City Council Regular Meeting · Monday, April 20, 2020 · City Council Digest

6. INFORMATIONAL UPDATES

Human Services Update ID 0683

packet pp.5–12

Topics: Equity

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Staff report:

The purpose of tonight’s presentation is to provide a brief update and overview on the City’s Human Services related work in recent weeks as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Economic Development Update 29 - 57 ID 0684 - COVID Response, Phase 1 Budget c) Plan ID 0682

packet pp.13–27

Topics: BudgetEconomic Development

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Staff report:

The purpose of tonight’s presentation is to provide a brief update on the Economic Development efforts to respond to the COVID-19 impacts on the business community.

7. CONSENT CALENDAR

Accounts: Payables and Payroll of Apr. 20, 2020, $3,719,222.06 ID 0541

Approve · packet pp.59–79

Topics: Budget

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Staff report:

Finance Department P.O. Box 1307 Issaquah, WA 98027 PH: 425-837-3050 www.issaquahwa.gov

Minutes: City Council Regular Meeting, April 6, 2020

Authorize · packet pp.81–84

Previously discussed: City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 16, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting · Mar 23, 2020

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Staff report:

CONSENT CALENDAR b) 04-06-20 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Page (0000)

8. REGULAR BUSINESS

Furloughs and Salary Reductions for Non-Represented Staff AB 7959

Carried 7-0

Adopt Ordinance · packet pp.101–105

Topics: Land Use

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Staff report:

The City Council adopted a salary ordinance (Ord. 2887) for 2020 salaries of non-represented employees to coincide with adoption of the 2020 budget on Nov. 18, 2019.

Roll call:

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh

9. GOOD OF THE ORDER

Upcoming Council Meetings

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0:13 ↗ emergency and outbreak March 24th the

0:20 ↗ governor issued proclamation 20 - 28

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0:26 ↗ open public meetings act such as our

0:28 ↗ city council meetings from being

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1:19 ↗ point I'd like to take a moment to take

1:21 ↗ the roll call of council members in

1:23 ↗ attendance they stay here when I call

1:26 ↗ your name councilmember Dee Michelle

1:28 ↗ here councilmember Goodman here council

1:34 ↗ member Hall here council president hunt

1:38 ↗ here councilmember marks here

1:43 ↗ deputy council president ray here and

1:47 ↗ councilmember Walsh here thank you all

1:52 ↗ in addition the following city staff are

1:54 ↗ participating in tonight's meeting City

1:56 ↗ Administrator Wally Bob quits deputy

1:58 ↗ City Administrator Andrew Schneider city

2:01 ↗ attorney Jim Haney city clerk Tina

2:03 ↗ Eggers deputy city clerk tisha Geezer

2:06 ↗ tisha Geezer finance director Beth

2:10 ↗ Goldberg Human Resources directors

2:13 ↗ new Johnson parks and community services

2:15 ↗ director Jeff Watling Police Chief Scott

2:18 ↗ bierbaum although looking at the

2:20 ↗ attendees I see that may have commander

2:23 ↗ Porter with us this evening

2:24 ↗ economic development manager Jen Davis

2:27 ↗ Hays and Human Services and

2:29 ↗ sustainability coordinator mana anaconda

2:32 ↗ gorilla for those members of the public

2:34 ↗ on the call

2:35 ↗ welcome the clerk or I will call on you

2:38 ↗ to make comments when we reach that

2:39 ↗ portion of our agenda before we begin

2:42 ↗ I'd like to it reiterate some meeting

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3:26 ↗ the Pledge of Allegiance could you all

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3:32 ↗ have any background information

3:34 ↗ interference I pledge allegiance to the

3:38 ↗ United States of America to the Republic

3:40 ↗ for which it stands one nation under God

3:44 ↗ indivisible with liberty and justice for

3:47 ↗ all

3:48 ↗ next item under agenda is audience

3:51 ↗ comments so tisha or Tina have anyone

3:55 ↗ signed up to speak this evening clark

3:57 ↗ Eggers i have one person who has signed

4:00 ↗ up Susan Mayer Polly this is deputy

4:02 ↗ clerk Kizer we have one individual who

4:05 ↗ signed up to comment Susan nivel I don't

4:08 ↗ see her number listed currently Susan

4:11 ↗ are you on the line Susan are you on the

4:16 ↗ line Mayor Polly she doesn't seem to be

4:21 ↗ with us and no one additionally signed

4:22 ↗ up for public comments

4:25 ↗ I thank you very much tisha as a

4:29 ↗ reminder written comments can also be

4:32 ↗ submitted to Council at any time at City

4:34 ↗ Council a disco waka and comments

4:36 ↗ received by email on tonight's agenda

4:38 ↗ items will be acknowledged by our

4:40 ↗ council president hunt under the

4:42 ↗ corresponding agenda item that we will

4:45 ↗ move to committee and regional reports

4:51 ↗ let's start with councilmember Hall

4:55 ↗ thank you Mary Polly I have no report

4:57 ↗ this evening Thank You councilmember

5:00 ↗ Hall council member Davis show I have no

5:04 ↗ report remain thank you Thank You

5:07 ↗ councilmember Walsh thank you madam era

5:11 ↗ this is councilmember Walsh I attended

5:13 ↗ the Chamber of Commerce or directors

5:16 ↗ meeting a few days ago feels like a

5:21 ↗ month ago and generally it was just time

5:26 ↗ for them to ask us some questions in the

5:29 ↗ midst of this emergency no action was

5:31 ↗ taken but it's just very important to

5:34 ↗ stay connected to our business community

5:36 ↗ understand what their needs are and be

5:39 ↗ able to convey that back obviously the

5:42 ↗ big concerns are around being able to

5:47 ↗ connect their payroll when the community

5:50 ↗ will be open again the ability to

5:55 ↗ maintain their revenue as much as

5:58 ↗ possible they were interested to hear

6:00 ↗ that we have pushed off B&O tax payments

6:05 ↗ for the first quarter for any businesses

6:07 ↗ that need that and so we'll just

6:09 ↗ continue to keep the line of

6:11 ↗ communication open and I know that our

6:14 ↗ Economic Development Department is doing

6:15 ↗ a fantastic job connecting with

6:17 ↗ businesses for their knee and so if

6:20 ↗ there are any outstanding needs please

6:22 ↗ feel free to connect with any of us on

6:25 ↗ council or Jeff Davis a is our Economic

6:28 ↗ Development Manager thank you thank you

6:31 ↗ very much council member councilmember

6:33 ↗ Goodman

6:36 ↗ councilmember Goodman here I have no

6:38 ↗ report this evening

6:38 ↗ Thank You councilmember councilmember

6:41 ↗ Mars thanks thank you that in there a

6:48 ↗ couple member marks here I have no

6:49 ↗ report this evening

6:51 ↗ thank you very much council member Marge

6:53 ↗ deputy council president red Thank You

6:55 ↗ mayor Paulie this is Chris Wright I have

6:57 ↗ no report this evening

6:59 ↗ Thank You council president huns Thank

7:03 ↗ You Madame hunt I have one brief evening

7:08 ↗ kokanee I your local May committee

7:12 ↗ meeting

7:13 ↗ Oconee era good men and a part of our

7:18 ↗ ongoing environmental stewardship

7:19 ↗ efforts this was the kickoff meeting of

7:22 ↗ the interlocal agreement management

7:24 ↗ committee and we covered a overview of

7:29 ↗ the status of the Lake Sammamish kokanee

7:31 ↗ salmon population recovery efforts and

7:33 ↗ the interlocal process the next meeting

7:37 ↗ of the Nile a management committee will

7:40 ↗ be on April 27th that concludes my

7:43 ↗ report

7:54 ↗ that a mayor you're on mute well I was

8:02 ↗ playing way into the middle of the

8:04 ↗ speech but anyway I am doing a sake

8:07 ↗ Thank You Galesburg Walsh I am noticing

8:09 ↗ that there are several microphones that

8:11 ↗ are not needed and we are having some

8:13 ↗ audio quality issues when council

8:15 ↗ president if you're not speaking that

8:18 ↗ you have your microphone muted Thank You

8:20 ↗ council president hunt next item on the

8:22 ↗ agenda is the mayor's report with dial

8:25 ↗ pull up and go through next though good

8:29 ↗ evening council members staff and

8:31 ↗ members of the public

8:32 ↗ just to recap a little from the last few

8:35 ↗ weeks the coab in nineteen pandemic has

8:37 ↗ created a crisis in our community with

8:40 ↗ dramatic effect on our residents

8:42 ↗ businesses and social service providers

8:44 ↗ these impacts are magnitude not seen by

8:47 ↗ many in our lifetimes we have had to

8:50 ↗ shut our communities down and weather

8:52 ↗ the storm and we share the sadness for

8:55 ↗ the toll that this disease has taken on

8:57 ↗ members of our community and their

8:58 ↗ families as a city we know that we are

9:03 ↗ no longer able to provide the services

9:05 ↗ and programs that were supported by the

9:07 ↗ City Council's adoption of the 2020

9:09 ↗ budget due to the forecast of

9:12 ↗ significant shortfall in revenues need

9:15 ↗ to provide those services to our

9:16 ↗ community we need to reduce our services

9:19 ↗ to match our expected revenue levels and

9:22 ↗ that means taking a hard look at the

9:24 ↗ community and council priorities and

9:26 ↗ only delivering those very basic

9:29 ↗ priority services to do this my

9:32 ↗ administration has assumed that three

9:34 ↗ months shut down of most of our economy

9:37 ↗ but we recognize that potential impacts

9:39 ↗ may linger through the remainder of 2020

9:41 ↗ and possibly beyond we also recognize

9:45 ↗ that our forecasts will likely change

9:47 ↗ recovery may exceed our expectations as

9:50 ↗ other sources of revenues such as

9:53 ↗ federal relief funding will allow us to

9:55 ↗ modify our plans

9:57 ↗ however we need to be thoughtful and

9:59 ↗ strategic and how we navigate these next

10:01 ↗ few months without complete data we've

10:04 ↗ had to make some assumptions

10:06 ↗ and Democrats an ever-changing set of

10:09 ↗ constraints and issues it requires us to

10:11 ↗ be flexible and nimble in order to

10:13 ↗ respond in a responsible way as in five

10:17 ↗ weeks ago is the Kovan 19 crisis

10:19 ↗ unfolded our city team has realigned

10:22 ↗ itself around a very limited set of

10:24 ↗ services in order to remain operational

10:27 ↗ during the governor's stay home stay

10:29 ↗ healthy order and the mandated

10:31 ↗ mitigation measures these functions

10:33 ↗ include community safety and security

10:36 ↗ human services network supports

10:39 ↗ financial operations public works

10:42 ↗ services such as water sewer sanitation

10:45 ↗ and waste management and economic

10:48 ↗ recovery efforts tonight we are

10:51 ↗ transitioning to a new discussion we

10:53 ↗ must look forward to the upcoming months

10:55 ↗ and the transition to a new normal where

10:57 ↗ the covered 19 threat is still factored

11:00 ↗ into our plans I'm announcing the

11:03 ↗ formation of an Iskra recovery Task

11:05 ↗ Force which will advise us on various

11:08 ↗ issues related to the city's response

11:10 ↗ for the covered 19 pandemics and future

11:13 ↗ reopening of city services and programs

11:16 ↗ the task force will also advise us on

11:18 ↗ other community initiatives that are

11:20 ↗ important as if our residents and

11:22 ↗ businesses over the next several months

11:24 ↗ membership on this task force will be

11:27 ↗ open to all current members of the

11:28 ↗ city's boards and commissions this

11:31 ↗ pandemic has dramatically changed how we

11:33 ↗ as a city to business community

11:36 ↗ involvement is how community involvement

11:38 ↗ in how we proceed will be critical and I

11:41 ↗ look forward to the input and guidance

11:43 ↗ provided by our highly engaged boarding

11:46 ↗ commission members who bring a wealth of

11:48 ↗ experience and perspective to the table

11:51 ↗ individuals would be contacted directly

11:53 ↗ and asked to express their interest and

11:55 ↗ serving on this task force to the City

11:57 ↗ Clerk's office by Friday April 24th it

12:00 ↗ is anticipated this task force will meet

12:02 ↗ virtually twice a month for the next

12:04 ↗ several months the meetings will be open

12:06 ↗ to the public and recorded meanwhile the

12:09 ↗ city's boards and commissions will

12:11 ↗ remain on hiatus for the foreseeable

12:13 ↗ future and only will need if actionable

12:16 ↗ business is required

12:18 ↗ I want to thank the council for your

12:21 ↗ thoughtful comments during the feedback

12:22 ↗ session at our last council meeting on

12:24 ↗ April 6th when we presented you the

12:27 ↗ revenue projections for 2020 there were

12:30 ↗ some consistent themes in your feedback

12:32 ↗ I have a generalized list of takeaways I

12:35 ↗ would like to share with you this

12:36 ↗ evening prior to presenting the

12:38 ↗ administration's expenditure reduction

12:40 ↗ plan

12:41 ↗ I heard the following prioritize safety

12:45 ↗ and security in our community

12:47 ↗ prioritized utility service delivery and

12:50 ↗ waste management recognize that our

12:53 ↗ human services provider network is

12:55 ↗ struggling and our local economy will

12:57 ↗ need significant assistance to get back

12:59 ↗ on a good footing commit to the

13:02 ↗ strategic plan vision values and action

13:05 ↗ items and recognize that it may take

13:07 ↗ longer to get there our priorities are

13:10 ↗ the same our timeline has changed due to

13:12 ↗ a changed economic outlook minimize

13:15 ↗ layoffs furloughs and other impacts to

13:18 ↗ employees try and maintain as many

13:21 ↗ positions as possible and share the

13:23 ↗ sacrifice eliminate consultant contracts

13:27 ↗ and consider having staff complete work

13:29 ↗ items as a way of preserving staff

13:31 ↗ positions

13:32 ↗ I heard missed opinions on the use of

13:35 ↗ ending fund balance to supplant lost

13:38 ↗ revenues and offset expenditures and I

13:41 ↗ heard a big shout out for parks

13:42 ↗ maintenance to maintain safe places for

13:45 ↗ fresh air and exercise for a community

13:47 ↗ with limited options for activity and

13:50 ↗ lastly I heard quite strongly tempered

13:54 ↗ the urge to cut all at once our city

13:57 ↗ administrator finance director will be

13:59 ↗ presenting the expenditure reduction

14:01 ↗ plan for 2020 and explaining the phased

14:04 ↗ approach we're taking to ensure we are

14:06 ↗ responding to the conditions of

14:07 ↗ circumstances continued to evolve it

14:11 ↗ does focus on the priorities we heard on

14:13 ↗ April 6 and it does take a phase of

14:15 ↗ flexible approach to addressing the

14:17 ↗ revenue shortfall so we may be able to

14:20 ↗ adapt as more data is available I have

14:23 ↗ not in this first phase included use of

14:25 ↗ the ending fund balance for any ongoing

14:27 ↗ operational cost as you will note this

14:31 ↗ first day

14:31 ↗ does not completely cover the possible

14:33 ↗ revenue shortfalls we are projected I

14:35 ↗ assume at some future phase and when

14:38 ↗ additional data is analyzed there may be

14:40 ↗ the need to recommend the use of ending

14:42 ↗ fund balance at this point in time we do

14:45 ↗ not have sufficient information that

14:47 ↗ allows us to foresee with the next eight

14:49 ↗ months may bring let alone what economic

14:51 ↗ impacts may carry over to 2021 as we

14:55 ↗ continue our response to this crisis I

14:57 ↗ am confident our dedicated City Council

14:59 ↗ employees and community community will

15:02 ↗ demonstrate once again it's the quest

15:05 ↗ historic resilience and spring I wanted

15:09 ↗ to add a couple of extra points here at

15:12 ↗ the end I had an opportunity today to

15:15 ↗ talk for council president several times

15:17 ↗ and there's just a few more things I

15:18 ↗ wanted to add to that bears report in

15:21 ↗ case the position that I'm taking and

15:24 ↗ the administration is acting on is not

15:26 ↗ entirely clear we still want our desired

15:30 ↗ outcomes as we done from our strategic

15:34 ↗ plan when we adopted it they're

15:36 ↗ absolutely the same but we have reduced

15:38 ↗ labor resources due to the significant

15:41 ↗ projected revenue shortfall two points

15:44 ↗ in particular regard with regards to

15:48 ↗ neighborhood engagement and our

15:49 ↗ commitment to sustainability we want

15:52 ↗ both and it is and it is woven through

15:59 ↗ the fiber the goals and the objectives

16:02 ↗ and the action steps in the strategic

16:04 ↗ plan we can't accomplish our vision and

16:07 ↗ goals without remaining to hold up our

16:11 ↗ commitment to neighborhood engagement

16:13 ↗ and to sustainability for at least a few

16:16 ↗ months perhaps longer will we are going

16:19 ↗ to see a strain on staffing resources

16:21 ↗ and I just wanted to let everybody know

16:24 ↗ who is questioning in particular those

16:27 ↗ two areas that we are committed as a

16:30 ↗ city we are committed as an organization

16:32 ↗ and I know this is high priority for

16:35 ↗ both the council and the community the

16:37 ↗ second point I wanted to make sure was

16:40 ↗ clear to both the public and the council

16:44 ↗ that is here

16:45 ↗ evening yes I am the one that is

16:48 ↗ responsible for the current layoffs

16:51 ↗ furlough vacancy and payout plan it's

16:54 ↗ all me it's a administrative action I

16:58 ↗ own each and every one of these

16:59 ↗ decisions and I will tell you they are

17:02 ↗ very very difficult decisions if we

17:06 ↗ don't have the revenue forecast we're

17:10 ↗ not going to realize the revenue

17:11 ↗ forecast that was predicted for the 2020

17:14 ↗ budget we cannot we cannot continue on

17:17 ↗ like we have that money coming in we

17:19 ↗ cannot and the council is being asked to

17:24 ↗ approve tonight some policy some human

17:28 ↗ resources policy matters that go with

17:32 ↗ being able to and act on doing furloughs

17:35 ↗ and other items that I just wanted to

17:39 ↗ make sure that it was clear that I I

17:42 ↗ approved the plan I wanted to ensure

17:46 ↗ that the city remains financially viable

17:48 ↗ today next month

17:51 ↗ through 2020 and through 2021 and so

17:55 ↗ this has been a extremely difficult

17:57 ↗ process that this is what I wrote this

18:02 ↗ is what we need to do anyway I hope

18:04 ↗ those clarifications helps I'm going to

18:06 ↗ turn it over now for a first

18:08 ↗ informational item and that is I do 683

18:16 ↗ it is a Human Services update and is an

18:18 ↗ informational item for council this

18:20 ↗ evening with no additional with no

18:23 ↗ action requested and I'd like to get

18:25 ↗ Jeff Welling our parks and Community

18:27 ↗ Services Director to make presentation

18:29 ↗ yeah City Council

18:36 ↗ Jeff wobbling parks and community

18:38 ↗ services director with the city also on

18:42 ↗ the line is Monica and Agrella our Human

18:45 ↗ Services Coordinator should you have any

18:47 ↗ any questions my intent tonight as Thank

18:51 ↗ You Tina and tisha as the PowerPoint

18:54 ↗ presentations coming up is

18:56 ↗ to go over this PowerPoint that was in

18:59 ↗ the council packet for those that might

19:01 ↗ be following along on a computer and the

19:04 ↗ and their phone they can find this in

19:06 ↗ the agenda packet it's really just try

19:08 ↗ to provide a broad overview of some of

19:12 ↗ the work that we've been doing in the

19:14 ↗ human services side of work these past

19:16 ↗ eight weeks really in response to and

19:22 ↗ what's been going on in the community

19:37 ↗ great so I thought in regards to covet

19:40 ↗ response there's been a lot going on

19:43 ↗ obviously within Human Services put this

19:48 ↗ into three general categories as I

19:56 ↗ mentioned Monica's name before she's

19:57 ↗ just been doing a fantastic job a number

20:00 ↗ of staff within the department as well

20:02 ↗ as outside the department have also been

20:04 ↗ lending support so the first category

20:11 ↗ general category are specific programs

20:14 ↗ and initiatives that we've launched in

20:17 ↗ response to the second category is our

20:22 ↗ ongoing support to nonprofit agencies

20:26 ↗ regional agencies that we historically

20:29 ↗ partner with and then the third category

20:33 ↗ most important is our support to

20:36 ↗ residents so within the programs and

20:39 ↗ initiatives go into these a little

20:41 ↗ further in the PowerPoint slides but we

20:43 ↗ really focused initiatives on two basic

20:48 ↗ needs assistance program that you're

20:54 ↗ familiar with we discussed with you a

20:56 ↗ couple weeks ago and food some

21:01 ↗ collaborative work we've been doing with

21:04 ↗ services in further slides in regards to

21:16 ↗ our support to nonprofit agencies as I

21:20 ↗ mentioned before weekly check-ins

21:31 ↗ checking on resources and how they're

21:34 ↗ doing in some cases two grants and other

21:38 ↗ funding opportunities such as the small

21:40 ↗ business crafts that are also available

21:42 ↗ for nonprofit agencies just to recall

21:50 ↗ those basic needs of food and shelter

21:52 ↗ these partners really critical work

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22:36 ↗ [Music]

23:05 ↗ opportunities resources our

23:09 ↗ communications team have been fantastic

23:12 ↗ in lending support their resource and

23:17 ↗ referral is critical resources need for

23:54 ↗ that response I think I think what's

24:01 ↗ been heartening

24:03 ↗ is the other way we've seen an increase

24:17 ↗ reaching out to us in the past we've we

25:51 ↗ currently have two agencies that are

25:54 ↗ contracting and providing this support

25:56 ↗ that st. Vincent DePaul and Esteban

25:59 ↗ Community Services

26:00 ↗ the third agency hopefully we're

26:03 ↗ continuing to work through some some

26:05 ↗ contractual items

26:08 ↗ [Music]

26:11 ↗ within those households reduced hours of

27:14 ↗ [Music]

27:23 ↗ employment or household food insecure to

28:11 ↗ some degree we thought this is a very

28:14 ↗ important time to convene those partners

28:16 ↗ as we were hearing from all of them

28:18 ↗ we've created collaboration

28:21 ↗ we've already met a couple of times if

28:24 ↗ seven organizations as well as King

28:29 ↗ County councilmember Lambert as a

28:30 ↗ regional resource to King County it's

28:35 ↗ been great conversations and a great

28:37 ↗ opportunity to bring those groups

28:38 ↗ together to share to identify shared

28:43 ↗ needs shared issues to issues explore

28:51 ↗ shared opportunities and ways that this

28:54 ↗ group can coordinate many of them

28:56 ↗ already do which is exciting to see that

28:58 ↗ it's really led to some further efforts

29:01 ↗ and coordination the goal and all of

29:03 ↗ this work is to pull this group together

29:05 ↗ and try and look ahead not just look at

29:08 ↗ the needs of today but be looking 30 60

29:11 ↗ 90 days out to make sure collectively we

29:16 ↗ can coordination and collaborations that

29:30 ↗ are happening in between supplies people

29:51 ↗ of staff volunteers or staffing and

29:54 ↗ making sure groups a resource to be able

29:56 ↗ to provide those services and then last

29:58 ↗ bucket financially what are we doing how

30:02 ↗ are we collectively taking those needs

30:08 ↗ and something that we've been able to

30:10 ↗ communicate to this group that provides

30:17 ↗ we're not necessarily as this local

30:23 ↗ agency the monetary provider fully fill

30:29 ↗ that role but how can we

30:34 ↗ combined our message combined our story

30:38 ↗ and continues on some other fronts with

30:59 ↗ the census going on at the same time

31:01 ↗ again appreciation to our communications

31:06 ↗ team mayor I know you've really lent a

31:07 ↗ lot of effort in this Monica's done

31:09 ↗ great work we continue to promote and

31:11 ↗ educate our residents to complete the

31:14 ↗ census we've had a very high response

31:17 ↗ rate throughout which is which is great

31:19 ↗ to see continued communication and

31:23 ↗ support of our Human Services contracts

31:26 ↗ and agencies is really important work

31:27 ↗ that we continue to do and we as well

31:32 ↗ the 2021 2022 application process due to

31:42 ↗ the situation we're in - May 15th need

31:47 ↗ to be submitted so we'll continue the

31:49 ↗ staff work and the work with Commission

31:52 ↗ and to begin the summer and for packages

32:23 ↗ that the federal government are giving

32:25 ↗ out right now are not necessarily

32:27 ↗ address shortfalls that our Human

32:30 ↗ Services agencies are facing they have

32:32 ↗ the paycheck replacement program many of

32:35 ↗ our nonprofits run on a shoestring of

32:37 ↗ salaries and their bigger component

32:40 ↗ costs have to do with materials which

32:43 ↗ there currently is no aid package of

32:45 ↗ help them with and then

32:47 ↗ we've been working with the

32:48 ↗ congresswoman to try and educate her and

32:51 ↗ have her work to provide relief the

32:55 ↗ rabbits are a nonprofit networks either

32:58 ↗ through the a package and also take into

33:00 ↗ consideration their ability to fundraise

33:02 ↗ has been completely decimated by the

33:06 ↗ lack of activities that they can hold

33:08 ↗ the face-to-face luncheons and rasmus's

33:11 ↗ and it can take up to 30% of their

33:13 ↗ revenue away as they are expending you

33:17 ↗ know over 25 to 40% more than they

33:20 ↗ normally do so it's quite a financial

33:23 ↗ crisis for them and I appreciate

33:25 ↗ everything that you and Monica are doing

33:26 ↗ I wanted at this point in time to ask

33:30 ↗ council president hunt if there was any

33:33 ↗ email comments that you wanted to

33:36 ↗ summarize that the council may have

33:37 ↗ received this week on this particular

33:39 ↗ informational item yes this is council

33:42 ↗ president hunts is my audio okay

33:45 ↗ it is good okay great we did receive one

33:50 ↗ email that specifically referenced this

33:53 ↗ item and that was an email from Steve

33:56 ↗ Pereira he stated that he remains

33:59 ↗ convinced that this was a positive

34:01 ↗ community response meaning the program

34:04 ↗ for rental assistance and he also

34:07 ↗ wondered about the future of the program

34:08 ↗ including changes to the criteria and

34:11 ↗ extension of the program thank you and I

34:15 ↗ know this council president has that you

34:17 ↗ also have a question on the presentation

34:19 ↗ yes thank you so that was a comment from

34:22 ↗ a member of the community and then this

34:23 ↗ is my personal question we are roughly

34:27 ↗ 50% of the way through disbursement of

34:30 ↗ the funds for the rental assistance

34:32 ↗ program and I wondered if you could

34:35 ↗ speak to the rate at which those funds

34:37 ↗ are being dispersed so when we might

34:39 ↗ expect that we would be perhaps fence T

34:43 ↗ originally allotted a hundred thousand

34:46 ↗ and then also next steps for the program

34:49 ↗ if council were to consider consider

34:53 ↗ extending or or next steps

35:02 ↗ yes thanks for that question sorry as I

35:04 ↗ was fumbling with fingers thanks for

35:08 ↗ that question so you know as we are

35:11 ↗ nearing 50 percent we anticipate that

35:15 ↗ funding going through in the next

35:26 ↗ questions that we discussed with the

35:31 ↗ administration and we're planning on

35:32 ↗ coming back with a more specific

35:35 ↗ conversation about rental assistance

35:38 ↗ program on may the fourth my mentioned

35:41 ↗ earlier one of the funding partners we

35:47 ↗ decision to make and some options to

35:49 ↗ explore in terms of either lending some

35:51 ↗ flexibility to the program thank you I

36:25 ↗ do hi this is Chris Rea it was really

36:29 ↗ important to me when we put this program

36:31 ↗ together that we from the Cova 19

36:38 ↗ outbreak or the people who are being

36:40 ↗ served by this program so I just wanted

36:42 ↗ to thank Monica and Jeff and the rest of

36:45 ↗ team for the data they provided this

36:52 ↗ program it really helps us to to make

36:54 ↗ sure that we're getting

36:56 ↗ we desired so big big thank you to

36:59 ↗ Monica and Jeff Thank You Debbie council

37:03 ↗ president I see a councilmember day

37:04 ↗ Michelle has a comment thank you this is

37:08 ↗ councilmember T Michelle first of all I

37:11 ↗ think that we've had seen a tremendous

37:14 ↗ effort on the part of our Parks and

37:18 ↗ Recreation and Human Services folks so

37:20 ↗ thank you so much for that I do think

37:24 ↗ that the rental assistance program has

37:27 ↗ been very well received by the community

37:29 ↗ I've heard nothing but positive comments

37:32 ↗ about that program

37:34 ↗ on the few of food security

37:37 ↗ collaboration you know reflecting on a

37:41 ↗ bigger picture of human services I feel

37:44 ↗ like this is something that we this was

37:48 ↗ we really had a good time

37:50 ↗ to look at something that probably

37:52 ↗ should have been done before and I

37:54 ↗ really appreciate the city's leadership

37:56 ↗ on that can you speak to how this group

38:01 ↗ might continue even after we're into a

38:04 ↗ recovery mode and just the whole concept

38:10 ↗ of coordinating our food distribution in

38:15 ↗ a very strategic and equitable way what

38:18 ↗ are the long-term pictures you see for

38:21 ↗ this group and then I do have another

38:22 ↗ question after that Thank You

38:26 ↗ councilmember Dee Michelle director

38:31 ↗ Watling feel free to answer you bad

38:47 ↗ thanks mayor yeah council member adeana

38:49 ↗ shell great point and I I guess I would

38:52 ↗ just add that I think we see the

38:55 ↗ opportunity of this convening the same

38:59 ↗ way you do

39:01 ↗ opportunities relationships are they've

39:04 ↗ always been there

39:05 ↗ these groups have always partnered but

39:07 ↗ to do so in such a focused effort really

39:09 ↗ does create the opportunity for it to

39:11 ↗ continue in some way shape or form so

39:15 ↗ [Music]

39:30 ↗ this question I know one of the tasks

39:34 ↗ that the services have been given is

39:37 ↗ city oversight of our Holiday Inn

39:41 ↗ Recovery Center and I'm wondering if we

39:44 ↗ have any information about that project

39:46 ↗ that again is one that I think the

39:49 ↗ community is very interested in and

39:51 ↗ getting information about yes madam

40:19 ↗ mayor members of the council of leader

40:20 ↗ and regular excuse me regular touch with

40:23 ↗ the county through our partners at East

40:26 ↗ Side Fire and Rescue Squad Police

40:27 ↗ Department checking the fire district

40:30 ↗ especially has done a great job of

40:32 ↗ checking in with that facility about 30

40:36 ↗ or 35 individuals were there at last

40:40 ↗ count the fire district had two

40:43 ↗ emergency calls I think just yesterday

40:47 ↗ at the facility so I think it's been

40:50 ↗ operating very well the mayor worked

40:53 ↗ very closely with a County Executive

40:55 ↗ Constantine make sure that the facility

40:58 ↗ they've asked for right off the bat

41:01 ↗ offense permanent fence that was erected

41:03 ↗ around the facility areas Davidson state

41:07 ↗ police officers stationed there around

41:10 ↗ the clock as well as private security

41:12 ↗ we've just been trying to be good

41:14 ↗ community partners with also so far the

41:17 ↗ facility is

41:18 ↗ that's done what it's supposed to do and

41:20 ↗ that is provide a place for those who

41:22 ↗ are either with a copa90 test result or

41:25 ↗ recovering from a positive test result

41:27 ↗ that did not require hospitalization I

41:29 ↗ think I think it worked very well for

41:31 ↗ the larger community in addition the

41:35 ↗ mayor asked so the kind of executive

41:36 ↗ that a Memorandum of Understanding be

41:39 ↗ entered into between the county and the

41:41 ↗ city on the use of the facility and the

41:44 ↗ future use of the property after of the

41:46 ↗ crisis passes and thanks to the good

41:49 ↗ work of city attorney Jim Haney he

41:51 ↗ worked with King County's Prosecutor's

41:54 ↗ Office and I think MOU is executed just

41:57 ↗ today so we will make that available to

41:59 ↗ the council they'll post it on our

42:01 ↗ website so that everyone has an

42:02 ↗ understanding we it's not something

42:05 ↗ that's happened in every community but

42:07 ↗ it's something that Mayor Paul II wanted

42:09 ↗ very specifically at the beginning of

42:10 ↗ this process and the county executive

42:12 ↗ was kind enough to have the staff work

42:15 ↗ with our staff to execute that so that

42:16 ↗ was just done today and we'll make

42:18 ↗ copies available to you shortly thank

42:21 ↗ you so much appreciate that

42:29 ↗ madam mayor unmute again oh my gosh okay

42:34 ↗ thank you

42:35 ↗ Thank You councillor Jay Michelle thank

42:37 ↗ you stating this traitor Bob to us and

42:39 ↗ Thank You councilmember Walsh for

42:41 ↗ keeping me in a good place with no

42:43 ↗ further questions or comments at this

42:45 ↗ point in time I'd like to move on to our

42:47 ↗ next item which is I do 62 it's an

42:50 ↗ economic development update and I'd like

42:53 ↗ to ask Jen David Hayes or hekima

42:55 ↗ Economic Development Manager to make a

42:58 ↗ brief presentation counsel Jen good

43:02 ↗ evening madam mayor and councilmembers

43:04 ↗ thank you for having me tonight as my as

43:07 ↗ she mentioned my name is Jen Davis Hayes

43:09 ↗ and I'm the economic development manager

43:11 ↗ for the city we're here tonight to talk

43:12 ↗ breathe out update about our activity

43:15 ↗ just to help businesses through this

43:16 ↗ challenging times and you go to the next

43:19 ↗ slide please so we'll be on slide number

43:21 ↗ two

43:22 ↗ so basically updating about our core

43:25 ↗ focus areas and to share about how we

43:29 ↗ work a lot with our partners to move

43:31 ↗ things forward you can move on to our

43:33 ↗ next slide as part of our normal old

43:37 ↗ normal I would call it economic

43:39 ↗ development activities we would reach

43:41 ↗ out to approximately 50 businesses a

43:43 ↗ year to discuss how business was going

43:45 ↗ and neck with them about resources to

43:47 ↗ help their business and problem-solve we

43:50 ↗ keep this effort into high gear at the

43:52 ↗ beginning of the pandemic thanks to some

43:54 ↗ reassigned staff from other departments

43:56 ↗ we initially started calling restaurants

43:58 ↗ to learn to see if they were going to

43:59 ↗ remain open or temporary clothes our

44:02 ↗ next focus went to banks other retailers

44:05 ↗ and then continued on to other types of

44:07 ↗ businesses we coordinated with the

44:09 ↗ city's efforts around theives food

44:11 ↗ security to help connect the businesses

44:13 ↗ with nonprofits and we're currently

44:15 ↗ partnering with the Amy Dukes our arts

44:18 ↗ administrator to reach out to for-profit

44:20 ↗ creative businesses so right now our

44:23 ↗ business outreach calls is near 200 that

44:26 ↗ would that we and I say we meaning the

44:28 ↗ city has done directly but our partners

44:31 ↗ with Chamber da Gilman Bert Gilman

44:34 ↗ village Merchants Association visit

44:36 ↗ Issaquah have more than doubled our

44:38 ↗ connection with these businesses they've

44:39 ↗ been able to answer questions and

44:42 ↗ shared with us trends and other business

44:44 ↗ needs they discovered these we've also

44:47 ↗ received inquiries directly for

44:49 ↗ businesses or residents about about

44:51 ↗ business practices so we've had about 50

44:54 ↗ or more of those so thanks to our

44:56 ↗ outstanding efforts of our communication

44:58 ↗ team we have greatly enhanced our city's

45:00 ↗ Kovach 19 business resource webpage

45:03 ↗ actually several times with information

45:06 ↗ we've collected so we've used that as a

45:08 ↗ resource to direct business and help

45:09 ↗ answer their initial questions and to

45:12 ↗ guide them for other other resources and

45:15 ↗ we've also had to reach out to

45:16 ↗ businesses when we are contacted with

45:19 ↗ concerns from residents about physical

45:21 ↗ distancing operation operations and

45:24 ↗ clarifying the changes of the bag ban

45:26 ↗ are there things the calling businesses

45:28 ↗ can be challenging some businesses are

45:30 ↗ too busy to talk and others aren't

45:32 ↗ answering their phones so we created a

45:34 ↗ new business newsletter that currently

45:36 ↗ has over 3,500 subscribers and anyone

45:40 ↗ can sign up for this it's on our civic

45:42 ↗ cities Cove in 19 business resource

45:44 ↗ website and at the bottom of the section

45:47 ↗ under the contact us you can sign up

45:49 ↗ today if you like that we just sent out

45:51 ↗ today

45:51 ↗ the topics included our new technical

45:55 ↗ assistance through our partners that

45:57 ↗ start at 425 this week's chamber webinar

46:00 ↗ and small business grant information or

46:02 ↗ paste Facebook and Salesforce as well as

46:05 ↗ our effort to collect videos to promote

46:07 ↗ businesses and help us showcase how

46:09 ↗ they're still open whether that's in

46:11 ↗ person or online and how they've

46:13 ↗ implemented physical distance and

46:15 ↗ Finance next slide please

46:22 ↗ early on we partner with the chamber to

46:25 ↗ do a business survey so you'll see here

46:27 ↗ that from March 11 through the 18th we

46:30 ↗ received about 36 responses we closed a

46:32 ↗ survey at that time because the region

46:35 ↗ the region started a region-wide

46:38 ↗ Business Survey so we imported our data

46:41 ↗ into that so as you can imagine this

46:43 ↗ information in the survey is already out

46:45 ↗ of date in fact those businesses who

46:48 ↗ completed the survey on March 11th may

46:50 ↗ have answered very differently by

46:52 ↗ 18 it does give us a glimpse into the

46:54 ↗ initial concerns so as you'll see the

46:58 ↗ biggest needs that people talked about

47:00 ↗ was financial assistance and customers

47:02 ↗ the lack of customers we know that that

47:04 ↗ still stands true and concerned about

47:07 ↗ their ongoing ability to pay payroll

47:09 ↗ make rent and maintain viability if you

47:13 ↗ look at the impact to revenue chart here

47:17 ↗ that about 25 percent said no or low

47:21 ↗ impact to their business revenues I

47:23 ↗ think that the stay at home order has

47:25 ↗ changed those those numbers drastically

47:29 ↗ next slide please

47:33 ↗ so as I mentioned we we closed down that

47:36 ↗ survey because the larger regional

47:39 ↗ survey was started with the greater

47:41 ↗ Seattle partners as well as city of

47:42 ↗ Seattle and other partners to look at

47:45 ↗ business impacts that was open through

47:48 ↗ April first and this is some few slides

47:52 ↗ from the data about the east side

47:54 ↗ business responses the full infographic

47:56 ↗ for the east side business responses are

47:59 ↗ on in the council packet if you're more

48:02 ↗ interested in seeing more information so

48:04 ↗ the first slide is about how worried you

48:06 ↗ are about your business and so here we

48:08 ↗ see about a quarter of businesses have

48:10 ↗ about some worries we're about

48:13 ↗ three-quarters worried in some form

48:16 ↗ about being able to stay open next slide

48:18 ↗ please

48:21 ↗ the next the next slide talks about

48:24 ↗ highlights the business concerns with

48:27 ↗ lack of cash reserves as our top concern

48:29 ↗ temporary closures and other items that

48:32 ↗ address and not having revenues for all

48:35 ↗ close second and third so the Eastside

48:38 ↗ coalition that we're working with eyes

48:40 ↗ in discussions with the consultant who

48:43 ↗ did the regional Business Survey to see

48:44 ↗ if we can get data for its costs

48:46 ↗ specific businesses and we'll definitely

48:49 ↗ share that with you if we do we see that

48:51 ↗ and I just to make sure we want to make

48:53 ↗ sure that these trends hold for

48:54 ↗ businesses there is a plan to do another

48:58 ↗ survey next week and then a further one

49:00 ↗ a third one when the

49:02 ↗ is reopen later we're in communication

49:04 ↗ right now just see how we can take part

49:06 ↗ in that as well next slide please

49:12 ↗ so I mentioned before a lot of our time

49:15 ↗ has been researching and learning more

49:17 ↗ about the resources are out there so we

49:21 ↗ add these to our website we share via

49:22 ↗ newsletter and inform in our one-on-one

49:25 ↗ calls so this is a list of type of

49:28 ↗ information that we have become familiar

49:29 ↗ enough to be able to provide answers at

49:32 ↗ the very high level or at least know

49:34 ↗ where the most accurate information is

49:35 ↗ for people

49:36 ↗ I won't good to detail about all these

49:38 ↗ items except for one which is something

49:40 ↗ that just kicked off today and that is

49:42 ↗ we've built upon our our start at 4:25

49:45 ↗ collaboration with other Eastside cities

49:47 ↗ so over the past four years we have

49:50 ↗ provided business assistant webinars

49:53 ↗ I'm sorry not webinars seminars in our

49:56 ↗ libraries we've pivoted that to now do

49:59 ↗ those online and we have also hired a

50:06 ↗ technical assistance organization

50:08 ↗ business impact Northwest to provide

50:10 ↗ one-on-one technical assistance for

50:12 ↗ businesses to health and get repaired

50:13 ↗ for financial or their business needs as

50:15 ↗ they are working their way back into

50:18 ↗ business that information you can find

50:21 ↗ them our city's website next slide

50:24 ↗ please

50:29 ↗ and so sometimes it's hard to remember

50:32 ↗ that there are many businesses that are

50:33 ↗ still open and actually operating so

50:35 ↗ we've done several things to help

50:36 ↗ promote businesses that are either open

50:38 ↗ or online during this time first we've

50:42 ↗ encouraged businesses to send us a short

50:45 ↗ video highlighting their business and

50:48 ↗ ending with that we've got we got this

50:50 ↗ Issaquah tagline we've received about

50:53 ↗ two dozen and we compiled it and are

50:55 ↗ sharing on social media we're also

50:57 ↗ collecting these videos till the end of

50:59 ↗ this month and we will send out another

51:02 ↗ video and promote businesses as well

51:04 ↗ because of the effort we did early on

51:06 ↗ with reaching out to businesses we were

51:09 ↗ able to quickly populate an east-side

51:11 ↗ Google map

51:12 ↗ hi

51:13 ↗ restaurants that are currently open so

51:16 ↗ this is now available on the startup

51:19 ↗ fortune web buy website which is linked

51:21 ↗ from our website we are working with our

51:23 ↗ Eastside coalition to actually expand

51:26 ↗ this this this web map to include

51:30 ↗ businesses that are other businesses

51:33 ↗ that are online or open for business

51:35 ↗ both of these researchers have been

51:37 ↗ widely shared by our economic

51:39 ↗ development partners next slide please

51:44 ↗ and I can't say enough about our

51:46 ↗ partnerships that we've enhanced so

51:49 ↗ we'll recall our vision partners so

51:51 ↗ that's a partnership of our local

51:52 ↗ economic development organizations you

51:54 ↗ see here so the Chamber downtown is a

51:56 ↗ cost associated Dillman village

51:59 ↗ Merchants Association visit Issaquah and

52:02 ↗ the iskele Highlands Council we've been

52:03 ↗ meeting as a group since monthly since

52:06 ↗ January and since the beginning this

52:08 ↗ pandemic we are in communication almost

52:10 ↗ daily via email phone calls and on a

52:13 ↗ weekly call so their efforts have

52:15 ↗ greatly enhanced what we are able to do

52:18 ↗ every chance for their businesses

52:19 ↗ they're creating their own koba 19 web

52:22 ↗ pages they've created special highlight

52:26 ↗ marketing for their open businesses in

52:28 ↗ downtown and Highlands the Chamber has

52:31 ↗ hosted webinars the visit kua is our is

52:36 ↗ our lifeline to learning more about the

52:40 ↗ hotel and hospitality industries and the

52:42 ↗ gilman verse village Merchants

52:44 ↗ Association has been really key about

52:46 ↗ helping us to better understand the

52:47 ↗ retail business I also wanted to mention

52:50 ↗ we've hosted now three calls with our

52:52 ↗ commercial property managers and owners

52:54 ↗ in Issaquah helps us to better

52:56 ↗ understand what they're hearing from

52:58 ↗ their businesses and what trends are

53:00 ↗ happening in the commercial real estate

53:01 ↗ world there's next slide please and this

53:08 ↗ is a quick look at all the regional

53:11 ↗ economic development partners that we've

53:13 ↗ been on weekly calls with and listening

53:15 ↗ for their webinars to share information

53:17 ↗ and better understand resources I won't

53:19 ↗ go into details about all of our work

53:21 ↗ we're doing with these folks but where

53:22 ↗ there are some talks about by local and

53:24 ↗ welcome about back campaigns

53:26 ↗ so more information but I do want to say

53:30 ↗ that I'm really thankful also for our

53:33 ↗ Port of Seattle grant that we have as

53:35 ↗ you know we receive about $40,000 a year

53:37 ↗ and for economic development activities

53:41 ↗ and have been very supportive and

53:43 ↗ encouraging of us to pivot that original

53:45 ↗ scope and to look for ways to support

53:47 ↗ businesses and people to get back to

53:49 ↗ work so that's really great to hear

53:52 ↗ x-play so what's next so we will

53:58 ↗ continue to do our business outreach

54:00 ↗ education and promotion we are still in

54:03 ↗ the response node of this this is our

54:05 ↗ learning how to to kind of to operate

54:08 ↗ better in these times but things are

54:10 ↗ still changing for them we'll explore

54:12 ↗ new business funding I didn't I'm sorry

54:14 ↗ new funding opportunities for instance

54:17 ↗ in the federal stimulus package there

54:20 ↗ were some money for the economic

54:21 ↗ development administration at the

54:23 ↗ federal level to help regions and so

54:26 ↗ we'll be looking at working with our

54:27 ↗ regional partners on some efforts there

54:29 ↗ we've been looking at LTAC funding and

54:32 ↗ how we can better utilize that money to

54:34 ↗ support our hospitality and tourism

54:35 ↗ businesses and then we'll look at other

54:38 ↗ federal funding as that becomes

54:39 ↗ available for economic development

54:41 ↗ activities we need to of course rethink

54:43 ↗ our current year planned activities we

54:47 ↗ will focus on retaining our businesses

54:50 ↗ and less so and recruiting businesses

54:53 ↗ but of course do both we had a job fair

54:56 ↗ scheduled for May 12th at Pickering barn

54:58 ↗ we have postponed that we have not

55:00 ↗ rescheduled a date yet but we are

55:02 ↗ working with our employers to determine

55:05 ↗ if an in-person one makes sense or if we

55:07 ↗ do a virtual one instead we have some

55:10 ↗ other activities that in such a large

55:13 ↗ group it's hard to do a Skype call so we

55:15 ↗ were planning to do a first annual

55:16 ↗ business summit in June we have a Brook

55:19 ↗ annual brokers forum and some other

55:21 ↗ activities so we'll look at how to best

55:23 ↗ do that and then recovery planning is

55:26 ↗ really important as the mayor mentioned

55:28 ↗ she's putting together a task force to

55:30 ↗ think about that from a city level we've

55:32 ↗ been thinking and having starting

55:34 ↗ discussions around economic development

55:35 ↗ and

55:36 ↗ in the larger region and our East Side's

55:38 ↗ in on our city and we started asking

55:41 ↗ businesses what they'll need but it's

55:43 ↗ hard to have clarity because it's hard

55:46 ↗ to them to know because there's not a

55:47 ↗ clarity about timing or precautions that

55:49 ↗ need to be taken it's the world that we

55:51 ↗ will definitely be back with more

55:52 ↗ information about how that progresses

55:54 ↗ and that's it Thank You Jen before we go

56:12 ↗ to councilmember questions and comments

56:13 ↗ but I would like to do is see if council

56:16 ↗ president hunts has any email comments

56:19 ↗ that she received related to this item

56:21 ↗ that she would like to share with

56:22 ↗ Council thank you madam mayor this is

56:25 ↗ council president hon we did receive one

56:27 ↗ email that specifically referenced this

56:30 ↗ item and that was from Steve Pereira and

56:33 ↗ so summarize his coming he thought it

56:36 ↗ was important that we received more

56:37 ↗ information about the actions that are

56:39 ↗ being taken regarding economic

56:40 ↗ development and economic recovery and

56:42 ↗ also the results from those actions

56:45 ↗ thank you and I see that councilmember

56:49 ↗ March has a comment or a question looks

56:52 ↗ like a question I I do this is

56:55 ↗ councilmember March thank you madam

56:57 ↗ mayor gen I'm wondering if in the

56:59 ↗ surveys that you did or in the outreach

57:01 ↗ that you did to the business community

57:03 ↗ whether you got any sense from them

57:06 ↗ about the sort of duration aspect in

57:10 ↗ other words you asked them about their

57:11 ↗ concerns about the ability to weather

57:13 ↗ this had you got did you wind up getting

57:16 ↗ any feedback or any sense of the

57:18 ↗ business community about you know we

57:21 ↗ just don't know whether this is a you

57:23 ↗ know this is beginning of May it may

57:26 ↗ extend beyond the beginning of May we

57:28 ↗ don't really know right it's going to be

57:29 ↗ dependent on public health data did you

57:32 ↗ get any sense from them on like oh four

57:35 ↗ weeks is fine but twelve weeks is not

57:37 ↗ fine or anything having to do with the

57:40 ↗ duration and its impact on their ability

57:41 ↗ to weather this emergency Thanks

57:46 ↗ yeah that's a great question and so I

57:49 ↗ didn't ask us when do you think we're

57:51 ↗ gonna be able to reopen so it is a lot

57:53 ↗ of dependent on the public health

57:56 ↗ actions that need to be in place for us

57:59 ↗ to be open I it's really dependent also

58:03 ↗ on the the the business so some

58:05 ↗ businesses have planned out a 30 60 90

58:07 ↗ day operation plan and some businesses

58:10 ↗ are really struggling to figure out how

58:12 ↗ to get through next month's rent so is

58:16 ↗ really all of the board I think the the

58:18 ↗ East that slide that we saw earlier with

58:21 ↗ you know how many businesses feel like

58:22 ↗ they can make it through but the rough

58:24 ↗ versus I think I can go I am II go to

58:27 ↗ business so get a small percentage who

58:28 ↗ thought they couldn't even make it and

58:30 ↗ we've heard and I don't really about

58:31 ↗ some businesses that will not reopen but

58:35 ↗ I think a lot of it also we dependent

58:37 ↗ they receive resources from the SBA

58:39 ↗ programs which are hopefully going to be

58:43 ↗ refunded and have new funding available

58:46 ↗ for more businesses so I think it's a it

58:49 ↗ changes every day by people businesses

58:52 ↗ are very resilient and they're

58:53 ↗ entrepreneurial and they're doing things

58:56 ↗ like creating ways to go online and

58:58 ↗ other revenue sources so they can do

59:02 ↗ what they can to keep their employees

59:03 ↗ and themselves in business great thank

59:08 ↗ you very much Thank You councilmember

59:14 ↗ marks councilmember Walsh which likes

59:16 ↗ make a comment Thank You this is

59:18 ↗ councilmember bulge Jen I just wanted to

59:22 ↗ express to you that I've heard from many

59:24 ↗ in the business community that they're

59:26 ↗ very appreciative of the work that you

59:28 ↗ and the Economic Development Group has

59:30 ↗ done in this crisis and so kudos to you

59:35 ↗ for just you know taking this on and

59:39 ↗ growing the number of contacts so

59:42 ↗ dramatically on that note if there is a

59:45 ↗ business that has questions wants to

59:49 ↗ reach out you've mentioned the website

59:51 ↗ and the newsletter that's on there

59:54 ↗ anything else that they should do if

59:56 ↗ they need to reach out

59:59 ↗ yes thank you and again it's a team

1:00:02 ↗ effort so I appreciate our ability to

1:00:04 ↗ have other city staff to help us our

1:00:06 ↗ communications team who is always on the

1:00:08 ↗ spot able to help us so folks could if

1:00:11 ↗ you're part of an organization that was

1:00:13 ↗ listed either the chamber downtown

1:00:15 ↗ mystical station or others you can reach

1:00:17 ↗ out to them you can also reach out to

1:00:19 ↗ myself directly and my contact

1:00:21 ↗ information is on the website but it's

1:00:23 ↗ you can email me at Jen H it's the claw

1:00:27 ↗ W a.gov and we will be sure to get back

1:00:30 ↗ to you and help you direct you to the

1:00:32 ↗ right information thanks Jen thank you

1:00:38 ↗ for your comment councilmember Walsh

1:00:40 ↗ seeing no additional counsel questions

1:00:42 ↗ or comments I'm going to move on to our

1:00:44 ↗ third informational item this evening

1:00:46 ↗ which is I do 684 the Kobe response

1:00:50 ↗ phase one budget plan and I'd like to

1:00:53 ↗ ask that Goldberg finance director for

1:00:55 ↗ make the presentation thank you Beth

1:01:08 ↗ assuming that she can find the unmute

1:01:10 ↗ button better than I can and will be

1:01:30 ↗ presenting the phase 1 budget plan in

1:01:34 ↗ response to our revised revenue forecast

1:01:38 ↗ if we can move to the next slide please

1:01:40 ↗ so the purpose tonight is to provide an

1:01:44 ↗ overview of the administration's phase 1

1:01:47 ↗ understand plan is the mayor mentioned

1:01:50 ↗ earlier we are looking at this as a

1:01:52 ↗ multi-phased effort given the size of

1:01:56 ↗ the financial challenges that we're

1:01:57 ↗ facing we do feel like this is going to

1:02:00 ↗ take a multi phased approach and the

1:02:04 ↗ plan that I'm presenting tonight is

1:02:06 ↗ intended to align what the mayor's

1:02:09 ↗ priorities that she spoke about earlier

1:02:11 ↗ this evening so we can go to the next

1:02:14 ↗ slide please so by way of background

1:02:19 ↗ presented on at the April 6 the last

1:02:22 ↗ regular council meeting an updated

1:02:24 ↗ general fund revenue forecast in

1:02:27 ↗ response to the current covin emergency

1:02:30 ↗ and that forecast projected a 10 million

1:02:33 ↗ dollar decline in general fund revenues

1:02:36 ↗ that represents about 20% of general

1:02:39 ↗ fund revenues since that time two weeks

1:02:42 ↗ has passed we have unfortunately seen no

1:02:46 ↗ indication in the past two weeks that

1:02:49 ↗ have has led us to see an improved

1:02:52 ↗ outlook and if anything we've seen data

1:02:56 ↗ that suggests that we remain in very

1:03:00 ↗ murky water so the unemployment rate

1:03:03 ↗ continues to increase at a staggering

1:03:05 ↗ pace last week this is national data I'm

1:03:09 ↗ about to say 5.2 million additional

1:03:12 ↗ individuals apply for unemployment

1:03:14 ↗ bringing the total unemployment

1:03:16 ↗ applications to 22 million in four weeks

1:03:20 ↗ for context in the two years during a

1:03:23 ↗ Great Recession

1:03:24 ↗ those number of that number was eight

1:03:26 ↗ point eight million dollars eight point

1:03:28 ↗ eight million people excuse me so 22

1:03:31 ↗ million in four weeks we've also the

1:03:34 ↗ stay-at-home orders have continued and

1:03:37 ↗ while we don't know when it's going to

1:03:39 ↗ end it is likely that it will persist

1:03:41 ↗ and certainly all indications are that

1:03:45 ↗ any return to normal will be gradual so

1:03:48 ↗ some people is that it won't be like

1:03:50 ↗ turning a light switch on that we'll see

1:03:53 ↗ a gradual return to normal so that may

1:03:55 ↗ also impact the revenue forecast so if

1:04:00 ↗ we can move to the next slide please so

1:04:04 ↗ the phase one plan in particular focuses

1:04:08 ↗ on reducing general fund expenditures

1:04:10 ↗ and the largest portion of our general

1:04:14 ↗ fund is for personnel costs so there are

1:04:18 ↗ a number of personnel reductions that we

1:04:20 ↗ are recommending in the phase one we're

1:04:23 ↗ also reducing salary and benefit costs

1:04:25 ↗ for non-represented employees and making

1:04:28 ↗ work plan and service delivery

1:04:30 ↗ modifications in future phases we will

1:04:34 ↗ look at other parts of the general fund

1:04:36 ↗ so for example the street operating fund

1:04:39 ↗ received several million dollars from

1:04:41 ↗ the general fund and we will be taking a

1:04:44 ↗ closer look at that we will also be

1:04:46 ↗ looking at the non general funds so for

1:04:49 ↗ example REIT our municipal arts fund

1:04:54 ↗ which receives admissions tax which is

1:04:56 ↗ expected to decline with theaters and

1:04:59 ↗ movie theaters and my theaters closed

1:05:02 ↗ we'll be looking at that we'll be

1:05:04 ↗ looking at real estate excise tax the

1:05:08 ↗ refund as well we will also be looking

1:05:12 ↗ for additional salary and benefits chain

1:05:14 ↗ savings for a represented employees any

1:05:18 ↗ change to the salary and benefits for

1:05:20 ↗ represented employees must be negotiated

1:05:22 ↗ with our labor unions so those those

1:05:25 ↗ discussions are ongoing and we will

1:05:27 ↗ report back on those at a later phase in

1:05:30 ↗ this process we could go to the next

1:05:33 ↗ slide please

1:05:33 ↗ so before laying this out in the mayor

1:05:38 ↗ spoke to this briefly also in her

1:05:41 ↗ opening remarks tonight want to make

1:05:45 ↗ clear roles and responsibilities as we

1:05:47 ↗ enter this unusual situation of having

1:05:50 ↗ to do mid-year budget reductions the

1:05:53 ↗ mayor as you know is the chief executive

1:05:55 ↗ officer and in that role she executes

1:05:58 ↗ the annual budget that the council

1:06:00 ↗ approves and then she has authority to

1:06:04 ↗ understand the annual budget or make

1:06:07 ↗ personnel decisions as she sees fit as

1:06:09 ↗ the chief executive officer meantime the

1:06:13 ↗ council sets the policy and approves the

1:06:15 ↗ annual budget so most of what we're

1:06:18 ↗ presenting tonight is within the mayor's

1:06:20 ↗ authority but there are elements of this

1:06:23 ↗ plan that will require council action so

1:06:26 ↗ you'll hear me speaking later tonight

1:06:28 ↗ about or later in this presentation

1:06:30 ↗ about components of this plan that

1:06:33 ↗ involve furloughing non-represented are

1:06:37 ↗ non-unionized staff and also salary

1:06:40 ↗ reductions for senior leadership and

1:06:42 ↗ those will require council action to

1:06:45 ↗ approve that's on the regular business

1:06:48 ↗ agenda later this evening we are also

1:06:50 ↗ recommending some changes to benefits

1:06:53 ↗ for our non unionized employees and then

1:06:56 ↗ also law require council action and we

1:06:59 ↗ will be bringing that back to Council

1:07:01 ↗ later in May so if we can move to the

1:07:05 ↗ next slide please so for the phase one

1:07:11 ↗ we this this slide summarizes where we

1:07:15 ↗ are so we have identified six million

1:07:17 ↗ dollars worth of reductions this

1:07:19 ↗ represents about 12% of the general fund

1:07:24 ↗ it is offset by about 1.2 million

1:07:27 ↗ dollars worth of ads this is mainly cash

1:07:31 ↗ outs and one-time costs associated with

1:07:36 ↗ eliminating positions in the

1:07:38 ↗ organization so that includes like

1:07:41 ↗ vacation cash out sick leave cash outs

1:07:43 ↗ things of that nature it also includes

1:07:45 ↗ about one hundred and thirty eight

1:07:47 ↗ thousand

1:07:48 ↗ that we are allocating for each employee

1:07:51 ↗ each terminated employee to provide them

1:07:54 ↗ the funds to secure medical benefits for

1:07:58 ↗ the next three months so given that we

1:08:01 ↗ are in the middle of a health crisis the

1:08:03 ↗ administration the mayor thought it was

1:08:05 ↗ important that we provide additional

1:08:09 ↗ resources to these employees to make

1:08:11 ↗ sure their medical benefits are covered

1:08:14 ↗ for the next three months so the net

1:08:16 ↗ impact of all of this is just under five

1:08:19 ↗ million dollars to the general fund

1:08:21 ↗ that's about halfway to the ten million

1:08:24 ↗ dollar gap that we are projecting as the

1:08:27 ↗ mayor indicated that's not closing the

1:08:31 ↗ gap completely and we don't want to be

1:08:35 ↗ relying on fund balance at this point so

1:08:37 ↗ the work we're going to be doing in

1:08:39 ↗ subsequent phases will be looking at the

1:08:42 ↗ revenue data as it continues to come in

1:08:44 ↗ as well as additional opportunities for

1:08:47 ↗ savings so that we can hopefully get

1:08:50 ↗ closer to closing that gap I should also

1:08:53 ↗ mention before leaving this slide that

1:08:55 ↗ among the ads that you're seeing

1:08:57 ↗ reflected here was the funds for the

1:09:01 ↗ rental assistance program that Jeff

1:09:05 ↗ Watling spoke about earlier this evening

1:09:07 ↗ if we can move to the next slide please

1:09:12 ↗ so I want to provide an overview of the

1:09:16 ↗ approach to the reductions that we made

1:09:19 ↗ the general fund that I mentioned that

1:09:21 ↗ we looked at personnel changes this was

1:09:24 ↗ a necessity difficult but a necessity

1:09:27 ↗ given that most of our general fund

1:09:29 ↗ expenses are for personnel costs we also

1:09:33 ↗ looked at reducing discretionary

1:09:35 ↗ expenses so this includes no more

1:09:38 ↗ traveling training for the rest of the

1:09:40 ↗ year no more discretionary purchases

1:09:43 ↗ were we're capturing the savings from

1:09:45 ↗ that we're also making service delivery

1:09:48 ↗ changes and some work plan changes

1:09:52 ↗ before moving on to this slide I should

1:09:54 ↗ also mention that we are capturing

1:09:57 ↗ 350,000 dollars of debt service savings

1:10:01 ↗ are expected to finalize the loan for

1:10:06 ↗ the work on southeast 43rd at the end of

1:10:10 ↗ May beginning of June the interest rates

1:10:12 ↗ on that loan are coming in at a very

1:10:14 ↗ favorable rate we also did a bond

1:10:17 ↗ refunding at the end of last year and

1:10:20 ↗ the favorable interest rate climate is

1:10:23 ↗ meaning that our debt service costs are

1:10:25 ↗ lower than what we originally

1:10:26 ↗ anticipated when the 2020 budget was

1:10:29 ↗ adopted so we are capturing that savings

1:10:31 ↗ as part of this effort if we can move to

1:10:36 ↗ the next slide please so this slide

1:10:40 ↗ shows a graphic of how the six million

1:10:43 ↗ readers and reductions fall across very

1:10:48 ↗ very spending categories so 67% of the

1:10:51 ↗ reductions are the result of changes in

1:10:54 ↗ our personnel costs another 23% is from

1:10:58 ↗ changes to our general operating

1:11:00 ↗ expenses professional services makes up

1:11:03 ↗ 7% of the reductions and then we're

1:11:06 ↗ making some reductions and

1:11:08 ↗ transfers to other funds that round out

1:11:10 ↗ the six million dollars we can move to

1:11:14 ↗ the next slide please

1:11:18 ↗ so this next slide is another breakdown

1:11:21 ↗ of how the reductions spread among the

1:11:24 ↗ various expense categories the personnel

1:11:28 ↗ reductions personnel costs represent

1:11:31 ↗ about 52% of the overall budget the

1:11:34 ↗ percentage of cuts is is less than that

1:11:37 ↗ at fifteen point five percent also we're

1:11:41 ↗ calling there was a lot of discussion at

1:11:43 ↗ the last council meeting about council's

1:11:45 ↗ desire to reduce professional services

1:11:48 ↗ expenses so professional services

1:11:51 ↗ expenses represent about 7 percent of

1:11:57 ↗ the total budget but from the cuts it

1:11:59 ↗ represents about it's a 10 percent cut

1:12:02 ↗ to the personnel I'm sorry the

1:12:04 ↗ professional services budget overall for

1:12:08 ↗ the general effect we can move to the

1:12:11 ↗ next slide please

1:12:15 ↗ so now I want to spend a little bit of

1:12:18 ↗ time talking about the reductions we're

1:12:21 ↗ making to personnel costs and is the

1:12:24 ↗ mayor indicated in her opening remarks

1:12:27 ↗ this evening none of these changes are

1:12:30 ↗ are easy they were all very difficult

1:12:33 ↗ decisions but the financial reality I

1:12:36 ↗ did mean that we needed to look at our

1:12:38 ↗ personnel costs so the phase one plan

1:12:42 ↗ that I'm presenting tonight includes the

1:12:45 ↗ elimination of 22 positions through

1:12:48 ↗ either layoffs or retirements this spans

1:12:52 ↗ across eight departments these positions

1:12:55 ↗ are eliminated effective May 1st and our

1:12:58 ↗ expected to continue through at least

1:13:00 ↗ the end of the year and depending on

1:13:03 ↗ outlook would continue into next year

1:13:07 ↗ collectively these layoffs will save 1.6

1:13:12 ↗ million dollars for the rest of 2020 and

1:13:16 ↗ I see there's a question so maybe I'll

1:13:18 ↗ pause there cancel member Goodman Thank

1:13:30 ↗ You councilmember Goodman here I just

1:13:32 ↗ had a question we're using words like

1:13:34 ↗ eliminating positions and I just want to

1:13:36 ↗ make sure that I understand what we are

1:13:41 ↗ really do what was what is really being

1:13:44 ↗ proposal we're really doing I guess and

1:13:45 ↗ that is we still have in order for us to

1:13:50 ↗ have a an employee or a person in place

1:13:55 ↗ we have to have both a position and it

1:13:58 ↗ has to be funded so any of the reduction

1:14:03 ↗ in personnel costs of being done here we

1:14:06 ↗ still have the positions and they still

1:14:11 ↗ would be technically funded is that true

1:14:16 ↗ we're not eliminating anything

1:14:20 ↗ I just want to make sure I'm

1:14:21 ↗ understanding yes so this plan that

1:14:27 ↗ we're putting forward is is resulting in

1:14:30 ↗ positions that are people that are

1:14:32 ↗ currently occupying these 22 positions

1:14:35 ↗ as of May 1st they will no longer occupy

1:14:38 ↗ those positions we are not as part of

1:14:41 ↗ this plan asking Council to adopt a new

1:14:44 ↗ budget or that would lower that funding

1:14:48 ↗ or would eliminate those FTEs rather we

1:14:52 ↗ will be amassing that understand to to

1:14:57 ↗ mask what we are anticipating to be

1:15:00 ↗ lower than expected revenues so why not

1:15:04 ↗ students could certainly be coming to

1:15:06 ↗ the council and asking the council to

1:15:07 ↗ adopt a new budget but the other

1:15:09 ↗ strategy and the one that we're

1:15:11 ↗ recommending here is that we reduce that

1:15:16 ↗ spending and allow that savings to

1:15:19 ↗ accumulate to offset what we are

1:15:22 ↗ anticipating the revenue it to be sure

1:15:24 ↗ thanks I just wanted to make sure that I

1:15:27 ↗ understand the technicalities and you

1:15:29 ↗ answered my question thank you okay so

1:15:34 ↗ in addition to the 22 positions we are

1:15:38 ↗ also going to be freezing 15 currently

1:15:41 ↗ vacant positions across five departments

1:15:44 ↗ these are over and above the seven

1:15:47 ↗ positions that were frozen in the 2020

1:15:51 ↗ adopted budget so that will bring the

1:15:53 ↗ number of frozen positions to 22 the

1:15:57 ↗ additional positions the additional 15

1:15:59 ↗ positions will save us 1.5 million

1:16:02 ↗ dollars for the rest of the year we're

1:16:04 ↗ recommending or we will be reclassifying

1:16:08 ↗ to existing positions to lower job

1:16:12 ↗ classifications that will save one

1:16:14 ↗ hundred and one thousand dollars we will

1:16:17 ↗ be implementing a 10 day furlough

1:16:19 ↗ assuming council approves that

1:16:22 ↗ recommendation later this evening for

1:16:25 ↗ our non-unionized personnel effective

1:16:28 ↗ May 1st it will be 10 days to be used

1:16:31 ↗ between May 1st and

1:16:34 ↗ the end of 2020 this rep will represent

1:16:37 ↗ five point eight percent salary

1:16:40 ↗ reduction for those employees and will

1:16:43 ↗ generate an estimated one hundred and

1:16:45 ↗ eighty three thousand dollars worth of

1:16:47 ↗ savings to the city I separate from that

1:16:50 ↗ for our senior leadership the department

1:16:54 ↗ directors the city administrator the

1:16:56 ↗ deputy City Administrator they assuming

1:17:00 ↗ Council approves this later this evening

1:17:02 ↗ will be taking seven percent salary

1:17:05 ↗ reduction for the balance of 2020 and

1:17:09 ↗ that generates sixty three thousand

1:17:12 ↗ dollars worth of savings and just to

1:17:14 ↗ clarify the furlough will be the senior

1:17:17 ↗ leadership will not be participating in

1:17:19 ↗ the furlough they will be taking just

1:17:21 ↗ the salary reductions and then we are

1:17:24 ↗ also recommending eliminating and

1:17:27 ↗ reducing certain fringe benefits such as

1:17:30 ↗ some matched funds for some of our

1:17:32 ↗ retirement funds that will be coming to

1:17:36 ↗ the council for consideration later in

1:17:39 ↗ May assuming Council approves these

1:17:41 ↗ changes this will generate two hundred

1:17:44 ↗ sixty eight thousand dollars worth of

1:17:45 ↗ savings for the city through the balance

1:17:48 ↗ of 2020 so if we could move to the next

1:17:53 ↗ slide please so member hand would ask

1:18:06 ↗ like that's a question hi this is

1:18:11 ↗ council president I'm sorry to interrupt

1:18:13 ↗ on the last slide I just wanted to take

1:18:16 ↗ a moment to clarify the roles and

1:18:19 ↗ responsibilities because on that slide

1:18:21 ↗ there were things that were the purview

1:18:23 ↗ of the administration in there and then

1:18:24 ↗ also purview of council is it possible

1:18:28 ↗ to go back to that slide yes so it's my

1:18:37 ↗ understanding I please confirm the if

1:18:40 ↗ it's correct that the layoffs and the

1:18:42 ↗ freezing those are the purview of the

1:18:46 ↗ mayor and a ministry

1:18:47 ↗ the reclassification is the purview of

1:18:50 ↗ the council but not something that will

1:18:51 ↗ be considered this evening but a later

1:18:53 ↗ date then the 10 day furlough and the

1:18:57 ↗ reducing senior leadership salaries by

1:18:59 ↗ 7% will be considered by council this

1:19:02 ↗ evening and then I think reducing

1:19:06 ↗ benefits also is purview of council

1:19:08 ↗ settle correct yes that's correct okay

1:19:13 ↗ thank you okay so this next slide

1:19:23 ↗ provides a summary of the the

1:19:27 ↗ departments and the positions are the

1:19:30 ↗ positions being eliminated in the

1:19:32 ↗ departments under which they fall and

1:19:35 ↗ again there are 22 positions being

1:19:38 ↗ eliminated across eight departments I

1:19:45 ↗ appreciate you councilmember Goodman's

1:19:47 ↗ question it is a little to describe them

1:19:54 ↗ as eliminated positions they because we

1:19:58 ↗ are those positions are still in place

1:20:00 ↗ the individuals who occupy those

1:20:02 ↗ positions are not staying with your

1:20:04 ↗ organization so just maybe we should not

1:20:08 ↗ be using the word eliminated positions

1:20:10 ↗ anymore I think it causes some confusion

1:20:11 ↗ with the public okay so if we can move

1:20:20 ↗ to the next slide please

1:20:25 ↗ so other positions that are impacted as

1:20:28 ↗ I mentioned previously we've got 15

1:20:32 ↗ positions that are frozen the

1:20:35 ↗ departments that are impacted by this

1:20:37 ↗ are listed on this slide and then also

1:20:40 ↗ mentioned that we are recommending the

1:20:43 ↗ reclassification the down

1:20:44 ↗ reclassification of two positions that

1:20:47 ↗ are listed at the bottom of this slide

1:20:49 ↗ if we can move to the next slide please

1:20:51 ↗ so in total this plan

1:20:58 ↗ yeah impacts 34.5 FTEs that will no

1:21:04 ↗ longer be filled this represents the

1:21:07 ↗ loss of approximately 48 thousand staff

1:21:10 ↗ hours if we can move to the although

1:21:13 ↗ actually I see there's maybe another

1:21:14 ↗ question thank you thank you director

1:21:20 ↗ yes councilmember de Michelle would like

1:21:23 ↗ ask a question yeah I have a question

1:21:26 ↗ not it's really about how the

1:21:29 ↗ implementation of the furloughs will

1:21:31 ↗ take place having gone through a

1:21:35 ↗ furlough myself I know it's sometimes

1:21:37 ↗ especially when you have very dedicated

1:21:39 ↗ employees as we do that it's it starts

1:21:44 ↗ to blur are those I know those days are

1:21:47 ↗ going to be scattered over the next

1:21:49 ↗ couple of months

1:21:50 ↗ are there going to be or is there going

1:21:52 ↗ to be a process whereby we ensure that

1:21:56 ↗ those furlough days are furlough days

1:21:59 ↗ and not don't don't

1:22:03 ↗ morph into unpaid work days yeah we are

1:22:08 ↗ we are working on the implementation

1:22:09 ↗ plan for the furlough plan prior to May

1:22:15 ↗ 1st so those are some details that were

1:22:17 ↗ working out but I think the furlough

1:22:19 ↗ plan that you're speaking of might have

1:22:21 ↗ been the one at King County that I was

1:22:24 ↗ behind devising so I'm very familiar

1:22:27 ↗ with with the specifics of what you're

1:22:31 ↗ talking about

1:22:32 ↗ and those are those are things that we

1:22:34 ↗ will be talking about in the coming days

1:22:37 ↗ Thank You councilmember Dean Michelle

1:22:40 ↗ I'm City Administrator Bob coats would

1:22:42 ↗ like that a comment yes Batman remembers

1:22:45 ↗ the council councilmember D Michelle we

1:22:48 ↗ are also of asking each of our employee

1:22:50 ↗ units to also take the 10 day furlough

1:22:54 ↗ and so as we are negotiating with them I

1:22:56 ↗ think what we're trying to do is find

1:22:57 ↗ the best balance I think the point the

1:23:00 ↗ councilmember Diva shell made is a good

1:23:01 ↗ one about making sure that the furlough

1:23:05 ↗ days are actually taken I think we're

1:23:07 ↗ looking at a perhaps a mix of six states

1:23:10 ↗ that

1:23:12 ↗ city operations but would not occur as

1:23:14 ↗ well as date set large that a neutral

1:23:17 ↗ employees can take I think we want to

1:23:19 ↗ make sure we come up with a good balance

1:23:21 ↗ that is respectful to the employees and

1:23:23 ↗ respectful of the community and so we're

1:23:27 ↗ still working on that but we want to

1:23:28 ↗ make sure that whatever we come up with

1:23:30 ↗ is it the balance and we are we need to

1:23:33 ↗ do this and have a plan in place by may

1:23:34 ↗ 1st so I would imagine by the first part

1:23:37 ↗ of next week we'll have that information

1:23:39 ↗ to the City Council as well as our

1:23:40 ↗ employees for our effect I very much

1:23:43 ↗ appreciate that thank you I see that

1:23:48 ↗ councilmember Goodman has a question for

1:23:51 ↗ the director Thank You councilmember

1:23:54 ↗ Goodman here our council also receives a

1:24:01 ↗ salary or stipend whatever you want to

1:24:03 ↗ call it is there somewhere in the

1:24:05 ↗ presentation that we where that's talked

1:24:09 ↗ about whether that's being considered or

1:24:12 ↗ not councilmember Goodman members of the

1:24:19 ↗ council when we get to the item on the

1:24:22 ↗ regular business agenda we can speak to

1:24:23 ↗ that

1:24:24 ↗ thank you dr. Goldberg

1:24:42 ↗ you may be unused your re I thought I'd

1:24:45 ↗ unmute I think I double-click sir we

1:24:47 ↗ move to the next slide please so this is

1:24:52 ↗ a chart that we showed during the 2020

1:24:55 ↗ adopted budget deliberations it shows us

1:24:59 ↗ the trend of our FTEs since 2008 to

1:25:05 ↗ continue to the clarification that seems

1:25:08 ↗ to be a theme this evening while we are

1:25:10 ↗ not eliminating any positions tonight or

1:25:13 ↗ recommending the elimination of any FTEs

1:25:16 ↗ the changes that we are recommending

1:25:18 ↗ tonight will drop our filled FTE level

1:25:23 ↗ to two hundred and thirty-seven point

1:25:25 ↗ three eight and this is down below the

1:25:31 ↗ pre great recession levels in fact it's

1:25:34 ↗ down to about the levels that we were at

1:25:36 ↗ in 2004 and if we can move to the next

1:25:39 ↗ slide you'll see another chart that

1:25:42 ↗ depicts this that we also used during

1:25:45 ↗ the 2020 budget deliberations and what

1:25:49 ↗ you'll see on this slide is that the

1:25:52 ↗ filled positions are roughly at the 2004

1:25:56 ↗ levels but the city's population has

1:25:59 ↗ more than doubled since 2004 so the

1:26:03 ↗ message continues to be that we are

1:26:07 ↗ serving more residents with fewer FTE

1:26:11 ↗ resources so if we can move now to the

1:26:14 ↗ next slide please so I mentioned that in

1:26:20 ↗ addition to the personnel changes we are

1:26:24 ↗ looking at service delivery changes we

1:26:27 ↗ are capturing about $200,000 worth of

1:26:31 ↗ savings from the current closure so for

1:26:34 ↗ example the community center the

1:26:36 ↗ swimming pool are currently closed and

1:26:39 ↗ we don't have part-time staff working at

1:26:42 ↗ those facilities so we are capturing

1:26:44 ↗ that savings in addition once we open

1:26:49 ↗ back up again because of our revenue

1:26:53 ↗ picture we are recommending

1:26:56 ↗ reducing the hours and access for perks

1:26:58 ↗ facilities so this would include the

1:27:01 ↗ Community Center the pool Senior Center

1:27:03 ↗ Pickering barn and Tibbets Creek Manor

1:27:07 ↗ though the ones I just mentioned will

1:27:10 ↗ remain open Tibbets Creek Manor will be

1:27:13 ↗ closed in addition we are recommending

1:27:17 ↗ as part of this plan of eliminating the

1:27:20 ↗ expedited permit review program we are

1:27:24 ↗ reducing staff support for the

1:27:26 ↗ neighborhood engagement program but that

1:27:29 ↗ does not mean that neighborhood

1:27:30 ↗ engagement is not a priority that will

1:27:32 ↗ remain a priority that workload will be

1:27:35 ↗ absorbed by remaining staff in addition

1:27:39 ↗ were eliminating staff dedicated to

1:27:41 ↗ processing passports that was one of the

1:27:45 ↗ first things that closed in response to

1:27:49 ↗ the kovin emergency and we are expecting

1:27:53 ↗ that there will be very little demand

1:27:56 ↗ for that once once city facilities open

1:28:00 ↗ again and then last we're reducing staff

1:28:04 ↗ support for video production

1:28:06 ↗ capabilities again this does not mean

1:28:09 ↗ that we won't be video recording

1:28:15 ↗ meetings council meetings things of that

1:28:16 ↗ nature we will just have less backup

1:28:19 ↗ staff for those capabilities and then

1:28:22 ↗ just one thing that it's important to

1:28:24 ↗ underscore and all of this that is we're

1:28:27 ↗ making staff changes as significant as

1:28:31 ↗ the ones we're proposing here it will

1:28:33 ↗ reduce our capacity to manage day-to-day

1:28:36 ↗ work and so just want to highlight that

1:28:39 ↗ and then I see there's a bunch of

1:28:41 ↗ questions and comments that people want

1:28:43 ↗ to make so I will pause there thank you

1:28:53 ↗ waiting for bass and mute I see the

1:28:57 ↗ council president has a question

1:28:59 ↗ I just thank you this council president

1:29:04 ↗ hunt I wanted to confirm that we don't

1:29:06 ↗ at this time plan on reducing the No

1:29:09 ↗ of commission meetings or a coverage of

1:29:11 ↗ commission or council meetings and this

1:29:14 ↗ was a question that has also been raised

1:29:16 ↗ by several members of the community by

1:29:17 ↗ email that's correct it will be absorbed

1:29:24 ↗ with existing staff so we will still

1:29:26 ↗ have staff to do those recordings

1:29:30 ↗ thank you I also have a question from

1:29:35 ↗ councilmember Walsh thank you this is

1:29:38 ↗ councilmember Walsh

1:29:40 ↗ I think this point of overall reduction

1:29:43 ↗ in capacity to manage day-to-day work is

1:29:45 ↗ important than we've heard from several

1:29:47 ↗ community members about wanting a sense

1:29:51 ↗ of what are gonna be the impacts what

1:29:54 ↗ are going to be the impacts on Parks and

1:29:57 ↗ Rec availability or cleanup of trash in

1:30:01 ↗ parks or you know all of the other

1:30:04 ↗ things that the city does as a service I

1:30:06 ↗ know we're responding very quickly to

1:30:09 ↗ this I know we may not have that

1:30:10 ↗ information at this point do you have a

1:30:12 ↗ sense of when we are going to have a

1:30:15 ↗ better understanding of the kind of

1:30:19 ↗ percentage impacts to certain service

1:30:23 ↗ areas and when we can get back to the

1:30:25 ↗ community about that City Administrator

1:30:29 ↗ vodka wins so you want to start the

1:30:32 ↗ answer yes I'm there and actually if we

1:30:37 ↗ could go to the next slide that I think

1:30:39 ↗ helps answer the question and that

1:30:43 ↗ really at least in part for the answer

1:30:45 ↗ to the question is the council's work

1:30:47 ↗ plan the staff has looked at these

1:30:49 ↗ changes that have been proposed by the

1:30:52 ↗ moon we have looked at the work plan and

1:30:54 ↗ this slide talks about those things that

1:30:57 ↗ we believe that we're not going to be

1:30:59 ↗ able to move forward with with the same

1:31:02 ↗ schedule of the work plan that was

1:31:04 ↗ adopted by the city of the council back

1:31:06 ↗ in January so what we would like to do

1:31:08 ↗ is at your next meeting on Monday May

1:31:11 ↗ the 4th is come back to with the work

1:31:13 ↗ plan I'll share with you what we believe

1:31:15 ↗ the impacts will be to the work plan

1:31:18 ↗ based on this staffing model and get

1:31:21 ↗ feedback and

1:31:22 ↗ council is not satisfied with any

1:31:25 ↗ portion of what we think we're not going

1:31:27 ↗ to be able to do we will then be able to

1:31:29 ↗ come back two weeks later with either

1:31:32 ↗ solutions for additional funding Digital

1:31:35 ↗ changes to the budget in order to do

1:31:37 ↗ that but it really all of this does lead

1:31:39 ↗ back to the work plan we need the

1:31:42 ↗ council to consider those changes so

1:31:45 ↗ we'll do that I made it for it as far as

1:31:47 ↗ other impacts to the to the reductions I

1:31:53 ↗ think one of the things we want to try

1:31:54 ↗ to focus on as we continue to gear as we

1:31:57 ↗ were looking to do prior to the Copa 19

1:32:00 ↗ is really look at what are the what are

1:32:04 ↗ the service delivery requirements what

1:32:06 ↗ are the outcomes that the council is

1:32:08 ↗ really looking to do and I think if we

1:32:10 ↗ can try to quantify through an outcome

1:32:13 ↗ basis what changes there may be and then

1:32:17 ↗ if the council is not satisfied allow us

1:32:19 ↗ to look and see how we could change the

1:32:22 ↗ allocation of resources to meet those

1:32:24 ↗ outcomes we would like to do that I

1:32:26 ↗ think some of this is still a little bit

1:32:27 ↗ early I think certainly our entire Parks

1:32:30 ↗ Recreation program remains up in the air

1:32:33 ↗ at this point we want to be mindful as

1:32:36 ↗ the state reopens for business and we

1:32:40 ↗ rethink how we're going to do parks

1:32:41 ↗ right for example how that works out

1:32:43 ↗ other things such as communications

1:32:45 ↗ transportation sustainability we want to

1:32:48 ↗ focus again on the outcome I want to

1:32:50 ↗ focus on the outcomes that are in the

1:32:51 ↗ work plan and really try to focus it's

1:32:54 ↗ all available resources that we have to

1:32:56 ↗ continue to provide those services but

1:32:58 ↗ again the reality is I think some things

1:33:00 ↗ may not get done and certainly some

1:33:02 ↗ things may not get done with the speed

1:33:04 ↗ that we had hope to win 2020 yeah Thank

1:33:09 ↗ You administrator customer Walsh does

1:33:11 ↗ that answer your question it tells me

1:33:15 ↗ that we don't have the information well

1:33:18 ↗ I appreciate the comments on focusing on

1:33:21 ↗ outcomes

1:33:22 ↗ I think the clarity that I'm looking for

1:33:26 ↗ on that is the ability to communicate to

1:33:29 ↗ the public the

1:33:33 ↗ not per sensitive changes but what they

1:33:37 ↗ should expect from service levels from

1:33:39 ↗ the city going forward with this large

1:33:42 ↗ of a staffing change I just I want to be

1:33:46 ↗ able to be very clear to the public

1:33:49 ↗ about you know maybe expectations

1:33:55 ↗ setting so I'm not I'm not getting what

1:34:00 ↗ that is but I think personally that's

1:34:02 ↗ just because we don't quite know yet and

1:34:05 ↗ madam mayor members of the council let

1:34:07 ↗ me try to to take the question from a

1:34:09 ↗ different approach because I think we

1:34:11 ↗ stayed at the beginning based on the

1:34:14 ↗ council's discussion two weeks ago

1:34:16 ↗ we want to ensure first and foremost

1:34:18 ↗ that Public Safety is number one the

1:34:21 ↗ changes that you're seeing in the police

1:34:24 ↗ department budget with reduction or the

1:34:27 ↗ holding open of vacant positions we have

1:34:30 ↗ done with an eye to make sure that the

1:34:33 ↗ police response to time the police

1:34:35 ↗ response to a calls will continue to be

1:34:39 ↗ what people are accustomed to those

1:34:41 ↗ other changes in the police department

1:34:43 ↗ will be non patrol related changes so if

1:34:47 ↗ we have issues we have incidents people

1:34:49 ↗ call 9-1-1 expect a police officer to be

1:34:52 ↗ there that police officer will be there

1:34:55 ↗ with the same resources that we've had

1:34:57 ↗ prior to copa90

1:34:58 ↗ the second piece which we've not talked

1:35:00 ↗ about yet this evening is fire service

1:35:02 ↗ we are part of a joint agreement with

1:35:07 ↗ several other communities which make up

1:35:09 ↗ the Eastside Fire and Rescue Fire

1:35:11 ↗ Service that is a fixed contract amount

1:35:14 ↗ at this point there are no changes to

1:35:17 ↗ that we have asked the mayor has sent a

1:35:19 ↗ letter to Eastside fire and rescues

1:35:21 ↗ board directors asking them for to

1:35:23 ↗ consider of their budget as we are

1:35:26 ↗ considering our budget but our first

1:35:28 ↗ priorities again have been police and

1:35:30 ↗ fire services we look at Public Works

1:35:32 ↗ making sure our water comes to our

1:35:35 ↗ residents make sure the sewer service

1:35:37 ↗ works make sure that the roads are are

1:35:39 ↗ in good repair those are all priorities

1:35:41 ↗ and when you add up

1:35:43 ↗ police and fire and those Public Works

1:35:46 ↗ issues that are from the general fund

1:35:48 ↗ that's a large chunk of our budget so

1:35:50 ↗ we're committed to focus and provide

1:35:52 ↗ those services pretty much as they're

1:35:55 ↗ being provided today so a lot of these

1:35:57 ↗ cuts are affecting everything else and

1:35:59 ↗ so I think we want our residents to

1:36:01 ↗ understand that we're focusing on public

1:36:03 ↗ safety focusing on the delivery of those

1:36:06 ↗ essential services but everything else

1:36:08 ↗ you can expect to see some reductions of

1:36:11 ↗ time you can expect to see projects and

1:36:15 ↗ initiatives take a little bit longer to

1:36:17 ↗ do in order to make up the deficit and

1:36:19 ↗ again it's better stated it's only five

1:36:22 ↗ million dollars we think there's another

1:36:23 ↗ five million dollars needed based on our

1:36:26 ↗ best estimates so I think councilmember

1:36:28 ↗ Walsh the message the community is we're

1:36:30 ↗ going to take care of those essential

1:36:31 ↗ services anything that's not official

1:36:34 ↗ it's going to have an impact Thank You

1:36:38 ↗ councilmember Walsh I also think you

1:36:40 ↗ made a good point in that we're at the

1:36:43 ↗ beginning of this and we're responding

1:36:45 ↗ to a financial crisis and at some point

1:36:49 ↗ there will be a plateau or a leveling

1:36:51 ↗ off and we will have a much better

1:36:53 ↗ picture of what our financial reality

1:36:56 ↗ looks like and the city may look and

1:36:58 ↗ feel a little different at that point

1:37:00 ↗ and we'll be able to have a narrative

1:37:02 ↗ that we can share so it's just right now

1:37:05 ↗ I just don't know that we can put

1:37:08 ↗ something together that would make a lot

1:37:10 ↗ of sense we're not even sure if we're

1:37:12 ↗ done with the cuts yet so I do see that

1:37:16 ↗ councilmember marks has a question thank

1:37:20 ↗ you madam mayor I think if we're talking

1:37:24 ↗ about the impact to the community I

1:37:27 ↗ think we have to I have to I think they

1:37:30 ↗ have to be clear the four open wrecks

1:37:33 ↗ for the Issaquah Police Department

1:37:36 ↗ represent for those who follows the

1:37:39 ↗ budget over the last few years we had I

1:37:42 ↗ actually have an analogy of leaving a

1:37:44 ↗ deer right if you're if you're trying to

1:37:46 ↗ bag a deer you shoot a little bit in

1:37:48 ↗ front of the deer the deer the bullet

1:37:50 ↗ sort of point out meeting at the same

1:37:52 ↗ space and having extra wrecks for the

1:37:54 ↗ IPD historically

1:37:56 ↗ it's been important because once you

1:37:59 ↗ decide you want to you want to hire it

1:38:02 ↗ takes a while to bit and email hire for

1:38:06 ↗ four reasons a retirement or injury or

1:38:10 ↗ somebody who just you know falls and

1:38:12 ↗ loves and decides they're going to move

1:38:13 ↗ to Corvallis or whatever and it takes a

1:38:18 ↗ while to hire it take a long time to get

1:38:20 ↗ somebody through screened and then they

1:38:24 ↗ have to go to the academy and it's the

1:38:27 ↗ better part of a year before they're

1:38:28 ↗ online and so having these open wrecks

1:38:31 ↗ have a lot have allowed us to to staff

1:38:35 ↗ at a certain level I think it's not

1:38:37 ↗ possible that we would maintain 30 to

1:38:41 ↗ uniformed officers but after taking away

1:38:45 ↗ these these four wrecks and so you know

1:38:50 ↗ I'm confident that the IPD will always

1:38:53 ↗ answer the call and I'm confident that

1:38:56 ↗ the IPD will avail itself of other law

1:39:02 ↗ enforcement and public safety

1:39:03 ↗ organizations in King County and so I

1:39:06 ↗ think they'll always answer the call

1:39:08 ↗ when the call goes out for help

1:39:11 ↗ but in terms of you know cruisers on the

1:39:13 ↗ street and officers you know walking the

1:39:17 ↗ the bar the you know the bar walk that

1:39:20 ↗ they do on Friday and Saturday nights to

1:39:22 ↗ make sure that our our bars are safe you

1:39:26 ↗ know it will have it will have a

1:39:28 ↗ potential impact and so I think

1:39:31 ↗ important we understand that and the

1:39:33 ↗ role that those open wrecks play in

1:39:35 ↗ allowing the IPD to stay well staffed

1:39:39 ↗ and so as we get later in the year I'm

1:39:42 ↗ gonna certainly hope as we look to build

1:39:44 ↗ the 2021 budget that we understand how

1:39:49 ↗ things are going how close they have

1:39:52 ↗ been able to get to maintain those 32

1:39:55 ↗ uniformed officers and what the budget

1:39:57 ↗ looks like and whether we will be able

1:40:00 ↗ to build up that reserve capacity that

1:40:03 ↗ reserve hiring capacity to address to

1:40:08 ↗ address holds in the

1:40:09 ↗ Staffing as they occur but I think it's

1:40:11 ↗ important that the public understand

1:40:12 ↗ that and that impact while it while it

1:40:16 ↗ won't necessarily affect level of

1:40:18 ↗ service and respond that will affect how

1:40:21 ↗ many uniformed officers there are on the

1:40:22 ↗ street thank you Thank You councilmember

1:40:25 ↗ Mertz I'm going to go back over to

1:40:28 ↗ director Goldberg and City of Minister

1:40:30 ↗ Bob quits I'm not sure who's going to

1:40:32 ↗ carry for you with the work plan changes

1:40:34 ↗ or for at the end of that presentation

1:40:38 ↗ madam mayor members of the council I

1:40:40 ↗ think the end of that presentation of

1:40:42 ↗ this than to say that is our plan to

1:40:45 ↗ come back to the council for further

1:40:46 ↗ discussion I made four thank you very

1:40:50 ↗ much State Administrative Bob quiz

1:40:51 ↗ council president hunt I wonder if you

1:40:54 ↗ would share any of the email comments

1:40:56 ↗ that the council has received during

1:40:58 ↗ this week on this particular item thank

1:41:03 ↗ you madam mayor

1:41:03 ↗ this is council president hunt we

1:41:08 ↗ received many emails related to this

1:41:11 ↗ topic as well as the topic on regular

1:41:15 ↗ business which has to do with the

1:41:16 ↗ furloughs in particular in the salary

1:41:18 ↗ direct reduction I will summarize the

1:41:21 ↗ correspondence from community members to

1:41:24 ↗ the best of my ability in one or two

1:41:26 ↗ sentences per email Susan Nevel wrote to

1:41:31 ↗ us with concern about the loss of the

1:41:33 ↗ communication departments neighborhood

1:41:34 ↗ engagement program and neighborhood

1:41:36 ↗ engagement coordinator Hart Sugarman

1:41:38 ↗ wrote that Public Safety and police

1:41:40 ↗ should remain a high priority right noel

1:41:44 ↗ wrote he recommended preparing and

1:41:46 ↗ planning for a more significant budget

1:41:49 ↗ impact than what is currently estimated

1:41:51 ↗ and was supportive of not using reserves

1:41:53 ↗ at this current time Mary Lynch wrote

1:41:57 ↗ about multiple topics including the

1:41:59 ↗ importance of Public Safety

1:42:01 ↗ communication and sustainability and she

1:42:05 ↗ wrote that she thought the public and

1:42:07 ↗ council needed more information about

1:42:08 ↗ the changes being made Cory Christensen

1:42:13 ↗ wrote to express concerns regarding the

1:42:15 ↗ impacts of changes being made by the

1:42:17 ↗ city and response to the projected

1:42:19 ↗ financial impacts of koban 19 and he

1:42:21 ↗ expressed concern that

1:42:23 ↗ the administration had not presented

1:42:24 ↗ enough specificity regarding the

1:42:27 ↗ projects and resources being cut and in

1:42:29 ↗ particular not enough specificity about

1:42:32 ↗ the permanence or the timeframe of the

1:42:34 ↗ changes Joe Verner wrote to Council to

1:42:38 ↗ express concerns regarding impacts of

1:42:40 ↗ personnel changes being made by the city

1:42:42 ↗ and response to the projected financial

1:42:44 ↗ impacts of koban 19 particularly

1:42:47 ↗ regarding the neighborhood engagement

1:42:49 ↗ coordinator position tina Conforti wrote

1:42:53 ↗ to provide input on the importance of

1:42:55 ↗ communication relations with the

1:42:57 ↗ Issaquah community and concerns about

1:42:59 ↗ impacts of personnel changes including

1:43:02 ↗ impacts on effective personnel and

1:43:05 ↗ changes being made by the city in

1:43:07 ↗ response to the projected financial

1:43:08 ↗ impacts of koban 19 Geraldine Kerry

1:43:12 ↗ wrote to the quest City Council

1:43:14 ↗ regarding the importance of coverage of

1:43:16 ↗ City news communication with residents

1:43:19 ↗ and impacts of personnel changes being

1:43:21 ↗ made by the city in response to the

1:43:23 ↗ projected financial impacts of koban 19

1:43:26 ↗ particularly with regards to the

1:43:27 ↗ neighborhood engagement coordinator

1:43:29 ↗ position and Steve Pereira wrote to

1:43:33 ↗ sequester D Council regarding

1:43:35 ↗ consideration of roles and

1:43:36 ↗ responsibilities of the legislative and

1:43:38 ↗ administrative branches he also wrote

1:43:41 ↗ about the need for more information

1:43:42 ↗ regarding how these changes will impact

1:43:45 ↗ our ability to carry out the Issaquah

1:43:47 ↗ strategic plan and what is the

1:43:50 ↗ corresponding weight or preference

1:43:51 ↗ residents have for outcomes that will be

1:43:53 ↗ delayed stocks or postponed as a results

1:43:56 ↗ of these changes Connie Marsh wrote to

1:44:00 ↗ agree with the comments of Steve prayer

1:44:02 ↗ which I just summarized and we also

1:44:05 ↗ received many of these comments today so

1:44:07 ↗ I apologize if I missed comments from

1:44:09 ↗ anyone that concludes the summary of

1:44:11 ↗ Correspondence thank you I'm not saying

1:44:15 ↗ any more questions or comment at this

1:44:17 ↗ time on the cove in response the phase 1

1:44:19 ↗ budget plan so at this point in the

1:44:21 ↗ meeting we move on to the consent

1:44:23 ↗ calendar as a reminder due to tonight's

1:44:26 ↗ meeting format we will be taking all

1:44:29 ↗ votes as roll call votes the consent

1:44:31 ↗ calendar was distributed to council in

1:44:33 ↗ advance if authorized the items

1:44:36 ↗ the consent calendar will be considered

1:44:37 ↗ together and approved by one motion have

1:44:41 ↗ the payables and payroll been reviewed

1:44:44 ↗ they have this is customer hall they

1:44:48 ↗ have thank you very much

1:44:51 ↗ does any councilmember desire to remove

1:44:53 ↗ any item from the consent calendar and

1:44:55 ↗ consider it under regular business

1:45:00 ↗ thank you before we move to the motion

1:45:03 ↗ council president hunt do you have any

1:45:05 ↗ email comments to share from the public

1:45:08 ↗ on any items that were on the consent

1:45:10 ↗ calendar

1:45:11 ↗ no thank you

1:45:13 ↗ is there a motion yes madam mayor this

1:45:18 ↗ is council president hunt I moved to

1:45:20 ↗ adopt the consent calendar as listed in

1:45:22 ↗ tonight's published agenda this is

1:45:26 ↗ second that motion

1:45:28 ↗ thank you it's been moved and seconded

1:45:30 ↗ clerk can you please call the roll

1:45:33 ↗ yes councilmember Dee Michelle aye

1:45:38 ↗ councilmember Goodman aye

1:45:41 ↗ councilmember Hall aye

1:45:44 ↗ council president hunt aye

1:45:48 ↗ councilmember Mart's aye

1:45:52 ↗ deputy council president ray aye

1:45:56 ↗ councilmember Walsh I at 7i 0 nays thank

1:46:03 ↗ you that passes unanimously we're now

1:46:06 ↗ moving into the regular business portion

1:46:08 ↗ of our meeting we have one item on the

1:46:10 ↗ agenda this evening which is a b7 959

1:46:14 ↗ furloughs and salary reductions for non

1:46:17 ↗ represented staff and I'd like to ask

1:46:19 ↗ the administrator Wally Bachmann's the

1:46:21 ↗ present this item yes thank you madam

1:46:24 ↗ mayor members of the council before you

1:46:26 ↗ you have an ordinance that would do two

1:46:30 ↗ things first it would authorize moving

1:46:33 ↗ forward with ten days of unpaid furlough

1:46:36 ↗ or non-represented employees other than

1:46:38 ↗ department directors the city

1:46:40 ↗ administrator at the deputy city

1:46:41 ↗ administrator and the second item would

1:46:43 ↗ be authorizing a salary reduction of 7%

1:46:46 ↗ for the city administrator deputy City

1:46:48 ↗ Administrator

1:46:49 ↗ and department directors for the

1:46:51 ↗ remainder of 2020 we are making these

1:46:54 ↗ recommendations to you in order to help

1:46:58 ↗ address the budget issues as we have

1:47:00 ↗ indicated in the agenda bill we estimate

1:47:03 ↗ that a 10 day furlough for

1:47:05 ↗ non-represented employees would save

1:47:08 ↗ about 183 thousand dollars and the 7%

1:47:11 ↗ salary reduction would save sixty-three

1:47:14 ↗ thousand five hundred and thirty one

1:47:15 ↗ dollars you will note here that the

1:47:19 ↗ mayor under Washington state law as well

1:47:23 ↗ as the City Council the value of the

1:47:26 ↗ compensation for elected officials

1:47:28 ↗ cannot be changed during the term of

1:47:31 ↗ office however if the mayor the council

1:47:33 ↗ wished to make any adjustments to their

1:47:36 ↗ compensation those can either be waived

1:47:39 ↗ or they can be donated back to the city

1:47:44 ↗ and city attorney Jim Haney and I would

1:47:46 ↗ be happy to discuss that further if

1:47:48 ↗ there's interest on the council to do

1:47:50 ↗ that otherwise we're asking that the

1:47:53 ↗ council move forward and adopt a salary

1:47:56 ↗ or I'm sorry adopt the ordinance per for

1:47:59 ↗ you for our action we happy to answer

1:48:03 ↗ any questions Thank You city

1:48:05 ↗ administrator Bob quits I believe there

1:48:06 ↗ is a question from councilmember Goodman

1:48:11 ↗ Thank You councilmember Goodman here so

1:48:15 ↗ I know that there the council salaries

1:48:21 ↗ cannot be changed during the term of the

1:48:25 ↗ office and we also have a salary

1:48:29 ↗ Commission to permanently change

1:48:31 ↗ salaries one of the questions I have is

1:48:35 ↗ about waiving salaries and I sent a

1:48:45 ↗ question in on Friday I think it was

1:48:48 ↗ Friday and I don't have an answer back

1:48:50 ↗ so I will repeat my question and just

1:48:55 ↗ briefly has background this was kind of

1:48:57 ↗ where my head's at the if the for the

1:49:02 ↗ for the

1:49:03 ↗ council to reduce its salary sort of

1:49:07 ↗ commensurate with what the directors are

1:49:10 ↗ probably doesn't make a meaningful

1:49:12 ↗ change in the general fund because the

1:49:15 ↗ council salaries are not a lot but if we

1:49:20 ↗ were to waive potentially waive a

1:49:24 ↗ portion or all of our salaries for a

1:49:27 ↗ period of time then then I guess the

1:49:38 ↗ question I would have is first can we do

1:49:40 ↗ that and then second of all could we

1:49:43 ↗ take the commence or the equal amount

1:49:45 ↗ that's being waived that we would be

1:49:48 ↗ saving from the general fund and then

1:49:50 ↗ direct the administration to use that

1:49:55 ↗ money instead for one of the nonprofit's

1:49:57 ↗ because you know there's interest in

1:50:00 ↗ helping the nonprofit's but concern

1:50:03 ↗ about using ending fund balance to do

1:50:05 ↗ that and one of the reasons I'm thinking

1:50:09 ↗ about it is because our workload has

1:50:11 ↗ been reduced a fair amount over the past

1:50:16 ↗ almost two months because of the

1:50:18 ↗ meetings that we haven't had so that's

1:50:22 ↗ generally the question I had and I had

1:50:24 ↗ my calculations but I actually left them

1:50:27 ↗ on my desk but you know you can figure

1:50:29 ↗ it out yourself I think we make 1250 to

1:50:34 ↗ 1450 depending on the position and if

1:50:38 ↗ you you know you can figure out what a

1:50:41 ↗ portion or a total amount of waving it

1:50:44 ↗ might be and one of them one of the

1:50:46 ↗ responses might be well we can

1:50:48 ↗ individually decide to donate and of

1:50:51 ↗ course we can always do that but then

1:50:53 ↗ you're also paying income tax paying you

1:50:56 ↗ know income taxes on the amount that

1:50:59 ↗ you're making so my thought was if we

1:51:02 ↗ waived some or all for a portion of time

1:51:06 ↗ then then we're not paying tax on that

1:51:11 ↗ and we're also potentially helping out a

1:51:13 ↗ non-profit so I think that's the

1:51:15 ↗ question I sent off to you ollie

1:51:17 ↗ by memory on Friday so that's that's the

1:51:20 ↗ question I have the questions I have

1:51:22 ↗ things and I'll phone a friend in the

1:51:30 ↗ city attorney mr. Heaney to help but my

1:51:34 ↗ understanding is that if individual

1:51:36 ↗ council members wish to waive a portion

1:51:39 ↗ of their salary they may do that and

1:51:42 ↗ then it would return it was not be

1:51:45 ↗ dispersed it would stay in the city's

1:51:47 ↗ general fund I do not believe however

1:51:49 ↗ then that that money could be redirected

1:51:51 ↗ outside of the city government that

1:51:54 ↗ would be a gift of public funds and my

1:51:56 ↗ understanding would not be allowable mr.

1:51:58 ↗ Haney can you confirm what I just said

1:52:01 ↗ or any other comments you have Mr SC

1:52:12 ↗ states that you can Mrs C states that

1:52:17 ↗ that would be non-taxable to a council

1:52:19 ↗ member with a tax attorney or an

1:52:25 ↗ accountant which I am NOT a tax attorney

1:52:28 ↗ or an accountant as far as redirecting

1:52:34 ↗ the money to a specific nonprofit I

1:52:38 ↗ think the council could give direction

1:52:41 ↗ to place this money into the Human

1:52:44 ↗ Services budget portion of the budget

1:52:48 ↗ and there that it could be dispersed

1:52:51 ↗ under the Human Services budget in

1:52:53 ↗ whatever way the budget would allow it

1:52:57 ↗ to be dispersed and that could go to

1:52:59 ↗ nonprofits and so forth and certainly

1:53:03 ↗ you have the ability to it isn't a gift

1:53:09 ↗ for to to in to spend funds for the

1:53:13 ↗ necessary support of the poor and the

1:53:16 ↗ infirm and that in the in these times of

1:53:20 ↗ the kovat 19 pandemic is probably going

1:53:25 ↗ to be given a fairly liberal

1:53:26 ↗ construction in terms of how

1:53:29 ↗ spending on human services but that's my

1:53:33 ↗ understanding at this point as to what

1:53:35 ↗ you could do I do thank you

1:53:41 ↗ councilmember gives me her I just want

1:53:43 ↗ to make sure I understand

1:53:44 ↗ it sounds like Jim you're saying that it

1:53:47 ↗ would not be a gift of public funds and

1:53:49 ↗ I guess that would be consistent with my

1:53:54 ↗ understanding because I see it no

1:53:57 ↗ differently as the council authorizing

1:54:00 ↗ an expenditure like we did of a hundred

1:54:02 ↗ thousand dollars

1:54:04 ↗ it would just be amount equal to

1:54:06 ↗ whatever we decided to waive fresh if it

1:54:11 ↗ went to the Human Services budget

1:54:13 ↗ according to I can't say but I do know

1:54:26 ↗ that as far as a waiver is concerned you

1:54:30 ↗ would likely need to have a formal

1:54:34 ↗ waiver document that would be signed by

1:54:37 ↗ you and anyone else who had an interest

1:54:40 ↗ in the funds if it's a spouse or

1:54:44 ↗ domestic partner that would require the

1:54:47 ↗ spouse or domestic partner to sign the

1:54:49 ↗ waiver form as well since that is income

1:54:52 ↗ to that spouse or domestic partner and

1:54:57 ↗ [Music]

1:54:58 ↗ you know you again you could allocate it

1:55:02 ↗ in the same manner as you do other Human

1:55:04 ↗ Services funds and I think madam mayor

1:55:08 ↗ councilmember good but that's the key

1:55:09 ↗ point is that that the council would

1:55:13 ↗ have to have would be allocated as for

1:55:15 ↗ other funds are allocated an individual

1:55:17 ↗ council member could not earmark for a

1:55:20 ↗ specific organization I think that's the

1:55:22 ↗ distinction sure thank you and again the

1:55:26 ↗ reason I was thinking about it is

1:55:27 ↗ because waiting a portion or even all of

1:55:31 ↗ it for a period of time doesn't

1:55:35 ↗ necessarily depending on the amount make

1:55:36 ↗ an appreciable difference but every

1:55:40 ↗ little bit makes an appreciable

1:55:41 ↗ difference to a non-profit

1:55:42 ↗ thank you Thank You councilmember

1:55:46 ↗ Goodman I I go back to something that

1:55:48 ↗ councilmember Dee Michelle had said the

1:55:50 ↗ previous week to was kind of sharing the

1:55:53 ↗ pain you know everybody making a

1:55:55 ↗ sacrifice at the sword so thank you for

1:55:57 ↗ that comment I'm not seeing any other

1:56:00 ↗ questions but I will go to council

1:56:02 ↗ president hon to gauge to find out if

1:56:04 ↗ there were any public comments that she

1:56:07 ↗ would like to relay on camera about this

1:56:08 ↗ topic the public comment at mrs. council

1:56:12 ↗ president hence the public comments were

1:56:15 ↗ broadly about the changes that were

1:56:18 ↗ being recommended and no correspondents

1:56:21 ↗ specifically referenced this agenda bill

1:56:23 ↗ that I found great thank you very much I

1:56:27 ↗ am not seeing any additional questions

1:56:29 ↗ is there somebody who would care to make

1:56:31 ↗ a motion the council president hunt I

1:56:35 ↗ will make a motion I moved to adopt

1:56:39 ↗ ordinance number 29 Oh 5 authorizing the

1:56:45 ↗ mayor city administrator or designee to

1:56:47 ↗ implement furloughs and temporary salary

1:56:49 ↗ reductions to address budgetary

1:56:51 ↗ shortfalls due to the Cova 19 pandemic

1:56:55 ↗ is there a second this is Chris Rea I

1:56:58 ↗ will second the motion

1:56:59 ↗ Thank You deputy council president is

1:57:01 ↗ there any additional discussion council

1:57:09 ↗ president hunt Thank You mr. council

1:57:13 ↗ president hunt I think that one

1:57:16 ↗ important detail that's in our materials

1:57:20 ↗ that were provided but I don't believe

1:57:22 ↗ was mentioned in the presentation is

1:57:23 ↗ that furloughs and salary reductions are

1:57:26 ↗ one way that the city can prevent people

1:57:30 ↗ prevent having had more layoffs and so

1:57:35 ↗ this is this is a really important

1:57:36 ↗ reason why I believe we should proceed

1:57:39 ↗ with this

1:57:41 ↗ thank you very much is there anyone else

1:57:43 ↗ who would like to provide a comment and

1:57:47 ↗ I cannot see all of you on videos so if

1:57:50 ↗ you've got your hand up and I'm not

1:57:51 ↗ calling you can you please note it in

1:57:53 ↗ the comment column okay seeing none

1:58:04 ↗ councilmember Goodman Thank You

1:58:08 ↗ councilmember Goodman here I'm going to

1:58:10 ↗ support the motion but I just want to

1:58:12 ↗ make it clear that you know it's a it's

1:58:16 ↗ a gloomy evening it's not it's we've

1:58:20 ↗ known this this information is coming

1:58:23 ↗ and these changes are happening within

1:58:27 ↗ the city in my opinion they are

1:58:30 ↗ necessary they are unfortunate

1:58:34 ↗ they involve many real people respected

1:58:40 ↗ important valued members of our team and

1:58:44 ↗ it is you know it is one of the saddest

1:58:48 ↗ saddest evenings that I've had to

1:58:52 ↗ participate in a council meeting but you

1:58:55 ↗ know and fortunately or unfortunately

1:58:59 ↗ you know we all signed up to do this and

1:59:01 ↗ make decisions that both make us happy

1:59:05 ↗ and make us sad and so I will support

1:59:09 ↗ the motion I appreciate all of the

1:59:11 ↗ presentations tonight I also appreciate

1:59:13 ↗ all of the very very thoughtful work

1:59:15 ↗ that has taken place I know this is not

1:59:18 ↗ this is but the beginning of this and we

1:59:22 ↗ have a lot of other decisions to make

1:59:25 ↗ we'll have a tough budget this year but

1:59:29 ↗ I just wanted to say that it's it's just

1:59:32 ↗ not a it's not a happy it's not a happy

1:59:35 ↗ about and I'm very sad thanks thank you

1:59:40 ↗ councilmember Goodman you have captured

1:59:42 ↗ the mood exactly any other council

1:59:44 ↗ members wishing to comment before I call

1:59:46 ↗ for the vote being none the motion

1:59:51 ↗ before council is to adopt ordinance

1:59:53 ↗ number two

1:59:54 ↗ 0-5 authorizing the mayor's to be

1:59:57 ↗ administrator or designee to implement

1:59:59 ↗ furloughs and temporary salary

2:00:01 ↗ reductions to address budgetary

2:00:03 ↗ shortfalls due to the Cova 19 pandemic

2:00:06 ↗ and the city clerk please call the roll

2:00:10 ↗ yes councilmember dee Michelle I agree

2:00:15 ↗ with councilmember Goodman this is a

2:00:17 ↗ very sad vote I vote aye

2:00:21 ↗ councilmember good bye councilmember ho

2:00:25 ↗ hi council president hunt hi

2:00:31 ↗ councilmember martes hi deputy council

2:00:36 ↗ president ray I

2:00:39 ↗ councilmember Walsh I seven eyes zero

2:00:44 ↗ nays thank you all I never thought that

2:00:49 ↗ about unanimous vote in the affirmative

2:00:51 ↗ would feel so absolutely painful the

2:00:55 ↗ next item on our business today is good

2:00:57 ↗ of the order do any council members have

2:00:59 ↗ anything they would like to share I see

2:01:02 ↗ town council president towns thank you

2:01:07 ↗ madam mayor this is council president

2:01:09 ↗ hon so City Administrator Bob quit spoke

2:01:13 ↗ earlier that in our next meeting we will

2:01:15 ↗ be discussing in more detail the work

2:01:19 ↗ plan changes and I think it's important

2:01:24 ↗ that council have that it's clear that

2:01:27 ↗ the work plan changes do relate to

2:01:29 ↗ policy changes and this is within the

2:01:32 ↗ purview of Council and that we do need

2:01:34 ↗ significantly more information about the

2:01:36 ↗ work plan changes and the costs of work

2:01:39 ↗ plan changes if we were to consider

2:01:40 ↗ other options as the council we we just

2:01:43 ↗ need more information to make those

2:01:46 ↗ decisions I wanted to raise one item

2:01:50 ↗ that was in our materials that is in the

2:01:53 ↗ work plan changes which is the Housing

2:01:54 ↗ Strategy number three it's referred to

2:01:58 ↗ as a cancellation of housing strategy

2:02:00 ↗ number three which is a policy that is

2:02:03 ↗ about retention of affordable housing

2:02:05 ↗ and I think as we consider

2:02:09 ↗ the rental assistance program and as we

2:02:11 ↗ consider what else we can do to support

2:02:13 ↗ vulnerable members of our community

2:02:15 ↗ right now cancelling that program and

2:02:17 ↗ the policy implications of cancelling a

2:02:20 ↗ policy that has been previously adopted

2:02:21 ↗ by the council I think we need more

2:02:23 ↗ information about what options we have

2:02:26 ↗ and that's not the only one but that is

2:02:28 ↗ that is one so I wanted to put that out

2:02:32 ↗ there that I think clearly the staffing

2:02:35 ↗ changes that are being that are being

2:02:38 ↗ made right now they reduce the resources

2:02:40 ↗ that we have and so there's clearly work

2:02:43 ↗ plan changes that will have to occur but

2:02:45 ↗ I wanted to get counsels thoughts on

2:02:49 ↗ coming going into the next meeting what

2:02:52 ↗ information we might need if there's

2:02:53 ↗ information that you think you would

2:02:55 ↗ need right now about the work plan

2:02:57 ↗ changes and then the venue of the next

2:03:01 ↗ meeting on May 4th for discussing those

2:03:03 ↗ more and it's council how council feels

2:03:06 ↗ about that

2:03:07 ↗ council president would you like council

2:03:10 ↗ members to weigh in on that this evening

2:03:12 ↗ or are you expecting that they would

2:03:14 ↗ send in their comments and questions

2:03:16 ↗ through the administration in order to

2:03:18 ↗ be prepared for the next conversation

2:03:20 ↗ well I think so this council president

2:03:23 ↗ hunt again I wanted to raise it now

2:03:25 ↗ because we will not have a meeting

2:03:27 ↗ between now and May 4th if there are

2:03:29 ↗ comments on this not to put anyone on

2:03:32 ↗ the spot right now but if there are

2:03:33 ↗ comments on work plan changes right now

2:03:37 ↗ then I think this could be an

2:03:39 ↗ opportunity for that go to the order and

2:03:41 ↗ then additionally we'll have more time

2:03:43 ↗ on May 4th and questions also of course

2:03:46 ↗ can always be emailed in but I wanted to

2:03:48 ↗ put that out there now too because we

2:03:51 ↗ have this opportunity a bit of the order

2:03:52 ↗ to discuss ok great I am going to

2:03:55 ↗ continue down the comments lost I think

2:03:58 ↗ the next council member asking - because

2:04:00 ↗ council member D Michelle Thank You

2:04:05 ↗ councilmember T Michelle I I just wanted

2:04:07 ↗ to close a loop on the discussion about

2:04:10 ↗ waivers so I just want to confirm what

2:04:14 ↗ we've kind of what we've decided this

2:04:16 ↗ evening or if they have decided

2:04:18 ↗ something yeah I as an individual

2:04:21 ↗ council member of

2:04:22 ↗ I would like to wave part of my salary

2:04:24 ↗ should contact the administration and

2:04:29 ↗ let them know that and and then each

2:04:34 ↗ individual council member will be making

2:04:36 ↗ that decision for themselves am i

2:04:38 ↗ hearing this correctly

2:04:39 ↗ I'll get city administrator Bob woods to

2:04:42 ↗ response yes if you let me know we'll

2:04:47 ↗ work with the City Attorney's Office on

2:04:48 ↗ an appropriate form this is a voluntary

2:04:51 ↗ waiver so you will have to state your

2:04:56 ↗ desire to do this voluntarily the city

2:04:59 ↗ attorney will get wrapped up the

2:05:00 ↗ appropriate document and then that will

2:05:02 ↗ occur hopefully in the next paycheck but

2:05:06 ↗ there was a couple of days to sort

2:05:08 ↗ through the details thank you thank you

2:05:13 ↗ [Music]

2:05:15 ↗ the plans were developed I had expected

2:05:17 ↗ my position to be part of the leadership

2:05:20 ↗ teams position and so I'm not sure what

2:05:24 ↗ form I have to fill out or whatever but

2:05:27 ↗ I am expected to take the leadership

2:05:30 ↗ team and mine is going Mike I am doing

2:05:36 ↗ that so that our entire staffing team is

2:05:39 ↗ sharing the burden of what we're doing

2:05:41 ↗ and so therefore I was not intending on

2:05:43 ↗ redirecting that at all but in order to

2:05:45 ↗ offset other salaries so that's my

2:05:50 ↗ intent

2:05:50 ↗ I believe that next I have up for

2:05:52 ↗ comment is councilmember Hall thank you

2:05:58 ↗ madam mayor this is Zach Hall I just had

2:06:01 ↗ a couple things first I wanted to thank

2:06:07 ↗ Council and you madam mayor you know as

2:06:13 ↗ a new council member this has obviously

2:06:15 ↗ been a rough year that Rob starts my

2:06:20 ↗ turn I want to thank council in the

2:06:23 ↗ mayor for your continued guidance and

2:06:25 ↗ advice working through being an elected

2:06:28 ↗ leader and the wealth of experience and

2:06:30 ↗ passion that you all have

2:06:33 ↗ continues to motivate me so I really

2:06:35 ↗ appreciate you all anyways thank you and

2:06:40 ↗ secondly I wanted to touch really

2:06:43 ↗ quickly on neighborhood engagement

2:06:45 ↗ I appreciate to the fullest extent

2:06:49 ↗ administration's you know I've heard

2:06:51 ↗ over and over the theme that they're

2:06:53 ↗ still committed to community engagement

2:06:56 ↗ neighborhood engagement this doesn't

2:06:58 ↗ change anything

2:06:59 ↗ I had a great conversation with city

2:07:03 ↗ administrator pockets this morning

2:07:05 ↗ who mentioned that we're going to have

2:07:06 ↗ to start thinking creatively about how

2:07:09 ↗ we do neighborhood engagement because it

2:07:11 ↗ truly is very important at this point in

2:07:15 ↗ time probably more important than then

2:07:17 ↗ it would have been and his idea and I

2:07:21 ↗ really liked it too and I would like to

2:07:23 ↗ invite other council members to join me

2:07:25 ↗ but call on us if you need help touching

2:07:28 ↗ the community I you know we all have a

2:07:31 ↗ unique experience of how we got here

2:07:34 ↗ which gives us the experience of any

2:07:36 ↗ engagement and I think that that is an

2:07:39 ↗ excellent resource I think that all of

2:07:42 ↗ us are an excellent resource to tap to

2:07:44 ↗ reach out in the communities that we

2:07:46 ↗ live in for us to be persistent and

2:07:49 ↗ enthusiastic about reaching out into

2:07:51 ↗ communities that we haven't heard before

2:07:53 ↗ and then bring those conversations to

2:07:56 ↗ the table with whatever ongoing work the

2:07:58 ↗ city is doing with whatever projects

2:07:59 ↗ that we are moving forward with with

2:08:02 ↗ things that we might be missing things

2:08:05 ↗ that are falling through the cracks I

2:08:07 ↗ just wanted to ask my fellow council

2:08:10 ↗ members to join me and committing to

2:08:13 ↗ helping be a part of that neighborhood

2:08:16 ↗ engagement work you can't remember how

2:08:22 ↗ and we're glad to have you aboard you

2:08:26 ↗ chose a very interesting time to show

2:08:28 ↗ your local difference and we appreciate

2:08:30 ↗ it is there any other comments I think

2:08:33 ↗ council president times might have an

2:08:35 ↗ additional comment

2:08:39 ↗ comes president hunt thank you this is

2:08:44 ↗ council president hunt I I wanted to

2:08:47 ↗ also comment on both the neighborhood

2:08:52 ↗ engagement and the sustainability

2:08:53 ↗ outreach and sustainability efforts for

2:08:56 ↗ both of those are in the work plan and

2:08:59 ↗ those both of those changes will be

2:09:03 ↗ something that I think we need to think

2:09:06 ↗ about how we can maintain our commitment

2:09:08 ↗ because I do believe the city is

2:09:10 ↗ committed to ongoing labor commitment as

2:09:12 ↗ well as ongoing sustainability

2:09:14 ↗ environmental stewardship and climate

2:09:15 ↗ change so I do look forward to

2:09:17 ↗ discussing options for how we can

2:09:20 ↗ continue that given the current resource

2:09:22 ↗ situation I also wanted to comment on

2:09:26 ↗ the mayor spoke at the in her opening

2:09:29 ↗ comments about the recovery task force

2:09:31 ↗ hopefully I referred to that correctly

2:09:34 ↗ but I think that I think that having

2:09:36 ↗ community voices in this is really

2:09:39 ↗ important council is still working and I

2:09:41 ↗ we are still receiving emails and we

2:09:43 ↗ still very much welcome feedback that

2:09:46 ↗ the community provides by email I also

2:09:49 ↗ think the recovery task force and all of

2:09:51 ↗ the community engagement on the topic of

2:09:55 ↗ recovery is is really critical right now

2:09:57 ↗ so thank you for the task force and

2:09:59 ↗ looking forward to continue working on

2:10:01 ↗ how we can continue our commitments to

2:10:03 ↗ our strategic plan and our city's core

2:10:06 ↗ values thank you very much council

2:10:09 ↗ president thank you madam mayor this

2:10:14 ↗ council member Welsh I wanted to commend

2:10:18 ↗ the administration the finance director

2:10:20 ↗ and everyone in making such a quick

2:10:25 ↗ pivot I know we are one of the first

2:10:27 ↗ cities in the area to really take on

2:10:30 ↗ this question of what is the budget

2:10:32 ↗ impact on the revenue impact and what

2:10:34 ↗ changes do we need to make in order to

2:10:37 ↗ be a good user of taxpayer funds and

2:10:42 ↗ make sure that we are balancing our

2:10:44 ↗ budget because as a city we do not print

2:10:46 ↗ money we cannot run a deficit we have to

2:10:49 ↗ have a balanced budget so I wanted to

2:10:51 ↗ say

2:10:52 ↗ everyone for presenting this information

2:10:55 ↗ while everything is very uncertain I

2:10:58 ↗ also want to caution and just put out

2:11:03 ↗ the thought that none of this

2:11:07 ↗ information is certain and things may

2:11:10 ↗ get worse before they get better from a

2:11:13 ↗ financial picture and so I am very much

2:11:16 ↗ and the idea that as much as this was a

2:11:20 ↗ very difficult night to have a unanimous

2:11:23 ↗ vote and to present the data I also

2:11:27 ↗ expect that it may not be the last one

2:11:30 ↗ that we have to do as we handle the

2:11:33 ↗ financial impacts of this crisis so gosh

2:11:36 ↗ I hate to end on this note anyone else

2:11:39 ↗ want to do a I had some comments on some

2:11:53 ↗ upcoming meetings due to the governor's

2:11:56 ↗ Proclamation 20 - 28 all city public

2:11:59 ↗ meetings council meetings have been

2:12:01 ↗ canceled through the month of April and

2:12:03 ↗ it's will carry on into May as well

2:12:10 ↗ this includes the cancellation of boards

2:12:13 ↗ and Commission meetings and council

2:12:15 ↗ study sessions and City Council regular

2:12:18 ↗ meetings will continue to occur as

2:12:21 ↗ scheduled but we will be using

2:12:22 ↗ continuing to use this remote meeting

2:12:25 ↗ platform at the next council meeting

2:12:28 ↗ which is scheduled for May 4th at 7 p.m.

2:12:30 ↗ potential agenda items include the Tyler

2:12:33 ↗ technologies contract amendment the

2:12:36 ↗ first 2020 budget amendment and 2020

2:12:39 ↗ budget reauthorizations I wanted to just

2:12:44 ↗ share a few closing comments but before

2:12:47 ↗ I do I'm gonna let councilmember Dee

2:12:49 ↗ Michelle Johnson Grabber

2:12:54 ↗ thank you sorry I do want to comment on

2:12:58 ↗ the fact that it's they're very nice

2:13:00 ↗ to be able to see your shiny faces and

2:13:03 ↗ the smiley face

2:13:05 ↗ sad faces so I appreciate the work of

2:13:08 ↗ the communications group and art city

2:13:11 ↗ clerks to get this up and running for me

2:13:14 ↗ at least has made a huge difference in

2:13:16 ↗ just working through and listening to

2:13:20 ↗ all the everybody's comments I really

2:13:23 ↗ appreciate that

2:13:25 ↗ and with others I just joined and say I

2:13:28 ↗ have appreciated the leadership the

2:13:32 ↗ clarity as much clarity as we can have

2:13:34 ↗ and the information we've received this

2:13:36 ↗ past week so I'm very proud to be a part

2:13:40 ↗ of what's happening while we have to

2:13:43 ↗ make these really really tough decisions

2:13:45 ↗ so but thanks get to the communications

2:13:47 ↗ people for getting us all here thanks

2:13:53 ↗ Thank You councilmember David Shaw I

2:13:55 ↗ agree it is very nice to see everybody's

2:13:58 ↗ face very nice so my closing comments

2:14:02 ↗ are about the consequences of the

2:14:05 ↗ actions that were taken the City team

2:14:08 ↗ that I work with that serves our

2:14:13 ↗ community they're very talented they're

2:14:15 ↗ very dedicated they make a huge

2:14:18 ↗ difference

2:14:19 ↗ and it's one of the reasons why I think

2:14:21 ↗ it's a cause an amazing place to live

2:14:24 ↗ January of this year we had heard about

2:14:28 ↗ something over in Asia but none of us

2:14:30 ↗ expected where we would be today the

2:14:35 ↗ drama trauma illness the loss of jobs it

2:14:41 ↗ is absolutely devastating I just wanted

2:14:47 ↗ to let you all know how hard it was for

2:14:51 ↗ myself and my team to come up with the

2:14:54 ↗ recommendations for this expenditure

2:14:57 ↗ reduction plan every single person who

2:15:02 ↗ is leaving the city all 22 of them have

2:15:06 ↗ made this city a better place has served

2:15:10 ↗ this community and these residents to

2:15:12 ↗ the best of their ability to make this

2:15:14 ↗ an amazing place

2:15:17 ↗ we're gonna miss all of them the ones

2:15:20 ↗ that are retiring and the ones that have

2:15:22 ↗ only been with us for a few years this

2:15:25 ↗ has nothing to do with their work or

2:15:27 ↗ their attitude it has to do with the

2:15:30 ↗ Kovan virus and the economic impact it's

2:15:33 ↗ had we are sorely going to miss them I

2:15:36 ↗ took the time today to write some cards

2:15:39 ↗ of appreciation for the work that

2:15:41 ↗ they've done how they've made our

2:15:44 ↗ community a better place and the

2:15:48 ↗ graciousness of them as team players and

2:15:53 ↗ they've been amazing to work with this

2:15:55 ↗ is really really hard

2:15:57 ↗ but it's people like this that work on

2:16:00 ↗ your team people like this who work in

2:16:02 ↗ our community and I am so grateful to be

2:16:05 ↗ with them so it's been a tough couple of

2:16:08 ↗ weeks I'm optimistic with all the

2:16:11 ↗ national and county news and state news

2:16:15 ↗ that I listen to that we're getting into

2:16:17 ↗ our next phase that where we have some

2:16:21 ↗ more information we're going to talk

2:16:23 ↗ about moving forward we're going to have

2:16:25 ↗ a reentry of businesses and activities

2:16:28 ↗ into our lives and into our community is

2:16:30 ↗ going to get better I'm positive it's

2:16:35 ↗ going to get better and I just wanted to

2:16:37 ↗ thank you all for your work tonight and

2:16:39 ↗ if you are so inclined to send any well

2:16:41 ↗ wishes so any of those employees that

2:16:44 ↗ are ending their service with us please

2:16:46 ↗ send it through my office please tell me

2:16:49 ↗ what you want to do and I will help you

2:16:50 ↗ do because I am very indebted to the

2:16:53 ↗ work they have done it's hundreds of

2:16:55 ↗ years if you add it all up in service at

2:16:59 ↗ this community they are amazing it's an

2:17:02 ↗ amazing group of people so thank you we

2:17:05 ↗ did have an executive session earlier

2:17:07 ↗ today we concluded it without any

2:17:10 ↗ regular business during the meeting and

2:17:12 ↗ so if there is and I'm going to take my

2:17:14 ↗ column one more time if there is no

2:17:16 ↗ further business we are adjourned at

2:17:18 ↗ 9:20 to thank you for all your good work

2:17:21 ↗ tonight have a great night

Approved minutes

Extracted from the next meeting's packet, where this meeting's minutes were approved as a consent-calendar attachment.

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Attendance

Council / Members (7)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Motions and votes (1)

Adopt Ordinance No. 2905, authorizing the Mayor, City Administrator, or designee to implement furloughs and temporary salary reductions to address budgetary shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. .

Moved by HUNT · seconded by REH

Carried 7-0

In favor: Barbara de Michele, Stacy Goodman, Zach Hall, Victoria Hunt, Tola Marts, Chris Reh, Lindsey Walsh