Budget.

The city manager presented his budget and proposed that the and it is balanced and incorporates resources to many of our strategic priorities.

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss any potential adjustments that should be made to the budget.

So we um had the budget hearing.

We've heard a number of folks, and thank you for those of you who have come to attend and express what your concerns are.

Um that feedback was valuable.

Everyone has had this budget, I think since I said May 5th, right?

And we've had some time to read through it individually as well as the opportunity to ask for clarification questions of the manager.

Today is the time that we discuss it, the budget proposed together and formulate any changes that we may want to take.

For the process today, I'm proposing that everybody have an opportunity to express their perspective and have us take the time to um speak to the things that you find most important or most um advantageous for us.

And then at the end of those comments, I would hope that if you have any suggestions for amendments or adjustments to the proposed budget, that we begin to do that as well.

Um keep in mind that the proposed budget is balanced, so staff will have to do some work as they as you if we propose additional reductions or any um adjustments that are not one-time revenue expenses.

As a reminder, the manager has identified 5.3 million and ARPA revenue replacement that is currently not allocated and available to fund one-time expenses.

Also, please note that we definitely do not have the need to allocate the full amount of this at any time, which would be preserved for capacity for us to address any future policy decisions that may emerge in the future.

So with that, let's see.

I'm gonna turn this over again.

Once after all the council members have been recognized and had the opportunity to speak, we will determine what will move forward and further consideration for any of the potential adjustments.

Um our policy has been that if there are five or more votes for any proposed change, that change will move forward for the staff to do more analysis of the cost, the considerations, and the consequences of that proposed change.

And that item will be included for consideration at the straw votes meeting on Thursday, May the 29th.

So I believe that that is that I think there's something that has changed, and I'm sorry, Mr.

Mitchell, help me out on the date for that.

Thank you, Mayor.

I think there are several colleagues that are scheduled to be absent on the 29th.

And so I will rather choose a date that most of us could be here.

So I think the next opportunity will be June 2nd at our committee report out.

But I think there are several colleagues who say that the 29th, they have a conflict, they would not be present to vote.

Okay.

So my understanding is that we're we'll let us at come back to this at the end of the meeting, we'll get everything done, and then that's something that we can work out with the scheduling.

So give the manager a moment to look at his schedule and see how that works for the organization as well.

Yes, yes.

Clarifying question, Mayor Marie's gonna get us started.

Um, I would just want to verify.

Do we want to let Marie get started or do you want me to go over where is in front of everyone?

I'm sorry.

There's a proposal, a budget proposal that's in front of everyone.

Manager, did you want to kick it off and then you'll pass it so that I can share where we are?

Thank you.

Okay.

I don't think that I have that.

Do you have does everyone else have it right here?

This is the blue dot.

This is it.

All right, the agency for neighborhoods.

Oh, now I see the red.

I'm sorry, it was blue and now it's red.

Okay, we'll follow if there's unless there's some discussion or not, Miss Mayfield has suggested that we do this.

Mr.

Jones, is that's workable?

Sure.

All right.

So there we go.

Whatever it takes to get us through this.

Okay.

So uh thank you, Mayor and members of council.

What I will do, Councilmember Mayfield's after me, I'll kick it to Marie to kick back to you.

Is that okay?

So um, thank you for uh giving us an opportunity to provide support as you go through the straw votes.

One thing I would like to highlight is what the mayor said earlier.

Um this council has done a very good job with managing the ARPA funds, the CARES funds.

I think 300 million dollars that came uh during the pandemic, and uh most of those funds, two-thirds of it actually went back into the community as opposed to the um city's coffers.