Common Council - Special Meeting

It's 12:00. We're going to start our special meeting. So, we're going to rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Instead of a prayer, we're going to have a moment of silence. You can sit.

Okay. Thank you. Clair. Please call the role. Yes, Madam President. Councelor Cotwell present. Councelor Macho here. Councelor Aaron Wright. Councelor Hudson here. Councelor Nave here. Councelor Moore here. Councelor Williams here. Councelor Jones Rouseer. Councelor MTO here. All present with deception. Councelor Jones Rouser. Thank you. Are there any communications?

Yes madam president. I have communication from you directing me to give this notice to the common council for the special meeting. I have a notice from myself to you that I have um gave that notice pursued into the charter and also have a notice that I sent it out to the directors media directors for this special meeting.

Okay. Thank you. Public hearings. I would like to recognize there was a public hearing on May 4th at 1 p.m. No appearances. All right. So, moving on, I will entertain a motion for the individual items 7 through 60. Councelor Williams. Thank you, Madam President. I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number seven. Second discussion. Any discussion? Please cler please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. Unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number eight. Second. Any discussion?

Cler, please call the role. All in favor? Oppose. Unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number nine. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? Opposed? Unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 10. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I post unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 11. Second. Any discussion, please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. Unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 12. Second.

Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. Unanimous. And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 13. Second. Second. I would like to second. Please call the RO. All in favor? I oppose. Unanimous. Um, Madam President, like to make a motion to introduce item number 14. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I. Oppos? Uh, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 15. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I post.

And I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 16. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? Oppose? Unanimous. And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 17. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. Unanimous. And I would like to make motion to introduce item number 18. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I opposed. Unanimous. I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 19. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor?

I like to make a motion to introduce item number 20. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? Oppose? And madam president, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 21. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppos. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 22. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? Opposed? Unanimous. And madam president like to make a motion to introduce item number 23. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? Oppos? Unanimous.

Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 24. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. Unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 25. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose is unanimous. Madam President, I'd like to make motion to introduce item number 26. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? Opposed? Unanimous. And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 27. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role.

All in favor? I opposed. Unanimous. And Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 28. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. It's unanimous. And president. Excuse me. Excuse me. I just want to make recognition recognize that councelor Jones Rouseer came in up on item number 26. 26. Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Madam President. Um, like to make a motion to introduce item number 29. Second. Any discussion? Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. It's unanimous.

And finally, Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to introduce item number 30. Second. Any discussion?

30. Please call the role. for the extra budget. Yeah,

I'm sorry for clarification. This is the budget and the school district budget or just the budget as amended. Okay. Thank you. We still need to call the vote. Which one? That's number 30th. Oh, okay. We need to vote. All in favor? I unanimous.

Thank you. All right. So, you have in your hands the budget as amended. Thank you, um, Patricia. And then we will move to item 6A. Councelor Williams. Madam clerk, looking for clarification. Uh the short title, should it read fiscal year July 1st 25 to 26 or should it read 26 27? Yes. Sorry about that. Thank you. As amended. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. So, uh, with that, I would like to introduce item 6A and urge its adoption from my colleagues. Any discussion?

Yes, madam president. Um, first and foremost, I'd like to thank the staff of the common council. Um, the past month has been, you know, a a 30-day sprint and without your help and your support, we wouldn't have made it here. And so I just want to recognize and appreciate all of you and thank you very much. Um, additionally, the budget office um they were here for 30 plus hearings and always um attentive to any of our questions and concerns. Want to thank you all as well. Um the department heads that were able to come and testify. We appreciate all the input and all the feedback. And finally, the mayor's office which was a truly a collaborative partner in developing the budget for fiscal year 27. Um, so with that, you know, how did we get here today? Originally, the mayor off the mayor's office proposed a budget with a $24 million draw on our fund balance. Um, you know, when I see a number that big, I get a little bit uncomfortable. And so my colleagues and I settled on a number that, you know, if we could get down close to 20, we would be comfortable. We'd like to go further, but in hearing after hearing after hearing, we heard we didn't really add any positions. We didn't really add any money. and the departmental spending actually wound up less than the rate of inflation for this budget. And so there was not a whole lot to trim. Um, you know, but we did make our mark. We did get down below a $20 million draw on our fund balance. And so, um, you know, we did that with the cooperation and collaboration of the budget office and the mayor's office. Um, we're proposing a series of amendments that, like I mentioned, will get us below that $20 million mark. And given how departments did control their spending, we didn't target any departments individually. What we did was we made a general reduction to the budget of approximately $4 million. Um, and we took them from large items in the special objects of expense and that will give the

administration the freedom and flexibility to be able to backfill those items based upon spending patterns that emerge in fiscal year 27. Um, additionally, the common council did want to add a number of items to emphasize and highlight some of our priorities. We included money in support of housing and our parks. Um, thanks to Donna or Councelor Moore's advocacy, we have additional money for dog control. And we added three positions to the budget to better serve the employees of the city and our residents. Um, and so with that, I would like to thank all of my colleagues up here for um, for a lot of hard work, a lot of cooperation, collaboration, and I appreciate all of you. And so with that, Madam President, I urge the budget adoption.

Thank you. Are there any further comments? Okay. Are you going to urge it for for its adoption? Yes, ma'am. Did you say it? I I already did. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay. Any discussion? Any more discussion? No. Please call the role. All in favor? I oppose. The budget's adopted as amended. Sorry, I didn't hear that last part. Neither did I. All right. Uh, councelor Majoke.

Thank you, Madame President. I have item 6 B and 6 C. I would like to introduce item 6B and urge the adoption. Second. Okay. Need to make Did you make a motion? Yes. Isn't that the motion? Okay. Have to make a motion. Okay. All right. Right. All right. So, we move on. We move on. Okay. Any discussion? Please call the RO. All in favor? Opposed? Unanimous. Both of them. I would like to would like to make a motion and urge the adoption of item 6 C. Second.

All in favor? I unanimous. All right. We need to No, we already voted on C. Did we vote on C? This is for Did we vote on C? Okay. 27. That's what I thought. Yeah. Okay. Make sure We just didn't ask if there was any discussion, but we did vote on it. Okay. So, at this point, this uh meeting it's closed. Motion to adjurnn. So, move second. Favor. All in favor? I meeting closed. Thank you.