>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY
IS NOVEMBER 13, 2023. THE TIME
IS 10:03 A.M. WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> PRESENT.
>> CHAIR MOSQUEDA?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
THAT'S EIGHT PRESENT.
>> HERE.
>> SORRY, NINE PRESENT.
>> WE HAVE A THREE DAY MEETING
FOR THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING. THIS IS DAY ONE OF
THREE, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE
GOING THROUGH VARIOUS ITEMS THAT
WILL BE UPDATED AND POSTED TO
THE AGENDA OVER THE COURSE OF
THE NEXT THREE DAYS. TODAY, WE
WILL HAVE AN OVERVIEW AND
BRIEFING OF THE MATERIALS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO VOTE ON
TOMORROW. THE WHOLE DAY TOMORROW
IS DEDICATED TO VOTING ON ITEMS
THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE 2024
FISCAL MATTERS FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE. WEDNESDAY WILL BE
DEDICATED TO OTHER BUDGET
RELATED ITEMS THAT DO NOT HAVE
A FISCAL IMPACT ON 2024, SUCH
AS NEW LEGISLATION THAT I AM
PROPOSING TO HELP CREATE
ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY AND
OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGAGEMENT AND
COORDINATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL
REVENUE THROUGH LEGISLATION. IF
ANYTHING DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT
PHYSICAL IMPACT -- FISCAL
IMPACT ON 2024, WE WILL BE
BRIEFED ON THOSE ITEMS FOR
ANYTHING THAT DOES HAVE A
DIRECT IMPACT ON THE CALENDAR
YEAR 2024, WE WILL BE BRIEFED ON
THOSE TODAY AND VOTE ON THOSE
AGENDA ITEMS TOMORROW. DURING
TODAY'S BUDGET COMMITTEE
MEETING, WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE
FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET
INTO VARIOUS QUESTIONS. BEFORE I
MOVE ON WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE
DAY, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION,
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
DURING NO OBJECTIONS, TODAY'S
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. DURING THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING, WE
WILL HAVE DELIBERATIONS TO
DISCUSS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE PACKAGE. TODAY WILL BE A
FULL DAY OF BRIEFING AND
DISCUSSION ONLY. ALL LEGISLATION
ON 2024 WILL BE VOTED ON
TOMORROW. WE WILL ALSO HEAR
127 COUNCIL BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THESE ARE AMENDMENTS THAT
INCLUDE ITEMS THAT WERE ROLLED
UP INTO THE BALANCING PACKAGE
AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS
THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE PROPOSED.
WE ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE ENHANCEMENT ON WHAT IS
AVAILABLE TO OUR CITY DEPARTMENT
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE
AMENDMENT, BUDGET ADOPTION
ORDINANCE INCLUDES ITEMS ONE
THROUGH 27 ON THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE AGENDA. THERE IS NOT
PUBLIC COMMENT THIS MORNING,
BECAUSE THERE IS A FULL EVENING
OF PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT
BEGINNING AT 5:00 P.M. TO SIGN
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK
PEOPLE TO BEGIN REGISTERING
REMOTELY AT 3:00 A.M. IF YOU ARE
PLANNING TO COME IN PERSON, 4:30
TONIGHT IS WHEN YOU CAN START
SIGNING UP FOR THAT. I AM
BATTLING A SORE THROAT AND COLD,
SO APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING IN
THE CHAMBER CURRENTLY. WE
APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF
YOU REMOTE, AS WELL, AS WE TRY
TO WHETHER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS OF BOTH THE FLU AND COVID
AND OTHER ISSUES. THE REMOTE
OPTION IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO
THEM. I WILL BE HERE REMOTELY
TODAY. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS
AS ALL OF US IT LOOKS LIKE ARE
REMOTE TODAY TO CONTINUE TO
RAISE YOUR HANDS AND ASK ANY
QUESTIONS TODAY. CHIME IN WITH
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU
HAVE THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR
CLARIFICATION BEFORE TOMORROW'S
VOTE. TODAY IS ABOUT
UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF
HOW THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MAY
IMPACT DELIVERY OF SERVICES FOR
NEXT YEAR. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEIR AMENDMENTS, PLEASE
USE TODAY AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ASK THOSE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
TOMORROW IS INTENDED FOR THE
DEBATE AND VOTING PROCESS. I
WILL ENCOURAGE VOTES , ENCOURAGE
FOLKS TO RAISE THEIR HANDS AND
ASK QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF US. I
WILL NOT BE ASKING THE SPONSORS
TO SPEAK TO EACH AMENDMENT WE
HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. WE HAD A
CHANCE TO LOOK AT ALL THE
MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THE 20th.
AND THEN HAVE THE SPONSORS HAD
A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE
AMENDMENTS ON THE 27th. HERE WE
ARE WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO
OFFER ADDITIONAL CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS TO CENTRAL STAFF TO
TRY TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS NECESSARY BEFORE WE VOTE
TOMORROW. THANK YOU TO CENTRAL
STAFF, THE, AND OCCASIONS TEAM,
AND THE CLERKS FOR ALL THEY HAVE
DONE TO PREPARE FOR THIS BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING. THANK YOU TO
PATTY FOR KEEPING US UPDATED
WHEN MATERIALS HAVE BEEN
CHANGED. WE WILL ANTICIPATE THAT
THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS
THAT WILL NEED TO BE ADDED FOR
TOMORROW FOR CLARIFICATION
PURPOSES. YOU WILL SEE A
REPUBLISHED AGENDA FOR TOMORROW,
AS WELL. WE WILL WORK WITH
CENTRAL STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE
KNOW WHAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE
ADDED. WE ALL PRINT MUCH OF
THESE MATERIALS. WE WILL MAKE
SURE TO FLAG FOR YOU WHAT NEW
ITEMS ARE INCLUDED IN ANY
REPUBLISHED AGENDA EITHER
TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY. WITH
THAT, I WANT TO SEE IF THERE ARE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR
CENTRAL STAFF. AGAIN, THE AGENDA
INCLUDES ITEMS 1 THROUGH 16,
WHICH INCLUDES THE PROPOSED
ITEMS WITHOUT AMENDMENTS. AND
THEN WE HAVE BUDGET ITEMS WITH
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. OUR FINAL
ITEM OF THE DAY , ITEM 27, IS
AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024 BUDGET
OPTION ORDINANCE, INCLUDING
AMENDMENTS ORGANIZED INTO GROUP
A, WHICH WE CONSIDER A CONSENT
PACKAGE, AND GROUP B, WHICH IS
STANDALONE ITEMS FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL VOTE AND
CONSIDERATION OF THE COUNCIL.
CENTRAL STAFF WILL WALK US
THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF TODAY'S
PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ALREADY
ADOPTED TODAY'S AGENDA. I AM
GOING TO BE GIVING A CHANCE FOR
OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TO WALK
US THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLE TOOL
THAT THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO
UPDATE YEAR-OVER-YEAR. I BELIEVE
JOSEPH IS WITH US. JOSEPH PEHA
AND THE COMMUTE OCCASIONS TEAM
HAVE BEEN HELPFUL EVERY YEAR WE
HAVE HAD THE BUDGET PROCESS IN
FRONT OF US. IN ADDITION TO OUR
ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS, THE GOLD
MEDAL BUDGET THAT WE HAD DURING
THE HEIGHT OF COVID, THE
MULTIPLE BUDGETS THAT WE TOOK ON
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS IN FRONT
OF US TO THE ENTIRE TEAM AT THE
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE,
ESPECIALLY AS JOSEPH TEJADA
CREATED THIS INTERACTIVE TOOL.
GOOD MORNING, JOSEPH. I WILL
TURN IT TO YOU TO WALK US
THROUGH THIS INTERACTIVE
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. I APPRECIATE THE KIND
WORDS AND THE GREAT
INTRODUCTION. AS YOU SAID, THE
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WORKED IN
COLLABORATION WITH CENTRAL STAFF
AND OTHERS TO PUT TOGETHER THIS
TOOL TO TRY TO MAKE THE BUDGET
AMENDMENTS MORE TRANSPARENT,
MORE ENGAGING, AND MORE
ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC, THE
PRESS, AND WHOEVER ELSE IS
INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING ALONG. I
WILL GO AHEAD AND GIVE A QUICK
OVERVIEW OF THE TOOL THAT YOU
SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ON MY
SCREEN. THERE ARE BIG PIECES,
THREE BIG PIECES, ONE FOR EACH
DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS
AMENDMENTS. YOU CAN SEE AT THE
TOP HERE, THERE ARE THOSE THREE
SECTIONS. WE HAVE THE FINAL
AMENDMENTS, THE AMENDMENTS TO
THE BALANCING PACKAGE, AND THE
CHAIRS BALANCING PACKAGE. WHEN
YOU CLICK ON EACH ONE OF THOSE,
YOU CAN SEE INFORMATION ABOUT
EACH OF THE AMENDMENTS. YOU CAN
SEE THE AMENDED TITLE, WHICH
DEPARTMENT IT PERTAINS TO, A
SUMMARY, INFORMATION ABOUT IT,
WHO SPONSORED OR OFFERED THE
AMENDMENT . IF YOU CLICK ON THIS
LINK HERE, IT WILL OPEN UP A
TIME STAMPED VIDEO OF THAT
DISCUSSION OF THAT PARTICULAR
AMENDMENT, WHICH IS REALLY
HELPFUL FOR GOING BACK AND
SEEING WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT EVERY
ITEM. IF YOU WANT TO FILTER
AMENDMENTS, YOU CAN SEE WHO DID
WHAT. YOU CAN CLICK ON A
COUNCILMEMBERS FACE HERE IN YOU
CAN SEE THEIR PARTICULAR
AMENDMENTS. YOU CAN CLICK ON A
DEPARTMENT AND SEE THE
AMENDMENTS FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU GO TO THE AMENDMENTS AND
BALANCING PACKAGE SECTION, YOU
WILL SEE A SIMILAR SET UP. IT IS
A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION.
AS THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS
INVOLVED, THERE IS SOME NEW
INFORMATION TO CONSIDER. YOU
CAN SEE THE FISCAL IMPACT OF
EACH BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND ADDS
NEW MONEY TO A PROGRAM, YOU CAN
SEE WHERE THAT REDUCTION IS AND
HOW IT IS BALANCED. THEN YOU CAN
SEE THE VARIOUS COSPONSORS.
THEN LIKE THE OTHER BATCH OF
AMENDMENTS, IF YOU CLICK ON THE
DISCUSSION HERE, YOU WILL BE
TAKEN TO A TIME STAMPED VIDEO
DISCUSSION FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
AND THEN OTHER FILTERS, JUST
LIKE THE LAST SECTION, APPLY
HERE, AS WELL. AND IN THIS
FINAL SECTION IS MEANT TO BE A
TOOL THAT THE PUBLIC CAN USE TO
FOLLOW ALONG AS THE COUNCIL GOES
THROUGH THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS
THIS WEEK. THERE ARE A FEW
THINGS THAT I THINK ARE PRETTY
COOL ABOUT IT. PRIMARILY, IT
UPDATES IN REAL TIME ONCE THE
VOTING STARTS. I WILL GO AHEAD
AND ADD IN SOME FAKE VOTING
INFORMATION AND WE WILL COME
BACK TO THAT LATER AND I WILL
SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME NEW THINGS
FOR THIS SPECIFIC SECTION, YOU
CAN SEE DOWN BELOW, AND YOU CAN
SEE THERE IS THE INFORMATION
THAT POPPED UP IN ALMOST REAL
TIME. YOU CAN SEE WHO SPONSORED
AN AMENDMENT. THE PRIMARY
SPONSOR IS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE
HERE. AND THEN THERE ARE MORE
COSPONSORS THAN PREVIOUSLY AS
PEOPLE HAVE ADDED THEIR SUPPORT
TO AMENDMENTS. YOU CAN ALSO
CLICK ON THE SECTION TO READ A
HELPFUL SUMMARY FROM CENTRAL
STAFF ABOUT EACH SPECIFIC
AMENDMENT. AS THE VOTING
HAPPENS, LIKE WAS SEEN EARLIER,
YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RESULTS OF
EACH VOTE ARE. IF AN AMENDMENT
PASSED OR IF IT FAILED , IF YOU
HOVER OVER THE RESULT, YOU WILL
SEE A POP UP THAT SHOWS HOW EACH
PARTICULAR MEMBER VOTED ON THAT
BUDGET AMENDMENT. AND THEN JUST
A FEW OTHER THINGS TO POINT OUT
THAT MIGHT BE USEFUL. AS
COUNCILMEMBERS CONSIDER
AMENDMENTS AND PACKAGES, SOME OF
THEM MAY BE PULLED OUT FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. THEY
ARE NOT VOTED ON AS A GROUP, BUT
DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON
INDIVIDUALLY. TO SEE THOSE
AMENDMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THIS
TOGGLE HERE. YOU WILL SEE JUST
THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN
PULLED OUT FROM THE GROUP AFTER
VOTING HAS STARTED, YOU CAN
CLICK ON THIS DROP DOWN HERE TO
SEE WHICH AMENDMENTS HAVE PASSED
AND WHICH ONES HAVE FAILED. AS
THE COUNCIL GOES THROUGH THE
VARIOUS GROUPS OF AMENDMENTS,
THOSE VOTING GROUPS, YOU CAN
FILTER THEM HERE SO YOU CAN
FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT THE
COUNCIL IS DOING. THIS IS MEANT
TO BE A TOOL TO HELP EVERYBODY
TRACK WHAT WE ARE DOING, HOW WE
ARE DOING IT IN REAL TIME. I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF
YOU HAVE SOME.
>> EXCELLENT. PLEASE JOIN ME
IN THANKING JOSEPH FOR PUTTING
TOGETHER THIS TOOL. THIS IS A
HELPFUL TOOL FOR ALL
COUNCILMEMBERS, AND ALSO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC AND PRESS. THANK
YOU, JOSEPH. WE WILL CONTINUED
TO STICK WITH OUR POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION THAT GROUPS
AMENDMENTS BY CATEGORY OF WHERE
WE SEE SIMILARITIES AMONG THOSE
ITEMS. CENTRAL STAFF AND THE
CLERKS HAVE WORKED TO IMPROVE
ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS FOR
TODAY'S DISCUSSION. YOU CAN SEE
THEM BY THE CATEGORIES THAT
HAVE THE MOST IMPACT. ONE COULD
ALSO SCROLL THROUGH , THEY CAN
SCROLL THROUGH JOSEPH'S
PRESENTATION AND SEE ITEMS
ROLLING THROUGH IN REAL TIME. WE
DON'T HAVE THE FEATURE FOR THE
VISUAL TODAY. WE WILL STICK WITH
THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
MEMBERS OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC,
YOU CAN SEE THAT INFORMATION
UPDATING IN REAL TIME. THAT IS
REALLY EXCITING. LOTS OF THUMBS
UP AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU TO JOSEPH
FOR PRESENTING THAT. I THINK WE
WILL HAVE THAT LINK ON TO OUR
AGENDA FOR TOMORROW, AS WELL, SO
PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IN REAL TIME
AND SHARE IT OUT WITH MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY. YOU CAN PUT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR
NEWSLETTER. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THAT? HEARING NONE,
THANKS AGAIN, JOSEPH, FOR
WALKING US THROUGH THAT. THANKS
TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR
YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGHOUT
THIS PROCESS. AT THIS POINT, WE
ARE STILL ON THE FIRST ITEM OF
THE AGENDA. I WILL TURNED OVER
TO THE OTHER TWO PEOPLE, ESTHER
HANDY AND ALY PENNUCCI. THEY
ARE FROM CENTRAL STAFF. WE WILL
GO RIGHT ON IN TO THE PROPOSED
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM. I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO YOU, ALY AND
ESTHER. I SEE YOU ON THE LINE.
PLEASE GO AHEAD, MS. PENNUCCI.
>> I WILL JUST WALK THROUGH A
COUPLE OF PROCESS SLIDES BEFORE
WE START ON ITEMS 1 THROUGH 16
ON THE AGENDA. I JUST WANTED TO
SAY THANK YOU TO JOSEPH. WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER SINCE
2020, SINCE CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND
I HAD STARTED WORKING TOGETHER .
WE WORKED TO MAKE THE BUDGET
COMMUNITY MORE TRANSLATABLE AND
RELATABLE TO THE PUBLIC. IF YOU
HAVE NOT CHECKED OUT THE OTHER
TOOLS AND INFORMATION TO
DEMYSTIFY THE BUDGET PROCESS,
PLEASE CHECK THAT OUT ON THE
WEBSITE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IT
IS GOOD INFORMATION. WE ARE
CONTINUING TO TRY TO IMPROVE TO
MAKE INFORMATION MORE DIGESTIBLE
FOR THE PUBLIC. WITH THAT, I
WILL REITERATE A FEW THINGS THE
CHAIR DESCRIBED TO ORIENT US TO
THE WEEK. THEN WE CAN MOVE TO
THE NEXT SLIDE. FOR THE
COMMITTEE ALL WEEK, THE AGENDAS
LOOK IDENTICAL. THIS ALLOWS THE
COMMITTEE TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
WE WILL GET THROUGH AS MUCH
MATERIAL AS WE CAN EACH DAY.
THINGS COULD ROLL OVER TO
ANOTHER DAY. CHAIR MOSQUEDA SAID
THAT TODAY WE WILL DESCRIBE
ITEMS 1 THROUGH 27 ON THE
AGENDA. ITEM 28, WHICH IS THE
OTHER BUDGET LEGISLATION, WE
ARE CALLING THAT TRACK 2
LEGISLATION, WE WILL DISCUSS
THAT ON WEDNESDAY FOR A BRIEFING
AND DISCUSSION. TODAY AND
TOMORROW, WE WILL ORGANIZE A
CONVERSATION WITH THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION WHERE THERE ARE NO
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT WILL BE
CONSIDERED AS A CONSENT
CALENDAR. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON
TO BUDGET LEGISLATION FOR
INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, ITEMS
17 THROUGH 26 THIS INCLUDES ALL
BUDGET LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE
NOW PRESENTED IN VARIOUS FORMATS
MULTIPLE TIMES, STARTING WITH
THE BUDGET HEARINGS IN EARLY
OCTOBER DURING THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE, AS WELL AS ON
THE 27th. THEN WE WILL MOVE TO
ITEM 27, THE BUDGET ADOPTION
ORDINANCE. THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE
THE 120+ BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT IMPACT
BALANCING, SPENDING MONEY,
REDUCING SPENDING, STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT, AND
OFFERING PROVISOS. ITEM 28 WILL
BE HELD FOR DAY TWO. IF WE COULD
MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE -- OR
DAY THREE, EXCUSE ME. WE WILL
START WITH BUDGET LEGISLATION
WITHOUT PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. WE
WILL NOT TALK A LOT ABOUT THOSE
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS. WE TALKED ABOUT THEM
PREVIOUSLY. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AND THEN MOVE ON TO
THE OTHER ITEMS. THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF ITEMS IN THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION WITH PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS WHERE THERE WERE LATE
BREAKING TECHNICAL IMPRESSIONS
THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT
OTHER AMENDMENTS IN THE PACKAGE.
WE WILL DESCRIBE THOSE TODAY. WE
WILL DISTRIBUTE THOSE AMENDMENTS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL
POST THEM TO THE AGENDA FOR
TOMORROW. TOMORROW, IF WE CAN
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE,
TOMORROW IS THE DAY FOR VOTING.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT
GROUPS FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONSIDERATION TO MAKE VERY BRIEF
COMMENTS AND FOR ANY AND THEN
TO VOTE ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AS
PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA. AS WE
MOVE THROUGH TODAY, CENTRAL
STAFF WILL DESCRIBE EVERYTHING
THAT IS ON THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF
YOU. THEN WE WILL PAUSE FOR
QUESTIONS. WE WILL TRY TO KEEP
OUR PRESENTATIONS CRISP SO WE
RESERVE TIME FOR COUNCILMEMBER
QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. IF
THERE ARE MULTIPLE ITEMS LISTED
ON THIS SLIDE, WE WILL READ
THEM ALL IN AND THEN PAUSE FOR
QUESTIONS ON THE GROUP OF ITEMS
ON A SLIDE. WITH THAT, I THINK
WE ARE READY TO MOVE INTO THE
SUBSTANCE FOR TODAY. FIRST UP
AS I DESCRIBED, AGENDA ITEMS 1
THROUGH 16 ARE ALL BUDGET
LEGISLATION THAT WAS PROPOSED
BY THE MAYOR OR BY THE COUNCIL
FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED THAT HAVE
NOT ALREADY BEEN FLAGGED FOR
INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION. I AM NOT
PLANNING TO DESCRIBE EACH OF
THESE ITEMS INDIVIDUALLY. AS I
NOTED PREVIOUSLY, WE HAVE
DISTRIBUTED MATERIAL ABOUT THIS
LEGISLATION MULTIPLE TIMES
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THIS
LIST IS HERE FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. I AM HAPPY TO
TAKE QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS 1
THROUGH 16 TOMORROW. MAYBE A
COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO
REMOVE AN ITEM FOR AN INDIVIDUAL
VOTE. OTHERWISE, WE WILL NOT
NEED A SECOND TO DO SO. WE WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT
TOMORROW. WE CAN VOTE ON THE
REST AS A GROUP AND TAKE UP THAT
INDIVIDUAL ITEM. ANY QUESTIONS
ON THIS SLIDE?
>> I AM NOT SEEING ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. GREAT. THEN WE
WILL MOVE ON TO THE PROPOSED
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTE. THESE
ARE ITEMS 17 THROUGH 26 ON THE
AGENDA. THIS FIRST SLIDE IS A
LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER. IT IS
ITEMS 18 THROUGH 21 AND ITEM 23.
THE REASON IS THIS IS BUDGET
LEGISLATION THAT IS IDENTIFIED
FOR INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION AND
VOTE THE AMENDMENTS TO ITEMS 19,
20, 21, AND 23 ARE JUST
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. WE DID
NOT WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME
UP IN THE COMMITTEE TALKING
THROUGH THOSE. ITEM 23 WAS
IDENTIFIED BY THE CHAIR FOR
INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION TOMORROW
OR FOR COMMENT TODAY. ON THIS
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS THAT DON'T
CHANGE THE OVERALL SUBSTANCE OF
THE PROPOSAL, WE ARE HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS OR PULL UP THE
INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT IF COUNCIL
HAS QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE?
>> JUST TO SUMMARIZE, ONCE WE
GET INTO THIS PART OF THE
AGENDA, WE WILL PAUSE ON EACH
ONE OF THESE FOR PEOPLE TO ASK
INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR MAKE
CLARIFYING COMMENTS. IS THAT
CORRECT?
>> MOVING FORWARD FROM HERE, FOR
THE MOST PART, SO ITEM 17, 22,
AND 24 THROUGH 26 WILL EACH HAVE
A SLIDE OF THEIR OWN. WE WILL
DESCRIBE ANY AMENDMENTS AND
PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS. FOR THIS,
BECAUSE THIS ARE JUST TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS TO THE UNDERLYING
BILL, WE DID NOT CREATE
INDIVIDUAL SLIDES FOR IT. DO
YOU WANT ME TO PROCEED , OR DID
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
THAT SLIDE?
>> I AM GOOD. I WAS JUST TAKEN
ABACK BY AN EMAIL I RECEIVED
OVER THE WEEKEND. HOLY COW.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> THIS FIRST ITEM FOR
INDIVIDUAL VOTE WHERE THERE IS
ONE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, I WILL
TURN IT OVER TO TOM TO DESCRIBE
THE RESOLUTION AND THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT. THIS AMENDMENT IS
NECESSARY TO SUPPORT AN
AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET ADOPTION
ORDINANCE. THIS WAS IDENTIFIED
LATE IN THE PROCESS. IT IS NOT
POSTED TO THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW,
BUT IT WILL BE POSTED FOR
CONSIDERATION TOMORROW. THE
AGENDA WILL BE UPDATED LATER
TODAY. WE WILL DISTRIBUTE IT TO
EVERYONE THIS AFTERNOON.
>> OKAY. SO NOW IS THE CHANCE
FOR PEOPLE TO ASK CLARIFYING
QUESTIONS ON EACH ITEM. IS THAT
CORRECT, ALY?
>> I WAS GOING TO HAVE TOM
QUICKLY DESCRIBE THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT, AND THEN WE WILL OPEN
IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
>> SOUNDS GOOD. TOM?
>> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS. I AM
TOM FROM CENTRAL STAFF. THE
ORIGINAL RESOLUTION IS A
STANDARD PIECE OF LEGISLATION
WHICH IS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH
CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMS THE
EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATE THAT
WILL BE DEPOSITED IN A
RETIREMENT FUND IN THE CITY
BUDGET. AS TRANSMITTED, THE
RESOLUTION IS AT 15.2% A
SALARIES AND 2024. THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH A BUDGET ACTION
IN THE PACKAGE FROM THE CHAIR,
WHICH REDUCES THE CONTRIBUTION
RATE. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL
AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, WHICH
REDUCES THE CONTRIBUTION RATE
TO 15.1%. THIS AMENDMENT TO
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALIGN WITH
THE RECOMMENDED ANNUAL
REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION TO THE
RETIREMENT SYSTEM IN THIS
RESOLUTION WITH THE AMOUNT THAT
IS BUDGETED, THAT WOULD BE
BUDGETED IN COUNCIL ACTION. SO
JUST THE LINES THIS RESOLUTION
WITH THE PROPOSAL BY
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> THANKS. AND THERE WILL BE A
SUMMARY OF COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT TO THIS
ITEM IN GROUP B WHEN WE GET TO
THAT DISCUSSION. I'M GOING TO
PAUSE HERE. THIS IS OUR FIRST
ITEM THAT ALLOWS FOR
COUNCILMEMBERS TO SORT OF SPEAK
TO ITEMS. WE HAVE ALREADY DONE
THE CLARIFICATION OR THE
SPONSORED ISSUE. ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM? OKAY. I DID HAVE A
CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT WHAT
THE IMPACT WOULD BE TO THE
FUNDS. SO I ASKED, WEARING MY
BOARD OF THE SCERS BODY ACT,
THE BOARD HAD MADE THE ACTUARIAL
, READ THE ACTUARIAL
RECOMMENDATION AND HAD GONE WITH
THE 15.82% THAT WAS ADOPTED
FOUR AND ADJUSTED FOR IN THE
CHAIR'S PROPOSED PACKAGE. I DID
ASK THE SCERS DIRECTOR TO
WEIGH-IN ON THIS. AN EMAIL CAME
BACK FROM HIM ECHOING THE DESIRE
TO SEE THAT THE RECOMMENDED RATE
STAY AT 15.82% . ARE THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THIS
ITEM? OKAY. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND
MOVE ON. SORRY, CAN I JUST ASK
TOM -- TOM, DO YOU MIND GOING
INTO THE REASONING BEHIND THE
RATE INCLUDED IN THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION
FOR THE COMMITTEE AND THE
COMMUNITY?
>> ABSOLUTELY. DURING THE ISSUE
OF IDENTIFICATION, THERE WAS A
STAFF MEMO PRODUCED ON THIS
TOPIC EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE VARIOUS RATES. IN
JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE SCERS
BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION HELD A
MEETING , REVIEWED THE
INFORMATION THAT WAS TRANSMITTED
BY THE ACTUARY, AND RECOMMENDED
A 15.82% RATE. THAT WAS BASED
ON THEIR ANALYSIS OF THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE CITY
BUDGET AS PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR
INCLUDED A 15.22% RATE. THE
PROPOSAL IN THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE SIMPLY
LOWERED THE RATE TO WAS
RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF
ADMINISTRATION FROM THE
HIGHER-LEVEL THAT WAS SUBMITTED
IN THE BUDGET.
>> OKAY. THANKS, TOM. I AM NOT
SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS ON
THIS ITEM. I THINK WE CAN MOVE
ON.
>> SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT
ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 22 ON THE
AGENDA, COUNCIL BILL 120706.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE NETWORK
COMPANIES TO OBTAIN AN ANNUAL
LICENSE TO OPERATE IN SEATTLE
AND WOULD REQUIRE A LICENSE FEE
THAT WOULD PROVIDE REVENUE TO
RECOVER THE COSTS OF NETWORK
REGULATIONS. THIS SPECIFIC PIECE
OF BUDGET LEGISLATION IS A
LITTLE BIT ON A DIFFERENT
TRACK, BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER
DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE
BUDGET PROCESS. SO THE DEADLINE
FOR A COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS WAS LAST THURSDAY. WE
HAVE MORE THAN A HALF-DOZEN
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. OUR
COLLEAGUE, KARINA , IS WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO GET THOSE READY
FOR A COUNCILMEMBER REVIEW AND
DISCUSSION TOMORROW AND A VOTE
ON WEDNESDAY. WE WILL DISTRIBUTE
THOSE AMENDMENTS LATER TODAY. AT
THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE A
SUMMARY READY TO PRESENT. WE ARE
STILL WORKING WITH THE SPONSORS
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
TO FINALIZE THAT. ANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THAT PROCESS?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T
SEE ANY HANDS HERE RIGHT NOW.
DURING THE LAST DELIBERATION, AS
WE WERE BRIEFED ON THIS ITEM
EARLIER LAST MONTH, I DID RAISE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT
OF HAVING AN LEG TO PAY FOR
THE INCREASE ON ADDITIONAL
DELAYS AND COST OF MATERIALS
DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE
COMPANY'S WHO HAVE THE CONCRETE
FACILITIES TO COME TO AN
AGREEMENT EARLIER. I'M JUST
WONDERING IF OTHER
JURISDICTIONS, HAVE WE HEARD
WHETHER OR NOT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS LIKE KING COUNTY
OR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ARE
ALSO HAVING TO INCREASE COSTS
TO TAXPAYERS VERSUS JUST HAVING
THE CORPORATIONS, WHICH IS
TYPICAL OF LABOR NEGOTIATIONS,
HAVING THE CORPORATIONS
BASICALLY RECOGNIZE THE
INCREASED COST OF NOT COMING TO
THE TABLE AND YIELD A DESIRE
FOR THEM TO COME TO THE TABLE
FASTER? ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS
HAVING TO INCREASE HOW THEY PAY
FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PROLONGED AND UNNECESSARY LABOR
DELAY THERE?
>> BEFORE WE TAKE UP THE
QUESTION, I THINK I HAVE
CONFUSED YOU ON THE ORDER OF
THINGS. CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE
SEVEN? I THINK YOU WERE
SPEAKING TO ITEM NUMBER 18 THAT
IS PLANNED FOR INDIVIDUAL
DISCUSSION TOMORROW. WE DID NOT
HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL SLIDE ON IT,
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO IT. I THINK YOUR
QUESTION IS RELATED TO ANOTHER
COUNCIL BILL. THAT IS NUMBER 18
AS PRESENTED ON THIS TABLE. I
DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT
QUESTION. I BELIEVE MY
COLLEAGUE MAY BE ON THE LINE,
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, I KNOW THAT
WHILE THE LABOR DISPUTE WAS
ONGOING, THERE WERE MEDIA
STORIES THAT IDENTIFIED
INCREASED COST TO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE STATE
AND KING COUNTY. I DON'T HAVE
SPECIFICS ON WHAT THOSE MAY HAVE
BEEN. I DO SUSPECT IT IMPACTED
THEIR CENTRAL DELAY.
>> THANK YOU. APOLOGIES. I
THOUGHT WE WERE ON ITEM NUMBER
18.
>> I THREW YOU OFF. WHAT I DID
ON THIS SLIDE WAS SUMMARIZE THE
ITEMS WHERE THERE WERE NO
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WHICH ARE
NOT IN THE EXACT AGENDA ITEM IN
ORDER. IT IS ITEMS 18, 19, 20,
21, AND 23. WE WENT FROM 17 TO
22. APOLOGIES FOR THE CONFUSION.
THIS IS ITEM 18 THAT YOU ARE
SPEAKING TO.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THE
NEXT STEP ON THIS LIST ITEM 23?
>> SO WE DID 18, 19, 20, 21,
AND 23 ON THIS SLIDE. WE ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT ITEM 17 AND ITEM
22. WE WILL BE MOVING TO ITEM 24
NEXT. I WILL PUT THEM BACK IN
ORDER TOMORROW . SORRY FOR THE
CONFUSION.
>> OKAY. I THINK WE CAN GO
AHEAD.
>> I WILL MOVE TO ITEM 24. I
WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUE TO
DESCRIBE THIS PROPOSED
AMENDMENT.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS.
COUNCIL BILL 120707 WOULD
CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION CENTER
TO THE COMMUNITY ASSISTED
RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT. THAT IS, THE CARE
DEPARTMENT. CONSISTENT WITH THIS
CHANGE, IT WOULD ESTABLISH THE
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT AS THE
IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
SAFETY SERVICES. IT WOULD ADD
TWO MORE DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS.
THE SOLE CURRENT FUNCTION IS 911
CALL TAKING AND DISPATCH. THE
FIRST OF THE NEW FUNCTIONS IS A
PROVISION OF RESPONSE TO 911
CALLS IDENTIFIED AS BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, NONEMERGENCY, AND LOW
RISK. THE SECOND OF THE NEW
FUNCTIONS IS THE CREATION OF A
NEW INITIATIVE TO INTEGRATE THE
CITY'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PROGRAMS. THE LEGISLATION WOULD
ALSO CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE
DEPARTMENT HEAD FROM DIRECTOR TO
CHIEF. AMENDMENT 1, SPONSORED BY
CHAIR MOSQUEDA, WOULD RETAIN
THE DIRECTOR TITLE AND CLARIFIED
THAT CITY POLICYMAKING IS
GOVERNED BY AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
>> SO COLLEAGUES, THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR ASKING QUESTIONS
TODAY. I DO ALSO WANT TO NOTE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
LEGISLATION IN FRONT OF US.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, YOU AND
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS ITEM FOR A
WHILE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE
HAD THE CHANCE TO REALLY GET
INTO THE MEAT OF THE LEGISLATION
IN DETAIL YET. I AM GOING TO
SEE IF WE WANT TO PAUSE THERE
AND QUICKLY TALK ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE UNDERLYING
ORDINANCE FIRST. COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
COMMENT?
>> I THINK ANN DID A GOOD JOB
OF DESCRIBING THE AMENDMENT YOU
ARE SPONSORING, CHAIR MOSQUEDA,
AND THE BILL ITSELF. I DON'T
REALLY HAVE ANYTHING MORE TO
ADD. MY APOLOGIES.
>> THAT IS OKAY. I ALSO DOWN.
ANN, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS ON THIS RIGHT NOW ,
AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY, I
DON'T THINK WE HAVE A NEED FOR
AN OVERVIEW . UNLESS YOU THINK
THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE WE ARE
MISSING ON THIS.
>> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. BOTH
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND THE
AMENDMENT ARE PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> AGENDA ITEM 25, COUNCIL BILL
120705, IS THE 2023 YEAR-END
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ORDINANCE.
THIS IS THE THIRD COMPREHENSIVE
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET LEGISLATION
TRANSMUTED BY THE EXECUTIVE THIS
YEAR. IT MAKES YEAR-END CHANGES
TO CORPORATIONS, RELIGIONS, AND
CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE
NECESSARY IN 2023. THERE ARE
SEVEN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO BALANCE A
COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS OR ARE MAKING A 2023
CHANGE THAT CARRIES INTO 2024.
IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT
SLIDE , THIS IS A LIST OF THOSE
SEVEN AMENDMENTS. THERE IS AN
EIGHTH AMENDMENT THAT IS A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO CREATE A
NEW BUDGET CONTROL LEVEL THAT
WAS REQUESTED BY THE EXECUTIVE
IT IS QUITE TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO
CREATE THAT BUDGET CONTROL
LEVEL. BACK IN 2023, THE CITY
CAN PAY THE DEBT ISSUE THAT HAS
BEEN CAUSED RELATED TO
MULTIPURPOSE UNLIMITED GENERAL
TAX OBLIGATION BONDS. IT IS,
AGAIN, DEEP IN THE WEEDS OF THE
TECHNICAL PIECES OF OUR BUDGET.
WE DID NOT HAVE A BUDGET CONTROL
LEVEL IN WHICH TO APPROPRIATE
THOSE FUNDS OR PAY THOSE COSTS
OUT OF. IT IS BUDGET NEUTRAL,
BUT IT IS A TECHNICAL
CORRECTION. THAT IS AMENDMENT
EIGHT, WHICH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED
LATER TODAY. THESE EIGHT
AMENDMENTS ARE PLANNED TO BE
VOTED ON AS ONE ORDINANCE. ONE
THROUGH FIVE AND NUMBER SEVEN
ARE ALL TO BALANCE ITEMS THAT
WERE IN THE CHAIR'S BALANCING
PACKAGE OR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
BY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO THAT
BALANCING PACKAGE. IF THIS
AMENDMENTS DID NOT PASS, THERE
WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGES TO
SPENDING PROPOSALS THAT COME UP
LATER TO THE BUDGET ADOPTION
ORDINANCE. AMENDMENT SIX IS A
PROPOSAL BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD THAT PROVIDES FUNDING IN
2023 FOUR EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS IT REDUCES
PROPOSED FUNDING FOR THE SEATTLE
POLICE MONITOR RESERVE THAT
WOULD BE NEEDED THIS YEAR. THIS
IS ADDED IN 2023 SO THEY HAVE
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THIS
PURPOSE. SHE ADDED A COMPANION
AMENDMENT TO THE 2024 BUDGET
THAT MAKES THIS AMENDMENT
ONGOING SO THEY HAVE THE
RESOURCES FOR THIS , FOR THESE
PROCESSES. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE
EIGHT AMENDMENTS, MOSTLY
TECHNICAL OR NECESSARY TO
BALANCE OTHER ITEMS IN THE
PACKAGE. IF THEY DID NOT PASS,
WE WOULD HAVE TO REDUCE SOME OF
THE PROPOSED NEW SPENDING. I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU
HAVE ANY.
>> JUST TO PUT IT IN ANOTHER WAY
OR REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID, MANY
OF THESE ITEMS WERE ALREADY
IDENTIFIED AS POSSIBLE POCKETS
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY
CENTRAL STAFF. THEY ARE NOT
INTENDED TO BE CONTROVERSIAL IN
NATURE, GIVEN THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN FLAGGING FUNDS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR THE COUNCILMEMBERS
TO USE. IN VARIOUS WAYS , WHILE
THERE ARE CERTAIN NAMES
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TRANSFERS,
MANY OF US HAVE ALREADY DIPPED
INTO USING THE RESOURCES FOR
VARIOUS ITEMS THAT ARE FUNDED
NEITHER THE CHAIR'S PROPOSED
PACKAGE OR THE AMENDMENT'S YOU
HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE LAST
TWO WEEKS. THIS IS NOT REALLY A
POLICY DECISION. THIS IS MORE
ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE
UNSPECIFIED FUNDS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE INVESTMENTS
IN 2024.
>> THAT IS CORRECT, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. NUMBER THREE IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THAT. TO 19 HAS AN
AMENDMENT THAT RESERVES A
PORTION OF THOSE FUNDS FOR
ANOTHER PURPOSE. AND THEN THERE
IS THAT AND ANOTHER MILLION
DOLLARS PUT ASIDE TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS FUNDING FOR THE
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE STORAGE
PROGRAM IN 2024 THAT HAS NOT YET
LAUNCHED THIS YEAR. WORK IS
UNDERWAY TO TRY TO GET THAT
PROGRAM GOING IN 2024.
>> GREAT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> THE NEXT ITEM, SORRY . IT
LOOKS LIKE THERE IS A QUESTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, PLEASE
GO AHEAD.
>> ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE YEAR,
WAS THAT PRESENTED -- I WANTED
TO GET INTO THAT. I DON'T WANT
TO TAKE UP TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT IT. I'M JUST WONDERING
WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT IS.
>> THAT IS PERFECT.
>> WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT
REDUCTION?
>> THAT WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF
THE CHAIR'S BALANCING PACKAGE
AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE YEAR-END
SUPPLEMENTAL. THE BUDGET FOR
2023 FOR THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
INCLUDED SOME FUNDS THAT WERE
ANTICIPATED TO BE NEEDED TO
SETTLE A LAWSUIT . IT WAS OVER
BUDGETED. MORE FUNDS THAN WERE
NEEDED IN 2023 WERE BUDGETED.
THIS $50,000 IS UNDER SPEND AND
WILL HAVE NO IMPACT. YUP.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. YOU ARE LEADING BY
EXAMPLE HERE. NOBODY HAS REALLY
CHIMED IN WITH QUESTIONS YET
TODAY. THAT IS THE EXACT TYPE
OF QUESTION THAT WE ARE HOPING
PEOPLE GET A CHANCE TO ASK TODAY
BEFORE GOING INTO THE VOTE FOR
TOMORROW. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
ON THE SCREEN THAT RAISES A
CONCERN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED
BEFORE GOING INTO TOMORROW. I
ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE
DEBATE , HOPEFULLY NOT ON THESE
ITEMS, BECAUSE THESE ARE MOSTLY
ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
BY CENTRAL STAFF AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO USE FUNDS THAT
ARE NOT BEING DEPLOYED IN 2024.
BUT ON ANOTHER NUMBER OF THE
OTHER AMENDMENTS, THERE IS A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT IMPACT OR
DEPLOYMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND
VERY TIMELY. IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS TODAY, COLLEAGUES,
PLEASE CHIME IN. OKAY, LET'S GO
AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GET INTO
THE NEXT ITEM AGENDA ITEM 26,
WHICH IS COUNCIL BILL 119950 ,
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE
THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX RATES
FOR ALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE
SUBJECT TO THAT TAX. THIS BILL
WAS ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED DURING
THE 2020 BUDGET DELIBERATIONS
BY THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT
VARIOUS BUDGET AMENDMENTS. IT
HAS NOT YET HAD FINAL ACTION ON
IT. WE ARE USING IT AS THE
VEHICLE TO SUPPORT 2024 BUDGET
ACTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD AND CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THERE ARE THREE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE RELATED TO
TWO ITEMS THAT ARE IN GROUP B
TO THE REDUCTION ORDINANCE.
BOTH OF THOSE AMENDMENTS ASSUME
THAT PAYROLL TAX RATES WOULD BE
INCREASED TO GENERATE ADDITIONAL
REVENUE ANNUALLY. AND THEN THOSE
FUNDS TO BE USED FOR OTHER
PURPOSES. THERE ARE PUT --
THREE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE PUT UP FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AMENDMENT
ONE, WOULD INCREASE THE PAYROLL
EXPENSE TAX RATES TO INCREASE
ANNUAL REVENUES BY AT LEAST $60
MILLION. IF THIS AMENDMENT
PASSES, THAT WOULD INCREASE THE
RATES ENOUGH TO COVER THE
PROPOSED SPENDING IN BOTH DEAL
1 A 1 AND THE OTHER. IN THAT
SCENARIO, AMENDMENTS TWO AND
THREE WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. IF
YOU WANT TO SUPPORT AN INCREASE,
BUT NOT FOR THOSE ACTIONS, YOU
CAN SUPPORT EITHER AMENDMENT
TWO OR THREE. AMENDMENT TWO
WOULD INCREASE REVENUES BY $40
MILLION ANNUALLY. AND THEN,
WOULD INCREASE RATES BY $20
MILLION ANNUALLY. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> THIS IS A GOOD ONE ALSO FOR
CLARIFICATION. AS FOLKS REMEMBER
DURING OUR CONVERSATION IN
OCTOBER, COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
BROUGHT FOR TWO AMENDMENTS TO
INCREASE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE
IN THE PLANNING RESERVE, WHICH
IS THE $40 MILLION, AND THE
FUNDING FOR SERVICES, WHICH IS
$20 MILLION YOU MIGHT ASK WHERE
THE $60 MILLION COME FROM. THAT
WAS THE FIRST QUESTION I ASKED.
ALY JUST SAID IT IS EASIER FOR
CENTRAL STAFF TO DO THE
CALCULATION ON THE IMPACT OF
THIS TO THE BUDGET IF WE ROLL IT
UP INTO ONE AMENDMENT FOR THE
PURPOSES OF CALCULATING A
JUMPSTART ADJUSTMENT. THEY HAVE
TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE
BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER JUST
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE MORE SIMPLE
FOR THE MATH , FOR THE IMPACT OF
THE BUDGET AND THE IMPACT ON
JUMPSTART REVENUE STREAMS IF IT
WERE CALCULATED AS ONE PIECE
INSTEAD OF TWO SEPARATE ONES. WE
RECOGNIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY
SUPPORT $40 MILLION OR $20
MILLION INSTEAD. THERE IS ALSO
AN OPTION IF THAT FIRST
AMENDMENT FAILS TO INCLUDE $40
MILLION AND THEN $20 MILLION.
WE DID NOT WANT PEOPLE TO THINK
THIS WAS A COMPLETELY NEW
AMENDMENT. THIS IS A NEW WAY
THAT CENTRAL STAFF CAN ACCOUNT
FOR ANY JUMPSTART ON
CALCULATIONS . HOPEFULLY THAT
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL
CLARIFICATION. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON?
>> I AM TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG
THE SLIDE PRESENTATION BY
LOOKING AT THE AGENDA. I JUST
HIT THE LINK FOR ITEM 26 ,
AMENDMENT ONE. AND THEN
SOMETHING POPS UP SAYING THIS
RECORD IS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING .
>> THE FLAG TO THAT, AS WELL.
THERE WAS A SECOND EMAIL THAT
WENT OUT THAT INCLUDED A LINK TO
THE FOLDERS. PATTY, DID YOU
WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, ARE
YOU GOING OFF OF THE AGENDA
PRODUCED BY LEGISTAR?
>> I AM GOING OFF OF THE AGENDA
THAT MY STAFF PRINTED OUT FOR
TODAY.
>> OKAY. THIS MIGHT BE A BAD
LINK. WE WILL HAVE TO FIX THAT.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE IN THE AGENDA
PAMPHLET FOLDER THAT WE PROVIDED
TO THE STAFF. IT IS NOT ON THE
AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
BY THE CLERKS. WE WILL HAVE TO
ADDRESS THAT AND FIX IT FOR THE
PUBLIC. YOU AND YOUR STAFF
CURRENTLY HAVE ACCESS TO A
FOLDER WITH ALL OF THE MATERIAL.
>> I WOULD JUST FLAG FOR THE
VIEWING PUBLIC, THE LIFE LINK IN
LEGISTAR IS WORKING FOR ME WHEN
YOU CLICK ON IT. COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, THERE MAY BE A MIXUP ON
WHICH LINK IS ON YOUR SCREEN.
WHEN I CLICK ON AMENDMENT ONE
ON THE LIVE VERSION, IT SHOULD
BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC. WE
CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR FLACKING THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. I AM
HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE PUBLIC
LINK IS LIVE. I ALSO JUST
RECIRCULATED THE EMAIL THAT
PATTY SENT AROUND FOR FOLKS TO
HAVE AT THE TOP OF THEIR INBOX,
AS WELL, WHICH PROVIDES A LINK
TO ALL THE FOLDERS WITH THE
MATERIALS. I TOO AND CRACKING
MULTIPLE PAGES HERE AND TALKING
POINTS THAT ALIGN WITH ITEMS.
WHERE IT IS NOT INCLUDED AS A
GROUP, WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO
HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES.
>> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE, IF
DURING THE DISCUSSIONS TODAY, A
COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO SEE
THE FULL AMENDMENT SHEET EITHER
FOR THIS ITEMS OR IN GROUP A OR
GROUP B, WE HAVE THOSE
AVAILABLE. YOU CAN SEE THE
SPECIFIC LANGUAGE OR IF YOU HAVE
A QUESTION , YOU MAY BE ABLE TO
SEE SOMETHING ON THE AMENDMENT
SHEETS THAT CENTRAL STAFF
PREPARED.
>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
SO I THINK NOW WE ARE MOVING TO
AGENDA ITEM 27, ITCHES THE 2024
BUDGET ADOPTION ORDINANCE. THIS
WILL BE WHERE WE START
DESCRIBING THE 120+ PROPOSED
BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THESE INCLUDE
COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS AND
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT. WE HAVE THIS ORGANIZED
FOR DISCUSSION TODAY BY
DEPARTMENT FOR THE MOST PART. IN
A FEW CASES, YOU WILL SEE
SOMETHING OUT OF ALPHABETICAL
ORDER BY DEPARTMENT. AN
AMENDMENT IN THIS FIRST GROUP
WE WILL GO THROUGH, THERE IS AN
ARTS PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND AN
SDOT PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT IS
PART OF A PACKAGE. WE HAVE
LISTED THOSE TOGETHER. CENTRAL
STAFF WILL READ IN THE GROUP AS
PRESENTED ON THE SLIDE. THEN WE
WILL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS EITHER
ON THE ENTIRE GROUP OF
AMENDMENTS AS LISTED ON THE
SCREEN OR ON ANY INDIVIDUAL
ITEM. WE WILL DISTRIBUTE THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY SO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME ALL DAY. I
WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUE, JASMINE, WHO WILL
DESCRIBE SOME OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JASMINE.
JUST BEFORE WE DO, I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL
ORIENTED. THE VAST MAJORITY OF
TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND
OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS IS
REALLY ON THIS ONE AGENDA ITEM,
ITEM 27 IT INCLUDES 121 COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTIONS . THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED
IN THE CHAIR'S BALANCING
PACKAGE. AND THERE ARE
STANDALONE AMENDMENTS. THEY ARE
IMPORTANT BRING OUT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DISCUSSION. JUST AS
A REMINDER TO FOLKS, 121
INDIVIDUAL BUDGET ITEMS INCLUDED
UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM, ITEM
27. SO IF THEY ARE IN THE
CHAIR'S BALANCING PACKAGE OR THE
AMENDMENTS YOU SUBMITTED ON THE
27th, THIS IS A CHANCE TO ASK
ADDITIONAL COLLEAGUES OF
QUESTIONS OR THE CENTRAL STAFF.
WE WILL NOT ASK THE SPONSORS OF
THOSE INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS TO
SPEAK ON THEM AND ARGUE FOR
THEM, BUT IF THERE ARE
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, WE WILL
TURN THAT OVER. THIS IS A
CHANCE FOR US TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE IS WELL ORIENTED ON 121
AMENDMENTS FOR TOMORROW'S VOTE,
WHICH WILL THEN INCLUDE AS
GROUP A AND GROUP B. WE WILL
ABSOLUTELY HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE
MORE DISCUSSION AND DEBATE
TOMORROW. THIS IS A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR CLARIFICATION.
DID I DESCRIBE THAT RIGHT AS WE
HEAD INTO ALL OF THE 121
AMENDMENTS? GREAT. ANY
QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? I
SEE A THUMBS-UP FROM EVERYONE
PRESENT, SO I WILL CONTINUE WITH
THE PRESENTATION HERE. GO AHEAD.
>> GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. NICE TO BE WITH
YOU ALL VIRTUALLY ON THIS CRISP
AUTUMN MORNING. I AM JASMINE
WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. I
WILL BE PRESENTING THE FIRST
NINE OF THE GROUP A AMENDMENTS
THAT ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO ARTS.
FIRST WE HAVE 1B1. IT WOULD ADD
$160,000 TO ARTS TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY GRANT
PROGRAMS. THIS ITEM REFLECTS A
NEW OPTION THAT ADDS $20,000 OF
ONE-TIME SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMMING
THAT SHOWCASES FILMS FROM THE
GLOBAL LATINO FILM COMMUNITY.
IT PROPOSES A PROVISO OF THESE
FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE. NEXT WE
HAVE, ARTS 2A2 FOR AN ART
CENTER SPONSORED BY MULTIPLE
COUNCILMEMBERS. NEXT WE HAVE
--
>> I SHOULD JUST HAVE SAID,
JASMINE, AS YOU CONTINUE HERE, I
WILL PAUSE AT THE END OF THE
SLIDES. IF YOU SEE AN SDOT
RELATED ONE, THAT IS IN A
CULTURAL VEIN. I WILL PAUSE AT
THE END OF EACH SLIDE SO PEOPLE
CAN ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EACH
ONE. WE ARE GROUPING THEM BY
IMPACT CATEGORIES. SO ARTS AND
CULTURE IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS, I WILL COME BACK TO
YOU.
>> GREAT. NEXT WE HAVE 3A2,
WHICH WOULD ADD $250,000 TO
PRESERVING THE LEGACY OF THE
FORCED EXPULSION OF CHINESE
AMERICANS. NUMBER FOUR, WE
HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ADD
$100,000 TO THE ART AND CULTURE
FUND TO SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE
INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM. NUMBER
FIVE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD
ADD $100,000 TO THE ART AND
CULTURE FUND TO ARTS FOR
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND
STRATEGIC PLANNING SUPPORT,
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
NEXT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD
REQUEST THAT ARTS DEVELOP A
STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR
THE ARTS AND CULTURE FUND, ALSO
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
NUMBER SEVEN IS SOMETHING THAT
WOULD ADD $20,000 TO THE GENERAL
FUND TO ARTS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS
FEATURING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND
ARTISTS EXPERIENCES IN OTHER
COUNTRIES. THAT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. NEXT WE
HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD ADD
$675,000 IN JUMPSTART FUND TO
ARTS TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD
IDENTITY AND PUBLIC SPACE
IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ.
THEN WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT
WOULD PROVIDE $600,000 TO SDOT
FOR PAVING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
VICINITY OF THE SEATTLE STORM
TRAINING FACILITY, ALSO
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JUAREZ. I WILL PAUSE HERE FOR
ANY QUESTIONS.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON
THESE ITEMS? THANKS AGAIN FOR
BRINGING FORWARD THE TWO ITEMS
THAT ARE LISTED HERE UNDER YOUR
SPONSORSHIP AS YOU HEARD, WHILE
UNDER SDOT, IT IS DIRECTLY
RELATED TO FUNDING PUBLIC HEART
-- PUBLIC ART PROGRAM .
>> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE
IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT STARTED IN
2020. AGAIN, THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR AND STAFF , FOR PUTTING
THOSE TWO TOGETHER SO MY
COLLEAGUES CAN UNDERSTAND THIS
PROJECT IN CONTEXT.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON
THIS? GREAT. THIS ONE HAS ONE
ITEM.
>> THIS IS AMENDMENT 10 IN
GROUP A, 801A, THAT WOULD ADD
MONEY TO THE CITY AUDITOR FOR
STAFFING COSTS. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
SHOULD I JUST KEEP MOVING?
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ARE THREE
AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE. IT IS AMENDMENTS
11 THROUGH 13 IN GROUP A. THE
FIRST IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT REQUESTS
THAT THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE
REPORT ON HOW TO CREATE AN
INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE BUDGET.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND JOINED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. ITEM 12
IS THE ERRATA CORRECTIONS TO
THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENTS .
THESE ARE CORRECTIONS THAT
CENTRAL STAFF TRANSMITS AND
THEY ARE REVIEWED TO MAKE SURE
THERE ARE NO ISSUES. THIS ONE IS
HISTORICALLY SPONSORED BY THE
BUDGET COMMITTEE. ITEM 13 WOULD
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING AND
POSITION AUTHORITY FOR 2.0 FTE
IN THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE THAT
WAS PROPOSED BY THE JUMPSTART
FUND AND IS SUPPORTED BY $1
MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
IT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FROM THE
JUMPSTART REVENUES THAT ARE
TRANSFERRED INTO THE GENERAL
FUND. THIS IS ACTUALLY REDUCING
SPENDING FROM THE JUMPSTART
FUND. IT IS SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE TO THE
NEXT ITEM . THIS IS THE ONE
AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE SEATTLE
CENTER, NUMBER 14 IN GROUP A,
WHICH WOULD ADD $150,000
JUMPSTART FUND TO THE SEATTLE
CENTER FOR THE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS. ANY
QUESTIONS? WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS SIMPLY
A COPY AND PASTE ERROR . WE WILL
SKIP TO NUMBER 20 AS SLIGHT 19
WAS THERE IN ERROR. THIS IS THE
ONE AMENDMENT PROPOSED TO THE
COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, ITEM
NUMBER 15, CFCC , A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT
REQUESTS THAT THE CFCC REPORT ON
ITS PLAN TO INCREASE
CALL-CENTER STAFFING. THIS IS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT GROUP. THAT I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TO READ IN
ITEMS STARTING WITH NUMBER 21
IN GROUP A.
>> ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE GO TO
THAT, LET'S GO TO TALK ABOUT
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING. THE FIRST
AMENDMENT IS ADDING $143,000 OF
GENERAL FUND TO DEEL FOR
AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER LEARNING
PROGRAMS. WE IMPOSE A PROVISO
FOR THAT PURPOSE. MOVING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, WE
HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT ADDS
$100,000 TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR RESIDENT
ASSEMBLY ON SPACE NEEDLE
THINKING. IT TRANSFERS $100,000
FROM THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND.
PREVIOUSLY THIS WAS, THIS HAD AN
ERROR ON IT. IT SAID JUMPSTART,
BUT FUNDING IS NOW COMING FROM
THE DIRECT FUND. THE SPONSOR IS
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THE
NEXT ONE ADDS ONE FTE , A
STRATEGIC PLANNING SPECIALIST,
AND A HALF-TIME PUBLIC RELATIONS
SPECIALIST SENIOR . THIS IS FOR
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING. NEXT
REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOINTLY
PROVIDE A TRANSITION AND
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR
COMMUNITY WEALTH BUILDING. BOTH
ARE SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES. AND FINALLY, AN
AMENDMENT ADDS $100,000 OF
GENERAL FUNDING TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
PAYROLL TAX OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
EVALUATION WORK AND ANNUAL
REPORTING, SPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSQUEDA.
>> PLEASE GO AHEAD,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
ON ITEM 16 THERE. THE FIRST
QUESTION IS, DID ANYBODY TALK
TO DEEL ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT
BEFORE PUTTING IT FORWARD?
SECOND, WITH THIS APPROPRIATION
REQUIRE A SEPARATE RFI? WHAT
WOULD THAT $143,000, WHAT WOULD
NOT BE SPENT INSTEAD? DOES
ANYTHING ELSE NOT GET SPENT IF
THIS IS APPROVED?
>> I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
ANOTHER PERSON TO ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. BRIAN GOODNIGHT,
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. I THINK I
WILL LET THE SPONSORS DISCUSS
IF THEY DISCUSSED IT WITH DEEL.
WE SHARED IT WITH THEM LAST
WEEK. WE SHARED IT BOTH TO THE
CITY BUDGET OFFICE AND TO THE
DEPARTMENT. I DID NOT RECEIVE
ANY FEEDBACK ON IT. IT HAS BEEN
OUT THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
YOUR SECOND QUESTION, IT WAS
ABOUT AN RFI, I BELIEVE.
TRADITIONALLY, YES, THEY WILL
ISSUE AN RFI FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE ENOUGH AUTHORITY TO
DO SOME SMALL CONTRACTING. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIMIT IS.
TYPICALLY THEY DO ISSUE A
REQUEST FOR INVESTMENTS. IN
TERMS OF WHAT WOULDN'T BE
FUNDED, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING
WOULD NOT BE FUNDED. THESE ARE
ADDITIONAL FUNDS FROM THE
GENERAL FUND SO THE DEPARTMENT
HAS THEIR CURRENT FUNDING SUITES
AND CAN SPEND THOSE FUNDS AS
PLANNED. THIS WOULD BE AN
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE FOR THEM TO
EXPEND.
>> SO IT IS NOT MOVING MONEY
AROUND. WE HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS
AROUND WHERE THEY ARE MOVING
ALREADY PROVIDED GRANTS. I
CANNOT REMEMBER THE PROGRAM NAME
OF THAT, BUT THEY WERE GIVEN A
POT OF MONEY LAST YEAR. AND THEN
IT IS BEING RENEWED THIS YEAR. I
WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD TAKE
MONEY AWAY FROM ONE OF THE
ALREADY APPROVED ORGANIZATIONS.
>> CORRECT. IT IS NOT TAKING ANY
MONEY AWAY. IT IS ADDING FUNDS
TO THE DEEL.
>> SO ITEMS THAT AREN'T
NUMBERED WITH 800 OR 900
SERIES, THEY INDICATE SOMETHING
THAT WAS IN THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE. THOSE ITEMS
ARE FUNDED BY A VARIETY OF WAYS,
LARGELY IN PART TO THE IMPROVED
GENERAL FUND REVENUE FORECAST IF
IT IS FUNDED BY THAT OR THE
JUMPSTART FUND. THE CHAIR'S
PACKAGE INCLUDED SOME GENERAL
DEDUCTIONS -- REDUCTIONS LIKE
ADJUSTING THE CONTRIBUTION TO
ALIGN WITH THE RESOLUTION AS
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR. THAT
FREED UP A LITTLE OVER $1
MILLION OF GENERAL FUNDS. THAT
SHOULD BE IN BALANCE. IF THERE
IS SOMETHING THAT IS GETTING
REDUCED IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE
AMENDMENT, YOU WILL TYPICALLY
SEE THAT IN THE TITLE. THAT CAN
ORIENT YOU AS YOU READ THROUGH
THEM. IS SOMETHING SAYS ADD AND
REDUCE, THAT DESCRIBES A
TRADE-OFF WITHIN THE PROPOSAL.
IF IT IS JUST ADDING, IT IS
USING RESOURCES THAT WERE
IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE CHAIR'S
BALANCING PACKAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS? OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD.
>> NOW WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO
MY COLLEAGUE.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM WITH
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. I WILL BE
PRESENTING THE NEXT TWO SLIDES,
WHICH ARE INCLUDING FINANCE AND
ADMINISTERED OF SERVICES AND
FINANCE GENERAL. STARTING WITH
FAS , FAS-001S-A-2 REQUESTS
THAT FAS PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS
ON THE POTENTIAL USE OF NETWORK
COMPANY LICENSE FEE REVENUE TO
SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
APP-BASED WORKER PAID SICK AND
SAFE TIME ORDINANCE.
FAS-801S-A-2 REQUESTS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE CONVENE A WORKGROUP ON
DISPOSITION POLICIES FOR
SURPLUS CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES
AND SUBMIT A REPORT WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS. FAS-802S-A-2
REQUESTS THAT THE EXECUTIVE --
FAS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTING A
COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSIBLE
CONTRACTOR POLICY FOR CITY
CONTRACTS. FAS-803-A-2 ADDS
$900,000 IN JUMPSTART FUNDS TO
IMPLEMENT A NETWORK COMPANY
LICENSE AND FEE AND ADDS A $5000
JUMPSTART FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT
THE APP-BASED WORKER
DEACTIVATION'S RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
THE LAST IN THIS GROUP IS
FAS-804S-A-1 , WHICH REQUESTS
THAT FAS CONVENE WITH AN
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO
REPORT ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT OIG'S
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING IN
COMPLYING -- INCREASING
COMPLIANCE WITH VEHICLE
EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. I
WILL PAUSE HERE FOR ANY
QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT. I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
>> MOVING TO FINANCE GENERAL,
THE FIRST ITEM , SO THIS OPTION
INCREASES THE TRANSFER FROM
OPTION A, JUST NOTE THAT IT IS
$10 MILLION INSTEAD OF $9.3
MILLION, WHICH WAS IN OPTION A.
FG-801-B-1 SWAPS THE JUMPSTART
FUND FOR GENERAL FUN. THAT IS
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
MOVING TO FG-900-A-1 , THIS WAS
SOMETHING ELSE ORIGINALLY,
WHICH WAS PRESENTED ON OCTOBER
20. THIS ADDS $333,000
JUMPSTART FUND TO FINANCE
GENERAL TO SUPPORT THE
FORGIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY
ROOTS HOUSING LOAN. IT IS ALSO
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
FG-902-A-2 RECOGNIZES THE
OCTOBER FORECAST UPDATE. IT IS
SPONSORED BY THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE. FG-903-A-2 WAS
PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 20 AS PART
OF THE SCERS BUDGET PACKAGE.
THIS REDUCES THE FUNDING FOR
CITY RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS BY
$1.4 MILLION AND $2.5 MILLION IN
OTHER CITY FUNDS TO ALIGN WITH
THE SCERS BOARD RECOMMENDED
RATE. THE LAST ONE REDUCES
JUMPSTART FUND REVENUE BY $4.2
MILLION TO REFLECT CONTINUING
NONPROFIT HEALTHCARE DEDUCTION,
SPONSORED BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA. I
WILL STOP HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANKS.
>> MY COLLEAGUE WILL READ IN THE
FIRST BATCH OF AMENDMENTS
RELATED TO HUMAN SERVICES.
>> HELLO. I AM A CENTRAL STAFF
ANALYST. JUST TO SET SOME
CONTEXT HERE, THERE ARE 25 HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT BUDGET
AMENDMENTS. I WILL BE READING
IN THE FIRST 12 AND THEN TURNING
IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TO READ
THROUGH THE REMAINING. BEFORE I
READ IN THE ITEMS HERE, I WANT
TO BREAK FORMAT FOR A SECOND AND
PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME
INCREASES TO HUMAN SERVICES
CONTRACTS BUT I THINK THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL CONTEXT AND BE
PROACTIVELY ADDRESS SOME
QUESTIONS BEFORE WE READ IN A
FEW OF THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS.
THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS INCLUDED TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF INCREASES TO
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS. THERE
WERE INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS
AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO
PROVIDER PAY INCREASES. THESE
ARE FOR HUMAN SERVICES
CONTRACTS. AS MANY OF YOU OR
MOST OF YOU OR ALL OF YOU
ALREADY KNOW, THE CONTRACTS
ADMINISTERED BY THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE
REQUIRED TO RECEIVE AN
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT UNDER
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. IN
2024, THE ADJUSTMENT IS 7.5%.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER HUMAN
SERVICES CONTRACTS ADMINISTERED
OUTSIDE OF THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT THAT ALSO RECEIVED
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS. THOSE
ARE NOT REQUIRED UNDER CODE. IN
ADDITION, IN THE 2024 PROPOSED
BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, THERE WERE
PROVIDER PAY INCREASES FOR
CONTRACTS, HUMAN SERVICES
CONTRACTS ADMINISTERED THROUGH
THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THAT INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS, HST, AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION .
THERE WAS A 2% INCREASE OF THOSE
CONTRACTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF
HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDER PAY.
NEXT SLIDE? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE?
>> GENNA, WANTED TO GO BACK
INTO THAT?
>> MAYBE I MISSED THAT. CAN YOU
GO BACK ONE? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND
HOW MANY SLIDES THERE WERE GOING
TO BE BEFORE THAT. OKAY.
>> THERE IS ONE MORE BEFORE
THAT, PATTY.
>> THERE IS NOT.
>> THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THANK
YOU. MY APOLOGIES. MY
CONFUSION. I WANT TO TALK FOR A
MOMENT ABOUT HOW THE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS AND
PROVIDER PAY OUR TELL COLLATED
-- ARE CALCULATED . THE 7.5%
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT AND 2%
PROVIDER PAY INCREASE WERE
CALCULATED ON A TOTAL . THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT BASED
THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $2.9
MILLION. WHILE THAT DOES INCLUDE
THE MAJORITY OF CONTRACTS
ADMINISTERED BY THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE
SOME IMPORTANT EXCEPTIONS. IT
DOES NOT INCLUDE CONTINUAL CARE
CONTRACTS. THOSE USED TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BUT
STARTING IN 2022, THEY ARE NOW
ADMINISTERED LICKING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
THIS AMOUNT DOES NOT INCLUDE
THE 2023 UNDER SPEND THAT IS
USED, THAT WILL BE USED TO FUND
CONTRACTS IN 2024. IT DOES NOT
INCLUDE ANY ONE-TIME FUNDING
THAT WAS PART OF THE 2023
ADOPTED BUDGET BUT DID NOT CARRY
FORWARD INTO 2024. NOW THE NEXT
SLIDE. THIS CHART, WE WILL READ
IN THESE ITEMS IN A MOMENT. I
WANT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW HERE
OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIONS
WITHIN THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
THAT TOUCH ON EITHER PROVIDER
PAY INCREASES OR INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS. I WANT TO NOTE THAT
SOME OF THESE ARE PROVIDING
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS AND
PROVIDER PAY INCREASES FOR
CONTRACTS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED
IN THE ORIGINAL CALCULATIONS AS
PART OF THE 2024 PROPOSED BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS. AND I WILL STOP
THERE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO
WANT TO OFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT
OF CLARIFICATION. IF THAT IS
OKAY WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, AND THEN I WILL COME
BACK TO YOUR QUESTION. MAYBE
THAT WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL
CONTEXT FOR THIS. I DON'T WANT
TO INTERRUPT YOU. IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION FOR CENTRAL STAFF,
PLEASE GO AHEAD. I WAS WONDERING
IF WERE GOING TO GO OVER PAGE
24. WE KEEP JUMPING AROUND. WHEN
DO I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE
INDIVIDUAL ITEMS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, WE
WILL GO BACK TO THAT GENERAL
READ . IT IS UP TO YOU. WE
THOUGHT THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE
ALL SORT OF CONNECTED AND THERE
ARE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE
RELATED, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE
THIS OVERVIEW BEFORE WE READ IN
THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.
>> THANKS. I DID NOT WANT TO GO
ON TO THE NEXT BATCH. THANKS.
>> GOOD POINT. I WANT TO STAY
ON THIS ITEM, AS WELL. WE WILL
COME BACK TO THE GRID THAT WE
ARE STILL LOOKING AT TO WALK
THROUGH EACH OF THE AMENDMENT
ITEM PARTS NUMBERED. I TOO
HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH HOW WE
GET TO THE PLACE WHERE THE
LEGISLATIVE INTENT WAS REALLY
CLEAR, BUT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE
A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE TO ALL
OF OUR HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACTS.
COLLEAGUES, AFTER BASICALLY THE
LAST FEW WEEKS, I WOULD SAY 6 TO
8 WEEKS OF WORKING WITH CENTRAL
STAFF AND UNDERSTANDING THAT
THESE ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS
THAT WE HAVE BUILT BACK INTO THE
BUDGET , AND WE DID THIS AGAIN
LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE,
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS SORT
OF A MEMORANDUM TO SUMMARIZE THE
POLICY INTENT HERE IS TO SHARE
WITH YOU A MEMO. I WILL SHARE
THAT AROUND SO THAT THERE IS A
SUMMARY DOCUMENT FROM ME BOTH
AS THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET AND
ALSO AS THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE
COST-OF-LIVING INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT TO SUMMARIZE FOR OUR
COLLEAGUES WHAT THE INTENT WAS
BEHIND THE LEGISLATION AND THEN
THE TIMING THAT JUST WENT INTO
EXPLAINING HOW SOME OF THESE
CONTINUOUS CARE FUNDS WERE
UNINTENTIONALLY NOT INCLUDED IN
THAT CALCULATION. I WILL PUT
THAT IN THE MEMO FOR HISTORICAL
PURPOSES. THE COUNCIL HAS THE
DOCUMENT TO SEE THE UNIVERSE OF
CONTRACTS THAT WE INTENDED TO
COVER WITH THE LEGISLATION. AND
THEN THE TIMING THAT RESULTED IN
WHEN SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS
WERE SHIFTED FROM THE HUMAN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT OVER TO THE
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY
AND THE UNINTENTIONAL IMPACT
THAT IT HAS HAD WITH WHICH
CONTRACTS ARE RECEIVING COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND THE
INFLATION TO THE BASE PAY. SO
REALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T
YEAR AFTER YEAR HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF
UNCOVERING LAYER BY LAYER WHICH
CONTRACT HAS THE COST OF LIVING
AND PAY ADJUSTMENTS APPLIED. I
WANT TO PROVIDE A MEMO TO THE
COUNCIL THAT IS AVAILABLE YEAR
OVER YEAR TO REALLY LOOK AT THE
LEGISLATIVE INTENT . AND THEN OF
COURSE IN THE FUTURE, PROBABLY
IT WOULD BE MORE IDEAL TO UPDATE
THE LEGISLATION ULTIMATELY TO
MAKE SURE THERE IS NO CONFUSION
YEAR-OVER-YEAR. THAT WILL BE MY
INTENT, TO REALLY ENSURE THAT
COUNCIL'S INTENT AND THE PROCESS
FOR WHICH THE HARMONY IS
INSURED FOR THOSE CONTRACTS TO
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENTS AND BASE PAY
INCREASES. I WILL SUMMARIZE THAT
IN A MEMO TO ALL OF YOU AND GET
THAT SENT OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE TODAY. I AM HAPPY TO
LINK THAT IN THE AGENDA TOMORROW
SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT
MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE
LATE -- THAT RELATE TO THIS ITEM
FOR 2024 AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE
YEARS SO THAT THERE IS NO
CONFUSION, AND THEN THE DEGREE
THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO
AMEND THE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE
THAT THERE IS NO CONFUSION IN
THE FUTURE OR KNOW CONTRACTS GET
LEFT OUT, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
PLACE TO HAVE A CLEANUP. WITH
THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO
JEN. THANK YOU THAT. LOOK FOR
THAT MEMO COMING FROM ME.
>> GREAT. AND I WILL NOW READ IN
THESE ITEMS. HSD-001-A-2
PROVIDES OR ADDS $360,000 TO THE
GENERAL FUND TO A TRUSTEE FOR A
2% PROVIDER PAY INCREASE FOR THE
CONTINUUM OF CARE CONTRACTS AND
IMPOSES A PROVISO RESTRICTING
THESE FUNDS TO BE USED TO
INCREASE HUMAN SERVICES WAGES.
HSD-002-A-2 ADDS $501,000 TO
THE GENERAL FUND TO HST FOR
HOMELESS SERVICES CONTRACTS. IT
REDUCES $501,000 GENERAL FUND
FROM HST FOR ROSIE'S VILLAGE
RELOCATION. IT REDUCES $501,000
GENERAL FUND FROM FINANCE
GENERAL FOR THE TRANSFER TO THE
EMERGENCY FUND IN 2024. AND IT
IMPOSES A PROVISO. SPONSORS ARE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
HSD-012S-A-2 REQUESTS THAT HST
PROVIDES A REPORT FOR HOW THE
DEPARTMENT WILL IMPLEMENT
FORTHCOMING LEGISLATION RELATED
TO PROVIDER PAY INCREASES. IT
INTEGRATES WAGE EQUITY INTO
COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESSES.
SPONSORS ARE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
AND COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THE
NEXT ONE ADDS INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CONTINUAL OF
CARE CONTRACTS. HSD-809-A-2
ADDS $324,000 GENERAL FUND TO
HST , THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING,
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ADDITIONAL
COSTS RELATED TO INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT AND SERVICES
PROVIDER PAY AND IMPOSES THREE
PROVISOS RESTRICTING FUNDS FOR
PURPOSES OF INCREASING HUMAN
SERVICES WORKER WAGES. SPONSORS
ARE COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. AND THEN
THE FINAL ONE FOR THIS SLIDE,
HSD-010S-B-1, REQUESTS THAT HST
WORK WITH KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY TO
PRIORITIZE THE USE OF ANY 2023
REMAINING UNDER SPEND. JUST AS
A NOTE, THIS IS A NEW OPTION
THAT MERGED A PRIOR AMENDMENT,
HST-009-S .
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, COMING
BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTINUUM OF
CARE ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE IS
NUMBER 31, OF COURSE. I AM GLAD
THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING THIS
MEMBER ABOUT COUNCIL INTENT.
WHEN THIS WAS FIRST MENTIONED IN
THIS WHOLE BUDGET PROCESS THIS
FALL, I SEEMED TO REMEMBER THAT
THERE WAS NOT MUCH CLARITY ABOUT
WHAT TO DO ABOUT THOSE CONTRACTS
ONCE THEY WERE TRANSFERRED OUT
OF HSD . ONCE THEY WERE OUT OF
OUR PURVIEW, THEY DID NOT
AUTOMATICALLY FALL UNDER THE
REQUIREMENT OF RECEIVING ANNUAL
INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS. AND ALSO
THE NEW 2%. MY INTENT OVERALL
IS THAT I DON'T WANT TO ADD TO
THE ONGOING DEFICIT. THAT IS MY
OVERARCHING GOAL. I HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT NUMBER 31. THESE
CONTRACTS ARE ADMINISTERED BY
THE KING COUNTY HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. BECAUSE THE $360,000
IS ADDED TO THE BASE CONTRACT
AMOUNT ON WHICH FUTURE
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS ARE
CALCULATED, THIS CBA WORSENS
THE PROJECTED ONGOING OPERATING
DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND
BEGINNING IN 2025. I ASKED THIS
IS ONE TIME FUNDING, RIGHT?
RIGHT. WHY WOULD IT INCREASE ,
WHY WOULD THERE BE AN IMPACT ON
THE GENERAL FUND IN 2025 AND
BEYOND. I ASKED CENTRAL STAFF
BACK QUESTION. IT SEEMS , THE
ANSWER IS THAT IT ASSUMES THAT
HSD-805-A-2 WILL PASS. THAT IS
AN INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT.
THEREFORE, IF WE INCREASE THE
BASE IN 2024, AND THE SUBSEQUENT
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS WILL
GO UP. BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN
PASSED THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS ON THE CONTINUUM OF
CARE CONTRACTS THAT ARE NO
LONGER UNDER THE PURVIEW OF
THE CITY. MY QUESTION IS, IS
THAT ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE SUPPORTING THOSE
CONTRACTS A BASE ASSUMPTION
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE
CONTRACTS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN
OUR PURVIEW?
>> I WANT TO ADD ONE CLARIFYING
COMMENT, TOO. FOR THAT ONE, IT
IS ONGOING FUNDING, NOT ONE TIME
FUNDING. IT ASSUMES THAT THE
FUNDING CONTINUES HEREAFTER
YEAR.
>> I THINK PUT ANOTHER WAY, THIS
WILL PROVIDE , THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY PROPOSED IN THE CBA WILL
BE ON AN ONGOING BASIS AT
$360,000. THAT WOULD BE ASSUMED
TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CITY TO
SUPPORT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE
CONTRACTS. THE POLICY QUESTION
ON AN ONGOING BASIS IS, IS THE
CITY GOING TO DO THIS EVERY
YEAR? BOTH AS ANY SORT OF WAGE
ADJUSTMENT OR AS AN INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENT? WHAT THE ACTION IS
THIS YEAR IS TO PROVIDE THE
SAME INCREASE TO ALL OF THESE
CONTRACTS. THERE IS AN
INFLATION INCREASE AND THE 2%
PROVIDER PAY INCREASE. THAT SETS
THE BASE IN AN ONGOING WAY.
THAT IS AN ONGOING COST TO THE
CITY. WHETHER WE INFLATE IT
NEXT YEAR IS THE POLICY QUESTION
BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
>> THAT IS WHAT MAKES ME
UNCOMFORTABLE. WE ARE SETTING
FUTURE COUNCIL UP TO HAVE TO
MAKE THIS DECISION WHILE WE ARE
FACING A $250 MILLION BUDGET.
OKAY. THAT EXPLAINS MY QUESTION
AND COMMENT TO 31. I HAVE A
QUESTION ABOUT 32, IF I MAY.
>> OKAY.
>> SO MY QUESTION IS, THE
CONTRACTS THAT WOULD RECEIVE THE
2% AND THE 7.5% ADJUSTMENTS
ADMINISTERED BY CASEY RJ OR HSD?
>> IT IS FROM HSD VIA THE MASTER
SERVICES AGREEMENT.
>> I REFERENCED IT BECAUSE,
UNLIKE , I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THIS AND
CONTINUUM OF CARE CONTRACTS.
CONTINUUM OF CARE CONTRACTS FLOW
DIRECTLY FROM HUD TO KCRHA.
AND THEN THERE IS GENERAL FUND
MONEY THAT IS FLOWING FROM THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO
KCRHA AND THEN FROM HSD,
PROVIDING THE INFLATIONARY
INCREASE TO THAT . OR TO THOSE
CONTRACTS.
>> FOR THE RECORD, I THINK THAT
WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY
IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT
WHETHER OR NOT WE CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS
I CONTRACTS THAT ARE NO LONGER
WITHIN OUR PURVIEW. SECOND
QUESTION, WHY DID KCRHA HAVE A
$5.2 MILLION UNDER SPEND?
>> THIS PARTICULAR SOURCE OF
UNDER SPEND WAS LARGELY DUE TO
THE FACT THAT KCRHA RECEIVED
MONEY FOR NEW PROGRAMS IN 2023
THAT ASSUMED THAT A START DATE
FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS WOULD BE
ON JANUARY FIRST. FOR A VARIETY
OF REASONS, THE PROCESS FOR
RELEASING A PROPOSAL FOR THAT
FUNDING DID NOT HAPPEN UNTIL
LATER IN THE YEAR. OPERATIONAL
COSTS EITHER NOT GOING TO BEGIN
UNTIL Q4 OF THIS YEAR OR
POSSIBLY EARLY NEXT YEAR, SO THE
REST IS SAVINGS AND OPERATIONAL
COSTS BECAUSE THE BUDGET ASSUMED
A FULL YEAR OF OPERATIONAL COSTS
AND THERE WAS NOT A FULL YEAR OF
OPERATIONAL COSTS.
>> I KNOW THE KCRHA HAS HAD
UNDERSPENDS IN THE PASSED. IS
THERE CONCERN ABOUT THEM PAYING
THIS INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS
THAT ARE FUNDED BY OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS?
>> I THINK THERE IS A
NEGOTIATION . I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE, ARE WE GOING BACK TO
HSD-001-A-2?
>> YES. THESE ARE NOT OUR
CONTRACTS. WHY ARE WE INCURRING
THE ONGOING INCREASE TO OUR
OPERATIONAL DEFICIT?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT OR NOT
WITH THE EXECUTIVE.
>> OKAY. I'M NOT JUST TALKING
TO HEAR MYSELF TALK. I AM
CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT I AM
GOING TO PULL INDIVIDUAL ITEMS
TOMORROW. THAT IS WHY I AM
ASKING THE SORT OF FOUNDATIONAL
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MONEY
THAT IS GOING FROM THE CITY TO
KCRHA OUR CITY CONTRACTS. OUR
CONTRACT WITH THE AUTHORITY IS A
CITY CONTRACT. THEY ARE THE
PROVIDER. AND THEY GET A
CONTRACT OUT. THE CONTRACT THAT
THE CITY HAS WITH KCRHA IS, FOR
EXAMPLE, SUBJECT TO THE CURRENT
REQUIREMENT IN THE MUNICIPAL
CODE THAT REQUIRES ANNUAL
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS. THAT
IS, AGAIN, THE DISTINCTION
BETWEEN MOST OF THIS FUNDING AND
THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING
WHOSE BASE COMES FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY. I WOULD JUST SAY
OVERALL, ACROSS THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL AND THE PROPOSAL OF
ALL COUNCILMEMBERS FOR ANY
ONGOING SPENDING , THE CITY IS
FACING AN OVER $200 MILLION
DEFICIT IN THE GENERAL FUND
STARTING IN 2025. EXISTING
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, NEW
THINGS PROPOSED THIS YEAR ARE
ALL PART OF THE ISSUE THAT NEEDS
TO BE ADDRESSED ON HOW TO FUND
IT SO IT IS NOT JUST A NEW
SPENDING. EVEN WITHOUT ANY NEW
PROPOSALS THAT ARE IN SOME CASE
REPRIORITIZING SPENDING, THERE
IS A PROJECTED DEFICIT I THINK
YOUR QUESTION, YOU ARE LOOKING
AT AREAS WHERE WE ARE INCREASING
OUR ONGOING OBLIGATION VERSUS
TRADING IT FOR OTHER PRIORITIES,
IF I AM UNDERSTANDING
CORRECTLY.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE ARE
ALREADY IN THE HOLE FOR $200
MILLION. WHY ARE WE ADDING TO
IT? I AM SEEKING TO AVOID THAT.
I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU ALREADY
HAVE A PROBLEM. I AM TRYING NOT
TO INCREASE IT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT THE
POSITION THAT I FIND VERY
COMPELLING, WHICH IS WHEN YOU
ARE THINKING ABOUT NOT CREATING
BUDGET CLARITY ISSUES, IT IS
ALSO IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT THE BUDGETARY IMPACT IS ,
CITY FUNDS GOING UNSPENT .
CITY FUNDS GOING UNSPENT BECAUSE
OF LABOR ISSUES. THESE ARE
MISSION CRITICAL SERVICES THAT
THE CITY OF SEATTLE CONTRACTS
WITH KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. THERE IS
A COST WHEN THIS DOLLARS DON'T
GO OUT THIS DOOR BECAUSE OF
VACANCIES IN THE AGENCIES THAT
WE ARE FUNDING. THERE ARE
DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THE
BUDGETARY IMPACTS. I JUST HOPE
MY COLLEAGUES DON'T FORGET THE
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF CITY FUNDS
, FEDERAL FUNDS, CITY CONTRACTS,
FEDERAL FUNDS GOING UNSPENT
BECAUSE OF VACANCIES WITHIN OUR
CONTRACTING AGENCIES. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> YEAH, WHY DID YOU MENTION
VACANCIES. IS THAT GETTING BACK
TO THESE INCREASES BEING MEANT
TO IMPROVE RETENTION?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> I'M STILL WAITING FOR THAT
REPORT TO MAKE SURE IT IS
ACTUALLY WORKING. AS YOU KNOW,
I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT.
>> MADAM CHAIR ORGANIZED AN
ENTIRE BRIEFING TO TALK TO HAVE
THE AGENCIES COME IN AND BRIEF
US ON HOW IT IS WORKING AND HOW
IT IS IMPACTING THE AGENCIES.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT. THOSE WERE
A COLLECTION TO SHOW HOW GREAT
JUMPSTART IS DOING. WHEN YOU
SAID LABOR, I WAS THINKING THE
PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP IN YOUR
COMMITTEE ALL THE TIME TALKING
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEIR
CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN RENEWED.
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OUR
EMPLOYEES. ANYWAY, THANKS.
>> OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD NOTE THAT
IF WE ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA,
THERE HAS BEEN ADDITIONAL DATA
PROVIDED. WE HAVE SOME
PROVIDERS WHO HAVE RIDEN IN TO
TALK ABOUT HOW THE INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS HAVE ALLOWED FOR
THEM TO REDUCE THEIR VACANCY
RATES BY NEAR 40% TO LESS THAN
10%. THAT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS
BOON NOT ONLY FOR THE ECONOMIC
STABILITY, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE
ONGOING CARE AND SERVICES TO
OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS. I AM TALKING ABOUT
SENIORS. I AM TALKING ABOUT
FAMILIES. I AM TALKING ABOUT
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
AND HOUSING INSTABILITY. AS WE
THINK ABOUT GOOD RETURN ON OUR
INVESTMENT, THESE ARE GOOD
REPORTS TO LOOK BACK TO. I WILL
DOUBLE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE IS
A CITY REPORT THAT IS STILL
PENDING AS A SUBMISSION PERIOD
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO WEIGH IN AND
ENSURE THAT THAT INFORMATION
GETS OUT THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF
REALLY IMPORTANT, NOT JUST
ANECDOTAL , BUT TANGIBLE DATA TO
SHOW THAT THERE IS A DECREASE
IN VACANCY RATE THAT YIELDS AN
INCREASE IN CONTINUITY OF
SERVICES AND IMPROVED
EFFICIENCY WITH PUBLIC DOLLARS.
I WILL BE SENDING A LETTER TO
SUMMARIZE THIS. WHEN THE CITY
COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE IN
2019 TO REQUIRE THE INFLATION
ADJUSTMENTS TO MOST OF THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
CONTRACTS, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN SERVICES,
THE HUD CONTINUUM OF CARE
CONTRACTS MANAGED THEM BY
AGENCY AND RECEIVED COST
ADJUSTMENTS. IN 2021, SOME OF
THOSE CONTRACTS WERE
TRANSITIONED TO KING COUNTY. IT
WAS IN ANTICIPATION OF LATER
TRANSITION TO BEING FULLY
MANAGED BY KCRHA. FOR A LITTLE
WHILE, THEY WERE MANAGED BY KING
COUNTY . THEY DID NOT RECEIVE
THE ONE-TIME 2.18 -- 2.8
APPRECIATION PAY . IN 2022,
THEY BEGAN TO DIRECTLY
ADMINISTER THE HUMAN SERVICE
CONTRACTS THAT ARE FEDERALLY
FUNDED THROUGH HUD. THE
ORIGINAL INTENT WAS FOR THESE
CONTRACTS TO RECEIVE THE WAGE
INCREASES UNDER THE ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY, TO TRANSFER THE
CONTRACTS TO KCRHA. IS
UNINTENTIONALLY RESULTED IN
CERTAIN WORKERS BEING LEFT OUT
OF THE WAGE INCREASES WITHIN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET BY THE MAYOR.
THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE HAVE
COBBLE TOGETHER HERE, AND I
APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES WHO
HAVE COSPONSORED AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE ALLOWING FOR THE FULL
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT TO BE
IMPLIED -- APPLIED AS INTENDED,
THIS WILL BRING THESE CONTRACTS
INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE BROADER
PAY PERIOD THERE IS A LONG-TERM
NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS
ADDITIONAL CONTINUITY ACROSS
THESE CONTRACTS. WE KNOW MANY OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES EMPLOYEES
ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE COST OF
DOING BUSINESS. THEY ARE
STRUGGLING TO COVER THE BASIC
COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES. IN
THOSE SITUATIONS, THE ONE LEVER
THAT CAN BE CHANGED AND
UNFORTUNATELY CHANGES IS THE
NUMBER OF POSITIONS. WE CANNOT
CHANGE HOW MUCH RENT YOU HAVE TO
PAY OR THE UTILITY COST IS. YOU
CANNOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT
THERE IS AN INCREASED COST FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS
SERVICES. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF THE FAILURE TO COVER
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS HAS
RESULTED IN AND COULD RESULT IN
GREATER VACANCIES AND TURNOVER
RATES. THIS IS CLEARLY A
VACANCY ISSUE THAT WE ARE TRYING
TO ADDRESS AMONG MANY DIFFERENT
NEEDS THAT THE CITY HAS. PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT ONGOING PUBLIC SAFETY
NEEDS. THERE IS A SIMILAR
PARALLEL CONVERSATION HERE WITH
THE HIRING THAT IS NECESSARY FOR
SKILLS , A DIVERSE WORKFORCE,
FOR CHALLENGING OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE IN THESE CRITICAL
FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE CARE TO
THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR
CITY. I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD
TO SENDING YOU THAT MEMO. I
WILL PROVIDE IT AS A DIRECT LINK
FOR TOMORROW AND THOSE
DELIBERATIONS, AS WELL. IS THAT
YOUR HAND UP, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON?
>> YOU MENTIONED THE ORDINANCE
PASSED IN 2019 THAT PASSED THE
ANNUAL CONTRACT ADJUSTMENT BASED
ON INFLATION THAT ALSO REQUIRED
THAT WE RECEIVE A REPORT IN
MARCH 2022 THAT WAS TO REPORT
ON HOW IT IS WORKING. IS IT
ACTUALLY HAVING THE INTENDED
BENEFIT OF IMPROVING RETENTION
AND REDUCING TURNOVER? WHEN WE
WERE DISCUSSING THIS LAST
BUDGET SEASON, I ASKED WHEN THAT
REPORT WAS GOING TO BE READY. I
HAD SINCE ASKED THAT THIS YEAR
A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES BUT
I WAS NOT REFERRING TO WHEN
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD RESPONDED
TO GETTING A PRESENTATION. WE
HAVE NOT GOTTEN THAT REPORT YET.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND THE OUTCOMES OF THAT
DECISION IN 2019. WE ARE STILL
WAITING FOR THAT. I AM
INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT
WE ARE HELPING AS MANY PEOPLE AS
WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH OUR
DOLLARS. DIRECT SERVICES TO THE
MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE. IF OUR
RESOURCES ARE GOING TO PAY FOR
SALARIES, AND IT MIGHT BE TAKING
AWAY FROM DIRECT SERVICES, THAT
MATTERS TO ME. SO THERE HAD
BETTER BE A GOOD BENEFIT, WHICH
IS THAT PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN
THEIR JOBS SO THEY CAN CONTINUE
TO DO THIS WORK WHETHER OR NOT
THEIR SCOPE OF WORK NEEDS TO
CHANGE OR NOT. I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING THAT REPORT.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON,
CENTRAL STAFF, IS THERE ANY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
THE REPORT THAT COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON IS REFERRING TO?
>> I HAD A COMMUNICATION WITH
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT REPORT.
IT IS NOT AVAILABLE YET. IT
LIKELY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
UNTIL SOMETIME AFTERWARD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE ONLY
ADDITION I WOULD MAKE TO THE
RESPONSE BY COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF IS THAT WE HAVE ASKED
WHETHER OR NOT THE SURVEY
RESULTS , WHICH IS SEPARATE
FROM THE BROADER REPORT, CAN BE
MADE AVAILABLE IN A SHORTER
TURNAROUND WHILE WE ARE STILL
MAKING THESE DELIBERATIONS.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HEAR NOT
JUST FROM THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THE CITY
BUDGET OFFICE TO SEE WHETHER OR
NOT THAT IT'S POSSIBLE. THAT
WOULD BE FANTASTIC. I THINK
THERE IS CLEAR INTEREST ACROSS
THE COUNCIL IN GETTING THAT
INFORMATION. ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION WE CAN GET PRIOR TO
TOMORROW OR IN OUR
DELIBERATIONS TOMORROW WOULD BE
FANTASTIC. I'M SURE THE
EXECUTIVE IS ALSO TRACKING THIS
CONVERSATION.
>> MAY I MAKE ONE CLARIFYING
STATEMENT? COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON, YOU ASKED IF THERE HAD
BEEN ANY CONVERSATION WITH KCRHA
AROUND UNDERSPEND AND I DID
WANT TO NOTE THAT HSD 10 S
-B-1 LISTS PRIORITIES FOR ANY
UNDERSPEND. THE FIRST IS TO
COVER INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS,
PROVIDING PAY INCREASES FOR
THOSE $501,000. THEY ARE FUNDED
THROUGH 2023 UNDERSPEND. THERE
IS A REQUEST TO BE ABLE TO USE
UNDERSPEND TO PAY FOR THOSE
EXPENSES.
>> CAN WE APPROVE THAT REQUEST
AND THEN NOT HAVE TO PAY IT
OURSELVES THIS YEAR?
>> I THINK IF HSD -002-A-2
PASSED, THEN OKAY. IF IT DID
NOT PASS, AND IT WOULD BE
DIRECTED TO USE THEIR AVAILABLE
UNDERSPEND TO PAY FOR THOSE
PARTICULAR INFLATIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS AND PROVIDER PAY
INCREASES. THAT WOULD NOT BE FOR
COC CONTRACTS, JUST FOR
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS AND
PROVIDER PAY INCREASES RELATED
TO UNDERSPEND. I AM SORRY,
RELATED TO UNDERSPEND THAT WAS
NEEDED FOR , THAT WAS RELATED TO
CONTRACTS THAT WERE PAID FOR
WITH UNDERSPEND AND DID NOT
RECEIVE THOSE THROUGH THE
PROPOSED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
>> OKAY.
>> MAY I ASK A QUESTION?
>> GO AHEAD, MADAM COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A
COMMENT. I KNOW LATER ON YOU
WILL GET DOWN TO NUMBER 41, BUT
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION .
I APPRECIATE WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS GETTING
THAT. THIS WOULD BE CONFUSING
IF WE HAD NOT HAD THIS
CONVERSATION ON INFLATIONARY
PAY PERIOD COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS CORRECT. THIS HAS
BEEN A PERENNIAL, LONG-STANDING
TRADITION OF PROFESSIONALS BEING
UNDERPAID. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE
ISSUE OF NOT BEING ABLE TO
RETAIN AND RECRUIT. IT IS LIKE,
WE FINALLY GOT IT OVER THE
FINISH LINE. THESE ARE CARING
PROFESSIONALS, MAINLY WOMEN. WE
WANT TO PAY THEM MORE BECAUSE WE
WANT THEM TO STAY MORE. WE MOVED
THOSE CONTRACTS OVER, KNOWING
THAT THESE FOLKS WOULD BE PAID
MORE TO KEEP THEM THERE. BUT ONE
OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON ZEROED IN
ON, WHICH IS A CONCERN OF MINE,
TOO, AND I AM GLAD SHE
ARTICULATED IT -- MAYBE WE CAN
TALK ABOUT IT LATER -- AND IF I
AM WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME,
BECAUSE I'M STILL OLD SCHOOL. I
PRINT EVERYTHING OUT. I KNOW
THAT WE ARE REQUESTING HSD WORK
WITH KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE
ORDERLY REPORTS THAT REACH
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. THAT WAS SUBMITTED
BY MULTIPLE COUNCILMEMBERS. IS
THERE A WAY TO GET AT WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON IS SAYING ?
HOW IS THIS MONEY THAT WE ARE
TRANSFERRING THROUGH CONTRACT
OF CONTINUUM OF CARE ACTUALLY
GETTING TO THOSE FOLKS THROUGH
DIRECT SERVICES? WE HAVE THIS
UNDERSPEND. TO TELL YOU THE
TRUTH, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE FIND
OUT WHEN THERE IS UNDERSPEND
OVER IN KING COUNTY, WHAT THEY
DO WITH THAT. IS THERE A
REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON THAT
LIKE YOU DID ON NUMBER 41?
>> I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT
QUESTIONS. JUST TWO POINTS OF
CLARIFICATION FOR THE HISTORICAL
RECORD HERE. I THINK YOU WERE
REFERRING TO THE KING COUNTY
REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
I JUST WANTED TO SEPARATE THAT
FROM THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
>> YES.
>> WHEN YOU SAID KING COUNTY, I
THINK YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE
KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY.
>> YES, YOU ARE RIGHT. I AM
SORRY.
>> YOU ARE GREAT. I WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE WERE ALL TALKING
ABOUT THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. WE DO
HAVE THIS NEW ENTITY THAT WE
HAVE CREATED . WE ARE GETTING A
BETTER SENSE OF WHERE EITHER TO
OR TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
WHO WANT TO ASK AND HAVE
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHERE DOLLARS ARE BEING
DEPLOYED, HOW IT IS BEING USED,
HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS, AND IF
THERE IS ANY UNDERSPEND, MAKING
SURE THAT IS FREED UP FOR FUTURE
USE. THESE COMMENTS AND
QUESTIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO A
LARGE SWATH OF OTHER ISSUES THAT
THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL
HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY ALSO
DEALS WITH. SPECIFIC TO YOUR
QUESTION AND COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON'S CONCERN ABOUT MAKING
SURE THE MONEY IS GOING DIRECTLY
TO HELPING PEOPLE, THAT IS A
GOOD POINT . I WOULD ASK CENTRAL
STAFF IF YOU CAN HELP ARTICULATE
THE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUALS.
THIS IS FOR DIRECT SERVICES.
THE COST OF LABOR IS ACTUALLY
LARGELY DIRECTLY APPLIED TO CASE
MANAGEMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
STAFFING SHELTERS, HELPING
PEOPLE GET INTO HOUSING, HELPING
PEOPLE GET INTO SHELTERS. TALK
ABOUT THE TYPE OF WORK. SO WE
ARE NOT JUST CATEGORIZING IT AS
WAGES. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
TYPE OF WORK WE ARE FUNDING WHEN
WE INVEST IN THESE FACILITIES
FOR HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT
FOR ME, MADAM CHAIR. THAT IS WHY
YOU ARE THE BUDGET CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I
WAS THINKING. CENTRAL STAFF, ANY
ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION ABOUT
THE TYPE OF WORK?
>> I THINK YOU ARE CORRECT. AT
ONE POINT, SOMEONE SAID TO ME
THE HUMAN SERVICES WORK IS THE
WORK OF ONE HUMAN SERVING
ANOTHER HUMAN. THAT STAYED WITH
ME. MOST OF THE COST OF HUMAN
SERVICES IS THE COST OF PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TALKED TO HSD, THEY HAVE
ESTIMATED THE PROBABLY BETWEEN
80 TO 90% OF THEIR CONTRACTS
WITH PROVIDERS ARE COMPRISED OF
LABOR . THAT IS THE BULK OF THE
WORK OF PROVIDING HUMAN
SERVICES. AND THEN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT JUAREZ, I WANTED TO
JUST NOTE THAT HSD-010S-B-1
DOES ASK FOR A REPORT FROM
KCRHA THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED IN
THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
IT WILL TELL HOW MUCH
UNDERSPEND THEY HAD AS OF THE
END OF 2023 AND HOW IT WAS USED.
THERE IS A REPORT MECHANISM HERE
IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING THEIR
UNDERSPEND.
>> WHICH ONE IS IT?
>> THAT IS ITEM 36 HERE.
>> I FOUND IT. OKAY, I AM SORRY.
>> THAT IS FOR 2023. IT DOES
NOT INCLUDE 2024, BUT WILL
PROVIDE A FINAL SENSE OF WHAT
THE UNDERSPEND WAS FOR 2023.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I REMEMBER IN 2019 WHEN THE
LEGISLATION WAS PASSED, NEVER
THINKING WE NEED A DIFFERENT WAY
TO TALK ABOUT SERVICE
PROVIDERS. PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU
MEAN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
FIREFIGHTERS OR NURSES. IF THERE
IS A DIFFERENT WAY WE CAN
DESCRIBE HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS
AND THE TYPE OF WORK THEY DO,
THAT COULD PROVIDE DIRECT
COORDINATION FOR MANAGING
SHELTERS, SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO
ARE GETTING OFF OF THE STREETS,
SUPPORTING PEOPLE GETTING INTO
HOUSING, SUPPORTING PEOPLE
GETTING THE HEALTH SERVICES THEY
NEED, AND THE TYPE OF CLIENTS WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT. THEY ARE
REALLY VULNERABLE, EITHER
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS THAT'S ,
PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHILDREN AND
NEED A PLACE TO SAFELY RESIDE
AND BE SAFE. THESE ARE OUR MOST
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. ENSURING
CONTINUITY OF SERVICES FOR THE
WORKFORCE IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE TOWARDS HELPING TO
HOUSE THE CURRENTLY UNHOUSED.
LET'S CONTINUE.
>> ALL RIGHT. HSD-003-B-1 ADDS
$500 AND DOLLARS GENERAL FUND
-- $500,000 GENERAL FUND TO HSD
FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES,
CASE MANAGEMENT, AND OPERATING
COSTS AT EXISTING ON CONGREGANT
SHELTERS, REDUCES $315,000
GENERAL FUND FROM HSD FOR
ROSIE'S VILLAGE RELOCATION ,
REDUCES $315,000 GENERAL FUND
FROM FINANCE GENERAL FOR THE
TRANSFER TO THE EMERGENCY FUND
IN 2024, AND REDUCES $185,000
FROM THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FUND AND IMPOSES A PROVISO.
THE SPONSORS ARE COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
219, COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND
OTHERS. THE TRANSFER FROM HSD
FOR ROSIE'S VILLAGE HAS BEEN
REDUCED FROM $415,000-$315,000,
THAT LEAVES $100,000 IN HSD'S
BUDGET FOR THE ROSIE'S VILLAGE
RELOCATION. IS ALSO NOW USES
$185,000 FROM THE I.T. FUND AND
THE NET RESULT IS THAT THIS
OPTION IS $85,000 HIGHER THAN
THE ORIGINAL OPTION.
>> WE DO HAVE A QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR MOSQUEDA.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION
OF THE CHANGES. COLLEAGUES, I
HAD OF THE INITIALLY RAISED
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT
AND THE RELATED ONE WE HAD
ALREADY TALKED ABOUT , BECAUSE
THEY PROPOSED TO REDIRECT FUNDS
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
GENEROUSLY SET ASIDE TO ENSURE
A SMOOTH RELOCATION OF ROSIE'S
VILLAGE TO ENABLE A LARGE LOW
INCOME HOUSING PROJECT THAT WE
ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO MY
OFFICE SINCE COLLABORATED WITH
THE SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENTS.
AS WE HEARD TODAY, THERE IS
THIS ACCOMMODATION TO HAVE THAT
LINE ITEM REMAIN FOR ROSIE'S
VILLAGE, EVEN THOUGH THE AMOUNT
WILL BE SORT OF A STARTING
AMOUNT. THERE WILL BE A PROVISO
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO ENSURE
SMOOTH RELOCATION IF NEEDED
LATER. I WANTED TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS . I WANTED
TO LET FOLKS KNOW, EVEN THOUGH
IT IS IN MY DISTRICT AND I
WORKED ON THIS VILLAGE, I
SUPPORT THESE TWO AMENDMENTS. I
KNOW THAT IS NOT QUITE A
QUESTION, BUT CENTRAL STAFF
PROACTIVELY ANSWERED THE
QUESTION THAT THAT LINE ITEM
WILL BE REMAINING IN THERE. THAT
WAS IMPORTANT FOR SOUND TRANSIT
STAFF, AS WELL. I CONFIRMED WITH
THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT OBJECTING
TO THESE EFFORTS. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. EVEN THOUGH IT
WAS NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION,
IT PROBABLY HELPS ANSWER
QUESTIONS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. THAT
IS GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE
TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM
CHAIR. THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND HIS
OFFICE FOR AIRING EARLY HIS
POTENTIAL CONCERNS WITH THE
ORIGINAL ITERATION OF THIS
AMENDMENT AND WORKING WITH MY
OFFICE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE
CONCERNS AND PRODUCE A BETTER
PRODUCT. I APPRECIATE HIS
SUPPORT FOR THIS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I
APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS. I WILL ALSO NOTE MY
APPRECIATION FOR SOMEONE WHO
JUST STEPPED IN MY OFFICE WHO
HAD SOME PRELIMINARY
CONVERSATIONS WITH ME AS WELL TO
SUSS THAT OUT. I THINK WE ARE
ALL ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF
UNDERSTANDING. THERE WILL BE NO
IMPACT TO THE DESIRED ULTIMATE
USE, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO ACT. ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS? OKAY, LET'S KEEP
GOING.
>> HSD-005-A-2 ADDS $300,000
GENERAL FUND TO HSD FOR MEAL
PROVIDERS, ADDS $534,000 GENERAL
FUND TO HSD FOR A RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE STORAGE PROGRAM . IT
IMPOSES A PROVISO ON $1.5
MILLION GENERAL FUND IN HSD FOR
AN RV STORAGE PROGRAM. THE
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
HSD-807-B-1 ADDS $650,000
GENERAL FUND TO HSD FOR AN
EMERGENCY FOOD FUND. THE
SPONSORS HERE ARE 219,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES, AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA. JUST TO
NOTE, THIS IS A NEW OPTION. THIS
FUNDING IS ONLY FOR MEAL
PROVIDERS AND -- FOR FOOD
BANKS. MEAL PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN
REMOVED FROM THE BUDGET
AMENDMENT. HSD-808-A-2 ADDS
$42,000 GENERAL FUND TO HSD FOR
SENIOR MEAL PROGRAMS. THE
SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA. HSD-008S-A-2 REQUESTS
THAT HSD WORK WITH THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE QUARTERLY
REPORTS ON GEOGRAPHIC AND
POPULATION-BASED OUTREACH TO
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS. THE SPONSORS ARE
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND
OTHERS. HSD-001S-A-2 REQUESTS
THAT HSD REPORT ON HOW THEY PLAN
TO ENGAGE WITH THE STATE FOR
FUNDING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.
>> [ CAPTIONERS TRANSITIONING
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT . NEXT , ADDING
$204,000 FOR DOMESTIC SERVICE
AND BALANCE THROUGH A
REDUCTION OF PROPOSE FUNDING
FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING IN
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND
COMMUNICATION CENTER, FUTURE
CARE DEPARTMENT. SPONSORED BY
MOSQUEDA, HERBOLD , MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT. IN THE
REQUEST FOR RELATED GUN
VIOLENCE IN WHICH COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE PARTICULAR
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS
PROPOSED TO BE CENTRALIZED.
SPONSORS ARE HERBOLD, MORALES ,
LEWIS. HST-17 -S -2, REPORTING
OUR REFERRALS TO LET EVERYONE
ADVANCE FOR DIGNITY AND THE
FUNDING REQUIRED TO SUPPORT
THEM AND REPORT ON DATA
INTEGRATION THAT WOULD BETTER
SUPPORT EFFICIENCY AND LEAD
SERVICES. SPONSORS ARE HERBOLD,
LEWIS AND STRAUSS. HSD- 801 -A
2 WOULD ADD FUNDS TO HSD FOR
SURVIVORS OF POLICE VIOLENCE
AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF
INDIVIDUALS KILLED BY SEATTLE
POLICE TO CREATE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT
RESOURCES. THE COUNCILMEMBER IS
CHAIR MOSQUEDA. ADDING
$200,000 TO EMPOWER NATIVE
YOUTH TO LIVE HEALTHY LIVES BY
PREPAID -- WRITING AWARENESS
AND CHARACTER ENRICHMENT
ACTIVITIES AND THE SPONSOR IS
COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ. HSD-
803-A-2 WITH ADD $100,000 TO
START FUNDS TO HSD FOR TAX
PREPARATION ASSISTANCE FOR
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
>>> SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES.
>> I'M STEPPING IN FOR CHAIR
MOSQUEDA . ANY QUESTIONS ON
THIS BUNDLE BEFORE WE MOVE ON?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON HAVE A QUESTION.
>> FOR ITEM 46, I DID SPEAK
TO LISA DECKARD ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF DATA INTEGRATION
SO WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
HOW BELIEF SYSTEM IS WORKING.
THIS CALLS FOR A REPORT BUT IS
THERE ANOTHER BUDGET ITEM THAT
WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOCATE THE
MONEY TO IT SO WE CAN BRING OUR
END OR IRE SIDE DISH FOR OUR
SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES UP TO
PAR SO WE CAN COMMUNICATE OR
OVERSEE THEIR SYSTEM?
>> THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
WE SHOULD IDENTIFY FUNDING NOW
FOR THAT INTEGRATION. I WAS
ADVISED BY RECOMMENDATION FROM
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF THAT WE
SHOULD INSTEAD HAVE THE ITEM BE
SLY BECAUSE TO TRY TO
ESTIMATE WHAT THE COST WOULD
BE FOR PURPOSES OF THE COUNCIL
BUDGET ACTION WOULD BE
PREMATURE. INSTEAD THAT THIS
SLIDE REQUEST IS NOT ONLY FOR
THE TIMELINE BUT FOR AN
ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE COST
WILL BE TO DO SO. AND I WILL
REFER THEM.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
BUT IT ASKS FOR IS A TIMELINE
FOR INTEGRATING ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT CONTAIN
INFORMATION ABOUT LEAD
PARTICIPANTS , COST FOR MAKING
THAT DATA INTEGRATION POSSIBLE
AND PRIORITIZATION OF WHICH
SYSTEM SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO
INTEGRATION FIRST NY. THERE IS
NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED BUT IT
SETS THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUNDING
POTENTIALLY TO BE ALLOCATED IN
THE FUTURE.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?
>> I WANTED TO SAY THAT I DO
THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL SORT OF UNDER STREAM
THE -- STANDINGS OR AGREEMENT
AND THE REASON TO LAUNCHES SO
WE CAN HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF
HOW IT'S WORKING. I LOOK
FORWARD TO KNOWING WHAT THE
COST WOULD BE BECAUSE I THINK
IT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITY AND
PDA.
>> WE ARE THINKING ABOUT IT
FOR WORK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
CHAMPIONED AND SPONSORED IN A
BUDGET ACTION BY A FORMER CITY
COUNCILMEMBER. A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF THE DATA INTEGRATION
WORK HAS BEEN DONE BUT THE
SECOND ELEMENT IS AS YOU SAY ,
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON, IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT AND I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE WITHIN CITY
GOVERNMENT ARE EAGER TO TAKE
IT DOWN.
>> WE CAN MOVE ON.
>> HSD 800 4S-A-2, REQUEST
THAT CBO AND THE CITY BUDGET
OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
TRACKING AND REPORTING ON
NONUTILITY GRANT EXPENDITURES
MADE FROM THE GENERAL FUND. IT
IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. HSD 806 -A-2, ADD
$500,000 GENERAL FUND TO HSD
FOR CULTURAL COMPETENT
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR
THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND IMPOSE
A PROTOZOAL. HSD-810-A-2 ADDS
$200,000 GENERAL FUND FOR
PRE-FILING DIVERSION . HSD
814-A-2, $500,000 GENERAL FUND
FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATIONAL COSTS AT EXISTING
NONTARGET SHELTERS. HSD
815-A-2, $200,000 IN GENERAL
FUND FOR MENTAL HEALTH
RESOURCES FOR FRONTLINE
COMMUNITY-BASED CRISIS
RESPONDERS. SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. HSD 816
-A-2 , ABS 500,000 GENERAL FUND
TO HSD TO INCREASE THE REACH
OF GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION
PROGRAM.
>> TAKING A PAUSE HERE TO SEE
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> FOR HSD 814, WHAT IS THE
ORGANIZATION THAT WILL LIKELY
RECEIVE THAT AND DECIPHER TINY
HOME VILLAGES ? WE DID GET AN
EMAIL FROM AN ORGANIZATION THAT
HAD A T IN THE NAME THAT WAS
ADVOCATING FOR THIS AND I WANT
TO MAKE SURE I'M KEEPING IT
STRAIGHT IF THAT WAS WHEN I WAS
IN CONVERSATION WITH.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO DEFER THAT
QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUE WHO
STAFFED THE AMENDMENT.
>> THIS IS HSD 814-A-2, AS
WRITTEN IT IS FOR LOW INCOME
HOUSING INSTITUTE.
>> BUT IT WOULD GO TO THIS
ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES A
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THAT SUPPORTS
--
>> ICY. THE FUNDING WOULD GO
TO THE LOW INCOME HOUSING AND
THEY USE FOR SOME OF THE
SERVICES THEY PROVIDE TO
CONTRACTORS WHO ARE PROVIDING
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. BUT
I CANNOT SAY WHO THAT WOULD
BE.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON, I'M
NOT SEEKING ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS.
>> THE DIRECTOR OF YOUR
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF AND I
WILL TAKE THIS CBA IS RELATED
TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
AND MAYOR SOPHISTS. FIRST IS
LEG- 3S-A-2, COSPONSORED BY
MORALES AND STRAUSS AND WOULD
REQUEST THE EXECUTIVE TO
DEVELOP IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE COUNSELOR PROCESS TO
IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO RESOLVE
THE PROJECTED GENERAL FUND
DEFICIT INTO INFORMED DECISIONS
ABOUT THE 25- 26 PROPOSED
BUDGET. LAKE 800-A-2 WOULD ADD
$200,000 GENERAL FUND TO THE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT FOR THE
TRANSITION OF NEW COUNCIL
MEMBERS ELECTED AND APPOINTED
THIS YEAR. AND IT NEXT. THOSE
ARE FOR TWO ON THIS SLIDE AND I
WILL PAUSE THERE.
>> I'M NOT SEEN ANY RAISED
HANDS. WE ARE READY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> STILL MADE PACK ON GROUP
THERE BUT WE ARE ON TO THE NEXT
SLIDE. MO- 1S- IT IS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
REQUEST THE MAYORS OFFICE ADOPT
OR REVISE NAME INTO REMAINING
POLICIES FOR CITY-OWNED
PROPERTIES, STREETS AND
STRUCTURES SO THAT INDIGENOUS
UNITED STATES MILITARY VETERANS
OR OTHER NATIVE PERSON TO
SERVE IN SEATTLE COMMUNITIES
AND HISTORIC PLACE NAMES ARE
CONSIDERED AS OPTIONS. MO-2
S-A -2 WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
MAYOR SOPHISTS PROVIDE
QUARTERLY REPORTS REGARDING
ACTIVITIES AND PERFORMANCES OF
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM OR ITS
SUCCESSOR AND ANY OTHER
COLLABORATING DEPARTMENTS IN
THE RESPONSE TO UNSANCTIONED
ENCAMPMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS ?
>> THIS IS YOLANDA ON THE
COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF AND I
WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE NINE
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FOR THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 60,
OED 1-A-2 WOULD ADD $150,000
TO SUPPORT A BALLARD
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM AND $25,000
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY SAFETY CONTRACTING.
THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
NELSON AND JUAREZ. OED 801-A-2
WOULD ADD 150,000 JUMPSTART
FUND TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS FOCUSED ON
TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS SPONSORED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
CHAIRMAN SKIED -- MOSQUEDA .
ADDING $30,000 TO THE
JUMPSTART FUND TO L.E.D. AND
CHANGE $120,000 JUMPSTART FUND
IN OEB FROM ONE-TIME ONGOING
FOR VIRTUAL HIRING HALL.
ADDING $50,000 JUMPSTART FUND
TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY EVENTS IN
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT. OED 804-A-2 WOULD
ADD $455,000 GENERAL FUND AND
TWO GRANTS AND CONTRACT
SPECIALIST TO THE OFFICE OF
AKAMAI DEVELOPMENT FOR
ADMINISTRATION . SPONSORED BY
CHAIR MOSQUEDA . OED 805 -A
WOULD ADD $455,000 . OED 800
6s WOULD REQUEST THE OED
DEVELOP A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS
AND COORDINATED CITY APPROACH
TOWARDS MAINTAINING OR
INCREASING CHILDCARE SUPPLY AND
ACCESS. THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. OED 807
A WOULD ADD $600,000 TO
JUMPSTART FUND TO THE OFFICE OF
AKAMAI DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC
SPACE ACTIVATION AND THREE
NEIGHBORHOODS OUTSIDE OF
DOWNTOWN. FINALLY OED 903 A
WOULD PRODUCE $545,000 IN
JUMPSTART FUND AND POSITION
AUTHORITY FOR THE GRANTS AND
CONTRACTS SPECIALISTS IN THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FOR ADMINISTRATION. SPONSORED
BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA .
>> THAT IS THE END OF THE OED
SECTION NOW TO THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING .
>> LIVING NOW CRISPLY TO THE
ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE OF
HOUSING. OH 1s A 2 IS A
STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT
THAT WOULD REQUEST THE ABILITY
TO INCREASE SUPPORT OR
ACQUISITION OF MICRA DWELLING
UNITS. OH 2s A WOULD
REQUEST OH DEVELOP A
SCHEDULING PROCESS FOR MORE
FREQUENT SUBMITTAL OF VACANCY
REPORTS ON CITY FUNDED HOUSING
UNITS. OH 801 A WOULD ADD
$50,000 OF GENERAL FUND TO THE
OFFICE OF HOUSING TO FIND WORK
TO STUDY THE OPERATIONAL
SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS OF
NON-PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING PROVIDERS. OH 800 2B 1
AT $4.6 MILLION JUMPSTART FUND
FOR THE FAMILY HOUSING AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS. THE ONE
CHANGE TO THIS IS JUST
DIVIDING UP THE $4.56 MILLION
ACCORDING TO THE JUMPSTART
POLICY THAT WOULD REQUIRE A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
HOMEOWNERSHIP. THEY WOULD
CORRECT THE ALLOCATION. MOVING
TO THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL. OIG 1 A WITHOUT
$50,000 OF GENERAL FUND TO OIG
FOR EXTERNAL INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS AND REDUCE
PROPOSED FUNDING FOR SEATTLE
POLICE MONITOR RESERVES BY
$50,000 GF AND FINANCE GENERAL.
SPONSORED BY HERBOLD, WHEREAS
IN PEDERSEN. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OIRA 801-A
WOULD ADD $25,000 GENERAL FUND
FOR AN ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING
CONFERENCE. AND OIRA 802 A
WITH AT $200,000 TO SUPPORT
MIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS.
WE CAN MOVE ONTO THE NEXT
SLIDE. THIS IS FOR THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS. OLS WOULD
ADD $100,000 TO SUPPORT
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF
PORTABLE PAID TIME OFF POLICY
FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS SPONSORED
BY CHAIR MOSQUEDA . OLS 802
A ADDING $137,000 TO THE OLS
FUND FOR STAFFING COSTS.
>> LET ME TAKE THIS AS MY
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HOUSING
LEVY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
ALONG WITH MY STAFF HAD A LOT
OF CONVERSATIONS FOR
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CRAFTING OF
THAT POLICY. AND
CONGRATULATIONS. AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE FOR PASSING THAT
IMPORTANT POLICY FOR FUTURE
HOUSING FOR RESIDENCE. WE
WOULD'VE BEEN IN A WORLD OF
HURT IF IT HAD NOT PASSED.
>> WE WOULD BE TAKING OTHER
ACTIONS IF IT HAD NOT PASSED.
>> TWO THIRDS OF SEATTLE
RESIDENTS APPRECIATE AND
SUPPORT THE HARD WORK IN THE
LIFECYCLE AND THE OVER
PERFORMANCE WITH THE LIMITED
RESOURCES WITH THE ONGOING
NEED. THANK YOU TO YOU FOR
HELPING THE CRAFT THAT.
>> MOVING ONTO THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT. THE FIRST IS OPCD
1s, REQUEST THAT OPCD REPORT
ON OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT
THE CONVERSION OF
NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO
HOUSING. ITEM NUMBER 79, A
REQUEST THAT OPCD AND ESTEE CI
DEVELOP A MONITORING AND
EVALUATION PLAN FOR TREES ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND FINALLY
OPCD 801 A WITH AT $130,000
JUMPSTART FUND TO OPCD FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK
RELATED TO THE SEATTLE
CONFERENCE A PLAN MAJOR UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS? MOVING ON TO
THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY
AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST
IS OSE 00 1 ADDED THREE FTE
INCLUDING THE YEAR-END
SUPPLEMENTAL PERFORMANCE. OSE
801 A -- SORRY, THE FIRST ONE
WAS 001 BUT THE NEXT ONE IS
OSE 801, $30,000 JUMPSTART FUND
FOR TREE CANOPY EQUITY AND
RESILIENCE PLANNED. ITEM
NUMBER 83, ADDING $50,000 IN
THE GENERAL FUND FOR URBAN
FOREST ARE RELATED ENGAGEMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS ? MOVING ON,
TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES
RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ONE ACTION.
ITEM NUMBER 84, REQUEST A
REPORT ON SOURCES IN THE USE OF
CITY RETIREMENT PLANS AND
PERFORMANCE ON THE PLAN .
MOVING ON TO ITEM -- ANY
QUESTIONS ? MOVING ON TO THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF CONTRACT
AND INSPECTIONS . ITEM NUMBER
85, ADDING ONE DOLLARS OF
GENERAL FUND FOR EVICTION
PREVENTION RESOURCES TO BE
ADMINISTERED IN CONJUNCTION
WITH EVICTION LEGAL DEFENSE
CONTRACTS. ITEM NUMBER 86,
REQUEST TO PROVIDE OPTIONS TO
IMPROVE COMPLAINT RESPONSE
TIMES AND CLIPPING OFF OUR
EMERGENCY HOUSING AND TREE
CUTTING COMPLAINTS AND
RESPONSES TO THOSE TYPES OF
COMPLAINTS. ITEM NUMBER 87 ,
ADD $50,000 OF GENERAL FUND TO
CONVENE A TENANT WORKGROUP ON
STRATEGIES TO PROTECT THE
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
SEATTLE RENTERS. PRIMARY
SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
AND COSPONSORED BY CHAIR
MOSQUEDA. FINALLY ITEM NUMBER
88, IN CONSULTATION WITH OPC
BE AN OFFICER HOUSING REPORT
REQUIREMENT FOR HOUSING SUBJECT
TO THE RENTAL REGISTRATION
INSPECTION ORDINANCE TO COLLECT
DATA ON RENTAL RATES AND OTHER
INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNITS.
ANY QUESTIONS ? SEEN THEN WE
MOVE ON TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
TWO ACTIONS HERE. ITEM NUMBER
89, A REPORT ON IMPLEMENTING A
FOUR DAY, 32 HOUR WORK WEEK
FROM A CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES.
THE SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES AND COSPONSORED BY
CHAIR MOSQUEDA AND HERBOLD.
AND ITEM NUMBER 90, REQUEST
A REPORT ON ADDING EMPLOYEE
GENDER IDENTITY OPTIONS IN THE
CITY'S WORK DAY HUMAN
RESOURCES SYSTEM. ANY
QUESTIONS? MOVING ON .
>> THERE ARE NINE ITEMS FOR
S. ITEM 91 ADDING 1 MILLION
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT FUND FOR THE
PASSENGERS PROGRAM IN THE NEXT
ITEM IS ITEM 92 REQUEST TO
PROVIDE INITIAL COST ESTIMATES
FOR ALTERNATIVES TO
TRADITIONAL SIDEWALKS AND THREE
SPECIFIED LOCATIONS. AND THE
NEXT ITEM IS S. -- PROVIDE A
REPORT FOR THE REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM . NEXT
ITEM NUMBER 94, REPORT ON
COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND FUTURE
LIGHT RAIL STATION AREAS. THE
NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 95
REQUESTING THAT ESTAR PROVIDE A
SCHEDULE FOR THE SURPLUS AND
SALE OF PROPERTY AT 900 ROY
STREET AND ESTABLISH THE
COUNCIL'S INTENT TO ALLOCATE
NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE TO
PHASE 2 OF THE THOMAS STREET
REDESIGN PROJECT AND TRAFFIC
CALMING ON SOUTH HENDERSON
STREET. ARE THERE ANY
QUESTIONS ? THE NEXT ITEM IS
ITEM 96, ADDING 1.5 MILLION
TO THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY FUND
FOR THE 45th STREET BRIDGE I-5
CROSSING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT .
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER
97 ADDING $1.4 MILLION TO THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT FUND FOR THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
FOR TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS CIP
PROJECT. ITEM NUMBER 98 IS
ITEM TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER
FORECAST UPDATE THE CHANGE IN
TRANSPORTATION FUNDS. ITEM
NUMBER 99 WHICH ADDS $2.4
MILLION OF GENERAL FUND TO
REDUCE THE FUND SPENDING AND
THE SCHOOL SAFETY DISTRICT --
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENT FUND AND AMEND
CAPITAL PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THE
OCTOBER REVENUE FORECAST UPDATE
. ANY QUESTIONS? THAT
CONCLUDES THIS SECTION.
>> WE WILL MOVE ONTO THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
>> THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO
START WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ITEM NUMBER 100 REQUEST THAT
SFD REPORT ON THE POST OVER
DORIS RESPONSE TREATMENT PILOT.
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD. ON THE ITEM NUMBER
101 WOULD ADD 222,000S --
$222,000 AND WOULD REDUCE THE
LIKE AMOUNT FUNDING IN THE
SEATTLE POLICE MONITOR RESERVE
AND THAT IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, CHAIR
MOSQUEDA AND COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN. ITEM NUMBER 12,
REQUEST THAT SBB PROVIDE
QUARTERLY REPORTS ON STAFFING,
OVERTIME MY FINANCES AND
PERFORMANCE METRICS. ITEM
NUMBER 103, REDUCE $50,000 IN
THE OFFICE OF POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AN EFFECTIVE
PERSON'S PROGRAM. ITEM NUMBER
104, PROVIDE SWORN SALARY
BENEFITS AND OVERTIME FOR SWORN
OFFICERS. SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD. ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE. --?
WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT SLIDE ITEM NUMBER
105, AT $30,000 JUMPSTART TO
REJUVENATE ERROR P PATCHES
CIP PROJECT TO FIND A
PERMANENT FENCE AT GREG'S
GARDEN P PATCH AND REDUCE THE
LIKE AMOUNT OF FUN IN THE MAJOR
MAINTENANCE AND ASSET
MANAGEMENT CIP PROJECT ,
SWAPPING FUNDS IN THE YESLER
CRESCENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
AND IMPOSE A PROBE IS OH --
PROVISO . THIS IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, LEWIS,
PEDERSEN AND NELSON. ITEM
NUMBER 106 WOULD ADD $80,000
JUMPSTART TO SPR TO SUPPORT
COMMUNITY PLANNING COSTS FOR
THE GUYS -- GARFIELD
SUPERBLOCK PROJECT. WE WILL
SWITCH TO THE NEXT ONE. ITEM
NUMBER 107 WOULD REQUEST SPU
EVALUATE THE CREE -- CLEAR
ALLEYWAYS PROGRAM IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE WASTE
REMOVAL SOLUTIONS. THAN THE
LAST ONE WOULD ADD $400,000 TO
OED FOR EXPANDED CLEANING
SERVICES IN CHINATOWN
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
REDUCE PROPOSED FUNDING IN THE
CLEAN CITY SUITE OF PROGRAMS BY
$400,000 IN SPU. THIS ONE
CHANGE FROM PROVISO TO A
REDUCTION TO SPU AND
INCREASED OED. SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES. THAT
WOULD BE IT FOR THIS SLIDE.
MOVING ALONG ?
>> THAT CONCLUDES READING IN
AND THE NEXT GROUP IS GROUP B,
ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL VOTES FOR
TOMORROW AND I WANT TO PAUSE
FOR A MOMENT AND CHECK IN WITH
THE CHAIR. DO YOU WANT TO GET
STARTED ON THIS GROUP ARE PAUSE
FOR LUNCH OR -- WE ARE READY
TO DO EITHER. WE COULD START
AND SEE HOW FAR WE GET OR TAKE
A LONGER LUNCH?
>> I'M GOING TO LOOK AT MY
COLLEAGUES HERE. WE ARE GOING
TO DO THAT BUT FIRST WE WILL
GO AHEAD AND GO INTO RECESS
STARTING THAT 12:30 PM AND
RECONVENE AT 1:30 PM .
>> ON THE AGENDA IT SAYS WE
WILL RECONVENE AT 2:00 FOR
THE PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW IF
THE CLERKS HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON
HOW WE WOULD DO THAT AND IT
SEEMS IF WE RECESS NOW WE GO
TO 2:00.
>> I AGREE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE
IT PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA THAT
THE SECOND SESSION WILL START
AT 2:00 AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD
NOT START EARLIER.
>> WHAT I MEANT WAS YOU WANT
TO TAKE A LONGER LUNCH BREAK OR
JUST START UP WHEN WE HAVE TO?
>> WE WILL DEFINITELY STILL
HAVE A BREAK BETWEEN THE PUBLIC
HEARING AND OUR CONCLUSION OF
THE WALK-THROUGH OF THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT. LET'S GO
HAVE -- AHEAD AND TAKE A
MANNER HOUR AND HALF BREAK. WE
WILL RECONVENE AT 2:00 PM AND
PLEASE BE PREPARED TO DIVE INTO
AMENDMENT STARTING IN GROUP B
WHICH IS NUMBER 109 ON THE
AGENDA AND THEN WE WILL START
GOING THROUGH EACH . I KNOW I'M
UNDER THE WEATHER AND MAYBE
SOME OTHER FOLKS ARE. IT'S BEEN
A LONG FEW WEEKS. WE WILL
RECONVENE AT 2:00 PM IF THERE
ARE NO IT SECTIONS. THE
COMMITTEE WILL BE IN RECESS
UNTIL 2:00 PM.