Board of Finance - Regular Meeting

The reading is well organized. You don't know. They change everything. I think I'll take a quick look.

The whole gang is here. Maybe that's all.

That's it. I think it's because you changed it again.

The first point on the agenda is the protocol from August 18th, which was distributed electronically.

Did everyone check it? Do we have expressions if someone has to see it? We don't say what. She sent it out. She sent it out. Is there anyone who hasn't checked it, whether he had the opportunity to or not? Is there anyone who hasn't checked it? Okay. Then I ask for an application for approval.

I file the application to approve the protocol from August 18.

I support it. And your application? That's right, but I was sitting on this seat before this meeting.

Sie sitzen nicht, wissen Sie?

Nein. Obwohl ich auf diesem Platz saß, unterstütze... Ich es.

Alle, alle stimmen zu. Gibt es Korrekturen, Fragen oder Kommentare?

Ich glaube, es gibt eine kleine Korrektur.

Frau Beringer hat an der Sitzung teilgenommen.

Oh, Junge.

Und Frau Beringer. Ach so.

Und das war Ihre Frau, war sie nicht da?

Das ist Frau Beringers Haus.

Sie wird nicht als Frau angesprochen? Es ist Dr. Martel Bijou.

That's true. We are, uh, check it out.

It's only in the approval of the meeting of July 1st. We're painting the food.

Where do you find it?

The white one. We have it. Excuse me.

No problem. It will be right.

I'm sorry, Mr. Furster. Understood.

Is there any further comment with this correction?

No.

Please vote for the app.

All in favor say yes.

All against say no. Comments? Andy, these three didn't close.

Okay. Let's take a look at the financial reports that were sent via internet and US Post.

Have you all received your packages? We'll check that later. I've received the small envelope. Did you get it? Okay, good. Yes, I received the small envelope from a few days ago. Not today. Not today. So the small envelope makes the difference.

I put something in.

I just wanted to say that. Oh, okay.

Normally, the package also contains the agenda and the protocol of the last session.

We're getting the process going.

Yes, and there was no damage, but...

Michelle wasn't there at this time. I didn't know what she did and what she didn't.

It's an op.

We tried to send the package out more important. Definitely.

And she came, Freya. Anita, would you like to say something special?

At the moment, everything is pretty much the same as last year. The taxes were basically the same. But the revenue increased by a total of 3 million US dollars. This is due to the increase. But basically, the percentages for the services have dropped somewhat. And we knew that, because we knew that your construction business was doing wonderfully last year. I mean, and the construction industry is slowing down. The city is slowing down, that means it is slowing down. The investments, the interest rates have also dropped, but we knew that the interest rates have also dropped.

Sie sind niedriger als im letzten Jahr, aber höher. Sie sind etwas höher als im Budget. Wenn Sie die beiden Monate auf das Jahr hochrechnen, liegen wir immer noch über dem Budget.

Wir liegen definitiv immer noch über dem Budget. Im Grunde ist alles ziemlich gleich auch. Mit dem des letzten Jahres. Es ist nicht so viel. Es gibt ein paar kleine Unterschiede. Dasselbe gilt für die Ausgaben. Die Ausgaben sind ziemlich ähnlich wie zuvor. Bei einem Konto werden wir nachsehen, ob Sie zu viel ausgeben. Und das waren die öffentlichen Straßenverkehrssicherheitskonten. Sie haben etwas gekauft, das Sie nicht auf dem Radar hatten. Es handelt sich um einen 3-Jahres-Vertrag für die Maschinen, die die Geschwindigkeit messen. Sie berechnen das. Sie machen keine Fotos. Sie tun nichts dergleichen. Sie betrachten es. Einfach. Als Statistiken, die Sie sich für Ihre Zwecke ansehen können.

The America 250 Committee has given out three times as much.

We have already spoken about it. The reason for the transfer is that they cannot use the money from last year for this year's expenses. That cannot be transferred. They received a lot of money last year, but the expenses and all bills were from this year. So I submitted this to the economic examiners and they couldn't. They were far too overwhelmed and it won't be that much. It would be a little more, but it's not so much that it would cause any problems.

But am I right when I remember our last meeting, that the entire budgeted amount exceeds the schedule?

The time for this was in this business year and we couldn't use the money from last year.

No, you were clearly below what you expected. Sie glauben, die gesamte Abteilung hat etwas mehr als letztes Jahr und das liegt hauptsächlich an all den Reparaturen, die wir an den Lastwagen festgestellt haben.

Ich möchte nur... ähm... uns so ziemlich... Das... ansonsten ist es... Einige Dinge sind etwas höher und andere etwas niedriger, aber insgesamt ist es... Ja.

Es ist zu früh im Jahr, um ein Problem zu haben.

Speaking of earlier in the year, on page 10, the fire department used up everything except 30% of its computer support and technology budget. That won't leave you much for the rest of the year. Excuse me, which one? Support and technology. On page 10, the computer support and the fire department technology at the top of the page are only 31% left. That's probably because you paid your licenses for this year in advance.

Contractually agreed service.

Contractually agreed service for software licenses. Well, I usually take that into account, but it's not marked as a contractually agreed service. That's probably why I overlooked it. It's another one.

Sorry, but I don't have it. You don't have contractually agreed services?

That's a yes now.

They basically always have the same categories.

The annual contract. And you know, that's one of the contracts.

Okay, so it's contractually agreed services, although they weren't called that. You lock them up differently.

Kelly, that's...

It only answers Candace's question that it's about the prepayment of the contract. Hmm.

Yes, if you look in your book or at your employees who go through the household process, it is included how high this number is. I have a question. I know that we have more overtime in the summer, but are there any concerns about the overtime salaries of the police?

Well, one person ... actually has one person.

Data.

Right. Because we still have the salary of the functioning Colin. Wir haben immer noch Ihr Gehalt da draußen, also sollte es... Genau. Und deshalb machen Sie so viel von dem, was ich meine.

Und ist das ein vernünftiger Nettobetrag?

Ja, und einiges davon. Einiges davon hat mit zu tun. In einem Prozess, ich würde sagen, es war letztes Jahr, glaube ich, dass die Abrechnungen... Haben Sie die Zahlen letztes Jahr dort gesehen? Im Umsatzbericht werden Sie die Polizeidienste in den Einnahmen sehen. Sie sind für gemeinnützige Organisationen in der Stadt zuständig. Und Sie erbringen Dienstleistungen, die wir Ihnen zu Ihrem Tarif in Rechnung stellen. Dieses Geld floss in den Fonds 07, aber die Löhne kamen aus den Fonds. And now the income flows into the general funds. So if something lands there too, we have a better one. Okay, and that's connected to the point on the second page of our handouts, where the city police pay overtime. And it seems as if there was an application of 4,000, 1,090 dollars. Last year. Those were the excesses from the household year 2015-2016. Okay, so we already approved that. So that's already done.

Where are you, Candace? Are you at the transfer?

She's talking about it. No, no, the second of these household measures that are necessary. The household measures that we adopted this evening. Oh, that. Yes, that. Oh yes. No, that's that, that's that. But that's nothing.

These are transferred.

Point four on the agenda. Okay, we'll talk about that later, I think.

Are there any more questions or comments on the report? I have a few, but let me ask other questions first. Um, you know, I'm talking about something that I just noticed for the first time. For our entire state expenses, insurances make a large part of it. And I don't know if you can do something about it in the future. We do that every year.

And we are actually in the state plan, which is a consortium. So we get a lower rate. And we actually went to others. We did that in Ireland. And it's much more. And we have a number of employees who don't take it.

I know that insurances are expensive nowadays and everything you have to cover is almost a third of the budget.

And we're not the only city. To be honest, that's the majority of the places.

That's okay, as long as you're aware of it.

No, that's also an important budget driver for schools. And here in the city we have one of the higher code rates than other cities.

So we calculate 20. That was 20.

We can analyze it when the budget season begins. We can do that.

As if it were still early for that, but okay. Thank you. Anita and Martha paid for transfer 1, not for this year, but for the previous years. Transfer to 24, 25. We still have the renovation of the Crossland toilets and then for the police, color and west. Warum wurden diese Projekte nicht im letzten Geschäftsjahr abgeschlossen?

Die Farbe. Wir haben diese Frage letzten Monat beantwortet, aber im Grunde wollten Sie nur zwei Seiten machen und jetzt machen Sie alles auf einmal, weil es egal ist. Sie haben also jemanden beauftragt, es zu tun. Es wird erst später im Herbst sein.

Und ist das das Beste für den neuen Beamten, der da hinten nachbestellt wurde?

Wurde es nachbestellt?

And that was when we made the transfer. They shared all the details with us. And it's still not there.

And is the renovation of the Crossland toilets also in work? Yes.

I haven't started yet. But I don't think it started.

I think that was just the remaining amount. There are a few small ones.

Last hands, I think.

In the second half of the page it says 25-26.

Which line was that again, BJ? The first one.

It's the fat-printed line with the inscription 24 transferred. No, no, no. This one. You see, here it says 24-25 and here it says 24-25 too.

For the interest rate, it's good.

I would never have thought that. On the revenue side, the zone allocation has a negative revenue of $6,500.

Do you know what that is?

When you pay your deposits, you burden these.

Um...

Die belasten ihre Einlagen, glaube ich, der Zoneneinteilungskommission, der Planungskommission, den Landnutzungserstattung, den Binnenfeuchtgebieten, der ZBA, und der Planung. Und auf all diese Konten zahlen Sie jeden Monat Geld ein. Und einmal pro Quartal müssen Sie dem Staat etwas zurückzahlen. Ich glaube, Sie behalten etwa 2 Dollar pro Genehmigung und die Gebühr von 50 oder 57 Dollar geht an den Staat. Deshalb werden Sie jedes Quartal einen großen Abzug sehen.

Wir müssen dem Staat etwas bezahlen?

Müssen Sie.

Woher bekommen wir die Einnahmen für Feuerwerke? Wer bezahlt uns für die Feuerwerke?

Point of Woods. Und da ist noch einer. Oh, Gavin. Gavin und Sie müssen uns für Ihre Dienste bezahlen, den Brandschutzbeauftragten.

Oh, okay. Also Sie haben den Feuerwerksverkäufer. Sie bezahlen den Feuerwerksverkäufer, aber wir bieten unterstützende Dienstleistungen an.

Right, right. We'll put it on the computer.

We'll put it on the computer. Everything flows into the fireworks and then we pay the salaries. That's why you'll see it and...

I am asking DJ about the expenses for the maintenance of the Lime Senior Center. We have issued about 44% of the maintenance budget. What is included in the maintenance line for a brand new building? I can't imagine that we are still repairing things.

Which page is the application on?

It's page 12. It's the fourth point. From below in the senior center. And it's just a budget of $6,000. And we have, you know, it's not essential in the overall picture. But we have already issued 44% of the budget. And in the last month alone, we spent $2,000. Sixty. I mean, maybe it's not really categorized.

Maybe. Yes, but I'll do it. I'll do the research and send you an e-mail.

Okay, but ... We should send part of this bill to Leyen. Do it.

Everything here will be put into your account as a percentage. Yes, we pay a percentage and I also give you a quarter of a year's bill. Und dann sehen Sie auf der anderen Seite, wo Erstattung steht.

Hat noch jemand eine Frage? Okay, machen wir weiter. Müssen Sie die Mittelübertragungen besprechen? Müssen Sie das tun?

Das machen wir jedes Jahr. According to our rules, you only have to prove that they are available at amounts below 20,000. Then I can submit the funds in the budget. Everything above 20,000 has to be submitted to a civil assembly. And we have one, yes. It's about working by chance. We have already approved that. It would be a Bürgerversammlung. We talked about it last month, so that Martha could plan a Bürgerversammlung for Monday, so that it would be done in time when the orders come back in October. So we talked about it, but whoever was here was basically meant to go and repair Baga. And a large part of the money he basically forgot to pay for it. And he spent it for other petrol and a few other things. He filled up the tanks before the end of June and forgot that he had the rate payment for the excavator that he didn't have and that he mentioned in the same line. So, I mean, not in the same line, but in the same budget. And so he forgot that, as we told him, he shouldn't do anything else and just focus on the excavator. And then Anita got the surprise bill for the gas station.

It's good that it was fully refueled the first day.

So we got a small fee. Why? Because he usually does that. If he has money, he tries to refuel in June or anything he can. He forgot that he couldn't have spent anything else because of the gas. The installation of the brake springs. Wo bringen wir Bremsschwellen an? Wir hatten zwei Bremsschwellen für die Straßen und öffentliche Sicherheit, die auf Wunsch der Anwohner auf der Brighton Road installiert wurden. Temporäre Bremsschwellen. Sie werden genauso eingesetzt wie die in Sandview. Es ist sofort und es ist problematisch. Handelt es sich dabei also nur um die Kosten dafür, oder wird das jetzt eine jährliche Gebühr? This installation fee. Well, I have the construction company in charge of teaching me how to install it so that we don't have to pay anyone for it. The only investment we would have to make is drilling the holes, because this will really move the drill during driving down the asphalt really fast. So that's the only expense we would have to pay for buying this type of drill. And that was basically just the cost of it and the construction company took it over because they actually learned installations. So these are the installation costs from the construction agency, which were paid from the construction agency.

But these are not the total costs, but the surplus over what we budgeted.

Did we plan this or was it an additional expense last year? Because we wanted to. I don't think we planned this at all. We didn't budget anything for it. No, it was decided in the committee for public safety, so you really didn't have that much money.

I have a question about the animal protection authority.

If we hadn't done anything and asked the state to take care of the situation with the hoarding of animals, we would then have had to take over the costs. I'm sorry, Jan. I know, but the state takes over, just like other cities don't have an animal shelter, so you have to turn on the state animal protection authority. Who's supposed to call the Borreliosa? They don't have anyone. They literally don't have an animal protection agency. So if it comes to a breeding situation that is dangerous for personal or public health, then the state will take care of it. So I'm just worried that... Yes, I know that you were, but what I want to say is, how did we have to take these costs? Because it was part of a legal dispute for which we got money back. I know, but we didn't get everything back. I see that we only got 10,000. So the city has to take the 14,000. If we hadn't just stopped there. und den Staat das regeln lassen können, ohne dass wir das tun müssten. Ich meine das nur für die Zukunft, denn das ist eine Menge Geld. Verstehst du was ich meine? Es ist keine unerhebliche Summe. Aber ich denke, dass einiges davon falsch dargestellt wird, da viele Leute gespendet haben. Wir haben eine fünfte Spende von 10.000 oder 15.000 Dollar für die Tierarztkosten von einer externen, gemeinnützigen Organisation bekommen, die den Scheck geschickt hat. How are we supposed to balance it all on the same account? I know that this has gone in. I know that there was a swarm of donations from this community when this happened to the seniors, to the Tierheim, to friends of the Tierheim. But shouldn't they take over these costs? And not we? Now as a transfer. Where do the donations flow in? On which account line will they be transferred? The donations flow into the income in our income account. Why weren't you simply paid for it? Just because we didn't budget it. Well, we didn't put it on the budget. You know, if you have to put it in, we didn't do it after the administration. That makes sense, except when donations come in that we don't budget. How would you express that? I have the feeling that this is a strange kind of us. You have to prove it right. But how do we show that later? That, for example, $15,000 went in? Because at the moment this is only deducted from our general funds. But is there a mechanism to follow that $15,000 went in? And we spent $14,700 of this $15,000, although we transferred it in a strange way. Nein, denn im Grunde geht jedes Geld, das für die Tierkontrolle eingenommen wird, direkt in den Hundefonds. Und du gelangst zu den Einnahmenkonten. Hundefonds ist eine Lizenz. Geht hier hinein. Geht da Tierkontrolle. Es geht direkt hier in den allgemeinen Fonds. Es geht also dort hinein, sodass du es nicht findest.

Es findet es auf diese Weise nicht.

Ja, ich denke nur, dass dies eine seltsame Art sein wird, den Überweg zu behalten. Ein Projekt abschließen? Wie ein Projekt abschließen? Dieses Projekt abschließen, so wie das hier sind... all of our total expenses, and that was all the donations that went into covering them. That's what you would like to see. If people donate money. Yes, because I would expect that if I donate money for medical bills, we should follow suit, that we spend this money for medical bills and not for the Grassy Hill Bridge, for example. The same applies when people donate for the Hades Park. And we did the same when people donated for toys. It seems as if there should be a fund for these donations here. There is a dog fund. Our dog. Isn't that the dog brand? It's for the dog license. You could set up another line for donations there. The subsidies, just like other subsidies or donations, they came here and simply flow into general funds. Because earlier, when she had to pay them directly to the TH, No, I understand that. You shouldn't do that either. I just think that. You just want to see what we actually take in to compensate for our things, too. Look back. Or look into the future. We can just look ahead. All the money that the animal control takes in is donations. Forced donations. It's just donations. That income is counted. We have to. I know, but you only say, can we make a bookkeeping about which donations go in? I mean, it's in revenue. I mean, it's in revenue, but right. If I spend a check of over $15,000 on the Tierheim to cover the expenses, I want to know that the amount doesn't go to someone's entry instead. Yes, exactly. But I just want to say that it is much easier for us at the moment to say, oh yes, we transfer the money because we have the money there and it's just the wrong year. Exactly. But if it's about checks, then it's about donations, right? So we just have to keep an overview. We copy them, or whatever. So we only know how much came in and how much was donated.

What I mean is that everything in this line is a donation.

Everything in the revenue line for the Tierheim. How much is that? Well, it's budgeted.

We have budgeted $6,000 and so far $70, $20 have been donated.

Only this year. So that would probably be an argument to set up a fund so that over several business years you have a running total sum of how much money was donated for the support of animals. Because here, too, when people think that their money for the rescue or Hilfe für Tiere verwendet wird, wäre es schön, wenn man zeigen könnte, dass wir genau das tun und es nicht einfach in unseren allgemeinen Fonds fließt, um es heute Abend auszugeben. Richtig.

Und das andere... Hat mich jemand danach gefragt?

Hat jemand gesagt, dass ich sauer bin? Ich glaube nicht, dass mein Geld für irgendjemand ausgegeben wird. Wir richten also ein neues Konto für etwas ein, das noch nicht stattgefunden hat.

Ich denke, es muss ein Konto sein. Ich möchte es einfach nur sehen. Why don't we wait for him to ask? Everything that comes from the income, like... So that's $100,020. Last year, a total of $14,080 was taken in the pet home. $59,000. 10,000 of them were public donations, or... No, those were legal donations. No, but there was another check that had 1,000.

But what speaks against the establishment of a special fund for donations to the zoo? It's just another thing you have to keep an eye on and no one has asked where the money has gone.

Well, that's how we've handled donations in the past and I think we should have a uniform method for dealing with donations, no matter if they're for animals, parks, children's play sets or whatever. And imagine we had a system that would show us how many donations we have received. And I imagine, I only dream of a bar diagram in different colors. In which it says that the orange bar would mean that we have donated for animals. And the blue bar would mean that we buy bunnies for me.

That's $35,000 a year. I think it's a manual follow-up. That's a different topic, I think.

It seems as if

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No, I'm just saying, I think we've already arranged it under the income. There is a position for animal control in the income. That's where the donations would flow.

And if you know how much we've been able to donate $120 for the animal control since July this year, which will help to buy litter, cat food or whatever you need. Animal expenses over $125,000.

Is the income line for the animal control just about donations or is it ... Nur um Spenden. Aber sie erhält auch andere Spenden von Futter und Handtüchern und allem anderen.

Das sind keine Spenden. Wissen Sie, aber es gibt keine Gebühren. Wissen Sie, es gab diese Zeile. Nur damit ich das Wort Spenden nach Tierspenden und Adoptionsgebühren hinzufüge.

Ja, dann kann er sehen, dass All adoption fees she receives flow into the dog funds, the funds of 11, because there we have to pay the check to keep the surplus, because there is a annual report that is part of it. Jake, this is a start-up report. So that's basically just your property?

I think that's okay. It's just a way to identify the amount of donations.

A... A limiting question. I mean, there are 46,000 dollars in dog funds and it all comes from dog licenses and things like that. What is this money for? And what is the money from the dog fund for? The money from the dog fund is all income that comes in. We can use it if we build the fence around it, if they have to be waited for every year and for animal control. Wir können dieses Geld für die Instandhaltung der Tierkontrolle verwenden. Und dafür ist es gedacht.

Wofür bekommt die Reservant das?

Ja, das ist... Es ist nicht gesetzlich vorgeschrieben, wofür Sie das Geld verwenden können.

Ja, das ist... Sie können es also nicht einfach für irgendetwas ausgeben. Das Fahrzeug könnte darunter fallen. Es kann also eher für Anlagegüter für die Tierkontrolle verwendet werden. Aber wir würden es nicht verwenden, um Tierarztrechnungen zu bezahlen. Waschmaschine, trockener, Klimaanlage. Danke.

Und vermutlich verwenden wir es, wenn wir können. Wir geben es aus, wenn es erlaubt ist.

Erik macht das sehr gut.

Noch Fragen? Werden wir jetzt gebeten, das zu genehmigen, glaube ich.

Wir haben das schon über 41 und 42 gemacht, richtig? Wir werden die 42.6.6 nehmen. Das ist die, die auf der Bürgerversammlung genehmigt wurde. Und dann die 44.8.49 und beide wären einfach eine Überweisung vom Schuldendienst sein. Und beim Schuldendienst haben wir das zusätzliche Geld, weil wir herausgefunden haben, dass wir das zusätzliche Geld im Seniorenzentrum haben. Und ich kann die Zinsen daraus bezahlen.

So how should the application sound? Well, I think an application to approve the transfer of the interest account of 64,640, to cover these expenses exceeding the budget for 2025. I will submit this application. I support it.

Jeff, you have used interest for the debt service.

Is there still a discussion? Is there another discussion? Everyone who is in favor says yes. Everyone who is against it says no. Is there any comment? Good. Yes, the fan as a sponsor of 960 will be treated in the civil assembly on Monday. Will you be able to participate in the civil assembly? No. I can't. Are there any others from the board? It's already in Kipur. Can any others from the financial board come? Will be there. No.

No, that's not true.

That can't be controversial, can it? It won't be controversial. But...

Nein, aber wir wollten Sie bitten, es vorzustellen. Nein. Eigentlich der Vorsitzende. Wer ist Ihr stellvertretender Vorsitzender?

Ich habe keinen Stellvertreter. Und diesbezüglich keinen Stellvertreter. Keine Stellvertreter.

Ich bin nicht in der Stadt.

Außer Maria noch jemand da sein?

Ich werde da sein.

Wollen Sie es um 7 oder 7.30 Uhr machen?

Es ist 7.00 Uhr. Im Kalender steht 7.00 Uhr. 7 o'clock, because we have a meeting of the city council at 5.30. Public hearing at 5.30, city council. 7 o'clock, special meeting of the city. This is a business agreement.

Okay, Maria, will you do that?

Sure.

Thank you.

Fred will be the moderator.

Good.

Fred is the moderator. He would welcome it if it was quick and painless.

Okay, Maria. What are you saying? Excuse me, yes. First of all, the surplus is in the word. So basically, we have exceeded the budget by about $100,000. How do you estimate that?

You have not actually exceeded the budget. That's why you have to be careful, because these are interim amounts that come from the budget. They are transferred from one household line to another. So we have not exceeded the total budget.

No, no, no. I agree with that. At a certain rate.

Wurden die Abteilungen überstrapaziert, aber das Gesamtbudget wurde nicht überstrapaziert?

Es wurde sogar unterstrapaziert und meine Frage an Sie ist, wie hoch Ihre aktuelle Schätzung des Überschusses zum 30. Juni ist? Haben Sie eine?

Inoffiziell?

Ja, inoffiziell.

Inoffiziell. Das sagst du nicht, weil du an der Öffentlichkeit stehst. Wir sind definitiv bei über einer Million. Es wird alles von den Anpassungen der Wirtschaftsprüfer abhängen. Und was?

Okay.

Sind wir damit fertig? Der nächste Punkt ist die Diskussion der vorgeschlagenen Richtlinie bezüglich des nicht zweckgebundenen Fonds. Und ich weiß, dass der Verwaltungsrat getagt und darüber diskutiert hat und einige Fragen an den Finanzausschuss zurückgeschickt hat. I don't know if there are any other parts of the guideline that we want to discuss. But let's start with the questions of the board of directors, Arthur. Can you ask them to us?

Basically, I asked the board of directors. I mean, I took part in their meetings. And it all sounded to me. And all my questions were answered. But they had a few questions for Candace. But then they had even more. They wanted more time to look at each other again. I think I know that you heard from Jim. But I didn't know if you heard anything from John. Ah.

Ich habe nichts von John gehört, aber ich habe eine sehr lange und nachdenkliche Nachricht von Jim erhalten.

Ich werde Ihnen die wichtigsten Punkte schildern.

Er sagt, dass er im Allgemeinen dafür ist, ich halte Ihre Empfehlung, einen bevorzugten Zielbereich von 25 bis 30 festzulegen für angemessen, für angemessen. Ich halte auch Ihre sieben empfohlenen allgemeinen Verwendungszwecke für angemessen. Er weist jedoch ausdrücklich darauf hin, dass... He regrets that the acquisition of open spaces is not called a special use of the surplus. Er beschreibt weiter, wie gute Arbeit die Open Space Commission in der Vergangenheit geleistet hat und erinnert uns auch daran, dass der Erwerb von Freiflächen eine Maßnahme zur Minderung der Klimaresilienz ist und dass es wichtig ist, Freiflächen im Küstengebiet zu erwerben um Sturmschäden zu mindern.

But that's something that has always been a matter of language in the past, and it would have ended up in a city council anyway.

So... Ah, we might have to turn to the city. The fact that it's in the law doesn't mean that we can avoid it. It's just that we've just finished.

Let's get this over with. Sorry, I stopped for a moment. I'm just reading. He spoke about resilience and the need to be able to react to various economic and ecological problems. SBGE has a bull as tenon. He pointed out that the crash of 1929 reduced the values by up to 30%. There were also other factors, such as unexpected disruptions in the industry by General Dynamics and Pfizer. Er sagte, es wäre besser, den Überschuss nicht zweckgebunden zu verwenden, sondern gut zu investieren, um in einer solchen Krise maximale Flexibilität zu gewährleisten. Dann sagte er, ich empfehle nicht, dass wir den Überschuss weiter anwachsen lassen, ohne eine Strategie für seine Verwendung zu haben. Meine Empfehlung ist, bei Überschüssen von über 30% in Gleichgewicht zwischen Steuererleichterungen und Investitionen in die Widerstandsfähigkeit zu finden. So, I just want to conclude with the remark that I emphasized in the conversation that I had with Board of Selectmen, that the intention is that the guideline really does not give information about how the excess money should be used. It only recommends using the excess money instead of simply accumulating it without any plan.

So again, you know, his questions have been well received, but I have certainly concluded that there is no explicit determination of ... ... free space or resistance as one of the categories described, otherwise Jim would not have mentioned them. But is there a restriction in the guideline that states that you are not allowed to use it for one of these purposes?

Um, the seven... Let me just finish the thought.

So the question is whether there is a restriction, because these are certainly potentially good purposes. Is there a restriction in the guideline that says that we can't do that? Is there also a collection rule in the guideline that says that these used purposes are not exclusive and that they can use the surplus for all other purposes that they think are best and that the board keeps in the best interest of the city?

This option to be left open, there is a collection rule. Your seven recommended general uses are appropriate. Capital requirement, resilience measures.

Sie könnten einen Kompromiss speziell mit Jim schließen und sagen, dass der Erwerb von Ufergrundstücken eine Resilienzmaßnahme wäre, Kapitalrücklagen, die Finanzierung von Kommunalanleihen, die Reduzierung von Verbindlichkeiten, Steuersenkungen und andere einmalige außerordentliche Ausgaben. So I think the intention is to keep it open so that people can do what they think is right in the future. If that's the case, I would like to make the language more open, but not less open. Yes, I think we have to, but let's focus on open spaces as a certain thing that Jim mentioned.

In other words, there are half a dozen, with five or ten explicitly listed uses, Do we think that free space should be added to this list? Or not? I don't think they fit under these seven points.

How do they fit under these seven points? They fit under these seven points.

I vote for Andy and fear that we are in the middle of a mistake. Why aren't there any fire trucks? And why aren't there any roads? And why can't we go crazy if we try to predict that?

Wenn es also eine unterirdische Welle der Unterstützung für die Aufnahme gibt und ich denke, es ist das Gegenteil der Fall, dann denke ich, dass ich es mir noch einmal ansehen sollte und ich kann es mit Ihnen gemeinsam durchgehen, um sicherzustellen, dass der Standardabsatz breit genug gefasst ist, um alles andere zu berücksichtigen, was Ihnen wichtig erscheint.

Was What I find interesting is that Jim added the part about what happened in the 20s with the devaluation of property values by 30%. If there was any kind of economic downturn that caused this in this region, that's why we need money on the bank. To cover up unprecedented events, be it a storm, an economy. An interesting question. If you want to delve into this matter,

would be if he said, and I'll just read the text so that we all start from the same starting point. The crash of 1929 made the values drop by up to 30%, while higher-quality real estate suffered an even greater blow, and it lasted until 1960, until the values of many luxury real estate companies returned to the level of 1929. The 2008 crisis is not quite as drastic, but still in fresh memory. And we will remember that the real estate values also experienced a strong decline at this time. Other factors, such as unexpected disruptions in the industry, as we have seen in the past with General Dynamics and Pfizer, can also have a negative effect. Wenn es unser Ziel ist, uns vor Belastungen der Grundsteuerbemessungsgrundlage zu schützen, dann wäre es besser, den Überschuss nicht zweckgebunden zu verwenden, sondern gut zu investieren, um maximale Flexibilität zu gewährleisten.

Nehmen Sie nach.

Ich wollte nur anmerken, dass wir in solchen Fällen nur alle zehn Jahre neu bewertet werden. Die Reaktion darauf erfolgt also sehr langsam. Wir haben unser Haus 2004 gekauft und es hat bis jetzt noch nicht... his full value again. But in the meantime, we were only very rarely re-evaluated, right? Evaluation takes place every five years, not every ten years. Sorry, every five years.

But when it comes to a catastrophe, the value of your house would drop.

But in short,

I suggest that we all agree with your opinion and that of Jim and Dave, that there could be a catastrophe in the future that would significantly reduce our tax base. And we want to have a buffer to prepare for it. The question is not the concept, but the amount. How much should that be? Jim seemed to say, I think 25 to 30 percent is an appropriate number. Another remark you made more than once is that we could also set up specific funds for specific purposes. If we can identify and quantify a specific purpose, how much money we want to spend on it, can we do that?

As long as I think that transparency with this money is what we are looking for. And they mean that transparency consists of taking money and putting it into a resilience fund, as it was established, for example, by a state law or something like that. But it is not bound by purpose and grows and grows. And as Anita said earlier, will there be more at the end of this business year? We will continue. We will be at 36 percent. Now we will be clearly above 36 percent.

Und ich denke, es gibt Dinge, die wir präventiv tun können, um die Stadt im Falle eines Sturms zu schützen. Und genau dafür ist dieser Resilienzfonds da. Es geht nicht unbedingt darum, danach zu reagieren, sondern vorher zu planen. Wir wissen, was der Stadt helfen würde, das zu bewahren. Was wir haben. Was würde das kosten? Es wäre natürlich mehr Marschland hinzuzufügen. Deshalb hatte das Thema angesprochen.

How much would it cost to add Shoreline Lunch?

We still have to find out. But Brentford is working on saving money and putting a part of their surplus in these funds and saying, okay, we want to do that. For 25% to 30%, we want to vote on it every year.

And the majority decides, if someone wants to reduce the percentage from 36% to 15%, because he wants to spend the money on random things and maybe give something back to the taxpayers, has he won? Es sind Mehrheitsregeln. Wenn diese Richtlinie also eingeführt wird und das nächste Mal eine neue Gruppe an die Macht kommt, wird sie einfach abgeschafft. Sie hat doch keine Zähne, oder?

Es ist sehr hilfreich, sie als einen guten Ausgangspunkt für eine Diskussion zu haben. Vor allem, wenn wir uns darauf einigen können, dass wir alle danach streben.

Es ist ein Kabuki-Tanz. Ja, ich glaube, du bist in der Minderheit, Dave, Dave. And we think back and forth and come up with a number. And the public also asked us, what is your basis for having X or Y dollars in your funds? Ich denke, dass die empirische oder rationale Rechtfertigung für die Zahl vorhanden, aber nicht zwingend ist. Und es geht wirklich um das Anleihrating, richtig? Richtig. Die 25% sind an unsere Fähigkeit gekoppelt, ein Purple R Anleihrating aufrecht zu erhalten. Ich sage, sie ist vorhanden, aber schwach, denn wie viel ist das wert? Is that really necessary for a rental rating? If we had to spend the money and could later take care of the rental rating, we would do it, we would do it. But I think that's where this number comes from. The other number, which has a certain basis, is the 17%, which seems to be a common minimum recommendation from various sources. However, not for coastal communities. I have never heard a recommendation for it. But don't let us discuss the amount. I discuss politics and will be included. The majority. I may be in the minority here at this table, but there are a lot of people who, when they tell me, oh, we're going to buy a whole bunch of marshland, think that there is a large rest amount and that they will receive a tax refund. We discussed that in recent years. Wir haben nichts getan, um eine ordentliche Liquiditätsprognose für die nächsten drei Jahre zu erstellen. Nur, wir können uns das Ganze ansehen und tatsächlich eine Entscheidung treffen, die auf wirklich empirischen Daten basiert.

Ja, ich weiß, ich denke, dass das richtig ist.

Wo ist die Liquiditätsprognose?

Wir haben Anita und Martha und andere im Vorstand.

Ich glaube, auch Sie, die auf jede Haushaltssaison vorausschauend sind.

Wir haben keine Liquiditätsprognose.

Ich habe eine Liquiditätsprognose erstellt und mir wurde vorgeworfen, dass sie politisch motiviert sei. Sei. Es ist ein Instrument, das andere Städte haben, einschließlich der Linie. Nun, ich bin... Was ist der Unterschied? Ich sage nicht, dass es keine Verbindung zwischen deiner Liquiditätsplanung einerseits und einer Prognose unserer Ausgaben in den nächsten fünf Jahren gibt. Ähm, äh... Aber wo ist die? Nun, Anita hat ein Diagramm, das die Investitionen in die nächsten Jahre betrachtet.

Unsere Ausgaben für die nächsten fünf Jahre aufgeführt.

Sie hat Liquiditätsplanungen, in denen sie Einnahmen und Ausgaben prognostizieren. Und ja, Stück für Stück können wir alles zusammensetzen und plötzlich feststellen, dass uns bei den Straßen 4 Millionen Dollar fehlen, so wie es vor zwei Jahren passiert ist. So there is another thought-through approach, namely that we will have a healthy balance in the next three years, so that it can sink. In three years, maybe that's not the case anymore. And that could be because we want the resistance. I'm just saying, you preach to people who already know what they want. At least as far as I'm concerned, and I would also suggest to others, we all think that it is very important in budgeting to look into the future and think about what the future needs are before we set the budget for this year. If you are dissatisfied with the kind of our previous forecasts, I would definitely invite you to work with Anita to create a forecast. I did that, DJ.

Ich würde sogar sagen, eine Richtlinie, die das festlegt. Richtlinie. Ich denke, das ist wichtig, denn sie erschaffen etwas, aber niemand wird in der Zukunft wissen, wie sie es geschaffen haben oder auf welcher Grundlage sie es aufgestellt haben. Daher ist es wirklich wichtig, dass sie das dokumentieren.

Alle Annahmen darin.

Okay. Was wäre, wenn wir ein System hätten? Ja, damit könnten wir Diagramme und Grafiken anzeigen. If we, for example, conduct an interview and say what is included in this edition, Anita just had to click on this post and it was immediately shown that it is the amount that is included in this edition. At the moment we are using an outdated Enterprise platform. And as far as I know, Anita has been working hard to get BMSE to update this system. In the last conversation, Anita hoped that the system would be updated at some point at the end of the year. I think it is really important that this system is updated. As far as I know, it cannot be exported in a format that can be used by Excel. So when we had a system that could be exported to Excel, the window opened and there were all kinds of GUI interfaces that we could use. Die, die ich am CCM kennengelernt habe, heißt ClearGov. Ich habe an einer Vorführung teilgenommen und alles darüber erfahren. Sie können das alle gerne tun. Und wenn Sie in der Wirtschaft tätig sind, haben Sie die Diagramme gesehen, die die Leute routinemäßig in der Wirtschaft verwenden. Ja, das ist, was Sie denken. Wir würden nicht mit diesem Zeug in winziger Schrift zu einem Meeting kommen. Wir könnten uns alle mit unseren eigenen Geräten einloggen. Ich denke, das wäre ein Weg, wie wir die Prognosen bekommen könnten, die Dave so sehr möchte. Und du stimmst zu, dass wir das tun sollten?

Wenn es niemand sonst will, ist das in Ordnung.

Nein, absolut. Ich denke nicht, dass der Wunsch nach Prognosen sich gegenseitig ausschließt und dass wir auch eine Richtlinie dafür wollen, wie über die Prognosen gesprochen werden soll.

Wenn es überhaupt eine Richtlinie gibt?

Ich meine... Ich denke, dass sie vielleicht zusammengehören. Die Richtlinie ist nicht der Ausgangspunkt. Was vergessen oder beiseite gelassen wird, ist, dass wir über die Steuergelder der Menschen sprechen, die gerade in einem Fonds liegen, wenn die Leute zu uns kommen und sagen, was ist der Zweck? Vielleicht eines Tages ein Notfall und sie sagen, nun, das ist mir im Moment nichts wert. Wir könnten eine Richtlinie haben, die besagt, wie wir das Geld verwenden dürfen.

Wir werden es also ausgeben und es gibt einen Punkt, der besagt, dass es an die Steuerzahler zurückgegeben werden soll.

Ich denke, wir alle würden argumentieren, dass das äußerst wertvoll ist. Und wenn wir keinen wertbasierten Grund dafür finden können, warum dieses Geld für eine Investition in die Widerstandsfähigkeit oder einen der anderen zulässigen Zwecke verwendet werden sollte, dann sollte es an die Steuerzahler zurückgegeben werden.

Ich habe also meinen Standpunkt.

Kann ich als Neuling hier, ich glaube, in gewisser Weise höre ich heftige Zustimmung. Ich muss sagen, ich hasse das Wort Richtlinie. I think you're looking for a process. And I hear Dave say the process consists of creating your forecasts. These will set priorities, or probably priorities for the future, in the near future. So a process is a series of things you do, but I hate the word guideline, it's always made me crazy. Dave says, so I get the forecasts. That will help you set the seven categories of priorities. And I hear the other part of the group say, We also want a process.

And I think you need both. I think you need both. I don't think you exclude each other. That's what I hear. Well, I think that's what Kim said, and I fully agree with you. If you send people to this guideline about the height of the unforeseen, undefined means, how much do we need in the next X years? I mean, we had this specific question a few years ago when the school renovations came about and we knew that this large loan interest payment came about. And we said, you know, we have more in the non-targeted funds than we need today, but we have to leave it here to support an extraordinary increase in the tax rate in the future. And that still applies. We still use a part of the non-targeted funds to support the effects of these expenses. Das ist aber nur ein Beispiel für die Kosten. Alle anderen vorhersehbaren Kosten, das Wichtigste ist, sie vorhersehen und quantifizieren zu können. Wenn man das getan hat, kann man das bei seinen Budgetentscheidungen berücksichtigen. Nehmen wir zum Beispiel die Rusty Hill Road Bridge.

Die steht da jetzt seit 10 Jahren.

Und wie viel kosten sie jetzt? 1,6?

Yes, that's a pretty picture. We don't have any costs yet, because we haven't received any offers yet.

So we don't know how much this bridge will cost. I think that's even more important. This is a bridge in our city with many old bridges. If there is a storm, many other bridges have to be repaired or renovated. We don't know how many. We don't know how many. We don't know how many there are at Grassy Hill, and they've been working on it for ten years. that we want to have 50% of our household in excess. But I think we have to be aware of what could happen so that our taxpayers are not affected by it if suddenly a city like New London or Norwich rents out hundreds of millions of dollars. Every year they raise their rents. They are entitled to it.

Also, ich bin ein wenig verwirrt, weil wir diese Investitionsfonds haben, die den Investitionsbedarf ermitteln, den wir benötigen, den wir benötigen. Also wir tun das und machen das transparent.

Ja, aber was ist mit Halls Road?

Richtig. Nun, dann müssen wir... Was ist mit Grassy Hill? Was ist mit den wünschenswerten Einrichtungen, den widerstandsfähigen Sümpfen, die wir kaufen werden?

Well, if bridges represent a risk to the resistance, then a use of this fund could possibly be a evaluation of the bridges and then their repairs, so that less bridges have problems with a big storm. I think we basically say the same thing. That we need forecasts.

We would do that.

We would repair the bridge or this or that, with or without. Ja, wir hätten eine Richtlinie, wenn Sie es so nennen wollen, oder mit, oder... Wir reparieren die Brücke und zahlen das Geld dafür mit oder ohne ein Dokument, das besagt, dass Sie es dafür verwenden können, oder nicht? Nicht.

Ohne jeglichen Zwang, denn ich meine, wir können abstimmen, dass wir... Grassy Hill reparieren, das ist ein Landesreparieren.

Ich meine, das ist nur... Ja, aber... Ja, aber ich denke, ich denke, es... themselves and said, we will put aside everything over 30% and be transparent and explain to the taxpayers why we hold on to this money, that it belongs to them and invest it. So we have about 2.5 million dollars over 30%. So we take 2 million and invest it in the ability to resist. We take the other half and invest it in a decent ERP or bridge or whatever, but Let's do Grassy Hill, because if it gets flooded, it's a problem. At least you can look the tax collector directly in the eye and say, that's why we keep your money. Well done.

Yes, I really think that we mix the two problems. You know, I know Dave doesn't have the right to be necessary. Other people like you. So let's put that aside and focus on the more important question of whether we can better forecast future needs by perhaps calling in a subcommittee of this group, putting our heads together and thinking about it. But that won't happen, because I've already done that and no one else has taken on this task. I've sent it around three or four times. I can't remember.

Well, first of all, I don't think that's a good answer.

Because if whatever you did wasn't taken positively, that means we shouldn't do it now. But I just can't remember the projects you listed. You have listed a number of projects for the future and provided money for them. PGA was a template for the requirements and actually calculated the available balance properly. Because we look into the past and have to look into the future to see where we will be percentage-wise. And so on. That's it. It's just a tool. So we have to get to work. That's the future.

Yes, we have to see it again. I think it's probably good. But I mean, outside of the household season, when we all have time to look at it and not discuss it every night, I think it's a great thing. Why don't we talk about it next month? I mean, it's available. Many of us still have it somewhere in their email. We can talk about it. I don't think it's unnecessary. I think it's really important. I think we just need all the tools to get to the endgame. And I think we're trying to find that out. So I mean, well...

Budgets und Prognosen sind ziemlich grundlegende Finanzinstrumente.

Ja, das sind sie. Und ich denke, wir versuchen zu sagen, dass wir zurückgehen. Und das Werkzeug, das Sie sich ausgedacht haben, noch einmal überarbeiten möchten.

Richtig. Danke. Aber haben... She identified certain projects for the future? I had positions there that you could enter anything you wanted, because when we were doing the presentation, it sounded like... The answer was no, you didn't do it. You didn't name any specific numbers? So you can go ahead. How much will Grassy Hill cost? I had Grassy Hill in there, but it was a question mark. Right. Tim Grassy doesn't have a number. We have a number. We have wood. I don't know how much wood it costs. But you started counting future projects. Well, they weren't counted. They were marked with an empty sign. Well, that's a start. But even if a future project, even if the costs of a future project can't be assessed with certainty, it doesn't help you much to identify it in the budgeting without trying to determine financial parameters around a cost set, right? You have to make some assumptions about how much it will cost if you want to make costs. But back to the simple question. Are there members of this group who would like to work in a subcommittee to work with Dave, if he wants to or not, to think about things that are not in our immediate view? We know that the Grassy Hill Bridge is there. In other words, we know certain things.

David, would you be willing to come in and just work with Anita? I want the three of us to do that.

I'll guide you through the process. Anita and I did it all together. Can we just do it like this? I'll guide you through the process and then someone else can take over the task.

And then, if we want to have a subcommittee, I just want to better understand where we want to go with it. And it's not like we just take a tool and say to Anita, okay, that's yours. I think that's the right thing to do.

We can get to the point, because Alan Shines made a five-year cash forecast four or five years ago. No, he made it.

Yes, and he made it for several projects and similar things.

I think Dave has an interesting point, because in relation to investment projects, we often tap in the dark. And the next thing that came to mind was how we pursue investment projects. And I had more or less sketched all the fields on the back of a conversion that you would capture. And look, if you have a tool like ClearGov and put your investment project in it, it just pops up in front of you. In a way, I think that this group acts in an environment of doubts and fears because we don't know that we don't have the data ready. And I know that you are sorry to hear about this tool. But in my opinion, this tool would alleviate many of these fears and doubts.

Ich möchte nur etwas sagen. Darf ich?

Darf ich etwas sagen?

Diese Tools sind sehr unterschiedlich. CCM veröffentlicht viele verschiedene Informationen, besonders auf ihrer Konferenzzeit, über verschiedene Tools. Das Wichtigste ist jedoch, dass Sie sich wirklich hinsetzen und alle diese Tools bewerten müssen, um zu entscheiden, welches für diese Stadt am besten ist. Sie mögen vielleicht Klerkow, aber es muss für viele verschiedene Bereiche geeignet sein. Für die Kreditorenbuchhaltung muss es geeignet sein, für die Finanzen muss es geeignet sein, es muss für den Vorstand geeignet sein. Es könnte also noch ein anderes geben, das Sie noch nicht gesehen haben, das besser sein könnte. Und es geht auch um die Balance. Wie viel wird es uns kosten? Und wird es um Zeit und Effizienz gehen? Oder wird Anita um 21 oben sein und sich die Haare raufen und keinen von uns sofort mögen? Wir müssen also abwägen, um etwas zu finden, das funktioniert? Ich sage nicht, dass Sie dieses bestimmte Tool verwenden müssen. Aber ich würde gerne warten. Das ist etwas, für das wir Zeit einplanen können.

We definitely need to upgrade what we have.

We definitely do. And do we also think that we can take it from the investment budget? I remember that Anita kept saying that we would save a lot of money with the MSI. And that's why she didn't make the changes and kept them. One and a half years ago we really thought that we would have the updated program, but they have moved it again and again. It's not your fault. And I mean, you definitely have problems with software development and you don't seem to get it in line. I personally would drop it in the middle. And if you want to use a part of your money for it, this would be a good idea. Because, amen, creditor bookkeeping is going through. Our salary calculation system is infinitely outdated. The HR systems could all be integrated in it. It's ridiculous. Wir haben im öffentlichen Bauwesen immer noch eine Stechuhr, das ist lächerlich. Denn die Leute sollten einfach ihre Karte darunter stecken und sie bekommen. Und dann würde sie direkt an ein Zeiterfassungssystem für Tracy weitergeleitet. Wir würden nicht jeden zweiten Montag Stempeluhren einsammeln. Unsere Stempeluhren aus Papier. Wir sollten eine erwachsene Einrichtung sein. Und es gibt nicht so viele von uns. Bei anderen hilft es uns.

to work with the department leaders and to share with them what they need. The financial committee doesn't know what the construction department needs.

But we ask them every year and we only get a few things back. And I send them out every year. Yes, we usually have a meeting to send out the household documents. When Marc meets him and says, okay, what do you need again? Oh no, I'm fine. And then suddenly it appears that they need something. And that's always after we've asked several times. Always proactively.

Well, important, but I mean never. You both have a right. Andi has a right to ask questions. You say we ask and maybe we can ask again.

Well, it will be perfect, because on the 29th the internet will not work for an hour. They turn it off.

Wäre eine Quelle für Prognosen. Aber wir brauchen auch jemanden auf einer Höhe von 5.000, 10.000 Fuß, der fantasievoller denkt. Aber was das MIS-System betrifft, sprichst du Anita und Martha über die Unzulänglichkeit in Anita's Buchhaltungssystem.

Nun, es ist nicht ihre Buchhaltung. Ich meine, sag Anita nichts. Oder sie hat keine Mängel.

Yes, our bookkeeping system and even thinking about how we can improve it. Is that a topic of conversation?

Yes. Well, we have five minutes. I mean, we can certainly get a few people here to do a few presentations.

Yes, I mean, it just seems to be the case tonight that the consensus of those who have thought about it is that we have a shitty system and need better one.

I just had the feeling that a turning point was ahead. Because Anita had said that she was waiting for BMSI to determine whether they would update the ERP system. And I think if we arrive at the end of the year and BMSI still hasn't delivered, it might be time to say, maybe it's time to cut the bait.

I basically give you until January time. And I think that they will turn to you during the season to get money. I know one of the systems that is very good. Basically, I have made numerous systems. I have carried out a conversion where I have worked before. I would say Unisys is your most robust system. No, you all have written-protected access, but you can call in any account and look at yourself. Wenn Sie eine Frage zu einem Konto haben, rufen Sie einfach das Konto auf und sehen es sich selbst an. Es will alles schreibgeschützt sein. Sie könnten keine Änderungen daran vornehmen, aber Sie können es einsehen. Es wäre nichts, worum Sie ihrerseits bittet. Man könnte es im System einsehen. Es ist eins davon. Es gibt noch eine andere Firma. Sie sind in New Jersey. You change to web-based. You are currently only on one server, but your revenue calculation website is not finished yet. It will take about a year. So I'm talking to other companies. I still have others on the run. G-Works promises me that in January and they are web-based. You have an HR package and ...

It's the third one.

No, G-Works was bought by BMSI. These are the ones we signed a contract with three years ago. And they still have a problem with the uniform accounting plan. And that's worrisome, yes. I mean, it's very worrisome that they're in three... I don't know, but I don't have a good feeling about it. As if they couldn't get everything right. They have an HR system and a bookkeeping system and whatever, but they can't work with Connecticut's unified account plan, which you are now testing at a few locations in Connecticut. They came from the Midwest. This company bought the company in New Haven. The BMSA. So you're telling me that January is the date. I've already revised that, because the entire setup you have here, the numbers are completely changed to match the unified account plan and even the way it was built. It's a different program. It's a completely different setup. Ich meine, diese sind auch super teuer, ja. Lassen Sie es bis Januar. Wenn im Januar nichts passiert, werde ich das Thema mit Ihnen während der Haushaltssaison ansprechen.

Und nicht nur das, Sie können auch, Sie sollten wirklich mit unseren Wirtschaftsprüfern sprechen, die eine Reihe verschiedener Städte prüfen und sehen, ob Sie welche haben. Sie haben mit ihnen gesprochen.

Sie hatten Ihre Hausaufgaben.

Sie haben Ihre Hausaufgaben.

Sie waren aufgeregt. Sie dachten, wir kriegen das hin. Sie wollen mich dabei haben. Okay, please. They want to have me with them. We make life easier.

Okay, write.

So what do we need to approve this guideline tonight? Do we need the case application, the first one? The first step would be to have it checked by the law department.

Okay. Because that's not necessary.

We wanted the business examiner and the law department to check it.

At our last meeting, Anita said that she would soon have a meeting with her business examiners and she would give them the document. I don't know if... I gave it to him.

It was sent to you and I got it back. You definitely got it back on October 19th. Should I wait for what you say before I send it to the law department or should I do it now? It would be advisable to just wait and see if the economic examinations want changes. And, um, yeah, okay.

Anything else? Bericht der Stadträtin.

Wir haben also eine Ausschreibung für unsere Teppiche in unserem Rathaus veröffentlicht. Sie wird am 19. eröffnet. Es gibt einige Bedenken wegen Asbest, der sich möglicherweise unter dem Teppich befindet, der jetzt hier liegt. Eric Olsen ging raus und sprach mit Tim, da Tim hier war, als die Renovierungsarbeiten und andere Dinge durchgeführt wurden. Tim could not remember to talk about it during the conversion, but he remembers that there was asbestos in the kitchen on the second floor. So there are five areas that you worry about because some tiles are stuck there and you want to make sure that these tiles or the glue does not contain asbestos when you pull something up. So we're going to test these five areas just to be sure. I know. And we're also going to turn to Sylvia Peterson, because her office is one of the places she ever thought there was a leasing. Tim seems to believe that there is a lumberjack there. But they actually found something when they walked around and pulled up a few corners. So they're going to check it out. And if someone comes in and wants to check it out on their own, just tell them. Derek leads them around. But we want to be safe before we start a project and then determine whether asbestos is available. We'd rather be proactive. Pull out the tiles and then lay out the carpet. No, you won't do that. No. We have a carpet boat. It's in the floors of the office. But when you came forward, you noticed that something from the padding and things on the tiles had been kicked. Understood. What you found underneath were tiles. Could be a small area that you accidentally pulled out of a corner, but... A few new employees. We have Glenn Piate, who last week started working at the Public Works Department as our new employee. Glenn is a city resident and was looking for a career change and we are happy to have him on board. Our longtime State Trooper, Derek McGregor, is leaving us. Er wurde zum Dienst im Hauptquartier einberufen. Und wir haben eine neue Person, die diese Woche benannt werden sollte. Ich möchte es nicht sagen, weil es auf dem Chip der Staatspolizei noch nicht vermerkt ist. Aber es ist jemand anderes, der sich beworben hatte, als wir letztes Herbst das Vorstellungsgespräch hatten. Und er ist ein Einheimischer.

Genauso, ich habe mich heute mit ihm getroffen.

Und wir sind gut, aber es steht auf jeder Gehaltsabrechnung der Polizei. Es steht auf den Chips. They call it a chip list, where they go. And his should be published this week and he would start two weeks later.

Do you have a right to speak at the event or do you just listen? Do you just have the opportunity?

I had no right to speak, but I had no right to vote last time. I was asked for my opinion, but I was allowed to be in the five to six presentation talks that we did last time. And this person was one of those who was interviewed.

Haben Sie Ihre Kommentare berücksichtigt?

Ja, das tun Sie denn. Wir sind eine der erfolgreichsten Städter mit ansässigen Polizisten.

Wir bilden also die Besten aus.

Was? Wir bilden die Besten aus. Arbeiten wir. Jetzt zu Andi's Lieblingsthema, der Grassy Hill Bridge. Die Dienstbarkeiten wurden alle gesichert. Und nächste Woche werden sich die Versorgungsunternehmen mit dem Baumwächter treffen und bestätigen, welche Bäume entfernt oder beschnitten werden. Marta, I think we can reassure some people.

Price fraud 1.5 million and the state has said 50 percent. We have about 1.5 million in investment funds for that.

Yes, 1.4138. So if the state makes its contribution, we are well positioned there.

Sometimes it is said that there is a surplus, sometimes there is money for extras. Ab.

Do you know where it started? 660,000. I know that prices have gone up, but that's just my opinion. So I'm not worried about the budget. But we'll talk about that later. But we'll talk about that later. Andy mentioned that there are many bridges and crossroads in the city and I think it would be good for us to find ways to make these works a little cheaper. I really think that it is summing up and in my personal opinion, many of these projects are exaggerated and oversized. They are more than we really need to do the work.

And I wish our finances had a little more voice to lead the city in the right direction. But I know that we have thought about it a lot.

I know that my part of Curse Hill is done, but I think that we should think about it for the future.

Now, as I mentioned before, company money is not available for storm-related repairs, as in the past. In our neighbourhoods where Candice and I live, there is a sluice. It's a metal sluice that's been there for 33 years. It's surrounded by concrete slabs. If we were to replace the sluice, we'd have to pay $100,000. And that's a dried up creek. That's right. Chestnut Hill Association Creek.

That's on our private road, not on the city road.

Unless you want to approve their road.

I mean, we just mentioned that a few years ago we replaced something similar to Armstrong Brook. $20.

Well, we'll probably add something to that, but it'll still be called, uh... Randy, by the way, that's a business. But whatever, I mean, the things you say are expensive, the things you think... How much did it cost? You know, it was 10 million.

You can think of $10 million for the start to replace the Three Mile Riverbuck. Das ist ein wunderbares Beispiel für Ingenieurskunst, aber da ist ein kleines Rinsal.

Das kommt vom Staat.

Sie schreiben vor, wie all diese Dinge zu tun sind. Wir sitzen in einer Falle fest. Wir haben keine große Wahl, was wir tun sollen, denn nun, wir bezahlen die Hälfte davon.

Blablabla. Wenn wir ihr Geld wollen. Ich weiß nicht, ob die gleichen Regeln gelten, wenn wir es selbst machen.

Wir könnten es wahrscheinlich billiger machen, wenn wir es selbst machen. Wir haben über zukünftige Investitionskosten gesprochen. Es stimmt.

Entschuldigung.

Die Sondersitzung findet nächsten Montagabend statt. Es geht um die Neuzuweisung der Mittel für das Geschäftsjahr 2526 und die entsprechenden Mittelübertragungen. Und sie beginnt um 19.00 Uhr. Fred ist unser Moderator und Jim wird jetzt die Präsentation halten. Und hoffentlich sind zehn Leute hier. Und wir werden das schaffen. Außerdem werden Sie im Kalender sehen, dass am 21. um 17.00 Uhr eine öffentliche Anhörung stattfindet. Das wird abgehalten, weil der Anwalt für erschwingliches Habitat for Humanity sie daran erinnert hat, dass gemäß dem Connecticut General Statute 7163e, wenn die Parzellen einen Wert von 10.000 Dollar oder mehr haben, eine öffentliche Anhörung abgehalten werden muss. And even though we have a state assembly form of the government, you still have to hold the public hearing. We have already officially approved the sale in April 2024. So that's literally a run-through. You will open the public hearing. Michael Carey will run it because I said we wouldn't normally do anything. You will be here, he will open it here and he will say, no one is here, we will close it and it's done. And we just threw them through. And then they have their right papers because they want a clean title. So that's what's being done. A project that is likely to take place is 6 Magnic Drive. A hole in the ground and there is a problem with a passage that was built in when the Magnic brothers were building on their property. They have a kind of passage under the street, a pipe. That's the problem. Ed Town called the city engineer and he said that the problem must be fixed. Wir hatten eine Reihe von Erdlöchern. Eins hier hinten. Der Ingwasserabfluss. Den haben sie repariert. Eins hatten wir auf der Ferry Road. Eins haben wir auf dem Hodges Hill, das heute Morgen entdeckt wurde. Und Ed hat heute Morgen ein weiteres entdeckt, als er unterwegs war, um nachzusehen. Wir haben also diese Probleme, die durch viel Regen verursacht werden. Sehr viel Regen und bei dem Problem hier auf der Ferry Road hat buchstäblich jemand irgendwo ein Rohr verlegt. Oben auf das Rohr haben sie Beton gelegt. Der Beton ist im Grunde genommen zerfallen. Und es war Zement. Er ist zerfallen. Und dadurch ist der gesamte Boden und alles drumherum erodiert. Und zum Glück muss ich euch sagen, dass unsere Bewohner gut drauf sind. Jemand sagte, ich gehe jeden Tag hier am Rand meiner Einfahrt vorbei. Und ich dachte, das Loch wird immer größer. Sie sagte, ich habe schließlich einen Stock genommen und festgestellt, dass man sehr tief hineingehen kann. Und ich denke, jemand sollte es sich ansehen. Und das taten wir. Und tatsächlich, es war ein Projekt, man hat es vielleicht gesehen, aber es ist wie ein neues. 2,5 Meter, großes Quadrat auf der Cherry Road. Auf welcher Seite? Wenn Sie von der 156 kommen, ist es auf der rechten Seite. That's what it is. And we'll probably have to sign it, because I'm sure that the repair of the magnetic drive will cost over $20,000. And just so you know, we had a meeting with ADD. I am firmly convinced that we have to modernize our systems for follow-up when creating forecasts. Wir haben eine Excel-Tabelle für die Straßenbelagsarbeiten, aber wir benötigen sie auch für Durchlass- und Regenwasserkanäle, damit wir wissen, wo sich welche Stellen befinden. Wir können uns nicht immer nur ausdenken. Wir müssen es auf Papier festhalten. Wann wurden welche Stellen leergefegt? Wann wurden sie abgesaugt und gereinigt? Wir müssen all diese Dinge in einem besseren und übersichtlicheren Format nachverfolgen. That is why we are looking for tools, because Excel is not always and everywhere the best choice, but it is a beginning. In the last spring and autumn, all employees of the deep building have moved to Stürmlos and have marked routes on their snow cleaning routes, where each drainage, i.e. each rainwater channel is located. Damit wir diese Aufzeichnungen haben, müssen wir sie später noch einmal überprüfen. Und irgendwann muss jemand vom Staat die Markierungen vornehmen. Wir müssen sie also in den KS eintragen. Wir müssen ihre Koordinaten veröffentlichen, damit die Leute wissen, wo sie sind. Aber diese Trockenbrunnen sind nicht das A und O. Sie sind kein Regenwassersystem. Wie Sie sehen, war ich am Sonntag unterwegs und fuhr die Straßen entlang. Die Situation war nicht gut. Wir hatten viele Überschwemmungen. Es gab viele Probleme. Wir haben viele Baustellen, die nicht richtig gegen Schlamm abgezäunt sind. Das verursacht Probleme für andere Anwohner. Das ist keine positive Erfahrung. Ich habe alles notiert, aufgezeichnet und an die Leute geschickt. Diese Dinge müssen behoben werden. So können wir nicht leben. Das ist nicht gut. Gibt es irgendwelche Verordnungen dagegen, dass Leute ihren Laub auf die Straße werfen? Das ist etwas, das wir am May Creek oft sehen. Und es verwirrt mich, dass die Leute nicht verstehen, wo das Laub landet. Das ist nämlich ein großes Problem. Es ist mit hohen Kosten für die Stadt verbunden, das Laub dann wieder rauszuholen. Und ich verstehe einfach nicht, warum die Leute sie auf die Straße legen. Aber es gibt viele Bauunternehmer, die das tun. Viele Leute, die das tun. Und ich weiß, ob das... Denn Ed ist da ganz fest entschlossen, wenn man Wasser ableitet, wenn man eine Pumpe im Keller hat oder so. Und er sieht, wie das Rohr am Schlauch auf die Straße führt und legt es wieder in seinen Garten. Ich denke mir, jetzt liegt es nicht mehr in meinem Keller. Aber es gibt Dinge. that we have to look at. Our regulations, which we work on with some of them. And Derek McGregor took a lot of time to go through our entire regulation book to see what it says. And he said some of them are outdated. They were abolished in 1960. That doesn't mean they still exist. And how do we want to implement that in the year 2020? When it comes to the leaflets, you should just put them out there so that people know. So nach dem Motto, hey, werfen Sie Ihre Blätter bitte nicht auf die Straße, denn Sie landen einfach in der Kanalisation und die Stadt muss dann dafür bezahlen, Sie aufzusaugen.

Um zu den Problemen der städtischen Instandhaltung beizutragen.

Ein paar Dinge. Die Stellen an bestimmten Straßen, an denen die hölzernen Leitplanken abfallen, wie zum Bock. B, auf der Whippoorwill Road, wo die Buckybook Road die Straße kreuzt. I mean, it's collapsed and the boulders are pretty steep there. There seems to be something that the city should pay attention to.

There are many such places.

And another thing is just the many trees that grow out over the streets and become pretty low, especially when it storms, branches break off.

So cut.

Just a few thoughts.

Yes, we had a few problems and last week we had a few with LucasTree. Sie kamen, um für unsere Quelle zu arbeiten und fällten ohne Erlaubnis sechs private Bäume. Wir haben also diesen Zaubertrick angewandt. Ich muss sagen, innerhalb von zwei Stunden hatte ich Leute hier, die sagten, das wird nicht funktionieren, aber ohne Erlaubnis, sie zu fällen. Und sie haben sie buchstäblich verstümmelt. Ohne Grund. Absolut ohne Grund.

But back to the blame, that's just something we remember for reasons of arrest.

Whenever you see something, you write me an SMS or an email and we put it on the list. And then when I meet with Ed, usually twice a week, I say, you have to take a look at it. And then I ask him to make sure. He should have seen it, because he was there a few times.

I'm surprised. Yes, it is. Work it through.

Are there any other questions or concerns that we should take care of tomorrow morning? Sie können mich jederzeit anrufen, Sie können vorbeikommen.

Ja. Danke.

Danke.

Okay.

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