city budget city oh, general fund department we're not a general fund depended the majority of our funds come from grants we're finding a large challenge because so many of the grants only want to fund directly or direct program dollars not including the billable hours we need to do is as a city agency under the chapter including their benefits we're finding more and more grantee state and federal and on that are starting this practice so we suggested that round table with other requirement to have those challenges and start talking about the potential solutions as well even maybe raising a question with you to make sure we put out a letter to the city and other folks about this descriptioncy we're not a fund agency our employees are city employees and entitled to all the things the city employees are and to that end maybe the city needs to look at that situation as a whole as it politics not only to us but all the departments that have the issue of becoming a larger issue is stitch in time saves 9 we need to make sure we it is good it's a top down request so the city is aware of it and as the departments are impacted start to get together go and in collaboration with the top and that was the meeting. >> thank you commissioner king. >> i got a quick question for commissioner

city budgets. turning to policy actions, we have what we see as overall health of city budgets. we have the impactful factors that are playing a role on a daily basis. as many of you know, local governments unlike the federal government needs to balance the budget every year. throughout the year, cities are assessing not only the factors, but the needs of residents and adjusting the policy choices accordingly. what do the choices look like? we ask the finance officers about the specific revenue raising and expenditure activities in 2014. a majority of cities report that they are reinvesting in public safety. capital projects and employee wages. to boost revenues, they turn to user fees as they have over the past 30 years and to a lesser degree increases in property tax rates as well. in closing, we are cautiously optimistic about the conditions. for the first time fund revenues are increasing and stag nate as cities close on 2014. we know we have a long way to go. there a half million jobs from prerecession levels. again, still have not caught up. the bottom line, cities were at

devoted my attendance to the city budget and ever since day one when i arrived at city hall as a protective aid your work was an credible educate to learn the ropes of how the city works you were very, very generous with our knowledge about how all the aspects of the city budget i actually came to the board any first year chairing the budget committee and being comfortable depositing doing that because of the working i've done offer the years with you you've made an incredible impact on the city i've mafshd how were you able to have a enpelvic knowledge if i asked any questions upper on top of that that's a rare thing it shows such a dedication to the city and i i know on top of i'm looking you and to your family i want to congratulate you for your decades of service and your work and bringing so many of us up here in the city to be doesn't budget watcheser and look at it for that the best interests of the entire city thank you very much and i look forward to seeing you not as an employee of city hall but in our other works wanting to be involved in organizations that support people entertaining with homelessness and looking forward to seeing you then. >> commis

at the city finance officers, we gauged the informed opinion of the city finance officers and it's really important to understand that we know the city finance officers are dealing with their budgethe impact on the residents every day. so, gauging their opinion is critical to the city finances nationwide. specifically, we ask is there a city budget better able or less able than last year to meet the financial needs of your community clinics. could this chart shows better able, less able, a blue bar is less able. in 2014 a staggering 80% of the finance officers report that they are better able to meet the financial need of their community than this time last year. more city finance officers in fact report a positive outlook this year than in the 29 year history of the survey. now, generally speaking, i tend to be the glass half-full kind of person that i think we need to look at both sides of the story. if you think about the 80%% the prophecy that prophecy that means 80% were worse off last year. it is indicative of the magnitude of the recession and what they think during the revisionary period. like so much of what you're going to be discussing today the trends unfortunately ar

city finance is. and how budgets have faired coming out of the recession. i will discuss this that millions understand the conditions of the nation's cities. the outlook of city finance officers and general fund revenues, a work force personnel. also factors on the city's budget and how cities are responding. so it is not too much of the surprise this survey reveals the worst is behind them the city finances have not recovered following the great recession. this is how we know. looking at the city finance officers we gauge the informed opinion and it is important to understand if city finance officers deal with their budgets day in and day out they see the impact of their decisions on residents' everyday so that is critical to the outlook nationwide. specifically, is your city's budget better able or less able than last year to meet the financial needs of your community? it shows the gray bar better and blue is less able. in 2014 a staggering 80 percent of city finance officers' report they're better able to meet the financial needs of their community than this time last year. will report a positive outlook this year than in the 29 year history of the survey.

city budget and policies coming out of city hall are not consistent with that view that is widely held in san francisco we also know i think this is in due to many property owners fear of having street trees in front of of their house they think even if it's not their responsibility at the beginning there's concerns so we see geography inequality with tree canopy coverage my district district 8 is one of them and supervisor kim's as well as has quite a few of the trees and parts of the cities with few trees but one of them has to do with the concern of having to stenographer of the trees and i also want to know note the diversity of situations where 0 people are required to take care of the trees some of the trees it president chiu showed are large they can be a major, major problem for homeowners they can't do it themselves and it is expensive to take care of a tree that's at all and multiple trees one was on a property in one person's land they had 50 trees fortunately the department takes care of those trees with that, i79 to cail up the department of public works carli short that don't a phenomenal job. >> thank you, supervisor carr lo la department of public works to talk about the tree relinquishment program so i'd like to start by the department buildings the easter reduce water and air and noise pollution and you did a good job of talking about the benefits from the trees to creating better pedestrian and walking environments and raise property values we need to do

our homes it also deprivacy the city of the badly needed tax revenue i've not seen the city budget 90 days seems like it is fairly arbitrary if it makes it easy for the city to enforce i don't know but that's what this legislation should not be able it should be a findings a positive solution that benefits the greater community there's been a lot of talk about a registry it is some go that can be done and talked about in broad strokes i know that this body will be concerned about privacy of its citizens i think a registry make a lot of sense. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm sandra my son and i host guests it's important to save for his college tuition i support the registration of short-term rental, however, i adamantly oppose the 90 days if the goal is safety online platforms provide reviews of guests the verification and ids in my censures the host that's present better serves the might be than an absentee landlord as for avenue, i suggest that renting a room expands the use of the room none of us would rent long-term if the goal is to preserve home sharing this is how we stay in our home home sharing is part of the mix of making home sharing affor

city, as we saw in the report just recently this week. we also have more money in the bank than any other city. we have $1.2 billion in reserves, in surplus, in our budget. no other city in the country has that. it's my position that we need to take some of that money and start putting it into real affordable housing. not affordable housing for somebody who makes $100,000 a year but real affordable housing, somebody who makes $25,000 a year, so they can actually live in washington, d.c. we need a billion-dollar affordable housing initiative in this city. $1 billion. we can do that. >> congress still controls the purse strings. how much does that bother you? the fact that the city has so much to say about the budget and issues like decriminalization of marijuana, needle exchange programs, until recently. >> it bothers me that congress has anything to say about it. at one time we got a large percentage of our congress but not anymore. that's not the case. we contribute more to the federal government in funds than we get from the federal government. so they shouldn't be in our business at all. we should be functioning. with full control over all of our affairs. so it doe

city philadelphia. >>> happening now, philadelphia teachers taking their fight to the governor's office. their union is -- it pours millions back in the city school budget. nbc 10's lu ann cahn live in center citylu ann, the teacher's union is promising a fight. >> reporter: that's right. the src says they took this action on behalf of students, the teachers union says what the src did was illegal, dirty and politically motivated which is why they showed up here early this afternoon in front of governor corbett's office at the bellevue. >> total, total disrespect for the teachers. >> reporter: it was a special last-minute meeting. the only notification of the public buried in the "enquirer" yesterday. >> this is a shame. >> the agenda unknown until members quickly and unanimously voted to end the teacher's labor agreement. >> pft has refused to make meaningful financial concessions to help us deal with the structural deficit. after 21 months, the time has come for them to share in the sacrifice. >> reporter: the sacrifice, $21 to $70 each pay period out of teachers checks to help them pay for their own health benefits. >> they are supposed to negotiate with us, not impose upon us. >> reporter:

city that ran for office, on a platform of jobs, jobs, jobs. and indeed the last city and the last budget and the last two year budget that we are currently in the city created 1400 brand new positions, over and above the 30,000 that we already have. and if, you know, started doing the quick math if we were to target 70 percent of those, as just of those brand new ones. and for people with disabilities we are looking at, right around 100 positions, 100 people with disabilities, could be employed in city service. >> and i think that that is a valid, goal that we should all be aiming for. and so, with that, i am happy to answer any questions that you have. >> council member supanich? >> thank you very much for your presentation and this is related to what you were talking about. this is what i called a disability trap. which is if you receive federal disability income you can only make a few hundred dollars a month before you go into a trial work period which lasts 9 months. and then after that, you start, if you continue to work above a certain level of income, receive a certain level of income, you begin to go on the clock starts ticking and you will

city has a program called the capital planning program and there is a capital budget that is a 10 -year budget. that budget identifies the infrastructure needs and paid over time. the city has run a general obligation bond for years. in 2006 the city adopted a policy that says we will not issue another general bond debt until we address the old bond or until san francisco grows enough so that property tax rates can remain constant. >> you mean level? >> right. >> okay. the other question is about elevators in downtown. why can't we add more elevators. it doesn't make sense to walk five 5 blocks to find a muni rate -- elevator that works. >> that is what we are trying to do. >> thank you. we'll move to public comment? is there any comment from staff. >> i still want to say something. i think a suggestion is do you need to be some kind of social awareness out there or some sort of advertising where people that drive their cars need to know that in 15 years we are going to have a million more people and more cars on the road so if they are going to drive their cars to have more paengz -- passengers in their cars rather than just one. i think there needs to be some sort of social awareness just to let people know that. >> yeah. thank

city has a program called the capital planning program and there is a capital budget that is a 10 -year budget. that budget identifies the infrastructure needs and paid over time. the city has run a general obligation bond for years. in 2006 the city adopted a policy that says we will not issue another general bond debt until we address the old bond or unti

city leadersment some say it is a political ploy. san jose right now has an enviable issue. a $17 million budget surplus. $17 million. city councilman, pro posed taking $2 million from that surplus, to combat the recent surge in home burglaries. he wants to subsidize city residents for buying items, alarm systems and security cameras. the council mixed the idea. members plan to use sur flus hire additional police officers. take a look what is happening in free mont. a string of weekend thefts. caught on surveillance video. three tech businesses were hit. here is the video. police believe the same men were involved in all three crimes. close to $2 million worth of computers and video production equipment were stolen. >> we are all terrified of being here late at night now. >> not like the people went door to door. just happened to get this. they were definitely. >> workers say criminals cased it out the week before. by claiming to be building inspectors. they also say burglars cut phone lines and network cables before they entered. >> now to our on going coverage of the ebola virus. santa clara county health leaders say they're getting ready in case. there is only one confirmed case in texas. but the health department is working closely with local hospi

city leaders last night. san jose right now has a $17 million budget surplus. the city councilman proposed taking $2 million to combat the recent surge in home burglaries, he wants to subsidize city residents for buying alarm systems and security cameras but the council nixed the idea. members plan to use the surplus to hire additional police officers instead. >>> san francisco board of supervisors passed the so-called air b&b law, making it landlords have to register before renting out homes and apartments short terms. renters limited to 30 days and homeowner would have to prove he or she paid the hotel tax. supervisors will hold a final vote in two weeks than could change the landscape. >> the city getting their cut, too a. >>> 5:08. free forecast. >> no charge. >> thank you to our sponsors. good morning. we have a good-looking day coming your way. i've got to tell you, it's one of those days where we are going to be the envy of the nation. there's no major extremes happening now. nation's looking okay for today. could see extreme weather later on tomorrow. severe thunderstorms through the midwe midwest. talking about temperatures comfortable. you don't even have to use your ac

city understands that whole structure. >> dc mayor vincent gray recently vetoed the budget that included this new tax but city council overrode that veto, subsequently passing the budget that passed this. >>> using 3 d printers to put a smile on a child's face. just ahead, be amazed how this new technology is being used to build low cost prosthetics. >> and sporting pink. even in professional football. what the redskins did today for a group of local breast cancer survivors. i like that. >> and i'm topper shutt. here's your wake-up weather. a little bit concerned about areas of dense fog tomorrow? maybe set the alarm earlier tomorrow. we'll come back as the new information on the timing of the cold front that >>> 3 d print suggest surge nothing popularity. this 3d printed car was on display in washington and the technology is starting to enter the medical world. >> as we explain, new pans are being created with the click of a button. it's tonight's new health looter. >> this pavilion at john's hopkins in baltimore is teaming with awesome tech nog. 3 d printers are known to create amazing things, from full sized cars to models

city budgeted only $72 million. the continued problem with violent crime is forcing the city to call in some of that extra manpower. than hiringcheaper additional officers and paying them full city benefits. the city has no plan to expand its police force in the coming years. a buyerhools have found for the headquarters for $28 million. they reach an agreement with a development company that will keep some offices and retail in that building. the building is worth $18 million. employees began moving out of the building yesterday. cps expects to vacate by the end of the year. they are moving to another building in the loop. others are going to a former elementary school on the west side. >> if you're working late at the office do you grab a meal? people who eat regularly at their desks are more likely to be obese. they tend to have lower levels of vitamins and higher cholesterol. the more meals you eat away from home, the more likely people are obese. not applyy that does to my coanchor. you are always eating at your desk. there are exceptions to that study. >> you'd better say that. goes no pain no gain. scientists

city hall. he also named finance chairman of the mayor of the budget chairman and roll's chairman at. his lawsuit seeks that a court forced the city to give them the funds he needs to do his job. >> city drivers filed more than 5000 complaints that their cars were damaged by paul this year. that is twice as many as the last four years combined. the city paid out almost $390,000 for possible damages and claims still coming in after last year's brutal winter. are the reason why the mayor is looking for an increase in taxes at city parking lot to raise $10 million needed to double the cruise tupac the bottles and repair the street. >> vice-president joe biden comes to chicago area to campaign for the next election. the get-out-the-vote rally vernon hills. at yesterday's former president clinton stumped for gov. quinn. the >> i've been working on thinking about the future. and i'm here to support dick durbin and pat quinn and because there are about the future >> the quinn campaign opposing the message of crop job creation of but his challenger but noted that illinois had lost 49,000 manufacturing jobs under his leadership. >> in his campaign thinks are all voting or help undecided voters

that the national league of cities has produced the annual report that serves as a critical resource to cities, shedding light on national trends and local revenues, city budgetsnicipal workforce, and what we should expect in the years to come as americans who live in cities. since the economic downturn in 2008, the impact of the great recession has been the unavoidable under lined theme in our yearly look at fiscal conditions. as city leaders know well, wider economic conditions are the fuel of local government. providing the resources that cities use to shape personnel decisions, infrastructure investments, and key services that communities rely on day in and day out. but we also know that the decisions made at the local level can kick start that very important economic activity in the nation. the investments cities make in roads and transitity systems, the services cities provide to keep communities safe, the work cities do to ensure the availability of affordable housing all provide a strong foundation for economic vitality for america. today's event will help us better understand this relationship between city fiscal health and the economic health of comm

cities to a private company. and we also had some reduced spending on our city attorney costs and that was about 14 percent less than budgeted. and a little bit of savings on the sfgtv and it is hard to predict where we will fall and how many hours we will have meetings and so we tend to budget more comfortable for that and then typically not use the entire budget. >> so actually, sourcing out is what would be more expensive than using the city and county? >> for that particular item, yes. because the data base was developed by the department of technology it would, and it was much more cost effective than to use them for support. >> at the first that is basically an hourly charge if you will? >> it is just like working with a private firm, we are paid by the --. >> billable hours? >> yes, exactly. so, with the revenue surplus and the expenditure savings we ended the year with $210,595, left over. and as you may recall, last year, there was a deferred credit account set up for the board a a rainy day fund and so that money will go into that fund and it is something that can be used in future years if we find ourselves in worse economic times where our revenue is not coming in as projected and we will be able to use that money instead of going to the city for a general fundal indication. since our sources are passive, we cannot generate how many people are going to get permits or how many people want to file appeals, it is he

city. that extra cost will support education. a $2-per-pack increase in the city's cigarette tax is now in effect. it was enacted, of course, to help fill that budget gap for philadelphia schools. lawmakers say it will generate $49 million this school year. the city's comptroller, though, says that it's just a band-aid fix for now. he points out that tobacco tax collections in the city have dropped over the past year. >>> and back to decision 2014 now, where school funding could be the key issue as the candidates for pennsylvania governor are squaring off once again. >> the second debate between democrat tom wolf and republican tom corbett set for later this morning in philadelphia. here's the first debate. this is last week in hershey. wolf attacked governor corbett's record in office. the incumbent accused the york businessman of not giving specifics on taxes. after this morning's debate in philadelphia, there will be a final debate next week on october 8th near pittsburgh. voters will head to the polls, as you know, november 4th. election now just 34 day away. >>> and the race between those two appears to be tightening. the latest poll by mercyhurst university in erie shows wolf with a 15-point lead over corbett. now, that's down from last week.

city council in 2008, the city was on the brink of bankruptcy. billions of dollars in debt, hundreds of millions of dollars in shortfalls in the budget. the city was paying out lavish pensions to government employees and we could not afford. mr. peters talks about an extreme budget committee voted to eliminate day care programs for needy families. he voted to cut library hours by 42%. he voted to undermine polic pold fire services. he eliminated the only fire rescue helicopter three months before a major catastrophic fire. my budget plan has always been how to make government work again, how do we restore services and, scott, the very clear fact base is that all citizens know is that in four years of time i cleaned up the mess be created over eight years and we do that by bringing people together to bipartisan vote after bipartisan vote on the city council. and, of course, the ultimate bipartisan vote in the city, the pension reform initiative in 2012 that brought democrats, independents and republicans together from around the city. it carried every single council district, every social economic group. why? because we built a solution oriente

city is currently in talks with labor unions about this cost savings to atlantic city to shave $15 million off of next year's budget but that layoff plan will be filed by the middle of n week, due to a cityho abruptly had to handle a personnel matter. it does get filed with the state civil service department. they have to approve this plan for atlantic city. guardian says they cannot comment much further about who may be exempt but in no way would public safety where fire or police are concerned be jeopardized. >> by next week we'll be able to officially notify people that we are daying some drastic steps to reduce both the number of employees in the city but more important, lowering cost to the government. >> reporter: can you say how many and in which departments at this point in time? >> i can't. >> we should know that by next week. last night, more than 100 firefighters responded to a fire that destroyed four different buildings and displaced families. one family of six on atlantic avenue, the department which does receive federal grant funding already lost 23 fire employees this year alone due to attrition. the fire chief, dennis brooks, also tells me they will consider entering int

city council in 2008, the city was on the brink of bankruptcy. aliens of dollars in debt. hundreds of million in shortfall in the budget. the city was paying out lavished pensions we could not afford. mr. peters talks about an extreme budget. programsto eliminate for needy families for day care and undermined police and fire services. my budget plan has always in, how do we make government work again, restore services? fact that in four years time i cleaned up the mess you created over eight years and we did that but bringing people together. i partisan folks after bipartisan vote on the city council and the ultimate bipartisan vote, the pension reform initiative in 2012 that wrought democrats, independents and republicans together from around the city and carried every single council district, socioeconomic group. why? because we've built a solution-oriented agenda. opposed those every step of the way. this -- the city of san diego had a couple decades of that financial practices before i got there. i was on the city council that ended it. we work for many years on reforms before he got there. they are sanders called me his par

budget, is there any sense of direction in finding for that? >> they have not released, i know that this city, now is working on the five-year, plan projections, and from the city, and so, that will inform us, and then, we will used to get it probably in december, and in december, >> around december. >> yeah, so we are already working internally and we two budget meetings, one before and one after. >> all right, any further it efms for us to consider under the agenda setting. if not, we will go on to the next item please? >> we are on a closed session vote. >> commissioners? >> and we are there and any public comments on the closed session? >> there were not any questions. >> then we are prepared to vote on whether to hold a closed session, motion to have a closed session. >> okay, a second? >> second. >> all in favor. >> please say aye. >> aye. >> all of those opposed. >> we will enter into the closed session and we are going to move into our adjacent room. >> okay, thank you. >> and commissioners, we are now back in open session. and are there any about ready? >> yeah. >> and okay. and thank you. >> we are back in open session, and a motion is in order, wheth

budget, is there any sense of direction in finding for that? >> they have not released, i know that this city, now is working on the five-year, plan projections, and from the city, and so, that will inform us, and then, we will used to get it probably in december, and in december, >> around december. >> yeah, so we are