>>> OCTOBER 30th,
2025, SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
WILL COME
BACK TO ORDER.
1:30 P.M.
WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON.
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH.
COBB DEBORA JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>>
HERE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK.
>> APPRENTICE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> APPRENTICE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> HERE.
>> AND CHAIR STRAUSS.
>>
SEVEN ARE PRESENT. BACK TO
ORDER.
WE ARE ON AMENDMENT SPD 106.
WITH SEVEN AMENDMENTS REMAINING.
20% OF TODAY'S AGENDA.
SO THESE NEXT SEVEN ITEMS
ARE IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT MAY
TAKE A
LOT OF TIME.
A THIS
TIME, BE PREPARED TO HERE TO
5:00 P.M.
WITH THAT OVER TO YOU, MR.
DOS, SPD
106.
>> THANK YOU, MR.
CHAIR. SPD 106, INCREASE
APPROPRIATIONS BY $50,000
GENERAL FUND TO
SUPPORT A 30 BY 30 WORK GROUP.
THIS WOULD PROVISIO 225,000
OF GENERAL FUND FUNDS FOR A 30
BY 30 COORDINATOR POSITION THAT
THE DEPARTMENT -- THAT THE
COUNCIL ADDED TO
THE DEPARTMENT LAST
YEAR.
A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE WITH
THIS.
THIS WILL EVOLVE INTO A
PLACE WHERE IT WILL ADD AN
ACTUAL
POSITION.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST PROVISIOING
FUNDING.
CENTRAL STAFF LEARNED THE
POSITION IS GOING TO
BE SUNSET THE END OF THIS YEAR,
SO WE
WILL BE ADDING A POSITION HERE.
ANOTHER THING TO NOTE ISIS
AFTER THE CBAs WERE IN
PRODUCTION, IT SOUNDS AS
THOUGH THERE WAS A CHANGE MADE.
AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT WAS ARTICULATED BUT
COULDN'T GET IN AT THE LAST
MINUTE.
I LEAVE UP TO THE SPONSOR TO
DISCUSS. IT'S SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH IS
PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA,
AS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GREG,
FOR THAT
DESCRIPTION.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK AND
UPLIFT MY
COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
AND
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR
THEIR STRONG OF THE 30 BY 30
INITIATIVE.
THEY HAVE BEEN ALONG WITH
THEIR COLLEAGUES THE WOMEN THAT
SERVE, THEY ARE LUCKY TO SERVE
ON THIS
COUNCIL, SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE 30
BY 30 INITIATIVE, AND
REALLY, FOR ONE, RESPECT AND
HIGHLY VALUE THEIR COMMITMENT
TO THIS 30 BY 30 EFFORT.
SO WE HAVE GREAT CHAMPIONS ON
THIS AND I THINK THIS
WAS ANOTHER ONE
OF THOSE WHERE EVERYONE OR MANY
PEOPLE WANTED
TO BE PRIME SPONSORS OF
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THIS THIS SO
DEEPLY.
SO I WANTED TO LIFT UP BOTH
COUNCILMEMBERS AND JUST SAY THAT
IN GENERAL.
I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT
GREG SAID, WHICH IS THIS IS A
PROVISIO AND THE CHANGES AT
THE 50 IS ALSO A PROVISIO.
SO THIS IS PROVISIOING 275
OF THE SPD BUDGET TO THE WORK.
THIS WAS, WE PUT IN LAST
YEAR, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF
THOSE THAT WE HAD PUT IN LAST
YEAR.
NO ONE WAS HIRED FOR THE
POSITION.
FOR IN YEAR'S BUDGET IT CAME
UP AND DID NOT MAKE THE CUT OR
DID
GET CUT.
AND SO WE'RE REINSTATING
THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A REALLY
CRITICAL PIECE TO SPD.
WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED
TO SUPPORT MORE WOMEN IN THE
FORCE.
FOR MANY REASONS, NOT THE
LEAST OF WHICH IS WE KNOW WHEN
WE HAVE
A FEMALE OFFICERS, WE KNOW
WE OFTEN HAVE REALLY GREAT
OUTCOMES, NOT TO SAY THAT
WE CAN'T HAVE OUTCOMES
WITH NON-FEMALE
OFFICERS, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT
MAKES A
DIFFERENCE. AND ALSO IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT
TO ENSURE THAT THE
DEPARTMENT REFLECTS THE
COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST THE 30 BYBY
30, BUT ALL COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND ALSO I HAVE
HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF
AS WELL ABOUT THEIR DEI POSITION
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
SO I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT
AS WELL.
SO, FOR THIS PARTICULAR
EFFORT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THIS POSITION IS
HIRED, THAT IT IS ONGOING, AND
THEN THEY HAVE
A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE
ABLE TO DO SOME OF THIS WORK FOR
THE GROUP TO -- WHO IS WORKING
AT
SPD ON THIS EFFORT TO DO THIS
WORK. BY GROUP, I MEAN THE
CURRENT
EMPLOYEES WHO CARE ABOUT
THIS AND ARE COMING TOGETHER
TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT.
IT'S NOT THAT THERE IS A GROUP
OF PEOPLE DOING THE WORK THERE.
THERE IS NO ONE
ACTUALLY TASKED TO DO THE
WORK. THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING
THIS
POSITION SO THERE IS A DEDICATED
FTE TO DO THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK.
SO, COLLEAGUES, THAT'S WHAT
THIS POSITION IS DOING, IS
REINSTATING THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
I WILL SAY I HAVE HAD A
CHANCE TO HAVE A
CONVERSATIONCONVERSATION WITH
CHIEF BARNES SINCE WE WERE
WORKING ON THIS
AMENDMENT, AND HE IS VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THE
30 BY 30 PROGRAM.
HE HAS SEEN SUCCESS WITH THE
PROGRAM WHERE HE IS COMING FROM
IN MADISON, WISCONSIN,
WHERE THEY HAVE 28% OF THEIR
POLICE
FORCE
ARE WOMEN. SO THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT I
KNOW HE -- AND HE IS NEWER TO
THE
DEPARTMENT. SO I KNOW IT'S
SOMETHING THAT
HE WANTS TO BE A GOOD PARTNER
ON,
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HIM AND OTHERS AT
THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH
YOU ALL, COLLEAGUES, TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE
ARE REALIZING THESE 30 BY 30 --
THIS 30 BY 30 EFFORT
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AND IT
SHOULDN'T BE
AN AFTERTHOUGHT OR THIS IS NOT A
TO HAVE.
THIS IS A
MUST-HAVE. AND WITH THIS --
AND WE ARE SAYING IT SO
BECAUSE NOW, FOR THE SECOND YEAR
IN A ROW, AND
SOME OF US ARE ONLY IN OUR
SECOND YEAR IN OFFICE, WE ARE
SAYING THIS IS A MUST-HAVE.
SO,
COLLEAGUES, THAT'S WHAT THIS
ADD IS.
AND I HOPE THAT -- AND I
KNOW I HAVE SPOKEN SEPARATELY
WITH YOU,
SOME OF YOU, WHO
ALSO SUPPORT THIS.
SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT.
>> THANK
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS,
DISCUSSION?
ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION?
SEEING WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL
DISCUSSION, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP
IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD AS
THE PRIME SPONSOR.
YOU HAVE BEEN A CONSUMMATE
CHAMPION IN CONSISTENT LEADER
IN THIS
SPACE, AND ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
UNDERLYING ISSUE AT HAND.
REPORTS OF CULTURE THAT IS
INHOSPITABLE
AND OUTRAGEOUS AND NOT A GOOD
PLACE TO BE FOR
WOMEN, AND I'M SO GLAD THAT
THIS IS A WOMAN-LED EFFORT ON
THE
COUNCIL AND ALSO JUST WANT TO
UPLIFT AND AMPLIFY, I THINK MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS
SOME WORK GOING ON WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT TODAY TO ADDRESS THE
VARIOUS ISSUES
ASSOCIATED WITH 30 BY 30.
I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS IT'S
NOT FOCUSED ON ONE
PERSON IN TERMS OF THAT -- 30 BY
30 BEING THE SOLE REMIT.
SOMEONE HAS A 30 BY 30 A
OTHER THINGS AND SOMEONE HAS
ONE. AND SO THE WHOLE GOAL IS
TO AMPLIFY AND UPLIFT THE
EXISTING
WORK THERE, AND SO MAKE SURE
THAT IT ISN'T SORT AN ANCILLARY
RESPONSIBILITY. WE'RE
EMPOWERING THEM TO HIRE
A LEADER TO KIND OF
COORDINATE ALL THE
WORK. IN ANY
EVENT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
AND I AM GOING TO JUST SAY,
I'LL GIVE YOU LAST
WORD SINCE IT'S
YOUR AMENDMENT. ONE MORE CHECK
TO SEE
IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO
SAY ANYTHING.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
NO.
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOU HAVE
LAST WORD AND WE WILL CALL
FOR
CO-SPONSORS.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WORDS, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
I ACTUALLY HAVE AND WANTED
TO AND INTENDED TO
UPLIFT THE VOICES OF THE WOMEN
WHO ARE
CURRENTLY IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING
WITH US ON THIS EFFORT
AND WHO REALLY HAVE BEEN DOING
THE WORK
EVEN DURING THEIR LUNCHTIME
TO REALLY COME TOGETHER AND
HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW
TO BEST
SUPPORT THIS EFFORT AND THE
DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WORK IN.
AND THAT IS ONE CONVERSATION
II ALSO HAD WITH
CHIEF BARNES, IS HOW DO WE, YOU
KNOW,
THIS CULTURE PIECE ADDRESSING
THE CULTURE
SO THAT WOMEN DO WANT TO APPLY
FOR THESE JOBS.
SO ALL OF THAT ISIS
NECESSARY, AND HAVING A
DEDICATED POSITION TO
WORK WITH THE GREAT WOMEN THAT
ARE TRYING TO DO THIS WITHIN
THEIR CURRENT ROLES AT SPD
IS REALLY CRITICAL.
SO THANK YOU TO THE WOMEN AT SPD
WHO CAME TO US LAST YEAR AND WHO
HAVE BEEN THE CHAMPIONS OF THIS
TYPE OF POSITION
DEDICATED POSITION AT SPD TO
HELP
THEM DO THE WORK IN A VERY
FOCUSED,
FULL-TIME WAY.
SO THANK YOU, WOMEN, AT SPD.
SO THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK
YOU. WITH THAT IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR
SPD 106, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
NOW.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
HOLLINGSWORTH, SOLOMON.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
SOLOMON AND
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> ARE CO- SPONSORING SPD 106.
MOVING ON TO SPD 107.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
SUSPECT 107
WOULD PROVISIO 26 MILLION IN
GENERAL FUND
FUNDING FOR SPD FOR NEW
STAFFING.
BACKGROUND, THERE WAS
26 MILLION ADDED TO PROPOSED
BUDGET TO
ACCOMMODATE 86 NEW HIRES ON THE
POLICE FORCE.
THIS PROVISIO WOULD
RESTRICT THAT MONEY SO THAT IT
MAY
ONLY BE
SPENT TO SUPPORT SWORN OFFICERS
UNDER THAT NEW HIRING
INITIATIVE.
IT'S SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. STRAUSS.
THANK YOU, MR. DOS FOR THE
SUMMARY.
THIS IS ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE.
IT'S IMPORTANT GIVEN OUR
OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
EXECUTIVE AND GIVEN
THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, THIS IS A
LARGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND ALSO
AS PART OF OUR BUDGET
RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT BUILDS ON OUR PROVISIO
FROM LAST YEAR ON SPD SALARIES.
YOU KNOW, SOME WERE SURPRISED
WHEN I PUSHED AND WE PUSHED
THIS FORWARD, AND FOR ME
PERSONALLY
THIS IS WHAT I SAW IN CONGRESS,
YOU KNOW, IN MY LAST YEAR WHEN I
WAS A LEGISLATIVE LIAISON TO
CONGRESS.
WE HAD TO ASK FOR PERMISSION
TO REPROGRAM MONEY.
THIS WILL IS IN KEEPING WITH
THAT KIND OF CONCEPT AND
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS
TO
HAPPEN AND TO HAVE THIS
OVERSIGHT AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE
BIG DOLLARS AMOUNTS TO ENSURE
THAT WE CAN DO OUR JOB AS WELL.
SO, COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT.
FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION.
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IF
YOU LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPD 107,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
RIVERA AND SAKA.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
RIVERA,
SAKA. NOW MOVING ON TO SPD
108.
>> SPD 108- A IS A PROVISIO
AGAIN. THIS TIME OF 4.9 MILLION
GENERAL
FUND AN SPD FOR THE
TECHNOLOGY
ASSISTED CRIME PREVENTION
PROGRAM.
AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THERE
WAS FUNDING ADDED BOTH IN THE
2024 BUDGET AND IN THE -- SORRY,
2025 AND 2026
BUDGETS FOR THE TECHNOLOGY
ASSISTED CRIME
PREVENTION PROGRAM.
THAT COORDINATES THE
CCTV ACTIVITIES AND THE REAL
TIME
CRIME CENTER ACTIVITIES. THIS IS
AN AMOUNT OF FUNDING
4.9 MILLION INTO WOULD BE
USED FOR THE CAMERAS AND ALSO
FOR STAFFING OF THE
RTCC. THIS WOULD ENSURE
THAT THAT
FUNDING MAY ONLY BE SPENT FOR
THOSE PURPOSES.
IT'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON, AND
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, SPONSOR
OF THE AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
AGAIN, MR.
DOS. I CAN SAY DITTO.
DITTO ON THE NEED FOR GOOD
GOVERNANCE.
DITTO GIVEN OUR OVERSIGHT
RESPONSIBILITIES. AND AGAIN
LOWER
THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE, BUT STILL
A MAJOR
AMOUNT OF
MONEY GIVEN THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS IN OUR BUDGET
RESPONSIBILITIES.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC
AND WE NEED TO BE DOING OUR
OURJOBS
THIS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT
I, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE
LEGISLATION, SPOKE TO CAT AND
BRIT AT THE
REAL TIME CRIME CENTER, TO
CHIEF BARNES, I SPOKE TO
CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER
ANDERSON, SPOKE
TO DEPUTY MAYOR BURGESS AND
SPOKE TO MAYOR HARRELL ABOUT
THE NEED TO DO THIS PROGRAM
RIGHT
TO ENSURE THAT Ts
ARE CROSSED AND Is ARE
DOTTED. SO THIS BUDGET ACTION,
THIS
CBA, IS SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO
ALLOW US TO DO OUR
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE TROGS
Ts AND DOT Is
AS WELL. WITH
THAT, COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
QUESTIONS?
DISCUSSION?
COMMENTS? COLLEAGUES, IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO
CO-SPONSOR SPD 108, PLEASE RAISE
YOU HAND AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ADDING HER
NAME TO SPD 108.
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO SPD 109.
>> SPD 109 SCATTERED SHOWERS
A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT THAT ASKS SPD TO
PROVIDE QUARTERLY
REPORTS. THIS IS THE QUARTERLY
REPORT
THAT COMES TO CENTRAL STAFF
AND ALLOWS
CENTRAL STAFF TO PREPARE THE
BUDGET AND
STAFFING UPDATE
THAT HAPPENS AT MIDYEAR AND IN
THE SUMMER.
IT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER SOLOMON AND
COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER,
KETTLE, AS SPONSOR OF THE
AMENDMENT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU.
I RECOGNIZE TODAY MY NAME
IS EITHER AA OR CO-
SPONSOR
ON NEARLY ALL OF THESE BUDGET
ACTIONS.
OF ONE SORT OR
ANOTHER.
THIS ONE AGAIN IN KEEPING WITH
THE THEME IS TO WORK
WITH CENTRAL STAFF SO THEN WE
CAN
DO OUR JOBS IN TERMS OF
OUR OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES
AND, IMPORTANT HERE
IS, IN TERMS OF A NEW PIECE, WAS
OVERTIME.
AS WE'RE BRINGING ON OUR
OFFICERS, THE SALARIES,
THE OVERTIME, THAT DELICATE
BALANCE WE NEED TO HAVE GREAT
INSIGHT
THROUGH THE YEAR TO ENSURE
THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
THAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE
WE ARE BUDGET-WISE AND HOW THOSE
THOSE PIECES ARE RELATING TO
EACH
OTHER.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US
TO MAINTAIN THAT OVERSIGHT.
WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR
YOUR SUPPORT AND HOPE THAT YOU
CAN CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES,
DISCUSSION ON SPD
109?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-
SPONSOR
SPD 109, PLEASE RAISE YOU HAND
AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,
RIVERA, RINCK AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS SAKA,
RIVERA, RINCK,
AND HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO SPD
110.
>> SPD 110
S IS A REQUEST THAT SPD REPORT
ON IMP MINUTETATION OF A
CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE
AND AS YOU WOULD SEE IN
THE SLI REQUEST THERE ARE A
NUMBER
OF ITEMS THAT THE DEPARTMENT
WOULD
REPORT ON, EVERYTHING
FROM TAKING A LOOK AT
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE
NORMALLY REPORTED THROUGH THE
CUSTOMER
SERVICE LINE AND POTENTIALLY
MOVING
THEM TO AN INDEPENDENT CUSTOMER
SERVICE LINE AT SPD AS WELL
AS
EVALUATING THE SCOPE OF A
PROJECT TO DO
SO AND THE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT REQUIRED TO DO
IT.
IT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, CO-SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AND COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, AS
SPONSOR
OF THE GREAT, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND
THANK YOU, MR. DOS.
MY INTENT AND GOAL OF THE
STUDY IS DEVELOP A LINE OF
SERVICE FOR
CUSTOMER SERVICE IN ORDER FOR US
TO HELP PEOPLE FIGURE OUT HOW
TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEED
AND FWHAFT ON THE MANY
REPORTING SYSTEMS TO FOLLOW UP
ON
CONCERNS.
OFTENTIMES I FIND MY
OFFICE THAT WHICH I DON'T MIND
BECAUSE I
AM THE SERVICE -- I AM IN
SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR
DISTRICT.
BUT IN PARTICULAR I WOULD
LIKE TO UNDERSTAND SPD'S
EXISTING
SERVICE TOOLS AND
RESOURCES WE HAVE IN
PLACE TODAY THAT WE CAN ENHANCE
AND UPDATE FOR BETTER
COORDINATION AND
EFFICIENCY. SO THIS SO PEOPLE
CAN BE ABLE
TO GET A
RESPONSE. IT MIGHT BE, EXCUSE
ME,
IT MIGHT BE A FOLLOW-UP ON A
POLICE REPORT OR SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW,
IF THE BALANCE BETWEEN OFFICERS
AND
THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT
WE THIS IN OUR CITY AS WE'RE
GREG, WHEN WE CAN BALANCE THAT
OUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
UNTIL THEN, I THINK WE NEED
A STOPGAP SO PEOPLE CAN
BE ABLE TO GET THE OUTCOMES
AND SERVICE THAT THEY DESERVE IN
TOUR CITY. THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU --
>> SORRY, MR. CHAIR.
CAN I THANK -- APOLOGIZE.
CAN I THINK KETTLE AND SOLOMON
FOR THEIR
CO-SPONSORSHIP.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES, DISCUSSION?
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD. THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT MANY TIMES.
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR
THE PRECINCTS TO HAVE
THEIR FRONT DOOR OPEN AND
HAVEHAVE
DESK THAT CAN RESPOND TO
INQUIRIES.
A LOT OF THIS COULD GO A
LONG WAY IN TERMS OF THE
RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS,
WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE -- OUR
COLLEAGUES,
OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN THE CITY
AND REALLY
TAKE CARE OF THINGS AT THE LOWER
LEVEL AND
TO BASICALLY
SHOW THAT THERE IS THAT
INTEREST,
THERE IS THAT CARE WHICH THEY
HAVE, BUT IT
MAKES IT HARD LIKE WHEN YOU GO
TO THE PRECINCTS NOW, YOU CAN'T,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOBODY
THERE BEHIND THE GLASS.
YOU HAVE TO COORDINATE IN
ORDER TO GO IN.
SO I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH
BECAUSE IT GOES TO
THAT SAME THING.
IT'S ABOUT CREATING
A DIALOGUE
BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COLLEAGUES, OTHER DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
WITH THAT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPD
110 PARTLY PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND AT THIS TIME.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, RINCK,
SAKA, RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ, RINCK,
SAKA, AND RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO SPD 111.
>> SPD 111 S IS A STATEMENT
OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT ON
FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
POLICIES.
THIS PARTICULAR SLI
WOULD REQUEST THAT THE
SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE A
REPORT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY ON
THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR EXECUTIVE ORDER 25-07
WHICH WAS SEATTLE'S RESPONSE TO
POTENTIAL NATIONAL GUARD
DEPLOYMENT AND
EXECUTIVE ORDER 25- 08, WHICH IS
STRENGTHENING
SEATTLE'S RESPONSE TO FEDERAL
THREATS
TO IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES. THIS IS A SLI THAT
MAKES SEVERAL
REQUESTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF
THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, AND IT
IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, AND COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AS SPONSOR
OF THE AMENDMENT YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.
COLLEAGUES, I KNOW I CAN'T BE
ALONE WHEN I SAY I HEAR FROM
CONSTITUENTS ALMOST EVERY
DAY ABOUT WHAT IS OUR CITY'S
RESPONSE TO THE ACTIONS
BY THIS FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.
AND OVER THE PAST
YEAR WE HAVE SEEN CITIES ACROSS
THE UNITED STATES DEAL WITH THE
DEPLOYMENT
OF NATIONAL GUARD
AGAINST THEIR
OWN PEOPLE. IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT
WE HAVE
A
PLAN AND THAT THE PUBLIC KNOW
THAT WE HAVE A PLAN.
SO THIS SLI REQUEST THAT
SPD PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND
OUTLINES
POLICIES OUR SPD
OFFICERS ON THE GROUND WILL
REACT TO
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING
CIRCUMSTANCES OF AYES OFFICERS
USING EXCESSIVE
FORCE, INDIVIDUALS
EM IMPERSONATING
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND HOW
SPD PLANS ON
ADDRESSING TRAFFIC
SAFETY AND CROWD CONTROL AS IT
PERTAINS TO
PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.
AS WELL AS IT ASKS
THE ÷÷DEPARTMENT TO DESCRIBE HOW
ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS PARTICIPATE INSIDE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY
AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE
ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE.
I THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRESS
AND KETTLE FOR THEIR
CO-SPONSORSHIP ON THIS.
WE NEED TO ENSURE OUR
CITY IS PREPARED AND THAT
OUR CONSTITUENTS GOAT ANSWERS TO
THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
CAUSING
FEAR FOR MONTHS IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR BRINGING
THIS
AMENDMENT FORWARD.
DEFINITELY WE NEED THIS
ENGAGEMENT. I HAD A MEETING WITH
THE EXECUTIVE IN THE SUMMER
TALKING
ABOUT THE NEED TO
HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANNING ON
THIS FRONT TO ENSURE THAT, YOU
KNOW, FROM A STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURE POINT OF VIEW
WE WALK THROUGH THE DIFFERENT
SCENARIOS,
WE ARE READY TO GO,
AND I KNOW OVER THE COURSE OF
THIS
FALL THAT THE EXECUTIVE IS
WORKING AT
IT. BUT WE NEED THAT KIND OF
DOING
LOG IN COMMITTEE
AND TO WORK THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT PIECES.
AND DO SO IN A WAY THAT, YOU
KNOW, AGAIN
HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE ARE A CITY, A
WEST COAST
BLUE CITY THAT IS RUN
WELL, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH SAID
I THINK YESTERDAY OR THE DAY
BEFORE, AND THAT'S
GETTING THINGS DONE AND DOING IT
WELL. AND THIS ALSO APPLIES TO
THE
REALM OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND WE
WILL DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
IF YOU
COULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SPD 111
PLEASE RAISE YOU HAND AT
THIS TIME.
I HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS
JUAREZ, SAKA, SOLOMON,
HOLLINGSWORTH,
RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ,
SAKA,
SOLOMON -- SORRY. COULD YOU
REPEAT THAT?
>> HOLLINGSWORTH AND RIVERA.
>> LINGSWORTH AND RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
MOVING ON TO, SHALL I SAY,
THE
FINAL ITEM, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR
GENERAL, WE HAVE OIG 101.
>> YES.
OIG 101 WOULD ADD $50,000 TO
"THE OFFICE" TO MOVE A COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT POSITION FROM
A HALFTIME POSITION TO A FULL-
TIME
POSITION.
IT IS BROUGHT TO YOU
BY COUNCILMEMBERS
KETTLE,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS
THE
SPONSOR.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AS
WELL FOR WELL CO-SPONSORSHIP OF
THIS
ONE. MIGHT I ADD THE
THREE PREVIOUS ONES THAT WE JUST
RECENTLY WENT OVER.
ALONG THOSE
LINES, COUNCILMEMBER
SOLOMON AS WELL. AND ON THIS
ONE, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CO-SPONSORSHIP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT
ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING IS
FUNCTIONAL
AND THINGS ARE
WORKING WELL, AND THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT WHEN IT
COMES TO OUR ACCOUNTABILITY
PARTNERS.
WITH THE TENTATIVE
AGREEMENT, WITH THE SEATTLE
POLICE
OFFICERS GUILD, THERE ARE
DIFFERENT
PIECES THAT RELATE TO OFFICE OF
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, WHICH
I THINKER GOING TO IMPROVE OPA
AND
ACCOUNTABILITY IN A
STRONG,
MEANINGFUL WAY. WE HAVE DONE
SOME PIECES
WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICE
COMMISSION
AS WELL, AND HERE WITH THE
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY
HAVE THE ABILITY TO ENGAGE AND
COMMUNICATE WITH COMMUNITY AND
TO BE FRANK A 0. 5 FTE
WASN'T ENOUGH AND WE NEEDED A
FULL-
TIME COORDINATOR POSITION TO BE
BASICALLY MAKING THAT WORK DONE
FOR THE OIG.
SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION?
QUESTIONS?
COMMENTS?
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN ON
TOE
OIG 101, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
THAT TIME.
COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
RIVERA.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS SOLOMON AND
RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU.
AND THAT DOES BRING US TO
THE END OF THE AGENDA.
I GUESS I SHOULD PREDICT WE
WILL BE HERE THREE HOURS LONGER
THAN
IN ACTUALITY MORE OFTEN. KEEPS
US MOVING QUICKLY.
THIS DOES CONCLUDE
THE WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 30th, 2025 SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE WE ADJOURN?
SEEING NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, WE WILL MEET ON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
5th AT 9:30 A.M. TO BRIEF AND
DISCUSS MY BALANCING PACKAGE.
AT THAT MEETING WE WILL
ACCEPT WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT. WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING
ON NOVEMBER 6, REMOTE
PUBLIC COMMENT BEGINS AT 1:00
P.M. IN
PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BEGIN
AT 5:00 P.M. EACH INDIVIDUAL
WILL RECEIVE ONE
MINUTE 30 SECONDS OR
GROUPS OF
THREE OR MORE WILL RECEIVE FOUR
MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS.
INDIVIDUALS ONLY SPEAK ONCE.
EITHER IN THE VIRTUAL OR
IN PERSON OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR
AS
A GROUP. ONE BITE AT THE APPLE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GRACE AS
WE DID NOT FOLLOW THE PREDICTED
,
I DON'T KNOW, FRAMEWORK OF THIS
MORNING'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT I THINK IT MET THE SPIRIT OF
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT IN A GOOD
WAY. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES,
THANK
YOU FOR ATTENDING.