>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AISHA CHUGHTAI, THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT THESE
MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECH SO OUR
CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAS WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE ESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY. >> PRESENT.
>> RAINVILLE. IS ABSENT. VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. >> HERE. >> OSMANS ABSENT. CASHMAN IS ABSENT. JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT.
>> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> PRESENT. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 10 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. LL REMIND MY COLLEAGUES, WE'LL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN, PLEASE. COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS
ON OUR AGENDA. I WILL BEGIN WITH DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER 1, WHICH IS RELATED TO THE APPOINTED POSITION OF ASSISTANT DIREOR OF LABOR RELATIONS IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. I WILL INVITE BRENDA MILLER FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO THE COME UP AND BEGIN THE
PRESENTATION. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M BRENDA MILLER, THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION MANAGER FOR THE CITY. AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS REPORTTO THE DIRECTOR IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT. THE POSITION OVERSEES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTERPRISE COMPENSATION T STRATEGY, POSITIONING, MAINTAINING ALIGN
WITH THE CITY'S OBJECTIVES AND MISSIONS. IT HAS BEEN EVALUATED AT 5 557 THREE-POINTS. INCREMENTAL COST WILL BE PAID
FOR BY USING EXISTING HR FUNDS AND THE CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE APRIL 17, 2025. WE BELIEVE THIS POSITION MEETS THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 201010 OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCES. REPORT TO THE DIRECTOR OF LABOR
RELATIONS, MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT TEAM, IT ASSISTS THE DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CITY POLICY, GOALS, AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, LABOR RELATIONS. IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, VISION, TEAM
BUILDING, AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION. IT ALSO ESTABLISHES POLICY GOALS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER. WE'RE ASKING
THAT YOU FIND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LABOR RELATIONS MEETS THE APPOINTED CRITERIA A DEFINED IN SECTION 201010 OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF ORDINANCE AND FORWARDED ON TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND I SEE THAT WE
HAVE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY. ANYONE FM HUMAN RESOURCES JOINING US TO SPEAK TO THE POSITION IELF AND, UMM, THE -- THE N NEED YOU'RE HOPING TO FULFILL WITH THIS APPOINTED POSITION. WELCOME, DIRECTOR ODOM.
>> I WAS GOINGO SAY GOOD MORNING BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] MADAM CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBERS. SO WE HAVE -- WE'RE CONTINUING TO RERUCTURE AND ALIGN THE HR DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE
BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, AND THAT WE ARE ALIGNING THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING PROPER EFFICIENCIES. WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE COMPENSATION TEAM SHOULD PROBABLY BE A PART OF THE LABOR RELATIONS TEAM.
BECAUSE 90 PLUS PERCENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE UNIONIZED, AND WE- THAT THERE IS A COHESION AND PROPER COMMUNICATION. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND OUR NEGOTIATIONS.
THERE HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN AH A LOT OF THE NEW FOCUS, AND I WOULD SAY, SOME MEDIA ATTENTION AND OTHER THINGS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TEAMS ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY AND THAT WE ARE ALIGNING OUR COMPENSATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY
OUR UNIONIZEDMPLOYEES IN THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO THOSE TWO TEAMS NEED TO WORK INSEPARATELY AND AGAIN CSELY WITH FINANCE. SO WE BELIEVE THAT MOVING THAT TEAM INTO THE LABOR RELATIONS IS WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN THERE. AND THAT WE NEED TO
ELEVATE ONE OF THEABOR RELATIONS PRINCIPLES TO MANAGE THAT TEAM. AND WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. KIND OF MELDING THE TWO. AND SO WE THINK THAT THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY, A LOT MORE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THAT
PERSON. THE PERSON IS NOT JUST NOW DOING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS, THEY WILL BE DOING THAT PLUS MANAGING ALL OF THE COMPENSATION. SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR MAKING THIS RESTRUCTURE CHANGE. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR
THAT PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION RELATED TO THIS ITEM? AND -- OH, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW WHICH
BARGAINING UNITS MIGHT BE UP FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL THIS YEAR. >> THAT IS SOMETHING I CAN GET TO YOU. THERE'S, I THINK, FOUR IN PROCESS NOW. AND 10 BY THE END OF THE CONTRACT. SO IT WOULD BE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY G THAT LIST TO YOU. >> COULD WE HAVE THAT AS A
FOLLOW UP? THANK YOU. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A DIRECTOR, AS WELL, OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION TEAM?
>> THIS POSITION WILL BASICALLY BE THE DIRECTOR OF THE COMPENSATION. NOT TOTAL -- WE HAVE TO REVISE THE NAME OF THAT DIVISION. BECAUSE IT WAS BASICALLY COMNSATION AND BENEFITS. SO WE'RE NOW MOVING THE COMPENSATION TEAM UNDER THE
LR DIRECTOR. ND SO WE NEED TO REVISE THE NAME OF TOTAL COMPENSATION. BUT THIS BASICALLY BE THE MANAGER OF COMP AND IT'LL SIT UNDER LR. AND THAT WILL COVER, LIKE, 95% OF PLOYEES. BECAUSE THEY'RE UNIONIZED. >> GOT IT. I WAS WONDERING IF
THERE WAS AN EXISTING APPOINTED POSITION FOR DIRECTOR OF THAT TEAM. AND IF -- >> YES. >> THEY WILL NOT BE MOVING -- >> IT'S NOT A DIRECTOR BUT MANAGER. YES. WE'LL BE RESTRUCTURING. >> GOT IT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION, SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. CAN I GET A SECON >> SECOND. >> THAT ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING "AYE." OPPOSED SAY "NAY."
ANY ABSTENTIONS? THE AYES HAVE IT AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA IS THE ROLLOVER OF UNSPENT APPROPRIATIONS FROM 2024 TO 2025. THIS INCLUDES ITEMS THAT WERE DELAYED OR NOT COMPLETED DUNG THE 2024 BUDGET YEAR FOR
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LLNVITE OUR C COMPTROLLER TORESENT THE ITEM. WELCOME. TAKE YOUR TIME TO GET SET UP. WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN FRONT OF THE MIC SO WE C
CAPTURE YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST.
>> THANKS.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME AND PRESENT THE 2024-2025 ROLLOVER REQUEST FROM LAST YEAR. JUST AS
A REMINDER, WHAT ROLLOVERS ARE, IT'S THEY'RE AN INCREASE TO THE 2025 BUDGET FOR ITEMS THAT WERE STARTED IN 2024 BUT WEREN'T YET COMPLETE. YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS ON CONTRACTS OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS
ALONG THOSE LINES,S WELL, TOO. IT'S NOT AN AUTHORIZATION FOR BRAND NEW SPENDING OR ANYTHING THAT WASN'T BEFORE THE CNCIL. IN THE PAST. THE CITY HAS PRETTY STRICT RULES FOR THE ROLLOVERS. I'LL GOVER THEM IN A MINUTE. THEY'RE ALSO
THOROUGHLY REVIEWED BY A TEAM WE HAVE IN FINANCE HERE WITH MYSELF, OUR BUDGET DIRECTOR, AND CHIEF NANCIAL OFFICER. SO FROM THE PRESENTATION HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE CRITERIA HERE UNDER SECTION 4.13.10 RELATED TO
THE ROLLER. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ROLLOVER, THEY MUSA CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER ON THE CONTRACT. MUST BE A ONE-TIME EXPENDITURE. NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REOCCURRING LIKE PAYROLL, FOR EXAMPLE
WOULDN'T BE ELIGIBLE. HAVE A PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THE BUSINESS PLAN. SOMETHING IN THE '24 BUDGET. AND THEN THE DEPARTMENT, AS A WHOLE, MUST HAVE A POSITIVE APPROPRIATION BALANCE AS OF THE END OF THE YEAR THAT CAN ABSORB. THE ROLLOVER. IT'S NOT NEW
SPENDING, IT GIVES PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO SPEND THEIR '24 BUDGET. AND THE FUND ITSELF HAS TO HAVE A POSITIVE FINANCIAL POSITION. AND HAPPY TO REPORT THIS YEAR THAT WE FEEL THAT ALL FUNDS WERE IN A GOOD ENOUGH STATE TO CONSIDER
ROLLOVERS. SO JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS. WHAT WE DO IS FINANCE LEADERSHIP SENDS A REQUEST TO THE DEPARTMENTS. USUALLY AROUND THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY OR SO. THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE SELF SEVERAL WEEKS TO
COMPLETE THE REQUESTS FOR THE ROLLOVERS. THE DEADLINE THIS YEAR WAS MARCH 7. WE ASKED THEM TO SNIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THE FIRST FOUR REQUIREMENTS OF THE POLICY. NEW THIS YEAR, WE ALSO SENT A LIST OF PURCHASE ORDERS THAT WERE EXISTING OR HAD
YEAR-END BALANCES AS THE END OF 2024. WE ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS TO, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, TIE THEIR REQUTS BACK TO THE PURCHASE ORDERS. THAT WAY WE KNEW IT WAS A VALID. AND THEN, FINALLY, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE
FUND BALANCES AND DETERMINE IF THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO ROLLOVER THE REQUEST. LIKE I SAY, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE FEEL THERE IS. CONTINUING WITH THE PROCESS, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE THE REQUEST. WE
EVALUATE ALL THE RESPONSES. WE ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. WE MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH. ANDHEN, FINALLY, WE BRING THE REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. YOU KNOW, TO AMEND THE 2025
BUDGET. AGAIN, ROLLOVERS DON'T AUTHORIZE NEW SPENDING. THEY JUST ALLOW US TO COMPLETE PURCHASES FROM 2024. AND THEN AT THE END OF THEESOLUTION, THERE'S LANGUAGE TO ROLLOVER GRANT FUNDS, CAPITAL FUNDS, RESTRICTED SERVICES OF REVENUES
FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL MULTIYEAR PROJECTS OR GRANTS. AND JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE
HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAINLY CD IS THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE MOST REQUESTS. THEY HAD A FAIY BIG BUDGET VARIANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND FINANCE. A LOT OF THAT IS PUBLIC SAFETY AID THAT IS BEING ROLLED OVER. I CAN TALK MORE
ABOUT THAT, I THINK, WHEN WE GET TO THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCE PRESENTATION. OTHERWISE THERESE PRETTY WELL IN THE SIX TO SEVEN-FIGURES OR SO. YOU CAN
SEE THE BOTTOM LINE IS A LITTLE LESS THAN $42 MILLION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. IF WE LOOK AT THE NON-GENERAL FUND, ON THE LAST SLIDE HERE, YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, WHERE MOST OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY PLANNING ANDDEVELOPMES
FOR THEIR CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND TIF DISTRI WORK THAT WE SEE I.T. AND PUBLIC WORKS HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT. THE TARGET CENTER HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT FOR THEIR PROJECTS, AS WELL, TOO. AT THIS POINT, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
REQUESTS FOR THESE ROLLOVERS FOR THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMITTEE? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THI BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE DOLLARS IT'S TIED TO A PO OR IT'S A PROJECT THAT IS SPENDING I FLIGHT. THESE WERE NOT TO BE --
UMM -- APPROVED TODAY, WHATWOULI IMAGINE WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS, RIGHT? >> YES. CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. YES. WE ARE TIED TO LEGAL ENC ENCUMBRANCES WE HAVE. YES, MOST
ARE ON PURCHASE ORDERS ORCONTRAE PAST. SOME ARE PROJECTS, AS WELL, TOO. SO IF WE DIDN'T ROLL THESE FORWARD, SOME THINGWOULD HAVE TO BE CANCELED. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE LEGAL SITUATI WHAT THE EFFECT WOULD BE.
>> AND THE OTHER PIECE TO THIS, THE POLICY SAYS IT HAS TO BE AN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S BUSINESS PLAN. DO DEPARTMENTS HAVE BUSINESS PLANS THAT YOU REVIEW AS PART OF THIS PROCESS? >> YEAH. I GENERALLY MYSELF I REVIEW THEM THROU THE BUDGET
BOOK, I GUESS, IN THE BUDGET. SOME OF THE BUDGET MATERIALS THAT I REVIEWED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. BUT, AGAIN, YEAH THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT. AND I ALSO WORK WITH THE CFO AND THE BUDGET DIRECTOR, AS WELL, TOO. AND WE ASK SOME QUESTIONS, OCCASIONALLY, TO YOU KNOW, IF
WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ON THAT. >> SO THE BUDGET BOOK WOULD BE -- WOULD DEFINE BY THE POLICY AS THE BUSINESS PLAN. >> YES. >> OKAY. THOSE ARE MY
QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MM, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. DO WE TICALLY SEE THIS MUCH ROLLOVER FOR CPED? ON A REGULAR
BASIS? IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A BIOUTLIER. AND I GET THERE CAN BE SOME BIG PROJECTS THAT JUST CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WRAP UP BY DECEMBER 31st. BUT DO YOU SEE THIS AS AN OUTLIER? ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT IT? >> UMM, I WOULD HAVE TO -- I
THINK, GET BACK TO SEE THE HISTORY OF CPED. I AM PRETTY SURE IT'S MORE THAN LAST YEAR. I COULD LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF IT. I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE AT THE CITY LONGER THAN I HAVE,
HAVE INSIGHT INTO THAT. OTHERWISE I CAN GET BACK TO YOU AS FAR AS WHAT THEIR REQUEST HAVE BEEN. BUT I BELIEVE IT IS MORE THAN THE '24 OR FROM '23 TO '24. >> SO I SEE THE LINE-BY-LINE ITEMS. I'M CURIOUS WHAT
EXPLAINS THAT IN AGGREGATE. I DON'T -- I HAVE A BIG POST HERE IN T WAY. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANYBODY FROM CPED THAT WOULD WANT TO COMMENT. FOR FOLLOW UP, I THINK THE RIGHT WAY TO PHRASE THE QUESTION IS, UMM, MAYBE OVERTI OVER
THE PAST THREE YEARS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE ROLLOVER? ARE THERE ANY BIG ITEMS THAT STRIKE THIS AS BEING UNUSUAL? WE DON'T WANT TO COLLECT MORE TAXPAYER DOLLARS THAN IS NEEDED TO GET SOMETHING DONE WITHIN A YEAR. WE COULD
HAVE OTHERWISE WAITED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. HE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AID. AM I SEEING THIS CORRECTLY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ABOUT $3.4 MILLION OF UNALLOCATED PUBLIC SAFETY AID? IT THEN LOOKS LIKE IT'S
ROLLING OVER IN PROPERTY AND FINANCE SERVICES? >> YEAH, ACTUALLY. YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO PUBLIC SAFETY AID, CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER. WE HAD ROUGHLY OFHE $19 MILLION WE
GOT AT THE END OF 2023, WE HAD ABOUT $15 MILLION LEFT OVER. OF THAT, ABOUT $5.3 MILLION OR SO WAS PROGRAMMED INTO THE 2025 BUDGET. IT W ALREADY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SO WE NEEDED THAT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE
FUNDING TO FUND THE GENERAL FUND PORTION. TO HELP FUND THE GENERAL FUND PORTION OF THE '25 BUDGET. AND THE OTHER $9.7 MILLION IS BEING ROLLED OVER. IT'S MAINLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AREA AND THE FINANCE AREA. >> THOSE ARE -- THAT'S MONEY
THERE HAVE NOT BEEN DECISIONS MADE ON HOW IT'LL BE ALLATED OUT? >> UMM, I WOULD SAY I CAN GO OVER THE, YOU KNOW, OR GET BACK TO YOU. OR GO OVER THE
$9.7 MILLION IN ROLLOVER REQUESTS. I'D HAVE TO CONSULT -- I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO CONSULT WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE ON THE $5.3 MILLION THAT WAS ALREADY PLANNED FOR USE IN THE '25 BUDGET. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS PLANNED ON SOMETHING FOR '25. >> I BELIEVE SO, TOO.
>> YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS, I SEE $289,000 ROLLING FORWARD FOR MEDIA BUYS FOR THE IMAGINE YOURSELF CAMPAIGN FOR MPD RECRUITMENT. GIVEN THE FUNDING WAS GUTTED FOR THE PROGRAM IN THIS YEAR'S
BUDGET, WHAT WOD BE THE PLAN FOR THOSE FUNDS? TO CONTINUE THE WORK FROM LAS YEAR AS LONG AS -- AS FAR AS IT CAN TAKE US? >> UMM, YEAH. THAT WAS THE REQUEST. TO ROLL -- KEEP THE MEDIA BUY GOING. I BELIEVE IT
WAS PART OF THE HR REQUEST. >> SO THIS IS ABOUT HALF WHAT WASAKEN FOR 2025. SO -- SO --
I'M SORRY. IT SEEMS MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DAIS MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION. IL YIELD TO THEM. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> DIRECTOR DISCENZA, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC SAFETY AID? I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS --
WE TOOK THE PUBLIC SAFETY AID REMINDER AND THAT LIVED IN FINANCE. THAT W ALLOCATED AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HPFUL IF YOU CAN SHED SOME CLARITY ON -- >> I'LL DO MY BEST. CHAIR CHUGHTAI, MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL. JANE I DI DISCENZA, BUDGET DIRECTOR. THERE WAS A PORTION IN THE '24 BUDGET, THERE WERE TWO SECTIONS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AID THAT WERE SITTING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THOSE WAS FULLY UNCOMMITTED. SAVING FOR FUTURE USES. AND ONE OF THEM
WAS RELATED TO FUTURE PILOTS. THE AMOUNT UNCOMMITTED WAS PROGRAMMED IN THE '25 BUDGET. I BELIEVE THAT WAS $4.5 MILLION. AND SO THAT HELPED US BUY DOWN THE LEVY ON A ONE-TIME BASIS.
AND SOHOSE DOLLARS ARE SPENT IN THE 2025 BUDGET. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> YES. AND THEN CAN YOU SPEAK TO WHAT IS BEING ROLLED OVER -- >> SURE. >> IS THAT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED IN 2023OR THE 2024 BUDGET? >> UH-HUH. CHAIR CHUGHTAI,
YES. SO DEPARTMENTS GAVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE. WE DIDN'T PROGRAM THEM IN THE 2025 BUDGET. SO THEY NEED TO BE RLED OVER, IF THAT WORK IS TO CONTINUE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. SO NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. ALSO, I -- YEAH. I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO KIND OF GO LINE-BY-LINE ON THE RESOLUTION. I ALSO HAD A LOT OF JUST
OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS STARTING EVEN WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT. THERE'S ONE SECTI HERE WHERE THERE'S $3.7 MILLION BEING ROLLED OVER. ANDT'S TITLED "VARIOUS UNCOMPLETED OPERATIONAL CONTRACTS." I KNOW WHEN W HAVE THEM COME BEFORE US, THEY SHARED THERE WERE NOT
ANY OUTSTANDING CONTRACTS STILL WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO GET CLARITY ON THIS. AND, ACTUALLY, FOLLOWING UP TO COUNCILMEMBER PALMINO'S QUESTION AROUND THE MEDIA BUYS MPD RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN. WOULD LOVE TO GET FOLLOW UP ON THIS AS
THAT SAME LINE THAT COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO HAS SHARED AROUND COUNCILMEMBERS GUTTING THIS, ACTUALLY, WAS NOT THE CASE. MPD RECRUITED OR REQUESTED ADDITIONAL, I BELIEVE, $500,000 IN NEW SPENDING. ON THE BASIS THAT APPARENTLY THERE WAS NO MONEY FOR THIS. AND NOW
WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE WAS $289,000 THATAS IN THE DEPARTMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS. SO IT FEELS AS IF WE WERE GIVEN MIXED INFORMATION DURING THE BUDGET SESSION AROUND WHAT RESOURCES WERE ACTUALLY
AVAILABLE WITHIN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. ESPECIALLYINITIATG TO MAKE FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR OUR SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS. SO VERY CURIOUS HOW WE LANDED THERE. UMM ALSO, REALLY
INTERESTED. I KNOW MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE -- THE RLOVER HOW WE LANDED AT WITH SOME OF THE APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN NCR AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY TIED TO FUNDING INITIATIVES FOR NGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS LIKE HOW DID WE
LAND THERE? SO IT JUST BEGS THE QUESTION OF WE HAD A VERY INTENSE BUDGET DELIBERATION SESSION. WHERE, AGAIN, WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS AROUND HUE DO HOW DO WE REDUCE THE LEVY. IT
FEELS KIND OF -- OR JUST WEIRD NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER $100 MILLION IN ROLLOVERS. I KNOW SOME IS COMMITTED. AND THAT IS ALSO NOT, ALSO, REFLECTED IN THE SOLUTION PRESENTED TO US. WHAT IS THE BREAK DOWN OF THAT ALREADY COMMITTED VERSUS NOT
COMMITTED? SO I WILL NAME THAT IS CONCERN. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUDGET LEADERSHIPAN DO TO HELP RECONCILE THAT. THERE'S WAYS TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT PIECE. SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING OR
UNDERSTANDING AT MONEY DID NOT GET SPENT DOWN. OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVING CHALLENGES SPENDING FUNDING? WHAT IS COMMITTED AND IS MOVING OUT THE DOOR? THAT DOES NOT FEEL CLEAR FROM THE RESOLUTION THAT IS ATTACHED TO
THIS FILE FOR ME. >> THANK YOU. I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU. >> -- ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO CUT THAT SHORT REAL QUICK. DIRECTOR KRUEGER IF YOU WANTED
TO JUST JOIN POTENTIALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS RAISED? >> YEAH, SURE. CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. ABSOLUTELY. DEB KRUEGER, DIRECTOR OF HR OPERATIS. TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN. OH, GOSH.
OKAY. THIS STARTED IN 2022. WHEN WE CREATED -- WE UNITED ARPA DOLLARS TO CREATE A BRANDING. A BRANDING CAMPAIGN. AND WE STARTED OUT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SORT OF TSE HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS. AND WE
SPENT ALL THOSE ARPA DOLLARS ON THE CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS MEDIA BUYS. TO KEEP IT MOVING FORWARD -- SO THAT WAS THE FIRST -- LET ME SEE. IT LAUNCHED IN JANUARY. THE FIRST MEDIA BUYS WITH ARPA WENT THROUGH APRIL OF 2024. AND TO
CONTINUE THAT WORK, WE RECEIVED THE MONEY THUGH THE PUBLIC SERVICE AID -- YES, PUBLIC SERVICE -- PUBLIC SAFETY AID. PUBLIC SERVICE/PUBLIC SAFETY. AND THE ACTUAL WORK, IN TERMS OF PURCHASING THE MEDIA BUYS, WAS
TRANSITIONED TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. SO JORDAN AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA ARENA OF COMMUNICATIONS ACTUALLY PLACES THE MEDIA BUYS FOR THE RECRUITING CAMPAIGN FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT. THERE WAS BETWEEN APRIL AND JULY STAFF WASN'T AVAILABLE ON THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO DO SO. THERE WAS A BIT OF A DELAY GETTING IT KICKED OFF AND OFF THE GROUND. WE HAD OUR VENDER WHO CREATED
THE BRANDING CAMPAIGN PLACE THOSE FOR US FOR AWHILE. UNTIL COMMUNICATIONS HAD THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK THEMSELVES. AND THEN SPENT SOME TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO USE PCAR. THERE WAS A BIT OF A DELAY FROM THE FINANCE PERSPECTIVE. AS THE MEDIA BUYS
HAD TO BE DONE ON A MONTH -BY-MONTH BASIS AS COMPARED TO A CONTRACT. THEY HAVE BEEN PLACING THE MEDIA BUYS SINCE JULY OF 2024, AND THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL OF THAT ROLLOVER DOLLAR, AN ADDITIONAL $45,000
THAT HAD BEEN SPENT BUT THE INVOICES DID NOT COME IN PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THE 2024 FINANCIALS. SO THERE'S ABOUT $45,000 OF THAT HAS BEEN SPENT. >> AND JUST FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT, QUICKLY. IS THE REASON
WHY -- OH. OKAY. NOW I'M SENG WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS. WITHIN THE HR ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT? THAT'S WHERE IT'S BEEN ROUTED THROUGH. BECAUSE I SEE HR -- OH. OKAY. YEAH. GOT YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYN >> THANK YOU, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT. KIND OF A COUPLE OF ANGLES HERE. FIRST ANGLE, WANT TO THANK DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HANLON FOR BEING IN THE ROOM TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY BECAUSE THE DESCRIPTIONS ARE
PRTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I'M NOT GETTING THAT FOR THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENTS. IT'S KIND OF A SMATTERING OF SOME OF THEM ARE SELF-EVINT AND OTHERS, IT LEAVES QUESTIONS FOR ME. I'M CURIOUS FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, IS HEALTH AN
OUTLIER HERE AND PROVIDED EXTRA CONTENT IN THE DESCRIPTION? OR DO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING THROUGH THE REQUESTS, IS THERE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THAN WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE THAT WE COULD REVIEW OR WOULD WE NEED TO ASK OTHER
DEPARTMENTS TO PRESENT MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS SO THAT WE COULD GET A BETTER UNDERSTANNG OF THE LINE ITEMS? I DON'T WANT TO GO LINE ITEM-BY-LINE ITEM. S HEALTH HAS PRETTY CLEAR DESCRIPTORS BUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT AS CLEAR TO
ME AS TO WHAT THEEQUEST IS FOR. I'M WONDERING IF I MAKE A MOTION TO FORWARD IT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION SO WE CAN GIVE DEPARTMENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MORE INFORMATION IN HERE. SOME ARE CLEAR AND I SUPPORT THEM. AND OTHERS I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S FOR. AND I WANT TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT
MORE SCRUTINY. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO DO THAT IF I HAD ENOU INFORMATION. SO DIRECT QUESTION. IN THE PROCESS, WERE YOU GIVE MUCH MORE CONTENT THAN IS AVAILABLE? AND WHAT IS PRESENTED HERE? THAT WE COULD JUST COMPILE OR WOULD IT BE AN
EXTRA REQUEST OF DEPARTMENT HEADS TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION? >> OH, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. YES. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I HAVE ONE MORE REPORT THAT'S IN MORE DETAIL THAN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION ITSELF. IT'LL CONTAIN THINGS LIKE THE PURCHASE
ORDER NUMBERS AND WHAT ROW THEY WERE IN MY REPORT. KIND OF CONTAINS SOME INFORMATION ON PROJECT NUMBERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT YOUR SEEING ON THE RESOLUTION IS WHAT I COPIED OVER FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUEST. SO MAYBE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, YEAH, I SHOULD PROBABLY ADD THAT
OR PUSH SOME BACK OR SO. I'LL TAKE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY NEXT TIME AROUND. BUT, NO, I DO HAVE ANOTHER MORE DETAILED REPORT THAT PRETTY MUCH FOLLOWS THE DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE LISTED ON THE RESOLUTION. >> BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDITIONAL DETAIL
BEFORE VOTING TO APPROVE THIS. SO CERTAINLY WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO PUT -- PRODUCE THAT ON THE FLY HERE. AND SO FORWARDING WOULD RECOMMENDATION, WOU IT GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL? YEAH.
CERTAINLY THE DETAIL REPORT I N COME OUT WITH QUICKLY. IF IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE DEPARTMENTS, CERTAINLY YOU CAN DO THAT ON A ONE-BY-ONE REQUEST. OR JUST INENERAL HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. AND BEEF IT UP. YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU'RE TOTALLY CORRECT. SO DEPARTMENTS
DESCRIBE THINGS A LITTLE BETTER THAN OTHERS. SO MAYBE WE CAN START WITH THE DETAIL AND THEN EITHER YOU CAN LET US KNOW OR CERTAINLY I'M HAPPY TO LET THE DEPARTMENTS REVIEW IT, AS WELL, TOO. >> YEAH. LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THESE ARE PRETTY SELF-EVIDENT
AND CLEAR. I WANT TO SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD. OTHERS I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT. I'D HATE TO HOLD UP DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE PROVIDED CLARITY WAITING ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO IS FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IF THERE'S A SECOND FOR THAT. >> SECOND. >> AND THEN HAVEOU GENERATE
THAT REPORT AND GET THAT TO US AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FLAG. HERE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO SEPARATE OUT WITH MORE QUESTIONSHAT NEED MORE DETAIL. HERE ARE THE ONES READY TO MOVE FORWARD. >> YEAH. YEAH. NO, THAT'SN EXCELLENT IDEA.
>> IF I COULD ADD, THROUGH THE CHAIR, A COMMENT. MOST OF THESE ITEMS ARE, AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT INDICATED IN THE FIRST QSTION, ITEMS THAT CONTRACTS THAT THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE AND MOVE FORWARD. AND SO THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY GIVET
IS REALLY HAPPENING IN ROLLOVER IS MOVING THE BUDGET DOLLARS FROM '24 INTO '25 SO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION CAN CARRY FORWARD. AND, OF COURSE, THE ROLLOVER HAPPENS I STRICT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THIS BODY ADOPTS.
>> YEAH. I'LL JUST GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHERE MY HEAD IS AT. E HAVE A LARGER PROJECT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ON AROUND HOW WE'RE MANAGING OUR POLICIES, OF WHICH I'M CERTAIN SO OF THESE ROLLOVER DOLLARS ARE A COMPONENT OF THAT. LOOKING AT THE ROLLOVER PROCESS
OF WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, THIS STREAMLINED POLICY IS REALLY WHAT WE WANT T SEE FOR OUR GOVERNANCE MODEL. OR SHOULD WE HAVE FOLKS COME FORWARD REQUESTING INDIVIDUAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. INSTEAD OF THIS
COMPREHENSIVE ROLLOVER PCESS. BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING ON THAT POLICY DECISION TODAY. BUT I DO WANT US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A GRASP ON WHEN I SEE A DOLLAR FIGURE LIKE $150 MILLION, ESPECIALLY UNDER THE CURRENTFEDE LOSING SOME FEDERAL FUNDING.
I'M JUST WANTING US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OVERSIGHT OF THIS PROCESS. >> SO JUST TO CONCLUDE, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL REPORT THAT INCLUDES DETAILS ABOUT EACH OF THESE ROLLOVER REQUESTS THAT O COMPTROLLER WILL FOLLOW UP US
ON. SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW THAT PRIOR TO COUNCIL ON THURSDAY. GREAT. CFO, GO AHEAD. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WT A ROLLOVER IS. I
THINK COMPTROLLER GEORGE HARDGROVE KIND OF TALKED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, IT MUST BE A VALID. THAT ALSO MEANS THAT YOU ALL HAVE APPROVED WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING TO ROLLOVER. N
TO PAY THESE VENDORS THAT DO HAVE CONTRACTS. SO IF WE DON'T ROLLOVER THE FUNDS, ALL TT MEANS IS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE SPENDING 25 BUDGET ALLOCATION. SO WE'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE HOLE FOR THE AMOUNT THAT IS NOT
ROLLED OVER FROM PRIOR YEAR. ALSO, THIS IS A PART OF OUR YEAR-END EXERCISE TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE OUT OUR BOOKS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT DELAYED, AS WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BY JUNE 30th. THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MADAM CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. MORE SO AOMMENT IN THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING. I THINK, FOR ME, THIS
ROLLOVER PROCESSFROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF COUNCIL IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY, AS COLLEAGUES HAVE NOTED, TO UNDERSTAND THE WAYS IN WHICH OUR ENRPRISE IS SPENDING MONEY. OR NOT SPENDING MONEY WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. ALL THESE
ITEMS DON'T DISPUTE THAT WE APPROVED. THAT'S HOW IT GOT DONE. BUT JUST COMING INTO THIS ROLLOVER PROCESS, HAVING MORE TRANSPARENCY AND UNDERSTANDING OF, LIKE, WHAT A THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE TO FULFILL. WHIC WHAT IS CONTRACTED VERSUS
NONCONTRACTED. I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION I'M GETTING JUST FROM THE COMMENT THAT CFO MADE. WE WANT TO FULFILL THOSE CONTRACTS IF THOSE ARE IN EXISTENCE. WHAT I HAVE BEFORE ME DOESN'T NESSARILY GIVE THE CLARITY OF, LIKE, "THESE ARE THE CONTRACTS WE'RE ON THE HOOK FOR VERSUS THE
CONTRACTS WE'RE NOT ON THE HOOK FOR." AND I ALSO WILL AGREE WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON JUST BETTER DETAILS ON WHAT IS BEING ROLLED OVERTIMEROLL OVED OVER. WE HAVE CULTURAL/COMMUNITY MEDIA
PROGRAMMING LISTED FOUR TIMES AS DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND IT'S LIKE, "WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ITEMS? IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE ROLLING OVER?" FOR ME, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO GET A UNDERSTANDING SO I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IN A CALENDAR YEAR. VERSUS NOT. AND THEN
WHATE'RE ROLLING OVER INTO. AND I THINK THIS IS ALSO AN EXERCISE FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH OUR DGET PROCESS THIS NEXT YEAR. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SEPARATE FROM THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING AS WE'RE
WORK PLAN. AND THE ALSO, SETTING UP OUR PRIORITIES AS COUNCILMEMBERS IN TANDEM WITH THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI.
YEAH. I JUST ALSO WANTED TO FLAG ANOTHER ONE. FOR INSTANCE, WHERE WE'RE SAYIN WE WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY AROUND CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT, YES, COUNCIL HAS ALRDY APPROVED ALLOCATIONS TOWARDS. AND THEN ARE TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF ARE THERE CHALLENGES OF
SPENDING DOWN THAT MONEY AS COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HIGHLIGHTED DURING A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. I'M THINKING, FOR INSTANCE, HATE CRIME PREVENTION 2024. LAST YEAR WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE HATE CRIMES THAT WERE HAPPENING I OUR RESPECTIVE WARDS ACROSS THE CITY. AND
WANTING TO KNOW, AND I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT IS BEING ROLLED OVER. THAT WAS APPROPRIATED BY COUNCIL. I WOULD HAVE HOPED TO SEE A LESSER AMOUNT TO INDICATE THAT THERE WERE SOME SPENDING OF THIS TO BE, UMM, DIRECTED AT ADDRESSING TH PROBLEM ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY. AND THAT SAYS SOMETHING IF THERE'S NOT. WE WANT TO GET A SENSE OF WHY IS THAT NOT BEING SPENT WHEN WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN A CLIMATE LIKE OURS RIGHT NOW, UNDER TRUMP, AND EVEN PRIOR TO THAT, WHERE WE'RE HEARING ABOUT HATE
CRIMESND ATTACKS. WE'RE PASSING ITEMS, LEGISLATIVE MOTIONS BEING RESPONSIVE TO HATE CRIMES, LIKE DAVIS M ATAURI, WHY AREN'T THOSE BEING SPEND. WHY
WHY IS IT NOT BEING SPENT? THAT'S SOMETHING OF CONCERN. IF WENLY SEE IN THE DESCRIPTION IS SAYING "HATE CRIME PREVEION 2024" THAT'S NOT SUFFICIENT. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE DETAIL AS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT, FOR INSTANCE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS ITEM WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE IS ABSENT. VETAW. >> AYE. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN IS ABSENT. CASHMAN IS ABSENT. JENKINS. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE.
>> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> A. >> 10 10 AYES. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. WE'LL KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A MORE
DETAILED REPORT FROM COMPTROLLER HARDGROVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 3. WHICH IS A BIANNUAL PERSONNEL REPORT. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PIERS PERSONNEL REPORTS WE'LL BE
RECEIVING THIS YEAR. I'LL INVITE DEB KRUEGER, DIRECTORF HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATIONS TO
BEGIN THAT PRESENTATION.
WELCOME, DIRECTOR KRUEGER. >> THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, BUDGET COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DEB KRUEGER, DIRECTOR OF HR OPERATIONS. I WILL BE PRESENTING THE BIANNUAL PERSONNEL REPORT TODAY. THE SUMMARY OF. BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D
LIKE TO THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, FOR AGREEING AND BEING AMENABLE TO MOVING THE DATE. THE PRESENTATION OF THIS REPORT FROM FEBRUARY IN ORDER FOR US TO PROVIDE A MORE COMPLE, ACCURATE REPORT. AS WE COMPLETED FEBRUARY IS A LITTLE
TOO SOON. AS WE COMPLETED YEAR END 2024 ACTIVITIES. AND THEN ARE ABLE TO GET THE BUDGET DOCUMENTS FORWARD TO Q1 OF 2025. WE WERE ALSO COMPLETING ANNUAL WORK FORCE RECONCILIATION PROCESS WITH DEPARTMENTS RECONCILING THE WORK FORCE DATA
IN THE HR SYSTEM TO THE 2025 BUDGET FTE COUNT. AND DOING THAT ALIGNMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY IN THE DATE. ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BUDGET OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT LIAISONS. THEY HAVE
WORKED HARD RECONLING OUR HR SYSTEM WORK FORCE, FTE COUNTS AGAINST AND POSITION DATA AND AGAINST AND ALIGNING TO THE BUDGETED FTE COUNTS FOR 2025. UMM, WE USED A NEW PROSS THIS YEAR. AND TO THE BUDGET OFFICE
PRTY MUCH MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH EACH DEPARTMENT. SPENT MONTHS RECONCILING THE DATA AND MAKING THE CLEANUPS IN THE SYSTEM TO HAVE MORE STREAMLINED REPORTING. IT IMPROVES OUR WORK FORCE REPORTING. THANK YOU. S A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BIANNUAL PERSONNEL REPORT. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. AND IS IN SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN. THE FULL REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE HUMAN
RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, AND THE FINANCE BUDGET OFFICE. THE LAST BIANNUAL PERSONNEL REPORT WAS PRESENTED IN AUGUST OF 2024. AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF BOTH CITY
AND DEPARTMENTAL APPROVED FTES. THE STATUS OF THE POSITIONS, PERSONNEL EXPENSES, COST-SAVING INITIATIVES WITHIN DEPARTMENTS, AND PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONYEAR-TO-DATE. THE FULL
DETAILED REPORT IS AVAILABLE IN LIMS, E LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. I'M GOING IT APOLOGIZE IN ADVANC THERE IS AN UPDATED VERSION OF BOTH THE POWERPOINT AND THE REPORT. THERE WAS A CALCULATION ERROR IN THE OVERTIME EXPENSES AND UPDATE. THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE
CLERK'S OFFICE AND HAVE BEEN UPDATED. AND UPLOADED IN LIMS. AND, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION. AT LEAST FROM THE WORK FORCE DATA, THE DATA IN THE REPORT IS WITH DATA
EFFECTIVE MARCH 20th OF 2025. SO THE WORK FORCE SUMMARY OH, ACTUALLY, BEFORE I BEGIN. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE
CLARIFICATION. THERE'S A BIT OF A DISCONNECT IN THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE. SO THE WORK FORCE DATA IN ALL THE DATA YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THROUGHOUT MY PRESENTATION, AND ALSO IN THE REPORT, IS BASED ON BUDGETED APPROVED FTES. SO THE FULL-TIME
EQUIVALENT OF OF A FULL-TIME POSITION. WE DO HAVE ABOUT 160 LESS THAN FULL-TIME POSITIONS THROHOUT THE CITY. ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, .5FTE TO INTERMITTENT POSITIONS OF .2% OF
AN FTE. AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO REPORT OUT THE APPROVED BUDGETED AND LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE, IT CALLS EMPLOYEES, WE DON'T BUDGET ON EMPLOYEES. WE BUDGET ON FTES. THROUGHOUT THE REPORTS YOU'LL SEE "FTE" WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT
FROM THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WE HA ACTIVELY WORKING AT THE CITY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCON. THAT IT WON'T BE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NECESSARILY BUT THE NUMBER OF FTES. IN 2025, THE FTE COUNT
FOR THE CITY IS -- THAT WAS COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE 2025BUD. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YEAR TO
DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN 3.3 FTES ADDED TO THE BUDGETED FTE COUNT THROUGH THE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE AD PROCESS, THAT I'LL SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE.
WHH BRINGS US A TOTAL OF 4,200 --LMOST 4,276 FTE AT THE CITY. THAT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 81 FTES. WHICH IS 1.9% INCREASE OVERALL FTE CNT
FROM 2024 APPROVED FTES. OF THOSE, 4,2766 FTES, ALMOST 99% ARE FULL-TIME POSITIONS. THE REMAINING.2% ARE PART TIME OR INTERMITTENT IN NATURE. AND THE
MAJORITY ARE THOSE POSITIONS ARE IN THE CONVENTION CENTER. AND DUE TO THE EVENT-DRIVEN NATURE OF THEIR STAFFING NEEDS. OF THE 28 CITY DEPARTMENTS YOU
YOU KNOW WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF FTES IN EACH DEPARTMENT. RAISE OF RANGING IN SIZE FROM A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FTEs IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOWN TO THE SMALLEST DEPARTMENT OF SIX FTEs IN ARTS AND CULTURAL FAIRS. THE WORK FORCE SUMMARY AND THE NUMBERS WITHIN BOTH THE
PRESENTATION AND THE FULL REPORT DOES EXCLUDE, MUCH LIKE THE SCHEDULE V OF THE 2025 BUDGET BOOK, EXCLUDES TEMPORARY AND SHORT-TERM GRAND-FUNDED
POSITIONS. SO THEY ARE ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN THE WORK FORCE SUMMARY AND IN THE REPORTS. SO THAT IT MATCHES TO THE SCHEDULE V OF THE 2025 BUDGET BOOK. AND, AGAIN, THE FULL REPORT DOES SHOW THE COUNCIL-APPROVED FTEs BY
INDIVIDUAL CITY DEPARTMENTS. ASF THOSE 4,276 FTEs, THE POSITIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FTEsS, HAVE BEEN
FILLED. THAT IS A 1% INCREASE IN FILLED POSITIONS OVER THE PREVIOUS REPORT IN AUGUST OF 2024. SEVEN CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE FULLY STAFFED. THOSE ARE PRIMARILY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SMALLER IN NATURE OR MEDIUM SIZED.
THERE ARE ALSO 1 -- SO IN ADDITION TO THE 4,276 APPROVED AND BUDGETED FTEs, THERE ARE ALSO AN ADDITIONAL 105 FTEsS THAT TECHNICALLY ARE CONSIDERED OVERALLOCATED WITHIN
PARTMENTS. ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR APPROVED FTES COUNT. MANY ARE KNOWN -- SO SOME OF THE EXPLANATIONS AROUND WHY W GET TO 125 -- 105 FTEs OVER THE BUDGETED FTE COUNT. THERE ARE
SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE AN ALLOWANCE. SORT OF OVERFILL THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS THAT ARE HISTORICALLY HIGH TURNOVER. AND THEY ARE ALSO POSITIONS THA
HAVE A LONGER TIME TO FILL. HIRING PROCESS. FOR INSTANCE, IN 9-1-1 WITH THE 911 OPERATORS, CALL TAKERS, DISPATCHERS, THE FIRE WITH FIREFIGHTERS. AND IN
3-1-1. THERE ARE, ALSO, FIVE FTEs THAT ARE EITHER FUNDED THROUGH ONTIME PUBLIC SAFETY AID FUNDING OR OTHER SORT-TERM FUNDED POSITIONS WHERE THE FUNDING IS FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE THAT IS ALSO, AGAIN, N PART OF THE APPROVED COUNCIL FTE
COUNT.AND THE -- MOST OF THE RER OF THE 105 ARE AROUND TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIP, PATHWAY PROGRAM POSITIONS WHERE THE -- THOSE JOBS ARE CREATED AS SORT OF AN
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO HIRING FOR SOME HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS. RIMARILY IN FIRE, WITH FIREFIGHTER CADETS, EMS INTERNSHIPS, POLICE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER,
POLICE CADET, PEACE INTERN PATHWAYS PROGRAMS, PUBLIC WORKS WITH THEIR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICE WORKER TRAINEES, WATER DISTRIBUTION OPERATOR TRAINEES, AUTO MECHANIC TRAINEES, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, AND,
AGAIN, THE ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO HIRE HARD-TO-FILL POSITIONS. THESE ARE FUNDED POSITIONS AS IN THEY USE THE VACANCY SAVINGS FROM THE SORT OF FULL ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS TO FUND THE PATHWAYS PROGRAMS. SO THAT WE TRAIN INDIVIDUALS TO BECOME
QUALIFIED FOR THOSE FULL ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS. SO THE VACANCY SAVINGS FROM THOSEULL POSITIONS THAT ARE BUDGETED IS USED FOR T THE TRAINEES, SO WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM THE TRAINEE OR PATHWAY PROGRAM, THEY MOVE INTO THE FULL ROLE.
SO, AGAIN, THE FUNDING THERE THEN EXISTS LARGELY THROUGH THE VACANCY SAVINGS OF THOSE FULL-TIME POSITIONS FOR THE PATHWAYS AND THE TRAINEES A THE APPRENTICESHIPS. AS WELL AS OVERTIME SAVINGS, WHICH ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO OVERFILL DUE TO HISTORICAL HIGH
TURNOVER. AND FIRE AND 9-1-1. IN ADDITION, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS DO TAKE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE SKILL SETS OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO SUPPLEME. THEIR REGULAR STAFF RY VARIOUS REASONS. AS OF MARCH 20th OF 2025, THERE WERE
509 TEMPORARY FTEs, ENTERPRISE WISE. 363 WERE ELECTION JUDGES. 49 ARE INTERNS. 20 FTEs ARE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT EMPLOYEES. AGAIN, F TEMPORARY IN NATURE. EITHER TO BACK FILL
A VACT POSITION, AS THAT POSITION GOES THROUGH THE HIRING PROCESS, OR IN A SPEAL PROJECT BASIS. AN THEN THERE WERE 78 OUTSIDE TRADESKILLED WORKERS. PRIMARILY IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH IS THE STAGE HANDS
THAT DO THE LIGHTING FOR EVENTS, CPED, AND IN PUBLIC WORKS FOR THEIR -- AS THEY BEGIN -- JUST BEGINNING THEIR CONSTRUCTION SEASON. AND FINANCE PROPERTY SERVICES FOR THEIR SKILLED, LIKE, CARPENTERS, PLUMBERS,
ELECTRICIANS. THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE NUMBERS ARE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE LAST REPORT. THERE WAS, LIKE, 3,000 PRIMARILY IT HAD TO DO WITH ELECTION JUDGES. IT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE REPORTING
CYCLES. QUITE A BIT FEWER ELECTIONS JUDGES. AGAIN, LIKE, RIGHT NOW WITH THE TIME OF THE REPORTING IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL IERNSHIP SEASON, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL PRIMARILY START IN MAY AND THEN GO THROUGH AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. SO WE MIGHT SEE HIGHER NUMBERS THERE IN THE NEXT REPORT IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THEN, AS WELL, FOR OSIDE TRADES. AGAIN, MUCH LOWER FOR PUBLIC WORKS. THEIR CONSTRUCTION SEASO IS JUST BEGINNING. AND SO THEY'VE STARTED TO HIRE, BUT HAVE NOT REACHETHEIR PEAK IN HIRING YET
FOR THE OUTSIDE TRADES. VACANT POSITIONS, 10% OF THE BUDGETED AUTHORIZED BUDGETED POSITIONS ARE VACANT, WHICH COMPRISES 404 VACANCIES. THE
HIGHEST VACANCY RATES WITHIN THE CITY ARE IN THEOLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE AT ABOUT 16%. VACANT POSITIONS WHICH IS DOWN FROM 22% FROM THE LAST REPORT. BLIC WORKS 9% VACANCY
RATE. AGAIN, DOWN FROM 11% IN AUGUST OF 2024. AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AT 22% VACANCY RATE, AGAIN, DOWN FROM 24% IN AUGUST OF '24. DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN FILLING
THEIR VACANT POSITIONS. AND THEY'VE -- WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS IN RECRUITMENT AND OUR APPLICANT NUMBE ARE HIGHER. 43% OF THOSE VACANT POSITIONS HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR SIX MONTHS OR LESS. 41% HAVE BEEN VACANT
12 MONTHS OR LONGER, HOWEVER, I WILL NOTE THAT 90% OF THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT 12 MONTHS OR LONGER ARE EITHER SWORN POLICE OR THOSE POSITIONS WHICH ARE HIRED ON THE SEASONAL SIS. OKAY. WITHIN PRIMARILY
PUBLIC WORKS, CONVENTION CENTER, OR CLASS HIRING. LIKE IN FIRE. FOR THE 404 VACANT POSITIONS, THE HIRING STATUS AND THE HIRING PLANFOR THOSE POSITIONS, I'M
GOING TO TAKE SWORN -- THE SWORN VACANCIES OUT OF THE MIX FOR A MINUTE. THERE'S 136 SWORN VACANT POSITIONS. O OUT OF THE 268 NONSWORN VACANT POSITIONS, GIVE 56% OF THOSE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY EITHER IN AN ACTIVE
HIRING PROCESS RIGHT NOW. ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS OR SCREENING APPLICATIONS OR INTERVIEWING OR MAKING JOB OFFERINGS. OR THEY'RE IN THE PREPROCESS OF GETTING A POSITION UP FOR RECRUITMENT AND ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. THEY'RE DOINGOB
POSTING DEVELOPMENT. AND 44% HAVE AN UPCOMING RECRUITMENT. SOMETIMES MOST OF THEM, GENERALLY, THROUGH JUNE. THEY ARE INTENDING TO START THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS. IT'S THER A NEW VACANCY. LIKE RECENT TURNOVER. OR A NEW
VACANCY FROM THE 2025 BUDGET PROCESS. THEY ARE -- THERE'S ABOUT 30 POSITIONS ON THE LIST THAT ARE IN THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS AT THIS MOMENT. AND MOVE IO A HIRING PROCESS. OR IT'S SEASONAL HIRING. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, TSE
SEASONAL PROCESSES WILL COME TO -- WILL BEGIN. OR SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE IN THE MIDDLE OY MAY BE CHANGING THE POSITIONS UP A LITTLE BIT. OR THEY ARE REVAMPING THE JOB DUTIES. TO LIKELY ALIGN BETTER WITH THE BUSINESS NEEDS BEFORE THEY POST
THOSE POSITIONS. OVERTIME EXPENSES AND, AGAINI BELIEVE THE NEW SLIDE IS -- HAS BEEN UPLOADED IN LIMS. THERE WAS A CALCULATION ERROR. AND ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. OVER TTIME
EXPENSES, $10.9 MILLION IS BUDGETED IN 2025 FOROVER TIME EXPENSES. $7.4 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT ONOVER TIME YEAR TO DATE. WCH LEAVES 32% OF
BUDGETED OVERTIME REMNING FOR 2025. WITH 75% OF THE YEAR REMAINING. SO OVERTIME EXPENSES ARE HIGH SO FAR, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THROUGH -- I BELIEVE THESE DOLLARS WENT THROUGH THE DATA
WENT THROU MARCH 31st. SO END OF THE Q1 OF 2025. AGE AND IN THE REPORT, THERE'S A LIST OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE OVERTIME SPENT AGAINST
THEIR BUDGET. BUDGETED AMOUNT. PERSONNEL ADMINI ADMINISTRATIVE ACT ACTIONS. FOR THIS REPORT COMPRISES, AGAIN, IT WAS A YEATO-DATE. WHAT ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ACTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED REALLY COMPRISING TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERSONNEL ADMIN ACTIONS. IN TERMS OF VACANT POSITIONS WHERE TITLE HAVE BEEN CHANGED FROM WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED AT TO WHAT THEY'RE BEING POSTED AT, AS THE
POSITION IS VACANT. AND/OR WHERE A POSITIONAS SIMPLY BEEN RECLASSIFIED. TYPICALLY WHERE THERE'S AN INCUMBENT IN THE POSITION. THERE HAVE BEEN 19 JOB TITLE CHANGES OR JOB RECLASSIFICATIONS COMPLETED YEAR TO DATE. THAT FULL LIST IS IN
THE DETAILED REPORT. AND, AGAIN, 3.3FTES HAVE BEEN ADDED ADMINISTRATIVELY. AND FULLY FUNDED FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND RSONNEL BUDGET. AND ONE OF THE REQUESTS A THE ITEMS IN
THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE WAS THE BUDGETARY IMPACT OF RECLASSIFICATIONS. AND THE BUDGET OFFICE IS IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THOSE BUDGETARY IMPACTS OF THE RECLASSIFICATIONS. IT OCCURS Q2 ANNUALLY. THEY'RE INHE
PROCESS OF THAT RIGHT NOW. COST SAVINGS INITIATIVES. AGAIN, IN THE REPORT, THERE IS A FULL LISTING OF COST-SAVING INITIATIVES AT EACH CITY DEPARTMENT IS UNDERGOING. OR IS
IN THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING WHAT THEIR ACTUAL COST SAVINGS ARE. SO IN THE FULL REPORT THAT U'LL SEE, IT'S MORE OF A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT CHANGES THEY'RE LOOKIN AT. PARTICULARLY BEGINNING NOW IN 2025, WHICH REALLY ALIGNS VERY
CLOSELY WITH THE MAYORAL 2026 BUDGET ASK OF NO NEW SPEND. RIGHT. MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. SO THE DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSES TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO SAVE COSTS IS
ALLY A WIDE RANGE OF INITIATIVES. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE HAVE BEE CENTERED AROUND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND WORK FORCE OPTIMIZATION. TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION TO AUTOMATE MANY DEPARTMENTS. TO AUTOMATE AND STREAMLINE PROCESSES. THEY HAVE
REALIZED SOME EFFICIENCIES. SOME EFFECTIVENESS WHERE THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR EXISTING RESOURCES. AND/OR REDUCE COSTS. EITHER PERSONNEL OR NONPSONNEL COSTS. THROUGH THE ADOPTION AND AUTOMATION OF TECHNOLOGY. WORK FORCE
OPTIMIZATION MANY DEPARTMENTS ARE REEVALUATING, REALIGNING JOB DUTIES, JOB ASSIGNMENTS. DOING SORT OF THE SAME WITH LESS. LOOKING AT WAYS OF SHARING COSTS. LIKE ADMINISTRATIVE STAF AND REDUCING CRITICAL
OVERTIME EXPENSES. OTHER DEPARTMENTS HAVE REPORTED SOME OF THEIR COST-SAVING INITIATIVES AROUND RESOURCE SHARING. AND, ALSO, ANALYZING FLEET AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. AND, LIKE, FLEET FULL SHARING AND THOSE
TYPES OF IDEAS. AND THEN PERSONNEL BUDGET. THE BUDGETED PERSONNEL FUNDING AMOUNT VERSUS SPEND TO DATE. THE 2025 PERSONL BUDGET ACROSS THE CITY
IS $623 MILLION, ROUGHLY. AND THROUGH Q1 OF 2025, WHICH IS MARCH 30th -- 31st, $113.4 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT. SO 82% OF THE PERSONNEL BUDGET
IS REMAINING FOR 2025. I WILL STAND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR KRUEGER. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION RATED TO THIS BIANNUAL PERSONNEL
REPORT? I WILL FIRST RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO FOLLOWED BY VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MS. KRUEGER, A QUICK CLARIFICATION. FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN 12 MONTHS, BUT WERE LISTED, ACTUALLY, SORRY.
YOU ANSWERED THAT ONE. ON PAGE 9, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS WHY DEPARTMENTS HAVE LISTED INTENTIONALLY HOLDING? IS IT WHAT YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO? WHICH THIS IS ABOUT RECLASSIFICATIONS OR
REORGANIZATIONS OR EN SEASONAL HIRES? >> THOSE ARE PRIMARILY THE REASONS. A FEW OF THE OTHERS, THEY'RE HOLDING SOME VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE SORT OF AT A LOWER LEVEL. BECAUSE THE HIGHER HIGHER -- HIERARCHICAL
POSITIONS ARE T REPORT. SUPERVISOR, MANAGER, DIRECTOR, RIGHT, BEFORE THEY OPEN UP THE OTHER POSITIONS THAT REPORT INTO THAT PERSON. SO THEY HAVE INPUT INTO THE HIRING PROCESS. >> I SEE. THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IF WE GO TO THE OVERTIME EXPENSES. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THEREst A PLAN TO COVER THE OVERTIME. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO GO
OVER THE BUDGETE $10.9 MILLION. AND WHAT THE PLAN IS WHEN THAT HAPPENS. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. I INVITEHE BUDGET
OFFICE. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. YOU'LL TYPICALLY SEE THOSE SORT OF DESCRIPTIONS OFOVER TIME WITH THE POLIC BUDGET, FOR EXAMPLE. THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE THE CHARTER MINIMUM WITH THE NUMBER OF SWORN STAFF COMES INTO PLAY. SO WE HAVE VACANCIES THAT WE
KNOW ARE GOING TO PERSIST. AND ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE FULLED. AND SO, OFTEN, AS WE CAN SEE SAVINGS FOR THOSE SWORN OFFICERS WE'LL GO TOWARD OVERTIME. >> OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. I KNOW WE UTILIZE THE VACANCY SAVINGS FOR THAT. I DEPARTMENT KNOW IF IT WAS ALREA PART OF
THE EQUATION. AT SOME POINT, IT'LL GET RECONCILED AND WE WILL NOT -- BECAUSE WE'LL BE USING THE VACANCY SAVINGS FROM EITHER THE SWORN OFFICERS OR OTHER ROLES. >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI. WILL IT BE
RECONCILED? YOU KNOW, THOSE FUNDS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE POSITIONS. BUT IT IS A BIT OF A DANCE THAT WE DO WITH THE BUDGET TO THE ACTUALS. PARTICULARLY FOR LIS OVERTIME. >> OKAY. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU. I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. I KNOW ONE OF THE TIMES WE WENT THROUGH THIS VACANCY REPORT, WE HAD SOME PRETTY EXTREME OUTLIERS IN TERMS
OF THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THERE WERE VACANCIES. AND I THINK THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DATA AND REPORTING AND JUST THE SYSTEMS. HAVE WE RESOLVED THAT ISSUE? AND CAN WE EXPECT THIS REPORT TO NOT REFLECT ANY OF THOSER THOSE ERRORS. IS THAT A PERSISTENT THING WE'LL BE
TRYING TO NAVIGATE? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. GENERALLY SPEAKING, YES. MANY OF THOSE WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR MANY OF THOSE ISSUES CAMEROM AND HAVE MADE CORRECTIONS. AND ARE CONTINUING TO. THERE ARE STILL OUTLYING DEPARTMENTS WHERE WE'RE
TRUDGING THROUGH THE WORK FORCE DATA IN THE HR SYSTEM. THERE ARE SOME SYSTEM LIMITATIONS IN OUR CURRENT STEM WHERE PARTICULARLY AN OUTSIDE TRADE POSITIONS THAT ARE BUDGETED THROUGH THEOUNCIL APPROVAL
PROCESS. AND THEY DON'T -- THEY TEND TO HIRE THEM THROUGH A UNION HALL. AND SO THEY COME IN AS A TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE. IT MAKES IT LOOK, RIGHT, LIKE THAT POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT SINCE 2017. WHEN, REALLY, IT'S BEEN BILLED IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND BEING ABLE TO TIE THOSE TOGETHER
WE ARE WORKING WITH DEPARTMDEPARTMENTS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO IDENTIFY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN VACANT THE WHOLE TIME. THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS -- NEVER MIND. COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> SORRY. WE GET RIGHT UNDER THE BUZZER, CHAIR. I DON'T HAVE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO STATE TT THIS REPORT WAS REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL AND TAILED. I THINK THERE'S A LOT
TO PROCESS HERE AND FOLLOW UP ON. APPRECIATIVE OF YOU PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND JUST THANK YOU TO THE AUTHORS OF THE LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE FOR WORKING ON THIS. I SEE THIS AS KIND OF, LIKE, A GOOD MARKER FOR INFORMATION THAT WE'LL BE
NEEDING TO GO BACK TO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR WORK ON THE BUDT THIS YEAR TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M NOW NOT SEEING ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL DIRECT TH
CLERK TO FILE THIS REPORT. ANDL BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. AND IF THERE IS NO -- OH. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT! OHMY GOD. I'M SO SORRY! NO. WE HAVE A PRETTY MEATY ITEM
STILL. OKAY. FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER FOU RECEIVE AND FILE. THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE 2024 FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT. ON SELECT CITY FUNDS. I'LL
INVITE COMPTROLLER GEORGE HARDGROVE TO COME BACK AND
PRESENT THE ITEM.
>> THANKS AGAIN, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS GEORGE HARDGROVE. COMPTROLLER FOR THE CITY. I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT. SO MOVING ON HERE NOW. THIS
IS -- THIS REPORT REFLECTS OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS AS OF DECEMBER 31st, 2024. WE HAVE CLOSED PERIOD 12, WHICH MEANS THAT MOST OF OUR -- ALMOST ALL OF OUR OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY IS IN THIS REPORT. HOWEVER, IT'S
STILL A POINT IN TIME REPORT. WE STILL HAVE FINAL ADJUSTMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IN THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND. WE' WAITING FOR SOME INFORMATION FROM OUR ACTUARIAL FIRM TO COMPLETE T LIABILITIES. SO THERE IS STILL SOME ADJUSTMENTS. SO IT IS ON AUDIT. THE STATE
AUDITORS ARE WORKING ON AUDITING OUR FIS REPT, BUT THAT WON'T BE COMPLETE UNTIL LATER ON THIS SPRING , OR SO. AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A POINT IN TIME SUBJECT AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS. ANDVEN THOUGH
THERE'S NO FORECAST OR ANYTHING ON THIS REPORT, IT IS THE NUMBERS FROM OUR SYSTEM. WE STILL RECOMMEND TO CHECK IN, IF THERE'S WISHES TO MOVE THINGS AROUND OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AS FAR AS OUR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS,
BASICALLY I WOULD SAY ONE WORD IT'S BEEN FAIRLY STABLE IN THE LAST YEAR IN 20. YOU CAN SEE OUR FIRST BULLET POINT. I THINK WE MENTIONED LAST FALL THAT ALL THREE MAJOR RATING AGENCIES HAVE RATED US THE AAA BOND RATING.
OTHER GOOD NEWS, THE PARKING REVENUES ARE REBOUNDING. THEY'RE UP ABOUT $5 MILLION FROM WHAT WE EXPERIENCED IN 2023. PRETTY MUCH BACK TO THE P PANDEMIC. WE HOPE THE PARKING
CAN GET BACK TO THEIR REQUIRED MIMUM BALANCES SOMETIME THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. PROPERTY TAXES WE'RE A LITTLE LOWER THAN EXPECTED. WE DID -- WE WERE ABOUT $22 OR $23 MILLION UNDER. MAINLY DUE TO
NONCOLLECTIONS OF ASSESSED VALUES. HOWEVER, ON THE OTHERSS TAXES, LIKE, THE S ENTERTAINMENT TAX, FOOD TAX, THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR DOWNTOWN ASSETS FUND HAS DE BETTER. AND THEY ARE UP ABOUT ALMOST
$9 MILLION OR $10 MILLION FROM 2023. AND THE OTHER MAJOR HIGHLIGHT, I THINK, FOR THE CY IS THE ARPA. THAT IS THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT THAT WAS PASSED BACK IN 2021. THROUGCOUNCIL ACTION, WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THAT IN NOVEMBER
OF 2024. SO REMAINING SPENDING WAS PUT ON THE GENERAL FUND, AT THAT POINT. CONTINUING ON WITH OUR FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, THE TOTAL BOOK VALUE OF OUR CASH INVESTMENTS IS ABOUT $
$1.233 MILLION. JUST A SLIGHT DECREASE FROM 2023, THE END OF 2023. THAT, AGAIN, MAKES UP, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH MOST OF THE BALANCES IN OUR CASH ACCOUNTS AND THE DIFFERENT
FUNDS. MOST OF THAT IS INVESTED IN TREASURY BILLS. MOVING ON TO
A LITTLE B MORE DETAILS. YOU CAN SEE OUR SELF-ASSURANCE FUND, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, STILL BEING FINALIZED. HOWEVER, IT IS BELOW TARGET IN TERMS OF IT HAS A NEGATIVE NET POSITION. SO A LITTLE BETTER THAN LAST -- THA
WE THOUGHT LAST FALL. BUT $47/$48 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $50 MILLION. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE CASH BALANCE THAT IS GONE UP TO ABOUT $175 MILLION. ANOTHER AREA THAT IS NOT QUITE MEETING OUR FUND BALANCE, OR CASH BALANCE REQUIREMENTS IS FLEET SERVICES.
THE CASH BALANCE IS ABOUT $8.3 MILLION OR SO, WHICH IS ABOVE THE TARGET. BUT WE DIDN'T FORECAST THAT TO BE BELOWHE TARGET. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DELIVERIES OF VEHICLESANT THE END OF THE YEAR TO SPEND IT
DOWN BELOW THE LEVEL. BUT WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT. AS I MENTIONED FORE, THE PARKING FUND IS DOING BETTER. STILL LOW CASH BALANCE STILL BELOW THE TARGET. BUT IT HAS IMPROVED. IT'S GOTTEN BETTER SINCE THE END OF 2023. AND, FINALLY, PROPERTY SERVICES IS
OUR LAST DEPARTMENT THAT ISN'T QUITE MEETING OUR CASH RESERVE TARGET. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ABOUT $900,000 UNDER.. THE NEXT AREA I WANT TO COVER IS THE GENERAL FUND. AS I SHOW ON
THIS SLIDE HERE, THIS FUND ACCOUNTS FOR A LOT OF THE FINANCES FOR THE CITY. IT ACCOUNTS FOR ANYTHING NOT REQUIRED TO BE IN A DIFFERENT FUND. GENERALLY THOSE ARE ENTERPRISE, SPECIAL REVENUE, AND
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE THE CASH BALANCE IS UP -- A LITTLE BIT UP FROM 2023. AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT REFLECTS THE STATE STABILITY OF THE CITY DURING THE LAST YEAR. THE NEXT -- IN TERMS OF THE FUND
BALANCE, I THINK THIS, REALLY, IS THE KIND OF SHOWS WHERE WE'RE AT HERE. WE'RE AT ABOUT $209 MILLION VSUS $210 MILLION. THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY STABLE. IT'S NOT BETTER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO. BUT IT'S NOT WORSE. STILL EXCEEDS
THE 17% MINIMUM FUND BALANCE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE CALCULATIONS FRO THE LAST BUDGET IS ABOUT $112.7 MILLION. ABOUT $96 OR $97 MILLION ABOVE THAT. IN TERMS OF THE 2025
BUDGET, WE HAVE ABOUT $24 MILLION, OR SO, IN PLANNED USE OF FUND BALANCE. SOME IS PUBLIC SAFETY AID. SO IT IS ABOUT $5 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY AID. ABOUT $20 MILLION IN OTHER FUNDS. FROM THE PRESENTATION
EARLIER TODAY, YOU CAN SEE A ROLLOVER REQUEST FROM THE GENERAL FUND AT $41 .8 MILLION. AND TALK, LIKE I SAID, $15 MILLION IN PUBLIC SAFETY AID WAS LEFT AND BASED ON THE FOURTH-QUARTER PROJECTIONS BUDGET ABOUT1% OR SO OF THE
'25 PROPOSED BUDGET. WHICH IS ABOUT $27 MILLION OVER THE MINIMUM. JUST TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE FUND BALANCE, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE A LITTLE BIT FOR DETAIL. YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE -Y
STEADY. JUST WENT TOWN DOWN ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE OVERALL FUND BALANCE IN THE LAST YEAR. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT IN MORE DETAIL, AS FAR AS HOW WE GET HERE, I WOULD SAY WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT $40 MILLION LESS THAN WE THOUGHT IN REVENUE. WE HAD $80 MILLION LESS IN
EXPENSES, AND BUDGET AS WELL. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A $40 MILLION GAIN, BUT THE '24 BUDGET HAD A -- WELL, ABOUT $18 MILLION USE OF FUND BALANCE AND THERE WAS SOME ROLLOVERS, AS WELL, TO ABOUT $25 MILLION OR SO. SO THAT'S WHY IT PRETTY MUCH STAYED
THE SAME. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE A LITTLE BIT FAVORABLE TO BUDGET. WITH THE BUDGET CONTAINS SOME USE OF FUND BALANCES AND ROLLOVERS. YOU CAN SEE OF THE $209 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE WHAT RESTRICTED HERE. YOU CAN SEE
IT'S ABOUT $24 .6 MILLION. THE ONE IN YELLOW HERE ARE ABOUT -- PUBLIC SAFETY AID. VERSUS ABOUT $19 MILLION IN NONPUBLIC SAFETY AID. THAT'S BEEN PROGRAMMED IN THE '25 BUDGET. WE HAVE TO RESTRICT THAT. THEY'LL BE
NEEDED. SHOULD WE EXACTLY EQUAL THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF OUR SPENDING IN REVENUE. YOU CAN SEIN TERMS OF THE ROLLOVERS, THAT'S FOR THE GENERAL FUND ABOUT $41 .8 MILLION ABOUT $9.7 MILLION IS PUBLIC SAFETY AID. AND THE OTHER $32 MILLION
IS NONPUBLIC SAFETY AID ROLLOVERS. SO THAT GIVES ABOUT $41 .8 MILLION. IN THAT AMOUNT, THERE'S ABOUT $3.3 MILLION BEING ROLLED OVER TO FINANCE. I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THAT EARLIER. SO THAT'S NOT PROGRAMMED YET, BUT IT CONTINUES TO BE IN FINANCE'S BUDGE
AWAITING PROGRAMMING. THEN YOU CAN SEE, FINALLY, NORTH COMMONS PARK IS ALSO FOR $3 MILLION. THAT WAS FORMERLY ARPA PROJECT. IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, I DON'T BELIEVE IN 02025, BUT IT CAN BE
USED WITH YOUR APPROVAL LATER ON. SO YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT $69 MILLION RESTRICTED OUT OF THE $209 MILLION. LEAVING US ABOUT $140 MILLION. GIVING US $27 MILLION OR SO IN
UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, OR SO, ABOVE THE TARGET. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THERE TO KIND OF FINANCE A LOT OF FUTURE UNKNOWNS. FEDERAL FUNDS, OF COURSE, A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING WITH THAT. COULD POTENTIALLY FILL IN GAPS, YOU KNOW, FOR USING USE OF FUND BALANCE AND BUDGETING. WE HAVE
OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUN THAT WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AT AGAIN. AND CERTAINLY WITH THE LATELY WITH THE MARKET AND THE ECONOMY, THERE'S BEEN PRETTY BIG SWINGS IN THAT, AS WELL, TOO. A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE DETAILS OF THE
GENERAL FUND AND SOME OF THE REVENUES. YOU CAN SEE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE ABOUT $40 MILLION UNDER BUDGET. MOST OF THAT IS IN PROPERTY TAX. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT O THE FAR LEFT ON THE GRAPH. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WASTATE AID , OR
SO, SINCE THAT WAS RECEIVED IN 2019. IT MAKES UP THE BULK OF THE $40 MILLION, OR SO, IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT WE WERE UNDER BUDGET. IF WE LOOK AT THE TIMINGS OF THE REVENUE, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT ALL YEAR AROUND. WE
WERE GENERALLY UNDER OUR THREE-YEAR AVERAGE FOR ALL THE QUARTERLY REPORTING PERIODS FOR THE YEAR. NORMALLY WE'RE A LITTLE ABOVE OUR BUDGET. THIS LAST YEAR, WE WERE UNDER IT, OR SO. AGAIN, SOME WAS THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND IT WAS RECEIVED EARLIER. OKING AT THE DETAILS ON GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, YOU CAN SEE ABOUT $80 MILLION UNDER BUDGET, OR SO. A LOT OF THAT IS -- SOME IS IN INTERNAL
SERVICES. IT WAS HOLDING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THE NORTH COMMONS PARK. IT WASN'T ALL SPENT, CERTAINLY, IN 2024. WE WERE FAVORABLE THERE. THAT ACCOUNTED FOR SOME OF. LOT OF OTHER SAVINGS WAS CPED WITHIN WHICH WAS ABOUT $MILLION IN THE
GENERAL FUND. UNDER BUDGET, AS WELL, TO WITHHELD $1.3 MILLION UNDER BUDGET. IT MAKES UP THE BULK OF THE $80 MILLION OR SO WE FINISHED UNDER BUDGET IN THE GENERAL FUND. IN TERMS OF
TIMING OF THE SPENDING. IT WAS, LIKE THE REVENUE, IT WAS LESS THAN THE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE. YOU CAN SEE CONSISTENTLY FOR ALL FOUR QUARTERS. MARCH, JUNE, DECEMBER. NORMALLY WE WOULD
SPEND % OF OUR BUDGET. LAST YEAR IT WAS 89%. ONE REASON WHY THE ROLLOVERS WERE A LITTLE MORE. NONGENERAL FUNDS, THE NEXT CATEGORY IN OUR FUND FAMILY. S THE SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS. GENERALLY USED TO ACCOUNT FOR REVENUE THAT COMES IN WITH SPECIFICESTRICTIONS ON IT. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE TARGET CENTER, AS WELL AS SERVICES. OUR GRANTS ARE GENERALLY RESTRICTED. CPED HAS QUITE A
BIT OF SPECIAL REVENUE, AS WEL AND YOU CAN SEE FOR THE FUND BALANCE AND THE CASH, THEY BOTH DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY FOR 2023. THAT WAS EXPECTED GIVEN THE CLOSE OUT OF ARPA AND THE PUSH TO SPEND THE REMAINING ARPA
FUNDS DURING THE LAST YEAR IN 2024. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THE MOST OF THE LARGE DECREASE IN THE CASH FUND BALANCE. THES ARE SET ASIDE
FOR USE. LOOKING AT THE LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE CONVENTION CENTER IS ONE AREA TT IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT. HOWEVER DOWNTOWN ASSETS, IF YOU GO DOWN A COUPLE OF FUNDS BELOW
THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S UP. GENERALLY THAT'S A RESULT OF TRANSFERS, AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE THE GRAPH FUNDS DOWN BELOW. THAT WERE -- LIKE I SAID, THE CASH BALANCE WENT DOWN ABOUT $83 MILLION. AGAIN, THAT'S MOSTLY DRIVEN BY ARPA. FUND BALANCE IS
DOWN, AS WELL, TOO. SO LIKE I SAID, SPECIAL REVENUES IS GOING DOWN BUT MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE ARPA PROGRAM. INTERIM SERVICE FUNDS, THESE ARE FUNDS WE USED TO KEEP TRACK OF DEPARTMENTS OR AREAS OF DEPARTMENTS THAT SELL SERVICES
TO THE REST OF THE CITY AS OPPOSED TO SELLING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ONES ARE FLEET, EQUIPMENT FUND, PROPERTY SERVICES, I.T., SELF-INSURANCE FUND. THOSE MAKE UP AULK OF THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS.
HERE WE HAVE, GENERALLY, A MODEST INCREASE, CERTAINLY IN OUR NET POSITION WENT UP ABOUT $4 MILLION. O CASH WENT UP ABOUT $25 MILLION OR SO. GOING DOWN AITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAILS IN OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OF
THE FUND BALANCE THAT WENT DOWN. THOSE WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE, CERTAINLY, TO THE FLEET AND THE EQUIPMENT AREA. YOU CAN SEE BOTH CASH AND NET POSITION ARE DOWN THERE. CONVERSELY I.T. IS UP A LITTLE BIT. WCH IS MAINLY INTERGOVERNMENTAL
SERVICES. THE REST OF THEM ARE PRETTY, STAYED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. SOME IROVEMENTS IN THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND, AS I NOTED EARLIER. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THE END OF 2023 FOR
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. THEN, FINALLY, OUR LAST FAMILY OF FUNDS HERE IS OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS. THESE ARE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS THAT SELL SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. AS OPPOSED TO SELLING THE PRIMARILY INTERNALLY. THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT. MOST OF THESE
ARE ALL IN PUBLIC WORKS. EXCEPT FOR CPED HAS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, AS WELL, TOO. MOST IS IN PUBLIC WORKS. THE SEWER, WATER, SOLID WASTE, PARKING. YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD A MIXED BAG IN TERMS OF
RESULTS FOR THE YEAR. AND THEFD FOR 2023. OUR CASH DECREASED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT $8 MILLION FROM 2023. AGAIN, THESE ARE MAINLY FAIRLY STABLE FUNDS THAT DO
FINANCE THEIR CAPITAL NEEDS BY SELLING BONDS, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, HAVING A FUND BALAN, AS WELL, TOO, TO HAVE A RESERVE. LOOKING AT, FINALLY, LOOKING AT OUR DETAILS HERE. YOU CAN SEE,
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE OUR SANITARY SEWER HAS BEEN UP IN TERMS OF CASH, STORMWATER IS DOWN, PARKING IS UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, IT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. OTHERWISE THE CPE ENTERPRISE FUND IS FAIRLY
STABLE. SO, AGAIN, YOU CAN KIND SEE. NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM EITHER OUR FORECAST FROM THE LAST QUART OR WE DID THE Q3 FORECAST OR JUST EVEN LOOKING BACK TO THE END OF 2023. FAIRLY STABLE IN TERMS OF ENTERPRIS FUNDS..
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER. AT THI TIME, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION RELATED TO THIS ITEM? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU. MR. HARDGROVE,
I'M GLAD THAT DOWNTOWN ASSETS FUND IS DOING WELL. WHEN YOU MENTION THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE UNDER BUDGET BY ALMOST $23 MILLION DUE TO A HIGHER NONCOLLECTABLE AMOUNT. WHERE DO WE MAKE UP FOR THAT LOSS OF
REVENUE? HOW DOES IT GET FIXED? EVENTUALLY OVER TIME? ION'T THINK WE JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? >> OH, YEAH. UMM, WHEN WE DO THE BUDGETS, THE WAY WE BUDGET -- I MEAN, WE DO KNOW
THATOT ALL PROPERTY TAX WILL BE COLLECTED. THE WAY THE CITYL AMOUNT INEVENUE. BUT THEN HAVE A BAD DEBT EXPENSE AT THE BOTTOM. AND SO I DON'T -- I
THINK, IN THIS CASE, TS LAST YEAR, WE HAD MORE -- WE COLLECTED A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WE THOHT WE WOULD. WHEN WE NET BOTH THE TOTAL REVENUE FOR THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THE BAD DEBT. SO IT WAS HIGHER THIS YEAR. IN THE LONG RUN, IT WILL
AFFECT THE FUND BALANCE, IF WE CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, GOT BAD OR THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WEREN'T COLLECTING AS MUCH. THEN GRADUALLY OVER TIME, YEAH, IT WOULD START TO AFFECT THE FUND BALANCE AND SSEQUENT BUDGETS.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY. I WILL DIRECT T CLERK TO FILE THIS REPORT. NOW WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK Y EVERYONE.