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GOOD. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, RICK BLACKWELL SHARE[Call to Order]
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OF THE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, AND TODAY IS OCTOBER 19TH. IT IS 4 31. UM WITH ME[Roll Call]
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TODAY IN THE CHAMBERS WAS COUNSELING. ARTHUR COUNCILMAN FOWLER, COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN HUDSON AND COUNCILMAN RENO WEBER. AND JOINING ME VIRTUALLY AS COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY. WE HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR COUNSELING MOBILE HILL AND FOR COUNCILMAN SANTINI. I SUSPECT THE OTHERS WILL JOIN US SOON. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ITEMS. SEVEN BECAUSE WE HAVE AND TO HAVE A SPEAKER. UM WHO'S JOINED US IN? CACERES JOINED US PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT IS WITH US,[Pending Legislation]
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COME BACK BEFORE US. ITEM SEVEN IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5000, AND THEY WOULD FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER OF $5000 FROM DISTRICT 22 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CAN TAKING. INCORPORATED FOR JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTS, CURRICULUM MATERIALS, LICENSING THEIR PROGRAM, CONTENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT HERE A SECOND. YES SIR. 2ND 2ND THANK YOU. PROJECT MOTION. SECOND IS BEFORE US AND SO IS SO . YES IT'S SO JEFFREY'S GONNA SPEAK, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. AND IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN THE FLOOR IS YOURS. CHRIS LEWIS HERE WITH COUNCILMAN INGLES OFFICE. I WAS JUST INTRODUCING JENNIFER HELGUSON, WHICH YOU ALREADY DID. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE HER. BUT JENNIFER HELGUSON IS THE PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT IS GOING TO OFFER SOME REMARKS TO THE COMMITTEE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHRIS. WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'VE BEEN TOLD TO SAY MY NAME AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, SO JENNIFER HELGUSON JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT THE PRESIDENT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND LETTING ME HAVE A FEW REMARKS. WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU.SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY BEEN. SUPPORTERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH US HAVE HAD KIDDOS, GRANDKIDS, NIECES, NEPHEWS. OUT TO BIZ TALENT. FUNNY. IT'S PARK TOWN, JUST AS A REMINDER IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. FIFTH GRADERS COME OUT. THEY LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY ALL ABOUT OUR BUSINESSES THAT WE OFFER. THEY ARE A C E O. C P A. THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO THEIR, UM YOU KNOW, OCCUPATION AT THEIR BUSINESS. AND I CAN TELL YOU, TOM, AND TIME AGAIN. THEY LEARNED THAT WORKING IN WHATEVER ROLE IT IS, IS HARD WORK. UM REMEMBER? YES, YOU HAD SHARED EARLIER. UM YOUR DAUGHTER AT BEN STARR HAD BEEN THERE AND IT WAS SO CUTE BECAUSE I HEARD THAT REMARK ALL THE TIME. IF YOU'RE CEO, THEY SAY, OH MY GOSH.
THAT'S A LOT OF WORK AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE BODY GETS THEIR WORK DONE, AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP EVERYBODY ON SCHEDULE, SO THEY LEARNED THEY LEARNED A LOT. THROUGHOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH US. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A PACKET HOPEFULLY, IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WILL GIVE YOU AND SHOW YOU ALL THE THAT WE SERVED ALL THE DISTRICTS AND YOU'LL GET TO SEE HOW MANY STUDENTS WE SERVED IN EACH DISTRICT, WHICH IS CONTINUING TO GROW. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT, UM, WHEN WE STARTED THE SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL WHEN WE STARTED , UM FOR YEARS AND YEARS BACK, IT WAS REALLY ALL ABOUT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT HAD ACCESS TO FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMMING. WE HAD SERVED 50,000 STUDENTS. PRE PANDEMIC NOW POST PANDEMIC WE'VE GONE BACK UP TO 50,000 STUDENTS SO VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR NUMBERS. UM, YOU GUYS HAVE HELPED US WITH PURCHASING PROGRAM KITS HELPING US WITH I T NEEDS AND REALLY OUR LICENSING FOR OUR CURRICULUM. I'M EXCITED TO SHARE SOME NEW INITIATIVES THAT ARE HAPPENING NOW. SO WE HAVE THIRD GRADE PROGRAMMING WE HAVE IS TOWN FIFTH GRADE FUNDING ITS PARK SEVENTH GRADE. WE NOW HAVE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMMING. UM THIS PAST SUMMER, WE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
WE BROUGHT WE PARTNER WITH BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, ALL THE DIFFERENT SITES WE PARTNER WITH NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE. BEAUTIFUL AS YOU ARE BETA CABBAGE PATCH, AND WE BROUGHT KIDDOS TOO BUSY TOWN.
SO MANY OF THOSE KIDS HAD NOT HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND IT WAS PHENOMENAL. UM THE YOU KNOW RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED OR THAT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN. WE SERVED OVER 1500 STUDENTS JUST DURING THE SUMMER. MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM THAT'S EMERGING LEADERS. THIS IS OUR 18 TO 25 SPACE. IT IS ALL ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE IF YOU THINK ABOUT FOSTER CARE, KIDDOS AGING OUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY GROUPS WERE PARTNERING WITH GOODWILL, HOME OF THE INNOCENCE, MARY HEARST SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES AND THINK ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PLANNING FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, PURCHASING YOUR FIRST CAR. LOOKING AT RENTING AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, HIGHLIGHT IS THINKING ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. HOW DO WE EQUIP OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SKILL SET AND THE MINDSET TO GO IN AND REALLY LAND THE JOBS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PREPARING THEM FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR FUTURE , SO VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF OUR NEW INITIATIVES? UM AND ONE JUST AGAIN TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. COUNSELING, ARTHUR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT IS A ONE OF ITS KIND ORGANIZATION IN THIS CITY. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT YOU ALL ARE IN DISTRICT FOR YOUR AWESOME IN MY HOOD, RUSSELL AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MATCH THE PLEDGE FROM THE COUNCILMAN ANGLES OFFICE WITH $5000. THANK YOU FOR ALL
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YOU DO, AND I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTRIBUTE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, RENO WEBER. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MY DAUGHTER WAS THERE LAST WEEK AND WAS THE CEO OF W. D R B. WHICH SHE DESCRIBED AS INCREDIBLY REWARDING. AN INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE. TURNS OUT MANAGING PEOPLE IS HARD. SHE HAS A NUMBER OF THOUGHTS AROUND THE PROGRAM, ALL OF WHICH WERE WONDERFUL, EXCEPT THAT IT WAS VERY HARD, AND I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE WANT FOR AS MANY, UM OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AS WE CAN GET, SO I KNOW THAT WE WERE ALREADY IN ON THIS AS D EIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN FOWLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. I HAD RESPONDED TO CANCEL AN ANGLE ON THE FOURTH OF OCTOBER, SAYING THAT I WOULD BE IN FOR $1000. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S RECORDED. SO THANK YOU ALL.COUNCILMAN HAWKINS. I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. THINK IT'S GREAT. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.
UM IT'S A GREAT ASSET FOR NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT EVERY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT WON'T BE DONATING $1500. COUNCILMAN OWEN. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM I DIDN'T SEE ANY ORDINANCE WHAT THE TOTAL ASK WAS HERE. AM I MISSING THAT 100,000? OKAY? UM 1500 FROM DISTRICT NINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNSELING OR VICE CHAIR. CREAM THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION? WHEN I'M JUST TRYING TO SEND THE AT THE EXPENSE STRUCTURE, RIGHT SO UM. DID IS THE EXPENSE BASED ON THE SCHOOL LIKE IT'S SO MUCH FOR J A. TO DO THIS WORK IN A SCHOOL OR IS IT THE EXPENSE BASED ON STUDENTS? BECAUSE THIS IS FOR MATERIALS? HOW DO YOU EXPENSE THIS OUT? I'M CURIOUS. THIS IS ACTUALLY BASED ON STUDENT FOR THE KIDS, UM, AND FOR TEENAGERS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT FINANCE PARK AND IS TOWN RUN ABOUT $62, A STUDENT. THAT'S OUR COST. AND CLASSROOM PROGRAMMING IS ABOUT 27 $58.7.50 EXPERIENCING THAT KID, THEN OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. I'LL CLICK BACK IN. THANKS.
THANKS. COUNCIL IN HUDSON. 2500 FROM DISTRICT 23. HMM. HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. IF I MAY, MR CHAIR, THEN I'M GOING TO CLICK BACK IN SINCE NO ONE ELSE SEEMS TO BE OKAY? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE FLOOR. MR CHAIRMAN, I HAVE THE LIST. APOLOGIZE WE HAVE THE LIST HERE OF ALL THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND WHAT THEY HAD HAD CALLED US IN TO GIVE IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO READ THAT NOW I CAN TO THIS PART OF THIS MAKE IT. ONE AMENDMENT. YES, SIR. ALRIGHT WE HAVE $1500 FROM DISTRICT 1 $5000 FROM DISTRICT FOUR. $1000 FROM DISTRICT EIGHT. $1500 FROM DISTRICT NINE. $500 FROM DISTRICT 12. HMM. 899 WAS 1500. 12 WAS 500. DISTRICT 14 IS 1000.
DISTRICT 15 IS 1000. DISTRICT 17 IS 1000. DISTRICT, 19 IS 2000. DISTRICT 20 IS 1000. DISTRICT 22 IS 5000. DISTRICT 23 IS 2500. IN DISTRICT 25 IS 1000. DID THAT COVER EVERYONE THAT WE EDIT.
ADDITIONALLY, TODAY AS WELL ARE THE ONES THAT SPOKE TODAY AS WELL. YES SIR. THAT'S EVERYONE THAT SPOKE UP TODAY AT THE COMMITTEE. THE LAST ONE WAS DISTRICT 25 FOR 1000. GOTCHA OKAY IN DISTRICT 12 US. WHAT DID YOU SAY? DISTRICT 12 US. THAT SOUNDED A LITTLE 500 IS WHAT I HAVE. IT'S KIND OF WRONG. THAT'S GOT TO BE A TYPO THERE. LET'S DO 2000 FOR DISTRICT 12. AND OTHERS. HOW YOU SAID IT. YOU SAID IT TWICE AND LOOKED DIRECTLY AT ME WHILE YOU WERE SAYING PRESSURE. NO PRESSURE, BUT THANK YOU. SO THAT IS THAT EVERYONE ANYONE ELSE? YES SIR.
THAT'S IT WOULD LIKE TO ADD MR CHAIR FOR ME. YES. COULD WE WOULD LIKE TO APPROPRIATE 2500 FROM DISTRICT 11? VERY GOOD. YOU CAN SECOND THE AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF THE SECOND
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AMENDMENT. WE CAN'T SO WE HAVE THE AMENDMENT BEFORE US ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. HIGH POST. YEAH, LET'S HAVE IT. NOW. WE HAVE SOME MINUTES ORDINANCE BEFORE US WHICH CULTURAL? CULTURAL PLEASE OPEN THE BODY. SORRY, SIR. ONE MOMENT. PROBLEM. DO YOU EVER TOTAL? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? MR CHAIR. YOU WANT TO HEAR THE TOTAL AGAIN? JUST JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST A TOTAL.YEAH. VICE JEFFREY MARK. MR LEWIS PROBABLY HAS THAT. VICE CHAIR. CRAMER. I THINK COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY WANTED TO ADD AS WELL BUT MR. OKAY? MR CHAIR. DO YOU GET THAT? UH, COUNCILOR MCCARTNEY. FROM HERE. FOR YOUR HEARING HER TODAY I'M NOT HEARING HER. SHE'S SAYING WAIT A MINUTE. NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN ALWAYS DO. IT'S GOING TO THE COUNCIL ON THURSDAY SO WE CAN GET IN THERE. AS WELL. OKAY I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH DEALING WITH MY SISTER. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WE HAVE YOU ON YOUR SPEAKER. DISTRICT SEVEN FOR 1000 GO. SHOULDN'T BE SO DIFFICULT TO GIVE MONEY. HMM SHOULD NOT RIGHT. MR CHAIRMAN, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES ON OLD BUSINESS ALSO ABSOLUTELY AVOID ANYWAY BECAUSE THE AMENDMENTS WEEKLY CERTAINLY WOULD. READY TO OPEN THE VOLUME. UM I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT BUT AGAIN $1000 IN ORDER TO COVER COUNCILWOMAN MCRAE KNEES, APPROPRIATION. HMM. IT'S PROBABLY FOR US. THAT'S TRUE SECOND. SECOND THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO COVER THE $1000 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE. CAN YOU POST THIS? HAVE IT PASSES NOW WE HAVE TWO AMENDED ORDINANCE TWICE A MINUTE COORDINATES BEFORE US.
BECAUSE THE REAL COVER. HMM. COUNCILWOMAN CRAINEY. SHE SAID.
MR. CHAIR YOU HAVE A PASSING WITH NINE VOTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH PAST THIS WHOLE BUSINESS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. BACK TO ITEM ONE ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $5000 FROM NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN A FINE MANNER, $5000 FROM DISTRICT POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO A ONE ALL STARS INC FOR EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE HALLOWEEN YOUTH FESTIVAL. DAY SECOND. THE SECOND IS BEFORE US COUNSELOR AT HOPKINS. YES. THANK YOU, UM. I'M A SUPPORTING THIS ORDINANCE. HOPE EVERYONE ELSE DOES. WELL, UM ANYONE ELSE.
STARS HAVE BEEN A PILLAR IN THE COMMUNITY FOR QUITE SOMETIME THIS YEAR, THEY WANTED TO PROPOSE A HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN, UM FROM AGES. WANT TO SAY. TO 12 13 THAT. JUST ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH NOT TO BE ABLE TO BEAR COSTUMES, SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SELECTIVE AMOUNT OF CUSTOMS. UM, WE'RE GONNA FEED THEM. I'M DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A POLICE PRESENCE AS WE ALL KNOW. OH, I WORK IMMUNITIES ARE NOT AS SAFE.
AS SOME, UM, SO WE DEFINITELY WANTED TO BE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, KID FRIENDLY, JUST BEING
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ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO BE THE KIDS AND ENJOY HALLOWEEN. THANK YOU. SORT OF HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO DONATE, YOU KNOW THE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE IN THE CUBE. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE TOTAL ASK UM. 10 WAS A TOTAL OF 10,000, I THINK IS A TOTAL ASK DID. HE'LL DO 1000. COUNCILMAN OWENS AND YES, COUNSELOR 109. DO HOME 500 FROM DISTRICT 12. 2 50 FROM DISTRICT 5TH 14. LIKE TO MAKE THOSE ADDITIONS IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENT OF AN AMENDMENT. THANK YOU. AND HERE A SECOND. 2ND 2ND THANK YOU. AMENDMENT IS BEFORE US ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE, AYE POSED AS HAVE IT. NOW WE HAVE THE AMENDED COORDINATES BEFORE US. WHICH COUNSELOR ROLL CALL VOTE. PLEASE OPEN THE VOTING. COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY.
AH! THERE. YOU HAVE NINE PASSING VOTES, PLEASE. VERY GOOD. DON'T PASS THIS TO ALL BUSINESS AS WELL. I DON'T CHOOSE APPROPRIATING $53,980.37 FROM DISTRICT TO CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO MENTAL PARKS FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMPLETE THE NEW PUMP TRACK AT THE SKATE PARK. PETERSBURG PARK. SO MOVED. SECOND THANK YOU. PROBABLY MOTION AND SECOND IS BEFORE US. MR HOWARD, ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THIS ONE? YES SIR. I SURE AM. UM ACTUALLY, WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR OUT THERE RIGHT NOW DOING THIS WORK. THE MAYOR'S BUDGET TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, HAD MONEY IN IT FOR A SKATE PARK TO BE BUILT IN PETERSBURG PARK.
THEY FINALLY WENT OUT THERE AND STARTED DOING IT. WE NOTICED WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM, THE CONTRACTOR SAID. HEY, DO YOU WANT TO LIKE PUT ON THIS PUMP TRACK, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE A SNAKE LIKE UM, CONCRETE STRUCTURE THAT YOU CAN RIDE BMX AS WELL AS SKATEBOARDS ON HE SAID. WOW THAT'D BE AWESOME. THIS IS EITHER MONEY IS COMING FROM US RIGHT NOW. SO THE MONEY THAT YOU SEE IN THE C I F IS TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE ALREADY HAD IN PARKS AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS EDITION. SURE. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? I CAN'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE. UM ALTHOUGH SOME FAVORITES THEY ARE I POST PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM THREE IS APPROPRIATING $90,500 FROM DISTRICT TO CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS. FOR SPEED HUMPS AND SPEED HUMPS. SILENCE TO BE INSTALLED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MARINE LANE BETWEEN JANINE DRIVER AND MELDED LANE. PLANE TREE DRIVE BETWEEN LAGUNA DRIVES AND ATLANTIS TRAIL REGION PLAY BETWEEN ROBINWOOD ROAD AND REDLEAF ROAD ROBINWOOD ROLE BETWEEN RANGELAND ROAD AND REACHING WAY ORDER TRIALS BETWEEN FROM VALLEY ROAD IN PUBLIC LEVEL LOCKWOOD AVENUE BETWEEN ROBINWOOD ROAD AND REDLEAF ROAD AND WOULDN'T WEIGH BETWEEN JANINE DRIVER MARINE LINE. MOTION. SOME MOVED. THANK YOU. PROBABLY MOTION A SECOND, MR HOWARD EUROPE AGAIN. HOPEFULLY I DIDN'T BUTCHER THOSE NAMES TOO BADLY. BUT THIS IS JUST THE LATEST PACKAGE OF SPEED HUMP PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEEDERS AND THE RECKLESS DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. UM WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THESE IN THE PAST, AND THIS IS JUST THE LATEST MORNING, OKAY? JUST HAD A MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT THEY WERE ASKING WHAT THE CURRENT PRICE OF THE SPEAKER WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE CURRENT PRICE OF SPEED HUNT? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GONNA GET ME ON ON THE EXACT PRICE. BUT IT'S WHAT'S THAT? I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HE'S DONE. I'M GONNA LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.
IT'S LIKE 705,000 LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO STAY IN THE SIGN AS WELL, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY.
SORRY. UM YEAH, QUESTIONS ARE CONCERNED SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, AYE. I YOUR POST.
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HAVE IT PASSES. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DON'T FORCE IN ORDER. IT'S APPROPRIATING $10,000 FROM DISTRICT SIX DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, A LITTLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO FIND OVER TIME FOR THE OFFICERS. OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL CONTROLLING IN DISTRICT SIX. SO MOVED SECOND. PROBABLY MOST OF THE SECOND. I THINK WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS EARLIER, AND, UM THIS IS SPEAKING TO THIS SPEAKER. MR. HARDEN SPEAKING TO IT. YES, SIR.ALRIGHT. GREAT. FLOURISH YOURS. TONY HARDEN, COUNCILMAN BAKER'S LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT. AS WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE. THIS IS FOR OVERTIME. FOR THE FOURTH DIVISION TO PATROL, PARTICULARLY IN THE EVENING. IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE DISTRICT SIX. IT WASN'T HERE FOR SOME PREVIOUS CONVERSATION. THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE. HMM THE OVERALL OVERTIME BUDGET THE MONEY THAT WE HAD PUT IN FOR RIGHT, WE DID OBTAIN THAT LIST. IT IS IN THE PACKET NOW. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. THAT'S ONE CRAMER ALWAYS. I KNOW. HE ALWAYS CHANCE THEM AND SUPPORT OF THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS. I'M SURE HE WAS CONSISTENT THERE. YES SIR. JUST KIDDING, COUNCILMAN, RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE BEFORE US. I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE MISSING ANYONE. SIR THERE ARE COUNSELING ARTHUR AND COUNSELING CRAMER IN THE QUEUE. BUT I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN ARTHUR THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO JUST OUT LOUD FOR THE RECORD. HOW MUCH MONEY IS LEFT IN OVERTIME RIGHT NOW IN THAT BUDGET FOR L M P. D. IT WAS A VERY LARGE AMOUNTS. LET ME LOOK HERE. BECAUSE THEY BREAK IT OUT BY MONTH. SO AT THIS POINT THEY HAVE. A BUDGET REMAINING OF BELIEVE 14,000,684 AND CHANGE. ALRIGHT IT'S A NO FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CRAMER. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM BUT YOU ARE QUITE CORRECT. IT WAS I WAS ONE OF THE FOLKS WHO WERE ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE LAST MEETING. AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT, UM COUNCILMAN BAKER WAS WILLING TO HOLD THIS OFF AND ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RESPONDED AND THAT WE'RE IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN. I HAD COMMENT INTO COUNSELING BAKER ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THAT I UNDERSTAND. I APPRECIATE WHAT IT IS HE'S TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND I WANT TO SUPPORT HIM IN THAT, UM YEAH. I AM SURPRISED. THAT. THE MAJOR, THE MAJOR IN THE POLICE DIVISION, ACKNOWLEDGES HOW MUCH OVERTIME MONEY THEY HAVE LEFT. BUT STILL.
REFUSES TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE WITHOUT NDF FUNDS, SO ESSENTIALLY IT FEELS TO ME LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SAYING THAT WHAT COUNCILMAN BAKER IS ASKING FOR IT IS. MORE THAN WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BELIEVES THEY SHOULD PROVIDE IN SERVICE. I THINK I'M STATING THAT IS ACCURATELY AS I CAN, AND I'M ALWAYS TO YOUR POINT ABOUT COMMENTS. I'M ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED. THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FEELS LIKE THIS. THIS IS SOMEHOW APPROPRIATE. I WOULD I WOULD ASK ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES IF THE POLICE DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT THE BUDGET. IS TO COVER IF THEY BELIEVE THAT THE SERVICE WERE ASKING FOR IS BEYOND WHAT THE BUDGET WILL COVER. I WOULD PREFER WE ASKED FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THE WORK. SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICES. UM. IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT, IT'S COUNCILMAN BAKERS. UM, IT'S COUNSELING BAKER'S DECISION. TO BEST DETERMINE FOR HIS CONSTITUENTS. AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE OF NEIGHBOR DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. THE ONLY TIME I WOULD VOTE AGAINST FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER IS IF I BELIEVE THEY WERE IN SOME WAY, VALIDATING THE RULES OR POLICIES OR DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW WOULD BE OTHERWISE INAPPROPRIATE. I THINK THIS IS A JUDGMENT CALL. UM, AGAIN, IT GOES MY JUDGMENT. I WOULDN'T
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GIVE MONEY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSED TO DO.IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. UM, BUT HAVING EXPLAINED THAT I WANT TO BE CONSISTENT. UM I WILL BE VOTING. YES UM, BUT I WOULD I WOULD RECOMMEND TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THAT. GOING FORWARD. PLEASE GIVE SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO SHOULD WE BE USING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PAY THE POLICE TO DO WHAT THE POLICE SHOULD BE DOING ANYWAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. ALSO NO. ONE THANK YOU CHAIR. UM SO COUNCILMAN RINA RINA WEBER AND I DID THIS RECENTLY IN OUR DISTRICTS. UM AND SETTING THAT ASIDE. UM I KIND OF AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN CRAMER HERE THAT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, I THINK UM. I WOULDN'T LIKE TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS WITH ELLEN PD TO DETERMINE WHERE. THEY BELIEVE THEIR OVERTIME PAY SHOULD BE USED AND WHERE IT SHOULDN'T BE USED. UM SO I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THIS AS WELL BECAUSE I AGREE THAT IT'S COUNSELING BAKER'S DISTRICT AND HE HAS THE CERTAINLY THE PREROGATIVE TO SPEND MONEY THIS WAY. UM I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT SO MUCH ABOUT THIS WHEN WE DID THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF AND SEE. KIND OF WHERE WHERE IN LM P. D S MIND THE LINE IS DRAWN BETWEEN WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS OVER TIME AND WHAT THEY SHOULD COVER UNDER THE ANNUAL BUDGET, SO I'LL BE VOTING FOR IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. UM THANK YOU. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO UM. BE IN CONTACT WITH THEM ON TV AND ASK FOR REPRESENTS TO COME OVER AND TALK TO US MORE ABOUT WHAT THE PHILOSOPHY IS ABOUT THE BUDGET AN AMOUNT THAT SEEMS PUBLIC MAY BE APPROPRIATE BOTH OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT IT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE THAT BUDGET GIVEN THE FACT THAT WAIT. WE DO HAVE SUCH A LARGE BUDGET AMOUNTS STILL AVAILABLE. HIS COMMITTEE MEMBERS THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. I'M HAPPY TO SET THAT UP. COUNCILOR MCRANEY. I'M SORRY YOU HAD TOLD ME I WAS AHEAD. YOU AND THEN I SKIPPED OVER. YOU APOLOGIZE. EUROPE? YES. OKAY CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. ONE MORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, MA'AM BETTER. WELL LET ME JUST SAY IT. YOU JUST HAVE TO HERE. IT'S QUIET. WE DID ASK FOR A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COME AND SPEAK WITH THAT. INSTEAD WE WERE SENT SOME INFORMATION ELECTRONICALLY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM L NPT ABOUT THE BUDGET. I THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR US A BUDGET. YES IT HAS TO. IF WE'RE PUTTING THAT MUCH MONEY IN THE BUDGET, THEY'RE NOT USING IT FOR OVER TIME. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO WITH OUR INDIA FIVE. THAT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SPONSOR AND FUN THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY FUNDED IS RESPONSIBLE. NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT A JUDGMENT CALL FROM EACH COUNCIL MEMBER TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IN THEIR IN THEIR DISTRICT, CERTAINLY THEIR PREROGATIVE. BUT AS A SITTING SITTING THREE BUDGET MEMBER, AND I'VE BEEN ON BUDGET SINCE DAY ONE THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL IT IS RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY OF OURS AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE RISING FUNDS PROPERLY. WE DO A GOOD JOB DURING BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE BUDGET SEASON SEASON TWO REASON ELSEWHERE, EVERY DOLLAR CALLS. IF THEY HAVE THAT MANY DOLLARS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STILL LEFT IN THE BUDGET. THEY NEED ME. THE COUNCIL SHOULD SUPPLEMENT THEM WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT WE COULD BE USING FOR CONSTITUENTS SITUATION ON A DAILY BASIS. I JUST HAVE TO HEAR FROM THEM DIRECTLY BEFORE I CAN'T BE HERE RESPONSIBLE IN MY VOTE AND VOTE FOR ANOTHER NDF FUNDS OVER TIME WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH OVERTIME MONEY IN THE BUDGET ALREADY I'M SPEAKING FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY. GOOD GOOD. YOU KNOW THERE'S ANY OTHERS. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE CALL CLIMB FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. HE'S OPENING LOADING.
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COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY. NOT AGAINST THE COUNCILMAN, BUT AS A RESPONSIBILITY AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER POCONO. YEAH, WE'LL GIVE IT TO ME. COUNCILMAN HUDSON.YEAH. MR CHAIR. YOU HAVE SIX YES VOTES, TWO NO VOTES, AND ONE PRESENT VOTE MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. I DON'T PASSES AND WE'LL GO TO BUSINESS. I DON'T FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING. $10,000 FROM DISTRICT SIX. NEIGHBOR DEVELOPMT, FRANCE, E FICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. SOR, SI. ALONGSIDE THE FIVE AND SIX THANK YOU. YES. ITEM SEVEN IS IMPORTANT. IT'S APPROPRIATING. FOUND ONE ITEM SEVEN. WOW OKAY, ROLLING. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT. HOW ABOUT EIGHT? CAN WE DO EIGHT? LET'S DO IT. LET'S DO EIGHT. IN ORDER IT'S APPROPRIATE $1900 IN EVERY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. $1100 IN DISTRICT 14 TO THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL COMMITTEE INC. THE COST OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FESTIVAL. SO MOVED SECOND. PARTNERS IN A SECOND AND THANK YOU, COUNCILOR AND FOWLER, EUROPE. YES UM, SO THIS NEEDS TO BE AMENDED. UM WE HAD YOUR OFFICE COUNCILMAN MACHINES OFFICE AND COUNCILMAN SAM'S OFFICE ALSO, UM PET A $1900 EACH , BUT IT COMES TO A TUNNEL OF 7600 INSTEAD OF THE 75, WHICH IS LISTED IN THE PAPERWORK, SO I NEED TO GET, UM, HAVE HAVE THAT AMENDED FROM 75 TO 76 IF I CAN GET A SECOND PLACE. OKAY? HAVE BEEN YOU CAN'T AMEND THE PAPERWORK. WELL I CAN AMEND THE MOUNT, RIGHT, RIGHT. YEAH. SO YOU CAN ASK. I WAS TOLD I HAD TO AMEND IT. IS THE ASK US. WHAT? WHERE IS IT? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING IF WHAT THEY HAVE ON HERE IS TO ASK IS THEY ASK YOU CAN'T AMEND THAT. WE'RE CHECKING. CHECKING THAT'S HOW I'M LOOKING TRYING TO FIND IT AS WELL. OKAY, IT. OH, I SEE. OKAY? MY BAD. SO WE'RE JUST A MINUTE TO ADD THE OTHER THREE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. I WAS TOLD THAT SAID 75, OKAY. IT DOES NOT. OKAY? EXCUSE ME. THIS IS LATANYA BELL, THE COUNCIL FINANCIAL ANALYST.
CONFUSION IS THERE'S TWO ITEMS ON HERE FOR DISTRICT 14 ITEM. AID IN ITEM NUMBER NINE ITEM NUMBER NINES FOR THE 7500 FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT DEALING WITH THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER.
THEY'VE ALREADY A PERFORATED 1900 FROM DISTRICT 14. AND THEN WE HAVE THREE OTHER DISTRICTS DISTRICT 13 14 EXCUSE ME DISTRICT 12 13 IN 25. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO APPROPRIATE $1900 AS WELL TODAY, AND THEN THAT WOULD BRING THE GRAND TOTAL UP TO 7600. YES MA'AM. I GOT YES.
INFORMATION IS IT MOTION? SECOND. THANK YOU. MR CHAIR THAT'S FOR THE AMENDMENT. RIGHT, SO THE ASK WAS 76. YES, SIR. GOTCHA. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE MOVEMENT BEFORE US. QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENTS I OPPOSE AND PASSES NOW WE HAVE THE MINUTE ORDINANCE BEFORE US COMING FOR RECOVERY. PLEASE OPEN THE BUILDING. COUNCILMAN MCRANEY YES, YES. SIR, YOU HAVE NINE. YES VOTES. VERY GOOD. I DON'T PASS THIS. WE'LL GO TO OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT I DON'T KNOWN AS AN ORDINANCE
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APPROPRIATING $7500 IN THE DISTRICT 14 NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO METRO PARK THROUGH THE MAYOR'S SOUTHWEST FUN RUN WITH THE PROCEEDS SUPPORTING FARMS AND MORMON LANDING. A MOTION MOVED SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PROBABLY MOTION. THE SECOND IS BEFORE US COUNCILMAN FOWLER. SO THIS IS THE INAUGURAL SOUTHWEST FUN RUN, MAYORS, FUN, RUN AND SPONSORED THAT THIS YEAR. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, SAYING ON THIS IS AN ORDINANCE COMFORTABLE CAR VOTES HE'S HOPING AND VOTING. COUNCILWOMAN MCRANEY. ME AND CAN YOU SLEEP? YES.SORRY, SIR. YOU HAVE NINE. YES, VOTES. VERY GOOD HYGIENE PASSES AND WE'LL GO TO CONCERNS. I DON'T TEND IT'S APPROPRIATING $2722.80 FROM DISTRICT 14. THEY WERE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO PUBLIC WORKS FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH GLOBAL GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY FROM ROD STREET FIGHTING AT 8900 CATHERINE STATION ROLLED NEAR OHIO VALLEY RACEWAY SECOND THE SECOND IS BEFORE US COUNCILMAN FOWLER. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM THIS IS THE LAST INTERSECTION BEFORE YOU GO INTO ME COUNTY ON DIXIE HIGHWAY AND THE GENTLEMAN HAD HAS BEEN PAYING FOR THOSE LIGHTS. SINCE 1988 AND I GUESS HE GOT TIRED OF PAYING FOR IT. SO NOW MITCHELL GOVERNMENT'S GONNA PAY FOR IT.
UM I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S TOO DANGEROUS OF SECTION OF HIGHWAY NOT TO HAVE THE LIGHTING. QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I PROPOSED. SEVEN. I DON'T PASS THIS. I DON'T 11 IS APPROPRIATING $1500 FROM DISTRICT 23 NEVER DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO LOCAL METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT SEVENTH DIVISION PURCHASE CANDY FOR HALLOWEEN AND HAVE YOU PARK MOTION. THANK YOU. SECOND THANK YOU PLAN WAS PROBABLY MOTION SECONDED COUNCILMAN HUDSON. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR, THIS AN EVENT WE HAD LAST SUNDAY ORGANIZED BY THE SEVENTH DIVISION, POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF ORGANIZING IT AND GETTING DONATIONS FOR IT. SO AND I KNOW I PERSONALLY HANDED OUT OVER 10,000 PIECES OF CANDY. WE HAD A LOT OF KIDS COME THROUGH THERE, BUT WE ONLY NEEDED $1500 TO HELP SPONSORING IT. SHE GOT MOST OF THE REST OF THE EXPENSES DONATED , SO IT'S A GREAT EVENT. I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANKS. QUESTIONS ARE CONCERNED SEEING THAT MOST IN FAVOR SAY AYE. I CAN YOU POSED DON'T PASS THIS HMM. HIS HOMELAND'S DYNAMO CHAIR BEFORE WE ADJOURN. YES SIR.
APOLOGIZE FOR DOING THIS QUITE SO LATE, BUT I HAD SUGGESTED THE COUNCIL MP ARGENTINA THAT I WOULD REQUEST AN EXCUSED ABSENCE AND NEGLECTED TO DO THAT EARLY. BUT WE ALREADY HAD HIM. OKAY.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP. ANYTHING ELSE FORESTS AND I GET WITH A LONG PD AND TRAVIS SCHEDULE TELLING ME THERE NEXT MEETING OR FOR FOLLOWING SOON AS WE CAN GET OUR SCHEDULES TO WORK. RIGHT IT'S ALWAYS UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN. I'LL ENTERTAINMENT MOTION TO ADJOURN.
[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]
MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE ARE ADJOURNED WITHOUT REJECTION. THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.