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Committee Chair White stated,We also need to have more Council members coming to the budget hearings. That is critical. Last ,year we had better attendance than years prior, but we need to do better. Miscellaneous Committee Chair White then opened the floor to members of the public. Sue Kesim, 4022 Kennedy Drive, stated, I'm probably the most active person on the budget and I want to say, it was a great education. I loved learning about the Fire Department. Oh my gosh, they do so much and it is so incredible. The Parks Department and all of the stuff they are doing, it was a great education. I didn't know about Central Services. I think the feedback I got because a lot of people asked me to ask questions is, if you do these and put them on YouTube,that would be great. People have childcare issues or work issues or whatever, they may interested in one (1) particular part. Maybe they want to know about the sewers, or the Fire Department or the Police Department.I don't know what their interest is but if you could YouTube them,the outreach would be better. That is what people are doing. Then, they could pause it, put the kid to bed and watch the rest of it or whatever they want to do. She went on, I would like to see, as a citizen, and I have so many questions, can we have some breakdown, and this is some extra work for the Admin and Finance Department, of the aggregate of what is being spent on a particular problem. For instance,homelessness,the opioid crisis,or the seniors, or transportation, or the rape kits. The TIF and abatements would be great too. It would be great to see a multi-year view because abatements cover six (6) years or whatever. It's not a one (1) year view, so I would appreciate, and I know this is extra work for everyone, but it would help me understand. Another thing I would like is a breakdown by project. So, how much TIF money went to this project, and this project, and so on. City Clerk Fowler stated,That information is already available in the Department's Annual Report. That can be found online on the City's website. Ms. Kesim continued, And then Sharon is not here and she is on the job side of things but,there is this title Director. And Director, by definition, would mean you are directing someone or you are a manger. There are a lot of positions that have that title and salary, but they aren't managing anyone. Committee Chair White stated, We will have a lot of time throughout this process to be sure individuals know where to access this information. Most of it is already available and is online for the public. A number of the Committees will be meeting jointly on these issues. Ms. Kesim interjected, And then another thing, and this is extra work for Kareemah and the IT people,but, could there be a grouping of tabs? So if people wanted to find out about all the Police budget stuff, there would just be a tab on the Council or budget page. They wouldn't have to sort through to find things. That would be incredibly helpful. Thank you. 4