5:06Counselor Aaron Wright.
5:07And any counselor Hudson?
5:14Councilor Jones Rousser.
5:19All present with deception.
5:20Councillor Jones Rousser.
5:23Are there any communications?
5:26Yes, Madam President.
5:31Communication from you directing me to give this notice to the common council of the special meeting.
5:37I have a notice from myself to you that I have um gave that notice pursued into the charter.
5:45And also have a notice that I have sent it out to the directors, media directors for the special meeting.
5:56I would like to recognize there was a public hearing on May 4th at 1 p.m.
6:02All right, so moving on.
6:04I will entertain a motion for the individual items seven through 60.
6:11Thank you, Madam President.
6:12I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number seven.
6:23Please clear please call the roll.
6:28Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number eight.
6:36Clerk, please call the roll.
6:41Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number nine.
6:49Please call the roll.
6:53Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 10.
6:59Please call the roll.
7:05Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 11.
7:10Please call the roll.
7:15Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 12.
7:21Please call the roll.
7:26And Madam President, like to make a motion to introduce item number 13.
7:31I would like to say please call the roll.
7:39Um president like to make a motion to introduce item number 14.
7:46Please call the roll.
7:52I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 15.
7:57Please call the roll.
8:02And I'd like to make motion to introduce item number sixteen.
8:08Please call the roll.
8:12And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 17.
8:18Please call the roll.
8:23And I would like to make a motion to introduce item number 18.
8:28Please call the roll.
8:33I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 19.
8:39Please call the roll.
8:43I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 20.
8:48Please call the roll.
8:52And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 21.
8:59Please call the roll.
9:04Madam President, I'd like to make motion to introduce item number 22.
9:10Please call the roll.
9:14And Madam President, like to make a motion to introduce item number 23.
9:20Please call the roll.
9:24Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 24.
9:30Please call the roll.
9:35Madam President, like to make a motion to introduce item number 25.
9:41Please call the roll.
9:47Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 26.
9:53Please call the roll.
10:00And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 27.
10:05Please call the roll.
10:09And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 28.
10:16Please call the roll.
10:24I just want to make recognition recon recognize that Councillor Jones Rouser came in upon item number 26.
10:36Thank you, Madam President.
10:38Thank you, Madam President.
10:39I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 29.
10:44Please call the roll.
10:49And finally, Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 30.
10:56Please call the roll.
11:32Or the actual budget.
11:37I'm sorry for clarification.
11:38This is the budget and the school district budget or just the budget?
11:48We still need to call the roll.
11:51That's the number 38th.
12:02So you have in your hands the budget as amended.
12:07And then we will move to item 6A, Councillor Williams.
12:25For clarification, uh the short title, should it read fiscal year July 1st, 25 to 26, or should it read 2627?
12:41So uh with that, I would like to introduce item six A and urge its adoption from my colleagues.
12:50Yes, Madam President.
12:52Um first and foremost, I'd like to thank the staff of the common council.
12:56Um the past month has been you know a 30-day sprint, and without your help and your support, we wouldn't have made it here.
13:04And so I just want to recognize and appreciate all of you and thank you very much.
13:07Um additionally, the budget office.
13:09Um they were here for 30 plus hearings and always attentive to any of our questions and concerns.
13:17Want to thank you all as well.
13:18Um the department heads that were able to come and testify.
13:21We appreciate all the input and all the feedback.
13:24And finally, the mayor's office, which was a truly uh a collaborative partner in developing the budget for fiscal year 27.
13:32Um so with that, you know, how did we get here today?
13:34Originally the mayor of the mayor's office proposed a budget with a 24 million dollar draw on our fund balance.
13:41Um, when I see a number that big, I get a little bit uncomfortable.
13:45And so my colleagues and I settled on a number that you know if we could get down close to 20, we would be comfortable.
13:52We'd like to go further, but in hearing after hearing after hearing, we heard we didn't really add any positions, we didn't really add any money, and the departmental spending actually wound up less than the rate of inflation for this budget.
14:06And so there is not a whole lot to trim.
14:09Um, you know, but we did make our mark.
14:12We did get down below a 20 million dollar draw on our fund balance, and so um you know we did that with the cooperation and collaboration of the budget office and the mayor's office.
14:23Um we're proposing a series of amendments that like I mentioned will get us below that 20 million dollar mark.
14:29And given how departments did control their spending, we didn't target any departments individually.
14:37What we did was we made a general reduction to the budget of approximately four million dollars, um, and we took them from large items in the special objects of expense, and that will give the administration the freedom and flexibility to be able to backfill those items based upon spending patterns that emerge in fiscal year 27.
15:00Um additionally, the common council did want to add a number of items to emphasize and highlight some of our priorities.
15:04We included money in support of housing and our parks.
15:09Um thanks to Donam or Councillor Morris Advocacy, we have additional money for dog control, and we added three positions to the budget to better serve the employees of the city and our residents.
15:22Um so with that, I would like to thank all of my colleagues up here for um for a lot of hard work, a lot of cooperation and collaboration, and I appreciate all of you.
15:33And so with that, Madam President, I urge the budget's adoption.
15:38Are there any further comments?
15:43Are you gonna urge you for its adoption?
15:53Okay, any discussion.
15:56Any more discussion, no?
15:58Please call the roll.
16:00I oppose the budget's account of that's amended.
16:05Sorry, I didn't hear that last part.
16:09Uh Councillor Majok.
16:11Thank you, Madam President.
16:13I have item six B and six C.
16:17I would like to introduce item six B and urge the adoption.
16:26Did you make a motion?
16:39Please call the roll.
16:43Does it over both of them?
16:45Would like to like to make a motion and urge the adoption of item six C.
17:02No, we already voted on it.
17:07Um this is what twenty.
17:10That's what I thought.
17:14We just didn't ask if there was any discussion, but we did vote on it.
17:19So at this point, this uh meeting it's closed.
