AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance 126490, which adopted the 2022 Budget, including the 2022-2027 Capital Improvement Program (CIP); changing appropriations to various departments and budget control levels, and from various funds in the Budget; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts; all by a 3/4 vote of the City Council.
And I understand that you're going to read five and six into the record. And Kessler ROSQUETA will address five and six together, but we'll vote on them separately. So, Madam Clerk, please read five and six into the record. The report of the Finance and Housing Committee Agenda Items five and six Council Bill 120316. An ordinance amending Ordinance 126490 which adopted the 2022 budget, including the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program and a Council bill 120317 An ordinance amending ordinance 126237 which adopted the 2021 budget, including the 2121 2126 Capital Improvement Program. The committee recommends both these bills pass. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Customer Customs Data. These are both yours and you are recognized. Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, Madam Deputy Clerk. Thank you, colleagues, for your support and the Finance and Housing Committee meeting. For these two items, they both passed out of the Finance and Housing Committee unanimously. These two sets of bills complement our annual efforts to try to ensure that we have transparency and accountability for our 12 month calendar year budget. Every year we have been considering a carry forward ordinance which brings forward funding from the previous year to the current fiscal year calendar year, to make sure that any authorized spending that has not yet been spent in allow is allowed to be spent on those authorized uses. It also has funding included in the next sections ordinance, which we have been considering on an annual basis. If you have had the chance to read the the excellent memo from central staff, thanks again to tell Meisel and new chief from Central Staff who presented in our May 4th meeting and again in mid-month in May, you would have had a chance to see how the exceptions ordinance should be, that it should be exceptional. We should not be in a regular and routine practice of regularly approving spending that was not authorized in the previous year that then was spent, and we are making an exception for that spending. That said, this has been a regular practice in the past. We have made some corrections for it, specifically in the areas of Seattle Police Department over the last few years. And we are undertaking a robust effort within the Finance and Housing Committee meeting to move away from exceptions, ordinances moving forward. And in large part, I want to thank central staff for their intense conversations and really collaborative discussions with our new City Budget Office director Julie Dingley and her team jointly between the legislative branch, the executive branch and working really closely with central staff. I think we're on a good path forward to finding some solutions so that we're not routinely considering exceptions ordinances. That said, this year is no exception to the rule. So we do have in front of us the carry forward ordinance and the exceptions ordinance items. Number five and six again passed unanimously out of committee and lots of good discussion and analysis from central staff which helped us break down what those expenses were. And the dollars again from the carry forward ordinance are being used for items that have already been authorized by this council. Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam President. And I'll conclude with that. Hope to have your support today. Absolutely. Councilor CASTMembers, are there any questions for Councilmember Skinner for items five and six? I've seen any and thank you council members data for giving us the update on items five and six, if there are any. Now let's go to the first vote on item number five. Will the clerk please call the roll on the passage of the agenda? Item five Council Bill 120316. That's the number of Strauss. Yes. Councilmember Herbold. Yes. Councilmember Lewis. Yes. Councilmember Morales. That's. Councilmember Mosqueda. II. Councilmember Nelson, i. Councilmember Peterson. I. Council member silent. Yes. Council President Ortiz. I lean in favor and unopposed. Thank you. The bill passes. The chair will sign it. And Madam Clerk, please affix my signature. To the legislation. And let's move to item number six. Will the clerk please call the roll item number six? Councilmember Strauss. Yes. Councilmember Herbold. Yes. Council member Lewis. Yes. Councilmember Morales. Yes. Councilmember Mosqueda. I. Councilmember Nelson. I. Councilmember Peterson. Hi. Councilmember Salant Yes. Council President. Whereas I'm not in favor and unopposed. Thank you. The bill passes and the chair will sign it and please affix my signature, Madam Clerk, to the legislation. Therefore, moving to item seven, Casper Mosquito, this is you as well. And will the clerk please read item seven and to the record.