ORDER-2022-130 : An Appropriation from Free Cash, account 01-324001, in the amount of $341,621.03 (Three Hundred Forty-One Thousand, Six Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Dollars and Three Cents) to various Public Works Snow and Ice accounts as set forth herein.

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▶ 24:29 Speaker 1: counselor Stewart

▶ 24:30 Speaker 3: Yes.

▶ 24:32 Speaker 1: Council crime Shady. Yes. Counselor Williams. Yes. President vanilla. Yes. And children greatest. Yes.

▶ 24:43 Jen Grigoraitis: We have nine. Yes, and yes, so that will move forward to the full council with the recommendation for Passage. up next we have order 2022-130 and appropriation from free cash account zero one dash 324001 in the amount of 341,621,000 and 3 cents to various Public Works snow and ice accounts as set forth here in

▶ 25:09 Speaker 4: counselor Williams we have until 8:15. Sorry. But thank you. I appreciate it.

▶ 25:19 Speaker 4: Go right ahead.

▶ 25:20 Speaker 7: Thank you in the packet. You've seen a memo that has been prepared that outlines the money that has been spent in excess of our appropriated budget for fiscal 22. This 341,000 that we are requesting we've worked with the CFO and have identified an opportunity to cover this deficit this fiscal year without having to finance the overspending over the next three years. It's a sound practice. It does not affect our Budget moving forward. And again, it covers anything that we spent in excess of our approved budget for fiscal 22 at the end of the packet. You will see that there is a best practice of five years. We do continue to exceed the budget each year fighting the snow and trying to make the streets as safe as possible and you will notice that this year the overspending is less than the average. So we appreciate the consideration and thank you for your support of this.

▶ 26:24 Jen Grigoraitis: Thank you. Are there any questions from counselors?

▶ 26:29 Speaker 3: Counselor Stewart. Thank you madam chair. Mr. Troopa

▶ 26:35 Robb Stewart: Could you explain the overrun on the high equipment?

▶ 26:38 Speaker 7: Sure. So one of the things the challenges that we've faced this year with our contractors is escalating rates. We did a survey of the rates for the contractors in the general area of comparable communities and we did adjust our rates up this year the two storms that we had that we called the contractors in historic blizzard and 24-hour prolonged storm. You had those two things together and that shows the excess and hired equipment so that strictly our contractors and the amount we spent on them over the course of this winter.

▶ 27:14 Robb Stewart: good things and then on the the parts and repair what what was that primarily targeted for so that specifically deals

▶ 27:24 Speaker 7: with our Fleet. We have an aging Fleet the cost to repair that as escalated and in fighting those storms, especially those long drawn out and heavy storms. It takes a serious tax. It puts a serious tax on on that Fleet. We do as much as we can to prevent prepare and then to address to make sure that that Fleet is ready not only to continue in the storm operations that we're currently in but also in preparation of the next storm, so we try to be as very proactive agent, please.

▶ 27:54 Robb Stewart: Okay. Thank you.

▶ 27:57 Speaker 4: Thank you any other questions?

▶ 28:01 Speaker 4: Okay, what is the will of this committee motion to recommend for

▶ 28:05 Jen Grigoraitis: passage second. We have a motion to recommend made by counselor Garipay's seconded by counselor Eccles. Is there any discussion? Seeing none Mr. Clerk. Can you please call the role?

▶ 28:16 Speaker 1: Councilor McMaster. Yes counselor Eccles. Yes counselor garpy. Yes councilor Dean. Yes. Counselor Stewart, yes. Councilor crime Shady. Yes. Counselor Williams. Yes. President sonella. Yes and Cherry redis.