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

2. CLOSED SESSION

The purpose of this special meeting is to allow the City Council to recess into Executive Session to discuss pending/potential litigation per RCW take approximately 30 minutes. Please note, Executive Sessions are closed to the public. Action, if needed, would occur during the open session of a Regular Council meeting

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0:13 ↗ emergency and outbreak March 24th the

0:20 ↗ governor issued proclamation 20 - 28

0:23 ↗ prohibiting meetings that fall under the

0:26 ↗ open public meetings act such as our

0:28 ↗ city council meetings from being

0:29 ↗ conducted in person tonight's meeting

0:32 ↗ will be held entirely remotely the

0:34 ↗ meeting will be recorded streamed live

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0:41 ↗ notice that myself the council and

0:43 ↗ certain staff are using our video

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0:52 ↗ on the last four to five individuals who

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0:59 ↗ public who wish to call in my film

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1:15 ↗ make comments under the audience

1:16 ↗ comments portion of the meeting at this

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

2:44 ↗ guidelines for all participating tonight

2:46 ↗ please make sure your microphone please

2:49 ↗ mute your microphone we're not speaking

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3:22 ↗ debate the first item on the agenda is

3:26 ↗ the Pledge of Allegiance could you all

3:30 ↗ mute your microphones so that we don't

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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22:21 ↗ [Music]

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 (10)

Barbara de Michele

Stacy Goodman

Zach Hall

Victoria Hunt

Tola Marts

Chris Reh

Lindsey Walsh

Jeff Dunbar, Attorney

Zach Lell, Attorney

Mike Walters, Attorney