This meeting of the expanded Budget, Finance, and Audit Standing Committee continued its executive session deliberations on the city's proposed FY2027 budget. Councilmembers reviewed dozens of line items, approving adjustments to funding allocations, removing pins on items previously held, and setting closing resolution language. Key discussions focused on the use of remaining ARPA funds, support for affordable housing, police and fire department budgets, retiree benefits, and community infrastructure projects. The committee also addressed several citizen requests during public comment.
Good afternoon. We'd like to now call back to order the PM portion of our executive session, which is part of the expanded budget finance and audit standing committee. Councilmember Scott Benson. Councilmember Letitia Johnson. Present. Councilmember Denzel Anton McCampbell. Present. Councilmember Renata Miller. Councilmember She is here, but we're trying to see. Oh, she's joining now. Okay. We're going to allow her when she pops up to join. Miller, if you hear us, say here when you when you get on. I am here. All right, there you go. Oh, okay. She's here. Councilmember Gabriela Santiago Romero. Present. Councilmember Mary Waters. Here. President Councilmember Angela Whitfield Callaway. President. Council President Pro Temporar Coman A. Young the Second. Council President James Tate. Mr. President, you have a quorum present. Thank you, ma'am. We have a quorum present with means with now in session. Mr. Corley, I was asked if because uh Julie Snyder, Director Schneider is at training, uh, and she was able to kind of pill away from that training. If we can take up the item that uh deals with uh her space, and I was told that was 148, that's member Callaway's item. If we can take that one up first, 148 148. That is, and for the record for those who are watching, line item 148 is discuss the city's willingness to support in supporting and rehabbing the 12 to 13 properties identified by HRD for the historic buildings in district two. We did approve the closing resolution language for that particular item, but I believe that there was a request for an additional conversation on that item. Yes. All right. And uh Director Schneider is available and she's on screen right now as we speak. Director Snyder, please introduce yourself for record. Make sure you can hear us. Good afternoon, Julie Schneider, director of the housing and revitalization department. Um for clarification, I thought I was on to discuss fellowship estates. You know, this is what happened when you get uh all the ripe age of 51. Your eyes don't uh your eyes deceive you sometimes. Uh the six sometimes look like eight. So I was reading 146. I apologize. 148 is an increased budget to uh provide two million in gap funding to the fellowship chapel housing project. So again, I apologize, colleagues.