← Appropriations & Oversight Committee · 2024-06-03 · Appropriations and Oversight Budget Hearing
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▶ 15:04 Maya Jamaleddine: Seeing no objection, we are now open for public comment. This is the portion of the meeting we, anyone can speak on. Any item on our agenda for tonight?
▶ 15:18 Speaker 1: Yes.
▶ 15:27 Speaker 5: My name's Joe ine, 70 Howard Street. I just have a couple of brief questions that I hope, you know, if they don't get answered tonight before the budget's approved, we can figure out. So I'm curious about the Water and Sewer Reserve account and what the balance is in those two accounts. Because when they were created, you know, eight or nine years ago, the consultants said that, you know, it would be good for the city to have 10% in reserve in case something really bad happened, which thank god it hasn't. So tonight I'm looking and seeing that, you know, the water rate, the water budget's gonna be 6,700 and the sewer is gonna be 8,500. You know, what is the reserves in those two accounts? And if it exceeds 10%, I would like to see all extra money used to holding the water rate to 2023 or 2024. I mean, it seems crazy that the residents are paying for a lot of stuff we shouldn't be. But that's a topic for another night. And then I had a question about, uh, motion number 2024 dash 39, which is talking about switching around some ordinances and changing some stuff. And I would like to know what was there and, you know, which way you guys go. And, and, uh, that's about it. So thanks for your time.
▶ 17:17 Speaker 2: Thank you. Yep.
▶ 17:20 Maya Jamaleddine: Um, do we have anyone in person to speak on any i item of the agenda?
▶ 17:27 Speaker 2: Do we have anyone online? Uh, Not at this Time.
▶ 17:32 Maya Jamaleddine: Thank you. Um, if there is no objection, I would like to close public comment. Seeing none, we are now closed for public comment. Um, since we have members, uh, uh, of the administration here tonight to speak on the items before us, I would like to motion by unanimous consent to suspend the rules before we proceed.