>>> GOOD MORNING, THE FEBRUARY
5th FINANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE
COMES ORDER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER SACCA. VICE CHAIR
RIVERA. CHAIR STRAUSS.
>> PRESENT. AND COUNCIL
PRESIDENT ALSO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT NELSON.
>> PRESENT.
>> I'M GOING TO STALL FOR JUST
A SECOND BECAUSE I THINK
COUNCILMAN KETTLE MIGHT BE IN
THE WAITING ROOM? ALL RIGHT.
>> FOUR PRESENT. TWO EXCUSED.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE
BRIEFING ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
THAT IS THE TRIBAL COMMUNITY
GOVERNMENT'S WORK PLAN. BEFORE
WE BEGIN IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION.
THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. OUT THE
GATE, THE CHAIR'S REPORT, I
WANT TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
AND YOU ARE JUST IN TIME AS WE
COVER THE WORK PROGRAM FOR THIS
COMING YEAR IN THIS COMMITTEE.
LAST YEAR IN THIS COMMITTEE, WE
DEPARTED FROM NORMS USING THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE STARTING
IN APRIL AND MOVING ALL THE WAY
THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE
MAJORITY OF BUDGET RELATED
LEGISLATION COMING TO THAT
COMMITTEE AND IT MET VERY OFTEN.
TODAY WE WILL REVIEW THE
PROPOSED WORK PLAN THAT DIVIDES
THE WORK BETWEEN FINANCE NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS. AND SELECT BUDGETS.
WE WILL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION
POINTS AT THE END ABOUT WHICH
COMMITTEE SOME OF THESE
DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION
COME INTO. WE DO NEED TO END AT
10:30 A.M. AT THE LATEST TO
ACCOMMODATE A FULL DAY OF
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE WANT THE
RECORD TO REFLECT VICE CHAIR
RIVERA IS PRESENT. GOOD MORNING.
AND IMPRESSIVE WITH ALL THE
SCHOOLS STARTING LATE TODAY. WE
WERE ONLY FOUR MINUTES LATE
TODAY. SO NICE WORK. WITH THAT,
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO THE
AGENDA. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE
HAVE.
>> WE HAVE ZERO IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND THERE IS
ONE REMOTE SPEAKER.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. EACH
SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS FIRST. THERE ARE NONE.
AND WE WILL MOVE TO THE ONLINE
PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL READ THE
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS. UP
TO 20 MINUTES SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY ARE REGISTERED. WE WILL
BEGIN WITH THE IN-PERSON
SPEAKERS, MOVE TO REMOTE.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN
THEY ARE 10 SECONDS AWAY. THEIR
MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED IF
THEY DON'T END. I SEE JAKE
BONUS, WE WILL TAKE JUST A
MOMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GIVE
YOU, WE SEE YOU ARE PRESENT NOW.
AND I SEE YOU ARE IN THE ROOM.
IF YOU WANT TO PRESS STAR 6
JAKE.
>> HELLO?
>> GOOD MORNING! HOW ARE YOU?
>> GOOD MORNING! YEAH. I'M
HERE.
>> WE'LL START THE TIME WHEN
EVER YOU WANT.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY
NAME IS JAKE, I'M A RESIDENT OF
DISTRICT 2 AND CALLING IN FROM
BEACON HILL THIS MORNING. I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK CHAIR STRAUSS
AND THE COMMITTEE TO PLEASE
INCLUDE DUAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES
IN THE UPCOMING TRIBAL NATION
SUMMIT. TWO YEARS AGO WAS THE
INAUGURAL TRIBAL NATION SUMMIT
AND THE DUWAMISH TRIBE WASN'T
INCLUDED. YOU CAN CHANGE THE
RULES TO MAKE IT INCLUSIVE SO
THAT NATIVE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT
BEING ACTIVELY EXCLUDED. SO, I
HOPE YOU WILL DO THIS SO THAT
DUWAMISH TRIBAL SERVICES CAN
ATTEND. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JAKE. WE WILL NOW
MOVE ON AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER
SPEAKERS REMOTELY OR PHYSICALLY
PRESENT, THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. MOVING
ONTO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM.
CLERK, WILL YOU READ THE SHORT
TITLE INTO THE RECORD?
INFORMATION ITEM FOR FINANCE
NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS WORK PLAN FOR
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION.
PRESENTERS ARE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
YOLANDA HO AND EDIN SISIC OF
CENTRAL STAFF.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR HO WITH US TODAY
AND EDIN AND WE HAVE A SHORT
PRESENTATION THAT GETS TO THE
MEAT OF THIS WORK. I WOULD SAY
WHY DON'T WE LET THEM GO ALL
THE WAY THROUGH AND WE GO BACK
TO THE TOP SO WE HAVE A FULL
VIEW OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND I
HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ALREADY AS WELL. WITH THAT, OVER
TO YOU, EDIN. AND YOUR
MICROPHONE IS ON MUTE AS WELL.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES, YES WITH.
>> GOOD MORNING. I'M EDIN SISIC
WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. AND
AS THE COMMITTEE COORDINATOR,
I'M GOING TO GO OVER WHAT YOU
MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE OVER THE
COMING YEAR. IN BOTH FINANCE AND
TRAVEL GOVERNMENTS, A SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE. SO THIS FIRST
SLIDE HERE LISTS OUT A LOT OF
THE ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT
TO SEE IN THE NEXT OVER THE
COMING YEAR. AND IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF SLIDES TO FOLLOW, I'LL
BREAK DOWN WHAT IS COMING AND IT
WILL BE A GOOD WAY TO TEE UP A
DISCUSSION POINT ON THE LAST
SLIDE ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THIS
WORK. AND WHICH COMMITTEE
BELONGS WHAT. SO BRIEFLY GOING
OVER THE LIST, ONE OF THE FIRST
PIECES OF LEGISLATION YOU WILL
SEE IS THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY
PROVISO LIFT. WE PROVISOD
ANYTHING ABOUT $90 MILLION UNTIL
SDOT PROVIDED THEIR FUNDING PLAN
AND THEY DID. THAT WILL BE IN
MARCH. ALSO IN MARCH, THERE WILL
BE AN FAS DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT
ON THE AGENDA AS WELL AND I
WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE
ITEMS ON THIS LIST. THEY WILL
COME IN AT LATER SLIDES BUT IF
YOU SEE THE THIRD SLIDE, THE
VARIOUS FAS AND OFFICE OF
FINANCE LEGISLATION THAT
INCLUDES THINGS LIKE SMC UPDATES
TO REFLECT CHANGES IN WASHINGTON
STATE LAW. ANIMAL CODE UPDATES,
FUNDS. TRANSFERS. PREDATORY HOME
BUYING LEGISLATION THAT IS IN
THE WORKS. SO YOU MIGHT EXPECT
TO SEE THINGS LIKE THIS IN
QUARTER TWO AND QUARTER THREE OF
THE YEAR AND OTHER OF COURSE
BUDGET COMMITTEE RELATED
LEGISLATION BEFORE WE BEGIN THE
MID BIANNUAL BUDGETS IN THE
FALL.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE OTHER
SLIDES WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS AS
WE GO. AND I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE IS NOW PRESENT AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS I STRIVE TO DO
WITH MY COMMITTEE WORK IS TO
HAVE ITEMS BRIEFED TWICE BEFORE
A VOTE. IT GETS A LITTLE BIT
MORE CHALLENGING WHEN WE HAVE
TWO DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. THE
FINANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE. ONE OF
THE WAYS WE ALLOW THE RELEASE
VALVE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION
LEVY LIFT IS WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAKA TO HAVE THAT BRIEFED FIRST
BEFORE TAKING A VOTE IN THE FULL
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE. SO THAT
IS ONE EXAMPLE. THERE ARE SOME,
THERE MIGHT BE SOME TENSION
POINTS TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE
MOVING AROUND THE FAS DIRECTOR
APPOINTMENT. AND WE MIGHT HAVE
THAT BRIEFED IN SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE AND VOTED IN FINANCE
COMMITTEE. THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS. JUST WANT TO CHECK IN,
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
UNIVERSE OF WORK WITHIN BOTH THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT'S COMMITTEES?
EDIN, I'LL TURN IT RIGHT BACK
OVER TO YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT. SO THIS NEXT SLIDE
IT IS ITEMS SPECIFIC TO THE
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WORK
PLAN. WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THE
Q1 TRANSPORTATION LEVY AND FAS
DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT. IN QUARTER
TWO, YOU WILL DISCUSS THE
OUTCOMES OF THE BUDGET REFORM
MEMO WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN THE
WORKS CURRENTLY. AND A BRIEFING
ON THE VARIOUS SLIDES THAT WERE
ADOPTED FOR THIS YEAR. AND THERE
IS A SLIDE RESOLUTION COMING TO
YOU. HOWEVER, SO THE SLIDES SUCH
AS EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVE
ANALYSIS, DEVELOPING PROGRAMS
FOR CITY EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO
LAYOFF. OTHER FISCAL POLICY
RELATED SLIDES ARE EXPECTED TO
BRIEFED IN ONE OF THE COMMITTEES
IN QUARTER TWO OR QUARTER THREE.
AND WE HAVE THE STANDARD MID
YEAR BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL
LEGISLATION WHICH TYPICALLY GETS
ADMITTED AT THE END OF JUNE SO
WE WILL DISCUSS THAT MOST LIKELY
IN JULY BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
FALL BUDGET PROCESS WHICH IS ALL
ABOUT THE MID BIANNUAL BUDGET
ADJUSTMENTS FOR 2026 BUDGET YEAR
AND THE 206-31 CIP PLAN.
>> OKAY. BEFORE YOU MOVE ON,
EDIN, HERE, COLLEAGUES, IN
QUARTER 2, YOU SEE BUDGET REFORM
DISCUSSION. THIS IS BOTH PROCESS
AND CONTENT AND WHAT I MEAN BY
THAT IS EVERY YEAR THE BUDGET
PROCESS HAS CHANGED EVER SO
SLIGHTLY. WHEN I STARTED WE HAD
WHAT WAS CALLED A FORM B. THIS
LAST YEAR, WE DID NOT USE THAT.
I THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE
BENEFICIAL TO BRING THAT BACK.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE SOME OF THE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WORKED
LAST YEAR, WHAT DIDN'T WORK AND
I'LL BE STOPPING BY EACH OF
YOUR OFFICES TO TALK ABOUT THAT
THIS QUARTER SO WE CAN MAKE AN
IMPROVEMENT ON PROCESS. ANOTHER
ASPECT IS CONTENT. WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT BUDGET REFORM AND A
MULTISTEP MULTIYEAR PROCESS TO
GET OUR BUDGET BACK IN BALANCE.
SOMETHING I ALSO HAVEN'T SEEN
IS A REPORT BACK ABOUT SOME OF
THE SLIDES OR THE QUESTIONS WE
ASKED LAST YEAR. SO I WANT TO
MAKE SPACE FOR THAT. THERE ARE
SOME SLIDES WITH BUDGET
ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECTS TO THEM
THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR OTHER
COMMITTEES. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
NELSON YOU HAD A GREAT SLIDE
SCHEDULED TO COME TO YOUR
COMMITTEE. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO HAVE IT REPORTED OUT AT THE
WHOLE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE
BECAUSE WE WERE ALL A PART OF
THAT DISCUSSION LAST YEAR. SO
THAT'S PART OF THAT QUARTER 2.
AND I MADE A DECISION TO, THIS
IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION
RIGHT? THIS THIS PROPOSAL, WE
BRING THE MID YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL
LEGISLATION BACK. THAT IS A
DEVIATION FROM YEARS PRIOR TO
LAST YEAR AND IT IS HELPFUL TO
HAVE EVERYONE'S EYES ON IT. SO
THIS IS THE PROPOSAL. VICE
CHAIR?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU
EDIN FOR BEING HERE AND CHAIR,
THANKS FOR THE PREVIEW. IT'S
HELPFUL TO HAVE A PREVIEW ON
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING THIS YEAR
IN YOUR COMMITTEE. RELATED TO
THE BUDGET REFORM DISCUSSION,
THIS IS AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL NOT
BE SURPRISED IT IS SOMETHING
THAT I VERY MUCH CARE ABOUT. SO
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT
THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. I
WILL SAY THAT IN TERMS OF BUDGET
REFORM, ONE THING AND I
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALL PUT
SLIES IN THE LAST BUDGET TO TRY
TO GET TO SOME OF THIS
INFORMATION. IDEALLY IN MY MIND,
WE WOULD HAVE FROM EACH OF THE
DEPARTMENTS, A LIST OF ALL THE
THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY RUN WITH
THE OUTCOMES FOR THOSE PROGRAMS.
I HAVE IN THE EVER SEEN THAT. I
THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY
HELPFUL. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE
BUILD THAT INTO OUR WORK BUT I
THINK WE HAVE ALL IDENTIFIED
SOME PROGRAMS AS WE HAVE GONE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE COME UP. BUT
THERE ARE MANY PROGRAMS THAT
EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS
ADMINISTER THAT WE DENT HAVE
INSIGHT INTO AS TO THE OUTCOME
PIECE THAT I THINK IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT
INSIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE YOU
GIVING CONSIDERATION TO THIS
BUDGET REFORM PIECE AND I HOPE
THAT IN SOME ASPECT WHETHER IT
IS THIS YEAR OR OVER THE COURSE
OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT
WE REALLY GET TO A MORE ROBUST
GATHERING EXERCISE WHERE WE ARE
REALLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THE
PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF THE
DEPARTMENTS SO WE HAVE SOME
CONFIDENCE AND WE CAN TELL THE
PUBLIC WITH CONFIDENCE WE
ENGAGED IN A ROBUST EXAMINATION
OF THOSE PROGRAMS SO WE COULD
RIGHT SIZE THE THINGS THAT
DON'T HAVE THE INTENDED
OUTCOMESIS A
CONTINUATION OF PROGRAMS THAT
MIGHT NOT HAVE THE OUTCOMES WE
WANT AND NO ONE IS LOOKING TO
SEE WELL, IF THAT PROGRAM IS NOT
WORKING WHAT COULD WE DO
DIFFERENTLY TO ACHIEVE THAT
GOAL? AND SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE I
SAID, THANK YOU FOR ENGAGING IN
THIS, THIS YEAR AND I HOPE WE
CAN GET TO SOME FORM OF WHAT I
DESCRIBED AS WE WORK TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. YES, POINTS VERY
WELL TAKEN. AND YOUR WORK THIS
LAST YEAR WAS VERY HELPFUL. I
KNOW CENTRAL STAFF IS READY TO
WORK WITH YOU ON THOSE IDEAS AND
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU.
>> THEY WERE DOING SOME
RENOVATIONS AND FINALLY TOOK OUT
THE PAPER POSTING BOARD FOR CITY
JOBS. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN
PRINTING THEM. AND THIS IS NO
SHADE OR FOUL AT FAS. THEY DO
GREAT WORK. IT WAS JUST
INTERESTING TO SEE IT STILL
HANGING THERE AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS OF ONLINE POSTING FOR
JOBS, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS
ON SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WORK
PLAN? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. AND I
APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE IN
PERSON. TWO-HOUR SCHOOL DELAY. I
JUST WANTED TO ADD AND SECOND
WHAT THE VICE CHAIR RIVERA SAID.
AND PART OF THIS IS ALSO LOOKING
AT THE TRADITIONAL AREAS OF
REVENUES AND SEE WHERE THEY ARE
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO ENSURE
THEM. THAT IS BASICALLY
ACHIEVING AS MUCH AS WE CAN
GIVEN THE BROADER ECONOMIC
CIRCUMSTANCES. JUST TO KNOW HOW
WE IMPACT IT. I THINK THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT IS
KIND OF LIKE PART OF THE STEP
PROCESS WITH WHAT THE VICE CHAIR
WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF
LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
>> I'LL SECOND THAT, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR GRACIOUS WELCOME TO
YOUR COMMITTEE. I'M EXCITED TO
BE ATTENDING MY FIRST COMMITTEE
MEETING HERE TODAY. AND ALSO
APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO
JOIN YOU IN PERSON WHICH IS
ALWAYS MY STRONG PREFERENCE BUT
WITH TWO OF MY THREE ELEMENTARY
AGED KIDS HOME SICK AND THE
THIRD IS HOME FOR A SNOW DAY. IT
IS PURE SURVIVAL MODE FOR A
WORKING PARENT LIKE MYSELF SO
SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE WORKING
FAMILIES OUT THERE TRYING TO
SURVIVE AND MANAGE ALL THE
THINGS. SO IF YOU HEAR SOME KIDS
COUGHING OR YELLING OR
MELTDOWNS, PROBABLY MY OWN
MELTDOWN. IT IS THE NATURE OF
THE BEAST SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
PATIENCE AND GRACE. IN ANY
EVENT, THIS PROPOSED ALLOCATION
SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE. IT IS A
FAIR RATIONAL APPROACH. LAST
YEAR AS THE NEW MEMBER TO THE
BROADER BODY IN THE COUNCIL, I
THOUGHT YOU LED A VERY
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH. A LOT OF
THE IMPORTANT DISCUSSION ITEMS
THAT SET THE TABLE FOR WHAT I
THINK IS A SUCCESSFUL BUDGET
PROCESS. AND SO, YEAR TWO FOR ME
AND MANY OF OUR NEWEST
COLLEAGUES, THE MAJORITY I
SUPPOSE, AND NOW, EVEN NEWER
MEMBERS AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL,
I'M INCLINED TO ADOPT A SIMILAR
SELECT COMMITTEE APPROACH BUT A
LITTLE MORE LIGHTWEIGHT THAN
LAST YEAR. THIS IS OUR SECOND
ROUND OF REPS IF YOU WILL. AND I
THINK OUR TWO NEWEST COLLEAGUES
COULD BENEFIT FROM THESE ITEMS
ALLOCATED FOR THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE. I WANT TO BALANCE
THAT. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO
SMARTLY BALANCE THAT WITH THE
FACT WE HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF
SELECT COMMITTEES THIS YEAR. WE
HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF SELECT
COMMITTEE. THE COMP PLAN. HUGE
PRIORITY. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA'S UPCOMING LEVY. THE NEW
FEDERAL IMPACT STUDY. THERE IS
NO SHORTAGE OF THOSE. SO I JUST
WANT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER
APPROACH WE ADOPT IS MINDFUL AND
THOUGHTFUL OF THE EFFORTS WE
HAVE GOING ON AT COUNCIL. THANK
YOU MR. CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
WELL SAID. WE DO HAVE SO MANY
COMMITTEES THIS YEAR. AND PART
OF THAT IS WHY THIS COMMITTEE
TODAY IS SHORT, HAS BEEN
SHORTENED. LET'S MOVE ONTO THE
NEXT SLIDE. WE WILL MOVE INTO
FINANCE NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE FISCAL
POLICY WORK THAT HAPPENS IN THIS
COMMITTEE. A LOT OF THIS TYPE OF
WORK DOES HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF
COMMITTEE. THERE ARE
OPPORTUNITIES TO HIGHLIGHT THE
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT AND
COORDINATION BETWEEN AREA
TRIBES. AND THE CITY. WE'LL
HAVE A TRIBAL NATION'S SUMMIT
UPDATE LATER IN THE SUMMER. AND,
SPEAKING OF THIS TRIBAL
RELATIONS DIRECTOR. HE IS NO
LONGER WITH THE CITY SO HIS
POSITION IS BEING CURRENTLY
HIRED AS I UNDERSTAND IT. AND ON
THE LAST SLIDE.
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THERE,
A COUPLE OF NOTES. AS YOU DID
MENTION, TIM, OUR OIR TRAVEL
RELATIONS DIRECTOR HAS BEEN
HIRED BY THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM.
AND SO LET'S CHANGE SOME
THINGS. WE KNOW THERE IS A PLAN
TO HAVE ANOTHER TRIBAL SUMMIT
THIS YEAR. THIS IS ALL VERY
PRELIMINARY SO THINGS MIGHT
CHANGE. WHEN THE TRIBAL
NATION'S SUMMIT HAPPENED THE
FIRST TIME, IT WAS THE FIRST
TIME EVER. AND THERE WAS AN
IMMEDIATE DESIRE TO HAVE IT
AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR. AND TWO
THINGS WERE QUICKLY REALIZED.
THERE WAS A LOT OF FOLLOW-UP
WORK. AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF
WORK TO PUT ON. AND SO, I WOULD
SAY WE WERE IN THE FOLLOW-UP
STAGES AND THERE IS A DESIRE TO
HAVE THE SUMMIT AGAIN. I'LL BE
FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE OFFICE
OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
TEAM. AS WELL AS FRANCESCA
MERNON. THIS IS A PLACE FOR OUR
TRIBAL RELATIONS WORK TO BE
REPORTED OUT SO THE COMMITTEE
CAN WORK WITH OIR AS THIS WORK
IS LED BY OIR. AS IS THE
TRADITION SET BY FORMER COUNCIL
PRESIDENT DEBORA JUAREZ. WE USE
THIS COMMITTEE AS A WAY TO BRING
THESE ISSUES TO THE FOREFRONT AS
A PLACE TO REPORT OUT AND
SUPPORT THEIR WORK AND THIS
COMMITTEE HAS NEVER BEEN USED AS
A PLACE TO DIRECT THE WORK OF
THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS TEAM SO AS WE FILL IN
A POSITION THAT DIRECTOR RENON
HELD, WE WILL CONTINUE DOING
THIS. I KNOW OVER THE LAST YEAR,
THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION
BETWEEN ME AND THEIR TEAM ABOUT
FORMALIZING THE TRIBAL NATION'S
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT WORK
STEMMING FROM SOME OF OUR
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION THIS LAST YEAR. WE
HOPE TO DO THAT WORK. AGAIN, IT
IS WORK THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY
DONE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL. IT
IS DONE IN NEGOTIATIONS,
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT SO
THERE MAY BE REPORT OUTS AND MAY
NOT. THAT IS THE BODY OF WORK
I'M HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS
YEAR IN THE THIRD QUARTER. AS
YOU NOTICE, IN YEARS PAST, WE
HAVE HAD A LOT OF THE
LEGISLATION IN THE PREVIOUS
SLIDE HAPPEN AT THIS COMMITTEE
LEVEL HERE. MAYBE LESS IS MORE,
MAYBE MORE IS LESS. ANY
QUESTIONS ON THIS? MOVING RIGHT
ALONG, AND THANK YOU.
>> SO, THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE. A
BRIEF HISTORY WHICH THE CHAIR
ALREADY MENTIONED. BUT IN THE
PAST, ALL OF THE MORE
COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION YOU
SEE HERE WAS TAKEN UP IN FINANCE
COMMITTEE UNTIL LAST YEAR WHERE
THE CHAIR RESURRECTED THE SELECT
BUDGET COMMITTEE TO BE MORE
INCLUSIVE, TOUCHING AN ALL OF
THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALL OF THE
FUNDS AND HAVE THINGS THAT ARE
OF INTEREST TO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRESENT, ALL OF THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS PRESENT. A LOT OF THIS
JUST FIRST BRIEFED IN FINANCE
COMMITTEE AND VOTED OUT OF
SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE. A
DISCUSSION POINT HERE IS WHAT
DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR?
SO I WILL OPEN IT UP TO YOU.
>> YEAH. THANKS, EDIN. THIS IS A
CONVERSATION IF WE WANT TO HAVE
ON THE DAIS TODAY, I'M HAPPY TO
OR I CAN MEET WITH YOU
INDIVIDUALLY ABOUT THESE PIECES
OF LEGISLATION. AS EDIN SHARED
BEFORE, I WAS BUDGET CHAIR. ALL
OF THESE WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. LAST YEAR
I MADE THE DECISION TO PULL THEM
UP TO THE SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE. DO WE WANT TO HAVE
THESE AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEWE?
THE SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE?
THAT'S THE CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE I CAN SEE IT EITHER WAY.
AND I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF
ALL OF THE TIME PRESSURE
ESPECIALLY AS COUNCILMEMBER SAKA
POINTED OUT. SO THAT'S WHY I
BRING IT UP AS A DISCUSSION
POINT. WE CAN DO ALL OF THESE IN
FINANCE OR IN SELECT. IF WE DO
THEM IN SELECT IT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO SHARE?
>> WELL LAST YEAR, CHAIR, YOU
WILL RECALL THAT I REALLY WAS
HOPING THAT YOU WOULD GET THE
DATES FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE
TO ME SO WE COULD SORT OF MAP IT
OUT. SO THAT WILL BE ANOTHER
ISSUE I WOULD ASK SPECIFIC
DATES. WE HAVE LIMITED REAL
ESTATE IN CHAMBERS AS YOU KNOW.
SO I JUST, BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT, I DON'T WANT TO SAY
CREATES BUT ASSIGNS OR FORMS
SELECT COMMITTEES AND THE DATES
OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE LISTED IN
THE MEMO THAT GOES OUT AND THERE
IS USUALLY AN END DATE WHEN THE
LEGISLATION HAS PASSED. WE ARE
DEALING WITH COMPLEX LEGISLATION
IN THE SELECT COMMITTEE. IT ALL
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DATES ARE.
AND ALL THE TOP TICKS YOU WILL
NEED TO ADDRESS AND WHETHER OR
NOT THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE
MID YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL PROCESS.
THE FALL PROCESS.
>> YOU NAILED EXACTLY WHY I MADE
THESE DISCUSSION POINTS. AND WE
HAVE SOME IDEAS OF THE DATES FOR
THE BUDGET REFORM DISCUSSION IN
THE SLIDE REPORT OUT. THAT IS SO
IMPORTANT. WE WOULD BE TAKING
THIS TIME SLOT. AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT SAID. REAL ESTATE AT
CITY HALL IS FULL. WE ARE BACK
HERE IN THE OFFICE AND WE ARE
USING IT. BUT MOVING ONTO THE
WORLD CUP APPROPRIATIONS. WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE QUICKLY
AS YOU SAID. BECAUSE THINGS ARE
MOVING FAST WITH OUR
PREPARATIONS. SO IF WE NEEDED TO
HAVE THAT IN THE SELECT
COMMITTEE, IT WOULD REQUIRE A
LITTLE MORE MANEUVERING.
>> I ALSO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
TO KEEP IN MIND THE SCHEDULES OF
OTHER COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I'M
HEARING YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
SO, NOTED.
>> VICE CHAIR AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.
>> MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU
MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON WHAT
GOES TO FINANCE COMMITTEE AND
WHAT GOES TO SELECT BUDGET
COMMITTEE? IN GENERAL, IF YOU
WOULDN'T MIND?
>> IN YEARS PAST BEFORE LAST
YEAR, AS TRADITION HAD FOR AS
LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER,
EVERYTHING JUST WENT TO FINANCE.
NOTHING WENT TO ELECT. LAST YEAR
TO BRING EVERYONE ONTO A MORE
EVEN PLAYING FIELD. FOR
INSTANCE, I DIDN'T REALIZE
THERE WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.
I KNEW THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO CHANGE THE BUDGET MID YEAR.
IF FOLKS HADN'T WORKED HERE
BEFORE, I HAD TO MAKE SURE THEY
HAD AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD OF
KNOWLEDGE. DO WE WANT TO
CONTINUE WITH THAT? DO WE WANT
TO REVERT BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS
BEFORE? DO WE WANT MIDDLE
GROUND? THE WAY I WILL MAKE THAT
DETERMINATION IS TALKING TO THE
COUNCIL. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A
MOMENT TO DIGEST AND REFLECT.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA?
>> THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
SCHEDULING, ALIGNING CALENDARS,
AND PRECIOUS COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SPACE. THERE IS A BACK END GAME
OF TETRIS GOING ON. YOU NEED TO
FIGURE OUT ALL THE PARTS. I
GUESS AT A HIGH LEVEL, JUST KIND
OF REEMPHASIZING MY EARLIER
POINTS AND PREFERENCE THAT WE
ADOPT MAYBE A MODIFIED APPROACH
WHERE WE DO MORE AT THE SELECT
COMMITTEE LEVEL THAN WHAT IS
NORMAL. BUT BEING AWARE OF THE
ROBUST SCHEDULE WE HAVE ACROSS
THE BOARD FOR VARIOUS POLICY
SUBJECTS SO AGAINST THAT
BACKDROP AND IN LINE WITH THESE
DISCUSSION POINTS AND THIS
SLIDE, I WOULD SAY I THINK WORLD
CUP APPROPRIATIONS. THERE IS A
LOT OF EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST
AMONG OUR COLLEAGUES. EVEN
OUTSIDE OF THIS. THIS COMMITTEE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD
CANDIDATE IF POSSIBLE TO
CONSIDER AT THE SELECT COMMITTEE
LEVEL. NEXT UP WOULD BE THE MID
YEAR SUPPLEMENTAL. THAT WOULD BE
A GOOD CANDIDATE. WE HAVE NOW
TWO NEW COLLEAGUES GOING THROUGH
THIS PROCESS. I THINK THE FIRST
TWO ARE VERY RIGHT FOR COMMITTEE
LEVEL ONLY. BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY, LOOK, I WOULD DEFER TO
YOUR WISE JUDGMENT AND THAT OF
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND TRYING TO
MAKE ALL THE PIECES WORK.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. COUNCIL
PRESIDENT?
>> COULD YOU, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
BUDGET REFORM, COULD YOU PLEASE
REMIND ME WHAT BUDGET REFORM WE
WENT THROUGH IN 2023? THE
FINANCE CHAIR I JUST RECALL,
THERE WERE SOME THERE WAS SOME
LEGISLATION THAT CODIFIED PARTS
OF OUR BUDGET PROCESSES.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
TRANSPARENCY?
>> THAT'S IT. I COULDN'T
REMEMBER THE NAME. SO WHAT WAS
THAT AGAIN? I HAVE IT IN MY MIND
AS BUDGET REFORM.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IS
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE DOING
CURRENTLY WITH THE BUDGET REFORM
THAT YOU ARE LEADING.
>> YES. I MIGHT CIRCLE BACK WITH
YOU, BUT IF I'M RECALLING
CORRECTLY, IT WAS A DESIRE FOR
THE EXECUTIVE AND THE COUNCIL TO
WORK MORE CLOSELY TOGETHER IN
CODIFYING THAT AND WE DID DO
THAT LAST YEAR AND I EXPECT US
TO DO IT AGAIN. IT LED TO WHAT I
BELIEVE A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
>> THAT WAS REMARKABLE. SO I
GUESS, IT IS HARD FOR ME TO SO
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
BUDGET REFORM, WHAT ARE YOU
THINKING? I KNOW WE WILL DISCUSS
IT LATER BUT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT GOING INTO EACH
DEPARTMENT'S BUDGETS AND CAN
YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND?
>> YEAH.
>> THERE IS THE PROCESS. LAST
YEAR WE DIDN'T DO FORM Bs . DO
WE DO FORM Bs AGAIN THIS YEAR? I
THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. THERE
IS THAT PROCESS.
>> CAN YOU REMIND PEOPLE THAT
MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?
>> I WILL ASK THAT I KNOW WE ARE
HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A
DISCUSSION. BUT I WILL SHARE A
STATEMENT AND PASS THE MIC BACK
TO YOU. AND I THINK THAT I
SHARED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE MEETING, FORM B JUST BEING
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER CAN PUT
FORWARD AN IDEA FOR DISCUSSION.
THAT WAS IN THE PAST THAT WE
DIDN'T DO FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS. SO IN 2024 AND IN 2023.
AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT
WE BRING BACK. SO THAT'S THE
PROCESS OF HOW WE WORK ON THE
BUDGET TOGETHER. THERE ARE ALSO
THE ELEMENTS OF THE STEP DOWN
APPROACH THAT WE OUTLINED AT THE
END OF THIS LAST YEAR. WHICH IS
TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE BRING
PROGRAMS AND BRING THE BUDGET
MORE IN LINE WITH
SUSTAINABILITY. SO FROM THERE,
WE HAD A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT
STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA
SHARED HER DESIRE TO GET MORE
OUTCOMES BASE LEVEL. THESE ARE
ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS. IT GOES
ON PROCESS AND CONTENT. HOW ARE
WE TRACKING ITEMS OVER YEAR OVER
YEAR? I AM GOING TO ASK CENTRAL
STAFF TO CONTINUE USING THAT
FIVE YEAR LOOKBACK DOCUMENT THAT
WAS STARTED LAST YEAR FOR THE
FIRST TIME EVER SO WE CAN
CONTINUE LOOKING AT THE TRENDS
OF OUR BUDGET RATHER THAN JUST
INCREMENTAL CHANGES YEAR OVER
YEAR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DO YOU
HAVE MORE TO SHARE?
>> I'LL WAIT.
>> OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR STRAUSS. I
JUST WANTED TO ADD, I REALLY
APPRECIATE YOU MADE A POINT AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT BACKED THIS
UP. IN TERMS OF HAVING THE
HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE
LEGISLATIVE RELATED TO BUDGET
HAS NOT BEEN AS SMOOTH AS IT
COULD BE IN THE PAST. I REALLY
WANT TO FIRST THANK THE MAYOR
FOR THAT ENGAGEMENT AND THAT
ABILITY TO HAVE THAT MORE
CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP. AND I
THINK WE SHOULD BE PROMOTING
THAT. THIS GOES TO THE SLIDE
FOLLOW-UPS. FROM OUTSIDE EYES,
THERE HAS BEEN SOME REALIGNMENTS
FOR THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR.
THAT IS ONE THING THAT CAME OUT
OF THE THE BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS
THE ALIGNMENT OF DUTIES AND
WHERE BUDGET MONEY WAS. WHY IS
SDCI LOOKING AT A CERTAIN THING
WHEN IT IS A HOUSING PIECE AND
THINGS CHANGE OVER THE YEARS AND
THINGS JUST CONTINUE ON AND I
THINK IT IS BENEFICIAL TOE BE
LOOKING AND ENGAGING WITH THE
EXECUTIVE SO WE GET BETTER
ALIGNMENTS SOMETIMES BETWEEN
WHERE THAT MISSION IS, WHERE
THAT GOAL IS, AND THEN
RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT.
SOMETIMES IT GETS SPREAD OUT.
WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYBODY IN
CHARGE, NO ONE IS IN CHARGE. AND
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
SEEK THAT ALIGNMENT. AND SO THEN
HE WITH ENGAGE AND GET AN
ANSWER. SO THAT IS SOMETHING.
THIS GOES INTO SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
SAID. IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY, WE
WORK WITH THE MAYOR AND HIS TEAM
AT THESE PIECES BASED ON OUR
AREAS, PUBLIC SAFETY FOR ME FOR
EXAMPLE. TRANSPORTATION OF
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AND I THINK
WE CAN REALLY DO SOME GOOD WORK
IN TERMS OF THAT TYPE OF
ENGAGEMENT AND WITH THAT GOAL OF
KIND OF RIGHT SIZING OR LINING
OR HAVING A SINGLE POINT CONTACT
IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND
THE PROGRAM IT MIGHT BE. THAT
WOULD DO US WELL MOVING IN THE
FUTURE. AND PARTICULARLY BE THE
BUDGET. SO THANK YOU CHAIR.
>> WELL SAID COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
OLD HAND, NEW HAND?
>> CONTINUING HAND I SUPPOSE.
CONTINUING ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE SAID, I DO BELIEVE WE ARE
IN A GOOD SPOT WITH TRANSPARENCY
AND WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
SO I AM JUST WONDERING, MY
EARLIER QUESTION IS WHAT NEED TO
BE REFORMED ABOUT THE BUDGET? SO
MAYBE THAT WILL BECOME CLEAR AS
WE GO ON, AS WE GO FORWARD. WHEN
I REFER DIFFERENT LEGISLATION,
WHEN I REFER LEGISLATION TO
COMMITTEES I'M ALWAYS WORKING
WITH CENTRAL STAFF. I FOLLOW
THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO WHICH
COMMITTEE IT SHOULD GO TO AND
REFER LEGISLATION AND YOU
MENTIONED ONE PIECE OF
LEGISLATION WHICH SOUNDS REALLY
INTERESTING. AROUND HOMEOWNER
SHIP. WHAT DID YOU SAY THAT WAS?
PREDATORY PRACTICES. IS THAT
COMING FROM THE EXECUTIVE?
>> YES. THAT IS COMING FROM
FAS'S LEADING THAT.
>> GREAT. MY POINT WOULD SIMPLY
BE, MY INPUT IS IF YOU DON'T
HAVE THAT MUCH GOING ON IN YOUR
COMMITTEE, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE, I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING
ON ANY LEGISLATION. SEEMS LIKE
THERE IS ONLY ROOM IN THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE TO DO A LOT OF
THIS WORK.
>> YES. I THINK THAT IS BY
DESIGN.
>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SELECT COMMITTEE NOT HAVING
DATES AND NOT REALLY KNOWING
WHAT THE TIME COMMITMENT WOULD
BE, YOUR QUESTION WAS LET'S
HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE DAIS ON
WHAT IS THE PREFERENCE OF
PEOPLE. MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE
TO KEEP THINGS IN FINANCE AS IS
THE PRACTICE AND HAVING A SELECT
COMMITTEE AROUND THE BUDGET IS
HOW IT IS USUALLY DOWN AND I
THINK IT WORKED WELL LAST YEAR.
>> OKAY, GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA?
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. I AGREE ON
THAT POINT. I WILL SAY JUST
BECAUSE SOMETHING IS IN A
COMMITTEE THAT IS NOT A SELECT
COMMITTEE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE
REST OF US DON'T HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN. AND AS
YOU ALL KNOW, I REGULARLY ATTEND
COMMITTEE MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES
I DO NOT SIT ON BECAUSE I CARE
ABOUT THE ISSUES I'M TRACKING
WITH WHAT ALL THE COMMITTEES ARE
DOING SO I WILL JUST SHOW UP TO
EITHER HEAR THE PRESENTATIONS OR
ASK MY QUESTIONS AND THERE IS
ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY AT FULL
COUNCIL TO DO THAT AS WELL WHEN
THE COMMITTEE MAKES A
RECOMMENDATION. YOU CAN ACCEPT
IT OR NOT. I THINK BECAUSE OF
THAT, AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW
THAT WE DO OUR WORK IN
COMMITTEES BECAUSE WE CAN'T ALL
BE WORKING ON ALL THE THINGS ALL
AT ONCE. AND SO IT IS HOW WE GET
OUR WORK DONE AS EFFICIENTLY AS
POSSIBLE BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU ARE NOT TRACKING
EVERYTHING THAT COMES THROUGH.
SO I THINK BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM
FINE WITH HAVING THINGS GO
THROUGH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS
OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE WHO
DOESN'T SIT ON FINANCE TO TRACK
IN, WEIGH IN ON IT. WE CAN
SPONSOR THINGS FOR THEM IF THEY
WANT AMENDMENTS ON A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION WE ARE TAKING UP.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE TRUE. AND
BECAUSE OF THAT, IT MAKES MOST
SENSE BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO HAVE
ALL THESE SELECT COMMITTEES THAT
EVERYBODY SITS ON FOR MANY
REASONS INCLUDING THE TIMING
PIECE AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SO
MANY THINGS THAT WE ARE TAKING
UP LIKE THE THEFT COMMITTEE THIS
YEAR AND COMP PLAN. THE
LIBRARIES LEVY WHICH WILL SIT ON
MY COMMITTEE. SO ANYWAY, JUST TO
SAY THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF JUST
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SIT ON THE
COMMITTEE DOESN'T MEAN YOU
CAN'T TRACK IT OR WEIGH IN ON
IT. I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE WHEN WE SAY IT MAKES
SENSE TO DO THINGS VIA COMMITTEE
VERSUS THROUGH FINANCE COMMITTEE
VERSUS SELECT BUDGET, IT IS NOT
BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BE
TRANSPARENT OR KEEP ANYONE OUT I
FELT LIKE THAT NEEDED TO BE
SAID. THANK YOU.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS SUPER
FEEDBACK. EDIN. AND NOTING WE
HAVE A SELECT COMMITTEE STARTING
IN 45 MINUTES.
>> YES.
>> JUST WANTED TO KNOW FOR WHAT
IT'S WORTH, ALL OF THIS
LEGISLATION YOU SEE ON THE
SCREEN, THE CENTRAL STAFF DOES
HAS THOROUGH ANALYSIS. MY
COLLEAGUE AND I WILL WRITE A
MEMO WHICH GETS DISTRIBUTED TO
ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO
WHICHEVER PATH YOU CHOOSE,
EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION. I JUST WANTED TO
NOTE THAT.
>>> WONDERFUL. NOW WHEN IT COMES
TO YOUR LAST SLIDE?
>> IS THERE ANYTHING MORE FOR
THE GOOD OF THE ORDER FOR TODAY?
THE NOT, NOT SEEING ANYTHING, I
WILL SAY THAT THIS CONCLUDES THE
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5th, 2025
FINANCE COMMITTEES AND TRAVEL
COMMITTEE MEETING. IS THERE ANY
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE
THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE, WE
ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU
EVERYBODY, VERY MUCH.