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WE WILL, UH, FINISH UP TODAY WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.IT IS GREAT TO SEE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ARTURO MICHELLE, AND ALSO BEING JOINED BY MARIBEL TORRES, AND THEY WILL, AT THIS TIME, UM, GIVE THE FY 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
SO YOU ALL HAVE THIS ON YOUR SCREEN.
I HAVE TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW TO SCROLL THROUGH IT.
SO THE FIRST IS JUST THE, THE TABLE OF CONTENTS ON STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT.
UM, WE'VE TRIED TO PUT OUR VARIOUS SECTIONS IN THE AREAS OF THE MAYOR'S PRIORITIES.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF SELF-EXPLANATORY.
WHAT YOU SEE THERE, UM, ON THE NEXT SCREEN IS IT'S EXPENDITURE BY FUNDS.
WE, WE TAP INTO THE GENERAL FUND, ALSO THE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY FUND, UH, MAINLY TO PAY SETTLEMENTS AND THEN THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF CHANGE IN THAT.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE VERY HEAVILY IN PERSONNEL.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, UH, GENERAL, GENERAL FUND FUNDS, MOST OF IT.
WE HAVE SOME FROM PROPERTY AND CASUALTY, BUT A CHUNK OF THAT HAS TO BE USED FOR SETTLEMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S A WORKERS' COMP COMPONENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES BY PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, SLIDE NUMBER SIX.
YEAH, MANY OF THE CHANGE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY SMALL.
YOU WILL SEE THAT CONTRACTS HAS CHANGED, HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN PART BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A MORE ACTIVITY THERE, THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE IN GENERAL COUNSEL BECAUSE WE, WE'VE LOST SOME PERSONNEL.
AND THEN YOU'LL, IF YOU LOOK FURTHER DOWN, YOU SEE REAL ESTATE HAS A BUMP, AND A LOT OF THAT IS TO ADDING PEOPLE, BUT PRIMARILY FROM THE HOPE, UH, 3% INCREASE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
UM, YOU'LL SEE YOU WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO MEASURE IT, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD WAY TO DO IT.
SIMPLY LISTING THE NUMBER WE ARE HANDLING, I THINK, REFLECTS A LITTLE ABOUT OUR EFFICIENCY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO BETTER TRACK THAT.
UM, THERE'S CLEARLY A, A LARGE NUMBER OF DISCOVERY MATTERS AND SUBPOENAS.
AND INTERESTINGLY, IN MUNICIPAL COURT, WE HAVE A PRETTY SOPHISTICATED DEFENSE BAR HERE IN HOUSTON, AND THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO USE THE, UH, DISCOVERY PROCESS AS A MEANS TO SLOW DOWN THE PROSECUTION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY STRUGGLE AND FIGHT IN THE MOTION HEARINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE OUR MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES CLAIMS AND SUBROGATION, WHICH IS THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, IT'S AT, AT SLIDE EIGHT.
UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SEE HOW MANY WE CAN RESOLVE AT THE, AT, AT A LOWER LEVEL TO CLEAR IT, BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T GET CLEARED, IT MOVES ON TO OUR TORTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT TAKES A, A NUMBER OF TIMES.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GET THESE, UM, RESOLVED AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, AND THAT'S REALLY OUR EFFICIENCY MARK.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER NINE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GOES INTO TORTS.
AND I THINK WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL IN TERMS OF CLAIMS WHERE, UM, THAT WE GET RESOLVED AND CLAIMS WE, WE HAVE NO PAYMENT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BALANCE THIS WITH, UM, THE ABILITY TO JUST MOVE THROUGH OUR, OUR DOCKET.
SO THERE'S A CERTAIN MENTALITY THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SETTLE SOME, AND WE SHOULD BE SETTLING THE ONES THAT WE CAN, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST GONNA GET BOGGED OUT AND WON'T WON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT PERSONNEL TO HANDLE THAT.
ON CONTRACTS, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GENERALLY COMPLETE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE TIME THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.
ONE THING WE STRUGGLE WITH IN, IN, AND GENERALLY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT IS, IS, UH, PAYING OUR LAWYERS.
WE'VE LOST A NUMBER OF CONTRACT LAWYERS RECENTLY, AND SO IT'S REALLY KUDOS TO MARTIN AND HIS GROUP THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THROUGH AS MANY CONTRACTS.
BUT THAT'S A, A CONSTANT ISSUE THAT WE FACE IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, IS HOW DO WE RETAIN LAWYERS.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT IS AGAIN, A, A, A, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT OPINIONS, CONTRACTS HANDLE.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY MORE OF THE SAME.
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WHEN YOU GET INTO GENERAL COUNSEL, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ORDINANCES THAT WE DEAL WITH AND, YOU KNOW, TPIA REQUESTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.SO THAT TAKES UP A, A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF TIME OF WHAT OUR LAWYERS DO.
AND WE USE A ROTATION SYSTEM WHERE ALL OF OUR LAWYERS ARE INVOLVED IN TPIA, WHICH I THINK WORKS WELL BECAUSE EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHERE THINGS COME INTO PLAY, AND EVERY ONE OF OUR LAWYERS NEEDS TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS THAT IN GENERAL.
LITIGATION, UM, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A NUMBER OF LAWSUITS, DEFEND AND LAWSUITS THAT WE FILE.
UM, WE HAVE, IN TERMS OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL USE, MOST OF IT HAS BEEN IN THE CONDEMNATION REALM, UH, BECAUSE THAT TAKES UP AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF, OF TIME.
AND THESE ARE SORT OF BET THE COMPANY TYPE CASES.
THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION LANGUAGE ON EMINENT DOMAIN VARIES FROM THE US CONSTITUTION, AND THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN PICKING UP ON THAT AND HAS, THE TENDENCY HAS BEEN TO AWARD MORE TO, TO, UM, TO CONDEMN KNEES.
AND SO THAT PUTS A CITY BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU WANT TO HAVE A, UH, FLOOD CONTROL REGULATIONS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, UM, THE HOMEOWNERS CANNOT GET FEDERAL INSURANCE.
BUT IF, BUT TO THE DEGREE WE PUT, UM, REGULATIONS IN PLACE, WE GET MORE, UH, CONTESTED CONDEMNATION MATTERS.
AND SO WE'RE FACED BETWEEN PRO PROVIDING THE BASIS FOR INSURANCE AND EFFECTIVELY PAYING MORE TO CONDEMN PROPERTY THAT WE NEED FOR OUR DRAINAGE AND EXPANSION.
SO, UH, WE USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL PRETTY FREQUENTLY BECAUSE WE GOT A COUPLE BIG CASES COMING BEFORE THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, WHERE I THINK THIS IS GONNA COME TO A HEAD IN LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND, AND CIVIL SERVICE.
UH, ONE OF THE MAIN FOCUSES HAS BEEN TO INCREASE TRAINING SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE CONSISTENT TRAINING TO THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
BECAUSE TRAINING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF HEARING IT.
ONCE YOU, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE BY ALMOST LIKE OSMOSIS, THAT PEOPLE REALLY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S NEEDED.
SO WE HAVE LESS ISSUES, WE HAVE A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR UNIONS, HOPE AND SO ON.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE, SO THE NUMBER OF, OF MATTERS THAT WE'VE HANDLED ON THAT, UH, IN MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION, WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THERE THE DANGEROUS DOG CASES THAT WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS WITH.
UM, THE, WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT MUNICIPAL, UH, PROSECUTION HOLDS VERY TRUE.
WE GET A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF, UH, MATTERS, AND WE TEND TO GET BOGGED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE DISCOVERY REQUESTS.
SO WE TRY TO BE, UM, EFFICIENT IN HOW WE LOOK AT THESE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURES SAYS THAT THE OBLIGATION OF PROSECUTORS IS TO SEE THAT JUSTICE IS DONE RATHER THAN TO OBTAIN CONVICTIONS.
SO WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO IS AFFECT BEHAVIOR MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT'S THE PRIMARY GOAL OF MUNICIPAL PROSECUTION.
WE, UM, UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY WITH THE UPCOMING EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE NUISANCE LAWSUITS, AND WE TEND TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT HPD IS LOOKING AT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REPEATED HABITUAL CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS, SO WE NEED HPDS HELP IN THIS, AND BEFORE WE CAN MOVE ON AND ACTUALLY FILE THE LAWSUIT.
SO WE'VE INCREASED IT SOMEWHAT.
WE HOPE TO INCREASE MORE BECAUSE OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT LAST YEAR.
WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE PERSONNEL, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH HPD GET, UM, MORE ACCELERATED REVIEW ON THEIR END.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF DATA HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN FOC FOCUSING ON AND WHAT WE DO.
AND I KNOW OIG HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE OF INTEREST TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WHERE, WHAT IS THE BEST FORMAT FOR IT? WHERE, WHERE SHOULD IT BE HOUSED? YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD THEIR TRAINING BE? AND SO ALL OF THIS IS BEING LOOKED AT BY THE ADMINISTRATION, AND I THINK BY THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE.
UM, WHEN I FIRST BEGAN A CITY ATTORNEY, IT WAS HOUSED IN HPD, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER IT'S HOUSED, IT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE CITY.
SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE THAT.
BUT I THINK THE GOAL IS TO MOVE THROUGH MATTERS AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND, UH, UH, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EMPLOYEES FEEL THEY'RE TREATED FAIRLY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN OF HOPE IS HOW DOES OIG OPERATE? SO THAT'S, I THINK, GONNA BE ONE OF THE FOCUS OF CHANGES THAT COME INTO PLAY.
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OUR REAL ESTATE MATTERS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER THAT WE, WE SUPPORT THE HOUSING DEPARTMENTS IN OTHERS HAVING TO DO WITH EASEMENTS, WORKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.WE WERE VERY LOW STAFF, BUT WE'RE STAFFING UP NOW.
WE HAVE TAMMY KIM AS THE SECTION HEAD.
I THINK SHE'S DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
WORKS VERY WELL WITH PLANNING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO I'M FEELING VERY GOOD ABOUT THE DIRECTION REAL ESTATE IS HEADED IN, UH, TORTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
UH, THIS IS AN ISSUE ALSO LIKE WITH REAL ESTATE, WHERE I THINK WE'VE BEGUN TO STABILIZE, UM, OUR PERSONNEL.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, WE'VE, IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD ISSUES, UH, MAINTAINING OUR PERSONNEL THERE THAT HAS STABILIZED AND MUCH NEEDED BECAUSE WE HAVE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF CLAIMS, OR PRIMARILY TORT CLAIMS. UH, WE DO GET SECTION 1983 CLAIMS THAT TAKE UP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE'VE HAD SUCCESS IN HARDING STREET, NOT SO MUCH IN THE OTHER MATTER WHERE AN OFFICER WAS RETURNING FROM A CALL AND HIT AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WHO, WHO, WHO PASSED AWAY.
BUT THOSE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT CASES THAT THAT, THAT WE'RE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT.
AND AGAIN, BETTER TRAINING SHOULD HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE.
UH, OUR REVENUE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU SEE THERE.
OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES WE GET IS PRIMARILY RECAPTURING MONEY FROM DEPARTMENTS THAT PAY THE SALARIES OF OUR VARIOUS PERSONNEL CONTRACT LAWYERS AND PUBLIC WORKS, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, UH, REAL ESTATE LAWYERS FOR PLANNING.
UH, THE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY REVENUES HAVE TO MATCH THE EXPENDITURES IN THE FUND.
UM, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE, WHAT SLIDE AM I ON NOW? 28, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY FUND HAS BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE.
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE HAS SEEN A SPIKE THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.
AND ALSO THE, UM, THE HOPE INCREASES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE BY PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO CUT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
EVERYTHING ELSE HAS STAYED PRIMARILY, UH, STATIC.
OIG HAS COSTS THAT RELATE TO THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO FORENSIC INVESTIGATION INTO, UH, INTO DATA.
UM, AND THAT IS, UM, THAT IS REALLY MY PRESENTATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO END BY, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON THE, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR LAWYERS ARE UNDERPAID RELATIVE TO THE MARKET.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT MEANS BY, SO WE CAN REWARD OUR MORE, MORE PRODUCTIVE LAWYERS.
AND I'M CONVINCED THAT THE, THE, UH, THE WAY TO ADDRESS THIS OVERALL IS TO REALLY GET LAWYERS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, OFFER THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WORK THAT THEY WOULD NOT GET IN PRIVATE PRACTICE.
IF WE CAN KEEP THEM HERE 2, 3, 4 YEARS.
UM, WE'VE TAPPED INTO WORKING WITH THE LAW SCHOOLS.
WE NEED TO TAP INTO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS WHERE P UH, Y'ALL, UM, REMEMBER RAH HOT HUKE, YOU KNOW, HE WORKED THREE YEARS IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE AND SEVEN YEARS FOR US THAT ALLOWED HIM TO HAVE HIS STUDENT LOANS REPAID.
SO WE NEED TO TAP INTO MORE OF THOSE PROGRAMS, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST STRUGGLE THAT WE FACE IN LEGAL.
AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I, I'VE TALKED TO LAWYERS WHO HAVE LEFT, SO I KNOW THAT THE PAY IS AN ISSUE.
AND I KNOW, I THINK ALSO THE, THE NO REMOTE WORK THING HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND, UM, I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN SAID.
UM, VERY HAPPY WITH, UH, THE RESPONSIVENESS I I GET FROM YOUR STAFF.
AND, UH, I THINK YOU ALL DO A GREAT JOB.
SO LET ME JUST SAY THAT AT THE OUTSET, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES, KEEPING LAWYERS ON STAFF, YOU KNOW, IN, IN GOVERNMENT WORK, AND I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF PAY INCREASES, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR YOUR STAFF TO, TO KEEP 'EM ON BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NEVER GONNA COMPARE WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, AN ATTORNEY CAN MAKE IN, IN, IN PRIVATE PRACTICE, CERTAINLY.
BUT, UM, WE OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO BE FULLY STAFFED IN YOUR DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE CAN BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED HIRING OUT OF, OUT OF THE LAW SCHOOLS.
DOES THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT OFFER CLERKSHIPS FOR STU UH, LAW STUDENTS? UH, UH, WE DO.
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WE DO.WE OFFER, UM, CLERKSHIPS, WE PAY THEM DURING THE SUMMER, AND WE'VE HAD SOME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I THINK THE KEY THERE IS REALLY DEVELOPING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF OF THE LAW SCHOOLS, THE DEANS, THE PLACEMENT PEOPLE, UM, NEAR JA IRA HAS BEEN TASKED WITH HEADING THAT UP.
BUT ANY OPPORTUNITY I GET TO GO TO AN EVENT AT A LAW SCHOOL, UH, I WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT SO I CAN TALK TO THE DEAN DIRECTLY.
AND I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT, UH, YOUR CLERKS WHO WERE IN, WHO WERE IN LAW SCHOOL MAKE ON AN HOURLY BASIS? UH, I'M NOT SURE I, I HAVE THAT I, WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ON THAT.
UM, BUT I KNOW WHEN, WHEN I WAS AT THE DA'S OFFICE, THERE WAS A PROGRAM WHERE, UM, YOU COULD START WORKING BEFORE YOU GOT YOUR LICENSE.
UH, WITH A BAR CART UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A SUPERVISING ATTORNEY.
AND, UH, THAT SEEMED TO WORK WELL FOR GETTING, YES, GETTING, UH, FOLKS HIRED, GOOD PEOPLE HIRED, UM, AND DON'T LACK ME OUTTA THE ROOM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LAWYERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DO PRO BONO WORK.
IS THERE ANY, ANY WAY THAT, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THE CITY DOES COULD BE DONE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS? YEAH.
WE, WE ASK, WHEN WE CONTRACT WITH OUTSIDE LAW FIRMS, WE ASK FOR THEM TO PROVIDE TRAINING CLES FOR US, BUT WE ALSO REACH OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY CAN PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS THAT, UM, AND IT COULD BE NOT ONLY DIRECTLY FOR THE CITY, BUT IT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS A, UH, DEED RESTRICTION HELP.
SO WE DO DO THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT PRO PROCESS PROGRAM TO BECOME MORE ROBUST.
SO, UM, YOU MENTIONED, UM, TWO POSITIONS THAT WERE ADDED LAST YEAR MM-HMM
AND THAT WAS AS A RESULT OF MY BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT THAT PASSED.
SO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PASSING THAT.
AND SO THOSE POSITIONS ARE BEING RETAINED IN, IN THIS BUDGET, IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
WE, WE'VE ASKED THE ADMINISTRATION THAT THIS IS, UH, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO A LOT OF GOOD, AND PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BLIGHT AND COMPLAINTS BY THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO BOTH OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE FOCUSED ON NUISANCE ACTIONS, ONE TO TRADITIONAL, UH, NUISANCE TYPE VIOLATIONS.
BUT THEN ANOTHER, UH, TO COMBAT PLACES WHERE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS COMMON, SEXUALLY ORIENTED YES.
SO, I'M GLAD THOSE ARE BEING, UH, CONTINUED.
AND SO I'LL GO BACK IN THE QUEUE.
SO THE LAST THING I'LL ASK YOU ABOUT, UM, YOU MENTIONED GETTING HELP, NEEDING HELP FROM HPD.
ON THE NUISANCE CASES ARE, DO YOU FEEL THAT, UM, YOU'RE GETTING ADEQUATE HELP THERE? OR COULD COULD THEY USE ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOCUSED ON, ON, I, I THINK WE ARE GETTING ADEQUATE HELP.
UH, I THINK THE GOAL I HAVE IS TO FIND A BETTER WAY TO TRACK HOW EFFICIENT WE ARE BOTH ON THE INVESTIGATORY END AND ON THE PROSECUTION END IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DO.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE NEXT STEP BEFORE I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE PERSONNEL IN EITHER AREA.
AND SO WHAT UNIT, UH, TYPICALLY ASSISTS THE LAWYERS? IT'S THE FAST, THE FAST UNIT FAST.
YOUR BUDGET WAS SO FLAT AND BORING.
I DIDN'T EVEN SEND ANY WRITTEN QUESTIONS.
YOU, YOU GUYS COULD, NOTHING WRONG WITH THE NAP.
I MEAN, I SEARCHED FOR SOMETHING, MAN.
UM, BUT DO UNDERSTAND YOUR NEED FOR, FOR BETTER PAY AND, AND WANNA THANK YOUR TEAM.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK NIJA CAN GO TO THE COLLEGES.
WE HAVE HER RUNNING TOO MANY OTHER THINGS UP HERE, BUT SHE'LL, SHE'LL WORK ON THAT TOO.
UM, ANYWAY, THANKS TO YOUR WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT, ALL YOUR ATTORNEYS, ALL THE STAFF THAT SUPPORT THE ATTORNEYS, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
LAURA, YOU WANNA COME ON THE NO.
EVEN LAURA GALLAGHER'S PASSING.
THAT'S HOW BORING YOUR BUDGET IS.
ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ELSE WANNA COME? OKAY, HERE WE ARE.
IT'S THE END OF OUR OUR WEEK COLLEAGUES THAT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT AT THESE, AT THESE WORKSHOPS.
WE'LL SEE YOU MONDAY MORNING AT 9:00 AM FOR MAYOR'S OFFICE.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET, OFFICE OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, PUBLIC WORKS, SOLID WASTE.
AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON STARTING AT ONE 30 PUBLIC WORKS AND SOLID WASTE.
UM, AT ONE 30 PUBLIC WORKS AND SOLID WASTE TO BE FOLLOWED BY FIRE.
UM, TOMORROW MORNING, 10:00 AM AT FONDE REC CENTER FOR THE BUDGET TOWN HALL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.