANI
URGE THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE
THAT AT A BEAR MINIMUM, WE CAN
KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. THANK YU
FOR YOUR TIME.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. COLLEAGUES THAT, DOES
DOES CONCLUDE ALL OF THE PEOPLE
LIST SAID AS PRESENT ON TODAY'S
PUBLIC SIGN-IN SHEET. THANKS TO
EVERYBODY WHO DIALED IN. REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND COS
AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND IN EIR
YOUR FULL COMMENTS OR THE REMAIR
OF YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL@SEA.
WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION FOR THE
DAY. MADAM CLERK, AM YOU READ
THE FIRST ITEM.
>> AJNDZA ITEM 1. R.
>> WE HAVE WITH US, OUR TEAM
FROM THE CITY CENTRAL STAFF BUD.
EXCUSE ME. AT THIS TIME CITY
COUNCIL STAFF AND BUDGET LEAD. S
WILL BE ALY PENNUCCI, DEPUTY DIR
FROM CENTRAL STAFF. AND THEY
HAVE A FULL CREW OF CENTRAL STAF
MEMBERS BEHIND THEM. SO HUGE AP%
FOR ALL THE OF WORK YOU HAVE
ALREADY DONE TO DISSECT WHAT ISG
SENT TO US AND ALL THE WORK YOUL
BE DOING WITH COUNCIL. AS WE
SEEK TO INFUSE THIS BUDGET WITHL
OVER THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS. WE
APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK. IT'S
GREAT TO HAVE YOU PARTICIPATE V.
THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO DO
THAT AS WE SEEK TO LIMIT IN-PERN
CONTACT.
>
>> WITH THAT, COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, YOU DO HAVE A
PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE WALKED
BE WALKED THROUGH FROM CENTRAL
STAFF. AND I WILL HAPPILY TURN
IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR, ESTHER
HANDY, TO HELP WALK US THROUGH E
ORIENTATION TO TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU, BUDGET CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. GOOD MORNING
COUNCILMEMBERS. REALLY PLEASED
TO BE WITH YOU. AS THE COUNCIL
BEGINS ITS BUDGET REVIEW PROCES.
FOR THE RECORD, ESTHER HANDY,
THE DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, ALSO REALLY WANT TO THANK
THANK AND RECOGNIZE OUR CENTRAL
STAFF ASSISTANT, PATTY WIGRAN WO
IS ON THE LINE FOR THIS COMMITTE
MEETING AND WILL BE ON THE LINET
THIS PROCESS AND OUR TEAM OF AN,
WHO ARE BOTH LISTENING IN AND DG
INTO THE BUDGET AS WE SPEAK. WE
ENTER THIS DISCUSSION TODAY AT N
UNUSUAL ECONOMIC TIME. ON THE
ONE HAND, A STRONG LABOR MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT RETURNING TO
PREPANDEMIC LEVELS. ON THE OTHER
OTHER HAND, INFLATION IS DRIVINR
PRICES UP, PARTICULARLY FOR THES
THAT FAMILIES RELY ON, LIKE FOOD
FUEL. WE HAVE COVID CASES. VACCS
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR
TIME FOR PEOPLE OF NEARLY ALL
AGES. BUT THERE ALSO REMAINS
MANY UNKNOWNS ABOUT THE VIRUS AD
PUBLIC HEALTH AS WE HEAD INTO
ANOTHER WINTER COLD AND FLU SEA.
THOSE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
CONDITIONS OF THE CITY WILL
INFORM HOW YOU PRIORITIZE RESOUS
IN THE CITY BUDGET OVER THE NEXT
WEEKS. I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF
YOUR ROLES DURING THAT
EIGHT-WEEK PROCESS. SO PATTY, LS
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. PURSUANT
STATE LAW. IT'S THE MAYOR'S JOB
TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT TO THE
COUNCIL, A PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGT
IN SEPTEMBER. THAT PROPOSED
BUDGET MUST BE IN BALANCE AND WS
TRANSMITTED YESTERDAY. I'D LIKEO
REMIND THE COUNCIL AT THIS POIN,
IT IS JUST THAT. THE EXECUTIVE'S
EXECUTIVE'S PROPOSAL. TODAY
BEGINS THE COUNCIL'S ROLE. IT'S
THE COUNCIL'S JOB TO REVIEW AND,
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, AND ULTIMY
TO ADOPT A FINAL BUDGET, WHICH
MUST BE DONE NO LATER THAN 30
DAYS PRIOR TO THE NEXT FISCAL
YEAR. YOU HAVE IN FRONT YOU, A
BIANNUAL BUDGET. IT'S THE FIRST
THAT THE COUNCIL HAS CONSIDERED
IN THIS FORM SINCE THE FALL OF
2018, WHEN THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A
A 2019 BUDGET AND ENDORSED 2020
BUDGET. AT THE END OF THIS
PROCESS, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO
APPROVE A 2023 BUDGET AND ENDORE
A 2024 BUDGET. AS WE LISTEN TO
THE EXECUTIVES' OVERVIEW PRESENN
SHORTLY. AND I REALLY WANT TO TK
CITY BUDGET OFFICE DIRECTOR
JULIE DINGELY FOR PUTTING
TOGETHER A REALLY COMPREHENSIVEW
OF THE BUDGET FOR YOU THIS MORN,
AND SPENDING TIME WITH US TODAY,
US TODAY, I OFFER A FEW QUESTIOS
FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. THE FIRST
ARE WHAT STRATEGIES DID THE EXEE
USE TO BALANCE THE $1.6 BILLION
GENERAL FUND IN THE FACE OF A $1
MILLION OPERATING DEFICIT. WHAT
PRINCIPLES GUIDED THOSE
DECISIONS? DID ANY OF THOSE
DECISIONS CHANGE CURRENT POLICYD
HOW DID THOSE DECISIONS, IN THID
BUDGET, IMPACT THE SIX-YEAR FINL
OUTLOOK FOR THE CITY?
>> SECOND, WE'LL BE LISTENING FR
HOW THE BUDGET ADDRESSES SOME OF
OF THE COUNCIL'S KEY POLICY
INITIATIVES. THANK YOU FOR CHAIA
YOU FOR CHAIR MOSQUEDA FOR ECONC
RESILIENCE. WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR
FOR DOES THE MAYOR USE THE
BUDGET TO SERVE HOUSE LITTLE FA.
IS IT RUNNING A PUBLIC SAFETY
SYSTEM THAT RECRUITS AND RETAINS
RETAINS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WORK ?
AND ALSO ADVANCES A REIMAGINING
OF POLICING, WITH A LARGER
CIVILIAN RESPONSE NETWORK AND NW
ALTERNATIVE 911 RESPONSE. DOES
THIS BUDGET ADVANCE A VISION
ZERO TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY
THAT INVESTS IN CORE ROAD AND
BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE. IS THIS A
A BUDGET THAT PARTNERS WITH OUR,
SUPPORTS OUR NATIVE COMMUNITY, D
CARES FOR OUR VULNERABLE
RESIDENTS. AND THOSE THAT OFFER
FRONT LINE SERVICES TO THEM. OUR
THEM. OUR TEAM WILL BE LISTENING
LISTENING TO THESE AND EACH OF E
INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN
ADVANCING THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEK
THIS YEAR. FINALLY, WE'LL BE
LISTENING FOR HOW FUNDING FROM E
JUMP-START PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
HAS BEEN USED TO EXPAND INVESTMS
IN HOUSING EQUITABLE DEVELOPMEN,
AND TO ADVANCE THE CITY'S NEW
GREEN DEAL. COLLECTIVELY, THE CS
STRATEGIES TO CREATE RECOVERY OT
OF THE PANDEMIC.
>> NEXT, WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE
BUDGET PROCESS. I WAS GOING TO
HAND IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF
DEPUTY DIRECTOR ALY PENNUCCI? IF
PENNUCCI? IF YOU HAVE ANY
TROUBLE WITH YOUR INTERNET, PAST
BACK TO ME.
>> THANK YOU. DIRECTOR HANDY. GD
MORNING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. FOR THE
THE RECORD, I'M ALY PENNUCCI OF
YOUR CENTRAL STAFF. I'M GOING TO
TO VERY BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE COS
SIX-STEP BUDGET PROCESS THAT BES
TODAY. I WON'T GO INTO MUCH
DETAILS AS CHAIR MOSQUEDA COVERD
MUCH OF THIS. I WANTED TO START
WITH A THANK YOU TO CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND HER TEAM FOR
WORKING WITH US TO DEVELOP AN OY
AND TRANSPARENT BUDGET PROCESS
FROM THECOUNCIL'S DELIBERATIONSE
BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR IS COMD
OF SIX MAIN STEPS AS HIGHLIGHTED
STEPS AS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE
BUDGET TIME LINE PRESENTED ON
THIS SLIDE. AS WE ENTERED EACH
STEP IN THE PROCESS, I'LL JUST
TOUCH BASE FOR ALL OF YOU FOR RE
AND FOR THE PUBLIC WHO IS FOLLOG
ALONG TO SIGNAL WHERE WE ARE INE
PROCESS AND WHAT IS COMING UP N.
THE PROCESS IS REALLY DESIGNED
TO PROVIDE TIME FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO HEAR FROM THE
PUBLIC AND TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSN
AND DEBATE ABOUT THE PROPOSED B.
INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER
PRIORITIES AND REVIEW FINAL
ADOPTION OF THE COUNCIL'S BALAND
BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. TODA,
THE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR AN OVER,
SUBMITTED FOR THE COUNCIL'S CON.
THIS WILL COMPLETE STEP ONE OF
THE BUDGET PROCESS. AFTER THIS
OVERVIEW, WE HAVE ABOUT TWO WEES
FOR THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF TO E
IN AND DIGEST RESEARCH AND
ANALYZE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
BUDGET BEFORE MOVING ON TO STEPO
IN THE PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEA.
SO FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION
TODAY, THE NEXT TIME THE
COMMITTEE WILL CONVENE WILL BE
FOR BUDGET HEARINGS, WHERE SELET
APARTMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO E
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT'SC
PROPOSED BUDGET, FOCUSING ON SIT
CHANGES OR REDUCTIONS, RELATIVE
TO THE 2022 BUDGET. AND CENTRAL
STAFF WILL IDENTIFY POLICY OPTIS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED BU.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COMMITTEE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
BEGIN TO SHARE IDEAS ABOUT
CHANGES OR NEW INITIATIVES THEYY
WANT TO INCLUDE AS WE START DEVG
COUNCILMEMBERS' BUDGET AMENDMEN.
THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO HOLD THE
THE FIRST OF THREE PUBLIC
HEARINGS ON OCTOBER 12th, AT
5:00 P.M. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WITH THAT, THAT REALLY IS A
QUICK SUMMARY OF THE PROCESS,
AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY. WE AND
CENTRAL STAFF ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE COUNCS
BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, COMPLETING
COMPLETING STEP 6 OF THE PROCES,
WHEN YOU ALL ADOPT THE 2023 ANDE
A BUDGET FOR 2024 ON NOVEMBER 2.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS OR HAND IT OVEO
THE CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR
HANDY. AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PENNUCCI. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE
YOU VIRTUALLY HERE WITH US. AND
I WANT TO EXPRESS HUGE
APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOUR
TEAM, ESPECIALLY THE TWO OF YOU,
YOU, ON YOUR GROWING BUDGET
LEADS. I WANT TO ALSO THANK MY
STAFF WHO HAS BEEN IN LOTS OF
CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, LED BY
OUR STAFF. AND I WANT TO THANK R
TEAM AS WELL. AARON HOUSE,
POLICY DIRECTOR, MAKE SURE TO
THANK FADICUEVAS, WHO USUALLY
SERVES AS CLERK AND OPERATION
AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER, MELANIE
CRAY, WHO HAS BEEN VERY BUSY
WITH ALL THINGS DEALING WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY AND WILL BE
DEALING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
ITEMS AS WELL. THANKS,
EVERYBODY. FOR THE EARLY WORK
AND THE ANALYSIS. I WANTED TO
LIFT UP SOMETHING THAT ESTHER
HANDY, DIRECTOR HANDY STARTED W.
AND THAT IS WHAT SOME STAFF WILL
WILL BE LOOKING FOR. THE
QUESTIONS THAT ESTHER, DIRECTORY
OUTLINED, I WOULD ALMOST LOVE TE
PRINTED OUT AND PUT IN FRONT OF
ALL OF OUR DESK STOPS AS WE
CONSIDER DELIBERATIONS. THE
REASON IS, THESE ARE POLICIES
THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PAD
INTO LAWS. THESE ARE NOT VALUE
STATEMENTS, NECESSARILY. THOSE
VALUE STATEMENTS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN DEBATED AND PASSED INTO
STATUTE. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE
QUESTIONS THAT DIRECTOR HANDY LD
UP, IS COMING FROM THE COUNCIL.
THESE ARE PRIORITIES THAT THE
COUNCIL HAS ALREADY OPINED ON
AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN PASSED
INTO STATUTES. SO I JUST WANT TO
TO CLARIFY THAT THESE DIRECTION
AND ANALYSIS THAT CENTRAL STAFF
IS LIFTING UP, HAVE COME FROM
PAST ACTS OF THE COUNCIL, AND
HAVE COME FROM PAST LAWS THAT
ARE IN STATUTE. IT IS POSSIBLE
FOR THE EXECUTIVE TO SEND DOWN A
A PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS IN BA,
BUT IS BALANCED BY PROPOSING CHS
TO STATUTE. THAT IS A DEBATE
THAT WE CAN HAVE, ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT POLICY COULD CHANGE. BUT
I THINK THE ANALYSIS THAT WE
HAVE ASKED DIRECTOR HANDY TO
LIFT UP IS ABSOLUTELY ROOTED INT
IS ALREADY STATUTE, WHAT HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS COUNCIL
PRIORITIES FROM OUR PAST DELIBES
IN TERMS OF WHAT IS ALREADY CODD
IN LAW. AND A VERY, VERY FAIR
AND HELPFUL WAY FOR US TO
EVALUATE HOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET
PROPOSED BUDGET ALIGNS WITH OURL
PRIORITIES AND WHAT IS IN STATUE
CURRENTLY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR
THE OUTLINE. AGAIN, THANKS TO
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S OFFICE D
CENTRAL STAFF FOR IDENTIFYING WS
FOR US TO COMBINE THE FINAL
BUDGET DATE ON NOVEMBER 21st. WE
21st. WE WILL HAVE THAT FINAL BT
DATE. AND WE WILL THEN HAVE FULL
IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. COULD I
ASK FOLKS FROM CENTRAL STAFF TOY
OUTLINE, YOU KNOW. YOU SEE A NOR
16th DATE, WHERE WE DO A FINAL
ACTION ON THE BUDGET. BUT THEN E
COME BACK AND DO IT ON THE 21stN
YOU REMIND FOLKS, WHY IT LOOKS E
WE'RE TAKING TWO DAYS TO DO THAT
THAT EFFORT? I TRIED TO
SUMMARIZE IT IN TERMS OF TECHNIL
READ-THROUGH. BUT COULD YOU
REMIND US WHY WE HAVE THOSE TWO
DIFFERENT DATES TOWARDS THE END
OF OUR DELIBERATIONS?
>> SURE. HAPPY TO, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. THANK YOU.
>
>> SO WE. WHAT HAPPENS ON THE
16th IS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS A
SERIES OF CHANGES TO THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. OVERALL, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET PACKAGE INCLUDES
PACKAGE INCLUDES AROUND 28
PIECES OF INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATIO,
UNTIL ALL OF THOSE AMENDMENTS
AND THE BALANCING PACKAGE ITSELF
PACKAGE ITSELF MAY BE MAKING
CHANGES TO MULTIPLE PIECES OF
LEGISLATION THAT MAKES UP THE TL
BUDGET PACKAGE. SO WE NEED THAT
TIME TO RECONCILE ALL OF THOSE
CHANGES, MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERG
ALIGNED CORRECTLY. AND THAT THE
BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE ALONG
WITH THE OTHER 26 SUPPORTING PIS
OF LEGISLATION ARE CONSISTENT WH
STATE LAW, FOR ADOPTING A
BALANCED BUDGET AND REFLECT THE
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE.O
THAT FINAL MEETING. THE MORNING
OF THE 21st IS JUST FOR THE
COUNCIL TO TAKE FINAL ACTIONS ON
ON ALL OF THAT BUDGET
LEGISLATION AND TO ADDRESS ANY
TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS THAT MAY BE
BE NECESSARY BECAUSE AS WE'RE R,
WE OFTEN IDENTIFY ONE OR TWO
THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADJUSTEDN
ORDER TO LEGALLY BALANCE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU T. . ANY OTHER QUESTI?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS. K
YOU FOR GETTING US KICKED OFF OE
RIGHT FOOT HERE. WITH REMINDER
AND SOME OF THE ORIENTATION
POLICIES WE HAVE PASSED IN COUNL
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. AND WHAT
IS CURRENTLY IN STATUTE. WE
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK IN .
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD. PLEASE CONT.
>> I WANT TO PUT IN A QUICK WORF
APPRECIATION. BOTH FOR YOU,
MADAM CHAIR, AS WELL AS CENTRAL
STAFF DIRECTOR HANDY AND DEPUTYR
PENNUCCI FOR MAKING SOME CHANGES
SOME CHANGES TO THE PUBLIC
HEARING SCHEDULE TO ALLOW FOR
MORE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO DIGT
THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE WHEN IT
COMES AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ON
IT. I'M SURE IT WILL ALL BE GRE.
BUT APPRECIATE THE SHIFT. IN ALG
FOR THAT MORE. MORE TIME TO JUST
JUST REVIEW WHAT'S IN THE PACKA.
REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.S
VERY KIND.
>> THANK YOU. AND THANKS FOR
SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THAT AS WEL.
YOU WILL NOTE THE ASTERISK ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE CALENDAR,
COLLEAGUES. IT DOES SAY SOME OF
THESE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHAN.
SO ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE WEEK OF -- I'M NOT REMEMBER.
THE -- PROBABLY WEEK SIX OR SO
THERE. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE
WE MIGHT HAVE TO USE THAT
FRIDAY. BUT WE REALLY TRIED TO
FREE UP AS MANY DAYS AS
POSSIBLE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BES
SUFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE. I THINK
WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NO ADDITL
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I'M GOING
I'M GOING TO TRANSITION US OVER
TO JULIE DINGELY. AND AS I DO, ,
I WANT TO TAKE A QUICK SECOND TO
TO THANK BOTH JULIE DINGELY IN
THE ROLE OF CBO, CENTRAL BUDGET,
AND CITY STAFF, WHO OVER THE PAT
FEW YEARS HAVE HELPED ME BETTERD
WHAT THE PROCESS HAD BEEN IN THE
IN THE CULTURE OF THE CITY OVER,
RIGHT? WHICH HAS BEEN, INSTEAD
OF RECEIVING A LINE-ITEM BUDGET,
BUDGET, WE RECEIVE A PRETTY THI,
NARRATIVE DOCUMENT. AND IT'S
OFTEN DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, Y
BY DEPARTMENT, WHERE LINE ITEMS
HAVE CHANGED. THFTION ESPECIALLY
ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING IN 2020,N
I BEGAN SERVING AS BUDGET CHAIRD
THERE WAS A CALL FOR
INFORMATION, CLARITY ON WHERE
THE MONEY WAS GOING, ESPECIALLY
WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY. AND WE
LAUNCHED AN INQUEST TO TRY TO FE
OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE
WAS UNDERSPEND, WHERE THERE WAST
POSITIONS, HOW THAT MONEY WAS BG
USED. AND I WANT TO THANK
CENTRAL STAFF FOR FLAGGING FOR
US IN THAT TIME, WAYS THAT WE
COULD DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, TO
GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
WHERE EACH LINE ITEM WAS
SHIFTING AND DO THAT WITHIN OURS
THAT THE CITY USES OF A PRETTY Y
NARRATIVE DOCUMENT, INSTEAD OF E
ITEM. OVER THE COURSE OF THE
LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE REALLY
SHIFTED. AND THIS HAS COME TO
FRUITION, WITH NOW DIRECTOR
DINGELY'S COLLABORATION AND PARP
WITH HAVING A MORE TRANSPARENT
PROCESS. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE
RECEIVED FROM THE EXECUTIVE IS
MORE DETAILED, IN TERMS OF WHERE
OF WHERE THERE WAS UNDERSPEND. E
THERE WAS VACANT POSITIONS. HOW
THOSE POCKETS ARE BEING USED. AD
THEN HOW MONEY IS BEING EITHER D
BACK TO GENERAL FUND OR WITHIN .
SO THAT IS ALREADY AN
IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF PROCESSD
I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, CENTRAL
STAFF FOR HELPING PUSH THE
CONCEPT. BUT REALLY, DIRECTOR D,
FOR HELPING TO OPERATIONALLIZE
THAT. AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO
TO MAKING SURE THAT WAS A JOINT
EFFORT. I WILL HAVE SOME OTHER
COMMENTS I WILL SAVE HERE ABOUT
DIRECTOR DINGELY. BUT I WANTED
TO GET MORE READ INTO THE RECORD
THE RECORD AS WE GET READY TO
TRANSITION TO BOTH ABOUT THES,
CBO AND CENTRAL STAFF. MADAM
CLERK, CAN YOU READ ITEM 2.
>> CITY BUDGET OFFICE REVIEW OF
THE 2023 AND 2024 PROPOSED BUDGS
FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
>> WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU
AGAIN, DIRECTOR DINGELY. THANKS
TO YOUR STAFF, WHO I'M SURE IS
IN THE WINGS AND WAITING TO WEIH
IN WHENNECESSARY. WE WILL HAVE A
A ROBUST CONVERSATION. WE DO
ANTICIPATE ADJOURNING BEFORE
1:00 P.M. SO PLEASE DO RAISE
YOUR HANDS AS WE GO THROUGH. BUT
GO THROUGH. BUT RECOGNIZE, WE
HAVE A SERIES OF SLIDES TO GET .
HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS ASE
GO THROUGH, THOUGH. BECAUSE THAT
THAT WOULD BE NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TY
TO REMEMBER TOWARDS THE END OF E
FULL PRESENTATION HERE. I'LL BE
LOOKING FOR THE RAISED HANDS VI.
AND FEEL FREE, OF COURSE, TO
CHIME IN, IF I DON'T SEE YOUR
HAND RAISED. DIRECTOR DINGELY, I
I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
CHANCE TO ADD TO WHAT I JUST ME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR OWN
PRESENTATION. BUT I WOULD LOVE,
AS YOU DO WALK THROUGH YOUR
PRESENTATION, TO ALSO HELP US UD
SOME OF THE OTHER POLICY CHANGES
OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT YOU
COMMITTED TO. WHEN WE TALKED
ABOUT THE DEFICIT OF $140 MILLI,
IN TERMS OF OPERATING DEFICIT FR
THE YEAR 2023. WE TALKED ABOUT
HOW THIS MUST BE, YOU KNOW, NOT
ONLY ARE WE LOOKING FOR EFFICIE.
BUT WE MUST PAY OUR GREATER EFFS
WITHIN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS.
HAVING REALTIME INFORMATION ON
WHERE THERE'S VACANT POSITIONS.G
INFORMATION THAT IS BEING SHAREH
THE COUNCIL IN OUR BUDGET
COMMITTEE ABOUT ANY UNDERSPEND.D
HOW QUICKLY THAT COULD BE DEPLOD
BEFORE IT'S SPENT. AND COUNCIL
IS INFORMED. HAVING A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THERE'S
STATE, COUNTY, FEDERAL DOLLARS,T
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FILL IN. WHERE
WE AS THE CITY HAVE PREVIOUSLY .
OR HAVE HISTORICALLY FUNDED. BUT
FUNDED. BUT NOW THERE'S MORE
AVAILABILITY FROM OUR OTHERS ATE
STATE LEVEL. SO [ INAUDIBLE ]
REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO MAKEE
[ INAUDIBLE ] TRANSPARENT BUDGE[
INAUDIBLE ] AND I'D LOVE TO
WEAVE INTO YOUR PRESENTATION
WHAT POLICIES YOU'RE ADVANCING O
HELP US GET TO THAT. AND AGAIN,,
I WILL NOTE THAT ALL OF THIS DIN
TODAY IS ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
TODAY IS ON THE PROPOSED BUDG
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS A TWO-YER
PROPOSED BUDGET. AND AS WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DISCUSS IN OUR
DELIBERATIONS, THERE IS A CLEAR
CALL FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRESSIVE,
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GROWING NEE,
THE GROWING POPULATION, AND THE
PROJECTED GROWTH IN OUR REGION,M
PEOPLE CONTINUING TO MOVE HERE.
IT WAS A GREAT INTERVIEW ON NPR,
AND I'LL SEND IT OUT TO OUR COL,
WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN OUR
NEWSLETTER. BUT IT UNDERSCORES
WHERE LARGE CITIES REALLY ARE BG
PRESSED TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE
TO CREATE CITIES OF THE FUTURE O
THAT AS PEOPLE MOVE INTO THOSE C
HUBS, WE'RE CREATING ENOUGH HOU,
CREATE BEING ENOUGH FOOD SECURI,
THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN GREEN C.
AND WE'RE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO NOT ONLY
ONLY HOUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMINO
OUR JURISDICTIONS, BUT ENSURE
THAT IT'S GREEN, IT'S LIVABLE,
AND THAT IT IS AFFORDABLE. SO IT
IT WEAVES TOGETHER EVERYTHING
THAT WE CARE ABOUT ON THE BUDGE.
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT,
IN ORDER TO MEET THE GROWING
NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE NEED
ADDITIONAL PROGRESSIVE REVENUE.S
SOMETHING THIS CITY HAS
SUPPORTED WITH THE JUMP START
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLLTAXES IN THE
PAST. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT
SURE THAT PROGRESSIVE RUB IS
AVAILABLE BEFORE THE NEXT BIENNL
REPORT STARTS. AND I WILL TURN
IT OVER TO DIRECTOR DINGELY, AS
WE LOOK TO WARD OFF AUSTERITY
AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE ABOUT E
PROPOSED BUDGET. I WILL NOTE ONE
ONE MORE THING. AS MUCH AS WE
PROBABLY WANT TO GET INTO CONCES
WE HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUDG.
WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THIS S
MAYOR HARRELL'S PROPOSED BUDGET.
MAYOR HARREL
QUESTIONS ARE SOMETHING. BUT ANY
ANY ANGst, MAKE SURE IT'S DIRECD
TOWARD THE POLICY AND NOT THE P.
WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS AND
CONCERNS. AND WE WILL RAISE
THOSE. BUT WE JUST ANTICIPATE
THAT THIS WILL BE THE
CONVERSATION FOR A MORE DETAILEN
TO START ON OCTOBER 11th. TAKE T
AWAY, DIRECTOR DINGELY.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
CHAIR MOSQUEDA. AND TO ALL THE
COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND
MEMBERS OF PUBLIC WHO TUNED IN Y
TO SPEND TIME TO DIVE INTO MAYOS
2023-2024 PROPOSED BUDGET. I
JUST ALSO WANT TO SAY, THANK
YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA FOR YOUR
KIND REMARKS ON THE OPENING. I
WILL DO MY BEST TO WEAVE IN ANSS
TO THOSE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT. I
I DO THINK THAT THIS
PRESENTATION ANSWERS MANY OF
THOSE QUESTIONS, BOTH YOU AND
DIRECTOR HANDY RAISED AS WELL.
SO PLEASE DO ASK, THOUGH, ALONG
THE WAY. IF WE MISS ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT. SO BEFORE JUMPING
INTO SUBSTANCE, I WANT TO FIRST
ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIFFICULT BUDGET
DIFFICULT BUDGET ENVIRONMENT
THAT WE IN THE CITY CONTINUE TO.
WE WILL EXPAND ON THE CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES AND THEIR
IMPLICATIONS MUCH MORE THROUGHOT
THE PRESENTATION. BUT THIS
PARTICULAR COMBINATION OF INFLA,
COVID-19 PERSISTING, LOOMING POL
NATIONAL OR GLOBAL RECESSION AND
RECESSION AND THE CESSATION OF
THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF
FUNDS HAS REALLY CREATED A VERY
UNIQUE SITUATION. THE GOOD NEWS,
NEWS, IF THERE IS GOOD NEWS TO E
HAD, IS THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN
WORKING REALLY WELL TOGETHER. SO
TOGETHER. SO EVEN BEFORE YOU
CONFIRMED ME AS BUDGET DIRECTORT
THE START OF THE YEAR, CBO HAD
BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR OFFICES
AND CENTRAL STAFF ON HOW BEST TY
THE FEDERAL COVID RELIEF
DOLLARS, WITH THE SEATTLE RESCUE
RESCUE PLAN. TRANSITIONING TO
THE BUDGET CHAIR HAS BEEN
CHALLENGING. BULL HAVING YOU ALL
ALL AS PARTNERS HAS BEEN REAFFI.
I ADMIT TO BEING A LITTLE MORE S
WHEN ONLY A MONTH ON THE JOB, ID
TO MEET WITH EACH OF YOU TO TELL
TELL YOU WHICH 2022 SPENDING
ADS, I THOUGHT WE SHOULD HOLD. E
TO THE UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC PICTU.
AS IT TURNS OUT, I DIDN'T HAVE A
A LOT OF REASON TO WORRY. AND
ALL OF YOU WERE INCREDIBLY GRACS
AND THOUGHTFUL AND WORKING WITHS
CHALLENGES TOGETHER. SO I THANKU
FOR THAT. AND I THINK YOU KNOW
FROM MAYOR HARRELL'S ADDRESS
YESTERDAY, THAT WE DO SHARE
VALUES AND PRIORITIES AS A CITYD
THIS PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS
THAT. SO ALL THAT IS TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE TIME
YOUR TEAMS HAVE SPENT ENGAGING
WITH ME, AND WITH CBO AND THE MS
OFFICE, AS WE HAVE REALLY GOTTEO
KNOW EACH OTHER, LEARNED WHAT IT
TO EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS AND SG
OUR CHALLENGES. TODAY --
YESTERDAY, I GUESS, IS ALSO NOTE
END OF THAT COLLABORATION, BUT
THE START OF A NEW PHASE, AS YOU
YOU CRAFT YOUR CHANGES TO THIS
PROPOSED BUDGET. AND WE HOPE
THAT OUR TEAMS -- THAT YOUR TEAS
WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH USS
YOU ANALYZE, AMEND, AND
ULTIMATELY PASS AN ADOPTED
BUDGET IN TWO MONTHS' TIME. AS I
I TOLD YOU DURING MY
CONFIRMATION HEARING IN
FEBRUARY, TRANPARENCE ARE PART
OF MY TOP GOALS AND I LOOK FORWD
TO STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP. AT
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THE CITY
OF SEATTLE'S 2023 PROPOSED BUDGT
IS THE FIRST UNDER MAYOR HARRELS
PROPOSED ADMINISTRATION. THE
BUDGET INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY
$7.4 BILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS
OVERALL. INCLUDING $1.6 BILLIONR
THE GENERAL FUND. AS NOTED, THIS
THIS WAS THE FIRST BIENNIAL BUDT
SINCE THE ONSET OF THE COVID PA.
THE PATE CITYOPERATES ON A
BIENNIAL BUDGET. BUT THAT WAS SD
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE
PANDEMIC, TO ALLOW THE CITY TO
REACT RAPIDLY TO THE CHANGING EC
CIRCUMSTANCES. THE 2023-2024
PROPOSED BUDGET FOCUSES ON TAKIG
ACTION TO ADDRESS OUR CITY'S MOT
IMPORTANT NEEDS. GRAPPLING WITH
$140 MILLION GENERAL FUND DEFIC.
DESPITE THAT DEFICIT, THIS
BUDGET AIMS TO SUPPORT OUR MOST
VALUABLE -- VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLYG
FROM THE PANDEMIC AND THE
RESULTING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. D
MAKES INVESTMENTS IN KEY PRIORIY
AREAS THAT YOU HEARD FROM THE MR
YESTERDAY. HOUSING AND HOMELESS.
PUBLIC SAFETY. ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITY. HEALTHY
COMMUNITIES. CLIMATE AND
ENVIRONMENT. SAFE AND RELIABLE N
AND GOOD GOVERNMENT. THE
BIENNIAL BUDGET IS BALANCED AFTR
REALLY DIGGING INTO THE BASE. G
DEPARTMENT FRGS LIMITED REDUCTI.
LOOKING AT VACANT POSITIONS AS .
HOLDING ON NEW SPENDING AND
REPURPOSING SOME GENERAL FUNDING
FUNDING SERVICES THAT WE'LL GETO
MORE. THIS BUDGET IS BUILT
CONSERVATIVELY AND MAXIMIZES
OPPORTUNITIES TO REPLENISH RESES
AND BENDS THE CURVE ON NEW SPEN.
SO THOUGH INFLATION CONTINUES TO
TO BE AT A 40-YEAR HIGH, GROWTH
IN THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES
EFFECTIVELY FLAT. INCREASING AT
JUST .03% OVER 2022 ADOPTED
LEVELS. ONCE YOU TAKE OUT
ONE-TIME FUNDED THINGS FROM THEL
GOVERNMENT. SO AS A REMINDER,
CPIW, WHICH THE CITY USES AS
INDICATOR OF INFLATION WAS 7.6%N
JUNE. A GROWTH OF .3% IN
EXPENDITURES. WE REALLY DID
SQUEEZE WHERE WE COULD AS OPPOSD
TO BUDGET LAYOFFS.
>
>> IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. TO GIVE YOU A SENE
OF WHERE WE GO TODAY. I'M FIRSTG
TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERALL
ECONOMY AND ITS IMPACT ON REVEN.
WE'RE THEN GOING TO TAKE A LOOK
AT HOW WE CRAFTED THIS BUDGET. T
JUST THAT BUT THE PRACTICES WE
USED. AFTER THAT, I'D LIKE TO
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES WE'D GET IN BALANCE.R
STARTING THE YEAR WITH A $140 MN
GAP. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW
AND EXPANDED INVESTMENTS THAT
SUPPORT CITY PRIORITIES THAT I'D
I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU AD
FOR THE PUBLIC. AND WITH THAT, I
I THINK WE'RE READY TO DIG IN.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU'LL SEA
PIE CHART HERE THAT REPRESENTS
THE FULL, ENTIRE PROPOSED BUDGET
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2023. THIS
IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY SORT
OF SPENDING AREA, HOW THE BUDGET
BUDGET IS ORGANIZED. THIS IS ALL
ALL FUNDS INCLUDED AT 7.4 BILLI.
NOW, THIS IS ALL WHAT WE CALL
COLORS OF MONEY. SO THIS
INCLUDES SPENDING ON -- WITH RED
REVENUE SOURCES. FOR EXAMPLE. US
AND TRANSPORTATION. YOU CAN SEE
MAKES UP THE LION'S SHARE OF THT
AT 40%. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT
SHOWS YOU THAT A SLICE OF THAT
SAME INFORMATION. SO HERE WE
HAVE THE GENERAL FUND BY BUDGET.
AT ABOUT 1.6 BILLION. AND YOU CN
SEE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE
GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR MOSTE
FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE HAVE AVAE
TO US IN THE CITY. IT'S GOING TO
TO BE LARGELY THE SUBJECT OF TOS
CONVERSATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT E
PERCENTAGES SHIFT CONSIDERABLY.
SO IN THE -- WITH JUST GENERAL
FUND PUBLIC SAFETY IS JUST 40% F
THE SPENDING. YOU OFTEN HEAR
BUDGET ARE A REFLECTION OF OUR
PRIORITIES. THEY ALSO A
REFLECTION OF OUR RESPONSIBILITS
AND AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOR
MENTION, PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIY
AND APPROPRIATELY FUNDED HERE AS
47% LEVEL. SO NEXT. I WANT TO
TAKE YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE LOOK T
ALL THE DIFFERENT -- I'M SORRY.T
SLIDE. THANK YOU. THIS IS
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE SAME INFORMN
THAT YOU SAW IN THE PIE CHART AT
AT THE TOP. JUST OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THAT YOU CAN
CAN SEE HOW THE FUNDS HAVE SHIFD
OVER TIME. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT
THAT SINCE '21, THE GENERAL FUND
FUND HASN'T GROWN ALL THAT MUCH.
HASN'T GROWN ALL THAT MUCH. THIS
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL SORT
SORT OF LEAVE FOR YOU ALL TO DIG
TO DIG INTO MORE. I'M NOT GOING
TO GET INTO ALL OF THE DETAILS
HERE. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A
HELPFUL VISUAL TO SEE HOW THOSE
REVENUES WERE TRACKING. OR HOW
THE SPENDING IN THOSE AREAS WASG
OVER TIME.
>> ON ECONOMY AND REVENUE. THATS
NEXT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS YOU,
2022 HAS BEEN A YEAR OF SIGNIFIT
ECONOMIC INSTABILITY AND UNCERT,
WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
THE 2023-2024 BIENNIUM. ON THE
UPSIDE OF THIS, THE ECONOMY BOTE
AND THE SEATTLE REGION HAS SEEN
STRONG RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 DS
AND THE RECESSION. AS OF AUGUST,
AUGUST, YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY,
THE UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS -- I'M
SORRY, EMPLOYMENT LEVELS HAVE
RETURNED TO THEIR PREPANDEMIC
LEVELS AND JOB CREATION AND CONR
SPENDING REMAINS STRONG. NOW, ON
ON THE DOWN SIDE. THE SUPPLY
CHAIN IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC,
PENT-UP CONSUMER DEMAND, AND THE
AND THE WAR IN UKRAINE, WHICH
IS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AN
ABSOLUTE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, IN
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PRESENTA,
JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS OF IT, IT'S LED TO HIGHR
AND MORE PERSISTENT INFLATION TN
PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. SO IT
REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER THE L
RESERVE'S ACTIONS TO CONTAIN THT
INFLATION WILL TIP THE NATIONALY
INTO ANOTHER RECESSION OR WHETHR
IT WILL, IN FACT, SIMPLY BRING N
INFLATION OVERALL. WHICH IS THER
GOAL. SO RIGHT NOW, THE BUDGET
IS BUILT IN LINE WITH THE MOST
RECENT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
FORECAST, AND ASSUMES SLOWER ECC
GROWTH, INFLATION MODERATING BY0
23. OUR REVENUES CONTINUE TO
RECOVER. ALTHOUGH NOT UNIFORMLY,
UNIFORMLY, FROM PANDEMIC LOWS. D
SHIFT AWAY FROM SORT OF
ONE-TIMETRANSFERS AND THOSE EMEY
GRANTS THAT BUOYED US FOR THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. HOWEVER,
CONTINUES, IT WILL, AS THIS HIGH
THIS HIGH INFLATION CONTINUES, T
CREATES STRUCTURAL IMBALANCES.
IT'S WORTH MENTIONING HERE THATE
LABOR COSTS ARE ALSO THE CITY'S
BIGGEST DRIVER. AND THAT OPEN
CONTRACTS AND HIGH-INFLATION
ENVIRONMENT IS AN EXTRA CHALLEN.
AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. THIS UNCY
ALSO MEANS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE
WE WILL NEED TO REACT TO THAT SS
SORT OF FROM THE NATIONAL POLITL
CLIMENT. IN THE WAKE OF THE
DOBBS DECISION JUST LAST MONTH.D
AGAIN IN THIS PROPOSED BUDGET, L
SEE THAT WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENO
ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE. AND
THIS MONTH AND IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF MONTHS IN THE NEWS,
SEEING THAT SITTING GOVERNORS
ARE FLYING REFUGEES AROUND THE Y
TO MAKE POLITICAL -- TO WIN POLL
POINTS. SO THIS IS ALL TO SAY
THAT WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE
OUR CLOSE COLLABORATION IN THE
MONTHS AHEAD. AND WE'LL BE
LOOKING FORECAST TO FORECAST, IN
IN SORT OF EXTERNAL FACTOR TO EL
FACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AREG
TO THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. SO I
WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE T
HOW HIGH INFLATION IMPACTS OUR Y
REVENUES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. REVG
FOR A MOMENT, SOMETHING THAT WAS
THAT WAS RAISED DURING THE
AUGUST FORECAST. AROUND THAT
HIGH INFLATION AND HOW IT IMPACS
OUR REVENUES. SETTING ASIDE.
WHETHER FIGHTING INFLATION WILL
SLOW ECONOMIC GROWTH. THE DIRECT
DIRECT IMPACTS OF INFLATION WILY
WEAKEN THE PURCHASING POWER OF E
GENERAL FUNDS. WHILE YOU MIGHT
ASSUME THAT CITY REVENUES WILL
GENERALLY GROW AS THE PRICE OF
GOODS AND SERVICES INCREASE. ITS
JUST NOT TRUE FOR ALL OF THE CIS
REVENUE STREAMS. PROPERTY TAXES
ARE STATUTORILY CONSTRAINED TO
GROW AT LES THAN 1%. PLUS THE
VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION. AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THIS CHART HERE. THEY
HERE. THEY REPRESENT 24% OF
TOTAL FUND REVENUES. AND
ADDITIONALLY, POLICY CHOICES
AROUND PUBLIC UTILITY RATES AND
FEES CHARGED FOR CITY SERVICES
COULD ALSO CONSTRAIN THAT
OVERALL GROWTH. THOSE RATE PATHS
RATE PATHS ARE SET IN, IN LAW
FOR THE MOST PART. CAN THEY
DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT A ONEE
WITH INFLATION. MORE OFTEN THAN
NOT, THEY SMOOTH INFLATION WITH
THAT OVER TIME. WHICH MEANS THEY
THEY DON'T, IN THE IMMEDIATE TEM
KEEP UP.
>
>> AND AT THE SAME TIME, INFLATS
WILL DRIVE UP THE COST OF ALL OF
OF THE GOODS AND SERVICES THE
CITY PURCHASE. THIS COULD BE
MATERIALS CONTRACTORS USE FOR
FACILITIES' CONSTRUCTION AND MA.
ANYTHING FROM LUMBER TO STEEL T,
HAVE SEEN DOUBLE-DIGIT PRICE IN.
AND THE COST TO VEHICLES AND
FLEET HAVE INCREASED SOME 10 TO
43% IN THE LAST YEARS DEPENDING
ON THE VEHICLE. AND THE COST Y H
YEAR, WITH HIGH GASOLINE PRICESD
ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE NEEDED TOR
THOSE ADDITIONAL ANTICIPATED CO.
AND OF COURSE, OUR SINGLE
LARGEST IS PERSONNEL, WITH
SALARIES, HEALTHCARE AND RETIRET
COSTS. IN SUM, IT'S WORTH NOTING
NOTING THAT THE COMBINATION OF
REVENUE CHANGES BOTH UP AND
DOWN, DEPENDING ON THE REVENUE S
AND COST PRESSURES ON THE EXPENE
SIDE, DUE TO LABOR CONSTRAINTS,
PRICE INCREASES FOR PERSONNEL
MATERIALS. IS BOTH UNEVEN AND DT
TO QUANTIFY. BECAUSE THE CITY
BUDGET MUST BE BALANCED, IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR CITY LEADERSHIP TO
TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES ABOUT WHAO
PAUSE OR DEFER AND WHAT TO CONTE
AT CURRENT LEVELS OR TO INCREAS.
ON THE CAPITAL SIDE, FOR
EXAMPLE, WE HAVE DEFERRED MANY S
AND CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR WAYS
TO REDUCE COST FOR SERVICES AND
DELIVERY.
>
>> NEXT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THE PROCESS OF OVERALL,
HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS BUDGET. U
JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS CHALLENGED
WHERE WE BEGAN 2023. NOW, TAKING
TAKING THAT INFORMATION AND HOW
DO WE GET HERE? AS YOU SEE AT
THE TOP, THERE IS A CHART THAT S
THE OVERALL BUDGET FROM THE CITY
CITY BUDGET OFFICE. STARTING IN
JANUARY, WE'RE PREPARING THE BUT
VINES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND T
TO DEPARTMENTS. MARCH THROUGH
MAY. DEPARTMENTS ARE PREPARING
THEIR BUDGET PROPOSALS. DURING
THE SUMMER MONTHS, CBO AND MAYOS
OFFICE, REVIEW AND FINALIZE THOE
BUDGETS. NOW IS THE TIME WE ARE
RIGHT HERE AT THIS CONNECTION
POINT BETWEEN THE GREEN AND
ORANGE HERE, WHERE YOU HAVE NOWD
THE BUDGET AND IT'S STARTING ONE
FIRST PHASE OF BUDGET REVIEW HE.
I CAN ALSO SAY THAT WE, IN
WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS,
WITH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS, OR
DURING THIS WHOLE YEAR, WE HAD
TO ASK A LOT OF REALLY CRITICAL
QUESTIONS. WE WERE LOOKING FOR
EFFICIENCIES. SO CAN A
DEPARTMENT PROVIDE THE SAME SERE
AT A LOWER COST? WE WERE LOOKING
LOOKING FOR REFINING IDEAS AND W
INVESTMENTS. SO HOW CAN WE GET
THE MOST OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR? IS
EVERY DOLLAR? IS THIS WHERE WE
WANT TO PUT OUR LIMITED RESOURC?
AND THEN WE WERE LOOKING
STRATEGICALLY TO PARTNER WITH OR
GOVERNMENT. COMMUNITY-BASED ORG.
OTHER GROUPS. THERE ARE -- AUTO
CITY IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT
IMPORTANT SERVICES CAN BE FUNDE.
IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE. BUT ITS
NOT THE ONLY ONE. AND THEN AS YU
KNOW, I MET WITH ALL OF YOU ALOG
THE WAY. SO WE BEGAN OUR SERIES
OF ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS IN
FEBRUARY, TO ADDRESS THE DEFICI,
WHERE I BROUGHT YOU WITH NERVOUS
WITH NERVOUS PALMS, THE PROPOSES
FROM THE 2022 SPENDING. AND THEN
THEN WE WALKED THROUGH THE
PROJECTED DEFICIT. WE REVISITED
THOSE. I'M SORRY. AND THEN WE
ENGAGED AROUND YOUR SPENDING PR.
AND MET AGAIN BEFORE THE BUDGET
WAS RELEASED. I JUST WANT TO
SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PP
ONCE AGAIN. AND IT HAS REALLY
INFORMED HOW WE PUT TOGETHER THS
BUDGET OVERALL. OKAY. NEXT SLID.
SO FROM THE END OF THE GREAT
RECESSION, THROUGH THE END OF
2020, THE CITY HAS ENJOYED A
REMARKABLY LONG PERIOD OF EXPAN.
HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH THE REVENUES
WERE GROWING. EXPENDITURES WERE
GROWING EVEN FASTER. AND DURING
THAT TIME, THE CITY GREATLY EXPD
THE NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS TO ADS
THE GROWING NEEDS AT A POPULATI.
AS WELL AS CONSIDERABLE NEW
SPENDING. AND THIS WAS SORT OF,
IN PARTICULAR, THOUGH CERTAINLY
NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO ADDRESS
HOMELESSNESS PRICES. AND
COMPOUNDING THAT, NEW REVENUE SS
HAVE BEEN CREATED OVER THE LASTL
YEARS. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN
DESIGNATED FOR SPECIFIC AND VERT
USES ONLY. AND NOT AVAILABLE TO
THE BROADER GENERAL FUND. JUST
MEET BASIC CITY NEEDS. THIS MISH
HAS CREATED SMALL BUT GROWING
DEFICITS IN THE YEARS LEADING UO
THE PANDEMIC. SO IN THOSE, THE
BUDGET WAS BALANCED WITH ONE-TIE
SOLUTIONS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
IS PLAYING OUT. FOR SEVEN OF THE
THE LAST 10 YEARS, THERE WERE
CURRENT BUDGET DEFICITS. AND FOG
THE BLUE LINE, WHEN THE COVID-19
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT,
REVENUES DECLINED SPECIFICALLY.D
THE CITY WAS FACED WITH CRITICAS
ABOUT HOW TO BRING THE BUDGET BK
INTO BALANCE. WHILE MANY
JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY
THE COUNTRY INTRODUCED EXTENSIVE
EXTENSIVE AUSTERITY MEASURES AND
AND NUMEROUS LAYOFFS. THE CITY
WAS ABLE TO TEMPORARILY DEFY FIL
GRAVITY. DUE TO THE TIMELY
PACKAGE OF PAYROLL EXTENSE TAX.D
FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERA,
WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THIS ORANG,
GOING UP TO THE TOP OF THE GRAP,
THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BEND THAE
IN SPENDING. SO WITH ONE-TIME
STRATEGIES LARGELY EXHAUSTED IN
2022. AND COMING INTO THE '23
BUDGET. AGAIN, WE HAD A GAP OF
ABOUT $140 MILLION. IN THE NEXT
SLIDE, I'M GOING TO TALK YOU THH
THE STEPS WE TOOK TO CLOSE THE T
DEFICIT. SO OBVIOUSLY ONE BUDGEN
ONE YEAR CANNOT SOLVE A PROBLEM
THAT HAS BEEN OVER A DECADE IN
THE MAKING. BUT THIS BUDGET DOES
DOES TAKE STEPS TO BEND THAT
OVERALL SPENDING CURVE. AND FIND
FIND SAVINGS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.L
TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
>
>> SO UPON ENTERING OFFICE. THE
ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZED THE
NEED TO ACT QUICKLY AND IDENTIFY
IDENTIFY THE STRATEGIES TO ADDRS
THIS DEFICIT. AND THIS WAS THE
FIRST WORK THAT I TOOK ON SINCEG
DIRECTOR. I WANT TO THANK EACH
OF YOU FOR YOUR CLOSE
PARTNERSHIP OVER THE LAST NINE .
AND I'M GOING TO KEEP SAYING TH.
IT'S VERY HEARTFELT. SO WORKING
TOGETHER. WE EMPLOYED SEVERAL
STRATEGIES. AND I HAVE A VISUAL
FOR THIS IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES.T
JUST WANT TO TALK YOU THROUGH TE
STRATEGIES HERE. SO ON 2022
SPENDING HOLES. THIS WAS THE
FIRST STRATEGY WE REVIEWED OVER.
AND WE LOOK THE AT THE 2022
ADOPTED BUDGET. FOR
OPPORTUNITIES TO PAUSE OR REDUCE
REDUCE NEW SPENDING THAT HAD BEN
RECENTLY AUTHORIZED. SO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU, WEE
ABOUT $20 MILLION WORTH OF NEW G
THAT WAS IDENTIFIED TO HOLD. AND
HOLD. AND THAT WAS ON HOLD
PENDING NEW, MORE FAVORABLE
FORECASTS. AND UNFORTUNATELY,
THE GENERAL FUND DID NOT COME
THROUGH FOR US, TO BE ABLE TO UK
THOSE SPENDING HOLDS. SO THOSE E
ASSUMED IMBALANCING. WE ALSO HAD
HAD -- DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TE
REDUCTION PROPOSALS. EQUATING TO
TO ABOUT 3 TO 6% OF THEIR PROPOD
BUDGETS. AFTER A THOROUGH
REVIEW, LOTS OF QUESTIONS, MANY
MEETINGS, THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS
CERTAIN BUT NOT ALL OF THOSE, WE
OF THOSE, WE DIDN'T GO ALL THE
WAY TO 6%. WE ALSO, AS PART OF ,
LOOKED AT VACANCIES. SO
DEPARTMENTS CRITICALLY LOOKED AT
AT ALL INCLUDING HIRING TIME
LINES. THOSE INCLUDE THE PROPERT
ALLOCATED FOR SALARIES AND
BENEFITS IN THE BUDGET. AND THEN
THEN WE ALSO REVIEWED THOSE
GENERAL FUND ADJACENT REVENUE
SOURCES. WHAT DO I MEAN BY THATN
RECENT YEARS, NEW REVENUE
STREAMS HAVE BEEN CREATED EACH
WITH THEIR OWN DEDICATED
PURPOSES. AND THE PROPOSED
BUDGET MAKES CHANGES FOR CERTAIN
CERTAIN FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARD
HERE BELOW. GIVEN OUR CURRENT
BUDGET REALITIES. FIRST, FOR THN
COMPANY TAX. WHEN THE CITY
PASSED OUR FRAMEWORK. INCLUDING
THE DRIVER RESOLUTION CENTER FRM
2019. PROCEEDS FROM THE TAX WERY
DESIGNATED. AFFORDABLE HOUSING N
TRANSPORTATION. AND DUE TO
WASHINGTON STATE'S PREEVALUATION
STATE'S PREEVALUATION OF THE
CITY'S DRIVER REGULATION. AND
COMPOSITION AND BENEFITS FOR
DRIVER REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS A
A NEW, MORE VIGOROUS FUNDING
SOURCE COMING FOR LOW-INCOME
HOUSING IN THE JUMPSTART PAYROL.
THE RESOLUTION HERE BROUGHT INTO
INTO THE USE FOR ONGOING
TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES, INCG
INVESTMENTS AND CONTINUED ADMINN
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE TAX. WE
ALSO LOOKED AT SHORT-TERM RENTA.
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THIS NEW,
VIGOROUS FUNDING SOURCE FOR
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
AND LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED REVENUES
REVENUES THIS BUDGET
REPRIORITIZES PROCEEDS TO FIRSTE
SERVICE. SECOND IT TAY PER
PERMANENT HOUSING. AND THE
REMAINDER GOING FOR THE EQUITABE
GRANTS. THESE ARE MADE IN
HOUSING AND ALLOW ITTO BE
MAINTAINED OVER TIME. RECOGNIZIG
THAT EDI HAS THIS NEW, LARGER
INCREDIBLE FUNDING SOURCE. WE
ALSO MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. I HAVE SEVL
SLIDES ON THIS LATER IN THE PRE,
SO I'M NOT GOING TO COVER THEM
HERE JUST YET. AND OF COURSE,
YOU HEARD FROM THE CHAIR THAT WE
WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR OPS
FOR REVENUE STABILIZATION. SO
THE WAY THAT OUR STATE AND LOCAS
FINANCE SERVICES TO SUPPORT OUR
COMMUNITY NEEDS IS OFTEN
STRUCTURE A MANNER THAT PUTS A
DISPROPORTIONATE BURDEN ON THOSO
ARE LEAST ABLE TOAFFORD IT. UNDG
THAT WE HAVE DWINDLING PROCEEDS
LIKE CABLE TELEVISION AND RISING
AND RISING INFLATION. THERE'S
REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO REENVIN
THE WAY THE CITY FUNDS ITS SERVE
DELIVERY AND OPERATIONS. SO IN
ORDER TO ADDRESS THAT LONG-TERML
BUDGET PROBLEM, CLOSER OUT TO ME
OF THE 2025 BUDGET REALM, THE EE
AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES ARE JOY
CONVENING A SEATTLE REVENUE STAN
WORK GROUP. POTENTIAL REVENUE
OPTIONS FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER
THE CITY TO CONSIDER AGAIN AS
PART OF THAT 2025 BUDGET PROCES.
>> ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. >
>> SO MAKING BUDGETARY CHOICES
WITH LIMITED RESOURCES IS NEVER
EASY. WE TOOK THIS. THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLY DAUNTING TASK TO TAKE
TO TAKE ON. AND OF COURSE, IT'S
JUST EXACERBATED, WHEN AGAIN,
WE'RE FACING $140 MILLION GENERL
FUND DEFICIT. SO CBO AND THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, CENTERED THESE
VALUES THAT YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN, AND PRIORITIES WHEN MAKG
DECISIONS. FIRST, IT WAS CLEAR
THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE Y
LAYOFFS. SECOND, WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WE COULD MAINTAIN CORE
CORE CITY SERVICES THAT OUR RESS
AND CUSTOMERS EXPECT. THIRD, WE
WANTED TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES
IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER
OTHER RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN ONE-E
FUNDING. CAN WE LOOK TO OUR
STATE PARTNERS? TO OUR COUNTY P?
THE FEDS? AND FOCUSING THE
LIMITED INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
WE HAD IN THIS BUDGET ON CORE
PRIORITIES. AND YOU SEE THOSE
LISTED HERE. HOMELESSNESS,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC SAFE,
OPPORTUNITY, ENVIRONMENT, AND T.
OKAY. TAKING YOU BACK TO SOME N.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. I
WANT TO SHOW YOU SORT OF A VISUL
VERSION OF THE GENERAL FUND SIXR
FINANCIAL PLAN. SO AGAIN, I
DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN. YOU
KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME MANY, MANY.
WE STARTED WITH A DEFICIT. SO
THIS IS REALLY HOW WE CLOSED ITO
THE STACKED BARS THAT YOU SEE
HERE REPRESENT OUR REVENUES. AND
REVENUES. AND THEN THE GREEN LIE
IS EXPENDITURES. SO YOU CAN SEE
IN BLUE. YOU HAVE BASE REVENUES.
IN BLUE. YOU HAVE B
AND PINK, YOU HAVE ONE-TIME REVS
OR FUND BALANCE. IN ORANGE ARE
GRANTS. AND IN YELLOW ARE
TRANSFERS FROM PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO -- SO ON THE GREEN
LINE AGAIN. THAT'S OUR EXPENDITE
PATH. AND FORECASTED PATH. DRAW
YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO THINGS. TE
FIRST THING IS, WE'VE INCLUDED E
A DASHED GREEN LINE. AND WHAT
THAT DASHED GREEN LINE REPRESENS
IS THE LEVEL OF SPENDING IN THIS
IN THIS BUDGET IF WE WERE TO
HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY OF OUR REDUC.
SO IF WE HADN'T TAKEN ACTION TO
PAY FOR WHAT WE WERE ADDING IN
THE BUDGET, THAT IS THE
TRAJECTORY, WE WOULD BE ON FOR L
SPENDING. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU
COULD SEE US REALLY BENDING THA.
THE SECOND THING I WANT TO POINT
POINT OUT IS THAT THIS BUDGET,
OR THIS SORT OF VISUAL LOOK AT
THE SIX-YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN, ISY
TRANSFERRING PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX
TAX IN 2023, AND 2024. AND AGAI,
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS E
BIT FURTHER. IT LEAVES THE DOOR
OPEN TO THAT PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
REVENUE CONVERSATION TO BE WHAT
FILLS THE GAP IN 2025 AND 2026.O
I HOPE THAT THIS IS A HELPFUL V.
AGAIN, I HAVE MANY, MAN CHARTS
AND GRAPHS WE CAN GO THROUGH,
BUT WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS
FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DINGELY.
SO SORRY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
DINGELY. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES.
>> OKAY. SO LET'S PAUSE HERE FOR
FOR A SECOND. I'M GOING TO SHOW
INCREDIBLE RESTRAINT AND NOT ASG
QUESTIONS ABOUT JUMP START RIGHT
RIGHT NOW. AND I'M GOING TO HOL.
AND I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONSD
THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO OUR VICE CHAIR AND ANYBODY
ELSE WHO WANTS TO GET IN INTO
THE QUEUE. YOU TALKED A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT I
NOTED AT THE BEGINNING, IN TERMS
TERMS OF POLICY CHANGING AND
PROJECTS TO GET MORE REALTIME
DATA FROM DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE
WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE ANY
UNDERSPEND AND HAVE A SENSE OF
WHERE FUNDING MIGHT BE AVAILABL,
INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGETS.K
YOU IF YOU WANT TO JUMP RIGHT I.
AND ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU TO
WALK US THROUGH HOW MUCH
ONE-TIME FUNDING WE RECEIVED FOR
FOR COVID RESPONSE EARLY IN THE.
AND IF YOU CAN ALSO, I THINK, I,
HELP US UNDERSTAND, PUT THIS
INTO CONTEXT. WE SEE, YOU KNOW,
THE LAST FEW YEARS HERE, UNTIL ,
BUT WHEN IS THE LAST TIME THAT
THE CITY BUDGET DEFICIT WAS OVER
WAS OVER $100 MILLION. WHAT DID
THE CITY DO IN THOSE TIMES?
>> YEAH. GREAT QUESTIONS. SO I
WILL TAKE THE FIRST ONE FIRST.
SO WE ARE. WE'RE TAKING MULTIPLS
THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE A WHILE
TO BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND
REALIZE THE RESULTS IN ORDER TO
HAVE BETTER, SORT OF
REALTIMEINFORMATION AROUND BUDG.
SO THE FIRST THING WE DID IN
THIS BUDGET WAS, WHERE WE WERE
REDUCING SPENDING, YOU SEE A
REDUCTION. WHERE WE ARE ADDING
SPENDING, WE HAVE AN ADDITION. O
INSTEAD OF JUST ASSUMING A
CERTAIN LEVEL OF SPENDING AND
ALLOWING FUNDS TO SORT OF MOVE
WITHIN AN AREA, WE TRIED TO REAY
DEMONSTRATE AND PUT THE BUDGET E
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO. ANOTHER
THING THAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RG
THE MONITORING. IN REALTIME. WEE
GETTING TO A REALTIME ABILITY TR
SPENDING ON BUDGETS. IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY
FINANCE DIVISION. THEY HAVE COME
COME UP WITH INCREDIBLE TOOLS TT
LEVERAGE OUR NEWISH FINANCIAL MT
SYSTEM. THAT WE WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY IMPLEMENTED BUT FOR TH.
BUT WHAT THESE WILL ALLOW US TO
DO IS MEET ON A REGULAR BASIS
WITH CITY FINANCE, THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMEN,
TO REVIEW SPENDING BUDGET TO
ACTUALS AND BE ABLE TO MAKE ADJS
IN REALTIME. POINT OUT THAT THIS
THIS LOOKS STRANGE. WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE? IS THIS
OVERSPENDING? IS THIS BUDGET INE
RIGHT SPOT? DO WE NEED TO SEEK S
FROM THE COUNCIL? WE'RE REALLY
TRYING TO TURN THE SHIP AROUND
THAT MONITORING WORK. AND THAT
JUST -- THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLET
OF TIME, AS WE WORK THROUGH A LT
OF THAT. AND THEN MY TEAM IS ALO
WORKING WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND S
TO LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER WAYS
THAT WE DO BUSINESS AND FIGURE
OUT, ARE
THE WORKS AND STILL MORE TO COM.
TO COME. TO THE SECOND PART OF
YOUR QUESTION, AROUND FUNDING
THAT CAME TO THE CITY UNDER SORT
SORT OF PRIOR YEARS, FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAD
APPROXIMATELY $460 MILLION OF
FEDERAL PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS
THAT SO FAR HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED
AND APPROPRIATED SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. THAT
BREAKS DOWN TO ROUGHLY $160
MILLION FROM THE C.A.R.E.S. ACT
AND NEARLY $30 MILLION OF
AMERICAN RESCUE ACT DOLLARS. I
MENTION ALL OF THOSE FUNDING SOS
HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED AND APPROPR.
AND APPROPRIATED. AND THE
RECOVERY ACT GRANTS SPENDING IN
PROCESS. THE RECOVERY ACT ALSO D
ALSO HAD CORONAVIRUS, LOCAL
RECOVERY FUNDS. THOSE FUNDS WERE
WERE ALLOCATED AS PART OF THE
SEATTLE RESCUE PLAN WE MENTIONED
MENTIONED AT THE TOP. THAT
BUDGET CHAIR AND CITY BUDGET
OFFICE WORKED SO CLOSELY TO
DESIGN A USE FOR. SO THERE IS NG
PANDEMIC RELIEF SUPPORT
AVAILABLE TO US FOR MEANINGFUL E
MEANINGFUL USE IN 2023 AND
BEYOND. OF COURSE, MANY EXISTING
EXISTING PURPOSES ARE STILL UNDY
IN DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE
CITY. THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON
SPENDING THOSE MONIES OR WE HAD,
HAD, BY DESIGN, ASK TO THEM TO E
TO HAVE MONEY -- FOR EXAMPLE, IN
IN THE HOMELESSNESS SPACE, WE
PROVIDED FUNDING AND I WILL TALT
THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, IN SUPPT
IN SUPPORT OF CERTAIN EFFORTS.
IT WAS TO BE USED AND BUDGETED
FOR THREE YEARS. SO WE PROVIDED
IT ONE TIME IN 2022, BUT THEY
HAVEN'T TELL THE END TO SPEND I.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR
QUESTIONS. DID I LEAVE OUT ANY
PC WERE HOPING TO HEAR?
>> ONE MAJOR TAKE AWAY FOR ME IS
IS THAT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE
THERE WAS ANY POINT IN SEATTLE'Y
SEATTLE'S HISTORY WHERE WE FACED
FACED THIS LEVEL OF A DEFICIT.
>> RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> AND AS I THINK YOU NOTED BEF,
NOTED BEFORE, I THINK IN YOUR
OPENING COMMENTS, WHEN THE
RECESSION WAS UPON US, YOU KNOW,
KNOW, 2010, 2011, WHAT WAS THE T
THE IMPACT OF THE POTENTIAL
DEFICIT AT THAT TIME TO HOW THE
CITY MANAGED THE BUDGET?
>> THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF
ME OF THAT PIECE. IN THE FALL OF
OF 2009, DECISION-MAKERS FACED A
A FORECAST SHOWING ABOUT $85
MILLION LESS GENERAL FUND THAN
PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED. SO FOR THE
2010 BUDGET THEY CHOSE TO LAY
OFF DOZENS OF CITY EMPLOYEES,
FREEZE THE SALARIES OF OTHERS
AND HAVE FURLOUGHS AS A STRATEGY
STRATEGY TO CONSTRAIN THE
BUDGET. THEY CUT THE SIZE OF THE
THE CITY FLEET AND INCREASED A
NUMBER OF -- YES. SO THEY ALSO
HAD A NUMBER OF OTHER CHANGES,
BUT IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE
SOLUTIONS UTILIZED THEN WERE NOT
NOT A BLUEPRINT FOR HOW WE
WANTED TO BUILD THE 2023 BUDGET.
>> OKAY, THANKS. I THINK THAT IT
IS IMPORTANT AND OUR COLLEAGUES
ON COUNCIL IN 2020 WILL REMEMBER
REMEMBER WE STARTED OUR
DELIBERATIONS AROUND JUMPSTART
PROGRESSIVE PAYROLL TAX WITH AN
ANALYSIS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN
2010, 2011, LOOKING AT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS AROUND THAT TIME
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND THE
CITIES THAT ENGAGED IN AUSTERIT,
THE CITIES THAT ENGAGED IN
BUDGET CUTS, NOT ONLY HARMED THE
THE ABILITY FOR PUBLIC SECTOR
SERVICES TO RECOVER, BUT IT ALSO
HARMED PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL,
HURTING THE ENTIRE LOCAL ECONOM.
LOCAL ECONOMY. SO I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THE
THE ROLE THAT JUMPSTART HAS HAD
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. I DON'T
SEE A YELLOW BAR FOR 2022, BUT
WE KNOW THERE WAS $85 MILLION IN
IN ONE-TIMEFUNDS WE AUTHORIZED
FOR THE YEAR 2021 AND 2022,
SEPARATE. THAT WAS JUMPSTART. A,
JUMPSTART. AGAIN, LOTS OF WORK.
YEARS OF ADVOCACY FROM COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY PARTNERS CALLING FOR
PROGRESSIVE TAX. I WANT TO MAKEE
MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE BAR, THE RECOGNITION GETS ID
FOR WHERE JUMPSTART PROGRESSIVE
PAYROLL TAX WAS INCLUDED AND ANY
ANY TIME YOU SEE THE WORD
P.E.T., MUCH TO MY CHAGRIN,
THAT IS JUMPSTART EXPENSE TAX.
SO, FOLKS, I THINK THIS IS SOMEG
IS SOMETHING WE CAN BE PROUD OF.
OF. AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY CAN BE
PROUD OF THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
WE PASSED TO PROTECT AGAINST
THAT TYPE OF AUSTERITY WHICH WE
HAD EXPERIENCED 10 YEARS PRIOR
AND TO SET US ON THE COURSE FOR
NOT ONLY A MORE STABLE LOCAL
ECONOMY, BUT REALLY INVESTING IN
IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT IS MOST
VULNERABLE AND ALSO HELPING TO
CREATE INEQUITABLE RECOVERY.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, I SEE
YOU ON SCREEN, ANYTHING YOU WOUD
LIKE TO ADD? OKAY. DIRECTOR
DINGELY, ANY FOLLOW-UP ON THAT?
THAT?
>> I WANT TO NOTE THE 2022
SHOULD SHOW THAT IN YELLOW, NOT
PINK. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING
THAT. I WISH THAT I HAD CUT THAT
THAT THIS MORNING, I APOLOGIZE.
>> THAT'S OKAY, I'M HAPPY TO
POINT OUT WHERE JUMPSTART PLAYS
A ROLE, ANYTIME. GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK
YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR A REMINDER
OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE HANDLE
HANDLE BUDGET DEFICITS IN THE
PAST AND WHAT THOSE IMPACTS OF
BEN. VERY REAL IMPACTS NOT ONLY
ON PEOPLE'S LIVES, BUT ON OUR
LOCAL ECONOMY. SO REALLY I
APPRECIATE HAVING THAT FRONT AND
AND CENTER. I HAVE ONE FOLLOW-UP
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THE
QUESTION YOU ASKED, MADAM CHAIR,
CHAIR, AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR SLIDE. MADAM CHAIR,
YOU ASKED ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH
UNDER THE ABLE STUDY AND HELPFUL
HELPFUL LEADERSHIP OF DIRECTOR
DINGELY, WE ARE DOING THINGS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND,
DIRECTOR DINGELY, YOUR ANSWER WS
FOCUSED, WHAT I HEARD WAS SORTF
SORT OF MORE REAL TIME
MONITORING OF SPENDING. AND I AM
AM WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THAT
THAT INCLUDES THE QUESTION THAT
I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN ASK,
BEEN ASKING, UNDERSTANDING
EFFICACIES IN REAL-TIME TO HELP
WITH BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
SPECIFICALLY VACANT FUNDED
POSITIONS THAT EITHER THE DEPART
THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT HIRING
STILL AT A TIME OR HAVING
DIFFICULTY FILLING. THAT IS ONE
QUESTION AND THEN AS IT RELATES
TO THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION, I
HEARD YOU SAY IT, BUT I NEED TO
HEAR IT SAID AGAIN. THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOLID
BLUE LINE AND AUDIT GREEN LINE,
WHAT DO THOSE LINES REPRESENT?
ALSO, THE GRANTS. THE SORT OF
ORANGE SECTIONS OF THE BARS, I
AM SEEING THAT IT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE WE ARE EXPECTING MUCH IN
GRANTS MOVING FORWARD AND I
WOULD LOVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A
LITTLE BIT. AND THEN THE
CATEGORY, FEDERAL RELIEF
DOLLARS, PLUS UNDERSPEND. AND I
THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THK
THE PINK FOR 2022 SHOULD
ACTUALLY BE ORANGE. NOT ORANGE,
YELLOW, IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES, THAT ONE SHOULD BE
YELLOW.
>> OKAY.
>> I WILL TAKE THOSE IN ORDER.
AGAIN, IF I DON'T GET ALL OF
THEM, PLEASE REMIND ME. SO YOU
WERE ASKING ABOUT VACANCIES. THE
THE ANSWER IS YES. RIGHT NOW ITS
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY MANUAL PROC.
MANUAL PROCESS. SO WE HAVE A
VERY OLD HR INFORMATION SYSTEM
THAT HOLDS ALL OF OUR HR
INFORMATION FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS
OF REPLACING THAT SYSTEM. IT'S
GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE. I AM
VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT IS A
COUPLE OF YEARS OUT, THOUGH,
FROM FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
IMPORTANTLY, THE SYSTEM WILL
HAVE THE ABILITY TO SYNC WITH
OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND PROVIDE
THAT HOLY GRAIL OF VACANCY AND
OTHER INFORMATION IN REAL TIME,
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS
INCREDIBLY MANUAL PROCESS OF
GOING POSITION BY POSITION AND
DEPARTMENTS THAT IT TAKES WEEKS
AND WEEKS FOR THAT LEVEL OF INF.
OF INFORMATION. SO I SHARE AND
FEEL DEEPLY IN MY BONES, THE
FRUSTRATION AROUND OUR INABILITY
INABILITY TO DO THIS IN AN
AUTOMATED WAY RIGHT NOW. IT IS
ON THE ROADMAP. IT IS GOING TO
TAKE US A BIT TAKE GET THERE.
>>
>> ARE WE DOING THE MANUAL
EXERCISE NOW? I THINK THAT IS
WHAT MY QUESTION WAS.
>> THAT IS THE SECOND PART I WAS
WAS GOING TO GET TO. WHERE YOU
SEE REDUCTIONS, MOST OF THE REDS
THE REDUCTIONS COME FROM
RECOGNIZING VACANCIES AND
DEPARTMENTS. THAT IS THE MOST
COMMONLY TAKEN DEDUCTION ACROSS.
SO WE WORKED WITH THEM TO LOOK
AT THEIR ON BOARD, THEIR
FORECASTED LEVEL OF HIRING AND
REALIGN THE BUDGET TO WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE. THERE ARE CERTAIN
AREAS WHERE THAT IS REINVESTED
INTO THE DEPARTMENT, TAKE THE
PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT YOU
HEARD THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT
YESTERDAY. BUT AGAIN, IT IS VERY
VERY CLEARLY CALLED OUT AND
THESE ARE ADDITIONS IN THE
BUDGET OVERALL.
>> VERY HELPFUL.
>> AND THEN YOU HAD A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREND IN PA.
IN PARTICULAR. THE SOLID LINE IS
IS EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY.
WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET HAS FOR
FOR EXPENDITURES AND THEN OUR
FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE GROWTH
AND THOSE EXPENDITURES. THE
DOTTED LINE IS TAKING OUT ALL OF
OF THE REDUCTIONS WE TOOK. SO IF
IF YOU WERE TO NOT ASSUME ANY OE
OF THE REDUCTIONS. WE PAID FOR Y
OF THESE ADS WITH REDUCTIONS, SO
SO IF YOU TOOK THOSE OUT, THAT
IS WHERE THE SPENDING LINE WOULD
WOULD BE. IT REALLY SHOWS THAT E
WORKED REALLY HARD TO BEND THAT
CURVE. ALTHOUGH THE SPENDING
COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST OVER TIME,
TIME, AND INCREASES, IT IS THE
SAME RATE IN THE OUT YEARS, BUT
IT IS MUCH LOWER LEVEL TO PAY
BACK. SO TOOK A LOT OF WORK THE.
WORK THERE. THE DARK ORANGE BAR,
SO WE DO NOT, AS A GENERAL RULE,
BUDGET FOR GRANTS WE HAVE NOT
YET RECEIVED. EVEN THOUGH WE
KNOW THAT WE HAVE $1 TRILLION TO
TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE GRANTS
ARE GOING TO BE JUST YET. WE PUT
PUT THEM IN THE BUDGET WHEN WE
HAVE THE GRANT AWARD, THE ACTUAL
ACTUAL LETTER. THAT IS WHEN YOU
WILL SEE THEM COME OUT IN AND
OUT YEAR. IN MANY WAYS THIS DOES
DOES UNDERSTATE THE GRANT LEVEL
OF REVENUE YOU WILL SEE IN OUT
YEARS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE .
THOSE YET. I THINK THAT WAS ALL
OF THEM. WAS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> THE PINK BARS. DOES THAT
INCLUDE FEDERAL PLUS UNDERSPEND
OR JUST THE FEDERAL RELIEF DOLL?
RELIEF DOLLARS?
>> PINK, DOES IT INCLUDE FEDERAL
FEDERAL PLUS UNDERSPEND OR JUST
THE RELIEF DOLLARS?
>> RIGHT.
>> LET ME DOUBLE CHECK. I WILL
COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> SORRY, LET ME JUST FOLLOW UP
ON THAT REAL QUICK. WE HAVE TWO
MORE HANDS. AGAIN, COLLEAGUES,
OUR PLAN IS TO ADJOURN AT 1:00.
WE CAN TAKE AN HOUR BREAK AND
COME BACK AT 2:00. WE DO HAVE
TIME HELD ON OUR CALENDARS. FEEL
FEEL FREE TO GET YOUR QUESTION
SINCE WE CAN GET A BASELINE
UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE
AT, BUT WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL BE
DONE BY 1:00. I WANTED TO MAKE
SURE YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE TIME
HELD THIS AFTERNOON IF NEEDED. R
NEEDED. COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
YOU'RE NEXT IN MIND AND I WONDER
WONDER IF YOUR QUESTION IS
SIMILAR TO MINE IN A
TRANSPORTATION GRANT SENSE, SO
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DINGLEY FOG
PRELIMINARY PRESENTATION ON THE
THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL. I
HAD A QUESTION ABOUT COMPARING
THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON
SLIDE FOUR, WHICH IS REGARDING
THE GENERAL FUND PIE CHART. JUST
JUST LOOKING AT THAT PIE CHART.
BECAUSE LAST NIGHT, I HAD BEEN
LOOKING AT THE PIE CHART AND THE
THE BUDGET BOOK THAT WAS PUT OU.
OUT ONLINE. THAT IS IN THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE WEBSITE. IF WE
WERE TO COMPARE PAGE 4 OF THIS
POWERPOINT, THAT PIE CHART, TO
PAGE 47 IN THE BUDGET BOOK, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS AREN'T
LINING UP. SO I JUST WANTED TO
FIND OUT IF THERE WAS AN
EXPLANATION FOR THE DIFFERENCES
IN SOME OF THOSE PERCENTAGES.
>>
>> YES, THERE IS. IF YOU DON'T
MIND GOING BACK TO SLIDE FOUR,
THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
THE BUDGET BOOK, THE WAY IT IS ,
IS BUILT, TAKES THE WHOLE DEPART
BUDGET AND GROUP SIT BY THESE
AREAS. SO IT WOULD TAKE THE
ENTIRE BUDGET FOR FAS, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND PUT IT UNDER --
THIS IS MORE EXACTING, BECAUSE
THE WAY WE BUILT THIS, WE WANTED
WANTED TO GIVE YOU A REAL SENSE
OF HOW THE DOLLARS, EVEN WITHIN
A DEPARTMENT TOP LINE, ARE
SPENT. IN THE CHANGE FOR
ADMINISTRATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IF
THERE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE DOLLARS
IN FAS, IN LABOR STANDARDS, IN
ALL THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS,
THAT IS GROUPED BY THE PART OF
THE PIE. SO IT REALLY IS A TRUE
REFLECTION OF THE SPENDING,
VERSUS WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET
BOOK. IT IS VERY USEFUL, BECAUSE
IT IS TELLING YOU BY
DEPARTMENT, SORT OF HOW THEIR
PRIMARY FUNCTION PLAYS OUT. DOES
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO? PE
IS THE WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR.
NOT EXACTING, PRECISE.
>> THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
VERSIONS OF THE PIE CHART. I
WILL HAVE TO COME I GUESS, MAYBE
MAYBE I CAN ASK ABOUT THAT IN
MORE DETAIL LATER. I AM STILL
NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN THOSE.
THOSE TWO. GO AHEAD.
>> WE WILL WORK, IN THE FUTURE,
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONSISTEN.
ARE CONSISTENT. THEY WERE PREPAD
WERE PREPARED OFF OF DIFFERENT .
DIFFERENT VERSIONS. ONE WAS BASD
WAS BASED OFF OF THE FULL
DEPARTMENTS AND ONE WAS PREPARED
PREPARED OFF THE FINANCIAL PLAN
AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS
OF PRECISION AND HOW THE FUNDS
ARE BROKEN OUT. THAT IS REALLY
WHERE IT COMES FROM. WE CAN
CERTAINLY WALK YOU THROUGH TO
SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> OF COURSE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. I WAS THINKING YOU
MIGHT BE ASKING HOW WE ARE ANTIG
GRANT FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION
RELATED INVESTMENTS IN 2025 AND
2026, BECAUSE WHILE IT SOUNDS
LIKE WE DON'T TAKE THAT INTO OUR
PRESENTED BUDGET, I WILL BE
ASKING FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AS
WELL AND I AM SURE, WITH THE
CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION, ABOUT
HOW SURE WE FEEL THOSE YEARS
LOOK LIKE, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE AT
A BUDGET TO GRANTS WE DON'T
RECEIVE YET. THERE ARE A LOT OF
ASSUMPTIONS BEING BAKED INTO
TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY FROM
FROM FEDERAL FUNDS. WE CAN
FOLLOW UP ON THAT LATER, UNLESS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU HAD
ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
>> I'M THINKING MAYBE THAT WILL
SHOW UP IN THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MORE THAN
THE GENERAL FUND. I AM NOT SURE.
SURE. THANK YOU FOR RAISING
THAT. ANYTIME WE TALK ABOUT TRA,
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, I AM ON
BOARD.
>> IN TERMS OF A GENERAL PRINCIE
GENERAL PRINCIPLE AND IN TERMS F
HOW BUDGETING IS DONE. IF WE ARE
ARE NOT ASSUMING GRANTS HERE,
CAN WE ASSUME THEM IN OTHER
PLACES IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET? WE
WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. COUNR
THAT. COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, JULIE, FOR ALL OF THE
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE SINCE YOU
YOU STARTED IN THIS POSITION. I
WILL SAY WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE
OFFICE IN 2020, DURING THIS
PANDEMIC, A RACIAL UPRISING, THE
THE BUDGET PROCESS ITSELF WAS
VERY OPAQUE. SO I APPRECIATE THE
THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING TO
KIND OF TURN THE TIDE AND IT DOS
IT DOES FEEL LIKE WE WILL BE
ABLE TO HAVE BETTER
CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE OF THE
WORK YOU'RE DOING, SO I
APPRECIATE THAT. I DO THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT TO SAY, AS WE MAY
BE DRAWING DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS FROM WHAT WE SEE HE,
SEE HERE, DIFFERENT POLICY
CONCLUSIONS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT WE ARE ALL OPERATING
ON THE SAME FACTS. SO THANK YOU
FOR THAT. I AM GOING TO FOLLOW
THE CHAIRS RESTRAINT AND NOT
COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT THIS
BUDGET DOES NOT FULLY FUND THE
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE, WHICH IS ONE OF MY
PRIORITIES. FOR NOW. I AM SURE
WE WILL DISCUSS THAT MORE LATER.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS AND IT REQUIRES
FOLLOW-UP LATER, THAT'S FINE.
BUT ON PAGE 3, YOU ARE LISTING
UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION,
ENVIRONMENT. GROUPED TOGETHER.
THIS MAY BE A SIMILAR QUESTION
TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
HAS, BUT I WONDER IF WE CAN GET
THE SPENDING BREAKDOWN FOR EACH
DEPARTMENT IN THAT CATEGORY AND
AND IF IT IS ALREADY COMING,
THAT IS FINE. I ACKNOWLEDGE I
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOOK
THROUGH EVERYTHING YET. SO THAT
IS ONE QUESTION I HAVE AND THEN
YOU JUST REFERENCED THE FACT
THAT, GETTING BACK TO THE
VACANCY QUESTION AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT DOING THIS
MANUALLY MUST BE INCREDIBLY TEDS
INCREDIBLY TEDIOUS AND
TIME-CONSUMING AND REQUIRE A LOT
LOT OF MANUAL LABOR. THAT SAID,
I AM INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU SAID
SAID ABOUT, IN SOME CASES, THOSE
THOSE VACANCY SAVINGS HAVE BEEN
REINVESTED BACK INTO THE
DEPARTMENT AND I WONDER IF YOU D
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- GIVE
A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ABOUT HOW
MANY DEPARTMENTS OF THAT FUNDING
FUNDING REINVESTED AND FOR WHAT
PURPOSES, JUST SO WE HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THOSE
DECISIONS ARE MADE ABOUT WHICH
VACANCIES ARE KEPT AND WHICH
ONES ARE ACTUALLY PUT BACK INTO
THE DEPARTMENT.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I
DON'T HAVE A SLIDE CURRENTLY
BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENT. WE
CAN CERTAINLY GET YOU THAT
INFORMATION AND I IMAGINE THAT
WILL ALSO BE PART OF COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF'S WORK THAT THEY
WILL DO FOR YOU ALL IN THE NEXT
NEXT PHASE. I DO HAVE A SLIDE
COMING UP THAT SHOWS AREAS WHERE
WHERE THE BUDGET WAS REDUCED AND
AND ADDED IN THE SAME PLACE. IT
REALLY HELPS TEASE THAT OUT. IT
IS NOT BY DEPARTMENT OR BY ISSUE
ISSUE AREA, BUT WE CAN SHOW YOU
BY ISSUE AREA AND THEN IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS BY DEPARTMENT WE
ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO LOOK THAT
THAT UP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. I THINK WE
ARE READY TO MOVE ON.
>> GREAT. NEXT SLIDE. SO, THE
STEPS WE TOOK TO CLOSE THE
DEFICIT. THIS IS THE SLIDE I
PROMISED WHEN I VERBALLY TALKED
THROUGH IT BEFORE AROUND, WHAT
WERE THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE
WE WENT TO? AGAIN, TO CLOSE THIS
THIS OVERALL $140 MILLION,
CLOSING IT TOOK A MIX OF REVENUE
REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS AND
EXPENDITURE CHANGES. SO HERE WE
ARE SEEING AN ACTUAL, IN THE
GREEN BAR, USED ABOUT $24 MILLIN
$24 MILLION OF 2021 UNDERSPEND,
WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS FUND
BALANCE. YOU WILL SEE US USE THE
USE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT TERMS.
ALSO, IN 2022 UNDERSPEND, THOSE
WERE A RESULT OF THE SPENDING
HOLDS I TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
PREVIOUSLY. WE ARE ANTICIPATING
SOME LEVEL OF 2023 UNDERSPEND IN
IN THE BUDGET. LARGELY WE HAVE
FUNDED PROJECTS FOR THE FULL 12
MONTHS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR FOR
NEXT YEAR AND IT IS ENTIRELY PLE
ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE THAT THROUGHG
THROUGH NOTHING OTHER THAN THE S
THE REALITIES OF
OPERATIONALIZING MANY CHANGES,
THAT THERE COULD BE SOME THINGS
THAT DON'T GET OFF THE GROUND
RIGHT AWAY AND THERE WILL BE
SOME RESULTING SAVINGS FROM
THAT. WE DON'T ENDEAVOR TO
IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY WHERE IN
THE BUDGET THAT WILL COME FROM,
BUT THAT IS A GENERALIZED
ASSUMPTION. WE ALSO ARE
TRANSFERRING A TOTAL, IN 2023,
OF $85.7 MILLION FROM THE
PAYROLL TAX INTO THE GENERAL FU.
AGAIN, I AM GOING TO WALK
THROUGH A LOT MORE IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF SLIDES AROUND THE
CHANGES TO THE PAYROLL TAX. ALL
RIGHT, SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT ONE SIDE OF
THE EQUATION, SORT OF GETTING TO
TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES'S
QUESTION AROUND TARGETED
GENERAL FUND, JUST THE REDUCTION
REDUCTION SIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE
WILL SHOW BOTH TOGETHER, BUT
AGAIN, MOST CITY DEPARTMENTS
WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE BETWEEN 3
TO 6% TARGET REDUCTIONS AND MOST
MOST GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS
HAVE SOME LEVEL OF REDUCTION INR
IN THEIR 2023 AND 2024 BUDGET. I
I MISSPOKE. I SAID MOST CITY
DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED. ALL CITY
CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED AND
MOST ARE TAKING REDUCTIONS. AS A
A GENERAL EXCEPTION, DEPARTMENTS
DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE JUMPSTART
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX PROCEEDS
FROM THOSE GENERAL USES FROM THE
THE SPENDING PLAN, THOSE ARE NOT
NOT FACING OVERALL REDUCTIONS, E
REDUCTIONS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE
THIS INCREDIBLY ROBUST FUNDING
SOURCE. I WILL SHOW YOU THE NEXT
NEXT SLIDE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT
THAT VISUAL IS A LITTLE BIT MOR.
MORE TELLING. OKAY, SO HERE YOU
CAN SEE IN ORANGE, FACING THE L,
THE LEFT, THOSE ARE GENERAL FUN.
FUND REDUCTIONS. IN THE GRAY,
GOING TO THE RIGHT, THOSE ARE
GENERAL FUND ENHANCEMENTS OR ADD
ADD AND IN THE BLUE, PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX NEW SPENDING. SO
HERE IT IS A REALLY GOOD VISUAL
OF WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SAVINGS
SAVINGS THAT WE TOOK WERE
REINVESTED IN THAT ISSUE AREA.
SO IN COMMUNITY SAFETY IS WHERE
IT IS MOST CLEAR. THE LION SHARE
SHARE OF THAT IS REINVESTED IN
THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF THOSE DEP.
THOSE DEPARTMENTS. YOU WILL ALSO
ALSO SEE THAT PLAYING OUT IN
OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS. SPEAKING
SPEAKNG GENERAL FUND TO GENERAL
GENERAL FUND. YOU WILL ALSO SEET
SEE THAT UNDER GOOD GOVERNMENT
AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES AND
AND OF COURSE PLACES LIKE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, AS I M,
THAT DON'T HAVE REDUCTIONS. THEY
THEY HAVE ONLY ADS, BUT THEY ARY
COMING FROM THE PAYROLL EXPENSE
TAX.
>> LET'S PAUSE HERE BEFORE WE
GET INTO JUMPSTART PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX. ALL RIGHT, I THINK
I WANT TO GO BACK ONE SLIDE, IF
IF WE CAN, TO SLIDE 13. CAN YOU
HELP ME UNDERSTAND? WE'RE LOOKIG
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE YELLOW BAR,
BAR, $10 MILLION IN UNDERSPEND
ANTICIPATED. WHAT SORT OF
ACCOUNTABILITY OR ASSURANCES DO
WE HAVE IN THIS BUDGET THAT
THERE IS GOING TO BE THE $10
MILLION TARGET STUCK TO, THAT
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE
SPENDING -- THAT THE MAYOR IS
NOT GOING TO SPEND ON COUNCIL
ADS IN THE CHAIRS PACKAGE,
SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE WITH
THE $22 MILLION NOT SPENT IN
2022.
>> SO THE $20 MILLION IN 2022 IS
IS COUNTED IN THE BALANCE IN HE.
IN HERE. WE WILL KNOW THAT WE HE
TO HIT THIS NUMBER FOR OVERALL ,
OVERALL BALANCING, SO WE WILL BE
BE MONITORING THROUGHOUT NEXT
YEAR TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN
THAT REALM. IF WE GET TO A
POINT, PROBABLY ABOUT MIDYEAR
AND ON THE TRAJECTORY IT LOOKS
LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO HIT IT,
THEN WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE
ADDITIONAL STEPS TO DIRECT THE
DEPARTMENTS TO UNDERSPEND TO A
SPECIFIC PERCENTAGE LEVEL. I AM
HOPING TO AVOID THAT AND I THINK
THINK THAT THE NATURAL COURSE OF
OF HOW WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT
THINGS. NOT EVERYTHING IN THIS
CITY THAT IS A NEW POSITION, A
NEW PROGRAM, CAN BE IMPLEMENTED
IN FULL STARTING JANUARY 1. SO
THERE IS A NATURAL LAG THAT
OCCURS IN PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, FOR
RFPS AND ALL THAT WORK, THAT
WILL DELAY IMPLEMENTATION. IT IS
IS NOT MY FAVORITE STRATEGY, TO
BE HONEST WITH YOU. I WOULD PRER
WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE TO USE
THIS KIND OF STRATEGY AND THAT
IS WHERE OUR INCREASED MONITORIG
INCREASED MONITORING OVER TIME
WILL IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO DO
THIS, BUT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE
THAT AT THIS POINT THERE WILL BE
BE ABOUT THIS AMOUNT LEFT AT THD
THE END OF THE YEAR TO COUNT
TOWARD BALANCING --
>> CAN YOU GIVE ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF MAJOR CITY BUDGETS THAT HAVE
ASSUMED NONAPPROPRIATED
UNDERSPEND IN THE FACE OF
POSSIBLE RECESSION AND IS THIS
SOMETHING THAT IS PROVIDED IN A
FIVE-YEAR LOOK AT ATTRITION? IS
THERE A GUIDE TO HOW MUCH
UNDERSPEND WE SHOULD BE BUILDING
BUILDING INTO THE BUDGET?
>> WE LOOKED BACK AT HISTORICAL
TRENDS AND I DON'T HAVE THOSE
TRENDS AT MY FINGERTIPS, BUDGET
CHAIR, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WITH YOU. WE
WE ALSO, THE CITY IS STILL
REELING FROM SORT OF THE GREAT N
GREAT RESIGNATION THAT HAS ALSOT
ALSO SET HIT CITY DEPARTMENTS. I
I DON'T HAVE THOSE IN MY FINGER.
MY FINGERTIPS. I SEE ALY'S HAND,
HAND, THOUGH. MAYBE SHE HAS IT,
BECAUSE WE HAVE ASSUMED
UNDERSPEND IN THE PAST AND
PROPOSED BUDGETS, BUT I WILL GET
GET YOU THOSE DETAILS.
>> GREAT. GO AHEAD, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR PENNUCCI.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
I ALSO DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS
IN MY FINGERTIPS, BUT I JUST
WANTED TO ADD FOR THE COUNCIL
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL E
WILL BE DIGGING INTO MORE AS WE
REVIEW THE PROPOSED BUDGET
FURTHER AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE .
THE NUMBERS. WE WILL BE IN MOREN
WITH DIRECTOR DINGLEY AND HER
TEAM TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW,
GIVEN THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET
IS ALREADY MAKING PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT
VACANCY SAVINGS AND TAKING REDUS
TAKING REDUCTIONS THAT ARE NOT G
IN SERVICES BEING ELIMINATED OR
EMPLOYEES BEING LAID OFF, I
THINK THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS
AROUND HOW THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED
ACHIEVED AND IF THERE IS SOME
RISK THAT OTHER COUNCIL
PRIORITIES MAY BE PUT ON HOLD
NEXT YEAR IF, AS WE ARE
MONITORING THE BUDGET, THAT THIS
THIS UNDERSPEND IS NOT GETTING
ACHIEVED. SO WE WILL DIG INTO
THIS FURTHER AND HAVE MORE
DISCUSSIONS AS WE GO INTO BUDGET
BUDGET HEARINGS.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU,
YOU, BOTH. VICE CHAIR HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, ON PAGE 14 OR
SLIDE 14 ON THE 3% TO 6% REDUCT,
6% REDUCTION, I WOULD LOVE TO BE
BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE
OF REDUCTION EACH DEPARTMENT IS
ACTUALLY TAKING IN THE PROPOSED
BUDGET AND JUST FLAGGING THAT AS
AS AN AREA OF INTEREST FOR
ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY. AND THN
AND THEN ON SLIDE 15, AREAS OF
REDUCTION AND ENHANCEMENT, I
WONDER IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY GOH
GO THROUGH WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE
INCORPORATED IN THESE CATEGORIE.
THESE CATEGORIES. IT IS NOT
CLEAR. IN PARTICULAR I AM INTERD
AM INTERESTED WHERE INVESTMENTS
ARE. I AM THINKING THEY MIGHT BE
BE ACROSS SEVERAL CATEGORIES AND
I WANT TO PREVIEW, AS CHAIR
MOSQUEDA DID EARLIER, THAT THE
PROPOSED POLICE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET, THE INCREMENTAL BUDGET
CHANGES SECTION HAS A LOT OF
TRANSPARENT AND HELPFUL DETAILS
ABOUT CHANGES TO THE BASELINE B,
BASELINE BUDGET, MUCH MORE SO
THAN PREVIOUS YEARS, SO I WANTED
WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE, IN
FUTURE SLIDES, THAT INFORMATION
BEING INCLUDED.
>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I HAVE A
VERSION OF THIS CHART THAT IS
ALL OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS AND
I WAS BEGGED BY MY TEAM TO NOT
INCLUDE IT, BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY
GAVE THEM A HEADACHE. WE HAVE AD
UP VERSION HERE, BUT OF COURSE,
HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, GREAT. THAT WILL BE
HELPFUL. THANKS FOR SHARING IT
WITH ALL OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM SURE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
WILL BE INTERESTED AS WELL, SO
THIS IS INTERESTING TO GO INTO
THE DISCUSSION, WHICH I THINK IS
IS NEXT ON JUMPSTART PAYROLL
TAX. AS WE KNOW GOING INTO THIS,
THIS DISCUSSION, THERE IS FOR
SPECIFIC CATEGORIES THAT
JUMPSTART HAD DEDICATED.
HOUSING, EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT,
GREEN NEW DEAL, AND ECONOMIC R.
ECONOMIC RESILIENCY. SET ASIDE
5% FOR ADMINISTRATION. OBVIOUSLY
OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ARE SEEING
HERE IS A TRANSPARENT WAY FOR US
US TO UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF
THAT, I BELIEVE HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUE, IS BEING
DIRECTED. DEFINITELY DID NOT
HAVE ANY FUNDING IN JUMPSTART
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY SPECIFICALLY,
SO I THINK WHAT WE ARE SEEING
IS THE EXECUTIVE AND CBO TRYING
TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHERE
SOME OF THOSE HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUES ARE GOING
AND WE WILL LET YOU GET THROUGH,
THROUGH, I THINK FOUR SIDES
BETWEEN 16 AND 20, AND THEN WE
WILL TAKE QUESTIONS ON JUMPSTART
JUMPSTART PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX.
THANKS.
>> SO I DON'T FORGET,
COUNCILMEMBER, THAT LITTLE
SLIVER OF PAYROLL EXPENSE TAXES
AND THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, SO WE WILL TALK
ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT
PART OF THE BUDGET.
>> AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC
SAFETY?
ú>> AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC SAF.
PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I GOT YOU. DON'T WORRY.
>> THANK YOU AND I AM SURE THERE
THERE WILL BE A TON OF QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS ON THIS, SO AGAIN
LET'S GET THROUGH SLIDES 16
THROUGH 20 AND THEN WE WILL TAK.
TAKE QUESTIONS. FEEL FREE TO
LINE YOURSELVES UP IN THE QUEUE,
QUEUE, AS WELL, CALLERS.
>> THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE MADE AE
OF CHANGES TO THE JUMPSTART ORDE
THAT GOVERNS HOW THESE DOLLARS
ARE SPENT. OBVIOUSLY AS YOU ALL
KNOW, THIS WAS ENACTED IN 2020
AND HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTELY
CRITICAL TOOL TO KEEPING CITY
PROGRAMS OPERATING DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET
BUDGET MAKES THREE PRIMARY CHANS
PRIMARY CHANGES TO THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX ORDINANCE AND THEN
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ITEM THAT
WE ARE CHANGING TO ESTABLISH A
FUND POLICY. SO, THE FIRST
CHANGE IS AROUND THE TREATMENT
OF THE GENERAL FUND FLOOR. THE
LAW THAT GOVERNS THE USE OF THE
PAYROLL TAX PROCEEDS ESTABLISHES
PROCEEDS ESTABLISHES THAT
BEGINNING IN 2023, THIS UPCOMING
UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR, GENERAL
FUND SUPPORT WILL ONLY CONTINUE
IF REVENUES FALL BELOW A NOMINAL
NOMINAL FIXED AMOUNT OF $1.5
MILLION. THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WOULD INDEX THE GENERAL FUND TO
INFLATION INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT
IN $2020. SO THIS RECOGNIZES THE
THE DECREASING PURCHASING POWER
IN A HIGH INFLATION ENVIRONMENT
AND ALLOWS THE HEALTH OF THE
GENERAL FUND TO BE ASSESSED IN
CURRENT DOLLAR TERMS. THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO INFLATE
THE FLOOR WOULD RESULT IN
APPROXIMATELY $105 MILLION IN 23
IN 2023 AND $130 MILLION IN 2024
2024 IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
AVAILABLE TO TRANSFER FROM THE
PAYROLL TAX TO THE GENERAL FUND.
FUND. AS A POLICY MATTER, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS AN
APPROACH THAT FOLEY SEES A 10%
STABILIZATION RESERVE AND
MAINTAINS THE ALLOTMENTS FOR
JUMPSTART SPENDING CATEGORIES,
ENVISIONED WHEN THE PAYROLL TAX
WAS ASSIGNED INTO LAW. WHILE
ALSO TRANSFERRING -- SORRY. I AM
AM GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW
HOW MUCH THE TRANSFER AMOUNTS
ARE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES. SO
THE SECOND CHANGE AND I ALSO
WANT TO POINT OUT BEFORE I GET
TO THE SECOND CHANGE, WE LEFT
INTACT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
SPENDING CATEGORY PERCENTAGES.
SO THOSE ARE ALL CONSISTENT. WE
DID NOT TOUCH THOSE. THE SECOND
CHANGE IS A AROUND -- OUR OFFICE
OFFICE OF HOUSING IS SEEKING A
MODIFICATION OF CHANGING IT UP
TO 60%. BECAUSE THEY ARE SEEING
SIGNIFICANT NEEDS ACROSS THE
HOUSING SPECTRUM AND ALTHOUGH
THE GREATEST NEED REMAINS AT 30%
30% AND THIS CHANGE DOES NOT
REFLECT A DEEP PRIORITIZATION OF
OF THAT GROUP, IT DOES PROVIDE
THE FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED ACROSS
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM TO HELP
THESE PROJECTS PENCIL OUT. SO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN
THAT SPACE I WILL DIRECT YOU TO
THE OFFICE OF HOUSING. I BELIEVE
THEY ARE SLATED TO PRESENT TO
YOU IN ABOUT 10 OR 11 DAYS, SO
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM
HERE, BUT ALSO IN THE
INTERVENING TIME YOU CAN HAVE
QUESTIONS WITH THEM AROUND THAT.
THAT CHANGE. THE THIRD AND FINAL
FINAL CHANGE IS AROUND THE
PLANTATION. THE ORIGINAL ORDINAE
ORIGINAL ORDINANCE REQUIRES ALL
SPENDING FROM THE RESOURCE --
THE PROPOSED BUDGET REMOVES THET
THE REQUIREMENT SO WE CAN SHIFT
COSTS AROUND THE GREEN NEW DEAL
OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATE
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE THAT WERE
WERE ALREADY PART OF THE BUDGET
USING RESOURCES LIKE GENERAL
FUNDS, TO ALL BEING THE SAME
FUNDING SOURCE.THIS CHANGE ALLOD
CHANGE ALLOWED FOR THOSE
INVESTMENTS TO CONTINUE AND NOT
BE SUBJECT TO REDUCTION REVIEWS
IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS. SO THIS IT
IS NOT WIDELY USED. THIS IS NOTG
NOT SOMETHING WHERE I HAVE
SHIFTED THE ENTIRETY, JUST TO
PICK ON THEM, THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THIS. TT
IS NOT THE CASE. IT IS IN
DISCRETE PARTS OF THE BUDGET
WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO ALIGN
THAT SPENDING TOGETHER. THE LAST
LAST CHANGE WE ARE MAKING IS
ESTABLISHING A FUND POLICY THATS
THAT CREATES A REVENUE
STABILIZATION RESERVE. AS I MEND
I MENTIONED WE WILL BE CEDING A
FULL 10% OF THE LEVELS IN 2023
IN A RESERVE, SO THAT IS GOING
TO BE A FUND POLICY THAT WE ARE
PROPOSING BE ADOPTED FOR THE
JUMPSTART PAYROLL TAX FUND.
OKAY, SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS
THIS IN ACTUAL DOLLAR TERMS. OE
NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS WHAT THE
SPENDING PLAN LOOKS LIKE IN
CURRENT LAW. YOU CAN SEE EACH OE
OF THESE SORT OF STACKED AREAS
IS A DIFFERENT COMPONENT OF THE
SPENDING PLAN. SO IN 2022 YOU
HAVE THE TRANSFER TO THE GENERAD
GENERAL FUND FOR ECONOMIC
RELIEF, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE
HOUSING AND SERVICES, GREEN NEW
DEAL, ET CETERA. YOU WILL SEE
THAT PER CURRENT LAW, AS I MENTD
I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE
TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND
GOES AWAY IN 2023. AND THEN ALSO
ALSO 5%. IN 2022 WE HAVE THIS
UNALLOCATED FUND BALANCE AND
THIS IS A RESULT OF HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUES THAT CAME
IN IN 2022, SO THOSE HAVE NOT
BEEN ALLOCATED YET. ON THE NEXT,
NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO SHOW
YOU HOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET USES
USES THESE RESOURCES. OKAY. YOU
WILL RECALL ON THE PREVIOUS
CHART, THE TRANSFER TO THE
GENERAL FUND, THE GRAY LINE ON
THE BOTTOM GOING DOWN TO ZERO BY
BY 2023. YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT
TRANSFER CONTINUES INTO '23 AND
24. ALSO YOU SEE THE
ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUATION
LINE HERE. THESE ARE ALL -- WE
DROPPED OFF, BY ACCIDENT, THESE.
THESE PERCENTAGES. THOSE
PERSONAGES REMAIN, SO I
APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THE OTHER
THING I WANT TO DRAW YOUR
ATTENTION TO IS THE UN-BUDGETED
REVENUE AND YOUR TREATMENT OF
THAT. SO WE HAD $400 MILLION --
OF THAT AMOUNT, $31 MILLION IS D
IS USED TO ESTABLISH THE 10%
REVENUE STABILIZATION RESERVE
AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT IS
ABOUT $14 MILLION AND THAT WILLR
WILL TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL
FUND. SO, OF THIS 86 THAT IS
BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL
GENERAL FUND IN 2023, 71 -- I
WILL SHOW YOU A CHART OF THIS,
TO -- 71 COMES FROM PROJECTED R.
14 FROM THE REVENUE
STABILIZATION RESERVE. THEN AS
AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE WE
WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO
TRANSFER THE ADMIN AMOUNTS FOR
THAT SPENDING INTO GENERAL FUND.
FUND. JUST ADMINISTRATIVELY IT L
BE EASIER. THAT CAN BE SOMETHING
SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT FURTHER.
FURTHER. SO LET ME GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE AND SHOW YOU HOW THIS
THIS SPENDING BREAKS OUT. THESE
ARE THE ACTUAL SPENDING. ANOTHEY
ANOTHER WAY TO VISUALIZE THAT
SAME INFORMATION, BUT HERE YOU
HAVE THE PROGRAMMATIC SPENDING N
SPENDING BREAKDOWN OF THE
PAYROLL TAX TO THE RIGHT AND THE
THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGES THESE
RESULTED IN. WE HAVE 5% ALLOWED
IN THE BILL. IT IS 4% IN THE BU.
THE BUDGET. 62% WITH HOUSING. IT
IT IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN
THAT, BY A SMIDGE. 9%, THAT IS A
A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN THAT
SPENDING AREA. 14.8% FOR LOCAL
BUSINESS AND TOURISM, ALSO
REFERRED TO IN THESE
PRESENTATIONS IS ECONOMIC DEVEL.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND 9.4%
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL, A LITTLT
LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT THE
LEGISLATION CALLS FOR. OKAY, ON
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS
A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT I WAS JUST
TALKING ABOUT. SO IN DIFFERENT S
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BUDGET
OVERVIEW, I DON'T WANT THIS TO
GET CONFUSING, SO I WANT TO MAKE
MAKE SURE I PUT THIS FRONT-END
CENTER. WE TALK ABOUT THE TOTALL
TOTAL PAYROLL TAX TRANSFER TO
THE GENERAL FUND. IT IS
TRANSFERRED FOR DIFFERENT REASO.
DIFFERENT REASONS. I WILL GO
FROM THE TOP TO BOTTOM. WE HAVE
A TOTAL TRANSFER OF $94.5
MILLION TO THE GENERAL FUND. THS
INCLUDES $85.8 MILLION OF GENERL
FUND RELIEF. AGAIN, THAT COMES
FROM $71 MILLION FROM 2023 REVE.
2023 REVENUES. THAT IS THE
DARKEST BLUE COLOR AND THEN 14.7
FROM A ONE TIME FUND BALANCE.
AGAIN, REVENUES RECEIVED ABOVE T
ABOVE FORECAST IN 2022. AND THEN
AND THEN $8.8 MILLION IS ALSO TD
ALSO TRANSFERRED FOR THE 5%
PORTION OF THE PAYROLL TAX
SPENDING PLAN FOR ADMIN AND
EVALUATION OF THE SPENDING TAX.
THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE DONE VIA
THE GENERAL FUND AS AN
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY. WE
COULD SPEND IT OUT OF PAYROLL
TAX DIRECTLY. IT WOULD REQUIRE T
OF DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATIVE MOVS
ADMINISTRATIVE MOVES THAT I CAN
TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT. I
DON'T WANT TO BORE EVERYBODY TO
EARS HERE ABOUT WHAT THD
ENTAIL, BUT IT WOULD BE A
SIGNIFICANT LIFT FOR SEVERAL
DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO
THIS IS AN EASIER WAY OF GOING
ABOUT IT. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES,
I THINK, MY SLIDES AROUND
PAYROLL TAX. I THINK THIS IS
WHERE YOU WANTED TO PAUSE,
BUDGET CHAIR.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
DINGLEY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
STATEMENT ABOUT THIS AND I KNOW
THAT WE ARE, COLLECTIVELY AS A
CITY, AS A COUNCIL, GOING TO BE
DIVING INTO THE DETAILS OF THED
BUDGET, BUT I WANT TO LIFT UP
THE BROAD COALITION, THE YEARS
OF ADVOCACY THAT WENT INTO
PASSING THE PAYROLL TAX IN SEAT.
IN SEATTLE. THE JUMPSTART
SEATTLE COALITION IS INCREDIBLY
DIVERSE. BRINGING TOGETHER
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS,
STAKEHOLDERS FROM LABOR AND
SMALL BUSINESS. FOLKS WHO
REPRESENT WORKERS AND ALSO FOLKS
FOLKS WHO ARE WITHIN OUR MOST
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. FOLKS
CALLING FOR INVESTMENT FOR YEARS
YEARS AND THIS BROAD COALITION,
NOT TO MENTION THE THOUSANDS OFE
OF PEOPLE WHO DIALED IN TO CALL
FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE PAYROLL
TAX, FOCUSED ON FOUR MAIN
CATEGORIES. AFFORDABLE HOUSING,
GREEN NEW DEAL, RESILIENCE, AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
ALL VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE
SPENDING CATEGORIES ARE, WHAT IS
CODIFIED IN STATUTE AND I WANT
TO LIFT UP AGAIN THE SHARED COMT
SHARED COMMITMENT FROM THIS
COUNCIL IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AS
AS WELL, WHICH HAS BEEN TO DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PREVENT
AUSTERITY. TO DO EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO INVEST IN CORE CITY
SERVICES TO MAKE SURE OUR MOST
VULNERABLE FAMILIES HAVE INVESTS
THROUGH THESE VERY TOUGH TIMES.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN WEATHES
WEATHER THIS COVID STORM AND
COME OUT OF THIS MORE EQUITABLY.
AS WE LOOK AT THE OVER $140
MILLION OPERATING DEFICIT IN THE
THE CALENDAR YEAR, 2023, WE ARE
BOTH COMMITTED TO PREVENTING
AUSTERITY, BUT WE HAVE TO CONTI,
TO CONTINUE, AS A COUNCIL, TO
MAKE SURE ANY OF THE HIGHER THAN
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE
THAT IS BEING SUGGESTED TO BE
USED FOR INVESTMENTS INTO THE
GENERAL FUND, DOES STILL ALIGN
WITH OUR CITIES CORE PROGRESSIVE
PROGRESSIVE VALUES. THAT THEY
ALIGN WITH THE PRIORITIES THIS
COUNCIL HAS ARTICULATED IN THE
PAST. LAWS AND POLICIES LIFTED
UP BY DIRECTOR HANDY AT THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR
STATEMENT TO MAKE TO OUR CITY ES
CITY EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTING
ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE CITY THAT
THAT WE WANT TO PREVENT AGAINST
CUTS, LAYOFFS. WE WANT TO
MAINTAIN CORE CITY SERVICES AND
I AM GOING TO BE WORKING WITH
CENTRAL STAFF AND ALL OF OUR
COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN ADDITION
TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND
THAT THE BUDGET THAT IS BEING
PROPOSED ALIGNS WITH THE
JUMPSTART INVESTMENTS AS
CODIFIED AND ANY HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUE IS GOING
INTO CORE CITY SERVICES TO
PREVENT THOSE CUTS AND AUSTERITY
AUSTERITY THAT WE MENTIONED. SO
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I FULLD
THE CORE CATEGORIES, THE FOUR
CORE CATEGORIES AND PERCENTAGES
THAT WERE CODIFIED IN STATUTE.
THE ASSUMED AMOUNT CODIFIED IN
STATUTE ORIGINALLY FOR 2023 AND.
AND 2024. ARE THOSE FULL
SPENDING CATEGORIES, AS ASSUMEDN
THE ORIGINAL SPEND PLAN, IS THE
AMOUNT AND SPENDING PERCENTAGE
STILL PRESERVED IN WHAT THE
MAYOR IS PROPOSING?
>> YES, THE FIGURES THAT YOU SEE
SEE IN THIS. SHOULD WE GO BACK,
I THINK TWO CHARTS -- THE AMOUNT
THAT IS TRANSFERRING IS THE
SAME AMOUNT THAT COUNCIL CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTED AFTER
THE AUGUST REVENUE FORECAST
UPDATE. THE ONLY DEVIATION IS
THAT WE ARE ADDING SOME OF THIS
UNBUDGETED REVENUE THAT CAME INN
2022, BECAUSE WE HAD FULLY CEDED
CEDED THE RESERVE, WHICH WAS A
POLICY QUESTION AT THAT TIME AS.
AS WELL. WE DECIDED 10% IS
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER FUNDS, SO
WE TOOK WHAT WAS LEFT OVER AFTER
THAT RESERVE AND ARE ALSO USING
USING THAT.
>> OKAY. I WILL CONTINUE TO DIG
INTO SOME QUESTIONS. THE HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE
PROJECTED FOR 2023 WAS ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $71
MILLION AND FOR 2024 IT WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $84
MILLION. SO I UNDERSTAND THE TWO
TWO ADDITIONAL BARS ADDED ON
SLIDE 20. IT IS A CONFIGURATION
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO
ANALYZE TO SEE HOW IT ALIGNS
WITH SOME OF OUR ORIGINAL
COMMITMENTS IN STATUTE. I WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTED
ALIGNS WITH THE SPEND AMOUNTS
AND CATEGORIES AS CODIFIED IN
STATUTE, SO I WILL BE FOLLOWINGP
FOLLOWING UP WITH CENTRAL STAFFN
THAT. I HAVE A HANDFUL OF
QUESTIONS ON HOUSING. I WILL
HOLD THOSE INTO MY COLLEAGUES
GET TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AS
WELL. VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO K
TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO EXPRESS SOME
FLEXIBILITY HERE. I BELIEVE IT
WAS THE AUGUST MEETING, WHERE WD
WE HEARD THE FINANCIAL UPDATE. I
I REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS A
GOOD PRACTICE. WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING TO DEVIATE FROM ESTABLID
FROM ESTABLISHED COUNCIL
APPROVED POLICY AND IT ALLOWS
THE EXECUTIVE TO GET SORT OF A W
A PREVIEW OF WHAT, AT LEAST AS
IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET CHAIR,D
CHAIR, WOULD FIND AN ACCEPTABLE.
ACCEPTABLE DEVIATION. SO I
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAE
THAT BEFORE THE BUDGET WAS
ANNOUNCED AND APPRECIATE THE AB,
THE ABILITY, AS YOU SAY, TO DIG
IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO SEE HOWE
HOW THOSE ACCEPTED DEVIATIONS
WERE ADHERED TO IN THIS BUDGET,
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST
LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL HANDS.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY,
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP, THOUGH,
BECAUSE I THINK THE DEVIATIONS
AND CONVERSATION AROUND
FLEXIBILITY IS REALLY IN LINE
WITH WHAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
PARTNERS WHO SUPPORTED JUMPSTART
JUMPSTART ALSO WANT TO SEE,
WHICH IS PREVENTING AUSTERITY C.
AUSTERITY CUTS. THE BROAD
COALITION AND 20 ORGANIZATIONS
WHO SAID WE NEED TO OF COURSE
ALIGN FOR THE HEALTH AND STABILY
AND STABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY
FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE PREVENTING AGAINST CUTS
AND AUSTERITY. IT WAS TWOFOLD IN
IN TERMS OF THEIR COMMITMENT ANY
INTEREST. ONE WAS TO MAKE SURE T
SURE THAT EVERY PENNY AND EVERY
PERSONAGE WE COMMITTED TO
REMAINED INTACT AS WE LOOKED AT
THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAD CODIFIED
CODIFIED FOR 2023 AND 2024. THEN
THE COALITION WHO IS ALL EXPRESG
ALL EXPRESSING INTEREST WITH
USING ANTICIPATED REVENUES IS RG
IS REITERATING THAT THEY STILL
WANT THOSE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
DOLLARS TO REMAIN TRUE TO THE
PROMISE OF JUMPSTART, WHICH WAS
TO INVEST IN PROGRESSIVE, CORE
COMPONENTS OF CITY GOVERNMENT,
THAT ALIGN WITH MAKING SURE THAT
THAT PEOPLE ARE HOUSED AND CARED
CARED FOR, THAT THE WORKFORCE
HAS THE INVESTMENTS IT NEEDS AND
WE ARE PREPARING AGAINST CUTS.
SO WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS LATER
TO SEE HOW THE FREED UP REVENUE
GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND
REALLY DOES PROTECT AGAINST CUTS
CUTS AND I WOULD SAY 10 OF THE
PEOPLE COMMENTING THIS MORNING
WERE RAISING SERIOUS CONCERNS AD
CONCERNS AROUND WHAT IS A CUT TO
TO THE WAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR HUMAN
HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS. THAT IS
IS AN AREA THAT I THINK THERE
MIGHT BE SOME DISCONNECT. THE
FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO HAE
WHO HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
FLEXIBILITY TO PREVENT AGAINST Y
AGAINST AUSTERITY WANT THERE TOE
BOTH. TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THE AS
THE AMOUNTS CODIFIED IN STATUTE
ARE ADHERED TO AND WE WANT TO
USE THAT FUNDING TO PROTECT
AGAINST AUSTERITY FOR THE HIGHER
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE.
SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS WHO CALLED FOR
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. 350 SEATT,
CIVIC VENTURES, HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM, LOW
INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE,
SEATTLE KING COUNTY COALITION O.
ON HOMELESSNESS. HEALTHCARE NOR,
HEALTHCARE NORTHWEST, TEAMSTERS
117, UNITE HERE LOCALLY.
WASHINGTON STATE BUDGET AND
POLICY CENTER. WASHINGTON LOW
INCOME HOUSING ALLIANCE. WORKING
WORKING WASHINGTON AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE OUT THERE
SAYING WE WANT TO PROTECT
JUMPSTART'S INVESTMENTS IN THE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS, WHICH WE ARE
HEARING IS INTACT, BUT WE ALSO
NEED TO PROTECT AGAINST CUTS
AND AUSTERITY AND THAT IS WHERE
WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO ANALYZE
ANALYZE HOW THOSE HIGHER THAN
ANTICIPATED REVENUES ARE BEING
SUGGESTED FOR DEPLOYMENT IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET. ANY ADDITIONALS
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE I
GET INTO SOME HOUSING? ALL
RIGHT, DIRECTOR DINGLEY,
RECOGNIZING YOU ARE NOT THE HOUG
THE HOUSING DIRECTOR, BUT DO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAYBE HELP
US GET INTO SOME OF THESE QUEST.
THESE QUESTIONS. EITHER HERE
TODAY OR LATER ON. I WANT TO
FLAG SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND
POSSIBLE CONCERNS. FIRST, I AM
REALLY THRILLED TO SEE THAT THE
NEARLY $50 MILLION INCREASE TO
THE HOUSING INVESTMENT FROM THIS
THIS YEAR OVER LAST, WE WERE
AROUND 200 MILLION LAST YEAR. WE
WE ARE NOW NEAR $253 MILLION IN
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING. THAT IS A HUGE
INCREASE. THE MAYOR NOTED IT IN
HIS SPEECH YESTERDAY. JUMPSTART
PROCEEDS COMPRISE 56% OF THE TOL
BUDGET FOR 2023 AND THE 2023
PROPOSED BUDGET INDICATES WE ARG
ARE ADDING $50.3 MILLION IN ADDL
IN ADDITIONAL JUMPSTART
PROCEEDS. THESE INCREASES
REFLECT THE COLLECTIVE WORK. I
WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR
THE ADVOCACY AND INVESTMENTS IN
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MAKE SURE
WE ARE CLOSING THE HOUSING
STOCK, ESPECIALLY FOR WHERE WE
HAVE THE HIGHEST NEED. SO CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT WHY THE PROPOSED
BUDGET SUGGESTS GOING FROM A 30%
30% LEVEL UP TO 60%, AMI. IS
THIS TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIFIC
PROJECTS OR IS THIS A BROADER
POLICY CHANGE? AND THE REASON
WHY THINK IT IS CODIFIED IN
STATUTE AT 30% IS BECAUSE WE
RECOGNIZE THAT LACK OF
INVESTMENTS IN THIS AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THAT WE HAVE CODIFIED IN
IN JUMPSTART IS WHERE WE HAVE
THE HIGHEST NEED AND IF WE
INVEST THERE, IT HELPS PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL AFFORDABILITY UP THE
SCALE AS WELL. RECOGNIZING WE
NEED MORE HOUSING. SO WHAT IS
BEHIND THIS POLICY CHANGE AND DO
DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE IMPACT OF
THIS CHANGE IS GOING TO AFFECT
PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN THE
PIPELINE OR IS THIS A ONE TIME
CHANGE JUST FOR THIS BUDGET?
>> THOSE ARE EXCELLENT
QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER. BUDGET
COUNCILMEMBER. BUDGET CHAIR. I
WOULD REALLY THINK THAT THE
DIRECTOR IS THE BEST PERSON
SUITED TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS. I CAN PROVIDE YOU
WITH SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS, BUT
I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER
COMING FROM HER, SO I WILL LET
HER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ANSWER.
>> TOTALLY FAIR AND I MAY HAVE
DONE WHAT I TOLD MY COLLEAGUES
WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO REFRAIN
FROM DOING, WHICH IS GETTING
INTO THE POLICY WEEDS AND WE
WILL BE TEEING UP SOME OF THOSE
QUESTIONS FOR THE CENTRAL STAFF
IN THERE FOUR DAYS WORTH OF
PRESENTATIONS ON EACH DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT GOING FORWARD. DEPUTY
DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, DID
YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO
THAT?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. IT
WANTED TO CLARIFY AND WE WILL
GET INTO IT MORE IN THE OFFICE
OF HOUSING PRESENTATIONS, THAT
THE CURRENT POLICY REQUIRES 82%
OF HOUSING FUNDS GO TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SERVING HOUSS
SERVING HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOME
AT OR BELOW 30% AMI, BUT THE
EXISTING POLICY ALREADY ALLOWS
SOME BLENDING UP TO 60% OF AMI.
THAT POLICY WAS INCLUDED TO ADDS
TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT S
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS ARE
ARE OFFERING A MIX OF UNIT TIMES
TIMES IN ORDER TO MAKE THE
PROJECT PENCIL OUT AND SUPPORT
THEIR OPERATING COSTS AND THAT T
OF THING, SO WE WILL NEED TO DIG
DIG INTO UNDERSTAND, AS YOU
SAID, WHY THAT PART OF THE
POLICY IS PROPOSED TO BE
STRUCTURED IN THE OVERALL AMI
TARGET IS INCREASED TO 60% OF
AMI AND MIGHT RESULT IN PROJECTS
PROJECTS THAT ARE ONLY SERVING
HOUSEHOLDS AT 60% AMI THAT MIGHT
MIGHT BE INCLUDED AND WHETHER OR
OR NOT THAT IS A POLICY THE
COUNCIL WANTS TO SUPPORT. I JUST
JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE EXISTING POLICY IS ALREADY
DOING WELL -- THE AMI IS BETTER
SERVED BY HAVING UNITS PAID FOR.
FOR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALY. THAT
THAT IS A GOOD REMINDER. WE DID
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WERE
BUILDING MIXED INCOME OF POSSIBE
OF POSSIBLE AND THERE IS SOME
FLEXIBILITY THERE. 82% FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 13% FOR
SELF-DETERMINATION FUND AND 5%
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OWNERSHI.
OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE
WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
THOSE PERCENTAGES STILL REFLECTD
STILL REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET
THEN AND DOING MORE ANALYSIS ON
THAT. ALL RIGHT, MORE TO COME,
COLLEAGUES. MORE TO COME ON ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON
JUMPSTART AND THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK DIRECTOR
DINGLEY ABOUT THE APPLICATION
TO THE GENERAL FUND. ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON SLIDE 16
16 THROUGH 20 BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
OKAY. I DO WANT TO NOTE, AS
WELL, IT APPEARS AT FIRST BLUSH
THAT THE PROPOSAL, AS WE LOOK AT
AT THE SIX YEAR FISCAL OUTLOOK
OR SIX YEAR PLAN, THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET, AS INDICATED IN
IN THE CHART YOU SHOWED A FEW
SLIDES AGO, IS NOT PLANNING TO E
TO USE JUMPSTART AFTER 2024 AND
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS
ACCURATE. I SEE DIRECTOR DINGLE.
BEFORE THE LEGISLATION COMES TO
TO COUNCIL, IF WE TAKE THIS UP,
WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE CODIFIED THAT IN STATUTE AS
AS WELL, BUT THANK YOU, DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR DINGLEY. IF YOU DO HAVE
HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON
THAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD BEFORE WE
WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
>> YES, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN
HOW WE WENT ABOUT BUILDING THE
AMENDMENT. WHAT IT DOES, AS IT
INDEXES THAT GENERAL FUND FLOOR,
IT CREATES -- ANY NEW REVENUE
THAT THE CITY WERE TO RECEIVE
WOULD NEED TO COME IN AND BE A
GENERAL FUND RESOURCE. WHEN YOU
ADD THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUND
OF THE NEW RESOURCE INTO THE CUT
THE CURRENT GENERAL FUND AND
HOPING ALSO FOR ADDITIONAL
GROWTH IN THE GENERAL FUND, THAT
THAT THE MATH BEHIND THAT IN THE
THE BILL WOULD MEAN THAT WOULD
NOT BE A NECESSARY TRANSFER.
THAT IS WHY, WE ARE TRYING TO DS
IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO
REVISIT THIS ORDINANCE
CONSTANTLY TO ADDRESS EMERGING
NEEDS. WE WANT TO SORT OF DO
THIS ONE TIME AND BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT PLAN PLAY OUT. THAT IS
IS WHY IT IS DESIGNED THAT WAY.
SO, NEW REVENUE WOULD COME INTO
THE GENERAL FUND. WOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION OF
THE GENERAL FUND FLOOR AND THAT
WOULD MEAN WE WOULD NOT NEED A
TRANSFER OF PAYROLL TAX IN 2025
AND 2026, SO THAT IS A LITTLE
BIT OF COLOR BEHIND THAT.
>> THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT
THAT EXPLANATION, JULIE. AS I
WAS READING THE SUMMARY LAST
NIGHT, THAT ISSUE REALLY STUCK
OUT FOR ME ABOUT THE FACT THAT
WE DO HAVE THESE DEDICATED
REVENUE SOURCES AND AS WE WERE G
WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION
ABOUT PROGRESSIVE REVENUE, PART
OF THE HUGE OUTCRY AGAINST THE
IDEA WAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE YU
GOING TO SPIN THE MONEY? WHY DO
YOU NEED THIS MONEY? WHY DO YOU
NEED TO DO THIS? PART OF THE
DEMAND THAT WE HEARD, WE ALL
HEARD, WAS YOU NEED TO TELL US E
YOU ARE GOING TO SPEND THIS MON.
THIS MONEY. I THINK WE ARE, AS
POLICYMAKERS, AS PEOPLE TRYING
TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS ABOUT
THE BUDGET, RECOGNIZE THAT WE
NEED MORE GENERAL REVENUE. WE
ARE A GROWING CITY. WE HAVE A
LOT OF NEEDS IN THIS COMMUNITY
AND, YES, I TOTALLY AGREE THAT
WE NEED MORE REVENUE TO GO INTO
THE GENERAL FUND SO WE CAN DO
THE BASIC THINGS THAT WE NEED TO
TO DO AS A CITY AND AS WE HAVE
HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING
TO DO THAT, PART OF THE PUSHBACK
PUSHBACK WE GET IS THAT CAN'T GO
GO INTO GENERAL FUND. IF YOU
NEED MORE MONEY, WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH IT? SO YOU
CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS AND I
THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SOME
DECISIONS, AS A COUNCIL, ABOUT
COMMITTING TO THE THINGS THAT HE
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
PRIORITIZED. AS THE CHAIR HAS S,
HAS SAID, WE ALREADY CODIFIED
OUR PRIORITIES THAT NEED TO BE
DEDICATED TO ADDRESSING PAST HAS
PAST HARMS IN THIS CITY. WE TALD
YESTERDAY ABOUT TARGETED
UNIVERSALISM AND THIS IDEA OF
CORRECTING HARMS THAT WERE DONED
MANDATING THOSE SYSTEMS. AND WE
NEED TO INCREASE THE REVENUE
THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, SO WE
CAN SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND THE
BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SO I THINK IT
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO HERE. THESE ARE COMMITMENTS
WE HAVE MADE TO THE PEOPLE OF
SEATTLE AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL
REVENUE IN ORDER TO REALLY SERVE
SERVE THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS
ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> OKAY, DIRECTOR DINGLEY. WE
HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER HOUR FOR A MG
SESSION HERE. LET'S CONTINUE
AND SEE HOW FAR WE CAN GET.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I
I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR
YOU THAT IN ADDITION TO THE HIGY
HIGH INFLATIONARY COSTS AND
MIXED SIGNALS IN THE ECONOMY, WE
WE ALSO HAD SIGNIFICANT COST
PRESSURES AND ONGOING
UNCERTAINTY AROUND SOME AREAS OF
OF THE BUDGET. SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE JUDGMENT AND CLAIMS FUND
WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE PAYMENT
OF LEGAL CLAIMS AND SUITS
BROUGHT AGAINST THE CITY IS
GETTING AN ADDITIONAL $11
MILLION IN THE BUDGET TO PAY FOR
FOR EXTRAORDINARY SETTLEMENTS
AGAINST THE CITY. THIS IS A
TREND EXPERIENCED BY
MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNT,
THE COUNTRY, WHERE IT IS A MORE
LITIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT, I GUESS S
THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO PHRASE
THAT. WE ALSO HAVE UNANTICIPATED
UNANTICIPATED TECHNOLOGY NEEDS
AND THE CONTINUED RAPID RATE OF
CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY THAT
PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE FOR THE CITY
ANTICIPATING COSTS, PRODUCTS,
AND SERVICES. AN EXAMPLE IS THE
PROJECT THAT BEGAN IN 2016 REPLG
2016 REPLACING A 30-YEAR-OLD
LEGACY SYSTEM WITH A MORE MODERN
AND ADAPTABLE SYSTEM. THE COST
FOR THAT PROJECT HAS ESCALATED
BY ABOUT $17 MILLION SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THAT PROJECT. WE HE
MANY SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE THAT
THAT IS THE LAST CHANGE WE ARE
EXPECTING OUT OF THAT PROJECT. .
PROJECT. NOW. THEY WERE NOT IN
PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PROJECT. WE MADE SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES AGAIN TO MAKE SURE IT
WON'T CHANGE, BUT THAT WAS AN UD
HIT THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH IN
THIS BUDGET. I MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY, BUT WORTH MENTIONING
MENTIONING AGAIN, COMING INTO
2023 THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES
LABOR CONTRACTS ARE ALSOUP FOR
RENEWAL, WHICH ADDS CONSIDERABL.
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY. WE DO
RETAIN RESERVES, HOWEVER, THE
EXACT DETAILS AROUND FUTURE SETS
FUTURE SETTLEMENTS ARE NOT GOING
GOING TO BE KNOWN UNTIL AFTER
THIS BUDGET IS ACCEPTED. SO A
HUGE AREA OF UNCERTAINTY FOR US.
ADDITIONALLY WE HAD SIGNIFICANT
SIGNIFICANT OVERAGES IN THE FIR.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS ENDING 2022,
REQUESTING $16 MILLION IN THE
YEAR-END SUPPLEMENTAL. 2022,
CURRENT YEAR. THIS IS DUE TO A
MIX OF FACTORS. HIGH VACANCIES,
WHICH MEANS MORE OVERTIME YOU
SENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS THEY HAVE
A ONE-TO-ONE REPLACEMENT NEED.
THOSE OVERTIME HOURS ARE TIME
AND A HALF, SO IT IS
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE. WE
WE ALSO HAVE NEW RETIREMENT FOR
A NEW STATE LAW, LOWERING THE
AGE OVERALL. THAT WAS
UNEXPECTED, THE UTILIZATION OF .
OF THAT. AND THE FULL USE OF
COVID SUPPLEMENTARY LEAVE THAT
WE PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES. AND ,
AND AGAIN, THAT BACKFILL AT ONE
TIME ONE WAS OVERTIME RATES. SO
THAT IS JUST A FLAVOR OF SOME OF
OF THE THINGS I HINTED AT A LONG
THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. WHEN
WE WERE DOING DEVELOPMENT
UPDATES WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, WE WERE SEEING
ADDITIONAL THINGS AND THIS IS A
FLAVOR OF THOSE. FROM HERE I
WANT TO DIVE INTO THE PRIORITY
AREAS OF BUDGET. THESE ARE THE
AREAS THAT YOU HEARD THE MAYOR
SPEAK TO IN BROAD STROKES
YESTERDAY --
>> I'M SORRY, BEFORE WE GO ON, R
ON, DIRECTOR DINGLEY,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, DID YOU
HAVE A QUESTION ON THE LAST
SLIDE?
>> I WANTED TO DIG IN ON THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERAGES. WE
HAVE VERY ROBUST REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE USE OF
OVERTIME, BUT THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE FOR THE
FIRE DEPARTMENT. I UNDERSTAND
THAT CBO WILL BE TALKING WITH
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ABOUT
ADDITIONAL MONITORING OF
OVERTIME USE IN THE COMING YEAR.
AS IT RELATES TO SOME OF THE SS
THE SPECIFICS OF SOME OF THESE ,
THESE HERE, I AM WONDERING IF WE
WE COULD GET SOME BREAKDOWN ON
THE OVERTIME USED, RELATED TO
EARLIER RETIREMENTS. BECAUSE OF
THE STATE LAW. AND THEN I AM
VERY INTERESTED IN THE
DEPARTMENTS FULL USE OF COVID
LEAVE. I UNDERSTAND FULL USE OF
COVID LEAVE MEANS 100% OF FIRE
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, APPARENTL,
EMPLOYEES, APPARENTLY, TOOK THE
FULL AMOUNT OF COVID LEAVE
AVAILABLE TO THEM AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT IS A BIT DIFFERT
BIT DIFFERENT THAN EMPLOYEES IN
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE RATE
OF USE IS MUCH HIGHER, SO I
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, OF THE $16 ,
$16 MILLION, HOW MUCH IS A
RESULT OF THAT 100% USE OF COVIE
COVID LEAVE AND WHAT OUR
POLICIES ARE RELATED TO COVID
LEAVE, THAT ALLOWED FOR THIS
FULL USE AND JUST WHETHER OR NOT
THOSE POLICIES, THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE POLICIE,
WERE MONITORED BY THE DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM THAT THE
USE OF COVID LEAVE WAS CONSISTET
WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE
ALLOWANCE TO USE COVID LEAVE.
>> YES,
WE WILL MOST CERTAINLY GET YOU L
YOU ADDITIONAL DETAIL AROUND THE
THE YEAR-END SUPPLEMENTAL ASKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OF COURSE.
>> SO I JUST WANT TO TEE UP FOR
OUR COLLEAGUES, AS WE GET INTO
THE NEXT SECTIONS HERE, WE ARE G
ARE GOING TO TAKE THE GROUPING
OF THE SLIDES TOGETHER AND AT
THE END OF THOSE GROUPING, THEN
WE WILL ASK QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC
SAFETY OR QUESTIONS ON HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS. SO LET'S HOLD
OUR QUESTIONS ON PUBLIC SAFETY
UNTIL WE GET TO SLIDE NUMBER 25.
25. GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO
FIRST WE WILL JUMP INTO PUBLIC Y
PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO THE BUDGET
CHAIRS POINT, THERE ARE THREE
SLIDES ON PUBLIC SAFETY. FIRST,
TALKING TO YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE,
AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THE
INCREASING LEVELS -- I'M SORRY,
WE ARE INCREASING INVESTMENTS IN
IN HIRING AND TRAINING OF
FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS IN
THE FACE OF HISTORICALLY HIGH
VACANCY LEVELS. AGAIN, THIS IS
AN INSTANCE WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN
VACANCY SAVINGS AND YOU WILL SEE
SEE THAT REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET
BUDGET AND REINVESTED IT INTO
THAT APARTMENT. SORRY, THOSE
WORDS RAN TOGETHER. THIS TAKES
THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL
FIREFIGHTER RECRUITS. WE ARE LOG
TO HIRE AND TRAIN 30 ADDITIONAL,
ADDITIONAL RECRUITS, IN ADDITION
ADDITION TO THE 60 RECRUITS IN
THE BASE BUDGET. THAT IS A TOTAL
TOTAL OF 90 THAT WILL BE ABLE TO
TO HELP FILL THOSE GAPS IN 2023.
2023. WE WILL ALSO ADD ADDITIONL
ADD ADDITIONAL PARAMEDICS. THEY
INCUR SIGNIFICANT COSTS IN
TRAINING THOSE RECRUITS FOR BAC,
FOR BACKFILL, SO THIS HAS THREE
ADDITIONAL PARAMEDICS STUDENT
TRAINING DOLLARS IN IT AND IS IN
IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE RECRUITS
RECRUITS IN THE BASE BUDGET. THE
THE BUDGET FOR FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, OR FAS,
FAS, ALSO INCLUDES CAPITAL TO
BUILD OUT FIRE STATION 31. THIS
THIS NEW FIRE STATION WILL
INCLUDE MINIMIZING CALL RESPONSE
RESPONSE TIMES WHILE MAXIMIZINGR
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ASSIGNING
A FACILITY WITH THE FLEXIBILITY
TO MEET THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF
OF THOSE FOLKS FOR THE NEXT 30 .
30 YEARS. IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES,
WE ARE ADDING TWO FULL-TIME
SECURITY OFFICERS TO INCREASE
PATROLS AND ALLOWS THE SECURITY
TEAM TO DETER AND DE-ESCALATE AL
SITUATIONS IN RESPONSE TO
VIOLENT INCIDENTS, WHICH HAVE
INCREASED IN THE PANDEMIC. AS YU
HAVE SEEN IN THE PARK DISTRICT ,
THE LEVY ITSELF SUPPORTS AN
EXPANSION OF THE PARK RANGER
PROGRAM. WE WILL GO INTO MORE ON
ON THAT HERE, BECAUSE YOU ALREAY
HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE. SO WE WILL
WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO IN
IN TERMS OF THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT OR SPD, WE MAKE
MULTIPLE INVESTMENTS IN SPD TO
IMPROVE THE CAPACITY TO RESPOND
TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DELIVER
SERVICES EFFICIENTLY. THE
PROPOSED BUDGET REALIGNS THE SPD
SPD BUDGET WITH STAFFING PROJECS
STAFFING PROJECTIONS AND
REINVESTS SAVINGS INTO PRIORITY
NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SO TO
THE RIGHT I HAVE SHOWN YOU
HISTORICAL POLICE HIRES AND SEPS
AND SEPARATIONS WITH THE NET
CHANGE FROM 2024 THROUGH YEAR TE
TO DATE IN 2022 AND I THINK THAT
WAS AS OF JULY, IF MEMORY SERV.
MEMORY SERVES. SO WHAT DO THOSE
INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE? THIS IS G
IS CONTINUING THE MAYOR'S
COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT AND
RETENTION PLAN. INCREASED
OVERTIME COSTS. AS THERE ARE
HIGH LEVELS OF VACANCIES, THEY
ARE BACKFILLED WITH FOLKS ON
SHIFT OF WHERE THOSE DOLLARS
WOULD BE, FROM TAKING THEM FROM
SALARY SAVINGS AND PUTTING THEM
IN INCREASED OVERTIME, WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE USED. EQUIPMENT
AND TECHNOLOGY AT ABOUT $4.25
MILLION. THIS IS FOR REPLACEMENT
REPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT THAT
HAVE REALLY REACHED THE END OF
THEIR LIFECYCLE AND FOR NEEDED
TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS. WE ALSO
ALSO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH
PRACTITIONER FOR PERMANENT,
EXECUTIVE LEVEL, QUALIFIED
MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER TO
LEAD THE MENTAL HEALTH AND
WELLNESS EFFORTS AND
CONTINUATION OF MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES FOR POLICE EMPLOYEES.
ALSO INCLUDED HERE IS RELATIONAL
RELATIONAL POLICING AND BEFORE
THE BADGE TRAINING. SO THIS WILL
WILL CONVERT THE TERM LIMITED
COORDINATOR INTO A PERMANENT PON
AND WILL DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENT A NEW POLICING
PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE CREATION
OF A NEW PRE-ACADEMY COMMUNITY
FORK IS TRAINING FOR RECRUITS,
CALLED BEFORE THE BADGE. THERE
IS ALSO INCREASED INVESTMENT FOR
FOR HARBOR PATROL TO BETTER PROE
BETTER PROVIDE SAFETY SERVICES
FOR THE CITY'S WATERWAYS DURING
THE SUMMER BOATING SEASON. ALSO
INCLUDED HERE IS AN INVESTMENT
FREE GUN FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM,
WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE
REGION'S FIRST SYSTEM TO COMBAT
INCREASED GUN VIOLENCE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE. THE TECHNOLOGY
WOULD PROVIDE THE POLICE DEPARTT
WITH EVIDENCE COLLECTION ABILITY
ABILITY FOR USE IN HOMICIDE
INVESTIGATIONS AND OTHER INCIDES
OTHER INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE
USE OF FIREARMS. THEIR
INVESTMENTS MADE TO SHIFT THE
CAPACITY WITHIN THE OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TO ASSIST
WITH DRAFTING FINDINGS FOR
INVESTIGATIONS AND ALLEVIATE THE
THE BACKLOG OF DIRECTOR
CERTIFIED MEMOS. ON TO THE NEXT.
NEXT SLIDE. THE BUDGET ALSO HAS
SOME INVESTMENT FOR DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND VICTIM ADVOCACY. SO
SO WE HAVE ABOUT $502,000 IN THE
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
TO INCREASE VICTIM ADVOCACY
STAFFING TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF
OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE
ASSESSMENTS SERVE ABOUT 10,500
PEOPLE PER YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE
$438,000 IN THE LAW DEPARTMENT O
SUPPORT INCREASED STAFFING FOR
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT AND
NON-DV ADVOCATES. THE BUDGET
ALSO PROPOSES TO RELOCATE
PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FRM
OFFICERS FROM THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
INTO SPD. AS YOU HEARD THE MAYOE
YESTERDAY, THE MOVE TO SDOT WAS
NEVER FULLY REALIZED. THEY
RETAINED PHYSICAL LOCATION IN
SPD, CONTINUED USE OF SPD
EQUIPMENT, ET CETERA. WHILE SPD
MIGHT NOT BE THE ULTIMATE
LANDING PLACE, IT IS SOMETHING
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK
LOOK AT AS CONVERSATIONS FOR ARD
FOR AROUND ONE THIRD OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT CONTIN.
DEPARTMENT CONTINUE. THIS MOVE
ALSO HELPS WITH THE DIFFICULTY
IN RECRUITMENT AND HIRING. THEY
ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING
SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VACANCIES.
VACANCIES. IT ALSO PROVIDES ACCS
PROVIDES ACCESS TO DATABASES
THEY NEED AND REMOVES THE BASIS
FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES.
THERE ARE, ADDITIONALLY, AND
THIS IS IN THE WEEDS, BUT AN
ADDED PIECE IS THAT IT AVERTS
ADDED COST PRESSURES, WHICH
ALLOWS INVESTMENT IN OTHER
COMMUNITY LED SOLUTIONS LISTED
BELOW. THOSE ARE INCLUSIVE OF
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE,
INITIATIVE, WHERE WE HAVE $4.3
MILLION GOING TO SUPPORT
REGIONAL AND ONGOING GUN
VIOLENCE PREVENTION SURVEYING
YOUTH AND ADULTS OF COLOR AND
THEIR FAMILIES. FROM
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND BROWN
NEIGHBORHOODS WHO LIVE, GO TO S,
OR WORK IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE,
CENTRAL DISTRICT, OR WEST
SEATTLE. WE ALSO HAVE THE
RESTORATION SERVICES FOR YOUTH
AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY GUN
VIOLENCE AND REFERRED TO
COMMUNITY-BASED CARE BY THE
INTERVENTION TEAM AT HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER. THESE TWO ITEMSE
FUNDED WITH ONE-TIME MONEY IN
THE 2022 BUDGET, SO THIS BUDGET
IS MAKING THEM ONGOING. THAT IS
THE END OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY
SECTION.
>> OKAY, LET'S TAKE SOME QUESTI.
SOME QUESTIONS. THE FIRST PERSON
PERSON I SEE IN THE QUEUE IS
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. PLEASE GO.
GO AHEAD.
>> WHERE DOES THAT $4.3 MILLIONO
MILLION GO IN THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE?
>> IT IS IN HST AND IT IS A CON.
A CONTRACT. I WANT TO SAY -- LET
LET ME FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE
CONTRACTED WITH. I DON'T RECALL
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER AND VICE CHAIR
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A NUMBER O.
OF QUESTIONS. I CAN TRY AND
CONDENSE THEM, BUT MAYBE I WILL
TRY TO RATTLE THEM OFF AND IF I
NEED TO REPEAT, I AM HAPPY TO D.
DO SO. I AM INTERESTED IN MORE
DETAILS ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT
AND RETENTION PLAN. I UNDERSTAND
THAT LAST YEAR THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, DEVELOPED THE
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLAN D
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY
DOLLARS IS PROPOSED FOR EACH OF
THOSE CATEGORIES. AS MADAM CHAIR
CHAIR HAS MENTIONED MANY TIMES,
WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE
THAT, AS IT RELATES TO RETENTIO,
RETENTION FUNDS, MANY OF THOSE
TYPES OF PROGRAMS ARE PROGRAMS
THAT ARE PART OF OUR
NEGOTIATIONS AND WE WANT TO MAKE
MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T SORT OF
OF TIPPING OUR HAND AND ERODING
OUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE, BY FUG
BY FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT HAVE NT
YET BEEN NEGOTIATED. AS IT RELAS
IT RELATES TO THE FUNDING FOR
HARBOR PATROL, I THINK EVERYBODS
EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT THE
FOUNDATION WAS FUNDRAISING TO
REPAIR A HARBOR PATROL BOAT
EARLIER THIS YEAR. I AM JUST
WONDERING IF ANY OF THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS BUDGETED HERE
WILL COVER MAINTENANCE NEEDS FOR
FOR HARBOR PATROL AND MOVING DON
MOVING DOWN TO THE MOBILE
ADVOCACY SERVICES, I AM
WONDERING HOW MUCH BASE FUNDING
IS INCLUDED FOR THOSE SERVICES.
AND IN THE FUNDING FOR THE LAW
DEPARTMENT FOR INCREASED STAFFI,
INCREASED STAFFING, JUST
WONDERING, THE ADVOCACY PARTNERS
FOR THIS IMPORTANT WORK HAVE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ADDING AN
ADDITIONAL PROSECUTOR, BECAUSE
OF CHANGES TO THE PROTECTION
ORDER BILL. THESE ARE CIVIL ORDS
CIVIL ORDERS AND IT IS ONLY
VIOLATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
THAT IS SUBJECT TO -- SO IT IS
TRUE THAT EVERYBODY, I THINK,
AGREES THAT EXPANDING THE
DEFINITION OF DV TO INCLUDE THIS
THIS BODY OF WORK MEANS THAT
MORE ORDERS WILL BE ISSUED. BUT
IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE
RELATIONSHIP IS BETWEEN THE INCE
THE INCREASE AND THE ISSUANCE OF
OF PROTECTION ORDERS. AS IT
RELATES TO THE PEO MOVE BACK TO
SPD, I AM HOPING YOU CAN TALK
ABOUT THE $5 MILLION IN SAVINGS.
WHERE THOSE SAVINGS ARE EXPECTD
TO BE REALIZED. AND WHO WE ARE
SAVING THESE FUNDS FROM. IS IT M
CITY OBLIGATIONS? OR IS IT FOR
THE OBLIGATIONS THAT EVENT PRODS
EVENT PRODUCERS OR SPONSORS
MIGHT HAVE IN PEO STAFFING
EVENTS AND I JUST WANT TO THANU
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE
ONGOING FUNDING FOR THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE. AND
AND WANT TO ASK WHETHER OR NOT
THE REGIONAL PEACEKEEPERS FUNDIG
PEACEKEEPERS FUNDING WILL ALLOW
THE HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION
TO EXPAND. THE OLDER GROUP THAT
PROGRAM PARTNERS HAVE RECOGNIZED
RECOGNIZED AS DRIVING THE
INCREASE AND CURRENTLY GOING UNR
GOING UNDER THIS PROGRAM. THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY. AND DIRECTOR DINGLEY,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT THE
REPEAT THE QUESTION THAT YOU ARE
ARE ANSWERING IN YOUR SUMMARY,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> AWESOME. I WILL DO MY BEST.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I KNOW
YOU WILL NOT BE SHY ABOUT
TELLING ME IF I MISSED A
COMPONENT. I THINK I GOT THEM
ALL. STARTING AT THE BEGINNING,
YOU WANTED MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE
THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PN
RETENTION PLAN AND HOW MUCH IS
BEING PROPOSED FOR EACH OF THE .
THE CATEGORIES. AND I NOTED THAT
THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR
NEGOTIATIONS AS WELL, SO YOU ARE
ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I DID
NOT PUT THE DETAILS IN HERE FOR
THAT REASON, EXACTLY, SO WE WILL
WILL BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOU SPECIFICALLY, IF THAT IS ALL
ALL RIGHT, WITH THOSE SPECIFICS.
SPECIFICS. ONE THING I WANTED TO
TO MENTION THAT I DID NOT
MENTION OVERALL, ON THE HIRING
PIECE, WHAT THE BUDGET ASSUMES
IN TERMS OF HIRING. OVERALL IT
DECREASES THE LEVEL OF STAFFING.
AND IT TAKES THE HIRING
FORECAST FOR HIM SPD FROM LOSING
LOSING OFFICERS EACH YEAR, TO GG
TO GAINING OFFICERS OVER THE
BIENNIUM. SO THAT IS ONE PIECE I
I FORGOT TO MENTION AT THAT
POINT. YOU ALSO ASKED A QUESTION
QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING FOR
HARBOR PATROL AND I CAN SAY YES,
THOSE FUNDS ARE BOTH FOR THE
PATROL ITSELF, BUT ALSO TO
SERVICE THE BOATS. HOPEFULLY
THEY ARE CALLED BOATS AND NOT
SHIPS AND I DIDN'T JUST HORRIBLY
HORRIBLY EMBARRASSED MYSELF, BUT
BUT ANYWAY, YES, THERE IS MONEYE
MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND THAT AD.
MOBILE ADVOCACY SERVICES, HOW
MUCH BASE FUNDING IS PROVIDED, I
I DON'T HAVE. WE CAN GET THAT T.
TO YOU. THE LAW DEPARTMENT
INCREASED STAFFING QUESTION AROD
QUESTION AROUND THE DIFFERENT
DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCET
CETERA, I'M GOING TO DIRECT YOU
TO THE LAW DEPARTMENT FOR THAT
ANSWER. YOU CAN SEND THAT
THROUGH CENTRAL STAFF AND WE CAN
GET THAT ANSWERED FOR YOU, BUT
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE ANSWER
THAT FOR YOU WITH ALL OF THE
APPROPRIATE NUANCE THEY WOULD
HAVE THERE. ON THE MOVE FOR THE
PEO AND THE ADDED COST PRESSURE
ITEM. AGAIN, VERY IN THE WEEDS,
WEEDS, BUT THE WAY THAT SDOT,
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIO,
OF TRANSPORTATION, ALLOCATES
THEIR OVERHEAD COSTS, WHICH IS
THE COST TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT,
WHEN YOU ADD IN THE PEO, A $20
MILLION BLOCK OF GENERAL FUND
SPENDING. THAT IS REDUCING IT
GREATLY. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A HE
BODY OF WORK AND I DON'T MEAN TO
TOSUGGEST OTHERWISE, BUT YOU
MOVE IN $20 MILLION IN SPENDING
AND IT CHANGES HOW THE FUNDING
COMES INTO THE DEPARTMENT AND
HOW COSTS FOR RUNNING THAT APART
THAT APARTMENT ARE ALLOCATED
ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
UNITS WITHIN. SO IF PEOS ARE TO
STAY IN SDOT IN THE BUDGET WE D
HAVE HAD TO ADD ABOUT $5.5 MILL.
$5.5 MILLION. SO IT IS AN
AVERTED COST. IT IS NOT A
SAVINGS, PER SE. BUT BECAUSE WE
DID NOT HAVE TO FIND THAT $5.5
MILLION TO KEEP THEM IN SDOT, WE
WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS IN OTHER PLACES. AND
AND THEN YOU ASKED YOUR QUESTION
QUESTION AROUND REGIONAL
PEACEKEEPERS, HOSPITAL-BASED
INTERVENTION AND THE OLDER AGE
GROUP. I DON'T HAVE IT ON MY
SCREEN. WE DO HAVE THAT
RESPONSE, COUNCILMEMBER AND I
CAN GET IT TO YOU AS A
FOLLOW-UP. DID I GET THEM ALL?
>> YOU GOT THEM ALL. HAVE TO
SAY, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND
THE $5 MILLION IN AVERTED COSTS.
COSTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
THERE ARE $5 MILLION IN
ADDITIONAL COSTS, WITH THE MOVE
TO SDOT THAT WOULD NOT BE COSTS.
THAT WOULD BE REALIZED WITH
THEIR RETURNING TO SPD.
>> YEAH, I CAN GET -- SO WHEN
THEY WERE TRANSFERRED TO SPD,
THERE WAS NO REDUCTION IN THE
OVERHEAD COSTS TO SPD. RIGHT?
THE COST HER ON THAT DEPARTMENT
DID NOT CHANGE. SO IT DOES NOT
CHANGE SIMILARLY WHEN IT IS
COMING BACK. THERE IS NO IMPACT
OF ADDING THE PEOS BACK TO THE
SPD OVERHEAD OVERALL. DOES THA?
THAT HELP?
>> WE CAN ALL HELP OUT, MAYBE.
>> YEAH, I AM NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO TOTALLY PARSE THIS FOR
YOU TODAY, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
HERBOLD AND COMMITTEE, BUT I
WANT YOU TO KNOW CENTRAL STAFF
IS WORKING ON A BREAKDOWN TO
EXPLAIN THIS AND I THINK A
COUPLE OF THE KEY CONCEPTS HERE
IS THAT THE SAVINGS THAT
DIRECTOR DINGLEY IS REFERRING
TO OUR GENERAL FUND SAVINGS THAT
THAT THE OVERHEAD AT SDOT IS
THEN SPREAD OUT OVER OTHER FUNDS
FUNDS THAT FUND SDOT, INCLUDING
TRANSPORTATION FUND AND MANY
OTHER TAX AND REVENUE SOURCES.
SO IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE CITY
DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY ITS MONEY
THAT THE GENERAL FUND DOES NOT
HAVE TO PAY WITH THE TRANSFER.
AND IT IS ABOUT THAT PIECE OF
WHAT GOT CALCULATED WITH WHAT
HAPPENED AS PART OF A KEY PART
OF THE STORY AND CENTRAL STAFF
IS GOING TO WORK ON BREAKING
THIS OUT FOR FUTURE HEARINGS TO
MAKE SURE COUNCILMEMBERS FULLY
UNDERSTAND IT. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY, THANKS. I AM NOT SEEING
SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS. I HAVE
A FEW QUESTIONS AND I APOLOGIZEF
THIS OVERLAPS WITH WHAT THE VICE
VICE CHAIR JUST ASKED. I HAD TO
STEP OUT FOR A SECOND. BUT I
DON'T SEE THE INVESTMENTS IN THE
THE 911 ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE .
POLICE RESPONSES. THE MAYOR
MENTIONED IT IN HIS COMMENTS
YESTERDAY AND ALSO IN VICE CHAIR
CHAIR HERBOLD'S COMMITTEE
YESTERDAY, THERE WAS SOME
CONVERSATION FROM SPD ABOUT
ALREADY IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES
THAT WOULD MODIFY WHAT THE
COUNCIL HAD PASSED. CAN YOU TELL
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUTT
INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO
BUILD OUT THE CAPACITY FOR BOTH
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY
COMMUNICATION CENTER,
INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT. NOT IND,
NOT INDEPENDENT, SEPARATE
DEPARTMENT THAT COUNCIL LED ON
ON THE PAST FEW YEARS AND ALSO
THE DISPATCHING OF NONPOLICE
RESPONSES. ARE THOSE INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS GROUPED IN SOMEWHERE
SOMEWHERE IN THIS SLIDE -- IT IS
IS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT TO
ME -- AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US T
US ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE
DEPARTMENT IS WAITING FOR
COUNCIL TO HAVE FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROPOSAL THAT
THAT WAS SHARED IN PUBLIC
SAFETY YESTERDAY? OR IS THIS
SOMETHING THEY ARE ASSUMING THEY
THEY HAVE THE GO-AHEAD TO
IMPLEMENT AND OF COURSE, CHAIR
HERBOLD, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN ON
ON ANY OF THE POLICY THINGS I
MISUNDERSTOOD.
>> THINK YOU VERY MUCH, BUDGET
CHAIR, FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. I
WILL SAY, I SHOULD HAVE SAID AT
THE TOP, THAT THESE ARE NOT
FULLY INCLUSIVE SLIDES. THESE
ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THESE ARE,
THESE AREAS, SO THERE ARE OF
COURSE OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT I
COULD NOT FIT INTO THESE. YOU
MIGHT DOUBT THAT, BECAUSE THERE
ARE SO MANY CRAMMED IN HERE, BUT
BUT THERE ARE SOME I COULD NOT
GET INTO. TO THE ALTERNATIVE FOR
FOR POLICE RESPONSES, AS YOU
MENTIONED, VICE CHAIR HERBOLD
ADDED TO FINANCE GENERAL. AS WEK
ON WHAT THOSE PLANS WILL BE. THE
THE PROPOSED BUDGET ADDS JUST OR
$700,000 TO THAT RESERVE IN
FINANCE GENERAL, SO JUST SHY OF
$2 MILLION OVERALL FOR AN
UPCOMING PLAN. SO IT IS NOT A
LINE ITEM YET FOR A SPECIFIC
BUDGET. IT IS STILL AWAITING FOR
FOR THAT CURRENT WORK TO CONCLUE
TO CONCLUDE AND THEN YOU HAD
ASKED ABOUT CSC C AS WELL AND I
DON'T HAVE THEM HIGHLIGHTED
HERE, BUT THEY ARE TAKING, THEY
ARE HAVING, WE ARE REALIZING SOE
REALIZING SOME SALARY SAVINGS IN
IN THE BUDGET, BUT I DON'T HAVE
THOSE ON A SLIDE TODAY.
>> DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI.
>> THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO
ADD TO IT DIRECTOR DINGLEY
SAID, THAT THE FUNDS THAT WERE
ADDED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND
INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET
AND FINANCE GENERAL WOULD NEED
TO BE MOVED FROM FINANCE GENERAL
GENERAL TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT,
SO THE COUNCIL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND
DETERMINE WHERE AND HOW THOSE
FUNDS GET DEPLOYED AT A LATER D.
LATER DATE.
>> THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. THEN
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PARK
RANGER LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF
SLIDE 23. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE HAD
A LOT OF CONVERSATION OVER THE
PAST FEW DAYS ABOUT WHAT IS
ALLOWED TO BE PAID FOR IN THE
PARKS LEVY, VERSUS WHAT IS
ALLOWED TO BE PAID FOR IN THE
GENERAL FUND. CAN YOU TALK MORE
ABOUT WHAT THE FUNDING IS BEING
REQUESTED FOR TO SUPPLEMENT THE
AMOUNT IN THE LEVY AND IS THIS
FUNDING EXPECTED TO INCREASE THE
THE ROLE OR THE RANGE --
RECOGNIZING RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE
SEVERAL LIMITATIONS IN THE PARKS
THE PARKS LEVY FUND AND
OPERATIONS THAT WE DESCRIBED INL
IN DETAIL IN YESTERDAY'S PARK
BOARD MEETING.
>> YES, I THINK I UNDERSTAND THE
THE QUESTION, SO IF I DID NOT,
PLEASE CORRECT ME. THERE ARE NO
SUPPLEMENTARY ADS TO PARK
RANGERS. THIS IS THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT
INVESTMENT.
>> OKAY, GREAT. AND PARK BOARD
PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD
ADD TO ANY OF THAT?
>> YES, THANK YOU, BUDGET CHAIR.
CHAIR. I WANT TO CLARIFY WE DID
NOT ACTUALLY PUT ANY
RESTRICTIONS, PER SE, ON THE
PARK RANGERS. WE ACKNOWLEDGED
THE CURRENT POLICY AND PRACTICE.
PRACTICE. SO I WANTED TO
ESTABLISH THAT FOR THE RECORD
BECAUSE I DO THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THE CURRENT USE IS NOT PROBLEMAC
NOT PROBLEMATIC FOR THE RANGERS
AND WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT
AND MANIFESTING THAT AS OUR
EXPECTATION AND THEN ASKING PARS
ASKING PARKS TO TELL US IF THEY
PLAN ON CHANGING THE POLICY, SO
WE CAN HAVE A DIFFERENT POLICY
DISCUSSION. SO I WANTED TO
CLARIFY THAT. WE DID NOT DO
ANYTHING IN THE MPD TO CONSTRAI.
TO CONSTRAIN. WE ACKNOWLEDGED
WITH THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS,
WHICH GENERALLY HAS BEEN AGREED
IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PROBLE.
NOT PROBLEMATIC. I JUST WANTED
TO OFFER THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> THAT CLARIFICATION IS WELL R.
WELL RECEIVED. I THINK THE
LIMITATIONS I WAS TRYING TO
REFERENCE ARE MORE RELATED TO
THE USE OF PARK LEVY FUNDING, AS
AS IT RELATES TO THE SWEEPS OR T
REMOVALS AND THAT IS SEPARATE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WAS AUGMENTING
WHAT RANGERS WOULD BE DOING
UNDER THAT CATEGORY AND I SEE DR
SEE DIRECTOR DINGLEY'S HEAD
SHAKING, PERHAPS NO, SO THANK
YOU, BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THAT
PRESENTATION. DIRECTOR DINGLEY,
ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT?
>> NO, THAT'S IT.
>> OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN, SLIDE
24, IF WE MIGHT, FOR A SECOND.
RELATED TO SOME OF THE
TECHNOLOGY THAT IS LISTED. WE
HAVE CONCERNS ALREADY FROM
CONSTITUENTS. CONSTITUENT
COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE
EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, SUCH
AS GUN FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS.
ALREADY WE ARE HEARING FROM
FOLKS THAT INCREASED SPENDING ON
ON TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT
NECESSARILY DETER. POLICE MISCO.
POLICE MISCONDUCT. THERE ARE A
LOT OF CONCERNS AROUND THAT
TECHNOLOGY AND WHETHER OR NOT IT
IT ACTUALLY IMPROVES COMMUNITY
SAFETY. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON THAT OR
OR THIS LINE THAT REFERS TO
RELATIONAL POLICING AND THE
OTHER DETAILS YOU MIGHT KNOW
FROM DISCUSSIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT ON WHAT THAT MIGHT
BE? ALSO HAPPY TO BRING THOSE UP
IN THE OCTOBER 11-14 MEETINGS.
>> THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. I
WILL BRIEFLY SAY ON THE GUN FIRE
FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM, THIS IS
NOT INTENDED AS A CRIME
PREVENTION TOOL. IT IS AN
EVIDENCE RETRIEVAL TOOL. FOR THE
THE REST OF THAT, I WOULD
DEFINITELY REFER YOU TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THEY
ARE BEST SUITED TO SPEAK TO THAT
THAT FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE.
>> GREAT, WE WILL WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TO GET THAT INTO
THE QUEUE FOR THE UPCOMING
WEEKS. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. OH,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS'S HAND MIGHT
HAND MIGHT HAVE BEEN OLD --
>> IT IS AN OLD HAND, MY APOLOG.
MY APOLOGIES.
>> THAT'S OKAY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. SO
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE
PUBLIC SAFETY AREA? ALL RIGHT. I
I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATION TO
COME ON MANY OF THE ISSUES THAT
CHAIR HERBOLD HAS RAISED
REGARDING THE MOVE BACK TO SPD.
TO SPD. AGAIN, CONCERNS THAT I E
I HAVE ARE AROUND, YOU KNOW,
MOVING BACKWARDS ON SOMETHING
THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A
MULTIYEAR PROCESS. SO I WILL
SAVE SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS FOR
FOR THE UPCOMING DELIBERATIONS,
AS WE WORK WITH CENTRAL STAFF
AND COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO GET
INTO DEPARTMENT LEVEL SPECIFICS
AND I WILL NOTE, THOUGH, I AM
ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE FUSION OF
FUNDING INTO THE SEATTLE
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE AND
THE REGIONAL PEACEKEEPERS. I AM
EXCITED THAT WE ARE CONTINUING
TO SEE INVESTMENTS IN THESE ARE.
THESE AREAS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S
SEE, WE ARE ON SLIDE 26,
CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> OUR NEXT ISSUE AREA IS AROUND
AROUND HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS,
HOMELESSNESS. SO, BUDGET CHAIR
BEAUTIFULLY AND ELOQUENTLY WENT
THROUGH THIS EARLIER, BRIEFLY.
WE HAVE A HISTORIC LEVEL OF MONY
OF MONEY GOING TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING. WE REACHED OVER $253
MILLION GOING TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES ABOUT
$128 MILLION FROM THE PAYROLL
TAX. THE WAY THAT IS BROKEN UP,
FOR THE SPENDING ORDINANCE, FOR
PAYROLL TAX, AND FOR THE OTHER
SORT OF BASE REVENUES, IT GOES
TO ABOUT $228 MILLION FOR
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING INVESTMENTS.
$17 MILLION FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP,
SUSTAINABILITY, AND
WEATHERIZATION AND $8 MILLION TO
TO HELP GET THOSE DOLLARS OUT
THE DOOR, FOR ADMINISTRATION. IT
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, I THIN,
I THINK, THE SUCCESS OF THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING. THEY HAVE
PRODUCED OVER 2000 UNITS, 2150
UNITS OF NEW, AFFORDABLE HOUSIN,
AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND SERVED
481 RENTAL HOUSING UNITS WITH
FUNDS. THEY HAVE HELPED 3300
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH
HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION AND
HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS AND
ASSISTED 280 LOW INCOME
HOMEOWNERS TO GAIN ENTRY TO A FD
TO INCREASE INTERGENERATIONAL WH
INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH AND
PREVENT DISPLACEMENT. I THINK IT
THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY WHEN YOU
YOU GIVE A DOLLAR TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, THEY
MULTIPLY IT, SO WE ARE EXCITED
TO SEE WHAT THEY DO AT THIS
HISTORIC LEVEL OF FUNDING. ON TO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO HERE,
HITTING INTO THE INVESTMENTS FO.
OVERALL WE HAVE $150 MILLION
CITYWIDE FOR HOMELESSNESS. THIS
INCLUDES ABOUT $108 MILLION IN
HSD, THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTM,
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, FOR
OUTREACH, SHELTER, SERVICES, AND
SERVICES, AND ADMINISTRATION.
SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO THAT,
WE HAVE ABOUT $88 MILLION, WHICH
WHICH IS ABOUT 81% OF THE AMOUN,
AMOUNT PROPOSED, SO OF THAT $108
$108 MILLION WILL BE TRANSFERRED
-- SORRY, THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
AUTHORITY. I FORGET SOMETIMES TO
TO SPELL IT OUT FIRST. IF YOU
EXCLUDE THE ONE-TIME FEDERAL
FUNDING RECEIVED IN 2022, THIS
INCREASE FOR KCRHA IS A $10.3
MILLION OR 13% INCREASE IN THE
CITY'S CONTRIBUTION OVER THE
2022 REVISED AMOUNT OF ABOUT $7.
$77 MILLION. KCRHA ALSO HAS FOR
APPROVED USES ANY UNSPENT MONEY
FROM THE $40.6 MILLION INFUSION
INFUSION OF ONE-TIME FEDERAL FUG
FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS FIRST
MADE AVAILABLE AS A LUMP SUM IN
THE 2022 ADOPTED BUDGET TO
SUPPORT PROGRAMS THROUGH 2024.
SO I SPOKE TO THAT A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER, WHERE THAT ALLOWANCE
CONTINUES THROUGH. SO THOSE ADSR
KCRHA INCLUDE ABOUT $2.2 MILLION
MILLION IN 2023 AND $7 MILLIONN
2024 TO SUSTAIN EXISTING
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES PREVIOUSLY FUNDED WITH
ONE-TIME FUNDING. THIS WILL
SUSTAIN 103 SHELTER UNITS IN 203
IN 2023 AND 343 UNITS IN 2024.
IT ALSO OPENS AND OPERATES 50
NEW TINY HOME VILLAGES OR
NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER AND $5
MILLION FOR 101 NEW SAFE PARKING
PARKING SPACES FOR PEOPLE LIVING
LIVING IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE $20.2
MILLION IN SPENDING OVER ALL, TO
TO GET TO THAT TOTAL. SORRY, THE
THE REMAINING $20.2 MILLION OF
THE HOMELESSNESS SPENDING
PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET WILL
SUPPORT CITY MANAGED
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS AT ABOUT
$16.6 MILLION. CONTRACT
OVERSIGHT AND ADMINISTRATION ATT
AT ABOUT $1.1 MILLION AND
EXPANDED OUTREACH SUPPORT TO
CONNECT UNSHELTERED PEOPLE AT
ABOUT $2.4 MILLION. WE CAN GO TO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AS PART OF
THE BUDGET, WE ALSO HAVE -- FOR
THE HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACT
INFLATIONARY INCREASES, THE
PROPOSED BUDGET FUNDS A 4%
INFLATIONARY INCREASE TO THE
CITIES NEARLY 300 HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS. WE ARE ALSO SENDING A
A BILL THAT LIMITS THE CITY'S
FUTURE LIABILITY TO 4%. I HAVE
TO SAY THAT IN THE ENTIRE
SPECTRUM OF BUILDING THIS
BUDGET, THAT THIS DECISION WAS
PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT. WE KNOW
THAT HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER WORS
PROVIDER WORKERS DO SOME OF THE
MOST DIFFICULT AND MEANINGFUL
WORK IN THE CITY AND THAT
EMPLOYERS DO NOT NECESSARILY
ENJOY THE FUNDING NEEDED -- BUT
UNFORTUNATELY DURING FORTY-YEAR
HIGH INFLATION AND THE
RELIABILITY THAT THE CURRENT LAW
WOULD REQUIRE, DOES NOT MATCH
ONGOING GENERAL FUND RESOURCES.
WHICH AS I SHOWED IN THE FIRST
HALF OF THE PRESENTATION ARE NOT
NOT GROWING COMMENSURATE WITH
INFLATION. SO SIMPLY BY LIMITING
LIMITING THE INCREASE TO THESE
CONTRACTS TO 4% IN 2023 AND
2024, IT IS AN ADDITIONAL $19 MN
$19 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND
FUND THAT IS NOT SPENT. SO, SAID
SAID ANOTHER WAY, IN ORDER TO
INFLATE FULL CPI TO CPI FOR
THESE CONTRACTS, THE COUNCIL
WOULD NEED TO FIND ABOUT $7.15
MILLION IN 2023 AND $12.12
MILLION IN 2024 TO GET THOSE LES
TO THE CURRENT LAW. SO THAT IS
THE END OF THE HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS SECTION. I WILL
TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. COLLEAGUESS
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS ON THE
LAST THREE SLIDES RELATED TO
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS? VICE R
VICE CHAIR HERBOLD, GO AHEAD.
>>
>> I WANT TO CONFIRM THIS SLIDE,
SLIDE, SLIDE 28, ALTHOUGH THE
HEADING IS HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS, THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE LACK OF AN
INFLATIONARY ENHANCEMENT THAT RS
THAT REFLECTS CPI IS ABOUT ALL
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS, NOT JT
THE ONES RELATED TO
HOMELESSNESS, CORRECT?
>> YES IT IS AND I COULD HAVE
PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT SECTION,
BUT YES. SUCH THERE IS A HUGE
AMOUNT OF SPENDING HERE, I
THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE, BUT
IT COULD HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE EL.
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> THANK YOU. JUST A FEW
REMARKS, IF THE CHAIR WOULD
INDULGE ME. I AM DISAPPOINTED. E
I APPRECIATE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
-- BUT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD NOTY
PERMANENTLY CAP THE INFLATIONARY
INFLATIONARY INCREASE TO 4%, IT
DOES SO IN FUTURE YEARS, REGARDS
YEARS, REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL INF.
ACTUAL INFLATION. AND YOU KNOW,
THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE
SPONSORED -- IS TO ENSURE THAT
THESE ESSENTIAL NONPROFIT
PROVIDERS WHO ARE ALREADY
OPERATING ON SHOESTRINGS AND ARE
ARE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR STAFF
LIVING WAGES, THAT THEY DON'T
FALL FURTHER BEHIND FINANCIALLY
BECAUSE THE CITY HAS NOT ENTERED
NOT ENTERED INTO CONTRACTS THAT
KEEP UP WITH THEIR COST OF BUSI.
OF BUSINESS. WE CAN ALL POINT TO
TO NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS WHERE THE COUNCIL HAS
PROVIDED FUNDING TO ACCOMPLISH A
A MISSION CRITICAL GOAL FOR THE
CITY AND THOSE FUNDS ACTUALLY
WENT UNSPENT, BECAUSE OF
NONPROFITS DIFFICULTY FINDING
STAFF WILLING TO WORK FOR LOW
WAGES DURING THIS TIME OF
UNPRECEDENTED STRESS ON THE
WORKERS. YOU KNOW, LEADING TO
THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE GREA.
GREAT RESIGNATION. THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY REPORTS THAT PROVIDERE
PROVIDERS FACE SIGNIFICANT
VACANCY RATES AND THE FIVE
LARGEST PROVIDERS ALONE HAVE
MORE THAN 300 POSITIONS. THIS IS
A CRUSHING REALITY THAT
NONPROFIT PROVIDERS ARE
EXPERIENCING AND I THINK OF IT
STANDS, THIS PROPOSAL, AS SUGGE,
AS SUGGESTED, WILL RESULT IN OUR
OUR INABILITY TO AGAIN MEET
MISSION-CRITICAL OBJECTIVES AND
YOU KNOW, WE ARE HEARING FROM
PROVIDERS THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY
AT A BREAKING POINT AND THEY
HAVE TO INCREASE WAGES TO DO
WORK THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED
THEM TO DO. WHETHER OR NOT IT IS
IS RESPONDING TO PEOPLE IN
BEHAVIORAL CRISIS OR HELPING
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
HOMELESSNESS FIND A HOME. WE HED
WE HEARD FROM FOLKS THIS
MORNING, NONPROFIT LEADERS, WHO
HAVE ALREADY PASSED BUDGETS THAT
THAT PROVIDE A MODEST BUT
ESSENTIAL WAGE INCREASE FOR
STAFF. ON THE STRENGTH OF THEIR
TRUST THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO
TO FOLLOW THE LAW AND FULLY FUND
FUND THE REQUIRED INCREASE. SO
YOU KNOW, I COULD GO ON. BUT
AGAIN, OUR INTENT IS TO ADVANCE
NONPROFIT WORKER WAGES, NOT
FORCE THEM FURTHER BEHIND. WHICH
WHICH I FEEL THAT THIS PROPOSAL.
PROPOSAL DOES. I JUST WANT TO
SAY THAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR
EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO WORK COLLAY
WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
EXECUTIVE AND WITH MY COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES, NOW THAT THE BUDGET
BUDGET HAS BEEN PROPOSED, TO
ADDRESS THIS GAP AND ENSURE OUR
PARTNERS RECEIVE THE FUNDING
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE
LAW, SO THEY CAN DO THE WORK
THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED THEM
TO. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMER
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. I
WILL ENTERTAIN ADDITIONAL ITEMS
ITEMS ON THIS TOPIC BEFORE WE GO
GO ON. I WILL UNDERSCORE MY
CONCERN, AS WELL, ABOUT THIS AR.
THIS AREA. I NOTED IT IN
RELATION TO THE USE OF HIGHER
THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUE, THAT
THE BROAD COALITION THAT
SUPPORTED JUMPSTART WAS ALSO
SUPPORTIVE OF PROTECTING AGAINST
AGAINST AUSTERITY AND CUTS AND
WHAT WE HEARD FROM PUBLIC
TESTIMONY, THE INITIAL EMAILS
AND CALLS WE HAVE RECEIVED SO
FAR, THIS IS A CUT. I AM RAISING
RAISING THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE, AS A COUNCIL, ARE ON RECORD
EMPHASIZING THE ISSUES WE WILL
BE LOOKING INTO. AGAIN,
TARGETING THE POLICY, NOT THE
PERSON OR THE PRESENTERS. THIS
WILL BE A POLICY THAT I THINK WE
WE WILL BE LOOKING TO CORRCT AS
AS WELL. WE JUST HAD A PRESS
CONFERENCE THAT MAYOR HARRELL
WAS ALSO PART OF THAT
SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT
INVESTMENTS INTO THE PEOPLE,
INTO THE WORKFORCE THAT CARES
FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE. ONE OF
THE MEMBERS WHO WAS A BEHAVIORAL
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKER IN THE
HUMAN SERVICES ARENA SAID THAT
OFTEN FOLKS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE ARE NOT
ONLY RECEIVING INADEQUATE WAGES,
WAGES, BUT HAD BEEN BANKING ON
THE ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH INFN
WITH INFLATION IN THIS ERA,
THANKS TO THE LEGISLATION WE
PASSED IN 2019. THAT THIS INCLUS
THIS INCLUDES BACHELORS DEGREES
AND MASTERS DEGREES, OFTEN
WORKING THEMSELVES TO ENROLL CLS
IN HOUSING AND FOOD SUBSIDY PROS
SUBSIDY PROGRAMS THEMSELVES,
THAT THEY THEN THEMSELVES
QUALIFY FOR. SHE SAID WE ARE
SUPPLYING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERV,
PUBLIC SERVICES, BUT HAVE BEEN
TREATED LIKE THIS BECAUSE OUR
WORK IS CARING FOR THE MOST MAR.
MOST MARGINALIZED. THEY HAVE
BEEN TREATED AS IF THEY DESERVE
WHATEVER IS LEFT OVER, RATHER TN
RATHER THAN BEING PRIORITIZED TO
TO CARE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY
AND HEALTH OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST
MOST FRAGILE AND VULNERABLE IN
COMMUNITIES. SO AGAIN, JUST
RAISING THE ISSUES OF THE
WORKERS THEMSELVES WHO HELPED
CODIFY THIS IN STATUTE IN 2019,
CALLING FOR A COST-OF-LIVING
INCREASE FOR 10 YEARS. BECAUSE
THEY HAD NOT SEEN AN INCREASE IN
IN 10 YEARS UNTIL WE PASSED THAT
PASSED THAT LEGISLATION. AGAIN,
THIS IS NOT ABOUT DIRECTOR
DINGLEY OR ANY INDIVIDUAL. THIS
ROUND CONCERNS ABOUT THE POLICY.
POLICY. THERE IS ALSO A
DISCONNECT FOR THESE WORKERS VES
WORKERS VERSUS THE AWI APPLIED Y
APPLIED GENERALLY AND THE
ASSUMPTIONS IN JUMPSTART
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS. SO I
VERY MUCH WILL BE PRIORITIZING
THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND ANY
OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON
THE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDER WAGE?
YES, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. I DO, SIMILARLY. I
WILL NOT TALK TOO LONG. I THINKF
THINK YOURSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD COVERED A
LOT OF THE GROUND. I WILL JUST
SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A
LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, RIGHTLY SO,
IN THIS BUDGET CONVERSATION AND
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AROUND THE E
VACANCY RATES IN THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. VACANCY RATES IN THE
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND NOW
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ANOTHER
CATEGORY OF ESSENTIAL PUBLIC
SERVICE WORKER. HUMAN SERVICE
WORKERS UNDER THESE CONTRACTS.
I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY SPEAK FROM
EXPERIENCE THAT I WAS NOT
COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE MAGNITUE
THE MAGNITUDE OF DIFFERENCE A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH
MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY, UNTIL YOU
YOU ARE A DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER
COUNCILMEMBER AND YOU ARE
RELYING ON THEM TO SHOW UP AND
HELP PROBLEM SOLVE THROUGH
COMPLICATED PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES
ISSUES THAT ARE AT THE
INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND
COMMUNITY BUILDING. AND THE ROLE
ROLE THAT THEY FILL REALLY IS
ESSENTIAL AND WE SHOULD TREATED
IN THE SAME WAY AS WE ARE
TREATING POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS
FIREFIGHTER VACANCIES AS PART OF
OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY
ARCHITECTURE. SO I ALSO WANTED
TO EXPRESS MY INTEREST IN
WORKING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ON
ON THIS ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE
BUDGET PROCESS. AS FAR AS THIS
CONVERSATION IS USEFUL AND TO SL
TO SIGNAL MY INTEREST TO CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF. I DEFINITELY
APPRECIATE THE BURDEN THAT THE
BUDGET OFFICE WAS UNDER IN
COMING UP WITH THE INITIAL
PROPOSAL AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TO SEE WT
SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE
THIS DISPARITY COULD BE
CORRECTED. SO IT IS APPRECIATED,
APPRECIATED, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I DID
SEE YOUR HAND AS WELL, SO HAPPY
TO COME BACK TO YOU ON ANY ITEMS
ITEMS RELATED TO HOUSING AND
HOMELESSNESS. ANY COMMENTS ON
THIS ITEM OR DID YOU WANT TO BE
IN THE QUEUE GENERALLY?
>> NO, IT IS ON THIS ITEM. I
DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD
CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A CUT,
BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WHAT WE
ARE DOING IS DECREASING THE PLAN
PLAN TO RAISE OR INCREASE, BUT I
I WAS NOT AROUND IN 2019, SO I
DON'T KNOW ALL THE REASONING
BEHIND THIS. I DO UNDERSTAND
THAT THESE WORKERS TEND TO BE
OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID IN
GENERAL, BUT IT DOES SEEM WEIRD
THAT WE ARE NOT GIVING THE SAMEE
SAME INCREASE TO ALL OF OUR EMP.
OUR EMPLOYEES. DO WE GO INTO THE
THE BUDGETS AT EACH OF THE NONPS
THE NONPROFITS FOR WHOM THE 2019
2019 INCREASEWAS INTENDED TO
BENEFIT? BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLL
THEIR BUDGETS AND HOW MUCH THEY
ARE PAYING THEIR WORKERS. SO I S
I GUESS I WILL READ THAT
ORDINANCE, BUT JUST GENERAL
COMMENTS NOW AND I CAN TAKE THE
DISCUSSION OFF-LINE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM
GOING TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AS WELL. I BELIEVE SHE
HAD A FOLLOW-UP.
>> I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. THE
THE PROPOSED BUDGET GIVES A
FIGURE UPWARDS OF $7 MILLION TO
COVER A 4% INCREASE. WAS THIS CD
THIS CALCULATED ON CURRENT
CONTRACTS HELD BY HST ONLY OR
DOES IT INCLUDE SERVICES AND
CONTRACTS FOR HOUSING OR OTHER S
OTHER SERVICES THAT KING COUNTY
NOW HOLDS THROUGH THEIR CONTRAC?
THEIR CONTRACTS?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. SO,
THIS APPLIES TO HUMAN SERVICE
PROVIDER CONTRACTS, WHICH ARE NT
ARE NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN HSD. AND
AND I THINK ONE THAT TRANSFERREM
TRANSFERRED FROM HSD ALSO
RECEIVES THIS INCREASE. THIS
LARGELY APPLIES TO THE FUNDING
THAT IS PROVIDED TO KCRHA.
THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION IN 2023
WHERE THE CITY USED TO BE THE
DIRECT RECIPIENT OF CONTINUUM
OF CARE GRANTS. THAT GRANT NOW
IS RECEIVED DIRECTLY BY KCRHA,
BY THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. SO THE PROPOSED
BUDGET PROVIDES A ONE TIME
BRIDGE INCREASE OF INFLATION IN
2023, BUT DOES NOT CONTINUE IT
IN 2024 AND LEAVES IT TO THE
AUTHORITY, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW
THE DIRECT RECIPIENT, TO BE ABLE
ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THEIR OWN
INFLATIONARY INCREASES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT MIGHT BE AN OLD HAND.
ALL RIGHT, I AM GOING TO TAKE TT
TAKE THAT AS AN OLD HAND. EXCUSE
EXCUSE ME. NO, THAT WAS NOT A H,
A HAND, ALL RIGHT. IT IS A HAND?
HAND?
>> SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY
SOMETHING AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP
HELP ME, TOO, BUDGET CHAIR.
MADAM CHAIR. ARE THEY SAYING
THAT KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL BE
LOOKING AT THE INFLATIONARY COS,
INFLATIONARY COSTS, WHERE WE
MAYBE DIDN'T? FOR THE WORKERS?
>> SO WE ARE, I WOULD SAY, THE
CITY IS ON AN ISLAND UNTO ITSELT
ITSELF PERFECT FOR PROVIDING
INFLATIONARY INCREASES. THE
COUNTY DOES NOT PROVIDE
NOTICEABLE INCREASES. THEY MIGHT
MIGHT CONSIDER ON A ONE-TIME
BASIS IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR, I .
I UNDERSTAND. AS A GENERAL RULE
THEY DO NOT, AS FAR AS I KNOW.
ALSO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT
THAT PROVIDES THESE GRANTS DOES
NOT PROVIDE THOSE INCREASES. SO
FOR MONIES COMING FROM THE CITY
WE ARE APPLYING THEM TO MONEY GG
MONEY GOING FOR KCRHA, BUT FOR
THAT ONE INSTANCE FOR THE ONE GT
WHERE WE ARE NO LONGER THE
DIRECT RECIPIENT, IN 2024, WE
ARE ASKING KCRHA TO FIGURE THAT
THAT PEACE OUT AND THEY WOULD
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT INCREASES FOR
FOR THE BALANCE.
>> WOULD WE BE IN A POSITION FOR
FOR THE TWO MEMBERS FROM SEATTLE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL HOUSING
AUTHORITY TO REVISIT OUR
SUPPLEMENTAL 4% CAP ON THE
CITY'S SIDE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, GO AHEAD,
DIRECTOR DINGLEY.
>> I DID NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND
THE QUESTION --
>> IC DEPUTY DIRECTOR PENNUCCI
RAISING HER HAND, TOO. THERE
ARE MAYBE TWO THINGS I WOULD
WANT TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION
TO ROUND THIS OUT. THE POLICY
THAT IS IN STATUTE RIGHT NOW RES
NOW REQUIRES THE CITY CONTRACTS
THAT GO TO THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
TO HAVE A 7.6% ANNUAL WAGE
INCREASE. THE AWI SHOULD BE 7.6,
BE 7.6%, ACCORDING TO THE
STATUTE THAT WE PASSED. THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
HAS NON-CITY CONTRACTS AS WELL,
SO WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL
NECESSARILY OVER HOW THOSE
NON-CITY CONTRACTS THAT REGIONAL
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITYS
AUTHORITY MANAGES RECEIVE A
COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE. BUT
WHAT WE ARE SAYING THROUGH THE
STATUE THAT ALREADY EXISTS IS
THAT WE ANTICIPATE THOSE
SHOULD'VE GONE TO 7.6% IN THE
STATUTE ALREADY IN PLACE. THERE
ARE TWO THINGS I WOULD NOTE. ONE
ONE IS THAT THE REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY, WHEN
THEY SENT THE REQUEST TO BOTH
THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, AND I
WOULD SAY GENERALLY, BECAUSE
THEY DO FUNDRAISING AS WELL WITH
WITH PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY AND
THEY SEARCH FOR OTHER GRANTS.
THE PROPOSAL THEY PUT FORWARD
DID NOT HAVE THAT 7.6% INCREASE
IN THE INFLATIONARY WAGE
ADJUSTMENT BAKED INTO THEIR
BASELINE BUDGET, WHICH IS
PROBLEMATIC. IT IS THE STATUTE.
WE COULD, I THINK, ASSUME THAT
IT COULD HAVE BEEN, SHOULD HAVE
BEEN PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVES
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
AUTHORITY. BUT THE INCLUDED IT
AS PART OF AN OVERALL 13% WAGE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT THAT THS
AUTHORITY WANTED TO APPLY ACROSS
ACROSS THEIR CONTRACTS, WHICH IS
WHICH IS LAUDABLE AND I THINK A
LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY
WOULD SUPPORT. IN TERMS OF WHAT
THE CITY HAS IN STATUTE,
CURRENTLY IT IS 7.6%. IT ONLY
APPLIES TO CITY DIRECT CONTRACTS
CONTRACTS AND WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE SUGGESTING VIA THE
PROPOSED BUDGET AND ASSOCIATED
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD COME
DOWN, IS TO THEN BRING THAT FROM
THE AWI WE PUT INTO STATUTE IN
2019, THAT THIS YEAR SHOULD HAVE
HAVE BEEN 7.6% AND IT WOULD BE
DROPPING THAT DOWN FROM THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL TO 4%. I DON'T
KNOW IF THAT HELPS ROUNDED OUT.
ALY, TELL ME WHAT I GOT WRONG
AND PLEASE ROUND OUT OUR
DISCUSSION.
>> I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING
IF I MAY, THAT THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATION IS
NOT A MAXIMUM THE CITY CAN PROV.
CAN PROVIDE. IT SIMPLY LIMITS
WHAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.
PROVIDE. THE AMOUNT ABOVE THAT
CAP COULD BE CONSIDERED A POLICN
POLICY DECISION TO GO. IT COULD
MATCH THE INFLATIONARY LEVEL. IT
IT LIMITS THE REQUIREMENT TO PRT
TO PROTECT THE CITY AND BE ABLEO
SMOOTH OUT SOME OF THOSE
INVESTMENTS OVER TIME.
>> THANKS. DEPUTY DIRECTOR DING,
ANYTHING ELSE? SORRY, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR PENNUCCI, ANYTHING
ELSE?
>> I THINK YOU COVERED IT,
THANK YOU, BUT I AM HAPPY TO
ANSWER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
PRESIDENT, FOR CLARIFICATION ON.
ON THAT. ALL RIGHT, I AM NOT
SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS. I HAVE
A QUESTION FOR OUR COLLEAGUES.
WE ANTICIPATED ADJOURNING AT
1:00 P.M. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 MORE
MINUTES AND WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN
MORE SLIDES, SO I AM WONDERING
IF COLLEAGUES ARE FREE, IF WE
COULD TRY TO GET THROUGH THE
REST OF THESE SLIDES AND
ADJOURNED BY 1:30? I AM EVEN
SEEING A SHRUG OF SUPPORT FROM
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THAT IS A
A STRONG INDICATION OF SUPPORT.
OKAY, GREAT. ANY OBJECTIONS?
OKAY, WE WILL END BY 1:30. I
PROMISE, DIRECTOR DINGLEY, BUT
THANKS FOR BEARING WITH US. I
REALIZE THAT MANY OF MY
QUESTIONS I AM GOING TO
REITERATE TO THE DEPARTMENT, BUT
BUT I APPRECIATE YOU HERE TO
RECEIVE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS
AND ALSO ALLOW FOR US TO
IDENTIFY ANY CONCERNS AT THIS
INITIAL STAGE. SO LET'S GO AHEAD
AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
>> GREAT. I WILL DO MY BEST TO
GET US THERE ON TIME. IF WE GO
TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS
IS WHERE WE WILL JUMP INTO
INVESTMENTS AROUND ACCESS TO OP.
TO OPPORTUNITY. SO IN THE OFFICE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
THERE IS AN ENORMOUS INVESTMENT
THANKS TO THE PAYROLL TAX AND
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION. KEY
INVESTMENTS ARE AROUND
COMMERCIAL AFFORDABILITY, DOWNTN
AFFORDABILITY, DOWNTOWN
RECOVERY. AN EXPORT ACCELERATOR
INITIATIVE. CAPITAL FOR SMALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND A
SEATTLE JOB CENTER. LARGELY,
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE CONSIDERED
CONSIDERED MORE ONE-TIME IN NAT,
IN NATURE, AS THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO
TO DEVELOP THE FULL ECONOMIC REW
ECONOMIC REVIEW AND PLAN
REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE. THAT
WAS NOT READY FOR THIS BUDGET, O
WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND IT
WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 2024
BUDGET, SO LOOK FOR THAT THEIR.
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE DEFINITELY
DEFINITELY INTENDED TO GET
EVERYTHING STARTED. THERE IS
ALSO FUNDING TO EXPAND THE
SEATTLE CONSERVATION CORPS TO
PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS, ADDING AN
ADDITIONAL 10 ENROLLEES,
BRINGING IT TO 50 TOTAL. WE ARE
ALSO IMPROVING THE COMMON
APPLICATION THAT DECREASES THE
TIME AND EFFORT FOR RESIDENTS
AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIOS
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO
TO APPLY FOR CITY OF SEATTLE
PROGRAMS. THIS IS THE EPITOME OF
OF IMPROVING ACCESS AND WHAT WE
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN OUR
PILOT, WE HAD OVER 10,000
RESIDENTS THAT APPLIED. IT TOOK
THEM LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES ON ,
ON AVERAGE, WHEREAS BEFORE IT
WAS MORE LIKE 30, 40, AN HOUR.
IT TOOK SO MUCH LONGER, SO WE
ARE SEEING AN INCREDIBLE IMPROVT
INCREDIBLE IMPROVEMENT AND WE
ARE ALSO SEEING THEM LINKED TO
OTHER AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS
FROM THAT INITIAL APPLICATION,
THAT PERHAPS THEY WOULD NOT HAVE
HAVE DONE, BUT FOR THIS TECHNOL.
THIS TECHNOLOGY. SO WE ARE
EXCITED AND GRATEFUL FOR THE
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT
MADE THIS AVAILABLE. WE ARE ALSO
ALSO ADDRESSING PERMITTING
ROADBLOCKS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS FOR
FOR INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ADDIL
AND ADDITIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERS.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVEN
ADDITIONAL IN THAT SPACE PAID
FOR WITH FEE REVENUE. WE ARE
INVESTING $5 MILLION FROM
PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX IN THE EARLG
CAMPUS. THIS IS A JOINT INVESTMT
JOINT INVESTMENT WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, STATE, AND
PHILANTHROPY. IT WILL BE A
MULTIUSE CAMPUS THAT WILL INCLUE
WILL INCLUDE CHILDCARE,
PRESCHOOL, ADULT CLASSROOMS,
FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES,
BACHELORS AND MASTERS DEGREE
PROGRAMS, MENTORSHIP. THE LIST
GOES ON AND ON. AS YOU CAN HEAR
I AM ALSO VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE ALSO
LEVERAGING PAYROLL TAX TO DO
HIRING AND RETENTION BONUSES FOR
CHILD CARE WORKERS. IT IS ABOUT
ABOUT $5.3 MILLION AND THAT WILL
WILL ALLOW US TO PROVIDE BONUSES
BONUSES BETWEEN $500-$1000 TO
EACH OF THE APPROXIMATELY 4600
CHILDCARE STAFF IN SEATTLE.
THOSE STAFF SERVE OVER 20,000
CHILDREN IN THE CITY. THE
FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR HIRING,
AS WELL, AS THERE ARE MANY
POSITIONS. WE ALSO HAVE
INVESTMENTS IN SEATTLE PROMISE D
PROMISE AND CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
AND RESPONSIVE K-12 INVESTMENTS,
INVESTMENTS, WHICH ARE $9.7
MILLION OVER THE BIENNIUM. THIS
IS COMING FROM REPURPOSED LEVY
RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THOSE
OVERALL AND WE ESTIMATE THOSE
INVESTMENTS WILL SERVE ABOUT
2700 STUDENTS. OKAY, ON THE NEX.
NEXT SLIDE. WE ARE ALSO MAKING
AN INVESTMENT IN MEMORIAL STADI.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP
FOR THAT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MANY, MANY
OTHERS THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO
THE TABLE. TOTAL PROJECT COST ID
IS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 200 AND
$250 MILLION TO COMPLETELY
REVOLUTIONIZE THE SPACE AROUND
THE CENTER AND STADIUM. SO NOT
ONLY CREATING A BEAUTIFUL
STADIUM, BUT INCREASING ACCESS
TO THE CAMPUS, WHICH CURRENTLY S
ONLY ON ONE SIDE. THEY WOULD
OPEN ACCESS ALL THE WAY ACROSS
THE OTHER THREE DIRECTIONS AND
MANY, MANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS A.
AS WELL. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE
AMOUNTS OF FUNDING GOING TO THE
INITIATIVE, THANKS IN LARGE PAR,
LARGE PART, OR PREDOMINANTLY TO
THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX. SO IT
IS $23.9 MILLION. IN ORDER TO KP
SAFE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR PARKS
AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY, THE BUDGET IS
IS ALSO ESTABLISHING A UNIFIED
CARE TEAM. SO WHAT THIS IS GOING
GOING TO DO, WHAT WE DID IS TAKE
TAKE A STEP BACK AND WE LOOKED
AT ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE HD
WE HAD UNDER THE PANDEMIC TO DO
WORK UNDER CLEAN CITIES. YOU
MIGHT REMEMBER THAT UNDER COVID
WE HAD A HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF
SERVICE FOR CLEAN CITIES AND
RECALLED THAT A SURGE LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT. WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE
TAKE A STEP BACK. WE WORKED WITH
WITH ALL OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS
AND CONSIDERED, WHAT IS THE
LEVEL OF SERVICE WE NEED AS A
CITY, TO MAINTAIN WHERE WE WANT
TO GO? SO THAT IS WHAT THIS
BUDGET REFLECTS. SO WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO IS INSTEAD OF HAVING
HAVING A CITYWIDE FOCUS FOR
THOSE TEAMS, WHERE THERE IS A
LOT OF INEFFICIENCY BETWEEN
LOCATIONS, WHAT WE WILL DO IS
CREATE GEOGRAPHICALLY FOCUSED TS
FOCUSED TEAMS THAT WILL SHIFT
THE WAY THE WORK IS APPROACHED .
APPROACHED OVERALL. THESE TEAMS
WILL COORDINATE FOCUSED OUTREACH
OUTREACH EFFORTS, TRACK PROGRES,
TRACK PROGRESS, BUILD
RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES
AND NEIGHBORS WITH HOUSED AND
I'M HOUSED, OUTREACH TEAMS AND
BUSINESSES WITHIN THE REGION. WE
WE WILL ALSO ENSURE CONTINUED
DELIVERY OF TRASH MITIGATION
SERVICES. OVER THE LAST TWO YEAS
THIS WORK HAS BEEN SUPPORTED
WITH ONE-TIME FUNDING. SO THIS
IS ALLOWING US TO HAVE ONGOING G
ONGOING FUNDING TO MAINTAIN
THOSE TRASH MITIGATION SERVICES.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE EXPANDG
BE EXPANDING SYSTEM NAVIGATOR
CAPACITY. THE BUDGET WILL ADD
SIX ADDITIONAL SYSTEM NAVIGATORS
SYSTEM NAVIGATORS TO ENSURE THE
UNIFIED CARE TEAM GEOGRAPHIC
TEAMS HAVE DEDICATED CAPACITY TO
TO HELP UNSHELTERED PERSON IN
TENTS, RVS, AND VEHICLES, TO GET
GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO N
TO TRANSITION TO HOUSING. LASTLY
LASTLY IT WILL FORMALIZE THE
TEAM, PROVIDING OPERATIONAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. SO THE
DAY-TO-DAY LEADERSHIP AND
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT IS A KEY
STEP IN SETTING UP THE
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE TO ENSURE
CONTINUED OPERATIONS EVEN AS THE
THE CITY GOES THROUGH LEADERSHIS
LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN THE
FUTURE. THIS TEAM WOULD HAVE
THAT SORT OF STEADY HAND. MOVIN.
MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT
CONCLUDES THIS SECTION. IF WE
WANT TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS HERE.
HERE.
>> OKAY, THANKS SO MUCH. ANY QU?
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER 1025, PLEASE
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANKS, JULIE. I JUST WANT TO
TO NOTE, BACK ON SLIDE 29, RELAD
29, RELATED TO SEATTLE PROMISE,
WE HAVE RAISED QUESTIONS AROUND
THE INVESTMENT THERE. I KNOW
COUNCILMEMBERS KNOW THAT HAS
BEEN THERE SINCE BEFORE I'VE BEN
HERE. THERE IS POLICY IN PLACE
ALREADY ABOUT HOW THE LEVY
UNDERSPEND WOULD BE USED.
RELATED TO INVESTMENTS GOING BAK
GOING BACK TO THE FISCAL PROGRAM
PROGRAM AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A
A QUESTION STILL FOR ME THAT I'M
I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET CLARITY
ON ABOUT WHEN THIS SUPPLY OF
RESOURCES AVAILABLE EXCEEDS THE
DEMAND OR WHEN THE DEMAND
EXCEEDS SUPPLY, EXCUSE ME. THAT
THERE IS A PRIORITIZATION OF WHS
THAT SCHOLARSHIP MONEY. SO I
JUST WANT TO FLAG FOR MY
COLLEAGUES THAT THERE ARE STILL
QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW AND WHETHER
SPENDING, THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE
APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.
>> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. ONE
THING I WANTED TO NOTE AND OF
COURSE I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS ON HOW
THE PROGRAM WILL OPERATE. THE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE VOTED
TO APPROVE THE USE OF THE
UNDERSPEND FOR THIS PURPOSE. SO,
SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU THAT UPDAT.
THAT UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY FOLLOW-UP?
OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 1029, PLEASE
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, BUDGET CHAIR. SO,
DIRECTOR DINGLEY, VERY EXCITED
TO SEE MEMORIAL STADIUM ON THIS
THIS LIST AS THE CHAIR OF THE CE
WHO OVERSEES SEATTLE CENTER ANDO
AND ALSO THE DISTRICT SEVEN
COUNCILMEMBER. THIS IS JUST SUCH
SUCH A GREAT INVESTMENT IN THE ,
THE CAMPUS, TO REALLY TAKE CARE
OF THE LAST UNDERDEVELOPED
CORNER OF THAT IMPORTANT PART OF
OF OUR COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE CEN.
SEATTLE CENTER. WHAT IS THE
SOURCE OR HOW IS THE MECHANISM
ON HOW WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE
SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL
INVESTMENT?
>> THIS IS GOING TO COME FROM
THE REAL ESTATE ENTERPRISE TAX.
>> AND IT WILL BE A ONE OFF? IT
IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO
TO SEEK BOND FINANCING FOR OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> THE BUDGET ACTUALLY PROPOSES
A COMBINATION. I DON'T HAVE THE
EXACT DETAILS AT MY FINGERTIPS,
BUT IT IS A COMBINATION OF CASH
FINANCING AND THEN BOND
FINANCING DOWN THE ROAD.
>> GREAT,
>> GREAT, I LOOK FORWARD TO
HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT. IT IS
EXCITING TO SEE IT IN HERE AND
I'M HAPPY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD ON
ON THE JOINT PRIORITY OF THE
DISTRICT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. THAT WAS THE QUESTION I
HAD AS WELL, SO THANKS FOR
ASKING THAT. ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.
>> GREAT. MAKING GOOD TIME. OKA,
TIME. OKAY, NEXT PRIORITY
CATEGORY IS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. SO THE BUDGET INVES
BUDGET INVESTS $350,000 IN A NEW
NEW PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE
ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE FOR AN
ESTIMATED 1000 UNINSURED OR
UNDERINSURED SEATTLEITES. GOING
TO BE TARGETING BIPOC, IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE, AND
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUS
MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AS THEY HAVE THE
THE LARGEST LEVELS OF UNINSURED
OR UNDER INSURANCE. THE PROGRAM
WILL EXPAND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH
HEALTH WORKER PROGRAM AND ENGAGE
ENGAGE WITH MORE COMMUNITY-BASE,
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH CONNECTS
WITH CONNECTIONS FOR TRUSTED INS
AND COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. AS I
MENTIONED AT THE TOP, IN THE
WAKE OF THE DOBBS DECISION THAT
WAS SORT OF BREATHTAKING, WE ARE
ARE GOING TO MAKE ONGOING THE IT
THE INVESTMENT IN THE NORTHWEST
ABORTION ACCESS FUND THROUGH THE
THE CITY'S PUBLIC HEALTH
CONTRACT WITH KING CONTEE COUNTY
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. PARKS AND
PUBLIC SPACES, YOU HAVE SPENT A
LOT OF TIME ON THIS. I WILL SKIP
SKIP THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU DID A
LOT IN THE PARKS DISTRICT AND
THERE IS AN ENORMOUS PRIORITY IS
AND OPEN SPACES, AS YOU HEARD
FROM THE MARY YESTERDAY. ON
ENHANCED GRAFFITI ABATEMENT, WE
ARE GOING TO BE CREATING A
SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT
DESIGNATED TO BE LEAD ON THIS
ISSUE WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR COORDINATING A NEW
INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM AND SETTG
AND SETTING THE STANDARD FOR
TRACKING METRICS AND ABATEMENT .
ABATEMENT PROCEDURES. THERE ARE
MANY COMPONENTS TO THE PLAN, AS
A LOT OF THIS WORK IS STILL
BEING FLESHED OUT. THEY INCLUDEG
INCLUDE EXPANDING PREVENTION,
INCREASED ENFORCEMENT, AND
WORKING WITH SDOT FOR ABATEMENT
ON THE WSDOT RIGHT-OF-WAY, SO WE
SO WE HAVE THEM TAKE CARE OF
THEIR OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE THER.
INFRASTRUCTURE THERE. THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD IS
ALSO GOING TO BE RECEIVING A
ONE-TIME CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF T
OF ABOUT $800,000 FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A DETOX FACILITY
THAT THEY HAVE UNDERWAY. THIS
IS THE ONLY SLIDE IN THIS
CATEGORY, SO WE CAN PAUSE FOR
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, IS THAT A NEW HAND? IT
MIGHT BE A LEFTOVER HAND.
>> APOLOGIES.
>> NO PROBLEM. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANKS. CAN YOU TELL ME
QUICKLY, DOES PARKS TAKE -- IS
THE PARKS BUDGET GENERAL FUND
LESS THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST
YEAR? IN 2023 COMPARED TO 2022?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT AT MY
FINGERTIPS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT
WE ARE MEETING THE GENERAL FUND
FLOOR FOR PARKS, WHICH ROSE WIT.
WITH INFLATION.
>> I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE GL
FUND PORTION.
>> THE GENERAL FUND FLOOR FOR
PARKS INCREASES OVER TIME, SO I
BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS THAT IT IS
IS INCREASING, BUT I WILL
CONFIRM THAT WITH YOU, BECAUSE I
I DON'T HAVE THAT HANDY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM NOT
SEEING ADDITIONAL HANDS, SO
LET'S GO ON TO CLIMATE AND ENVI.
AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> GREAT. YOU ALSO HAVE RECENTLY
RECENTLY DONE A LOT OF WORK IN
THIS SPACE, PASSING THE 2022
INVESTMENTS AS WELL, SO WE DON'T
DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A TERRIBLE
AMOUNT OF TIME HERE, BUT WE ARE
VERY EXCITED TO HAVE A DEDICATED
DEDICATED RESOURCE TO SUPPORT
THE NEW DEAL INVESTMENTS IN
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE
INVESTMENTS IN HEALTHY,
RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. TO RECEIE
TO RECEIVE MONEY FOR COMMUNITY .
COMMUNITY CENTERS. IN
CONJUNCTION WITH PLANNING AND DT
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
RESILIENCE HUBS. WE ALSO HAVE
$800,000 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUST.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. THOSE
INVESTMENTS AIM TO PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM FUNDING
TO COMMUNITY-BASED EFFORTS TO
ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES
THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN
EVERYTHING FROM FOOD ACCESS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO YOUTH
LEADERSHIP, ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION, AND CLEAN JOBS. WE
ALSO ARE INVESTING TO ENSURE A
JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM FOSSI.
FOSSIL FUELS. WE HAVE ABOUT $2.6
$2.6 MILLION IN THE PROGRAM
SUPPORTING ELECTRIC HEAT PUMP CS
PUMP CONVERSIONS OF OIL HEATED
HOMES. THERE IS ABOUT 800,000 IN
IN REBATES AS WELL AS $1.8
MILLION IN FUNDING FOR FULLY
FUNDED OIL TO ELECTRIC
CONVERSIONS FOR ELIGIBLE LOW
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. WE ALSO HAVET
$2.8 MILLION IN PERFORMANCE
STANDARDS FOR LARGE, COMMERCIAL,
COMMERCIAL, AND MULTIFAMILY
BUILDINGS. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE
THE BUILDING ACCELERATOR PROGRA,
ACCELERATOR PROGRAM, WHICH
PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
TO UNDER RESOURCED BUILDING
OWNERS. WE ALSO HAVE $1 MILLION
IN ONGOING FUNDING FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLE REBATES FOR INDUSTRIAL
AND COMMERCIAL HEAVY DUTY
FLEETS, INCLUDING TRUCKS AND
SCHOOL BUSES. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE .
SLIDE PLEASE. WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, AS WELL,
AS WELL, IN EQUITABLE CLEAN
ENERGY INVESTMENTS. WORKFORCE
INVESTMENTS ARE CRITICAL TO
ENSURING THE CLEAN ENERGY ECONOY
ENERGY ECONOMY PROVIDES
EQUITABLE BENEFITS. SO WE HAVE
ABOUT $1 MILLION FOR GREEN
PATHWAYS PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
SCHOLARSHIPS. 200,000 TO
CONTINUE WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS
AND SUPPORT IN THE DUWAMISH VALY
DUWAMISH VALLEY AND $160,000 TOD
A CLIMATE JUSTICE WORKFORCE
ADVISOR. WE ALSO KNOW THAT TRANN
THAT TRANSPORTATION IS A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, SO THE
THE BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES ABOUT
$650,000 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES FOR DEVELOPING ELECTRIC
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
STATIONS FOR CITY-OWNED FLEETS.
$2.5 MILLION AT SDOT AND
$160,000 FOR DESIGN, PLANNING,
AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AROUND
SOUND TRANSIT. DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
ABOUT EQUITABLE STATION SITING D
DESIGN. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY HISTORY,
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE GET
IT RIGHT. SO SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES TO THAT END. ALSO
$350,000 FOR THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FREE
MOBILITY STUDY AROUND THE
DOWNTOWN CORE. THAT IS THE END R
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCHS
MUCH. QUESTIONS ON CLIMATE AND
THE ENVIRONMENT? I HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS MYSELF. EXCUSE ME,
COUNCILMEMBER 1022, I WILL GO
AFTER YOU. GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
KNOW THIS POWERPOINT IS REALLY A
A SUMMARY OF THE 1400 PAGES OF
THE BUDGET BOOK AND CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SO NOT
EVERYTHING IS MENTIONED HERE. I
AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
GREEN CITY FLEET, LEADING BY EXE
BY EXAMPLE ON ELECTRIFICATION.
IT IS OVERDUE, SO I REALLY APPRE
REALLY APPRECIATE THE
ADMINISTRATION TAKING A BIG STEP
STEP FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN I
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO GET TO
SOME ADDITIONAL SDOT STUFF IN A.
A MINUTE. REGARDING THE
RESOLUTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
JUST ADOPTED, FOLLOWING UP ON
THE SLIDE, STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT FROM A YEAR
AGO, WHERE WE ASKED FOR A PLAN
TO PHASE OUT GASOLINE FUEL, LEA.
LEAF BLOWERS. WE JUST ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION TO REINFORCE THAT GO.
THAT GOAL. I HAVE RUN MY OWN
NUMBERS ON HOW MUCH IT WOULD
ACTUALLY COST TO TRANSITION
AWAY. I WAS HOPING TO SEE
SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET, SINCE
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR OVER A YEAR, BUT I DID NOT
SEE ANYTHING ABOUT LEAF BLOWERS
IN THE BUDGET. I WANT TO ALERT
MY COLLEAGUES. I HAVE RUN SOME
NUMBERS ON THIS. IT IS ABOUT
$200,000 TO MOVE US FORWARD IN
2023 AND A SIMILAR AMOUNT IN
2024. THAT IS VERY GENEROUS. BUT
BUT THE LOCKS BLAND BRAND OF
LEAF BLOWERS. I WANTED TO SIGNAL
SIGNAL THAT I WOULD WANT TO MOVD
MOVE FORWARD WITH FULFILLING THE
THE RESOLUTION WE JUST ADOPTED
AND THEN I THINK IN TERMS OF
URBAN FOREST, IS THAT GOING TO
BE DISCUSSED LATER? THAT DID NOT
NOT MAKE THE POWERPOINT, BUT IT
IS IN THE BUDGET.
>> IN THE BUDGET, JUST NOT IN
THE POWERPOINT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN -- OKAY.
OKAY. I WILL ALSO, APPRECIATE
THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING
MADE IN THIS AREA. CAN YOU
CLARIFY FOR US AGAIN, WHAT IS
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE
JUMPSTART GREEN NEW DEAL
PROPOSED IN ALL OF THESE AREAS?
>> GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. WE HAE
WE HAVE $21 MILLION IN GREEN NEL
FROM PAYROLL TAX.
>> AND THE TOTAL IS? THE TOTAL
IN THIS SORT OF CATEGORY?
>> OH, I DO NOT HAVE A TOTAL IN
FRONT OF ME THAT HAS INVESTMENTS
INVESTMENTS OUTSIDE PAROL TAX.
>> WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
>> WE WILL SEND FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ALLOCATION
OF THE FUNDING AND UNDERSTAND
HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING PAIRED
PAIRED AND PROPOSED TO BE BROKEN
BROKEN DOWN ACROSS THE
DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL. I WANTED
TO ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT
ABOUT THE $3 MILLION GOING TO
SDOT FROM JUMPSTART TO SUPPORT
14 POSITIONS THAT WILL HELP
DEVELOP, RENEW, AND PLAN SOUND
TRANSIT'S MAJOR EXPANSION
PROJECT THROUGH DOWNTOWN SEATTL.
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. CAN YOU TALK A
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT
CATEGORY THIS IS COMING FROM? IT
IS IT GREEN NEW DEAL, ECONOMIC
RESILIENCE? DO THESE POSITIONS
SUNSET AND IS THIS ONLY FOR WORK
WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE OR HOW
OR HOW ARE WE APPLYING THIS
ACROSS THE CITY?
>> MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THESE
THAT THESE ARE PART OF THE
ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION BUCKET
FOR PAYROLL TAX AND I BELIEVE
THAT THESE ARE SUNSETTING POSIT.
SUNSETTING POSITIONS. I DON'T
KNOW THE TIME OF THOSE. I'M
SORRY, OF COURSE. THESE ARE IN
THE GREEN NEW DEAL. SORRY. I WAS
WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING
ELSE. THIS IS CLIMATE ENVIRONME.
CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT. OVERALL
MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF TRANS,
OF TRANSPORTATION, BY HAVING
SINGLE USE VEHICLES. AND THEN I
DON'T HAVE THE DURATION OF THE
POSITIONS, BUT WE CAN GET THAT
TO YOU.
>> AND ANYTHING OFF THE TOP OF
YOUR HEAD ON HOW OTHER POSITIONS
POSITIONS ARE FUNDED? ALL THESE
PROJECTS RELATE TO ANY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT THE CITY HAS WITH
SOUND TRANSIT REGARDING STAFFING
STAFFING OF THIS PROJECT?
>> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT AND HAVE SDOT GET
YOU THE DETAILS.
>> MAYBE THIS IS A PRECURSOR TO
SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WILL
COME TO CENTRAL STAFF. I AM
SEEING ODDS FROM CENTRAL STAFF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE ONE .
TWO MORE CATEGORIES. AND THEN WE
WE ARE TO THE END. SAFE AND
RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR
STICKING WITH ME HERE. SO, SDOT
HAS SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL
CHALLENGES AHEAD. THE AUGUST
REVENUE FORECAST WAS AN
UNEXPECTED CONTINUED HIT TO
REVENUES, WHICH HAVE BEEN
DECREASING STEADILY DURING THE
PANDEMIC. WE ESTIMATE THERE WILL
WILL BE OVER A $45 MILLION
CUMULATIVE SHORTFALL IN THE MOST
MOST FLEXIBLE AND DEDICATED
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE STREAM,
CPT, THROUGH 2026. PLANNED AND D
AND UNPLANNED AND UNCONTROLLABLE
UNCONTROLLABLE EXPENDITURES
CONTINUE TO BRING PRESSURE ON
THE SDOT BUDGET. SO THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF BALANCING STRATEGIES
THAT WE USED FOR SDOT IN THE
BUDGET. INCLUDING REDUCING SOME
EXPENDITURES. WE DEFERRED OR
REDUCED CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE
ALSO PRIORITIZED WHAT
EXPENDITURES NEEDED TO BE MADE
AND DIRECTED MORE CENTRAL
RESOURCES LIKE THE
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY X
COMPANY TAX THAT I SPOKE ABOUT
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION AND THE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TASK TAX OR REET.
SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE
$11.7 MILLION IN 2023 AND $29
MILLION IN 2024. THIS WILL WORK
ON SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR,
TRANSIT CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS,
ASPHALT AND CONCRETE PROJECTS,
NEW SIDEWALK SAFETY PROGRAMS,
BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS.
GREENWAYS. ARTERIAL IMPROVEMENT.
ARTERIAL IMPROVEMENTS. NETWORK
IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS IN
THE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PROJECT.
WE ALSO HAVE FUNDING IN THE
PROJECT FOR ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUNDS. OVER E
LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND DUE TO
WORSENING STORMS AS A RESULT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE, WE HAVE SEEN
CONSIDERABLE OVERAGES FROM SDOT.
SDOT. THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR
OWN, BUT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGIN.
CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. SO TO
RESPOND TO THOSE SIGNIFICANT ICD
SNOW EVENTS, WE ARE ADDING AN
ADDITIONAL $6 MILLION TO THEIR
BASE, WHICH HAS $3 MILLION IN IT
IT ALREADY, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO
TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO EMERGENCY
EVENTS AND KEEP SEATTLE MOVING
AND SAFE. WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONL
HAVE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS IN
VISION ZERO WHICH IS A SHARED P.
SHARED PRIORITY. WE H█AVE AN
ADDITIONAL $1.3 MILLION MAKING
IT $8.3 MILLION TOTAL FOR VISIO.
VISION ZERO. TRANSIT IMPROVEMENS
TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MLK
AND CONCEPT PLANNING FOR THE
130th WEST PROJECT AND OTHER
TRANSIT RELATED PROJECTS THAT
WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN THE COMING
COMING MONTHS. WE ALSO HAVE THE
WEST SEATTLE BALLARD LINK
EXTENSION STAFFING. THE CITY
WILL INVEST ALMOST $3 MILLION
ANNUALLY FROM THE PAYROLL TAX TO
TO SUPPORT 14 POSITIONS TO HELP
DEVELOP, REVIEW, AND PLAN SOUND
TRANSIT'S MAJOR LIGHT RAIL
EXTENSION PROJECT THROUGH
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. THIS PROJECT
REPRESENTS THE LARGEST
INVESTMENT IN THE CITY'S HISTORY
HISTORY AND WE WILL WORK CLOSELY
CLOSELY TO ENSURE WE ARE MEETING
MEETING THE NEEDS OF SEATTLE RE.
SEATTLE RESIDENTS. THIS BUDGET,
AS I MENTIONED TO THE TOP, WHEN
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VISUAL, IN
IN MANY WAYS UNDERSTATES THE
RESOURCES THAT WILL BE
ULTIMATELY AVAILABLE TO SDOT. WE
WE DON'T KNOW YET. THE FEDS HAVE
HAVE $1 TRILLION IN THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. WE DON'T
YET KNOW, BECAUSE FEDERAL
AGENCIES ARE STILL WORKING OUT
HOW THEIR VERSION OF RFPS OR
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE GOING TO
TO BE DESIGNED. WHAT THE
REQUIREMENTS ARE GOING TO BE.
DEADLINES, ET CETERA. WE HAVE
STOOD UP WITHIN THE CITY FAMILY
TO ANALYZE POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE
COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF ON STRATEGIES TO
ENGAGE WITH YOU ALL AS WE LEARN
ABOUT NEW PROJECTS COMING
FORWARD. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE
ALSO BRIEFED RECENTLY ON WHAT
THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WOULD LOOK ,
LOOK LIKE, SO WE ANTICIPATE A
LOT MORE COMING IN THIS SPACE,
BUT WE DON'T YET HAVE ALL OF
THOSE DETAILS. SO THAT IS THE
END OF TRANSPORTATION.
>> GREAT. WE HAVE A FEW
QUESTIONS HERE. COUNCILMEMBER P,
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
BALANCING STRATEGIES THAT THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE USED TO TRY
TO PRESERVE A LOT OF THE SDOT
FUNDING AND ALSO FOR RIGHTSIZING
RIGHTSIZING THE SPENDING FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE. EXCITED
ABOUT THE INCREASED INVESTMENTS
IN VISION ZERO AND THE TOP TO
BOTTOM REVIEW THAT THE DIRECTOR
HAS PROMISED. I AM REALLY
PLEASED TO SEE YOU CALL OUT
RAINIER AVENUE, AS WELL. I
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, IN TERMS
OF THE REVENUE SHORTFALLS, I
KNOW SDOT TRADITIONALLY GET CERN
FUNDING SOURCES. I JUST WANTED
TO SAY THAT WE CAN ALSO BE
CREATIVE ABOUT THOSE SOURCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE
INCREASED THE COMMERCIAL PARKING
PARKING TAX RATE. WE ALSO INCRED
ALSO INCREASED THE LICENSE FEE
CARD TAB PRICES. WE HAVE ALSO S,
ALSO SIGNALED, SOME OF THE
COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SIGNALED AN
INTEREST IN IMPOSING REAL ESTATE
ESTATE DEVELOPER IMPACT FEES,
WHICH WOULD CREATE SUBSTANTIAL
SUMS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND I DO
DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIDGES. E
BRIDGES. BECAUSE IN LOOKING AT
THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE
COUNCIL AUTHORIZED $100 MILLION
IN BOND FINANCING FOR BRIDGES
AND THE EXECUTIVE CHOSE NOT TO
USE THAT IN 2022. I AM ALSO NOT
SEEING IT USED NEXT YEAR, SO
THAT IS A CONCERN. I THINK THAT
AUTHORIZATION IS AVAILABLE TO
YOU FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEAR.
AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THE S
THE VARIOUS BRIDGE LINE ITEMS.
THERE ARE ABOUT SIX DIFFERENT
ITEMS IN THE BUDGET, SPREAD OUT,
OUT, NOT INCLUDING OPERATING CA.
OPERATING CAPITAL. I AM NOT
SEEING MATERIAL INCREASES IN
THOSE INVESTMENTS, WHICH IS
TROUBLESOME, CONSIDERING THE
BRIDGE AUDIT IN THE WAKE OF THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE CLOSURE. AL,
CLOSURE. ALSO, WITH THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE, THANKFULLY SDOT
THROUGH THEIR HARD WORK, THEY
ACTUALLY CAME IN UNDER BUDGET
FOR THAT PROJECT. IT WAS MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING
GOING TO RAPIDLY DEPLOY THOSE
SAVINGS TO OTHER MULTIMODAL
BRIDGES IN THE CITY, TO TRY TO
CATCH UP ON THE DEFERRED MAINTE.
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. BASICALLY
IT IS NOT CLEAR IN THE BUDGET
AND WE WILL BE DIGGING INTO THIS
THIS FURTHER ABOUT WHAT IS BEING
BEING DONE FOR BRIDGES IN OUR C.
OUR CITY. IT IS CONCERNING THAT
IT IS NOT AN INCREASE. WE ARE NT
STEPPING IT UP AND I KNOW THAT
THE CITY DID NOT APPLY FOR THE
NEW PROJECT GRANT FUNDING FROM
THE D.O.T., WHICH IS A
DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE DID NOT
GO FOR THAT MONEY. I KNOW THEY
ARE APPLYING FOR OTHER GRANTS,
BUT I FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT
SHOWING AN EMPHASIS IN THE
ACTUAL BUDGET NUMBERS. WE WILL
DIG INTO THAT FURTHER, BUT I
APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENTS IN
OTHER AREAS. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER. WE WIL
ALSO PASS THESE NOTES, OR YOUR
COMMENTS, RATHER, ALONG TO SDOT
SO THEY CAN BE SURE TO ADDRESS
THEM IN THEIR PRESENTATION WHEN
THEY COME TO YOU IN 10 OR SO
DAYS.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU. I THINK I JUST
NEED A LITTLE BIT OF
CLARIFICATION, JULIE, PLEASE. ON
ON SLIDE 33, THERE IS $2.5
MILLION TO SDOT, ALONG WITH SOMY
SOME MONEY FOR IT LOOKS LIKE
MOSTLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THEN THERE IS $3 MILLION ANNUALY
MILLION ANNUALLY FOR SDOT TO
WORK ON LIGHT RAIL THROUGH DOWN.
THROUGH DOWNTOWN. THEN GOING
BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR A
A MOBILITY STUDY THROUGH
DOWNTOWN. I AM JUST TRYING TO UD
TO UNDERSTAND THE DOWNTOWN
PACKAGE AND IF THE $2.5 MILLION
IN SLIDE 33 IS THE SAME AS THE
$3 MILLION IN THE BOTTOM SLIDE
OR IF THAT IS IN ADDITION --
>> THOSE ARE DIFFERENT INVESTME.
DIFFERENT INVESTMENTS. SO WE
WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT
IN THE TRANSPORTATION
PRESENTATION, THAT THEY HAVE ALL
ALL OF THOSE DETAILS FLUSHED
OUT, SO YOU CAN SEE IT AS A
COMPREHENSIVE -- I AM TRYING TO
FIT THEM IN THE OVERALL BUCKETS.
BUCKETS. WHEN THE DEPARTMENT IS
COMING TO CHECK OUT PRIORITIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD QUESTION. I THINK WE ARE
ARE DOING WELL ON TIME. I DON'T
SEE ANOTHER HAND. I WILL NOTE,
THOUGH, THE QUESTION I ASKED
EARLIER ABOUT WHERE THE FUNDING
WAS COMING FROM, THAT, IN
COMBINATION WITH THE REPORT OUT
HERE, I'M GOING TO EXPRESS MY
CONCERN ABOUT US USING JUMPSTART
JUMPSTART SEATTLE GREEN NEW
DEAL SPECIFIC CATEGORY FOR A
PROJECT WHERE WE ALREADY HAD OBS
HAD OBLIGATIONS TO HELP STAFF.
AND INVESTMENTS FROM THE CITY'S.
CITY'S PERSPECTIVE. IT IS GREEN
NEW DEAL. AGAIN, LIKE ALL OF
JUMPSTART, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
ADDITIVE AND NOT SUPPLANTING ANY
SUPPLANTING ANY OF THE CITIES
INVESTMENTS. SO I LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING THE SDOT PRESENTATION
OR THE DEPARTMENT'S
PRESENTATIONS AS WELL, BUT I AMD
AM CONCERNED THIS SOUNDS LIKE
SUPPLEMENTATION AND NOT ADDITIV.
ADDITIVE INVESTMENTS. PLEASE, GO
GO AHEAD IF YOU HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL RESPONSE.
>> INITIAL RESPONSE AND OF
COURSE WE SHOULD DIG INTO IT,
THAT THESE INVESTMENTS ARE NEW
CAPACITY, SO THEY ARE ADDITIVE
OVERALL.
>> GREAT. WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT
THAT AND A SIMILAR POSITION WE E
FOR THE SAME PROJECT, USING
JUMPSTART. THANKS FOR FLAGGING
THE NEWNESS OF IT. LET'S GO ON
TO THE LAST TWO SLIDES.
>> GREAT. WE ARE ALMOST THERE SO
SO I WILL TRY TO TAKE YOU THERE
QUICKLY. WE ALREADY TALKED A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THE JUMPSTART ORDINANCE REQUIRES
REQUIRES OR ALLOWS FOR
ADMINISTRATION AND EVALUATION C.
EVALUATION CAPACITY. SO WE HAVE
ABOUT $5.8 MILLION THAT IS GOING
GOING TO COME FOR SPECIFIC ADMIE
AND EVALUATION EXPENSES IDENTIFD
EXPENSES IDENTIFIED IN THE CITYT
OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORH,
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
HOUSING, SUSTAINABILITY AND
DEVELOPMENT, HR AND THE
DEPARTMENTS. AS YOU ALL KNOW THE
THE ORDINANCE ALSO REQUIRED THAT
EVALUATION SIDE. IN THE BUDGET
OFFICE IT IS NOT ONLY FOR THE
WORK TO RESPOND TO THE INCREASED
INCREASED VOLUME OF DOLLARS ANDS
AND PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, BUT
WE NEED TO ANALYZE AND TRACK.
ALSO THE EVALUATION SIDE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF
INNOVATION PERFORMANCE. WE ALSO
HAVE CRITICAL I.T.
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET, SO YOU
WILL SEE PRIORITY NEEDS SUCH AS,
A HYBRID WORKFORCE. THE
CONVERSION OF CITY NETWORK-BASED
NETWORK-BASED PHONES AND THE RET
THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PROJECT
AND MUNICIPAL COURT I.T. SYSTEM
AS I MENTIONED. THOSE HAVE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN ASSET
ASSET PRESENTATION. WE WERE VERY
TO HAVE AN IMPROVED FORECAST IN
THE AUGUST FORECAST, SO WE ARE
GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT MONEY
TO GREAT USE AND IT GOES WITHOUT
WITHOUT SAYING, BUT FOR MY
HEALTH I WILL TELL YOU THAT INVG
THAT INVESTING IN ASSET
PRESERVATION SAVES MONEY IN THE
LONG TERM. SO IF WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANT DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE, IT CAN LEAD TO
CATASTROPHIC LEVELS OF FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL LIABILITY THAT WE HAV.
WE HAVE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
WE ARE LIMITING THAT BY REALLY
MAKING THE INVESTMENTS ALONG THE
THE WAY. LET'S SEE. THE
INVESTMENT EXAMPLES FURTHER
ELECTRIFYING THE CITY FLEET.
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE
WATERFRONT. WE ALSO ARE
INCREASING OUR RESERVES IN THIS.
THIS BUDGET. THE RESERVES IN
REET THAT ARE ESTABLISHED WERE
DEVELOPED AT A TIME WHEN THE
FORECAST WAS CONSIDERABLY
LOWER, SO WE WILL BE INCREASING
THOSE COMMENSURATE WITH THE
INCREASE IN THE FORECAST,
BECAUSE THERE IS THAT ADDED
LEVEL AROUND WHETHER OR NOT
THOSE WILL COME IN. I WILL ALSOD
ALSO ADD THAT REET IS OFTEN THE
FIRST TO DROP OFF IN AN ECONOMIC
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AND IT CAN
DROP PRECIPITOUSLY. THERE WAS
AN INCREDIBLE DROP AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE GREAT
RECESSION. IT IS A PARTICULAR
RESOURCE WE WANT TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON, BECAUSE WE RELY SO MUCH
MUCH ON THAT RESOURCE FOR
BONDING FOR SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL
PROJECTS AS WELL. THEN A LAST
NOTE ON CITY UTILITIES. THEY
BOTH HAVE A SIX YEAR STRATEGIC
BUSINESS PLAN THEY ARE STICKING
TO. SO, CITY LIGHT HAS A $1.5
BILLION BUDGET. THE PROPOSED
CHANGES ARE SORT OF NET ZERO
RE-PRIORITIZATION OVER ALL AND
THEY ARE REALLY NECESSARY TO
SUPPORT THE BUSINESS STRATEGIES
OUTLINED IN THE 2023 STRATEGIC
PLAN. SIMILAR WITH SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES, THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR PROVISION OF CRUCIAC
HYGIENE SERVICES FOR THE
UNSHELTERED POPULATION. ALL
OTHER INVESTMENTS ARE WITHIN THR
STRATEGIC PLAN OVERALL. ANY
QUESTIONS ON THE GOOD GOVERNMEN?
GOVERNMENT COMPONENT?
>> THANKS SO MUCH. LET'S TURN IT
IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR THE FIRST QUESTION.
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. A QUESTION
QUESTION ABOUT CITY UTILITIES, Y
UTILITIES, ESPECIALLY SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES. I JUST WANT TO
TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UTILITY
TAX THAT THE GENERAL FUND
COLLECTS FROM OUR PUBLICLY OWNE,
OWNED UTILITIES, ARE THE UTILIT,
UTILITY TAXES, ARE THEY
INCREASING? ARE WE TAKING MORE M
MORE FROM SEATTLE UTILITIES AND
PUTTING IT IN THE GENERAL FUND
THAN WE DID LAST YEAR? AND THIS
IS SOMETHING WE CAN FOLLOW UP
WITH, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SE
MAKE SURE WE DON'T MATERIALLY
INCREASE THAT, BECAUSE IT CAN
IMPACT THE RATES ON PEOPLE'S
UTILITY BILLS, WHICH ARE
REGRESSIVE. I DID NOT KNOW IF
YOU HAD ANY SORT OF DIRECTIONAL
TREND INFORMATION ON THAT.
>> I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON
THAT. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I
DO NOT RECALL ANYTHING OFF THE
TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I WILL HAVE
TO COME BACK TO YOU.
>> EXCELLENT. THAT LOOKS LIKE
OUR LAST QUESTION FROM COUNCIL
TODAY. IT IS 1:30 P.M., SO WE
HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GONE THROUGH
ALL OF THE SLIDES FROM THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE. DIRECTOR DINGLEY,
DINGLEY, I WANT TO THANK YOU
NOT ONLY FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE
DONE OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS
TO CREATE THIS PRODUCT, BUT ALSO
ALSO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR
FIRST NINE MONTHS. THIS IS YOUR
FIRST MAJOR DELIVERY OF A BUDGET
BUDGET FOR OUR CITY AND IT IS A
BIANNUAL ONE AND ONE IN THE
MIDST OF THE LARGEST RECESSION
WE HAVE SEEN IN SEATTLE HISTORY,
SEATTLE HISTORY, SO THANKS FOR
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND FOR
THE COLLABORATION. THE OFFER OFT
OF ENGAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY
WITH CENTRAL STAFF AND CITY
COUNCIL. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
THAT. ALSO THANKS FOR BEING ON
THE RECEIVINGEND OF MANY OF OURS
AND CONCERNS WE OUTLINED TODAY.
WE WILL TAKE THESE QUESTIONS,
WORK WITH CENTRAL STAFF, AND
HAVE A MORE DETAILED
PRESENTATION WITH THE CENTRAL
STAFF PRESENTATIONS THAT BEGIN
ON OCTOBER 11 AND WE WILL HAVE
FOUR DAYS WORTH OF DELIBERATIONS
DELIBERATIONS TO ALLOW US TO REY
TO REALLY GET INTO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS THAT MAY SURFACE
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND WE WILL
WILL USE THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
CENTRAL STAFF HAS SET UP TO
PROCESS THOSE QUESTIONS TO THE
APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS THERE IT
A DELUGE FROM EACH OF THE
OFFICES TO INDIVIDUAL
DEPARTMENTS. I WANT TO THANK YOU
YOU AGAIN, COLLEAGUES, FOR THE
UPCOMING EIGHT WEEKS HERE THAT
WE HAVE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE
OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO INVESTG
TO INVESTING IN SEATTLE'S
RESIDENCE. AGAIN, LOOKING
TOWARDS CREATING A FINAL BUDGET
THAT INVESTS IN A SEATTLE THAT
IS HOUSED AND CARED FOR. THAT IS
IS HEALTHY AND SAFE. AND A LOCAL
LOCAL ECONOMY THAT IS RESILIENT
AND INVESTS IN FRONT-LINE WORKES
FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND OUR
SMALLEST BUSINESSES. THANKS
EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PARTICIPATIO.
PARTICIPATION TODAY. OUR NEXT
MEETING WILL BE OCTOBER 11. WE
WILL HAVE THE FIRST 90 MINUTES
OF COURSE DEVOTED TO PUBLIC
COMMENT AND ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
AGAIN DIAL IN REMOTELY. IF IN
PERSON, PLEASE SOCIALLY DISTANCE
DISTANCE AND WEAR YOUR MASK, BUT
BUT AGAIN WE ARE ENCOURAGING
FOLKS TO DIAL IN REMOTELY. WE
WILL HAVE SELECT BUDGET HEARINGS
HEARINGS FROM THE SELECT
APARTMENTS AND CENTRAL STAFF IS
GOING TO BE DOING A DEEP DIVE
INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET OVER
THAT FOR DAYS, STARTING OCTOBER
11. PLEASE USE THE SYSTEM ESTABD
SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY CENTRAL
STAFF AND AGAIN I WANT TO THANK
THE TEAM, ESPECIALLY PATTY, WHO
IS HELPING TO MANAGE ALL OF THE
OPERATING ISSUES BETWEEN CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF AND
COUNCILMEMBERS. I GREATLY
APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP. THE E
THE PURPOSE OF THE BUDGET
HEARINGS THAT WE, OCTOBER 11,
12, 13, AND 14 IS TO REVIEW,
DISCUSS, AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT
ABOUT THE BUDGET. GET INTO MOREL
MORE DETAIL FROM WHAT WE STARTED
STARTED TO IDENTIFY TODAY AND
PROVIDE QUESTIONS ON ISSUES THAT
THAT CAN HELP FORM AMENDMENTS
THEY WILL BE CONSIDERING US
THOSE WILL BE DUE THE FOLLOWING
WEEK. COUNCILMEMBERS, PLEASE
ALSO REMEMBER TO SHARE ANY IDEAT
IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT
AMENDMENTS WITH US. WE
APPRECIATE ANY HEADS UP FROM OUR
OUR OFFICE, SO WE CAN BETTER
COORDINATE IDEAS AMONGST CENTRAL
CENTRAL STAFF. OF COURSE, YOU
HAVE THE PREROGATIVE OF KEEPING
THOSE CONFIDENTIAL. I WOULD LOVE
LOVE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
WITH THE CENTRAL STAFF TEAM AS
WE QUEUE UP POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS TO PREVENT
DUPLICATION. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
TO CBO. TO JULIE DINGLEY. TO
EVERYONE FROM THE CBO TEAM FOR
ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE AND,
AND, JULIE, IS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE FROM YOU?
>> JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUN.
MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER. I WANTED TO
TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE TEAM. THIS IS
IS A GROUP OF ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
WORKED TIRELESSLY OVER THE LAST
NINE MONTHS TO DELIVER THIS
BUDGET AND I AM BUT THE MESSENG.
THE MESSENGER. IT IS REALLY A
REFLECTION OF NOT ONLY THEIR
WORK, BUT THE WORK OF ALL OF THE
THE CITY DEPARTMENTS IN ENGAGING
ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY OVER
OVER THE LAST YEAR OR YEARS. IT
IS DEFINITELY A MUCH BROADER GRP
BROADER GROUP THAT IS
REPRESENTED BY MY PRESENCE HERE
TODAY AND I COULD NOT CLOSE OUT
WITHOUT SINCERE AND GENUINE
THANK YOU FOR THEIR INCREDIBLE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY AND
OUR RESIDENCE.
>> A HUGE APPRECIATION. WELL
DESERVED AND PLEASE PASS ON OUR
APPRECIATION FOR THEM. YOU DID A
A GREAT JOB, A ONE-WOMAN TEAM IN
IN TODAY'S FULL PRESENTATION, SO
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHI.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE INVITED YOU
TO BUDGET BAGELS AND COMMITTEE .
COMMITTEE COFFEE. WE HAVE A
LITTLE SPREAD HERE AND WOULD
INVITE YOU, FOR ANYBODY WHO IS
HERE, SO GO AHEAD AND JOIN US
FOR A BITE AND WE ALSO WANT TO
WELCOME THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR
OUR TEAM TO THE FLOOR. SO PLEASE
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME BY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND GRAB A
SNACK IF YOU ARE AROUND AND
BRINGING MASK. THANKS EVERYONE,
WE WILL SEE YOU OCTOBER 11 FOR
THE 9:30 BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING AND AGAIN, THAT EVENING
AT 5:00 P.M. IT WILL BE A LONG .
WE WILL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STARTING
AT 5:00. HAVE A GREAT REST OF
YOUR DAY. THE MEETING IS ADJOUR.
THANKS, EVERYONE.