Thank you, Mike.

This is for the uh human relationship.

I'm sorry, Human Resources Administration and Appointments Committee.

Um just wanted to know all members are present.

Yes, okay.

Um, as well as uh actually all council is present.

So if you could read on bill 44.

Bill 44 advanced part one and state legislation, chapter 12, I've already supports the conditions of article 15 council meeting by the administration, did you want to comment on it?

No, no, I'm like we reapproved.

Okay.

Did you want to talk about what what you're trying to do with the the scope of it?

The changes.

I'm not really prepared.

I have these other mentioned agenda.

Okay, not a problem.

Um I I know that uh we are gonna be doing, or we're in the process, I think you of doing a review of all of the authorities boards and commissions throughout the city.

So I know that um there's some of these changes are going to be in that, but um I'm I'm open to moving it favorably, but in the same token I know that we're going through and we're actually uh looking to review them all.

So other than that, um, on the dias, does anyone on the committee have any questions related to Bill 44?

No.

Um could I get a motion to move that forward?

I'll second that motion.

All right, all those in favor?

Aye.

Perfect.

Um the personal uh personnel policy manual update.

I know that um director of lesquez wasn't able to make it.

He let me know ahead of time, but I want to know if you had any updates on that.

Yes, sir.

I'm happy to make uh I'm happy to uh to relay his report.

So so the pause so the PPM, the personal policy manual, the personnel policy manual is we hope that we are hopeful we'll be we'll be able to present it to you by the second meeting of July, July 15th.

That might that may be a little later than you had been expecting, and there are a few reasons why.

Um the time between drafts presented to us by the vendor took more time than expected.

The time that we needed to review and vet recommendations by the vendor also took more time than originally inspected.

Um multiple reviews by by clients also serve to delay the process.

I know that I provided my final review review of this document a week or two ago.

And we want to make sure that we are aligned with other policies and codes.

That's that's actually the final uh that's actually the final piece of agreement that we have to make sure that we're in agreement with the charter and with all other city language so that we don't present you with something that has a conflict between other places in the city code and and this uh and this code.

Thank you.

And I would I guess my only request as when we do receive it since it is going to be a lengthy document, is that we have some space to review it between you know when it comes to the committee and then actually goes up to a vote.

So that'd be my horse.

My only ask in that.

Um next item on the agenda is related to the mayor's uh office travel expenses.

Would you care to provide uh sure?

I I uh I apologize for the for the uh recent arrival of this document, but you know, it took us a while.

Took a while to get all of the different sources, Munis, Eden, you know, the the different ways that we have accounting.

But the bottom line is these are all expenses that were approved by this body that were properly audited and reviewed by the controller.

Um they amount to, as I've said in the exact amount to a good one, just 12 cents per capita per resident of Allentown, and this is this is all travel and public advocacy advocacy related to the mayor, the mayor's office.

There were a few department heads that went to some of these events, and you know, I listed the the that we that we got out of them.

Uh and it's pretty straightforward.

Um I know just to to couch on what you had said, we received the report about an hour ago.

So um we haven't had an opportunity to extensively go through that, which I which I understand the things take time to compile.

Um I do know that there was a number of questions that uh several council people were asking for that weren't included in that document.

So um I do I do acknowledge that I would like to uh schedule another uh HR meeting, committee meeting, so we can go through once we've had some time to review that document to propose some questions.

Um I would just I think ask if if at all possible for on the on the council if those questions um could be submitted a little bit ahead of time.

I know a lot of them have been outlined, but uh based on the information that we received.

Um because I know I I still have some stuff that you know wasn't included there, so that would be really really helpful.

I assume that would submit this, and then you would just ask whatever questions you have and we'll provide whatever else you would like to see.

One of the other things which I think is important in this, because so there's a there's a there's a governing body, I'm sorry, governing document within the city, the the aims is the way I'm understanding it, that that manages what travel and what that process looks like.

Now am I under the understanding of that?

Sorry, what's the one?