##VIDEO ID:_tYH1XoRG-E## TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ORDER.  OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT THE MAYOR. TIM BUSSEY. HE IS ON HIS WAY AS WHAT I'VE HEARD.  AND THEN WE'VE GOT ONE OTHER MEMBER WHO IS ON THEIR WAY FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL MEETING. THE SEATING IS FOCUSED AROUND OUR PUBLIC FINANCE AND OUR OUR BUDGET. SO WE'VE GOT ONE ITEM TO COVER WHICH IS 2.1 WHICH IS 2025 BUDGET DISCUSSION AROUND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH FINANCE INTERNATIONAL INTERNAL SERVICE TEAMS THE GENERAL FUND, THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS.  SO I SEE THAT CURRY IS ALREADY THERE AND CAN BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.  SO THE FIRST BUDGET DISCUSSION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IS PUBLIC HEALTH. SO I WILL INVITE PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR NICK KLY TO COME UP AND I WILL RAISE THE MICROPHONE FOR HIM.  GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.  GOOD EVENING .  THERE ARE YOU. SO WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT BRIEFLY IS OUR 2025 BUDGET VERSUS THE 2024 BUDGET COMPARISON BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET STAFFING REQUEST, NEW INITIATIVES, REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS.  THIS GIVES YOU A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT WE HAD IN 2025.  YOU CAN SEE THE 2324 BUDGETS 23 ACTUAL OUR BUDGETS AROUND EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.  THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY GOES INTO SOME OF THE CHANGES WE'VE SEEN AND SO I'LL CALL ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE NEW FUNDING WE RECEIVED.  WE WERE ABLE TO GET NEW GRANT RESOURCES FROM THE STATE AS THEIR INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH WHICH REALLY IS HELPING US MOVE FORWARD OF THE FOUNDATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DELIVER IN THE COMMUNITY.  AND SO YOU'LL SEE WE BROUGHT IN A LITTLE OVER $1,000,000 IN NEW FUNDING CORRESPONDING TO THE NINE NEW STAFF WE WERE BRINGING ON BOARD TO DO THAT WORK.  THAT FUNDING WAS FAIRLY FOCUSED ON NEW THINGS NEW STAFF, NEW PROCESSES WHICH IS WHAT WE USED IT FOR WITH A WORKFORCE CONSULTANT TO GUIDE THAT WORK. WE TOOK OVER SOME OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT THAT COED WAS SPONSORING INTO THE COMMUNITY SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE. AND THEN OUR INTERNAL SERVICE CHARGES AND THEN SOME OTHER BALANCING OUT WE'VE DONE THERE IN THE BUDGET SO OUR NET IMPACT WAS A $114,000. I WOULD NOTE THAT IN THIS 25 BUDGET YEAR 74% OF OUR BUDGET IS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AS FAR AS OUR STAFFING REQUESTS GO.  WE HAVE NO NEW STAFFING REQUESTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THE 25 YEAR AS WE THINK TO THE FUTURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SERVE THAT PROCESS. MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO NAVIGATE VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN AND BLOOMINGTON PD AND OUR PARTNERS WITH A DINE IN RICHFIELD WE IN A SERVICE DEFICIT AREA HURST IDENTIFIES PARTS OF BLOOMINGTON, THE NORTHEAST CORNER AS A SERVICE THAT WE ARE SHORT OF PROVIDERS FOR MENTAL HEALTH, PRIMARY CARE AND DENTAL AND SO WE'RE FAIRLY FOCUSED ON THE MENTAL HEALTH SIDE GIVEN OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND THE CONTINUING NEEDS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE WORK WE'RE DOING WITH PD WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE EVOLUTION OF HOW PUBLIC HEALTH IS PRACTICED IN NAVIGATE THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL WHICH WHICH MAY IMPACT HOW WE DO SOME OF OUR WORK DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS ENHANCING SERVICE DELIVERY WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PD THE THE BRAIN HEALTH INITIATIVE THAT CHIEF HODGES AND HIS TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER. IT'S JUST BEEN REMARKABLE TO SEE THE PROGRESS AND THE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR TEAM IS THERE TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS THE DATA ANALYSIS ON THE BACK END AND SUPPORTING THE PROTECTION OF THAT DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IT'S IT'S THE DATA THAT THEY'RE COLLECTING IS HOUSED ON OUR END. SO WE HAVE A VERY STRONG SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE TO PROTECT THE PATIENT DATA AND THAT PROGRESS. THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE AND WE'RE SEEING THOSE REAL BENEFITS AND IT'S IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO COORDINATE WITH PD TO NAVIGATE THAT WORK WITH OUR HEALTH CARE PARTNERS TO TRY AND SHOW THEM AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO SOLVING A REALLY INTRACTABLE PROBLEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY. WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THOSE SOCIAL SUPPORTS AND THAT THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY TO MEET THOSE .  WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR RIB AND OTHER PARTNERS AROUND THE CITY AND IN INDIANA RICHFIELD TO DO SOME ENHANCED TRAINING TO OUR STAFF ACROSS THE THREE CITIES AND THEN OUR NEW STAFF ARE REALLY HELPING US DO A BUNCH OF STUFF WE'VE NOT DONE BEFORE.  SO FOR INSTANCE TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY FOR A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER FOCUSED AROUND HOUSING AND BEING ABLE TO HELP NAVIGATE THE NUANCE OF SERVICE CHALLENGES IN THE HEALTH AND HOUSING AND INTERFACE AND BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR AND OTHER PARTNERS TO HELP US CHANGE POLICIES AND SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.  WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TACKLE WORK CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND IMPROVING THAT HELP WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR IN WORK WE'RE DOING WITH OUR RESPONSE SUSTAINABILITY GRANT THINGS WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE PAST WITH THIS NEW FUNDING SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE NEW PROJECTS TAKE OFF AS OUR STAFF START TO COME ON BOARD .  SOME OF THE POTENTIAL REVENUE ENHANCEMENT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE REALLY CAREFULLY LOOKING AT THE NEEDS AND THE CHALLENGES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO. THERE ARE SERVICES WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST THAT WE STOPPED DOING BECAUSE THE NEED WAS NOT THERE. SOME OF THOSE NEEDS ARE STARTING TO CREEP BACK UP. THOSE ARE POTENTIALLY OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO TO CHARGE FOR SOME SERVICES DEPENDING UPON WHAT THEY ARE. SOME OF THOSE DEAL WITH MORE SEXUAL HEALTH NAVIGATING SOME OF THOSE NUANCES AND CHALLENGES AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION TO LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL STATE INVESTMENT TO MAKE PUBLIC HEALTH WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IT TODAY THERE'S A GOAL TO HAVE THE SEAMLESS RESPONSIVE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN MINNESOTA. SO NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME BASIC PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES WHICH DOES NOT OCCUR TODAY. WE ARE INTEGRALLY INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS. WE ARE JUST MEETING THIS AFTERNOON UP IN THE CHADWICK WITH THE JOINT LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S HELPING GUIDE THAT WORK AND SO I EXPECT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AT THE STATE LEVEL TO HELP DO THAT WORK ACROSS MINNESOTA WHICH WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO WORK HERE. AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE SERVICE DELIVERY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR NAVIGATING WITH INSURANCE.  OFTENTIMES WE FIND THAT A CHALLENGE BECAUSE THE THE MONTHS TWO YEARS IT TAKES TO GET THOSE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE AND THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE WE GET BACK OFTEN AREN'T WORTH THE TIME. BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS SERVICE REDUCTIONS AND IMPACTS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALL WANT TO SEE IS TO BE THAT ENDURING REMARKABLE COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN KEY TO THAT IS THE PEOPLE WANT TO BE SO WE REALLY SEE OUR ROLE AS REALLY HELPING TO WORK ACROSS THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR FULL CHANCE TO BE HEALTHY, HEALTHY AND WELL. AND THE MORE WE HAVE A HEALTHY AND WELL COMMUNITY THE EASIER IT IS FOR US TO ACCOMPLISH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ACHIEVE THAT MISSION THAT SETS OUT WE DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR LOCAL ECONOMY WITH OVER $1,000,000 AND WITH VOUCHERS AND WE'RE REGULARLY RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE AND SOMETIMES THE COUNTRY FOR OUR INNOVATIVE AND FORWARD LEANING POLICIES. AND SO IF SOME OF THOSE THINGS STOPPED HAPPENING WE WOULD SEE THOSE IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES ON THE WEEKEND AND LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES IN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE RECOGNITION OF BLOOMINGTON AS A LEADER IN THAT IS OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.  WELL THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD A AND WE HAVE TO TAKE ISSUE WITH ONE THING YOU SAID KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION.  I CERTAINLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.  I WONDER IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SOME I'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR RESIDENT EXPERT COUNCILMEMBER CARTER.  I KNOW SHE SERVES ON HER SHACK AND HAS SERVED ON A NUMBER OF OTHER HEALTH RELATED THINGS AND HAS SOME EXPERTIZE AND I FIGURE IT MAKES SENSE TO START THERE IF THAT'S OKAY.  YEAH. SO THANK YOU DOCTOR KELLY. I WILL SAY I WAS MEETING WITH A LEADER FROM FAIRVIEW EARLIER TODAY AND HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP DR. AND CHIEF HODGES AND THE BRAIN INITIATIVE AND JUST HOW EXCITING IT IS AND HOW GREAT BLOOMINGTON HAS BEEN TO WORK WITH AND SO KUDOS YOU GUYS. ONE QUESTION THAT I DID HAVE RELATED TO THE BUDGET SO THE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE THOSE LONGER TERM GRANTS AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT EVENTUALLY YOU WOULD BE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL TO ASK FOR RESOURCES TO CONTINUE THOSE POSITIONS OR ARE YOU ANTICIPATING MAYBE THAT'S A POSSIBILITY BUT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE OF ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING THAT WOULD CONTINUE ALLOW US TO CONTINUE POSITIONS NEAR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING.  SO THERE SOME OPIOID FUNDED POSITIONS IN THERE WHICH IS A 18 YEAR TIME FRAME. THE REST OF THAT FUNDING ASIDE A SMALL AMOUNT OF CDC INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS IS IN THE BASE BUDGET OF THE STATE AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT FUNDING TO BE THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME BUT THAT BEING SAID WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT AROUND 2027 OUR COST OF LIVING AND OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED THOSE STAFF WILL EXCEED THE GRANT BUDGET AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PLANNING ON NAVIGATING WELL WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT. OKAY THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO JUST SAY THAT BEING IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON PUBLIC HEALTH REALLY IS SEEN AS A LEADER IN THE STATE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE LOOK TO FOR BEST PRACTICES AND BEING AND BEING ON THE CHECK I AM IN COMMUNICATION WITH PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND I THINK I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY AND I THINK I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST THAT THEY ALL WISH THAT THEY HAD WHAT WE HAVE IN BLOOMINGTON AND HOPEFULLY EVENTUALLY THESE STATE RESOURCES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. BUT I THINK IN THE MEANTIME I DO I DO FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN THE PLACE THAT WE ARE IN BLOOMINGTON. AND I ALSO THINK THIS DEPARTMENT IS JUST I DON'T KNOW I OF COURSE I'M BIASED.  I THINK IT JUST PAYS FOR ITSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT GETS SO MUCH GRANT AND CONTRACT FUNDING BUT JUST THE IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM IMPACTS THAT IT HAS IN THE COMMUNITY IS IMMEASURABLE.  SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CARTER. OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS TO MY COUNCILMEMBER I REALIZE I KNOW . THANK YOU. I ALWAYS NEED REMINDING THAT WHAT IS THE THE AMOUNT IF ANY THAT THE TAXPAYERS IN BLOOMINGTON PROVIDE FOR YOUR BUDGET AT THIS MOMENT IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEAR WOULD IT BE IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEY CAN DO 27 AS YOU MENTIONED  OH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, WE WILL SEE THE IMPACT IS IT'S A $2.1 MILLION 2.16 IN 2025 AS BUDGET WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS CURRENTLY AVOID MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS WE WE WILL SEE THE CONTINUED KIND OF INCREASE THAT WE SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS WHERE WE SEE THAT INCREASE IN INTERNAL SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR STAFF WILL GO UP AT A FAIRLY CONSTANT RATE THAT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE THE 27 PROJECTIONS IN FRONT OF ME BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK IN IF I COULD IF I COULD JUMP IN AND OUR MANAGER WILL WELL SPEAK TO THIS AND JUST YOU KNOW JUST FROM MY OWN BACKGROUND TOO I'VE ASKED THIS MANY A TIMES OF YOU KNOW, CAN YOU GIVE ME A TEN YEAR, YOU KNOW, READ OUT AND THE MANAGER WOULD NORMALLY SAY HEY, WHY NOT ONCE YOU START GETTING PAST A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT IT GETS PRETTY TRICKY TO IT TO GIVE A RELIABLE NUMBER AND AND I KNOW WE TRY TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND AND OTHER FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.  SO MANAGER I'LL LET YOU KIND OF TAKE FROM THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS ACTING MAYOR LEMMON SAID WHEN WE'RE PREPARING THE BUDGET FOR OUR INTERNAL REVIEW AND PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL WE'RE PREPARING A TWO YEAR BUDGET CYCLE AND SO WE HAVE A CONCEPTUAL 2026 WE DON'T HAVE 2027 FORECASTED YET.  NOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SEEING SOME OF THE LONGER TERM FORECASTS IN A NUMBER OF OUR FUNDS. THOSE TEND TO BE ENTERPRISE FUNDS OR CAPITAL FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN FORECAST AND UTILITY FUNDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF REINVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING THAT GOES INTO THOSE FUNDS. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OUR REGULAR OPERATING FUNDS.  WHAT YOU'LL SEE AS DR. KELLY SAID IS SOME INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH.  ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE RUN INTO IS THE MANY POSITIONS THAT ARE GRANT FUNDED. THE GRANTS TEND TO ONLY COVER THE STAFF COSTS RELATED TO DELIVERING THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE, WHICH TYPICALLY MEANS SALARY AND BENEFITS AND USUALLY DOESN'T INCLUDE SOME OF THE OTHER OVERHEAD COSTS THAT WE ASSIGN TO DEPARTMENTS. SO THINGS LIKE OUR IT COSTS AND YOU KNOW CHARGEBACKS FROM ADMINISTRATION OR FINANCE THOSE OTHER PLACES AREN'T FACTORED IN . SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF GROWTH IN OUR GENERAL FUND OPERATIONS THAT ARE JUST RELATED TO THE COST OF HAVING EMPLOYEES AND THOSE ARE COSTS THAT AREN'T SUPPORTED BY THE GRANT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE EACH YEAR. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU.  DR. KELLY, CAN YOU PLEASE REMIND US AND MYSELF HOW WE WORK WITH YOU DANA AND RICHFIELD WHEN IT COMES TO THE DANA BLOOMINGTON RICHFIELD PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES MR. MAYOR AREA COUNCILMEMBER WE HAVE A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP THAT EVEN PREDATES OUR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE TODAY.  WE DEPENDING ON THE REVENUE STREAM WHETHER SO FOR EXAMPLE OUR STATEWIDE HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WE GET THAT FUNDING DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE WITH AN ALLOCATION INCLUDING A DOWN IN RICHFIELD FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAM AREAS WE GET OUR ALLOCATIONOWN AND RICHFIELD GET THEIR DIRECT AND THEN THEY CONTRACT THAT TO US. WE DO THAT WITH ALL OF OUR FUNDING STREAMS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WHERE IT COVERS ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DON'T GET DEDICATED FUNDING STREAMS TO AND THAT IS A NEGOTIATED PROCESS BASED ON OUR COST ON THE BACK END THAT THE THREE CITY MANAGERS SIT DOWN ON A REGULAR BASIS AND LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE IT'S AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.  SO JUST TO RECAP ESSENTIALLY YOU DIMOND RICHFIELD ARE PARTICIPATING AND PROVIDING CAPITAL FOR US TO DO OUR SERVICES. WE'RE NOT JUST DOING IT FOR FREE FOR THOSE TWO CITIES. WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED TO US TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO JUST BY OURSELVES . MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT $1.1 MILLION COMING IN TO WE'RE GETTING THE RESOURCES FOR THREE COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS TO DO THIS WORK WHERE MANY OF MY PEERS ARE GETTING THE RESOURCES OF THE ONE.  NOW THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD QUESTION THAT FOLKS TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT THIS AND THAT THAT WHOLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A DIANA AND RICHFIELD IS IS A IS AN IMPORTANT ONE THAT WE MAINTAIN AND IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE MAKING SURE AND I KNOW IN THE PAST YEARS WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION SO I DON'T WANT TO REHASH THAT. ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE 74% OF THE BUDGET THAT'S COVERED BY GRANTS AND OTHER OTHER FUNDING WHICH I THINK IS REALLY KIND OF PRETTY UNIQUE. AND OF COURSE MY MY MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD ALWAYS BE WELL HOW DO WE COMPARE TO OTHER OTHER CITIES? BUT THERE'S REALLY NOT REALLY ANY OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LIKE US THAT WOULD HAVE THAT COMPARISON. SO I WANT TO ASK THAT QUESTION OF OF THAT RIGHT NOW BUT IS THERE ANY FEAR AT ALL WITH HAVING THAT MUCH IN TERMS OF BEING SUSTAINABLE YEAR OVER YEAR WITH HAVING 74% OF THAT COMING FROM THESE OUTS OR OUTSIDE SOURCES IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN STAFFING POSITIONS AND JUST OF , YOU KNOW, JUST GENERAL SERVICE PROVISION TO THE TO OUR RESIDENTS OUT THERE AND ANY CONCERNS AT ALL ABOUT THAT?  MR. MAYOR, WHAT THE THE REALITY OF OUR FUNDING STREAM IS THE MAJORITY COMES FROM GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AND SO THOSE GRANTS AND CONTRACTS ARE TYPICALLY LONG TERM AND STABLE. BUT IF WE DON'T CHANGE ANY SERVICE DELIVERY AND WE DON'T SEE CHANGES IN THOSE FUNDING STREAMS, THAT PERCENTAGE CONTINUE TO DROP OVER TIME AS THE COST OF OPERATING AND DOING THE WORK INCREASES. AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS THE BALANCE AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT WORK WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES.  THE RANGE OF PERCENTAGES YOU SEE OUT THERE VARIES FROM FAIRLY LOW TO WE DO HAVE COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARDS IN MINNESOTA THAT ARE ARE WELL NORTH OF 50% OF THEIR FUNDING COMING OUTSIDE OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.  WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND YOU KNOW, I LOOK FOR AN ANSWER TODAY AND I WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT. I SOMETIMES DO THAT AND I DON'T MEAN TO DO THAT BUT I YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP STABILIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND CREATE SOME CERTAINTY THERE I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THAT WE COULD KIND OF GO ABOUT THAT PROCESS OF TRYING TO KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH WITH THE BUDGET OR WE TRY TO CREATE SOME STABILIZATION FUNDING LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT WITH OUR OVERALL BUDGET. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A TACTIC THAT COULD BE UTILIZED HERE WITH WITH THIS BUDGET TO CREATE SOME SOME WIGGLE ROOM SO THAT LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA CAN HAVE SOME DEPENDABILITY YEAR IN YEAR OUT OF WHEN WE GET TO THOSE TIMES WHERE THERE'S KIND OF A DOWN DOWNTREND WITH THOSE DOLLARS THAT ARE THAT ARE KIND OF COMING IN . SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF MORE OF A OF A COMMENT RATHER THAN A THAN A QUESTION. IF I MAY MISS ACTING, MARILYN ,TO THAT POINT AND I APPRECIATE THE POINT AS DR. KELLY INDICATED WITH THE NUMBER OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS THAT WE RECEIVE AND THAT WE ADMINISTER THE THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE FUTURE FUNDING OF OF THOSE GRANTS SO LONG AS THE GRANTS DON'T DISAPPEAR ENTIRELY, WHICH IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME INTER-GOVERNMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES. BUT AS LONG AS THE GRANT FUNDING IS CONSISTENT, THE BEST WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR THOSE GOING FORWARD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH HAS DONE REALLY WELL AND IS NOT JUST PERFORMING TO THE EXPECTATION OF THE GRANT OR THE CONTRACT BUT IT'S ALSO BEING ABLE TO,  YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WENT THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TO BE AN ACCREDITED PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY WHICH CONFERS ON IT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CREDIBILITY FOR THE GRANT FUNDING COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER OF THAT.  I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER NELSON HAD SERVED ON THAT AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE CUSTOMER DELAYS ON?  THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. I'M SORRY I HAVE BEEN LATE TODAY.  APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE. I JUST HAD TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE, I ACTUALLY FOUND THIS BUDGET FAIRLY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. I THINK YOU ALL ARE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF OF BALANCING YOUR EXPENSES TO REVENUE HERE AND YOU KNOW,  IT'S IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THAT YOU GUYS RUN THAT VERY WELL AND I KNOW THAT A BIG PART OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS RIGHTSIZING STAFFING TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PAY FOR AS OPPOSED TO HAVING STAFF. I'M CURIOUS AND I AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I WAS LIKE HOW WE GOT INTO DISCUSSION AROUND THE 2025 LIKE NEW THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OR IS THAT STILL PENDING IF WE GO DID WE GO THROUGH THAT THAT ENHANCING SERVICE DELIVERY SLIDE? OKAY, GREAT. WELL THEN I'LL ASK A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THAT AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU ANSWERED IT DURING YOUR DISCUSSION.  SO I AM KIND OF I'M KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT THE NEW STAFF AROUND INCREASED HOUSING AND HEALTH. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT SPECIFIC PROGRAMING WE ARE GOING TO SEE YOU PERFORMING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE NOT YET SEEN THAT'S DIRECTLY TIED TO THAT ENHANCEMENT, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THE SPECIFIC WORK WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS MEETING A GAP IN A NEED RIGHT NOW.  AND SO THERE'S NOT PER SE LIKE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR A PROCESS. BUT WHAT WE HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHETHER IT'S OUR COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR HRA IS THE NEED IS IMMENSE.  THE ABILITY TO NAVIGATE PEOPLE THROUGH THAT SYSTEM IS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED AND FRUSTRATING. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BROUGHT ON A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND ON THE BACK END INSIDE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE SYSTEMS AND THE PROCESSES AND WHY THEY'RE NOT  WORKING THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE AND IDEAS OF HOW TO IMPROVE THAT. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE WALKING ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY MEMBERS NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF HOUSING AND HEALTH ON THE BACK END WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR HOW DO WE WORK TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES IN THOSE SYSTEMS WITH OUR HEALTH AND OUR POLICY STAFF AND SOME OF OUR OTHER LEADERSHIP IN THE DIVISION TO MAKE THINGSETTER FROM A SYSTEM STANDPOINT?  AND DOES THAT DOES THAT WORK GO BACK TO THEN BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE BOARDS THAT YOU ARE THAT WE ARE A MEMBER OF . I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED WE'VE GOT SOME STRATEGIC INITIATIVES HAPPENING AT THE STATE AROUND AROUND PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS THEMSELVES AND HOW TO BETTER SERVE THEM. IS THAT IS THAT PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE TO THOSE BOARDS?  MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO YES . WITH THE CAVEAT OF THAT FEEDBACK IS GOING TO MOSTLY GO BACK TO OUR PARTNERS WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY OR HRA OR OTHER PROCESSES WE SEE AND THEN THE NARRATIVE ABOUT HOW WE'RE WORKING TO TRY AND CHANGE THOSE SYSTEMS WILL BE PART OF THE REPORTING. THE STATE EXPECTS FROM US FOR THAT FUNDING. OKAY.  THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I HAD IS I NOTICED IN THE IN THE BUDGET THAT THAT WE HAVE A WE HAVE A LINE ITEM AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU, COREY. I APOLOGIZE IF IT IS I DON'T MEAN TO STICK WITH THE QUESTION BUT THERE'S A SECTION IN HERE ABOUT CAPITAL OUTLAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS OF ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS WHEN WE GET TO LIKE 2627 AND WE START SEEING THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER BUILT IN EVERYTHING, ARE WE GOING TO START CARRYING SOME KIND OF A CAPITAL NUMBER IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUDGET GOING FORWARD?  MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER D'ALESSANDRO SO YEAH WE THAT IS THERE'S ON THERE FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY IT'S JUST SORT OF THE STANDARD CATEGORIES THAT HAVE IN THESE DIFFERENT BUDGET REPORTS OFTEN. AND WHEN THE NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IS CREATED IT IS GOING TO BE ITS OWN ENTERPRISE FUND. SO YES, THERE WILL BE AMOUNTS BUDGETED OUT FOR A CAPITAL OUTLAY WITHIN THAT BASED ON WHAT IS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE FOR THAT FACILITY. SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF ANALYSIS TO BE DONE THAT'S BEEN BEING DONE THAT WILL BE SIMILAR TO LIKE AN ICE GARDEN BUDGET OR, A YOU KNOW, OTHER FACILITY. IT'LL BE ANOTHER RECREATION TYPE FUND.  OKAY. SO MAYBE THE QUESTION I SHOULD ASK IS THEN WE WEOULD NOT EXPECT SOME PORTION OF THAT TO BE CARRIED IN THE PUBLIC BUDGET GOING FORWARD GIVEN THAT SOME PORTION OF THAT BUILDING NOT RECREATION IT IS PUBLIC HEALTH. YES.  AMIR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THAT THERE'LL BE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE DETERMINED EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD WORK OUT BUT WITHIN THOSE INTERNAL CHARGES RIGHT NOW THERE'S A SPACE AND OCCUPANCY CHARGE FROM THE FACILITIES FUND FOR THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING WHICH IS PRETTY MINIMAL WITH THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW BUT THEY'LL BE SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THEIR INTERNAL CHARGES AS A PORTION OF THAT NEW COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME KIND OF SHARED CHARGES TO BE DETERMINED EXACTLY WHAT THAT WILL BE. BUT WOULD PROBABLY SHOW UP IN THE INTERNAL CHARGES. OKAY, THAT'S HELPFUL. SO NOT SO MUCH IN CAPITAL OUTLAY BUT IN THAT INTERGOVERNMENTAL CHAIN CHARGES. THANKS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.  THANK YOU. IT JUST RAISED ONE OTHER QUESTION. YOU KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER WAS RAISED AND I'M ALREADY MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION BUT I FORGET BETTER ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE MAYBE SOMEBODY AT HOME WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. SO HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH RICHFIELD AND IT DIANA, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT'S A PART OF THAT OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CHARGE BACK ANY OF THAT BECAUSE OUR STAFF ARE THERE OR IS THAT HANDLED THROUGH? AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER YOU DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO RESPOND RIGHT NOW JUST SOMETHING I KIND OF CAME UP WITH ATOP MY HEAD HERE. SO MR. MAYOR, OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR OUR SHARED SERVICES HAS A COMPONENT THAT COVERS THE SPACE AND OCCUPANCY AND AN A RATIO OF HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THAT ACROSS THE THREE CITIES. I ASSUME THAT WAS THE CASE. ALL RIGHT.  WELL, IF YOU MAYBE HAD ENOUGH OF THE HOT SEAT TONIGHT BUT WE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION FOR A LOT OF YOU JUST DISSATISFIED, SATISFIED MY CURIOSITY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS YOU HAVE $4.2 MILLION LISTED AND FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES IS A $2.5 MILLION. IS THAT A NORMAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ANY HEALTH CITY OR STATE? IS THAT NORMAL TO OPERATE THAT WAY WITH SUCH A HIGH SALARIES AND BENEFITS AS TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC?  MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS INCLUDED IN THAT THE MATERIAL SERVICE SUPPLIES THAT ARE $2 MILLION IS OUR QUICK BENEFITS. SO FOR THE THE VOUCHERS THAT ARE BNG PROVIDED FOR A WEEK RECIPIENTS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR IN THAT LINE. SO THAT'S A LITTLE OVER $1,000,000 MORE THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE. I LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION DO IS IT NORMAL TO HAVE SAYS SUCH A HIGH SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR STAFF HIGHER THAN THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE THE THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS IS IT NORMAL FOR ANY OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO WORK THAT WAY? WELL, LET ME LET ME LET ME JUMP IN ON THAT ONE. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS REALLY ALMOST ALL OF OUR BUDGETS IN THE CITY SAY A FEW OTHER ONES TYPICALLY IT'S THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S THOSE SALARY AND BENEFITS THAT IS GOING TO BE SOME OF THE HIGHEST AMOUNT AND MANAGER IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN AND TALK ABOUT THAT, IT'S JUST YOU KNOW I MEAN I'VE SEEN THAT FOR YEARS THAT WAY. AND ONE OF THE THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SUPPLY PART OF THE QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS IS THAT I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF OUR HOME VISITS ARE PART OF ANY OF THAT PART OF THAT.  WELL, ACTING MAYOR LOWMAN COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER RIVAS, I THINK THE THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THIS IS IT'S I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COMPARABLE TO OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE OR THE SYSTEMS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE OR RATIO OF OF STAFFING TO SERVICES. SO IN ADDITION TO THE THE WORK THAT DR. KELLY MENTIONED, WE RUN IMMUNIZATION CLINICS RIGHT ? SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A FAIR AMOUNT IN SUPPLIES THERE FOR IMMUNIZATION AND VACCINES AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW OTHER SERVICES BUT FOR THE MOST PART THE WORK THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF IS DOING IS 1 TO 1 CLIENT SERVICE AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RELATIVELY HIGH PROPORTION OF STAFF COST RELATED TO SERVICE COST THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN SAY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF MATERIAL COSTS, THEY HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF EQUIPMENT COST HERE.  THE WORK IS VERY HUMAN CENTRIC AND SO I THINK THAT THAT RATIO OF STAFF TO TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET IS ENTIRELY REASONABLE CONSIDERING THE TYPE OF WORK THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT.  I DO.  ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU MUCH, NICK KELLEY FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND I THINK OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE FINANCE.  ALL RIGHT.  SO YES, I WILL BE PRESENTING THE DETAILS OF THE FINANCED DEPARTMENT 2025 BUDGET REQUEST HERE IN A SECOND  AS WE'RE BRINGING UP THAT PRESENTATION YOU'LL SEE THE AGENDA WILL LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE JUST DID FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. SO LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS MY AGENDA IS GOING TO START WITH A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE 2024 AND 2025 BUDGETS AND THEN A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE KEY BUDGET CHANGES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME FUTURE STAFFING NEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, SOME NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, OUR REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE HELPING WITH AND IMPACTS POTENTIAL SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.  SO SO I'M GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THIS SUMMARY.  SO COMPARING 24 TO 25, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET REQUEST HAS A 5.84% INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES. HOWEVER, THE OVERALL BUDGET HAS A REDUCTION OF $1,119. AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY THIS IS SO.  THIS IS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN EXPENSES CHARGED BACK TO OTHER FUNDS SO ON SOME OF THESE BUDGETS IN THE GENERAL FUND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS HAVE CHARGE BACKS TO THE NON GENERAL FUND FUNDS. SO IN ORDER TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THE TOTAL COSTS OF THE COST OF SERVICE IN THOSE OTHER FUNDS SO LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE UTILITY FUNDS OR THE RECREATION FACILITY FUNDS SO THAT THEY HAVE CHARGE BANDS FOR LEGAL AND H.R AND ACCOUNTING AND PAYROLL AND ALL THOSE THINGS.  SO IN 2024 BUDGET RIGHT NOW APPROXIMATELY THE 58% OF FINANCE WERE CHARGED BACK TO THOSE NON GENERAL FUND ENTITIES AND THAT IS INCREASING TO 60% OF THE 2025 BUDGET REQUEST. SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 239,000 THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE WHICH IS KIND OF REDUCING OUR OVERALL BUDGET IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY AND SO JUST TO GIVE US SOME MORE EXPLANATION, THE PERCENTAGE OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT'S EXPENSES THAT ARE CHARGED BACK TO THOSE NON GENERAL FUND FUNDS ARE HIGHER IN TOTAL COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE OF THE DIVISIONS IN FINANCE ARE 100% CHARGED BACK TO OTHER FUNDS. SO OUR RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY WITHIN THE FINANCE THAT'S IN THOSE EXPENSE LINES IS 100% CHARGED BACK TO THE SELF-INSURANCE FUND AND ALL OF UTILITY BILLING, ALL OF THOSE CHARGES. THE STAFF THAT ARE IN UTILITY BILLING IS 100% ALLOCATED AMONG THOSE FOR UTILITY FUNDS. SO THAT MAKES OUR CHARGE BACKS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO SEE.  AND AND THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE THOUGH THERE STILL IS AN INCREASE IN CHARGEBACKS FROM 24 TO 25 IS PRIMARILY DUE TO ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS FOR FINANCE SERVICES AND PURCHASING GRANTS. CASHMAN ADJACENT TO THE UTILITY FUNDS AS WELL AS EXPANDED FINANCIAL SERVICES CHARGES TO THE PORT AUTHORITY AND THE HRA.  SO OVER THE PAST LIKE RECENT YEARS JUST WITH NEW MANAGEMENT AND SOME RESTRUCTURING AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON AND THE PORT IN THE INTERIM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN ON A MUCH MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN MANAGING PORT AND INTERIM BUDGETS AND GRANT MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND DEBT MANAGEMENT AND IN CASH MANAGEMENT. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY THAT WOULDN'T LOOKS SO GOOD LIKE FOR FOR THE 25 FUNDS REQUEST COMPARED TO 24  AND THEN HERE'S THAT MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN BETWEEN 24 AND 25 FUNDS JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS ON HERE THAT INCREASE IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS REFLECT ADJUSTMENTS FOR EXISTING EXISTING STAFF POSITIONS. I AM GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME FUTURE NEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING BUT THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THIS BUDGET REQUEST.  THE $60,000 WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN OTHER PLACES IS THAT IS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR JOINING A COLLABORATIVE ORGANIZATION WITH RAMSEY COUNTY, SAINT PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND HENNEPIN COUNTY RELATED TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH ROLL OUT OF A CITY OF BLOOMINGTON SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS TARGET MARKET PROGRAM AND SO THAT COST OF IF WE WERE BECOMING IF WE JOINED THAT COLLABORATIVE AND WERE A VOTING MEMBER THAT COST US $15,000 PER QUARTER SO THAT $60,000 ANNUALLY HOWEVER WE FINANCE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LEGAL AND WITH THE OFFICE OF REGIONAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING TO SIGN ON LOOKING AT ROLLING OUT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS AND BRINGING THIS TO COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  BUT SINCE WE HAVE WE'VE HAD A VACANCY IN THAT CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER POSITION. IT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW.  SO MOST LIKELY THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT OF 60,000 WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED FOR 2025 AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY.  WE WERE PLANNING TO START THAT EARLIER IN 2025 ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO BRING MORE MONEY DOWN POSSIBLY HAVING THAT IN THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND AS OPPOSED TO PART OF THE OPERATING FOR FINANCE FOR 2025 .  THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE ORG CHART FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE 27 EMPLOYEES ACROSS MULTIPLE BUSINESS LINES THAT INCLUDE PURCHASING RISK MANAGEMENT, DEBT MANAGEMENT BUDGET, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, PAYROLL GRANT COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE LOCAL LIQUOR LODGING ADMISSION TAX COLLECTION AND AUDITING UTILITY BILLING INVESTMENTS AND CASH MANAGEMENT .  SO AS I MENTIONED AS FAR AS FUTURE STAFFING REQUIRES JUST JUST LOOKING AHEAD, WE HAVE TWO STAFFING REQUESTS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN THIS TYPE THAT WE DO SEE A NEED FOR IN THE FUTURE.  ONE IDENTIFIED NEED IS FOR ANOTHER ACCOUNTING POSITION THAT WOULD BE SPLIT HAVE SPLIT BETWEEN FINANCE AND PARKS AND RECREATION.  SO THIS ROLE FOR ESTIMATING A SALARY AND BENEFITS IF IT WAS FOR 2025 WOULD BE 127,500. SO THAT'S FULLY AND THAT COULD HELP WITH THERE IS SOME AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE SOME GROWING COMPLEXITY WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION WITH BUDGETS GRANTS THE LOCAL SALES TAX FUNDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THEN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER WITH AN ENTIRELY NEW BUILDING AND ENTERPRISE AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING THAT AND THEN THE SECOND POSITION IS WHEN I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT TARGET MARKET PROGRAM IF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON WOULD ROLL THAT OUT WE WOULD NEED A COORDINATOR POSITION WITHIN PURCHASING THAT WOULD B CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM AND SO THAT POSITION AND THAT FULLY LOADED WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER $120,000 WITH SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING MANAGING THE CITY'S A NEW TARGET MARKET PROGRAM AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY. AND THEIR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WOULD INCLUDE OUTREACH,  MANAGING VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS AND FACILITATING CITY CITYWIDE TRAINING INTERNALLY IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT WOULD REQUIRE NEW PURCHASING PROTOCOLS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE THAT WORK WITHIN THE CITY.  SO MOVING ON TO FINANCE DEPARTMENT NEW INITIATIVES, WE HAVE SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND FOR 2025 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON. SO THREE MAIN PROJECTS FROM OUR PLAN THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE.  WE ARE OFFICIALLY KICKING OFF THAT PROJECT WITH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION THAT I SPOKE OF EARLIER THIS YEAR ON WEDNESDAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE KICK OFF WITH THE DOJ WITH STAFF ON WEDNESDAY AND IT IS GOING TO BE A IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU HAVE JEFF WAY DOING ALL THAT.  WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CITY STAFF INVOLVED TO TO BRING THAT COST OF THAT PROJECT DOWN. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF OUR WORKING CAPITAL LEVELS AND OUR FUNDS TO ENSURE THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE OPTIMIZED AND WE'LL BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL STAFF AND THE GEOFFROY WILL BE COMING IN VIRTUALLY TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION WITH US WHEN WE HAVE THAT DONE SO ANTICIPATE THAT PROBABLY TAKING 2 TO 3 MONTHS SO I WON'T REALLY LINE UP FRAMING WITH THIS BUDGET CYCLE BUT IT'S GOING TO SET US UP REALLY WELL FOR THE NEXT NEXT YEAR'S AND WE ARE WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATING POLICIES AND DOING TRAINING.  WE'LL BE DOING ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL INCENTIVES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AS WE'RE UPDATING POLICIES AND PURCHASING MATRIX AND THINGS LIKE THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE WITH NEW STAFF AND NEW AND PEOPLE IN NEW MANAGEMENT POSITIONS THEY ARE AWARE AND ALIGNED WITH OUR UPDATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND BEST PRACTICES. AND THEN OF COURSE AGAIN I'LL TALK ABOUT THIS TARGET MARKET PROGRAM THAT IS ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE'LL BE COLLABORATING WITH THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION BELONGING AND WITH LEGAL TO AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.  SO HOW FINANCE CAN HELP WITH ENHANCING REVENUE IS TO MAXIMIZE OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS AND  YOU KNOW JUST GETTING A GRANT MONEY DOESN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED AND A LOT OF STAFF CAPACITY THAT IS NECESSARY TO TO ROLL THOSE PROGRAMS OUT THAT'S FUNDED BY GRANTS. WELL, IT MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL STEPS YOU HAVE TO TAKE TO SPEND THOSE WITHIN THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS.  BUT FOR GRANTS WE ARE SUPPORTING DEPARTMENTS AND SECURING AND MANAGING THOSE GRANTS AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE. I KNOW THE COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING EFFORT REQUIRED AND DOING THE REPORTING FOR EXAMPLE THE SAFER GRANTS IS A LOT BUT THAT IS GOING VERY WELL BECAUSE OUR GRANT COORDINATOR ACCOUNTANT DOES A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB WITH THAT AND THEN THERE'S OTHER ONE ON THE SLIDE NEWER AND IT'S THOSE DIRECT PAY CREDITS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF FOR CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND THEY OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TAX EXEMPT ENTITIES LIKE OURS TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO TAX CREDITS AND THOSE DIRECT PAY ENERGY CREDITS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WERE PART OF THE INCENTIVES UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022 AND SO THEY ALLOW TAX EXEMPT AND IT IS BECAUSE THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON DOES NOT PAY TAX TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE PAYMENTS FOR CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENTS AND SO NORMALLY ONLY TAXABLE ENTITIES CAN GET THOSE TAX BENEFITS BUT NOW THERE'S A WAY THAT LOOK LIKE LOCAL CITIES CAN GET THEM AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING OUR FIRST ONE OUT. I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE IT'S VERY NEW FOR THE IRS AS WELL BUT IT LOOKS POSITIVE WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR FIRST ONE BACK ON THE FIRST ONE WE HAD THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN FILE IS FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PURCHASE AND SO WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THOSE COMING UP AND THEY CAN ALSO BE USED FOR SOLAR AND OTHER ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS. SO WHERE WE CAN USE THOSE WE USE THEM AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE THIS FIRST ONE GO THROUGH SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT IT ALL WORKS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT CORRECTLY.  SO FINALLY THIS SITE IS JUST EXAMINING SOME OF THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF REDUCTIONS IN FINANCE TO PART SO FOR EXAMPLE REDUCING ACCOUNTING CAN LIMIT OUR MONITORING CAPABILITIES COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF MISMANAGEMENT AND FRAUD.  FINANCIAL REPORTING DELAYS CAN AFFECT OUR CREDIT RATINGS AND ALSO REDUCE OUR TRANSPARENCY TO THE PUBLIC AND.  REDUCTIONS IN UTILITY BILLING SERVICES CAN LEAD TO BILLING ERRORS OR AND DIMINISHED CUSTOMER SERVICE SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR FINANCE. I WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT'S I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH THESE OVER AND OVER THE YEARS AND SO IT'S VERY SUCCINCT AND GETTING . LET ME TURN TO THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF YOU MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. CUSTOMER SO AS FAR AS FUTURE NEEDS AND WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT WE REACH THAT CRITICAL LEVEL WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO ADD AN EXTRA CONTENT LIKE WHAT YEAR?  SO OF COURSE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL RIGHT NOW MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER BUT ESPECIALLY ONE THAT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER IS UP AND OPERATING AND AS WE GET INTO THE THE CONSTRUCTION PAYMENTS IN IT THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND WE'RE GOING TO BE A BIT CRUSHED THEN JUST DON'T WORK FINANCE AND ALSO IN PARKS AND RECREATION SO CURRENTLY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE BIGGER DEPARTMENTS ESPECIALLY WITH PARK MAINTENANCE IN THERE AS WELL AND AND THOSE COMPLEXITIES A LOT OF THE OTHER LARGER DEPARTMENTS LIKE POLICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH THAT HAVE A LOT OF GRANT ACTIVITY AS YOU JUST SAW AND PUBLIC WORKS DO HAVE ACCOUNTANTS THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS AND I THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT PARKS AND REC HAS AN ACCOUNT IN AS WELL AND CURRENTLY THEY DO NOT. SO I THINK ONCE THINGS REALLY GET GOING WITH THESE BLOOMINGTON LOCAL SALES TAX FUNDED INITIATIVE THESE BIG PROJECTS AND WHEN THAT IS OPERATIONAL THAT WILL REALLY SEE A NEED FOR THAT AND THEN THAT TARGET MARKET PROGRAM COORDINATOR THAT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH AT THE COUNCIL AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ROLLING THAT OUT AND WHEN AND THE TIMING OF WHEN THAT HAPPENS YOU KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO ASK I HAD ASKED THE CITY MANAGER BUT I'LL I'LL BRING IT UP ANYWAYS WITH THAT TARGET MARKET PROGRAM COORDINATOR IS THE 60,000 ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.  YEAH SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR ACTING MAYOR LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS SO THE $60,000 IS THE COST FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN COLLABORATIVE AS AS CARLSON SAID AND MOST OF THAT COST IS GOING TOWARDS ESSENTIALLY A STUDY THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR ESSENTIALLY THE FINANCIAL UNDERPINNING TO VALIDATE THE THE NEED FOR SUCH A PROGRAM. RIGHT. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT UNLESS WE HAVE THE DATA THAT COMES OUT OF THAT PROCESS AND THIS IS RELATED TO BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS PART OF OUR OUR OVERALL PLAN AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WE'VE GOT SO IN THAT PLAN YEAH IT'S ACTING MAYOR LIMITED IT'S IN IT'S IN THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND IS WHERE THAT 60,000 WAS IDENTIFIED IT IS AN INITIATIVE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR BUDGET STRATEGIC PLAN AND I BELIEVE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR RACIAL EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AS WELL. SO AS SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WHAT IT'S REALLY DOING IS TRYING TO MINORITY WOMEN OWNED OR UNDERREPRESENTED BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND AND PROGRAMS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE AS MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC SUCCESS AS OTHERS DO. THANKS FOR I JUST REMINDING MYSELF AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INITIATIVES GOING ON AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE?  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU. ACTING MAYOR SO THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST FOR FINANCE BUT, MAYBE FOR OPERATIONS MORE BROADLY AND, JAMIE, MAYBE YOU'VE GIVEN US AN UPDATE RELATIVELY RECENTLY SO MAYBE IN THE PAST YEAR. BUT I'M CURIOUS IF AND HOW WE'RE EXPLORING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT IN OUR OPERATIONS.  YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE AS WE SIT UP HERE LIKE WE THINK ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM LIKE AND BUT THEN WE ALSO HEAR MORE INVESTMENTS NEEDED FOR OPERATIONS IT GETS A LITTLE BIT DAUNTING AS WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE LEVY YEAR OVER YEAR. AND SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS YOU KNOW HOW ARE WE BIG PICTURE LOOKING AT EFFICIENCIES AND I THINK I MEAN IN MY OWN ORGANIZATION WE'RE SEEING WAYS THAT IT'S HELPING TREMENDOUSLY AN INCREASING AND SO I'M CURIOUS HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE USE OF AI IN THE CITY ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED I PERKED UP WHEN YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I PUT THIS ON THE RADAR SCREEN FOR A COUPLE OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS. OUR CHIEF INFORMATION AMY CHENEY WHO WAS PRESENTING TONIGHT AND I THINK IS PROBABLY BETTER POSITIONED TO DISCUSS THIS IN MORE DETAIL DURING HER PRESENTATION IN OUR CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO POSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF AI AND HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO OUR SYSTEMS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND BETTER LEVERAGE THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. IF SOMEBODY IS WATCHING ISN'T FAMILIAR WITH A.I. OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NOT SURE WHERE THEY'VE BEEN FOR A WHILE BUT THE FACT IS THAT A.I. IS NOT NEW. YOU KNOW, NOBEL PRIZE WAS JUST AWARDED TO A COUPLE OF RESEARCHERS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE AREA FOR 30 YEARS. RIGHT. AND SO IT IS EMBEDDED IN MUCH OF THE TECH THAT IS AVAILABLE CURRENTLY. IT IS THE ACCESS TO TOOLS AND THE SOPHISTICATION NOW THAT IS MAKING ITS APPLICATION EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYDAY BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS. SO WE DO HAVE AN INTERNAL WORKING GROUP THAT IS LOOKING AT A.I. WE AS A MATTER OF FACT JUST HAD A AN EVENT THAT ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO. RIGHT, AMY, WHERE THE WE BROUGHT STAFF TOGETHER ESSENTIALLY DID A LARGE GROUP BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND CONCERNS. SO WE ARE ARE TRYING TO PAY ATTENTN TO IT. THE LAST CONFERENCE I WAS AT I DID A VERY HEAVY A.I. TRACK OVER ONE OF THE POLICE CONFERENCES RECENTLY. I KNOW THAT I ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF WERE TRACKING THE A.I. THERE AS WELL AND A LOT OF THE TOOLS WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT A.I. IS PROMINENTLY FEATURED THEM.  SO TO ANSWER THAT'S A REALLY LONG WAY BUT I PERKED UP RIGHT CLEARLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND MILDLY TERRIFIED BUT MOSTLY EXCITED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.  IT'S VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TOO EARLY FOR US TO IDENTIFY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE EFFICIENCY IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS. AND THE THING THAT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU IS BASED ON WHAT I HEARD IN MY MOST RECENT CONFERENCES WE ARE AT LEAST WHERE MOST EVERYBODY ELSE IS IF NOT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. BY FACT THAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT A STAFF GROUP THAT'S WORKING ON IT. SO AND A POLICY THAT'S CORRECT. WE DID ADOPT AN A POLICY A COUPLE MONTHS.  ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, WE ARE AT 7:00 HERE AND IF I DO MY MATH CORRECTLY AND WE TWO ITEMS AN HOUR WILL BE OUT OF HERE BY NIGHT. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE INTERNAL TEAM AND THE GENERAL FUN .  GOOD EVENING MR. OR ACTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ELIZABETH TOLSON, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE INTERNAL SERVICE TEAM AND I'M GOING TO KICK OFF OUR SERVICE TEAM PRESENTATION HERE AND SO THE AGENDA WILL BE ALL KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THE FIRST FIVE AREAS HERE. THEN OUR H.R. MANAGER STEVE WE'LL TALK ABOUT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER WILL TALK ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND GENE HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS. WELL DISCUSS COMMUNICATIONS BECAUSE OF THEIR UNIQUE STREAMS.  JUST TO GO BACK HERE, I WANT TO SHOW THE ORG CHART OUR NEW ORG CHART GIVEN OUR RESTRUCTURE ARE HERE OOPS SORRY IT'S TOUCH A HERE SO JUST TO SHOWCASE WITH THE NEW REORG THAT WE DID EARLIER THIS YEAR I OVERSEE THESE SIX PREMIERE AREAS IN ADDITION TO THOSE PRIMARY AREAS THERE WILL ALSO BE AN AREA STRATEGY INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE TO OVERSEE OUR MANAGEMENT FELLOW KATELYNN DANIEL CLARK WHO'S HELPING US WITH LOT OF POLICY WORK AND OFFICE IN OUR OFFICE INCLUDES THE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, OUR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND OBVIOUSLY OUR COUNCIL SECRETARY AS WELL. SO I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE OUR AREA IS WE REALLY FOCUS ON SYSTEMS, POLICIES, PROCESSES AND FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE THAT HAVE INTERNAL IMPACT BUT ALSO ENTERPRISE WIDE IMPACT BUT ALSO IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.  SO I ADDED THE WORD ENTERPRISE WITH NEXT TO INTERNAL SERVICES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ONLY INTERNAL FACING WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF IMPACT EXTERNALLY AS SO I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW KEY AREAS FROM EACH OF THESE AREAS AND THE ENTIRE TEAM IS HERE EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TEAM BEING HERE AND THEY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. BUT JUST FOR EFFICIENCY FLOW WE'RE GOING TO JUST START WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL BUDGET.  SO THIS NUMBER LOOKS BIG WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT THIS BUT THERE'S SOME EXPLANATION THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.  THIS BUDGET INCLUDES SHIFTS IN BOTH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET WITH THE RESTRUCTURE THAT I ALLUDED TO. SO THE IMPACT OF THAT IS INCREASE IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND THERE'S ALSO SOME REVENUE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMIN BUDGET THAT'S NOW IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET.  I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR WE ARE LOOKING AT COUNCIL SALARIES WE ARE CITY CLERK OR PREVIOUS CITY CLERK TO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT FOR POPULATIONS BETWEEN 50 AND 100,000 POPULATIONS, HOWEVER, ANY CHANGES WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE AND PER STATE LAW THE CHANGE WOULD BE IN EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF 2026. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BUT THERE ARE ANY CHANGES. IT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL JANUARY 1ST, 2026.  IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THE SLIDES PROVIDE THAT. SO AS MENTIONED LARGE INCREASES IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND IT INCLUDES A NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND A STRATEGY AND INNOVATION POSITION THAT WE HAVE NOT POSTED YET THESE COST OFFSET BY THE ELIMINATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION BUDGET AND ALSO DECREASES IN THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION BUDGETS AS WELL. SO OUTLOOK'S HIGH HERE. YOU GOT TO KEEP IN MIND IT'S SHIFTING FROM THE PREVIOUS SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT'S NO LONGER HERE. THAT ALSO SHIFTS THE PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET AS WELL. OTHER CHARGES OR JUST NOMINAL THINGS THROUGH MEMBERSHIP, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, TRAINING AND SO FORTH AS WELL THEN I WOULD NOTE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS BUT JUST SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET BUT MY POSITION REPLACES MIKE SABLE THE PREVIOUS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN EXISTENCE EVEN BEFORE THE START AND SO JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT PERCEPTION AS WELL . THE OUR AREA REALLY FOCUSES ON WHAT I CALL THREE AREA STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT BUILDING A STRONG OUR INTERNAL SERVICES TEAM AND THIS PRESENTATION WILL EXAMPLES OF OUR COLLABORATING AS A SERVICE TEAM WE'RE GOING TO BEST IN TRAINING FOR PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I'M A STRONG BELIEVER IN RESULTS BASED ACCOUNTABILITY, DATA ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION PROMOTING OUR WORK ON BOTH THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL WHICH BLOOMINGTON IS REALLY KNOWN FOR OUR AREA ALSO SEES OUR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ESTABLISHING WHAT WE CALL LEGISLATIVE ACTION TEAMS OF CITY STAFF ACROSS THE CITY AND WILL BE COMING BEFORE YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ON A STUDY SESSION BUT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME GREAT WORK DOING AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. WE'RE ALSO KEEPING REVENUE IN MIND.  MS. CARLSON ALLUDED TO THIS BUT WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FINANCE TO AT GRANTS REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT OUR CITY GOALS AND THING WE'RE REALLY HONING IN ON IS THE CITY'S MISSION OF EQUITY AND WELLBEING AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON FORMS AND PROCESSES.  YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING MORE BEFORE YOU COUNCIL REQUEST AS WELL.  THE NEXT AREA I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS HUMAN RESOURCES AND NOT TOO MUCH TO SHOW HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY A NOMINAL IMPACT IN THEIR BUDGET MAINTAINING STAFF JUST NORMAL INCREASES IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS THERE'S ACTUALLY A DECREASE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.  I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON A COMP STUDY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND SO WE'RE THAT'S GOING UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF MARKET STUDIES OF OUR GRADES CLASSIFICATIONS WHERE WE SIT, HOW COMPETITIVE WE ARE AND JUST LOOKING AT THE TITLES AND GRADES OF AREAS ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES IS REALLY FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE SUCCESS. HAVING A HUMAN CENTRIC AND SERVICE DELIVERY AND REALLY ENHANCING OUR TRAININGS ESPECIALLY FOR SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS. SO JUST REALLY WORKING HARD AT A POSITIVE WORK CULTURE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DEFINITELY LOOKING AT REVENUE RESOURCES SUCH AS HOW OUR HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF CAN BE OUT AND ABOUT AND SERVING OUR DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS IN A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY.  I MOVE ON TO THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION IN BELONGING AND WE HAVE AARON AND ISELA BACK HERE AND SO AGAIN THEIR NUMBER KIND OF JUMPS OUT BUT THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE IS THIS OFFICE WENT FROM ALL ONE FULL TIME PERSON TEAM FROM I BELIEVE SEVEN SIX YEARS AGO TO A TWO PERSON TEAM AND NOW A THREE PERSON TEAM AND THAT'S REALLY NEEDED FOR WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ACROSS THE CITY. SO THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AND THE INCREASE THERE AND I WOULD NOTE THAT CUSTOMERS AS CROSS ALLUDED TO IT THE CHIEF EQUITY INCLUSION OFFICER IS ACTUALLY POSTED RIGHT.  SO THE DEADLINE OR THE POSTING ON DATE IS ON OCTOBER 31ST.  SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BACKFILL MS.. JACKSON'S ROLE THAT IS OPEN RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN JUST NOMINAL INCREASES IN THE OTHER AREAS AS WELL THE AREAS WE'RE FOCUSING ON HERE IS REALLY BEING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE, THE SUPPLIER DIVERSITY AND THE TARGET MARKET PROGRAM THAT WAS ALLUDED TO BY FINANCE AND REALLY ADVANCING EQUITY INCLUSION ACROSS THE CITY. SUPPLIER DIVERSITY IS HUGE WORKING WITH PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING WE'RE LOOKING AT A DISPARITY WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL PARTNERING WITH LEGAL IN THAT IT REALLY IS SHOWING HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN BLOOMINGTON AND, HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND JUST REDUCE THE BARRIERS OF BUSINESS FROM AN ENTREPRENEUR LEVEL TO CONSTRUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND SO FORTH. REALLY THE WHOLE THEME OF THE OFFICE OF RACIAL EQUITY IS REALLY FOCUSING ON DECONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING SYSTEMS, POLICIES, PRACTICE AND CULTURE TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING IN THE CITY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.  NEXT I GO TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND TO REMIND YOU THE CITY CLERK COVERS THREE PRIMARY AREAS IN THE CITY ELECTIONS ARE BUSINESS LICENSING AND OUR CEMETERY AND OUR CITY CLERK JAMIE HANSON I BELIEVE IS ONLINE RIGHT NOW BUT WE'RE UNDERWAY AND BEEN VERY BUSY WITH ELECTIONS.  WE HAD 793 PEOPLE ON FRIDAY ALONE TO SHOW UP FOR DIRECT BALLOTING. SO WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NUMBERS AND THE TRENDS AND WE'RE TURNING HIGHER THAN WE DID DURING THE 2020 ELECTION. SO REALLY ENSURING THAT WE'RE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WITH THE LOSS OF CHRISTINA SCIPIONE, OUR PREVIOUS CITY CLERK, WE DID A LITTLE BIT RESTRUCTURING THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS WHY YOU'LL SEE SOME SAVINGS AND REDUCTIONS IN THIS AREA OR BEING BUDGET.  WE UPLIFTED ONE OF OUR DEPUTIES AS A CITY CLERK AND KIND OF UPLIFTED A FEW FOLKS TO REALLY ABSORB THE WORK ACROSS THE AREA TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND NOT ADD ANOTHER FTE AND SO THAT'S BEEN GOING REALLY WELL SO FAR SO REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT WE'VE DONE IN THAT SLIGHT OR IN THAT AREA OOPS OOPS SORRY YOU WANT TO SEE THE NUMBERS SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE NEGATIVE NUMBERS THERE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW THE RESTRUCTURING THAT WE DID IN THAT AREA.  I DO WANT TO NOTE HERE TOO THAT WE DID MOVE TO FULL TIME RECORDS MANAGEMENT POSITIONS INTO IT AND OUR CHIEF EQUITY OR I'M SORRY OUR CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT SO AT ONE TIME DATA MANAGEMENT PRIVACY WAS AT OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.  WE THOUGHT THAT WAS MORE FITTING IN IT AND SO THOSE TWO POSITIONS WERE MOVED OVER THERE. SO THAT REFLECTS THAT REDUCTIONS AS WELL AND REALLY THE FOCUS ON THE CITY CLERK'S AREA IS REALLY EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND TRANSPARENT ELECTION PROCESSES OUR BUSINESS LICENSING AND OUR CEMETERY SERVICES REALLY WORK AT DIGITIZING OUR CEMETERY RECORDS TO BE MORE MODERNIZED CROSS-TRAINING OUR STAFF IN EACH OF THESE AREAS SO THEY CAN SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER WITH A NEW REAL ID THAT'S GOING TO COME UP EXTENDING OUR PASSPORT OPERATIONS AND EXPANDING OUR PASSPORT SERVICES TO INCREASED DEMAND AND ALSO HOPEFULLY REVENUE STANDARDIZING PROCEDURES AND OBVIOUSLY A BIG AREA FOCUSING ON VOTER OUTREACH AND ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO CEMETERY SERVICES AS WELL.  A GREAT QUICK STORY IS COED AND OUR CLERK'S OFFICE REALLY PARTNERED UP TO DO VOTER OUTREACH ESPECIALLY IN DEPARTMENTS AND AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE WE SAW LOWER OUTREACH AND.  SO WE SAW SOME SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT IN THAT SPACE AND WE A COED WHICH IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND I KNOW ERIC IS ONLINE AS WELL AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE A REDUCTION IN THEIR FIGURES HERE BUT THE STORY BEHIND THAT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVED A LOT OF OUR PREVIOUS SOCIAL SERVICES CONTRACTS INTO LEGAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH.  SO AT ONE TIME THEY WERE ALL MANAGED AND LED BY CODE AND IT MADE SENSE THAT OUR WORK AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WOULD GO TO LEGAL WITHIN OUR WORK WITH SOME DIRECT SOCIAL SERVICES WOULD GO TO PUBLIC HEALTH SO THAT REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN THERE ARE THEN THERE WAS ALSO SOME INTERNAL CHARGES THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE COURT BUDGET. SO THAT'S WHERE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FIGURES THAT MOVED IN THAT SPACE ARE KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS AND HAS SPENT THIS PAST YEAR REALLY WORKING HARD ON THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THERE ARE THREE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED PILLARS IN THEIR WORK IS REALLY AROUND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS TO BUILD TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT SO THINK OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, ADVISORY GROUPS, WOMEN TO LEARN TO LEAD JUST HOW TO GET PEOPLE CONNECTED AND ENGAGED IN THE CITY AND INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING SO ENSURING THAT OUR STAFF DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE ENSURING THAT COMMUNITY IS PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING ACROSS THE AREA. THEY'RE THAT I MENTIONED THEY'RE ALSO WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ORI COMMUNICATIONS OR INTERNAL SERVICES TEAM TO ENSURE THIS KIND OF ONE STOP SHOP AGAIN GETTING BACK TO ENSURING THAT OUR POLICIES HAVE AN EQUITY LENS THAT WE'VE ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED WELL COED ALSO JUST DRIVES A LOT OF COMMUNITY DONATIONS EXAMPLES OF THAT IS THE VETERANS APPRECIATION EVENT THAT WE DO IN EARLY EXPO SO BRINGING IN DONATIONS INTO THE CITY AS WELL AND THEN THEY PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IN OUR BLOOMINGTON TOGETHER TOMORROW WORK AS WELL.  I THINK THAT'S THE LAST AREA AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST IN THE FIVE MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE JUST EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING INTERNALLY WITH EXTERNAL IMPACT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AGENDA REVIEW PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT. THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUR PRIMARY TOPIC AT EXECUTIVE TOMORROW.  SO ENSURING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THE INFORMATION BUILDING THINGS ON ADVANCE IF YOU NOTICE OUR POWERPOINT TEMPLATES ARE STANDARDIZED, WE'RE HAVING A LIMIT ON OUR NUMBER OF POWERPOINTS.  SO JUST DOING SOME NEW TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESS TO MAKE THINGS EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING ARE BLOOMINGTON VETERANS MEMORIAL WHICH YOU GUYS ARE WHICH YOU ALL APPROVED EARLY THIS YEAR? THAT'S A HUGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC WORKS AND ALSO COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT.  OUR STRATEGIC PLAN HAS SOME CROSS DIVISIONAL AREAS AS WELL. WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE DO EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.  SO AS YOU KNOW WITH CREATIVE PLACEMAKING COED AND OR WE WE DO LOTS OF EVENTS, WE PARTNER LEAD SUPPORT AND WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT HOW TO MAKE THE SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND.  YOU KNOW, I'M EVEN SAYING WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO EITHER PARTNER COLLABORATE OR MAYBE NOT TAKE A LEAD ON BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO DO INTERNALLY OR RESHAPE HUMAN RESOURCES AND LEGAL WE'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYMENT RULES WHICH HASN'T BEEN UPDATED FOR ITE SOME TIME. WE'RE MODERNIZING THAT AND MAKING SURE IT HAS AN EQUITY LENS AND LOOKING AT OUR HIRING PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO START DEVELOPING WORKFORCE STATISTICS TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT OR WE'VE AND PARTNERING IN THAT I MENTIONED THE HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH OR REFINANCE ILLEGAL THROUGH OUR SUPPLIER DIVERSITY AND TARGET MARKET PROGRAM. THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR THIS OFFICE CITY LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATIONS OR EVEN H.R ARE KEY PLAYERS IN THAT SO THAT TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WELL THANK YOU ALL THAT WAS QUITE A BIT AND A LOT IT'S BEEN BEEN WORKED ON BEFORE WE GET STARTED I WANTED TO JUST TURN TO THE CITY MANAGEMENT GROUP HERE AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES AT THE STATE CAPITOL WITH REGARD TO LIFTING THE CAP OFF  OF FOUR EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY AND YOU KNOW WHEN SOMETIMES WHEN FOLKS LOOK AT OUR CITY AND WHEN WE WE MADE THE RESTRUCTURING YOU KNOW WE HAVE WITH US ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER POSITIONS AND THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION WITH RESPECT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AND I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO THAT IF YOU COULD AND TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LETTING MARYLAND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. SO TWO THINGS IN THAT QUESTION. THE FIRST WAS THE 2023 THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE DID REALLY DID ELIMINATE WHAT WAS CALLED THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SALARY CAP WHICH HAD A LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION THAT WAS INDEXED TO THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THAT LAST YEAR. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT DIDN'T AFFECT LIKE THE FLOODGATES OPENING IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION BECAUSE THERE'S STILL A WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO LOOK AT WHERE WE POSITIONED BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WHEN DETERMINING AS A MATTER OF FACT COUNCIL'S AWARE THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A COMPENSATION STUDY THAT'S ACTUALLY KICKING OFF IN TWO WEEKS WHERE CONSULTANTS WILL BE MEETING WITH THEIR STAFF AND THAT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THAT COMPENSATION IS GOING TO GO UP AS A RESULT OF THE ACTION BY THE LEGISLATURE. IT'S JUST COINCIDENT TO THAT HAPPENING THE REORGANIZATION ITSELF AS THE COUNCIL'S WHERE WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN EXISTING BUDGET AND WITHIN HEADCOUNT.  SO THE AS MS. COLEMAN INDICATED, THE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE ELIMINATED WERE DIRECTOR POSITIONS. THE TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED ONE WAS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND THE STRATEGIC INNOVATION COORDINATOR AND THE EMPLOYEE COSTS RELATED TO THE TWO NEW POSITIONS WILL ACTUALLY BE LESS THAN THE OF THE TWO PREVIOUS POSITIONS. SO WE DID THAT WITHIN BUDGET AND WITHIN THE EXISTING HEADCOUNT AT THINK FOUR. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ON THAT. IT JUST GETS IMPORTANT AS WE READY TO TO LOOK AT THIS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE CONTEXT FOR THAT. I CERTAINLY HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS TO BUT I'LL LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES AND SEE IF THEY'VE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU KNOW, ON THIS BUT THEIR CUSTOMER CARE THANK YOU ACTING MAYOR SO FIRST I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS. I FEEL LIKE YOU SAID THAT MULTIPLE TIMES AND I WAS LIKE YES, THIS IS GREAT. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION RELATED TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT BUDGET AND THIS COULD ALSO PROBABLY GO FOR EBE BUT I NOTICE THAT WE DO YOU KNOW WE DO THE INTERNAL CHARGES OF THE CHARGE BACKS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT USE LIKE FINANCE AND LEGAL AND I'M CURIOUS WHY WE DON'T DO THE SAME FOR AN OFFICE LIKE COIT OR FOR MAYBE EVEN OR EBE WHO ARE WORKING WITH DEPARTMENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR SERVICES AND OPERATIONS SO ACTING MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMAN CURRENT WE DO CHARGE BACK ACTUALLY SO LET ME JUST GO BACK TO THOSE SLIDES. IS THAT SO SO ONE THING THAT WAS NEW THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT BUDGET IS THAT WE WERE NOT BUT IN THE 25 BUDGET WE WILL BE SO AND THEN 25 BUDGET WE HAVE EXPENSES CHARGED OTHER FUNDS AT 246,858 SO THERE'S THERE CHARGE CHARGEBACKS AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE CHARGE CHARGEBACKS AND THAT'S THEIR BUDGET IMPACT IN THE GENERAL FUND IS ACTUALLY BETTER BY $304,000 FOR ALL OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS GOING TO OTHER AREAS AND THEM CHARGING BACK TO THOSE NON GENERAL FUNDS AND THEN OVER YOU ALSO HAS A CHARGEBACK AS WELL. I CAN JUST FIND THAT QUICK A LOT OF THINGS CHANGED AROUND WITH CHARGEBACKS THIS YEAR BECAUSE AS MR. HOLTZMAN WAS SAYING WITH THE CITY CLERK AND WITH THE TWO DATA GOVERNANCE EMPLOYEES GOING TO I.T THEIR CHARGEBACKS WENT DOWN AND CITY CLERK SO THERE'S A LINK WE LOOKED AT CHARGEBACKS VERY CAREFULLY AND HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING THEM AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT MADE SENSE SO THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT AROUND BUT THAT BOTTOM LINE THERE ARE LESS EXPENSES CHARGED TO OTHER FUNDS IN THE BUDGET THERE IS THERE AS WELL. OKAY.  THANK YOU. I THINK I WAS LOOKING AT IT IN MY MIND THEY HAD BEEN KIND OF MORE OF PART OF THE REVENUE SECTION AND OTHERS AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS HOW HE USED. I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THE LESS EXPENSES CHARGED TO OTHER FUNDS. THAT'S WHERE THE CHARGEBACKS ARE. YES. ACROSS THE BUDGETS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. I WILL JUST SAY IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT IS HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THAT AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT INTERNAL SERVICE FUND BUDGETS WHICH WILL BE LOOKING AT THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND AS AN INTERNAL SERVICE BUDGET SO AS A FUND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BECAUSE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUND HAS DIFFERENT ACCOUNTING RULES YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUES COMING IN AS A REVENUE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.  I APPRECIATE THE JUST DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE TWO. I'LL THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAD THE SAME THOUGHT THAT YOU DID, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.  I WAS WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING DO YOU CHARGEBACKS ON THAT MEASURE? THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, MIRIAM AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD TO COME IN TO BECAUSE WE'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES THE SALT THE SOCIAL SERVICE MOVING FROM COED INTO OTHER PLACES LEGAL AND HEALTH AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS BEING IN IS A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE A VESTIGIAL LIMB OF THE PREVIOUS ORGANIZATION AND AND BACK IN 2018 WE DID IN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT WAS THEN CALLED OUR HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION HAD BEEN ADMINISTERING THOSE CONTRACTS AND ONE COED WAS CREATED IN THAT REORGANIZATION.  WE LEFT THE CONTRACTS WITH COED EVEN THOUGH THAT WASN'T NECESSARY LEE CORE TO THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING. AND SO WE MADE THE DECISION THIS YEAR TO START TRANSITIONING THOSE CONTRACTS TO WHERE THEY'RE MORE APPROPRIATELY PLACED IN TERMS OF WHO ADMINISTERS THEM AND THE SERVICE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED.  COUNCILMEMBER I THINK IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT THAN ANYTHING I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMES CARTER SAID ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES OVER LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS BLOOMINGTON HAS ACTIVELY GONE OUT INTO THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO SAY BLOOMINGTON IS A FANTASTIC PLACE AND IT WORKED.  PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO START THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS.  PEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE. WE'VE SEEN INCREASES IN OUR POPULATION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES AND SO NOT THAT THE CITY MANAGER WASN'T DOING THIS BEFORE BUT SOMETHING WANTED TO DO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IS SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES TO ALLOW OUR STAFF WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES AND WE'RE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW WORK OUT AND SO JUST WANT TO GIVE GIVE YOU COULD ALSO TO TO OUR STAFF TO TO SAY THAT WE DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND THEIR IDEAS ARE VALID AND.  WE APPRECIATE THOSE IDEAS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN SERVICE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON NEED. SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE A LOT OF THE EFFICIENCIES GOING WANT TO SEE MORE THERE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE ROOM FOR MORE BUT I THINK WITH THE SUPPORT AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NOW IS GOING TO ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR STAFF TO REALLY DO THEIR WORK EFFICIENTLY AND DELIVER WHAT BLOOMINGTON NEEDS. THANK YOU.  THANK YOU FOR THAT. OTHER QUESTIONS LOGAN I'VE GOT A FEW I NOTICED IN THE FINANCE SLIDES THAT IF THERE WAS A BUDGET REDUCTION IN THAT PARTICULAR SERVICE THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD MISS YOU KNOW AS A AS A AS A CITY AND ALSO AS A COUNCIL AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND I NOTICED THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY IN EACH OF THESE AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED LEARNING ABOUT. SO I THINK SOME OF THESE SOME THESE PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY ARE HIDDEN SOMETIMES YOU JUST YOU KIND OF MISS SOME OF THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE OVERALL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A AS A CITY. SO FOR EXAMPLE WE LOOK AT THE BEATY YOU KNOW FOR SOME OF THOSE THINGS WEREN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE ON OUR OVERALL IMAGE AS A CITY AND THAT TYPE OF THING AND I'M NOT GOING TO FREESTYLE HERE SO I'LL I'LL STOP THERE.  THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IN TERMS OF UNLESS THERE WAS A COMMENT I'M SORRY ON THAT ONE. OKAY. WHEN IT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OFFICE OF OF OF OF RACIAL EQUITY I THINK INCLUDING AND BELONGING NOT EVEN SURE IF I CAN THAT RIGHT OR WORRIED OR OR OR OC OR IB YOU KNOW WE'VE YOU KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING AN INCREASE THERE OF OF STAFF AND SO ONE QUESTION THAT I KIND OF HAVE IS AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT CURIOSITY IN TERMS OF AS WE YOU KNOW WE LOOK AT THE JUST THE PURE WORK PRODUCT THAT'S THERE AND THAT WORKPLAN IT'S THERE.  DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT STAFFING TO TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH AND GET DONE EVEN WHEN WE ADD THIS ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON TO TRY TO TRY TO GET THESE THINGS DONE?  YOU KNOW, I LOOK AND THE REASON WHY I ASK THE QUESTION IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AT THE VERY END OF THIS YOU KNOW,  JUST SOME STATISTICS IN TERMS OF LOOKING ACROSS AND TRYING TO PARTNER WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF YOU KNOW I HEARD THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT EARLIER JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT DEPARTMENT WOULD BE VERY STRETCHED REASON TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH AND GET SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU LOOK AT THE YOU KNOW, AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR LIKE OUR ENGAGEMENT ORGANIZATION,  I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE THERE IN THE SCOPE AND THE THAT HAPPENS THERE AND I TRY TO DO THAT COMPARISON WITH WHAT OR OF IS DOING AND I'M JUST TRYING TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WORKS AND OPERATES. IS THERE A YOU KNOW IS THERE A STAFFING ISSUE THERE THAT I'M BECAUSE I'M JUST KIND OF AS I LOOK THAT I'M LIKE WOW, THEY'VE GOT TO GET A LOT DONE AND YEAH, WHAT'S THE QUALITY AT WORK?  MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. I THINK THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF SERVICE TEAM STRUCTURE AND HOW WE'RE DOING THIS IS YOU KNOW IN THE PAST YOU KNOW YOU HAVE SMALL DEPARTMENTS ARE KIND OF FIGHTING FOR RESOURCES AND LIMITS OF FLEXIBILITY IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BY PUTTING THESE AREAS ON OUR ONE SERVICE TEAM INTERNAL SERVICES YOU KNOW BETWEEN OR WEB CODE COMMUNICATIONS THEY'RE ON EACH OF THE OTHER AREAS WE'RE ABLE TO WORK TOWARDS SHARED GOALS AND ALIGNMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE DO WE BACK EACH OTHER UP. WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IF THERE'S AN EVENT IS NO LONGER IS AN OR WE WANT A COURT EVENT OR  KNOW WHAT I MEAN IT'S LIKE NO WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER SO THAT IS THE ONLY AREA IN THIS ENTIRE SERVICE TEAM WHERE WE'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL STAFF AND WE JUST DID PURE RESEARCH ON THIS COMPARING PURE CITIES WHERE PEOPLE ARE INVESTING IN RACE EQUITY AND OTHER THAN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND CITY OF SAINT PAUL, YOU KNOW WE'RE THE ONLY SUBURBAN CITY THAT'S INVESTING IN NOT ONLY STAFF AND RESOURCES IN RACIAL EQUITY INCLUSION AND BELONGING.  SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT RESOURCES BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE.  THE THING ABOUT SERVICE STRUCTURE IS CAN WE SHIFT AND MOVE THINGS IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. WE HAVEN'T GONE THERE YET BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE'RE NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, SHIFT OR ADD PEOPLE BECAUSE.  WE REALLY OPERATE AS ONE SERVICE TEAM AND SHARED OUTCOMES AND GOALS IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING MANAGER THINK ACTING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO KNOW TO JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE CLARITY IS IN THE SLIDE WORDS CHANGES FROM THE 2024 BUDGET INCLUDES ADDITION OF ONE FULL TIME POSITION THAT'S NOT A NEW STAFF POSITION THAT WOULD BE GOING OUT AND FILLING IT'S NEW IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IT WAS IN THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FUND AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES WHERE WE START DOING WORK IN THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES IT THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC FUND AND THEN WE TRANSITION IT INTO OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.  SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW WE ACCOMPLISH THAT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS JUST TO USE THE IMPACT OF BRINGING THAT PERSON ON. SO THERE'S CURRENTLY THREE STAFF WITHIN THE TRIBE SO IT'S NOT GOING OUT AND GETTING A NEW STAFF. WE HAVE THREE CURRENTLY. WELL THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ON THAT AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER REQUESTS THAT I KIND OF HAVE I KNOW SINCE WE'VE KIND OF DONE THIS REORGANIZATION OF THERE IS ONE THING THAT I AM INTERESTED IN AGAIN FOR TODAY BUT AS WE HAVE THAT INTERNAL AND THE EXTERNAL I AM ALSO ALWAYS CURIOUS IN TERMS OF HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER OTHER CITIES, OTHER COUNTIES THAT KIND OF HAVE THAT STRUCTURE IN TERMS OF HOW EFFICIENT I KNOW WE'RE JUST OF MOVING INTO THAT SO I'M NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR ANYTHING AGAIN EVEN NEXT YEAR BUT AS AS WE CONTINUE TO KIND OF MOVE THIS IN TERMS OF EFFICIENCY, I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE COMPARE HOW EFFICIENT ARE WE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF OUR SERVICE DELIVERY WITH THAT PARTICULAR MODEL AND WHAT'S THE HOW THIS LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST? ANY OF THOSE HIGHLIGHTS?  SO YEAH MR. MAYOR ACTING MAYOR LOWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ONE OF THE INDICATORS OF . THE SUCCESS THAT WE'RE HAVING IS AS COLEMAN INDICATED, THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION DID THE RACE EQUITY ASSESSMENT AND BLOOMINGTON CAME OUT ON TOP THAT AND THAT WAS THAT WAS DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR AND THAT'S LOOKING AT THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALLOCATED,  THE SYSTEMS WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. OUR INCORPORATING AGAIN INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY WORK WE'RE DOING AND BY MEASURES THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED BLOOMINGTON WAS AHEAD OF ALL OF OUR OTHER PEER COMMUNITIES AND I APPRECIATE AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TO TELL THAT STORY AND CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THAT. SO I'LL STOP ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.  WELL, THANK YOU MUCH. YOU I THINK THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE HERE IS THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT .  GOOD EVENING, MR. AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M STEVE BARRETT. I'M THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER WITH THE CITY AND I'VE BEEN HERE NINE MONTHS. THIS IS MY FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION TO YOU SO WISH ME LUCK CARTY IS HERE WITH ME DON'T WANDER OFF TOO FAR I'LL STAY RIGHT HERE.  YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IT LOOKS AS ALL OF THESE PRESENTATIONS HAVE GONE A NUMBER OF THINGS I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT IT IS A LOT BUT MEAN I'M GOING TO BE AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW AS MUCH TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS AS WE CAN.  WHAT I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH TONIGHT IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND, HOW IT'S FUNDED IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE 2025 BUDGET REQUEST VERSUS 2024 THAT COMPARISON GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAIN COMPONENT THE MAIN DRIVER OF THIS EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND IS HEALTH INSURANCE AND THE COST OF PREMIUMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE BENEFITS FUND HELPS PUT CONCEPTS INTO REALITY ON A SPREADSHEET. SO I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE BENEFITS COMMITTEE WHAT WE DO LOOK AT HOW OTHER ARE FUNDING THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS, WHAT KINDS OF INVESTMENTS ARE OTHER CITIES DOING? HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THOSE OTHER CITIES? WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENT MODEL TO FUND OUR INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES THAT HAS MADE US AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME SAVINGS RELATED TO THAT.  SO FIRST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE FUND WHERE THIS FUND IS CREATED BY A FEE THAT WE CHARGE TO EACH DEPARTMENT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES THEY HAVE AND THAT FEE USED TO FUND PRIMARILY OUR GROUP BENEFITS HEALTH INSURANCE, DENTAL LIFE INSURANCE, DISABILITY COVERAGE BUT WE ALSO INCLUDE TUITION AND HEALTH CLUB REIMBURSEMENT. SO AS INSURANCE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS INCREASE AND WE DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN 2025 I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A SECOND AS THOSE PREMIUMS INCREASE, IT CREATES PRESSURE ON ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WE ASSESS THAT THIS FEE TO PAY FOR THESE GROUP BENEFITS NOW IN TERMS OF PREMIUM INCREASES THERE WAS A RECENT STORY THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE THIS WAS FROM LATE SEPTEMBER THE RUNNING AVERAGE FOR INSURANCE PREMIUM INCREASES RELATED TO RISING COSTS IN HEALTH INSURANCE IS AROUND 9 TO 15% PREMIUM INCREASES OUR PREMIUM INCREASE FOR 2025 CAME IN AT 7.8%.  SO BELOW THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT BELOW THAT AVERAGE AND THE PREMIUM INCREASES ARE PRIMARILY CORRELATE TO OUR CLAIMS HISTORY IF OUR CLAIMS ARE HIGH WE CAN EXPECT OUR PREMIUM INCREASES TO DO MATCH THAT. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO THEIR FORMULA BUT IT'S PRIMARILY RACE RELATED OUR CLAIMS HISTORY SO OUR PREMIUM INCREASE FOR 2025 IS A LITTLE BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.  A NUMBER OF CITIES FOR 2025 ARE GETTING HIT WITH SIZABLE PREMIUM INCREASES FOR NEXT YEAR.  ONE CITY IT CAME IN A 30% THEY WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN TO A MERE 5% BUT IT'S HIGH AND A COUPLE OTHER CITIES ARE DEALING WITH 18 TO 20% PREMIUM INCREASES. SO WE'RE COMING IN AT 7.8% WHICH IS BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE THANKFULLY NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT THE FUND LOOKS LIKE WOULDN'T BE A BUDGET CONVERSATION WITHOUT A CARRIE SPREADSHEET HERE THE KEY CHANGES AND I'LL HAVE THE TABLE HERE SHORTLY THE BIGGEST THING IS THE INCREASE IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM FOR NEXT YEAR.  THIS RELATES ALSO TO INCREASES IN INTERNAL REVENUE FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEE WITHHOLDINGS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A NET CHANGE OF JUST UNDER $700,000 696,388. NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MORE DETAILED LIST AGAIN SHOWING MANY OF THE SAME NUMBERS ON THE SPREADSHEET BUT THE BIGGEST DRIVER THERE IS THE INCREASE IN THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM AND THIS IS WITH A FAIRLY MODEST 7.8% INCREASE.  NOW AS WE AS WE TALK FURTHER WITH OUR CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE AND THE PLAN DESIGNS WE HAVE, WE THINK WE CAN KEEP OUR INCREASES IN FUTURE PREMIUMS MORE MODEST THAN WHAT SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE EXPERIENCING. AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN JUST A SECOND.  SO IN TERMS OF PROJECTING THIS SLIDE, THIS SPREADSHEET LOOKING BACK A FEW YEARS BUT ALSO PROJECTING AHEAD TO 2029 AND WE HAD SOME STRONG YEARS IN 2022 AND 2023 AND THAT INCREASED THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE IN THIS FUND ABOVE WHAT OUR TARGETS WERE SO IN THIS CURRENT YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO STRATEGICALLY USE A PORTION OF THAT TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS AS WE ASSESS THAT FEE TO THEM TO PAY FOR THESE BENEFITS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE PROJECTING AHEAD WE'RE LOOKING AT A A C SUSTAINED CONSISTENT GENERAL FUND BALANCE THERE NOW TO PUT THESE CONCEPTS INTO A SPREADSHEET WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK ON ALL KINDS OF THINGS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A BENEFITS COMMITTEE FOR JUST A MOMENT. THE BENEFITS COMMITTEE IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH HUMAN RESOURCES AND ESPECIALLY OUR OUR BENEFITS AND WELLNESS COORDINATOR AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND OUR BROKER AND CONSULTANTS WHICH IS AN RFP AND RFP PROVIDES DATA GUIDANCE THEY WORK WITH OUR PROVIDERS WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RENEWALS TO NEGOTIATE THE BEST RATES WE CAN GET. THEY'VE BEEN TREMENDOUS TO WORK WITH AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD RESOURCE FOR THIS GROUP. THIS IS AN ADVISORY GROUP SO THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT A DECISION MAKING BODY BUT THROUGH DISCUSSION ANALYSIS FEEDBACK THE GROUP PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY LEADERS ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO GOING SO HOW DO WE COMPARE IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ON AN ISLAND IN BLOOMINGTON, WE'RE SURROUNDED BY OTHER CITIES. HOW DOES OUR INVESTMENT IN HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES AROUND US? SO WHAT WE DID IS WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY CITY IN MINNESOTA WITH A POPULATION OF 50,000 OR MORE AND THERE'S 18 OF US MORE THAN I THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE. THERE'S 18 RANGING FROM EDINA ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND INCLUDING BLOOMINGTON.  AND THE DIFFICULTY IN COMPARING COMPARING HEALTH INSURANCE IS EVERY EMPLOYER HAS DIFFERENT PLAN DESIGNS AND DIFFERENT CO-PAYS, DIFFERENT OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUMS. ALL THESE ELEMENTS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY TAILOR THEIR HEALTH PLANS TO THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES. SO COMPARING HEALTH PLANS AMONG THESE 18 CITIES IS VERY DIFFICULT. SO WE DECIDED TO LOOK AT IT THROUGH, PICK IT UP AND LOOK AT IT AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND AND LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF HOW DO THESE CITIES INVEST IN THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES? HOW MUCH DO THEY INVEST? HOW DO WE COMPARE IN TERMS OF THAT INVESTMENT?  WHAT WE FOUND WAS INTERESTING IN BLOOMINGTON AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF 2020 FOR OUR CURRENT YEAR FOR SINGLE COVERAGE THE CITY BETWEEN 93 TO 100% OF THE SINGLE PREMIUM THAT DEPENDS ON WHICH TYPE OF PLAN YOU ENROLL IN FOR OUR MANAGED CARE PLAN WE INVEST 100% OF THE PREMIUM SO THE EMPLOYEE PAYS NOTHING OUT OF THEIR POCKET TO OUR OPEN PLAN WHICH IS AS IT SAYS AN OPEN NETWORK. WE CAN SEE ANY DOCTOR THAT WE CONTRIBUTE 93% FOR FAMILY WORKING 92 TO 98% OF THE PREMIUM DEPENDING ON WHICH PLAN YOU ENROLL IN . WE WE INVEST MORE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES IN THE IN THE MANAGED CARE PLANS WHICH THE PREMIUMS ARE ARE LOWER THINGS LIKE THAT THE NETWORKS SMALLER WITH THESE OTHER CITIES THESE OTHER 18 CITIES WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THEY FOR SINGLE FAMILY AND FOR SINGLE WE'RE IN THE BALLPARK.  THE OTHERS THESE OTHER CITIES AVERAGE AROUND 95% OF THE MONTHLY PREMIUM FOR FAMILY.  THESE OTHER CITIES ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 72% OF THE MONTHLY PREMIUM. SO WE ARE QUITE FAVORABLE IN THE INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING TO OUR EMPLOYEES FOR HEALTH COVERAGE AND THAT IS THAT'S A BIG DEAL AS A HUMAN RESOURCES PERSON, AS AN EMPLOYEE WITH A FAMILY IT'S A BIG DEAL AND IS A BIG SELLING TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN EMPLOYEES TO THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON TO MAKE US EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE.  NOW THAT'S ALL GREAT BUT AS PREMIUMS KEEP GOING UP WE CANNOT SUSTAIN THIS CURRENT BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION MODEL.  IT'LL BECOME UNAFFORDABLE AT SOME POINT AND SO WE NEED TO FIND A CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE THAT IS FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS AND MAINTAINS OUR INVESTMENT IN EMPLOYEES.  AND I THINK WE WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH ADMINISTRATION FINANCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE AND WE BALANCE THINGS ALL THE TIME WITH BUDGETS. IT'S FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND MAINTAINING A GOOD STRONG INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES TO KEEP US BETTER THAN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO ATTRACT EMPLOYEES. I WILL SAY ANECDOTALLY WHEN WE HIRE NEW EMPLOYEES AND WE SHOW THEM OUR BENEFIT STRUCTURE AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET SINGLE HEALTH INSURANCE HERE WITH NO OUT-OF-POCKET COST AT ALL AND FAMILY COVERAGE AT VERY AFFORDABLE RATES AND WE'VE MORE THAN ONCE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS HAS TO BE A TYPO.  THIS THIS CAN'T BE TRUE. NO, IT IS TRUE BECAUSE OF THE PLAN DESIGNS WE HAVE AND THE HISTORY WE HAVE OF MAKING INVESTMENTS.  AND SO THIS NEW CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE IS DESIGNED TO DO THREE THINGS. THE FIRST TWO I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE, MAINTAINING A STRONG INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES. THE THIRD THING IS MAINTAINING THE BALANCE WITHIN OUR HEALTH PLANS WE HAVE THE MANAGED CARE PLAN HAVE SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE. IT'S A MANAGED CARE PLAN WITH A BIGGER NETWORK AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPEN ACCESS PLAN HAVING A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THESE MANAGED CARE PLANS WILL KEEP OUR CLAIMS LOWER AND BY KEEPING OUR CLAIMS LOWER WE SHOULD KEEP OUR PREMIUM INCREASES LOWER SO WE DON'T WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A STRUCTURE WHERE EMPLOYEES ARE STILL GETTING A GOODALUE WITH THESE MANAGED CARE PLANS AND WE THINK THIS STRUCTURE WILL DO THAT. WHAT WE LOOK TO DO IS FOR THE MANAGED CARE PLAN, THE STANDARD MANAGED CARE PLAN WE HAVE, WE CONTRIBUTE 99% OF THE SINGLE PREMIUM.  IT GOES FROM 199%. THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $6 A MONTH INCREASE SO $3 A PAYCHECK IN 97% FOR FAMILY FOR THAT MIDDLE PLAN. IT'S A MANAGED CARE PLAN WITH A BIGGER NETWORK 97% FOR SINGLE 95% OF THE FAMILY AND THEN FOR THE OPEN ACCESS PLAN 91% FOR SINGLE AND FAMILY.  NOW THIS APPROACH KEEPS A COUPLE OF OUR SINGLE PLANS VERY AFFORDABLE WHICH IS WHICH IS A STRONG INTEREST OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND IT MAINTAINS THE BALANCE OF OF WE CAN MAINTAIN THREE HEALTH PLANS TO PROVIDE THE MOST OPTIONS TO OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT EMPLOYEES REALLY WANT JUST A SNAPSHOT OF EARLIER THIS FALL 59% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ENROLLED IN ONE OF THE TWO MANAGED CARE PLANS 41% IN THE OPEN ACCESS PLAN. AND WE WANT TO KEEP A SIZABLE PERCENTAGE IN THAT MANAGE IN THOSE MANAGED CARE PLANS AS I SAID TO KEEP OUR CLAIMS A LITTLE LOWER WHICH WILL BENEFIT US WHEN IT COMES TO RENEWALS EACH YEAR.  SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BUDGET IMPACT ?  THIS NEW METHODOLOGY WILL WILL CREATE SOME SAVINGS IF YOU GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE PLEASE UNDER OUR OLD OR OUR OLD STRUCTURE, OUR CURRENT CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE LOOKING AHEAD TO FAR OUR CURRENT CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE IF WE MAINTAIN THAT PHILOSOPHY OF 100% SINGLE SIZABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FAMILY IT WOULD COST AROUND $807,000 INCREASE NEXT YEAR COMPARED TO THIS YEAR BY GOING TO THIS NEW CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE WHICH SATISFY SIZE THE TWO MAIN INTERESTS I'VE TALKED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY BUT INVESTMENT MAINTAINING A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THAT'LL COME IN AT ABOUT 685,000 OR JUST UNDER 700,000 SAVINGS OF AROUND $122,000 COMPARED TO OUR CURRENT CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE THAT POTENTIAL SAVINGS I SAY SAVINGS IT'S WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY BUT IT'S NOT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD HAVE SPENT SO IT'S BUT THOSE SAVINGS COULD INCREASE IF MORE EMPLOYEES WERE TO GRAVITATE TO THOSE MANAGED CARE PLANS OUR SAVINGS WOULD INCREASE EVEN MORE. BUT RIGHT NOW BASED ON OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT IT WOULD SAVE US ABOUT $122,000 WITH THAT I OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. WELL, I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO OUR MAYOR HERE. HE DOES A FINE JOB AND I LIKE TO FOCUS ON ASKING QUESTIONS AS A COUNCILOR FOR IF I CAN THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER AND THANK YOU FOR PITCH FOR ME APOLOGIES FOR BEING LATE I HAD TIED UP WITH WORK AND COULDN'T MAKE MY WAY IN SO I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU MR. BAIRD. THANKS FOR BEING HERE THE QUESTION I HAD IF MY MATH WAS CORRECT IS IT 92 OR 93% OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE TWO HEALTH CARE OFFERINGS? YES, THE CITY IT'S IT VARIES AT ANY GIVEN TIME. IT'S IN THE LOW NINETIES LOW NINETIES AND I MEAN THAT'S ASSUMING THAT MANY OF THEM HAVE SPOUSES WORKING ELSEWHERE BUT THEY CHOOSE EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL OR A FAMILY HERE THROUGH THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON. YES. AND I'M A DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AND IF YOU DON'T I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE TYPICAL RATE FOR AN OUT OF AN ORGANIZATION OF 500 PEOPLE? WHAT WOULD IT TYPICALLY BE IN TERMS OF THAT PARTICIPATION RATE FOR EMPLOYEES? IT DEPENDS YOU KNOW, SOME SOME ORGANIZATIONS ALLOW YOU TO WAIVE COVERAGE.  OTHERS DO NOT.  90 SOMETHING PERCENT IS PRETTY HIGH IN COMPARING TWO ORGANIZATIONS OUR SIZE BUT IT DEPENDS EACH ORGANIZATION HAS THEIR OWN RULES SO IT'S HARD TO MAKE CONCRETE JUDGMENTS WITH THAT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, COUNSEL COUNCILMEMBER ELEMENT AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND THE COUNCILMEMR IT'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE LOOKING LOOK EVER BEEN DOWN IT'S KIND OF STRANGE TO SEE WHERE I STARTED I SUPPOSE YEAH THAT'S TRUE SO I GUESS MY QUESTION MAYOR WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE TO LOOK AT THIS WAY YOU KNOW AS WE LOOK AT THESE COSTS IN TERMS OF THEM INCREASING YEAR OVER YEAR IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THERE'S A YOU KNOW WE GO FROM 800 DOWN TO 700. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A WHOLE LOT A LOT OF SAVINGS AND THEN I GUESS MY MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY THESE OTHER CITIES LOOKED AT TRYING TO I KNOW WHEN I WAS A PART OF A CONSORTIUM WE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO BRING DOWN HAVE OTHER CITIES DECIDED TO EVER COMBINE AND WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND I KNOW YOU LOSE SOME OF YOUR YOUR CONTROL WITH THAT BUT IS THERE ANY ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF DOING THAT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO MAYBE WORK WITH YOU KNOW, EDINA IN RICHFIELD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND SO YEAH.  MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER LOWMAN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WE ARE IN A CONSORTIUM AS WE SPEAK. BLOOMINGTON IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE CONSORTIUM BY A WIDE MARGIN OUR CLAIMS HISTORY GOOD AND BAD TENDS TO CARRY THE DAY FOR THE ENTIRE CONSORTIUM.  IT'S A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PROSPECT. IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT FORMING PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER SIMILAR CITIES AS US AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON THE HORIZON BUT WE WE ARE IN A CONSORTIUM RIGHT NOW.  WE'RE SO MUCH BIGGER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN OUR GROUP THAT OUR CLAIMS HISTORY TENDS TO MOVE THE NEEDLE THE MOST.  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION BUT I WANT TO ASK IT JUST IN CASE ARE THE HEALTH BENEFITS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, DO THEY APPLY FOR A UNION AND NONUNION?  ARE THEY ALL THE SAME OR DO WE HAVE HEALTH BENEFIT BENEFITS WRITTEN INTO CONTRACTS WITH UNIONS MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IT'S FOR ALL EMPLOYEES. OUR UNION CONTRACTS HAVE LANGUAGE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE UP TILL NOW IT'S ALWAYS BEEN WHATEVER THE INSURANCE BENEFITS COMMITTEE IN THE CITY UP WITH WE'LL JUST FOLLOW ALONG WE HAVE INSURANCE RE OPENERS FOR 2025 WITH ALL OF OUR UNIONS SO WE'RE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM.  WE HAVE TO NEGOTIATE IT. BUT THIS THIS BENEFIT PACKAGE APPLIES FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES UNION NON REPRESENTED OKAY THANK YOU. I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. I KNOW IT'S IT'S ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION THAT MANY EMPLOYERS DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. AND SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU, MAYOR QUESTION ABOUT JUST EXPLORING DEEPER CONTRIBUTION CUTS THAT WE DO WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE BECAUSE JUST FROM MY QUICK VIEW IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THERE'S ROOM FOR THAT TO STILL BE COMPETITIVE AND SO JUST WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS. YES.  WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS WITH THE BENEFITS COMMITTEE LOOKING AT THE DATA, LOOKING AT POTENTIAL CITY CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURES WITH IF WE WERE TO GO WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR REDUCTIONS IN LET'S SAY FOR FAMILY COVERAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY UNIONS AND THEY HAVE REOPENINGS THEIR CONTRACTS FOR INSURANCE WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE THAT WITH ALL THE UNIONS WHICH IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT THAT'S THAT'S AN ADDED FACTOR. BUT WE LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS INCLUDING INCREASES REDUCTIONS BUT TRYING TO BALANCE THESE TWO MAIN ITEMS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT OF FINANCIALS SUSTAINABILITY BUT ALSO MAINTAINING A GOOD HEALTHY INVESTMENT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEN SECOND QUESTION JUST KIND OF THAT THAT SUSTAINABILITY PIECE OF IT, DO WE HAVE A REGULAR PROCESS TO REASSESS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH AND HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS MOVING FORWARD OR IS THIS KIND OF JUST LIKE AS IT COMES UP WE'RE LOOKING AT IT BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE MORE REGULAR SCHEDULE TO TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE SO THAT WE CAN BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE FUTURE. YES, MR. MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER,  WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE COMPARING WITH THESE CITIES OF 50,000 AND ABOVE PART OF PART OF THE THINKING AROUND THIS NEW CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE IS BY HAVING THESE PERCENTAGES AND NOT DISRUPTING THE BALANCE OF ENROLLMENT THAT WE IN OUR VARIOUS PLANS THAT WE THINK WE WON'T NEED REVISIT THAT TOO OFTEN THAT BUT IF WE DO IF WE DO GET THE 20 OR 30% PREMIUM INCREASE WHAT, IS THAT GOING TO MEAN WITH THIS NEW CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE? WHAT WOULD THAT BEING WITH THE OLD CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN? SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE EXPLORING TIME. WE GET A PREMIUM INCREASE. WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE THOSE THINGS AND THE QUESTIONS MR. BAIRD I APPRECIATE IT AND AGAIN I APOLOGIZE FOR COMING IN MIDDLE OF YOUR PRESENTATION BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THE WORK YOU DO WORKING TO BALANCE HOW DO WE USE THIS THE BENEFIT STRUCTURE TO ATTRACT EMPLOYEES BUT BALANCE THE COST AS WELL AND IT'S NO DIFFERENCE IN THE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE BALANCE WE'RE HEARING SO MANY OTHER FOLKS THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET DISCUSSION THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE SERVICES WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BLOOMINGTON AND AND THE COST TO THEM. SO I APPRECIATE THAT CLEARLY THAT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AMONG OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WITHIN THESE DISCUSSIONS AS THEY'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND HAVE REACHED THIS POINT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF THOSE CONSIDERATION.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO STATE THANK VERY GOOD THANKS.  I HAVE NO IDEA.  NEXT 2.1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WE GO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. AMY CHENEY, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER. AND TONIGHT WILL PRESENT THE 2025 I.T. FUND BUDGET LIKE MANY OF THE BUDGETS BEFORE US. I WILL TAKE A RUNDOWN OF OUR 2025 VERSUS 2024 BUDGET COMPARISON. I'LL LOOK AT THE DETAIL OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET STAFFING REQUESTS ADDRESSING CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS. TAKE A LOOK AT NEW INITIATIVES AND EXPLORING POTENTIAL REVENUE ENHANCERS AND EVALUATING POTENTIAL SERVICE REDUCTIONS AND IMPACTS.  SO HERE IS OUR 2025 BUDGET. I WOULD NOTE THAT WE EXPECT $8.92 MILLION IN REVENUES. THE MAJORITY BEING FROM THE INTERNAL CHARGES FROM DEPARTMENTS TRANSFERS FROM OTHER FUNDS DROPPED TO ZERO WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY FROM THE AARP OR AMERICAN PLAN FUNDS. TOTAL EXPENSES ARE PROJECTED BE $9.2 MILLION. INCREASES ARE MAINLY IN SALARIES WHICH INCLUDE SOME STAFF TRANSITION FROM CITY CLERK BUDGET WHICH WE LEARNED ABOUT EARLIER TO THE IT BUDGET. MATERIALS AND SERVICES ARE UP 11.11% WHILE CAPITAL OUTLAY IS DECREASING BY 290,000 WHICH IS RELATED TO THE FIBER PROJECTS FUNDED BY IRP. ARE ANTICIPATE A DEFICIT OF $318,000.  A SMALLER DEFICIT THAN THE 2024 BUDGET.  LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DETAIL CHANGES FOR THE 2025 COMPARED TO 2024. KEY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN INTERNAL REVENUE FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND INCREASE IN INTEREST INCOME. THE LARGE INCREASE IN AND BENEFITS INCLUDE AN EMPLOYEE REALLOCATION FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE DATA GOVERNANCE STAFF AND ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SOFTWARE FEES AND INTERNAL CHARGES ARE CONTRIBUTING TO AN OVERALL NET CHANGE $243,000 IN LOOKING AT OUR LONG TERM FUND.  THE BUDGET MODEL SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE. WE SEE INCREASES SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 20 TO 30% FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING AS WELL AS ADDING NEW SOFTWARE EACH YEAR.  AND WE'RE ALSO PLANNING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF LARGE SYSTEMS OUR PROCESSING SYSTEM PARKS AND RECREATION AND ASSET MANAGEMENT THE NEXT 2 TO 3 YEARS. CAPITAL EXPENSES ARE DOWN TO DUE TO THE 2024 BEING HIGHER THAN NORMAL WITH THE ARP FIBER PROJECTS LOOKING AT STAFFING.  WE NOTED THAT WE HAVE OUR DATA GOVERNANCE STAFF WHICH CAME FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THAT HAPPENED IN JULY.  THIS INCLUDES OUR TWO STAFF MEMBERS AND THEY HANDLE A WIDE RANGE OF DUTIES INCLUDING DATA AND RECORDS COMPLIANCE DATA REQUESTS, TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AND ACCURATE RECORDS IN THE CITY'S RECORDS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.  WE'LL ALSO BE HIRING CONTRACT NETWORK EMPLOYEES TO ASSIST WITH PLANNED BUILDING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. THIS WILL BE A 1 TO 3 YEAR ENGAGEMENT AND SINCE WE DON'T THE NEEDS BEYOND THREE YEARS WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO REQUEST A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT.  AND WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM STAFF BUT IT IS IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.  GRAY GOOSE IS CONTINUING TO GROW AND TOUCHES ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS IS LOCATION BASED AND THEN I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR CURRENT ORG CHART.  THIS IS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE NEXT MONDAY SO A WEEK FROM TODAY. WE HAVE A PHASED RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL TAKE EFFECT ON THAT DATE. SO WE'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES TO THE ORG RIGHT NOW AND THEN IN COMING WEEKS WE'LL BE MAKING SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS WELL.  LOOKING AT SOME INITIATIVES,  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER. SO WE ARE CONSIDERING HOW WE WILL USE ARTIFICIAL OR AI. WE'VE DEVELOPED A POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES THAT ADDRESSES GENERATIVE AI AND WE ALSO HELD IT IMAGINE IT IMAGINE A AI WORLD CAFE TO GET IDEAS FROM EMPLOYEES ON HOW WE CAN USE AI TO ENHANCE SERVICES, STREAMLINE PROCESSES AND IMPROVE OUTCOMES. A FEW EXAMPLES THAT WERE GENERATED DURING THAT TIME AND THAT WE'RE ALREADY USING OR PLAN TO USE ARE CREATING INTERNAL BOT FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO EASILY ACCESS POLICIES AND ORDINANCES TRANSCRIBING MEETING MINUTES DRAFTING REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS OR CUTTING DOWN ON STAFF TIME AND ON THOSE TASKS. THE BUDGET IMPACTS NOT FULLY KNOWN BUT WE DO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT FORECASTED EACH YEAR IN THE IT BUDGET AND THIS ENSURES THAT WE CAN BE FLEXIBLE AND INNOVATIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING.  AI.  WE'LL BE REPLACING OUR FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN THE THE COMPUTER ROOM. THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS ORIGINAL TO BUILDING AND COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO OUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IF IT WERE IF IT WERE TO BE DEPLOYED. THE REPLACEMENT BE A CLEAN AGENT RATHER THAN WATER.  WE ALSO HAVE A PLANNED FIREWALL UPGRADE. THIS IS A STANDARD REPLACEMENT EVERY FOUR YEARS AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE DID THE FIBER OPTICS PROJECTS IN 2024 WE HAD TWO LARGE PROJECTS AND THEY CONNECTED THE FIRE STATIONS TO FIVE AND SIX AS WELL AS ONE GOLF COURSE AND THE WESTERN MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO THE PRIMARY NETWORK.  WE WILL WE WILL REPLACE THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IN 2025 AND THIS IS USED TO TRACK HEALTH INFORMATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WORKERS COMP PLANS IN EACH OUR.  THESE ARE HIGHLY REGULATED THIS IS HIGHLY HIGHLY REGULATED INFORMATION THAT REQUIRES STANDARDIZED REPORTING.  AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT A DATA LAKE OR DATA WAREHOUSE. SO WE'LL BE DEVELOPING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT AND WHAT THAT IS AS IT WILL ALLOW US TO CONSOLIDATE OUR DATA INTO A SINGLE LOCATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY MULTIPLE SYSTEMS.  AND THIS IS PART OF OUR DATA GOVERNANCE ROADMAP FOR REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS.  I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CALL OUT THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING ARP FUNDS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WE'VE BEEN WE'VE USED IT FOR GAS TRAINING FOR MULTIPLE STAFF. THE FIBER PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AND THEN WE'LL BE IMPLEMENTING A VIRTUAL DESKTOP THAT WILL US REMOTE NEEDS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS USED BY OUR EMPLOYEES AND IN THE LAST SLIDE YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE GENERATED THIS LIST USING CHATTY PUTTY SO WE'RE TRYING TO USE A.I. A LITTLE BIT AND HELP US OUT WITH SOME IDEAS OF HOW IT COULD BE IMPACTED IF WE HAD REDUCTION IN FUNDING SO INSUFFICIENT FUNDING COULD RESULT IN SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE WHICH ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO CYBER ATTACKS.  WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE MEET REGULATORY REQUIREMENT INCLUDING TECHNOLOGY AND DATA PROTECTION STANDARDS.  LIMITED RESOURCES COULD DELAY RESPONSES TO TECHNICAL ISSUES INCREASING SYSTEM DOWNTIMES. WITHOUT PROPER FUNDING, THE DEPARTMENT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO UPGRADE ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE.  UNDERFUNDING CAN LIMIT THE IT DEPARTMENT'S ABILITY TO IMPROVE OR EXPAND SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS. INSUFFICIENT FUNDS CAN PREVENT THE DEPARTMENT FROM PLANNING FOR FUTURE NEEDS. AN UNDERFUNDED DEPARTMENT MAYBE MAY STRUGGLE TO OFFER COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS AND DELAYING NECESSARY I.T. INVESTMENTS CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT URGENT EXPENSES IN THE FUTURE.  AND THEN LASTLY, CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND RELY ON FAST AND COMPETENT SUPPORT AND WITH THAT THANK YOU, MS.. CHANEY. THANK YOU. I'VE NEVER HEARD THE PHRASE DATA LAKE.  DATA LAKE CARE AND INTERESTING COUNCILMEMBERS NODDING.  A COUPLE OF THINGS.  PERHAPS NOT TONIGHT BUT I THINK IN THE FUTURE MEETING I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE STAFF DISCUSSION ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WHERE THAT LED AND WHAT IDEAS WERE GENERATED BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A AN INTERESTING TOPIC TO TO TALK .  ABSOLUTELY. AND WE DO HAVE A USER GROUP THAT'S FORMING THAT WILL ALSO SOME MORE IDEAS. WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. AND YOU DID MENTION THE DATA GOVERNANCE STAFF AND I KNOW THAT'S GROWN AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IN TERMS IN REACTION TO THE REQUESTS AND THE WORK THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE ALONG THE LINES OF DATA GOVERNANCE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT? SURE, MER. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. WE DO HAVE A DATA GOVERNANCE COUNCIL WHICH IS IDENTIFYING VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO SHORE UP OUR DATA MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE RETENTION JUST HOW WE MANAGE OUR DATA FROM DAY TO DAY.  I DON'T MIND DRAWING A BLANK BUT WE DO YOU KNOW WE HAVE A REGULAR MEETING AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM SEPARATE FROM THAT THAT FOCUSES MORE ON THE TRAINING AND YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE EDUCATED ABOUT DATA AND THAT'S INTERESTING. HOW MANY SO HOW MANY FOLKS DIRECTLY ON THE STAFF AND I MEAN FROM A TEAM STANDPOINT HOW HOW BIG IS THE GROUP EFFORT? SO MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO DATA GOVERNANCETAFF MEMBERS. WE'RE HOPING TO ADD A THIRD PART TIME PERSON TO MANAGE MOSTLY THE DATA AND THEN YOU KNOW, HELPING DEPARTMENTS WITH MANAGING THEIR RECORDS,  RETENTION SCHEDULE, OFFLINE STORAGE, THAT SORT OF THING.  AND THEN THE DATA MANAGEMENT TEAM WHICH IS MADE UP OF FOLKS FROM OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND I.T. AND POLICE. THERE'S SIX OF US RIGHT NOW AND PLUS YEAH. AND ELIZABETH TOLMAN JUST JOINED US RECENTLY ON THAT RECORD AND INTERESTINGLY THE STAFF REQUIRED TO HANDLE ALL THAT DATA NOW THAT WE HAVE AT OUR FINGERTIPS.  YES. AND I DID FORGET THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A DEDICATED PERSON AS WELL. COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS?  I'M SORRY. WHO IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEMBER ? DALLESSANDRO.  I JUST I JUST FIGURED YOU ME SINCE I WAS RIGHT AT EXACTLY NOT LOOK AT NOT USED TO LOOKING AT ME ON THE RADIO. THANKS FOR BEING HERE, JAMIE.  REGARDING YOUR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, YOU THAT THERE'S NOW A POLICY THAT WE'VE CREATED AROUND THE THE USE OF THAT DID WE CREATE A A DEDICATED BOT FOR THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON OR IS EACH CREATING THEIR OWN LIKE. OR ARE WE JUST LEVERAGING THE PUBLIC DATA BOTS THAT ARE OUT THERE? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT ARE OUR LIMITATIONS AND OR WHAT'S THE STRICTNESS OF OUR OUR GOVERNANCE AROUND MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER. SO WE WE'RE EXPLORING THE IDEA OF A BOT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.  I'M USING TOOLS THAT ARE READILY READILY AVAILABLE. OUR POLICY AROUND AROUND THAT PARTICULAR THING IS REALLY ONE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING ETHICAL IN HOW WE'RE APPLYING THAT THAT WE'RE WE'RE BEING EFFICIENT AND THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, NOT SPENDG MONEY THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO SO IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE CHECKING WITH I.T BEFORE THEY GO OFF AND TRY TO DEVELOP SOMETHING ON THEIR OWN.  I SEE. OKAY THAT MAKES SENSE. ALL YEAH, I'D LOVE TO JUST KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT. THERE'S AN YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS THAT OPEN QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD BUILD YOUR MODEL YOURSELF AGAINST YOUR OWN DATA BECAUSE THEN AT LEAST YOU HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER HALLUCINATIONS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT VERSUS.  AND THAT'S MORE EXPENSIVE VERSUS LEVERAGING WHAT'S OUT THERE IN A PUBLIC SPHERE WHICH GETS YOU IN BROADER SCOPE BUT CAN INTRODUCE TO A LOT OF PROBLEMS.  SO I'D JUST BE VERY CURIOUS AS WE GO ALONG WITH THAT.  I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THAT WHICH IS REALLY RELATED TO OUR CYBERSECURITY INITIATIVES.  ARE WE YOU MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE AN EVERY FOUR YEAR CYBER SECURITY FIREWALL UPGRADE. DOES THAT INCLUDE KIND OF A MAYBE WHAT I'D CALL AN AUDIT OF OF POTENTIAL THREATS AND DO WE HAVE A DO WE HAVE AN INTERNAL PERSON OR A THIRD PARTY? YOU KNOW PERSON WHO IS HELPING US WITH UNDERSTANDING WHAT GENERALLY SPEAKING THE SECURITY THREATS ARE? SO WE STAY TO SPEED ON THOSE. LIKE I JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT HOW HOW THAT'S RAMPED UP OVER THE YEAR KNOWING THAT WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED BY HACKERS AND ALSO THIEVES OR WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM STATE OF THIEVES. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER DALLESSANDRO.  WITHOUT SHARING TOO MUCH ABOUT OUR SECURITY POSTURE, I WILL SAY THAT WE DO HAVE EXTERNAL LOOKS AT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW DOING THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME WE'RE ALSO CONTINUALLY SCANNING FOR THREATS AND WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES MORE THAN ONE THAT HELP US IF WE WERE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A BREACH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN HELP US WITH THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. OKAY.  AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ALSO INCREASING AT THE SAME RATE AS THE OTHER SOFTWARE INCREASES THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE LAST YEAR I BELIEVE WE HAD A VERY LARGE JUMP IN THE EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT STORING OUR BODY CAMERA DATA COST US. RIGHT. I THINK IT WAS 125 AND WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO 500,000 A YEAR OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. IS THAT HAPPENING ON THE CYBER SECURITY AS WELL OR ARE WE ABLE TO HOLD THE LINE THERE OR DO WE HAVE SOME KIND OF A BUYING POWER WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HELP US KEEP THAT DOWN? SO WE HAVE A VARIETY OF TOOLS THAT WE USE AND SOME OF THOSE ARE INCREASING, YOU KNOW, NOT THE RATE OF THE POLICE SYSTEM THAT YOU MENTIONED BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUALLY WATCHING ARE THESE THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR US ARE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE TO AFFORD THEM? THE STATE OF MINNESOTA RECENTLY OFFERED ENDPOINT PROTECTION FOR US AT A REDUCED RATE FOR THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN AS IT BUILDS IT WILL BUILD TO THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE PAYING ON OUR OWN BUT IT AN ENTRY POINT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO. SO AND THEN WE'RE ALSO A PART OF THE LARGEST CONSORTIUM WHICH IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND WE DO GET SOME BUYING POWER WITH OUR KNOWBE4 TRAINING FOR OUR SECURITY TRAINING FOR OUR EMPLOYEES SO.  SO WE'RE WE'RE CONTINUALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST DEAL THAT WE CAN. BUT THOSE PRICES THEY THEY INCREASE WITHOUT WARNING SOMETIMES TOO. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. SO MR. MAYOR, MY LAST COMMENT THEN IS I GIVEN THAT THOSE THINGS ARE REAL, I, I NOTICED IN OUR FUND 7600 HERE THAT WE HAVE SOME WITH A DECENT RED LINE GOING THROUGH THE CAPITAL A BALANCE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.  AND THESE ARE AREAS WHERE YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T FUND THEM APPROPRIATELY. WE GET BEHIND VERY QUICKLY AND AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON THAT OR IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DIFFERENTLY THAT YOU WANT TO PITCH TO US ABOUT THAT BUT IT DOES CONCERN ME A LITTLE BIT IF WE DON'T HAVE THE THE BUDGET THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE THREATS ACCORDINGLY I IT THAT MAYBE THAT'S NOT HOW TO READ THIS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RED BAD BUT MAYBE IT'S NOT SO BAD I DON'T KNOW SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHERE OUR HEADS AT ON THAT. IF WERE BREWSTER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO READ HIS BAD. SO COREY WILL YOU PUT THE 8070 600 FUND UP THERE AGAIN AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPLAIN THIS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON IT BUT WITH THESE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LONG TERM FUNDING MODEL AND THE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE SO WE HAVE SORT OF THE STOPLIGHT HERE RIGHT SO GREEN IS GOOD, YELLOW IS CAUTIONARY, RED IS RIGHT WHERE TO STOP. SO WHEN WHEN WE SAY THAT IT'S GOING INTO THE RED THOUGH PEOPLE OFTEN ASSUME YOU'RE GOING INTO THE RED YOU'RE GOING NEGATIVE. WE'RE NOT GOING NEGATIVE. SO WHAT THE PERCENTAGES ARE ABOVE THEM. IT'S OUR OWN CODING METHODOLOGY SO IS 90 TO 100% OR MORE YELLOW IS DOWN TO 80 OR 70% CARRY AND THEN EVERYTHING BELOW THAT IS GOING TO BE IN RED. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT GETS MY HAIR ON FIRE AND YOU SEE I HAVE NO HAIR LEFT. SO IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING THING FOR A WHILE AND IT THE CONCERNS THE CONCERNS ABOUT CYBERSECURITY OR ANY OF THE OTHER SYSTEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FOLKS DON'T APPRECIATE IS HOW MANY SYSTEMS OUR I.T DEPARTMENT IS MANAGING AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD BUT HOW MANY DISCRETE SOFTWARE AND OUR PROGRAMS ARE WE RUNNING? IT'S GENERALLY ABOUT 150. YEAH.  NOW TO SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS RIGHT IT'S A IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER.  THE OTHER THE OTHER THAT I LIKE TO MAKE IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT DATA MANAGEMENT AND IF FOLKS AT HOME WONDERING WHY WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON DATA MANAGEMENT AND DATA GOVERNANCE THERE'S MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT WHICH APPLIES TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND IT IT BASICALLY ALL OF OUR OBLIGATIONS FOR MAINTAINING RECORDING, STORING, REPORTING DATA AND WE HAVE DATA RETENTION RECORDS AND SCHEDULES THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP . SO IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TASK FOR THOSE TWO PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY TWO AND A HALF IF WE'RE ABLE TO ADD ANOTHER PERSON TO MANAGE ALL OF THE DATA THAT'S BEING GENERATED BY 670 EMPLOYEES. RIGHT. AND A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING. SO YOU KNOW, I I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO JUST WONDER WHY WHY WE SPEND TIME ON THIS WERE OBLIGATED TO DO IT FROM A STATUTORY AND A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE THOUGH AND TO THAT POINT, MR. RUGGIE, NOT JUST THE DATA RETENTION BUT RESPONDING TO DATA PRACTICES AND REQUESTS AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AS IT'S BEING ON THE YOU YOU MENTIONED THE THE DATA PERSON WITHIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SO WITH IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON BODY CAMERA OR RECORDS OR IT ALL KIND OF IT ALL WORKS IN THE WORK THAT WE DO AND THE WORK THAT'S EXPECTED OF US IF AND WHEN THE PUBLIC OR ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY ASKS FOR IT AND THAT IS AN AREA ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF DATA REQUESTS. YOU KNOW, WE WE SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME DOING REDACTION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE PROVIDING REQUESTED DATA THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL DATA. AND SO STAFF HAS TO GO THROUGH AND DO REDACTION ON ALL OF THOSE. ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THERE'S NEED I OPPORTUNITY ARE THE TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST REDACTION AND THAT'S ONE WE'RE GOING TO WALK SLOWLY INTO JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LIABILITY EXPOSURE FOR US TO SLIPPING UP THAT YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A WHILE BEFORE WE TRUST THE MACHINES TO GET IT RIGHT FOR US RIGHT. SO IT'S A TRUST BUT VERIFY AS . I THINK WE'LL HAVE BETTER REDACTION SYSTEMS AND WE STILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECKING ON MILITARY COUNSEL.  ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER UM YEAH I HAVE TO ECHO COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO BESIDES POLICE AND FIRE IT IS MY NEXT BIGGEST CONCERN. I MEAN EVERYONE'S AWARE OF HAVE HEARD OF THE CHANGE HEALTH CARE ATTACK THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR THAT IMPACT PHARMACY IS IMPACTED WAY LIKE BROADER THAN WE EXPECTED AND PEOPLE ARE STILL DIGGING OUT OF IT SO VERY CONCERNED THAT WHERE OUR BUDGET IS LOOKING LIKE THIS MOVING ONE PIECE THAT I HAVE SEEN IN JUST WORK IS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS A MARKET SHIFT TOWARDS THE CLOUD SO I'M INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS STATUTORY REGULATION MOVING FROM ON PREMISE TO THE CLOUD AND WHAT IMPACT THAT COULD HAVE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS WISE, PROCESS WISE, THAT KIND OF THING.  MAYOR COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO IN REGARDS TO CLOUD, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONSIDER WHEN WE REPLACE SYSTEMS AND ARE ACTIVELY BEING FORCED TO ADOPT STRATEGIES FOR SOME OF OUR VENDORS WHERE THEY'RE YOU KNOW JUST SAYING THAT THEY NO LONGER WANT TO SUPPORT THE ON PREMISE VERSION.  SO OBVIOUSLY IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE THOSE SYSTEMS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TO DO. ONE THING THAT WE DO VERY CAREFULLY LOOK AT IS IT A GOVERNMENT CAN WE USE IT AS A GOVERNMENT?  YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE MICROSOFT YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT OFFER IT TO THEIR PRIVATE SECTOR BUT IT'S NOT QUITE READY FOR GOVERNMENT YET. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS COPILOT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEPLOY? NOT YET BECAUSE IT'S NOT QUITE READY FOR GOVERNMENT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY MONITORING, YOU KNOW, CAN WE USE THOSE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEE JUST HIPA DATA WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING CONCERNS BEFORE WE JUMP TO THE CLOUD. THANK YOU.  SO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND I WILL SAY COUNCILMEMBER AND COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THE CONCERN OVER WORKING CAPITAL BALANCES IS A LEGITIMATE ONE.  AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING THAT READ DOES NOT MEAN IN THE RED IT'S JUST MEANS LESS WHAT WE HAD HOPED. BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING FOR US TO CONTINUE TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK AT A MORE UNIVERSAL APPROACH TO WORKING CAPITAL BALANCES WHETHER WE WE GROUP ONE OR TWO DEPARTMENTS OR HAVE A CITYWIDE WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE AND APPLY IT TO NEEDS AS THEY COME UP WHERE THERE'S READ IN IT THERE MAY BE GREEN OTHER AREAS THAT COULD THEN SHORE IT UP AND SORT OF LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE MIGHT BE WE MIGHT BE A WAY TO ADDRESS THIS . ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNCIL THANKS FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.  THINK CLOSER IS GOOD EVENING JANINE GOOD MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JANINE HILL COMMUNICATIONS ADMINISTRATOR I WILL SKIP THE AGENDA IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME AS AMY JANEY MY CONTENT IS DIFFERENT.  HERE'S THE 2025 BUDGET REQUEST FOR COMMUNICATIONS FUND.  WE PROJECT TOTAL REVENUES TO INCREASE BY APPROXIMATELY $354,000 COMPARED TO 2020 FOR KEY REVENUE DRIVERS INCLUDE AN ANTICIPATED RISE IN PROPERTY TAXES BY 300,000 AND AN INCREASE IN PEG FEES BY 35,000. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE,  EXPENSES ARE ESTIMATED TO GROW BY A OVER $157,000. THE PRIMARY INCREASE IS ARE SEEN IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS UP BY 89,000 AND IN CAPITAL OUTLAY BY 23,000. OVERALL THE NET BALANCE OF 2025 IS POSITIVE WITH REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BY A LITTLE OVER $40,000  TARGET MEANS THAT WE HERE WE GO.  THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET CHARGES FOR 2025 COMPARED TO THE 2024 BUDGET KEY INCREASES INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL $300,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES, $35,000 IN PEG FEES AND $89,000 FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS WHICH INCLUDES FUNDING FOR AN INTERN POSITION. WE ALSO HAVE A $19,000 ALLOCATION FOR WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENT FOCUSING ON UNION BUILDING USABILITY MULTILINGUAL SUPPORT AND ADA COMPLIANCE .  THINK OH HERE BECAUSE I SKIPPED TWICE I THINK OF IT FOR THIS SORRY.  OKAY HERE'S THE LONG TERM MODEL IT OUTLINES COMMUNICATION FUND ACTUALS FROM THE PAST TWO YEARS ALONG WITH AN ESTIMATED AN ESTIMATE FOR 2024 AND PROJECTIONS FROM 2025 THROUGH 2029 FOR 2025 THE BUDGET REQUEST TOTALED A LITTLE OVER 2.3 MILLION IN REVENUE WITH EXPENDITURES PROJECTED AT 2.29 MILLION RESULTING IN A NET GAIN OF 40,244. LOOKING AHEAD, THE CONCEPTUAL BUDGET FOR 2026 SHOWS REVENUES OF 2.48 MILLION AND AN INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES TO A NET LOSS OF 49,000. KEY FOCUS INCLUDE MAINTAINING A WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE ABOVE OUR SET WHICH IS LOW IN 2025 AND 2026. BUT WE AIM TO ACHIEVE OUR WORKING CAPITAL GOAL BY 2029.  THIS ORG CHART SHOWS ALL OF COMMUNICATION STAFF AND POSITIONS IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IN ORANGE. EIGHT OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE FULL TIME COMMUNICATIONS ALSO FUNDS PERCENT OF THE FULL TIME ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION. THE LIGHT BLUE STAFF OR SUPPORT SERVICES INTERNAL SERVICES FUND A FUND OVERSEEN BY COMMUNICATIONS. THIS  INCLUDES FIVE PART TIME STAFF FOUR WHO HANDLE THE PRINT SHOP AND INFORMATION DESK.  WE ARE RECOMMENDING NO CHANGE FOR STAFFING IN 2025 WE RECLASSIFIED TWO POSITIONS LAST MARCH AND ADDED MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS DUTIES.  WE ALSO HIRED A PART TIME INTERN TO ASSIST WITH WRITING FOR THE BRIEFING RELEASES ARE THE COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF NOTE.  WE ADDED THESE NEW RESPONSIBILITIES AND SERVICE WHILE CONTINUE CONTINUING TO DELIVER ALL OF THE HIGH QUALITY COMMUNICATIONS RESIDENTS HAVE COME TO EXPECT WE WILL SEND OUT AN RFP SOON FOR TARGETED MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR ECONOMIC FOR BLOOMINGTON WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER THAT MAY RESULT IN THE FUTURE FOR A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FULL TIME POSITION OR RECLASSIFICATION FROM PART TIME TO FULL TIME FOR ONE OF THE CURRENT POSITIONS. BUT WE WILL ASSESS THAT POSITION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.  I'LL NOW SHOW YOU SOME NEW INITIATIVES AND ENHANCED SERVICE DELIVERIES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND SOME OF THE SUCCESS WE'RE ACHIEVING.  I'M EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE TREMENDOUS WORK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN DOIN TO ENHANCE OUR SERVICE DELIVERY AND OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY BY RECLASSIFY IT BY RECLASSIFYING TWO POSITIONS TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON MEDIA PITCHES AND THE OUTREACH IT HAS ENABLED US TO LEVERAGE OUR EXISTING TEAMS EXPERTIZE AND ENHANCE OUR MEDIA RELATIONS EFFORTS, OUR COMMUNICATIONS MEETS REGULARLY TO COLLABORATE ON OUTREACH AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES.  THIS COORDINATED APPROACH HAS RESULTED IN CONSISTENT WINS TO SHOWCASE BLOOMINGTON AND ITS PEOPLE. OUR TARGETED HAS SECURED POSITIVE COVERAGE ON LOCAL TV PRINT AND RADIO OUTLETS AND SOME STORIES HAVE EVEN PICKED BY NATIONAL PLATFORMS SUCH AS AXIOS AND YAHOO NEWS WITH AN INCREASED MEDIA PRESENCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE BLOOMINGTON STORY WITH THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY AND YOU MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.  COUNCILMEMBER BY REALIGNING OUR RESOURCES WE'VE ELEVATED CITY'S PROFILE AND ENSURED THAT THE COMMUNITY STAYS INFORMED ABOUT THE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING HERE. A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES INCLUDE HATCH BLOOMINGTON BUSINESS COMPETITION HAD 32 MENTIONS IN OUTLETS LIKE STAR TRIBUNE, KARE 11 FOX NINE, KSTP MSP BUSINESS JOURNAL OUR PRIDE EVENT IN BLOOMINGTON ALSO HAD 32 MEDIA MENTIONED IN KARE 11 KSTP FOX NINE BEST IN CLASS BLOOMINGTON'S BEST IN THE STATE STATE DRINKING WATER AWARD WHICH WAS A REAL WINNER 13 MENTIONS IN THE TRADITIONAL MEDIA AND OUR NINE MILE CREEK CORRIDOR RENEWAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ALSO FOX NINE SUN CURRENT AOL.COM ALL IN ALL THIS WAS $8.8 MILLION IN PUBLIC PUBLICITY REVENUE OR VALUE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.  ADDITIONALLY WE'VE BEEN APPLYING OUR COMMUNICATIONS EXPERTIZE TO SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE PARTICULARLY ON INSTAGRAM BY ALIGNING CONTENT WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSE WE'VE SEEN A POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM COMMUNITY WITH GROWING ENGAGEMENT AND IMPRESSIONS. WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE RESULTS BY FOCUSING ON ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH COMPELLING VISUAL STORYTELLING. OUR STRATEGY OF USING DYNAMIC IMAGES TO TO PROMOTE BLOOMINGTON AS A VIBRANT WELCOMING COMMUNITY HAS RESONATED WELL WITH OUR AUDIENCES BY FOCUSING ON VISUAL CONTENT WITH TEXT WE'RE ENSURING OUR POSTS ALIGN WITH WHAT INSTAGRAM USERS VALUE MOST BEAUTIFUL ENGAGING IMAGERY THAT TELLS THE STORY. THIS TARGETED APPROACH HAS LED TO NOTICEABLE IN BOTH ENGAGEMENT AND FOLLOWER GROWTH JUST LAST MARCH WE'VE EXPERIENCED A 28% INCREASE IN FOLLOWER GROWTH REACHING MORE THAN 5400 FOLLOWERS TO DATE. SO IN 2024 OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT HAS HAD 1010 LINK CLICK LINK CLICKS COMPARED TO 66 CLICKS IN ALL IN 2023 AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN IN ORDER TO ENGAGE AUDIENCES.  ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT SUCCESSFUL POSTS THAT REALLY STRUCK A CHORD WITH THE COMMUNITY EXEMPLIFIES HOW OUR STRATEGY IS.  IT FEATURED MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DANCING TO A SONG WAS TRENDING ON INSTAGRAM . YOU GOT TO BE EFFECTIVE TO BE HYPOCRITES. WELL YOU GOT TO BE EFFECTIVE.  IT'S AMAZING WHAT A 14/2 VIDEO CAN DO SINCE.  IT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD. THE REAL HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 162,000 TIMES WITH 4650 LIKES AND WE GAIN MORE THAN 600 FOLLOWERS JUST SINCE THIS WAS POSTED, 96% OF THE VIEWERS WERE NOT YET FOLLOWING THE CITY'S INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT OF NOTE. WE ALSO RECEIVED AN ARTICLE REQUEST FROM THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES MAGAZINE ON AN UPCOMING MESSAGE MATTERS FEATURED STORY ENTITLED HOW TO USE HUMOR IN GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS LEAGUE STAFF SAID BLOOMINGTON DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THIS ESPECIALLY ON ITS INSTAGRAM PAGE.  LOOK FOR THE ARTICLE IN THE JANUARY FEBRUARY ISSUE .  OVER THE PAST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DEVELOP AND HELP IMPLEMENT MORE THAN A DOZEN COMMUNICATIONS PLANS FOR CITY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES. THESE PLANS COVER SUCH AS BLOOMINGTON FORWARD OUR PARK SYSTEM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,  THE HATCH PROGRAM, FIBER OPTICS INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR URBAN FOREST PLAN JUST TO NAME A FEW. WE HAVE WORKED WITH SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ACROSS THE CITY TO IDENTIFY TARGETED STRATEGIC MESSAGING AND TO PLAN OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC.  I'M PROUD OF THE WORK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN DOING TO ELEVATE THE PROFILE OF BLOOMINGTON AND ENSURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE WELL ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. THIS STRATEGIC PROACTIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNICATION IS A KEY PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO ENHANCE SERVICE DELIVERY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. I'M CONFIDENT INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING IN COMMUNICATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PAY DIVIDENDS . THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON.  AS IDENTIFIED IN OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN LINE WITH THE PORT AUTHORITY'S OVERARCHING GOALS AND ANTICIPATE FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE PLANS TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY PORT AUTHORITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.  THE FUNDS WHICH CAME FROM STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THIS YEAR WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING CONSULTING SERVICES OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF BUSINESS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND.  ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. EQUITABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BLOOMINGTON THE SERVICE COULD ALSO HELP WITH POSITIONING AND BRANDING TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THE BLOOMINGTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP.  THIS SHOWS WHERE COMMUNICATIONS REVENUES COME FROM 50% FROM CABLE FRANCHISE AND FAIR PEG FEES, 30% FROM PROPERTY TAXES, 9% FROM I.T. TRANSFERS AND 4% FROM OTHER INCOME .  WE ARE IN THE NEGOTIATING STAGES WITH COMCAST ON A NEW AGREEMENT THAT EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE KNOW THAT WE WILL SECURE A FRANCHISE PEG FEES FOR THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. ONE CHANGE THAT I CAN SPEAK TO NOW IS THAT THE PEG FEE CHANGE WILL CHANGE FROM A FLAT FEE PER SUBSCRIBER BASE TO A PERCENTAGE FEE BASED ON REVENUES. THIS WILL LIKELY DOUBLE THE FUNDING WE RECEIVE FOR CAPITAL PURCHASE AND MAINTAIN SUBSCRIBERS.  AS SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO CUT THE CORD AND IT WAS IN FRONT OF THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR AND IT WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR THE EQUAL ACCESS TO BROADBAND ACT WOULD ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO NEGOTIATE FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS FOR USE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY BY BROADBAND PROVIDERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ADDING FIBER OPTICS IN THE CITY ALONG WITH MANY OTHER MINNESOTA CITIES. BLOOMINGTON HAS DECADES LONG FRANCHISING CABLE FRANCHISING CABLE TO CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDERS. THIS BILL WILL MODERNIZE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT THE BENEFITS OF FRANCHISING WILL CONTINUE FOR OUR BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. BLOOMINGTON WILL AGAIN BE SUPPORTING THIS BILL ALONG WITH THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES, MANY OTHER CITIES AND OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.  WE HAVE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE ARE USING A VARIETY OF PLATFORMS TO GET THEIR NEWS AND INFORMATION.  THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THE BRIEFING WHICH IS SENT TO 38,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND 5000 BUSINESSES IN BLOOMINGTON.  BE DISTRIBUTED MONTHLY INSTEAD OF BI MONTHLY IN 2018. AND AS A RESULT THIS HAS INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDED MORE INFORMATION IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER. IN THE 2022 NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY, 93% OF RESPONDENTS CALLED THE BRIEFING THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF CITY NEWS . THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF NEARLY 10% WHO SAID IT WAS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF CITY NEWS . PRIOR TO THE BRIEFING BEING MONTHLY NOTABLY THE BRIEFING RANKED THE HIGHEST IN THIS CATEGORY COMING ABOVE THE STAR TRIBUNE AND THE SUN. CORRECT. THIS STAT ILLUSTRATES HOW MORE FREQUENT DELIVERY OF THE BRIEFING IS INFORMING WITH NEWS AND SERVICES AND BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH FEATURE STORIES THEIR NEIGHBORS.  READERS ALSO CITED THE BRIEFING AS ONE OF THE TOP WAYS THEY HEARD ABOUT THE BLOOMINGTON FORWARD INITIATIVE. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HOW AN ESTABLISHED, TRUSTED AND WELL READ PUBLICATION AT JUST $0.27 PER ISSUE TO PRINT AND MAIL SAVED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BY NOT HAVING TO MAIL SEPARATE VOTER EDUCATION MATERIALS AND HELPED ACHIEVE A $155 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS.  WELL, THANK YOU. COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN THANK YOU. MAYOR.  THANKS AGAIN FOR GREAT PRESENTATIONS TO BED.  WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE AWARDS AND EVERYTHING LIKE LAST MINUTE SO I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE BROUGHT UP HAVING THE COME OUT EVERY EVERY MONTH I WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I WAS WRONG SO I CAN ADMIT WHEN I'M WRONG. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THE IDEA OF TRANSPARENCY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW YOU SHOWED THE OVERALL REVENUES OF ABOUT $1,000,000 COMING FROM THAT FRANCHISE FEES WHICH WAS PART OF MY CONCERN AS TO WHY I WAS WORRIED ABOUT GOING TO EVERY MONTH IS THAT TRYING TO FUND THAT AND I KNOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT TO WHERE THAT AT SOME POINT THAT CABLE STUFF WILL REDUCE ITSELF. AND THE OTHER FEAR THAT I HAVE AS I LOOK AT IT IS JUST THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS OVERALL AND WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THE STAR TRIBUNE KIND OF REORG AND IZING ITSELF TO BE A STATE NEWSPAPER AND THEN THE SUN CURRENT ALSO KIND OF TAKING A DIFFERENT TACT AND SO I JUST GET NERVOUS OUR ABILITY TO TO KIND OF ENSURE THAT TRANSPARENCY AND WHERE THOSE WHERE'S THE REVENUE COME FROM I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE COULD OF YOU KNOW, ALWAYS JUST PAY FOR IT OUT OF OUR TAX TAXPAYER FUNDED.  BUT I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT TERMS OF WHERE THAT YOU KNOW, YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT SORT OF IN THE PRESENTATION BUT I WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION. MARY BUSSEY COUNCILMEMBER LOWMAN COUNCILMEMBER WE I MENTIONED WE HAVE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO REACH RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR NEWS AND INFORMATION A VARIETY OF WAYS AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO ASSESS WHERE WE'RE YOU KNOW, HOW WE NEED TO REACH OUR RESIDENTS AND WE DO THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY. THAT'S ONE WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE A QUESTION IN THERE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE GET THEIR NEWS . WE ALSO HAVE HAD QUESTIONS. SO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS PEOPLE ARE USING.  WE DID THIS LAST SESSION AND AND ALSO PUTTING SURVEYS OUT LIKE FOR THE BRIEFING FOR INSTANCE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING SURVEYS IN THE BRIEFING I YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT AND THAT TRANSITION TO ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS VERSUS PRINT COMMUNICATIONS YOU HAVE THOUGHT THAT THAT PEOPLE WOULD TRANSITION THAT AND THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE NUMBERS WOULDN'T BE AS HIGH. BUT I WAS SURPRISED AT HOW PEOPLE READ EVEN PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR NEWS ONLINE ALL THE TIME AND HOW MUCH THEY READ THE BRIEFING, THE ANECDOTAL THE CALLS THAT WE GET, THE CALLS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN DIVISION THE CITY GET FOR RESPONSE TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE PUT IN THE BRIEFING WITH CONTACT NUMBERS AND WE'RE JUST WILL KEEP REASSESSING THAT AND SURVEYING TO SEE WHERE BEST FITS AND IF THERE IS A POINT I THINK WHERE PEOPLE AREN'T READING PRINT COPIES AS MUCH THEN WE'LL PIVOT AND WE'LL YOU LOOK AT WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THE IS INFORMATION BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THAT LEVEL OF OF OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE TOO IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE VALUE OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE DOING. WELL, THANK FOR THAT ONE OTHER PART OF THAT IS THE YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF THE FRANCHISE FEES REDUCING ANY ANY YOU KNOW ,THERE'S NO EASY. EVERY CITY IS FACING THAT BUT ANY COMMENT ON THAT BEYOND WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED. AND BEFORE YOU COMMENT, JANINE, IF I COULD IS I LOOK AT THE THE FUND THE FUND SHEET HERE THAT FRANCHISE FEES AND PAYING FEES BOTH WENT UP BY $20,000 FROM 2023 TO 2024. AND THIS AFTER WE'RE HEARING ALL THE GLOOM AND DOOM HOW IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE HEADED THE WRONG DIRECTION. THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE THAT WAS MY NEXT. WHAT'S THE DEAL THERE?  MAYOR BUZZARD COUNCILMEMBERS WELL COMCAST CONTINUES TO REMAIN A PROFITABLE COMPANY. WE GET PERCENT OF A FRANCHISE FEE FROM COMCAST.  I THINK OUR WE DON'T SEE REALLY THAT A DECLINE SO MUCH IN THE FRANCHISE FEE I MEAN IT'S IT'S STEADY.  THE PEG FEE AS I MENTIONED FOR OUR NEXT AGREEMENT HAS A PERCENTAGE AND THAT PERCENT THAT WILL HELP ENSURE AT LEAST WE CALCULATED IT OVER THE YEARS AND FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND IT WILL IT WILL DOUBLE OUR PEG FEE AND THAT HELPS FUND OUR CAPITAL PURCHASES. AND THEN I MENTIONED ON THE SLIDE FOR LOOKING AT NEW REVENUES AS WELL WE'RE AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO TO FRANCHISE THE BROADBAND PROVIDERS AND HAVE FRANCHISE FEES COME IN TO USE FOR YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE IN BLOOMINGTON . SO I, I, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S IT'S LOOKING GOOD AND I'VE ACTUALLY HEARD A LITTLE BIT THIS IS WHO KNOWS IF CORD CUTTING IS GOING TO CONTINUE. WE'VE SAID IT FOR A LONG TIME. WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR YEARS. IT'S CABLE TV. IT'S PRETTY IT'S MAYBE GOING DOWN BUT PROFITS ARE YOU KNOW, REMAIN HIGH AND THAT'S A OF OBITUARY IN FRANCHISE FEES AND PEG FEES MIGHT NOT BE QUITE WRITTEN YET. MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, IT'S IT'S MATH SO TO JANINE I WAS POINT THERE WOULD NOT BE MATH. WELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MATH IN BUDGET TO STATION AND TO JANINE'S POINT, WE CAN ACTUALLY SWAG BECAUSE WE DON'T GET SUBSCRIBER NUMBERS COMCAST THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT UNDER OUR FRANCHISE BUT WE CAN WE CAN DO A PRETTY GOOD ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS BASED ON THE PEG FEE BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF IT CURRENTLY. AND SO WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IT'S ABOUT A 10% DECLINE EACH YEAR. THAT'S THE CORD CUTTING THAT'S GOING ON. SO THE PERCENTAGE FEE BASE THAT CHANGE IS A POSITIVE THING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO STABILIZE THAT NUMBER AND ON THE FRANCHISE FEE, THE FACT IS THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CONTINUE TO TAKE CABLE SERVICE ,YOU KNOW THAT YOUR RATES ARE GOING UP. RIGHT. AND SO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY WERE SAVING MONEY BY CORD CUTTING AND GOING AFTER NETFLIX NOW HAVE A DIFFERENT PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, CUMULATIVELY ARE PROBABLY PAYING AS MUCH AS THEY PAID FOR CABLE RIGHT.  SO YOU KNOW,HEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THAT RATE WHICH IS GOING TO STABILIZE A FRANCHISE FEE AT LEAST FOR A TIME. BUT IN TERMS OF THE LONG TERM YOU KNOW, AS JANINE OR NEGOTIATING A TEN YEAR FRANCHISE, I TALKED TO SOME FOLKS AT COMCAST IN IN THIS AREA OF THEIR BUSINESS AND I THINK EVEN OUR OWN ATTORNEY SAYS THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE LAST FRANCHISE THAT WE WILL NEGOTIATE JUST BECAUSE THE THE ENVIRONMENT IS PROBABLY GOING TO DRAMATICALLY CHANGE SOMETIME THE NEXT TEN YEARS. AND A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW I THINK IS STILL ON THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S BEEN ALMOST YEARS SINCE CONGRESS HAS ADDRESSED VIDEO SERVICES AND YOU KNOW, THE BUNDLING OF SERVICES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD IS THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING LEGISLATIVELY THAT HAPPENS IN THE INDUSTRY IN THE NEXT DECADE AS WELL AND THANKS FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE. MR. BRUIN IF I RECALL I THINK IT TOOK 5 TO 7 YEARS TO NEGOTIATE THAT LAST NO WE ACTUALLY HAVE REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP. NO, NO NO NO NO. OH THE THE DIRECTIVE 96 YES THAT ONE TOOK A WHILE THAT TOOK A WHILE.  MM HMM. YES. MAYOR, I JUST HAD ONE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION PLEASE.  AND THEY'LL REMEMBER DALLAS. I'LL BE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE HERE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THIS IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO YOU BUT THIS DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET CHANGES KIND OF BEEN ADDED ALL THE WAY THROUGH IS PHENOMENAL. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FOR MANY YEARS I HAVE HAVE SEEN COUNCILMEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS AND THIS HAS SAVED A TON OF TIME.  I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK A STAFFER FOR INCLUDING THAT.  COUNCILMEMBER DALLESSANDRO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.  IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS TO SIT DOWN AN ADULT BEVERAGE AND TALK ABOUT THE 1996 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT, I WOULD BE THRILLED. I DATE MYSELF BUT BOY DID IT CAUSE A RIPPLE EFFECT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND VERY CURIOUS CANDIDLY ABOUT THIS LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING RELATED TO THE WAY THAT WE GET PAID FOR USE OF RIGHTS OF WAY BECAUSE THAT'S LONG OVERDUE IN MY OPINION AS SOMEBODY WHO USES COMCAST FOR ITS INTERNET SERVICE BUT NOT ITS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE RATE BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENCE NOW BETWEEN AN INFORMATION SERVICE AND A TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER TIME. I HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. I'D LOVE TO STAY IN THE LOOP ON THAT. MR. CITY MANAGER IF THERE'S IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THAT LEGISLATURE, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT . SO PUT THAT ON THE LIST FOR THINGS TO THINK ABOUT AS WE GET TO OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. I WOULD ASSUME SENATOR WICKER AND AT LEAST AT LEAST EXPERIENTIALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THAT GIVEN THAT HER BACKGROUND IS LIKE MINE AND SHE'S A TELECOM NERD AS.  I WANTED TWO THINGS I THINK THAT THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE PROACTIVELY WITH THE MEDIA IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS HAS BEEN GREAT AND I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.  I'VE GOT THE CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE INCREDIBLY TALENTED PEOPLE DOING THAT WORK. I YOU KNOW, I IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN THAT YOU GET THE CHANCE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE OF THIS CALIBER ALL THE TIME. BUT EMILY AND BEN ARE JUST AMAZING AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE ALLOWED THEM TO JUST KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR NEED TO, BRING ALL OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AND CREATIVITY TO THAT. I JUST I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THANK THEM AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT FRONT.  I THINK AS WE'VE TALKED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I'VE BEEN KIND OF FRUSTRATED BY OUR LACK OF PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED WE'RE GOING TO GET A PR CONSULTANT AND EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS WHICH IS AWESOME. THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IT WAS IN MY OPINION A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND YET VERY, VERY POWERFUL IN THAT DIRECTION. AND SO THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU KEEP DOING IT.  IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY TO DO MORE OF IT BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I HAVE NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE AS WELL AND I GET I GET STUFF FROM MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND CERTAINLY ALL OVER THE TWIN CITIES AREA WHO ARE LIKE I DIDN'T THIS WAS HAPPENING IN BLOOMINGTON AND I GET TO GO I KNOW IT'S SO COOL RIGHT? AND THAT OF THING. SO IT'S BEEN VERY VERY FUN TO BE A PART THE THESE PROACTIVE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. SO THANK YOU. I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID AS WE TALKED RED BEING BAD AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS FUND HERE IT SOUNDS BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES THAT MIGHT COME UP YOUR THERE'S NO CONCERN HERE COMPARED SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF FUND BALANCE BEING A LITTLE LOWER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT A FAIR. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL MEMBER I WOULDN'T SAY THERE'S NO CONCERN THAT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT CONCERNS ME AND ULTIMATELY IF DO SEE THAT THERE'S CONTINUATION IN THE INDUSTRY TRENDS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO REEVALUATE THIS AND THEN IT BECOMES A CONVERSATION FOR COUNCIL BECAUSE THE YOU THE OPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MAINTAINING OUR COMMUNICATIONS POSTURE WHERE IT'S OUT IS TO JUST INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX SUBSIDY THAT GOES INTO THIS FUND BECAUSE A LONG TIME WE HAD A REALLY GOOD DEAL IS THAT THIS ALMOST WAS ENTIRELY WITH FRANCHISE FEES AND IN THE LAST SEVEN EIGHT YEARS THAT STARTED I THINK IT'S CHANGED LIKE A YEAR OR TWO AFTER I GOT HERE IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD TO START PUTTING SOME MONEY INTO AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT PROGRESS. AND IT'S JUST A QUESTION THEN FOR THE COUNCIL HOW MUCH DO YOU VALUE IT AND HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO PUT INTO IT.  WELL, TO THAT END, AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT EVALUATION, THE LAST THING I'LL ASK IS IF NOT FOR THIS YEAR BUT FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO ADD ANOTHER PAGE THE BRIEFING IN TERMS OF TOTAL COSTS LIKE YOU SAID IS $0.25 OR $0.27 AN ISSUE TO TO TO PRINT AND MAIL. BUT I THINK WITH ALL OF THE INITIATIVES WE HAVE GOING ON AND ALL OF THE LONG TERM THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON HAVING MORE SPACE IN THAT IN THAT DOCUMENT WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT WE HAVE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC APPARENTLY TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON A REGULAR INTERVAL I THINK WOULD BE USEFUL SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THAT. I'M NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ELSE SO WAS MY JUST MY IDEA RIGHT NOW BUT I THINK THAT WE COULD CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS REAL VALUE FOR PEOPLE BUT I OFTENTIMES WILL GET PEOPLE ASKING ME HEY WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET AN ARTICLE IN THE BRIEFING ABOUT THIS THING RIGHT. FOR EXAMPLE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE SCHOOL CROSSINGS. RIGHT. SOMEBODY WELL WHY DIDN'T I READ ABOUT THAT IN THE BRIEFING AND I'M LIKE FIRST PROBABLY IN THERE AT SOME POINT BUT YOU KNOW THESE ARE KIND OF HIGH PROFILE THINGS THAT ARE ARE REALLY VISIBLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IF WE CAN DEDICATE SPACE THOSE THINGS BY ADDING ANOTHER PAGE TO THE BRIEFING I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH.  JUST DON'T KNOW THE NUMBERS AND DON'T KNOW MUCH. IT WOULD BE THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR ME AND COUNCILMEMBER CARTER IN JUST ONE MOMENT I MEAN UNDERSTANDING IT THE WAY THE BRIEFING AND NEWSPAPERS ARE PUT TOGETHER, YOU DON'T JUST ADD A PAGE YOU HAD FOUR PAGES. SO IT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. YEAH.  COUNCILMEMBER CARTER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I ECHO COUNCILMEMBER ALEXANDRA'S COMMENTS AND VERY EXCITED BY THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE. IT'S REALLY GREAT AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE FAN OF COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK. I HAVE A QUESTION REALLY IT'S IF YOU GO BACK TO THE THE FINANCIALS AND THIS IS VERY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT SO IT'S NOT A HUGE DEAL BUT I GUESS I WAS JUST CURIOUS SO WE INCREASED THE PROPERTY TAX REQUEST PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY SORRY. THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL SLIDE WHICH COREY I LOVE THOSE SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING UP INCORPORATING THOSE INTO THESE PRESENTATIONS OVER YEARS.  SO WE'RE INCREASING THE PROPERTY TAX CONTRIBUTION IN THE REVENUE SECTION AND THEN WE HAVE REVENUES EXCEEDING EXPENDITURES BY $40,000.  AND SO I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE IN YOUR DECISION MAKING THERE OF YOU KNOW, DID YOU CONSIDER YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT ZERO AND JUST TAKING LESS PROPERTY TAXES?  I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY THE SURPLUS THERE SO MAYOR COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS FUND SO 22 AND 23 YOU CAN SEE LIKE 22 THERE WAS A LOSS 23 THERE IS A LOSS FOR ESTIMATING A LOSS FOR 24 SO WE ARE BRINGING DOWN THAT WORKING CAPITAL BOUNCE LOW AND SO EVEN WITH THAT WE WOULD BE I MEAN WE'RE ALREADY IN THE RED MEANING WE'RE BELOW 80% BUT WE'RE COMING DOWN NOW LIKE 48% 30%. SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THAT WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE AND SO IT WASN'T GOING TO SO IT WOULDN'T GO NEGATIVE AND JUST HAVE A CUSHION IF WE'RE NOT AS AS WHAT WE ARE SEEING FOR THOSE FRANCHISE FEES AND PAYING FEES.  OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. AND THEN GIVEN THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD RELATED TO THOSE FEES, IT SEEMS LIKE THEN YOU DON'T ANTICIPATE NEEDING TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT LIKE THE FOLLOWING YEAR TO HELP REPLENISH THOSE FUNDS THEN IN TERMS OF USING THE PROPERTY TAXES TO DO THIS OR MAYBE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER CARTER WELL RIGHT NOW WE DO WE ARE FORECASTING INCREASES IN PROPERTY TAXES AND MORE REVENUE THAN TO BUILD UP THAT WORKING CAPITAL BALANCE. BUT AS THE MAYOR SAID, WE ARE WE AREN'T DOING THAT PROJECT WITH OUR AWAY AND WE'RE KICKING THAT OFF ON WEDNESDAY WITH LOOKING AT ALL THESE WORKING CAPITAL BOUND SCHOOLS . I WILL SAY FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS FINE. WE HAVE A PRETTY MODEST GOAL RIGHT.  SO IT'S NOT AS HIGH RESERVES AS SOME OF THOSE OTHER FUNDS. SO WE'RE REALLY JUST VERY CAREFUL IN TRYING TO KEEP THIS FUND  POSITIVE AND NOT HAVE THE CASH GO NEGATIVE.  OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. MR. MARIN COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST A WALK PEOPLE THROUGH THE CHART AGAIN. SO UNDER THE REVENUES THE THIRD ONE DOWN IS PROPERTY TAXES AND UNDER THE FIRST YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED COLUMN THE 2025 BUDGET REQUEST. THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE INCREASE OVER THE 24 THAT'S THE $300,000 THAT CORY DETAILED AND THEN YOU SEE 426 CONCEPTUALLY AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE NEAR AFTER THAT AN ADDITIONAL 50 BEFORE HOLDING IT FLAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO WE ARE WE ARE FORECASTING ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER SUBSIDY TO KEEP IT GOING.  I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS LIKE JUST REALLY IT'S VERY CLEAR FOR PEOPLE THAT WHEN WE HAVE A WHEN REVENUES DO EXCEED EXPENDITURES THERE IS A GOAL RELATED TO THOSE THAT SURPLUS YOU DON'T MEAN SO THAT IT'S NOT SO THAT PEOPLE LISTENING AREN'T GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION RIGHT? LIKE WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT? WHY ARE YOU INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES?  SO JUST TO HAVE LIKE A BULLET POINT IN THE SLIDE THAT SAYS THAT THE SURPLUS WILL GO TO REPLENISHING SOME OF THOSE CAPITAL BALANCES.  THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO COUNCILMEMBER CARTER'S POINT AND THIS IS A QUESTION I THINK FOR FOR CLIENT OR EVEN MR. DRAGHI.  SO WHEN WHEN WE FIRST EXPANDED WE WENT FROM EVERY OTHER MONTH IN MONTHLY BRIEFING THAT'S WHEN I REMEMBER THAT EXTRA PROPERTY TAXES LINE BEING PUT INTO THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET AND I UNDERSTOOD IT MADE SENSE BECAUSE WE DID IT THAT FIRST TIME AND I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT WELL IS KIND OF AN EXPERIMENT. WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES AND IF THIS NEEDS TO CONTINUE AND SO IT JUST SEEMS ODD TO ME NOW THAT WITHIN WITHIN THIS SPECIFIC FUND BUT ALSO IN IN OUR BIGGER PICTURE LOOK AT OUR CITY EXPENDITURES IS THAT COMMUNICATIONS LINE IS ALWAYS THERE KIND OF CALLED OUT AND IT SEEMS IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO IT'S BEEN CLOSE TO A DECADE NOW LET'S JUST ASSUME THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET NOW AND PUT IT INTO THE COMMUNICATIONS BUDGET AND NOT NECESSARILY CALL IT OUT EVERY WE HAVE THIS THIS BUDGET CONVERSATION THOUGHTS ON THAT, MR. MAYOR, JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, IS IT SORT OF SUGGESTING THAT WE JUST ROLL COMMUNICATIONS INTO OUR INTO OUR GENERAL FUND AND THEN YOU ACCOUNT FOR THE FRANCHISE FEES COMING IN THERE . SO THE COMMUNICATIONS ESSENTIALLY IS AN EMBEDDED FUNCTION THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SEPARATE BUDGETED FUND EITHER A SEPARATE ASSET, A SEPARATE ENTERPRISE FUND IF I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY, I'M THINKING THE OTHER DIRECTION. SO FOR EXAMPLE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IT'S FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAXES AND WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC LINE AT OUR HIGH LEVEL CITY BUDGET DISCUSSION. WE DON'T HAVE IN A HIGH LEVEL THAT SAYS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE RIGHT LIKE WE DO COMMUNICATIONS RIGHT.  HOW DO W HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS ISN'T OUT AND IT'S JUST PART OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT'S GOING TO BE PART OF IT? YEAH, IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS A SEPARATE FUND THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND BEFORE WE HAD THE PROPERTY TAXES ROLLING IN WE SET IT UP THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE THERE'S AN EXPECTATION FROM YOUR FRANCHISE E THAT YOU ARE UTILIZING THE REVENUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRANCHISE FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE ASSIGNED THAT FEE TO. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE HISTORICALLY SAID WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE FRANCHISE FEES AND PUT THEM INTO COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD A FIRE STATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT.  SO NOW THE CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED TO YOUR POINT AND WE'VE GOT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS NOW OF HISTORY WHERE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MIXED REVENUES COMING INTO THIS FUND. I THINK THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAYBE NEXT YEAR AS WE GO INTO IT AND IT MAY EVEN BE A DISCUSSION POINT WITH OUR ATTORNEY AND THE COMCAST REPRESENTATIVES JUST TO SEE IF THAT IS STILL A PARTICULAR POINT OF SENSITIVITY FOR THEM. YOU KNOW WHEN MADE THAT DECISION TO PUT PROPERTY TAXES INTO THIS FUND, I THINK THAT NETFLIX WAS STILL BEING DELIVERED IN THE MAIL BUT IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE. IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE.  THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THAT EXPLANATION JUST SOMETHING TO THINK I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD COUNSEL ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.  VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE AND THE GREAT WORTH OF COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS DONE OVER THE PAST YEAR OUTSTANDING WORK SO THANK YOU FOR THEM. THANK YOU  COUNSEL. IF I'M READING MY AGENDA CORRECTLY I THINK WE ARE THROUGH EVERYTHING UNLESS WE SKIPPED SOMETHING ON THE WAY THROUGH WHEN MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BECAUSE THIS IS SPECIAL AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEMS LISTED WE CAN'T DO OUR USUAL ROUND THE HORN OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER BUDGET QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TONIGHT.  COUNCILMEMBER DOWN THE CENTER JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR JUST TO QUICKLY JUST THANK YOU AGAIN, COREY, FOR ALL THE GREAT THAT YOU DID. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE THINGS WE SAW TONIGHT HAS YOUR FOOTPRINT ON THEM.  I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT. SO FOR ALL THE WORK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU DID IN PRESENTING HERE, I KNOW THAT COREY AND HER TEAM IS WORKING HARD SO THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT. IT MAKES OUR LIFE A LOT EASIER . SO MUCH APPRECIATED. I JUST TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT SHOT UP. THANK YOU. IT WAS IS VERY APPROPRIATE. SO YES, YOU AND I THINK YOU WERE TALKING FINGERPRINT AS OPPOSED TO A FOOTPRINT BUT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING AND I THINK WE WERE ALL THERE. I GET IT. BUT IT'S A CONSOLE. ANY OTHER BUDGET RELATED QUESTIONS, COMMENTS HEARING NONE OUTLOOK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOVED SECOND MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADJOURN NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ALL THOSE FAVOR PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I I OPPOSED MOTION CARRY SIX ZERO WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU