AWE GAUFRN. WELCOME TO THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION FOR MARCH 26, 2025. I'M STEVE BRDT, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I
WILL ASK THE CLERK TO READ THE REMINDER TO PARTIPANTS IN THE MEETING. >> I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TALL MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT THIS MEETING IS BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL-TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD
TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO THAT OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS.
>> AT THIS TIME I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL CAN ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COMMISSIONER FREY IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER ABENE, ABSENT. COMMISSIONER PAYN >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER CHUGHTAI.
>> PRESENT. >> VICE PRESIDENT PREE-STINSON, PRESENT. >> PRESIDENT BRAN, PRESENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND I BELIEVE THE MAYOR WILL BE HERE MOMENTARILY. I WANT TO NOW ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE MEETING TODAY ON LAND
THAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN THE HOME OF THE DAKOTA PEOPLE, AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR AGENDA, A COPY OF WHICH WAS POSTED FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH IS
AVAILABLE AT LIMS.MINNEAPOLIS MN.GOV. AND BOARD MEMBERS T AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING IS BEFORE US. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ITEM 6, NEW
BUSINESS, RIGHT AFTER THE ACCEPTANCE OF MINUT TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE PROPOSED CHARTER RESOLUTION, WHICH WOULD PUT -- MOVE DOWN THE BET WORK PLAN DISCUSSION. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THAT AS AMENDED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE PROPER MOTION BEFORE
US. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? AL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. THE AYE'S HAVE IT AND THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. NEXT IS THE ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 22, 2025 MEETING. WILL WE PLEASE HAVE A MOTN TO
ACCEPT THE MINUTES? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> OKAY. WE HAVE PROPER MOTIO BEFORE US. ANY DISCUSSION? >> SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. AYE'S HAVE IT AND THE MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED AS PRESENTED. ITEM FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS THE
ACCEPTANCE OF PUBLIC COMMENT. AND I WILL INQUIRE WITH THE CLERK WHETHER ANYBODY HAS SIGNED UP. OKAY, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY, SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP TO
ADDRESS ANY ITEM THAT IS ON THAT DAY'S BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION AGENDA. AND ITEM NUMBER -- OR NEXT ITEM
IS THE RECEI OF ACCESSIBLE PROJECTS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL FOR WHICH THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE WILL CONSIDER APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT GENERAL FUTURE MEETING.
MR. ALLEN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? O OKAY. I WOULD THEN ASK THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THAT ITEM. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A
PROPOSED CHARTER RESOLUTION. THIS SHOULD LOOK VERY FAMILIAR TO THE BOARD BECAUSE WE PASSED A VERY SIMILAR RESOLUTION LAST MAY, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE PUBLIC, WHO HASN'T BEEN
NECESSARILY FOLLOWING THAT DISCUSSION, THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT IS ESSENTIALLY THREEFOLD, PROPOSED AMENDMENT. ONE IS TO GIVE US A SENTH MEMBER ON THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE
SO WE ARE NO LONGER THE ONLY BODY ELECTED BY THE PEOE OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TIE-BREAKING, ONLY LOCAL BODY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TIE-BREAKING NUMBER OF MEMBERS. AND SECONDLY, TO MAKE THAT SEVENTH MEMBER A THIRD MEMBER
ELECTED BY THE PUBLIC IN ADDITION TO THE TWO WE HAVE NOW. AND THEN ALSO TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION TO SOMETHING THAT MORE CLOSELY REFLECTS ITS CURRENT DUTIES.
NOW, YOU MAY ASK YOURSELVES, WHY ARE WE REPASSING THIS RESOLUTION? OR WHY AM I ASKING YOU TO REPASS THIS RESOLUTION? YOU WILL RECALL WE ASKED THE CHARTER COMMISSION LAST MAY TO
ADOPT -- TO CONSIDER AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IN FAVOR OF THESE THREE CHANGES. THE CHARTER COMMISSIONN ITS WISDOM DECIDED NOT TO -- ASSENT TO THAT. THINK IT HAD MORE TO DO WITH THE CHARTER COMMISSION'S LONG-STANDING FEELINGS ABOUT THE
BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION RAER THAN THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CHANGES THEMSELVES, BUT THAT WAS ONE ROUTE TO INITIATE A CHARTER AMENDMENT. A SECOND ROUTE IS TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK THE CHARTER
COMMISSION TO CONSIDER SUCH AN AMENDMENT, SET OF AMENDMENTS. NOW, YOU MIGHT ASK, DIDN'T THEY ALREADY SAY NO? HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENCE IS IF THE CHARTER COMMISSION COMES BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND SAYS NO, THE CITY COUNC DOES HAVE THE
OPTION OF EITHER CONSIDERING THE INPUT OF THE CHARTER CMISSION AND AGAIN SAYING NO, OR TO PUT IT OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL ON THE BALLOT. SO THAT'S WHERE I BRING THIS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
AND I WILL NOW HAVING INTRODUCED THIS, OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BRANDT. YEAH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT IS PART OF A BROADER COERSATION AROUND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, HOW THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES FUNCTION TOGETHER, AND WHERE B.E.T. FITS INTO THAT, SO I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION TO HAVE IN CITY COUNCIL.
>> COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON? >> I WAS GOING TO MAKE SIMILAR REMARKS, BUT ALSO JUST GENERALLY SPEAK IN SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY TO ADDING ANOTHER MEMBER. I THINK JUST IN GENERAL THE WAY THAT GOVERNMENT IS GOING IN OUR
COUNTRY, HAVING ANOTHER VOICE TO ALSO BALANCE OUT THOSE THAT ALREADY HAVE ELECTED DUTIES, IT MAKES SENSE TO ADD ANOTHER MEMB. NOT JUST TO HAVE A TIE BREAKER, BUT ALSO TO HAVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION FROM THE PUBLIC FOR SOMETHINGHAT
HAS SOME INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT AND DECISION MAKING, WHICH I THINK, AGAIN, IN THESE DAYS AND TIMES IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT. SO I SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THAT. IN ALL HONESTY, I AM NEUTRAL ABOUT CNGING THE NAME. IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
IT'S NOT ANYTHING THA I WOULD FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL FOR. I'M MORE SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN NUMBER ONE, BUT I WOULDN'T FIGHT OVER IT. I GENERALLY SPE IN SUPPORT. AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AROUND PUTTING IN THE WORK OVER THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS ON THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? A FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. WOULD SOMEBODY CARE TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION? >> SO MOVED. >> IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >>NY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY. CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL SINCE
THIS IS A RESOLUTION. >> COMMISSIONER FREY. >> AYE. >> ABENE IS ABSENT. PAYNE? >> AYE. CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT PREE-STINSON. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT BRANDT. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE FIVE AYES.
>>LL RIGHT. AND THE CLERK WILL, I HOPE, CATCH ME AFTERWARDS AND MAKE SURE I SIGN AS APPROPRIATE. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGEA IS THE B.E.T. WORK PLAN DISCUSSION. AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WE
WILL, I HOPE,HORTLY HAVE A STAFFER, AND WE NEED TO SPECIFY BEYOND WHAT IS THE CONSIDERABLE DUTI THAT ARE IN THE J.A.Q., WHICH I BELIEVE STANDS FOR JOB ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE, FOR THIS
PERSON. WE LEFT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE EXPECTED DUTIES TO BE FILLED IN UNDER THE HEADING OF RESEARCH THAT WOULD BE CONDUCTED FOR THE
BOARD, AND SO I HAVE PUT FWARD IN THE AGENDA SOME ADDITIONAL SPECIC ITEMS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN FORHIS PERSON. AND I DON'T ENVISION TODAY BEING THEND OF THAT DISCUSSION.
AND I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR AND THANK MR. HAMMER FOR BRINGING UP THESE POINTS THAT IN SEVERAL OF THE POINTS WE ARE DELVING INTO AREAS THAT IN ORDER TO BE
ENACTED WOULD NEED TO BE AN ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I'M NOT TRYING TO USURP THE CITY COUNCIL IN ANY WAY. WE WOULD LEAVE THEIR POWERS WITH THEM, OF COURSE, AND STICK TO OUR KNITTING IN TERMS OF THE CHARTER, BUT I THINK ONE BENEFIT
WE CAN PROVIDES THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO HELP MAYBE MOVE T PROCESS ALONG IN A COUPLE OF AREAS. SO ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON? >> JUST VERY QUICKLY, I WOULD SAY ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHOSE
RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR CERTAIN THINGS, I THINK ONE THING TO CONSIDER IS JUST A BROADER WAY TO PUT IT IS IN THE COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO IF THAT WORK AND IT IS WORK OF I.G.R., OUR NEW STAFF PERSON COULD COORDINATE WITH THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THE NEEDS OF THE
BOARD AND WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING AND WORK WITH THEMO LET THEM DO THEIR WORK AND CORRESPOND BACK AND FORTH, RATHER THAN TO SPECIFICALLY DELEGATE THAT THEY'RE DOING THE RESEARCH. SO I JUST HAD THAT QUICK COMMENT THERE. GENERALLY I THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S ALONG THE LINES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I DOT KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE OR IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY WAIT FOR UPDATES ON THE PROCESS OF WHERE WE ARE. >> COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON, IF YOU THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO GIVE THAT UPDATE HERE -- >> VERY QUICK.>> YOU'VE BEEN MO
THE PROCESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAN I HAVE, SO IF YOU WANTO TELL PEOPLE WHAT SCHEDULE WE'RE ON? >> YES. SO WE HAVE CONCLUDED INTERVIEWS NUMBER ONE. OUR QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WE COMPLETED AS THOSE THAT RTICIPATED IN THAT FIRST
PANEL, WHICH WAS SOMEO FROM H.R., MYSELF -- I'M MISSING A PERSON. WHO AM I MISSING? THERE WAS THREE OF US. THE PARK BOARD, YES. OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. SO WE COMPLETED THAT. WE SENT THOSE FORWARD. THE SECOND ROUND OF INTERVIEW IS
BEING SCHEDULED FOR THE TWO INDIVIDUALS, EITHER JUST QUICK, CAN'TAY TOO MUCH, BUT THIS IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR US. I'M GLAD THAT WE TOOK THE TIME TO WALK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND A ALLY GOOD FIT. I HAVE ALSO, JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, THE ORIGINAL
PROPOSAL WAS FOR A SET OF THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW NUMBER TWO, BUT I'VE ASKED THE PSIDENT AND HE AGREES THERE SHOULD BE FOR CONTINUITY, ONE PERSON FRO THE FIRST ONE TO BE THERE, OTHERWISE IT IS KIND OF STRANGE TO NOT HAVE, AGAIN T CONTINUITY. I HAVE VOLUNTEERED MYSELF TO BE PART OF THE SECOND INTERVIEW AS
WELL JUST SO I CAN SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK BEYOND WHAT WE WROTE ON PAPER WHAT OCCURRED IN THEIRST ONE. I FEEL THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO GET OUR STAFFER PROBABLY SOONER THAN WE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT. AND THEN AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS LE TO WORK WITH THE LEVEL OF
AUTONOMY THAT WE WOULD LIKE SO WE'RE NOT HAVING TO HEAVY HAND SUPERVISE. THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I WILL BRING UP THAT WE HAV'T REALLY DISCUSSED THAT IS RELATED TO THE WORK PLAN IS FOR THIS INDIVIDUAL, WHO IS GOING TO BE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, WHAT WILL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOOK
LIKE FOR THAT PERSON? THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND BE ABL TO GROW WITHIN THEIR ROLE, WITHIN THE CITY, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO THINK EVEN WITH THE NATURE OF OUR BOARD AND THE INDEPENDENT NATURE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO WHATEVER RESOURCES ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHOEVER IS SERVING AS PRESIDENT SHOULD BE FOSTERING THAT DEVELOPMENT, SO I JUST WANTED TO BE NOTED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT AND IT'S PART OF THE WORK PLAN THAT THAT'S PART OF THE DISCUSSIONS IS THIS INDIVIDUAL'S PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT IS THE UPDATE. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON. I -- I APPRECIATE YOUR SUGGESTION ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL PROBABLY RELY TO SOME EXTENT ON YOUR EXPERTISE IN THAT AREA. I'M SORRY, MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE A
COMMENT? >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I'VE GOT A COMMENT ON THE POTENTIAL WORK PLAN PROJECTS, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING OVER NOW. >> YES. >> SO THESE ARE ALL ITEMS THA I
WOULD ARGUE COULD BE DONE OR WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IN GENERAL. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS ARE DUPLICATIVE. AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU, STUFF LIKE CLARIFYING AND EXECUTING ALL
DUTIES LISTED IN THE J.A.Q., FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE BUDGET, LEVY DEBT, THE GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES, ALL THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD ARGUE, WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS PARTICULAR POSITION. THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS HERE, YOU KNOW, AND THE MAPPING OF DOLLAR
FLOWS FROM SALES AND SPECIAL TAXES THROUGH D.A.F. AND OTHER FUNDS. THE FYFD, THE PROJECTED VERSUS ACTUAL, HOW LEVY CREASES ARE ADOPTED, THE YEAR-END BALANCE, STUFF LI THAT. IT'S NOT THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE
PRESENTED HERE. IT CERTAINLY CAN BE. BUT THAT WORK IS ALREADY DONE BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMEN AND THE CONCERN IS THAT WE WOULD JUST BE HAVING DUPLICATIVE WORK. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT,
COMMISSIONER FREY. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I HEN'T SEEN THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS SURFACE SO FAR IN MY THREE YEARS, AND IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE OFF THE SHELF, THEN CERTAINLY IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO PROCEED AS YOU SUGGEST. >> YES, YES.
>> AN ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? >> AND I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE -- MAY I? I BELIEVE MANY OF THOSE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE LITERALLY OFF THE SHELF. AND SO CERTAINLY THAT COULD BE INFORMATION THA COULD BE PROVIDED. >> ALL RIGHT.
PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE C.F.O. ABOUT MAYBE INFORMATION THAT IS PRESENTED -- >> THAT COULD BE. >> A COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT I GENERALLY AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING AND KIND OF ING BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING
ABOUT -- I WAS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO THAT LATTER PART, MAYOR, WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE -- THEY COULD COORDINATE WITH THE DARTMENT THAT ALREADY DOES THAT. >> MAKES SENSE. >> I THINK THIS PERSON WOULD BE ABLE TO -- I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL NAMED, ESPECIALLY FOR PSIDENT BRANDT
AND I, BUT REALLY ALL OF US AND ANYBODY IN THE ROLE IS, YES, THE FORMATION IS AVAILABLE. WE KNOW THAT OUR CURRENT PROCESSES GOING THROUGH OUR C.F.O. WHO THEN DELEGATES WHO GETS US THAT INFORMATION, AND SO TH FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS BUSY AND TAXED, BUT I THINK WHAT THIS INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE DOING- WE
CAN CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE SOME -- IS REALLY DISSECTING SOME OF THAT TO GIVE THE INFORMATION TO US IN A WAY THAT'S DIGESTIBLE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. >> MM-HMM. >> THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE GET THAT'S A LITTLE MORE IN THE WEEDS AND MAYBE MORE THAN WHAT WE NEED.
IT COULD ALSO BE COORDINATING WITH FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU ALL ALREADY GET IN YOUR OTHER OFFIAL CAPACITY, BUT TO GIVE US TO US IN A WAY THAT IS MORE SPECIFIC TO US. AND JUST DISSECT IN IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
AND SO I AGREE WITH YOU IN THAT WAY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY MORE OF WHAT WE'RE GETTING AT THE INDIVIDUAL DOING IS REALLY THAT COORDINATION AND GIVING US THE INFORMATION IN THE WAY THAT'S DIGESTIBLE BUT IS ALSO SPECIFIC TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE SO WE DON'T GET LOST IN T WEEDS AND CONFUSED.
YEAH, I'M IN ALIGN WMENT YOU ON THAT. >> ALL RIGHT -- I'M IN ALIGNMENT WITH YOU ON THAT. >> I'LL ASK THE CLERK, WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS OR SIMPLY TO MOVE ON? I'M SORRY. >> -- SORRY. ONE MORE POINT. SO THANK YOU.
AND TO THE VICE PRESIDENT'S COMMTS, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN THAT AOT OF THESE REPORTS ARE PROVIDED IN FULLY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE PRETTY LENGTHY. I GET BRIEFED ON THEM.
THE COUNCIL GETS BRIEFED ON THEM. AND THEN WE GET BRIEFED OFTEN TIMES A THIRD TIME IN HERE. AND SO TO THE EXTENT, AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD AGREE, WE CAN HAVE IT MORE TAILORED TO B.E.T. AND PERHAPS CUT DOWN ON THE LENGTH OF THE
PRESENTAON THAT WE'VE ALL ALREADY RECEIVED SO THAT IT'S A BIT MORE TAILORED, THAT WOULD MAKE LOT OF SENSE TO ME. IF IT'S A MORE KIND OF B.E.T. SPECIFIC DEAL. AND THIS, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS A POTENTIAL WORK PLAN THE THAT
WE'RE JUST RECEIVING AND FILIN RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NO FORMALIZED VOTE GIVEN THAT WE HAVEN'T HIRED THE PERSON YET. >> NO, SIR. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON? >> ONE OTHER QUICK THING TO THAT POINT AS WELL IS I THINK JUST TO
NAME THAT IT'S IMPORTANT ON BOTH OF OUR POINTS THAT I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO GOING TO MAKE OUR MEETINGS WAY MORE EFFICIENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED DURING MY TERM IS WE T THE INFORMATION A LITTLE TOO LATE AND WE TEND TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE AREN'T NECESSARILY PREPARED TO ANSWER.
SO THIS PERSON NOT ONLY WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH GIVING US MORE ABRIDGED VERSION, SPECIFIC AND TAILORED TOUS, BUT ALSO COULD GET THE INFORMATION TO US SOONER. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT WE'LL BE BETTER INFORMED AND PREPARED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE MEE.
THEREFORE, MAKING OUR MEETINGS NOT -- NOT SAYING OUR MEETINGS ARE INEFFICIENT, BUT I THINK THAT WILL MAKE IT A LOT MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER FLOW AND COORDINATION AND PROBABLY WON'T HAVE TO USE THE NEWLY-ADOPTED MEMO SYSTEM WE'RE USING TO GET INFORMATION BACK AND FORT
THAT WOULD ELIMINATE THAT. THAT WILL UNTAX OUR CLERK'S OFFICE. IT WIL UNTAX THE FINANCE OFFICE. AND SO IT SHOULD HELP ALL OF US. THIS PERSON ISEALLY A COORDINATOR, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. AND SO I WOULD ASSUME, MR. PRESIDENT, THAT WE WILL COME WITH A MORE FORMAL, FINAL
VERSION THAT WE CAN DPOET VOET ON THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THESE THINGS AND NARROW IT DOWN. AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THEIR QUARTER BE I QUARTER. IT'S NEW. IT'S DIFFERENT. BUT WE'RE ALL ON BOARD AND THIS SEEMS TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE NOW THAT WE'RE HERE. SO THIS IS A WIN. THANK YOU. >> OKAY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL DEFER TO THE CLERK FOR THE APPROPRIATE ACTION. DO WE JUST MOVE TO T NEXT ITEM OR DO WE RECEIVE AND FILE? >> WE'LL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS DISCUSSION. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY UPDATES
OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER PREE-STINSON GAVE EARLIER ON THE HIRING PROCESS? . AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT TO ACCEPT. AND SO I SEE NO FURTHER BUSINESS
BEFORE THE BOARD, AND WITHO OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED. [GAVEL]. . .