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Good evening. Welcome to the

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Ant-Man Finance Committee

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meeting. Start the meeting

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with their introductions to my

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left. Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN

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Mike Deal District 20 forward.

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Thank you, MR. Chaired Brian

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Maori district. 25 thank you

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to write. Thank you, MR. Allen

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District, 15 party set. Thank

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you, MR. Chaired Nic Robertson

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strict for good evening.

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CHAIRMAN Miscarry Crystal

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Wells District 11, far West

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Side. Good evening. Maggie

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Frank miscarriages streak 19

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MR. Cahill, you so thank you.

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MR. Chaired their Cayo

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District. 23. All right. Thank

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you. We have 3 proposals for

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budget hearings. Up first is

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propose a proposal to 44, I

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understand all these proposals

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are you gonna bring together

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all at once? Yes, need to vote

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for one the time or Proposal

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to 44 45 46. Going all Mizzou

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break in between them. Too

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fat. This is a little

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confusing, but going resent to

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44 into 46 because required

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public and then several a

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scarily, there's amendment to

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45 45? So after that, we get

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in the that became so we have

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the floor, sir. Thank you,

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CHAIRMAN. Scary. And that was

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the committee. My name is Joe

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Bast and the executive

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director and general counsel

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of the Indianapolis 5 And we

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have 3 proposals for you to

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property tax general

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obligations, Bonds and the

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other is facility revenues by

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a proposal to 44, will be an

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issue metric wasn't there

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district. And as for a maximum

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out of 50 million dollars for

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construction of a operations

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graduating bw their current

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site. And as JUNE, 35, South

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West Street. And then moving

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proposal to 46 that will be a

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general obligation, bond

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issuance of the consolidated

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city taxing x amount of 12.5

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million dollars with the

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construction of a new impd

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North District station and

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then finally present to 45. I

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would approve the issuance of

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up to 35 million dollars of

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facility, revenue bonds to

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financing for and 2 parking

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garages as well as a

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pedestrian bridge at the

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community. Justice campus.

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Proposal to 44, like I said,

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is for a operations garage the

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current to w campus south of

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downtown just east of the

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river this would be maxed out

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of 50 million dollars. Max

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interest rate of 6.5% and a

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term not to exceed 20 years.

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This would allow dpw

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consolidate a lot of disparate

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facilities they have currently

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on that campus streamline

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operations and allow for

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improved storage maintenance

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of street. So here you see

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their current garages many are

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day there gathered campus. And

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so this would allow. And this

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new graduate streamlined lot

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of operations operations. Have

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issuers required to do by the

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deals you have, which is to

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the projected changes in levy

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and a tax rate for the taxing

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district here. The taxing

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district that's there for

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district. These are very

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conservative projections and

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increase in tax rate would be

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offset because decreases other

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taxing districts of the city.

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Goes to 46, other general

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obligation bond. This would

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the single city taxing

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district maximum out of 12.5

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million dollars, as you to see

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6.5%, maximum term of 20

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years, this would be it for

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North District police station

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at this would be located at

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38th and Sherman Avenue. It

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would create need to be in the

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space that improved space for

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visitors and employees of the

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game. North District. Here

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again are we checked? Id have

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next changes to Levy and tax

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rate of the civil city back to

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district. So we will be these

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2 together. With one that

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fight as a team and usually

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the binding of the have the

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city Minneapolis, our

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financial advisors more

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advisors, words and numbers

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are about council we have yet

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to reach data and ready for

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this transaction. So obviously

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tonight where beforehand and

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finance, we have 2 additional

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hearings before the Board of

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Public Works in AUGUST and

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SEPTEMBER. Plan to go before

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the full council in SEPTEMBER,

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but make approval OCTOBER and

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pressing closing by the end of

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the year. And answer, any

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questions about rules? To 44

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into 4.46, thank I'm curious

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to what kind of bond are we in

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right now? The whole city. Was

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a number. You have it. Don't

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have it up and I I any other

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quick, any questions council

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moves. Thank you, MISTER

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CHAIRMAN. Apologize for

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following CHAIRMAN Kerry's

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question. What aside from the

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number was a capacity that's

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left a bond for 26. So So will

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be different each test. Taxing

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district. The city. We We just

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recently for the there there

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registered PRESIDENT You know,

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part of we reasoned that we

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maintain our credit ratings.

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Is that we do next or capacity

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that we hear him. It alleges

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that so I can find out

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specifically what you know,

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how much lead we and that's

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what But we're we're not

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approaches that. You're to be

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helpful how many texting used

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to get across the county?

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Thanks. Thank you. Any other

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questions or counselors? You

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know, this is a public

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hearings as anyone from

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audience would like to speak

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on this. Seeing entertain a

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motion. Moved. All those in

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favor say Aye. The question.

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We're going to that separately

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to 44, sorry, to 45

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separately. It's so good. So

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go down. 44 46. We did 44 46.

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All MR. Improved now. Class

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going to 45. All right. Listen

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to 45 would just a little

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revenue bond issuance accident

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out 35 million dollars to

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refund interim financing,

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construction of 2 parking

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garages. I'm thinking, this

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campus. And history with that

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6.5 that actually bending the

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amendment and come before the

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council the source and is all

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the revenue the city.

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So it's a part of that. The

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cdc projects at the city

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worked Garmin bmo to Design

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and Finance the construction

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of these 2 parking garages and

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a pedestrian bridge. There is

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one that is just for staff of

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Erie County courts then a

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special office building

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garage, is a part the for the

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public Defender, probation

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staff and also offers a

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painful with parking. So bill

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that for a transfer agreement

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was approved by public health

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and safety back in Issued

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competitive bidding process.

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selected and we're coming

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towards the end of five-year

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buildup for a transfer

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agreement term. As the

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financing team. Here is divine

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day. Have to sit in app lists

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as again seeing more advisors

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is our financial advisor and

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of those became Evans as Bond

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Council. And we get to and

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right after this transaction.

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Fewer steps for this one will

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go before the full council 2

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and SEPTEMBER the final

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approval for the van board in

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OCTOBER and then pressing

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closing end of the year. Thank

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you. I think we have an

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amendment to this. MR.

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MR. CHAIRMAN, I move to amend

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Section one, paragraph c a

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proposal. Number 2, 45 2026?

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By deleting the language that

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is stricken through and adding

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the underline language change

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in the not to exceed initial

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interest rate from 5.5% to

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6.5% To read has fallen. And

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you can see strict corrected

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and section one, infection. I

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vote on the amendment only

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follows favor of the the

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moment an amendment say aye.

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Oppose none. All right. Any

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questions on proposal itself.

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Cancer k a we thank Mister

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Chair this this question sort

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of applies to both sets of

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proposals here. But we have a

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discussion last week about the

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building authority and in

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particular, the cjc and I and

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I don't know that you're the

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right person, but I don't know

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if you know the answer. So

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there's 2 questions here. My

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my presumption is we is the

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counselor dealing with this

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where if this garage was

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building authority building,

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they would just they still

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have access to. But think but

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they would do without our vote

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that it would just pass

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through is that is that your

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understanding? Don't vote on

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their bones. Cause of that.

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I've been firmly within. 75

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bank have no revenue bonds,

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which that. The buildings part

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that and all those also gone

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through the lessee, which

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would be that the the other

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question to you. Why is why is

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the garage to the cjc? Is

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under the bill a 40 foot, the

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parking garages or not. You

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have any understanding of why

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that is the previous thing

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mention that we heard there

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was some agreement with Dennis

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and operate. But I guess that

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doesn't make any sense to me

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because that was an operate,

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the garage and the city County

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goalie edits ability

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rebuilding And why we have

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retained ownership of the

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garage has been part of. The

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cjc itself. I can't speak to

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that. I was around when they

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were deciding, you exactly

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this works, that the cdc was

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lance We're going tax bonds.

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Structure payment had to be

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structured lease payments from

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the city to to the building

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authority. This is being

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financed through. You know,

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different a different

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mechanism. I don't know. So

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just just in terms you know,

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and how they with the finance.

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And that's, you but not sure

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exactly. Why that was decided

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at that time. Okay. There's

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nothing here. That's for

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That's as we could

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theoretically move garages

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under the building authority.

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So the cjc was one. A

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comprehensive campus cause. A

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much behind and nothing not

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that I could envision Doing

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anything about But like, don't

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know how you release break

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apart. The parking right. Like

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it's it's for whatever reason

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we decided to divest of the

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cjc. It wouldn't have the

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value. Without the parking

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vice versa. Read that the big

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the bigger parking garage it's

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connected to the rest of

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building, which don't think is

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owned by by the building

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That's like privately owned

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building. So really the only.

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City-owned portion would be

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it's relatively small garage

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for the judges and All right.

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Thank Any other question,

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counselors? I have a question.

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My question is a you on just

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300. And the other. 1000 and

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these for the general public

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losing to use these parking

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spots. So the public out he's

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going right and has bases

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space is available to general

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public. Other spaces reserved

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information public defender.

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Staff and then the smaller

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garage is is just for judicial

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staff. I mean, right now

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there's most of the there's

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free this month, small area

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for, but you can pay its

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probably only 300 parking

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spots. Now and brunt of the

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parking is free. So is will be

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charge of this is going to be

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free for the public. I don't

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that I know that the money

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that we're making on private

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office building is that in

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word is going top of that. And

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so I don't know. Would have to

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leave it to the controller's

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office. You need to speak to

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training is an answer on pre.

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She ate it. Any other

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questions. Any one of general

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public speak on to 45? Seeing

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entertain a motion. So moved

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if moving second. All those in

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favor say Aye. Opposed last

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You're off off the hot seat If

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you would try to get some

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answers on some of So let's go

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to the full council. Thank

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you. Up next is a Marion

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County treasurer's office.

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You have a form. It takes to

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MR. CHAIRMAN committee, my

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name this spiral and I am to

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serve Marion County,

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Treasurer. I'm joined here.

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That's thing. But wish I the

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fire deputy and I'm going to

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begin with an I'm having a

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really had today. So if you to

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clarify or slow whatever, just

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let me just give me side. We

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going to present at 2027

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budget. And I have just going

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to jump right into The first

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flight you will see is in for

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a town of the 40 patients with

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The Perry County Treasurer's

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Office. It's the

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administrative decision.

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County finance division

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division and the customer

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service to Michigan. We are

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very proud of some of our

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agency staffing numbers today.

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We have 25 fill positions with

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2 vacancies. 4 of the 8

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managers are female one point

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that we are really proud of is

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that the average tenure for

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the office for our employees.

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It's 7.2 years with 76% of the

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folks there think more and

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that ever happening at least 3

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years. It is a where education

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experience is very So we're

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especially proud of that. You

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want to keep. He said a We

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also have focus on changing

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with Association of India.

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They can't make these and the

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National Association of

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counties, Indiana County

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Treasurer's Association and

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and I won't go down that every

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minute in the U.S. Senate to

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give feel of what chart like.

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The pink decisions or managers

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stay consistent yeah, happy to

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take any questions on anything

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I'm going throw it over Gary

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ca internal breakdown gender

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staffing. Also know is that

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the employee level of the

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management levels a little

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different this report. We

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we've had additional higher

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and the bucket that hr uses.

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They include our financial

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analysts part of staff. So

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when it comes to gender, we

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have 67% female. 33% male. And

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when it comes to management on

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on their internal breakdowns.

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55 45. I also like to

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highlight our racial breakdown

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when when it comes to

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especially Hispanic the

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nation. We're higher than the

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all city county average. And

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you can see the next column

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where says manager by

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ethnicity, what we're really

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proud of is. All the 5

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categories. We have at least

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one manager when it comes

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multi racial, Hispanic, Asian,

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white black. A few numbers to

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help you understand treasures.

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Tough We 356,000 parcels for

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2025. We collected in 2025.

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About 1.8 billion dollars

453
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pretty taxes and all revenues

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we invest and the average

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monthly balance of 466 million

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dollars. And we distribute to

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a 2.7 billion to about 48

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units of When talk a little

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bit about some and

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improvements that we've made

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in the treasurer's I have to

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announce that we had to

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performance metrics for 2020

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set. So we're on our to been

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for 2025. Another point that

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very proud of this said in the

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recently completed culture is

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a The Marion County

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Treasurer's Office had a score

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of 95%, which tells me that

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hopefully the team doing

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something right. People are

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enjoying working there. They

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feel were aboard they feel

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like they're appreciated. And

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we're very proud After 20

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years with the same vendor, we

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have branched out and we are

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going through. We have

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completed the process we're

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going through conversion to a

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tax software and on stuff

483
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which is with backs off. That

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was probably that year in the

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making. And something new and

486
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different way this year. We

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set out about 7500 courtesy

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letters and that is for

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letters that went out to

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people complain cuenta their

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fall taxes. We sent the

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letters found in JANUARY and

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what we were hoping we would

494
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is get people to bring my so

495
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it gives us more of a chance

496
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to invest that they didn't get

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the money and center. Cost

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about 7500 use a dollar. A

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letter as a ballpark and of

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MARCH 31st, it received can.

501
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Now some people will say,

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well, that's money. We can't

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any way. Yes, that's true. But

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we got it done which is which

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is the key point here. We

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established as part of the new

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fund system, a new call center

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solution, which is made our

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life so much easier in terms

510
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of the phone providing

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customer service and also it

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enables us to look at metrics

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about the calls are being

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answered. How long it's

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taking. Calls are dropped. The

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important stuff to provide

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customer service. And the

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final I like it we still have

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a barge that underbanked

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population and it ring cam,

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which means that people

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frequently literally and I'm

523
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not exaggerating acts of cash.

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8 tax bills. It's not optimum

525
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for safety. Yeah. You know,

526
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this not the cat homes. So

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what it started doing this

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happening, a bank out in the

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hall way to talk to these

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people are as they are

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standing in line for to pay

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their property tax bill to

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00:23:08,510 --> 00:23:10,120
talk to them that the virtues

534
00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,890
establishing a banking

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00:23:12,890 --> 00:23:12,756
relationship. It's just a

536
00:23:12,756 --> 00:23:15,292
small thing. But we've seen

537
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some real benefits from it.

538
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When it comes to progress

539
00:23:18,929 --> 00:23:19,863
improvement. When one thing

540
00:23:19,863 --> 00:23:23,463
that like to highlight is and

541
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a lot of time it spent in the

542
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office doing this processing

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00:23:29,206 --> 00:23:30,841
payments. Very, very manual

544
00:23:30,841 --> 00:23:33,477
process. But we try to process

545
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as much internally as possible

546
00:23:35,412 --> 00:23:37,748
for 2 reason. It's it's more

547
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accurate and we get the money

548
00:23:38,649 --> 00:23:40,517
deposited in our in our bank

549
00:23:40,517 --> 00:23:42,352
quicker. So you can see 2016

550
00:23:42,352 --> 00:23:44,321
when this when all started, we

551
00:23:44,321 --> 00:23:46,721
had 206,000 payments that were

552
00:23:46,790 --> 00:23:49,893
processed by a 3rd party. And

553
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that's and that's down to

554
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6269,000 as of as of last

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year. They say that about

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34,000 lot bought fees and I

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really take my hats off to our

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to our 3 managers are revenue

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to cover manager customer

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service manager and really our

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executive assistant who we're

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all cross train and answering

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the phones and processing mail

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answering email and that's

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what what can get it done. The

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other thing is we have new

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cash, cow nurse. Going to be

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new bills which cask ales.

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Would be unable to read. So we

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invested in new cash counters,

571
00:24:27,731 --> 00:24:29,233
$10 bills post to roll out

572
00:24:29,233 --> 00:24:31,435
later this year and every 2

573
00:24:31,435 --> 00:24:32,236
years going to be new bills.

574
00:24:32,236 --> 00:24:35,236
So that should help us

575
00:24:36,773 --> 00:24:38,643
identify counterfeit funk's.

576
00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:39,310
One thing that we will

577
00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:41,710
continue to worrisome goals

578
00:24:42,913 --> 00:24:45,913
list. Is increasing the number

579
00:24:46,817 --> 00:24:49,920
of APRIL as part of It

580
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,256
provides convenient funds for

581
00:24:52,256 --> 00:24:54,292
paid security efficiency. Of

582
00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:56,427
course, we always consider the

583
00:24:56,427 --> 00:24:58,262
environmental impact and let's

584
00:24:58,262 --> 00:25:00,131
not kid anybody the more we

585
00:25:00,131 --> 00:25:03,131
can save postage by using

586
00:25:04,201 --> 00:25:06,137
paperless, it saves us money.

587
00:25:06,137 --> 00:25:08,606
So currently we have just

588
00:25:08,606 --> 00:25:09,574
under 35,000 and our goal for

589
00:25:09,574 --> 00:25:11,574
2027, it's another 10%

590
00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:18,916
increase for Another Purdy and

591
00:25:18,916 --> 00:25:19,584
gold is to continue safe with

592
00:25:19,584 --> 00:25:21,719
investment public funds and

593
00:25:21,719 --> 00:25:22,887
the chart you're looking at,

594
00:25:22,887 --> 00:25:25,287
it's really the investment

595
00:25:25,723 --> 00:25:26,657
income that was generated last

596
00:25:26,657 --> 00:25:27,325
year from JANUARY to DECEMBER.

597
00:25:27,325 --> 00:25:28,826
And you'll be you'll notice

598
00:25:28,826 --> 00:25:31,826
there's a big increase during

599
00:25:32,897 --> 00:25:33,698
a time where property tax

600
00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:37,735
payments or a do so they MAY

601
00:25:37,735 --> 00:25:39,470
JUNE NOVEMBER, DECEMBER. Also

602
00:25:39,470 --> 00:25:41,439
have the liquid rate. So the

603
00:25:41,439 --> 00:25:42,240
majority of our funds are

604
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,142
money market account.

605
00:25:44,142 --> 00:25:46,142
Investments accounts, liquid

606
00:25:46,610 --> 00:25:47,312
accounts. And we have a

607
00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:49,146
short-term portfolio between

608
00:25:49,146 --> 00:25:51,546
60 to 65 Million. Where we

609
00:25:54,118 --> 00:25:56,287
invest your leanne CDs,

610
00:25:56,287 --> 00:25:56,988
agencies stretched treasuries.

611
00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:59,257
And there's a last year there

612
00:25:59,257 --> 00:25:59,991
was a 38 basis point

613
00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:00,658
difference this year. That MAY

614
00:26:00,658 --> 00:26:04,258
be a little higher. We have

615
00:26:04,262 --> 00:26:04,862
ceded this outstanding. We

616
00:26:04,862 --> 00:26:06,970
have the financial U.S.

617
00:26:06,970 --> 00:26:09,970
Institutions that bid on it

618
00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:10,368
agencies, Treasury CDs, it

619
00:26:10,368 --> 00:26:12,768
will probably be something

620
00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:15,600
around. 4.2 to 4.4 will be the

621
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,406
yield Arco current money

622
00:26:17,709 --> 00:26:20,109
market yields about 3.6 osos

623
00:26:20,978 --> 00:26:22,714
about it. 68 a basis point

624
00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:25,714
difference when it comes to

625
00:26:25,950 --> 00:26:26,751
and the difference. What? One

626
00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:30,351
of the reasons why I brought

627
00:26:30,688 --> 00:26:31,322
that up is having a

628
00:26:31,322 --> 00:26:32,557
comprehensive short-term

629
00:26:32,557 --> 00:26:34,957
investment strategy where we

630
00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,795
invest 2 to 3 years, 2 to 3

631
00:26:37,795 --> 00:26:38,462
years, securities. We're able

632
00:26:38,462 --> 00:26:40,698
to get additional interest

633
00:26:40,698 --> 00:26:41,499
income so that additional 5

634
00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:43,267
basis points, which we're

635
00:26:43,267 --> 00:26:44,368
probably going to have next

636
00:26:44,368 --> 00:26:46,368
year generates 250,000

637
00:26:49,540 --> 00:26:51,743
additional interest income. I

638
00:26:51,743 --> 00:26:52,477
want talk a little bit of

639
00:26:52,477 --> 00:26:53,144
something that they focused on

640
00:26:53,144 --> 00:26:55,544
increasingly over the past

641
00:26:56,314 --> 00:26:59,314
couple of years. And that

642
00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:04,153
community engagement, Beach

643
00:27:04,222 --> 00:27:06,622
positions into the community

644
00:27:07,358 --> 00:27:09,127
outreach coordinator and we do

645
00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:10,895
special where we are we go out

646
00:27:10,895 --> 00:27:13,895
into the public, whether it's

647
00:27:14,533 --> 00:27:15,199
with a partner a community

648
00:27:15,199 --> 00:27:17,199
development corporation and

649
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:19,438
the county fair, you know,

650
00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:22,438
we've worked with Martin to

651
00:27:23,441 --> 00:27:27,410
upright into planner at We get

652
00:27:28,312 --> 00:27:31,820
a really neat segment with e a

653
00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:33,484
r p and what we can to its

654
00:27:33,484 --> 00:27:36,788
target, zip codes in the areas

655
00:27:36,788 --> 00:27:38,857
with the highest incidence of

656
00:27:38,857 --> 00:27:41,257
tax sale. Tech sell

657
00:27:43,828 --> 00:27:46,198
properties. And you can see on

658
00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:49,000
this slide. Those are the top

659
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,400
5 performing as a JULY 2026.

660
00:27:51,870 --> 00:27:55,470
This is where we would spend

661
00:27:55,741 --> 00:27:57,375
the bulk our activity and what

662
00:27:57,375 --> 00:27:59,378
we to us have people there

663
00:27:59,378 --> 00:28:01,746
that can speak both English

664
00:28:01,746 --> 00:28:03,582
and Spanish and we will do

665
00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:06,518
what we call operate that

666
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:07,752
check ups. Make sure that they

667
00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:10,880
have all of the deductions and

668
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,724
credits to which they are

669
00:28:12,724 --> 00:28:15,724
eyeful walk through the bill

670
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:20,165
with Tell them about value and

671
00:28:20,165 --> 00:28:23,165
just in general provided all

672
00:28:24,569 --> 00:28:25,637
the information that we have.

673
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:27,739
The next slide gives. Our guys

674
00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:30,739
are budget breakdown of were

675
00:28:31,209 --> 00:28:32,811
opposing and increase of

676
00:28:32,811 --> 00:28:34,811
318,004 for all characters. 9

677
00:28:35,914 --> 00:28:37,115
point one percent increase. We

678
00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:38,850
look at the character

679
00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:41,850
breakdown for a character one.

680
00:28:43,655 --> 00:28:45,655
It's a 10.6% increase 209,000.

681
00:28:46,124 --> 00:28:47,860
Our staffing levels for 2027

682
00:28:47,860 --> 00:28:50,196
opposed to be the same as in

683
00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:50,829
2026, the increases is with

684
00:28:50,829 --> 00:28:51,463
the 3% cost of living

685
00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:53,463
adjustment. The stepping

686
00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:58,403
great. Attrition, increase and

687
00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,506
attrition rate and health

688
00:29:00,506 --> 00:29:02,340
insurance increases when it

689
00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:04,476
comes to character to do with

690
00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:06,476
supplies, operating supplies,

691
00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:11,160
which which used send out tax

692
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:11,750
bill. $575 increase. And $46

693
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,150
increase overall in character,

694
00:29:16,955 --> 00:29:17,856
too. For a character 3. We

695
00:29:17,856 --> 00:29:19,856
have close $108,000 increase.

696
00:29:22,894 --> 00:29:23,729
7.3, 3%. With with

697
00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:26,129
professional services. I say

698
00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:28,667
there's a $61,000 increase

699
00:29:28,667 --> 00:29:31,670
about $9,000 increase with the

700
00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:33,906
new last a phone system and

701
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:34,573
10,000 in each of the

702
00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:36,508
categories when it when it

703
00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:39,545
comes to post its mail service

704
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,379
and thinking we continue to

705
00:29:41,379 --> 00:29:42,848
get to post increases every

706
00:29:42,848 --> 00:29:43,548
year. So that's the appears to

707
00:29:43,548 --> 00:29:45,684
be something that also happen

708
00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:48,684
in 2027 in character. For no

709
00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:53,258
change. When it comes to

710
00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:55,658
There's a 1.4 billion dollar

711
00:29:57,129 --> 00:29:58,960
increase proposed. And in

712
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,496
investment income. We have 1.1

713
00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:04,670
billion dollar increase. And

714
00:30:04,670 --> 00:30:07,670
just the next light really

715
00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:10,142
just shows a investment income

716
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:13,142
relative to the budget over

717
00:30:14,413 --> 00:30:14,980
last 3 years and will for a

718
00:30:14,980 --> 00:30:17,380
2027. So we've had a

719
00:30:18,951 --> 00:30:20,587
consistent. Good, good, good

720
00:30:20,587 --> 00:30:21,321
performances when it when it

721
00:30:21,321 --> 00:30:24,321
comes to deals this investment

722
00:30:29,295 --> 00:30:29,996
of art. And that's it. In a

723
00:30:29,996 --> 00:30:30,696
nutshell, you have all of the

724
00:30:30,696 --> 00:30:33,833
report said the fact that you

725
00:30:33,833 --> 00:30:34,934
will also included copies of

726
00:30:34,934 --> 00:30:38,534
the documents that we hand our

727
00:30:41,641 --> 00:30:43,442
public This is before and

728
00:30:43,442 --> 00:30:45,177
Thanksgiving in the Bush

729
00:30:45,177 --> 00:30:48,777
Spanish and make sure that we

730
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,551
have any of those and We go to

731
00:30:51,551 --> 00:30:54,860
public. Thank you for the

732
00:30:54,860 --> 00:30:54,687
opportunity to be here the

733
00:30:54,687 --> 00:30:57,870
seat I appreciate your

734
00:30:57,657 --> 00:30:58,357
listening and consideration.

735
00:30:58,357 --> 00:31:01,293
It's always an honor to come

736
00:31:01,293 --> 00:31:03,696
before the committee I'm happy

737
00:31:03,696 --> 00:31:05,231
to take questions. Thank you

738
00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:07,231
your presentation. Counter

739
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,474
Cahill. Thank you, MR. Chair

740
00:31:14,474 --> 00:31:16,874
the $7500 on letters and

741
00:31:18,377 --> 00:31:19,579
corrected. Sooner than

742
00:31:19,579 --> 00:31:21,579
expected. 8.7 million dollars.

743
00:31:23,549 --> 00:31:26,185
How that? The driver on the

744
00:31:26,185 --> 00:31:27,653
1.1 million? Investment. What

745
00:31:27,653 --> 00:31:31,853
how much of that when we look

746
00:31:33,250 --> 00:31:33,926
at this? Investment income,

747
00:31:33,926 --> 00:31:36,620
what what was the net effect

748
00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:39,620
what you somebody by moving

749
00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:43,569
that forward? Well, I think

750
00:31:43,569 --> 00:31:46,405
going take a swipe at answer

751
00:31:46,405 --> 00:31:49,509
and then let by cutting the

752
00:31:49,509 --> 00:31:50,710
body. And earlier, it's less

753
00:31:50,710 --> 00:31:53,710
that the taxpayer is going

754
00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:55,281
first of all, but also that

755
00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:58,881
enables us to invest the money

756
00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:02,540
for a longer period I do. I

757
00:32:02,540 --> 00:32:05,654
think that was part of the 1.1

758
00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:08,794
million Incre soar. I I can

759
00:32:08,794 --> 00:32:09,462
tell you led to an increase in

760
00:32:09,462 --> 00:32:10,950
our interest, our names, I

761
00:32:10,950 --> 00:32:13,695
think it would be hard to

762
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,402
quantify it. Yeah, we get a

763
00:32:16,402 --> 00:32:17,136
break down early. It's it's

764
00:32:17,136 --> 00:32:17,837
it's more. I would I would say

765
00:32:17,837 --> 00:32:21,437
that some of that with wooden

766
00:32:22,108 --> 00:32:23,750
table probably. We we both

767
00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:23,810
receive the payments earlier

768
00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:26,810
and we probably receive 40% of

769
00:32:28,781 --> 00:32:30,750
it. Before the bills went out

770
00:32:30,750 --> 00:32:32,986
in APRIL that we would have

771
00:32:32,986 --> 00:32:35,986
gotten in JANUARY, FEBRUARY or

772
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:37,890
MARCH. So it was it was it was

773
00:32:37,890 --> 00:32:38,858
well worthy. Well, worth the

774
00:32:38,858 --> 00:32:40,526
investment. The other thing is

775
00:32:40,526 --> 00:32:43,262
and the calls that were coming

776
00:32:43,262 --> 00:32:46,465
in 4th front to the office. We

777
00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:49,465
were able to identify people

778
00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:50,771
that that have problems, maybe

779
00:32:50,771 --> 00:32:51,471
maybe move MAY have been

780
00:32:51,471 --> 00:32:52,171
unaware that that day that he

781
00:32:52,171 --> 00:32:55,171
didn't pay their property tax

782
00:32:56,610 --> 00:32:57,310
bill. So we were able to. Deal

783
00:32:57,310 --> 00:32:58,110
with those customers getting

784
00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:01,110
customer service. Part of the

785
00:33:01,247 --> 00:33:01,948
really busy period when they

786
00:33:01,948 --> 00:33:03,830
were, they would do it had a

787
00:33:03,830 --> 00:33:05,352
tougher time getting to the

788
00:33:05,352 --> 00:33:06,520
office. It also helped out

789
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:07,553
with a payment. So the people

790
00:33:07,553 --> 00:33:08,288
that are struggling to make

791
00:33:08,288 --> 00:33:11,124
their payments, they were able

792
00:33:11,124 --> 00:33:14,124
to. Contact our office and

793
00:33:16,763 --> 00:33:17,664
that MAY have. Unable to start

794
00:33:17,664 --> 00:33:19,800
process with the starting

795
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:20,500
making payments online, but we

796
00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:24,710
so that it was easier for to

797
00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:26,907
become I mean, just my quick

798
00:33:26,907 --> 00:33:27,908
and dirty showed it was should

799
00:33:27,908 --> 00:33:30,711
have this just by moving it

800
00:33:30,711 --> 00:33:33,711
forward like a month. One

801
00:33:34,881 --> 00:33:36,583
generated about 30,000 extra.

802
00:33:36,583 --> 00:33:38,685
As far as items that some of

803
00:33:38,685 --> 00:33:40,685
500 generating 30,000 doesn't

804
00:33:43,223 --> 00:33:46,823
come that through great do so.

805
00:33:47,227 --> 00:33:49,529
And looking you. Okay? Yeah.

806
00:33:49,529 --> 00:33:51,498
The what? Given that what is

807
00:33:51,498 --> 00:33:53,800
MAY be on this that what is

808
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,869
driving the 1.1 that isn't new

809
00:33:55,869 --> 00:33:58,380
increased rates that you're

810
00:33:58,380 --> 00:34:00,438
forecasting. The biggest thing

811
00:34:00,774 --> 00:34:02,800
is is our our average monthly

812
00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:02,776
balance continues to increase.

813
00:34:02,776 --> 00:34:04,878
So as a property levy

814
00:34:04,878 --> 00:34:07,278
increases as as late

815
00:34:07,581 --> 00:34:08,281
increases, our average balance

816
00:34:08,281 --> 00:34:08,915
it is as long as interest

817
00:34:08,915 --> 00:34:11,315
rates stay stay. Precept

818
00:34:11,618 --> 00:34:15,155
steady. I think if we get a

819
00:34:15,155 --> 00:34:17,155
3.0, 3, 5%, interest will be

820
00:34:17,324 --> 00:34:17,957
able to make the make. The

821
00:34:17,957 --> 00:34:19,893
budgeted numbers running

822
00:34:19,893 --> 00:34:21,610
higher than that right think.

823
00:34:21,610 --> 00:34:24,610
Thank you any other questions

824
00:34:25,465 --> 00:34:27,601
or comments, counter boots.

825
00:34:27,601 --> 00:34:28,935
Thank you both for the

826
00:34:28,935 --> 00:34:29,670
presentation. If you could go

827
00:34:29,670 --> 00:34:33,270
just back one slide, please to

828
00:34:33,940 --> 00:34:35,776
20. And looking at the

829
00:34:35,776 --> 00:34:37,776
difference 2 questions, one.

830
00:34:38,645 --> 00:34:40,847
The amount of interest,

831
00:34:40,847 --> 00:34:41,915
investment earnings is

832
00:34:41,915 --> 00:34:42,949
increasing rapidly. So why do

833
00:34:42,949 --> 00:34:45,949
you keep the budget amount

834
00:34:46,419 --> 00:34:48,819
fixed? And 15, one, 50? It

835
00:34:51,191 --> 00:34:53,326
went up in. There's been when

836
00:34:53,326 --> 00:34:57,526
when you when we look at the

837
00:34:58,565 --> 00:34:59,165
interest rate environment. The

838
00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:01,165
environment has changed

839
00:35:01,268 --> 00:35:01,968
dramatically beginning of the

840
00:35:01,968 --> 00:35:04,968
year. Our money market rates

841
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,140
were. Substantially higher and

842
00:35:07,140 --> 00:35:10,610
they can they continue to go

843
00:35:10,610 --> 00:35:11,312
down. So so as as the money

844
00:35:11,312 --> 00:35:12,120
market rates have gone down,

845
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,613
which is which is the bulk of

846
00:35:13,613 --> 00:35:16,130
rain come the short-term

847
00:35:17,617 --> 00:35:20,170
investments have. Going you

848
00:35:21,889 --> 00:35:22,989
know looking at our budget and

849
00:35:22,989 --> 00:35:23,723
understanding that there's

850
00:35:23,723 --> 00:35:25,559
there's kind of this does next

851
00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:27,559
between short-term

852
00:35:27,961 --> 00:35:28,796
investments, liquid

853
00:35:28,796 --> 00:35:31,196
investments and the increase

854
00:35:31,499 --> 00:35:32,699
in the average balance for a

855
00:35:32,699 --> 00:35:36,299
month. So using that that that

856
00:35:37,672 --> 00:35:38,339
kind of factored into. The

857
00:35:38,339 --> 00:35:40,675
budget number. I say, too,

858
00:35:40,675 --> 00:35:44,275
there's a little bit of it

859
00:35:44,712 --> 00:35:46,580
surveyed, but you go in It's

860
00:35:46,580 --> 00:35:47,214
difficult to what some of the

861
00:35:47,214 --> 00:35:49,683
stuff that's going on and

862
00:35:49,683 --> 00:35:52,586
said, what can I be? What

863
00:35:52,586 --> 00:35:53,587
might be coming down pike? So

864
00:35:53,587 --> 00:35:57,358
I think we have a tendency to

865
00:35:57,358 --> 00:35:59,293
be fairly conservative. Women.

866
00:35:59,293 --> 00:36:01,293
When making assessment

867
00:36:03,931 --> 00:36:06,330
historically has the amount of

868
00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:06,801
the earnings exceeding the

869
00:36:06,801 --> 00:36:08,668
budget has steadily grown

870
00:36:08,668 --> 00:36:10,671
historically over the years.

871
00:36:10,671 --> 00:36:12,640
More than just this 2 year

872
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,708
history. And I I would say

873
00:36:14,708 --> 00:36:17,108
some of these factors 2020. 25

874
00:36:18,546 --> 00:36:19,547
1 of the big factors was the

875
00:36:19,547 --> 00:36:22,750
timing of the book. You know,

876
00:36:22,750 --> 00:36:24,285
the interest in the So we we

877
00:36:24,285 --> 00:36:25,190
had a 21. We had one being

878
00:36:25,190 --> 00:36:28,190
that that was 20 Million. That

879
00:36:28,322 --> 00:36:29,790
was over 5%. So we're able to

880
00:36:29,790 --> 00:36:31,992
put 2025, which really made a

881
00:36:31,992 --> 00:36:33,992
difference interest. That's

882
00:36:34,528 --> 00:36:37,298
it's a time where short term

883
00:36:37,298 --> 00:36:39,734
sure. And finally due to sup

884
00:36:39,734 --> 00:36:41,469
8, the 26 number 2 Frederick.

885
00:36:41,469 --> 00:36:44,705
See the budget member again, I

886
00:36:44,705 --> 00:36:48,305
I and it's it's it's it's

887
00:36:48,542 --> 00:36:49,643
really hard to dissipate with

888
00:36:49,643 --> 00:36:51,612
with the Fed and tariffs then

889
00:36:51,612 --> 00:36:53,130
the and the and the inflation

890
00:36:53,130 --> 00:36:53,714
environment. So we have to be

891
00:36:53,714 --> 00:36:56,114
somewhat conservative and try

892
00:36:59,119 --> 00:36:59,954
to have have a figure they are

893
00:36:59,954 --> 00:37:01,255
able to make but not have

894
00:37:01,255 --> 00:37:03,255
something that is

895
00:37:05,459 --> 00:37:07,859
substantially all. Thank you.

896
00:37:08,295 --> 00:37:09,296
Thank you. Any other questions

897
00:37:09,296 --> 00:37:11,131
from council, anyone from the

898
00:37:11,131 --> 00:37:14,131
audience only speak on this,

899
00:37:14,902 --> 00:37:15,569
seeing Thank As long she is

900
00:37:15,569 --> 00:37:18,138
very much next and counting

901
00:37:18,138 --> 00:37:20,138
on. Are there.

902
00:38:01,549 --> 00:38:02,183
We have the floor. Good

903
00:38:02,183 --> 00:38:04,583
evening, MISTER Chair and

904
00:38:05,553 --> 00:38:07,588
members of the for the record

905
00:38:07,588 --> 00:38:09,824
I am Island and I and the

906
00:38:09,824 --> 00:38:12,824
privilege of serving as the

907
00:38:13,562 --> 00:38:15,962
Marion County Auditor present

908
00:38:16,665 --> 00:38:17,331
with me tonight as my chief

909
00:38:17,331 --> 00:38:19,331
financial Officer, Tiffany

910
00:38:20,301 --> 00:38:23,901
Matthews and I will in that

911
00:38:25,406 --> 00:38:27,509
they're supporting me. Here

912
00:38:27,509 --> 00:38:30,509
tonight to present at the 2027

913
00:38:34,949 --> 00:38:35,784
budget presentation. We often

914
00:38:35,784 --> 00:38:39,384
see on the screen. And you

915
00:38:41,890 --> 00:38:44,689
also to say printed copy of

916
00:38:45,493 --> 00:38:46,194
budget presentation packet.

917
00:38:46,194 --> 00:38:50,394
Just think we go over the for

918
00:38:50,465 --> 00:38:53,465
you. A Marion County Auditor's

919
00:38:53,735 --> 00:38:54,636
Office is comprised 3 areas

920
00:38:54,636 --> 00:38:57,360
which include the accounting

921
00:38:57,739 --> 00:38:58,473
payroll real estate tax

922
00:38:58,473 --> 00:39:01,473
provisions. The mission of the

923
00:39:02,777 --> 00:39:04,777
office. Marion County

924
00:39:05,146 --> 00:39:05,847
Auditor's Office is to deliver

925
00:39:05,847 --> 00:39:07,847
exceptional customer service

926
00:39:08,950 --> 00:39:09,551
while providing the most

927
00:39:09,551 --> 00:39:11,551
efficient and effective

928
00:39:12,253 --> 00:39:14,189
support to our Mary County

929
00:39:14,189 --> 00:39:16,189
residents, city county

930
00:39:20,428 --> 00:39:21,296
employees and then there's.

931
00:39:21,296 --> 00:39:23,131
Our accounting Department

932
00:39:23,131 --> 00:39:23,732
division provides accounts

933
00:39:23,732 --> 00:39:25,732
payable and receivable

934
00:39:27,836 --> 00:39:29,104
functions for all agencies.

935
00:39:29,104 --> 00:39:30,572
And ensures payment for all

936
00:39:30,572 --> 00:39:31,206
city and county bills. The

937
00:39:31,206 --> 00:39:33,206
division reconciles cash

938
00:39:33,875 --> 00:39:35,543
balances and funds and also

939
00:39:35,543 --> 00:39:37,943
issues 10. 99 ce our payroll

940
00:39:40,382 --> 00:39:42,160
department. Is responsible for

941
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:42,617
processing payroll and

942
00:39:42,617 --> 00:39:43,985
ensuring adherence to a

943
00:39:43,985 --> 00:39:45,985
clickable legal requirements,

944
00:39:47,756 --> 00:39:49,424
including new hiring reporting

945
00:39:49,424 --> 00:39:50,125
obligations and we also train

946
00:39:50,125 --> 00:39:53,125
and provide support to all

947
00:39:55,430 --> 00:39:57,565
agencies. Agency. Time keepers

948
00:39:57,565 --> 00:39:58,399
and those are responsible for

949
00:39:58,399 --> 00:39:59,434
a time. Keeper is responsible

950
00:39:59,434 --> 00:40:01,135
for just what it says. Time

951
00:40:01,135 --> 00:40:03,271
people in every agency in

952
00:40:03,271 --> 00:40:03,972
imax. I really I'm proud of

953
00:40:03,972 --> 00:40:07,572
that because we did not have

954
00:40:11,212 --> 00:40:12,480
that Our real estate and tax

955
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:13,181
Department, that division

956
00:40:13,181 --> 00:40:14,182
provides customer service for

957
00:40:14,182 --> 00:40:16,182
Marion County. Residents

958
00:40:16,351 --> 00:40:17,285
processes all tax deductions,

959
00:40:17,285 --> 00:40:19,285
abatements tax bill

960
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:22,925
corrections and refunds that

961
00:40:22,925 --> 00:40:23,992
division and ministers all

962
00:40:23,992 --> 00:40:24,660
noticing requirements,

963
00:40:24,660 --> 00:40:27,600
redemptions and refunds for

964
00:40:27,930 --> 00:40:29,264
the annual tax sale as well as

965
00:40:29,264 --> 00:40:29,931
investigates homestead

966
00:40:29,931 --> 00:40:31,931
deduction, fraud throughout

967
00:40:33,701 --> 00:40:37,301
the county. The next slide you

968
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:39,541
see for flex. The positions

969
00:40:39,541 --> 00:40:43,141
that we have in the auditor's

970
00:40:44,113 --> 00:40:46,113
office. Totaling 30 33

971
00:40:46,615 --> 00:40:47,283
positions. We have 5

972
00:40:47,283 --> 00:40:49,283
administration positions, 7

973
00:40:50,553 --> 00:40:52,721
payroll positions. 10 and a

974
00:40:52,721 --> 00:40:54,721
real estate division. 11

975
00:40:57,126 --> 00:40:59,526
physicians and accounting. We

976
00:41:00,129 --> 00:41:01,329
have 2 openings, real estate

977
00:41:01,329 --> 00:41:03,650
and one in accounting. So if

978
00:41:03,650 --> 00:41:03,765
you all know someone that is

979
00:41:03,765 --> 00:41:06,765
interesting in them and send

980
00:41:08,137 --> 00:41:11,137
them our way. Our agency

981
00:41:12,608 --> 00:41:14,608
staffing demographics. 27

982
00:41:16,311 --> 00:41:19,882
women. And for me, 10 women in

983
00:41:19,882 --> 00:41:22,882
leadership to land as well.

984
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,856
All of our employees that I've

985
00:41:26,856 --> 00:41:29,256
mentioned. We have one

986
00:41:29,925 --> 00:41:32,595
biracial, Ali, one of Army's

987
00:41:32,595 --> 00:41:34,196
Hispanic, African-American, 3

988
00:41:34,196 --> 00:41:36,165
Hispanic, 12 African-American,

989
00:41:36,165 --> 00:41:37,990
14 Caucasian and in

990
00:41:37,990 --> 00:41:38,567
leadership. We have one

991
00:41:38,567 --> 00:41:39,301
Hispanic, one 4

992
00:41:39,301 --> 00:41:41,301
African-American and 7

993
00:41:43,773 --> 00:41:46,173
Caucasian. Far as community

994
00:41:46,709 --> 00:41:49,709
engagement. We are in the

995
00:41:49,879 --> 00:41:51,280
process of mailing letters.

996
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,415
And new application forms to

997
00:41:52,415 --> 00:41:54,415
veterans currently receiving

998
00:41:56,786 --> 00:41:58,688
deductions to inform them. Of

999
00:41:58,688 --> 00:41:59,321
changes to disabled Bennett

1000
00:41:59,321 --> 00:42:01,321
veterans, deductions and

1001
00:42:01,757 --> 00:42:02,825
credits. The letters for

1002
00:42:02,825 --> 00:42:05,825
Veterans of going out this

1003
00:42:09,165 --> 00:42:10,699
week. Recently I had an

1004
00:42:10,699 --> 00:42:12,435
interview with the local news

1005
00:42:12,435 --> 00:42:14,835
to educate homeowners about

1006
00:42:16,772 --> 00:42:18,240
Homestead. Deduction. I don't

1007
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:18,941
have the time. I don't know

1008
00:42:18,941 --> 00:42:21,577
when interview will be aired

1009
00:42:21,577 --> 00:42:23,977
just because the everybody's

1010
00:42:25,314 --> 00:42:26,140
been been about the in recent

1011
00:42:26,140 --> 00:42:28,684
floods that we have had. But

1012
00:42:28,684 --> 00:42:32,284
we are trying our best to

1013
00:42:33,622 --> 00:42:34,289
educate. Now, residents The

1014
00:42:34,289 --> 00:42:37,289
what we offer and Islanders

1015
00:42:37,626 --> 00:42:40,260
office. Let's talk about 2026

1016
00:42:42,131 --> 00:42:42,865
progress and improvements. So

1017
00:42:42,865 --> 00:42:45,265
the auditors office introduced

1018
00:42:46,235 --> 00:42:46,869
a new automated clearing House

1019
00:42:46,869 --> 00:42:48,869
reimbursement option for

1020
00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:51,707
employees. The initiative aims

1021
00:42:51,707 --> 00:42:53,707
to streamline the

1022
00:42:53,742 --> 00:42:55,211
reimbursement process and

1023
00:42:55,211 --> 00:42:58,211
reduce the reliance on paper

1024
00:42:58,214 --> 00:42:58,914
checks. We're transitioning

1025
00:42:58,914 --> 00:43:03,114
from paper. We the goal is to

1026
00:43:03,586 --> 00:43:04,386
become a paperless county. Our

1027
00:43:04,386 --> 00:43:05,655
a c 8 reimbursement option for

1028
00:43:05,655 --> 00:43:08,655
employees began JUNE. The 8th

1029
00:43:09,892 --> 00:43:11,361
of this year. This this is for

1030
00:43:11,361 --> 00:43:11,994
the city and county employees

1031
00:43:11,994 --> 00:43:13,595
who normally receive

1032
00:43:13,595 --> 00:43:15,595
reimbursements for like

1033
00:43:16,498 --> 00:43:17,767
conferences, meals, supplies,

1034
00:43:17,767 --> 00:43:20,767
mileage, cell phones or any,

1035
00:43:21,504 --> 00:43:22,238
you know, reimbursable items

1036
00:43:22,238 --> 00:43:23,173
and employee has been approved

1037
00:43:23,173 --> 00:43:26,173
to purchase by their agency.

1038
00:43:26,942 --> 00:43:27,543
And we're happy to report that

1039
00:43:27,543 --> 00:43:29,780
that is going well. And

1040
00:43:29,780 --> 00:43:30,146
basically what that means is

1041
00:43:30,146 --> 00:43:30,880
instead of getting a paper

1042
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,581
check, they have the option to

1043
00:43:32,581 --> 00:43:34,150
have it automatically

1044
00:43:34,150 --> 00:43:34,817
deposited into they're

1045
00:43:34,817 --> 00:43:37,217
checking account or savings

1046
00:43:40,356 --> 00:43:43,356
account what have you? We're

1047
00:43:43,425 --> 00:43:46,425
using you are using budgeted

1048
00:43:46,997 --> 00:43:48,640
funds to review current Wt w 2

1049
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,640
10 99 processes to ensure

1050
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:50,867
compliance with recent changes

1051
00:43:50,867 --> 00:43:52,769
in the applicable laws and

1052
00:43:52,769 --> 00:43:53,536
regulations. So excited

1053
00:43:53,536 --> 00:43:56,536
basically to be working with

1054
00:43:58,274 --> 00:43:59,542
our contract. That legal. Tax

1055
00:43:59,542 --> 00:44:01,942
professionals on our w 2 10 99

1056
00:44:07,149 --> 00:44:09,549
process us. Goals for 2027.

1057
00:44:10,787 --> 00:44:11,488
Expand automated clearing

1058
00:44:11,488 --> 00:44:13,556
house participation by adding

1059
00:44:13,556 --> 00:44:16,556
more vendors. What does that

1060
00:44:16,793 --> 00:44:19,793
mean? Liz Ellis left. It

1061
00:44:20,397 --> 00:44:21,731
reduces check printing costs.

1062
00:44:21,731 --> 00:44:22,365
So we MAY allocate those

1063
00:44:22,365 --> 00:44:24,765
resources to other future

1064
00:44:27,137 --> 00:44:29,137
initiatives. I mentioned

1065
00:44:31,374 --> 00:44:32,342
earlier the host it. The House

1066
00:44:32,342 --> 00:44:34,744
to credit, but beginning in

1067
00:44:34,744 --> 00:44:37,144
2026, the state mandates that.

1068
00:44:40,483 --> 00:44:41,540
County auditor shall. And that

1069
00:44:41,540 --> 00:44:43,540
Homestead investigations and

1070
00:44:43,586 --> 00:44:45,822
Beal for in eligible that

1071
00:44:45,822 --> 00:44:48,491
deduction is in prior years

1072
00:44:48,491 --> 00:44:51,491
before the language said it

1073
00:44:52,795 --> 00:44:55,795
was discretionary and that I

1074
00:44:58,635 --> 00:45:00,170
want to talk about. Before the

1075
00:45:00,170 --> 00:45:03,770
next light that like the home

1076
00:45:03,807 --> 00:45:07,407
state sweet. Now that so New

1077
00:45:10,580 --> 00:45:12,849
York so in regard to ach. So

1078
00:45:12,849 --> 00:45:16,286
in the beginning of my term.

1079
00:45:16,286 --> 00:45:16,953
We were receiving complaints.

1080
00:45:16,953 --> 00:45:19,953
The vendors were not being

1081
00:45:20,190 --> 00:45:20,824
paid fast enough and then

1082
00:45:20,824 --> 00:45:21,524
there's didn't want to do

1083
00:45:21,524 --> 00:45:24,994
business with the city or the

1084
00:45:24,994 --> 00:45:26,729
county. We implemented a new

1085
00:45:26,729 --> 00:45:29,129
payment request platform that

1086
00:45:30,199 --> 00:45:30,900
allowed us to be paperless

1087
00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:33,900
also MAY paying invoices much

1088
00:45:35,104 --> 00:45:36,806
quicker. Our initial start of

1089
00:45:36,806 --> 00:45:37,507
a ch was the introduction of

1090
00:45:37,507 --> 00:45:39,507
employee reimbursement, which

1091
00:45:41,511 --> 00:45:43,911
I just mentioned. Councilor

1092
00:45:44,140 --> 00:45:46,414
Cahill. Reached out with

1093
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,153
concerns. Regarding met terms

1094
00:45:49,153 --> 00:45:52,153
on payments and provided which

1095
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:58,950
i have. A copy of of you guys

1096
00:45:58,950 --> 00:45:58,795
is so the city County Council

1097
00:45:58,795 --> 00:46:01,795
calling can that was invoiced

1098
00:46:02,632 --> 00:46:06,232
on JULY 31st. And this year

1099
00:46:06,436 --> 00:46:07,304
with a due date of AUGUST,

1100
00:46:07,304 --> 00:46:07,938
30th with net terms with

1101
00:46:07,938 --> 00:46:11,538
terms. But it was paid on

1102
00:46:13,711 --> 00:46:16,111
AUGUST. 12th. People soften

1103
00:46:19,249 --> 00:46:20,309
just before Top of largest one

1104
00:46:20,309 --> 00:46:21,351
like tell you about people,

1105
00:46:21,351 --> 00:46:22,920
Southside, what people's out

1106
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:22,692
some people south as the

1107
00:46:22,692 --> 00:46:25,920
capabilities of setting that

1108
00:46:28,325 --> 00:46:28,959
terms. Acm and our purchasing

1109
00:46:28,959 --> 00:46:31,359
department met with their

1110
00:46:31,729 --> 00:46:32,396
legal counsel over concerns

1111
00:46:32,396 --> 00:46:35,396
that payments could not or

1112
00:46:36,166 --> 00:46:39,766
could be late. That or not

1113
00:46:40,437 --> 00:46:42,837
contracted purchase orders. We

1114
00:46:44,208 --> 00:46:46,608
must consider. All payments

1115
00:46:47,244 --> 00:46:50,244
that a 30 terms such as

1116
00:46:54,685 --> 00:46:55,586
utilities. Such as utilities

1117
00:46:55,586 --> 00:46:57,986
are not contracted purchases.

1118
00:46:59,423 --> 00:47:00,891
Rent, for example, rent

1119
00:47:00,891 --> 00:47:03,291
Invoiced at 7.15, on JULY.

1120
00:47:03,594 --> 00:47:04,528
15th is due on AUGUST. 1st. So

1121
00:47:04,528 --> 00:47:07,528
it doesn't mean that 30 days.

1122
00:47:08,932 --> 00:47:10,100
All right. So what are we

1123
00:47:10,100 --> 00:47:11,301
doing? What is the result? Be

1124
00:47:11,301 --> 00:47:12,636
honest with you. We don't have

1125
00:47:12,636 --> 00:47:16,836
the resolve, but we do have a

1126
00:47:16,907 --> 00:47:17,741
plan. So the next steps. Are

1127
00:47:17,741 --> 00:47:20,141
partnering acm and the

1128
00:47:20,177 --> 00:47:23,177
Treasurer's office to do an

1129
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,160
analysis of cash flow Nick

1130
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,318
terms and the frequency of a

1131
00:47:28,318 --> 00:47:30,718
ch transactions. Also, I

1132
00:47:31,655 --> 00:47:33,191
talked to staff on today.

1133
00:47:33,191 --> 00:47:35,591
Councilor Cahill about too,

1134
00:47:35,793 --> 00:47:38,793
just looking at every invoice

1135
00:47:39,129 --> 00:47:42,129
that we receive and then

1136
00:47:44,735 --> 00:47:45,844
figuring out how do we manage

1137
00:47:45,844 --> 00:47:48,844
particular invoices? And so I

1138
00:47:52,420 --> 00:47:55,642
also learned today that we can

1139
00:47:55,646 --> 00:47:56,347
also set whatever the number

1140
00:47:56,347 --> 00:47:58,849
of the default rather that 0

1141
00:47:58,849 --> 00:48:00,849
right, 20 days, right, 30

1142
00:48:02,720 --> 00:48:04,421
days. The goal of, though, for

1143
00:48:04,421 --> 00:48:07,421
offices to again, by me

1144
00:48:07,558 --> 00:48:09,794
receiving those complains from

1145
00:48:09,794 --> 00:48:13,394
vendors. It is to make sure

1146
00:48:13,564 --> 00:48:14,364
that. Vendors are paid on time

1147
00:48:14,364 --> 00:48:17,364
because also what happens is

1148
00:48:18,302 --> 00:48:20,302
sometimes. CHAIRMAN Lusk

1149
00:48:21,539 --> 00:48:22,172
Arias. We will get invoices

1150
00:48:22,172 --> 00:48:24,572
from agencies and they're

1151
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:28,612
already. The 30 day deadline,

1152
00:48:28,612 --> 00:48:32,212
right? So it's up to my

1153
00:48:32,750 --> 00:48:33,917
office. I feel at that time.

1154
00:48:33,917 --> 00:48:35,719
To like make sure that the

1155
00:48:35,719 --> 00:48:39,319
vendors are getting as soon as

1156
00:48:40,591 --> 00:48:42,493
possible. So we don't have it

1157
00:48:42,493 --> 00:48:43,361
all figured out yet, but we

1158
00:48:43,361 --> 00:48:43,961
will definitely look into what

1159
00:48:43,961 --> 00:48:46,961
we're going to do. The

1160
00:48:48,799 --> 00:48:52,399
research to find out how we

1161
00:48:52,670 --> 00:48:54,705
can process invoices in 30 day

1162
00:48:54,705 --> 00:48:55,372
next period, right? Because I

1163
00:48:55,372 --> 00:48:57,772
understand I do understand

1164
00:48:58,643 --> 00:49:00,177
where you're coming from

1165
00:49:00,177 --> 00:49:02,413
because if a bill is the

1166
00:49:02,413 --> 00:49:03,547
statement date is JULY, the

1167
00:49:03,547 --> 00:49:07,147
31st right? But the due date

1168
00:49:07,485 --> 00:49:10,255
is AUGUST. The 30th, we

1169
00:49:10,255 --> 00:49:10,955
probably set a default. Our

1170
00:49:10,955 --> 00:49:14,325
look wages make sure that the

1171
00:49:14,325 --> 00:49:16,161
bill is not late and have it

1172
00:49:16,161 --> 00:49:16,728
pay like 5 days prior to

1173
00:49:16,728 --> 00:49:18,763
write. So guess I do

1174
00:49:18,763 --> 00:49:21,763
understand and I'm hoping that

1175
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,800
I'm answering some of your

1176
00:49:25,336 --> 00:49:26,437
questions that had your email.

1177
00:49:26,437 --> 00:49:29,741
So with that being said, I'm

1178
00:49:29,741 --> 00:49:30,742
going to go ahead and continue

1179
00:49:30,742 --> 00:49:33,440
to go through the presentation

1180
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:33,678
and then I will take any

1181
00:49:33,678 --> 00:49:36,780
questions or any comments

1182
00:49:37,582 --> 00:49:39,851
from. The council members.

1183
00:49:39,851 --> 00:49:42,851
Okay. So let's talk about 2027

1184
00:49:44,923 --> 00:49:45,757
priorities and goals. The

1185
00:49:45,757 --> 00:49:46,925
homes week. We are currently

1186
00:49:46,925 --> 00:49:47,592
conducting coasted

1187
00:49:47,592 --> 00:49:48,326
investigations. However, we

1188
00:49:48,326 --> 00:49:50,328
are limited due to our current

1189
00:49:50,328 --> 00:49:52,728
property taxing system and

1190
00:49:53,310 --> 00:49:53,731
ability to gather information.

1191
00:49:53,731 --> 00:49:54,366
Our treasure actually talked

1192
00:49:54,366 --> 00:49:57,366
about the new tech scene.

1193
00:49:58,603 --> 00:50:02,203
System that we all bought into

1194
00:50:02,507 --> 00:50:03,174
myself. The assessor and the

1195
00:50:03,174 --> 00:50:05,574
treasurer, which she talked

1196
00:50:07,912 --> 00:50:08,780
about tax off and exiled is I

1197
00:50:08,780 --> 00:50:12,980
think going to do less a world

1198
00:50:14,652 --> 00:50:15,687
of good in regard how we are,

1199
00:50:15,687 --> 00:50:16,388
you know, tracking their

1200
00:50:16,388 --> 00:50:19,323
taxes. Our taxes on multiple

1201
00:50:19,323 --> 00:50:20,250
part parcel is at once the

1202
00:50:20,250 --> 00:50:21,426
current property tax. System

1203
00:50:21,426 --> 00:50:24,128
does not have that capability.

1204
00:50:24,128 --> 00:50:24,829
So we're excited About ix off

1205
00:50:24,829 --> 00:50:25,530
using it. And even that just

1206
00:50:25,530 --> 00:50:28,266
the features that it brings

1207
00:50:28,266 --> 00:50:32,466
with it. I think it'll be good

1208
00:50:33,805 --> 00:50:35,373
for the county engaging in the

1209
00:50:35,373 --> 00:50:37,175
go. Ineligible homestay it

1210
00:50:37,175 --> 00:50:39,100
data and software providers in

1211
00:50:39,100 --> 00:50:39,611
early spring that can provide

1212
00:50:39,611 --> 00:50:42,110
data. So we're working

1213
00:50:43,148 --> 00:50:45,182
organizations that actually I

1214
00:50:45,182 --> 00:50:47,185
have Don, like Homestead,

1215
00:50:47,185 --> 00:50:50,210
sweeps before. So our goal is

1216
00:50:50,210 --> 00:50:53,210
for any monitoring software to

1217
00:50:53,124 --> 00:50:53,925
continually research current

1218
00:50:53,925 --> 00:50:55,590
deduction recipients in our

1219
00:50:55,590 --> 00:50:58,596
tax base and alert U.S. Went

1220
00:50:58,596 --> 00:51:00,698
public record data suggest the

1221
00:51:00,698 --> 00:51:01,766
property is no longer serving

1222
00:51:01,766 --> 00:51:03,768
as the principal place of

1223
00:51:03,768 --> 00:51:04,736
residence. So for the homes

1224
00:51:04,736 --> 00:51:07,736
that pretty you are supposed

1225
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:10,142
to be living at the residence

1226
00:51:10,142 --> 00:51:11,676
and it is your responsibility

1227
00:51:11,676 --> 00:51:13,676
as homeowner's responsibility

1228
00:51:14,846 --> 00:51:15,613
to report that if they are no

1229
00:51:15,613 --> 00:51:18,130
longer residing at that

1230
00:51:19,351 --> 00:51:21,586
residence at that address.

1231
00:51:21,586 --> 00:51:22,186
Let's talk about revenue,

1232
00:51:22,186 --> 00:51:23,388
comprehensive homestead

1233
00:51:23,388 --> 00:51:25,523
deduction and the ala says the

1234
00:51:25,523 --> 00:51:27,392
net result is that we collect

1235
00:51:27,392 --> 00:51:29,940
up to 3 years of additional

1236
00:51:29,940 --> 00:51:30,728
taxes and associated

1237
00:51:30,728 --> 00:51:31,329
penalties. These collections

1238
00:51:31,329 --> 00:51:34,329
go to the auditors and

1239
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:36,834
eligible deductions, fun, the

1240
00:51:36,834 --> 00:51:38,670
greater impact to the Texan

1241
00:51:38,670 --> 00:51:39,738
units. The net revenue crease

1242
00:51:39,738 --> 00:51:42,138
after removing the fraudulent

1243
00:51:42,741 --> 00:51:44,741
erroneous Homestead deduction

1244
00:51:46,811 --> 00:51:49,211
from the specific parcel.

1245
00:51:51,550 --> 00:51:52,284
Budget breakdown. Increase

1246
00:51:52,284 --> 00:51:55,884
just a little bit account. Our

1247
00:51:55,988 --> 00:51:58,388
county, our county general,

1248
00:51:59,591 --> 00:52:01,591
for 2026. Was 14 million,

1249
00:52:02,494 --> 00:52:04,494
346,550 were $4. It is

1250
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:07,632
increased too 15 million,

1251
00:52:07,632 --> 00:52:09,632
107,764 dollars. Our in

1252
00:52:13,105 --> 00:52:15,505
eligible deductions. For this

1253
00:52:20,946 --> 00:52:22,946
year was $655,000. $903. This

1254
00:52:24,750 --> 00:52:26,750
year, solo wars, $662,128

1255
00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:33,692
endorsement. See one up. From

1256
00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,692
$155,509 to $182,096. Our

1257
00:52:37,663 --> 00:52:38,697
elected officials training

1258
00:52:38,697 --> 00:52:40,199
remain the same. Looks like I

1259
00:52:40,199 --> 00:52:42,167
probably do some traveling

1260
00:52:42,167 --> 00:52:44,567
nurse. I'm educating myself,

1261
00:52:45,371 --> 00:52:46,104
but local emergency planning

1262
00:52:46,104 --> 00:52:47,506
is in my budget. I'm not

1263
00:52:47,506 --> 00:52:49,375
really surely sure why. But

1264
00:52:49,375 --> 00:52:51,775
it's $110,000 and it remained

1265
00:52:53,446 --> 00:52:54,847
the same for next year. But a

1266
00:52:54,847 --> 00:52:56,847
breakdown for personnel

1267
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:03,520
character. One. 2027 to a

1268
00:53:06,580 --> 00:53:08,580
about 145 $1461. But the

1269
00:53:10,596 --> 00:53:12,596
difference of $562,705 in

1270
00:53:13,632 --> 00:53:16,320
eligible deductions went down

1271
00:53:22,174 --> 00:53:24,574
this year from $572,759 to 268

1272
00:53:26,780 --> 00:53:28,780
$1985, which with the

1273
00:53:30,182 --> 00:53:32,182
difference of $303,774.

1274
00:53:35,870 --> 00:53:37,289
Totaling on for this year,

1275
00:53:37,289 --> 00:53:39,289
2 billion 814 million,

1276
00:53:43,620 --> 00:53:44,530
$814,446 with the $258,931 in

1277
00:53:44,530 --> 00:53:45,697
my notes say here, the

1278
00:53:45,697 --> 00:53:47,697
character, one budget

1279
00:53:52,370 --> 00:53:54,437
increased by. I 258,931 about

1280
00:53:56,309 --> 00:53:58,709
$31 due to increasing cola

1281
00:53:59,145 --> 00:53:59,845
union and non-union and

1282
00:53:59,845 --> 00:54:01,847
changes in health insurance.

1283
00:54:01,847 --> 00:54:03,749
So this budget funds, 33

1284
00:54:03,749 --> 00:54:04,550
full-time employees with 3%

1285
00:54:04,550 --> 00:54:06,550
cola health insurance

1286
00:54:08,554 --> 00:54:11,554
increases. And step and grade

1287
00:54:12,492 --> 00:54:14,492
increases. Character to

1288
00:54:16,950 --> 00:54:18,495
supplies. County General Fund

1289
00:54:23,570 --> 00:54:26,570
for this year. $537 and went

1290
00:54:27,306 --> 00:54:29,706
down the difference of $1113.

1291
00:54:30,476 --> 00:54:31,176
Eligible deductions and 2026

1292
00:54:31,176 --> 00:54:34,176
was 23,000 stay the same. So

1293
00:54:36,516 --> 00:54:38,251
that's the euro with the if

1294
00:54:38,251 --> 00:54:40,420
you could say a total of

1295
00:54:40,420 --> 00:54:42,820
$23,537 with a difference of

1296
00:54:43,210 --> 00:54:45,421
1000, $113. And the for that

1297
00:54:49,950 --> 00:54:49,996
difference. Is reduced

1298
00:54:49,996 --> 00:54:50,697
gasoline funding based off of

1299
00:54:50,697 --> 00:54:54,297
usage. So I'm not driving my

1300
00:54:59,505 --> 00:55:02,505
city car lot Budget breakdown

1301
00:55:03,943 --> 00:55:04,644
character, 3 I'm just going

1302
00:55:04,644 --> 00:55:06,790
share with you. I'm not going

1303
00:55:06,790 --> 00:55:09,349
to go through all the the

1304
00:55:09,349 --> 00:55:12,285
figures here, but our charge

1305
00:55:12,285 --> 00:55:14,285
facts increased by $14,112.

1306
00:55:15,355 --> 00:55:18,955
You'll see the The slide and

1307
00:55:19,225 --> 00:55:22,225
then mental health costs sunny

1308
00:55:23,363 --> 00:55:26,833
and we saw an increase to

1309
00:55:26,833 --> 00:55:29,233
$524,447 to a total of

1310
00:55:32,906 --> 00:55:33,606
9 Million. And capital for

1311
00:55:33,606 --> 00:55:36,576
last, but not least there are

1312
00:55:36,576 --> 00:55:39,576
no changes. Our in eligible

1313
00:55:39,612 --> 00:55:41,612
deductions. 23,000 for this

1314
00:55:43,983 --> 00:55:46,118
year and $23,000 for next

1315
00:55:46,118 --> 00:55:49,718
year. That is conclusion of my

1316
00:55:54,227 --> 00:55:57,227
2027. It brings me and I.

1317
00:55:59,532 --> 00:56:01,200
Available to answer ultimately

1318
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,235
any questions think PRESIDENT

1319
00:56:02,235 --> 00:56:05,404
Luiz. Thank you. Thank you for

1320
00:56:05,404 --> 00:56:07,707
your presentation to sit

1321
00:56:07,707 --> 00:56:09,707
question regarding the

1322
00:56:09,776 --> 00:56:12,445
Homestead Review. Any day that

1323
00:56:12,445 --> 00:56:13,179
speaks to how often folks are

1324
00:56:13,179 --> 00:56:15,381
utilized as the ducks and that

1325
00:56:15,381 --> 00:56:17,781
should not be using

1326
00:56:24,557 --> 00:56:28,157
I think we don't have exactly

1327
00:56:28,395 --> 00:56:31,395
because. We don't have the

1328
00:56:32,299 --> 00:56:35,435
means to gather all the data

1329
00:56:35,435 --> 00:56:36,869
itself. By engaging with a

1330
00:56:36,869 --> 00:56:37,537
company that can provide the

1331
00:56:37,537 --> 00:56:39,537
software utilizes obviously

1332
00:56:43,577 --> 00:56:46,577
like dmv records. We thank

1333
00:56:47,513 --> 00:56:50,283
your dmv be in the records.

1334
00:56:50,283 --> 00:56:51,852
Any public data essentially it

1335
00:56:51,852 --> 00:56:55,452
will pull that would be can

1336
00:56:55,456 --> 00:56:57,560
determine now on a day-to-day

1337
00:56:57,560 --> 00:56:57,690
basis, we usually are able to

1338
00:56:57,690 --> 00:57:01,290
catch that as far as like

1339
00:57:01,628 --> 00:57:03,162
somebody coming. Nguyen, maybe

1340
00:57:03,162 --> 00:57:04,310
someone could say some of that

1341
00:57:04,310 --> 00:57:07,310
report. They come in and

1342
00:57:09,937 --> 00:57:10,637
they'll say we I move the year

1343
00:57:10,637 --> 00:57:11,938
ago and now I'm Alicia knows

1344
00:57:11,938 --> 00:57:15,409
me see my my home. So I need

1345
00:57:15,409 --> 00:57:16,143
to, you know, Ed or whatever

1346
00:57:16,143 --> 00:57:19,743
so than that, and that might

1347
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:22,820
trigger an investigation are

1348
00:57:22,820 --> 00:57:23,517
So how how often if you don't

1349
00:57:23,517 --> 00:57:24,184
mind is something like that

1350
00:57:24,184 --> 00:57:27,184
happened again? Do you have

1351
00:57:27,321 --> 00:57:28,322
figure that speaks to that? So

1352
00:57:28,322 --> 00:57:30,791
let me say If you know just So

1353
00:57:30,791 --> 00:57:33,226
let me say this I can't

1354
00:57:33,226 --> 00:57:35,950
remember what year so Mary

1355
00:57:35,950 --> 00:57:37,931
County is on this week before.

1356
00:57:37,931 --> 00:57:41,234
Okay. Okay. What year was that

1357
00:57:41,234 --> 00:57:41,902
10 years ago? So with

1358
00:57:41,902 --> 00:57:44,302
purchasing the new software

1359
00:57:44,504 --> 00:57:46,607
that we have mix off. Well,

1360
00:57:46,607 --> 00:57:48,742
hopefully to help us be able

1361
00:57:48,742 --> 00:57:51,142
to catch right individuals

1362
00:57:51,478 --> 00:57:52,212
that have more than one most

1363
00:57:52,212 --> 00:57:52,846
it deduction, right? So that's

1364
00:57:52,846 --> 00:57:53,747
why in the presentation,

1365
00:57:53,747 --> 00:57:56,747
though, that I said we're

1366
00:57:57,684 --> 00:58:00,840
meeting with. Companies that

1367
00:58:02,422 --> 00:58:03,857
have done this before and that

1368
00:58:03,857 --> 00:58:07,457
an initiative. Our is our goal

1369
00:58:07,628 --> 00:58:10,430
of ours is next year to do.

1370
00:58:10,430 --> 00:58:11,640
The sweet and also have in

1371
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:13,464
place whatever that looks

1372
00:58:14,534 --> 00:58:15,903
like. We don't know yet

1373
00:58:15,903 --> 00:58:18,903
something in place to catch

1374
00:58:19,806 --> 00:58:22,806
individuals that are that have

1375
00:58:22,976 --> 00:58:23,877
more than state deduction is

1376
00:58:23,877 --> 00:58:24,578
that makes us so we don't have

1377
00:58:24,578 --> 00:58:26,313
an answer yet, but it is on

1378
00:58:26,313 --> 00:58:28,315
our things to do list to get

1379
00:58:28,315 --> 00:58:29,160
done and the great thank you

1380
00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:30,117
so much that the nra says see

1381
00:58:30,117 --> 00:58:32,452
that data when you do have a

1382
00:58:32,452 --> 00:58:35,655
thank you that run. Thank you.

1383
00:58:35,655 --> 00:58:38,625
Counselor. Km. I think MISTER

1384
00:58:38,625 --> 00:58:39,326
Chair. Thank you addressing

1385
00:58:39,326 --> 00:58:41,528
those concerns because I you

1386
00:58:41,528 --> 00:58:42,896
know, we've talked more in the

1387
00:58:42,896 --> 00:58:44,932
past week about liquidity that

1388
00:58:44,932 --> 00:58:47,568
think we talked to my time on

1389
00:58:47,568 --> 00:58:48,902
the council and is important

1390
00:58:48,902 --> 00:58:52,502
and that cash flow and paying.

1391
00:58:52,539 --> 00:58:53,540
And I agree we should not. And

1392
00:58:53,540 --> 00:58:54,241
I'm not saying it's your fault

1393
00:58:54,241 --> 00:58:55,442
when somebody he's an invoice

1394
00:58:55,442 --> 00:58:58,145
after it was already do, we

1395
00:58:58,145 --> 00:58:59,746
shouldn't be paying invoices.

1396
00:58:59,746 --> 00:59:00,481
Late, but I also don't think

1397
00:59:00,481 --> 00:59:03,481
we should be paying early

1398
00:59:04,518 --> 00:59:05,552
because it has great cash And

1399
00:59:05,552 --> 00:59:06,853
I think this goes back to last

1400
00:59:06,853 --> 00:59:07,587
year's discussion because you

1401
00:59:07,587 --> 00:59:10,587
were talking about moving more

1402
00:59:11,892 --> 00:59:12,593
jc age and inherently that and

1403
00:59:12,593 --> 00:59:15,128
addressed. We could cut, you

1404
00:59:15,128 --> 00:59:15,796
know, another week. Plus, when

1405
00:59:15,796 --> 00:59:17,197
you don't mail a check, but

1406
00:59:17,197 --> 00:59:19,567
now you see agent. Well, if

1407
00:59:19,567 --> 00:59:20,901
you're not issuing that ac age

1408
00:59:20,901 --> 00:59:24,371
on the day that it's too well,

1409
00:59:24,371 --> 00:59:24,972
actually, they too. It's like

1410
00:59:24,972 --> 00:59:25,706
if there's a weekend or

1411
00:59:25,706 --> 00:59:27,474
whatever. But if you if you're

1412
00:59:27,474 --> 00:59:29,810
not issuing that at that time

1413
00:59:29,810 --> 00:59:31,713
and you do kind of like this,

1414
00:59:31,713 --> 00:59:35,313
then because at least in this

1415
00:59:35,783 --> 00:59:36,917
case, calling it example,

1416
00:59:36,917 --> 00:59:37,618
there was checkpoint, the mail

1417
00:59:37,618 --> 00:59:40,530
and then And then it went in

1418
00:59:40,530 --> 00:59:41,188
the mail that got cash.

1419
00:59:41,188 --> 00:59:42,890
Probably was only off by a

1420
00:59:42,890 --> 00:59:43,691
couple days. But when we see

1421
00:59:43,691 --> 00:59:46,691
age that still gets bigger.

1422
00:59:46,727 --> 00:59:48,729
And although we picked a

1423
00:59:48,729 --> 00:59:50,865
colleague example not of

1424
00:59:50,865 --> 00:59:53,865
dollar amount. My concern is

1425
00:59:54,702 --> 00:59:55,503
more like and we have a major

1426
00:59:55,503 --> 00:59:56,203
contractor looking milestone

1427
00:59:56,203 --> 00:59:56,938
or something that with check

1428
00:59:56,938 --> 00:59:58,806
as Labour's pch as a lot zeros

1429
00:59:58,806 --> 01:00:03,600
at the end and the math of

1430
01:00:03,744 --> 01:00:04,545
that. So my my question my

1431
01:00:04,545 --> 01:00:05,847
follow-up question is last

1432
01:00:05,847 --> 01:00:07,480
year's presentation talked

1433
01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:07,915
about a ch converting more to

1434
01:00:07,915 --> 01:00:09,717
that. You've got that is to do

1435
01:00:09,717 --> 01:00:13,317
this year. And you said you've

1436
01:00:13,888 --> 01:00:15,623
got employee reimbursement

1437
01:00:15,623 --> 01:00:16,357
payments that's that's great

1438
01:00:16,357 --> 01:00:18,192
for great things from the

1439
01:00:18,192 --> 01:00:20,461
employees about that process.

1440
01:00:20,461 --> 01:00:21,963
Better. Are there other than

1441
01:00:21,963 --> 01:00:22,997
that? We have anybody on a

1442
01:00:22,997 --> 01:00:26,597
stage today or is that still

1443
01:00:26,901 --> 01:00:28,803
working properly? Yeah,

1444
01:00:28,803 --> 01:00:29,971
absolutely. Of like a you

1445
01:00:29,971 --> 01:00:32,600
have. We're working to expand

1446
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:33,508
the pilot, but we do have a

1447
01:00:33,508 --> 01:00:35,877
couple of outside of our

1448
01:00:35,877 --> 01:00:36,577
normal because we do a ch

1449
01:00:36,577 --> 01:00:40,177
outside of that. I think last

1450
01:00:40,315 --> 01:00:41,249
year we added, for example,

1451
01:00:41,249 --> 01:00:41,916
state board of accounts we

1452
01:00:41,916 --> 01:00:45,516
need to pay. And with this

1453
01:00:46,540 --> 01:00:47,880
like. Taxing unit audits, when

1454
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:50,880
see those invoices, we added

1455
01:00:52,727 --> 01:00:53,394
those 2 ach, but this year, I

1456
01:00:53,394 --> 01:00:56,394
say talking with them about

1457
01:00:58,332 --> 01:00:59,500
the ach process. And in

1458
01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:00,301
talking about a pilot asked if

1459
01:01:00,301 --> 01:01:03,901
we would include one of their

1460
01:01:05,873 --> 01:01:07,800
vendors. So we did

1461
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:08,142
technologies. Second one was

1462
01:01:08,142 --> 01:01:11,742
just added a couple of months

1463
01:01:11,779 --> 01:01:14,148
ago and that score pay. So

1464
01:01:14,148 --> 01:01:17,148
that's utilized by the the

1465
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:20,540
fuel payments up They

1466
01:01:20,540 --> 01:01:22,454
situations where we're running

1467
01:01:24,250 --> 01:01:25,590
into where payments for being

1468
01:01:25,590 --> 01:01:27,459
and feels important for

1469
01:01:30,640 --> 01:01:30,932
Obviously impd I d to be able

1470
01:01:30,932 --> 01:01:33,932
to conduct We didn't convert

1471
01:01:38,305 --> 01:01:39,700
those to ach so next step

1472
01:01:39,700 --> 01:01:39,740
because we now have mandate.

1473
01:01:39,740 --> 01:01:42,710
The wearing We talked about is

1474
01:01:42,710 --> 01:01:45,710
next. Expanding that, but also

1475
01:01:46,414 --> 01:01:48,716
doing it carefully, taking

1476
01:01:48,716 --> 01:01:49,350
into consideration that terms

1477
01:01:49,350 --> 01:01:51,350
consider e considering

1478
01:01:55,757 --> 01:01:58,757
liquidity cash flow. We have

1479
01:01:59,827 --> 01:02:01,329
talked of the treasurer's

1480
01:02:01,329 --> 01:02:02,130
about what that might look

1481
01:02:02,130 --> 01:02:04,320
like. So it might not be

1482
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:06,401
obviously ach every day. It

1483
01:02:06,401 --> 01:02:09,401
might be picky. Some certain

1484
01:02:11,339 --> 01:02:13,175
vendors to begin with

1485
01:02:13,175 --> 01:02:15,420
discussing figuring out the

1486
01:02:15,420 --> 01:02:16,344
frequently what that would

1487
01:02:16,344 --> 01:02:19,647
look like. So and then I think

1488
01:02:19,647 --> 01:02:23,317
with a ch 2, is that. It's an

1489
01:02:23,317 --> 01:02:26,917
instant are Payment. So it we

1490
01:02:27,550 --> 01:02:29,324
make the with the exception of

1491
01:02:29,324 --> 01:02:32,924
mail. I that 30. We can set

1492
01:02:33,195 --> 01:02:36,795
that date on on 30 right. And

1493
01:02:37,231 --> 01:02:38,500
we know it's not going to be

1494
01:02:38,500 --> 01:02:41,500
late that they received that

1495
01:02:42,570 --> 01:02:43,272
day so we can maximize

1496
01:02:43,272 --> 01:02:44,405
maximizing that 30 terms and

1497
01:02:44,405 --> 01:02:46,541
also make sure not paying

1498
01:02:46,541 --> 01:02:48,210
late. Yeah, no, that's that's

1499
01:02:48,210 --> 01:02:48,843
good to hear. I I hope that

1500
01:02:48,843 --> 01:02:49,511
and I'm glad to hear not

1501
01:02:49,511 --> 01:02:52,511
surprised that I'm glad to

1502
01:02:53,348 --> 01:02:54,282
hear the Laker fuel supplier

1503
01:02:54,282 --> 01:02:55,317
for that makes perfect sense.

1504
01:02:55,317 --> 01:02:59,540
I guess I would hope that we

1505
01:02:59,540 --> 01:02:59,721
would kind of the big dollars

1506
01:02:59,721 --> 01:03:02,721
because I realize that the

1507
01:03:04,459 --> 01:03:05,193
goal is to eliminate the papal

1508
01:03:05,193 --> 01:03:08,193
charity. But in my experience,

1509
01:03:10,732 --> 01:03:12,134
bang for the buck is actually

1510
01:03:12,134 --> 01:03:14,534
The individual payments, even

1511
01:03:14,903 --> 01:03:18,503
though so we MAY still be

1512
01:03:18,874 --> 01:03:19,575
sending of a projected to

1513
01:03:19,575 --> 01:03:21,975
college Buffalo, Yorkers. And

1514
01:03:22,711 --> 01:03:25,711
yes, a ch 2. You know,

1515
01:03:25,714 --> 01:03:26,515
electric company esta citizens

1516
01:03:26,515 --> 01:03:28,417
milestone, too. So are you

1517
01:03:28,417 --> 01:03:31,417
anybody gets in my opinion,

1518
01:03:31,487 --> 01:03:32,120
anybody 7 figures a year and

1519
01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:35,357
that peak hour, I look at

1520
01:03:35,357 --> 01:03:36,858
that. So that's that's free.

1521
01:03:36,858 --> 01:03:37,593
And I guess my final thing I'm

1522
01:03:37,593 --> 01:03:39,861
glad I want him and you are

1523
01:03:39,861 --> 01:03:42,261
conversations now. I think

1524
01:03:42,931 --> 01:03:43,632
there MAY be an opportunity

1525
01:03:43,632 --> 01:03:46,301
for some training with regard

1526
01:03:46,301 --> 01:03:47,302
to people saw and it might

1527
01:03:47,302 --> 01:03:50,380
address some of what you're

1528
01:03:50,380 --> 01:03:50,739
talking about. Where rent

1529
01:03:50,739 --> 01:03:54,339
doesn't but that it might be

1530
01:03:54,576 --> 01:03:55,811
as simple as saying for rent

1531
01:03:55,811 --> 01:03:56,945
put the day, the rent is due

1532
01:03:56,945 --> 01:03:59,347
with net 0 and then the

1533
01:03:59,347 --> 01:04:03,547
payment will at the So I think

1534
01:04:03,952 --> 01:04:04,986
I think our understanding at

1535
01:04:04,986 --> 01:04:07,986
the moment and that's talking

1536
01:04:08,890 --> 01:04:11,930
with the Rp team and my xyz,

1537
01:04:11,930 --> 01:04:12,294
Europe. He handles, you know,

1538
01:04:12,294 --> 01:04:14,694
peoples problems or issues

1539
01:04:16,264 --> 01:04:17,499
river. Have that we might be

1540
01:04:17,499 --> 01:04:18,233
able to do that on a Hope.

1541
01:04:18,233 --> 01:04:18,500
We're hoping we can do that on

1542
01:04:18,500 --> 01:04:18,598
a b#

1543
01:04:18,598 --> 01:04:18,752
#

1544
01:04:18,752 --> 01:04:18,876
#

1545
01:04:18,876 --> 01:04:18,994
#

1546
01:04:18,994 --> 01:04:19,167
#

1547
01:04:19,167 --> 01:04:21,167
level which which

1548
01:04:22,871 --> 01:04:23,538
would be helpful that way. We

1549
01:04:23,538 --> 01:04:25,938
know that specific specific

1550
01:04:27,743 --> 01:04:30,743
vendor possibly. Kind of nutty

1551
01:04:31,513 --> 01:04:32,147
some of those out that we can.

1552
01:04:32,147 --> 01:04:34,316
You know, if that is, you

1553
01:04:34,316 --> 01:04:35,160
know, 15 days are only giving

1554
01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:35,685
15 days for that. We can set

1555
01:04:35,685 --> 01:04:37,452
it for that specific vendor

1556
01:04:37,452 --> 01:04:38,120
rather than having it as of

1557
01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:41,120
the fall across. People saw

1558
01:04:42,792 --> 01:04:43,425
it. Yes, I would certainly

1559
01:04:43,425 --> 01:04:45,661
help at center I believe

1560
01:04:45,661 --> 01:04:46,395
that's how it's supposed want

1561
01:04:46,395 --> 01:04:49,131
to hear that. But yeah, I just

1562
01:04:49,131 --> 01:04:50,866
I want conclude with thanks

1563
01:04:50,866 --> 01:04:53,866
again for this is major

1564
01:04:53,869 --> 01:04:55,170
progress past year. Fishy with

1565
01:04:55,170 --> 01:04:56,605
thank you. Thank Council

1566
01:04:56,605 --> 01:04:57,272
council I just would like to

1567
01:04:57,272 --> 01:05:00,409
say to you that I do think

1568
01:05:00,409 --> 01:05:02,278
that we can get it done. I do.

1569
01:05:02,278 --> 01:05:03,450
And I think it's having the

1570
01:05:03,450 --> 01:05:06,450
conversations on like we live

1571
01:05:06,749 --> 01:05:08,150
in a hyper right. So I but I

1572
01:05:08,150 --> 01:05:09,819
do. I think that is something

1573
01:05:09,819 --> 01:05:10,453
that having conversations and

1574
01:05:10,453 --> 01:05:11,520
again, because I'd learn

1575
01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:15,120
myself today in regard to the

1576
01:05:17,693 --> 01:05:18,427
Deval, but the system and

1577
01:05:18,427 --> 01:05:21,597
actually, if it's a rule right

1578
01:05:21,597 --> 01:05:24,534
versus a law and what the

1579
01:05:24,534 --> 01:05:25,801
auditor has the authority, if

1580
01:05:25,801 --> 01:05:27,469
you will, to decide on what

1581
01:05:27,469 --> 01:05:29,572
that number looks like. So we

1582
01:05:29,572 --> 01:05:31,641
would definitely my staff and

1583
01:05:31,641 --> 01:05:32,308
we taking a look into it and

1584
01:05:32,308 --> 01:05:34,677
figure out what's best for

1585
01:05:34,677 --> 01:05:37,677
good government for yeah, for

1586
01:05:41,484 --> 01:05:42,251
the Thank Council rose. Thank

1587
01:05:42,251 --> 01:05:43,553
you, MR. CHAIRMAN and I agree

1588
01:05:43,553 --> 01:05:44,754
with you, counselor Cahill.

1589
01:05:44,754 --> 01:05:46,489
This is very tedious work. So

1590
01:05:46,489 --> 01:05:49,489
thank you. MADAM Auditor, you

1591
01:05:50,293 --> 01:05:52,940
have done great work. I think

1592
01:05:52,940 --> 01:05:54,430
the ach peace is not only

1593
01:05:54,430 --> 01:05:55,970
reducing fraud, thought, but

1594
01:05:55,970 --> 01:05:55,731
it's good for business. We

1595
01:05:55,731 --> 01:05:58,134
don't want to drive those

1596
01:05:58,134 --> 01:05:58,734
dinners. The waste we've had,

1597
01:05:58,734 --> 01:06:01,370
you know, the course of

1598
01:06:01,370 --> 01:06:03,437
several years and decades,

1599
01:06:05,740 --> 01:06:06,409
even as so many vendors and

1600
01:06:06,409 --> 01:06:08,110
other agencies and governments

1601
01:06:08,110 --> 01:06:09,545
go to some of these things

1602
01:06:09,545 --> 01:06:10,446
were losing out on great

1603
01:06:10,446 --> 01:06:11,380
getting work done in a timely

1604
01:06:11,380 --> 01:06:14,980
fashion. So I commend you for

1605
01:06:15,118 --> 01:06:17,518
that. And again, prioritizing

1606
01:06:19,122 --> 01:06:20,923
internally was huge. And it's

1607
01:06:20,923 --> 01:06:21,591
it is so tedious and it's a

1608
01:06:21,591 --> 01:06:22,858
case-by-case piece. I just

1609
01:06:22,858 --> 01:06:24,127
want to shout out the team. I

1610
01:06:24,127 --> 01:06:25,610
know it's a long day for you.

1611
01:06:25,610 --> 01:06:26,280
Thank you for showing up and

1612
01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:26,729
thank you for all the work

1613
01:06:26,729 --> 01:06:30,990
that you all to thank. Thank

1614
01:06:30,990 --> 01:06:31,600
you, MR. CHAIRMAN. Thank you.

1615
01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:32,268
Any other questions on the

1616
01:06:32,268 --> 01:06:36,468
ach? Is there a fee for the

1617
01:06:36,639 --> 01:06:39,390
vendor? 0? It like $2 less

1618
01:06:40,543 --> 01:06:41,244
than a and is less than a

1619
01:06:41,244 --> 01:06:43,179
dollar? Yeah, it's It's like

1620
01:06:43,179 --> 01:06:46,150
pennies compared to look at

1621
01:06:46,150 --> 01:06:47,650
absolutely a check time. Thank

1622
01:06:47,650 --> 01:06:49,218
you. Any other questions

1623
01:06:49,218 --> 01:06:51,587
counselors, anyone from the

1624
01:06:51,587 --> 01:06:52,388
audience seeing none. We'll

1625
01:06:52,388 --> 01:06:56,588
move on to the item. Thank you

1626
01:06:59,695 --> 01:07:02,695
very Thank you. And bringing

1627
01:07:06,235 --> 01:07:08,635
rules for commute. It.

1628
01:07:37,100 --> 01:07:38,367
Welcome. And good evening.

1629
01:07:38,367 --> 01:07:39,235
Okay. Operation Officers

1630
01:07:39,235 --> 01:07:41,635
Correction Council. So a

1631
01:07:45,808 --> 01:07:46,542
pretty young 25th floor. 23rd

1632
01:07:46,542 --> 01:07:50,142
you have all the attorneys you

1633
01:07:50,380 --> 01:07:52,882
don't know where we are all

1634
01:07:52,882 --> 01:07:53,784
right. You have the Thank you.

1635
01:07:53,784 --> 01:07:56,586
Times kids with their thank

1636
01:07:56,586 --> 01:07:59,355
your time tonight friend. If

1637
01:07:59,355 --> 01:08:00,423
you are in that position

1638
01:08:00,423 --> 01:08:01,458
council here tonight present

1639
01:08:01,458 --> 01:08:02,580
the proposed 2027 budget for

1640
01:08:02,580 --> 01:08:04,580
the Office Corporation

1641
01:08:05,695 --> 01:08:08,950
counsel. To increase snapshot

1642
01:08:09,666 --> 01:08:13,737
of our agency. We are the in

1643
01:08:13,737 --> 01:08:14,403
law firm of the city county

1644
01:08:14,403 --> 01:08:15,105
provide full comprehensive

1645
01:08:15,105 --> 01:08:15,739
legal services to all of our

1646
01:08:15,739 --> 01:08:18,139
city county agencies and

1647
01:08:20,677 --> 01:08:21,678
employees. There are 3 fritzl

1648
01:08:21,678 --> 01:08:22,546
divisions in our office. The

1649
01:08:22,546 --> 01:08:23,213
litigation Division, the

1650
01:08:23,213 --> 01:08:25,613
Counseling Division and the

1651
01:08:26,116 --> 01:08:26,783
office. It's a prosecutor our

1652
01:08:26,783 --> 01:08:29,183
office also administers the

1653
01:08:30,487 --> 01:08:32,489
office of Equal Opportunity.

1654
01:08:32,489 --> 01:08:33,490
Here's a snapshot of the occ

1655
01:08:33,490 --> 01:08:34,991
organizational chart, as

1656
01:08:34,991 --> 01:08:37,391
you'll see there, the 3

1657
01:08:38,128 --> 01:08:38,762
divisions are listed in led

1658
01:08:38,762 --> 01:08:41,162
Katie Campbell, our city

1659
01:08:42,132 --> 01:08:43,199
prosecutor who's here tonight

1660
01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:43,901
Ellen Gavitt, our chief

1661
01:08:43,901 --> 01:08:46,360
counsel and Kylie Keys there,

1662
01:08:46,360 --> 01:08:47,671
our chief litigation counsel,

1663
01:08:47,671 --> 01:08:50,407
our senior staff is comprised

1664
01:08:50,407 --> 01:08:51,108
of the first 3 rows. So it be

1665
01:08:51,108 --> 01:08:53,508
the Corporation Council, the

1666
01:08:54,100 --> 01:08:54,710
deputy corporation counsel,

1667
01:08:54,710 --> 01:08:57,710
the 3 section chiefs, as well

1668
01:08:57,748 --> 01:08:58,415
as our office administrator.

1669
01:08:58,415 --> 01:09:00,815
Our leadership is 80% women

1670
01:09:05,422 --> 01:09:06,890
and we are very proud of

1671
01:09:06,890 --> 01:09:07,624
Here's a bit a look at she

1672
01:09:07,624 --> 01:09:08,792
sees role is to look at the

1673
01:09:08,792 --> 01:09:09,626
divisions and what used to

1674
01:09:09,626 --> 01:09:11,995
vision does and what they do

1675
01:09:11,995 --> 01:09:14,130
to provide support to city

1676
01:09:14,130 --> 01:09:15,699
county. The litigation

1677
01:09:15,699 --> 01:09:16,700
Division manages the docket of

1678
01:09:16,700 --> 01:09:17,400
cases all the times. And each

1679
01:09:17,400 --> 01:09:18,669
time the city of Indianapolis

1680
01:09:18,669 --> 01:09:22,269
is listed as a defendant. That

1681
01:09:23,974 --> 01:09:24,908
is the case. We take up last

1682
01:09:24,908 --> 01:09:26,110
year, enforces on to the trend

1683
01:09:26,110 --> 01:09:27,244
the past several years. Seen

1684
01:09:27,244 --> 01:09:28,812
an uptick of cases filed

1685
01:09:28,812 --> 01:09:30,447
against the city county and

1686
01:09:30,447 --> 01:09:33,490
its employees last year, a

1687
01:09:33,490 --> 01:09:36,490
total of 118 cases were filed

1688
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:37,821
with 114 resolve to be clear

1689
01:09:37,821 --> 01:09:38,522
114 leads back to cases. His

1690
01:09:38,522 --> 01:09:39,389
office, obviously especially

1691
01:09:39,389 --> 01:09:41,389
federal litigation last

1692
01:09:42,592 --> 01:09:43,794
several years or can several

1693
01:09:43,794 --> 01:09:45,280
years this year. So far, we're

1694
01:09:45,280 --> 01:09:48,280
at 65 cases filed against the

1695
01:09:49,199 --> 01:09:50,233
city with 76 resolved. This.

1696
01:09:50,233 --> 01:09:50,900
That is a higher number than

1697
01:09:50,900 --> 01:09:54,104
we were last at last year's

1698
01:09:54,104 --> 01:09:54,839
budget presentation, which is

1699
01:09:54,839 --> 01:09:55,972
potentially indicative that we

1700
01:09:55,972 --> 01:09:57,674
are going to have more cases

1701
01:09:57,674 --> 01:09:58,408
again filed against the city

1702
01:09:58,408 --> 01:10:00,143
county just showing the amount

1703
01:10:00,143 --> 01:10:02,245
work in the litigation

1704
01:10:02,245 --> 01:10:02,946
section. The county section

1705
01:10:02,946 --> 01:10:05,982
that's kind of you to view is

1706
01:10:05,982 --> 01:10:06,950
the in-house counsel. Each

1707
01:10:06,950 --> 01:10:07,585
agency is assigned their own

1708
01:10:07,585 --> 01:10:08,619
counseling attorney. And

1709
01:10:08,619 --> 01:10:09,320
that's usually the first

1710
01:10:09,320 --> 01:10:10,540
attorney those agencies go to

1711
01:10:10,540 --> 01:10:13,156
and they have a legal question

1712
01:10:13,156 --> 01:10:13,824
the legal advice. The council

1713
01:10:13,824 --> 01:10:15,425
section provides those told

1714
01:10:15,425 --> 01:10:17,428
city County agencies as well

1715
01:10:17,428 --> 01:10:19,828
as the 30 boards and

1716
01:10:20,331 --> 01:10:21,365
commissions. Finally the

1717
01:10:21,365 --> 01:10:22,650
office of see prosecutors, the

1718
01:10:22,650 --> 01:10:22,767
office that's responsible for

1719
01:10:22,767 --> 01:10:25,167
enforcing the code violations

1720
01:10:25,770 --> 01:10:28,170
and ordinance violations. Last

1721
01:10:28,939 --> 01:10:31,339
year, they filed 1128 cases

1722
01:10:32,809 --> 01:10:35,809
and close 1002 this year, they

1723
01:10:36,513 --> 01:10:39,513
filed 713 cases and close so

1724
01:10:41,752 --> 01:10:44,152
far close 667. Without past 6,

1725
01:10:47,358 --> 01:10:48,590
6, 6, o that's good as far as

1726
01:10:48,590 --> 01:10:48,693
agents to staffing and that's

1727
01:10:48,693 --> 01:10:52,293
going to be a portion and

1728
01:10:52,963 --> 01:10:53,865
future slides. Tonight we have

1729
01:10:53,865 --> 01:10:56,265
46, tough fte positions with

1730
01:10:56,901 --> 01:10:58,469
31 filled with 15 vacancies.

1731
01:10:58,469 --> 01:11:00,371
Our focus of our senior staff

1732
01:11:00,371 --> 01:11:02,506
since I've taken this role has

1733
01:11:02,506 --> 01:11:03,374
been on finding ways to

1734
01:11:03,374 --> 01:11:04,975
support our staff, continue to

1735
01:11:04,975 --> 01:11:05,709
give the attorneys and the

1736
01:11:05,709 --> 01:11:08,413
staff in our office a good

1737
01:11:08,413 --> 01:11:10,413
opportunity, good experiences.

1738
01:11:10,781 --> 01:11:11,449
What we retention we want and

1739
01:11:11,449 --> 01:11:13,784
also have resource to help

1740
01:11:13,784 --> 01:11:15,186
build their careers as well.

1741
01:11:15,186 --> 01:11:17,221
So things we do and things

1742
01:11:17,221 --> 01:11:17,888
that we use the budget for her

1743
01:11:17,888 --> 01:11:20,558
character threes to pay for

1744
01:11:20,558 --> 01:11:22,958
attorneys annual licenses. We

1745
01:11:23,494 --> 01:11:24,529
reimburse support staff are

1746
01:11:24,529 --> 01:11:25,229
maintaining credentials.

1747
01:11:25,229 --> 01:11:26,964
That's probably was obviously

1748
01:11:26,964 --> 01:11:28,166
seen with our paralegals. Many

1749
01:11:28,166 --> 01:11:28,866
of them are notary publics. We

1750
01:11:28,866 --> 01:11:29,533
find that very beneficial to

1751
01:11:29,533 --> 01:11:31,869
have in our office will pay

1752
01:11:31,869 --> 01:11:32,570
for them to get those

1753
01:11:32,570 --> 01:11:34,970
commission's every few years.

1754
01:11:35,906 --> 01:11:36,707
They need those something we

1755
01:11:36,707 --> 01:11:39,707
introduced last year and we're

1756
01:11:40,411 --> 01:11:41,479
going continue into 27 was

1757
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:42,146
reached a tourney, a $500 bank

1758
01:11:42,146 --> 01:11:45,382
that they can use for their

1759
01:11:45,382 --> 01:11:46,350
own professional development.

1760
01:11:46,350 --> 01:11:47,118
As most probably know, in

1761
01:11:47,118 --> 01:11:47,818
order to maintain your

1762
01:11:47,818 --> 01:11:48,419
attorney license, you have to

1763
01:11:48,419 --> 01:11:49,920
do a certain amount of

1764
01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:51,422
continuing legal education

1765
01:11:51,422 --> 01:11:52,423
every year. So this helps

1766
01:11:52,423 --> 01:11:54,580
because most firms and other

1767
01:11:54,580 --> 01:11:55,526
places will pay for that

1768
01:11:55,526 --> 01:11:56,227
entirely. But this gives an

1769
01:11:56,227 --> 01:11:58,429
opportunity to find not only

1770
01:11:58,429 --> 01:11:59,130
programs and they have the in

1771
01:11:59,130 --> 01:12:00,564
their individual job bankers,

1772
01:12:00,564 --> 01:12:03,200
things that they will utilize

1773
01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:04,101
to help them professionally.

1774
01:12:04,101 --> 01:12:04,802
We provide each attorney with

1775
01:12:04,802 --> 01:12:06,971
a membership to the and well

1776
01:12:06,971 --> 01:12:09,371
wishes the in International

1777
01:12:09,707 --> 01:12:10,574
Municipal Lawyers Association.

1778
01:12:10,574 --> 01:12:11,308
There's also the Indiana

1779
01:12:11,308 --> 01:12:13,308
Municipal Lawyers Association.

1780
01:12:13,377 --> 01:12:14,545
They're members of that has an

1781
01:12:14,545 --> 01:12:15,246
annual conference that all of

1782
01:12:15,246 --> 01:12:17,748
our attorneys to tend to work

1783
01:12:17,748 --> 01:12:18,916
in network and meet with all

1784
01:12:18,916 --> 01:12:20,885
this will trays across

1785
01:12:20,885 --> 01:12:22,686
Indiana. It's a very fun

1786
01:12:22,686 --> 01:12:23,487
conference, they learned and

1787
01:12:23,487 --> 01:12:24,188
kind of learn different

1788
01:12:24,188 --> 01:12:27,188
strategies of all the things

1789
01:12:27,558 --> 01:12:29,794
that we all MAY be facing.

1790
01:12:29,794 --> 01:12:30,528
Finally, make sure we we've

1791
01:12:30,528 --> 01:12:32,928
really developed some internal

1792
01:12:32,930 --> 01:12:34,231
training education programs.

1793
01:12:34,231 --> 01:12:34,965
So the attorneys don't need to

1794
01:12:34,965 --> 01:12:36,667
dip into their bank. They can

1795
01:12:36,667 --> 01:12:37,301
just here in the office. Get

1796
01:12:37,301 --> 01:12:37,935
an hour Cle on a subject

1797
01:12:37,935 --> 01:12:40,335
matter that's relevant to

1798
01:12:41,706 --> 01:12:44,106
them. Looking to programmatic

1799
01:12:44,642 --> 01:12:45,810
and fiscal successes of 26. I

1800
01:12:45,810 --> 01:12:47,812
kind of put these into 3

1801
01:12:47,812 --> 01:12:48,947
different buckets. The first

1802
01:12:48,947 --> 01:12:50,648
and foremost, which is I think

1803
01:12:50,648 --> 01:12:51,816
the primary responsibility of

1804
01:12:51,816 --> 01:12:52,417
our offices, the reduction of

1805
01:12:52,417 --> 01:12:54,417
liability of potential

1806
01:12:54,652 --> 01:12:56,821
exposure of the city county.

1807
01:12:56,821 --> 01:12:57,455
So that is advising monitoring

1808
01:12:57,455 --> 01:12:59,157
compliance with state and

1809
01:12:59,157 --> 01:12:59,724
federal laws and regulations

1810
01:12:59,724 --> 01:13:02,327
past year and a half,

1811
01:13:02,327 --> 01:13:03,600
particularly there's been a

1812
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:06,397
slew of new rules and regs and

1813
01:13:06,397 --> 01:13:07,131
things coming out. So we have

1814
01:13:07,131 --> 01:13:07,833
a symbol, a little team within

1815
01:13:07,833 --> 01:13:08,533
our office to kind of keep an

1816
01:13:08,533 --> 01:13:11,533
eye on that. What's happening

1817
01:13:11,669 --> 01:13:12,370
at the federal level and

1818
01:13:12,370 --> 01:13:13,338
what's happening in different

1819
01:13:13,338 --> 01:13:13,939
states, especially cities that

1820
01:13:13,939 --> 01:13:15,939
are similarly situated,

1821
01:13:17,375 --> 01:13:18,109
Indianapolis to see what's

1822
01:13:18,109 --> 01:13:18,709
happening in so we can quickly

1823
01:13:18,709 --> 01:13:20,945
advise our clients get

1824
01:13:20,945 --> 01:13:22,280
guidance and kind of interpret

1825
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:23,615
if there's pivots, we should

1826
01:13:23,615 --> 01:13:25,617
suggest or recommend that also

1827
01:13:25,617 --> 01:13:26,484
just having were never caught

1828
01:13:26,484 --> 01:13:28,185
surprised by thing coming down

1829
01:13:28,185 --> 01:13:30,422
from the state or federal

1830
01:13:30,422 --> 01:13:31,790
level. We also resolve law try

1831
01:13:31,790 --> 01:13:32,590
to work to resolve lawsuits.

1832
01:13:32,590 --> 01:13:35,193
Earlier, as I mentioned, those

1833
01:13:35,193 --> 01:13:35,894
numbers keep going up. So

1834
01:13:35,894 --> 01:13:38,130
we're starting to implement a

1835
01:13:38,130 --> 01:13:39,597
system this past year that

1836
01:13:39,597 --> 01:13:41,166
helps identify what the issues

1837
01:13:41,166 --> 01:13:41,900
are in that lawsuit. What the

1838
01:13:41,900 --> 01:13:44,300
plaintiff truly is complaining

1839
01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:45,670
about to see if we can offer

1840
01:13:45,670 --> 01:13:47,973
what we can do and try to

1841
01:13:47,973 --> 01:13:50,208
gather that evidence quickly

1842
01:13:50,208 --> 01:13:51,109
and see if we can assess

1843
01:13:51,109 --> 01:13:52,310
liability and make informed

1844
01:13:52,310 --> 01:13:53,440
decision as far as settlement

1845
01:13:53,440 --> 01:13:56,347
goes or to go forward with the

1846
01:13:56,347 --> 01:13:57,249
litigation. And finally

1847
01:13:57,249 --> 01:13:59,649
utilizing on economic impact

1848
01:14:00,218 --> 01:14:01,853
options with a mindfulness of

1849
01:14:01,853 --> 01:14:04,156
the very tight budget for

1850
01:14:04,156 --> 01:14:05,857
these agencies. We started

1851
01:14:05,857 --> 01:14:06,524
identify again what MAY be a

1852
01:14:06,524 --> 01:14:07,258
plaintiff's complaint about

1853
01:14:07,258 --> 01:14:09,270
him other than offering money.

1854
01:14:09,270 --> 01:14:09,728
If it's a policy change

1855
01:14:09,728 --> 01:14:10,896
looking into that and working

1856
01:14:10,896 --> 01:14:12,497
with our agencies to see if

1857
01:14:12,497 --> 01:14:13,165
that solve the problem. At

1858
01:14:13,165 --> 01:14:15,900
that point, it was bringing

1859
01:14:15,900 --> 01:14:18,900
and trying to find non-medical

1860
01:14:19,700 --> 01:14:19,871
economic ways to solve law, to

1861
01:14:19,871 --> 01:14:21,706
resolve lawsuits, internal

1862
01:14:21,706 --> 01:14:23,708
legal education, which I've

1863
01:14:23,708 --> 01:14:24,342
mentioned, we really try to

1864
01:14:24,342 --> 01:14:27,120
milk the most out of our

1865
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:27,912
character, 3 In addition to

1866
01:14:27,912 --> 01:14:28,580
outside lawyers taking the

1867
01:14:28,580 --> 01:14:30,215
cases we do that don't have

1868
01:14:30,215 --> 01:14:33,215
capacity to take or we're

1869
01:14:34,185 --> 01:14:34,953
conflicted from taking. We've

1870
01:14:34,953 --> 01:14:35,587
had a few of those counselors

1871
01:14:35,587 --> 01:14:38,587
come in and provide very

1872
01:14:38,690 --> 01:14:39,891
specific Cle trainings. We now

1873
01:14:39,891 --> 01:14:41,930
have an annual section 1983

1874
01:14:41,930 --> 01:14:41,793
training, which is a really

1875
01:14:41,793 --> 01:14:43,828
specialized area of his full

1876
01:14:43,828 --> 01:14:44,562
government law in federal

1877
01:14:44,562 --> 01:14:47,966
court. We've also done a legal

1878
01:14:47,966 --> 01:14:48,633
writing training to help.

1879
01:14:48,633 --> 01:14:51,330
Encourage and advocate for

1880
01:14:51,669 --> 01:14:52,371
lawyers to improve their

1881
01:14:52,371 --> 01:14:54,539
advocacy skills. In addition,

1882
01:14:54,539 --> 01:14:56,908
we have with our contracts

1883
01:14:56,908 --> 01:14:57,609
comes expectations that those

1884
01:14:57,609 --> 01:14:59,770
outside counsels well mentor

1885
01:14:59,770 --> 01:15:02,770
our attorneys. So well, maybe

1886
01:15:02,447 --> 01:15:03,448
with the outside. Those

1887
01:15:03,448 --> 01:15:04,182
attorneys are expected in

1888
01:15:04,182 --> 01:15:06,751
Turley who are monitoring them

1889
01:15:06,751 --> 01:15:07,585
to engage the attorneys. 10

1890
01:15:07,585 --> 01:15:08,286
depositions they're able to

1891
01:15:08,286 --> 01:15:09,721
attend attend court hearings

1892
01:15:09,721 --> 01:15:11,757
when they're able to attend

1893
01:15:11,757 --> 01:15:12,390
and even take the first stab

1894
01:15:12,390 --> 01:15:13,124
at writing the briefs and

1895
01:15:13,124 --> 01:15:13,792
things like that stink. It

1896
01:15:13,792 --> 01:15:15,260
feedback from attorneys who

1897
01:15:15,260 --> 01:15:18,626
practice in this area and it's

1898
01:15:19,264 --> 01:15:19,965
a mentor in that way. Finally

1899
01:15:19,965 --> 01:15:22,965
responding to legal needs of

1900
01:15:23,235 --> 01:15:23,969
city county agencies. These

1901
01:15:23,969 --> 01:15:24,970
are necessarily subject matter

1902
01:15:24,970 --> 01:15:26,205
legal, but this is how we can

1903
01:15:26,205 --> 01:15:26,872
better serve the city county

1904
01:15:26,872 --> 01:15:29,208
and how issues of questions

1905
01:15:29,208 --> 01:15:30,108
brought to us or help agencies

1906
01:15:30,108 --> 01:15:33,211
have tools they can use to

1907
01:15:33,211 --> 01:15:34,579
kind of saw their problems.

1908
01:15:34,579 --> 01:15:36,979
We're currently engaged with.

1909
01:15:37,282 --> 01:15:38,417
I sa to help improve our a

1910
01:15:38,417 --> 01:15:39,180
discovery of public records

1911
01:15:39,180 --> 01:15:41,418
law, our public records

1912
01:15:41,420 --> 01:15:42,521
processees. That's probably

1913
01:15:42,521 --> 01:15:43,255
question we get the public

1914
01:15:43,255 --> 01:15:46,124
records could comes in. How do

1915
01:15:46,124 --> 01:15:47,993
we get this? What we do so I

1916
01:15:47,993 --> 01:15:50,262
say has been incredibly

1917
01:15:50,262 --> 01:15:50,929
helpful on developing an

1918
01:15:50,929 --> 01:15:51,563
intranet where we can start

1919
01:15:51,563 --> 01:15:53,563
printed materials, search

1920
01:15:54,767 --> 01:15:55,467
terms. So in those the ios

1921
01:15:55,467 --> 01:15:57,636
Reverend Agencies are charged

1922
01:15:57,636 --> 01:15:58,771
with getting those public

1923
01:15:58,771 --> 01:15:59,704
records request. They got

1924
01:15:59,704 --> 01:16:00,706
confidence. These records are

1925
01:16:00,706 --> 01:16:01,374
streamlined their narrow, but

1926
01:16:01,374 --> 01:16:02,740
they're also comprehensive.

1927
01:16:02,740 --> 01:16:05,674
What the of what the request

1928
01:16:06,679 --> 01:16:07,479
is part problem solving urgent

1929
01:16:07,479 --> 01:16:08,214
legal issues. Again, that's

1930
01:16:08,214 --> 01:16:11,814
kind of goes back to following

1931
01:16:11,883 --> 01:16:14,283
the state local different

1932
01:16:14,553 --> 01:16:16,255
regulations and then also

1933
01:16:16,255 --> 01:16:18,390
piggybacking on the first sub

1934
01:16:18,390 --> 01:16:20,426
here during the work of the

1935
01:16:20,426 --> 01:16:21,127
agencies and kind of engaging.

1936
01:16:21,127 --> 01:16:21,860
I've been spending time with

1937
01:16:21,860 --> 01:16:22,595
each agency to learn what they

1938
01:16:22,595 --> 01:16:23,596
do. What are their legal needs

1939
01:16:23,596 --> 01:16:25,798
know what their legal needs

1940
01:16:25,798 --> 01:16:28,200
are and trying to help Bill

1941
01:16:28,200 --> 01:16:29,201
that Internet. That's not out

1942
01:16:29,201 --> 01:16:29,902
yet. But information on there

1943
01:16:29,902 --> 01:16:32,902
that helps the agency's kind

1944
01:16:33,720 --> 01:16:33,672
of. Self-help themselves

1945
01:16:33,672 --> 01:16:34,340
before coming to us are

1946
01:16:34,340 --> 01:16:36,740
helping to streamline that

1947
01:16:38,711 --> 01:16:39,378
question. Katie impacts always

1948
01:16:39,378 --> 01:16:41,747
challenging one to talk is

1949
01:16:41,747 --> 01:16:42,648
where the internal agency. But

1950
01:16:42,648 --> 01:16:45,351
and these are a few that I can

1951
01:16:45,351 --> 01:16:46,319
highlight are happening this

1952
01:16:46,319 --> 01:16:47,553
year. The opiate litigation,

1953
01:16:47,553 --> 01:16:49,455
which is also been which has

1954
01:16:49,455 --> 01:16:50,456
been going on for several

1955
01:16:50,456 --> 01:16:53,920
years. We have received more

1956
01:16:53,920 --> 01:16:53,759
of that distribution this year

1957
01:16:53,759 --> 01:16:56,159
wrecked a 17 million we've

1958
01:16:56,629 --> 01:16:57,330
received so far. We still

1959
01:16:57,330 --> 01:16:59,730
project 70 million coming in

1960
01:17:01,267 --> 01:17:02,468
from the opioid litigation.

1961
01:17:02,468 --> 01:17:04,370
The Kia Hyundai lawsuit that

1962
01:17:04,370 --> 01:17:06,138
dealt with alleged effect and

1963
01:17:06,138 --> 01:17:08,700
the heat days and led to break

1964
01:17:08,700 --> 01:17:09,775
ends and cause a lot of time

1965
01:17:09,775 --> 01:17:11,744
and effort be spent by the

1966
01:17:11,744 --> 01:17:13,450
impd on investigating those in

1967
01:17:13,450 --> 01:17:15,114
solving those. I'm happy to

1968
01:17:15,114 --> 01:17:17,383
say we are in preliminary

1969
01:17:17,383 --> 01:17:18,830
final settlement, but that is

1970
01:17:18,830 --> 01:17:18,818
truly all I can say about it

1971
01:17:18,818 --> 01:17:20,352
right now because the court of

1972
01:17:20,352 --> 01:17:21,530
the parties have agreed not to

1973
01:17:21,530 --> 01:17:21,720
speak further on it until we

1974
01:17:21,720 --> 01:17:24,490
hope reach that. But I will

1975
01:17:24,490 --> 01:17:25,157
say I do. Hope that his

1976
01:17:25,157 --> 01:17:28,757
resolve by this year by the

1977
01:17:28,861 --> 01:17:30,829
end of this year. We also

1978
01:17:30,829 --> 01:17:31,931
reviewing other class action

1979
01:17:31,931 --> 01:17:32,765
opportunities, things where

1980
01:17:32,765 --> 01:17:34,330
we've either purchase products

1981
01:17:34,330 --> 01:17:35,670
are had issues that again,

1982
01:17:35,670 --> 01:17:35,835
that we should be part of to

1983
01:17:35,835 --> 01:17:37,803
make sure we get in on those

1984
01:17:37,803 --> 01:17:41,403
early so we can maximize any

1985
01:17:41,807 --> 01:17:42,441
settlement funds from that.

1986
01:17:42,441 --> 01:17:44,441
Mitigating liability and

1987
01:17:46,470 --> 01:17:47,112
finally get Hammer home 100.

1988
01:17:47,112 --> 01:17:47,913
And the changes that that

1989
01:17:47,913 --> 01:17:48,614
really is something has

1990
01:17:48,614 --> 01:17:49,315
changed past years to develop

1991
01:17:49,315 --> 01:17:51,483
a team to just keep an eye on

1992
01:17:51,483 --> 01:17:54,483
everything going on out there.

1993
01:17:56,322 --> 01:17:57,357
Looking his 2027. So the

1994
01:17:57,357 --> 01:17:59,291
number one bullet point here,

1995
01:17:59,291 --> 01:17:59,992
the pride, the thing for

1996
01:17:59,992 --> 01:18:01,160
interim and that I care a lot

1997
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:02,394
about this office. I've had a

1998
01:18:02,394 --> 01:18:03,950
phenomenal experience this

1999
01:18:03,950 --> 01:18:05,865
office and gain experience as

2000
01:18:05,865 --> 01:18:06,699
a litigator. That's my trade.

2001
01:18:06,699 --> 01:18:08,667
We are currently going through

2002
01:18:08,667 --> 01:18:10,603
a drought of litigation

2003
01:18:10,603 --> 01:18:11,304
attorneys so if you look at

2004
01:18:11,304 --> 01:18:12,771
the chart, we are going down.

2005
01:18:12,771 --> 01:18:13,440
So we've had to do a lot of

2006
01:18:13,440 --> 01:18:14,700
outside counsel because we

2007
01:18:14,700 --> 01:18:16,407
have an obligation to

2008
01:18:17,777 --> 01:18:19,144
represent the city county. But

2009
01:18:19,144 --> 01:18:19,879
so immediate things we've

2010
01:18:19,879 --> 01:18:21,413
taken. 26, I will say thank

2011
01:18:21,413 --> 01:18:24,116
you to hr with them for

2012
01:18:24,116 --> 01:18:25,318
working with me quickly. We

2013
01:18:25,318 --> 01:18:27,153
knew we had to get the

2014
01:18:27,153 --> 01:18:28,521
litigation specific salaries

2015
01:18:28,521 --> 01:18:29,588
up to competitive. We weren't

2016
01:18:29,588 --> 01:18:31,991
even close to even with you

2017
01:18:31,991 --> 01:18:33,893
know, whatever. And we the

2018
01:18:33,893 --> 01:18:34,527
state look at surrounding

2019
01:18:34,527 --> 01:18:36,927
counties and what similar

2020
01:18:37,997 --> 01:18:38,964
situated cities are. So we

2021
01:18:38,964 --> 01:18:39,598
found a good able to up those

2022
01:18:39,598 --> 01:18:41,998
salaries. We've got those

2023
01:18:42,801 --> 01:18:43,503
listed last month finally

2024
01:18:43,503 --> 01:18:44,203
getting bites again. So we're

2025
01:18:44,203 --> 01:18:46,603
optimistic that that's going

2026
01:18:47,340 --> 01:18:49,420
to be a helpful thing. Hr has

2027
01:18:49,420 --> 01:18:49,709
been really helpful, would

2028
01:18:49,709 --> 01:18:50,410
never lie to post our jobs

2029
01:18:50,410 --> 01:18:53,312
before. It's just kind on the

2030
01:18:53,312 --> 01:18:54,614
city county website. They've

2031
01:18:54,614 --> 01:18:55,881
been really proactive in

2032
01:18:55,881 --> 01:18:56,783
getting us into the all school

2033
01:18:56,783 --> 01:18:59,218
job the U.S. And to divulge a

2034
01:18:59,218 --> 01:18:59,920
job bank and kind of helping

2035
01:18:59,920 --> 01:19:02,689
spread the word that we have

2036
01:19:02,689 --> 01:19:03,423
these positions available.

2037
01:19:03,423 --> 01:19:06,423
Looking to 2027 if we're still

2038
01:19:07,861 --> 01:19:08,795
having this issue I've had

2039
01:19:08,795 --> 01:19:09,963
people in various

2040
01:19:09,963 --> 01:19:10,697
conversations. Guess it's

2041
01:19:10,697 --> 01:19:11,364
saved by conversation of start

2042
01:19:11,364 --> 01:19:11,965
with my personal network of

2043
01:19:11,965 --> 01:19:14,167
attorneys that are very

2044
01:19:14,167 --> 01:19:16,567
throughout different areas of

2045
01:19:17,937 --> 01:19:18,638
law. But working see if it

2046
01:19:18,638 --> 01:19:19,372
makes sense to change occ to

2047
01:19:19,372 --> 01:19:22,800
what I'll call it a bigger for

2048
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:22,642
model. We create different

2049
01:19:22,642 --> 01:19:25,420
positions like convert, I

2050
01:19:25,478 --> 01:19:26,212
should positions to more like

2051
01:19:26,212 --> 01:19:28,114
Doc review based to come in

2052
01:19:28,114 --> 01:19:28,848
because at this point for

2053
01:19:28,848 --> 01:19:30,250
litigation, attorney, you have

2054
01:19:30,250 --> 01:19:32,552
to have 2 years of experience

2055
01:19:32,552 --> 01:19:33,720
before women hire you because

2056
01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:36,256
we are complex litigation. You

2057
01:19:36,256 --> 01:19:37,357
are expected to be fun when

2058
01:19:37,357 --> 01:19:39,125
you start on day one. So going

2059
01:19:39,125 --> 01:19:40,260
to federal court and do any

2060
01:19:40,260 --> 01:19:43,626
hearing so seen maybe that can

2061
01:19:44,300 --> 01:19:45,265
get and that way again, some

2062
01:19:45,265 --> 01:19:47,670
of straight of local school be

2063
01:19:47,670 --> 01:19:48,670
eligible to start for those

2064
01:19:48,670 --> 01:19:49,436
jobs. Start shadowing start

2065
01:19:49,436 --> 01:19:50,637
going to those hearings. And

2066
01:19:50,637 --> 01:19:51,371
they also have internal

2067
01:19:51,371 --> 01:19:53,473
quickly within the office

2068
01:19:53,473 --> 01:19:55,508
going for maybe a doctor

2069
01:19:55,508 --> 01:19:57,377
attorney, too. And assistant

2070
01:19:57,377 --> 01:19:59,279
us assistant corporation

2071
01:19:59,279 --> 01:20:01,347
counsel. So everything's on

2072
01:20:01,347 --> 01:20:02,315
the table. Continue take

2073
01:20:02,315 --> 01:20:02,983
advice on that. Any boyer's

2074
01:20:02,983 --> 01:20:03,683
out there. I've I'm always

2075
01:20:03,683 --> 01:20:06,686
willing to try to figure out

2076
01:20:06,686 --> 01:20:08,822
how we can make to to get that

2077
01:20:08,822 --> 01:20:09,622
staffing that back up in

2078
01:20:09,622 --> 01:20:12,622
litigation. The second is our

2079
01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:15,929
sauce. A partnership. We again

2080
01:20:15,929 --> 01:20:16,563
thank the council in 23

2081
01:20:16,563 --> 01:20:18,899
appropriate funds to have

2082
01:20:18,899 --> 01:20:20,330
partnership with the U.S.

2083
01:20:20,330 --> 01:20:20,700
Attorney's office with an

2084
01:20:20,700 --> 01:20:23,100
attorney that says 6 solely

2085
01:20:23,403 --> 01:20:24,538
focused on Marion County,

2086
01:20:24,538 --> 01:20:26,172
violent crime. That attorney

2087
01:20:26,172 --> 01:20:26,773
was such a success that the

2088
01:20:26,773 --> 01:20:27,440
U.S. Attorney's office

2089
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:29,742
snatched him up and to come

2090
01:20:29,742 --> 01:20:31,544
out as assistant U.S.

2091
01:20:31,544 --> 01:20:32,245
Attorney. But we successes

2092
01:20:32,245 --> 01:20:33,414
hired a new attorney who is I

2093
01:20:33,414 --> 01:20:36,414
think starting in 2 weeks for

2094
01:20:36,417 --> 01:20:37,450
that's also position. So this

2095
01:20:37,450 --> 01:20:38,284
has been a very mutually

2096
01:20:38,284 --> 01:20:39,850
beneficial partnership with

2097
01:20:39,850 --> 01:20:42,685
the U.S. Attorney's Office and

2098
01:20:44,557 --> 01:20:45,425
plan to continue that 27

2099
01:20:45,425 --> 01:20:46,793
shouldn't you be one of the

2100
01:20:46,793 --> 01:20:47,427
things other than salary that

2101
01:20:47,427 --> 01:20:48,940
the attorneys who talking

2102
01:20:48,940 --> 01:20:49,930
about is again, all they do

2103
01:20:49,930 --> 01:20:50,630
like having these internal

2104
01:20:50,630 --> 01:20:52,599
trains. That's again,

2105
01:20:52,599 --> 01:20:54,201
something common to all firms

2106
01:20:54,201 --> 01:20:57,237
offer and of course, that Ray

2107
01:20:57,237 --> 01:20:58,505
General's office offers those

2108
01:20:58,505 --> 01:20:59,206
so should we have enough here

2109
01:20:59,206 --> 01:21:01,606
3 thinking about what other

2110
01:21:01,608 --> 01:21:02,676
arteries but trainings we can

2111
01:21:02,676 --> 01:21:04,770
offer them free of cost to

2112
01:21:04,770 --> 01:21:04,744
them to benefit their careers

2113
01:21:04,744 --> 01:21:07,744
and their service here. The

2114
01:21:09,283 --> 01:21:10,830
city County. And finally

2115
01:21:10,830 --> 01:21:10,850
always trying to make sure we

2116
01:21:10,850 --> 01:21:14,450
live work with all our small

2117
01:21:14,955 --> 01:21:16,256
locally owned firms here.

2118
01:21:16,256 --> 01:21:17,358
Strangely being this

2119
01:21:17,358 --> 01:21:18,580
litigation shortage. We have

2120
01:21:18,580 --> 01:21:21,580
certainly well white in that

2121
01:21:21,495 --> 01:21:22,162
on who we work with this year.

2122
01:21:22,162 --> 01:21:22,896
I can even a model for work

2123
01:21:22,896 --> 01:21:26,133
with this year after list that

2124
01:21:26,133 --> 01:21:26,833
this has been. Kind of a dire

2125
01:21:26,833 --> 01:21:28,702
situation of positive, aspect

2126
01:21:28,702 --> 01:21:30,804
of being able to work with the

2127
01:21:30,804 --> 01:21:31,739
smaller, especially women

2128
01:21:31,739 --> 01:21:32,773
owned or minority owned firms

2129
01:21:32,773 --> 01:21:33,874
who can do this work and help

2130
01:21:33,874 --> 01:21:34,508
us out with that. So it has

2131
01:21:34,508 --> 01:21:36,908
been opportunity to reach

2132
01:21:37,778 --> 01:21:41,378
those smaller for Now to the

2133
01:21:42,550 --> 01:21:43,550
numbers so overall, the

2134
01:21:43,550 --> 01:21:45,386
variance skipped just where we

2135
01:21:45,386 --> 01:21:48,386
are because most to character

2136
01:21:49,189 --> 01:21:51,525
stay straight year. Stay flat.

2137
01:21:51,525 --> 01:21:52,259
It's variance increase of

2138
01:21:52,259 --> 01:21:54,659
38,600. And $22. And I'll show

2139
01:21:56,497 --> 01:21:59,166
you where that goes. Character

2140
01:21:59,166 --> 01:22:01,340
Wian does increase by the

2141
01:22:01,340 --> 01:22:01,736
294,021. But that's all we do.

2142
01:22:01,736 --> 01:22:02,503
The 3% cola and the increase

2143
01:22:02,503 --> 01:22:05,306
of one percent for health

2144
01:22:05,306 --> 01:22:07,706
insurance. Character to stays

2145
01:22:11,579 --> 01:22:13,979
the same. Character 3, the

2146
01:22:13,981 --> 01:22:15,981
$38,000. $38,576. Variance is

2147
01:22:16,583 --> 01:22:17,685
again, specifically for we've

2148
01:22:17,685 --> 01:22:19,486
had to increase our character

2149
01:22:19,486 --> 01:22:20,354
3 for outside law firms this

2150
01:22:20,354 --> 01:22:22,923
year. And that covers that so

2151
01:22:22,923 --> 01:22:24,658
we can pay off those bills. I

2152
01:22:24,658 --> 01:22:26,930
should also just comment that

2153
01:22:26,930 --> 01:22:27,962
view every attorney is taking

2154
01:22:27,962 --> 01:22:29,697
the case during our litigation

2155
01:22:29,697 --> 01:22:31,865
shortage has been made aware

2156
01:22:31,865 --> 01:22:32,566
that our intent is to hire

2157
01:22:32,566 --> 01:22:33,300
people and bring this case is

2158
01:22:33,300 --> 01:22:34,702
back. And so this is something

2159
01:22:34,702 --> 01:22:37,371
that we do hoping 27. We start

2160
01:22:37,371 --> 01:22:38,380
getting more folks, bring it

2161
01:22:38,380 --> 01:22:38,672
back. And so then we don't

2162
01:22:38,672 --> 01:22:41,720
have that outside counsel

2163
01:22:42,943 --> 01:22:45,150
anymore. Care to 4 cup. Stay

2164
01:22:45,150 --> 01:22:46,981
flat. And then since we are,

2165
01:22:46,981 --> 01:22:48,115
in fact, a chargeback agency

2166
01:22:48,115 --> 01:22:49,490
that shows its pride different

2167
01:22:49,490 --> 01:22:51,850
many other agencies are

2168
01:22:51,850 --> 01:22:51,686
variants of the offset. What

2169
01:22:51,686 --> 01:22:53,988
other regions of other

2170
01:22:53,988 --> 01:22:56,988
agencies. That? I'll take any

2171
01:22:59,493 --> 01:23:00,694
questions. Thank for your

2172
01:23:00,694 --> 01:23:02,563
presentation. Looking over a

2173
01:23:02,563 --> 01:23:05,563
little bit. You're you're down

2174
01:23:06,333 --> 01:23:07,670
about 8 full-time employees

2175
01:23:07,670 --> 01:23:09,403
without a total of 15. There's

2176
01:23:09,403 --> 01:23:11,338
a few that we don't need to

2177
01:23:11,338 --> 01:23:11,972
fill. The divisions

2178
01:23:11,972 --> 01:23:12,706
functioning without those

2179
01:23:12,706 --> 01:23:15,943
physicians who want to keep in

2180
01:23:15,943 --> 01:23:16,710
case. We good candidates ease.

2181
01:23:16,710 --> 01:23:17,411
Particularly that every

2182
01:23:17,411 --> 01:23:19,713
division could use the help.

2183
01:23:19,713 --> 01:23:22,820
They're still part of our item

2184
01:23:22,820 --> 01:23:23,751
that in litigation 8 was the

2185
01:23:23,751 --> 01:23:26,751
starting pay for an attorney.

2186
01:23:28,356 --> 01:23:29,220
The higher. So varies now a

2187
01:23:29,220 --> 01:23:31,422
litigation attorney we have

2188
01:23:32,660 --> 01:23:33,360
now got up to 92. If it's a

2189
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:35,760
senior attorney with although

2190
01:23:36,197 --> 01:23:37,398
that comes experience that we

2191
01:23:37,398 --> 01:23:39,366
don't generally higher from

2192
01:23:39,366 --> 01:23:41,469
the outside when that option

2193
01:23:41,469 --> 01:23:42,169
case they come super qualify

2194
01:23:42,169 --> 01:23:43,370
me that their career and what

2195
01:23:43,370 --> 01:23:46,370
it does public service that

2196
01:23:47,142 --> 01:23:47,808
starts at 101, that's health

2197
01:23:47,808 --> 01:23:50,208
care and everything. That's

2198
01:23:50,411 --> 01:23:53,411
right. Ok? Any questions from

2199
01:23:58,319 --> 01:24:01,319
the counselors? My And we're

2200
01:24:02,490 --> 01:24:03,158
boots. I is an attorney.

2201
01:24:03,158 --> 01:24:05,558
Council routes. Thank you.

2202
01:24:10,164 --> 01:24:11,165
Think I'm sure you've done the

2203
01:24:11,165 --> 01:24:11,899
math, the expense of

2204
01:24:11,899 --> 01:24:14,299
character, 3 expense of hiring

2205
01:24:16,838 --> 01:24:17,471
out. Versus. Kerry can one

2206
01:24:17,471 --> 01:24:19,471
expensive staffing those

2207
01:24:20,541 --> 01:24:21,242
positions so you don't have to

2208
01:24:21,242 --> 01:24:23,812
la suggest that you're going

2209
01:24:23,812 --> 01:24:26,812
to be saving money. Increasing

2210
01:24:27,649 --> 01:24:30,490
your staff. That's correct.

2211
01:24:30,418 --> 01:24:31,152
That's correct. I mean, we

2212
01:24:31,152 --> 01:24:32,354
obviously negotiate races from

2213
01:24:32,354 --> 01:24:35,354
here on pain with private

2214
01:24:35,390 --> 01:24:37,790
citizens generally pay for

2215
01:24:38,526 --> 01:24:39,194
items, but again, increasing

2216
01:24:39,194 --> 01:24:41,163
smaller for the better with

2217
01:24:41,163 --> 01:24:41,997
with with lower rates.

2218
01:24:41,997 --> 01:24:42,664
Sometimes we used to big firms

2219
01:24:42,664 --> 01:24:43,998
that are specialized cases

2220
01:24:43,998 --> 01:24:45,966
like you know, generally about

2221
01:24:45,966 --> 01:24:47,402
police cases and things like

2222
01:24:47,402 --> 01:24:48,536
that that have specialized

2223
01:24:48,536 --> 01:24:51,536
areas of law or constitutional

2224
01:24:52,573 --> 01:24:53,508
questions but overall, I mean,

2225
01:24:53,508 --> 01:24:54,142
you're kind of going to what

2226
01:24:54,142 --> 01:24:57,142
I'm hoping is the nuclear

2227
01:24:57,211 --> 01:24:58,213
option ever pushes the

2228
01:24:58,213 --> 01:24:58,913
consideration we just can't

2229
01:24:58,913 --> 01:25:00,214
get people. What does it look

2230
01:25:00,214 --> 01:25:03,214
like to convert to housing

2231
01:25:03,584 --> 01:25:04,252
council? Had. Social

2232
01:25:04,252 --> 01:25:05,753
conversation about that. I

2233
01:25:05,753 --> 01:25:08,153
understand that sometimes law

2234
01:25:08,690 --> 01:25:09,657
firms are law firms would

2235
01:25:09,657 --> 01:25:11,126
offer a flat rate solar much

2236
01:25:11,126 --> 01:25:13,194
that is have a guarantee.

2237
01:25:13,194 --> 01:25:15,430
Budget numbers open the and

2238
01:25:15,430 --> 01:25:17,165
now of we do know having This

2239
01:25:17,165 --> 01:25:18,433
how much discovery. So we have

2240
01:25:18,433 --> 01:25:19,133
recovered that model. I want

2241
01:25:19,133 --> 01:25:21,169
to be comfortable knowing we

2242
01:25:21,169 --> 01:25:23,710
had a solid rate and that's

2243
01:25:23,710 --> 01:25:25,106
what the person that would pay

2244
01:25:25,106 --> 01:25:26,641
that for that every year. And

2245
01:25:26,641 --> 01:25:27,342
even if they did more work,

2246
01:25:27,342 --> 01:25:27,909
that's what the number is. So

2247
01:25:27,909 --> 01:25:30,309
we have a guaranteed

2248
01:25:33,815 --> 01:25:34,816
budgeting. And you feel

2249
01:25:34,816 --> 01:25:36,170
comfortable you're going make

2250
01:25:36,170 --> 01:25:38,887
a dent in the vacancy rate in

2251
01:25:38,887 --> 01:25:40,989
the litigation attorney ranks.

2252
01:25:40,989 --> 01:25:43,157
We have not had bites and

2253
01:25:43,157 --> 01:25:45,960
months and months that we've

2254
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:46,661
got 2 bytes who this week so

2255
01:25:46,661 --> 01:25:47,328
I'm hoping that's a sign of a

2256
01:25:47,328 --> 01:25:49,197
changing Tide. Great. Thank

2257
01:25:49,197 --> 01:25:50,565
you. Thank you. Thank you. Any

2258
01:25:50,565 --> 01:25:52,565
other questions councilors

2259
01:25:54,803 --> 01:25:55,537
seeing none. Anyone the

2260
01:25:55,537 --> 01:25:58,537
audience now. Thank Thank you.

2261
01:25:58,773 --> 01:26:02,430
See you budget review. A place

2262
01:26:02,430 --> 01:26:05,643
in the last was the best.

2263
01:26:07,282 --> 01:26:08,249
Marion County City Council. 35

2264
01:26:08,249 --> 01:26:10,649
minute presentation. And I

2265
01:26:10,986 --> 01:26:11,653
want to ask can just keep

2266
01:26:11,653 --> 01:26:14,422
everything go right to the

2267
01:26:14,422 --> 01:26:17,422
numbers that Monroe graded. Is

2268
01:26:20,228 --> 01:26:20,929
we make right. I think we

2269
01:26:20,929 --> 01:26:25,129
could I wanted that to you we

2270
01:26:28,403 --> 01:26:31,403
thank you. And 3 sides. A

2271
01:26:32,173 --> 01:26:32,841
CHAIRMAN. Scary, numbers Those

2272
01:26:32,841 --> 01:26:34,809
friends in the audience and

2273
01:26:34,809 --> 01:26:35,444
citizens feeling at home when

2274
01:26:35,444 --> 01:26:37,779
a storm Moreland. I'm the

2275
01:26:37,779 --> 01:26:40,348
chief staff and chief policy

2276
01:26:40,348 --> 01:26:41,215
officer for the Indy City kind

2277
01:26:41,215 --> 01:26:41,850
accounts. I'm here with our

2278
01:26:41,850 --> 01:26:43,850
chief Financial Officer,

2279
01:26:46,654 --> 01:26:48,891
Candice Harris. We're here to

2280
01:26:48,891 --> 01:26:49,491
present 2027 budget. But

2281
01:26:49,491 --> 01:26:52,491
before we get into the

2282
01:26:53,328 --> 01:26:55,290
numbers. Still a little

2283
01:26:55,290 --> 01:26:56,197
overview of the council

2284
01:26:56,197 --> 01:26:58,734
landscape as we when we refer

2285
01:26:58,734 --> 01:26:59,868
to the council this evening,

2286
01:26:59,868 --> 01:27:00,468
we're talking about 2

2287
01:27:00,468 --> 01:27:02,468
different aspects with

2288
01:27:03,571 --> 01:27:04,240
council. There of course, the

2289
01:27:04,240 --> 01:27:07,240
25 member body of which you

2290
01:27:10,145 --> 01:27:10,846
are all part of you are charge

2291
01:27:10,846 --> 01:27:13,846
of making local laws, of

2292
01:27:15,717 --> 01:27:18,870
course, adopting a budget by

2293
01:27:18,870 --> 01:27:19,822
zing in providing consent to

2294
01:27:19,822 --> 01:27:21,790
the administration their

2295
01:27:21,790 --> 01:27:22,458
functions. But then there's

2296
01:27:22,458 --> 01:27:23,158
also a second aspect of the

2297
01:27:23,158 --> 01:27:23,859
council and that's the office

2298
01:27:23,859 --> 01:27:26,859
of the council that supports

2299
01:27:27,229 --> 01:27:30,829
that work. We are a 12 member

2300
01:27:32,670 --> 01:27:34,203
staff. Who advises on policy

2301
01:27:34,203 --> 01:27:34,870
last week, right reads public

2302
01:27:34,870 --> 01:27:37,270
public policy research and

2303
01:27:39,274 --> 01:27:40,800
support your efforts. We

2304
01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,800
perform administrative duties,

2305
01:27:42,111 --> 01:27:42,778
making sure that minutes are

2306
01:27:42,778 --> 01:27:43,345
posted in a timely manner,

2307
01:27:43,345 --> 01:27:44,460
making sure that the

2308
01:27:44,460 --> 01:27:46,446
information is accessible to

2309
01:27:48,183 --> 01:27:48,917
the public. And we also work

2310
01:27:48,917 --> 01:27:50,686
to connect the work of the

2311
01:27:50,686 --> 01:27:53,860
council with constituents. We

2312
01:27:54,523 --> 01:27:57,523
communicate your work. And we

2313
01:27:57,693 --> 01:27:58,427
are here to answer questions

2314
01:27:58,427 --> 01:27:59,228
on a daily basis when the

2315
01:27:59,228 --> 01:27:59,895
public wants to know more

2316
01:27:59,895 --> 01:28:02,895
about what the council's up

2317
01:28:05,434 --> 01:28:09,634
to. So on side with this this

2318
01:28:10,720 --> 01:28:10,739
is a slide that that kind of

2319
01:28:10,739 --> 01:28:12,875
gives visual layout of the

2320
01:28:12,875 --> 01:28:15,275
landscape. The council's on

2321
01:28:17,313 --> 01:28:19,810
the far left there. And these

2322
01:28:19,810 --> 01:28:19,815
are all the legislative

2323
01:28:19,815 --> 01:28:21,684
executive and judicial are all

2324
01:28:21,684 --> 01:28:24,840
coequal branches of local

2325
01:28:24,653 --> 01:28:26,322
government. I think one main

2326
01:28:26,322 --> 01:28:28,323
thing I'd like take away from

2327
01:28:28,323 --> 01:28:31,193
the slide is the role the

2328
01:28:31,193 --> 01:28:31,760
voters we work for the public

2329
01:28:31,760 --> 01:28:32,461
and we are ultimately

2330
01:28:32,461 --> 01:28:35,461
accountable to to the voting

2331
01:28:37,799 --> 01:28:40,199
public. So these priorities

2332
01:28:41,737 --> 01:28:43,238
for Twenty-twenty 7. This is a

2333
01:28:43,238 --> 01:28:43,939
theme that I've been hearing

2334
01:28:43,939 --> 01:28:45,908
from other of departments and

2335
01:28:45,908 --> 01:28:46,542
happy to hear it and

2336
01:28:46,542 --> 01:28:48,430
investment people. We're

2337
01:28:48,430 --> 01:28:51,430
looking to provide more. A

2338
01:28:51,279 --> 01:28:52,470
professional development

2339
01:28:52,470 --> 01:28:54,383
experiences within this. All,

2340
01:28:54,383 --> 01:28:56,418
both for the council itself

2341
01:28:56,418 --> 01:28:58,354
and the that that might look

2342
01:28:58,354 --> 01:28:59,221
like media training,

2343
01:28:59,221 --> 01:28:59,922
communications training,

2344
01:28:59,922 --> 01:29:02,322
technology, training for the

2345
01:29:04,694 --> 01:29:05,427
counselors and for staff. Also

2346
01:29:05,427 --> 01:29:08,427
focus on technology to support

2347
01:29:12,167 --> 01:29:12,701
our work. We have lots of data

2348
01:29:12,701 --> 01:29:14,404
flowing through all

2349
01:29:14,404 --> 01:29:15,938
departments in in the city

2350
01:29:15,938 --> 01:29:17,407
government. We're looking at

2351
01:29:17,407 --> 01:29:18,440
ways to harness those data

2352
01:29:18,440 --> 01:29:21,944
points in ways that can better

2353
01:29:21,944 --> 01:29:23,579
inform your work so that you

2354
01:29:23,579 --> 01:29:25,979
are making crafting policy.

2355
01:29:28,183 --> 01:29:28,918
That's backed by data. Also we

2356
01:29:28,918 --> 01:29:32,388
believe the data can provide a

2357
01:29:32,388 --> 01:29:34,256
very good side. Real-time

2358
01:29:34,256 --> 01:29:36,656
snapshot, what's happening in

2359
01:29:37,559 --> 01:29:38,194
your districts? This looks you

2360
01:29:38,194 --> 01:29:40,496
how many police runs are

2361
01:29:40,496 --> 01:29:41,497
happening in your districts?

2362
01:29:41,497 --> 01:29:44,497
How many dog bites are

2363
01:29:45,968 --> 01:29:46,835
occurring in your Where are

2364
01:29:46,835 --> 01:29:48,804
their broken water mains are

2365
01:29:48,804 --> 01:29:50,707
abandoned houses your

2366
01:29:50,707 --> 01:29:53,707
districts. We think that it's

2367
01:29:53,810 --> 01:29:55,778
a very smart to try to to use

2368
01:29:55,778 --> 01:29:56,612
more the data that's flowing

2369
01:29:56,612 --> 01:29:59,120
through this, that enterprise

2370
01:29:59,882 --> 01:30:00,583
on a day-to-day basis to help

2371
01:30:00,583 --> 01:30:03,583
you get better connected with

2372
01:30:04,787 --> 01:30:06,188
your constituents. And then

2373
01:30:06,188 --> 01:30:08,588
finally, working to strengthen

2374
01:30:09,920 --> 01:30:10,926
our relationships state else.

2375
01:30:10,926 --> 01:30:13,262
We see city of Indianapolis a

2376
01:30:13,262 --> 01:30:15,898
major driver of growth for the

2377
01:30:15,898 --> 01:30:17,267
whole state of Indiana. And so

2378
01:30:17,267 --> 01:30:18,101
it's important that we are

2379
01:30:18,101 --> 01:30:19,903
staying in close alignment

2380
01:30:19,903 --> 01:30:20,904
with with the Indiana General

2381
01:30:20,904 --> 01:30:23,304
Assembly, making sure that

2382
01:30:24,874 --> 01:30:25,709
they all are aware of what

2383
01:30:25,709 --> 01:30:28,645
you're up to and that

2384
01:30:28,645 --> 01:30:29,612
communicating we need in order

2385
01:30:29,612 --> 01:30:31,314
to to serve our community

2386
01:30:31,314 --> 01:30:32,882
because we believe that

2387
01:30:32,882 --> 01:30:35,882
Indianapolis is vital for the

2388
01:30:37,487 --> 01:30:40,487
Overall, the state. Okay. So

2389
01:30:42,425 --> 01:30:43,125
this is the team. This one

2390
01:30:43,125 --> 01:30:45,270
went field. Winfield, Leanne

2391
01:30:45,270 --> 01:30:46,462
at Piers came as hear us and

2392
01:30:46,462 --> 01:30:48,862
you can solace. Leslie

2393
01:30:51,267 --> 01:30:51,868
Williams, Kim Nance, Angela he

2394
01:30:51,868 --> 01:30:54,268
and Sears and Fernando

2395
01:30:55,438 --> 01:30:57,400
Ramirez. Strickland. We have

2396
01:30:57,400 --> 01:30:58,241
to they can't rolls right now.

2397
01:30:58,241 --> 01:31:00,241
The chief communications

2398
01:31:00,511 --> 01:31:02,911
officer and the legislative

2399
01:31:03,479 --> 01:31:05,848
and policy manager. Those are

2400
01:31:05,848 --> 01:31:06,516
2 really important roles.

2401
01:31:06,516 --> 01:31:08,840
We're in the process right

2402
01:31:08,840 --> 01:31:11,840
now. Feeling both of those

2403
01:31:13,356 --> 01:31:16,492
roles and we're need to get

2404
01:31:16,492 --> 01:31:19,492
those positions filled as soon

2405
01:31:19,996 --> 01:31:22,231
as possible. And I open.

2406
01:31:22,231 --> 01:31:22,966
Welcome, teeny input that you

2407
01:31:22,966 --> 01:31:23,632
have if you know of people who

2408
01:31:23,632 --> 01:31:26,320
are qualified and talented,

2409
01:31:28,380 --> 01:31:30,273
who MAY want to join our team.

2410
01:31:30,273 --> 01:31:31,107
Okay, give it to campus. So

2411
01:31:31,107 --> 01:31:31,808
hunger could be over or is he

2412
01:31:31,808 --> 01:31:34,430
demographic? So as you know,

2413
01:31:34,430 --> 01:31:35,979
we're a small office and so

2414
01:31:35,979 --> 01:31:37,213
being that we are a small

2415
01:31:37,213 --> 01:31:38,114
office, we do have less than

2416
01:31:38,114 --> 01:31:39,983
10 years. So about 50% of

2417
01:31:39,983 --> 01:31:43,583
staff has been with the city

2418
01:31:44,220 --> 01:31:44,921
for over 10 years. And what

2419
01:31:44,921 --> 01:31:45,622
the other part of other have

2420
01:31:45,622 --> 01:31:47,857
over staffing little be less

2421
01:31:47,857 --> 01:31:48,558
than 10 years 0 to 10. So

2422
01:31:48,558 --> 01:31:49,559
pretty proud of that, as you

2423
01:31:49,559 --> 01:31:53,159
know, not cover here is our

2424
01:31:54,364 --> 01:31:55,298
office is majority female. And

2425
01:31:55,298 --> 01:31:58,898
we also have about a 70% of

2426
01:32:01,471 --> 01:32:03,673
our staff is a minority.

2427
01:32:03,673 --> 01:32:04,808
Moving on to our 2027 budget.

2428
01:32:04,808 --> 01:32:06,576
So the council office budget

2429
01:32:06,576 --> 01:32:08,444
is road to be smart. You guys

2430
01:32:08,444 --> 01:32:11,444
all know this year. We're

2431
01:32:12,482 --> 01:32:14,251
rounding out about 3.4 million

2432
01:32:14,251 --> 01:32:15,752
dollars, not uncommon with

2433
01:32:15,752 --> 01:32:18,210
80's with our agencies, that

2434
01:32:18,210 --> 01:32:20,990
82% of our budget does go to

2435
01:32:20,990 --> 01:32:24,930
people. So that is majority of

2436
01:32:24,930 --> 01:32:25,280
our budget. So just over to

2437
01:32:25,280 --> 01:32:25,996
the right, you see a

2438
01:32:25,996 --> 01:32:28,396
side-by-side based on previous

2439
01:32:29,899 --> 01:32:32,899
years from 26 to 27. Well, are

2440
01:32:34,300 --> 01:32:36,300
despite $86,000 it's something

2441
01:32:36,206 --> 01:32:36,906
that I just kind of want to

2442
01:32:36,906 --> 01:32:39,906
highlight, though. We are up

2443
01:32:40,944 --> 01:32:43,344
2.6% for 2027 over our budget

2444
01:32:43,981 --> 01:32:46,981
is down 3.3% to 2025, as many

2445
01:32:47,284 --> 01:32:47,985
of you guys remember last year

2446
01:32:47,985 --> 01:32:52,185
we are, but it was reduced as

2447
01:32:52,589 --> 01:32:55,459
a result of. We'll call it

2448
01:32:55,459 --> 01:32:56,493
reserves. And so the council

2449
01:32:56,493 --> 01:32:57,895
this following year, did not

2450
01:32:57,895 --> 01:32:59,429
grow by the amount that we

2451
01:32:59,429 --> 01:33:00,129
lost last year. So it just

2452
01:33:00,129 --> 01:33:03,660
might increase to cover care

2453
01:33:03,660 --> 01:33:03,767
to one expenses. Again, some

2454
01:33:03,767 --> 01:33:07,967
of the other ones in the next

2455
01:33:11,740 --> 01:33:14,674
slide. Moving on to just a

2456
01:33:14,812 --> 01:33:15,479
quick overview of each

2457
01:33:15,479 --> 01:33:16,180
characters care to Lanikai

2458
01:33:16,180 --> 01:33:17,982
said that previous slide for

2459
01:33:17,982 --> 01:33:20,382
about 2.8 million dollars. And

2460
01:33:22,190 --> 01:33:24,190
compensation for all. 25

2461
01:33:24,955 --> 01:33:27,355
counselors and our office,

2462
01:33:27,757 --> 01:33:28,425
will be office of 12 so that

2463
01:33:28,425 --> 01:33:29,893
this budget does pressed to

2464
01:33:29,893 --> 01:33:31,628
fill vacancies that door and

2465
01:33:31,628 --> 01:33:34,310
just mentioned. That's kind of

2466
01:33:34,310 --> 01:33:37,310
where we're landau for the

2467
01:33:37,534 --> 01:33:39,350
2027 for counselor counselors

2468
01:33:39,350 --> 01:33:42,439
and a council staff does get a

2469
01:33:42,439 --> 01:33:43,507
cola this year is at 3%.

2470
01:33:43,507 --> 01:33:45,907
Counselors are not eligible

2471
01:33:47,411 --> 01:33:48,111
for stepping As for Stephen

2472
01:33:48,111 --> 01:33:50,247
Grey, as you guys have heard

2473
01:33:50,247 --> 01:33:51,481
amendment presentations, I do

2474
01:33:51,481 --> 01:33:54,217
not know what that looks like

2475
01:33:54,217 --> 01:33:55,886
for the council at this time

2476
01:33:55,886 --> 01:33:56,887
as it is still very much its

2477
01:33:56,887 --> 01:33:57,554
infancy as hr agoa fame or

2478
01:33:57,554 --> 01:33:59,954
navigating what that might

2479
01:34:02,459 --> 01:34:03,827
look like. Moving on to

2480
01:34:03,827 --> 01:34:06,227
character 3 hurt or 3 budget

2481
01:34:07,931 --> 01:34:10,670
is about $600,000 again with

2482
01:34:10,670 --> 01:34:10,767
majority of a two-thirds of it

2483
01:34:10,767 --> 01:34:13,767
going to internal backs that

2484
01:34:15,238 --> 01:34:17,740
is par I it's a that is

2485
01:34:17,740 --> 01:34:18,842
building authority. We and as

2486
01:34:18,842 --> 01:34:19,510
well as a few other charges

2487
01:34:19,510 --> 01:34:23,113
that we have the kind of go

2488
01:34:23,113 --> 01:34:26,216
along with that. Rest of our

2489
01:34:26,216 --> 01:34:26,917
budget goes exciting things

2490
01:34:26,917 --> 01:34:27,584
such as does the operations

2491
01:34:27,584 --> 01:34:30,584
are running as city county

2492
01:34:30,687 --> 01:34:32,456
offices. So that's our we have

2493
01:34:32,456 --> 01:34:34,591
some slurred legal support

2494
01:34:34,591 --> 01:34:36,193
contracts for We have

2495
01:34:36,193 --> 01:34:36,860
advertising because all

2496
01:34:36,860 --> 01:34:39,860
businesses and have to get

2497
01:34:40,898 --> 01:34:42,499
posted software for running

2498
01:34:42,499 --> 01:34:45,499
out those meetings and other

2499
01:34:46,837 --> 01:34:49,539
essential items that we have.

2500
01:34:49,539 --> 01:34:50,240
For characters to 45. Again,

2501
01:34:50,240 --> 01:34:53,240
not not really much happening

2502
01:34:54,211 --> 01:34:55,846
3,000 $1 to cover day-to-day.

2503
01:34:55,846 --> 01:34:56,480
The to that you see for

2504
01:34:56,480 --> 01:34:58,880
internal charge back here

2505
01:34:59,883 --> 01:35:01,486
fight. What we pay because we

2506
01:35:01,486 --> 01:35:03,886
have an in-house attorney.

2507
01:35:05,555 --> 01:35:07,424
Don't utilize ccs. Heavy as

2508
01:35:07,424 --> 01:35:09,260
some of the other But we do

2509
01:35:09,260 --> 01:35:10,360
have to utilize them in time

2510
01:35:10,360 --> 01:35:14,560
for they do So I think we're

2511
01:35:14,831 --> 01:35:16,900
getting them for a that $2500

2512
01:35:16,900 --> 01:35:18,101
and the other $2500 for

2513
01:35:18,101 --> 01:35:20,470
equipment. And that's we use

2514
01:35:20,470 --> 01:35:22,730
for various purposes for

2515
01:35:22,730 --> 01:35:22,707
computers. If chairs break

2516
01:35:22,707 --> 01:35:25,107
various items within the

2517
01:35:29,213 --> 01:35:29,980
office. In essence, go ahead,

2518
01:35:29,980 --> 01:35:32,916
will it? I would characterize

2519
01:35:32,916 --> 01:35:34,352
our budget is pretty lean, but

2520
01:35:34,352 --> 01:35:37,952
I would say that our staff

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01:35:39,289 --> 01:35:40,892
very We will lie largely on

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01:35:40,892 --> 01:35:41,592
I-10 or a in our relationships

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01:35:41,592 --> 01:35:43,992
throughout the enterprise to

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01:35:44,962 --> 01:35:45,630
get her work done. And with

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01:35:45,630 --> 01:35:46,497
thank you taking questions.

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01:35:46,497 --> 01:35:48,897
Think presentation, as for

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01:35:51,302 --> 01:35:53,403
Mary. Share a quick question

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01:35:53,403 --> 01:35:55,473
for them. Well, these

2529
01:35:55,473 --> 01:35:57,608
computers in the car were a

2530
01:35:57,608 --> 01:35:58,309
great idea. And we were all

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01:35:58,309 --> 01:35:59,100
news and we is in best thing.

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01:35:59,100 --> 01:36:02,610
We can invest your money in.

2533
01:36:04,982 --> 01:36:05,582
And I think 3 people view some

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01:36:05,582 --> 01:36:06,584
sense I've heard. Other

2535
01:36:06,584 --> 01:36:08,584
counselor counselor Cahill

2536
01:36:08,853 --> 01:36:09,787
said when he opens it, he has

2537
01:36:09,787 --> 01:36:11,589
to wait. 45 minutes for us to

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01:36:11,589 --> 01:36:13,591
an update to be able to use

2539
01:36:13,591 --> 01:36:14,259
it. So what can we do with

2540
01:36:14,259 --> 01:36:17,295
those and get mean, at this

2541
01:36:17,295 --> 01:36:19,497
point, I thought was year him.

2542
01:36:19,497 --> 01:36:20,865
So thank you for So I have

2543
01:36:20,865 --> 01:36:22,667
heard that a So we we do pay

2544
01:36:22,667 --> 01:36:23,534
for those. So we are currently

2545
01:36:23,534 --> 01:36:27,134
going to have to rebid our

2546
01:36:27,171 --> 01:36:30,171
staff or contract. But my

2547
01:36:30,241 --> 01:36:30,875
understanding it was used as a

2548
01:36:30,875 --> 01:36:31,576
secondary noting that the

2549
01:36:31,576 --> 01:36:32,276
findings with down, I believe

2550
01:36:32,276 --> 01:36:35,179
we can do voice vote even we

2551
01:36:35,179 --> 01:36:35,747
do another meeting rooms. But

2552
01:36:35,747 --> 01:36:36,380
that was the from my

2553
01:36:36,380 --> 01:36:37,114
understanding the primary

2554
01:36:37,114 --> 01:36:39,283
reason why we have a lot of

2555
01:36:39,283 --> 01:36:41,119
times as we look at

2556
01:36:41,119 --> 01:36:42,487
potentially having to shift to

2557
01:36:42,487 --> 01:36:43,187
a different voting platform.

2558
01:36:43,187 --> 01:36:43,888
I'm hoping that will be able

2559
01:36:43,888 --> 01:36:47,190
to come a little bit more and

2560
01:36:47,190 --> 01:36:48,292
from modernized system that

2561
01:36:48,292 --> 01:36:49,593
maybe were able to use app on

2562
01:36:49,593 --> 01:36:52,330
your or you something else to

2563
01:36:52,330 --> 01:36:54,298
do it voting. But let's go

2564
01:36:54,298 --> 01:36:56,367
down to that would be able to

2565
01:36:56,367 --> 01:36:59,504
let those that have You are

2566
01:36:59,504 --> 01:37:02,730
right. They are only for full

2567
01:37:02,730 --> 01:37:04,175
council meetings. That was

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01:37:04,175 --> 01:37:06,978
what we had intended use those

2569
01:37:06,978 --> 01:37:09,800
forward to get away from the

2570
01:37:09,800 --> 01:37:09,947
buttons. The time I had the

2571
01:37:09,947 --> 01:37:11,182
concern that some people have

2572
01:37:11,182 --> 01:37:12,160
enough trouble with the red

2573
01:37:12,160 --> 01:37:14,520
and green button. So I don't

2574
01:37:14,520 --> 01:37:16,220
think we need to implementing

2575
01:37:16,220 --> 01:37:17,255
technology. So I still have

2576
01:37:17,255 --> 01:37:20,580
that concern. I don't think we

2577
01:37:20,580 --> 01:37:21,580
need to go to this computer

2578
01:37:21,580 --> 01:37:21,759
system buttons. I've never

2579
01:37:21,759 --> 01:37:25,359
seen them not work. And I've

2580
01:37:25,930 --> 01:37:27,865
been here for going 10 years.

2581
01:37:27,865 --> 01:37:28,566
So I would go school whole

2582
01:37:28,566 --> 01:37:29,333
technology push. And if bugs

2583
01:37:29,333 --> 01:37:31,936
don't work, we've got a voice.

2584
01:37:31,936 --> 01:37:32,904
We know roll call, vote. I

2585
01:37:32,904 --> 01:37:36,504
don't want raise more money on

2586
01:37:37,475 --> 01:37:39,875
technology. We don't use.

2587
01:37:46,251 --> 01:37:46,984
This. With just a quick one.

2588
01:37:46,984 --> 01:37:49,987
Thank you. Why do we have a

2589
01:37:49,987 --> 01:37:52,657
charge back from? I s a, you

2590
01:37:52,657 --> 01:37:53,324
know, budget. We do have a

2591
01:37:53,324 --> 01:37:55,724
charge brings That's under

2592
01:37:57,929 --> 01:38:02,729
that under care to 3. So r I s

2593
01:38:02,734 --> 01:38:03,401
a charge backs. It wasn't part

2594
01:38:03,401 --> 01:38:06,401
of the 3.81 Yeah. That's a

2595
01:38:08,740 --> 01:38:09,407
part creating. So part of

2596
01:38:09,407 --> 01:38:10,174
that, too, that as well as

2597
01:38:10,174 --> 01:38:14,374
like we have to pay for dark

2598
01:38:17,140 --> 01:38:18,883
copiers. For the exact number

2599
01:38:18,883 --> 01:38:21,860
for I say, I can tell you so

2600
01:38:21,860 --> 01:38:22,988
far are controlled is the 3.81

2601
01:38:22,988 --> 01:38:24,989
I did not break it down, but

2602
01:38:24,989 --> 01:38:27,258
the exact amount that we pay,

2603
01:38:27,258 --> 01:38:29,261
I say the 3.81, but I can let

2604
01:38:29,261 --> 01:38:31,280
you know what that say did

2605
01:38:31,280 --> 01:38:31,697
switched to a billing model

2606
01:38:31,697 --> 01:38:33,970
that you can go online. Be

2607
01:38:33,970 --> 01:38:35,200
more than happy to share that

2608
01:38:35,200 --> 01:38:38,360
Lee and every month I review

2609
01:38:38,360 --> 01:38:40,370
it is about a quarter lack

2610
01:38:40,370 --> 01:38:40,706
period to make sure that's

2611
01:38:40,706 --> 01:38:41,740
accurate. Since we went to

2612
01:38:41,740 --> 01:38:44,740
actual face charges I say,

2613
01:38:49,948 --> 01:38:50,916
thanks. And you know what?

2614
01:38:50,916 --> 01:38:53,485
Thank you, MR. CHAIRMAN, thank

2615
01:38:53,485 --> 01:38:55,487
you both for your

2616
01:38:55,487 --> 01:38:56,854
presentation. I was chatting

2617
01:38:56,854 --> 01:38:58,957
with the assistant and mail

2618
01:38:58,957 --> 01:38:59,624
and I just wanted to publicly

2619
01:38:59,624 --> 01:39:01,994
publicly say thank you for

2620
01:39:01,994 --> 01:39:04,290
creating priorities that are

2621
01:39:04,290 --> 01:39:05,764
tangible that we all can work

2622
01:39:05,764 --> 01:39:06,832
towards. And then again, thank

2623
01:39:06,832 --> 01:39:07,532
you for all your efforts thus

2624
01:39:07,532 --> 01:39:10,702
far this year because I know

2625
01:39:10,702 --> 01:39:11,870
we throw a lot at you for a

2626
01:39:11,870 --> 01:39:12,604
small team. There's 25 of us.

2627
01:39:12,604 --> 01:39:13,572
And so just want to publicly

2628
01:39:13,572 --> 01:39:17,172
say thank you for all your

2629
01:39:17,943 --> 01:39:18,677
efforts. Instrument. Thanking.

2630
01:39:18,677 --> 01:39:22,781
Yeah. Thank you all. So you do

2631
01:39:22,781 --> 01:39:26,381
a great job. Anything else to

2632
01:39:27,619 --> 01:39:30,619
see any? We are adjourned 7